sued orders this morning that all nation
al guardsmen having dependant* are en
titled to an honorable discharge il they
desire it.
• Washington: Advice* irom Guatemala
and Peru indicate that those countries
will join with Cuba and Panama in sup
porting the United States in its war with
Germany.
Washington: The Puget Sound navy
yard will build 22, and the Mare Island
navy yard 15 of the new submarine chas
ers recently authorized by the navy de
partment.
San Diego: It is reported here this
morning that Chile will maintain her
neutrality so long as she is not made the
object of a direct attack by any of the
nations at war.
Petrograd: The new government has
announced that it has renounced all
claim to Constantinople, as formerly
maintained by the old regime, and that
it does not aim to subjugate or humiliate
anyone. .,
New York: Report* from all oveflthe
country indicate that men of wealth are
almost unanimously indorsing President
Wilson’s plan to plaee a high rate of tax
ation on large incomes to defray the ex
penses of the war as they are incurred.
San Diego: Naval authorities here
this morning admitted the truth of a
rumor that two U. S. diver* captured
and sank a schooner off the lower coast
of California yesterday. She was bound
for a point on the west coast of Mexico
and had on board 25,000 rifles and 4,500, •
000 rounds of ammunition.
Washington: Plans are being perfected!
tor the establishment thruout the country
of training camps where civilians outside
the age limit prescribed for compulsory
military training may be given a three
months' course of intensive training, at
the expiration of which time they will
be graduated with }a rating of second
lieutenant.
Nome: A fierce storm l* raging on the
Seward peninsula, and.it i*.reported that!
the dog teams participating in the annual
sweepstakes derhy are unreported since
leaving Solomon yesterday. It is sur
mised that they maybe tied up at Timber
road house, sixty-four miles from Nome,
and will remain there until the storm
moderates.
Washington: The American liner New
York struck a floating mine about midnife
last nite at a point nine miles from Liv
erpool, evidently laid for the purpose of
sinking boats w hich succeeded in passing
thru the barred zone. The passengers
and crew were taken off in patrol boats
and lauded in Liverpool, four of thecrew
remaining aboard the liner and bringing
her into the same port under her own
steam.
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London: Without pauring to celebrate
their recent successes in turning the
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Quentin, the British forces are following
closely on the rear of the retreating Teu
ton forces, not giving them time to hole
iu at any point. The total number of
prisoners taken yesterday amounted to
14.000 men, including 250 officers, and
also 125 machine guns and 110 cannon.
The advance yesterday netted three miles
along a twelve mile front.
THURSDAY
San Francisco: A wireless warning
received here last nite, and sent out to
all ships, reports the presence of German
U-t»oats in the Pacific ocean.
Washington: According to a proposed
amendment of the penal cotie it will be
possible in the near future for foreign
nations to recruit, for military service,
all of their subjects residing in this coun
try.
London: Fighting thru a terrific bliz
zard this morning, the British forces
■Captured two more important positions
north, of Vimy, in the St. Quentin dist
rict, and are holding them in the lace of
terrific counter attacks.
Pans: The American air squadron,
which was .organized early in the war
and has been flying under the colors of
France, is now wearing the regulation
American uniform, and the American
flag is carried on the planes.
Los Angeles: It is reported here that
large numbers of Germans, some of tl em
formerly officers in the German army, !
a re entering Mexico thru Lower Califor
nia, and are gathering at Villa’s head
quarters iu Northern Mexico.
London: The American flag made its
first appearance in the European war
today. An American from Texas, serving
in the British army, was wounded in the
attack on Vimy. He had a small Amer
ican flag fixed on his bayonet.
Paris: With the British forces pound
iug the Hindenburg line to the north ot
St. Quentin, the French launched a ter
rific assault to the south of that place
during the nite and succeeded in captur
ing several important positions.
El Paso: Attempts to dynamite one of
the principal buildings in this city were
frnstrated early this morning, when U.
S. troops which are patrolling the city
apprehended the plotter as he was plac
ing the bombs. He was placed in jail
pending an investigation.
NoAie: Kjested, one of the contestants
in the sweepstakes race, passed Council
at 8:30 this morning. Anderson and Se
pal* were thirty minutes behind him at
Council. All three drivers were lost in
the blizzard a number of hours, and all
are packing one or more dead dogs.
London: The great spring drive of
the British under General Haig is well
under way. To the north of St. Quentin
the Hindenburg line has been penetrated
and the British line is swinging to the
northeast in a movement which will
clear that part of Northern France either
by envelopment or evacuation.
Seattle: Advance information received
by wholesalers in this city states that
tinned fruit and vegetables of all kinds
will advance 50 per cent in price for fall
delivery. Many wholesalers have al
ready revised prices on the 1916 pack to
meet the new rise. The soaring price of
tin is given as the cause of the rise.
Washington: Because of the opposi
tion which is being felt toward conscrip
tion, the president will appeal directly
to the people of the United States to
support him in the prosecution of the
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war by offering their services voluntarily.
If the required enlistments are not forth
coming voluntarily, however, it will be
necessary to resort to conscription.
Washington: A colossal campaign to
break the German submarine campaign
I is forecasted thru the announcement in
shipping circles today of the plans of the
government sliippiug board to construct
a great fleet of wooden vessels to carry
| food, clothing and ammunition to the
! entente allies. It is planned to con
struct these vessels at the rate of one a
day.
Chester; Latest reports of the Eddy
stone munition factory explosion state
that the number of dead has been reduc
ed to 112, with 121 injured. The cause
of the explosion has not yet been deter
mined, but the testimony of one of the
injured employes states that a shrapnel
was seen lying close to a radiator shortly
belore the explosion. Experts assert
that the heat from a radiator is sufficient
to explode a shrapnel. Whether or not
the shell was intentionally so placed is
not known.
FRIDAY
Washington: In an appeal to the wo
; men of the nation, Mrs. Wilson has asked
all women to curtail social activities and
economize in the use of foodstuffs.
Rio de Jamero: The government has
decided to arm all Brazilian ships sailing
for Europe. A mob in this city wrecked
a German newspaper plant last nite.
Washington: The senate this morning
passed the appropriation of two hundred
and seventy-eight million dollars for the
expense of raising a volunteer army.
Washington; The sundry civil bill
passed the senate yesterday afternoon.
It carried ?7,500,000 for the construction
of the government railroad in Alaska.
Rio de Janiero: Austria has severed
diplomatic relations with Brazil. The |
Austrian Ambassador to this country re- ’
quested this morniug that he be given ;
his passports.
Paris: An official report from the war
office states that the French forces cap
tured several more lines of German iu
trenclimeuts to the northwest of St. j
Quentin this morning.
Washington: The war department is.
sued instructions this morning to all
recruiting officers to call for 500,000 vol
unteers to fill up the regular army and
the existing units of the national guard.
Portlane, Ore.: A full cavalry troopof ,
seventy-five men was enlisted here ye* j
terday in six hours. A new high record j
was also established the same day in
navy enlistments, wbeu 72 men were
received.
Boston: A guardsman doing duty near
Portsmouth this morning fired on an
aeroplane which was seen approaching
from the sea and traveling at a great al
titude. Owing to the altitude he failed
to hit the plane.
Washington: It was definitely decided
this morning that the Atlantic fleet will
undertake to patrol the Atlantic seaboard
from the Panama canal northward, pos
sibly including Canada to permit the
withdrawal of the British and French
patrol now ill those waters.
Washington: It is announced that two
of the officials in charge of the aviation
department of the Entente are enroute
to this country, to enable the aviation
corps of the war department to profit by
the experiences aud lessons learned in
that branch of the war in Europe.
Washington: According to an official
announcement issued this morning the
president has established war zones about
all American ports, and orders have been
issued that any vessel attempting to ent
er after sundown shall be fired on with
out warning. No vessel entering in the
daytime may travel at less than five knots
an hour.
Seattle: Reports emanating from var
ious points on the Pacific coast state that
submarines of the German U-boat type
have been sighted at these points simul
taneously, and lead to the supposition
that a base has been established on the
Pacific coast, presumably in Mexican
waters, for the purpose of blockading
Pacific coast ports.
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Five new Fords will be placed in Val
dez this year, and a number of higher
priced cars.
H. McAIernan, an employe of the 240
mill at Treadwell, dropped dead recently
■ while on his way from the mess house to
the mill to go to work.
Ole Berg returned to Seward recently
lrom a trip to Boston, where he secured
! the necessary capital to develop his cop
per property near Strelna.
The body of Andy I,und, a Finn, was |
found recently in his cabin at Fish Lake,
twelve miles from Whitehorse. Lack of
nourishment was given a9 the cause of
death.
Charles Close, known to nearly all the
oldtimers in southeastern and western
Alaska as one of the best piano players
ever coming North, died in Cordova a
few days ago.
The search for the body ol Lineman
Rasmussen, who was buried by a snow
slide recently near Juneau, has been
abandoned, all efforts to locate the body
having failed.
A recent report received at Anchorage
stated that the ice on Matanuska river
was in excellent condition for freighting,
and that seven-ton loads were being
hauled over it.
Old timers at Nome state that the long
continued, uniformly cold weather which
has prevailed during the present winter
is unprecedented since white men have
been in the country.
Brown & Co. are reported to have
struck 30 feet of pay streak oil Lucky
Gulch, Llvlngood, running J3 per foot
and with an unknown width of lower
grade dirt adjoining.
Petersburg is experiencing a building
boom. It is reported that about a dozen
new dwellings are to be erected there as
soon as the sawmill begins operations
and a supply of lumber is available.
Four Italians became involved in a
cutting affray recently at Atlin, and as a
result one is in the hospital and the other
three are being held pending the outcome
of his wounds. None con. talk English.
While driving a spirited dog team from
Flat to Iditarod, Garrison Costar, man
ager of the Yukon Gold company, was
painfully injured by the handlebars of
the sled striking him violently in the
chest.
Mrs. Margaret Kirby died recently in
the hospital at Anchorage from pneumon
ia. She was formerly the wife of Frank
Dunn, of Susitna station, who was shot
and killed at that place several years ago
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Thomas Barclay, a miner in the Jumbo
mine at Kennecott, fell from the top oi
the stope in which he was working rec
ently, breaking one of his legs and having
his side caved in, from the results of
which he died a few hours later. He whs
buried at McCarthy.
Mort O’Connor, a resident of Fairba-k*
in the early days, and who is well known
to many oldtimers. is reported to have
been released from an Rnglish prison
recently, where he had been serving a
ten-year term for participating in the re
cent Irish rebellion.
The Nome chamber of congress, which
is boosting for the establishment of a
pioneers' home at Knuzagamappa Hot
Springs, is in receipt of a letter from
Governor Strong turning down the prop
osition, stating that the home at Sitka is
filling all requirements.
Andy Garbin, who some time ago lo
cated 21 claims on Central creek, in the
Nome district, is reported to have struck
rich pay on the ground. The ground has
been prospected before, but nothing was
found worth staking. Central creek is a
tributary to Squirrel river.
Mulligan Brown, a camp cook located
at King river, was arrested recently as
he was about to take the train ncrth from
Seward. His suitcase was found filled
with alcohol, diamond dyes, sulphuric
acid and other ingredients, with a recipe
for making squirrel whiskey.
Sergeant Demster, of the Royal North
west Mounted Police, arrived in Dawson
recently from Rampart House, having
made the 400-mile trip over an unbroken
trail with the thermometer ranging trout
60 to 70 below. He was accompanied by
a Mr. Strom and two natives.
Word was received at Anchorage bv
the townsite officials recently to cancel
the ownership of two valuable lots there
belonging to Mrs. Alafar Dunlap. The
lots were declared forfeited because Mrs,
Dunlap violated the terms of her con
tract of purchase by selling intoxicating
liquors on the premises.
With the collapse of two main stringer*
and a dozen piles from beneath the ware
house on the dock belonging to the Ju
neau Ferry & Navigation company, at
Douglas recently, practically 200 tons of
coal dropped with the warehouse floor
into the channel. The loss amounted
to $1500,
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