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A WEEK OF CONDENSED WIRE NEWS
MONDAY
Petrograd—Leon Trotsky declared
in an interview today that an agree- <
ment exists between Germany and
Japan to “divide Russia on a basis
of mutual interests.”
Washington.—The department of
labor announces the settlement of
six labor disputes, involving three
hundred thousand men. The most
important dispute was that of the
Wagner Electric company, of St.
Louis and their employees.
Seattle—There is no Nanaimo
coal on the local market at the pres
ent time. Wellington coal is selling
at $8.50 per short ton.
Chicago.—Champion Jess Willard
says that he is satisfied with the
arrangements for a Fourth of July
bout with Fred Fulton, by the terms
^ii>f which Fulton is to receive the
sum of $20,000, win or lose.
Washington.-— General Pershing is
reported to have declared today
that the visit of Secretary of War
Baker has had an inspiring effect
on both officers and men of the
American expeditionary forces.
Seattle.—Prof. Carlton H. Parker,
of the University of Washington
teaching staff, died here Sunday of
heart disease.
Lndon.—Dispatches received in
this city from Petrograd state that
the evacuation of that city has been
completed and orders have been is
sued prohibiting any of the remain
ing population from departing.
Washington—Delegate Suizer has
received assurances from the chief
forester that extensive surveys will
be made during the coming summer
by the national forestry service, of
timber land areas in Southeastern
Alaska, which is now a part of the
timber reserve. Such of the land
as may be found more valuable for
agricultural purposes than for tim
ber. will be opened to homesteaders.
Washington.-—Veering radically
from its constantly expressed view,
the war department today for the
first time indicated its belief, offi
cially. that the Germans are not
ready to start their major offensive
on the Western front this spring.
Much fighting is anticipated, but the
..supreme effort, it is believed, will
"s not come until a later date.
Amsterdam. — Dispatches which
have reached this city from Berlin
and Vienna indicate that the great
industrial strike is now spreading
throughout Austria and Hungary.
Details are not available.
Tokyo.-—-Members of parliament
I '"'were informed today by the pre
mier and foreign minister that the
Japanese government has not yet
. reached any decision with regard
K : . the Siberian situation.
Moseow.—The proposal to remove
the capital of Russia from Petro
grad to this city, received approval
during the final hours of the soviet
congress, now adjourned.
.■y Paris.—The war office announces
today that the Germans engaged in
a series of strong attacks in the
direction of Samagneux, to the north
Lof Bois. and in the Bezonvaux sec
tor. Large enemy detachments suc
ceded in penetrating the French
line at various points, but under
the violence of French fire, the in
vaders suffered unusually heavy
losses and were unable to hold their
captured positions.
Amsterdam.—It is declared by a
German newspaper, which has just
reached this city, that the sub
marine campaign against Allied ship
ping will be intensified as the re
sult of the decision of the United
States and Great Britain, with re
gard to Dutch shipping.
London.—Advices received from
the mainland state that the Belgian
forces are now holding important
jpoast sectors on the Western front,
formerly held by the French. Great
improvement is reported to have
been made in the Belgian organiza
tion during the winter and the men
are restrained with difficulty from
Tushing the German positions. They
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advance.
With the American Army—After
terrific artillery preparation, large
:..bmbers of the enemy crossed No
!®»n’s Land, on the extreme right
— of the American sector, northwest
of Toul, for the purpose of making
a raid, which was quickly accom-1
plished, although few of the Ger- j
mans entered the American trenches.
Publication of the number of Ameri
can casualties has been withheld.
Copenhagen.—Reports received in
this city state that Czech and Ger
man members of the Austrian lower
house engaged in a wild scuffle dur
ing the sess'.ion last Thursday, sev
eral of the combatants receiving in
juries which put them in the hos
pital for repairs. The trouble was
started by a Czech deputy, who
stated that the people of Prague
recently were without food for sev- j
eral days. German members re- j
plied that the Czechs had failed to j
distribute the proper quantities of j
food, thereby causing a shortage. *
Then the fight started.
Carson City.—Samuel P. Davis,
poet, humorist and newspaperman, 1
died here yesterday, after a brief
illness.
Paris.—It is stated by war office i
officials that the American troops
now occupy first line trenches at
five different points on the Western
front
Atlantic Port. — An American
steamship, which has just reached
this port from Europe, reports hav
ing been engaged in battle on the
way across by a big German sub
marine. The battle lasted for an
hour, after which the diver disap
peared. It is the belief of the
steamer’s crew that the submarine
was sunk by the naval guard.
Copenhagen.—On the occasion of
the first reading of the German
peace treaty with Russia, before the
reichstag. Chancellor von Hertling
is reported to have declared that he
did not wish to discuss the opinions
of Germany's enemies regarding the
peace conditions. “Hypocrisy,” he
added, “has become second nature
to the enemy, whose untruthfulness
is made worse by its brutality. At
this very moment the Allies are
laying heavy hands on a neutral
country." He referred to the action
of the United States and Great
Britain in the Holland shipping mat
ter.
TI'KSKAV
Wrangell.—The sawmill, planing
mill and box factory belonging to
the Wilson & Sylvester Mill com
pany. was burned to the ground last
night. Three million feet of spruce
aeroplane lumber was saved and the
destroyed property was partially in
sured. The plant was built thirty
years ago and before the war. the
company specialized in the manu
facture of cannery supplies, but has
since been engaged in turning out
airplane lumber for the government.
London.—Officials of the German
army have invited neutral news
paper (Correspondents to join the
Teuton forces on the Western front
for the purpose of witnessing the
offensive operations about to be in-1
auguraied against the Allies. Sev
eral Copenhagen scribes will leave i
for the front tomorrow.
Berlin.—The war office announc
es that the German forces on the
Black sea coast h-; ve advanceu to a
point 70 miles beyond Odessa.
Miami. Fla.—The collapse of a
partially finished hangar at the
naval air station near this city, re- i
suited in the death of two workmen
this morning. Several others wete
injured.
London.—A neutral traveler who
reached The Hague yesterday brings
the report that fifty residents of
Coblenz were killed by bombs drop
ped by Allied airmen who attacked
that city on March 12. Much prop
erty damage is also reported to have
resulted- The traveler states that
the greatest excitement prevailed,
the residents believing the raiders
to be Americans. He says that the
striking thing about it was the be
lief among the Germans, before the
raid, that American planes would
not attempt to cross the German
lines. Doubt, he says, has now given
way to fear of the Yankee airmen.
With the American Army.—The
American artillery in the Luneville
sector has destroyed a battery of
German mine throwers which, sev
eral days ago scored a direct hit in
a dugout occupied by a number of
Americans.
London.—The Spanish and Swiss
ambassadors at Berlin have been di
rected to notify the American gov
ernment that Germany will proceed
with measure against American
property in Germany in the same j
proportion that action is taken
against German property in the
United States.
Seattle.—Mayor Ole Hanson en
tered upon his duties as chief execu
tive of the city yesterday noon.
Washington.—The senate post- i
office sub-committee has recom
mended an increase of fifteen per
cent in the salaries of postal em
ployees, including all grades and
classes- It is predicted that the full
committee will adopt the recom
mendations.
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With the American Army.—The 1
American artillery on the Toul front
is engaged in bombarding towns and
villages within the enemy lines. A
considerable number of gas shells
are being used. An American pat
rol encountered a German patrol
this morning and for an hour and a
half the Yankees endeavored to cap
ture members of the other patrol,
but without success although several
close-in encounters occurred as the
ermans retired to their own lines,
dodging from tree to tree in their
backward movement.
London—Authentic advices re
ceived in this city from Tokyo state
that a German army of forty thous
and released war prisoners is being
formed in Siberia to resist a Jap
anese invasion.
Paris.—Explosions which occur
red early today in a big munitions
factory to the north of this city,
caused the death of sixteen persons
and injured many others. The shock
caused considerable damage here,
many windows being shattered and
crockery broken.
With the American Army.—It is
reported by the intelligence officers
that they are in possesion of evi
dence indicating that there is a spy
at work inside the American lines.
This morning a sentry saw signal
light flashes from a window facing
the enemy trenches. He fired
through the window and then dashed
into the house, but failed to find
any one inside. Four hours earlier
important telephone wires inside the
American lines were cut.
Amsterdam—In a message ad
dressed to a provinvial council, the
kaiser is reported to have said yes
terday : "I have strong hope that von
Hindenburg will soon win for us a
complete victory on the Western
front.” No mention is made of the
part God is expected to play in the
operations against the Allies.
Skagway.—A White Pass rotary
plow, engaged in clearing the track
to the Pueblo copper mine, turned
turtle this morning at McCrae spur,
the accident resulting in the death
of Pilot Collinson and Engineer E.
Barry was probably fatally scalded
Two other members of the crew es
caped by jumping.
Paris.-—The war office announces
that artillery dueling is in progress
on the Verdun front and at several
other points along the Western front
Washington. — President Wilson
has attached his signature to the
daylight saving bill, which provides
that clocks are to be turned back
an hour at two o’clock on the morn
ing of March 31. At the end of
October they are to be turned ahead
an hour.
WEDNESDAY
Washington.—A dragnet is being
prepared by the revenue department
of the government to gather in all
dodgers of income taxes. Only
eleven days remain for those in the
States to file their statements, and
at the end of that period the govern
ment will proceed vigorously against
all who have failed to make returns.
Berlin.—The war office is au
thority for the statement that a
strong French detachment operating
on the front defended by the crown
prince, has gained a foothold west
of Nauroy, on the Champaigne front.
Petrograd.—There are persistent
rumors in circulation here to the
effect that the Bolsheviki are seek
ing an agreemnt with the United
States to prevent the invasion of
Asiatic Russia by the Japanese.
With the American Army.—
French and American troops again
raided the enemy trenches in the
Badonvillers sector this morning,
penetrating the opposite lines for a
distance of 300 yards at two points.
They found the enemy positions
evacuated.
Seattle.—The steel freighter Stolt
Nielson, which was built in this city.
and launched last May, is reported
to have been sunk by a submarine,
according to advices received from
the Norwegian owner of the vessel
today- The Nielson is the first
Seattle-built ship to be submarined.
Washington.—The department of
labor has notified the farmers of
the country that farm hands listed
in Class 1 for draft will be granted
a deferred classification in order
that they may aid in harvesting the
crops.
With the American Army.—On
Monday night and Tuesday a Ger
man aeroplane flew over the Ameri
can sector, northwest of Toul and
attacked the Yankee positions with
rubber balls, eighteen inches in dia
meter, filled with liquified mustard
gas. This is the first time an air
plane has been thus employed, and
while the effects of the gas are not
serious, the American troops are in
furiated by what they term dirty
warfare.
Washington.-—M ilitary observer
express the belief that the constant
massing of German troops on the
Western front is for purposes of de
fense rather than for offensive oper
ations, and that the much-heralded
Teuton offensive never will mater
ialize unless as a defensive measure
against growing pressure of the
Allied and American lines.
London.—The total losses suffer
ed by Allied and neutral shipping,
from the beginning of the war to
December 31, of last year, was
eight per cent of the total tonnage,
or thirty-three million tons, accord
ing to a statement made today by
First Lord of the Admiralty Geddes
before the house of commons. The
Daily Mail published a dispatch from
Paris today in which it is claimed
that the Germans sank 2338 ships
during the past year.
With the American Army.—Gen
eral Pershing has approved the
awarding of the first new American
military crosses for extraordinary
heroism, the recipients being Lieut
John O. Green, Sergeant Wm. Nor
ton and Sergeant Patrick Walsh.
Green will be recorded as the first
to be decorated. He was wounded
by a hand grenade in a dugout, and
when ordered to surrender, he re
fused to do so. Instead, he returned
the fire of the enemy, wounded one
of the Huns and chased the others
from the trench.
Seattle.—W. T. Hale ami P. C.
McDavell have purchased the 7-1-ton
gasoline steamer Dart and will oper
ate the boat as a mail carrier be
tween Wrangell and points on the
west coast of Prince of Wales island.
I-incoln.—\\ illiam Jennings Bryan
will celebrate his fifty-sixth anni
versary tomorrow by returning to
this city and opening a campaign
for the ratification of the federal
prohibition amendment.
Seattle. — Steamship companies
operating in Alaska waters have ad
vanced their rates, the new schedule
affecting all sailings from this date.
Anchorage.—Sixty-one Anchorage
volunteers, who enlisted with the
local exemption board. 1, ft this
morning for Fort McDowell to be
gin active training. These recruits
bring the Anchorage quota in the
military service up to pi;L The de
parture of the boys was made th.
occasion of a general holiday, all
business places remaining closed un
til after the contingent had entrain
ed for Seward. They were escorted
to the depot by an enthusiastic
crowd, there being fully two thous
and persons in the parade. Those
in the line included the regular sol
diers who are stationed here, the
Home guard. Pioneers, members of
other fraternal organizations and
school children.
\\ ith the American Army.—Sec
retary of War Baker paid' a visit
to the first line trenches early this
morning, where he scanned No Man’s
Land from a listening- post, being
unde." shell fire all the time. "Now
I am at the very frontier of free
dom” he exclcimed as he gazed
across to the German trenches, al
most within a stone’s throw of the
listening post. While returning from
the front line, a 105 German shell
burst within forty yards of the auto
mobile in which the secretary was
riding, but none of the party was
injured. “As a boy takes a watch
apart, so I have been taking the
army apart, the better to understand
its functions,” the secretary explain
ed upon his arrival at the American
headquarters.
The Hague—In explanation of the
acceptance of the Anglo-American
demand that Dutch ships be turned
over to the Allies in return for
wheat, the Holland government says
that Germany’s inability to furnish
wheat forced Holland to accept the
demands of the Allies. The Dutch
premier expresses the belief that the
vessels in question should not be
used by the Allies for the transpor
tation of munitions or troops and he
also thinks the ships destroyed should
be replaced after the war.
Paris.—The war office announces
that German troops on the Belgian
front have been expelled from posi
tions which they stormed success
fully yesterday. The enemy gained
a temporary footing in the Nieuport
Dixir.ude region, but counter attacks
quickly put them to rout.
Washington.—A ten billion dollar
bond bill will be presented to con
gress within a few days, according
to administration officials. The pur
pose of the measure is to provide »
money for war expenses and for
loans to the Allies. The treasury
department is desirous of the passage j
of the bill before the next Liberty
loan is announced. It is intimated
that the next loan will be for five
billions.
Copenhagen.—In addressing the I
reichstag today. Chancellor von Hert
ling warned the members not to in
dulge in delusions of early world
peace because of the agreements
signed with Russia, Rumania and
other European states. He declared
that there appears to be not the
slightest inclination on the part of
the Allies to terminate the war.
Washington. — Advices received
from Rome today state that a dele
gation of inter-Allied Socialists will
soon start for America for the pur
pose of submitting to President Wil
son the peace program agreed upon
at a late London convention.
New York. Four residents of the
fashionable district of this city, Bar
on Henry de Beville, Mrs. Elizabeth
Charlotte Nix. Count Robert de
Clairmont and Madam de Pina
Davidoviteh Storch, have been order
ed deported as the result of the dis
covery of their connection with a
plot to furnish enemy nations with
| information. Mrs. Nix has con
fessed that she received $3,000 from
Count yon Bernstorff after the Ger
man diplomat had left Washington.
London.—Reports received in this
city this morning indicate that the
occupation of Petrograd by the Ger
mans is now only a matter of a
i few hours. The invaders are now
moving by train in the direction of
j the Slav capital and the Russians
|are not making the slightest sign
of organized resistence. They have
J assumed a waiting attitude, the only
j anxiety evidenced concerning the
fate of Moscow, toward which city
I there appears to be developing an
Austro-German movement.
Washington.—Senator Owen, of
Oklahoma, author of the resolution
proposing a league of nations to en
force peace, has out'ined to the
senate a new international peace
plan which he believes will bring
about immediate and lasting peace.
Clyde Thompson, former post
master at Eagle, who was bound
over to the grand jury on the charge
of embezzlement, entered a plea of
guilty to the charge yesterday, at
Fairbanks, and received a fine of
$500. The embezzled funds were
returned to the government and
Thompson is now on his way back
to Eagle.
Seattle.—Fears art- entertained
fur the safety of the Sockeye Salmon
company’s tender Orogonion, which
'has not been heard from since
March 11. On that date the Mor
shovia, another tender belonging to
the company, parted company with
the Oregonian during a heavy prate
and it is believed the missing vessel
failed to weather the storm. There
were seven m*-n aboard the Ore
gonian.
Washington. -Lieut. < ■•nmander
Richard McN’eii and three enlist'- I
men were killed on board the Amer
ican destroyer Manley as the resuii
of the premature explosion of a
depth bomb. The explosion oc
curred when the Manley collided
with a British man of war in Kuro
pean waters on the night of March
19. Seven enlisted men were seri
ously injured and four others re
eeived slight injuries. Both vessels
were damaged, the Manley so seri
ously that it was necessary to tow
her to port.
Juneau.—The captain of the Ad
miral Evans has been exonerated
of all blame in connection with the
recent accident which befell the
Evans. The inspectors report that
the vessel encountered an uncharter
ed rock.
Washington. In a speech in sup
port of the bill giving the president
authority to commandeer timber.
Senator Chamberlain, of Oregon, de
clared this morning: “Not until
men with guns are sent in, can we
get the necessary spruce for our
airplanes. The I. W. W. will not
allow men to work in the forests
under present conditions.”
Washington.—The Overman bill,
which was advanced by the admini
stration as a substitute for the sen
' ate military committee’s war cabinet
i and munition director measure, has
i received the approval of the senate
j judiciary committee by a vote of
■ 11 to 7. The bill gives the president
, broad powers to reorganize and co
| ordinate government departments
i and agencies for the prosecution of
i the war.
| Ruby—George Jimmie carried off
the honors in the 58-mile dog race
which was run here yesterday, his
time being six hours, four minutes,
twelve seconds. Walter Goyne won
second money and undoubtedly
would have won the race but for
the fact that he was the first starter
and had to break trail for the others.
John Pilsback finished third. Goyne
drove a team of 14 dogs and Jimmie
drove Dr. Goode’s team of nine.
Pilsback drove his own team. The
winner received $225 and the second
man in received $125.
London—Advices received from
the mainland this morning state
that the Germans are engaged in a
terrific bombardment of the British
lines, the attack extending from the
Scarpe river to a point south of St.
Quentin. The bombardment began
at dawn and within a very short
time extended the entire length of
the British front. A strong attack
was also launched by the Germans
in the Woevre sector, but after some
very spirited fighting, the French
succeeded in forcing the enemy
back.
The boom of the German guns is
plainly audible on the English coast
and it is generally believed here that
the bombardment which was started
this morning by the Germans marks
the commencement of the long
heralded spring offensive.
Austro-Hungarian troops are ar
rayed against the French and Brit
ish forces at several points on the
Western front, according to advices
received from Vienna.
Late reports from the British
headquarters state that German in
fantry has penterated the British
front line north of Lampicourt and
Louvral and they are also advancing
on St. Quentin ridge, on the edge
of the Cambria salient. A forward
movement of the enemy is also re
ported through Gauche wood, in the
same sector, and through the brick
fields, near Croisille.
Germans Report Action.
Berlin. The war office announc
es today that an artillery battle i>
now in full force along broad
stretches on the Western front.
Americans Raid
\\ ith tlu American Army.—The
American forces east of Luneville,
co-operating with the French, con
ducted a raid on enemy trenches
this morning and penetrated the Ger
man lines for a considerable dis
tance. There was much hand t<>
hand fighting, but the raiders were
back in less than an hour The Ger
mans retaliated with a raid, pre
ceded by a heavy barrage. and they
are now engaged in throwing eras
shells and heavy explosives on the
Amerian batteries. Details of the
American raid are not available.
M'-.-eow 'I lie Bol.-heviki for,den
minister is credited with the state
ment that Russia's relations with the
Kntente are unchanged as the result
of the recently sign.-d peace pact
with the German*. 1!> sai-| further
that friendly relation- ar, non be
ing established with America.
Washington, D. ( Seventy-seven
Dutch ships in Vnnricnn norts are
now flying th< Stars and Stripes as
the result of the proclamation i-suc I
by President Wilson la.-t night, after
waiting in vain for the Holland
government to arced, t,, the terms
offered by the Allies. The vessels
represent a tonnage of six hundred
thousand, and those in British ports
bring the total up t>> a million. The
seizure of these ships and their use
by the Allies reduces materially the
net losses sustained as the result of
the German submarine* campaign.
A semi-official statement is reported
to have been issued at Berlin this
morning, intimating that Holland
must expect that submarines will
blockade her coast as the result of
the use of her vessels by the Allies.
Paris.—The war offi-c is authori
ty for the statement that aerial war
fare on the Western front has
reached record-breaking proportions
and is growing steadily in scope and
violence. Both sides have lost heav
ily. the Germans alone having lost
107 machines since the first of
March, all in daylight flying. Twen
ty-three of the enemy planes were
brought down on St. Patrick’s flay.
Juneau.—Telegraphic reports sent
out to the effect that the Alaska
Labor union, of this place, recently
passed a resolution endorsing Strong
and proU sting against the confirma
tion of Riggs, as governor, are ab
solutely false. At a union meeting
held here night before last, Harrison,
the man who signed the fake report
with Aldrich, was called to account
for his actions, and Secretary Walter
Johnson has issued a statement in
which he declares the local union
has taken no action with regard to
the appointement of a governor. The
union, he says, is not in politics.
Harrison is a candidate for nomina
tion as senator on the Maloney ticket
With the American Army.—The
big guns of the American forces
east of Lunaville have destroyed the
first and second line positions of
the enemy on part of the sector, as
the result of heavy bombardment.