Loudou: The German forces continue
to retire in the vicinity of Baupaume and
it is expected that they will evacuatfc tiieir
tntire line between that place and Arras.
Berlin: A daring daylight attack by
the Teutonic forces along the west bank
of the Meuse river this morning is report
ed to have resulted in the capture of an
important French position.
Washington: A minority report ofj
the senate committee on foreign relations j
urges that the Colombian treaty be reject- j
ed and termed as blackmail, claiming ;
that the terms of the treaty involve deg
radation to w hich the United Statessliould
never submit.
Washington: Ambassador Gerard ar
rived at the capital'last night, and after
a conference with Secretary Lansing gave
out the following announcement: ‘‘The
German people areeuduringextremepri
vations with grim stolidity, and are con
fident that the submarines will bring
victory*. Germany's resources are such
at present that she may possibly, be able
to bear the burden of war another year.”
Washington: Herr l'ranz Karl Zietel
nian, German consul-general to the Phil
ippines, has been traveling back-and
forth across the Pacific ocean since the
twentieth of February in an effort to land
in a neutral country, and having been
refused at San Francisco, Honolulu and
Yokohama is now headed for China. He
will probably meet with a similar recep
tion there because of the ‘recent break
b’twTeen China, and Germany.
New York: In a sta'ement to the
German authorities, the Belgian Relief
commission have requested that an Amer
ican be left in charge of the work in Bel- (
giuni.
FRIDAY
Galveston: Under the direction of the ;
coast guard service a twenty-four-hour
beach patrol has been established here. j
London: The British troops are at the
gates of Baupaunie, and will have entered ,
the last line of the German intrenchments
before nightfall in spite of a strong de*
fense on the part of the Teutonic forces.
Berlin: It is reported that French
troops have carried advanced positions on
the Macedonian front, in tht region of
Monastir, and that an important battle
is imminent.
London: For the first time in history 1
the Russian government is in the hands
of the people and a state of democracy
exists. Czar Nicholas has abdicated the
throne and is under guard at the royal
palace, togetherjwith his queen. Grand
Duke Michael, the czar’s brother, has
been named regent, and is subservient to
the orders of the duma. All leading fig
ures in the army, from the grand nuke
down are pledged to support the duma.
Reports state t! at the most remarkable
feature of the revolution.was the control
of the masses and the speed with which
normal conditions have been established
thruout the empire. The abdication of
Nicholas is taken as a forerunner of a
tremendous Russian offensive on the
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is known that the great Russian military j
machine has arrived at its full fighting !
strength, and only the influence ot the !
czar's queen, who is German, has kept j
him from ordering the vast armv to he- |
gin the Advance which will break the
Central powers' lines of defense and has
ten the. end of the gfgaritic: struggle.
Washington: Because of the fact that
certain foreign governments do not ap
pear to be willing to permit the entry of
armed American merchantmen, this gov
ernment will inquire of all European na
tions as'th whether-they would agree to
admit the vessels. ,
Geneial News
Morfday
• . Chicago: An enterprising tailor of this
city is advertising that lie will press a
suit of clothVs fbr five potatoes.
Kansas City: Frederick Oberlielman,
teller ot the Security National l«iuk of
this city, committed suicide in his apart
ments last night. lie was $2.S,000 short
in Iiis accounts..
Philadelphia: A Federal bank mes
senger was held .up on one of tile main
tliorofares in this city yesterday and rob
bed of *10,000. He resisted the attack,
and was shot and mortally wounded.
Cleveland: The supreme court lias
adjourned without handing down a rul
ing on the Adamson law, and as a result
a general strike has been ordered bv the
railway Brotherhoods, to take effect at
six o’clock on the afternoon of March
seventeenth.
Indianapolis: Between thirty and six
ty persons were killed and scores wound
ed during a tornado which swept from
New Castle to Cincinnati Sunday. The
property loss is estimated at more than
one million dollars. All homes in New
Castle were ruined, and up to noon to
day 32 bodies have been taken lrom the
wreckage.
T uesday
Washington: The presidents of four
of the railroad brotherhoods have assured
President Wilson that the railway work
ers of the United States will not strike in
the event of war.
Washington: The government will
collect three hundred million dollars in
revenue from income taxes during the
current fiscal year. Munitions tax will
net an additional two hundred and forty
million, and internal revenue three hun
dred and fifty million.
Seattle: Fifty thousand tons of freight
valued at twenty million dollars, and
said to be the largest amount of freight
ever assembled in one pier, is concen
trated in the Port commission’s ware
house in this city. The largest single
shipment in the lot consists of srx hun
dred million cigarets for the orient, to
relieve a shortage there caused by the
war.
Wednesday
Los Angeles: The largest and most
destructive fire in years occurred in the
heart of the business district in this city
last night, when the Wilson building was
completely gutted.
Tuneau: The deadlock in the territor
ial senate was broken shortly after noon
when Hubbard was elected president,
Eddy secretary, Baxter sergeant-at-arms
and Hecev messenger.
Olympia: An armed man, evidently a
fanatic, forced his way into Governor
Lister’s offices here yesterday and made
an attempt to force his way into the gov
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Ziegaus argued with hint the governor
escaped- thru a vault into the offices of :
the state auditor. lie was held in the
governor's office an hour and when he
attempted to escape down a fire ladder
he was arrested.
San Diego: Wm. Clayton, vice-presi
dent and general manager of the Spreck
els' interests in southern California, was
shot and perhaps fatally injured by a
Mexican named Lorenzo yesterday after
! noon in his offices here. Lorenzo lost a
foot recently in a street car accident on
the Spreckels system, and held a fancied
grievance against Ciaytoii for his loss.
Washington: Bids on six 35-knot scout
cruisers were opened this morning, and
! the contract will he awarded to the Seat
tle Construction & Dry Dock company,
the lowest bidders
Thursday
Washington: The senate this morning
confirmed the nomination of Dr. Grayson
as medical director of the navy, with
the title of Admiral.
Wilmington: Two terrific explosions
at the Dul’ont powder works here this
morning rocked all the buildings and
shattered all the windows in the city.
The cause of the explosion is being in
vestigated.
Cleveland: Latest reports indicate that
I a general railroad strike is inevitable and
i that the systems of the entire country will
| be tied up by Monday night. In the
j event of war it is declared that the gov
j eminent will seize all railroads.
Seattle: Superintendent Davis, of the
I government experimental station at Fair
! banks, is in this city today, enronte to
] Alaska. He says that there are approx
j imately ten billion tons of lignite in the
| Nenana coal fields, hut which contains
i a high percentage of water, which will
| necessitate drying the coal before it is
! fit for commerciai use.
Friday
Washington: Ray Baker of Nevada
has been appointed as director-general of
ttie mint.
j Baltimore: Oscar G. Murray, chair
; man of the hoard ot directors of the B. &
j O. system, died at his home in this city
j last night.
i Havana: Government troopsare in pos
! session ot Santiago and American marines
j which took the citv from the revolution
| ists some time ago are withdrawing from
| the city.
Washington: It is said in official cir
cles here that the president would make
! an attempt to mediate between the rad
| road chiefs and the brotherhoods it such
a move were suggested to Him.
St. Raul: The Northern Pacific this
morning issued an embargo on all freight
which will not reach its destination by
Sunday, in anticipation of the railroad
! strike.
Albany, N. Y : It was announced here
this morning that a new motion picture
concern has been incorporated in New
York, and thaL Charlie Chaplin has been
engaged at a salary of a million dollars a
year.
K1 Paso: Confidential advices received
here this morning state that German cit
izens in Chihuahua liaye offered to raise
a regiment to assist the Mexicans in the
event of war with the-United States.
New York: Chairman Lee of the rail
way managers’ committee announced this
i morning that negotiations with the broth
j erlioods have failed, anti a general strike
I seems inevitable.
Elsewhere In Alaska
One of Seward's infant industries has
received a severe blow. Otto Poehlmann
of that city sent a tanned mudsliark skin
to the States to have the quality ot the
leather passed upon, and the customs
authorities in Seattle held up the ship
ment, holding that the skin was that of
a caribou, wliicli it is forbidden to ship.
Twenty-six pieces of town property,
upon which taxes have riot been paid tor
1916, were recently sold at public auc
I tion at Juneau. Six lots were sold to
private individuals for the aggregate sum
; of S394.04 and the remainder were bid in
for the city.
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The city council at Cordova has instruct
ed the city attorney to prepare an ordi
nance prohibiting dogs on the streets of
the town except on leasli.
The report of the grand jury recently
in session in Juneau recommends the pro
vision of 2 fund for the detection aud
prosecution of crime in the tertitory.
Mrs. Iola Beebe, one of the mothers in
law of “Swiftwater Bill’’Gates, is launch
ing a moving picture venture for film to
portray the matrimonial career of Gates.
Numerous lynx and wolverine tracks
are to be seen on the fiats around Valdez,
indicating that small game is scarce and
that the animals are ranging for food.
The Barrett-Kennecott Copper Co. has
j atranged to beg n operations on the de
! velopment of its property under the snp
I erintendenev of John K. Barrett. Supplies
: are now being hauled from McCarthy to
the property.
In accordance with the custom of nam
ing ships after ports in Alaska, the Al
aska Steamship company will rechristen
the Kureka the Ketchikan, and the Stan
ley Dollar the Skagway,
The exports from Alaska for the month
of January, 1917, reached a grand total
of §2,455,145, notwithstanding the fact
that very few boats were on the Alaska
run, the further fact that the Bering sea
fur trade had closed, and that the gold
and salmon shipments had almost entire
ly ceased.
The P. E.^Harris company, which op
erates the cannerv at Hawk Inlet, has ar
ranged to take over the old cannery at
Pyramid harbor, near Haines, and expects
to open a one line cannery this spring.
This makes two canneries in the Haines
section as there already is a cannery at
Chilkat.
\V. R. Reinfeld left Anchorage recent
ly for the Nelchiua, where he has been
; prospecting for the past three years. He
has great confidence in the district and
says lint the country never has been
prospected despite the big stampede three
! years ago.
A continuous string of complaints to
the marshall’s office regarding the ship
ment of liquors to Anchorage and other
dry points along the government rail
road by the saloon men of Seward, has
culminated i:i the issuance by Marshal
Breiineman of stringent orders that the
traffic must stop, under penalty of a for
feiture of licenses.
Spruce Creek, in the Atlin district, is
again showing some very fine nuggets.
Harry Moore was the real lucky one.
i While he was packing the large rocks
out of the sluice boxes into a wheelbar
row he picked up a nugget weighing .S3
ounces.
The herring pack at Seldovia lias been
completed, barrelsand salt being exhaust
ed. About 1200 barrels have been put
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In the matter of the Estate of Emil
i Roatcsli, Deceasd. Notice is herebvgiv
en by the undersigned, administrator of
tlie estate of Emil Roatcsli, Deceased, to
i th creditors thereof, and to all persons
^ haring claims against said estate, to ex
j hibit the same with the necessary vouch
! ers, within six months after the first pub
lication of this notice, to-wit, within six
! months after the Third day of March.
1917, to said Administrator, at the drug
store of Thompson & Gagnon, at Ne
nana, Alaska, tlie same being the place
for the transaction of the business of said
estate.
The date of the first publication of this
notice is the Third day of March, 1917,
A. 1). Thompson, Administrator.
NOTICE.
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nership heretofore existing between the
undersigned, under the name of the
Xenana Trading Company, has this dx?
: been dissolved by mutual consent, Wil
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said firm. R. I*. McGowan.
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