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VOLUME XVI. NO. 74. TELEPHONE MAIN 48 NOME, ALA3KA. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1916 TELEPHONE MAIN 48. PRI„E £8 CEN T-,
BERLIN REFll_
BERLIN SUMMARIZES RESULTS
OF GREAT GERMAN DRIVE
A. ►. \. Service.
BERLIN, Feb. 26.—A summary of
the fighting along the western front in
the vicinity of Verdun Issued by the
war office discloses that the great
German drive smashed a tremendous
hole In the French battle front along
the Meuse and also broke through the
ring of forts defending Verdun Itself.
According to the announcements,
the Germans not only drove the enemy
back along the entire northern rim of
the Verdun sector but also succeeded
In capturing Fort Douanmont, four
miles northeast of Verdun, and three
miles of the enemy positions south
east of the ridge of Louveant, to
which point the French had retired the
third night of the battle. Fort Dou
aumont was taken at the point of the
bayonet. The Germans stormed the
position in spite of a rain of shells and
a vertlble hail from the enemy mach
ine guns The charge was lead by the
24th Brandenburg regiment which
covered itself with glory in one of the
most spectacular charges of the war.
Fort Douaumont is one of the strong
est of the twenty one forts defending
Verdun. The fortification is one of
the strongest of the outer defenses of
the great central fortress and is thor
oughly modern being built of steel,
concrete and stone" Douaumont,"
says the official statement," the north
east pillar of the main line fortifica
tions of Verdun, was surrounded and
taken by the Twenty fourth Branden
berg in a hand to hand engagement
which placed the position firmly in the
hands of the Germans."
The capture of Douamont opens the
way for attacks on Forts Bolevllle.
St. Michaels and Souville all of which
are armored fortresses. Other Import
ant advances of the Germans were
made east of the Meuse region, and
north of Verdun Including the capture
of the hills southwest ol the village
of Louveant and several important
fortified positions to the eastward
The resistence of the French was
also completely broken down on the
M'oevre plain along the entire front to
Marjouvllle. Important gains were also
made south of the high road from
Annars to Metz, and the French were
compelled to relingulsh tin- town of
Beaumont." The general staff say
that the successes at this point are
among the most Important of the war
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SEATTLE, Feb. 26.—Orion O. Denh*
on* of the noted Denny family of this
city and himself the first white boy
born in the city of Seattle, died at
noon today after a lingering illness
Denny was born in Seattle in 1853,
when the present city was a primitive
village in the wilderness peopled by
a few scores of whites. For many
years he was one of the leading citi
ens of the community and was one of
the earliest founders of the present
metropolis. Of late years be has been
Incapacitated a great deal with pa
ralysis and finally succumbed to the
effects of the disease.
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SEATTLE, Feb. 28—The sheriff and
prosecuting attorney' have stirred up
a fearful fuss in the minds of the
victims of blackmailer Sichler by the
announcement that the pictures seized i
by the police In the blackmailer’s
apartments will be Introduced as evi
dence at the forthcoming trial, and
there has been a rush to prevent
exposure by many leading lights who
were caught in delicate positions.
The prosecutor also promised that the
Misses Clayburn and Peterson, the
two women with whom Sichler is said
to have worked most sucessfully in
securing compromising pictures, will
be called ns witnesses together with
a number of the victims themselves
The sheriff asserts that an effort
will be made to bring before the tour:
a woman who has been collecting ren
tals for a wealthy female apartment
house owner in which Sichler is said
to have taken many of his pictures
and who is said by the officers to have
taken a hasty departure for Los An
geles when Sichler was arrested.
NEWS CONFLICTING CONCERNING
CAPTURE OF FORT DOUAUMONT
GERMAN CLAIM ALLIE8 WERE
REPULSED.
BERLIN, Feb. 28—The German
troops by a surprise attack successful
ly entered certain advanced French
trenches in the Champagne section
near the Navarlne farm and in the
region north of Verdun ttie great artll
Iry bombardment has continued with
great Intensity, particularly in he
central sections and to the south and
right of the eastern forts, says an offi
cial French announcement today. The
report also says that the efforts of the
enemy to capture Douamont have been
broken. _
FRENCH DRIVE ENEMY BACK
OTTAWA, Feb. 28.—The French'
are now steadily driving the enemy j
past Douamont, despite his spasmodic
rallies which are made with terrible
losses, says a cable message from
France to the Canadian minister of
militia today
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BERLIN CLAIMS STILL HOLDING
BOUAMONT FORT.
BERLIN, Feb. 28.—Five determined
attempts made by the French troops
to capture the fortress of Bouamont
were repulsed with sanguinary losses
according to the official statement is
sued by the German headquarters
staff The report further states that
the German troops have successfully
stormed the fortified works of llardu
rnunt and have also captured the
towns of Champneuvllle and Cote
batalou. The official report places the
number of wounded French prisoners
taken in the lighting at fifteen thou
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BERLIN SAYS NO SUCH THING
AS ARMED FOR DEFENSE
A. P. A. Service.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28.—Germany
hag refused to accept President Wil
son's contention relative to the armed
merchantmen decree and utterly re
fuses to recognize the president's in
terpolation of "armament for defense
purposes clause of the state depart
ment answer.
Germany through Ambassador Berr.
storff formally notified Lansing to this
effect today. Lansing was told that
the German government takes the po
attlon that there is no such thing as
merchantmen armed for defense pur
poses. Von Bernstorflf frankly told
Lansing that Germany took the posi
[ tlon that armaments of any character
* are offensive armaments so far as
merchant vessels are concerned.
Germany also Instructed BernstorfT
j to say that to the United States that
I tl a assurances regarding the future
J conduct of the submarine warfare given |
In the cases of the Lusitania and Ara- j
I Me axe still oonsldered as blading 1
upon Germany but that they apply to
all merchant men without regard to
nationality provided that they do not
show by armament that they are not
peaceable and therefore subject to de
struction without warning.
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ITALIANS
EVACUATE
DURRAZO
A. P. A. Service.
ROME, Feb. 28. The report that the
port of Durrazo on the Adriatic has
been evacuated by the Italion troops
stationed there has been confirmed,
although no details as to the reason
are obtainable It Is known, however,
that the Austrian forces iri Albania
have been greatly reinforced during
the past few days and several hard
engagements have been fought between
the opposing forces
LEADING SEATTLE
LAWYER DEAD
A. P. A. Service.
SEATTLE, Feb. 28.—W. T. Lovell, a
noted lawyer of this city died this
morning of paralysis following an op
eration. Lovell was taken ill with
pneumonia three months ago and al
though he recoverd his condition was
such that a surgical operation on his
lungs was necessary. The first opera
tion was only partially successful and
was followed by a second last Satur
day. The patient was apparently Im
proving when overtaken by a paraly
tic stroke.
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.WASHINGTON, Feb. 28.—The house
military committee today voted to,
place the numbers uf the regular
standing army at one hundred and
thirty seven thousand men under the
provisions of the new army bill which
will be submitted for ratification by
the committee.
This will form the neucleus of the
new federalized army system which
will include the national guard, which
will be federalized and brought to h
high standard of efllelency 30 that it
a ill be available at once in the event
■ f hostilities
Fnder the plan adopted by the com
mittee the national guard will nearly
equal the numbers of the standing
army and will therefore, practically
double the military strength of the
regular forces if called into service.
It is believed by the committee that
the new bill will prove acceptable to
both sides In the preparedness con
troversy as it Is neither uverwhelmlng
ly great or costly.
NOTICE L. 0. 0. M
Nome Lodge No. 1413, L. O. O. M.
will hold an important meeting at the
small Eagle hall tonight at * p m
Business of Importance and Initiation
All members are requested to attend
ALFRED LOMEN, Dictator
CHAS J THOMPSON, Secretary.
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BASE BECiEVER
A. P. A, Service.
SEATTLE, Feb. 2S.—Claiming that
i he Is the victim of u bogus marriage,
Oliva Lars u> today filed a suit In the
superior court of King country asking
the sum of fifty thousand dollars from
Bolter Spencer McMillan, an Tdltarod !
miner wTIom she claims to have met1
In the vicinity of Clery creek in the!
Fairbanks mining district, and who
subsequently induced iter to enter into
a marriage contract, when he already
had a wife living In Canada.
The complaint alleges that the
couple lived together for some time
before the complainant discovered that
her supposed husband had a spouse
beyond the confines of T'ncle Sam's
lomatns.
The marriage ceremony was per
formed by Commissioner Albright of
the Iditarod and the complainant avers
that she entered into the contract In
good fnitli and faithfully performed
the marriage covenant until she learn
.■d of tli. existence of the first wife
McMillan is said to he one of the
wealthiest operators of the Iditarod
section, having made a fortune on No
1 above discovery claim on Otter cree'»
in partnership with George Riley. He
Is also said to be still heavily inter
ested with the mining firm of Rile'
and Marston, the largest operators in
the Iditarod at the present time
CARD OF THANKS
Mr. John Hoem wishes to extend
his sincere thanks to all who assisted
him in his sad bereavement especially
the members of the Loyal Order of
Moose. JOHN HOEM
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