TEMPORARY LULL IS REPORTED
. IN GERMAN DRIVE AT VERDUN
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BATTLE FRONT IS BEING TRANSFERRED TO EAST OF VERDUN.
WHERE GERMANS CAPTURED SEVERAL VILLAGES BY SUD
DENLY CONCENTRATING TROOPS—FRENCH WAR OFFICE BE
LIEVES GERMANS CANNOT ADVANCE AT VERDUN BUT BOTH
HIDES ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF LULL TO BRING UP SUP
PLIES AND REINFORCEMENTS—PARIS HOSPITALS CROWDED
WITH NEWLY WOUNDED.
LONDON, March 2.—Official ad
vices from the French army head
sasitero at Verdun are to the effect,
that the German offensive is dimin
ishing and that the terrific battle
which has been raging along a front'
•f 15 miles for more than a week
before Verdun is being transferred to
the east. It is ueneved here that the
enormous casualties suffered by the
...—r~ during the past week
have offtvlnced the Germans that the
attempt to capture Verdun would be
too costly in men. The dispatches
state that the shdden concentration
of German troops at eastern points
surprised the French and that sev
eral small villages were captured by
the Teutons before French reinforce
ments reached the front.
French Casualties Heavy.
IjONDON, March 2.—Altiiougli the
French military authorities do not
permit the number of tlieir casualties
to become known to the general pub
lic private advices from Paris state
that the French losses at Verdun dur
ing: the German drive must have been
enormous. The hospitals ure report
ed as crowded with wounded newly
arrived from the front and many of
tha wounded who had been under
treatment in the large hospitals have
been moved in order to make room
for the emergency cases.
Oaring for Wounded.
LONDON, March 2.—Advices from
Verdun state that it is belleTed the
lull in the German attacks against
the French positions is due to the,
enormous losses sustained by the
German troops and that the fighting
will be renewed as soon as the wound
ed have been cared for and dispatch
ed to central Germany from the
front. It is reported that during the
past few days that practically every
train from the French border was a
hospital train carrying wounded.
French Holding Germans.
PARIS, March 2.—The French war
office has posted a bulletin which
say3 that the Germans cannot ad
vance in their attack against the forts
of Verdun. During the past twenty
four hours both sides have taken ad
vantage in the lull in the fighting to
bring up reinforcements and supplies
to the front. The German troops
are reported to have made several de
termined assaults against 'he French
positions east of Champagne but
ware repulsed with losses.
EU UK
STRICT ECONOMY
National Campaign Is Started in Lon
don to Conserve Resources of
the Umpire for War Uses.
LONDON, March 2.—At a public
mass meeting last night which was
attended by thousands of citizens a
movement was started to inaugurate
a national savings campaign. The
■Meting was addressed by Arthur
Balfour, first Lord of the British ad
miralty, Premier Asquith and other
members of the British cabinet.
.wl of the speakers urged a nation
wide campaign to conserve the re
sources of the empire until after the
close of the war in which the nation
is now involved. Personal sacrifice
■and skimping is to be the watchword
-of all who can be induced to join in
promoting the campaign.
Lord Balfour declared that En
gland would face starvation unless
the women and girls of England
would till the soil as the German
women had been doing since the be
ginning of the war. He asserts that
the enlistment of the agriculturists
in the army has caused a shortage of
more than five hundred thousand
farm hands.
Th£ owners of automobiles are re
quested to give up using their ma
chines for pleasure in order that the
drivers may be employed by the gov
ernment in connection with the mili
tary operations or in tilling the soil.
POSTMASTER WII;L RECEIVE
. BII»8 FOR THE MAID SERVICE
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^postmaster Jefferson has received
specifications and forms of contracts
for the Alaska aerial mail services for
which the Postal department is ask
ing bids. The contracts call for a ser
vice between Valdez and Fairbanks
three times each wee^ and a bond of
sixty thousand dollars Is required.
Yhe attention of Valdez citizens Is
called to the bids as some of our en
terprising citizens may contemplate
»getting into the big business which is
aure to develop from the establish
ment of the aerial mail routes.
Valdez Drug company nave a fine
line of School Stationery. tf.
SEDDOVIA MAN ARESTED
FOR ASSAUI/T ON NATIVE
Gus Holstrom, one of the men who
went west with H. H. Waller in his
race for the $36,000 cannery site
on Bering Sea, was taken into cus
ody by the U. S. Deputy Marshal at
Seward when he returned from the
trip. The charge against him was
u,oOrderly conduct but it is under
stood that a more serious charge will
be pressed by the authorities. Hol
strom is alleged to have shot a na
tive in the head while on a rampage
at Seldovia several months ago.
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GRANT LYMAN HAS
BEEN CAPTURED
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Man Who (Jsed Mails to Defraud In
vestors in Mining Stocks Will
Go Back to Kills Island.
TAMPA, Fla., Mar. 2.—The sus
pect who was arrested here last week
by the local police has been identified
by secret service officials as Grant
Lyman the confidence man for whom
a nation-wide search was being made
by the federal authorities. He did
not contest extradition and was taken
to New York yesterday to face the
charge of having used the mails to
perpetrate fraud.
Lyman has already served one sen
tence at Ellis Island when he was
convicted on a similar charge as that
which he is now accused. After being
liberated from prison he established
himself in New York under an as
sumed name and soon began receiv
ing a noticeably heavy mall. The pos
tal authorities investigated and dis
covered that he had used the mails
to defraud investors in mining stocks
out of nearly a half million dollars in
two years.
A search of Lyman’s effects by se
cret service detectives alBo revealed
the fact that he had been acting as a
spy for the German government and
had been furnished Information from
England by the wife of an English
officer who is now with his troops at
the front.
Panoramic views of Child's aud
Miles glacier^, Dawson, Valdez and
Wrangel on sale at the Valdez Drug
store. tf
BODIES OF VICTIMS
BEENJECOVERED
KBMPTON, W. Va„ March 3.—The
rescue workers have succeeded In
bringing the bodies of six of the
miners who perished in a coal mine
aear here yesterday to the surface.
Nine men are still missing and* it Is
feared that all the nine have perish
ed. The disaster was caused by gas
becoming ignited, and the explosion
which followed almost completely
wrecked the lower workings of the
mine.
FARRAGUT WILL
'SAILJM SUNDAY
SEATTLE, March 2.—The steam
er Admiral Farragut of the Paclflc
Alaska Navigation company’s fleet,
arrived la Seattle from the north last
Tuesday night. She brought a num
ber Of Alaskans from westward
points who are visiting Seattle to ar
range for the coming summer's op
erations. The Farragut will sail for
Alaska at 9 o’clock next Sunday eve
enfng, and will carry a number of can
nerymen for westward points.
SUBMARINE PROGRAM BEGAN
PROMPTLY ON SCHEDULE
TWO BRITISH STEAMSHIPS WERE TORPEDOED OFF COAST OF
KENT WITHIN FEW MINUTES AFTER SUBMARINE ORDER WENT
INTO EFFECT AGAINST ARMED MERCHANTMEN—FATE OF THE
CREWS OF VESSELS HAS NOT BEEN REVEALED BY THE BRIT
ISH ADMIRALTY — TWELVE BIG LINERS CARRYING PASSEN
GERS ARE REPORTED AS NEARING THE DANGER ZONE.
LONDON, March 2.— Germany's
new submarine program to treat all
armed merchantmen as warships and
sink them unwarned was started on
schedule time last Tuesday night at
12 o'clock and the British admiralty
has anounced that two Brinish vessels
were claimed as victims within a few
minutes after midnight, when the
Teutonic order went into effect.
The first vessels to be claimed by
torpedoes from the submarines in the
new campaign-ware the British ships
Thonsby and. the Malvina which wore
sunk in the Dover straits off the coast
of Kent, and were torpedoed within
a few minutes after midnight. It is
believed that both ships were sunk by
the same German undersea fighter.
The official statement issued by the
British admiralty regarding the sink
ing of the steamships states that the
crew of the Thonsby were either kill
ed by the explosion or drowned .. - no
survivors have reached shore. No
mention is made of the fate of the
crew of the Malvina and it is believ
ed that all perished. According to
the British admiralty it has not been
determined whether the Thonsby and
Malvina carried guns or were un
armed.
The opening of the Teutonic sub
marine campaign, according to well
informed shipping officials, finds 1"
big liners carrying thousands of pas
sengers in or approaching the war
mnes where the German and Ai.s
trian submarines are most active, and
it is feared that some of them will be
claimed as victims by the divers
New York Is Anxious.
NEW YORK, March 2.--Advices
from London that the German suli
martntr campaign has dp'ehed by the
destruction of two British vessels oft
the coast of England has caused
grave apprehension for the safety of
the lives of passengers on liners sail
ing from New York which have en
tered or are near the war zmci
Three Italian liners, all of wMch
carry American citizens, were due to
have passed into the Mediterranean
sea yesterday and are in the waters
where Austrian submarines are be
lieved to be awaiting them. The
Italian vessels all carried armament
which would make them special ob
jects of attack by submarines, ami it
is feared that a fearful toll of lives of
non-combatants will be claimed by
the Teutonic submarines durmg the
first days of the new campaign.
TO DECLARE WHO
German Government Demands Re
turn of Seized Vessels Within
Forty-Eight Hours.
LONDON, March 2.—Official ad
vices from Lisbon say that the Ger
man government has presented an ul
timatum to the government of Portu
gal demanding the return «f the Ger
man merchant ships recently seized
by the Portuguese navy officials. The
Portugal government is given forty
eight hours in which to comply with
the demands of Germany or war will
be declared.
It is also believed that similar ac
tion wi~ -v. . against Portugal by
the Austrian government as the mer
chant vessels of that nation which
.iv.il interned in Portuguese ports
were seized at the same time as the
navy officials took possession ot the
German interned ships.
The Portuguese navy officials state
they have proof that thi German
ships which had interned shortly
after the beginning of hostilities in
Europe were preparing to dash for
the open sea with the intention of be
coming raiders of commerce against
nations with which Portugal is at
peace.
Lisbon advfcM State that German
and Austrian officials are preparing
to leave Portugal and will take up
thoir residence in Spain, where many
officials have already sent their fam
ilies.
Premier Requests that Government
Arrange for Five and One-Half
Billion Rubles for Year.
PETROGRAD, March 2.—Premier
Krwosjayin has asked the Duma to
authorize the appropriation of five
and one-half billion roubles ($2,500
000,000) for war and railroad build
ing purposes during the present year.
In his address before the house the
premier stated that the Russian gov
ernment would be in the war until a
brilliant victory had been won.
The closing of the Bamc Sea to
Russian commerce ships had prevent
ed the military authorities from re
ceiving munitions from friendly and
neutral countries during the early
months of the war and had resulted
in the Teutonic forces gaining much
ground from which they must be
— ..en —^*e any peace terms would
be entertained.
The announccmu- . was also made
that the work of building the rail
road from Petrograd to Ekatrina, the
Russian all-the-year open port in the
Arctic, was ag carried forward,
and that the road, when completed,
would enable Russia to receive ship
ment of munitions and send out ex
ports during the war. It is believed
that In view of the friendly relations
exi-,,‘.-g between the ar and the
members of the chamber of deputies
that the appropriations will meet
with liU-o opposition.
ADMINISTRATION FORCES IN
CONTROL OF THE SITUATION
PRESIDENT WILSON HAS DECLARED THAT HE IS UNABLE TO PRO
CEED WITH NEGOTIATIONS WITH GERMAN GOVERNMENT RE
GARDING SUBMARINE WARFARE WHILE CONGRESS IS DISCUSS
ING FOREIGN POLICY-PLAN TO BRING AGITATION AGAINST
AMERICANS TRAVELING ON ARMED MERCHANTMEN TO END IN
MANNER WHICH WILL IMPRESS GERMANY THAT UNITY PRE
VAILS—WILL KEEP HOUSE FROM VOTING ON RESOLUTION.
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 2.—
At a conference at the White House
yesterday President Wilson and the
leaders of the administration forces
in both the senate and house made
plans for bringing the agitation in
Congress regarding armed merchant
men to an end at once with a demon
stration of unity such as could not
fail to convince the German govern
ment that the American congress and
people stand firmly behind the for
eign policy of the government.
President Wilson declared that he
was unable to proceed with the nego
tiations with the German government
regarding the Teutonic submarine
warfare while the matter of warning
Americans from travt-.ng on mer
chantmen of any nation was being
discussed by Congress.
During the conference President
\Vilson made it clear that he did not
want the resolutions which had been
inuouuced in congress providing that
he should warn Americans from trav
eling on armed merchantmen to come
to a vote, as that might be mislead
ing to the European governments as
indicating that there was dissension
in the government in regard to the
foreign policy.
The leaders Of the administration
are confident that the resolutions can
be prevented from coming to a vote,
and falling in that they will be able
to defeat *.ne resolutions by a large*
majority. Many Republicans have*
promised their support to the admin
istration and have openly expressed
their sentiment against congress be
ing in opposition to the foreign pol
icy as adopted by President Wilson
and Secretary L.ansing.
According to several of the lead
ers the question of endorsing the for
eign policy of President Wilson wIM
come up in congress .mm»._.u.iely an
the situation is regarded as extreme
ly critical owing to the Teutonic sub
marine order against armed mer
chantmen having gone into effect.
Speaker Clark, who informed the
Presiu.. .st Saturday that if th*
armed merchantmen resolution was
presseu before congress . nut it would
undoubtedly pass with a majority ot
fwo to one, now declares that the
President's ai-nude is correct and
should be sustained. He is active
among the members whose attitude
is doubtful and it is understood that
party loyalty will be demanded.
Bryan is reported to have sent let
ters to a number of members of con
gress declaring that President Wil
son’s position rega.u.ng the German
submarine warfare is wrong, and ft
persisted in must inev-/ result In
the breaking of diplomatic relation*
between the American and Teutonia
governments, and eventually lead tt»
war.
NORTHWESTERN IS SAFE
AT DOCK IN SEATTLE
...TTLE, Match 2.—The steam
er Northwestern returned from Alas
ka last Tuesday evening. She brought
a large number of passengers from
Sou ineastern Alaska ports, and sev
eral large shipments of ropper ore
from the Latouche and Kennecott
mines. •
WHITE STAB LINERS
BEEN WITHDRAWN
Passenger Vessels will not be Sent
Into European War Zone Dur
ing Submarine Campaign.
NEW YORK, March 2.—The of
cials of the White Star Steamship
company have announced that all
sailings of the liners of the company
have been cancelled and that no pas
senger 6hlps will be dispatched for
the European war zones until after
April 15.
The inauguration of the new sub
marine campaign by the German and
Austrian admiralties has caused the
insurance rates to become pro I'.bitive
and owners of vessels are declining
to send their ships into the danger
zones.
It is stated by the officials of the
company that insurance rates have
increased several hundred per cent
since the beginning of the G remsuna |
since the beginlnng of the German j
submarine activities and that the
rates now charged would absorb the
profits even at the enormously in
creased freight rates.
The officials of other steamship
companies have taken similar action
and have cancelled all sailings of
their vessels until further notice,
when it Is believed that the activity of
the German submarines will have
been curtailed by the Allies.
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TO SHELL LONDON
FROM CONTINENT
Believed Krupp Works Building Gdk
Capable of Hurling Shell for
Distance of Porty Miles.
BERLIN, March 2.—It Is predict
ed by the director of the famous
Krupp gun works that Germany ar
tillery will be able to bombard tka
coast of England from the continent
before the close of sixty days. H*
has declined to make public the fads
upon which his predictions are baaed,
but it is believed that his company hr
now building guns which can be used
for Bhelling London.
It is reported in the Berlin press
that the Krupp works are building a.
gun capable of hurling a shell for
more than forty mileB and which is
expected to outrange the largest En
glish gun by nearly twenty mileB. A.
.lumber of the big guns are said to
'jo approaching completion and wilt
30011 be sent to the coast of Belgium
where they will be tested. It is also
reported that new gnus which out
range any British guns have been
mounted on superdreadnaughts and
that they are ready to try conclu
sions with the British navy for su
premacy of the seas.
BRITISH COLUMBIA WILL
PRACTICE RIGID ECONOMY
VANCOUVER, B. C., March 2.—.
Premier Bowser of British Columbia
has predicted that the province will
be forced to adopt prohibition before
the end of the present year as a ne
cessary economic measure as a result,
of the war. In common with the au*
tion of the British cabinet officials IN
urging economy on the people of En
gland the Dominion officials have
started a campaign for personal sac
rifices and greater economy In order
that the resources of the empire may
not be exhausted and the empim
forced to accept an undesirable
peace.
A flue display of nugget Jewelry at
Valdes Drug Co. M