VOLUME XIV. VALDE53, ALASKA, SATURDAY, MARCH 4, 1016 NUMBER 5S
BRIM ORDER
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a-itlsh Admiralty Ordered Comman
ders of Armed Merchantmen
to Defend their Ships.
LONDON, March 4.—The British
admiralty has officially published cop
ies of the order given captains of
armed merchantmen in regard to the
German submarine warfare. The
order is dated October 20, 1915, and
directs the officers of the merchant
men to shoot when approached by en
emy submarines or aircraft.
The order has been given publicity
owing to the American government
having requested information regard
ing the German claims that the Brit
ish admiralty had instructed the com-'
manders of armed merchantmen to
attack submarines. •
The British admiralty officials as
inext thajltfe order was intended as a
strictlyJnefensive precaution and not
an offensive measure as claimed by
Germany in the controversy with the
American government.
OFFICER HELPED
GERMANS ESCAPE
Canadian Senator Charges that Three
Germans who Escaped from De
tention Camp were Helped.
OTTAWA, March 4.—That trie
■commanding officer at the detention
camp at Amherst, Novia Scotia, fa
cilitated the escape of three German
prisoners from the camp last Decem
ber, was the charge made against
that officer by Senator C. Lorin on
the floor of the senate yesterday.
The German prisoners escaped by
tunneling for. a distance of two hun
dred feet under the walls surround
ing the detention capjp and escaped
to the United States, where they have
since been the subject of investiga
tion by the American immigratt' A
authorities.
The charges of Senator Lorin cre
ated a sensation and an investigation
has been ordered by the military au
thorities as it is believed that others
must have been involved In the con
spiracy to permit the prisoners to es
cape.
GERMAN DRIVE RESUMED
NORTH OF VERDUN FORTS
FRENCH POSITIONS ARE SUBJECTED TO TERRIFIC ASSAUCTS FA
GERMAN ARTILIjERY AND INFANTRY AND TROOPS FORCED TO
ABANDON FIRST CINE OF TRENCHES—REFUGEES ARE REAV
ING WAR ZONE IN NORTHERN FRANCE AS IT IS FEARED THAT
BEOCKADK WIFE BE BROKEN—BRITISH GAIN GROUND COST
ON FEBRUARY 14—ROAR OF CANNON HEARD 200 MICKS.
PARTS, March 4.—Dispatches from
the army headquarters at Verdun re
port. that tho German offensive move
ment has been resumed with great
violence against the French positions
north of Verdun, In which both the
artillery and infantry are active. The
Germans are subjecting the French
trenches to a terrific shelling which
have obliterated hundreds of yards of.
the field fortifications. The advices
state that the French troops have
been ftfgc^ to fall back from the first
lino of tViuches but that the efforts
of the Teutons to pierce the lines have
failed. Reinforcements have been
sent to the threatened positions as it
is believed that the Germans are
planning a flank movement against
the forts at Verdnn.
British Gain Lost Ground.
LONDON, March 4.—Night dis
pafehes from the British army head
quarters in northern France report
the recapture of eight hun Trrd yards
of trenches which were lost to the
English during their drive on Febru-,
ary 1 ,tb near Ypres. tl is also re
ported, that by a counter attack that
a slight gain was made,,against the
Germans east of Yprfo.
Refugees Leaving District.
PARTS, March 4.—Thousands of
citizens who have remained In the
villages hear the battle front in the
northern part of France during the
past year while the blockade has ex
isted, are seeking safety in flight from
the. German offensive movement as
h is feared that the French lines will
be broken by the terrific onslaught of
the Teutons. The refugees are being
sent to southern France by the gov
ernment.
Roar of Cannon Heard 200 Miles.
BERLIN, March 4.—The German
war office has anonunced that the
drive against the French troops at
Verdun has been resumed and that
the fighting near Fort Bouamont *s
terrific. During the night the French
troops attempted to capture lost
ground but were repulsed with heavy
losses. The roar of the . cannonading
before Verdun 4s to have been
heard for a distance of two hundred
miles.
To Use Siege Guns.
AMSTERDAM, March 4.—It is re
ported here that the Germans are
planning to use the big siege guns
with which Antwerp was reduced
against the forts at Verdun. They
have captured positions which com
mand the city and it is believed that
the forts would be evacuated if sub
jected to shelling from the big guns
vanced price.
COLORED PUGILIST HAS
QUIT ENGLAND FOR GOOD
... LONDON, March 4.—Jack John
son the,negtro pugilist, has taken his
departure from.England and gone,to
8p*iii, as he was ordered to leave be
’We the end of next week. .While re
siding in France Johnson took ont
naturalization papers and feared to
return to that country as he might
he drafted into the army. He haa
..Joan.In frequent trouble since,lasing
ffaefhampionshlp and baa. been heav
ily Ipued. Before leaving England
Johnson stated that he had planned to
settle la floyth America anil wot^d
bring his mother from Chicago as he
ins unable to return to America ow
dag to an Indictment hanging over his
heed for .Inmning bail.
Roosevelt Withdraws Name
NEW YORK, March 4.—Colonel
Roosevelt has requested that his
tame be withdrawn from the Illinois
primaries ns that is the fourth state
to take similar action.
URGE IMPROVEMENTS AT
BREMERTON NAVY YARDS.
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 4_j
The Senate committee on naval af-j
fairs which has been taking testi
mony during the paBt month (regard
ing the naval defenses of the nation,
has recommended that an appropria
tion of two million, dollars be made
for the purpose of Improving the Bre
merton navy ya^d.
The special committee of naval offi
cers appointed by the Senate to in
vestigate, the, A*vy yards in thejr re
port urged the Improvements at Bre4
merton, which .was declared to be, the
beet navy .yard on the American .coh-t
tinent. 1'
iWHl Visit King Constantine
ATHENS March 4.—It is reported
that General Mackensen, the German
commander'whose army crushed Ser
bia and Montenegro, is soon to visit
King Constnntlne in order to offset
the effects of the visit of Lord Kitch
ener last fall.
PRESIDENT WILSON WINS FIGHT
IN SENATE ON FOREIGN POLICY
GERMAN RAIDERS
MOST EFFECTIVE
Reported that Germany will Abandon
Submarines and Resort to
Wholesale Raiding.
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AMSTERDAM, March 4.—It la re
ported here that the German govern
ment la planning a campaign against
the commerce ships of the enemy
nations by using raiders instead of
the submarines which threaten to
involve Germany and Austria in dip
lomatic difficulties with the United
States.
The success which has attended
the operations of the raiders Moewc
and Pamm against the British shipri
off the coast of Africa and in the
South Sea has shown that as destroy
ers of commerce the raiders aro
more effective than the submarines.
It is estimated that since the raid
er Moewe began her activities that
she has claimed twenty-five mer
chantmen of the enemy nations and
that the vessels have yielded millions
of dollars worth of treasure to the
German prize crew.
REPORT RAIDER
BEEN CAPTURED
Unconfirmed Report, that German
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Commerce Raider tvas Captur
ed by British Cruiser.
BEUNOS AIRES, March 3.— Ves
sels arriving here yesterday after
noon and- last night from England re
port that wireless messages were in
tercepted while off tho coast of Bra
zil stating that the German com
merce raider, Moewe, which seized
the British liner Appam and sank a
score of other vessels has been cap
tured by British cruisers.
The wireless mesages were not in
code and had been flashed from ves
sels off the African coast to British
steainers at sea announcing that the
raider tor whom every ship feared
capture had herself been destroyed.
The report has,ni& been confirmed.
FLOMING MINES
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Storm Caused Many Mines to Escape
from their Moorings and Drift i
Northward to Sweden.
LONDON, March 4.—The recent
heavy storms which swept the Baltic
sea caused hundreds of the mines
which the German admiralty had laid
to guard the entrance to the Baltic
and eastern end of Kiel canal to part
from their moorings and tp become
a menace to navigation in the sea.
The mines have drifted north, with
the tid^sapd iittBr the .Waters along
the shore of Sweden.
The merchant ship owners of Swe
den Are angered because of the dan
ger to” their abipsfand bjaye protested
to tty) government and lt ts believed
that the 'German government will be
asked to Sweep the sea for the mines.
A'number of deaths have been re
ported through mines "having been
exploded, on the coast of Sweden. Ves
sels en route to Swedish porta from
foreign countries have been notified
by wireless against the menace to
their ships from the unbridled mines
in the Baltic.
WHITE STAR LINER
WILL BE ARMED
Sails from New York with Three
Americans Aboard—Will Take
on Armament at Gibraltar.
NEW YORK, March 4.—Despite
the announcement of the officials of
the Wblte Star Steamship company a
few days ago that no liners of the
company would be dispatched for Eu
ropean ports before April 15 owing
to the new Teutonic submarine cam
paign, the liner Canopie sailed yes
terday afternoon for Mediterranean
ports.
The steamship carries several hun
dred passengers among whom are
three American citizens whose busi
ness calls them into the danger
zone.
The captain of the vessel announc
ed that he had been instructed to
stop the ship at Gibraltar where guns
would be mounted to protect the ship
from attack by submarines or air
craft which were active off the coast
of Italy.
Prior to the sailing of the liner
the American passengers received
warnings from some mysterious
source that the vessels would he tor
pedoed and urging them not to risk
involving, their country in war with
the Teutonic nations as the steam
ship would not reach her destination.
It is reported that the Canopie car
ried heavy shipments of munition to
the Allies troops at Saloniki but all
information as to the nature of her
cargo is being withheld by the cus
tom’s officers.
MARRIED MEN ARE
CALLED 10 COLORS
British Government Is Enforcing Con
scription Measure to Fill the
Ranks of New Army.
LONDON, March 4.—Earl Derby
has been grievously disappointed In
the results secured from enlisting un
der the voluntary enlistment plan as
proposed'Vy him. Following the cam
paign under his plan, which extend
ed to every part'of the British Isles,
the announcement was made that En
gland could raise an army of four
million men without resorting to forc
ed military service through conscrip
tion.
The voluntary enlistment plan has
failed to bring results and it Is an
nounced that a proclamation will be
Issued Sunday calling all married
men between the ages of nineteen
and twenty-seven years to the colors.
The men will be called in units in or
der to prevent congestion at the re
cruitiug stations and in arranging for
their concentration in the training
camps.
Bachelors; young men and widow
ers having no children dependent
upon them between the ages of T8
and 43 years bave already been called
but the number has .tailed to bring
the army up to the strength .demod
ed by the war office.
During the .debates In the British
House of Commons on the oonscrlp
tlon measure U was agreed by Pre
mier Asquith that married men wsiild
be exempt from seiwim In the army
but'the situation has now become so
grave that air males of military Afce
wlil be called ‘for service. '
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weakness In men; restores lost pow
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falls. Address Dr. T. Pierce, Seattle,
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SENATOR GORE'S RESOLUTION WHICH WOULD REQUIRE AMERI
CAN CITIZENS BEING WARNED OFF ARMED MERCHANTMEN
OF BELLIGERENT NATIONS DEFEATED BY VOTE OF FIVE TO
ONE WHEN TEST OF STRENGTH WAS MADE—BELIEVED THAT
- SIMILAR RESOLUTION IN HOUSE WILL BE KILLED TODAY—
PRESIDENT IS PLEASED AND WILL PROCEED WITH NEGOTIA
TIONS UNHAMPERED.
WASHINGTON. March 4.—Presi
dent Wilson has won his fight against
interferences on the part of individ
ual members of the senate with the
foreign policy of the government,
and is now free to proceed unham
pered with his negotiations with the
German and Austrian governments
in the controversy regarding the sub
marine warfare.
In accordance with the agreement
reached by the administration lead
ers at thfc conference Thursday night
the resolution of Senator Gore, of
Oklahoma, which would have re
quired President Wilson to warn
American citizens against travelling
on armed merchantmen of tile bel
ligerent nations, was made the first
order of business for the day.
The request of President Wilson
for a record vote on the resolution
when it came up in the senate in or
der that the German government
might be fully convinced that con
gress and the Americau people stood
firmly behind his foreign policy, ha*
the desired effect of causing the re»
olution being tabled when it camels*
a vote. The vote stood five to onc^.
giving President Wilson the almost
unanimous endorsation which he ha*,
demanded.
Senator Gore's resolution was neb
debated as it was agreed upon h«r
the leaders of both sides that the
test of strength should be made o*
the question of tabling the resole—
tion.
President Wilson remained at thet
White House during the time the
resolution was under discussion ii»
the Senate and when informed of the
result of the vote he expressed the
keenest satisfaction.
It is believed £hat a similar reso
lution which had been introduced fn
the lower house will he brought xtp
for action today and will be over
whelmingly defeated, as the leader*
of the administration forces have
been actively working in opposition
tothe measure.
ADMIRAL FLETCHER,
SAYS NAVY IS BEST
Tells House Committee on Naval Af
fairs that. Our Dreiulnanghts
Have no Superior.
WASHINGTON, March 4.—Admir
al Fletcher, commander of the At
lantic fleet is offering testimony be
fore the House committee on Naval
affairs yesterday afternoon spoke a
good word for the efficiency of the
vessels and men composing the navy
of the United States! His testimony
was in strong contrast to several
other tftvy officials who have testi
fied since the investigation of the ef
ficiency of the nation's defenses be
gan.
Admiral Fletcher declared that the
American navy was the best of its
sl/e in the world and that individ
ually our dreadnaughts were the
most efficient fighting machines in
the world. He urged that the navy
be increased but asserts that no ap
prehension may be entertained that
the present fleet would fail to give
a good account of itself should the
nation be plunged into war with any
of the great powers.
Admiral Fletcher favors the Im
mediate construction of a fleet of
submarines to guard the Pacific
coast cities and has recommended
that the navy yards at Mare Island
and Bremerton be enlarged so as to
accomodate the new dreadnoughts
which are now being constructed.
When questioned fc,r members of
the committee regarding the possi
bility of the Atlantic fleet being able
to afford protection for the Pacific
coast by passing through the Panama
canal, Admiral Fietcher expressed his
belief that It was entirely practical
provided the canal could be kept
open and would not be closed when
It waa.most urgently required.
LODGE NOT A CANDIDATE, '
WILL SUPPORT WEEKS
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 4.—
That Senator Lodge la net a candi
date for the Repufellftan nomination
for President; but Win Support Sen
ator Weeke “to the beat of his abil
ity,” is the answer returned by Sen
ator Lodge to Harry B. Wells of
Cleveland, who Had written asking
permission to place the “Lodge dele
gates" on a primary ticket at this
place.
DECISION WILL
BE KEPI SECRET
Secretary Lansing H:>s Ktwhed Do—t
risk'll «is to Ownership of the
lirithli tiiwr Appum.
WASHINGTON, II. C„ March 4.—
Secretary Lansing of the State de
partment, has sent his decision in th*
Appam case to Ambassador Bernstortt
hut the decision will not be mad*
public as it is being withheld at th*
request of counsel representing th*
German government in the controver
sy regarding the ownership of th*
former British liner.
The attorney representing the in
terests of the German government fa*
having the British liner declared *.
prize of war, requested the State de
partment that its decision be kept s*
•ret until the decision in the llBel no
tion' brought by the original Britiid*
owners of the vessel, which is nos*
before the federal court at' Norfolk*
had been handed down.
Ambassador Bernstortt has state®
that the contents of the State depart
ment’s decision will not be trail*
mitted to his government in Berli*
until the decision in the libel actio*,
brought by the original British own
ers of the vesel, which is now beforw
the federal court at Norfolk, had bee*
handed down.
Ambassador Bernstortt haB state®
that the couteuts of the State depart
ment's decision will not be transmit
ted to his government in Berlin untlY
the ruling of the American federat
court has been established as he ba*
no wish to further complicate th*
controversy which the arrival of th*
German war prize has caused the gov
ernment.
DA NCjE AT THE POST
' TONIGHT BY SOCIAL CLP*
The Port Llscum Social Club hast
announced that another of their
pleasant dances will be given In titer
big athletic Ih'all at Port Llscum tlMs
evening. The post launch Donaldaista
Will meet the Veldes guests at tlhn
City pock at 8:16 to take . theta*,
across toe hay for the dance an# winter- ■
bring them- home again when titan
dance Is over. The Post dances Mi
growing In favor with the young pOW
p’e of ValdeV, and the number attend
ing is constantly increasing.
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Fsr good luiunr-cooked iuphIb try
Mrs M. Olson, on »Hobart Street. •