Idita *od Pioneer
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RUSSIANS EM®
IN VESnur 6 CIA
Germans PiFleein Russians
BERUN, May 1 .—The Ri havefled from Szawle, after set
ting fire to the city. The Gerire pvsuing.
Russian Frcrced ind Broken
BERLIN. May 3.—The Auforce have pierced and broken the
entire Russian front in westeicia. The German troops have pur
sued the retreating forces plans penetrating the region lying
southwest of Milu.
Russians Sustaiat Also in Bukowina
VIENNA, May 4._The R have been defeated from the Vis
tula to the’Carpathians. Epusand prisoners have been taken.
The czar’s forces on the bon Bukowina province also have been
defeated. Traffic across t&rian frontier has been forbidden.
In many places heavy artillepeen massed in positions of vantage.
Soutring Broken
BERLIN, May 3.—The s< wing of the Russian army in West
Galicia has been broken, anmssians are quickly falling back.
Russians desperate Fighting
PETROGRAD, May 5.—ficially announced that the Austro
German forces have crosse<ght bank of the Dunabec river, and
desperate fighting is in pros
Lonc>orts Disaster
LONDON, May 6.—Thiiisand Russians have been captured
and a large number of gun in the battle in West Galicia.
Despeinflict Continues
VIENNA, May 7.—The de battle on the West Galician frontier
continues.
Germans t Invasion of Russia
LONDON, May 7.—The IS are attempting an advance toward
Libau and Rigo. east of thian frontier. In Central Poland they
are defending themselves the Russians’ attack. The Austro
German leaders claim the^taken the Dukla pass. Toward the
upper Vistula the Russians their old positions.
Russians M[ht of Teuton Success
PETROGRAD, May 7.Russians assert that the Teutons have
been halted at Dunajec, ay that any great advantage has ac
crued to them in the Westpathians.
OPERATIONS^ WESTERN FRONT
Allies Flegain Lost Ground
BERLIN, May I.—Thes of the allies in the effort to regain
iost ground near the Ysenave again met with failure.
Wondrtillery Unearthed
LONDON, May 1.—Brmen have discovered the German bat
teries which have been Ishells upon Dunkirk from a distance
variously estimated at frieen to twenty-eight miles.
Btftent Continues
DUNKIRK, May 2.—Tibardment of this city by the German
artillery continues.
Mammc Silenced by Airmen
PARIS, May 3.-—The 3th German gun bombarding Dunkirk
has been silenced, undo by French airmen.
French Tombarded by Aeroplanes
PARIS, May 3.—Gerrpplanes hae bombarded various towns
in eastern France, but the been no casualties.
Geriensive Successful
PARIS, May 4.—The i offensive movement at St. Julien has
met with a slight success.
Readjust Lines
LONDON, May 5.—Ti have readjusted the lines in front of
Ypres, forcing the Gerir;k.
THE FIOR CONSTANTINOPLE
Vessels Suffer
CONSTANTINOPLE. P-The French cruiser Jeanne d’Arc is in
flames and the British Ips Majestic, Triumph and Vengeance
have been badly damage an English destroyer and other smaller
vessels have been sunk the bombardment in the Dardanelles.
Tiven Inland
LONDON, May 1.—Ekish forces on the Gallipoli peninsula
have been driven furthd.
French Fail to Make Landing
ATHENS, May 3.—Fioops landing on the Asia Minor side of
the Dardanelles have retafteia stubborn battle lasting two days.
. Flett Retreats
CONSTANTINOPLE, .—Tie Russian fleet, after making a
demonstration at the entD the losphorus, has retreated north.
DccupiMaidos
MITYLENE, May 4.—;s frorrAthens state that the allies have
occupied Maidos, twentysouth othe town of Gallipoli.
Turkgiment nnihilated
MITYLENE, May 6.—ment of urkish soldiers has been anni
hilated while fighting at rrdanellei The transports of the allies
have taken a thousand prs to Tenths and Moudros.
Turkishplanes Brght Down
PARIS, May 5.—Two ish aeropla* have been brought down
by the warships of the alff the Darc^fles.
Russians EBombs on Htantinople
PARIS, May 7.—Rus aviators h^ succeeded in dropping
bombs on Constantinople, ch damage ported.
WITH TBLOCKADINlLEETS
Rui Steamship St
LONDON, May 1.—Ancnown Russianymship has been sunk
by a torpedo off the westst of Ireland. \
British ict Quick Retri^p
LONDON, May 3.—TBritish destroyeryu;t was sunh hy a
OPENIN'OF NAVIGATION
STARTTRAVEL NORTHWARD
SEATTl May 2.—The steamship Cor
win left tittle last evening with a full
passenger it and every inch of freight
space tak<
rominent Men Coming
SEATT;, May 0. Thomas Riggs, Jr.,
of the Alta engineering commission, with
a party i fifteen, will leave for Interior
Alaska tojrrow night.
T. J. Nor sails tonight for Iditarod.
Dr. Alfl H. Brooks, head of the Alaska
division ohe United States Geological Sur
vey, will ave for the North in June, and
probably ill continue his investigation of
the sum in the Iditarod district.
Survey Parties Galore
WASWCTON, May 5.—-Twelve survey
parties V go to Alaska this month. One .
of them ies to the Ruby district.
LOS ANGELES ENJOYING
SENSATIONAL POLITICAL WAR
LOB ANGELES, May 2.—An attempt was
mane last night to assassinate Chief of
Police Sebastian. Two shots were fired
through a window in his residence, but failed
to injure hnn. Sebastian is on trial for con
tributing to the delinquency of a young
girl. He is a candidate at the primaries to
day for the office of mayor.
Receives Big Vote
LOS ANGELES, May 5.—Sebastian polled
40 per cent of the total vote for mayor.
GRANDDAD WILSON RETURNS
WASHINGTON, May 2. -President Wil
son returned to the city this afternoon from
Williamstown, Mass., where he had been to
! attend the christening of his grandson,
j Francis Sayre.
DISASTROUS CONFLAGRATION
SWEEPS ISTHMIAN CITY
COLON, May 2.—Half the city was de
stroyed by fire today, entailing a loss of
two million dollars. Ten persons lost their
lives and eleven thousand are homeless.
Dynamite was used to stop further destruc
tion by the fire.
COAL CASES DISMISSED
DETROIT, May 4.—The Alaska coal fraud
cases, which have been pending since 1911,
have been nolle prossed on account of lack
of evidence.
CONVICT MAYOR REMOVED
TERRE HAUTE, May 5. -Mayor Rob
erts, recently convicted of election frauds
and sentenced to a term in the penitentiary,
has been removed from office.
ww YORK Mav 7 —The Cunard liner Lusita nia, which left here for Liverpool last week, has been
torpeded and sunk. Before she sailed it was reported that a circular had been received by many promi
nent /nericans who had engaged passage stating that the vessel would be attacked.
INFERNAL MACHINE IN HOLD DID THE WORK
LTER—The sinking of the Lusitania has been confirmed. It is stated that the disaster was caused ,
by tonal machine in the vessel's hold. Twenty 1 ifebeats were launched bnt the namner of deaths is
imknon Amon« the passengers were one of the V anderoilts, Elbert Hubbard editor and lec urei,
Chark Frohman,Sthe theatrical manager; Charles Klein, the well-known playwright, ana many Canadians.
The teal number of passengers was fourteen hundred.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VESSEL
be steamship Lusitania of the Cunard line, a sister ship of the Mauretania of the same company, ,
was (instructed in 1906 at Glasgow, Scotland, by J. Brown & Co., and has been on the New Y
Liverpol run since her completion. She was one of the most luxurious vessels ever floated. The Lusi
tania ’as 790 feet in length, 88 feet beam, and had a depth of 66J/2 feet. Her tonnage was 32,500,
and hr indicated horse-power was 70,000. _ _-———
Germa submarine off Hinder light. Only one of the crew was saved.
Britisl destroyers started in pursuit and sunk two German torpedo
boats Two German officers and forty-four men were rescued and
madearisoners of war.
French and British Steamships Sunk
LG1D0N, May 3.—The French steamship Europe, with a cargo of
coal, ins been torpedoed and sunk near Bishop’s rock The British
stearcr Fulgent has been sunk by a submarine near Kilrush, Ireland.
Britishers See Double
LOIDON. May 3.—The entire German fleet of submarines is be
lieve to be enforcing the blockade.
Swedish Ship a Victim
Th Swedish steamship Ellida, lumber-laden for Hull, has been tor
pedod and sunk by a German submarine in the North sea.
British Submarine Sunk by Airships
B1RLIN, May 5.—A British submarihe has been sunk in the North
sea 1j bombs dropped from airships.
Bad Day for Trawlers
LfNDON, May 5.—Two trawlers off Hull and seven off Grimsby
have been torpedoed and sunk by German submarines. The crews
were given time to escape in boats.
GENERAL NEWS OF THE WAR
Women Would Stop War
TIE HAGUE, May 2.—The International Woman’s Congress, which
has >een in session in this city for some time past, adjourned today.
A ccnmittee was appointed to ask the heads of the various European
powrs to end the war. t
TIE HAGUE, May 7.—The delegates to the Woman s Peace Lon
gres are going to ask Great Britain to cjuit the war.
German Activities
BERLIN, May 6.—Germany is pouring trainloads of soldiers into
the danders battlefield. It is also reported here that the Russians have
beei forced to evacuate the Carpathian forest southwest of Dukla pass.
Another Canadian Army to Be Sent
OTTAWA, May 1 .—One hundred and fifty thousand more nen are
to be sent to England soon.
Terrible Canadian Casualties
OTTAWA, May 3.—Six thousand Canadian casualties are reported
in the fighting at Ypres.
Kaiser and Prince Visit Belgium
LONDON, May 3.—Kaiser Wilhelm, with his brother, Prince Henry
■ of Prussia, visited Antwerp at the end of last week.
Airship Attacks
LONDON, May 3.—German aeroplanes over Dover have been driven
off by artillery fire. „
It is reported that Zeppelins are being prepared for a raid on England
on the island of Vlieland.
Charge Germans With Using Proscribed Weapons
LONDON, May 7.—It is announced here that the Germans are using
gas bombs in the Flanders campaign.__
MRS. A. M. CARTER 1
WEDS LORIS VIGELIDS
EVERETT, Wash., May 6.—Louis Vi
gelius and Anna M. Carter, both of Seattle,
were married here today. They will reside
in the latter city.
Both parties to the above ceremony were
former residents of Iditarod. Mr. Vigelius
is still identified with the Miners & Mer
chants Bank as a stockholder. Prior to
coming here he was a member of the firm
of Sheid & Co., Nome hardware men, and
later was a partner in the mercantile com
bination of John Morrow & Co., Dishkaket.
He is now actively engaged in tie manage
ment of the Alaska theater, a ending Se
attle moving picture house financed and
erected by a syndicate of Alascans. The
bride will best be remembered is the wife
of Dr. Charles D. Carter. The (ouple were
divorced last summer. As Mrs. Carter she
came to the Iditarod camp at ite inception,
and continued a resident, both ft Discovery
and Flat City, until a little lejs than two
years ago. She was prominent socially and
a favorite.
If you are in need of anything in our
line, see us. Two stores—Flat and Iditarod.
Boas tie Clothier.
CANADIAN CABINET OFFICER
THREATENS THE GERMANS
OTTAWA, May 2.—Minister of Militia
Sam Hughes announces that if the Germans
carry out the death sentence upon Private
Lonsdale of Leeds for striking an officer in
a German prison camp there will be reprisals
in Canada. For every Canadian killed three
German prisoners at Kingston will be court
martialed and shot.
[Private William Lonsdale, a Leeds (Eng
land i tram car conductor, and a prisoner
I of war. was sentenced to death on a charge
of striking a German non-commissioned of
ficer. Many protests were made. It is un
derstood that the sentence will not be car
ried out.—Illustrated London News, Jan. 9.]
ANOTHER ATTEMPT MADE
TO FIRE CANADIAN BRIDGE
VANCOUVER, May 3.—Two incendiary
attempts were made to destroy the Gran
ville street bridge yesterday. Today guards
were placed at all bridges.
Baron von Luttowitz and eight other Ger
man subjects have been sent to Vernon for
internement. They are not implicated in
the attempts at incendiarism.
BAD FIRE IN OLD MADRID
MADRID. May G.—The Palace of Justice
has been destroyed by fire. The archives
were lost.
PATRIOTIC RELIC FOR FAIR
PHILADELPHIA, May 6.—The Liberty
bell will be sent to the San Francisco ex
position, leaving here July 3.
FAIL TO RAISE SUBMARINE
HONOLULU, May 2—The last cable
attached to the United States submarine
P-4, which was sunk here some weeks ago,
has parted.
WHAT' JAPAN DEMANDS
FROM CHINESE EMPIRE
(American Review of Reviews, March)
It was reported from Peking late in Janu
ary that as a sequel of the taking of Kiao
chau and the expulsion of Germany from
Chinese territory, Japan had presented cer
tain demands to the government of China.
It was understood that Japan asked China
for the transfer of concessions formerly held
by Germany and Austria, the opening of
various rivers to foreign navigation, and
also certain railway and mining conces
sions. The government of Tokio announced, I
however, that the proposals made to China
“contained nothing of a nature to disturb
the territorial integrity of China or any
thing conflicting with the spheres of influ
ence now enjoyed by other powers in China.”
Negotiations between the two governments
continued at Peking until the middle of Feb
ruary, when it was reported that all of the
Japanese demands, twenty-two in number,
had been rejected by China. Japan’s atti
tude is approved in England and looked
upon as merely an attempt to obtain a defi
nite settlement of outstanding claims. Mean
while the cordiality of the relations be
tween the United States and Japan has been
emphasized by meetings held in Japan,
which were addressed by Professor Shailer
Matthews of the University of Chicago and
Professor Sidney L. Gulick of New York,
who represent the Federal Council of
Churches of Christ in America. Governor
Johnson of California has announced his op
position to any effort to reopen the question
of the alien land law in the California legis
lature.
For Working Clothing, sw Boas, Flat.
ORIENTAL VAR WAVE
MAT ENGULF AMERICA
WASHINGTON, May 7.—Breaking silence after four months with
regard to the Japanese-Chinese negotiations, the Cnited States govern
ment has issued a statement, signed by President Wilson and Secretary
of State Bryan, which reiterates strict adherence to the open-door pol
icy and the maintenance of the territorial integrity of China. It points
out that these has been no abatement in the territorial interest in the
progress of China.
Japan’s Ultimatum
TOKIO, May 5.—An ultimatum has been sent to the Chinese gov
ernment which gives that nation only forty-eight hours to reply or face
the enforcement of its demands by Japan’s army and navy. All mili
tary and naval movements have been kept strictly secret. War prep
arations are going on at all fortifications.
A Japanese cruiser and four torpedo boats have arrived at Chin
wangto, evidently for the purpose of taking away the members of the
Japanese legation.
War Preparations Being Rustled
PEKING, May 7.—The ultimatum from the Japanese government
has arrived. Fortifications plans are being rushed.
Time Limit Expires Sunday Night
TOKIO, May 7.—Minister Hioki has been instructed to leave Peking
in case China does not accept the ultimatum, the time limit has been
set at Sunday night. An army corps at Okayma and Sirossima is readv
for eventualities. The volunteer defense corps of the Japanese has al
ready clashed with the Chinese at Tsigne, and the troops in Shantung
province and Manchuria are ready for trouble.
Conciliatory Note Submitted by Chinese
PEKING. May 7.—A new note has been submitted to Japan which
| is expected to avert the serious crisis. It is understood that China con
cedes under protest the Japanese demands.
China Will Resist
PARIS, May 7.—It is reported that China will resist to the last the
demands of Japan.
China Will Ask Assistance of Powers
WASHINGTON, May 7.—Advices received here are to the effect that
China will ask American, British, French and Russian help.
Japs Flee From Manchuria
MUKDEN, May 7.—A general flight of the Japanese is in progress,
in compliance with consular orders.
Warships in Preparation
TOKIO, May 7.—The Japanese warships are taking on board sup
plies at Sasebo.
Japanese Ordered to Leave Chinese City
HANKOW, May 5.—Japanese women and children have been or
dered to leave this city tomorrow by the Japanese consul general.
Sinister Preparations
TOKIO, May 6.—The attention of Japan is focused on the Chinese
situation. All members of the consular service m China have been in
structed to prepare to leave their posts at a moments notice. I he
Japanese at Modken have been instructed to withdraw to places near
the South Manchuria railroad.
Chinese Prepare for Defense
PEKING, May 6.—Soldiers are being rushed here, and also to other
important points, for defense.
Rather Incredible
It is stated here that the British are encouraging the Chinese to resist
the demands of Japan.
An extraordinary session of the cabinet has been considering the
refusal of China to accede to the Japanese demands.
AMERICAN STEAMSHIP TORPEDOED
LONDON, May 3.—The American tanker Gulflight has been tor
pedoed and sunk off the Scilly islands. The captain died of heart fail
ure. The vessel was beached.
Verdict Rendered at Inquest
PENZANCE, May 5.—An inquest held on the body of Captain Gun
ther of the American tanker Gulflight resulted in a verdict that death
was the direct result of the torpedoing of the vessel.
Incident Regarded Most Seriously
WASHINGTON, May 4.—President Wilson is expected to take per
sonal charge of the investigation of the sinking of the steamship Gulf
light by a torpedo. The incident is regarded as the most serious that
has arisen connecting the United States with the war.
Light Thrown on Incident
WASHINGTON, May 6.—The diplomatic representatives of foreign
nations are reporting all news which has a possible bearing on the Gulf
light case. Two cables have been received from members of the crew
which set at rest the story that the tanker struck a floating mine. Not
only was it the work of a torpedo, but the conning tower of the sub
marine was sighted when the tanker was struck.
Will Await Full Report
WASHINGTON, May 5.—The cabinet today considered the Gulf
light case. No policy will be formulated in the absence of a full report.
American Vessel Damaged
WASHINGTON, May 1.—The American steamship Cushing, bound
to Rotterdam from Philadelphia, has been damaged by bombs dropped
from a German aeroplane in the North sea.
German Warning to Travelers
WASHINGTON, May 2.—The German embassy has issued a warning
to Americans traveling in Europe that they do so at their own risk.
Giant Steamship Defies Warnings
NEW YORK, May 2.—In spite of the fact that many prominent per
sons have received warnings that the ship would be destroyed, the
steamship Lusitania sailed for Liverpool today with a full passenger list