one dollar DEE month.' _ ID1TAR0D, ALASKA, SATURDAY
LONDON. July i 4.—The British are within three
hundred yards of the German second line trenches in
the Metz woods. The French are separated only by
the narrow valley of the Somme from the German
third line. _
lire munitions m msiers of the allies are cure.nay
distributing war material to ail I rents.
There has been frightful lighting m vjalicia.
LONDON, July 12.—The allies damn that an eight
ircle break has been made in the German first
line of defense during the ten clays offensive. A
new attack was launched in Champagne by the
French on Sunday night. The French aiso have re
sumed the offensive south of the Somme, and have
captured German trenches.
The battle of the Somme sways from side to side.
The Germans advance at one point, only to lose at
another. The French have advanced to within a
mile of Peronne, which is be mg strongly held by
ihe Germans.
The fighting at V erdun is conhned to artillery op
era lions.
The allies are progressing despite stubborn Teu
ton counter-attacks. The fiovcer of the German
army is being brought forward. Belgium has ueen
denuded of German soldiers, and tne towns are now
guarded by the older reservists. Ammunition is
being used lavishly.
Germany is opposing strong offensive movement;
cn both eastern and western fronts.
Report of Genera! Retreat Erroneous
There is no confirmation of the report that tne
whole German eastern line is retreating, but the.
Russians continue to report successes.
The British public has been reassured as to a
plentiful supply of munitions. the cabinet officials
having declared that no shortage is probable.
Heavy Fighting cn the Meuse
PARIS. July 12. While c: li'.i previ d -d > *K>rday in the
Somme district, heavy fighting occurred cn the rigle h:mk of
the Metre. In the Verdun .-cction the (Icrnmii- -uccecded m
gaining a footing in Damloup l»y a sharp battle.
Russians on ’West Battle Front
The Russians recently arrived have been .-ei.* t*» join the
French forces in the north.
Struggle for Verdun Revived
PARIS. July 12. Although the ba! ;1? in Picardy i* i:!w>rhing \
3,i(,>t nf the attention of the German commander*, they were able
today to revive the struggle fnr Verdun, making some advance*.
AUSTRIANS ISOLATED FROM SUPPLY BASE
AND GERMANS RETIRING IN THE NORTH
LONDON, July 11. The Ru-sians have or. -ed the .*; -kl ■ M ,
river at many point.*, closely pressing the retiring G. rman*. Op
era:ions in Galicia show a lull.
The Russians have capture-1 the railroad junction at Delntyn.
isolating the .Austrian general from his bu.-e of supplies in Hun
gary. .
1 -LTROGRAD, July 12. Both sides are concentrating their
efforts on Lutsk, in the district east of Kovel.
NOTES OF THE WAR FROM VARIOUS FRONTS
ROME. July 8. The Italian offensive i~ being strongly
I re.-sed. and further progress lias been made.
BERLIN. July S. The German fleet, cruising close to the
coa-t of England, has captured the steamship Lest ns.
A convoy of nine German merchant vessels was attacked by
a hostile submarine in the Baltic, but escaped.
LONDON, July 8.—A German submarine has been sunk by
striking a mine off Zeebrugge.
LONDON, July 11. The Austrian scout cruiser Navara has
destroyed five armored British patr. 1 boats off the Otranto roads.
BERLIN, July 11. Naval aeroplane.- have bombarded the
cev.-t fortificath ns at Dover.
LONDON, July 12.—The British steam-hip Gannett has been
sunk in the North sea.
LONDON. July 12. A German submarine last night sb. -Led
Seahum Harbor, an undefended town, approaching within a hun
dred vards of the shore.
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MARTIAL WAR DECLARED IN SPANISH CAPITAL
MADRID. July 14. Declaring martial law . a account of the
railroad strike. Madrid is in a state of siege.
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WAR IN SOUTH AMERICA NEXT ON PROGRAM
NEW YORK, July 11. The report is published here that a
secret agreement exists between Peru and Venezuela with the
object in view of taking vast tracts of land claimed by Colombia
and Ecuador. Crave fears are expressed for the peace of the
nations involved.
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NEGOTIATIONS FOR LOAN TO THE FRENCH
NEW YORK, July 12.- Announcement will be made tomor
row of the terms on which American bankers will advance $100,
1)00,000 to France. _
THIS PROPOSITION NOT FOR ARBITRATION
SEATTLE, July 8.—The steamship companies have announced
an increase of $1 per ton on freight to all points in Southeastern
Alaska, effective immediately.
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SOUTHERN PACIFIC’S HUMILIATING APPEAL
SAN FRANCISCO, July 8.- The Southern Pacific Railway
Company has appealed to its employes to vote against the pro
posed strike. _
MAN-EATING SHARKS INVADE BATHING BEACH
NEW YORK, July 14. -Armed patrols on the Atlantic coast
• frr mm-cating sharks. Three bather- have been
Nc’s have been spread along the beach
.... .-.a: ht-in offered for sharks, dead or u:ive.
RECORDS OF GOVERNMENT
SHOW BUSINESS PROSPERITY
WASHINGTON, July 10. Exports front
the United States for the li.-eal year just
ended were $4,600,000,000. The ge.hi pro
duct ion exceeds all former records, and the
figures show that the United States leads
the world in the production of silver.
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THE BETTING CODS
NKW YORK. July 4. -Odds of two to
one are being offered here that Hughes will
lie the next President of the United Slates.
FOR ALASKA'S WELFARE
SEATTI.lv July 11. The Seattle
Chamber of Commerce ha-: protested
against the excise tax on copper
embraced in tin1 revenue bill now
before congress, which it bf lieves
will prove a hardship to the mining
industry of Alaska.
A resolution also has been adopted
requesting owners of buildings un
der construction in Seattle to favor
ably consider Alaska products.
LITTLE ONES OF BIG CITY
CARRIED OFF BY EPIDEMIC
NEW YORK, July 10. Infantile paraly
sis is epidemic in this city, and a thousand
cases have been reported to the health au
‘thorities, with 221 fatalities.
Federal and municipal authorities are
i concentrating iheir efforts to the preven
tion of the spread of the disease to the |
outside.__
FOR JAPAN’S NAVY
TOKIO. July 12. The navy department
is spending 1120.000,000 for new ship-.
BALTIMORE, Md., July 10.—The German submarine merchantman Deutschland, the First under
water craft to noss the Atlantic ocean, arrived here today, carrying a note to President Wilson, a con
signment of mail!, and seven hundred and litsy tons or drugs and oyesiuxis. She vrill carry hack <.0
Germany a cargo of nickel and crude rubber, which are badly needed by the German army.
The Deutschland is 315 feet hie?, and carries a crew of thirty men. A sister shin is reported to
be en route here.
SECOND VESSEL EM ROUTE
AMSTERDAM, July 11.—The submarine merchantman Bremen left this harbor today, en route
fer America.
WALL STREET PAYS ATTENTION
NEW YORK, July 10.—Wall street sees big li nanciai possibilities in the German submarine service.
CREW RECEIVES MUNIFICENT REWARD
BALTIMORE, Md., July 12.—The German submarine which arrived here Monday ha: been
passed as a merchantman by the customs authentic s.
Capitalists have sent a purse of $10,008 as a present fo the members of the crew of the vesse,.
{} is learned authoritatively that eight more v essels of the same class arc under construct-eu at
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SAILORS MAKE VISIT TO PRESIDENT^
WASHINGTON. July 14.—The sailors of the G ennan submarine Deutsc'nland paid a visit to the
White House todav. It is stated that a United States destroyer will convoy the submarine lo the three
mile Emit when it desires to leave.
HER ARRIVAL WAS PREDICTED
\---ocintcd Press di-patch of June 22. from Xev. York i> of ."prcinl intend in view of the arrivil of the Borman
submarine at an American port. Although the vessel did not arrive at the time predicted, that fact detract- not mug from the
importance of the e\c:it. lire dispatch v.as a- n Hour . , . .
••A I,ft , •- >.-,()(! at even monev was mad.' todav th: t a B.rm.m submarine merchant l.ner would tc.t.-ter her arm al *ith
,. . 4.. authorities of this port before July 5. The wager av a.- made between officials of two well-known steamship com
r.tI, tVi.,, l,ei the s'ipersut)i'*'irine woultl arrive w - n t only ci.nlnlent .-he would make the voyage wu.iout troub.e
|,.jui uld'enter this 'port without ' uhmmting. H t ri licuied th . British naval attache's statement that the under* ta 1 ner and
traced b her < ilv wa te. ai 1 that the British o ul 1 smell th . xliaust in.ter eng,ties 'V, hy .Inin t they pick up the wak.
„f the submarine that sailed from Kiel to the Dardanelles?; he a-kctl. ‘Or how wa- it that they dulnt sme I the l 19 when
J;.. ]■ I Sir Kourr Casement on the In-h e< u.-i't 1 he Brut- n blncKai.e of tl.*> port mm t be tiebh., .n e.o. - .ni-. ■> •
Could till be r ulvone chance in a hundred that the submarin i w-nlU be caught m no king toe H ■ - it .-I"' ch..•.-<• to conic in
ni d I ' A n in cl .- touch with the (drum, em'.:i-> .-med that the dm IM-at lm-r would arrive hern from tux
haven'June bti.'and would sail for h-mr on July 9. liar cargo w ill consist of mail, pared post, express matter and ..rugs va.ued
al inthan Si.HUiUlUO._______________________ —
R SCHOONER RUBY
ROUTE TO KUSKOKWe
1 lie power scL .ner Ruby, en route from
Seattle to Bethel, on the Kmkckwim. with
TOO tons f freight. I ft Seattle or. M y
on her lirst run of th * ;'a a.
The Ruby was scheduled to go lirst to
Send Point, on the Ala.ka j'(Tun.~Tda, to
di.-charge a lumber shipment and re til: he"
wafer tanks. Thence she was to p:vc; •!
to Bering sea and Beth I to discharge large
shipments of general cargo and lu * drum
of oil. She also he.d eighty tons t t supplies
for a cannery at Hcrenc'.c n bay end
five piles for use in rebuilding the old N.
A. T. <fc T. wharf at Dutch Harbor.
Captain Bouis Knaflich, one of her own
ers. is in command. In the Ruby s ears
were three gasoline drills to be used in
prospecting on the upper Kuskokwim. One
of them was con-uioed to the Kuskokwim
C .inmercial Company and another for i*ntz
Tuttle. T1 /* third goes to the Plume
Dredging Company, in the Ophir di-triei.
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LEAVE FOR THE TOLSTOI
A party composed of Major Ge< fge Y.
Albrecht, Charles E. Taylor, Earl Hunt and
Charles Lovett will leave today lor Tul-toi.
Major Albrecht and Mr. Taylor expect to
be gone about three weeks, but Mr. Hunt
will remain at the new camp, having ac
cepted a position with Griffis k Haley.
The trip will be made in Charley Lovett's
ga-oline boat.
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SHOULD COME TO ALASKA
NEW YORK. June 18.- More than
1.000,000 mosquitos will be bred by the
health department here, it is announced,
and will be distributed, safely packed in
glass jars, among the public schools as a
part of a campaign to educate the children
i and enlist their co-operation in extermi
| nating the insects. Dr. Charles Baldwin.
1 director of the bureau of public safety of
the department, said every pupil in the
schools will be asked to study the struc
ture. needs and habits of the mosquito, so
as to he able to recognize the dangerous
kinds at a glance. In this way. Dr. Bald
win added, the children will help to ward
off a great deal of sickness.
SWIFT WATER NAVIGATOR
Captain Albert H. Hall, the well-known
' swift-water pilot of the Yukon and tribu
taries, who has been residing at Whitehorse
during the past few months, will „ rive in
Iditarod during the early part of the com
ing week, and will remain the remainder of
the open season.
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E. E. Kellogg, formerly chief mechanic
! and member of the big hardware firm of
Brumbaugh, Hamilton & Kellogg of Fair
banks, arrived in Iditarod last Monday,
and will be connected with the mining
onerations of Frank Manley on Willow
creek.
“HESNlE” GOES TO RUBY
Henry Roden left U-r Ruby on the launch j
Tramp en Thursday last, lie wi 1 attend
the Ruby term of the district court, and;
later continue his journey to the coast.
V:-. Rc T-n expects to return to Icli* ar d
b fort the clo t* of navigation.
JACK BAIRD COMING NORTH
A telegram was received yesterday from
Seattle by (Norge Marsh fr .n John F.
Baird stadug that he bad ; '/t a h -
pit el in that city, where he had undergone
an operation, and was about to leave for
his home 'U Portage Bay, Alaska.
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A SLIGHT ERROR
In last week's New Republic, in an arti
tie telegraphed from Helena. Mont.. Sam
Teagarden and M. K. Kennedy of the
Montana Commercial and Labor Lea rue
were described as “two professional man
••laughterers.” The article should have
re; d. “two profes.-i.>nal manipulatt.ro." Me
join with the telegraph operators in re
gretting the error. The New Republic,
LAUNDRY REOPENED
Miss Kdrika P. Kiev has opened a hand
laundry in the location formerly occupied
bv Mrs. M. Lang, on First street. Mill
also do cleaning and pressing.
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The mail which arrived on Saturday last
Consisted of a consignment of fifty-five
sacks. The outgoing mail left on Thursday
afternoon.
ULSTER TO BE EXCLUDED
FROM HOME RULE MEASURE
DUBLIN, June 21. John Redmond, the
•Irish parliamentary leader, recently pre
sided over a convention of Nationalists
when the party accepted the home rule
compromise whereby home rule is to be
in effect immediately, Ulster province be
ing excluded from the scope of the law.
At the meeting of the party Redmond
himself advocated the acceptance * of the
exclusion, and said he felt satisfied that
sooner or later an Ulster majority would
of its own accord ask to he included in the
operation of the measure.
The Nationalists were not unanimous in
approving the measure, but under the cir
cumstances believed that it was the best
thing to do.
It is now a foregone conclusion that Ire
land will be given home rule immediately,
with Ulster later to have the question sub
mitted to the residents of that province.
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J. F. Finnegan, the Flat City merchant,
was a visitor in the city last Monday.
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John Holmgren was a passenger aboard
the Sea Wolf last Tuesday for Ruby.
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Fresh Olympia and Eastern Oysters,
SI.50 per can. Iditarod Meat Co.
MARVEL CREEK GROUND
SECURED BY LUTHER HESS
It is ur.der>mod that I.uther lies-, the
Inirbauks minim: man. has acquired all
Y-i the claims on Marvel creek with me ex
Civ.iien of these held by Vv. \ . hi'k r.
Mr. lie s lias been in the district f r
some weeks, and has been endeavoring to
sc■•••,.re c ntrol of sufficient ground on jus
tify the i lacing of a dredge on that turcam.
and it i- likely that arrangements will now
be made to this end.
Marvel creek, a tributary of the Kusko
kwim, i- known to have considerable pay
of medium grade, and the near future
is likely to see developments there on a
lamer sen! * than ever before.
NSW SUITS FILED
New suits have been filed in the district
court as fc Hows :
Andrew Benson, doing business as the
Fairbanks Lumber (Vmiiany. vs. .1. A.
Slippera and Earl Siippern, doing business
as i lie Siippern Mill Company, to recover
SI. 186.44 and interest from July 13. 1910.
Clark Lumber Company, a corporation,
vs. Charles T. Suter, to recover §311 and
interest.
H. Worimann vs. William McMullen, to
recover §60 and interest.
Charles E. Taylor is attorney for the
; l.iintiS in each of the three suits.
A suit for §430 and interest, wages al
leged to be due and unpaid, has been filed
in Commissioner Geraght.v’s court by Pete
Miskoviteh against C. E. Estmerc. A writ
of attachment has been issued, l'i. M. Stan
ton is attorney for the plaintiff.
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EXAMPLE OF PREPAREDNESS
NEW YORK, June 21.—“Jingo,” a fif
teen foot model of a dinosaur, mounted on
a truck, was exhibited along Broadway re
cently by representatives of the anti-pre
paredness committee, as an example of
the result of “too much armor.” Speakers
who accompanied “Jingo” said that the
living land reptile weight”! ten tons and
carried such a weight of armor-like skin
that it became extinct. Accompanying the
'model was a placard reading:
“This is ‘Jingo,’ the armored dinosaur.
All armor plate and no brains. This ani
mal believed in huge armament. He is ex
tinct.”
From this city “Jingo” will be taken to
Buffalo, Cleveland, Detroit, Chicago, Minne
apolis, Des Moines, Kansas City, St. Louis,
Cincinnati and Pittsburgh. It will be ac
companied by speakers opposed to prepared
ness, including Dr. Stephen S. Wise and
Rev. John Haines Holmes.
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DAMAGE BY HURRICANE
NEW ORLEANS. July 8.—Damage by
i the hurricane which swept the Gulf coast
j a few days ago has reached a total of
i $4,000,000. The loss of life was heavy.
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Job Printing at The Pioneer office.
SEATTLE. July 14.--Lawlessness continues on
the water front, where the local newspapers charge
that union thugs arc responsible for assaults irrespec
tive of whether the victims are workers or visitors.
The Post-Intelligencer has demanded a better patrol
ling of the water front.
The charge is also made that the man appointed
as vacation judge in the police court is the attorney
for the unions, and that victims of the assaults by
union men are giver, jail sentences, with fries, while
the union attackers are allowed to go free.
BUSINESS MEN TO RAISE GIGANTIC FUND
TO DESTROY COAST LABOR ORGANIZATIONS
SAM H1ANCISC0, July 12. Thu en*;-loy«-rs along the water
froiil Save commenced an active war agam.-t the .-tnker.-. 1 tie
Ch:.i.'iher of Commerce proposes to race :t fund of one million
do.lars to enforce the open .-hop policy. Already they haw -tie
ceeued in raring SJoil.OOO to Mart the campaign.
Still Have Hopes of Adjusting Difficulties
SAN FRANCISCO, July Id. An early u-ttlement of th- 1 -ns
.-horemett’.- .-trike i.- expected, a.- both ,-ide- expro.-s then v.'.il.n
lie.-.- c, enter another conference.
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JAMES WICKERSHAM PLACED IN NOMINATION
BY DISSATISFIED ANCHORAGE REPUBLICANS
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, July 11.—At a meeting
of the A.nchorage Republican Club, held las' night,
resolutions were adopted condemning the action of
the Republican territorial convention, held at Sew
ard on May 24. The resolutions state that the con
vention was controlled and dominated by individual
interests and political bosses and non-residents of
the territory, without consideration of the wishes of
the people.
The Amchorage Republican Club voted to place
in nomination Delegate James Wickersham to suc
ceed himself, as the candidate of the Republican
party, and invited the co-operation of all Repub
licans to secure his re-election.
A mass meeting of the residents of Anchorage and
vicinTy is to be held Thursday to indorse the nomi
nation of Wickersham and the action of the Re
publican Club.
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AMERICAN NOTE SATISFIES CARRANZA,
WHOSE TROOPS ARE DEFEATED BY VILLA
>* 11X100 CITY. July * The American L'.l" 1; ' •••ii re
ceived here, mid ihe foreign mini.-:t?r express .-alisfaction with
its contents.
Eager for American Withdrawal
CHIHUAHUA CITY, July S. The Carranza forces are trying
hard tn quell tlie bandits. They are eager tu wijie out the VillLstns
and pn pare the way fur the withdrawal of the American troop.
Carranza forces have retaken the town of Jiminez. The refugees
say that Villa commanded the rebels, but the story is uncoil
firmed.
Villa Inflicts Defeat Upon Carranza’s Troops
Ii!. PASO. July In Villa commands operating south of Jinii
i.ez have inflicted" a third defeat on the Carranza troops within
a we. k. They have recaptured the town of Jiminez.
The United Slates continues to strengthen its guard along the
border, and the force now numbers 70,000.
Warning by Mexican Ambassador
WASHINGTON. July 10. The second warning that the Villa
bandits are headed for the Big Bind district oi 1 •’>.:»•- was g:\en
to the state department today by the Mexican ambas.-ad: r.
Indians Proceed to Take a Hand
MAZATLAN, July 10. The Yaqui Indians ere taking advan
tage of the withdrawal of the Carranza trno} - from Southern
Sonora, :::ui are reported to l>e raiding American properties.
Expeditionary Force Recrossing Border
EL PASO. July 11. Military circles are expecting th. fir-i of
the expeditionary force to recross the border within the next
few days.
This Calls for a Declaration of War
COLUMBUS, July 11. The Hearst ranch at Babicora has
been taken over ivv* the Carranza government. and 1.■ >ucina
I operated by a manager in-tailed by the military authorities
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CONGRESS PASSES IMPORTANT MEASURES
AND PRESIDENT SIGNS GOOD ROADS SUE
WASHINGTON, July 12.—The administration’s omnibus rev
enue bill, creating a tariff commission, imposing a protective
tariff cn dyestuffs, repealing the present stamp taxes and provid
ing new taxes cn incomes, inheritances and munitions, passed the
house Monday. Both parties are anxious that congress adjourn
at the earliest possible moment on account of the approaching
political campaign. But it is declared to be imperative that the
measure providing for national defense, the shipping bill, the child
labor bill, the corrupt practices act and the revenue bill be passed
before adjournment.
President Wilson has signed the bill providing for an appro
priation of §85,000.000 for good roads.
A joint resolution to empower the President to negotiate
directly with the Mexican government, or through a commission,
lor the purchase of a portion of Lower ( alifornia has been in
troduced in the house by Congressman Caldwell.
NEW YORK MILITIAMEN TAKE LAW Mi HANDS
CLEVELAND, Ohio, July 14. -Seven hundred militiamen frcm
New York, passing through this city en route to the Mexican b
der, raided stores to obtain food. They claim they had n Uhing i
eat for thirty-eight hours.
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HEAT AND STORMS FATAL TO MANY IN EAST
NE 1VYORK. July 14 -Electric storms :o ! hr at l.a'.v ctm-e.5
the deaths of many persons throughout the Ea t. A - ore i f
society women who were playing golf dropped on their kne es la
j prayer when a caddie was killed by a b-.lt of lightning.