SECOND DRIVE
YPRESSAUENT
SWKKP FORWARD ON
TWKI.VK MILK IKOVT
Six Hundred Tons of Kx plosive* I'setl
In Va.*t Mine at Arnienteiivs—
Germany’s (irf|> liifukiim Fuller
Artillery Fire.
LONDON, dune 9.—The British
troops under General Haig started
their second big drive of the pasi
month yesterday, and advanced two!
miles and so successful were the Brit-1
ish troops that cavalry, a heretofore
little usetl branch of the service were
used in the attack.
Every known means of destruc
tion were employed against the Teu
tonic forces. At Armeneires a vast
area had been mined in anticipation
o' a German infantry charge, six hun
dred tons ofexplosives having been
used in ‘tong tunnels running under
the siimce to a distance of 4 ou yards
a id connected by electric batteries
and wires which were carried to a
point near the outer trenches at
which place is was expected the as
sault would he made. When the Ger
mans rolled over the mined territory
in four great waves the mines were
exploded with terrible effect. The
earth shook like a vast earthquake,
and opened in great crevasses to a
depth of titty feet. Whole divisions of
the advancing Teutons were engulfed
or blown to atoms, thousands of dis
membered bodies bodies being thrown
into the British trenches, and the air
being filled with guns, fragments of
clothing, and heads and arms of the
victims. It is believed by officers in
command of the defending army that
at least .25.000 to 50.000 men were
wiped oift of existence by the terrific
blast.
Six thousand prisoners were
lured as well as a number of bat
teries and a large quantity of muni
tions which had been moved up to
the front in anticipation of a German
Victory. Losses on both sides were
terrible, the heavy shells of the Teu
tons proving so effective that for a
time that not even a mouse could
have crossed the open spaces between
the trenches.
Belgium is now the French objec
tive. the officials believeing that if
the Germans can be driven back from
the coast that they will be forced to
join the main body under the crown
prince or he captured.
Germans to Get Paroles
SAN FRANCISCO, June 9.—Par
oles for many of the 200 Germans
interned at the Angel island deten
tion camp here will be obtained Soon,
it was announced today by depart
ment of justice agents. Sailors from
confiscated German vessels and Ger
mans taken front American ships are
among those who have made applica-'
tion for parole on advice of United
States authorities who are investigat
ing the case of each applicant.
Now After Kerensky
LONDON. June 9.—A Petrograd
dispatch to Reuter’s says that the ex-j
rreme wing of the socialists is be-j
ginning to agitate openly against
Minister of War Kerensky.
Tornado Hits Texas Town
GAINSVILLE, Tex., June 9.—'Thfe
Catholic Church, a general store and
several residences at Lindsey, a town
of 5 inhabitants, six miles west of
here, were destroyed by a tornado
early today. No one was killed, but
several were injured.
■SERIOUS TRKMBIiOR
NOTED AT CAPITAL
Washington, d. c„ June
A very serious earthquake was re
ported on tho Georgetown seismo
graph this morning. The shocks be
gan at 3:60 o’clock and continued
until after H o'clock.
J. E. Coats, a representative of the
interests of the big Granby copper
company is in the city looking over
the mining situation. He is a guest
of the company at their property
across the hay.
NOME STEAMERS PAHS
THROUGH UNIMAK TODAY
SEATTLE. June 9.—Wireless re
ports from the steamers Umatilla and
Senator report that they are making
good time and that they passed thru
Unimak, into the Bering Sea this
morning. They will arrive at Nome
the latter part of the week. Both
steamers report fine weather and that
the voyage has been so far unevent
fui.
OK GROSS PARTISANSHIP
IN LETTER TO l)R. BOYLE
Alaska’s Supposedly Democratic Gov
ernor States That “Court was too
Partisan for Him to Make Com
ment.’'
In an et't'ort to justify his actions
in going behind the returns of the
recent contest for Delegate. Alaska's
supposedly Democratic executive
writes a letter to Dr. F. M. Boyle, a
good Republican politician of An
chorage. stating that the actions of
tiie court which decided for Charles
A. Sulzer were too "partisan for him
to make comment on:” meaning
thereby, it is supposed, that the gov
ernor's partisanship extended in the
other direction. This is probably the
first time in history that an execu
tive of any state or territory has de
liberately attempted to discredit the
courts and the Attorney General of
his district by acting contrary to the
advice of both, and deliberately turn
ing his back upon their advice. Had
Gov. Strong excercised the same
amount of pabulum from his eye
brows to his bald spot that he used
from his chest protector to his finger
tips he would have realized that the
decision of the Attorney General ab
solved him from all blame in the mat
ter, and he would have not been
forced to seek a notorious partisan
republican for sympathy. The lang
uage in the decision of the Attorney
General stating which votes should
and should not tie counted, and could
easily be understood by a man of
less partisanship and more intelli
gence. The court, while probably
democratic for a few inches above
and below his gold crown, has never
to the knowledge of this paper allow
ed It is politics to influence his deci
sions. and this is the first time it has
ever been charged. That the accusa
tion comes from a man who has suck
ed the democratic pap for many years,
makes the charge doubly ridiculous.
The Governor's letter to Dr. Boyle
may connote many things but it chief
ly denotes that the executive is
traitorously furnishing ammunition
for the enemy’s guns. The letter fol
lows:
“As to the ueiegate .contest to
which you refer, while appreciating
your kind words. I did only that
which I believed was a duty incum
bent upon me; that is a duty I owed
my office ant’ the people of the Ter
ritory. In the absence of any fraud
being alleged. I could not see how
and fair-minded man could find that
Mr. Sulzer had been elected when
the returns plainly showed the con
trary. and I acted accordingly. The
injection of partisan politics into this
matter is most regrettable, but I have
nothing to regret and am quite will
ing to accept all responsibility for my
action. I know that the people of
Alaska, by their vote re-elected Judge
Wickersham. and I know too much
about Alaska and Alaskans condi
tions to deprive the voters of remote
precincts of their franchise on mere
technicalities or irregularities. You
no doubt have been advised that there
were technical violations of the elec
tion law and irregularities noted in
nearly every precinct, and if the
boards had taken cognizance of all
technicalities and irregularities. I be
lieve that Judge Wickersham would
have been elected by a thousand ma
jority. The action of the Court was.
in my opinion, so partisan, that com
ment on my part would be superflu
ous. I belie\-e that the matter will he
settled in the right place, namely the
House of Representatives."
United States Super-Dr nought New York
I'h.it" ... ,\. ■•iii'aii Press Association
The monster New York is a 117.»am* ton warship. f>7:> feet Iona Mie carries
ten fourteen inch nuns Tliere art* l.tJI-1 ittUi ers ami men in her crew.
BROADSIDE CRUS
NKVKK DOl'BI.K-CROSSKl)
CONTRACTORS AT ANY TIMK
i
George Washington (ioetlial*, Canious
Panama engineer Say* Had no
Thought of Contractor* When Be
I'lareil for Steel Ship*.
WASHINGTON. I). (.. June 5. -
I George Washington Goethals tired a
broadside of verbal grape into his ene
mies today when he answered the
charges of numerous critics that lie
had double-crossed the contractors by
advising the administration to build
steel ships Instead of the wooden ves
sels originally planned. Col. Goethals
stated that no thought of the possi
ble enect it would have upon the plans
of certain contractor* had entered his
mind when lie advised for steel ships,
as his every thought was for his coun
try and not for the possible beuefit
his decision would have upoii con
tracts. He stated that he believed
steel ships were best on account of
the length of time it took for wood
to season and for the reason that they!
would be more seaworthy and of
greater value to the nation.
Col. Goethals. who is in charge of
the shipbuilding for the nation was
aroused by wrath by the charge that
he had double-crossed certain ship
building firms by refusing to endorse
ships built of wood, and had advised
that all vessels for the nation be con-i
structed of steel.
SOMMER'S VICTIM
PROVES TO BE CRAZY
CHICAGO. June 9.—A man killed
today by private Homer Merwin. first
Illinois infantry, on the Chicago and
Western Indiana railroad bridge over
the Calumet River was identified as
Frederick W. Studer. a mechanic and
former inmate of the Elkin insane
asylum.
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GERMANY IX>KS NOT
('ONTROL ( ONVKNTION
COPENHAGEN*. June 9. —Reports
that Germany is back ot' the Interna
tional Socialist peace conference in
Stockholm are denied by Hjalmer
Branting. famous Swedish Socialist
leader, according to a dispatch from
Stockholm today.
Link Wain and Louis Dahl, two
Cordovans recently took a small hunt
l ing trip tip the Copper River Valley
1 the other day and returned with
j three black bear and one brown bear.
I
Willi* hi: isKi) to
' DF.TFt’T S1B>I.\K1\Fa*
On** Hundred Aviators Gross Atlantic
anil are First of F. S. l ighting
Forre to Heacli France—Greeted
With. Fntliusiasin.
t " —"
WASHINGTON. I). <’.. June 1).—
One hundred American aviators ar
rived in France this morning, the
first of America’s fighting men to
reach the seen/ of tile great conflict.
They will lie used to help detect sub
marines. They were greeted with
great enthusiasm.
SPANIARDS ASK
DECLARATION IN
FAVOR OF A 1,1.1 KS
\
MADRID. June 9.—A great mass
meeting here adopted resolutions ask
ing that the Premier make public a
declaration ot' Spain’s sympathy with
the allies, including the United States.
Ship Building Booms
NEW YORK. June 9.—May stands
as a record mouth in the expansion
of American maritine interests, ac
cording to statistics made public to
day, covering amounts of capital
stock of new shipbuilding corpora
tions organized. The capital author
ized in May was $47,490,000. of
which $43,000,000 was for ship
building alone.
Silk Imports Heavy
SEATTLE. June 9.—Five Oriental
steamers at Seattle wharves are dis
charging cargoes valued at $9,000,
000. Huge shipments of raw and
manufactured silk, tea, sulphur and
matting are included. The price of
silk has almost doubled since the out
break of the European war.
CONTRACTORS START
TO REPAIR LAIN DRV
Contractor Crawford and a crew
of men started work this morning on
reparis for the Independent Laundry,
receutly damaged by tire. Mr. Craw
ford states that the repairs will be
far enough along for the laundry to
resume business some time next week.
It is estimated that the building was
damaged to the extent of approximat
ely $2000.
Dr. C. L. Have has returned from
a hunting trip from Camp 7 neat
Cordova, where he killed two black
bear.
GKKMAN'S START VIOI.KNT
rOl'NTKR OKKKNSIVK
Bombardment of St. Quentin and l.a
fuerre |'n<iucrf<i<iful—Driven
Burk with l.oss
PARIS. June 9.—The Germans,
late yesterday started a violent of
fensive. but were driven back with
losses. St. Quentin and Lafeurre were
violently bombarded for hours, but
little damage was done.
SAYS PEOPLE
TIRED OF WAR
HAVK NO t'ONlTDKNt K
IN ADMINISTRATION
Ohio Senator Says War Talk is Bald
erdash—Says Liberty Loan Should
he Oversubscribed in l ive Rajs—
Plays President.
WASHINGTON. I). (’.. June 9.
In a speech before the Senate commit
tee. Senator Harding of Ohio ( Re
publican) stated that people of the
country were growing tired of so
much war talk, as most of it was
the veriest balderdash, and only ut
j tered for the purpose of inflaming the
public mind, lie stated that had the
administration bad the confidence of
the people the Liberty Loan bonds
would have been oversuhserihed with
in live days, as the nation could eas
ily absorb a $17,000,000,000 loan,
and only withheld investing in the
!bonds on account of its shattered faith
1 in the President.
Senator Harding -deoiared-tturt- t-hp
United States was now in its sixty
third day of tlie war, and that the
administration had at last awakened
I to the fact that site stood alone in
the conflict, as France was only able
to hold her own, und England was
jib th'> same condition and on the
down grade. Despite all reports to the
contrary. Russia completely shat
tered the hopes of the Allies by with
drawing from the Conflict lit its most
critical time, and that all hopes for
a victory that year had deminished,
and the country was preparing for a
I three year war.
The Senator stated that at the
j present time Austrian generals were
in Russia conducting negotiations for
a separate peace.
• The Senator’s remarks were greet
ed with jeers by the democratic con
ferees while tlie republicans cheered
uproarously.
SEARCHING FOR A
PLOT IX A STRIKE
OF .MUNITION MEN
CAMDEN. N. J.. June 9 —in a
search for a plot to tie up four big
plants in this city, engaged In the
manufacture of submarine chasers
for the government, United States
secret service men took statements
from many strikers. Hundreds of
thousands of dollars’ worth of gov
ernment work has been held up by
the strikers, who are demanding an
eight-hour day and a raise in pay
from 40 and 45 cents to 59 cents an
hour.
.Military Man Dies
SEATTLE, June 9.—Colonel Ed
ward Hugh Fox, one-time adjutant
general of the State of Washington,
died yesterday in California, accord
ing to advces receved here. Col. Fox
had been in the Southern states for
the past couple of years for his
health.
v Weather Clear Interior
The local weather report today
shows clear and calm weather from
Fairbanks to Hogan, the balance ot'
the stations reporting calm and
Cloudy.
"The Orthodox Church" is the sub
ject of the sermon for the morning
service tomorrow at the Episcopal
Church, it will be given by Kev.
Father A. P. Kashevaroft' priest ot
the Uussian Church. All are cordial
ly invited to the service.
The launch Waif arrived in the
city today from Katalla.
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TWO SKAMKX KIU.KI) ’
TWEXTV-KIGHT .MISSING
Steamer Southlands Sunk by t'-lx/at
Off Coast of Ireland—Eli Houle for
l.ivri'|HMil—Carried Crew of PJt*—
.Main Americans Aboard.
NEW YORK, June 9. A cable re
celved today by the International Ms
rine Board slates that the British
Steamer Southlands which left Liv
erpool May 1:* for Philadelphia, had
been torpedoed and sunk off the coast
of Ireland by a German i'-boat. los
I ing live of her crew when the vessel
; went down, and one small boat con
j laining 2S persons being still miss
| ing. The Southlauder carried a crew
'of 120 men. manv of wliom «>r
I
Americans. A thorough search has
been made of the waters in the vicin
; ty of where the ship went down, but
! no trace lias as yet been discovered
j of the missing boat or its crew.
The Southlands was a steel screw
| steamer of 2.9>r> tons burden built
| at Cardiff, Wales, in liloi. She was
] owned by the Southlands S. S. Co.,
j Ltd., of Liverpool.
j ADMIRAL PLEASED AT
M MliKH SI Its SI NK
I PARIS, June 9. Admiral La
j casse today told the French deputies
i that he was greatly pleased at tin*
progress being made against the ene
my's submarine warfare, and that the
proportion of boats sunk was pleas
ing.
PLOT AGAINST THK
HKI) CROSS Wd.MKM
PHILADELPHIA. l*a.. June 9.
Bandages tilled with ground glass
and a mysterious chemical nave been
discovered among supplies sent to
the Red Cross from half a dnzmi
New Jersey towns, % ' *
j Four hundred Philadelphia wome •
j were told of the plot and warned
against similar activities in Mils city
today bv Albert J. Staub, of NVw
York, director of the Atlantic Div.
sion of tlie American Red Cross. The
names of all the women, most cf
whom are prominent in the social life
of the towns, are known to the De
partment of Justice Agents. Mr. Staub
said.
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KLAMATH INDIANS CO.MK
TO FRONT FOR A.MKRIt
CHILOQUIN. Ore.. June 9 —Kla
math Indians, considered among the
best shots and horsemen in the Cai
ted States, offered their services to
the government.
T<t HKLP GOVKRNMKNT
KITLD WAR CITIKS
WASHINGTON. D. C.. June 9—
M. J. Whitson, of Seattle, is a volun
leer member of the committee of ex
perts appointed by the Council of Na
tional Defense to plan 32 cities for
30.000 each when the selective ser
vice becomes operative. He has ac
cepted a major's commission with the
Quartermaster’s Corps.
HKATTLK SHIP FIRM
GIVKN A CONTRACT
BY THK GOVKRNMKNT
WASHINGTON. D. C., June 9.—
A contract has been signed whereby
the Skinner & Eddy Corporation of
Seattle will build six steel freighters
of 8,800 tons capacity for the gov
ernment. The total cost isestimated
at $8,000,000.
Advices reaching Dawson from the
surrounding country state that hue.
dreds of acres of ground will be pisi
under culivation this summer, pota
toes and oats being the principal
orops, with mixed vegetable farming
coming in for considerable attention.
One of the largest ranches of the dis
trict is that of Olson and Chapman,
who have 160 acres under cultivation,
and last year threshed out 900 h«sh
els of oats. There are several good
ranches in the district with 100 or
more acres under cultivation.