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RESUME VERDUN BATTLE |
PARIS. May 1.—The Germans resumed the great of-'
fensive movement against Verdun last Friday and since
that time the attacks have been steadier and more violent
than ever. Following a severe bombardment yesterday
the Germans during last night hurled a powerful Attack
in close formation against the positions recently gained by
the French north of Deadman’s hill. According to the
official announcement issued today every attack wilted
awav under the terrific French fire and the Teuton losses
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were enormous. Another German attack was delivered
by the enemy in the Cumieres sector but it was repulsed.
The news today means, however, that the Germans have
by no means decided to abandon their efforts to take Ver
dun and bloody fighting is expected this week.
IRISH REBELLION BROKEN
LONDON, May L—Large forces of rebels have sur
rendered at Euniscorthy, Wexford county, eighty miles
south of Dublin after a truce which lasted a day and a
half. It is assumed here that some terms were given them
but no mention of terms has been made officially. Sever-*
al isolated detachments are still holding out in different!
places but the back of the revolution has been broken, the
government says, because the majority of the Irish people
followed the advice of the parliamentary leaders and re- j
fused to take part in an outbreak which might have nulli
fied the work of years. Skirmishing continued in Dublin j
city vesterdav, Sundaw but there was very little fighting '
in the heart of the city, the revolutionists having been!
mostly pressed back to the suburbs. Over twelve hundred
of the revolters in the capital have been taken prisoners j
and it is estimated that two hundred have been killed.
The damage done to city property during the seven days
fighting is estimated at ten millions. All the opinions |
given by the newspapers and officials seem to agree that
the revolt was hopeless from the beginning for three I
reasons: The Germans were unable to get a force into the j
island, the rebels were without machine guns or cannon;
and the majority of the people were opposed to the out-|
break. That the Sinn Feiners believed thev would re
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ceive aid from Germany is certain.
OUTLINES GERMAN ANSWER
WASHINGTON, May 1.—Information from German
sources is to the effect that Germany is considering a re
ply to the American demands which are based on a pro
posal to abandon the present submarine methods and to
use submarines, at least for the present, only as cruisers!
against merchant vessels. This would mean the re-1
linquishment of the idea that submarines are justified in ]
torpedoing a merchant ship without warning and if such;
a reply will be really made the whole matter will, the of
ficials say, be certainly settled amicably.
BERLIN SAYS NO CHANGE
BERLIN, May 1.—Fierce fighting took place at Dead
man’s Hill on Sunday but it resulted in no change in the
situation. The war office also announces that elsewhere
the battle fronts remain the same. The lull in the offen
sive at Verdun is regarded here by the general public as
only a pause necessary for making preparations for
further attacks and to organize the positions recently
won by our troops.
GERMAN REPLY NEARLY READY
BERLIN, May 1.—Germany’s reply to the American
demands regarding submarine warfare will be dispatched
to Washington this week unless something unexpected
occurs. A tentative reply had been framed last Thurs
day but it was not sent and is still undergoing changes,
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although its position on fundamental questions is unalter
ed. Certain newspapers are warning the people nit to
count on the certainty of America agreeing fully with the
attitude taken up by Germany in the reply.
MANY BRITISH OFFICERS TAKEN
BERLIN, May 1.—Four British generals and 510
English and Indian officers were captured by the Turks
when the British garrison surrendered at Kut-el-Amara.
Dispatches from Constantinople declare that the release
of the besieging force of Ottoman troops means that the
British army of Lake will be compelled to retreat.
SCHMITZ WANTS
IlOLl’H RECALLED
SAN FRANCISCO, April 30.—Eu
gene Schmitz has decided to go
through with the campaign to have
Mayor Rolph recalled and the matter
will come up on May 0.
WESTlN('.HOUSE STR1KERS
MAKE BIG SACRIFICES
PITTSBURG, April 30.—Since the
strike was called in the Westinghouse
plants the amount of wages lost by
the strikers totals six hundred thou
sand dollars. Last night, Saturday,
there was no indication of a settle
ment.
CHILD MURDERER SAYS
NOW HE IS INSANE
LANSING, Kansas, April 30.—Pis
sed, the man who murdered the ten
years old child of the woman who re
fused to marry him, now has as kin)
that an operation be performed on his
brain to prove that he is insane. He
declares that he lost his sanity be
cause of a kick from a horse in his
childhood and he wants his sanity
restored.
PREPAREDNESS EXHIBIT
TO TOl’R THE COl'NTRY
WASHINGTON. April 30. — The
government is about to take into con
sideration the suggestion of sending
a great exhibit throughout the coun
try to carry on a propaganda for the
preparedness idea.
RUSSIAN CHURCH
LEAVES ALASKA
The Iditarod Pioneer is authority
for the statement that the Russian
Orthodox church has decided to leave
the Alaskan field.
Bellingham Natives
Start an Uprising
Armed With Rifles They Capture
Austrian Fishermen and
Hold Them.
BELLINGHAM, May 1.—Captured
by a band of Lummi Indians armed
with rilles, eight Austrian fishermen
with their boat and nets are being
held on Lummi island because the
land is part of the Lummi reservation
and the Indians object to having
white fishermen work around there.
The sheriIT has been unable to rescue
the prisoners and a series of clashes
has taken place. The Indians have
always claimed -that they have the
sole right to fish in Hales Pass but j
the attorney general has permitted
whites to fish in the disputed waters
and the kidnapping is the result.
FOUR DROWNED AT
SAN BERNARDINO, CAL.
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif., May 1.
—Dr. C. M. Thumpower, of Long
Beach, Benjamin M. Rapp, of Ix>ng
Beach, Harry Thorpe, of Los Angeles,
and Merton Wearne, of Los Angeles,
were drowned in a little lake east of
this place this morning. Five others
were rescued. The nine men, all of
whom were well known, were trout
fishing from a small boat when it j
capsized.
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CAME ON ALASK V ,
The following came from the west
ward last night on the Alaska: Mrs.
J. Gilpatrick, I). Lindsay, F. E. Walk
er. J. A. Hawkins ami three steerage.
LEFT ON ALASKA
The following went out on the Al
aska: Miss R. Ross, S. Shuman, W.
J. Feastry, Mrs. J. van Slack, W. Mc
Neil ley and Mrs. McNeilley, L. V. Ray
and Wilbur W. Ward.
REGULAR MEETING OF
CITY COUNCIL TONIGHT
The regular bi-monthly meeting of
the city council will Like place this
evening but the mayor this morning
knew of nothing new to come up.
OBREGON DEMANDS U. S. EO
WITHDRAW BUT TURNED DOWN
ALL-ALASKA REVIEW
OFF THE PRESSES
The All-Alaska Review for April
is ofT the presses and will be on sale
| this afternoon. The present issue
contains the full story of the Republi
j can convention with notes and a
special write-up by the secretary of
; the convention. The April number
also contains all the names of the
operators of important mines in all
parts of the territory and for this
reason alone this issue should be j
worth keeping. The usual depart-1
merits of condensed news of all camps,1
editorial opinions, mining, etc., are1
kept up to their usual standard and
various miscellaneous items of inter-;
est and instruction are features. Vast
improvements will mark the beginning
of the second year of the Review's
existence and before the end of the
year it will be a publication Alaska
i can be proud of.
EVANS PASSENGERS
SEATTLE, May L —The Admiral j
Evans left yesterday with the follow
ing passengers for Seward:
J. Barnhart, Geo. Lake, Miss Mc
Kinley, Inez Adams, Miss Maud Cat
tle, F. Hubbell, Frank Bellam and
wife and child, Fid. Mason, R. O'Brien,
FImma Berg, John Hall, Lew Harring
ton, wife and child, Anthony Gillette,
S. Bloer, A. Jones, Ann Birney, Mrs.
I). Frazier, Ralph Adams, H. Brasher, j
A. Crooks, W. Davis and twelve steer
age.
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KOOSEVELT SAYS PACIFICISTS
ARE ONLY MOLLYCODDLES
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CHICAGO, April ISO. — Before the
Illinois Bar Association last night
Theodore Roosevelt pleaded for uni-1
versal military’ service. The audience
cheered him loudly when he declared
that pacificists are nothing but a lot
of mollycoddles.
MOTOR TRUCK’S THE THING FOR CARRYING
ARMY SUPPLIES ACROSS MEXICAN DESERT
Photos by American Press Association
(The army pursuing .. *Si^tor transPortatlPn to establish
them. Advance supply depots will be Io' lt“ “t mur u, , driiWn f0 usa for the m0,t advanced depot It
Immediately In Its rear As fast as food, horse ^*ro a C"n,tant level. No. 1 In the accompanying pictures
will be fed In at the border end of the supply line to^malntam^ a c» ^ #fflc#rl a, b.adquarters at Columbus. N. M- j
WtW rtJhL Lleu'tenantO0OrLrUBrunsell. Major William It. Sample (commandlnt officer). Lieutenant Clarence H. Da*
Uisoa; No, 3, array motor truck flttod with portable wlrelhi».j _ . _ . _ . . .... —.. .~ - -— — —*
SAY U. S. MUST WITHDRAW
EL PASO, May 1.—After a conference lasting two
hours between Generals Scott and Funston for the United
States and General Obregon, minister of war for Mexico,
Obregon insists that the withdrawal of the American
troops from Mexico is essential. The meeting took place
at the Customs house. In the meantime Colonel Carlos
Carranza wires from the interior to the Mexican consul
here that Villa is dead without the slightest doubt and
that he will have the bandit’s body in his possession
shortly.
WILL NOT WITHDRAW
WASHINGTON, May 1—The administration, it may
be stated with authority this afternoon, does not intend to
pay the least heed to the demand of General Alvaro Obre
gon that the United States withdraw* its troops from
Mexico. __
GERMAN DOCTOR INDICTED
j NEW YORK, May 1.—The federal grand jury has
indicted Dr. Scheele and several others for placing bombs
on munitions ships. As far as can be learned the case
| against the accused is very strong.
FIVE HUNDRED MEN
AT WORK NEAR CITY
The number of men now at work on,
the government railroad in the Sew
ard division is nearly live hundred
and it will probably be more than that
next week. The exact figures were
not available this morning but that
considerably more than four hundred
men arc engaged is positively certain. ■
Gangs are strung all the way along
for miles. The first force is occupied
around the machine shops and be
tween the shops and the trestle a
force is engaged putting in a new
COMMITTEE FOR
HOSPITAL DANCE
The following is the floor commit- j
toe for the Hospital dance which will
take place next Saturday, May 6:
R. J. Weir, L. V. Ray, Alex McDon
ald, Thos. M. Ward, Neil Sexton, A.
! D. Estes, H. J. Haasch, W. P. Henry,
i L. L. James and J. J. Finnegan.
Ticket Committee:
Frank Ennis and Dr. J. T. Roylan.
Refreshment Committee:
Is under the supervision of Mrs. T.
M. Ward, president of the Hospital
Workers, whose names follow and who
have done so much to make the affair
a success:
Mrs. Alex McDonald, Miss M. A.
Ryan, Mrs. Sam Soupcoflf Mrs. J. M.
Sloan, Mrs. Tamblyn, Mrs. R. J. Weir,
Mrs. John D. Phillips, Mrs. Geo. Sex
ton, Mrs. Frank Ennis, Mrs. Anton
Eide, Mrs. A. G. de Sherbinin, Mrs.
George Chambers, Mrs. J. L. Green,
and Mrs. J. H. Romig.
Music:
Mrs. McNeer and Bert Denny.
FELIX BROWN IS
OFF TO ANCHORAGE
Felix Brown, well known here, in
! Seattle and Nome, is on the way to
Anchorage on the Watson to start a
largo clothing store there.
“Y.” Quite a large force is engaged
filling in where the new ties have
been laid bet wen the head of the bay
and Resurrection river. The ground
to the right of the tracks in that
place is being cleared to enable the
steam shovel to go right along. On
the bridge itself another force is at
work around the pile driver. New
ties have now been laid north of Res
urrection for some distance and sta
tion work begins beyond, up to Mile
eight and a half.
Hundreds of Men
Returned to \\ ork
ANCHORAGE, May 1. — Between
five hundred and six hundred men re
turned to work this morning on the
government railroad. The longshore
men returned to work Sunday after
noon and everything is harmonious.
STEEL AND HERRON BUY
THE ANCHORAGE PIONEER
Harry Steel and Charles E. Herron
have purchased the Cook Inlet Pioneer
which has been published at Anchor
age by Shaw, Needham and others.
This information came from Mr. Steel
himself who passed by on the way to
Cordova last night on the Alaska.
Wilbur Ward went down to Cordova
also and will be engaged with the Cor
dova paper in which Mr. Steel is also
a partner.
BABY GIRI. BORN
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A baby girl weighing twelve pounds
was born this morning to Mr. and
Mrs. Simmers who reside on Wash
ington street near Second avenue.
LUCY ON THE WAY
The schooner Lucy, belonging to
George Palmer, the big Knik mer
chant, is on the way up and is expect
ed to reach her destination this week.
BIG STRIKE AT PITTSBURG
PITTSBURG, May 1.—Not a street car is moving in
this city today. A quarter of a million persons in all have
walked out on strike. A conference between the company
officials and the men was held last night and lasted until
midnight. It resulted in the agreement on every question
except that of wages. No disorders are reported.