-—-j THE WEATHER
The Great Mar. 2; Max. 38, Min. 2»—4 p. m. 30
I . N. Wind—Clear.
ALASKAN Mar. 5: Max. 18, Min. 9-4 p. m. 13
Calm—Clear.
DAILY I-1
l-—--1 LARGEST ALASKAN CIRCULATION
ADVERTISEMENTS BRING RESULTS __■ —
” , ' . . SEWARD. THE GATEWAY TO ALASKA, MONDAY. MARCH 6, 191S. ___l,n Onu the Copy
VERDUN BATTLE CONTINUES AND
GERMANS AGAIN RAID ENGLAND
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VERDUN BATTLE PROCEEDS
PARIS, March 6—Fighting of the most extreme
violence continues at Daumont, four miles from Verdun.
The Germans are now attacking over a front of several
miles from Haudremont to Daumont with fierce determi-i
nation but our side claims to have repulsed cvei\ effoitj
of the enemy in the past twenty-four hours. The French;
war office also claims that the F reneh positions taken bj
the Germans have been so cut up by shell fire that they
cannot be consolidated by the enemy and that he will be
driven out of them. The official statement just issued
about the battle says that forty to fifty thousand German
corpses were rushed over by their comrades in their mad
rush against our position at Daumont and that the losses
of the Teutons were simply awful. Some contingents lost
six out of every ten men even before they fired a shot. It
is admitted that German reinforcements are constantly
arriving to aid in the attack and that the German supplj
of ammunition seems to be inexhaustible and their guns
are still belching a storm of shells at our positions. It is
made clear that the enemy has been preparing ammuni
tion for a long period just for such an attack and some
anxiety is expressed that their supply might be found to
be greater than ours. In the early part of the offensive
our wings at the villages of Samogneux and Ornes were
forced to fall back and it is now admitted that the village
of Daumont has been taken but we are holding our own
since those events took place. The fighting has been tak
ing place over a front of twenty-five miles. Between the
rivers Meuse and Ornes the struggle is fiercest. It is stat
ed that the Germans are now about to bring up the big
siege guns with which they took Antwerp and will turn
them on the fortress of Verdun itself but it is knowrn that
Verdun has miles upon miles of great underground works
which might be full protection from the immense shells.
In Champagne, Alsace and other points some fighting is
also reported. The British have been engaged in the
Ypres region again but claim that they have repulsed the
enemy attacks.
MOEWE SAFE AT HOME
BERLIN, March 6.—The cruiser Moewe which has
been raiding in the Atlantic and which is supposed to have
captured the Appam and other liners has arrived safe in
a “home port” after the most wonderful series of exploits
ever chronicled in seafaring. The name of the port to
which she has returned is not mentioned, the words “home
port" merely being given. It is assumed that the Moewe
after having finished all the work she could do with the
supplies on hand succeeded in eluding the British fleet by
clever work. She arrived with two hundred passengers
which include four British naval officers, all made prison
ers when British ships were captured or sunk. She also
had a million marks in gold bars which were seized on one
of the prizes. It is now stated that she has been cruising
several months during which time she captured fifteen
vessels ranging from three thousand to seven thousand
tons each. Most of them were sunk but some others, like
the Appam, were sent to polls as prizes of war. During
her extraordinary cruise the Moewe also laid mines along
the coast of England. These mines were laid at the place
where the great British battleship King Edward VII was
blown up and it is taken for certain that it was one of the
Moewe mines that sank the big vessel. All Germany is
celebrating the return of the raider with great rejoicings.
Her commander has been given the Iron Cross of the first
class and the crew have each received the Iron Cross of
the second class. To be able to elude the British and
French fleets and perform such work is regarded by the
German people as almost a miracle.
GERMANY GAVE WARNING
WASHINGTON, March 4.-—Germany has apparently
decided to continue its submarine war against armed
merchantmen. Bernstorff gave notice to Lansing Febru
ary 28 that at midnight on February 29 the submarine at
tacks on armed merchant vessels of the allied countries
would be renewed and promptly afterwards two British
vessels were sunk. Some anxiety is felt here for Ameri
can passengers who are now crossing the Atlantic on lin
ers that carry armaments.
SAYS GOVERNMENT ANXIOUS
TO OPEN COAL FIELDS
SEATTLE, March 5.—Mining En
gineer Evans who has returned from
Washington states that the govern
ment is desirous of opening the Al
aska coal fields just as quickly as
possible. He spoke to several lead
ing members of the administration
and all said the intention is to lose
no time in the matter.
SEATTLE HAS IMMENSE
SHIP BUILDING BOOM
SEATTLE, March 5.—In the Seat
tle shipyards at the present time arc:
being bulit twenty-three ships which j
will be worth eight and a quarterl
millions.
SEATTLE SHIPPED NORTH
GOODS WORTH $20,000,000
SEATTLE, March 5.—The figures
for the Alaska trade just published
show that this city shipped twenty
million dollars worth of merchandise
to Alaska in the year 1915.
Chamberlain Has
A New Army Bill
Includes Several Sweeping Changes
In the Administration Bill.
WASHINGTON, March 5.—Senator
Chamberlain of Oregon has introduc
ed a new army bill which contains
several sweeping changes in the bill
of the administration. It provides for
a federal volunteer peace force some
thing after the fashion of the British
volunteer service before the war.
Chamberlain wants the volunteers to
be made specially qualified for muni
tion work. The bill also provides for
federal iontrol of the National Guard,
and for a regular army of one nun
dred and seventy thousand men.
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KILLS PRIEST BECAUSE
HE ABSOLVED BETRAYER
ST. PAUL, March 5.—Mrs. Agnes
Dukee entered the confessional of the
Polish cathedral church yesterday and
killed Father Jameski, a priest who,;
she says, absolved the man who
wronged her.
(Note: The wording of this cable
is obscure but this Beemu to be the
sense of it)
“BUFFALO BILL” IS
HALE AT 71ST BIRTHDAY
CODY, Wyo., Feb. 26.—Colonel
Wm. F. Cody, “Buffalo Bill,” Indian
scout, showman and character dear
to the hearts of the youngsters of 3
generations, is hale and hearty at his
home here today, his 71st birthday.
W, W. Butts left for Glacier creek
this morning on the train. It is said
that he intends to start a new' busi
ness house out the line.
SIX MILLIONS
j SAFE AND SURE
JUDGE MORFORD SAYS IT WILL
GO THROUGH WITHOUT
SLIGHTEST TROUBLE.
After having aeon all sorts of
senators ami congressmen and having
particularly seen those who are sup
posed to be opposed to the govern
ment railroad, Judge S. 0. Morford
returned last evening on the Watson
with tho statement that not the
slightest trouble may be expected
from any opposition and that the
large appropriation of six millions
will go through^ without any hitch
whatever. Tho opposition, the judge
says, has no strength even granting
that it practically exists at all. The
judge had a fine trip and escaped all
the bad weather, having had tho luck
not to he in any of the cities at the
time they had their storms. He visit
ed New York, as well as Washington,
St. Paul and a thousand other places.
While in Ogden, Utah, they were
actually sprinkling the streets.
SAY VOTE ON THE ARMED
SHIP MATTER NOT FINAL
WASHINGTON, March 5.—Promi
nent senators declare that the vote on
the armed ship resolution is not by
any means final and that another vote
may be taken at any time. This is
the resolution which contained the
assertion that civilians traveling on
armed belligerent merchant ships
must take their chances.
"GUARDS" IS DEAD
SEATTLE, March G.—"Guards",
the West Home founder and the rev
ered friend of Sailor’s Unions all
along the coast, died here last night.
LONDON APPROVES ACTION
OF THE U. S. SENATE
LONDON, March 5.—The press
generally approves the action of the
United States in defeating the Gore
resolution to prevent Americans from
traveling on merchant ships of the
belligerent nations. The matter is
claiming quite a lot of space in all
the papers.
ITALIAN SHIP SUNK
LONDON, March 5.—The Italian
steamer Gaivia has been torpedoed
and sunk in the Mediterranean. The
submarine responsible is said to be
German. Nothing is told as to the
loss of life.
LARGE NUMBER COMES
ON STEAMSHIP WATSON
The following is the Watson pas
senger list for Seward:
D. M. Bristol, J. S. Hanawald, 0.
J. Jacobsen, Sam Campbell, J. W.
Black, F. C. Peterson, Mildred Hem
horn, Judge S. 0. Morford, Mrs. S.
E. Aston, H. J. Shepard, F. J. Peter
son, F. P. Jensen, C. F. Wyede, Mrs.
L. White, Tom Plunkett, C. H. Deeh,
! F. L. McNeil, Dorothy Rainey, Van
I Payne and W. F. Way.
RAID ENGLAND AGAIN
LONDON, March 6—Once again England has been
raided by Zeppelins but the details have not been given
out. The raid occurred last night on the northeast coast
of England but neither the names of the places visited nor
the nature of the damage done have been told.
OTHER FRONTS QUIET
LONDON, March 5.—The western theatre has again
become the chief one of the war. Confidence is growing
here that the French can hold the enemy at Verdun and
that the offensive will be abandoned because of the fright
ful German losses. Nothing new has occurred in the Bal
kans, and on the east front and Asia Minor campaigns the
war office is silent
j LATE CABLES! J
PETROGRAD, March 6.—Russian
torpedo boats have raided the Turkish j
port of Trebizond and sank several
vessels. /
PARIS, March G.—The estimated
losses of all the belligerents in the
Verdun battle are two hundred thou
sand.
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BERLIN, March G.—The war office |
claims that the German troops have
captured a hundred square miles
around Daumont.
LONDON, March G.—In the Zep
pelin raid last night twelve people
were killed and thirty-three wound
ed. Forty bombs were dropped that
wrecked many houses in a space ex
tending over nine counties. Two of
the counties raided adjoin London.
WASHINGTON, March G. — The
plans are practically completed for a
“show down” tomorrow on the resolu
tion warning Americans off armed
ships of belligerents. Colonel House
has returned f?*om Europe. He
breakfasted with the president today
and made an unofficial report.
LONDON, March 6.—The British
ship Masunda of five thousand tons
was sunk by a mine yesterday. All
the crew were saved.
BAKER SECY. OF WAR
WASHINGTON, March 6.—Newton
D. Baker, former mayor of Cleveland,
will be named secretary of war to
day. He has accepted.
BERLIN, March 6.—Minor engage
ments took place on the east bank of
the Meuse north of Verdun today. In
the operations last night the Germans
captured 14 French officers and 934
men.
TOLEDO, March G.—Mrs. Ada
Jones was refused admission to a
hospital here today because she lack
ed a doctor’s certificate and later gave j
birth to a ten pound boy on a snow j
bank covering the street car tracks, j
SAN FRANCISCO, March G.—Thei
most violent storms for years occur- j
red last night and this morning. All I
shipping was delayed and a sailor
was washed off the steamer Roanoke |
; off the mouth of the Columbia river..
WASHINGTON, March 6.—All the
street cars are tied up as the result
of a strike for higher wages.
WASHINGTON, March 6. — The
president has nominated David R.
Francis, former governor of Missouri,
as ambassador to Russia to succeed
Marye who resigned.
WASHINGTON, March 6.— The
state department has received from
Berlin photographic copies of the
orders of the British admiralty fori
armed merchantmen to attack sub-;
marines, which Berlin declares is the,
reason for the German campaign of
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torpedoing armed merchant ships
without warning.
WASHINGTON, March 6.—A Rus
sian shell struck the American con
sulate during the bombardment of
Trebizond on March 1. A Turk who
was standing twenty feet from the
consulate’s desk was killed. The con
sul and his staff were not touched but
the consul’s residence was also struck.
WENATCHEE, Wash., March 6.—
Three feet of snow fell in this coun
try today and the Great Northern is
blockaded.
BERLIN, March 6.—It is officially
announced that the German airships
last night heavily bombarded the
British naval positions at Hull and
that all returned safely.
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ANCHORAGE, March 6.—At a
meeting of the labor union Saturday
afternoon it was agreed by a big vote
to return to work pending the settle
ment of the labor wage scale by the
committee appointed by Secretary of
Labor Wilson. Commissioner Means
j agrees to pay whatever scale is adopt
ed by the committee from the time
the men be^in work, which moans
from the present time. Many men
went to worK this morning and more
will be employed as the occasion de
mands. Everybody is pleased at the
outcome of the matter.
REPUBLICANS
HOLD MEETING
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EIGHT DELEGATES TO BE'
ELECTED HERE AT PRIMAR
IES NEXT SAT CRD A V.
The Republican Ciub met Saturday
evening in Pioneer Hall and decided
that everyone who votes at the pri
maries here next Saturday must de
clare himself a Republican, must
promise to support the candidates of
the party, or, in other words, he must
sign the roll of membership of the
club for which it is necessary to
pledge oneself to both of these re
quirmenta. Quite a nice meeting took
place and a few others signed the roll
of membership. Eight delegates wi,;
be elected here but the ballotting will
be open. Some of those w ho are men
tioned as likely to be candidates are
J. J. Finnegan, the local committee
man, Ed. Whittcmore, the committee
man for the westward, Dr. J. M.
Sloan, president of the club, L. L.
James, Jr., secertary of the club, Al
lison Bruner, Rev. C. T. Cook, Matt
Button and a few others.
STRIKE AT CHI SAN A
I. B. Hurd, writing to the Cordova
Daily Times, says a good strike has
been made on No. 1 below' discovery,
Gold Run, Chisana. The pay is said
to be sixteen feet wide. Three and
four cent pans have been found from
the surface down and pans worth as
much as $2 were found on bedrock.
TENNIS CU B TO MEET
and elect this evening
A meeting of the tennis players
will be held tonight for the purpose
of reorganizing for the year. Officers
will be elected and plans will be con
sidered for establishing a permanent
court.
FIRE ALARM
A small blaze occurred on the roof
of the Fairbanks Hotel yesterday
afternoon and the fire department
was called out. The blaze occurred
on the roof near the stove pipe but
the damage was slight Lucky Bald
win is the proprietor.
ALASKA COMING
The steamship Alaska is due at^
Cordova tomorrow morning.
PIONEER SOCIAL TOMORROW
The big social of the Pioneer Igloo
will be held tomorrow evening. Quite
an interesting program is being ar
ranged.
STEVE WHITEHEAD WRITES
Senator L. V. Ray received a let
ter on the Watson from our old
townsman, Steve Whitehead, who is
now with the allied army. The letter
was from “somewhere in Europe" but
bore the post mark of Newcastle-on
Tyne, England.
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FARRAGUT LEAVES ON 7TH
The Admiral Farragut will leave
Seattle tomorrow, the Seventh, and
' will go to Seldovia.
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EXPECT GILL TO
WIN TOMORROW
ELECTION 1TGHT IN SEATTLE IS
BITTERLY PERSONAL
AS IT CLOSES.
SEATTLE, March G.—The munici
pal election takes place here tomor
row. The fight is bitter. Personali
ties and mud-slinging mark the con
test more than usual. The fight is
between Gill, Austin and Griffith,
Gill’s former chief of police. In the
primaries Gill received three thousand
votes more than all the other candi
dates combined.
WATSON ONCE MORE AT
SEWARD AFTER ACCIDENT
Captain Jensen is Master and Other
Well Known Men Holding
Other 0dices.
The steamship Admiral Watson ar
rived last evening about D o’clock for
the first time since she lay at the
bottom of the bay at Seattle. During
the trip up she had to lay up on the
night of the 3rd near St. Elias, owing
to a snow storm and a squally sea.
From Juneau to Seward the weather
was cold hut with the exception of one
gale the weather was fair. The fol
lowing are the officers of the Wat
son: M. M. Jensen, master; A. C.
Jensen and P. A. Obart, pilots; P. J.
Woods, chief mate; T. J. Kchoe, pur
ser; A. C. Jones, freight clerk; P. L.
Plunkett, chief engineer and F. J.
Leonard, stewar I.
ELKS WIN THE
CUP FINALLY
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MOOSE BEAT PIONEERS SATUR
DAY BUT ELKS HELD
THE LEAD.
The Elks have carried oft the cup
presented by Leo .Margules for the
winning team in the bowling series at
the Northern. In the last game play
ed Saturday night the .Moose beat the
Pioneers but the lead of the Elks was
too great. The following is the score
for Sat tux! ay night's game.
Pioneers.
Johnson. 157 161 173-401
JUirge . 103 124 136—363
Sweezey 173 150 137—460
Tolman . 122 147 148—417
Moses . 148 115 125—387
Totals . 703 607 718 2118
Moose.
Ashland. 131 100 130—361
Manthey . 162 157 157—476
Joe Anderson ... 184 188 170—551
Montgomery .... 122 06 121—330
Kosmos ........ 147 176 167—400
Totals . 746 717 754 2217
BRINGS MARBLE CREW
TO OPERATE QUARRY
The Watson dropped in at Tokeen
this trip with a crew for the Vermont
Marble Company which will increase
their operations largely. The Watson
calls at Port Wells on the way out.