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No. 24 NINETEENTH YEAR
SKAGWAY, ALASKA, TUESDAY
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French and Germans Locked
in Death Struggle at Verdun
—Thousands of Lives Sacri
ficed Every Hour.
Loadon, Feb. 29—The outcome of
the great battle raging at Verdun
id atlli ia tie balance. The Ger
man attempts to make a flank move
ment on the Verdun forts by cap
turing positions on the 'right at
Champagne anil on the left In the
Woerre district hare failed. The
French are rushing reinforcements.
The German crown prince is in
direct command of tho attacking
force at Verdun and the Kaiser is
also with the troops urging them to |
desperate efforts to break the al-!
lied lines.
The Germans axe forcing the j
fighting all along the French and j
Belgian lines and the German war i
office has announced that all Ger- j
man commanders on the western
front have been ordered to take
for their slogan, "On ot the Engl
ish channel."
The Kaiser himself has sent spe
cial instructions to the commanders
and has made threats that the Ger
mans must force the French and
also the Allies' lines, no mutter
wh.ii iLie cost in Uvea amounts to.
Paris, Feb. 29—That this city, is
tiie objective of the mighty; offen
sive inaugurated by the Germans
on Hie western front Is believed
true. It is known that tho Ger
man crown priuce has been rein
forced i>y several of the finest vet
eran German corps. Tnere is no ef
tort to be spared to capture Toul
Belmont or Verdun.
At the beginning of the battle a
week ago the French war office es
timated that 280,000 Germans were
under the immediate command, of
the Crown Prince and engaged in
the attack. The ugh thousands have
been sacrificed every hour during
the severe fighting, which has
continued incessantly except for
two days when a heavy snowfall
checkid operations, his army is
larger now than when the battle
btgan, reinforcements of nearly half
a million having been brought up.
The war office estimates that the
French have lost nearly 100,000
men la the week's fighting and the
German loss has been much heavier.
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TO PAY THREE MILLION FOR
THE LINER MINNESOTA
San Fraaclsco, Feb. 29—A local 1
morning paper prin^ an article, and
quotes Louis Hill, president of tlio
Great ortheru railway. Baying that
the big steamship Minnesota is
about to be sold to a British and
French syndicate. Tho purchase
price, according to the paper, is $>>.
00.000. The Minnesota is now lay
lug at the dock here undergoing re- ;
pairs. Several months ago she .
let* Seattle en-route to London, load
ed with munitions of war. Leaky
boilers and other m*chinery trouble
caused her to %ban«ion *he voyage
and return for repairs.
GERARD MAY COME
Bcrliu, Feb. 29—If the republi
cans o£ the United States attack
President Wilsou's submarine pol
icy and attempts to make a politi
cal campaign issue of the case.
Ambassador Gerard may stump tho
L'nited States in support of the
executive. This was broadly hint
ed today. Ambassador Gerard
jl'ins to visit America before the
June convention and If he finds
President Wilson under fire for
lis dealing with Germany, lie may
■xplain to the country at large a
e\v things about submarine con
:roversy which the American peo
ple do not know.
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M VESSELS
LOST BY ALLIES
London, Feb, 29—During the
past month German submarines,
n-.nes and commerce Talders haye
sunk or captured fifty vessels.
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London, Feb. 29—English news
| papers are expressing the opinion
j that tho increase in the number of
| steamers destroyed by mines is
1 due to a new type of submarine
| boat which they think the Ger
mans are using to lay mines.
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BYES COli
Washington, Feb. 29—After ne
! gotiatiocs lasting several months
j the British government has agreed
I to allow the shipment of two
cargoes of dyestuffs from Rotter
dam to America. The combined
| value of the two cargoes is over
i #0^000,000.
OTTAWA STARTLED
BY A DISCLOSURE
New York, Feb. 29—Tho Interna
tional News says gasoline, instead
of »he usual fluia was in the hand
I extinguishers that the firemen used
in theg reat fire in the Parliament
House at Ottawa. The extinguish
ers had been tampered with during
the 24 hours preceding the fire.
ROOSEVELT FIRST AXD
LAST, AGAINST WILSON*
Washington, Feb. 29—The last
word from Oyster Bay wa« brought
to Washington by Sam R. Sells of
Tennessee, a republican member of
, Tennessee, a republican, member of
! the house, who, with Roy 0. Wood
; ruff, former progressive representa
! tiro from Michigan, called on Col
onel Roosevelt just before the lat
ter sailed for Bermuda. Col. Roose
velt is quoted as saying, according
to the message brought to mem
bers of the house.
"1 an not for any particular re
publican candidate for the presi
dency. But I am against the re
electiou ci Woodrow Wilson. He
l:as deadened the conscience of
American people by hia foreign pol
icy. There are only two things he
is afraid of. I am one and the
Kaiser Is the other.'' J
POLITICAL FIGHT
IK CHICAGO
Chicago, Feb. 29—Tie aldermanic
primary is being held today and
Mayor Thompson is fighting hard
to prevent the nomination of nine
republican candidates -who are>, op
posed to his administration. The
salary graft charges against the
mayor are a factor in the campaign.
Two men shot and seriously wound
ed Knd three slander suits have al
ready resulted from the bitterness
of the campaign.
morFtrouble
FOR MEXICO
Washington, Feb. 29—Felix Diaz
slipped past the detectives at New
Orleans yesterday and secured pas
sage on a steamer bound for a
Mexican port. It is presumed
that he will start a revolt against
the Carranza government and as
he had a large following before he
was forced to flee from the coun
try, it is feared that Mexico may
be plunged into another period of
war.
The following of Diaz are most
ly of the wealthy class of Mexicans
anl he would probably be well
supplied with funds if he starts a
revolution.
KICK SHALLOW GROUND HAS
BEEN POUND NEAR NOME
The Nome Nugget says that al
though little information ha« been
givwn out, inside information is to
the effect that Maus & Co., work
ing on Dexter creek,~have located
very rich pay. The locators are
said to fear litigation and kept
their l'ind secret until after January
1, when a number of claims which
had DrtTiously been staked but not
represented, revertd to the govern
ment. The pay found within five
feet cf the grass roots and it is
said that three feet of it will
average better thau 25 cents per
pan.
GLACIER AND TAYLOR
BAY COUNTRIES ARE
PROMISING DISTRICTS
Douglas, Feb. 29—Lester Rink
has returned from Hoonah after an
absence of several months. Mr.
Rink lias spent most of the winter
in the Qlacier and Taylor Bay
countries prospecting with his part
ner Charles Spurgeon. He states
that although they have struck no
thing big they are able to make
wages and that there is always the
chance of making a strike. The
country, he says, looks very prom
ising.
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Washington, Feb. 29—Alaskan®
at the national capital belieTo it ,
pro-bable that the war department
i will approve the request of CoL
\V. P. Richardson, head of the Al
aska Board of Road Commissioners,
for ?500,000 for Alaska wagon and
automobile roads and trails to be
expended dtrring th-e costing Bum
mer.
The $8,700,000 asked for the Al
I aska railroad will certainly be
| granted by congress, bat it is re
I garded as unlikely that th« De
velopment Board bill or the pro
post d fisheries legislation will
pass. A prominent Alaskan said
the "Devel^ment Board bill is
sleeping, and will probably remain
asleep, and there is too much di
visicn of sentiment to permit us
to hope for fisheries legislation."
POISON AT
ANOTHER FEAST
I San Francisco, Feb. 29—Forty
guests at a banquet given to a
state gathering of Methodist min
isters and their wires last night
were taken sick immediately after
the meal. Whether it is the re
sult of ptomaine poisoning or of
some drug placed In the food by
. narchists connected with the plot
unearthed in New York and Chicago
fOT a country-wide attack upon re
ligious oragnizations has Dot yet
been determined.
EXPLOSION WRECKS
CHEMICAL PLANT
Woburn, Mass., Feb. 29—An ex
plosion today destroyed a large
chemical plant her#. The cause is ,
unknown.
The mineTS of the Wild Creek j
distr'c» are lamenting that this
is the off year for the rabbit crop
and some of the old-timers are
having a tough time of it.
A shipment of mall which was
sent on one of the last steamers
for Hope has at last Tear.hed there
bv dceteam after being delayed f»r
two months.
BANK WILL
OPEN SOON
Tfce additional furniture for the
bank which arrived on the Spokane
haa been placed In the bulldinc.
bu» It will require a week or ten
days to finish the work on the In
terior fixtures of the bank and Col
StercuFon'g new -ffices.
Each boat arriving 1* bringing
consignments of supplies and ev<*ry
effi tt. is being made by the bank
officials to get everything In readi
neRs for the opening of the bank
at an early date.
WARSHIPS WASTED
BY THE RUSSIAN'S
Tokio, Feb. 29—It was announced
today that the negotiations of the
Russia as for the purchase of the
warships in the Rusbo Japan war
by Japan are proceeding satisfactor
ily. Eleven warships vere taken
at one time and the government has
keo* them In good condition sine
the war. Russia will use them In
the present struggle as soon as
• he purchsse Is consummated
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CONDENSED MILK
Washington, Feb 2b—American
condensed milk is enjoying a rogue
<n Europe that It never knew in
peac^fi] times. The exports from
this country in 1915 amounted to
76,000,000 pounds valued at $6.
000,000, according to figures furn
Ishe-* by the bureau of foreign and
domestic commerce, and the bulk
of the«e exports went to Europe.
In normal times the value of con
densed milk sold abroad viri>* be
tween $1,000,000 and $2,000,000,
and ordinarily the beet customer*
are "uba, Panama, China and Mexi
co.
Th«- Increased exports of con
densed milk to Europe are easy
to exolain, under the circumstance*,
but there has been an Increase in
imports from European counrtt"»
that is puuiing. Italy's recent par
ticipation In the American tr*d*
has caused some comment, but
the fart that Holland and Swltier
land Kid mu<h larger quantities of
mtlk in the United States in ISIS
than ever before is considered more
remarkable, for the«e two countries
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