"in, NINETEENTH YEAR SKAOWAV, ALASKA. SATURDAY. MAY 6, 1916 PRICE 10 CENTS
IMMEDIATE BREAK WITH GERMANY AVERTED
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Two Months' Work of Germans
Lt it In a Single Day.
File Uuns Tear Thin tiefiiium
Bub.
MICH GROUND GAINED
Paris, May 6—The offensive pro
gram uf the French hua had a de
ided cud tellu.g effect upon the
taulcs of the German soldiers. As
'he rowilt of yesterday's heavy
ii. fan try charges and big gun boni
b*.(lUHiit practically all the ground
galutu by the Germans In their ex
tensive campaigns which have
itrvtcf't^ over a paricd of two
mou'U fell into the hands of the
offendejp.
Fixating waa carried ou all day
yesX^Ktii-y from sumiee to sun down.
Eeaunwns Hill was th© central pi
vot, f the heavy firing. As the
fhadci of evening fell over the
bloou stained battle ground the
French by a suddea maneuver of
rapiL fire field guiis tof^CTrough
the German ranks, capturing all
of their primary line defense.
The guns and ammunition cap
tured by the French troops will
»*• the Germans back in their de
fense. A few more days of such
'erratic fighting will tear every
thing up on the firing line. Of- !
fici»:s look for the final outcome
today
SENATE DOES NOT
SEE IT THAT WAV
Washington, May 6—President
Wilson has written pmot-il let
ters to all of the seiK'-tors insi t
lug on the coufirmatioa f Brande's.
SUSPECTS ARKESTED
Ntw York. May 6-jj-The three j
suspects Indicted fc r robtery on a
New York ferry brat have b°eii
arreted. All of the loot has been
recovered and is being he'd by the
prosecuting attorney for evienee
In tha case.
MIN'OK DETAILS UNSJ^TLBD
K Paso, May 6—Carranza has
consented to tlie agreement siurived
"t iu conference between Major
Scott aikI General Obregon. Th«
;>«gre< nient is satisfactory to both
govt-xaionts. By the agreement
the United States troops will be
«11ohl<1 to remain on Mexican soil
| uniji order is established and the
ban<;i ' rooted out from their ren
Ue.ouE.
A It\v of the minor details per
taining to the amount of troops
necessary for the accomplishment
of the purpose and the wire ser
vice and transpoaUititiij facilities
rani^in to be threshed 01U. by the
• oiu.-i e<s of the two goveriunents.
GUM MAKES
QUICK WORK
C.ilumbus, May 6—A aquudion
from th^ eleventh cavalry ran up
on a force of Viilista« a.irly yes
toruay and a battle ensued.
The charge of the cavalry le.'t
foriv two of the bandits killed on
ti;e battlefield. They were eoou
rou.ed and the pursuit given up
by Ihe United Stat.s hflfsame&v.
IILXKY FORI) IS
UP FOR LIBEL
Washington, May 6—Henry Fold,
l.ational peace philantroiahtet; au
tomobiiq magnate and political
1 ader has been dragged iuto court.
'Pie navy league h s filed a suit
ag-.it.ik the pacificits for o'.io
hundred thousand dolla-s as dam
ages for an alleged libel published
by the defendant.
COPPER
Taccma, May 6—Unchanged at
twenty nine.
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SPII FIRE
Paris, May 6—The Germans at
tar a concentrated aU?cJc upon,
' t lie uoi th slo-pe of tlve ctty of Ver
dun have compelled the French to
evacuato that portion of the de- j
taiii'.
Tae German gums played upon
I he forts and trench**, pouring a|
-leidj' tfcreaju of fire and shell up
on th«m. The French were not |
.iblp to stop the bombardment by
tiieir return fire and to save the I
troops and the poei'ibllUy of a |
break through their lines retreat
ed to tihe secondary Hue of d?nfense|
soy us is for
WOfllO PEACE
Cipeniluagen, May 6—Tie dole
gater w hich, are now in session a<
a' tii-; International Socialist Coiu
gress which, Is meeting In
'his cjtv are debating the question
as to whether or not it would be
feasible lor them to atteanj.t to
bring peace to the waitring nations.
The Haigue conference meets In
June ar.d it is their proposed plan
to be represented at that confer
ence ano try and effect a pe<acq set
tlement amongs the warring no
liOUf.
Tuc conference ia attended by
-telegu'tes for every neutral nation.
Plans for world wide socialism have
been discusstd and plana laid for
the launching of the cause lu every
ua«ion.
K1GUT REBELS MEET
SENTENCE OF COURT
Dublin, May 6—Eight of the
revolutionists have b e:i court mar1
t ia led and found guilty. The pen
alty it! each instance has been
death. The eighth one was shot
tkis morning in this city.
BIG Al'TO MERGER PLANNED
Detroit, May 6—A two hundred I
million dollar mergeT of the auto-|
mobile industries In this city iB '
planned. A total of eight com/paa
ies operating in the State have
signified their intentions of en
tering Into the field. The great j
matters of industry Morgan and
Rockefeller are interested iu the
scheme.
Athens, May 6—A French flag
shl> equipped with aiero guns
brought down a Gesnnuan. airship j
near Salonikl. The cratft was,
soaring in the air and droipping |
bombs. One shot did the work
and 't came tumbling earthward..
ALASKA EXPORT
JUMPS UPWARD
Seattle, May 6—All previous
records were brcikoa by the export
'mile 'o Alaska last month. No,or
be-fore in, the history of sHi p^ing cir
cles have the trausipoifcUicu com
panies been so rushed with tJhe
handling of freight and iiM eng.rs
for tho Southeastern pa'.t of Alas
ka and to the westward.
A total of fifty nine boats cleared
Commencement Bay for Alaska
tvorts in the month of Apiril. This
is almost two boots a day.. Every
ship was loaded to the gunwales
with freight and in, some Instances
passenger room could net be pro
vided.
LEADER URGES
FULL POWER
Louden, May &—Lie yd' George, th
yoir cf Engiands statesmen, urges
the full use of all of Engiands
power immediately. Strike while
the 'ion is hot is his guiding prin
ciple.
He declares that England can
uot depend too much on'the Rus
sian Empire at the present time.
Russia is massing her men as fast
as the conditions will permit. But
it will take her some time as y-t
to come up to 'Tier full (fighting
strength. She needs more time to
equip her army.
NEBRASKA MAN HEADS
CONSERVATIVE CONGRESS
, Washington, May 6—Tho Nat'on
al Conservative congress has elect
ed George Condra of Nebraska as
its o'esidant.
Mr. Condra is a callsgs p -ofe sr.
noted the nation over as aai au
thor! tv on gelogy. He is a repub
lican and has been active in the
irgai.ization of the congress.
Sl'ECIAL FREIGHT
SERVICE FOR SKAGWAY
The Canadian Pacific has given
forth the defiuite information that
they will place a regular freighter
on the Alaska run this season.
Commencing on June 10th the
freighter "Otter" will leave south
ern ports, stop at Prince Ruipert
and make straight far Skagway.
Phis will provide a direct freight
route from Vancouver, Victoria and
Prince Rupert to the Gairden City."
It will carry explosives, gaso
line and hogs. It will run on a
definite schedule and carry lrve
stock and cargoes that the regular
paasneger boats refuse to carry.
Campbell's Canned
SOUPS
Due to the increasing popularity of this excellent product,
we have added the following varieties to our stock:
Julienne Mulligatawny Vermicelii-Tomato
Mockturtle Pea Oxtail
Asparagus Chicken Consome Celery
Vegetable Printanier
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P. H. GANTY
LABOR TROUBLE
IN THE M
WILL NOT ARBITRATE
Pi*tdburg, May G—The labor dif
ficulties at the Westinghouse fac
tories is coming to a head. The
conference called to settle th%
difficulty has been. halted. The
committee chosen lias refused to
consult with the committee named
by t(;e lalbor unions.
This conference was scheduled to
meet today and both sides were to
preson* their claims and changes
Tiie committee was then to go over
the voluminous mass of evidence
and detail work and try; and effect
a settlement by arbitration.
Atlin, May 6—Special to Daily
Alaskan,—Edward Davis, civil war
veteran and well known in these
parts, was found dead in his cafb
in yesterday. The deceased thirough
his cheorful personality had made
many friends in this city and near
by vicinity.
Mr. Davis was a native of' Dele-*]
ware He enlisted in the cause of j
the north from the State of Penn
sylvania and fought all during the
civil war. After the war he came
west and located in Momtana. The
gold fever struck him and he went
to Nevada prospecting. He and
three partners staked the famous
Comstock claims in that state
which '..-iter proved to be extremely j
wealthly. His claims were jumped j
by big interests and he was farced j
to give up the fight
He went to South. Africa in
1893 and did some mining work.
The Yukon rush, attracted bis at
tention and he came tc» the in
terior in IS98, where he remained
until the time of hJs deatto
OFFICIAL TEXT
GIVEN WILSON
/tequppts Pressure on Great Britain
Fcr National Rights. Calls at
tention of United States to Hep
Gross Negligence in the Matter.
CONFERS WITH CABINET
Mexhant Ships Not to he Sunk
Without Warning and Cluwco to
Be Searched. Official Text
Handed President Last Night.
Washington, May; 6—It ia the
opinion of statesmon in. this city;
that an immediate break with tlie
Berlin, offioia.la.has leen averted by
!•.. receiving of the reply to the
American note in this city lata last
aight.
The official text of the note was
handed President Wilson late la it
night. Paris of the note have been,
withheld from publication until the
situation is exactly understood by
the President and his cabinet.'
In substance the note directs
tha' merchant shipes will not here
after be sunk by. German subma
rinea without warning. By warn
ing a ship is given, the. opportuni
ty to stop and submit to a search
rr stand her chances of escaping
the tire from the ship which h:;s
warned her to stop.
The note also requests pressure
an Great Britain for National
tights. The negligence of the
United States is pointed out in the
note of allowing her cltizcns to
travel on belligerent ships which
would not obey the laws of navi
gation and international laws as
adopted by all countries., If then
Ihe United States is so negligent
as to pefrmit her citizens to travel
in war zones where they are in
constant danger and especially on
ships which are carrying contra
(Contlnued on page 4.)
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