BfiiriSH POUND GERMANS HARD
ALONG WEST BATTLE FRONT
London, March 30—According to!
official advice which, has fceeu re
ceived a' the War Office here the
Britisu forces ia France are com
ing 1» for their share of the glory
oi driving back the Gorman army
from their strongholds which they
have held for more ihan two years.
The villages of Xeuville and Bout
jouval 'n the east, and som<j sec
tions o{. fh« Ypres, north of Lille,
have fallen into their hands after
hard fought Ixsttles. According to
the official communications 'he Ger
man forces have, sustained heavy
casualties which, were inflicted on
the German fronts.
ID E TAKEN
ACROSS BORDER
Paris, March 30—Newspaper cor
respondents in this city claim that
they have received advice fro Brus
sels ic which it is stated that the
American legation there has been
isQla'ed. and placed under a German
armed guard. The guard consists
ot German police, and it is ru
mored in Brussels, according to the
adviies from there, that the Ger
mans are contemplating taking Am
bassador Brand \V hit lock and his
efafi across the Belgium frontier
in'o Germany, to prevent them from
leaving *he country..
Juneau, March 30—Tw o suspects I
were brought to this town this mora
In?, who are belieyed to have been ]
implicated in the recent robbery of
gold bullion at tho Ohicagoff mine.
Notwithstanding the fait that the
officers believe that they have in
custody the men who stole the gold,
no trace of the missing ingot of the
ye'low metal can be found.
Seattle, March 30—J. L. Gavlor,
Pacific Division superintendent of
the Pinkerton Detective agency has
offered a reward of $2,000 for the
recovery of the gold bullion which
*•»« stolen by highwaymen from
Cnicagoff mine, near Sitka, Al
aska a short time ago.
Pinkerton men have been working
on the case in the north, and some
developments are expected here
within the next few days.
Dauce at the Eagles Hall Satur
day night.. 2t.
Washington, D. C-, March 30 —
The transfer of the Russian capital
from Petrograd to Moscow, the old
capital of the empire, is expceted
! almost immediately and the reason
given in the diaaptches from Pet
rograd is that the present capital
is swarming with German spies and
e'rouply under Prussian influence.
From reports received fom Inde
pendent Russian sources there is
evident a feeling of uneasiness that
♦he revolution might still have some
rocky trails to travel.
SULZEtl HOW
II SEATTLE
Seattle, March. 30 — Charles A. j
Sulzer arrived iu this city from I
♦ho uor'H on the Humboldt this:
morning, and will leave at once for
the Eas\
In speaking of the Northland,
Mr. Sulzer said that iu case our
nation became involved in the world
war, Alaska stands ready to do her
share with her money and her men.
liKOKE INTO ASSAY
OFFICE AND THEN'
WENT TO SLEEP
San Fmacisco, March. 30—Edwar
F. Baron, wealthy society man and
graduate of Harvard, is in the city
prison charged with burglary..
Baron was found by the police in
the office of Smith-Emory & Com
pany assayers. The office had been,
broken into by Baron had not tak
en anything, being asleep in a chair,
when found. Not far from where
he was sitting was a box containing
pla'inum valued at $10,000
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Dr. Vou Bethmann-Hollweg, German,
Chancellor, says "Germany Does
Not Wan War With U. S.."
Berlin, March 30—In an address
which tto delivered in the Reichstag
this morning, Chancellor von Beth
maun Hollweg asserted that Ger
many never had the slightest inten
tiou of attacking the United States.
The German Imperial government
never desired to make war against
the United States, and does no*
desire to do po now. The Chancel
lor gaifl. "If the United States con
siders that the German policy of
unrestricted submarine warfare
whicii she is now employing for our
def'jiise against our enemies M-ir
rantg a declaration of war against
Germany, Germany would not have
tc bear the responsibility of the
addi*jonal bloodshed yvhich would
foltnv such a declaration." The
Chancellor statid that if war was
declare! between the two naticais it
would be the United. States that
woulJ have to make the declaration.
HOLLWEG'S SPEECH DOES
XOT CHANGE SITUATION
Washington, March 30—United
States officials have caa-eflully con
sidered 'lie speech of the German.
Chancellor, and in view of their de
termination not to countenance the
lawfulness of submarine warfare as
prosecuted by the German govern
ment, <he situation remains unchang
ed iu so far as this government is
concerned.
KAISER'S COUSIN LOST
IN AN AIRPLANE RAID
Berlfn. March
>a made that an
Prince Fried'rieh
Eu perer Williai
from a raid ov
Arras and Pero
Prince Fried
'Jitr, Prince
sons of Prince
Prussia, joint
corps iu Jam
rich Karl wa
years thp jui
llotli thes
been entlius
ftre the wa
signed a si
Karl while
known as
German pi
He wr
officers v
-Announcement
-lane piloted by
•1, a cousin of
is not returned
. a lines between
iCarl and his bro
edrich Sigismund.
nlrich Leopold, of
s German, flying
Prince Fried
/earg old, two
lUs brother,
lg princes have
sportsmen and be
je Sigismond de
il airplane. Prince
i his 'teens was |
est cayalier of the
of the German,
.icipated in th.e Ol
ympic gameb «a Stockholm, where J
he won prizes against the most ex
perienced army riders of the world.
T'ie doitb in active sen-ice of eight
German princes has been reported
during the war—one of Hesse, two
• f Snxe Metnigen, three of Lippe,
one of Reuss and' one of Waldeck.
The Eagles will give a dance at
their hall on Fifth. Avenue Satur
day night. All invited. 2t.
HIGH WAGES IS STA1ES HAMPERS
MINING WAINS IN JUNEAU
Willia Britt, of Juneau, is
back .n Skagway looking after his
interests here, and when he was
c-alleU upcn by a representative of
this paper, he indicated that con- ]
Ui'ipns at Juneau and other Gas- j
♦iutau Channel cities were mot up to
tlie high standard this season that
h<*3 bem so apparent during the
nast "ew years. In talking the situ
a'icn over, Mr. Britt said in part as
follows:
"Commercially speaking," said
Mr. Britt. "Juneau ia quiet at the |
^resant time for many reasons. The
hoom which wag caused by the con
struction of the immense plants and
'"evelcnment work on the Alaska- ^
ilastineau min® and the Alaska-Ju
ueau mine is over.
"Both companies adhered to their
original principal of favoring home
merchants as far as oossible during
tb? ccnstruction periods and the vol*
u*ae ' f business done by many mer
can'i'e nouseg was immense. The
result was as is always the case in
such instances, "he city became
overdone witn all sorts of shops,
atid now when these mines are
J.roupht down *o a systematic, work
tag bases where machinery
takes the plcae of labor
as far as possible, it is Wat
natural fhat many of these shops
fat themselves short of customers.
Furthermore, these mines were de
»e!opp.l and the plants installed at
*be f.in»9 of normal prices for all
commrdities and labor, to-wit, that
one dollar and a Jh.alf per ton ore
under normal conditions should pay
(Continued on page 4)
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OUT INTD FEDERAL SERVICE
Washington, March 30—AH State
M'l'tia which were not called out in
the ffrst order, has been summoned
by orders from th,e War Department
to immediately; reDOrt fo>r instant
duty.
Tt.e War Offioe this morning- or
dered a strong farce to t>e. dispatch
ed to the Canal zone at once to
strengthen the force's now" Btation
ed there.
BfUerits B and F of the TentU
Field Artillery of the Connecticut
National Guard was today called in
to the Federal service.
Prcrident Wilson held I1I3 final
cabinet meeting today before as
sembling Congress on April 3.
SENATE GEI5
DOWN TO WORK
Juneau, March 30—After a dis
cussion lasting more than one hour,
the Territorial Senate referred the
bulk bill back to the committee,
having made a number of important
amendments thereto. The fall pro
vides against the sale in bulk of
stocks of goodg for which amounts
of money on the purchase price is
s'ill owing by the purchasers, and
is designed to prevent tradesmen
from disposing of their stocks in
an effort to beat the wholesalers
out of Mieir accounts, and also to
protect the retail merchants from
unscrupulous people who contract
big bills and then leave the coun
try refusing to pay the accounts.
The eight hour bill failed to
pass owing to the number of
amendments which were offered.
When the bill providing for the
observance of the Seward and Lin
coln's l irthday as Territorial holi
days came up, a w ran gel resulted
ever some amendments which were
offered, and tho bill was referred
back f0| the committee.
It hrr been the intention to get
the till through 30 that it might
be signed by Governor Strong at
the ball given last night by the
Grand Iploo of the Pioneers of Al
aska, which would have made today,
March 30th, a legal holiday, but fail
ing to agree on the amendments
caused the postponement of that
ceremcny .
EAGLES WILL DANCE
SATURDAY EVENING
Ab the next dance scheduled f°r
Skairvvay is the Installation Ball
af the Elks on April 5th, the Skag
way Aerie, No. . 25, F. 0.
Eagles have decided to give on# of
••heir popular informal dances at
their hall on Fifth, Avenue tomor
row night. The usual good cheer,
good music and good supper will be
in evidence.
Juiieau, March, 30—The Senate
passed the holiday bill late this
afternoon, and it will undoubtedly;
be signed by Governor Strong at
the reception which His Excellency;
and Mis. Strong are giving the
members of the Territorial legisla
ture # the Executive mansion to
night...
The "House rescinded the action
talsen by that body yesterday when
it uut Sundays in thQ list of legal
holidpys. Immediately after this
had boeu done the bill was sent ud,
to *ne Senate .
After the Senate had indulged in
a sliort discussion of the eight
hour measure, adjournment was
taken
Committees are holding meet
ing3 and working on the matters
they have in hand.
Senator Hubbard left fori Cordova
last night, and Senator Aldrich has
■presided at today's sessions.
Madrid, March 30—Owing to the
wideswead internal disorders and
striker, which are prevalent through
out Spain, the constitutional guar
antees of all provinces in the king
dom have been suspended.
SEATTLE MAY GET
BRANCH RESERVE BANK
Seattle, March 30—From reports
which have been received here, it
is indicated that a branch of the
San Francisco Federal Reserve bank
will be established in this city.
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