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WEDNESDAY, JULY 5, 1916 PRICK 10 CENTS
MONSTER GUNS
SPITII1G FI
LONDON, July 5—B'g guns con
tinue to shake Hie e.ir'h around
tha Verdun district, Sbo and shell
is being poured iuu the trenches
oocupiad by the French. A con
tinual reign of frre fcists IxKh day
aud night.
Yesterday a righ+ lUu.k rnove
meiu of the German- entered' Che
primary defense lines of the French
but were soon r pulsed by sup
pi am-c-ntury artillery fire from
French, background i«"sitions.. The
loss on the German side from this
maueuvar aJone will ieac4 into the
thK»usai;ds. The Germane have
fallen back on big gnu bombard
ment iu th>is district hoping to
check any offensive campaign on
♦be French* aide while the rein
forcements are bei used to check
the British advanie wl> :ch is threat
•ning the German Km) ire.
UNABLE TO STATE
OTTAWA, July 5—Delayed—Mill
tia headquarters are unable to
tsa>e whether the Ca»uliar.s are in
the big British drive now beting car
ried on.
WOLGAST FOULED WELSH
DENVER, July 6—Wolgast foultd
Welsh in the eleventh, round of a
fan and furious bout here yeoter
d»y afternoon. Up to the time of
the foul both were about evenly
matched.
RUSSIANS WADE
THRU GHRS
PETROGRAD. Ji ly 5 — The
strongly fortified tier man, defense
Hue® could not hoJ.l the ferocious
Russdan. wedge*. hurled against the
lines yesterday and this morning.
Maneuvers on the Germau side to
check the advance »as failed.
Kustoau infantry s'ud light ar
tillery corps have brrken through
«-wo lines of German defense in the
Barouov itchy rtgwn The line
is expected to give way today in
other places to the Russians. Mili
tary critics will then ccctede a gen
eral Russian victory on Ihe frontier.
! JfOTK GOES TO STATE
DEPARTMENT TODA1
WASHINGTON. July 5—Delaye
—The note from Cammza, is re
porttd to have reached the Mext
I cau Ambassador yesterday. It wil
, be jriven *o the State departmen
toduv. The war department ha.
info-med the press that the £Wni;
b>\s been equipped for a long sta;
on the border line. The army *
::ow rt organized to iirovide 1&
Win- •mergencies with Mexico.
MLEHT FIRE
IS EFFECTIVE
ROME, July 5—The advance ol
the Italians is beiug stubbornly ro
salted by the Aust:i..us. but of no
avail. To stop the offensive cam
paign >' the Italia us the command
er general ordered a series ol
counter attacks yee'Prday but prac
tically all of them failed.
! Tha Italian artillery is playing
I havoc with, tlio Austrian infantry.
They are using a light gun on
| wheels which, can be easily dis
; mantled and pushed ahead, set up
and firt'd from adr eu armor plate.
The Austrians are using infantry
| charges but to no "ixnl advantage.
TKOOPS MASSING
AT BORDER LINE
SAN ANTONIO, July 5 — The
movt-mu' of state militias to the
border line continues. Tro(ps trains
are arnving daily withj soldiers
equipped in fighting bregalia. New
Yvrs »'loue has twenty two thous
and ineu enlisted in the service who
are on the border line for active
service.
1)H I .'ON EtiTS DECISION
ON KNOCK OUT
IHC'VEY, OKLAHOMA. July 5—
Jac Oil lion knocked Flynn out cold
iu 'he fourth, round here vojterday
before a largo gathering of sport
fan*. Dillion began to lead out
in the second round and hammered
Flynn right aud leift ubout the ring
until the knockout came.
RECAPTURE LOST WORKS
PARIS, July 5—The Germans,
after a carefully plinind maneuver,
have succeeded in capturing the
Tniamont *vorks. This was pre
pic usly in the hands of the Ger
mans and fell to French, command
recertly. I's recapture has been
conceded for two weeks.
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MEijimmi,
*
, | The Midnight Sun exouraiouisite,
, wno left WhitUhor&e June 19th, on
' 'ue stjaimera Caeca and White
Hotreturned to the Garden
City luMt Saturday, with the excup
• iou of cbiiity-one,. who weiro so
iunp rested with the Interior coun
try »ha» tihey juwt b"d to visit At
lin. The jolly (thirty-one «wne
<u « u last night's 'rain and have
•iriangcd tixr tnuieQjortotiou ao-utli
wurd.
The river steamers arrived at
Fat' Yukon on June 22n<l, after a
pleasing and interesting trip down
the mighty Yukon. The view of
he sum as It hung out in tiie> sky
like a ball of red fire, was
more beautiful tii;.n any had antici
pated. All of tuem, us well as
Captaincy Turtibull and Willams, say
tha» they h<ad a perfect view with
oi't a cloud iu the sky to abatruct
'he wonderful scene.
The sun cajne down apparently
about thirty feet from tlw. horizon j
a niidnigdit and resembled a huge
bar of fire. The sightseers from |
their position on tihie "Dome" oould j
clearly see the magnlficentf) sight
aud it has ao impressed them that |
tt are still talking about it.
All of the tourists have a word I
oI praise for the trio* and are very |
Sl'FFRAG- SHOUTS HALT
PMWLDENT'S SPEECH
WASHINGTON, July 5—Preside; t
Wilson, in a uotioe speech at the j
dedication of the labor teimple in ]
this city was haulttd by the dhoute j
of women, crying for suffrage priv
ilegeSk
His SSI AN CAVALRY ON MOVE
LONDON, July 5—The Russians'
axe stirring on the border after a
few days of resting. The Russian ;
cavalry paitrol tas crocsed the Oar- 1
palhians uiid is qaiterlag Hungary, j
PORTLAND, July 5~Non union j
longshoremen are w< ikii.g on the
wharves loading alps and clearing
freight from 'boats waiting for car-i
goes.
j The Jeflfereoii sohcdullcid to
renc* this port some time Thura
i day morning. It laUt, Ketchikan a»
2 p. in. yaaterday.
Tne Spokane Is due la this: port 1
Friday morning.
I'!'. T. C. Fulton, a prominent
physician of St. Paul, aooompanied
by ij'« wife returned from tie land
of the midnight sua last night. The
doctor is high la hla praise for
everything concerning the trip and
especially the treatment and service
of the White Pass oute.
Royal Pullen dropped his duties
at Treadwell for a fiew days and
took advantage of the July holidays
to visit with hi mother in tfhe
I Garden City.. He will return in
a few daysi and take up his work on
| the island.
complimentiy to tlia tranefpoiita/tion
company for t'lie superior service
remdeied them. Only aa objetion
has beau heard, anil thar was about j
U10 heat. The thermometer cllmlbed
up the mercury column to the 93
degree mark, near Dawson. The
majority o£ the "Suuners" were
uo ptreipaa-ed with Droper clothing
for thfe kind at weather. Whe.ii
informed that Alaska hud one of
•he best climates of aaiy of the i
health Teeorts In the world they
chimed in, thedr ajcoordi—but In
formed the Alaskau reporter thut
the general idea oil. the outside was
thai Alaska was a solid field of
'c and snow and not pretty green
river valleys and rolling prairie
land, as Is the case. They say
tlia* they will have a hard time
making their friends believe that
Uu temperature was so high near
tne Arctic Circle.
Many are going bach to the
^•utes aa»d loci forward to the
tim? when it will be their happy
privilege to again be with us. They
1 are promised to sflxread t(he ^">od
word around and place Alaska in a
true light and enlist in the educa
tional forces that are working to
nroiperly educate the United States
is to the real conditions that pre
v. 1' lu the northland.
TWO OF PICNIC PARTV LOST
Yesterday afternoon a little pic
nic oarty journeyed up to A. B.
Muuntadu and af'er making the
hard climb the ladies prepared a
aaiuty little luncheon, and when all
were rtady to sit down, it was no
ticed 'ua' two of the party ware
miasiug. After a long and oareful
starch the missing ones, who by
tae way, were W. E. Buxford and
wife, were located ia a cosy nook
enjjvini; each other's Company and
UiKhig in the baaui>tiful scenery 01
Lynn Ct-mul, aud Skagway valley.
Alier much oersuasioJii tuey decided
that -.vhile "two is Company" peir
li^pt it would be Weil to pavtake of
something substantial ajid under
the pilotage of the re^t of Che
party were eucorttd tui the picnic
taLle.
AUSTRIAN'S LOSE
OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN
PETROGRAD, July 5—Delayed—
The Aus'nans asaeumed the offen
sive on b° eastern froiiitiier yester
day and were repulsed with heavy
losses by the Italians. The Italian
bat'eriee supplemented With infan
tiy charges were the working forces
which won the day for the Italians.
BRITISH MAKE RIG GAINS
IN SOMME DISTRICT
LONDON, July 5 — Delayed—
Heavy fighting continues undimin
ished around Verdun. Freiach
(rooos are cooperating with the
British offensive campaign in the
Somme region. Notable gains have
been made in the direction of Per
•~nne, which Is the most important
strategical point along the front.
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C'ams, Lunch Tongue Deviled Ham, Veal
Lo-if. Chipped Beef. Roast Beet. Corned
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Libby's Queen Olives, Maximum Ripe
Olives. Pimentoes in small tins, Napoleon
OJive Oil, Duikee's. Libby's & Mrs. Port
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Hothouse Tomatoes, Cucumbers
Fresh Fruit
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U. S. CORPORATION DOES
IMMENSE BUSINESS
NEW YORK, July 6—Delayed—
Tai« United States SteeJl Corpora
tion has ten million tons of «n
f'll°i orders waiting * » be turned
out Gray, chairimia of "the cor
IWiatlon, sajB they are enjoying t/he
largest business in the history of
•he company. Profits are lager and
wages are better than ever before.
RUSSIANS LOSE
BERLIN, Jiuly 5—The war office
anlnounces the check of the Russian
advance. The Germane have forced
Lha Rus&ians back fl»e miles on
the batUe front for a distance of
twenty miles in length. At each! ad
vance* vfe Germans moved up and
fortified the ground wl'ih. artillery
so tha* ii will be a difficult task
tor the Russians tc retake tjhem
from the front.
The reinforcemeJitP from the
central position and Verdun) dis
trict have arrived and were Jn the
regiments making this victory. It
announces a victory In the Galiclan
iistrlct.
SEVERS CONNECTIONS
N. 0. Hardy, has severed his con
nections with the Home Power Co.,
im* will immediately launch on a
iew work, which he believes will
five him a broader field in which
.o wovfc and carry out some ot his
econioal training and ideas.
Mr Hardy bas been connected
A-it.li the Home Power Company for
hree and a half years and during
lis stay in this city has built HP
i circle of warm and enithiuaiastic
friends who join with him In beat
visaes for success in his new work.
SPECIAL AGENT ON
INVETSIGATION TOUR/
A. B. Hamer, special agent of the
rica.wrere department at Washing
:on, D. C., is touring Alaska in the
utereits of the Treasury depart
ment. He Is Impressed with the
;reat field of Alaska and has seen
i country that he never antioipatei.
FIGHTING IN AFRICA
Cairo, July 5—'Delayed—Gene.al
s'or'liey, with a British' colu.n»n has
triveu the Germane northward in ,
Africa and t^uptuerd much j
:ooty and many prisoners.
BRITISH DRIVE
IK
FRANCE, July 5—Delayed—The
British aud. French are sweeping
forward iu a tweu'y five mile sec
tion and eo far liuve taken six
thousand prisoners of war. This
tremendous drive hag developed
within the last forty eight hours.
On the line of march, villages for _
a fif'v square mile spare that have
been held until recently by the
Germans are now lu the hands of
the Allies.
TIhe British, forces held the line
between' Gommecou'it and Ancre,
while the French ai tat ltd both
sides'of ne River Somme and south
ward towards the village of Roye.
Coirlu, Monta-Baurte, Mametz, Fri
oourt and other fortified places
hawe been taken by th-? BrHsh and
the Frenoh. The village of Fri
court is conslderel by the British
toibe a very sftragetic position.
In the charges th.i British In
fantry advanced sing-fug the famous
"Tipperary,"' and the French the
"Marseillaise." The German of
ficial report hag come out and they
admit the necessity of retiring be
fore the British advance. British
aeroplanes assisted in tha tdvance,
but were attacked by a squadron of
twenty German fokkers and driven
back, twit not until they had
destroyed two of <be German air
guna. The advance with heavy
fighting continucB and up to date
much war material haf bpen taken.
ALLIES INVADE
E
LONDON, July 5—The British
consolidate are continuing to gain
ground and their offensive prog-ram
is me.fiug with dccided success.
French troops have taken more vil
lages and are pushing forward oil
good roads toward Prrcnne.
The prospects for complete vic
tory in this offensive campaign are
decidedly oromisin?. Nothing has
been able to Btop the movement
tk-us far. The German? are center
ing and rushing ■.•enforcements to
their secondary line* to stop and
check *ie movement. Big guns have
been rushed to the first line
trenches to bombard the approach
ing columns.
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