No. 27 NINETEENTH YEAR
fans, aiar. 3—me uernnin at
tack haa been renewed with great
riolenre on the Verdun front with
both, artillery bombardments and
Infantry charges. The principal
fighting today is a few miles north
of the Verdun forts, the attack be
ing made against the lntrenchei
lines along the wept bank of the
Meuse riTer.
jLtUUUVIli iUdl. O auo *****—»•» »•
my iu Flanders is making a counter
attack near Ypres today to relieve
the oressure on the French front at f
Verdun. In todays fighting they '
have retaken the eight hund'red
yards of trenches lost to the Ger- j
mans on Feb. 14 and also cap
tured a small section of the Ger
I man first line trenches.
DANGER Of MIKES
London, Mar. 3—According to
information published by tie ad
miralty office this morning several
hundred mlne» have broken loose
from a German mine field iu the
south end of the Baltic sea and
are drifting northward and endang
ering Swedish shipping.
SPECULATION II
METALS S10PPE0
London, Mar. 3—The British gov
ernment, as & -war measure, has
issued and ord^r prohibiting' specu
lative transactions in metals re
quired in the manufacture of 'war
materials.
JOHNSON HAD 10
LEAVE ENGLAND
London, Mar. 3—Jack Johnson,
the colored pugilist and form*.
hea»r*-?ight champion, and wife,
left htre for Spain yesterday. They
were ordered by the immigration de
p&rtment last week to leave the
British territory.
GERMANS 10
ATTACKSHIPPIN6
Amsterdam, Mar. 3—A new Ger
j man campaign against shipping is
! being begun, using disguised raid- i
i ers instead of submarines in order !
[to avoid diplomatic difficulties. j
MERCHANTMEN* ORDERED
FIRE OX SUBMARINES
London, Mar. 3—Tho British
admiralty today officially published
the ordere given to armed merchant
men on October 20th last, in which
the ships' officois are instructed to
fire when approached by a subma
rine or any sort of hostile aircraft.
DOWAGER QUEEN OP
BUMAXIA 18 DEAD
Amsterdam, Mar. 3—The news 1
has bcfu received here that Queeu
Elizabeth, dowager queen of Ru
mania, died at Bucharest y ester- ,
day, ured seven ty-three years.
>11XK ARE PLENTIFUL
BUT ERMINE SCARCE J
Latest advices from Fort Yufcon I
state th»t the trappere, both white
and nat've, have had an exception
al}- good season. Mink are reported
to have teen taken in «reat num. ,
bers than ever before but ermine is
very scarce. There are more than
one hundred men in the neighbor
hood of Fort Yukon or on adjacent
streams, who are spending the
winter hunting and prospecting.
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Washington, March 3—It la an
nounced that the loaders of both
aides in the submarine warfare vuloa
controversy haye agreed to vote to
lay on the table Senator Gore's reso
lution to prohibit Americans travel
ing on armed merchant vessels ■when
i» comes up for consideration today.
Tlile action Is taken In response ta
the President's request that he he
given a tree liand and the united
support of congress in the negotia
tions with Germany.
01,Z MING !
10 GEI RAILWAY
New York, March 3 — It la
rumored here that Felix Diaz haj j
secured control of eighty per cent •
o( the Mexican Southern railway j
enteriug Mexico City.
icucilf I
HI UIOOCHEj
Chas. Hand of the clerk ox the !
court* office, who returned on the j
AUurral Evans from a brief trip to '
L&toucfce reports that groat ac- j
tivity is everywhere manifest about
the copper city.
Ha says that the Kennecott Cop
per company, which acquired the
holdings of the Boatson Copper com
pany in the recent merger of the |
big copper interests on the Pacific'
coast, is erecting & hunk house
which is larger than any building
in Valde*. The building is approxi
mately forty-five feet wide by two
hundred feet long and Fill have one
hundred and fifty rooms.
The company is also erecting
buildings which will be devoted to
library, billiard and pool rooms,
bath rooms and social hall for Its
employes. The work on the n«w
buildings is being rushed as the
company plans to increase its force
io the near future when an. addition
al one hundred and fifty men will
be nluctd on its payroll.
A a<*w store building, which will
rest J6000, is being erected and it
is understood that the company will
carry a. heavier stock of merchan
dise in future It is reported that
Latouche is lacking in private resi
dences and hotel accommodations
for travelers and that the men are
liviuc in boats, tents and everv
place where they can find shelter.
—Valdez prospector, Feb. 14.
SAYS COMMANDER HELPED
PRISONERS TO ESCAPE
Ottawa, Mar. 3—Charges that
the commanding officer facilitated
the escape of German prisoners troza
the ci uceatration camp at Amherst,
Nova Scotia, were made fcy Senator ,
Clorin today.
Mne. M. P. Fortaey, wno nas been
up the Sticklne river recently says
of that district:
"The new strike in the Stikine ;
river is a quarts ledge instead of
placer as was naturally supposed
by a erp&t many people. The mine '
is located about 40 miles below
Telegraph creek aud can be reached j
by boat as soon as the river is,
open for navigation which is gen- i
orally about the middle of May or
1st of June, as the ice generally
goes out by that time.
"The prospects bo far are the
very best tor the promotion and de
velopment of this immense ledge
which assays a high percent of
silver, the alloy being copper and
iron. Some parts of the ledge1
have been in operation all winter
and it Is estimated there will bej
a fifty-thousand dollar shipment of
ore as soon as the river becomes j
navigable and shipping facilities ar«
available. i
"The project for the promotion J
and development of this rich and
almost inexhaustible supply of
mineral will be carried on by the
Stikine Mining Company."—Juneau j
The launch Shamrock went to 1
the Clifl mine this morning to to*
a big barge carrying Gus Hog
bloom's pile-driver outfit uj> to the
mouth of Mineral creek, where eeT_
eral thousand feet of lumbar trill
be loaded on preparatory to taiinj
it to Fidalgo bay.
The piledr'ver jrill be taken to !j
Irish Cove, Fidalgo ]>ay, whert
Thos. G. Blafcney is superintending
th$ construction of a -wharf for tie
Dickey-Alaska Mining company. The
wharf will extend from the ore j
hunters which were recently built
there oat to deep water to enable
the shipment of copper ore from the
mine.
Ed. Wood's teams are now haul
ing ore from the mine to the b«wh
and work will be rushed on the j
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DECISION III APPAM CASE KEPI
SECRET AT GERMAN REQUEST
Washington, Mar. 3—Secretary of;
State Lansing sent to Ambassador j
ierustorff this morning the eovern
nent's decision In. the Bteamw Ap
iam case. The contents are with
held from the public at the re
quest of the counsel for tho Ger
man government, pending the deci
sion Ip tho libel action brought by
the original Briitsk owners in the
federal court at Norfolk
5LIGHI BLAZE
II0.5. HOTEL
At 7:25 last niglu fire broke out
a the U. S. hotel building on Sec
>Qd avenue, owned by Hermann
Heichter and at present conducted
is a lodging house by John Wil
jams. The fire was quickly con
.rolled and the damage by both
lire and water was limited to a
ew hundred dollars
Young George Rappuzzi and H.
Phillips were the flret on the
icene, having observed the smoke
ssuing from the building, and
hey immediately took possession oi
he office fire apparatus of the
W. P. & Y. R., and by the time
he alarm had sounded at the oen
.ral station they had a line of
lose laid from the hydrant at
Broadway and Second. Not ha-ring
l hvdraut wrench they were de
ayed a few seconds in getting
he water turned on. It is prob
ibly very largely due to their ef
crts that a serious fire was aTOrt
'd. A. C. Blaachard as
sisted Rapuzzi and Phlllipi
n sitting the hose from
.he rai'way offices and Tom
Penning, Jimmy Barry and Bill
^hilds helped them in laying it.
The minute the alarm was sound
ed the entire department responded
natamly and immediately after
heir arrival their knowledge ot
!ire fighting, aided by their *plen
iid equipment and Stag-way's excel
ent high-preGsure water system,
jrought the fire under control. The
lisclpline of the department is ex
cellent and the orders of Chtei
Beniier cad Asst. Chief Orie*J>*c?i
rere carried out instantly and un
hesitatingly.
Inside of eeven minutes from the
.im„ tne alarm sounded two lines
>f Lose were laid from the hy
I rant at the corner of Second and
3roadway, one line from Tbird and
Broadway and one line from Sec
ODd and State, la addition to which
the chemical engine was on hand
ana taking part in the contest with
the flames and Uie ladders and
other apparatus all at hand.
Br the end of ten minutes the firo
va« out.
GASTINEAl HOTEL AT
JU.VEAU BEING ENLARGED
Wori comes from Juneau tiiat
the bi< 60-room annex of the Gu
tineau hotel in that city is rapidly
ly uening completion, and it is
hoped that it will be ready for oc
cupancy by April L Much of the
furniture for it is already rn the
way and a part of it hag already
arrived.
This hotel, under the manage.
men» of Glenn Bsrtlett, formerly of
Ketchik&a, is rapidly becoming one
of the popular .hostejries of Alas
ka. "Glenn," as he is familiarly
called, nothing it set an idea.)
"mine host" and one's every want is
anticipated by him and everv guest
mad* to feel at home.
With the completion of this
large acnes the Castings u hot* 1
will have the largest hotel build in;
lu the Gastineau channel cities, and
the equipment is all that could b«
dee! red. , , |J;: 4 £
Wagner's Grill, which is mn in
connection •with the hotel urder the
management of Mr. Wagner, who
wan with Gerald's of Seattle for
ten re*rs, is up-to-date and th#
cuisine as perfect as can be ob
tained in the larrest cities.
A LETTER FROM A
CANADIAN VOLUNTEER
[ In a letter written in Victoria to
!j. T. Stewart of the W. P. * T. R.
i auditor's office, James M. Smith,
better known &a Jimmy Smith, who
: enli&ted ta Wbifcebom* with the
boys over there, says they are now
in semi-Qaarantine owing to an
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