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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-02
ITALIANS DASH
TOWARD TRENT;
TAKE 81 TOWNS
Villages Surrounding Cor
tina Are Occupied by
Northern Column.
HEIGHTS OF ZUGNA
WON BY BAYONET
Troops Advancing Along Adige
Drive AuStrianS from Com
manding Position.

Rome, June (via Paris While the
italian columns entering the Trentino
from the cast have occupied thirty
seven villages surrounding Cortina,
sixty miles northeast of Trent, the
forces to the south OF the provincial
capital have stormed and captured the
height OF Zugna, which commands the
eastern bank Of the Adige. the town OF
Roverto and the railroad northward 70
Trent
The news Of fresh progress received
to-day shows that the infantry is grad
ually pressing forward on the Alpine
roads and In the mountain gorges.
Hour by hour they are occupying Aus
trian positions which. one by one, the
Italian heavy artillery has battered TO
pieces.
Bayonets Win Heights.
In the takinr OF the Zugna height, a
cone-like eminence, he Italian infantry
did some splendid bayoaat work. Sew
cral regiments pushed forward from
Ala four miles TO the south Of the
mountain. and began the stiff ascent Of
the towering chain of hills, which were
brietling with Austrian guns. Upward
and onward went the Italians, undls-
maved bv the enemy's fire. In vain the
Austrlans attempted 10 stem the rising
tide Of Bersaglieri and Alplnists. who,
DESPITE the enormous natural and artl-
fetal obstacles. pressed forward with
splendid courage. Some OF the storm
ing party, before coming 10 close grip
with the enemy. put aside their KNAPP
sacks 20 give themselves greater free
dom OF action, rolled up their sleeves
md. when the moment came, charged
home grimly with the bayonet, com
pletelv routing the AustrIans. Then
there was no restraining the impetuos-
ity Of the Italians, who, to cries of
"Viva lItalia," pressed hotly on the
heels Of the beaten enemy.
So far the Italians are holding
strongly that portion Of the Austrian
Adige Valley which lies deep between
ut. Baldo and Mt. Lessini and their
farreaching northern spurs. So far
and that is thirteen miles from the
frontier have the conquered Aus
trians fallen back. This brings them
20 their next line OF ueleHcth sOuIh
Of Trent. These works stretch as far
south as the bridge spanning the Adige
near the railway station between Mori
and Roveretto. Its approaches are
defended by a triple line Of fortifica-
tions which rise from the left bank OF
the Adige, strengthened by what are
known technically as "wolitraps,' the
ground being honeycombed with holes
nine feet heep. at the bottom Of each
of which is d sharp POINTED stake.
Austrians Well Intrenched.
The Austrians seem TO he well sup
piled with long range artillery. The
beautifully wooded heights Of Madonna
del Monte, which cut into the Valley Of
the Adige and descend to the very gate
Of Royereto, are no longer recog-
nizable, for the Austrian military en-
gineers have been at work. The gar
dens and villas which dotted the slopes
Of the Madonna del Monte have been
swept away and the trees have been
cut down to make room for gun en-
placements and rife pits. The steep,
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MORROW; VARIABLE WINDS.
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Foodstufs COnHobond
 Says Britain to tue .. 5.
BRITISH GET DEFIANT

The British government through its ambassador today notified the of the United States that all foodstus destined for Germany, Austria or Turkey will be regarded as contraband of and will be seized by the British warshps The note hints that the steamer Wihelmna which is now on the way from this country with foodstus for Germany will be seized and her cargo taken away This cargo will be paid for by the British
 government but hencefOrh all food cargOes destined for fhe three nations at with Britain will be seized and will not be paid for whether they American ships or not This note is regarded here the most serious fact connected with this nation ill relatiOnO the war The British notification is cOuched in language which however diplomatic leaves no other impression than that the British will make foOdsus cOntraband whether the United States likes it or not and in spite of the precedent established in former wars Even now there apparent some indication of the controversy which ths atutude or
 Great Britain is sure to create in this country Opinion is very much divided some people expressing the belief that as the supply of food to Germany might mean the pro
 ongaton of the foodstus be regarded uSCy as contraband Others declare that the United States can not recognize such ruling which they say IS contrary to all international agreements on the matter
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FAMOUS FIGHT
 ON THE YSER
DETAILS OF FIGHT FOR HOUSE THAT HAS NOW BECOME
 HISTORIC.

LONDON, Jan. 27.-The fight for "Ferryman's House" at Merckem, on the Yser Canal, provided one of the most stirring incidents of the recent fighting around Dixmude.
 "Merckem is on the southern reach of the Yser," a correspondent writes, -four miles or so east of the road to Ypre.. On the eastern side of the water is house which on a good French road map may be found tag ged Maison du Passeur-the Ferry mans House. It is a relic no doubt of the days before the buildings of the narrow bridge that now spans the waters at this point.
 "This bridge for sOre time had been a sort of no mans land. It was commanded by heavy artillery on the French side and also by a machine gun battery of the German side. The Germans occupied Feryman' House. which they had turned into a small fort, with their machine guns mounted at windows both upstairs and down.
 Neither side cared to destroy the bridge, because each had hopes to use it in an advance. The French finally decided that things would be easier if the Germans were driven out of the neiehbOrhOod and he made his
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MINING ID BE
 DEVELOPED
HOUSE PASSES BILL GIVING EXPERIMENT STATION TO
 ALASKA.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.-The House last evening passed a bill pro- viding for the establishment of ten mining experiment stations through out the country, one of the stations to be in Alaska. The senate is all most certain to pass the bill so that the northern territory may expect to have the station established very soon. The bill does not fix any parti- cular locality in Alaska as the site for the station but it is thought probable that it will be situated where it can be served by the government railroad. The other stations will be located in the chief mining districts in the states.
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APPLY FOR NEW ELECTRIC
 LIGHTING FRANCHISE.

c. B. Poinexter and Robert Ashland applied for new electric light fran chise last night to the city council. The new franchise asked for provides for the meter system in supplying lights. In the franchise formerly granted the applicants asked for a fiat rate franchise. The city council last night put off consideration of the matter for a week and asked that in the meantime each member of the council and the city attorney be sup piled with copies of the franchise. The franchise which the same two men were granted before lapsed be- cause they took no steps to carry out the project.
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RUSHING NOW
 TO THIS CITY
LARGE PASSENGER LIST ON ALAMEDA MAY BE
 KEPT UP.

SEATTLE, Feb. 2.-Nearly thirty people left on the Alameda for Sew ard from this city. The boats leav- ing in future will probably carry great numbers owing to the feeling which certainly now prevails hero that Seward will be the metropolis of the district to be opened by the govern ment railroad. In addition to some steerage passengers the Alameda lad the following aboard for Seward when she left last night; R. Fletcher, C. Thoendyke, George Riley, J. Riley, w, Root, NJ. Davis, Harry Welch, Wm. Hyland, E. Carter, Frank Ennis and wife; I. Hensler; Mike Reilly; Al Carlson and wife; T. Gillis; Mrs. Allenbaugh her daughter; two sons and two babies; W. Sullivan; A. Me Henry.
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CANADA PAYS
 FOR KILLING
TEN THOUSAND TO FAMILY OF AMERICAN SHOT BY
 SOLDIER.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.-The Can. adian government has decided to pay ten thousand dollars to the family Of the American who was shot by Canadian military patrol near tho Niagara river. Five thousand dollars will be given to the man who was wounded on the same occasion. The two men were shot while they were on a hunting trip near the border. The patrol suspected them to be Ger man spies and fired without giving them chance to prove their identity. The Canadian government apologized but on pressure from the U. s. gov ernment it also agreed to make com pensatiOn.
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TO PROSPECT
 NEAR SITKA
RUSSIAN TREASURE AT BOTTOM OF SEA TO BE SEARCH
 ED FOR.

PORT TOWNSEND, Feb. 2.-C. F. Stagger has obtained a permit from the government to attempt to recover two hundred thousand dollars which went to the bottom of the sea near Sitka when the Russian warship Neva sank there sixty years ago. Stagger will start work on the first of May and seems to be confident of being able to secure the treasure. For sev- eral years divers along this coast have contemplated such search and Stag ger has been trying for quite a time to secure the permission.
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plans to surprise them. The venture was a rather risky one because of the vigilance of the German sentries and because the position was so thorough lv dominated by the machine guns.
 "The colonel in charge asked for volunteers and selected from those who offered an even four hundred men. One hundred of them were African troops, who are always eager for any work of exceptional daring.
 "NOt long after midnight the de- tachment started out on their mission. They were discovered when they reached the bridge and the German machine guns opened fire at the end of the bridge. The French troops sprinted through the hail of shot, des- pite heavy losses, and fair propor- tion of them reached the house in two or three minutes. Then it was a hand to hand fight. The Germans fought first from their covering walls outside, but were shot down, bayonet- ted, or knifed. The garrison retreated indoors and to the outbuildings, all of which had been lOOphOled for the
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* would not be enough to build any {: |: sort of line anywhere from ."
 * Portage Bay. That means that '' [. Portage Bay is, so to say, dead |" |: officially. Two millions are not :: (: enough to purchase the Copper * [: River railroad and that means ." |: that the bogey about building to < .: the coal fields from Cordova is * * laid to rest for ever The chief {: |: aim of the government, as we all * |: know, is to build to the Matanus- * |: ka coal fields as quickly as pos |"
 |: sible and Secretary Lane has al < |: ready told us that actual work {" .: on the construction of the rail < < road will begin this spring. "
 {: What can We deduce from all ." * those facts? {" * There is only one deduction, |: [: and that is that the government !" {: will begin immediately to build * .: to the coal mines. The building !: < may begin at Ship creek, or tha' '' |: place may be the headquarters E' |: for the work but the Alaska ,: < Northern railroad will be the |: .: chief gateway. (" * It is quite possible that the * |: government may have made {" |: some arrangement with the own %' |: CTS of this road. It has been {: < stated that only quarter of <
 < million dollars are required to +
 < place this road in working order. .: (: However that may be, the fact ["
 |: that only two million dollars < [: have been asked for shows that < '* Portage Bay and the Copper [: < River Railroad are out of the !: |. running as competitors with this |" * district. :" < < < < % $ < < < < % <
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SOLDIER HAS TO PROVE
 THAT HE IS ALIVE.

LONDON, Feb. 2-Oficially enter ed on the war office rolls as dead over four months ago, Sergeant c. Bennett of the Norfolk Regiment has had to prepare documentary proof of being alive in order to obtain his pay
 The sergeant was wounded at the outbreak of the war. On his discharge from the hospital he went home to re- gain his strength. A few days ago, he took a trip to his regimentaI head quarters and applied for his back pay His major, who knew him well, re- gretted that he was unable to do any thing since it is not army custom to pay dead men.
 Bennett is now obtaining afidavits from his former employer, his pastor and the police to convince the war of- flee that he is still alive and entitled to pay.
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Rex Seymour who is now in the city has been in the Broad Pass cOun- try and carries some specimens of the gold found there. He and some others prospected for placer and he thinks the chances are good for that kind of mining as well as for quartz.
 Bud Saum is now here waiting to go back to the Broad Pass country He says Broad Pass is easily the best quartz country in Alaska.
 Bob GriAis and J. Haley carted 1000 pounds of gold bullion from the Idit' arod via Fairbanks to Chitina with dog team.
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Superintendent Anton Eide of the Road Commission probably will re- turn home about Saturday. Mir. Eide states in a letter that the trail was really in a frightful condition but that a vast improvement has been made on it by himself and the two men em- ployed.
 It was stated today that the Evans was delayed because of taking on a load of old lumber at Latouche. The lumber is from the old hotel building which E. A. Thede of Seward pur- chased some time ago. The Evans may arrive before this is printed and this rumOr settled one way or the other.
The Seward gateway., 1915-02-02
MORGAN DENIES THAT
 HE COTRoLS RAILROADS.
Before the Industrial Commission He Denies Knowing About Labor
 Conditions.

NEW YORK, Feb. 2.-J. P. Morgan gave evidence before the Industrial Relations commission today and de- nied that he controlled the railroads of the country. He admitted knOwl- edge of the popular belief that he held such a control but he declared such a belief to be founded on miscOncep- tions. In the course of his examina- ton he confessed ignorance of labor conditions. He stated that he was not placed so closely in contact with labor as to be in a position to know the sub ject thoroughly. His interests were such that he did not directly have to employ labor,
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use in case of attack. The door fell before an Africans axe. The French troops dashed in, using bayOnets only. Across the ground floor and up the stairs the conflict continued, until the only enemies remaining were little group in the attic, who surrendered when they saw that resistance was useless.
 "The winning of Ferryman's House removed the most advanced German position in this region and gave the al- lies command of most useful bridge. The lieutenant who carried out the raid has been recommended for a decoration"
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HAZARD IN BAD WITH
 MERCHANT OF SEWARD

The Cordova Alaskan says:
 The warrant upon which George Hazard was rearrested last Thurs day was sworn out by a Seward mer- chant whom the Tacoma man induced to part with $6O worth of goods. It is reported that the retired states man" impressed the highbrows of the city to the westward so favOrably they were willing to get up at 3 a. m. to loan him money on that pension blank.
 All of Hazards obligations in Cordova have been paid out of the collateral he deposited with an agent during his hearing here.
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ATTACKING CANADA

VANCEBORO, Maine, Feb 2-That German Amer- cans are getting busy in the effort to njure Canada was proven last night when charge of dynamite discOv cred under the international bridge at St. CrOx The ex posve was clearly placed there with the purpose of blow ing up the bridge which connects the state of Maine with New Brunswick Immediately after the discovery of the dynamite a German officer whose name is not given was arrested on suspicion and on searching him plan of the bridge found in his possession The identity of the prisoner is at present being kept secret but it assumed that he has not from Germany recently and that he is part of conspiracy matched in this country
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Money to Tap Natorusko
 CoaI Fields iS Asked For

WASHINGTON, Feb 2-Secretary Lane of the in. teor deparmen has asked from the treasury the sum ot two million dollars for use the construction of the gov ernment railroad Alaska This amount is so small that it is assumed here the government has no intention or mTcbasing any of the northern railroads at the present
 time although there is still feeling that the railroads may vet be bought and the payment postponed until next year when the government may expect to have more funds One of the rcal reasons for asking so small sum is hat Ee disbursements of the government for the month of January exceeded the revenues by eight millions of dol lars Mr. Lane has given out statement of definite nature in connection with the request for the money but if is assumed that the two million will be used for con- str11ction to the Matanuska coal fields.
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ONE CARRANzA
 IS EXECUTED
BROTHER OF FAMOUS CHIEF SHOT BY THE FIERCE
 ZAPATA.

LAREDO, Texas, Feb. 2.-Jesus Carranza, brother of the head os the consttutiona6sts, has been executed at orders of General Zapata. The de- tails of the affair are lacking but the execution was apparently carried out in cold blood and for no other rctSor than to avenge the defeats inflicted during the past few days on the forces of Villa and Zapata by the Carranza army. The man executed was also prominent in the affairs of Mexico and held a command in the army Of his brother.
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JUDGE ON ALAMEDA.

Judge Brown has stopped at Ju- neau to preside in some cases for which Judge Jennings is disqualified. Judge Brown will return to Valdez on the Alameda. It has been rumored that the judge was summoned back to be ready to adjudicate in some matters connected with the govern ment and the local railroad but no confirmation of that rumor has been presented.
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BUNNELL IN HARNESS.

FAIRBANKS, Feb. Judge Bun nell has arrived and is already in harness. He has not yet made any of the more important appointments for which there are several candidates. There is a rumor that he will clean out bodily all republicans, commits sioners and all.
The Seward gateway., 1915-02-02
MORE LOTS SOLD.

The activity in real estate continues. At least four lots changed hands to- day but permission to publish the facts has been given only in two of the instances. Ed. Jacobson purchas- ed lot 8 in block 82 for $225 dollars through Dr.. Romig.
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ASKS TWO MILLIONS FOR R. R.
THE PURCHASE OF PRESENT ROADS IS POSTPONED
PRESENT PETITION AGAINST
 RESTAURANTS IN SALOONS

At the city council meeting last night petition was presented by the local restaurateurs protesting against saloons conducting lunch counters. The matter was turned over to t!e city attorney who will look up the law governing such matters, if there is any.
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TO REPEAL MINING LAW.

Word from Fairbanks is to the effect that a movement has been started there to repeal the mining law passed by the first session of the ter ritOrial legislature. Nome has also gone on record as opposed to the law and the indications now are that the INV will be knocked out.
The Seward gateway., 1915-02-02
THREE ARRESTS
 FOR NEAR BEER. :"

Three persons have been arrested at Sitka as the result of the "near- beer" that has been peddled to the Indians and others in that section since the town went dry.
 The arrests were made at the jn- stance of a special United States of ficer, and the evidence will be placed before the grand jury.
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!. |. {: !" * * * |" * * * <
 , TWO MILLIONS FOR R. R. %

* When the secretary of the inter {: * for asked for only two million *
 < dollars for construction work on *' * the Alaska railroad he practical ("
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 {, al. That looks like saying too (: {. much but if we analyze the mat '' * ter we can see where there is .: :. really a solid foundation for the '' (. statement. Two million dollars *
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The action on the ordinance provid- ing for a night watchman was post poned last night by the city council. It will probably be taken up next week.
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EVANS DUE AT FIVE.

Word was received this afternoon that the Evans is due to arrive at five o'clock this afternoon.
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LETTERS WAITING

List of letters remaining uncalled for at Seward, Alaska Post Office Feb. tst 1915.
 Jos Anderson, Oscar Anderson,(2) A. w. Balzimer, (2) E. M. Christensen, Ben Cochell, Chas. De La Matyre, Jack Doane, Geo. T. Ford, Mrs. l. Hapings, Loche Henry, Fred KOlt- choff, (2) Mrs. David Jones, J. Nelson, T. Newman, Max L. Miller, Alvin Stephenson, Joseph Aiethch, John Welsh, Mir. and Mrs. Wilson, Miss Dorthy Wishman, Peter Wolkoff.
 In calling for these letters, please say advertised. 1cent due on adverti- sed letters.
 Philip J. Hickey, Jr. Postmaster.
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The city council last night insured the new school building for two thou sand dollars through the Whitehead firm.
 Chief of Police Bob Guest is again in the harness after his visit to the states.