Fairbanks Daily Times from Fairbanks, Alaska • Page 1

See the Alaska Exhibit at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition VOLUME XII. FAIRBANKS. ALASKA, SATURDAY, MAY 8, 1915. WHOLE 2,889 STEAMER VIOE1IE IS NEAR First Boat of Season Making Good Progress Down DAWSON, May steamer Vidette, the first boat of the season to stait clown the from. Lake Labarge, is icported to have navigated Thirtymile river successfully despite the low water.

The boat passed Big Salmon yesterday enroute to this city with two barges and a few passengers. There is some freight on one of the barges, but the other is light. The first small boats of the season have passed Selkirk on the way down and will reach here in a few days. The White Pass steamers which wintered at Whitehorse have been launched and will be ready for service as soon as the lake opens. The packet Sarah is ready to sail for St.

Michael with a crowd of Nomeites who objected to traveling the Outside route this year. They LUSITANIA IS SUNK BY GERMAN TORPEDO Cunard Transatlantic Liner Sent to Bottom Off Irish Coast by German Submarine--Passengers Escape in Small oa ts--Steamships Rush to Rescue --Vessel Attacked Without Vary Regarding Time Ship Remained Afloat--Three Hundred Passengers Reach Cork Safely--Several Members of Crew Die from Injuries Received When Torpedo Struck Vessel--State Department Aroused--Prominent Americans Aboard. Fair Weather Prevents Greatest Disaster of War--Twelve Hundred and Fifty-One Passengers on Board. 10 OUTSIDE Conditions on Seward Peninsula Do Not a a Summer I SEATTLE, May to advices received from the Nome local, of the Western Federation of Miners, there will be no demand for laborers in the Seward peninsula during the present A a i the Northein organization appears in 'the Times this afternoon, advising- i that conditions at Nome have been gieatly exaggerated. are expected along: soon after the lake and i board the Sarah here.

The i i season is being greatly delayed by lack of water. The dredges have not been able to DUKLA PASS TAKEN BY AUSTRIAN ARMY Leaders of Austro-German Forces in Carpathians Claim Important Victory Over Russians--Reports from the Eastern Arena Conflicting--German Advance Toward Libau Continues--Naval Battle Reported from Baltic. Allies Are Reversed on Gallipoli Peninsula. NEW YORK, May palatial a liner Lusitania, which left this city for Liverpool last Sunday with 1,251 passengers and a crew of 600, was torpedoed and by a German a i at 2:30 this afternoon off the Irish coast, and but for the fact a the sea was calm at the time, the destruction of the vessel doubtless start owing to the fact that more i have gone down in history as one of the greatest disasters water is needed befoie the powei i a The shattered i a i afloat sufficiently a can operated. a a tQ be a i a i i a every passenger escaped.

Several members of the crew are reported to have been i by the explosion, but those who escaped i got away in the small boats with the passengers, and all doubtless have been picked up by the many vessels i rushed to the rescue in response to the wireless calls for assistance. When the torpedo was a the i a i a was within ten miles of Kinsale, on the south coast of I a How long the vessel a i afloat a i attacked is a i some of the reports i i the time as i minutes, i others claim a it was two It could not have been more a two hours, for two rescue ships from Queenstown a i on the scene i i a time and i a i of the great liner except pieces FRENCH MAY BAN LIQUOR BUSINESS OPPONENTS DELAY ACTION ON BOOZE i PARIS, May 7--It IP understood LONDON, May opposition that a i prohibiting the manu- of the Nationalists delayed a a of aleoho drinks will tion on the liquor bill, and it nou I introduced in the French parliament. seems probable a the government will devise a new plan to regulate Leroy Tozier is confined to his the traffic. home by i 0 of the wreckage. ATTACKED WITHOUT WARNING.

LONDON, May the mass of conflicting LIVERPOOL, May i i admiralty has ports received from the Eastern war zone today, 'it is definitely a a i a the Lusitania was attacked by gathered a Austro-German forces have driven i 1 Russians from Dukla pass, one of the most important positions held by the czar's soldiers in the a a i a region. The Austrians are reported to have again distinguished themselves in this action. Toward the upper Vistula river, the Russians still retain the taken by them earlier in the year, and the reports of Austro-German victories at other points in Galicia are vigorously denied by the Russian commanders, who claim that they have taken 30,000 prisoners i a a a i The attack was made i warning, the passengers a i been given no time to disembark before the torpedo was a It is believed by the a i a a the a i was i in wait for the i a i been advised by wireless of its a from New York last a PASSENGERS REACH CORK. May received in this city i from Cork state a 300 of the i a i a DEMANDS CONCEDED; CHINA AVERTS WAR Chinese Government Sends Note to Japan Accepting Terms of Ultimatum Japan Modifies Demands by Elimination of One Article Secretary Bryan Issues Statement Declaring That United States Will Insist Upon Open Door Policy War Preparations Cease. pa Ten og many Verman and P-sengers have reached that city They state that perfect pabi ten a prevailed at the time of the attack and that there trian guns and large quantities of a i i Conflicting reports have been received from the Dardanelles, the allies claiming steady progress, while the Turks a that the French and British a i forces have been driven from the interior and a of the attacking warships disabled.

CONSTANTINOPLE ATTACKED. PETROGRAD, May aviators are reported to have raided Constantinople today with much success. The bombs dropped wrecked many i i and scores of the Turks are reported to have been killed. The city was thrown into a panic by the attack. ADVANCING ON LIBAU.

I May German forces in the Baltic provinces are making steady progress toward Libau and Riga, despite stubborn resistance on the part of the Russians'. The capture of those cities now seems imminent. HISTORY'S GREATEST OPERATIONS. I A May Austro-German combined op- Orations constitute the greatest movement in the history of the world. The operations consist of the invasion of the Baltic provinces, an offensive movement in East Prussia, the bombardment of Grodno, defensive operations in Central Poland, and a rout of the Russians in the Carpathians.

The latter operations have resulted disastrously for the Russians, especially in the Dukla pass region. THE WESTERN SITUATION. BERLIN, May war office announces tonight that the Germans are pressing the allies hard in Flanders, although no additional gains have been reported. The battle continues to center about Ypres. BALTIC NAVAL BATTLE.

COPENHAGEN, May to advices received in this city today, a naval in progress in the Baltic between German and Russian squadrons. No details accompany the reports. GERMAN OFFENSIVE FAILS. LONDON, May war office has been advised that the German offensive in Northern France has been broken by the allied troops with heavy losses to the enemy pp was ample time for the a i of the boats, which were lowered into the water i difficulty. There was no panic on board, a some excitement prevailed when the vessel began to settle, several i a the explosion occurred.

Of the passengers on board the Lusitania 290 were first cabin, 600 second cabin, and 361 steerage. Among the passengers were a of i Americans and many Canadians and Australians. The list included 163 who had been transferred from the A line steamship Cameronia. NO LIVES LOST. LONDON, May of the Cunard line state positively tonight that all of the Lusitania's passengers escaped, and that the majority of them have reached shore.

Several members of the crew, who were i at the time of the attack, died after reaching shore. TWO OTHER SHIPS SUNK. LONDON, May admiralty a tonight that the British steamships Centurian, bound for South Africa, and the Candidate, for Jamaica, were sunk by German submarines off the coast of Ireland today. The details of the attacks and the of fatalities, if any, have not been mlade public. STATE DEPARTMENT AROUSED.

WASHINGTON, D. May state department is thoroughly aroused over the submarine attack on 1 the British steamship Lusitania. It is not known, however, what action will be taken. The Lusitania was in charge of Captain W. T.

Rurner, of the British royal naval reserves. between Queenstown and New York, having made the trip across the At- THE LUSITANIA. NEW YORK, May Lusitania was owned by the Cunard Line, one of the largest British steamship companies, covering the adjacent halves of the Eastern and Western hemispheres, and subsidized by the British government. The destroyed vessel was built at Glasgow in 1907 and, until the coming of the Mauretania, owned by the same company, held the speed record lantic in four days, fifteen hours. The Lusitania had a gross tonnage of 32,000 tons, and a length of 790 feet, which is 40 feet more than the heighth of the gireat Woolworth building in New York.

Her other dimensions were: Indicated horsepower, breadth, 88 feet; depth, 60.6 feet, and speed, 25 2 knots. The vessel was equipped TOKYO, May a clash between Japan and i a has been averted by an acceptance of the Japanese demands by the Chinese government. The imperial waived article five, dem a i certain concessions in a i a and when China had been advised of the action, an immediate acceptance of the demands was a to the imperial cabinet. All a a i now is the final adjustment. Japan was prepared to act i in the event China failed to reply to the i a forwarded to a this week.

The army, already i i and the navy had orders to act immediately upon the i a i of the time limit. i i Hioki was ready to leave Peking and thousands of Japanese subjects in i a were a i i for the final word to leave the At some of the more remote points on the i hostilities already had commenced between forces. ACCEPTED UNDER PROTEST. I May new note was submitted to a a this afternoon which will avert the serious crisis threatened. It is understood that the principal demands a i in the i a have been accepted under protest, it being the intention of the Chinese government to seek modifications or possibly the a of the concessions at a later date.

BRYAN ISSUES A STATEMENT. WASHINGTON, D. May the silence for the first time in four months on the Chino-Japanese situation, Secretary of State Bryan issued a statement tonight, backed by the indorsement of President Wilson, in which it is made clear that the administration has no irrten- tion of a a i the open door policy in the Orient. Bryan says that the United States still stands for the territorial integrity of China, and he intimates that this country will act as mediator if the occasion for mediation arises. The statement is one of the firmest declarations issued by the administration and has been received with acclamation throughout the entire country.

with turbine engines. PASSENGERS WERE WARNED. NEW YORK, May the departure of the Lusitania last Sunday, the passengers were warned by anonymous letters that the vessel would be attacked on the voyage across the Atlantic, but few, if any of those who had engaged passage, were deterred from sailing. Among the prominent Americans on board the vessel when it was struck by the torpedo were Charles Klein, the playwright; Charles Frohman, Elbert and eight from Los Angeles. Dorothy Conner, of Medford, Oregon, also was a passenger, enrouite to England to join the British Red Cross.

INFERNAL MACHINE ABOARD. NEW YORK, the time the news of the disaster was received here it was reported that the vessel had been sunk by an infernal machine concealed in the hold. Pt has since -been definitely ascertained, however, that the was attacked by a submarine and the Hubbard and wife; Alfred Vanderbilt; infernal machine story is generally Joseph Brondilla, the New York society man; Charles Broderick, the Boston financier; J. H. Brooks, a New York broker, several less important men from the Northwest, discredited, although some still claim that explosives were taken aboard and would have been used to destroy the vessel had the submarine attack been unsuccessful..