No. •><?- Twenty first year
SKAGWAY, ALASKA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10. >918
PRICE 10 CENTS
British Troops Break Through Fifty Yards
Barbed Wire Entanglements—Find Ground
Soaked With German Blood and Strewn
With Slain Huns—Hundreds of French Civil
ians Made Free Again
Camorai-St. Quentin Front. Thurs
d^y.— I Le British army in breaking
'hru th« Hindenburg Iine negotiat
ed trenches protected by be'twire
entanglemeuts fifty yards deep in
whicb were numerous concrete pill
ooxes The ground1 in this locality
was literally soaked with, German
blood and covered \\ith their dead.
Many French civilians were res
cued from the recaptured towns and
brought back to freedom. Five hun
drti*1 hcring been r**scued rrom one
village aloue.
After the fires, started* by the
Germany to cover their retreat, by
?an to break out' the wliole of tho
s round behind them rocked with the
terriLIe explosions caused by the
srpst quantities of ammunition
which they tad not time to save.
amounts of stores and muni
tions were destroyed1.
British Army at Cambrai-St. Quen"
tin Front, Thursday.— The British
artillerv with their heaviest cannon
are on the move eastward. Tlu- bat
terics arc galloping over "*o roll-J
iur Dlain" of Artois.
Wher within range of the fleeing
Huns they wheel atout, fire volley i
after volley for a while, then dash
oti aud repeat this performance as
often as possible. It is uot their
intention to let the Germans get a
chance to regain their breath "or ,
ors^Kize their smashed and batter
ed forces. j 'j.i -'|j
The Biitish are advancing east
ward astride the road' from C;'mbrai j
to Lcci>tcau and every hour sees i
thom further east. Tho Estaut ea- |
uai ucrlh of CamDrai was passed al- I
lon^ Its entire length.
The British are absolutely confi
dent that they can break down any j
line the tfoches can place before j
thenij |
FLEEING FROM
fiisi mrm
Cambrai-St. Quentin Front, Oct.
iO.—The Germans are in full flight
on a twenty mile front with the
British cavalry well east.of .Cambral,
'n ho* pursuit, scattering and killing
and taking many prisoners. The
Hermans are in disorder and fleeing
before the furious charges of the
British. Sou$i of St. Qeutin the
Germans are in genera! retreat
pursued by the French and British.
The allied troops have advanced in
fittm- places over ten miles and are
Holding the entire Cambrai-St
Queatla sector. Eleven thousand Ger
man prisoners have been taken in
the Cambrai and St. Quentin and al
so over two hundred guns of differ
ent sizes.
Washington, Oct. 10. — Reports
from General Pershing today state
that the American army had' Pene"
trate:! the main line of the German
resistance west of Meuse against
thfl determined resistance of th^e»»
ir.v which has been materially re
inforce*'. by fresh troops brought
out from the eastern front.
CASl AI/riKS I'XHS T<»1»AV
■Washington, Oct. 10.—Tho cas*
ualties for the past twenty four
hours as given out by the war de
partment are six hundred twenty
six ot whom ono hundred- sixty two
ar* dead and three hyndred fi»>'
three severely wounded. _
FOURTH LIBERTY LOAN FACTS
Skagway's Quota -
Subscriptions Received to Close of
Business Last Night
Balance Still to Be Subscribed
$25,900.
19.850
6.050
Don't allow youselves to be deceived bv the recent peace
camouflage, the war is not won yet, and the government
needs the money, come through, and come quickly, let us
make it $35,000 instead of the quota of $25,900
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Paris, Oct. 10.—The reply of
President Wilson of the United
State to the German government's
poiU.t note pleases France and' it is
endorsed universally.
JESSE SI FFKCOOL KILLED
I.V AMERICAN* DRIVE
I
The name of Jesse Suffecool is j
now on the honor roll, his father .
receiving news of his death yester*
<>av. Young SuffTecool was report- '
m's^in.; July 25. It has since '
been learned that he fell during a j
victorious American advance on July
27. lie was the son of Mr. Frank j
Sufiecool.'
The soldier was born in Seattle
26 years ago, living there all nis
life,.with the exception of five years
spent in Skagway in his early boy
hood. * '
When trouble started on the Mexi
can ''order, Jesse enlisted with j
Comnany A,# 161st JJ. S. Infantry,
serving until the Washington men
wero ordered home. On December
2S, 1917, he landed in France and
■was assigned to C<>mPany M, 23d!
U. 6. Infantry.
Mr. Suffecool received the last j
letter from his son in August, dated
July 6. In this he told of his first '
exoerience -while going over the I
top and was waiting eagerly for an !
other "crack at Heine."
Mr Suffecool has the sympathy of ,
the entire community in the loss of :
his 6on, he being the first Skagwav
bov to makg the supreme sacrifice. |
Lffl'S DOOM
15 SEALED
London, Oct. 10. — The British
cavalry today reached th6 outskirts
of Lecateau railway junction which
is southeast of Cambrai. This is
the Immediate objective of the
British. . • fi : !<►'
The Allied armies have widened
the great wedge in th© Cambrfi-St.
Quentin area to such an extent tha:
the entire German front from
Rheims northward seems collapsing.
Iu the last two days the Allies
have advanced fifteen miles in
some sectors and the evacuation of
L-iQi is imminent. _>
■Washington, Oct. 10. — Turn
in? from the consideration of peace
notes President Wilson is ptudy
inb- thf> war maps and battlefields
with thp assistance of and as e*
Dlained by General March.
SAYS KAISER
Stockholm, Oct. 10.—There are
prrsisteut rumors here that Kaiser
William has abdicated. The source
of the information is not given but
comes from such quarters as to give
foundation for thinking it a fact.
\V. C. T. U. MEETING
There will be a regular meet
ing cf the Woman's Christian Tem
perance Un'on tomorrow, (Fri
day) evening at 8 o'clock, at the
home o? Mrs. G. V. Zinkan. This
meeting will be a business and so
cial gathering. All members are
requested to be present. Ladies of
the city Interested in the work are
lavited. The annual election of
jfflcera will be a part of the busi
ness of the evening.
Floyd L. Sheelor returned Tues
iav night from Juneau after a stay
ther< o! several weeks, during which
time he did a lot of work in his
line. (
ELKS, ATTENTION'!
There will be a meeting of skag
way Ledge No. 431 tonight at
the'r haiL All members who can
are requested to be present i
COOKING OIL
Wesson Large Size $ 1.90 per can 2 Quts. 14 oz.
" Med. " 1.00 " " J 1 Qut. 7 oz.
Sml. .50 1 Pt. 3 oZ
Mazola 1-2 Gal. Size $1.50
Quart " .85
Pint " .45
Cotton Seed Gal. Tin $ 2.85 each
These oils are very palatable used in Salads.
P. H. GANTY
Bf.stl, Oct. 10.—The Cologne Ga
zette in commenting on President
Wilson's reply to the German peace
note says: "Only military reason
c<5uld compel us to accept President
Wilson's conditions. It is possible
that Germany may require couiter
(cuaranteeg from the Allies for -ex
ample the> evacuation of the col
onies now occupied by them,"
WILL AOORESS
j Washington, October 10.—Presi
; dent Wilson will probably address
j congress in joint session in order
to cas' further light on the position
he to1 k in his inquiry to Chancel
lor Maxmillian of Germany as soon
as he receives a reply from the Ger
man government.
mi fuss)
Berne, Oct. 10.—Retorts conjiirig
in frt n. Bavaria indicate that'tl"",
monarchy is shaken up with auti'?
mon <rchial riots and that the £ov'
ernmeut is tottering. Troops
be<n* used to keep th0 populace :D ^
order. ..Jt L>*.
PO'
BLANKET BRINGS
P. H. G<mty slept UTidcr c3®^
hair last night ap ha carried i'"
♦v* ■ ft&rB
the Red Cross blanket.
" fhen
was quite a crowd present
the apportionment was
The proceeds Of the "'a:,at "
- »/t'h sum
amounted to flOS.ofl »•
c rOSa
will be used by. the lotf1'' tlie
branch in purchasing W r
hospitals ia France.
IRK
QUITS JOB
Paris, Oct. 10.—That matter* •!*'
jiearing a crisis in Constantinople to
the report received here tod*yv
The Turkish cabinet has resign##
and internal fiissention becontfjiifc
more apparent every day.
SUI1S W
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London, Oct. 10.—The P*Jt
press says today tj^at Pre3 "V"
son's reply to the QerD1'Jf/i
note is what the ^°}efi0rot tb*
petted. "He pfns the piU1*" 10
no'e, b«* he kaiser or -^t
on* issue,".in the «'* tJ.'.i
by this paper.
9
f Pills, Oct. l'o. — The Freach
la siding the pursuit of the
fleelt-f B^bes haVe passed the
;jllei 0f Fontaine, Notre Dame «n<t
1e3iltr<>UI- ,,, . y
IJTH DIUSIOS LIBERTY LOAtf
Sua Francisco, Oct. 10.—The re
t 'from Governor Lynch's office
ay states that the total subscrip
ts reported to the Reserve Ban*
J166.092.550.00. Hawaii cablet
their full quota is over*
icrifeed. ;
leven of the forty nine northern
fornia counties are over the
The percentage of the populi
su ascribing:, according: to the
i figures for Oregon is eighteen,
Ihern California sixteen, Idaho
en, Washington thirteen, South*
California twelve, Utah eleven,
ona ten, and Nevada nine.
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