PfclCB OENTS
SKAtfWAY, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JULY 5. 191S
TWENTY FIRST YEAR
No. 128
BIG U.SJ1 FLEET OWING
AEROPLANES 10W IN WAR ZONES
London, July 4. — Admiral Sims,
wt^o <s In command of the American
nava] forces in European waters in
a speech which he made today de
clared that United States naval
forces, comprising a fleet of 2.r>0
vessels are now in European ^ aters
and are operating in all fioni the
White Sea to the Adriatic.
Admiral Sims etated that aero
planes were bei'>£ operated from all
of the various fleets, and from this
time forward their presence would
be felt by the Central Powers and
tnat the effectiveness of these A- |
meritan forces on sea and in the j
air would become more and more |
effective dally.
ANSWER GAIL
AI0
Washington. July 5. — Provosi
Marshal General Crowder callec
three hundred white selective drafl
registrants in Alaska to the color:
today, and these will h© sent tt
Fort William H. Seward as soon a:
they can be mobilized.
Thes© registrants will oe trained
at Fort Seward and when deemed
ready for overseas service will b«
brought to the states from wherf
they will De transported, to France.
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AGAINST ALLIES
Stockholm. July 5.—Advice was
received - here today which is ac
credited with being of an authentic
source that Finland is on the verge
of declaring war on the. Allied na
tions, and that she will side in
with the Teutons.
London, July 4. — A .Harbin cor
respondent wired today that goods
which were badly needed by the Ger
man government were being shipped
into Siberia with the intention of
ultimately being transshipped to the
Teutons.
SEATTLE STAGES
| BIG MM'
| Seattle, July 5.—Seattle carried
I out a program of great historic
significance yesterday in the rededi
cation of the principles upon whch
the government of the Union is
founded. The program also include •
portrayals of principles for the .
speedy winning of the war.
Six ocean steamships were
launched from the various ship build |
ing yards, and "11 of these events
were fittingly celebrated with ap* |
ppopriate ceremonies.
From King Street to Pine street j
Second avenue was used as an im- i
were stationed at various points,
and vast hordes of people danced
and romped from end to en of thej
line.
'SULTAN IS DEAD
*
I Amsterdam, July 4.—Mohammed I
V, sultan of Turkey according to a
dispatch received todax via Vienna
died at Constantinople last Wed
nesday. No particulars are given.
AMERICAN SOLDIER <3IV EX DIS
TINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL.
With American Army in France,
July 5.—General Pershing yester
day awarded the Distinguished
Service cross to Private John Ku
koski for bravery, he having cap
tured, unaided, a German gun And
it» crew.
"Tad" Hillery arrived Up on the
Alameda thi# morning and he was
the greater portion of one hour
making his way from the depot to
Fifth avenue, loitering enroute to!
shako hands with, his many friends.
Mr. Hillery will enter the employ
of the White Pas3 operating de*
I parting at onc.e
Women KaKki Overalls Just the thing for
Gardening
Billie Burke' House Dresses
Children's overalls and jumpers
ALBERT REINERT
Broadway between Third and Fourth [Phone 41
London. July 5. — While citi
zens of • the Allied Nations were
formally celebrating Independence
Day, the soldiers of the Allied; Na
tions m?.de advances on three fronts
against the common enemy, making
Important gains and capturing two
thousand prisoners, Including thir
teen hundred taken by the British
la the Somme area.
London, July 5.—The Fourth of
July w&s observed throughout the
British Isles and in many places the
signing of the Declaration of In
dependence by the founders of A"
merica was fittingly celebrated.
Paris, July 4. — French, troops
in the nrighDorhood of Austreches,
northwest of Sissons, attacked the
enemy front for a distance of three
miles, and penetrated the line at
one ooint for a depth of three fifths
of a mile and took one thousand
and sixty-six prisoners.
Washington, July 5.—The gov
ernment announced today, that id
vice has been received'confirming
the report that the Czecho-Slovaks
have taken Vladivostok.
London, July 5. — Despite con
flicting reports it was annouced to
day that whatever government is set
up, in Moscow or Petrograd, and
whoever leads it, whether as em
peror, premier, or president! Rus
sia is likely to re-enter the war
against Germayn.
Copenhagen, July 5. — The Poli
tiken, published in this city, today
announced through its columns on
the authority of a priest at Tsar
Skoesselo that the former czar of
Russia together with hia wife and
Jaugnter Titania had all been mur
dered on Juno 23. The priest said
that he had prayed for the re"
pose of tneir souls.
Washington, July 5. — The Rus
sian situation has assumed such
serious nature that it is the sub
ject of sweeping exchanges be"
tween the United States an* the En
tente powers.
Moscow, July 5. — The internal
situation of the Russian Soveit re
public is such that only a powerful
army on a Oasis of obligatory serv
ice can protect it is the opinion of
Trotsky. He has submtted a report
advocating universal military Berv
ice for Borgeos as well as for
working men and Peasants and
hopes that the Congress Soveits
will nass such a measure. Lenine has
approved the report the details be
ing worked out in the meantime.
Trotsky has ordered the registra
tion of all males between the ages
3f 19 and 40.
Washington, July 5. — With th£
reports all in from the various ship
building plants throughout the na
tion and with the launching of yes
terday included, it was announced
this morning that America now has
thirty thousand ships in the A
merican Merchant Marine fleet with
a gross tonnage of o*9t ten million
tons.
1IMS FOR
Washington, Thursday. •— An an
nouncement was made this morning
by the Federal Shipping Board thut
at the present rate of eliip build
ing they would launch Seven miHio
tons this year.
Washington, July 4. — By a
unanimous vote of election com
mittee number one of the House of
Representatives, it was decided to
recommend the unseating <of Charles
Sulzer who has been, acting as. dele
gate from Alaska and to give the
election to James Wickersham. It
is certain that if the House stays
In session for a weeJc longer the re
port will be acted upon.
(iKUMAX AVIATOR SHOOTS
UP RE1) CROSS HOSPITAL
Paris, July 5.—A German aviator,
flying low, last night made a raid
over a Red Cross hospital and shot
it up. The hospital was behind the
French lines and the Hun ussd a
machine gun which he turned loose
when only a short distance over the
building. John M. Naval, of Phila
delphia and Harry; K. lames, of
Rhode Island, two Red Cross Am
bulance men were wounded.
The Princess Alice sailed for
Vancouver last night at 7 o'clock,
taking from here a capacity passen
ger list. She had about 130 tons
of sacked ore from the Venus mine
at Carcross which is being taken
out for treatment. This is high
grade gold bearing ore, and will net
the operators a handsome profit.
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With American Army ia France
July 4. — In counter attack in.
Boise de la Roche the Germans |
were allowed to approach very
close to the American lines where '
the Yanks with their ma
chine gung wero hidden in neuta
and. when within close range the
machine gung let Ioosq with a hail
of bullets mowing down the enemy
in wind rows and strewing the
ground with dea4 and dying or»r
many acres.
CASUALTIES FOR
3R0JD 411
Washington, July 4. — Casualties
to Americaa forces as reported by
General Pershing from his head
quarters in France is given today
at 52, of whom 15 names are among
those who were killed or died from
wounds and 26 are wounded.
Washington, July 5.—The ma
rine casualties today on the west
ern front are thirty killed and
fourteen wounded.
Washington .July 5.—The casual
ties reported by th« War Depart
ment for yesterday 23 killed and
twelve wounded.
Washington, July 5. — President
Woodrow Wilson standing at the
tomb of Gerge Washingtn at Mount
Vernon, yesterday, delivered the In
dependence Day address to an im
mense audience.
President Wilson said "There 'an
be but one issue in. the great war.
The settlement must be final. There
' can oe no compromise, there can be
no half-way decision this will not
be tolerated. There can be no half
way description conceivable of these
| ends for which the Allied Peo
ples of the world are fighting which
must be conceded to them before
there can oe peace."
Washington, July 5. — President
Woodrow Wilson's address delivered
j at Mount Vernon yesterday has
been printed in German, Austrian,
Hungarian and Russian languages
and is being ditributed behind the
eneuiy lines. Every means is be
ing- used to get it into Austria and
j Russia.
R. S. Hewett, representing the
Burrows Adding Machine company,
j with headquarters in Juneau, ar
rived in town on the Alameda this
morning and will remain here for
a few days after which time he
| will go to Haines and then return
to Juneau.
BRITISH F
! TEUTONS BACK
London, July 4. —General HaJfc
reported to the British War Office
today that tne British iorces at
tacking the enemy on a lour mile
front between Vlllers Breton n^ux to
the Somme made an advance a
gainst the Germane to an average
depth of nearly one and one-half
miles. At places the fightiag is
reported as having been very fierce,
and in ail the Hue of attack the
British captured a number of
prisoners and took the'Village of
Hamel from the Huns.
London, July 5. —wThe report to
the British War Office today giv
ing the details of the capture of
Village Hamll states that a detach
ment of American infantry assisted
the Australians in taking the post*
tlon.
The Americans were brigaded
with the British in the sector be
tween Villers Breton and Reux oil
the Somme river and assisted tha
British to advance their line a'
gainst the enemy for more than two
thousand yards
Paris, July 5. — In an aerial duel
this morning at an exceedingly high
altitude, American aviators ehot
down two German machines on th$
Marne front. The American ma
chines were uninjured.
IRE HIM5
Rome, July 4. — The Italian -4r*
my on the lower Piave operation
yesterday captured over two thous*
and- of the enemy.
Washington, July 5. — President
Wilson informed Congress today
that he would like to see a resolu
tion nassfed before the proposed re
cess is taken authorizing him to take
over the telegraph and telephone
lines. . !
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