WEATHER REPORT
Vesterday: Max. 50. Min. 37.
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No. 70 TWENTY FIRST YEAH
SKAUWAY, ALASKA. WEDNESDAY. APRIL 24. 1918
PRIGE 10 CENTS
SOUTH AMERICAN REPUBLICS
PREPARING TO DECLARE WAR
WasbJigton, April 24. — Advice
\yas received by th^ State Ltep^'rt
iiietit today froiu Guatamala in
which it is stated that declara
a'ion by the Guatamalian National
assembly says that Guatamala oc
cupies the same position towards
Austrian belligerents as> the Unit
ed States does, and constitutes a
cause for a declaration of war
agaiust Germany.
The Uuatamaliau minister to the
United States announced this morn
ing 'hat he is in receipt of official
despatches which, indicates that Ar
gentine Republic and Uruguay are
prepariue for a declaration of war
with Germany.
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Washington, April 24. — Official
(i isitatches received today trv>m |
overseas by 'he State Department,
repor' the arrival of Hungarian. I
troops in Belgium, beleved to be oa
tiieir way to the bat'le fronts in ,
France. ii. lilj
A DOMINION
New York. — As a reward for
valor and for service in the world
war, Newfoundland. England's old
est colony, recently received the
title "Dominion of Newfoundland''
fro us tbe British government. Ac
cording to British ofncals and army
officets in New York city, the
change in the name will not mean
a change in Newfoundland's al
ready very liberal government. It
shows that Britain's oldest colony,
ofre;i referred to by British writers 1
as 'be "Cinderella of England's !
province®," is. by her own effort* I
and the bravery of her soldiers
anu ; ailors, coming into her own.
SABOTAGE BILL SIGNED
BY PRESIDENT WILSON
Washington .April 24.—President
Wilson signed the Sabotage bill late
yesterdav afternoon.
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Seattle, April 24.—Secretary of
Commerce Redfieltl o;>ened the first
session of the conference in the
American and Canadian i'islieries
heai'ns this mornng. A great many
prominent men Interested in the
fishing and canning industry tlvru
out Alaskan and British Columbia
waters were in attendance.
In opening the conference. Sec
retary Redfield said that the ques
tion at issue concerned the whole
p*>cp!e of the North American con
tinent from th« shores of the Arc
tic ocean to the ooast of Mexico,
and he believed that the friend
ship of Canada and the United
States should be more firmly- ' ce
mented, and that by some under
stands? and agreement, which
would be reciprocal, this could be
brought about through the fisher
ifs question.
I-oiidon. April 24. — From ro- |
ports received from the British
headquarters, in the Flanders bat
tle field, it is learned that Ger
man attacks developed in the neigh
borhood of Dranoutre, but all of
these attacks were repulsed by the ,
French troops, who inflicted heavy
losses on the enemy.
F. F. W. Lowle, general agent for
Canadian Pacific Steamship com
pany arrived in towJi on. the Jef-j
ferson Monday night and was a
oassenper enroute to Whitehorse on
yesterday's train. He will re
turn here on Friday. His head
quarters are in Juneau.
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With British Armies in France,
Wednesday. — Strong German at
tacks are iu progress today on a
iiiiie mi.e front directly ©as-t of
Amiens. is stated in a report wthlch
I'V&Jd .Marshal Haig sent to the
British War office.
Tne report also says that the
enemy is making another assault in
ibe Albert sector and that it is in
full swing. The whole British
front from a point north got Al
bert to the junction of the British
lines with the French lines is being
subjected to a heavy artillery
pou.iding. Thi« line is south; of the
Sorame and extends for a distance
oi' al>put fifteen miles. '
The bombardment of flle British
lines was begun early this morning,
and the British gunners are re
tuning the fire with telling i/re*
cision. j
On both sides of the river Lawe,
wh th are occuptedi by British troopfl
the uosi'ions. are being subjected to
a ss?Pie cannonading, and have
been bombarded by heavy ordin
ance since four o'clock this morn
ing; J
A large section of this battle
front is seething with infantry but
jusi rvhat the purposed action, Is
not yet known. t
Komlon, Wednesday.—Not; only
ivas tiie mouth of the Zebrugge hav*
t>or effectually blocked by tlie
i)lowir,g up of British cruisers
loa 'ed with cement, but British sail
ers and marines who participated in
yesterday's raid on the German,
submarine bases located at Ze*
brugge and Ostend, believe that
hey destroyed every gun on the
nole when they destroed the ini
nense sheds which completely oov*
erc-1 the submarine passageway.
All the sheds on the mole were
completely destroyed and from the
heavv explosions which followed
the boombardment large stores,
of i mm unit ion which are known to
have been housed in the sheds were
destroyed.
This is all substantiated by the
stoiieg which are being given out
by survivors who have been picked,
uo aionjr the Kentich port.
Praise Sammies
Steadfastness i
■With French- Army in France,
iVednesdav. — For the valor and
iteadfastness with which the Ameri
:an trooons withstood the German
ittack a Seicheprey there was 110
•tint of praise in the report pent
o the General commanding the
• oops by the Colonel of a French
a tail try regiment which took part
viti; the American troops In the
Seicheprey engagement.
Henry Morgsnthau, Jr., son of the
former ambassador to Turkey, Is head
the commission which is taking 15,
D00 tractors to Europe. The idea back
of the expedition is to plow up a mil
lien acres of ground in France.
NQLLAND ME
Lordon. Wednesday. — From ad
vice received here from. Amsterdam
during the past few days, it Is aP"
parent tha» Germany is making such|
enormous and- so many unjust de
mands on Holland that that na
tion will soon be forced to abandon
her altitude of neutrality towards
the Prussian government.
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Seattle, April 24. — Governor)
Rigg?, the newly appointed. chieC i
executive for Alaska, yvas the guest J
of the Arctic Club in this city yes
terday at a luncheon. MJov. Riggs
wfs forced to cancel several en
gagements in order that he might
sail this forenoon on the Alameda |
for his new home in Juneau.
The Peterson will arrive in port
today on her mid-week trip at 6:30
o'clock and will remain until 10
o'clock in order to permit several
of the men from Fort Seward to at
tend White Pass L°<tee No. 113,
F. & A. M., wliich will put on
work in the E. A. degree while
the boat is in port, i ' ' 1 .
COFFEE
Has not yet been affected, as far as we are con
cerned, by the war price and quaility the same.
We carry the following well brands
Hill's Vacum Packed
M. J. B.
Alta
Schilling's "
Golden Gate "
45 ct. per lb. 2 lbs. 85 ct. (2 1-2 Golden Gate $1.00 )
Good bulk coffee, ground to suit you at 30 ct. per lb.
P. H. GANTY
Store Open From 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. every day. One regular delivery a day
talcing orders received until I p.m.
San Francisco, Wednesday. —
Former German Consul General von
Bopp, together with twenty eight
ofher men, who were charged with,
conspiracy to incite a revolution by
BrlUeh subjects in India, were this
morning found guilty by the jury
in the Federal cour.t
Ram Singh who Was Shot by
Marshal Ilolohan after be bad »bOi
and killed Rami Chandra in
court room was not mentioned S>
the jury's verdict, nor was th«
name of hia victim. , I
John P. Craig, the milJionaij#
shipcuilder was acquttled of tin
charges preferred against him.
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Sacramento, Cal., April 24.—Gov
ern', r Stephens announced, today*
thai he would pay no attention to
nor be iafluenced by the wires he
was receiving from various labor
unions threatentfcng tto strike find
thus tie up the shipyards novo en
gaged in building ships for the
government as a sympathetic dem
onstration towards the pardon, of
Mooaey, who is under death sen
tence for conspiracy..
Amsterdam, Wednesday. — Ad
vice has been received here
•st« fur that twenty-four Belgians,
who were charged with espionage,
sv*re executed this morning one hou
after the death sentence had been
imposed upon them by a court mar*
tial,
The victims went to their death
singing the Belgium national an
them. I
Among those executed was Cur
ate Abbe Moon.
Advice was received by acting
asjent L. E. Reynoldson. thatf the Pa
cific Steamship company's Bteam
sMp Spokane would be in Sitka this
evening and should arrive in this
port tomorrow evening or Friday
morning. The Spokane will Bail di*
reef from here for Seattle and
re?alar porta of call.
FAVOR ill WITH
TUfiKEK Hi
BUM
Washington, April 24. — Alte0
' a spirited debate In the SenV#
yestetday afternoon the Senate flu*
c!ared itself In favor of & decjar*
at'on of war by the United State#
against Turkey and Bulgaria.
Resolutions designed for th#
purpose of initiating such a declara*
tlcn was held over until tday.
MARSHAL RAI6
PRAISES ARMY
London, Wednesday.—Field Mas*
shai Haig"g resume of the militar*
actions in the g-reat German offena*
ive along the British battle front
in France was received today b*
tb» British War office, and i'C
speaking of •he German troops,
Hait; stated that one hundred an4
two divisions had been employed by
the enemy against the British force*
a]one since March 21, and many of
the divisions have been brought uj|
from the rear retirement aa man>i
a° three times since that date.
The glalajit courage whicN
tho British forces displayed' In re*'
sistin* the beavy blows of the
emy cannot be too highly; praised,
and all rainks of the army are re*
parted by their field commander
to have foughf with a, determina
tion and concentraton that ha*
had a hard effect upon the Huns.
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VICTORY
WE ARE GOING TO WIN
THIS WAR
This Victory, like everything worth
while in life, will require sacrifice, aelf
denial and ungrudging effort in defense
of Liberty, Justice and Civilization.
We must use every weapon at our
command; and not the least of these is
money. Never in the history of the
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