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No. 124 TWENTY FIRST YEAR SKAOWAY. ALASKA. SATURDAY. JUNE 29. 1918 PRICE 10 CENTS
BRITISH DIE FORWARD III
' SOPRISE ATTACK ON GERMANS
1500 YARDS ON 3 HE FRONT
Paris, Saturday. — Sputhwest of
Soissons attack was made by the
Fieach forces over a front extend
ing for more than four and one half
miles from a point south of Amblemy
to a point east of Montgober. A
number of the German positions
were captured, and at some points
the French advanced their lines to
a depth of a quarter of a mile.
One thousand and sixty prisoners
were taken, considerable war ma
terial and some machine guns fell
into the hands of the victorious
French. The losses to the enemy
was considerable while the casual
ties to the French was slight.
WANT FREEDOM
POI.E NATION
Washington, June 28.—The Ger
man and Austrian propaganda repre1
seutiug the United States as favor
ing the freedom of Poland without
regard for what happens to the
Caech Slovaks and Jugo-Slavs gen
erally, has led Secretary of State
leasing to ssue a statement an
nouncing that the United States be
lieves all branches of the Slav
race. Including Poland, should be
freed from the German and Aus
trian rule.
AVIATOR BOMBS
-m CTTY
i\
Seattl*. . June 29. — An aviator
bombed the. business district of this
city yesterday afternoon and even
ing. but his raid was for circulating
prop-jpanda relative to the last
hour for the war savings stamp
drive. Thousands upon thouasnds
of copies of the President's pro
clamation setting aside June 28th
for a terrific drive for the sale of
War Saving's Stamps were in this
way scattered about the city.
FIRST AMERICAN TROOPS
LANDED SAFELY IX ITALY
Washington, June 29. — Advice
was received this afternoon by the
War department that the
first American tioops have landed
in Italy.
Women Kahki Overalls Ju»t the'thing for
Gardening
Billie Burke House Dresses
Children's overalls and jumpers
ALBERT REINERT
Broadway between Third and Fourth JPhone 41
I
Spring Suits
With A Gentlemanly Air
About Them
As good in their inside make-up as
they are in their outside looks.
Shapely, sturdy, smart suits for the
man who knows which way the
wind of fashion blows this year.
Patterns neither too loud nor too
modest, but just medium, for the
man who doesn't wish to appear
overdressed. No disappointment
lurks in the values at the price
range.
JAMES KENNEDY
i3RD DESCENDANT
LAFAYETTE
IS KILLED
i
Paris, Saturday. — Count Gil- |
bert De Lafayette, serving his
country as sergeant in the French
artillery, was killed during the fight
log in. the Champaign© battles.
Count Gilbert Is the third descend
ant of General I^afayette to be
killed in the present war.
GOV'mKE
SEATTLE ST. BY.
Seattle, Jun© 29.—The Federal,!
government served no.tice today on j
the 3tone & Webster company, op
erating the Seattle Electric Rail- i
way system that unless a better i
showing is made in the transporta
tion service for workmen to and '
from the shipyards the system would
taken over by the railway ai- i
ministration.
J. R. Vernon, of the Cascade In- j
vestment company, Vancouver, B.
is a passenger on the Prince
George for the round trip. He mad*
the trip over the "White Pass and
reports that in. his estimation there
is more sublime and majestic scen
ery crowded in the trio from Skag
way to Summit than in any other 16
mites on earth.
Dudley Allen and wife arrived in
Skagway on the Northwestern. Mrs.
Alle^ will visit with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Jonothan McBrien.
fl THIRD IE IN THREE DAYS
NUN AIRMEN BOMB PARIS
Paris, Saturlay. — Near the hour
of midnight last night German air
men again made a raid over Paris
this being the third time that the
Germans have, succeeded in getting
through the lines of tho vigilent
French air forces in as many days.
For nearly two hours, the raiders
dropped bombs on the city, but up
to a late hour today no casualties
had Deen reported to the French
,War Office.
French air forces in as many days.
For nearly two hours, the raiders
I dropped Dombs on the city, but up
| to a late hour today no casualties
[had Deen reported to the French
, War Office.
Guggs Will Develop Oil At
Kateila and Bering River
Seattle, June 29. — Tie Guggen
heims, operating through Falconj Jo*
lyn, has for several years past
been directing a corps of engineers
and experts and agents, Who have
scientifically determined tjiat oil, in
<he Katella coal fields and the Ber
ing river district, is there in un
limited quantities.
The big corporation has perfected
Plans for extensive operations,
tending towards the development if
both these fields, and offices will
"be established In both sections as
well as in Seattle.
Tnere is a heavy shipment of ma
terial aiid supplies now under way
for the development of tha oil pro- [
VOTE ON MAN
SUFFRAGE IS
SEI OVER
| frertles in Alaska, which lg the chief
> concern of the company.
The coal deposit is regarded as
j a secondary consideration, and
j while this will not be overlooked,
j the development of the oil deposits
j will be the main enterprise.
Nevertheless, the company con
templates the construction of eith
I er a branch line to the government
road or a short main line which will
be utilized for hauling both the oil
and coal.
I The information respecting the
actual launching of these far reach
; ing enterprises comes from an ab
| sqlutely authentic source, despite
jany denials to the contrary which
jjnay be made. j
VOTE OH Hi
SUFFRAGE IS
SET OVER
Washington, June 29. — The1
final vote on the Woman suffrage
resolution has been indefinitely post*
poned. This was decided upon to
day bv the Senate suffrage leaders. |
They are now ready to abandon
the Dlan which was made to force
a vote early next week, and to
withhold any action on the mea
sure until after the oroposed recess
of Congress.
ADMIRAL EVANS IN KETCHI
KAN ON WAY SOUTH
Ketchikan, June 20. — The Ad- j
miral Evans, which was wrecked
several months ago at the entrance
of Hawk inlet an<l which has been |
raised by the British Columbia Sii- I
vage- Company, is in Ketchikan
pumping her tanks full of oil pre
paratory to leaving for the South.
The Admiral Evans will go South '
under her own steam with the s*1'" <
vage boat as a convoy.
y. S. IS POLICING
PANAMA AND
COLON
Panama, Saturday. — Under or
ders from Washington received here
today, American troops are this af
ternoon policing Pana"ma and Colon.
Thig action was taken under the
treaty authorizing the United
States to assume this ooiice duty
whenever it was. found to be neces
sary to preserve order.
The Panama government has en
tered a protest to Washington a
gainst this measure.
It was a pleasure to his old
Skagway friends to once again see
Purser Parker in this district, he
Deing the purser on the S. S. North
western on this trip. Mr. Parker
• years operated on the S. S.
Jefferson, and is well known to
most Skagway people.
Helen Van Campen, the noted
Alaska writer is a passenger on
board the Northwestern bound for
Seward .where she intends spending
the summer.
EVINRUDE
DETACHABLE ROWBOAT & CANOE MOTORS
For those trips to the fishing
grounds, to the holes where the big
1 fellows lurk, there's' nothing like
an Evinrude. Eight to ten miles
an hour—or trolling speed. Port
able, easy to attach to rowboat or
canoe, simple to operate.
Evinrude Magneto—Built-in Flywheel
| Type—Automatic Reverse. More speed
and power.
Sold by
P. H. GANTY
. EVINRUDING
IS R0W80AT MOTORING
HUNS PRESSED BACK QUARTER
MILE AT ANIBLEMY-NI0NT90BER
LOSING 1060 PRISONERS
With British Armies in France,
Saturday.—East of the Neippe for
est the British troops this morning
made a sudden drive forward in. a
surprise attack on the Germans a
long a front extending for three
miles and hurled the enemy back fofl
average depth of flteen hundred
yards.
The fighting was very fierce all
alon^ the line at times but it
wag quickly over, the Hons retir
ing before the onrush of the Brit
ish. Three hundred prisoners were
captured In the assault and 22 ma
chine guns were taken.
Washington, June 29. — The
House of Representatives unani
mously passed the bill this morning
authorizing Secretary of the Trea
sury McAdoo to issue eight billion
dollars worth of bonds in the Oc
tober bond issue.
PROEMS
LAID WIDE OPEN
Washington, June 29.—The Fed
eral Trade commission laid wide op
en before the Senate today the comi
plete exposure of what it terms
flagrane profiteering now being car
ried on by the huge manufacturers
and distributing concerns and mon
opolies.
The commission directly charges
many of them with Inordinate greed
and barefaced fraud.
The trade commission report dis
closes that four: Chicago packing
concerns have pocketed one hun
dred and forty million dollars in
excess profits in the past three
years.
SHIPBUILDERS ARE NOW
BEATING THE SUBMARINES
Washington, J>une 29.—The Fed
eral Shipping Board announced this I
afternoon that the British and A* ,
merican ship yards were now build- |
ing vessels faster than the German
submarines were pinking ships, and
from this time on the transporting
of supplies will begin to be felt in,
the Allied countries of Europe.
ALLIES FACING
SUPREME CRISIS
London, Saturday. — Mr. Charles
Hughes, former Justice of the U
nlted States Supreme Court, to
gether with the Australian Prime
Minister, were luncheon guests of
the London Chamber of Commerc#
today.
Mr. Hughes said that the Allied
nations were now facing the »u
preme crisis in the world war.
NATIONALISTS TO
BE CRUSHED
London, Saturday.—A dispatch to
the London Times from Curaoow,
G-alicia, says that Germany and th«
Bolshevik! government are In se
cret covnention regarding th# fu
ture of Poland, and that they have
agreed to cooperate in an attempt
at crushing the Polish nationalist
aspiration.
fWB
AREJLIGHT
Washington, June 29. — Accord
ing to the announcemet from Gen
eral Pershing today the American
casualties in France for the paat
twenty four hours are 42 killed or
dead from wounds, 17 severely
wounded and fourteen slightly
wounded.