5
British-American, St. Quentii
Front, Oct. 9. — The Germain
Lrought up heavy reinforcement:
d'uriu/ the night, but are powerless
to'atop the Allied drive which stll'
continues. sUti
CEfflNS LEAKE
•!f
Washington. Oct. 9.—In tne sec
tor e>ist of the Argonue l^ree
lir^s are burning behind the Ger
man lines, and the important town
of Brieulles on the west bank of
the river Meuse is burning. In this
secton the Germans resisting
despera'ely. The Americans have
brought up their heavy artillery and
there is every evidence that a ter
rific struggle is to be exyctd on this
front.
OLD TINIER
GOES SOUTH
A familiar figure left Skagway
last aight on the Seattle and it
will te a long time before his place
w'll fled.
Since 1901 Frank Muir has lived
la and around Skagway and has
tjeeu cnc of the strong boosters for
Ala*tt». For the past seven or eight
years he nas been emPl°>'ed in the
t Uolt'en Xcrth hotel and during that
t!JBe has escorted thousands of
tourists around Skagway and
• owed them the flower gardens
an l other sights and has helped
ALLIES TAKE •
1 MORE THIS
American Army, Northwest Ver
i dun, Oct. 9.—American troops ii
! company with French forces have
■ captured the towns of Consenveye
Brabant, Humont and Beaumont
They have driven the enemy well
, beyond those points and «re pushin*
northward in a despera'e fight a
long this entire line. The Germans
are offering increased resistance
I and are using large quantities oi
ftas.
j keen ud the Golden North hotel
j ''ower gardens which are famous es
peclally for their sweet peas. A
lover of children he was hardly ev
er se?n on the street without one
or mora of them hanging on to his
hajiflg and his absence will be
.keenly felt by his hosts of children
, friend*.
I borne tim© last year Mr. Muir's
j health began to fail him and' a'
1 though he had the best of medical
I attention he seemed to get no bet
ter After a trip to Sika Hot
Springs he seemed to recover but
it w«8 only temporary and at last
h« decided to try a change of cli
mate and so he left last night
bound for Parlier, California, and
thtre will try and recover bis
health. He has friends there and
is promised employment. There
are many Alaskans who wish him
"Wt-1' and hope to see him back a
gaia »nd among them is the Ilailv
A.askan, for he carries our very
Vst wishes.
i
C. <3. Harley anii I). K. McDonald,
two of Seattle's enterprising citi
zens, -were on tward the City of
Seattle and visited S'sagway last
nUbt while the boat was in port.
Mr. Harley 3a Interested in a can
nery on Tenalcee Inlet and Mr. Mc*
Donald is in the real estate busi
ness Jn Seattle. «
Mrs. M. E. Rogers and her daugh
ter, Miss Ellen Rogers, returned'
last night on the City of Seattle.
FOURTH LIBERTY LOAN FACTS
Skagway's Quota - $25,900.
Subscriptions Received to Close of
Business Last Night • • - 19.450
Balance Still to Be Subscribed • 6.450
The Reserve Army has increased to eighty nine.
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London, Oct. 9.—British troops
hav • captured the great German
stronghold of Cambral, together
with eight thousand prisoners. The
Brltisti-American forces resumec
their attack on this sector this morn
ing, and in the entire front from
Cambrai south they are making ra
pid progress.
lions
stiMA
.
London, Oct. 9.—The British-A
: merican troops have advanced three
! miles along a twenty mlle front.
Between St. Quentin and' Cambrai
j the Allies made a tremendous at
I tack routing the enemy. General
! Ha'* reports that they are now
within six miles of the railway run
ning from Lill© to Metz.
London, Oct. 9.—The Evening
Standard pays tonight that the sur
render of Turkey inside Pf 48 hours
wiij riot be a surprise in 'Well in
formed quarters in London. Tht
article goes on to say that th€
British authorities are in posses
sion of information showing that a
process of disintegration exists jn
Constantinople. Developments ar€
f>agerly awaited.
Washington,, Oct. 9.—Among th«
diplomats who are in Washington
the oresident's communication t-a
Germany and Austria-Hungary
regarded as his masterpiece. In il
te leaves the door wid<e open for
BRITISH CASUALTIES
FOR THE PAST WEEK
London, Oct. 9.—The British cas
ualties for the week ending last
nig&f are thirty eight thousand. Six
jty five hundred and fifteen are dead
land the rest wounded or missing.
peace if Germany is sincere, but if
t' De*ice proposal is merely a pre
tension hq will be justified before
J the world with prolonging the war
With unabatable force without stint
'and to the utmost limit. .
I casualties fok the day
Washington, Oct. 9.—The casual
ties tor the day are six hundred sev
enty ono with two hundred and1 for
ty eight dead' and three hundred an
twenty seven severely wounded.
| San Francisco, Oct. 9-—The Dis
trict bank reports a total or $131,
316,200.00, including Saturday's
business. Official figures for San
Francisco to Monday are $J33,846,
400.00. Los Angeles has slight lead
over San Francisco in ship con
toit. Oakland leads Portland and
Seattle. Tacoma leads Salt Lake
fii'r and Spokane. .! i
LIBERTY I/OAX CLIMBING UP
San Francisco, Oct. 9.—The bank
figures for ttiie Fourth Liberty Loan
for yesterday up to closing hour
were $145,443,000.00. San Frau
cisco has subscribed $36,366,350.00.
The percentages of population who
have subscribed in Oregon is sev
enteen, Idaho fifteen. Forty nine
northern California counties reach
ed their quotas, two of them doubl
ing their's and twenty nine of them
ovor sixty per cent of their qtiBtas.
All of the northern counties of
California expect to reach their
quotas by Liberty day.
Mary PickfoM the movie artist
campaigned .San Francisco today
and secured seventy six thousand
dollars in subscriptions i,
READ BY ALL
Washington, Oct. 9. — Semi of
official announcement says, "This
, t'me, for the first time In the war,
j President Wilson's answer to the
' German peace proposals will be pub
lished in an Entejite and neutrftl
i countries, therefore the PrMideni
! is carefully weighing his words. Far
mor> depends on this apparently
than most people realize."
Judge E. A. Rasmuson Jeft on the
Seattle last night for Juneau where
he "will tarnsact business for a
few dayf
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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
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P. H. SCANTY
Paris, Oct. 9.—The French are
advancing today; ak>ng tb^ line of
fthe Sulppe river. The Germans
arp violently bombajdfng the neW
French positions nortn of the Aisne
river, at Berry-au-Bac. TeH tbous
and Gel-mans were taken prisoners
yesterday'by the Allies In the fl&ht
; ing along various fronts on the
j western battle line. The Germans
) hurriedly evacuating the Argonne
' Forest, and putting up a rear guard!
I resistance. . > | j j
HUNS HAVE NO DEFENSES
British Headquarters in Fr^uce,
Oct. 9. — East of the Hindenburg
line in the Cambria and' St. Quen
tln arda th®! Germans are reported
to have prepared "defenses, un
til a line Immediately east of the
frontier is reached. •
Paris, Oct. 9.—The Laon salient
Jg gradually tightening with tba
British-Americana driving one
prong: of the pincers deeper beyond
St.'Quentin and Cambrai whil8 th»
French-American troops are (Join*
the same between Rheima and Ver
dun.
In default of sufficient fielfl *r
Ullery the Hung are tfasAttir'**1
available trench mortars," how"**1*
an<l nigh velocity gung
critical points in their lr»nt'° **"
forts to Btop the glow, ceaseless
lied advance while from Busa'* an^
the east generally ev«ry P°**,b'e
German soldier is being hurried to
tbp western front to help t!la
inevitable victory of the iAllied »r*
mies. I'
U. S. Marehal J- M. Tanaer r*>
turned to June»u on the Settle hit
night. jfc
Washington, Oct. 9—The Presi
dent's message Is designed as an
inquiry, not a jeiy, as the 'tfwct
meaning of Chancellor's note ap
pears to be in doubt. The text
of tho message which Secretary
Lansing ha« delivered to tbQ Swiss
Charge d'afffa'rea, is la part as fol
lows: "Does Chancellor mean
that German Government accepts
the terms 'm laid down by the
President ,and that it's object in
entering into discussions would be
only to agree upon practical de
lays as to th jir application. The I
President feeli bound to say with |
regard- to suggestion for an. ar"
J mlstlce that he would not feel at
liberty to propose cessation of
| arras to Governments with which
we are allied against the Central
i Powers, so long as armies of Cen
! tral Powers occupy soil of Prance,
I Belginm, and ot her countries. The
^ood faith of any discussion would
I manifestly dep«nd upon the con
' sent of Central Powers to with
I draw their forces Everywhere from
J invaded: territory.>t
IMS FOUR SflHS
Fred J. McLennan, collector ot
customs at Whltehorse, received *
cabH on Monday from London, Eag.,
stating that bia son, Jack, was *
monr the missing on September
28th. Mr. McLennan had been muck
worried over his son Fred's condi
tion, ag he was reported' as ?W1
ously wounded. Later reports »W«
tlm, Fred, Jr., Is getting on very
well. He was shot from an aero
plan In the base of the neck, the
ihot passing out through his back
and looked at first as if It might be
fatal. Mr. McLennan has two more
sons In the service but neither "t8#
received wounds.
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