PWE 10 CENTS
SKAGWAY, ALASKA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1918
FIRST YEAR
No. 202 TWENTY
Hindenburg System Has Crumpled Under British Rush
FRENCH ARMY
GETS HUM BASE
Paris, Oct. 4. — Latest reports
state that General Gouraud's army
army had pushed forward until he
be (s now within six miles of Vou*
ziers Junction, a base of greatest
imoortance to the enemy and only
twenty five miles from t''e great
railways that connect the German
army with Germany. He is al
so sQlidly established at Chatte"
range which assures eventual junc
*>'L with the American army on
th» other side of Argonne forest.
General Gouraud has captured' an
other three thousand German pris
oners.
London, Oct. 4-—Field Marshal
Haig reported today that his forc
es have reached .the railway east
o' Lens and are pursuing the Ger
mans. He also reports the capture
of four thousand of the enemy forc
es yesterday in the sector north of
St Qu»utin.
London, Oct. 4.—Despatches to
<V*¥ show that the Austro'Hungar
'an troops in Albania are retiring in
considerable disorder before the ad"
raneinf Italians. The Austrians
»re blow'ng uo their depots and
destroying everything of value that
mivbt fall into the hands of the
▼ictorious Italians.
HIS DROPPING
TONS OF BOMBS
■
Paris, Oct. 4.—American aviators
j dropped thirty tons of bombs into
the towns behind the enemy lines
northwest of Verdun yesterday after,
noon ?nd last night, destroying many
Kulldings and creating havoc thru
out the region assaulted.
lOREM
PRISONERS
Paris, Oct. 4.—The Freuch ar
my caotured two thousand German
vrlsoners on Thursday in the
'^bamoagne sector. This was an
nounced by the war office today.
MlW
BIG FOR DAY
Washington, Oct. 4.—Nine hun
dred and seventy two casualties re
ported today: 202 dead, 6S3 se
verely wounded'.
sEAiiTi
1 IS GROWING
Seattle, Oct. 4.—The total sub*
Bcriotions for the Fourth. Liberty
Loin i» Seattle totaled ud eleven
million dollars last night.
The Wilson & Sylvester mill is
being rebuilt—Wrangel Sentinel.
FOURTH LIBERTY LOAN FACTS
Skagway's Quota , - - $25,900.
Subscriptions Received to Close of
Business Last Night • • • ll,050.
Balance Still to Be Subscribed • 14,900.
Our Boys are going "over the top" these days in France.
Can't the citizens of Skagway do as much?
B ANK OF ALASKA
Popular picture Palace
GEORGE MOWL. Proprietor
SATURDAY and SUNDAY
World Pictures Present CLARA KO(BU<L YOUNG in J.
Without A Soul
Prroduced from the fanmus atory by Lola Owen Davies, In
five acts
Triangle Pictures Present A TUGBOAT ROMANCE, In
TWO PARTS '
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VIOLIN, PIANO, DRUMa
8-30 r). m. Sharp Admission 25c, 10c
Tanks, Cavalry, Armored Cars,
Motor Busses, With Mount
ed Machine Guns Rout Huns
Near St. Quintin
Paris, Oct. 4.—Today th© British
armv in the 3t. Quentin sector have
oroken through the entire Hinden
bursr system.
In tho neighborhood of Fresioy
tho c»valry followed by tanks, &r"
mored cars and London motor buss
ea with mounted machine gunners j
sweO: through hard pressed, flee
in? Germans, slaughtering immense
HUtnberg of them. The advancing
troop? penetrated to a depth of
eix thousand yarde beyond the
break.
FRENCH TAKE
MORE TOWNS
Paris, Oct. 4. — The war ofrice
anounced today that the French ar
my had captured and were occupy
ing the towns of Chalierange and
Croix dee Soudans and are now seri
ously menacing the German troops
now remaining in the forests of
Argcnne.
4TH ifllOAN
LOOMS UP 016
San Francosco, Oct. 4.—The fig
ures 8iy«n out last night by the
Federal Reserve bank on the
Fonrtt Liberty Loan show that at
live o'clock last night there hat}
been subscribed and paid in sixty
seven million six hundred and forty
thousand' dollars, approximately
eiehteea percent of the twelyth di
vision quota.
Tbi estimated subscriptions but
not paid into the banks yet a.re |
twice that figure. Oregon has sub-.
scribed forty per cent, Utah and ]
Nevada thirty percent, Arizona |
and Northern California fifteen per- j
cent, ^ankg forty percent of their |
quota. _ .
Unofficial reports from southern
Callltraia and Washington show
twe've oercent in. At five o'clock
last night San Francisco had sub
scribed twenty million five hundred
and thirty four thousand six hun
dred dollars.
PASSENGERS FOR SKAGWAY
There sailed today from &
Pacific port ten passen
gers, bound for Skagway. Among
them were noted Mrs. M. E. Rogers,
Miss Ellen Rogers, and for Haines
Burkl>ardt Roderick and William C
| Coffman.
BEGINNING OF
END IK SIGHT
Paris, Oct. 4.—Germany is now
throwing her general reserves into
the battle along the St. Quentin
tb» last last phase of the great
front. This marks the beginning of
tattl? now raging. The Allies con
tinue to mak^ steady gains.
FOCfmlG
HEAVr BLOWS
London, Friday.—Marshal Foch
la this afternoon fighting with three
armies and' in smashing attacks con
tinues to drive the Germans back.
Heavy fighting extends fi\>m Lens
northward and from Rheima east
ward
ALASKA FOBS IX LIVELY
DEMAND IN N. V. SALES
New York, Oct, 4. —' Close to
$700,000 worth of raw furs were
Sold recently at the annual Fall
auction sale.
Whilft the collections offered were
smaller than at the Spring sale,
mo»* of the varieties sold brought
higbir totals than at that time. ■.
Cross fox and fisher were tb%
most actively bid for with re# fox
next. The best Red fox brought
$47.50. In the last named thelAl
aska and Kamchteka skins 0oW
^bB'. jp'
While the average prices gott
*T wolverines and red foxes 8h
e-1 no advance over the April *
» oercentage increase W&S Jti
^y otners, with fisher 20:pell9
olun fox 15, cross fox 25. T
will continue through the T
■! "D.inks
Jos. Fisher of branch
Clothing Co. has Bt&rt
Store at Nenana. ~
COOKING OIL
Wewon Urge Size $ 1.90 per can ?' 14 0Z"
" Med. " 1.00 " 7 oz"
" SmI. .50 " " Pt-3 oz
Mazola 1-2 Gal. Size $1.50
Quart " .85
Pint " .45
Cotton Seed Gal. Tin $ 2.85 e
These oils are very pale U3ed in Salads'
3B? *
P. H.^ANTY
IT. WPS
TURN TABLES
American. Army Northwest Ver
dun, Thursday. — When New York
troops captured Ahri St. Louis, a
number of the Germans came out
with uplifted hands. The Ameri
cans, supposing the Germans were
surrned«rlng came nearer, when sud
denly the Germans dropped their
hands and, seizing hand grenad«s,
threw them, killing and wounding
our troops. The Americans called
up their *lame throwers and killed
every German in the village.
ALLIES DESTROT
NAVAL BASE
Rome, Oct. 4.—American, British!
an. Italian warships have complete*
ly destroyed the Austrian naval bagel
at Durazzo, and have also destroy- U
o-?i 'he Austrian worships
wero anchored there.
lu m
Washington,
Surf March
ud to the
ejebf hundred
United States
for overseas.
of
that
million
j thousand
j embarked
Th
is
who
sale
sale is
muctt interest
one declares,
it is the f'nest
ever offered for
yvho is an ex
it to be_ma<le from
of Thibet.
.11 u
Jl be a meeting of the
Loan committee to- [
Bank of Alaska. All
are requested to be
FORCES pllll
t0
London, Oct. 4. — Accor^pBfpj.
diapatchf-a from several neudNj^j
*a'3 on the continent
powers are planning to^w ga»*
hi Austro-German forc^Tj,.,. to
sift. This* will b9 don^|rm jhjj'
protect Austria-Hungg
:llilles within their
f/rdef.
ARB
AUSTRIAN'S ADJ
RETR
This aftemoo#
Vienna, Oct.W' a statement
th0 war offic#VVe *ithdt*wn
which says. Albania. TM»
our dlvisioa#^^ by eTeatt
Ui«
was rende
on the B
Jjlii front when
the hands or »*•
Berat feWl*" ^
enemy."
! vTseb'flgton, Oct. 4. — Generai
ferabing reoorts that the Ameri
ietina fighting with the French h*T«
caotured Blanc Molt and* oihar
strong and strategic positions la
Champagne today, in announcing th«
further sains by the America*
t roots.
THINGS TO REMEMBER
ON' LINEN DRIVE
The articlea wanted should
lew or substantially new, and
should be of strong rather than fin*
texture. The laundering facilities
abroad are poor and thijj, together
wifh the hard and oonstant usagt
to which the articles will be aub»
lected, make it clear that we would
110,t oo justified in using much*
needed shipping space to send ov&r
Anything but strong and dur*bl*
articles. Articles of very fine qual
ity or those which have already
been put to considerable us« will
last but a short time and n«cewl
tate early replacement.—Red Cro*
Bulletin.
Who's Your Tailor?
The Autumn and Winter woolens recently sent"us by]
E. V. Price & Co.
tre the handsomest ever sh'own in this city and reasonably priced
Select
Yours
Today
ind have your Autumn clothes
nade up for future delivery to suit
»
fou—and you only
JAMES KENNEDY
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