No. 116
TWENTY FIRST YEAR
10 CENTS
ADSTRIANS Clf Off FROM ^REINFORCEMENTS
SOUTH AMERICAN REPUBLIC
SOLDIERS 10 BE TRAINED
11II. S. MILITARY DAMPS
Paris, June 20. — Clemenceau's
newspaper today • prints an article
in which it is stated that advices
had oeen received from Washington
to the effect that plans were now
under way for the training of troops
fnom'th«- South American republics i
to. the United States
The article says that the troops
will be raised by the various coun
tries of the South American con
tinent, and these will be sent into
the United States and distributed
throughout the various training
camps recently established and
military training had such as that
given to the United States troops.
NEW BUREAU
Paris! 20.—Because of the
increasing participation of America
in tHe w^r.the French government
has created a. secretaryship for
Franco-American war co-operation.
This branch will oe headed by
Andre Tardieu. who wMl divide his
time between Washington and Paris
AMERICAX CASUALTIES
* . LIST HAS TH NAMES
Washington. June 20. — The cas
ualties p$ American troops in Franc*
reported* by General Veirshtng for
the p&st? twenty-four hours up to
Tuesday,-.#t midnight is given at 73.
26 killed'or died of wounds and 48
wounded.-'
SWIMMIXti POOLS C LOSED
London^ June 2".—All the pub
lic swimming pools and some of the
public batlis in London .are to he
closed for-the'summer- The build
ings are oeing used for oommunal
kitchens. With their steam plants
and heating appliances, they are
very adaptable for the purpose >f
establishing in them the ■ entra!
municipal k.itchens from which toed
is distributed to the smaller stat'ons
in their districts.
.tr.bs<rlb» for Tne Ual.y Alaskan
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MARSHALL JABS
! AT ROOSEVELT
Indianapolis, June 20. — Vice
President Thomas Marshall in ad
dressing a cinvention in this city at
tacked Theodore Roosevelt, whom
he characterized as Lady Theodora,
because in writing to the Kansas
City Star, whose editor he assert
ed was an alien enemy at the time
of the outbreak of the war.
I
4TH LOAN 10 BE
j SIX BILLIONS
j Washington, June 20.—It was an
| nounced today that the Fourth. Ltb
I ©rty Loan will be for six billion
' dollars and the bond£ will bear four
, and one-half per centt interest.
, VAVKKES MAKE RAID
AND KILL AND CAPTURE
1 Paris, Thursday. — American pa
trols crossed over the Marne riveer
east of Chateau Thierry early this
morning, and in an encounter witn
the enemy killed a number and
brought back a good number of
prisoners. The loss to the Ameri"
cans was very small.
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GERMANS DELUGE AMERICAN
LINE WITH GAS SHRAPNEL
I
With American Army, in France,
Thursday. — The Germans deluged
our Lunavtlle sector this morning
■with the heaviest gas attack that
has taken place In several weeks.
The gas attack was most Bevere,
and the shells thrown were mixed,
MAYOR OF MECCA
WITH THE ALLIES
London,. June 20.—The mayor of
Mecca has sent a telegram to the
mayor of London congratulating him
on the gallant resistance put up by
the London troops during recent
German attackB on the western
front. The message says:
"I hasten. In the name of all the
inhabitants of Mecca, to congratu
late you and the citizens of your
city on the inspiring spectatcle of
the valiant and glorious opposition
which, with invincible heroism, is
being offered to the fruitless as
saults of the German hordes by your
fellow-citizens on the western front.
SKAGWAY PASSENGERS NOW ON
• WAY -NORTH S. S. ALASKA
Seattle, June 20. — The steam
ship Alaska left this port for An
chorage and way ports via Skagway
at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon.
Among the passengers the following
are oocked for Skagway: Mrs. G. K.
Rosenborg, Miss F. E. Smith, Ed
ward Johnson, John Poison and C.
Christianso.
Christiansen.
DRAFT AOiK MKX
MUST HAVE PERMIT
San Francisco, June 20.—Men of
the draft age will not b„ allowed
hereafter to travel on coastwise or
ocean-going steamers without a Per"
mit from the draft t>oard, according
to a ruling of the customs authori
ties in San Francisco. It is ex
pected that this ruling will not be
applied to all coastwise ports on the
Pacific.
Mr. and Mrs. Roderick McDonald
of Dawson will be passegners out
on the Princess Alice tonight. Mrs.
McDonald !s suffering from a broke-'!
leg and is going out9i<le [or treat*
ment. She is a daughter of Ezra
Meeker, the famous trail blazer of
Oregon.
phosgene gas and mustard gas
shells, together with h'gh explosives
were all fired at the same time.
i In addition to this portions of
our front were pounded with shrap
nel.
milT
!Y BET TITLES
Washington, June 20.—The Housd
' bill, which provides means for the
[facilitating of the issuance of
patents to homsteders on scattered
| farms in Alaska passed the Sen
| ate yesterday afternoon and was .
i immediately sent to President Wil* j
son for his approval. j
JUNE :«(> DATE FOR I
AXOHORAGE DRAFT j
I
Anchorage, June 20. — June 30
Is the date set l>y tne military au
thorities for the draft here, accord* 1
ing to information received from au
thentic sources. The quota of men |
allotted to Anchorage is 184 and it
! is expected that this number Will be
trained here at the local barracks.
The officers and men of the lo
cal detachment of the 14th United
States infantry will be ordered to
report at the headquarters of the
14th infantry in the states of Wash
ington within the next forty days,
it is said and that the local barracks
will then be sufficiently large to
accommodate the boys subject to
the Anchorage selective draft.
ACTING FOD ADMIN
ISTRATOR IS N AMED
Washington, June 20. — L.. L
Harding has been named as acting
food controller of Alaska, pending
the appointment of a permanent fo; 4
administrator for Alaska to succeed
Judge Royal A. Gunnison, deceased.
The steamer Alameda will arrive
in this port from the westward this
evening at 10 o'clock and will
sail shortly after her arrival for.
Seattle. She will probably stop m
Fort Seward south boundl
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Heavy Rains Swell River and
12 Out of 14 Bridges Across
• \ :• • * *•
The Piave Are Swept Away
Leaving Enemy at Mercy Of
Italians
With the Italian Armieu, Thurs
day. — The Austrian troops who
forced their way over the bridges
which had been, thrown acroes the
Piave river during the past few
days are now at the mercy of the
Italian troous. .
Heavy rains have changed the
r ver to a raging torrent and/ twelve
of the fourteen bridges have been
swept away, thus cutting the enemy"
which had crossed over to the west
bank of the river, off from its
source of supplies and reinorce
ments. \
The Auatr'ans are caught In a
trap, and the detachments are be
ing subjected to « constant mauling
by tjte Italian artillery and airmen
are constantly dropping oombs on
the enemy who now have no avenue
of escapa. '
It is believed that those who
have oeen cut off will be compelled
to surrender, as the river Is too
high to permit -of the replacement
of tne bridges at the present time.
Paris, Thursday. — The sixth
day finds the Austrians on the,
Italian front fighting desperately
to hold the Initial gains which they
made in the first day's offensive.
Advices received from the Italian1
front field headquarters by the
French war office here state that
the losses thus far sustained by the |
Austrians is staggering. Great,
quantities of supplies and a num
ber of guns have been captured, and
in addition to this fifty of the en- j
emy's aeroplanes have been shot
down by the Italian ground forces
and airmen.
'Vienna, Thursday. — The Aus
trian war office says this morning
that from reports received from
the Italian front it is apparent that
Italy is staking everything in its
effort to stop the Austrian ad
vance which is proceeding despite
the stubbornness of the enemy's re
sistance. •
Italian Headquarters, Thursday.—
Deserted by the officers of hid staff j
at his headquarters on the Montello
Plateau, Major General Von Kron
stadt, in. command of the Austrian
army on the Italian front fought
single handed against a large force
of Italians, refusing to surrender.
The fight continued until the
General was killed.
The Italians and their allies hare
won a complete control of the air
along the Piave river lines, not
one single Austrian air machine now
remaining aloft along this front.
Rome, (Later) — Advice from
the front to the I^Uan war office
says that the Italians gaineed mora
ground inthe sector at Aalago pla
teau ,and in the battles which tooK
place many Austrlans were killed
and hundreds of prisoners were
captured. i
Rome, Thursday. — Italian force*
are counter attacking along the
whole Piave line. On the middle
Piave front they have driven for
ward tQ the west bank of the river
splitting tne Austrian forces in
two 'n that region and rolling them
back towards the north and south.
The enemy's detachments on
the lower Piave have been pushed
tack until they hold only a third of
their original advance positions to*
wards Venice.
The Italian forces h%ve also made
further gains at N'ervega and Montll*
lo regioni
THOSE WHOM THE GODS
WISH TO DESTROY
THEY FIRST MAKE MAD
Geneva, June 20. — The Dafly
Tribune of this city published «
statement in which it s&ya that ac
cording to advices which are be
lieved to be authentic, General Hin
<1 en berg, who has been in, command
of the German forces oa the west
era front is a nervous wreck and
is confined to a sanitarium.
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