SKA8WAY, ALASKA. WEDNESDAY, MAY
No. 94 TWENTY FIRST YEAR
PRICE 10 CENTS
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Washington. May 22.—Provost
Marshal Crowder estimates that the
June 5, draft will bring In 750.000
men to the colors.
Dig iiD for the Red Cross fund.
BUSK BETTER
Loudon, May 22.—Field Marshal
Haig in his daily report to the
London \yar Office stated1 that
the British had improved their
poeitions northwest of Merville in
the Flanders salient and in the
movement took thirty German pris
oners and six machine guns. Later
they crushed' the enemy up in a
counter attack made against #them
In their new positions.
Com* into the Red Cross pot.
IMUL LAW
London. May 22.—A disi>atch
from be?ne. quoting the S'ovinsky
P*rod, s'tatd« that martial law has
been ; roclaimed in Bohemia and
ia consequence of popular excesses
many prominent peopl have been
imprisoned.
U-Boat Bases
Are Abandoned
Berne, May 22.—A<coid*ng to in
formation received herg fom Ber
ILae today the Grman naval au
thorities are preparing to abandon
Zeebril^e and Ostend as l'-boat
bases., The ercent blockade ef
fected- t»v the British and' the har
assing British bombing p-lanes have
made these places untenable any
longer.
Ante up to the Red Cross fund'.
ALL MIL ROAD
PRESIDENTS
! LET GUT
Washington, May 22.—Every rail
road president in the United States
' haa been removed as executive
manager of hia road by Director of
Railroad McAdoo, Who will appoint!
a Federal Director for eacht road1.
Joseph H. Young, former head
of the Alaska Steamship company
has been named as Federal Director
of the Virginion railroad.
Come across to the Red Cross fund.
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CASUALTY LIST
Washington, May 22. — General
Pershing's report of the casualties
sustained by the American forces
during the past twenty-four houra
Kives The names of forty eight,
Thlg list includes five killed or
died from wounds and forty one
wound«i, while two are missing.
Washington, May 22.—Forty-one
names are included In today's cas
ualty list given out today. This
includes four killed1 or died of
wound:*, twenty wounded and seven
teen Hissing.
Donate to the Red Cross fund.
THREE KILLED
11 RAID
Paris, May 22.—In an air raid)
iast night three people were killed.
The raiders were forced to re
teat by toe French, aviators.
AEROPLANES DESTROYED
BY FIRE IN 'FRISCO
San Francisco, May 22.—Fifteen,
military aeroplanes were destroyed
by fire in this city yesterday. No
cause can be found as to the origin.
o.f the fire.
Special Offering On
Men's Suits
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We are Offering a Line of Men's
Suits at $ 17.50
$ L50 Dress Shirts for $ 1.00
A Broken Lot of Men's Shoes at
One Half Off
ALBERT REINERT
Broadway between Third and Fourth Phone 41
Washington, Wednesday. —Amer
icas' first field army consisting of
two hundred thousand men
been farmed in France, and
become a part of the &r«at defens
ive bulwark against the advaac© of
tha German armies to the EngllBh
Channel.
Americans Take Huns By
Surprise And Gas Many
With. American Army in France,
Wednesday.—The American artil
lery launched.' a sudden. a.n<l treriflof
gag attack uj>on the Germans north
west of Toul early today. ,
The German cantonments were
withia Gerechamp wood. Several
,punishment waa inflicted) On the
enemy by a cteliigV ofA merican,
ehel]8. The sheila fell in three
waves and within half an hour the
woods m which it is known many
thousands of Germans were sleep
ing was drenched with. po'sonous
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Paris, May 22—The war office
announced this morning that most J
severe artillery: fighting occurred
last nisht at the front southeast of
Amiens.
WOMEN' HILL MARE A
MEMORIAL PILGRIMAGE
Washington, May 22.—One thous
and women will make a memorial
pilgrimage from the American Na
tional Red Cross headquarters in
Washington, D. C., to the Wash
ington. Monument grounds May 30,
if the plana of the Washington
Young Women's Christian, Asso
ciation are carried out. A program
that will have dual significance as
a dedication of the services of the
living 'n winning the war has been
arranged.
SALVAGE BUREAU WAXES
FAT BY SAVING WASTE
Sea.tte, May 22.—The Salvage
Bureau of this city Chapter, of
which Mrs. C. W. Stimsou Is chair
man, is developing into the heal
thiest infant among this Chapter's
newer activities. It was born in
March and showed a profit of
$■300 for the first month. The
April report shows $1,835 cash re
ceived from sales of various articles,
with a total expense oovering truck,
stationery, rent, labor and miscel
laneous items of $110, leaving a
net profit for the second month of
11.725.
CLARENCE PIKE OF V. 8.
NAVE GETS PROMOTED
A letter was received in Skagway
today from Mrs. Charles Pike and
as a portion. of th« letter refers to
her sou Clarence, who joined the
navy May 16, 1917, it is printed
so that his many friends here may
know something of his life since
enterluj.the eerrlce.
"I have just baked a large fruit
cake," Mrs. Pike Bays, "and have
it all ready to send to New York
when Clarence returns from his
trip. He has. had a number of pro
nations since he enlisted, a year
ago tod<ay (May 16). A month
ago h® was promote^ to f i r st
shellman while having target prac
tice at New York. Ha never! missed
a shot. There were 400 men in the
practice. He is now working hard
for first pointer, be is second now.
He is bis captain's orderly, go has
no more of the hard work he did
have. H® made one trip to Gibral
tar and sent me a box of silks ^nd
real rock from Gibraltar, some
coins and a sofa pillow, top. He
is well, strong and happy and sayt
that wg wiij sure win the war."
3ub3crib® lor The Dally. Alaskan.
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F. J. Vandewall, who la local rep
resentative for the Wilson Sheep
Wool auction, whereoy the spring
sheariu1? of the President's sheep
have Men donated by him to be
auctioned off for the benefit of tho
Red Cross, a portion of the wool
having been apportioned to each
state 9uf*' Alaska, this morning
stated that considerable Interest
w.ss being taken in the bidding.
From Juneau, Mr. Vandewall has
been advised that there has been
more than fifty bids received by
• Uje Governor; ranging from five dol
lars up. The bidders include in
dividuals, lodges and societies.
All »K- money which is raised in
Alaska through this means will be
I credited to the Alaska quota. All
[bids made must l>e accompanied by
at least 10 percent of the amount
bid, this amount to be retained and
goes to the Red Cross. Tho fea
ture does not conflict In amy way
with the Red Cross drive.
Up ts the time 6t going to press
today the bidders in Skagway are:
L C. Gault $ 1.00
W. R. Gray 5.00
H. G. Weir 5.00
M ss Agnes Moffatt 5.00
Arnold Gutfeld 10.00
V. I. Hahn 10.00
F. J. Vandewall 10.00
G. G. Miller 20.00
Mitrrribe for the Daily Alaskan.
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AMERICANS TOOK
PART III RAID
ON COAST
Washington, May 22.—By the
publication of the casualty ltet of
American forces, in France It 1b
revealed that American. aviators
have operated ores'Heligoland. The
fact i» revealed' by the ■ announce
ment of the de^th of Ensign, Stephen
Potter of Detroit,' who met Ws
death while engaged In a most spec
tacular battle with seven enemy
single seat planes.
Pingle up to tk« Red Cross fund.
With. British Armies In Prance,
Wo3a&sdtj,—It 2a Widely reported
that Qaaeral Mackenson, I3 now 00
the west front raady to strike
the moment that Htndenberg finds
an, opentog. The correspondent
states that my information la that
the Germans will hammer the Brit
ish lines with tho bulk of their
army, i'multaneouely spreading pro
poganda to the effect that the Brit
ish do not fight A9 well as the
Other Allied, in. order to create frlc*
. tioQ among Entente natlODs.
Cash <nto the Bed Cross fund.
li MS
| SHOT DOWN
j American Army in France, Wed
nesday.—In patrol action east of
; Lunerville this morning the Germans
1 were twice defated.
In 'he neighborhood' of Chateau
| Saligs, taptain David Peterson of
I Hobsdale, Penn., shot down a
German aeroplane and William H
'■ Taylor of New York shot down an'
[ether, twelve milee within the
| German lines.
BOSCH PATROL
RUNS AIHIUGK
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With American, Army on the
French Battie Front, Tuesday. — A
strong Boche patrol attempted to
surround a part of an American pa
trol at' dawn this morning but Mi
dlers !d the main hody poured in
fluch a hot fire from their rifles
that the enemy scattered.
The Germans used hand grftr
n&des and rifles.
Pony up to the Red Cros# fund.
Zurich, May 2.—'Tuesday more
than £o.ur hundred horses were sold
in the Vienna market and these
horseg will bg slaughtered for meat
in place of beef whlcb 10 now practi
cally off the market. Th« horses
brought five hundred. dollars Per
head. ; ; ' l^|
Pay into the Red Cross fund,
Washington, Wednesday. — In aa
answer to the United State® reply
relative to the seizure of the Dutch
*hips, Uolland informs the State
Department, for the government,
that sl-o regards the explanation
insufficient. „ ! . .J
tJ.S. Will Have
5 Million Men
Washington, May 22.—Congress
man Caldwell of New York, member
of the house military committee,
said today in the House of Repre
sentatives that the United States
would have between four and fire
millions of men under arms by Ju*
jly 1919. I.I SP
Contribute to the Red Croas fund.
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
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