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TWSNTYHBST YEAR 9KAHWAY. ALASKA. WEDNESDAY. JUNE 12 .9i8 • PRICE 10 CENTS
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RUSSIA APPEALS FOB
EXPEOITIOIARY FORGE 10
BEPEL GERMAN INVASION
Washington, June 12.—An. appeal
has oeea received by the Depart -
meat of State form the central com"
mittee of the Cadet party in Russia
asking that the United States use
its influence with the Allied na
tions to •ftici'uce au. expeditionary
force into Russia to repel the Ger
man invaders.
This appeal was forwarded t»y
th© Odet committee and wagftrans
mltted to the Department of State
today Dj; the Russian embassy. It
was asked that tha expedition, If
sent be pu under International eon*,
trol &o as to guarantee the rights
of Russia when peace ia at last e3"
tablished between the warring na
tions. " '*! MflBSR
WILL HOLD
Camp Lewis, June 12. — The
heighth or efficiency which has beeu
attained by the Ninety-first Pivi- !
sion in the handling of horses and
aimal drawn equipmWt and the
military ex pert n ess of the men
who trained them will t>© demon- j
Btr&ted to the general public in the '
big Military Horse Show to be held j
Camp Lewis on Sunday, June 1 J
The shoy, to take place under the
auspices of Auxiliary Remount IV '
pot, Xo. 331, is for the benefit of
the division's Overseas Athletic
Fund'. Practically every divisional |
organisation at the cantonment will 1
participate through its Belected '
representatives.
• A great arena of five acres will
hold tlte show and this has seating ']
capacity for many thousands, in- j
eluding an unlimited parking Tea !
fox autos.
Hl'NS M AKK MAXIM I'M
ADVA.VCK OK « MILKS
Paris, June 11. — According to.
an announcement made by French
W'ar Office todsy the maximum .
point of the advance made by the
German forces for the past two
days fighting is at V^gnemont which
is back from the original point of (
the attack about six miles.
Mrs«-F. Shee'or, who has been vis ;
iting with -Mr. and Mrs. Heller at :
Haines for the past several months,
returned home on the Peterson to
day.
U.S. WILL HAVE
m SHIPS
South Bend, lad.," June 12.—
Chairman Hurley of the Federal
Shipping Board' iu an address which
he made in this city last evening
said that by 192C- the merchant ma
rine of the United States would to*
tal 25,000,000 tons. During the
construction of the ships now build
ing and! which are planned to be
built by the end of the present
year more than 1,000.000 men will j
be employed in the construction of :
the American fleet of mei'cha.nt ma
rine.
127 NAMES INT LAST
CASUALTY HEPORH j
Washington, June 12.—^)ne Sua" j
dred' and twenty-seven casualtiesj
are noted 'a today's report from the'
front ,a.nd the names of 24 are
among those killed or died of j
wounds. 66 names are of those j
wounded and 37 names appear in I
the list of missing.
James Clark, of Atlin, after an
absence of several weeks from the
north which he spent in Vancouver
returned to Skagway on the Pjrin- (
eeas this morning enroute home. j
The Princess Sophia of the C. 1
P. K. line arrived in port this
morning with a good sized passen
ger list and a fair cargo of freight.
She will sail for the south Thurs
day evening at 7 o'clock.
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W'ornen Kahki Overalls Just the thing for
Gardening
Bailie Burke House Dreues
Children's overalls and jumpersj
ALBERT REINERT
Broadway between Third and Fourth Phone 41
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TAKING A SHOT AT AN ENEMY AIRPLANE
These Australian machine gunners a^e In a hole formed by a shell
ghattered tree. They ape- having a pot-sho^ at a Boehe airplane.
iTmiwi torpedo Its gink :f
2 LARGE AUSTRIAN OREAONftUGHTS
Rome, Wednesday.—"Two Italian
torpedo boats defying the entire
Austrian Dattl© fleet sunk two of
the largest dreadnaughta of the
Austrian navy in an engagement
Monday morning: and then success
fully returned, to their bases of sup
ply. This was officially announced
today by the Italian admiralty.
SYRUP IS MADE
Ml BP SAP
Anchorage, June 12. — Syrup
made from the sap of birch trees
is a foodstuff rivaling in substance
an<j. flavor the syrup derived from
maple trees, in the opinion of D. M. !
Lynch, owner of a marl deposit '
north of Anchorage, who has tap
ped some of the numerous birch 1
trees in his neighborhood and t«rn- '
ed1 their ear) into syrup. He sub
mitted a sample of hi^ product to
William Gerig, engineer in. charge of
the Anchorage division of the gov- 1
ernment railroad, who praises the
taste and quality of the syrup.
There is a comparatively heavy,
stacd of birch timber in the An- [
chorage country. j
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The two first steamers of the
White Pass Rputc to leave White
horse this season got away from the
City by t_he Rapids last night at
9 o'clock.
The new steamer Yukon of the
A. Y. N\ company is bound' through
to Fairbanks, and bad a capacity
list of passengers and a heavy load
of freight.
The steamer Casca, of th© B. Y.
N. company sailed for Dawson, and
she also had a large passenger list
and' a full freight cargo.
The steamer Whitehorse will sail
tonight .anifrom tbis time on until
the closo of navigation the Bail
ings from Whitehorse will be main
tained as closely to schedule as cdn
ditions will permit.
MUSEUM FOR WAR RELICS
London, June 12.—la order to
house the national collections of
war relics now being formed, the
government plans to build a great
museum which the Commissioner of
Works says it will be one of the
most remarkable buildings in Eu
rope.
BE CAREFCIi TO PUT
our vour camp fire
Fire Marshal Ballard, of the
Haines-Skagway district ,with head
| quarters at the former place made
j the pound trip to Skagway on the
Peterson this morning in order to
look after his district and ascertain
if there had been any forest firea
j here lately. Upon learning that
there had been none,.Mr. Bollard
stated that great caution should be
exercised <n building camp fires or
fires for whatsoever purpose, and
that all such, started' should be
carefully extinguished before they
were left. He Btated that there was
a severe penalty provided for leav
ing a fire unattended that might
lead' to the destruction of govern"
ment timber or other property.
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French Make Gains Over Wide Battle
Front Retaking Many Lost Positions
While Enemy Batters His Way Past
Ribecourt On Left At Terrific Cost
Paris, Wednesday. — Henri Bi
dou, the great military critic, In
reviewing the Bituaton of the last
great battle along the western front
writes that today's fighting may de*
eld's on which Bide victory will rest
in the present battle. He says that
th© fighting la taking classical form
in which each side has won on one
wing and the acales are now lfl
the oafcmce as to which Bide will
win the fight, and' tip the scales t>f
irictory in. his favor.
Paris, Wednesday — According
to a report by the French War Of
rice this afternoon, American troops
made an attack on the enemy sta
tioned in Belleau woods an# took
the position by Btorm. in taking
the position 300 Germans were
akea prisoners.
The same report states that the
French troops havfl struck tha
Germans a hard blow along a front
sxteading over seven and one half
nileg between Rubescourt and Bt.
Haur. The French recaptured! Bel
oy and Genlish wood and the
ieights between Courcelles and
Mortimer.
In these engagements the Der-1
nans, suffered extremly heavy
osses and' when they retired out of
•each of the French troops they left
nore than one thousand prisoners
ind some guns In the hands of the
Trench. ,
With the American Army on
tfarne, Wednesday, — When the
American marines cantured* 800 Gei*"
nan prisonera yesterday at Belleau
■vood, the German officers refused
to surrender to the American, pri
vates, Insisting that they give
:hemselves up only to American of
ficers. Nearly all the marine of
ficers who accepted the surrender
>f the German officers spoke the
German language.
The German prisoners and' the
Americans exchanged cards, cigar
attes, cigars, and conversed
imicably before the captives were
:aken to the rear.
Paris, (Later)—Counter blows
an the enemy are being made by the
Frencn over a battle front of more
than twenty one miles In length.
South of Noyoa and Montdldder
the French and Allied forces are
gaining to strength, the French mak
ing Important gains on the center
and on the left wing.
On the right wing the German®
at a frightful cost of life were aole
to press, past Rifrecourt and a» a
result voluntarily evacuated Greslin
court and the Ribeeoourt angle So
order to avoid,' needless losses.
j Paris, Wednesday. — South of
the Aisne on the front between
Soissons and the Marne, the Ger
mans attacked this morning.
Fighting is going on between the
river and Villerg Cottereta for
est.
i Violent combats are being fought
on the front at Domini era Cutry and
south Ambleny.
EMPLOTESHELP
i IN WAR
!:■ work
i
i Anchorage, June 12—Bjr donating
approximately $2,250 to th© Amerf
can Red Cross durinr its recent
jca.mpaign for funds, employe# la
the Anchorage division of the Al
;askaD. Engineering Commission
brought their subscriptions in
.connection with war work to a to
tal of $212,054.
Included in this aggregate amount
are $1,007 to the Interior Depart
ment War Work Association; $4,
947 for the maintenance of bed*) in
the American hospital^ at Neuijly,
■France, and ^203,860 In liberty
'bonds.
MAY FOLLOW TEE SILVER LEAD
! Washington, June 12. — The
United States Supreme Court has
sustained' the right of a holder of *
pilver claim to follow indefinitely In
the opposite direction a vein Where
the crest of the anticline Is within
•the claim. ; j HHHHf
\ Plant an acre for the shell-hound'
ed farmers of "No Man's Land."
Spring Suits
With A Gentlemanly Air
About Them
As good in their inside make-up as
they are ia their outside looks.
Shapely, sturdy, smart suits far 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