WEATHER REPORT
Yestrilay: Max. 43. Mln. 39.
3tlaahan
No. 74 TWENTY FIRST YEAR
SKAGWAY, ALASKA, MONDAY. APRIL 29 1918
PRICE 10 CENTS
GERMANS BOG FRENCH DEAD
AND DRESS IN STOLEN CLOTHES
WIt!x American Army hi France.
Monday. -- The Germans have been
resort ng 'o & terrible camouflage
during the past few days. It has
beeui discovered that German soldie*
are striding- the bodies of d©ad
French soldieos and then dressing
in them have come over to other
sectors and- at points where the
French and American lines join,
entering into the combat, which
maikes it extremely difficult for*
the Americans to tell friend from j
roe. ' ! :' I:! 01
Washington, Monday.—The State
Departnient learned this morning
frcjii authentic sources that Ger*,
many bas demanded' an exchange of
prisoners wit& Russia, and has
followed her demand with a threat
that ui less "the Russian government i
agrees , _ *erms of exchange she |
will at once advance against Pet- j
t\>grad. Germany is said to be send
ing a commission to Russia to pre* I
seut he/ dmedaan to 'hat govern- i
ment. ■
Lonc'on, Monday.—In the de6Crip' j
tion ci 'he battles of the a i j
few days along the western front
printed It the various newspapers
of city all agree that the G-er ;
<msA r* Ive towards the English chart I
nel "ports Is rendering the situation ;
dviperate, and that tie umost ef- j
forfe mas* he made to supply Haig"
with more men at the earliest po-*
slbte moment.
Again the fighting spirit speaks'
from California in the pbrase
'L^t's eat milo." When th.3 50-50
fl^ttr ruling caused consternation
among the non-combatant women, |
01V& fighting spirit in California, j
exhibited In a store window a cot'- :
f<* mill, a sack of milo maize, a
loaf of milo bread and a recipe •—
this is the fighting psirit and she
had fired the kind of shot that
wfli be heard* around the world
be/ore.this war is over.
THIEF BLOWN j
^PIECES
Seattle, April 29. — Karl Dur- I
fiotz vas blown to pieces yesterday,
while attempting to burglarize a
garage ju this city, in an, attempt;
to steal some acetyline, he was re- j
moving it from a container into a
I estolite tank and' an explosion was '
was 'he result in whictfi he was j
instaiirly killed, h.is body being lit- j
cally bown to pieces.
CANADIAN RAID
IS SUCCESSFUL
London, Monday. — Yesterday's'
reports stated 'hat heavy fighting
.continued a< Loners ever since the j
French troops recaptured it Friday,
and ih^t the result as to the ul- ,
Lima'a oossession was fluctuating. |
first one side seemed to have t*16 '
mastery and then the other,1
according to a Reuters cor-1
respondent at the French headquart
ers iu France,
This same report says that Cana
dian forces have carried out three
.successful raids opposite Lens, cap
turing sixtv prisoners and four ma- :
chine guns and- killing many Ger
mans during the day's operations.
All da/ the Bri'ish positions in |
the Yores sector were heavily bom- ■
barded-.
A Drr.ve woman writes from a
middle western state, "I can buy no
substitutes at the store and have
no money to send' off for substi
tutes, but I have made two weeks
supply of flour last three and a
half weeks. She tco substituted)
t lie fighting spirit ami tackled 'he
problem. M Bt
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L3:idon. Monday. — This morning
the Germans opened a heavy "bom
bardment with high explosives and
gfs shells on the entire front be
lt eau Me'eren aud Voormezeele, and
to the south and) southwept cf those
points, according to a xar ' office
announcement.
Inftmtrg attacks developed short
ly afterwards, : ] LU, ill
Thrre was groat activity by hos
tile ar1 Tilery cHuring last night from
the Scarp river positions to a point
opposite Arras and north to Lens,
and also between Givenchy andl
Nieppe wood on the southern side
of the I-ya battle front.
A post near Festubert, Blightly
nor'h of Giveachy taken by the Ger
mans last week was recaptured by
the British last night.
MAKING PICTURES UNDER SHELL FIRE
When vi. 11 pick i;j. ono of the tunny publications wliicli |iHiu war photo
graphs and see sfartllnjr pictures of actual fighting at the front, or when you
see real battle scenes on the screen, very rarely do you think of I lie hazard
the photographers run who me'.tp ti c photographs. This picture shows French
photographic operators working' ne?r the front lines within the range of
vneniy flrv. The smoke from an exploded shell can lie seen. The men in tho
pfrot«'i;r:tpli!c (liviston \> ho make the photographs for war records and for the
IntelMgenee bureau are In as much danger as the men in the trenches.
CDUN1ER ATTACK
E
With American Army in France,
Monday. — The enemy laid down a
heavy barrage in front of the Am
erican trenchea in the T«oul sector at
three o'clock yesterday morning, the
bombardment lasting for over °n
hour. After a short interval the
German? repeated the performance,
aiuii after about thirty minutes se
vere firing the Hun Infantry start
ed for the American lines but bo
intensa was the Amercan counteT at
tack; <lat the enemy was repulsed
without getting close enough to be
engaed by the American infantry.
Monday. — American troops have
t < &u up definite, positions on the
lime barring the Germans from PariB
and Amiens and are located on &
rolling terrain. They have com
pleted the work of digging In.
MS GIliORE
if GE1
VOTES
SeaUie. April 29—Edward Mor
risey, who lias received the appoint
ment a:-. ■ rivate secretary U> Chas.
Sulzer, debate to Washington
from Alaska, arrived in this city
today on his way to the Nation s
capital. i-In stated to a pary of
newspaper men that he believed tha
many Republicans would write In
the name of William Gilmore wliei.
when t'lev came to vote.
"Will your Kentucky people eat
eornoread for a week?-' asked' a
Slates Food Administrator at a
recent Washington conference.
"My people," replied the Kentuck
ia^, "would eat cornbread from
now until harvest if it would win
the war." There spoke the fight
ing spirit, and it is this spirit that
Is running like a flame through
Amtrica.
COFFEE
Has not yet been affected, as far as we are con
cerned, by the war price and quaility the same.
We carry the following well brands
Mill's Vacum Packed
M. J. B.
Alta
Schilling's "
Golden Gate "
45 ct. per lb. 2 lbs. 85 ct. (2 1-2 Golden Gate $1.00 )
Good bulk coffee, ground to suit you at 30 ct. per lb.
P. H. GANTY
Store Open From 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. every day. One regular delivery a day
taking orders received until I p.m.
ENEMY PERSISTS IN OFFENSIVE
WHICH COSTS HEAVY IN LIFE
With British Army in France,
j Monday. — The fourth, German ar
I my this morning1 heavily attacked
. the Allied front In Flavors. From
'prisoners captured it has been U>a.is
'ed that the present German inten
! 12oa is an attempt to capture Ypres.
Severe fighting is now in Pro
gress in b Mi the French and British
areas. The attack extends over «*•
Iront of mere than, fifteen miles in
length.
The Belgians on the Ysej. front
has been attacked by the enemy.
Intense bombardment from artil
lery rgncentratioa la in progress
from. Laoassee to a point south of
Houthoisi forest ftndom Viniy to
Lens.
IS
PROCLAIMED
Copenhagen, Monday. — The
Stockholm Aftenbladet stated? In its
Sunday edition that definite re"
■ports bad been received from Abo,
Finland, »o the effect that Grand
Duke Nikolaievitch, eon of the
former czar of Russia had been. pr°"
[claimed1 Czar of the Russias with'
Grand Duke Miichaela Alexandrovitili
as regent.
Paris, Monday. — Advice was re
ceived. hers today from Vieiwia Btat
iug that Princess Marie Antonette,.
mother o' Empress Zita has been 01*
deredi to leave Austria within the
next twenty-four hours and not to
| .next 24 hours an<i} doc to reenter
that country unil the termina
ation of the war. It is claimed that
according to a dispatch from Geneva
the Princess is strongly anti-German
CHAMP CLARK IS
PERFECTLY CONTENTED
Washington, April 26, — Champ
Clark has declined, the appoint
ment as Senator from Missouri to
f-U the vacancy caused by the
death of Senator Stone.
' John Jacobson, who has a fox
ranch at Bennet, B. C., came over
' from Carcross on the last t.ain,
[suffering from the effects of a
1 sprained angle. He is stopping at
| the PuUen House.
L
WILL SOON 8£
CULLED
Washington, Monday. — la the
War Department's weekly summary
issued today, it states, "In addi
tion to those already1 called to the
colors and are now training at our
yarioua cantonments as already
selected- for eervcei, very large quo
tas will be required in the imme
diate future to till tlL-a gapa left In
these training camps by those
have been cent overseas.
REALLY IAN IT?
London, Monday. — A dispatch
from Vienna quotes the Arbelter 2el
tung for Saturday aa follow:
"One thin?: is certain. Wo
not go'i'B to allow Austrian, blood
*o be shed either now or later oa
in order to retain German, con
quest."- : I !.i iJ Li
U.S. CASUALTY
LjSLSMALL
Washington, April 26.—Gen.
Pershing ftiade his report to the
war department this morning of
the casualties during the past twen
ty-four hours In France and gives
the total at 75 with, nine killed, ajad
33 severely woundded.
VICTORY
WE ARE GOING TO WIN
THIS WAR
This Victory, like everything worth
while in life, will require sacrifice, self
denial and ungrudging effort in defense
of Liberty, Justice and Civilization.
We must use every weapon at our
command; and not]the least of these is
money. Never in the history of the
world has there been • truer cause.
Invest in
LIBERTY BONDS
JAMES KENNEDY