Riatltj JUashan
No. 121 TWENTY FIRST YEAR
SKAGWAY, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26. 1918. ™CE 10
AUSTRIAN LOSSES ARE OVER QUARTER MILLION
* i ssnaa m p g ag ■ ■ * g ■■ ■ ■
FIFTEEN HUNDRED FAMILIES
HOMELESS il FIRE WHICH
DESIROfS CLE-ELUM CITY
CJeElum, June 26.—Practically
the etiire city was destroyed by
fire last night ami early this morn
ing.
Fllteen aundred families are
thus left homeless, and many of the
families are left practically detsl
tute as there was no time to save
furniture or other Household effects.
It is estimated that the property
will >>e near to one milliou dollars.
3,000,000 AMERICANS UNDER
ARKIS B* FIRS! OF AUGUST
Washington, June 26. — Provost
Marshal General Crowder has issued
a call to all governors for the |
mobilization of 220,000 men be
tween July 22 and July 25. The
call to the colors on that date is
to mate it possible to have three
KEREKKY Os
m 10 y. s.
Loudon, Wednesday. ■— Russia s
former premier Kerensky is in this ,
city this morning on his way to the '
l ..ittd States.
CHINESE GEN.
IS
Peking. June 26. — The execu
tion at military headquarters at j
Tela Tsin of Gen. Hu Chien Chang
because of monarchist piopaganda i*
none the troops is confirmed by
a presidential mandate issued to
day. Gen. Chien Chang was once
chief of gendarmerie of Peking
and later governor of Shensi pro
vince.
million men In the American army
under armg by August 1st.
Secretary or War Baker an
nounced that seventy percent of
the American troopa now In France
ar« ready for actual battle.
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CftSUALIY US11
Washington, June 26.—The com
bined casualties to the American ar
my and marine forces now in Franca
ia given la today's report at 137
men. This includes the names of
102 killed in action or died of j
wounds and five wounded. Thirty |
are missing.
London, Wednesday. — A dis
patch received here this morning
states that there is no foundation
for the persistent rumors of the
assassination of former Czar
Nicholas of Rusia.
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ALBERT REINERT
Broadway between Third and Fourth "Phone 41
Only Eighty Men Left Of Two Famous
Austrian Regiments—General Von
Cronstadt Commits Suicide—
Famous Italian Aviator
Shoots Self
With Italian Army Afield, Wed
nesday. — The Austrian losses now
are estimated to be over a quarter
of a million men.
Twenty thousand are known to
have been drowned In the raging
torrent of the Piave river when
tney made an attempt to cross the
upper portions of the stream.
The 31st and '32nd Austrian Rifle
regiments covered the enemy's re
treat until only 80 men remained
unwounded, and then they Bur
rendered.
General Yon Cronstadt shot him
self dead when his troops were de
feated.
The body of Major Barracca, thfl
famous Italian aviator was found
at the foot of Montello crest, lying
oeside the wreckage of hig burned'
machine. He had committed suicide
to avoid capture.
PROPOSED CHANGES id DRAFT
AGE MEETS WHO OPPOSITION
Washington, June 26.—Secretary
of War Baker and General March
hoth told the senate military com
mittee today tht they were opposed
to the proposed extension of the
army draft age limits.
Provost Marshal General Crowder
said tnat he was not now insistent,
but thought that _ some action
should he taken in time to secure
new registrants under a revised age
limit provision early next year.
Washington, June 26.—The Sen
ate Military Committee announced
today that it had decided to oppose
any legislation proyiding for any
change in the ages as provided now
by the selective draft law.
Chairman Hitchcock of the com
mittee said that when class one
i wag exhausted in August there
j would b© three million three! hun
j dred thousand in the army and of
this number there would be one mil''
! lion four nundred thousand in '
, France by that time.
j He stated that if there is to be ;
interallied intervention In Siberia,
the part that America would take
would be largely made up of troops
composed of detachments from Slav
region, the plans of recruiting these
forces now being in course of per- |
fection.
Rome, June 26.—Another sudden
flood of the Piave river has taken
place during the past twentyfour
hours, says a report from the
front this morning.
The swollen river has waehe"- a
way gome of the new bridges which
have been thrown across the west
bank by the Italian army; engineers
and is somewhat hampering the
pursuit of the Austrians.
After getting across the river
by various meens, some of the Aus
trian troops have surrendered to
the Italians who were hotly, pursuing
them.
W. C. Gunther and wife of Port
land, Ore., arrived in Skagway on
the Princess Sophia this morning.
Mr. Gunther is president of the
Oregon Retail Gracers association, j
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BRITISH MORS MAKE
SUCCESSFUL MID OVER
THREE GERMAN TOWNS
London, Wednesday. — Advice J
was received here In reports from
the front this morning that British
aviators had accomplished a puc-.
cessful air raid on the railways, fac
tories and soldiers barrackp In ■
Satrbrucken, Offenburg and Karls
rure.
The British airmen bombarded
these places and direct hits were
obtained. !'}
A great explosion occurred at
Karlsruhe shortly after the raid
had been, upon that place by the
British.
German airplanes gave fight to
the attacking British squadron, and
in the battle two German machines
were shot down and two others
brought down out of control.
Three of the British; machines are
missing.
ATTACK
Paris, Wednesday. — American !
troops carried out a brilliant at*;
tack against the enemy near Bel- j
leau wood last night in which they
captured 150 prisoners, one of whom
is a captain.
The French carried out a num
ber of raids during the night in
the regions of Mailly, Raineval, MM*
coeq, Vinly and Mont Oarnillet. All
of these were successful and netted
the French a number of prisoners
and sotne machine guns.
SEATTLE PIONEER FERE
CHIEF CALLED BY DEATH
Seattle, June $6.—Gardner Kel
logg, a pioneer of this city, 80
years of age passed away at hia
home In East Seattle yesterday.
Mr. Kellogg wae fire chief of
Seattle for a num&er of years in
the days of the volunteer fire de
partment.
Paris, June 26.—According to a
statement given out by the Greek
legation here this morning Greece
will soon have .200,000 men under
arms. ,j i
ENEMY CAN'T
STOP ITALIANS
Rome, Wednwday. — Tod#yk
reports given out by 'the Italian
War Office says that eTery in
vading Austrian has now been
driven across the Piave Or elae
killed or taken prisoners. T&®
Italian forces in .ttyeir cpunt^r
offensive have made important
gains today in the Venitian moun
tain sector.
IP i»
PS
Seattle, June 26. — With the
commission for placing orderp for
eightv million dollars worth of
wooden steamships witi, the
ington, Oregon, and British Oolum*
bia shipyards for the French gov
ernmnet, Alphonse Rio is now
making an inspection of the T^rlouS
yards to. determine the capacity of
the plants before placing the or
ders!. . . s».
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