No. 39 TWENTY FIRST YEAH ^ SKAGWAY, ALASKA, TUESDAY, MARCH 19. 1918 PRICE 10 CENTS
ALLIES TO FIGHT UNTIL JUSTICE IS ESTABLISHED
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WITH GAS SHELLS
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French and American Soldiers Pierce
German Trenches For Distance
of 300 Yards
American Army in France, March
19.—Auiercy>n artillery ou t'ae Toul
Ireut bombarded towns within eu
tuiy linw> this morning. A con
siderable uuinber of gas shells? were
need, some of them doin^ immense
•Uaaiage in the town of Ksssey. Oth
ers feii in Montses,
A:: American patrol between Ren
tio;«* wood and Jury wootl, en
countered a patrol of the enemy this
forenoon and fought for half an
hour. l:. S. soldiers tried to take
some cf the tjnemy as prisoners,
but without result .although a num
ber of fights with pistols and
i rifles occurred as the Germans re
tire \ running from tree to tree
in their efforts to escape American
nui: fire.
AMERICANS IX I MID
American Army in France, March
19—French and American forces
asjain raided German trenches in
tae BaJonviUers region today, pene
tr«' i. 300 yards into the enemy
l'l-e. At two pointsi they found
Germans had evacuated their posi
tions because of American artillery
flra. ' ,
Loudon. March 1!'.—Fifty people
were killed and great material d^m
ase was don* by bombs dropped
fro*u Allied airplanes when they
raid:d Coblenz, Germany, on March
12. l.-cording to a neutral traveler
win arrived Monday at Hague.
HOLLAND ALVEPTS
TKK.MS WITH CONDITIONS!
The Hague. March 19.—Holland
has accepted with certain conditions
the Anglo-American demand regard
ing Hutch shipping.
OBSERVERS WILL
BE WITH BUN
ARMY ;
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Loudon, March 19.—Heads of j
the German army have invited a j
number of neutral correspondents to'
be i resent at the great German of- |
tensive on the Western front. A !
correspondent at Copenhagen re-J
ports ohservers will leave for the .
frout tomorrow.
Auen'iOii is again called to the!
i-ict that all $50 bonda for the '
second Liberty Loan have been re-1
ce.veu by the Bank of Alaska. These
are owned by a great many Skag
way people, who are urged to call
for the same. J
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WAISTS
New Voile Waists in Plain White
and Stripes; also the new Slip Over
Blouse in Dotted Swiss, $2.75 to 3.50
BRASSIERES
Brassieres in Heavy Lace and Em
broidery and Silk Crepe de Chine
from $1.00 to $2.50
fALBERT REINERTj
Broadway between Third and Fourth —~ [Phone 41
ENGINEER 8ARRY
PASSED AWAY
LAST HI6HT
Ed. Barry, engineer on rotary
snov.- plow No. 1,which, jumped the
tra„'. yesterday at mile nine on the
Wh fehorsp spur of the White Pass
& Yukon Route, died about 6
o'clock last night hi, the Whitehorse
general hospital. Mr. Barry was
buinrd over his entire body and the
burn was of a deep nature. The
accident took place about 1 p. m.,
Mr. Barry living but a few hours.
The bodies of A. J. Collison and
EU. Barry will arrive in Skagway on
tonight's train. Mr. ColliBon's
body will bo removed to Seattle for
burial.
The rotary snow plow was pre
ceding a train yesterday on the
Whitehorse spur. 9 miles frfcm the
main line, enroute to the Pueblo
mine for machinery when the acci
dent happened. The cause camnot
be definitely learned, but from news
nicked up about town it is generally
thought ice on the rails caused the
rotary to jump the track and. turn
over1.
A. J. colltsoi) was in tne puoi
house with Superintendent Halm
when the accident happened. Mr.
Hahn jumped out one door of the
house ,and Collison the other, the
latter presumably leaping' to the
s'd- on which, the rotary fell. Win,
Flyiin, fireman, leaped from the cab
and escaped Injury. Kd. Barry was
in fhe engine part of the rotar>', be
ins unable to escape .
As soon as the accident occurred J
Mr Rarrv was removed with all |
possible speed to Whitehorse Bind |
placed in the hospital. His death,!
however, was imminent. He re
ga'i. (1 consciousness for a few miiw
ut£j :i >d calltxl' for Fathei< Turnell.
A wire was immediately sent to Ft.
Seward where Father Turnell wa
at Miat time, and arrangements were
ma '•> to bring him to Skagway aiS
take him to Whitehorse last night.
Mi. Rarry died before the Peterson
from Ft. Seward reached Skagway.
Whitehorse spur branches) out
frcm the main line 7 miles from
Whitehorse, and goes to the Pueblo
mine. The accident took place 9
mi'es cut on the spur, making a j
total distance of 16 miles from |
Whitehorse.
A. J. COMiscn leaves a wife amd ]
four children in Skagway, who will
leave on the Princess Royal to
raurow night for Seattle where
they will stay with Mr. Collison's
mother. Mrs. Collison's home is
near Ottawa. The body of Mr. Co>l
lison will be takeu out on the s|&me
boat for burial.
E'\ Barry has a mother in White
horse a sister, and several brothers,
one of whom is in Spokane and
another in Portland. Mr. Barry'-,
mother has been paralyzed for years,
and is unconscious a good part of
the time. His sigter is married to
Mr. P. Muray. Mr. Barry joined
B. P O. E., No. 431, in October
1905. and tecords show he 1 waa
bo-a «ii Oakland, California, in, 1880.
St [MTl£ FOR COIlfflL
1KB1 BULK
Copenhagen, March, 19.—Fighting
for control or the Trans-Siberian
railway at ft point where it skirts
the southern shores oE Lake Baikal
in Mid-Sflberta is) in progress, ac
cording to Informatton received here
today. i i
Antf-Bolsheviki forces are greatly
out-,numbered. It is estimated
tli-v 150,000 German and Austro
Hacgarian prisoners are to the
east and west of the lake ready to
fight. • ' I
ID KILLED
33 INJURED
Miami. Florida, March 19. — Two
m»n. were killed and 33 Injured to
day w heu an unfinished} aeroplane
hang«r eal lapsed1 at Dlanerhey «a- '
val a'r station.
GERMANS WAIT
1HEATY WITH
SWEDEN !
Washington, March. 19-—Germany;
is charged in official dispatches re
ceive here today with having' at
tainted to force Sweden, to be
c ni" a participant In Brest LLtoysk
conferences for settlement of ques
tions affecting the tfalttc sea.
DAYLIGHT SAVING
BILL WED
BY WILSON
Washington, March 19. — Presi
dent Wilson this afternoon, signed
the daylight saving bill. Clocks will
be set forward one hour beginning
at two o'clock on th.e morning of
■March 31. At the end. of October
they will be turned back one hour.
11K.H BOWLING SCORES
Two hundred scores made on the
Klks bowling alley the past week
Include Oscar Selmer 211 and 200;
C. C. Cole 208; Mrs. Osoar Selimer
213. ! | |-H|-j
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Copenhagen, March. 19. — Herr
Vou Hertline, Imperial Chancellor
ot Germany, on first reading in the
Reichstag of Germany's peace trea
ty with Russia .declared he did not
wish to discuss opinions of Ger
many's enemies regarding the
truatjr. (
"Hypocrisy," the chancellor
added, "has become secomd nature
to the enemy, whose untruthfulness
is made yorse by; itg brutality, at
th* very moment when they are |
lv-'ng b heavy hand on a neutral
country. f
H«rtlin® • refers to the proposed
seizure of Holland's Shipping by J
»b« Allies.
ENEMY HMDS
Paris, March 19—.Attacks by 1
German 6torm troops in the regions '
of Nieuport, Dixnvude .and Merckem j
gamed a footing at some points, but j
all were expelled by counter at- !
tacks, says a Belgian official state- I
ment .
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PEACE TREATIES
DISAVOWED er
ENTENTE
Condemn German
Political Crimes
In Russia
I.viidon, March 19.—The su
preme war council of the AUiodi na
tions issued a statement today con
demning- German political crimes
agah st Russian »ud Rumania® K©o
u!'-'s, refusing to acknowledge Ger
many's peace terms and treaties
with tliwn, and declaring we are
tiiihtiuand mean, to continue fight
jng in order to finish once and for
ail with this policy of plunder,
and to establish, in. its place the
peaceful regin of organized' justice.
fourIpies
CAUGHT IK
NEW YORK
New York, March 19. — Barom
Henr. De Deviile, Mrs. Elizabeth
Charlette Nix, Count Robert De
Clairniont, and Madame Desplna Da
vidcyitch Storch, have been caught
in a code correspondence plot with
foreign officials and have been or
dered deported.
Mrs. Nix confessed to havaig re
ceived $3000 from former German
ambassador Reimstorff.'
P.UUS REPORTS '
ARTILLERY FlGHl'3
Paris, March 19.—Heavy artillery
fUh'ing occurred throughout the
day on the Verdun front.
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bought at our shop.
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r stock.
It would please both you and
us if you called to look them
over.
JAMjES KENNEDY