• No. 108 TWENTY FIRST YEAR
SKAGWAY, ALASKA, TUESDAY, JUNE 11. 1918
Cruelest Battle In World War Being Fought
New York, June 11.—A liner
reaching this port this afternoon, re
ports that Allied destroyers which
were escorting her battled with sub
marines and in the ensag«ment It
is stated for certain that one of
the German U-boats was, sunk and
that probahly two more were also
sent to ;h© bottom.
The liner was steaming on her
way escorted by the destroyers when
the submarine# were Bl&hted, and
the destroyers immediately opened
tire with the result that Bhots^Were
seen to take effect on one of the
divers and as the shells were Been
to strike very close to two others
it is believed! that they were al
so sunk.
BRITISH DRIVE RUNS BUCK HALF
MILE Si TAKE 233 PRISONERS
London, June 11-—Reports re
ceived by the Ixindon War office this
morning from the British field head'
quarters say that British trvjops at
tacking the enemy at a point slight
sou th or Albertt, between the
Ancre nd Somme last night a<^~ |
rancod their lines half a mile on a I
front extending for more than a j
mile and a halt and captured; ~23C |
prisoners. ,
WILSON SOUNDS
NOTE WARNING
Washington, Tuesday. — Presi
dent Wilson sent a telegram to
President Samuel Gompers of the
Affiliated' Federation of l.abor now
in convention at St. Pual In which
he sounds a solemn note- of warning.
In his teletrram President Wil
son says: "The world war can he
lost in America as well as on the
fields of France. Any illy consid
ered or unjust Interruption which
would' effect the labor conditions
thivjughout the nation may make It
impossible to win the war."
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FOR ALASKA RAILWAY
Seattle, June 11.—A ten-wheeled
locomotive consigned to the Alaska
Engineering commissioner for use oa
the new government railroad was
today' shipped to Xenana .the en
gine being loaded on the steam
ship Vald-ez for St. Michael, where
it will be loaded on barges and haul
ed up the Yukon.
lis. TRANSPORT
SHOOTS IT SUB
I
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New York, Tuesday.—An Ameri
can transport which has Just re- !
turned to this port from a trip^ over
seas reports taking five shot at a
German submarine off the coast of
New Jersey Monday afternoon. It
is not known whether the shots
were effective or not.
GERMANS MAKE GAIN'S
AT GREAT SACRIFICE j
Paris, Tuesday.—Through; the j
greatest sacrifice of her soldiers j
Germany has driven forward In the |
center of the Montdidier-Xoyoti 8ec- .
tor, and! captured the villages of
Mery, Bellery and St. Maaire.
Berlin, Tuesday.—The War Of
fice announced that in an encoun- j
ter with the enemy southwest of
Noyon we are making progress
against newly brought up French j
forces. In the engagements during ,
the past few day's fighting we tap- j
tured eight thousand' prisoners.
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With. Fren<^, Armies In the Field, j
Tuesday.—The Gorman drive be-1
tweem Montdidier and Noyon today |
is becoming the most cruel battle |
of the entire war.
Into this dfive the Germans - are
apparently determined to throw theifl
last reserves In one supreme ef
fort to separate the Allied armies
and thus reach Paris before the full I
force of America's participation in ■
It can ba brought into action and >
thu« wrest from the Prussians their I
last hopes of victory. i
It now appears that the German i
plan is to drive through to Amiens
and tlius out off th. American and)
British forces which, are operating
with the French along the western
front to the north of Montdidier
and then sweep south through thlsi
breach to Paris, and deal a blow
that will crush the hearts of a]l
Frenchmen by laying waste their be-1
loved' Paris.
The French forces are confident
that their lines cannot be broken,
uird at headqiiarters there seems to
bo a sense of satisfaction over the
result of the past day's fighting
that is most reassuring.
AMERICAN HOPS QUIETLV •
AWAIT ONSLAUGHT OF
ME GERMAN FORCES
Witth Americans West of Mont-^
didter, Tuesday. — The American
troops here are now in the shadow i
of the new German drive in this j
sector and are cautiouoly awaiting
the attack, all in readi.ieses for |
any blow that tlie Hun may direct
against them.
An ominous quiet pervades the
whole line and the troops in the
entire sector in the Cantlgny re&ion
is quietly awaiting any crash that
may fall against them.
Jiuicau, Alaska, June 10, 1918.
Alaskan, Skagway.
1 have today Ijwucd a proclamation designating Friday, Juno
Fourteenth as Flag Day, an|j5 I have proclaimed it a holiday,
awl ask that it be generally observed as such with appropriate
Flag Day ceremonials held at the respective settlement and
towns and villages throughout the Tertrritory of Alaska.
THOMAS J. RIGGS, Ciovernor.
The above is the test of a cablegram received by this paper
last evening aud while it is only the announcement that such a
proclamation has been made by Governor Riggs, it is well for
the citizens of Skagway to consider at once so that arrange
ments may be made for some suitable exercises which should be
held £n a public place in honor of "Old Glory."
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Washington, June 11.—The ap
propriation of five and one quarter
million dollars for the continua
tion of the construction of the
Alaska railroad yap approved' by
the House appropriations committee.
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10THERL0QE •
SELLS CONIRDL
IB KENNEGGI1
N'ew York, June 11.—Contiol ol
the Motherlode Copper Company,
whose property in Alaska adjoiwa
the Bonanza mines of the Kenne
cott Copper Corporation, has been
acquired by interests connected
with the latter company. The Moth
erlode Company has $5,230,000
stock outstanding and .$254,500 con
vertible 6 per cent gold' bonds. It
is understood that a new company
will be formed, with the approval
of the Capital Issues Committee,
1 stock will be exchanged foi
the shares and bond of the Mother
Iod<a. • I ! ; <fl
The company owns seventy lod
and placer claims, on approximate
ly 1,400 acres of land in the Cop
per river district. Engineering
reports have told of valuable de
posits of oopper, but lack of suffi
cient capital has heretofore helc
back development -work, The new
owners are palnning to pus I
operations. Rumors heard of late It
regard to the transaction have hac
it that the property would ultimate
ly be turned over to he TCennecot
Corporation, but confirmation hai
so far been lacking. Details of th<
Motherlode plans ar^, expected
a few days.
The draft slackers, Mdkie an<
Shemric,, sent over from Auchoragi
to Val-dez, were pentenced to servi
five days in jail, after which the;
■vill be compelled to join the army.
Dr. L. S. Keller was a passe®
ger for Juneau on the Bteamshi]
Humboldt, where he has gone oi
business matters ,and while in th
capital city will attend the Re
publican divisional conventioanl. H
will return on one ol the next boat
With American Army on the |
Marno, Tuesday. — United States ,
Marines, or "Devil Hounds" as the'
Germans have come to call them on •
account of their fierce fighting qual
ities, have again extended) their I
gains northwest of Chateau Thierry, ■
storming neariy all Bellieu wood
and driving the enemy therefrom, j
In that region they have advanc
ed their line for more than hall a
mile, and In the advance two Ger
man minenwerfers, or liquid* fire
.shooting cannon, were captured.
Those two pieces of German
ordnance are the largest pieces they
have thus fare captured from the
Hung.
HUNS UNABLE TO HOLD GAINS
AGAINST THE FRENCH ON OISE
Paris, Tuesday. — The French,
war office today announced* that the
Germans last night penetrated, to
within nine miles of the Oise river
at Ribe Court, and also reached the
Aronde river within four miles of
Campaigne. . » M J
In making the report the maxi
mum advance by the enemy la given
at seven milee, but whea the Huns
had reached this point thejr were
hurled! back by the French troops
who not only held the Germans on
the west wing but couter attacked
and retook the village of Mary.
CASUALTY LIST |
HAS 130NAMES;
Washington, Tuesday. — General
Pershing in making his report to
the War Department this morning
gives a casualty list of 130, 29 of
whom were Wiled in action or died
ot wounds. In addition to this 91
are reported wounded. Nine are
missing.
RICH SOCIALIST'S WIFE
INDICTED FOR ESPIONAGE
Kansas City, June 11. — Mrs.
Rose Pastor Stokes, wife o£, the
prominent New York Socialist, has
been convicted of violating thee es
pionage act on thr€<e counts.
H. W. DuBois; of Philadelphia,
consulting engineer for the Alaska
Copper corporation is a passenger o
the steamer Alameda for Cordova,
from where he will continue on to
the company's property south of
Kennecott. '
New York, June 11.—The MeAri
Engineering regiment, which l«ft
New York May 26 for France, ac
cording to advices received, has
arrived safely. The regiment U
composed mainly of Alaskans who
were employed' with the Alaska En*
gineering Commission. Among the
well known. Seward boys with the
regiment are Burt Denny, GraaV
Carlson, Rush Calvert and James
P. Moml),
BAKER SAYS 700,000 U. S.
TROOPS NOW IN FRANCE
Washington, June 11.—Secretary
of War Baker in an address whict
ha made today stated that at the
present time there were over 700,
000 soldiers overseas, and that
troops were constantly being sent
across, and before the next eixt)
day® there would1 be over on® mil*
lion American troops in Franco.
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