No. 209 TWENTY FIRST YEAR
SKAGWAY, ALASKA, MONDAY. OCTOBER 14.' 1918
GOVERNMENT ASKS PEOPLE
. 10 SUSPEND OPINION
Washington, Oct. 13. — The gov
ernment has asked the American
peoule to withhold their judgment
o* Germany's note until the Presi
dent has received the official com
munication and had opportunity to
CO- aider it. The official document
has not been received at Washing
ton du* will probably be here to
morrow.
No official of the government
felt justified tonight in speaking
as a guide to public opinion in
the direction to the views which are
beig formed.
Paris, Oct. 13, Rec'd 14. — The
Cerniun stronghold I^t'ere together
with a great part of st..Gobain
Maasit of which Lefere was a north
erly outpost at Cise, has been occu
pied by the French. This is an
important move and put the French
iu possession of inueh territory
which has been stubbornly he!d oy
th.> Germans.
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London, Oct. 14.-—The British
have caDtured the Douai prison and
are within a_few.■" hudnred yards
o* the town of T)oUai and its cap
ture '3 expected at any time. This
is an important town and means
much to the advance of the Allies.
FRANCK BKKAKS WITH-FINLAND
Paris, Oct 14.—Diplomatic re"
lationi have been broken between
France and Finland, owing to the
Dlacin«c of a German prince °u
the throne of Finland.
Washington, Oct. 14.—The of
ficial German reply to the inquir
ies made by President Wilson in
regard to the exact meaning of the
f'rst peace note, has been received,
and th<» Presidnt is now preparing
an answer which it is understood
would not contemplate any cessa
tion of hostilities nor any negotia
tions with the German Government
excent upon conditions amounting to
unconditional surrender.
CASUALTIES
FOB THY
Washington, Oct. 14.—Today's re
port gives 1456 casualties, includ
ing 685 dead and 557 severely
wounded.
RECEPTIONN FOR MRS.
CORNELIA. T. HATCHER
Tomorrow afternoon at Mrs. G. V.
Zinkan's residence, between the
hours of three and five o'clock a
reception will be tendered Mrs.
Cornelia T. Hatcher. All of thai
'^dies of Skagway ar© invited' to
attend. ! '' !|j jatHP
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Washington. — The German gov
ernment accepts the terms as laid
down by President Wilson in his
address of January 8th. and h's sub
sequent address. Th« text of the'
German reply was received tonight.
Th» text of the German note is as
follows: I, '
• "In reply to the questions of the 1
President of the United States of A*'
meric* the Government hereby de
clares the German, government has
accepted the terms as laid down by
President Wilson in his address of
January 8th and in his subsequent
addresses on the foundation of a
permanent peace and of justice
whic* will consequently follow.
'ts object in entering into dls-1
cusslons of peace would bp only to
agree upon practical details for the 1
applications of these terms.
"Th« German government believes
thae, the governments of th0 pow-j
«r* associated with the United
States also take the position taken
by President Wilson in his ad
dress. ■ ■ fc U i
"The German government, in ac-'
sordance with the Austro-Hungar-1
lan government for the purpose of
bringing about an armistice, de*
clar°s itself ready to comply with
the propositions of Presd>ent Wil
BOn in regard to the evacuation by |
the German government of said
oecuoied territory as it holds now. I
"The German goevrnment sug-l
gesU that they may occasion a |
meel'ng of a mixed commission for
making th® necessary arrangements
concerning the evacuation of such
territory, i "i j
•'What has been done by the Ger-1
SATURDAY HEWS
B»sel, Oct. 12. —The Frankfort
Gazette says that the answer giv
en the United States oy Germany ad
herer to the demands made by Presi
dent Wilson. »
French Army in France, Oct. 13,
Rec'd 14.—Laon was entered by the
French troops today, marking the
beginning of a general retirement of
Germans. t -,J .; £,
Conenhagen, Oct. 12.—The North
GwiB&n Zoitung Bays today that the
German answer to PresUJent Wil"
pon'r note had fceen handed to the
Swise government. ■_ . ^
Washington, Saturday.—The cas
ualties for the past twenty four
hours are six hundred and seventy
two ot whom three hundred and
seventy are dead and two hundred
sixty seven wounded.
Paris, Oct. 12.—The French ar
my !Me this afternoon crossed the
Retourne river in great numbers and
art* pursuing the fleeing Germans
tow«r<J»-Bethel an important ene
my base on the Aisne river.
•London, Oct. 12.—Adoiiral Simms
In a soeech. last sight said that
man government which, -has un
dertaken the responsibility for this
steo towards peace has been form"
ed by a conference and In agree
ment with the great: majority of
the members of the Reichstaag, the.
the German Imperial chancellor sup
porting In all actions to direct
the will of the majority.
"He aoeaks in the name of the |
German government and of the
German people."
Washington, Oct. 1-3, Rec'd 14.
—The President returned today
from a week end visit and announc
ed that the people must bear in
mind that his inquiry was merely a
move ad interim and that he had
bound himself to nothing and pro
posed nothing. He merely asked
questions to satisfy himself as to
the sincerity of the Germans.
Washington, Oct. 14.—Secretary
U&ker of the Navy, returned today
from his visit to France.
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London, Oct 13, Rec'd 14.—The
text of the German governments re
Oly to President Wilson's note
was checked up by the British For- j
eigu office today.
"Unconditional surrender" is ra
pidiv gaining popularity in response '
to tM German document.
Paris, Oct. 13, Rec'd' 14.— The
reply of the German government to
President Wilson's questions are
regarded here to indicate that GOr
mays' diplomatic front is as flex
ible as her military front.
tbero are five thousand antT-subma.
xlna cral't in opea s«a in search of
German submarines and making it
oossible for the Allies to win the
war, tt
Washington, Oct. 14.—The cas
ualties for Sunday are. six hun*
dred and eight. Of these three hun
dred and thirty four are dead and
two hundred and eighty nine «are
severely wounded.
London, Oct. 12.—Lord Balfour
in addressing the American editors
in convention assembled charged
that the Germans were brutes ^be
fore the war and that they are still
brutes and should be d^ealt with as
such.
London, Oct. 12.—The war office
renorted today that the British army
had oassed' the. Drocourt-Quamt
linn and had reached Lens-Douai
railway. It wag also'reported Wat
the Germans were retiring from
Dou#». !' | J.. 1 L
London, Saturday. — Three hUn*
dr?d and seventy two American sol
diers Derished' when the transport
Otranto was sunk between Scot
land and Ireland In a head end col
lision with the Japanese transport
Kaehoir. , ; , J!'t '
Berlin, Oct. 12.—The German war
office announced today that the
German forces had retired from
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Berlin, Oct. 14.—The war office
announced today that the town of
NNIsh had been captured and was
now occupied by the entente forcoa.
WICKER8HAM IN SEATTLE
Seattle, Oct. 14.—Judge James
Wicicersham arrived here after a
very successful campaign thru the
interlo- of Alaska and Seward P«n*
Insula. In an interview h® stated
"After the war nothing will )>e too
good for the American returned
soldier.'* He will >eaYe tonight for
Southeastern Alaska where he
will finish his campaign. He is
confident of hia re-election.
BRITISH DEMAND
SURRENDER'
London, Oct. 14.—The preM and
the people of Great Britain are ■
unit in demanding that uncondi
tional surrender are thft. only tejm»
open to Germany. ,
W. KILL
BEAT IT
London, Oct. 14.—The H®1"11®
Nationa' Zeitung says that th# r®**
ignation of Princ® MaimilHan **
Chancellor ia regarded as certain- ^
thHr position to lines In the rear
Thj> report also said that the cne
my followed Blowly and occupied
line* fast of Beaumant and Bre-,
bieres railway.
Berne, Oct. 12.—The Wolff News
Bureau sent out a semi-official dis
natch from Berlin last night stat
ing that the German reply to Presi
dent Wilson's reply to the peace
not# wfla sent last night and that
it *»a in a sense an accetopance of
tne terms as laid down.
With the Anglo-American Forces,
Valcnciennes Front. — The evacua
tion of the cityf"of Valenciennes it
self was started three weeks ago
is the story told hy prisoners cap
tured today. They said that they
h»d had orders to hold' on to the
tons and Americans as possible be
fore giving up.
London, Oct. 12. — Reuters Bays
*' <s morning that Turkey had ap
proached the United States with a
■vieit tor the establishedme&t ot
peace and that Austria and Tur*
key had both informed Germany
that they will accept President W'l-,
son's peace terms is th® tenor
a dispatch from Amsterdma. ^
Wltc the French Army in I
Oc* 12.—General Gouraud's t£ |
havp crossed over the SuiWf' .. I
I « if '
1 almost everywhere along- » fcourt i
fron» extending from
end Bethebiville to Vousierea
Guh as wall. , . .i0n
A'1 tne villages in the
legion south of Laon are b
as the Germans are In *ul1
Paris, Oct. 13, Rec'd U- f0m
tir# lino of the German ^[lttLlC(>
[ St Gobian to Argonne a ' x now
s'xty miles baa cracked afW are
appears that the ""^^th of
forced to retreat to ' can find
j thlrt" miles . The
a Hue lor their wjth ir
I French are rusb'l
I resistible impeto^J
——12.—As Ppeil
N#w Yorfr, >rCfed at the head'
d«Bt Wilson * ^ x)ay oarade to
of the a prltter, broXe
day, H. /• pu^s 'and attempted to
through him Boone »M
abate ''^charged with diaor
arreste^^t; Rumors spread that
dei" fid*1'8 life had been thre*1'
tbs °.r„».here was no such attempt
pnedJ0t —
..-on, Oct. 12. — Field Marshal
L l(,reported to tne British war
.l'e this morning that tb« t»"
t?8 of Hamel, and Bredler«, thre*
Jiles from Douai Qulncy ana
Hies from Douai have teen <*p
i"d. , _ .....
Farther nortn tne b"uou
push-.' to the east of Henin Lie
tan' north west of IX>u.ai and In t&a
environs of the enemy and harry
ing him on all sides.
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