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SKAGWAY, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 1918 PIUOE 10 CENTS
No. 88 TWENTY FIRST YEAR
WESTERN THRUST GERMANS GREAT ADVENTURE
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PERSHING NOT SATISFIED WITH |
BRIGADE PUS IN FRANCE
Washington, Wednesday, — The
in:D.essiou is growing stronger each
Cay 1 ore that from reports received
froai France and from other
sources, Genera? Peshing, in com
mand of the American forces in
France, and other officers are not
at all pleased or contented with
the brigade plan, which is cow in
effect, relieving, them as it does
of a certain amount of leadership.
T1>q p4an was adopted only; as
an emergency measure and the
war department Plan at present i»
to call out till brigaded men as
soo.i as possible to be reformed1
and reequipped into divisional umlts.
VANCOUVER HAS
DISASIHOUS FIRE
Vancouver, May 15. — At an \
carlj hour this mottling fire broke |
cm in the Ooughlan & Sons pteei I
sli.pyartls, aud before the flames
ci>ul' be gotten under control d<am- i
a.-.e to the extent of $1.500,000.
hai' Deen done. Foreman Cameron j
'vas Killed when a por'ion of a
wail feCl out without warning.
CLAIM CHARGE j
IS FSSIE UP.
Ne* Yofk, May 15.—Gutson Borg j
luai. Hie sculptor, whose report
caused the flare-up in Congress
respecting the aircraft poduction dv
mak.iig charges of mismanagement i
anj misappropriation of funds, ]
and who was said to have carried >
"oil negotiations to become a silent
partcer of an aircraft poduction cor
ocnUiou after being appointed by
President Wilson to make a report,
todav characterized as a scurrilous
frsmeup the chages that he was in
auv way connected with a private i
an craft corporation. 1
Inn steamship Jefferson is report
eri a* Juneau but is not expected in [
th s port until tomorrow morning. j
GIVEN SEATTLE
?eattle .May 15.-—The United
States government, through the
;overnment shipbuilding corpora
:Icl>, foday placed orders with the !
jewly consolidated Skinner & Eddy 1
iad Seattle Construction and Dry
D.jck companies, for $100,000,000
vorth of 6teel steamships.
Thia gigantic order was given, as
i result of the merger of the two
ar<;» ship building concerns, which
}y the merger increases the facili
ies oi these firms to a vast extent.
With the addition of this last
irJer the contracts now in the
lands of shlphraiKlers in Seattle
vi" totaJ over a, quarter billion dol*
ar3 , M fl"
CASUALTY LIST
IS
Washington, May 15.—Oae bun
-ed aud twenty casualties are re
ort«>d from the American headr
ua'ters in Franc© today. Of this J
umoer six were killed or diod of I
ho'r wounds and. fifty four others J
,re wounded!. The balance are re
orted missing.
Special Offering On
Men's Suits
We are Offering a Line of Men's
Suits at $ 17.50
$1.50 Dress Shirts for $ 1.00
A Broken Lot of Men's Shoes at
One Half Off
ALBERT REINERT
Broadway between Third and Fourth Phone 41
H DEB MOHEf
Mil HUB FROM
RBI
Washington, May 15. — Advioe
has been received through authentic
sources and is today announced t>X
tha State Department that the lat
est German demands on Russia
show that RAissia has. been, aslred to
make financial concessions to Ger
many, in addition to whiteh. she is
asked to give up Moscow and oth
er important Russian, cities, and
'o immediately cease the arming of
troops and to demobilize the army
which she now lia$ standing.
GERMANS DON'T ADMIT 10
PEOPLE WHEN THEY'RE LICKED
Berlin, Wednesday.—Thte German j
w 'x office today announce that Ger"
man troops? made a successful thrust
into the British line on the north
bank of the Somine rivter at ft point
Ou the Bray Corbie road. The en
emv made counter attacks but
were repulsed.
London, Wednesday. — In an j
attack on British positions extend- i
In.- over a mile front near Morlati- j
FRENCH GAIN; GERMAN'S
FAIL
V
Faris, Wednesday.—Reports re*
;eiv<;i at th© French War Office
from field headquarters this after
noon state that the French) made
1.1 attack on the German positions
n"ar Haill and; below Amiens, and
captured the woods on the West
of the Avre river.
Germans followed by counter at
tacking but were beaten off with
severe losses. Violent ar
:illery fgihtlng- ia now in progress
ill along the line between Mondid-1
er and Noyon.
PIONEER CLERK TAKES LIFE
Seattle, May 15.—John Van Hern,
t pioneer clerk ln the county trea
uirer's office committed* suicide at
n early hour thi» morning1.
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OETACNABU ROWBOAT & CANOE MOTOR
Easily attached to the stern
of rowboat or canoe —
ready to take you on enjoy
able outings, fishing and
hunting trips.
Portable, easy to operate,
always dependable.
Evinrude Magneto — Built-in
Flywheel Type — Automatic
Reverse — more ower and
speed.
Sold bu
P. H. Ganty
EVINRUDING- ^
n iowkaj HOrMiwO
court, the Gemans penetrated the
British position in one place for a
short distance, but at all other
pcin's the enemy was repulsed with
heavy losses.
A short time after the attack Aus
tralian troops made a counter at
tack on tlx© newly occupied! posi
tion of the Germans and retook It
inflicting severe punishment on
lie Hun force.
ALASKA I0PS
COAST STATES
Sail Francisco, May 15.—Alaska
by over-subscribing its Third Lib
erty Loan 247 per cent, carried
anny first honos for the Twelfth
Federal District. Arizona is next
with 201 per cent., then Nevada
w.th 271 per cent., and Oregon with
146 per cent. Official figures com- j
piled last night show a total of i
$273,232,100 from the District Of-1
ficials predict *ho total will run
cIosf to $2SO,000,000 when all of
the figures are in.
IS ARRESTED
III CORDOVA
Juneau, May 14-—J. T. Kuth
tert, wanted by the officers In
connection witli the death, of James
Collide, whose body was founff
neir Tlian0 with a bullet bote in
the oack of bis bead, was arrested
in Cordova, according to a wire re"
cetved from there by the Marshal s
office this afternoon.
TROUBLE RIFE
IN AUSTRIA
London, JMay 15. — A state of
siege lias been declared on the vil"
lase of Smicliow, a suburb of the
cHv of Pa-ague, audi Bohemia troopS
have been pent a.w*y.
E. O. DAV XO BE MEATLESS IN
FRANCE
Paris, Wednesday. — Beginning
to (lay France will tiave tbreg meat*
less days eaohi week.
Subscribe for: The Dally Alaska*.
Every Man, Boy, Horse, Machine Used
In Desperate Endeavor To Gain
Decision On Which To Base
Peace Overtures—Now
Considered Failure
Witt British, Arm;es to. France,
Wednesday. — There ie little doubt
here hut that Germany) embarked
on her last great adventure in
wh!ch every man, boy, house and
machine waa to have been used< in
a desperate endeavor to gain a
xreat decision, when, the western
oiffc&siVQ wag planned.
i During the present fighting Qe?"
man drafts are being made to it
fic th-e divisions on the weste.^
figh'iug front Half of theBe di
visions are composed of rettrjA
wounded soldiers, and the aew rf*
cruits are mainly boys wbo ha ft
barel/ reached the age of 18 year*.
,000,000 IONS
NEW SHIPS
. ON SEAS'
Washington, May 13. — With
the completion! of several ships !
which were launched in various j
shipyards throughout the coun
try yesterday, the first million, ton
of ships were completed and deliv
ered to the government under the
direction, of the Federal Shipping
board.
I
All of these ships have l>een
built and put on the seas to help
defeat ©erinaoy and' Will go * long
war towards replacing- the tonnage
of ships sunk by the enemy's sub
marine®. ; j , j j |
COSSACKS HAVE
HUNS ON HUN
!
Moscow, May 15.—Rostovondon
the largest city in Don Cossarik
territory has !w recaptured by
Soviet troops. The Germans took
the city yesterday and today were
drievn out with fearful loss. They
me retreating before the pursuing
Cpssaoka In, diorder.
AEROPOST NOW
IN OPERATIOI
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Washington, 3fay 15.—Aar®
mai' service betweeu Wash lug t^§
and Philadelphia and New York Mfl®
inaugurated this morning at 11:10
o'clock when thirty airplanes w«r§
Btirred with, five hundred) pound#
of mail in each machine.
Nineteen letters and p»ckag«i
sent from Now York to Preside*!
Wilson via the first aeropost wer»
de'nered to the chief executive
the White House this afternoon.
172 SHIPS"
BEAT OFF SUBS
London, Wednesday.—Dr. Mas*
Namsra, financial secretary of tb#
Brit'sh admiralty, announced, t'cli
marting In the Housg of Oommoni
tnnt on the whole the gene.-tf
trend of the warfare against autr
marines had progressed quite at 4*
factorily since January 1, 1918. '■'%
said' that 172 steamships were u i*
successfully; attacked by gubmarin 1.
«.ni that iai a number of instant -t
the attacking U-boats had beet
sunk.
Spring Suits
With A Gentlemanly Air
About Them
As good in their inside make-up as
they are in their outside looks.
Shapely, sturdy, smart suits (or the
man who knows which way the
wind of fashion blows this year.
Pattern* neither too loud nor too
modest, but just medium, for the
man who doesn't wish to appear
overdressed. No disappointment
lurks in the values at the price
range.
JAMES KENNEDY