®he Static JUaskan
No. 201 TWENTY FIRST YEAR
SKAGWAY, ALASKA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1918 ^ICB 10 CENTS
ALLIES CAPTURES ARE
ENORMOUS SINGE JULY 18
. Paris. Oct. 3. — la the 'ast
twenty days of September the Allies
kav • captured one hundred twenty
'hree thousand1 thirty six German
prisoners, sixteen hundred cannon
and "machine guns in Frauc^ and t
1 belkiu'm. The total capture of
(he Allies since July fiftertith is (
' 'wo hundred and fifty four thouS- ;
and. j
W.P.J. CLUB
MG DRIVE
A* a lecent meeting of the White
F as Athletic Club a movement was
star'ed to raise the membership of
*ne duo so as to make the keep
lug of it ooen this winter a cer
tainty. The raemDership has drop
ped go much lately, owing to the
(earing of quite a few of the mem
bers that It behooves the active
members to see that every one In
Skagway is a contriouting member
lu some manner. Upon making a
i-anvaas of the city it was discov
ered that there were over one
hundred people here that were
tligible but who were not members
and 'n order to see that they had
an ooportunity to join, two cap
'ains were appointed and instruct
ed 'o secure aids and* start out on
a membership hunt. Alex Bianch
ard *ud James Kennedy were the
ones who were selected *o head
the respective sides and they have
aboJ» completed their organizations
and from uow until the contest
clost9 there will be something do
ing every day. The ooject is a
gooi one and should meet with en
couragement from fcVery side and
undoubtedly will.
ALL CIVILIAN'S ARE TAKEN
Paris, Oct. 8.—When the Allies
entered the evacuated town of St.
Quentin they did not find one ci
vilian as the Germans had removed*
all of them when they moved out.
Father Rivet of Whitehorse ar
rived last night on the train and is
visiting with the new rector of St
Marks. Father GaJlaut. for a few
days. .
WISH GAINS
MORE GROUND
London, Oct. 13.—General Haig
reports that the Germans have lost
further ground to the British in the
outskirts of Cambrai and in the
northwest but that northeast of,
St Quent'u the British und<er vio
lent counter attack by the Germans
baVe been forced from the village
Sequehart.
INS RETREAT
IDE fill
London, Oct. 3. — War orfice re*
i port, that Germans are retreating
lover a wide front north and south
'of LaBasse canal, with the British
closely following them
heaviTfight
CONTINUiNG
Paris, Oct. 3.—Heavy fighting
oontinues in the region north of
Itheims and' the French army has
continued to advance capturing
Loivre railway junction. Cbeeile*
ranite in Champagne has Deen cap
ture'' by General Gourand.
FOURTH LIBERTY LOAN FACTS
Skagway's Quota - $25,900.
Subscriptions Received to Close of
Business Last Night • • • 8,200.
Balance Still to Be Subscribed • 17,700.
Our Boys are going "over the top" these days in France.
Can't the citizens of Skagway do as much?
BANK OF ALASKA.
UH PICT
]
GEORGE MOWL. Proprietor
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BEAD GERMANS
STREW ROADWAY
London, Oct. 3.—Late report to
day state that the British are push
ing after the retreating enemy and
haye- reached the general line off
Citestaugust Douvrin, east of La
bassee, east of Aubers and west of
Grenier wood. The advance is con*
tnd:D£ north of Cambra. In one
sunken road captured by Canadian
and' British there waa an empty
chin't gun every four yards. Along
the road bodies of men were mixed
with wreckage of machine guns.
HUNS QUIT
T
Berlin, Oct. 3. — Th0 Imperial
War Office announced today that
the Germans ha^. evacuated- Lens
and that Armentiere was evacuated
tile «ame evening.
GOAL FIELDS
London, Oct. 3. — The evacua
tion of Lens and Armentieres means
that Germany has virtually lost the
great coal fields which she has held
since the beginning of te war.
The war office announced today
• hat >he situation toward the sur
render of Turkey was progressing
favorably.
ALLIES GAMS
E
Paris, Oct. 3. — The Allied en
veloping movement is turning and
j go'U" toward Rouaix Lille. There
!'t is becoming more accentuated.
| The army under General De
| goutte now in the vicinity of Foul
ers was sent north from the posi
| 'ion left by General Mangin.
SCHOOL CHILDREN DEMONSTRATE
The farewell given by the school
children, assisted by the faculty, to
thr- Skagway boyB who were ind'uct-,
ed >nto the service yesterday and t
who '.eft on the Harbor Boat Peter" ,
sou for Ft. Seward in the afternoon, |
wan probably the most interesting
and earnest demonstration of a sim- j
ilar nature that has ever occurred in
this whole broad Northland.
A* bs»lf past two o'clock yester-1
day afternoon a pageant composed of
all th» school children formed in!
front of the chool building, and pre-,
cede<? bv drums the long line march-,
ed 'n gteo down State street to |
10th Avenue to Broadway and downj
that thoroughfare to Second' aven-1
ue and on to the wharf and thence
to a vost of vantage overlooking the t
little ship where she was moored to
the dock.
Immediately following the drums
marehr.d the kindegrarten grades
bearin* a huge American flag, and j
thcv. little tots, intent on "watch
ing their step" were followed by,
•be grades of the grammar classes
In their seniority. Each child in
l'ne carried Old Glory over his or
her "eft shoulder, while in their
righ hand they carried a bouquet
children, and assuring them that he,
together with the men who were leav
ing, would'do all they could as Yan
kee soldiers to uphold the honor
and dignity of the Stars and Stripes,
The lilting had come, and the little
steamship blew her warning whistle,
and »he Skagway boys filed on
board. Then it was made known
th i.ur.>ose of the flowers. Each
child stepped to the edge of the
»•> • , and the departing boys were
polteri with the vari-colored blos
soms. Quickly the ship backed' off
from ►■'r moorings, and as the crov<
(f twnspeoole called a parting adieu
tbe children waved farewell again
and a:ain, the whistle of the Peter
son wax bloyn long and loud, and
the steamship Princess Sophia,
which was moored at her berth far
ther down the pier, answered with
rer deep base whistle.
3om«> of the men who had grown
lip with some of the departing boys,
now san? some of the good old
farewell songs, and as the "trans
port" steamed from sight around
th» 'ir-> bend of Lynn Canal, a part
ing cheer went up from those who
were lef( behind, and over the
wave? the answering cheers return
tanfc from AJsace 'n the expectation
or a Franco-American attack on the
frontier
to
Geneva, Oct. 3. — Accor
the Democrate today the
are beginning to remove
San. Francisco, Oct. 3.—Total sub
scr'ptiont to dete in this district to
Fourth Liberty Loan are ninety sev
en million eight hundred fifty thous
and dollars.
Sar> Francisco's total ia fourteen
million four hundred seventy three
thousond two hundred dollars. Tw«u
ty eight of the forty nine coun
ties in northern California passed
the twenty percent mrak yesterday.
Oakland is leading Portland and
Seattle ship naming competition
twent" five per cent, with twenty
f'Vfl per cent of the quota banked. '
Tacoma leading Honolulu, spcr
EG
HEBTLI
Amsterdam,
the Zeitung
foremost pa;
today in 1
o* Baden
Chancel
ed.
-According to
one ot the
merlin Announced
1^5 that the Prince
named Imperial
f0n Hertling, resign*
kan» and 3alt Lake with twelve p«r l.^sterdam, Oct. 3.—The newj ot
cent of the quota banked. .£ ■ j/#rla's unconditional surrender
Skamania and Thurston rountleB oi'ing printed in the German
in Washington are leading th* di*e-4 throughout the Empire and the
trie' in oversubscribing of / tf^anor ot all the dispatches ig "We
1 quo»a with one hundred and; ®JsWe betrayed." ,
• five and one hundred and sevsnr
^ uer cent respectively. Jjj?:
SURGEON GENERAL APPf
I — re»l
Washington, Oct., 3..jfajor
dent Wilson today nominee Ire
| General Merrittee, n6*.furgeon
! land Medical Corps tr
General.
M, .rTTER
I SUR SINKS COt
—A Tampa
Washington, Q,as torpedoed
l coast guard City coaBt. One
I today off the Jteen Americans
! hundred and ikeu vessel.
( perished In t,.
"1:PORTED TODAY
'■ CASUALTT
S i, Oct. 3.—The re
Wa8h|i|ties for the past
I oort Ofijours gives the total
i twentj hundred and twenty
j list 8(he»e two huntfred and
| ninefQ are ,jeai] an(j two hun
' twelve severely wounded.
|dr== i J '
VOTF.') TO HKOO.VSIDER
SUFFRAGE AMENDMENT
Washington, Oct. k3.—The ,eB"
ate voted today to reconsider the
vote by which the Equal suffr&£0
amendment to the constitutions wm
loat. * ,
SAMUEL GOMPERS
MEETS BELGIAN' KING
Hpvre, Oct. 3.—Samuel Gompen,
oreatdent of the American Federa
tion of Labor, was received in au
dience by King Albert of Bel
gium today.
BRITISH STILL
HAMMERING GERMAN#
London, Oct. 3.—General Hal*
reports today that the British con*
t'nued their attacks north of St.
Qufwit'n today, the Germans continu
lm »heir rearward movement oh
tne front from Lens to Arment'«r6»
and evacuating t highly organised
Dositicns along a twenty mile front.
—
or oeaiuirui late IaU lowers.
When the dock was reached the
marching line was reformed, and
'h* rbildren, now in mass formation,
sang sererai of the lat© patriotic
son"-j, their little voices Pealing
forth in joy and courage over the
thous"* that the men leaving Stag
way were going over there to fight
the frightful Huns and to help to
mike this old world of oUrs a fit
ilacc In which to liv«.
Alter the kiddtes had finished'
singng, Private Ike Seavers made
a few fittine remarks in apprecia
tion of the loyalty displayed oy the
BA. ■ -
Wh'le it wag but seven boys who v~~
were leaving, to each one of these! TV TV 9 *> • 1 A
it was Just, as touching a parting |J/ k a n f /} f f V B ft 1 / f* '
as 1* would have been had th f" llv V A %M III A IlllU-f •
number been many times greater. /
tljR teachers great credit is d
and to the children who thus lo-1
ly showed their -patriotism and'
tv, it wa only neceasaary
V >-ir "earning faces to fcno.v
they were doing this act as ;e(j
or to fhe men who had be the
to th- colors in defenj?;e of
greatest ol the dearest T
Democracy, "Liberty." _ • . .
The Autumn and Winter woolens recently sentTus by,!
E. V. Price & Co. .
are the handsomest ever shown in this city and reasonably priced
COOKING OIL
Weuen Large Size $ 1.90 per. can 2 (
14 oz.
Med.
Sml.
1.00
.50
Mazola 1-2 Gal. Size $ 1.50
Quart " .85
Pint " .45
Cotton Seed Gal. Tin $ 2.85
ear/
These oils are vary palata'i
(d in Salads.
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