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No. 122 TWENTY FIRST YEAR
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WILSON'S 4m 0' JULY SPEECH
if BE READ NATION WIDE
Washington, June 27.—President
Wilson's Fourth of July speech
which he is to deliver at Mount
Vernon this year may be read at all
celebrations commemorating the
signing of the Declaration of In
dependence throughout the na
tion.
An. arrangement is now contem
plated whereby the postmasters ia
all the cities, towns, villages and
cross road of the United States will
be supplied with copies of the
speech in time for them to hand
It to the Four Minute Men who
will read *t simultaneously at their
respective observance of this day i
so dear to the hearts of all loyal I
Americans. I
YANKEES INCREASE HOLDINGS
IN f.LEACE FRONTAGE PROPERTY
Paris, Thursday. — The Ameri
can troops are now holding a con
siderable front in their different
sectors in Alsace, and in more or
less important raids have increased
the number of German prisoners
taken in the Belleau wood sector
to 216.
WILL USE FORCE
10 CONSCRIPT
IRELAND
London. Thursday. — General
French. Lord Lieutenant of Ireland,
in a speech which he made at Bel
fast last night assured his audience
that the British government had no
Intention o' giving up conscripton in
Ireland. He said that the conscrip
tion law would be inforced "without
fear or favor in the face of criticism
or actual force, in case such is at
tempted."
MEN m GUNS
London, Thursday.—Reports giv
en out by the British War Offic thiB
morning state that the British
troops have taken a strong German
position near Vieux Boruquin which!
is east of Hazenbrouck, and in the
attack captured a number of Hun
prisoners and a lot of machine guns
Subset ibe for The Dally Alaskan.
AUSTRIA FACES
AH UPHEAVAL
LIKEfiUSSIA
London, Thursday. — The Daily
Mall's correspondent on the Swiss
frontiers wired to his paper today
that the unheaval in Austria is very
similar in character to the Bolshe
viki revolution in Russia.
KEREHSKf WILL
1ELL WORLD
London, June 27.—Former Prem
ier Kereasky of Russia, who is \
here on his way to the United St&tefl
in an address which he made to the
British labor conference yesterday,
said, "I am certain that the Russian
people will shortly Join with you
in the great cause for freedom.
"I have just come from Moscow ,
and my duty as a statesman and so
cialist is to tell the whole world
that the Russian people are for
democracy and that they are now
fighting tyranny."
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FORMER CZAR SHOT
BT ORDER OF THE
60LSHEVIKI AUTHORITY
Geneva, Thursday.—The Ukraine
bureau at Lausanne announced to
day that it had received the con
firmation of the report that the
Bolshevikl authorities at Yekaterin
burg had held a court marta] and
condemned the former Russian em
peror to death after a short trial.
The former Czar and Emperor of
Russia wag then taken out and
shot to death.
A dispatch from Copenhagen re
ceived here today states that the
old rumors were still current in
Petrograd that Alexis Romanoff, so.n
of the former emperor died a few
days ago.
Amsterdam, Thursday. — Grand |
Duke Michael Alexandrovitch, the J
younger brother of former Emper
or Nicholas is reported in a dispatch,
which was received here from Mos
cow today by way of Berlin, to have
placed himself at the head of the
n«w Siberian government and to
have i^ued a manifesto to the Rus
sian people.
London, Thursday.—M. Nabokoff,
Charge d'Affairs of the Russian em
bassy in this city, announced to
day that the mission to England by
former Premier Kerensky is for
the purpose of informing the people
o* England and the United States,
especially influential Russians of
tho exact conditions in Russia witE
the view to obtainng Allied aid for
that country.
English King And Wife Eat
Stack 0' Browns With Yanks
London, Thursday. — The King
and Queen of England this morning
partook for the first time of Ameri
can ouckwheat cakes and maple
syrup. They were at Eagle tut
and ate their repast from an oil
cloth covered table with the Ameri
can sailors and soldiers.
Ilfilis FORCE
Rome, Juno 27. — Italian forc
es operating ou the Lower P.iave
river made further advances into
the enemy's lines this afternoon
tafrkig six hundred prisoners.
senate working on
WOMAN SUFFRAGE
Washington, June 27.—At this
afternoon's session of the Sen
i:e the question of the Woman Suf"
Erage amendment legislation is un
der consideration.
WILSON CONGRATULATES
GEN. DIAZ ON VICTORY
Washington, June 27.—President
Wilson sent a cablegram to Gen
Bral Diaz congratulatng him and his
valient troops for their victory over
the Hungarian army.
Atlanta, June 27. — The state |
legislature yesterday ratified the
amendment to the constitution in
favor of nation wide prohibition.
AMERICANS BOMB
RAILWAY STATION
With American Army in France- ;
—An merican bombing squadron
blew up a railway station at Con- i
flans east of Verdun this morning
and returned in safety to their
positions.
|
' PROMINENT WOMAN CHARGED
GRAND LARCENY
Seattle, June 27.—Mrs. Story,
formerly director general of the
' Daughters of the American Revolu
! tion was today indicted on the
charge of grand larceny.
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If THOUSAND AU5TRIA1S IRE
HELD WAR PRISONERS IN ITALY
Rome, Thursday. -— The total
Austrian capture from, the time of
the beginning of their offensive and
since its collapse exceeds fifty thous*
and men, according to a statement
made by the Italian War Office to
day.
This does not of course include
the Wiled or wounded, nor
does It include the number who
were drowned in their mad retreat
acorse the Play© rirer.
Numbers Are Drawn In 21
Year Old Class For Draft
Washington, Thursday.. — Two
hundred and forty six (246) was
the first number drawn from the
glass bowl this morning when the
national lottery in the selective draft
for the determination o* the places
for the 21 year draft in the Na
tional Army began.
SEATTLE BOY IS "IT"
Seattle, Thursday, — Glenn Per
ry Simon, who is a worker In the
shipyards here was the first one
to be drawn in the new class. His
numoer being the raajio 246. A
Japanese was the second.
IN SOLDIERS
HAVE BAD
COLDS
London, Thursday. — According
to advices received here today an
epidemic o* influenza la raging a
mong th« German forces along the
Dutch frontiers.
The prevalence of the ailment a
mong the Hun soldiers is said to be
hampering the preparations for
the proposed offensive operation*
on the western front and that the
malady of the same type as that
which put one handed and fifty
thousand residents of Madrid to
bed recently.
ASSASSIAM
IS CONFIRMED
Paris, Thursday. — \ dispatch
from Kiev, under date o£ Wednesday;
declared the report of the assasina- j
tion of the former czar of Russia
had been confirmed." The dispatch
declares the former Emperor of j
Russia was killed by Bolsheviki
troops during their retreat on Ye-1
kateriaburg. I
SAXONY SUFFERS
WORST FROM
EFFECT WAR
Amsterdam, Thursday. — The
Dresden newspapers published
appeal to the German government
in which they ask for relief from the
critical situation which now con
fronts the province of Saxony.
In the articles appearing in th«
papers the conditions there are
described as being the worst of my
portion of the empire.
Paris, Thursday. — Reports from
the front given, out hy the French
War office today state that there l»
a violent artillery duel in progress
south of the A^ne.
Charles D. Garfield, U. S. spe
cial deputy collector of customs tor
tnis district with headquarters la
Juneau, arrived in Skagway on the
Princess Sophia yesterday and will
return to his hom« today.
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With A Gentlemanly Air
About Them
Aj good in their inside make-up as
they are in their outside looks.
Shapely, sturdy, smart suits for the
man who knows which way the
wind of fashion blows this year.
Patterns 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