WEATHER REPORT
Yesterday: Max. 38. Min. 25.
Todfcy: Cloudy, Xorth wind.
"noTTt"TWENTY FIRST YEAR " ' SKAGWAY. ALASKA. THURSDAY. MARCH 28. 1918 PRICE 10 CENTS
IN DEATH DEFYING FORWARO HIT
FRENCH TROOPS HURL ENEMY BACK OVER
EIGHT MILE FRONT TO DEPTH OF TWO MILES
British Forces Today Taking Many Prisoners and Machine
Guns As They Repulse Attack After Attack of
The Enemy—Entente Troops Retake
Several Towns
TCKKs caitikkd
l.onulun. March 28. — The
putiro Turkish force itt the
Hit arKi of Mesopotamia
has been captured; or des
troyed by British troops op
erant:? under General A'
lenby .the wa.r office an
nounces.
Three thousand prisoners
•vere taken.
KKKVH FOKOES HIKL ENEMY
B\CK H>K TWO MILES
London, March 2S. — In a death,
defying forward movement today
French tnx>!>s hurled Germans back
over 3 '"rent eight miles in width,
tc a depth of two miles, the of
fensive taking plac<, south. of
Noyon.
TThis Allied advance, followed a
night forward thrust on th^ part
of Germans in this locality.
ENEMY Hl'KLKI) BACK
With Critisiv Armies in Franoe,
Mierch 28.—One of the heaviest
bombardments of the \var occurred
this. morning between AoheviUe
and the Souchez river.
West ' Beaumont and Haruel the
enemy attacked in great strength,
a.-d he-vv fighting is ensuing at
the present time.
Germ-ii. farces launched at
tack «fter attack against British
positions in the Rosignod wood, on
ly to be hurled ba<ck.
Near .5? illy and I-aurd-ette, five
miles west and south of Bray on
the -Somnie river and northward to
I ward. An ere British troops are tak
ing prisoners.
BERLIN REPORTS THEIR
LOSSES ARE ONLY NORMAL
I Berlin, March 2S. — The Ger
man war office announced, tod®}*
losses since the beginning of the
offensive are norma].
AIRPLANES EFECTIVE
London, March 2S.—An official
| announcement says aerial operations
[ last nijrh' and this morning were
[ numerous and that 30 tons of
bombs were dropped and' hundreds
of roueds of ammunition fired into
enemy regiments from aeroplane
machire j;uns.
AllipJ squadrons today are
a continuous attack on Germam.
troops stationed in Bapaume, Cam
bra; and PeavHune.
BRITISH TAKE PRISONERS
T-ondon, March. 28. — The battle
was resumed this morning on both
sides of the Somme. British forc
es have already taken many pris
oners and tn-emj- machine gnns.
Haig announced also that an at
tack is developing around Arras.
Attacks in. the neighborhood of
Beaumont, Hamel and Puisleaux and
Moyenviile were repulsed with
a big German Ice®.
GERMANS ADVANCE NEAR
ARRAS
London, March 28. — The Brit
ish fron' has been pierced at a
new point the war office announc
ed this evening.
Opi osite Arras the British f°r"
ward zone 1ms been, penetrated.
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Blouse in Dotted Swiss, $2.75 to 3.50
BRASSIERES
Brassieres in Heavy Lace and Em
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from $1.00 to $2.50
ALBERT REINERT
Broadway between Third and Fourth
Phone 41
This «s en the extreme right!
flank of the G ermtta Bdvanoe.
Tlie enemy has crossed the'
Sommo from, the north. near Chir
pilly, the war office officially en- ]
noumced this evesning.
We toll Wk'k towand1 Hamel.
ARMY OP CROWN PRINCE
ADVANCES 37 MIXES
Berlin, March. 2S. — Today's of
ficial report says the army of the
German crown prince has advanc
ed 37 miles due west from St
Quentin in the direction of Amicus,
tlje Bn'ish supply baee.
M<'.NTDIDIEU ABANDONED
Paris, March 28. — Abandonment
ef Montdidier by French forces was
announced by the war department
today. The offlcia.1 stateujeait
says;
"After bitterest fighting ^ve re
tired in order west of Montdidier."
HAND T!> HAND STRUGGLE
Paris, March 28. — A war of
fice a!:.:.<Mnoenwnvt today con
cerning » • lose of Moqitdidier says
that f'Shting t-ok on extraordin
ary ferocity. French regiments,
fought hand to h-"md with the anemy
and inflicted heavy losses. Fina-Uy
our troops were forced to fall back
to hei?ht3 west of M°n>tdidier. ,
ENEMY REPULSED THREE TIMES
Paris, March 28. — A late re
port issued last night says Ger
mans attacking with fresh, troops
were repulsed three times but
made some advance easte °f Momt
didier and around I^assigny. At
Xoyon powerful enemy attacks'
were broke^ up.
RHITISH RKGAIN* (JROVXD
London, March 28. — British
forces are now offering a strong
resistance to heavy enemy attacks
north and south of the Somme
where they carried, out numerous
counter attacks regaining ground |
and driving the Germans back at j
various points.
Half's late night rewrt Gtated in !
these operations heavy cas- j
ualties were inflicted against the j
enemy. , j j <|||
WHERE AMERICAN TROOPS HOLD THE LINE
The reports frotu Pershing's forces In France place Ills fightinc units now
encased with the Germans to the east of the St. Mlhlel salient in the Woevre
district southeast of Verdun. Dispatches located the Americans in action
between the towns of Seicheprey and Fllrey.
CONGRESS DETERMINED
TO SPEED WAR CONDUCT
Washington, March 28. —
thiird flf<v of the caiigreM tonal
drive ta force the speed ^nd
duct cf the war found ea^h house
cX iho government d-eteriaine<l to
translate the 'bitter arraJIgjanienit
cf exis!ins conditions into action.
The senate is ready to adopt
measures making 1,000,COO Hiem.
available for draft.
The Senate Military Affairs com
mittee lias resolved to f?o to tho
bottom ' the reported, breakdown in |
the ai re raft program.
AMERICANS WORKED LIKE
VETERANS AT SOMME BATTLE
Paris, March 28. — "Eatl^'y aew
in this warfare, Americans worked
Jike veterans in the l»attle at! the
So mm e river," says a wounded
French captain Who has
brought back from the front, ac
cording to La Liberie.
T- o American officers who were
wounded were brought back with
tiie captain. • . ' j
DUNKIRK IS BOMBARDED
Paris, March. 28. — Dunkirk ha»
been, under .enemy bombardment by
long r-inge ffutis for several days,
it was announced today. Dumkirk
is about 20 miJes north of Calais.
Five people have been killed, and
only p small material damge has
pb*»en inflicted.
BRITISH COUNTER OFFENSIVE
BEGINS WITH BIO
SUCCESSES
London, March. 28. — Field Mair
shal Haig is heavily counter at
tacking this afCemoom in the ^
gion of Albert, from whicfo, the
Germans have been unabl^ to ad
vance. 1 , | '
South of Albert, Haig carried
out several counter attacks offld
hag advanced, eastward between, th-a
Somme river and Aacre.
About a mile south, of the Sommie
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tlie British Boldiera regained proy-1
art <l:id have 'repuJae-d Strang at- 1
tacks at Rosieres.
Along the Ancre river and north
of A'Sort British.- troops threw the
eiietmy back across die river and
drove them £roaa two towns be- i
tween Albert aind Monchjj ou this
MOO,OHO ALLIES WAIT
TO COUNTER ATTACK
Washfngton .March. 28. — Tlie
Allies have a mobile army of 800,
000 seasoned soldiers ready to
•strike at the faltering: Germans.
KAISER EXHUBERAXT
Amsterdam, March 28. — Kaiser
Wjlhelm telegraphed, heads of the
Londoon, March 28. — Suhma^
riae activity for th^ p&st week
shows a big increase, 29 British
vessels being sunk. Thi® is e»
increase of 12 vessels over the pre
ceding week.
CIVIL SERVICE
EXAMINATION
HE IN JUNEAU
The U. S. Ci'vil service Commis
sion. announces that a stenographer
and typewriter examination, will be
held, at Juneau, Alaska, for tbe
Field Service, on May 4, 1918.
Age limit 18 years or over on the
date of the examination.
The Government te urgently in
need of stenographers and typewrit
ers both in the Departmental ser
vice (Washington, D. C) and in
the Field. | |
rVrsons desiring to take this
examination should apply at once
for application Majiks and informa
tion to Charles E. xaghel, Local
Secretary, Beard of cMl Service
ICxamiineis at the Juneau, Alaska
Postoffiee ,or to the Secretary.
Eleventh. V. S. Civil Servce District,
303 Postoffiee Building, Seattle,
Washington. •'
bir Krano works ifii Germany "M?
Imperial thanks for this achleye
.ment of German, science aaid labor."
Tli s message is in regard to the
guns which bombarded Paris front
a distance of 75 miles.
ARGENTINE crisis
Buenos Aires, March. 28. — Ar
gentina is cai the eve of a diplo
matic cnsis with, Germany, more
critical than any former crisis
with, the most hated of all nations.
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