®he gkuly Alaskan
No. 176 TWENTY FIRST YEAR SKAGWAY, ALASKA, TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 3. 1918 PRICE 10 CENTS
London, Monday.—The capture of
Peroune by the Australians and Brit'
t»I» was reported late Sunday night
by Field Marsnai Haig to the Brit- j
ish war office.
Flaraincourt acd St. Denis in the
a*m« sector also were occupied t>y
these troops.
Loudon, Monday. — Early this !
morning reports from the battle j
front said that the English and Aus
tralian troops had captured Bou
rh»venes and Rancourt at the same
time. In the two operations two ;
•hou«and prisoners were taken, and1
this success was followed by tne oc- j
cupatioa of the town of Bullecourt
and Morval.
The British troops reached the |
suburbs of Lens where Irge fires I
ar»» reported to be in Progress and '
the town of Arlentieres is report
ed to be burning.
British Headquarters. Monday. — :
Touignt in the Lys sector, the Brit
ish !|uo runs from Zitlebeke thru
Voormeseele to Vuerstraet, thence
&u to Lindenhoek to Lacreche, Dou
l«su, LaCouture, and then to tne
old battle line north of Festubert.
All the towns named are in the
possession of the British.
London, Monday.—The Canadian I
trooos which are astride the Arras- J
Caamoral road have broken thru
the Drocourt-Queant switch on the
lllndenberg line on a front of two
miles, and captured Doury on the
western edge of Cagn'court.
London, Tuesday. — Early morn
nui reports say that the British j
have captured the twons of Lens j
and Wulverghem, on the Queant- ^
TtvimT'lle switch line, and many (
villages vital to the Drocourt-Queant
switch Hue, which are now in the
possession of the British. !(
Ten thousand prisoners were
taken 'a this region in yesterday's
operations and at BuLssy alone a :
great many of these were captured. I
This morning the British advanced
four miles on a twenty mile front, j
an'' they now hold Doignies, Berkel-'
court and Rocquigny.
British Headquarters. Tuesday. —
The battle in which the British
pierced the Drocourt-Queant line
raged all Monday, and may prove
one o' the moat important battles of
the whole war.
Thousands of prisoners were take
bu* around Dury and Mount Dury
the enemy died fighting.
In a counter attack the Germans
drove the British forces out of BoiB
du Vaulx on the Bap&ume-Ombr&i
road.
With French Army North of Noy
un 'rd around Nesle, Tuesday. —
Engagements of the utmost import
ance have been in progress in which
the Allies have gained advantages
that explain the enormous sacrifice
which the Germans made to hold
them. At the points north of
Soisso^s, General Mangin'g army
ifter three days of furious fighting
have finally pushed' forward on
to the plateau overlooking the val
ley of the Ailette Behind Chemin
les Dames and from where the Clta
lol L.3ou is located." This is one
Jf the stoutest pillars in the Ger
mas secondary line of defense and
'rom the newly won heights can
je distinctly seen.
Paris, Tuesday. — Reports re
ceived from the Flanders field head
luarters by the French war office
oday 6tate that the Germans are
-etrcating from the Flanders front
ir-d also between Arras and Soissons
Loudon, Sept. 3.—The breaking
if the famous Drocourt'Queant
.witch line after a series of import
in' xllied advances coupled with
:h«> great number of German prison
ers tha». were captured together
rith the vast amount of material
ias made an imense imprsseion hers.
The expectations are quite general
hat. the enemy will mak$ desper
ite ffforta to recover thes© lost
>oaltiouj, aince the blow is regraded
>y military men as one of the worst
lisasters which has been inflcited
jpoft the Germany during the en
tire war.
PRESIDENT USES HORSES TO
SAVE GASOLINE
Washington, Sept. 2.—President
Wilson and Mrs. Wilson drove to
"hurch yesterday behind a pair of
Say horses. President said he did
his in order to save gasoline.
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| Washington, Sept. 3.—Secretary ,
Lansing, tor the United States de* i
piirtment of state, today; announced
that the United States has recognize
the Czecho-Slovals Russian peoples
as a co-belligerent nation in the j
war against Germany, and* ag such I
are entitled to all the aid which
this country can render them.
GIRL SHOOTS
PREMIERIE1E
London, ept. 2.—According to a
telegram which was received here 1
today from Petrograd, Lenina was
sho* twice by an assassin Sunday 1
and ho hag died from the wounds
received.
Amsterdam, Monday. —Accord
hie to the Russian newspaper Pra- |
vada, published' at Petrograd, LeU"
ine was shot by a girl belongnig to
the intellectual class, and this
paper declares that the Russian
Prim© Minister is still alive, «1"
though hts wounds are reported to
be extremely serious. |
ALL ARE IN ONE
GiG MM COOPS;
Washington, Monday. — In Presi-(
den» Wilson's Labor Day speech, |
he addresses all Americans a« "fel* j
low enlisted men of one single (
army of many parts but command- .
ed* by one single obligation."
The President Baid that Germany (
wag striking at the right of free |
men to determine their own for- ,
tunes.
George Rosenberg, of tfie W. P*
auditing department received a<>
vice from hU son Fred, on the
last boat that the latter wag now
in France and that ha had been
B.-omoted to the rani of Major, and |
is now In command of a battalion.
Major RosenDerg is the young- ^
est officer holding that yank in the ;
United Statea army, be being but 27 i
year* of age.
WEES WITH FRENGH nil
1EFHIEIEIE If Ml Mf
Tbe American Army in France,
Monday.—In their drive beyond Ju"
vigny today, the American forces
advanced two miles and in 'he days
operations in this sector captured
six hundred- prisoners.
W!th British Armies in Flanders,
Monday.—For the first time since
their arrival in France, thg Ameri
can troops today fought on Belgian
soil. They captured Voormezeele,
which is situatod south of Ypres.
Loudon, Monday. — Reuters cor
respondent in his dispatches today
says that the American troops, be
side taking Voormezeele, captured
gfivefl strong positions bet/ween
Voormezeele ami YPres.
WitH British Army in Flanders, 1
Tuesday, — The American troops
that struck the blow against the
Germans with the British yesterday" |
in Belgium carried all their object- |
ivf-s, advancing their linea for more
than a mile.
The Americans were so enthusi
astic in their push against the Huns
that they had to be restrained from
going too far. |
SPAIN SEIZES
GERMAN SHIPS
Madrid, Spain, Monday_ — The
S»ani?h government has announc
ed tha» it will at once take over
all interned German steamships.
This 'v announced immediately after
the report was received that a Ger
man'suDmarine had sunk thg Spanish
coal laden steamship Atazmendt.
ENGLISH COUPLE MAKE
SIDE TRIP TO ALASKA
Among the passengers arriving
in this port yesterday on the PriQ"
cess Sophia were Mr. and Mrs. G.
Beechln^, of Hull, England. For
over threp years this couple have
l>een traveling, and learning of the
beauties of the Alaskan trip, de
cided to see the great north. They ,
came via Edmonton to Prince Ru-1
i>ert on the Grand Trunk, expect- |
ing to come to Skagway via that j
line, hut uoon arrival at Rupert
and finding that the G. T. P. serv- |
ice had been discontinued, would .1
not. oe turned from their purpose, 1
so finished the trip on the C. P. R. j
Mrs. Beeching has been in ill |
health for the past three years suf- (
ferine from a nervous shock re"
ceived the time the Lusitania was
sunk, and if the season was not bo
far advanced undoubtedly would
have remained over here tor some
few weeks, but desiring to spend the
fall la Minanesota, at the Mayo in
stitute, decided to return on the
Princess last evening.
Mrs. Joseph Wilson, wfe of the
fuel agent of the W. P. & Y. Route
at Whitehorse, arrived on the So
phia yesterrday and proceeded to
Whitehorse this morning. Mrs.
Wilson has spent about two months
in the states jioing as far south as
Oa^and, Cal.
LABOR PARADES 1
SEATTLEST8EETS
Seattle, Sept. 2. — With ideal
weather prevailing Bixty-five thous
and persons paraded in tha freat
Labor Day parade yesterday.
Nearly every labor union in the
United 3tates waa represented, and
many beautiful floats were In evi
dence, as well a? a large detachment
of United States troops both of the
army anft marine corps which took
part n the demonstration.
WAINWRIGHT BRINGS BIG
CARGO OP EXPLOSIVES
\
Tha Admiral Wainwright arriv
ed th<9 morning at an early hour
loaded with powder and other com
bustiolea. The Wainwright is a
laree freighter having a tonnage of
3000 and plies principally to Ju
neau and the westward. From here
the Wainwright will go southward,
?akin<* on a cargo of fish which she
aiil load at the different canneries.
Captain E. D, Hickman is master
and W. J. Inglaa is purser. Tha
latter is a "gude" Elk and be
longs to Juneau lodiga No. 420.
Fruit Jars,
Jelly Glass etc
VTB ARE PREPARED TO MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS FOR
CANNING SUNDRIES AT FOLLOWING PRICES:
*«Uy Giaatas Wltb Topa EOc per dot.
Maaon Sell Sealer Plata $1-10 per dot. >
Macon Self Staler, Quarta t 11.25 per do*. *
Maaoo Salt Sealer WIDE MOUTH, Pint* $1.25 per doz. \
Muoi Self Seller, WIDH MOUTH, Qt»., $1.45 per doz.
Maaoa Self Seailn* Tar Topa, SScper doz. >[ * •
Mason Self Solinag Cap*, 20o doc. 3 for 50c. . i \
Maaen Porcelain Lined Jar Capa, 40c per doz. ; <
Jar Rubbera—Beat Grade—Eeavy, 10c per dot. }
Parowax la 1 lb, brlcka, 20o eaob. T '
Perwslta arq new obtainable from ocal Food Administrator for
25 lb. lota of ttqpar for caaalng purpose*. • v v .
P. H. GANTY
French Army Headquarter*, Tu$s
dav — French and' American troop#
around Juvigny met the elete of tha
Germ"a army, the Prussian grena
dier- storming: battalions and hardy
mounted infantrymen.
Ir the clash of battle which fol
lowed the meeting of the Allies with
the enemy a decisive victory was
won by the Allies.
Tfc# Allies defeated the enemy
decisively, taking an enormous
doath toll from the ranks of the
OLrusliine Huns and sending & good
ly number of the haughty war
riors as captives to the rear.
With American Army on the
Aisne-Vesle Front, Tuesday. — Two
German attacks were delivered »"
gainst, the American forces on the
Vesle front during the night, and
both of them were beaten off.
The fighting centered around the
region near Devil wood and the
nearby Chateau.
The Germans wer® nervoug oa
this front all night and ketot End
ing up flares, as though they ex
pected a night attack from the
Americans.
Pajis. Tuesday. — French troops
captured Crecy au Mont, south ot
the AUette river, and at points north
of the Ailette gained a footing in
the woods west of Coucy le Chateau.
CASUALTIES IN FRANCE
RAPIDLY becoming GREATER
Washington, Sept. 2.—The cas
ualties for Sunday gives a list ©on.
tainiuir the names of 336 of thoaa
killed iu battle or dead from wound*
and 121 severely wounded.
Washington, Sept. 3.—The cas
ualty list for Monday contains the
names of 810. The list of dead i»
148 and the list of those severely
wounded 276.
Mrs. J. E. Newmarch, wife of
thft manager of the Canadian Bank
of Commerce at Whltehorse, arrived!'
yesterday on the Sophia. Mrs. New
march with her mother, Mrs
(Judge) Langlois Bell of White
horse and her sister, Mrs. (Captain)^
Telford, of Dawson, went out &*
bout three months ago. She visit
ed h.r old home in Vancouver. Mrs.
Bell and Mrs. Telford will return oh
the next trip of the Princess Sophia.
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