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No. 2(J0 TWENTY FIRST YEAR
SKAGWAY, ALASKA. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2. 1918
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St. Quentin Taken
JAMES WICKERSHAM RIPS WIDE
BREACH III SULZER'S DEFENSES
Anchorage, Oct. 2.— Eight hun
dred oeople crowded into the Em
press theater last night to hear
Judge Jt>uies Wickersham speak.
The Judge held' his audience in
tently interested for over one hour,
and nta speech, which was ultra pa
triotic. undoubtedly won for him
many votes at the coming election
tp be neld next month.
Mr Wickersham bitterly denounc
ed Sulzer's loyalty, and called' him
<> "slacker" in most emphatic tones.
H<» naid a most glowing tribute to
Presiden' Woodrow Wilson but had
no hesitancy in arraigning the Dem*.
cratic,. party for its work during the
past four years.
Iu Istrong comparisons of his
record as delegate to Congress as
i
agaiust that of Sulzer, he proved
himself & faithful friend of Alaska,
and proved to many who had» doubt
< d bis integrity that he had done
much for the north and its people,
while Sulxer has worked for only a
few.
Th - meeting was wonderfully suc
cessful, and Mr. Wickersham made
a splendid impression on »hose who
did not already know him personal
ly.
From here he will visit Chicka
laon, Eska, Matanuska and other
towns in this vicinity, and it is the
firm conviction of well informed
men here that h© will carry this
section by a large majority when he
com*? uo before the voters on Tues
day November 5th.
4TH LIBERTY BONOS SELLING FAST
Oct. 2.—The following
'e'egi^m w&s received' last night
from ;the. Twelfth Federal Reserve
Banlf^at San Francisco by Director
Lenir^ in charge of the Fourth
Liberty Loan campaign for Alaska
'iid the Xorthwest section of the dis
trict. ' 4 "'=* '
"It-Is estimated that $77,000,000
t»a8 w>ei: subscribed throughout the
d c.r'ct up to tonight in the Fourth
Lioer • Bond drive. Already Woks
of Northern California, exclusive of
the franks of San Francisoo, have
already sold $23,000,000 worth of
the oonis, out of their full quota
of $77,612,000. San Francisco a
lone reoorts $8,086,000. Oregon
bin S3 $S,368,000. Southern Cali
fornia banks report $3,362,000.
Pa$s, Oct. 2. — The French war
)ffice annouuces tha' French forces
speraMng northwest of Rheims have
laken Pouillou, aud Thil, and have
reached the outskirts of the im
portant enemy- position at Villers
Fra-nqueix.
North of Rheinw they have pushed
• .rward their Hue to the outskirts
>* Beatheuy.
London, Oct. 2.—Between the
Vesle and the Aisue rivers, where
the French are pushing northward
against the enemy positions in St.
Gobian Massif, two thousand ftd
ditional German prisoners were tak
en ts>day.
The battle In the Argonne re
gion H fluctuating todap, an£ tfce
American forces are said to have
; been ejected from Ekermotit.
MASONS, ATTENTION"!
There will be a special com
munication White Pass odge, No.
113 Friday evening, Oct. 4, at 7
o'clock.
By Ordeiv Act. W.
FOURTH LIBERTY LOAN FACTS
Skagway's Quota ... $25,900.
Subscriptions Received to Close of
Business Last Night • • - 8,050.
Balance Still to Be Subscribed - I 7,850.
Our Army is doing its duty surely.
Are you doing yours?
I B ANK OF ALASKA
And Great Hindenberg Line Bnken
British Headquarter# in France,
Oct. 2.—The long and bitter battle
is still raging, but it has turned so
definitely in favor of the British
that <t is scarcely even now prema
tu to h&il it as a great victory.
The great Hind«iburg line Is not
only broken la many places out the
British advance through the Ger
man line of retraet almost at will.
In the Oise valley also from Massif
Sf. Gobain, between the Ainse and ^
Vesle rivers the French forces during
'he last three days have advanced
on a front extending- over ton miles
fo - depth of four miles.
.The Germans are retreating to
wards the line they held in 1917.
In view of the losses to the Ger
mans in the St. Queatin and lines
*o the north of that city, the ene
ni" retirement on a large scale
seems probable.
Given fairly good weather, the
report Bays, some very big changes,
on the western front may he seen
before winter.
The withdrawal of German forces
from France and Belgium is ap
preciably nearer under attacks of j
the British, French and' American
troops.
The Hindenburg defensee system
from the ScarPe to the Oise, a dist
ance of fifty miles is now being
overrun by the Allied forces.
Witt British Armies in France,
Wednesday.—The supporting trench
system behind the Hind^nburg de
fenses known as the Beaurevoir line
has been broken by the. British ninth
corps, operating ir. connection with
Australian troops. They captured
the Tillage of Beaurevoir, forming
the northern end of the defenses as
well as Brancourt.
Paris, Wednesday. — Laje yes
terday afternoon the French foroes
captured St. Quentin. This has
been one of the most stubbornly do
zen 3>el positions that the Germans
held, and its capture is a heavy
Joss to ♦ho enemy.
Continuing their advance, Deb
ney's forces operating with the Brit
ish forces north of the town, ad
vanced beyond St. Quentin to the
Camera! road.
London, Wednesday-:—Wide gaps
have been torn in the German line
between St. Quentin and Le Catelet
according to reports sent by Field
Marshal Haig to the British war of
fice tnis afternoon.
Geueral Haig reports that the
British have broken the line on Fon
Sommes-Beaureveir front and Seque
har* soutti of Bellicourt has been
captured, as has also Preselles, just
to the north.
South of Cambrai the British
hav occupied Crevecoeur and ^u"
milly. 1 .11
Amsterdam, Oct. 2. — All of the
Imperial German secretaries of state
have resigned and It is authorita
tively stated that all of the Prus
sian mlulsters intend to resign.
This news is contained In The Ber
lin Ta<jeblatt of this d<ate.
TURKS TO STICK
WITHJHE INS
Amsterdam, Wednesday. — The
Tur^'sh cabinet, according to the
Cologne Gazette, has decided to
adhere to the alliance with, the
Central powers, anil not make over
tares of a separate^ peace or an ar
mistice with the Allies at the
present time.
P ISSENGER FOR THE KC|
Seattle, Oct. 2.—Mrs. •*
sailed last uight on- a ate?
Skagway. Jgail
"'ess
M. C. Cramer, wilftfT out
drea arrived back o ,Cra.
tills morning and rUn
enroute to DawBOU^^
mer will resume t-.. '... ■
ml tig a motloiy v j. g •£•
Loudon, Wednesday.—The Turk
[ stronghold at Damascus has fallen
to tne British, forces. The Turkish
commander has asked for terms of
surrender and the British forces are
exvecte.1 to
London,
flclally
that the
mascua ju;
I III M WHWW"" "
With the British Army in Flan
ders, Wednesday.—The British have
*3U£ht their jvay through Warneton
on tl" Lys river between Armeu
tiereg an* 5tenln> and. &lso thru
British but
Tmenace tp th«lr
Itlonj} around CX"
fAt the same UJn«
are operating »
grltish and Balglaa
Iking closer to BrUff •
Lafcasseevllle *nd St. Peters
The Germans continued to
Amsterdam, Wedie
Ho-ihausen. ,tb,e milita
Belgium is quoted
jilana are all ready;jfaat*
ru IUUL w*"4""
urn to its own frontier in order,
and he then said that we really o«
ly vaiit to defend Germany from b«r
enemies, and we can do that from
our own borders.
Anchor rUn last night
throtffcb seward. A rega
in ent j[rain8 has been an
frani jm this time forward
l'rt will have regular
nou
f^fa Railway commission
visiting here were wel
I, with the first- through
GERMANS I«
ALL HEJVf GUNS
FBQMCOAST
Paris, Oct. 2. — Reports from
,ibe ImtUe area received this morn
ing Dy the French war offic$ my
♦Ii» the Germans are moving th«lr
Ijiaayy artillery away from tb# Bel*
' g »n coast
Who's Your Tailor? I
;
The Autumn and Winter woolens recently sent"us by]
E. V. Price & Co. '
; the handsomest ever shown in this city and reasonably prictd;
GEORGE MOWL. Proprietor
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