No. 114 TWENTIETH YEAK
SKAQWAY, ALASKA, MONDAY, JUNE 18, 1917
BRITISH SEVERElf REPULSE
COUNTER ATTACKS GERMANS
London, Juno IS.—Violent coun
ter attacks by the Gorman forces
last uisat were severely repulsed by
Bri'ish troops, according to the
official report today.
The war office admitted 'he re
tirement of the British from a few
advanced positions ou the Arras
froiv* bat stated tuat the main
points remained firmly in. British
coutrc-l.
The b ain objective point of the
Ue.iazi^s was the hill east of Jlon-!
ehr. They launched a fierce attack
on this point but no English square
ev^r offered a more impregnable
XroDt than did the troop defend
!•» r iHe hill. The enemy were
fhro*Au back with heavy losses.
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NEWSPAPER 11
Washington, June IS.—The sen
ate finance committee, it was an
nounced today, will likely reconsid
er it? action last Saturday impos
ing a five per cent tax on the net
profits of publishers oi newspapers
and magazines. Senator Penrose
introduced a motion for reconsid
tTa'ion.
Publii;, June IS.—l>ublin is ofo-'
serving a holiday today in honoTj
ol ae treodom of Irish political i
prisoners. With banners flying,
great crowds met the released men
this morning and escorted them to
•heir homes.
D.
Corouado, Cal., Jiuio 18. — Dent
H. Roberts, for nineteen years pub
lisher of the San Francisco Examin
er, died hero yesterday after a pro
lrjipcd Llnees.
ZEP DESTROYED
CREW PERISH
London, June 18. — .Winged by |
an anM-aircraft gun and set on fir®,
0119 of the two Zeppelin^ which, raid
ed the Kentish. coast yesterday moroj
in? was brought to the ground a
mass of flames which madel the fun
eral pyri of all h.er crew. Two per-1
sons were killed and sixteen were ii
jured by the bombs dropped by the]
raid era.
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Washington, June 18.—Members)
af Belgium's commission to tho tr
ait ed States, to confer with admin
>3'ration heads on plans for aiding
Belgium, are in Washington today,
mey reached an American port Sat
urday.
Members of the commission said
:oda» they had come wi'h. eorpres-J
iious of gratitude from Belgium toi
,1> • American people for aid given [
iiPle'aus. They also expect to dis- I
:uss reparation to be d©maind»d froi
3"-uiany.
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WOMEN ftSKEO 10 REGISTER
IN AMERICA'S EOOD CAMPAIGN
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Washington, June IS. — Acting ,
under the direction of President Wil j
sr>n Herbert C. Hoover, head of
the government's focd administrate
to3ay called upon women of Amar- 11
ica !o register between July 1 &nd'i
fuly 15 as members of tliei natioa
i. food organization.
Those -vn-Uo enlist, will be flirect
y ia the national service to help
>rovide and conserve -vrartUne food
•upplies. : i
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CHINESE BOYS ENTER JUNIOR CORPS
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Sons of a wealthy New York Chinaman swearing In as nembers of the
American Junior Naval Reserve.
$92 BY DANCE
FOR RED GROSS
Skagway's Red Cross fund was
'ucreasQil today by nearly ninety
cL.l.-rs, the net proceeds from the
KM Cross dance under the auspic
es of tne Elks Saturday uight in!
Elk's hall.
The gross proceeds were $92.10,
the social committee of the Red
Cross society respor'ed, and aJl of
this accepting a rew dollars for ex
penses, will go to the Rod Cross
cause.
Sovea'yvflve dollars of the pro-1
leeds came from the sale of tick
ats. Tne balance, $17.10, from the
;ake vnich the Junior Rod Cross
jiris acid.
TAKES OWN LIFE
Washington, June 18.—Major J.
Bourke of the army medical corps,
:oromjtted suicide today by shoot
ns. No reason for his act was as
ilgned. ; |
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Peking, June 18.—General Chang
Hsuan is now; dictator of China and
President Li to considered a mere
figurehead. Tie insurgents are to
day planning tbe calling of a con,
▼enition at Tien. Tstn to form a pro
visional government, headed by th«
new dictator.
Rutherford, formerly couinty commi. ;
sionor, died of J*eart disease this
moniirg while motoring to Fall d
P. Nelson, H. Ritnig and S. S.
Johnson of th,Q White Pass bridge
gang, left Saturday night on the
Mariposa for Cordova.
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ROOT TELLS RUSSIAN LEADERS
ARREST DODGERS
Seatt.e, June 18.—Twelve mem
bers of the Industrial Workers of
'he World are held la here
for alleged failure to register.
Forty men, of the Bame organization,
arrested Saturday toigiht after a riot |
la wMch one soldier wag wounded,
have been released.
London, Jung 18.—Eleven ships,
carrying 60,000 tons of food stuffs
[or the relief of Belgium, have
raech°d Rotterdam since June 7,
be American commission for relief
)f Belgium announced today. An
jqual number ar« expected to reach
.he same port wltfotn the next two
veeits.
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G.'ympia, June 1-8.—W. A. Peters
»' Seattle will be chairman of the
i'ate council to deal with war con
liUons, named. Saturday by Gover
ior Lister. The defense council is |
:on posed of fifteen membere.
Petrograd, Jong 18.—The United
States "has entered th war to fight
not only for her • wn liberty; but
for that of Russia as -well and her
fixed Durpose is to help destroy the
menace of world autocracy," EllUu
Boo., bead of the American, commis
sion, 'old the Russian ministry to
il a" in Lis first speech in Petro
grad.
The Duma, in a secret session,
afterward passed a resoiutlon, da*
c-arihg *hat an immediate offensive
should be made by the Russian
troops. ill
A separate peace or prolong'ed 2a
ac'ivity on thei fron.*! •would be "trea
son to Russia's allies," the reso
lution states.
JAPANESE LOS!
\H SUB ATTACK
Tokyo, June 18.—More than a
sc re of the crew of the destroyer,
Sakaki, were killed or wounded Sat«
urda/ when she was torpedoed Ini
aa engagement in the Mediterranean
sea between Japanese destroyers
and enemy submarines, supposedly;
Austrian vessels. The SaJraki was
.badly damaged, the admiralty au
nou: .ed, and was towed into port.
ALPINE CLUB
A business meeting of the Skag
way Aloine club is called for Tues
day, June 19fih, 8 o'clock p. m. ia
Firemen's hall.
L. H. Pedersen.
ILLEGE PRO-GERMANS CAUSE
OE STRIKES KENNECOIT MIKES
New York, June 18. — That Ger- f
a^n sympathizers instigated strikes
,♦ the Alaska mines of the Kean&
o « Copper corporation, was de
lared in a statement today from j
he company's office here.
It is a»serfed that the ICennecott j
ilot was part of a widespread plan j
tj les'roy the military recourcc-s of |
America.
Ev oence is said to have bean
found 'Hat positively places the
guilt upon men wiko are devoted to
German interests.
Tin management in Alaska las
been instructed to lay all tha
facts before federal authorities
LUere.
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It isn't what's in his head.
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And the style of his hat
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