EX-PREMIER WILL MAKE DRASTIC RESOLLTION
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AUSTRALIAN TROOPS MADE GOOD
ADVANCES IN TWO ATTACKS
WiHi British Armies in France,
Wednesday. — Australian trobps :'d
vanced again in the sector north ot
the ?omme. One advance 'made in
the west of Morlancourt salient was
fo a depth of three hundred yards
on i live hundred yard fiv>nt. The
otjier advance was made northeast
of Sailly Lesac on the north bank
of tue Somme, at a point three miles
south and west of Morlancourt, and
this advance was driven forward to
a d£,ith of five hundred yartfirbn a
i'ront of more -thap six hundred
yards. . ^
WILL GET 90,000
SpaHlp. May 8. — 90.U00 tons
of Japanese ships will be delivered
to the Federal Shipping board with
in the next six weeks. The Japan
ese ship will be brought to ;his,
ior: and here turned over to the
I'uitfd States. ^ ^ j
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POUNDSMl
Paris, Wednesday. — The most
violent artillery fire that liag t:'k
»n ulace for several days Is now In.
progress along the lines south a»d
north of the Avre river on the
Amiens front.
London, Wednesday.— Today's rc*
parr? from the British Xield head"
quarters in France to the London
War Office state that a violent ar
ti'lerv battle is in progress between
British aiid German forces in the
jec'or between Meteren and Mont
Ketmnel on the'Planders front.
Wi*h AmericauA rniy in France,
Wednesday.—String artillery light
ing continues along the sector held
by the American troops on the
Picardy. oattle front.
Aim direct
With American Array in Picardy.
Wednesda.y — Americau artillery is
pounding away at the German posi
tions at Cantigny, Courtemaiiche,
Fonstaine, and south oOIoudidier,
Mesnil and St. Georges, and all
reads in the woods in th-e vicinity
of these places.
French aeroplanes in these Bec*
tors T3 hoverinjr over the German
Jin s iu flocks, keeping the artil
lerymen posted as to the effects of
tht-ir fire, and directing new points
for a'taclr.
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niGl UN MAKES A
THMLLWE F16HT Will! IN
With American Army in France.
Wednesday. — After a thrilling bat'
Me with enemy aeroplanes ■ north
•of Pcntamusson, Captain James Xor*
onan Hall, an American aviator from
Col'ix, Iowa, one of the leading air*
men ol the American aerial force in
France, yesterday made a spiral dire
for the earth and when last seen he
was close to the ground', apparent1)
tryin? to land his machine. His
subsequent fate is unknown.
Captain Hall, in his machine, and
two other aviators in other ma*1
chines while patrolling the lines be";
t-een St. Mihiel and Pontamussdn,1
when directly over Pagny Surmos-1
COMPANIES
REFUSE 10
* m POLICIES
I Seattle, May 8. — The suit of
Mrs. Samuel J. Blum, widow of the
I former Alaska banker and merchant
is today being1 tried) in the Federal
I court. ,|
Mrs. Blum is Baling1 the Penn Mu- j
tual Life Insurance company and
other companies who are resisting i
'lie payment of life insurance poli- |
cies which the deceased had' taken .
out, alleging that Mr. Blum com- !
mittcd suicide.
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Washington, Washington— Se\ e.i
V five men, including thirteen kill
ed and- fifty- four wounded are re
.ported- in-General Pershing's tas
naltj list for the preceding twenty
'our hours in France.
sel'e rt'iscoverert four enemy ma- !
chines. The American airme n at !
ouce attacked the Hun flyers, Cap'- '
Hall singling out one of the enemy, |
and getting above him began driv- <
ine him downwards, at the same
titv firing Ills machine gun.
The pair of airmen made a -Dlf
al dive from an altitude of six
tbous?nd meters, when the German
suddenly revex«ed his machine and
starte- to rise in a quick turn, at
the same instant pouring a deadly
stream of bullets into the bottom of
Hall's machine. The latter promptly
came out of the spiral and made a
dive for earth. His companions
we-e unable to learn his fate .
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Know the Success family.
The father of Success is Work.
The Mother of Success is Ambition.
The oldest son is Common Sense.
Some of the other boys are Perserverance,
Honesty, Thoroughness, Foresight, Enthusiasm
and Co-operation.
The oldest daughter is Character.
Her sisters are Cheerfulness, Loyalty, Courtsey,
Care, Economy, Sincerity and Harmony.
The baby is Opportunity
Get well acquainted with the "old man" and
you will be able to get along pretty well with all
rhe rest of the family.
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Copenhagn, Wedenesday.—Accord
ing to information received here to
day an army of one hundred thous
and Russians are marching on. Fin
land from Petrograd.
Washington, May 8. — Estimates
submitted to Congress today by
the Federal Shipping board call for
a total appropriation of $2,2UP,*
835,000.
CM011
iS
Washington, D. C.,—Construction
of. the Alaskan railway is being
somewhat delayed by the war, and
completion will be deferred to be
yond the 1919 or 1920 date orlglna?
ly projected for it.
While more than 6000 men were
traoloyed in the field during 1917.
k force of perhaps 3000 is all that
be maintained through the sum
mer of 1918, and though the $40,
l>00,000 undertaking stands at a
stasp. 65 per cent toward completion,
th„ remaining may take much long
er to construct than has the two*
thirds so far built.
A linking up of yaps in the
coastal section and the pushing1 of
main railheads some forty or fifty
mile; toward* the interior, is fifty j
nicies toward the interior, is the
limit of construction which the
commissioners feel certaln that the
shortage of men, materials and ship*
pin i will allow them to attain.
"Tnat will be Alaska's share of
the "nevitable sacrifice war entails,''
sa (1 William C. Edes.
CITY OF SEATTLE ON
WAY TO 8KAGWAY
Seattle. -May 8. — The Pacific
rfteamshio company's steamship City
of Seattle sailed from this port this
morning at ten o'clock. T. Myers,
F. A. Bond and wife, James Powell,
J. K Burnett, Peter Rifollo, Wil*
liim Gustafson, John Dougherty and
C. J. McKid wore the passengers
from here booked through, to Skag
way.
HUMAN SNOW PLOW
TAKES A VACATION
Capt. Brown, 1st mate on the
government transport. General Ja
cobs, operating on the Yukon riv
er, arrived in Skagway oa yester
day's train enroute to Seattle where
he will spend the next thirty d*aye.
Capt. Brown winters in White
horse, where he fills the position of
watchman for the steamerr, but in
cidentally employs his hours off
from work in shoveling snow from
'he sidewalks and streets. In, speal#
ing of the past winter, he states
that ho shoveled mountains of snow,
and that the rotary snowj plow; 0'
the White Pass route has nothing o
him as a mover of snow.
Walter Watts, who has been, em
ployed On the harbor boat Peterson
for more htan a year as quarter
master has resigned' hisi position to
answer to the call to the colors.
recelted his orders to report to Ft
3ew*rd on the 8th of the month.
Lloyd George Sends Urgent Call to All
Members to be Present and Vote
Down the Measure
London, May 8. — Lloyd George'a
government hag Issued a summons
»o all 'ts supporter requesting their
' attendance at tomorrow's session of
| the British House of Commons,
I when former Prime Minister As
quint w'll move "a resolution which
if carried <wlll be a vote of censure
to the present British government."
The call says "a division of opin
ion and vote on the resolution to
be offered is absolutely certain, a 'd
*t mvist not be allowed to pass."
The action of the former premier
lii bringing the resolution before
the House of Commons is the cul
mination of a storm which. yaa
raised in England through the pub
lication of charges by; General
ifaurlce to the effect that the Lloyd
Geoi^e government dJeceived the
country regarding the state of pre
paredness of the British ftifcny on
the French fronts to withstand th«
grtat German offensive, although
there was ample time during the
winter and early; spring to. make ell
needed1 preparedness. '•
HIS CLAIM
VICTORIES
Eiirlln, Wednesilay. — A report j
given out by. the German War Office
this morning says that attacks made J
by English and. Australian troops |
asrainst German positions on Lys and
hetween Ancre on the Somme and j
♦he positions on both sides of
Coride Bray road were all repulsed
and he^vy losses inflicted on the
enemy. . ! •
Ti e report states that Germans
•terming detachments pushed" their
way across the Aise river and
brought back prisoners.
PRESIDENT SETS
WEEK FOR REO
Washington, May 8. — President
W;lson has issued a proclamation
designating the week beginning Wed
nesday, May 15, as Red CroBs week,
and iu his proclamation the Presi- .,
dsnt calls upon the people of the
Nation to come forward! and contri
bute « second hundred million dol
lar" for the continuance of the
American Red Cross work at home
and overseas. ,
0. S. HAS HALF
MILLION IN
IS FRANCE
Washington, May 8. — Secretary
of War Baker today, made the posi*
tive announcement that th$ Unit
ed States now have over half a
million men in France j
finlanTto
BE MiARCNK
London, May 8. — There i» vary
little doubt ]>ut that a monarchy
jvill shortly be proclaimed Jn Fin
lan£. A Stockholm dispatch to
the London Thnes eays that Grand
Uuke Frederick, of MeckLeaburgB
chwerin, uncle of the Croyn Prin
cess of Germany is slated aa ths
candidate for hte kingship.
A. G. Lightfoot, firemaa on, the
Peterson was in the city on business
toda^ wh:Je the ship* wfts in port.
P. J. Flynn and wife returned
from a trip to Puget Sound cUi«*
on the steamship Spokane last night
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With A Gentlemanly Air
About Them
As good in their inside make-up as
they are in their outside looks.
Shapely, sturdy, smart suits for the
mail 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.
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