PRICE 10 CENTS
SKAGWAY, ALASKA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 16. 1918
FIRST YEAR
No^ 163 TWENTY
BOLSHEVIK! TROOPS PERPETRATE
FIERCE ATROCITIES ON CIVILIANS
I-ondjbn, Friday, J":30 a. m.—Ac
cording to advice received this morn
lug by "the British war office, the
Allied v Archangel expeditionary
force has reached Pabereshskaia,
which IsjLiSo miles south of Arch
angl on the railroad running to
wards Vologda. Upon the arrival
of the 1 Allied forces, the Bolshevlki
forces fetired.
Tne Bolsheviki soldiers have been
found to have committed every
form of atrocity uoon the civilian
population conceivable, and the
scenes which have been encounter
ed are most horrible.
Al..ed forces have been landed on
the shores of One/& Day, which is
100 miles southwest of Archangel
for the purpose of intercepting the
Bolsheviki. I j
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GIVEN FAIR
ine
Washington, Friday. — Provost
Marshal General Crowder issued a
statement today yarning all young
men wfco have attained the age of
twentvilone years since June 5th,
1918, to register !Or military serv
ice not):later than August 24th.
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San Francisco, Aug 16.—M. Metin,.
bead oi the French diplomatic nils- i
sion to^ Australia, who was in this j
city e^route to Australia, died at i
bia hotel here today following a
stroke «X apoplexy. M. -Metin was
a former member of the French
cabinet; of deputies.
CAPT. .BLACK OK Yl"KOV
WOUNDED IN ACTION*
Vancoaver, Friday, 9:15 a. m.— j
According to adv'ce received in this
city this morning. Captain George
Black former governor of Yukon i
Territory, now with the Candian
fightin? forces In France, has been
wounded bjr a gunshot in his thigh. ^
Word was received in this city
last evening that the body of Teddy
Curran had been found on a sand
bar at the mouth of the Tahkina
river, and that it would be brought
to .Whitehorse for burial.
T- F. Curran oi "Teddy" as
he was better known, disappeared ,
on the night of Friday, August 2, 1
and since that time a continual |
searcn has been Drosecuted, and 1
it was not a surprise to his many j
/rfends when the body was found,
aa it was the general belief that:
he had deliberately walked off !
the dock at Whitehorse into the I
deep water of the Yukon.
recwIff
■IB CMP LEWIS
Cam:) Lewis, Friday. — When or*
ders to make preparations for the
reception of additional troops was
received here today, it was learned
that tfiii thousand draft men will en
train •*or this cajnp from nine of
the western states during the week
Augus* 22 to 30th.
Jame* Kennedy who ha been in. I
Atlin and vicinity for several daya ;
on business, returned home last
evening on the train. Mrs. Kennedy
returned also, j jiu-j e uo
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^aris, Friday.—Further advances
have been made In the wooded re
gions between the Matz and the Oise
rivers, and also at a point just north
of the Oise river near Ribecourt,
according to an official communica
tion received by the Frenh War
office from the front,
London, Friday—9:11 a. m. —
According to Field Marshal ilalg'«
morning communique to the British
war o'«fce, the Canadian forces have
taken the villages of Damery an<l
Parvillers a short distance north
west of Roye.
Th$ communique furtner states
that the British line southeast of
Proyart, situated Just south of
the Somme has been advanced.
London, Friday, 9:15 a. m.—The
French troops have captured j all
the hirh ground on the Lassigny
.Massla and are now working down
the north and eastern sides of
the slopes so that 'uriher retirement
of the enemy in that sector is quite
probable within a few hours.
Washington, Aug. 16.—According
to official advice received by the
war I'eoartment today, American
troopa began to disembark et Vladi
vostok this morning and immediate
ly with the American international
force ».egan *o aid the Czecho
slovak army 'n its campaign in Si- ,
beria. " |
Paris, Friday, 11:22 a. m.—The
French troops are reported from 1
the pattle front to have made 1
important advances from two and
one half miles west of Roye. and
have made progress In the region of
Villers Lea Roys, St, Aurin and
Armancourt.
London, 12:00 m.—Field Marshal
Genera] Haig indicated in his ad
vice l°te this morning that the Brit*
ish tcrces were slowly encircling
Albert, menacing the city from the
west «nd south. British troops
have forced a Crossing over the
Ancre on a wide front to the north
ward and the report advises that
further progress has been made
south of Albert
r •' Pa.-'.?, Friday 11:45 a. m.—Re* |
ports from the front received late
this forenoon stats that General
Humnert is now in possession of th®
entire plateau south of Lasigny,
dominating the whole southwestern
corner of the battle front.
His troops have worked their
way »o within 2,500 yards of the
town of Lassigny, and are now
pushing down the southern slopes
of the plateau.
The reports states that Chaulnes
is still under British artillery fire. I
Pans, Friday, 3 p. m.—Late af
ternoon reports from the battle
front show that Roye is being
held in a vice like grip by the
French and that the stubborn re
sistance of the Gemans is being
crushed and the town slowly en
circled by the French.
Pari9, Friday, 3 p. m.—Advice i
received from the Soissons-Rheims
sector state that the Americans
are maintaining a strong pressure
against the enemy along the Vesle
river, and that there is a noticeable ■
decrease in the strength of the Ger
man artillery fire. '
UP 10 IDE UNITED STATES TO
WALLOP THE HUN II IDE WEST
Washington, Friday. — In report
ing the bill exteuding the draft
age today, Senator Chamberlain dis
closed to the Senat© that Chief of
Staff General March had told the
military committee of the Senate
that it was up to the United States
to put enough men in the field in j
France to win the war on the west"
ern front. He had exposed the he- :
lief that four million Amreicans un- ;
der one commander could go thru i
these German lines whenever they
pleased.
The war program calls for over j
three million men In France by June
1919, with eighteen more divisions ;
in training at home. i i
REVENUE BILL
ALMOST READY
Washington, Friday—The eight
billion war revenue bill was practi
cally completed by the House Ways
and Means committee today. The
hill requires the payment in taxes
©I two billion seven hundred mil"
lion dollar).
ENEMY LOSSES
tiec.' •> <im ,31 ll .SI .JflrM:
London, Aug. 16.—The British
war department announced this
morning that the proportion of
losses to the. German forces to those
[of the Allies nince August 8th, ia
[greater than at any other period
since ♦he beginning of the war.
Fruit Jars,
Jelly Glass etc
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Masaa Self Se&Ung Tar Tops, 3 So per doz.
Mason Self Sellnag Caps, 20<j doz. 3 for 50c.
Mason Porcelain Lined Jar Caps, 40c per doz.
Jar Rubbers—Best Grade—heavy, 10c per doi.
Parowax la 1 lb. bricks, 20c each.
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Mason Self Seal«r Pints
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COc per dos.
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11.25 per doz.
Washington, Friday, 9:®0 a. m.—
It has been reposed to the State
Department in adyices received thia
morning that Russian peasants are
flocking to the standard of the
Czechoslovak forces operating in
force 50.0 miles east of Moscow.
The Soviet deputies began evacu
ating Moscow, thus opening the way
for the Czecho-Siovaks and Allied
troops to reestablish the eastern
front on line much farther west
th.an ha* been believed possihie.
Amsterdam, Friday. — Reports
have i een received here today from
Riga stating that Von Se^busch, a
German official at Warden, Russia
had Deen assassinated Djr antl
Bolsheviki.
Washington, Friday, 9: X&
According to an; official di»Batclt «r
celved t>v the war deuartment thl«
.morning from Copenhagen, a great
numof of Russian war prlsonrse
ar$ escaping from Germany into
Denmark . , ,
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Washington, Friday.'— According
to advice received here this morn
ing the American schooner, Dor"
othy Barrett, was torpedoed off
Cape May yesterday evening, the
crew making shore in the life lx>*ta.
Seattle, Aug. 16.—Mayor Han- j
son o* this city is now working
an eibht hour shift each day at
the shipyards in this city.
Ill®
IS 1MB
Nev York, Aug 16.—Advice has
been received in this city that the
Braziiliaa, motorship Madraguda
ha« been sunk by a German sub
marine off the American coast.
The report states that the crew
of the sunken vessel were all pick
ed up by a passing steamer.
THREE LADIES NOW SAILING
FOR SKAGWAY
Seattle, Aug 16.—Mrs. Myrtle
Jensen, Isanna Sprague and Ethel
Emery sailed from this city this
morning for Skagway. •
H. Wheeler, general manager of
the W. -P. & Y. Rout«, went over
to Wbitehorse in toe 200 this morn
ing. Mr. Wheeler will be gon for
a abort time only.
1,520,000 MS
HAVE BEEN
KILLED
Paris, Friday.—The Echo de Ptrf*
today published figures giving: the
statement that Germany's killed
since tfle beginning of the war Is
one million five hundred and twen
ty thousand m^n.
Berlin, Friday.—Admissions hav«
heen made by the war office that
the Germans have evacuated the
positions near Puisiux-au-Mont and
Beaumont and Hamel north of Al
bert, the advice having been receiv
ed in an official communication
from the front.
CASUALTIES REPORTED
Washington, Fr'day.—The -.1|W
• * casualties to American troop# o
reported for the past 24 hours gives
the name of 112 men. Of this list
seventeen are reported to have been
killed or diedt from wounds whlls
the balance of the list or 95 are
severely wounded.
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