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No. 261 TWENTIETH YEAR
SKAGWAY, ALASKA, FRiDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1917
PRICE 10 CENTS
BOLSHEVIK! RUSSIAN COVERNMENT EALLS
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U. S. TROOPS PLAV BIG
FART IN Mi DRIVE
British Arm}" in. France, Friday.
Nov. 30.—American troops played
Aa important ;,>ait ill General
Hyngv jjn-»t tlrive last wjpek be
fore C*Hll>iai, ami acquitted Uumii
jidves with unusual honors. I. S.
forco have Im^iiu to W'ftr their
akare of the real war awl are now
sl<le bj side with their al
lies.
A »ubstautiiU vangum doftte
groat arniy of Anifricw aviators
which will eventually operate iu
Fmace have arrived neaj- the front.
Tliis ls only the beginning of the
M'ar in the air, for the United
States are now building a fleet of
airplanes to cost in the nelgld>oi'
Iiood of $040,000,000 and that will
surpo&s anything the world has
ever before seen.
NDIGTED 81
GRAND JURY
Madison, Nov. 29.—Congressman
John M Nelson, of "Wisconsin, and
bis eon Byron, have been indicted
tie federal grand jury in a con
spiracy to violate the registration
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Congressman Nelson hails from
tha same state as senator La
Follette. '.lii
it
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Seattle, Nov. 29.—"I am an an
archist,' cried Miss Louise Oliver
eau while addressing the jury on
fcer own behalf in tha federal court
yesterday afternoon Miss Olivereau
U charged with abetting Bedition
and with treason.
(3ul*erib» for the Dally Aiasfcan)
j ORGANIZATIONS
MEET TO OUST j
[ HI GILL
Seattle, Nov. 29.—Minute men j
having been out gathering evidence
against Mayor Gill and getting data '
in regard to the vice syndicate in j
Seattle, and being jockeyed by Gill
representatives, worked among I
fourteen civic organizations which j
will call a mass meeting Friday
night to devise ways and means for
ousting Seattle's mayor. It is an
nounced by the municipal! league
that two new charges will be yre- j
ferred against Gill.
The intensive agitation is the re-1
suit of General Greene's recent or- j
der prohibiting camp Lewis soldiers 1
from visiting Seattle without writ- '
ten permission and stating the pur-1
pose i,' their visit in the city.
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GOVT SHIP LAUNCHED
IX GRAY'S HARBOK
Aberdeen Nov. 30.—With the
name of Abrigada, Belected by Mrs.
Wood row Wilson, wife of the
president, the first wooden steam
ship completed for the government
»as launched today from the yards i
in Grays Harbor by. the Motorship j
Corporation. I
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ALBERT REINERT
Phone 41
Broadway between Third and Fourth
London, Nov. 30.—(Latest) —
Tlie Lcuiue on.il Bolshevik! govern
ment lias fallen, according to »
Petrograd diftntch to the Lowlou
Chronicle, iuid Is succeedtxl by a
coalition cabinet of advaiwedt So
cialists in wliicli Bolaheviki and
J'is followers were given a sulistan
tial representation.
It is not known just what effect
the new government will have <•!>
on i>eacc negotiations with Ger
many, but negotiations already madq
will undoubtedly stand invalid.
New Revolt In I'etrograd
Washington, Nov. 29.—Reports
that a neyv revolution has brok- ^
eu out in Petrograd and that so-1
vera street fighting has resulted,
reached here today.
Germany Hopes For l'eacc
Berlin, Nov. 30.—The German
chancellor told the Reichstag to
day he was ready to enter peace
negotiations as soon as the Bus
man. gcvermnent sends ivpresenta
tives with full powers to Berlin.
"I bope an<l wish," he said,
"that these effoits will soon takfl
definite shape and bring us peace." '
Sweden To Act As Mediator
London. Nov. 30.—A Copenhagen
dispatch says th.e Swedish legation
at Petrograd has agreed at Leon
Trotsky's request to act as mediat- ■
or between Russia and Germany, i
and has already sent to Berlin ft
note orofferlng truce.
Envoys Return
Petrograd, Nov. 29.—The Bol
shevlki government today received
formal notification from KrylenJco,
commander in chief of the Bol
theviii crinies, that his envoys had
returned from the German lines
bearing the German commander In,
chief's official consent to negotiate J
for au armistice over all the Rus- j
sian fronts.
Threatens To Declare Debits In
valid.
Petrograd, Nov. 29.—Lenine to
day openly threatened to declare
Russia's obligations and debits to
other nations invalid unless those
nations accept Bolsheviki proposals
for a general armistice of all bel
ligerents. No reply 'has as /et
been made by the United States
and the allied governments.
11 IN REGIMENTS FIGHT
EACH OTHEB ALL NIGHT LONG
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Headquarters Italian Army, Xov.
:$0. — Details have been officially
received of one of the most sang
uinary fights in the northern Ital
ian zone in which two Austro-Hun
garian regiments fought eaoh| other
until tfcfy were almost exterminat
ed.
The disaster to tlie Austro-Hun
troops took place hack of Asiago
during an attack against the Ital
ians. A regiment of Hungarian
Czechs became engaged, wit hi a j
regiment of Galiclan Poles, both ,
wealing different unifortns and
shaking <lifferent tongues.
llifle fire, followed by bayonet j
charges, with hand to hand strug- j
gles In which grenades were freely
used, lasted through the entire i
pjght until finally what was left of
the two regiments became untangled
and It became known they belong
ed to the same side.
FINAL EFFORT TO
PULL OFF THE
SPOKANE
Seattle, Xov . 29.—Witli several
tugs having come from Seattle a
final effort will bo made today to
haul off the wrecked steamer Spo
kane. Although a iarge part of
her hull is torn, it thought the ves
sel can be saved it she can be pull
ed off the reef.
MAYOR DILI
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Seattle, Nov. 30.—In reuly to
information that efforts are being
made for his removal from office,
.Mayor Gill said this morning that
ho is going to run again for mayor
at the next election. I
BELGIANS AGAIN IN FIGHT
Berlin, Nov. 30.—The Hague re-1
ports a re, ulsed attack of Bel
gians in the neighborhood of |
Schoop.
Thanksgiving Special
Preferred Stock Corn on Cob
THE FINEST IN. THE LAND
In Gallon Tins at 80c
Large slock of this years Walnuts, Almonds, Filberts and Brazils Nuts
Dromedary Dates, Layer Raisins received on last boat
P. H. GANTY
Washington, Nov. 30.—invasion
of Italy has been definitely halted
and Teuton troops are now. digging
In for the winter along a trench
system which follows the course of
the Tagliamento river.
Rome cables today state that
Italian civilians, without distinc
tion to age or sex, are being forced
to work on entrenchments by the
.A.ustro-German &rmy.
Heavy Artilelry Duels
Rome, Nov. 29.—Heavy artillery
duels are reported from Northern
Italy, which probably proceed • a
new offensive.
For three days Germans and Aus
tro-Hungarians have been massing
troops along the Upper Piave river
| and between the Plave and Bretna
valleys.
I To Fix Responsibility
For Italian Disaster
Pari*, Nov. 30.—"The Italian gov
ernment will not hesitate to ener
1 geticallv and fully investigate the
I Italian disaster and fix the respon
sibility therefore," declared Min
ister of the Treasury Nitti on ar
rival at the conference of all the
Allies now belug held in Paris.
Nltti's statement follows the
1 recent investigation in Seattle and
'arrest <•' 100 anarchists who, ac
1 cording to their own confessions,
ihad a part in the Italian disaster.
MIAL LAW IN
PACIFIC COAST
PORTS
Washington, Nov. 29.—Seattle's
water front and other Pacific Coast
porta deep enough for docking sliipa
of 600 tons or mor are to be placed
under martial law, according to an
announcement to this effect made
today by the department of justice.
Christiania, Nov. 29.—King Gus
tavo, of Sweden, and King Chris
tian, o' Denmark, have arrived here
with their respective premiers and
foreign ministers to confer in refer
ence tr- the war, . ' 1 ! '■
American Army Headquarters,
Nov. 30.—Notional Guardsmeq from
every state ia the union liave ar
rived In Prance and ai-e now among
tlie trooj)s training back of thfe
lines for active duty .
All soldiers departing from the
United States have arrived safely
on French soil.
NEW APPOINTMENTS
rN BRITISH ARMY
London, Nov. 29.—General Her
bert C. Oplummer wag today ap
pointed commander of the British
forces in Italy, and Lieut-General
W. H. Marshall was named to suc
ceed General Maude In Mesopotamia.
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