WEATHER REPORT
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AG WAV, ALASKA FRIDAY
HUNS CUNT OUT THROUGH
STRONG ALLIED DEFENSE
1-onclou, Friday.—la an attack
which they launched yesterdny eve""
i.." Ui; iii'st British positions around
liiv'iM' j, on the southern side of
rhe I.ys river, German troops Wero
c mitl'iely repulsed with heavy loss
The War Office also announced
this morning that attacks made to"
'"> on the British. lines in the nor"
'hem nart of the Lys battle area,
aim iouth of Mount Kemmelthe en
••iny aas successfully rel>ulsed..
There was no change alo>ti!j the
f' "ire British front during the
nl lit. while the British army aided,
hy Fr>vich. reserves are holding: the
Germane On the Flanders front.
The French "rmy has gained con
siderable ground &k>ug Avre
«outhunst of Amiens by a heavy
coun'or at'ack on a front extending
for ever two miles. Tlio attack, ac
o tding to the French connuuuica
tloit to the Paris War Office, car"
r. d rl:e French, troops' to the out
skirt.. of the village o-f Castel.
i'aris, Friday.—The French War
Office today announced Miat the
Frencii armies fighting In the re
gie.. of Amiens have captured the
N'eciil wood, and made considerable
advance against the enemy in sev
ere 1 other sectors.
Hit! PREPARE
FOR IHE FRAY
V.iih Itritish Armies in France.
Prutay Quiet prevailed along niuc
tin. Flanders front throughout
mo* oi the forenoon, aithougji. Mt.
lv niiail. •->u the northerly Bide of
th:< biitl]e area *as being heavi
!> bombarded. This afternoon the
bombardment increased in furv.
presumably in preparation for a
fr>sti assault bv the Germans
2000 GERMANS
Paris. Thursday.—A repoit re*
eeived at the French War Office
from the British head Quarters in
France says that i:- on>» days' fight
ing on 'he northern front. British
troops suffocated more tli-'n two
thousands Huns who were caught
within range of the j:as bonitw
without the protection of gas masks.
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GEI PfifllSLD
With Ainerieaa Army in Fran<e,
Friday.—General Pershing received
i letter today fiom General Rawlin
son, commander of the British Fifth
Army in France ir which the latter
declared if was largely duo to the
assistance of American engineers
that the rBitish army had been able
to check 'he advance of thei Germain
army in the Pic^rdy section.
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| Washington, April IS. According
J10 a report received by the war tie"
partition this afternoon. Austrian
I'roous in IVraiai j have refused to do
I service o.i the western front in
France, and "lso i'i the Italian dis
trict.
This is looked upon as an idniea
tion thoi the Austrian troops are bi?
coniin1: tired of their long- service,
and are now begitutig; to show their
dissatisfaction at the )rrotraoted
Ic.'.iSi'h of the war.
APRIL 28 IS I IBERIf Wt
Washington, April l!(. — By a
proclamation issued by President
Wilsoj, this morning, Sunday, April
2S. hits been set aside "s "J.ibei'ty
Di.v" throughout the Union.
The proclamation calls every roni
111 u-iity to attention, And they are
ordered to hold rallies) througk
■ ou t the day in which the citizens
'..I! "Literally pledge anew their
fillet <-iu 1 Buppor to (sustain the Na
ti n's i a use."
Sa:« Francisco, Ai• ri 1 1 *. • It was
auuoiiiK < «1 !inlay that the lvsitwnsi"
bility to iuilij'ovo the conditions in
Sa.i Franris<\> would i»robablv bo
uulcitahm by the military authori
tips, taKins thy policing' of the
city auay irumj ih? city poiict. The
conditions of vice and 1wIcs -sin s=s
here is irrowinjr da'Iy, ti;id it -i>t nis
as though the niuiticii»al police are
unable to better 'lie condition.
"Let there bo no misuiulerstand
inc,' says President Wilson. "Our
present and immediate task is to
win the war and nothing shall turn
us aside front it until it is a>
com; lished."
nHEMS NOW
I Friday.—After battlin«
. Mi; i, r t.units \vhich| have been
..irkiusly in Rheiins for the
s; ttci'K, Uif forces were wltli*
.'•■vi, today, «s there is no further
jiK i r them to acconiiplih, their
(.•'forts having pioven futile, andj
ih city U now nothing but a, pilei
of Mi.olving ruins. It is estimated
'lint during the past week the en
emy fired more than onu hundred
thousand shells into the city saya
•' '.-o"i os. ondent of LeMattn.
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With Hritish Armies In Franre.
Several l.a,Jerii.< of field Runs
have bent brought ui> to Hie sup
port of Gen. Von Quast's troops. |
ami immediately upon tlioir ar-!
rival tuty began poimdinjr the vil
lages i:i tlio areas back of the Brit
ish lines.
North of the T.ys river the Brit
ish eonuminiwlions their sup
ply bas<M are continually under in
direct sun fire.
Yprcs is treated to an intermit- i
tent rhf-llii-K from long range pmall
bore guns.
Of the British operations thero,
seems to lv> a determination to '
break the German advance and
turn >' i''to a withdrawal or re
treat, British fruns are keeping
up an i. tense fira which is harass
iny the enemy, and preventing the
I In . s from inup roving any position
wliici) t hey occupy. |
On (he north flank of the L.vs
biii'lo !'t!d tlie struggle is cease-!
less. Kiesh troops are brought up
and, the exhausted ones retired. j
Southeast of Ypres, the British
artilleiv occupies a cluster of hills,
and from these points of vantage
Neve,, assaults of the Germans were
repelI*. the enemy troops being
raked by the British cannon fire.
From tin's point the British ar*
tillory c:> light the troops of General
Marshall and General Zudohna,
crossing an old shell torn battle
field, and beforo they could be
retired, both commands were fear
fully b'r.ashed by tho accuracy of
the British gunners. 4
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K(>iu», April 19.—Premier Ur*
l:i..do announced in "ie Chamber of
Deputies this morning that Italian
troops would be dispatched to the
l ttie front in France at once.
The Prime Minister's announce
ment was received] with a storm
>:t applause.
I., his speech the Premier said
fi^t Italy could not remain ab
«e t from the bat'lefields in
France. She wished to bring to lier
Allies tangible Proof of her solidar
ity ftiici that very soon Italian regi
ments will be flying their colors
over 'he fields of Picardy besides
those o the French, British, Ameri
can, Belgian and Portuguese.
\\ ashington, Friday. — Aocord
i.i to hn "nnouncem<enjt madd to
day by the Italian Ambassador in
this city, basing his uthority on
a r:uiio dispatch which, he received
Italian regiments are already in
Fimi i" and now formj the right wing
o' Hi" Allied armies. The mes
s:i .re i>; said to have come from the
It-ilian premier, and stages that] the
Italicn troops should be iu the
Mi't' k the battle.
N BQLDiERS KtFUBE 10
Amsterdam, April 19.—Reports
have reached, here to the effect that.
Cerma.i troops stationed at the
German military camp at Beverloo,
i„ the province of Limbers, are rc
fusii'g lo go to the front. This re
pot i reveals further mutiny on the
part of German soldiers t^ that
reae'ii. '4 here a fejv days ago.
Maiij- of the soldiers who refus
e' to ooey the orders to make ready
for movement to the front have
been shot.
The men protested against the
commands of their officers, insist
ing that to go co the front only
meant Uiey would be slaughtered
tv the French and British. En
raged by the action of their men,
the officers attempted to break
up the outbreak, and1 much blood
shed followed.
The- trouble is still in progress,
<1 ae this is one of the largest
1 li 'tar • camps in Germany, it is be*
li veil that the mutiny may spread:
; nd i-an.se great diasention. in tho
ranks. ' ! 1
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HUNS FAIL 10
GEJJCROSS
Wi'h r.iiUsli Array to France,
Friday,— German forces numbering
inert than ten divisions driving:
furiously -''gainst the British de
fense between Giveiichy onj the La
Hasscc and St. Veil ant in an at
t nipt to effect a crossing of tile
I.eOassec canal O-re being held In
' firm manner, '1'h-e British ar*
infiictirff heavy losses oji the
!!. .is ;is they m&ke dash, after daBh
I force their way cross the op«n.
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