SKAGWAY, ALASKA, TUESDAY. MAY 14. 1918
weather report
V«sterd»y: Max. 54. Mia 38.
No. S7 TWENTY FIR'ST YEAR
PRICE 10 CENTS
KAISER WILNEU ASKS HEW
REPUBLIC TO HELP SHARE
IN THE WAR 61IRDEH
Amsterdam, Tuesday. — Emycror
WMliarn issued a proclamation, con
cerning Lithuania in which he says
it is assumed that Lithuania will
participate in the w«r burdens of
Germany.
By tne Kafeser's proclamation he
recognizes the independence of
Lithuania, and a part of the pro
clainaMou reads, "We assume tUat
th<j conventions to be concluded
will take the -interests of that
quarter of the empire into aocoauit
equally witn those, of Lithuania and
that Lithuania will participate in
the war burdens, of the German, gov"
eri'ment which has secured' hier
liberation from Russian rule.
With American, Army fca Franco,
Tuesday.—American, gunners have
ueeu successful in betting the
range or the gigantic enemy am
munition dump at Cantigny, and by
th» aid or explosive shells,, euc
cee.Ie'. in firing that place. By
this active «Wi immense amount of
ammunition which was stored there
for u6i by the enemy was destroyed.
At the game tiime that the shells
from the American artilfery were
drcosed Into Cantlgny, the Albi
can gunners started two fires ift_
.Moutiidier and shortly after the
time thar the -fires "were noted'
numerous explosions were reported.
ITALIAiS BEAT
II!
ATTACK
Italian Army Headquartes. Tues
day.— Italian troope repulsed with
heavy loss another dt-slK'rate at*
tetnot oa the part of the enemy to |
r^leem i's losses at Moutcorn;
w^en ar, attack was made wpou
the Italian ti\>ops Btationei'.' there
In an a'tempt to wrest it front
them.
EIGHT SHIPS •
• IN SEVEN 0«TS
WasKlti^ton, May 14.—Eight steel
steansliipy with a total tonnage of
.forty-eight thousand tons were J
turned out in the government ship-- j
ypids in seven days.
21 DEAD AND
21 WOUNDED
Washington, Tuesday. — Today b
casualties, reported, to the War Of"
fice from the American headquar
ters iu France give tie names of
21 killed outright or dead ' from
wouuds and 21 wounded.
1 LARGE SHIP
IDS MERGED
Seattle, May 14.—The immense
sUi* vards of the Skimner & i*dd>i
company, and the Seattle Construe*
tiou and Dry Dock company were
yesterday merged in'o que gigantic
organization which, will be opera tj*
ed under the management of the
S sinner & Eddy P*>pfe. The neW""
ly organized concern will devota
al' 4ts energies for building Pteel
vosseDls for the United States gov
ernment. , . *
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Men's Suits
4
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Suits at $ 17.50
$1.50 Dress Shirts for $ 1.00
A Broken Lot of Men's Shoes at
One Half Off
ALBERT REINERT
Broadway between Third and Fourth Phone 41
NEW PHOTOGRAPH OF THE PITIFUL RUIN OF YPRES ;
• i
The ruin wrought by the Uermau guns is vividly pictured In this new photograph, which shows the desrroyed
cathedral and Cloth Hall at Xpres. » ' ' ? ,
DRUG FURNISHED ESL1SIE0
. HEN TO MAKE EYES SORE
Tulsa, Okla., May 14. — W*. E
Ricsols, a ;»liyslcian and C. A.
>Iar3half, a (JentiBt, both of tills
city were this morning placed un
der arrest and charged with furnish
ing drafted men with some d'rug
thtt effected the eyee in such a
manner that it caused their rejec
tion wnen they appeared before the
physical examining board.
Federal' officers claim that the
two men under arrest extend<ed
tlveir operations to all parts of
th» country. - . .
After Marshall had been, arrest
d '.\is place of residence was
searched and a letter written hy
Bernstoi'ff was found, in which, the
letter thanked the former for his.
services. " •
YUKON GROSSING WIPED OUT
Br men water hi ice
At 7 o'clock Sunday evening the
Dominica telegraph, operator sta
tioned at Yukon Crossing, a point
ou the Yukon river, cut in oil thie I
wire- -81 a point niue mil® south [
of his station and reported that u'
■huge ice jame had carried away the
White Pass & Yukon route mail,
service s'ationlocated) there, as j
wel: as practically obliterating all
fcrsces' of any way station whatso
ever- ..." i i-i-'mI» ♦%' !!
At the time-that the stable wasj
carried away, ten horses which
wtre In it were also swept off by
the enormous mass of ice, and the
other ' contents of -"the building,
which was known to contain a large
supply ci' feed, two Btaso 6leds, and)
one thorough-brace stage coach, be
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sidfs harness and •other supplies.
The ferry was also swept away as
was the old telegraph, station, the
R. N. W. M. police post and tbree
miles oi the 1 >0111 in ion telegraph
line. I
At the time that the ice jam
broke and was swept down river
past the Crossing, Yukon] Council
lors Johnson and Phelps, Jack
Turn»r and Dr. Turnbull, who
w.rc southbound passengers 011 a
stage, Ermie Burwash, driver, were
at the Yukon Crossing road house
and it was only dnie to tbeiir quick
action in seeking places o£ safety
t!«». their lives were saved. All
their baggage was lost, but the
mail which was on the stage is re
ported saved. ' .
The property loss will probably
run into several thousand dollars.
Reports received here from low
er river points states that considerable
dt.mage was done by ice together
with the high water at Dawson,
Tanana, Fairbanks and Nenana.
At the latter pice the White Pass
is said to have lost a large barge.
It is said by eye-witnaseea that
tin ice was carried along by the
water and at some places In tre.
mendous masses it was more than
twenty feet high.
BRITISH LOSSES
ray m
Loudon, Tuesday. — The cas
ualties to the British forces in
France for the week ending tod&y
are announced hy the British wai
off'ce to be 41,612.
This inclnde^ those killed in ac
tion .died from, wounds or missing.
A card mailed' at CleElum
Wash., by Ralph Podersen was re
ceived in the last mail and . ®
states that the writer is having £
wonderful, time traveling over tin
state of Washington doing Y. M. C
A. war work.
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Amon? tho crew of the Princess
oSpv'a which made port last Sun
day was a returned BOldiert who is
doing duty as fireman. This brave
fello.w, H. Ellerbeck by name, en
listed on August 15*th, 1914 : and
soent eigHt weeks at the front
ain-« iu the retreat from Mens was
paralyzed on one side by shell
shock. He enlisted t» Portsmouth,
Ont., In the R. H. Artillery but
spent five months in thie hospital,
'lis description of the front and
tho nand to hand conflicts which
take place are most graphic.
states Quotas
TO BEJHANGED
Washington, May 14. — The bill
changing the baste of draft quotas
from the population of the various
states to the number of registered
,men in Class A 1 passed both
branches of congress and was
sent to the President latie yester
day for his signature, ■ | . I
Las Angeles, May 14.—F. C.
Noyes, receiver for the defunct
Washington-Alaska batik at Fair
banks has institute^ suit in the
distr!ot court for $409,000 against
Falcon Joslin, Joha Schram, W. H.
Persons and other Seattle men*
claiming that they were connectri
with the failure of the bank.
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range.
S
JAMES KENNEDY
Moscow, Tuesday. — Four tho 'M
am Germany and a great
members of the Planish Wh:i«
Guard were killed in & battle wiiS
'lustlan troops near Lahmta, situs?
edi CO miles north; of H«3slngforfr
yesterday.
Iu. the bombardment of the pl&"4
bjr the Germama before they were
driven back many chrilfcao* we:#
killed.
After the occupation of Tamme.*
fot s by the White Guard a flewi da. •
ago, Russian soldiers and? office v
were shot. They "weire ma<j*cr_4
in great groups, as many as ftf'-y
at ono time being shot to death by
machine gun fine, before whicH
they had been llaed uj» for eflecu*
hush ifi
SUCCESSFUL
London, Tuesday.—Marshal HAiJ
th's morning reported heavy artil*
lery tire took pjaoe last night !•
tile Jamme and) Ancre sectors.
In his report, the British Flel^
Mrashai states that he carried o 'I
a -aid tear Robecq and captuavi
many prisoners without, a slag'#
casinlfy to his troops.
HEAVY BATTLE REPORTED NO *
fN PROGRESS
Paris, Tuesday. — Reports r?*
ceive'I by the French War Offl •
this afternoon state that a
ar'iilery battle is In progres® ;*
th§ Champagne sector.