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RHEIMS BLOCKED Bf ALLIES
Paris, Wednesday. — A desper
ate attempt to take Rhiems lftst
nljfht at any price was completely
blocked by he defenders of the city
is the announcemet made *>>" the
French War office today.
The assault was made over a 13
mile front between VrUmy. Fortla*
pon and Heele. which formed a con-'
plete semi circle about the city on,
the north front and east to west.
Thirty six thousand German troops
participated in the attack, and the
fighting yas very furlouB at *11
points, the enemy suffering great
losses at toe hands of the Allied
defenders of the city.
HIDE conn
AND TOOK
MONEY
New York, June 19.—Lieutenant
James C. Staeley ,a reserve army
officer ,was arrested by government
agents and charged with profiteer- j
ing. Staeley is said to have ac- (
cepted money from certain manufac-|
turers for placing contracts for i
the manufacture of raincoats for
use B£ the soldiers with them.
YANKS PUT UP
FIERCE BATTLE
Washington, June 19-—General
Pershing reported a desperate en
gagement between two patrols, the
Germans having forty and the Amer
leans thirteen. The Americans were
ambushed hut put up a terrific bat
tle and most of them returned
safety to their own lines.
Italian Headquarters. Wednesday. I
—One French regimei/ this morning
buried the bodies of six hundred
Austrian soldiers who had been.,
killed in front of their line during: j
the last few days fightkig.
The French troops are maintain'
Inp their lines at all poiuts of j
attack, and while the onslaughts of'
the enemy continue with unabated
fury, the French are holding firm
aud Inflicting heavy losses on the
Austrians.
EXTENSION* OF LIMITS
SATISFACTORY TO RAKKR
Washington, June 19.—Secretary i
of War Baker has authorized the
statement that if congress decides
that It necessary at this time to
extend the draft age limits below
20 aud above 30, or either or both,
rxo opposition would be offered to
such a measure by the war depart
ment.
ACTING PILOT
Seattle, June 19.—Dan Cupid
was chief pilot of the Bteamship Al
aska wnen that vessel sailed! from
this port this afternoon at two o'
clock.
Pilot Cupid will sail his craft In
to the harDor at Seward where one
of tne passengers Miss Ida L. Todd,
of San Rafael, California, will be *
come the bride of J. C. Pollock, one <
of the memoera of the Alaska En
gineering commission.
Pilot Dan will then continue on
his way and dock the big ship at
tne wharf at Cordova, where he will!
place Miss Mayme Schmidt, of Da
venport, Iowa into the outstretched
arms of Earl Cornwall, in chrage 1
of the naval wireless radio station,
there, who will bear her away to
a duly authorized person and make
her his wife.
Mr. and Mrs. McDonald arrived
out from Dawsou on last night's
train and will be oassengers on the
Prlnctss Alice for Vancouver to
which place Mr. McDonald is taking
his wife for treatment as she sus
tained a fracture of the left ankle
some time ago. Mr. McDonald is
an old employee of the N. C. Com
pany.
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ALBERT REINERT
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Rom®, Wednesday. — A state
ment Issued by the Italian War
Office today in. speaking of the
Italian resistance Bays, "The valiant
troops of our army were strenuously
tried by the terrific onslaughts of
the enemy but the Austrians were
not able to increase the short deptc
of their advance in the strip of
ground within which the fighting
ha» t>een raging for the past four
days. While we have suffered a
heavy loss, the loss to the enemy
has been many times greater."
Rome. June 19.—The Italian^
Prime Minister made a statement
this morning to the Chamber of
Deputies on the war situation in
which he states that the enemy con
tinues his pressure of our troops
along the mountain front and 1"'
the region of Montello.
"The enemy has made repeated
efforts at various points a\ong the
Piave river but all have been in
vain, our artillery proving particu
larly affective against the hos
tile forces on the right bank of the
Piave.
"We have retaken the positions,"
concluded the Premier, "which the
Italians have lost up to date and
our troops have tak^n over five
thousand prisoners. Our troops
will hold the enemy* back in the
present offensive, and will soon
■drive them back from the positions
they now hold."
London, June 19-—The Evening
Standard Dispatch 6ays that the
Austrians now occupy the west bank
of the Piave river from Conegliono
railway to Zenson Bend a distance
of two miles. The bridges that the
Austrians use iu crossing are under
Oontant ,!re by the Italians and the
losses by th0 Austrians are des
cribed as frightful.
AMERICAN Mil SINKS HUM
SUBMARINE AND CREW PERISH
New York, June 19.—According
to the report of prisoners arriving |
on an American bMd an American I
sub sank a German sub off the
Virginia coast yesterday. No par
ticularg are given other than it was
a complete victory for the Ameri
cans, the entire German crew per
ishing. *4
EUDES SAILS 'j
for Cordova;
Seattle, June 19. — Chairman !
Eades of the Alaska Railway com- j
mission and Andrew Christenaen, of >
the land department of th^, com
mission, together. with Mrs. Eades.
wife of Chairman Eades, Miss E.
Beach, who is a guest of Mr. and
Mrs. Eades and J. L. Mason, Mr.
Eades private secretary, an sailed
on the steamship Alaska which left
this port at two o'clock this after
noon for the north, via Skagway.
Cnairman Eades and Mr. Chris
tensen will disembark at Cordova,
from which point th«y will go over
land to Fairbanks.
AMERICAN CASUALTY
LISTS ARE INCREASING
Washington, June 19. — General
Persuings report of casualties cov
ering the Dast twenty-four hours up
tp jnidnight last night ts given this
morning at 144 casualties of which
number 40 names are those who
have Deen killed or died of wounds
and 88 wounded.
The casualties to the Amercian
Marines is given at 130^ which in
cludes 37 killed or dead from
wounds and 92 wounded severely.
Mr. and Mrs. Clint Lewis, who
arrived out from Dawson last eve
ning will sail south on the Prinoess
Alice. Mr. Iiewig has been engag
ed by one of the large mining com
panies near Dawson for the past
few years and is now leaving the
north with the idea of offering his
services to liis. oountry n the engi
neering branch of the service.
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PASSENGER LINER RUNS WITHIN
FEW YARDS OF FLOATING MINE
An Atlantic Port, Wednesday. — j
An. American steamship with, eighty ,
passengers arrived in this port this
morning after having passed thru j
a most thrilling experience.
She was making the voyage from
Havana over th© regular Cuban
courst, and, narrowly missed strlk*
lng a floating mine which had just
Anchorage, June 19.—So as to
insure the completion this season
of that part of the government rail"
road between Seward and| Anchorag
which towns are about 114 miles
apart, night shifts of construction
ganga have been, put to work. Day
light nights innure greatly to the
progress of operations.
When the laying of steel was end
ed as a result of bad weather early
last winter, the rails extended
north, from Seward to Girdwood, a
distance of nearly seventy-four
miles, and south from Anchorage to
is Creek, a distance of about
twenty-three miles. The interven
ing- distance between the two ends
of steel was about seventeen miles.
Some difficulty is experienced In.
oDtalning laborers. The demand for
men to close the gap bewteen Bew
ard and Anchorage is greater now
than the supply.
32illl0W
!N ALSACE
Washington, June 19-—The War
Department announced yesterday
that Major General John, E. Morri
son ha® been appointed to sue-1
ceed in command of the Western I
department, and also reports that1
the 32nd Division of the National'
Guards are now fighting in Alsace. J
Mrs. Heroster, Mrs. Matthews and
J. D. Tillen of lower river points ar
rived out on last n'ght's train from
Whitehorse and will be passengers
for Vancouver on the Alice.
Deea laid by a German submarine,
which upon noting that the »hlp
did not strike the mine ImmedaUtjr
gave chase, out the big boat »uc*
ceeded in getting away.
The U-Doat had laid the mine di
rectly la the course that reaaels
take and the liner paaeed wlthia
a tew yards of the mine.
ADMITS
PRUSSIA
CANT II
Amsterdam, June 19 — George
Bernhardt stated in an article which
he had written and which was
printed today in the Vosalchs Zel*
tung, published In Berlin that "we
see more clearly each day that
this war cannot be ended by a mili
tary stroke but can oniy bg ended
by political action.
Washington, June 19. — The De
partment, of State announced thi*
morning that what may prove to be
an act of war against the United
States occurred at Attlbrls, Persia,
when Turkish troops took that town,
and immediately occupied the A,*
merican and British consulates.
In addition to driving the Amerl
can and British consuls from their
residences, the attacking Turks
made a raid on an American hoepl*
tal and drove the inmatee and
nurses out.
30,000,000 ACRES LAND
OPENED IN RESERVATION
Washington, June 19.—The Sen*
ate yesterday passed a bill opening
thirty million acres of land In the
western Indian reserve.
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