Rome Friday. — The Italian war
office announced today that fifty
four Italian planes, accompanied by
a fleet of hydroplanes in command
of the poet. M. Dannuenzio, had
made a successful raid on the har*
bor at Pola.
tiKHMWS ADMIT THEY WERE IN
battle yesekday
Berlin. July 19.—The German
war office announcement last night
said that between the Aisne and
Marne rivers the French attacke!
with strong forces which were aid
ed by tanks and captured some
ground.
readiness, took part in the battle.
1*AUlS PAPER S YYS f:t
THOISAXO BEEN* tWITl'RED
Paris. Friday. — clemenceau's
newspaper today says that the
French and Americans have cap
tured over thirteen thousand pris
oners since the commencement of
the nevv offensive and that in ad
dition to the prisoner^ the Allies
havjs taken from the enemy a vast
amount of war material and sup
plies. . 1
SEATTLE SAILING FOR
SKAGWAY WITH TOl'RISTS
Seattle. July 19.— The Pacific S.
3. company's steamship City ol
Seattle sailed from this port at
10 o'clock for Skasrway and way;
ports. Among th.3 passengers for
Sfcagwav are Mrs. S. K. Shorthill
and Miss Nora M. Harrison. There
are ntirteen round trippers.
The passengers booked for
Haines are Nellie Simon, F. B.
Simpson and wife, Francis Kenyon
and Emil Papke. ■
[BO PAPER
I PUIS TRUTH
Vienna, Friday. — The Socialist
Arbiter Zeitung today prints ftn
article in which it slates that at
the present time there is more than
; orio million American troops in
! France, and that mere are constant
ly arriving.
"It is easily understandable that
the German command is trying to
reach a great decision before the
full weight of the Ignited States is
felt."
ROYAL PULLEX MARRIES
SEATTLE GIRL IN CAPITAL
I
Douglas, July IS.—The marriage
of Miss Katharine Eloise New
lands, formerly a. Seattle girl, but
now with the ordnance department
at Washington, D. C., to Lieuten
aut Royal PuUen, U. S. A., was
announced last week, the wedding
to Late place in Washington, D. C.,
on the 13th of July, according to
one of the Seattle papers.
News of the wedding was sent In,
a letter to friends here on the last
mail. The many friendg of Mr.
Pullen will be pleased to learn of
the nuptials. The groom was em
Ployed at Treadwell for some time
as sanitary and power engineer, re
signing his position last y«ar to
enter the officers' training camp
at the Presidio, California. IJe was
shortly promoted to lieutenant and
given a commission in the United
Mates Army, afterwards leaving for
the East and is no»v stationed at
Washington, D. C.
JAPAN MAY GO INTO SIBE1UA
Tokyo, Friday. — The Japanese
newspapers today nublished terms o
an American proposal which pro
vides for sending troops into Si
beria, and declared that the Japan
ese government has decided to ac
cept the suggestion made by the
American governmert and that Ja
pan would also send troops into
Siberia.
BANK OF'ALASKA
SXAOWAY, ALASKA
Branche* at t
ANCHORAGE CORDOVA WKANGELL
Resources Over $850,000
-OFFICERS
Andrew Stevenson, President
A. A. Benton, Vice-Pres.. New York
W. H. Warren. Vice-Pres.. Wrangell
W. R. Hillery, Vice-Pre«., Cordova
E. B. Ansley, Vi«e-Pre»„ Anchorage
G. K. Bstts, Acting Cashier
B. A. Rom, An't Cashier ic Auditor
R. N. Moyer, Ass't Cashier
Pom wiik Plus
GEORGE MOWL Proprietor
Saturday and Sunday . ' 3' 1£. J. 1 i
Triangle Fine Arts present* Douglas Fairbanks in v •
Five Act Production. -> I. jft* I \ ^ i AS.4 £L ..I. 1
The Habit of Happiness
llmjiter 4 in two acts. !*>|J 't;
-FORD WEEKLY SO. 74. — Blue and the Gray. ?
MUTUAL TCEEKLT NO 139.
Music bj Violin, Piano and Druaa. j ; J , ! \| "J • [ j 2 HO
8:30 -n m. Sharp Admission 25c, 10c
Washington, Friday. — While n°
announcement of the capture of
Soiseons has reached the war de
partment, Secretary of War Baker
said today that that city seems
to be included by the dispatch.
A statement was made indicating
that a quarter of a million Ameri
cans a:e in the big drive aganst
the enemy on the west sid« of the
.Marne salient.
Washington, Friday—(Later) —i
Soissons has fallen to the Amerl" I
can and French forces.. This fact
reahed here offiially late today |
along with tthe tidings that 30,000
Germans have been captured.
This is the biggest single baf? of
prisoners taken by the Allied troops
on the west front during the war.
The Italian mounted troops have
contributed heavily in the defense ot
Rheims, according to official dis
patches from Rome.
Pa. is, Friday. — The Matin to
day says in commenting 011 the
situation on the Marne front that
the Question for General Ludendorf
now "s to consider a means for the
salvation of his divisions that he
has thrown across the Marne.
South of the Marne the French
have ejected the enemy from the
outskirts of Oeuilly between Rheims
and the Marne, snd that the
Italian troops have taken Moulindar"
dre which is south of Marfaux and
northwest of Pourcy.
Washington, July- 19.—The A
merican Nation is becoming electri
fied by the news of the American
French offensive.
London, Friday. — The Reuters
corresoond'ent at (he front on the
R" eims and Soissons sector wired
his paper this afternoon that the
G.. T. P. OFFICIALS T.VKE
WEST TAKU ARM TRI1*
The 'official party" of the (Jrand
Trunk Pacific arrived in. port this
morning on the Prince Rupert and
left o1m the morniog's train for
the trip over the White Pass, en
iv>ute to West Taku Arm..
The party Is composed of Presi*
dent and Mrs. Howard G. Kelley.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter KeUey, Mr.
and Mrs. E. L. Marston, Mr. Mar*
ston >>eing one of the directors, Mr,
and Mrs. G. H. Lingo, I>r. J. N.
Leney, of Winnipeg, G. T. P. Bur
geon, R. C. W. Lette3, tourist and
colonization agent at Winnipeg, D.
Fiakenatein, capitalist, Capt. C. H.
Nicholson, and W. M. Hobbe, the
president's private secretary.
General manager Wheeler made
the trip with the party, taking a
number in his prvate car.
Allies had succeeded in cutting the
railway running from Soissong to
Villera Cotterets, and that a large
force of the enemy are thus cut off
from their base of supplies from
the north.
Paris, Friday. — On the front be
tween Rheims and the Marne rive/,
the French recaptured Mont Vo'esue,
according to advice received by the
war office here at noon, and
made additional progress in the
Ro' wood and Courton wood, cap
turing four cannon and four hun
dred rrisoners.
London, Friday. — According to
news, which reached this rity today,
the French and American forces In
their counter offensive against the
Germans between the Aisne and
Marne river captured 16,000 prison
ers yesterday,
Paris, Friday. — The French and
Americans have captured over twen
ty villages from the Germans and
now occudv the plateau dominating
Soissons on the southwest. Over
four thousand prisoners have been
taken and the Allies are still going
strong.
Paris, Friday. — Reports from
the Field Headquarters on the
Marne front received this afternoon
say that the Chateau Thierry and
Soissons drive was resumed at four
o'clock this morning and that at
two o'clock this afternoon the bat
tle was increasing in its intensity
along the whole line of attack.
From the Aisne to the Marne
rivers the French aided by the A
mericans have driven their line
forward eight miles at the great
est point of penetration, and have
taken more than ten thousand pris
oners since the beginning of the
counter offensive.
O'NFIL FAMILY PAY
VISIT TO SKAGWAY
l">r. Francis W. O'Neill and wife,
and mother and father,' Mr. and
Mrs. V F.. O'Neill and Messrs. W.
P. and M. J. O'Neill, are a family
making the trip on the Princ© Ru
pert The tomes of the O'Neills
are *a Spokane, where the first
on© of the party; mentioned en
gaged in the practice of medicine.
Instead of going over the pass
thig morning, Father O'Neill and
the "boys" are going up the hili
to Lake Dewey to have a try at
the sportsome trout.
The Home Guard at Cordova and
the newly organized band took part
in a monster Fourth of July cele*
bration held at tha cannery city,
on the country's natal day..
1 Fruit Jars,
' Jelly Glass etc
I
'? WB ARE PREPARED TO MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS FOR
I CANNING SUNDRIES AT FOLLOWING PRICES:
!* Telly Glasses "With Tops EOc per doz.
I Mason Self Sealer Pints *1.10 per doz.
; Mason Self Scaler, Quarts 1.1.25 per doz.
Mason Salt Sealer WIDE MOUTH, Pints $1.25 per doz.
I Mason Self Sealer, WIDE MOUTH, Qts., $1.45 per doz.
" Mason Sell Sealing *ar Tope, 35c per Coz.
I Mason Self Sellnag Caps, 20c doz. 3 for 50c. L f
Mason Porcelain Lined Jar Caps, 40c per doz.
>*• Jar Rubbers—-Best Grade—heavy, 10c per doz.
I Parowax in 1 lb. bricta, 20o each. ' 1 1
Pererdts are now obtabiAble from ocal Food Administrator for
I 35 lb. lota of sugar for canning purposes.
• P. H. GANTY
• ■ « ■ « a 4. ■ » ■ * m*. ■ $ ■ * ■ £ M * ■ &*]
STEEL PROCESS i
IS MH OVER
• -i-• ■ ?
Washington, July 19.—A. Mitch
ell Palmer, Allen Property Custod'
an, announces today that the Gov
ernment has taken over the Ger
man owned Becker Steel Company
of America, which has a plant at
Charleston, West Virginia.
The action of the Custodian ia
taking over the plant also {fives the
Government and American manufac
turers a secret process for the pro
iuction of high grade steel.
J. W. I'KITCHETT STARTS ON
MATRIMONIAL VOYAGE
Seattle, July 19.—J. W. Pritchett
and Mrs. Sadie E. Edmunfion were
married last night 'n the parlors of
the Hotel Frye, this city," Rev. J. E.
Crowtner of the First Methodist
church, officiating.
The groom, is tno putuisner ui
the Wrangell Sentinel and the bride
was connected with the Alaska Bu
reau of Educatfon.
Mr. Pritchett is well known in
Skagway, and was connected with th
mechanical department of this pa
per for some years. He took an
active part in social and fraternal
society, and was w€U liked by all
who knew him. Thia paper joins
with his many friends in wishing
him every joy on. his voyage twi! the
matrimonial sea.
RUPERT BRINGS JOLLY
CKOWD OF TOURISTS
The Prince Rupert arrive in port
this morning shortly after seven o'
clock with a party o' 76 tourists in
cluding: the "Official. Party" of the
Grand Trunk Pacific system.
Most of the party- went out on
the morning's train for the trip
over the famous White Pass and
on to Bennett, and will return this
afternoon. Thare were three ob
servation parlor cars andi General
Manager Wheeler's private coach on
the train besides the regular pass
enger coaches.. •
Pat Lynch, well known diamond
drill man of Alaska is aboard the
Alaska from Anchorage for Valdez
where he has contracted for a large
job.
New York, July 19. — Colonel
Roosevelt received a cablegram
from Doctor Derby this morning
saying, "The companion aviator
who was in a machine near-to the
one occupied by Lieut. Quentln
Roosevelt at the time he was
brought down by the enemy is con
'ident that your son landed unhurt,
and's nfc>w being held a prisoner of
war by the Germans."
CASUALTY LIST FOR DAY
HAS OXE HUNDRED NAMES
Washington, Friday. — One hun
dred names are in today'e list of
casualties, thirty three among those
who were killed or died from wounds
and -fifty eight are Beverely wound
ed. ;
WICKERSHAM WILL START
FOR ALASKA AT ONCE
Mrs. James Wickersham, wife of
Delegate to Washington from Al
aska, James Wlckerhsam, arrived Ln.
Skagway this morning on the Prince
Rupeit enrout to her home i'i
Fairbanks. ,
Just before leaving for the In
terior, MrsO Wickersham received a
cablegram from Mr. Wickersham la
which he stated that Congress had
taken a recess and that he would
start for Alaska at once.
TUNGSTEN' IS REPORTED
IV SITK4l DISTRICT.
Tungsten is reported to have been
discovered in the vicinity Of Sitka.
Sometime ago, representatives of
the United States Geological De'
partment took samples of the ore
found near Sitka East and word has
recently been received there that
the ore is scheelit, calcium tunstate.
Tungsten is a rare metal and
it is found ln any quantity it will
prove • aluable asset to Sitka.
There is considerable prospecting
and mining development around
Sitka thi3 year and the Indications
are that Sitka will some day be
quite a mining town, aside from
benefiting from other resources now
beiig developed.
With A Gentlemanly Air
About Them
As good in their inside make-up as
they are in their outside looks.
I V
Shapely, sturdy, smart suits for the
man who knows which way the
wind of fashion blows this year. •
Patterns neither too loud nor too
modest, but just medium, for the |
man. who doesn't wish to appear
overdressed. No disappointment
lurks in the values at the price
JAMES KENNEDY