WEATHER REPORT
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No. 33 TWENTY FIRST YEAR
SKAGWAY, ALASKA, TUESDAY, MARCH 1¥. 1918
PRICE 10 CENTS
10,0001). S. SOLDIERS ARRIVE FRANCE SAFELY
FORMER GERMAN
LINER FIGHTS
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Sec. Baker In France
During Air
Raid
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Paris. March 12.—Secretary Baker
vjtni* to France on a cruiser coil- j
vcyins more than 10,000 American j
troops, o'' whom a portion were j
aboard a former Geman liner, it j
was learuej today.
(Editor's note). The German: lin
er mentioned is probably the one
which fought with an enemy subma
rine, but which arrived safely in
France, as mention*1*! in the follow
ing paragraph.
SlU FIGHT
Paris. March 12—An American
steamship, formerly owned by Ger
many but which was seized when
the United States entered the war.
ha« arrived in a French port with
her nridge smashod and a hole shot
tnrough her smokestack. She had
been in a fierce fight with a Ger
man submarine, the battle taking
l^lnce in a severe storm, during
which the vessel's cargo shifted, al
most disastrously. i
PARIS RAIDED 1
Paris, March 12. —Secretary Ba
ker was initiated in'o the war -on
his first night iu Paris when nine
squadrons of Germau airplanes raid
ed the city, dropj :rg numerous
Jbombs over various parts of the
metropolis.
Four enemy pianos tvere brought
down, and many thrilling aerial
duels took place high up in the
clouds. Over 60 enemy planes
crossed French lines and invad«d
French territory.
In addition to Secretary Baker.
American Generals Persh'n.g and
Biiss were also in Paris last night.
Numerous buildings in the city
•were destroyed. and it is thought
London, March 12.—British aviat
ors have dropped one and one-quart
er tons of bombs on motor works in
Stuttgart, Germany. Stuttgart is
the capital of Wurtemberg, and Ss
one of the chief manufacturing and
puulish'ng centers of the empire.
RETALIATION'
Berlin, March 12.—Paris was
successfully bombed In retaliation
for enemy air attacks Saturday and
Sunday on Stuttgart, Esslingen, Un
terteurlcheim, and Mais, the war
office announced today. .
SECOND DRAFT TO
TAKE 800,000
Washiogton, March 12.—There
will be 800,000 men called in the
jecond selective service draft, the
war department announced today. ;
Euch state will be assigned its
ijuota of men by percentage and !
with certain exceptions ali men. will
be taken from Class 1 to maise re
placements in existing units and to
furnish needed supporting regiments
for the present army. 'I
many casualties took place.
ORGANIZER OF VICTORY
i
Paris, March 12.—Concerning the
a rival of America's Secretary of
War. Xewton D. Bafcer, the Excel
iior newspaper said the moment he
touched the soil of France we sa
luted this organizer or victor?". j
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WILSON SENAS OUR SYMPATHY
TO RUSSIAN SOVIET CONGRESS
Latter Body Will Pass Judgment On
German Made Peace Accepted
By Bolsheviki
Washington, March 12.—On the
eve of a irathering at Moscow of the
Russian congress o£ Soviets which
is called for the purpose of pass
ins judgment on the German made
peace accepted by Bolsheviki, Presi
dent Wilson sent a message to lead
ers ot the Soviet expressing sym
pathy which the people of the Un
i'ed States feel for the masses of
Russia at this moment when Ger
man power ha$i been. thruat upon]
them, interrupting and. turning back
their whole struggle for freedom,
and substituting the wishes of Ger
many instead of the purpose and
will of the lieopie of Russia.
Bill! SUNDAY
GOING FRANCE
Chicago, March 12.—Billy Sun
day, the great evangelist, has an
uounced that he will shortly visit
the trenches in Prance.
PKffiifl
USE fllCTS
OF IEAT
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The following telegram relative to
:he meat supply of the United States
was received by F. J. Vandew®ll.1
Sbagway food Administrator, from (
Royal A. Gunnison, Federal Food
Administrator for Alaska. Saturday. |
"Owing to transportation shortage
irising so largely from weather eon-:
litions and scarcity of ocean trans- (
■citation to handle foreign ship
ments a temporary surplus of
marketable live stock has arisen iai
:he United States. To hold this
sver until later in season would
*ause unnecessary wicrifice of corn,'
mu-ch of which has already been
used in fattening cattle because of
inability to market corn due to said
tveather conditions, therefore Fpod
Administration authorizes with
drawal of all restrictions ou the
use of meat and porlc except beef
less and Dorkless Tuesday, until
further notice.
It ia urged that during this tem
[>orary reduction or meat restrictions
public will use meat products to off
set the consumption o' wheat pro
ducts as there is greater necessity
for conservation of wheat than ever.
Washington, March 12.—Thomas
S. Martin, of Virginia, democratia
leader in the Senate, in a speech
delivered before a crowded house
this morning advocated retaining
money to be resized from tlie sale,
of property owned by Germans in
the United States. He said It; was
his belief this property should never
bp returned unless Germany paid
for pi&perty her subjects destroyed
in this country by bombs and in
cendiarism.
I
fiEGISTf R III
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Washington, March, 12.—Unnatur
alized Germany who have been eerv
ii.-K in the United States army
will be requested to register with
in feu days of their dseharge, un
der an order issued today by the
war department i
20 KILLED, 45 INJURED
IX RAID OVER LONDON
London, March; 12.—Casualties in
Thursday's air raid over LondoA are
20 killed, 45 injured, Lord French
announced today.
E. A. Rasmuson was a passenger
ou yesterday's train bound for Car
crcsa. •j
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IE HUN
INCHES
Loendon, March 13.—Aa Ameri
' cau raid yesterday east of L/unevUie,
ou the extreme eastern end of the i
Western battle front and within 15 I
miles of the German border, com
pletely established that Germans J
had evacuated their positions after |
being subjected for two days tp in- |
to:ise American artillery fire, j
Tienches formerly held by German!
forces are now in possession of Am- {
erican troope.
FIND NEST OF
Washington, March 12.—For the
first time since the United States
entered the war, federal authorities
today ran on the trail of a hand of
women spies instrumental in com
municatintr military secrets to Ber
lin. , |
OF
GO BAST
Washington, March 12. — Amerl- j
can Consul Summers sent a message I
to the Department of State received j
today -which says the Russan gov
ernment was prepared to move from
Moscow to some point fartlier gastj
if German armies continue to ad-1
vauce into, Russia.
MEXICO WILL NOT
CEDE NIL
BASE
Nation will Give
No One Hold
In South
S»n Francisco, March 12.—Mexico
will never cede Japan or any other
nation & naval base or foothold on
Mexican soil, said Perez Romero,
-Mexican minister plenipotentiary to
Japan and China today -while In San
Francisco enroute bacJc to Mexico
for a short vacation
TO CALL 99.000
20
Washington, March 12.—Ninety
five thousand selective service men
will be called to the colors be
ginning March 29. Every state in.
the union except Iowa and Minne
sota will be represented in this
draft.
Seattle, March 12.—This State's
quota of the draft for 95,000 man
will be 638.
SealilP, March 12.—The Jeffer
son, of the Alaska steamship Co.,
sailed for Skagway and way porta
this morning at ten o'clock with T.
Tropea, J. S. Mcintosh for Skag
way. H. A. Kirkpatrick is bound
through to Dawson. Frank Snow
and E. D. Wood are Halnea passen
gers. | ; j I
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