WEATHER REPORT
Yeato^Jay: 48. Mln. 1W,
®he Alaskan
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No. 75 TWENTY FIRST YEAR
SKAtfWAV, ALASKA, TUESDAY. APRIL 30. 1918
PRICE 10 .CENTS
KINHRG'S ATTACKS HMD TO DEEEAT
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POWERFUL AIMS W HOIS
ON WETEHEN ARE REPULSED
l^ondon, Tuesday. — Powerful at*
tacks were launchel by the Germans
against the French, and- British
oositions between Meterfru aid
Zilleoeke. The Germans made
their attacks against the Allied
lines simultaneously. and heavy
forces of troops wfpe used, the
attacks being mad\» storm forma
tion. The attacks were met by a
terrific resistance on the parts of
the Allied forces, machine snws ham
mering at the enemy as they ad*
vanced, and after suffering: heavy
losses, the Huns withdrew fj-om the
attacks.
British lines held- a&solutely, but
et various points the Germans pain
ed slight footholds in the French
front lines, but after retiring a
short distance, the Frencl: launched
counter attacks and the enemy were
forced* out from the greater part of
their recently gained positions.
The Belgians repulsed heavy at"
Jacks made against their lines. In"
flietiug severe casualties. They
maintained' their positions thru
out 'he attacks, never giving a foot/
of ground. 1 1
London, Tuesday.—White Guards,
of the Finnish government forces j
have captured Viborg which is locat- ^
seventy five miles northeast of ,
Petrograd, according to authentic
advice received at British War Of- !
fiee, after killing: nearly the entire '
.force of sis tbousarui Red Guards. |
The report states that this is ac- I
cording to an official announce
ment issued' at Va«a and transmit- j
led from Copenhagen.
An American Port, Monday. —
Fifty American so'cMers. most of
whom have been wounded' or gassed
have brea brought to this port from
France *V order of Prosidter.ti
Wilson to taie c^rt in the Third
Liberty- Loan campaign.
ENEMY NEAPS j
SEBHSIOPOL
Zuiith, Tuesday. — A Vienna dis
patch to the Reichspost today states
that the German troope have reach
ed- a point only forty miles from
Sebastopol.
UNIOMLL
REMAIN LOrfiL
San Francisco, April 30. — Re'
spouses are coming la to Union
headquarters in this city from Un
ions all over the natx>n which in
dicate that respect will be paid t®
Moooey's wishes not to strike on
May first. \ • L
ALLIES ADVANCE LINES
British Headuarters in France,
Tuesday. — According to reports re*
ceived from, all sectors indications
are that the Entente Allied lines
have been advanced) between La
ciytte and Kemmel hill.
The Franco-British forces bave
fateo made some progress south of
that region. > I < _i!ll
Saturday Special
Sateen Petticoats $1*75
Silk Gloves at 1-2 off
Our I -2 Off Sale On Odds and
Ends Will Continue for Sometime
AT 1-2 OFF
ALBERT REINERT
Broadway between Third and Fourth
IM. C. A, WORKERS SAVED
FROM SHIP SUNK Bf SUB
Loudon, Monday. — Fifty eeven
American &ruiy Youns Men's Chris*
tl&n Association workers under Ar
thur E Hungerfo: d, arrived in I»n*
don this morning.
The ship on which thtese meai aai.
ed from the Unitedi States was tor*
pedoecli yesterday morning an,d 'ank
twelve minutes after it was struck.
All the passengers were saved and
also all the creWi with the exception
ot thue, having been picked* up by
a passing ship.
BIG GUNS STILL
Paris, Tuesday. — The official
statement given out by the War Of"
fice this morning says that heavy
artillery fighting occurred last night
along the fronts noith andt Bouth »f
the Avre battle lines and in the
sector of Noyon and Riong on the
Oise river.
Copenhagen, April 29. — Accord
ing to the Aftobladet, the newest
government in Petrograd has de*
nounced the Brest Litovsb treaty
with. Germany an<y has called fo"
a new treaty which, will give Es
ihonia. under Russian rule.
This paper's advice from. Petro
grad makes no mention of Grand*
Duike Alexis Nikolaievltch' having
been proclaimed) .Czar of Russia.
BffiR SOON
!0 CAll MEN
I
Washington, April 30. — Military
men here are of the firm belief that
Secretary Baker is soon to make a
request for additional men to fill
up the gaps occasioned- by the
movement of the men. who have beel
in the various cantonents through
out the United States to France and
England. It is thought that this
request will be for sufficient men
to increase the forces now in France
not less than one million men.
The steamship City of Seattle is
due »-o arrive in this port at 1
o'clock tomorrow morning.
SEPT MO
VERT HOPEFUL
Chicago, Aprl 29.—Secretary Mc
Adoo, ln an address w^ich he de
livered In this city last Saturday
night said. "My fellow countrymen,
we are not daunted by what is hap
pening iu Europe. We are not dis
couraged- because the lines of our
gallant associates in this W&i again#
I fr!gh'fuiness has been bent, and \vfc
I are not afraid that they- can brea/lc
through that western, front."
BILL PROVIDES
HMO AIT
Washington, April 10. — Senator
Miles Poindexter today introduced a
bill in the United States Senate pro
viding for a million and' a half ad
ditional men for the army. Senator
Reed introduced1 a bill in the Seir
a'e authorizing the army to be in
creased to three million men.*
THOUSANDS OF SERBIAN BOYS
PERISH DURING RETREAT
Paris, April 30. — "Twenty-three
thousand' boys from 12 to 18 years
t)f age perished ia the retreat from
.Serbia during the" winter of 1916-16,
They were the flower of Serbia's
youth, the liope of their country,
the soldiers of to-morrow," says
the Serbian Relief Committee of
America in. appealing for funds to
carry on its work. "To-day only a
remnant of Serbia's male popula
tion survives. Nor is ail the
strength, of Serbia In her army;
there are approximately 180,000
civil and' military prisoners in Aus
tria, tesides the Serbian prisoners
of war held iu Germany."
JEFFERSON SAILS NORTH TODAT2
Sea-tie, April 30.—The steam
ship Jefferson sailed from this port
/or Skagway and way ports at 9:30
o'clock this morning. /Passengers
| booktd through are W. A Wadr
1 haines, Jtfhn Swanson, N. G. Jenson,
Lee Haywood, G. H. Reed, B. Pat
terson, O. R.W illiams and on© Or
' iental. 1 1' jfPf
COFFEE
Ha» not yet been affected, as far as we are con
cerned, by the war price and quaility the same.
We carry the following well brands
Hill's Vacum Packed
M. J. B.
Alta
Schilling's "
Golden Gate "
45 ct. per lb. 2 lbs. 85 ct. (2 1-2 Golden Gate $1.00)
Good bulk coffee, ground to suit you at 30 ct. per lb.
P. fi. GANTY
Store Open From 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. every day. One regular delivery a day
taking orderi received until 1 p.m.
BRITISH TWENTY-FIFTH SMASH
SEVEN POWERFUL ATTACKS
With British Armies In Flanders,
I Tuesday. — This has been on® °'
, tht worst days that Hind«eabergi has
had since the beginning of the pres
ent offensive.
After repeated onslaughts on the
Allied lines by the ennemy, the
lines are all intact save some*
.points between Monts Rouge and
Scherpenberg, where the (situation
is somewhat obscure.
The French and." British, troops
advanced their line this morning as
f">r ag Nutraud which is situated
in the valley between; Monts Rom
mel and Scherpeniberg.
Attacks and counter attacks are
occurring with hellish regularity in
the hill and: plains around the Yprea
setter, and the battles are all in
f-Vor of the Allies. I
The Allies everywhere in their
reports to field headquarters
claim great execution, exacting ter
rific toll i- lives for each and every
attack launched! by thfl Huns,
The 25th, 21st and 49 th) divisions
of the British army is reported,' to
have repulsed at least tea *t*
tacks today. The 25 th division P®*
ported that It alone smashed UP
three fierce attacks by. 10 o'clock
this morning and had adided four
more to that number bjr noon. The
British and French artillery la do
ing great execution, andj jrtien the
enemy has reached the range of the
maccine guns, the Germans haye
been swept with] a pftilesg fire.
GERMANY PAID AWFUL PRICE
London, Tuesday. — Correspond
ents with the British army In
France an agree la their report# to
their papers that the enemy yes*
terday suffered nothing less htan
a disastrous defeat.
In front of the positions held by
the British and French defending
lines lay great numbers of gray uni
formed men, and wlien day broke
this morning these heaps of deafi)
were an awful representation of the
terrific price which had beea paid
by Germany. i
FRENCH RETAKE
WHOLE VILLAGE
London, Tuesday.—French,1 tjoo'.is,
according to advice received at the
War Office this morning frc.m
Headquarters la France, nowi hold
the entire village of Locre, situat
ed a few miles west of Kemmel hill.
During' the night the British
forces advanced their line at Vil
lers Bretouneaux.
Paris, Tuesday. — The German
long range bombardment was resum
ed this afternoon, and) shells are
falline intermittently in this city.
Little damage la being done.
RUSSIA WILL
BACK m
WAR
Petrograd, Tuesday. — RuagL* is
today preparing in a, most aurpri*
lag manner to reenter the war infio"
fa,, as it is possible under the pres
ent circumstances. ,' .
A.t a postponed meeting of the
executive council held in Moscow
Trotsky's nlan for universal mili
tary training for all men from) the
ages of 16 years to 40 years, and,
which also provides for the con
scription of all working peasants,
wag adopted in this clfy yesterday.
Subset ibe for The Daily AiaakEP,
VICTORY
WE ARE GOING TO WIN
THIS WAR
This Victory, like everything worth
while in life, will require sacrifice, self
denial and ungrudging effort in defense
of Liberty, Justice and Civilization.
We must use every weapon at our
command; and not^the least of these is
money. Never in the history of the
world hat there been a truer cause.
Invest in
LIBERTY BONDS
JAMES KENNEDY