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Ml POSITION RETAKEN IH
A SUPERBLY EXECTUEDICTI
The French Front. Saturday. —
la a superbly executed action car
ried out by the French troops to
day southeast of Amiens, they
brought into their possession the
entire Rouvrelos plateau, dominat
jug the region between, rivers Avr(
Moreuil and Noye, through whict
the main railway from Paris U
Amiens passes and wh'ch has beet
in the hands of the enemy sine*
early in tht* March offensive.
By CAPSIZEO
trout
San Francisco, July 13.—By the
overturning of a'J< electric car this
morning which was crowded with
ship yard workers, four were killed
instantly and fifteen more or less
severely injured^
CROWGER CALLS
KITED MEN
■Washington, uJly 13.—Provost
Marshal General Crowder today
issued a can for 12.14B registrants
who have received a grammar school
education and are otherwise qualified
for military duty. The list of |
JVgistrants called include the names
of 154 negroes and this entire class
will be given special military;
training
bisk m i
London, Saturday.—In a raid
which was carried out by Britsa
forces during last night, near Vieux,
Borguin in Flanders, 96 German
prisoners were taken.
FRENCH WORK
ON FORWARD
Paris, July 13.—The Frenct
forces drove forward for more than
a mile on over a three mile front
between Castle and Mailly Rame
vllle.
The French captured the castle
and with it took over five hundred
German prisoners.
Paris, July 13.. — The French
troops made a thrust during the
night against the enemy between
Moutdidier and the Oise, and gained
an, advance against the Germans of
more than one quarter of a mile.
FALLINfilLOOR
KILLS EIGHT
Moutreal, Saturday. — Eight per
soiis were killed and fifty Injured
shortly after the day shift had be
gun work in a munition factory in
this city this morning whea the
floor of the immense building col
lapsed, precipitating the workers to
the floor below.
KING AND QUEEN FLY
BACH TO FRANCE
Paris, July 13.—King Albert
and Queen Elizabeth, of Belgium,
■who have been visiting the royal
family of England, having been in
attendance at the silver wedding an
niversary of King George and Queer
Mary, returned to France late yes
terday afternoon through the air.
having made the trip home in an
aeroplane.
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I1DEH IS DEAD
I
Amsterdam, Saturday.— HInd«n
j berg, the director o£ military opera
tions for the fterman imperial gov
, eminent is dead, according to the<
L*s Novoiles.
The newspaper states that death
occurred after a Btormy interview
SIX OUT OF SIX
HUE TAKEN
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Berlin, July 13.—All six Ameri
can. aeroplane^ which attempted to
bomb C.oblens hay© fallen into the
hands of the Germans.
Th© report of the capture of five
of the machines was announced by
| the German War office yesterday
' and a report was received this morn*
j ing that the sixth machine had been 1
I taken.
SENOHELPTO
< NORTH RUSSIA
London, July 13. — It "was an
! nounced today by the British war
; office that the government is Bend
ing a considerable force of troop9
| into the Murman region on the
north coast of Russia.
MANY GE1XMAN WAR BOND
HOLDERS l.V AMERICA
Washington, July 13.—Reports
which have been received by the
custodian of alien property dis
closes the fact that there is more
than 20,000 German war bond j
holders in the United States..
SPEAKING OP LIBERTY
GARDENS
The comment made in the eol
; umns of the Daily Alaskan a few
' days ago of Marshal Page's spud
! patch has disclosed the fact that
! there are several other potato fields
j of note which, should have b^ea
; mentioned.
On Third Avenue, adjoining his
• residence is the scene of endeavor
along the liberty garden line of
Frank Suffecool, and it ia a mighty
; pleasing scene, for his patch re
j sembleg some kind of a forest, his
potato trees are so high. The
j plants are all in blossom, and
when thoroughly inspected showed
that they were all in a healthy
state, and bade fair of yielding Mr.
Suffecool a bountiful harvest.
Opposite the Page ranch third is
a fine garden, which is being nur
tured by Mr. and Mrs. Paul McClel
land and Miss .Agnes. Moffatt, and
adjoining this is Postmaster
Conway's garden. These all look
well, and will return a handsome
profit on the energy that will have
j been expended by harvest time.
with JJmperor William at Spa.
It is declared that the Emperor
and the Field Marshal have had
eerious differences of opinion con
cerning the German offensive towardl
Paris, and that this brought about
congestion of the brain which was
followed by an apoplectic! stroke.
BELGIUM GALLED
LITTLE P
Copenhagen, July 13.—Chancellor |
Van Hertling in a speech which he
made In the German Reichstag this,
morning is quoted as having sai'
that the present possession of Bel
gium by Germany only means that
we have a pawn for the future ne
gotiations, and charged President
Wilson and Lord Balfour as wish
ing to destroy Germany.
CASUALTIES ARE:
El
London, July 13.—British cas
ualties as reported By the British
war office today for tho week end
ing at midnight last night are giv
en at 14,911, including both offic
ers and men.
FLOOD WATERS DO -NOT *
damage govt, railroad
Anchorage, July 12.—While tba |
flood waters this season in the Talk*
eetna and Susitna rivers were un
usually high, no material damage
was occasioned to the grade of the
government railroad.
The Taikeetna river flows Into
the Susitna river at a point about
116 miles north of Anchorgae. Near
the junction of the two streams
and for stretches of considerable
lengths &outh of there, the Susitna
parallel^ the railroad grade. Flood
waters at times reached the grade,
but did not injure it.
The movement of. ice at the
break-up this spring' in the Susitna
river manifested especially terrific
force. Th9 ice badly eroded the
banks of the river.
R. S. Somerville and wife of Van
couver are visitors in Skagway, hav
ing arried up on. the Prince George,
and they will remain for a week or
longer. Mr. Somerville is the man
aging editor of the Vancouver
World. They are guests of the Pul
len House.
Harry J. Noble, representing tbe
National Grocery company, with
headquarters, in Juneau, arrived up
from Haines on the Spokane, and
has been calling on his trade here.
He left today for Juneau.
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Parowax in 1 lb. bricks, 20c each.
Permits art) now obtainable from ocal Food Administrator for
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P. H. GANTY
Washington, July 13. — General
March announced here today that
over ninety thousand troops were
dispatched to France during the
past weelr, also that three army
corps with 250,0(.0 men each, have
been definitely organized from A
meric&a divisions in, France.
Washington, July 13,—General
March announced today that the
shipment of American troops
abroad was continuing without any
let up.
AMERICAN LIST
OF CASUALTIES
Washington, July* lj3.—The lists
of casualties ag given by the re
ports received today by the war
department from France states that
the army and) marine corps suffered
four killed or died from wounds
and thirty one are severely wound
ed and sixty-three additioaiai more
Or less severely wounded.
hnsm
IS CHEATED
Seattle, July 12—M. J. Elmen-,
dorf, a Seattle man, hag been ap
pointed consulting engineer for the
United States Bureau of Mines for
the Northwest, as a war measure,
to increase the production of coal
and other essential minerals, partic
ularly in. Alaska and "Washington.
He has been a mining engineer
In the West for the last 25 years
and's well known in the North.
W. J, Elmendorf Is well known in
Juneau. E. J. White) (Chief of the
Publicity Bureau of Alaska, says he
doea not believ a better nan could
have bee®, secured. Mr. Elmendorf
in 1910 was in, charge of the Arctic
Chief mine at Whitehorse and dur
ing 1911 he moved to Stewart City
on Portland Canal and remained
there four years examining large
quartz deposits for an Egnlish syndi
cate. He maintained an offce in.
Seattle and has been connected with
some of the largest mining deals
in British Columbia and the West
for bi£ New York and other mining
capitalists. He is practical and
Knows the conditions intimately,
not alone in Washington and Al*
ka, out all over the West.
BRITISH TROOPS
ARE SENT TO.
SIBERIA
Washington, July 13..—Accoiding
to official information, received here
today, British reenforcements have
been despatched to Siberia to as*
sist the Russian Caecho-Slovaks who
are guarding Allied stores from
tue Bolsheviki forces who are act
ing with German prisoners and are
reported to be advancing upon Vladi
vostok.
CONSTANTINOPLE
IS AIR BOMBED
London, July 13.—The Allied
air force contingents, acting in
conjunction with the British naval
force dropped hall a ton of bomhs
ou the city of Constantinople, do
ing much damage to property there,
is announced by the British admir
alty today,- {jJf(
limits
IN BALKANS
London, July 13.—Today's dis
patch received from the southern
theatre indicates that there is more
than one million allied troops now
pushing the offensive in the Bal
kan states.
A Rome dispatch says that the
advance against the enemy; in Al
bania is proceeding rapidly.
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