No.>6 TWENTY FIRST YEAR SKAGWAt, ALASKA, FRIDAY, MAY 24. 1918 PRICE 10 CENTS
HINDENBERG RACING AGAINST PRES. WILSON
.Washington, Friday-. — A dis-,
patch received by the War Depart
ment this morning from Rome says
that vBritish aviators bombarded an
Austrian «erial station and: subma
rine base both located at Cattaro
yesterday evening.
In the attack the British air
mail dropped bombs on the aerial
station and submarine b~«e s«*t
ting fife to the buildings of th-e
aerial station, and also the sol
diers barracks. Notwithstanding
an iutense artillery fire directed on
tli« British aeroplanes, the attack,
beinj niadte bj; enemy destroyers,
the Brtish aeroplanes returned un
harmed to their base and reentered
their respective hangars. '
Loudon. FSiilajc. — Rear Admiral
Hoi'.weg, in* "command' ot" the Ger
ua^X«vy, i{i a criticism which he
recently made to the plan o£ at
:-emoting to interfere with the
transporting" ot Allied troops and
munitions across the English
channel, wlren the idea was sug
I jested by German navaf authorities,
sa'd that the attempt would' be sui
cide for the ships making suck an
I attack. Speaking further Admiral
Hellweg said, "To do so may signify
an heroic effort but it would be
useless suicid<e for the German
! fleet.''
PISHES HE
fiEUy R1S
Paris, Friday.- — Two raids
were "mad^ on this city l>y German
airplanes during the past twelve
hours. ©ne "tfas made during the
nigh* partially und<er cover of
datkuess, .and the second one wjis
made early this morning.
The second raid w«s made in
method .a. .au ruber of bombs were
several r&ays, and' through this
■Irojjped in the city.
SEATTLE Dl E TO GET
HERE SATfRDAY MORXIXG
The City of Seattle is reported to
have left AV rang ell at 3 o'clock yes
terday afternoon and is due to ar
rive at this port at 6 o'clock Sat
urday morning She has 27 tons
of £ref«?Iit~&n(i six passengers for
tills port.
Washington, Friday. — Congreai
was yesterday asked by Secretary of
War Baktr for unlimited authority
for raising the size of the army to
the extent of men now within the
t>raft age. He claimed that there
was tie necessary equipment for
the organ.zation of a much larger
arnu- than was at present provided
for bv the existing Taw.
The necessary amendment to the
law was immediately made and up
on being presented' to the military
committee of the House of Repre
sentatives, was at once unanimous
ly adopted by it.
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PRESIDENTIAL MANDATE TO STOP
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE MAKING
Washington, May 24.—The House
of Kepresentatives today adopted
the Randall amendment to the food
emergency bill.
The amendment holds up the ap
propriations bill until after the
| President issues a proclamation
I 1 ' ■
| stopping the making of alcoholic
! beverages from grains and fruits.
It is understood that President
Wilson will Issue the proclamation
either Saturday or early in the
coming week.
Washington,Way 23.—Advice re
ceived here by; the Department of
Statb from Petrograd*says that the
first contingent of Russian sol"
diers, numbering 1,500, who were
taken prisoners by the Germans and
excntnged under the recent Rusao
German agreement have reached the
city. y ( ** • l*fU'
Tb^ men, gays the dispatch to
. the State Department, were verit
able walking dead men. Many of
J them who had been wounded had
j not been given proper, if any, care,
and thej: were almost starved. They,
have lor months been compelled to
'subsist on the most meagre raitons,
and have had the poorest of shelter.
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Many are suffering from disease. *
Louisiana
Wants Booze
Baton Rduge, I.a... May 24. — The
stale of Louisiana is the first state
to refuse to ratify the federal pro
hibition amendment to the Constitu
tion of the United States providing:
for Nation-wide prohibition. The
State Senate voted it down at its
session this morning.
Eleven states have voted' on the
pleasure, uad Louisiana is the
first one to go against It.
GERMANS CONTINUE IX)
SHELL AMEINS SECTORS
Paris, May 24. — The Germans
have kept up an intermittant shell*
Ing of the Allied positions south of
tb«> Avre river on the Amiens front
was announced- this morning by the
French war office.
German raid on French posi
:ions in the Boise Mongeval fail
t "lilt |
A French detachment which was
latrolliflf in the Champaigne dis
;rlut brought In a numbeer of pris
>x:e"* and much war materia].
A MILK OF DIMES FOR BELGIAN'
CHILDREN
St Paul, May 24.—Members of
the Delta Gamma Sorority have sent
$1,000 of their convention money to
Belgium for the relief of the chil-1
dren. This is the beginning of a j
united effort to raise $10,000—a'
mile of d<mes. The Delta Gammas j
number nearly 5,000 in the United j
States and Canada.
As chairman of the committee
having the wort in charge Mrs.
Jessie Wharton Roberson outlines,
in the current number of Anchora,
the plan suggested by the Lambda :
chapter of the University of Minne
sota i
"Lambda Nu has offered the sug
gestion that wto try to raise a mile
of dimes for our 'bit' of war work,"
says Mrs. Roberen. "There are 17
dimes to a foot, so that the mile
represents |S,976. We have seized'
opou this suggestion with many
thanks and we have hopes that
the Delta Gamma mile will prove
longer than 5,280 feet. In fact,
we believe that We DeJta Gamma
womeu can raise ?10,000 for this
'work and do it easily and' joyfully.
The Alaska Steamship Company
freighter skagway, arrived in this
Dort yesterday morning at 11 o'clock
with about 3<50 tnos of freight. This
inc.uded. about 260,000 feet of
lumber. She sailed* this afternoon :
at S:3i> o'clock. . J' j
ALASKA SOARS
OiER THE TOP
Seattle, Friday. — T. A. Davis,
chairman of the Reel' Cross $100,
000,000 campaign, committee an
nounced here this morning that Al
aska had gone away over the top
soaring over its quota of $40,000 by
more than five thousand' dollars,
and that the money was still coming
in.
EXODUS ALLIED SUBJECTS
PROM RUSSIA BEGINS
Moscow, May 24.—For a number
of days past the exodus from Rus
sia of the Entente AUte# subjects i
has been under way. They are |
leaving their effects and are in a i
grwt state of excitement fearing an |
invasion of this locality by German ,
armies. ' ' •* I*!Vffil
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German General Is Straining Every
Muscle on Eve of Arrival of American
Armies Who Will Forever Block Him
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H From Reaching Goal
London, Friday.—In an address
delivered before a large mags of,
people at Edinburgh today, Prime
Minister Lloyd George said:
"We are on the eve of a great
German attack. Those who know
best, what the prospects are, feel
most confident about the result for
the Germans as well as for us.
"The next few weeks will be a
raco between Hlndfenberg's armies
and President Wilson's phips which
are transporting vast amounts of
supplies and great numbers of men
to France.
"The Germans are straining every
muscle to reach their goal on th«
eve of. America's kelp, becoming
available for the assistance aad
stlccor of the Allied national
"The German, submarine Is ttlll
a menace, but It is no longer a per
il. It is still formidable for la*
Hiding injury, but it cannot cause
the winning of tbe war for Ger
many nor bring about th<j losing ot
the war to tbe Allies.
"The Allied nations are now
building ships fastor than the Gar*
man submarines are sinking them,"
said the premier th closing, "and
at tbe same time the Allied navio*
are sinking German submarines fast
er than the enemy can bulffi thm."
LaFollette Was
Misquoted By
A. P. A '
New York, May 24. — In an
apology which, wa» made today by
tlie Associated' Press in which it
confesses that it misquoted Senator
LaFollette in hi? speech in St.
Paul which precipitated the charg
es of disloyalty; a&d bedition against
tbe WlsconflUf* senator, the associa
tion closses its apology with;
"The error was regrettable and
the Associated Press seizes the
lirst opportunity to do justice to
3cnator LaFollette."
RESIDENCE DICTATOR KIEL
._ SCENE SERIOUS FIGHTING
Moscow, Friday.—Serious fightine
s reported at Kier, where the resi"
icace of Skoropadsky, the newly
ippointel Ukraine dictator general,
is The residence of the dictator has
been besieged Several times by
troops of the Faithful Rada. All
the forces at the disposal of Rada
is being concentrated near Kier.
Dublin, Friday.—The conscrip
tion question in Ireland may b«
settled by the formation of an Iris It
army which will be f>ut In the field
against the enemy. This is a new
idea, and It In believed that It
will in a great measure have the
eftect of quieting the unrest that W
now disturbing the people.
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GtSIMLTY LIST
FROM OVERSEAS
Washington, May 24.—Forty-four
casualties were reported by General
Pershing to the War Department
this morning. The list contains the
names of thirteen either killed to
batile or died of their wound#, whfi#
the names of seventeen are in the
wotiufcd list. Fourteen names are
on the list as missing.
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