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No. 73 TWENTY FIRST YEAR
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ALASKA. SATURDAY, APRIL 27. 1918 PRICE 10 CENTS
GERMANS SMiilENCH ONIKEMMEL HILL
TREMBLER FEU
IN
ITALY
Rome. April 26.—Northern Italy
badly shaken up by an earth
quake at an early hour this morning,
dtromboll volcano is reported to be
la tioleat eruption.
Amiteidam. Saturday. — In a*i
interview with the Germaa kaiser
appearing In the Dusseldorf Anzei?"
er today, the kaiser is reported
bavin.* said in part aa follows:
"The people who wish l° destroy
u» ar: only digging their own
graves Our victories on tha
fields jt battle and the victories of
the German people at home mu6t
make tho»e over yonder realize that
F® cafnot he subdued by force of
*rms or by the threatened economic
Isolation," < !f'!?!FJ
SOME GAINS
London, Saturday. — From re
port* received from German sources,
they claim that their forces are
within two miles of Ypres. The
■Serha. war office In their today's
abatement d"eclare that the large
crater of Seloa aad the place Itself
w«r* occupied by the German forc
M- Steles is situated two miles di
rectly south of Ypres on the road.'
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fai»crft> for The Daily Alaskan.
Saturday Specif.
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 Phone 41
BRITISH TANK PUT OUT OF ACTION BY GERMAN SHELLS
The tanks of the British have proved very effective against the Oeruuuis. Imt even these powerful machines are
not proof against the explosive shells of the enemy. This photograph, just received from the w*st front% shows one
of the tunks that was put out of action in a hard tight.
BRITISH ENGAGE
IN NAVAL
| MULE
Loudon, Saturday, •— The British
u<'.mlialty announced this morning
that two British destroyers in tlie
Adriatic fleet engaged five Aus
trian ships, which fled svhen. fire
from the British, ships was directed
against them. They sought shelter
at Durazzo.
Immediately the British ships
eugaeed the enemy tliey were joined
by five more British and' two
French destroyers who gave chase
to fhe enemy. The enemy were
pursued to Durazzo and the bat
tle continued until after midnight.
Th<> British, casualies are report
ed as s»ven killed and 19 wounded'.
NEW HEAD NAMED
AIR CRAFT BOARD
London, April 27.—Sir William
Wier has been been appointed min
ister of the British Air Craft board
to succeed Lord Rothemere who
resigned.
I London, Saturday. — The report
f:t the British Tvar office today
sajrs: "With the Germans in pos
session of Kenimel hill, the whole
Allied position in Belgium has been
put in peril.
"The Allies are counter a< tacking
desperately and the French have
recaptured their lost positions from
Locre to Laclytte, west of Mont
Keanmel.
"Fighting: of tho fiercest nature,
coLtinues along the entire Flan.- ^
<lers front. • J ; } |f!
"Fresh engagements have tf'evel- |
(.ped o.vposite Amiens, in the etrug- j
•gle to kees th© enttoy; hack, ajid. in
the neighborhood Dranoutre, Ypres,
«d along the Cmoines canal the1
struggle for mastpry is still In pro- |
_Sr«s- j JiUriU'Ij
sua on
Washington4, Saturday. — Con
trsry to .the report given out a
fp«- davs ago the German minister
to Netherlands is still at the
Hague, and did not leave for Ber
lin.
The Netherlands legation an
nounced today that the"l>uteh minis
ter o Germany returned to the
Hague to dfecuss th© pnogress of
negotiations with the German gov
ernment and that he was not re
called by his glvernmeo.i
U.S CflSUftLIIES
Washington, Saturday — General
Pershing in his days report states
♦hat he lias suffered casualties
atnoun'ing to 103, including 11
•killed and 7 severely wpunded.
1 FORGES
MAKE 10
—1 !
London, Saturday. — British air
forccg raided the German Beaplane
b:'se locate# at Durazzo, and. in
, flicted considerable damage to en
emy ironerty located1 there.
OUIGfUEAVE
WITHDRAWN
The Hague, April 27. — The com
jniander in chief of the land and
sea forces in Holland has provision
ally stopped- all leave of absence
of all men engaged in the military
1 or naval forces.
George Hinclunan, a prominent
merchant of Haines, was one of
the arrivals in Skagway on tha
PetersoB today. 1 I 11 | )|
COFFEE
Has 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. H. GANTY
Store Open From 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. every day. One regular delivery a day
taking orders received until I p.m.
F
With British Armies In Flanders,
Friday 6:15 p. m.—French troops
sre entirely surrounded on Mont
Kemmel. They are still fighting,
but the weight of the enemy is
greatly against them.
After fighting for eight hours
yesterday, never for one moment let
• luir uo. German storm troops fin
ally forced' a wedge between the
French and British flanks and cross
ed1 the Kemmel and Ypres road
where a terrific allied fire heldf
'hfim ud In their dash for two hours,
At this time the enemy then
turned southward amd poured)
down the valley to the west of Kern*
mel hill, surrounding the French by
driving their wedge between the
French on the hill and the British'
to the east. !j'|
Although the French are sur
roun^ted on all sides, they are still
fishting to stop the enemy from
gaining (he heights. I
This is one of the most jmpoitant
oosts in the Allied defenses in Flan
kers ! i 1 I
London, Friday, 4:15 p. m. —]
The War Office gave out the re* j
DOrt that the Germans havg occu
pied Kemmel hill. Radcliffe, thief
director of military operations at
Hie War Office stated this after
noon that it was still possible for
»hs Allies to hoi# oa to the Ypres
sector, even with the Germans in
possession of Kemmel hill, hut that
it was inconvenient to have them
there and he wtis hopeful that
they could be ejected from their
lately won position.
London, Saturday—French troops
have attacked Kemmel hill in an |
ea v't to wrest it back from the Ge.<
mans. The battle which was waged
this morning was most furious in
ifs intensity, according to a Reu
ters despatch from a correspondent
at *he front. ,
Tho French troops attacking) from
'he Lak&tte, Ypres and Comlnes
canal while tho Franco-British ar
mtea aie attacking from Vlllora
Bretonneux to a position opposite
Hangaid. i | j [ I (i[J |*|
The report states that the At"
tackin' Allied1 armies* have made
some progress.
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B1ISHJTA1ED
London, Saturday. — The Brit
ish War Office today announced thai
the British casualties reported thus
far this week from the battle fronts
inF ranee totaled 18,369. Of this
number, the officers killed or died
from wounds received) in action is
408 a» d 2661 mem
The list gives 2071 officers
wounded or missing and' men num*.
bsr 13,229. I . :. f |_|
San Francisco, Saturday.—The re
moval of the death sentence "ffhich
was imposed on, Mooney came as
a complete surprise, and seta aside
all previous proceedings in the cas ,
w hereby, an absolutely new trial
for him will be moved by his attor
ney 'u the Federal court here next
Thursday on the ground.' of Willful
fraud- and malfeasance hy the prose
cution. || | r|)
A formal noitca hy his counsel
was announced here today.
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 notjthe least of these is
money. Never in the history of the
world has there been a truer cause.
Invest in
LIBERTY BONDS
JAMES KENNEDY