WEATHER REPORT
Vest onlay: Max 14. Min. 9.
Today: North wind, coWer.
jlhe §5atltj Alaskan
No. 42 TWENTY FIRST YEAR
SKAUWAY, ALASKA. FRIDAY, MARCH 22. 1918
PRICE 10 CENTS
OFFENSIVE BEGINS WITH BIG HUN SLAIGHIFR
GERMAIY IMS 10
Ml WAR ON HOLLAND
Kaiser Angry Over
Seizure of Many
Ships
Amsterdam. March 2£-—Germany
h*s increased her coercive measures i
against Holland today erea, to the j
extent of threatening "\vr. because
of the attitude ti.ken by the
Hutch government towards England
and America in the shipping con
troversy. i . Li
Sim ENLISTED!
10 TEST
FEVER
Paris, March 22. —■ Sixty eolist- j
ed men. all from New England, of
the I'nited States sanitary j
corps, are now serving us hosts to I
normal or infected lice, or have |
received injections of Wood from, i
soldiers known to have been suffer
ing fiorn. trench, fever. They are
nuart* rt-d in a British, base hospi
tal, where the AUiericaai Ked Cross i
is using them f\>r an investigation j
o:' trench fever, which is new- since i
tlie war. The organism Pro
ducing the fever has not yet been
discovered by microscope, althouh
it heads the fevers among; the |
British tnx>i>s at front an-di stands ,
second in the list of thos« causing .
'he greatest wastage. The* disease
is not fatal but it means an ab- j
sence of six to eight weeks from
the ranks.
Scarcity cf physicians in the i
British Army prevented the royal >
army nKiMca.j corps from' studying !
the cause of the disease. The «A.m" I
erica-i Kod Cross decided to under- j
lake a survey based on the yel-1
low fever investigation in Cuba.
TROTSKY nuns
U. 5.AID IN
RUSSIA
Moscow. .March 22. — Former
Foreign Minister, Leon .Trotsky,
has asked American military « of
ficers and engineers to aid him la
organizing: an army to drive the
Germans out of Russia.
U. S.HEAVY GUNS
DESTROY HUN
TRENCHES
With American Army in, J ranee.
Marc' 22.—-Enemy first and see
on- line positions on part of the
sector east of Lunevill© were de
stroyed today by accurate .Ameri
can artillery fire.
h<«;h cost ok dying appalls
BEL(JlOrS STARVING
An orgajii of the HiSh Command
rf Brussels recently published the
followiug;
"Everything is going up, even
v. hat ou- might think would escape
the {teueral rule: The c°st of
funeials. Lately the communes-paid
onbr 100 francs for burying) paupers.
To-day the amount has been doubl
ed, tio» only on account of the
higher price of wood, leaden plates,
wax, etc., but also because of the
increase in the number of coffins
ne ded for paupers, for burials at
the expense of the communes are
more and more numerous."
WAISTS
New Voile Waists in Plain Whitr
and Stripes; alto the new Slip Over
Blouse in Dotted Swiss. $2.75 to 3.50
BRASSIERES
r Brassieres in Heavy Lace and Em
broidery and Silk Crepe de Chine
from $1.00 to $2.50
ALBERT REINERT;
Broadway between Third and Fourth Phone 41
MASSES ENEMY ATTACK '
AT NIGHT MET ST FIERCE
FIRE OJJRITISR TROOPS
Knives and Bayonets Used Freely In
. Battle Which Forced Enemy
To Retire—No Objectives
Reached
;
London, March 22. — Germany's
much heralded offensive at last
has started.
Field .Marshal Haig announced
officially last night that Germany's
terrific bombardment chicly began
yesterday morning: had developed, on
a front 50 miles In length, and. was
the greatest engagement of the
entire war.
Gerniaji forces penetrated British
front lines at certain points be
tween Scarpe <Vnd Vandevil, but
enemy losses were exceptionally
heavy. )
On no part of the long front did
the enemy gain the objective which
they set out to reach.
RIO GKRMAX SLAUGHTER
London, March, 22.—"We held
the enemy from our battle posi
tions" Haig announced today.
The intense onslaught; continued
well into the night. Haaid to hand
fighting was frequent. Britsih
soldiers occupying strong points in
'ho line fought it out with
knives and ba>v>nets durMig' the
enemy's attack, say6 the war of
fice report.
Germany's massed infantry, em
ploying new taeties, offered re
markable targets to our rifles, ma
chine guns and artillery, of which
full advantage was taken by our
troops.
All reports testify to excessive
ly heavy losses suffered by the
eimemy.
No serious attack has yet de
veloped this morning, but heavy
lighting is still to be expected.
FIGHT NKAR OAMBRAI
London, March 22. — Correspond
ents iu their reports from thg front
agie.> the enemy is employing his
best strategy on, the Cambrai sal
ient from flanks seeking to straight
en its Hue and ptach off an en
ormous number of British men and
guns.
ATTACKS FAIL
Paris, March 2-—Local attacks
wer-» made by German soldiers; at
various ixilnts during the night,
hut they achieved no success what
soever, the war office announced
today. ' I i | W ||[
ACTION IN ITALY
Rome, March 22.—Fighting has
increased on the whole Italian front,
1 the war office reported today. in
1 dicalions are Germany will launch
■an offensive here also.
GERMANS FAIL RADLY
*3*. — - ^_323
British Army Headquarters, Mar.
22.—Late—Fighting is still con
tinuing today, but the first stage
of rho offensive passed.
The enemy has failed badly in.
the execution of his Program, as
attested by captured documents
which show what he planned to do
in the early hours of his driv®.
Vigorous counter attacks late
yesterday restored some of the
positions which vBritsh forces had
abandoned temporarily.
German forces today are bombing
in t^e region of Craiselles.
«~*
BERLIN MAKES CLAIM
Berlin, March 22.—British first j
lino trenches have been captured by
German, troops attacking from
southeast of Arras a« far as La-1
| fere ,tbe war office announces to
! day.
Heavy artillery fighting con- j
tinc.es in Belgium and French Flan
ders.
FRENCH REPEL GERMANS
Paris, March 22.—German troops
are drying out a heavy bombard
men' along several sectors of the
French front, it is officially an
nounced.
Tbiee infantry attacks near Hur-1
tus were broken up today by French
armies. '
MAy M VKE WAR ON BULGARIA
Washington, March 22.—If the
re'-^rt Is tru© that Bulgarians are
fighting on the waetern front, war
will probably be declared against
Bulgaria. . I ! i :
HEAVY SALES IN
WAR SAVING'S STAMPS
Seattle, March 22.—Mr. KeUeher,
director in Washington and Alaska,
reports heavy sales in War 9av
jing'8 stamps. ; • • |• [
New Goods
Added To Our Stock
Barley Flour, lO lb. Sacks, 85c
Cream of Barley in 30c Packages
A Delicioua Breakfast Cereal—Quickly Prepared, Easily Digeattd
P. H. GANTY
TRAIN BRINGS
MERRY CROWD
10 SKAOir
I
Owing to the rotary snow plow |
and engines being stalled near1
the first tunnel on the \Vhit$ pass |
Route, the passenger train leaving J
this morning returnee to Skagway |
about 1:30 o'clock.
Along about ".hungry time" ou |
the train Miss Kate Ryan saved the
day by producing from a mysterious |
pacsage four dozen, doughnuts whichj
she had purchased from tho bakery ]
this morning before leaving, stat
ing to tho b^k^r when she bou(ght
the goods that 6ho had a "hunch"
thev wouad be needed before the
journey was Oyer. Immediately
several barrels of good old apple
cider were ordeed and, like tho
man v.-ho said "If T had some ham,
I'd have some bam and eggs, if
1 had some eggs," they enjoyed a
S- ocl rej>a«t.
Bur that was not a,]i, music went
with the feast, for Joseph R. Ma
thews came to the rescue with a
good voice, not his own but be
longing tp the phonograph which
he managed to find in that land
of "somewhere," and made the
crowd merry with his singing.
Speeches also were on the program,
ar.d toasts completed the meal.
But the passengers did not come
bacjc to town for nothing; they came
l^ack for afternoon tea. At least
that's what they say, and we
have no reason to doubt but what
they are hungry after being fill- j
ed with toast and cider, and real ,
doughnuts.
They all oolic happy, however,
and are planning to enjoy the i
dance tonight in the Arctic Brother-j
hood hall which is being gven In
their honor.
Monitors Fire Big
Shells Into
Ostend
London, March, 22—Simultaneous
ly; with the beginning of Germany's
offensive yesterday Britiah. monitors
bombarded Ostend, a German, sub
marine base on the Belgian coast.
British seaplanes in great num
Ders attacked Heligoland, Ger
many's strongest fortification
and largest U-boat base. Much
damage was done.
GE1HER
(MUD IN
PACIFIC
A Pacific Port, March 22. — A
German raider operating in the
Pacific Ocean has been captured tty
a United States cimieer, and *9
now. being towed to this port,
according to an announcement re
reived here today.
SI'Its GET 11,000,000
TON'S SINCE START WAR
Washington .March 22. — Britiah.
official figures show that 11.000,
000 tors of Allied shipping hare
been destroyed since th-a beginning
of submarine warfare, and that
ii.000,000 tons have been built, mak
ing a loss of 5,000,000 tons.
Word has been received by tet
ter that W. J. Bledsoe and wife
are planning to- come back U> Skag
v.ay in the near future where
they will again engage in. the m®r
chantile business. 1
FASHION
and Fll
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bought at our shop.
A wide range of "patterns and
fabrics are 'included in our
□ stock.
It would please' both you and
us if you called to look them
over.
JAMES KENNEDY