Londou, Monday. — Advice has
hsrn received by the War Office
that Emperor Wilhelm. has just had'
a conference with his ger*>ral® at
the Great Gorman Ju>adQuaxters
and according' to the plans which
were made at the conference it is
predicted that a double dciva will
be made at aa early date, one on
tha western front in Prance and on«
on the ltaliao front..
This is planned, accoj4Jtfig to tb£
a-'vi. e which, was received from
' Amsterdam, to be the greatest blow
oi' i.he war up to the pjpeseat tiiae,
j i; the plans materialise.
AMERICANS if
PROTECT OIL
FIELDS
Washington, Monday. —Pereist
euf rumors are about that the Am*
ericau povernment i$ sending' an
expedition to Tampico for tha pro
tection of fhe Mexican oil fields
;igaimt seizure by Germans, which,
has bee-:i reported is threatened by
U.-rmans who are now in Mexico.
TEDDY GHEES
Nev York, May 13.—Col. Theo
•J»re lloosevelt will carry his fight
against Postmaster Burletou to"
t<> the I'nited States Senate. Mr
Roosevelt charges that tha admin
istration is showing favors to the
Hear; i>apers, while tho Tribune
publications are being discriminat
ed agar nst.
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At "K \()\\ I.KIHJE nXLAXD
Buenos Aires, MonC-ay. — The Ajr
g«ufiL'e republic gave official no
tice today that she had reco^nhsetl'
the Republic of Finland.
iiu FORCES:
! 00 0000 WORK
| Ita'.la'j Army; Headquarters, Mon
day — Italia,u forces eaptifredU the
| enem'-'s positions at Monte- Oorno,
and iii the occupancy of j;he cap
ture' noiut, tho elaborate «nemy de
tenses were destroyed an.cL in ad
dition to one hundred' prisoners,
much war material was takes."
Loudon, Monday.—Marshal Hate
in tpis morning's report to the
Uritisii war office says that hostile
artillery was very active during: the
uis"'t iu the Somm«j valley and the
Albert sectors and also btweon
l-o.'on and the forest of Nioppe.
! The French troops on tho Flan
ders Tout hav*» improved their posi
tions north of Kemniel village
which is situated On the north
east slope of Moot Kopwnel. Ia
t'ie attack on the enemy's positions
ther* they took ov&i jinivhundrcG
prisoners. j ], l||
The German artillery is agaJtn ac
tive in the An ere river sector south
of Albert and east of and
iif?.r Vcormezele in. .the Flanders
front. I ' • ! i j. j ieil*
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FRENCH TROOPS HOLDING
ENEMY AT ALL POINTS
ON THE AMIENS FRONT
Fails, Monday. — All day Sat
urday the artillery battles continu
ed to ruge in the Atnlen& front, and
in thg legion of Grievesnes and,
.Mailly and Raineval.
French.-troops advanced! their line
SatujJuy night, in the sector east
of Leon on the Flandera front and
4I30 gained ground near Orvillers
and sJorel, eituated' southeast of
Montdtdier.
. Uepot'ts received today say that
all armies in the Picardy sector, oa
both'sides of the Avre river are
lish\ ng desperately.
i'hf> German, attack made on the
French troops holding the positions
recently won by them near Orvillers
and Sorel o,n the pout&ern Bide
: of the Picardy battle front bro!te
down with great loss to the enemy.
There is heavy, artillery fighting
| reported' near Mailley an-d Raieval
on the battle line below Amiens
aaii' also along the Verdu^ front..
ZEEBRVGOE AND OSTEND SEALED
WITH CEMENT ND OLD JUNK
London, May 13. — Despite the
j Cr f,man denials to the contrary tliat
I tilt cru'ser Vindictive was not
{ used to block the entrance to the
Ostend submarine base harbor, it
i was ofifc'.ally announced today that
1 the big 300 foot vessel lays at an.
antife of forty degree® across the
channel of the entrance to the har
bor. The channel is only three hun
dred and twenty feet wide.
Later today it was announced by
.the British Admiralty that tb® bot
tling up of the German submarine
' base £>t Zeebrugge "was mad<e com
| plf-te by British airmen Sunday. In
the morning British airmen. flew
over the entrance to the harbor, anc
where a German dredge was en
gaged in digging a channefl between
the two old cruisers which, had
been sunk in the channel, succeeded
in drotiping bombs directly on the
dredre, hitting it full amidships
and sinking it where it was. This
Soropletely closed the fairway; be
tween the two ships full of con
crete. The airmen took several
photographs or tho harbor, and
sho' s 1'ie basin of the channel to
be crowded -with. German craft <of
all descriptions. |
'"Americans Are Battling; Not
Held In Reserve" Says Baker
Ottawa. May 13. — So confident
is t' e Entente Powers in its ability
to withstand any drive which the
Germans can launch that it has
been decided' not to use the Ameri
can anuy until it becomes complete
and is a powerful force, is contained
in a summary of the operations on
t.^r: western front which was receiv
(ed here tonight from the War
committee of the British cabinet.
Washington, Monday. — When
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.Secretary of \\'ar Baker learnjed j
j of t!io report which had been r1®" j
ot:vpC- a( Ottawa he immediately
dispute 1 the correctness of the ad'- (
vice. | : i i»| { .
Secretary Baker said that Ameri
can troops ana being actively used
in battle and "such ways as meet
«ith the approval of General Foch
' and Pershing." ,
!,30D,00T1n :
AOE CALLED
10 COLORS
Washington, Monday. — More
I Miar thirteen hundred thousand'
| rneit have been- called to the colors
siace the selective draft, and to
day are either in France, in the
various training camps to, this
country, or are under call to go ia
to service before June 1.
There is every indication that a
j iarcer increment yill be summoned
in Juuo and' in May, and progerssive
monthly mobilization will continue'
throughout the pummei* and fall.'
TJese figures do not include the
national guard or the regular ar
my which are already in France.
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Officers Write London That German
Captives All Say Great German
General Is Dead
London, Monday, — All Ger
man ptlsoners who have been tak
en during the last few days in
the French engagmeents say that
the y*at Geirman General Von Hin-'
dciitnu g is Bead. _ ,
Letters receiml in thia city to«
cliif from British officers on lb#
western fipnt »li tell thje san:®
thing, aj)d the report hati been puJ"
llshwl in the London Daily Expi'?**.
IIALIAIS NOW
ON WEST FRONT
Washington, May 13.—Using of
ficial advice whlchj hag been. re
ceive I from Fnenich. Iwadquarters,
upon which, to base fteir assertions,
ic was to Cay announced that there
were over one quarter million) Ital*
iau troops on the western battle
front at the present time. ,
GEN. MAURICE
ISJTID
Loftdon, Monday. — General Ma.11
rics was thia morning retired.' from
tho British army owing to the at
tack which hg recently launched
against the government, criticizing
tho Treads of the army by making
the assertion that no preparation
had been made to receive the great
offensive -which was knowm) would
iK'gin this BPring.
W.lXTs AMERICAN WAR
LORI> LV EITtOPE
Paris, Monday. — A visit to Eu
rope oy President Wilson "as our
supreme war lord for peace by
victory" may bringi a final decision
f in ths war, says Paul Hyacinth®
Loyson , editor of Rights, of A Can, in
a statement concerning tbnj Ameri*
can la-'»r delegation Which has
just completed its- visit to France.
*ucftribe for tho Daily Alaskan.
U.S. TROOPS If
6EI ACTION
With American, Army Framet,
Monday. — Tha Selchprey palisct
shows every iudlcatioa o£ becoming
one of the active points la the Ow
man offensive.
This morning, at an, earljr hocp
the enemy deluged' th* positions of
the American troopp *rith machine
gun oulletg.
j Am terdam, Monday. — From ail*
| vice receive# today it is announce-i
' that the situation, la Ukr&inia
j become so disturbing tliat the G«r*
mau government is dispatching Ian;
detachments of Bavarian cavalr»'
Irom the Flanders battle front ti»
Ukralnia for the purpo3a of re
i enforcing the German troopg th*re
land establish German rule mojfi
firmly.
|
Weldon H. Warren, vice president
of tiip Rank of Alaska, and 10C3J
manager for the branch) bank at
iWrangell .arrived in Skagway oi»
• the City, of Seattle this morning atil
I will remain until the sailing or
| the Jefferson. Mr. Warrea !»
nere 011 matters of a business na
'ture conuected with the back.
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