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No. 104 TWENTY FIRST YEAH
SKAtfWAY, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5. 1918
PRICE 10 CENTS
Washington, June 5.—Advice was
given out bv the American admiral
ty this morning that the German
submarines operating for the past
few days oa the Atlantic coast of
the Unite# States have been routed
by % destroyer.
The U-ooat was attacking the
French steamship Kac'ioleme off the
coast ot Maryland when the Ameri
can destroyer came up and caused
the enemy craft to make its get
away.
The German sub had' just bomoed
the schooner Edward R. Baird.
The two German submarines
which have been attacking the Amor
lean coast have been identified by
their numbers.
FORMER II.?. VICE
PRESIDENT
luidaapolis, June 5. — Charles
Warren Fairbajiks, who has been
suffering from Brigiht's disease die<i
last aUht at his home in this city.
Mr. Fairbanks wua itt the sixty
second year of his &gr«, anil has
bee'n a promiwent man in National
politics having- served several terms
as United States senator, and in
*1904 was elected Vk"e President of
the United States and served' us
such for four years.
cihoIan
THE GENUS
i
Tokyo, June 5.—Advicc was re
ceived here this morula? that China
would immediately deport all Ger
mans now in China and the ten
thousand Germans wh0 are now
residing there will be transported!
to Australia for internment for the
duration of the war.
GERMAN GUNNERS TRYING TO LOCATE A CANADIAN BATTERY
upi-p HelDie Is try in" to „'et the -ange of u battery ocated neur the s.Tona line <>i " "
entanglements, nw. be seen In the middle ground. l|j the foreground are three Canadians Interested In the shelling.
IKS HOLD TEUTONS FROM CROSSING
iH UNTIL BRIDGE IS DESIYED
Loudon, Wednesday. — The part
played by the American machine
gunners in the defeaise of Chateau
Taierry bridges is classed by Reu
ters correpondent at Freuch head
quarters as worthy to stand along
side o: the achievements of the
American Infantry in their recent
operations at Cantiguy.
Many Germans were killed ky
the work of the machine gunners
a~d 'he bridges blown up, while the
Germans were crossing them. The
Bochc troops on the bridges were
precipitated into the river in large
numbers and the Teuton troops
drowned. 1
The Americans did. their work in
the face of a rain of bifllets from
the. opposite bank which was pour
ed' into them by the enemy, hut they
Bev*r flinched at their duty, and
shoulder to shoulder with the Al
lied troops held! the bridges! from
beins crossed by the Huns.
One More Victim
Added To List
New York, Wednesday. — The
I schooner Samuel C. Mens el is the
112th victim of the submarine at
I ta •. an the American coast. The
schooner was sunk Sunday While 175
miles off the coast of New York.
Eleven of her crew: were brought
here today by a I>anishi steamship.
The Samuel C. Mengel was on
her way to New York from an Afri*
can port with a cargo of freight,
and wag sunk by bombg after the
men had been given time to take
i to the life boats.
Women KaKki Overalls Just the thing foi
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Billie Burke House Dresses
Children's overalls and jumpers
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BRING STORIES
New York, June 5.—The schoon
er Kva B. Douglas, slipped into New
York harbOT today *1111 250 sur
vivors of the steamer Carolina which
was torpedoed and sunk off the New
Jersey coast ]>y a German submarine
Sunday.
All the people interviewed tell j
vivid stories of the Prussian, piracy, j
and the staking of their ship,
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FOR CLEMENCY
Washington, June 5. — President
Wilson hap again sent a telegram
to Governor Stephens of California
urging executive clemency in the
Mo Drey case. •i
AMEIMCAN CASUALTY LIST PASS
ES 100 MARK
Washington, June 5.—According'
to the daily report received at the
War Department from American
hfadquarterg in Friiaca the cas"
ualties for the past twenty four
hours "was 110. Fifty two men
were killed! or died of wounds and
forty eight severely wwouaded.
MUSIC WILL, HELP
CATCH HAIR SEALS
Seattle, June 5.—Mouth, organs
and a phonograph, concert Is to be
used for the purpose of seal slaugh
ter.
• Deouty State Fish. Commissioners
left today for Useless Bay to kill
predatory hair seals in Puget Sound,
which destroy food salmon. They are
armed with rifles and mouth or
gans and a phonograph and records
caliming- that it has Deea learned
that t he seals are attracted by mus
ic and then, can be easily] slaugh
ter®^ • _U.^<JiULii*A2
Juneau, Juno 5.—E. J. White, !
editor and proprietor of the
Douglas Island News, has been ap
pointed publicity agent for the
Teritory of Alajska by Gov. Riggs.
Mr. Whit© is a pioneer newspa
perman in, the north and is the
creator of "The Stroller."
Before locating in Douglas a few
years ago he edited and! publiahedj
the Whitehorse 3tar in Yukon Terri*
tor/, which paper, although, he did!
not found it, he purchased in the
early dayp and continued to rum, it
uo 'o the time ha went to Douglas.
40,000 XEGRO TROOPS
CALLED FOR JUNE 20th
Washington, June 5.—Provost
Marsaal Crowd'er today ordered the
mobilization of 40,000 negro reg
istrants from twenty states to
prepare for immediate call to the
colois and to entrain for the train
ing camps on June 20th.
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III SPITE OF GERMAN SUBS
Washington, Wednesday. — Sec
retary Daniels today stated that
whether the submarine activi
ty along the Atlantic coast was for
the purpose of retarding the trans
port!^0 of tro^pu to France or not,
the work of placing the American
troop* overseas would contiune with
ttie same speed as heretofore.
No matter what number of sub
marines may comq to America here
after tjiere wtU be no check on tthe
flow of men and! miunitlonai which
will go to France.
Mine sweepers have picked uj>
a number ol' marine mines orer
the Atlantic ooaat by tha n»T7,
states Secretary Daniels, and the
mines have been, proven of German
manufacture. These mimes have un*
doubted ly been strewn along the
American Atlantic coast by ratdlnff
submarines.
INS UNABLE TO BATTER DOWN
SOLID'WALL ON WEST FRONT
Paris, Wednesday. — Germans
continue to pound away at the Al
lied defenses along the western
portion of the Marne front but are
unable to make any progress, being
held firmly at all points.
The artillery fire was particular
ly violent at points where enemy
attacks werq directed) against the
village of Cheesy south of Aurcq,
but they were all stopped with
heavy Boche losses.
The French war office also con
firmed the report of heavy fighting
having taken place on the southern
a-nd eastern portions of thg front,
in which it is stated there w»s
great aerial activity.
London, Wednesday. —The Brit
ish. war offica announced: t^l3 after
noon that there was very little U'
tlvlty on the northern Britteh battle
front in France, and) that the mo
mentum of the advance wjhich has
been so actively prosecuted, along
the southern line appears to have
exnausted Itself, with the Preach
and British lines holding firm.
The Americana have forced tile
Germans tack in places, and) are
holding firm all lines in their keep'
ing.
\
With the Fifth Army on, Marne,
Wednesday. — American troojw
made their presence felt at aereral
points in the big battle of the
Marnt yesterday, and by their h«rolc
acts and evidence of eoldUirly rtitl
skill won the admiration of all their
allifd comrades.
3 AIRMEN KILLED
BY jtCCIOEHIS
Washington, June 6. — Three
aviators, who were in. training at
aviation fields 'n the. south; were
killed' In accidents Tuesday Is an
nounced by the war department
this morning^
Hundred Workers
Killed in France
Paris, Wednesday.—Ooe Ixundred
workers were killed! by a® wsploeion,
which took place in a war muni
tions plant at Bamssens, in -thei
southern part of Franca this morn
| iw.
ENROLLMENT OF
YOUNG MEN
BEGINS
.Seattle, June 5.—The registra
tion of young men having come to
the age of 21 since Juine 5, 1817,
began this morning throughout the
t-ation, and a great many names
were tnrolled on the hooka of the
local exemption hoards ia this
city today.. /
The Pacific Steamship company's
Bt^mship Cfty of Seattle is du$ to
arrive in t&to port at ? o'clock to*
morrow morning.
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/
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Shapely, sturdy, smart suits for the
man who knows which way the
wind of fashion blows this year.
Patterns neither too loud nor too
modest, but just medium, for the
man who doesn't wish to appear
overdressed. No disappointment
lurks in the values at the price
range.
JAMES KENNEDY