AMERICAN MARINES AIDED BY FRENCH FORCES
PUSH BACK A GERMAN SALIENT AND CAPTURE
VILLAGES OF SILLY-LA-POTERIE AND BOUR
ESCHES—MARINES DISREGARD NUMBERS.
French Forces Make Gains Against Enemy Near Locre, South
west of Ypres, But Main Fighting Today Is On Front Nea
Chateau Thierry, Where French and Americans Are Op
posing Huns—British Losses for Week Ending Last Nigh
Including Killed, Wounded and Missing, Well Over Thirty
Thousand.
FRENCH FIELD HEADQUARTERS, June 8.—
On the battle front between the Marne river and the
town of Noyon, the allied forces are holding the Ger
man armies. At no point on the front have the Teu
tons succeeded in making advances of any conse
quence, while the allied armies have made substantial
gains in several sectors. The chief fighting today is
on what is known as the Marne sector, in the region of
Chateau Thierry.
TIP OF ENEMY SALIENT PUSHED BACK.
PARIS. June S.—Striking the German forces northwes
of Chateau Thierry, along the line where the enemy troop
launched their heaviest blows a tew days ago, American ma
lines, lighting with the French forces, pushed back the tip o
the salient driven by the Germans in their rush to the Mara
river, and captured the village of Torcy. The Americans ad
vaiced over two miles along a three-mile trout. 1 lit* Frencl
and American marines are battling with the Germans to gaii
possession of tilt* villages of Bouresches and Bussieres. 1 h
latter village is located south ot the Marne river, between tha
liver and the Petit Morin river.
GERMANS CLAIM SLIGHT GAINS.
BHRL1X, dune S.—Official: The situation remains prae
tieally unchanged on the west front. Our troops capture*
earth works and trenches near Pontoise, nortji of the Aisne riv
er, and made gains in the Saviles river region, southwest o
Koissons.
DIDN’T KNOW AMERICANS OPPOSED THEM.
PARIS, .June S.—Berlin refused to disclose the fact b
German soldiers that American forces were opposing them ii
the Marne sector, according to tin* statement of German prison
ers taken captive. The prisoners declare that they had heei
told by their officers that the new troops were British. The;
were much surprised to learn otherwise.
BERLIN CLAIMS REPULSE OF ALLIES.
BERLIN, dune 8.—Official: The Germans north of th<
Aisne river and northwest of Chateau Thierry repulsed attack
of the allied forces.
BRITISH CASUALTIES FOR WEEK.
LONDON, dune 8.—The British casualties for the weel
ending last night are as follows: Officers killed and died o
wounds, 208; men killed and died of wounds, d.ddS; officer
wounded and missing, 7dd; men wounded and missing, 127,4:15.
FRENCH MAKE SUCCESSFUL OPERATION.
LONDON, dune 8.—Official: The French forces again op
‘•rated successfully again tile Germans near Loere, southwes
of Ypres.
AMERICANS AND FRENCH MAKE GAINS.
PARIS, dune 8.—-Official: French and American forces
made substantial gains on flu* enemy to the northwest of Glia
teau Thierry. The villages of Silly la Poterie and Bouresche:
were captured, following desperate engagements with tin
enemy..
SUMMARY OF WAR NEWS.
SI MMARY: There has been no let-up in the offensive in
augu rated by the American marines and French troops north
west of Chateau Thierry, where, during the past two days, se
vere defeats have been inflicted against the opposing Germai
forces. 'The American marines have won great praise for tlieii
valiant lighting against the Huns. Battling shoulder to shoul
der over a front six miles in width, the Americans and Frenel
soldiers advanced to a depth of two and a half miles into tin
enemy lines. Nowhere in this sector have the Germans beer
able to stay the advance of the allied troops. The Americai
marines everywhere declined to take a backward step, goin£
forward against the Germans, even when they had superioi
forces, and beating them backward. The marines have taker
dOO prisoners.
BRIDGE NAMED FOR PRESIDENT WILSON.
PARTS, dune 8.—The new military bridge over the river
Rhone will be opened July 4. It will bo named for President
Wilson, in honor of the American chief executive’s aid to
France.
GERMAN COUNTER ATTACKS BREAK DOWN.
PARIS, June 8.—Official: Heavy counter attacks by the
German troops arount Chemiv and. Dammard, northwest of
Chateau Thierry, broke down under the terrific fire of French
guns, the enemy suffering severe losses.
KING GEORGE TO
OBSERVE FOURTH
LONDON* June 8.—For the first
1 time in the history of Great Britain,
for obvious reasons, King George an
nounces his intention to participate in
the celebration of the Fourth of July,
to be held in London on that date.
GERMANY REPLIES
TO UNITED STATES
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WASHINGTON, D. C., June 8.—
In response to the inquiry of the
United States government through
the Spanish embassy at Berlin, re
garding regulations in German prison
camps, Germany has replied through
the same source that American pris
oners may be interviewed by inspect
ors without the presence of witnesses,
if a previous notice of inspection has
been given. Otherwise a witness
mustbe present.
SWIMMING POOLS CLOSED.
LONDON, June 8.—All the public
swimming pools and some of the pub
lic baths in London are to be closed
for the summer. The buildings are
being used for communal kitchens.
With their steam plants and heating
appliances, they are very adaptable'
t for the purpose of establishing in'
' them the central municipal kitchens!
- from which food is distributed to the;
t smaller stations in their districts.
; BISMARCKTHOUGHT
:| KAISER WAS NUTTY
! | -
LONG DISTANCE ALIENISTS IN
! WASHINGTON BELIEVE GER
MAN EMPOREK DERANGED.
1 WASHINGTON, D. C., June 8.— j
_ ; Long distance alienist here who say j
f the kaiser is actually scientifically in-;
sane have first class German indorse
ment for their belief.
Bismarck himself was convinced
■that Wilhelm was crazy.
) i The iron chancellor knew the kaiser
1 ; from his childhood, and knew the
” | secret family history and family ma
1 ladies of the Hohenzollerns.
Some time before his death Bis
marck confied to his friend, Felix I
Dahn, distinguished German historian
and lawyer, that the kaiser was a
* lunatic. He intimated that he might
' have to be locked up. “If the worst
comes to the worst,” said Bismarck, I
“and it should become necessary to
put him under restraint, mv successor1
: will have a more difficult task than
j would have fallen to my lot. For 1
' I feel sure the German people would
| have trusted me.”
The kaiser is endowed with the
j suphuman cuning that has character
- | ized many of the famous paranoiacs: (
; and epileptics who have been world!
leaders.
Another German chancellor, the |.
; Prince Hohenlohe, said:
; “Far from being the sincerely re- .
| ligious man which human stupidity1,
: j has m ediated him with being, he is the ! ,
' : coolest rationalist, the greatest ego
j tist, and the most ungrateful person I (
| ever came across.”
Another German chancellor, Von ,
Buelow, who had so much trouble with: j
the kaiser becouse of his habit of j
“butting in” an dipolmatic situations |
( with personal telegrams like the fa-1
. r.ious Kruger dispatch—a dispatch ]
which almost brought Britain and Ger
many to blows in the nineties—gave a j ,
k hint in the reichstag that he was ir
^ responsible.
When Buelow was being attacked ^
, for allowing the kaiser to commit so (
’ many dangerous indiscretions, he said:
| “If you only knew •what I prevent.” I (
Pope Leo XIII was one of the great! j
world figures who came into contact j
with the kaiser when he was a young j (
man. The Holy Father’s estimate ofj |
him is perhaps the most interesting of
all. Here it is.”
“This young man is obstinate and ,
vain, and it is to be feared that his
reign will terminate in disaster.”
FRONT!
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TO COMBAT THE
U-BOAT IMAGE
POSSIBILITY THAT GERMAN SUB
MARINES LURKING ABOUT
MUST BE A FACTOR.
NAVY ALIVE TO SITUATION.
Officials Believe That Present Raid
Will Be Followed by Others of More
Importance and Measures Are Be
ing Taken to Clean the Seas of the
Enemy Submarines.
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 8.—
The possibility that German submar
ines will be lurking off the Atlantic
coast waiting to destroy American;
transports laden with troop for the J
overseas service, must be regarded as
a continuing factor in American meas
ures, according to the belief express
ed today by high officials of the navy
department.
The officials believe that the pres- j
ent raid will be folowed by others of |
possibly greater importance, and that j
it will never be safe again to assume j
that American waters are free from {
this menace so long as the U-boats |
roam at large on the ocean. The navy |
is planning to take effective measures!
to rid the ocean, if possible, of the
enemy submarines.
MAN WHO SAVED AMIENS AND;
CALAIS FROM GERMANS WILL |
NOT ADMIT ACCOMPLISHMENT ;
—
“I’ve done nothing.”
That’s what Brigadier General;
Sandemann-Carev wrote to his wife in !
answer to her letter inquiring about
'what the papers were saying about
aim.” She said they were calling him
a hero—a man whose brilliant
achievement had saved Amiens and
Calais. He had closed up a gap which
in the words of Lloyd George himself
‘might have let the enemy into
Calais.”
The general wrote back: “I’ve done
nothing.”
Here’s what he did:
i he Germans had lorced a serious!
?ap in the allied line before Amiens, I
allied base and rail center. The Brit- j
sh were stronger in aircraft here and
Tie Bodies didn’t find out about it im
nediately.
That gap had to be filled at or.ce. No
.•eserves were near.
So General Carey went scouting
>ut behind the lines. He gathered a
ittle “army” of signallers, electri
:ians, laborers, youths from a train
ng camp nearby, 50 cavalrymen, and
i number of United Staes engineers
—all of whom eagerly volunteered.
They were rushed up into the gap
uid they held the line against im
nense odds for four days until re
serves arrived.
They fought so well the Germans j
lidn’t find out that there was a gap. j
And for Carey, who gathered the i
nen and led them—“I’ve done noth
ng,” he says.
LONG RANGE GERMAN GUN.
Paris, Monday—Shell hits school |
louse. Fourteen chilren killed.
Pai'is, Tuesday—.Shell hits octoge-!
larian who was sitting in front of Old I
den’s Home.
Paris, Wednesday—Shell hits ma-1
ernity Hospital. Eleven mothers kill- ;
‘d.
Paris, Thursday—Shell hits party
>f little girls who are having picnic
n park. Seventeen killed.
Paris, Friday — Shell breaks up
jame of tag among boys in yard. Six
ioys killed.
Paris, Saturday—Shell hits orphan
isvlum. Nineteen little tots killed
vhile kneeling in prayer.
Total' for week, 89 Iron Crosses.
Hock der Kaiser!
Any time you see a man carrying
tn unmbella and a jacket for a wom
m the betting is about 800 to 1 that
hey are not married.
SPECTACLE MAKES INTEREST
ING SIGHT FOR SPECTATORS,
WHO WEARY OF SINGLES.
EACH MUST MAINTAIN PLACE
Formation Flying Usually Starts ir
Evening, When the Air Is Usually
Quiet—Aviators Soar, Dip, Turi
and Rise in Perfect Order and ir
Complete Unison.
DALLAS, Texas, June 8.—The av
iators have given Texas another spec
tacle. Formation flying which is nov
being practiced in all the aviatior
camps, is so “different,” so impress
ive and so thrilling to witness tha
it has overcome the ennui with whicl
the average citizen has viewed a skj
flecked with individual aviators, am
the epidemic of “arched neck,” whicl
was common when the aviators firs
came south to practice, again threat
ens.
There is something about the ap
pearance of airplanes in .formation
e$ch flyer rigidly keeping an exac
distance from the others, that impres
ses one wdth the feeling that thesi
men actually have control of the air
The single airplane may respond t<
conditions in the air, rising and fall
ing to take advantage of the atmos
pheric situation, but in formation fly
ing each must maintain his prope:
place, and the sight of a fleet of ma
chines, flying in a triangle or in i
square, causes the realization tha
conquest of the air had advanced to :
point heretofore unrealized.
The formation flying usually start:
in the evening, at about the civiliai
dinner hour, when the air is general
ly quiet. This adds to the worries o
the housewife because when there i
a fleet of war planes just over thi
house, dipping, turning, rising an<
soaring in perfect unison, no norma
son, daughter nor husband or fathe
is going to “come in to dinner.” Th<
total number of cold meals eaten ii
Dallas alone since this new develop
ment in the process of developing
American aviators, would startle sta
tisticians, housewives say.
Most of those who are now perfect
ing their skill information flying an
“bombers.” Aviators on this dut;
must travel in groups, guards flyim
at me sine, ueiore, oenina ana auuv<
the planes which carry explosives t<
be dropped upon the enemy. Th<
leader usually flies much higher thai
the others in the party, not only fo:
the advantage of the additional visioi
his height will give, but also so as t<
be able to dart down upon any enemn
plane which undertakes to break u}
the party.
The scout planes travel alone am
the aviators who will adhere to this
branch of the service are not so mucl
in need of skill at formation flying
Neither is the artillery control brand
nor the contact patrol, which lattei
branch must perfect itself in flying
low to report the position of its owr
and enemy troops during the progress
of a battle.
Training in all branches of the fly
ing service is highly specialized now
and the concentration school at Camf
Dick is filled with men who have com
pleted their ground school training
and are awaiting to be assigned to e
flying school as soon as there is room
for them.
The student aviators have become
a part of the community life in many
Texas cities and are much liked.
Read the Anchorage Tmes.
MAYOR OF MECCA
WITH THE ALLIES ,
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LONDON, June 8.-^-The mayor of
Mecca has sent a telegram to the
mayor of London congratulating him
on the gallant resistance put up by
the London troops during recent Ger
man attacks on the western front.
The message says:
‘‘I hasten, in the name of all the
inhabitants of Mecca, to congratulate
■ you and the citizens of your city on
the inspiring spectacle of the valiant
1 and glorious opposition which, with
’ invincible heroism, is being offered
1 to the fruitless assaults of the Ger
1 man hordes by your fellow-citizens on
the western front.”
NEW “MULTIPLE” CAMERA.
' LONDON, June 8.—A new “multi
i pie” camera” with which allied air
I
■ men are now equipped is a develop
; ment of the motion picture cameras,
i An airplane observer can take thou
' sands of photographs at the rate of
I one per second if necessary. In this
i way it is possible to map the German
; lines with precision. Each camera is
. capable of 750 exposures with a sin
gle loading. The turning of the film •
for the new exposure is accomplished
automatically.
Job printing at the Times office.
1 ADMINISTRATOR’S NOTICE TO
CREDITORS.
‘ In the Matter of the Estate of Ernest
. Podboy, Deceased.
WHEREAS, on the 11th day of May,
. 1918, It. O. Albritton was regularly ap
pointed administrator of the estate of
. Ernest Podboy, deceased, by the Com
missioner and Ex-Officio Probate Judge
. of Knik Precinct. Third Judicial Divi
sion, Territory of Alaska;
. NOW THEREFORE, pursuant to the
law in such ease made and provider], no
. tiee is hereby given to the creditors of
said estate to present their verified
L claims against said estate, accompanied
' with proper vouchers, to said adminis
; ! trator, at his office at No. 505 Fourth
Avenue, in the city of Anchorage, in
i the Territory of Alaska, in said pre
cinct, within six months from the date
of this notice.
Dated this 14th day of May, 1918.
R. O. ALBRITTON,
Administrator.
, I ARTHUR THOMPSON,
I Attorney for Administrator.
NOTICE FOR FI7BEICATION
Department of the Interior, l’. S.
5 Land Office at Juneau, Alaska, January
30, 1918.
; Notice is hereby given that Vinten E.
I Caves, of Knik, Alaska, who on Jun* 21,
1 1915, made Homestead application No.
, 01829, for \V!4.NW!i WDSWhi Sec. 20
1 EtiNEti EtaSED, Section 27, Town
. ship 16 N, Range 3 TV., Seward Meridian,
lias filed notice of intention to make fin
, al three-year proof, to establish claim
- to the land above described, before U. S.
Commissioner S. S. Bateman, at his of
‘ fice at Knik, Alaska, on July 1, 1918.
Claimant names as witnesses:
Peter Jenson, George Gates, ,T. W.
r Downing, William Marfit, all of Knik,
* j A laska.
j 551 C. B. WALKER, Register.
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> had a hospital there in 1841,
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’ diseases of the skin and consti
> I tutional blood disorders.
The temperature averages
145 degrees Fahrenheit at the
Spring. The baths are effica
cious for rheumatism, stomach
and liver troubles, kidney and
! bladder diseases, and for consti
tutional disorders.
These springs are in charge
of Dr. F. L. Goddard. The
terms for room, board, and
baths, $2 a day and up. Cabins,
I $7.50 per month and up, includ
ing furnishings, except bed
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