OTHER ALLIES ASSENT IN PRIN
CIPLE TO INTERVENTION IN
RUSSIAN AFFAIRS.
WASHINGTON, D. C., August 5.—
America and Japan alone, according
to an official statement made public
today, will undertake military aid to
Russia in Siberia. The other allies as
sent in principle. American and
japan will each send a few thousand
soldiers to Vladivostok to safeguard
the city and protect the rear oi the
westward-moving Czeeho-Slovak ar
my. with which they are working in
complete harmony. Both governments
pledge no interference with Russian
sovereignty or international affairs.
When the present "mission is accom
plished, the troops will be withdrawn.
Later, America will send merchants,
agricultural experts, labor advisors.
Red Cross, Y. M. C. A. and Knights
of Columbus agents to aid Russia
where possible.
PEKING, August 5.—China has
appropriated $100,000 to finance ahe
sending of a regiment of Chinese
troops to Vladivostok, Siberia. The
date of the departure of the troops
has not been fixed.
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LONDON, August 5.—The British
steamer North Cambria was sunk in a
collision at sea with an unknown ves
sel one day last week. Ail but. seven
of the crew of 100 are missing.
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General Merchandise
’ Susitna
Branch Stores at
McDougall ... Talkeetna
Dealer in Raw Furs, Snowshoes,
Camp Outfits. Selling Agent
—FOR—
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Ik Sitka Hot Springs
These springs are five in
number and one of the old land
marks of Alaska. The Russians
had a hospital there in 1841,
where they sent patients with
liseases of the skin and consti
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
bladdbr/liseases, and for consti
tutional* disorders.
.'These springs are in charge
of Dr. F. L. Goddard. The
terms for room, board, and
baths, S2 a day and up. Cabins,
S7.50 per month and up, includ
ing furnishings, except bed
ding. ADDRESS
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SANITARIUM, : ALASKA
NORTH POLE I
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FOUR-FIFTHS OF THOSE DISA
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14 PER CENT INCAPACITATED.
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| Statement Based on Experience of
Allied Armies Shows That Fatali- j
ties Are Not Numerous on the'
Fighting Fronts—Large Percentage
of Men Wounded Will Recover.
I
WASHINGTON, D. C., August G.—
Of the American soldiers wounded on!
the Aisne-Marne offensive during the
i past three weeks, probably less than j
'one in twenty will die as a result of"!
their disability; over four-fifths of
! them will be able to return to the j
lighting fronts, after a brief sojourn !
in hospotals, and only 14 per cent will
be discharged for total disability.
This statement is made, based on1
the experience of the allied armies. :
OF THE BATTLE!
—
LONDON, August 6.—Describing
the battle between the Americans and
Germans on the Vesle, Reuter’s cor- \
respondent says:
“The enemy’s dead are unburied, but
who should have buried them? He left
the men behind him with orders to die,
and die they have; they lie in groups
about their guns, dozens here, dozens
there; every one with an American
bullet through his brain or breast, or
with an equally decisive stab of an
American bayonet.”
LAUNCHES SHIP
IN RECORD TIME
HURLEY SAYS BIG EASTERN
FABRICATING YARDS ARE
NOW BUILDING SHIPS.
WASHINGTON, D. C., August 5.—
The launching Sunday, from an Ala
meda, California, shipyard, of the
5,000-ton steel steamer Invincible in
twenty-four working days, sets a new
record in ship construction. President
Hurley, of the United States shipping
board, says all four of the eastern
fabricating yards are producing ships.
B) istol, Pennsylvania, launched the
first hull Saturday. The Hog island
yard will launch its first hull today.
WOMEN WAITERS FOR
ALASKA SERVICE IS
BEING TALKED ABOUT
SEATTLE, Wash., August 5.—Oid
■ timers on the Seattle waterfront are
waiting with interest and foreboding
to see if the intimation given out by
steamship companies is carried into
effect. This was that the companies
| were seriously considering the signing
on of women as waitresses aboard ves
sels plying from Seattle to Alaska
i and in the California trade. If t he
plan is adopted, the women will be
come members of the crews, and some
sort of uniform will have to be adopt
ed for them.
“It can’t, be done,” is the way the
boa; wain of an Alaska liner viewed |
the matter. “They’ll all get seasick
! the first day they go to work and
1 somebody will have to wait on them.”
Women cooks on the vessels may
I
I come next, said an officer of one of
the steamship companies.
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Paris, August 5.—The Americans covered themselves with glory
yesterday in hand-to-hand fighting with Prussian guards in the streets
of Pismes. the big German base on the V'esle river, when they captured
1 hat city from the enemy. The fighting is said to have been the bitter
est of the whole war. The Prussian Guards asked and received no quar
ter. They were bayoneted and (dubbed to death by the Americans as
they stood by their machine guns.
GERMANS TAKING FRENCH PROPS.
French Headquarters, August 5.—German soldiers have been
sending home thousands of bushels of French wheat. French-Ameri
cans, during the advance, discovered that the Germans had laid sys
tematic plans for reaping a harvest in this country. The Huns were
yesterday driven from large stacks of small canvas bags. Some were
filled and addressed to soldiers’ families in Germany. The bags hold
two pounds of v heat.
LULL IN TIIE FIGHTING TODAY.
Paris, August 4.—There was a lull on the battle front during last
night and the breathing spell was extended until this morning. The
Germans are favored by weather conditions, which have transformed
the Yesle river into swamps and morasses. The Germans are making
a stiffen stand here than expected.
LIST SHOWS OVER FOUR HUNDRED NAMES.
Washington. August 4.—The American army casualty list shows
the names of 407 soldiers. Of these, 203 were killed in action. It is
unknown what portion of the lighting the list covers.
LONG-RANG E B< >M BA RDM ENT RESUM ED.
Paris, August 4.—The long-range German bombardment of Paris
was resumed this morning.
FRENCH CROSS YESLE RIVER.
Paris, August 4.—The French forces which crossed the Yesle river
are meeting with stubborn resistance, says an official report this morn
ing.
AMERICANS SURROUND FISMES.
Paris. August b.—American troops, belonging to General Hunter
Liggett \s first American army corps, have surrounded Fismes, the great
German base near the Yesle river, and are battling against the crack
German guards in the outskirts of the city. The allied forces have cros
sed the Aisne river, at a point between Soissons and Yenizel.
n
With the Americans on the Marne, August 5.—The American
forces yesterday (Titered the southern part of the city of Fismes, the
great German base. The allied armies yesterday advanced along a for
ty-mile front. Fifty towns and villages were captured and a large
number of prisoners, war supplies and munitions, guns, etc., were taken.
ALLIES CONTINUE TO ADVANCE.
Paris, August 5.—Official: The allies continued to advance yes
terday along a thirty-mile front, between the Aisne and Marne rivers,
toward the Vesle river. Advanced forces have reached the southern
banks of the Aisne and Vesle rivers. French cavalry are operating with
success along the Soissons-Rheims railway line. The American forces
hold the outskirts of Fismes, the great German base in the center of the
Aisne-Marne front.
GERMAN STAFF ADMITS FAILURE OF PLANS.
Copenhagen, August 5.—Generals von Hindenburg and Luden
dorff admitted the failure of the German strategic plans on the Marne
front to a correspondent of a Berlin newspaper. They asserted that
the enemy’s advance would not affect the result of the war. Von Hin
denburg declared that the Germans had become accustomed to the
American troops, as they had become familiar with the tactics of the
black soldiers employed by the French and British.
BERLIN ADMITS RETREAT OF ARMY.
Berlin, August 5.—Official: Allied infantry and cavalry are fol
lowing the retreating German army, on the Aisne-Marne front, but are
advancing hesitatingly and cautiously.
HAIG REPORTS SOME GAINS.
London, August 5.—General Haig reports that the British forces
in the Albert sector recaptured most of the ground the enemy took west
of the Ancre river. «
LIVELY FIGHTING ON VENETIAN MOUNTAIN FRONT.
Vienna, August 5.—Official: Lively fighting between the Austro
Hungarian forces and the Italian-allied forces is in progress today on
the Venetian mountain front. Our forces gained ground in Albania,
on both sides of the Devoli river.
LINES ARE BEING
TIGHTLY DRAWN
WASHINGTON, D. C., August 2.—
The Emergency Fleet corporation has
drawn the lines tight, issuing an order
that deferred draft classification shall
be given only to employes whose loss
would retard ship production.
RED CROSS WORK
IN THE DOMINION
SEATTLE, August 2.—General G.
Stanley Ryerson, founder and presi
dent of the Canadian Red Cross soci
ety, has departed on a trip to Alaska.
He will speak at Wrangell, Ketchikan
and Juneau, telling of Canada’s Red
Cross experience.
I
REVEALS PRESENCE OF TWO
GERMAN U-BOATS OPERATING
IN AMERICAN WATERS.
PART OF CREW ARE MISSING.
| Tanker Was Sunk by German Subma- j
rine Yesterday a Hundred Miles OH
the Virginia Capes, While Another,
U-Boat Was Reported Off the Nova
Scotia Coast Same Day.
WASHINGTON, D. August 6.—
The sinking of the Standard Oil tanker
O. B. Jennings 100 miles off the Vir
ginia capes yesterday, revealed the
presence of at least two German sub
■ marines operating on the American
i i
i side of Atlantic waters. The second j
! U-boat is operating off the coast of
Nova Scotia and has been in those!
waters for the past two weeks, despite
efforts of the patrol vessels to locate
it.
J The master and thirteen members of!
-the <*rew of the Jennings are missing,!
1 but may turn up later.
CZAR’S FAMILY
MADRID, August 6.—King Al
fonso, of Spain, has invited the family
of the former czar of Russia to occu
py the Spanish palace until the end
of the war. The Spanish cabinet is
negotiating with the Bolsheviki gov
ernment to secure the transfer of the
j family to Spain.
(AMERICAN COMMANDER GAINS
GRAND CROSS OF THE LE
GION OF HONOR.
—
PARIS, August 5.—France has
| awarded the grand cross of the legion
| of honor to General Pershing, com
mander of the American expeditionary
forces in France. Premier Clemen
ceau sent a telegram to General Per
i
j shing, stating that the honor was con
j ferred in recognition of the remarka
| ble services performed by him in or
| ganizing, so promptly and efficiently,
I the American forces who are in (
| France.
portlandWlls
HAVE NEW OWNER
PORTLAND, August 6.-Max Hous
j er, of Portland, has acquired the Port
land Flouring Mills companies and
subsidiaries, which combined have a
daily capacity of eleven thousand bar
rels of flour. The consideration is re
ported to have: been ten million dol
lars.
ELI WUOTILLA MEETS DEATH
AT ALASKA-JUNEAU MINE
JUNEAU, August 5.—Eli Wuotilla,
a shift boss employed at the Alaska
Juneau mine, was instantly killed
about 10:30 o’clock this morning
while attempting to pjace a bulldoze
in one of the shoots of an open cut.
According to information received,
Wuotilla entered the shoot after the
blast and was caught by the loose fall
ing rock. His skull was crushed in a
number of places and it is believed
that death resulted instantly.
The body was taken to the C. W.
Young undertaking parlors shortly
after noon today and will be prepared
for burial.
Deceased has been employed at the
Alaska-Juneau mine for the past five
or six years. He is a man about 40
years of age and leaves a wife and
four children.
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GREAT NATION HAS RAISED
OVER SEVEN MILLION TROOPS
FOR THE SERVICE
NEW YORK, August 5.—The Brit
ish bureau of information publishes
figures showing Great Britain’s con
tribution to the allied cause, on the
fourth anniversary of her entrance
into the world war, which was Sunday.
With her colonies, Great Britain
has raised seven million, five hundred
thousand troops. Of this number,
two and a half million have been
slain in battle, wounded or missing.
Her troops have fought on seventeen
battle fronts. She has 5,016 munition
factories. Her*navy personnel has
been trebled and her fighting arma
ment has been doubled. With her mer
chant marine, she has transported
thirteen million men, and enormous
quantities of horses, mules, cannon,
vehicles, explosives, oil, food and other
stores, to the respective fronts.
TOTAL U. S.
CASUALTIES
WASHINGTON, D. C., August 6.—
The total United States army and ma
rine corps casualties since American
participation is 15,196, of which the
army suffered 13,164 and the marine
corps, 2,032. The summary follows:
Army—Killed in action, including
291 lost at sea, 2,373; died of wounds,
907; died of disease, 1,514; died cf ac
cident and other causes, 616; wounded
in action, 7,044; missing in action, in
cluding prisoners, 710. Marine corps
—Deaths, 734; wounded, 1,220; in
hands of enemy, 5; missing 73.
Total casualties reported during the
week ended August 4 were 1,430.
COMMUNIQUE
WASHINGTON. D. C., August 6.— '
General Pershing’s communique for
August 3 says:
“The full fruits of the victory in the
counter offensive, begun so gloriously
by the Franco-American troops on
July 18, were reaped today when the
enemy, who met his second defeat on
the Marne, was driven in confusion
beyond the line of the Vesle. The en
emy, in spite of suffering the severest
losses, proved incapable of stemming
the onslaught of our troops, fighting
for liberty, side by side with the
French, British and Italian veterans.
In the course of operations, 8,400
prisoners and 133 guns were captured
by our men alone.”
AFRAID THEY WILL
MISS ACTUAL WAR
JUNEAU, August 5. —“All the
Alaska boys that I saw who are in the
army and navy while away are now
afraid that the war will be over before
they can reach France,” said Royal M.
Shepard, who has returned from the
states. “That is the only dark lining
to the news from Gen. Foch’s great
offensive so far as the Alaska soldiers
are concerned,” he added.
The same feeling exists among
many Juneau boys who are going into
the service.
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* TWENTY INNINGS ARE *
* PLAYED WITHOUT RUN *
* BY PITTSBURG-BOSTON *
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* BOSTON, August 3. — The *
* world’s record in major league *
* baseball was played here yester- *
* day, between the Pittsburg and *
* the Boston National league *
* teams, the victory going to the *
* visitoi$. For twenty innings the *
* teams battled, without either *
* side gaining a single run. In the *
* twenty-first inning the Pittsburg *
* team got two runs. +
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