AND ALASKA LABOR NEWS.
VOL. 2. NO. 28.
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JUNE 13,'1918.
PRICE TEN CENTS.
WHILE ENEMY FORCES MAKE SOME GAINS, ADVANCE
ACHIEVED DOES NOT COMPENSATE FOR HORRI
BLE LOSSES OF LIFE RESULTING— LIK
ENED TO SLAUGHTER HOUSE.
ATTACKS CENTER ON MONTDIDIER - NOYON
Reports Show Germans Making* Every Possible Effort to Push
Toward Paris—Throwing Troops Into Melting Pot in Ut
ter Disregard for Losses—American Marines Move Right
Along.
WITH THE FRENCH FIELD FORCES, dune 11.—VVliat
is considered the most severe fighting of the war, which moans
tin* most severe in the world’s history, is going on today be
tween the French and German armies between Noyon and
Montdidier. The Germans are attacking on ground where the
French are fully prepared to meet them. Shock German troops
are finding themselves thrown into a slaughter house from
whence most of them will never find exit.
ENEMY DRIVE CONTINUES UNABATED.
PARIS, dune 11.—Official: The German drive between
Montdidier and Noyon continued unremittingly throughout!
last night and is being continued with undiminished fury to- J
day. On the left wing, the French forces offered effective re- i
si>tance and recaptured the village of Mery. The Germans di- j
reeled their principal attack against the center line of the al-1
lied front. Here1 the enemy troops drove hack the French forces
to the region of the Aronde liver. By employing brilliant coun
ter-attacks the French troops hurled hack the German masses
am', re-established their lines south of Bolloy. At St. Maur,
on the right, the French forces engaged large German forces.
The Germans gained ground, the French retiring to the west
and south of Bihecourt.
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ATTACK DIRECTED AGAINST COMPIEGNE.
LONDON, dune 11.—The new German attack, it is assert-1
ed by British war experts, is directed immediately against the
important city of Compiegne as a part of the campaign against
Paris. The capture of this city, which is located on the hanks
of the Oise river, would permit a descent of enemy troops down j
the valley of tie* Oise to their objective. It is believed that
the Germans are endeavoring to outflank tin1 French line near
SoLsons.
GERMANS MAKING EVERY POSSIBLE EFFORT.
PARIS. .1 une 11.—The reports show that the Germans are
making every possible effort to push toward Paris. They are
throwing division after division into the melting pot, which
has been boiling for the past lew days on the Noyon-Montdid
ier front. The enemy, at a terrible cost of life, lias been able to
gain only >ix miles, the maximum point attained in the present
offensive* being \ egnemont. The Germans employed a large
number of tanks, which the allied forces were unable to demol
ish at first.
GERMANS TAKE SEVERAL SMALL VILLAGES.
PARIS, June 11.—Official: Seven small villages, including
Marquivillers and St. Maur. were occupied by the German ar-j
lilies late yesterday afternoon. These slight gains were made
by the Huns after repeated assaults and at a great sacrifice of
life. South of Resson and Surmatz, the Germans gained a foot
hold on Marqueglise. Further to the east, the fighting contin
ues on the outskirts of Elineourt.
ALLIES ARE HOLDING THE HUNS.
LONDON, June 11.—A Reuter’s correspondent today re
ports: The battle raged throughout the night on the Novon
Montdidier front with unabated fury, and continues today. In
spite of the persistent and reckless attempts of the Germans
to advance against the allied armies, they are held on practical
ly the same line as when they started the furious assaults.
AMERICANS PENETRATE ENEMY LINES.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE, June 11.—
After daybreak this morning, the American marines penetrat
ed the German tines for about two-tliirds of a mile, on a 600
yard front, northwest of Chateau-Thierry. The Americans
captured some prisoners and two minnenwurfer (mine throw
ers). the largest guns they have yet taken.
BRITISH CARRY OUT SUCCESSFUL OPERATION.
LONDON, June 11.—British forces last night carried out
a successful operation east of Amiens by which their line south
of Morlancourt was advanced half a mile along a front a mile
and a half wide, says an official report this morning. The Brit
ish captured 233 prisoners.
HAIG REPORTS ARTILLERY ATTACKS.
LONDON, June 11.—General Haig today reports heavy
artillery attacks by the enemy on both sides of the British front
in Handers. There are no infantry operations on this front.
GERMANS TAKE 8,000 PRISONERS.
BERLIN, June 11.—Official: The Germans claim the
capture of 8,000 allied prisoners and some big guns since the
present offensive in the Noyon-Montdidier sector began.
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* WHERE CREST OF ANTICLINE IS WITHIN +
* CLAIM LIMITS, OWNER MAY FOLLOW VEIN *
* IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS, SAYS COURT *
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* WASHINGTON, June 11.—A decision of the Unit- *
* ed States supreme court, handed down yesterday, is a *
* wide departure from the accepted status of the location *
* of mining' claims. The decision sustained the right of *
* the owner of a silver mining claim in one of the western *
* states to follow indefinitely in opposite directions a vein *
* where the crest of the anticline is within the claim limits. *
CHAIRMAN HURLEY OF SHIP
PING BOARD SAYS YEAR 1920
WILL SEE THIS RESULT.
rWENTY-FIVE MILLION TONS.
Will Link America With South and
Central America by Weekly Service,
and Also Bridge the Pacific For
Transportation of Products From
This Country to Japan and China.
SOUTH BEND, Ind., June 12.—
Chairman Hurley, of the Unitedl
States shipping board, in a speech in
South Bend last night, declared that j
in the year 1920, the United States!
will have a merchant marine fleet of
twenty-five million tons, the greatest
commerce fleet ever assembled in the
listory of the world.
With this great commerce fleet, Mr.
Hurley said that America would be
linked with South and Central Amer
ica by a weekly steamer service so as
to enable the Latin American coun
tries to utilize their unlimited natural
resources in the freest competition
with other nations of the world. The
great fleet would also bridge the Pa
cific ocean from the transportation of
the products of the United States to
Japan and China, Russia, Australia
and the Orient, and would continue to
promote America’s trade with Europe.
SEARCH FOR MEN
FROM SUBMARINE
THREE WEARING STRANGE UNI
FORMS SEEK FOOD FROM
WOMAN AT FARMHOUSE.
AN ATLANTIC PORT, June 12.—
United States soldiers are searching
the woods near this point for three
sailors, who appeared at a farm house
and asked the woman that came to the
door for food. The woman reported
the matter to the authorities, and a
vigorous search was immediately in
stituted, without result up to this
time.
The woman stated that the men
wore strange uniforms. Only one of
the number could speak English. They
indicated that they had landed on the
coast in a small boat or on some
wreckage, the woman could not deter
mine which. They are wanted in the
belief that they are pai’t a of crew of
a German submarine that was possi
bly destroyed.
OUTPUT MORE THAN
ENEMY DESTRUCTION
r\VENTY-ONE VESSELS BUILT
SINCE MAY 25, WHILE SINK
INGS TOTALED BUT TEN.
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 12.—
Since German submarines began raid
ing American waters, May 25, Amer
ican shipyards have exceeded the en
emy sinkings by over 100,000 tons
dead weight.
During this interval, twenty-one
vessels have been produced for the
United States shipping board. The
enemy submarines operating in Am
erican waters have sunk ten ships.
If OFFICE
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L!
OF SEA RAIDER
BELIEVE IT POSSIBLE U-BOATf
MAY HAVE CAPTURED VES
SEL USED FOR PURPOSE.
NO B A S E ON ATLANTIC
Navy Department Convinced Tha
Enemy Divers Have No Supply
Point on This Side of Ocean—Ston
of Survivors of Pinar Del Rio Be
lieved to he Figment of Imaginatior
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 12,
Reports from survivors of the steam
er Pinar Del Rio, which was sunk tn
a German submarine, that the U-boa
was accompnaied by a “mother” boat
have been investigated by the navj
and lack confirmation.
The navy officials believe it pos
sible that the raiding enemy subma
rines might employ a captured vesse
as a supply ship, but take no stock ii
the reports that a German ship is be
ing employed for this purpose.
The navy department is convince
that the Germans have no submarine
base along the Atlantic coast.
SAMUEL GOMPERS
SAYS LABOR PART
OF FIGHTING FORCi
.
! HEAD OF AMERICAN FEDERA
TION OF LABOR MAKES
SPEECH AT CONVENTION.
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ST. PAUL, June 11.—“Autocracy
militarism and irresponsible diplom
acy must perish and democracy, jus
tice, freedom and confidence betwee;
governments and people must tri
umph,” declared Samuel Gompers
president of the American Federatioi
of Labor, during the course of a grea
speech delivered at the opening of th
annual convention of that organizatioi
in St. Paul yesterday. Gompers de
dared that workers in war productioi
were practically a part of the fightinj
forces of the nation, for without thei
efforts, it would be futile to sen<
troops to France.
Gompers will meet with little or n<
oppostion as a candidate for re-elec
tion.
RIDDING CITY OF
THE CLAIRVOYANTS
WOMAN WHO PREDICTED GER
MAN VICTORY GETS CHOICE
OF FINE OR JAIL SENTENCE.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., June 12.
Anna Gaetz, an alleged clairvoyant
who has persistently predicted a Ger
man victory, was arrested yesterda;
and at the trial was sentenced to pa;
a fine of $100, with the choice of serv
ing 50 days in jail.
This is the most severe sentenci
that has been imposed on any of tlv
clairvoyants that have been arrestei
and tried. Five others were haile<
before the local courts, charged witl
preying upon the minds of women b;
predicting an allied victory and wer
given sentences ranging from $20 o
ten days in jail to $50 or twenty-fiv
days in jail.
The police authorities propose to rl
the city of these scheming characters
ADMIRAL VON TIRFITZ, FORMER HEAD OF TEUTON
NAVY. SAYS IT IS KAISER’S PLAN TO COME OUT
AND GIVE DECISIVE FIGHT TO THE
ALLIED NAVIES.
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| Would Welcome Opportunity to Try Conclusions With Enemy
Warships—Line of Battle Is Planned and American Ships
Are Given Important Positions—North Sea Will Be Scene
of Battle, According to Best Information Available.
WASHINGTON, D. 0., June 12.—Official: A dispatch
fiom Switzerland indicates that the Germans are planning a
naval offensive against the combined British and American
fleets. Admiral von Tirpitz, former commander-in-chief of the
German naval forces, in an interview, declared that Germany
was ready to measure her fleet with the British and American
naval fleets, and after the German land forces had driven back
'the French and British land armies around Paris it would be
| the expectation of the kaiser’s warships to drive the English
'! off the high seas.
1 Botli here and in allied capitals, a German sea offensive on
!a grand scale has long bfeen regarded as a possibility. The ap
pearance of the Teutonic fleet in the North sea, the probable
scene of the impending battle, is expected at any time now. If
the battle comes, and the United States and her allies are hop
jing that it may come, the American naval forces will play a
’|most important part.
American dreadnaughts, some time ago, joined the British
j fleet in British waters, in anticipation of a sea fight, and Ad
jmiral Beatty, commander-in-chief of the British fleet, who will
I be the commanding officer in the battle, has already assigned
1 the American fleet to prominent places in the battle line.
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LITTLE DOING ON AMERICAN FRONT.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE, June 12.—
The American artillery aided the French forces in counter at
5 tacks against the Germans south of Montdidier yesterday. Oth
erwise, the Americans are not engaged in the present battle,
so far as this sector is concerned. American troops west of
Montdidier are ready to lend aid at the first opportunity. The
American forces yesterday repulsed two German raids near
Cantignv, one with revolver fire. A German aeroplane, flying
la French insignia, attacked American troops on the march yes
i! terdav. The Americans scattered and there were no casu
J laities*.
PRUSSIAN WAR MINISTER OPTIMISTIC.
AMSTERDAM, June 12.—Prussion War Minister von
Stein told the German reichstag yesterday that the greater part
of the French army was beaten, according to Berlin dispatches
reaching Amsterdam today. The war minister asserted that
the so-called Koch reserve army no longer exists, and declared
that the brilliant success of the crown prince’s carefully pre
pared attacks against the French and British on the Cliemin
des Dames front inflicted one of the greatest defeats the en
t tente allies had received during the war.
FRENCH CRITIC SEES VICTORY AHEAD.
PARIS. June 12.—The military critic of Temps today says
l that General Focli, commander-in-chief of the allied forces on
r the western front, is allowing the Germans to weaken their
forces in attacks, which are inevitably costly, while the allies
j are waiting until the fatigue of the enemy forces will permit
them to employ counter attacks with every probability of suc
} cess. For the counter attacks, large reserve forces will be
brought into action.
CAPTURE OVER THOUSAND GERMANS.
WITH THE FRENCH ARMY, June 12.—The allies yes
terday made several successful counter attacks, retaking iin
i portant territory and capturing 1.000 Hun prisoners. The Ger
I mans were disconcerted by a wild dash of allied infantry, aid
ed by tanks. Bellov was recaptured and a foothold obtained
' on Antheuil. The allied advance penetrated the German posi
tions for a distance of 1,500 meters.
ENEMY CLAIMS REPULSE OF ATTACKS.
BERLIN, June 12.—Official: Attacks against the Ger
mans northwest of Chateau Thierry, made by American ma
. rines and French troops, were repulsed with heavy losses.
FRENCH PRESSED BACK TO OISE RIVER.
LONDON, June 12.—Reuter’s correspondent with the
„ French armies today reports that the French forces have been
> pushed back to the Oise river by the German forces.
| AMERICANS BRILLIANTLY CARRY BELLEU WOOD.
PARIS, June 12.—Official: American troops, by a bril
r liant attack last night, drove the Germans from Belleu wood,
, taking 300 Hun prisoners in the operations and inflicting heavy
r losses in killed and wounded.
* BRITISH DOWN TWENTY-ONE PLANES.
LONDON, June 12.—The British aviators have downed
1 twenty-one enemy aeroplanes on the Italian front, says an of
i. Rrilicli rormrl