VOL. :2. NO. 34.
ANCHORAGE. ALASKA. THURSDAY, JULY 25,1918._
PHICE TEN CENTS.
SHIP ALASKA
REINDEER MEAT
MOTTLE
50,000 POUNDS ON STEAMER VIC
TORIA FOR SEATTLE AND
OTHER LARGE CITIES.
JAFET LINDEBERG IS ACTIVE.
Noted Alaskan Installing Large Her
ring Plant at Golovin Bay—Will
Erect Salmon Cannery on Yukon
River Next Summer.
Carl Albertson, an old-timer ini
Nome and the interior, recently left i
Nome on the steamer Victoria and
wrote his friend Hiimar Evans, of;
Anchorage, while the steamer was in:
Cordova, en route to Seattle. Mr. Al
bertson writes that he is taking 50,000
pounds of reindeer meat from the
Jafet Lindeberg herd at Nome to Se
attle for sale. Part of the meat goes
to Minneapolis, part to Portland and
the balance will be sold in Seattle. Mr.
Albertson writes that he will return to
Nome and butcher a thousand head of
reindeer for sale in the states. Busi
ness is quiet in Nome, he writes, and
no recent strikes have been made in
the gold lields. The sentiment polit
ically is strongly in favor of Delegate
Wickersham and it is universally
predicted that Wickersham will carry
the Nome district by a handsome ma
Jafet Lindeberg, one of Alaska’s1
most successful business men, is es
tablishing a large and modern herring j
fishing plant at Golovin bay, near.
Nome, and expects to be ready for op- j
eration ,or the h„st iun of herring. |
The plant will be the most complete in
Alaska and Mr. Lindeberg is shipping
up 15,000 barrels of salt to take care
of the season’s catch. Mr. Lindeberg
is also planning on installing a large
salmon cannery on the Yukon river
next summer. The life of Mr. Linde
berg is one of the most interesting of
the many famous characters of Alas
ka, and reads like a romance. His
success has become proverbial and he
is held in especially high esteem by all
Alaskans. In addition to his large
Alaska holdings he has extensive in
terests in the states consisting of
banking, manufacturing and other di
versified interests. Mr. Lindeberg,
however, has never been weaned away
from Alaska and is constantly doing
something worthy which will benefit
the territory and his friends.
Mr. Albertson has been connected
with Mr. Lindeberg for a number of j
years. He writes Mr. Evans that he,
like so many' of the old-timers, still
expects another big placer strike to
be made in the Nome district. Mr.
Albertson sends his regards to all
his Nome friends in Anchorage
MAJ. ROOSEVELT
RECEIVES WOUND
PARIS, July 24.—Major Theodore
Roosevelt, jr., eldest son of the form
er president of the United States, was
wounded in the knee while leading an
attack on a Hun machine gun nest at
Ploisy, southwest of Soissons, Friday
He reached the American Red Cross
hospital Friday evening. At midnight
he was operated on by Lieutenant-Col
onel Joseph Black, of New York city.
No bones were broken and the injury
is not serious.
BOMBS DROPPED
FAIL TO EXPLODE
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WASHINGTON, D. C., July 24.—
Bombs dropped by American aviators
attacking the barges off the Massa
chusetts coast Sunday failed to ex
plode. Secretary of the Navy Daniels
has asked the commandant of the na
val district for an explanation.
-AMERICA-BRITISH
THE HUNS
E
SUMMARY—(By the Associated Press)—The French and Amer
ican forces crossed the Marne on a twelve-mile front, between Jaulgonne
and Reuil, near where the Germans crossed the river when the Teuton
offensive was at its height. The allies have captured Oulchy le Chateau,
dominating a point on the German line of communication with Buzan
cy, seven miles south of Soissons. The French advanced a mile along
a four-mile front in the Montdidier sector yesterday.
AMERICANS CONTINUING ADVANCE.
London, July 24.—The Americans are continuing their advance,
according to advices from the front. They captured the town of Jaul
gonne, on the Marne river, and the town of Buzancy, south of Soissons.
So far as reported, they took 300 Hun prisoners yesterday. The French
forces stormed the heights north of Courcelles, holding the bend near
Chasons. Courcelles and Chasons are north of the Marne, east of Jaul
gonne. The Germans still hold Treloup. Some of the French forces
crossed the Marne river at Pont Abinson, east of Reuil. The Germans
counter attacked unsuccessfully near Vandieres. The French captured
Oulchy le Chateau yesterday and launched an attack against the enemy
northwest of Montdidier. It is believed, from reports obtainable, that
the battle is going well for the allied forces. It is expected that the
allied advance will be slow, as the Germans got reserves into action and
show a disposition to tight for all they are worth. It is reported that the
French are experiencing difficulty in crossing the Marne river at some
points, being stubbornly opposed by German infantry, aided by artil
lery and machine guns.
FRENCH CAPTURE MORE BIG GUNS.
London, July 24.—The French forces yesterday captured forty
five more G vnns, six of them of large calibre, along the Marne.
The Germa that a retreat is inevitable, are burning the
villages mil „v.uua their lines. The allies are hastily constructing
bridges over the Marne to engage in a pursuit. During the last twenty
four hours the French have taken 1,000 prisoners, the British several
hundred and the Americans a lars/e number.
AMERICANS TAKE ADDITIONAL TOWNS.
With the Americans on the Marne, July 24.—The American
forces have taken two additional towns north of the Marne river since
daylight and also another town in the Soissons region. The Germans
are hampering allied progress by machine gun nests in rear guard
actions.
H RESERVES RUSHED INTO ACTION.
Paris, July 24.—Prince Rupprecht, the Bavarian crown prince, is
rushing reserves from the Picardy sector to the Marne salient, to aid
the German armies under the command of the German crown prince.
Picked British divisions are likewise being moved from the north of
the Rheims sector for action on the Marne front.
HUN PAPERS ADMIT FAILURE OF OFFENSIVE.
Washington, July 24.—German newspapers admit the failure of
the German offensive on the Marne front. They also express the fear
that General Foch has built an army reserve that will enable him to
wrest the offensive from the Germans.
THIRTY-SEVEN HUN PLANES DOWNED.
Paris, July 24.—Official: Thirty-seven German aeroplanes were
shot down or put out of commission yesterday by French and British
airmen. Four Hun balloons were destroyed.
CAPTURE GERMAN TANKS.
With Tin-: Americans on the Marne, July 24.—American and
French forces captured four German tanks on the Marne front
yesterday.
TAKE EIGHTEEN HUNDRED PRISONERS.
Paris, July 24.—Official: French, American and British forces
made considerable advances on the Aisne-Marne front yesterday, oc
cupying several villages and capturing eighteen hundred prisoners.
GERMAN RETREAT IS HAMPERED.
With the Americans on the Marne, July 24.—The army intelli
gence department is informed that the Germans are continuing to re
treat and that the backward movement of troops is seriously hampered
by the heavy fire of allied guns, which extends far behind the enemy
lines.
GERMANS DESTROYING THEIR STORES.
Paris, July 24.—It is reported that fires are raging at Fere Entard
enois and Ville Entardenois, in the Soissons-Rheims salient. It is be
lieved that the Germans are destroying their stores of war materials,
which they were unable to move backwards.
REGAIN ALL FORMER FRONT LINE.
London, July 24.—The French forces have regained possession of
all the former front line in the Champagne district, between Suippe and
Massinges.
GERMANS COUNTER WITHOUT AVAIL.
Paris, July 24.—Official: Heavy enemy counter attacks between
the Marne and Ourcq rivers proved without avail. The French and
British forces have made further advances.
SAY BRITISH ATTACKS REPULSED. V
Berlin, July 24.—Official: British attacks at many points are
claimed to have been repulsed by our forces. There is a slackening in
the fighting on the Aisne-Marne front. Fifty-two enemy planes were
downed by German aviators Monday.
GENERAL PERSHING’S COMMUNIQUE LAST NIGHT SAYS
FRESH SUCCESSES ATTEND THE EFFORTS OF FRANCO
AMERICAN FORCES IN DRIVE BETWEEN AISNE AND
MARNE RIVERS—SAYS AMERICANS' ARE FIGHTING
WITH UNDIMINISHED VIGOR AND ACHIEVE RESULTS.
Paris, July 23.—Military critics believe the Franco-American
counter offensive against the German forces under the German crown
prince is now the great victory of the Marne, despite whatever else may
happen.
CROWN PRINCE HOLLERS FOR HELP.
With the French Forces, July 23.—The German crown prince
has been obliged to ask his cousin, Crown Prince Rupprecht, of Bavaria,
for help, in consequence of which German divisions from the north are
being hurried to protect the western flank of the defeated crown
prince’s army, wrhich has been driven across the Marne river and eject
ed from the Chateau-Thierry sector by the Franeo-American forces.
FRANCO-AMERICANS STILL GAINING. ,
London, July 23.—The Americans yesterday crossed the Marne
river at a point between Chartaves and Gland, east of Chateau-Thierry,
and captured Barbillon wood. The capture of this wood means that
tiie Americans have advanced from three to four miles from their old
positions on the Marne river. The German forces are again violently
counter-attacking between Ourcq and Aisne rivers. The French are
maintaining their lines and the Huns are stubbornly resisting any at
vance. The Germans are likewise resisting*the crossing of the Marne
river by the French forces. The French succeeded in getting tw*o divi
sions over and these are employed in building foot bridges, under a
heavy fire from the enemy. The French advanced eight miles ajong
the Marne yesterday and captured 400 prisoners.
CAPTURE OVER SIX THOUSAND.
With the Americans on the Marne, July 23.—American forces,
in the last few days, have captured over 6,000 Hun prisoners and over
100 cannon and many trench mortars and machine guns. It is believed
that the announcement of 20.000 Hun prisoners taken up to Saturday
includes those captured by the combined Franco-American forces.
Since then, many Germans have been taken.
FRESH SUCCESS FOR ALLIES.
Washington, July 23.—General Pershing’s communique last
night reports fresh successes for the Franco-American forces in their
drive between the Aisne and Marne rivers. The Americans are driving
ahead with undiminished vigor, says the report.
ALLIES BREAK STRONG COUNTER ATTACK.
Paris, July 23.—The allies last night broke strong German coun
ter attacks, between the Ourcq and the Marne rivers, says an
official report this morning. The allies maintained their own positions, j
while the Germans counter attacked near Grisclles, seven miles north
west of Chateau-Thierry, and Beausgearmeane, four miles north of
('hateau-Thierry.
FRENCH GAIN IMPORTANT ROAD.
Paris, July 23.—La Temps this morning says the French forces
crossed the Soissons-Chateau-Thierry road, opposite Buseancy, last
night, gaining possession of this important railway, which is an enemy
communication line.
LOOK FOR GREAT DECISION.
Amsterdam, July 23.—The Berlin Zeitung correspondent says the
German soldiers believe the present fighting must bring the war’s great
decision.
BRITISH MAKE FURTHER GAINS.
London, July 23.—Official: The British gained further ground
between Arras and Albert, in attacks launched last night. The British
and French captured Prisoners south of Villers Brettonneaux, east of
Amiens, and entered German trenches.
THINK THERE ARE 10,000,000 AMERICANS NOW.
With the Americans on the Marne, July 23.—Among the Ger
man prisoners taken by the Americans is a baker who formerly lived in
New York city. He is a loquacious individual and declared that up to
Thursday last, the Germans did not credit the statement that there
were a million Americans in France. He says that it is now rumored
among the German troops that there are ten million Americans in
France and that they are all on the fighting line.
HOLDING ALL THE GROUND THEY GAINED.
With the Americans on the Marne, July 24.—Overnight infor
mation indicates no radical change in the situation. It is believed that
more heavy counter attacks will be made by the Germans today. The
French and American forces are holding almost every inch of ground
they gained since they launched the big counter attack last Thursday.
RENDER GERMAN POSITIONS UNTENABLE.
Paris, July 24.—French progress near Oulchy le Chateau render
German positions in that sector untenable for new enemy forces. Gen
eral Demitry’s French army crossed the Marne between Passay and
Dormans, says Petit Journal today, which concludes that the northern
bank' of the Marne in this region will soon be cleared of the enemy.
HUNS DESTROYING MATERIALS AND MUNITIONS.
Washington, July 24.—Fresh signs everywhere indicate that the
Germans are destroying vast Stores of war materials and munitions in
the pocket north of the Marne, between Soissons and Rheims, prepara
tory to evacuating that area.
AMERICAN WARSHIP AND CHAS
ERS SEEKING THE ENEMY
U-BOAT
FIRED ON WATCHERS ASHORE.
Soldiers and Visitors Lined Beach at
Orleans, Massachusetts Yesterday
to Watch the Diver and Witness a
Prospective Fight, When Shell Scat
ters Them.
BOSTON, July 23.—American war
ships and submarine chasers are
searching the Atlantic waters off the
New England coast for a German U
boat that sank three barges off Cape
Cod yesterday. The submarine tired
upon crowds of soldiers and visitors*
who lined the shore at Orleans. Mas
sachusetts, yesterday, to witness the
diver and a prospective fight between
it and American submarine causers.
Three persons who were aboaid the
barges were wounded, when the craft
were attacked by the submarine.
It is the general belief that the
diver headed for the south.
WILSON WARNS
AGAINST MOBS
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 24.—
President Wilson is about to issue a
statement urging Americans to re
spect law and order in dealing with
enemy aliens. The president is great
ly concerned about the mob spirit that
is being manifested in various sections
of the country.
HEARST AFTER
GOVERNORSHIP
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. Y., July
24.—William Randolph Hearst, the
big newspaper publisher, today an
nounces that he will enter the demo
cratic primaries as a candidate for
governor of the state of New York.
MAMMOTH METEOR
SEEN IN DAWSON
DAWSON, Y. T., July 24.—A mam
moth meteor was seen in the Arctic
heavens last nij[ht. It was plainly
visible in this city and attracted the
attention of the entire populace.
REDUCTION IN
PRICE OF HIDES
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 24.—
A reduction in the maximum price of
hides is announced, to be effective
August 1. They will be reduced from
seven to eight cents the pound.
W1CKERSHAM
COMING NORTH
SEATTLE, July 24.—Hon. James
Wickersham, delegate to congress
from Alaska, departed for southeast
ern Alaska last night, to begin his
campaign for re-election.
ROOSEVELT IS -i
NOT A CANDIDATE
OYSTER BAY, N. Y., July 24.—
Col. Theodore Roosevelt today de
clared that he would not accept the
republican nomination for governor of
New York state, even if tendered him
without opposition.