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HUNS RENEW ASSAULT AT KEMMEL FRONT
GERMANS BEGIN BOMBARDMENT ON 10 MILE FRONT
PARIS, April £6.—Princess Marie
Antoinette, mother of Empress Zita,
has been ordered to leave Austria un
til the termination of the war. The
empress and her mother are blamed
by (he pro-German party in her hus
band's empire tor being responsible
for Emperor Charles’ peace letter to
Prince Situs of Bourbon.
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STEAMER SAILINGS
FOR MONTH OF MAY
Beginning with fhe sailing of the
steamship Northwestern from Seattle
cm May 8, all the large passenger lin
ers of the Alaska Steamship Company
will call at Skagway on their voyages
to Southwestern Alaska. The. Ala
meda will he the only steamer, how
ever, to call at Skagway south-bound.
The Alaska Steamship Company an
nounces that with the sailing of the
Alaska from Seattle on May 1 there
will be sailings on the 1st, 1st, 8th,
36th and 24th of each month until the
winter season.
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JUNEAU DISPATCH
ENTERS EVENING FIELD
JUNEAU, April 29.—The Daily Dis
patch today changed from a morning
' 16 an afternoon newspaper.
Ed Uydig came down from McCar
thy on yesterday’s train.
AMERICANS BARRING HUNS
FROM AMIENS AND PARIS
WITH THE AMERICAN FORCES ON THE NORTHERN
BATTLE FRONT, April 29.—American troops have been as
signed to positions on the French battle front under French
command, and are facing the enemy on the line barring the Ger
mans from Amiens and Paris. The Americans entered the
trenches during a heavy bombardment, but all are confident
of defeating the Teutons.
The American troops have been in these positions for sev
eral days.
z Keeping Americans Busy at Toul
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE, April 29.
•—There was increased artillery activity on the American
front near Toul yesterday. The Germans laid a barrage against
part of our line.
It is believed that the enemy activity on this front indi
cates that the Germans are striving to keep the Americans busy
so that they can not be sent north.
The barrage fire on the American trenches lasted for more
than an hour. Later the bombardment was repeated, and was
followed by an infantry attack, which was repulsed by an in
tense American counter-attack.
The Germans are stripping the bodies of French soldiers
and wearing the stolen clothes, making identification by the
American troops difficult.
The result of the heavy German attacks during the past
three days is that tin' lines remain practically unchanged, while
the enemy has lost a large number of men.
Y. M. C. A. SHIP IS BLOWN UP
LONDON, April 29.—Fifty-seven army Young Men’s
Christian Association workers, under Arthur E. Hungerford,
have arrived at London. The ship on which they sailed from
the United States was torpedoed yesterday and sank within
twelve minutes. All the passengers and all but three of the
crew were saved. There were about two hundred and fifty
persons on board, and all left in the lifeboats.
BELIEVED ALLIES BE PUT TO CRUCIAL TEST
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TONIGHT; OTHER
SHIPPING NEKS
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The freighter Ketchikan is at Orea
discharging a cargo of coal.
The freighter Latouche is in port,
having brought 800,000 feet of lumber.
There are 141 passengers aboard
the steamship Northwestern from An
chorage.
The steamship Alameda left Juneau
at 1 o’clock yesterday, and is due in
Cordova about midnight.
Chief Engineer Duke, formerly of
the steamship Cordova, is now chief
on the steamship Northwestern.
' The steamship Admiral Wainwright
will arrive in Cordova next Sunday
with the freight from the Admiral
Parra gut.
The Admiral Goodrich will be
plaoed on the Southwestern Alaska
route, making her first passenger and
freight trip about the first of June.
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Captain A. Soriano of the wrecked
fishing boat Puritan left today for Se
attle.
London Papers Fear the Loss of Channel Ports,
the Eventual Fall of Ypres and the Abandon
ment of Dunkirk, Calais and Boulogne.
Battle Is Now Raging in the
Great Flanders Drive.
DATELESS.-—The Germans have begun what seems to
be a general assault on the British hill positions on the Kemmel
front, southwest of Ypress, opening a new phase of the great
Flanders drive. Apparently the crucial test of the allied hold
ing power is at band.
The preliminary bombardment started early this morning,
and included a ten-mile front from Meteren, west of Baillenl,
to Vooremzeele, two miles south of Ypres. Infantry attacks
developed In this sector shortly afterward, and the battle ap
peared to be on In earnest when General Haig issued his noon
report.
British Recapture Lost Position
LONDON, April 29.—The official statement issued by the
war office this morning says that the Germans opened a heavy
bombardment with high explosive gas shells this morning on
the entire front between Meteren and Vooremzeele, and south
west of Ypress Infantry attacks developed shortly afterward.
The enemy attacked yesterday in the vicinity of Locre,
west of Kemmel hill, but were remised. Posts which the Ger
mans captured north of OiwnenV mst week were retaken.
Germans Checked at Hangard Wood
PARIS, April 29.—The official bulletin says the Germans
made several attempts last night to advance on the French posi
tions at HangaI'd wood, but were checked by the French fire.
Ypres Threatened
WITH THE BRITISH ARMY, April 29.—Prisoners taken
in yesterday’s fighting say that it is the intention of the Ger
mans to capture Ypres.
French Repulse Violent Attacks
PARIS, April 29.—The war office reports that violent ar
tillery fighting took place Saturday night north of Avre. The
Germans were repulsed by the French at St. Mihiel, near
Rheims, at Luneville and at Tjepretre wood.
German Official Report
BERLIN, April 29.—It is officially announced that the
British have retreated in Flanders before Ypres. It is also
stated that the German line advanced from Langemarek to
Verlorenhoek.
The German advances on the northern side of the Flanders
salient have increased the difficulty of the British position at
Yl >res, but the enemy holds advantageous positions on high
ground.
Preparing Public for Grave News
LONDON, April 29.—The German attack Saturday on the
northern side of the Flanders salient resulted in the capture
of Voormezeele, two miles south of Ypres. The enemy Avas
driven out in a counter attack Saturday night. Attacks on this
front continued during the night.
Successful raids against the Germans Avere made Saturday
night near Ypress and the Comines canal. Fifty prisoners and
four machine guns were captured. An enemy raid at Baillenl
Avas repulsed.
The London papers apparently are attempting to prepare
the people for the possible loss of the channel ports. Tin* Times
says that there is no denying that the loss of Kemmel hill Avas
a considerable tactical success to the enemy, and may mean the
eventual loss of Ypres and the abandonment of Dunkirk, Calais
and Boulogne.
ARCHDEACON STUCK
RETURNS FfiflAfl ARCTIC
FORT YUKON. Alaska. April 29
Archdeacon Hudson Stuck of the Epis
copal church arrived here Sunday
from his winter journey of six months,
during which time he passed entirely
around the Arctic coast of Alaska from
Point Barrow to Herschel island.
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LISBON, April 29.—Dr. Sidonio
Paes, premier and foreign minister,
was yesterday elected president of the
republic by direct universal suffrage.
AMERICAN
CONVOYED INTO PORT
WASHINGTON, April 29.—Two
American transports which collided
at sea several days ago have returned
safely to an Atlantic port in the same
convoy.
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Dr. W. W. Council left on this
morning's train for Kennecott, where
he is a member of the exemption
board, to gjve the registrants in class
1 their medical examination.
DOES NOT FAVOR
NEW YORK, April 29.—Statesmen
of Hungary hesitate to adopt the Ger
man plan for closer commercial rela
tions between Germany and Austria
Hungary because of the chance that
the entente nations will retaliate by
adopting a similar plan of giving pref
erential consideration to one another,
to the exclusion of Austria-Hungary.
“This would permanently divide the
world into two hostile camps,” it was
asserted in a Budapest letter to the
Cologne Gazette “It may be doubtful,”
declared the writer, “whether the
enemy states in the West could be
forced to recognize a fixd commercial
status between Germany and Austria
without themselves insisting upon the
right to give preferential treatment to
each other. Even if it were possible,
by forcing all our enemies to their
knees, to preserve the policy of pref
erential treatment among the central
powers, the neutral states certainly
would oppose such a plan.”
Hungarian industrial, commercial
and labor classes were disinclined to
effect an economic rapprochement
with Germany by means of a tariff
union or preferential tariff treaty, as
serted the Budapest correspondent
T his was partly based on the ground
that it was not practicable, and would
result in a clash of interests, irrita
tion, and lessen the sympathy now' ex
isting between the central powers.
ALL-STAR CAST FOR
TUESDAY NIGHT’S SHOW
Tomorrow night “Billie” MacCon
nell’s minstrel and vaudeville show'
will hold forth at the Empress the
ater. Every reserved seat has already
been sold, but there are still a few
general admission tickets left. The
indications are that the “Standing
room only" sign will be hung out
early in the evening.
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E. W. Tillman was an outgoing pas
senger on the steamship North
western.
CONSTANTINOPLE, April 29.—
The Turks officially report the occu
pancy of the fortress of Kars and the
capture of 860 guns. They also claim
to have made an advance in Trans
caucasia and to have captured the
port of Batum, on the Black sea.
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WASHINGTON, April 29.—The
treasury department announces today
that the sale of bonds for the third
Liberty loan has now reached a total
of $2,225,943,450.
Twelfth District “Over the Top”
SEATTLE, April 29.—The following
from Liberty loan headquarters under
J date of April 27 has been received
here:
"G. K. Weeks, general citizen man
ager of the Liberty loan campaign for
the Twelfth reserve district, an
nounces that the Twelfth district has
exceeded its quota, and today the of
ficial reports show' total sales of bonds
to be $204,982,950. The total number
of subscribers is 662,187. compared
with 624,654 for the entire second
loans.
“The total number of honor flags
awarded is 774. VAN SMITH ”
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PRIMARY ELECTION AT
CITY HALL TOMORROW
Tomorrow the primaries will be
held for the purpose of nominating
Republear. Democratic and Socialist
candidates for delegate to congress,
senator, members of the legislature
and road commissioner. The polls will
open at the city hall at 8 o’clock in
the morning and close at 7 o'clock in
the evenng. C. S. Bratton, F. H. Fos
ter and Ben Osborne have been ap
pointed judges, and H. B. Wolking
and C. M. Rosswog clerks.
GERMANS DEMAND RELEASE
OF PRISONERS IN RUSSIA
WASHINGTON, April 29.—Germany lias demanded that
Russia arrange for an exchange of prisoners, threatening to
take Petrograd unless the German terms are agreed to.
The state department has learned that Germany is sending
a commission of 115 men to present its demands, which include
the immediate release of all German prisoners in Russia who
are in good health, and that the Germans who are sick shall
remain under the care of neutral physicians.
Germany, in return, agrees to release only those Russians
who are ill or crippled.
KAISER PRESENT BIG BATTLE
AMSTERDAM, April 29.—Kaiser Wilhelm watched the
battle for Kemmel hill on Thursday last from an advanced field
position. He saw a stupendous picture of the battle, with its
thundering guns and flashing shells and smoke. The kaiser
marked all the results on a map, and later reviewed two divi
sions which distinguished themselves.