VOLUME XIV. VALDEZ. ALASKA, FRIDAY, MARCH 22, 1018 NUMBER «7
GERMANS MAKE
HEWYATTACKS
Allied Line Bent But not Broken—
Hand to Hand Fighting—Ene
my Losses Very Heavy
imiTISli ARMY HEADQUART
ERS, March 22.—Fighting still con
tinues, but the first stage of the of
• fensive has passed. The enemy sig
nally failed in executing Ills program
as attested by captured documents
found on the bodies of dead officers,
showing what he projMJsed to do in
the earlier hours of his offensive. Vig
orous counter attacks late yesterday
afternoon restored some of the posi
tions which the British lost tempor
arily. The Germans are bombing the
Britisli troops in the region of Crois
elles. *
Britisli Front Line Taken
BERLIN, March 22.—The British
first line has been captured by Ger
man troops attacking from southeast
of Arras as far as IjeFere. It is an
nounced that heavy artillery fighting
continues in Belgium and French
Flanders.
Heavy Bomlmrdments
PARIS, March 22.—The Germans
are carrying out a heavy bombard
ment along the several sectors. It is
officially announced that three infan
try attacks near Vurtus were broken
up by the French.
LONDON. March 22.—The German
attack begun yesterday acording to
General Haig’s report, developed
along a front fifty miles long, and is
the greatest since the war started.
With the Germans penetrating the
British lines at certain points between
the Scarpe and Vendevil.
Planes Attack Heligoland
LONDON, March 22.—It is an
nounced here by the war office that
British monitors are bombarding Os
tend and that a large number of sea
planes are attacking Heligoland.
Hattie Haging Fiercely
LONDON, March 22.—The greatest
battle of the war is raging along the
Western front today, the Germans
having started their big drive under
a heavy barrage Are. The allies met
I ho shock bravely and hand to hand
fighting ensued, the Germans striving
desperately to break the allied lines.
Time after time they were forced
back and time after time they brave
ly advanced under a hail of bullets up
to the very entanglements of the Brit
ish lines before their lines crumbled
and melted away. Artillery, grenades,
riAe Are, machine guns, and every
form of death dealing device invent
ed by civilization to make war deadly
is being used today and the death roll
will mount into the thousands. The
allies are standing their ground firm
ly and giving blow for blow.
Holding Enemy Back
LONDON, March 22.—We are hold
ing the enemy in our battle positions.
General Haig announced today. The
battle continued well into the night
Thursday, and hand to hand fights
were frequent, British soldiers occu
pying strong points in the line, fight
ing it out with knives, bayonets, gren
ades and machine guns.
The war office states that during
the enemy attacks his massed infan
try offered remarkable targets to our
rifles, machine guns and artillery, of
which full advantage was taken by
our troops.
All reports testify to extremely
heavy losses suffered by the enemy.
No serious attack has as yet develop
ed, this morning, but heavy fighting
is still to be expected.
Fighting in Italy
ROME, March 22.—Fighting has
increased on the whole Italian front
the war office reports today. A heavy
battle is going on near the Plave riv
er.
German Lines Destroyed
AMERICAN ARMY, March 22.—
The enemy’s first and second line po
sitions on part of the sector east of
Lunevllle have been destroyed by
American artillery fire. ,
hong Heralded Offensive
LONDON, March 22.—It is regard
ed here that the extreme activity of
the enemy artillery on the British
front announces the beginning of the
long-heralded offensive.
Battle Starts Again
BERLIN, March 22.—Heavy nrtil
lery firing began again along a broad
stretch of the western battle front
early this morning, army headquar
ters announced today.
Night Attacks Fail
PARIS, March 22.—Local attacks
were made by German troops at var
ious points during the night, but
they achieved no success the war of
fice announced today.
Attack t’ambrai Front
LONDON, March 22.—The enemy
is employing his best troops and stra
tegical maneuvers on . the C’ambrai
salient; the German flanks seeking to
straighten its line and pinch off en
ormous bodies of British men and
guns.
Germany Much Angered Over Trans
fer of Ships in Allied Nations—
May Invade Country
AMSTERDAM, March 22.—Ger
‘inany has increased her coercive mea
sures against Holland today to the ex
tent of threatening war against her
for file stand taken hy the Dutch gov
ernment towards England and Am
erica in the shipping controversy.
WARS FIS
Participation of Bulgarians in Fight
-on the West Front Means War lie
Declared on Country
WASHINGTON. 1). 0., Mar. 22.
If tlie report recently received here
that Bulgarians are taking part in the
battle on the West front against the
allies is true it will probably result
in a declaration of war against that
country by the United Slates. It has
been stated that Bulgurs, wounded
and dead have been found among the
enemy soldiers, nut no verification of
the report has as yet been received.
MAJ. WEEKS IN FRANCE
A letter received by A. L. Single
tary of this city on one of the last
boats states that Colonel Weeks, for
merly stationed in.this city, has been
promoted to a major and is now in
France. The letter was dated Paris,
and stated that the writer was well
and enjoying French life.
Jos. MacLaren is in town from the
Granby.
SIR WILLIAM TRITTON
- ■■ ■
•ir William Trltton, tha Inventor of
the British "Tank1* which haa been
creating hlatory on tha western front
and which haa baan a great factor In
many British advanoea.
GENERAL PERSHING MEETS KING ALBERT
(icneral Pershing, commander in chief of the American forces In France,
being greeted on Ids arrival on the Belgian front h.v King Albert of Belgium.
Tlds is tlie first photograph to arrive in this country showing the meeting,
(ienernl Pershing paid a visit to the Belgian front and inspected the forces
which are holding that part of the line In Flanders.
Heated Air in Medicine.
Heated air Is reported by Dr. C. O.
Collision to lie of considerable Impor
tance in war medical and surgienl
practice. At temperatures of 100 de
grees to 300 degrees Fahrenheit it
eases pain, produces an Increased
blood flow to the wound nnd greatly
aids healing. At such high tempera
tures ns 700 degrees to 1.400 degrees
the air Jet is pronounced the ideal
sterilizer. At a pressure of 7 to 15
pounds the heated air may be used
for massage by simply directing It
upon the wound and in some cases
useful results are obtained by alter
nating with a hot-air and a cold-air
douche. _
ALASKANS TO BE.
CALLEDJUNE 30
Territorial (Junta Will Not. Ga to
States for Training Hut lie
|M>rt in North
Jus. L. Patterson, chairman, Hoard
No. 14, Valdez. Alaska.
You are instructed this office is in
receipt of telegram number E 307
from Provost Marshal General as fol
lows:
“Secretary of War has directed that
Alaska quota will be called to the
colors about June 30th, 1918, and
that they will not be sent to the Uni
ted States for training but will be re
ported to the commanding officer.
First BatalUpn, 14th Infantry, now
stationed in Alaska. This Is not an
order for mobilization but is advance
information in order that you may
make your plans accordingly.”
“STRONG. Gov.”
PRESIDENT'S SPEECH HAS
WASHINGTON TALKING
WASHINGTON: All official Wash
ington wad talking today about a lit
tle speech President Wilson made last
night from his box at the theatre. It
was the first time within memory of
any one here that a president had
done such a thing.
The President had enjoyed a play,
depicting the conversion of a disloyal
German-American into a loyal citizen.
When one of the leading actors ex
hausted his curtain speech and the au
dience demanded more, he suggested
that probably the President might say
something.
Rising in his box, as a wave of ap
plause of cheering swept the theatre,
the President thanked the actors for
an admirable performance and said
how much he had enjoyed the theme
of the play.
Several launches will leave tor
down sound points as soon as the
present gale abates.
' "Justice.”
Mr. John Galsworthy, who recently
: refused a knighthood and remarked
! that “literature was its own reward,”
| once fold an interesting story apropos
j Ills great piny. “Justice.”
, A certain business man had decided
I to prosecute a swindler. One night his
i wife returned from seeing n perform
■ nAce of “Justice” so disgusted with the
then horrors of the English penal sys
tem (which the play was Instrumental
in getting Improved) that she persuad
ed her husband not to prosecute the
swindler.
This may have been super-sentimen
talism, but It was a fine tribute to Mr.
Galsworthy’s art.
EXPLODING BOMB
- KIIIS FOUR MEN
Lieut. Commander Richard McCall'
Elliot and Three Men Succumb I
to Injuries
- I
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Mar. 22.—
Lieut. Commander Richard McCall
Elliot of New York and three enlist
ed men were killed when a depth
bomb exploded on the United States
destroyer’Man ley. The bomb was set
off by the force of a collision with a
British man-of-war the night of Mar.
19, in European waters.
The 'navy department announced
this morning that seven enlisted men
were seriously injured, and four
slightly.
RUMANIA MUST
GIVE UP DOBRUDJA
WASHINGTON: Count Czernin,
the Austrian premier, the state de
partment today was advised, told the
Rumania premier in the peace nego
tiations now in progress that unless
Rumania yielded she was to be crush
ed, but if she ceded Dobrudja and
agreed to rectification of boundaries,
she might preserve her integrity and
her present ruling dynasty.
MAGAZINE TO BE WATCHED
WASHINGTON: The postmaster of
New York was today instructed by
the postoffice department hereafter
to examine the Metropolitan Maga
zine and “certain other publications”
before permitting them to pass thru
t£e mails. The instructions resulted
from complaints to the department
that an article, “Is America Honest.”
in the March issue of the Metropoli
tan violated the espionage act.
DAILY FISH BULLETIN
KETCHIKAN, March 22—Halibut,
firsts, thirteen cents; Hallbnt seconds,
seven and one-half cents; sable fish,
fonr cents; red rock, two cents.
ELEVEN Ml LI JON TONS
OK SHIPPING SUNK
WASHINGTON. D. C.. Mar. 22.—
British official figures show that 11.
000,000 tons of allied shipping have
been sunk by enemy submarines since
the beginning of the submarine war
fare. Six million tons have been built,
leave a deficit of 5,000,000 tons.
TROTZKY WANTS HELP
FROM UNITED STATES
MOSCOW, March 22.—Minister
Trotzky has asked American military
officers and engineers to aid him In
reorganizing the Russian army for the
purpose of driving the German troops
out of Russia.
American Fisheries Conference Will
he Held in Seattle and Victoria
.
Next Month
I
SEATTLE. March 22. -Secretary i
*
of Commerce, William Kediieid.
will represent the United States at the
American Fisheries Conference to lie |
held in Seattle and Victoria next ;
month. The hearing will bo held first
in Seattle and will then proceed to
Maska. where fisheries eoi (litioir ,
will he fully investigated, after which |
the commission will return to Vie- i
toria.
CANAL EQUIPMENT j
FOR ANCHORAGE
Steam Set.(Miner and I,urge Hurge will
la*ave Seattle With Cargo of Can
al Machinery for Alaska
SEATTLE. March 22.—The steam
schooner Port Angeles and the big
Large Kufus E. Wood will take car
goes of canal ouuipment to Alaska
for use on I hi* government i ail way.
The steam schooner will tow the
barge.
LOW EH PHICK ON COAL
WASHINGTON: Coal condemned
by the fuel administration for lack
ing preparation or because it contains
a high percentage of impurities, will
he sold at DO cents a ton less than the
fixed government price. In making
this announcement tonight the fuel
administration said it had authoriz
ed its district representatives to ap
point the needed number of inspectors
for their districts to enforce the regu
lations governing clean coal.
t
Twenty degrees below zero is an
nounced at Fairbanks today.
BRITISH PEERESS A NURSE
Lady Furness, one of the noted
women of the British peerage, Is serv
ing as a nurse In the Red Cross be
hind the lines In France. Many, like
her, have given up personal comforts
and the Joys of social life, to enlist
their efforts In their country's cause
u««y ay# serving in the, hospitals
close to thfr firing line In Frane^
Advocate Handing American Ambas
sador His Passports—Seizure of
Slii|»s Angers Holland
AMSTERDAM, March 22.—A dis
patch front The Hague to the Handel
seblad of this city, says that one of
the prominent members of the Dutch
parliament intends to ask the gov
ernment whether it Is not time to re
call the Dutch minister at Washing
ton and Itand the American minister
at The Hague his passports.
The seizure of Dutch steamships by
tlie allies lias intensely angered the
Dutch nation.
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! TAKEN BY U. S.
_
i <5*
I niti-d States t'ruiser Towing Scourge
; of Hie Seas Into Puritic 4'oujst
Port
1 • At Ii 1C POUT, March 22.—A
! (.iTinan raider operating in the Pa
I eitie Ocean has been captured by a
j United States cruiser and is being
j towed into a I’acilic coast port accord
ing to a report received here today.
It is stated that the presence of the
raider lias been known for some time
and United States warships have been
searching vigorously for her. finally
running her down and capturing the
vessel. 1
This is the first raider operating in
the Pacific that has been captured and
there is much rejoicing here.
I’l'XTA ARENAS WILL
SAIL FOK NORTHLAND
The Pacific Coast Steamship Com
pany's steamer Punta Arenas will sail
from Seattle on April 5th with ex
plosives and general freight for Al
aska.
Some of our business houses are
nearly buried under huge drifts hurl
ed before the wind of the past few
days.
Rev. Fr. Van der Pol wiil remain in
Cordova until after Easter Sunday,
returning home on the first boat af
ter Easter.
SOX REPORTED DEAD;
STILL AFTER HERMANS
SALEM: Early this week, Mr. and
Mrs. Jos. Martin, of Salem, received
notification from the federal treasury
department that their son, Jos. Ar
thur Martin, had died aboard a Uni
ted States naval vessel on January 20
and that $5,000 war risk insurance
would be sent his mother. His parents
believed a mistake had been made and
that their son was still living, because
they had received a letter from him
dated February 8. United States Sen
ator McNary, at Washington, was
asked to Investigate, an<^ today a mes
sage was received from Senator Mc
Nary that the Salem man is still liv
ing and that his name had been con
fused by treasury officials with Jos.
Mdrtin, of Massachusetts, who recent
ly died.
MECHANICS REGISTER
WASHINGTON: Figures received
at the department of labor today
showed that 200,000 mechanics have
registered for work in the shipyards
and that many states have already ex
ceeded their quotas. Illinois, with a
quota of 23,662, now has 29,000 en
rolled. New York City has passed its
quota of 20,000. Many of these vol
unteers already have been sent to tha
shipyards in the vicinity of New York
and to Hog Island, Pa. California has
passed its mark of.11,310 and Oregon
has exceeded its quota of 3204 hy 400*
The usual good time promised at
the Moose dance tomorrow night.
Cold and stormy weather prevalla
at most points along the trail today.
35 below at Salcha is the lowest tem
perature reported.