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THE ALASKA AILY EMPIRE
'■••ALL TILE NEWS ALL T” ” TIME ” Vs
VOL. XII., NO. JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY. OCl. V ~I918._MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN
HUNS FIGHT DESPERATELY. T STILL RETREAT
AMERICAN, BRITISH AND
ITALIAN TROOPS DESTROY
AUSTRIAN NAVAL BASE AND
/ MANY SHIPS OF HER NAVY
LONDON, Oct. 4. In one of the most furious naval engagements of
t’nc war the depots of Durazzo, the Austrian naval base on the Alnaniau
coast in the Adriatic sea, was destroyed by the Allied fleet, including
much war materia! for the Austrian forces in Albania
American submarine chasers which participated in the battle dc
stroyed two enemy submarines which tried to break up the attack.
The Allied vessels destroyed warships, and Italian sailors in the
teeth of a hot enemy fire accounted for an Austrian destroyer and
steamer.. * fter the fleet broke up the naval defense, the gunners
turned their fire on the naval base, and violent explosions of munition
depots and flaring fires gave evidence of tiic damage wrought
AUSTRIANS FLY
FROM ALBANIA
IN DISORDER
Italians Are Pursuing En
emy and Inflicting Great
Losses; Austria
Burns Depots.
LONDON, Oct. 4.—The Austro
Hungarian forces in Albania are re
tiring in great disorder before the
S-ltalians, destroying their depots
wherever possible as they retreat.
■! The Italians are inflicting serious
casualties on the enemy, and gather
ing great quantities of the trophies
of war as they advance rapidly.
ITALIANS ADVANCE IN ALBANIA
ROME, Oct. 4.—Italian troops in
Albania began an advance Tuesday
between the Adriatic Sea and Osurn,
occupying the Village of Fieri and
a line on Semeni from Sterbasi to
Metali bridge.
The Austro-Hungarians are re
treating rapidly and are burning their j
depots in the rear as they move
forward.
The Italians are approaching Be
rat. They have captured prisoners
and a large quantity of war mater-1
ial. '
AUSTRIANS GOT EARLY START
VIENNA, Oct. 4.—It was official
ly announced last evening that the
Austrian troops have been withdrawn
from Albania, and that the Allies
have re-occupied Berat.
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TEUTONS TO GET OUT
LONDON, Oct. 4.—Military ex
perts believe that there will be a |
general retirement of the Teuton
forces from all the Balkan States
below the Austrian border for fear
of an Allied flanking movement
through Bulgaria and Serbia.
PUBLIC OPINION
TO BE AROUSED TO
WAR REALIZATION
WASHINGTON, Oct. 4.-Further
spread of Spanish influenza is noted
with an increasing death rate of 930
new cases of pneumonia with 331
deaths.
New cases of influenza in army
camps total 12.400. The health ser
vice is establishing headquarters for
combatting the disease in New Eng
land. One hundred physicians have
been sent there.
The moving picture houses and
theatres in the District of Columbia
have been closed.
Delaware schools and theatres ami
picture houses have been closed. Pub
lic gatherings are prohibited and
public amusement places and saloons
have been closed. Many States re
port a spread of the disease.
CLOTHES PRICES
TO BE REGULATED
BY GOVERNMENT
_
WASHINGTON. Oct . 4 —The War
Industries Hoard, in addition to reg
ulating the price of shoes is also to
control prices and the distribution
of practically all articles of wearing
apparel. Strenuous measures will
be used to prevent war profiteering. ^
ALLIES WILL
DRIVE TURKEY
FROM EUROPE
Commander Allied Troops
Says a Blow Will Be
Directed Against Con
stantinople.
SALON IK I, Oct. 4—General Des
pery, Allied commander in Macedon
ia, says the Allies will soon direct
a blow at Constantinople and throw
the vanquished Turks into Asia.
It is believed that Rumania will aid
the Serbians and Greeks in the at
tack on Constantinople and that the
Russians will join in the conflict.
It is thought- Hie t iici ' refits**'
the offer of the Bulgarians to aid
them in the war on Turkey.
BULGARS DESTROY COUNTRY
SALON IK I, Oct. 4.— Burning vil
lages mark the trail of the retreat
ing Bulgars in Macedonia.
Bodies of slain citizens have been
found in the ruins of villages. It
is declared that the work of destruc
tion surpasses even that which has
been reported from districts in
France and Belgium, from which
the Germans have been driven.
TURKISH MINISTER RESIGNS
AMSTERDAM, Oct. 3.—The Turk
ish Minister of the Interior has re
signed. It is reported that other
resignations in the Army and minis
try v/ill likely follow, which are said
to be due to the Allied successes on
all fronts, and especially the great
gains made by Gen. Allenby in Pal
estine. 4
MARSHAL CROWDER
CALLS OUT MEN FOR
TRAINING SCHOOLS;
WASHINGTON, Oct. 4. —Provost j
Marshal Crowder has called 29,999 ,
registrant!* from 42 States to entrain |
Oct. lath for technical schools Of
those 980 will he negroes.
NEWS EDITOR IS
GIVEN A PLACE BY
FUEL ADMINISTRATOR
WASHINGTON. Oct. 4. — E'lgar
Persons, San Francisco nows editor
of the Western Division for the As
sociated Press, has been appointed
Director of Education by the Fuel
Administrator.
SMALL STEAMER SUNK
WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 The
small American cargo carrier Her
man Frasch in the overseas supply
service, was sunk in a collision.
Probably 50 on board were lost.
ANOTHER BELGIAN CREDIT
WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 Belgium
has been given a credit by the Unit
ed Stateg of another $9,000,000.
BRITISH GUNBOAT SUNK
SPANISH BOAT SUNK
MADRID. Oct. 4. — An official
statement says the Spanish steamer
Marshal Crowder has called 29,999
sunk.
THE FATAL MARnu—THE GERMANS’ SECOND CROSSING
THE GERMANS SECOND CROSSING OFTHE MARNE
DRAWN BY F. MAT AH LA FOFCtRE SPHERE
©W U.S.S. BY N.Y. HEKALD *
MORE ATTEMPTS
OF GERMANS TO
FOOL ALLIES
!
Change in Cabinet Officers
Is but Another Move of
the Military Auto
crats.
AMSTERDAM, Oct. 4 Prince Max
imilian, appointed German chancel
lor and foreign secretary for Prus
sia, according to a Berlin official dis
patch. has accepted the position.
Scheidmann, of the majority So
cialist Democratic party, was appoint
ed Secretary of State, without a port
folio. It is believed the new ap
pointee is the tool of the Pan-Ger
man crowd.
More Hun Camouflage
WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 In the
appointment of Maximilian and of
the Socialists’ majority leader by
Germany causes observers to see a
desperate German effort to hoodwink
the Allies and the German people
into the belief of the democratiza
tion of Germany, with the junkers
still holding the balance of power.
The cabinet is not answerable to the
Reichstag.
MRS. LISTER HONORED.
OLMI'IA, Wash., Oct. 4 — Gov.
Ernest l.ister has been notified by
Lieutenant J. He Hrion commander
of the Fifth battery, 55th regiment,
French Artillery, that the first gun
of his tiattery has bf;en christened
in honor of Mrs. Li.i'er. Her name
is painted on the gun barrel. All
the guns in the battery, said the
officer's letter, have been christened
in honor of prominent French and
American women.
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Today's News Today—tn Empire.
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GOVERNOR RIGGS SELLS
LIBERTY BONDS
A PACIFIC POUT, Oct. i.
— An Alaska liner arrived here
on which Cov. Thomas Itiggs,
Jr., was a passenger for a
portion of the distance. On
the ship while enroute a j
i committee appointed hy Gov. |
Itiggs, of which Jafot IJnde
berg was chairman, sold Ub
) erty Bonds to the value of
$53,000.
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PRACTICE CRUISERS
WILL BE GIVEN BY
PACKERS’ ASSOCIATION
KAN' FUAN'fTKCO, Oct. 4. The Al
aska Packers’ Association has offer
ed practice cruises for cadets for
sea training of the Federal Bureau
and Shipping Hoard, free to the Gov
ernment.
The Government v/ill pay cadets
$45 monthly and found besides giv
ing them instructions in seamanship
by the ships’ officers.
LONDON. Dot. 4.—A British tor
pedo gunboat was sunk in a collis
ion with a merchant vessel on Kept
30, with 53 men missing.
LONGSHOREMEN ARE
GIVEN A RAISE AND
EIGHT HOUR DAY
NKW YORK, Oct. 4.—Forty-five
thousand longshoremen here and in
Baltimore. Boston, Norfolk and New
port News have been granted an
eight hour day and an increase of
25 cents an hour for overtime.
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AMERICANS OVERSEAS
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 4
The American troops abroad
'] now number 1,800,000.
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PEEVED SOLONS
GET PAID FOR
UNMADE TRIPS
Senators Who Criticise
Grigsby Collected Mile
age for Trips That
Were Not Made.
ALDRICH A CAMPAIGNER
Former Nomeite Did Very
Thing He Charges
Against Attorney Gen
eral at Public Cost.
The Dispatch and Senator Dan A.
Sutherland and former Senator
Frank A. Aldrich are very much
peeved because Attorney General
George I). Grigsby has made several
trips at Territorial expense since he
came into office. They allege that his
expenses were paid by the Territory
when he was not on official tours.
The charge against Mr. Grigsby
is not true, but that is aside from
the point of this story.
Records at the Governor’s office
show that former Senators Aldrich
and Sutherland like public money
very well if they have color of legal
title to it whether they earn It or not.
They claim that Mr. Grigsby was paid
for trips that should not have been
made, but they were paid for trips
that were not made at all.
Ret the facts speak for themselves.
Senator Dan Sutherland was elect
ed in l!ll« to the Territorial Senate
from the Fourth Division, and came
from Ruby to attend tho session of
the legislature in 1!»17. Since that
time he has made his home in Ju
neau. That is what the Dispatch
says—“his home.” At any rate, he
never went back to Ruby. He has
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WITH ALLIES WINNING FROM
AISNE TO MEUSE RIVER THE
GERMANS DAILY BECOME MORE
ALARMED OVER THE SITUATION
FRENCH HEADQUARTERS, Oct. 4. With the Allies progressing
from the Alsne to the Meuse rivers, the Germans daily are becoming
more alarmed over the situation.
I’etwecn Morro Villers Heights and Rlieims, the Allies are nearing
thc> lateral railways which permit the Germans to move reserves in
this sector.
The Allies are now dealing directly with tlie German Crown Prince
who docs not desire to he the first German commander to give the or
der of retreat, and who is putting up a most desperate resistance.
A great tribute to the skill and courage of the Allied forces was
given by a mortally wounded German officer wtio exclaimed to a
French officer:
"You fought magnificently. You will he in my country by Christ
mas. As a soldier, I congratulate you.”
ALLIES IMPROVE EVERYWHERE.
OATELESS, Summary of Associated I’ross.—-Northwest of St. Quen
tin the British are figlrting in the open country behind the, Hindenburg
line, and making substantial progress, after advancing five miles since
Monday from Bens jiorthward.
From Itheims to the Argonnc forest the Americans and French
continue lo bend back Hie German flanks.
A breach has been driven through the German defenses at Beau
revoir along a live mile front.
The German resistance is Hitter everywhere, but British tanks and
cavalry continue to pour through the breaches in their lines.
Italians Advancing.
The Italians are advancing rapidly in Albania over a 50-mile front.
They occupied Herat yesterday.
GERMANS IN I,AST PHASE OF GREAT BATTLE.
PARIS Oct. 4.— Germany is recklessly using general reserves in the
St. Quentin battle, marking the beginning of the last phabe of the great
battle.
The Allies continue their gaitiH despite violent counter attacks on
the part of the retreating Germans in the hopes ot checking the Allies.
The British have captured to Cntclet. ,
The French forces are slowly pushing the Germans towards the
upper Oise river.
GERMANS PUT FORTH EVERY EFFORT
LONDON, Oct. 4. -Reports received here say that the Germans are
making giant efforts to stem the advancing Allied tide, and are put
ling forward their best troops, who are lighting with an energy and
desperation never before ennalled in warfare.
Observers say there are fewer signs today of a general retreat ex
cept in the Flanders withdrawal. It is believed that the Germans are
soon to withdraw from the entire lllndciiburg line. The great Ger
man effort now being made is purely defensive. All observers look
for the hardest lighting yet the world lias ever seen, because Koch says
tin' German invaders must go, and is determined to carry on the ad
vance of the Allies.
BRITISH CHASE
HUNS AND TAKE
MANY PRISONERS
Passing Through Lens,
British Make Great Gain;
Also Victorious in the
St. Quentin Sector.
LONDON, Oct. 4.—The British are
pursuing the retreatinq Germans in
the vicinity of Lens and have reached
the railway East of Lens.
Morning advices say the British
captured over 4,000 prisoners in that
section and Inflicted heavy losses
wherever they established contact J
with the retreating enemy.
North of St. Quentin the British
wedge has been pushed to high
ground a mile Northeast of Seque
hart, where the British are holding
the ground despite furious counter
attacks.
BRITISH TAKE 5,000 PRISONERS
WITH THE BRITISH, Oct. 4.—
Last evening advices said that the
British had occupied many addition
al towns and villages.
They also captured 5,000 addition
al prisoners and numerous guns in
their forward smash between Cam
brai and St. Quentin.
Their advance reached a depth
of five miles at the apex.
The Germans are retreating on
all the Armentieres sector. The
British forces are passing through
Lens and near Auber's Ridge.
Sourmentieres has been taken and
the British troops have been seen
East of that place. British troops
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YANKEES PUSH
FURWARD AND
CAPTURE TDWNS
Pershing Reports Taking
Montbianc and Other
Champagne Positions
Northwest of Verdun
WASHINGTON, Oct. 4. — Gen.
Pershing in his morning report said
that Mont Blanc and other Cham
pagne positions had been captured
by the American forces. Other ad
vices received indicate that the
Germans are putting up one of the
most stubborn fights of the war
against the American advance.
AMERICANS IN ACTION
WITH THE AMERICANS, Oct. 4.
—The Americans entered action yes
terday In the Champagne district
and advanced a considerable dis
tance. They captured Blanmont, an
important tactical point, and Medeah
Farm.
AMERICANS SUCCESSFULLY
ATTACK
WITH THE AMERICANS NORTH
WEST OF VERDUN, Oct. 4. — The
Americans made a successful gas
attack on the Germans. The latter
threw many gas 'shells in the rear
of the American lines. The Ameri
cans removed over 100 buried Ger
man mines as they advanced.
AMERICAN TANKS WIN
AMERICAN HEADQUARTERS,
Oct. 4.—When the Germans attempt
ed to capture Apremont, Northeast
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