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VOL. I.
NOME, ALASKA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1»1«.
NO. 20:57.
ALLIES CAIN POSITIONS ON WEST
WILSON TALKS BASE TO RAILROAD PRESIDENTS
Brussiloff Outwits The
Germans By Tactics
' PETROGRAD, Aug. 21.—The Rus
sians continue their brilliant suc
cesses on the Stockhod advancing
many miles today and taking two
thousand German prisoners. The
fighting is all to the Russian ad
vantage in the Stockhod campaign.
The official report says that Brus
silof’s sudden strategic shifting ol
the attack on the Stockhod fooled
the German and is still driving
westward with remarkable gains in
men, machine guns and munitions.
The German retirement this even
ing is for the first time disorderly
with the Russian cavalry brigades
playing havoc with the Germans.
BERLIN, Aug. 21.—Gains by the
northern wing of the Russian army
north of Kovel are admitted and
withdrawals on the Stockhod frank
ly acknowledged by the General
Staff. The official report says the
situation in the east is otherwise
improving as the Russians are now
deadlocked by von Bothmer's bril
liant resistance while the untiring
counters of Pflanderz has resulted
in the Russians abandoning their
Carpatian campaigning. In a few
weeks fighting will be impossible in
the higher mountains.
ASQUITH TALKS ABOUT
PEACE TO THE COMMONS
LONDON, Aug. 21.—Premier
Asquith made a statement relative
to the peace status in the House of
■Commons tonight.
Germany he declared has made no
offers of peace except upon terms
dishonorable and humiliating to
some of the Allies, terms which
made any peace proposal utterly
unacceptable while any such dreams
■were entertained by any one of the
Central Powers or their Allies. The
reply of the British Prime Minister
was made when the question arose
to the effect that the Under Secre
tary of the Foreign Office had told
of being notified that Hungary had
declared that England alone blocked
all peace plans. England is block
ing no peace plans, the Premier as
serted, but Great Britain will fight
to the last before any terms insult
ing, dishonorable or humiliating
.will have to be accepted by the very
smallest of her Allies.
SANTIAGO, Chili, Aug. 21.—Tho
Chilean government has instructed
its ministers to sound the United
States, the Argentine and Brazilian
governments relative to joint ac
tion against the British blacklist
which includes firms doing business
in all the nations mentioned and
which has already elicited formal
portests from all of them.
SECRET SERVICE MEN
PRORE JAP PURCHASE
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 21.—
* Secret service men are now invest
igating the report that the Japan
ese have acquired sixteen thousand
acres from the republic of Panama
on the Atlantic seaboard which they
intend to use for a naval base for
their government. It is known that
private Japanese syndicate has
acquired the property and the mat
ter is considered a serious and deli
cate question.
The Senate has over-ridden the
decision of the caucus to discuss the
immigration bill which was tabled
and its passage is said to be certain.
The investigation of the aviation
stunts of the liquid called gasoline
■was unexpectedly and unexplainedly
IjEAVEH FOR ANCHORAGE.
SEATTLE, Aug. 18,—The tug
Wilson and barge Lawrence left
today for Anchorage with a cargo
of flat cars, rails, machinery and
lumber for the Alaska Railroad en
gineers, to be used in the construc
tion work on the railroad.
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W. I. WILLIAMSON Prop
re-opened today. It Is more politics.
The introduction of the immigra
tion bill discussion will delay the
adjournment if persisted in.
The Senate today was for some
tiihe considering the revenue bill
and the republicans in that House
are planning to make a political tar
get of Underwood. Attacks uppn
the tariff commission and the in
creases on dye stuffs were the mu
nition supply of an entertaining de
bate that produced much words and
no action
COLD REDUCES NUMBER
DEATHS FROM EPIDEMIC
NEW YORK, Aug. 20.—Because
the weather here is much colder it
is believed is the reason why the
epidemic of Infantile paralysis Is
no longer causing so many deaths
in proportion to the number of cases
reported.
However it is certain the virulence
of the disease is abating whatever
may be the reason.
MURDERED FAMILY AND
NO GLUE WHEREAROUTS
SEATTLE, Aug. 20.—Francisco
Vonderheider the man who murder
ed Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Collison on
Wednesday night, on Friday drew
six thousand dollars from a safety
deposit vault and disappeared.
There is ne clue whatever to the
whereabouts of the man.
The abstraction from the vault ot
the money was a particularly daring
act as every policeman and detec
tive in the city was on the look out
for him.
It is believed he took a train from
here.
Unending Artillery Fire
Causes German Losses
BRITISH FIELD HEADQUART
ERS, France, Aug. 21.—The great
Sornme drive continues with the
Germans slowly bested by the un
ending work of the British artillery
and the brilliant French attacks.
Heavy fighting proceeds north of
Pozieres to the trenches south of
Guillemont with the British ad
vancing their lines along the entire
sec'-pr and forcing the German re
tirement.
South of Guillemont the French
joined the British after their magni
ficent capture of Maurepas where
the Germans have been offering a
brilliant resistance.
PARIS, Aug. 21.—The powerful
German entrenchments north, south
and east of Maurepas were taken in
the capture of the position today by
the French. The British have push
ed forward their great batteries ot
artillery and are simply deluging
the German lines with a persistent
rain of shells from guns of practi
cally every caliber. The lighting is
terrific and the German losses
through the fierce and unending ar
tillery tire is enormous.
Five thousand prisoners were taken
by the British today when their re- •
tirement was cut off by an Inferno
of ■ shells.
RAILROAD PRESIDENTS ARE
SAID TO RE WEAKENING
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 21.—
The arrival of Hill and other west
ern transporation heads today was
expected to he productive of import
ant developments. Wilson is devot
ing his entire time to a solution ot
the difficulty. Official circles pre
dict today that the terms will be
accepted ultimately, that a number
of presidents are already saying
that the railroads will probably pre
sent a substitute plan by offering
the eight hours and a pro rata pay
ment for overtime.
WASHINGTON, I). <’., Aug. 21.—
The President again conferred with
tlie railroad presidents at two thirty
this afternoon, the discussion being
prolonged after the dinner hour.
Wilson reinforced and repeated
his previous arguments showing the
railroad presidents that, the rail
roads were an important part ot
the military preparedness plans and
were vital to all industry and trains
must, at all hazards he kept running.
The country had a right to demand
that. The railroads had the right
to demand arbitration, but *Wilson
also practically directed the accept
ance of his plan. Spokesman llot
den of the railroad presidents says
that the situation was unchanged as
they left the White House but
further added that they would go
into an executive session immedi
ately in an effort to decide. The
railroads are reported to he weak
ening while the brotherhoods aro
standing pat. The committee is now
waiting a decision.
HUGHES GUEST SAN
DIEGO AND EXPOSITION
SAN DIEGO, Aug. 21.—Hughes
was the guest of the exposition to
day and was greeted with a big pa
rade of the republicans upon his ar
rival.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 12.—
The retort courteous was administ
ered to Sam Gompers idealism of
Wilson, and his attack upon Justice
Hughes interpretation of the Sher
HEAVV liOSS LIKE.
LONDON, Aug. 21. —The explo
sion in a Yorkshire munition plant
today caused heavy loss of life, sc
far untallied.
WILSON TO TOUR.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 20. -
Although Wilson will not make anj
spiel .binding tour, his invitation!
will enable him to visit almost al
the larger cities during the cam
paign.
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lng Hot).
M. O. SOLBERG.
man Act in the Danbury Hatters de
cision so bitterly against labor.
The republicans reply that Hughes
as a judge merely Interpreted the
law and it the law was a bad one
it should have been repealed. But
they continue to rub it in by quot
ing for the Gompers benefit what
President Wilson told the students
of Princeton in his 1909 speech
when he declared that unionization
was a ruin of American industry
causing moral and financial losses
wherever it had entered.
The neat re-production of this
forgotten utterance by Gompera
ideal has created quite a ripple of
musement outside political circles,
especially by the masses of the
unionists who are pledged to sup
port neither capitalist parties.
BREMERTON TO HAVE
SHIP BUILDING YARD
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Aug. 20.—
The naval appropriation bill which
went to Wilson for signature on
Saturday contained an appropriation
for the equipment at Bremerton
with a yard capable of constructing
capital ships for the United States
navy.
It is believed that one of the
new dreadnaughts will be construct
ed in the new navy yards. Naval
men were unanimous in admitting
that Bremerton possessed better
natural facilities for a navy yard
than any other location in the
country.
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