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NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, AUGUST 14, 1916.
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TOWNS
French and British
Take Third Lines
PARIS, Aug. 13.—Today saw an
•early resumption of the heavy of
fensive of both British and Allies in
the Somme district.
After an all night series of at
tacks by the Germans had been re
pulsed, General Foch and General
Haig took the enemy by surprise in
ordering another drive forward by
the troops which had been fighting
all night. General Foch driving
upon Pernonne reached the German
third lines east of Haddacourt ef
fecting a junction with the British
advance to the river opposite Bush
court. For three and three quarters
of a mile they captured all the
trenches to a depth of two-thirds of
a mile including the fortified posi
tion of Maurepas. They captured
thirty machine guils and one thou
sand prisoners.
The capture of Maurepas is signi
ficant as it is the key to the whole
entrenchment system on the third
line. The French are now this
afternoon nearing Clery two miles
northwest of Peronne.
The Germans making vigorous
attacks north of Hem have been re
pulsed.
An artillery duel is proceeding
at Fluery and Vaux. The French
advanced South of Thiaumont.
LONDON. Aug. 13.—The British
repulsed all attacks north of
Pozieres, the enemy losses were
heavy.
PORK, SAYS HUGHES !N
HIS MONTANA ADDRESSES
HELENA, Mont., Aug. 13.—Keyed
■up by the advices which he has had
pouring in upon him to touch up
the lively strings in the campaign,
Hughes attacked the Democrats lor
pork and graft in his speech here
last night.
Hughes waited until he got this
far to charge that M'Adoo, Secre
tary of the Treasury, removed Hen
ry Clapp and replaced him by
Daniel E. Finn on the federal
board of appraisement as deputy
appraiser. This is Battery Dan, a
notorious Tammanyite whose i up
port of the administration had been
bought with office. He declared that
the New York federal administration
was narrowly sectional and in
cluded none of the best class of citi
zens. «
The senate he charged was pork
barreling instead of legislating; the
sugar industry was wrecked by
taxes and in the government im
provement work the specialistist
were replaced by shady politicians.
Hughes concluded by deriding paper
platforms and paper programs.
BUTTE, Aug. 13.—Democratic
papers were ready for Hughes on
his arrival here and comment on his
Helena speech by saying sarcastical
ly that his courage rises directly as
he gets further away from Washing
ton. In the Ball park here today
he said the democrats were the op
ponents of progress, pork barrelers
pure and simple, and that pork bar
reling would continue until some
executive inaugurated business me
thods.
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PETROGRAD, Aug. 13.—The Rus
sians continue their sucess in Ga
licia.
On Saturday General Lechitsky’s
army forced a crossing of the Selota
Bisistriza rivers near Stanislau in
their swift pursuit of the Austri
ans. And they crossed the Czarna
Bisistirtza river 22 miles southeast
of Stanislau. These are official an-,
nouncements.
The movement of the armies is
therefore a huge bifurcating drive
■which is enveloping the retreating
army between the forks which al
ready have begun to close in upon
the Austrians, catching Stanislau
and the hinterland defenses like
scissors coming together. On Sunday
SUVONICALLT SPEAKING
GALVESTON, Tex.|, Aug. 13.—
The Slavoniska Podporujici Jednota
Statu Texas held its annual conven
tion here today. It is a Slavonic
benevolent organization.
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W. J. "WILLIAMSON Prop,
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it is officially announced that the
Austrians in these sections are light
ing desperately to shake off the two
Russian columns that are squeezing
them In without any chance of
escape.
General Lichitzky expects to cap
ture the entire Austrian army in
this section, numbering several
hundred thousand men, and to pre
vent its efforts to reach Lemberg
being realized. The Teutons are
however fighting with desperation,
knowing what their situation is, ap
parently realizing the Russian plan!
at last.
MEDIATION A FAILURE
BUT WILSON IS HOPE
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WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 12.—
Tonight President Wilson sent word
to the representatives of the rail
road brotherhoods and the compa
nies, stating that before they take
any final action which would para
lyze traffic he wished to talk to
them.
WASHINGTON. D. C.. Aug. 12.—
In view of the Btrlke situation, the
President did not take his custom
ary week end jaunt.
NEW YORK, Aug. 13.—TAe me
diatlon la the railroad strike troub
le is an admitted failure. The fail- j
ure may lead to arbitration.
President Garretson approved of
the Presidential Invitation to con
fer and topes that his intervention
may briig about peace.
Garretson in a statement given
tonight said that the Presideht’s in
vitation la of course tantamount to a
command.
Double compensation is the stumb
ling block now. It Is reported that
the companies are willing to concede
the eight tour day. The brotherhoods
point out that all the demands
which are objected to by the compa
nies are already In force In a num
ber of railroads and some of them,
the best paying roads in the coun
try.
It is believed that President Wil
son may affect a settlement where
the mediators have failed.
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Russians Under Sakharoff
Closing on Border
PETROGRAD, Aug. 13.—The Rus
sians now possess the Teuton winter
positions at Tarnopol and Buczaca.
They have crossed the Koropice
river capturing two small towns.
General Sakharoff south of Brody
is gradually turning won Bothmer’s
left, the latter general fighting how
ever a fine battle in an effort to ex
tricate himself from the results of
his own indiscretion when the Rus
sian drive began.
Sakahroff is endevoring to cut
off the small line of communication
still held by von Botlimer to Lem
berg and should this operate a3 ex
pected, the fate of Bothmer would
be decided.
During the week the Russians ex
pect the most important develop
ments of the war in this section.
PETROGRAD, Aug. lH.—Battles
on the Stockhod are being fought
with varying success. Von Linsingen
is making a stubborn fight to pre
vent the Russian advance.
BERLIN, Aug. 13.—The greatest
Russian pressure is felt on the new
German defense lines west of the
Pripet where the reinforcements
have been piling in to augment tho
already enormous horde of Slavs
making the attack. The German
lines are holding.
-V-T
ALL NIGHT GERMANS
ON OFFENSIVE SATURDAY
PARIS, Aug. 13.—All night last
night the French were engaged in
repelling German attacks on both
sides of the Somme, as the German
offensive, officially reported Satur
day night at nine o’clock, continued
to increase in activity throughout
ihe night. The Germans last night
mso launched a se.'ieti of assaults
in the direction of Hem quarry
nc rth of the Soirn-;. South of tho
Somme the Germans declared an at
tack against La Maisonette in an
attempt to check the French screen
of lire before the etu my could de
bouche.
On the Verdun front, says the
early morning communluue, the
French detachments made progress
south of Thiauniont works-and two
German attacks were repulsed at
Fleury.
LONDON, Aug. 13.—The Germans
ldst night made futile attempts to
recapture the trenches and high
ground north of Pozieres recently
captured by the Austrians. Haig re
ports? that the Germans suffered
heavy losses.
PARIS, Aug. 13.—General Foch
reports that the German losses In
their night offensive were terrific.
LONDON, Aug. 13.—Two German
aeroplanes dropped bombs near
Dover. No casualties resulted. No
material damage was done to pro
perty.
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ORDERLY SAYS DEUTCHLAND
WAS SUNK RY ALLIES
PENSACOLA, Fla., Aug. 13.—
Captain Leskivet of the French crui
ser Aube arrived on secret business
with the French consul here. The
French Consul, Howe, denies that
the orderly received a British pa
trol's wireless saying they sank the
Deutschland August 8. The orderly
reported that the Deutschland was
sighted on the surface and was sunk
attempting to submerge.
The general belief is that the orderly
was just putting one over on the
crowds of newspaper men who
asked for a story and got It.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 13.—
The British naval attaches at the
Embassy here throw doubt upon the
entire story of the Deutschland
rumors. One of them when shown
the report that the French orderly
had received a wireless from the
British patrol ships said that it was
clearly a joke.
They discredit the report alto
gether and declared that probably
there wasn’t a word of truth in it.
It is positively stated that tho
Embassy has not received any in
formation concerning the German
submarine liner since it left Balti
more and they did not expect to get
any. _
ITALIANS CONTINUE TO
PRESS THEIR ADVANCE
ROME, Aug. 13.—The Italians
are now driving "beyond Goritz and
upon « the Austrian defenses of
Trieste.
Today they occupied Opacliiazella
Carso plateau Indicating the direc
tion which their advance will take
following the Doberto occupation.
NORTHWESTERN SAILED.
SEATTLE, Aug. 13.—The North
western sailed today for Nome via
Cordova. R. W. Baxter, manager oi
the line, left on an inspection trip
He may not pass beyond Cordova.
HOME, Aug. 13.—The Austrians
are moving all available men from
both Montenegro and from Albania^
These are going by rail to the de
fense of Trieste which they think
is now being menaced by the Aus
trian advance.
DEATH LIST LARGE.
CHARLESTON, West Va., Aug.
11.—The deathlist from Wednesday .
floods and cloud burst is at least
seventy-five, according to reports
from responsible parties today.
Twenty-five more bodies have been
recovered.