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VOL. 11.
NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1017
INDICATES THAT THE
PEACE PARTY GAINS
AMSTERDAM, Oct. 9.—Berlin
dispatches today say that a new
peace offer from Austria and Ger
many will soon be made, absolute
ly specific in its term and beyond
doubtful interpretation by friend
or foe.
The terms specifically will be “no
annexations and no indemnities”,
precisely the slogan which the Rus
sian revolutionists have demanded.
While it is not believed that even
these will form the basis for peace
negotiations, it indicates that the
peace advocates are winning in the
Kcichstag.
The arrival of a prominent Hol
lander who has been in close touch
commercially with Germany and
wTho just comes from Berlin, but
who does not allow his name to be
used, is the authority of a Rotter
dam paper to report that the Ger
mans are beginning to suspect the
probable success of their U boat
campaign.
The government is pointing in its
organs to the British offensive in
Flanders assailing tlie U boat bases
as reason to be perfectly satisfied
that the divers are giving a good
account of themselves, so good that
the British are sacrificing thousands
in their endeavor to get at the
bases off the Belgian coast.
These things are apparently not
making much impression upon the
people who are intensely sick of the
war and not easily made hopeful
by further promises oi U boat suc
cess.
Good News Bay, noted tor its pe
riodically recurrent strikes, is again
to the front with a reported strike.
According to a letter sent by J. E.
McDowell to his wife from the
scene of the strike, the new discovery
is on a tributary of the Swegarock
River, about 18 miles from Butte
creek and 40 miles from Good News
village. Birch Smith and partners
are reported to have s'uiced up
$5,000 in a short time. The,
ground they are working will run
from 00 to S4.00 per foot, and
it is only from 2 to 5 feet to bed
rock, which is slate and granite
further up stream. McDowell
staked two claims, but says most
of the ground is staked already.!
White men have their native wifes,
panning out from $3.00 to $7 per
day.
As a result of this information
many are leaving Yukon camps and
making straight for Good News Bay.
A goodly number have left Marshal
for this purpose and from Iditarod
there is also reported to be quite
a number "on the way”.
The new strike is, it will be ob
served, quite a distance front the
former strike in the Quinhagemuk.
hut some of those who staked
ground by all accounts are those
who' left from other camps when
the first strike was reported.
The possibility of a stampede in
this direction during the coming
winter will greatly depend upon the
continued reports coming out of tuo
camp. As had already been antici
pated in these columns, the
ground would be shallow, and for
this reason there isnot likely to be
much done in the way of actual
mining during the winlet taking
out money. It is likely that a con
siderable quantity of prospecting
will be done, and this may result
in further discoveries which may
lead <o a big stampede in that dir
ection next Spring.
The former strike was made in
a locality by no means ideal and
timber was quite scarce.
You'll see it first in the Worker.
PLANS FOR CALLING
LL WHO REGISTER
WASHINGTON, D. 0., Oct. 9 —
Plans for calling for drafting all
the conscripted men are now a In: 01
completed.
It has been decided to conscript
all the registered eligible* without
delay to that they can submit to phy
sical examination and thus know
where they stand.
J11 this way those who will he un
fit for service or otherwise exempt,
will not have the possibility of duty
hanging ovec them and those w in
will have to go will definitely real
ize it.
WASHING!-- N. I). O. t IV —
To tiile the government over in its
expenditures until the second Liber
ty Loan begins coming inta the
United States treasury, the Trta-j
sury Department today offersd |
tltrce hundred million of treasury
certificates of Indebtness at fear
per cent. It is understood that
this paper can be immediately re
deemable.
AMERICAN FIELD HEAD- '
j QUARTERS, France, Oct. 9.—It is!
'stated that there has started a re-'
gular epidemic of marriages bo- !
tween French girls and American I
marines. The American*, are pro |
fcrred by the French ladies to the
British troops and also even in
many instances to the French sold
iers themselves.
V^ASHINTON, D. C„ Oct. 9.—
When the United States troops take
up their position on the firing line
it will not he concealed from the
public.
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HEAVY RAINS ARE NOW
STOPPING DVINSK FIGHT
PETROGRAD, Oct. 9.—The Rus
sian official Headquarters states
that everything is relatively quiet
on the eastern front, with the
troops preparing for the winter In
KKD-BLOODKD PI.AY— DREAM.
Lilian Gish, ore of Nome's favor
ite movie stars, is featured tonight
at the Dream in ‘‘Daphne and tho
Pir-rte”, one of the Triangle Go's
best productions. Capacity houses
with “Standing Room Only” signs
displayed, were seen wherever this
play was shown in the United
States. Produced with a careless
disregard for expenses, and with
thrilling and sensational scones in
abundance this remarkable 5 act
play, scored one of the "hits” of
the season. An all-star Triangle
cast supports Miss Gish in this
masterplcture.
their former positions.
In Rumania there is not any
great changes made in the positions
which were held when winter set in
last year.
Along the Bukowina and Galician
border the changes are not exten
sive. Tarnopol is the one important
position held by the Russians las*
winter which is now held by the
Teutons. In Bukowina the posi
tions are practically the same. From
the Galician border to the Pripet
there is practically no change in
position.
Today and yesterday heavy rains
on the northern end of the eastern
front have been interfering with
all military activities. The Dvina
river is now in the fall floods with
highwater in the marshes ad
joining.
Tho Russian troops here are aC’
tively engaged in preparing winter
quarters and will be prepared for
any emergency.
The provisicnal government is
going to enormous trouble to pro
vide lor the men during the winter
and to prevent any possibility cf
their lacking in anything required
to keep back the invaders.
' On the whole the military out
look considering how threatening it
was a short time ago must he con
sidered very favorable.
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LONDON, Oct. 9.—The climax
of the extract dinary offensive ope
rations that have been proceeding
in West Flanders culminated today
when the French united with the
British on a gigantic offensive, try
ing to push the Germans back from
the Belgian coast.
The forces attacked the Germans
over a wide area directly cast and
northeast of Ypres.
The operations extend northward |
beyond Steenbeke river and close
to the eoast line where the Belgian
troops have control of the lines.
The fighting has reached its ifttinl
of greatest of intensity before
Zornebeke where the efforts arc
made to so wedge the positions ot
the Entente forces forward as to
compel a withdrawal of the Ger
mans front the coast line
The first, second and third line
of trenches are the scene of despe
rate fighting, the enemy holding on
wi'h grim tenacity regardless of the-1
tenible slaugliter.
LONDON', Oct. 9.—The fighting
on the Flanders front reached to
day the greatest fury. The Ger
mans have been hurled back several
line of defenses and the battle still
rages. The Allies are fighting in
relays in one of the most desperate
offensives seen in this awful war.
The Germans began to yield but
slowly throughout, They resisted
every inch of the way and rho,
carnage is admittedly terrible.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 9.—
A high official made it plain today
that the United States will not ac
cept any German proposals cf peace
that carry only a demand for the
restoration oi the status quo ante
helium.
The United States with the Eu
ropean Allies said this officially,
must continue until Germany is
beaten.
This official points out that it
the war ends in a draw by the re
turn to that state which prevailed
before hostilities ’onunenced, Ger
many would have vindicated her t
military and naval establishment. I
she would have justified the policy or
friplitfulness and the existence of
her autocratic form of governmeni
and the elimination of all popular
legislative bodies holding a demo
cratic control of government af
fairs.
This would mean that German
ambitions would have received only
a r-et back and at once would begin
a mad competitive race in arma
ment to fight Armageddon all over
again.
This view was intolerable ami it
would be particularly intolerable
considering the purposes that jus
til'..- the entry of the United Stales
into the world war. The powers
against Germany, he said, have
scotched the snake of autocracy,
not killed it and it must be killed
before peace can bo at all consider
ed by the United States or by any
other nation warring upon Ger
many. This view is generally ap
proved.
You'll get it right in the Worker.
PETROGRAD, Oct. 9.—The frst
sc- ion ot' the preliminary parlia
ment,' the new legislative body in
Russia, has received the endorse
ment of the Democratic Congress
now in session here.
The recent voting for the Muni
cipal council in this city shows a
vi- rory for the social revolutionists.
The vote stood social revolution
aries or extremists IS?,000 with 73
sects, the social democrats or mo
derate socialists 174,‘.'00 with 70
seats and the constitutional demo
crats 101,000 with* 44 seats. This
is a very good idea of the political
sentiment not only in t v capital i
bu! throughout u!l of Russia.
THE HAGUE, Oct. 9.—Chancellor
Michael is delivered his long ex
pected speech today, it wws cotn
petely generalized and he took con
siderable pains to have it under
stood that neither the war aims nor
the peace terms would be com
mitted into the phrases of a politi
cal speech.
At the very outset, Alichn lis de
clared amid cheers that "i lie Gov
ernment will not assist the aims of
any political faction wit : official
HOME, Oct. 9.—The greatest
aerial feat so lar acompli3hed b>
the Italians resulted today in the
destruction of four Austrian i
boats two destroyers and several
smaller craft lyii g at anchor when
the birdmen flew low attacking un
expectedly the boats that imagined
themselves safe.
A squadron of C'aproni aeroplanes
rwo KILLED: COLLISION.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. S.—Two
were killed and nine were injured
in a head on collision between the
east bound train and a freight.
The' accident was cn the Penna
system, the passenger train being
bound for Chicago. No reason is
given for the accident.
Full line of Matresses, Pillows,
Beds, Bedding, Blankets, Tents,
Tarpaulins war bags at HOLTS.
CITY BATH HOUSE
has the largest
and only 0 feet
* Bath Tubs ir Nome.
started off on a rapid flight to the
Austrian naval base at the mouth
of the Cattaro across the \driatle.
The flight was one hundred an i
eighty miles and destroyers and
submarines were found lying at an
cbcr, with only small crews appa
rently in charge.
These anchored in the lmrboi
were ‘Suddenly made the targe+ to •
the bombers of the aeroplane
squadron and ship after ship was
hit while the Austrian batteries
ashore awoke to the danger opened
up a furious fire against the plants
Several of the planes were hit
by flying shell fragments but man
aged to get back to their base.
The surprise attack is considered
the greatest feat of aviation work
ever carried out in the war.
The planes circled over at a low
height the ships in the harbor and
in this , manner the bag
above reported.
The king personally congratulat
ed the flight commander an l his
men.
Just received n full line Rubber
Hoots, I dies, Overshoes and Rubber^
for Men, Women aud Children at
HOLTS.
propaganda material". 'Vlietli t
this is aimed at the pacificists or at
the utlra imperialists the Chan
cellor left it to the Reichstag to de
termine for itself. He insisted that
it was the government e business
to carry on this war with all its
strength and might and energ. and
demanded the whole souied ..up
port of the nation for that pur
pose.
!.<)( *. f, ITEMS.
The cold spell which fastened it
sel! on Seward Peninsula quite like
ly shortened operations in a goo t
many places, where miners did not
think that it would turn soil at: m.
This is shown in reports now ar
riving that although operations,
have in different section:, < • a: •••!,
newer wag there hotter conditions
for mining, with ample water ami
continued fair weather.
Practically all of Caudle i- : w
in Nome This includes miners, li
tigants and non-litigants. Evi ry
l)oat brought down a big load whi'.w
many came also overland. In this
connection it is remarked that tho
Kougarokers usually the earliest to
take in the sophisticated pleasures
of the city ai the season's end are*
saying nothing and sawing wood.
They are still in tho majority of
casts busy mining.
!•'!,()()!> AMI TVPHONS.
TOKIO, Oct. 7.—Ten thousand
are believed to have perished in the
typhoon which ravished interior
Japan on October 3.—Tho sufferers
number over one hundred thousand.
The money loss is estimated at
slightly over five million dollars.
SHANGHAI, Oct 8.—Extraordi
nary floods are inundating all the
Chinese river valleys. The Yangst.o
valley is a lake while millions of
acres in the lowlands of the Hoang
ho are under water, with thousands*
homeless. Vast quantities of crops
are utterly ruined and the drowned
will number also in the thousands.