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VOL. 11.
NOME, ALASKA, MOXDAV, AUGUST ilT, l!U7.
NO. 234:5.
WEST FRONT AGLOW
BLAZE OF
■LONDON, Aug. 25.—After a bat
1le of indescrible ferocity the Brit
ish now control the city of Lens
with the Germans right on the east
ernmost limits of the city and still
lighting savagely.
All the west is aglow with the
ilame of battle.
Along the Ypres front tl.e British
continue stil to make progress
while desperate German attacks
ham been endeavoring to make a
diversion in their favor upon the
Messines sector where however the
position for any such . counters is
far from favorable owing to all the
higher positions being in the hands
of the Allies.
Running further soutli and east
of St. Quentin another heavy Ger
man attack was started but ended
in a collapse before the bitter
French gunfire. The French are
still advancing in the Verdun front
although signs are not wanting
that this battle has passed its
climax and a lull will soon super
vene with the most astonishing
gains resulting from a five days of
the most intensive battling. The
lines have been pushed ahead any
where from four to five miles in the
center and one to three miles on
either Hank of the Meuse front.
The Germans losses in material,
men and cannon have been very
serious and the result summed up
may be stated as in the Matin that
the French gained in a week of
well worked out lighting what it
took the Germans three months to
accomplish and with a loss in men
somewhere close to eighty or ninety
per cent less than incurred by the
Germans in their struggle for the
same places.
Now Is Kir iliue to Subscribe.
PETROGRAD, Aug. 26.—The Ger
man drive on Riga diminished in
severity on Saturday and today.
The Russian troops are holding
their own.
In Galicia the fighting is dead
locked, with the Russian command
er rapidly putting his organization
in shape.
The failure of the Teuton attacks
in Moldavia with everything in
their favor is reecived here with
great satisfaction.
BERLIN, Aug. 26.—Heavy fight
ing is still marking the battle for!
the possession of points south ot j
Riga will have an important result'
on the situation. The German'
progress is steady.
VIENNA, Aug. 26.—The co-ope
ration between the Germans and
Austrians in the East front is now
more perfect than it has been in a
year and important deveopments
are soon to he looked forward too,
is the statement in one of the semi
officials papers here.
AMSTERDAM, Aug. 26.—The
possibility that the French may re
gain control of the great Lens col
lieries is now realized in all Ger
man papers. This is accentuating
the agitation of many of the pacifi
cist soueties to clamor that steps
be taken to bring about negotia
tions. They are all however ruth
lessly suppressed. In spite of tills
it is believed that they are not '
wholly unwelcome to the govern- •
mcnt. The national unrest is be
coming serious and labor struggles,
said to be supported by the social
ist agitators are occasioning the
gravest of all concerns of. the Ger
man Chancellor. The demands for
electoral reforms are very insistent !
and some of the government ad-1
visors are actually becoming sup
porters of this movement, which it1
is now notorious has had the back- j
ing of .Hollweg, the dethroned
Chancellor for some time.
Anything in the line of inh work
ALMOST COLLAPSE IS
NOTED AUSTRIAN OEFENSE
ROME, Aug. 26.—The advance of
the Italians continues uninterupfed
in the Isonzo district, with the fight
today trending in severity greatest
towards the south of the lines, the
Italians breaking down the Aus
trian lines standing strong against
the advance upon Trieste.
Further north the almost collapse
VARIETY SHOW—DREAM.
Tonight an interesting program
has been arranged for the Dream.
-A 2 part ' Keystone Comedy “The
Cannon Ball” is a scream. Wm. S.
Hart will be featured in one of
Western Thrillers “The Sheriff's
Tellow Streak”, 2 parts. A "Scien
tific Reel Life’, showing things we
read about will also be on the bill.
One of the interesting subjects
shown on this reel, is “Belgian
Cavalry Exhibition”, with its start
ling horsemanship.
t NOTHING OK THE LATOUCHK.
Up to eight o’ulock last night
nothing was heard of the Latouche
which should be now nearing Nome.
This boat has on board about fif
teen days mail for Nome and Sew
ard Peninsula.
of the Austrian defense is being
marked by tremendous Italian
gains in prisoners and guns, with
the' effort to encircle a large de
fensive position soutii and east or
Sano almost successful in today’s
figthing, the Austrians withdrawing
in a kind of route.
VIENNA, Aug. 26.—It was stated
here that a change had been made
in the Austro-Hungarian commands
in the province or Goritz, and that
hundreds of troops were being dis
patched there, where however there
was no real danger.
BERLIN, Aug. 20.—The fighting
in the Goritz region is growing in
severity, but is hardly likely to seri
ously amount to anything.
The hope of capturing Trieste for
which the Italians have previously
been struggling is no nearer than
when the plan was originally con
ceived.
ZURICH. Aug. 26.—The severity
of the fighting on the west and
south front is undoubtedly occa
sion great anxiety in Germany.
The papers manifest tlfis concern
in lengthy articles which belittle
the Entente gains.
FEAR REPETITION RIOTS
IN ATLANTA’ GEORGIA
ATLANTA, Aug. 24.—Citizens
and officials of this city declare
that they fear a repetlon of the
Houston riots in this section if the
War Deparment persits in training
negro soldiers in the national army
camp here.
Pleas are now being signed
by citizens of this city asking that
the negro soldiers be not trained in
this vicinitv lest riots and race
quarrels break out to disturb the
peace.
COUNCIL MAIL AKKIVES.
The Council City and Solomon
mail arrived yesterday with teams, j
SEATTLE YARDS MAY
ALL BE CLOSED
SEATTLE, Aug. 20.—This city
i. facing a general tie-up of work
in ail snip yards where the men
have been becoming restive under
the insufficient wages paid in all ot
them. Although prices have con
tinued to hoar for everything from
room rent to bread, the wages are
practically the same scale as paid
ovc-r a year ago.
The men demand an increase.
Last night and yesterday twelve
thousand employees in the ship-1
yards were taking a strike vote,
and at the meeting on Friday night
the boiler makers showed all hands
in favor of such a strike.
The Union officials of the metal
trades say that the result of the
strike vote now being counted will
show a large majority for striking
and that undoubedly there will be a
strike.
A few of the employers have con
ceded the wage demands of the
men, but only a few and that a big!
strike now backing up the wage
demands will stop work in all the
yards seems inevitable.
The employers have been meet
ing together to discuss the situation
and the chances of a settlement.
Some of the companies have had
already trouble with employees
over the wage scale.
Sixteen craft unions will be in
volved if the metal trades call out
their members.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 26.—The
San Francisco Chamber of Com
merce, law and order committee,
the same which urged that the hos
pitals and jails were the proper
place for unienrr.en and which has
taken such an active part in the
railroading of Mooney et al., wrote
to Mayor Rolph of the city deno
nouncing him for affording the
street car strikebreakers insufficient
protection.
Two scabs have been hurt and
two cars seriously damaged in the
effort to operate the United Rail
road system on four lilies.
The letter blamed the Mayor for
the company cancelling its effort to
run ears by reason of its insufficient;
protection.
Mayor Rolph wrote a scathing re-j
ply. He blamed all of the unrest
and turbulence on the employers)
and said that they were determined I
to antagonize all classes of workers 1
in the city and then deemed that j
the latter were to he 1 a ified by'
violence and reduced to absolute!
submission by force.
“You are incorrigibly stupid and:
ignorant in your business”, wrote)
the Mayor answering the attack
upon him. "The industrial world is,
changing all around von and you
do not know i' or want to know it
any more than the Tzar knew or
wanted to know what was happen
ing aronrnl him in Russia.
You still hug the delusion that
you may meet all industrial difficul
ties by Napoleon's whiff of grape
shot and a gun and a bludgeon is
you consider the only argument for
men who ask for enough to live
upon in the form of wages”.
The answer of the mayor caused
no end of a sensation among the
members of the Law and Order
Committee who now charge him
with being either an I. W. W. or a
pro-German.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 26.—
The revenue bill will likely go to
conference this week. The fate ot
the measure is now settled by the
refusal to support the report of the
Senate Ccmmitee and only mode
rate amendments of the House bill
will appear for the work of the con
ferees.
The taxation upon the excess pro
fits, advocated in so mild a meas
ure by Kitchin, but which was eli
minated altogether by the Senate
Committee, will practically re
N<> \VAIt IMtICKS AT
HOLT’S CASH sfollKS.
Fresh smitf per box 5c.
Star Tobacco per pound 50c.
Large si/e canvas .gloves, blue
knit wrists two pair for 25c.
Pearl oil, can $1.00, case .$.'5.75.
0 inch gal. iron pipe, joint 25c.
(I inch black stove pipe, joint 25c.
Lenox soap, -l bars 25c.
Matches, all kinds I for 25c.
No. 17 heavy Meddlecott Under
wear $2.25.
Spring clothes pins, 3 do/. 23e.
Fruit Jars, 5c., 10c., 15c.
Jar rubbers 10c. a doz. ,
Shoe Packs $4.50 a pair.
(lubber Hoots $7.50 pair.
Stop Kicking at prices
BUY AT HOLT'S.
I
appear as coming out of the House
Ways and Means, although the Lc-n
root amendment will probably stay
in.
The appropriation necessary for
the complete success of the ship
building program, entailing an ex
pense of a billion or so. will be
given the same emergency rush act
as the aero program of the govern
ment and is likely to make its ap
pearance in committee this week.
There is little likely opposition to
J develop. • The present Congress has
I the billion dollar habit r.ml does not
| balk at the most ambitious calls
upon the national credit.
something new.
Just arrived on the last boat over
"i00 of this season’s latests styles and
patterns, the most beautiful line of
woolens over arrived in Nome. We
invite you to see these samples
whether you buy or not. If you
wish to take advantage of this offer
order before the ?, 1st of August, in
order to have order arrive on last
boat.
Wo also make alterations, and
wo do cleaning, pressing and repair
ing. We appneciate your patronage
Yours to please.
NOME TAILORING CO.
Next door to Segerstrom & Hagen,
Tho much talked of labor legisla
tion is about due. So far it hits
only been menMoied. The recent
conference between Gompers and
Wilson gate renewed life to toe re
ports that the war legislative pro
gram would bo incomplete without
it. It is for that reason not im
possible that, the anti-strike bill
which went into the discard before
the war was declared may be resur
rected. There is no diminution in
tin. number of ^trikes. tin. 'seem to
be generally on the increase and
the inadequate wages paid laaor is
the cause claimed by laberites for
this general condition.
ATTENTION MOOSE.
The August meeting of the L. O.
of M. will take place tonight at
S p. in. Election of a Secretan will
be, held.
All members and visitors from
other lodges are requested to bo
present at tho meeting tonight
NORVIN, W. LEWIS,
Dictator.
J. P. JONES, Sec’y.
Prepare for the winter by patron
izing the advertisers of your pa pec,
Mr. Miner!
Let u ectimate on your Job Work