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VOL. II.
NOME. ALASKA, It ESDAY, SKI’TEMIIEU I, l!>17.
PETROGRAD, ' Sept. 3.—The
Army Headquarters officially an
nounces the evacution of Riga.
This order, it is explained, was
given because of he threatening
situation that had developed and
the evacuation had in reality been
foreshadowed when the enemy beset
the city on three sides, west at
Lake Babit. in the region southwest
of Minav at 1 along the eastern
hank of the Dvina.
On the eastern bank of the Dvina
the Germans have begun a new of
fensive twenty miles southeast of
Riga and the Germans have raised
the cry of “On to Petrograd”.
[ AMSTERDAM, Sept. 3.—Berlin
; officially announces the capture of
j Riga after the enemy had with
I drawn from the city some time be
lore. The Berlin office also reports
the continuance cf the offensive
land the determination to drive to
Pefrograd before the winter comes.
LONDON. Sept. 3.—The evacua
ation of Riga having been long ago
foreseen as inevitable by the mili
tary experts it occasions no sur
prise.
It. is felt certain however that
the new drive and the German war
cry “On to Petrograd” will inten
scly solidity public sentiment in
Russia for a bitter and heroic le
sistanee.
Dispatches coming to the Daily
Chronicle indicate that this senti
ment is crystalizing and already
t lure is en intensity of reeling
which forebodes a much more de
termined resistance ' o tiro enemy
at the gates. All classes of radi
cals, exit, mists and the rest, bitter
ly resent the capture of Riga and
the capital is in a ferment of ex
citement. A Moscow dispatch re
ports a similar •condition prevalent
there.
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WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept.
By a vote of 55 to 20 the senate
turned down the Lafollette amend
ment to the revenue bill taxing the
war profits seventy per cent.
The original amendment which
was proposed by Johnson was
seventy-two per cent but just be
fore the vote without objection this
was changed to seventy per cent.
This has not stayed Lafollette.
Immediately after the defeat of
this amendment lie introduced an
other taxing war profits 05 per
cent.
Feeling is growing bitter in the
Senate over the revenue bill. La
toilette is charged with obstruc
tionist tactics. It is claimed that
he is playing to the gallery and it
is charged that he is grooming him
self for a presidential candidate on
j an independent popular ticket at
i the next election.
J Some time ago it was reported
! that the Peonle’u Council was cot
| sidering the advisability of begin
j ning to work for such an end, hut
Lafollette then expressed the hope
I that the man who made the sugges
tion would be choked by his fell
ows.
The determined opposition to
taxing war profits is growing and
the agitation ever the subject is in
tense.
The Treat dailies and the finan
cial journals are almost a unit
against the taxing of war profits
and the fight is growing all the
while.
The greatest club that is being
used is the charge that the support
ers of this policy are obstructing
the plans of the' administration.
Jewish army ;$ now
TO FIGHT IN PALESTINE
LONDON. Sent. 3.—The War Of
fice reports an advance in Palestine
and the British forces now almost
within gunshot of Jerusalem, the
Holy City.
The Turkish forces are being
augmented to resist the progress of
General Allonby’s troops, mostly
Australians and South African le
gionaries, which have been ad
KOMA.VY AT DREAM.
Tonight a delightful romance ol
the mountains of Montenegro,
“The Unafraid", will be presented
at the Dream. An all star cast with
Rita Jolivet and House Peters in
the stellar roles, were used by the
Paramount Co. the producers of this
feature. It met with great success
on the outside and played to capa
city at the Coliseum, Seattle a short
time ago. ♦
S. S. SILVER WAVE.
The mail schooner Silver Wave
sails tonight at 6 P. M. for Kotzebue
Hound and all way points. For
freight or passage apply to the
THE ALASKA LIGHTERAGE and.
COMMERCIAL CO., Agents.
Freight for this trip will be re
ceived up to 3 P. M.
— *•-'■ —^ miv •— • r
vanciug and constructing railroads
as they proceed behind their lines.
LONDON', Sept. 3.—it is officially
announced that there are forty
thousand Jewish soldiers, ou'icers
and men fighting’ with the British
forces. This announcement follows
the statement that the British are
making extensive gains in Pale
stine.
Further an effort is to be made
to form a Jewish division, made
up from Hie commanding general
to the rank and file entirely or
Jews and these will he sent to Pa
lestine to fight the Turks.
LONDON, Sept. 3.—The present
activities in the Asia Minor sector
east and south indicate a well civ
Umpired plan oi campaign of much
importance. Its outcome is not to
be immediately expected although
it is working with clock work re
gularity in the Tigris valley and
westwards under General Maude
and through Palestine under Gen
era! Allonby.
KIIIE, Pa., Sept. •>.—Samuel
impcrs today delivered the Labor
ley speech at a very lary- anil
enthusiastic celebration of tin- day
in this city.
iiousands ot unionists assembled
; :• meet the President of the An’.tr
i 1 .11 Federation of Labor an'! he
..ived quite an extensive recep
tion from those vho were yrtsent.
He urged labor to maintain a
i-h-.ir vision :io-v above all tin.es
|; t to stand true and loyal in tile
national crisis.
Doing this, declared Gompers.
before another Labor Day - iut i
come there will he brought a bout
r. desirable and permanent pea -
this peace shall have be.it is:.:b
| lished and founded upon tin v r\
| highest concepts < f jui.tice, fre. < n:
i md hunrmity.
i'pen the wage earners, >1
| Gompers, depend -i the supplies ftn
j the men in the trenches and on thf
i ships, enabling them to fight :oi
[ victory.
No better . rvii'e than thin,
I urged Gomptrs. i an the workers
render to the eauso of labor and of
j democracy.
Gomperg pUa was to remain true
I and loyal in this crisis, to preserve
1 intact the rights and privileges
j which had bci n hardly won and to
tight the good tight by laboring
for the supply ( the men on tie
ships and in tlie trenches during
■this terrible war.
SAN ANTONIO, Sopt. 3. Tod.o
the court martial p£ the first hut h
to' negro troopers <•: Hed for trial
. for the recent rioting in Waco aac’.
! Houston rendered its fii:dii,s.
• >hie 11 will undoubted! <’ be approvi i
l).’ 1 ire President. One negro was
given ten years in Fort I-oavt
j worth federal penitentiary, live
’ were given five years r.i the same
' Je*il.
The court martial wilt comiuue
to try the men in batches untill all
who were arrested as engaged in
the rioting shall have been dis
posed oi'.
The sentence is . or.-: >rci! light
in some (inr.rters and it was be
lieved that on account 01' tlie main
Killings connected with the rioting
that these men would be much
more severely health with.
It is believed however that the
court felt that the civic of'iciaU
were not entirely blameless in the
matter and by a continuous set oi
tyrannical and re] r sin n guia
lions against tlie colored troops l;a<
in reality occasioned the outbreak.
Feeling in Texas is still vcr>
strong and her : a general un
easiness eunvt:: on the color ques
tion which is not easy to soothe,
i There will be a thorough sifting
of the facts ill all these trials
and this was evidenced from the
very c •.citing of the court martial
proceedings.
It is highly probable that as far
as possible negro iroops will be
kept out. of' Texas in future, in
order to avoid any repetition of tho
. Iious ou and Waco troubles.
Let us estimate on your Job Work
: WASHINGTON, D. C„ Sept. —
I The Xavy Department gives pui li
city to tlie sinking of the Angl
ican schooner Carl F. Cressy. Thi
scliooner was unarmed. The sub
marine opened fire upon the wind
jammer and throughout the ions
night kept up tlie rain of shells
upon the craft which caught lire
and sank.
The guns kept blam g in the di
rection of the schooner at intervals
until it finally went down.
Although' the crew got t, e bouts
out under fire, the entire crew of
| the sailing ship managed to pull
j clear of the schooner and mult
j their escape, all being saved.
LONDON, Sept 3.—German aero
planes again raided the southeast
ern coast on Sunday, front their
Belgian bate.
This time the preparedness of the
British aviators was in evidence
and they quickly routed the flying
squadron after they had bombed a
small section only doing slight
. damage and killing and wounding
[ none.
The London papers think that
the alertness ot tire airmen in re
pelling the attack in this instance
was due to the shaking up of the
irresponsible methods used before
when the officers were miles from1
their planes and the gunmen far I
from their aero guns.
LONDON Sept. 3.—The airmen
engaged in the raid upon the south
eastern coast from the German base
were more numerous than any
heretofore attempted. They were
so numerous as to be especially
conspicuous in the sky.
[ The attack on the schooner took
| place on August 2,!.
The- .mnoui.i emciit :s in d v.-itu
tue return of the saved crew to A m
I vriean ports today.
WASHINGTON, D. .C., -S pt. 1.
! The Navy Department is not con
cealing any sinking of any Anier
I For that reason tin defeat of
I the purposes of the raid is eonsid
! erecl remarkable and due to the
I fact that the organization to re
I sist1 sitcdi is now more efficient.
The papers this morning de
clare that had the officers in com
mand of the coast defense mani
fested the same alertness on pre
vious occasions the result would
'have been as on Sunday. It is in
. isted that hereafter no absence
■ from the post: of duty even lor indi
vidual officers he allows d except a
substitute for the man on leave is
provided. The former raids we •
disgracefully resisted and due to
the lack of efficiency in the method,
used.
M. PASCO FF.
LADIES & GENTS TAILOR.
Tour Clothes Cleaned, Pressed and
Repaired.
SUITS MADE TO ORDER from
select fubrics and trimmings.
ALL WORK GUARANTEED.
Cor. Lane's Way and Front Street.
dps which hav
been ad
lean s
vised.
Prattically every hip is ..(--counted
for from day to day and so far
within recant months only schoon
ers or sai'.inR -ships have been
sunk by the ' boats with two or
three notable exceptions which
have been already tally reported.
The last steamer to be sunk was
the tanker Campnna.
MAIL ITEMS.
Owing to the storm the Silver
Wave did nol get away with the
Kotzebue Sound ami way pouts
mail.
The Solomon and Council City
mail will leave today at ten ibis
forenoon.
The outside mail will leave or.
the Umatilla and is sat for depar
ture September G, but the storm is
nor unlikely to delay this sailing
somewhat.
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