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VOL. 11.
NOME, ALASKA. Tl I .11 I V :!1. !'U7.
AN AMERICAN PORT, July 30.
—What might have been one of the
most awful disasters in the history
of the war occurred here today
when a United States transport
with fifteen hundred soldiers on
hoard and en route to France was
cut in two by another st at... r and
sank almost immediately.
The transport was getting under
way wit!, a load of soldiers for
Europe; the speed was slower owing
to a mist and fog that prevailed.
Almost without notice the U. S.
Steamer Panama struck the traps
port fairly amidships with sicken
ing force cutting tiie steamer wide
open and practically breaking it in
two. The transport keeled over
and righted Itself, shortly after
ward.-; going down. In the mean
time heroic work on the part of the
sailors of the Panama and the
transport had boats over the side
and in the water; perfect discipline
was maintained, the men and offi
cers acting with great composure.
The inability of several men to get
into the boats did net dismay them
as they managed to leap clear of tlu
wrecked transport and were taken
out ot the water by the lite boats i
that were gathering around. The;
signals t'cr help had brought tug!
boats and escorts to the scene and
when the roll was called it was
found that all had been rescued. |
This is the most marvellous and!
remarkable rescue ever effected in
the history of the sea. It is stated
, that only the perfect discipline, com
I posure and coolness or all concerned
[ i ould have accomplished the almost
i miraculous result.
WASHINGTON. 1). C. July i!U.—
Congress is now i i tem ally tied up|
over the food bill. Prese-ent Wilson j
lias refused to intervene in the mat-1
ter and the result is that there I
seems no possibility of the deadlock I
being broken. W dson is being
supported by the House and he is,
opposed to the triumvirate control j
which has been proposed by the
Senate instead of the one Man,]
Hoover, dictatorship which Wilson
insist upon.
The three men plan does not ap-'
peal to Wilson at all. who regards
it merely as an open effort upon the
part of Congress to get the big In
terests in position upon the foou
control hoard.
President Wilson is quite open in
his admission that most of the
leaders who have saddled them
selves as advisers i f the governnu nt
through volunteering of their ser
vices have in many instances been
at more pains to protect their own
or other interests titan the wclfan
of the country through winning tin
war.
WASHINGTON’ [>. July TO.
The* situation in the food bill dead
lock leaves much to be desired but
I this evening there are signs that tin
| senate is weakening as it was sug
gested thut tin- differences b< "arbi
! trated” through the administration
officials. This is an open admission
that the Senate’s three men control
will not go through and that tin*
President’s i> I a :i to have floover at
the head of the Food Control as ab
solute dictator will.
BRITONS TH
1C DRIVE FRIDAY
LONDON, July 30.—Friday. Au
gust 3 will he the aniversary ot
England's entry into the great world
war. For that reason there is a cur
rent belief even in the best informed
circles that the British armies are
planning for that date to inaugurate
the greatest drive ot the war on the
west. It it believed that this will
be the inception of the greatest off
HAKOI.lt LOCKWOOD AT DREAM.
Tonight the Dreuru will iiresent
the favorite star Harold Lockwood
in the baffling mystery drama "The
Lure of the Mask". To tell who
plays opposite Lockwood would spoil
the mystery of the “mask”. A roar
ing V'ogne comedy They Thought He
Went to War" will furnish the comi
cal number. One of the greatest
hits of the season “The White
Raven” featuring Ethel Barrymore
■will be shown some night this week.
FOR SALE CHEAP.
Two 4 H. P. Boilers.
One 12 H. P. Boiler.
One 16 H. P. Boiler.
Two 6 H. P. Boiler. ^
DARLING A DEAN CO. ^
ensive but that it will be in an on-1
tirely new section.
What gi.-es some force to his be
lief is said to be the continuous i
cannonading that is now sweeping
over the West Flanders lines and
the tremendous increase in aerial
activity.
Since Sunday the bombardment i
of the west Flanders positions of the 1
Teutons lias been subjected to an
uninterrupted seventy, similar to f
that high explosive deluge which
marked the inception of the Somme
drive and which marked the re
treat of the Germans a'l along the
Aisne front.
The enormous increase or muter!- j
tl supplies now being sent forward
from this country, tlie sudden ulock
ing oi' the Channel and the Siiaits
to all navigation other turn war
ships and patrol boats, tl ese are
taken to indicate that same big
movement is under foot.
BERLIN, July .10—BrUi.h in
fantry never budged a foot ahead
today. They remained in their
trenches along the entire west front
ill day, with not a single raid re
ported for 'lie first time in three
months. Their artillery is very ac
tive still
SHOOTS; KILLS
WIFE AND SELF
SAN FRANCISCO, July JO.—
Stewart Abbott, a well known resi
dent of this place, shot and killed
his divorced wife and then shot
himself.
This horrible act was made the
more terrible by reason of the fact
that Mrs. Abbot the mother of the
homicide was an eye witness of the
fearful deed.
The man, it is held, had become
demented by reason of his divorced
wife’s actions and since he had
trouble with her he has not been
himself. The tragedy has stirred
the community and created a pro
found sensation.
(JET THE NEWS RIGHT. REAl>
THE WORKER.
GENEVA. July JO.—A< oor.'.ir.g to
a ■ ight telegram coming thin date
lr. n Berlin the Headquarters Staff
reports continued and perfectly car
ri> d out operations proceed against
Russia, with the transference today
of the scene o! most violent righting
being made from Austrian to
Russian soil when the Teuton army
o) -rating southeast of Tarnopoi
flung itself across the river Zbuch
on the Galician boundary and drove
t!. - Slavs from the Russian town of
Gwsiutin, before having o<-< ipied
tl. important Galician to vr. o:
Huasiatyn. The movement 5s ■ o\v
driving the Russian army to rmire
over tlie poor roads which mark the
plains between the Zbueli ami the
Smothrycli rivers, both important
tributaries of the Dneister.
The importance that is attached 1
to this movement by the experts is
on account of the tendency to <iu or,'!
the possibility of the powerful kr
sian force in Bukorvina joining with1
the disordered remnants of tii Tar
nopoi army.
RKfROGRUh ,1 ,!y 30.—T:- j
most stereotyped admission <>• re
tirements in Galic ia reused today
then the War .Minister reports "the
Russians are now everywhere hold
ing their own in every sec tion of the
eastern fighting from Rumania to
the Dvinsk front". The hoad'iuarr r-j
statf intimates that the army in Ga
licia is now going through a re-or
ganization process before r>-sain it g
the offensive. Order prevails w
throughout all of Russia and tii •
government has a firmly e-a i.':-■. d
control.
SEATTLE, Ju’v i.—The tw.diVt
day 01 tin- <;: the Si-atile street
raimen wees no ears running, with
tlv traction anrin y housing, f.-< .
ing ni.il guardina an array of strilo
breaker* wiiih th are t n.porizi:.
with th -armor. 0:1 strike look'. -
towards a settlement.
The carmen hav< admitted tin :r
willingness to arbitrate, they ins
that they appoint a i ertain numb- t
the car i-ompanv an equal numl.t r
aim that third rty, preferably
•. orth i: ! ,i nl .r': rr.ii to i : -
: • ov. r th i-onii re;
I'll 1 traction eon pany ii turi:
• 1 down this i p posal riginat■
a a entirely novel n:> the.-i of arhitra
•1- :i. It selects a «. r* • numb' r
oil atoll one; front this allow t::o
strikers to pi.-k an arl t jury
hose word will be iip 11 . : tile i jn
t.-st.
The strikers sav all <o :! se limit
are :iiere!> company servants, al
though one of them i. a •• inistt-r of
i ' :• • i. . an '. r ; J uii -i
• daring tin t know win re their
i ^ymr- , - h. always 1 >. • ■ 11 and
wo s inply 1) givi:.g ihenisi is
! sway iii running u; against that
iuincli. The traction -otnpauy itt
t say the men. no such arl»l*
• tion ai.tl dt v:- 1 th plan k . w
that it could no: p. adopted so
that they ! o it id win broadcast the
facts tlt.it tin strikers refused to
t.rl 'trute. There ... . i cars running
VI t.
WASHINGTON, D. C'., July 30.— I
It is announced by the Department
of Justice that government agents
are to round up thousands of sla' It
ers who failed to register in a na
tion wide search for all who failed
to obey the law.
Tho elieck-up of the professional
strike breakers in Seattle and tin
revelation that so large a propor
tion of these gangsters from tin
eastern cities failed to register al
though of military age is stimulat
ing the government to further ef
forts throughout the whole coun
try. It is estimated that by this
rminrl nn more than half a million
LOCAL ITEMS.
The Bear will probably soon make
its annual trip to Point Barrow. On
board on the trip will be Walter
Shields, the local head of the Bu
reau of Education. Dr. Cramm who
is going thc-ra as teacher for the
Bureau to relieve tlu* present in
cumbent, and possibly also Rev.
Thomas who relieves Rev. Hoar at
the Point Hope station. The arrival
of the Bear at Barrow is one of the
big events in native life in that sec
tion while to the few white resi
dents of that furthest north point,
it represents a thing to be looked
forward to frem the day the cutter
leaves until it returns the following
year.
mi’ll will lie secured.
1
SPOKANE. July ::<i. Or. Karl
Grossman, who is allegi d to he the i
promoter of alien labor disturbances
throughout the coiiutrv. and who
further is declared to be tin disbars
ing agent for the German govern
ment in the promotion ot such labor
troubles, arrived In r> Horn New
York and was inunedia'ely taken j
into i ustody. The charge will proli
ably be. conspiracy although he is
likely to be interned ,.s an alien
enemy without trial. Grossman does I
not admit that lie lias anything to
do with the activit'es which are
charged against him.
nOAN'OKK, Va.. Jttiy 30 < ,'ov
ernmciit agents today arrested here
two men who claim to he members
of the British army living corps. The
agents assert that the men are en
viously frauds and that they are not
British but are highly gifted and
very clever German spies. The in
cident lias caused quite a stir in this
city, especially the arrests.
PUCUSHER IS
DEAD; SUDDEN
LOS ANGELES, July 30.—Gen
eral Otis, the well known publisher
of the Los Angeles Times died sud
denly here today of an apoplectic
stroke. The man never rallied and
died shortly after the first stroke.
His end came unexpectedly. Otis
will be remembered for the bitter
anti-union labor campaigns which
he organized and conducted not only
in this city but also tnroughout the
coast. Being fond of notoriety, the
man found in labor baiting some
thing suited to his temperament and
at one time was happy in going
through the streets of the ciyt in
an armored auto containing a ma
chine gun.
His paper had a wide circulation
and its policies were always the ex
tremity of reaction. His support ot
Hughes practically carried Califor
nia for Wilson.