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NOME, ALASKA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, 1010.
NO. 2o:i:s.
ALLIES CANNOT ADVANCE,
Allies Checked Now
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All Fronts By Teutons
BERLIN, Aug. 16.—Today the
General Staff announces that the
Allies are checked on all fronts.
The situation in western Volhynin
resulted in Brussilof's northern
wing being stopped in its forward
movement by General von Linsln
gen, whose ability to further re
st t the savage thrusts of the Slavic
hordes is congrmed by the,report o?
Field Marshal von Hindenherg. Von
Hindenberg returned to the Dvina
headquarters accompanied by the
Kaiser.
Vienna reports show that the Itus
sian advance in Galicia has come to
a dead stop with the Austrians in
turn countering with great effect.
It is now believed here that the
Russian drive is over for the year.
Similar is the situation on the west
front where the British have been
unable to pass Thiepval which the
Germans are strongly holding and
from which west of Pozieres their
brilliant counter attacks regained
sections of the lines captured by
Haig on Saturday.
At Verdun alone of all the west
ern front is secious fighting pro
ceeding with the German advance
making slow but positive progress.
The summary concludes with the
statement that the results of the
weeks operations are very gratifying
to the General Staff, being invari
able to the Teutons.
The report adds the statement
that the Minister of War at Con
stantinople advises that the Rus
sians are checked in Asiatic Turkey,
and have given way before all the
Turkish assaults.
Now Is the time to Knbsrrlhe.
SOMME QUIET; INFANTRY
ATTACKS CEASE VERDUN
PARIS, Aug. 16.—The Somme Is
■very quiet today after a week’s in
tensive fighting and neither side ma
nifesting any disposition to assume
the offensive, says the three o’clock
communique.
PARIS, Aug. 16.—The infantry
attacks in the Verdun sector today
wholly ceased, neither side taking
on an offensive. The artillery fire
however is brisk along the entire
Verdun front.
LONDON, Aug. 1G.—The Somme
front was quiet according to a re
port from the British Feld Head
quarters all day until five o'clock
this evening when along the entire
front the British opened up a dead
ly artillery fire which is lasting into
the night.
The greatest intensity is between
the Ancre river and Bazentin with
Thiepval and Pozieres almost invis
ible with the smoke from bursting
shells in the evening light. The
German lines are responding with
considerable vigor.
HUGHES GETS GREATEST
RECEPTION AT PORTLAND
PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 16.—
Justice Hughes arrived here today
and admits that he has received the
greatest reception so far extended
him on his trip throughout the
country. He certainly was ovated
some, with enormous crowds on
hand to great him.
When his train arrived at the
Union Pacific Depot the approaches
■were blocked with vast masses, the
railroads and street cars advertising
his arrival and arranging for excur
sion rates.
Hughes is to speak here tonight.
As he drove to his hotel he saluted
repeatedly to the continuous cheer
ing that greeted him.
SEATTLE, Aug. 16.—Everything
in general and nothing in particular
was the theme of the Hughes ora
tion last night here. He denounced
the Wilson policies in Mexico and
in Europe, demanded preparedness,
insisted upon Americanism, attacked
pork and uneconomic administra
tion, was silent on economic sub
jects interesting to the working
class, told the people of Seattle
they had a great city with great op
portunities and inhabited by a great
people who well knew how to profit
by it all, urged the free develop
ment of Alaska and expressed de
light at its progress which would
have been greater under a republi
can administration and indulged
in other harmless generalizations
that would do no one any injury,
and are best described as an incon
sequential line of bull.
BREMEN UNREPORTED AND
BEilTCHLAND IS DUE
BERLIN, Aug. 16.—The United
Press learns from official sources
and is allowed to state that the Bre
men has not been reported since
It left for America, exact destina
tion and its date of sailing being
witheld.
HOUSE AGREES.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 16.—
The House finally agreed to ap
prove the Senate naval building
program, including eight capital
^hips next year.
The House finally concurred in
the senate amendment increasing
the naval personel to seventy-four
thousand four hundred. _
This removes the last obstacle to
Anal agreement say the members.
The authorities also admit, that
the last heard of the submarine
Deutschland was on August 2 when
that boat cleared the Virgina Capes.
The liner however took sixteen
days to cross the Atlantic from
Bremen to Baltimore and hence any
delay would easily explain its not
being reported.
NEW YORK, Aug. 16.—Details
of the new British loan are an*1
nounced by Morgan and Co.. The
loan is for two hundred and fifty
million dollars at five per cenj.
The loan is secured on gold notes
to be dated September 1, 1910 and
interest to be paid semi-annually.
A strong anti-loan agitation ha3
been begun by German American
societies.
BERLIN, Aug. 16.—North of the
Dnelster the Russians made only
one weak attack yesterday following
heavy losses In Monday's fighting.
Vienna reports officially that all
these attacks were repulsed with
comparative ease.
ARRIVES FROM KOUCiAROK.
James P. Daly arrived from the
Kougarok last evening after a trip
made the later end of the journey
In a storm. He concisely described
the situation in the Kougarok as
lots'of frost, shortage of water but
an abundance of optimism that has
always been the marked characteris
tic of that camp and called by out
siders by a grosser name.
Wilson Postpones Strike
Meeting Until Today
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 16.—
The White House announcement
this forenoon relative to the rail
road situation was to the effect that
President Wilson had postponed
meeting the railroad men until to
morrow at noon when he would re
ceive the general managers, the
commerce commission and at f'.x
forty the workmen in the Hast
room.
The invitation, the President states
has been accepted unanimously by
the railroad employees.
President Wilson is of the belief
that greater progress will be made
by his personally meeting the com
mitteemen.
WASHINGTON, I). C., Aug. 16.—
This afternoon it was announced
that President Wilson's settlement ,
plans in the railroad situation have
been completed. Wilson favors the
employees side of the controversy
to the extent of the eight hour day
but thinks that regular pay should
prevail for overtime.
The Interstate Commerce Com
mission is to come into the settle
raent by the other issues to be in
vestigated by them and reported
upon.
This does not appeal strongly to
the brotherhood men. They feel that
unless extra time is provided for
over time, the eight hour day will
be evaded wantonly under every
little pretext and will be in effect a
dead letter.
The idea of paying extra for over
time, says Carter, is to penalize it
so that the railroad companies will
realize that the enforcement of the
eight hour day is real economy.
ASQUITH TELLS COMMONS
DEMAND FRY ATT REPARATION
LONDON, Aug. 1G.—Premier
Asquith told the House of Commons
today that Germany will have to
make reparation for the murder of
Captain Fryatt before any diplo
matic relations would be resumed
with the Teuton nations. He said
all of the Allies had felt outraged
at the atrocious murder of Captain
Fryatt and all had joined in agree
ing with this policy of Great Britain
all willingly and voluntarily being
a part thereto.
LONDON, Aug. 16.—French and
Italian hydroaeroplanes from the
Adriatic fleet raided the Austrian
munition factories yesterday morn
ing at Muggia, near Trieste and
have done extensive damage, start
ing numerous fires.
One of the French aeroplanes
had been destroyed by the aero guns
of the Austrians mounted near the
munition works.
The rent returned to their ships
without mishap.
BERLIN, Aug. Id.—Seine anxiety
is felt for the Deutschland here.
Not that it is believed that the un
der sea liner has been captured,
but that the submarine may have
met with mishap due to defective
machinery. It is an open secret
that on his trip to Baltimore, Cap
tain Koenig had some serious
trouble with his engines.
LONDON, Aug. lti.—The subma
rining of the steamer Olocester re
ported by Copenhagen is unfounded.
The Gloucester arrived in London
from Bergen today with a full load
of valuable contraband.
The trip was uneventful. Tho
Gloucester is an armed freighter.
RUSSIA SAYS ADVANCE
CONTINUES IN GALICIA
PETROGRAD, Aug. 16.—On the
south Brzezany, Zlota and Lipa riv
ers the enemy counter attacks have
checked the Russian advances.
The Russians have advanced,
fighting desperately and desperately
resisted, occupying Solitivana and
Griava. The Austrians hugely rein
forced are pressing westward of
Df latyn where the Russian artillery
have frustrated the efforts of the
Austrians to resume the offensive.
PKTROGRAD, Aug. 16.—The Rpsst
ans have resumed their campaign
in the Carpathians where cooler
weather pressages an early winter.
They have captured a series of
heights which they are holding for
winter campaigning. These are all
west of Vorotka and Hardezemoy.
The Russians, announces the
Grand Headquarters Staff today.
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W. J. WILLIAMSON Prog
captured from June 4 to August 12
three hundred and sixty thousand
unwonded Teutons, of which num
ber abcjut a third more or less are
Germans.
RETROGRAI), Aug. 16.—The
Headquarters staff bulletins tonight
that General Sahkaroff is continu
ing his advance in the sections
south of Brody which have been
occupied by the Austrians.
The fighting is severe and the
Austrians have received additional
troops at every line of battle front,
according to the report here re
ceived from the Field Head
quarters.
Today, Sahkaroff captured two
thousand prisoners.
Fighting of a desperate nature
proceeds south and north of Kovel,
with the Russian artillery trying to
force the German positions.
HUNDRED POLITICAL LEADERS
COURTMARTIALE 0 MEXICO
CHIHUAHUA, Aug. 16.—It Is
Btated that one hundred of the lead
ing politicans have been court mar
tlalled in an attempt to stamp out
disloyalty. The first to be tried
was a priest and he was acquitted
by the court martial.
The main charge is conspiring
with American interests in the state
to cause rebellion against Carranza
so as to force intervention, strong
evidence having been collected by
the government before the arrests
were made.
FLOODS IN HANNIBAL
LEAVE MANY HOMELESS
HANNIBAL, Mo., Aug. 15.—Seri
ous floods now menace this entire
district and already hundreds have
had to evacuate their homes toi
safer positions. Immeoe acreage ie
now under water and crops and
plantations a complete ruin.
The losses will be exceptionally
large owing to the period of the
year when so much is yet unharv
ested.
The rivers are reported to be fall
ing today, but no sign is given in
local water measurements.