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NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 27, 1916.
NO. 2068.
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LONDON, Sept. 26.— The British
War Office announces that General
Haig captured Combles yesterdaj
after eighteen hours straight fight
ing in which the losses were large
and costly.
The British captured two thou
sand unwounded Germans, tons of
war material and supplies, and
struck suddenly north occupying
Morval where one thousand more
Germans surrendered.
The French moved in southerly di
rection taking Fremicourt and also
taking many prisoners. The German
southerly communications have been
cut and evening reports show that
the Germans are moving back their
big guns with the Allies in posses
sion of their third and last ilne of
trenches. The Germans are taking
up new positions in a skeletonized
line of battle where they have been
digging industriously.
BERLIN, via Sayville, Sept. 26.—
The German general staff admits
the loss of five villages on the
Somme sector, including Combles,
where the British were attacking in
overwhelming numbers. These,
says the General Staff report, have
been the most terrific attacks of the.
entire campaign.
The victory for the Allies was
very costly and their losses have
been exceedingly large.
PARIS, Sept. 26.—The counter
attacks usually marked after an al
lied success upon the part of the
Germans today are entirely lacking
and the Allies are secure in their
great gains while their big guns are
being resited for a renewal of the
British and French attacks.
LONDON, Sept. 26.—General Haig
reports that the Germans are with
drawing today still further back
from Combles and that the fighting
is compelling them to a still faster
retirement. Haig says his lines are
amply protected.
BERLIN, Sept. 26.—The vigor ot
the British onslaught on the west is
admitted as exceedingly weighty. It
is believed that it is being sustained
with the object of relieving pressure
upon Rumania.
COPENHAGEN, Sept. 26.—The
capture of five villages including
Combles, eight thousand Germans,
and many carloads of war supplies
is considered an evident sign of the
Germans having withdrawn many
trops from the western front, where
the Anglo-French drive is still grow
ing greater in weight.
VIENNA, Sept. 26.—Commenting
upon the German defeat and Haig’s
sudden turn to the north when he
captured Morval, the leading gov
ernment organ says that the Ger
man General Staff must appreciate
that General Haig is. a soldier of
different caliber to General French,
and they must act accordingly.
NAVY REFUSES EXTEND
TIME SHIP CONSTRUCTION
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WASHINGTON, I). C., Sept. ‘2C,.—
The Navy Department refused to
grant contracting builders an exten
sion of time over the three year
limit allowed for the construction
of the battleships, but have offered
a twenty per cent bonus for work
finished within that time.
The builders claim that rush ord
ers from other sources prevented
them from giving the batleships the
attention demanded for completion
within the specified time and ma
chinists and artizans were so hard,
to secure owing to general struc
tural activity that an extension was
fairly demanded.
. FUNERAL NOTICE.
All Members of Anvil Lodge and
other Masons are requested to meet
at the Lodge Rooms at the Masoni
Temple at 1:30 today, Wednesday,
to attend the funeral of Bro. J. A.
Wachenheimer.
F. R. COWDEN, W. M.
GREEK NATIONAL BANK
SHARES TAKE SLUMP
ATHENS, Sept. 26.—The city is
now in the throes of a political and
financial panic. There is no govern
ment except the civil government of
the city which still controls the si
tuation with the aid of the gend
armes. The British and French ships
are stationed off the Epirus and the
government of King Constantine is
suffering from the uncertainty of
the war situation.
The report that the Minister of
the Interior would resign was hard
ly on the street when the Greek Na
tional Bank with which he is con
nected, showed the nervous state ot
public feeling when the shares
slumped one hundred and twenty
francs. The Minister admits that
he will resign tonight.
King Constantine is still de facto
head of the government, but his
rule is practically confined to this
city, what there is here left of it,
and the soldiers are for the most
part ready to side with the Allies.
The General Staff is wholly Ger
manist with the exception of the
Crown Prince who has implored his
father to declare war upon Bulgaria
if not on Germany.
Friends and followers of the
Crown Prince declare that German
ist plotters have endeavored to
estrange the King from his son, sug
gesting that he is anxious to obtain
the throne. The Queen is reported
to be seriously ill.
NOTICE TO REPUBLICANS
The regular meeting of the Re
publican Club will he held Thursday
night at 9 o’clock, at their hall.
XV. D’ARCY CHACE, Pres.
VILLA MOVES NORTH
TOWARDS PERSING’S CAMP
MEXICAN FIELD HEADQUART
ERS, Sept. 26.—Scouts report that
Villa and his men are moving north
ward in the direction of the expedi
tion's camp, but Pershing is not
only satisfied of his troops safety
but fa. confident of capturing the
bandit if he comes within striking
distance. He is reported to have
crossed General Hernandez lines
yesterday, and to have had a skir
mish with the Carranzists near
Namequipa. At Namequipa ‘ that
LOCAL ITEMS.
The road commission is doing
particularly good work in thelj- road
buflding from tfie Bessie towards
Little creek. They are now as far
as Cooper Gulch and have laid a
road bed down with from one and
a half to two feet of gravel, after
which the ballast is rolled so that
the thoroughfare is like a Boule
vard.
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garrison is reported to be preparing
to stop two hundred Villatists re
ported in that vicinity.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 26.—
Although in constant touch with
■General Pershing by Field Tele
graph, none of the alarmist news
stories that are now coming out of
Mexico are officially confirmed.
Pershing indicates that Villa is be
ing hard pressed and driven north
by Carranzists and may come in
touch with the American columns.
EL PASO, Sept. 26.—Bell reports
that five hundred Villa supporters
have been executed since the Chi
huahua fight and that the Carran
zists have shown no hesitation in
handling the situation firmly and
ably.
NEW YORK. Sept. 26.—The in
terventionist press is working over
time trying to excite the people by
fake stories from Mexico.
Vote the Republican Ticket
Straight.—Adv. >, -. ..
SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 26.—
Warren Billings has * written a
lengthy an very able re-trial plea,
but cast in almost unusual frame
of argument. He claims that the
Jury failed in its duty. He holds
that the perpetrator of any such an
atrocious outrage as the bomb ex
plosion on Market Street deserved
death. Instead pf giving him Justice
they make him a scapegoat by find
ing him guilty of a, crime .which he
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knew he never committed and offer
him clemency. Billings re-iterates
he wants no clemency and none
should be shown a guilty man, If he
is not innocent why do they offer it
to him?
Billings scathingly denounces Dis
trict Attorney Brennan for offering
him a pardon because a mere tool.
If he was merely a tool why was he
the first tried and then offered a
pardon if he would perjure himself
by lncriminiatlng other Innocent
men.
Standard upright Grand Plano for
sale, see Crooks, next Fire Depart
ment.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 26.—The
transfer of the Pacific Coast Steam
ship Co’s fleet to the Admiral line
is announced as practically com
plete, the consideration being stated
to he ten million dollars, since the
selling out of the Pacific Mail, the
largest steamship deal on the coast.
The announcement states that the
deal is now practically consummat
ed and that the directors of the com
pany tomorrow will vote upon a
contract or charter for the con
tinued operation of steamers under
their house flag. It is not known
i what capital is backing the Admiral
1 line, although there is a rumor that
j this is merely the superficial trans
j action which marks a much more
| gigantic steamship merger upon the
coast.
The reports have been going the
rounds that the Admiral line is in
alliance as an actual subsidiary ot
another company which is promot
ing the combine so as not to come
within the Anti-Trust laws.
The probability that all these stor
ies are more or less speculation and
that so far the principals have kept
particulars and details well to
themselves is admitted in practically
all the papers, morning and evening.
The ships will operate as at pre
sent without the change* having any
effect.
ATTENTION PIONEERS!
Members will please assemble at
the Pioneers Igloo, at 1:30 p. m.„
Wednesday, September 27th, to at
tend the funeral of out late Brother*
Judge J. J. Wachenheimer.
CARL J. LOMEN, President.
DISORDERS REPORTED IN
GREAT TRACTION STRIKE
NEW YORK, Sept. 26.—Disorders
continue in New York. Today the
elevated when trains were started
with strike breakers was bombarded
with missiles and much damage
done. The few passengers carried,
the traction company explains, is
accounted for by the fear of viol
ence. Shonts expresses astonishment
at the deliberate manner in which
the employees are disobeying the
injunctions. The men have issued
placards declaring that they intend
to win regardless of all the judge
made law in America.
Three were injured on elevated
cars today.
Governor Whitman had a confer
ence with his adjutant and the
Mayor today, but no details are
given out.
Frayne says that three hundred
thousand will ye on strike tomorrow
A conference which was planned to
extend the strike to the building
trades has been postponed. The call
is now for Thursday.
NEW YORK, Sept. 2G.—Local le
gislators are conferring with Whit
man urging a special session of the
Assembly to meet the strike situa
tion. Organizer Fitzgerald is very
confident and promises the worst
tie-up in the history of the system
in this country. Fitzgerald says
that those who belittle the coming
walk out are either liars or am
grossly misinformed.
Sis room house for sale or rent*
See Crooks, next Fire Department.
LONDON, Sept. 26.—Monday
night another Zeppelin .raid took
place, the Germans this time raid
ing northeastern England and
.droppping a number of bombs on
the great industrial centers along
the Tees and Tyne. The ships ap
peared about eleven o'clock on Mon
day night and killed thirty persons,
many of whom are women and
children.
LONDON, Sept. 26.—The British
JUMPING SIDE WAYS.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 22.—
The democratic officials claim that
they have the anthracite coal trust
jumping side ways on account of
the prosecution, now being begun,
of the companies.
However apparently this is not
the case as far as any observation
is made of the company Itself, for
the concern is doing business and
is preparing to fight the government
with the same clever coolness
marked the greater trusts in all
conflicts with the government.
The courts are expected to sustain
the position of the coal trust, in
any event.
War Department says that occu
pants. of .private residences alo.ne
suffered in the Zeppelin , raid,. that
the airships failed to bombard a
single industrial plant.
LONDON, Sept. 26.— The entire
nation is jubilant over Haig's
brilliant success in the west.
NEW YORK, Sept. 26.—Neither
via Sayville from Teuton, nor from
London sources have any dispatched
been received today which would in
dicate that any fighting of. any mag
nitude was proceeding on the east
or in the Balkans. The cables have
KOYUKERS HOPEFUL
'Mr. Swanson, the roadhouse keep
er at the mouth of the river says
that miners in that section of the
country are very hopeful. Dime
benches are looking up and infor
mation has been brought to Haycock
that a miner named Peterson sunk
nine holes on benches off Sweep
stakes creek and got pay in all of
them. The ground is very shallow.
Swanson arrived on the schooner
Noaktak which he owns. He is tak
ing down supplies for his hostelry.
been congested with the details of
the eighteen hour battle in Prance
when the capture of Combles con
cluded a day or brilliant Allies suc
cesses.
t LONDON, Sept. 26.—General
Haig says that the British inflicted
staggering losses upon the Germans
at Combles.
Art. Garland stove, No. 30 for
sale, see Crooks, next Fire Depart
ment.
STRIKE WILL EXTEND
NEW YORK, Sept. 22.—Unionists
claim that if the general strike is
called in New York it will be certain
I to extend to other cities. The rami
fications of New York commerce is
such that other localities will come /
into direct conflict with the work
of the strike breakers. The situa
tion is very serious. All traction
lines which are dominated by the
New York traction kings are cer-.
tain to be involved. It will there
fore be no surprise if the entire
state and other cities are Involved
before the fight ends.