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VOL. 11.
NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, AL’Gl'ST 17, 1»I7.
No. 23S5.
DENIES REPORT U. S.
TROOPS IN ACTION
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Aug. 16.—
An unconfirmed report arrived from
Great Britain today alleging that
tome wounded Americans had ar
rived from the field hospitals for
treatment and that the American
troops had been in action.
This afternoon the Committee on
Public Information of which George
(’reel is Chairman, officially denied
the report that the American troops
had been engaged in battle and
' that as had been reported two hund
red were taken to the base hospital
wounded. The report that the Am
erican troops have been in action
on the French or any other front
is untrue declares the Bureau.
Moreover it is declared that the
report is false in all particulars and
one thing that the government will
not do is to hide fatalities or casual
ties from the public.
When the American troops are on
gaged in action, care will be taken
to acquaint the people with the fact
as well as the full details of the
losses incurred thereby.
This has had a very reasuring ef
fect. It would be impossible to de
scribe the painful anxiety resulted
front the publication of the false re
port whose source the government is
now trying to locate.
\ovr la tne time to .Snhscrlhe.
AWFUL BLOODSHED
RUMANIAN BATTLE
PARIS, Ang. 16.—Detailed ac
counts of the terrific battle raging
•around Marashepsti show that it
may fairly be classed as the bloodi
est of the war, regiments extermin
ating one another in desperate hand
to hand bayonet and rifle work
while the massed forces interlock
ing in these fierce encounters pre
vented the use of machine guns
much less field artillery.
It is declared by reports reaching
here from Petrograd and such as
have come from Vienna via Zurich
that this is by far the bloodiest
battle which has been fought in
Moldavian territory.
Ten divisions of Teuotns, nine
of which are composed exclusively
of Germans attacked the Russo-Ru
manians in full force in a night at
tack. The armies reached the
trenches of the latter before meeting
any resistance when the two mixed
indiscriminately in a terrific melee
extending along the whole line. The
slaughter, which was almost ail di
rectly inflicted from one to another
was fearful, and the lull only came
when the Teutons were finally re
pelled. The Teutons again renewed
the attack and although again re
pulsed they are still forcing the
fighting. It is expected that the bat
tle will last several days.
The belief here is that the Ger
man command committed an error
of judgment owing to misinforma
tion which had been received by
him.
Anything in the line of job work
ITALIANS STOP BIG
RUSH BY THE AUSTRIANS
ROME, Aug. 16.—Monday morn
ing reports reached the Italian camp
of the arrival of additional men for
the Austrian troops In the Goritza
section. Tlio Austrians began on
Tuesday a desultory fire upon the
front line of the Italians apparently
testing the strength of the opposing
legions. On yesterday morning after
an intensive fire the Austro-Hungar
ian forces attacked in full strength
along the entire Italian line.
The favorable positions which the
Italian troops occupy since the last
offensive enabled them to repulse
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these efforts with comparative ease
and the attack subsided towards
evening, the losses of the enemy
being large.
Again this morning another at
tack was instituted but without suc
cess, it being officially announced
the assaults were all of them re
pulsed.
ROME, Aug. 1G.—The papers are
pointing out that the renewed ac
tivity which the Austrians and Ger
mans are manifesting in Rumania
and in Goritzia especially around
Vodice are due to the desire to
make a showing in some section
while the peace proposals of the
Pope are under consideration. It is
furthermore believed that greater
German attacks may be expected
everywhere, in order to impress
upon the Entente an idea of the
strength still remaining with the
Teutons and their Allies.
GREAT CAR STRIKE
RESULTS MEN’S VICTORY
KANSAS CITY, Aug. 16.—The
great car strike in this city which
practically resulted in a complete
tie-up of the entire traction system
and was remarkable for the failure
of the effort to operate cars with
the professional strike breakers
ended today in a complete victory
for the men, their new union being
recognized, the right to organize
conceded and the wage scale in
crease granted as demanded.
This memorable strike will be re
membered for the pitched battle be
tween strike sympathizers and the
strikebreaker and gunmen who en
deavored to run the cars, which re
sulted in the strikebreakers to the
number of two hundred, guns and
all, being run out of town by the
people.
The result of these defeats of the
traction trust in Seattle and here
will have a powerful effect in or
ganizing the carmen. Previously al
most all strikes were lost and result
ed in the men going back upon the
company’s terms after which work
was made much harder for them.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 16.—The
California State Federation of Labor
has endorsed the strike of the car
men against the United Railways
and a big fight is imminent for in
dustrial supremacy in this city. It
is believed that the car strike is
only the beginning of this move
ment for the suppression of unions.
ALABAMA MINERS TO STRIKE.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Aug. 15.—
Except in those mines where con
victs are employed to do the work,
tho miners will strike unless* the
demands made are satisfied.
POPE’S PEACE NOTE
COMES FROM LONDON
WASHINGTON', D. C., Aug. 16.— '
It is announced that the Pope’s
petce note containing the proposals
of the Vatican for a termination of
the great war arrived this afternoon.
The proposals come from London
direct from Ambassador Page to
whom they were handed by the
Papal Nuncio in London.
The proposals it is stated were in
French and translated copies have
be n made for Lansing and for Pre
sident Wilson who will carefully
study the text of the proposals be
lore committing themselves even lo
ail expression of opin’on with the
rest of the Entente much less for
publication.
LONDON, Aug. 1C.—Neither here
nor in any of the belligerent capi
tals is there any apparent dispori
tin to discuss the peace note upon
the part of the officials.
If anything tended to show the
< omplete inter-dependence and < o
operation of the Entente allies it is
the significance of none being pr<‘
pared to even venture an opinion
without consulting the other nations
concerned. There is no disposition
to become enthusiastic over the. pro
posals as announced up to ti is, in
any of the papers published here or
in Paris.
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Aug. lfi.—
Tin full text of the Pope’s peace
proposal may he made public tomor
row.
Let «*■ estimate on /our .Toh Work
TIDE BRITISH DRIVE
LONDON, Aug. 16—It is an
nounced that the Germans all day
have been trying to stem the en
circing movement of the British on
Lens and have all day been sacri
ficing men not by the hundreds but
by the thousand in an effort to re
gain the positions lost yesterday.
These titanic efforts have been all
repulsed and finally broke down
under the gruelling resistance of the
Canadians supported by the most mag
nificent aggregation of machine units
has been put forward to hold the
lines. This is official.
LONDON, Aug. 16.— While the
Germans were rushing up thousands
of men to resist the constricting
force of the British now closing
their grip on Lens, it is announced
that the British commander sudden
ly shifted his line of attack from the
vicinity of Lens to north and east
of Ypres where the Germans began
la retirement following the*' as.-aults
from their first and second lines.
A terrific fire to prevent the Ger
man reserves coming to support the
frent line smashed the communicat
ing trenches and these were found
filled with German dead and wound
ed when captured. The British pro
gress in this sector is described as
remarkable.
These announcements are having
a fine ef'ect upon the populace.
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FRENCH MAKE FINE
GAINS IN BELGIUM
PARIS, Aug. 16.—The evening
communique records one of the most
brilliant victories gained by French
arms in the west.
Fighting alongside the British in
Flanders, tho French forced the
crossing of the Steenbroek river
storming the German positions and
driving the enemy back along an ex
tensive front, taking eight hundred
prisoners and with comparatively
small loss considering the advant
age of fortified positions which |
were in the possessions of the Ger
mans.
The commander pays a tribute to
the valor of the French soldiers in
this engagement and the terrific and
irrestistible assaults which they car
ried out so successfully.
LONDON, Aug. 10.—The fierce
fighting in Flanders and the north
French sectors where the Allies ere
slowly forging ahead is still believed
to be conducted with the purpose of
getting within reach of the Belgian!
stations on the coast which the Ger
man U boats are making use of.
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tables.
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If the present movement continues
it is morally certain with big guns
getting within range of Ostend, the
German boats will have to retire on
Zesbrugge. It is believed that the
Germans are planning to deliver a
weighty offensive in Champagne in
order to divert attention from the
Flanders operations.
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over the lagoon, a contract to build
which was awarded to Max Hirch
berg, has now been completed and
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that district. The work was done on
contract from the Divisional Hoad
Commission.
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