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NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1916.
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BAD WEATHER STOPS NO FIGHT
BROTHERHOODS EXPECT TO STRIKE ON ROADS
LONDON, Nov. 16.—The indomit
able French and Serbian troops
have crushingly defeated the Bul
gars and Teutons and are now a
mile from Monastir, advancing
through a series of mountain fast
nesses in the middle of snows and
rains.
Berlin dispatches partially admit
and Sofia reports wholly admit the
reverses which have been sustained
and the withdrawal northwards ot
the Teuton and Bulgar troops.
SALONIKI, Nov. 16.—Fierce fight
ing took place just north of Tor
novo with the Bulgars forced to re
treat before the vicious drives of the
Serbs and French. The work ot
moving the artillery through the
hills is being accomplished under al
most insuperable difficulties and
under weather conditions that are
terrible. Snow and rain and slush
in- the hills make any sort of move
ment difficult, but the army move
ments are badly hampered and still
extraordinary progress is being
made. The Bulgars taken prisoners
are very dispirited. Two thousand
arrived here today for shipment
from the war zone.
ATHENS, Nov. 16.—One news
paper intimates that the capture of
Monastir' is to be the signal for the
entrance of Greece into the war.
GUT THE NEWS RIGHT. BEAK
THE WORKER.
CAPITAL AND LABOR IS
RAILROADS NEW MOVE
NEW YORK, Nov. -6.—Capital is
now playing its trump card in the
situation that has arisen in the mat
ter of the Adamson bill and a
"union” has been formed of com
pany officials • representing eight
billions of capital and seven million
employees. This coalition, it is an
nounced, proposes to watch indus
trial legislation carefully and "to
eliminate favoritism”.
The railroad officials committee is
apparently losing hope of reaching
an agreement with the brotherhoods
and is preparing for all emergencies
NEW YORK, Nov. 16.—Because
they anticipate having yet to strike
before the employers will obey the
Adamson law, the brotherhood offi
cials refuse to say anything.
The company officials are now tak
ing the case of the other employees
who labor long hours on the rail
roads for much less pay than the
train workers, and are trying to ef
feet an alliance with them in a fight
against what they term is a discrim
ination in favor of the brotherhood
members. They point to the shop
men, the permanent way employees,
the station men and clerks and are
urging a complete coalition be
tween them and the company. They
declare that to pay the brother
hood men more, they are compelled
to pay the rest less.
Let of ectlmate on your Job Work
BROTHERHOODS MAY YET
AFFILIATE WITH A. F. OF L
BALTIMORE, Nov. 16.—Notwith
standing the routine business does
not affect the matter at all, it is an
open secret that the Adamson law
and the agitation for the eight hour
day is having a very deep effect
upon the delegates to the convention
of the American Federation of La
bor.
Upon an invitation from the con
vention, the leaders of the brother
hood of Locomotive Engineers, the
Brotherhood of Enginemen and
Firemen, the Brotherhood of Rail
ASTRONOMER DIED.
PHOENIX. Nov. 14.—Percival
Lowell, the noted astronomer died
here this morning. Lowell is re
garded as the foremost authority on
the planet Mars but made also sever
al discoveries on the planets Mer
cury, Venus and Saturn. Practi
cally all astronomical associations
In the world had honored him by
membership or medals. His works
have been numerous and voluminous
the last work of extensive size and
far from least importance being The
Evolution of Worlds (1908) Hr
founded the Lowell observatory
and was also an authority on the
Far East having held diplomatic po
sitions in Japan where he lived from
1883 to 1893. He was born In
Boston March 13, 185S.
way Conductors and the Brother
hood of Railroad Trainmen, the four
involved in the eight hour agitation,
have agreed to address the Amer
ican Federation of Labor sometime
next week.
A move is expected whereby an
universal eight hour day agitation
affecting all trades and callings fill
be inaugurated, and this is expected
to hasten the coalition of the rail
road brotherhoods with the Amer
ican Federation of Labor, with
which none of the four is now affili
ated.
A high authority in the councils
of the Federation says that he is
afraid of legislation wholly, and
they plan rather to obtain their
eight hour day by direct negotia
tions with employers. When asked
if he meant a direct strike for this
plans, he said not necessarily, he be
lieved that proper negotiations would
bring about the desired result.
WEST VIRGINIA SORE
ON PRESIDENT WILSON
CHARLESTON, Nov. 15.—A news
paper reporter says that the reason
Hughes carried this state Is because
of the fact that Hughes was ex
pected to defeat the Alaska coal
and railroad projects which Wilson
fathered.
Great operators here who have
extensive naval contracts see in the
opening up of the superior Alaska
coal fields the end of fat contracts
which they have enjoyed with the
United States navy.
The entire influence of the West
Virginia coal barons was directed
to preventing the election of Wilson,
and forced the election of the
Hughes electors in this state.
AT THE DREAM.
The Dream presents a stirring
Picture tonight entitled "The Worth
Of A Life” in two powerful Acts.
It unfolds a charming story of the
heart and is screened by a compe
tent and brilliant cast of K. B. play
ers. A split reel Biograph that con
tains two roaring comedy subjects:
"Getting Rid Of Nephew” and “The
Big Night’V 1000 feet of contlnuout
laughter and a real live wire west
GERMANS HURL THEIR
MASSES AT ALLIES
PARIS, Nov. 16.—The Germans
are hurling sixty thousand men
against Pressoire and other Somme
positions in order to re-take them
from the French troops. The French
all day successfully withstood these
terrific attacks and the German
losses must have been immense on
account of the machine gun mow.
LONDON, Nov. 16.—King George
has wired General Haig his congra
tulations for the Ancre successes.
Haig reports an unceasing attack
along six miles of the Franco-Brit
ish front and considerable shelling
along sixty miles of front. The
Germans are continually throwing
masses against the conquered posi
tions in the hope of their recovery,
while the British are engaged in
consolidating their gains. Desperate
onslaught's of the Germans have
proved unable to drive the British
from the positions taken.
BERLIN, Nov. 16.—Terrific fight
ing is proceeding along the Somme
and Ancre sector with the Ger
mans on a vigorous offensive. It ia
admitted that reinforcements have
been given the German commanders
in that section where the British
have been tirelessly smashing anu
sustaining heavy losses.
The results today were of an in
decisive nature.
Now in the time to Subscribe.
TORRENTS IN DORRUDSCHA
MAKE HARD FIGHTING
BERLIN, Nov. 16.—Marshal
Mackenzen is greatly hampered in
his military operations by the
weather conditions. It has been
raining continually for weeks ana
these rains have been torrential.
Floods are everywhere and fodder
and fuel hard to obtain, so the men
are suffering desperate hardships.
This continual exposure has resulted
in extraordinary losses due to
disease of various kinds.
PETROGRAD, Nov. 16.—Macken
zen continues his fatal retreat in Do
brudscha and is leaving mounds of
dead behind and tents filled with
sick and disabled Bulgars. He has
been firing all the villages through
which he passes in order to subject
Sahkoroff’s cassacks to fierce hard
ships.
Bucharest reports an important
advance on the Constanza railroad
today, and the capture of several
hundred Germans and Bulgars.
BUCHAREST, Nov. 16.—It is re
ported by captured Bulgars that
many regimerts have been diverted
to the south in order to prevent the
fall of Monastir.
LONDON, Nov. 16.—The drive of
the Russians and Rumanians in
Dobrudacha is apparently causing
some uneasiness in Berlin and
Vienna where it was believed that
the country would have been re
duced to submission long before
this.
WILSON SAYS THAT HE
CANNOT GO TO DENVER
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Nov. 16.—
Still no congratulations from
Hughes who is still in New York.
Bad feeling has been engendered by
the reports which have come out re
garding of crooked work which will
be probed by Congress in West Vir
ginia and other places.
President Wilson wiring his
thanks to those extending him an in
vitation to eat a Thanksgiving din
ner in Denver said that he would
be undeserving of the great confid
ence shown him by the west if he
now left the capital when so much
has to be done. Therefore no one
regretted more than he that it was
impossible to go to Denver.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 16.—
It is known that the Mexican situa
tion is now engaging the attention
of Lansing. The reported deadlock
of the peace commission is not con
firmed, although it may be true.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 15.—
The sinking of many ships recently,
sgld to have been unwarned, is in
terrupting the Lusitania final nego
ern photoplay entitled “Sheriff For
An Hour’-, completes the pro
gramme. Wednesday Nov. 22nd first
issue, opening chapters. “A Diamond
From the Sky-’.
tiations but it is expected that there
will be a finality to these protracted
negotations before the end of the
month.
The German Embassy denies the
reported secret advices relative to
submarining which have been mado
under the name of Dr. Carl Graves.
It is a silly canard.
FOOD PROBLEMS MAY
COMPEL AN EMBARGO
NEW YORK, Nov. 16.—The In
creasing price of bread may force
an embargo on flour. For this rea
son exporters are giving preference
to food cargoes as they fear the
soaring price for bread may compel
congress to take steps of the kind.
The "feed America first” slogan
is gaining headway. The six cent
loaf is causing a tremendous discon
tent and much suffering among the
poorer classes. Some papers are
suggesting using potatoe flour to
feed the poor Americans as in the
belligerent nations of Europe. This
is angering the masses considerably.
PEACE TALK PERSISTS
COPENHAGEN, Nov. 16.—A Ber
lin letter says that peace talk Is rife
In the German capital. It is however
strictly confined to unofficial circles.
Local Gorman pacificists who are
quite numerous in business here,
are free in expressing the opinion
that the German government has no
hope for an early peace, otherwise
there would have been no such af
front adminlnistered to Russia as the
establishment of Poland as a sepa
rate kingdom.
They say that this ought to give the
quietus to all peace reports.
They are free in deploring the
step themselves. j