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NOME, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 1916,
NO. 1073.
Active Offensive On East And West Fronts Now
ROOSEVELT'S NAME IS
CHEERED FOR AN HOUR
CHICAGO, June 7.—The republi
cans met at 11 o’clock today with
Senator Harding temporary "Chair
man and delivering the keynote
speech after which the national
committee opened hearings upon the
platform.
Senator Borah announced his
withdrawal from the race for presi
dency. Hitchcock claims that
Hughes will get double the combin
ed votes of the favorite sons and
will certainly be nominated. The
latter claim however that their vote
will triple that of Hughes. Informrl
details of the negotiations still
pending with the Progressives are
not indicative of a settlement. Al
aska's delegates are split, Gilmore
supporting Hughes and Shackleford
is for Weeks.
The Progressives met at noon
today, Raymond Robins opening the
proceedings with the keynote
speech. The various committees
were assigned. When the name oi
Roosevelt was nominated the dele
gates cheered themselves hoarse for
a solid sixty minutes,
i A number of delegates have gone
i on record against any compromiss
with the stand patters and insist
that Roosevelt be nominated.
It is almost a foregone conclu
sion that if Hughes is nominated,
the progressives will still be in the
field with their candidate.
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! (iHT TIIH SK1VS ItiCin.
Tlll'l V’OliKl’it
LONDON, June 7.—The British
are stunned by the death of Kitch
ener. The King has directed the
army to wear mourning for the
drowned Secretary of War. General
Robertson and Lloyd George are
both mentioned as possible succes
sors, with some papers believing
that Lord Derby who has had
charge of recruiting would be ap
pointed.
General Robertson rose from the
rank of private.
LONDON, June 7.—The boats
which were seen~ieaving the Hamp
. shire at the time of the explosion
; are believed to have been German
| spies who” planted time mines along
| side the ship, what was at anchor.
| Following the death of Kitchener
| there is a general demand for the
| internment of all alien enemies re
gardless of age, sex, naturalization
FORT VAUX REGARDED AS
CRUCIAL POINT VERDUN
PARIS, May 7.—The fighting at
"Verdun has resulted In steady re
pulse for the Germans who also In
curred enormous losses always.
On Monday, says the communique
published this evening, the French
held all the main forts and all ap
proaches except the northern moat
and this contcr of German effort
has remained unchanged In this
rospect.
The powerful Gorman assaults
that marked the continuous struggle
of the Germans for tho possession
of this situation were everyone ot
them repulsed with comparative
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M. O. SOJuBERG.
Dr. Mustard’s Office and Resi
dence are now located In the Wild
Goose Building, otherwise known
as the Tin Bank Building.
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ease.
BERLIN, June 7.—The struggle
for the possession of Fort Vaux
; still continues. The losses of the
German Infantry continue also
! large, but the final conquest of this
highly important strategic position
is not in doubt.
BERLIN, June 7.—Holweg ad
dressing the Reichstag today where
in he reviewed the war situation ad
mitted that the German food short
age was critical but stated that the
German people would rise
above this difficulty un
til the abundant crops were harv
ested when there would be more
than enough for all. He appealed to
the patriotic spirit of the Gormans
to remain unaffected by what he
termed the food shortage.
Hollweg said that since last he
spoke no peace suggestions had
ibeenjpade. "Peace suggestions by
Germany would be merely a futile
evil before our war crazed ene
mies”.
LONDON, June 7.—Prime Mi
nister Asquith himself took tempo
rary charge of the War Office today.
Meantime General Robertson la
active charge of the oituation hav
ing been loft in that position by
Kitchener himself upon his leaving
j to review the fleet.
LONDON, June 7.—Stimulated
j recruiting marks the lu3t day for
voluntary enlistment under the vo
luntary group system.
The death of Kitchener has no
| doubt also added to the activity in
; voluntary enlistments which practl
' cally close tomorrow.
CHINA HAS A NEW
PRESIDENT IN LAI
PEKING, June 7.—The republi
can cabinet upon the official pro
nouncement being made of the
death of President Yuan Immediate
ly declared Vice President Ldl
Yuen Hung, who resigned when
Yuan accepted the crown aad who
has since been incarcerated by order
of the deceased Yuan, President ot
China.
Lai Yuen Hung had however pre
, viously assumed the reins of gov
j ernment and the proclamation of
the cabinet was a formality merely.
I The cabinet is in sympathy with the
new president and had refused to
accept his resignation on the occa
| sion of its being tendered when
I Yuan wanted to be emperor.
Lai is supposed to be favorable
to the southern rebels.
CHIHUAHUA, June 7.—Pablo
Lopez, the VUla leader, was execut
ed here yesterday at a public execu
tion.
COLUMBUS, June 7.—It is stat
ed that twenty thousand Csrranzist
troops are located near Pershing’s
Mexican camp and using obstruc
tionist tactics. This reijort is how
ever not official.
Many refugees are now arriving
from Mexico, lining mostly em
ployees of the greet American in
terests in the southern republic.
They are bitterly anti-Mexican.
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 7.—
The cabinet is now considering the
reply to the Carranza note.
e
o SAYS IT
WILL BE HUGHES
CHICAGO, June 17.—If Roose
velt should be nominated, but
Roosevelt will nt be nominated bv
the Republican party, Boss Barnes
says, he also will support him.
Hughes is the man who will get
the nomination no matter whether
there will be any support coming
from the Progressive or not.
Barnes thinks the trouble witn
the Roosevelt agitation is that thero
have been many republicans wh>>
did not know that tho chief anxiety
of the progressives has been to get
back in the republican fold au<l
Roosevelt himself is anxious to get
back—at any price.
CANADIANS GET THEIRS
IN THE YPRES TRENCHES
OTTAWA, June 7.—In the fight
ing that took place round aboui
Vpre8 on June 2 and 3rd when the
Germans occupied a mile of their
trenches In two days fighting, the
Canadians lost heavily.
FORMERLY DISGRACED OFFICER
BEING COURTMARTIALLED
DUBLIN, June . 7.—A court mar
tial is now proceeding against Cap
tain Bowen Coldthnrst who is
charged with incapacity and mu
tinous action.
Coldthurst is charged with shoot
ing Editor Skeffington, Thomas
Dixon and Dr. Fred M’lntyre. It is
charged that ho shot them in cola
blood without ordors from his supe
rior officers and without directions
from the court martial.
Coldthurst will probably be jail
ed and then cashiered from the
army.
This is the second time that this
captain has been in disgrace since
the war broke out and only enorm
ous social Influence has saved him
being dismissed the service before;
as it was be reoelved a stinging
rebuke from General French and
was suspended by General Haig for
disobedience and insubordination In
the retreat of the British from
Mons, when his cowardly action al
most caused the anihilation of two
regiments.
Coldthurst has no defense in this
case, the subordinate officers stating
that he insisted upon shooting the
men although they protested anu
denounced his action.
They had beGn recently assigned
to hold the tip of the Ypres salient
which is projecting into the German
lines end exposed to fire from thiee
points. The ground is marshy ana
this made deep entrenchment im
possible.
The presence of Generals Mercer
and Williams on June 2 in the front
I trenches, it is believed, precipitated
an attack.
I German gun fire curtained the
j rear making retirement impossible.
I Hoth generals were early woundea
and Williams was captured; Gen
] eral Mercer, it is feared, has been
1 buried beneath the ruined parapets.
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! LONDON, June 7.—In yettorday’s
The same powerful social influ
ence is being used to save him on
, this occasion, but that it will be
successful is highly improbable.
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: ment.
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fighting along the Ypres front the
British, according to otiicial reports,
returned today, occupied trenches in
a front including Laboiselle. Authu
ile and Hornet. The fighting is con
tinuous and heavy.
PARIS, June 7.—The violent
fighting now in the Ypres section
of the western front which began
originally with a German offensive
has become a heavy British attach.
Official reports show gains in the
various sectors involved in the new
movement.
NOTICE OK REMOVAL.
l>r. W. D'Arcy Cliace has re>
moved his office to the Albright
building over the quarters occu
pied by the new Lomen studio
where he will receieve patients at
the usual hours.
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Boiler In good condition. Be*
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