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OFFICIAL REPORTS TELL
OF TWO BIG ATTACKS
WASHINGTON, 1). C\, July 4.—
Oflicial reports dt- .-rib; two al
tacks which were made on the
transports > arrying the American
troops to France and which were
convoyed by special lines of torpedo
destroyers. Tin y were attacked by
divers far outside t lie submarine
zone and it is likely that only the
wariness of the destroyers saved
the American ships.
The destroyers fought viciot sly
and the super l' boats drove torpe
does and shei.-s against the transports
When the battle was at its height
the destroyers sank one of t'lf
divers and thereupon all the rs,s1
began to show signs of concern lot
th. ir safety submerging. The d •
stroyers rammed two more an I
these were probably sunk also. Thi
was on June 2_’.
Two days later and closer t<
Frame another nest of submarine.
attacked the transports and tii it
convoy with a lik ■ result, one divei
being blown ttp by n torpedo ami
one being sunk by gunfire before
the rest submerged.
The eubmariuts were evident!'.
.... A
v. 'll informed ns to the Instructions
of the transports; they had evident
ly full information of their strength,
railing speed of th< steamers and
; course vhieh wov.nl he taken. The
; date of tlie departure and destinn
j tIon must haV' been in the hands
; of tlie Cormun government almost
i as soon ns it left the hands of the
jolld iais in the department at Wash
ington where such arrangements
were mtn . The attacks have
creat'd a s --nation.
Anything in the line of jnh wurt
VETROGRAD, July 4.—Slowly
extending north from Galicia,
through the eastern section of Vol
hynia north through the Mir.sk
sector and now threatening to stir
activity on the northern sections,
the Russian offensive grows. Today
the lighting was of increased sever
ity as well of increased extent.
Eighteen thousand prisoners of
whom three hundred are officers,
many guns of all calibers, all the
front lines of the entrenched Ger
man positions in northwest Volliy
nia and a general advance of several
I miles in Galicia is the great record
i of this offensive.
LONDON',, July 4.—Correspondents
hack of the Russian lines describe
the altered conditions now orga
nized along the eastern battle front
on the Russian side. Supply trains
arrive with clock work regularity,
food never runs short, the service
is unexcelled even on the west after
years of well trained labor and the
perfection of detail under the new
government and new staffs in con
trol is little short of marvellous.
Batches of prisoners arriving in
Moscow today said they were glad
to be out ot it.
LONDON", July 4.—The exciting
victories which the republican for
ces are gaining in Itussia are little
short of astounding. All official
reports, and even Berlin admissions
confirm the details of unqualified
successes which have attended the
inception of the wonderful offensive.
The results evidently far exceed
newspaper espe tation to judge by
t'ee surprised comment
LOWEST SINKINGS IN
A MONTH REPORTED
LONDON, July 4.—The Admiralty
announces that the sinking.; by the
German divers reached the lowest
figure ,11 a whole month. Much of
this is attributed to the cleverness
and vigilance of the American pat
toI. The British arrivals have on
the other hand increased fifty per
cent. Another feature is the at
tacks which were repulsed: thus
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Tonight New York’s favorite com
edians Webber and Fields will be
featured in one of their best side
splitters, "The Worst of Friends .
It certainly is a treat to the Nome
public to see comedians of this class
for the popular admission of 25c.
Besides this Comedy Feature a late
Bathe News with its world events
will be on the bill.
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People’s Steam Laundry «UI oli
and get your laundry.
W. i. WILLI AMHOB Prop,
fifteen over sixteen hundred torn
and five under that tonnage were
unsuccessfully attacked.
PARIS, July 4.—The wildest de
monstration in the history of Paris
was seen today when Independence
Day was celebrated here. The peo
ple (locked to the city and the
streets shook with cheers when
Pershing and Joffre marched arm in
arm and battalions of American
S. S. SILVER WAVE.
The mail schooner Silver Wave
will sail for St. Michaels and way
points today at 12 o'clock noon. For
freight or passage apply to the
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j troops were in line in the parade.
An immense aggregation of massed
bands from the various regiments
of Frame led the way for the Am
ericans playing national airs of the
United States as the crowd cheered
deafeningly the United States
troops.
It is stated that the American
troops will leave immediately for
the front.
LONDON, July 4.—Heavy artill
ery work again interrupts the in
fantry attacks in the Lens sector
and all along the British front on
the west.
The Germans have made severa’
counters in an effort to shake off
the enclosing ring of steel to which
they are icing subjected around
Lens hut these have been failures
IN FOR FOURTH.
Mr. and Mrs. Phil Bruner and
children and Mr. and Mrs. Nashen
weng arrived from Prospect creek
to enjoy the Fourth in Nome. Water
so far is holding out well on Pros
pect creek and they have been busy
hydraulieking.
PERFECT
j WASHINGTON. P. t\, July 4.—
• Tlier' i • real concern in Washington
(*s}k 1 • : i! 1 among Department ln atD
ovei tin perfection of the German
| spy s\ntt-m and by which means tin
! depart!?.- of the American troop
for i'r: : < • v.us learned.
Tii .('ministration is now re
doubling its efforts to run down the
1 spy sent :n and will spare no paint
10 tr-n every to its source.
Two theories are entertained re
gard'og tlu atia k upon the Am,-r
;c:iu . transeort S. Tin ■ ..re 1 hat
i either there is a secret wire!.
system operating “somewlicr.
! Ameriefi” or rone r.ilile rotii
controlled by tli• ■ C.rmans, et <>i.
the1 other hand smu in' the fore!:; i
i eir h.-issi.-s in this country repre.-ont
j lug neutral nations h !ng privlle;.-, d
j to use their arret code. : nt at’vii
over tile e.itd. which gave the ('• r
; man Mini-tor of fi rim' the inform
j ation enabled hi::; to hinge li i.s
Ion- attacks at tin American trait.
I ports.
I The matter
is causing t special
investigation to tec nwde b.v ree-.vt
service men ami tlie situation is c, r
taitily fraught with grave anxieiy.
'1 ii.»t the Germans had no
. 11 information is not even thorn-m;
imssible for tile route was o,l the
regular lanes, the attack was v t
organized and the two S'-garati no
sitlons at si a where the attack.-:
woie made and the time when i . e,
wete all favorable worked out for
the Germans. Tin-re no <:u - i* :t
about this v.imtever.
PARIS, July 4.—The official bu -
letins dost riliing- Mu German offen
Isivr on the west from in which they
] were repulsed are oi a sensational;
nat ure.
They described the terriilc attaci.
■ of enormous masses upon Germans
! against the French positions on the
| C’ahi Plateau In an effort to break !
tli grip which the French had ob
tained upon this elevated position.
All night long and the greater
portion of this forenoon, the Ger
mans regardless of their losses
noured forth masses of men
igainst t!ii> French. Those efforts
acre all of Hum repulsed wiin tte
nemtous losses.
The lighting began. l«i.-'. "ight
ihout two hour;, before midnight
ivhen under a blaze of star shells
he French lines stood out conspi
cuously to the enemy and heavy
irtillery poured shot a ml sin .1 into
he French positions. Tile French
replied in kind and their brilliants
diowcil the Germans coming in
enormous masses to the attack. The
irst attack almost reached the
reaches before being repelled by
the rif• lire, machine gun.' anil
grcnmU.-t <:f tin Entente forces. This
attack was almost instantly followed
by another and the fighting main
tained throughout (lie night and
this forenoon, without any success.
Th" losses of the Germans reach
a higher figure in these massed as
sault:; than at. any time for the
i past thirty days. This i.-, the fifth
attach which the Germans have
launched unsuccessfully at the
French positions in this sector
showing how important it is regard
ed by the Germans.
{ EAST ST. LOUIS, July 4.—One
i unidentified white man was shot by
j negroes today but otherwise the si
: tuation was generally quiet.
Soldiers are absolutely in charge
! and are patrolling the streets.
| Newspapers charge the authori
ties with suppressing the figures of
the killed with a view of smoothing
over their own inactivity. It is
now claimed by several papers and
reporters that the death list will
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Next door to Segerstrom & Hagen.
exceed two hundred, with a large
number of these w’liite men.
It is also positively stated that
scores were buried secretly at night
and no effort made to identify them
by the authorities. This statement
is creating no end of sensation.
Another very grave charge is
made that upon the arrival of the
militia they openly fraternized
with tlie rioters and sanctioned
the killing of negroes freely and it
was this failure to do their duty
which is responsible l'or the large
number of dead. Governor Lowdeu
is making a personal investigation
oi this matter. The officials are
working upon the theory that I. \V.
\V. loaders probably incited by Ger
man agents had a hand in the orga
nization of the plot.
What reason they have for blam
ing the I. W. W. for organizing
the plot no one knows except that,
that organization is generally in
bad with the employers just now.
MAIL ARRIVES FROM
NORTH SILVER WAVE
The mail schooner Slyer Wave
arrived from Kotzebue Sound and
way ports vesterday afternoon and
way ports bringing down s.on'.e gold
bullion, United States mail and the
following passengers: Mr. and Mrs
Sundquist, Mrs. Riley and four
children, C. Macintosh from Candle
Mrs. Sam Magids, Marie (a native)
from Kotzebue, Dave M’Connel:
from Tin City; Emil Posteris, H. IT.
Smith, C. Cordovado, Frank Heaney
and 11. Beckstcad from Keewalik.
They report a little ice encountered.
The season was much further ad
vanced there than here and the
grass was high and rank with
flowers plentiful and gardens in
splendid condition.