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NOME, ALASKA. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER I, 1917.
NO. 2400.
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AMSTERDAM, Oct. 31.—Ail
alarming condition has developed
witihn the German lines among the
troops of the Central Powers occu
pying Belgium. There has been
an undercurrent of discontent
■among the German soldiers from
even the beginning of the war it
being fairly well known that it was
necessary for the army officers to
deceive the Germans in the early
invasion of Belgium. This oppo
siLion hrs been beaten down from
time to time by the repressive
measures of the German autocrat
but is breaking out afresh when
troops temporarily relieved from
trench duty are ordered back to
the trenches.
Such a command now in Belgium
upon receiving this flatly refused
to comply and are in a state of mu
tiny at the present moment. A
group of loyal soldiers were prompt
ly ordered to fire upon the muitners
r.nd the spectacle of German sold
iers firing upon German soldiers
has served to intensify the opposi
tion to the war and what happen
ed to Russia and what is even now
occurring in Italy may happen at
any moment. Many of the muti
neers were loaded on cattle cars
and hurried from the scene with a
view- to preventing the spread of
the contagion.
GREATEST BATTLE TO BE
FOUGHT ON ITALIAN PLAINS
PARIS, Oct 31.—That the great-1
«;t battle of the war and the most
momentous in all history will be
fought on the Italians plains in the
valley of the Tagliamento river
was the prediction positively made
today by Jules Cambon, Minister
of Wgr in the French war office.
He authorized the statement that
adequate reinforcements of French
and British troops are being speed
to the aid of the Italians and that
the combined armies will clash in
mighty struggle. It is known that
for some weeks Germany has been
withdrawing her strength from both
Eastern and Western fronts and
concentrating it upon Italy. Sc
much importance is attached to the
coming conflict that it is freel>
stated that the battle there ma>
prove the decisive one of the entire
war being the pivotal point so long
looked for and the is^ue determined
in its outcome may actually end the
war.
LONDON. Oct. 31.—Reticence
prevailed here in the war office to
day when confirmation of the pre
diction made by the French min
ister Cambon was asked forthougfi
it was freely stated that arrange
ments were going forward with all
possible haste to give the Italian
armies all the assistance required.
BEHL1N, Oct. 31.—No expression
iegarding the prophecy of French
Minister Cambon could be had from
official military circles but well
known experts on military matters
state that even if the German troops
should lose the battle would not
have no deciding affect on the out
come of the war or even very
greatly affecting it.
WILSON CONGRATULATES
BRAZIL GOVERNMENT
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 31.—
The President this afternoon issued
a teliciaous note congratulating the
Brazilian government upon its entry
into the war, proclaiming that all
America witnesses the event with
genuine pleasure extending heart
felt. welcome to Brazil to the asso
ciation of groat nations embattled
for democracy.
RIO DE JANIERO, Oct. 31.—
The Brazilian congress received
with bounding enthusiasm the con
gratulatory note of President Wil
son which had been cabled, arriv
ing at the fortunate moment in
measures are being considered
looking to the Brazilian republic's
participation n the war. and how
best to make her actvities effective.
It is regarded as out of the ques
tion that any considerable Brazil
ian force can be sent to the battle
front for a year or more. It will
take considerable time for prepara
tions and the reorganziation of
Brazil's military resources.
Demonstrations by the citizens
continue and patriotic meetings are
constant. Groat crowds throng the
streets outside the newspaper offi
ces where every bulletin of the war
is discu.-sed. In the theaters the
least reference to the war is the
signal for great cheering by the au
diences. Tentative plans are being
proposed in the congress whereby
it is hoped to aid the armies and
the civil populations in the field
with finances and with woo! which
is one of the chief products of the
FOOD ORDERS
IN ITALY
HOME, Italy, Oct. 31.—It has
been officially announced that by
order of the Commissioner-General
for Provisions this year’s rice crops
and maize crops will, with certain
exceptions, be requisitioned. The
exceptions Include grain for sowing
and a sufficient supply for tbe needs
of the cultivator, his family and
his dependents. Decisions as to
the quantity to be allotted for food
will be made in each Province by
the prefects, in conjunction with
different provincial committees and
commissions. A maximum price for
dried beans has also been fixed by
the Commissioner-General.
country. Brazil is also a heavy
exporter of beef and beef cattle
having a vast area of free range
such as was common in the United
States forty years ago.
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BUILDING OWN SHIPS
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Oct. 31.—
Under the supervision of Commis
sioner Hurley of the United States
Shipping Board the government
plans for the building of her own
ships are proceeding rapidly. In
the next four months Mr Hurley ex
pects that the governments yards
wil turn out a tonnage amounting
to six million tons within the next
four months.
The government has long been
inpatient with the way building
ha; proceeded among the private
companies. Exceedingly few of the
large shipbuilding plants have been
without labor activities whereas
with the government it long long
ago ‘signed up” with labor unions
thus setting its yards in the way of
building the vessel, required with
dispatch and Ire from uncertainties
and delays. Front this date for
ward and throughout next year the
government yards will operate night
and day in three shifts of eight,
hours each to full capacity.
route on in the water's line. Go
while going's good.
ITALIANS STANDING FIRM
ON NEW POSITIONS
ROME, Oct. 31.—Tbe retirement
of the Italian armie* which threat
ened to become accellerated into a
complete rout has at last been
checked and the onruthing German
soldiers are being held back. Gen
eral Cadorna continues the orderly
re-organization of his forces and is
preparing for a determined stand
on the Tagliamento river, the new
Italian battle front. The Italian
cavalry has been dealing heavy
blows upon the enemy’s advance
detachments.
BERLIN, Oct.
31.—Vigorous
claim is made here that the German
offensive, on Italy continues in all
tespects satisfactory and according
to plans formulated by the general
strategy board.
PARIS, Oct. 31.—German raid
ers who have been operating in
the vicinity of Eerruilles are being
cut to pieces and heavy losses, are
being inflicted upon the Teuton de
fensive.
LONDON. Oct. 31.—The British
forces in Ypres continue a success
ful offensive in that quarter all re
ports tending to confirm lier gains
claimed in yesterday’s dispatches,
j An official statement issued front
, the war office precisely outlining
her advantages in the western cam
paigns.
Tabulated reports from the battle
front give her killed at 61,440 and
| her lost and missing at five thou
sand.
Clothing cleaned, pressed, altered
and repaired at the Nome Tailoring
Co., . next door to Segerstrom and
Hagen’s.
FISH PRESERVING
PLAN ADVANCED
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Oct. 31.
—For the purpose of increasing: the
basic food supply of the nation,
and thus releasing as much meal,
wheat, and other food products as
possible for war purposes, an in
vestigation of the possibility of pre
serving large quantities of fish
from Pacific waters for use through
ou* the United State-, is now in
progress, according to Ralp P. Mer
ritt, Federal Food Commissioner
for California.
E. I). Clark, a government fish
expert, has made a study of lhe
fish resources of the California i
coest anti states • that in those
water.; the country will find a con
siderable addition to its food sup
ply as only a very small part of
the supply of fish in this region
has heretofore been utilized.
The matter of preserving the
fish so that they may be shipped to,
the interior of the country has been
taken up by the Univer-ity of Ca
lifornia, the California Fish and
Game Commission, the State Coun
cil of Defense, and the United
States Bureau for Fisheries, and
it is said that excellent progress
has been made in the matter. The
State of California has assumed
the ownership of the fish in these
waters, as well as the power to fix
maximum prices of all fish taken
from them, and this constitutes the
greater portion of the catch in this
region.
The sardine pack of California
for this year is estimated a* 1,000.
000 cases and at. the present rate
of increase it is said that in two
years the pack will he over 2,500,
000 cases a year.
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PEOPLE’S COUNCIL
REFUTES INUENDOES
NEW YORK, Oct. 31.—In reply
(o questions by newspaper reporter -
regardir.gr the statement that in
January Count von Berntorft had
asked the German government for
$30,000 to be used through an un
named organization to influence
members of Congress, Scott Near
ing, charman of the executive com
mittee of the People's council, said
last night:
“A statement issued from Wash
ington has been construed to mean
that one of the American organi
zations working for peace was be
ing subsidized by the German gov
ernment in January, 1917. The or
ganizing committee of the People's
council did not come into existence
until four months later, May 31,
1917. The People’s council itself
was not organized until September
It is, therefore, obvious that the
People’s council is not connected
in any way with these funds.
"Thus far more than 7,000 indi
viduals have contributed to the
work of the People’s council. Over
4,000 of those contributions were in
amounts of $ 1 or less. The largest
single contribution was $2,000.
With this exception and with the
exception of a few other contribu
tions of $500 and $1,000, all the
money has come in small amounts.
-“The People’s council has al
ready asked the Department of
Justice to make an investigation
of its activities and refute the vi
cious charges that have been made
from time to time in an effort to
hamper the work of the council.
"It corns particularly unfortun
ate in these days when rumors are
so easily set afoot ihat the govern
ment should not ree tit to make
public the name of the organiza
tion for which the money was sol
icited. The ambiguous statement
is-ued merely throws a cloud of
unwarranted suspicion on the ac
tivities of a large number of orga
nizations that already have been
made the subject of unjust and
vicious attacks by irresponsible and
interested parties.