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NOME, ALASKA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24 1917
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WASHINGTON, D. C\. Nov. 23.
— It was unofficially but reliably
announced today that General
Pershing, commanding tlio Amer
ican forces in Fiance, will have one
million t-oldiors at his disposal by
next spring, in time for ti e trem
endous interallied impaigi for
the 191S op rations against Ger
many. This announcement was
made in response to an inquiry sub
mitted by the British Premier
Lloyd George desiring to know
when that number would be avail
able. The problem of man power
or the number of men in action
and in re. erve required for sacri
fice in the murderous fighting made
necessary by German methods of
mass fighting has been of grave
concern to the European allies of
this government. The German
troops ivarible go the attack with
their military units in clo-:e forma
tion, a war practice that forces her
trout lines into the action ahead of
th-'m no matter how deadly and
murderous the fighting may be or
whether her soUtieis are willing to
proceed. It is a form of field fight
ing which leaves the soldier no
chance of escape by voluntary j
abandonment of his arms or in I
flight. There is no retreat until
that course is decided upon by the
officer commanding and the Ger
man soldier knows there is no way
for him to go but forward. To
meet this character of warfare the
opposing forces are compelled to
mass their fighting units in like
fashion and ha,* compelled the al
lies to endure stupendous lo-ses
in men whose sacrifice would other
wise be avoidable. The best infor
mation available to source; outside
the German censorship indicates
that the central powers are feeling
the losses of the millions of men
wl o are thus killed outrightly in
action.
France whose armies Have been
engaged i-ince the very outset of
the war is reeling with weakening
effects of so much slaughter of her
manhood and since the beginning
of England's active participation,
as it is expected v.e shat! do from
now on, she has felt the increasing
difficulty of keeping her ranks
filled on the battle front for sheer
lack -.f men supply. Japan has re
sisted t lie great pressure brought
to bear upon her to send quotas
of soldiers to the front declining
for want of facilities to train port
them and statii g that she must
content h rself with furnishing
such munitions, supplies and finan
ces as were in her power.
Japan'; leeisicn was the occasion
of no liule anxiety in allied capi
tals and the British Premier Lloyd
George has beer gently but firmly
pressing the United States to know
just what might be expected from
this country on the direct point of
the number of fighting men that
could be supplied to fill the con
stantly depleting ranks of the al
lied forces.
AMERICAN WAR
VESSEL SUNK
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 23.—
The admission was somewhat le
lectai.tlv made here today by tho,-o
m a position to know that Amer
ican torpedo • boat destroyer
Cliauncy iuif junk in foreign wat
ers through an accidental collision
It was reported that her loss was
complete and that twenty one lives
snuffed out with her The acci
dent occurred on la t Monday, since
which date no reports have been re
ceived tending to supplien.cnt the
meagre details received at first.
The Chauncey was an old type of
destroyer of four hundred and
twenty tons displacement, and cost
originally three hundred thou and
dollars.
PARIS, Nov. 23.—The necessity
for the reorganization of the French
cabinet brought to the fore again
the venerable French Statesman
Seorges Clenanceau whose disin
clination to further public life war
overcome. The new cabi let held
Us first session this morning with
clemanceau presiding.
PARIS, Ncv. 23.—Following a
tespite ot but a few hours from the
driving i. saulis of the allied forces
on the Aisne front, the German |
troops tills morning undertook a
desperate counter attack but were!
repulsed with great slaughter.
Anything In the line of job worn
VILLA DRIVE
IS HALTED
EL PASO, Nov. 23.—That the
victorious raiding by the Villista
has beer ended is the substance of
reports received here. General Fe
bela with an overwhelm^ g force
consisting cf live trainloads ol' Con
stitutionalist troops have arrived
at Chihuahua and at once detrained
in preparation of defense of the
capital. General Febela expects at
once to drive the rebel from the
province. It is not believed here
that Pancho Villa is aetully com
manding the many bands of raiders
that are investing the border and
the possibility is admitted that he
i i not e/en in tlie district invested.
On the contrary the conjecture is
rife that marauding bands arc.
making use of llie magic of the
bandit’s name and that no actual
resistcnce will be made to the re
gular constitutionalist troops.
AMERICAN KILLED
IN PATROL FIGHT
H EA DQUA RT E RS, A M E RI CAN
ARMY IN FRANCE, Nov. 23.—
The ]>atrol maintained by the Am
erican forces in conjunction with
their training and preparation ac
tivities again encountered a detach
ment of Germ?ns and engaged them
in dcsultorj fighting vesterday. De
tails of he engagement are meager
but is known of the American sold
iers was killed. This ia the third
of i-imilar occurrences under the
battle front training practices of
the. American forces, in all of which
the behavior of the American troop!
unacdimatcd as they are, have ]
shewn good form.
ATTENTION BAULKS.
N'oiiiiiiation of Oflicers for the en
suing term will l>e made, initiation
of . candidates ..and soeial session
after the meeting on Tuesday night
next, Nov. tilth inst.
.IAS, .1. STOKES, Sec’y.
MAKUAItlTA KISHKK TONIOHT
111 BIIA IJAKA Sl'N DAY.
Beautiful Margarita Fisher, a
Samanthy in ‘The Lonesome Hear,.’!
will h<> shown at the Dream
Theater ‘Tonight, a late Batin'j
Weekly of unusual interesi will!
also he on the bill. On Sunday |
night William Fox presents ' Last |
Lynne” dramatized from th • fam
ous novel by Mrs. Henry Wood and
in which Theda Bara plays the
part of the heroine Lady isakel. j
“East Lynne" affords Miss Bara |
wide latitude to displa" .he marvel
ous talent po-s essed h/ her, in this
great emotional drama. The t• rst
shew will start promptly at » ■!0
Take your Lunch and Dinner at
the Board of Trade Lunch Counter,
only 50c.
Beasonahie prices, and first class
workmanship at the Nome Tailoring
Company.
WASHINGTON', I). C.. Nov. 23.
Tli Bolshcviki, or Maximilist fac
tion, now in pos ession of the gov
criiracnt of Russia and occupying
its capital and state palaces have
' made dednite overtures to <he Ger-.
man government for the establish
ment of a three months truce per
iod during which negotiations are
to he considered looking to the
establishment of a permanent peace
between the two countries, accord
ing ■ • official advices reaching the
State Department here. The Pre
sident and advisors close to him
have abandoned all hope that Hus
sia will continue actively as a fac
tor in the war.
COPENHAGEN", Nov. 2-1.—''ear
ing German pas-ports a Russian
whose name is witheld has left
Stockholm for Petrograd. H>> is
believed to he a Russian represen
tative and is bearing the peace
terms of Germany. It is an
nounced in the dispatcher that
other representatives v. ill lie
passed.
COPENHAGEN, Nov. 23.— Later
reports are reaching here that ac
five ft gluing between German tin)
Russian soldiers is practically at nit
end. Active hostilities have ceased
between hem and tliev are meeting
in the villages along their battle
fronts and fraternizing as if there
was no war. How far this is with
the ac(jitieitsenco of their superiors
can only be conjectured but reports
have arrived front Berlin announc
ing that Germany would i.ot con
rider the three months fine propo
sal unless an effective number of
Russian troops will give tp their
arms.
LOS ANGELES SHIP
BUILDERS WALK OUT
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 23.—The
riviters, shipwrights, boiler makers
and iron worker,* in the Los Ange
les Ship Building Company’s plant
wont on strike here today. This is
one of a number of large shipbuild
ing con-orns that have developed
since the beginning of the Euro
pean war and was engaged exclu
sively on government contracts to
meet the requirements of the gov
ernment'* shipping board for the
great increases in the demand .‘or
tonnage.
It is charged that the walk out
was instigated by German agencies
a statement which has become a
stock explanation for the 'cany
strikes and labor disturbance, that
continue to happen throughout the
country.
On their part the striking work
ers say that the wages paid to them
are not commensurate with the
great profits the companies are
making and are not in keeping
with the increases in the co-t of
living. The Chamber of Commerce
is urging the Federal Government
to take such steps as may be found
neeessarj upon investigation to
keep the plants going. The work
ers involved in thL, strike .vert not.
thought to be organized as most,
employments of ihis character were
on the open shops basis. The largo
plant is completely shut down and
prospects for an early settlement,
are not thought to be encouraging.
The federal government’s media
tion board from the Department of
Labor is known to be in San Fran
cisco in connection with the Tele
phone strike and is expected to be
ordered to this point.
RUSSIAN GENERAL DEPOSED;
REFUSED TO OFFER PEA
LONDON, Nov. 23.—General
Dukhonim, commanding the Rus
sian field force, has been relived
of hi. command for refusing to
obey an order received from the
Bilsheviki government directing
him to offer an armistice ti the
German and Austrian forces con
front him, according to dispatches i
received here.
A wireless message from Retro
grad under permission from the
Bol heviki statc-s that Ensign1
Krykc-ubko is ordered to take the'
place as Commander in Chief on
the Russian forces and that pleni- j
potentiary agents begin formal
peace negotiations with the Teutons
at once.
No doubt whatever remains in
the consideration of the War Office
here that if the Maximilists remain
in even temporary Ur.-sian control
a formal separate peace will lie
perfected between the two coun
tries, and it is recognized that in
any outcome Russia is not longer
to be considered a factor in the
future operations of the war. Any
efforts to unseat the Bolshevik! will
result in civil di sention anil strife
that wo ilil render any field activ
ities against the central powers in
rffoetive. The best that can be
hoped from the situation is that
Russia will not soon be in position
o supply Germany with munition»
mil supplies of which she must ul
timately be in need, and that she
iviil not become an active ally ot
the Central Powers. This is not
bought probable- unless a eounter
•evolution should firmly entrench
lie Co-sack. The Russian senti
nc-nt for peace is overwhelming.
CITY OF CAMBRAI
IS
LONDON, Nov. 23. The Ger
.11,1 ns are rushing reinforcements
to the yielding lines on the nor,li
en; front according to reports re
ceived from t lie British Amy Head
quarters. Their defense of Cani
brai is particularly desperate and
toe liriti-h fortes have paused in
their direct drive and are vigorous
ly assaulting the German lines on
the West Flanders front.
The city of Cambra: is in flames
and the shell fire from the British
artillery continues to pour into it.
Ca.nlr.'ai has been the bee of Ger
many for army supplies since 1914,
or piactiealiy from he beginning
of the war. Al1 authorities are
agreed that, its fail will mean the
end cl' the German occupation in
this section. General Haig the
Commander accomplishing this re
sult is hailed a,s the able successor
to Lord Kitchener and the rejoic
ings cf the Britifh nation continues
HOME, Nov. 28.—That severe
fig] ting has been rosuinul )>. ;
tHo Piave and Btreuta valleys i* re
ported here, in which the Italians
re nib.e the ii.vader. attacks inflict
ing heavy losses near Sun Marino
and three vigorous Teuton asraults
broke down at Monte Portion. On
the entire line the Germans liavo
redoubled three to one, due to ad
vantage in position.
Bet nr estimate on /our Job Work