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NOME, ALASKA, TIK8DAV, AUGUST 15, 11MO.
NO. 2031.
RUSSIANS CONTINUE SMASH DOWN AUSTRIANS
Reports Con ftiding in
War Dope From West
NEW YORK, Aug. 14.—There is
a striking difference in the reports
coming from Berlin and those from
France and London today as to the
Somme fighting. Berlin claims that
the fighting has resulted favorably
to the Germans while both the Al
lied powers claim an advance in
the Somme sector.
BERLIN, Aug. 14.—The German
counters proved too much for the
Allies who are unable to advance
their artillery positions and so had
to surrender the gains northwest
of Pozieres after serious and heavy
fighting. The French attacks along
the Clery road were repulsed. The
German counter at Maurepas was
successful.
In the Verdun sector several
French attacks near Thiuamont
were successfully repulsed.
LONDON, Aug. 14.—The British
continued their gains northwest of
Pozieres. The bombardment of the
German lines continues.
PARIS, Aug. 14.—Further ad
vance was made east of Maurepas
today and the German counter at
tacks were all of them repulsed.
German attacks upon the French
positions near Fleury village were
again crushingly driven back.
The bombardment along the
Somme front is increasing in inten
sity. ,
SUBMARINE SIGHTED OFF
ISLAND DE DROUGHT IN
NEW LONDON, Aug. 14.—Twc
tugs have gone out to meet the sub
marine said to have been sighted
.floundering in the sea south of Fish
ers’ Island. It is claimed that this
boat is the Bremen which may have
been unable to land owing to a de
fect in its machinery.
LONDON, Aug. 14.—The Ad
miralty knows nothing about the
Deutschland and the stories of it:
capture are discredited by the offi
cials.
COPENHAGEN, Aug. 14.—-The
German submarine activities are
now greater than ever and practi
cally all North Sea shipping is jeo
pardized. Three steamers, a Brit
ish, French and Neutral boat were
sunk today.
LONDON, Aug. 14.—A German
'destroyer flotilla cruising off the
Doggerbank was chased by the Brit
ish and in a running fight returned
to the German waters.
PARIS, Aug. 14.—The report that
the Messageries Maritime liner St.
Nazanv was sunk by the Austrian
submarine in the Mediterranean
proves untrue. The liner was at
tacked by a submarine but escaped.
A wireless signal to this effect start
ed the report that the boat was
sunk.
ATHENS, Aug. 14.—A Greek
steamer arriving here says that it
was held up by the Allied fleet and
its cargo examined. The contents
not being objectionable the steamer
was allowed to proceed.
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RUSSIANS NOT CHECKED
IN GALICIAN CAMPAIGN
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PETROGRAD, Aug. 14.—The of
ficial report of the fighting on the
east front shows that the Russians
are literally unchecked in Galicia.
They are now advancing on the Up
per Sereth where the Teuton de
fensive has been rolled up or hack
ed to pieces and the Russian forces
today captured the strongly forti
fied positions of Zevygen, Oleust,
Bzovica and Bialkovce. The captur
ed today number twenty thousand,
mostly Austrian troops. Some of
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I the Austrians taken today have
| been fighting a retreating battle for
the past week and during that time
have had no sleep and hardly one
good meal. They admit that human
endurance could not resist any
longer.
The Austrian army organization
is practically shattered to pieces.
VIENNA, August 14.—The Aus
trian resistance is stiffening and the
Russian forward movement is being
checked. This is today’s official re
port.
PETItOGRAD, Aug. 14.—Prison
ers taken in the fighting north of
Kovel today assert that the Kaiser
and von Hindenberg are both at
Kovel. The Kaiser was preparing
to leave and instructed Hindenberg
to defend Kovel to the last ditch.
The statement of the prisoners is
generally credited here.
REPORTED ITALIANS ARE
PLANNING ATTACK
LONDON, Aug. 14.—The Mail
this evening eays that the Italian
war chiefs are now considering
starting up an Albanian offensive
against the Austrians using Avalo
na as a base.
The military experts of the capt
tal however deride this notion :un’.
Bay thai Italy cannot carry on so
extensive a campaign without en
dangering its gains in Goritza.
The Rome dispatches indVate
that the Goritz advance still con
tinues with steady success.
A uthorities Claim Wilson
May Declare Martial Law
NEW YORK, Aug. 14.—Wilson’s
efforts in a settlement of the rail
road troubles are not proving satis
factory here. The railroad man
agers, it is believed will endeavor
through all their influence to main
tain their position and the authori
ties state that if he fails he can
proclaim martial law as in the ’94
railroad strike.
The railroad men are not prepared
to accept arbitration, mainly be
cause they feel that having tried
it on all previous occasions they
got the worst of it. They deride
the notion of the Interstate Com
merce Commission. That body is
not able to withstand the railroad
influence, the railroad men declare
and point to the result of artificial
agitation upon the part of the rail
road controlled press to increase the
rates. That was too much for the
Commission which deliberately re
versed its own action in favor of an
increase on account of the pressure
brought to bear upon the body.
They hold that in this case the
commission would act in the same
way and they want nothing to do
with it.
The only arbitration they will
stand tor is after the personal of
such a board being passed upon and
approved by them. They want to
know who their judges are going
to be.
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ALLIES CONTINUE FIRE
WITH HEAVY ARTILLERY
ATHENS, Aug. 14.—The Allied
artillery attack upon the Bulgar po
sitions north of the Vardar and in
the Hissar sections resulted in their
at last drawing the fire of the well
concealed Bulgar batteries just be
fore noou today. Almost at once
with airmen giving the position, the
howitzers and heavier guns of the
Allies In concentrated strength were
directed upon the Bulgar artillery
which was silenced.
All day long, the Allied airmen
continued their reconnaisance, the
fire ot the gum; accompanying the
directions signalled from time to
time. In tlie afternoon the bomb
ardment reached its highest inten
sity but is continuing throughout
the night.
A report that the Bulgars were
withdrawing within the confines of
their own borders from Demir
ilissar is denied by Sofia wireless.
SALONICA, Aug. 14.—It is still
persistently told war correspondents
that no Balkan drive is immediate
ly contemplated and that all de
pends upon developments.
BONBON, Aug. 14.—The War Of
fice reporting an artillery duel end
ing in the silencing of the Bulgar
guns, intimates that no general en
gagement need he looked for for
some time. This is however popu
larly doubted here.
RAILROADERS AND MANAGERS
CONFER WITH PRESIDENT
WASHINGTON. D. C., Aug. li. —
The parties to the railroad contro
versy are now in the capital. The
railroad managers to the number
of thirty five and the leaders of the
various brotherhoods are in attend
ance upon the invitation of the Pre
sident to confer with him before
final action is taken.
Wilson conferred with the brother
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hood men this forenoon and will
meet the managers this afternoon.
The railroad employees will not
accept arbitration under the New
laiuls arbitration bill. They say
they had enough of that, and every
time that they arbitrated they ran
up against men who favored wholly
the railroads. They were even job
bed with the neutralists who were
either railroad attorneys or rail
road stockholders. They instance
former Secretary of the Navy Nagel.
Garretson voicing the sentiments of
the rest of the brotherhoods said
that it has been impossible to ob
tain unprejudiced arbitrators anti
they have been thrown down every
time.
The managers are now conferring
The President it is indicated is ap
pealing to both sides to allow the
administration adjust the differ
ences. But all are silent as to the
happenings at the interview.
An optimistic spirit is noticeable
this afternoon.
ARKANSAS TOWN IS
STRUCK BY TORNADO
EDMUNDSON, Ark., Aug. 14.—
This city today was struck by the
worst tornado iu its history and
five were killed and twenty injured
In the storm.
The cyclone in addition leveled a
whole block of the city and de
stroyed property valued at one
hundred thousand. The chief cause
of the injuries to the people was
the quantity of flying debris, al
though two of the dead met their
end when the storm completely
wrecked the building wherein they
were when the cyslone struck the.
town.
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