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NOME, ALASKA. THURSDAY, APRIL 18. 1918.
NO. 2544.
BRITISH RETAKE WYTSCHACTE
BILL PASSED COMMONS
IRISH BE CONSCRIPTED
SUCCESS ASSURED
LONDON, April 17—The Govern
ments measures extending the ccn
nciiption measure to Ireland has pass
ed its third reading in the House of
Commons today.
The Irish Nationalists made a
strenuous attempt to have the Irish
Clause omitted but were not success
ful.
At the opening of Parliament the
Government made the announcement
tliat Home Rule was to be extended
to Ireland In the near future, but that,
with it, the Government would also
extend the conscription measure.
When the latter announcement was
made the Irish Nationalists shouted
"We don’t want conscription.”
(Australia is the only country be
longing to the British Empire which
has voted on the rejected conscrip
tion twice, these Australians seems to
know what they want, and when they
want it, and will not have anything
forced upon them. But the Irish arej
not so fortunately situated.
LONDON, April, 17—It is reported
that the Turkish troops have captured
the town of Boilum on the Black Sea.
An official announcement was made
of the Turkish victory in the city of
Constantinople today.
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BOARD WOULD
FORBID STRIKE
ST. PAUL, Apr. 17.—The Safety
Commission of the state war board,
has in its modest way issued a rul
ing which is directly applicable to
labor organizations only.
The board forbids all strikes or
walk-outs, and directs all employees
not to ask for union recognition, in
shops where the organizations had
not been, recognized before the war.
(President Wilson just the other
day appealed to the United States
Senate, asking them to refrain from
passing a measure quite similar to
the one herein contained. The very
idea of anyone being so inconsistant,
as to lay claim being a patriot, in
any way shape or form when they
are doing almost the same identical
thing that the President of these
United States has so clearly shown
I himself opposed to.
By “natural deduction” we infer
that these gentlemen will not leave
their handiwork, half finished, but
will also conscript the wealth and
industries of their section of the
country. We will surely take our
hats off to them as dyed-in-wool
patriots if they do this. Ed.)
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BRITISH LABOR PARTY. BUSY
LONDON, Apr. 17.—The British
tabor party is taking steps to follow
•p the campaign for the solidarity
«f the workmen of the entente allied
nations, in which a beginning has
been made by Iho British and French
tabor organizations in framing their
wjar aims. The next action con
templated is an assembly of the
interallied labor conferences.
The views of the American Feder
ation of Labor will be invited, as
a conference without American part
icipation would be uaeles3.
The negotiations that are preced
ing between Premier Lloyd George
and the laborites over the govern-'
merit’s program to obtain more men
for the army are regarded as highly
important. The premier is asking
for the cancelation of exemption of
certain classes of labor which the
Asquith government gave laborites
when conscription was introduced.
It was then intimated by the govern
ment that events might make the
withdrawal of exemptions necessary.
Tho laborites now are disposed to
urge upon the government the ac
ceptance of their war aims platform
as the price for the acceptance of
additional conscription.
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MAYOR ACCUSED
OF GRAFTING
VANCOUVER, B. C„ Apr. 17.—
A sovious charge against Mayor
McBeath was placed before the Cen
tral Ratepayer’s association last
night, by A. M. Gibson; who alleged
that he laid a complaint before the
mayor regarding the management
of a rooming hoime which was being
run as a disorderly house. Mr.
Gibson said that the mayor told him
there was not sufficient evidence
against the place to warrant police
action Gibson, however, caused a
successful civil action against the
place and succeeded, by the evidence
of detectives, that it was a disorder
ly place, in recovering money he
had paid to purchase the place,
thinking it was a respectable house.
The detectives’ evidence showed
that they had repeatedly raided
the place. Yet it was not closed up.
Mr. Gibson claims that the mayor
has been very remiss in his duty
in not, seeing that the place was
closed up, and in allowing it to
go on for two years.
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BRITISH RETAKE
WYTSCHACTE AFTER
FURIOUS ASSAULT
LONDON, Apr. 17.—The British
forces on thn ridge to the South
of Ypres have captured the village
of Wytschaete after a furious assault
This is next to Messines, one of
the highest positions, on what is
known as “White Sheet Ridge.” It
has been taken and loot a number
of times by both of the contending
armies, since the beginning of the
great war. The positions about the
Belgian city of Ypres have been the
scene of the most violent fighting
for the last week or more, but now
from all accounts the British are
strengthening their positions.
LONDON, April 17—The British ■
forces are now advancing on the ridge
at Wytschaete which has very proba-1
bly been recaptured, says General
Maurice, who is in charge of British
military operations.
The British have succeeded in cap
turniig Metern with slight losses. To
the south of ther the nemy forces have
been driven back half way to the
charred wreck of the town of Baill
eul.
The British lines have improved near
Neuve Eglise, to the south of Ypres.
Heavy German attacks hurled on the
British positions to the northeast of
Bailleul were repulsed with heavy
losses to the attacking forces.
Near the town of Branoutre the
enemy made a number of attacks upon
the British outer positions but the
heavy fire poured fourth upon them
from machine guns and infantry, tore
huge holes in the ranks of the foe.
By nightfall the British line along the
l-idge was apparently intact.
Haig reports that, to the cast of
Ypres the British forces have been
withdrawn from their advanced posi
tions, in consequence of the German
progress along the river Lys, to tho
south and that posltons on the newly
established positions were taken up
without interference from the enemy.
Tho Britsh troops to the south of
Arras have successfully re-established
their line. Large number of reinforce
ments are being rushed to the support
of the hard pressed positons and it
is believd that the lines shall now be
able to withstand any future attacks
that may develop.
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BRITISH RETIRE NEAR
PASSCHENDAELE
LONDON, April 17—The British
forces have been compelled to with
draw from their advanced positions
along the I’asscliendacle Ridge about
five miles northeast of Ypres. Along
this ridge from south to north are
numbers of French villages which are
now famous in British battle-history.
They are Mcssines, Wytschaete, Zlol
lebeka, Klein Zillbeke, Zandovorde,
Gheluvclt, liroodseinde, Zomabeke ami |
on the northern point of the ridge is i
l’asschcndaele. Fighting is now rag
ing along this entire ridge from Mess
ines on tile south to I’asschendaele on
the north a distance of about ten miles.
The German attacks have now suc
ceeded in breaking the British grasp
on Messines and their grasp on this
end which they have secured, by the
British retirement, from the advanced
positions at I’asschendaele, makes the
new British positions dangerous.
The Germans now hold the dominat
ing positions on the heights and aro
now a menace to the British military
positons in Belgium.
IT’S “earning”—The BIG SHOW—
APRIL 27th.
NEXT DRAFT INCREASED
3 TIMES ORIGINAL AMOUNT
WASHINGTON, D. C., Apr. 17.—
The Provost Marshal, General Crow
der, announces that according to the
plans of the War Department in
respect to the next draft, he has
been instructed to call 250,000 for
the first quota
This number represents nearly
three times the registrants which it
was intended to call in any
one month, but on account
C|f the urgent necessity existing
now on the West front,
mostly all of the great cantonments
in the country are being rapidly em
tied of their recruits and will soon
be in shape to receive the new men.
The first quota will be mobilized
in May, and by June, there will be
300,000 men, of the, second draft
of 800,000 men, in camp and in
training.
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WASHINGTON, April 17—Senator
Chamberlain has introduced a bill be
fore the Senate Military Committee
to suppress traitors and spies.
The measure is one of the most
drastic and far reaching: of its kind
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ZURICH, A ta il 17—It has been re
ported here that the new Austrian
Premier Von Soydeler has resigned.
The former Premier Count Czernin,
has only been out of office a few days
having resigned because of a disagree
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