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VOLUME xn.
NOME, ALASKA. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER, 21, 1318
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BEFORE THE SERBS
PARIS,—French, Greek and Serbs
crushingly defeated the Bulgarians
in another pitched battle adjoining |
the Sokal ridge, the Allies advancing
twelve miles on a twenty-two mile
front in Macedonia. The Allies are
mopping up the Bulgarions in great
shape, with the latter fleeing.
Thousands of Bulgarians were tak
en prisoners and the troops of Ferdi
nand were crushingly defeated.
The Allies captured fifty guns.
BERNE,—Reports from Sofia in
dicate considerable alarm at the at
tack by the Allies. Only a few days
before a large detachment of Bulgars
was sent to France to reinforce Ger
many, the belief being that in the
Balkans the Allies were securely
held. The loss of Sokal ridge and
reports of another defeat even more
disastrous is making the papers de
mand the return of the Bulgars to
their own menaced lines in Macedon
ia.
The losses in the recent fighting
were very large.
LONDON,—The situation thruout
the Central Powers and Bu'.agria is
very serious. Recent defeats have
had a most disheartening effect
among the Teuton nations and re
ports coming out of Bulgaria thru
neutrals show that the results of the
recent Allied victories there have
been even much more important.
The Bulgars are sick of the war. They
have been fighting now for almost
eight years, with hardly a lapse of a
few months between ''the war with
Turkey and the Great War. The
morale of the troops is no longer as
high as it has been, and resembles
the state shortly after the Turks had
been defeated when Servia and Greece
signally defeated the Bulgarians who
refused to amicably settle the ques
tion as to territorial gains from Turk
er.
BRITISH WALLOP THE
UNSPEAKABLE ONES
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LONDON,—The British forces |
launched a terrific offensive against
the Turks between Rafat and the
Sea.
With the advent of the cooler
weather in the Holy Land General
Allenby had begun preparations for
an attack.
The Turks had recently greatly
reinforced their lines in this theatre
of the war and had built immense
earth works and trenches under the
supervision of German and Austrian
engineers.
Following a severe bombardment
on Thursday the British, mostly
colonial troops began to attack and
they swept forward driving the
Turks out of all their defenses. The
British cavalry followed the infantry
assault and the Turkish resistance
ended in them fleeing leaving guns,
baggage, tents, and vast quantities
of supplies of all kinds behind.
The British forces advanced twelve
miles in this remarkable victory.
Three thousand unwounded Turkish
prisoners were taken over two score
guns and the number of Turkish kill
ed and wounded is not estimated.
The number is very large whole regi
ments being cut up by the artillery
of the British prior to the assault.
Allenby’s attack and advance was
along an entire sixteen mile front.
The advance of twelve miles in one
day is considered little short of won
derful. Tremendous elation is felt
here by the success.
TROUBLE REPORTED
IN KAISER’S FAMILY
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LONDON,—Rumors persist that
serious trouble has broken out in the
Hohenzollern family. One of these
is that the Kaiser is showing very
distressing signs of a mental malady
which make his abdication inevitable.
It is possible that these reports
are sent out to pave the way for the
retirement of the Kaiser to make
way for more practicable peace pro
posals.
ROME,—Italy rejected the Aust
rian peace proposals, abruptly and
decisively.
LONDON,—His Holiness Pope
Benedict replying to the Austrian
peace note as an interested neutral
power declared that the peace pro
posals were clearly inadequate and
afforded little hope to the Vatican
that they would prove an acceptable
basis for peace.
WASHINGTON,—Germany’s as
sertion that the evacuation of the St
Mihiel salient had been considered
for years is disproved by the capture
of orders to the commanders of the
various positions, these showing that
the Germans anticipated the Ameri
can attack and felt confident of being
able to repulse it.
LONDON,—Practically every A!
lied belligerent has rejected with
promptness and some scorn the peace
note of Austria. It is admitted that
the Austrian peace note lacked any
essential which should indicate that
upon it peace might be founded or ne
gotiations opened.
For this reason the purpose of
sending such a note at this time, to
which the response could easily have
been foretold, is not known. More
than likely it was with a view of test
ing the pacificist strength of the Al
lies.
Its rejection even by known pacif
icists must have been an unexpected
disillusionment to Austria.
HOUSE PASSES REVENUE
BILL UNANIMOUSLY
WASHINGTON,—The House unan
imously passed the mighty eight bill
ion dollar revenue bill with exceed
ingly little debate and but few amend
ments. Those amendments showed
a tendency to increase rather than
to decrease taxation. In other re
spects the bill showed little change
from that reported by the Ways and
Means Committee and may be re
garded as one and the same.
The really only important amend
ment is one that provides for an oc
cupational poll or head tax on earn
ings exceeding $2900, of ten dollars.
Five dollars also has been added to
the tax upon wholesalers.
The bill comes up before the Sen
ate.
In the face of popular demand now
reaching extraordinary strength, that
the excess profits be proportionately
taxed, senatorial opositioa which dur
ing the first year of the war was
stubborn and steadfast against any
such proposal is likely to vanish.
The representatives who held that
such a tax would seriously interfere
with business were not heard in the
House when the discussion was on
and the vote was unanimous for the
measure.
A similar change of attitude is an
ticipated in the Senate and the Old
NO BASIS
LONDON,—The Belgian Foreign
Minister answered that the Austrian
peace proposals cannot be made the
basis of serious discussion.
MANY KILLED
AMSTERDAM,—German papers
show that the death list in such towns
as Coblenz, Cologne and other German
cities is very large following the
Reliables who have fought every pop
ular fiscal policy and every attempt
to compel the profiteers to pay, will
ke^p quiet and not lose themselves
in the opposition to what is inevita
ble. The revelations as to profiteer
ing made recently by the Federal
Trade Commission's report makes the
passage of the bill certain to be easy
and speedy as well.
bombing of these places by Allied
airmen. Many residents of the raid
ed towns are fleeing. Het Volk, a
socialist paper says that the number
killed and wounded is very large.
BIG FI R R
COPENHAGEN,—The great Aus
trian ammunition factory at Woel
lensdorf was destroyed by fire. Panic
among the workers followed the con
flagration.
PARIS,—The famous fortifications
and town of Metz are now crumbling
beneath the fire of American guns.
Thursday a factory within the city
was fired. Many houses are in flames
and shells are bursting in every part
of the city. The inhabitants are flee
ing from the doomed city, so memor
able for the surrender of the place
by Marshal Bazaine to the Prussians
in the war of 1870.
LONDON,—The Fourth British
Army now occupies all its old import
and positions overlooking the Hin
denberg lipe, every'gain made by the
Germans ih their drives started on
March 21 having been recaptured
by the British.
AMSTERDAM,—The people of the
border towns are rapidly becoming
desperate before the prospect of the
advancing Allies. Great peace dmon
strations have been held at Essen
and Cologne. The feeling is that ap
proaching a panic.
LONDON',—The Germans are in
iniihinent danger in the St Quentin
The. A files. 2 re surrounding
the forts snd they hot a narrow
wedge running into the Allied lines
which is subject to flank attacks
north and south of the city .
PARIS,—The Germans are evi
dently destroying everything in Mo
selle indicating an intention to re
treat still further. Incendiary fires
are to be noted" everywhere in the
distance from points of vantage held
by Americans and aviators confirm
these destructive fires.
The weather on the American front
is very inclement. Showery and
colder winds are blowing. The
morale of the American troops is un
excelled.
LONDON,—Despite bad wreather
the Americans have never ceased in
their advance on the Alsace front
and have now gained Ameriwiller in
Alsace where the fighting is how
ever growing stiffer and the German
rear guard resistance is much more
stubborn.
PARIS,—Airmen report that the
Germans are feverishly strengthening
the defenses of Metz. It is believed
that the whole surrounding country
is mined by the Germans there.
Metz is now under fire of the Amer
ican guns which are causing terri
ble havoc on the city and on the forti
fications.
BERLIN,—It is admitted that the
British have captured Epehy and
Ronsoy, the war entice declares that
the Allied attacks between Havri
court woods and the Somme have
failed.
Between Havricourt and Pontruet
the Austrians have penetrated posi
tions held heretofore by the Germans.
LONDON,—The French drive on
the Somme south of St Quentin ad
vanced considerably on Friday. The
British advanced three miles on the
city to the north and east. The Ilin
denberg line is completely broken
thru beyond Havricourt.
LONDON,—The British dropped
thirteen tons of bombs during the
last two days on Brugges docks and
on the Harsaller aerodrom. Eighteen
German planes that attacked the
bombing squadron were destroyed.
ROME,—The Italians repulsed five
enemy attacks on the Monte Grappa
sector and took four hundred pris
oners in counter attacks upon the
enemy.
LONDON,—The British forces cap
tured ten thousand prisoners in their
drive on St Quentin, passing the
Hindenberg line at Essigny and Belli
court. This victory opens the way
for a double outflanking movement
against Cambrai and St Quentin.
The British also made decisive
gains in Flanders.
PARIS,—Progress is reported by
the French on St Quentin, where'they
penetrated Contesoourt. Oh t he
southern bank of the Aisne alV Ger
man attacks were smashed by the
French.
A strong German movement north
west of St Quentin was repulsed.
SERBS BREAK BULBAR
LINES ON WIDE FRONT
LONDON,—The Serbian cavalry
broke the Bulgarian line to pieces
reaching Polshno after bitter fight
ing and making an advance which is
an aggregate of twenty miles on a
twenty-five mile front.
London,—The Turkish troops oc
cupied Baku, the British evacuat
ing the oil metropolis when the Ar
menians refused to co-operate with
them in defense of the city. The
Armenians are heavily interested in
the oil fields and feared destructive
losses should they take any such
stand.
WASHINGTON,—The campaign ]
against the Bulgars is the most im-|
portant development in the latest war
dispatches. The victorious Serbs
have now compelled the Bulgars to
evacuate the right bank of the
Cherna. The Serbs advancing on the
left bank have taken five thousand
Bulgars prisoners.
LONTVDN,—One of the reas ms
why the Bulgars view the Macedonian
offensive with such alarm is the
dearth of war material.
The main supply has been from
Germany, but owing to Germany s do
liietecl mail power, the factories are
away below their former efficiency
In production and because the de
mands upon the German arsenals
have been intensified by the western,
fighting, Bulgaria will be unable to
receive any large quantities of mu
nitions.
LONDON,—South of the Doiran
the Allies stacked and defeated the
Buigars who broke beneath the heavy
assault. Thousands of prisoners were
taken and many guns. The Buigars
are backing up in some confusion.
AMERICA HAS PROOF GERMANS
FRAMED PEACE PLAN
WASHINGTON, D. C.—The United
States government, it is officially
stated, had positive advance infor
mation that the Austrian peace pro
posal was formulated at the confer
ence recently held between the Aus
trian Premier and the German Chan
cellor. The attempt to pretend that
Germany knew nothing of the peace
proposal prior to its issuance is redic
ulous, therefore, on the fact of it.
Amsterday,—The Deutsche Zei
tung says that rumors are current
that Italy is negotiating unofficially
with the Central Powers.
Other papers place slight credence
indeed in the statement of the ZeP
tung.
LONDON,—The Interallied con
ference of labor adopted resolutions
characterizing the Austrian note as
an attempt to throw the blame for
the war upon the Allies. Kerensky
who spoke at length declared that
Russia as a nation never would and
never did recognize the Brest Litovsk
treaty.
Sam Gompers representing the Uni
ted States endorsed the Wilson four
teen points for a peace basis before
the labor delegates.
Gompers strongly endorsed labor
representatives frotn the belligerents
at the peace table, a wholly new
policy to be favored by him, as he in
America has again and again depre
LOCAL NEWS
The contract for carrying the
mails between Nome and Unalakleet
the coming winter has been awarded
to H. C. Langley and the recent ad
vertisement inviting bids for the
performance of this service for the en
BUing four years period has been with
drawn.
Reports from the Kougarok and
other more northerly sections reveal
ed the fact that a heavy snow storm
was raging. The miners however
were satisfied that the snow would
I cated any such stand regarding the
war and opposed anything like prep
aration for taking part in any such
conference.
The overwhelming insistance of the
Eupropean delegates that at. any
peace conference labor delegates must,
be participants, apparently has com
pelled Mr Gompers to accept this
view also.
turn to rain and are not prepared to
abandon their summer sluicing just
yet. Heavy frosts had however pre
ceded the snow fall and a strong
northerly wind blowing did not make
prospects very bright for much fur
ther open working.
ARRIVED OX VICTORIA
Rev. John B. Sifton, I-I Vail and
‘Bob Clark were passengers who ar
rived in Nome from St Michael on the
Victoria. "
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