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VOLUME XH.
NOME, ALASKA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER, 31, 1018.
TURKEY SIGNS ARMISTICE
AUSTRIANS EVACUATE ITALY
HEAVY GERMAN
LOSSES
LYS
LONDON—The German casualties
in the Lys salient where a heavy of
fensive has been in progress, amount
ed to the enormous total of 14,000
killed 80,000 wounded and 6,000
prisoners.
An enormous amount of war ma
terial of all description has also been
captured.
PARIS,—In an aerial engagement
near Bantheville, eight American
planes engaged thirteen German
planes.
Through superior fighting ability
the Yankees downed three German
planes and returned to their aero
dromes without suffering any casual
ties.
HAGUE.—All German liberal pa
pers recognize that the complete sur
render of Austria is an established
fact with which Germany must reckon
Austrian journals say that the Teu
tonic alliance established by Bis
marck to counteract French and Rus
sian influences in European politics
is broken.
HARVE,—The French in their of
fensive east of Courtrai reached Pete
ghem cutting the very important
Waereghem-Ghent railway making
the German retreat in this sector a
matter of great difficulty.
LONDON,—Count Karoly a mem
ber of one of the foremost Magyar
families who has always been an ir
reconcilable formed, dispatches claim
an independant ariti-dynastic state in
Hungary.
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TEUTONS LOSE HEAVILY
ON ITALIAN FRONT
ROME,—The successful drive of
the Italians inaugurated on the Piave
battlefront has netted so far 33,000
prisoners and 160 guns. 2oo villages
were freed by the victors. The bat
tle continues on a44 mile front with
entire success. The left bank of the
Piave is now completely in the hands
of the Italians.
LONDON,—Herr Kuckhoff a mem
ber of the German Reichstag says that
the Kaiser will not cling to the crown.
COPENHAGEN,—Three thousand
workingmen in Budapesth plundered
arms and ammunition stores and are
having bloody encounters with the
soldiers sent to suppress them.
LONDON,—The Allied troops in
Montenegov are continuing in their
victorious advance and have cleared
the southern part of Austrians.
LONDON,—The Hungarian gov
ernment reinquished control of the
very important Adriatic port of
Fiume, turning the city over to the
Croation revolutionists.
LONDON,—American troops sent
to assist the Italian army in their of
fensive against the Austrians took
over a sector on the Italian battle
front.
AN ATLANTIC PORT,—After suf
fering untold hardships ten members
of the crew of the Norwegian steamer
Fjpioer submarined ■ in the Atlantic
on October 13th were rescued by an
American naval vessel. The remaind
er of the crew are unaccounted for.
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BIG SNOWSTORM
CAUSE OF WRECK
The telegram appended below is
sell explanatory.
October 29, 1918.
The steamer Sophia struck Van
derbilt reet in a blinding snowstorm.
She had changed her course 4 minu
tes to soon.
By noon several vessels had arrived
.at he scene of disaster. Capt Locke
of the Princess Sophia refused to per
• init the removal of the passengers,
saying that both boat and passengers
were safe. While it was not very
rough the barometer was rising and
he judged that the weather would
grow calmer. Ohter boats arrived on
Thursday night including the fishing'
boat King and Wing and Lighthouse
tender Cedar. Cedar was in almost
constant wireless communication. On
Friday morning Cedar and King and
Wing wanted to take»passengers off,
but Capt Locke refused although the
barometer was falling rapidly. The
weather became very bad, sea rough
by 2 o’clock Friday afternoon. The
Captain of tho Cedar informed Capt
Locke that he would go to shelter if
he was not needed. Captain Locke
replying “Go , I will call you if you
are wanted.” At 5 p. m. the Prin
cess Sophia sounded distress S, O. S.
signal. The Operator said, “Have just
time to say goodby, we are founder
ing.’ The Cedar put to sea in a blind
ing snowstorm, a terrific wind blow-'
ing and waves running thirty feet
high. The Captain of the Cedar said
that he could not see the bow of his
boat from the pilothouse and that he
was lucky to get back to his anchor
age.
At break of day the Cedar and the
King and Wing put to sea again When
they reached Vanderbilt reef only the
foremast of the Princess Sophia was
in sight. She had been forced across
the reef and sunk on the opposite
side from where she stranded. The
search for bodies began at once. Word
was sent to Juneau and Governor
Riggs organized a fleet of 25 boats
to assist in searching for survivors.
The Governor accompanied the fleet
Up to date 176 bodies have been re
covered with others being brot in.
ALASKA TURNIPS FIND
GOOD PAYING MARKET
ANCHORAGE,—Turnips as well as
potatoes, grown in the Matanuska
valley thirty-six miles north of An
chorage on the line of the government
railroad, are finding favor in com
mercial markets along the Alaska
coast.
One ton of turnips, put up in
twenty-two sacks was shipped to the
Blum, O’Neill Company, of Cordova,
and the Kennecott Copper Corpora
tion, of Kennecott. To the Blum,
O’Neill Company were sent ten of the
sacks and to the Kennecott Copper
Corporation, the remainding twelve.
Both the purchasers of the turnips
have been heavy buyers of Matanuska
potatoes.
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FLEET FDR ARMISTICE
LONDON,—The Evening Standard
says that the Allied War Council in
sists on the evacuation of all the oc
cupied territories, that Germany must
surrender the major portion of her
destroyer and submarine fleet and
must also agree on the occupation by
Allied troops of Coin, Essen, Metz
Strassburg and Dusseldorf before ne
gotiations for an armistice will be
gin. A military commission will al
so be appointed to supervise the lay
ing down of arms of the German
troops.
LONDON,—The London Daily
News claims that before the Allied
War Council will negotiate for an ar
mistice with ennany, the principal
terms consist in the surrender of the
German High Sea Fleet including all
submarines.. Germany will also have
to agree to the occupation by Allied
troops of all the principal towns and
fortresses on.the Rhine, such as
Strassburg, Mainz, Coblenz, Koln
and Dusseldorf. *
LONDON,—The Italians in their
offensive east of the Piave captured
Conegliano an important railway cen
ter of the Venice, Treviso-Udine rail
way, 4,000 prisoners were taken.
This victory cuts the east Austria
Hungarian defensive line of their
central positions along the Piave river.
WASHINGTON,—Pershing reports
that American flyersd estroyed 21 air
planes and 2 balloons yesterday with
out suffering any casualities.
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ROME,—The Austrian are in full
retreat in Italy having been decisively
beaten. The Italian advance contin
ues.
The Austrian defensive line has
been pierced to a depth of fifteen
miles. Prisoners are coming in in
uch vast numbers that it is almost im
possible to cout them.
LONDON,—Forty thousand Ger
troops in western Russia revolted.
The officers so far have not been able
to control the soldiers.
LONDON,—The Austrian Govern
ment announces the evacuation of all
Italian territory.
LONDON,—Von Hindenberg offer
ed his resignation to the Kaiser but
the latter refused to accept it.
PARIS,—Reports are current here
that the people of Poland are prepar
ing to fight Germany.
ROME,—After heavy fighting Al
lied patrols drove the Austro-Hun
garians out of Montegano, capturing
prisoners and ocnsiderable war mater
ial of all kinds.
PARIS,—The German retreat be
fore Generals Mangin and Beebny is
slackening. The enemy is counter at
tacking with his choisest troops ami
sacrificing them by the thousands.
LONDON,—The peace negotiations
between the Turkish government and
the representatives of the Allied War
Council are nearing completion.
LONDON,—All negotiations for an
armistice with Turkey have been con
cluded eliminating her as a factor in
this war.
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HEALTH INSURANCE
TO AID WORKERS
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.,— 'The de
velopment of adequate hospital fa
cilities for wage earners and their
families, now so frequently forced in
to destitution by sickness, is one of
the most beneficent features of uni
versal health insurance, as now (pro
posed in many of thes tates”, declared
Dr Thomas Howell, superintendent
of the New York hospital, in present
ing his report at the convention of
the American Association as chairman
of the committee on social nsurance.
The medical profession is urged in
the report to insist upon participation,
together with employers and employ
ees, in the shaping of health insur
ance laws and their administration.
Failure to do this in the case of work
men’s compensation it is asserted, led
to unsatisfactory cvperiences in some
states which need q^t be repeated un
der health insurance if the physicians
and smrgeons are awake to the desir
ability-of lending their professional
interest and expert aid to the proper
working out of legislation that will
beBt meet the need of health concer
vatlon and sickness prevention in all
industrial communities.
‘‘The war has given great impetus
to health measures,” said Dr Howell.
"Reports from the War Department
show that physical fitness of the mili
tary iff being maintained at a most
gratifying standard, and that there'
have been important achievements
in the surgical and hospital care of the
men disabled in battle. What is be
ing done tor the military army should
stimulate national interest in the
adoption of health insurance laws to
protect the industrial army upon
whom we must depend for munitions,
ships, and supplies.”
LATE TELEGRAPHIC NEWS
LONDON',—.British and Erench
start new assault. Fall of Ghent ex
pected.
COPENHAGEN,—Austrians re
treated acros3 Danube. Serbia expect
ed. to be entirely free of Austrians in
four days.
WASHINGTON,—Fuel Adminis
trator announces that a wage increase
of $1 per day has been granted the
Anthracite coal miners.
WASHINGTON,—Cable received at
Italian Embassy declares false report
that Austrians are voluntarily aban
doning Italy.
LONDON,—Allies terms to Turkey
includes unconditional surrender and
demabilization of troops. Also open
ing of Dardanelles. Surrender of
Turks releases two British armies in
Palestine. Armistice signed at Sa
lonika.
LONDON,—Austrian commander
appealed to General Diaz the Italian
commander for an armistice. Re
quest referred to Versailles War
Council. It was reported that armis
tice was signed today.
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