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NOME, ALASKA. THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 1918.
NO. 2526.
ALLIES ARE VERY CONFIDENT
URGES PASS WATER POWER RILL
PREMIER SAYS ALLIES
BE MASTER SITUATION
WITHIN 48 HOURS
PARIS, Mar. 27.—Premier Clem
cncer.u, says thv.t '-ho Allies will be
mr.'ters of the situation within
f -^“.y-eight d ours.
South of the Somme the Germans
had advanced more than five miles,
West of the old treat of two years
ago, befrre the allied cffoncive be
gin, but they have not gained any
r ow po.itons Wen*, cf Rf ye, which
is thirty-two miles almost duoSouth
of Albert.
The bitter fighting South of the
Somme r.t Simpigny continues with
unabated fury.; the Germans con
tinur.lly pressing forward but so
far the French troops holding t%ier.e
positions on Aisne have been able.
to prevent the crossing of ths
. ix'.m, by the Germans.
LONDON, Mar. 27.—The War office
announces that the British have re
captured Malincourt, which is five
miles West of the cld German line
of two years ago and four miles
South of Albert, and Chipilly, after
a hard counter attack.
Between the rivers Ancro and
Somme the British are now firmly
holding their linos.
West cf Albert, which was aband
oned during tho night, ar.d in the
Roye-Sempigny sector the drive has
appreciably slackened without a
broak in the Allied lines.
LONDON, Mar. 27-The Wr-.r office
announces that Haig tonight reports,
many British-French counter attacks
aro developing North and South cf
Somme.
The counter attacks have result
ed in the Anglo-French troops re
gaining much of the lest ground
All retaken and old positions are
bei''g firmly held along the entire
line.
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BERLIN, Mar. 27.—The War of
fice announced th’s morning, the re
port coming from General Head
guarters, on the West front state
that the British are still retreating
on both sides of the Somme.
The British reenforced by large
numbers of French troops attempted
to arrest tho German advance on
the Sommo front, but the powerful
blow struck by von Hindenborg
bioke through their lines both North
and South of Albert, capturing
large numb'.rs of the enemy troops.
At Simpigny French troops at
tempted to recroas the Aisnc toward
Noyor. but wore beaten back with
severe losses.
The Germans won the crossing
of the Ancre and succeeded in cap
turing Albe-t last night taking more
ban 1,300 prisoners and 53 pieces l
IS PER CENT INCREASE
FOR STEEL LABORERS;
NEW YOriK, March 27—The Wagej
Adjustment Board today announced
that a fifteen per cent increase would
be granted to all day laborers in the
employ of the United States «tee'
Corporation. The increase to become
effective on April 15th.
The Wage Adjustment Board have,
for some time, been engaged in in
vestigating the wages paid and the
conditions maintained in the steel in
dustry and at the same time of an
nounring the increase to day laborers
it Wits stated that increases would
be granted to ther classes of work
ers in tile very near future.
"With this last increase some of
the day laborers will get the mag
nificent tau.. of $2.50 for a day of
twelve hours.” I
Some brandies of this industry!
average as much as 300 accidents to 1
every 1,000 employees working n 300
day year.
150,000 TONS OF SHIPPING
FOR 75,000 TONS OF STEEL
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WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 27.—
The government has today complet
ed a reciprocal agreement with Jap
an; whereby Japan agrees to furn
ish the United States with 150,000
tons of shipping in exchange for
75,000 tons of steel supplies for
chip construction.
This announcement was made by
the War Trade Board after a con
ference with the Japanese repres
entatives who are in this country
in the interest of Japanese ship
building industry.
The terms will ba announced later
if the agreement is ratified by the
Japanese Government, but it is in
timated that the transaction will
be the nature of an out right pur
chase.
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BERLIN, Mar. 27.—Official an
nouncement from. General Head
luarters tonight state that British
French counter attacks have started
on both sides of the Somme.
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LONDON. Mar. 27.—The War of
fice thi3 morning announced that,
up till this time the British have
lcct less than 100,000 men, but that
the German loss for the six days
fighting would be dose to 400,000
men.
The British artillery has wrought
great havoc amongst the Germans,
owing to their continual charging
in mass formation and this method
is also responsible for such largo
British losses as the British must
meet mass attack with mas3 defense.
Haig reports British positions now
able to withstand all German on
slaught and that the offensive by
the enemy is slowly weakening.
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LANE PREDICTS WAR
LAST SEVERAL YEARS
WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 27.—
Secrotary of the Interior, Lane to
day stated to the Home Committee
on Commerce, that the reports now
coming, form the great br.ttle being
fought on the West front, indicates
that the war will continue for sev
eral years more.
Mr. Lane was before the Com
mittee advocating the passage of
the Water Power Bill. He urged
its immediate passage, s othat water
power companies can begin the in
stallation of power plants which
may utilize water power and in this
way release a great quantity of coal
for other purposes.
Representative Adamson asked
Mr. Lane if he really blieved that
a coal shortage existed or if he
thought the Water Power Interests
were simply trying to force the gov
ernment to grant them a monopoly
on the water power sites of the
United States. Mr. Lane answered
that he thought a shortage existed.
Mr. Lane has spoken in favor of
this bill when it came up before,
but of course, r.t that tifhe ho didn't
have the war for an excuse for its
passage.
Representative Barclay asked Mr.
Lane if it were not possible for tho
government to utilize power as a
means of supplying power to the
government owned war industries,
and Lane answered that while this
might be possible i twas not con
venient just at the present time.
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PERSHING DECLARES
SLAUGHTER ENORMOUS
WASHINGTON March 27—Tiie War
Department today announced that in
his report to the Department from the
West front General i’ersliing makes
absolutely no menton of any American
casualties.
He says, the slaughter on both sides
has been enonnous in the great bat
tle but that it is next to impossible to
state at he present time what the loss
es amount too, on either side.
Pershing states that although the
Austrians have not yet started their
Infantry atacks on the Italian front
that the situation there is hourly grow
ing more tense.
According to u Home cablegram
Diiii states,tbat.it is his opinion the
\usttxj-Uerman drive is being held up
on the Italian front so that the troops
of the Central sillies on this front will
bo fired with enthusiasm by reason
of the great successes of their country
men on the west front and that these
victories will at the same time dis
courage and thereby make less effective
the resistance of the Italians.
General Cord ana while commanding
the Italian troops during the great
Italian reverses on the River 1'iave.
stated that his positions were practical
ly impregnable and that the sole cause.
of Ills defeat had been that h men
were discouraged and disaffected.
The Italian War Office now believes
that if the allies can only succeed in
retaking some of the lost positions
it will do much to make the Austro
German drive oa the Italian front a
failure.
For this reason more of the French
or British troops now stationed iu
Italy will be withdrawn.
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THREE INSTANTLY KILLED
WHEN MINE CAVES IN
BESSEMER, Mich., Mar. 27.—
Three miners were instantly Uinec
and a fourth entombed as a result
of a cavern »* a section of one o!
th > Iror.ton Mines near this citj
to.’.r.y.
This is one of the largest mines
in the district which belongs to ar.c:
supplies iron ore to the Steel Corp
c ration and the accident is the result
-'t lack of timbering. A numbe;
of cave-ins have occurred recentlj
owli'S to this fault but this is ths
first one for a long time in whiclt
men have been caught.
The rescue party working fever
isl’.lv in half-hour shifts have beer
rt their ta;-k fir nine hours and
have so far recovered the bodies of
three of their ccmrades; all man
gled beyond recognition by tor s of
rock.
It is believed that the fourth man
is still alive, ho having been work
ing some distance beyond whore the
cave-in occured and every effort is
bei”g mn.do by the volunteer rescue
crow to reach him before it is too
late.
The wives and families of the
stricken men were grouped about
the mouth of the shaft hoping
against hope to have thefr loved
•ores returned to them while still
alive, and when the three dead mo:i
were brought to the surface all
bruised and torn it was a pitiable
sight to witness the grief of these
pcor dependants of tho hit man
m les.
The company has been very lux
in supllying the necessary timber,
ever since tho beginning of the
great European War, sir.ee which
time, nothing but output has been
considered.
Mining Inspector Burkaalter has
just recently inspected this mine and
pronounced it safe in spite of the
men’s claims that some.crctiars were
exceedingly dangerous.
100 ARRESTED; CHICAGO
AS GERMAN SYMPATHIZERS
OHIO AGO March 27—As a result, of
milking remarks on the continued
German successes, on the west front,
more than ono hundred people were
arrested here today.
-Mostly till those arrests are Germans
or German decent and are charged with
bolr.g German sympathizers,
j Many of those arrested were dis
charged immediately on being charged
before Hie police Magistrate, it being
proven that their remarks while prob
ably ill advised at the time did not
constitute sufficient grounds for pro
secution.
in some of the other cases ..>missc.l
by the Magistrate it was shewn that
their iirrest was the result of pei't.yral
spite or was caused by some op .he
famous long distance fighters wh .>
really belong on the other side o, tho
pond hut would never think «,f going
took voluntarily.
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