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VOLUME XII.
NOME, ALASKA. THURSDAY, AUGUST, 15, 1!>18.
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PARIS,—The situation in Russia
in Germany and on the west front i
disturbing the confidence of the Ger
man press. Newspapers are express
ing the opinion in Berlin that i
special session of the Reichstag shouk
be called to consider the grave devel
opments in the interior of and exter
ior to the German empire.
Recent events in Russia, but mon
especially in the Ukranie w'here th<
Bolshevikist sentiment is gaining
great headway, has occasioned great
alarm ever since the assassination of
Field Marshal Eichorn and his adju
tant.
Baron Sch'.varzen von Schwarzen
stein has resigned his position as Ger
man Minister to Ukrania, a most un
usual action upon the part of a Ger
man diplomat who usually waits or
ders to accept or resign a position.
WASHINGTON,—Consul Gener;
Poole practically broke off relatior
with the Bolsheviki government whe
he turned over the affairs of the cor
sulate to the Swedish consul and ar
plied for a safe conduct out of Ru:
sia. This action is indicative of th
acute relations developing betwee
the Bolsheviki and the Allied nations
as well as the complications with Get
many.
LONDON,—Peronne according to
Wednesday reports is on fire, the
German stations having been sent into
flames by the Allied long range guns.
The Germans are still holding the
outskrts of Chaulnes and Roye.
Generally speaking the British im
proved their Picardy positions. On
the Flanders sector the Germans be
gan a heavy series of attacks. These
were directed against the British
iinea in force. They were all success
fully repulsed. The weather is«over
cast and rainy in most sectors along
the west front.
PARIS,—American and British
troops advanced a mile from the out
skirts of Bray after terrific fighting,
the Germans being hurled back losing
ten guns and much ammunition.
The German resistance is stiffen
ing all along the Picardy front, th<
Germans having rushed up reinforce
ments on a large scale to partieipati
in the defense of the threatened sec
tions.
The advance therefore is experiene
ing a decided lull, with both sidei
preparing for an aggressive cam
paign.
Keep Posted, Head the WORKER
WIRELESS TORPEDO SANK
THE NORWEGIAN SHIP
WASHINGTON,— A wireless con
trolled torpedo, announces the Unitei
States Navy Department, sank thi
Norweigan steamer Sommerstad. Th<
sinking took place 25 miles off Loni
Island.
ATLANTIC PORT,—31 of the crev
of the former Norwegian steamei
Sommerstad were landed today. Thi
sinking took place off Fire Island
AN ATLANTIC PORT,—A Britisl
vessel arriving here today report!
- having two wireless calls, one saying
1 that merchant vessels were being
i submarined off Nantucket, another
: reporting that a destroyer was at
; tacking a submarine off Fire Island
aobut one hundred miles.
Merchant vessels have orders to
' pay no attention to these calls, as it
1 if found that the German divers fre
i quently make use of them as a decoy
. for the purpose of luring the steam
ers within easy range of their gun
i fire or to bring them closer to be a
i better mark for their torpedoes.
PARIS,—It is announced that the
French army transport Djemnah ha;
been torpedoed and sunk in the Med
iterranean by a German diver.
No details are given and the loss
life, if any, is not stated.
LONDON,—A British destroyer
rank a German sumbarine in the
Mediterranean in a collision. The
British destroyer was damaged in the
mllision and had to seek dry dock
'or repairs. Seven of the Britishers
vere killed in the contact.
SPAIN READY TO
BREAK WITH GERMANY
LONDON,—Dispatches from Ma
drid indicate that the Spanish govern
ment is now already to break with
Germany over the sinking of many
ships which have but scant considera
tion from the German U obats in spite
of repeated representations from the
government.
The present government is frankly
not leaning towards Germany, but the
political situation is still exceeding
ly complicated.
The tireless propaganda of Ger
many thruout the world has been less
flagging in Spain than anywhere else.
It has entered into almost every phase
of Spanish private and public life
and its intriguers and intriguantes
are everywhere.
The charge that strikes have been
fomented, that discontent among the
officer caste in the army by German
agents has been repeated in the
Cortes, while the press, society and
the highest court circles it is known
have not been free from the opera
tions of very clever intriguers and in
triguantes who thronged the princi
pal cities of the Kingdom.
The sinking of the Spanish ships
with consequent loss of life has how
(ever strengthened the anti-propagan
j dist policy of the government, and
i the Spaniards are reconciling them
I selves to what is regarded as an in
] evitable entry into a war against
! Germany.
MEMORIAL FOR MOONEY
REACHED THE PRESIDENT
WASHINGTON,—Labor delegates |
from various sections of the United
States have sent a monster memorial I
to President Wilson asking that he as
| the Commander in Chief of the United
States forces direct the release of
Thomas J. Mooney as a war measure
if the plea to the California governor
fails or is disregarded.
Labor is gettng shocked by the evi
dent intenton of Californian politi
cians to use Mooney as an election
’ootball between them and the rank
ind file are showing signs of extreme
•estiveness.
GET THE NEWS RIGHT REAP
fllE WORKER.
I
il | LONDON,—Having been driven
s ! from the north to the south bank by
n | the repeated attacks of the Germans,
- ; the Americans Tuesday hurled them
-1 selves upon the enemy and regained
-1 the north bajik of the Ve>le river at
e iFismettes. The fighting here has been
i | intensive and-sanguinary. The flood
, | ed river has greatly advantaged the
- | Germans in Jheir operations.
i -
"; BERNE,—Since last Monday the
I Austrian frontier has been closed. No
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explanation is offered of this not un
usual action upon the part of the au
thorities.
The last time the frontier was
closed was just perceding the great
drive on the Italian lines, but it was
also closed during the serious strikes
about a year ago. It is likely that
the reason for the closing at this time
is in order to prevent news of the
domestic turmoil within Austria leak
ing out. However all news received
before that time shows that the con
(litions within the Austrian empire
were most serious indeed and riots,
especially in Bohemia were frequent*
BERNE,—Women have been riot
ing on a giant scale in Munich. Ba
varia. The short rations and the
curtailment of the bread supply is
growing very serious and the police
and military had all they could do
to control the women.
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| LONDON,—The French have cap
tured now all of the great ridges, so
called the Lassigny ridge, west of the
Oise river.
While the Germans are offering
bitter and stubborn resistance the
German line must be withdrawn as
the German bases are now untenable
and as a result Noyon will be brought
under the artillery fire of the French
guns.
Fighting continues in this sector.
The most noticeable enemy move
ment in the Oise valley for the past
two days is that the Germans are
I evacuating the trenches in the Oise
valley, west of Brailly. These defen
sive positions have however become
quite untenable owing to the ease
with which the Allies are succeeding
in bombarding them.
PARIS,—The War Office issued a
communique indicating that the Al
lied advance in Picardy was slowing
up. it is announced that the French
encountering a stiff resistance were
slowly progressing down the slopes
of the Lassigny ridge and before the
' positions of Roye and Chaulnes the
Alles were forging ahead. It was re
ported here on Wednesday evening
that the French had captured the
town of Lassigny.
The German positions are exceed
ingly difficult to hold for any extend
ed time without an enormous sacri
j fice of men owing to the superior
■ positions held by the Allies. While
I their stores and supplies are removed
however, it may be expected they wilt
: fight a stubborn defensive.
MANY RUSH TO ARMS
NAVY DEPT REPORTS
WASHINGTON—The Navy De
partment makes the announcement
that the New Russian government is
becoming an important factor in that
country. Its headquarters are at
Archangel and recruits are rushing to
arms there from all parts of Russia.
The new government is said to be
operating in complete sympathy with
the allied diplomats.
The Bolshevikists in the southern
sections are holding British and
French as hostages. The Czecho
Slavs are joining the imperialist Cos
sacks in Siberia against the Bolshe
viki. They are well armed and mov
ing westward.
COPENHAGEN,—W]>ile the Allies
are advancing against the Bolshevik)
from the north, the Germans are ad
vancing against them from the south
east, Petrograd being the objective of
the latter. Both belligerents have ap
parently decided that the Bolsheviki
are against them.
COPENHAGEN,—Bloody anti
German riots have broken out under
Bolshevist inspiration against the
Germans in Ukrania. The Germans
are rushing reinforcements to Kiev
and German troops are making an at
tack in the direction of Petrograd.
WANTS NO GOLD
STANDARD BRITAIN
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I BELFAST,—Arthur Kitson, one of
| the best known and most expert
I among the currency authorities in
‘ the financial wcfrld, in a lecture de
' livered before British manufacturers
. does not want Great Britain to go
j back to a pure and simple gold basis
after the war.
“Among certain international bank
ers,” he said “there was a plot under
foot to bring back the gold standard
system and to reduce the currency
to what it was before the war.” He
said that policy should re resisted
by every business man because a
contraction of the currency spelt dis
aster and depression. The greatest
evil, of the currency system in Great
Britain, he admitted was that it was
based on gold, an international mone
tary metal. The law compelled the
keeping of a free gold market and
thus enabling any foreigner to denude
the country of Its gold, and so cut
off much of its credit to the detriment
of its trade. Unless the country adopt
ed some other medium of exchange
other than gold it would never be
able to make those great strides in
production that were hoped for after
the war. The subject of Mr Kitson’s
lecture was the future of industrial
finance.
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GROCERY FOR JTOESH CELERY,
STRING BEANS, ETC. ETC.
AMSTERDAM,—Wholesale mas
sacres of Bolsheviki are reported
from Russia as having taken place
at Ryazan ami Novogorod. These
pogroms were inspired by the power
ful interests which are backing the
complete destruction of the working
men’s government of the Soviets. The
counter-revolutionists, interested In
maintaining control of the govern
ment in the hands of the landlord and
proprietary classes have been foment
ing, with the clericals, a strong agita
tion against the Soviets.
CITY BATHS, HOT AND COM*
WATER, ALWAYS READY.
RECORDS SEIZED FROM
MUNITION CONTRACTORS
PITTSBURG,—Acting under De
partment orders agents have seized!
contracts and correspondence oC
seven large munition plants in Pitts
burgh, in connection with the nation
wide inquiry of graft charges by con
tractors, agents and army officers its
the letting of war contracts. The
plants working on war material have*
been under systematic investigation
for some months by the United States
secret service.
GERMAN HARVEST OUTLOOK
REPORTED BE IMPROVED
AMSTERDAM,—According to the
statement of Dr Dieckmann of the.
Bureau of Agricultural Affairs, the
weather conditions so improved in
July that the harvest which began
August 1 is showing up much better
than was expected in June. The dry
weather during May and June did
mdless harm, so much that there
was fear it might be a complete fail
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