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VOL. 11.
NOME, ALASKA. FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 1918.
NO. 2533.
D. E. HOAN IS RE-ELECTED MAYOR
THE GRILLING MAKES
RIGGS SAY HE IS IN
FAVOR 8 HOUR LAWP
WASHINGTON, D. C., Apr. 4—
Senator Key Pittman, Cairman Ter
ritories Committee, deplored pub
lication sensational reports of invest
igation, “In connection with nomin
ation of Riggs for Governor. J. A.
Ballaine filed charges against Riggs
alleging waste of public funds in
cross-examination.”
Labor oganizations throughout
the Territory charge Riggs with
being bitterly opposed to the eight
hour law. Riggs denies charges of j
wastefulness, and he reys he favors '
eight-hour law, and time ar.d a half
overtime.
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Apr. 4—
The Third Liberty Loan Drive will
clise promptly on May 4 th is the
announcement made here today by
the Treasury officials.
The payments will be made In
four deposits. Tho first payment
will consist of five percent of the
subscription and must be paid by
May 4th. The second payment, I
twenty percent to be paid by MayJ
28th, third payment of thirty-live
percent t be paid by July 18th and
the fourth payment or forty percent
by August 15th.
The bonds will be dated on May
9th so as to allow time for all re
turns to be made, and will mature
in ten years from that date.
We serve Hills Bros’. Coffee, Sour
dough Hotcakes, Ham and Eggs,
Warm and Cold Bunches, and Fresh
Ice-cream Daily at
ARCTIC BAKERY
GERMANS COMPELLED TO
WITHDRAW 480,000 MEN
IN ADDITION CAUSALTIES
!
LONDON, Apr. 4.—General Maur
ice, Director of operations, said that
the enemy had been compelled to
withdraw 480,000 men, in addition
to their casualties, from the Arras
sector and place these troops in
position to support the units >n the
Oise sector.
The British retreat causing the
Germans to flounder in the barren
territory unable to bring up guns
fast enough to follow the British.
The British are now subjecting
the enemy to a severe artillery fire
increasing the enemies difficulties in
attempt# to bring up and place bat
teries In positon to follow up the
German infantry drives.
BERLIN, Apr. 4.—The Germans
have captured the heights Southwest
of Moreuil or. the Somme front.
The War office announces that the
British have launched counter
attacks in the Ayetto sector with
out have succeeded in taking the
German positions.
British thrust between Marr.e ami
Lute rivers repulsed.
PARIS, April 4.—Between the Somme
and the Oise increasing activity of the
artillery of both sides.
The Germans in the Mareul sector
have made a hard drive in an attempt
to take the advance positions south
west of the town but were twice re
pulsed with severe losses.
North of Moutdidier the French en
tered the German trenches, also north
west of Uheiints and Verdun sector
capturing -30 prisoners and 23 guns.
NOTICE
. The Aksala Committee requests all
the unsold tickets and coupons of sold
tickets be returned not later than Fri
day evening 5 o'clock to Doc Kemp,
very important, to tabulate same for
the drawing.
Modini's Cafe (formerly Board of
Trade) is Now Open For Business,
and Is Sure the Best Appointed Cafe
in Alaska.
FROM AMSTERDAM,
CHICAGO AND NEW YORK
Amsterdam, Apr. 4.—Reports
from Germany today say that Chan
collor Hcrtling is sick from over
work. The report also states that
due to the reduction of the bread j
Tations the German women have
raided the bakeries.
The police in attempting to pro
tect tho bakeries and arrest the
women, precipitated a riot in which
WEATHER REPORT
U. S. Weather Bureau
April 4, 6 A. M.
Temperature—Max. 4 Min. —14.
Barometer—29.982 inches.
Wfeather—S. C.
Wind—N. W. 1 mile per hour.
Precipitation—None.
April 4 6 P. M.
"Temperature—Max. 8 Min. —18.
* Barometer—29.901 inches.
Weather—Clear.
- Wind— N. 6 miles per hour.
Precipitation—None.
nutny were killed and injured.
AMSTERDAM, Apr. 4.—Since the
British have begun to use tanks on
a big scale on the western front the
Germans have adopted a new style
of trench. It wi*3 found that the
tanks could easily cross a trench of
ordinarily size, meanwhile emptying
its machine guns among the defend
ers. Information was received here I
that von Hindenburg has ordered
a widening of the most important
German trenches facing the British
and that some are being Jug to a
width of 16 to 20 feet.
CHICAGO, Apr. 4.—Eight thou
sand striking munition workers re
turned to the American Car and
Foundry Compar.y’3 plant aftor win
ning the baoic eight-hour day.
Although the workers will have
to work ten hours they shall be paid
time and a half fer all time over
eight hours.
The superintendent caused, the
strike and that hereafter only Am
erican. citizens will be employed.
(This superintendent is a fair
sample of the bonehead afficials who
continually charge anyone wanting
half ways decent living conditions
with being pro-German.)
NEW YORK, Apr. 4.—H. Howard
director of recruiting of the Federal
Shipping Board, received a cable
gram from John T. Malony, aged
sixty-three, of Lawrence, a graduate
of the M. I. T. Government Free
Schools for training officers for the
merchant marine. Maloney made
his tlrst trip to Europe as an officer
in an Americi n 3hip. The ship was
attacked by a German U-boat, but
it was beaten off by accurate
gun-fire.
Keep Posted Read the Worker,
MILWAUKEE RETAINS
SOCIALIST MAYOR
MILWAUKEE, April 4.—The Soc
ialists of Wisconsin polled the greatest
vote in their history in this state
when Victor Berger Socialist Candi
date for United States Senator polled
a vote of 110,000.
Berger, while a much weaker man,
tlian some of the other socialists who
refused to run surprised even himself.
The platform, of an early peace and
conscription of war profits, is held to
l>e responsible for Berger's huge vote.
Ian root, the Republican Candidate
polled 1 18,000 and Davies the Demo
cratic Candidate polled 130,000.
It was feared, at the time of the
primaries, l>y the Loyal Lesion that
Berger might heat lx>th Lcmioot and
Davies, if the votes of the two old par
ties, supporters were split and the
Legion tried to persuade the two old
I'arty Central Committees to meet and
decide on either Lenroot or Davies.
Lenroot and Davies both wanted the
plum and refused to split so the Loyal
Legion refused to O. K. either one
but split on both.
In the city and county of Milwau
kee, the Socialists won out by an over
whelming majority. Mayor Daniel E.
Hoan was re-elected by the largest
voto ever given any candidate for
Mayor of this city and twelve more
Socialist Councilman, which number
is enough to sustain the Mayors veto
of any opposition legislation.
Four Socialist County Supervisors
wore also elected by a Targe majority.
An Entrance to Mo<liiii's Lunch
Counter From the Street Is One of
the Latest Improvements of That
Famous Establishment.
Keep Fasted, Read the WORKER.
TURKO GERMAN TROOPS
DRIVEN BACK 40 MILES
FROM DATUM
; PETROGRAD, Apr. 4.—The Tur-;
ko-Genman troops were driven back
a distance of forty miles from
Batum, Kautis with severe losses
by the Bolsheviki troops in that
section assisted by the Ukrainians.
(Bataum is a small town on the
Black Sea in the Trans-Caucasia
district and is about 23 miles from
the border of Turkish Armenia.)
The Germans seeking the recap
ture of Odessa, (also on the. Black
Sea,) were repulsed and many of
their numbers taken prisoners.
The Russians are again assuming
the offensive on different sections of
the extensive front.
PETROGRAD, April 4.—General
Bayoff the leader of the Bolsheviki
troops is now in command of a mil
lion picked Russian troops all of whom
are volunteers.
General Bayoff will leave Petrograd
with his new army fully equipped
with artillery and all necessary sup
plies which have come over the trans
Siberian railroad from Vladivostock.
If these supplies ha/d been taken by
the Bolsheviki before the entrance of
the Germans into Russia, explains
Foreign Minister Trotsky, the Ger
mans would never have progressed so
far into Russia.
These supplies were held up at
Vladivostock and would not be turned
over voluntarily unless the Bolsheviki
would agree to make good the loans
made to the Imperial Government of
the Czar which was continually rol>b
inf? tlie Russian people to pay big In
terest to the foreign usurers.
Trotsky states that millions of men
have now been in training, that, all
Russian industries are running at. top
speed and that when Russia does go
into the fields she shall drive the Ocr
niians from every foot of Russian soil.
When in search of a good warm
room go to the Schneider Building.
Rooms by the day, week or month.
Geo. IModini, Prop.
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SWISS FRONTIER CLOSER
INDICATE MOVEMENT
OF GERMAN TROOPS
ZURICH, Apr. 4.—The German
Swlcs frontier has been declared
closed, indicating troop movements
are contemplated.
WASHINGTON, D. C , Apr. 4—
It has been announced hero today
that President Wilson will answer
Count Czernins, the Austrian Prem
ier's, peaco talk, in his speech at
Baltimore next Sunday.
It is expected that the President
will openly declare that America,
will fight on to a successful finish.
PARIS, Apr. 4.—The Allies today
made an extensive air raid on the
cities of Coblonz and Cologne.
In Coblenz the Allied planes
dropped tons of explosives on many
factories and the railway station,
killing some twenty-six people and
injuring over a hundred.
In Cologne the railway station
and two largo bridge.? crossing the
Rhino were destroyed. In and
i about the railway yards and near
tho two bridges thirty-seven people
were killed and sixty-eight injured.
PARIS. April 4.—Germany is ex
pected to renew the offensive either
today or- tomorrow as military experts
now claim that the artillering now
commencing is the Kaiser’s prelimin
ary move before the great drive on
Amiens and the artillering is hourly
increasing.
LONDON, April 4.—Tonight's state
ment says the Germans have launched
heavy attacks south of SarrUme. The
Germans tire making progress on the
British front In the direction of Hamel
and Buis de Vaire.
LONDON. April 4.—The lull in the
tight ing all along the British sector of
the Picardy line continues except
small activities on the Alenin Road
ami Pusschendalc sector.
Situation in the main unchanged.
(Menin is about 12 miles almost, due
South of Ypros and 9 miles S. East of
Passchendale, which is about '> 1-2
miles N. East of Ypres.
NOTICE.
AU wage workers of Seward Pen
insula are cordially invited to attend
an open meeting; of the Nome Mine
Workers’ Union to be held tonight,
April 5, at 8 P. M. (proclamation
time), in tlie Miners Union hull, for
the purpose of discussing the sum
mer wage scale.
Martin Kennedy, Pres.
Albert Braten, Sec’y-Treas.
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