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VOLUME XII.
NOME, ALASKA.
SATURDAY, AUGUST, 31, 1918.
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LONDON,—Lenine. the Bolsheviki
premier, was shot and it is stated ser
iuosly wounded by an unknown man
in Moscow. The Premier was leaving
the government building near the
Kremlin when a shot was fired which
wounded the Russian government
bead. Physicians say that unless com
plications set in the wound is not
dangerous.
WASHINGTON,—The State De
partment announces that all Ameri
<ans exc pt Consul General Poole left
Moscow f.jr Stockholm.
Nothing could cieate more con
fusion or convey adequately the in
accuracy of Russian dispatches than
this announcement.
It was reported in cabled dispatches
that Consul General Poole had left
Moscow more than q week ago, and
that he had joined Ambassador Fran
cis in the Archangel headquarters.
Now this announcement shows that
the former dispatches were without
a word of truth.
Moreover a dispatch purporting to
come from Russia and Amsterdam
via German sources declared that Rus
sia had declared a state of war exist
ed between Russia and America and
that the Russians had hauled down
the American flag over the Consul
General’s offices.
The present dispatch would go far .
to show that these dispatches hereto-1
fore coming out were without any j
foundation in fact.
BRITISH DRIVE IS
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LONDON,—Haig announces that
the British troops have now fully
struck their victorious gait and are
advancing with uniform steadiness
all along the western front.
The gains on the Flanders front al
tho less startling than those on the
Somme are even the most important.
The British captured Kimmel Hill,
one of the most important positions
on the Flanders front and they have
also advanced two miles to the east
of Bailleul on the same front. Bailleul
having been taken by General Plum
er’s troops on Friday afternoon.
North of the Somme the British
line runs on Friday noon from tum
bles east of Marvel, east of Reincourt,
thru Fremicourt to the northern edge
of Bullecourt and thru the western
edge of Hendicourt, with the troops
advancing from everyone of these
points as the reports are being okayed
by the comand for the correspondents
dispatches.
The situation is strangly the same
day after day, artillery moved up, a
rapid and effective barage, an advance
of tanks and whiffets or smaller tanks
supporting infantry and severe ma
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chine gun engagements as the Ger-'
man rear guard offers its resistance. J
The troops are steadily relieved and ;
there is an entire absence of fatigue I
manifested by Haig’s command in!
spite of the constant fighting. The ^
system of relief of the troops at the j
front has been worked out with j
scientific precision and exceeds any-!
thing that has been heretofore evolved !
in the offensives on either side. The j
battle is therefore practically con
tinuous from day to day and thru
the night, with no cessation whatever.
AERIAL ACTIVITY IS
GROWING IN INTENSITY
PARIS,—Thirty American bomb
ing plains successfully raided the
railway at Confians and Longwy
and the supply bases for the Verdun
sector. All the American machines
returned to their own lines, having
scored many direct hits in their bomb
ing expedition.
American machines are beginning
to operate in ever increasing numbers
along the battle front and these are
tremendous assistance to the opera
tions of the Allied infantry and artil
lery along the battle sectors.
LONDON,—Seventy German planes
were destroyed and eleven driven
down out of control, during the seven
days ending August 27. 27 British
planes are missing during the same
period and the aviators are supposed
to be lost following the non-arrival
of the machines at their hangars.
The activity of the Allied planes al
most surpasses belief.
LONDON,—During the past week
the British aerial corps made thirty
successful raids upon German bases,
towns and reaching as far as Stuttgart
which was severely bombed and fires]
breaking out following the attack.
Reports coming thru Switzerland
sources show that there is extreme
anxious along the German border
growing out of these repeated raids
which are fast developing in number
and intensity.
In all towns the Germans are tak
ing steps to remove works of art etc
to places of safe keeping, and many
are deserting their homes for places
further in the interior of Germany.
BRITISH AND THEIR
FRENCH ALLIES WIN
LONDON,—The official commun
ique issued in Paris today announc
es an almost continuous advance of
the Mangin army, reaching within
half a mile of the German base at
Coucy. Severe fighting is indicated
in the statement as issued by the gov
ernment.
LONDON,—The British on the
Somme front are still continuing their
advance with the troops in the best
of spirits and confident of victory.
North of Peronne, the most import
ant position along this sector was tak
en by storm, Mont St Quentin, falling
into the hands of the British shortly
after two o’clock, the Germas col
lapsing before the energetic assault
delivered.
This eastward movement is now
rapidly thrusting a wedge into the
German lines which are compelled to
roll up before the menace of a dan
gerous flank attack. The greatest
movement of the German troops, ac
cording to reports of airmen is now
directed towards a strengthening of
the lines in this sector, evidently
fearing that the drive being too suc
cessful would interfere with the di
rect communications of the northern
and southern armies of the German
commands.
The appearance of some degree of
indecision is beginning to be noticed
in the operations conducted by the
Germans, indicating the loss of con
fidence or morale or both that has
followed the rather unusual tactics
which Foch is carrying out with such
success.
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* SIGNS MAN POWER BILL *
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* WASHINGTON, D. C.,—Presi- *
* dent Wilson signed the man pow- *
* er bill, the new draft law where- *
* by the conscription age is exten- *
* ed to all within the ages of eigh- *
* teen and forty-five inclusive. He *
* also by proclamation issued im- *
* mediately thereafter declares *
* September 12 as registration day. •
LONDON,—The long brewing
trouble over their inadequate pay
brought Metropolitan Police labor
troubles to a crisis today when twelve
thousand men took the unusual step
of striking, demanding an increase
of one pound sterling per week and
recognition of their union.
The police declare that their wrork
is becoming more and more arduous
due to the decline in numbers in the
London police, that the soaring costs
of provisions have made their pay
wholly inadequate to purchase the
necessaries of life, that the superior
officers in the police force insist upon
no complaints on this score and have
discharged those who took the re
sponsibility for formal requests for
redress.
The only way to meet the situation
they hold is to grant the increase de
manded and to prevent a recurrence
of the evils of arbitary action on the
part of the authorities is to recog
nize the committee of the police thru
whom they will formulate their com
plaints and ask for redress of their
grievances.
The fact that all their demands
have been ignored compelled the
action of the strike.
The government is taking steps to
meet the situation. The reactionist
papers see in this move of the police
another pro-German plot and demand
that the men be summarily dealt with.
Liberal papers insist that the
grievances of the men are legitimate
and some of the conditions complain
ed of have become nothing short of
scandalous with extra duties, insuf
ficient pay and complete indifference
upon the part of their chiefs to the
welfare of the men who perform their
work so efficiently and well.
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MADRID —The sinking yester
day of another Spanish steamship, the
liner Alexandria has precipitated a
crisis thruout the country which it is
doubtful if even the exertion of the
Germanophile influence in govern
ment circles can prevent causing a
complete break with Germany.
The situation is extremely critical
and the Cabinet went into session this
afternoon, with very pesimistic feel
ings prevailing in the official circles.
All the weight of the Germanophile
court influence is being still exerted to
prevent a break, and the Prime Min
ister has been in consultation with
Prince De Ratibor, the German Am
bassador since an early hour. It is
admitted by some of these officials
“that a diplomatic break is possible”,
but the newspapers hint in language
that is judiciously guarded with an
evident anxiety to avoid any trouble
over the operation of the Espionage
law, that Germany is well aware that
no matter to what extremes it may go
in its diver campaign, the government
is irrevocably committed to peace.
The storm however is now breaking
out in many cities against these re
peated sinkings and the inactivity of
the government and the east with
which it is satisfied by Germany is
coming in for serious attacks that may
make the positon of the present gov
ernment untenable.
YANKS MOVED TO
THEIR OWN BRIGADES
WASHINGTON—One of the most
significant week end statements made
by General March to the press con
' tains information that practically all
the American troops which have been
brigaded with the British and the
French troops have been withdrawn
and are now under Pershing's direct
command.
With the withdrawal of these
troops, the entire battle line is reor
ganized without impairing in any way
the efficiency of the Allied offensive
while General Pershing has under
him now one million Americans ready
for battle and more important devel
opments, following this information
from March are expected as a result
of this re-alignment.
The statement of March further
indicates that half a million troops are
still training and that their status is
considered incomplete for effective
modern fighting, while they are put
thru the final intensive training over
seas.
Pershing will have his own line of
battle and from now on. the Ameri
can troops will get their first taste
of the fighting, as they arrive, in the
ranks of their own fellow citizens in
the trenches.
The information is hailed with con
siderable satisfaction by the people
who look for big things from Persh
ing and his men from now on.
SAYS ITS A FAILURE
THE GERMAN RETREAT
AMSTERDAM,—That some degree
of concern is manifest in newspaper
circles in Germany over the situation
on the west front, recent copies of
Berlin and other papers show beyond
any question.
The most outspoken of the lot is
the Frankfurter Zeitung which has
been following the long list of cap
tures by the Allies in the way of pris
oners in the German retirement with
something like consternation.
This paper declares that only one
conclusion can be forced upon the
critics of the military movements and
that is that the retreat is a failure.
The loss of life, is nothing, but the
number of prisoners entrapped and
the quantity of guns admitted lost
is proof sufficient that the schemes
of the general In high command have
not been worked out by subordinates.
A number of minor commanders are
slated to lose their commands along
the west front.
It is known here, advices daily
growing to this effect, that the Ger
man people are watching with intense
anxiety the present military opera
tions. The people are held in hand
only by a strong government which
is overawing all pacificist expression
and is prepared to put down ruthless
ly any attempt upon the part of the
masses to assert themselves.
It is likely that the minority soc
ialists will take strong action in the
Reichstag where the Headquarters
Staff will come in for some severe
criticism. The first faint signs of
loss of confidence In the general su
periority of the German military lead
ers and the possibility of defeat is
just beginning to dawn upon the
minds of some of the people.
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