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VOLUME XU.
NOME, ALASKA. SATURDAY, AUGUST, 24, 1918.
CROSS ANCRE RIVER
LONDON,—Saturday's fightin
continues to reveal Allied successes
Parts of the British third arm
Lave now crossed the Ancre and ar
storming the slopes once again o
Thiepval, the scene of so much ter
rific battling last year.
Miraumont fell into the hands o
the British.
The fourth British army has take
all the remaining German position
in the vicinity of Bray and prisoner
are coming almost in thousands fror
hour to hour.
; The pile of supplies that has fallen |
. into the British hands during the last
t 24 hours is simply enormous, and
; the Germans continue to hurry away
E even while the destruction of their
- munition dumps is very incompletely
effected. The German losses are
f larger than might be anticipated even
from the reports that have been given
l out from time to time.
3 AMSTERDAM,—Berlin papers
l contain the statement that the Ger
man General Staff has ordered that
all lines along the Meuse be at once
fortified in an exceptionally strong
manner, so that they can be relied
upon to resist the utmost pressure
to which they may be subjected by
the Allies. This statement shows
that the Germans fully expect to be
driven back to that river before the
Allied offensive will spend itself in
the resistance which bad fall or win
ter will impose on the movements of
their troops.
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MANGIN CONTINUES
HIS WINNING WAY
PARIS,—General Mangin with
his valiant poilus continues to force
his way thru the German opposition
on the Aillette river, long past the
south and east line of Noyon and to
wards La Fere and Laon. The Ger
mans rallied several times to resist
the pressure of the French, but they
collapsed before the heavy weight of
the Mangin forces.
Field artillery played an important
part in ridding the German menace
from some carefully prepared defens
es, and it is noticeable that the Ger
mans in machine gun nests are not
Maintaining anything like the resolute
stand that characterized their rear
guard actions on the Rheims Sois
sons front now surrendering easily.
Thousands of prisoners have been
netted in today’s fighting in this sec
tor and they are still continuing to
come in.
It is very noticeable that the Allies
are swinging round those positions
which the Germans hold to resist
their advance, and snatching big bags
of prisoners from flanks that are
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menaced while the Germans still cling
to such positions as Noyon and Al
bert.
The pressure exerted on the flanks
has invariably compelled the relin
quishment of favored positions which
the Germans had held in the hope
that the enemy forces would waste
themse ves in storming attacks. It
is not too much to say that the present
tacti’s have worked out against all
the plans of the Germans.
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BRITISH GET LOT
OF PRISONERS WAR
LONDON,—Advancing aro-ind Al
lied. the British have taken alone
fourteen thousand German prisoners
vince August 21. The gains in field
guns, in machines, in supplies have
been proportionatetly Jarge, indi
cating the confusion and disarrayed
jdans - l the German leaders.
The Allied gi.iis in the air have
been even more remarkable. Field;
March a1 Sir Touglas Haig officially j
reports that i'iu.ed airmen over tie.
Cambrai battlefield attacked and de
stroyed a German squadron of mirty
machines, the Allied flotilla consist
ing of but twelve flyers. Six German
planes were destroyed in this air bat
tle, three were forced down out of
control and the rest retired to their
own stations behind the German lines.
The Allied planes all returned safe
ly altho some showed rough usage
from the combat. Twenty German
planes have been destroyed since
August 22. Haig is again command
ing the British forces in th^ sector
south of Albert in co-operation with
the French divisions. Great progress
is being made altho the fighting is
severe.
The universal tendency all along
the line on the part of the Germans
is retirement under cover of an ar
tillery barage and rear guard battles
of more or less force.
SHIPYARD WORKERS ARE
INSISTING ON DEMANDS
WASHINGTON. —The workers in
the shipyards are demanding a dollar
an hour for skilled employees and
corresponding wages for unskilled.
They insist upon time and a half for
overtime on this schedule.
The industrial situation is more
.serious than it has been for a long
time, and with the discussion of labor
conscription, it is given extra pub
licity in the capitalist papers, whether
for ulterior motives or not, may be
imagined.
The shipping board which has so
far resolutely refused to entertain the
demanfl of the unions in the ship
yards, is again considering the de
mand in the face of the fact that a
nationwide strike is threatened.
Some papers are urging a refusal
of the demands and drastic action
by thegovernment to compel labor
to remain at work, but it is generally
believed that the demands will be
conceded. Prices have soared so
highly for the past four or five years
that a dollar today does not repre
sent quite the purchasing power of
fifty cents then.
The skilled workers have an array
of figures as to costs of living, rent
and food profiteering, that has not
been questioned by the Board, althp
it is. admitted that over this condi
tion they have no control. The men
have maintained that if a uniform
wage over and above the average cosl
of living, similar to the payment of th«
shipyard owners, cost plus ten pet
cent, could be arranged, they would
see nothing objectionable in the mat
ter. Rent profiteering has been one
of the most scandalous means where
by the shipyard workers have been
victimized.
NATIVES ENROLLING
Natives are now answering the or
der to register and thirteen have al
ready enrolled with the registration
board. Judge Grimm says that all
are eager to go at once and none
claim exemption at all. In fact they
are unanimous in their anxiety to get
into the army.
The order to register the natives
of military age came direct from)
Washington, thru the Governor of
Alaska.
SPANISH CRISIS IS I
BAD FOR GERMANY I
MADRID,—The Break in the rela
tions between Spain and Germany is
evidently greatly feared by the latter.
The Spanish note which declared that
Spain intended to sieze interned ves
sels to compensate for the Spanish
losses at the hands of the German
divers appears to have been received
with surprise by the German diplo
mats.
Senor Dato, the Foreign Minister
under the present government, has
been openly regarded as pro-German
and in a recent debate in the Cortes
had to endure a bitter attack from
the republican, radical and socialist
members. The passage of the Span
ish Espionage bill, as it was called
by American newspapers, which made
it a fellony to criticize foreign rep
resentatives or jeopardize the good
relations by press statements, existing
between Spain and foreign powers, it
was openly charged was passed to
defend the German propagandists.
The exposure of the German activi
ties, involving as they did to a certain
extent the former government when
Dato was prime minister, were found
to be embarassing that this was the
real reason for the measure being
forced upon the country.
The change of front is considered
remarkable. Germany however is
sending a very placatory reply to the
Spanish note. It is announced that
Germany will say that the attitude of
Spain, in view of its complete friend
liness and neutrality, is unaccounta
ble and Germany "wishes for more
friendly terms” in its relation with
Spain at all times.
Some correspondents are still sus
picious of Dato.
LONDON,—The third British army
is now within two miles of Bapaume,
north and south of the town, the Brit
ish forces advancing on a fifteen mile
front have gained two miles last night
and were continuing their drive.
This sensational attack is literally
boring its way thru well prepared
German defenses, the crack of ar
tillery from behind the German lines
constantly in the ears of the attack
ing forces, has not been impeding the
advance any, the Germans now with
drawing their larger pieces before
the inevitable advance.
The movement is steady and uni
form, and the gains consistent.
The belief is growing that the Ger
mans are resisting only for the pur
pose of getting their material back to
the old Hintlenberg line and to which
they are withdrawing before the at
tacks of the Allies.
The Germans have lost the initia
tive permanently on the western
front according to the most competent
observers, although it is unsafe to say
what might follow should bad weath
er interrupt the present Allied offen
sive.
It is now admitted rain last year
was the savior of the Germans follow
ing the British and French great of
fensive last year.
The preparations to prevent any
thing similar happening again in this
continuous offensive while unknown
are said to be comprehensive.
FRIDAY’S BATTLE IS
RECORD OF VICTORY
LONDON,—On Thursday afternoor
• the Germans heavily attacked the
British center south of Arras, while
Byng was driving ahead between the
Sontme and the Ancre. This was the
most ambitious offensive movement
that the Germans have undertaken
in two months, but in spite of theii
powerful onslaughts they were driven
back and before night was well set
tled on the scene of their operations
the offensive had collapsed with heavy
loss. Friday over a field strewn with
| dead, the British attacks continued
the Germans being allowed no time to
reorganize for another attack, and
the forces of the Allies were driving
ahead in the August dawn and under
rather favorable conditions.
The Germans retired quite hastily,
being evidently unprepared for the
attack, and four villages rapidly
passed into the hands of the British
representing several miles advance,
t north of the Somme.
South of the Somme the British
also attacked in force. The Germans
made a stiffer resistance and all day
Friday they were fighting a rear
guard action with the British forces,
while batches of' prisoners in one
hundred men lots were gathered up
by the advancing forces.
In all there were fifteen hundred
prisoners taken by the British south
of the Somme and the advance was
steady.
Albert is becoming rapidly untena
ble by the British movement as Fri
day evening on the north of the
river the British were within five
thousand yards of Bapaume, the
scene of so much heavy fighting e
year ago, while south of the river
the British forces had advanced sev
eral miles south and east of the Al
bert lines, nibbling and hacking at
the German flanks all day. This en
circling movement is involving the
German forces in serious difficulty
and the large number of prisoners
taken indicates the struggle of the
enemy to rid himself of the persistent
attacks which the Allies are main
taining.
On the Picardy front proper the
French continue their wonderful suc
cess and General Mangin’s operations
have compelled the evacuation of
Noyon and the capture of large
batches of prisoners.
ITALY’S AIRMEN HAVE
MANY SCALPS WON
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WASHINGTON,—The Italian em
bassy here makes the official an
nouncement following advices from
the Minister of War on the subject,
that three hundred enemy airplanes
have been destroyed on the Italian
front from June 1 to Aug 3. A little
over two months, which is considered
a remarkable record. During the
same ime Allied airmen engaged
in the operations on the Italian front
lost machines to the number of 37.
This shows very succinctly the su
premacy of the Allies on this front
in the air also.
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