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VOL. 11,
NOME, ALASKA. FRIDAY, MARCH 29, 1918.
NO. 2527.
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BERLIN, Mr,;-. 28.—The War of
fice announces to day that the Ger- '
mans West of Bapaumo hwre sue- !
ceeded In driving the British back
to Baquoy and Hebuterne (Baquoy
nine miles almost due South of Ar- i
ras, Hebuterne eleven miles South
west of Arran.
The Germans have crossed the :
Somme driving the enemy from
tho Fouilly region. i
In the district South of Albert the I
British have been driven West to i
►'illiers within eight m^les of Amiens
vfcich is forty miles from the Eng
ish Channel.
The German line now extends
Most beyond Roye, which was cap
ured today, and the Allies have
)een driven to positions West of
doaididier which is seven and one
lalf miles West of the old German
ine of two years ago, and all along
his line the Allies have been driven
nto many regions untouched by war
irce the year nineteen fourteen.
Montdidicr is about 54 miles al
most directly North of Pf.ris.
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FRENCH REINFORCED
BY AMERICANS
PARIS, Mar. 28.—War office this
morning announces that the French
forces now being reenforced by
fresh troops and many Americano,
have succeeded in capturing a num
ber of positions form the Germans
in the Sempigny section and are
holding the enemy at Montdidler
and Goyencourt.
Many thousands of reserves are
being massed behind the lines in
preparation for tho launching of a
powerful counter offensive when the
enemy shall have spent his force.
The German drive is now slowing
up to a great extent and it is
thought the enormous losses
wrought by the Allied artillery is
having effect.
The Germans in their attack on j
Roye and Moritdidier sacrificed
thousands of men before tho French
force withdrew to the heights to
the West.
The Germans engaged in this
great drive are reported as exceed
ing 5,000,000 men and this does
not include the Austrian r.nd Bul
garian reserves now being rushed in
to fill the great gaps made by
tho Allies artillery fire.
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PERSHING STATES ALLIES
CHECKING GERMANS
WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 2 8.—
The Wear Department announces
that Pershing for the first time
mentions the. American forces as
being engaged on the West front.
Pershing states the American
troops have been reinforcing the
French forces on the Oise in the
region of Simpigny and also at
Montdidier.
On the Oise they have been in
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LONDON, Mar. 28.—The British
forces in Mesopotamia have succeed
ed in cither capturing or destroying
the entire Turkish forces in the
region of Hit.
More than 3,0 00 prisoners have
been taken and thirteen machine
guns and many thousands of small
arms.
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strumental in assisting the French
in recapturing a number of the
former positions held by the Allies
and at Montdidier have successfully
held their positions against succeed
ing German onslaughts.
They have been highly praised
by both French and British officials
for their having been able to bear
the brunt of German assaults as
well as seasoned veterans.
BRITISH ZONE
PIERCED NEAR
ARRAS
LONDON, Mar. 28.—The official
British zone just opposite Arras
has been pierced by German flank
movement. This is the extreme
right flank of the German advance.
The Germans have also crossed
the Somme from the North bank in
the region of Bray-s-Somme.
Near Chippilly the British have
fallen back toward Hamel.
The battle line now runs from
Hamel to Avillers to Davinscourt to
Mcsnil, St. George and Hainsville.
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Pershing states that the Allies
are new checking the Germans along
the entire line and also preparing
to launch a powerful counter offen
sive.
Pershing so far has furnished no
casuality list.
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ADMINISTnATCu
FIXES PRICE
OF COAL
WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 28.—
The Fuel Administration fixed the
prices at which coal Is to be sold at
the mines in tho State of Washing
ton.
The following is the list cf prices
for all washed bituminous coal of
prepared sizes; lump nut coal, six
dollars per ton, mixod steam coal,
five twenty-five per ton, straight
steaming coal, four eighty per ton;
slack, two fifty per ton.
Sub-bituminous coal, lump nut,
five dollars por tan; pea coal, three
fifty per ton; buckwheat three twen
ty-five per ton; and slack, one fifey
par ton.
HAIG REPORTS
800,000 READY FOR
COUNTER ATTACK
LONDON, Mar. 27.—The eighth day
of the German drive finds the end
of the struggle along way from a
decision. If the British forces can
possibly retake the former positions
before, the Germans can move for
ward their heaviest gun^, the fight
will be within the control of the
Allies in a short time, but if the
German-Austrlan reserves come up
in sufficient numbers and the enemy
succeds in successfully moving their
heavy artillery, it will be an exceed
ingly long and hard fought battle.
The battle has so far eclipsed any
thing of its kind in the history of
warfare.
So far it is estimated that close
to a million men have been lost
in the eight days fighting and more
than 9,000,000 have been engaged,
without counting the reserves.
On the Arra3 front the British
have time and time again repulsed
the enemy attacks but in spite of
the terrific, murderous fire poured
upon them they still drive forward
in ever increasing numbers. This
sector of the battle field has become
a veritable inferno.
The French forces at Moni.didier,
(34% miles Scutli-west of Se. Quen
tin, 34% miles Ncrth-west of Sois
son and 23 miles South-east'of A
miens) have* retired 6l'ghtly to
the West in order to take up more
secure positions prepared for them
on the heights.
The French line on the Oise in
the region of Simplgny has moved
forward and is now threatening the
enemies left flank, in the drive on
Roye to the North-west.
The Americans have now come to
the aid of the French in this flank
movement and are giving a very
good account of themselves. Their
lightening-like blows delivered in the
enemy’s flank In just the right spot
at the most opportune time is hav
ing a great tendency to slow down
tho enemy left flank attack on
Roye.
Tho Allies now have a mobile
army of 800,000 reserves in the
rear of the lines and are ready to
launch a counter move at the most
favorable moment. More than
100,000 Americans are included in
these 800,000 reserves.
Haig reports repeated German
assaults developing along the line
from Albert North to Beaumount,
Hamel and Moyanville (the latter
is just seven and one-half miles
South of Arras) but have all been
repulsed with severe losses to the
enemy.
The French counter attack yes
terday drove the enemy back three
.miles on a six and cne-half mile
front in the Noyon district.
BRITISH CAPTURE
PRISONERS & CONS
LONDON, Mar. 28.—The War
I < ffice announces that the British
have captured a number of German
prisoners and guns in retaking Mor
lancourt.
The Allied offensive is hourly
gaining momentum and have suc
j ceoded in retaking a number of the
loot positions.
Tho Germans have opened an in
tensive bombrrc'.ment on th posi
tions East of Arras near Blangy,
Tilloy and St. Laurent and a heavy
enemy infantry attack is momen
tarily expected to begin.
Heavy fighting developed Wednes
day night, the Germans started a
powerful drive from Albert toward
Moyer.neville seven and one-half
miles due South of Arras.
SENATORS DENOUNCE
“PATRIOTIC”? PROFITEERS
WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 2S.—
John Sharpe Williams, in the Sen
ate today administered another vi
trolic castigation to the war profit
eers. He declared that those men,
who are either holding up war leg
islation because they are not satis
fied with the profits, to be derived
therefrom and those continuous “pat
riots’’ who are pretending, to donate
their services to the governmnt, are
in reality simply worming their way
into %...c ... •rci.c of the
government, simply to sell the se
crets; not always to the foreign en-!
emy but to the vampires within.
The vampires, who are using every
subterfuge to avoid detection; con
tinually crying wolf at the workers,
in order to divert suspicion from
themselves, the real wolves.
Williams stated, thero are pome
men who are doing all in their
power to assist the government in
every wr.y possible and that he was
not alluding to these patristic gen
tlemen but the others, were a thou
sand times worse than any avowed
enemy could be; for thc-y were strik
ing, with an assasosins weapon, at
the very heart of the nation and
doing this in the guise of a friend.
It is against these men, who are
continually proffering their patriot
ism to the country and continually
advertising their loyalty that the
country has the least defense.
Williams, in concluding said, that
he was unalterably opposed to any
man who attempted In any way to
hinder needful war legislation and
for that reason he was opposed to
Sor.ator Robert La Follette contin
uing to act as United States Sen
ator from Wisconsin; however hon
est and sincoro the gentleman may
be , he (Williams) could not but
look upon him as an obstructionist.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 28.—
Senator Overman of North Carolina,
followed John Sharps Williams, in
his denunciation, of war profiteers.
And like Williams he flayed the
underhanded methods of some of
the American business men. He
said that some of these men thinking
because they were n A included in
the draft, they owed no duty to their
country, but all to themselves; that
a great many of them believed
in the theory and practice of getting
everything they po33ibly could while
the getting was good.
Overman said that it was due to
the profiteers and German spies—
and that in classing the profiteers
with German spies, he believed he
was classing them properly—the
American Aviation Program was so
far a failure.
The soul-!ess corporation.!;, some
of whom, now own many of the
larger plants engaged In the man
ufacture of aeroplanes, for tno gov
ernment, would hire .anyone willing
'o work cheap, in spite of tho gov
ernment’s warning in regards to
this matter. The secret-service
agents employed and paid by tho
government were continually kept
busy trying to weed out these spies,
but so long as the spies offered
tacir service cheap the corporations
would hire them.
Tho Senator also stated that many
spies were employed in the munitiou
factories for the came reason, and
many shells accepted by government
inspectors have afterwards turned
out to be defective.
Many of theso inspectors were in
league with the munition makers to
! defraud the government, he said,
| as instanced in recent cases of tho
i army clothing scandal and that there
were at the present time at least
I 400,000 spies in the United States,
and any manufacturer caught at
tempting to defraud the govern
ment, should be tried by court-mar
tial and have the same punishment
or worse if possible meted out to
him.
■ The spy should be looked upon
as an enemy but that the men pro
fessing to bo American citizens and
who outdo the spy should never
receive any punishment less than
death, says Senator Overman, then
and not till then can wo eradicate
tho profiteer.
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