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VOLUME XII.
NOME, ALASKA. SATURDAY, AUGUST, 3, 1'918.
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GERMANS BACK UP
BEFORE ALLIED FORCES
PARIS,—Impending disaster for
the Teuton forces was visible in
the retrograde movement which
/sharpened in the German ranks be
fore the sudden on rush of the
Entente forces, when the French
with dramatic ferocity attacked and
gained the ridges of the Ourcq
Aisne watershed. This is the most
important advance which has boen
made since the German retreat be
gan, and seems to have taken the
German forces off their feet, when
they were hurled back in full force
three miles on a five mile front in
a northeastern direction, tighten
ing the pocket south of the Aines
Velse line and endangering every
German division which has no other
outlet for retreat except thru this
road.
The Allies are continuing their
attacks while the German forces
have been ordered to hold them back
at all costs. The fighting is bitterly
ferocious and the effort of the Ger
mans are the same violent counters
that marked their withdrawal step
by step hitherto.
To increase the difficulties which
the Germans are facing it should be
mentioned that the newly organized
German base at Fismes, and which
contains their principle munition and
food supply dumps, is now in flames
Further the Allied artillery, using
the new long range guns has now
control of the Soissons road tc
Rheims. This sweep of effective
artillery compel® the rotiring Ger
mans to carry out their retirement
under a heavy barage of both high
explosives and closer by bursting
shrapnel.
So satisfactory wero conditions
for the Allies of Friday, that th<
chances for the capture of addi
J tional forces of Germans was lookec
! for. ,
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WILSON FAVORS A
DIRECT PROFITS TAX
WASHINGTON, D. C.—It became
known today that President Wilson
favors a virtual conscription of war
profits to finance the war.
The continuous battling in Europe
significant as it fia of the enormous
sacrifice that men have to make
to win the war, has led the Presi
dent to come to a decision that
wealth too must be prepared to
make extensive sacrifices.
It is stated that President Wil
son will support the policy of La
Kollette and that a direct tax is
what he will demand upon all war
profits, probably In the neighbor
hood ot eighty per cent.
Extraordinary influences have
been at work to prevent this policy
from being adopted, but the public
demand in the face of the continued
repo>. is of immense profits has com
pelled the President to take cogn*
zance of the necessity for this pol
icy.
It is pointed out that in Grea
Britain for some time, the govern
ment has been taking somethin;
in th.g neighborhood of eighty -fiv.
per cent proftis from the compame
whose excess is thus compelled ti
pay the large costs of the war.
GERMANS RETIRING IN
HASTE ON WEST
LONDON,—The fortune of war
head out for the AUioo and since
last official reports they advanced
six miles, driving the Germans be
fore' them. The Germans are re
tiring hastily to prevent encircle
ment, hut the number of prisoners
taken increases almost hourly.
The Germans in one instance were
compelled to retire so precipitately
that it actually became a rout,
when they rushed back across tlio
north of the Arde river, leaving guns
•equipment, munitions and supplies,
almost all their baggage in the
hands of the Allies who chased
them to the river bank without let
up, the the cavalry again a:id again
charging tho fleeing Gormans in
this section.
The maiin army of the Allies lia3
* now reached the Velse river, the
French cavalry doing terrific execu-i
tion as the Germans sought safety
across it, burning the bridges or
blasting them as they retired..
Tho French cavalry have crossed
tho Velse between Champagny and
Jonchesy, the Germans burning the
■villages as they passed thru, leaving
th© French possession of the flaming
cottages. The Allies flow hold
Soissons and the south bank of the
Aisne in that sector from Pomores
to Venisell. The Allies advanced
all the time along a twenty mile
front between Fere en Tardenois
and Ville on Tardenois. The Allies
cleared the Germans from the north
bank of the stream at Chacrise and
the Germans are compelled to re
tire precipitately north of the Ard
river where the menacing advanc
of the Allies became so serious
Southwest of Rheams the Allies re
newed the drive capturing Guev
and Thelles.
GOOD NEWS STRIKE
PROVES ONLYJFIZZLf
The Belinda coming back from
tho Kuskokwim ports does not bring
very cheerful reports from Water
moose creek, the new strike in the
Good News Bay soctioli. The new
camp is on the bum, in fact and
many aro leaving. Most of those
who went down- with the Belinda
either left thero for the canneries
or returned on board the Belinda.
On only three claims the original
scene of the discovery, has pay
been found and those there were
somewhat discouraged. About fifty
persons all were in the new cam
and. except those who had somothin
in sight, the majority were figui
ing upon leaving cither for othe
camps up the Kuskokwim or fo
the canneries which aro taking a!
the help they can get. The ru
of salmon this year has been ur
usually large.
CITY BATHS, HOT AND COC1
WATER, ALWAYS READY.
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WICK OPENS UP
G. 0. P. CAMPAIGN
Stirs Audience as He Lambasts His Rivals
Scoring the Machine that Plans to
Squelch Him This Fall. Sulzer Brand=
ed a Political Coward. Grigsby Gets His.
Judge Wickersham performed the
almost impossible feat of filling
the A. B. Hall when the first, re
publican campaign meeting was held
last night and at which he v^as if
, not the only speaker at least the
only one whom the people came to
hear. His remarks kept the aud
ience im good humor and his fight
ing trim was noticeable in the
characteristic speech which ho made.
He was at his best in his really
fine defense of Governor Strong
although he was most vigorously
applauded in his remarks on the
eight hour day. However the
Judge’s experience as a wage worker
is academic and his interest in the
workers must remain political mere
ly. His roast of the democratic
machine, of Judge Bunnell and the
“penurious pea nut politicians” was
well deserved.
PEARSON PRESIDES
W .H. Pearson presided and. a
’ number of the republican commit
i tee were on the platform. In def
i jerenee no doubt to his present posi
, tion, so stalwart a republican as
(Judge Lomen was inconspicuously
seated like many other democratic
office holders holders and leaders
in the audience. William A Gil
more recited the virtues of the var
ious republican candidates, and al
though Gil did his best under the
circumstances he left the impression
that the general array of eligibles
for office among the G. O. P.’s were
more remarkable for their domestic
\>rtues than for their political abil
ities.
WICK WINS APPLAUSE
•Tudge Wickersham came quite un
heralded on the platform but the
acute vision of T. M. Reed disce-n
cd ice Chosen One and he led- tile
applause that followed when those
of less zeal discovered the Presence
As William A. Gilmore had con
cluded his remarks with a patriotic
exhortation for the republican party,
Judge Wickersham got down to
business himself by following in his
steps and insisting that the first
duty of every loyal American was
to lick the Hun. “Any man who j
falters on this question is net a I
loyal American” lie declared amid
applausa. But he declared that he
had nothing but contempt for those
penurious pea nut politicians who
would declare that because the dem
ocratic administration was in power
everyone who did not vote "for mo
is a pro-Gorman and that’s what
Charlie Sulzer is doing now”.
It was here that Judge Wicker
sliam began his really rid. truly
campaign speech and from this timo
on, the panning he gave George
B. Grigsby, Johnnie Troy, Charlio
Sulzer and the rest had to be heard
to be appreciated.
SAT AT THE RAT HOLE
“I was elected in 1908 and I was
in 1916 but Charlie grabbed the pa
pers. But any man who grabs an
election from me has a fight on
his hands. They might scare ono
who was easily frightened and easily
bluffed., but as I was neither I,
went to Washington and sat by the
rat holo until it came out and I
swatted it with a club.” Referr
ing to his own experiences as dcle
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AMERICAN LOSSES ARE
REPORTED AT 12,000
WASHINGTON, D. .C—Saturday
morning it was announced that
Pershing reports that the total
American casualties in the. present
- drive in killed wounded and miiss
i ing will be about 12,000. Consid
> ering the terrific fighting which
has engaged the forces of the United
States now for almost a month,
this figure is rather less than had
E been anticipated. Great relief is felt
that the losses are no greater.
; General March told the military
committee Saturday morning that
the American troops now overseas
number over one million three hun
dred thousand.
WASHINGTON. D. C.—The War
Department announced that the
American advance and. the continued
success had made it impossible for
General Pershing to compilo an ac
curate list of American casualties.
These would be made public at once
when they had been received.
WASHINGTON, D. C—It is an
nounced Friday evening that the
capture of Ville En Tardenois was
imminent.
LONDON,—The Kaiser has re
doubled. his body guard upon the
advice of the General Staff, to guard
against assassination. Radical prop
aganda is beginning to take root,
in Germany following the failure of
their great drive to bring about
their promised decision.
BULGAR TROOPS ARE IN
MUTINY NEAR SOPHIA
)
i LONDON,—Tho first reports In
dicating internal strife In the King
dom of Bulgaria, comes out in Ex
change Telegraphs via Switzerland..
These show that Bulgarian troops
mutinied near the city of Sofia de
manding peace, and insisting that
they be demobilized and sent to
their homes.
Two were killed when loyalist
troops were hurriedly rushed with
machine guns to the_
hundreds have since been arrested.
The reports continue that a revo
lution is brewing that may result
In serious internal strife within the
Bulgar domain.
The situation is described as
serious. The declaration by high
officials that Bulgaria would be con
strained to take up a more active
military policy against the Allies
in Macedonia, said to have
many, has added fuel to the flames
of discontent.
The very strict censorship which
the Bulgar government rigidly main
tained since its entry into tho war
prevents any lengthy details being
given out.
A revolution in Bulgaria would
have a far reaching effect. The
agitation of the Jugo-Slavs