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VOLUME XII.
NOME, ALASKA. TUESDAY, OCTOIiEII, 1, 1018.
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BRITISH AND BELGIANS
MAKE BIG ADVANCE
LONDON,—Fighting on the Flan
ders front presented the most import
ant gains for the Allies on the western
front Monday. The Belgians made a
signal achievement when they cap
tured the city of Roulers and which
they are now holding. Roulers is far
more important than Ypres and is the
main base which the Germans have
been using between Lille and Ostend
and being the most important rail
road center in western Belgium. The
Germans are being driven back in all
sectors and a desperate effort to re
take Roulers was ignominiously
thrust back by the victorous Belgians.
The Anglo-Belgian battle line pene
I trated twelve miles into the German
1 lines in Flanders and captured three
hundred guns, taking practically
everey formidable position in the Ger
man defenses.
This is one of the most brilliant
achievements which the Allies have
accomplished on the west front and
the advance in this sector regardless
of weather conditions may be expect
ed to be continuous.
The Germans have rushed big rein
forcements to this sector, but these
are unable to withstand the gruelling
which the Anglo-Belgians are inflict
ing on them.
General Plumer commands the
British.
PARIS,—notable gains in Flanders
are directing attention again to this
fighting point. The capture of Roul
ers is regarded as of immense value
and significance. The penetration of
twelve miles by the Anglo-Belgian
troops is as welcome as it was unex
pected.
PARIS,—On Tuesday more Belgian
villages were captured. The Sarren
Roulers and Mennin Roulers railroad
has been cut in several places.
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NEMY CAPITAL
LONDON,—Wild peace demonstra
tions took place in Berlin yesterday
and today and the German capital is
in a state of siege. The British In
telligence Department has informa
tion showing that the rioting assumed
the largest proportions hitter anti
government declarations being in evi
dence. The mob over turned the
statues of military leaders past and
present before the free use of mus
ketry finally quelled the riots and
thousands were apprehended. The
situation is grave in the extreme and
the people altho cowed by the exhibi
tion of force in a very dangerous and
ugly mood. Berlin is now an armed
camp.
COPENHAGEN',—Press dispatches
coaling thru Germany reveal the fact
that Constantinople is in possession
of mobs that are conducting severe
rioting altho the soldiers are loyal
and endeavoring to gain the upper
\ hand. Enver Pasha, the leader of the
Pro-German party declared emphati
cally to the Turkish Council of state
that Germany was not yet beaten and
that the Allies victory over Bulgaria
; was without especial significance.
LONDON,,—The German element
in Turkey is now openly struggling
toi keep the upper hand and the con
trol of the army. The minute they
lose they expect a revolution leading
to peace and this is nerving many who i
would otherwise make approaches to
the Allies, to maintain their attitude',
of favoring a continuance of the war. ■
ZURICH,— The consternation in
the Central Powers when it became
known that Bulgaria succumbed to
the Allies passes belief. The black- j
est gloom is everywhere displayed and I
defeat is openly considered as loom- i
ing dark on the horizon. Press ef-l
forts to harden these sentiments to
one of despairing effort seem unsuc
cessful.
CITY BATHS. HOT AND CORD
WATER, ALWAYS READY.
FRENCH CROSS THE
HEIGHTS OF AIRE
PARIS,—The fighting in the Ar
gonne assumed a new phase Monday
when the American troops crossing
the heights which barred the way to
the valley of Aire northwest of'Mon
faucon reached over to join with the
American troops in a more generally
directed advance.
The fighting that succeeded in
driving the Germans from their posi
tions had the result of compelling the
enemy to withdraw precipitately leav
ing guns and supplies behind.
This army that was opposing the
advance of the French was the army
of the Crown Prince.
The thrust succeeded in shattering
several large sections of this army
before it.
LONDON,—Northwest of La Cata
let, the scene of much hard fighting
almost seven months ago, the Ger
mans by repeated and determined
counters succeeded in repelling the
British advanced posts in thip line.
The British were obliged to with
draw several stages of the advance
only very recently accomplished.
Heavy concentrations of German
troops have been placed in this section
The Germans are making use of Cam
brai and St Quentin to stay the Al
lied advance on the Picardy front in
the same manner that they used Pe
ronne and Bapaume and other strong
holds in the first battle of the Somme.
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LANSING GIVES SHARP
RESPONSE TO KAISER
(
WASHINGTON,—German fright
fulness struck a snag in Secretary
Lansing of the State Department.
The use of sawed off shot guns
which Pershing found so efficacious
in stopping raids across No Man's
Land by German raiding forces was
protested by Germany but the pro
test ignored.
Thereupon a formal notification
was sent thru diplomatic channels
that any American prisoner taken by
the Germans and who was found in
possession of a shot gun would be ex
ecuted.
The Germans held that shot guns
were prohibited by the usual codes of
civilized warfare.
Lansing replying to the German
protest practically defies Germany in
so many words and says that the
Americans will continue to use shot
guns when their efficiency is consider
ed useful and if Germany fulfils its
threat to execute prisoners found
with them in their possession or hav
ing ammunition for these shot guns
upon their persons when captured,
America will take instant reprisal
upon German prisoners held by the
United States or later to be held by
the United States or its Allies.
There is something amusing even in
this tragic circumstance of the nation
which devised poison gas, liquid fire
and so forth protesting against the
use of shot guns against its own
troops.
That Germany meets its match in |
determination has been clearly made
manifest in Secretary Lansing’s dis
patch.
PENSION REFORMS COMING
HALIFAX,—Reforms in the scope
for pensions for returned soldiers and
their dependents are to be incorporat
ed in order-in-councils at an early
date, according to Major E. L.
Buchanan, travelling representative
of the board of pension commission
ers.
SENATE QUEERS SUFFRAGE
WASHINGTON,—Thursday after
noon the Senate defeated Woman’s
suffrage by a vote of 54 to 80.
PARIS,—General Despery has in
structed the immediate execution of
the armistice now signed with Bul
garia and on Monday not a gun was
fired and fraternization between the
opposing forces began to make itself
felt in a guarded and very prudent be
ginning. Bulgaria has agreed to all
the Allied conditions, relinquishes its
gains and claims for mo«etary indem
nities from Roumania, accepts the sit
uation allowing the Allies the use of
its railroads ajd severs all relations
with the Austro-German alliance.
It is understood that a revolution
took place before the armistice was
sought by the Premier and that the
capital was practically in a state of
siege since the soldiers revolted some
weeks ago.
Tzar Ferdinand is endeavoring to
hold on, despite his opposition to the
peace move and he is understood to
haye taken the precaution of sending
his family to Austria and to which
ptece he may also remove himself
should the people attempt to attack
the Crown'.
It is generally believed that a
change in the dynasty and possibly
the system of government may follow
the peace that is certain to come fol
lowing the armistice.
LONDON,—It is reported upon re
liable grounds that Turkey is pre
paring to square accounts with the
Allies and to secure an armistice in
view of the Bulgarian attitude.
The cabinet is said to be meeting at
Constantinople for this purpose.
There is reported to be intense ex
citement in the Turkish capital and a
strong anti-German feeling prevail
ing. The pacification of the entire
Balkan peninsula is within measura
ble distance altho it is not expected
that Turkey will sue for peace im
mediately.
LONDON,—Bulgarian officers who
tried to stop the flight of their troops
from the Allied blows were ruthless
ly murdered by the men say the inhab
itants of the territory conquered by
the Allies. There seems no duobt that
the revolution in Bulgaria caused the
suspension of the war.
ROME,—The Vatican learned that
the Tzar Ferdinand will abdicate in
favor of his son. It is doubted
whether any monarch will be allowed
to last long in Bulgaria owing to the
revolutionary sentiment of the people.
AMSTERDAM,—The German soc
ialists are informed officially that
German; will make another peace
ofter as a result of Bulgaria’s action
quitting the Teutonic Alliance and
signing an armistice with the Allies.
LONDON,—It is announced that
President Fehrenback of the German
Reischtag will succeed Hertling as.
Chancellor. This is a distinct victory
for the liberals of the Center.
LONDON,—Damascus is now sur
rounded on the north and southwest
by British cavalry and another thous
and of the Sultan’s army has been
taken prisoner.
LONDON,—Turkey has sent out
feelers for an armistice it is unofSc
ially announced, but no notice will
be taken o"f this until an official tele
gram is received.
GERMAN DIVISIONS
TRAPPED ARGONNE
PARIS,—Two German divisions
have been trapped in the Argonne
Forrest by the French troops moving
with lightening like rapidity over the
heights northwest of Montfaucon.
They were caught in the teeth of a
trap one jaw of which is consisting
of Americans and the other of French
troops and face either anihilation or
capture. Either one or the other
Seems certain Tuesday morning as the
French close in^upon the enemy with
relentless motion.
The French are nearing the city
of Monthois and the fall of that place
seems imminent. The drive up the
Aire valley into the Aisne valley due
north will threaten every German po
sition to the west and compel a with
drawal. Prisoners are coming in to
day literally by the wholesale and the
guns of the enemy are being left be
hind so rapid is the flight to save the
situation for the rest of the forces in
the Argonne and to the east and west.
This is probably the most import
ant stroke performed in the way of
strategic fighting since the Allied of
fensive commenced, as it reveals the
weakness and impossibility of the |
Germans maintaining an unmenaced j
flank should they attempt to hold I
lines parallel with the old Siegfried J
line for the winter.
LONDON,—Cambrai on Thursday
morning was almost entirely envelop
ed by the British forces which hurled
the German efforts back along the
entire front. Fighting is raging
close by the city and fires are burn
ing unchecked in Cambrai itself.
The British forces north of St
Quentin captured Fevergies, five
miles north. In the advance on Cam
brai the British took one after an
other Proville and Tilloy.
The offensive blows being struck
everywhere are of tremendous weight
the fighting is continuous day and
night, relays of troops relieving re
lay while the German lines are pound
ed in daylight and dark.
The approach of the winter inten
sifies the fighting and the resistance
of the Germans is beginning to relax
along many sections the stiffened op
position noticeable a week ago not be
ing quite so much in evidence at any
point.
The fall of both Cambrai and Sit
Quentin is expected before very many;
days.
PARIS,—The French captured
Ilinarville and Conde-Les Autry to
day. Since September 26 the French,
have taken 13,000 prisoners and three
hundred cannon.
BERLIN,—The Canadians advanc
ed to Ramilles two miles northeast ot
Cambrai but were driven back to
Tiller, one mile northwest of Cam
brai.
PARIS,-—The Americans are firm
ly established at Cierges three miles;
northeast of Montfaucon.
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STRIVE TO INFLICT HEAVY
AND DECISIVE DEFEAT
PARIS,—The western front con
flict, it is now apparent, is neither a
struggle for position nor for territory.
It is one gigantic battle in which
every section is engaged to the utmost
the Allied Generalissimo striving to
inflict a decisive defeat upon the
enemy.
The Allies are hammering every
German position from Yser to the
Meuse and in consequence von Hin
denberg is unable to shift troops from
one position to another. Menaced
everywhere, the German commander
in chief has his grip threatened on the
whole line and indications of con
fusion in orders are increasing say
captured German officers.
The German losses are reaching
staggering figures owing to the fre
quent traps in which the regiments
conducting rear guard actions find
themselves from the swiftly moving
Allied artillery.
Many German regiments withdraw
ing too late from defensive positions
have been practically wiped out by
an intensive fire and caught between
two barages were unable to surrender
and were later came upon when lying
in heaps of dead and wounded where
no shelter from the terrific fire was
attainable. This has happened so
ferquently lately that defensive posi
STEEL WORKERS SEEK INCREASE
SYDNEY,—Nova Scotia Steel
Workers are asking for a general
wage increase of 10 per cent for all
workers now receiving more than
$3.50 a day, and of 20 per cent for
men getting $3.50 or less. The pros
pects of success is said to be good.
SMELTER WORKERS UNITE
SPRINGFIELD, 111,—Smelter em
ployees have organized and affiliated
with the International Union of Mill,
Mine and Smelter Workers.
tions are not held as firmly as form
erly and surrenders are rapid.
The situation is capable of the
most important developments and the
present pressure upon the enemy lines
cannot be long maintained without
a giving away of the whole of the
German defense no matter how able
or formidably conceived.
CLEVELAND STRIKE WON
CLEVELAND,—By winning a
strike that involved 4000 employees
the International Ladies’ Garment
Workers Union has broken the back
bone to trade unionism opposition in
this instance. Government statistics
show that these employers paid the
lowest wage in the country, but a
strike that tied up their plants was
necessary to convince them that their
employees’ claim were just.
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