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NOME, ALASKA. SATURDAY, MARCH 9, 1918.
NO. 2510.
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BIG BATTLE
S IMMINENT
DEMAND LIVE UP TO AGREEMENT
GERMANS PREPARING
GIGANTIC OFFENSIVE
ON WEST FRONT
WASHINGTON, D. C. Mar. 8.—
According to advices reaching tho
Italian Embassy, purporting to come
from Switzerland, the Teutons are
about to launch a mighty offensive
not only along the West front but
along the entire Allied front both
In France and Italy. These reports
aay that since the Russian Armis
tice, the Central Empires have been
engaged in strengthening their own
positions and bringing up thous
ands of pieces of heavy artillery,
millions of shells and thousands of
tons of other supplies with which
to launch this new drive.
Yesterday’s attack on the Italian
positions around Monte Tambo are
said to have been a small sample
of what can be expected when they
have finally decided at just what
point to attack and that so far they
are merely jockylng for a start
The German-Austrians and thejr
Allies have been striving with tire
less energy, to be ready to launch
thfiir attack, if possible, before the
American Forces, in any great num
bers, can be brought to bear on the
situation effectually. With this plan
in view the enemy air-scouts, have
for weiks, been spying out every
foot of the Allied lines, no detail
escaping their eagle eye. ■ While
engaged in this hazardous occupa
tion, many of these machines, in
tho zeal of their pilots to approach
as close as possible to some particu
lar spot in order to make their infor
mation most authentic, often came
within range ofsome masked bat
tery and were shot down. In mostly
all such machines were found, not
only photogaphs, maps, charts, and
scientific data but wireless equip
ment of the most compact and deli
cate kind and in the most cases
developed beyond any point the
Allies have yet attained. Many Ger
man secrets, which before have puz
zled Allied Commanders.
The Kaiser, Hindenberg, Luden
dorff, Mackjensen and Falkenhayn
have been holding eonl'erences al
most continuously for the past six
weeks and have been giving thie
planning of this great offensive their
entire attention.
The Embassy’s informant states
that these conferences have now
ceased, that the military plans and
preparations for the greatest drive
of the Central Powers, since the
commencement of the war and that
from now on the mighty war mach
ine will merely mark time, until the
War Lord gives the word.
PARIS, Mar. 8.—The Germans
yesterday repeated their attempt to
feel out the Allied lines In the re
gion of Lauvamonte, by attacking
the frist line positions but wiere
twice driven back by the withering
tire poured upon them by the der
fenders. The German losses were
severe in both killed and wounded,
the French taking more than 234
unwounded prisoners. Frequent
skirmishes in this vicinity have tak
en place off and on now lor several
days, and it is believed that the
Germans are seeking a spot in the
line where they may possibly break
through or are using this method
of distracting tho Allies attention
from some other part of the lines.
The Allies have been spending
much time in strengthening these
positions and bringing up needed
reenfordements in anticipation of
the German Spring drive and Allied
Commanders express themselves
satisfied with their being able to
hold these positions against any
force sent against them.
WASHINGTON, March 8—Senator
Morris Sheppard of Texas has intro
duced a bill in the senate today, which
gives the President authority to im
mediately place under government con
trol all telegraph, telephone and radio
systems with in the jurisdiction of the
United States. The bill, provides that
all the systems shall be taken over
under the same conditions as the rail
road systems and that all officials and
operators shall be considered as being
under the direct supervision of the
military authorities. All duplicate
service will be done away with for the
period of the war, the men used else
where and general overhead expense
cut down.
WASHINGTON, D. C. liar. 8.—
Senator Poindexter of Washington,
today introduced a resolution in the
Senate designating May 7 th as an
International Memorial Day for all
the soldiers dead of America and the
Allies.
Poindexter said, that at this time,
it was only right that America
should pay some fitting tribute of
respect to those who have died in
defense of American Liberty today,
a3 in former years. The resolution
was immediately and unanimously
adopted.
CAMP WHEELER, Macon, Ga.
Mar. 8.—Scrgt. G. H. Holwig, and
Thomas Evans and Fredrick Swarth
man, of the 121st Infantry (Seconci
Georgia) lost their lives when five
company kitchens wfcre burned In
a tire which broke out here today.
Thja flames were extinguished af
ter a hard fight in which the Macon
fire department assisted the Camp
Wheleler soldiers.
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GRAPE JUICE CHAMPION
RESSED PRO’S CON’
CHICAGO
CHICAGO, Mar. S.—The Nation
al Prohibition Party in Convention
assembled here today went on re
cord as favoring not only National
Prohibition, equal Suffer age and
Government Control of all industries
during the war but they be contin
ued in operation after the war as
well. These are some of the out
standing planks adopted by the New
National Party Convention. Sonic
of the members who opposed these
planks as belonging to the Socialist
platform were hoot d down. Tiie
Grape Juice Champion, himself, ad
dressed the Convention stating that
het was entirely in favor of the adop
tion of there policies and that he
believed, every one in the United
States, who had the interest of the
Nation at heart, would be in favor
of such policies. He also stated
that he did not believe the country
was being given over to radicalism
by the adoption of such measures
but that it rather convinced him
more than anything else ever could j
that the people were becoming more j
rational every day. The. “Peerless
One” deplored the tendency to graft,
by tho patriotic business' men of:
the country an*d said ho himself had j
been accused of being a pro-German
in the early part of the war by some
“Molly-coddle” in thet House, but
that he had never heard of any oi
the people volunteering to go to
France and that In fact some of
them were keeping the conscription
age down for the purpose of avoid
ing it themselves being within the
age limit even though they would
not be permitted to go so long as
they held down the job of passing
laws which “permitted” others to
go. The speaker was constantly in
terrupted by prolonged applause
and at times the Convention lost
appearances of a “Grape Juice Con
vention”.
Express and General Delivery.
See Erickson at Mansfield's Cigar
Store.
AGREEMENT VIOLATED
5,000 QUIT WORK
PHILADELPHIA, March L'-At the
plant of the American International
Shipbuilding Corporation, at Hog Is
land, 5,000 men quit work and refused
to return until the conditions which
the corporation agreed to at the time of
the last trouble, were put in operation.
By the agreement at that time the
men were guaranteed an eight hour
day with double time for all overtime.
The men wanted, above all else, the
straight eight hour shift and no over
time, but when shown by the wage
Adjustment Board how many times
this may delay the government ship
building program*, they agreed then
that in case of emergency, and in such
cases only, they would work overtime
but they must be paid double time.
This plan of double pay has never been
put into operation, although the cor
poration continues to make plenty of
etaergondes, when the men had to
fwork overtime still When pay day
came around they failed to receive
their pay as agreed upon. They sent
a committee to the management and
the committee were told that the men
should go right on working and the
management would investigate the
matter, when the committee returned
this answer to the men, 7,500 men
quit work immediately and absolutely
refused to return to work.
The men say that the government
has already been swindled out of over
$11,000,000 by this bunch of war profi
teers and that if the government can
stand for this bunch of grafters then j
the grafters will have to come through
on the agreement as laid down by the I
Board or they will not return to work.
The Union Secretary emphatically
denies that these men were in any
sence unpatriotic but said they woukl
demand the enforcement of the Board’s
agreement with them.
WASHINGTON, March 8—Members|
of the Shippihg Board today stated
that the men at Hog Island were
right as to the agreement and that the
strike should be immediately settled
by the men returning to work tomor
row. The Board lias telegraphed both
the officials of the Union and the Man
agement of the Corporation, and have
received word from the Management
to the effect that the trouble had re
sulted from a misunderstanding.
The Union Officials advise that they
would instruct the men to go to work
in the morning but that the Board
must send some of its representatives
within forty-eight hours to have a
: complete understanding between the
linen and the company, since the com
pany claim a misunderstanding and
which the Union Officials say did not
exist. The Board states that the form
er agreement did specify that the men
should receive double pay for all over,
time.
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STRONG STILL HOLDING FORT;
OPPOSITION DEVELOPING
AGAINST RIGGS
WASHINGTON, D. C. Mar. 8.—
A statement from Washington offi
cialdom regarding the appointmen
of a new Governor for Alaska,
was given out this morning to the
effect, that the President had nom
inated Thos. Riggs, after having
been given to understand by Secre
tay Lane, that the present Gover
nor of Alaska, was quite willing to
be relieved. Governor Strong has
been a hold over official since last
April and the Department of the
Intelrior Officials, seemed entirely un
ruffled by the announcement, oi
Governor Strong's supporters In
Washington, to the effect that Strong
had not resigned. They asserted
that it was entirely for hint to re
sign as the Presdent could use his
own discretion, to appoint whoever
he thought most fit to fill the posi
tion. The Riggs supporters aro
working very hard to have his ap
pointment confirmed but it is believ
ed here that Riggs will be opposed
by some of the Labor leaders for the
stand he had taken in the Alaska
Labor troubles some time ago and
that the record of Riggs will be
closely investigated before his ap
pointment will be confirmed. Some
of Strong’s friends claim that Sec
retary Lane is really the one who
has blocked Strong’s appointment
because he thinks he will have much
greater control over Riggs than
over Strong and that every one
knows the trouble between Gregory,
Daniels and Lane over the California
Oil field deal. They claim that
Lane is bent on banding over every
thing possible to the interests and
for that reason wants a man he
can control for Governor.
WASHINGTON. D. C. Mar. 8.—
Secretary Lane, expressed great sur
prise on receiving the. news from
Juneau, that Gevernor Strong de
nied the statement made here that,
he had resigned. He said, he was at
loss to account for Strong’3 state
ment. The Secretary said that.
Strong had been advised by him and
knew all along that Riggs was to
receive the appointment. He also
stated that he had no doubt, that
Riggs’ appointment would be con
firmed although he had heard some
talk of slight opposition.
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KERENSKY, LENINE, TROTZKY,
DIFFERENCES SETTLED
COPENHAGEN, Mar. 8.—R ports
coming in from Petrograd tend to
confirm previous reports, to the ef
fect that all inferences between the
Ilolsheviki and the Kerensky ele
ment have been amicably settled
since the threat of the Japs to enter
Siberia.
All the former Kerpnsky officials
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arc now taking their places in the
line^ and doing everything in their
power to stem the German rush.
Lenine and Trotsky yesterday re
turned from a hurried trip to
Moscow and report that everything
is boing*done to rush the supplies
from Vladivostock in time to be or
service to the troops at the front.
Lei|ino stated that Russia would
yet succeed even if : lie were desert <1
by her former Allies and that she
1 would never give up.
The report states that all danger
of the city falling into the hands of
the German invaders is now past
and that with the thousands new
•
rushing to the assistance of the
Bolsheviki government they will
soon bo abliei to launch a powerful
offensive against the enemy.
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via the overland route.
The trip leaving' Nome, March
t!5th, will be me (n>it of the season
to carry registered, insured, turs
and parcels post mails destined for
the outside over the winter trail.
. . Letters in their usual and ordin
ary form, and post cards will bo
forwarded up to and including the
departure from Nome April 8th,