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NOME, ALASKA. MONDAY, APRIL 22, 1918.
NO. 2547.
S. S. LAKEMORE TORPEDOED
AMERICAN TROOPS SUCCESSFUL
AMERICAN STEAMER
TORPEDOED MID OCEAN
WASHINGTON, D. C., Apr. 21.—
The Navy Department today an
nounces the loss of the American
steamer, Lakemoore. The steamer
was torpedoed and sunk by a Ger
man submarine in mid-ocean on
April eleventh.
The crew of the steamer consisted
of ten officers and fifty-two men,
and of this number five officers and
•forty men were lost. The remainder
■of the crew consisting of five officers
and twelve men have been landed
at an English port.
It is presumed that the survivors
were picked up by some passing
•ship and landed in England, but the
Department has not given the name
of the rescuing ship.
WASHINGTON. April 21—The Navy
Department todajy makes the announ
cement that the American steamer
Florence P., which recently sailer from
an Atlantic Port, has been blown up
in a French port.
The explosion, which completely
wrecked the shiip was caused from the
inside, and resulted in the loss of
forty of the lives of the crew.
The Florence H., was an American
built ship, belonging to Eastern own
ers „.nd carried a crew of seventy five
men.
The Department states that tile ship
was blown up on April seventeenth
and ,t is understood was a complete
loss.
Just at this time, so many sh'.pi are
being used, for the purpose of trans
portation of troops, supplies and am
munition that it is remarkable that
more accidents of this kind do not
happen.
This proves tbs wisdom of the Gov
ernmental polic> of shipping troops
and ammunition separately, otherwise
an accident such as this one, would
have caused a much greater loss of
life.
The Department makes no mention
its to the cause of the accident as to
whether the explosion was accidental
or otherwise.
PHILADELPHIA. Apr. 21.—The
steamer Florence H. which is re
ported, by the Navy Department, to
have been blown up in a French
port sailed from this port a short
time ago. The steamer was loaded
with a cargo of five thousand tons
of powder and steel.
• ATTENTION LONGSHOREMEN
Special meeting Tuesday, 2 P. M.
Important business, full attendance
requested.
** C. A. RIGGS, Sec’y.
Super Features—Eagle Hall
ALL FOR A DOLLAR
ALLIED AIRMEN DROP
16 TONS EXPLOSIVES
LONDON, Apr. 21.—Haig reports
that the British forces have success
fully advanced all positions on a
line of about twenty-five miles be
tween Arras and Albert.
Most of the positions have been
taken with slight loss, to the Allies,
and it is believed, that with the
number of fresh troops now comifig
up to support these positions, any
possible chance of the Germans re
capturing them is past.
~r The allied airmen have succeeded
I in. dropping sixteen tons of high ex
plosives, on many of the important
railway centers behind the German
lines, doing an immense amount of
damage. Many of the stations and
supply depots were wrecked and set
on fire.
PARIS. April 21.—An announce
ment from the Belgian Headquarters
says that the Belgians have recently
been engaged in battle with the
enc-my. The Belgian troops attacked
the Germans, in the positions
they had taken from the Belgians a
short time ago. Alter a short en
gagement the positions were all re
captured and the enemy forced back
all along that sector of the Belgian
front.
On the French front the Germans
have been thrown back from the
position recently gained by them.
They had succeeded in gaining a
foot-hold on the highland to the
East of St. Wisel.
U. S. WILL SEND 3,000,000
BUSHELS WHEAT BELGIUM
WASHINGTON, D. C., Apr. 21.—
In an attempt to stave off starvation
in Belgium, the American govern
ment is rushing 3,000,000 bushels
of wheat to the people of that ill
fated little country. This wheat is
now being hurriedly loaded at At
lantic podts and the steamers will
sail immediately upon finishing the
loading of the grain.
This shipment will feed the 3,000,
000 inhabitants for one month it is
claimed.
The population of the war-torn
little kingdom must endure a bread
famine of twenty days before these
supplies can possibly arrive.
The magnanimity of the American
government, is well demonstrated
in the fact, that despite the great
scarcity of ships, for shipments of
supplies to our own troops, the gov
ernment has not hesitated to give
precedence to the Belgium wheat
Shipment, over everything else.
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Apr. 24.—
That many of the Alaskan towns
are doing their share, in the matter
of making he third Liberty Loan a
success, is borne out, by the official
report of the Liberty Loan Com
mission today.
i The report states that the Alaskan
towns of Fairbanks and Ruby have
be< n awarded Honor Flags for hav
ing filled their quotas.
The official figures given out in
the report, as to the amount of
bonds sold up to date are, $1,308,
989,050.
[ The third Liberty Loan is pro
gressing very satisfactorily in all
parts of the United States and there
is every reason to believe that the
third loan will also be oversub
scribed.
S. S. WATSON LEAVES JUNE 1
SEATTLE, Apr. 21.—The Admir
al Line announces that the S. S. Ad
miral Watson, will make live trips
to Nome this season. The first sail
ing will be made from this port on
June first.
The Watson will replace the steam
chip Umatilla, which has recently
xun ashore on the Japanese coast.
Other sailings of the Admiral
Watson, as announced by the com
pany, will bo as follows: June
twenty-seventh; July twenty-fifth;
August twenty-third and October
fifth, respectively.
Mr. Thomas F. Riggs, jr., the new
ly appointed Governor of Alaska, is
here enroute to Juneau. He will
bo the guest at a number of banquets
and will also attend tbe American
Canadian Fisheries conrerenoe here
this week and will then leave for
the North.
Will Be Better Than I>ast Year
EAGLE HAI.L-*|»—»$*-APRIL 27T11
AMERICAN TROOPS
CAPTURE PRISONERS
PARIS' April 21—The American po
sitions, to the northwest of the city of
Toul, on the Lorraine front, were sub
jected to a number of powerful shock
attacks yesterday. The enemy 1200
strong hurled themselves upon the
handful of Americans, but the Ameri
cans, although greatly outnumbered,
fought an tU day battle with the en
emy, before they were finally forced
back a distance of about one kilometer
or about sixty two one hundredths
of a mile.
The Americans though forced back,
were not beaten as they soon proved
by collecting thamselves, and not wait,
ing for any reinforcements, they
charged the Germans and drove them
out of the positions they had just oc
’eujfied. The battle, then continued
until the enemy had been driven to
seek cover intheir own sheltering
trenches.
This is the largest engagement par
ticipated in by the American -troops
and though greatly outnumbered they
showed themselves to be real soldiers
in every sense of the word and not
shirkers.
The Americans in driving the Ger
mans back to their trenches succeeded
in caipturing a number of prisoners.
FRENCH RETAKE
SEVERAL POSITIONS
LONDON, April 21—The French and
English troops in the Flanders sec
tions of the battle line have success
fully struck the enemy a number of
sharp blows resulting in their posi
tions being greatly improved upon.
The Germans forces are now apar
ently worn out and are marking time
in an endeavor to give the troops a
short rest before again attempting
any further advance.
The French artillerist have succeed,
ed in hammering a great dent in the
enemy's lines, to the southwest of
Bethume. In the infantry drive fol
lowing the French captured a number
of timportant positions also in the
capture of numbers of prisoners and
guns.
The day ended in the Allies taking
<iuite a number of important posituns,
prisoners and guns and is the most
successful days work, from the allied
point of view since the opening of the
offensive.
The heavy artillery especially that
of the French, have continually ham
mered the German battle line unmer
cifully throughout the past week and
the heavy damage wrought by this
he.-yvy fire, has to a great extent check
ed the German advance.
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RUSSIAN BOLSHEVIKI AND
UKRANIAN PEACE TERMS
AMSTERDAM, April 21—Despatch
es coming to this city tend to confirm
previous reports coming from Moscow
and other Russian cities in regard to
the Russian Bolshevik! Government
peace terms.
It is understood that the U'kranians
have signified, their willingness to
choose representatives in order to for
mulate a peace between the Independ
ent Ukranirn Governmfut and the
Russian Government. The negotia
tions will be carried on at the city of
Kursk, an important manufacturing
center of the province of Kursk in
Little Russia. Kursk is just about
-75 miles due south of Moscow and an
equal distance Northeast of Kief.
Despatches Prom Berlin claim that
the Ukranian Government is under the
control of Germany and it would ap
pear that Germany has given her con
sent to the meeting.
It would appear that, since Germany
x as unsuccessful in forcing her own
terms upon Russia, she has not given
up hope of coming to some sort of an
agreement, and if as Berlin claims*
Ukranla is being dominated by Ger
many then she will use llkrania to car
ry out to a great extent, the plan '
I Germany has formulated.
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HAIG RErunTS A LULL ON
BRITISH BATTLE FRONT
LONDON, April 21—This mornings
i report from the British front states
that a lull in the battle has taken place
on all fronts in the infantry engage
ments. The artillery is being carried
on, on an extensive scale on several
different fronts.
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week or month.
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THE WORKER.
Haig reports the recapture of posl
1 tions between Festnbert and Givenchy
which towns are about two and one
half miles apart. These positions were
tiiken by the Germans after a long,
hard battle, on Thursday last, and
were taken only after severe loss of
life by the enemy.
The French reported artillery quiet
active along the front between C’ostel
and Griveness and olsa along' the front
between Verdun and St Mihicl in the
Woevre sector to the south ond south-1
east of Verdun.
The Italian troops wbicli have been
sent from the Italian front are now
protecting- the extreme rig-ht flank of
the French front, to the south of tho
American forces, holding positions
along the Lorraine and Alsacitin sec
tors.
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■ Corsets, today half-price, must
close out tlie lot. Ladies sanitary
garments 1—8 off, stamped goods.
KEF MISS OEHTREICH.
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