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NOME, ALASKA. TUESDAY, APRIL 2, 1918.
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20,904 TON LINER TORPEDOED
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BANK OF ANCRE
PARIS, April 1.—The Germans in
a hard drive on the right bank of the
Ancre have captured Demuin and also
recaptured the w.»n of Moreuil,
<about 11% miles S. East of Amiens.)
Aloreuil was taken from the French
troops Saturday and was only retaken
by the Germans after one of the short
est but at the same time one of the
most bloody engagements of the en
tire battle, the waters of the Tvre
running red. with the blood of the
dead and wounded for miles below the
scene of the battle.
The German troops taking this posi
tion were brought directly within
short range of the French heavy artil
lery which under tits very favorable
condition was enabl -1 to use a very
flat trajectory and by so doing the
great shells hurled by these monsters
swept the charging ranks of the tier
mans from their feet crushing and
mangling thousands upon thousands
as they tore their way through the
compact masses of human beings for
many yards before finally bursting
like a minuture inferno.
As the great shells burst the men
sometimes within a radius of 500 yards
or more, would be lifted into the air
with great masses of earth and the
fragments, of what had once been hu
man beings, were scattered broadcast
over the battlefield as tho they had
been so much chaff being blown about
by the winds.
In spate of this terrible execution
the masses come on in ever increas
ing numbers until the French troops
were finally compelled to either yield j
to the overwhelming numbers or be
,a»
entirely surrounded.
The Gentians sacrificed an immense
number of men in taking this position
but if they cannot be driven back
they will have secured one of the
strongest positions in the immediate
vicinity of Amiens and one which will
be of great benefit to them in their
concentrated drive on Amiens, which
is now in preparation.
Genera! Pershing and hundreds of
thousands of American troops are
coming to the assistance of theFiench
troops on the Montdidier-Amiens
fi ont.
Continued intensive fighting going
on North of the Somme on the British
front in the Vicinity of Albert and
Boise lies.
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CHICAGO, Apr. 1.—The ease ot
the Industrial Workers of the World
was this morning postponed until
tomorrow morning, it is announce!
in the Federal District Court, owing
to the illness of the Chief Council
for the defense,Attorney A. K. Kim
ball.
Mr. Kimball will be ably assisted
in the defense of the wage slaves
by Attorney Walsh and Vandeveer.
It is expected, that when the case
is finally tried-—if it ever is tried—
it will offer one of the greatest
opportunities for the spread of the
truth about the I. W. W. movement,
that it has ever been the gobd
luck of this organization to have.
These men are used to being
thrown into the rotten cages of ttv:
plutes without either charges or
trial, so many times, that it is
really a favor the Federal Govern
ment is confering upon the down
trodden masses, to try them in
open court instead of their being
convicted by the third degree meth
ods of the State Governments as
in Arizona, Colorado, Montana and
California.
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CITY
Mayor Lomen called the regular
meeting of the Common Council
to order shortly after 8 p. m. last
nght. Kricek, Kemp, Milot, Ross
and Lomen responded to the Roll
call. O’Farrell was absent.
The minutes of the preceding reg
ular meeting, (which included the
famous resolution,the committee re
presenting the five councilmen in
troduced "Nit” at the coal confer
ence meeting) were read and ap
proved.
Regular routine bills wore read
and referred to their respective
committees.
The City employees payroll was
lead. The rules were suspended and
upon motion duly passed. The Clerk
was instructed to draw warrants in
payment of same.
The City Health Officer’s report
for the month of March, showed
number of deaths during the month,
one. Number of births, three.
Number of Indigent City patients
in Hospital, Mar. 1st,one. Dis
charged during month, one. Num
ber remaining in Hospital, Apr. l3t,
none. Number of office treatments
City- 14. Dr. Chase reported that
he had inspected, during the month,
the various Bakeries and Restau
rants and found them generally in
good condition.
The report also' showed there is
some sickness reported from out
lying districts, it also stated that
the health of the city at the present
time is excellent.
The Treasurer’s financial state
ment showed that on April 1st,
$2,758.24, was in the bank to the
City’s credit. The Clerk reported
he had a little cash on hand, he
also stated that his financial state
ment for the month of March was
not quite completed, but would be
by the next meeting night. The
Clerk also informed the Council
that the financial statement he had
drawn up in the rough, was practic
ally the same as the one submitted
by the Treasurer.
The removal of the snow from
the streets was left in the hands
of the street committee, which con
sists of Milot and O'Farrell.
Upon motion duly passed the
Clerk was instructed to draw a
warrant for nearly $1,000, same
to be deposited with the Treasurer,
lu payment on account of indebted
ness against the city for the muni
cipal pumping plant,etc.
There being no further routine
business to transact. Councilman
Milot in his introductory remarks
prceeding a motion which he later
made, said, that he had read a
telegram yesterday, which came from
Seattle to a certain party in Nome,
urging that action be taken as soon
as possible to get in touch with the
Federal Fuel Oil Administrator at
San Francisco, oand explain to him
the urgent necessity of sending a
tanker to Nome with fuel oil next
summer. After some preliminary
discussion, in which the Worker
reporter had the audacity to partici
pate by asking if a copy of the
aforesaid telegram was procurable
for publication, the scribe was in
formed that such a thing was not
procurable just then, because nei
ther of those present had the origin
al telegram or a copy of same in
their possession. Councilman Mhot
stated he had read the original,
and he said he was under the im
pression that a copy had been furn
ished the press. He was infomed
in the negative as far as the Indust
rial Worker was concerned. Any
way, after a little bickering pro and
con, torts and a few retorts, etc., etc.
the following resolution was adopt
ed: To-wit— That the Mayor and
City Clerk secure all available data,
pertaining to the amount of fuel
oil needed to supply the wants of
Nome and vicinity,for the ensueing
year, and wire same to the Fedeia!
Fuel Administrator at San Francis
co, urging him to send a tanker
loaded with fuel oil, to Nome during
the coming summer. “And other
requests which they (the special
committee) may deem necessary.'*
Mayor Lomen emphatically stated
that the telegram which will be
forwarded by Clerk Grimm and him
self, to the Fuel Oil Admiuistrator,
as instructed by the City Council,
will be made known to the Public at
large, through the press.
The meeting adjourned to convene
at 8 p. m. April 8th.
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Hospital, April Otli, Eagle Hall.
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WHITE STAR LINER
CELTIC TORPEDOED
NEAR IRISH COAST
NEW YORK, April 1—The White
Star Liner Celtic l.:.s bee:. torpedoed.
This message was received by an Am
erican Naval Radio Station. The
position of the liter when torpedoed
is supposed to be somowhere in the
vicinity of the Irish coast.
The White Star Liner officials while
admitting that the Celtic had been
torpedoed, stated they could not say as.
to whether the liner was bound for|
England or America, when struck but j
announced later that the liner had not I
yet sunk and some hope was being'
entertained that the ship may yet be
saved. The officials when questioned
as to the loss of life said that none
had reported so far and that the Am
erican and English destroyers had
rushed to the stricken vessel at her
first call of distress.
The Celtic was one of the White
Star Liners built at the yard of Har
Iand and Wolf in Belfast, Ireland in
1901, and was a 20,904 ton ship, of 14,
000 indicated horse power; she was
697 feet in length, 75 ft. beam, with
a 48 ft. depth.
The Celtic was a passenger steamer
and was fitted up some time ago to be
used as a troop transport.
Tho War Department has not giv
en out any information in regards as
to whether or not the Celtic was car
rying any* troops or not at the time
she was torpedoed.
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of Beauties. Eagle Hall, April Oth.
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PARIS, Apr. 1.—The French have
captured" the village of Hangard
Santerre.
The War office announces that the
Germans have been repulsed in all
attacks North-Wvsst of Montdldier
with extremely heavy loss.
France gratefully accepts the offer
of the American General Perching
and commander in Chief Fcch has
assigned them positions.
In the Sempigny sector the French
troops successfully holding all pos
itions in spite of frequent attacks.
The Germans are now showing
signs of extreme fatigue and their
offensive is practically checked along
the entire West front.
French air scouts report troop
mayomcnts on a large scale behind
the German lines opposite Verdun
and it is expected that the Germans
having failed to break through on
the Somme front are now preparing
to deliver a heavy blow between
Kheims and Verdun.
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Apr. t.~
The Teutonic Allies again opened
intensive bombardment on the Ital
ian front along tho lower Piave
positions. In the region of Weifllik
Drizet, in the Trentino, tho Austri
ans made an attack on the front
line trenches hut were repulsed with
severe losses and did not repeat the
manouver.
Reports to the War Department
say that the situation in the section
North of the river Somme ia mostly
unchanged, that the Germans made
a number of attacks in the region
of Albert, Boissellcs and Ayett but
were repulsed with heavy losses
to the German troops engaged in
the assault.
After a severo attack by the Ger
mans in the Arras sector, tho Brit
ish, upon repulsing the attack, im
mediately launched a powerful
counter attack, on a fifteen hun
dred yard front and by surprising
the Germans, and with hard fight'ng
succeeded in pentrating to a depth
rf more than two hundred yards
on the entire front.
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RUSH ORDERS SEND PREPARED
TROOPS, ETC, TO FRANCE
WASHINGTON, D. C., Apr. 1.—
President Wilson has ordered that
all American troops in cantonment*
on this side who have reached the
required stage of perfection, in
military training, shall be sent with
all haste to France, and that all
men who have reached the required
stage of military training in France
fitting them for duty on the front
be sent to the front immediately.
The men, aeroplanes and muni
tions found possible to be sent as
American contribution, it is ex
pected will greatly exceed the num
ber thought possible since so much
has been said by the calamity howl
ers both inside and outside ot
the United States Senate. These
howlers who are continually con
demning the government, not be
cause much money is beng grafted
or wasted, but only because, they
are not satisfied with their share
of the graft.
These same howlers who did their
best to tie the hands of the Pood
and other Government Superintend
ents, so as to make them inefficient,
by failing to give them the necess
ary authority to curb the big corp
orations as well as the small dealer,
are now surprised to learn that
In spite of them dragging their
feet, the Government Departments
have accomplished something worth
while.
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SEC’Y DANIELS SAYS U. S.
NEW GUN SHOOT 105 MILES
WASHINGTON. I>. O. At’it 1.—
Secretary of the Navy Daniels this
morning announces that the Ordin
ance Experts of the Navy have for
some time past liven conducting ex
periments in long range gun fire.
They have proceeded so far as to
announce that they have practically
completed plans for guns with which
it will he pu. ~. to fire a distance of
105 miles, with a 45 degree elevation.
All of the recently built American
battleships have been built so as to
admit of a 30 degree elevation instead
of 15 degrees as formerly; for up im
til the present war, it was the uni
versal custom for the gunners to toe
atole to see the object at which they
fired. \V;ith the use of the captive
balloon and the aeroplane the gunner
is enabled to tin' at and hit, objects
which are fur beyond his range of
vision.
With this new range planned by the
Navy Ordinance Experts it is quite
reasonable to expect that the con
struction of the ships now being built
and those to be built in the future will
mount the heavy guns to enable them
to fire at an angle of 45 degress.
The cal.mu or the bore of the trim
was not announced by the secretary
but as most of the American heavy
guns are built on the American sys
tem of measurements and their bores
are never built in fractions of an inch
but always full Inches, and since the
new German gun is slightly under 10
inches in bore it is quite reasonable
to expect tne new American gun will
fire a shell of about lu or 12 inches in
diameter.
This new monster will far outstrip
the gun with which the Germans
have recently been bombarding Paris.