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NOME, ALASKA. TUESDAY, MAY 21, 1618
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CITY BETHUNE
BURNING FIERCELY
LONDON, May 21—Bethune, fiv
miles to the West of the Allied lin
at Gevenchy, is an fire and burnin;
fiercely.
Bethune is one of the principa
positions in the vicinity of the grea
coal district and has been sub
jected to an intense bombardmen
by the enemy artillery for the pas
two or three days. The fire is be
liered to have been started by i
German incendiary within the towi
and no hope of saving it is ex
pressed. The beautiful cathedera
is already in ruins.
LONDON, May 21—The Britisl
troops have launched an attack 01
, the German positions in the Vicinit;
of Merville along the river Lys, ti
the West of Armentieres. They hav
i captured a number of importanl
i positons and some prisoners. Th<
; Germans immediately launched s
counter-attack but were throwr
1 back with heavy losses.
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WITH THE AMERICAN ARMI
t May 21—An official communique de^
t clares that there are no activities
- mentionable on any front today with
t the possible exception o fartillerying
i along the greater part of the French
- and American fronts.
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WASHINGTON, May 21—The Ed
itor of “The Bull,” a paper which
i was recently suppressed in New
i York, has disappeared. The Editor
r Gerrimah Cleary by name, was out
) on two-thousand dollar bonds, hav
; ing been charged with a violatior
of the Espionage Act.
WASHINGTON, May 21—Th<
Senate Committee on Mines has be
fore it for consideration, a bill tc
encourage mineral production. Yea
I terday George Taylor of Coloradc
' Springs appeared before the Com
mittee to advocate a mineral admin
istration. He said that if the Gov
ernment would co-operate with the
miners the production of minerals
could be increased to a tremendous
extent and that by this means onlj
could the increased production be
had with safety and satisfaction tc
all.
Thebill carries with it an appro
priation of $10,000,000.
Keep Posted, Head the WORKER.
MAJOR LUFBERRY’S OEATH
AVENGED BY FRENCH AVIATOR
PARIS, May 21—The de&tfi ol
the American air-hero Major Luf
berry has been avenged by a French
aviator who was a personal frienc
of the American dare-devil. Th<
French flyer destroyed the Germar
machine and sent its two occupants
to death after a short battle at ai
extreme height. The Frenchman
outmanoeuverted thp Germans at
every turn constantly keeping abov<
them in spite of their rapid evolu
tions, he picked his time and de
livered the death blow just wher
they thought they had him at theii
mercy. He immediately followed
them to earth to witness the result:
of the terrible fall.
PARIS, May 20—Major Lufberry
American dare-devils who hav«
one of the most daring of all th<
taken such a prominent part in th<
air-battles of the famous Lafeyett<
Esquadrille, since the beginning ol
the war, is dead.
Major Lufberry was perhaps on*
of the best known of all the Ameri
cans in France; his daring exploit:
have been spread broadcast over the
whole of France. He died as he
had lived, never fearing to take a
chance, he leaped from his flaming
machine when still over two hundred
feet in the air, and died almosl
instantly.
In a battle with a large German
machine at a height of fifteen-hun
dred meters, Lufberry’s fuel tanh
caught fire, exploded and crashed
to earth. During the time he has
been in the service he has broughl
down no fewer than eighteen enemj
machines.
BERNE. May 21—Reports fronc
Ukrania say that the revolt has
started in earnest in the city ol
Kiev, which is the Ukranian capital
and that the people are fighting the
invaders in thes treets of the city.
The people now thoroughly in
flamed at the perfidity of theii
false leader General Skorohanski
have stormed the General’s palace;
the troops which were called out tc
protect the palace refused to fire or
their own people and instead turn.
in and assisted the attack on the
palace.
The General has been wounded
and mostly all the Government
troops have proven true to the anti
German faction and civil war it
now spreading like a flame over the
' "Everywhere tfi|t
[people are rising against the tyran
I ny of Germany and the Bolshevik!
J propaganda is now bearing fruit
‘even in the heart of the suppressors
Of all the Russian revolutions—
among the Cossacks themselves.
Tho German Military Autocracj
has decided to subdue and crush all
'opposition in the country and l er
man troops are pouring into Ukrania
with the utmost haste.
LONDON, May 20—According tc
despatches from Russia, the ex-Czai
is seriously ill and not expected tc
live. He has contracted a heavj
cold and pneumonia is supposed tc
have developed. The Soviet had re
cently demanded that he should
dbe made to stand trial.
FRENCH AND AMERICAN
TROOPS ADVANCE TOGETHER
PARIS, May 21—The recen
French successes in the vicinity o
Locre, seven miles to the Southwcs
of Ypres has given them a menac
ing grip on the main German posi
tions at Kommel hills, which are si
miles to the Southwest of Ypref
The French and Americans ar
eteadily fighting their way forwan
to tile foot cf the hills. They hav
gained much valuable ground on
front of over four thousand yard
in spite of the most desperate at
tempts of the enemy to restraii
them.
A strong body of the enemy troop
attempted to surround an Americai
patrol but the main body of th
Americans drove forth pouring sue!
a murderous fire into the ranks o
the Germans that they were forcei
to flee for safety themselves.
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The Americans are continuallj
increasing their tactics of daring.
PARIS, May 21—Along a frorJ
- extending from Verdun to Hangard
c on a line over one-hundred and
. thirty miles, a violent artillery battlt
' is in progress.
1 French patrols to the South ol
i the Avre river and to the West ol
i Castle have invested the enemy lin :
3 and taken a number of prisoners
The French forces penetrated th<
i enemy thirn line trenches, to th<
Northwest of Rheims, destroying
s many of the enemy defenses and
l capturing a large number of pris
5 oners.
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WASHINGTON, May 12—Th;
Ann riean tanker Rockefeller haf
been lost at sea, according to re
.ports hero today. The Navy De
partment is with-holding the an
nouncement indicating the loss ol
lives in the sinking of the oil-oteamei
The relatives of the members of the
crew are being notified by the De
partment.
AMSTERDAM, May 21—German
airmen have begun operations tc
destroy the Dutch shipping. Todaj
they dropped a number of explo
sive bombs on some of the ships in
theharbor of Muiden but did not
do much damage.
The Dutchsteamer Agneta has
been seized and taken to Swine
mundc, by the Germans. The Dutch
Government has lodged a protest
with the German Foreign Office.
Subseril>e now for the Workei
50 AEROPLANES DESTROYED
SAN FRANCISCO, May 21—Tin
great conflagration which today de
stroycd tho large aeroplane factor?
of Fowler and Company, also con
named a large number of planes
'which were under construction foi
£he United States Government foi
I uso in Franco.
The fire which is supposed to
( have started in the assembling build
• ing quickly spread to other units of
. the plant and in spite of all the
'! fire-fighters could do six of the
1 j largest buildings were a mass of
flames. It is believed that all ol
the machines in those buildings, fifty
or more, -will be a total loss.
No cause for thetire is yet knows
but an investigation has been start
ed.
FRENCH & ITALIANS
CAPTURE PRISONERS
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| PARIS, May 21—Reprots from
!he French-Italian front in South
rn Albania, say the Allies have
gain advanced their positons and
Raptured a number of Austrian
fBulgarian prisoners. The Allies at
tacked the enemy positons along
the North bank of the Osum river
In the vicinity of Koritza, to the
Southwest of Monastir, and drove
the enemy troops back a distance of
pver thirteen miles.
; This is the second advance of the
Allied forces in this district in the
fast week. The Allies are now driv
ing towards Elbasan, in central Al
bania.
I TOKIO, May 21—Reports from
the Japaose fleet, which is co-operat
ing with the Allied war vessels in the
Mediterranean sea, says that the
Japanese have recently had a battle
tyith German submarines. The Jap
anese Admiral also states that the
aubs have recently sank the third
Allied transport. No report of the
Outcome of the battle with the subs
Is given out by the Ministry of
Marine.
I LONDON, May 21—Since Germany
has declar^l a state of war in
Ukranuia, the German forces have
been attempting to seize everything
in the line of foodstuffs in trie coun
try. The brutal treatment -which
is being meted out to the Ukranian
populace, by the troops under the
orders of their Officers, is causing
the long suffering people to cease
petitioning the German Government
for redress and to take matters into
their own hands.
General Skorahanski, who had re
cently proclaimed himself leader of
the Ukranians, has been deposed a3
an imposter, it being shown that he
was playing into the hands of the
Germans.
The spirit of revolt is rampant
throughout the whole of Ukrania,
owing to the intolerable conditions
which the Germans have sought to
impose on these simple people. In
their rage the peasants arc now burn
ing, not only the breadstuffs, which
the Germans have been taking by
force, but foodstuffs of all kinds.
This has been decided upon by the
(Jkranian Assemblies, according to a
Russian wireless message received
here.
The people are now fleeing by
the thousands to greater Russia for
protection from the Germans and
starvation.
LONDON, May 21—In retaliation
for the damage done to this city
by the German raiders yesterday, the
British flyers have raided the city
of Cologne on the Rhine, Rhenish
Prussia. More than theiry-eight
tons of high explosives were drop
ped on the fortifications and the
most important of the manufacturing
plants, killing thirty-five and
wounding fourty-seven people and
doing immense damage to the city
in general.
The battle with the German
planes, which attempted to drive
off the raiders, lasted for more than
two hours and a half, but despite
the great number of shots fired
at them, all the British machines
returned unscratched to their bases.
GET THE NEWS ItlGHT REAL)
THE WORKER.
SERIOUS RIOTING
r BOHEMIAN CITIES
ZURICH, May 21—Owing to the
serious rioting which has broken
out in the city of Prague and other
Bohemian cities, the Austrian Gov
ernment has declared a state of
seige as existing in theie cities.
The Czechs and Jugo-Slavs have
been threatening revolution if they
were compelled to serve in the Aus
trian Army and their hatred of Ger
many’s interference In what these
people consider their own affairs has
led them to openly resent this in
terference through their press and
in mass meetings. Yesterday they
held monster anti-German demon
strations and large processions
marched through the principle
streets of Prague. The processions,
made up of Czechs, Jugo-Slavs and
other subject peoples cheered loudly
for Wilson, Lloyd George and Clem
mceau. The processions were brok
sn up by the Austrian troops an(
the streets cleared. The Govrn
ment is taking the most extreme
measures to suppress all anti-Germai
propaganda which has been spreai
broadcast by the agents of the Hus
sian Bolsheviki and is doing mucl
to increase the tendency towari
revolution.
LONDON, May 20—The Gcrmai
lir-radders again visited this cit;
yesterday with a large fleet o
aeroplanes, killing a total of thirt;
seven people and wounding one-hun
dred and fifty-five besides doini
considerable property damage. Ii
the battle hi tween the Germans am
the British planes and anti-aircraf
guns, the Germans suffered a los
>f four of their largest machines
- which were sent crashing to the
I ground in a mass of flames. The
• British airmen pursued the enemy
i for some distance after they had
i been forced to seek safety in re
I treat.
The battle was one of the most
i interesting which has ever been
l witnessed by the London populace,
since the. beginning of the war.
When the German planes had been
i struck by either a shell from the
r ground batteries or by the fire of
f one of the British machines they
' burst forth in flames and came to
- earth like a number of skyrochets.
' As they struck the ground, from tho
I great height at which they had been
t fighting, they were completely
; smashed into an unrecognizable
mass.
The following were courteous!/
handed to us by the genial stab at
the local Radio office.
HOT SPRINGS—Tanana slough
overflowing banks. Hot Springs un
der water, eight mile current, op
erator saved records, typewriter and
the horse, lost everything els:*, water
raised fast, no time get anything out
It believed Tanana riverhas broken
through into slough and condition
may be permanent, lino under water
for about ten miles. Ice moved at
Tanana at 9.50. moved at Birches
this evening, water highest ever
known.
Nulato, Ala, May 20 1918.
Nulato, May 21.
Yukon river practically clear be
tween Dawson and Gibbon. Str.
Washburn left Dawson midnight
twentieth for Gibbon. Tarana
river clor.r of foe to a point above
Hot Springs where river left its
original course and wandered ofi
icrcss country parsing through H i(
Springs and entering slcugh. Many
porsors believe river has mala a
iicw charnel which it will follow in
future, romrnns unbrok n b 'tween
Hot Springs and Gibbon. Town of
Hot Springs flooded out, reslder
in t n‘s on hill. Five and half feel
water in telegraph office this morn
ng. Operator now occupying second
story of Northern Commercial Com
panic building. At Nulato we have
made all preparations for a flood
but it now begins to look as though
we have only the Hot Springs water
joining to us, water raised about
lwo feet here last night, Yukon river
broke and jammed at Birches during
ihe night, took second start and
stopped at Kokrims.
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ITALIANS MAKE A RAID
HOME, May 21—The Italians
raided the Teuton trenches in the
vicinity of Casposile and captured
tliirty-one prisoners after a short
brush with the enemy.
The Italian airmen and anti-craft
gun crews have destroyed eight of
the enemy planes which have been
very busy reconnoitring the Al
lied positions for the last few days.
Keep Posted, Read the WORKER.
UNION’S MESSAGE
Nome, Alaska May 16, 1918.
U. S. District Attorney Roth.
Fairbanks, Alaska.
Miners Union desires know what
legal procedure, it any, you taking
pertaining appeal Judge Bunnell’s
recent decision declaring general
eight h(our law unconstitutional.
Wago workers second division rea
lize most effective way to enforce
said law is for workers to thoroughly
organize. Wire (collect press) soon
as convenient all information possi
ble this subject.
Worker. i
ROTH’S REPLY
Fairbanks, Alaska, May 18, 1918
Worker, Nome Alaska.
Upon instructions attorney gen
eral I perfected writ of error supr. me
court U. S. decision judge Bunnell
holding chapter fifty five session
laws nineteen seventeen unconsti
tutional but after I had perfected
writ of error and same transmitted
to mail received second telegram
attorney general recalling instruc
tions first telegram also instruct
ing me if I had procured writ' to
drop matter and not perfect same
period decision however upholds
chapter four sessions laws seven
teen.
Roth.