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VOLUME XM.
NOME, AIiASKA.
SOAY, OCTOBER, 15, 1018.
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LATEST DISPATCHES
IjONDON,—It is learned on the:
highest authority that Germany's con
dition is such that the acceptance of
the Allied conditions are necessary
and even absolutely imperative. A
cabinet meeting of the greatest im
portance has been called in Berlin, the
Kaiser to be present.
LONDON,—The Italians entered
Durazzo in triumph today.
AMSTERDAM,—Germany learn
ing now of America’s determined war
efforts .consternation is growing evi
dent in the press and among the peo
ple.
LONDON,—England has notified
Turkey that only unconditional sur
render will be accepted by the Entente
PARIS,—The Allies captured ten
thousand prisoners on the Flanders
drive today.
WASHINGTON,—President Wil
son makes short work of the German
reply in his answer to the peace note
of the Germans when replying to his
first interrogatories. It is an un
qualified refusal to even consider an
armistice without complete guaran
tees of German good faith, guarantees
which would be of a naval and mili
tary nature and prevent any such
thing as their being treated a scrap
of paper. He declares that the Al
lied military and naval supremacy
will be maintained. He directs at
tention to the refusal of the Ameri
can government to do business with
the present Imperial German govern
ment as constituted. He says explic
itly that whether peace will come de
pends upon the definiteness and char
acter of the German guarantees.
Concluding the message: “We will
never consent to an armistice while
the armed forces of Germany con
tinue their atrocities by land and
sea..”
Most significant is the President’s
declaration that the entire matter oi
an armistice must be left to the mili
tary advisers of the Allies.
LONDON.—General suspicion ot
Germany’^ plans are witnessable in
the current comment in the paper?
concerning the peace move. There is
little willingness to believe that Ger
many is sincere. No concessions are
-noted whatever and it is asked is Ger
many, a beaten foe to be allowed to
retain her conquests in the east, in
cluding Lithuania. Courland, Poland
and the rest.
LONDON,—The Evening Standard
(conservative) says that Foch, the
Allied generalissimo, has drafted
conditions under which the Allies will
cbnsent to an armistice.
PARIS,—As in London, there is a
marked distrust of the German peace
offer in the press. This is quite gen
eral even in papers which are remark
able for being by no means indisposed
towards pacificism. But the general
belief is that Germany is willing to
consent to some nominal losses on the
west front to hold gains on the east,
This, it is held, must never be permit
ted. Every gain that Germany is al
lowed to hold will be a future en
couragement to that nation to repeat
its efforts in the direction of a mili
tary triumph. From this war Ger
many must issue forth bereft of every
thing in the shape of territorial gain
whether of a military, territorial, oi
economic nature so that the folly ol
its militarism may sink into the peo
pie.
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YANKS IN HUGE DRIVE
PUSH RIGHT AHEAD
PARIS,—The American forces
etarted this morning on a big rushing
advance all along the Meuse Argonne
front, carrying all the objectives by
soon, driving the Germans out of
numerous villages and making a big
round up of prisoners. The Ameri
cans are proceeding beyond their ob
jectives and are defeating the retiring
Germans all along the line. Later
developments in this section will be
of grfeat Importance.
PARIS,—The French who on Mon
day took Laon are still advancing
in that sector. Monday night the
French troops had reached as far as
Handing and were resting there,
'rtiesday morning the fighting was
again resumed and severe battling
took place all along the line.
LONDON,—The operations along
the west front arc continuing unim
peded by any peace drive started by
the Germans. The resistance of the
enemy has not apparently been ser
iously affected by the drive and their
policy of burning villages behind
their lines before evacuation still is
ruthlessly carried out.
The German losses are increasing
weekly in prisoners taken, stores de
stroyed or captured and in positions
given up before the attacks of the
Allied troops. This is properly
ascribed- to a disintegration of the
careful plans of the commanders more
than to any loss in morale. The fact
is emphasized by correspondents at
the front that the outstanding fac
of the situation is that Foch has ou
generalled the Kaiser's commander
in every section.
PARIS,—The French captured si
villages across the Aisne river. Nea
Grand Pre where the Americans ar
fighting driving upon the importan
base of Rethel, eight hundred Gei
mans were captured. The fighting i
continuous regardless of weather cor
ditions which tend to slacken but nc
to stop the general progress of th
Allied forces.
WASHINGTON,—A dispatch froi
Paris announces that the Germa
troops are now evacuating Finland.
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EUROPE TORN BY
INTERNAL TURMOIL
ZURICH,—Evidence grows that
■the Central Powers are being torn
asunder by turmoil following the gen
eral demand for peace and while it is
very doutbful that the Imperial Ger
man government will be willing at
this time to give general guarantees
such as will be demanded, it is almost
certain that they will ultimately be
forced to do so. A general strike has
1>een declared thruout Bohemia and
Moravia and it is doubtful if the Aus
trian government will be able to cope
■with this. The manifestation is pure
ly political and to favor national in
dependence. The deputies declare
that the revolution has begun.
BONDON,—The Daily Mail pub
lished a dispatch announcing that
Prince Maximilien has resigned. This
Is regarded as an open triumph for the
"War Party if the dispatch is correct.
WASHINGTON,—Wilson’s reply to
'Austria’s and to Turkey’s request that
J.he President of the United States ar
range for a peace settlement has
been deferred until the reply of the
Unied States government Is consid
ered at Berlin.
This will probably take place very
soon.
LONDON,—Bonar Law speaking
in parliament on the situation said
that it would be very unwise for any
of the Allies to state what terms
would be likely to be imposed upon
their ■enemies before an armistice un
der proper guarantees would have
been granted.
It is frankly admitted that the
whole peace or war question will be
decided by the evidences of sincerity
which the German government will
make on the acceptance or rejection
of the Wilson propositions in the re
ply now with Germany.
DEMAND KAISER ADDICATE
ZURICH,—The convention of the
socialists in Munich Bavaria was fin
ally adjourned by the government af
ter radical demonstrations that de
fied the authorities. The socialists
adopted a resolution with acclamation
demanding that the Kaiser and the
Crown Prince abdicate' the imperial
throne in the interests of peace and
for the welfare of the German people
in peace and war. The meeting of
the convention was heavily censored
and practically no details permitted
publication. Reports of the conven
tion have however been smuggled
over the border to exiled leaders of
the minority socialists in Switzerland.
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the Industrial Worker.
rushed reserves to Champagne where
the French drove forward fully four
miles along the entire front on that
day. The increased strength did not
stop the French.
SPAIN WILL SEIZE SHIPS
PARIS,—It is announced that after
a cabinet meeting Spain has decided
to seize all the interned German ships
in Spanish ports because of the con
tinued submarinings.
ADMITS IT
LONDON,—Saturday’s Berlin com
munique shows that the war office ad
mits the evacuation of the Chemin des
Dames and the retirement west of
Douai. They claim however the re
capture of Citnel and Orme wood.
CAPTURES THE STAFF
PARIS,—It was officially announc
ed on Saturday that the Americans
had captured the entire battalion staff
between Citnel and Romange.
REPORT CAPTURE OF NISH
LONDON,—Saturday the Serbs
were within six miles of Nish and on
Sunday the capture of the city was
announced.
LEADS PARADE
NEW YORK,—Liberty Day was
celebrated here by a great parade
President Wilson leading it in person.
The streets were packed with citizens
who extended an ovution to the Presi
dent.
. . .HEAVY LOSS FROM FIRES. . .
DULUTH,—It is estimated that the
losses from the forest fires that have
been raging in the Minnesota timber
'ed areas for the pas month will reach
'huge figures. Timber alone destroyed
will be over a million and a quarter.
Many towns and settlements have
been destroyed.
NEWS NOTES
Henry Dorsch arrived from Council
Sunday night. He and others came
as far as Solomon with the mail team
then taking a boat to Safety whence
they marched afoot to Nome. Others
who endeavored to come up by boat
to Nome found that while it was calm
enuff on the eastern side of the Cape
when they started to go around it, the
seas were fanned to fury by a living
gale and these were obliged to set
back again for Safety.
BELGIAN DRIVE
STUNS ENEMY FORCE
LONDON,—Shifting their blows
from the middle to the southernmost
section of the Prancq-British line, the
British and the Belgians again struck
the Germans a stunning blow reach
ing down to the Lys from their suc
cessful operations in the Roulers sec
tor and are within two miles of Cour
trai on Tuesday at noon and at the
outskirts of Menin north and south.
The drive crossed the Lys raking in
rows of prisoners as the forces of the
British crossed the river, and inflict
ing severe punishment on the reeling
forces of the enemy until the British
crossed the line between Menin and
Lille, cutting it and stopped the com
munication vital to the Lille defense
further south and west. The entire
railroad is brot under fire of the
ceaseless British guns and the track
torn for miles. The Germans are
again advancing backwards on a
twenty mile front and the usual quota
of prisoners being brot in.
LONDON,—Captured prisoners
state that the evacuation of Valencien
nes had started three weeks ago.
These prisoners were taken on the St
Quentin and Cambrai front. They
stated that the lull along the Selle
river marked the intention of the Ger
man command to call a halt there as
they had orders to dig in w’hen they
reached that line. Advices from Paris*
on Saturday showed that this is pre
cisely wrhat did take place.
Invest today in bonds of the Fourth
Liberty I,nan, and save the lives of
American soldiers.
WASHINGTON'.—Anticipating that
the German government will endeav
or to inaugurate submarine warfare
on a last gigantic and desperate scale
in an effort to prevent adequate sup
plies being sent to Europe, the Navy
Department is taking steps to speed
up above all the American destroyer
program. *
AN ATLANTIC PORT,—The
American transport America, former
ly the German steamer Amerika sank
at the dock today with thirty of the
crew missing and believed to be
s WASHINGTON,—The War Laboi
Board on Monday evening announcei
t its award in the settlement of tht
controversy between the employees o:
the St Louis Car Co and the companj
over the rate of pay and hours o
j labor. The controversy being submit
ted to the Board, it will be recollect
ed, when last summer the men walk
ed out and tied up the entire tractioi
system of thee ity.
An increase of 25 per cent is grant
ed, retroactive to June 15, the dati
BURNING STILL.
LONDON,—Germans are burning
villages northeast of Douai, apparent
ly preparatory to theif evacuation
The outrages are hardening feeling
against anything short of uncondi
tional surrender.
RUSHED RESERVES IN VAIN
PARIS.—On Saturday the Germans
drowned when the ship sank. Opened
sea cocks by an enemy are believed
to have been the cause of the disaster.
LONDON,—Gompers delivered a
speech here today that labor must
hold steadily together and concen
trate its resources upon the war tasks
which .it had set ou.i to .fulfil. .
WASHINGTON,—A London cable
says that the steamer Ohio was sunk
in the British channed in a colilsion.
The Navy Department says that the
vessel is probably a Swedish or French
on which the employees declared tin
strike, eight hours to constitute i
day’s labor with time and one hal
for overtime. Double time must b<
mid for work on holidays.
This award will probably end thi
■ sensational movement to estabiisl
■ municipal ownership over the stree
• car lines in St Louis. The movemen
i followed the strike and it was whei
the car employees union was circu
• lating the petition to refer the matte
s at the forthcoming elections, and hac
freighter ami not the U. S. battleship
Ohio.
Very foggy weather prevails in the
war zone at sea.
LISBON.—The Portuguese ship
Queen Casengo was submarined
twenty miles off the coast an Sunday.
WASHINGTON,—Three soldiers
and two sailors are all that are unac
counted for in the sinking of the
transport America at its dock.
Keep Posted, Head the WOltKKK.
■ just secured the names in sufficient
. lumbers a few days prior to the elec
! tion, the company officials hired some'
i dynamiters to blow up the safe in the
union hall and extract and destroy
! the petition. The police apprehended
i one of the men employed to burglar
: ize the safe and his confession result
t ed in an indictment of several con
i iected with the company by the Grand
- Jury. The matter has been given
r as little publicity as possible in the
papers.
Chas Rice arrived from the Port
Clarence country where he has been
engaged on dredge building during
the summer. He came down with
teams from Sunset creek and made
good time, the trails being in fair
shape. ,
Reports coming from up river sec
tions of the Yukon show that families
arc leaving the interior by the whole
sale. Sweet Auburn loveliest village
of the plain had nothing on Ruby as
a deserted village and fine houses and
garden plots are left deserted by a
melancholy train that has been wend
ing its way down the river to St Mikes-,
to the great outside. High freight
rates have simply made living these
times of abnormal prices out of the
question in the interior unless one
happens to be the happy possessor
of something very unusual those days,
a bonanza claim. Some of these days
the man will be found who will be in
a position to write Alaska’s epitaph
“Here lies (name of locality to be
inserted here) killed by a grasping
monopoly (name of concern to be in
serted hero)”. It's the same old
story.
The Kaiser calls us “a nation of
■ dollar chasers." Ix;t us show him that
! we know how to use those dollars in .
I the defense of Liberty and the over
throw of Prusslanism, by investing in
the Liberty Loan, j (