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NOME, ALASKA. V THURSDAY, JUNE, 13, 1918.
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GERMAN SUBS CLAIM
TWO MORE VICTIMS
NEW YORK, Juno 12—The Ger
man submarines which have been
cruising along the American coast
fcr some time claimed two more
victim which have just been re
ported by their crews some of which
have landed at this port. The vic
tims this time were the Norwegian
schooners Henrick Lund and Vin
degate. They were sunk close to
roast on June eight. The survivors
landed so far number sixty-eight.
AN AMERICAN PORT, June 13
An American transport which just
arrived here today reports having
sunk one German submarine by gun
fire when the sub attacked her on
her way to Europe. The transport
was again attacked by ?. second and
third sub but luckily escaped b?*.’g
injured, by driving off the second
and witnessing the capture of the
third by her convoy, after the trans
port had crippled it by gunfire. On
her return trip the same transport
was again attacked by the subs bnt
the gunfire from the transport was
to effective to suit the Germans and
they were finally driven off.
SENATE DEFEATED
DORAN’S AMENDMENT
WASHINGTON, D. C. June 12—
The Senate today defeated the
Borah Amendment for open diplo
macy by a vote of fifty to twenty
three. The cause of the amendment
being lost, by such a large majority,
M believed to have been the send
ing, of a letter to the Senate, by
President Wilson, explaining that
when he made the appeal for open
liplomacy, in one of his proclama
tions he did not mean that there
should be no private discussions,
t>ut what he did moan was that no
secret agreements should be made.
WASHINGTON, D. C. June 12—
Representative William Mason of
Illinois today introduced an amend
ment to the Constitution of the
United States empowering Congress
to regulate or prohibit child labor.
LONDON, June. 12—Despatches
reaching here from Bulgaria stated
if i
that Radloslavkoff, Premier of Bul
garia has resigned as a result of
his views conflicting with those of
the King.
STRENUOUS OBJECTIONS BY
SOCIALIST SCHLESSINGER
AT A. F. L. CONVENTION
ST PAUL, Juma 12—The Social- j
lets are making strenuous objections
to the report made to the conven
tion of the American Federation of
Labor, by the American Labor Com
mission, which recently returned
from Europe where they had been
in conference with the British and
French Labor Leaders. The report
of the Commission was objection
able to tho Socialist Faction of the
American Federation of Labor be
cause it made a distinction between
Socialists and Laboring men and
Mr Benjamin Schlcssinger insisted
that the wording of the report be
changed before it was adopted by
the Convention.
Mr. T. A. Reardon of the. San
Francisco delegation introduced a
resoution providing that all unions
affiliated with the American Federa
tion donate one per cent of their
gross earnings to the American Red
Cross.
ST PAUL, June 12—The Con
vention of the American Federation
of Labor was again thrown into
an uproar when the Organization
Committee threatened to resign as a
protest against Benjamin Schless
inger the NeW York Socialist being
one of the Committee. Frank Duffy,
who is Chairman of the Organiza
j tion Committee, charged Schlessin
I ger with being a Pacifist. President
' Gompers from the chair replied to
the charge Duffy by saying that
Schlessinger was a Socialist but
not a Pacifist and that he objected
only to the'* re port of the American
Labor Commlissaon because it made
a distinction between Socialists and
Laboring men and classed the form
er with the politicians. Mr. Gompers
deplored the factionalism shown and
said he hoped that Duffy would
withdraw the protest. Other Dele
gates attempted to speak on the
matter but were promptly ruled
out of order by Mr. Gompers. The
Organization Committee will hold
another meeting tonight.
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GERMANS ADMIT THERE ARE
500,000 U. S. TROOPS IN FRANCE
LONDON, June 13—The German
newspapers in some of thedr recent
issues admit that there are at pres
ent about 500,000 American troops
In' France but say that out of this
number only half are on the firing
line taking part In the fighting.
This is the first time that the Ger
man people have been informed that
the Americans had reached the
firing line.
LONDON, June 13—^he German
airmen have raided the city of
Calias, killing eleven people and
wounding a number of others be
fore they were driven oft by the
Allied flyers.
WASHINGTON, D. C. June, 13—
The move of the supporters of the
Prohibition Amendment to the Ag
ricultural Appropriation Bill, in the
Senate was checked today when
Senator Smith of South Carolina
interposed an objection. Senator
Smith said he did not approve of
attaching a prohibition rider on the
bill. He told the Senate Agricul
tural Committee that he had posi
tive Information that President Wil
son was opposed to the Prohibition
! Amendment being tacked on to anjf
appropriation measure.
INTERN DISLOYALISTS
WASHINGTON, D. C. June, 13—;
United States Attorney General I
Gregory \>as issued an order to |
round up all disloyal naturalized j
citizens and intern them. Following!
the order of the Attorney General j
Carl Swelgin was placed under ar
rest at Seattle by the Department
of Justice agents and is the first
to bo arrested under the new order.
Swelgin is a naturalized German
and it is believed that many other
arrests will follow.
20,000 GERMAN
TROOPS LOST DURING
YESTERDAY’S BATTLE
LONDON, June 13—The Germans
fiercely attacked Allied positions
to the South, of the Aisno on a
fourteen mile front between Soissons
and the Villers Cotteretts forest
but after a hard struggle were
thrown back with fearful losses.
The German picked troops taking
part in the assault numbered sixty
thousand and out of this number
over twenty thousand were lost yes
terday when the enemy were forced
to fall back to save themselves from
utter annihilation. The Germans
suffered one of the most disasterous
defeats in the shortest time since
tlft- beginning of tho Aisne-Marne
battle.
PARIS. June 13—The Germans
launched a heavy attack upon the
A1 tier positions on the Montdidier
Oise front yesterday and after a
long and fiercely fought struggle
were repulsed. The French forces
with the Americans supporting them
launched «i series of counter at
tacks and changed the {mint of at
tack from the left, to center then
to right wing and back again so
rapidly that the German forces were
repeatedly forced to give ground1
ind suffered heavy losses by the
surprise methods which were used
by the French-Americans.
The Germans were forced back
to the river Matz and finally com
pelled to recross to the North bank
Df the river.
The positions which are being j
held by the American marines in the
Boursesches and Belteau woods was
the scene of another fierce attack
by the Germans with picked troops
and although the enemy launched
one attack after another through
out the day the fnre from the Amer
ican artillery and from the ma
chine gunners was so intensely ef
fective that each attack was shat,
tered before it had gained headway.
The fire of the machine gunners
litterally cut the bodies of some of
the attacking forces in two before
they could fall to the ground and
the ground in front of the Ameri
can positions was covered with
crushed bodies of the dead and
dying and soaked with their blood.
No matter how violent or rapid the
attacks launched upon them the
cool effectiveness of the Americans
never seemed to change and time
after time the enemy were crumpled
up and what was left of them forced,
to flee for cover. The German
commanders were loth to give up
the attempt to drive the Americans
from their positons and only ceased
their efforts to drive thedr men for
ward after they had suffered the
most terrible losses. The Americans
are still holding all their positions
and are proving a menace to the
German center.
The battle on the Northern end of
the Alsne-Marne front still rages
furiously. The Germans attacking
to the North, of Villers-Cotterets
have gained a footing at Coeuvres
et-Vasery, about seven miles North
of Villers-Cotterets and about eight
miles Southwest of Soissons and
also at St Pierre-Aigle which is about
two miles to the Southeast of
Coeuvres-et-Valscry but have been
checked.
The French troops have occu
pted the heights of Croix-Ricard
and the village of Melicocq on the
Matz river and have taken over one
hundred prisoners in their advance
The Americans also assisted the
French in the latter advance.
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FRENCH & AMERICAN TROOPS
ATTACK SEVEN MILE FRONT
AND DEMORALIZE ENEMY
WITH THE FRENCH ARMY,
June 13—The Germans today suffer
ed a severe to verse at the hands
ot the French troops, heavily sup
ported by the Americans on the
,Montdidier-Oise battle front. The
entire aspect of the battle front
was changed by the rapidity with
which the attack was made upon
the German lines and the surpris
ingly short time it took these troops
to swing from the right to the left
flank of the enemy. The French
Am(erican attack was made upon a
seven mile front at a time, and the
enemy were so badly demoralized by
the new tactics that their forces
w!ere cut to pieces and forced to
fall back time and again. The
German losses were enormous. The
Frcnch-Amorieans are now holding
ill captured positions and preparing
[or turthier advances. i
PARIS, June 12—The great bat
tle which has been waged by the
Hermans along the Montdidier-Oise .
tront has resulted in the enemy be
ing repulsed with terriffic losses,
which have for the time at least <
staggered them and they have been
unable to renew the attack. This
is the same front on which the
French forces made a gain of more
than two miles yesterday.
To the East of Mery and the
Senlis wood the French troops also
made some gains and bettered their
positions on this sector. The at
tempt of the Germans to force the.
French forces back to -the North of I
the Aronde river was frustrated by
the French, the Germans losing
oany men in the undertaking.
A tremendous battle has developed
on a line to the North of Dorn
njers, Outry, and to the South of
V.mble’ny and the fighting on this
'ront is most intensive. The French
’orces in the Metz valley have suc
ieeded in capturing over one thous
and prisoners.
The Germans have attacked the
French forces in the Oise valley and
ifter a hard battle tho French were
’orced to fall back to the South
ward past RJbecourt which is six
miles to the Southwest of Noyon.
The French are now occupying
strong positions and it is believed
that the German strength has been
ibout spent.
WHOLESALE MURDER OF
GREEK PRISONERS
RY RULGARS
WASHINGTON, D. C. June, 13—
According to despatches reaching
the Greek Legation here today
from the Bureau of Prisoners in
Geneva, Switzerland, the Bulgarians
have massacreed almost all of the
deported Greeks from the captured
territory of Eastern Macedonia. The
report states that of the twenty
thousand or more of the Greek
population of this district which were
ordered departed the Bulgars mur
dered all but one hundred and
forty and this number survived only
after the most terrible suffering
and privations.
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SAYS GERMAN
CRACK DIVISIONS
CUT !D PIECES
LONDON, June 12—The corre
spondent of the Reuters Telegraph
Company says that the German rush
han been entirely stemmed by the
Allies even though the battle con
tinues. He asserts that the crack
German divisions have been cut to
pieces,