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NOME, ALASKA. SATURDAY, MAY, 25, 1918.
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U. S. TROOPSHIP TORPEDOED
BRITISH PREMIER SAYS
PREPARE TO SACRIFICE
EDINBURGH, May 25—The Brit
ish Premier, David Lloyd Gearge, in
his speech delivered here today said,
there was no doubt of the
damage done by German propagan
da in Ireland and that a great Irish
uprising had been nipped in the
n’ck of tme. He exonerated the
Irish Nationalists from any blame
in the conspiracy and said their
leaders had not been involved.
George said the Allies must be pre
pared to sacrifice, as a period ot
grave anxiety was before them. He
told the people that thra German
submarines are now being sunk
much faster than the enemy can
build them and the Allies ship
buildng plants are now turning out
ships faster than the subs can sink
them.
The Premier warned the people
that the Allies are on the eve ot
great German attacks.
Russia’s defection, he says, has
left a great gap in the Allied lines
which the Americans had not as
yet been able to span but that the
Allies will make every effort to de
fend the gap until the Americans
can reconstruct the span.
ROME, May 25—In an air battle
over the Austrian, lines the Italian
air men destroyed a total of ten of
the enemy planes, without losing &
single plane themselves. The new
Itahan planes proved their super
iority over the enemy planes at
e/ery stage of the battle, the Ital
ian pilots outmanoeuvring and
shooting down the Austrian planes
without apparent effort.
In the many engagements that
front today the Italian forces were
victorious in mostly every one.
The Italian troops have gained many
victories over the enemy the last
few days and this has done much
to increase their confidence in both
their commanders and their Allies,
the airnjen especially doing much
damage to enemy positions.
WASHINGTON, May 25—War
Department announces fifty three
American soldiers lost on Moldavia.
Secretary of War Baker sent a
bill to Congress proposing to rai3«
maximum age limit voluntary en
listment from forty to fifty five
years.
MANY KERMAN
REKIMENTS REVOLT
WASHINGTON, May 25—Advices
received here by the State Depart
ment say, that many of the German
regiments which have been ordered
from the Russian to the Western
front have refused to obey orders
and openly revolted at Dvinsk.
Fifty of the men have been executed
and one thousand imprisoned, but
the treatment seems to have no
effect on the remainder, so far as
coercing then into going back to
the battle field is concerned. Many
of the other regiments which have
been on the Russian border for any
considerable time are also show
ing considerable dissatisfaction and
the German commanders are having
eerious trouble with all troops who
have associated with the Bolshevik)
soldiers.
(This is just simply terrible, its
a wonder the Kaiser wouldn’t take
thje advice so freely given by Teddy
and a few more American junkers
and not let his boys associate with
those horrid Bolsheviki, Teddy could
have told him just how not to do
it.) Ed.
LONDON, May 25—According to
an official announcement made to
day by Government authorities, the
former German Ambassador to the
United States, Count von Bernstorfi
and his aid Captain von Papen were
I involved in a plot to start a revolu
tion in Ireland.
The revolution was to have started
this month and was to have been
timed to take place simultaneously
\ with the new drive on the West
front. The revolution would have
been aided by German troops which
1 were to have been landed at some
desolate spot on the Irish Coast.
! A German submarine loaded with
arms and ammunition, has been
captured off the West coast of Ire
land, quite recently and it is firmly
believed that her cargo was meant
for the Irish revolutionists.
Government officials connect John
Devoy with the very successful oper
ation of a system o fcommunication
between the American end of the
line and Ireland, also Father John
Nicholson, who is an American citi
[ zen. These two it is believed were
pervailed upon by the Germans, to
give thedr aid to the undertaking
and as an inducement it was shown
by the Germans what a great ad
vantage it would be as an aid to
the Irish revolution to have Ger
man submarine bases on the Irish
coast.
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GERMAN PLANES ATTEMPT
RAID CITY OF PARIS
PARIS, May 25—The Germans
made another attempt to raid this
«ity on a large scale today when
thirty of the giant planes appeared
on the outskirts of the city but were
prevented from doing any damage
to the city by the large number of
French and American flyers sent
out to meet them. Only one of thej
Gotha type machines succeeded in [
penetrating the defenses > and in [
dropping a number of bombs on the
city itself, killing one person and
wounding twelve. In the suburbs
the enemy planes dropped a num-;
tier of bombs killing and injuring a
number of people. In the air-bat
tle the enemy lost three of their
others were injured but managed !
to escape behind the German lines. !
French patrols penetrated the I
Gorman defenses in the Champagne!
sector and also on the Wovre plain, j
They captured a number of prison-!
era and war material and returned j
without mishap.
A violent artillery duel is in
progress along the river Avre, to
the Southeast of Amiens.
PARIS, May 25—The French
forces penetrated the enemy lines,
to the Southwest of Courcy, after
i short sharp struggle and destroyed
many of the enemy positions and
captured a total of fifteen prisoners.
The French made a number of
raids on the enemy positions in the
V’oseges mountains, penetrating the
second line trenches and doing much
:1amage to their defenses.
LONDON, May 25—The Germans
have entered the harbor of South
Rottendam and taken another of the
ships belonging to Holland. This Is
the secand ship stolen by the Ger
mans in two days. The steamer
seized this time was the Negriz and
like the Agneta, she was taken to
Sw.inmunde by the Germans.
Holland has made vigorous pro
test to the German Government but
it is feared it will be without avail.
SCARCITY
FOOD IN
RUSSIA
MOSCOW, May 25—Allied sub
jects are leaving Russia by the
thousands owing to the fear of the
scarcity of food, which is now be
coming an extremely serious prob
lem. Food in some districts is al
most unobtainable and in Petrografl
it is understood the distribution ot
broad has been stopped since May
14th.
Reports from Ukrania are to the
effect that the Ukranian Govern
ment officials have fled from the'
city of Kiev and that much fighting
is going on in the streets between
the Germans and Ukranians.
S. S. MOLDAVIA
IS TORPEDOED
WASHINGTON, May 25—The
German subs have torpedoed another
American troop ship. According to
reports from London the steamer
Moldavia has been torpedoed, off
the English coa3t, with a loss of
fifty-four lives.
Owing tothe steamer not having
been reported as sunk, the War
Department is in hopes, that the
first report may be Incorrect and
that the list of American troop3,
who have been reported as lost,
may be cut down. No reason is
given, by the Department for such
a belief, except the Department
thinks the first estimate entirely too
large.
The troops on the Moldavia were
asleep when the ship was struck
by a German torpedo. No members
of the crew are listed among the
lost.
LONDON, May 6—The British
steamer Inniscarra, was sunk by a
German sub, with the loss of thirty
seven, lives off the coast of Eng
land.
Thevictorious sub was almost Im
mediately run down and sunk by an
American torpedo-boat destroyer,
several members of the sub’s crew
were saved and taken prisoner by
the Americans.
WASHINGTON, May 25—Secre
tary of War Baker was before the
House Military Affairs Committee
today, while that body had under
consideration the $11,000,000,000
Army Appropriation Bill. Tho
Secretary while explaining the pur
poses to which this vast amount
will be put, requested that the Com
mittee insert a provision in the bill
giving President Wilson unlimited
power, to draft any number of men
for military service, he may see fit. *
The Secretary also made other re
quests but the House went into
secret session and no further infor
mation on exact powers asked could
be learned.
RELATIONS STRAINED
MEXICO; CUBA
WASHINGTON, May 25—Friendlj
relations between the Republics o:
Cuba and Mexico, have for some
! time past been at the breaking point
owing, it is claimed to the inter
ference of Cuba in the commercial
relations of Mexico.
Today Mexico withdrew her Min
ister to Cuba and ceased diplomatic
negotiations.
A short time ago Mexico notified
the Cuban Government that the
conditions caused by the interfer
ence of Cuba were becoming in
tolerable.
WASHINGTON, May 24—Undei
the new power given him, by the
revisal of the Selective Servic
1 regulations, the Provost Marshal,
General Crowder, has ordered that
: hereafter all men subject to draft,
whether poor or rich, shall render
useful service to the country.
General Crowder states that there
are now a large number of men in
the country who are doing absolute
ly nothing to aid the Government
in the prosecution of the war and
he asserts that these will be called
upon to either fight or perform use
ful service at home.
A long list of non-essential occu
pations are instanced including the
following. Sports of all kinds, store
clerks, bartenders, waiters, ushers,
messengers, elevator operators, hotel
s attendants, chauffeurs, and many
other non-producers will be added
to the list from time to time.
WASHINGTON, May 25—Major
ity leader of the House, Representa
tive Kitchen has abandoned all hope
of avoiding revenue legislation at the
(present session of Congress. Mr.
Kitchen, stated that a start is being
made on a bill with the hope of
having it ready for the considera
tion of Congress In about two
months.
HAVANA, May 25 1918—Diplo
matic relations between Cuba and
Mexico not yet been severed although
strained. Crisis unlikely far a3
Cuba concerned.
BILL FOR NATION
PROHIBITION
WASHINGTON, May 24—The
Emergency Food Bill which is now
before the House caused a flurry
amongst the members today, when
it was announced that unless an
amendment was made to the bill
as it stood it would not be voted
for by the members in favor of na
tion wide prohibition.
Dry members demanded that the
amendment include a request to
President Wilson to proclaim nation
wide prohibition before any of the
appropriations provided for in the
bill will become available.
The bill, carrying the amendment
by a vote of 231 to 64. The bill
carries appropriations of $11,000,
000.
Rumors are rife today that should
the Senate follow the action of the
House in adopting the amendment
the President will veto it.
The House eliminated the provi
sion of $500,000 for the moblizatlon
of labor for harvesting.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 25—Six
hundred warehouse men went on
strike today for higher wages,
stating they cannot exist on the
present wages paid. The men arc
employed in the food warehouses
and it is feared that the strike
will seriously cripple the movement
of food-stuffs.
The strikers demand four dollars
for 8 hours and seventy-five cents
an hour for all overtime, which it
is understood shall only be in case
of emergency.
Government officials are trying
to prevail upon the men to return
to work, promising them that the
government will see that they are
given justice.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 25—The
striking warehouse men have return
ed to work pending an adjustment
which has been promised by the
Railroad Commission.
The Commission stated that they
had received an application from the
companies to be allowed to increase
th air rates so as to enable them
to increase the wages paid the men.
VANCOUVER. May 25—Ten
thousand ship-yard workers went
on strike today, upon the refusal of
the companies to pay the same wage8
paid in the American yards and for
a forty-four hour week th same
as the workers in the American
yards enjoy.
SUCCESSFUL
LONDON, May 25—The British
troops have successfully raided the
German trenches to the Southwest
of La Basse capturing a number of
prisoners and destroying some of
the enemy's works.
Tne German artillery is very ac
tive, to the West of Leas and in the
vicinity of Givenchy.
WASHINGTON, May 25 - The
Senate Millitary Affairs Committee
voted t'arorably on the amendment
to the Draft Daw giving the Presi
dent the power to raise an addi
tional three million men.
PARIS May 25—French pene
trated German lines west of Noyon
capturing prisoners. German raids
south Hangard repulsed.