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NOME, ALASKA. THURSDAY, MAY, 30, 1918.
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GERMAN DRIVE NOW CHECKED
SPAIN INFESTED1BY
MYSTERIOUS PLAGUE
MADRID, May 30—The myster
ious influenza plague is on the in
crease In this city and there are
now more than eighty thousand
people affected with the malady. All
those afflicted with the dread disease
are confined to their beds.
Noim provement is noticeable in
the case of King Alfonso today.
Many of the better to do people
of the city are rushing for tho coun
try and some are leaving Spain en
tirely.
MADRID, May 30—The Spanish
Government Inspectors who have
been working on the disease mystery
which has caused a reign of terror
throughout the country, today
charged the German sailors with be
ing responsible for the epidemic.'
The Spanish officials claim that the
Germans, who are- interned subma
rine crews, have released the dis
ease germs with a view of causing
such trouble and excitement that
they would have little or no trouble
in effecting their escape. • The num
ber of those affected has now reached
a total of one hundred and twenty
five thousand.
MADRID, May 30—A mysterious
plague has made its appearance in
this city and is now reported to be
sweeping over the whole of Spain.
Every known method is being used
to combat the epidemic but without
result. Forty per cent of the popu
lation is affected at the present time.
The King, Alfonso XIII is confined
to his bed and it is feared that he
is a victim cf the plague.
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GERMANS CONTINUE
BOMBARD HOSPITALS
LONDON, May 30—The Germans
are again shelling the Allied posi
tions in the vicinity of Ypresand
along the larger part of the Flan
ders front.
The British forces have renewed
their raiding operations and are
greatly harrassing the enemy’s po
sitions to the Southeast of Arras
and to the West of Merville. In
many of their raids in the vicinity
of those positions the British have
succeeded in capturing a large num
ber of prisoners and many rifles.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY
May 30—The Germans are continu
ally bombing the hospitals in the
rear of the Allied lines. The enemy
aviators seem to take particular
pride in being able to make a hit
on one of these hospitals, where
hundreds of injured soldiers are
being hurriedly tended to to enable
the attendants to send those most
seriously wounded, who can bear
being moved to all, to tre. more re
mote hospitals throughout France
and England, The attendants, in
many cases, are forced to remove the
sufferers into the open, in order to
save them from the burning build
ings, where little protection frem the
weather can be had until temporary
quarters can be supplied.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY,
May 30—In the first real offensive
blow, of any magnitude, struck by
the American forces on the Picardy
front, they fought like veterans' and
covered themselves with glory. The
Americans stormed and captured
the village of Cantigny, two hun
tired / prisoners, many machine guns
and a great quantity of small arms,
all in the fast time of thirty five
minutes.
The fighting Americans after cap
turing the vilage continued to ad
vance their lines and were not
checked by the Germans, until they
had reached a point over one hun
dred and seventy five yards to the
East of the village. Heavy losses
were inficted on the enemy by the
advancing Americans.
Cantigny is a small village about
four miles to the Northwest of
Montdidier.
The Germans did not give up the
village without a severe struggle
and only abandoned their attempts
to recapture it after they had been
repulsed by the victorious Ameri
cans on three separate occasions.
CROWN PRINCE OF
GERMANY AT HEAD OF
ARMY OVER MILLION
PARIS, May 30—Thearmy of the
German Crown Prince, Fredrick
William is reported to be taking
a leading part in the new German
offensive. The army of the Crown
Prince, consisting of sixty-five di
visions or approximately one million
ono hundred and fifty thousand
troops, is attacking the Allied posi
tions in mass formation but with
little or no definate results. The
Germans although suffering enor
mous losses in each assault continue
to throw fresh troops into the fray.
The slaughter, by the heavy concen
trated fire of the Allied batteries
of artillery, machine guns and in
fantry which is being constantly
poured upon the attacking masses,
is t»rrib!e but is now beginning to
show results and the vigor with
which the first assaults were made
is slowly dying out.
AMSTERDAM, May 30—The Aus
trian War Office announces that the
fighting in the Tonale sector of the
Trentino front has increased with
marked violence.
The Austro-German attacks on
the Italian positions at Monte Bello
have be n repulsed with losses to the
attacking forces and have not been
repeated.
LONDON, May 30—The Allies
have launched a series of power
ful counter attacks upon the posi
tions which the Germans succeeded
in taking last Monday, between a
point to the Southwest of Ypres and
Lake Dickebusch, and after a three
hour battle have retaken practically
all the lost ground. British rein
forcements are continually arriving
and the recaptured positons have
been greatly strengthened.
Twenty British aeroplanes have
attacked the military works in and
about Liege, Belgium doing exten
sive damage and killing a number
of troops.
WASHINGTON, May 30—TU"
State Department today issued u
statement exposing the Case of the
Subject Pecplof. of Austria-Hun
gary, declaring the national and dis
trict aspirations of the Czech
Slavs and the Jugo-Siavs for free
dom. -The Department states that
these people have the most earnest
sympathy of the American govern-,
mint and People in their sufferings
and that this government will will-,
ingly do anything in its power to aid
them in their fight for libi rtv.
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PARIS, May 30—The great Ger
man drive to the West of Soissons
has been checked, announces the
War Office. The Germans have re
peatedly attempted to extend their
gains but have been repulsed in
every assault with severe losses.
; The French forces have been or
dered to evacuate Soissons by the
Commander in Chief and have taken
up their positions on the heights
to the West, where they are now
successfully withstanding the ene
my’s attacks, which are being made
at a heavy cost of life to the enemy.
Along the Soissons-Pertennes road,
to the South of Soissons, and in
front of Ferentardenois and Ves
sily, the battle rages fierest. These
positions are held by the French
Reserves, who are desperately resist
ing all attempts to drive them from
their strongholds.
On the French right flank, where
the French and British troops are
fighting side by side between Brouil
let and Thilloy and to the North of
Rheims, all German assaults have
been broken up, by the intensive
gun-fire of the Allies.
Since beginning their drive the
Germans have advanced about fif
teen mihs ami driven, their salient
South of the Vesle river, to the
village of Tillot just to the South
west of the city of Rheims.
PARIS, May 30—The Aisne bat
tle continues with unabated fury and
is one of the most bloody and stub
bornly contested of the entire war.
The Germans are rushing fresh
troops in to the struggle continually
but in spite of all efforts now being
made by the enemy, the French
troops are slowly but surely forcing
their way forward foot by foot to
wards the Eastern border of the city
of Soissons.
A little to the South of the village
of Thierrj the Allies rave fallen
back to heavy entrenched posi
tions on the heights between the
river Aisne and Vesle. From their
new positions the Allied gunners
are now pouring a terrific fire upon
the Germans. The slaughter of the
enemy troops is utterly indescrib
able, the ground is covered with
bodies and soaked with blood.
LONDON, May 30—The British
forces have repulsed the enemy at
tacks'on the positions at Festubert,
on the Flanders front, aboutfivo
miles Northeast of Bethune.
The British again raided the Ger
man trenches near Lacon, about
three and one half utiles almost
due North of Bethune, taking a
number of the enemy prisoners
and doing much damage to the
enemy defenses before returning to
their own lines.
MOONEY RE-SENTENCED HANG;
GOMPERS ASKED INTERCEDE
SAN FRANCISCO, May 28—Thos.
Mooney was today resentenced to
hang tor having been found guilty
of murder in the first degree. The
Court in resentencing Mooney stated
that the sentence would not be
carried out before sixty or ninety
'days, which will give Mooney’s
counsel plenty of time to perfect an
appeal to the Supreme Court of the
United States.
Before sentence was pass.-d Moon
ey’s counsel made a final effort to
have the Court set aside the verdict,
[by applying for a Writ of Probable
| Cause, but the Court refused to
consider the application and pro
nounced sentence.
(An excerpt taken from the
President’s Commirsion which made
an extensive investigation of the
“Frame Up” against San Francisco
Trade Unionists reads as follows:)
“We find in the atmosphere sur
roundings the prosecution and trial
of th" case ground for disquietude.
This feeling has been reinforced
by one factor of controlling impor
tance. The most damaging testi
mony produced against Mooney
came from a witness named Oxman.
It was Oxman who testified with
convincing detail, to the presence of
Mooney and Billings at the place and
at the time where it was essontial
for them to have been if proof of
their participation in the crime was
to bo established.
"After Mooney’s conviction there
came to light letters confessedly
written by Oxman prior to his hav
ing been called to testify. The
plain import of these letters is an
attempt by Oxman to suborn per
jury in corroboration of vital tes
timory which he was to give and
which he did give against Mooney.
The fact is he did write the letters
which tend completely to discredit
any testimony he might give, and no
testimory from Oxman, in the light
of the letters, would receive credence
necessary to lead to conviction. In
fact, after the exposure of Oxman
the District Attorney did not call
him, though available, as a witness
in the trial of Mrs Mooney. When
Oxman was discredited, the verdict
against Mooney was discredited.”
(Even though the presiding Judge
called upon the Attorn y General of
California to take steps for a now
trial for Mooney and the Attorney
General did take those steps, tho
Supreme Court of California held
that it did not have jurisdiction to
consider matters outsido the records.
That a joke on tho workers—the
Supreme Court has plenty of juris
diction when it comes to a matte r
of protecting Big Business oven if
they do find it necessary to usurp
that jurisdiction.)—Ed.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 30—In
a message to Samuel Gompcrs, Pres
ident of the American Federation
of Labor today, Thomas Mooney in
forms Mr Gompers that political
pressure ha3 been brought to bear
noon Governor Stephens of Califor
nia to prevent him taking any ac
tion in the ^looney case. Mooney
appeals to Mr Comp rs to lay the
matter directly before the President
and request him to take action.
The California Superior Court
has announc d its intention of with
holding a warrant of execution until
such a time as the Supreme Court
announces its ruling on the appli
cation ofthe defense for a Writ of
Probable Cause. If the. Supreme
Court grants the Writ this will give
an apportunity for another appeal
and probably Mooney will be given
another trial.
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CONGRESS ADJOURNS
UNTIL JUNE I5TH
WASHINGTON’, May 30—The
House Ways and Means Committee
announces that a tentative agree
ment has been effected with tin
Committee of the Senate, wherby
Congress will take a recess until
the fifteenth of June.
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WASHINGTON, May 30—The
Shipping Board’s report for the
past week shows that much improve
ment is being mad* in the building
of ships for the government. The
report shows that during this past
we'k the Government yards have
turned out ten steel vessels with a
tonnage of 63,486 tons. This does
not mean that this number of ships
were launched but that they were
entirely completed. No official re
port is made by the Board with
reference to the number of wooden
ships turned out. but it is believed
that (ho increase in the building of
wooden ships will be greater than
that shown for steel. The report
of the week before, last shows that
ono steel and one wooden ship was
completed daily and it the incr ase
nt wooden ships ts greater than stool I
it is conceded that there would be
at least twolv^wooden ships finish
ed during the past week.
Twelve steel ships were launched
tho week before last and eighteen
last week.
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from next Monday until next Satur
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