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NOME, ALASKA. THURSDAY, JULY, 11, 1918.
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ALBANIA CAMPAIGN IS
SUBJECT OF APPROVAL
ROME, July 9—The Albanian
campaign in which Italian and
French troops are taking a promi
nent part is being accompanied by
great successes.
ZURICH, July 9—Austrian papers
are turning with concern to the
Albanian campaign of the Italians
and the rapid advance and con
tinued success of the troops of the
Allies in that section.
ROME July 9—It is officially an
nounced that the Allies in yester
day’s operations captured 1300 Aus
trian prisoners in their Albanian
campaign.
ROME July 9-—Italian troops
captured. Fieri, eighteen miles north
of Valona.
There is the important military
highway which passes thru Berat
along the Semcni river and runs
southward thru the main interior
towns and villayets to Greece at
Fieri and the Austrians had made
one of their main bases at this sec
tion. Its importance it would be
difficult to overlook. Tho Austrian
troops were easily defeated by the
Allies.
LONDON, July 9—Attention is
now being directed to the import-!
ant movements in Albania. With thej
Austrian occupation of the Albanian)
littoral and the interior being some
what of a menace to all the Allied
positions in Macedonia and the
possibility of a flanking attack from j
Albania being always more or less]
of a menace the ease with which j
the Allies are driving northward is j
the subject of satisfactory comment
from the military experts.
STARTLING NEWS COMES
FROM RUSSIAN SITUATION
LONDON, July 11—The most im
portant announcement yet made
and coming from Russia is that
General Korniloff, former commander
of the Don Cossacks and. still in
position of supremo importance in
his section of the republic, has come
forward with a proclamation of his
willingness to recognize the control
of the Soviets and the soldiers of
the Soviets as the real Russian army
if a campaign as now stated to be
under way is carried out, that is a
campaign is organized against the
German Empire with the help of
the Allies.
This taken in conjunction with the
former announcement that the
Foreign Minister Leon Trotsky, had
declared that the bad faith of Ger
many necessitated military action
and urged the formation of a large
army to oppose that power, is con
sidered of great importance.
TOKIO, July 11—A dispatch says
that the Kerensky republican regime
has bean restored at Vladivostock
under the protection of the Czccho
Slavs who are now in complete con
trol. Further details are lacking.
COPENHAGEN, July 11—Another
dispatch affecting one of the royal
family comes thru the Central
Powers. This states that a homb
thrown by a Bolshcviki soldier has
killed the Tzarowitch, the only son
of the former Tzar.
What truth is in this unconfirmed
report is absolutely unknown.
FRENCH TROOPS IN
VICTORIOUS RAID AGAIN
PARIS, July 11—The Entente
forces are slowly increasing their
pressure along the entire western
front and the Germans are giving
ground before it. ,
The French have captured the
village of Corey, between the Oise
and Aisne, taking also about fifty
prisoners.
This section is elevated considera
bly above the immediate surrouud
ing country and is of considerable
tactical value.
LONDON, July 11—The British
Improved th< ir positions by extend
ing their lines into ground held by
the enemy east of Villeiers-Bretton
eaux. This advance is regarded
with great satisfaction by the. com
manders in view of the fact that
it is not likely that in this vicinity
Germany may renew another offen
sive.
LONDON, July 11—Artillery on
both sides is very active in the
Somme.
LONDON, July 10—Opinion may
be said to be divided as to the
intention of Germany to renew the
drive on the west front. The more
expert belief is that the present
lull is the: calm before the most
determined effort that Germany has
made as yet and the last effort
which that nation can make before
it loses for ever its man power
supremacy on the western front.
Every day that the Germans delay
makes the chances of success more
doubtful, so that if the drive is
delayed much longer, it will be
practically certain it will not come
off at all.
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RAINEY TALKS ON
REVENUE AND TAXES
WASHINGTON, D. C. July 9
The completion of a new taxation
measure ib foreshadowed in a state
ment made by Chairman Rainey ot
the Hcjuse Ways and Means Com
mittee after a preliminary confer
ence on. the revenue bill.
W :kw revenue bill is being
pupped rapidly into .shape, and it
.* the desire and intentibn that it
viU not be delayed, in its journey
ti ru Cdngress by the necessity of
many amendments as marked the
passage of the revenue bill now on
tin statute books.
In making his statement Rainey
did not givo much consolation to
those who would hope to dodge
their taxation obligations to the
country. He said that five billion
dollars will be required yearly by
the government to pay interest and
retire bonds that have now or later
will bo floated. Many taxes in the
bill now to be introduced Rainey
declares would continue for years
after the war.
The new bill would effect the de
sires of tho government in that he
believes it would within a safe I
margin raise the sum of eight
billion yearly.
Kainey d.id r.ct commit himself
to any statement as to how long
this sum in addition to bonds to
be floated would be needed. His
statement has secured general at
tention thruout the country and is
the subject of considerable comment
in all of the financial pages of the
eastern press.
The new fiscal measures of th*>
government are being followed with
great interest.
WESTERN UNION FORMS
ITS OWN PET UNION
CHICAGO, July 11—The West
ern Union company is now spring
ing its coup upon the unions. Tele
graphers are arriving here as dele
gates to p1 rfect the orgnjzation of
a union of company employees
which according to its leaders will
be totally separate and distinct from
the commercial telegraphers union.
The Western Union Telegraph Co
is paying the expenses of the dele
gates to this convention and is
really at the back of the new organ
nization.
President Konenkampf df the
Commercial Telegraphers Union in
sists that the new organization as
a labor organization is emasculated
at the start and points out in force
of his contention that Carlton of the
company would be representative
of both company and men, in other
words that the management would
have absolute control and the men
none. Konenkampf points out fur
ther that the leaders are in the
pay of the company at this time.
The main object of the formation
of this union is to provide the com
pany with an answer as to the right
of employees to organize. Heretofore
and even before the congressional
committees Western Union repre
sentatives found this an irksome
question “why were employees de
nied the right to organize.” This
is overcome in the estimation of
the management by the establish
ment of a union over which the
company will exercise complete con
trol.
TELLS STORY REVOLT
AMONG GZECHO-SLAVS
LONDON, July 9—Belated reports
coming here from Vladivostok tend
to show that fifteen thousand Zoclio
Slavs did overthrow the Bolsheviki
regime on June 29 and that they
now hold the city. A new Commis
sariat has been established to gov
ern all Siberia from that point.
41 were killed and 200 wounded
among the Bolsheviki forces and
the Slavs lost one hundrt d killed
and fifty wounded.
LONDON, July 9—Zecho Slavs re
ports state that roving bands of
Bolsheviki murdered thousands of
Chinese Christians in Turkestan and
FIRST DRAFT CALL
WILL TAKE TWENTYNINE
LOCAL BOAIID No. 9, has recoiv-t
od notice that that another quota
totalling 29 in all will be called from
this district to the colors under the
draft law.
The latest order intimates that
ten will be called on August 1, ten
on August 20, and nine on Septem
ber 10.
Owing to the smaller quota which
Alaska is given this call, it was
generally worked out uuathorita
tively that the quota which this
district would have to furnish would,
be in the neighborhood of twelve
or thirteen, but it is seen that
his number is more than doubled
under the official order
figures. The local board can ac
cept four volunteers by July 22,
three by August 10, and three by
August 31.
Whether these aro In addition
to or in lieu of the quota figure is
not stated. •
The present call will take a good
many from Nome, although quite
a goodly number who otherwise
come within the draft call are out
side or already joined the army.
A number of registrants when the
news reached Nome got busy look
ing up the figures which meant
to them whether they would or
would not bo in the call. One opin
ion states that this call will include
several of the young businessmen
of nome.
NEWS NOTES
MAIL ARRIVES
The Latouche arrived early this
afternoon and lost no time sending
the mail which the steamer carried:
ashore. There is quite a large mail j
on this boat which cleared up out
side mail after the Admiral vvaison.
The Latoucha has also some freight
consigned, to local owners and will
also visit Kotzebue.
FLYER HAS STORMY TRIP
The Flyer which sailed, this morn
ing for Lost River has had to face
a fresh breeze which usually grows
fresher around Slnrock. However
it is likely that the presence of
ice will provent the creation of
any large surf or swells and that
the old timer will be able to ride
thru it all making fast time without
any trouble.
WORKING LONG HOURS
Among the employees of the Ban
gor dredge who are working their
good long spell over eight hours
are Bert M’Carthy, Chester Milligan,
Becker, Chauncey Anderson, and
Guy Blair. Sorao of those men are
union men—outside.
that the state Turkestan bank was
looted by them of a million dollars.
The story of the massacre is so
foreign to the usual characteristics
of the Bolsheviki that it is doubted
in some quarters.
MOSCOW, July 9—Premier Lenine
who lias complete ascendancy in
Russia has caused the arrest of
the entire cabinet which the Keren
sky counter revolutionists had es
tablished. This marks the com
plete control again of this city by
the Soviets.
BRITISH AGAIN ATTACK
GERMAN DIVER BASES
LONDON July 9—The Admiralty
.. :",us''™ •> - -'ea of raids
made against the German diver,
destroyer and airship bases along
the Belgium coast.
The British attacked and diapers d
a flotilla of eight enemy destroyers
and at Zeebrugge attacked further
after dispersing the destroyers, the
inner waters of tho canal with sea
planes. Six German planes which
attacked the British sea-bird air
ships were destroyed.
ESTIMATED WHEAT CROP
SHOWS BIG YIELD
WASHINGTON, D. .C. July 9—
The prognostications of an extra
ordinarily largo wheat crop may
not have been justified and .the
last estimate, based upon July I
reports thruout the country does
not show such an exceedingly heavy
yield over the past four years aver
ago which however it exceeds.
The total whoat production ac
cording to the estimate of Depart
mont of Agriculture for this year
will be 891,000,000 as compared
with 809,000,000 the past four
years average.
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