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VOLUME XV. NO. 260. TELEPHONE MAIN 46. NOME, ALASKA, .VEONESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29. 1916. TELEPHONE MAIN 46. PRICE 26 CENTS
GERMAN LOSSES GREATER
THAN 3 ARMY CORPS
A. P. A. ••rvios.
PARIS, Sept. 29.“The German cas
ualties In the recent offensive of tht
liritish and French against the west
ern lines,- including the killed, woundet
and those taken prisoners are giver
officially by the French war office a.
exceeding the strength of three ful
army corps.
Th* reports from the field headquar
i ters today chronicled further success©*
for the French forces and continua
progress in the Artois region and nortl
of Massiges. The reports contain th*
statement that over a thousand Oer
i. rs have surrendered in this section
• y esteard&y.
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GENERAL BLISS
VISITINGSEATTLE
A. P. A. Service.
SEATTLE, Sept. 28.—Brigadier Gen
eral Tasker H. Bliss, commander of th<
southern division of the United States
army, arrived in the city today on t>
vacation tour of the west. The gen
ertd will remain in the city for a shor
sit.
JAGKLING
DECLINES
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A. P. A. teeviee.
< SEATTLE. Sept. J8.~Col. C. D
Jack bag, the Alaska and Nevada min
ing man who was asked hy the New
York public service commission to forn
one of a committee of three engineer:
to investigate the recent subway ac
cidents, today telegraphed to the com
mission declining the appointment
Shortly after declininlg. Col. Jackllnf
nailed fot Alaska In his private yacht
TRAIN DASHES
IN WORK GREW
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A. P. A. Service.
PHILADELPHIA. Sept. 2B.—Fivi
wore killed and eleven injured in a
tunnel on the Reading railroad al
PheonUvllle today when a passengci
train tore through a big bunch of track
<n*n who had not taken sufficient time
to escape before arrival of the train
Six of the men are very badly injure;
and are not expected to live. There it
aome conflict as to the cause of the ac
cident, the men claiming that they hat
no warning that the train schedule hat
been changed and so . Were unable tc
escape
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MORQENTHAU WILL
INVESTIGATE MASSACRES
A. P. A. Service.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 29.—Ambas
sador Henry Morganthau at Constat) -
tjoople has been instructed by tht
state department to make a full in
C-ewtigaUon of the alleged Turkish Ar
menian massacres.
EXPECT WINTER
WILL HASTEN
ACTIVITIES
A. P. A. Service.
PETROGRAD, Sept. 29.—Seven
snow storms in the northern sections
and along the gulf of Finland havt
been steadily coming south for the pas
» eek anti heavy snow flurries are re
'tiled to have touched ttie northerr
sections of the Baltic provinces, li 1
is expected that this will tend to has
ftp I he climax of the endeavor of th«
Teutons to take Dvlnsk. The German*
are fiercely haltering at 'ie- outer de
teases of tlie town but have made lit - I
lie Impression. Heavy fighting Is alst i
in progress along the lower section; j
of the battle front with the Issue a> I
vet undecided Several well plannei i
traps laid by the Russian commander?
have resulted In the rapture of nearly
four thousand German troops *
ITALIAN
BATTLESHIP
BLOWS UP;
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A. P. A. Service.
ROME, Sept. 29.—-A lire which broke
out aboard tile Italian battleship Ben
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edette Brin at Brindisi last night wa*
followed by an explosion which sent '
the Vessel to the bottom within seven I
i-nutes with a loss of three hundred I
officers and men including Rear Ad
miral Baron Ernesto R. Becervin com
mandant of the southern squadron oi
the Italian navy. The cause of the tlrr
's completely unknown.
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ALASKANS GUESTS OF
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
A. P. A. Service.
SEATTLE, Sppt. 29.—Editor Troy
Representative .Stone of , Seward anc
Mr., Sol Blum, the prominent Valde2
merchant, were guests at a luncheor..
given by, the Alaska bureau of the Se
attle Chamber of Commerce.
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BRITISH ARE NOW
AFTER THIRD LINE
BERMAN DEFENSES
A. *» A, Service.
LONDON. Sept. 29.—Communicatlor
Just made public dealing with the op
erations in France Tuesday, say thai
In the heavy fighting around Loos th«
I tritish have taken several except tonal
ly strong lines of German trenchet
and bomb proof shelters of severs
hundreds of yards in length which
nod a portion of the second line of
German defenses.
1 The .statement says that the Hrltisl
v now after the third line of trenches
Three thousand prisoners were takei
•id twenty-one heavy and forty ma
Thine guns were captured In Tuesday'
fighting and a considerable numbei
| were also destroyed.
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WARDEN KILLED
BY ESCAPING
CONVICT
A. P. A. Service.
SALEM, Sept. 28.--Superintendent
Harry Minto of the Oregon penitent!
ary was shot and Instantly killed thit
morning by Otto Hooker an escaping
convict. The ahoottng occurred on tht
public road some distance from tht
prison Hooker had succeeded In elud
ing the guards when overtaken h>
Minto w^om he slew with one .shot
from a revolver' stolen from the prls
on ttlflce. The convict Is still at largt
sud is being pursued by a large posse
At last accounts- he was seen In tht
ylcjnltj-uf Albany.
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MINTO’S
SLAYER
KILLED
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A. P. A. Service.
ALBANY, Ore., Sept. 29.—Otto Hook
er, the .convict who yesterday klllei
Warden. Minto of the state . penitenti
ary while making his escape from the
prison was shot and killed this morn
ing a >me few miles from the city. The
slayer of Hocker.is A; J. Long, a Port
land patrolmaai. who was one of posst
of two hundred men who were on thr
trail of-the murderer since the shoot
ing of Minto occurred.. Long run the
man to earth in a barn where he hac
taken ‘shelter from hla pursuers.
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CANADA WILL INVESTIGATE
‘ ' : SUBMARINE PURCHASE
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A. P. A. Service.' - •
SEATTLE. Sept. 29.—It was an
nounced today that the Canadian gov
ernment has appointed a commission tc
investigate the purchase of two Seat
tle built submarines by Fremler Mc
Bride a" year ago. The reason for the
Investigation Is not clear.
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LANG WILL
REMAIN IN
OFFICE:
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| A. P. A. Service.
SEATTLE, Sept. 28.- Mayor HI Gil
today announced his verdict following
111-* council Investigation of Chief o
Police lamg stating that the head o
tile [tolice department would he re
tained in utflce as there was little rea
son for subjecting him to dismissal
I Gill says that he must endorse tlo
opinion of the council Investigating
committee that Lang has heart very
Indiscreet in his conduct.
il E. HUHTINBTON
KILLED IDIO ACCIDENT
A. P. A. Service.
i.XEONTA, N. Y„ Sep. 28.—Henry
E. Huntington, the brother of the lutt
railroad magnate. Collis P. Huntington
anil himself connected prominently
with the Huntington railroad interests
and Willard 15. Nephey, a promlnem
broker, yvere killed in an auto nccideni
suburbs.
OAKDALE GROCERYMAN
SHOE BY THIEVES
A. Pi. A. 6«rvio«.
OAKDALE. Cal., Sept. 21).—Shot
through the heart, tho body of W. F
Bergman, a groceryman of this city
n found lying beside the wrecked
and looted safe in the rear of his gro
cery store this morning. Bergman
Jived over tho grocery and was evi
dently aroused by tho thieves as they
forced their way into the store. Nc
Yews havo been found.
TURKS EXPELL
CATHOLIC
PRIESTS
A. P. A. Servioo.
SOFIA, Sept. 29.—Private dispatches
received hero today say that the Turks
are expelling the priests of the Cath
olic faith from Constantinople.
BATE OF SEIM
INVASION HUD
A. P. A, Service.
ATHENS, Sept. 29— Reports from
Austrian*-sotifrees today say that the'
allied offensive in the west will not
affect tho original plans for., an in
vasion of the Serbian territory as orig
inally planned-and the new Teutor
movement will go forward as soon a
tho necessary preparations have beer
completed. No particular date has
‘been fixed for the commencement ol
the-.new campaign, apparently but it
has Jjeen placed to begin within a fort
night.
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GERMAN ARMY CORPS ARE
OVERWHELMED BY FLOODS
A. P. A. Service.
LONDON, Sept, 2».—The Times Re
trograde correspondent wired his paper
today that the reports which are said
to he fully confirmed from good quar
ters are In circulation in the Russian
capital to the effect that forty firs,
German array corps was o\ eriaken by
Uie flooding of the PInsk marshes and
being unable to escape the whole army
corps perished.
Don’t forget the big specisl sale at
Holt's Cash 8tore.
GREAT CHAMPAGNE
BATTLE CONTINUES
A. P. A. Service.
PARIS, Sept. 2ft.—The great battle
in the Champagne district has con
tinued throughout the day with un
abated fury according to the ofticia
'(>niniunt(|ue posted by the war olfici i
this evening. The great struggle is |
centering along the valley of the Aisrn
both north ami south of the river and '
terrific artillery bombardments an j
weeping the country level along both '
banks. The reports state that the |
struggle Is terrific In intensity and thi |
blast of guns Is heard forty and fifty
miles away.
The advance of the French at sev
eral points is declared to have been
over heaps of dead the most of which
•re torn to fragments by the hail 01
shells from the French artillery. It is
estimated that the Germans have losi
fully one hundred and twenty thou
sand men In Argonne anu Charnpagm
sections since the renewal of the allied
it tacks.
LONDON REPORTS RESOLTS
OF DAYS OPERATIONS
A. P. A. Service.
LONDON, Sept. 29,—The British an
.steadily battering; their way towari
(he German inner lines in the vlcinitj
of Loos; the French are maintaining
a steady and heavy offensive in thi
mpagne section* and the Germans
have been unable to make any impor
tant pains in their counter attacks ii
iArgonhe and have suspended all In
t fantry attacks. This report issued by
the war office this evening sums up thi
| • Motion in the west. The fighting
'throughout the day has been terrifh
i
ji pecinily at laios and along the Aisne
' The enemy have lost heavily In the
| latter section and many prisoners ltav*
! >>een taken by the French.
GERMAN PRESS SAYS STRUGGLE
By A. P. A. Service.
AMSTERDAM. Sept. 2!».—Report*
arriving from Berlin today say that
there are evidences of considerable
nervousness in the German capital con
cerning the outcome of the great strug
gle now going on in the west. Reliable
German newspapers admit that per
haps the great decisive struggle of the
war is now going on along the French
and Flanders fronts. “The most for
midable stage and perhaps the de
eesive moment of the war has beet
reached," said the N'euste Nachrlehtei
tf Leipsic in its evening issue. “Ii
General Joffre is able to force out
I army to take up new positions, the new
struggle will result in costing us per
haps terrific sacrifices.” Following
tile article says: "But we will endure
those sacrifices without a murmur.”
The kaiser has abandoned inten
tions going to Berlin and has gon*
lead direct to western battle front.
CIVIL WAR UNIQUE AMONG
MILITARY CONFLICTS
A. P. A. Service.
WASHINGTON. Sept. -9.—President
Wilson today formally welcomed the
national G. A. R. encampment and de
livered an eloquent address to the
veterans in which he praised the cour
age which led them to the mighty
deeds marking the hloody struggle Ir
61 and 65.
The president declared that tho clvl
war was unique among world conflict!
in that it was fought for principle alone
I without the desire of conquest
The president told tho old veteran!
that the greatest instrumentality foi
the uplifting of mankind the world hat
or seen should not be impaired.
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BRITISH WHIP
TURKS IN
MESPOTAMIA
A. P. A. Service.
LONDON, Sept. 29.—Advices frorr
Alexandria- this morning announce that
the British have gained a signal vic
tory over the Turks in Mespotamia and
the' latter are now In, full retreat to
ward Bagdad with the British press
ing every Inch of their retirement.
ALLIES SEND
HOOPS SERBIA
A. P. A. Service.
BERLIN. Sept. 2!).—British ant'
French troops intended for service in
Serbia have been landed at Port Kath
erine in the neighlmrhood of Salonika
according to reports received here from
Budapest today.
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