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VOLUME XV. NO. 139. TELEPHONE MAIN 46. NOME. ALASKA, TUESDAY. MAY 18. 1915. TELEPHON E M AIN 40 PRICE 25 CENT*
GERMANY WIU. NOT CHANCE METHOD WARFARE
WAR VIRTUALLY DECLARED ON AUSTRIA BY ITALY
NEW PORTUGUESE
PRESIDENT NOT DEAD
LlSIiON, -May lx. Later. Announ
cement was made this afternoon that
Seitor Clntgus is not dead from his
wounds as was at tirst reported. The
new president is said to he resting
easily at (lie hospital and shows signs
«f being slightly improved, it is stated
that Chagas lias held a conference with
several of his political associates.
SIR EDWARD SPEYER
RESIGNS FROM COUNCIL
LONDON, May IX. It was given out
tills afternoon that Sir Edward Speyer
lias resigned the privy councilorship.
Several of the leading papers state that
a coalition of the Cabinet has been
forestalled.
SEBASTIAN CLEARED
OF ALL CHARGES
L< IS ANUELES, May IX. Former
Chief of Police Sebastian is now entire
ly cleared of the charges of contri
buting to deliniiuency, the two remain
ing counts having been decided in Ids
favor ill tile local courts yesterdnv
The former Chief is now entirely clear
of all the charges leading to Ills being
■luplrseded.
2000 GERMANS SLAUGHTERED IN LAST
STAND ON THE WEST DANK OF YSER
LONDON, May 18. After nearly a
fortnight spent in hurling hack the re
peated assaults of the Germans against
the Helgian and Knglish linos in the
I'landers section the allies are again
on the offensive, according to Contin
ental advices, and are rapidly driving
the enemy from the Yser. The sud
den renewal of the allied offensive has
resulted in completely dislodging the
Germans from their foothold on the
western side of the canal and their
retreat to the east is being sharply
pressed. The late period of fighting
has been marked by a savagy on tin
part of the Germans hitherto unpaml
elled on the western front
During the many assaults hurled
against the allied lines the Germans
suffered terrible losses from the' ma
chine guns and small detachments j
were frequently annihilated. After the
first fury of the* Herman assault had
passed, the enemy were forced from
position after position h\ the sharp
counter attacks of the A ngln-1 telgian
forces. The several villages along the
western border of the canal taken h\
the Hermans during the first rush
have all heen relinu nished hy the
enemy.
TWO THOUSAND GERMANS
SLAUGHTERED ON VSER
I’AltlS. Max is. Dispatch* - fro n
the scene of the figld^ig in \'\amlers
state that tile (fcrinaiis have suffered
fearful losses during the last few days
"f lighting west of tin* Vser losing
fulIv two thousand men when making
their lust stand in one of the villag-s
which constituted their sole remaining
foothold.
FIERCE FIGHTING IN
VICINITY OF MARNE
*
I*.VIMS. Ma\ 17 IVrsisteht German
offensive operations hav. Iiedl turned
into a derided defensive along the
eastern lend of the rivn Marne,
lleav\ siege operations directed*
! against the net work of Kremh «*? i
i trenched positions I•> the Germans
I have been brought to a complete halt !
hy the rremdi artillerx which it is de- !
dared has offset the h«a\\ and more)
! rumhei s.»me German guns It is stated
| that the I'rmrli six arid eight ita li
! mobile howitzers have proved their
superioritv over the larger calibre guns
i •»f the Mermans. < >wing to the pussi
I bilit v of tlie easily moved French ar
itillery tin- Merman gun positions were
repeatedly made untenable and tin*
enemv were compelled to draw theit
infantry fioni the trendies at fre.|u**nt |
intervals in order to save their art ill.-t
from capture During the infantr\ as
saults the Mermans ar»* declared (■
have suffered tremendous losses from
the French shrapnel tire which was
poured inf* their ranks with deadlv
effect.
THREE GERMAN ZEPPELINS
WERE DESTROYED TODAY
LiUNlHJ.N, May 18. The German
'Zeppelin lieet has suffered a severe
I loss in the destruction three of the
monster air craft during the past _'4
[hours. Dispute lies from Calais report
the wrecking ol a Zeppelin along the
French coast b> fire fr«*m the French
aero guns. A second Zeppelin was de
stroked the lire fr»»m an English
torpedo boat between Dover and Dun
kirk. Following the striking of the
air vessel b> the shots from the tor
pedo boat the giant balloon feil into
the sea Continental dispatches stale
that a thin! Zeppelin was wrecked in
the Gieleseli forest m Belgium through
be. omilig unmanageable in a high
wind. The crew of the vessel are re
ported captured by the allies
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ZEPPELINS DEMORALIZE
THE KENT COUNTRY
LONDON, May is. -German air
craft again descended on the Kent dis
trict bombarding several towns and
villages and destroying a score of
homes and injuring a number of peo
ipie.
The inhabitants were previously
warned of the approach of the hostile
air craft by telegraph from the coast
where the Zeppelins were sighted by
British aeroplanes which later attack
<•<1 the hostile air Meet anti a fieive
battle followed, involving three Zeppe
lin** and some half dozen armored
aeroplanes The Germans were finally
driven out over tin* North Sea closely
followed by the IMtish planes. The'
outcome of the engagement has not
been announced by the War office.
The London press declares that the
coast guard aero service has proven
most effective in protecting the capital
- - -i
from tin* attacks of the German ait
Meets, no loss than seven Zeppelin I
attacks huviiiM been frustrated since
the first of the year by the timely
warnings Riven by the coast Riiartl;
aoros which enabled the defendihR aip (
Meet to drive the Germans back be
fore reaching; the city.
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NEW PORTUGUESE PRESIDENT
SHOT ENROUTE TO CAPITAL
T-ISBON, Stay 18.—While enronto
from Oporto to the capital to assume
the office of President of (lie new gov
ernment installed in power h> the re
volutionists yesterday. Jose Chagas
the new Cabinet head was shot and
desperately wounded by Senator Frei
tas, a strong political opponent and
late leader of the Conservatives in the
Republican Parliament. Senator
Freitas boarded the train on which the
new Cabinet head started for I-isbon
to assume the control of the admin
istration, shooting Chagas while en
routo. Freitas was later killed by tlie
gendarmes sent to arrest him
MADRID, May 18,—Advices from
the Portugese capital state that the
newly selected President of the Repub
lic is dead from the wounds received
at the hangs of Senator Freitas and
tlie capital city is again in the midst
of a turmoil of revolutionary strife.
The dispatches indicate that the re
volutionists are by no means so firmly
seated ns the reports of yesterday
would indicate and rioting and pitched
battles are being fought in the streets
between the adherents of the different
factions. The death of Chagas re
■ loves the strongest man in the re
volutionary party and it is considered
probable that his demise has still fur
ther complicated the situation as there
are some half dozen candidates for the
leadership all of whom have an ex
tensive following. The bulk of the
army and navy are still loyal to the
former government which gives nu
added prospect of further disturb
ances. hate dispatches from hisbon
state that a war ship lying off Almada
in the Tagus is bombarding the city
and hundreds have been killed by the
shells thrown into the city.
AUSTRIANS DEFEATED
DADLY IN BUKOWINA
LONDON, May IS. Todays dis
patches from the Galician war zone in
dicate that the defeat of the Austrians
in Bukowinn is of such vast porpor
tions as to completely offset the vic
tories of the Teutonic allies in western
Galicia. It is indicated that the Aus
trians have been utterly routed south
of the Pruth after weeks of the most
bitter struggle and in addition to suf-l
foring huge losses in killed and wouiul
de have also been i •mpelled to aban
don some twenty thousand Russian
and Serbian prisoners captured dur
ing the past several weeks of fighting.
The Austrian forces are said to ho in
full retreat into southern Galicia and
are in great danger of being completely
overwhelmed by the strong Russian
forces in the Nadwarna region.
WILL NOT
CHANGE METHOD
OF WARFARE
AMSTERDAM. Mat IV Am,riling
In information received from high
soiiivi'3, tin- German answer to the
American note relative to tile sub
marine blockade will probablt I" for
warded some time Thursday ami will
l,e of a nature calculated 10 clear ; lie
Situation lull lillle. It is staled that
Germany will courteously lull (irmly
inform the American government (hat
under existing conditions the German
government would feel itself ill advis
ed in receding from the position al
ready taken in regard to tlm war zone
and in eonseiiuenee cannot alter or
change tlie existing method of warfare
without distinct harm to the German
cause.
GERMAN REPLY MAY NOT BE
DELIVERED UNTIL NEXT WEEK
RERUN', May IS. It was given out
by the foreign Office today that the
reply of the Berlin government to the
American note might be postponed un
til the latter portion of the week It
is stated that the American note is
being given serious dally considera
tion.
FLOUR IS CHEAP.
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and Anvil Bakery.
ITALIAN KING AND
CABINET FOR WAR
ll«*.\IK. May 1* .Minister ,,f Foreign
Affairs Ifiuliotia has .1 tnmiim-pii that
the Italian government is prat*ti«•.111\
decided for w.ir and both King and
Cabinet have agreed that there is no
other course open in the face of the
overwhelming dematid of the people
that hah enter the great conflict. Tin*
Minister also stated that all negotia
tions had been abandoned and the
Italian nation has already v irltiallv de
elared war on the Austrian Fmpire
Although no definite declaration to
that effect has been made owing to the
desire of the King to submit tin* mat
ter to Parliament which convenes on,
Thursday This resolves itself into
placing tin* matter entirely in tin
hands of Parliament as the King and
Cabinet have* derided alreadv that war
is tlie only alternativ e
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ITALIAN CABINET HOLDS
LONGEST SESSION ON RECORD
11 < ».\l F. May is The Cabinet Coun
cil today was the longest on rec«* «]. he
Ministers thoroughly discussing everx
phase of the statement which will l»c
made to Parliament next Thursday
The press commenting on the an
nouncement of the Foreign Minister
asserts that the action of tin* Cabinet,
in acceding to the popular demand for
war will undoubtedly receive the en
dorsement of the Parliamentary body
| as it is apparent that the public will
' not i.** denied \ leading organ of the
< misiTv-ativ»'S today conceded that the
altitude of the puhlh will ultimately
driv«« the nation into tin* conflict re*
igardless of the failure of Parliament
, to ratify the* decision of tin* Cabinet
GERMANY WILL CLAIM
SINKING OF LUSITANIA
JUSTIFIED IN EVERY WAY
U »XI>< i.V, May is It is understood
that the German reply to the Ameri
can note will insist that the attack on
the* Lusitania was in every way justi
f i • 11 * I • • uinici the* rules of war The
German note will also assert that in
the destruction of tin* liner, the Ger
man submarine vessel played but a
! secondary part as the second explo
jsion which destroy eel flu' vessel was
Idtie solely to the war munitions aboard
at tiie* time of attack
NOTICE TO BARTENDERS
Pursuant to an order of Local No
1868, B. I. L. of A. (Affiliated with the
A. F. of L.) all members are notified
that the summer wage scale of $7.50
per day of eight hours and $1 00 per
j hour overtime, will take effect June 1st
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GERMANS START GIGANTIC
FLANK MOVEMENT; BALTIC
PETROORAD. May 18 It has de
veloped Hint llie German invasion of
the Tlaltio provinces is a gigantic at
tempt to outflank the Russians operat
ing against the Germans in northern
sections of Poland, according to in
formation given out by the war office
today. Although ostensibly directed
toward the port of Riga, after reaching
the province of Coin-land the German
movement developed into a gigantic
sweep to the eastward threatening to
envelop the Russian lines north and
east of the Nieman. The Russian Gen
eral Staff are tilled with admiration of
the immense scheme of the Germans
which excells any previous movement
of the war. Owing to the sliced', action
of the Russian commanders the at
tempt has failed and the enemy has
been compelled to fall back on their
base along the western coast. The
government officially denies the Ger
man report of the capture of Libau.
it is stated that the city was iwenth
subjected tu it severe bombardment h>
the German fleet operating in the Hal
tii hut with no result other than the
deslructing of a large number of build
ings as tlie hostile warships were driv
en away by the const defense suhms
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