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VOLUME XV. NO. 122. TELEPHONE MAIN 46. NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY. APRiL 28, 1915. TELEPHONE MAIN 46 PRICE 25 CENTS
ALLIES FORCES FAIL RECOVER LOSS GROUND
GERMANS FON.ED IN NEW MOVE BY BELGIANS
U. S. SHIPS REPORTED
SEIZED IN ORIENT
LONDON, April 28—It is reported in
shipping circles at l’iraeus, Greece,
that ships o' the allied Heet have cap
tured and taken to Lemnos and i
Hu.iidaout, the steamships Virginia
and Magna both of which were dying
the American flag at the time of cap
11ire. It is said that the vessels were
seized on the pretext that they were
carrying cargoes declared to ho con
tra hand.
Did you ever see a “Cake Walk” by
Coons, May 1st, Eagle Hall.
THOUSANDS OF JAPANESE
RESERVISTS RETURN
TO Kin. April JR.- It is estimated
that more than one hundred thousand
Japanese reservists have arrived from
the various countries touched by the
Pacific Ocean during the past four
months. Heavy reinforcements have
been added to army occupation in
Korea which according to report now
reaches neark a quarter of a million
men. This has been denied by the
government which claims that it is
merely replacing mt n whose period of
service is ended which is resulting in
many whole regiments being trails -
feared from active service to the re
serve lists.
FRENCH OCCUPY
DARDANELLES FORTS
PARIS, April its.--The French troops
operating on tho Asiatic side of the
Dardanelles have occupied the Kum
Kaleh fort near the entrance to the
passage after sever* fighting aided by
the fleet.
ALLIED TROOPS CAPTURE MANY
TURKS ON GALLIPOLI.
LONDON. April -H. Included in the
information Riven nut hv the military
authorities this morning is the report
that the allied troops after days of
hard lighting in a country most ditli
eult for military operations, have at
length Rained a. solid footing on the
Oallipoll Peninsula The army has
been in constant contact yvith the Tur
kish forces and has captured many
prisoners.
GERMAN AIRMEN BOMBARD
MANY WESTERN TOWNS
LONDON. April 2K German air
craft have beep especially active atony
the western front and have bombarded
a number of towns in the vicinity of
the scene of the great battles in Flan
ders. Tourcoing. Roubaix. Staden.
Kouliers and Thielt have all been \ ls
ited by tlie airmen daring the past
tyyenty-four hours.
GERMANS USEO DEADLY GASES
IN ATTEMPT TO ADVANCE
B< >NIM IN. April L’K. \ new charge
! b\ the Germans against that section
• i the allied line held by the Belgians
* in Flanders, in w hich the enemy were
'thrown back with enormous losses, is
| reported frorn the front today. I>is
j patches from King Albert's army re
port that at every point along the lines
guarding the way to Calais, the French
and British are pressing forward with
terrific* Impetus in an endeavor to re
gain the ground lost in the past two
days of fighting during which the*
great rush of the German forces almost
swept the* allies from their positions
,i king the Yser The Germans again
attacked the Belgian positions last
i ;giit. this time- with less of intensit> i
than displayed in the former assaults
Captured German prisoners state that
the* Germ in attack was timed to fallow
t he spreading of asphyxiating gases
through the medium of gas bombs but
owing to the strateg\ and bravery of
the Belgian troops the plans made h\
the Germans were upset
The new device employed b> the
Germans of spreading gases is said to
be responsible (or the capture of St
Julian, the German guns hurling
countless numbers of the deadly shells
into the narrow streets and causing
hundreds of the defenders to lapse Into
a stupor, rhe lighting again shows a
tendency to swing to the southward
and it is indicated that the extreme
German right is being again forced to
the northwest. The turning of the tide
of the German offensive has developed
Into a strong allied defensive which is
extending far to the south and west
Actions as far south as Oouat are re
ported with slight allied gains
1‘AItiS, April -’H Paris is again re
Joielng at the news that the seeminglj
resistless tide of German advance has j
been stayed and even caused to recoil
against itself Dispatches from th>
Flanders front indicate that the allies
are again surging forward in an im- |
petuous attack which is causing the
fill mans to gne way. The lighting
continues with the same savage fero
city distinguishing the entire battle
The losses are declared to be un
pa. railed.
Artiiehy attacks Imm tile mobile
held battel ics are declared to be work
mg havoc on the German lutes which
have been forced from heavy cover b>
the rapidly shifted tield guns. The
lighting is reported to have uwung to
the eastward, the center of the action
being a considerable distance north
• ast of Vpres.
Failed to Recapture Lost Ground.
HKK1.IN. April 2.8 The War Bur
i au reports continued tight lug along
tile Flanders front with the enemy as
sinning the offensive at several points
The attempts of the British to re
capture lost ground have signal!)
failed The stubobrn resistance of the
enemy has temiwrarlly halted the
Oerman advance which will be re
Humed with yet greater weight.
MANY DISTRICTS
STILL FLOODED |
IN TEXAS
HOUSTON, Texas, April 27.—It is
believed here that the Hood crest has
now been reached. While many dis
tricts are still under water it is ap
parent that conditions are improving.
Reports front the lower ISrazos indi
cate that considerable damage ltas
been done. Conditions along the Colo
rado are much improved. The pro
perty damage in Austin is estimated
at fully four hundred thousand.
REPORTS OF PERSIAN
MASSACRES CONFIRMED
DILMAN, Persia, April 27. The full
details of the recent massacres of Ar
menian and Xestorinn <'hristians in
the Azerbaijan province have been
fully confirmed and cnnstituat a tale
of tlie most horrible description. It
has been ascertained that fully fifteen
hundred of those who were unable to
flee during the height of the distur
bance were massacred in the most
horrible manner. From twenty to
thirty thousand are known to have
fled in the great exodus, the majority
••scaping only by sacrificing their pos
sessions. The ferocity of the perse
cuting is declared to be unequalled and
the tales told by the survivors contain
details of the most horrifying nature.
It is also stated that fulls two thou
sand refugees have perished from dis
ease In live compounds id the Ameri
can mission at T'timinh as tile fa oil i
ties for rai-int;- for such immense mirrk
bers were totall> inadequate to
iner t t lie situation It is also probable
that an equal number of those who
fled to the Cain usus missions have
also perished as the same conditions
prevail as tit the i'rurniah mission.
Conditions are reporter! quiet at pro
sent hut the dreaded uncertainty pre
vents the majority of those who re
main at the missions from returning
to their homos. The problem of ear
inn' for the panic stricken people is
t.ixinn the resources of the missions
to the extreme and there i-s a (treat
scarcity of nearly everything needed
to properly care for the homeless!
people. I
GERMANS ADVANCE
WITH HELP OE MINES
PAR1H, April iS, The Germans am
attempting to advance to the north
ward of Verdun through a complicated
system of mines and zlz. zag trenche*
and are being desperately opposed b\
the allied troops. Great explosions
have frequently taken place when the
sappers on both sides of the battle
front have mined positions oyer which
the charging and countercharging
columns must move
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BELIEVED NAVAL
ENGAGEMENT IMMINENT
COPENHAGEN*. April 28.—What is
believed to be n forecast of an exten
sive naval engagement nt some point
near the entrance to tho Baltic is
contained in tho orders received by
Scandinavian ships enroute from Eng
land to Swedish ports on the Baltic to
proceed to the nearest harbor pending
further instructions from the Swedish
authorities. Tho belief that a naval
engagement is impending is further
confirmed l>y numerous vague reports
of war vessels living sighted at inter
vals during the past week many of
which are declared to have obviously
desired to conceal their identity from
passing vessels.
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ATTEMPT TO BLOW UP
TURKISH WAR MIRISTTRY
PARIS, April 27.—Dispatches from
the Ottoman capital disclose the de
tails of an attempt to blow up the
Turkish War Council. It is stated that
the probable complete destruction of
the Council was averted only by the
timely discovery of the clockwork
bomb which had hcon hidden in the
office of the War Ministry in Constan
tinople and which was discovered only
a half hour before tho Cabinet was due
•
to meet. The powerful bomb had been
timed to explodo at the hour in which
tlie Cabinet would have been in ses
sion. It is declared that there is much
opposition to the present Ministry and
the present conduct of the war is met
ing with great disfavor not only
among the adherents of the former
Sultan but tho disaffection Is also
said to extend to many of tho sup
porters of tho party In power.
LITTLE ACTIVITY
IN EASTERN
WAR ZONE
PETUOQUAD. April 28. War of
fice bulletins show little activity in
either Poland of East Prussia. Tho
Carpathian situation also again ap
pears to tie deadlocked after the Aus
trians have reinforced themselves
from either German or Southern
sources, compelling the Russian armies
to again take the offensive in the
form of seige operations.
ANGLO-FRENCH AVIATORS
BOMBARD SMYRNA
CONSTANTINOPLE. April 28.—The
Anglo-French aviators again raided
Smyrna Monday morning dropping
many firebombs, resulting in the com
plete destruction of the great bazaars
of tho Mul-Hafid section of the city.
Scores are reported to have been killed
by the falling walls during the con
fiagation. Turkish commanders de
clare that the defenses of the city yet
remain intact defying all attacks of
the enemv.
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ROOSEVELT
! EXAMINATION
IS CONCLUDED
I
.SYRACUSE. April 2*.--The cross,
examination of Colonel Roosevelt was)
concluded lode' after he had been
seare.hingly questioned about the
speeches he had made while president j
of the United States and also as to I
the salary and traveling expenses he
had received. The Barnes attorneys
expressed themselves as well satisfied
with the information eleeited from the
former president.
STARTLING TESTIMONY
AT SYRACUSE TRIAL
NEW YORK, April 2R. The Barnes
attorneys promise to introduce some
startling testimony at the Syracuse
trial which it is claimed show that
Roosevelt shared in campaign graft
CZAR NICHOLAS
VISITS PRZEMYSL
PETP.UGRAU, April 2s. Czar Nich
olas has returned from his visit to the
captured Galician city of Przemyal.
The Russian ruler lias now completed
a tour which extended over nearly the
entire hattlefront.
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AUSTRIAN SUBMARINES
ACTIVE IN ADRIATIC
AUSTRIAN SUBMARINES j
ACTIVE IN ADRIATIC j
ROME. April 2S --Renewed naval'
activities are taking place throughout |
the entire Adriatic. Austrian sub j
marines, which have recently been re
ceived in sections from Germany,
overland, have been sent out from sev
eral points along the Oalmation coast
to harass the Anglo-French blockad
ing fleet. Il is reported that several
disasters have taken place during the
past three days hut details are lacking
owing to the rigid censorship of the
allied fighting, it is asserted, how
ever, that several vessels of the allied
fleet have been damaged by the action
of the submarines.
TURKS CLAIM SWEEPING
VICTORIES IN BLACK $EA
AND THE DARDANELLES
SOFIA. April 28.—Turkish dis
patches arriving through the present
irregular mail service and savoring of
German dictation claim sweeping vic
tories both In the Dardanelles and at
the Black Sea coast north of the Bos
phorus. It is assorted that the armies
of both the English and Russians
have repeatedly failed to gain a foot
hold on either coasts because of the
splendid defense of the entrenched
Turks.
RUSSIAN FLEET BOMBARDS
THE BOSPHORUS FORTS
CONSTANTINOPLE, April 28.—The
Russian Black Sea licet again bom
barded the Bosphorus forts for half
an hour but without inflicting damage
of consequence.
FRENCH CRUISER VICTIM
OF AUSTRIAN SUBMARINE
BERLIN, April 28.—The French
armored cruiser Leon Gambetta has
been torpedoed by an Austrian sub
marine in the Adriatic, according to
rows received by the Overseas News
Agency and published here today. It
i> also reported that part of the crew
were saved. The Gambetta had a
complement of 710 men
CONFIRMS SINKING GAMBETTA
ROME, April 28.—The Minister of
Marine announces the sinking of the
French armored cruiser Leon Gam
betta by an Austrian submarine or
mine in the Adriatic off Otranto last
Monday, it is staled that practically
the entire crew went down with thq
i ship.
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