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VOLUME XV. NO. 225. TELEPHONE MAIN « NOME, ALA8KA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1918. TELEPHONE MAIN 48 PRICE 29 CEN
W LOSSES ARE ENORMOUS
AGREES TO WARN ALL
PASSENGER VESSELS
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A. P. A. Service.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1.—That Ger
many has developed a decided change
of heart In the mate rof the submarine
warfare is disclosed by the announce
ment from the State Department today
that Ambassador von Bernstorff this
morning verbally informed Secretary
Lansing that the German government
accepted the principle that passenger
lines must be warned before being at
tacked by submarines. The Ambassa
dor also stated that his government
would shortly take up the matter of the
Arabic with the United States and the
incident would be brought bo a satis
factory conclusion.
The complete back down of the Ger
man government from the stand pre
viouly adopted has occasioned consid
erable surprise although it was con
ceded that Germany was undoubtedly
ready to offer maternal concessions in
accordance with the expressions semi
officially addressed to this country dur
ing the past week. The Democrats arc
hailing the news as a triumph for the
Wilson diplomacy.
STATE DEPARTMENT WAS AWARE OE
FINISH OE ATTACKING SUBMARINE
A. P. A. Service.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1— Following
the announcement that the Arabic mat
ter was undoubtedly settled through
the action of the German government
in receding: from its • former position
and in attreeim? to settle the matter to
the satisfaction of the United States, it
wtis revealed that the State Depart
ment was fully aware of the fate of the
submarine which attacked the liner,
but carefully refrained from making
the matter public until after the final
determination of the issue with Ger
many. It is reported that the sinking
of (he submarine by a British patrol
vessel became known to the Department
on the morning following the attack
through the reports of Ambassador
I‘age who cabled that the attacking
vessel was destroyed near the scene of
tlie disaster within a brief Interval of
the time the Arabic went to the bottom
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RAISES EMBARGO
ON AMERICAN
CONSIGNMENTS
A. P. A. Service.
PETROGRAD, Sept. 1.—-“The Rus
sian government has decided to raise
the embargo on exports to the United
States until further notice. All goods,
however, must be consigned to tire
Secretary of Commerce of the United
States nnd by him distributed to the
importers,,” Is the full text of a govern
ment order issued by Commissioner of
Commerce Timasheff yesterday. It is
said that the raising of the restrictions
of exports inf avor of the importers of
the United States is the result of re
presentations made by the government
representatives of that country.
FORMER MAYOR OF FAIRHAVEN
IS DEAD.
A. P. A. Service.
BELLINGHAM, Aug. 31.*-Colt M.
Wilson, former mayor of Falrhaven.
died at his home last night. Wilson
was formerly prominent in Idaho poli
tics and was at one time a member of
tho Idaho territorial legislature.
THAW VISITING FAIR CITY.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 1.—Harry
K. Thaw arrived in the city last night
to visit tho fair.
SEATTLEITE KILLED
ON RANIER GLACIER
A. P. A. Service.
SEATTLE, Aug. 31.—C. W. Ferguson j
Seattle and state agent of the Pacific
Coast Casualty Company, was killed
this morning in an ice cave on the
Nisqually glacier on Mount Rainier.
Details of the accident are lacking.
Ferguson and a party of friends were
enjoying an oting near the foot of
the mountain anil it is presumed that
tno party attempted to climb to the
summit by way of the glacier.
BRITISH GOLD
SHIPMENTS REACH
$172,000,000
A. P. A. Service.
NEW YORK, Sept. 1.—Customs re
ports disclose that the surti total of
British gold received in the United
States from London since the beginning
of the war amounts to the huge sum
of one hundred and seventy millions of
dollars in value. In addition British
securities totaling many millions have
been received,
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RUSSIAN LOSSES NEARLY
MILLION AND A HALF
SINCE MAY FIRST
A. P. A. Service.
HERRIN, Sept. 1.—The heavy losses
suffered by the Russians during the
recent great drive In the east were
disclosed In a report delivered to the
reneral staff today and which, it is
senii-offlciaily announced, reveals that
the total Russian losses since the first
of May will aggregate over one mil
lion four hundred thousand. Three hun
dred thousand Russians are said to
have been killed or wounded during the
terrific fighting attending the reoccu
pation of the Galician and Polish terri
tory and over one million one hundred
thousand uninjured soldiers were taken
prisoners.
It Is generally believed that this stag
gering loss has so crippled the Rus
sians that they will not be able to offer
further effective resistence and will
be compelled to continue their retreat
as long as the Germans care to pur
sue. Military critics are of the opinion
that Russia cannot hope to place het
armies on a condition to renew the of
fensive for at least one year.
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GERMANY WILL SEARCH
AND WARN 0. S. SHIPS
A. P. A. Service.
WASHINGTON, Sept, t.—On leaving
the state department this morning, Am
bassador von Rernatorff told the re
porters that he considered the subma
rine issue as raised by the American
government in the cases of the Gulf
Light, the Lusitania and the Arabic to
be now a closed Incident.
The ambassador also stated, In reply
to a plication as to the attitude of
Germany toward American shipping,
that he had also been directed to notify
the I'nited States that In the future
her merchant vessels would not be
stacked by the submarines without be
ing first warned, visited and searched
and that the passengers would in all
c sec be given ample opportunity to es
< a pe.
JAPAN MAY COOPERATE
IN FORCING THE
DARDANELLES
A. P. A. Service.
PARIS, ,Sept. 1.—What appears to
be an intimation that Japan will co
operate with the allies in their plan
of forcing the Dardanelles is contain
ed in an interview with Baron Huzy
ashi, the Japanese minister to Italy,
sent to the Petit I’arisienne today by
the Rome correspondent of that paper.
The baren states that Japan is ready
to fulfill her treaty obligations in every
way acceptable to her allies. The
statement was in reply to a direct
question ns to whether Japan would
support the allies in that locality.
CRUISES SUNK IN
GULF UF SMYRNA
A. P. A Service.
BERLIN, Sept. 1.—Advices from
Constantinople today state that an en
emy cruiser engaged in bombarding the
Turkish positions on the gulf of Smy
rna was sunk by the Turkish artillery.
WAR HAS COST
RUSSIA FIVE BILLION
THE PRESENT YEAR
A. P. A. Service.
PETROORAD, Sept. 1.—The financial
commission of the duma today grunted
Hie request of the government asking
an extension of the right of the state
banks to issue paper money during the
period of the war. The commission
also reported that tho disbursements
incident to the war totaled over ftve
billion of rubles since the beginning of
the year.
FORGER WANTED
TO HELP KAISER
A. P. A. Service.
OMAHA, Sept. 1.—Otto Werner, a
German who was urrosted here today
for forgeries committed in Chicago and
Kansas City states by way of excuse
that lie wanted to raise one hundred
thousand dollars ‘‘to help the kaiser
out.”
At the time of his arrest Werner had
over seventeen thousand dollars in
cash on his person together with pa
pers showing that he had secured sev
enty-five thousand dollars additional
during the past year. Apparently Wer
ner had found things particularly easy
ns no complaint was lodged against him
until three weeks ago.
SERBS Ml SUPPORT
QIUORUPLE ENTENTE
A. P. A. Service.
PARIS, Sept. 1.—The Serbian gov
ernment has informed Greece that it in
tends to comply with tho fequest of
the quadruple entente in the matter of
the concessions demando by Bulgaria,
says an Athens dispatch to the Matin
today. This is taken to indicate that
in the event of Bulgaria throwing her
weight against the Teutons Serbia will
probably follow suit In the event of
Greece offering to resits tho action of
the Bulgars.
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GERMAN ACCEPTANCE
CONSIDERED A GREAT
DIPLOMATIC VICTORY
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 1—The accep
ance by Germany of the first principle
of the American contentions, relative
to the conduct of the submarine war
fare, is accepted as the greatest diplo
matic victory of the war.
Throughout the east the press is loud
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In Its prasises of the final triumph of
the Wilson representations. Fur the
time being all criticism of the president
has absolutely ceased and the papers
are a unit In praising the manner In
which he has brought about a solution
of the difficult situation existing be
tween the two nations.
THREEKILLEDINRAILWAY
DYNAMITEjXPLOSION
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PINELO, Cal., Aug. 31.—Three men
were killed this afternoon when a
train carrying seven thousand pounds
of dynamite ran olT the tarck a few
mlles from the town. Over half ef the
train was torn to fragments by the
force of the explosion and the wreck
age was scattered over many acres. The
tracks were completely obliterated near
the scene of the explosion and a gap
ing hole marks the spot where the train
was passing. The dead are: Harold
Rennet, engineer: Bert Talbt. fireman
and an unidentified tramp who was
stealing a ride.
WEALTHY CHINESE
SUICIDES
A. P. A. Service.
SEATTLE, Sept. 1.—A. H. King, a
pioneer of Seattle and one of the
wealtlest In the northwest, Is reported
to have committed suicide In Sacra
mento last night. King has long been
Identified with the Alaska fish packing
Industry and was interested In Blx can
neries in the northern territory. The
deceased was also a holder of much
valuable Seattle real estate and was
the controlling spirit in several mer
cantile enterprises. The reports indi
cate no ranson for the sulelde
SPECTACLED GAR
BANDIT MPTURED
A. P, A. Service.
SEAfTLE, Sept. 1.—After ft long
chase by the politico last night, Fred
Starr "the spectacled bandit” who held
up the same Queen Anne street car and
the same crew in the same spot, at the
came hour of the night, two times
wlhin a week, was captured today.
Starr says that he is a sailor by oc
cupation and gives his ftge as thirty
four. During the time he was oper-1
ating the bandit has been fired at not
less than a dozen times but always
escaped without injury.
THAW SUES FOR
HIVORCE
A. P. A, Service.
JITTSBURG. Sept. 1.—Attorneys for
Harry K. Thaw today filed a suit for
absolute divorce against Evelyn Nes
blt Thaw on the charge of Infidelity.
1 he papers in the case were filed with
Judge Reid of the superior court this
morning. John Francis a well known
newspaper correspondent la named as
co-respondent. Among other thingB
Thaw alleges that Evelyn was far
from comporting with accepted stand
ards of conduct and she la accused of
cultivating several Indiscreet intima
cies during the time Thaw was incar
cerated in Matteawan.
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BOARD SAYS F-4
DEATHTRAP
A. P. A. Service.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1.—The board
of inquiry appointed to ascertain the
causes leading to the sinking of the
submarine F-4, in a report to the navy
department declare that the submarine
was nothing short of a death trap. The
board will be superseded by a new
board headed by Admiral Bousch which
will proceed to Honolulu to determine
the exact cause of the disaster.
MINING ENGINEER
IS KILLED
A. P. A. Service.
BELLINGHAM, Sept. 1.—Charles IT.
Haiden, a well known mining man and
engineer was instantly killed by the
accidental discharge of a rifle while
hunting in the Lillioet district today,
according to advices received this af
ternoon.
CARGD OF CANAL
MATERIAL LEAVES
A. P. A. Service.
SEATTLE, Sept. 1.—The steam
schoooner Wilmington, under charter
to the government for transporting
supplies for the Alaska railroad satled
from Balboa today with the second
cargo of equipment from the Panama
canal.
GENERAL ORZOGfJ
IS KILLED
I WASHINGTON, Sept. 1.—The de
[partment was offlcialy advised today
that one of a posse of five Mexicans
killed on the border while attempting
a raid on American territory has been
positively identified as the famous Mex
ican General Orzoco.
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WELSH GOAL
STRIKE SETTLED
LONDON, Sept. 1.—It is officially
announced that through the efforts of
the government the great strike in the
coal districts of South Wales has been
definitely settled and the men are re
turning to work. The efforts of the
gevernment were directed against the
employers and they at length consented
to enter into a new agreement with
the strikers.
GIMIEUMHCOIE
INVOLVED IN MEXICO
EL PASO, Sept. 1.—Reports from
the interior of Mexico today indicate
that the republic of Guatemala is about
to be drawn into the Mexican revolu
tionary vortex. •
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