FIGHTING RESUMED IN ROUMANIA
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VOLUME XVII- NO. 294. TELEPHONE MAIN 4« NOME, ALA8K-A, WEDNESDAY, JULY 18 1917. ' TELEPHONE MAIN 48. PRk-E 25 CENT8
GERMANS CONTINUE FUTILE NIGHT ATTACKS
REICHSTAG MAJORITY WILL
DEMAND DECLARATION OF
GERMAN PEACE TERMS
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By Associated Press.
LONDON, July 18—Authentic re.
ports reaching here f'"im German
sources say that the n ajority sup
porters of a definite exp 'escort of
the German pence terms in the r lea
sing are making preparations to
force the administrative government
Into a open declaration of just V.lvit
Germany is willing to offer in the way
of peaee terms.
The reports assert that tlie major
ity favoring sueii declaration will,
present a. resolution to the new chan
cellor, Pr. Michael, In which tho de
mand will he made .that the govern
ment set forth in open manner a full
declaration of the i»enoe terms accep
table to Germany. According to the
reports this demand will he presented
to the chancellor on Thursday.
The reports further declare that
the proponents of an open declara
i tion of peace terms will present tile'll'
resolution to the chancellor direct
! and will demand its acceptance ut
once. The movement to force the
government to make a peace term
declaration is reported to have the
hacking of a large portion of the
more influential Normans hut is vig
orously opposed hy the super annexa
tionists who declare that a state
ment of pence terms acceptable to
the empire will he premature at the
present time. This y'lew is also sup
ported by the militarists.
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NEW AMENDMENT ABOLISHES
INDIVIDUAL FOOD DICTATORSHIP
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* B yAssociated Press.
WASHINGTON. July 18.—In an
endeavor to adjust the provisions of
tile food control hill to meet the
widely varying opinions of the sen
ate members a committee composed
of an equal number of democratic
and republican members has drafted
a new amendment to the bill which
* aldished the proposed Individual food
dictatorship and in its stead creates
a board of food administration com
• poseil of three members who will
conduct their food control activities
under the direction of the president.
The amendment provides that the
board shall at all times he directly
under the control of the president,
thus making the executive the real
food dictator of the nation Instead of ,
the chairman of the hoard, 's was !
originally proposi d.
The amendment also fixes the min- '
iinum price for the sale of wheat,
placing the lowest selling price of
that commodity at one dollar and
seventy five cents per bushel In
addition the licensing an 1 purchas
ing powers tf /he government pro
vided for in the original food con
trol bill are widely extended permit
ting the government to obtain a
wider range of control in the pur
chasing and shipping of food com- \
modifies.
The amendment has boon drafted in
accordance with t tie views of a ma
jority of the members of the senate
and will in all probability be accept
able to the senate as a whole. Mem
bers of the coninVittee are confident
that the amendment will remove
practically all of the opposi
4ion manifested toward the original
food control measure and predict a
vote on the bill either today or to
morrow.
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GERMANS FAIL IN NIGHT
ATTACKS AT VERDUN
• By Associated Press.
1’AniS, July 18—The official war
office statement announces another
failure of the Germans in their - re -
poated night attacks along various
sections of the French front. This
morning's announcement of the mili
tary activities says that the Germans
made several hard attacks against
*• the French' positions in the Verdun
I region last night In an endeavor to
recapture the ground taken from
them in the course of French attacks
in the region west of Hill 304 night
before last.
Tlie Germans launched their drives
after a bombardment, of great in
tensity and continued their efforts
I through the greater part of the nigfit
at various pdints in the Verdun sec
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tor but without regaining the slight
est portion of the ground won by the
French in yesterday's attacks. Details
of the French night attack yester
day disclose that the French com ■
pleted an important operation In the
realignment of the front northwest
of Verdun which enabled them to
carry on successful counter attacks
beyond the original battle line and
resulted in the driving of a wedge
jjnto the flerman positions for a
depth of nearly two thirds of a mile
from the Avocourt Wood to a point
west of Hill 304. The new ground is
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firmly held, as Indicated by the fail
ure of the German attacks last night.
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RUSSIAN FORCES
By Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, July 18—That the
British are lending much valinMe
assistance to the military forces of
Russia as well as those of Italy,
was disclosed today hy the receipt Of
an official communication by the
Russian embassy here In which it is
stated that British armored motor
detachments nre participating in the
new Russian offensive In the Gallclo
section of the eastern battle front.
The statement also discloses that
Belgian military detachments are eo
operating with the British on the
eastern front 'in a most effective man
ner and both are greatly assjsting
in the military maneuvers of the
Russian forces. The Belgian motor
detachments are snid to have been
sent to_ Russ'ia soon after the war
began.
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BELIEVED KAISER
PREPARING FOR
By Associated Press.
AMSTERDAM, July 18—Travelers
reaching hero from the German capi
tal are of the opinion that the kais
er is planning to institute a military
dictatorship throughout Germany in
the event of the present internal dis
turbances continuing.
The arrivals declare that the opin-'
ion is almost universal In liberal
circles In Berlin that, the appoint
ment of Dr. Michael to tho chancel
lorship is nothing more than a tem
porary expedient of the government
to stop the gap in the administra
tion of public affairs until the way
esn be prepared for the institution
of a military dictatorship which will
assume control of the civil govern
ment and administrate affairs In ac
cordance with the idea of the military
high command.
The travelers assert that the dic
tatorship will he vested in General
Ludendorff and he will nave supreme
control of all administrative matters.
It Is the opinion that the kaiser fears
that the government may be forced
to face an uprising and is paving the
way for the military to assume com
plete control of '-every function of
government.
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RUSSIANS PREPARE FOR
MAMMOTH ONSLAUGHT
ALONG WHOLE EAST FRONT
By Associated Press.
NKW YORK, July J8 — An undated
telegraphic news letter relative to the 1
eastern military situation reaching
here declares that in .addition to con
tinuing the vigorous oftViisivo In tin* *
Galician war theater, the Russians ^
• ire preparing for a gigantic offensive
which in scope and volume will prob- 1
' bahly exceed anything yet seen dur
ing the entire course of the war. ;
The dispatch says that both north
i
and south of the Galician zone, other
groups of the empire's vast forces,
arc apparently ready to spring into
activity at various points along the
eight hundred miles of front held by
the Slav forces and thousands of ad
ditional troops arc hurrying to the
reserve lines from all parts of the
country, t’nder the direction of the
new government the military railroad
system is running like clockwork
and vast numbers of men are en
gaged in additional construction j
which will insure the ultimate of I
I railway supply service when the final
| preparations for launching the giant
offensive are fully completed.
Kvery energy of tho notion is ap
parently centered on the one task
of sweeping the Teutons back into
tticii' own territory and, according to
the dispatch, startl'iug developments
the d'lspateh startling developments
may be expected when the vast mill
j tary forces are set in motion.
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BERLIN ANNOUNCES INCREASED
ACTIVITIES IN ROUMANIA
By Associated Press.
BERBIN, July IS. An officii 1
statement of the general stuff today
announces a considerable Increase in
Ilie military activities along the Rou
manian front during the past several
days.
Artillery fighting has been resumed j
in the sectors defended by the troops
of the Archduke Joseph and the front
of General Mackenzen has also been
the scene of heavy art'illery actions.
No infantry actions are reported
hut there is every prospect that ex
tensive troop operations may develop
at any time.
Along the northern end of the litis
sian (Jaliclnu front artillery engng
meats nf increasing severity are re
ported. fighting in the lower tlali
i inn seet'ion during the past twenty
four hours has been confined largely
to artillery duels between the oppos
ing forces.
RKRRR'f, July 18. A statement of
the Vienna war office announces a
reverse of the Russian forces oper
uting in the central Ciulieian section
yesterday. The. Russians were coin
IK'IlecJ in retire from the city of K t
lusz after n ticuvy bombardment nf
the town by the Austrians and with
drew beyond the city. Heavy fight
ing is in progress 'm the Noviea see
I thin where the Russians are making
ineffectual attempts to advance their
lines.
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RUSSIANS DETERMINED TO SUPPRESS
INTERNAL DISTURBANCES
By Associated Press.
PETUOGARD, July 18—For tin*
first time since the great revolution
which unseated the autocracy cos
socks are patrolling the streets of
the capital in commpanies and de
tachments of machine gun batteries
are bcin t carried through the streets
strapped to the backs of horses. Each
of the cossack patrols is accointAtnicd
>>y several machine guns.
The military patrol was instituted
yesterday closely following the dlm
onstratfion of soldiers and sailors dur.
ing which shots were fired from rifles
and pistols in the hands of the mat
■ontents at the uppery story window*
of a number of houses in the Novsky
I ‘rospeet.
A number of jieople who were at
trafted to the tops of buildings by
ihe firing were struck by bullet* sev
eral receiving injuries from which
■.hey succumbed .Tip? efforts of the
provisional government to suppress
further attempts to create disorders
are recc'iving the full support of the
people. I
The council of the new body of
sohl'iers and workmen presented a
statement lo (tie cabinet declar
ing that the council will lend the
government all possible assistance in
rigidly suppressing all ittemp's b.
start internal disorders.
The statement says that all Rus
sia is determined to maintain order
at home and denounces seditious dis
turbances as ‘stabbing the may in
the back.'*
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RUSSIANS TEMPORARILY
HELD UP BY GERMANS
BRITISH SOVEREIGN
DROPS GERMAN TITLE
By Associated Press.
LONDON, July IS.—By royal proc
lamation, King George today dropped
the name of Saxe-Coburg-Gothn.
from the list of titles held by mem
bers of the British royal family. In
stead of the offending name, the
name of Windsor was adopted. The
title of Duke of Saxe-Cobtirg-Gotlia
was fofmerly one of the titles of the
Duke of Edinburgh.
TRIANGLE PROGRAM DREAM.
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Ha non and Norma Tehnadgc In a
high class Triangle feature, “The
Missing Links." This piny' seethes
with excitement, an elopement a run
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ing a few of the thrills. This is the
first picture shown ’in Nome, where
these two popular stars play togeth
er. This drama was produced by D.
W. Griffiths, the producer of the
world famous “Birth of a Nation."
By A ssociated Press.
PETROGRAP, July IS -The official
statement of war operations today
admits that the Russian armies op
erating in the central and eastern
Galicia sections have been tempor
arily hold up by the hurrying up of
heavy reinforcements of German
troops to stiffen the threatened Aus
trian front along the Lomenica river
and also the failing Austrian defense
in the region directly east of Lemberg.
Heavy fighting continues In the
reion of Novi&t and near Eskarskss
in eastern Galicia. At Kalusz the
Russians were compelled to retire
before a strong artillery drive but
later regained the position from the
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A list ro-German troops after severe
fighting. Tire Russians were also
c riven from the higher ground in th?
.'.'ov'iea section by the strong ad
ance of combined forces of Aus
trians and Germans but afterwards
reoccupied the ground by means of
strong counter thrusts.
RHILADELPHA MAN CHOSEN
FOR JAP AMBASSADOR
By Asaociated Press.
WASHINGTON July IS.—Roland
S. Morris, of Philadelphia has been
chosen as American ambassador to
Japan, to succeed the late George W.
Guthrie.