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VOLUME XVI. NO. 44. ELEPMONE MAIN 48. NOME, ALASKA. MONDAY, JANUARY 24, 1918. TELEPHONE MAIN 44. PRUB £8 CEN i ts
I IPS AGAIN VISIT BRITAIN
SEATTLE AUTHORITIES AT
ODDS OVER DOOZE SUPPRESSION
A. P. A. Service.
b BATTLE, Jan. 2i.—What promises
to be u rather pretty tight Is develop
ing between the city and county otll
rii.it. nver the matter of suppressing
in* illicit liquor tralilc. Both the shar
in' and the police have, until the last
few days, been engaged In searching
private residences for liquor. Includ
ed among the number searched since
me inauguration of the prohibition
law were residences of several of the
leading lights of the city and loud and
gtevlous Were the complaints result
ing.
It was all right to raid the homes of
the small fry but when It camo to
grubbing the ellxar from the homes
.if the swells, that was another matter
The result was that both Mayor QU1
.mi Troseoutlng Attorney Louden aud
it*. ily announced that they would have
..i.thing to do with this sacrilege. The
. ".serutor declared that he would re
i use to issue any more search war
rants for private residences and the
mayor announced that under no clr
sumstances would he permit tbs po
lice to search private residences for
liquor. Qlll further declared that ht
would not permit the service of war
rants by the police even when they
were sworn to by other partlea
Both officials declared that the raid
ing of private residences not under
the suspicion of dealing or tratfleing
In liquor was not In acocrdance with
the spirit of the prohibition law which
was designed only to restrict traffic
in dquor. This has arousod the Ire of
the sheriff who declare* that some of
the homes of the rich have been turn-1
ed into resorts where their friends re j
sort for the purpose of licking up the
seductive cocktail whenever they are
dry and he says that U will have to
stop if be can atop it Hodge says
hat the la permits of no dlstlnc
lions and r'c-h and poor will be treat
ed alike as long as he Is in the sheriff's
cilice. Hodge declares that be will
continue raiding residences and will
prosecute the cases hlmeslf If he cau
not get anyone to help him.
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GERMAN* uEVELOP A
MARVbLUUS WAR PLANE
A. P. A. Service.
LONDON, Jan. 24.—That the Brit
ish airmen are being out engaged and
out powdered by a new type of battle
plane developed by the Germans Is de- \
deration of the Dally Mall today.
The article detailing the accomplish
ments of the new German aircraft,
which Is known as the Forkker battle
plane, says that the recently developed
machine has a speed of one hundred
and eighty miles per hour and Is able
to overtake Jthe British flyers with
the greatest ease
In addition the German craft la able
to carry several men and a number of
machine guns which place the British
and French aircraft completely at the
mercy of one of the German flyers.
It is declared that since the comple
tion of the new war engine, tho losses
among the allied airmen have lncreas
, ed one hundred per cent and In many
: cases the efficiency of the air spies
have been completely destroyed. The
new machine Is said to move with a
speed almost incredible and can hardly
he touched by the latest aero artillery
MONTENEGRIN MINISTER
ADMITS TRUCE A FAKE
A. P. A Service.
ROME, Jan. 24.—Premier Mlouch
kovltch, of Montenegro is quoted in a
dispatch received here from Brindisi,
today as openly admitting that the
Montenegrins had arranged the truce
with Austria for the purpose of en
abling them to gain time to reorgan
ize their scattered forces.
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CAR INVASION MESOPOTAMIA
A P. A- Service.
MILAN. Jan. 24.—The German gen
eral staff la reported to be preparing
for an Immense Invasion of Mesopo
tamia for the purpose of wiping out
the British offensive along the east
ern Turkish frontier. According to
news from Constantinople reaching
here today, the German plan Is to
organize a gigantic motor expedition
to the Mesopotamia war zone, sending
a large army of Turks and Bulgarians,
commanded by German and Austrian
officers to wipe out the English forces
which are again threatening Bagdad
The report says that the plan Is
now well under way and all the avail
able motor cars In Constantinople t-re
being concentrated in readiness for the
new movement and an army la being
formed from the seasoned troops re-'
leased from the Dardanelles by the!
allied withdrawal combined with new!
levies drawn from Syria. The ex- i
pedltlon will proceed straight acrossj
sin Minor by the shortest routes and'
the Invasion will be on practically the
same Beale as the Invasion of Belgium ^
y the Germans last year. It Is estl-.
mated that at lenst one thousand mo
for cars will be employed by the lo
ading force together with a heavy
artillery equipment which will also be
transported by means of motor trains.
The Turks have also taken steps to
provide against the British receiving
reinforcements by way of the Tigris
river by sending adrift large quantities
of tloatng mines. A submarine has
nlso been sent forward In parts to later
assembled and launched fur the
urpose of destroying British trans
its and gunboats In the Tigris
EMERGENCY BILL PROVIDES
FOR ALASKA 8URV*Y
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 24.—The urg
ent deficiency bill passed last Friday
includes an approni .atlun of one hun
dred thousand dollars for mineral land
surveys In Alaska.
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CUSTOM REVENUES
DROP ONE FOURTH
A. P. A. Service.
washinoton. jan. a.-~According
to the report of the bureau of foreign
j .nd domestic commerce, published to
[ day, the customs revenues of the na
tion show a falling off. of twenty seven
and one-half per cent from those of
the previous year. The report states
that the latter half of nineteen fifteen
showed a vast Increase In the revenues!
over the preceding months, but In no
degree did they approximate those of
the dullest months of the preceding
year. _|
BABES PERISH IN
BLAZING HOME
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A. P. A. Service.
EVERETT, Jan. 24.—Shut off from
all chance of rescue by the billowing
flames i tvoleplng their home, the
three !tius -lie* of Charles Smart of
this city were burned to death today.
The children were all babies, the old-'
est being but five years while the
• tm were aged one and three re
• spectlvely. The children were In a
play room on the upper floor when the
fire started and were cut off from hope
| of rescue when the fire was discovered
GERMAN AEROS AGAIN
RAID BRITISH GOASI
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<t. P. A. Service.
LONDON. Jan. 23.—German aero
planes again raided the coast of Kent
this m>rulng. killing ore person nnJ
Injuring a score of others before be
ing driven off by the British air co. pi
Over a score of bombs wero dropped
by the hostile visitors and considera
ble damage was done to property In
several of the larger towns.
NONAS! BOMBARDED
BY AIR FLEET
A. P. A. Service.
PARIS. Jan. 24.—Tho bombardment
of Montastlr, the Serbian city recently
occupied by the .Teuton and Bulgar
ian forces In lower Serbia, by a fleet
of forty-flve Prench aeroplane* (s re
ported by the Havaa News Agency
correspondent at Salonika todav. The
raid occurred yesterday and resulted
n considerable damage to the Teuton
ammunition depots and the railroad
stations. Tho aeros also attacked and
practically demolished the building
occupied by the Teuton general stall
A number of soldiers are reported to
have been killed.
AU8TRIAN OCCUPY 8CUTARIA.
A. P. A. 8pectal Service.
LONDON, Jan. 24.—Advices from
Rome today state that the Austrian
forces In upper Albania have oocupled
Scutarta after a aangulnaryk struggle
with the acenteaegrig deteadare
Full details or the raid have not been
permitted to egcape the censors and
It Is believed the damage Is extenglve,j
As usual the raiders crossed the chan- j
l under cover of a dense fog which
also enabled them to operate with
comparatively little difficulty. Sever
al of the aeros flew down to within
a few hundred feet of the towns at
tacked aDd easily eluded the pursu
ing British air men In the fog.
Berlin ReP°rts Aid Raid on Britain
BERLIN, Jan. 24.—German naval
aeroplanes dropped bombs on the sta
tion and barracks and also a number
of wharves at Dover and other towns
along the British coast. Inflicting con
siderable damage
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TURKISH ROUT
CONTINUES,
A. *». A. Service.
LONDON, Jan. 24.—The rout of the
Turkish forces In the Caucusus section
continues. according to official reports
Issued in Petrograd today. The grand
duke has apparently made vast In
roads Into the Turkish territory and
has completely destroyed the Turklsn
resistance. The Turk army 1s reports 1
broken and disintegrated and fleeing
In all directions. The Russian columns
are reported making rapid heed way to
the southeast
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TAFT SAYS ROOSEVELT
WILL DOWN REPUBLICANS
A. P. A. Special Service.
POl'GHKEEPSIE. Jan. 24.—That
the selection of Roosevelt as the head
■ f the republican ticket will result In’
the discomfiture of the republican par
ty was tlie unhesitating pronounce
nient of Professor Taft today when
Interviewed by the pres* board of Vas
sar coll >ge.
When asked as to his view of the
influence will be exerted on the forth
coming campaign by the selection of
Roosevelt by the convention, Taft re
plied without a moment’s hesitation
"With Roosevtlt on the republican
ticket I would not hesitate to say that1
the republican party will he beaten."
Taft also slated that with Koos^velt
i llminlated as a factor In the republi
can campaign he believed that the re
publicans stand a good chance to win.
although he admitted that the pacific
in' filiations of President Wilson *p
prilled strongly to the people of the
.untry and hud enabled the democrats
to gain a regard In the minds
of the masses which oven the
failure of the leading democratic poli
cies could not not shake
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DECLARES IMMORALITY
DUE TO POVERTY
A. P. A. Service.
SPR1 NOFIELD, 111., Jan. 24.—After
an extended Investigation of the social
and Industrial conditions of the state,
during which the committee summon
ed many witnesses from all ranks of
life, the senate committee appointed to
Investigate the rapid Increase In Im
morality during tho past few years re
ported today that the root of the trou
ble lies In poverty.
The committee says that there Is i
little doubt that poverty and low wages
are responsible for the largest measur*
of the Immorality among the young
women of the state and blames the
prevailing industrial conditions as the
greatest factor In filling the brothels
of the nation. The report ha* created
something of a sensation and It Is
probable that more extended Investiga
tions of the labor conditions of the
state will follow
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AUSTRIA DENIES ALL
RESPONSIBILITY
A. P. A. Nerves.
WASHINGTON, Jvn. U —Secretary
Lansing announced today that the
Austrian government has Informed the
United States that It has been definite
ly ascertained that no Austrian sub
marine was connected with the sink
ing of the liner Persia and thsrefore
disavows all responsibility for that
disaster for which the Vienna govern
ment oxpressea profound regrets. As
both Germany and Austria deny re
responsibility the incident Is now con
sidered closed
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RUSSIANS RAID
TURKISH COAST
A. P. A. Servioe.
PETROORAD. Jan. *4.—Russian
torpedo boats sunk a total of thirty
throe Turkish sailing vessels and do ■
stroyed seven docks In a raid along
the Anatolian coast yesterday, accord
ing to an official announ^tfrent giveu
out by the marine ministry today
Several of the Turkish craft were >n
gaged In the transport eervlce and
contained Turkish troops en routs to
various points near the Cauousus
frontier Three of the vessel* ware
caught en route to Constantinople with
largo quantities of food supplies.
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