THE NOME DAILY NUGGET
VOLUME XVI. NO. 211. TELEPHONE MAIN 46 NOME, ALASKA. MONDAY, AUGUST 7, 1916. TELEPHONE MAIN 46. PRUE 25 CENTS
WAR REPORTS ARE CONFLICTING
SWITCHMEN AGREE TO ARBITRATE DEMANDS
GERMANS HEAVILY REPULSED;
VAUXAND fHAIUMONT
International News Service.
FARIS, August 7.—The war office
reports this morning state that the
renewed German offensive in the
Verdun region is netting the Teutons
practically nothing in the way of
gains,and such exceedingly slight ad
vances as have been made have been
gt a terrible cost in lives.
Following the heavy fighting of
Saturday and Sunday, during which
the Teutons have launched numer
ous weighty attacks, the ground front
ing the French positions at Vaux,
Fleury and Thalumont is black with
the bodies of the fallen. The German!
are said to have advanced in the face
of mussed ma> hine guns which poured
a withering f ro into their ranks and
strewed the field with /dead and
wounded. The terrible results of each
succeeding off rt failed to stop a con
tinuation of the attempts, however,
and they time and again bore down
upon the Ki i aeh defenses with utter
disregard of , he hundreds falling as
the lines adv need. •
In no ease < I they manage to reach
the French ti nches.
ELECTION CARDS PRINTED
AT N.GGET OFFICE.
COKSimOPLE SAVE
International News Service.
CONSTANTINOPLE, August 7.—
An official statement issued today de
clares that the Russians have been
completely roeled in the .Mush sectors
by the Turkish forces. The Russians
are reported to have retreated across
the Tigris aft' r suffering heavy losses.
Russian attacks at other points in
western Armenia are declared to have
fulled to attain advances of import
ance.
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BERLIN CLAIMS
RECAPTUE OF
P0I2ERES GROUND
International News Service.
BKKI.I.W August 7.—The official
statement of the headquarters staff
today announces the recapture of por
tions of the ground lost to the British
in the I’oi/.eres sector during the
lighting along that front yesterday.
The British were compelled to with
draw at severu 1 points in the face of
a strong German offensive developing
a short distance north of the town.
Attempts of the French to advance
in th«' region east of the Meuse were
also heavily repulsed. Aerial activi
ties of the French along the western
front also met with very little suc
cess and a number of the French air
scouts were killed during the course
of aerial battles at several points. The
war olfice also claims the Russians
are making no headway at any point
on the eastern front and in several
instances has received a serious set
back. It is the belief of the general
staff that the force of the Slav offen
I .sivc lias pass« <1 and the Germans will
I again press forward in accordance
with the plans for the summer cam
paign in this zone.
SWITCHMEN'S UNION
AGREES TO ARBITRATE
DEMANDS
International News Service.
NEW YOIIK. August 7. What is
believed to be the first move toward a
settlement of the differences between
the railway brotherhoods and the rail
road managers developed today when
the switchmen’s union declared for
arbitration as a result of the efforts
made by the mediation committee.
The news, which has been the cause
of much rebel to those who expected
the railroadmen to maintain the same
obdurate attitude toward discussing
their differences, was made public
through the announcement of Com
mission of Mediation Hanger this
morning that representatives of the
switchman’s union and representa
tives of twelve railroads have signed
an agie<mat to arbitrate all demands.
it is believed that the action of the*
switchmen will have a pronounced ef
fect in influencing the attitude of the
other brotherhoods. The representa
tives of the railway employes an
nounced Saturday that the bulk of the
votes east on the strike question are
in favor of a strike.
SLAV AND TEUTON
BATTLE FIERCELY
ON EAST EBONT
International News Service.
I’ETKOGRAI), August 7. It is semi
officially reported that a great battle
is raging today over a front extend
ing from ITipet and Ktokhod rivers to
a point about twenty miles northwest
of Tarnopol. The fighting is at its
hottest at the Tarnopol end of the
battle line.
The official statement of the war
office this morning declares that the
Russians have given the Germans a
hard set hack in their attempts to
drive a wedge into the Russian line
in the region north of Kovel. German
attacks ia the region below Jacobstad
have also been repulsed.
SETTLEMENT OF STREET
CAR STRIKE
PRACTICALLY CERTAIN
International News Service.
NEW YORK, August 7.—Through
the indefatlgueable efforts of Mayor
Mitchell and the other members of the
commission, the settlement of the
great car strike as far as this city
is concerned is practicaly assured. As
a last report the mayor submitted a
new plan of arbitration which was
acepted by the carmen with little per
susion.
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BRITISH OUTFLANK TURK
FORCES ON SINAI
i International News Service.
l.oNlxtN. August 7.—Reports from
the headipiurtcrs of the British forces
engaged in the defense of the Suez
canal today state that the Turkish
forces operating in the vicinity of El
Itumnn have been trapped by a sud
len and brilliantly executed flanking
movement of the British cavalry and
are now retreating, in broken and
scattered bands, across the desert with
the British in close pursuit.
The report of the British command
er asserts that the Turks were sur
prised completely by the unexpectea
liritish movement and nn entire bri
gade of three thousand men were
prisoners before the Turkish com
mander extricated tiis forces. The
Turkish diseoi iliture is said to be com
plete. The liritish forces in this sec
tion have now been augmented to the
point where there is little probability
of the Turks there - in little to tiring a
sufficiently large army across the des
ert to conduct a dangerous offensive
and there is little fear that they will
lie aide to either capture of damage
the canal.
FEW RESPOND
TO STRIKE CALL
International News Service.
rillLADKlJ’HIA, August 7.—I)e^ |
spite the expressed confidence of the (
organize is that the street railway em- 1
ployers of this city would walk out
in a hody at the strike call, only
twenty live hundred out of the total
of seventeen thousand conductors and
i: tf linen responded to the call which
came at 3:30 this morning after tin
rrprosentai ms of the union and the
liapid Transit Compan\ had failed to
teach an umialde basis of settlement.
The failure of the carmen to re
spond to tin- rail in greater numbers
is occasioning considerable surprise
even outside union circles ns it was
generally believed that the men would
be firmly msis . nt that their demands
be complied with to the letter.
MYSTEROUS FIRES
CAUSE INVESTIGATION
International News Service.
WASHINGTON, August 7.—Secre
tary of the Navy Daniels has order
ed a complete investigation to he
made concerning the cause of two
mysterious tires which have recently
occurred on two of the finest battle
ships of the American navy.
News concerning the tires, both of
which occurred during the past week,
have only just been revealed through
the announcement that tin Investiga
lion lias been ordered. Owing to the
l»«*c Miliary circumstances developing
tin department has rigidly suppress
ed all mention »>f the incidents while
a quiet investigation was carried on
by the officers of the two vessels, the
dreadnought Oklahoma and the bat
tleship Maine.
The inquiry failed, however, to ac
count for the mysterious blazes and
the department will now sift the mat
ter thoroughly.
CLAIMED 6ERMAN
ASSAULTS TAIL
AT POIZERES
International News Service.
LONDON, August 7.—Reports front ^
liritish headquarters in France today I
say Halt the efforts of theGermans to j
tegain ground lost during the past :
several days of fighting in the Poiz
i res section have failed completely
and the Hellish are now firmly en
trenched and able to resist the Teu
ton attacks with ease.
Fighting of the hardest character
hits taken place in this sector since
ifatim)uy ivith the Germans maintain
'if const nt attacks in an endeavor
.. drive the British from their new
possessions. The German efforts con
tinued throughout the day yesterday
but were fruitless us no advances
were made at any point.
The British are today maintaining'
the same terrific bombardment that
has been the distinguishing feature of
the British advances in this section
throughout the period of the offensive.
GERMANS SINK
MORE BOATS
International News Service.
LONDON, August 7.—'The German
submarine activities continue witli
some slight abatement in the number
of vessels falling victims to the div
ers during the past twenty four hours.
The only important losses recorded
are the British steamer Spiral and the
Norwegian Aranda. A Lloyds bulle
tin today states that both vessdu
were torpedoed yesterday.
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