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VOLUME XVI- NO. 129. TELEPHONE MAIN 4fl NOME, ALASKA WEDNESDAY, MAY 3. 1916 TELEPHONE MAIN 44. PRI~B 26 CENTS
NIGHT GAS ATTACKS MARK
FIGHTIHG-ARGONNE DISTRICT!
WASHINGTON DEMOCRATS
HOLDING CONVENTION
By A. P. A. Service.
NORTH YAKIMA, May 3.—
The morning, session of the demo
cratic state convention, now in
session here, was given over al
most entirely to joutine business
and to sudden flights of oratory
over the Wilsonian policies.
BIRREL RESIGNS AS RE
SULT IRISH UPRISING
A. P. A. Service
LONDON, May 3—Augustine
Birrel, chief secretary for Ireland*
handed in his resignation this
morning as a result of the severe
criticism visited upon him since
the Irish outbreak. Many of the
papers openly charged Birrel
with making no attempt to in
vestigate the reports of the Sein
Finn preparations for war which 1
are alleged tp have been brought
to his attention weeks before the
actual beginning of hostilities.
Birrel was also unpopular for
other reasons and has been se
verely exceriated since the begin
ning of the troubles in Ireland.
fJCOTTOBREGON’
CONFERENCE BRINGS
UNEXPECTED RESULTS
A. P. A. Service
WASHINGTON, May 3.— I
Scott and Obregon reached an1
agreement today which permits |
the retention of the American
forces in Mexico, gives the troops
permission to utilize the Mexican
railroads and assures co-opera
tion of the Carranza government
in the pursuit of Villa. It wilTbe
formally ratified today.
REPUBLICANS ATTENTION
An adjourned meeting of the,
Seward Peninsula Republican
Club will be held on Thursday'
eveming, Mav 4, at 8 p. in.
W. D’ARCY CHACE, Pres. 1
CHAS. H. MI LOT, Sec.
GERMAN POLITICIANS
SUGGEST ARBITRATION OF
SUBMARINE ISSUE
A. P. A. Service.
PARIS, May 3.—Heavy Ger
man night attacks in which the
Teutons employed poison gases
as the principal means of reach
ing the French lines, were the
feature of hard ^fighting occur
ing in the Argonne region, ac
cording to the official reports this
morning.
The attacks of the Germans in
tins section commenced immedi
ately after cfarkness vhad fallen
and continued at intervals during
the night. The war office com
munique says that all attacks
were repulsed with heavy losses.
Desultory artillery fire continued
along the Verdun front but {mere
were no infantry attacks
Headquarters dispatches indi
cate that the Germans are again
showing signs of considerable
activity in the Arras region and it
is expected that an offensive may
soon develop in this quarter.
Numerous aerial engagements
again marked the fighting in the
Verdun section yesterday and
several thrilling air battles occur
red.
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A. P. A. Service.
AMSTERDAM, May 2.—ller
!in dispatches state that proposal,
to submit the submarine contro
versy between the United States'
and Germany to the king of Spain j
for arbitration is being discussed;
in German political circles. So far,
,Vhe proposal does not seem to
have received any official encour
agement but it is believed that it
would be entirely acceptable to
government. It is general!)
accepted that the kaiser would
elconte anything tending to
shift the issue on to other should
ers because of the strong under
current of hostility throughout
(icrmany against making further
oncvsfions to America.
PREMIER ASQUITH
CALLS FOR GENERAL
COMPULSORY SERVICE
ion law into great disfavor and
there is now manifest much ill
feeling against the government. It
is believed in official circles that
the Irish outbreak was the prin
cipal factor in bringing the gov
ernment to the present decision
to enlist all males of miltiary age
On Saturday evening, May 6
at 9 o’clock promptly the curtain
will roll up for the performance
of the Grande Dnchessc.
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with high class music this opera
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and probable never will. Reserv |
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IRISH REBELLION LEADERS
RECEIVE SUMMARY
PUNISHMENT
By A P. A. Service.
LONDON, May 3.—Following
the announcement of Premiei
Asquith in the commons yester
day that it was the intention oi
the government to call for gen
eral compulsory service, the pre
mier today introduced a bill for
providing for the enrollment in
the military forces all males 01
service age and physical condi
tion.
It is accepted that this is the
{government method of seSt'lingj
the general complaint over the
drafting of the married men
which for a time threatened the
disruption of the cabinet. The
failure of the government to en
list all unmarried males before
issuing the call for married men
has tended to bring me conscrip
A 1*. A. Service.
LONDON, May j—Swift and
^ire has been the punishment in *!
flicted upon the leaders of the!
Irish rebellion, according to
statements made in the house of
commons by Premier \squith to
day.
in solemn tones the premier
told the commons that four of
the leaders of the insurection, in
cluding Patrick 11. Pierce, presi
dent of the provisional govern
ment declared by the rebels at
the commencement of the dis
turbances, and James Connelly,
was,was the commander in chief
of the Sien Finn army, were shot
!o death tor high treason at sun
rise this morning.
The additional executions were
l homas J. Clark nd Thomas
McDonaugh, All four were
signers of the proclamation call
ing upon the Irish to rise against
the authority of Great Britain.
The premier also said that three
other signers of the proclamation
received prison sentences of three
years for their share in the rebel
lion.
The men w ere granted hearing8
'before a military tribunal pre
sided over by the British com
mander. The premier said that
tile final disposition of the other
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NOT MUCH LEFT OF
IRISH UPRISING
‘
utionary body will probably In
left to a later period.
EMBASSY OFFICIALS
BELIEVE WILSON
DEMANDS GRANTED
WASHINGTON, May 3.
Officials of the German embassy
profess to believe that the de
mands of President Wilson have
been wholly acceded to by the
Berlin government. Adminis
tration officials, however, arc in
clined to think that if such were
the case Germany would not have
delayed her answer for such a
i rgthy period Reports from
Ambassador Gerard indicate that
he has no definite knowledge as
l< whom the answer will be re
turned.
All performers taking part in
the Grande Duchesse are request
ed to meet tonight, Wednesday,
at 7:30 PROMPTLY for stage
rehearsal.
A. P. A- Service
DUBLIN, May 2.—Augustine
Birrel, chief secretary for Ire
land issued a statement shortly
before his departure for London
this morning during which he
said that there was {Very little
left of the rebel uprising and as
far as the reports show there is
general quiet throughout the
country. Troops are in control
at every point where the rebels
have raised disturbances and the
ringleaders arep ractically all un
der arrest
Birrell says there is now a wide
spread clamor on the part of the
rebels to be allowed to turn
king’s evidence and save them
selves from punishment.
A number of the lenders are
reported to be facing immediate
execution and hundreds of the
lesser lights will be tried by mil
itary courts. The work of re
pairing the immense damage,
done in Dublin during the week
of fighting is now under way. The
military are still patrolilng the
city and martial law still prevails
throughout Dublin county.
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HOUSE REJECTS ADMINISTRATION
PHILIPPINE INDEPENDENCE BILL
A. P. A. Service
WASHINGTON, May
After undergoing various vicis-j
sitap.le® and becoming the cause
of much disputatious contention
the administration bill fixing the'
limit of Philippine depndency to
four years was voted down in the
hou-- today in favor of the Jones I
bill which provides for the ulti
mate independence of the islands
but specifies no date for relin
linquishing control.
The bill limiting the time ol
the American occupancy was one
of the pet measures of the ad*
ministration and was intended to
carry out one of the principal
pledges of the Baltimore plat
form. It was announced today
that the senate and house confer
ence committee engaged in the
task jf allmptmg to reconcile
the army increase bills passed
by the upper and lower houses
have practically reached an
agreement after a long series of
discussions during which the
committees were several times
r a <y to give up hope that a sat
isfactory agreement would be at
tained. It is understood that the
conferers have have decided on a
bill calling for an arm) of one
hundred and eight) thousand
men.
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