ALLIES SUCCESSFUL ALL FRONTS
THE NOME DAILY NUGGET
VOLUME XVI. NO. 181. TELEPHONE MAIN 48 NOME, ALASKA, MO.\;>.\Y JULY 1:il«. TELEPHONE MAIN 48. PRIwB 26 CENTS
ALLIES MAKING GREAT
GAINS ON WESTERN FRONT
A. P. A. Service.
LONDON, July 2.—Fricourt, the scene
of desperate lighting between the Bril
ish and Berman forces during the period
since the commencement of the great
offensive, has been captured by t lie Brii
together with a number of villages
.. __ ng the twenty live mile front north
of the Somme river on which the offen
sive was launched.
The ohictal statement today says that
the British, after artillery bombardment
TT—~im i~ i i ■ t ii i
, exceeding in violence any artillery ac
tion occurring on this front since the
| commencement of the war, have driven
forward for a distance varying from one
to five mites along the entire front. A
dozen small towns lying in the path of
advance have been taken together with
a large number of guns and war sup
plies which the Germans were unable
| to save during the hurricane of shell
hurled nto their lines for nearly a week.
The official statement says that the
I intense bombardment obliterated the Ger
man trenches for miles and in many
instances the destruction included tin*!
second and third line trenches. The Hidt
| ish are in undisputed possession of Fri- ,
court after one of llie most desperate
struggles since the battle* of the Martov
BRITISH MAKE FURTHER AD
VANCES TODAY
BRITISH HEADQUARTERS. Franc-.
July 3.—The British forces again made
important advances along the front from
the Somme north. The British efforts
were renewed this morning at daylight
after a continuous night bombard
ment which compelled the Germans to
evacuate positions along tin* sector east
of Die Aneore river and north of Fri
court. At this point the Br! sli have
pushed tot-ward gaining much additional
ground and the control of several other
elevations which give them command oi
a wide section of territory farther east.
This is the fourth advance made by the
British forces in this section ny the same
met hods.
FOURTH OF JULY DANCE
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VICTORIA SAILS
THIS AFTERNOON
A. D. A- Service.
SEATTLE. July .V -The steamer Vi •
torla will sail about live o'clock III ^
afternoon on the second voyage of the
season to Berms’ sea ports . The big
vessel will have aboard about sixteen
hundred tons of miscellanous cargo in
addition to something like eighty pas
sengers:
Among the more prominent names on
the passenger list are: H. S. Morrison.
Charles Ross, Mortimer. Ames. Alex. Mc
Dowell, J. C. Kennedy, Frank Hall. II.
L. Stull, T. R. Short and wife, John .1
Jackson, Miss K. Dorisey, Mrs. J. J.
WalsJi, Mrs. L. E. Williams anti Sam
Magids and wife.
Other notables are Win. A. Gilmore
and Mrs. Louis Lane and her two chil
dren. Mrs. Lane will proceed t<» Nome
to await the arrival of her husband, who
will sail lor flu- Arctic via Nome about
the last nt the present mouth in his new
vessel the Great Bear.
You can .keep your friends outsldo
pasted by having the Nugget mailed
*<* them for 50 cents per month.
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i ... —- - ...
For years we prided ourselves with having a j
complete stock of IMPORTED MACARONI.
The presont difficulty in shipping led us to in
vestigate in our own country for goods to take
the place of the imported.
THE RESULT
is that we have made arrangements to have man
x, ufactured for us a line of Paste made from the highest
f
quality of Macaroni wheat, and we recommend this pro
duct to be fully as good if not better than the imported.
Our Window Display Tells the Tale
Prices for this high grade paste are one-third
lower than for the imported.
Ipo lets Stores
Coffees 3resft Roasted DaiCij
FRENCH CAPTURE MANY
PRISONERS SOUTH OF SOMME
A I*. A. Service.
PARIS. July 1 teeided gains for both
the French and Hrltish forces operating
north and south of the Somme river ate
re< orded in the war offlee bulletins today
From a point near the Oise northward to;
tile vicin. N of Lille, the allies hav»* !
carried their lines forward for several
miles at many points and are in pos
session of grmmd held by the Germans
for more than a year.
The otfieial statement says: ‘South of
i In* Somme mil troops have forced their
way into the second line of the Ger
man hitrenehments in a number of places.
The Germans have been compelled lo
I • vacuat** Frise and the Mereaueom <
I W oods and other Important positions at’
i ter heavy lighting in which six thousand
i prisoners were taken In the righting
south id' Arras, the French hove taken
live thousand prisoners and several im
portant positions including a number of
villages, heavy lighting .s still proceed
ing hi this region
IIIKNVH MARK ADDITIONAL < J A I NS
NKAK HERBKCOl-RT
I'ARIS, July 'I’ll*; official war offit
• loilletin issued this evening declttres tlu.:
I the French have made additional ad
vances during the day in the vieiniiv
• *t Merbecourt. cap. wring the village **f
! that name and occupying additional sec
ond line trenches over a mile from
Heavy artillery actions arc in progress
over practically the whole western line
north of the Oise, (rains are also re
corded for the French along the Verdun
front in the vicinity of Thinumont al
though the (Pnnans are still conducting
a heavy offensive over the larger portion
of this sector.
Fol’KTM OF JFLY DAN'f'K
FAHI.F HALL
ADMISSION. $1.00 LA DIFS FFIKM
WAR DEPARTMENT
C Z ;
OF BORDER AU1HORITY
A. I'. A. Service.
WASHINGTON. July •'!. A division oi
the authority of tin* military commanders
along the Mexican border was atinoum
ed l>\ tin* war department today. Tin*
order of Secretary Baker reduces tin*
jur aliction of the southern department,
whion is under the command of General
runston, to the Texas line from the gull
coast to 101 Paso and creates a new
department of New Mexico which will
cover the entire southern boundary line
of that state and will be under the di
rection of General Pershing.
In addition the order also provides foi
ihe adding of the Arizona border to the
western department which will be com
manded by Major Bell Secretary Bakcr
staied that tin m*w order will become
eftective et one-. Tin* object of tin*
war department in dividing up the jur
isdiction is stated by Baker to he be
cause ot the wide extent of territory i<*
be covered rendering complete eontrol by
one commander difficult.
THIRTY TIIGISANI) GIWRHSMKN
UN Till: ItnRpKIt BY THI' RSBA Y
A. P. A. Service
WASHINGTON. July •'! Tin* movement
of troops toward tin* border continues
without interruption. A war department
announcement today states that the
troop movements are being carried out
with ideasing success and it is expected
that t hiri \ thousand national guards
men will he on duty on the border by
Thursday night.
Supplies for twenty-two thousand men
for a period of thirty days previously
placed on the border are now being
increased l»v the addition ol sufficient
supplies lo Iasi thirty n\e thousand men
for the same period.
Reports from Punston headquarters ai
San Antonio state that the warm tem
perature along the border is having a ;
very had effect on many of the guards
men. particularly those from the north
ern section of tin* country. Many heat
prostrations are reported.
Ill SSI AN TORRBHO BOATS
RAID ANATOLIAN COAST
A. 1*. A. Service.
RBTROGRAD. July 3.—An official
statement published today states that the
admiralty is informed that the Russians
made a successful torpedo boat raid on
the Anatolian coast on June 2!t and suc
ceeded in destroying a total of fifty-four
enemy vessels of various closes within
a period of twenty Hours.
The majority of the ships sunk were
engaged in carrying war supplies to the
Turkish armies operating to tiie west of
Trebizonu. Several engagements with
Turkish torpedo craft are recorder! dur
ing the raid but none of the Russian
ships were damaged. Reports from the
headquarters of tin* Russian commander
in Asia Minor indicate that heavy and
! continuous fighting is following the Rus
sian progress to the westward in the
Ularbekir section.
i
GERMANY ADMITS
WITHDRAWALS ON
WEST FRONT
A F A Service.
IlKItMN. July —The German wur <»i
flee admits the withdrawal of the Ger
man forces along sections of the west
ern front in the face of a huge allied
offensive which has enabled tin* allied
troops i<> penetrate the German first lim
trenches on a front of twenty five miles.
Tile official statement issued hv tin
general staff this evening make no effort
11* denv the success of the allied efforts
along this front. The report says
The great Anglo-French offensive e\
lending over a twenty five mile front
- - - - an a - - - -sa
I the Somme aihJ Arras regions has been
j sticeessi'ui in penetrating the German
first line trenches at several points.
Heavy fighting has occurred in the see
tor below the Somme and also south
of Arras where the British have been
| conduction a heavy artillery bombard
ment for the past week '
The statement adds mat the German
division defending the captured lines have
i been withdrawn to oilier prepared posi
tions and will be aide to offer an efTee
li\e reststence to further advances.
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RUSSIANS CAPTURE MORE
IROOPS WESMOLOMEA
n -
\ I' A Service.
RKTR< KSKAD. July Z The headuuai
t«■ is slat! announces furtliet success, s
oj in.- Russian forces operating in ons
KolOlilea section in tile official lot-lleti.i
issued this evening. The most impoi
taut statement relative to the activities
in this region is as follows:
"General Ritschitsky's arm> has eap
lined Important Austrian positions in the
region west of Kolomea after sharp en- 1
' "iinters with the opposing forces. Over
two thousand prisoners were taken in this
sector.
Additional Russians successes are r«
eorded hi ill* seciions northeast • lain
berg ami the advance guard of tin* army
under itenoral RrusilofT is closely ap
proaching the city which is reported by
air scouts as being evacuated The Aus
trian ar** reported taking up strong po
siiions west of the eit\ with the evi
dent intention of making a determined
attempt to hold the advancing Russians
Heavy fighting is also proceeding along
‘ tit*- Rug with tin* Germans making stub
born but futile attempts to stop the
Russian movement which is gradually
forcing them back at all points south
of Kovel.
STILL NO NEWS FROM
GEN’L CARRANZA
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1\ A. Service.
WASHINGTON. July :i. Despite the
intimations received from Mexico City in
dicating that the reply of General Car
ranza was prepared and on tin* way in
Washington the long expected answer
lias evidently not left the Mexican capi
tal, according to statements made by
the representatives of several South Am
erican suites today.
The Later-American representatives ad
mitted yesterday that the pressure which
their associates in Mexico City exerted
is responsible for Carranza’s delay In an
swering President Wilson’s ultimutum
The Uraziiiun representative declared that
the efforts of the Latin American coun
tries are probably responsible for the
fact that the Cnited States and Mexi
co are not actually in the throes of war
at the present time.
I’li#'* ivpresentatives all express the be
lief that the reply which will he made
will at least have the effect of opening;
by the tie facto government will be deem
ed satisfuctor> to the l nited States *>r
the way to further negotiations which it
Is thought will result favorably tor both
countries. !>esplte this optimism, tho
government is not relaxing in its prep
arations for future trouble and move
ments of troops and war supplies con
tinues without the slightest si«n of abate
ment.
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