RIOTS RAMPANT IN GERM.fi Y
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VOLUME XVII. NO. 109. TELEPHONE MAIN 4« NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, MAY. ♦, 1917. TELEPHONE MAIN 48. PRICE 25 CENTS
U. S. TROOPS LEAVE FOR EUROPE THIS MONTH
OVER SEVEN THOUSAND SURGEONS
TO LEAVE U. S. FOR FIRING LINE;
PREPARE FOR RIG ARMY TO FRANCE
in'srnational New* Service.
WASHINGTON, May 4.—Seven J
thousand doctors three thousand am
bulances and drivers will sail from
New York for France within the next :
three weeks is the announcement
made today by the council of nation- I
a I defence.
In addition to those detailed for,
France six medical units totaling
over one thousand men will leave at
the same time for England.
Almost all of these medical men j
are drawn from civil life and from.1
the medical section of the army re- j
serve corps. Included in their ranks ^
will be some of the most distniguish
ed surgeons of the United States
many of whom offered—not alone
their services but complete equip
ment for to organize a base hospital.
Thousands of surgeons throughout
the country have offered themselves j
to the government for service "any
where” and the games required for ■
this large draft will be drawn right
away.
This big medical section will as
semble at Fort Slocum, New York,
or some other convenient point on the
Atlantic seaboard in a few days and
will then be divided up into medi
cal units with complete equipment j
ready for business. Kach medical |
unit will consist of twenty doctors
and one hundred and fifty hospital
assistants. To each unit surgeons of
the regular army will be assigned to
insure proper administration accord
ing to army regulations.
Nearly all of the ambulances will
be of the chassis type and are put |
out by the Studebaker people. They I
have accommodations for six prone, 1
and eight sitting patients. This type
of car was taken into Mexico with
the Pershing flying column and prov
ed most efficient.
Many of the drivers who Will go j
with these ambulances are wealthy
Americans who not alone have offered
their services but in many cases have
had their cars converted into am
bulances of the most improved models.
Transports are now making prep
arations to convey this great army of
surgeons to Europe and no trouble 'is
expected from the submarine danger
which will surely not molest the med
ical section of the United States army
which is protected by the Geneva con
vention.
On arrival in England an.d France
hospitals Will he organized to be in
readiness to receive patients from
the United States army which is ex
pected to follow at a later date.
From the distribution of the ad
vance units of the medical depart
ment H would seem that the greater
portion of the first American troops
for active service in Europe will he
along the French end of the western
line. It is clenrly mentiond in the
dispatch that only six mcd'ical units
will be detailed for duty in England.
The medical department of the Uni
ted States army has been organizing
—for about two years—all the dis
tinguished med'ical men of the coun
try. These men have been given
commissions in the medical section
of the officers reserve corps.
Each officer has been entrusted to
form a skeleton base or avacuation
hospital, filling in the med'ical and
surgical assistants front the members
of his personal aids in civil life.
Equipment for these hospitals has
been assigned by the War department
and kept in storage at convenient
points. Upon being called into active
service the enlisted personnel neces
sary would be ordered to join the
command.
Among the distinguished surgeons
who have offered their service to the
war department are the following:
Matas in New Orleans, the Mayos in
Ftochester, Minn., Kelley in Balti
more, Md„ Pilcher and Brinsmeade
in New York.
Advertiss In Ths Noma Nugget
MAY WHEAT MAKES NEW
HIGH MARK $2.80
International New* Service.
WASHINGTON. May 4.—May
wheat soared up to two dollars and
eighty cents, Just before the closing
of today’s market, and the strength
behnd the upward movement made it
evident that the top has not as yet
bcea reached.
Brokers whose clientele have been
lying dormant for the last week, sud
denly started bidding. In lots ranging
from one hundred thousand to half a
million bushels, and a moment later
the wild scenes of last week were
again the order of the day.
In’ a very few rn'inutcs the price
started to climb, and this had Its ef
fect on the small operator, who Is
ever on the alert to scalp a profit
when a decided move is evident on
the part of those who trade in mil
lions. The result was that in the
. next Quarter of an hour, to use an
expression of the p'it, “Everybody on,
next stop is the roof, going up?" and
the top price reached was $2.80, but
very few unloaded at this price and
it is expected that the advance will
continue.
It is noticeable that a number of
shrewd operators whom 'it Is known
have cleaned up fabulous sums since
May wheat stood around $2.20 have
withdrawn from the market entirely,
and a careful watch is being kept on
their movements as a rumor is In cir
culation (that they may pool their
interests and make a bear ra'ld on
the market that would cause the bot
tom to drop out.
This would trap those who loaded
up out of pure speculation, and who
have been a strong factor In the ad
vance of the market, purchasing mil
lions of bushels, with no place to de
liver, and who a it holding out for the
price to reach $f or more.
The moment these men start to
unload, ei'ir - large operators threat
en to swamp them, and even though
they mav .lave a desire to get from
under at the present price it seems
that they dare not show their hand,
and are hoping against hope that the
government will take its threatened
step and. take the market under its
wing, in which case these speculators
would receive whatever price wheat
was selling at the day the governmnet
took charge.
It seems thrtr only way out, and
I unless this is done some of the big
gest houses in this city will surely
go-to the wall.
I VALDEZ SITKA CABLE DOWN
SERVICE WILL CONTINUE
j The Y'aldez-Sitka cable went out of
i commission at 2 o’clock yesterday af
i ternoon and we are now receiving our
, telegraph via Ashcroft, Kgbert and
j Dawson. This entails considerable
extra expense. In keeping with the
momentous questions of the hour and
in justice to our subscribers it is our
duty to get the service at any cost.
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FAVOR OF SEPARATE PEACE
International New* Service. I
PKTKOGRAD, May 4.—Demanding
the immediate resignation of Profes
sor Milukoft, the foreign minister of
the new provisional government, hun
dreds of soldiers mutinied here to
day.
These men with a large crowd of
the civilian population of the city gath
ered outside of the duma building this
morning and in mass mmceting as- i
sembled passed unanimous resolu- '
tlons to that effect. Many prominent
socialists were In the meeting and ad
dressed the crowd which they request
ed could remain orderly. No violent
measures were resorted to though
such were expeteed.
The sentiment of the meeting was
in favor of a separate peace for Rus
sia and their foreign minister was
openly denounced as an opponent of
such a measure. •
i Many members of the duma whose j
| names were mentioned at the meet
ing received quite an ovation on
[ emerging from that building especial
I ly those who expressed themselves in
favor of a separate peace with Ger
many.
The leading socialist papers here
all strongly advocate a separate
peace for Russia and announce that
the socialists of (Germany are en
deavoring to stop the war at any
price. They claim that their German
confreres declare that Russia can at
any time stop the awful destruction
by declaring a separate peace and.
urge them to act strongly In the mat
ter. j
Official circles announce that In no <
event will Russia sue for peace with 1
Germany but will enter actively into
the struggle with her allies with whom
they will sink or swim.
NOTICE TO PUBLIC.
All persons ere requested to im
mediately take advantage of the warm
weather and get the winter's refuse
ont on the ice beyond the flag line
before May 10th, 1917.
W. P'AltCY CHACK,
Health Officer.
MACHINE 61INS MOW
DOWN WORKERS IN
STREETS OF BERLIN
International New* Service.
AMSTERDAM, May 4.—Berlin is a
seething mass of riot and machine
guns in the hands of the military are
now sweeping the streets. Revolu
tionary outbreaks occur In many ot
the Herman cities and the situation
is most serious according to dispatch
es received here this afternoon.
The rioting started this morning
when mass meetings held by the mu
nition strikers were broken up by the
military. Much hand to hand tight
ing was resorted to and many killed
on both sides. For a time the strik
ers were in possession of several of
the government buildings but extra
troops who were in readiness were
called out with machine gun detach
ments and an awful carnage took
place.
Taking uii positions of vantage the
machine guns were directed on the
workers and the streets were cleared
leaving a trail of dead, wounded and
dying which were gathered in by the
' military wlio now have the situation
j under control.
The dispatch stale that outbreaks of
j a revolutionary nature have occurred
j ia Dusseldorf and other cities. Many
I of the workers who had returned to
the factories quit again yesterday and
indulged in lawless ai ls of many kinds
to show their disapproval of the stand
taken by the authorities in the re
cent munition trouble.
In the Amsterdam dispatch 'is the
fact that strict censorship is being
exercised in the matter of keeping
this trouble from leaking out of Ger
many. it states that much detail is
lacking Imt that the situation is of
the gravest nature and is the biggest
[ thing Germany has had to cope with
since the beginning of the great war.
GolJENI lAGEN, Alaj 1, Outbreaks
of a revolutionary nature have burst
out in Germany today and the mili
tary have suppressed the rioters many
of whom were killed when machine
guns were brought into requisition to
clear the streets of the rioters.
Many of the munition factories will
have to close the'ir doors again states
the dispatch as thousands of workers
have joined the I'lotors and fresh out
breaks are expected.
Guns wore freely used on both sides
and a large number of people who
were present at the mass meetings held
in Berlin were killed as well as many
of the military.
The movement will have a disas
trous effect on the m Haitian factoiies
throughout Germany and a gmoral
strike is expected i:i sympathy with
those who were shot down in the
streets of the German capital.
FOOD, FUEL, CLOTHING
REGULATED BY GOV’T
International News Service.
WASHINGTON, May i. \ulhority
for tho regulation of prodtfclion, prices'
anil dial ribut'ion of food, fir ! and
clothing is now being asked in a
bill that is to soon he Introduced in
the house.
It is aimed that t'-'m authority is
to he vested in President Wilson, to
be exorcised at h'g disposal, according
to the wording of fd resolution.
The hill has already been approved
I liy tiie comm'ittee on agriculturo of
the house, and will shrrtly come up
for disccussion.
Suggestion of tho enactment of a
measures along these lines, has come
from both the British and French :
commissions who are giving us the
benefit of their past experiences, and
thereby helping ns to make provisions
that will offer the greatest protection
to the people of tiio United States,
in addition to which they are render
ing invaluable service to our war de
partment.
A strong factor beyond a doubt in
bringing about such legislation is also
the steady advance in the price of
wheat, which lo the official minds
savors strongly of manipulation on
the part of speculators and this must
be stopped.
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HOLY CITY IS IH SIGHT;
OBITISH TO OUST TURKS
International Newt Service.
LONDON, May 4.—Dispatches re
ceived here from Palestine announce
the victory of the British expedition
in that section who routdd the Tur
kish forces at Lchahil in a three days
battle and captured that important
town.
General Archibald in hla dispatches
state that the British forces are now
wnthin twenty miles of Jerusalem
and arc advancing on the Holy City
which is strongly fortified hy the
Turks.
The allied forces are now invading
Asia Minor from three sides, one
British force advancing into Palestine
from Egypt, another under General
Maule driving In from the Persian
gulf now within striking distance of
Bagdad—whilst the Russian forces
are driving in on the Persan front.
According to the dispatch much
headway has been made during the
past month and the fighting is con
tinuous. The capture of Jerusalem
is looked for at any time. This will
open ui> direct railroad communica
tion with the Mediterranean for the
road runs out to Joppa.
The Rritish In Palestine have been
materially assisted by a great flotilla
of war vessels who have bombarded
(he coast line and headed t>rf the
movements of Turkish troops by wa
ter. With Sue* as a base these ships
acted as ttie supply base of the ad
vancing British forces who hugged
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the shore line in their forward march.
There nre over a thousand Amer
icans at present in the Holy City
where they have hem marooned since
the oubrenk of the war. Those will
find a way out of the country through
the Suez canal to the Pacific sea
board when the British occupy Jeru
salem.
Many troops from India have been
rushed through the Persian gulf into
Mesopotamia to re-onforco the army
of General Maule which is being sub
jected to much opposition with Bag
dad as (tie objective.
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