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VOLUME XVI. NO. 228. TELEPHONE MAIN 4« NOME, ALA8KA SATURDAv. AUGUST 26, 1916. TELEPHONE MAIN 48. PRIcE 26 CENTS
BULGARS FIGHTING BOTH
GREEKS AND BRITISH
International News Service.
S Ai.t>NII\A, \ug. 2i>. Reports from
British tick! headquarters to the com
mander of the allied forces today ad
mit that the Bulgarians have made an
advance of twenty miles in a south
easterly direction in the Seres sector,
. ad are mow engaged with Ifbth British
and Greek troops along the railroad
e i I of Lake Tachino.
The reports declare that the Greek
forces are engaging in the fighting
with great savagery and bearing the
brunt of meeting the numerically su
perior forces of the Bulgarians equal -
l\ with the British.
The T rench forces ale reported con
: tinning the bombardment of the Bul
j gnriao positions in the Porain region
i with slight advances made into the
enemy lines at several points.
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BRITISH AERO’S
BOMBARD NAMUR
I nternational News Service.
LONDON, Aug. 28. A war office re
piirt this tnortiing states that a fleet
of British aeorplanes yesterday at
tacked Namur, on the eastern border
of Belgium, anil dropped a number of
bombs in an effort to destroy the great
Zeppelin aerodomes erected there by
tlie Hermans and from which are
launched a majority of the air raids
on the British const.
The statement declares that low
hanging clouds prevented complete
knowledge as to the results of the
: i. Iihough it is .definitely known
that two of the Zeppelin sheds were
si ruck by the air bombs.
line liritish aeroplane failed to re
turn and is believed to have been de
stroyed by the German guns.
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MEXICAN COMMISSIONERS
START FOR U. S. MONDAY
Pacific News Serv ce.
MKXICU CITY, Aug. 26. It is an
nounced that ihe Mexicali commis
sioners who will discuss the terms of
settlement of the existing differences
between the United Stales and Mexico
will leave for New Yolk on Momlav in
i special car, escorted by American
consular agent Rogers.
CABINET DISCUSSES BRITISH
MAIL INTERFERENCE.
AND MEXICO
International News Service.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 26. The Bril
lisli interference with mails and the
.Mexican situation were Ihe subjects of
extended disettssion by President Wil
son and the cabinet at the morning
session at the White House yesterday.
No action was taken in either ease
so far as known. It is currently re
ported that the state department has
learned that l.ord Cecil has signified
his willingness to reconsider the black
listing of several‘American firms whom
it is alleged have been placed under
the ban by Britain on the score that
they have been active in their enmity
lo live cause of the allies.
HOUSE CONCURS IN
AMENDED ARMY BILL
. nternationa i News Service.
WASHINGTON, Ang. 26.—The house
of representatives has concurred in the
senate amendment to the army bill
providing for a revision of the articles’
of war without the clause exemptingl
: retired officers from army discipline i
and trial by court martial which c.aus- J
.1 President Wilson to veto the bill. 1
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GREAT BEAR WRECKED ON
ST. MATTHEWJSLAND COAST
C. G. Cutter McCulloch Finds Crew and
Passengers Safe—Lane Vessel
is a Total Loss.
About nine thirty last night, the
t inted States roast guard ( litter Mc
Culloch reported to tie local radio
station that tire schooner Uie.it Rear,
Captain Louis Lane, the noted Arctic
voyager, Was totally wrecked on the
bleak and roefsv shore of St. Matthews
island, about three hundred and fifty j
miles south of Nome, at 12:50 a. m.
on the1 morning of \ugrist 10.
The report stated that i It hough tliej
vessel was .1 total loss, Capt. Lane
and the crew and passengers, one of
whom is Rerden, the Chicago million
aire, Were safe, having escaped to the
island following the destruction of
their ship. The point at which the
vessel was wrecked is an outlying pin
nacle of rock situated a short dis
tance from the shore of St. Matthews
island.
According to the statement from the
cutter, the Unat Rear was caught in
a great which swept over that
section of Ik ring sea on the night of
August to and struck upon 1’innuclc
rock while driving through a heavy
fog. The vessel did not break up ini -
mediatelv and the partv wen enabled
to take off sufficient provisions t«» Iasi
for fifteen days before the storm com
pleted its work of destruction. Had it
not provident ia IIv happened that the
scant supplv of provisions were se
;
cured there might have been a sadder
ending to the tab . as it is reported
that, aside from a few sea birds, there
is no life on the desolate island, and
the little crew would probably have
been nearly dead from starvation by
the tim< the cutter McCulloch arrived.1
Tin message from the cutter telling
of the disaster is as follows:
“Capt. 14. L. Lane with Borden and
others aboard the (Ireat Bear were
totally wrecked on Pinnacle rock at
12:50 a. m. Thursday. Aug. 10. V'es
se I is a total loss and entire part.v
was safelv landed <»n Si. Matthews isl
and when thev lived for fifteen days |
until picked up b> C. <;. C. McCul
loch whose captain is rendering every
assistance. The McCulloch with par
tv will arrive m Nome Sunday. Aug.
27 th.”
The probable fate of the (ireat Bear
has been a matter of considerable I
speculation in Nome for some time,
the vessel having been last heard from
shortly aflei leaving St. Paul island'
on August 7. At that time Capt.
Lane announced his intention of pro
ceeding to St. Matthew island to in
vestigate 1 report that ship wrecked
sailors were stranded on the island.
I Tom that da\ until the fateful mes
sage arrived last night, the fate of the
little vessel was a sealed chapter to i
tile world. As t h ♦ • da vs passed, anx
n t.v developed among the many friends
of Capt. ami Mrs. Line, who is resid
ing in the eitv with her two children
awaiting tin* coming of her husband.
At length, after the vessel had been
something like nine days overdue,
(’apt. I toss, of the coast guard service
at Nome, decided to notify the divis
ion commander, Capt. Howard M.
Proud bent, at I’nalaska ami forwarded
a statement that the greatest anxiety
was felt in Nome concerning the
whereabouts of the missing schooner.
This was on August 19. On August
JO (’apt. Mroadbent replied that if no
news was heard by the morning of the
following day he wotdd order a cutter
to search for the missing vessel.
On tin following da\ floss reported
that nothing could be learned and the
(’utter Me(’u!looh was at once dis
patched on the ({uost which ended
yesterday with the discovery of the
survivors «*f the missing vessel on the
roekx shores <»f the desolate island,
(’apt. IJyron Heed, commander of the
MePuIloeh reported that when found
the partx had all but exhausted their
scant store of provisions but were un
harmed.
The McCulloch is expected to arrive
yi Nome about 10 a. m. tomorrow
morning.
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the neee.ssitx for same pictures show
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Nugget publish' d in October.
BERLIN CLAIMS REPULSE
BRITISH NIGHT ATTACKS
International News Service.
BERLIN, Aug. 26. Tlw report of
tile General Stall lo<l:t> .iliimillin s tin
repulse of strong British ..it . ks along
the Somme front. The statement ih
. ports that tlx a it»11 e r \ lire math of
tHe Somme is particularly intense.
| Severe lighting along the Stokhod
Ivovel front is also reported with the
! Russians making no further advances
in this section.
! VIENNA CLAIMS SEVERE
REPULSE RUSSIAN
ATTACKS TURTAREN PASS
Iriternationa* News Service.
VIENNA, Aug. 26. A war office
announcement today declares that sev
eral heavy attacks of the Russians on
i he Austrian positions fronting Tin -
iaivn pass have been partially repuls
d with very heavy losses to the at
tacking forces. Tlie Russians have ad
mit tedl.\ gained control of a section
| of the Austrian lines hut are being
heavy shelled and there is little pros
pect of further advance.
The fighting along this sector is in
tense. Heavy fighting is also pro
ceeding along the Brody front with
undetermined results.
BULGARIANS DRIVE
TO AGEAN COAST
International News Service.
SOFIA, Aug. 26.—The right wing of
the Bulgarian army operating along
the eastern line of Greece has reached
the shores of the Aegean sea, accord
ing to the official reports this after
noon.
The Bulgarian commander reports
that the enemy is retreating rapidly
In the direction of Orphance and (logo
with the Bulgarians in close pursuit.
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more telegraph news than any ether
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BRITISH STEADILY
FORGING AHEAD
SOMME FRONT
International Kews Service.
L*»NIM>.\, Any. The early cap
ture of the town of Thiepval by the
British fnm s is forecasted in the re
ports of the British commander this
morning. The official statement also
records the rapture of four hundred
Minis of enemy trench along the
highway running from Thiepval to
i’oureeh tte b\ the British forces af
ter the usual tire curtain attack,
The British arc continuing the ter
rific artillery attacks against all see
linns of I hi' Herman line and substan
tial gains ale expected to develop
within a short period. So intense is
the British artillery fire that they have
lately become the subject of more
than casual comment by the Herman
hoadiiuarters staff which continues to
point out the extraordinary violence
of the British fire. It is believed that
the Hermans are making a feature of
the British artillery attacks to pave
the way for announcing further with
drawals of the Teuton forces later on.
RUSSIANS MAKE FURTHER
PROGRESS IN CARPATHIANS
International News Service.
FKTROGRA D, Aug. 2H. - Further
progress by the Russian forces in the
('urpathians is recorded in the official
statement of the war office today. The
enemy forces lately pressing heavily
against the Russian flank in the Nail
vorna district have now been effectual
ly dispersed and the Russians are
again moving forward in the great
enveloping movement toward the
north. After heavy fighting west of
Nadvorna, the Austrian resistence was
crushed down anil In the succeeding
forward surge of the Russians the
Austrians were compelled to evacuatej
the city of Gura, which is now in the
possession of the Slav troops.
With the resumption of the forward
movement along the eastern slopes of
the Carpatheians, the march on Lem
berg and the larger cities of northern
Galicia is again in progress.
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