BRYAN TO CONVERT DEMOCRACY TO DRY CAUSE
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VOLUME XVI. NO. 298. TSk.BPnONE MAIN 40 NOME, ALASKA. THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 16, 1916 TELEPHONE MAIN 4*. PRI„E £5 CEN 1 -
GERMANS MAKE GAINS
ON SOMME FRONT™
AND HOLD ON ANCRE
ti tarnations! Nawi Sarvice.
BERLIN, Nov. 1C.—German troops
on the west front have recaptured the
eastern part of Sallly Saillisel from
the French according to the official
report from general staff headquar
ters.
Germans have also carried by storm
a long line of French trenches and
taken three hundred prisoners.
BERLIN, Nov. 16.—The great battle
between the British and Germans In
the valley of the river Ancre continues
with unabated fury.
The line now runs from the neigh
borhood of Serre southeastward be
tween Beaucourt and Mlraumont and
on to the northward of Je Sara.
Strong fortifications along this line
are being strongly held by Germans In
spite of repeated attempts of British
to take them by storm following artil
lery Are from big cannon.
It in officially stated that the light
ing in this vicinity is fully as desper
ate as that which marked the capture
of Beaumont and Hamel by the Brit
ish when the German forces were to a
certain extend tukcn by surprise by
the overpowering British rush.
NOTICE OF OPEN MEETING
The Nomc-Seward Peninsula Cham
ber of Commerce Invites the public
to attend an open meeting at the
Pioneer Hall on Thursday, Evening
the 16th Inat-at 8.80. P. M. The object
of the meeting la to obtain an expres
sion of opinion from the entire com
muity as to the most urgent needs
of this section, and the means that
should be employed to obtain the same
through the Alaska Legislature and
Congress, ladles are Invited.
A. POLET.
President.
LONDON DECLARES
DESPERATE STRUGGLES
ON ALL FRONTS
International News Service.
LONDON Nov. 16.—It Is offlcally
stated by the war today that the fight
ing on all fronts In every theator of
the war is the severest yet recorded.
Titanic struggle are in progress every
where and are marked by a reckless
mss which denotes the desperate de
termination of the opposing powers
to win at whatever cost.
Dispatches from Salonika, and Home
declare that the entente allies are
pushing forward on the Macedanlan
and Albanian front3 with renewed
vigor.
Servians have recaptured the vil
lages of Tupevtsi, and Onlles to the
southeastward of Monastlr and iu co
operation with British, French, Ital
ians and Russians are driving hard
on that town which Is strongly held
by the enemy.
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I BERLIN, Now 16.—It Is officially
stated that German and Bulgarian de
1 fenders of Monastir in Servia are be
( ing hard press?d from the south and
east by the entente forces.
Slight Servian successes have been
gained by the enemy but no general
advance has been made.
International News Service,
BARIS, Nov. 16.—Tho offk'ial com
munique says that fighting is In prog
ress on practically all fronts of an
Intensity not before kn?>wn.
By a counter attack last night the
French won the village of Breasolre
south of the Somme
ANOTHER SUB.
SlBHlEU NEAR
EAST COAST
Intornstional New* Service.
| PROVIDENCE, R. I. Nov. 16—A |
wireless message from a steamboat
at sea reports sighting a German war
submarine off the coast. It is not
knowu whether it is the same one ,
seen off Point Judith recently or an
other one No news has come of the ]
departure of the Duetschland from j
New London and it is hardly possible
that the. merchant submarine has slip
ped away without knowledge of the
press representatives who are watch- j
ing her every move.
There is reason to believe that Ger
many has several war submarines in
American waters to act as consort to
the Duetschland and the sinking of
one or more Allied ships is s possi
bility.
SUFFRAGETTE
CAMPAIGNER
IS DYING;
Pacific Niwi Service.
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 16—Mia. Inez
Mllholland Bolssevain, famoue suffra
gette and campaign worker for Hughes
Is in a dying condition In this city.
She took part in the national cam
paign not as a republican but as a
member of the woman’s suffrage as
| sociation and urged the women of
| those states where they have the ballot
; to vote for Hughes instead of Wilson
• on the ground that his stand for wo
I man suffrage was unequivocal and in- |
ctdentally because sho believed that |
his election would result In a firmer !
forolgn policy.
WEATHER REPORT.
November 15, 1916.
Temperature—Max., 24; min 14.
Barometer—29.067 inches.
Weather—Cloudy.
Wind—N. 8 miles per hour.
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OFFENSIVE AGAIN
ASSUMED BY RUSSO
RUOMANIANS
International Newt Service.
PETROGRAD, Nov. 16—Official
claims are made that ^Russia find
Roumanla are again on the offensive
and are driving Teuton allies from
their foothold in Roumania proper on
the east side of the Danube opposite
Cernadova.
The German commander in chief is
burning villages behind him as he
falls back and completely devastating
.he country.
It is conceded that large quantities
of grain and fuel oil has recently fal
len into Von Mackensen's hands when
he greatly needed supplies of this
character.
BERLIN, Nov. 16.—It is officially
admitted that the Germans are falling
back on both banks of the Danube
before the attacks of Russians and
Roumanians.
It is also conceded that the Rus
; sians have begun a strong offensive
in the northern part of the eastern
! front.
More Roumanian prisoners to the
1 number of fifteen hundred have been
taken In runsylvania ni a recent ac
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BRYAN V\ DEVOTE
NEXT fflOR YEARS
TO PROHIBITION
international New* Service.
NEW YORK, Nov. 16—William Jen
nings Bryan the oft-defeated presi
dential candidate and more recently
secretary of state and democratic cam
paigner, now announces that he will
devote the next four years of his life
to the transformation of the demo
eraic party into a party whose main
campaign slogan shall be prohibition
for the whole nation.
lie says that tho question of pro
hibition is the real national Issue to
day. A number of states voted for it
in the recent election and though
some states rejected the measure by
| a close vote he believes that a cam
paign of education and agitation In the
next few years will result in the total
prohibition of the manufacture and
sule of all Intoxicants throughout tin
length and breadth of the land.
So strongly does he believe in pro
hibltlon and the national good that
| will result from Its adoption and so
great is his love for his party that he
earnestly desires that the demoerntir
party shall become the staunch cham
pion of this beneficent measure in
National politics and to this end In
proposes to labor night and day on
the platform and in the prints.
MICHIGAN DRY
MEANS LOSS OF JOBS
USELESS VINEYARDS
International Newt Service.
DETROIT, Nov. 16—The vote In the
state of Michigan In favor of prohi
bition wiill result in throwing no less
than twenty five thousand men out
of employment. The law does not be
come operative until January first
1918 and breweries, wineries and other
Interests are expected to reduco their
pay roll gradually so that it is quite
likely that this largo number of men
will gradually bo absorbed by other
industries without special economic
strain.
Thrf adoption of tho dry law will
incidentally put an end to the agita
tion in favor of a watered and sugared
wine so far at least as the congress
man from this state are concerned.
There still remains to be settled
however, tho question of the disposal
of Michigan's large grape crop. No
adequate solution has yet been pro
posed and the probability Is that many
vineyards will be put to other uses
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to the great lo3s of the owners.
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Pacific Nawa Sarvioa.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 16—Wire
laaa aarvlca between America and la-1
pan was formally established today
when messages of congratulation were
exchanged between the President of
the United States and the Japanese
Emperor.
At present the radio communication
between the two countries is by relay
via the American stations on islands.
!& tha Paclflo ocean, but It la expected
that ultimately a message will be
flashed across the Pacific a3 Is now
done dally across ths Atlantic though
the distance is much greater.
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