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MONDAY
(TELEGRAPHlp)
POLES BOTTLE SOVIET
ARMY ON NORTH FRONT
Warsaw, Auk. 23—The process oi
bottling up the Russian Soviet forces
on the northern front between Prussia
and the Vistula river has been com
pleted and the P.olshevikl army is in
a still more precarious situation, ac
cording: to the official statement of th.
Polish war office. Hemmed in fro^p
three, sides against the Russian border
the Russians are battling desperateh
to escape the trap but the Poles have
entirely closed the gateway of escape
taking prisoners and war materials lr.
such quantities it is impossible to
count- them.
GERMAN WORKERS ADOPT
SOVIETISM AT DANZiC
Rerlin, Aug. 23—German workmen
• t the port of Danzig have pr icImlined
a Soviet and are actively opposing
the passage of anus and war material:
through that port to Poland according
to .'eports receive*! in B?rii 1 today.
Following organization Hr* Soviet
council announced a bioci.nco of Po
Mi.d and refused t perm!, the French
.-miser Gueydon to dock. The situa
tion is apparently critical as the re
port says British High Commissioner
Tower has declared he would not Ir
responsible for the results if the
French war veoMl atte opted to un
load Its cargo of munitions Intended
for the use of the Polish army.
ASSERTED BRITAIN TO AGRE
TO INDEPENDENCE EGYPT
London. Aug. 23—Tin- London
Times today says it understands that
the British government has definitely
| agreed ta recognize the independence
MORE RIOTING IN IRELAND
Belfast Aug. 23—'Rioting is in pro
gress in Lishorne us a result of the
assassination tdduy of police inspector
CHICAGO COP KILED IN RIOT
Chicago, Aug. 23—Police Sergeant
P. Mulcahy was killed here this morn
ing in a riot aceurlng in the Pekin Cafe
a noted night life resort.
THREE FALL VICTIMS
PLANE ACCIDENT
Redwood City, Cal. Aug. 23—A. *3:
Jamison, of this city, and C. K. Prod
ger, of Bristol. England, were killed
and John C. Nelson, of San Francisco
was badly injured when an airplane ‘n
which they were flying fell two hun
dred feet at he flying field here.
OFFICERS IN BLOODY BATTLE
WITH ESCAPING PRISONERS
Winston. Salem, N. C. Aug. 23—
Chief of Police Mathews of Walnut
Cove, North Carolina, and Waite'
Martin, of Madison, North Carolina,
are dead und one negro is wounded ns
a result of a gun battle taking place
early today at Walnut Cove between a
sheriff’s posse and a number of escap
ing prisoners.
HARDING CALL8 COX CHARGE
—
.Marion, O. Aug. 233—Senator
Harding today suggested that by way
of refuting his charges, Governor Cox
he invited to prove his charges that
the republicans have raised a hundred
and fifty million dollar campaign fund.
FOCH TO VISIT UNITED STATES
Metz, Germany, Aug. 23—Field
Marshall Ferdinand Foch, commander
of the Allied military forces durTne
the great war, announced here todt
that he intends to visit the Uniter
States as soon as the European situa
tion permits. ^ 1
FRISCO TO HOLD PRIMARIES 31 ST
San Francisco, Aug. 23—Tha state
primaries will be held on August 31.
Senator Jas. D. Phelan !s unopposed
for the democratic nomination but
will have to run It off with the re
publicans three consenting for the
nomination for state senator. Eleven
congressmen will be jfomtnated.
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FLOODS STOP OHIO
TRAIN TRAFFiC
..Springfield, 0 Aug 2S—Railwftj
anl Interurban lines between Colum
bus, Dayton and Sprtngjeld are com
pletely tied up today and one Vein hai
been half submerged aa a result of a
heavy dehige of rain in this locality.
The flood is causing heavy damage.
PLANE COMPLETES ROUND
TRIP ACROSS CONTINENT
New York. Aug. 23—A Larsen all
metal aeroplane arrived here from the
1*aclflc coast tonight completing a
round trip flight to I*os Angeles.
The plane was piloted by Bert A cos
ta, the noted pilot and among its pass
engers was Eddie Rickenbaeker, the
famous war pilot.
TUESDAY
(TELEGRAPHIC)
AVIATORS BRING
UNIQUE SOUVENIRS
Through the kindness of Cnpt.
I St Clair Street, commander of the air
expedition, several 'Noineites are the
possessors of unique souvenirs of the
i historical army air flight from New
| York in the shape of letters and other
[articles brought by the Ayes from the
| states ami various Alaskan points.
| Among the number, was included a
! handsome bouquet of cut garden flow
ers reaching Mr. Rimer Reed from
friends In Ruby. The flowers includ
ed sweet peas, marigolds, pansies and
other varieties, all appearing as if just
plucked from their parent stems. Th
Nugget received personally directed
copies of the New York Times and the
Saskatoon Daily Star, the former of
| July 15th, the date the air expedition
AVIATORS PLAN BERING
STRAIT FLIGHT TOMORROW
The planes will probably i
tors the novel experience of fly In* over
Russian territory and visiting the
Asiatic continent as well as the Tar
This evening the flyers will he the
guests of Jafet Llndeberg. president of
the Pioneer Mining Co at dinner and
of Commerce will hold a smoker in
their honor. In the event of contrary
weather developing tomorrow, they
will be taken to visit the nearby mines
of the Pioneer Company. The expedi
tion Wtyl probably start on its return
journey to New York day after to
! morrow* if conditions are favorable
I Tin* flyers devoted themselves today
! to overhauling their planes and fixing
up for the expected flight tomorrow
GERMANS INTERN THOUSANDS
. SOVIET WARRIORS
Koenigsberg, Hast Prussia. Aug. L’t
—Several thousand Russian Soviet
soldiers have crossed the Germuu fron
tier in the region of Willenberg. Hast
Prussia, advices received here .say.
They were disarmed and interned
^.v the German authorities. The Rus
sians were a part of the Northern
Russian army entrapped by the Roles
between the German border end t >.>
j Vistula river in the Polish offensive.
—
Pole* Recapture City Of Bialystok
Copenhagen, Aug. 24—"The Poles
have recaptured Rialystok, 120 miles
northeast of Warsaw, after desperate
resist cnee by the Bolshevlki”, says a
dispatch from Warsaw today.
SEVENTY FIVE THOUSAND
SOVIET PRISONERS
TAKEN RY POLES
Paris. Aug. 24—The number of
Russian prisoners captured in the Pol
ish counter offensive will amount to
fully seventy thousand, according to
Warsaw advices to the French Foreign
Most of the thirty five thousand
prisoners already ocunted by*the Poles
were captured in the territory North
west of Warsaw, including th-> Danzig
corridor, by the army under command
of theVrench General Billetje*.
Itlihivlki Admit Lees of Rreet-litovsk
London Aug. 24—The*retirement of
the Russian Soviet forces from the city
of Brest-lltovsk, was officially admit
tod by the Bolshevik! government In
a statement received today by wire
less from Moscow.
The statement reports that fierce
lighting Is in progress between the
Poles and Soviet armies to the east
ward of SV.odawa and In the vicinity
of Ch-olm, east of Luhin.
"rapped Russian A* my Srel oig
Surrender
Northern army has opened negotia
tion* for surrender, according to re
ports from Vienna received here today.
INVESTIGATION OF CAMPAIGN
EXPENSES LAUNCHED
<Vicago. Auk. ■!*—Both the repuh
lic-niymd democratic national commit
tee's will probe the charges of exces
sive campaign expenditures and fund.
hurled during the presidential cam
Chairman Hays and White, the r«
publican and democratic national com
mitte chairmen, respectively, the
treasurer's of euc-h committee and th
treasurer's of the senatorial and con
gressional campaign committees of
each party have been ordered to ap
pear before the National committee’s
Of each party, which directed then t
bring all books and papers relating to
capipaign collections and expenditures.
SEATTLE SEPTUAGENERIAN
KILLED BY AUTO
Seattle, Aug. J4 -Henry Steadman,
aged seventy five, was today run
down and killed here by an automobile
while crushing the street.
WEDNESDAY
(TELEGRAPHIC)
VIC TO MAKE ONLY
TWO MORE TRIPS
Seattle, Aug. IT —The Alaska
StftaniKhip Company announced tod.iy
that the Bering Sea steam- •• Vi.-toiia
will make ojiiy one more vovvge ;o
N'<me thin euson, sailing from .Seattle
September lf». The Cordova sailing
about Sept. 1. will he the last freight
"I’he latter vessel has been authorized
BOLSHEVIK S FLEEING
ON ALL FRONTS
Wprsaw. Aiii,, 2.V Reports from
various fronts indicate that the Ho1
sheviki are fleeing everywhere in great
disorder before the Role armies
Minister of War Ilolnokowski has
issued a statement declaring the So
viet armies to he decisively beaten
everywhere and adding that of the two
hundred and fifty thousand Bolshevik:
troops participating in the offensive
at the capture of Warsaw, one hun
dred and forty thousand have be *n
surrounded by the Roles in the .Mlaw i
region and can hardly escape capture.
Bolsheviki Escape Cut off by Capture
Bielstok.
London, Aug 25—The retreat of the
Bolshevik.! armies north of Warsjiw has
been completely cut off by the capture
of Bielstok by »he Roles, it was official
ly announced at the Relish legation
here tonight.
BOLSHEVIKl PEACE
TERMS RESENTED BY
BRITAIN, FRANCE
London. Aug. 24—Great Britain
and France will refuse recognition t -
the Russian Bolshevik! government if
it does not withdraw the demand on
Poland presented as a part of the
peace terms at Minsk for the establish
ment of a “proletariat army” in Ro
This course of action has been defi
nitely decided upon by I-loyd George
and Italian premier Glllotti, who have
been in conference sine© Sunday at
Lucerne. Switzerland.
Allies Attitude Due to influence U
Paris, Aug. 25—Tho French For
eignOfflc© announced today that the
government regarded the new atti
! tude taken by Lloyd George and Pre
mier Gillotte concerning Soviet Rus
sia and Poland as due directly to the
American note to Italy defining the
attitude of the United States.
■10 BATTLE RAGING
llOItTH EAST OP WAR8AW
London, Aug. 25—“Violent fighting
la raging in the vicinity of Lozmun
(and Bielextnk. northeast «»f Warsaw."
said a Soviet War Office ■ ■ umnuuiqu •
j wireless from Moscow today .
I Loztnan is situated eighty miles
'north of Warsaw and about miles
j west of Hielestok.
. Pole- Announce Capture Over Eighty
Thousand Ru-sians
Warsaw. Auk 2."*—The polish f.en
; oral Staff announced today th.it uio...
i than eighty tlt-.tisand Russian j.ri
since the beginning of the P..|j-;h
I counter offensive.
NORTHERN SOVIET ARMY
ENTIRELY SURROUNDED
London, Aug. 24- The whole Km.
■siun army on the Northern battle
front in Poland, estimated lI sixty
live thousand or more troops, lias been
surrounded by the Poles, according to
tin iinnuncement today l> the British
AERO CLUB ENTHUSIASTIC
OVER SUCCESS NOME
PLANE FLIGHT
New York. Aug. 24 News the
army aeroplanes engaged in the New
York-Nome flight have reached their
destination has aroused unhoumhd en
thusiasm among the members of the
milking aehievement which does cred.t
to the army air service and to .\meii
can aeronautics”, said August Post,
speaking for the club, of whieb he is
secretary, today "The splendid suc
cess of this expedition will result in
distant and inaccessible hinds."
KETCHIKAN SAILS FOR NOME
JAP PRESS URGING RECALL
JAPANESE FROM AMERICA
j Honolulu, \ug. l’.'i \ Tokyo * I is -
[.Fiji Slump", say* the Ja|«im-so press
[ is urging tin- Mikado's government to
COX TO START WESTERN
CAMPAIGN TOUR SEPT 7
NVw York. \ug. Beginning .t
Karso, North Dakota. September 7th.
Pacific Coast, speaking in Seattle Scp
ments received here today.
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
OUTLINE'3 DEVELOPMENT
NEEDS OF- PENINSULA
Following is the list of development
needs of the '•ewani Peninsula dis
trict as outlined in a telegram t" .1
L. McPherson, of the Alaska P-tueiii
j by the local t’havbor of Comnuevc
service water r a nsperl:ii ion through
government "wnership. subsidy or
ot herwise.
2 Cheap r tu*d. government distri
bution of coal anil fuel oil.
3 Premium on virgin gold.
I of lights and buoys at. important
points; assignment "f a scout boat to
i distress.
5 Kataldiahment of additienn! wire
less station ; at Teller, Wales ,nd Kot
j 'J Increased appropriations for
reads anil special construction of i < ;<
[bisecting Seward Peninsula.
7 Appropriations for the estab
lishment of industrial schools for the
Eskimos.
8 Ap exploration survey of the
Ashing arejus of Bering Sea.
The Chamber also advocates the or
ganization of a nonpartisan board to
uct in the capacity of an advlsi ry
committee for congress, with hend
uuairters in Alaska.
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One 30 h p air cooled Franklin
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One I h. p. coal oil engiue, Metz
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2 air propellers, one 5 and one 6
Parly going 'tway, will sell cheap
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1920 feries War Saving Stamps
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