THE NOME DAILY NUGGET
VOLUME XV. NO. 185. TELETHON! MAIN 44, NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JULY 16, 1916. TELEPHONE MAIN 46 PRICE 25 CENT"
SAYS GERMANY SEEKING PEACE
German Preaa Service.
BERLIN, via Sayville, July 16.—
English reports indicate that the strike
situation in South Cornwall is of the
most serious description and the
striking miners are engaging in fierce
riots. It is declared that a condition
almost equaling civil war prevails
throughout the coal districts and six
thousand British troops have, been sent
to the scene to overawe the strikers.
The situation presents many aspects of
disaster for the British as there is al
ready a great scarcity of fuel through
out the kingdom. It is indicated that
within a period of two weeks England
will not have sutflicent fuel to meet
the demands of the navy and there is
every probability that traffic will be at
a standstill within an even shorter
period of time. The striking miners
refuse to return to their labors unless
they are granted a substantial increase
in wages and as the owners are ob
durate there is every prospect that the
strike will continue indefinitely. It is
declared in some quarters that the
miners are out as a protest against the
continuance of the war and their ac
tion is directed to the restriction of the
coal supplies of the navy. The strikers
are said to be daily destroying pro
perty on a wholesale scale and condi
tions are in every way extreme. So
far the government is endeavoring to
overawe the strikers by a great dis
paly although there is great danger
that the soldiers will ultimately come
into conflict with the men who declare
they will not be coerced.
Nome Nugget $2.00 par month.
GERMANS AGAIN ADVANCE
NORTH OFKRAZNIK
German Proas Service.
BERLIN, via Sayville, July J«.—
The combined Austro-German forces
under Joseph Ferdinand are again ad
vancing north of Kraznik driving the
Russians steadily before them. The
forward movement is now bringing the
Russian advance to close proximity to
Lubin and the fall of that city is im
minent owing to a poor defensive po
sition. Petrograd admits the retreat
of the Russian army in this section.
General Staff reports from Przasnyz
state that four thousand Russian
troops were captured in the taking of
the city and the losses of the enemy
were very great In killed and wounded.
The Russians fought stubbornly to
maintain their hold on that important
position. Conditions in central and
west Galicia are fast resuming the
normal. The schools have reopened
and the people are again devoting
themselves to their customary pursuits.
The Austrians are engaged in rebuild
ing the capital and the schools and uni
versities have reopened.
Ch—pot in th* long run—Nome
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VALDEZ SWEPT BY FIRE
VALDEZ, July 15—Fanned by a high
wind, a fire which started as an incip
ient blaze swept over the city this
morning and before day had well
advanced almost the entire business
section was a mass of smouldering de
bris and over a half million dollars
had vanished in smoke. Tonight the
city presents a scene of complete des
olation as practically every important
business block in the town is gone or
Is a smouldering heap of charred and
blackened debris. The fire broke out
at an early hour in a small business
house and despite the efforts of the
fire department, spread rapidly to the
adjoining buildings. Before an hour
had passed the conflagration was
sweeping down both sides of the street
and carrying away building after
building in its destructive progress.
After once gaining a foothold the fire
department was helpless and although
the citizens and also the troops which
were ordered out from Fort Ltscum,
aided the firemen with energy the
flames continued to gain with great
rapidity and before seven a. m. the
entire force of fire fighters were com
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pelled to devote their efforts solely to
the task of preventing the flames from
spreading to the residential sections.
Throughout the forenoon the battle con
tinued and shortly before the noon
hour the fire had ceased largely
because there was nothing left on the
principal street on which the flames
could fasten. Practically nothing was
saved in the business section and the
desolation in the heart of the city Is
complete.
The fire started in the Fry building
and soon covered the whole area from
the Cliff house to the Valdez Mercantile
Company buildings on McKintry street
to the beach and every business house
within that area was completely de
stroyed. Included among the buildings
destroyed are the Bank of Valdez, H.
D. Blum & Co., Wm, Blackwell, Tony’s
saloon, the Treat building, the Valdez
Daily Prospector, the offices of the Al
aska road commission Including nil the
records of the commission for the past
years of activities in Alaska, the post
office, the telephone exchange, the
Crawford mills and the lumber yards
and offices of the Copper River Lum
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ber Company. The offices of the dock
company, the government warehouses
and the Derringer barns were also de
stroyed.
As the town stands at present both
sides of Reservation avenue have been
completely swept away. No fatal
ity has resulted however although sev
ral persons had very narrow escapes
from death or injury. The only severe
accident was the breaking of the leg
of Miss Alice Coles while the lady was
assisting in the removal of the mail
from the postoffice Mrs. Blackwell and
the sister and niece of Capt. and Mrs.
Glen Edgerton narrowly escaped death
from the flames and succeeded in get
ting out of their burning homes with
only their night clothes, losing all other
personal effects. Throughout the day
the troops from the fo«-t re.mnlrrHJ ott
duty, the military having taken charge
soon after the Are started. The total
loss according to careful estimates will
be about $250,000 most of which is
covered by insurance.
THAW RELEASED
ONJAIL
A. P. A. Service.
NEW YORK, July 16.—Harry K.
Thaw was admitted to ball today by
Judge Hendricks following the report
of the physicians who have been
watching the prisoner throughotu the
entire trial. On the delivery of the ex
pert report Hendricks announced that
he would release Thaw pending the ap
peal of the case by the state insanity
trial board. The prisoner’s attorneys
came forward with the necessary bonds
which were set at four hundred and
thirty-five thousand dollars.
ARMY EXCHANGE
SALESMAN SUICIDES
A. P. A. Service.
FORT LAWTON, July 1G.—Short In
his accounts as salesman of the post
exchange. Private Chauncey Willing of
Company H, Fourteenth United States
infantry, shot himself this morning.
The w'ounded man is in a precarious
condition.
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A. P. A. Sarvice.
WASHINGTON, July 16.—Reports
from the American consul at Canton
state that the whole southeastern sec
tion of the republic is being devastat
ed by floods of unparalelled severity
and tens of thousands of the native
inhabitants have been drowned, ac
cording to estimates. The floods are
at the greatest height in the Kwang
tung, Kwang-si and Kiang-si, prov
inces and the desolation in the de
vastated districts is described as ter
rible in the extreme. The rising of
the rivers in the affected district has
placed thousands of miles of territory
under water and the people have been
unable to escape owing to being cut
off in every direction. The situation
is particularly grave in the district
west of Canton and thousands of
homeless refugees are arriving on rafts
constructed of the ruins of their homes.
Observers declare that West river is
almost checked with the vast masses
of debris swept down from the Interior
and hundreds of corpses of human be
ings and animals are mingled with the
wreckage in indescribable confusion.
According to the last reports received
from Hongkong, the American gun
boats Wilmington and Callao of the
Asiatic squadron are rushing to the
scene of the floods for the purpose of
lending whatever aid is possible and
to assits in urgent rescue work. The
Callao Is bound for the West river sec
tion and the Wilmington will go to
Canton where the situation is also
very severe. The dispatches state that
fire has added to the horrors of the
situation at Canton and a section of
the city over one mile square has been
swept away and hundreds are suppos
ed to have perished. The floods are
greatly hindering the rescue work in
the city as many of the streets along
the lower levels are impassable. Al
though a survey of the damage is at
present im ,ssible It Is estimated that
the devastation in the greatest in his
tory.
To get the news read the Nugget.
ITALIANS RETREATING
IN LOWER TYROL
German Press Sorvioe.
BERLIN, via Sayville, July 16.—
The heavy offensive started by the
Austrians in the South Tyrol below I
Trientino is slowly forcing the invad-j
ing army back on its own territory
arut it to mat me ninj
be ultimately compelled to defend its
own soil along the upper Adigle. The
Austrians have concentrated their
forces for a drive north of the Italian
lakes and there is an imminent pros
pect that the army at Riva will be cut
off from their support. At Monfalcone
the Italians have been forced to a state
of defense and ure scarcely able to ,
maintain their hold in the face of
heavy Austrian attacks. Although the
Italian war department has carefully
i uiueairu vne actual ue«n »t •- 1
termined that they have lost up to the
present, including prisoners, over one
hundred thousand men. The Austrians
have also captured great stores of mil
itary supplies and a number of heavy
guns.
THREE THOUSAND FRENCH
TAKEN ATVERDUN
German Press Service.
BERLIN, via Sayvllle, July 16.—
The army of the Crown Prince h»9
made rapid advances in the Verdun re
gion and has compelled the French to
give up two of their most important
positions on the heights overlooking
the valleys of the Meuse and Moselle
Rivers. The Germans also took over
three thousand prisoners in the great
struggle for the mountain peaks. The
situation in this region is now of the
most satisfactory description ns the
German forces are now in a position to
dominate a vast extent of territory.
The German troops have also won sev
prill important engagements in the im
mediate neighborhood of Jour Malin
eourt taking a number of prisoners and
forcing the evacuation of three
trenches.
The British attacks against the Ger
man lines near Ypres continue but at
a horrible sacrifice. The concealed ma
chine guns are daily killing hundreds
of the British troops and the enemy
are unable to discover the location of
the batteries which are dealing such
I terrific destruction. The French are
again on the defensive at Arras and
have lost some ground through sharp
counter attacks of the German troops.
TURKS BUILD AIR CRAFTS
AND SUBMARINES
German Press Service.
BERLIN, via Sayvllle, July 16.—
The Turkish government is now in a
position to compete with tho allies in
the matter of air craft through the
establishment of an aeroplane factory
on Turkish territory capable of turning
out a sufficient number of planes to
meet the needs of war. The Turks,
under the direction of German engin
eers have also finished the construc
tion of a submarine dry dock at Stenia
at which will be assembled the sub
marine boats now being added to the
naval strength ot the empire. Owing
to the great demand for war munitions
the government has been very active in
establishing ammunition and other war
munition plants and is now capable of
supplying the entire needs of its mili
tary forces.
Expsrtsnced mochanios for yobr
automobile*.—Noma Oarage.
FRANCE HAVING DIF
FICULTIES IN ALGIERS
German Preea Service.
BERLIN, via Sayvllle, July 1G.—
France is against faced with a pros
pect of serious disturbances in Algeria
owing to the constant activities of the
rebellious natives of the Interior who
are again active in consequence of the
withdrawal of great numbers of troops.
The French government is again di
verting troops to suppress the disor
ders.
UNITED STATES REFUSES
AUSTRIAN CLAIMS
German Press Service.
BERLIN, via Sayville, July 16.—
Vienna reports state that the American
government has refused to consider
the Austrian protest against the ex
portation of arms to the enemies of
the Imperial government.
Largs assortment of latest Victor
Records and Vietrelas received en
steamer La Touche. Lomen Brea.
GERMANY
SEEKING
PEACE
l. P. A. Servioe.
LONDON, July 16.—The Financial
Mews today displays with great prom
nence a report from what is alleged
lu in* quaucia ill v.iuuq .
German sources of information” stat
ing that it is well known in the circles
from which the information was ob
tained that Germany is at the end of
her resources and is even now making
tentative peace proposals through the
United States looking to bring about
the termination of the war.
FAMOUS
SUBMARINE
SUNK
A. P. A. Service.
LONDON, July 16.—Admiralty ad
vices received today bring official con
firmation of the sinking of tho famous
German submarine U—51 by the Rus
sian war ships in the Black sea. The
German boat achieved a great reputa
tion through having dodged the Brit
ish fleet guarding the entrance to the
Straits of Gibraltar later making her
way through the length of the Mediter
ranean to Constantinople.
SHRINERS
SELECT
OFFICERS
A. P. A. Servtw.
SEATTLE, July 16.—The Shriners
yesterday elected the various officers
of the order for the ensuing year, J.
Putnam Stevens of Lewiston, Me., be
ing elevated to the lofty position of Im
perial potentate of the order and James
E. Chandler of Ararat temple. Kansas
City was chosen to be the imperial
outer guard. In addition all of the
present members of the Imperial divan
were raised to the next higher rank.
Buffalo was selected as the convention
city for tho conclave of 1916.
FLOOD8 IN CENTRAL OHIO.
A. P. A. Service.
COLUMBUS, O., July 16.—Two hun
dred homes and business houses are
under water in Lima and the entire
middle section of the state is threaten
ed by the floods which are sweeping
down every river and creek throughout
the central portion of the state.