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VOLIJMK XVI. NO. 17!*. TELEPHONE MAIN 4« NOME. ALASKA, KttlUAl JUNK .10, 191ti TELEPHONE MAIN 46. PRUE 26 CENTS
SEATTLE STRIKE LEADS
TO STABBING AFFRAY
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SKATTUO. Juno 29.—For the first time
since the commencement of the long
shoremen's strike trouble developed this
morning and seven of the strikers an*
under arrest for complicity in various
disturbances along the water front.
In addition one of the strikers, II. Pid
gin, is lying in the hospital suffering
from sundry and divers knife wounds in
flicted when he accosted a stranger on
the water front and demanded his busi
ness.
Polzin was acting as a picket for tie*
longshoremen union at the time anti says
that he accosted the man on the sus
picion that he was ;t strike breaker. The
stranger took offense and an angry al
tercation took plate in which the
stranger stabbed Polziri. inflieting serious
and possibly fatal wounds.
Owing to the efforts of several com
panies to employ strike breakers the
longshoremen are in a decidedly ugly
mood anti further trouble is threatening.
During a demonstration against strike
breakers this morning over a dozen shots
were fired by the strikers.
VIG LEAVES
SATURDAY
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SKATTIdu, June JO.—The steamer Vi«■ - I
loria, of the Alaska Steamship Company. I
is scheduled to leave on the second voy
age to Nome and Hering sea ports on
Saturday. It is said, however, that tne
vessel may not get away until Sunday
morning owing to difficulties created by
the longshoremen strike. The vessel will
carry a considerable number of passen
gers and much freight.
Furnished rooms. No. 20 First avenue.
KKNNlCOTT COMPANY
LOOKING FOK MINKS
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SKATTLK. June 7 (Delayed) -Steve
Mireli ami Mcllridi arrived here on the
way to Alaska today and say that the
Kerin tott Copper Corporation is intent
am set uring other copper properties on
I the Alaska coast. They assert that the
Kennlcott corportion. exclusive of the
j I’tuh bonded mines, has on hand one
Million cedars in cash and copper ready
I to market and that the concern is in the
| market to buy Alaska copper mines.
A1AXCHKSTKit I’LKA I )S
I
FOIt CASKMKXT
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LONDUX, June Jo. The Duke of Man
j Chester had made a direct plea for
clemency for Casement.
CARRANZA ASKED FOR
IMMEDIATE REPLY
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WASHINGTON, June 3u. Secretary
Lansing announced today that special
agent Rogers at Mexico City has been j
instructed to request Carranza to send i
an immediate reply to the American ulti- j
i mat um.
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ALL AMERICANS OPT OF MEXICO j
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W ASHINGTON, June 30.— Special agent j
Rogers wired the state department today j
that all Americans, save a lew who have
re fused to leave the country, are now
out of Mexico. Reports from Galveston
and towns along the border say that
many refugees have been arriving within
the past few days.
MEXICANS ARREST FLEEING
AMERICANS AS SPIES j
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MEXICO CITY. June 29.—Six Amori
• ans who left here Mommy for Eagle
Pass in anticipation of a war between |
| the Pnltod States ana Mexico were ur- j
i rested at (Tiidad Goznale*. forty miles |
! north of Ouanajuto, and have been re- |
turned nore and are now lodged in j*M
t charged with being spies Efforts are
now being made by Rogers, the Ameri
can representative to secure their re
lease.
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MADE IN AM RICA
For years we prided ourselves with having a
complete stock of IMPORTED MACARONI.
The presont difficulty in shipping led us to in
vestigate in our own country for goods to tuke
the place of the imported.
is that we have made arrangements to have man
ufactured for us a line of Paste made from the highest |
quality of Macaroni wheat, and we recommend this pro- I
duet to be fully as good if not better than the imported.
Our Window Display Tells the Tale
Prices for this high grade paste tire one-third
lower than for the imported.
jpolets Stores
[ Coffees 5resft Roasted Daily
MEXICO WILL STAND BY
TREVINO ULTIMATUM
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WASHINGTON, June 30.— Private ad
vices from Mexico Pity today state that
Pari ans® and his advisors a tv determined
to stand upon the orders given to General
I ivvino before tin* Carrizal incident to
attack American troops in Mexico muv* !
ink in an> direction except towards the \
f north.
It is said that the majority of the j
cabinet are inclined to avoid a break J
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with the I'nited States it possible but
arc opposed l»\ a faction which urges a
.mill mor< delimit attitude. The reports
sa\ that this faction wanted to include
in the icpl> to the Wilson ultimatum a
new demand for the immediate with
drawal of tin American forces. The ad
vices received do not indicate when tie
response will be delivered. It is genera,
ly aoepteu here that the situation is
hardly less threatening than before, d*
spit** the obvious intention «*t Carranza
to avoid un immediate break by releas
ig the captured troops. The officials
agree that if Carranza continues to in
sist in supporting the orders given to
Trevino further dashes with tin Mexi
cans are inevitable unless the I'nlted
| States withdraws. 'Phis the government
apparently has no intention of doing
until Carranza gives positive assurances
i that the border raids will not be repeated.
DILLON OHMS
! __
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NEW YORK, June 3w.—Though out
weighed by thirty five pounds, Jack Dil
lon. of utdianapolis, outfought and out
pointed Moran in nine out of ten rounds
tought at the Washington Park arena
last night.
Moran Hcemcd doomed to sure defeat
j had the tight been of longei duration. !
| Only once during the contest did Dilion
! seem in any danger but he soon caught
the pace and pounded his opponent all
■ over tin? ring.
■ KUKNt’H (M’ST GERMANS FROM
ill LI. :J04 TRENGIIKS
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i’ARJS. JtiJne 30.—War office reports
continue to tell of French success* s
along the Verdun front After heu\ y I
artillery bombardment the French have !
retaken the first line of intrenched po
sitions on Itill 3»4 which wore wrested
from them by the Germans a few days
ago The French have also repulsed
heavy Gorman drives along the Chattau
court sector and still command tin* sit
uation norm of Flour*. The fighting
of the paM twenty four hours is d«
so rib us especially sanguinary owing
u. 11 « Germans being caught b> in
tense artillery and machine gun lire ]
while attempting strong counter attacks
Heavy artillery lire continues along a
large section of the Verdun front and
also in tile Somme region when* the
Germans hav* been compelled to abandon
gre.H ol trench to escape the
drva.stu n#file of the British
Dl ST Or' ALASKAN To HE
CONSIGNED TO ALASKA WATERS
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SEATTLE. June J7 (Delayed * When
| dm steamer \rameda enters the harbor
of Skagway, Alaska there will he en
acted a solemn ceremony on her decks
when the earthly remains of a man who
knew and loved the great northern land
will be cast into the waters of the ba>
thus closing the last chapter of his
earthly career.
The dust to be scattered over tin
waters of the Alaska harbor is that oi
It. E. Nixon, a pioneer Of the Klondike
and Alaska, who died recently in this
city. It was Nixon's dying request that
his body be cremated and the ashes cast
into the sea along the shores where he
had lived and toiled during earlier years
of his life, finally winning a fortune
Hum tin* frozen laud.
Complying with his wishes, Barney
McZee. a close friend of the dead Al
! asknn, sailed for the north last nighi.
| bearing in Ids charge the small urn in
which repose the dust of ids departed
friend. McZee will open the receptacle
when the Alameda enters Skagway har
bor and with becoming reverence will
cast the handful of ashes into the sea.
easement con v i ct e d -
SENTENCED TO DIE
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LONDON. June 2H.— Sir Roger Case
ment. Irish patriot and alleged fomenter
of the recent Irish insurrection was con
victed of high treason this morning und j
was Immediately sentenced to death. The •
trial of the celebrated prisoner attract
ed wide attention and hundreds were on
hand to listen throughout the trial. Case
ment took ins sentence in calm spirit and
displayed no sign of emotion when listen
ing to the judgment of the court.
WASHINGTON RELIEVED BY
RELEASE OFTROOPS
WASHINGTON. .June 50. The national
capital is much relieved at the unexpect
ed turn of event* in Mexico although it
is recognized that until Carranza replb s
iO the Wilson message the situation re
mains hardly less critical than before,
the release of the captured Americans.
Allministration officials believe that tin*
release of the men was largely animated
by tiie counsels of the represeiiintive.s of
the South American republic* who Cai
ranza called info conference Wednesdas
Nevertheless. Washington is mueh i. -
lleved that war has been averted for ft -
time being ai least, it is elejir. hov\ -
ever, that the administration has mi in
tention of removing tie* troop* from M»*\- j
ico until such time as Carranza enmplhsj
with the original demand that the • !■• j
facto give a guarantee that the li\*s,
and proper! > of Americans along tie
horde r shall be soelil e I l oin .tllUek i..
hiindii band*
li was announced last night that tin j
First National guard of New Mexico en
tered JM •* x 11 • o night before last Th
troops crossed the border during th*-I
night and took up guard along Pershing s
line «>i ininmiini'-iition today Supplies
have been assembled along the border
tor an army of i\v.-nt\ thousand men
lor twenty days, according; to statements
made by secretary Raker, who also says
that the troops enroute will continue to
the border.
MURK VIld.A RAlUEUS Ha.\'iJKI»
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DKMI.Wi N M Ion* >r E«»ui mor*
V illa raiders who were engaged in lh •
raid on Columbus were bunged here to
day after ennviction on the charge of
murder. As in the first execution, ihe
men died in the most stoical manner
RUSSIANS CAPTURE KuLO.MEA
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PARIS. Jone : In Paris declares in
diiv that the Russian forces in lower
llahcla iiav* captured the important Gm
HCiati cit\ of Kolomea
The Sliver Wave letUllleo from Teller
and Tin «’it\ about three this afternoon.
SI RSCill RE FOR THE NUGGET
YUKON TERRITORY WILL
VOTE ON PROHIBITION
A P A S* * \ i< «'
|).\ WSON. .111f)«• " t! »eJuyed.»-Tin- :
Yukon terrhors will sou on the wel "i
dry question The Yukon legislature t*»- j
day passed ;• I »i 11 pmviiting lot a voir
on prohibitum t»\ S4*ptentber first of the
present year
if tie measure tames ii will become
effect isa* on I ills It 1917. The action ol
the legislature was taken as tin* result
of a petition which hud its start on
one oi the Yukon riser boats and which
contains the names of a large majority
of the residents. The measure provides
for iiif* inauguration of prohibition if two
thirds 01 tin* residents of tin* lerrimrx
ratify it it the election. As there is i
general sentiment toward adopting pro
hibition in keeping with the other se,
lions ol the Dominion it is claimed by
the drvs that they will carrv the entire
ierrUut*> hand down.
in addition to prohibiting tin- silbug
ol liquor, the Inli provides that thei.*
shall Im no importation or manufacture
of liquor in the t«-rritnr\ in an> wax
except tor medical a no technical pur
poses.
UMATILLA SAILED WITH
CAPACITY CARGO
YESTERDAY
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SKATTUK. June 30.—The Pacific Coist
Steamship Company'* northern liner
Umatilla departed from Seattle on the
second voyage of the Reason to Bering
sea yesterday afternoon at two. Dos pi re
the general strike of the longshoremen |
the Umatilla was enabled to get away '
with u capacity cargo of freight and a
total of seventy five passengers, nearly
all of whom are people formerly asso
ciated with the north. Among the more
prominent ones aboard the big steamer
are the following:
F. R. Short and wife. A /. Watson
ami wifi-. Frank Boyle, James Mason.
Michael Gurriiy, Walter Green and wife.
Mamie Kelley, Mrs. Elia Hayes. Joseph
ine Kelley. A. N. Leopold. N. Rathenberg
and wile. John W Jones. Richard S**i
t'eit, t*. McMahon. Ernest If. Ranke.
George Richards. Thomas Patterson, Joe
Sltscovicn. G. K. Mcl-eod.
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