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H. FORD IS TO BUILD SEA JITNEYS
THE NOME DAILY NUGGET
VOLUME XVII. NO. 11S TtL.EP"ONE MAIN 46 NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY MAY 16, 1917. TELEPHONE MAIN 46. PRIcE 25 CENTS
NOT TO TALK PEACE ‘WITH SWORD IN HAND"
GERMAN CHANCELLOR SAYS
‘TIME NOT YET ARRIVED’
International News Service.
BERLIN, May 16.—From a speech
delivered by Chancellor Hollweg in
the reichstag yesterday it would seein
that matters of vual importance to
the nation arc in the making but—at
the present time cannot be made pub
lic. Considerable disappointment pre
vails throughout the country owing
to the fact that no mention of peace
proposals were made.
"The interests of Germany cannot
be saved by the declaration of the war
aims of the central powers being made
public at this time,” says Bethman
Hollweg.
With reference to tiie expected new
peace offer which was to lie aimed
directly at Russia the chancellor stat
ed that "he would not allow himself
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to he influenced liv the activities of
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the socialist deputies Scheidmann and
llostocks who have worked so stren
uously for peace of late.”
"1 am compelled to adopt the at
titude of silence for the present as the
whole situation now demands the most
absolute and determined .reserv e," says
Hollweg.
During the discussion Socialist
Deputy Scheidman made a most force
ful appeal for peace. He stated that
if reasonable terms were not put for
ward that the remainder of the na
tions wh'ich are now neutral would be
embroiled in the struggle which had
grown out of all imaginable propor
tions. He demanded an explanation
as to what would be gained by the
people of Germany continuing the
j saci'iflce of the best blood of the na
t ion.
1 Deputy Itostocks made an impas
sioned oration in which he stated that
the people of Uuss'ia were ready to
act with Germany in the endeavor to
secure a lasting peace. He denounced
militarism in any nation declaring it
a menace instead of a protective
measure and urged that peace be dis
cussed "not with sword in hand.”
CARD PARTY.
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A l-’ive Hundred and Whist 1‘artt
will be held by tile Catholic Library
('lull at St. Joseph’s Hall on Friday,
May IS. at 8:30 p. m. Refreshments
will In served. Tickets 50 cents. \!l
are invited
ROLPH BUYS ANOTHER
SHIP BUILDING PLANT
Pacific News Service.
SAN FRANCISCO, May Hi. Report
reaches here from Eureka, that the
Rotph Shipbuilding Coal Co. of this
city, have completed the*ir arrange
ments for the purchase of a largi
shipbuilding plant on the Oregon wa
ter front.
It is known here that recently a
, large amount of capital has been add
ed to the treasury ,tr this concern
and it becomes evident throngh thi
latesl ra ws that they Intend branching
• nit in tin ship building line, wher
ever the oppcil fllnitj presents itself
lint i I they have a string of yards.
This Would lie carrying out the
policy as originally made public! when
the eiitnjKini u funned, an<l the
belief in finam ; il i m I s is that east
ern capital has taken advanteage of
existing conditions on this coast, and
through tiie opening wedge of the
Kolph company has decided to fur
fish all moneys necessary, no the
Seccuring of e\ejy well situated plant
in the west.
The government's great nppropra
tions along this line, are thought to
have given impetus in the negotiations,
and at the str.de this company is
making, 'it may soon ho one of the
largest in the world.
May day entertainment and dance
1 Eagle Hall, Saturday night.
FOUR MILLION ADDED
TO COMMANDEER SHIPS
International News Service.
WASHINGTON, May l(i.—A I. \v
four million appropriation bill classed
as the army and navy urgent defici
ency measure has sprung up in the
senate today.
Th'is amount is intended for use in
completing the fund for nil ships now
being built, and also all ship build
ing material now on hand in the 1'ni
ted States.
The senate appropriation comm'ittee
reported favorably on the measure this
afternoon, and urged its 'immediate
passage.
Rushing through this bill is evi
dence sufficient, that the government
'intends to lose no time, in procuring
the ships necessary to the carrying
out of its plans, in providing for a
great merchant marine.
Already rapid plans are being made
to expedite this work and a survey of
the situation is now in the hands of
the administration, together with the
reports of the ship building companies.
These conipatnies have all been re
quested to send in reports as to just
what construction work Vs under way
at their plants and nlso details re
garding the amount of material on
hand.
They have been instructed that ji\
I an carl> date bids are to be opened
! for the construction of a great amount
of tonnage for the government.
MARSHALL-COLUMBUS HOSPITAL
OPENS IN JUNE MONTH
The natives of the Seward penin
sula are to have a real live up-to
date hospital complete in every detail
on the arrival of the hist boats when
the nursing staff are expected. For
this purpose the Gilbert flats are now
undergoing re-construction under
W. F Baldwin who is the local su
. perintendent of the Woman’s Home
Missionary Society.
This fine building has been acquir
ed by purchase and Is getting reno
vated throughout as well ns having
a large addition built. It will have
cot accommodations for ten patients
as well as quarters for a nursing
staff.
The hospital is supported by the
Woman's Home Missionary Society
which is an offshoot of the Methodist
church. I .a Vina Young is the sec
retary of the Alaska bureau. This
lady opened the first mission of th'is
class in Dutch Harbor thirty two
years ago and is still actively engag
ed in the work.
The institution will be called the
Marshall Columbus hospital In honor
of a Mr. Marshall of Columbus, O.,
who has donated liberally to its found
ation. The patients will lie under the
care of the government doctor.
Two trained nurses wdl arrive in
ttie city on the first boats if'er which
the hospioal w*ill be formally opened
under the direction of a lady superin
tendent.
There are at present over three hun
dred r.at'.ves who belong lo the Metho
dist church in the Seward peninsula
and the hospital was sorely needed lo
attend ti their wants. Heretofore
irrespective of creed or class they
were a sowed all of the privileges of
the Holy Cross hospital where they
always leceived the bolt of treatment
but o viup to he great growth of the
native r-< pulation the .Methodist mis
sion will now attend to this work
themsehes. Ft is a good wot I; and
wortny of the support of the general
public.
We want every one to be a sub'
scriber to the Nugget—Do it NOW.
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FORD WANTS PERMIT TO
BUILD SUBMARINES
| international News Service.
| WASHINGTON, May 1«. Agreeing
I in turn out one thousand one man
submarines a day for the government
in aceordaliee with his statement of a
few months ago, Henry Ford is again
I bringing pressure in bear on the ad
ministration in an effort to gain their
adoption of bis mention.
Ilis latest oo nmunientions stat that
he has brought these underwater craft
to a state of perfection, and that dem
onstrations have proven ihai they are
efficient in every respect.
Ford had this matter up before the
war department some months ago and
the plans 'ie | resented at that time
seemed feasible, and Thomas Edison
had a staff working on the invention
at his expei imenting shops at Orange,
N. .1.
All claims made for lids new war
machine appear to have been fulfilled,
J anil Kuril is ere. Uteri w ith having off. r
. ed to build ml present f«> the war
department the first thousand of flies**
submarines at his own expense if of
ficial word is forthcoming that thev
will he accepted.
! It is the belief of semi-nlticia Is Ini'
that this offer will not he accepted,
| but that f’i. invention will receive a
| thorough h st and tint it' the boats
prove their efficiency th. war depart
ment will adopt them and give Ford
an order for thousands to be delivered
at the earliest possible moment.
These boats are said to be spe.-dy.
easy to operate can tarry two tor
pedoes. and can be constructed at a
very low t ost.
Ford claims that upon the govern
ment acceptance of his invention he
wi‘l rush plans, equip a plant and be
ready t• > stai l building these subm t
tines within one month.
lie st.lb-- tint a gnat many nf tlio
flin ts t lint go into tile boa ts will be
manufactured in his auloniobile works
with the m.ieh'inei \ he has on hand,
tin'll full’ till' new I'lant would be
ehtelly for the |■ 1111>.• -i ,,f building Ilia
outside shell and for as.-a milling.
In eonjiinetion with the acceptance
of the Kurd subm,i l ino it would be
necessary for the government to place
orders for the manufacture of torpe
does nf .i smaller than those used
by the present underwater craft.
It is sai ' in ever, that these small
torpedoes can have all of the destruc
tive power now embodied in the larger
ones and an travel thluugh the wa
ter fully as fast.
Calling Cards at the Nugget Office
MANY AMERICANS LOST
ON SOBMARINED STEAMER
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International News Service.
NEW YOItK, May lii. The steamer
Abosso which was submarined off the
Irish const yesterday was returning
from her maiden trip across the Atlan
tic and had many American passeng
ers on board.
American Consul Frost in his dis
patches from Queenstown states that
(many of the surv'ivors of the Abosso
were landed at that port and not at
London as stated in yesterday's wire.
Patrol boats Who went out in the
vicinity of where the disaster oc
curred succeeded in recoverng eight
of the bodies which now7 await idenli
fication.
Queenstown in the cove of Cork
has been the burying ground fot many
Americans who have Inst their lives
through submarine attacks. It is
there where hundreds of tin; victims
of the Lusitania outrage Jay Interred
tin the side hill overlooking that won
derful harbor wnieli coil'd accommo
date with safety tie combined fleets
of the world.
More ships have lean accounted for
by the German I' boats in this vicin
ity than in any other part of the
British Isles. The rock fringe of the
southwestern It isili coast which is the
first point of lnml s'lghted by trails
Atlantia steamers eastward bound lias
been a veritable graveyard for ships.
The submarine vulture had lurked in
the roils lines ami shelters of this
| desolate coast nwaitng her victims
whose tonnage in sum total would as
tonish tlie win Id.
t'onsiil Fro a will furls ‘ru a detail
ed report later and the return of 1 lie
various patrols is looked forward to.
May Day entertainment and dance.
Saturday night. Eagle Hall.
We want every one to be a cub"
scriber to the Nugget—Do it NOW.
PAYROLL IS S3,OOO,OOO
EACH MONTH IN RUTTE
International News Service.
MUTTE, Mont., May It!.—Butte 'is
the greatest mining camp for its size
in the world and today again an
nounced this fact when her monthly
pay roll shot over the three million
mark. For the past six months it has
been in this neighborhood and reached
this point last night when five hundred
extra men were put on at the Black
.rock and Elm T.Iln -iiianecii^p —
ing times of war Butte has no e<|uul
in the United States if not in th
world. There Is not a laborer work
ing underground uho does not reoe.vc
$4.75 for a shift of eight hours whilst
shnftmen and other skilled labor is
paid in accordance.
The zinc propert'ts of Butta have
proven to be of the greatest value
since the outbreak of war. They arc
inoufl mines ns the Alice and Lexington
employ twice the number of men they
did three years a go.
Steam is now cut out from the
working of the mines of Butte ard
everything is run by compressed air
which has a central compression alant
at tin- High Ore nVine. All of the hoists
are run by air whilst the pumps nre
handled by electricity. Power is gen
..i. it-a n.i. » ■ « t_•
ill the last three years.
Zinc recovery is made b\ the n \v
process of flotation which is tlic most
successful method ever yet invented
and all of the Clark output 'is treated
at Timber Butte.
Attendant prosperity is evident
j throughout the city on all sides. Busi
ness houses of all kinds are doing a
roaring trade and the help Is kept
busy every minute of the day.
Real estate has gone tip three hun
dred per cent and more building is
now under way than In any other
city throe times the size tn the United
States.
There are no idle men in Butte and
there 'is work for everybody.
Did it ever strike you Me. Husband