THE NOME DAILY NUGGET
VOLUME XVI. NO| 189. TELEPHONE MAIN 46 NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 12, 1916. TELEPHONE MAIN 46. PRLE 25 CENTS
GERMANS FAIL IN NIGHT
ATTACKS;_VERDUN
A. P. A. Service.
PARIS, July 12.—After a slight eli -
ininuntion of the attacks during the
period of the Somme offensive, the
Hermans have again resumed their
terrific drives at Verdun. The war
otfice communique this morning states
that nine successive drives were
launched against the French posi
tions in the Headman's llill region
last night none of which were ef
fective.
Two of the attacks were of great
weight and intensity And carried for
ward on a widely extended front. The
remaining assaults were light and
were repulsed without difficulty. As
usual, the Germans drove forward
with merciless persistency in
spite of the intense machine gun lire
directed against the charging lines.
Troops fell by the hundred at every
charge while the waves of men beat
against the French defenses. With
the dawn of morning the ground was
black with dead and wounded. Fol
lowing the suspension of the infan
try attacks the Germans again re
newed the intense artillery fire main
tained for the past two days.
WORK ON FAIRBANKS-NENANA
RAILROAD UNDER WAY
A. 1*. A. hervice.
I-'A lit BAN K S, July 12.—The work
, of constructing the Nenana-Fair
hanks section of the government rail
road is now in full swing and con
siderable progress has already been
attained in I ho preliminary work. At
the present time the commission i:
engaged in building a wagon road
along the line of the railroad from
Fairbanks to Nenana to facilitate op
erations. No actual railroad con
struction has been instituted as yi i
hut will be commenced as soon as
the wagon road is completed. The
commission has also let many station
contracts. Although it was earlier
intimated that labor troubles might
develop ho far there has been no ten
dency in this direction. Engineer
Itiggs has the situation well in hand
and everything is going forward
smoothly.
WOMAN FIRST
NENANA BOOTLEGGER
A. I*. A. Service.
FAIRBANKS, July 11.—The first
bootlegging case to develop in the
new government town at Nenana was
brought to Fairbanks today when
i
Mrs. Anton Christopher was brought
to town and charged with selling li- :
<tuor in defiance of (lie government
inhibition. The woman will be .given '
a hearing tomorrow.
POLITICAL POT IS SIMMERING.
JUST ARRIVED NEW SHIPMENT
OF FRESH GOODS OF EVERY
DISCRETION
In Cold Storage we Have
1’RES If STRAWBERRIES, PER BOX.35c
FRESH RASPBERRIES PER BOX.25c i
FRESH BLACKBERRIES, PER BOX.25c
FRESH LOGANBERRIES ,l'ER BOX .25c
FRESH CURRANTS, PER BOX. .25c
FOR OUR UELICATESSEN DEPARTMENT WE HAVE
JELLIED SOUCED ‘IGS F' ‘ET PER POUND .25c |
JEld.TED LAMB TONGUE, PER 1’OIIND .50c
BAKED MEAT LOAF, PER POUND.25c j
TONGUE SAUSAGE, PER POUND.35c
PRESSED HAM, PER POUND .35c
DELICATESSEN SAUSAGE, PER POUND ..25c j
SMOKED SALMON, PER POUND.35c
FIlU'OlS HADDOCK, PER POUND.S5c
BREAKFAST CHEESE, PER 3 FOR.25c
Ipolets Stores
| Coffees SFresfi Roasted Daify j
GERMAN SUBMARINE
SHELLS BRITISH TOWN
a. P. A. Service.
LONDON, July 12.—A German sub
marine suddenly appeared in Seaham
Harbor, a sinal town on the Durham
coast, today and subjected the place
to a severe shelling. Several build
ings were damaged and one woman
was killed. Seaham Harbor is an un
fortified town and this fact probably
accounts for the unusual action of
the German boat in approaching with
in range. After firing indiscriminate
ly for some time the submarine final
ly retired on the approach of a patrol
boat.
RUSSIAN ADVANCE CAUSES GRAVE
APPREHENSION HUNGARY
A. I*. Y. Serviiy.
MILAN, July 13. The great Rus
sian advance in the Galician province
is causing grave apprehension in Hun
gary. The alarm is not confined to
Hungary alone as good information in
dicates that fear of the ultimate re
sult of the seemingly irrestible ad
vance of the Slav armies is grudual
v spreading over the whole country.
The apprehension is further increased
by the absence of news due to most
f file lines of communication being
interrupted.
Kxcept for a few lines in the north
west seidions, the principal lines of
communication are now in the hands
of the Russians and little information
is reaching Vienna relative to recent
de.velopments. The growing fear of
the Austrians is reflected in tumult
uous scenes that have taken place in
the Hungarian parliament during the
past several days. The Hungarian
informant publishes accounts of vio
lent scenes in the Hungariutt
, chamber of deputies which
have their inception in the ter
rific defeats to which the Austrians
have been subjected. The same pa
is admits that the situation is look
ed upon as the gravest period of the
war with widespread alarm becoming
daily more manifest. The same au
thority states that panic reigns along
the Hukowina border and thousands
are fleeing to the interior in antici- <
pation of a Russian attack.
GERMANS ATTACKING
ATJANY POINTS
i
t. 1*. A. tsecvtce.
I’AIUS, July 12.—In addition to re
newing the struggle for Verdun to
day the Germans are also conduct
ing a heavy offensive in Gorrainc and
the Vosges section. Fighting of the
most savage character is going on in
the Vosges with tlte Germans making
frantic efforts to dislodge the French
from heavily fortified positions. The
Teutons are also endeavoring t<^ 11 x
their grip on the Thiaumont works
anti are carrying on a fierce attacks
both east anti west of that position
in tin effort to force the French to
evacuate the adjacent terrain.
DEUTSCHLAND CREW
GETS PRESENT
a. IV A. Service.
NKW VOliK, July 1. In recogni
tion of their feat in crossing the At
lantic in a submarine, the crew of
the German under water liner Deut
schland were toda> presented with .1
check calling for ten thousand dol
lars.
The check was a gift from August
Hockshar, a wealthy German of this
(,-ily. The remarkable feat of the
German diver is still the subject of
wide comment which is further en
hanced by the announcement that
other vessels are on the way to Am
erica by the under seas route.
The Deutschland will return to Ger
tnanj with her entire freight space
filled with the much desired nickel
and rubber and other commodities
much needed in tip1 German empire.
MEXICANS FIGHTING AT
GERRO BLANCO
A. I*. A. Service.
TUI III.till'A, July 12. imports
received by the military authorites
I his afternoon declare that it fierce
oat tie is in progress today between
the t'arranza forces and VUlaistas in
t ne vicinity ot t’erro Blanco below
i arral. The Villaistas are reported
t«, lie concentrtitid in that section in
!mi re number c.’-d are offering heavy
ml.stance to the government troops.
JAPAN TO SPEND
$125,000,00 ON NAVY
A. P. A. Service.
TOKIO, July 12.—Announcement
of the details of the naval construc
tion plan formulated by the govern
ment discloses that a total of one
hundred and twenty five millions will
be expended in the construction of
new additions to the Japanese war
fleet during the next six years. The
outlined program includes several
ships of the battle cruiser type and
also devotes a considerable sum for
the construction of submarines.
ELKS ELECT NEW RULER.
A. P. A. Service.
BALTIMORE. July 12.—Edward O.
Rlghter, of New Orleans, was elect
ed grand exalted ruler of the B. P. O.
E. at the convention here today.
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BERLIN ASSERTS RUSSIANS
CHECKED BT RINDENBER6
A. I*. A. Service.
BERLIN. July 12.—Von Hlndenberg
has completely checked the Russian
drive against the German front and
no Russian activities along this front
are reported in the war office reports
this morning. Instead tlie Germans
are now commencing it counter offen
sive which is expected to drive the
Russians from the recently captured
positions north of Kovel.
The general staff also asserts that,
the latter citty is in no danger of cap
lure at present owing to a considera
ble strengthening of the military
forces during the past two days. The
Russian offensive is dwindling dailv
and is expected to cease altogether
in a short time.
The Germans are again resuming
P b■'» offensive on thd Somme front
lately suspended because of the ter
rific activities of the Franco-British
forces. The allied losses during the
attempted drive have proven enor
mously costly, thousands of men he
ing sacrificed in the effort to gain
positions of minor importance. The
general staff asserts that the allied
gains are unimportant save at on
point and this cannot seriously affect
the tenure of the German occupancy
in the Somme region. The situation
is looked upon as entirely satisfac
tory.
i*i.e Family Paper is the Vnm«
Daily Nugget.
ANCHORAGE REPUBLICANS
NOMINATE WICKERSHAM
A. P. A. Service.
ANCHOKACJK, ,lul> 12.- At a meet
ing of lla Anchorage repuhliean club
last night resolutions were adopt'd
condemning the action of the recent
republican convention at Seward and
declaring that it was controlled and
dominated by individual Interests, po
litical bosses and non-residents and
was without consideration for the
wishes of the people.
The club then proccdcd to nomin
nte YVickerman as Ihe candidate of
the republican party and adopted a
resolution inviting all republicans to
co-operate in .1 movement to secure
his re-election. A big mass meeting
of residents of Anchorage and vicin
ity will be held Thursday evening lo
endorse the Wickershntn nomination
and the action of Ihe republican clttli.
ANCHORAGE DAIRY TIMES
\VE PRINT EVERYTHING- Nl'GGET
GERMANS REGAIN GROUND
ON SOMME FRONT
A. I1, A. Service.
LONDON, July 12.—Reports from
the British headquarters in Northern
France today admit that the Germans
have regained a portion of the ground
lost to the British forces during the
severe fighting of the past week.
The war office statement today says
that the Germans have heen heavily
reinforced in the Somme section and
delivered strong attacks against the
^b|ritish last night. Heavy fighting
occurred in the Mamets wood and also
in the Troyes wood, the enemy gain
ing Home ground in hath places. The
Herman attacks were particularly
t weighty in the latter section and
gained a number of trenches.
The fighting continued during a
larger portion of the night. Roth
sides were conducting fierce artil
lery actions this morning.
WHITE BEATS WELLS
IN FOURTH ROUND
A. P. A. Service.
BOSTON, July 12. Charley White
defeated Mat Wells, the Plnglish
lightweight in the fifth round of a
scheduled twelve round bout last
night. The little Hebrew tighter had
things all his own, way front the tap
of the gong until a hard right to the
jaw laid Wells away for the Tount.
rite scrap was a big attraction to the
fans and a large audience greeted the
boxers.
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AT TENTION ROYAL ARCH MA
SONS.
Regular meeting of Seward Chap
ter No. 2, Thursday evening, July 12.
l<'ulI attendance is desired.
e. w. m RRorairs.
Secretary.
WEATHER REPORT.
July U, 191
Temperature- Max., 52; min. (2.
Barometer— 29.82 Inches.
Weather—Partly cloudy.
Wind S., 2 miles per hour.
Precipitation!—.04 inches.