THE NOME DAILY NUGGET
VOLUME XVI. NO. gi. TELEPHONE MAIN « NOME, ALASKA. SATLjRDAY, MAR. 18, igi6. TELEPHONE MAIN 48. * pri-S 28 cents
SAYS CONGRESS WILL
GO THE LIMIT; PREPAREDNESS
A p A Service*
WASHINGTON, March 17.—
Both the senate and house of
representatives side tracked all
other legislation today and gave
the right of way to immediate
consideration of the preparedness
legislation. Senator Chamberlain
chairman of the senate committee
on military affairs, reported the
final draft of the army bill out of
committee this afternoon and both
branches of congress commenced
its consideration.
Chamberlain and several others
will address the senate on behalf
of the measure while Speaker
Clark and others will support it
in the house.
To all appearances the mem-'
hers of both houses are unanimous
n wishing the preparedness mat
ter settled and over with and it
is not expected that decided op
position will be encountered from'
any direction. The sudden turn
in the Mexican situation is un
doubtedly at the back of the pres
cut attitude of complaisance as
many of the congressmen who
hitherto maintained an uncertain
attitude toward the preparedness
issue are now openly in favor of
increasing the defenses of the na
tion. During a general discus
sion of the jubject today Chair
man Hay said: “There is little
doubt that in case it came to war,
congress would go to any extent
in the enlargement of the army.”
a»UB3CRIBE FOR TUB NTTOOBT
SHERIFF SAYS HE WILL
MAKE BIG EXPOSE OF UPPER TEN
A. P. A. Service.
SEATTLE, March 18.—Sher
iff Hodge publicly charged today
that several prominent men of
this city are aiding Mrs. Clay
burg to resist extradition from
Los Angeles and at the same time
threatened to make an expose in
connection with the Sichler black
mailing case that will shake the
upper ten to its foundations, if
they did not desist in their ef
forts to prevent the woman from
being returned. ____
“I announce right here and
now,” said the sheriff, “that if
they don’t withdraw and let the
law take its proper course I will
turn over to the newspapers
every bit of evidence I have got,
including the names of every vic
tim gracing the photographs tak
en by Sichler and his accomplices
luring the past two years of op
eration and also the photographs
'hemselves.”
authorities in their efforts to have
the Clayburg woman brought
back to face the court and he is
willing to show up the whole af
fair rather than allow the dispen
sation of justice to be hindered by
those who fear that their reputa
tions will suffer.
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AMERICANS ARE
LEAVING MEXICO
A. P. A. Service.
EL PASO, March 18.—At
practically every point of entry
along the northern and north
western frontier, Americans have
arrived today from the interior
of Mexico, according to dispatch
es received here’
In the majority of instances
they assert that they are leaving
Mexico merely as a precaution
ary measure and not because of
any overt acts of hostility against
them- With few exceptions the
refugees say that the Mexi
cans have made no attempt
to injure them in any degree and
there is little indication of law
lessness in the interior,
i Arrivals from Torreon report
that British Consul Boshea called
a meeting of the Americans re
maining in that city Wednesday
night for the purpose of select
ing an American representative
to deal with him in as he has
taken charge of American inter
ests since the departure of A.
Williams, the American consul.
It is stated that R. I. Bonnet, a
former representative of the state
department, was selected to look
out for the interests of the Am
ericans.
SECOND BATTALION 14TH
INF. FOR ALASKA
A- P. A. Service.
SEATTLE, March 17.—The
Second battalion of the Four
teenth infantry at present station
ed at Fort Lawton may be sent
to Alaska to relieve the battalion
of he same regiment now doing
'duty in the territory.
STATE DEPARTMENT
ORDERS INVESTIGA
TION TUBANTIAi
A. P. A. Service.
WASHINGTON, March 18.—.
The state department today or-!
dered the American representa
tives in Holland to make a thor
ough investigation of the sinking
of the Dutch liner Tubaritia. At
torney Polk, counselor of the
ctate department announced to
day that the government will de
termine whether the destruction
->f the vessel was due to a sub
marine or mine before taking
•my action. It is admitted that
the attack will become a prom
■nent factor in the German nego
tiations in case it is found that
fhe sinking was due to a subma
rine.
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BERMANS LOSE OUARTER
MILLION AT VERDUN
t\. P. A. Service
PARIS, March 18.—Reports
arriving here daily state that thej
German losses about Verdun are
appalling. It is said that at least
a quarter million men have been
sacrificed by the Germans in the
terrific attempts to storm the
forts surrounding the great
French stronghold and whole
fields of dead stretch before, the
center of the greatest activities.
Officers arriving here say that
the sight through field glasses
baffles all description. Tens of
thousands of dead and wounded
idldiers are pued in all directions
as far as the eye can see and in
places they are piled in neaps
where the French machine guns
tore great gaps in the charging
masses. As one French com
mander declares: “It is not war,
it is scientific slaughter.”
The worst feature of the terri
fic slaughter, according to the|
statements is that the thousands
of wounded have no chance for
succor and many have been ly
ing in plain sight of the French
positions for days without a sin
gle chance for relief 'owing to
the jtjjtstant hail of death sweep-1
to
ere ft . 1—'V; 1
mans cease their efforts practical?
ly every one of the unnumbered
wounded will perish. The French
have made such efforts as were
possible to reach and succor the
helpless but there is little op
portunity Hundreds of the Ger
mans have managed to crawl to|
thf French lines during the dark-1
ness and have been given atten
tion.
GERMANS AT
A STANDSTILL
A. P. A. Service.
PARIS, March 18.—The war
office announced this afternoon
that since the German massed at
tacks Thursday night against the
village and Fort Vaux, the Ger
amns have not advanced a single
rod against the defending forts
around Verdun. The Germans
have made small gains of terri
tory southeast of the fortress but
along the main line of the attack
they have achieved no results
whatever during the past two
days, in spite of the terrific of
fensive maintained day and night,
ft was officially announced today
that French aviators have fought
over thirty aerial duels with the
German airmen during the past
two days ever the region around
Verdun. The French airmen are
also reported to have made raids
on several important military po
sitons and have bombarded sev
eral German cities.
iAYS UND OF
WAR IN SIGHT*
A P. A. Set vice. ....
PARTS, March ttS^Referring
to the failure of the Germans to
make further advances against
•he French positions around Ver
dun during a speech on the finan
cial and military situation in the
liamber of deputies today, Ribot,
‘lie minister of finance, declared'
dnt the Germans have readied'
he ultimate of their offensive
powers and have failed complete
y at all points. “We have reach
d the decisive hour,” the minis
er declared,” and we can say,
without exaggeration and with
in t illusion and without vain op
imistn that we can now see the
•ncl of this horrible war.”
AERIAL ACTIVITIES
AROUND VERDUN
A- P. A. Service.
LONDON, March 18.—Re
ports from the Verdun fighting
oday state aerial operations have
jeen a marked feature of the night
ighting during the past twenty
:our hours and a total of thirty
tir engagements have been fought
between the French and German
airmen over the Verdun fields. A
number of machines from both
sides are reported to have been
destroyed with the German suf
fering the larger share of the
losses. French aeros raided sev
eral German military depots with
telhrjjj effect. Decasa*. a noble
man aviator of the French avia
tion corps is reported to Have
been killed in an air battle just
as he had succeeded in bringing
down a German machine- ~~
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BIG BATTLE BETWEEN VILLA
AND CARRANZA FORCES
A- P. A. Service.
EL PASO, March 18.—Advices
from Torreon this morning state
that fighting between the Carran
za and Villa forces has been in
progress since early yesterday
forenoon in the vicinity of Can
| von. Chorritas near Noe in the
j Torreon district. News of the
outcome of the battle is expected
! to reach here tomorrow.
The Villa commander is said to
Juan Modrid. Reliable reports
(have also reached Torreon that
j twentv-six men have been killed
and something like thirty captur
ed in a battle between the Car
anzists and the so-called “paci
licists,” somewhere in the vicin
ity of Durango. The pacificists
are said to have been led by Gen
erals Banuelos and Hernandez,
! both of whom are opposed to
| Carranza According to state
ments issued at army headquar
ters, the American cavalrymen
! were encamped at dawn today
at Colonia-Dublan on the envir
lons of Casa Grande
The reports say that the Amer
! icans arrived there during the
I nirdit. Through Colonia-Dublan
runs the road to the Galena dis
trict, twenty-five miles southeast
where Villa was last definitely
heard rom.
News of the encampment of the
cavalry at Colonia-Dublan dis
pels all fears of any disputes with
the constitutionalist authorities
over what positon the American
troops will occupy in Casa
Grandes. The announcement is
generally taken as an excellent
indication that there wilf be little
or no friction between the Mexi
■ ns and Americans.
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King Oscar, Norwegian, per dozen, $2.25, per can.aoc
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Judice, 1-4, Portugal, per dozen, $1.75, 3 cans.50c
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Lobsters, Reliance .Per doz $4-5° ^'er Can 40c
Tuna Fish, White Star .Per Doz $2.50 Per Can 254
Caviar i-8s .Per doz $4.50 Per Can 40c >
Crab, Midnight Sun .Per doz $4-5° ^er '-an “F30
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