THE NOME DAILY NUGGET
VOLUME XVII. NO. 120. TELEPHONE MAIN 46 NOME, ALASKA, THURSDAY, MAY 17, 1917. TELEPHONE MAIN 46. PRICE 25 CENTS
iTt BATTLESHPS NOW CRUISE IN ZONE OF WAR
BIG FLEET OF U. S. WAR SHIPS
ARE NOW IN THE WAH ZONE
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International News Service.
WASHINGTON, May 16—(Delajed
in transmission.)—American war ves
sels are doing their bit according to
official announcement made here this
afternoon which admitted that many
American ships-of-war had arrived in
the war zone and had been saluted
by the vessels of the allied fleets.
The. first reports of the arrival of
American battleships came from Lon
don and Paris as the navy department
here suppressed the news of the de
parture of the war vessels until their
safe arrival on the other side was re
ported.
The navy department made the of
ficial announcement this afternoon
that It will publish the active work of
the American sh'ips in the war zone.
It is also officially announced by the
department that the American fleet
will be under command of the allied
admirals who will direct all operations.
This will not interfere with the in
dividual command of American war
ships. They will have to work 'in
conjunction with the fighting ships of
the allied nations and this under
standing was made at the joint Anglo
French conference which was held
here.
The fastest and must powerfully
armed war vessels in the I ailed
States navy are those whic h have lin n
sent over. They left Lite Atlantic ■ >
hoard ten days ago iiudei s.ah I or
ders and a rendezvous at a certain
latitude at a given time was s- l. At
this point in the \llantir nnan the
fighting fleet of the railed Slates
navy ire< and in ha tile form it i n
. steamed into the war zone.
| ‘All this was accomplished without
j a sing!* newspaper throughout the
| roii'ii \ being the wiser and it was
| not • • \ »■ it dreamed of that the great -
jest T liting un'its of the I'nited States
ui'ic outside of the range of our
! land bill lertes.
Eyys $1.00 a dozen at Prossor's j
1 Harness Shop. Phone Black 5.
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AMERICAN WOMAN SHOT AS
SPY BY GERMAN OFFICIALS
international Newt Service.
ST, FRANC1SVILLE. III., May 17.—
(Delayed in transmission.)—Lined up
before a firing squad and shot as a
spy 'in Germany was the fate of Mrs.
Janus Couch, wife of a local minister
of this town, according to a cable
received from Berne this morning.
The cable states that the execution
was carried out as the result of n
courtinartlal in which letters written
to friends in the United States by
Mrs. Couch were produced. In these
letters the American woman severely
critclsed the kaiser as well ns stating
the general conditions of affairs in
] Germany.
At sunrise on Friday Inst the execu
tion was carried out according to the
cable received. The authorities at
Washington have been notified of the
wire received and are imiuit'mg into
the matter.
Mrs. Couch is well known In this
city where she resided for many
years. She was in Germany at the
outbreak of the war uni lor troatment
•of a specialist uml intend' I roturn
* mg home when war with (I rmany was
j (locliirf.nl 11y tin* lTnited Slates
Thu authuntieii y of the win* is not
J i|oust ioned. It is sunt from the Am
urK*a.n consulate at li'iai*. I'urflnr
j details are anxiously nwaitid from
Washington In the matter.
Don't miss hearing the dust “Hush!
Here Comes the Dream Man,’ by Mar
tha Coke and Cifford Holden.
DYNAMITE SOO LOCKS
6 KILLED MANY INJURED
International Now* Service.
SAULT ST. MARIE Mny 17.—Mar
tial law in Michigan follows the dy
namiting of the Soo locks at an early
hour this morning .when six men were
killed and a number severely Injured,
the explosion having been so terrible
that an enormous amount of dyna
mite must have been used.
At Fort Brady pier one of the coast
guardsmen was killed and others were
thrown off their feet by the shock
of the explosion, the entire staff rush
ed to scene of the disaster but the per
DISCARDS UW BOOKS
PICKS UP GUI
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International News Service.
WASHINGTON, May 17.—Represen
tative Augustus Peabody Gardner of
Massachusetts has resigned h's scat.
In congress to go to the front against
the Germans, and states that . wi’i
wind up all of his business affairs
Immediately, so as to be able to take
his place in the line, the moment that
the first contingent *s sent to France
Gardner who was the pioneer cham
pion of the great preparedness move
ment that stirred the entire country
some months ago, is a reserve of
ficer of the United States army, hav
■ ing served as captain and assistant
adjutant general, on the staff if Gen
eral James H. Wilson during the
Spanish-American war.
Born, November 6, 1865, he has spent
most of his years in Massachusetts,
graduated from Harvard law school,
practiced law In Boston for many
years and In 1892 he married the
petrators of this plot hail made their
escape.
Troops from the fort have taken
charge of the district and federal of
ficers are now at work on the case but
all further information is being with
held.
It was felt that the locks were jfor
fectly guarded against any occur
rence of this nature, but in some un
known manner the dynamiters were
able to ga'in access to them and placed
the explosive where it would do the
most damage.
daugter of Senator Henry Cabot
Hodge.
He was elected to the fifty-seventh
congress in 1902 for the unexpired
term of Win. II. Moody who had re
signed, and has been a member since
that period.
MOTOR GAR FACTORY
DESTROYED RY FIRE
International News Service.
MACON, Ga„ May 17.—(Delayed in
transmission)—The Macon Motor Car
Company's plant was burned to the
ground last night, the entire plant is
reported a total loss.
This companly was working on con
tracts building trucks for the United
States government and as the fire was
of some unknown cause an investiga
tion is on foot to get at the bottom
of the matter.
The loss is estimated at approxi
mately three hundred thousand dol
lars and the plant had been only re
cently erected.
TO CALL OUT
NAT’L GUARD
International News Service.
WASHINGTON, May 17. (Delayed
in transmission) The entire national
guard are to he called out on the daj
conscription goes into efTeel, accord
ing to an official dement made hj
Secretary of War Tinker today. A
great many of the guard are now on
duty protecting railroads, bridges,
water front properties, treasury
brandies and government buildings,
but the full oomph merit will soon lie
doing active duty according to linker.
U. 3. TORPEDO
FLOTILLA TO LEAVE
FOR EUROPE
international News Service.
LONDON, May 17—It is officially
announced that a tlolillq of American
destroyers will leave for the war zone
at an early date. The navy depart
ment are making no secret of Ibis as
they figure the destroyers can take
good care of themselves on their trip
across the Atlantic.
These greyhounds of the battle line
will assist the allied nations in c has
ing tiie elusive submarine and it is
rumored that the American flotilla
will make the .Mediterranean their
hunting grounds as German and Aus
trian submarines have been quite ac
tive in these waters during the past
two months.
Did it ever strike you Mr. Husband
that Mrs. Wifey is entitled to have the
Nugget in her household—Do it now.
MUCH DISSI
!
International News Service.
i*Kll< HiltA I) May IT. On account j
of emitimied dissension and interfer- j
• n< f on lie part of the soldiers and '
workmen's i omiuittees in the city *
foreign Minister .Mi Ink off, one of 11ic ’
strongest men in the new provisional
government, resigned bis posit inn to
il \. M. Tii sell Tetiko, former minis- 1
tel of linance was a ppointed acting
to i e i g n minister. Minister of Wat*
M. < luslikoff at the same time resigned j
his poi toflio and was succeeded hy j
f -- ~ --—— 1
TO ANNEX BELGIUM
TO HUMBLE ENGLAND
I A M ST Kill >.\ M. M.i\ 17 To annev
1 hi Vnmi to tin Geiman empire and
t*» humble Kngland is the aim of
Germany, says the Volke Zeitung of
Cologne in discussing the speei-h of
i Rothman liollweg mad* in lln 1 i-. h
stag on Tuesday last.
This newspaper is very close to
the German goveinnont and the ar
ticle Is regarded as inspired. The
Zeitiung states that until this o .jeer
is attained by the German people then
111 be no peace.
It ridicules the idea of landing Ani
< nean troops in France and states
that all 'it imans is further activity
i»'t German Huhmaiines and it will
| bring lh> war to i speedier termina
tion which will be occasioned by the
\ shortage of food nr | munitions.
It stales that Germany is prepe ed
to launch a greater attack with htr1
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TO FRANCE OR JOIN
MILITIA SAYS TEDDY
International News Service. |
.Al.RANY, May 17. Theodore Itoosc
i
veil unnouncest hat he will accept a
majnr generalship in the stall’ inilit'ia !
in the event of his not being allowed j
to go to France with his volunteers. :
This announcement followed a con
ference of Roosevelt and (lovorner
Whitman which too place at the state
i a pi to] this morning during whtcli
Teddy is credited with saying that
there was hardly a chance of him be
ing refused the permission for which
he is fighting so hard.
RETURNS SHOW LESS
SUBMARINE ACTIVITY
International News Service.
LONDON, May 16.—(Delayer! ini
transmission) The official return of'
ships submarined last month was I
render**! by the admiralty today and
shows a total of twenty-three ships
sunk by derman U boats for the month
of April in comparison with forty-one
for tin* previous month.
Submarine activities have had finite
a lull in tin* present month and the
list of ships sunk will be much smaller
than an\ month this year according
to the present conditions. J
Many submarines have been cap
tured and sunk by the patrols who
have more than doubled their num
bers in the past six months. Marine
insurance rates are not so high this
month as they were last and taking
all things into consideration the sit
uation lias materially changed for tint
bet t or.
May day entertainment and dance.
Admission, ladies 50c, gentlemen,
gallery 50c, dance floor $1.00. Eagle
Hall, Saturday night.
ENSION PREVAILS
IN RUSSIAN CABINET
A. Ken nskii, a prom'inent socialist
who was formerly minister of jus
tice.
\fter the overthrow of the czar the
provisional committee in charge "f
the government announced that in or
der to secure a durable pence, Russia
would neither ask for indemnity nor
tel Mini III emnpensa t ion.
The new m'inislr> that has taken
olliee refuse to he bound by this
ph-dge It has announced that a vic
torious Russia may see both terri
boats ami to this end has over »i
thousand of th*«i boas under con
st met Ion.
(Jerniany is not going to «»IT* i my
peace terms which the iM'-es exp'C*
her to make and will emit nine tin-war
with greater . t than a rctnfore.
CARD OF THANKS
Mrs. Mary Horn desires t«* .\pies.
her sincere thanks to all who rendered1
her their symapthy and assistance in j
her sore bereavement in the loss of
hei husband, U S. Horn
Do you subscribe for your home
town paper or do you let the other
fellow pay for your reining.
We want every one to be a sub'
scriber to the Nugget—Do it NOW.
He said further that in the event
of liis failure to lie allowed this privi
lege there will be over one hundred
and fifty thousand disappointed men
in tile country in addition to tlie mem
bers of his immediate family.
He is in possession of letters from
many volunteeers who are far past
the ages now being given as the ones
that are to be drawn through the con
scription plan and says that these
men all mean business and will join
the colors under him 'if he is allowed
to go to the front.
tonal ami pecuniary indemnities. Es
pecially will a victorious Russia in
sist oil tlie possession ot’ Constanti
nople and the l>at dam lh*s.
Tin* 'luma I»\ an ov< i wh* lining ma
jority < inlors«*d tli* action of tin* miu
isiiy. As :i result <*f tlli- ac tion S >1110
*'f tlie promim'ii ‘-•■ciilists have re
i used to join 'he ra w mimsfry. T 15
political .situ i in istill uncertain, if
not chaotic
Calling Cards at the Nugget Office
SI00,000,000
GOES TO RUSSIA
International News Service.
WASHINGTON', May 17. This nf
tfiniiim troasnrj \v;iri ml for One
hundred million dollars was handed
to Mr. t'onou pi i mutative of the
Russian provisional government ns a
loan for that country living a fur
tlioi insnrnnvi* of ilia active pnrtteipa
tion of llussia in the war.
Premier i.avoff cabled the deport
ment that matfvrs wore shaping up as
well as could he de-iiid far the new
provisional government find that on
(ho arrival of the American eomt ti - •
sion tin sjiciaiisis mil UUor ni. inlicis
would assuredly f..11 in line.
Tlie commission In n|ed l.y 1711liU
Itoot will leave willliu the next th|.
days. They have been In session hei •
or Ihe past three days and have map
ped out matters of greatest impoi ■ •
;inci' for the rehabilitation of Russ, i.
WASIIINCiTiiN, May 17. Belgium
received a loan of fir'y-five million
dollars today from the United States
when Treasurer MeAdoo turned over
to I lie Belgian representative a war
rant for this amount.
The nature of the loan and the
terms accompanying it are not given
out, but it is assumed that it is along
tlie lines of Ihe other loans to fore go
countries, and that moans low interest
and short term,
AMONG THE NOTABLES!
There has been much talk around
the city with reference to the mar
shslship of this division, Hmnor hath
it that Bob Nidi is sure io get the
Job—in fact that he has it in his
pocket—as lie is said to be a brotho,
In-law of Admiral Grayson- the p i
vate physician of President Wilson
who was so much in Ihe limelight a
short while back. The present in
cumbent is accorrfing to Bourko’s peer
ages a direct descendant of Robert
Emmet. What’s t’ie matter with h’tn?