FOOD BILL PASSES THE SENATE
THE NOME DAILY NUGGET
VOLUME XVII. NO. 297. TILEPnONE MAIN 4« NOME, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JULY 21, 1917. TELEPHONE MAIN 4«. PRICE 25 CENTS
SUBMARINE LOSSES HAVE
AVERAGED MILLION TONS MONTH
By Associated Press.
WASHINGTON. July 21.—Figures
in the possession of the government
disclose that the losses to allied and
neutral shipping have totaled sinSe
tile beginning of (he period of un
restricted warfare a ill'll lion tons per
month.
The figures now in the possession
of the administration are based on the
best information possessed by the al
lied governments relative to their In
dividual ship losses.
They further reveal that: the week*
ly statments from London based on
the registered tonnage are far below
the actual tonnage lost through the
(ierman activities and disclose only a
small part of the actual ship losses
wlVich have occurred.
The government figures show be
yond a doubt that the losses during
the unrestricted campaign have av
eraged the tremendous total of one
million tons deadweight per month
and also that the destruction of mer
chantmen hitherto available for al
lied commerce is four times greater
than the total tonnage laiilt during
the same period.
The report has excited considerable
comment in administration circles ow
)
Ing to its relation to the government
shipbuilding program and the pros
pect of the United States being able
to build sufficient ships to meet U
boat problem and offset the huge
losses inflicted by the Teutons.
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CABINET DISCORD LEADS TO
RESIGNATION OF PRINCE LVOFF
By Associated Press.
PTHOUn.U), July 21—After a
stormy meeting of the aabinet, I’rlnee
KvofT, premier and minister of the
Interior under the provisional gov
ernment, handed in his resignation to
day and was succeeded by minister
of war and Marine Kerensky, who
arrived last night from the southern
provinces.
The resignation of tile former pre
mier is said to have been precipi
tated by the severe criticism of Ker
ensky who delivered a scathing re
Inike to the cabinet members and also
the military officials for their failure
to rise to the occasion in meeting the
recent outbreak of the radical social
ists.
Kerensky spared no choice of words
^in his remarks and declared that the
failure lo suppress the mutiny before
it develop<l alarming features was an
error which no excuses could condone.
The severe arraignment of the war
minister apparently brought on a
wordy controversy which resulted in
I’rinee l.voff handing in his portfolio.
The cabinet immediately turned the
ofllcc of premier over to Kerensky."
Oetachments of soldiers and sail
ors armed with loaded rifles arrest
ed thirty-six radical socialists dele
gates who were attempting to carry
discord amongst the sailors on the
Baltic war fleet.
The radicals had already succeed
ed in gelling aboard several of the
torpedo destroyer units when appre
hended by the detachments sent to
arrest them.
They were immediatly taken ashore
and placed in prison.
As further measure of protection
against future uprisings, Minister
Kerensky has ordered the disbanding
of the several regiments of sold'iets
who participated In the Petrograd dis
turbances by assisting the rioters to
defend themselves from the loyal
t loops.
More troops are arriving from the
front to take the places of the dis
loyal regiments in guarding the city.
THIRTY TWO SEATTLE UNIONS
THREATEN SYMPATHETIC STRIKE
B yAssociated Press.
SRATTL'.O, July :i — Tbr. Ibl.ldig
Trades Co : i il which c<i-.in i>; t;i -
ty-two unions in this city with a
total membership of more than five
thousand, today notified the various
unions under its jurisdiction to hold
themselves in readiness to sti'ike by
way of showing their sympathy for
the cause of the striking carmen.
The police of the city have also
formed a temporary union and the
members of the force have absolute
ly refused to assist the traction com
uany by guarding the ears which tlie
company is attempting to operate
with strike breakers. Thirteen mem
hers of the city police force were.
discharged yesterday because of the'
refusal to ride on street ears with the
strike breakers.
The action of the Building Trades
Comic'll in threatening a general strike
lias thrown the business and manu
facturing interest into ft state bor
dering on panic and there is little
doubt that their influence will speed
ily l>e hrougth to bear on the trac
tion magnates to end the strike by
granting the light demand of tin*
striking carmen.
The refusal of the police force to
participate in t tic strike by guard
I
mg cars sent out with strikebreakers
has created a sensation anil lias also
stirred up a storni of strife in official
world. The police heads tried every
possible method to induce the men
to protect the strike breakers before
discharging them and are threatening
make additional releases unless the
policemen obey their orders.
So far the situation has been qu'iet
although a number of cars attempt
ing to run with the assistance of the
strikebreakers were stoned and the
windows broken before being with
drawn.
Popular sympathy is largely with
the carmen who are standing firm on
their demand for Recognition of the
union and the right to organize.
i WILL WITHDRAW TROOPS
FROM COPPER MINES
B /Associated Press.
PHOENIX, July 21.—An official
statement from I ho governor's office
announces that the government is
contemplating the early withdrawal
of the federal troops at present en
gaged in guarding the Arizona copper
mines against labor disorders.
The statement says that the sol
diers will be withdrawn from the dis
trict by August first, as there ap
pears no further necessity for their
employment, conditions having again
assumed a normal aspect with the
deportation of the I. W. W. element
Every home in Nome should have
the Nugget delivered to it—Subecribo
how and keep the houaehold enlighten
ed—$2.00 per month by carrier.
UMATILLA CLEARS FOR
THIRD TRIP OF SEASON
By AiaocUted Press.
SEATTLE. July 21.—The Admiral
lino steamer Umatilla sailed for Nome
and Boring sea at eleven this morn
ing with a large cargo of supplies
for the northern mining camps and a
passenger list of forty seven persons
for Nome and St. Michael:
The following passengers were
aboard when the steamer pulled out
for her long voyage to the north:
Mrs. Dorothy Riley, Elinor i<ooch,
Mrs. Dave Dunbar, Mary Be'mont, II.
D. Mead and wife, Miss Hazel Kirk,
J. E. Miller and w'lfe F. ,f. Merritt,
. I
I i firry Pigeon, F. It. Crowder, O S.
V A aver and wife, O. N. Niden, (J. It.
Griffin, Lillian Crusnl, Mrs. Harry
Htevfen, Mrs. It. C. Sbel.cn, Emily
Ftookberger, C. K. Malri' r and wife,
ul.-.f Fosoo and wife, Orel i.itdy, Al
vin Johnson Eliza Johnson, George
F.iwrley, Fred Walter, L. !■’ Murphy,
J. Cooney, J. Nava, Frank Bvker. W.
E. White, A. Logan, Andrew Lusac,
Win. Maloney, E. Fisher, J. Tanna
hilj, P. Cillon, Wm. Dnvidson, H.
Blrvman, H. J. Wilder, A. Q, Holt,
Win. Brose, A. Eupuralnan, Chas. C.
Anson.
FINAL VOTE ON FOOD
I BILL EXPECTED TONIGHT
By Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, July 21—The art
ministration food bill, the most bitter
; ly contested measure that has been
submitted to the senate in years, will
receive the final touches at the hands
of Hie senate today and is expected
to come to final vote in accordance
with the previous agreement, soiik
time during the day.
The hill was taken up in the cham
ber th'is morning and the work of
chopping and hammering out all tint
the most essential items was resum
ed with avidity to an accompaniment
of verbal pyrotechnies fully equal to
these which has graced the earlier
days of tlie measure’s tuitsage through
the senate.
As it stands at present, tlie Hill pre
sents little similarity to the measure
as it was first submitted and there
is every indication that it will he still
further distorted before the final vote
has been taken.
With such a vast amount of wrang
ling apparently due before the hill
comes up for final passage it may lie
late tonight before the measure is
t finally disposed of. The democrats
are predicting a great fight when the
measure goes to the conference com
mittee for final adjustment.
Ia»ter -
Pood Bill Passed by Senate.
WASHINGTON, July 21.—The sen
ate, with lint six dissenting' votes,
passed tlie administration food bill
in emasculated form this afternoon.
The measure as submitted for final
approval has been virtually rewrit
ten and bears little resemblance to
the house food Hill hut still gives the
president broad authority to regulate
the prices of food feed and fuels.
Thq measure also .provides that a
board of three food commissioners
shall conduct the food and fuel con
trol.
Another feature of the measure is
a clause providing for a minimum
price of two dollars per bushel on
wheat during the war period.
The bill prohibits further manu
facture of distilled liquors and au
thorizes the president to buy up all
| distilled beverages 'in bond.
SENATE PASSES
AVIATION BILL
By Associated Press. |
W’ASHNGTON, July T -The ad
ministration bill calling fur an .ij•
propriatlon of six hundred ami forty
millions of dollars for ilic develop
ment of an immense aeroplane fleet
passed the senate today without
amendment and with practically no
decided opposition.
Having already passed the house in
its present form, the measure will
now go before the president for his
signature.
FEDERATED CHURCH.
The usual Sunday school service
will he held at II o'clock a. m. at
I he Federated church next Sunday.
There will he no evening service at
the Federated church as services will
he held at St.Mary’s Kplscopal church.
The public is invited and requested
to attend.
Elite Baths open night and day,
Billy Anderson proprietor.
! WESTERN COMEDY TONIGHT
CHAPLIN SUNDAY
Lionel Barrymore will he featured
ton'ight in n real funny western
drama comedy, "The Quitter,” a five
part Metro production. Full of red
blooded action and thrills, with comic
siuations, throughout the entire play,
it is bound to make a big "hit." Sun
day niglit Charles Chaplin, the wot Id’s
greatest laugh-maker, will star In one
of lbs latest. I*'ig successes, "The Vag
abond.” It goes without saying that it
is a scream. A late Pa I he News,
with its world events, will also he
projected on the screen. As usual
Sunday night the first show starts at
6:30 sharp.
BRANDIES ADMITS ANARCHIST
LEADERS TO BAIL
! By Associated Press.
NEW VOHK, July 21. Through
order of Supreme Justice Brandies
granting an appeal to Emma Gold
man and Alexander Berk man, the an
archist leaders, who were sentenced
to the penitentiary for a term of two
years for sedition and conspiracy
against the army draft order, by the
il'istrict court, the convict'd pair will
be allowed their liberty pending the
hearing of the appeal on depositing
bail in the sum of $25,000 each.
VIOLENT NIGHT FIGHTING
AGAIN DEVELOPS ON
FRENCH FRONT
By Associated Press.
PARIS, JUly 21.—Violent fighting
again developed on the French front
long the Aisne river and in a south
westerly direction from the town of
ferny in upper Alsace, last night.
The official war office statement
says lhat the fighting along the Aisne
was of great intensity and resulted
in heavy losses to the attacking Oer
ni^tn waves which bore down on the
French positions through a large por
ion of the night.
The Germans are reported to have
twice penetrated the French trenches
after severe fighting of the hand to
hand order hut were later driven oul
by French counter attacks.
In the Alsace fighting the Germnnsl
made a strong effort to force the!
French lines after it heavy cannonade!
Gut were driven back by the French J
artillery fire.
The Hermans also made several
savage attacks on ofh.*»* sections of
the French battle line but were re
pulsed with heavy losses in every
instance.
In the Alsne lighting the Germans
suffered espec'ially heavy losses and
| left tlie ground before tlie French
I trenches littered with numereus dead
[ and wounded.
GEORGE DECLARES MICHAEL
SPEECH SHOWS GERMAHY’S
CHOICE FOR WAR
By Associated Press.
I .ON DON, July 21—After a chnr
accerist'ieally calm and Incisive annly
slst of the speech of the German
chancellor before the reichstng yes
terday, Premier T.loyd-George declar
ed today that the address of Chan
cellor Michael meant nothing less than
If Germany is victorious, there will
be annexations all around and the
'German military autocracy will be
stablisheii more firmly than ever.
“The speech." George declared,
shows conclusively that those who are
directing the affa'jrs of Germany have
made their choice for war."
The efforts of Michael to evade the
peace settlemnt issue are, the pre
mier said, the best possible evidence
that Gremany has no Intention of
making a peace settlement declara
tion, despite the passage of the tea
olutlon of the relehstag majority de
manding that the government set
forth the tersin on which it is willing
to make peace with the national
enemies.
Moonlight water at tha City Bath
House.