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VOLUME XV. NO. 132. TELEPHONE MAIN 46. NOME. ALASKA, MONDAY, MAY 10. 1915. TELEPHONE MAIN 46 PRICE 25 CENTS
462 PASSENGERS AND 302 MEMBERS OF
CREW OF LUSITANIA WERE SAVED
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Revised Figures Show More Survivors
NEW YORK, May 10.—Further de
tails of tile great Lusitania disustei
continue to he received at Intervals
and although not entirely satisfying,
still throw some further light on the
circumstances attending the destruc
tion of tile giant liner. It is apparent
that a large percentage of the early
reports concerning the losses were
more or h ss in tlie- nature of approx
imations and it has heen determined
that not a few who were supposed to j
have perished are yet in the land of
the living.
61 Added to Those Saved.
The revised figures received today
add sixty-one persons to the list of
survivors making the known total of j
those saved 764. Of this number, it
is stated that 46.’ are passengers nini
the remainder. 1102. are members of
the crew.
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List of Survivors May be Increased. 1
While the revised figures are sup
posed to bo complete, the failure to
send the list of names of those known
to have survived leads to the belief
here that tho true number have not yet
been definitely determined and it is
thought that the final summary will
disclose an oven greater list of sur
vivors. it has been ascertained that
a considerable number of people were
picked up by small boats and subse
quently landed at points near the scene
of tho disaster, many of whom were
not reported until yesterday and it is
considered probable that more will yet
lie heard from.
Officers Overconfident.
Late Queenstown reports state that
the officers of the ship betrayed con
siderable laxity during the period of
confusion following the impact of the
torpedoes. Many of the survivors de
clare, according to the report, that the
ships officers made little immediate ef
fort to launch the boats devoting them
selves to reassuring the passengers
until the sudden careening of the ves
sel some ten minutes after the explo
sions precluded the possibility of
launching a large portion of the life
boats. Many were so mislead by the
overconfidence of the officers that the
ship was not vitally hurt and would
l>e able ;.o reach shore, that hundreds
were precipitated into the water with
out having taken the precaution of
donning lifo preservers.
The large number of survivors of
the crew is attributed to the fact that
th« major portion hastily donned life
preservers to keep afloat until the ar
rival of help.
Believed Will End Birtish Naval
Supremacy.
(’OPICNHAClION, May 10. German
naval authorities are repotted is as
sorting that England has only just be
j gun to feel the full effect of the Gel
man campaign of destruction on Grit
ish commerce. Xaval officials of eon
jsiderahle prominence art? said t«» have
made the assertion that the destrue
11 ion of the Lusitania is hut tlie begin
i
{ning of the end of England’s Stipre
i ma< v of the seas. It is further assert
ed that Germany intends to bend every
endeavor to the task of building sub
marines with which to flood the waters
(adjacent to the Grit ish Isles
German Press Cries Wipe Britain from
Seas.
UERLLV, May 10. The German
j press is loudly clamoring for the gnv
jernment to extend its activities against
| llrit ish commerce and have adopted as
a slogan “Wipe the English from the
seas." Influential papers are predict
ing that by the middle of the summer
the arrival and departure of supply
vessels to and from the Grit ish Isles
will he reduced to at least one-fifth
of the present number, thereby bring
ing borne the same starvation and fond
famine to the English which they had
planned for Germany.
IGerman Embassy Claims Lusitania
Armed.
WASHINGTON, May 10 The Ger
man ambassador replying to the crit
icism of the American press concern
ing the sinking of the Lusitania asserts
that all English subsidized steamships
including the Lusitania, Mauritania,
Titanic, and Olympic, were armed with
four and six inch guns when built and
which were cleverly concealed. It is
insisted that these guns were never re
moved and the Germans can, therefore,
legally class them as warships during
time of war and are justified in sinking
(hem wherever caught regardless of
the nature of their cargo or passenger
lists.
Lusitania Disaster Angers British
T rooos.
PARIS, May 10.— Reports from the
Inlanders front indicate that the re
ceipt of the news of tile Lusitania dis
aster lias greatly enraged the Uritisli
troops engaged in'Northeastern Prance.
It is asserted that the Lritish are now
attacking the enemy with redoubled
ferocity and have succeeded in driv
ing them back at many points to
the east and northeast of Ypres. Many
miles of German trenches have been
captured by the enraged I hit isle is
after tiie most savage engagements
carried on in the face of a galling fire
from the German rapid fin* guns It
is declar' d that the Pritish troops serin
to fed the loss of the magnilirent ore m
steamer most keenly and are loud in
their condemnation of the ruthless
hrutalitv of the Germans.
Predicts Slump in Ocean Traffic.
NEW YORK. May 10. Local steam
ship companies prediet that the Lusi
tania. will have a detrimental effect .in
the volume of ocean traffh t• > P.ritish ■
ports It is asserted that traffic to the
Pritish Isles is alread> beginning t»*
feel the effect of the great marine dis
aster and the local official* "f many <>f
the larger steamship lines are reporting
an appreciable lessoning in the volume
of commerce with Pritain and Paltir
sea countries.
Britain Getting Short of Food.
NEW YORK, May 10 The Lusitania,
disaster has done much to revive spiv
illation regarding the actual food sit
uation in England and Germany. Late
arrivals from the P.ritish Isles iled un
that the food shortage is undenial.lv
beginning to be felt in England. It is
| asserted that many thousands
of people are a In oh beginning to li re
on greatly n .lined food rations. It is
1 stated that the government has used the
: probability of a future fond shortage
I as .1 method <.f urging further enlist
| ments. Men are urged to enter the
I army and go to I'ranee win . ,, then \<
| less restrietioii oti food importations.
< ommerei.il Ir.itlie with tie- I'n i ■ h
1 .Me literan« a n ports has riot been ip
I | re inhiy • ffeeted and the population,
of the I’n tu b Republic are in no \va
affected by the food shortage
existing in the nth r htdllgercnt ria
1 inns.
Wilson Awaiting German Report.
W \SI II\< ;T<'\\ M a \ in The ad
ministration has as yet offered no1
statement eorieerning the sinking of
the husitmin. It is stated at the ad
mistrntive office^ of the government
that the President has decided to re
frain from any expression cone. t-niug
the great disaster until the state de
partment is in full possession ..f the
facts. Secret a i > P.r\au stated this
morning that the government has made
a demand on (i.rmanv for th<- report
of the commandin' oflh'er of the sub
marine engaged in the attack on the
big liner, p.ryan stated that the Pre
sident would undotihtedly withhold ac
tion until t lie < Jenna n report is receiv
ed.
TAFT SAYS WILSON’S
SITUATION DIFFICULT!
MADISON, Wl*„ May ltt. Former
President Taft, in discussing the Lusi
tania disaster and the probable action
of the administration, stated that the
incident greatly increased the burden
of difficulties which have been thrust
on the President's shoulders by tlie
great war, Taft said that the people
of the nation had little idea of the tre
mendous difficulties that tho executive
was compelled to face in a crisis of
this nature, when one hasty action or
ill- advised word might precipitate tho
country into the war vortex. The for
mer President characterized the sink
ing of the Lusitania ns most regret
able, further asserting that it would un
questionably result in severe censure
of the German method t conducting
the war.
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ITALY READY TO
STRIKE FIRST BLOW
laj-N l m >*\, May lo. Koine dispatcher
state that Italy lias at last abandoned
the various attempts lo colic* al her
nue intention under the guise **i dip
“ malic negotiations vvitii Austria over
ttu question ol territorial concessions
while prep* < i itig tier forces and is now
tally prepared to enter the wai, mak
ing the alleged violation of the i^iu
saline treaty by Turkey the basis uj
her action in entering the war on the
Mdu of the allies, li is asserted that
everything is now in readiness to strike
■Hid Austria as an ally of Turkey in
the prese nt conflict will bear the first
blow of the Italian forces. With th
• pen announcement of the Italian war
ministry that every tiling was in readi
ness to lly .it the throat of Austria.
< human and Austrian t iti/.ens are
lieeing from Italy by thousands, eon
*need that Italy is no longer hiding
•"■hind pr* tehee and will strike at any
moment. nulletins given out l»y tin*
War Minister slate that Italy 1ms over
-i\ hundred thousand soldiers conceit
' it'd at Verona, twenty-five miles
from the Austrian frontier, in readi
ness (<• march into Austria at a mo
n. nt's ii'diee. It is also declared that
• •■ i* three hundred thousand men are
l" ihg held in readiness at other points
t!"hb the Austrian and Swiss hound*
nies m evident antieipution **f an at
I* nipt on the part <*f Oormanv to enter
Italy by way of the Swiss boundary
lino.
Hi'AlK, AJ.IJ lu. The anti Austrian
press is accusing' Vatican influence .is
Pcing the primary cause of the failure
"1 Italy to force a settlement with her
ancient enemy when the time is ripe
it is asserted that with the enormous
difficulty with which Austria is con
fronted in the endeavor to stay the
Russian advance in Oullciu will enable
i lie Italians to enforce tier demands
with comparatively small chance of
failure.
GERMAN FLEET
BOMBARDS BALTIC
RUSSIAN TOWNS
I KTK< >GKAI>. .May 10.- Tin ex
|M*rtri| German naval offensive against
Russian Raltic sea ports is reported to
li.i a •• begun Saturday It is rumored
Unit sevval Russian towns were bom
I'udcd In vessels of the German fleet
but till- iorts and coast defenses with
v\ hich practically all of the towns aie
guarded speedilv drove the enemy be
\ r*nd effective range.
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The good ship Corwin arrived at
Seward at nine p. m. Sunday niglit
afti i a smooth voyage from Ketchikan
according to advices received h> the
Nugg' t from Wireless tipcralor Fred
Weiler today
Mr, Weiler states that the famous
Northern vessel is in command of that!
same veteran navigator who has pilot
ed her on so many voyages to the
North. Capt. Dick llcaly.
Included In lltc long list of passen
gers arc the following oldtimcrs: .lean
Winters, son of the late I’. I> Winters,
of Third Beach line fame and one
time owner of the famous Portland
Bench and many other valuable pro
perties: Billy Ewing, who is reported
coming North to carry on the work of
construction of igte of the new dredges
t ■ lie i>11 itt summer by the I'nion
Construction Company: Frank C.rimm,
the well known Dexter Mill operator:
B. S. Oglesby, the Solomon Biver
dredge man who is connected with the
Seward dredge; Mr. and Mrs. Otuis. Be
Clereif and family: Capt. Spinney, long
in the employ of the J. J. Scsnon Co;
M. S. Crane: Fred Mailman: Han
Barnett who is engaged with Bert
Whittard in the operation of (he steam
er Kotzebue on the Teller-Mary’s Igloo
run; Otto Binder; Bob Ilcnney: Major
E. Benny; Jack Divine, the well known
miner; A1 Carey of Kougarok fame; C.
B. Cooper, after whom Cooper Otiloli is
named and lately foreman for the
Pioneer Company: Bert Beekstead. for
mer councilman and guiding spirit of
m*.
OLD RELIABLE STEAMSHIP CORWIN,
the famous Glue pof Club: W K
! Wagner, the boat man; Mr and Mrs
i Marsh Mrs. Kmma Smith and Nnrva’
Smith, her son Charlej husnim, wh •
ha- long been connected with dredging
in the Solomon country; Chus Stone,
'he old time miner; pat Marge Janic
Mayno; Capt Annevfke; How
anl .limes, son of .! p Jones and for
merly in the wireless service; Joe Slis
•'Ab b, probably the best known miner
in the district and a large property
b'ddtr in tin* interior: Capt. Mel I: Pools
j Thrust nip who drove the first team
of Siberian dogs entered in the Sweep
j states race. Jim Knox and Jim M< •
I Carlnnd. the miner
Mr. W oiler states that his wireless
j apparatus is not in the best of shape
i being rather weak in the matter of
sending, but is fair on the receiving
! *id<-. and his sending weakness rt\a\
| prevent X'nnie tucking him up until tie
is close in.
i'Ted condmles his message as fol*
lows: “Will sail from Seward Tuesdav
at eight in the morning Next stop
Nome. Congratulations on the mol***
victory."
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