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VOLUME XVII. NO. 290. TELEPnONE MAIN 4« NOME, At.A8KA. WEDNESDAY, JULY 11, 1917. TELEPHONE MAIN 44. PRICE 25 CENTS
6ERMANY WIU INSIST ON WAR INDEMNITIES
GERMAN LEADER ADVOCATES PEACE
WITHOUT ANNEXATIONS; ADANDONMENT
OF RUTHLESS SUBMARINE WARFARE
By A|Sociated Pres?.
COPENHAGEN, July 10.—Germans
arriving here from Merlin today de
clare that Herr Erzbuerger, leader ot
the Catholic party in Germany, made
a sensational speech before a reich
stag committee Saturday in which he
advocated an abandonment, of the
unrestricted submarine eampa'tgn and
also delivered a strong urge that the
German government adopt a policy of
no annexations or indemnities.
Erzbuerger insisted that the govern
ment should not only announce the
abandonment of the submarine cam
paign but should Immediately issue
a proclamation peace program with
out annexations or indemnities. Only
by making an offer of this kind could
Germany place herself right before
the world. Herr Erzbuerger is said
to have declared. He contended that
the abandonment of the submarine
war would do more than all else to
placate the I'nited States, Which he
i
insisted was the foe that Germany
! Should feat most owing to the vast
| resources and potential in'ilitary pow
or possessed by that country. I
Erzbuerger also insisted that only ,
by declaring an intention to ask for
no indemnities or annexations could
Germany clear her skirts of the im
putation of seeking war for conquest,
it was the belief that Germany had
| started the war for the purpose of
enriching herself at the expense of
I other nations Which caused the almost 1
universal bitterness against the em
pile and the Gorman people, Herr
I Erzbuerger declared.
The arrivals say tliat a roiehstag
i majority stands behind Krzbuerger on
the demand for no annexations or in
demnities and the abandonment of
the submarine war, as the demands of
1 the ('athoiie leader are regarded as
acceptable to both America and Rus
sia and are also very likely to strong
ly 'influence Kngland and France to
ward a consideration of peace.
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SENATE WILL VOTE ON
FOOD BILL BY JULY 21
By Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, July 10.—ho sen
ate today gave un rdinous commit :o
a resolution (>■■ vidi lg that the I'll ,1
voftng on the food control hill and
the various amendments offered since
the hill was first taken up hy the
upper house, shall commence not. later
than Saturday, July 21. The hour
for the commencement of the voting
is fixed at 2:30 p. m.
The passage of the resolution is the
result of an effort to avoid tljc en
forcement of the f^loturc rule, made
hy a number of the senate leaders.
0
The granting of unanimous consent
that the senate vote on ttie hill on
the 21 resulted in the withdrawal of
the cloture rule.
In an effort to modify the food con
trol hill to meet various objections,
the senate agricultural committee this
afternoon began consideration of an
amendment limiting the government
control of resources to food stuffs and
fuel. The amendment eliminates iron,
steel, copper and cotton in addition to
various other products.
The fight over o~>> eminent control
of iron and steel is especially bitter
while cotton growers and dealers are
also offering serious objection to hav
ing the control of their product placed
'm government hands. The cotton
growers especially, believe that there
is no necessity for cotton being plac
ed under government control. They
contend the prospects for an immense
increase in the yield this year is suf
ficient guarantee that prices will be
moderate.
Fresh Eggs 75c par doz*n also
Chickens for sale at Prosser’s Harness
Shop. Phone Black 5.
HOLLWEG DECLARES PEACE WITHOUT
ANNEXATION UNACCEPTARLE
By Associated Press.
BERNE, Switzerland July 11.—That
Germany will continue to Insist on.
annexation of conquered territories
and will also refuse to declare her
■peace terms is the declaration made
by Berlin newspipers rcach'ing here
today.
The papers report the German eh.u -
cellar as saying to members of the
reichstag that peace without annexa
tion was not acceptable to the gov
eminent and Germany must fight on
until victory was obtained by force
of arms. .
"I repeat," the chancellor said,
“That a. formula of peace without an
nexation is unacceptable to us. Neith
er can we declare our peace terms.
We must fight, on and conquer.”
The chancellor is also reported to
have made a strong attack on the
attitude of Herr Erzhuerger, leader of
the Catholic party who advocates
lienee without annexations or indem
nities.
Tiie chancellor declared that Erz
buerger • and his followers were de
sirous of proceeding directly against
the best interests of the Fatherland
in insisting on the maintenance of an
^ttitude of opposition to the govern
ment.
Moonlight water at the City Bath
House.
ITALIANS ACTIVE
IN CORITZ
ROME, July 11.—'The Italian war of
fice announces that the Italian forces
have again advanced their lines in- the
Goritz section after an 'intensive bomb
ment of the enemy positions along the
Carso' plateau.
The progress of t he Italians Is
steady, although necessarily slow ow
ing to the Austrian positions being
rock bound nnd of considerable
strength. Attempts of the Austrian
to inaugurate counter attacks at sev
eral points along the Goritz line have
been frustrated by the Italian artl
lery.
Every home in Noma should have,
the Nugget delivered to it—Subscribe
now and keep the household enlighten
ed—|2.00 per month by carrier.
SMALL BLAZE OCCURS
AT LARSON HOME
The fire department res- ended to
on alarm sent out from the home jf
Snm Larsen In I he east end of the city
a11 ut three th‘j afternoon and found
a slight blast'' In pingress inside of
the dwelling.
The flames tvsre quickly subdued
with the aid of the chemical with but
small loss to the owner. The window
curtains an.1 tin papering of the In
terior "was burnt and scorched. Other
wise the damage wr.s H'ight The ori
gin of the blaze was not determined
at the time of going to press.
PIANO TURNER.
George Anderson, piano expert and
factory representtive for high grade
pianos and player pianos will be in
Nome this summer at the Golden Gate
hotel.
Special sale on Bon Tone Corsets
one third off. Sole agencf for Stirella
Corsets made to measure.. Miss Oes*
, terich.
NIGHT LETTERS SUSPENDED.
Orders have been rece'ived by the
local officials of the United States
sigifhl corps that until further notice,
the transmission of night letter tele
grams has been suspended. Whether
or not the new ruling is to be made
permanent has not been ascertained.
As it is the discontinuance of the
night letter service will be In the
nature of a hanlsh'ip on local busi
ness interests.
CLOSING OUT AT REDUCED
PRICES.
All kinds of stamped goods in lin
gerie sets, night gowns, combination
suits, pillow, runners, bags and other
novelties. D .M. C. thread. All ladles
Hats reduced $3 to $7.50 each. Also a
few evening dresses a bargain.
MRS. J. WANGER.
Millinery, Second avenue, opposite
Courthouse.
—
Elite Baths op«n night and day,
Billy Anderson proprietor.
SAYS MARSHALL WILD
AND WOOLY GAMP
A well known Nomeite writing to n
friend in the city front Marshal] gives
ihe impression that the Yukon camp
is decidedly reminiscent of Ihe "w'lld
and woolly” mining camps of the old
days in the west. According to this
party, and it may lie said in passing
that he is no tenderfoot, having spent
most of his career on the frontier,
“toting a gun” 'is quite a common
practice in the new camp as hard
characters are numerous and desper
ate deeds are more or less expected,
although nothing serious has occurred
up to the present He alleges that the
population is mainly made up of
“graduate loose fighters tin horns
and a few stiekup men” and the pack
ing of a gun is considered by many
necessary to safety. Ho says’ that it
is his own intention to strap on a
revolver as soon as the n'lghts get
dark. “Everybody says the town will
ho 'a hell hole’ by fall,” he declares,
"blind pigs are as numerous as the
hairs on one's bead” is another signi
flciont passage from the letter and he
adds Hint they "make their own
booze out of pills tobacco and Iodine”
and avers that although it is quite
enough to gag the average person, it
sells for fifty cents per drink. He
declares the booze is so had that he
has not taken a drink s'inee leaving
Nome.
COMEDY N r.HI DREAM.
Eddy Koy, famous American come
dian. and the seven little Foys, ap
pear in a funny two part Triangle
comedy at the Dream tonight. The
children are considered the cleverest
‘‘kids” now before the public. Besides
this scream another Triangle comedy.
“The Vacuum Bobbery,” two parts,
starring Phas. Murray will also be
presented. Th'is guarantees a real
“‘comedy night,” with sixty laughs
a minute A late Pathe News will also
be projected on the screen. It is a
cracker jack show from start to finish.
DEMOCRATS ATTENTION!
( There will be a jmeeting of the
Nome Democratic Club at the Burgh
Hall on Friday night,. July 13 at 8:30
p. m. Important business.
PHIL MURPHY,
Vice President.
MARINE BULLETIN.
Susie at Gibbon.
Julia down Fairbanks 8 a. m.
Jacobs at Eagle i p. m.
Davis at G,:> .cr>
Kildlla at Gib mn.
No reports ‘ri.il Dawson
SNAKE RIVER
HARBOR APPEARS
PRACTICALLY ASSURED
'
The rivers and harbors appropria
tion bill carrying an appropriation of
$105,000 for the improvement of the
moutti of Snake river, thereby creat
ing a Safe harbor for vessels of the
coasting fleet, was reported intact by
the senate committee on river and
harbors yesterday according to a tele
gram received by the Nome Chamber
of Commerce from the Alaska dele
gate th'is morning.
This means that the much needed
harbor is one step nea*rer actual real
Izathm and is, therefore, extremely
good news to those who are Interest
ed ill the development of this section
of Alaska.
The reporting of the bill intact, as
indicated in the telegram of the dele
gate in an excellent augury that the
Nome appropriation w*ill be sanc
tioned by the senate when the bill
comes to a vote. The message of the
delegate is as follows:
Washington, r>. C. uly 10, 1917.
Nome Seward Peninsula Chamber of
Commerce:
Uivers and harbors bill carrying
Nome harbor and St Michael-Yukon
dredging project Intact reported in
senate today Eelieve will carry
Signed SULZEH,
Delegate.
We want every one to be a eub'
scriber to the Nugg6t—Do it NOW.
NATIONAL GUARD
WILL MOBILIZE AUG. 5
By Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, July 11. The fed
eral militia bureau which is in charge
of the mobilization and training of
the national guard units for foreign
servioee, has begun arranging for the
transportation of the national guard
forces which w'lll be mobilised August
o, in accordance with the presidential
proclamation issued some days ago.
The preliminary mobilization plans
provide that the various state units
dinII be organized into sixteen tacital
livisions which will be assigned to
camps located at several points to
undergo final training for service
la fore being sent to France.
The railroads are preparing to pro
vide transportation for the guard in
co-operation with the m'llitia board
j and arrangements will lie made to
handle the men with great expedition
as fasl as the various units aro as
sembled. It is expected that the en
tire guard will lie place in the various
training camps w'lthin one week after
assembling at (lie headquarters of the
state units.
IT MINT POINTS
Sy Associated Press.
GENEVA, Switzerland, July 11.—
teports reaching here front Hungarian
sources indicate that the rapid ad
vance of the Russians in the Galicia
section is causing considerable worry
lo the civil as well as the military
authorities of Austrta.
Newspapers throughout the dual
empire admit the gravity of the pres- ^
ent situation while several publish
accounts of the fighting showing that j
I he gains of the Russians have re- |
suited In serious jeopardy to the en
tire Austrian line in tfhe southern
sections of Galicia.
The Russians are reported advanc
ing at many points alon gliie Gali
cian front. The statement is offset,
however by (bo announcement that
the retreat of the Austro-German
forces was in accordance with a prev
iously determined plan which enabled
the Austrian comuianders to take ad
vantage of more favorable defensive
positions.
SUBMARINE REPORTS
INDICATE DECREASED LOSSES
WASHINGTON, July 11. Ad vane'*
reports relative to the activities of
ihe German divers during the present
week show that the general falling
i ff In the numbe' of vessels dive red
recently continue and the list for the
present weekly period will he even
1< wer than that of last week, save in
1! 3 event of the Germans carrying
in a whirlwind campaign during the
remainder of the week.
It is the general belief that tlie div
ers have been temporarily called off
for the present or else have bon as
signed to the task of attempting to
torpedo United States transports
which do not follow the beaten paths
of commerce.
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BERLIN DECURES
RUSSIANS CHECKED
By Associated Press.
BERLIN, July 11—The official bul
letin of the headquarters staff today
asserts that the advance of the Rus
sians has been definitely checked at
many points since the commencement
of the renewed offensive.
The far (lung offensive has now been
reduced to comparatively small pro
portions and the fighting centered to
a few of the more important sectors.
Tho Austro-German forces are re
tiring to positions of great strength
where it is believed hat the Russians
will bo definitely halted,