FOREST FRIES RAGING AROUND TOWN SEWARD
THE NOME DAILY NUGGET
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VOLUME XV. NO. 133. TELEPHONE MAIN 46. NOME, ALASKA, TUESDAY. MAY 11, 1915. TELEPHONE MAIN 46 PRICE 25 CENT8
NUGGET’S SCRIBE WIRES
DETAILS OF SEWARD FIRE
SEVVARll, Alaska, May 11. Flush.—
Entire town of Seward in flames. A
strong wind blowing. Watter supply
shot to pieces.
Following the receipt of the above
Hash tile Nugget immediately dispatch
ed a telegram to Fred Weiler operator
aboard the steamer Corwin and re
ceived the following this afternoon.
SEWARD May 11.— The Corwin left
the dock of Seward this morning at
ten a. nt. while a fierce forest Arc was
raging on the outskirts of the'town.
At the time of departure, although a
strong wind was blowing the town up- j
peared to be in no danger, but before
Seward was out of vision, owing to a ,
vast increase in the amount of smoke
visible from the sea caused Captain
Healy to wireless the mayor asking if
the Corwin could render assistance if
the town was in danger. The mayor
replied that the situation looked ser
ious and the city was seriously threat
ened and that it might lie neeessar' j
to embark women and children owing
to ttie fact that the Arc was gradual!' '
sweeping around the town.
Corwin Returns to Seward.
The Corwin immediately returned!
arriving at the doek at noon. Praeti- '
eally all of the passengers immediate!.' \
rushed ashore to assist in lighting the
flames.
On arrival il was seen that the town
was Indeed in a serious situation as
tile tire was gradually working around
from a point near the head of the1
bay lately occupied by a considerable j
tent colony which was destroyed and |
was threatening I lie business section.
Railway Coaches and Dwellings Burn
Cp to this time, in addition to the
burnt tent colony, six dwellings were
in flames and also a considerable por
tion of the rolling stock of the recent
ly purchased Alaska Northern railroad'
including ten railway coaches and sev 1
oral locomotives.
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Fire Now Threatening Residence Dist.
The fire is now raging through the
timber along tin* hillsides and also
threatening the residence section along
the base. As the wind seems to be
changing it is now believed that the
fire will speedily he controlled.
Capt. Healy will hold the Corwin till
all danger is past.
LATER.—Fire Checked. All Sate. |
aHWAItl). Mu> II .‘i: I'll p. ni. At
this hour the sale h is aliutcd mid th«•
tire is choi-Ued through tin horolc work
of the towns people aided bv the many
Nome tea from thet ’orwin who cannot he
too highlv commended for their work
in helping to suppress the tire. So far
no business houses hove been destroyed
and everything seems safe. Beyond
minor burns received by a considerable
number, nobody received any in.jurii*.
Tlic steamer Santa Ann is now at i he
dock.
The <Yu\vin is expected to ^.ii| at six
tonight.
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SAYS AMERICA SHOULD
CANCEL RELATIONSHIP
WASHINGTON. May 11. I'mnur
Attorney-General YVirkershnm in rom
ii,eating on the Lusitania disaster ve
hemently asserted that America should
art vigorously and immediately in re
gard to the German action. Wicker
sham did tot destitute to characterize
the attack as an outrage, further stag
ing; that in his opinion the I’nited
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Stales should cancel all diplomatic re* j
la I ions with a count r> which wars on
t i' ilization in the manner uf the <hi |
mans and should recall the \uiericaii 1
ambassador at Merlin and at the same
time tfive the German ambassador Ins
passports.
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GERMAN AMBASSADOR
CONFERS WITH BRYAN
WASHINGTON, .May II—The Gcr
man ambassador hold a short confer
ence with Secretary of State liryan
yesterday afternoon. No nnnoiineemeiit
of the matter under discussion has been
given out but it is generally supposed 1
to be in relation to the sinking of the
Lusitn nin.
LEO FRANK WILL HANG IN JUNE
ATLANTA. May 11. Leo Frank. fol-|
lowing his second conviction, has been
sentenced to hang June 22nd.
REPORTED AUSTRIA MUST
ANSWER BY MIDNIGHT
K< >.\l K. Mill la. I >»layed in Trans
mission. Austria 1ms until midnight
lo make a Mitisfactoi a i • ■ | >1 \ io the de
mnnfls m.olo upon her for territorial
I
concessions by Italy in return for u
continued neutrality of the Italian sm -
i rninent ai cording to reports in gen
eral eirculntinn today. It is also as- j
sorted that if the Austrian government |
tails io e ineede everything demanded
in tlie latest note from Koine all nego
tiations with that countr\ will In ini-!
i
mediately broken off.
HUGE MOB WRECKS VENGANCE ON
GERMANS OVEB SINKING OF LUSITANIA
VICTORIA, .May la t Delayed in
transmission). The city is under mar
tial law following a second great anti
German demonstration Sunday night,
and hundreds of troops and mounted
policemen are patrolling the streets
and all citizens are warned to keep off
the streets after nightfall. Darkness
had hardly set in Sunday night before
a great mob of people commenced to
assemble in the business district de
termined to wreck vengance on the
Germans. Despite the efforts of the
police the crowd would not disperse
and in many instances the policemen
were roughly handled while attempting
to forcibly scatter the ever growing
mass of citizens. The principle ob
ject of the crowds enmity was finally
revealed a sthe Phoenix brewery, which
is owned by an old time German re
siclent of excellent standing. After
much haranguing the crowd with a
roar of fury swept down upon the
brewery and in less than a half hour
had wrought an appalling destruction,
the entire plant and a number of the
buildings being entirely destroyed.
Several attempts to fire the buildings
failed for some unknown reason al
though much damage was done by the
flames. The total loss will run into a
considerable sum as nearly everything
aside from flic buildings was destroy
ed. As the plant appears today
there is scarcely a window which re
mains unbroken. Such of the employ
ees of tlie brewery as were in the
building at the time of the attack made
their escape, although several were
severely handled.
After wrecking their fury on the
| brewery the crowd which consisted of
| upward of a thousand men, shouting
with rag', descended on tho shops in
carious other sections of the city which
were owned by Germans and a large
number were completely wrecked in
cluding several of tin* principle busi
ness houses of the city. Several at
tempts lo start fires were again made
but were suppressed by the mob them
selves. After inflicting an cnourmous
amount of damage the appearance of
tho troops caused tho crowd to cease
their depredations. During the course
of tho disturbance, the authorities were
completely helpless and although the
police made many attempts to stop the
enraged crowd in their work of des
truction all were ineffectual. At eleven
T‘. Ar. the Mayor read the riot net from
the entrance of the Government House
land declaring the city under martial
law calling upon all citizens to aid in
! I hi> task of securing iiuiel. After the
appearance of tile troops, the crowd
gradually dispersed and (he city again!
assumed its normal appearance cx-j
copt for the wrecked shops, on the
arrival of the troops which had been
summonsed from the Van, over Par
racks tlie city was placed under mar
tial law. and detachments of soldiers
are now stationed on all the principle
street corners and in the neighbor
hood of all Gorman owned establish
ments. The total losses cannot be
j more than approximated but will run
into many thousand dollars
Strictly fresh eggs $1.25 per dozen
at Prosser’s Harness Shop. Prone
Black 5.
ANTI-GERMAN DEMONSTRATIONS WRECK
MANY GERMAN DUSINESS HOUSES
VANCOUVER. May 10.— It is es
timated that the losses to the several
stores and business houses inflicted
during the first anti-German mob dem
onstration which took place Saturday
night will total at least twentv-flve
thousand dollars. The following places
are the principle losers: New England
Hotel which suffered considerable dam
age through the wrecking of the fur
niture and fittings, theSeaffcr and Gass
tailoring establishment completely gut
ted. the Gergcif plumbing shop which
sustained nominal damage, the Hiils
burger jewelry and the l.eiser liquor
stores both of which suffered consider
able losses and particularly the latter,
the stork of which was entirely des
troyed. Wm. Tjeister, the owner of the
establishment, although German horn
has been living in Vancouver for over
fourty years during which time he has
been a naturalized Ilritlsh subject. In
addition to the extensive damage suf
fered by the firms mentioned, windows
were broken and other slight damages
inflic ted on German owned property in
different parts of the city. Thorough
out (he several hours during which the
tnob ran riot through the city the
police made several half hearted efforts
to hold the rioters in check but \yith
little success and the work of des
truction was continued unchecked.
VANCOUVER QUIET AGAIN.
VANl.’Ol’VKit, .Muyy 11. Following
the arrival of a large number of troops
from the Vancouver military barracks
the town has resumed the usual state
of tranquillity.
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GERMAN GOV’T EXPRESSES
SYMPATHY FOR DISASTER
BKHLIN. Ma y 10 Dela yed In Trans
sion. The German government todav
cabled the State Department of the
fnited States it Washington express
ing its deepest sympathv for the un
fortunate' loss of American lives in
volved in the sinking of the Lusitania
The German Foreign office has re
ported that Germany feels herself
guiltless of their unfortunate end and
insists that the reason for their death
rests upon Kngland alone The mes
sage also expresses the regret <»f the
German government that the people of
America have relied upon Hngiand’s
promises instead of heeding the oft
given warning of Germany in regard
to the war zone effecting British
waters.
Asserts British Tried to Ram
Submarines.
The German note of condolence re
iterated th« previous statements of
c Jenna n \ in regard to the impossibility
of the Germans searching vessels en
tering the war zone in the face of the
fact that Hngland has armed practical
ly all men haul vessels going to and
from British ports and as a conse
quence t lie v cnnn<>t be treated as or
dinal^ merchant ships. British mer
chant vessels heavilx armed have* fre
quently tried to ram the German sub
marine's employed in the waters of
Great Britain and Germain thereby
feels entirely justified in using such
measures of destruction against the
commerce of the enotn.v which can be]
employ e(l.
Admiralty and Cunard Company Both1
to Blame.
L»l • KLNST'»W.\. Ma x II Dr How
aril Fisher, one of the survivors of tliej
Lusitania disaster, asserts that neither]
the (’un.inl Gnnipanx nor the British j
Admiralty are entirely free from
blame for the sinking of the great liner |
for the reason that no convoy was pro-i
\ bled.
Vanderbilt Gives Life For Woman.
Stories told |»\ the survivors indi
cute that Alfred G Vanderbilt practi
t ally gave up his life fur a woman, it
is asserted that during the period be
tween tin* impact of the torpedo Van
derbilt was seen to remove his life belt
and fasten it about the body of one of
the woman passengers and a few min-,
utes later was himself thrown into the;
sea by the sudden but hing of the boat ■
Claim Boilers Exploded.
Several survivors claim that onl> one
torpedo struck the Lusitania and that
the sinking of the boat was more the
result of tin* explosion of the ship’s!
boilers almost immediately afterwards !
This opinion is confirmed by the state
ment of Captain Turner, the comman
der of the vessel, who is still at Kinsale
Captain Turner states in answer to
questions of tin* investigating com
mittee that the steamer was struck bv j
only one torpedo. Captain Turner fur- \
ther testified that the force of the ex |
plosion penetrated to the inner hull i
sending heavy and stifling fumes
through all the passages below the (
main decks Vlinost immediately after
tin* striking of the torpedo, the Captain
asserts, tin* boilers exploded filling the i
lower decks with steam and flying '
scraps of metal which is said to ac
count for the considerable number of <
passengers who were picked up hadl>
wounded by the boats of the rescue
fleet. It is believed that the blowing
up of the boilers was caused by the j
boiler shells being pierced by flying f
particles .»f the exploding torpedo. 1,1
Norwegian Press Condemns German
Actions.
< *11 KISTI A XIA May 11 Tin* Nor
wegian press is today condemning tin
German action of sinking without
I warning the f'ritish liner Lusitania
jin unmeasured terms. The leading or
gans unqunlifidely assert that the ae- 1
tion of firing upon the big Gunard
steamer was brutal and wanton mur
der.
Britishers Wreck German Shops in
Liverpool.
LIVKKLOOL, May 10 Ivlayed in
Transmission. The bitter resentment
of all England against the destroyers
of the Lusitania found expression to
day in the destruction of a large num
ber of shops run by Germans. A crowd
of such proportions as to he beyond
the control of tin* police descended
upon a number of minor German stores
leaving them completely wrecked. Some
! few Germans who attempted to defend |
j t heir property in the face of the angry!
mob were beaten into insensibility and
left for dead.
Died That Women Might be Saved.
Ql'KKNSTOWN, Ma\ 11 invest!
gat ion of the Lusitania disaster dts
doses that many of the American male
passengers died the death of heroes
itinumerous witnesses have testified
that main of the Americans who had
evet-v opportunity to escape in the
boats which were launched soon aft**
the explosion hut camlv stood aside in
order that women from the second
cabin might have place in the boats
The investigation is disclosing tales
of heroism on the part of the men
fully equal to thosa occurring of the
sinking of the Titanic
Coroner's Jury Claims App-aling Crime
KI N’SA LK. Ma\ 11 The coroner's
jur\ empaneled for the purpose of in
vestigating the cause of death of the
Lusitania victims returned a verdict
today to the effect that the deceased
victims of the liner met their death
chieflv through prolonged immersion in
the sea and also through exhaustion ofl
ing to the sinking of the Lusitania bv
torpedoes fired by German submarine*
The jury finds crime to be* of the most
appaling description and committed
contrar\ to international law.
Lusitania Dead Buried in Trenches.
QI'KKNSTC >\VX. May 10. Delayed
in Transmission. A whole company of
Ilritish soldiers ha ye completed the
digging if three huge graves in which
will he buried 240 unidentified dead
from the Cunard liner Lusitania. Raeh .
grave has been dug to a depth of six
feet and measures thirty hv twent
feet Orders given by the authorities
yesterday will consign into these
graves ill dead who are not identi
fied by this morning. The work of
moving the bodies to the graves which
are situated on flip top of a hill in
the local cemetery, began at nine
thirtv today and continued until one
thirty this afternoon An immense con
course of people later formed a cortage
headed hv mounted policeman and
soldiers and marched to the cemeterv
to participate in the great joint funeral
service
A most impressive scene was wit
nessed when tlie great oonoiurse ot
people gathered about the yawning pits
while listening to the rites for (lie dead
which was said conjointly by elergv
men of all the creeds represented in the
Icily.
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CONSCIOUSNESS OF
HUMAN RIGHTS NEEDED
I * I IILAOKI.I’H I A. Mat 11 Presc
dent Wilson in his speech here last
night before thousands of naturalized
citizens, mans of whom were German
Americans took as a keynote for his
speech, the rights of hum.initj The
President stated that the people of
America must have a due conscious
ness that on all sides and touching
elbows with themselves were people
whose hearts would ever respond to a
i ation which hold the rights of
humanity and its people first.
The President also asserted there
were man) occasions when men were
too proud to fight simply because they
were right. Tumultous applause fol
lowed the conclusion of the President’s
speech, indicating that many believed
that the speech gave an indication of
the policy of the administration to
ward Germany.
PRESIDENT SAYS SPEECH
PERSONAL VIEW ONLY
WASHINGTON, May it President
Wilson arrived front Philadelphia today
and in reply to an inquiry stated that
his utterances at Philadelphia last night
should not he construed as indicating
the attitude of (tic government. The
president stated that he had no desir*
to temporize hut that at the same time
his speech was simph his own per
sonnl views and not the governments
Soon aft -r his arrival the cabinet me.
in session which extended throughout
the morning.
WILSON TO ADDRESS
NATURALIZED CITIZENS
WASHINGTON’, May 10—Delayed iri
Transmission.—President Wilson will
leave for Philadelphia late this alter
noon to deliver an address before six
thousand naturalized citizens at that
place. It is expected that he wall ex
press the attitude of the government
towards Germany in relation to the
Lusitania disaster
GERMANS SEIZE SWEDISH BOATS
foPKNHAOKN, May 11. The
Swinemtink. a coal laden Swedish
I steamer, is reported to have been
|seized by the Gormans while enroute
to a belligerent port.
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