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THE NOME DAILY NUGGET
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VOLUME XVI. NO. 20. ELEPHONE MAIN 48 NOME, ALASKA. TUE80AY, DECEMBER 28, 1915. TELEPHONE MAIN 48 PRIwE 26 CENT6
BIG ARTILLERY BATTLE ON WE
SEVENTY NINE DROWN
IN SUBMARINE ATTACK
A. P. A. Servio*.
I'A Ft IS, Deo. 21. The l*'renoh steam*
ship Valle Do Da Clotat whs torpedoed
and sunk without warning by a sub
marine and sevent\ - nin* of her pas
sengers and crew lost their lives, ac
cording to advices arriving here to
day. The fatality occurred off the .
Sh Ilian coast and the nationality ol
line submarine is unknown. A surviv
al; i notion of the crew and passenger
"ere picked up by i passing steamer
which brought the first news of the
. ata> t raphe.
HUERTA REGAINS
FREEDOM
A. P. A. Service.
KL. PASO, Dec 27.—Former Mexi-j
can President Huerta has regained his;
freedom In the degree that he hat
been permitted to leave the Jail lr
which he has been confined under or
ders from the Washington government
for the past severs 1 months.
Huerta Is said to he very ill andj
‘hither confinement In the prison may)
sen .usly jeopardize his life. The gov-1
eminent Is by no means assured that
the ex-presid nt hus forgone tin
scheme to raise a revolution against
ihe Carranza government and his re
moval from the prison to the resi
dence of his wife today was done un
der the watchful eye of a guard who
It Is reported, will continue to keep
a close watch on him during his Ill
ness.
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GREEK KING
SERIOUSLY ILL
A. P. A. Service.
PARIS, Dec. 27.—Athens dispatches'
received In this city today state that
King Constanstine of Qreoce has been
stricken down with virulent plurlsy
and Is confined to his bed. According)
to the report, the court physicians de-1
dare his condition very serious. I
For quality and price in Holiday
win*s try the Nevada.
BRYAN WILL NOT
JOIN FORD PARTY
A. P. A. Service.
NEW YORK Dec. 28.—William Jen
nings Bryan has decided that he will!
not join Ford's peace party because
of the abandonment of the expedi
tion by the leader, himself. A tele
rram to this effect was forwarded to
the party by Bryan today It is stat
ed that the decision may n- t be final
and he may Join the party at a latet
period This will probably be con
tingent on what Bryan learns from a
conference with 'Ford on his arrival
REPORTED GERMAN URGING
AU8TRIAN COMPLIANCE!
A. P. A. Service.
LONDON. Dec. 27.—Continental re
ports state that Germany is behind,
tlie sudden change in the Austrian
attitude toward the United Staten over
ilie Ancona sinking. It Is said thin!
lhe Berlin government ha* exerted ullj
Ohio pressure to prevent the Au«
trians continuing their attitude of de
fiance and is apparently greatly de
sirous of preserving friendly relations
with the United States. Many mes
sages are reported to have passed
between Berlin and Vienna concerning
the affair. At present all accounts
agree that Germany will have her
wav and the American demand* will
he fully complied with.
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COMMISSION RECEIVES
MORE R. R. EQUIPMENTj
A. P. A Service.
SEWARD. Dec. 28.—The steamship
Cordova arrived hero yesterday bring-!
ing additional equipment for the rail
road. The shipment Included fivt
ballast cars and a locomotive crane
which were consigned to the railroad
commission..
START
THE NEW TEAR RIGHT
j WE WILL BE PLEA8ED TO .PRESENT TO EVERY HOUSE
WIFE CALLING OR SENDING FOR A COPY OF
THE HOUSEHOLD ECONOMIST
The purpose of this is thit we believe that no other question is
so important to the happiness and prosperity of a home as the mutual
J understanding by all members of the family regarding the distribution
of the Income or the apportion ng of the wages before spending them.
i Without a liudget we have shlpshod guesswork methods, with
out a definite standard for expenditure with a certainty of extrava
gance, waste, a purposeless living and no records to base our future
expenditures.
Full instructions and direction! with every book.
Polct’s
j WE ROAST COFFEE DAILY
XMAS OUIET ON
WEST FRONT
A. P. A. Itrvra*.
LONDON, Dec. k7.—Krom all ac
counts arriving here Christmas tvas
very iiuiet on the western front anil
was marked by an almost complete
cessation of military activities. Home
tiring occurred at a few isolated points
but the greater part of the day was
given over to peace.
Ho far as knuw# the day was un
marked by Incidents such as occurred
last year when football was played
between the lines. This year the
troops confined themselves to singing
and shouting greetings across the
spaces between the trenches. Pre
sumably on account of strict orders.
the Germans kept to their tronches|
throughout the day and but few at
tempts were made by either side to
i I
fraternize. Today's reports state that!
heavy artillery firing has been resumed!
along the line and a German demon
stration in force is reported from AI
sase. . . |
The Germans are reported to be I
displaying signs of considerable ac-j
I tivity in thnt section and It is be-j
jlieved that they are preparing an at-i
tempt to drive the French back into;
their own territory.
See the fair Stella at the Carnival
She'* a wonder.
ROTTERDAM REPORTS HEAVY
FIRING IN FLANDERS
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A. P. A. Service.
ROTTERDAM. Dec. 28.-The re
ports of heavy firing were plainly au
dible here throughout the day. Indi
cating that an artillery engagement Is!
in progress either along the Belgian
coast or on the Flanders front. It
lr. surmised here that the great arm
ion contenung tno »»c
again engaged In a death grapple but
so far nothing authentic has been re
ceived regarding the true conditions.
Two German Zeppellr.s are reported
to have been seen flying over the
north sett this morning, presumably on
:t reeonnolterlng tour Reports are
again etirrent that the Germans are1
growing very impatient at the food
restrictions Instituted by the govern-'
ment for the better conservation of;
supplies and guards are posted around
| Ui« food markets In all the larger
| cities.
There will positively be no queer
congest at the Carnival this year- You
just gat a good time with your money
That’s a'l.
COUNCIL AMENDS
TAXATION LAW
Councilman Homs was the only mis
sing member when Mayor Diamond
called the regular weekly meeting of
the Nome common council to order
last night. The minutes of the prev
ious meeting were read and approved
A communication from the school
board requested the appropriation of
$1,000 for school purposes Clerk
Grimm, in his capacity of school trus
tee, stated that tho sum was some-j
what greater than usual due to the
fact that a number of bills dating as
far back as midsummer had accum
ulated and were due and payable and
It was the desire of the board to wipe
tho slate clean up to the first of the
year. He offered to read n detailed
account of what the expenses totaled
but the council waived hearing.
City Attorney Hobbes reported that
he had drawn up an amendment to
tax ordinance No. 231 of July, 1913. as
requested by the council and tho same
was read by tho clerk. Tho amend
ment changed tho date of assessment
from September 1 to November 1 and
directed that all excess moneys re
ceived at delinquent property sales be
returned to tho purchaser when the
property was redeemed by the de
linquent owner.
On motion of Councilman Blake tho
Amendment was read tho second tl,no
by title and passed forthwith, all tot
ing aye except Council®®0 Lehmann
Councilman Blako reported that he
had not finished the election ordinance
covering the school and
»«. «p—■
» _ tho next mooting
‘n® rtld that ho had called for bids
the city printing for ■**
"councilman Lehmann stated that the
'carnival committee bad matterfl prac
tically combed tor the Aksala carni
val and very littlo remained to be
aone. The committee had prepared a
proclamation designating Carnival day,
Friday. Decern >f, jj M a half holl
Oentlnu*. ^ pggi four.
With each dollar cash purchaso or|
for each dollar paid on account during
the balance of this month we give ■'
ticket which eneitled the holder to one
chance on a $100.00 Victrola.
CEO. E. LOMEN & CO.
lOMEN’S PHARMACY.
lOMEN BROTHER,-.
PARIS PAPER INTIMATES
DIPLOMATIC RUPTURE
'A. P. A. 6«rv«c*.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 28.—ia spile
of the prevalent reports that the Aus
trian reply to the last American note
I will be entirely favorable to an early
settlement of the difficulties between
the two nations, advices from Vien
na, as published in the l’etit Journal
of Paris today su> that the Impres
sion prevails in Austro-Hungarian
governmental circles that the forth
coming reply to the American com
munication will bring about a diploma
tic rupture between the two nations.
The report Is not generally credited
here although the state department
has -a far rec ived from Ambassador
Ivntietd no forecast of the reply. It
iiitlerstooil. however, that unless
same excellent reason Is forthcoming
i continuing diplomatic correspond*
i nee an the subject no course seems
i"inain in the United States but
i" break "ff relations with Austria.
Calling Cards at the Nugget < irilee
ANOTHER ITALIAN STR.
IS REPORTED SUNK
n P A. Service.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 28.—A report)
from Rome that an unidentified Italian
passenger ship has been torpedoed (
while on the way to Cantania, SlcilyJ
irom Nil pels with a loss of eight lives i
i
reached the state department today
The report does not state the namej
of tlie vessel hut as the sailing port!
and destination are given it is pro j
Mimed the absence of the name Is uni
omission.
RUU SSI A N SUBMARINES
BOMBARD BUL OARIAN nonrc
A. P. A. Service.
I’ETROGRAD Dec. 28.—The admit - j
alty announced today that a squadron
of Russian submarines today bombard-1
i! several of the Bulgarian Black j
sea ports inflicting considerable darn-'
age. The names of the ports attacked,
are withheld.
December 31 Carnival day program,
skii race*. Bo*ch*n oup race, parade,
ini the afternoon, the evening the Car
nival. What more would you eek.
TON OF GOLD
LANDED AT
SEWARD
V P. A. Service.
SEWARD, Dec. 28.—Bob Grillis, th«
f.inmus old veteran of the winter trail,
arrived here Christmas night from the
IhHariid bringing twenty Tour hun
dted pounds of gold bullion for ship
ment to tiie outside The arrival of
!lie gold laden dog teams was a matter
considerable Interest to tile people
of Seward and a large crowd turned
.at to witness the arrival, c.rltlls was
one month and two days on the trail
md reports exceedingly cold weather
which considerably delayed travel.
While iri tin Takotna section, Grtlfls
was compelled to tie up during a spell
of bitterly cold weather with the ther
mometer reaching tlftv below
A DUES ARE AFTER
SUBMARINES
A. P. A. Service.
PARIS. Dec. Js. 'According to iiu
account published in the Purls Cigar..
| today, the allies are actively pursu
| ing the Teutonic submarines in the
j Mediterranean and a total of nine of
j the under water terrors have been
I captured or sunk within have been
weeks. It Is accepted that If the ac
count is correi t the Teutons will soon
have to discontinue their operations
for lack of available vessels us was the
case iti the North sea where the Bri
tish activities caused au almost com
plete suspension of the German at
tacks.
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tail ,jo to the Nevada.
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Chickens. Independent Meat Market
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Tear at the Nugget office.
XMAS NO BAR TO
FIGHTING IN GALICIA
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LONDON, Dec. 27.—Christmas was
apparently not considered on the1
eastern front and the accounts agree1
that the day was marked by con
tlnued skirmishing along the Galician
front. Petrograd roports state that
the Russians are credited with minor
gains ns a result of tho fighting. I
It Is believed hero that the Russians!
j
took advantage of tho probable de
sire of the enemy to refrain from hos
tilities by carrying on a series of har
assing movements tvhch were proba
bly ntbout particular Importance,
'i'ruin all accounts tho Germans have
been pushed steadly back In the Cour
land province and have abandoned
many miles of their front.
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