THE NOME DAILY NUGGET
VOLUME XVII. NO. 63. TSLEPnONE MAIN 4« NOME, ALASKA SATURDAY, MARCH 10, 1917. TELEPHONE MAIN 46 PRI-E 26 CENO
JOHNSON REFUSES SENATE, OLD WEN'S CLUB
CHAMPAGNE FIGHTING
DONE BY RUSSIANS
WITH FRENCH OFFICERS
1 Internationa I News Service.
HERRIN, March 10.—The general
staff announces that very heavy fight
ing continues in the Champagne dis
trict where night before last the
enemy made a surprise attack and
captured German positions over a
considerable area.
Counter charges by German troops
recovered re me of the lost ground and
the battle is not yet over.
It Is officially stated that the enemy
attack was made by Russian troops
almost exclusively. They were led by
French o ffe nra and penetrated Ger
man positions for :> long distance be
■ote they stoppel v'R, great losses.
They were forced *o evai . ate cap
tured positions j. Get'nan counter
attacks.
NtW YORK, March 10.—Berlin dis
pn.ehcs say that the Paris statement
tint few Frenchmen fell In the
Champagne attack yesterday Is true
because Russian troops did the allies
lighting under the leadership of French
officers.
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BERNSTORFF ARRIVES
SAFE AT COPENHAGEN
AFTER LONG V0YA6E
International News Service
COPENHAGEN, March 10.—The
Frederick VIII arrived here this morn
ing in nine and a half days from
Halifax. The Bernstorff party which
was aboard the Scandinavlan-Ameri
can liner were all well and expressed
themselves as well pleased with the
treatment accorded them by the ship’s
officers. They refused to make any
statement concerning the ten days’
delays enforced on them by the Brit
ish authorities at Halifax, but chang
ed the subject by asking for news
of the world of which they had re
ci-ived only fragments for twenty two
■days.
The trip was declared by the cap
tain to be uneventful. A number of
British cruisers approached the Fred
] i rick VIII and on learning Its name
departed in the distance.
The Frederick VIII left New York
February 16 and was not allowed to
enter the harbor of Halifax until the
| evening of the 18th.
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All kinds of sleigh and ski wood on
sale at Ros*’ mill and shop. Also
building and mining timber.
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FRENCH DECLARE
VIOLENT FIGHTING
IN CHAMPAGNE
International News Service.
PARIS, March 10.—The official com
munique says that violent fighting has
been in progress on the Champagne
sector during the last twenty hours.
German counter charges of the most
desperate character have been made
to retake the lost ground but without
avail.
The communique states that not
only have the French held their own
but they have penetrated new Ger
man positions and are successful In
nearly every encounter.
Other portions of the west front
are stated to be quiet owing for the
most part to bad weather and the
flooded state of streams.
LINER ADRIATIC
ARRIVES WITH FEW
CABIN PASSENGERS
International Newt Servic*.
NEW YORK, March 10.—The White
Star liner Adriatic arlrved today from
Livrepool with only thirty passengers
in the Arts cabin.
The trip was uneventful as no Ger
man crafts were encountered.
Arriving passengers declare that the
submarine campaign created more of
a scare than any thing else as the
total number of ships sunk per day
was smaller than during the month
of November.
They soy, however, that Kngland
Is getting short of ships due to th«
continued Josses and the necessity
of deflecting many vessels for war
purposes solely.
The food situation Is being capa
bly handled by the government they
say and no one Is suffering or will
suffer because of the lack of neces
saries.
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AMERICAN MERCHANTMEN AT LIBERTY
TO SHOOT AT SUBMARINES WITHOUT
DEING ATTACKED ACCORDING TO RULING
'olernational News Service.
WASHINGTON. March 10.—Yes
terday afternoon soon after President
Wilson Issued a call for an extraor
dinary session of congress to convene
on April 16th orders were sent to the
navy department to carry out tho
program for arming merchantmen
which hud already been arranged. It
had been previously stated by the
navy department that within half an
hour of receiving the order from the
White House all arrangements would
have been completed for emplacing
guns on American vessels sailing the
Atlantic where there was danger of
submarine attack.
This morning the state department
announced a ruling which may have
far reaching consequences. The de
parement stated that In the future
an ed American merchantmen, when
fol'owing by a submarine or when
encountering a submarine on the high
sea» in such u manner that an attack
is threatened, will be at liberty to
i shoot at the underwater boat without
an attack having in fact been made.
This ruling is explained by the de
j partment as necessary because the
German threat leaves no other as
sumption possible except that the
submarine will give no warning.
NEW YORK, March 10.—The state
I department ruling that armed Ameri
can merchantmen shall Are on sub
I marines that are encountered on the
| assumption that no warning would
be given by the German craft caused
a decided slump in securities this
morning in the short Saturday session
of the stock exchange.
This ruling is expected to force
Germany to declare war when the
lirst submarine is sunk or to change
the policy of ruthless warfare. The
latter being considered outside the
range of posibilltles the alternative of
war Is taken for granted within a
month or six weeks at the latest.
JOHNSON REFUSES SENATE TOGA;
TO REMAIN CALIFORNIA GOVENOR;
HAS PRESEDENTIAL ASPIRATIONS
Pacific News Service.
SACRAMENTO, March 10.—The as
tonishing news was put into circula
tion this morning and is authoritative,
that Governor Hiram Johnson is not
going to resign his office as governor
of the state of California which would
be necessary if he assumed the toga
of a senator in the Sixty fifth con
gress to which ho was eletced by pop
ular vote last November.
On the contrary he is going to hold !
on to the governorship and refuse to
accept the sonatorship to which he
was elected.
This action la a tuUil surprise to all
txc-pt the gototnor's lntimtae friends
and In a change of front made within
the last two months. For, after John
con's election to the senate wus cre
ifled to by the canvassing board he
signed the oinclal certificate as gov
ernor whi_i> notified the relate that
he had been duly ele-.te dto that body.
At tl. ' time if was certainly his In
eotton to become a member of the
urper house of congress when the call
should be made by the president for
that body to convene
The announcement yesterday from
Washington that the president had
called a special session of congress
to meet on April 16th may have had
something to do with Johnson's de
cision to remain In the govrenor's
chair but no statement to this effect
has been made.
It is reported here that Johnson
wants to be presidential candidate in
1920 and that he believes the senate
tc be an old mans' club where politi
cal ambition Is burled under eonven
«tonal rules which destroys person
illty He is reported to have said that
his political doom would be sealed
should he take his seat In the senate.
It is declared that Johnson's decis
ion not to take his seat In the senate
is final.
There Is great speculation as to who
his national advisers are and how
they figure tba' Johnson will bo In
the running against Borah who is al
ready being grooLin d as the republican
standard bearer
BRITISH CAVALRY
AND GUNBOAT
ATTACK REPELLED
In'c -national Newt Service. i
BERLIN, March 9.—An official
statement from the Turkish war of
fice contains the information that
British cavalry was repulsed near
Baghdad on March 5 when an attack
was made on Turkish outposts.
The British cavalry attack was sup
ported by two river gunboats on the
Tigris and a heavy gun Are was dl
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rected on the outposts. Turkish ar
tlllary was brought to bear on the
gunboats and they were crippled and
forced to withdraw.
The cavalry attack was repelled by
heavy outpost detachments without
falling back on the heavily reinforced
main body. A great battle is expected
before Baghdad soon.
FIRST WEEK PASSES
ALASKA LEGISLATURE
NOT YET AT WORK
Pacifio News Service.
JUNEAU, March 9.—The house is j
organized and is rapidly getting
ready for business. Committees have
been elected. The delegation from the
Second division have been given j
chairmanships as follows: Coombs. ,
ways and means; Daly, mining and !
manufactures; Allan, roads and high
ways; Corrigan, labor and capital.
William Eddy of Nome refused to
compromise by aceptlng the clerk
ship of the house.
The senate was still deadlocked
when adjournment was taken this
afternoon after repented ballots to de
termine who shall be president of that
body. The contest is between Aid
rich and Hubbard with the support
ers of tho latter including himself
ready to compromise on Heckman.
The governor's message is being
held back until the senate organizes
and Is now announced for next Mon
day.
OFFICERS INTERNED
VESSEL CONVICTED
OBSTRUCTING HARBOR
Ir'ernational New* Servic®.
FLORENCE, N. C., March 10.—Thu
trial of the captain and eight offi
cers of tho Ourtnan steamship Lted
enfels came to an end this morning
with their conviction.
They had been charged with break
ing tho laws pertaining to obstructing
harbors and endangering shipping.
The specific act of which they were
accused was of sinking the Lteden
felts In Charleston harbor on the
night of January 31 In such a manner
as to block the channel.
Tho charge was sustained In the
trial which termlanted this morning
and sentence was Imposed. Each of
the eight officers must pay a fine of
five hundred dollars and serve one
year in the federal prison at Atlanta.
ALDRICH SAYS
APPROPRIATION
FORSCHOOLS
That the schols will be provided for
by the territorial legislature now
seems to be quite certain. Not only
have representative bodies of Nome
urged the necessity of a suitable law
The Llendenfels was voluntarily In
terned at Charleston soon after the
outbreak of the war and acting un
der orders the source of which they
would not divulge sank their vessel
at her moorings a few hours before
the leeverence of relations between
the United States and Germany.
Because of the breach of federal
laws in obstructing the harbor they
were taken Into custody by federal
authorities and tried In the federal
district court.
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and appropriations but other commun
ities have taken the same action.
Mayor Moller received a telegram
this morning from Senator Frank Aid
rich conveying the following reassur
ing words: "The general disposition
of the members of the legislature Is
for Uiberal jappropriatlons for both
schools and roads"
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