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VOLUME XVI. NO. 231. TELEPHONE MAIN 4fl NOME, ALASKA. TUESDAY, AUGUST 30, 1916. TELEPHONE MAIN 45 PRIgE 26 CENTS
RAILROADS I
MIGHTY ARTILLERY
BATTLE RAGING
BALKAN FRONT
RUSSIANS STILL
ADVANCING THROUGH
International News Service.
I ’KTIH •( 5RA D, Aug. 30. -The gener
al staff reports further advances of
the Russian forces in the Carpathians
vvilh the Austrians falling steadily
hack before the advancing Slav col
umns.
The reports declare the Russian ad
vance'* guard to lie within seventeen
miles of the Hungarian border in the
.lablcnica region and encountering hut
little resistance.
The capture of five villages during
the fighting of the past few days is
also recorded.
The Russian offensive along the
Stokhod is continuing though greatly
impeded by the natural conditions of1
the territory.
The Herman efforts to stay the Rus
sian advance in this section are re
ported to have less effect than the
marshy condition of the ground.
FUNERAL NOTICE.
•, The funeral of the late (Richard
Fenlon will be held from St. Joseph’s
church on Thursday morning at nine
o’clock. Friends are invited to at- j
tend.
SriiSCRIIIK FOR THE NUGGET
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SENATE COMMITTEE DRAFTING
RAILROAD LEGISLATION
International News Service.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 3U. Tho ac
tual \voi k of ill afting legislation to
meet the railroad situation has already
heen started l*\ the senate interstate 1
commerce commission, according to j
statements made l.y Senator New lands
and other members of the committee!
day.
Whether in not the proposed mens- '
ure will he employed in the settle
ment of ihe present crisis is hard to j
conjecture. ,\i present then- is litth
prospect t tin i lie commitiei " '
aide W. finish up its work
to employ I In pri.posed mi.isure ill
•slaving oft Ihe strike which appears
to he certain unless the railroads sud
denly change their attitude. The emu
mi I tee lenders themselves admit tinl
there is no chance to linish hy Monday,
the day on which the strike is sched
uled to develop.
Then is, however, liclicf among the
legislators that something will develop
to eause the railroad brotherhoods to
delay action, .lust what may lie be
hind I he suggestion is hard to per
ceive as the brotherhoods are appar
ently determined to go ahead on the
scheduled date and every preparation
is being made to issue the strike call
promptly on Monday. Judge Chambers
chit it man of the federal mediation
board, also expresses the belief that
there is hope that the men will not
strike Monday.
Railroads Preparing for Struggle.
International News Service.
CHICAGO, Aug. so. Owing to the
prospect of a general traffic tie up
Monday, the railroads a re commencing
to place embargoes on freight ship
ments. The Cnion Pacific, and also
the Kansas City and Southern and the
Michigan Central today notified tin'
shipping public that an embargo has
been placed on all perishable freights,
thought all are ready to receive mer
chandise of non perishable character.
The Texas Pacific is appal enll> not
so optimistic as the others men
tioned and has announced an embargo
(in all freight shipments for the pres
ent.
Other roads throughout the middle
west are also reported making prepa
rations to follow suit and it is possible
that most of the lines throughout the
country will take similar action with
in the next few days. The belief pre
vails here that u general railroad tie
up is inevitable.
District Judge issues Restrictiony Or -
der Against U. P. Conductors.
Pacific News Service.
OMAHA, Aug. 30. What is proba -
bly the first legal effort to prevent
the railroad workers from carrying
out their threat to strike, developed to
I day with the issuance of a restrain
ing ordei against the t’nion Pacific
conductors who have been ordered to
strike, by District Judge Sears today.
The restraining order was issued on
the application of the company offi
cials.
All Big Roads Decleanny Embargoes.
Pacific News Service.
intfHAXJ’iJp. .Aii«u..au.. rAU.. tjiii bit
embargoes upon shipments of perisha
ble freight today, indicating that the
roads are generally accepting the view
ih.it a strike is inevitable. Reports
reaching here from all parts of the
countrv say that the situation is gen
< rally regarded as hopeless.
The local markets a I read.\ show a
slight inclination toward an increase
of pro - s in perishable commodities. It
is prophesied that all staple commodi
ties will advance to double or treble
the present price within one week af
ter a strike declaration.
ADAMSON DECLARES WILSON
LEGISLATION CANNOT PASS
International News Sorvice.
WASHINGTON, I >. Aug. 30.
Hollowing a conference with Hhamp
| (’lark and Representative Kitchin, of
North Harolina. the majority leader
of the house of representatives, Repre
sentative Adamson, chairman of the
house interstate commerce commis
sion, declared that there is no pros
pect that the Wilson laws providing
for an increase of railroad freight
rates and compulsory mediation will
pass the house during the present ses
sion.
Adamson says that the balance of
legislation to be enacted before the
( lose of the present session makes it
practically impossible for tin* Wilson
measure to receive consideration.
The Pictorial edition of the Nugget
will cover every form of mining and
depict by means of illustrations every
thing of interest on Seward peninsula.
International News Service.
SALONIKA, Aug. 30. A mighty ar
tillery action is taking place along the
entire allied line from Lake; Dorian
to th«' Strumitza today, according to
advices reaching hen* from the com
mander in chief.
Doth sides are reported carrying on
a terrific bombardment with the most
intensive action taking place along
the Belasitsa plateau, where the Bul
garians are occupying strongly defend
ed positions, the capture of which is
essential to the further progress of
] the allies toward the city of Strou
mitsa, the apparent objective of the
liresenl movement.
I < i orts are reaching here that the
war declaration of Itoumaniu has
caused the Bulgarians to withdraw
many troops from the garrisons oc
cupying towns in the Servian section
and these are being rushed to the
northern border to repel expected at
tacks from that quarter.
So far as known the Roumanians
have made no attempt to penetrate
I Sulgaria.
TWENTY LOSE LIVES
S. S. ADMIRAL CLARK
Pacific News Service.
SKATTLK. Aug'. 30. Tim I’aeilie
\ la ska Steamship Company, operating:
the Admiral line of steamships. an
nounced today that the steamship Ad
miral Clark was sunk in the dull* of
,\I xico uri (lie night of August 12,
h o loss of Hvcnt.v lives, including
tin- mosti r of the vessel, Paptuin Dan
ielson, who is well known on the Pa
cific const. The reports received by
the company state that the vessel was
wrecked in a terrific storm which
swept over the golf during the earlier
days of the month.
Snake river harbor improvement and
the necessity for same pictures show
ing wrecks of schooners and barges at
mouth of river Pictorial edition of
Nugget published in October.
HEAVY WEATHER HINDERING
SOMME FIGHTING
i . » News Service.
Internatior
Aug, MO. 1 reports from
British nrin.N headquarters today as
sert that seven weather is hindering
the fighting along the entire Somme
front. The reports declar* that the
countr\ is being deluged with rain and
trenches and fields are temporarily a
veritable sea of mild and Water.
\o infantry actions of importance
have taken place above or .below the!
Somme lor the past twenty foui hours.'
both sides contenting themselves with*
carrying on an intense bombardment.
The British are reported directing
the bulk of their artillery fire on the
(human positions along the ('lUillemont
I 'omldOS l mm ami tiiung im i im (i*.* J
t’oureelette road, indicating a further
extension of the drive at those points
when llie weather shall moderate.
Teutons Shelling Fleury Positons.
International News Service.
I'.Mils. Mig. no. Reports to the war
office today say that the Mermans are
shi lling the Flench positions along the
Fleury front with great intensity. A
heavy artillery duel is also in progress
along the French lines a hove and be
low the Somme.
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ies, with the charge to bear in mind that the trado name these goods
hear as RELIANCE, forceably means just what that term implies as
above defined.
Certain standards are held and must bo maintained by all reputable
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manufacturers of RELIANCE PRODUCTS. They alone, far overstep
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standard maintained by other h gh grade brands.
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BUCHAREST BOMBARDED
BY GERMAN AIRCRAFT
International News Service.
ItUCHARKST, Aug. 30. Zeppelins
and German aeroplanes attacked the
Roumanian capital at an early hour to
day. dropping iiunn t ons bombs and
destroying several buildings in addi
tion to injuring a number of people.
The efforts of the Germans were
principally directed to the destruction
of the .railroad stations and the muni
tions manufactories but none of them
were damaged as the bombs failed to
land where intended.
The Roumanian forces are being
mobilized along the border with all dis
patch and the commencement of the
advance into Transly va n ia is hourly
expected.
An official statement of the war of
fice last night declares that the report
ed battles between the Roumanians
and Austrians Sunday were greatly
exaggerated in the degree that they
consisted of nothing more than de
sultory skimishes between the border
j
patrols.
The actions wero precipitated by
Iloumanian troops crossing the bor
der to lcnrn the strength of the Aus
trian forces.
U. S. CRUISER MEMPHIS
WRECKED; SAHT0-D0MIH60
International News Service.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 30.—The Uni
ted States cruiser Memphis is reported
to have gone ashore in a heavy sea on
the Santo Pom in go const late yester
day afternoon, resulting in the loss of
a number of lives and the injury of
more than a score.
The first intimation of the disaster
Wits received by the navy department
lust evening in a message from Hear
Admiral Pond, who was in command
of the cruiser at the time.
The report of the admiral was mea
I ger tind gave only the barest details.
| The report suys that the vessel was
lying close to shore when the sea came
up with great suddenness. The vessel
had steam up but before she could get
away from her dangerous situation,
»nc of the steam pipes in the boiler
room burst rendering the ship com
pletely helpless. Just what occurred
in the boiler room is not known at
present as those who were there are
all too seriously injured to be ques
tioned. The admiral says that one
enlisted man was killed outright and
■ five others are probably fatally injur
ed. The report also states that a par
ty of twenty men who were returning
from shore leave in u small boat were
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upset and drowned in the heavy sea,
while attempting to reach the Mem
phis. In addition the admiral reports
that a number of others belonging to
the ship are missing. The message
conclude with the statement that all
hands are off the ship which is being
roughly handled by the mountainous
waves.
The Memphis is an armored cruiser
of fourteen thousand five hundred
tons and was formerly named the Ten
nessee. She was one of the older ves
sels of the American war fleet having
been built in 1903.