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VOLUME XVII. NO. 96. TELEPHONE MAIN 44 NOME, ALASKA. THURSDAY, APRIL 19. 1917. TELEPHONE MAIN 46. PRIoE 25 CENTS
“PETTWU 61 S Ujjjjjy WiLL HAVE TO NLIST
GIVES PERSONNEL OF
BRITISH COMMISSION
international News Service.
WASHINGTON. April 19—The
British embassy today gave out the
following names, as those who go to
make up the British commission, wh#
are now in this country to lend as
sistance to the United States govern
ment, in the formulation of its war
plans.
In addition to land Balfour, whose
name had already been published the
commission Includes Sir Kric Drum
mond, Ian Malcom, member of par
Lament, Bear Admiral Dechaer, Fleet
Paymaster Lawford, Major General
Bridges, Captain Spender Clay, mem
ber of parliament and Lord Cunliffe,
governor of the bank of Kngland
It is expected that a joint confer
ence will soon be held between the
above body of men, the French com
mission and President Wilson am;
staff.
This first conference M is said, will
likely be for the purpose of laving
out a schedule of meetings and also
hp a step toward getting better ac
quainted.
Other conferences of the utmost im
portance, Mill quieklv foliaw. and
greater things are said to he in em
bryo through the galhrieng of such
a body of men at Washington than the
world has yet witnessed.
Never has there been in this or any
other country, a joint commission of
such a member of high officials on
such a mission and great things are
expected as a result.
PETTICOAT SOLDIERS MUST
SERVE SAYS WAR DEPT
International Nows Service*
WASHINGTON. April 19.—1Through
an edict of the war department Is
sued today, consternation rules
throughout the land, and the mar
riage licence business have fallen off
in receipts over ninety five per cent.
The great rush to get married and
avoid possible conscription In the
event of the passage of the selective
conscription bill, has stopped as
though marriage were a plague.
The war department rules, that the
thousands of young men, who rushed
to got married since the declaration
of war, are not exempt from duty.
With the knowledge of the possible
passage, of the selective conscription
bill, there has been an unprecedented
rush of thousands to take out mar
riage licences since we entered the
war. Unquestionably these young
HOBOKEN WATERFRONT IS
UNDER MARTIAL LAW
international Newt Service.
NEW YORK. April 19.—On orders
from Washington issued today, the
Hoboken water front, where the of
fices of the German steamship com
panies are located, was at once placed
under martini law.
Three companies of infantry are
now patrolling the streets and guard
ing the docks and all warehouses. The
management of both the Hamburg
Americnn line and the North German
Lloyd have been notified by the war
department to clear their warehouses
of all fright, and do this at once.
The officials of those large com
panies, state that they must locate
some place, large enough to accom
modate the enormous amount of
freight on hand.
They sent an appeal to Washington
to be given time, ns this action of
the war department was entirely un
looked for.
CAPTAIN WILLIAM VINT
POUNDS WAY TO LILLE
Fifteen years ago Hilly Vint, George
Carpenter and F. Hunter set out from
Candle to Nome ucross country. They
were caught out on the Knoxdcpngn
divide in a fierce blizzard and were
badly frozen.
Carpenter lost both hands and feet
and died at Fort Davis from the ef
fects . Hunter lost several of his toes,
part of his heel and his face was
badly frost-bittei^ The third man
Vint, lost portion of his nose and got
both hands and feet slightly nipped.
Today Billy Vint is on the fighting
line in France and is a captain in
the British army. He has charge of a
Howtlxer battery which has been do
ing most effective work on the north
*.v'stern end of the line find is now
pounding his way on to Idle.
Billy is a tough old fighter. In his
letter to his brother Joe—which lias
Been sent on to Nome—he -e aunts
some of his thrilling experiences on
the battelfleld and ends up by saying
'hat it is a picnic compared with t at,
trip from Candle to Nome when they]
were caught out.
His brother Joe Vint has sold out
his I'ittle ranc hin Santa Cruz and is
now in Seattle where they have a
home. He is talking about coming
to Nome again this summer and will
take Mrs. Vint and Keith Parker Vint
—who is the pride and joy of the Vint
family, along.
men thought by this means to avoid
duty, but today’s ruling spells, that
should the bill pass which is now be
fore the house, they will be drawn
into service.
Those who jumped into the arms
of matrimony are now classified as
‘‘petticoat soldiers” and the term is
spreading throughout- the country into
the most isolated villages.
The falling off in applications for
MAY WHEAT
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licenses, which is reported fo'lowing
this ruling, proves that the appella
tion 'is deserved l>y many of the new
ly-weds.
Office and Residence of J. F. McAl
lister, freighter and transfer, Elite
Baths. Phone Red 157.
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$2.40, NEW WHEAT
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Ir 'ernatiorial Nev.s Servic®.
CHICAGO, April 19.—A new high
mark was touched by May wheat,
when today the price soared to two
dollars and forty cents per bushel.
A now word will have to be coined
to properly describe the scene in the
pit this forenoon. It became evident
today that a new element is behind
the upward trend, endeavoring to
wrest the control from Patton. It
Is known that Patton has been grad
ually withdrawing from the market,
and it is also known that he has cov
ered deliveries.
This fact should bring about a
reaction, and knowing the same has
influenced other big operators to go
short ns nothing could justify a con
tinued advance after the great Patton
interests had procured nil they needed.
But today witnessed a demand for
May that forced the price to this new
TAYLOR CREEK IN
THROES OF BLIZZARD
By A. T. & T. Co.
TAYLOR CREEK, April 19.—For
the past four days a blizzard—the
worst we have seen this winter—has
been raging here and everything is at
a standstill out-o-doors.
The supplies for the Kelleher and
Matthews dredge have all been hauled
from Davidson’s landing as well as
those for the store hero. Harry Cor
bin is now' at the landing and is haul
ing supplies for Dahl creek where ho
will mine this summer.
Billy Benniger, Skinny Wells and
Mike Dwyer are at the landing and
will leav for Taylor tomorrow. They
have made a trip to the Hot Springs
and find that Pete Yeager Is going
in for the truck garden business In
great shape this summer. He will
try and arrange so that his produce
will be on the Nome market all the
time and has made transportation ar
rangements to that end.
Gus Wheeler left Sheldon for Taylor
high level, and orders lo brokers seem
to be still ponding in, indicating that
some clique or individual with prac
tically unlimited resources is looking
for the crown worn b> Patton for so
long.
No statement has come from Pat
ton, the mart who at all times is will
ing to show his exact stand in the
market, despite which he has been
able to hold the whip hand.
This silence, according to ttiose who
know the man, means that he is pre
paring to crush th'is new element who
are attempting to corner wheat
Chicago is breathless, watching foi
Patton’s move, and when it comes it i
will make history. The question on
all lips is, will Patton rema'in “King of
the Pit?”
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Creek but Will probably stay over at
Dahl today until the weather moder
ates. The dredges here are getting
ready for the summer's work.
INTERNATIONAL FOR
SALE IN ST. LOUIS
International News Service.
ST. LOUIS, April 19.—This is the
second day of the international fur
auction sales now taking place here,
and the first days receipts run tip
to seven hundred and fifty thousand
dollars.
There are more than four million
do’lars worth of these furs to he auc
tioned off.
Fifteen hundred Alaskan fur seals
brought seventy five thousand dollars
for the United States government from
whom they wore bought.
SHAKING THE FOUNDATIONS
OF HINDENDERG’S LINES
International News Service.
I 'A IMS, April 18.—Official dispatches
here state that General Nivelle has
the whip hand from Soissons to
liheims and 'is shaking the line of
von Hindenberg in its very founds -
t ions.
Assault after assault has been mad*
stung tite various sections of the Ger
man line and in no instance did the
French fail in their objective.
Along the line between Soissons
'and Auberive the Germans have hml
i
ed over a quarter of ;l million men on
h«- French line but without effect. The
French report their lino intact and
have managed to hold their own dn
I spite the strong counter attacks made
by Von IIindenberg ,ii this portion of
the lino.
Aviators t» port tie movements of
trainloads of troops and supplies in
the direction where tie French made
their big victories in th*- first part of
the week.
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RAISE NAVY TO 150,000 MEN;
NEW ADMINISTRATION BILL
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International News Service.
WASHINGTON. April IK. The ad- j
ministration bill, to raise the navy to ,
one hundred and fifty thousand men, I
was today favorably reported by the
senate nava* affairs committee.
President Wilson says that this
amount of men is needed at once, to
place the navy on a proper war foot
ing:.
lie has received assurances that the
senate will aet favorably and quieklv
on the measure, and no opposition is
looked for. The president was favor
abl> impressed, with tin* quirk ac
tion taken by tin* committee, and so
expressed himself.
WASHINGTON/ April 10. In the
house a plan is being discussed, where
by a cal! shall l>«* issued for five bun*
died thousand volunteers, before the
selective* draft can become effective.
I'pon hearing nf this President Wil
son expressed himself as bitterly dis
appointed, sa \ jflig that sm h ?i plan
Would serioiish hamper all of his
plans, toward the crushing of Priis
sianism, atni that the ineasino wag not
in any way acceptable fo him.
It is turnoi'il that the opposition t * *
his efforts t«» procure tin* passage of
the selective conscription bill, may
lead to the presidnet making an ap
peal to the peoplr foi their aid, t<* ac
complish his en«ls in th« matter, lie
j has be* ti quot'd as saying, that if the
house fails him in lending their sup
port to the passage of this bill, he
knows the people will gt\c Tilm their
hacking and h< will sun !\ request
it of them.
MEXICANS ATTACK TOWN
KILL ONE AMERICAN
PHOKNIX, \in; 111. i i ili.ci.i
of CJilii Rend ri p id ■or ,11 hands of
Mexican gorillas having ittnekod
Ihrir town, this iiripat'r.g and aids. I
for a'nl here to help t'e m drive tin
Mexicans back me, tn Hne. In tins
mornings skirmish one Ann rii ,n was
killed and several wounded.
The Mexicans came in from I he
mountains and ai'a ri tin town of
Painted Hock and then swept on to
,(iila IkiHl whfi* u. kc|»: the town
I under fire for over in hour.
\n arm* d hod\ wil1 lo.ivi- tonight and
will he supported !•/ tirops which
will he sent from Yuma. TMs is the
second attack nia le. on the town of
(ilia Ik id in the p -a \v« ek.
All ktr> la of sloiyh and ski wood on
sale at Ros*’ mill and shop. Also
building and mining timber.
CALLED TD HIGHER COURT
TYRANT PASSES AWAY
DON DON, April lit.- (iencral Von |
Hissing who since the occupaiton of
Belgium I>\ the le i nr.ns has acted as
governor general of that country died
yesterday afternoon according to re
ports received from Brussels th'is af
ternoon.
There is sonic good i:i all men and
to this man’s credit let it be said that
he was directly responsible for the
murder of Nurse t’avill and for many
of the outrages and atrocious attacks
perpetrate! in Belgium. Both Amer
NEWS NOTES.
The Cainoogan race will start on
Tuesday next at 11 o’clock and the
entries will close on Monday after
oon 4 p. tn. The following will be
the handlcappers and judges in Nome
Kay Delzene, 0. Burger, II. J. Down
ing. At Solomon Tom Shaug'hnessy,
Will Rennie and Harry Bay. Oounoil
ites are preparing to kill the fatted
calf for their Nome visitors who are
guaranteed (lie best Curie ever.
—
In the district court on Saturday
the case of the Kougarok Mining and
Ditch Co. vs. Mike Kennedy Involv
lean and Xi-theil.mil hutch writers
have condemned Von Hissing to whom
tiii _s attribute largely the desecration
■ if Hi Igium. lie liis escaped earthly
punishment hut utn tiring sure there
in a Clod above who will call him to
■ -count for Hu cold blooded murder
of the Knglish muse whose life the
American ambassador attempted to
sa vo.
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ing the title to the John I. bench will
lie heard. An Injunction Is prayed
for. Attorneys Lomen and Cochran
will appear for the plaintiffs and the
defendant will he represented by At
toniy I-'rawley.
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