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VOLUME XV. NO. 137. TELEPHONE MAIN 46. NOME, ALASKA, SATURDAY. MAY 15, 1915. TELEPHONE MAIN 46 PRICE 25 CENTS
BELIEVE GERMANY WILL ARBITRATE WITH U. S.
HOLLAND MAY BACK UNITED STATES DEMANDS
PRESIDENT MAY SEVER DFLOMAT1C RELATIONS
MORE LUSITANIA
VICTIMS RECOVERED
CJl'KENSTOVVN, May 15. Tugs ar
rived from the Kinsale coast lust night
and brought in the bodies of twenty
eight victims of the Lusitania sinking.
Nine of tile bodies recovered are those
of women and children.
REPORTED YAQUIS
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NOGALES, May 15.— The Yatiui In
dians are reported to have again
broken out in the vicinity of Esper
anto and have killed a number of
Americans.
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PRESIDENT BELIEVES THAT GERMANY IS
DESIROUS OF MAINTAINING PEACE
WASHINGTON. Maj 1C. Bryan an
nnunced at Cabinet meeting yesterady
tliat lie hail received no notification
from Ambassador Gerard at Berlin as
I to whether the latter hud delivered the
j American note to the German Korelgn
[office today or not. At the eoneluaion
of the session, Bryan stated to the
newspaper men that the President had
advised that all government officials
should avoid discussing the relations
existing between the United States and
Germany, for the present confining
their statements to general references
only. Among other items of informa
tion offered by the Seoretarx it was
stated that the I’nited States would not
go to the length of commencing pre
pa rat ions for war as the President per
sonally hopes that Germany is as anx
ious to maintain friendly relation as
• ourselves.
Asked as to the probable action of
the government in the event of tier
many hemming defiant. Bryan said
that the 1’resilient is cnnsld* riim that
eventuality hut has s.» far ii"t fnlh
decided as t<» the emirs*- m In- pm
sued. rriie e Xee 111 i \ e a i-<-• >rd i H.U t<
Bryan, has a derhh d leaning |i»\Vard
'the severance of diplomat i* relations'
'as a fa ether measut. .. f protest .mi
(also to conv ince the German **i*n -
'ment that he is entin-U in .arm-G.
; The Seeretary also volunteer'd the
I information that while tlict. was t.ally
iiu prospect of hostilities, the rmv> ,
was fully prepared for emergencies and
was. in tact, in better condition than i
usual. The fleet is now mobilized off I
New York harbor, its personnel coin •
pi etc and with the* bunkers filled and
magazines crammed with ammunition i
In conformity with the I'resident’s
• rebus other government officials ar
• fusing to disc miss the situation.
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GERMANY WILL UNDOUBTEDLY
ARBITRATE DIFFERENCES.
LONDON, May 15. Continental dis
patches received from authentic
sources indicate that the American
note is the subject of the hour in Ger
many. Although refraining from com
meriting on the attitude <>f the United
States the references of the press be
tray that the subject is considered of
the highest importance. The govern
ment organs are plainly of the opinion
that whatever ma> be the differences
between the two nations, the Berlin
government will undoubtedly arbitrate
Prominent officials are quoted as su>
mu that there are no differences likej\
to 1 rise between America and Get
mam that cannot be settled in an
iminble manner.
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GERMANS DRIVEN RACK 30
MILES IN DALTIC PROVINCES
PETROQRAD, May 1.1.—'The lately
inaugurated German offensive in the
Haltic provinces of Russia 1ms received
a serious setback as the result of a
counter offensive instituted h> the
Russian forces soutli of Shavil. Gen
eral Staff reports state that tlie Ger
mans have been driven back along the
entire front for distances varying from
six to thirty miles and have suffered
enormous losses.
It has been determined that the re
treat of the Russian forces in Galicia
will lie hatted at the San owing to the
impossibility of maintaining the posi
tions farther to tlie west in the fare of
tlte combined Austro-German offen
sive. The strong strategical positions
along the San will enable the Russians
to maintain an impregnable defense
against the enemy until conditions are
more favorable for the renewal of the
offensive in that section.
HEAVY FIRING HEARD
ON THE BALTIC SEA
ST< IC'KHOl.M, May 15 Steamers
arriving here from the south IlalMi
report having heard heavy tiring at
some distance indicating that a naval
engagement was in progress at some
point near the entrance to the Gulf of
Riga.
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BERLIN REPORTS
ON LUSITANIA
BERLIN, May 15.—Advices received
by the Berlin government from the
commander of the submarine engaged
in the attack on the British liner Lusi
tania assert that the latter was struck
only by one torpedo from ttie German
vessel and was sunk through an explo
sion occuring in the interior of the hull
presumably by the blowing up of the
boilers. It is stated that the Lusitania
was not flying a flag of any description
at the time of the attach.
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ENGLAND ARRESTS
ALL ALIEN ENEMIES
LONDON, May 15.—The recent re
patriation order of the Council re
quiring the deportation of the alien
enemy has become effective and all
peoples of the countries opposing
Britain in the war are being arrested
throughout the country preparatory to
being returned to their native land.
The press, in commenting on the or
der, asserts that a measure of like na
ture should have been adopted long ago
as England thus removes at one opera
tion alien citizens which under present
conditions can be'of no benefit to the
Empire and are rather in the nature
of a menace than otherwise and also
the enormous number of spies whose
activities have been manifested time
anil again during the period of the
war.
GREECE WILL NOT SIDE *
WITH THE ALLIES
BERLIN. May 15- The Foreign Min
ister today announced that the Greek
Government has given Germany de
finite assurance that Greece will not
enter the war on the side of the allies
neither at present or in the future. The
statement has Been received with sat
isfaction.
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FORMER LOS ANGELES
POLICE CHIEF ACQUITTED
OF DELINQUENCY CHARGE
L< >S ANGELES, May 15 Funner
Chief of Police* Sebastian has been
acquitted of the charge of contribut
ing to tlie delinquency of minors for
which cause he was superseded as the
head of the local police department.
Mrs. Lillia Pratt, who tilled the posi
tion of Police Matron during the in
eumbency of Sebastian and who was
arrested on the same charge was also
acquitted. Sebastian was recently de
feated for the mayoralty by a few
votes.
STATE BANKS MAY ENTER
FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
—
WASHINGTON. May 14.—The Fed- j
era I Reserve Board has delivered an j
important decision relative to (lie
much discussed question of granting
state banks the right to enter the
Federal reserve banking system. I'nder
the new ruling state banks conforming
to the requirements provided for the
national banks belonging to the sys
tem. will lie allowed to enter the Fed
eral Reserve with the right to with*
draw or surrender their membershiii
if it is so desired.
ANTI-GERMAN RIOTS IN
BRITISH AFRICAN COLONIES
LONDON, May 15.—Anti-German
rioting in the British South African
colonies has readied serious propor
tions and an extensive loss’ of pro
perty is reported. Mobs are reported
committing unusual excesses in nearly
all of the larger towns since the sink
ing of the Lusitania. Dispatches to
the Colonial secretary state that a
number of German residents have lost
their lives at Kimberly and Ladysmith.
DIPLOMATS SAY GERMANY
WILL CONSIDER WELL
WASHINGTON. .May 1". The mem j
Imis of the foreign diplomatic bodv.j
discussing tlu- situation ate gravely I
disposed to he optimistic, all liejng un
anlmously of the opinion tli.it Germany,
will consider long before assuming tit- J
responsihilty for a break with the mi - j
tion which dominates the western'
hemisphere Attention is also called1
to the fact that Holland is verj likely!
to side wit It the t’nited States in the:
declaration against the submarine war- I
fare owing to the fact that the griev
aines of that country are identical
with those of the I'nited States The
majority of tin* diplomats state that
in their belief the Dutch government
will endorse President Wilson’s de
claration.
It is pointed out that in tin* event of.
smh endorsement Holland would un
doubtedh join the I’nited States in
whatever action this nation might con
template and this inclines many to the
belief tli.it Germany would lie further
inclined in hesitate owing to prohabil
Ity that Holland would immediately
eiitct the war with a fully equipped
army, which is at present mobilized on
her frontier, only twenty-five miles
from the great German arsenal and
gun works at Essen.
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AMERICAN NOTE DELAYED
IN TRANSMISSION j
WASHINGTON. Max I'. "win- I"
the present intent conjestimi of the]
cables to Kurope, the American note|
to German), which has been dispatch-|
ed to Ambassador Gerard at Berlin.1
has not been delivered. Secretary
Bryan static! this morning that it was
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ITALY WILL
REMAIN NEUTRAL
ROMR, May 1.' It is reported that
King Victor decided last night to ac
cept the resignation of the Cabinet
tendered yesterday and the decision
which in effect means that Italy will
remain at peace, has still further in
creased the popular clamor for war
among the people. Following the
spreading of the report, great crowds
of war enthusiasts gathered in thej
streets giving vent to their disapproval
of the ruler's intention h.v angry de
monstrations which lasted throughout
the night in spite of the efforts of the
gendarmes and several troops of cav-j
airy. The situation is somewhat j
quieter today although the police have
been busy scattering the crowds which 1
collect at every opportunity
ROME. May 14 The government
lias instituted a strict censorship of all
dispatches containing references to the
movements of the Italian army or nave
when of a character to he of informa
tion the enemy. The order constitutes
what the leading newspapers of Italy
consider one of the most significant
moves toward the beginning of hosti
lities. j
ROME, May IV Signor Man ors, j
President of the Italian Chamber of I
Deputies has been asked bv the King l
to form a new Cabinet acording to an
announcement given out today. It is
understood that the expressed wish of
the monarch is that the new Cabinet
shall he made up of members chosen
from all the various political parties
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DANISH STEAMER SUBMARINED
libN'DOX, A1 a> 15. The Danish
steamer Alurtha bound for Copenhagen
was torpedoed and sunk off the coast
near Aberdeen, Scotland, by a German
submarine
NEW REVOLUTION IN PORTUGAL
.MADRID, May 15. Reports front
Lisbon indicate that the Imperialists
have succeeded in starting a revolu
tion of extensive proportions and the
Portuguese nation is now facing itt
terneeine strife witli the downfall of
the Republican government as one of
tlie probabilities. Numerous clashes
have occurred between the Republican
and Royalist troops. Former King
Atanuel is aid to he active as the leadet
of the new movement The reports
also indicate that the action of the
republicans in assisting the allies in
the present war has given rise to con
siderable discontent as Hie masses of
the people hold that the war is one
in which Portugal has little interest
and is in no danger from Prussian
usurpation evert in the event that Ger
mane triumphs.
FAMILY OF HUERTY
ARRIVES IN U. S. A
NEW YORK, May 15—The familv
of former .Mexican President Huerta
arrived from Spain today hag and gab
gage and thirty strong The ex-presi
dent states that he has fully deoided
to become an American for the present
At least.
KING CON STNTIN E IMPROVING
ATHENS. May 15- Bulletins given
out 11v the physicians of the Royal
Household today state that King Con- ,
stantine, although spending a restless
night, is mueh improved today and is
now believed to be well out of danger.