TERRIFIC FIGHTING E. AND WEST
THE NOME DAILY NUGGET
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VOLUME XVII. NO. 262. TILEPnONE MAIN 46 NOME, ALASKA, THURSDAY JULY 5. 1917. TELEPHONE MAIN 46. PRICE 25 CENTS
EAST ST. LOUIS RACE RIOTS
WORST IN HISTORY
By Associated Press.
• HAST ST. DOLUS, July. 3—(Delayed)
The race riots commencing here Tues
day night with the kiling of a
private detective by a negro, after a
brief lull yesterday, were again re
newed last night with increased \Jio.
lence and the past fourteen hours has
witnessed scenes of the utmost fury
and savagery.
In spite of the efforts of the militia,
assisted by the police great crowds of
whites and blacks surged wildly
through the streets and three score
lives were added to the death list
while incendiarism was rampant in
the negro section and hundreds of
negro homes were g'lven to the torch,
tired the negro settlement and before
tlrfled the negro settlement and before
the morning light appeared nearly
sixteen blocks of negro dwellings were
in flames or lay in blackened and
smouldering heaps.
In some cases their owners lay be
neath the fire charred rluns, having been
shot down by the raging multitude
which appeared wrought up to the
extremes of murderous passion.
The riots are easily the greatest that
have occurred in the h'istory of the
United States.. At least seventy five
negroes are dead and fully a hundred
are wounded, many of whom will die.
The three companies of militia
brought, here the first day of the riot
ing have been completely powerless
to stay the bloody saturnalia, although
assisted by the police.
Owing to a, fear on the part of the
officials that firing by the militia
would only serve to 'intensify the sit
uation the, troops have refrained from
using their guns, except In cases
u here their own lives were threatened,
and contended themselves with firing
over the heads of the rioters. So far
only four whites are known to have
been killed although numbers are
wounded. The property damage is
heavy owing to the large destruction
wrought by fire An estimate p’..,ces
the damage at close to five hundred
thousand dollars. The city piiel.d
down again th'is morning but the inili i*
tia and police officials fear that th--* -5
will lie further trouble as both negroes
» and whites are in a fearful slate of
excitement. Thousands of negroes
have fled the city and are reported
gathering at vnrious towns In the ad
jacent country side. Reports say .hat
the negroes are making efforts «o se
cure nf-ms in evident anticipn' • of
making an attack on their persecutors.
Smallpox Adds to Eaat St. Louis
Horrors.
EAST ST. LOUIS, July 3—The fear
of an epidemic of smallpox has been
added to the other horrors created by
the race riots n this city through the
discovery that several of the large
number of wounded lying in the city
hall, which has been turned into a
hospital In order to accommodate the
dozens of victims of mob fury brought
'in by the police, are afflicted with
smallpox.
The medical attendants ndinit that
several cases have been discovered and
although precautionary measures have
been taken to prevent the malady from
spreading the officials are greatly con
cerned over the prospect that the con
tagion may shortly develop to an
alarming degree as the suspecst have
been In contact with hundreds of per
sons during the wild mellees of the
past two days. Riots again broke out
this morning and for the second time
the torch was applied to the negro
settlement and a number of dwellings
were consumed The devastation in
the negro section is appalling and the
mob is utterly without mercy. Negro
women and children have not been
spared and dozens were maimed nnd
injured in the fighting.
Although the community is appalled
at the wholesale murder nnd destruc
tion there appears but little hint of
mercy for the blacks In the general
attitude Opinion as to the situation
is greatly divided among the people
who are not participating in the riots.
The chamber of commerce blames the
militia for a large part of the later
disturbances claTtning lax discipline
on the part of the militia officers has
given the rioters a free reign when a
stern attitude of authority would have
I stopped the mob at various stages of
the disturbance. The strong denuncia
| tion of the militia hak resulted tn an
order being given that fifty rounds j
of ammunition be distributed to the ■
troops and they have also been in
structed to shoot to kill either whites
or blacks, in the event of further riot
ing.
The authorities believe that the
knowledge that the troops will fire to
kill Will have a salutary effect in stop
ping the trouble. Despite every effort
of the local authorities and the appeals
of hundreds in other towns in the
district the state officials s*>" i—f
to proclaim martial law. All
saloons have been closed by aider of
the civil authorities.
Armed Negroes March on Eaet St.
Louis.
EAST ST, LOUIS, July 3.—Well
authenticated reports that a mo!, of
negroes numbering, about three hun
dred are marching in the city to t ike
revenge for the slaughter of their
fellows reached the city shortly before
noon today A ro'ct of mllltiamer
was at once dLpat■•died to meet them
and a pitched battle is I'xpoote to
develop as the negroes are reported to
have secured a large number of rifles
and revolvers and many are .veil
armed.
New rioting developed again this
morning and three negroes were killed
by a mob which discovered their hid
ing place in the negro list riot. An
additional twenty were injured in the
fighting before the arrival if mi'itia
forces caused the crowd to scatter. A
number of negro women were arnopg
the injured sent to the hospitil by the
t l oops.
Continued appeals for the ;«t iblisl -
men! of martial law are pourir.g into
the ">m i e tile governor but he slil!
continues to refuse.
General Dickson Announces Situation
Controlled.
SPRINGFIELD, III., July 3. Gover
nor Lowden has received a report from
Adjutant General Dickson at East St.
I anils saying that ttie situation there
is now under full control of the ntiiia
tia. General Dickson states that lie
has divided the city into military dis
tricts and established military patrols
around the negro section with orders
to fire at any sign of rioting.
Militia Ends Rioting.
EAST ST. LOl’IS, July 4.—With the
arrival of more militia troops here
yesterday afternoon the race riots
have ended and no further trouble
s anticipated. The larger part of the
negro population has (led the city while
the violent attitude of the whites Is
also abating. Today the city Is gazing
aghast at the destruction that has been
wrought in the two days of strife and
! horror is fast replacing the mob spirit.
The night was quiet and no attempts
at further rioting appear probable as
the streets are patrolled by more than
two thousand militiamen. A revised list
of the dead discloses that the early
reports wore greatly exaggerated. The
number of bodies at the city hall
morgue numbers thirty although It is
believed that numbers of negroes were
incinerated when the negro section was
fired during the rioting Tuesday night
The number of whites known to lie
dead numbers only four although nuin
. erous white men were wounded. The
I saloons are still closed by older of
| the city authorities.
GERMAN VERDUN DRIVE
MAJOR OFFENSIVE
By Associated Press.
LONDON, July 4—Military critics
arc fully agreed that the great Ger
man drive along the Verdun front is
not merely a movement of secondary
importance as was at first believed
hut is really a major offensive oper
ation .
According to the critics, the repeated
i German drives together with the great
i concentration of troops and artillery
along that front disclose with certi
tude that the Teutons arc making a
second great effort to smash their way
through the French lines at that point.
The report indicate the crown prince
is devoting his greatest efforts to the
western side of the Meuse river in the
sectors of Avocourt Wood and Lei
Morte Homme which were t lie scenes
j of furious fighting in the previous Ger
man effort.
Germans Routed on Aisne
I PARIS, July 4.—Violent fighting was
in progress along the whole Aisne
river front last night says the official
war office statement, and resulted in
the German forces engaged in the re
peated attacks on the French positions
being completely routed with immense
losses. The statement indicates that
the German attacks are on the widest
scale seen for some time and indicate
a determined effort to try and smash
a way through (he French defenses to
offset the continued progress of the
Rritlsh’along the Arras front. During
the past twenty four hours the Ger
mans have repeatedly hurled large
bodies of men against the French
lines attacking the whole front from
a point north of Juny to the Cala
plateau. The war office declares that
at no point were the Germans able to
penetrate the French defense and suf
fered a complete repulse in addition
to sustaining unusually severe losses
in killed and wounded,
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BRITISH SI USES
i SHOW DECREASED
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1 By Associated Press.
\ I-ONDON, July 5.—The official
statement of the /British admiralty
j relative to the submarine losses sus
! talned by the English merchant fleet
I discloses that fifteen merchantmen of
i over sixteen hundred tons burden
| were sunk in the past week, making
the smallest total of diver losses
in several weeks Tae statement is
considered a convincing reply to rlie
recent prediction of Von Hindenberg
that Germany’s enemies wil lie forced
to make peace soon if the Gormans
can hold their ground In the land
fighting until the submarines accom
plish their work. The authorities
0M<e /convinced that the submarines
are unable to sink enough vessels
to have an appreciable effect on over
seas communication.
Elite Bathe open night and day.
Billy Anderson proprietor.
RUSSIANS MAKE CONTINUOUS
ADVANCES IN CAMPAIGN
AGAINST CITY LEMBERG
By Associated Press.
RETROGRADE, July 4.—Fresh pro
gress hy the republican forces against
the Teutonic armies in the great en
circling movement against Lemberg
is reported in the official statement
today.
The Russians are fighting with
marvelous energy and their advance is
reported as continuing without inter
ruption along practically the whole
front to the eastward of Lemberg.
The reports declare that there has.Veen
practically no cessation in the fire of
the Russian field artillery for the past
two days and the Germans have been
compelled to make Continued retire
ments to avoid the tremendous fire.
The wings of the Russian forces ate
• gradually working in around Lemheig
both north and south of the city and
fresh progress is being made daily in
closing the jaws of thr iron vice.
Tlte Russians are also making exten
sive captures of troops and more than
a thousand prisoners have been sent
to the rear in yesterday's fighting
alone. Tlte official Statement says that
during the lighting Sunday and Mon
, day the Russians egpttired a total of
' three hundred officers and eighteen
thousand men. Twenty n'ine machine
i guns were also included in the t>ooi>
i taken by the Russians.
Kerensky Still Leads Offensive.
PETROGRAD, July 5—Further ad
vances of the Russian forevs in the
Volhynian section and also in the!
Bukowina district where the fighting j
has n been taken up by the Russian j
troops, are recorded in tho official j
war office statement of the fighting
during the past twenty four tiours.
In nd.PiHon lo advancing their lines
at nuru rous points ir. the Lemberg
section, tlie :.usa...ns .ira maintaining
tremendous a'tillety actions alotig the
whole line of advance, covering prac
tically the wn !• eastern * section of
Galicia from a point in Volnyhia well
nortii of the border of the Galician !
province, lo the Bukowina section.
Minister of War Kerensky continues
to load the Russian forces and his
presence is creating tremendous en
thusiasm among the rank and file. The
reports to army headquarters assert
that an almost continuous stream of
prisoners continues to pass to the rear
of the Russian lines.
Rus* Makes Wonderful Use Artillery.
I’KTROURAD, July 5.—Reports from
teh battle front today assert that the
Russian artillery in Galicia excells
anything previously used on the Rus
sia side and is enabling the republican
forces to make steady inroads into
the enemy territory.
A majority of the Russian guns are
of an entirely different pattern from
those previously employed and the
munitions supplies are of distinctly
improved quality as compared to those
furnished the Slav troops by the late
government of the czar.
The transportation system is also
developed to a degree previously un
heard of on ihe eastern war front and
a continuous stream of supplies is
ruiinieg to the lighting fines. J„ale
reports assert that the Russians have
taken a large number of Turkish pris
oners together with many Germans in
capturing a number of strong re
doubts in the Lemberg sector. A war
olllee statement this afternoon asserts
that the new Russian encircling move
ment is progressing on a scale so vast
l hat it is likely to Iasi several weeks.
The Russian losses in the leriifle
fighting of the past several days are
admitted to have been very large.
Beilin Admits Lines Broken East.
BRIM.IN, July 5. An admission that
- ie Russians have succeeded in break
ing the A list i o-Gerinan lines along the
Galician front is contained in the army
:idi|ii:irters statement relative to the
eastern fighting. The greatest inroads
made by I lie enemy are along the
Aiiypa rive,- where, the statement as
seris, a preponderance of artillery
has enabled the Russians to break
through tlie defensive lines for moder
ate gains of territory The fighting is
j described as of the utmost intensity.
US. TRANSPORTS
ATTACKED BY DIVERS
By A ssociated Press.
LONDON, July 4.—The first real
naval battle between the Americans
and Germans was fought in the At
lantic when Teuton suhinersibles at
tacked American troop transports and
were beaten off with heavy losses to
the Germans by the convoy fleet of
American destroyers.
Although twice attacked by the U
boats not an American vessel was
injured. News of the attacks issued
through admiralty channels today says
that the American troop ships were
attacked by the Germans at 1 wo widely
separated points and under circum
stances indicating that the U boat
commanders were cognizant of the
I coming of the American ships through
the spy system.
According to the stories of the Am
erican commanders several IT boats
were either sunk or badly injured by
the destroyers. At least one under
water vessel is known to have been
I sunk by shell fire. i
* The statement asserts that Secretary
Daniels has wired congratulations to
Admiral Gleaves, the commander of
the American Goti 1 In. over the fortun
ate escape of the American vessels
and troops.
Administration Elated Over,Safe Ar
rival Troops.
WASHINGTON, July 5—Adminis
tration circles are greatly elated over
the safe arrival of the first overseas
expedition without the loss of a‘ single
man or the Injury of a single ship
despite the fact that two separate and
distinct submarine attacks were made
on the fleet far out in the Atlantic
Reports of the attacks reaching hero
from English sources, shows conclusive
ly that the German spy system fur
nished the precise route of the Amer
ican ships to the German admiralty In
the same manner as placed the Ger
mans in possession of information as
to the destination of the American
torpedo flotilla leaving for England
some days ago. According to the of
ficial reports at least one German sub
bersible was sunk by the American
ships and possibly others were destroy
ed. The secret service department of
the government has redoubled its ef
forts to run down the sources of in
formation of the Germnn spi'-c and a
thorough, investigation is In progress.
AIR FLEET
BOMBS HARWICH
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By Associated Press.
LONDON, July 4 An official state
ment announces the bombardment of
the town of Harwich, on the eastern
' coast of England hy thirteen German
aeroplanes. The German foray oc
1 ourred at an early hour and numerous
bombs were dropped hy the visitors
i before they were driven off by a coast
defense air squadron.
Eight persons were killed in the at
tack and a total of twenty two were
I
t injured. The raiding airships man
1 aged to escape without damage, so far
as is known.
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WIISON SPENDS FOURTH
ON MAYFLOWER
By Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, July 4. President
, Wilson and his family went down the
Potomac and Chesapeake hay on the
I presidential yacht Mayflower, today,
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INPEPENDENCE DAY
CASUALTY LIST
By Pssociated Press.
LOS ANGELES, July 4.— Raymond
Castro, aged ten years, was blown to
pieces in this city hy the explosion
of two stacks of dynamite ignited by
unknown parties during the fourth of
July celebration today.
Washington Boy Burned to Death.
ENPICOTT, Wash., July 4.—Alva
Schierman aged three, was burned to
death while playing in the yard at the
homo of liis parents while celebrating
the Fourth. A bunch of lighted fire
rackers were thrown In such a manner
| 'hat the child's dross became ignited
[ and the youngster was terribly burn
ed before he could he rescued.
BRITISH DOWN
TWO SUBMARINES
By Associated Press.
WASHINGTON. July 6.—Official
advices reaching the navy department
state that the British have account
ed for two additional German sub
marines within the past week. One of
the divers was sunk anil the other
captured.
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GREAT BRITISH
ATTACK-HOLLEBEKE
By Associated Press.
LONDON, July 5. Today’s official
statement announces another sudden
change in the line of attack of the
Haigh forces in the great movement to
surround Lens. Almost without warn
ing the British commander has turned
his forces in a terrific smash against
the German lines southwest of Holie
heke, near the Ypres canal ,and has
again driven back the German line for
a substantial gain.
The Statement says that the British
line has been advanced along a front
of six hundred yards by the British
thrust and the artillery is In lively
action preparatory to a second drive.
Reports from the official press head
iiuartcrs assert that the allied forces
are apparently preparing for a resump
tion of the great forward movement
started last April. The sharp, swift
blows of the British commander along
his entire front are taken as mere
secondary movements to hide the
greater offensive that is steadily devel
oping behind the allied lines. The
press view is apparently shared by the
Germans as dispatches from Berlin
received at Amsterdam intimate that
the Germans expect tlie next British
blow to fall north of Arras.
NOTICE.
All city warrants up to No. 7Stl shal
lie presented for payment.
IMllL MURPHY,
City Treasurer.
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