THREE HUNDRED PERISH
IN SPANISH WRECK
A- P. A. Service.
SANTOS, Braizl, March 6.—
The Spanish steamship Principe
ile Austria was wrecked off the
Isle of San Sebastiao at an early
hour this morning through strik
ing a submerged rock while on the
way to Rio Janerio and tnree hun
dred people, including a consider
able number of women and chil
*dren, were drowned.
Out of the total list of passen
gers and crew, numbering three
. hundred and nine persons less
than a dozen were saved. The
accident is ascribed to the steamer
har ing got off her course during
a I'lfvv gale with the result that
whcr. passing the southern end of
Sebastain island, the ship sudden
ly drove headlong upon a conceal
ed rock.
The steamer was tunning at
full speed at the time and the
'■ • k evidently split the hull as
the vessel settled within three or
four minutes carrying down al
most the entire list of passengers
and a majority of the crew.
Wear your dress clothes, busi
ness suit or any old thing. The
music will tickle you no matter
how y°u dress at the Orchestral
dance.
Tho Family Paper la tUe N-me
Dally Nugget.
PARIS CLAIMS VERDUN
SITUATION A DEADLOCK
A- P. A. Service.
LONDON, March 6.—Official
statements from both Paris and
Berlin this evening indicate that
an almost complete deadlock now
r.vi$,t% >n the Verdun section and
t,.^ lighting is temporalily slack
ening on both sides
Paris reports say that the furi
ous German assaults against the
French positions along the Doua
mont plateau' suddenly showed
signs of abatement during the af
ternoon and, aside from several
desperate smashes against the
French lines southeast of Doua
mont, the Germans were forced to
a decided defensive before night
fall.
Although both sides have ap
parently fought themselves to a
standstill for the present, it is by
no means indicated that the Gcr_
SUSPECTED DYNAMITERS
ARRESTED ON
CHURCH ROOF
A. P. A. Service.
BOSTON, March 6—Three
men, all armed with revolvers and
carrying on their persons dyna
mite percussion caps and fuses
and also a quantity of blasting
powder, were arrested by a squad
of policemen on the shed roof of
St. Peter’s cathedral in the north
ern district of the city early this
morning. The officers succeeded
in stealing up on the men un
awares while they were apparent
ly preparing to plant an explosive
mine of some character. The men
mans will give up their attempts
in this direction and it is the gen
era! opinion of the military ex
perts that still greater efforts to
pierce the French defenses will be
made when the Germans have re
gained their breath after the ter
rific struggle of the past week.
Tonight the battle front is com
paratively quiet with both sides
resting from their tremendous
activities of the past several days
of ceaseless fighting.
ATTENTION REPUBLICANS.
All Republicans, members of the
club, and those desiring to join
are requested to meet at 8 o’clock
Wednesday night, March 8, at
Moose hall, over Eagle saloon.
CHAS H. MILOT, Sec^
-howed fight when approached b>
the officers but were captured af
ter a sharp struggle.
AUSTRALIAN CAMP
PUG TO BE AIRMAN
A. P. A. Service.
SYDNEY, March 6.—It is an
nounced today that Lester D.
Arcy, the Australian middle
weight champion pugulist will
shortly enter the Australian mili
tary aviation corps and will join
the Australian contingent in Eu
rope.
The Family Paper Is the Nome
Daily Nugget.
CHARLIE Ell FOUND
DEAD ON MIL
(Thing Heng, a Chinese, general
ly known as Charlie Fink, was
found dead on the summit of the
divide betwen Rock and Uncle
Sam creeks off Solomon river last
evening having apparently suc
cumbed to an attack of heart fail
ure while making his way home
from the Dickson hotel where he
was employed. Charlie started]
from Solomon Sunday afternoon I
but returned shortly afterward]
saying that the wind was blowing'
so strong that it took all his!
breath away. The wind was blow-1
ing hard at the time but there
were no indications of a blizzard |
and after a short rest he again
started out about four thirty say-j
ing that he intended to take short
cut over the hills to arrive at his
destination the sooner. This was]
the last seen of him until his body:
was found on the trail last eve j
ning by a search party of seven |
or eight. Emil Anderson fol,owedl
the snow shoe tracks left by the
celestial, the marks of which were
plainly discernible.
On arrival at Rabbit creek, An- i
derson found snow shoes which
had been worn by the musher and
a little farther on, near the top
of the Rock creek divide he came
across the body prone on the sno a
and frozen stiff. The hood of the
the parka was thrust back off the
head and the body was lying face
upward. To all appearances the
man lied died without a struggle.
Mrs. Shaughnessy says that Eric
Johnson and several others who
were at the hotel when the man
returned after his first attempt
tried to dissuade him from start
ing out as they suspicioned hei
was not in as good a physical state'
as he might be but he insisted
that he could not get lost as long
as lie had the mountain in front
if him. Some time after his de
partuie the hotel people telephon
ed to Harry Rav at the Kimball
camp where the Chinaman lived
ut found tint he had not arrived.,
Further inquiries Monday morn
ing resulted in the searching par
v starting out as it was by this
time felt that he could hardly have,
stopped anywhere for so long.aj
period. The searchers proceeded,
along different routes with the re-]
suit stated. It is the general]
opinion a’ ng the Solomonites
tint Chine died of heart failure
as the path he chose was one that
required considerable bodily ex
ertion. His singular complaint
as to shortness of breath when he
'•eturned to the hotel is also point
ed to as evidence that he was
suffering from heart trouble. So
far no arrangements have been
made as the body is being held
awaiting the action of the au
thorities. I
SMOKE BLINDED SOLDIERS
PERISH IN FLAMES
Special Correspondence
FAIRBANKS, ^yarch 7.—
Three soldiers, belcojing to Co.
B, 14th Infantry, wore burned to
death in a fire which destroyed
the main barracks at Fort Gib
bon between midright and one
this morning. Full details of the
disaster have not been received
here up to the present but it is
indicated that in addition to the
three known dead at least two
men are missing rr.d it is thought
that thev too may have perished
m the flames. Th • dead are pri
vates Lund, Willis and Minor.
GIBBON, via Fairbanks, March
7-—A fire fanned by a strong wind
this morning s\\$ It over the mili
tary barracks de£'.roying the larg
est of the buitongs and wiping
out the lives of tnree soldiers be
longing to Company B, 14th in
t’ajitt y.
The men who 'ost their lives are
nrivates Hernia- Lund, Henry
Miner and Curly B. Willis. The
fire started in t le main hallway
n the east side, of the building
••ltd before the ..alarm was given
the entire barrac ks was filled with
a choking, blim ing smoke which
made escape difficult for the large
number of men who occupied the
building. ^
According to the story of the
survivors the fire extinguisher
kept in tlyy ryyrn was close to
he bed occupied by Miner and
at the call of fire he at once seized
t and prepared to fight the flame'
but Corporal Wade who noticed
the fire had already obtained head
wav, ordered him to drop it and
make his escape by jumping
hrough one of the windows.
Miner disregarded the orde.
nid made his way to the door be
hind which the flames were raging
’uriusly. Jerking the door open
suddenly his body was instanth
wrapped in a billow of flame He
is supposed to have perished al
most instantly. Lund was ao
parently badly choked by the
smoke but managed to crawl
about twenty feet from his bed
before he succumbed. Only’ half
. wake and blinded by the clouds
of smoke the remainder of the
rie i’ managed to make their way
to the windows and with great
difficulty escaped but not until
''■(-’■'•ral had received minor injur
ies, Private Gross Kellev had a
narrow escape from death. Fie
managed to crawl to the window,
but being nearly overcome by the
smoke had a hard time breaking
the window. He finally forced
an opening but in his haste to
escape fell out to the hard frozen
ground twelve feet below and
way seriously injured. Sergeant
Anthony Krivanik, also narrowly
escaped serious injuries while
breaking the window in his room.
In some manner his hands strufk
the glass inflicting nasty wounds
from which he lost considerable
blood. When he finally escaped
it was found that the artery of
the left wrist was almost severed.
By the time the last of the sur
vivors were out the building was
a raging mass of flames. Imme
diate efforts were made to stop
the fire from reaching the oil
house and ammunition cases
which were stored in a shed in
the rear of the building. The oil
Him PM6BISS
A. P. A. Service.
PARIS, March 7.—Further
progress has been made by the
Germans in the Verdun region,
west of the Meuse is the war of
fice announcement today. The
reports say they have succeeded
I \ violent bombardments in
pushing still further along the
iver.
In the neighborhood of Neville,
a division of German troops is
advancing to the attack of the
captured hill known as Hill 265
with an array of artillery such as
was never before assembled in
warfare. Gripping Verdun from I
the north and east every hollow!
and wood thicket within range oi
die fortress conceals its quota of
guns of all sizes from three-inch
field pieces to the biggest of the
giant siege artillery.
FIGHT STARTS OVER
WARNING QUESTION
A. P. A. Service.
WASHINGTON, March 7.—
The chairman of the house rules
committee today was offered the
privilege of the opening the fight
over the McLemore resolution.
Bv unanimous consent debate was
limited to nine minutes.
FIGURES GERMAN
LOSSES VERDUN.
130-000 THOUSAND
A' P. A Service.
PARIS, March 6.—Coinprehen
so, e estimates of the German
losses in the terrific fighting
around Verdun place? the total
hundred and thirty thousand for
the past week of struggle. The
was safely removed but the in
t use heat p:evented the atnmun
Irion being reached and in a few
minutes over a thousand founds
id ammunition started to explode,
causing an ear racking fussilade
but no further damage resulted.
The ammunition house was total
is destroyed- The pump house, the
only source of water supply for
the post also took fire but was
after a desperate battle of
:!■ lire brigade-o under the leader
t.,,. -I Captain S. B. McIntyre,
■ b ■ commanding officer who per
sonally directed the fire fighting
throughout. _ __
estimate is considered conserva
tive by the military experts who
ac*ert that figures given are ful
lv substantiated by the war of
fice reports,
NEWS NOTES.
All doubts as to the establish
ment of a post office at Dime
creek have been set at rest by the
receipt of a request to the local
Dostoffice authorities from Mr:
Gunderson to procure a fifty cent
documentary stamp to be attached
to her bond as postmistress. The
new postal station is officially
! fiown as Haycock.
Hie Dream presents a standard
bill nf atttactions tonight. An ex
ceptionally strong and well bal
aneod program contains a Path
production titled “The Masked
Beauty” in two part* and an \rn
erican picture play of absorbing
interest titled “Jocular Winds."
This is a rollicking tip to date
comedy- “Orator, Knight and Cow
Charmer'' completes the entertain
i irit. Tomorrow night "The
Perils of Pauline,” ninth episode
This installment embraces a start
ling sensation, the action taking
place in and around Devil’s island
Watch foi the Leach of Industry,
a mature coining.
The Teller mail in charge of
Carrier Fred Larson arrived about
seven thirtv last evening. Larson
reports that he .carried letters to
the man known as Happy Jack
who was found dead in his cabin
near Sinrock a day or two ago
and whose demise is now being
investigated bv Commissioner
Frawley. Oil bis last trip up the
coast Larson says that there were
no signs of life around the cabin
at the time he passed and he de
posited the mail matter in a box
outside the cabin. The door of the
d Hling was snowed up but Lar
son th night nothing wrong and
went on his wav. He now thinks
that possibly the old man was
'. ad at that time.
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