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VOLUME XVI. NO. 208. TELEPHONE MAIN 4fl NOME, ALASKA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 3, 1916. TELEPHONE MAIN 46. PRUB 26 CENTS
LINSINGEN PREPARING TO
EVACUATEKOVEL
Pacific Nows Service.
I’KTHOGUAD, Aug.. 3.—Unofficial
announcements received here say that
the great Ruslan drive against Kovel
has at last so weakened the German
defense that Von Linsingen is prepar
ing to evacute the city. The reports
say that great quantities of supplies
are being removed from the city to
gether with the larger guns employed
in thi- defense. The Russian assaults
continue with unabated vigor and the
outer litres are drawing closely about
tire city.
The war ofllee announced today that
a well prepared attempt of the Ger -
mans to make an extensive advance
at Hmorgenjo, a short distance cast
of Vilna, under cover of gas clouds
were heavily repulsed by the Ilus
sian artillery. The statement de
clares that the Teutons let loose six |
clouds of the gas simultaneously at
[>oints along the line and attempted a
forward movement. Fighting along
th(> Galician front continues with uni- i
form success to the Itussians. The
army of General Rothmer is lighting
with the utmost desperation to save
itself from the noose which has been
thrown around its by I.cclhitzky.
ELECTION CARDS PRINTED
AT NUGGET OFFICE.
RAIDING ZEPPELIN
BROUGHT DOWN
Pacific News Service.
LONDON, Aug. 2.— A Gorman Zep
pelin engaged in a raiding tour along
the east coast of Kngland hist night
was hit by the shell from a high angle
gun ami fell in the North sea a short
distance from shore, according to ml
vices reaching the Times today. Ac
cording to the story accompanying
the announcement, the Zepplin was
one of the fleet engaged in the raid
on the capital.
The war office announced today
that there were no casualties result
ing from the raid of the Germans last
night. Considerable property damagi
was caused by the air bombs but so
far as can be learned no one was in
jured.
Zeppelin Wrecked near London.
LONDON,Aug. 3.—An official state
ment today says that the German I
Zeppelin wrecked near London was
one of (lie air fleet which horn harden
lihe east coast last night.
STRIKE VOTES PREPONDERATE.
Pacific News Service.
NEW YORK, August 3. Represen
tatives of the railway brotherhoods
announced today that half of the four
hundred thousand votes of the railway
employes are counted and disclose
that strike votes preponderate. Re
spite this great display of inclination
to call tt strike it is still generally
believed that the railwayman will not
assume the aggressive until every re
source looking to a settlement has
been tried.
Representatives of the employes of
the trunk line railroads have notified
the federal board of meditation th.at
the men employed on the larger sys
tems have agreed to a resumption of
the conferences in the hope of secur
ing a settlement, in spite of the ob
durate attitude of the railroads. The
next meeting will take place in this
city on the 8th inst.
AUSTRIANS CAPTURE
ITALIAN SUBMARINE
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Pacific News Service.
VIENNA, Aug. 3.—An official an
nouncement from Hie admiralty today
says that the Italian submarine Gia
cinto l’ullino has been captured by
the Austrian naval forces in the Ad
riatic.
The Pullino was one of tHe largest
submarines attached to the Italian
navy. The Italian vessel was taken
with all its crew after having been
disabled by gunfire.
LINER BRITTANIC
SUBMARINED
Pacific News Service.
NEW YOItK, August :i. The local
agency of the White Star line has re
ceived a report that the Brittanic, the
great thirty seven thousand ton
steamship belonging to that line has
been submarined while en route to
Europe. The report contains no de
tails.
Officers of the company refuse to
credit the message and declare that
l lie vessel is probably some other ship
of the same name.
SUBMARINED VESSEL
NOT LINER BRITTANY
LONDON, Aug. 3. --Lloyd's has an
nounced the sinking of the steamer
Brittanic, a one thousand, four hun
dred ton vessel, thus setting at rest
the reports that the steamer was Ihe
White Star liner of the same name.
Lloyd's also announces the submarin
ing of Ihe British sailing ship Mar
garet Sutton. Both vessels were sunk
in the North Sea.
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CASEMENT PAYS
DEATH PENALTY
Pacific News Service.
LONDON, Aug. 3.—Sir Roger Case
ment was hanged this morning at nine
o'clock. The execution was conducted
before a selected audience and passed
off without mishap. Casement died
bravely and faced the last ordeal in
a cool and collected manner. Previ
ous lo going to the gallows he again
reiterated that he was In no degree
insane and knew perfectly well what
he was doing in all of the transac
tions in which lie was involved in
connection with the Irish revolution.
To the last lie maintained that he felt
he was tight in his efforts to assist
tile Irish people to fredom and tiis last
words were; "1 die for Ireland.” At
eleven thirty an autopsy held on the
body of the dead rebel disclosed that
death was due to a rupture of the
spinal vertebrde.
BRITISH ADMIT LOSS FIVE
THOUSAND ONE DAY
Pacific News Service.
LONDON, August 3,—The terrible
price that has been paid paid for the
British advance on the Somme front
is partially disclosed by the statement
of the war office admitting that the
British casualties for one day of the
recent fighting on the western front
were in excess of five thousand men.
The exact figures given are five thou
sand one hundred and ninety five.
VIFNNA CLAIMS CAP
TURE MANY SLAVS
Pacific News Service.
VIKNNA, August 3.—An official
statement issued by the war office
lod.ii annotmees that a total of eigh
teen thousand Russian soldiers, ex
clusive of officers were captured by
the \ustrians during the lighting on
the Calieian and Volhynian fronts in
the month of July. In addition to the
troops captured, the Austrians also
took ninety officers and seventy ma
chine guns belonging to the Slav
armies.
BERLIN ADMITS FRENCH
SUCCESS AT SOMME
AND VERDUN
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i Pacific News Service.
BERLIN, August 8.—French sue-!
cesses along the Somme and at V i - ;
dun are admitted by the general staff i
today. The st u 'tnent says 11 f French
levi penetrated the Germi'. front at
the Monacu fatal nd the\ have also
pained r, fii i" n the .* i bank of
the Me tic.
| FRENCH RETAKE PART
FLEURY VI lLAGL
Pacific News Service.
I’AUIS, August 3;—\f. intense
! fighting ■ .lining through the Inge
part of the i ght the French forced
engaged if the < rdun defense li.iv ■
driven the normans from a por'.lot
of the vi'l ige o’' Flettry, between Vi r
dun and Douamont. The French
forces have also succeeded in driving
tlie Germans from their positions
along the east side of the Meuse and
at ttie Monacu farm,
ITALIANS MAKE GAINS
TREVENES VALLEY
Pacific News Service.
ROME, August 3.—The official
statement (of the war office today
claims further udvanees of the Italian
troops along the Trevenes valley anil
also the repulse of the Austrian at
tacks in I lie Oaldiera •vnlley. Heavy
fighting continues along the whole
Tyrol front.
MANY DROWNED IN
KENTUCKY CLOUDBURST
Pacific News Service.
MIDDLES BORO UGH, Ky., August
3.—Fifteen or twenty persons are
dead as a result of drowning in a
great cloudburst which broke over
Tazewell, Tenn„ last night. As the
section is still cut off by the floods
mly the most meager details are ob
tainable.
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DEUTSCHLAND SAILED FOR
EUROPE LAST NIGHT
Pacific News Service.
NOUFOI-K, August 3.—The Deut
schland has sailed for Germnaj.
News to this effect was brought to
this port this morning by the Tim
mins which continued with the sub
marine until it submerged and van
ished under the waters of the Atlantic
Captain Hinsch of the Timmins says
that the Deutschland passed out to sea
last evening at nine o'clock.
The tug master also brought back a
| farewell message to the people of Am
erica from the German commander,
• 'apt. Koenig, in wl.ici "e thanks the
Americans for their courtesies and
says that the crew of ihe subma
rine are not in the least alarmed at
the possibility of capture by the allied
war vessels. Koenig said that all the
crew wish is an even break with the
enemy vessels.
St nSGHIBK FOIt THU NthlGF.T
STREET CAR TIEUP PRELUDE
td mum striae
Pacific News Service.
NEW YORK, August 3.—That the
threatened tie up of the street cars
in this locality is the first step in a
nation wide strike, was the startling
admission made today by Louis Kredi*
ger, counsel for the unioie
Krediger, declares that, now that
the movement has started, it is the
intention of the organizers to carry
the tight to every section of the coun
try in an effort to perfect a national
organization of street railwaymen.
He says that the organizers are seek
ing the right to organize and are pre
pared to enlist the support of all or
ganized labor.
That a great strike is about to de
velop seems practically certain. Twen
ty one thousand surfacemen today de
clared their intention to strike and
will probably be joined by the em
ployes of the subsurface lines.
Conferences Fail, Employers Refuse
Union Recognition.
NEW YORK. August 3.—All con
ferences between the companies and
rttp resen tatives of the unions have
failed completely owing to the flat
refusal of the employers to recognize
i he unions,
MITCHELL OBTAINS TRUCE
STREE r CAR 3’Rli\C
Pacific News Service.
NEW YORK, Aug. 'i ao cXpi-end
strike of the surface street car mee
will nut occur today a- anticipated
owing to the prompt le'ln”. of Mayor
Mitchell who has neei.i' I weal is
practically a truce tip.il tomoriow, at
three. In the meununi.' the nia..m
will make every poss.nle effort to
prevent what will an i.ndoii.Pi.1
oo lamity,
GEORGE DONATES HALF MILLION
Pacific News Serv.ce,
LONDON, Aug. 3. Il was unniinncol
today that King George has contrih
iili'il one hundrqd thousand pounds to
the British war fund from his private
fortune.
ELECTION CARDS PRINTED
AT NUGGET OFFICE.
SEA WOLF BRINGS
SIX TONS OF
ALASKA COAL
On the last trip of the Sea Wolf
was brought to Nome about six tons
of as fine looking coal as has been
seen in Nome for many a long year.
Desiring to make a test of the coal
deposits of the northern coast, |.eo
Vittenberg decided to run into shore
tnd pick up a quantity of the fuel so
uch needed in Nome at present and
and enough lying along the beach
etween Lisburne and Icy Cape to
last the town of Nome for a dozen
years. Veins of semi bituminous coal
ined the cliffs near the point where
the schooner landed for miles. In
daces they wore fifteen and twenty
et in thickness and easily accessible.
The beach for miles was covered with
e stuff. The veins apparently com
mence to show up along the coast n
ort distance from Wainwright, al
hich point they have a well develop
ed mine which supplies the village,
and continues far to the North and
last beyond Icy Cape. The point at
which the supply was obtained is
bout three hundred miles from Nome
I ml the eoal can he easily handled,
i smooth weather boats of the size
of the Sea Wolf ran approach to
hin a few hundred feet of shore.
•Mr. Wittenberg says that the |.re
position of mining the eon! did not
j ippear to he difficult in (ho least an I
' he considers that with a larger vessel
nipped to handle the fuel to advan
tage, mining on a commercial sc I.
could he carried on with great stu
j cess. The coal is hard anil shiny and
| reatly resembles the Pennsylvania
I variety. It burns with little asli and
j ist well. Samples may he seen at
Nugget office.
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Since announcing that lie had
j brought to Nome a quantity of l.is
burne eoal 1.00 Wittenberg says that
he has been having all kinds of trou
bles through many persons becoming
possessed with the idea that he has
coal for sale. This is not the case.
He brought down the coni solely for
his own use and to prove the quality
by subjecting it to a thorough test.
CONVICTS ESCAPE
FROM OREGON PEN
Pacific Ntwi Service.
SALEM, August 3.—Six of the most
desperate prisoners confined in the
state prison managed to make their
| escape last night and are now at
huge with a large posse of guards
and deputies scouring the country
seeking their whereabouts.
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INTERNAL CONDITIONS BAD.
Pacific Newt Service.
BERNE, August 3.—Despite the as
surances sent broadcast by the Berlin
government, German newspapers ad
mit that conditions within the borders
of the empire are bad, with constant
disturbances occurring in the larger
cities and the police constantly busy
.suppressing a sirong tendency toward
rioting. The food situation is but
slightly improved and the government
is finding its resources severely taxed
to meet the difficult icsof providing food
commodities for the inhabitants of
the larger towns. The tone of the
press is, however, far from indicat
ing a pacific inclination and expres
sions of intention to prosecute the war
to a definite conclusion arc the most
prominent feature of editorial utter
ances.
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