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VOLUME XVII. NO. 89. TtLEP^ONE MAIN 4« NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, 1917. TELEPHONE MAIN 48. PRIoE 25 CENTS
International News Service.
WASHINGTON, April II Presi
dent Wilson today summoned ('hump
Clark to the White House, for an in
terview, which lasted nearly two
hours.
It is understood that the president
went over with Clark, every phase
of the bill calling for selective ('(in
scription.
In his determination to see this lull
passed, the prc.-Adcnt is leaving im
stdne unturned that would bring
about its successful accomplishment.
When the interview was over il w as
rumored that the president was com
plot( ly satisfied with its irsulls, th i>
! Ini*- it is thought that he rcee’ived
| some assurance from (Mark of -his
I :■•unimi t in tIn* measure.
■ International News Service.
WASH I NO TON, Api4i1 11. ITesj
i (h at Wilson has received assmane s
| from lenders that the conscription hill
I will pass the house Friday.
The\ informed him that tin' de
cided opposition t ha4 was manifest
today, will !»;• o\a rooiiie when the lull
comes up aflei ad joiirmnonf. Tin
house adjourned until I 'rid.1 \. April
13.
SUe. THAT ATTACKED
SEWARD FLEW
GERMAN FLAG
■ r.tcrnational News Service
\\ AS1IINHTON, April II. Word
'In ri.iidu'd Imii* tlii* the submarine
wliii h torpedoed ttie Amei'iean stcam
'i Seward flew the Herman flag'.
'i’li*- r< port nines from Consul
Uni.st who is stationed at Barcelona,
I and states that, all of the crow who
'were saved verified the above state.
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RELEASE ALL R N
HAVING D DENTS
International News Service.
WASHINGTON, April II -Orders
have been issued by the war depart
ment to relieve all guardsmen having
dependents.
This order went out today, with
instructions that it is to go into ef
fect at once, and that alt such guards
men arc to be given honorable dis
charges.
The great patriotic wave that is
so evident throughout the land, is
thought to have Influenced the de
partment in reaching this decision.
These men can he so readily' re
placed, by the great hordes who are
ready to volunteer, and who have' no
dependents, that the officials consid
ered it wise to at once release these
guardsmen.
In compliance with the orders, r
ports reach hero that the discharges
are now under way, and these men
,rv lo.sing no Mnio in returning to
11n »r h nies.
PASS BILL PGR
$2/8,300,RGB
International News Service.
WAKMINUTON, April 11 The
army appropriation bill rattle tip for
ltr :ring tills afternoon in the senate.
The bill rails for two liUIH.lrt.Hl and
s .riity-eight million dollars, this
rmi.un* ' hr immediately turned over
to the war department. Without tak
ing a ru'l ettll (tie bill passed.
International News Service.
WASIlIN'tiTOX, \pril 11. Senator j
Sherman of Illinois threw a bomb j
into tin* house today by ’introducing
;* n.solution authorizing the presi
dent to ( ill for thn< million volun
'«•( rs.
it was seen t" be a ino\ e to thwart
I'r* siilont Wi'son's plans for conscrip
tion, and was classified as such by
all who arc in favor of the conserip
t’loti hill
Action on tin Sherman resolution !
was withheld under the rules, and will
01 later.
Be a good fellow—that’s it, exactly! ,
Dan Ciowlcy at the End of the Rain
bow, Eagle Hall, April 14.
ATTENTION ROYAL ARCH MA
SONS.
Iti gular meeting of S-nard Chap- j
:( i No. j will be held on Thursday
evening, \pri1 12 at S p. m.
i: \v. BrnnotroHS,
Secret* ry.
But that’s bordering upon flirta
tion, My conscience—Vesta Kelling.
at the End of the Rainbow. Eagle Hall.
April 14. .
KJEGSTED S BAD LUCK,
DOGS ARE LOST, SOME FROZEN
- : * LIKE A TROJAN
Nugget Exclusive Telephone Service.
By A. T. & T. Co. Telephone.
SOLOMON, April 11.—The native
mall carrier from llluff arrived here
at 10:30 this morning and reported
that r#il Kjegsted was at Spruce
creek where he had been since seven
o’clock on Monday night having lost
his dogs in the blizzard through the
tow line parting.
Kjegsted’s story according to the
nat'ive was that when about three
miles out of Solomon his tow-liji ■
parted allowing his six lead dogs to
drive along alone. The weather was
awful. Kjegsted’s dogs were without
a leader so Paul put a short line on
his dogs and walked ahead in the
hope of catching up to his lead string.
For hours he plugged along 'in the
face of a blinding storm and then de
cided to cut his dogs loose thinking
he was in the neighbodhood of a na
tive camp and they would beat to
shelter.
All this time Kjegsted had a sick
dog In the sleigh and was compelled
to throw in another who was partly
frozen; then pushing the sled himself
Kjcgsted endeavored to make head
way; Paul was still in the race.
Per spnn time he pushed and tug
god and hi mild but could not catch
up with bn dogs. lie thin decided
the best plan was to leave the sled,
hit out alcii ind bring the team back
if possible all i" no avail', however.
About seven o'clock that night
Kjcgsted stumbled up against a native
igloo at Sprue, ei ■ ok, and, after rest
ing a short while si t out with a native
to find his dogs. I'm several hours
they searched and searched and
eventually return I to the sleigh
where he found the dog whieli was
chewed up frozen stiff. They then re
turned to the native hut where ho
stayed until Ihis morning when he
again set out to find his six dogs.
It is evident that these dogs have
perished in the blizzard as both Top
kok. Bluff and Spruce creek have re
ported unfavorably, however. Paul Is
still ou the hunt in the endeavor to
locate /them.
Kjcgsted has played in mighty bad
luck in both this and last year's race
when he was lost in a. blizzard near
1 Candle. There is no question about
il; we've got to take off our hats to]
(Mill Kjegsted, He is as game a dog
mustier as- ever put on a mukltlk and
the chances are if he finds his dogs
today la- will gel right in ‘.lie race
again.
Entry and Driver. j I [ ! .
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TENTH ANNUAL. *-< l C ^ - .
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ALL ALASKA SWEEPSTAKE JS ,2 < J? ! ' £ X £ ^ v ii 7 ^
lt >w • *-« — ' 7! i ZZ i
Nome to Candle and Return 408 ,| CLj — 7 £ •—1 E ■— *- .
Miles, April 9. 10, 11, 12, 1917. ^ m N O ^ in I
| ‘ Ll rn I U >-< et C/1 m3 oo I -
i Arriving time | I 10:19 11:00 12:42 12:01
Itowen & llelzeite .. ., | Elapsed time | | 1:19| 2:0o| 2: 12
Leaving time 9:00| 9:1S, 1:58
No dogs H. I Resting time | I
Arrivlng time 10;35 11:16 12:5S| 12:02
L. Seppaln .... ... Elapsed time | I 1:21' 2: I6| 2:5*1
Leaving time 9:00j 9:211 j 1:08
No. of dogs, 16. | Resting time | j *) | | |
| Arriving time | | 10:34| tl:16| 1:28
Paul KJestead .] Elapsed time | | | 1:34; 2:16' 1:28
j Leaving time | 9:00| 9:2I| | 12:29
No. of dogs, 16. Resting time I | 1:18
Arriving time 1 | 10:85 11:16 1:00 12:03
1 Victor Anderson .I Elapsed time | | | 1:35| 2:16' l:00|
I 1x>avoing time | 9:0o| 9:241 | | | 1:0s
No. of dogs, 16. | Resting time III I I I
FOURTEEN THOUSAND GERMANS
TAKEN BY BRITISH TROOPS
bdernptional News Service.
LONDON.. April \\. .official dis
twitches received lure today give an
tiouin < nn*nts «»f further sweeping
I’ntish victories in the great drive
between Arras and Lens. Kourte a
thousand (Jermans ware captured in
cluding two hundred and fifty offi
ceis, i*ii e hundred and ten cannons
and seventy. live machine guns.
The dispatch states that ‘he (hr
man ’ine is broken for twenty miles I
• ml that von Hiridcnherg is making a
complete change of front to e ndeavor 1
to offset the lei dilie onward rush of
Hu Ibitish forces.
Many towns ami important posi
tions have fallen into tin hands of
the British having In n hastily aban
doned. Guns of gr»at caliber were
1 *'! without he'mg destroyed wbieh is
ohs htils proof of the tiesjm• rat■ nature
of tin British advann1.
I’ield Marshal Haig in his cable to
tin- war office says: “The sweeping
idvanee eon* imn s,"
I.* »\|)« A pi i I 11. There is con-j
si»h i ’hie rejoining throughout Great
Britain today on the receipt «»f the
sweeping victories made in north- |
i n IT uei . It is predit ted that the
famous von 11indoubt rg will not have
timo to re-'-s ,ilihsh his lino and will
fall hok on Lille whole immense
fortifications I, \ In-on erected.
The gonoi | staff hen state that
Hi. famous \i.n 11 mdonlierg’s army
an surely threatened and cannot es
ea|>' unless tie;, make i general re
tirement. This will i oitljaletely alter
the Herman fiont and give the {ti
lted forces possess'toii of the trunk
lines whit It supply a considerable por
tion of the Herman forces to the
south of whet-" the lino is broken.
Calling Cards at the Nugget Office
SUSPECT GERMAN A6ENTS;
105 DODIES RECOVERED;
CONGRESS TO INVESTIGATE
I liter'national News Service*
I 1111,A DIM.1*111 A, April 11.—The
authorities at Washington am much
‘incense*! a* the explosion which oc
« urred at Fieldy Stone yesterday and
f ern the result of investigation made,
denounce it nr the work of (hrmau
agents .
Kive separate investigation com
mittees have been appointed to ae*
in the mat*' r which will be sifted to
the bottom. The secret service have
seat their best men to take up tin
clin-s already establishd and start ling
deve’opments are hourly expected.
I ‘1111.1 >KU *111 A, April II (Mu
hundred and five charred corpses
were recovered from tin* smouldei
itig rums of the Kddy Stone ammuni
tion plant which war blown up yes
t< rda> moinhng at 10 o’clock. Kiglity
[ nf tin hcii . \\. 11 of young gills. • \| In. hh I'* it *■ have been
■Tin « .in h still continues. n..i«I• in n»mici Tam with tin* plot and
Th nmls "i i h ntifli.itimi is going sensational di-* -o'opments .i expect -
mi anil is most difficult owing to th id.
inn dated and burnt appearance of1 The community b n is overwrought
tin- nmains. j with the enormity of the disaster and
The en i >• i \ in mi n employed on ^ the authorities are affecting big re
investigation work are of the opinion wards tm tin p|»r* hen -imi of any
•hat some of tiie dastards who com- j • tie who ma\ b. i inn; ded with the
mitted :' outi 1 »ashed in the J cowardly aid.
WHO PAYS” GRAND OPENING
AT DREAM TONIGHT
"Wlm pa \ ,sfeaturing Uuth llo
laml ami Hems King: « great serial.
Th* story is: Kanie. with her sroreli
ing fmg« i . touches lightly the fore
head of \i nth th*n tlits away, in
tangible and ilnsixe. Sometimes and
this is rnr« you:h comes tip with
fame and <Hasps her jealously to h'nn.
But in every « i>< , h» who seeks fame
In* who would inh.-il- the purer air
-•f ;ii!, must mod- shake from his
shottldeiM th ti-s th.-tt bind him lo
the earth. Siam tunes in is alone
then it doesn’t matt* r, Sometimes he
hits friends on wh*na it is cruet; and
soiiH'i'imi'S there i .1 wife, on whom it
[ is worse than tl< th. I i < 11 of these
episodes is compl* i: three reels.
Vdmission only ~r.e
MISSING TEAMS ARRIVE COUNCIL,
HELD BY BLIZZARD 43 HOURS
KJE6STED OUT OF RACE
The mystery of the missing Sw< ep
stnke teams was cleared up at noon
today when the Joyfu' news sizzled
over from Council announcing Ihe ar
rival of Seppala, Delzene and Ynder
son all in good shape. The teams
encountered a fierce blizzard between
Safety and Solomon on Monday, hut
derided to drive through. Pushing
Spruce cr<-n|{ ii was almost iinpossi-^
hie to find the trail, still, on they went
with prlzene in the had followed by
Seppala and Anderson.
Th< blizzard grew worse as they!
went along and the drivers found it;
impossible lo take tho'ir bearing until ;
I li'l/.clle’s li nil!- 1 * J ought up at tho
door of Nek Christianson's house
at Topkok with the other teams close
behind, it u:i> impossible to proceed
so all decided to camp.
A good lookout was kept for Kjeg
stod and tile contestants were much
perturbed at his nonuppearance and
later decided that he mast have putt
ed in at .Spruce ee ek as Christian*
son arrived from Council last night
and reported nothing having been
heard from Kjcgsted.
The weather having moderated this
morning the teams set out for Coun
eil at S o'clock and made .the trip
ovi i a In.ivj trail in four hours. They
wen> notified from the directors of the
Kennel Club that they would bo al
lowed to make their own arrange
ments as to thi further race and all
agreed to go ahead when ready.
Owing to the unusual delay nearly
all of the out-station rest points are
running short of provisions. The rac
ers carried some along from Council
to help out. Seppala and Anderson
left Council after an hour’s rest and
Delzene will follow later.