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VOLUME XV. NO. 312. TELEPHONE MAIN 46. NOME,
KAISER PARDONS THE
CONDEMNED BELGIANS
A. P. A. Service.
LONDON. Oct. 22.—Advices from the
Spanish capital today state that Em
peror Wilhelm has formally notified
King Alphonse that he has pardoned
the Countess Deleville, Madame Thail
and other prominent Belgians who
had been condemned to death by the
. ry authorities in Belgium for aid
i the escape of soldier prisoners
token by the German forces during the
earlier stages of the war.
Accompanying the kaiser’s communi
cation Is an official proclamation an
nouncing the execution of Mile Edith
Ctville as having been tried and con
demned by the German authorities In
Belgium. The proclamation also gave
i he names of twenty-three persons who
have been sentenced to various terms
of imprisonment for like offences. In
the hope that something might be done
to avert the maximum penalty, King
Alphonse and the French president are
said to have interceded with the em
peror on behalf of these persons and
the emperor is reported to have or
dered suspension of the sentences of
execution in order that he might per
sonally make a detailed examination
into each case.
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LOCAL NEWS
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Councilman Chas. Thompson is still
on the sick list although progressing j
toward recovery. According to the at- J
tending physician he will probably be
around again about Monday.
Barney Theopbll'e Bernard, a native
of Canada was granted his final cltl
: nship papers In the dis'nct court this
morning. The court will probably con
sider the application of Carl August
Anderson some time during the after
noon session today.
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The well known old timer Billy
Elms Is in town after a sucessful sea
son i n Aweepst-akes creek In the Cbtih
<11 section. Mr. Rims has decided that
a brief season of rest from the exer
tions of life will do him good and he
will spend the coming winter on the
outside, leaving on the Senator.
The tT S. Mercantile Company Is
sending out a large shipment of rein
deer horns on the next boats, it is
not generally known that there Is a
considerable demand for this article
which is employed In the making of
buttons, knife handles and other ar
ticles requiring a bone of tough com
position.
The case of the Falrh.iven Ditch Co.
vs. the Inmachuk Dredging Co., con
tiucs In the district court this after
noon having been postponed over the
morning session. The afternoon yes
terday wac given over to the argu
ments of Attorneys Cochran, Orton and
Ollmore and the final argument will be
submitted by Attorney Grigsby this af
ternoon.
No one appeared when the case of
the City of Nome vs. Gus Hendrickson
was called in the municipal court yes
terday afternoon and the one hundred
dollar cash ball deposited bjr the de
fendant was thereupon declared for
feited by Judge Grimm. Hendrickson
was charged with conducting a gam
bling game and is said to have been
caught by Officer Dougherty while pre
paring to open up for a litle whirl with
tlie pasteboards. The party who was
taken in by the police on a charge of
disorderly conduct night before last
also failed to appear, thereby relin
quishing to the city the twenty dollars
deposited at the time of his arrest.
’I ne schooner Challenge has been left
high and dry following the going down
of the high surf From all appearances
the 'vssel is In no wise Injured by its
experience in coming ashore
The wind switched to the nortli some
time during the night and the heavy
surf which has rolled along the beach
for the past two days is now going
down and there is every Indication that
tlie storm has finally blown Itself out.
Jl is related that a celebrated trail
blazer of the Port Clarence district who
is prominently identified with th*.
quartz Industry had the misfortune to
get lost the other day while traveling
over a trail which he has pasesd over
constantly for nearly fourteen years.
How It happened he don't exactly know
himself but anyway he got mixed up
in a willow bottom along the route
and is said to have taken nearly two
days to find his way out again. This
wouldn’t be a matter of comment were
it not for the fact that the party in
question has traveled the trial so long
that he was acquainted with every
j stick and stone along the way. This
time they happened to be covered with
the first snow of the season which is
undoubtedly the reason for his discom
fiture.
FEDERATED CHURCH.
At the Congregation church tomor
row the following services will be con
ducted. Rev. John Parsons, pastor,
i 11 a. m. Bible school and children’s
service. Parents are invited to send
their children to the Sunday school.
Adult Bible class will study, "The
Defeat of the Syrians.”
7 p. m. Christian Endeavor meeting.
8 p. m. Worship and sermon sendee.
Subject. "Great Witnesses.”
The Ladles’ Aid Society will meet
Tuesday at 2 p. m. in church lecture
^nom. It Is the monthly social meeting,
and ladies are requested to bring thim
bles.
WILL RECOMMEND
AVIATION CORPS
A. P. A. Service.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 23.—A naval
aviation corps will be recommended by
Secretary Daniels at the next congres
sional session, according to statements
emanating from the navy departments
today. At the present time there is no
branch of the aviation corps connected
with the navy the present flying squad
■ being under the direction of the mili
tary authorities. It Is said that Dan
! iels will recommend the formation of
. a corps to embrace at least one airmen
j to every three vessels of the navy to
, lie later increased to one to each first
(class battleship and cruiser.
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ANTI-MONARCHISTS
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A. P. A. Service.
MANILLA, Oct. 23.—The anti-mon
larchists are active In fomenting rebel
lion again the plan o President Yuan
to re-establish a monarchical form of
government in China. So industrious
have they been that the reports receiv
'd here indicate that the provinces of
Kwan Tung, Kwang-Hsl and Hynan
jure seething with rebellion and out
breaks are becoming of great frequence
land violence.
There is every indication that a rev
iolution embracing at lea-st the prov
j dices named is imminent and will prob
ably spread throughout the republic.
It is said that those who are opposed
-in establishing a monarchy embrace
j practically every class and many of the
| most Influential Chinese are backing
| the revolutionary party.
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DREAM THEATER.
A carefully selected program of suc
| cessful Stella photoplays, will be shown
jat the Dream tonight, especially inter
esting will be the secret service picture
‘n two parts, entitled, "A Debut in the
: Secret Service,” full of heart throbs
and vitally gripping, "Down by the
Sounding Sea,” a delightful romance
with plenty of comedy and a strong
vein of humor, also the comedy suc
cess, "Some Bulls Daughter,” will fill
jout an excellent and varied bill of at
tractions. Matinee tomorrow afternoon
at 2:30 sharp. "Tillie’s Punctured Ro
j mance" in six parts. Last chance to
see Charley Chaplin, Mabel Norraand
and Marie Dressier In "Tillie’s Punc
tured (a treat.) Sunday night the
! week end bill, an entire change of pro
gram, featuring "The Death Stone of
India,” a stupendous production teem
ing with action and giving us a
glimpse backwards to the Sepoy rebel
: lion. This is a great picture. The
i cream of the program will be Mabel
, Normand in "Mabel’s Bear Escape,”
also the very latest service, "A New
i’athe Weekly.”
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ITALIANS ATTACKING FIERCELY
ALONG THE ENTIRE FRONT
A. P. A. Service.
UNDINE, Oct. 23.—The Italian army
Is today delivering a series of terrific
blows along the whole Austrian front
from Switzerland to the Adriatic and
the attacks is being pushed with ut
most vigor at all important points. In
the preceding live months of fighting
the efforts of the Italians have been
directed to penetrating the territory of
the enemy and the capture of all im
portant strategetical points for the ,
purpose of securing Italy against a
TRADE COMMISsToTtO
INVESTIGATE COTTON
A. P. A. Service.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 23.—It is an-j
nounced that the federal trades com
mission will investigate the cotton sit
uation on orders received today. The
orders are the result of charges re
cently made that a combination of cot- !
otn buyers exists in North and South
Carolina and Georgia the object of
which is the depression of the cotton
market and the lowering of existing
prices.
PRESIDENT
CONFERS NAME
ON TRIPLETS
A. P. A. Service.
MATTOON, 111., Oct. 22.—In answer ,
to a request from Mrs. Albert Wood
worth of this city President Wilson has
christened the triplets recently born
into the Woodworth, family. The chil
dren are all boys and are decorated |
wdth the titles of Woodrow Woodworth, j
Wllon Woodworth and William
Woodworth. In addition to christening
the three little ones, the president sent
each a draft for twenty-five dollars and 1
stated in the letter to the proud moth
er that he will later make a contrlbu
ti of one hundred dollars toward
their education.
UEILU GOULD ADOPTS
SMALL MIL
A. P. A. Service.
NEW YORK, Oct. 22.—Mrs. Helen
Gould Shepard and her husband Finley
J. Shepard, the capitalist and railroad
magnate, have adopted a five-year-old
.tif who took the fancy of the couple
while visiting a foundling asylum re
eetnly. The child was taken to the
handsome Shepard home at Terrytown
| last night
KAISER DECORATES
CZAR FERDINAND
A. P. A. Service.
LONDON, Oct. 23.—As a reward for
taking an active hand in supporting
the Germans In the Balkans, the kaiser
has conferred both the first and second
class iron crosses on the king of Bul
garia, according to Sofia dispatches to
day. Reports from Athens this morn
ing state that a report is in circula
i lion in the Greek capital that the Serb
ian and allied forces have again de
livered a crushing defeat to the Bul
garians along teh lower wetern border
of their own territory. The report is
not confirmed.
CHARLTON CASE IN HANDS JURY.
A. P. A. Service.
COMO, Switzerland, Oct. 23.—The
fate of Porter Charlton, the American
charged with the murder of his wife
near here some years ago, Is now in
the hands of the Jury and a verdict Is
expected some time tonight.
possible Austrian invasion. In the
' pinion of the Italian general staff this
purpose hos now been accomplished ]
and the army is now ready to move!
forward at all points. The war is now i
really entering its second stage and a i
general advance of the lines along the
:tire front is confidently predicted.
Reports of the fighting today are mea
ner but it is Indicated that substantial
Rains have been made at several
points.
KING GEORGE APPEALS
FOR MORE SOPPORT
A. P. A Service.
LONDON, Oct. -3.—King George
again appealed to his subjects to rally
in the support of the government and
thus obviate the possible pronounce
iih nt of a conscription order which
has bi nt tile universal topic for some
day.s
Ttie monarch delivered a stirlng ap- j
peal to the people to come forward*
voluntarily, and assist In fighting the I
German menace. "More men and yet I
more are wanted," the monarch aaid,
"to keep my armies in the field and
through them to seeuer a victory and
an enduring peace.” That the appeal
was not without effect is attested by
the fact that the recruitng offices were
filled to over flowing within a short
time after the publication of the king's
message.
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HINDENBERG CHECKED
IN ADVANCE ON RIGA
LONDON. Oct. 33.—The latest of
tlrial news from Petrograd relative to
tlie in. tern situation Indicates that the
Hind■•nliorg drive on Riga has been
impletel;. checked and the Germans
re barely holding their own against
[the itussian offensive lately Inaugural
'ed along practically the whole front.
Fighting everywhere seems to be turn
ing in favor of the Slavs and extensive
gains of territory have been made at
several points.
PLEADS UNWRITTEN
LAW III IN
A. P. A. Service.
SEATTLE. Oct. 23.— A Jury compos
11 partly of women, today refused to
insider the plea of Mrs. Mary E. Lil
li ti who Kill.i Howard Borders, who
ruined her over thirteen years ago and
who is claimed to he the father of her
child. The women was tried on a
charge of murder and the Jury returned
a verdict of man-daughter. Borders
was a teamster employed In the city at
the time of the killing which occurred
i r lie had refused to recognize the
Lillian woman who had made her way
! here from Montana.
SERBS MOVE
CAPITAL
A. P. A. Service.
BUCHAREST. Oct. 23.—Reports from
.-erbia today state that the Serbs have
decided to again move the capital, this
time from Nish to Krallevo. The new
capital is sitated at the confluence of
the Ibar and Morava rivers and Is
heavily fortified.
DIAZ REPORTED
LEADING THE
; REBEL ARMY
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WIRELESS TELEPHONY
COMPLETE SUCCESS
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! P. A. Service.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 23.—A wireless
telephone conversation with Europe
will soon be as common as the present
cablegram if the results of last night’s
achievement of the Arlington station
at Arlington, Va„ may be accepted as
in indication. Last night for the first
| lime, after months of continuous ex
perimenting. the human voice was sent
dying across the reaches of the At
lantic borne on the ether wave ordinar
ily employed to carry the wireless mes
sages.
The experiment proved an entire
success. For over a half hour the
iwireless force nt Arlington maintained
:: conversation with the Effiel tower In
Paris and the voices passed with clear
I oistintcions and even reached to Hono
lulu as indicated by the immediate re
port of the conversation plainly heard
•at that station. Today wirelss experts
I have succeeded in carrying on a con
versation with several government sta
lions in the United States and there
is every reason to believe that wireless
telephony Is a complete success.
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A. P. A. Service>
EL PASO, Oct. 23.—It Is reported
I ere that Felix Diaz Is the latest to
start action against the Carranza gov
[ernment and Is at present at the head
J of a rebel army forty thousand strong
marching on to Mexico City. Dlax Is
said to have joined Zapata and It Is
i willy the army of the latter that he
is leading. While the report has not
been confirmed It is generally believ
ed here having been received by the
local Villa agents from private Mexi
can sources and has all appearances of
fact.
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WIRELESS PHONE
FOR CORDOVA
A. P. A. Service.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 23.—The com
plete success of the naval wireless tele
phone experiments have led to the an
nouncement that all government naval
station will be provided with the neces
sary apparatus as fast as is practicable.
The statement is made that the wire
less telephone service will be extended
<o Alaska and the Cordova station will
be placed in communication with Ar
lington as soon as the repairs occa
sioned by the recent lire are completed.