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VOLUME XV. NO. 25- Telephone Main 46. NOMi, Alaska tubblay. January 5,1915. Telephone Main 46 PRICE 25 CENTS
GERMANS ARE ROLLING RUSSIANS RACK FROM CRACOW TO VISTULA
TURKISH TROOPS INVADE RUSSIAN TERRITORY
GEN. PAU’S SUCCESSFUL INVASION OF ALSACE DELIGHTS FRENCH
SECRETARY DANIELS REOPENS
MANY RECRUITING OFFICES
b ASlilMdTuN, Jail. o. Secretary
Daniels lias issued orders lor the re
opening ol many navy recruiting of
lives throughout the country. The
shortage of men has reached a point
where there are not enough men to
man the navy and according to reports
lilts shortage of men would be a serious
question bhh the iieel to be called into
action. Tlie Secretary of the Navy
recognizing this will attempt to re
cruit the navy to its full complement
of men.
CONGRESS WILL PROVIDE FOR
SURVE YOF ALASKA WATERS
SEATTLE, Jau. 5.—Congressman
Albert Johnson has sent a wire to the
Alaska ilureau of the Chamber of Com
merce stating tiiat there is no doubt
in his mind hut what Congress woulu
make a liberal provision for the sur
ley of Alaska waters. He said it was
Iris belief that at least four new' ves
sels would be given work survey ing the
Alaska waters the current season
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS.
The natives at Teller and vicinity
are catching no seal or tom cod this
winter owing to the scarcity of these
two sources of food and hence will
have to live on shorter rations unless
there is a change for the better in the
run of seal and tom cod
The bay at Teller hns been open since
the last storm till the last week. There
was open water for one mile in front of
Teller extending out for about four
miles. The trail has been staked
around tho bay to prevent mushers
being caught by taking the usual trail
across the hay.
Tho Reindeer Pair to bo held at
Mary's Igloo commencing Jan. 11th is
arousing much interest among the na
tives of Reward Peninsula. At Lomen
Brothers can bo seen the prizes which
will be given those who excell In the
various events of their handiwork at
i he Pair. These prizes are given by
the Ilureau of Education and tho mer
■ hants of Nome as well as the mer
chants of other towns on Seward Pen
insula. The prizes consist of watches,
knives, thermos bottles, compasses,
harness and tools of various kinds, all
being useful articles which will be pa
preclated by the natives and will con
tribute much to the success of the fair.
NOTICE.
All Odd Fellows, Rebekahs and their
families are requested to attend in
stallation of officers. Friday January 8,
1915, 9 o’clock p. m.
it N. L. HOLMGREN, Secy.
NEW DANCING SCHOOL.
Miners Home Club Dancing School,
Tuesday and Friday evening at 8 p. m.
Tangos, Hesitations, as well ae all the
older dances. Mrs. Oliver and Mrs.
Peterson, teachers.
WEATHER REPORT.
Nome, Alaska, Jan. 4, 1915.
Temperature—Max. 24, Min lfi
Barometer—29.21 inches
Weathob--Cloudy
Wind- N. E. 14 miles per hour.
Far fresh paanut candies, salted
peanuts and salted almons gs to the
R«*e Candy Store.
GERMAN OFFENSIVE IN POLAND
SWEEPING ALL BEFORE IT.
I
RERUN. Jan. •> The German of
fensive movement In Poland has be
gun and extends from the North of
I Cracow to the Vistula river, along a
battle front of one hundred and seventy
five miles long Along the whole line
the German armies are sweeping all
before them, the Russians being driven
i back at every point
i '
GERMANS URGING FORWARD
ROLLING RUSSIANS BACK.
ROME, Jan. 5— Authentic advices as
sert that the Germans are again surg
ing forward into Poland In a gigantic
advance which is rolling the Russian
i center hack relentlessly The German
offensive extends along ihe entire bat
tle front and is lrresistuble, the Itus
. slans being apparently unable to check
the general advance
GERMANS ADVANCE
NORTHEAST OF PLOCK.
MERLIN, Jan. 5.—Official bulletins
I posted today announce a. solid Ger
' man advance northeast of Plock has
, begun and is moving rapidly forward,
i Indicating that General von Hinden
hprg is now trying to push eastward ;
;at this point
RUSSIANS ADMIT REVERSES
WEST OF WAR8AW.
LONDON, Jan. 5. The war office tin
! nounces that Petrograd reports admits
; Russian reverses west of Warsaw to
day.
RUSSIANS PU8H FRONTAL
! ATTACK TOWARDS CRACOW.
I
RERUN. Jan. 5.—The Russians are
'pushing a strong frontal attack to
wards Crocow along the Donje river.
It is the evident intention of the Rus
sians to assume the offensive and again
move towards Cracow making that
j
their objective point of attack
TURKS MAKE RAPID PROGRESS
IN TRANS CANCA8IA.
PETROGRAD, Jan. 5— The Turkish
Invasion of Trans Cnncasia has reached
Ardahan and are now pushing forwards
toward Tiflis. Other invading armies
in t'rvia are prepairing to invade the
Caspian Coast of the Cancasius.
Three Turkish armies are now ad
vancing rapidly into Trans Cancasia
and a fourth army will invade ihe east
ern coast along the Caspian Sea. The
Turks are under the command of Field
Marshal Von der Gottz and have made
rapid progress against the weak resis
tance with which the Russian forces
are able to meet them
ALBANIAN’S PROVISIONAL
PRESIDENT CALLS FOR
! ITALY’S ASSISTANCE.
DURAZZO, Jan. 5.—The Albanian
rebels have made an attack upon tho
provisional president and have made
sucli headway that they have prac
tically gained control of the situation.
The provisional president has called
upon the Italian warships for assis
tance which if not granted would mean
the downfall of the provisional govern
I nient which, it is not believed the Ital
ian government will permit at this
time.
YOU GET THE MOST AND VERY
LATEST WAR NEWS IN THE NOME
DAILY NUQQET.
PARISIANS REJOICE AT
FAVORABLE SITUATION.
PARIS, Jan. 5.—-The French capital
is wild with delight at General Pan's
successful invasion of Alsace and wild
ly cheering throngs of people, mostly
women, are parading the streets mud
with joy. The general sentiment is
that the French arms have at last brok
en the German grip and ii will not be
long before the enemies of France will
be driven from her soil. The continu
ed .success of the French at other points
has greatly enhanced this feel
ing of confidence.
FLOODED CONDITIONS STOP
ALLIES OFFENSIVE MOVEMENTS.
LONDON, Jan a.— Northeastern
France is experiencing a very warm
spell of weather which is swelling the
rivers and canals which brings the al
lies offensive abruptly to a stop. Th<*
high water has flooded the trenches
and the troops are exposed to most
disagreeable conditions which is caus
ing much sickness among the soldiers.
FRENCH RIGHT WING ONLY
THIRTY MILES FROM RHINE
LONDON, Jan. 5.—The French right
wing is steadily advancing and have
now reached a point thirty miles from
the Rhine river. The strong reinforce
ments sent to the German center and
the theratened offensive movement is
thought to be a move on the part of
the Kaiser to force the French to re
call these troops back to France
FORESTS OF ARGONNE
BEING DESTROYED
PARIS. Jan. 5.—Terrible destruction
of the timber in the forests of Argonne
Is now going on owdng to the fighting
being carried into the wooded dis
tricts. it is stated that thousands of
trees have been destroyed by the artil
lery fire nnd the efforts of both sides
to build obstructions to the advance of
the enemy Large sections formerly
heavily wooded are declared to be
entirely denuded of forest growths and
the destruction still continues
AVIATOR PAULIN MAKES
A OARING FLIGHT.
PARIS, Jan. 5.—Aviator Paulin made
a daring flight and reconnoitered Ant
werp, talcing desperate chances with
the enemy’s aero artillery which were
shooting all around him. His machine
was punctured in a score of places nnd
his pilot was slightly wounded. Paulin
says that Antwerp is a stronghold
which has been much strengthened by
the Germans
QERMAN8 CONSIDER
DEFEAT IMPOSSIBLE.
COPENHAGEN, Jan. 5.—The confi
dence of the German people in the
outcome of the war is most remarkable.
Despite the fact that the German forces
have been practically compelled to
cease offensive operations at nearly
every point of contact, all reports front
Germany' indicate that no one dreams
but that in the end the German arms
will triumph over the foes of the Em
pire. It is apparently considered im
possible for Germany to lose
WE CAN DO IT.
Far first class work and prompt de
livery phono Main 151 and tha People's
Steam Laundry will call and get your
laundry.
W. J. WILLIAMSON, Prop...
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BRITISH SHIPS BOMBARD
CAPITAL OF GERMAN
EAST AFRICA,
LoNDoN, Jan. 5—Th»‘ British bat
tleship Goliath and the light (Tulser
Fox bombarded B»ire«-Sahim, the < a|»
ifn 1 «>f Gorman Fast Africa, doing much
damage t<» that place The principal
buildings were destroyed and manv
German vessels in the harbor were dis
abled
The bombardment i-ontinuod foe
main hours with the loss of hut one
killed and twelve wounded on the part
of the British
AMERICAN LINER CAPTURED
BV BRITISH CRUISER
GIBRALTAR. Jan 5 The Hamburg
\rneriean Liner GraerJa made the .at
tempt to cross the Atlantic with Oer
man supplies hut was captured by the
British patrol Cruisers*.
The Graocia was flying t tie Norwe
ginn flag at the time of her capture and
was brought here where she will be
held as a ship captured from th
enemy. There can be no doubt <»f th
destination of the ship and her cargo
and the fact that she was carrying j
supplies to the enemy
SWEDISH CARMA STRIKES
MINE IN NORTH SEA
MAL.VK Jan -V The Swedish J
steamer Carina struck a mine in the j
North Sea and was sunk and many of i
those aboard of her were drowned.
The frequency with which these
mines are being encountered by Swed
ish and other Scandinavian ships is
paralyzing* the commerce of those
countries and arousing a strong anti
German feeling as the Germans are
charged with being tin* cause of the
many inarintin** disasters
GERMAN AVIATORS ATTACK
BRITISH BASES.
I HORDIN', .Inn '■ German aviators
made an attack on two British bases of
supplies near Dunkirk which succeeded
in destroying a large amount of rirnuni
tion and other supplies. Several bomhs
struck the store houses completely de
molishing them causing the explosion
of ainuniUon which wrecked the two!
British hases
JINGOIST PRESS OF JAPAN
ACCUSE CHINA OF MEDDLING.
TuKIO, Jan. 5. The .linguist press of I
Japan is printing scareheads in which !
the Chinese government is charged
with secretely fermenting trouble in
Korea. It is said that the Koreans in
the interior, who are in a rebellious
state, are being assisted by the Chinese
government which is secretly aiding
the revolt by furnishing arms, ammu
nition, etc, Tlte Japanese government
however are unmoved by the jingoists
and assert that there is no evidence of
such action on the part of the Chinese
government
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HOME COOKING.
The Coffee House and Restaurant of
Mrs. Niebling is the only place to get
home cooking.. Lunches and short
orders will receive the best of atten
tion. Dinner served from five o’clock
on, and it can't be beat. Next door to
the Surprise store. tf
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VATICAN HOPES TO
SOW SEEDS OF PEACE
Hi iMK, Jan Vatican authentic
have renewed hopes that they may y.
be able to sow the seed for the desit >
of peace among the warring nations
before either one side of the other ha
utterly fallen. The favorable reply re
garding tlie exchange of prisoners <.t
war lias greatly pleased the Vatieur
and aroused the hope that much cai
yet be done towards bringing an end t>
the war at no distant day
PROPOSE THAT ALLIED
PRISONERS BE INTERNED.
HOME, Jab. ■ I ’ope Benedict will
propose to the Kaiser that ill English
and French prisoners of war inoludln
those y\ho are able bodied tic remo\ t I
te Italy and there interned hut main
tamed at the allies expense Fear i I
shortage of food, which must soon or
cur in Germany, hastens the action •
the allies wlto fear that the prisoner
will tie the first to suffer
CANADIAN WHEAT REACHES
HIGH WATER MARK.
OTTAWA. Jan a. Canadian wheat
soars high, reaching the highest point
today since the commencement of the
war The government will assume the
control of its distribution, if necessary
to insure that the needs of the English
and French armies are supplied
KANSAS SENDS
$500,000 TO BELGIUM.
NEW 1'dcK. Jan. a The steamship
Hannah sailed for Rotterdam today
with five hundred thousand dollars for
the relief of Belgium. The entire
amount represents the donations of the
people of the State of Kansas i alter
states are expected to contribute t ■
the relief fund in the same liberal
spirit as the people of Kansas and
fund of several millions of dollars will
lie senl to Belgium in the near future
KANSAS GETS
WAR CONTRACT.
ATt'HlSibV Henry Dleget, repre
senting an Atchison factory, dosed a
contract to manufacture 20,000 sets of
artillery harness and saddles for the
British army. The sets are for six
horse teams
NOTICE.
Cut on whits dresses for ladies and
children. Just the thing to wear at
the Carnival.
MRS. J. WAGNER.
2nd Avenue, opposite Court House.
NOTICE.
No. 167 is the lucky number and the
lady or gentleman holding same please
call and pick out any Hart, Schaffner
& Marx suit or overcoat in Geo. E
Lcmen & Co.'s store.
AT THE NEW EAGLE.
Old Lewis Hunter Rye and the Fa
mous Atherton Bourbon whiskeys, Dis
tilled spring 1904-1905. bought in bond
and reduced tc 90 per eenL by U. 8
government by the bottle or gallon.
Tho Nugget is giving its subscribers
more telegraph news than any other
paper in Alaska and will continue to
do so. Send in your name and have
the Nugget delivered to your home or
office. Do it now.
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mLLiESARE prepairing
ANSWER TO WILSON'S NOTE.
LONDON, Jan j The Allies ale pre
pairing a reply to tile American note
, which will probably be ready lor sub
mission within tHe next two days. No
intimation is given out as to the prob
able nature of tbe contents of the note
to tHe LmteU Slales but it is not
thought tiial any serious difficulty will
arise between the Allies and the United
.states m adjusting the questions which
ua\c been raised by President VViisou's
note. It is Hummed tnat mere are del
! icate questions for consideration hut
long estabiisiied iriendship between the
I nations and the spun of fairness with
which the president of the United
•states has approached the questions
iilioltt-d will make the filial adjustment
| between the two nations a matter
which will be adjusted oil a basts of
i ' ommnn sense and fairness which will
not disturb the amiable relation of the
two countries.
GOVERNOR POTHIER FAVORS
PRESIDENTIAL VOTE FOR
WOMEN OF THE U. S.
I'tfi >YI 1 tK.VCR Jan, Governor
I'othic, of Rhode Island in an address
today innoiinced that he was in favor
of giving women the rigid to vote for
president of the United States. The
annouiirement of the governor is pleas
ing to the women suffragist leaders of
this slate who say that this is a con
cession which w ill la* followed soon by
a more liberal concession which poli
ticians are more and more inclined t«
grant to American women.
CHIEF OF STAFF WILL
CONFER WITH VILA.
V ASI11 NOT* Jan. f». ('iiief of
Staff Scott plans to meet Villa today
across the border for the purpose of
holding i conference regarding the
neutrality along the border and the
protection of American citizens across
ilie line front .Mexico. While there has
been a * essation of fighting across the
border which endangered Americans,
vet no definite understanding between
'he Mexican leaders and the United
States government lias IS yet been
reached
CARRANZA PROHIBITS
THE SALE OF LIQUORS
NAi'o. Jan. S. Carranza has issued
on order prohibiting the sale of liquor
in any of the towns he controls and
is striving to eliminate as far as pos
sible all intoxicants from his army.
Villa, on tile other hand lias declared
a different policy and proclaims all the
towns under his control to remain wet
HUSBAND KILLS HIS WIFE
THEN TURNS GUN ON SELF
SEATTLE. Jan. 5. As a result of a
family quarrel whieli occurred this
morning, the husband of Marie Miller
chased her with a revolver for two
hlocks and killed her after which he
turned the gun on himself with fatal
results.
The neighborhood in which the Mil
lers lived were aroused by the screams
of Mrs. Miller as she tied down the
street anil several rushed to rescue her
from the infuriated and crazed husband
but were too late as he accomplished
his work so quickly tiiat those near by
had no opportunity to stay his hand.
Mrs. Bartlett’s dancing class. K. K.
hall Tuesday and Friday evenings. Old
and new dances taught.