VOLUME XVII. NO 6 T*LEPnONF MAIN 48 NOME, ALASKA. TUESDAV, JANUARY 2, 1917 . TELEPHONE MAIN 48 PRI~fc 25 CENT
GERMANS POINT OUT ENTENTE INCONSISTENCY
BLOODSHED MAY FOLLOW
CLAIMS OF RIVALS FOR
GOVERNOR’S OFFICE
Pacific Newt Service.
PHOENIX. Jan. 2.—The contest for
the possession of the gubernatorial
scat in the state of Arizona promises
to result in bloodshed unless cooler
counsel ,o<»• !ls Cowpunchers and
miners are arming and threatening
trouble unless their candidate attains
the office.
Governor Hunt and Thomas Camp
bell, the republican governor-elect ns
he and his friends claim, have both
taken the oath of office. Hunt is in
possession and refuses to evacuate
the executive offices. Campbell de
clares he will get ir. If he has to do
It by force.
The vote was very close. Campbell
claims to have won by thirty votes.
The courts will decide who has been
elected as neither party to the con
troversy Is willing to accept the official
count as final.
In the meantime calm 'minds are
advising both the governors and their
adherents to await and accept the ver
dict of the court.
New laid eggs at Prosser's Harness
Shop, $1.00 per dozen. Phone Black 5.
V:siting Cards at the Nugget 0'fice
VALDEZ ALMOST WIPED OUT BY FIRE
STARTED BY INCENDIARIES-LOSS OVER
THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS
Flashes to the signal corp3 office
this forenoon conveyed the news that
Valdez was In flames and that at
least a half score of Important bus'
nes>s and government buildings were
do< med to destruction.
The first flash 3tated that the cab'e
office was destroyed by fire this morn
1; « and that the cable and land line
c« r nections, with the operating for' ,
nio^ed and was located again at the'r
old stand on the water front. It was
t to stated that telegraphic business
v f~uld be delayed only a short time as
tla Are wa3 reported under control.
The second dispatch showed that
the cable office had not been burned
and that the men had moved their
apparatus out with the certain belief
that their building was doomed. This
flash stated that "Valdez was neirly
viptd out by Are this morning. The
cat'e office was vacated but it was
haved, though surrounded by flam
ing buildings. The signal corps men
a.e now moving back to tbelr una. -
ter3. Will send particulars of tha con
flagration as soon as we get them.”
This message was sent at 10 a. m.
The third flash which was sent at
11:11 .contained a full account of the
leases and some important details in
connection therewith. It reads ns
foliot t: "An incendiary Are started
In fern different sections of the busi
ness district of Valdez at four o'ci ick
this morning. There is no doubt at
all that the conflagration was if 'n
cendiarj origin. The buildings ourn
ed inf the Golden North hotel. Ar
cade c.aic the big merchandise 'St'i -
llshment of S. Blum and Company,
liie Einvress theater, the Bin zoo >ar
«,nd < hat store, Louie’s cafe, Max
S-thmIJ. n store, the postofflce, the
Arizona, hotel, the Alameda hour?. '
iJiiis ! look, three fine residences ir 1
Paine’s sheet metal works. The
less is estimated at not less that,
rus e 1 ’ nderd thousflhd dollurs wh i
is ri. rii-.'l' covered by insurance. One
I ity who is strongly suspected of h >
ir g an Incendiary is held by thr fed
eral authorities pending an Inw.ikje •
tion "
The section which as heen destroy
ed Includes a laige portion )f th“
rui n street of !he town. The pos. ■
c'*ice it right across the street trun
♦ he cable office and was the l; nit or
t1 r flic in thnt direction.
This is the third i id fin which hns
taken its toll in YaM z within u v-ry
few years and it !-•: cin -i Vred a hinvy
blow to the enterprising citizens of
the l prosperous town.
Cnllina Cords at the Nugget Office
GERMANS DECLARE ENTENTE REPLY
IS VERBOSE AND INCONSISTANT BUT
THAT IT MEANS CONTINUATION OF WAR
International News Servioe.
BERLIN, via Sayvllle. Jan 2.—The
text of the entent reply to the Ger
man peace offer lias been received by
the foreign office and has been con
sidered by many leading officials. The
off'clal text from the United States
diplomatic service has not, however,
been delivered yet. The copy now
being perused by the govef-nment has
been furnished by the Havas Over
sees news agency.
The Havas agency makes the fol
lowing announcement in connection
with the reply: "Text was ‘delivered
to the German authorities yesterday
in the Havas version If this version
checks up with the official text which
Is being forwarded by the United
bouts tnen the following may bo
given as a semi-official comment on
the document. The entente reply is a
verbose answer but is nevertheless a [
flat refusal to end the war It is es- '
peclally pointed out as remarkable
that the reply mentions the right of
all nationalities to their own indivi
dual existence when one of the avow
ed purposes of the war on the part
of the entente i3 the conquest of Con
stantinople, the straits of Marmora
and Dardanelles.”
The feeling among the people Is one
of disappointment that the effort to
wards peace should end in failure but
the determination to carry on the
struggle to ft successful Issue Is not
In the least lessened so far ns can
be learned.
CHRISTMAS GREETINGS.
A?..In f*t«r season suggests the pleas
ure o' o> tending to our patrons and
frlpnds hearty good \vlshe3 for a Mer
ry Christmas and a merry and pros
perous Npw Year.
NOME TAILORING CO.
Next Door Segerstrom & Hagen's.
FARM LOAN
BANKS MEET
APPROVAL
■i International News Service.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2.—The fame
of the new rural credits law provid
ing the establishment of farm loan
banks throughout the United Stutes,
the purpose of which was to enable
the farmers to obtain loans, at reason
ble rates of interest, is spreading afar
and will probably result In other
countries enacting similar measures.
Recently the governor of the Ber
muda Islands, British possessions In the
Atlantic, appointed a commission to
Inquire into the practicability of de
vising a system under which fanners
might obtain loans for agricultural
operations, according to a report from
Consul Loop, at Hamilton, Bermuda,
to the state department, on a simi
lar plan to that now being worked
out in this country.
Calling Cards at the Nugget Office
x Visiting Cards at ths Nuggst Office
INDEFINITE
GERMAN
PROGRESS
interantional News Service.
BERLIN, Jan. 2.—It Is officially
announced that there has been sharp
fighting on the eastern fronts which
*n every instance has been favorable
lo the Germans
In the Cuipathians further advance
eastward have been reported which
are of great value in the cumpatgn
now under way.
On the Moldavian front the the
Russians and Roumanians are being
steadily forced northward but prog
ress Is retarded by heavy snowfalls.
NOTICE. ,
Let the Nugget do your letter writ
ing by sending the Weekly Nugget to
your friends on the outside—>Uc mo.
Mi*s Johnson and Prof. Peterson
will furnish music at the Board fo
Trade Cafe on Sunday from 5:30 to
7:30 p. m.
AMERICANS INSIST
CARRANZA MUST
SI6N PROTOCOL
International Nawa Service.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 2.—The Mex
j iicnn question is in statu quo and there
| is no likelihood that any change will
result unless the Carranza govern
ment yields to the American conten -
j tton.
Despite the conciliatory tone of
Carranza’s objections to the agree
ment which was offered to him to sign
Ihrre has not yet appeared any dis
position on his part to do as was de
manded of him.
It Is not believed that the admln
isttation will weaken In Its Insistence
that the protocol shall be signed. In
case Mexico fails to ngree to this It
Is probable that all attempts to agree
; on a program will be abandoned,
j The conference between the Mexican
and American commissioners was re
sumcd today with the representatives
of the United States announced as
strongly favoring that Carranza should
bo forced to accede to the American
plan.
TO FIND OUT WHAT
ZEPPEILNS ARE MADE OF
International News Service.
V'ASHINGTON. Jan. 2.—Two small
pieces of metal from a Zeppelin, de
stroyed during a raid over England,
have been received at the navy de
partment, and it Is understood they
will be examined with a view to de
termining by analysis Just what the
metal is It resembles aluminum, but
is slightly heavier and a groat dea1
stronger.
TOTAL STRENGTH OF
UNCLE SAM’S ARMY
FAR BELOW LIMIT
international News Service.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2.—Accord
ing to a general order issued by the
war department, the total enlisted
strength of the line of the army un
der the national defences act, exclud
ing the Philippines scouts and the
enlisted men of the quartermaster's
corps, medical department, signal
corps, and unassigned recruits, Is
106,456.
There are 38 regiments of Infantry,
with a total strength of 61,231; 17
regiments of cavalry, 17,2GB; nine regi
ments of field arltllery, 7,881, three
regiments und one mounted company
of engineers, 2,198; coast artillery
coips, 21,423; staff corps and depart
ments, 17,753: I’hilipj no scouts, 5,"33,
and miscellaneous organizations and
special allowances, 13,747, m .lung the
total authorization enlisted strength,
including the nvdical department,
137,214.
The enlisted strength in the medical
department ij approximately equiva
lent to a per cent of the total enlisted
strength of the army, ’.nd it is not
counted us a part of the enlisted force
as provided by law. The total author
ized enlistede strength ot the army,
excluding the medical department is
130,680.
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MILITARY
| POWER IS
SUPPLANTED
—
International News Service.
WASHINGTON. Jun. 2.—Fort Yel
lowstone, Wyoming, the post of the
troops which have policed the Yellow
stone National Park for several years,
has been closed and the troops or
dered to other stations, the National
Parks Bureau has announced. They
will be replaced by thirty park rang
ers. The change Is part of the policy
j of the bureau, which will employ onl.v
I civil processes to police the park In ■
stead of the military power which ha
been used since the park was founded
The Noma Bowling Club’s Alley's
ara now open to ALL who enjoy thit
healthful (port, 12 tQ 12.
MEXICO
REMOVES
DUTIES
International News Service.
WASHINGTON, Jan 2.—In an ef
fort to Increase the supply of food
stuffs In Mexico, depleted ns a result
of 3ix years of revolution, the de
facto government has removed import
duties on many food commodities. This
was learned in a telegram received
by the department of state from 'ho
special representative of American in
terests In Mexico City which stated
that a decree of the Carranza gnvern
mert, announced that lard, rice, bar
ley lentils, beans, peas, wheat, oats,
fler, barley, rye, corn, 3ago, and su
gar may be ynported free of duty
[until Xfebruary 28, 1917.