THE NOME DAILY NUGGET
VOLUME XVI. NO. 111. TELEPHONE MAIN 46 NOME, ALASKA. THURSDAY APRIL 20. 1916. TELEPHONE MAIN 46. PRLE2CENVR
EXPECTS GERMAN
ANSWER SOON
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A. P. A. Service.
WASHINGTON, D. C., April
20.—The submarine situation is
now almost the sole topic of con j
versation in Washington am
there is much speculation ovei i
the probable reply of the Ger ;
man government to the Wilson j
note. It is the general opinion
however, that Berlin will again 1
attempt to placate the United
States as all previous indications j
seems to point conclusively to s
desire on the part of Germany to
maintain friendly relations with
this government. When the Ger
many reply will he returned is
problematical
While the president set no
limit to the time, he holds the
opinion that three or four days
will be a reasonable time for Ger
many to reach a decision and the
answer is expected to reach
Washington early in the coming
week.
MISSOURI TORNADOES
KILL AND INJURE MANY
A. P- A. Service.
KANSAS CITY, April 20.
Eleven, and possibly many more
are killed and injured as a resuli
of a succession of tornadoe*
which swept over western Mis
souri and eastern Kansas today
In addition damage running wel
into the hundreds of thousands
have been done to farms and vil
ilages along the path of th«
storm.
A half dozen small settlements
are reported all but wiped out
RUSSIANS CLAIM FUR
THER ADVANCES ASM
By A P. A. Service.
LONDON, April 20.—Petro
grad reprts state that the Rhs
sian forces are making steady ad
vances in Kurdistan and an earl)
junction with the army penetrat
ing westward from Persia is con
dently expected. Severe fighting
is reported in the region north
east of Bitlis where the Turks
are making a heroic attempt tc
stay the Russian progress. Dis
patches from the captured cit)
of Trebizond state that heav)
rear guard actions have taken
place between the Russians and
the Turkish forces retreating to
the westward.
NIGHT LULL MARKS
WESTERN FIGHTING
A. P. A.^service
PARIS, April 20.—War offict
reports this morning states tha
a general lull existed along thr
western front last night and n<
infantry activities were recorded
at any point Except for tlm
The principal damage is to farm
property as the tornadoes failetl
to hit any town of particular Im
portance. The tornadoes followed
each other in rapid succession,
spreading death and devastation
over a large area of country.
Seven people are known to be
dead in Barton county and four
others have been reported from
\ arious other sections'
HIPRESS WHITE BOOTS.
NOW $8.00 AT PETERSON’S.
brief and systemic shelling of the
French positions shortly before
nightfall even the artillery
was OjUict. The Germans con
tinue active behind their lines,
however, and further smashes are
indica^d in the redistribution of
troops at various points.
DOUBLE GUARDS
ON PANAMA CANAL
A. P. A. Service.
PANAMA, April 20.—Owing
probably to the prospect of a
break with Germany, orders were
issued today for a doubling of
the secret service force engaged
in guarding the canal. The gov
ernment evidently intends to take
no chances and it is indicated
that practically every inch of the
great waterway is now being
watched.
ATTENTION PIONEERS.
The lady Pioneers will enter
tain the members of the Alaska
Pioneers and their families next'
Monday night at the Pioneer
Igloo._
WITHDRAWAL
PREDICTED
WITHIN WEEK
A. P. A. Service.
JUAREZ, Mex., April 20.—The
Carranza officials here say that
that the American troops will be
withdrawn within a week as there
is now absolutely no excuse for
•their remaining on the soil of
Mexico. The officials point out
that even if Villa is not dead he
has probably proceeded to the
south so far that his capture by
the Americans is out of the ques
tion.
POLICE RAID BLIND PIG
RUN BY HODGE’S SON
By A P. A. Service.
SEATTLE, April 20.—The
city police, after purchasing whis
ky in the establishment, raided
the "Thalia” a blind pig resort
located in a Second avenue base
ment last night and captured a
considerable quantity of wet
goods of the kind tabooed by the
nrohibition law. Strange to say
the place is owned by William
Hodge, son of the sheriff of King
county.
GERMANY OFFERS
MORE EXPLANATIONS
A. P. A. Service.
BERLIN, April 19.—Von Ja
Igow today handed Ambassador
Gerard a second memoranuum
regarding the steamer Sussex.
TACOMA ELECTS
NEW COMMISSIONERS
A. P. A. Service.
TACOMA, April 19.—Com
plete returns of the municipal
elections yesterday give substan
tial majorities for F. S. Pettit and
Hamilton G. Gronen as city com
missioners. Fred Shoemaker was
elected to fill the offices of city
comptroller
CARRANZA FORCES SKIRM
ISH WITH VILLAISTS
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A. P. A. Service
j EL PASO, April 20.—Advices
to the Carranza commander at
Juarez today state that several
skirmishes have taken place be
tween the Carranza forces and
scatterd bands of Villaists in low
er Chihauhua. The defacto com
mander in that section claims
that the bandits are now widely
scattered and no longer in suffi
cient force to make a decided
stand against the numerous de
tachments of regulars engaged
in scouring the country._
WICKERSHAM NOT ENDORSED
RY SEWARD CONVENTION
Delegate Sends No Reply To Demand For
Pledge To Support Platform
A. R A. Service.
SEWARD, April 20.—The
name of James W lckersham was'
not presented to the territorial j
icpuuiican convention before the
uusiness of the convention was
concluded at eleven p. m. last
night, and today every one is
speculating as to who will be the
jjiobably ciioice of the committee
appointed for that purpose.
The convention named C. D
jvMuranc for territorial commit
teeman and also made nomina
tions for the other important re- j
publican positions but the dele
gate question will rest in the
.lands of the committee until such
tune as they have made their
choice.
Messrs. Shackelford and Gil
more, as was generally under
stood, were the choice of the con
vention for delegates to Chicago,
and Geo. D. Schofield was norn- ]
inated for the office of attorney j
general. Other nominations were
Irving of Juneau for chairman of
he territorial committe and A.
G. Thompson for secretary.
Russell and Lloyd w'ere named
as alternates for Gilmore and
Shackelford. The Chicago dele-1
gates were not instructed. Ray j
made an unsuccessful attempt to
have the convention endorse
Roosevelt Over the strenuous
protests of the minority from the
third division, the convention
named the members of the terri j
torial committee from each dis-j
trict, thereby taking the right
from the members in each dis
trict to name their own commit
teemen. This action produced!
the liveliest incid<\t of the ses
sion and resulted in a heated de
bate between Ritchie, Hazlett,
Ray, W hittemore, bheckeiford,
.UAlurane, Irving and Gilmore.
bhackelford had the whip hand,
However, and forced things to go
liis own way in spite of the strong
tight put up by the delegation
from the third. Shackelford con
trolled 173 out of tlie total >ly
votes icpresented. The tollowing
,'mitteemen were named: First
vision, Howard A. Ashley E. E.
Smith H. y. Faulkner S. H. Ew
ing !'• C. McCormack J. P. Secli
man and John Goodel.
Second division Win. Eddy, A.
A. Allan,, Fred Daniels, Henry
iBurgh, W. D. Cliace, Geo. D
Schoneld, H. H. Moller.
Third divison, J. J. Flannigan,
Sam Graff, John Lyons, A1
W liite, J. H. Chase, E. A. Boyle,
F. G. Cotter, Joseph Dehne, Per
cy Charles, Leroy Tozier and
^has. Hoxie.
In voting over the amendment
allowing the selection to rest in
the convention, the third was
completely snowed under by the
others voting solid in favor of
the convention naming the com
mittees.
The platform adopted supports
tile campaign for statehood gov
ernment, the encouragement of
government aid for railroads and
the speedy completion 01 the
Seward-Fairbanks line. Other
important features are a demand
for the restoration of the tariff
and the upbuilding of a national
merchant marine. An appropria
tion for a new Alaska cable is
also called for. Other planks em
brace a demand for more liberal
land law/,, 'investigation of the
fresh fish trust.
Adequate military prepared
ness is endorsed and VV ilson's
"watchful waiting” is denounced.
The appointment of carpet bag
gers to office in Alaska is also
denounced. The convention also
adopted a resolution fixing the
apportionment of delegates to
next convention and one provid
ing that in the future representa
tion on the territorial committee
be based on the proportional vote
of each division to the total ter
ritorial vote for delegate and at
torney general.
The business of selecting the
republican candidate was left in
the hands of a committee of four
consisting of Faulkner of Juneau,
Gilmore of Nome, Harvey Sulli
van of Cordova and Thos. Lloyd
of Fairbanks.
The Alaska delegates failed to
even heed the telegram sent to
him by Sheckelford declaring that
he would not receive the nomin
ation of th i convention in the
event of his failing to agree to
support the platform of the con
vention. The work of the con
tention was concluded at eleven
^ast night and the majority of
the delegates departed for home
on the Admiral Evans this morn
ing.
GERMANS TAKE SECTION
OF BRITISH TRENCHES
BERLIN, April jo-—It was of
ficially announced toady that the
Germans have captured six hun
dred yards of the British trenches
between Ypres and Langemarke.
The British were completely sur
prised and nine hundred of the
defenders surrendered. Two ma
chine guns were also taken._
BELIEVED BERHSTDRFF WILL
WITHDRAW DEMANDS
A. P. A. Service
| NEW YORK, April 20.—The
vehement protests of Ambassa
dor BernstorfT that the govern
ntent had no right to seize the
private papers found in the office
I of Wolf von Ingle former secre
tary to Von Papen have been
without avail and the.documents,|
several of which are alleged to
contain strongly incriminating
^statements are still in the United
Statefc attorneys' possession.
Assistant United States Attor
ney W oods announced today that
Bernstorfif would profit nothing
by his attempt to stop the gov
ernment from prosecution of the
W elland canal conspiracy case,
the prosecution would proceed in
spite of his protests. Woods
also stated that the papers would
not he turned over to him until ■
the prosecution was through with
them.
The United States attorney is
of the opinion that when photo
graphic copies of the papers seiz
ed in the offices occupied by Von
Ingle are shown to Ambassador
Van Bernstorff it Is not unlikely
that he will admit that any of
them are official records and will
withdraw his demands for their
return to him._____
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Butter-— lutter
YVe have kept back a branc( c4 butter that was shipped to us by
our old milkman, Herman Hoop from Ellensburg, Wash., last fall.
We did so for the purpose to be able to offer something good in
the spring days when it wou'<* be appreciated.
TRY A BRICK
85c for 2 pound brick
COFFEE ROASTED DAILY
NOME FAVORITE BLEND 3 POUNDS, $100.
OUR FRESH ROASTED
-iZiSTimcart? — — "■
COFFEES
Cost Less
Taste Better
Go Further
Last Longer
Please All
Ask for free sample and convince yourself
POLET’S
Last Mail Brought Advices
THAT CODFISH
has risen in price as follows:
Bricks to, per pound.ioc
Middles to per pound.12 I-2C
Whole to, per pound.8c
Consider merchants as well consumers that at 8c per pound in
Nome and less for large quantities that it is good business to come,
and buy all that you will require for next summer Our price is de
livered to you, Seattle price the amount of two cents per pound
freight should be added.
GOFFEE ROASTED DAILY
POLET’S EXTRA BLEND, S POUNDS *8c.