THE NOME DAILY NUGGET
VOLUME XV. NO. 365. ELEPHONE MAIN 46. NOME, ALA8KA. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1915. TELEPHONE MAIN 46. PRICE 28 CENTS
DISCOVER PLOT MUR_
ASQUITH URGES
GREATER ECONOMY
A. P. A. Servio*. •
LONDON, Dec. 2.—The necessity lor
practicing the strictest economy during
the continuous of the war was pointed
out by Premier Asquith during an ad
dress today before the trades union
congress now assembled here for the
purpose of discussing matters affect
ing unionism in the United Kingdom.
Asquith declared that one and all j
from the government down to the \
humblest individual should make every j
effort to economize as there was every |
prospect that there would be even more
difficult times to bo faced before the
great war wus brought to a close.
Asquith called special attention to
; the fact that the cost of food had
already increased forty per cent, rent 1
and fuel twenty-five per cent and
• clothing thirty per cent. Respecting i
■he need for economy on the part of I
the government. Asquith said that the '
government was facing the biggest i
problem In economy a nation was I
•ver compelled to face, and was com- :
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EMBASSY TRIES TO
HIDE ANTI-NEUTRALITY
TRANSACTIONS
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A. P. A. Service.
NEW YORK, Dec. 1.—During the!
eourso of his testimony in the govern
ment case against the Haraburg-Amer
ican line, Director Benz practically ad
mitted that the German embassy at
Washington had made special efforts to
cover up the transaction of the Ger
man government with his company rel
ative to the supplying of the German
warships with coal and provisions dur
ing the earlier periods of the war.
Itnder the gruelling cross examina
tion of the government Attorney Benz
admitted that he had finally yielded
to the efforts of the German repre
sentatives and had delivered practical
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ly every document or contract bearing
on the relations of the company and
the German government to the agents
>f the embassy, including the abstract
of agreement between the Hamburg
Amorican lines and Germany whereby
the former agreed to supply the Ger
man cruisers at sea with coal and
oilier supplies through the medium of
neutral ships sailing from American
ports. Benz stated that all such mem
oranda has passed Into the keeping of
I i ho embassy.
Reading for tho winter. All maga
zines while they last, 50c per dozen.
Lomen Bree.
VON BOPHT SAYS !
DISTRICT ATTORNEY
PRO-BRITISH
A. I*. A. Service.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 1.—That
United States District Attorney Pres
ton sought to “get" the German con
sul and vice consul here as higher ups
in the Crowley bomb plots is suggest
ed by von Bopht in a protest he for
warded to the Washington embassy
today. The consul lnferentlally charges
that Preston is pro-British in his in
clinations and is using his ofllce to
injure tho emissaries of the German
government.
FRANCE CALLS
CLASS OF 1917
A. P. A. Service.
PARIS, Dec. 1.—By a vote of the
| chamber of deputies the class of 1917
has been called to the colors for ser
vice in the war. Tho new recruits will
bo placed in training as fast as mob
ilized and will proceed to tho front as
fast as they reach a atato of proficiency.
The call embraces boys of oighteen
years of age and means that tho mili
tary forces of the republic will bo in
creased by about two hundred and
twenty-five thousand additional sol
diers. It is expected that tho now
lraft will bo ready for the field by ttio
first of March.
| celled to resort to the strictest mean
I ores in order to provide revenue for
1 continuing the war. The naval and
i military operations together with as
sistance given British island depend
| envies since August, 1914, have cost,
. he speaker declared, something over
i eight billion, three hundred and ten |
| pillions
In reply to a parliamentary question
concerning the total of the British
losses since the commencement of the
war, Asquith gave the number of killed,
| wounded and missing from the open-;
j ing of the war until November first of j
, he present year as something over |
1 five hundred thousand or a total of |
about six hundred thousand to date. ,
The premier also suited that a total
.it fifty three British ships were sunk
iluring the month of November with
a total loss of six hundred and forty j
six lives.
MINN. GREW
MUTINIES
A. P. A. Service.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 2.—Accord
ing to a wlrelesH dispatch from the
northern liner Minnesota, en route to
England with a huge cargo of grain
and other supplies, the crew has mu
tinied and the vessel is now hurrying
to this port at top speed. The dis
patches gives no details beyond stat
ing that the vessel had been caught in
a terrific storm of several day's dura
ion and the crew had mutinied. The
vessel has been out for a consldera
' ble period having left Seattle for Liv
l rpooi a fortnight ago.
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MILWAUKEE
TRAIN WRECKED
A. P. A. Service.
SPOKANE, Doc. 1.—The Milwaukee
and eastbound Columbian train was
wrecked near Freeman some miles
from this city last night and the fire
man, Otto Roberts, was Instantly kill
ed. Tho accident was due to a spread
ing of tho rails. Tho engine and bag
gage car of tho train were thrown into
tho ditch and completely wrecked.
Hot oho°olate, beef tea, clam juice,
ice cream and aoda, water at the Roee
Candy Store.
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WHILE THEY LAST
POTATOES
$2.50 PER SACK
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WHOLESALE AND RETAIL GROCER*. HEADQUARTERS FOR Ilrf*ORTED DELICACIES 1
SAYS PLOTTERS AIMED TO KILL
WILSON AsiO GARRISON
WITH LIOUID FIRE
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A. P. A. fUrvic*.
CLEVELAND, Dec. 2.—What is de
I clnred to be a well formulated plot to
|end the lives of both President Wil
I son and Secretary of War Llndley
i Garrison by means of liquid fire ap
plied to their clothing is alleged to
have been obtained by County Prose
cutor Locher of this city.
According to the Information, which
is said to be contained in a court sten
"grapher's record purported to hate
been taken while Lochor was examin
ing one E. VV. Hitter, a chemist, the
plot was formulated by two men in
high official life in Washington, and
everything was being prepared for the
eitempt when the present government
investigation of bomb plots caused a
-1 pension of activities.
It is said that the man Ritter is
thorough!) aware of the details but
refused to divulge who the plotters
ire or furnish any evidence of the
plot beyond admitting that such * plan
trill been found. Ritter state he
v as approached by agents of the plot
i rs in an attempt to enlist his ser
vices in providing the chemical sona
pound to be employed In the murder
j ous attack on Uurrison and the preal
| dent.
KITCHENER R MENDS
WAR MEASURES
A. P. A. Serve*.
LONDON, Dec. 2 Kitchener held a
| lengthy conference with the king at
| Buckingham palace today utid informed
j his majesty that the allies can win in
I the Balkans but that the Anglo-French
! forces operating in that section at the
present time must be greatly Increas
; ed and there must also be co-operation
i between tne Russian and Italian forces.
Kitchener stated that the co-operu
I tlon of the forces of Italy and Russia
are esscn.^l to the plan. In addition
to this Kitchener also made the fol
lowing recommendations for future ac
tivities as result of his trip to the
Balkans.
That the Dardanelles campaign must
be prosecuted to a successful conclu
sion and a determined effort must be
made to recover Serbia from the grasp
of the Teutons. Efforts must also be
made to humble Bulgaria and break the j
Teuton Turkish concentration plan:
which is rapidly being perfected. Pres- 1
sure musi i Iso be brought to bear . n
Greece and Koumunia in order to In
duce those nations to enter the War
si (he side of the allies. Kitchener
stated that Russia must assume the |
nlTciudve us quickly as possible and j
artillery and ammunition must Vie
rustied to the Balkans to offset the
superb equipment of the central pow
| els.
"With eager expectations,” everybody I
looks forward to the Annual Roof Gar
den, which always occurs on the last j
Saturday night before Christman--the i
18th this year.
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SEWARD POSTMASTER
i SENDS IN RESIGNATION
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A. P. A. 3*rv>o<
SEWARD, Doe. 2.—Postmaster F. J.
Hickey has sent in his resignation as
postmaster of Seward to tho depart
ment at Washington following tho re- j
cent cut in the clerical force of the
office recommended by Postal Inspec
tor fftell. Tho resignation will take
effect as soon as a successor Is ap
pointed.
Hickey states he qulting both on
■ account of tho action of Nell and also
Ion account of politics. Since the dis
churge of the clerks Hickey has had
to do all the distributing of the mull
and also has had to make up the An
chorage and Iditarod mulls in addition
to the local duties. This is too much
in Hickey's opinion especially as he is
tt Taft holdovr and as it is under
stood that no republicans will be ap
pointed when their terms of office ex
pire, he figures it is better to quit now
rather than keep a hard winter's Job
and then be let out in July, at which j
time his term expires. j
KAISER’S VISIT WAS
10 BLOCK PEACE
NEGOTIATIONS
A. P. A. Service.
ROME, Dec. 1.— “The real object ef
Emperor William’s visit to Vienne «»•.
according to almost unimpeachable in
formation received here today, to put
a stop to tlie efforts Austria tins b< ;u
making to secure a separate peace with
the quadruple entente.
it was definitely acknowledged tohay
that Vienna has been making every ef
fort to secure terms with the allise
through the good offices of Madrid ead
tile Vatican.’’ According to the Tru
inmu, in which ttie above statement te
published today there Is a wide dl
torgence of views between Vienna and
ilerlln over the peace question fue
article declares that Austria is mere
than willing to qutt th great struggle
but Is being held to her course by Qer
| many who dare not accede to sueb
1 terms as would be Insisted on by -he
tllles In her own case.
FORD'S PERCE
i SHIP SRILS SOON
A. P. A. Service.
NEW YORK. Dec. 2.— Henry Pord
sent a cable to Tope Benedict today
assuring the pontiff that the plana ft*r
the proposed peace expedition t# Wu
rope were rapidly being concluded and
the departure ot the peace ship *»%U
not be long delayed.
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