THE NOME DAILY NUGGET
VOLUME XV. NO. 362. TELEPHONE MAIN 46. NOME, ALASKA. TUESDAY'T, JVEM BER, 16, 1915. TELEPHONE MAIN 46. PRICE £5 CENTS
GREEKS AND FRENCH IN CONFLICT
FAY WILL PLEAD GUILTY
TO CONSPIRACY
A. P. A. Service.
NEW YORK, Nov. 15.—Fay again
made a long statement to the govern
ment officials today in which he gave
details of the several transactions in
which he was engaged at the time of
his arrest. Following the interview it
was announced by prominent officials
connected with the investigation, that
an agreement had been reached be
tween Fay and the government au
thorities and that Fay would plead
guilty when brought to trlsd with five
others on charges of conspiracy.
It was also stated that Fay will ap
pear before the federal grand Jury but
not until after his latest statements
have been checked up by the depart
ment of Justice secret service agents
It is expected that wholesale arrests
will follow the disclosures of the pris
oner as It Is said that he told the
officials the names and addresses of
all who contributed to his activities.
To get the news read the Nugget.
DRUG SMUGGLER
ARRESTED, SEATTLE
A. P A. Service.
SEATTLE, Nov. 16.—Samuel Berger
was arrested today while attempting
to smuggle a suit case full of mor
phine. heroin and cocaine Into the state
from Vancouver. The drugs contained
in the suit case were worth several
thousand dollars, owing to a heavy
demand on the part of the users who
are restricted from procuring their
usual supplies because of the inhabi
tions of the drug act. This is the first
nrrest of the nature so far as known.
EVA BOOTH S HOBSON
CONVERTING SEATTLE
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A. P. A. 8ervice.
SEATTLE, Nov. 16.—Eva Booth, the
famous daughter of General Booth,
founder of the Salvation Army and
Richmond Pearson Hobson, hero of the
Merrimac are in the city at present
both bent on the task of converting
Seattle to a proper view of things. One
is talking religion and the other pro
hibition.
PRINCE ALBERT ILL
A. P. A. Service.
LONDON, Nov. 16.—Prince Albert,
the second 9on of King George, is re-:
ported seriously 111. The young prince
is suffering from some severe form of
obstinate gastric disorder.
EARL OF SAFIELD
KILLED IN FRANCE
A. P. A. Service.
LONDON, Nov. 16.—Announcement
was received here that the Earl of
Safield, a prominent British peer, was
killed in an engagement on the British
front Sunday.
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"Swift's Premium” Hams and Bacon
will just auit your appetite
WILSON ORDERS
CRITIC RESTORED
TO JOB
A. P. A. Service.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 16.—A state
ment was issued from the White House
today saying that the action of Post
master A. M. Kodepeer at Wlnnetka,
Wls., is removing his assistant, George
Surkitt, from office because he had
criticised the engagement of the presi
dent to Mrs. Galt was taken without
he authority or knowledge of the pres
ident. Details of the affair were
*>Tolight to the attention of the execu
tive some days ago by friends of the
deposed assistant. Wilson has ordered
Postmaster General Burleson to rein
state Burkltt Id his position provided
there are no other charges against him.
BIG PERFORMS
HURL RUES
A. P. A Service.
KIOTO, Nov. 15.'—Sunday night,
alone, unseen, and unheard, in accord
ance with a ceremonial custom of ages,
and in a primitive hut constructed of
thatch and reed, the Emperor Yoshito
offered a feast of sacred rice to his
ancestors and to the dletles of heaven
and earth and afterward partook of
some of the sacred food himself thus
performing the final act in the an
cient ceremonies attending the coron
ation of a ruler in Nippon.
There will be many festivals and
ceremonials later on but by the ma
jority of Japanese it is considered that
the ceremony performed last night Is
the culmination and chief rite of all as
through it is the emperor receives the
confirmation of his hereditary right to
delflcatloi In the belief of the Jap
anese the ceremony raises him to the
rank of a diety and he is henceforth the
spiritual head of the Japanese people.
REPORTED GREEKS
AND FRENCH
IN CONFLICT
A. P. A. Service.
BERLIN, Nov. 16.—The Greek and
French forces are reported to have
come into conflict at Salonika today
according to advices received at Vien
na. The report states that the French
tried to occupy a Greek ammunition
tower on the outskirts of the city and
"re forcibly repelled by the Greek
troops.
t is said that the action was due
o a misunderstanding an* the French
authorities later apologized to the
Greek government for the action of
their troops. The episode is said, how
ever, to have raised mtich ill feeling
against the French which is likely to
result in a general injury to their plans
for bringing the Greeks into the war
on their side.
SEATTLE AVIATORS
ICOME TO GRIEF
A. P. A. Service.
SEATTLE, Nov. 16.—While making
a flight in a tractor seaplane yesterday
Herbert Munter and John Hull, a pas
senger, were treated to a thrill which
was not on the cards by falling into
Lake Washington from a height of sev
enty-five feet. By some miracle neither
one were in the least injured although
their machine was completely wrecked.
The fall occurred some distance from
shore and the men were fished out by
several parties in row boats after
clinging to the wreckage for a short
time.
Third annual Moose Roundup, A. B.
Hall, November 20, 1915.
WOMEN WILL AID
PREPAREDNESS
MOVEMENT
A. P. A. Service.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 16.—It is an
nounced that the ladies will take a
hand in the movement for national pre
paredness and will endeavor to lend all
their influence to the task of having
the country placed In a state of de
fense. A new organization has been
formed for this purpose which will be
known as the women's section of the
navy league and which will make ef
forts to enlist one million members by
the first of January to aid In the move
ment for national preparedness.
Something liiew flow ®n Sale
fresh Evaporated loganberries
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the purposes that the fresh ber- jellies. Two Cupg Evaporatod Logan"
rise are adaPted to. Keep these receipts and watch
for other, that will be published berries, one cup sugar, on, tea
Berries should be soaked over fpom tjme to time> spoon butter. Wash berries
night before using, then lift from then goak ovgr n-,sht in a porce
the juice and us. a. you would a FOR PLAIN PASTRY |>|n vggge|; jn th# morning ,ift
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Two cups Evaporated Logan* half teaspoon salt, one and half
the berries are taken as it can be cupa flour. Thia make, one pi«- Bake between two crusts.
WILL ATTEMPT TO SEND FOOD
Tn TEUTONIC NON-COMDATANTS
A. P. A. Service.
NEW YORK, Nov. 16.—An organized
movement to assist the civilian popu
lation of Germany and Austria during
the .coming winter by sending food
from the United States was launched
here last night by a committee of citi
zens which will be known as the food
shipment committee.
The committee which consists of
forty-five persons is composed of a
umber of clergymen and prominent
men and women of the city who feel
that it is their duty to help relieve
the suffering which is known to exist i
in both of the Teutonic nations de- I
spite the protestations of the govern
ments that there are ample food sup
plies. The committee believes that the
condition of the very poor will be piti
able in the extreme and it is the in
tention to try and bring matters to
such a stage that they can be supplied
with the necessities of life. The or
ganization has provided for branch
committees throughout the country
which will make effoits to assist in
the m vement by raising money for the
purchase of supplies.
The principal movers of the com
mittee are not German and but few
German-Americans are on the roster
of members. Dr. Henry J. Wolf is the
chairman of the committee. It is
stated that pressure will be brought to
bear on the belligerents to allow the
passage of foodstuffs to Germany and
Austria and every effort will be made
to place the much needed food where
it will reach only the poor for whom
it is intended.
Third annual Moose Roundup, A. B.
Hall, November 20, 1915.
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•ight Prices and prompt delivery is
t the Nugget office.
DOZEN KILLED IN
AERO BOMBARDMENT
LIGHTERVELDE
A. P. A. Service. i
AMSTERDAM, Nov. 16.—A dozen I
German soldiers were killed and a total I
i.i about thirty \vere wounded In an
aero attacks on Uchterveldt this morn
ing. The report also says that the
'■b 1'inan lines east of Ypres were sub
jected to a heavy bombardment from
both the artillery and the allied aero
plane fleet.
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occasions.
KITCHNER REPORTED
AT MADRAS INDIA
A. P. A. Service.
MILAN, Italy, Nov. 16.—Kitchener
has arrived at Madras, India, accom
panied by the president general of
Egypt according to a news dispatch
from Salonika to the Courier Della
Serra today. It Is assumed that during
his trip to the east, Kitchener paid a
visit to Egypt for the purpose of pre
paring its defenses to resist a possi
ble invasion of the troops of Germany
or of her allies. It is Indicated that the
Turks are preparing or a drive into
the British Egyptian territory as soon
as the troops can be prepared for the
field with the help of the war supplies
forwarded from Austria over the Adri
anple railroad.
AVEZZANO AGAIN VISITED
BY EARTHQUAKE
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A. P. A. Service.
PARIS, Nov. 16.—A Rome dispatch
! today says that the city of Avezzona
is again the scene ot death and de
struction following a heavy earth
quake which occurred last night and
which was followed by terrific cloud
burst which has Inundated the country
and driven hundreds from the lower
levels.
The list of dead and Injured is not
given and it is Indicated that they
•.ere few owing probably to the ab
sence of a largo population since the
great earthquake of last year.
The disaptch says that the shock
and threw down many of the build
ings weakened by the previous quake.
It is also stated that the disturbance
! was accompanied by loud subterrean
i an explosions and wan followed by a
deluge of water from the skies.
ARRANGEMENTS
MADE FOR SECOND
GREAT LOAN
A. P. A. Service.
LONDON, Nov. 16.—It was announc
ed today that arrangements have been
virtually completed for another Ameri
can loan for the purpose of relieving
the exchange situation. It Is stated
that the new loan will be for the sum
| of four hundred million dollars. The
financiers having the matter of secur
ing the loan in hand assert that it is
not primarily for war purposes but it
s intended to restore the ratio of ex
change value between the two coun
tries. It is pointed out that in this
manner the present depreciation in
exchange rates can be brought back
to the former positlonls.
Third annual Moose Roundup, A. B.
Hall, November 20, 1916.
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to the outside now, will be able to
reach there about the first of January.
Do it now.
O'LEARY NEARLY
BEATJAfELCH
V. P. A. Service.
WINNIPEG, Nov. 16.—Johnny
I’Leary last night wired Porter Baxter
Seattle, that he came within an ace
•f beating Welsh in their encounter at
he Lennox arena. The wire sent by
TLeary reads as follows: “Come wlth
n an acre of beating the world cham
>ion tonight in twelve of the fastest
ounds ever seen In a fight. I had
.Velsh groggy in the first round and
m sure that I can beat him easy if
it comes to a longer go. He insisted
hat a former sparring partner of his
hould act as the referee and in addi
'ion outweighed me by fourteen
pounds." A movement is now on foot
".mcng a number of well known sport
ing men to try and secure a match for
O'Leary with the champion,
CHIU BREEDER
nil 01 ANIMAL
DISEASE
A. P. A. Service.
TOPEKA. Nov. 16.—Alfred Jennings
a well known cattle breeder of Ells
worth is suffering from the malady
known as the foot and mouth disease
which he Is supposed to have contract
ed during the recent epidemic of that
disorder which threatened the de
struction of vast numbers of cattle
but which has now been almost com
pletely checked by the activities of
he government. Jennings is said to
be suffering in Identically the same
manner as do the animals who have
contracted the disease. The case Is
•' watched with great interest by
the medical profession.
KING PETER IN
TRENCHES
A P. A. Service.
SALONIKA, Nov. 16.—King Peter
of Serbia, In spite of his advanced age
is fighting with his soldiers In the
trenches clad in the uniform of a pri
vate, according to the statements of
M. JacowscheiT, secretary of the Rus
sian legation in Greece who arrived
here today from Mitrovltza. The aged
ruler in openly seeking death, the
diplomat says and is leported to have
said to his officers: "When I am killed
you can flee or surrender as you wish."
Old Serbia is lost and new Serbia is in
a precarious position in the opinion of
the secretary unless the Serb forces
at Babuna pass can hold out In the
face of the terrible attacks of the Bul
garian and Austrian troops.