DEW. LEADERS CHARGE ILLEGAL USE OF MONEY
THE NOME DAILY NUGGET
VOLUME XVI. NO. 296. TELEPHONE MAIN 46 NOME, ALASKA. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1916. TELEPHONE MAIN 44. PRIwH26CENl >•
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STOLEN MAIL SCANDAL BREWING
BRITISH SUCCESS
ON SOMME IS
GREATEST YET
International New* Service.
LONDON. Nov. 14.—Military writ
ers In the morning papers arc strong
in praise of the British forces under
General Haig which won tho recent
brilliant victory over the Germans in
the Serre division.
Attention is called to the fact that
the British inflicted this blow on the
enemy without aid from France.
Beaumont and Hamel were won by
hand-to-hand conflicts. Tho Biitish
stafT followed up the dUcomfltuie of
the enemy by drives forward over the
entire Serre region. A total of over
6,'JOO Ceifuen' have been taken prls
i-ncis end the enc is not yet.
The British In this division
a*‘f now less than eight miles west
of Biipaunv.
Tho strategical impoitancc of the
recent successcss there is that the
British are now in a position to strike
Miramont which lies directly in front
of the new line.
The British advance in the two
days’ fighting was on a line five miles
long. It is announced as the greatest
single blow struck since the beginning
of the Somme campaign las tjuly.
BERLIN, Nov. 11.—Germany ad
mits today the loss of Beaumont,
Hamel and the Serre division to the
British but declares that the retreat
towards Miramont has been without
serious losses and with a view to the
future.
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TEUTONIC ALLIES THROW
RUSSIANS BACK AND
WIN BIG VICTORY
International New* Service.
BERL.INN, Nov. 14.—The general
staff headquarters bulletin announces
a 1 important victory over the Rtis
Mans in the Skrobova region.
A frontal attack along a three mile
a -ctor was made by the Teuton allies
and a great success was achieved.
The famous Brandenburg regiment
acting under command of General
Woyna threw the Muscovites across
the river in great disorder and with
heavy losses in killed and wounded.
Forty nine Russian officers and over
three thousand five hundred men were
captured with their entire impedi
menta. Guns, rapid flrers, ammuni
tion, and large quantities of rations
were captured from the enemy.
The remarkable effectiveness of the
highly trained Brandnburg regiment
of officially contrasted with the undls
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isplined and poorly equipped Russian
forces who seemed to fight without 1
spirit and to surrender gladly.
PETROORAD, Nov. 14.—It is offi- j
dally admitted that Russian forces in 1
Volhynla have been defeated with con
siderable losses in men and munitions ]
by the Austro Hnngarinn and Gor
man forces.
As an offset to this defeat - the
bulletin announces that violent fight
ing is in progress in every quarter
of the Roumanian theater of the war
and that an official dispatch from
Bucharest declares that the chief suc
cesses rest with the Russians and
Roumanians,
Fighting still continues on all sides '
Roumania and the Russian forces
in that region are being strongly re- |
inforced.
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AT THE DREAM.
"The Wood Nymph” in nvt .ppeal- |
Ing acts will ho the headliner from
the usual kind of oomedy in an x
travagant Irish mix-up entitled, "Cas
ey’s Vendetta” which is an explosion
of pnerriinent from start to finish.
These together with a strong western
picture make an excellent program
well worth seeing. In preparation,
"The Diamond for mthe Sky."
NOTICE
There will be a business meeting of
the Miners’ Home Club at 8 p m. at
their hall Thursday evening.
STANDARD OIL CO.
ADOPTS 8-HOUR DAY
International News Service.
SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. H.—The
Standard Oil Company today announc
ed that all the refineries of this com
pany in the state will hereafter pay
! full wages for an eight hour day to nil
their employes.
An official of the company stated
in an interview that the company
takes this action voluntarily without
any particular pressure being brought
at the present time by their employes.
Ho said that he considers that tho
eight hour day will soon be tho work
ing day of all employ -s in factories
and plants and that the company Is
merely forestalling and Incidentally 1
helping the movement.
He believes that in most cases i
i
where the right hour day has been
substituted for a ten-hour day tho
output has not been materially les
sened and the men have been more
contented.
PRESIDENT TURNS
TO PUBLIC BUSINESS
NO CABINET CHAN6E
WAASHINGTON, Nov. 14—Presi
dent Wil3on has put aside his interest
in the election results and today took
j up the waiting business of the nation.
This morning he sent a summons to
secretary of State Lansing to come to
the White House for a conference.
Diplomatic affairs will be dlscu3sed
including England's interference with
our mails, Germany’s torpedoing of the
Marina, Rowenmoro and Arabia, the
treaty with Columbia and the failure
of the de facto government of Mexico
to cope with the bandit* and revolu
tionists.
WASHINGON, Nov. U—President
Wilson authorized the statement which
w'as communicated to the press today
that no changes in Ills cabinet will bo
made during the. remainder of his
1 term so far as he is concerned.
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GRAVES’ BLACKMAIL OF
COUNTESS BERNSTORFF
HIDES REAL ISSUE
I* ternational News Service.
NEW YORK, Nov. 14.—Armgaads
Karl Graves, who was arrested Satur
day on a charge of blackmail pro
fesses to And in the charge against
him a retaliation on the part of Ger
many for his writings exposing the
secret service methods of thnt country,
lie styles himself an international spy
who has served many countries In
cluding Germany.
He is charged with having attempted
to blackmail Countess Von Bernstorff
through the wording of some cipher
disaptches be is said to have stolen
which were on their way from Berlin
to Ambassador Bernstorff.
The obscure wording of the code
messages were construed by him to
have reference to the countess’ mor
als, and it is said that he conceived
the idea of obtaining sums of money
from her by agreeing to give up the
presumed incriminating documents.
Before his arrest Grave3 had sur
rounded himself with a body guard
as if to indicate that he expected to
meet with bodily harm at the hands
of unknown enemies.
His spectacular performance was
accepted on its face value at first
by the press but the general opinion
now is expressed that he was too
theatrical io bo genuine. It is sup
posed that the so-called attempted
blackmail, the offer to hand over the
papers if money were forthcoming, his
body guard, his conduct under nr- .
rest charging persecution by Germany
and his previous record are all parts I
of a deep laid plan to cover up the real
issue of the stolen messages.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 14.—A secret
service investigation is now being
made by the United States to find out
how Graves obtained the letters ad
dressed to Ambassador Bernstorff.
It is not believed that the black
mail is other than a subterfugo to
cover up and obscure the real use to
which the stolen dispatches were put.
There now appears to be serious
possibility that this matter will con
front the administration with Interna
tional issues of grave import.
It is reported that informal <iues
tolns have been put to high officials
of the British embassy and consular
service relative to hte stolen messages
and their relations to the British gov
ernment.
DEM. LEADERS 10 HAVE
SENATORIAL PROBE
FOR FRAUD
International News Service.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 14.—Adminis
tration leaders have been in consulta
tion several days In regard to various
aspects of the recent election.
It is now announced that their plans
in certain mntters have been agreed
on.
An investigation of the methods of
the republican national committee and
subsidiary committees will bo made
when congress convenes in Decem
ber. The matter will be introduced
in the senate.
It i3 charged that the republican
managers spent hundreds of thousands
of dollars illegally in the conduct of
the national campaign. Most of this
money was spent east of the Missis
sippi river and it is charged resulted
In tlie election of republican senators
ancl representatives who are not en
titled to scats.
The admlnstratlon leaders claim
that the republican national commit
tee collected no less than three mil
lion dollars from Wall street alone
to say nothing of the great Interests
throughout the country which wero
called on for large contributions
ADMANSON LAW
TO BE TESTED
IN COURTS
International News Service.
NEW YORK, Nov. 14.—As was fore
told shortly after the passage of the
Adamson bill the railroads are to con
test the legality of the eight hour
law on railroads.
Ten of the greatest eastern railway
companies have Joined forces and will
begin legal proceedings against tho
Adamson law. Their attorneys will
direct their attacks against the con
stitutionality of tho law and a long
drawn out battle In the courts may be.
the result.
This action has been taken in spite
of the veiled threats of tho brother
hood’s leaders that if the companies
' do not put the law Into effect a strike
I will follow at onco on the lines refus
) tng to obey tho law.
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