THE NOME DAILY NUGGET
VOLUME XV. NO. 218. TELEPHONE MAIN « NOME, ALA8KA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1915. TELEPHONE MAIN 48 PRICE 28 CENT
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BERLIN PRESS SARCASTIC
OVER AMERICAN ATTITUDE
A. P. A. Service.
BERLIN, Aug. 24.—Although public
curiosity Is greatly aroused over the
sinking of the liner Arabic no further
details of the occurrence have been
published beyond the first brief news
dispatches given out on the day after.
The newspapers last night published,
what is purported to be a brief dis
patch to the London Telegraph in which
Tumulty, the* private secretary of the
American president, is quoted as saying
that "Americans are unitedly with the
president and will if necessary offer
their lives to maintain the lnalentable
rights of Americans on land and sea.”
The alleged remarks of the presi
dent's secretary are taken In a very
serious spirit and the morning papers
have grown bitterly caustic at what Is
called the refusal of the Americans to
concede justice lo Germany.
The. Kreuz Zeitung, commenting on
the dispatch says: “These innlenlable
rights so firmly insisted on consist in
using British passenger steamers. Sev
eral of the paper published the mani
fest of the Arabic on the trip from
New York to London as confirmation
of the carriage of war munitions. One
of the journals concludes this report of
the contents of the vessel with the
words: “The Arabic was painted like
a battleship and had twelve American
guardian angels aboard." The tone of
the press generally is of the same char
acter and much bitterness at what is
termed "the unwarranted hostility of
the Americans," is apparent in all ar
ticles relative to the Arabic sinking.
TURKEY REACHES AN AGREEMENT
WITH THE BULGARIANS
A. P. A. Service.
BERLIN, Aug. 24.—The Over Seas j
agency today gave out the following
based on official reports from Sofia and j
Constantinople both of which .state
that Turkey and Bulgaria have signed
a new treaty: “Turkey guarantees
Bulgaria the much desired direct rail
road connection with the sea and in re
turn Bulgaria agrees to observe a bene
volent neutrality toward the Turkish
nation.”
The news is received with much sat
infliction in the German capital as the
outcome of a long series of efforts of
the German diplomatic representatives
which have completely checkmated the
attempts of the allies to bring the Bul
garians into the war against the Turks.
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CHILDREN BEAR NEWS
OF DOMESTIC TRAGEDY
A. P. A. Service.
VICTORIA, Aug. 23.—Mrs. Clark of
Livingood was agreeably surprised to
day to receive a visit from her five
grand children, the oldest of whom is a
boy of thirteen and the youngest three.
The old lady was delighted at the lit
tle ones calling en masse. Joyfully she
gathered them into her motherly arms
and kissed them one by one. The
youngest, a tiny girl, as the old lady
cuddled her joyfully, lisped “Dranma,
dive me .a cooky.” Mrs. Clark hasten
ed to comply with the child’s request.
On return from her errand to the
kitchen, the eldest boy remembered that
his mother had given him a note be
fore his departure, telling him to de
liver it to his grandmother. Taking the
missive from his pocket he handed it
to Mrs. Clark. Tlje old lady turned
from her fondling of the little one with
joy lingering in her faded eyes and
taking the message broke the seal,
drew forth the missive within and
scanned tho written linos with ago
dimmed eyes. A moment inter she was
lying half swooning in a chair with her
frightened grand children crying about
her. Joy had turned to sorrow and the
shadow of an awful tragedy had grip
ped her soul for tile message from her
daughter told a tale of horror; for it
rendered in graphic sentences how Mrs.
George Anderson had killed her hus
band with an axe while he lay sleep
ing.
The writer added that she was about
to take her own life and asked her
mother to care for the children. Both
bodies were found a short while later,
that of the man growing rigid in death
and with the skull crushed in, while
that of tho woman was found with a
gaping bullet wound marking the tem
ple. Life was extinct. Domestic un
happiness was the cause.
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ADMINISTRATION WILL
AVOID A DIPLOMATIC
BREAK IF POSSIBLE
A. P. A Service.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 24—The Uni
ted Press gave out the following in
formation from their Washington cor
respondent th.s morning: "it has been
definitely ascertained that (he admin
istration will avoid a diplomatic break
with Germany over the sinking of tlie
Arabic if it is posible without sacrific
ing the dignity of the nation.
It is undoubtedly true that the presi
dent has fully decided upon the course
he will pursue if fully convinced that
Germany means to be deliberately an-1
friendly in willfully torpedoing the
Arabic when it was definitely known
that there were-Americans aboard. This
may lie staled on excellent authority
to be the attitude of the administra
tion today regarding the Arabic de
struction.”
It was announced last night that
Secretary Lansing has cabled to Am
bassador Gerard at Berlin asking whe
ther the German government had re
ceived any official report concerning
the sinking of the White Star liner.
The ambassador, however, was hot in
stringed to ask for one. It is indicated
that the government is far from being
entirely sure "f the facts so far pre
sented and considers that the informa
tion so far to hand is very fragmentary.
JAPAN WILL
AIDRUSSIA
A. P. A. Service.
TOKYO, Aug. 24.—The K ok inn in
Shimbun, the leading government or
gan of Japan in the course of a
itngthy discussion of the attitude of
Japan toward her western allies today
gives out what is practically an admis
sion that the government not only in
tends to lend every effort to aid the
Russians against the Teutonic forces
but also indirectly suggest that Japan
may ultimately give open aid to the
allies by every means in her power.
The Shimbun declares that Premier
Okuma in an interview yesterday said
that Japan had decided to give
greater assistance to the Russians in
the great struggle against the Germans
and help that nation to prosecute the
war This assistance, said ttie premier,
would for tlie present take the form of
forwarding a greater amount of war
supplies and munitions all of which
were badly needed at the present time.
The Associated Press further learns
that Japan has fully decided to cm -
ploy all available government and pri
vate resources for increasing the out
*put of munitions for the allies and par
ticularly Russia. The Japanese gov
ernment helicves that the time has
now arrived for more concerted action
against the enemies of England and
her allies.
VILLA GOVERNMENT
FACING A CRISIS
A. P. A. Service.
RL I’ASO, Auk. 24.—The Villa gov
ernment is now facing a crisis of the
most serious nature, acording to per
sons arriving here from Mexico within
the past several days. It Is declared
that the bandit chief is holding his
jfollowers together with the greatest
difficulty and his armies are being de
feated by the Carranzlsts where ever
encountered.
Villa is now apparently preparing to
abandon all attempt to conduct a con
ventional military campaign and will
probably devote himself to a species of
guerilla warfare.
Large assortment of latest Victor
Records and Victrolas received on
steamer La Touche. Lomen Bros.
PRECIOUS MINERAL
PRODUCTION 1914
BEATSJECORD
A. P, A. Service.
WASHINGTON, Aug 24.—The Di
leclor uf tlie Mint issued a statement
today disclosing that the gold and silver
I reduction of the year 1914 was the
greater than for any previous year in
the history of the country. The Alaska
pieelous mineral production increased
one million four hundred thousand dol
lars during that period.
GOVT. WILL
BUILD SCHOOL
AT ANCHORAGE
A. P. A. Service.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 24—The Treas
ury Department has authorized the
construction of a government school
house at the new town of Anchorage,
Alaska, and an appropriation of two
thousand dollars lias been provided for
the purpose.
NEW COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS ~
RECEIVES APPOINTMENT
A. P. A. Service.
SEATTLE, Aug. 24.—Roscoe M. Drum
of Walla Walla was appointed collect
or of customs for the Washington dis
trict by President Wilson yesterday.
TRAINING CAMP NOW OPEN.
A. P. A, Service.
SEATTLE, Aug. 24.—The American
lake business and professional man’s
military trainig and Instruction camp
was opened yesterday afternoon with
several hundred business men In at
tendance.
PERTINENT QUESTIONS
SUBMITTED BY BRYAN
A. P. A. Servlw.
CHICAGO, Aug. 24.—Before one of
the largest congregations gathered here
In many years to hear a puhlic speaker,
former Secretary Bryan, yesterday,
spoke upon the duties of the nation’s
citizens in the present international
crisis and during the course of his ad
dress submitted some pertinent ques
tions for tlie consideration of the peo
ple
Discussing the aspects of the present
controversy with Germany over the
conduct of the submarine warfare, Bry
an stated that it is admitted that un
der the international laws Americans
have every right to travel on the un
armed ships of belligerents hut added
that the question just now is whether
an American citizen should put his
convenience or even his rights above
tlte welfare of his nation. "Again," said
Bryan, “it an American citizen refuses
to consider his own safety or the safety
of the nation, then a second important
question arises; namely, whether the
government should permit a few per
sons to drag the country into an un
paralleled war.”
Bryan further declared that the coun
try should not hold the Germans en
tirely responsible for the conditions in
cident to the submarine warfare, as
serting that others than Germany were
equally culpable in the creation of the
present undesirable conditions.
ARABIC AFFAIR
IS MATTER OF
GRAVE MOMENT
A. P. A. Service.
SKATTI-E, Aug. 23 Senator Salis
bury of Delaware, who is a member of
the foreign relations committee and who
is now in the city asserts that the
Fnited States cannot well afford to
overlook the unwarned sinking of the
liner, Arabic by the Germans. The
senator says that the affair will un
doubtedly result in further demands on
Germany and will also -cause a still
greater strain In the relations of the
tw'o nations, which the senator char
acterizes as "already critical.”
STRIKE MAKE ON
ROCK CREEK
It is reported that a strike of exten
sive proportions lias been made on
Rock creek by Felix Hruner and part
ners. but no confirmatory evidence has
been obtained up to the present time.
According to the information to hand,
the strike is on property at some point
above Sophy gulch said to belong to the
Pioneer Mining Company. The ground
is reported rich, the lessees having tak
en out one hundred ounces of gold
within a period of eight days with but
two men employed. Inquiry at the of
fices of the Pioneer Company failed to
elicit any information aside from the
statement that it was known tin
laymen had found what appeared to lie
a pocket but no definite information as
to the extent was at hand. The officials
say that the alleged strike is not of
any considerable importance ns far as
they are aware.
ROAD COMMISSION
LETS CONTRACTS
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Considerable Interest was manifested
in the opening of the bids for road con
struction around Cape Nome called for
by the Alaska Road Commission yes
terday and Commissioner Dan Jones
had his hands full for several hours
answering the many questions offered
by those interested. Over thirty-five
bids were submitted, many of which
were ottered by the same parties on
different sections of the proposed con
struction. The bids were opened at
three o’clock and disclosed that there
was a very wide range of offers, some
of the bids being as low as fifty cents
per yard while others were much
higher. The awards were made at ten
this morning with the following results:
John Manos, sections No. 1, 2, 3, 4.
*>. 3. 10; Albert E. Racey and Emil Hog
berg, section 6; George T. Cahill, sec
tion 7; John Erwin, section 8. The bids
were as follows: Section 1, *350: sec
tion 2, *330; section 3, $480: section 4.
*620: section 3. $550; section 6, $834;
section 7, $636; section 8, $1,280.75;
section 9, $1,150; section 10 $1375.
GERMAN AMBASSADOR
ASKS UNITED STATES -
TO DELAV JUDGMENT
A. P. A. Service.
XKW YORK. Aug. 24.—The German
imbassador today telegraphed to the
Rate department requesting that no ae
ion he taken by the American govern
nent regarding the sinking of the liner
Vruble pending the official report of the
lerlin government.
PURSUES A LINER
OVER FOUR HOURS
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A. P. A. Service.
QrEBNSTOWN, Aug. 24.—An ad
miralty report last night states that
the Lamport and Holt liner Droomed
has been sunk by German submarines
with the loss of several lives. The re
port states that the Droomed was sunk
after being pursued by the German ves
sel for over four hours.
During the course of the pursuit the
submarine kept up a continual rain of
shells on the fleeing vessel which re
sulted in the killing of the captain,
quartermaster and thes teward. The
Germans gradually overhauled the
steamer and tired a torpedo immediate
ly on coming into effective range. The
balance of the people aboard the un
fortunate steamer escaped in safety.
0. S. WEAVER
HATCHES WHALE
What is said to he one of the largest
trout caught In this vicinity during the
present season is on exhibition in the
window of the Darling and Dean store
Tlie huge trout is one of ten big fish
caught by Ollie Weaver in Pilgrim
river last Sunday all of which weighed
| upward of six pounds. Tiie fish on ex
l hibition weighs close to fifteen pounds
and measures thirty-two inches in
length. It is reported that George Hall
also landed a thirty-two inch trout on
Iron creek last week. Judging from
the tales told by the sportsmen, the
l res< r>» season is most unusual and
many fine catches have been made.
VENEZELOS ACCEPTS
PREMIERSHIP
A. P. A. Service.
ATHENS, Aug .23.—Venezelos has
accepted the offer of King Constantine
of the premiership of the kingdom and
will also take over the duties of min
ister for foreign affairs, at least until
some qualified successor shall be chos
en The formation of the new cabinet
Is now complete. ,
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HOFFMAN HOUSE.
Special dinner served Sunday.
Meals at all hours.
Family dining room in oonr.eetian.
Home made bread for tale.
MRS. QINNIVAN. Prep.