THE NOME DAILY NUGGET
VOLUME XV NO 249 TELEPHONE MAIN 46. NOME, ALA8KA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1915. TELEPHONE MAIN 46. PRICE £5 CENTS
ALLIED OFFENSIVE CONTINUE
ALLIES CLAIM GREAT
GAINS ON THF. WEST
A. P. A. Service.
LONDON, Sept. 28.—Th# renewed of
fensive of the allies on the western
front has resulted in the gain of much
additional ground both in the Artes
region, near Souchez and in the Cham
l.agne section, according to the offlcia
ntntements issued today.
The report also says that the Ger
inan counter attacks have failed al
most completely and the invaders beat
en off at every point. French officers
estimate that the futile German at
tacks yesterday, especially those of tht
crown prince have cost the Germans
! U least one hundred thousand add!
. tlorinl men. The army of the crown
prince suffered especially heavy losses
in desperate attempts to regain th«
ground lost during the early stage.’
Hr the battle. It is estimated that tht
invading army in this region has lost
Hen i ly as many troops as were lost It
the entire section of the line beyond tht
\r.1ennes front.
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PANAMA PROPOSES
A NEW TREATY
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A. P. A. Service.
PANAMA, Sept. 27.— The Panama
government has published a new treaty
which is Intended to supplant the orig
inal treaty of 1903 which was effected
at the time of the taking over of tin
canal zone by the United States. Th<
new treaty proiaises that certain rail
way lands included In the possessions
of tile Panama government seized by
the revolutionists, be returned to thi
Panama government and also the watei
works In the cities of Panama and
Colon. The latter are not to he taker
over without reimbursing the Unite<
States however, and Panama will pay
the full value.
WILL INVESTIGATE
SUBWAY ACCIDENT
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A. P. A. Service.
NEW YORK, Sept. 27.—Following u
second subway accident Saturday even
ing of a nature similar to that of Fri
day <n which a large number of peo
p c were killed and Injured by a series
>f explosions, the public service com
mission has named three engineers tc
investigate and determine the causes
The following have been selected foi
the task: Edmund R. Davis, chief en
gineer of the Boston subway; Henry a
Qulmby of the Philadelphia subwny
and D. C. Jackling, a mining englneei
of Seattle, Juneau and Ran Francisco
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GOOD PRICE OFFERED
FOR SCHEELITE
It has been frequently remarked that
the miners of this section are yearly
r wing away fortunes In the shape
of various metals which are found in
plentlous quantities in the district but
which are unfortunately little known
to the average miner or this section
owing to a general Ignorance of min
erology save what pertains to the busi
.‘ks of gold mining. A remarkable
illustration of this comes to light
through a telegram from the outsidf
received by Mr. W. E. Creamer this
morning from the McKenna Brothers ol
Washington, D. C., manufacturers of
steel tools, offering him $40 per hun
red weight for scheelite for all ot
that mineral that he will ship to the
firm. The telegram was entirely un
expected by Mr. Creamer as ho has had
'■ i correspondence with the firm._ He
states that he lias at present no con
nection with the business of mining the
mineral and, the telegram is probably
the result of a chance remark concern
ing the great quantities of scheelite
found in the sluices on a certain claim
he was working some time ago. Mr
Creamer states that ns much as fifty
pounds per day was found on the
ground referred to and the heavy de
posit was more or less of a nuisance
owing to its tendency to pack th<
riffles to the almost complete exclu
sion of all other material. In past
years it has frequently come to notice
that tons of this valuable mineral were
caught in the sluice boxes all over the
district and was generally, as in the
ease of Creamer, looked upon as an
unavoidable nuisance by the miner. All
the while it was of consideraoble value
but was invariably thrown away with
little or no effort to ascertain its worth
or the commercial possibilities. Hun
dreds of tons have thus unwittingly
been thrown away and a considerable
revenue lost to the men who were
compelled to handle It without making
a profit. According to reliable infor
mation there are several streams in
the near vicinity of Nome where a
single man can recover front twenty
live to forty or fifty pound of scheel
ite per day. At the price offered the
mining of the mineral should prove a
valuable industry.
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WOUNDED BRING
MORE DETAILS OF
THE BIG BATTLE
A. P. A. Service.
LONDON, Sept. 28—Details of the
great battled fought along the wester!
front are drifting In with the arrival
of the wounded troops from the Flan
ders front. The first consignment ol
the wounded from the battle reached
London at midnight.
The returning soldiers state that the
latest great struggle of the war really
began on Friday with a heavy artil
lery action which was continued foi
irnany hours before the Anal order was
civ* n to storm thp German lines.
The Mall quotes one officer as saying
that the infantry action did not com
tnence until early Saturday morninf
when under a hurricane of srapnel tht
British uoops leaped from their trench
es and bore down on the German lines
in n series of short rushes which soon
brought them to the German trenches
which were scarcely one hundred yards
away.
The officer states that on the Brit
ish troops swarming Into the German
lines there was some Ane work wit)
the bayonet and hundreds of the Ger
mans gave themselves up at the sight
of the naked steel. It Is also stated
■n the same authority that hundreds ot
the German troops dtsplaved the great
ost willingness to be taken prisoners
and gave themselves up with apparent
eagerness. The officer declared tha*
their willingness to be captured wai
the most surprising feature of thf
whole business Many of the prisoner*
were old men who seemed to be crush
ed In spirit and many were In a stat<
of almost complete exhaustion.
U. S. WILL
HOLDJJP ARMS
A. P. A. Service.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 Following
the seizure by the customs official of u
great consignment of arms and am
munition destined for the Carranza
forces, order# have been Issued by thr
government to all American officials on
the border to seize nil shipments of am
munition when the destination is not
definitely Indicated. It Is stated thai
the absence of a definite address was
the reason for the seizure of the ship
ment yesterday. The goods taken ovei
I by the government were consigned to
parties who are absolutely unknown ti
I the American authorities.
U. S, HOLDS UP
CARRANZA WAR
JUPPLIES
A. P. A. Service.
LAREDO. Sept. 27.—Following orders
from Washington, the local customs
officials have held up a shipment of
over a million roundB of cartridges and
a large number of rifles destined for the
Carranza army. The reason for the
action is not known here.
FRENCH ARE
BATTERING LINES
IN CHAMPAGNE
A. P. A. Service.
LONDON, Sept. 28.—Late report.'
from the western front state that the
French forces are today battering at
the second line of the German defenses
in the Champagne, district while the
British on their north have apparently
been able to crush all German countei
attacks. The reports indicate that thr
allies are still advancing. Heavy fight
ing is in progress at intervals along
the entire front.
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10 AMERICANS WOUNDED
IN HAITIEN BATTLE
A. P. A. Service.
CAPE HATTIEN. Sept. 28.—Ten
Haitlens were killed and an equal num
ber of Americans were wounded in a
clash between Haitien rebels and n
company of marines about two miles
from Cape Haytlen this morning. The
rebels had refused to disarm at the de
mand of the American naval authorl
ties and the column of Americans were
marching to force them to comply when
they were suddenly attacked. Aftei
Hie attack the rebels rapidly retreated
into the interior. A company of ma
rines are now marching on the rebe
capital and will take possession of all
of the rebellious towns in the north.
BIG BATTLE
JN HAITI
A, P. A. Service.
PORT AU PRINCE, Sept. 28.—Twc
pitched battles were fought today be
tween American troops and Haitien
rebels. The first encounter was in the
neighborhood of Cape Haitien between
a detachment of marines and a small
body of tile rebellious natives. The
second engagement was apparently a
battle of considerable size and result
ed in the killing and wounding of one
hundred and fifty Haiticns. One Am
erican was killed and two tvounded
The dead soldier is Sergeant John Platt
The Americans finally forced the rebels
to retire in a northerly direction. The
naval officials state that an effort will
he made to round up all of the rebel
bands in the interior, and so put a stop
to the present guerilla warfare.
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GASOLINE EXPLOSION
DESTROYS 52 LIVES
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ARDMORE, Okla., Sept. 28.—Prubu
jbly forty persons were crushed by fall
J ing walls and burned to death Monda\
I afternoon when the spark from a work
man’s hammer Ignited a tank car ol
gasoline and resulted In an explosion
which scattered blazing gasolint
over a radius of a block from
the explosion and started a fire that
swept i way two city blocks before be
ing brought under control.
In addition to the list of killed ther»
ire also about twice as many wounded
and b lined. T'p to the present tim.
about forty persons are not accounted
fi r and it is believed that they have
re: bed in the flames. A total ol
■ a nry-flve bodies have been recovered
op l lie present time.
ARMORE VICTIMS
NUMBER FIFTY TWC
A. P. A. Service.
ARDMORE, Sept. 28—The offleia
list of dead as a result of the gasoline
explosion and fire Monday afternoon
gives the total number who lost theii
lives at flftv-two of whom thirty-throe
were whites and nineteen negroes.
BERLIN CLAIMS
ALLIES CHECKED
A. P. A. Service.
BERLIN, Sepjt. 28 The war office
announced this evening that the new
allied offensive movement in the neigh
borhood of Lille has been brought to
a standstill by fierce German countei
attacks The Anglo-Franch offensive i> j
also said to have been broken down
in other sections of the battle front ami J
the attacking forces compelled to suf j
for very heavj losses The War office i
declares that the situation Is now wel
In band and there is little probabilitj
ot the allies repeating their assault oi
esterday along the same line.
REPORTED BULGARS !
SEND ULTIMATUM
A. P. A. Service.
BERLIN, Sept. 28.—Unconfirmed re
ports reaching here today say that the
Bulgarian government has sent an ulti
matum to Serbia and relations are rap
idly assuming a most serious aspect
The report also declares that the for
eign diplomatic body are deserting the
Bulgarian capital in expectation of war
RSHIP SUNK IN
ZEE6RUGGEE BATTLE
A. P. A. Service.
BERLIN, Sept. 28.—One British war
ship was sunk and two were damaged
by the larger const batteries during
the bombardment of Zeebruggce yes
terday, according to an official state
ment issued by the war office. The
British vessels had been pounding Zee
bruggee as an accompaniment to the
renewal of the Franco-British offensive
along the Flanders front.
ASQUITH APPOINTS NEW
WAR COMMITTEE
A. P. A. Sorvice.
LONDON, Sept. 28.—What is termed
a special war committee was appoint
ed by I'render Asquith from among the
Members of the cabinet today and con
Kis of Kitchener, Lloyd-George, Bal
four Sir Edward C.rey, Winston Churc
hill. Lansdowne, and llonar Law. The
new committee will have a general
supervision of affairs in connection
with the conduct of the war.
GENERAL MARCHAND
BADLY WOUNDED
A. P. A. Service.
LONDON, Sept. 28.—General March -
and, the French African hero famed foi
Ids connection with the Fashoda cam
paign, is reported by cable to have been
desperately wounded In the heavy
fighting of the past three days. The
dispatches say that the famous com
mander was struck by a fragment ot
shell which severely Injured his spine
WIFE OF HENRY
CABOT LODGE DIES
A. P. A. Service.
NAPANT, Mass.. Sept. 28.—Mrs
Henry Cabot Lodge, wife of the fa
mous Massachusetts legislator, died
last night after a long illness.
Will ENFORCE
PROHIBITION UW
P. A. Service.
SEATTLE, Sept. 28.—All doubts a.
:o the intentions of Mayor Gill in thi
natter of enforcing: the prohibition law
vere set at rest today by the announce
ment from the mnyor himself that hi
intends to enforce the new pronounce
ment to the letter. Gill said that th
people of Seattle could be assured tha
the prohibition law would become
stern reality before two months of tin
new year will elapse. "I can and wil
make this prohibition law absolutely
effective in Seattle in the first twt
months after the first of the year,” the
mayor declared, “because my term
lasts that lonpr. My successor can en
force it if he wants to.”
WILSON GOES
HOME TO VOTE
A. P. A. Service.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 28.—President
Wilson left the capital for his home at
Princeton this morning to cast his vote
in the primaries for the New Jersey
legislature. He will return this after
noon in time to address the encamp
ment of the Grand Army of the Repub
lic tonight. ,
CHICAGO HAS
ANOTHER STRIKE
A. P. A. Service.
CHICAGO, Sept. 28.—A general strike
among the workers in the clothinfr in
dustry was declared today.
RUSSIAN FLEET
AGAIN ACTIVE
A. P- A. Service.
PETROGUAO, Sept. 28.-—The Russian
Baltic fleet has shelled and complete
ly silenced the German land batteries
lately installed on the shores of the
gulf of Riga, according to an offleia
announcement given out by the nava
bureau today.
DUMBA IS
CALLED HOME
A. P. A. Service.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 2S.—Austriar
Minister Dumba was officially notified
of his recall by the Vienna govern
ment today. The notification states
that the recall is unconditional.