THE NOME DAILY NUGGET
VOLUME XVI. NO. 23. ELEPHONE MAIN 4b. NOME. ALASKA. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31. 1915. TELEPHONE MAIN 4«. PRI„E £5 CENTS
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BREWERS ASK INJUNCTION
AGAINST PROHIBITION LAW
A. P. A. 8orvico.
SEATTLE. Dec. 31.—-The Seattle
I'.rew Ink anil Mailing Company of Se
attle tlleil itt i pplicut inn for Injunction
In t tie federal court this inornltqf seek
ing to restrain the enforcement of that
section of the dry law which stops
the manufacture of malt liquors with
in the boundaries of the state.
The application is directed aKalnsi
the attornej general and recites tha;
the enforcement of the prohibition
against the munufie tuiv ol mult li
MUO I'M Is an unjust discrimination
against their business as the law doc
not prevent the free shipment and en
tiv of intoxicants from other states
The brewers also contend thai the
state has no right to prohibit the
manufacture of beer destined for us
. iu! s.ile outside oi the legal boundar
ies i Washington although admitting
the right of the slate to prohibit the
sail thereof within its own borders
The application has raised some line
legal distinctions which may have the
et o; ■ranting them a new lease of
I i f e.
To get the news read the Nugget.
CLAIMS KNOWLEDGE OF
OLD MURDER MYSTERY
A. P. A. Service.
OLVJdi'lA. Dec. 31.—U. Cuppol, a
logger, employed In one of the logging :
cumps iu this section, told tUe chief
of police last night that he Is in pos
session of the name and Identity of
the man who killed thirteen-year-old
Elsie Millhull at Kenton nine years
ago, after brutally asaulting her. Al
though the affair created a great sen
sation at the time and every effort was
made to locate the murderer, no clue
was ever found until today. The au-j
thoritles are noncommittal as to the'
revelations made by Guppel, refusing to j
make any statement as to who the
guilty party may be.
MINNESOTA GOVERNOR DEAD.
A. P. A. Service.
BATON KOUGE, Dec. 31.—Governor
\\\ H. Hammond of Minnesota diet’
suddenly at Clinton, Bn., yesterday
morning.
LLOYD’S TREBLES INSURANCE
RATES SUEZ TRAFFIC
A. P. Service.
LONDON, Dec. 30.—Lloyd's has j
again raised the rates of insurance on(
I
vessels passing through the Suez can
al owing to the risks involved In trav
el through eastern Mediterraean wa
ters. The rates are now increased to
three times the normal charges.
If you want a fresh Oyster Cock - j
tall go to the Nevada.
ViCM OF INDIA
A. P. A. Service.
WINNIPEG, Deo. 31. A spuciul1
cable from London loda> sluice llmi
Louis Vornou Harcouri, former colon i
tul secretary and later attached to the j
cabinet as first commissioner of works,!
has resigned from tile cabinet to be
come the viceroy of India. It Is un- \
derstood here that the advancement of
Harcourt has been under contempla
lion for some lime and hints of this
which have leaked out at intervals are
probably responsible for the recent
rumors that cabinet changes were un
mlnent.
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RAILROADS EARN
MANY MILLIONS'
A. P. A. Service.
CHICAGO, Dec. 31.— Estimates made
of the net earnings of the American
railroads for the year now drawing
to a close place the total at one hun
dred and sixty-eight million dollars.
The figures are drawn largely from
the semi-annual reports of a number
of the leading roads together with
estimates of the net earnings of the
lesser lines.
The Pioneer women of Alaska wish
to thank the ladies who so kindly as
sisted their Roof Garden Committees.
COMMITTEE.
Fun and frolic, for old and young
where? At the Aksala Carnival, Eagle I
hall, December 31.
AUSTRIAN NOTE
i RECEIVED THIS
MORNING
i i\. K tie' vie*.
WASHINGTON Dec. 31.—The official
| "sxi of the Austrian note ft am received
a the state department this morning
1 and is now being translated from the
j diplomatic coue. Thus far not an ink
| >mg of tiie contents has escaped the
opart ment. There is, however, a
general teeiiug here that the situation
is no longer acuta
l'iie reply came in long sections.
; i.aiising said lliat one section has been
uanscribed ami that he expected that
\ the complete translation would be tr>
his hands before night. Officials who
have read unofficial version forwarded
from London were apparently much
gratified at its nature. The unofficial
version says that the commander of
tile submarine has been punished foi
violating instructions.
ALASKA SAL00N15TS
FILE TEST CASE
A. P. A. Service.
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 31.—A tost
case brought by saloon keepers againts
the territory of Alaska asking a de-l
clsions as to tho constitutionality of
the taxes levied upon the retail liquor
busness in the territory was filed In
the circuit court of appeals yesterday
URGES EXTENSION OF
TRADE WITH CHINA
A. p. A. Service.
SEATTLE, Dec. 80.—During the
course of an address to the business
men of Seattle, at a luncheon given In
his honor by the Chamber of Com
merce yesterday, Thomas S. Sammons,
United States consul general at Shang
hai, China, urged the necessity for the
United States grabbing tho Chlneso
trade, now that the other nations which
have for years practically controlled
the field are unablo to hold the trade
Sammons declared that tho United
States is now in a position to secure
eighty per cent of the world's com
merce with China with very little ef
fort.
PRPOHI BITlONI STS ANNOUNCE
OATE OF CONVENTION
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A. P. A. Service.
CHICAGO, Dec. 30.—The prohibition
convention will meet at Minneapolis
on July 29, according to an announce
ment made today by the national com
mittee association.
Home-made chocolates, peanut can*
dies and hard goods. Rose Candy Store.
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SNOW POWDERS
ORANGE GROVES
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A. P. A- Service.
LCDS ANGELES, Deo. 31.—For the
i first time in many years snuw hat
I fallen in the valleys of Southern Cal-!
ifornia anil today the orange grove* Ini
the v icinity of Colton, Sun Bernardino j
laud along the Riverside valley are j
mantled with a shimmering coat of
white while over an inch of the beau
iifui lies upon the ground and the San
Bernardino hills ir a glistening mass
of white from foot to crown. Although
I the unexpected snowfall created con
siderable consternation among the
orange growers the crop is apparently
uninjured.
A. P. A Service.
LONDON, Dec. 31.—The British
jtrulser Natal was sunk In port this
morning as a result of an Internal ex
plosion due to cause* not as yet as
j eertained, according to an admiralty j
report. The Natal was until recently
engaged in patrol duty off the British!
coast and had only returned to port
for supplies a day or two ago. From
the accounts so far saen out there
■ in- indications that the Iobb of life
due to the explosion Is heavy, one
account stating that there are only
about four hundred survivors out of a,
total of nearly six hundred men aboard-:
LOGGER SUICIDES
IN MILL FURNACE1
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A. P. A. Service.
SEATTLE, Dec 31.—I’oter Ouetaf-j
son. a logger, suicided at Hollywood
today by throwing himself Into the
furnace of the Hollywood mill The
cause of the suicide Is unknown hut It
Is thought that the man became tem
porarily insane. Employes of the mill
state that he appeared in good spirits
although palpably nervous
HEAVY GALES ON
GULF OF MEXICO
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A. P. A Service.
NEW ORLEANS. Dec. 30.—Heavy
gales have been blowing over the gulf
for the past twenty-four hours and1
much damage has been done to ship
ping. Reports from points along the
coast both east and west of here state
that numerous small vessels have been
driven ahore although no loss of life
has been reported.
8oe the fair Stella at the Carnival
I She's a wonder.
WORLD COURT
MOVEMENT FORMALLY
LAUNCHEO
A. P. A. 8ervice.
NEW YORK, Dec. 31.—A movement
for a world court for the Judicial in
vestigation of all international ques
tlons was formally launched here to- ,
daj. The arrangements so far com
pleted designate John Hays Hammond
is the prospective active president of
the court with William Howard Te
as honorary president.
The court will have jurisdiction over*
II matters of International dispute al-|
though not taking an active hand in
ihe Settlements of troubles arising be
tween nations aside from offering such
legal evidences as may have bearing on
on matters under discus. Ion. The
plans outlined Include the calling of
i great world court congress to be
held at Louisville during the second
week in April at which the Inltla
steps will be taken to secure the en
j dorsement of all the nations
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GERMAN SOCIALISTS
ARRESTED FOR TREASON
A. K A. Service.
ROTTERDAM, Dec. 31.—The Uer
iiuiii authorities have evidently decid
ed in still tile activities of the social
'ii | if. 11*«* advocates by Instituting
drastic action against them, judging
from an article published in the Brl
i.sli Viuwaertz yesterday relating that
i..ii tlcrman socialists one of whom is
a unman have been arrested for high
treason and are now awaiting trial
The men who have been taken into
ustody are all prominent In the so
cialist ranks as is also the woman,
t’lam Zeeieken, who is said to have
)ict'ii very active in the spreading of
peace propaganda The Vorwaerts
mvs that the reason for their arrest
h given h\ ti\e authorities as a too
• ttenuoia activity in spreading peace
propaganda through the empire
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SCHMIDT CONVICTED
OF MURDER
A. P. A. Service.
LOS ANQELES, Dec. 31.—After
many hours deliberation, the Jury
empanelled to try the defendant foi
complicity In the Times dynamite out ]
rage returned a verdict of guilty;
! against Schmidt. The Jury also fixed
the punishment of the prisoner nt life
imprisonment.
During the latter days of the trail
the Interest of the public grew until
during the final arguments the court
room was crowded at every moment
and standing room was at all tiroes
at a premium A large crowd was
on hand today to hear the reading of
the Jury's verdict und there were sev
eral who gave vent to their feelings
audibly when the decision was an
Flounced. It is probable that the de
fendant'* attorneys "ill appeal
GIRLS COLLEGE
DESTROYED BY MRE
A. P. A. Service.
BRISTOL, Tenn , Dec. 31.—Sulllna
college, a Methodist institution for
girls, "its totally destroyed by Are
this morning. Although the Inmates
were all abed at the time, no one was
injured and all students have been ac
counted for
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