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TI1E NOME DAILY NUGGET
VOLUME XVI. NO. 6#- TELEPHONE MAIN 4« NOME, ALASKA. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1*18. TELEPHONE MAIN 48, PRICES CENTS
MORESUBM ARINE TR
U. S. ASKS GERMANY FOR
FURTHER CONCESSIONS
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GERMANY WILL GIVE NO WARNINGS
A. P. A. Service.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 18.—Lansing
today accepted the Lusitania agree
ment presented by Germany, and that
particular case may be looked upon
r.s definitely settled. It was announceo
h( wever, that Its acceptance In no
way modifies the attitude of the Uni
ted States with respect to the an
nounced Intention ef the Germans to
sink all armed merchantmen belong
ing to the belligerents,
Lansing stated today that the Lusi
tania agreement was acceptable to
the United States as far as It relates
to the Lusitania case but Its tenents
will not apply to other cases in th^
event of Germany persisting In her
announced intention of sinking all
armed vessels. Lansing said that he
has asked Ambassador von Bernstorff
for assurances that Germany will not
carry out Its policy of sinking mer
chant ships without warning to pas
senger carryng liners, even If they
carry defensive armament.
A. P. A. Service.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 18.—It Is
i stated authoritatively that because of
j its peculiar and unusual position Ger
many cannot and will not accept the
suggestion of the United States that
pasvenger carrying steamers shall be
'"f.rned regardless of whether they'
carry defensive armaments. It is
under stood that Bernstorff has so
stated to the state department. It
Is generally accepted in official cir
cles that this practically places the
situation back where It was at the
beginning. It Is also agreed that the
decision of the Berlin government is
frought with great possibilities of
CHINK REBELS STILL
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A. P. A. Service.
TIENTSIN, Feb. 18.—Reports from
the Interior indicate that the rebellious
Chinese armies are still making head
way In their campaign against the
Yuan troops and many miles of terri
tory and numerous cities have fallen
before their victorious advance. The
rebels operating In Shan-si province
are apparently meeting with greater
resistance than those farther south
but have nevertheless captured
several Important towns during the
past two weeks.
The government Is sending all avail
able forces to prevent the rebels from
drawing closer to the capital owing to
the fear that a closer appro, ch may re
sult In a revolt In the Imperial city
Itself. A large share of the govern
ment energies Is also being devoted to
the stopping of the Mongolian armies
which threaten the capital from the
northwest. Except In the southwest
ern provinces. Yuan sems to have the
situation well In hand.
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allies mm
BULGARIA’S REQUEST
K P. A. Servlee.
PARIS, Feb. 18.—That the entente
powers have and will continue to
Ignore the request of the Bulganlans
for a separate peace, Is the opinion In
diplomatic circles. So far the attitude
of the entente nations is that Bulgaria
having made her own bed can continue
to occupy It with the ullti
mate certainty of receiving severe
punishment for her action at the con
I elusion of the war If not before.
It has been definitely established
that Bulgaria has made peace pro
posals to at least two of the entente
governments, through Intermediaries,
j one of which Is said to have been
I through officials of the Vatican, who
! have approached the Roman govern
! ment. The other was made to the
j French government through the repre
' sentatlves of neutral natlona
BAD WRECK ON
SEABOARD LINE
A P. A. Servile.
RICHMOND, Feb. 18.—The Seaboard
Airline, Florida special. No. 1 north
bound, was wreaked as Bellwood j
plantation, between here and Chester |
this morning and forty people were
Injured but by some peculiar chance
BO one was killed. The train was
running ajt a speed of over sixty miles
gp hour at tbs Urns of the aaddent
i broken rail Is ascribed as the cause
of the train being thrown from thi
trnck. Every car in the long special
was derailed and slid down a long
slops Into muddy bottom land from
which many of the victims were ex
tricated with difficulty.
Begin the Ne«w Tear right by sub*
soriblng tor Uie Nuar**
further trouble between the two gov
ernment*
CAPTURE ERZERUM
CONSIDERED
IMPORTANT
( . P. A. Service.
PARIS, Feb. 18.—The capture of
Erzerum, announced as having been
regained by the Russians yesterday. Is
considered one of the most Important
Achievements of the war In the east
ern zone The taking of the city aa
the result of many months of the
j nost severe lighting, places the Rus
I sians In a position of the greatest
strategetlcal Importance In that sec
tion as possession of the city prac
tically gives the Russians the key
to Asia Minor.
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BERLIN. Feb. 18—War office re
ports today state that the British
forces have made numerous attempts
to retake the posliona lost in the re
cent fighting southwest of Ypres but
have been beaten off with heavy
losses. The Germans are on the de
TURKS REPORT DEFEAT OF
SLAVS AND BRITISH
A. P. A. tervlee.
CONSTANTINOPLE. Feb. 17.—The'
losses of one branch of the British j
expedition In Mesopotamia in a san-j
quinary battle with the Turkish forces
near Batlpa, west of Korns, amounted!
to a total of two thousand officers anJ.
men, according to official announce-1
TURKS LOSE 6,500
IN ERZERUM FIGHTING
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A. P. A. Service.
TETROORAD, Feb. XI.—Official re
porta containing details of the fall of
Krterum state that the Grand Duke
XUholas captured four thousand
Turkish troops in the taking of the
city together with one hundred and
ten cgnnon and immense quantities of
supplies of war munitions and pro-J
visions which had been stored up by
the Turks in huge quantities evident*
NO SIGNS OF
A, P. A. Service.
LONDON, FeFb. 18.— Although over
a weak has passed since the final pas
sage of the conscription bill, there Is
still no sign of the measure being
enforced. In the meantime recruiting
Is going on on an extensive scale, ow
ing probah'y to the inclination of many
to enlist before such action Is en
forced.
A noticeable feature of the council
order permitting the commandeering
of distilleries and factories, Is that It
seems to have caused a considerable
Increase of enlistments.
Reports from the various recruiting
districts Indicate a great rush of re
cruits Immediately following the pub
lication of the order with the result
that recruiting bureaus have been
swamped it many place*. So far the
go"}rnment has given no hint as to
when the conscription order will be
come effective. Reports arriving from
continental capitals state that peace
talk Is again In the air but are given
little attention by either press or puh
11c. The majority of the reports are
considered little more than Idle rumors
PREPARE TO
ESCAPE
fC \. Service.
MOBILE. Feb. IS.—Eleven German
ships at present Interned at the Can
ary islands are preparing to make a
dash fir the open sea to commence
raiding, iccording to Information re
celvea ftere this afternoon. The In
formation states that the vessels arc
coaled and armed and ready for a
oray a>*nlnst the shipping of the n 111 e -■. ,
fensive along the Argonns front and
heavy fighting Is In progress.
WINE. WOMEN AND 90NG.
They w(ll all be at the Cabaret
cance Saturday nigh*.
merits of the war office today. Thej
statement also says that the Russians
were subjected to a heavy defeat in
a three dayB battle along the Cau-1
cusus front early in the present week.
It la believed that fully live thou
sand officers and men were lost by
the Invaders
ly In the belief that the city could
not be captured.
The fighting during the siege was of
the most sanguinary order and nearly
the entire defending force were anni
hilated. On the entry of the Russian
troops over two thousand five hundred
dead bodies of Turkish soldiers wore
found In the city. The survivors of
the Turks army are reported fleeing
to the westward
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A P. A. Service.
HONGKONG. Feb. 8.—Dispatches
arlvlng from Tal-pel, Formosa, ' vva;.
of FuChaii today state that the Island
has again been visited with a fearful
hurricane accompanied by wide in
undatloiis of the land by the wind
driven waters of the sea.
According to the accounts hundreds
of villages along the eastern coast
have been destroyed and a large num
bev of people have perished In the
tempest. A large part of the city of
Kllung was covered by the sea nnd
thousands were, compelled to escape by
(light to the higher land of the Into,
lor Heavy damages are also re
ported from the vicinity of Sudo bay
WHITMAN FORCES
STILL SUPPORT HUGHES
NEW YORK. Feb. 8.—The New York
delegation to the national convention
will go uninstruetcd but It is Inter
esting to note that three ou of four
of the republican delegates n.t large are
for Root while the Whitman forces are
still for Hughes
Let Joy b* unconfirmed. The night
iWhts. The bright spot 'n the dark
w’nter.
Rain or fa'r we'll be 'here Come
cne, Como all to A. B. hall
Saturday nigh1, February 19, 9:30
•harp.
f SCHMIDT ELECTROCUTED
THIS MORNINQ
V. P. A. Servico.
OSSIXGING, Feb. IS.—Hugh Schmidt
'■■ns electrocuted this morning at dawn.
Never in the history of executions In
this slate did a man display such
calm nerve us Schmidt, who went to
h _ death singing and apparently us
calm a3 though he was going to a
Initial feast,
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Everybody should eat a certain quantity to insure good health
Our llnb I* complete and wj can safaly *ay that many large cities
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Imported Roman Clteece ,.
Imported Roquefort Choose 8
Imported Qod Ost Cheese.
Imported In tins Camembert Cheese
Imported in tins Roquefort Cheese
Imported In tins Da Brie Cheese
Imported In tins Umburger Cheese
Imported tn tins Zlg Zag Cheese
America* Swiss Cheese, wheel
American Swiss Chssas, brick.
Oregon Cream Cheese, brick.
Wisconsin Llmburger Cheese briefer.
Wisconsin Cheese, twin.
Tillamook Cheese, Trlplec
Wlsconsln Umburger Cheese, young
Vmerloan.
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