THE NOME DAILY NUGGET
VOLUME XV. NO. 216. TELEPHONE MAIN 4# NOME, ALASKA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 21, 1915. TELEPHONE MAIN 46 PRICE 25 CENT'
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SAYS SEATTLE CHIEF
IS SMUTTILY INCLINED
A. P. A. Service.
SEATTLE, Aug. 21.—The Star. In a
front page article last night, demand
ed the resignation of Chief of Police
Lang charging him with conduct un
becoming a ^police officer and being of
such habits as are hardly conducive
to police efficiency. Among the of
fenses with which the official is charg
ed is that of frequenting the cafes and
consorting with questionable charact
ers. It is specifically charged that lie
recently remained for some hours in
a cafe opening wine for the cafe sing
ers one of whom he later accompanied
to her room in a First avenue hotel.
The paper charges that the micson
duct of the chief has become notorious.
The article also delivers a scathing
arraignment of th city officials for
the wide open state of the town and
for the present regime of immorality.
Mayor Gill announced today that he
would not remove the police official
because of the charges although .they
might be fully sustained.
Gill asserts thnt he considers that
the officer had an absolute right to
diink in the cafe if he saw fit. Rela
tive to the action of escorting the wo
man to her room, Gill assorts that,
while it was in every way indiscreet,
it was not a Justifleable cause for re
moving the officer from his position.
Following the announcement that the
prosecuting attorney's office would in
stitute an investigation of the police
department. Mayor Gill has issued a
bold defiance, daring I.undin to call a
grand jury Investigation of the alleged
lings of the department and assert
ing that a grand jury investigation
would result in sensational disclosures
of tile inner workings of the prosecut
ing attorneys that would not he relish
ed by the officials. Gill insists that
conditions are not in any degree as
had as they have been painted and
slates that the police department is no
worse than those of any of the coast
cities.
SAYS BRITAIN WANTS TO BE
FRIEND OF HUMBLED GERMANY
A. P. A. Service.
BE3RIJN, Aug. 21.'—During the course
of a sensational speech at the opening
of the reichstag yesterday, Chancellor
Bethmann-Hollaweg said that there
are many evidences that Britain, de
spite her present attitude, does not
desire the disintegration of the Ger
man empire and the primary aim in
the present conflict is to bring Ger
many to a state where she will be com
pelled to yield to English domination.
in confirmation of this belief the
chancellor Mooted from a recent speech
of the British foreign secretary In
which the chancellor asserted Gray
had- particularly emphasized the state
ment that “war between the two coun
tries could make it possible that, at
1 the conclusion of peace, he could ren
der us mure valuable service than
would have been possible had England
remained neutral." The chancellor ex
plained that he interpeted these words
to mean that England desired the
friendship of beaten and weakened
Germany as a counter influence against
powerful Russia, who, in the event of
allied victory, would he inclined to
I dominate Europe.
ST. LOUIS IS THE SCENE
OF A DESTRUCTIVE FLOOD
A. P. A. Service.
ST. LOUIS, Auk. 21.—Nine persons
are already known to have been
drowned in the severe flood which has
swept down upon the city as a result
of the unprecedented rains which havo
been falling for the past week in this
section. In addition there has been
much destruction of property in the
lower sections of the city which are
entirely under water.
Much damage has also been done to
the transportation lines running south
of tho city and large areas of the out
lying sections have been severely dam
aged by the heavy streams of water
flowing down from the higher levels.
In the lower lying sections of the city
hundreds have been driven from their
homes and in many cases tho dwellings
have been swept from their foundations
and rendered uninhabitable.
The damages as far as can lie ascer
tained at present will reach a consid
erable figure. Reports from several
of the smaller towns farther to the
HOSTILE FLEETS BATTLING
IN THE BALTIC SEA
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PETROGRAD, Aug. 21—It was offi
cially announced that the Russian and
German war fleets are engaged in a
heavy sea. engagement near the en
trance to the gulf of Riga and the
battle has been raging for several
hours.
The dispatches contain no details
of the struggle but state that the at
tack was precipitated by an attempt
of the German warships to surprise the
fleets guarding the entrance to the
gulf. The Germans are said to have
suddenly appeared with the growing
daylight and were immediately given
battle by the Russians.
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south Indicate thnt the flood area ex
tends well into Jefferson county and
that section will also be a heavy loser.
GREAT FIRE RAGING IN
BELLINGHAM WOODS
A. P. A. Service.
BELLINGHAM, Auk. 21—The great
forets (Ires now sweeping over the
southern half of the county are raging
with even greater fury today and thou
sands of acres of timber lands are
being denuded of vegetation.
The fires have swept away a number
of mills and many shingle and lumber
mflls have been severely damaged.
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A. P. A. Service.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 21.—The state
department announced today that Am
bassador Gerard v. ,11 be instructed to
call the attention of the German gov
ernment to Hie sinking of the White
Star liner Arabic through the attack
of submarines and the Berlin govern
ment will be invited to offer explana
tions.
I It Inis been definitely determined
[ that the Arabic was entirely unwarn
i ed before the firing of the torpedoes
J which sent the liner to the bottom.
The latest dispatches from Vice Oon
! sul Thompson at Queenstown confirm
jthe report that only two Americans
are unaccounted for, the misslnpr per
sons beinK Dr. Woods and Mrs. Bruit
lere, both of whom were reported mis
sing at the time of landing the passen
gers at Queenstown.
Date reports indicate that the liner
was attacked while going to the as
sistance of the Dunsley which was the
first vessel to be attacked by the Oer
mun vessel.
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TOURIST PLUNGES
TO DEATH IN
RAINIER CANYON
A. P. A Service.
TACOMA, Aug. 21.—C. F. Ordwr.y,
a Boston tourist, fell to Ills death in
one of the canyons creasing the steep
slopes of Mount Rainier yesterday
morning according to advices received
last night.
Ordway who is said to be connected
with a prominent Boston family was
making the trip to the summit of tlie
mountain with a small party at the
time of the accident and his death was
the result of a failure to follow the
advice of the guides.
Ordway Is sahl to have plunged over
the brink of a eanyon several hundred
feet In depth and died from his in
juries before help could arrive.
BALTIC BATTLE IS
RAGINGjURIOUSLY
A. P. A. Service.
LONDON, Aug. 21.—Petrograd re
ports indicate that the most important
Baltic sea battle of the war is at pres
ent being fought at some point near
the entrance to the gulf of Riga, and
has continued for many hours. But
little can be learned of the result owing
to the rapid shifting of the contending
fleets, hut tho firing heard along the
Baltic shores indicates that the battle
is covering an area of many miles and
a large number of ships are engaged.
It is believed that both sides are
fighting what has been determined as
the final struggle for the naval su
premacy of the Baltic. According to
the Russian dispatches, tho Germans
commenced the struggle by attempt
ing to slip into the Riga gulf but were
detected by the Russians who were evi
dently expecting a German attempt to
enter the gulf.
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BELIEVED SIX AMERICANS ARE
L0S1 IN ARABIC ATTACK
A. P. A. Service.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 21.—A cable
from Consul General Frost at Queens
town late last night states that inves
tigation of the losses occasioned by
the submarine attack on the White Star
liner Arabic lead to the belief that six
\mericans lost their lives in the dis
aster.
The consul reports that there is no
longer doubt that tho German vessel
failed to give any previous warning
before discharging her torpedo. No
authentic list of the casualties have so
far been given out but it is indicated
that fully a score of persons perished
in the sinking vessel.
Fnconflrmed dispatches from Queenc
town shortly before the report of Co:
sit I Frost state that no more than two
Americans are at present unaccounte I
for and these may have been land' .
at some other point adjacent to tli.j
scene of the attack. The unofficial re
ports continue to be of the most con
Hiding nature. So fa*- the state de
partment has taken no official notl e
of the affair although it Is indicate l
I hat action will be taken to place th.
matter before the Merlin government
ARABIC WAS ATTACKED
AFTER THE DUNSLEY
A. P. A. Service.
LONDON, Aug. 21.—The officials of
the White Star Company announced
this morning that the ship’s officers
assert that the big liner was fired uopn
while going to the assistance of the
steamship Dunsley which had just been
torpedoed.
The officers state that the Dunsley
was apparently in a sinking condition
at the time of the attack on the Ara
hie and had signaled for assistance
Owing to there being no sign of tile
submarine the ship officials respond s«i
to tlie call and were themselves over
I taken by destruction. It is announced
jthat the statements of the officers wit!
| be the subject of a British investiga
tion.
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FURTHER EVIDENCES
INDICATE BULGARS
ENTRANCE INTO WAR
A. P. A. Servlw.
PARIS, Aug. 21.—Today's advices
from the Balkans give still further in
dications that the Bulgarians are pre
paring to add their strength to the
allies. Private messages from Sofia
assert that there is every indication
that the government is preparing for
some definite action and a considera
ble movement of troops is in progress
in the southern sections of tile country.
Advices from the representative of
the French government at the Bulgar
ian capital state that there is no ques
tion of the Bulgarian entry and the
fact is being given official cognizance
to a great degree by many state of
ficials.
The government has given no defin
ite announcement relative to the con
templated action hut the reports are
not denied. Advices transmitted to
the Italian government confirm the
ports received here and It is not doubt
ed that the final mobilization of the
Bulgarian forces will be the signal *r
action.
GALVESTON
SITUATION MUCH
IMPROVED
A. P. A. Service.
GALVESTON, Aug. 21.—Order Is be
ing gradualy restored and the clearing
away or the accumulated debris is go
ing on in overy part of the city. Tele
graph communication has been opened
and the railroad companies are plac
ing their lines in condition to resume
traffic to all northern points.
Owing to rail communication being
completely destroyed on all lines ad
jacent to the coast it will be some days
before traffic will be resumed east and
west of the city.
The military officials are in enlirn
charge of the situation and are direct -
ing tfie task of bringing order out : t
the chaos of the past several days.
Reports of the finding of additional
bodies of flood victims along the coast
are constantly arriving but the deaf,
list in the city has not been increas
ed today. It is believed that a large
portion of the dead found at oth*>
points are from this section. The
governor has officially informed the
citizens of several towns which had
offered assistance that no further help
will he needed as the state will look
after nil further cases.
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