THE NOME DAILY NUGGET
VOLUME XV. NO. 158. TELEPHONE MAIN 44 NOME, ALASKA, TUESDAY. JUNE 15, 1915. TELEPHONE MAIN 46 PRICE 25 CEN~
BRYAN WILL PROPOSE MEANS TO END WAR
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LUSITANIA NOT ARMED SAYS EDWARD CARSON
WILSON REFUSES TO DISCUSS
ALLEGED CHANGES IN NOTE
WASHINGTON, June 16. President
Wilson will not discuss the changes in
the last German note and has refused
to comment on either the American
demands or the resignation of Bryan.
The president was asked by a Wash
ington correspondent today, to define
what the changes were to which Bryan
had referred to as having been made
in the note to Germany after his resig
nation had been tendered and accepted.
Wilson stated in reply that he fell that
it was best that the matter be allowed
to rest for the present adding that the
announcement could serve no purpose
in view of the fact that Bryan himself
had refrained from defining what
(changes had occurred. Wilson also re
fused to discuss an\ of tin* possible
issues of the note. The reticence* of
the executive lias caused no little com
ment and the press is asking what it
is all about. New York papers com
menting on the matter say that there
is n vast amount of aacrccy about
Hometiling but what it is no one can
lell and it was lime the administration
took the public into ile confidence in
matters which may involve the country
in war. It is insisted that the people
have a right to know what they are
facing.
LOUIS LEVY COMING.
Hold your fura until my arrival in
Noma.
ROUMANIA WILL ENTER
THE WAR AFTER ALL
ROME, June 15.—Dispatches from
Soda received today quote the leader
of the conservatists as stating that
Roumania has reached an agreement
with the quadruple powers in regard to
the entrance of that country into the
war and it is now practical!) deter
mined that but a short time intervenes
before joining the allies against the
dual alliance.
Dispatches from unofficial sourco*
which have been In circulation
during the past several clays intimate
that the powers have practically agreed
| to give Rountania a large slice of the
j Turkish territory north of the Bos
phorus in Ilie event of the overthrow
of the Turks. Other reports assert that
RkiumHntu lie* been guaranteed a free*
l hand in the Balkan section of Europe. •
BRITAIN WILL SPEND
FIFTEEN MILLIONS DAILY
LONDON, June 15.—Premier Asquith
asked parliament for a war credit of
one billion dollars with which to carry
on the war during the present year to
day stating that the government esti
mates indicated that the daily expen
ditures will he in excess of fifteen'
CAPT. LE BALLISTER
DIES IN SEATTLE
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SEATTLE, June 15.—Captain A. E.
Le Ballister, one of the pioneer steam
boat men of the Yukon and Tanana
rivers, died of paralysis in one of the
local hospitals this morning. Captain
Le Ballister was one of the first
steamboat operators on the Tanana
river after the first settlement was
established at Fairbanks and was also
interested in several river steamboat
ventures.
millions daily during the next three
months. The premier asserted that af
fairs were in good posture and also
expressed the belief that the threaten
ed conscription will not have to be re
sorted to owing to ihe steady increase
in recruiting.
SEATTLE LAWYER
IN DIFFICULTIES
SEATTLE, June 15.—A. J. Speckert.
a local attorney, with offices in the
Mutual building, was arrested today
charged with larceny and embezzling
funds belonging to his clients. It is
stated that Speckert h*s been system
atically doing up his clients by sharp
practices.
WANTED—Cooking, camping or other
wise. or any kind of work. Address
Hendrickson, Corner R and First aye.
GERARD RETURNS TO
POST OF DUTY
CHRISTIANA, Jun* 1».—American
Ambassador (Jerard arrived in this city
last nigh! on his way to Berlin having
completed the diplomatic mission for
his government in England. The am
bassador will arrive at his destination
some time Friday.
TWO LIVE WIRES STRIKE
TOWN—WIDE AWAKE
AND ON TO THEIR JOBS
Charles Freegrove and Al. Erickson,
members of the Reliable Messenger
Service of Southeastern Alaska, with
head offices in Juneau, arrived on the
last host.
Both young men are fully equipped
with motor cycles, side cars, and num
erous assortments of different signal
apparatus necessary to carry on mes
senger business in any first class city.
Roth young men are reliable work
ers and come well recommended They
intend to establish a permanent office
here and will engage in flying trips
to Uie creeks and out of town places,
besides attending to the wants of the
general public at all hours Their offi
ces will remain open day and night
and there is very little that they can
not do and will not do to accomodate
the public.
Both tlit* boys have been attached to
the head office at Juneau for the past
threo years, and during the assembly
meeting they were in great demand by
lhe members who wished to take flying
trips to Thane, Perseverance and other
suburbs of the capital to get informa
tion to help them push their bills
through 'lie different committees when
lime was precious.
Both the hoys are delighted with the
country and hope that the general pub
lic will cope with them in making a
success it their expensive venture
Adv.
FURNITURE FOR SALE.
Dressers, rockers and all kinds of
furniture for tala cheap. Inquira at
Crescent hotel, opp. Golden Gate hotel.
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STORM IS
NOW ABATTING
Th# storm has raised no end of trou
ble along the water front during the
past twenty-four hours although hut
little damage has been done During
the early hours of evening the high
surf seemed to be threatening to over
whelm some of tlie buildings close to
the water and several times it was re
ported that the Snake river bridge hail
gone out It was also said that the
Ernst Bros, dredge was in danger of
being destroyed but aside from receiv -
ing a buffeting from the waves the ma
chine is intact and show* no sign of
th» rougn usage beyond being tipped
itp on one side, probably ttirough the
washing away of the sand from under
the hull. Numerous cellers along the
south side of Front street were flooded
and a number of people were compelled \
to move their goods to avoid wetting '
The bridge across the river near the
end of the sandsplt was removed in
order to allow the vessels of the mos
quito fleet entrance to the upper
reaches of the river and the approaches
to tile bridge leading to Belmont point
were covered with several feet of wa
ter necessitating dwellers In that local
ity making a very round about journey
by tile railroad bridge. Several regi
dents of that side state that the water
was nearly as high as during the great
storm of two years ago The water!
at ten o'clock last nigtit was within
six or eight inches from the top of the
railroad bridge which is a fair Indica
tion of the actual height. Ttie dam
age along Front street amounts to lit -
tl« aside from the washing away of the
planking at ttie foot of Danes way and
also the tearing out of the drain at
the same place.
The back door of the celler wav to
the Pacific Cold Storage Company is
also reported to have been broken in
The small hunts plying the coast were
compelled to seek refuge in tiic river
and behind Sledge island and one or
two are said to have been sligtitlv
damaged Every indication points to
a possibility of serious damage had
there been a high tide hut as the wind
has been steadily going down during
the day the weather wise are of the
opinion that the storm is at sn end.
STRIKERS ARE
GROWING VIOLENT
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CHICAGO. .Inn* 15.— The general
anticipation of trouble in the event of
the transportation companies bring in
strike breakers to replace the striking
carmen was fulfilled today by a sav
age attempt on the part of the strikers
to kill the crew and passengers of a
north hound elevated train while pass
ing the corner of Wells and Kenzie
streets by means of an acid bomb. The
missile broke the windows of the train
but did no other damage.
A second attempt to take the lives
of the strike breakers also occurred
as a Chicago avenue train was turning
into the avenue from one of the cross
streets. This time the strikers fired a
short from the window of one of the
nearby buildings the shot passing but a
few inches from Wilson, the leader of
the strike breakers who was seated in
the train.
HATS.
Coats, suits, skirts and shirt waists
at outside prices.
MRS. J. WANGER.
8econd Avenue Opp. Court House
HOFFMAN HOUSE.
Meals at all hours.
Family dining room in connection.
Home made bread for tale.
MRS. GINNIVAN, Prop.
FURNITURE FOR SALE.
Furniture complete for a nine room
flat for tale. Also tame flat for rent.
Inquire at Nugget office.
HUGE REINFORCEMENTS ON
WAY TO MEET ITALIANS
INNSHFU’CH, Austria, June 15. Th®
first detachments «»f an army *»f twen
Iy-five thousand men from th«* eastern
war Z"iie have arrived here on their
wav to join the Austro-Hungarian
army which is now advancing on th*
Italians on the Uiva river front. Tin
new addition t*» the Hungarian lighting |
force in the west will, it is believed
effectually check the Advance «»f the
Italians who have been offered hut lit
tle opposition up to the present time
owing to the demand for troops at
other points. The Austrians are pre
paring to assume the offensive on a
giganth scale following the expected
release from the pressure <»f the Rus
sians in Galicia.
CARSON SAYS LUSITANIA
NOT ARMED
LONIhiN. June 15. Sir Edward Car
Bun during the course id his address
before the opening of the board of
trade inquiry into the Lusitania disas
ter asserted that there was absolute
ly no truth in the German statement
that the Lusitania was armed or was
acting in tlte capaeitv of a govern
ment transport at the time of the at j
tack. Sir Edward stated that it was a
matter of personal knowledge that tin
original plans of tlte vessel made no
provision for either arming or convert
lug the his steamer into a transport or
converted cruiser as alleged hv ha
f termini government During thy
course of his remarks Sir Edward s«
vcrelv airaigned the late administrator
of the Hdmiraltv. Sir Winston Church
ill. for his failure to provide adequate
protection to the big Cunarder wlien
approaching the British Isles The
board of trade will sift the various
charges concerning the Lusitania and
the report will probably lie suhmitted
to the government •
BRYAN HAS
PEACE PROPOSALS
Washington, i> c., Juno is
Bryan lias been devoting bis attention
to tile problem of bringing peace to the
warring Kurnpean nations since Seal
ing the office of secretary of slate and
it is said that lie lias devised a method
whereby the desired result can he
eomplisheri with honor to all parties
A statement embodying his ideas will
he given out to the public within a few
days, according in an announcement
marie today.
WASHINGTON, dune la.—President
Wilson told (alters today that the ad
ministration was encouraging a move
ment looking for a general peace in
Kuiupe was employing every effort
as far as it legitimately could toward
giving ihe movement impetus Wilson
also emphatically denied tiiai the neu
itrsi nations of Kurop,. were dissatisfied
I with the course pursued by the T’nitrd
I Slates as has been asserted to lie the
i use owing to the apparent tendency to
overlook this country in the peace
campaign carried on among the Ruro
Penn neutrals Wilson also denied that
there was any truth to the story that
lie had recalled Colonel House from
Kurope stating tl,. the colonel had
returned on his own initiative hut that
he Imped that lie would receive a visit
from hint at the White House
GERMANS BITTERLY
ATTACKING DNEISTER
VIENNA. June 15.—The Austrians
continue to drive the invaders before
them along the upper Dneister and the
failure of the great Russian invasion
is now certain. General staff reports
indicate that the Russians are already
beaten and are totally ttnble to hold
their own with the combined armies of
Austria and Germany and are being
■fnri-ed buck along practically the whole
Galician battle line. The German
forces operating in the vicinity of
■Lemberg are meeting with steady suc
cesses and ire capturing the position*
of tlm enemy with unfailing regularity
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Keep your car in good condition.—
Nome Garage.
THREE GERMAN ARMY
CORPS IN GALICIA
PETROORADE. June la—War office
reports state that the Germans are
straining every effort to aid the Aus
trians in Galicia and the lines in west
Poland and along the east Prussian
border are being reduced to the last
degree in order to fling as many men
nguinstt the Russians as can possibly
lie spared. Russian air men Ilyins over
the German territory report a constant
movement of troops to the south.
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