THE NOME DAILY NUGGET
VOLUME XV. NO. 241. TELEPHONE MAIN 44 NOME, ALASKA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1915. TELEPHONE MAIN 44 PRICE 25
HOSTILITIES IMMINENT
IN THE BALKANS
A. P. A. Service.
L.ONDON, Sept. 17.—Dispatchet
from the Bukharest correspondent ol
the Mall last night state that there It
every Indication that hostilities are
imminent in the Balkans and it is be
lieved that a declaration of war against
both Greece and Roumania by Bulgarlr
is only a matter of days.
The correspondent asserts that tht
Roumanian officials are in receipt o
information from Sofia in effect tha'
Bulgnrla and Turkey are in accord ant'
a reciprocal treaty has been signed it
tile Bulgarian capital. This disquieting
news has led to a growing four that
Bulgaria will strike and the armies o
both Greece and Roumanla are beint
mobilized in anticipation. This in turr
has led Bulgaria to demand an expla
nation and the representatives of that,
nation at Athens and Bukharest hav<
requested a statement concerning th<
mobilization. The report declares that
Roumanla has sixty thousand troops
mobilized within striking distance o
'•e border. 'H
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Y0UN6 SAYS FIFTY SIX
KINDS OF AMERICANS
A. P. A. S«rvic«.
SEATTLE, Sept. 17.—After stating
that there were about fifty-six klndt
of Americans in the United States ai
the present time, the larger portion ol
whom were reserving their loyalty foi
some foreign country, Lafe Young, th<
celebrated Iowa editor, during the
course of an address at the Commercial
Club lust night, declared that thert
was less true patriotism in the country
today that at any time since the as
sassination of President Lincoln. Fully
three-fourths of the hypenated citizen.1
were more interested in the welfare o
their native land than they are in thr
fate of the land of their adoption, wa.
another declaration.
MEAT CARGOES
COMPLETE LOSS
A. P. A. Service.
CHICAGO, Sept. 17.—Chicago iirms
will be the heaviest losers because ol
the action of the British prize courts in
condemning the cargoes of American
goods contained in four steamers yes
terday. The larger part of the meal
cargoes carried by the vessels wert
sent from this city and will be a tota.
loss to the packers, according to Morrls
and Company because that no advance
payments were made by the consignees
It Is estimated that the losses in meats
will reach at least one and a fourth
millions.
RUMORED OIL MAGNATES
WILL PARTICIPATE
A. P. A. Servio*.
NEW YORK, Sept. 17.—Among the
thousand and one rumore relative to
the projected billion dollar Franco
British loan it is reported that Rock
efeller and other oil magnates asso
ciated with the Standard Oil Co. will
participate in the gigantic deal. It was
learned today that the magnates were
only awaiting the announcement ot
Secretary Lansing as to the legality ol
the transaction. The .announcement
that the loan will not constitute a
violation of neutrality issued from the
State Department yesterday removed
the last objection and the oil men will
probably accept a large portion of the
loan.
DIES FROM INJURIES
RECEIVED AUTO ACCIDENT
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A, P. A. Serviss.
SEATTLE, Sept. 17.—W. A. Soule, a
civil engineer well known In this city
died today as a result of Injuries receiv
ed In a recent auto accident.
RUSSIAN DUMA
REFUSES ADJOURN
A. P. A. Service.
STOCKHOLM, Sept. 17.—Reports
from Petrograd today assert thut then
is great disorder in the Moscovlte cap
ital and martial order has been por
cluimed as a result of the refusal ol
the Duma to adjourn on the orders ol
Premier Gorhmykin. The reports are
unverified.
BRAZILIANS PLOT
REVOLUTION
A. P. A. Service.
RIO .TiANERIO, Sept. 17.—It has de
veloped that the military are at the
bottom of the recently discovered plot
to overthrow the Gomez government
The investigation of the government
spies disclose that it was the intention
of the leaders, the majority of whom
are army officials, to cause a revolt in
the ranks of the army during which the
officers of the present administration
would be seized and the country placed
under a military distatorship. The
scheme was betrayed to the officials
by one of the conspirators who had be
come dissatisfied. Although the rami
fications of the plot were widely ex
tended It Is believed that the arrest ol
the leaders will put a stop to the trou
ble.
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POSTMASTER AT POORMAN
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 17.—Patrick
McDonell has been appointed to fill the
postmastership at the newly establish
ed post office at Poorman, Alaska.
U. S. DEMANDS RELEASE
OF DETAINED CARGOES
A. P. A. Service.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 17.—New de
mands upon Great Britain for the re
lease of German goods held In Hol
land which are bound to the United
States were ordered today by the
State Department and cables have been
forwarded to Ambassador Page In
London Instructing him to obtain and
forward at once to Secretary Iatnslng
an explanation of why the British gov
ernment has failed to keep its pro
mise to give the goods safe conduct
The consignments have been held ut
several months In a number of case.1
owing to the British threat to hold al
cargoes of German made goods taker
on the high seas.
LANE WILL ASK FOR TEN
MILLIONS FOR R. R. 1917
A. P. A. Service.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 17.—"Eight oi
ten millions," was the reply of Secre
tary Lane in response to direct ques
tion as to what appropriation he would
ask of Congress at the winter session
for carrying on the work of building
the Alaska railroad in 1917. "I havt
not decided on the exact amount,” the
Secretary went on, "but It will be In
the neighborhood of the figures men
tioned. It is a good time to build and
the work ought to be pressed to early
completion. Congress, 1 am confident
will be willing to grant any reasonable
sum.”
BRITISH OMIELLES
LOSSES BI.II30
A. P. A. Service.
LONDON, Sept. 17.—The fcttal ol
British losses In the Dardanelles wai
zone up to August 21 were published
today disclosing that nearly one hun
dred thousand soldiers have been in
capacitated during the period op
erations have been conducted In that
section. The actual number fallen In
the terrific fighting since April tota
S7.600. Of this number 19,608 weri
killed. The Immense number of cas
ualties have created general astonish
ment In Britain.
MANY MILLIONS PLEDGED
TO ALLIED LOAN
A. P. A. Servile*.
NEW YORK, Sept. 18.—It was an
nounced today that there will be little
difficulty in raising the billion dollar
allied loan as many millions have al
ready been pledged and financial in
terests are displaying considerable In
terest.
SAYS GERMANY
SHOT HER BOLT
A. P. A. Service.
LONDON, Sept. 17.—Earl Kitchner
addressing the House of Commons to
day relative to the war situation, said
he believed that "Germany has about
shot her bolt” and her offensive will
henceforth be on a gradually lowering
scale. Notwithstanding this assertion
the war lord intimated that conscription
would probably be necessary before
the nation was finally oenquered as the
end was still beyond view. Coming
after the announcement of I’remiei
Asquith that three million Britishers
have enlisted since the opening of the
war the reference to possible conscrip
tion is viewed as singularly significant
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GERMANS OF NORTH III.
PROTEST AGAINST LOIN
A. P. A. Service.
SEATTLE, Sept. 17.—Hot -he&<
Germans throughout the northwest an
threatening to withdraw their inone>
flora the hanks in ease the allies art
granted the billion dollar loan now be
ing negotiated. The Germans of thb
section are loudly protesting a gains
the loan.
OR. HEXAMER GILLS
FOR UNITED PROTEST
A. P. A. Sorvio*.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 17.—Dr
John C. Hexmer, president of the Na
tional German-American Alliance has
Issued the following call to the peopl<
of the United States asking their united
aid in protesting the proposed Franco -
British war loan: "I call upon every
true American to write to every finan
cial institution In which he has de
posited money protesting against the
use of his money for the proposed
Anglo-France one billion dollar loan."
BERLIN TO RECEIVE
PROOF THAT NO
WARNING^ GIVEN
A. P. A. Service.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 17.—Lansing
today instructed Ambassador Gerard
to lay before the Berlin government
the evidence obtained by the United
States which proves conclusively that
the Arabic was attacked without any
warning. The evidence was forwarded
by cable this morning.
SWIFTWATER REFUSED
CUSTUDY OF SON
A. P. A. Service.
SEATTLE, Sept. 17.—Judge Dike
man today refused to grant the plea ol
Swiftwater Bill Gates asking that he
be awarded the custody of his son
pending the settlement of the charges
of failure to support preferred by the
boy's grandmother. Mrs. Iola Beebe
In passing upon the application of
Oates. Judgo Dikeman held that he
could not consider the father a proper
custodian for the boy as it has been
proved that ho had not visited him for
a period of over three years.
U. S. SENDS ARABIC
COMMUNICATION TO BERLIN
A. P. A. Service.
BERLIN, Sept. 18.—Ambassador
Gerard received a communication from
his government today relative to the
Arabic case and the submarine pro
blem. Tho message is now being pre
pared for presentation to the British
foreign offleo. , „
VILHA IS PRACTICALLY
SURROUNDED
| A. P. A. Sarvica.
LONDON, Sept. 18.—Dispatces from
iKith Merlin and Petrograd today indi
cate tiiat the Teutonic forces are now
slowly surrounding Vilna and unless
the Russian defenders make a move
of some nature they are liable to be
cut completely off from the main army
The Germans are making no attempt
to storm the city seemingly being desir
ous of saving their men from the con
sequence of an open attack.
The reports state that von Macken
sen has now reached the city of Vilika
I thirty-seven miles southeast of Vilna
and are forcing their way steadily to
the east. The Germans are evidently
employing the same sweeping tactics sc
successfully used In the taking of War
saw. The present great encircling
movement is now approaching culmin
ation and te gtinal blow will not be long
deferred. No reports hate been receiv
ed concerning the fighting In other sec
tions of the eastern zone.
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ALLIES TAKE IMPORTANT
POSITIONS AT GALLIPOLI
A. P. A. SarvlM.
PARIS, Sept. 18.—Dispatches from
the headquarters of the French mili
tary forces on Gallipoli state that se
vere fitfhtlnK- during the past two days
as resulted in the capture of several
important positions and the death ol
many thousand Turks. The flshtin* is
of the most desperate character but the
lilies are slowly making their way t<
the east. The huge forts guarding the
main highway through the peninsula
are now being approached and are al
ready within the range of the heaviet
field artillery. The fall of these posi
tions is viewed as the end of effective
Turkish resistence.
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WAR DEPT. RECRUITING 1
ALASKA MILITARY '
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A., P. A. Service.
SEATTLE, Sept. 17—The War De
partment has Issued an order to dll tlu h
ranks of the military forces now 01 h
service In Alaska and )tlie military t
companies will be recruited to ful 1
strength immediately. It
TROOPS INSTRUCTED 1
TO KILL SNIPERS ’
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A. P. A. Service.
BROWNSVILLE, Sept. 18.—Orders
were issued to the troops today tr
shoot on sight any Mexican caught fir
ing across the border. The order is the
result of the constant sniping going on
from the Mexican side of the river
Hardly an hour passes but reports are
received stating that firing has occur
red at some point along the border. The
previous orders to the troops were not
to fire until it appeared necessary. Fif
teen Mexicans were killed In the fight
ing yesterday hut no Americans were
hit.
BELIEVE CONSCRIPTION
WILL BRING REVOLUTION
A. P. A. Service.
LONDON, Sept. 18.—The executive
committee of the Amalgamated Rail
way Union of Great Britain of which
Sevanthu Unago is the president at a
meeting at Guild hall last night en
dorsed the statement made by J. F
Thomas In the house of common?
Thursday that conscription would bring
on an Industrial revolution In the king
dom and that the railway workers
would stop work. The leaders of the
railway men do not hesitate to state
that this result will Inevitably follow
a general conscription order.
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DIRECTUM I LOWERS
WORLD PACING RECORD
A. P. A. Servios.
SYRACUSE, Sept. 17.—The famous
pacing stallion Directum I lowered the
world’s pacing record for one mile un
der race conditions yesterday by mak
ing the distance in one fifty-six and
three-fourths, lowering the previous
record held by himself by two and three
fourths seconds.
GARRISON ASKS
MILLIONS FOR DEFENSE
A. P. A, Service.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 18.—It was an
nounced today that Secretary Garrison
has asked the sum of twenty million
dollars for further increasing the
strength of the national defenses. Prac
tically all of the money will go to the
military branch and both artillery and
infantry forces will be placed In the
best possible condition in the matter of
equipment. The remainder of the money
will be applied to the coast defenses
and several additions will be made to
the land batteries along both eastern
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VILL ANNEX CAPTURED
[ERRITORT IN THE WEST
. P. A. Service.
GENEVA. Sept. 18.—It is announced
tie on reliable authority that Germany
as definitely derided to annex to the
erman empire all of the territory ot
ielgium now in the possession of hot
nilltary forces and will also take*perm
nent possession of the territory in the
torth of France at present occupied
Phe information is from high authori
y which declares that every feature ol
he proposed annexation has been thov
lughly debated by the German authori
ses and the proclamation will not be
ong deferred.
SWITZERLAND CALLS
MORE TROOPS
A. P. A. Service.
PARIS, eSpt. 18.—Reports from
Berne tills morning tytate that the
Swiss government has issued a call for
the mobilization of the fourth division
of the army. The prospect of heavy
fighting along the western Swiss bordei
between the German and allied forces
is ascribed as the reason for tlie action
RUSSIANS SINK
SUPPLY FLEET
A. ** A. Service.
SEBASTOPOL, Sept. 16.—Another
Turkish supply fleet loaded with war
munitions had been overtaken and sunk
by the Russian torpedo fleet off the Asia
Mluir coast. The Turks ships were all
sailing vessels.
ARCTIC EXPEDITION RETURNS.
A. P. A. Service.
LONDON, Sept. 18.—The Arctic ex
pedition headed by Cuptain Otto Sver
drup which has been searching for the
Russian explorers Rosanoff and Itrus
loff has arrived at Archangel and re
port that nothing can be learned of teh
missing party.
ARTILLERY
FIGHTING UN
WEST FRUNT
A. P. A. Service.
I’ARIS, Sept. 18.—Rut little details
have arrived from the firing line dur
ing the past twenty-four hours aside
from the references to heavy artiller>
actions In the vicinity of Arras and
along the Ouennevees plateau. "Fre
quent storms of artillery fighting" Is
the official description in the reports tc
the war office.
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