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VOLUME XV. NO. 92. TELEPHONE MAIN 46. NOME, ALASKA. WEDNE3D,' MARCH 24, 1915, TE L E PH ON E M A I N 46 PRICE 26 CENTS
TITANIC BATTLE NOW RATING IN CARPATHIANS
MMACHUK MINER BELIEVED LOST ED BUZZARD
DAMAGE DUE WAB II HUM AM GALICIA IS FIVE BILLION MAINS
LONGSHOREMENS STRIKE
AT SEATTLE SETTLED
SS&ATTLF., March 24. -Closely fol- vessels making Vancouver a port of
lowing the arrival of l'tilled States r.-.il will he taken up b\ the longshore
Conciliation Commissioner Muhony men this evening. The Seattle men
the longshore strike has been settled have made no additional demands of
and the men will return to work tomm * the shippers and will Mi.pt the «.-ondi -
row morning. The decision of the lions prevailing before the <irike
strikers whs made known after a meet
ing this afternoon. It is understood TO GET THE NEWS READ THE
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POLAR BEAR SAILS TODAY
FOR THE NORTH
HUATTLK, March L' l Although ex
pecting to get away for the North some*
days ago. the gasoline power schooner
Polar Bear, Captain Louis Lane eom
maruling, sailed today on a trading i
cruise into the Arctic waters. Prior to
departure Capt. Lane said that the
little vessel would endeavor to reach;
the westerly shores of Banks Land for j
the purpose of securing news • •! the
possible fate of the explorer Stefanaxon
and pnrtv who have not been heard
from since starting over the i«#* in!
search of ne\\ lands in the Iteaufoii
fie a.
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Russians mare big
HAULS IN GALICIA
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HEREIN', March 24.—The German
government estimates the damage in
Voland and Galicia due tn the war in
excess of live billion marks. It is
stated that Galicia lias been an espec
ially heavy sufferer as tho majority of
tho towns taken by the invading litis
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signs have been destroyed. Tho Rus-;
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siaii.H are said to have removed ail |
grain and provisions captured in that
district leaving the inhabitants to
starve.
In addition tin- Russians have cap
tured and removed one million, three
hundred thousand head of cattle and
horses.
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ALASKANS WILL BE
GIVEN PREFERENCE ON
R. R. CONSTRUCTION
WASHINGTON. March 23. -Chair
man Edes of tho Alaska rail mail com
mission has announced that save in a
four cases Alaska will furnish practi
cally all the labor needed in the ..in
struction of the first unit of the pro
jected government railroad and that
for the present year at least all out
side applicants for positions will In
rejected. In general il will be the policy
of the construction board to employ
Alaska labor wherever possible.
The chairman announces that in pur
suance of this plan to employ Alaska,
labor, a few nnn will be sent from
Seattle next month to recruit labor in
| the territory. It is the belief of the)
Commission that Alaska will prObablv j
i be able to furnish all needed labor.
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KAISER DECORATES PRINCE
EITEL FREDERICK
nEItUN. March JL-The Kaiser has
bestowed the decoration of the order
of Merit, first rank, upon his son Prince
Eitel Frederick for conspicuous service
while commanding* a brigade of the
German army on the western battle
front.
BRITISH RAID SUBMARINE
BASE NEAR ANTWERP
LONDON ,March 24 In an after
noon statement the admiralty asserts
that a Itritish aero raid on the Ger
man submarine base at SoboUell. three
miles outside of Antwerp, has been
successfully carried out today
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JAMME STARTS
ERECTION Of
TIN SMELTER
SEATTLE. March 24 The .lanime
Syndicate has begun the erection of ;i
large smelter in this eitv for tile pm
pose of handling the tin deposits of
tIir Buck creek Lost river- and i\«p»*
I’rince Wales tin districts
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UNDERGROUND EIGHT HOUR
BILL PA88B3 HOUSE TODAY
.11 NEAT', March 2 4.- The Snow
eight hour hill, which applies to under
ground placers only, passed the House
today by a vote of fifteen to one
'Pile Driscoll and Shoup memorial
asking for full territorial powers also
passed the House todav bv a vote of
eleven to five
Two trills have been introduced b\
Burns and Butt for the purpose <»f es
tablishing a general and uniform ter
ritorifil School system
A memorial asking Dongress to ap
propriate one hundred and twenty five
thousand dollars for the purpose of
establishing hospitals for the Alaska
natives also passed the House todav
WICK. SAYS
LANE WANTS
BOTH ROADS
SKAT TDK, March 24. -.fudge Wiek
ersham addressing the Seattle Com
mercial Club said that Secretary Dane,
while in California, had personally told
the Alaska Delegate that it was his
opinion that one or both of the Alaska
railroads should he purchased but that
lie had not signed a contract looking to
that eiul with either of the Northern
roads.
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POLICEMAN CONVICTEO OF
GRAFTING IN SEATTLE
SEATTLE, March 24.- I'ollcemun
Scliumcui. who was arrested some time
ago on the charge of accepting bribe
money from women of the underworld,
was today convicted on the testimony
r>f fallen women who testified that they
had paid the former police officer a
weekly protection tribute.
BLIZZARDS STALL
R. R. TRAFFIC
MIDDLE WEST
CHICAGO, March 24.—Heavy snows
and blizzards have been raging
throughout the Middle West during the
past twenty-four hours and traffic i>
much hampered. The storm is at its
worst along fhe lakes and Chicago and
vicinity is threatened with a wholesale
blockade of railroad and street ear sys
tems.
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INMACHUK MINER IS BELIEVED
TO BE LOST IN BLIZZARD
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CAN’DLK. March 24. — Alec Slcotte.
a well known Innmchuk miner, is he
: lleved to have perished in .1 lili/./Ht'i
, S.iturdav niclii nr Sunday aernrding h
information leceh ed here indue
Slcotte let'l tile Ksihollz mad house
j "ii ilie liiinacliuk aliiiul nine oVlock
Saturdav evening intending to return
to the eithin. some three miles up tin
rt '■ or. where he t espied witii .loe Slgsl.v
and lias not been seen sinee
tin Mottdav night Kit Pitch. while on
his way from up the river from I leer
inf?, passed tile Sigshy cabin and was
asked by .SiRsby as to the whetoabontu
"t Sieotte. I'it.-h staled that Sieotte
had left the madhouse Saturda . ,ir
rylng a lantern, and presumable in
tending to go home.
The men immediately start.-d a
s.-oroh f..r the missing miner hut
far without success Puring the in
terval between Suturds\ and Monde
a blizzard 1ms continued u .1 there ha
been rnu ■ h loose snow
Adolph Escholtz, the proprietor of
the roadhouse, which is some t.-n mi -f.
from Peering, states that a short tint,
after the departure of sicute he heard
dogs barking, but on going out whs
unable to see anything and gave th**
matter no further thought It is now
thought that Sicotte might have be
• ••me bewildered and sarted down th**
river. Search parties have been out
semiring the ountrv in even direction
but no trace -f the missing mirier lias
been discovered
Sicotte came to Alaska from < >»U\
i mi. < 'allforriia. in 1^9® and has beet!
•< tius secti<»n since 1904 prospecting
and mining on the Inmachuk river
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GREATEST BATTLE OF WAR
RAGING IN CARPATHIANS
.Mui'li l Ait Hilling t"
dispatches from the eastern hat I lei runt
published ill the Luka I Anzlegar today
i«ne of the greatest battles of the war
is now raging in the Carpathians |i
is declared that the Austrians have
again concentrated then forces and are
I making a determined effort to hurl hack
'the advaneing Russian
WAY TO HUNGARY
NOW OPEN TO RUSSIANS
1 I’KTIMUiRAU March JI The Rus
sian press attaches the greatest Im
j p lvtance to the fall of I'rzemysl and
intimates that all e-irly Russian ad
vance into Hungary and Xovulreyma
is to In- expected, nne of ih« leading
militate organs adds that the way i
now ele.it for the passage f ip. IUts
sums to the west amt t In-re is nothing
to in-event til" passage of tie* I'szuk
a tut l.upkow passes l>etuiis of the t r -
rilh- lighting during tli- last da\> of
tlie seige of lTzetnysi are being |m11
llsltetl and eontirm the previous ru
mors uf tie terrible straits to which
the defenders had te en reduced b.-foro
the capitulation. .recording t dise
pati lies front Kies in which at-- related
the experiences of the Austrian pti?
oners, rats were n rare delicacs during
the last days of the seigt- and - ,.M .id
leather was prepared for t.I
Russians Active in Carpathians
HOME. Unrcli i Tie- Austrian
lines in the gent t at Carpathian-* are
facing a terrifli Russian advanc. Sev
eral passes ate reported as being - tit- i -
ed ht heav> Russian column?
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ITALIAN GOV'T PLANS
TO EMPLOY WOMEN
ROME. Match -1 -The Italian gov
eminent lias announced the inaugura
tion of a plan to employ women to,take
the place of men in the different Helds
of industry and commerce in the event
of a complete mobilization of the army
reserves Efforts are now being made
t Seem ' a list of such women as have
had special training or experience in
various lines of industia The gov
i ttiiiv in plan embraces the immediate
employment of sm h trained females
as may be secured at the link of in
structing untraimd women.
iiy means nf the proposed method
the government hopes to have a large
and efficient fotve in readiness to con
tinue the labors and occupations of
the male- in the event that I tali will
hi dt; on into the war.
•'STONEWALL" JACKSON DEAD.
CHARLOTTE, X . C March 2 4.
General ‘‘Stonewall" Jackson, the fam
ous Confederate general, died today
i after a brief Illness
JAPANESE CHINESE DIFFICULTY
BECOMES BETTER.
I'EKIX. March 24 The Chinese
Japanese difficulty seems to he in a
fair way to an aggreeable conclusion.
The ministers of the respective coun
tries have now agreed upon five arti
cles In the Japanese demands respect
in th* government of Manchuria.
CARIBOU BILL SUES RODEN
FOR TWENTY THOUSAND
SEATTLE, March -■* William Let -
taring, well known in the North as
"Caribou Bill" has begun suit in tho
Federal Court asking damages of
twenty thousand dollars of Henry
Roden, of Fairbanks The suit is the
aftermath of long continued litigation
over v aluable mining property on Dome
creek in the Fairbanks mining dis
trict.
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j ALLIES landing armies for
LAND ATTACKS: DARDANELLES
\THK.\S, March 1M Th<* allie.i
i itSoxiK ire preparing tn greatly extend
the operations against th* Dardanelle
f**i is Beside* exiierted additions to rh«
Ih••*! several transports have arrival
land a considernhle army was landed <*n
• irilLpt'di Peninsula veaterdni
Land attacks in connection with tin*
I • »per.iti'»ns nf tin* allied fleet ar»* **\
I ported soon Several transports an*
said t** he enroute to the Dardanelles
Hal with the arrival -»f the French and
British vessels, now on the way to r**
enforce the fleet, a general attack b*
! land ni l sea will he made
GOV'T PROTESTS
i BOMB DROPPING
I
WASHINGTON March 24 Follow
int tilt receipt <>f information that
I Gorman aviators have attempted to
j.lrop bombs on American relief ship*
bound for Belgium. Uv State Depart
I incut has forwarded a strong proteat
| io Germany It is officially stated that
i omiis have been dropped perilously
I near several Vmertcan vessels
joFFICIALS IMPLICATED
IN ELECTION SCANDAL
INI>IANAI’DJ.IS. March 24 —Sheriff
sh< i and I'lty Magistrate Smith of
Terra Haute have been taken into cits
tody in connection with tlie election
frauds, on the order "f Superior Judge
Anderson The officials are charged
with tampering with government wit
nesses. *
GOVERNMENT WILL
LIBEL ODENWALD
Washington. March 24 -The vi
torney-General hns ordered libel pro
ceedings instituted against the German
steamer Oldenwald, which recently at
tempted to leave the harbor of San
Jaun without clearance papers I’nder
the libel proceedings the vessel mnv
io’ forfeited to the t’nited States
Horrible Railway Accident in Belgium
HASH. March 24 A German re
port reveals a horrible railway accident
in i Itelglan tunnel near Antwerp when
the roof of the tunnel fell in on a train
load of troops. The tunnel had been
■ blown up in the early part of the war
i but was reopened. Hundreds are re
ported to have lost their lives.