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VOLUME XVI. NO. 32. ELEPHONE MAIN 46. NOME. ALASKA. TUESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1916. TELEPHONE MAIN 4S. PRI-E 26 CENTS
BRITISH MESPOTAMIA
ARMY SURROUNDED
A P. A. Service.
BERLIN, Jan. 10.—Advices from
Constantinople today declare that the
British army In Mespotamla Is In dire
danger of being utterly destroyed by
the Turks who have practically sur
rounded the entire force of over ten
thousand men.
British Bottled Up
The reports say that the entire
British force la now practically bat
tied up In Kut-el-mara and It* capture
or destruction Is Inevitable. The Brit
ish are apparently In a sad predlca
mein owing to having fallowed the
Turks to outmaneuver and outgeneral
i them completely.
L ^n.! i-'tre interesting that
All about the territory. Sent,
one to your friends Th» Nugget Min
in;' and Dredging Edition.
ASPHYXIA ItS SELF
AND FIVE CHILDREN
A. P. A, Ss' vice.
CHICAGO, Jan. 11.—Declaring In a
note which she left for her husband
that the burden of a life of poverty was
more than she could bear, Mrs. Chris
tina Mayes, the wife of a teamster
asphyxiated herself and her five chil
dren, the oldest of whom was less than
eight years.
The bodies were found by the hus
band on his return from work last
evening. Mayes has been out of work
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much of the time this winter and the
family were at times In want The
dead woman stated In the message
found beside her body that she felt
that she must take the children with
her us she could not bear to think of
leaving them to the want and misery
which she felt sure awaited them in
the future.
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Year :<t the Nugget office.
MALICIOUS EXPLOSION
KILLS SIX PERSONS
A. P. A. Special Service.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 10.—An ex
plosion In the Carney’s Point plant
of the DuPont Powder Company to
day killed six persons In addition to
slightly wounding one or two others.
The building In which the explosion
occurred was destroyed as was also a
smaller building In the Immediate vi
cinity of the main building.
Explosion Destroys Ferry Boat.
So terrific was the force of the
explosion that a small ferry boat which
was tied up at the dock on which the
destroyed buildings were situated was
completely wrecked and barely escap
ed sinking. Almost tho entire upper
works of tho vessel wero blown away
and two persons employed thereon
were slightly Injured. The six per
sons whose lives were blotted out wero
all employes of tho company. Inves
tigation reveals that the cause of the
explosion was undoubtedly malicious.
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Closing Out
REALIZING THAT WE ARE HANDLING TOO MANY BRANDS
| OF MILK WE HAVE COME TO THE CONCLUSION TO CL08E
OUT SOME OF THEM. FOR THIS TIME WE WILL OFFER TO
ANYBODY UNTIL THE STOCK IS EXHAUSTED AT THE FOL
LOWING PRICES:
Marigold Milk
Per Case - $3.50
Per Dozen - 1.00
3 Cans for * .25
Polet’s Stores
WE ROA8T COFFEE DAILY AND FRESH ROASTED PEANUT8- I
A. P. A. Service.
LONDON, Jan. 11.—Reports from
Austria say that the struggles for
t'zartoryskl and Cernowitz In the Uuk
mvlnu province which are now the
objective of the gloat Russian drive
in Mukovvina tutd lower (Juliciu are the
most desp rate and most reckless of
tlie entire war as far as tile Russians
are concerned.
The terrible Russiun lunge bus de
veloped so sieudilv that tiie Teutons
were hardly aware of the tremendous
extent "t tin- movement until it burst
upon them with a fury that lias ap
parently swept them almost off their
l'eet Berlin and Vienna are now thor
oughly awake to the enormous propa
gation of the new offensive and are
striving with desperate haste to
cheek the Kussians before It to too late.
All ,ii remits agree that the lighting
is terrl.tie ami the losses enormous. The
\ ii-nn dispatches admit that they
have suffered tremendously and as
sert that at least 175,00 have already
fallen on both sides
BRYAN WILL FIGHT
A. P. A. Service.
WASHINGTON. Jim. 11.—William
Jennings Bryan has formally announc
ed hla intention to come out in open
opposition to the national defense
plans of the administration. The an
nouncement that Bryan Intends to
take this stand Is contained In a letter
written by Bryan to Senator Sherwood(
of Ohio.
In the communication Bryan inti -
i mates that he is prepared to carry
jthe tight into congress himself and will
probably use all his personal Infiu
•rue with the national law makers]
in an attempt to head off any pre
paredness inclinations in that body if
poaaU le.
Bryan also intimates that he is pre
paring to communicate with Congress
man Kitchen and oilier leaders on the
subject It Is supposed that he will
endeavor to have the administration
plans given a thorough airing In con
gress and will endeavor to show that
the preparedness movement is largely
animated by the munitions makers and
the steel trust
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WILSON TO SPEAK
FOR DEFENSE
A. P. A. Service.
WASHINGTON. Jan 11.—It le an 1
nounced that President Wilson may
take the stump In aid of the national t
defense program In the event that. |
there Is considerable oposltlon offered
to what Is at present the pet scheme
of the administration.
It Is said by those close to the presi
dent that he Is seriously considering
BKHKIMTIl :
GALLIPOLI COMPLETED
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| A. P. A. Servioe.
LONDON, Jan. 10.—Tho war olllce
announced today that the allied evac
uation of tho Gallipoli peninsula has
been successfully completed. The Anal
embarkation of troops took place Sun
day and was conducted with out any
particular looses of either men or
military material. Tho final disposi
tion of tho troops has not been given
out, but their destination Is probably
Salonika.
EDES A8K8 TWO
MILLION APPROPRIATION
A. P. A. ••rvlM.
WASHIGTON, Jan. 11.—An appro
priation of two million dollars to push
the work of construction on the new
Alaska railroad was asked by Chair
man Edes of the railroad commission
when he appeared before the house
appropriation committee today. Edes
stated to the committee that the com
mission are anxious to hasten the work
the ftdvlslbllity uf publicly urging na
tlonnl defense in a series of speeches
I to be delivered at various points
j throughout the nation. There la at
I present a considerable prospect of a
hard fight developing over the defense
matter and from all Indications a vlg
orous and well organized opposition la
to bo expected before congress makes
Its final decision.
on the Matanuska branch In order to
make the coal fields available to com
merce. He also stated that he was
desirous of starting work from Kern
Creek to Anchorage Junction and
along Turnagain Arm.
Ca'I or ring Main 46 whan you hava
! job printing to ba done. The Nuggat
1 has the most complete stock for all
occasions.
WILL SHIP
A. P. A. Service.
FAIRBANKS, Jan. 8.—Johnson and
Ewers who have a tungsten ledge four
feet wide and fifty feet deep on the
divide near the head of Qllmoro creek
are preparing to ship concentrates to
the outside through the medium of the
parcels post during the present season
Have Ready Marke*.
The owners of the property have an
DEMOCRATS MEET AT
JUNEAU MAY 24
<>. B A. Serv.ct.
VALDEZ. Jan 10 The democratic
territorial committee, at a meeting
held In the democratic headquarters In
this city today, selected Juneau as the
place for holding the next democratic'
convention. The date chosen was May
24 There "as full representation at
the meeting Martin of Fairbanks being
the only absent member of the com - |
mlttee.
Many Cities After Convention*
\ rather pretty fight developed over
the selection of the convention city
and many ballots were cast (or various
towns along the coast. Fairbanks was
also In the field and put up a strong
hid for the convention.
Juneau, Ketchikan and Meward also
had strong adherents and waged a
hard hattle to secure the honor. The
committee at length decided that Ju
neau was the best adapted to the need*
of the convention.
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ght Prices and prompt delivery is
t the Nugget office.
FINE DESTROYS A
PORTION KROPP WORKS
A. P. A Serve®
AMSTERDAM, Jan. 11.—According
in dispatches received here today
from the Herman capital, a considera
ble portion of the great Herman gun
factory at Essen, Germany was de
stoyed by tire Sunday night The ori
gin of the conflagration la not given
but It la stated that the principal dam •
age was done In the machine shop*.
While the damage is apparently ax
tensive the functions of the plant ore
but little disturbed.
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DRY SPELL DEATH
LIST TOTALS II
A. P. A. S«rvic«.
SEATTLE Jan. 11.—A total of eleven
deaths have occurred In this city since
the first of the year ttll of which are
directly attributable to the operation
of the prohibiten law The majority
of the dead came to their end through
the drinking of wood alcohol while the
others are the victims of over Indul
gence in liquors stored up for con
sumption before the dry law went Into
affect.
Hardly .1 day has passed since ch«
law hoc.line effective that some death
lias not been reported as a result
Three of the victims so far are wo
men Tile demand for applications to
purchase liquor continue with little
abatement In volume
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scribing for the Nugget.
WIFE OF NAVAL
COMMANDER
LOSES JEWELS
A. P. A. Service.
BREMEUTONtt Jan. 11.—Jewels val
ued at nearly twenty thousand dollars
were stolen from the trunks of Mrs.
Crownan, wife of Commander Crown
nn of the United States ship Supply
while the couple were returning to tho
east, according to advices reaching
friends In Bremerton today. From i:5
accounts tho Jewels were safely lock
ed in the trunks of Mrs. Crownau
before leaving hero but on reaching
their destination It was found that
they had vanished. The trunks are
Intact and show no sign of the method
employed In purloining tho valuables.
TUNGSTEN
BY PARCELS POST
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nounced the completion of arrange
ments with the Primos C'.iPtnlcal Com
pany of Primos, Pa., to handle their
ore on a basis of values already es
tablished.
Will Receive $2,800 Ton.
Previous tests made by the company
of samples shipped last summer have
led to an offer of twenty-eight hun
dred per ton for the mineral and they
have also offered to purchase all that
the owners can send at this ftlgure
Will Ship Fifty Tons.
Johnson und Ewars announce that
they will be In a position to ship
fifty tons of the valuable mineral
through the parcets post before the
opening of the summer season and will
continue shipment* through the sum
mer as fast as the ore can be handled.