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VOLUME XV. NO. 184. TELEPHONE MAIN 44 NOME, ALA8KA, TH IR8DAY, JULY 15, 1916. TELEPHONE MAIN 44 PRICE 26 CENT'
GERMA S CAPTURE PRZANYSZ
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WILSON IS USED OH
THE 11GERNIHN NOTE
A. P. A. Sarvioe.
WASHINGTON, July 16—That Pre
sident Wilson intends to send an ad
ditional reply to Germany respecting
the Lusitania difficulty is indicated in
a communication received by Secretary
Lansing yesterday from the executive
at Cornish In which the President
states that he is giving the German
reply his undivided attention with a
view of placing the contentions of the
government in such a light that the
Berlin government will appreciate the
situation as presented from the Ameri
can viewpoint. The communication
which has been made public states in
part that “The reply must be drawn
In such manner as will convince the
German government of the sincerity of
the United States and in such form
that it cannot fail to appreciate the
contentions of the American govern
ment."
The President’s statement respect
ing the reply is regarded by a great
many as interpeting that the third
communication will ring with a note
of finality. The situation is at present
attracting an almost undivided atten
tion in administrative circles and there
is evidence of a considerable uneasiness
owing to the undeniable gravity of;
the present state of affairs. That the
officials are optomistlc, however. Is in
dicated in the statement given out by
Lansing, in an evident attempt to re
assure the anxious ones, In which it is
stated that "there is little reason for
believing that the matter has reached
a serious stage,” and, further, "that the
resources of diplomacy have by no
means been exhausted which leds to
the belief that the matter will be amic
ably adjusted.”
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SEATTLE FLOODED
WITH SHRINERS
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A. P. A. Service.
SEATTLE, July 15.—The influx of
visiting Shriners has reached such
immense proportions that the accom
odations of the city are being severely
taxed and lodgings are at a premium.
It is estimated that something over a
hundred thousand persons have ar
rived In the city within the past week
and the immense crowd of those con
nected with the order have been fur
ther augumented by fully two thou
sand visitors drawn from all parts of
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PRZANYSZ FALLS BEFORE
GERMAN ONSLAUGHTS
A. P. A. Service.
BERLIN, July 15.—The war office
bulletins reports from Poland officially
announcing the fall of Przanysz after i
a furiovs assault by the German
forces. Przanysz is the most important
point in Northern Russian Poland and
is but fifty miles north of the Polish
capital against which it has a most
important strategetically value. The
Russians were compelled to abandon
the defense of the city in th? face of a
terrific German assault and are in re
treat toward the line of forts lying
along the Vistula.
ALL QUIET IN GALICIA
AND SOUTH POLAND
A. P. A. Servtw*.
PETROGRAD. July 15.—Reports
from the general staff state that no
engagements have taken place today in
either Galicia or Poland the enemy be
ing apparently content to wait for the
Russians to make some further move.
Fighting is reported in progress along
the line of the lower Vistula with the
Germans conducting a heavy offensive.
The German attacks west of Warsaw
have been repulsed and although de
sultory attacks continue the enemy can
make no progress against the heavily
intrenched positions of the Russians.
JURY DECLARES THAW
IS OF MORMAL MIND
A. P. A. Service.
NEW YORK, July 15.—Amidst a
silence startling in its completeness,
although the court room was crowded
to the doors with a tense crowd of
eager humanity, the jury in the case
of the state of New York vs Harry K.
Thnw returned a verdict in favor of
the defendant after being out an hour
yesterday afternoon.
When the jury returned Its verdict
a murmur ran through the court room
followed by an eager whispering which
seemed to shatter the silence with the
force of an explosion. Men and wo
men leaned back in their seats with
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what seemed an air of relief and as th*
clerk polled the jury it seomed as if a
load was suddenly lifted and the enor
mous crowd which had evidently been
expecting a contrary verdict seemed to
take on a different aspect. During the
reading of the verdict Thaw, straight
and stiff with his tense drawn face, al
ternately flushed and pale, but with
the announcement that in the opinion
of the jury the prisoner was of normal
mind, Thaw seemed for a moment
about to collapse but quickly recovered
and a moment later a glad smile broke
over his face.
Owing to the fact that the Sheriff’s
Jury empaneled to hear the case was
acting in a purely advisory capacity
the verdict is by no means final and
Justice Hendricks eun reverse the ver
dict if he finds that there is sufficient
reason for so doing. The Thaw attor
neys moved at once that the court de
liver its judgment, stating that the de
fendant was entitled to immediate con
sideration but the court overruled the
motion, stating that decision would be
reserved ao to the final disposition of
Thaw until Friday morning.
As the famous prisoner left the court
room in charge of the officers his fuee
was wreathed in a happy smile.
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A. P. A. Service.
CARDIFF, July 15.—Alleging that
they are entitled to an increase of
wages because the owners of the coal
mines in this section are making vast
profits out of the war, one hundred
and fifty thousand coal miners walked
out on strike yesterday afternoon and
the entire coal producing district is
now completely tied up and threaten
ing a serious coal famine throughout
the British Isles.
The strike is looked upon as a disas
ter of tremendous proportions as un
less the operators immediately accede
to the demands of the striker* a seri
ous shortage is bound to result owing
to the available reserve supply of coal
being very small. The shortage is said
to have resulted from inability of the
owners to obtain men owing to the
great number of miners who have en
listed for the war. The labor leaders
are not in sympathy with the strike,
it is alleged and the men walked out in
the face of their protests. Owing to
the general seriousness of the situa
tion it is probable that the government
will take some measures to get the
men to return to their labors. It is
freely hinted that there is every pros
pect that the government failing in an
effort to settle the difficulty will assume
charge of the mines at least during
the period of the war.
GOAL MINERS STRIKE A WAR PROTEST
A. P. A. Service.
LONDON, July 15.—Government of
ficials declare that the strike of the
coal miners in the South Wales coal
districts is in the nature of a protest
against the war as the miners of that
section have been at all times greatly
opposed to the continuance of the
struggle and although many hundreds
have enlisted for service in the field
the majority have been openly opposed.
It is declared that the men are striking
at present for no other reason than
that they realize that their action will
greatly curtail the supplies of naval
coal. It Is freely predicted that the
government will speedily take a hand
in the matter in the event that the
owners do not come to some satisfac
tory agreement within a short period.
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GERMANY ADMITS
THAT NEBRASKAN
WASJUBMARINED
A. P. A. Service.
WASHINGTON. July 15.—In an of
ficial memorandum transmitted to the
state department by Ambassador Ger
ard today, the Berlin government ad
mits that investigation discloses that
the steamship Nebraskan was torpe
doed by a German submarine. The
memorandum expresses the regTet of
the kaiser’s government and offers to
make whatever reparation is possible
and also assures the United States that
the attack was not meant ns an affront
to the American flag but is to be con
sidered as an unfortunate accident. The
German statement of th cause of the
attack is not given. The message has
been forwarded to President Wilson at
Cornish.
TERRIFIC GERMAN
OFFENSIVE
A. P. A. Service.
LONDON, July 15.—The terrific Ger
mun offensive movement commenced
yesterday all along the line in the
western theater of war is being con
tinued today although some what les
sened in the region between Reims and
Arras. The German attacks are at
present being directed against the
French in Argonne and against the
British and Belgian lines in west
Flanders where the attacks are parti
cularly violent. The French and Gor
man reports from the Argonne district
are conflicting, the Germans claiming
Important gains embracing some two
miles of trenches, while the French
assert that tho ground In front of the
position occupied by tho army of the
crown prlnc© has been regained. Both
sides are in agreement as to the nature
of the fighting being of the most se
vere order and the losses in killed and
wounded especially heavy.
DR. BROOKS SAILS FOR NORTH.
A. P. A. Service.
SEATTLE, July 15.—Dr. Alfred H.
Brooks of the United States geological
survey will sail on the Jefferson for the
north tonight. The noted geologist wll1
make personal reconnolsance over sev
eral sections of tho northern territory
and will take personal charge of a
large portion of the new survey work
this summer. Tho Itinerary will In
clude tho Iditarod section and at a
later period the doctor will proceed to
Fairbanks, Valdez and Juneau. Dr.
Brooks states that an effort will be
made to survey all the regions lying
east of the Susitna valley and also the
sections north of Mount McKinley and
along the upper Kuskokwlm water
shed. The reconnolsances wilt include
much territory already partly surveyed.
GREAT CONCOURSE ATTENOS
FUNERAL OF COL BLEW
A. P. A. Service.
SEATTLE, ,Tuly lf>.—Attended liy an
immense concourse of people and es
corted to bis lust resting place by a
large body of the visiting Shriners of
which order the deceased was a mem
ber, the remains of the late Alden J.
Blethen, publisher of the Seattle Times,
was laid away in Fairview cemetery
this afternoon. Flags were at half mast
throughout the city and the publica
tion of which the dead editor was the
guiding spirit was suspended in every
department for a period of ten minutes
during the funeral services. Thousands
of telegrams were received from all
parts of the country attesting the re
gard in which the deceased was held.
Former Secretary of State Bryan was
among those sending letters of condol
ence to the bereaved family.
In his message Bryan referred to his
friendship with the dead editor which
[was begun in 1896.
GERMANS MAKE BIG
GAINS AT VERDUN
A. P. A. Service.
BERLIN. July 15.—The war office
has announced that the latest Ger
man thrust at the city of Verdun has
resulted in Important gains and the
enemy have been compelled to fall back
on the inner forts of the city. The
renewal of the German offensive has
been marked by a gradual spreading
of the attack along the greater part
of the western line and the extent of
the fighting is much greater than at
any time since the earlier days of the
war. Continuous fighting is going on
from the vicinity of Nieuport to a point
beyond Verdun with the German at
tacks resulting in considerable ad
vances at many points. The German
operations in the east have been di
rected largely to the Warsaw offensive
and the bulk of the fighting is now con
fined to the sections of Poland lying
north and west of the city. Heavy
fighting Is reported in the northern
section of Plock province with the Ger
man objective centering around the city
of Przasnyz. German attacks are also
being directed against the Russian po
sitions along the upper Vistula.
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GERMANS STRENGTHEN
CONSTANTINOPLE FORTS
A. P. A. Service.
LONDON, July 15.—Dispatches from
the island of Mitylene received by the
admiralty today state that German en
gineers are engaged in strengthening
the defenses of Constantinople on a
grand scale and in addition to a great
number of forts which are being built
around the capital heavy earth works
are being thrown up several miles
north of tho city and heavy guns are
being installed. It Is generally Indl
cated that the Turks are more afraid
of the allies being able to penetrate
into the sea of Marmora than is ad
mitted. The Turks are also said to
be active along the western side of the
Dardanelles and many strong gun po
sitions are being heavily fortified. The
reports contain no reference to the mil
itary activities on the Gallipoli penin
sula although Athens dispatches state
that fighting Is in progress west of
Killd Bahr.
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