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THE NOME DAILY NUGGET
VOLUMB XVI. NO. 42. ELBPHONB MAIN 44. NOMB, ALASKA. FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 1914. TELEPHONE MAIN 44. PRUB 28 CENTS
VALDEZ HAS
A BIG FIRE
A. P. A. Servlue.
VALDEZ, Jan. 21.—For the second
time in the past few months the city
has been visited with a disastrous fire.
Fire broke out In the grocery and
bakery shop of Rudolph Schmidt, on
McKinley street In the center of town
, this morning at seven and for a time
it looked as if the whole center of
the business district would be swept
away similar to the occurrence of sev
eral months ago.
The flames spread rapidly to the ad
joining building occupied by Louie’s
restaurant, and also gutted the quar
ters occupied by Albert White over
the restaurant. The bakery building
which was owned by Dr. Dagget of
Reward was soon a mass of flames as
was also that of White.
A high wind prevailed at the time
.tnd greatly hampered the efforts of the
firemen while fourteen below sero
weather also offered a great hindrance
to active fire fighting. The cold soon
made the big chemical useless but
threee streams of water prevented the
fire from spreading to the Liberty
threater and adjoining buildings. The
fire looked so serious that the occu
I
pants of the entire block, Including
the Alaska road commission, the Val
dez drug store. Pioneer barber shop,
the Love & Whitely butcher shop, Mrs.
Winter's ladles furnishings and Pin
son's bar and cigar store, moved Into
the street.
The fire was, however, confined to
the two buildings by strenuous efforts
on the part of the fire boys who did
some excellent work in checking the
names by means of the boss lines laid
from the courthouse.
The loss Is estimated at about fif
teen thousand. White and his wife
lost practically everything they had In
the world as the restaurant building
was their home and also their place
of business. The loss Is partly cov
ered by Insurance. Several of the fire
men were severely frost bitten on their
hands and faces but otherwise no one
was injurd physically.
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WIDOW 8UICIDES AFTER
HUU8BAND’3 FUNERAL
A. H. A. Sat vie*.
SEATTLE, Jan. 21.—Mr*. Glasgow,
the widow of General Lyle Glasgow,
who died two days ago, aged seventy*
six years, shot herself today shortly
after returning home from her hus
band's funeral. The bullet went
squarely through the heart and sbe
died instantly. Mr*. Glasgow was aged
■16 years.
WIL80N TO 8TUMP
FOR PREPAREDNESS
A. P. A. Service.
SEATTLE, Jan. 21.—Announcements;
from Washington this evening state
that President Wilson will start on a
speaking tour of the country during
the closing days of January. The Itin
erary Including nine of the principal
cities of the middle weet where It It
felt that the preparedness program and
other democratic Issues are not spe>
olally popular.
Hiram Danlela la l°oking better but
he don't look good ye*.
NOTICE.
1 tie X agget la giving lta subscribers
more telegraph news than any other
paper In Alaska and witl continue to
do so. Send tn your name sn<1 have
the Nugget delivered to your home or
(thee. Do It now.
YOUR
Last Chance
Closing Out
Casabas per lb. .07c
Squash per lb. .07c
Qrapes per lb. .50c
(Hard to beat even In the summer.)
Orange Special Sale still on for
the balance of week.
Polet’s Stores
WE ROAST COFFEE DAILY AND FRESH ROASTED FBANUT^I
WOULD STRIP
ALASKA OF
FISHERIES
TAXES
A. P, A. Seeviee.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20—Chairman
Alexander of the committee on fisher
ies introduced a department of fish
eries bill today which la intended to
bring those fisheries completely under
the control of the federal fieherlea
bureau Alexander had the measure,
which Is rewrafi o tiie administration
bill of the last session known as the
Carlin bill and which failed In com
mittee.
The bill was again introduced this
session and referred to the fisheries
committee without comment at first
but later referred to the committee on
territories on the protests of Delegate
Wlckersham. This move resulted in
the measure being taken out of the
hands of the Alexander committee and
transferred to a committee which
might be Inclined to give It a little
more unbiased attention. Wlckersham
has also attempted to make the same
move relative to the new measure. In
order to make sure that he shall have
a chance to strip Alaska of the right
to draw any revenue from the fisher- ,
ies, Alexander has also introduced a
companion bill which takes from Alas
ka all authority over the fisheries and
fur bearing animals of the territory!
and particularly prohibits the terri
tory from tsxlng the fisheries in any
way.
STORY OP CAPTURED
SOLDIERS A MYTH
A. P. A. Servian
DOUGLAS, Jan. Si.—Officials report
from Hachita, New Mexico, indicate'
that the story recently sent out from !
that place concerning the alleged cap
ture of seven American soldiers by
Mexican bandits. Is a myth. The
cowboy who brought In the yarn has
disappeared and as far as can be
learned none of the men of the Seventh
cavalry are missing.
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RUSSIANS ON GIANT OFFENSIVE
EVERYWHERE IN THE EAST
A. ►. V. Service.
LONDON. Jan. 21.—From Dvinsk,
southeast of Riga to the center of Per
sia, four great Russian armies are
fighting and, according to Russian re
ports winning on every front. On the
Dvina they have driven back the Ger
man columns; In Bessarabia they have
captured several Important Austrian
positions, in the Caucausus they have
smashed the Turkish reaistence to
flinders and In Persia they have de
feated the rebel forces and scattered
them far and wide.
Hand to hand fighting on an increas
ingly violent character mark* the cam
palgn. In the Bessarabia frontier the
Russians have fought their way Into
the Austrian trenches time and again
only to be repulsed with heavy losses
according to the official Austrian re
ports which state that the rushes of
the Slavs are accompanied with a
slaughter which eclipse anything so
far seen on the eastern front.
The Russians admit heavy losses
out claim that the enemy has been
compelled to lose almost and equal
number besides having to give up a
wide Rtretch of territory. Both sides
are now rushing heavy reinforcements
.o this section but the Russians are
he stronger in number.
The correspondent of the Daily Mall
asserts In reports to his paper that
the Russians are chronicling victories
along one or the other of the long
battle fronts almost dally. That the
Teutons are hard pressed la Indicated
by dispatches from Bucharest this
morning which state that that some of
the Teuton regiments which have
ought In Serbia and Montengro have
been hurriedly returned to the Qall
clan frontier.
Petrograd reports state that the czar
left Petrograd this morning, proceeding
to the frontier as It is on the engage
ments now being fought so ferociously
a that point that the failure or suc
ess of the great flanking movement
now developing Is believed to depend.
See the Turkey Trot, Saturday nigh1.
BRITISH ATTACK GERMANS
NEAR FRELINGHEYLL
_
A. P. A- Service.
LONDON, Jan. 21.—A determined at
| tack by the British on the German
i position near FYelingheyll today la re
| ported from Berlin. The German ac
count aays that the British forces ad
vanced under cover of a dense smoke
cloud caused by smoke bomba. The
Germans admit that the British sue-1
ceeded In capturing the advance
trenches but claim that they were*
later forced to live them up through
heavy counter attacks.
Heavy artillery fighting Is also re
ported from Darls to be going on east
if Arias and along the eastern Chain-^
pagin' section. There is apparentl' !
little activity elsewhere.
Calling Cards at the Nugget Oftioe
SEWARD HAS COSTLY
DOCK FIRE
A. P. A. 8orvioe.
SEWARD, Jan. 21.—A warehouse
tire starting In the Seward dock de
stroyed the greater part of that struc
true and also spread to the westward
along the water front and partially
I destroyed the Dora dock In addition
I to consuming a largo quantity of
freight for western Alaskan points
stored up In the dock buildings.
The freight was composed of ship-:
ments awaiting transportation to west-,
ern points and forms a considerable
portion of the losses resulting from the
blaze.
The fire started at ten thirty last
night and continued until this morning
in spite of the efforts of the tire fight
er# under Chief Horner. The flames
were finally subdued but at the pres
ent hour the ruins of the docks are
' still smouldering. The firemen were
enabled to save the approaches to ths
. Dora dock by means of dynamite em
ployed by a dynamite gang led by
Engineer Wler the engineer in charge
of the railroad commission at this end
The work of checking the blaze was
greatly hampered by the prevailing
zero weather. The loss will probably
reach about fifty-five thousand. The
! road officials state that the work of
rebuilding the dock will bo started at
once and a new structure will be roady
within three weeks.
GERMANY STILL ARGUING
LUSITANIA CASE
•\. R. A. Service.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21.—According
to statements made by officials of the
state department, Germany Is still
haggling over the terms of settlement
| in the Lusitania case although she has
I conceded the justice of the American
j demands. It Is expected that she will
j shortly forward a new proposal rela
| live to the settlements.
ENGLAND PASSES CON8CRIPTION
A. P. A. Speoial Service.
LONDON, Jan. 21.—The government
conscription bill passed the fixed
stages today.
SMITH BITTERLY
DENOUNCES METHODS
OF BRITAIN
I -
A. P. A Are«—.
WASHINGTON. Jan. JO.—British
Interference with neutral trade was the
subject of a vigorous and exhaustive
speech in the senate today by Senator
Hoke Smith of Georgia. Probably no
abler discussion of the subject has been
voiced in the United States during the
war period than that offered by the
Georgia senator.
Smith went Into complete details of
the British activities In the restraint
of neutral trade and bitterly arraign
ed that government for what he term
ed Its "attempt to sacrifice the neutral
world In the furtherance of Its own
selfish Interests.”
At the conclusion of his efforts he
delivered a ringing appeal to the sen
ate. pleading for action to prevent
England from further advancing her
own trade at ths expense of that of
the United States, while attempting to |
—
doetroy Germany commercially. Smith
declared that the rlghta of the citizens
of the United States and other neutral
nations are being recklessly disregard
ed by the British. He drew particular
attention to the throttling of the Am
erican cotton trade through the coun
cil order and emphasized particularly
what he denounced as "Britain's law
less treatment of the American cotton
traffic."
Discussing the action of the allies
in proclaiming cotton as contraband j
of war under the plea that It was |
necessary for the manufacture of mu- j
nltlons, Smith declared that this was
simply an excuse aa Britain is well
aware that cotton would not be used
or needed by Germany or her allies In
the manufacture of war munitions for
more than eight months after the
commencement of the war, as by that
time substitutes would be employed.
CORONATION
YOAN POSTPONED
A. P. A. Service.
PEKIN. Jan. 21.—The coronation of
Yuan Ski Kal as emperor of China has
been indefinitely postponed owing to
the civil strife which lias broken out
In all parts of the country The official
proclamation postponing the cortiurt
tion states that the action Is tukeo
until such time us the uprising In
southern China has been overcome and
he country restored to peace.
SENATOR WILL
SAIL NORTH
MAY 10
P. A. Se'vic*
SEATTLE. Jan. 21.—Defiance an
nouncement was mad# that the steam
ship Senator of the Pacific Coast Com
pany will sail from San Francisco fur
Nome on May 10. Ont of the Incen
tives which lsada the company to make
one more sailing from San FVamolaco
.s to supply the Nome section with the
.iquors which are ordered from tha
north and which cannot he obtained
nere. The Senator will be converted
into an oil burner befors spring as
will the Umatilla and poealbly other
,'aclflc coast vessels.
NEW WIRELESS PLANT
AT CORDOVA
A. P. A. Service.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21— Secretary
Daniels today approved the contract
with the Federal Telegraph Company
of Satt Francisco for the equipment
of high powered radio stations at San
Diego, Dave. P. I.. and also at Pearl
Harbor, H. 1, It Is also announced
hat the government will proceed to
install still other radio plants as so
on as the plans have been fully worked
otu. Farther advancements In radio
developments this year, which have
>eon definitely decided upon Include
Cordova station which will be Increas
ed In size to the degree that It will
lompare with the planta which will
.weep Alaska and the canal coast
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