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SAYS BRITISH HAVE FORCED
SUSPENSION OF SUBMARINE
IV. P. A. Service.
NEW YORK, Feb. 12.—The reason
for the almost complete suspension of
the German submarine activities In
British waters Is said by Dr. C. Min
gles, a Canadian physician, who arrived
here from Europe today, to be due to
the fact that the admiralty has made
It so dangerous for the U boats to
operate In British waters that few can
hope to enter them for an extended
period and escape capture or destruc
tion.
According to statements made by
Dr. Mingles, the British are employing
a type of glass bottomed boat with
marked success in the work of subma
rine chasing. These vessels are capa
ble of a high rate of speed and are
enabled to locate the German under
water vessels with great ease, after
ward following and capturing them
when they rise for observations.
The doctor declares that the British
have captured a total of sixty eight
German submarines since the com
mencement of the submarine warfare
seventeen of the vessels being taken
within the last three months. He also
says that the British have numbers
of great nets stretched at the entrance
of all channels, which are most effectlvt
In preventing the Oerman boats from
entering harbors.
The doctor says that he saw one sub
marine which had been captured In a
net and was towed Into port only tc
find that all of the crew were deaf
from revolver bullets fired by the com
, mander of the submarine who had
appartntly decided to kill himself and
the members of his crew rather than
be suffocated or taken alive.
Mingles declares that the crew weri
found lying near their posts, each one
with a revolver bullet through his body
and the body of the commanded was
lying In the engine room, still clutching
the revolver with which he had rO'
leased himself and crew from the pros
pect of a slower death or captura
TWO HUNDRED GUESTS
POISONED AT BANQUET
1 - i - —
A p. A Sarvtce.
CHICAGO, Feb. 12.—"You will note
that both the church and state are
safe," remarked Archbishop Munder -
leln, looking at Governor Dunne, when
it was possible to resume the meal
atfer two hundred distinguished guests
at a banquet given In honor of Arch
bishop George Munderleln had fallen
111 from the effects of eating prisoned
food.
Both the divine and the governor
escaped. The majority of the guests i
were taken suddenly 111 at the same
time, betraying all the symptoms of
ptomftlne poisoning. How the poison
came to be in the food cannot be as
certained, Some of the guests were
made violently ill but no fatalities have
resulted
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POST OFFICE OFFICIALS CONTEMPLATE
AERIAL MAIL SERVICE TO ISOLATED
POINTS IN ALASKA
Department Calls for Bids for Air Mail
Service on Seven Alaska Routes
j
Nome is to be included in the T wice a Week Service
Throughout the Year, Beginning Oct. 1st, 1916
A. **. A. Service.
Washington. Feb. 12.—That the
postoffice department Intends to make
practical trial of the feasibility of es
tablishing aerial mail routes as a
meanB of relief from the present un
satisfactory mall conditions of the
north lg indicated In the announcement
that the postal authorities have called
for bids for aeroplane services to the
isolated points in Alaska today.
To all appearances the department
has made up its mind to give the
possibilities In this direction a thor
ough trial as the bids asked call for
service on eight different routes, seven
of which are in Alaska.
October first 1b the day named for
starting the service on Alaska routes
and most of them call for a twice a
week service to the more prominent
points throughout the year. The de
REP. COMMITTEE ANNOUNCES
SECOND DIV. APPORTIONMENTS
\. P. A. Service.
VALDEZ, Feb. 12.—The republican
territorial committee have made the
following apportionments for the selec
tion of delegates to the territorial
convention at the primaries to be held
March 11, In all parts of the territory
with respect to the second division
As previously announced, the commit
te have decided to allow a total of
sixty delegates from each division at
the Seward convention, April 18. The
PRESIDENT AND PARTY
LEA0ER8 NOW IN ACCORD
A. P. A. Service.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.—"The
president's position on defense and pre
paredness Is now In complete harmony
with those of the party leaders In con
gnss now that Garrison has been re
moved." This statement emanated from
one of the principal opponents of the
preparedness plans submitted during a
dissuasion today.
partmental plans designate the route
as from Seward to Fairbanks, thence
Nome, and back to Valdez, thus form
in loot which embraces practically
all of the Important points In the
Interior and along the southeastern
coast which are not provided with a
frequent mall service by water.
Officials of the department discussing
the project today state that It Is In
line with plans discussed by the postal
officials over a year ago, and for which
an appropriation of $75,000 was asked
of congress during the last session. At
that time it was not Intended to In
clude Alaska In the project as It was
held that the unfavorable weather con
ditions of the north made the plan
unpractlcable, especially during the win
ter season. The contemplations of the
department at that time Included
Tehachlpl, Cal., and several other Iso
lated point* in the United States which
owing to the abaance of rail commun
ication received mall not oftener than
twic< ( Congress failed to grant
ih apiirr ptlatlon asked and the scheme
f«h th’rvith for the time and has not
been revived until recently. Accord
ing to the statements the department
will first try out the possibilities in
Al.iska and afterward. If successful
there, will gradually extend aerial mail
routes to other sections of the country.
The department has been engaged In
collecting statistics concerning the
meteorological features of the Alaska
country during the winter month* and
the heads are now convinced that there
are few obstacles to prevent a steady
and systematic carriage of mall* at all
times of the year.
SUBSCRIBE FOR THE NUOQET
apportionment for the second division
are as follows:
Nome .23
Candle .6
Council. •..7
St. Michael. 5
Dime Creek .4
Inmachuk .3
Ophlr. ...r. 3
Solomon .8
Taylor.?
Bluff.8
REPUBLICANS HOLD BIO
BANQUET TONIGHT
P. A. Service.
SEATTLE, Feb. 12.—Republicans
from all parts of the state have gath
ered here to attend a Lincoln day
banquet to be given by the Young
Men’s Republican Club tonight.
NOTICE.
Mall the Nugget to your fr'snde end
Uelg advertise Nome
FRENCH CLAIM CAPTURE
OF CHAMPAGNE
4. P. A. bervioe.
PARIS, Feb. 12.—A French offensive
in the Champagne section early this
morning resulted In the capture of
two thousand yards of the German
trenches and the taking of six hundred
and sixty prisoners, according to the
official communique to the war office
Terrific artillery fire from the Germans
preceded the attack of the French who
owept forward when least expected and
captured the German positions In a
sharp hand to hand oombat. The fight
ing along the Somme has now sub
sided to hard artillery actions partici
pated In by both sides. The Germans
ltc continuing the bombardment along
the Arras sector and are also carry
ing on a strong artillery attack against
the lower sections of the British line.
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WASHINGTON. Feb. U'.—Promptly
with the announcemnt of the resigna
tion of Secretary of War Garrison be
cause of the refusal of congress to ac
cept the departmental preparedness
plans, comes the news that new plant
designed to obviate the objectionable
features of the Garrison program will
be submitted by the republican military
committee visited the president today
and detailed the plans of the committee
assuring him that a strong army In
crease bill, drafted In a strictly non
paitisan spirit, and accomplishing nil
the main objects sought by the war
department plan, would be on the sen
ate calendar within three weeks at
most. The visitors told the president
that practically the entire house com
mittee were practically unanimously
opposed to the continental army sched
ule of the department and there was
practically no hope that It would re
eeive their endorsement.
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A. P. A. Seryce.
LONDON Feb. 12.—The Cologne
Gazette persists tn Its story that thf
last Zeppelin raid on England resulted
in the destruction of the British cruis
er Caroline and the destroyers Eden
and Nish. Today the paper again
reiterates the story, further declaring
that It has additional information of
the correctness of Its earlier stale,
ments. which were denied by the ad
miralty. The repetition of the state
ment has given rise to a vast amount
of criticism of the censorship on the
part of the press.
The majority of the newspapers
while professing to doubt the Cologne
story are using It as a basis for caustic
criticism of the policy of suppressing
facts. Relative to the Gazette account
of tha alegled destruction of the British
CANADIANS ARE 1
EAGER 10 ENLIST
A. P. A. Service.
OTTAWA. Feb. 12.—The men of
Canada are enlisting at the rate of one
thousand par day, according to state
ments given out by the enlistment
board today, and there Is every pros
pect that the same average number
will continue to come forward for an
extended period. The enlistment rolls
for the past thirty days disclose a total
of nearly thirty one thousand men an
rolled during that period.
FORMER SEATTLE
COUNCILMAN OIE9
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A. P. A. Service.
SEATTLE. Feb. 12.—Timothy Ryan,
one of the pioneers of the Puget sound
section and former councilman of Seat
died bare today.
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vessels, the Times points out that the
Cologne paper, although Insisting on
the correctness of Its story, admits
that It Is not an official statement of
the German admiralty. So far Berlin
has said nothing officially as far as can
be learned.
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EIGHTY STUDENTS DI8MISED
FROM NAVAL ACADEMY
A P. A- Service.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 12—Secretary
Daniels today approved the recommen
datlon of the academy board of the
Annapolis Naval Academy calling for
the dismissal of eighty students who
ailed In the studlesd urlng the past
quarter. The failure of so many cadeta
to achieve the required credit marks
is the result ■ f the orders requiring a
greater application to studies and dis
cipline than has previous ptevailed In
the academy
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