THE NOME DAILY NUGGF'T'
VOLUME XV. NO. 195. TELEPHONE MAIN 44 NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 28, 1915. tLM -
GERMANS LOSE HALF MI J.ION POUSH CtMPMGM
EASTLAND DEATH LIST
OVER EIGHT HONORED
A. P. A. Service.
CHICAGO, July 28.—The official
summary of the number of lives lost
In the Eastland disaster issued last
night discloses that the total number
of bodies so far recovered is eight hun
dred and twenty-seven. That the num
ber may be greatly Increased is indi
cated by the fact that the effort to
trace the total number of persons
aboard the hoat at the time of the
fatality discloses that three hundred
and ninety-three persons known to
have started out on the fatal voyage
are missing and their bodies cannot be
found among those recovered. Many of
the officials- in charge of the several
investigations are of the opinion that
the final list of the dead will reach
nearly fifteen hundred.
State Attorney Payne says that from
all accounts there were more than
twenty-seven hundred persons on the
Eastland when she capsized and the
death list will undoubtedly reach far
greater proportions than anticipated.
The work of recovering the bodies from
the wreck continues but owing to many
difficulties is slow. An effort to right
the sunken steamer was started today
and if successful will permit of the
removal of the many hodies said by
the divers to be lying under the wreck.
Instructions in Driving.—Nome Oar
age.
OBREGON PREPARES
TO ATTACK TORREON
A. P. A. Service.
GALVESTON, .July 28.—Dispatches |
to the Constitutionalist headquarters in
this city, received last night, declare
that General Obregon is preparing to
attack Villa In his greatest stronghold,
Torreon, and his main army, assisted
by a large force detached from the
Constitutionalist army in lower Mexico
is advancing from Monterey and Sal
tillo fully prepared to attack that city.
The Obregon forces are said to be ad
vancing westward in great force and
' a big battle is expected to occur at
some point in western Coahuila within
a short time. Reports from other
sources Indicate that Villa is preparing
■to meet the new offensive and is call
| ins in all available troops from the
! west to defend his capital. The dis
! patches further state that the Villa
troops are becoming dissatisfied with
his late inactivity and many of his
former followers are deserting and go
ing over to the Constitutionalists,
among them being General Panfillo
Nativo, who with eight thousand men
has been operating In the neighbor
hood of Zacatecas and who is said to
have abandoned Villa and declared al
legiance to Carranza.
Keep your ear in good condition.—
Nome Garage.
REVOLUTIONISTS CONTROL
HAITIEN GOVERNMENT
A. P. A Service.
CAP HAITIEN. July 28.—Dr. Roalo
Rodo and his revolutionary soldiers
are now in almost complete possession
of the government and are making an
attempt to bring some state of order
out of the chaotic conditions prevailing
since the abandonment of the control
by Guillame. Rioting continued inter
mittently through the night but the
city is reported quiet this morning.
Both sides suffered heavily during the
fighting yesterday morning and the
task of disposing of the dead has been
heavy. There are still many dead ly
ing on the outskirts of the city. Among
the dead is the chief of police of the
city while among the prisoners taken
by the revolutionists are tl*> Governor
of Port-au-Prince and General Oscar,
the commander in chief of the govern
ment forces. It is said that the firing
of tile palace is the work of Guillame
himself who endeavored to prevent it
falling into the hands of the revolu
tionists. Although the revolutionary
spirit has been rife throughout the
country for some time, the conflict of
yesterday is said to have been precipi
tated by the refusal of a regiment of
government soldiers to disband at the
order of Guillame who feared a revolt.
CAMS
EVACUATE.NACO
A. P. A. Service.
WASHINGTON, July 28.—Reports
from Naco state that the Carranza
forces lately in control of Mexican
Naco have evacuated tho town and
have also abandoned the civil adminis
tration there. The departure of tho
Constitutionalist forces relieves the
threatening situation which has con
tinued for some months. Since the
fighting during the later months of
1914 the government has maintained a
considerable forces of soldiers on duty
on the American side of the line and
the troops will probably be transferred
to some other point.
HEAVY FIGHTING BETWEEN
BUG ANB NAREW RIVERS
German Prate Sorvioa.
BERI,IN, via Sayville, July 28.—
War office reports from the eastern
front state that heavy fighting Is In
progress between the Bug and Narew
rivers while Hlnderberg Is slowly forc
ing his way through the Russian lines
north of Warsaw. The German left Is
now drawing dose to the main line of
the Russian rail communication east
of the capital and heavy fighting Is go
ing on east of Ostrow with the Rus
sians making heroic efforts to prevent
the capture of the railway upon which
the continuance of the defense of War
saw largely depends. The Russians
are falling steadily bai k along the
Narew. General Buelow continues hi;,
victorious march through the Baltic
provinces and is now advancing i
thorugh Kovno province along the lit;
of the Viin'i railroad. Thus far thr
Baltic campaign has been a series of
continual successes and the Russian.1
have been defeated at every engage
mnt. General staff reports state that
the German losses in this section ar" !
very slight.
6 VESSELS SUNK IN
NORTH SEA TODAY
_
A. P. A. Service.
LONDON, July 28.—A total of six
vessels are reported by the admiralty
to have been sunk in the North sea
within the past twenty-four hours.
Five of the vessels were British and
the sixth was th© Swedish steamship
Kma, bound from Liverpool to Copen
hagen. With two exceptions the Brit
ish vessels were all sailing ships and
included two steam trawlers. The Ger
mans are displaying great activity at
■ the present time and a considerable
| number of vessels arriving at British
I ports report sighting the submarines
j and were enabled to escape only
j through superior speed. Several ves
sels owe their escape largely to the
poor aim of the submarine craft, which
discharged their torpedoes but failed to
hit the mark. The crews of all the
vessels attacked today are reported to
have escaped in safety.
GERMANS ON OFFENSIVE
AL0N6 WESTERN FRONT
Garman Brass 8arvioa.
BERLIN, via Sayvllle, July 28.—1
The German forces are now resuming
the offensive at all points along the
western front and severe engagements
are occurring at many places from ,
Nieuport to the Vosges. The heaviest
fighting has occurred in the Champagne
section nnd the eGrmans have occupied
Vanqulos after a severe struggle. Sev
eral heavy counter attacks from the
French have been repulsed and the
Germans are now firmly entrenched
and able to hold the enemy throughout
the Champagne section. A series of
heavy attacks by the British near j
Ypres have also been met with sue- |
cess and the enemy compelled to with- ;
draw.
The British attack on Hogue was un
successful and the losses of the at
tacking forces very great. After se
! vere fighting the enemy withdrew
Vienna reports state that the Italians
are unable to make further hendwaj
i in the Tyrol and are engaging in a
continuous bombardment of the Aus
trian positions. Austrian aviators have
have bombarded the city of Verona
doing great damage to public buildings
and to the main railway depot.
The tremendous losses of the Italians
have resulted in a most severe censor
ship of all news relating to the opera
tions of the armies. Thirty Italian
papers have been compelled to sus
pend publication by the government
because of having published lists
showing the great losses suffared by the
military forces.
SUPREME COURT HOLDS
PROHIBITION LAW VALID
A. P. A. Service.
SEATTLE, July 28.—The Supreme
Court handed down a decision yester
day upholding the validity of the so
called prohibition law at present in ef
fect throughout the state. Following
the failure of the attempt to secure the
abolition of the law by the last legls
lature, the liquor Interests were in
strumental In having the Supreme
Court pass upon the validity of the
law with the stated result. The
brewery interests particularly have
been most active In the endeavor to
have the law set aside and have used
up great sums In their efforts to se
cure a resumption of the liquor traffic.
It Is said that the local dealers con
tributed many thousand dollars to the
fund raised to support the repeal cam
paign and money has also been forth
coming from Interests outside the
state. The present decision practically
prevents all further attempt to offset
the law for the present at least.
eight killed in
MINE EXPLOSION
A. P, A. Service.
CHRISTOPHER, 111., July 28— Eight
were killed and fifteen suffered fright
ful burns as a result of a gas explo
sion In the Moderatell mine yesterday
afternoon. Several hundred men were
at work In the mine at the time of the
explosion and that there were not
more Involved In the fatality Is con
sidered miraculous. Several of the in
jured men are In a precarious condi
tion and are not expected to survive.
Thote who attend the musicals and
dancs to bs given by Midnight Rebakah
Lodge, Saturday, July 31, will enjoy a
rare musical treat. Several visitors to
Nome are to take part, and a delight
ful program it assured.
Have You Investigated
the Values in Groceries
we are Offering?
NOW ON DISPLAY
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GERMAN LOSSES HEAVY
IN EASTERN WAR ZONE
I
| A. P. A. Service. j
LONDON, July 28.—Petrograd re-j
ports today assert that the great Gor !
man rush in the east is now bein ;
held in check and while it is admltte i
that the invaders have made som •
! slight advances during the past twcn
| ty-four hours, it is also declare*] tha"
there is not the least danger that th •
j Germans will be able to break throug
j the Russian lines. The official hulletl
[of the Petrograd war office states:
“Although the Germans now hold a
: great line from the gulf of Rigs sweep
ing southward around Warsaw and en
circling the city and thence stretching
away to the southward to the Galician
frontier near Sokal, they have lost fully
five hundred thousand men in this most
ambitious movement yet in spite of
this enormous loss the Russian front
is as yet unbroken.”
RUSSIAN FLEET SINKS
150 TURKISH VESSELS
A. P. A. Servic*.
PETROGRAD, July 28.—An Imperial
ukase Issued today, calls to the colors
nil males throughout the empire born
in the year 1896 and also orders the
mobilization of the entire body of Si
berian rifles. It is stated that the fail
ure to call for the assembling of the
Siberian troops was due to the In
ability of the government to properly
arm and equip the men. This difficulty
has now been overcome and the troops
will be placed in service with all pos
sible dispatch.
An official report from Odessa re
cslved Inat night states that the Rus
sian Black seu fleet during a great raid
on the Turkish harbors of Hamsun and
Riza, sunk over one hundred and fifty
Turkish vessels of all classes includ
ing a number of steamers. The report
states that the destroyer fleet were not
damaged in any way although subject
ed to a heavy fire from the Turkish
forts.
NQTISE.
Mrs. Lee’s dining room is new open
for business opposite Holt's. Mrs. Lee,
properitor, formerly of Heffman House.
6UILLUIE DIES IN THE
HANDS IF FRENZIED MOD
A. P. A. Service.
PORT AU PRINCE, July 28.—Pres
ident Guillame is dead at tho hand
of a frenzied mob that appeared at th
entrance, to the French legation thi
morning and despite the efforts of th
guards forced their way into the build
ing and dragged the president away t
the outskirts of the city where he wa
shot down with little ado. The mob
also murdered General Oscar, the for
mer commander of the government
forces after releasing him following his
capture yesterday. Owing to the pro
testations of the general he was given
his liberty and placed in command of
the rebel forces promptly with the ac
quisition of further power he com
menced to order the death of his for
mer friends, but after ordering the ex
ecution of one hundred and sixty per
sons, including General Orestes Samor
the former president of the republic,
was himself dragged from the Domin
ican legation and killed by the angry
crowd. At a late hour the rioting con
tinues through the city and thousands
of frenzied men are committing depre
dations of every character. The greater
portion of the foreign residents have
taken refuge in the legations which
are now heavily guarded.
RESUME
LABORS
——— 4
A. P. A. Service.
BAYONNE, July 28.—The grea
strike in the Standard Oil reflnerie
appears to be at an end and some flf
teen hundred men returned to their
labors yesterday. According to th>
statements of the officials, the men arc
more than willing to quit and have re
turned to their labors on the strength
of a promise that the increaesd wages
demanded by the barrel workers will
bo submitted to discussion. The ma
jority of the late strikers declare tha*
they were not in sympathy with the
strike but were forced to go out by the
labor leaders. The arrest of the strike
leaders is anticipated.
CONFIDENT BALKANS
WILL REMAIN NEUTRAL
German Frets Service.
BERLIN, via Sayvllle, July 28.—
The Berlin government is confident
that the Balkan states will retain their
neutral attitude throughout the war
period. It is unofficially stated that
Austria has secured the promise of the
governmental leaders of Roumania and
Bulgaria that hostilities will not de
velop. As to the possibility of Greece
becoming Involved, government offi
cials assert that the acknowleged
friendship of the Greek ruler Is suffi
cient guarantee that the nation will not
enter the struggle save as an ally of
the Teutonic alliance. The much her
alded new army of Serbia is being ri
diculed by the Berlin press which as
serts that It is composed of the aged,
the lame and the children of the land.
It Is said that the largest levy consists
of men from sixty to seventy years of
age and the only strong and youthful
portion Is composed of boys of fifteen
and sixteen.
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SIX HUNDRED BURIED
IN CHICAGO TODAY
A. P. A. Service.
CHICAGO. July 28.—Chicago paid a
sorrowful tribute to her dead who met
their fate In the sinking of the steamer
Eastland today hy draping the city in
black and designating the day as
"Black Wednesday.” The funeral rites
were said over the bodies of six hun
dred of the Eastland victims.
SAYS SIX WILL BE
INDICTED ACT EASTLAND
A. P. A. Service.
CHICAGO, July 28.—States Attorney
Hayne announced today that at least
six indictments will be returned by the
grand jury against the various officials
of the company owning the steamer
Eastland.
MEUSJEEK PEACE
A. P. A. Service.
WASHINGTON. July 28.—Report of
a new peace movement in Mexico is
attracting the attention of official cir
cles today and it Is stated that there
Is every reason to believe that a con
certed attempt to stop the present
troubles in the southern republic is de
veloping. Advices received by the
local representatives of the several fac
tions state that the representatives of
the several leaders are consulting their
chiefs In an effort to bring about a
peace parley either with or without
Carranza who it is Intimated steadily
refuses to enter Into any agreement
with the other factions. „