THE NOME DAILY NUGGET
VOLUME XV. NO. 293. * TELEPHONE MAIN 4i NOME. ALASKA. TELEPHONE MAIN 46. * PRICE 25 CEN*,
SUCCESSES OF ALL!
BRITAIN WILL
INCREASE FORCES
by half million
A. P. A. Service.
LONDON. Oct. 2.—Britain will in
crease the present military force in
France by the addition of over a half
million men within the next few days,
according to announcements made this
afternoon. This will bring the total
Mrltlsh force up to one and a half
millions.
In view of tile great losses now be
ing sustained in the great drive in
northern France it is expected that the
long anticipated conscription order
will soon become a reality. Constant
rumors that the military leaders are
making final preparations to that end
are in circulation in the capital but
no official confirmation can be found.
HUGE MINE EXPLOSION SIGNAL
FOR ALLIED ADVANCE
A. P. A. Service.
F’AKIS, Oct. 2.—According to the
story told by an eye witness, who
was himself wounded in the following
action, the Franco-Brltlah offensive
v>0 Inaugurated with a spectacular
blowing up of over two miles of the
German trenches In the vicinity of
Souchez.
The witness states that the French
forces had prepared n string of seven
mines, each eortnining several hun i
pounds of the most powerful explosive,
md which were planted Immediately
in front of tile German trenches be
'ween An.-' a and yeuvllle St. Vase*.
Vt a given signal they were blown
11> and amid a terrific roar, heard for
}ft> miles along the battle front, the
French troops sprang from behind
i heir defenses arid hole down upon the
Germans with a rush that swept them
from their trenches In droves.
BANK TELLER
SHORT TWENTY
THOUSAND
A. P. A. Service.
WALLA WALLA. Oct. 1.—Elmer
Holman, teller of the Farmers Savings
hank of this city was arrested by
private detectives on a warrant charg
ing him with the theft of over twenty
thousand dollars which are missing
from the institution in which he was
employed. Holman has so far refused
to discuss the shortage but it is
claimed that the bank officials have
knowledge that Holman has been in
vesting large sums of money in addi
tion to being a frequent visitor at
houses where cards games for big
stakes were a regular institution.
CHOLERA RAMPART
IN GALICIA
A. P. A. Servios.
LONDON, Oct. 2.—Petrograd dis
patches assert that cholera is raging
among both the Austrian and Russian
troops in Qalieia and a great epidemic
is threatened. There are over three
hundred cases in the Russian field
“'■itals and an equal number have
expired within the past week.
MM WIIIS
h. l cnnnoKHr
A. P. A. Service.
BOSTON, Oct. V—In one of the
[ greatest games of baseball ever seen
j in the country Philadelphia wrested
away the championship of the National
League from the Boston club by a
score of five to nothing. The feature ,
of the game was the pitching of Alex- I
ander who held his opponents down to
one hit and no runs. Philadelphia
played an almost faultless game and
gave an exhibition of team work seldom
seen. The game was attended by one
of the largest crowds ever gathered
here.
BULGARIANS REPORTED
INVADINC SERBIA
A. P. A. Service.
TURIN, Oct. a.—Reports from Athens
last night state that the expected Bul
garian invasion of Serbia has commenc
erl. The Bulgarian forces are said to
have entered tho Serbian territory at
three points along the eastern boun
dary with the evident intention of
making Nish the first objective. The
Rulgars are also said to bo Intrench
ing all along tho Serblnn frontier.
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FRENCH CONTINUE PROGRESS
IN ARTOIS DISTRICT
I
| A. P. A. Service.
PARIS, Oct. 2.—In a great battle In
j the Artois district, along the lower
j Flanders front the French forces have
| achieved a signal victory over the
! German invaders and have forced them
| from a long line of defenses. The
I French attacks were carried on largely
I by means of hand grenade assaults,
thousands of the. missiles being hurled
into the German trenches much to the
surprise of the defenders who evacu
ated after a very short defense.
Announcement to this effect was
made by the war office this afternoon.
The communique also stated that the
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German counter attacks near Malzons,
which have been conducted with con
siderable vigor ha\e been completely
checked ns were also the German al
tacks in the vlclnty of Desohampagne
The Germans commenced a violent
bombardment of the French trenches
near Soupie, north of the Alnse, this
morning hut made no infantry attacks
Although the first violence of the
French attacks has been spent the
army continues to make gains although
I he progress is low. The weight of
the French attack Is centering In the
Champagne section and the fighting Is
particularly heavy along that front.
FRANCE AND
BRITAIN WILL
DEFEND SERBIA
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A. P. A. Service.
PARIS, Oct. 2.—"Re Temps" an
nounced today that France and Bri
tain have already taken military meus
urea to defend both Serblu and Greets- j
against the Bulgarians The paper de
clares that troops of the allied nit j
tions are already on their way to !
Greece and Cettinje while several I
thousand seasoned troops from the j
I>ardanelle war zone have already |
been landed at some point near the ;
gulf of Salonika in readinesa to march |
! into tile Bulgarian territory at the first |
; sign of hostility on the part of the '
Bulgars.
SUBMARINE WAR
NEARLYJTOPPED
A. P. A. Service.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2.—The British
government has officially announced
the destruction of sixty German sub
marine vessels within a period of two
months and has notified this govern
ment that it believes that the under
sea warfare has been practically stop
ped. The communication states that
no vessels have been sunk In Atlantic
or North Sea waters for nearly a fort
night and none of the marudlng vessels
have been sighted for many days.
GOVERNMENT TAKES CHARGE
OF ALASKAN NORTHERN
A. P. A. Service.
SEATTLE, Oct. 2.—Acting under
instructions from Secretary I.ane, E.
A. Fitz Henry, surveyor general of the
state of Washington, has officially
taken over the affairs of the Alaska
Northern railway.
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SALONIKA REPORTS
BULGARS ACTIVE
A. P. A. Service.
SALONIKA. Oct. 2. Reports reach
ing here from the Bulgarian capital
Indicate that the offensive against the
Serbs Is either under way or about to
commence Private dispatches say that
the military forces are lined along the
border awaiting the signal to start the
campaign and Immense army activities
are npperent throughout the western
lions of the kingdom
TERRIFIC FRENCH
OFFENSIVE CttVHE
A. P. A. Service.
LONDON, Oct. 2.—Continental re
ports today state that the French of
fensive in the Champagne section con
tinues witli unabated vigor and the
fighting is the heaviest yet seen on
the western front. The objective
of the present movement is the
Grand Pra railway and the French
onslaught is centering along that line
In an endeavor to sever the German
communication:-.
KINO GEORGE WIRES
CONGRATULATIONS
A. P. A. Service.
PARIS, Oct. 2.- A cable from Eng
land to President Polncairo today con
tains the congratulations of the En
glish ruler, King George, for "The
great successes attending tho com
mencement of our common offensive."
President Polncairo replied, congratu
lating the English monarch on the |
splendid showing made by the Brit- I
isli troops during the terrific fighting j
along the Flanders front. The tone I
of ihc messages exchanged indicates |
that tlie great offensive is only just !
starting.
FOUR HUNDRED MILLION
SUBSCRIBED TO LOAN
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NEW YORK, Oct. 2.—It was an
nounced today by tho commission that
tho present subscriptions to the Franco
British war loan liavo reached a total
of four hundred million dollars.
The Nuggex will print vour station
ery at reasonable price" on short
notice.
Under the auspices of the
Kegoayah Kozga
AT THE DREAM THEATER
Sunday, October 3rd at 2:30 p. m. and
3:30 p. m.
Will be shown a series of beautiful
ly colored pictures illustrating the
grounds and buildings of the
PANAMA PACIFIC-INTERNATION
AL EXPOSITION.
These are the official views issued
and approved by the exposition au
thorities.
MRS. J. DENNIS ARNOLD
Will give a short informal tall, de
scriptive of the views.
ADMISSION 25c.
One-half of tho proceeds of this en
tertainment will bo donated to the in
digent fund of Nome
THREE HUNDRED
THOUSAND TOTAL
WESTERN LOSSES
A. P. A. Service.
LONDON, Oct. 2. Three hundred
thousand men is the total estimated
loss to both sides In the fighting at
tending the great allied smash against
tie* German lines along the western
front, which Is now on its seventh
d ... The carnage Is fearful on both
■<ides and the troops are fighting amid
illocks of dead
Tens of thousand of dead bodies are
scattered along the many miles of firing
e and In several sections the dead
ml wounded lie piled In heap?. !
reports. Including the German, i ! , :e
lint l he Franco-British adva.hr> is
containing with the struggle j.'ei.r.t
steadily more fierce. Dlspsi ; ■«
• l oin the British commander sty:
one hundred and twenty-five hie
man guns, including several or s
famous howitzers, have been trl. -i w
the British forces during the w - f •(
fighting together with vast qua
of war supplies
SOUTHER,1 STORM LOSS
OVER FIVE MILLION
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•MEMPHIS, Oct. —Eighty nine are
■ Hud and at least live hundred are
Injured as a result of the tVeat Indian
hurrhant which swept down on the
e»n t-:il i- uli • n:t i according lo reports
I'm is fit here today
The damage will reach over five
million six hundred thousand accord- I
ing to tile estimates. It Is stater ;.ur
almost without exception evej„. ' -.a
village and hamlet along the Cn "
suffered extensive damage ftoin cbe
rale which In many Instance^ . ; *J
i.Hidings to the earth and burial vo ir
occupants in the debris. Tin ' , v.-r
poition of the killed and Injure! are
negroes
STORM LOSSES OF TWO
STATES 12
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. !!.—A compro- i
hensive estimate of the storm losses '
in Louisiana and Mississippi places
the total damage at twelve million
dollars. The known dead and missing
number live hundred and fifty r.n to
date with several sections not ynt
heart; from. The tropical hurricane
was Mie worst ever known ir. this
wo* ion.
KUROPATKIN
RECEIVES
RECOGNITION
A. P. A. Service.
PETROORAD. ')«•(. 2.—By an im
perial order Issued today General
Alexei Kuropatkin who was placed in
retirement following the Japanese war.
has been raised to the pre-eminent
position id chief of the Russian gen
eral staff corps. Tlie masterly strate
getical ability of Kuropatkin display
ed during the Japanese war has caused
him to he classes among the greatest
of the world’s military tacticians
SENATOR STONE
0EPL00ES LOAN
A. P. A. Sorvico.
ST. LOUIS, Oct. LV Senator Stone
in a public statement today, deplores
the moral effect of the French and
British war loan saying that It will
have a great tendency to make the
bondholders partizans of the allies.
Stone declared that this effect would
lie in every degree deplortble.
PROMINENT WASHINGTON
MAN IS DEAD
SEATTLE, Oct. 2.—F. C. McDonald,
who was the private secretary of the
late Governors Ferry and McGraw and
who was nt one time himself attorney
general of the state, died here last
night.
KANSAS CITY GETS CONVENTION
A. P. A. Service.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2.—The next
convention of the G. A. R. will bo held
at Kansas City according to the de
cision of the convention here today.
The Daily Nugget, $2.00 per month.
SAYS WILSON
WILL NOT BE
DROPPED
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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. Oct. 2.— During
the course of an address last eight
Speaker champ Clark said that i he
people of the United States havi U>
solute confidence in President At •!.« >n
ind he will undoubtedly be returned tn
the coming election Clark di '■hired
that the president’s record allowed
cicarly that it was only throng! the
I most careful consideration and fore
sight that the country had been pre
! served from being involved ir. rhe
■ hiropean struggle and it was not
likely that the people would drop the
guiding spirit overboard in mid mean
while the storm continues to whip the
•.vntf-rs in fury.
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WORLD SERIES
GREAT ATTRAC DON
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PHILADELPHIA. Oct. 1.—The seat
ing capacity of the grounds on Which
the final games of the world series
will be played is being increased by
the additon of twenty thousand seats
This was required because it la already
disclosed that the attendance will
reach far above anything ever held
here. Seats are selling at from m*
to five dollars.
SERBIA MAKES OFFER
TO GREECE
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ROME. Oct. 2.—Advices from Athens
stating that Serbia has offered Oroe.-e
the districts of Guivegeleloll and Dor
ian in Macedonia in exchange for par
ticipation In an expedition of the aides
agn^st Pulgarla.
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