THE NOME DAILY N“GGET
VOLUME XVI. NO. 288. TELEPHONE MAIN „
c w NOME, ALASKA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1916. TELEPHONE MAIN 46. PRI„E 26 CENTe
GIGANTIC ELECTION FRAUD
PLOT IS UNEARTHED
Department of Justice Will Prosecute.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 4.—It Is an
nounced by the attorney general's of
lice that tho department of Justice
will begin immediate pu secutionr. or
tho election fiuuds under tho <mu
••P'racy act.
The revelations on the secret ser
vice officials relative to the groat
election fraud consDiracy has ere •
tited one of the greatest sensations
of iccent years. The press of bo'h
parties Is busy with speculations as
to who has fostered the gigantic deal
end both are equally denunciatory ot
'he promoters regardless of their poli
tical faith.
Reports from the middle west as
sert that grand Juries arc bo'ng
convened in the various sections
where fraud evidences have been
unearthed and It Is expected that
wholesale arrests will bo made as a
result of the disclosures.
Probe Reveals Wide Spread Fraud
Evidences.
WASHINGTON, Nov.| 4.—New
York Pennsylvania, Michigan and
Missouri are now included in the li-;t
of states where prosecutions will re
sult from the gigantic fraud con
spiracy.
Numerous arrests have been made
In connection with tho plot and
t.iero wgill be many hundreds called
to answer charges written the n''xt
few days. All evidences indicate
I bat the conspiracy will be the b g
| Scat pditcal sensation the country
i->s ever experienced. The govern
mAit Is str.'.ulng every effort to ap
pie':end the parties responsible and
disclosures may be made that will ser
ously Influence the coming election.
International News Service.
WASHINGON, Nov. 4.—What is
declared to be the most gigantic
election fraud plot ever known in the
history of the nation has been un
covered In the middle west through
the discovery that numerous negroes
have been arriving at various points
in Ohio, Indiana and Illinois from the
| southern states, ostensibly to secure
work but in reality to take an active
hand In the perpetration of election
frauds. The goverrment secret ser
vice lias been engaged in probing
the reports for some time and lias
discovered ample evidence that a con
spiracy of this nature not only exists
but has ^been developed to more
than sixty thousand negroes have
been transported from the south to
various states in the middle westf
during the past there months.
According to an Informal state
ment from a department of Justice
official today, government agents have
also discovered that the registration
books In the throe states mentioned
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have been liberally padded and that
provisions 'have also been made for
securing fraudulent election returns.
I AUSTRO GERMAN DRIV
ING AT KIMPOLUNG
International News Servioe.
PETROGRAD, Nov. 4.—Reports |
from the Transylvania front today
state that the Austro-Gennan pres- i
sure Is now being cuuceutruled tor
! a gigantic effort to capture Kimp
i
olung forty miles southeast of the
j Rothethrum pass In Roumanian ter
| rltory.
The Germans {iave massed all
available trmoops on this sector wtth
1 the evident object of driving in on the
city, the capture of which will afford
them additional railroad transporta
tion for further operations. The Rus
sian-Roumanian forces defending the
city are offering a heroic resistance
but the Teutons are admitted to have
made some progress toward their ob
jective. Reinforcements are being
hurried to the scene to assist In
stopping the enemy advance.
EASTERN STAR 80CIAL,
All Masons and families are Invited
by the Eastern Star to attend a social
to be given Monday night. November
6, 1916, at 9 p. m.
TO THE TRADE
Our offorts in your behalf have been appreciated, this wc can easily see by the success obtained
! for which wc wish to thank you. And feeling much encouraged over the prospects, wo have come to the
conclusion to inaugurate another up-to-date movement and have adopted conditions and have lowered
our prices to make It possible for you to buy your wlntor’s requirements as cheaply as can bo done In
this northern city.
This year more than any other, you should protect yourself ugalnst possible shortages, which with
out much guessing means "High Prices.” And with this assurance meaning a saving to you of dollars,
we feel satisfied that you should not hesitate a moment In mailing up your order at the earliest possible
date.
Possibly a word relative to prices, servl '0 and quality would not be amiss. Wo can safely say
that our buying organization, the knowledge of '.'•here to buy and our recognition as Jobbers of this oec
tlcn, assures you that we are buying our s'' ck as low. it >.ct lower than any other mer.'uuit In Alasta.
As to service and quality, we can with pride point to the past, the successful way In which we
have served you and the quality of goods that wo have sold to you, which should manifest the same con
fidence that wo have In ourselves. By this we do not wish to convey the Idea that we are Infallible, we
are but human agents, and should an unforeseen error creep In, we are at all times ready to make amends
to your complete satisfaction. The keeping of the goods is the most essential factor to oonslder, there
fore we will store free of charge, In our sanitary roomy, steam-heated and well ventilated warehouses
until needed, all goods bought from us. i
TERMS CONDITIONS AND PRICES may be obtained by calling at either of our two stores, or
we shall bo only too glad to send our representative to your home or office to explain conditions and sub
mlt prices
DO IT NOW:—Otherwise the boats will soon return and depart end you will have overlooked a
splendid opportunity to procure your winter’s needs.
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jpolets Stores
Coffees SFresfi Roasted Daity
ALLIES STRIKING MIGHTIEST
STROKE OF THE WAR
International News Service.
LONDON, Nov. 4.—Reports from
all fronts this afternoon disclose that
terrific fighting Is going on on every
fi»nt with the allies on the offens've
at all points.
Along the Balkan battle lines hun •
dreds of thousandsare leaping forward
la the gigantic death grapple; In Vol
ALLIES EVERYWHERE
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International News Service.
LONDON, New 4.—Report* from
the various theaters of war last
night and early today disclose that
Lie* allies are again conducting a gi
gantic offensive on all fronts.
Reports from the British commander
state briefly that the great drive on
the Somme Is continuing with un
abated fury with the British steadily
forcing their way toward Bapaume.
During the course of Intense lighting
during the night the Canadians suc
eeded in driving the Teutons from a
long series of trench formations In
the Uuldecourt region.
Farther south the French are bat
tering theih way through the Teuton
I defenses neat Sailly and along the
Bapaume.
In Macedonia, the British are con
tinuing their attacks against the
Bulgarians without sessation and have
gained several Important positions
along the Struma front. The French
and Serbians are also strongly ag
gressive and are making steady prog
ress. ,
Reports from Rome declare the
Italians have killed, wounded am.
captured over twenty thousand men
In the great drive • mi
last Wednesday and are inakolng
seaport. Petrograd officials state
steady progress toward the Adriatic
that terrific fighting is going on in
Volhynia and Goliela with results h
yet undetermned.
Wickersham favors the appoint
ment of Alaska Alaskans only. Is that
definite enough?
NEW YORK POLICE CAP
TURE SUBWAY BOMBISTS
International News Ssrvioe.
NEW YORK, Nov. 8.—Six men ar
rested by the police for alleged com
plicity In the attempt to blow up the
110th street subway station on Oc
tober 24 have made a full confession,
after undergoing the third degree, dis
closing that they were not only di
rected connected with the attempt to
destroy, the subway station but wer
also mixed up In a gigantic pot to
destroy an Immense amount of prop- j
erty of the traction companies.
According to the police otfiitols,
the confession reveals amazing plans
for wholesale violence and destruc
tion on the port of the car strikers
The plans Included the destruction of
all subway stations and car barns
and preparations ahd also been
made to blow up long sections of
the down town car lines In order
to prevent the companies from op
eralng. All of the men under ar
rest are official! of tho car men's
union.
Reputation, brains, ability and ax
perianca are potent factors in the
making of a representative, has it
not been proved that Wickersham has
all these qualifications.
MEETING NOTICE.
1 ha Democratic Party will hold a
rally at Eagle Hall, Monday night at
E:30 o’olock. The Nome Bross Band
will furnlah the muaio
liynla and Ualaclu anod alnog '.he
Sara anod Slavs are flinging their
weight against the Teuton defenses
and the Somme and Verdun sectors
are living lines of flame from thou
sands of belching guns. Everywhere
the allies are exerting the maximum
if their powers In a mighty effort
to save the Roumanians from be- j
Ing overwhelmed by the German
flood that Is sweeping southward
fioin Transylvania toward the hear’
of the Roumanian terri'A*-.
Reports from every source show
that the allies are striking the meigh
lest International stroke of arms since
the war began In an effort to divert
the Teuton attack from overwhelm 1
the Roumanians In a wave of death
and destruction, greater than that
which swallowed hapless Serbia. Al
most too late, the allied leaders hav
recognized that the Teutons have
packed an overwhelming force along
the Roumanian battle lines with in
tention of crushing the Roumanians at
one fell swoop. And every possible
effort Is being made to draw the
Teutons from their Intended prey.
Vet, with al the gigantic efforts that
are being put forth, tlie war office
announcement admits that the only
that the only extensive gains record
ed for the allies have been made l>y
the Italians who are apparently eru
ing tho Austrians to pieces in tho
gienl drive on Trieste. Military erltlss
declare that the Teutons canot stand
tho present pace for long and will
bo compelled to suspend their Rou
manian operations to meet the gn.it
concerted attack menacing their lln j
both east and west.
What is the use of misrepresenting
facts?. You cannot fool the Alaska
public, the past has demonstrated that
the return of Wickersham at every
election was due to the intelligence
and forethought of the thinking pub
lie
SIR EARNEST SHACKELTON
ARRIVES IN U. 8
International News Servito.
NEW iiKLFANS, Nov. 4.— dir
Earnest sitae; i non, tho noted English
Antarctic explorer, arrived hi ro to
day en route to England.
GREECE IN THROES
OF CIVIL WAR
I International Nam* Service.
LONDON, Nov. 4.—After ^nonths
| of dissension over the war question,
during which the country has ben
preserved from open revolt only by
the almost super human efforts of
flames of rebellious have finally brok
ne out, today, bloody war is raging in
Gieece and threatening to engulf the
hapless nation in a mighty wave of
civil strife.
Dispatches from Athens bearing
tho official Imprimatur today an
nounce that civil war has broken
out beyond ull control In Central
Greece and heavy fighting is going
on between the loyalists and tho
followers of Venizelos In Thessaly.
The reports that a great battle
has taken place between the royal
ist forces and formidable army
of Venlzelostas In which the rebels
have decisively beaten the loyalist
troops In the vicinity of Katorina
The rebel army is declared to have j
captured the town of Katorina In a
bloody battle In which the king's
troops were severely worsted and
driven from the field. The Vent- 1
zelostats army Is now marching on
Larissa the most Important rail
road center of Greece, with every
probability of capturing that place,
I’lu reports say that King Ceostan
| line la apurcntly helpless to quell the
| rebellion us tin- greater part of the
,.miy is In sympathyk with revolt!
I tlonlsts and such portions as are
totally unable to meet the Venlzelos
forces, which aro composed of w ■
armed and equipped veterans, many
of whom have seen service in the
Turkish war.
Rebels Sweeping Aside All Opposition
ATHENS, Nov. 4.—Reports from
Thessaly indicate that the Venlzelo
stas army is pressing rapidly on to
ward Larissa, taking possession of
numerous small towns In Its progt ss.
The spirit of revolt la also showing
itself in other parts ol the Greek
territory and the rebel army Is be
ing steadily augmented by the rn
Ustment of disaffected Greeks.
The Venizelostas are practically all
trained troops and represent a fight
ing force of largo dimensions. So
far the capital Is quiet but signs an
not wanting that the civil war is liabt
to break out here at any moment
The whereabouts of King Constan
tlno Is carefully concealed but rhu
mlnlstray Is still doing Its best todowi
the wave of strike that is rising
rapidly In the north.
MANY LIVES LOST IN
6REAT SEA DISASTER
International Now* Service.
BONBON, Nov. 4.—Meager .‘re
ports reaching the admiralty bring
news of a great sea disaster, in which
moro than three hundred people have
lost their lives, occurlng in the Irish
sea a few miles off the Welsh coast
this morning.
The vessel Involved were Irish liner
Connemara and the British steam
ship Retrievei jand the fatality is re
ported due to a collision In which
the Connemara was struck and cut
almost completely In two by tho
sharp bow of the heavy cargo ship
The ill-fated vessel Is said to has'e
gone down with practically tho entire
list of passengers and crew.
Wireless calls for help resulted In
i W :
the immediate dispatch of a number
of torpedo destroyers and these are
now on the scene,
Owing to the large number of pee
pie aboard the stricken liner ‘be
greatest anxiety prevails and fur'hei
details are being' sought by hundreds
of Importunate friends and relatives
Retriever Also Sunk.
LONDON.Nov. 4.—Late reports
relative the Irish sea disaster state
that the steamer Retriever was also
seriously damaged by the collision
and that 9he sank In a few minutes
Ycu should resent the interfe-ense
of hyphenated Alaekans in our poll*
tics; etand with Wickersham in thie
matter.