U. S. WILL BUILD BIG AIR FLEET
THE NOME DAILY NUGGET
VOLUME XVIII. NO. 294. TBLEPnONE MAIN 4« NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, JULY 16, 1917. TELEPHONE MAIN 4«. PRICE 25 CENTS
TEUTONS RUSH ALL AVAILABLE TROOPS EAST
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GERMANS RUSHING TROOPS TO
STOP SLAV ENCROACHMENTS
By Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, July 1^1—Official
dispatches from Petrograd to the
Russian embassy today say that the
whole Russian front from the Gulf of
Riga lo the southern borders of Rou
mania is alive with battle prepara
tions. The Germans are reported
rushing troops from every section of
the French and Italian fronts to
check the great Russian offensive
which is fast breaking down all of
the Teutonic barriers.
An entire rearrangement of the
Oermnn positions is now going on in
the vicinity of Itlga anti Punaberg.
Oermnn reinforcements are also re
ported hastening lo the Lemberg
front in vast numbers to avert if
possible tile capture of that city by
ii -tiro ft.! .-; s '.v:i ih me dally dri*
ing their lines close around the town.
A rtew development of the eastern
fighting is the employment of great
numbers fif autos behind the Herman
linos to move troops to threatened
points along the battle front. The
Teuton troops are being shifted hark
and forth by the automobiles In an
attempt to prevent the Russians
from making further advances along
several sections of the Galician front.
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PREDICTS PASSS6E
HUGE AEROPLANE
APPROPRIATION
By Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, July J6.—That the
United States will soon commence
the construction of a gigantic aero
plane fleet that will give the allies
such dnin'inance of the air that the '
Germans will lie completely over
whelmed in their mil'itary operations
owing to the inability to spot the
movements of the enemy is the In
ference contained in a statement
given to the press today by Senator
Chamberlain, chairman of the senate
committee on military affairs.
The senator said that In Clew of
the immense, importance of the aero
plane branch of military operations
he had no hesitation in predicting
that before the first of August con
gress would pass a bill appropriating
1 not less than six hundred and forty
million dollars for the construction
of aeroplanes for use in Europe and
in the defense of the sea coast of the
t'nited States. .V bill calling for an
appropriation of six hundred and
forty millions for airplane constru
tion was passed by the hones of rep
resentatives Saturday.
EXTRADITION OF
COCCHI REFUSED
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HOME, July .14—In answer to the
request of the American government
for ttie extradition of Alfred Coc
ehi, the alleged mudrerer of Ituth
Kruger, an American girl whose body
was found buried in a cellar by the
New York police last month, the Ital
ian government has announced that,
wrfing to the circumstantial nature of
the evidence against Coechi, the ex
tradition request cannot be granted
without violating a fundamental ruel
of the country and will, therefore, be
refused unless evidence of a mote
concrete nature is produed. The Uni
ted States has charged that flocchl is
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not only (he slayer of Ruth Kruger
hut was also the head of an organ
ized gang of white slavers, many of
whom have grown wealthy as a re
sult of enslaving thousands af young
girls. Cocchl and his associates
are believed by the New York auth
orities have been responsil le for the
disappearance of a large number of
girls, many of whom are suppose 1 to
have been murdered and their bodies
disposed of in the same manner as
that of Ruth Kruger.
We are using Moonlight water In the
u<ite Bath House.
GERMANS CONCENTRATE
ON PLANE CONSTRUCTION
By Associated Press. i
LUSANNE,'Switzerland, July lfi-|
German newspapers reaching here
, state that the German government 1h
concentrating its attention on aero
plnne construclon and 'is contemplat
ing the development of an Immense
aeroplnne fleet to offset the Immense
preponderance of air forces of the
French and British.
The papers say that thousands of
workmen hnve been shifted from the
plants devoted to the construction of
Zeppelins to the many aeroplane fac
tories, numbers of which are of ret
cent construction.
The statement is made that num
bers of the famous Zeppelins are be
ing built at Frederlckshnven hut tho
principal activities of the govern
ment arc now devoted to the t>on
structlon of the more serviceable air
planes.
Every energy of the empire wiU be
turned to the task of regaining the
mastery of the air which was lost to
the British soon after the commence
ment of the Somme campaign last
year.
PRUSSIAN WAR
MINISTER RESIGNS
By Associated Press.
RERUN, July 14.—General von
Stein Prussian minister o' war and
one of tlie ablest military men of Ger
many, lias tendered liis resignation
to tlie government And will retire into
I private life.
Tlie resignation of tli* war minister
I is reported directly dua *o the pr< »
lent friction over (tie franchise ques
tion and' is believed to presage tlie
resignation of other military officials
who are not in sympathy with tint
policies of the chancellor.
The military party is strongly op
posed to the administration of Beth
mann-Holhveg and is receiving
strong support from tlie crown prince
i and his supporters.
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SUFFRAGETTES AGAIN
RAISE TROUBLE
By Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, July 14.—Sixteen
suffragettes attempted to stage a
picketing demonstration at the gates
of the White House today and were
promptly arrested by the police and
charged with a disl urbnnec of the
peace.
Tlie demonstration was made on
the . anniversary of the fall of the
Bastile and was staged with the evi
dent intention of making the day a
background for another militant dis
play.
The police were I tie recipients of
many hisses ns well as cheers from
the crowd of several hundred per
sons who gathered while the bunch
of ladies were awaiting the arrival
of the police autos.
The militants will probably re
ceive tiie punishment meted out to
their sisters who were engaged in the
previous attempts to pull off picket
ing demonstrations before the presi
dential mansion.
SECRETARY OF WAR ASKS
MILLION FOR ALASKA R. R.
By Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, July 14—Secretary
of War Baker has asked congress to
appropriate the sum of one million
dollars immediately to close the gap
at present existing in the line of the
government railroad from the Mat -
tnnuska coal fields to the town of Sew
ard, Alaska.
The request of the secretary of war
is animated by the desire u# the gov
ernment to have the railroad line
completed between Anchorage and
Seward before winter in order to
make the Matanuska coal available
at any time of the year. At the pres
ent time coal cannot be obtained for
a considerable period owing to the
freezing over of the upper reaches of
Cook inlet during the winter months.
NEWS NOTES.
Territorial Attorney General Geo.
ft. Grigsby will be u passenger to the
the outside on the Victoria ett route
to Juneau.
Mail for Taylor creek and way
points will leave tomorrow morning
at nine. The mail for Solomon and
Council will close at the postoffice at
ten in the morning.
The schooner Arctic will leave for
Point Mope at seven th'is evening with
a large quantity of supplies and a
number of1 (passengers. The vessel
will go to the point by the direct
route and will make no slops at the
various way ports.
The supreme court of the United
States has rendered a decision in the
case of the United States vs. Mason
and Hanson, which attracted wide
attention 'in the city during the
month of Apri.l 1916. The supreme
court decision sustains the ruling of
the district court with respect to the
refusal of the defendants, Charles
Mason and A! Hanson to answer the
questions asked them at the trial of
the famous gambling cases Jast year
and the defendants are thereby com
pelled to pay the fines Imposed at
that time. The amount assessed
against each man was one hundred
dollars. The mandate of the supreme
court wtts entered here Saturday anil
it is understood that the defendants
have paid the fine.
GREAT LUMBER
STRIKE THREATENS
GRAY’S HARBOR
By Associated Press.
AliKltDKKN, JtiJy It.—What ap |
pears to he the beginning of a great
lumber strike which will involve
practically every lumber camp and
inUI in this section is developing here
today and there is every prospect '
that tomorrow will witness the clos- !
Ing down of the lumbering industry ■
for an indefinite time unless some- •
thing unforeseen occurs itt the Inter
lying interval.
Walkouts alleged to have been en !
gineered by the I. W. W. are respon ^
slide for the present developments \
Owing to the refusal of Hie lumhei I
men to grant the eight hour day de
manded by the I. W. W. supporters,
most of the logg'ing camps through
out the district have been closed
down as a result of walkouts and
it is expected tlmt the strikers will
be jointed by the employers of the
mills and camps which are still
working, some time Monday.
This afternoon a committee of ten
timber workers called a strike
throughout the district and only a
settlement by the employers can
avert a tieup that will Involve more
than seven thousand men engaged in
the lumber industry
PEARL WHITE TONIGHT.
Tonight the Dream will present
pretty Pearl White, in the famous
ohl Me.lo-drama Hazel Kirk. Pro
duced by Pathe in five acts, this
feature will offer finite a change to
the regular run of dramas. The
si fry is extreme v interesting and the
semes about the old mill, cuerfully
portrayed.
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KAISER APPOINTS
NEW CHANCELLOR
By Associated Press.
HKRIJN, July lfi Dr. George
Michaels the newly appointed chan
cellor of the German empire, deliv
ered his maiden speech in the relch
stag tliis morning. As the new chan
cellor is scarcely In thorough touch
with the affairs of his high office he
made no attempt to outline tho pol
icies which will govern his admln
ist ration.
The remarks of the chancellor in
dicated that (lie question of govern
ment policies is still far from being
settled and much will apparently de
pend on the attitude of the mil'itar
istji.
The new government leader said
that llindrnhrrg and l.tnfendorff are
continuing their conferences with the
party leaders in an endeavor to ar
rive at a mutual understanding of
the various questions confronting Hie
government. Michael said he was
participating 'in these conference and
| hoped for a great many developments
| therefrout.
DRAFT DRAWINGS
STILL DELAYED
3y Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, July 16.—On the
liasis of adv’iees received from the
various stales whore the organiza
tion of army draft- exemption boards
has not been completed the war de
partment officials issued a statement
this morning intimating that the
drawing for the army selective draft
will hardly he held before next Sat
urady at the earliest.
Fifteen of the states in which |
drawings are to he held are not ready
iw*ing to various -delays.
The department has abandoned the
llrst Intention to carry on the draw
ings as fast as the states were or
ganized as it has* been found advis
able to wait until everything is ready
before commencing the actual work
of drafting.
Special sale this week. Odds and
ends boy's suits, pants, all kinds, just
half price children’s wash suits and
rompers reduced. Miss Oeatrich’s
Store.
WILL INSPECT
GOV’T R. R.
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By Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, July If?.—Herbert
A. Meyer, assistant secretary of the
interior anil a man high in the con
fidence of the government leaves here
early in the week on a tour of In
spection of the government railroad
in Alaska.
Mr. Meyci expects to lie gone sev
eral weeks and will go over the rail
road line with Hie view of acqqulant
ling ,1 he department with many of
the obscure details of the work of
doubling the new government rail
road . ...
li is generally Indicated that the
government is preparing to take a
some what increased interest In the
construction of the road owing to the
desire lo completely open the great
sources nf coal supply at Mafanus
ka lo Hie uses of Hie navy which is
tlin atcni-d with a possible shortage
in fuel supply.
Secretary Meyers will lie accom
panied on his trip by A. P. Shep
ard, of San FrancAsco, and R. F.
Austin assistant in the office of the
secretary of Hie interior. Mr. Shop
aid is a railroad man of wide ex
perience and will probably furnish
the expert railroad knowledge e
i|Hired by tbe secretary.
The primary object of i.ie trip is
stated to lie a ouini ele Investiga
tion III' I lie Alaska CliX Situation
N. W. BALL
LEAGUE DISBANDS ,
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By Associated Press.
SEATTLE, July HI The North- ‘
western Baseball League disbanded
yesterday until such time as the Eu
ropean war shall have been termin
nted Although there is an obvious
falling off in the public Interest in
baseball since the entry of tho I ni- -
ted Slates inlo the conflict 'in Lu- *
rope, tin1 baseball magnate? asseit
)
| that they could keep tlie league going
without toss but have decided to dis 0
band largely as a patriotic duty \
The pennant for the present season
was awarded to the Great Falls,
Mont., dull which headed tho list.
GERMAN CHANCELLOR ,
FINALLY RESIGNS
By Associatad Press.
RERUN, July It The exliemo
pressure of the crown prince and the
militarists party together with other
in'imical interests against Chancellor
Rothmnnn-Hollwog has finally re
sulted in his long discussed resigna
tion becoming a reality today.
Tho resignation of Hollweg was
publicly announced following a con
ference with the emperor, who is
said to have expressed his deep re
gret at Hollweg political severance
of tho government.
The former’s premier's successor
has not been definitely chosen. The
resignation of Rethmann-Hollweg is
I ho culmination of the long and hit
ter fight which has been carried on
against him by the militarist party
which has frequently denounced him
as displaying a too paciflcitlc dis
position in his policies to conduct a
proper administration of Germany's
war policies.
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