THE NOME DAILY NUGGET
VOLUME XVI. NO. 269. TELEPHONE MAIN 46 NOME, ALASKA. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1916. TELEPHONE MAIN 46. PRIwE25CEN1
SOMME ARTILLERY ROARS
THROUGHOUT NIGHT
International News Service.
PARIS, Oct. 13.—The ofllciul state
ment of the war office this morn
ing says that n fierce artillery action
was fought through the entire night
along the Somme front.
The great gun battle was partici
pated in by the English as well as the
French batteries and the entire Som
me sector was ablaze with bursting
shells from darkness to dawn.
The Teutons replied with vigor
throughout the engagement, indicat
ing that their artillery supplies are
again up to the standard as a result
of the brief lull in the fighting during
the past day or two.
So infantry actions are recorded in
'.he Somme district but bombing par
I •; end trench raiders operated with
good effect along the western Verdun
fro: t.
T ie tierce artillery battle occurring
in the Woe vie district yesterday has
simmered down to the usual intermit
tent bombardment without either side
attempting an infantry advance.
The great artillery action on the
j Somme indicates the commencement
of another great surge on the part of
the French and British troops which
Is generally expected will place them
in control of the Peronne-Bnpnume
j highway and possibly Peronno.
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ALLIES AGAIN CLAIM
RIGHT TO SEIZE MAILS
International Hews Service.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 14.—In re
sponse to the demand of President
'Vllson that the allies jhall discon
tinue the seizure and detention of
mall matter passing between the Uni
ted States and neutral European na
tions, the French and British have re
turned the answer that such seizures
and detentions are fully justified in as
much as the malls are being' made
the means of furnishing supplies and
support to an enemy nation.
This Was the official intimation given
out this morning following the re
ceipt, of the French and British an
swers to the American complaint for
warded by the state department some
weeks ago.
The British and French replies were
presented to the state department by
the allied embassies this morning, the
two notes arriving each within a few
minutes of the other.
So details of the allied messages
have been given out but it Is under
stood that the notes are identical and
contend that the allies have the full
right of seizure under the present con
ditions and circumstances.
According to such information as is
obtainable, the allies defer to the
United States in but one particular.
This is confined to the promise that
the allies will refrain from delaying
mail and that all shipments will be
expedited as much as possible here
after.
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A WHOLE CAR OF FANCY JONATHAN APPLES
Hand picked, packed and shipped from orchard
to consumer thereby elimating Seattle commission
house profit.
Do not miss this opportunity to immediately
purchase your winter requirements, j
If you cannot take care of your own apples we
will store them for you free of charge.
PRIGES VERY LOW IN SINGLE GASES, LESS
IN LARGER QUANTITIES.
SPECIAL TO MERCHANTS
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GERMAN SOCIALIST
LEADER TALKS
ON PEACE
* ntc t national News Service.
BERLIN, Oct. 13.—What is generally
conceded to be one o fthe broadest
and plainest discussions of the issues
of the war was offered today in the
reichstag by Herr Angust, the social
ist leader.
August commenced bis address with
ilie declaration that peace was the
great desire ol all of the nations in
. olved in the tremendous struggle but
'hat the chances for an early termin
. lion of the war are very poor at
jnesent. The folly of the tremendous
wastes, the fearful losses and the
o erwhelmirg destruction that is be
ing perpetuated by a continuation of
the struggle is apparent to each and
every one of the belligerents, he de
| dared. Germany, he declared, was
I willing to lay down the sword at any
time providing that she was given
such terms as are compatible with
j the national honor. The allies, how
i ever, are not willing to grant Germany
; rights that are plainly hers and will
I not concede that she Is entitled to
j consideration as a people and a na
tion. There will be no great changes in
I the map of Europe, regardless of how
I long the struggle endures, the speak
i cr declared. "What is Frances’ wilt'
j stay French, what is Belgium's will
| stay Belgian and what is Germany's
will stay German," he said and not all
the present hate and bitterness or the
tremendous efforts that are being
made will alter the present political
status in more than a trifling degree.
The speaker declared that Germany
must be prepared to continue the
. wr. • £':•
i struggle as then- is practically no
| hope that peace may be accomplished
| except by the sword since I’remier
I Brinndc and Lloyd George, the two
men. w^o are dominating the allies,
! continue to talk war to the bitter end.
Herr August was vociferously cheered
jnt the conclusion of his effort.
‘ LATE NEWS BULLETIN.
Strange Submarine Reported Off New
York.
BOSTON, Oct. 13. Till- steamer
oBvie, arriving- here today, reported
haying -sighted n- submarine about'two
j hundred miles east of New York. Fte
| ports fji'om the New York navy yard
j say that no American submarines are
j in the designated locality.
, American Destroyer Starts Search for
submarine
NEWPORT, Oct. 13. Tin Ameri
can destroyer Cummins has started in
scare! of submarines reported by the
{jto.iyiKu Bovic, which arrived at Bos
ton this morning on orders from the
navy department.
Berlin Declares Allies Repulsed.
BERLIN, Oct. 13. An attempt oi
tin- J-'-ri'iich and British to break
through the German lines on the
.^omroe-.sfront today met with com
plete failure, according to the reports
ol the general staff. The German
lines are now considered impregnn -
ble and no further advances In the
enemy are expected.
Chicago Police Chief Faces Grave
. »-. Charges.
- CHICAGO; Oct. 13.—A representa
tive of the state attorney's office ap
peared in the municipal court today
and 4-iked for a warrant for tin ar
rest of Chief of Police Henry, the com
plaint being based on charges ol' in
eompetenc-y and malfeasance in office.
No Odds on Election.
SEATTLE, Oct. 13.—Ft is practical
ly impossible to obtain odds on tin
forthcoming election as bettors.arc ap
parently convinced that there is little
choice between the opposing candi
dates. One bet made in New York
six .. weeks ago was at odds of five
thousand to four in favor of Hughes.
Aside from this no large bets at odds
have been recorded.
ADRIATIC BRAVES
SUBMARINE ATTACKS
' NEW YORK, Oof. 12.—The White
Star line)-, Adriatic,'queen of the allied
mun'iions fleet, sailed r-ini this port
ted-j, in defiance of the prospect of
submarine attacks.
Aboard the big liner was eighteen
thousand tons of ammuutlon destined
for -England and also a considerable
number of passengers.
The commander of the big steamer
laughed when friends cautioned him
to beware of submarines en route.
From intimations given out by of
ficials of the WFiltc Star line, it Is
understood that the Jinor will be met
at the three mile limit by British
warships which will escort her to sea
and possibly to England.
mis STEW
MCme OK TRIESIE
ROME, Oct. 13.—General Staff re
ports declare the Italian advance on
Trieste continues steadily and the
vanguard of the'ltallan forces is stead
ily approaching the great Austrian
seaport.
The Austrians are offering stubborn
resistance and are greatly aided by a
complicated system of defenses con
structed along the higher elevations
in such manner that their reduction
Is necessnry before the interlying val
leys can be passed by the Italians.
The fighting In the Tyrol sections is
abating owing to the colder weather
and both sides arc making preparn
tlons for the coming of winter, |
I
S. S. KINGSTON NOT SUNK.
NEWPORT, Oct. 12.—The govern
ment '_d6s troy 61s engaged' US,1 search
ing for the survivors of the steamship,
Kingston, which was supposed to have
been sunk by the German submarine,
together with five other steamships
following the departure of the U-53
from Newport Sunday, returned this
evening and report that they have
abandoned the search. It iH now
thought that the message stating that
the Kingston was among the vessels
sent to the bottom by the U boats
was a mistake. Among the survivors
of the sunken steamships there is no
member of the crew of any vessel
named Kingston und as far as can be
ascertained there was no vessel named
the Khitrston in the vicinity at the
time of the attack. Naval officials
j.rv convinced that only five vessels
instead of six, were sunk by the Ger
man boats,
COMEDY AT DREAM.
Tonight Max Figmun, the famous
laugh-maker, wiH star in the five
part comedy, "The Tnrh Wagon” at
the Dream. With the help of Dolita
Robertson and an exce'lent cast Max
hua made this comedy one of lh.s besi
Funny situations follow (ne another
Ir rapid order, ml tie climax is a
scream. It is a good comedy excel
lent actors and well staged.
ALLIED AERO’S BOMBARD
MAUSER GUN WORKS
Internationa! News Service.
I’AltlS, Oct. 13.—For the third
time during the present summer allien
emplanes have inflicted an immense
.1 mount of damage on German gut.
works and ammunition plants in west -
ern Germany.
,\n official statement from the war
office today says that a large fleet of
n'ded war planes descended on the
Mauser gun works at Obendorf, on
th ■ Xccknr river, and, before retiring
i i oroyed a large section of the plan
; t.d rendered much of the remalndet
practically useless for the present.
The statement declares that ovei
tour tons of explosives were dropped
it the plant, developing numerous
Invs and causing an immense amount
ii destruction.
Previous to the attack on the gun
works the allied air fleet won a groat
victory of a large squadron of German
flyers gathered to oppose their flight
across German territory.
The great air conflict is said to have
i ndured for several hours and resulted
in the destruction or disabling of mot'
than it dozen of the German aircraft
while the remainder of the fleet was
compelled to seek safet\ in flight.
ELECTION CARDS PRINTED
AT NUGGET OFFICE.
RIOTERS HOLD FULL
SWAY IN BAYONNE
International News Service.
BAYONNE, Oct. 13.—A veritible
reign of terror bus existed in Bayonne
during the past twenty four hours
and riots of varying proportions havi
occurred almost hourly since the big
battle yesterday in which more than
forty persons were killed and wounded
In the numerous encounters occur
ring later fully a hundred more
were injured.
The strikers are now commencing
to attack persons who are not in sym
pathy with their acts and a number
of citizens who openly expressed their
disapproval of the lawlessness of th<
strikers have been attacked and sc
vi-icly beaten.
I In ;i sharp clash occurring between
j the Strikers and guards engaged in
the defense of tho Standard Oil plant.
I early this morning, one person was
killed by bullets fired by tin rioters
1 Throughout the morning crowds of
rioters have roamed the streets, ter
rorizing all with whom they came in
contact, and driving all but the more
venturesome citizens into remaining
within doors. I‘radically all stores
are closed and many of the proprietors
are maintaining guards owing to the
fear that robbery and plunder may lie
included in the acts of the strikers.
U. S. WILL HAVE LARGEST
STEEL PLANT
International News Service.
GARY. Inti., Oct. 13.—-The United
States Steel Company announced
todav that arrangements are being
made to enlarge the company plant
at this point to the degree that it will
he. the largest steel plant in the world.
Officials of the company state that
the contemplated changes involve an
expenditure of more than twenty mil
lion dollars and the output of steel
| will be greater than from any single
plant in the world.
In addition to a general enlarge
ment of the plant, the tt^ist intends
to add four new steel furnaces to the
present equipment togethei with
much additional equipment required
to meet the needs of handling tin
iimmense output expected when the
improvements and additions are com
pleted. To meet the labor require
merit of the mammoth plant an addi
tional nine thousand men will be eni
ployed in the various departments.
< > flic i a Is of the company state that
the enlargements arc necessitated by
the immense and continuous increase
in the demand foi steel products.
Gil your JOB PRINTING
tlonc by the Nugget office.
GERMANS ASSUME OFFENSIVE
ON RUSSIAN FRONT
Internationa* News Service.
PETROGKA.D, Oct. IS.—That the I
Germans have commenced a determ- I
ined offensive along the Shara river.!
north of the Pinsk marshes and to the
eastward of Baroniivichy, is officially
admitted by the war office today.
Tho statement says that the Ger
mans suddenly assumed the offensive
along this sector Wednesday after an
artillery bombardment and are engag
ed in a determined effort to shake tho
Russian hold on the Barontvichy
Pinsk railroad.
The German drive extends over a
narrow front and but little progress
has been made by the attacking forces
owing to the effective fire of the Rus
sian artillery.
The lighting in the Galician section
continues with uninterrupted violence,
with the Austro-German resistance
gradually lessening before the weighty
Russians attacks.
The Teutons are occupying posi
tions of great strength and the pro
gress of the czar's forces is slow.
Fighting in tin Carpathians has In -
come an Intensive artillery duel for
the possession of the fortified heights
held by the Austrians,