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THE NOME DAILY NUGGET
VOLUME XVI. NO. 88. ELEPHONR MAIN 48. NOME, ALASKA. SATURDAY, JANUARY 18, 1918. TELEPHONE MAIN 44. PRIwH 26 CENTS
CUMMINS WANTS TO
INCREASE NAT’L GUARD
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 14.—To all ap
pearances a majority of those who are
opposed to the army plans of the ad
ministration ure gradually uniting on
a plan for increasing the strength of
the national guard by way of remedy
ing the military deficiencies of the
country.
Several of the leading congressmen
are Industriously advocating this
method of preparation and Cummings
has Introduced a bill in the senate
EARTHQUAKE
RELIC DESTROYED
ON ANNIVERSARY
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ROME, Jan. 14.—The cathedral at
Mora was completely destroyed by Ore
today while services were going on
there and throughout all Italy In com
memoration of the great earthquake at
Avezzano and Sora one year ago to
day. The Ore destroyed the statute
of Saint Restltua, the protecting saint
of Sora, which was the only object
in the church at Sora which escaped
'damage In the great quake which de
stroyed almost the whole city.
M’ADOO ASK8 APPROPRIATION
FOR PUBLIC BUILDING CORDOVA
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Washington. Jan. n.—secretary
of the Treasury McAdoo has asked
congress for an appropriation of five
hundred dollars for the commencement
during the remainder of the present
fiscal year of a public building at
Cordova'. Alaska.
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calling for the reorganization and in
crease of the national guard on a
huge scale. The Mexican question h \
just now occupying much of the ai - {
tentlon of the legislators and <
slons of opinion that the government ^
should take some action to place the
j country in a complete state of peace'
are heard on every side There isj
| every indication that a considerable'
! percentage of the statesmen are very I
| much inclined to Intervention on the
part of the United States.
SAYS TIME
PROPITIOUS!
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Washington, Jan 16.—'-Never!
was the time more propitious for se
curing the enactment of the Lane-1
Wickersham proposal for the central
ization of government authority overj
! Alaska In a board of control than at
present,” said George McClelland, an
nttorney o* Seattle today In speaking
of the proposal Art suggested by Sec
retary Lane as a method of solving the
question of effective government su
pervision of the resources and devel
opment of the great northern terrl
I tory.
The remarks of McClelland are es- ■
1 pecially signiAcant in view of the fact j
! that he had just came from a lunch- j
eon with Representative Lloyd of Mis
! sourl who is chairman of the house
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committees on territories.
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NOTICE TO SHRINERS.
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There will be a meeting of the
Shrine Club at Masonic Temple, Sun
day, January 16, at 8 o’clock p. m.
Annual election of officers. All Nobles
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requested to be present.
O. D. COCHRAN, President. ,
| E. W. BURROUGHS, Secretary.
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LOTS AT THE SAME RATE AS FULL CASE LOTS, AND FOR THIS
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TIDAL WAVE
IMMENSE
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LONDON, Jan. 16.—Rotterdam re
ports today convey news of a greet
disaster in Holland through the action
of a tidul wave which swept over the
shores ol western Holland this morn
ing covering the country several feet
deep and driving fully forty thousand
people from their homes besides drown
ing a consideration number at various
points and particularly on the islands
along the Meuse
The report say that the whole coun
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DAMAGE
IN HOLLAND
try is under water and the number
of dead sod the amount of damage
done eano*. be even computed at
present. The railroads along the
Meuse ha ft been completely destroyed
as far InRnd as Dordrecht and the
greater part of the dykes along that
section of the coast have been swept
away. The flood at Rotterdam Is the
biggest within the memory of living
inen. Four children have been drowned
there and the property damage will
run Into Immense figures.
GOVERNMENT RECEIVES IRE
EVIDENCE IN VON WEN CASE
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LONDON, Jan, 14.—The government
has forwarded to the United States
copies of the correspondence of Captain
Krai z von I’upen, former military at
tai lie of the German embassy at Wash
; ington, which throws further light on
• the activities of that person In connec
tion with the dynamite outrages re
cently occurring.
The papers, which were turned over
| to the American embassy here today,
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In addition to who wing much Interest
ing evidence of large payments to a
considerable number of persons for
unnamed services also disclose that
' on Fapen made payments to persons
In Seattle just prior to the big dyna
mite explosion occurring their several
months ago. The letters and papers, j
together with the stubs of check books
were seized by the British authorities
from von Fapen when he reached Fal
mouth on his return to Germany.
WORKS INTRODUCES
INTERVENTION
RESOLUTION
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 15—-Senator
Works today Introduced a resolution
in the senate authorizing and directing
the president to intervene in Mexico
forthwith for the purpose of firmly
establishing the new Mexican govern
ment In power.
The resolution authorizes the presi
dent to make use of the army and
navy of the United States for th®
purpose together with all other ne
cessary means at the disposal of the
government until such time as It Is
safe to withdraw.
ROOSEVELT STRONG "
FOR INTERVENTION
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NEW YORK, Jan. It.—Roosevelt's
solution of the Mexican crisis Is to
send General Leonard Wood Into Mex
ico with un army at his back for the
purpose of restoring order forthwith,
exactly as he restored order in Cuba
after the Spanlsh-Amerlcan war.
Roosevelt declares that the present
state of affairs is a disgrace to the
nation and should not be tolerated.
Calling Cards at the Nugget Office.
The resolution seems to be la sxaot
accord with the views of many of the
senators and Its adoption la consider
ed probable. The intervention matter
is causing considerable stir In official
circles and the president la said to be
vlvlng the situation much attention.
-■Senator Stone. cbarman of the for
eign relations committee, h> Id a long
■ onference with the president thU af
ternoon during which the Alexloan
problem was gone over In every phrase
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WILL AGAIN
PROSECUTE
OFFICIALS
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.—it Is an
nounced that the government will
shortlj institute further proceedings
Inst the New Haven directors un
der the Sherman anti-trust laws.
Among the number who will be prose
cuted will he William Rockefeller and
the other New Haven directors ac
quitted some days ago.
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GIBBONTOWX, X. J„ Jan. 16.—For
the eighth time within a period of
threo months tho Dupont powder works'
near hero was the scene of an oxplo-,
slon this morning. This time the dam-!
uge was far greater than was caused
by the preceding explosions and sev- j
eral lives were lost.
The explosion today occurred In tho
acid mixing house of tho plant and
the killed were confined to tho work
men In that department alone.
The employes of the plant are com
mencing to have a superstitious fear
that tho plant la afflicted with a hoo- ■
doo owing to the repeated explosions I
and many are commencing to leave [
their Jobs In fear of destruction. AI
total of thirty-nine have been killed
during the period since the first ex
plosion occurred and an additional
twents have been injured
FORD PARTY ELECTS
PERMANENT COMMITTEE
A. P. A. Special Service.
THE HAGUE, Jan. 15.—Tho Ford
peace expedition elected the following
Americans members of a permanent
peace committee to sit In Europe In
definitely with the purpose of using
all possible efforts to settle the war.
William Jennings Bryan, Henry Ford.
Jane Adams, the Rev. Akked and Mis.
Joseph Fela of Philadelphia. It Is
understood that the balance of the
party will return to the United States
within a short period. So far none
of the belligerent governments have
given tho party any encouragement
whatever In tho matter of their peace
purposes
GOOD PLAYING FEATURE OF
THE BASE BALL GAMES
The baseball games last night
brought out a big house and an en
thuslatlc bunch of rooters who howl
ed their heads off at every opportun
ity. And opportunities were not lack
ing as there was something doing al
most every mlnu e in both games. Ir,
fuct it was mighty good ball with1
i both sides on tiptoe to grab the hon
| ors The game between the Pirates
and Horseshoes was won handily by
tho latter team by a score of six to
three.
The game was really a pitcher’* bat
I tie with both southpaws showing that
they had something on the ball that
made it as elusive as a fly on a bald
heads dome of thought.
Neither side were able to score until
the third and the crowd commenced
to think that the batters had tho buck
But. that was not he matter. The
batsmen were doing the best they
knew how but the ball wasn’t there.
In the third inning tho fun commenced,
however, when tho Horseshoes made
one run and from that time on both
teams seem to size up the fade-sway's
pretty fair. Tho Pirates wero unable
to land a score until tho fourth although
KAISER REPORTED VERY ILL.
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GENEVA, Jan. 15.—Keport* emr.nat
I Ing from Germany Indicate that the
I kaiser Is In a dangerous condition, de
spite the reports sent out to the con
trary. From reports received in va
| rlous points it is accepted here that
the ruler’s condition Is very serious. It
is reported that the entire family have
been summoned to his bedside.
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several batters connected with the ball, f
The Horseshoes landed two more In:
that Inning through some rather rag-'
Bed playing on the part of all hand*,
in the fifth, the Pirates annexed their
first score.
The Horseshoes Brabbed two more
In that frame, however, making the
gcoroG-1. In the sixth the Pirates got
busy and a sharp rally combined with
some loose playing on the part of their
opponents netted two runs. Tho Horse
shoes came back at them with one.
McGuire settled down to business In
the next frame and tho Pirates were
sent to the bench score less. The final
score stood: Pirates 3. Horseshoes 6,
Despite some little lack of team work,
many errors the gamo was really ex
cellent and the tan9 were kopt on edge
throughout. Thompson displayed some
good work behind the bat and pulled
his team out of several tight holes by
heady work. The feature of the game,
however, was the work of the pitch
ing staff, both men showing up In ex
cellent form. During the seven In
nings McGuire struck out seven men
while Modlnt's twisters fooled six Into
hammering the air.
The chief Interest of the evening
centered In the game between the sol
dier boys from Fort Davis and the
Northern Lights, both of which have
one game to their credit. The soldiers
were the first to bat but were unable
to connect with Lohznann s curves
and were retired one, two, three, Nile
fouled out, Eagle Hied to Hackol and
C. Pettit struck out. In the second
half, the Northern Lights started off
like road agents. A. Lomen went to
first. Hackel filed to right field and
stole second and McMullen made first
on Nile's fumbling the third etrike
Buses lull. G. Lomen i u.111e to bat
with desperation in his eye and •lam
med one out in the Held, scoring A.
Lomen. With three men still on bases.
Benson came to bat but flow out.
Hackel was caught napping at third
amt went to the bench. At this Junc
ture a bunch of fun started when Lyl#
fumbled and McMullen and G Lomen
came bounding In before he could re
cover the bull O I. ,men s:ruct out.
Score 0-3.
In the second Saunders shunmed one
to Hackel for one bag. Dams went
out at tlrst on a short one Frantzen
struck out and C. Pettit hit for oue baa*
bringing home Saunders. Zimmerman
tiled out to center.
For the Northern Lights Baird tilt
safely Bud Lehmann struck out, A_
Lomen hit for one bag, scoring Baird,
Hackel lilt safely *nd was followed by
McMullen scoring Hackel and Lomen,
G. Lomen struck out. Kuns, Fort. 1.
Northern Lights 3.
In the third round Hitch struck ouk
Nile hit for two bags and lugla sacri
ficed, scoring Nile. C. K. Pettit hit
safe and Saunders knocked out a short
one scoring Pettit Dame flew out.
retiring tho side. At this Juncture the
fort substituted Engle for Dame In
he box and the wisdom of the move
became apparent when the Northern
Lights were retired scoreless. Benson
(truck out, Mlsh went out on a short
darn to right short, C. Lomen hit safely
and Baird struck out. Runs, Fort *.
Northern Lights 0.
Both sides then settled down to hard
playing and neither scored until the
last half of the fifth when the North
ern Lights annexed one more making
the score 7-S In favor of the town «#
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