THE NOME DAILY NUGGET
VOLUME XV. NO. 347. TELEPHONE MAIN 48. NOME, ALASKA. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1915. TELEPHONE MAIN 48. PRICE £5 CENTS
AUSTRIAN SUBMARINE SINKS
ITALIAN LINER ANCONA
Many Women and Children, Including
Americans are Reported Drowned
A. P. A. Service.
HOME, Nov. 10.—The Itallan-Amer
icun liner Ancona was sunk yesterday
• in the Mediterranean by a submarine
flying the Austrian flag and the pre
liminary reports indicate that a hun
dred or more people lost their lives.
News of the disaster was brought
to the world by the arrival of vessels
at Bizerta bearing the survivors.
Aboard the vessel at the time of the
disaster were eighty-three first class
passengers, sixty second cabin and
a total of three hundred and thirty
nine steerage. The Prince of Cassani
Cunieo was among the passengers
many of whom are known to have been
rowned. Further details of the dis
aster have not been received.
Reported Three Hundred Drowned.
LONDON. Nov. 10.—A dispatch to
Lloyds states that the crew of one
of the vessels engaged In the rescue
of the passengers of the submarined
liner Ancona report that fully three
hundred passengers were drowned
when the big liner was sent to the
bottom. The majority of those lost,
the message states, were women and
children from among emigrants carried.
One hundred and thirty survivors have
so far reached Bizerta.
More Survivors Landed at Malta.
MALTA, Nov. 10.—Forty-one of the
crew and four passengers of the Ancona
were plcki d up by a vessel some miles
off the Adriatic this morning and have
I eon landed here.
Ancona Heavily Bombarded.
HOMES, Nov. 10.—A dispatch to the
Stnffanl News Agency says that the
Ancona was subjected to a heavy bom
bardment by the Austrian submarine
while seeking to escape by flight. The
message states that over one hundred
shells were fired at the fleleng steamer
before she was overtaken and torpe
doed.
Believed Americans Aboard.
NEW YORK, Nov. 10.—At least three
| Americans are belie ved to have been
j aboard the liner Ancona returning
i home. Hartfleld, Solarie & Co., the
agents of the vessel have received
telegrams from relatives of Canfield
Jones and wife and' Mrs. Sassoli of
Washington, D. C., stating that they
were supposed to sail on the big liner
on the present voyage.
State Department Orders Investigation.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10.—The state
department officials have started an
I investigation of the Ancona disaster,
i Ambassador I'age at Rome has been
directed to send, to Washington lmme
! dlately all available facts concerning
! the sinking
Eight Torpedoes Fired Into Ancona.
ROME. Nov. 10.—A dispatch to the
Staffani News Agency this afternoon
| from Rizerta states that the survivors
I of the Ancona state that the subma
rine'fired eight torpedoes Into the 111
' fa ted liner before she was sent reel
ing to the bottom. The vessel was
bound from Naples to New York at
! the time of the attack. It is reported
thfit there were a number of Amerl
j cans aboard but the number has not
j been ascertained. The latest reports
indicate that the officers of the steam
j ship sighted the submarine before It
i had approached within shooting dis
tance and Immediately put on all speed
t in the hope of escaping. The subma
j rine took up the pursuit and gradually
! over hauled the larger vessel later
pouring In a fussllade of shells from
her rifled cannon. A large number
of the missiles reached their mark and
also materialy lowered the speed of the
liaer through the cutting of a stand
pipe. After approaching within tor
pedo range the Austrian poured in one
torpedo after another until the vessel
sank. The submarine later appeared
on the surface and hoisted the Austrian
flag.
BURTON OPENS CAMPAIGN
FOR REP. NOMINATION
A. P. A. Service.
COLUMBUS, Nov. 10.—Following the
withdrawal of Governor Willis from
the field, former Senator Burton has
actively opened his campaign for the
republican nomination for president.
While refraining from an open an
nouncement of his candidacy, Burton
made the following statement to the
newspapers today:
"1 consider this office so dignified
that it cannot be sought In the same
manner as are other offices and I have
no desire to go after the nomination
alo*«? the lines of many office seekers.
( However, 1 confess that my friends
here In Ohio and elsewhere have been
very warm in their expressions of good
will toward me."
With this gentle intimation of his
attitude the newspaper men were forced
to be content. It is known, however,
that the plans for furthering the nom
ination are all perfected and everything
is ready for bringing the candidate
' prominently before the public. The
withdrawal of Willis came as a great
surprise to his friends who believed
that he would allow his name to be
taken to the convention.
Dollars Talk
THAT IS NO IDLE TALK
We need them to buy goods with and
you do the same. We can save money With money
and we can save you money with money
That’s Simple Isn’t
Ipolets Stores
WHOLESALE and retail grocers, headquarters fob imported delicacies.
CHINESE GOVERNOR
ASSASSINATED
A. P. A. Service.
SHANGHAJ Nov. 10— A1 Thseng
Sheng, governor of the province of
Shanghai was assassinated today by po
litical malcontents. The governor was
pasing through the streets under the
watchful eye of a strong body guard
jat the time but the assassins succeed
i ed in bringing him down by a well
directed shot
BOOKER WASHINGTON ILL
A. P. A. Service.
NEW YORK, Nov. 10.—Booker T.
Washington, the famous colored edu
catro, is lying in a local hospital seri
ously ill as a result of recent ex
posure.
RUSSIA WILL SPEND
A. P. A. Service.
PETROGRAD, Nov. 10.—The bud
get for 1916 contemplates the expen
diture of the tremendous sum of
$1.600,000,000 In the conduct of the
ivar and the carrying on of the gov
ernment. It is pointed out that the
government will be deprived of an
immense source of revenue during the
present year through the seizure by
the Austrians and Germans of the
richest industrial provinces of the em
pire which contain an area of one hun
dred and twenty-two thousand square
miles and a population of two million
five hundred thousand.
Within the area were also some
\e thousand five hundred miles of
railways and numerous Industries a
part of which have been destroyed by
the invaders and others removed to
different parts of the empire. Many
others were evacuated by the owners
and left without any attempt to safe
'iiard them.
"Lucile Love” Girl of Mystery.
Where? Eagle Hall, Friday night.
GREAT FIRE SWEEPS
BETHLEHEM STEEL PLANT
A. *, A. Service.
SOUTH BETHLEHEM, Nov. 10 —
Eire almost completely destroyed No.
4 machine Bhop of the South Bethlehem
BRITISH WAR
SHIPS SINK 2
j SUBMARINES
A. P. A Servioe.
ALGECIRAS. Spain, Nov. 10.—Brit
ish warship attacked and sunk two
German submarines in the straits ol
Gibraltar this morning, according to
advices transmitted here by wireless.
Tlie German vessels were evidently
lying in wait for passing steamers.
Steel Company and for a time threat
ened the destruction of a large portion
of the entire plant. The flames first
made their appearance In the boring
mill and are reported to have been
due to sparks from an electric lamp
which exploded falling Into a pool of
oil which became Ignited and spread
with terrific rapidity.
The company fire plant battled for
several hours before the flames were
finally subdued. The only remanant
of the great building occupied as a
machine shop left standing Is the
twisted and shriveled framework. Ma
chinery and war material in the build
ing worth millions of dollars were lost
hut no lives are known to have been
destroyed.
KITCHENER SAID TO
BE IN INDIA
A. P. A. Service.
WASHINOTON. Nov. 10.—Kitche
ner's ultimate mission during his ab
sence from the British war office is
said, by confidential information re
ceived here yesterday evening to be
India, where, according to the same
Information, British rule is confronted
with a far more serious state of unrest
than has generally been known out
ride of British official circles. While
the British government has given out
no Information In the matter it is
stated that the war lord is probably
empowered to handle the situation, a
task for which he is eminently well
fitted by a long experience with the
native tribes of Egypt and the Soudan.
Barbara Tennant in "8uzanne” Fri
day night, Eagle hall.
—
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ALLIES DEFEATED IN
SOUTHERN SERBIA
A. P. A. Service.
BERLIN, Nov. 10.—A defeat for the
French and British forces In Southern
Serbia with losses which are described
as enormous is reported in a dispatch
from Sofia forwarded by way of Buda
pest this morning.
The report declares the Bulgarians
suceeded in entrapping the allies in
the mountainous country and inflicted
i terrible blow. The German forces
are steadily progressing in the north
and are again driving the Serb* to
ward the Albanian border. The Serbs,
by a quick movement, have succeeded
in saving their army from being sur
rounded by the advancing Germans
but are but little better off as a result
as the situation is daily growing more
precarious through the advance* now
being made by the Bulgarians from
the east.
CHOLERA ADDS TO
ARMENIAN HORRORS
A. P. A. Service.
NEW YORK, Nov, 10.—Cholera Is
adding further terrors to the burdens
,( the great host of Armenian refugeees
,vho have fled from the outrages of
he Turks from the districts along the
Tigris and Euphrates valleys to Ta
ii isc, and other towns in northern Per
sia. Advices received here today by
lie Presbyterian board of foreign mls
ions say that the dread plague Is rag
i lg with fearful violence in the crowd
'd towns and the homeless and poorly
| rovlded people are dying In hundreds
daily. The report Btaes that the death
^ list In Tabriz alone is in excess of one
hundred dally. Suffering throughout
the district along the Arax river is de
(lared to be frightful and the mission -
urles are totally unable to handle the
situation being short of both food and
drugs. The board Is appealed to for
ssistance In the shape of everything
reeded by a stricken and homeless
people.
Large assortment of late records re
ceived on the Victoria. Lomen Bros.
WILSON BECOMING A
STRANGER TO CABINET
A. P. A. Ssrvioe.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10.—How en
grossing the subject of matrimony may
be to the president is indicated by the
fact that there has been no meeting
if the cabinet since the time of the
sinking of the liner Arabic nor have
the newspaper men been able to meet
;he executive at any time since he
rturned from his summer stay at Par
lekenden house.
"Pitiless publicity," in now mostly
handled by Secretary Tumulty but the
president is invisible as far as the
newspaper men are concerned. A
member of the cabinet remarked during
a conversation the other day that he
president was fast becoming a stranger
to the members of his cabinet and if
things continued as they are going at
present he will have the Job of intro
ducing the president the next time the
cabinet goes into session.
Why have cold floors, newspaper*
25o per bundle. Lomen Bros.
HEAD OF ARSON TRUST
IS SENT TO THE PEN
I
A. P. A. Service.
PORTLAND, Nov. 10.—Sanford W.
t’urrier, the confessed head of an arson
trust which defrauded insurance com
panies out of thousands of dollars some
ten or twelve years ago through the
medium of incendiary fires, at various
points along the Pacific coast, was to
day sentenced to prison for a term of
from one to ten years.
The sentence Is the concluding ac
tion in a long series of efforts to ap
preheml and bring to punishment the
principals in the ring which flourish
ed in spite of the efforts of the In
surance companies to put an end to
its activities. From disclosures made
by Currier, it appears that the trust
was instrumental in starting over one
hundred fires on nearly all of which
the premiums were paid.
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WEATHER HINDERS
TYROL STRUGGLE
A. P. A. Service.
GENEVA. Nov. 9.—Severe weather
's greatly hindering the operations of
the Italians on the Tyrol front and
the struggle has simmered down to
'ntermlttent artillery attacks in which
I neither side achieves any particular
j results. Heavy snows have fallen at
intervals during the past week and
practically all the mountain passes are
chocked with vast accumulations of
snow, effectually stopping all Infantry
progress. Fighting continues along the
Qradiski front and some slight gains
are recorded by the Italian staff. The
Italian forces are concentrating the of
fensive on several strongly fortified
positions of the enemy the capture of
which are considered necessary to the
general plan of the campaign.
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