You Get the Most and Very Latest War News in
THE NOME daily nugget
VOLUME XV. NO. 109. TELEPHONE MAIN 46. NOME, ALASKA, TUESDAY. APRIL 13. 1915. TELEPHONE MAIN 46 PRICE 25 CENTS
IS STEFANSSON STILL ALIVE ?
GERMAN MILITARY STRATEGISTS
FAIL TO STOP RUSSIANS.
VIENNA, April 13.—It is admitted
by the war office that the Russian Car
pathian wedges continue to plunge into
the heart of northeastern Hungary des
pite the heroic efforts of the Austro
Hungarian army to stay there progress.
Several famous German military
strategists have recently joined the
Austrain General staff which is direct
ing til© Carpathian opposition but with
disappointing results according to cur
rent reports in the capital, us nothing
seems to stay the resistless Russian
a d Vance.
BERLIN ASKS LEAVE TO REPAIR
KRONPRINZ WILHELM.
WASHINGTON, April 13. The Bei -
lin government, through the German
ambassador to the United Stales, pre
sented a request to Secertury of Blate
Bryan this morning asking that the
commander of the German converted
cruiser Kronprlnz Wilhelm be allowed
sufficient time to make a thorough
survey and place his vessel in u sen
worthy condition. It Is asserted that
the former liner Is much in need of re
pairs.. The request is now being con
sidered.
GERMAN OFFENSIVE IN
POLAND IS ACTIVE
i’ETROGRAU, April 13.—A renewal
of the German offensive on tlie center
and right flanks in Poland was notice
ably apparent Sunday following heavy
guns being brought Into play against
the Russian trenches.
NAVAL BATTLE IN BALTIC
UNDOUBTEDLY TAKEN PLACE
COPENHAGEN. April 13.—Naval
engagements in the southern Baltic un
doubtedly have taken place during the
post three days. Danish steamers re
port heavy tiring and a multitude of
great searchlights reflected on the skies
from the direction o fthe German
shores, tho light of which could be seen
a hundred miles away.
SERBIAN KING MUST TAKE
OFFENSIVE AGAINS AUSTRIA
CETT1NJE, April 13.—It is reported
that the Russian General staff yesterday
sent a note to the Serbian King which
requires him at once to take the offen
sive against tho Austrians despite tho
terrible condition in Serbia. It is be
lieved that tho Russians have the up
perhand in the Carpathians and arc
now determined (o rush the enemy
from all side3.
The Nugget it boosting Nome
Advertise in it
Subscribe for it
Mail it to a friend outside.
ICY CAPE NATIVES SAW LONE
MAM WALKING.OM {ARCTIC ICE
_ . . _ .-V-: ~ jf __
i lie absorbing question oi wnetuer
the intertill! explorei v iUijulni.tr sde
lanssoii ami liis brave ami resolute
t otnpanlons, fcjtorUeii ritorkciiscn ami
‘do Anderson are yet alive some win re
j lar «HIL "1» I lie lee bound t'oiar *5< a is
again revived o> recent reports re
ceived b> the Nugget troin uui special
correspondent ; t liarrow who teds a
'strange tale brought by the natives util
jot tile far oil reaches oi the dim and
t* o locked North which may ha\e smile
sealing mi the answer tm which i he
w orid is waiting.
Throughout the long mouths since
that courageous trio set their laces to
ward that gho.sth far off goal across
iho frozen windswept wilderness of
snow and ice )> ing white and silent
over the Beaufort Sea, no word lias
'come to tho anxious ones who waited
for their return; No hint has the mys
terious north revealed of what has been
tne fate of those brave men who dared
the awesome darkness and the bitter.
* old that mankind might learn of w hat
lay beyond the outermost rim of the
silent An tic shores. No word lias com*
from east or west and since that mem
orable day in April JHll when they
said their final good byes to the sup
porting party and turned their faces to
the frozen sen, the icy North has swal- ,
j lowed them up and none i an guess their
date. “Don’t bother about hunting "or!
ime,” were the last words of the interpid (
I explorer when taking final leave of the
I returning party, but fears for Ids safety
have led men to disregard the explorers
j last injunction but no search has ao
far revealed the slightest trace of his
v hereabouts.
Some where perhaps, far out on the
barren ice hemmed reaches of the Polar
Sea those brave men are yet struggling
onward in their quest of unknown
lonils; perhaps they lie stiff and In
animate, victims of the Northland's
fury, beneath some wind swept snow
drift. Who can tell .'
i >ne message and one alone hits come
from out the bleak and desolate wll
denness beyond the Arctic shores, dur -
ing all the long period elapsing since
those men started form on their long
journey.
From tire fur off' icy Cape has come
a message which may at last throw
Some light on the question of the fate
of those three inen who started so
bravely forth across the Arctic Sea
Within its briefly worded depths may
lie a hint of what the icy north has
long concealed. Again one cannot soy
II at least oontaim the possibility that
it may have some bearing on the fate
of those brave men and as such it is
worth recording. In brief the message
sent to (he Nugget from Barrow states
that Icy Cape natives, hunting seal fai
out on the Polar Sea, report having
seen a lone man walking slowly along
the edge of a widely separated floe.
The natives thought tit first that il
was perhaps one of their own men
named Sikrikoruk, but on returning'
home learned that it was not an Icy j
Cape man as all were accounted fm
The natives then hurried out to the
spot hoping to take the traveler from
ins pivcariuus siiuaudn in their skin
duals lull • a aiming ai LUe • tig*- of im
park no sign dL Hiu lulu* man nnml n«
an a "v\nig id me nr *41»■ • 11 v\ nit u iif
was walking navn.g urn leu so Lai <»ui
id s< a iliai u war, lost to signi in in*
All in haze. 111« i n i l y along Inc n »a ■ l
ouin t*asi ami west lias lailtd id reveal
me sligniesi linn Ui w III) tins lone wan
iHlcr migni he iiui at least it nas iieen
iairi> well ast ortamed that it was n, n.
of those w no resale m tie s it nut> ot
0 > • ape oi iiurruvv.
N\ hell iast seen tile let upon w hich
ilie man was walking was moving with
wind aial current in a southwesterly
direction at d lie was walking in that
seme direction. t he winds and tin
1 eh Is are very \ aria Mo Hi these math
• i'll latitudes and tlte natives vver« not
stirpi ise«i when "ii their return to the
scene they could see no sign ol the
stranger, Could this lia\e been a mem -
her of the Stefansson part> wander
ing alone, the sole survivor of that in
terpid trio perhaps, in scar li of succoi
oil the Arctic shore.' < >r was it perhaps
some member ol* the crew * f tin- ill ,
fated New Jersey, crushed ut the re
sisll.-ss grip of the might\ ice pack
last fall, who was also striving to
leach the sheltering land. Perhaps
the answer will never la? known Those
of the North think that Stefansson, at
bast is still alive and some where out
• *n the wind swept Arctic waste
The bold explorer was no novice at
the ganin of daring the Frost King’s
might Hehitnl the journey t<* which h**
had set himself were years of exper
I ii-net! and ho know and understood the
■ hard task that he was facing and als..
j knew many tricks where by the grim
battle for life might be maintained
| under the most adverse circumstances
tile could live and thrive on a straight
meat diet as well :ts any Kskimo, the
men of the Northland say, and they
further affirm that he has often said
that the best salad he ever ate was
old seal oil with reindeer hair to keep
it down Such men die hard, the North
men say. and on this conviction they
base their belief that the hold explorer
yet survives As further proof that
there is yet hope they point to the in
stances where natives have leen blown
to sea on the ice pack with nothing hut
j their sealing gear and have returned
unharmed after a years absence in th• ■
polar depths, s Stefansson was
yvcll supplied with outfit and ammuni
tion, they affirm, and possessing all th.
cunning of the native could live on tie
old ice pack indefinitely Howpy • r. none
can tell what has transpired on those
frost bllghte 1 wastes around the Pol
Perhaps those dauntless ..lies yet
struggle onward, perhaps the North
has gripped and crushed them in its
resistless clutch. Perhaps this lone
wanderer was the last remaining mem
her of that little hand making a des
perate effort to return to shelter and the
haunts of men. No one ran guess what
grim chapter has been written on th
pages of tip' North during the last y.«:i
jand time alone can reveal the truth.
Te get tha nawa read tha Nugget.
GERMANY PROTESTS TO U. S.
AGAINST BRITISH ACTION
LONDON, April 13.—The text of the
note of protest against the treatment
accorded tho crews of captured sub
marine vessels by tho British govern
ment, which lias been addressed by the
German Foreign Oitlco to tho Ameri
can government through Gerard, the
American Ambassador to Germany, is
contained in dispatches received from
Berlin today. Tho note recites that the
German government has learned with
astonishment and indignation that the
Itritlsh government regards the offieers
and views of captured submarines not
as honorable enemies and treats them
as ordinary prisoners according them
no better usage than is given to com
mon felons, all of which the German
government protests, is in defiance of
custom and the rules of modern war
fare.
The note insists that the officers and
men so captured are entitled to tin
treatment ordinarily extended to pris
oners of war and enters a vigorous I
protest to the United States govern
ment against what is termed the un
warranted action of the British. The
note is in the nature of a reply to the
recent order of the British war coun
cil which was inspired to the recent
acts of tint German submarines in tor
pedoing and sinking British and French
merchant vessels without sum- or
warning.
Tim London press comments on the
German protest with caustic sarcasm,
demanding to know wherein the Oer
mans feel themselves warranted in pro
testing the action of Britain in thus re
warding the unjustifiable treachery of
their men in firing upon passenger ves
sels filled with harmless nnn-romhat
ants.
POPE AND VON BUELOW CONFER
IN HOPE OF PEACE.
HOME, April 13.—Despile the gov •
ernments continuous protest ions that
it's hopes are for peace with ail the
world the warlike preparations go mi
apace. The Pope yesterday conferred
with the German and Austrian Diplo
mats agents, the conference being at
tended uy r epresentatives of the Ital
ian Foreign Office, hut it is feared that
the good offices of thu Vatican will v«
unavailing in the face of the great
clamor for war throughout all Italy.
GERMAN WOMEN BEING
TRAINED TO USE GUNS
t'ol'KNHAOEN, April 13. Despite
a great scarcity of war news emu
tiating from Germany it is known
throughout the official circles in Den
mark that great activity prevails with
in the Empire. It is reported that even
.women are being trained to use fire
' arms indicating that the Kaiser expects
to see the war carried onto German sol!
next summer, for only in such desper
ate extremes would the women of
Germans be called upon for such duty
although It is known that housemaids
are already employed on semi military
duty in the German prison camps and
at supply bases.
GLAD GOVT. DID NOT PURCHASE
COPPER RIVER ROAD
NEW VOHK, April 13. in an ex
tended article on the Alaska railroad
situation the Times says: "It was
stated on good authority yesterday that
the Morgan-Guggenheim Interests will
probablx extend their line, into the
agricultural districts of Alaska within
a few years, thereby bringing It, to a
certain extent, in competition with the
new government railroad.” The same
article contains an interview In which
Ge<>. \V Perkins expresses his con
gratillations to the President and ad
ministration for their splendid choice
m purchasing the Alaska-Northern
Speaking cat- the Copper River and
Northwestern, in which he is Interest
ed, Perkins said that It Is located too
far away from the government line to
to a competitor, but asserted that he
believed that it was a better line front
an industrial standpoint that that
chosen In the government Perkins Is
i quoted as saying: T am not sorry that
the government rejected the Copper
, River and Northwestern and we hope
I to develop it in course of time and
make such improvements in the mat
ter of extensions as future busbies
will require.’’
GOOD EATS.
Mrs. Ginmvan Has opened the Hott
man House and is now prepared to
serve the best meals and lunches in
Nome.
SUNDAY REPEAL
BILL IS DEAD
JUNEAU, April 13.—The action of.
Governor Strong.in vetoing the meas
ure repealing the Sunday closing law
developed the unusual feature of find
ing the two branches of the legislative
body unalterably divided—the lower \
branch passing the measure over the
Governor's veto by a vote of thirteen to
three while tho Senate sustained the
action of tho executive by voting five
to three, thus killing tho bill as far as
tho present session is concerned.
The Snow amendment to tho eight
hour law applying to underground
placers has been approved by t lie
House, as has also tho amendment to
tho House bill extending the time of
filing a mechanics lien to sixty days
with an extension to ninety days In the
case of th.- contractor.
Tho fisheries memorial to abolish
fish traps and amending other resolu
tions was the eauso of a lengthy dis
cussion in the House today.
The Senate has passed the mining
bill as amended by cutting out that sec
tion making the tiling of proof of labor
compulsory. Much opposition to Get
ehcll’s method of handling the measure
has developed in the House and that
branch of the legislative body lias ab
solutely refused to concur in the matter
of allowing hint to continue as man
ager.
+ *♦* + + ♦ + + + + + <• + + + +
+ ♦
* Act Eleven—a terrible crime ♦
+ will be committed here unless +
+ Chief Mnller gets busy— Vnude- +
+ vlllo April 13th. ♦
♦ ♦
++++*++++++++++++
LETTUCE, ONIONS
At Daddy Williams Hot House
Sunday.
STEAMSHIP MINNESOTA IN
DANGEROUS POSITION
SEATTLE, April 13.—Japanese nil -
vices indicate that the Pacific Liner
Minnesota is in a dangerous position
should a storm arise off the Kobe coast
It is feared that tho great vessel is.
doomed to tho fato of her sister ship
which was lost years ago in the same
water.
EXPRESSES BELIEF THAT CHINA
JAPAN TROUBLE WILL SOON
BE SETTLED
1‘KKiX. April 13.—The Chinese Su
preme Council expresses the belief that
the difficulties between China and
Japan will be peacefully settled but ad
mit that it has been brought about only
by the great pressure exerted by Eng
lang and Russia who would not permit
a peace rupture in the far East at this
time.
++++++++++♦♦♦♦♦♦+♦
♦ ♦
<• Art Eleven—a terrible crime +
•h will be committed here unless ♦
4* Chief Moller gets busy Vande- +
+ ville April 13th. 4
♦ ♦
♦ 4>4* + + + 4,4, + 4,4* + 4>*4,4,+
ITALY DRAWS NEARER
TO THE EUROPEAN CONFLICT
HOME, April 13 It is apparent that
the Italians are drawing ever closer to
the vortex of the European war and
tho government continues with seem
ingly calm deliberation the work of
preparation. In diplomatic circles it
is freely conceded that nothing short
of a miracle can now prevent the gov
ernment from taking tho final plunge.
The war lust is still rampant and the
people throughout the nation are un
ceasing- in their demands that the gov -
ernment enter the fray. The capital is
praeically under martial law and the
Austrian and German Embassies are
closely guarded. The latest military
order given out through the medium
of the Army Gazette, this morning, or
tiers that all bright metal equipment
including uniform lnsigni, buttons and
sword scabbards be made dull The
order is viewed as particularly signi
lit nut as in the past such orders Itave
been Issued only on the very eve of
wai The government remains abso
lutely silent concerning the situation
although it is rumored that some slight
hopes of an ultimate agreement wtth
Austria vet remain.
| YOU GET THE MOIT AND V*RY
' LATEST WAR NEW* IN TIRE NOME
DAILY NUQaiT.
FAST CRUISERS TO SEARCH
FOR LURKING GERMANS
LONDON) April 13. The uppeur
enco of tlio Gorman cruiser Kronprinz
Wilhelm at an American port 1ms
caused the admiralty to order several
fast cruisers to search every nook and
corner of the West Indian waters
possible lurking Germans who may be
hiding in those waters.
NOTED KANSAS EDITOR DIES.
KANSAS CITY. April 13.—William j
1! Nelson, owner and editor of the
Kansas City Star and for many years
me of America's most noted journal
ists died today, aged seventy-four. The
Sli.r -v."s founded in 1880 and has long
t>->en a power in the American news
paper t eld.
To got tho nowo rood tho Nuggot.
300 PERISH IN JAPANESE
COAL MINE DISASTER
TuKYo, April 13.—Three hundred
persons were drowned in the sudden
Hooding the under-seas galleries in th«
1’he coal mines in the Shimonoseki
district today. The Slidell collapse of
the intervening layer of rock between
tho galleries and tho ocean bottom is
assigned a« the cause of the terrible
j fatality.