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VOLUMB XVI- NO. 43* BLBPMONB MAIN 43. NOME, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 22, 1«18. TELEPHONE MAIN 43. Pftlfrl» CENTS
FEARS U.
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A. P. A Servloe.
WASHIGTON, Jan. 22.—Addressing
the National Security League today,
Former French Minister Robert Bacon
stated that In his opinion the United
States Is approaching a crisis similar
to that of April, 1776, when the un
warranted acts of England drove the
people of the United States to strike
for freedom from her oppressions. Ba
con said that the British are attempt
ing to dominate the world and the peo
ple of America will be forced into con
flict with her sooner or later.
Luke Wright, former secretary of
| war and one time ambassador to Japan,
also voiced the opinion that the United
! States was facing trouble with Eng
land over the trade restrictions Im
posed by that nation and predicted a
. sh. Roosevelt sent his regrets to
the league that he was unable to at
tend and declared it as his opinion
that the United States was In a tre
mendously critical sltuatkti and urged
the league to use all its Influence to
ward preparedness, which, he declared
events were showing to be a necessity
before which all other needs have al-j
most disappeared.
Roosevelt also gave the conference'
some of his views as to the proper pi*1
cetfure for perfecting then atlonal de
fenses and said "I believe that wej
should base our military and naval
program upon the retention and de- j
fense of Alaska Hawaii, the Panama'
canal and all Its approaches, including
all points on South American soil
north of the equator and, of course, in
cluding out own coast and the islands
f the West indies ”
Door open 8:30 p. m. Dancing 9:30
sharp. Barn Dtnee tonight.
5 NEGROES
LYNCHED IN
GEORGIA
A P. A. barvit*.
ALBANY. Jan. 21.—Five negroes
were taken from the Worth county
3u.ll and hanged on one limb of a tree
on the outskirts of Starkevllle during
the night. When the boa.es were dis
covered this morning it was found that
all lad been riddled with bullets and
were still and cold. The negroes were
held in connection with the killing of
Sheriff Moreland of Lee county some
days ago.
SEATTLE'S RICHEST WOMAN
REPORTED 8ECRETLY MARRIED
A. P. A. Sarvtee.
SEATTLE, Jan. 21.—The report is
generally credited here that Mrs. Rood,
wife of Hugh R. Rood, who was one
of the victims of the Titanic, has been
secretly married to Dr. Navlne D. Pon-»
tus and Is now on a wedding Journey
to Europe.
Mrs. Rw4 ^departed from Seattle
I some weeks ago and was followed by
I Dr. Pontus. Shortly after, they were
seen In company In New York and
later departed for Europe on the same
steamer. Mrs. Rood Is the richest wo
; man In the state of Washington hav
j Ing an Income of a half million a year
.Pontus Is widely known and has prev
iously had two wives from both of
whom he wag divorced.
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SEVERAL REPUBLICANS OP
POSE R. R. APPROPRIATION
A P. A. Service
WASHINGTON Jan. 22.—Several
republicans and notably Glllett of
Massachusetts, Cox of Indiana and
Hampton Moore of Pennsylvania
sought to defeat the Alaska railroad
emergency appropriation by every
means In their power.
Glllett was one of the most vigorous
opponents of the appropriation and
referred to the road in debate as a
nothing but a democratic luxury.
Moore thought that the money had
better be expended In the states where
It would benefit a far greater number
of people and Cox was opposed on the
ground that the railroad was unneces
sary. Chairman Fitzgerald was one
of the vigorous proponents of the bill
declaring that "Now that the work
. has been started, It is the wise and
| economical thing to go ahead and com
pelte It."
YOUR |
Last Chancel
.
Closing Out
.
Casabas per lb. .07c
»
Squash per lb. .07c |
Grapes per lb. .50c I
(Hard to beat even In the aummer.)
Orange Special Sale still on for f
the balance of week.
Polet's Stores!
^W^ROAST COFFEE DAILY AND FRESH ROASTED PEANUTS- |
A. u. A. Serv'Co.
OTTAWA, Jan 22.—Sir Clioquette,
parliamentary representative from
Quebec, In an addre-.r In parliament
today opposed sending more Canadian j
troops to England, declaring that Can
ada has already done her full duty by
the motherland and should now com-j
mence to look for her own future.
Sir Choquette's argument was that
if Germany should win the great war
the men would be needed to defend
the country which he was sure would
be attacked in the event that the Teu
tons were victorious. The speaker
added, however, that with the United
jdtatej all powerful and friendly, Ger
many could not take Canada and the!
most that could happen to the coun
ry would be that It would become In
dependent.
POLICE ARREST
DYNAMITE SU8PECT
A. h. \. Service.
NEW YORK. Jan 22.—Michael
Graslano, a Portugese, was arrested tj
the police last night on the suspicion
that he was contemplating the blow
ing up of tho Brooklyn bridge. GrnsI-.
ano was noticed loitering In the vicin
ity of the bridge carrying a suit case
during the past several days. His
peculiar actions led to his being tftken
Into custody and it was then found
that the suit case contained a bomb
fitted with a time attachment appar
ently powerful enough to destroy an
Ironclad. Graslano refuses to divulge
anything about himself and tho police
believe that he was waiting an op
portunity to bio.. up the famous
bridge. Tho arrested man is said to
belong to an anarchistic association
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PREPAREDNESS CAMPAIGN
OPENS JANUARY 29
A. P. A, Special Service.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.—The presi- ,
dent will formally open tho fight for
national preparedness in a speech at
Pittsburg on the 29th inst and will fol
low up with speeches urging support
of tho government's policy at various
points as far west as Bt. Josephs.
Tho Itinerary calls for speeches at
Cleveland, Chicago, St, Louis, Kansas
City, St. Josephs, Des Moines and Dav
enport. It Is said that tho president
Is also laying plans for a second tour
w hich will probably be extended as far
west as Denver. Should this plan be
put Into ofToct tho president will prob
ably start about the 15th of February
and will probably return through tho
south arriving at Washington about
March 1.
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Year at the Nugget office
NEWS FLASHES
Submarine sinks Torpedo Boat and
Hydroplane,
A. P. A. Service.
KO.viE, Jail. 22, -A British subma
rine has sunk an Austrian torpedo
bo..t and has also achieved the re
markable deed ■ £ wrecking an Aus
tria n hydroplane in the upper Adriatic
during the present week.
Austria Offers Peace Terms to Serbs
ATHENS. Jan. 22.—That Austria
has offered peace tei ms to Serbia i
reported here today on reliable author
ity The nature of the terms offered
are not disclosed.
N'cholaa Aband°ns Sou'aria.
PARIS, Jan. 22,—King Nicholas of
Montenegro has abandoned all hope of
successfully defending Scutarla and is
now withdrawing into the interior of
Albania, according to Rome dispatches
received today.
Italian Ministry Resigns.
AMSTERDAM, Jan. 22.—Italy's cab
,net headed by Premier salanJro has
resigned in a body over differences us
to the manner of conducting the war.
according to the Neu Zurich Mach
rlshten. The newspaper rays that Sig
nor Luzati nas been appointedf Sal-1
indfo'a successor.
Villa Surrounded and Escape Imposs1
bie.
*-'y . siSu, Jan 22 uia is sur
rounded again and tlds time escape
.s impossible, according to dispatches,
nun Madero received here today. The i
dispatches are from the Carranza au-;
thoritles *>t Chlhauhua and declare j
.hat \ Ilia is hemmed in on every side,
near Sierra Madero between Pearson;
tnd Guler.i The Villa force consists
.£ tin rebel clilei'tan and two hundred
it his followers who are strongly for- J
.
nd the Carranza forces will le unable
o make final attack until reinforce- j
.uent.s arrive from Casa Qrar.de
Seven Die in Honolulu Storms
HONOLULU, Jan. 21.—Seven are
ost and many missing as a. result of
he general storms of unprecedented
iolence that for more than a ..eek
have been sweeping over the islands.
The Island of Maul Is the chief suf
"erer, Almost all the roads and bridges
lave beer, destroyed and the famous
lao valley, one of the show places of
•.he islands was swept by the storm
and badly damaged. A total of seven
bodies have so far been recovered. |
Thirteen Total Dea'h List Los An
gelas.
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 22—The total
of the storm dead has now reached
thirteen in the southern California
section. The floods are now receding
and conditions resuming the normal
The los3es will roach close to one and
a half million
Snow Slides Wreck 0. N. Passenger
SEATTLE, Jan. 22—The Great
Northern west bound Spokane owl
train was wrecked this morning: near
Scenic H t Springs by being swept
away by a snow slide sweeping down
ward from the mountain side. The
number of dead and injured passen
gers is not yet known though it is re
ported at Everett that throe wero kill
ed
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Hill Says Nnmber Killsd Not Ascar- ,
tained.
ST. PAUL, Jan. 22.—President Hill
of Uio Great Northern states that the
head office of the company has not|
been advised as to the number killed
in tho wreck of the Spokane owl train
this morning. It is definitely known
that ten were In the chair car and the
sleeping rars contained six passengers
Diner Swept to 8ottom of Uuloh.
SEATTLE, Jan. 22—Additional ad- I
vices of the Great Northern wreck say!
that the dining car was torn from the
track and hurled to the bottom of a
deep gulch where the smashed car took
fire and was oonsumed with Its con.
VIENNA SUMMARIZES
TEUTON GAINS
A A. Service.
AMSTERDAM Jan. 22.—Dispatches
i tin- Central News Agency from its
iii 11 n correspondents today contain a
■ mnuirv of the total booty captured
> 'lie Teuton's allies during the war
ipflod
i- tiling to the reports the gains
; riie Teutons during the seventeen
-lentils of war are summed up In
Vienna as follows: Three million pris
tiers taken, ten thousand guns, forty
thousand machine guns and in addi
tion slightly over four hundred and
-a entj thuusatid square kilometers of
he enemv’s territory has been occu
lted and Is now under the domination
f the central powers. Publication of
the summary is said to hate caused
great rejoicing by the populace of
both Vienna and Berlin and has had
the effect of making the people believe
hat there Is no possibility of the en
'■tue power prevailing
HOUSE P5SSES EMERGENCY
APPROPRIATION BIEL
V P. A. Special Service.
WASHINGTON. Jan 21.—The house
Hod the urgent deficiency bill this
/ternoon granting appropriations ap
proximating twelve millions of dot
It Includes the sum of two mll
•fin lullars for the uses of the Alaska
■neine-i ing . mmisslon in the work
>f railroad construction.
According to the statement* of 3ec
clary Lane the work of construction
.vlll continued during the winter as far
s practicable and much material will
' » moved to the north for use In the
; srly spring
See the flock of lH'le pigs at the
Barn Dance.
, v A, eervtcc.
! AIHHA.NKS, Jan. SI.—The election
law passed by the last legislature pro
viding for the election of city officers
" municipalities seems to have made
hit with the citizens of Fairbanks
and they are now petitioning the coun
cl to hold an election for the purpose
of ratifying the territorial law ss to
citv officers preparatory to adopting
l he new method of selecting city of
clala for Fairbanks.
The political pot Is also commencing
to boll and bubble over tho forthcom-1
Ing territorial elections and both re
ublkans and democrats are donning
their war togs for the fray. The re
publicans ure already preparing to
dd primaries for the selection of e
candidate for the convention. Judge
Bunnel returned here from Washing
ton last night whither he has been on
a vacation and lepurts that while at
Valdez he made arrangements for the
rebuilding of the office structure which
was destroyed In the big Ure last sum
mer.
Nome Nugget, $* 00 per month. Sub.
scribe now.
Definite Information of the I
wreck Is still lacking
i
Chink Rebels Again Vic'oriouy*.
PEKIN, Jan. 22—Advices reached j
hero this morning that the rebels In (
he province of Yunan have defeated.
a large body of the government troops
and ire now moving northward
Germany Seeks Peace Wi'h Belg'um
LONDON, Jan. 22.—Amsterdam dis-j
.latches intimate that Oermany U try
. arrange separate peace terms
with Belgium It is said that Ger
mnny has offered the return of a ma
jor portion of the Belgian territory
in condition that a German protector
ate is allowed
JAP3 TO BNU9T
WITH CANADIANS
A P. A. Service.
VANCOUVER, Jan 21.—One hun
dred and thirty sturdy brown sons of
Nippon, today began the work of be
coming accustomed to commands in
the English language for the purpose
of fitting themselves for service In the
British army.
The Japs will probably be enrolled
'is a company In one of the Canadian
regiments now being raised, In the
events that their services are accepted.
The Japanese say that many more of|
their countrymen may follow their ex
ample If the present contingent are
enrolled In the British servloe
BELLIGERENTS SPENDING
SEVENTY MILLION OAILY
A, P. A. Service.
PARIS, Jan. 22.—Experts who nave
been engaged In figuring on the prot
ein costa of conducting the great Eu
ropean struggle have decided that the
collective cost amount* to the start
ling sum of seventy millions per day.
It Is stated that the cost* to Germany
are not Increased In any great degr«*
but the expenses of the allies have
risen In direct proportion to the In
crease tn their military forces and the
extension of their activities over a
wider range of territory.
It Is anticipated that with the full
development of the allied plans for the
activities of the coming year and the
placing of a vastly Increased force In
the Held, the cost will reach nearly
eighty million per diem.
BRITISH SEIZE MORE
AMERICAN 8AILCR*
A. P. A. Service.
SAVANNAH, Jan 22.—The Ameri
can schooner Isabella, which arrived
here from the Barbadoes today reports
the seizure of two member* of the crew
by a squad of British soldier* w till*
the vessel was lying In the harbor at
Brldegtow'n, Barbadoes The captain
state* that the men were taken over
his protest on the suspicion that they
were German*