THE NOME DAILY NUGGET
VOLUME XVII. NO 99. TELEPnONE MAIN 4« NOME, ALASKA. MONDAY, APRIL 23, 1917. TELEPHONE MAIN 48. PRIuC 25 CENTS
p CUIHIS m H GB HIP If AUSKA WINES
SEA CLAIMS TREADWELL MINES!
GROUP PRODUCED $60,000,000
MANY HOMELESS; NO LIVES LOST!
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Nugget Special Service.
JUNEAU. April 23.—Three of the
largest units of the Treadwell group
of mines were irretrievably lost at
mldn'ight on Saturday when the wa
ters of the Qastineau channel broke
through into the worked out stopce
n nd flooded the mines.
Two hours before the water broke
through one of the hoisting engin
eers noticed a slight settling move
ment on the surface. He turned in a
general alarm und all of the under
ground workers were quickly and
orderly ra'tsed to the surface. Not a
nun was lost, though hundreds of
mules. and horses were caught by
the fast rising water and drowned
In the underground workings.
The excitement was intense at the
time of hoisting the men out of the
various mines. However, the man
agement had the situation well in
hand. In the working of these prop
erties special precautions had been
taken in the event of such an oc
curence happening.
The sea water came in along a fault
near where some men were at work.
First it was but a few inches of wa
ter trickl'ing down from where it had
been stoped out, hut the volume kept
Increasing. It was lucky that the
fracture held up as well as it did
else the loss of life would have been
great.
Skip after skip crowded with men
was rapidly hoisted to the surface
and were checked off by the various
Hhift bosses. AM this time the water
kept creeping up and half an hour
after all were out of the mines, the
, water reached the level of the Gas
tlneau channel.
The misfortune is the greatest in
the hisioly of Alaska mining. It
lias thrown over a thousand men out
of employment, will cripple many of
the business hou>es in Hough.s Ci*y.
i will effect Juneau considerably and
will materially lesson the gold output
of the territory.
Uv r .wo hundred of the men ein
ployed by these mines had made
their holm i near the property. Many
of them have been with the com
panies for yvears, and have raised
and educated their children on the
island. These men not alone have
lost their positions tmt have lost
their homes as the subsidence of the
surface has wrecked hundreds of
dwellings.
Willing workers all of yesterday
endeavored to secure the household
effects from these buildings. The
work was fraught with danger. Mine
guards are posted around the various
rtropertiiejs—to prevent accidents as
the surface of the ground is still
moving.
The Ready Bullion mine which is
once of the Treadwell group is si ill
working. This property is the fur
thest away from the channel and was
it one time connected with the other
mines Hut bulkheads of solid concrete
were put in and the mine shut off.
This 'precaution was taken in 1 ho
event of such a happening as the
present.
The Alaska Treadwell which was
opened up thirty live years ago has
produced over forty million dollars
, dol.ars and lias paid In dividends
I
over sixteen million dollars. It is
incorporated for two hundred thou
sand shares at twenty-live dollars a
share and was a gilt edged security
.at any bank. The Alaska United
had produced over twelve millions
and has paid dividends for a quartet
of that amount. The Alaska Mexican
produced four mllions to date of
which three and a half millions went
to the stockholders.
General Manager Bradley yesterday
admitted to a representative of the
Associated Press that the outlook for
I ever recovering any of the mines was
hopeless.
Across the hay at Juneau the
Gustineau and Alaska-Juneau corpor
ations Will take over, a lot of the
men thrown out of employment for
they have had a shortage of men at
Juneau this month past. Kvery en
deavor is being made to avoid any
hardship being worked on any of the
old employes of the Treadwell grout*
and General Manager Bradley has
expressed himself that he will i*er
sonally attend to that matter.
Douglas City is practically paraly
zed by this awful calamity. For
years this has been a most thriving
community and was dependant on the
big payroll of the group of mines.
This amounted—for the throe mines
who went under—to close on two mil
lion dollars a year.
Mr. Bradley has • expressed himself
that extra men would he put on at
the Beady Bullion mine and that
property would be worked at a great
\ er capacity than heretofore. He fur
there intimated that several properties
i of iprhinjise near Juneau would he
! exploited l>y his company who would
do all in their power to further de
| velope the country,
j This catastrophe will have a ma
I ferial affect on Juneau. Many of the
large business houses supplied Dou
glas island with the greater portion
of 'its foodstuffs and other eotnmodi
tes. The Douglass island pay roll has
added materially to the prosperity
of the capital and the loss will lie j
keenly felt.
Latest advices from Juneau state
that lip* surface around the mine
properties keeps caving in. Many of
i lie 111i11<■ Ijiiild'ings and dwellings have
entirely disappeared. Hundreds of
people from Juneau continue to ar
rive on tip* island and the mine guards
are kept busy keeping the more
venturesome ones from getting into
da tiger.
JUNKAU, April 23.—“To put it
most conservatively our corporation
has (o stand tin achin' loss of over
six million dollars which we consid
er the value of the combined plants
and tip* property, said General Man
ager Bradley today. We have in
stalled much expensive machinery
and mine equipment in the past four
years and now we have lost the mines.
However, it's all in the mining game
and we have to take our losses with
our gains."
Several of the most prominent min
ing engineers in the United States
will make a trip to Juneau to size tip
the situation.
SEN. HARDING PRESENTS DILL
TO ACCEPT TEDDY’S OFFER
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International New* Service
WASHINGTON, April 28.—What
bldB fair to be one of the hardest
fought bills of the present session, is
the one permitting Colonel Theodore
Roosevelt to raise a division of troops
and go to the front in France. Sen
ator Harding of Ohio today launched
this motion, authorizing the accept
ance of Teddy’a offer.
Roosevelt agrees to raise and lead
his own troops, and has to date over
one hundred and ten thousand volun
teers.
While President Wilson . opposes
such a move, a large number of sen
ators are known to be In favor of
granting Teddy’s wishes In the matter,
in the event of our country sending
troops to France.
On being personally interviewed in
th'is regard some of them point out
the service rendered the country by
Roosevelt and his Rough Riders in
the Spanish American war.
They admit that tlio methods now
in use in warfare are far different
from those he encountered, but they
point out that any troops sent over
by the United States would have to
study the present methods, and that I
it would be equally as easy for Ted- |
dy’s division, to adapt themselves to ,
this modern trench system as for 1
any troops of the regular army.
Getting this bill through is sure to
be a hard fight, but Senator Hard
ing points out that the country is in
duty hound to accept the offer, and
that opposition is going to meet with
a very great surprise.
Office and Residence of J. F. McAl
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BY GERMAH U BOAT
IHsrnstional News 8arvic*.
LONDON, April 23.—Reports here
from Southampton tell of the subma
rining of the hospital ships La France
and Donegal which were sunk in the
English channel oft Chetburg on
Aprl |17. Several of the survivors
were landed at Southampton and
state that the ships were sunk by a
German submarine without warning
and that nearly all on board went
down with the vessels.
The reports state that the La
France was without patients and was
on her way to Cherburg to convey
Hick and wounded to the hospitals at
Southampton when Hhe was encoun
ered by the Gorman •subarlne. On the
Donegal however, over seventy five
lives were lost Including fifteen Ger
man prisoners who were being cared
for.
Reprisals are demanded from Ger
many by the British and national In
dignation is tempered somewhat by
the fact that there were some Ger
mans sent to heaven when the Done
gal went down.
It is feared, after thoso outrages
, on hospital ships that In the future
it will go hard with the crews of
captured submarines for the public;
are much Incensed at this action.
The press in England violently de
nounce such an outrrge and cal!1 for
"an eye for an eye.” The feeling is so
strong that German’s—either prison
ers or German aliens—are not safe
and guards at the prison camps have
been doubled.
All ktivle of sleigh and ski wood on
sals at Ros*’ mill and shop. Also
building and mininp timber.
BILLINGSLEY
BREAKS JAIL
Pacific News Service.
SEATTLE, April 2.1. Logan Hi'
lingsley, bootlegger, who accused
Mayor Gill of taking four thousand
dollars bribe money has broken Jail.
The report states that he sawed
his way to liberty. He was under
sentence of thirteen months.
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“GIV OS REPUBLIK” SAYS SWEDEN
STOCKHOLM CENTER OF
REVOLUTION
Pacific News Service.
SEATTLE, April 23.—Without ques
tion the revolutionary spirit nianl
f si. il in Germany by the recent i lots
broke out in Sweden today when a
vast throng of working men congre
gated outside the riksdag tit Stock
holm shouting "(liv os rtepublik." The
assembly endeavored to break into
the houses of parliaenmt and the mil
itary were called out. •
The revolutionary spirit through
out Sweden is evident the dispatch
stutes. The royal palace is threat
ened and is now under strong mili
tary guard. Mass meetings are called
for May 1.
“The Swedish people will assert
themselves and throw off the mantle
of bureaucracy and oligarchy which
has ridden roughshod over the work
ing classes,” quotes (he wire received.
The Swedish government realizing
(he seriousness of the situation will
discuss the matter in the riksdag to
morrow and the military authorities
are in readiness to handle the situa
tion.
For the past month (here has been
considerable uneasiness throughout
owing to the food situation. This is
ostensibly the cause of lighting the
torch which now threatens to change
the government of that country and
cause Sweden to follow in the foot
steps of both Russia and China.
iKng Gustave is at the royal palace
at Stockholm and has caused his cab
inet to assemble there this afternoon
to discuss the situation. It is most
serious.
NOTICE.
The Moose will give a dance in the
little Kitgle hall on Monday evening,
April 23, at 9:30 p. m. to which all
are invited. rrlzes will be awarded
to the winners hn the Moose race. Ad
mission, gents 50c, ladies free.
GERMANS ARE STRONG
ON THE NIGHT ATTACKS
International News Service.
LONDON, April 23.—The opening of
the third week of the allied offensive
was marked hy new and powerful at
tacks on Hie Arias front according to
official dispatches received here to
day. The village of Treses ult and
part of tlie Havrincourt woods was
captured hy the British.
The advance was made at dawn
this morning when Haig's forces made
an onslaught on the German positions
which they carried hv storm.
The action took p'ace below Cam
bral and is another link in the cutting
off of that city from its tine of com
munication. Many prisoners were tak
en in this action and the British
losses were considerable.
I’A Ills, April 23. In the Cham
pagne country and along the Aisue
river the German troops made many
night attacks on the French all of
which were repulsed is the text of
a dispatch received at the army head
quarters today.
For several niglds the Germans
have endeavored to penetrate the
French lines at various poin's hut
failed in their objective.
Airmen report the mounting of guns
of great caliber in rear of the Ger
man thin! lines and it will now d -
velop into an artillery duel of some
magnitude. The French forces start
ed shelling the German lines this
morning and the bombardment is ter
rific. They now endeavor to keep the
German forces from getting their
heavier artillery into action.
COPENHAGEN, April 23. Advices
from Petrograd here this morning
state that a German transport fleet
has been seen in the Baltic off of
the island fo Gotland. It is evident
that these vessels are on their way
to land troops in the Uiga littoral
and the much talked of German march
to Petrograd will shortly be tinder
way.
CELESTIALS KEEP
IN LINE WITH
THE TIMES
International News Service.
PEKIN, April 23.—A revolution
I roke out at Chengtu yesterday and
serious lighting between the revolu
tionists and the federal troops is re
porled. The trouble started at Tsing
Tung and is stated to he the work
of German agents who have quite a
stronghold in this section.
The German concession of Kiao
Chnu extends into tills province and
the advices state that quite a num
ber of revolutionary troops, well arm
ed, were mobilising outside of the
town of Chengtu. Federal Hoops
were rushed to super.: those stationed
in the city and fierce fighting li still
in progress.
GERMANS DISGUISE FACTS
OF INTERNAL DISCORD
lo'ernational News Service,
AMSTERDAM, April 23. A strict
uul rigid censorship is bring exer
cised between here and Germany yet
there is enough evidence leaking' past
the censor to indicate that the agi
tation still continues with reference
to the ammunition workers strike. ■
The German government announced
>ver their wires today that they had
taken over, under military control, all
of the plants and factories which hail
suspended and that three hundred
thousand of the workers had gone
hark, to work. They further state that
things are so regulated now there
will be no walkouts or strikes ill the
future.
In the face of all this it is evi
dent that considerable dissatisfaction
still exists throughout Germany and
that the strike is not settled lty any
means.
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