THE NOME DAILY NUGGET
VOLUME XVII. NO. 133. TELEPHONE MAIN 4« NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JUNE 1, 1917. TELEPHONE MAIN 45. PRICE 25 CENT9
RUSSIAN TILLERY POUNDING GERMAN LINES
U. S. WARSHIPS BLOCK ALL
SHIPPING IN NEW YORK
International News Service.
NEW YORK, vR|llp 1-—-Eor some
reason or oilier, which the authorities
refuse to make public, all shipping
in New York harbor lias been Stopped.
No ships—other than war vessels are
allowed to leave port and even the
excursion boats to Coney Island hove
been stopped.
The action of the authorities has
caused consternation in shipping cir
cles who are at a loss to account for
the order which was given out by the
navy department this morning.
Steaming slowly in the narrows at
present is the United Stabs cruiser
Amphitrite and four torpedo destroy
ers standing guard on any vessels
who attempt to b-av ethe port. Even
gasoline and power boats of any de
scription ar<' not. allowed outside of
tin I'iniits prescribed b\ the patrols
The ^otfion of the tiuthorlties in
Mocking till shipping attempting to
leave the port of New Vork cannot be
at counted for. Several ships arrived
in port this morning and were board
ed by officers of flic United States
navy us well as harbor pilots who
directed them to off-loading points.
(tcnor.-il public npifidon gives ex
pression that the measures now adopt
ed and the notion taken is to prevent
men of conseflptive age leaving the
United Slates for neutral countries.
• •titers an of tiro Opinion that Ger
man submarines are. lurking In the
vicinity of New fork harbor and are
about to ivrelvt a touch of .Marconi's
"submarine kill* r.' The fact that nil
American sailing ship was torpedoed
by a German submarine in I nited
Slat's water is Hi. foundation for tilt
opinion that llie imdcrw.i h a . raft
wen- iii the vicinity of New York.
A statement issued by the authori
ties is to 1)0 effect that the port of
New York was closed for two hours
only and then reopened, the officials
aiding- on their own authority. They
will give no explanation of their no
iion further than this statement.
\YA8111 N< 1TO.Y, Jun I. Secretary
of (tie Navy Mantels when questioned j
today regarding tin closing of the1
port of New Yolk to all shipping,
j ref11s d to issue any statement other
than to assert that the navy depart
-
mint had found it necessary to take
| such action and thill im explanation
coukl lie ri ade public.
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II DEAD AND 20 INJURED
IN DYWMM5TE PLOT
International News Service.
CLEVELAND, June I. Eleven poo
i
pie are dead, twenty seriously injured 1
and five buildings completely destroy- j
od as a result of the blowing up of
these buildings by dynamite. The 1
explosions followed each other in |
quick Succession, and the fires which 1
finished the destructive work could j
not he gotten under control until the ]
hbuildings were completely demolish
ed.
The report states that one slick of!
dynamite was found by the police |
near the elevator of one of the build
ings when they first reached the i
scene of disaster. This l&ids to th '
belief that (lie explosion Which look
j place In one of the other buildings
occurred a short time sooner than nr
| ranged for, thereby forcing the plot
ters to leave the neighborhood I> 'fore
J all of their dynamite was planted
| < >ne of the buildings when blown up
seemed to part in the mi Idle and then
Collai»SP, all of tile walls falling in
ward except the rear wall which fell
out and crushed a garage that con
tained a great number of cars.
W'hat could be the object of these
! plotters in bringing about such a
| catastrophe other than the possibil
| ity that they contemplate the mil -
less destruction of valuable property.
is beyond the.eompivhension of tie1
authorities. If tliis is their onh
motive they ale to lie classified as'
cranks, if on the contrary they are!
Herman agents they lave created a
quutKlry that will bo hard to Solve,
ns no government offices of imv de
scription were connec'ed with the
buildings destroyed. The officers
working on clews in their endeavor to
establish the Identity of the instlga
tors of this plot have ttlaved a num
ber of men under n"r si, but as in
sufficient evidence is at band tb?tr
release is expected.
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ENLISTMENT
RECORD BROKEN
International News Service.
WASHINGTON, June 1.—AH rec
ords were broken in army enlistments
in the United States “when two thou
sand three hundred and sixty seven
men passed the necessary examina
tion!! and were enlisted yesterday.
TIUs is Hie greatest nmol . r of men
ever known to enlist in the regular
army of Ihe I'niled Slates In one
day. Is probably a record that can
not he equalled by any nation In the
world.
Ever since the declaration of war
with Germany the war department
report more than a thousand men a
day enlisting In the regular army of
the United States. Special legisla
tion has been enacted by which these
nu n enlist only for the period of the
war. The usual standard lias been
upheld in tlie requirements for re
cruits.
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International News Service.
WASHINGTON, June 1.—The Am
erican sailing ship Dirego was sub
marined by a German T' boat In ter
ritorial waters w'lth the loss of one
lifi*. The survivors are under the
Pare of the federal authorities and
are re.pa sted not to ment'ion tile par
ticulars of I he sinking.
The authorities refuse to divulge
the whereabouts of the sinking of
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the Dirogo hut state tlint the first
mate of the ship was injured by the
explosion ami died shortly after.
The Bailing ship hailed from I’ensa
eola and was returning to the 1'nited
States from South Amortca when
encountered and sunk by the German
It boat.
We are using Moonlight water in the
Elite Bath House.
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WOMAN RESENTS UN-AMERICAN
UTTERANCES AND IS SNOT
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International News Service.
MEMPHIS, June 1. Hiving in the
neighborhood of many aliens whoso
utterances were distinctly un-Amer
ican Mrs. Jane in ffenbaugh informed
the federal authorities of such sedi
tious action and a few hours later
was shot and killed whilst walking
in her garden.
The federal authorities have taken
(he matter in hand anld have made
three arrests of parties who were re
ported by Mrs. Dcffenbaugh for their
un-American expressions. i
I The shooting of this woman has
aroused the community and a great
anti-alien sentiment is evident In the
e'tty. Newspapers openly condemn
the authorities for not immediately
acting on the report of the dead wo
man. They assert that any persons
who make treasonable, seditions un
American utterances during the pres
ent crisis should lie taken care of hy
the federal authorities.
Steamer Standard will leave for
Solomon at 9 a. m. tomorrow.
RUSSIANS NOW ATTACK
WITH RENEWED VIGOR
International News Service.
i’KTROt UtAD. June 1.—With pent
up ferocity of three months accumu
lation. during which time an armistice
e.vistfil between them ami Germany,
In- Russian forces this morning re
sumed tin offensive on the Riga front
andw ith big guns in action pound
ed the German lines with great effect.
In Conjunction with this bombard
ment many Russian aeroplanes
swooped down on the supply bases of
lie Germans and inflicted material
damage. Russian a'irmen have per
footed a new class of aeroplane which
is almost as large as the new type
of aircraft with which the Germans
raided London ten days ago.
The Russian army is almost com
pletely reorganized. Its comm;, nd. i s
have been selected by the war council
recently placed in office. Reports re
ceived here today from the Riga front
indicate that many of the German
forces who occupied that section have
been withdrawn to the western front.
The arrival of the American com
mission is eagerly awaited and plans |
of campaign formulated by tbe allied
generals and recently submitted to
the Russian government will probably
be adopted in full.
At present th< i < p[x a to be a
unification of action among the troops,
who have expressed their loyalty to
tiie new provisional government. They
have all gone buck to the trenches
with loit one Idea and that is the
success of the all'ied arms. The
socialists of Russia are united with
the troops and wil 1 stand by the
government.
FRENCH ARE
SUCCESSFUL
International News Service.
I'AltlH, June 1.—After severe tight
• ug which lasted over eight hours the
French forces captured an important
< human post south of Chevreaux
taking many prisoners and a largo
uu.'inlity of supplies and munitions.
General Neville in his dispatches
Iso states that a largo .and mighty
offensive which was aga'in launched
iiy the (iermans in the Champagne
distriet was overcome and compelled
to retire under a close anil withering
lire of French machine guns.
The French commander states that
the German losses in tills engagement
which was of short duration—were
most severe. The Flench forces are
now on the outskirts of Neufchatel
which is the strongest fortified posi
tion on flu Ais.ne river *1 n the hands
of ttie Germans.
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ALLIED FODDES NOW TO
DRIVE TRROOGR SERBIA
International News Service.
LONDON. June 1.—The Italians
have undertaken a new offensive in
Albania and are concentrating main
thousands of troops at Klbasan. From
there they will act in conjunction with
French and llritish troops who are
now in l.attie array in southern Sir
Ida.
For many months the allied forces
have hern transporting troops to this
section and with Salonika as a base
have rushed through enormous sup
plies to tlie Serbian frontier.
Striking at the Austrian seaboard
from both the north and the south
the nines will endeavor to obtain ab
solute posses-lull of the Adriatic Sea.
IpXIioX, dune |. Field Marshal
Haig this ,'ifb l nooll reports that Hie
British tmops have ex'end'll their
lines on the it"ithw sp tn front and
have made eonsItlcr.tMe gains In the
past t u i nt r four limn s.
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MUST NOT ATTEMPT
TO ESCAPE DRAFT
International News Service
WASHINGTON. June I Issuinga
warning against all attempts to
cape /conscription I’li-s-Vli-nt Wilsmi
l«Jda> said that any poison between
twenty on and thirty found trying
to leave tile Vnited Stat-s would a
placed unite" ; i rest atvl summarily
dealt with.
He said tha' snfl’. • at; | ublioatin,
has lieen yi •* *. the utatt r a t sure and
that none can plead Ignorance in tills
regard. The entire nation is aware of
the fact that registration day is June
and that means tnat every man
between those ages must register on
that day those who fail; to comply
with this order lay themselves open
to trial by military court martial,
and undoubtedly this will he the means
adopted hy the govirnrtlent in dealing
With sueli cases.
The president is firm in this mai
ler and there is every evidence that
he 'intends to resort to drastic action
in nerrylng out all miMiry measures
that have been pa-ad l.y the senate
and house.
There is to lie allowed no boating
about the bush in this matter of
registration and tie government do
not intend to discuss tile matter pro
and con with any organization that
may attempt to thwart their plans.
President Wilson has issued the order
and it must lie lived up to to the
i letter.
We want every one to be a sub"
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TWO AMERICAN
SHIPS ARE SUNK
International News Service.
I.ON'P )N June -T'n» An'tilcn’i
sailing siint Barbara and Francis M.
were submarined off the south coast
of Ireland yesterday. The sinking of
the Barbara was practically witness
ed by a patrol boat who was but
three miles distant when the torpedo
exploded.
The patrol boat rushed to the scene
anil succeeded in rescuing nil the
members of the crew. According to
the statement of the captain of the
sailing vessel no warning was given
by the U boat who came to the sur
face about one hundred yards from
the Barbara and launched a torpedo
which tore the vessel in two.
All of the crew of the Frames M.
| were picked up in life boats off the
south coast of Ireland by a patrol
boat yesterday. They stated that
their ship was torpedoed but a few
hours previously but were all enabled
to take to the boats without loss of
life.
Submarines are now trailing after
the slower class of steamer and sail
ing vessels and appear not to molest
the speedier class of armed merchant
marine.
Moonlight water at the City Bath
House.