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VOLUME XV. NO. 93. TELEPHONE MAIN 46
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BULLOCK JOINS
HUSTON IN
SEATTLE JAIL
SEATTLE, March -■>. J. II. Buliock
llie former Nome man who with Clias
K. Huston was sentenced to one year
in prison following his conviction on
the charge of conspiracy to defraud the
government through the medium oi
Alaska coal contracts, returned lo Ihc
city last night in the custodj of fed
eral oUlc ers and was iminediutely taken |
to llie county jail where Huston is
already serving his time.
WITHIN STRIKING
I STANCE OF BUDAPEST
I,o.\l>< >X, March '■!'). (‘nut iitental
advices indicate plainly (hat the lirst
singe of tiie great I .attic which will
precede the Russian advance against
Budapest has resulted in hi over
whelming victory for the Slav forces
Reports from both I’etrograd and
\ ienna agree that the i'gar's troops
have won their way through tla- DuM.i
Piiss and are pouring down the westeri
slopes of the < 'arpal Ilians and into
•'astern Hungnr> in a resistless st*. nn
The advance guard of the Russian
:»rm\ is said ti* have advanced a run
sidi*iiit,je distance south of the i'ar
pathians and are now intrenched with
n fifteen miles of the town of Hartfn
a long the western mountain slopes
Tlie Russian commanders are said to
hein an excellent position to strike at ,
i lie Hungarian capital which is less
than one hundred and fifty miles away
Advices from the Russian capital ill
dies leg that the entile Russian tSalician
army will shortly concentrate on the
Hungarian plains in preparation for a
sweeping advance upon Vienna.
I’RTIP KlRAI • Mai ell The Wat
liureau has announced that all avail
able forces are being rushed t . th»*
< arpathians anrl the advantage "b
tamed in the fighting along the moun
tain slopes during the past few da\s|
will he \igorousl> pressed. The amiv
lately beaelging the Galuian fortress
• •t I'r/i-nnsl. numbering over une hun-l
tired and ninet\ thousand men will he
rushed t«> aid the Russian idvarx • into
Hungary as speedily as possible I
ASKS TURKEY TO
HELP AMERICANS
IN PERSIA
WASHINGTON. March -i The
state Department this morning cabled
Ienry Morgenthan. the American Am
iHsador to Turkej instructing him to
irge the Turkish government to use
ts good offices in protecting ttie* Amer
' .iii missionaries and refugees in l*et
ia. as fur as possible.
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MINESWEEPERS
STILL ACTIVE
DARDANELLES
LONDON, March 25.—The admiral! >
states that the resumption of the Dar
danelles bombardment will commence
us soon as weather conditions will per
mit. Equinoctial storms of unusual
severity are sweeping the .Vegan ami
navigation of the Dardanelles is dll'
lieu It. The reports indicate that the
mine sweepers alone aiv maim. Ininir
ai-tivltles in the Dardanelles waters
GERMAN OFFICIALS CONFIRM
LOSS OF KARLSRUHE
XEW YORK. March Offhers «.f
the trnns-Atlantic liner Rnttcrdam sa
that there is no doubt that the German
warship Karlsruhe has been desfioyed
According to the statement of thr ship
officials the loss of the German boat is
; acknowledged by the German nn\ a1
| authorities and lb * moi ha \ < n n ^ il of
tieials are piloted as say inn that tin
Karlsruhe is lyiipu' tt tin both on • t
' the oeoail ill the West ill.lies
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STRUGGLE IN POLAND
FAST NEARING DECISION
I .OX DON', March - A«l\ices from
lterlin and Petrograd today indicate
that the great struggle in Northern
Poland is fast nearing tin- decisive
stage. The German dispatches con
flrmthe reports that the German army
which has been attempting to pierce
tiio Russian lines at Ossowetz arc be
ing hard pressed by the Slav forces and
are now endeavoring to prevent the
Russians from advancing to the North
and South of the fortress. The Rus
sians aro endeavoring to interpose a
line of troops between the fort and the
Russian border.
I AMSTERDAM, Mulch 23. Iterl-ln is
quiet on the Polish and Carpathian sit
uations. Frontier censors are prohibit
ing all dispatches and mail advices re
lating thereto to (lie mm.mrni- of the
contending armies.
PKTROGRA1 >. March 2 3. The pop
ulace is wild with enthusiasm following
tho recent triumphs in the Carpathians
and also the deadlocked situation in
Poland which is deemed equal to an
actual victory.
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NKU V' iltK Alar, li Persian
cablegrams slat, that tin- Moslems fa -
natiis a r.- i fjiiivt tal I.. I.- plundering
and nun (In ing Christians in Northern
Persia. Ii is declared llial a larg.
number of American missionaries are
located in ill*’ disturbed districts ami
are in great danger, II is reported that
Washington has received otllvial con
firmation of I he reported masHam-s
and I ho Slate Department is now in
eommimieatlon with the Persian .-up
ital
WASHINOTl i\ March I Ameri
can Consul Smith who is stationed at
Rat uni. Russia, lull is now in Titlis, in
formed tlie State Department today
that American missionaries and a large
number of refugees are in great danger
front tlie filiation I tribesmen in West
ern Persia Tlie Turkish e.msul at
I'rmia lias reported to Consul Smith
that Rrigllib Pun at the head of seven
thousand Askaris was recently reported
I., he persecuting Christians and has
led an uprising against the American
missionaries in the western districts
The Turkish representative staled that
.reports of tlie murder of several mis*
sinnaries. including one woman, hat i
been reported form tlie interior lull ant
as yet unconfirmed.
WASHINGTON, Match 25. The
foreign mission hoards are beselging
I he Stale iJepnnrncnt for help follow
in§■ the receipt of the terrible details of
tile anti-Christian massacres In Turk
ish ami Persian provinces.
Tlh’I.IS Atari'll JA Tic details of i
lie i n t i I'luisiiaii uprising reveals a
horrible stun of murder and pillage
Refugees arriving here tell piteous |
tales of suffering' and horror in the in
terior. it is declared that the fanatics
have massacred fully twenty thousand
Christians at tin* \arimis missions
throughout the ■ ouutri Turkish
troops ti''e declared to lie aiding the
Kurds in persecution and massacre of
tin* Assyrian Christians Reports show
that seventeen thousand native and
foreign Christians arc in imminent
danger at the 1’rumiah missions and
over twelve thousand have taken re
fiige among the mountains of the lower
Caitcnsus. The Turkish troops are de-j
dared to have hanged Mar I lia tile
orthodox bishop at Prumiah and also
four clergymen after compelling them
to .submit to the most hiii.il cult ig.-s
J.OXDON. .March -■> Tli. War < <t
lice yesterday telegraphed the Kiitisli
army and navy commandants operating
against Persian Gulf points to do their
utmost to relieve the beleaguered
Christians The commanders are in
structed to use their own judgment if
<-<»n(litlnn« just if t'peralion* utpihist
Persia.
ROMK. March j:. A Moslem Hob
war is declared to be in full blast in flic
interior of northern Pm da accrding t<>
authentic advices received by Vatican
• dlicials The Vatican announces that
wholesale massui re <»i ('atholi- mis-j
sionaries in Persia and Assryia have
i iken place during Up- past week but j
have been hushed up by tin* Persian*
authorities.
NOTICE OF MEETING.
There .vill be a meeting of the Nome,
Chamber of Commerce March 26 • F» i -
day night) at eight p. m. in the City
Hall for the purpose of discussing the
repeal of the Sunday closing law '
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'"untv 11 m In \ iRiijnst the Pioneer Min
inn i'nniti.inv, • { Nome defendant in
the -ult of K S HI:un k, O A
and H. It Ames, Tile salt involves mat
t"rs in . nnneetinn with the leasing of
'Tunis neat Moonlight Sprlncs nn
Anvil ('reek in the Noma district i'
|i M urate-, formerly district Jude* of
tie- Second division, represented the
defendant and Orton and I.yons con
ducted suit of the plaintiffs
REBELS IMPRISON
GOVERNOR OF SONOR*
It Kit M i hSl t,l,<», Mexico, Manli c’v
Rioting and several executions today
marked the control of this place l>y the
Yagui Indians who have rebelled
against the rule of Governor Maytot
enn The rebellious Indians aided by
numerous Mexican peons have ybtained
complete possession of the town and
are holding the governor as a prisoner
Outside reports indicate that the revo
lution is spreading like wild tir. and ^
threatens to menace government «u
thority throughout Northern Mexico.
Reports from .Uat/.atan ami San
Murcml indicate that the disaffection
is general throughout Southern Sonora
Stories of murder and pillage in the
reiTiotei seotlnns are of dall> oeetu
a nee.
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NUGGET.
AUSTRIANS PREPARE FOR ITALIAN INVASION
McMANUS MURDERERS
DESTROY AMERICAN FLAG
WASHINGTON, March L'V Thc|
State Department Investigalions of th<
recent disturbances in Mexico City dis
closes that at tile time McManus was
hilled the revolutionists tore the Ameri
can flag from its staff and later par
Hally destroyed it by trampling.
NOTICE
All Odd Fellows, their families,
Rtbekahs and their families are in
vited to attend a social at Eagle Hall
Friday evening March 26th, at 8.30
P M. 2t
For trash peanut candies, saltad
paanuta and aaltad almons go to the
Roee Candy Store.
RELATIONS BETWEEN AUSTRIA
AND ITALY SEVERELY STRAINED
VIENNA, March 25. According to I
official statements tlic relations of Aus
tria and Italy are now so strained that
tho Vienna government is making
preparations to repel a possible inva
sion of Western Austria by the Italian
forces. It is declared that the govern
ment Is now massing great bodies of
itrnops along the Southern districts of
the Tyrol provinces and in the vicinity
of Trent which, it is believed, would
be the object of an Italian invasion.
The development in the Austro-Itnlian
negotiations are being withheld from
public announcement and it is generally
believed that the two countries will
shortly be actively hostile.
I.AXOAX, March 25.— The Foreign
* v
Ofllce announces the receipt of infor
mation from Rome of the seizure hy
the Italian government, of a train of
freight tars loaded with graphite and
sulphur consigned to Germany. At the
time of seizure the train was fast near
ing the Swiss frontier. The advices
state that the ears were destined for
the Krupp gun works at Essen.
VIGE-PRES. SAYS CANAL
TO MAKE WORLD KIN
SAX FRANCISCO. March Vic*
President Marshall, who Is represent
I ing President Wilson at the Panama
Pacific International Exposition, during
the course of his address yesterda
stated that the building of the Panani >
Canal marked an epoch in the affair
of the world and was built not alone
for glory and for gain but to make
the whole world kin. The Viee-Pre
snlent |,jiU an eloquent tribute to the
genius ..f Colonel Qoethals, whom he
■ ImruotPiizetl as the greatest engineer
in tlie world and one to whom wus
due the honor of the world.
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