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NOME. ALASKA THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 1017.
NO. 2202.
AMERICAN SHIP SENT
BOTTOM; NO GUN
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 14.—
The American steamer Algonquin,
laden with relief supplies for the
Belgian Belief Commission, was
sunk by German U boats. The sink
ing of the Algonquin is regarded
here as a very serious matter.
NEW YORK, March 14.—The
Captain of the Algonquin cabled
that his steamer was attacked at
daybreak, twenty shells being fired
although the steamer hove to upon
the first shot. The submarines,
there were three of them, came in
closer having first fired from a dis
tance of three miles. Although they
saw no guns on the steamer they
ordered the crew to the boats, then
placing bombs in the steamer sank
it to the bottom. The submarines
refused to give the boats of the
steamer a tow.
NEW YORK, March 14.—The
sinking of the Algonquin is likely
to completely halt the relief work
of the Belgium Commission. The
steamer it is pointed out was not
armed, was a nuctral carrying no
contraband, had its name and pur
pose painted in large letters on its
side and the attack was a wanton
one which' can only lead to either
complete ignoring by the American
government or a declaration of war.
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 14.—
The State Department will not talk
about the sinking of the Algonquin
beyond admitting that the matter it
being investigated. The steamer ol
course had ample warning.
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SERIOUS EVIDENCE IS
GIVEN AGAINST GILL
SEATTLE, March 14.—The pro
secution today produced the police
records showing that Billingsley
had been arrested over twenty times
prior to August last but after
August 30 when the alleged bribe is
said to have been given Gill, he
was not arrested once.
This is contended to be prima
facie evidence of the guilt of the
defendant mayor. The Sergeant ot
the Seattle Dry Squad testified today
that he had notified Gill that
Billingsley was operating heavily
after August 30 but he was not in
structed to make any arrest. He
was not instructed not to make an j
arrest. When asked why he did
not, upon cross examination, wit
ness said he wanted orders.
Secretary of the Police Sullivan
swore that he told Gill that the
Billingsley papers were under state
sub poena but Gill refused to obey
the court and ordered Sullivan to
return the papers to Billingsley.
This was bad evidence against
Gill, although the witness did no*
remember when exactly lie had re
eeived these instructions from the
mayor.
The strong testimony developed
against Gill in today’s proceedings
have a tendency to compel distrust
in the innocence of the mayor and
chief. Both however remain cold,
collected and cheerful while the de
fendants attorneys also seem very
satisfied with the progress of the
case, a satisfaction does not seem to
be warranted.
OFFICIALS REPORT SAYS
RAPAUNIE REINS CLEARED
LONDON, March 14.—An official
Teport Bays that the Germans aie
now retiring from all around Bu
paume, sacrificing position after po
sition while the British guns aie
pouring a terrific fire into the city.
The general retirement from these
"adventures of
J. RUFUS WALLINGFORD.
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At the Dream tonight the Advent
ures of J. Rufus Wallingford. To
nights instalment is entitled “A
Rheumatic Joint” and it exposes the
big grafter in a hurricane of yell
ing situations. It is whispered that
Rockewell will give a vast sum of
money to be cured of his ailment, so
our friends, together with the War
den girls, open an institution, the
primary object of which is to dis
pense old age cure to the million
aire and secondly to relieve him of
some of his cash. A dramatic gem
In two reels entitled “The Friend”,
supports the feature.
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lines indicates an absolute aban
donment of the present German po
sitions from Arras to Bapaume.
LONDON, March 14.—The Ger
man retirement on the west front is
assuming very large dimensions,
several miles of trenches being
abandoned today, all occupied by
the British. The village of Bapaume
is now, it is understood, also eva
cuated except for a small body
which is protecting the general
withdrawal. This is the first praw
tical result of the steady pressure
which the British forces have with
out cessation maintained upon the
German positions in this section of
the front.
AMSTERDAM, March 14.—Ber
lin reports a battle In the Black
Sea between German sea planes and
Russian destroyers. The sea planes
dropped bombs compelling the Rus
sians to retire after several of the
boats had been severely damaged
LONDON, March 14.—China has
broken off diplomatic relations with
Germany and charging that they
were preparing to ship great quan
tities of metal and ammuntion and
loaded coal to sneak out to sea,
they have seized the interned Ger
man ships. Wu Ting Fang, the for
eign minister was the prime movet
in this step.
PRESS TOLD RESULT
OF GERMANIST PLOT
OLEAN, N. Y. March 14.—Six
men were killed and many injured
in a terrific explosion which wrecked
buildings in the plant of the Aetna
Explosive Co. The loss is estimated
at six hundred thousand dollars.
The press is instructed by the offi
cials of the company that they have
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reason to believe that the explosion
is the result of a conspiracy.
As the company is engaged on
huge munition contracts for the Al
lies, the inference from this state
ment by the management is that
the company was the victim of a
Germanist plot.
No facts havp been made public
which would indicate that this is
correct and the workers in the plant
claim that it was caused by indiffer
ent precautions on the part of the
company.
BURNS HAS BILLS.
JUNEAU, March 14;—Code
amendment and a general property
tax bill supplementing his previous
bill were introduced by Burns to
day.
I
NEW YORK, March 14.—Both
sides of the railway controversy arc
now holding separate meetings and
both sides are standing pat. It is
believed that vthe strike will be
called on the eastern railroads on
Saturday and will inevitably extend
to the roads west of Chicago on Sun
day. Other roads will be tied up on
Monday unless the entire country is
covered by the same strike order.
NEW YORK, March 14.—The
York World, usually well informed
as to probable administration action.
this evening says in connection with
a possible strike being called on
Saturday next on the railroad?, that
the government will probably seize
the railroads in the event of a
strike.
NEW YORK, March 14.—The en
tire country is watching the confer
ences which are being held in this
city among the parties to the great
railroad difficulty.
There seems to prevail a genera)
sentiment to the effect that the
managers are trying to make a big
bluff stick, although the railroad
brotherhoods appear to be con
vinced that they mean business as
do most, certainly the brotherhoods.
There is not even an opening for
a compromise upon the part of tho
brotherhoods as the instructions of
the members of the railroad organi
zations are positive and explicit.
There is not a single hope that
would give any comfort that the
strike will not be pulled off as in
dicated by the railroad men. A gen
eral tie-up seems therefore inevit
able.
GERARD ARRIVES AND
SO DOES DERNSTORFF
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 14.—
Ambassador Gerard arrived today
He refused all interviews until he
mates his report to the President.
He was conferring with Lansing al
most all the afternoon, and since
two4 o’clock until six they have been
closetted together. Gerard will he
in New York on Friday and is sche
duled then to make a statement
He categorically refused to sa/
anything as to his treatment leav
ing Germany and the members ol
his party also refused under in
structions to make any statements
until authorized by the Ambassadoi
or the President.
AMSTERDAM, March 14.—Votf
Bernstorft and party arrived in
Berlin today. The telegrams indi
cate that Bernstorft is greatly an
gered by the overbearing method of
the Canadians who inspected the
party. Nothing that was ever done,
at Kirkwall could have been so dis
graceful and complaints are being
prepared which will be presented to
the State eDpartment of the United
States through the Swiss Minister.
It is a wholesale charge that tho
inspectors treated the party with tho
contempt auu bcai'ched \
one of them.
NEW YORK, March 14.—The
whole press of the metropolis 13
awaiting a statement from Gerard.
For some reason it is expected that
he may have some momentous mat
ter to make public which may stir
the country.
EVERETT RIOT CASE IS
STEADILY PROCEEDING
SEATTLE, March 14.—All throlfch
the week there was a certain same
j ness in the Everett trial. The same
testimony day after day was gone
over with the defense steadily con
necting the labor troubles in Eve
rett which culminated in the Sunday
slaughter, with the terrific tragedy
of the Verona. The witnesses in the
main were produced to swear that
LOCAL ITEMS.
There were exactly 308 registered
at 3:30 yesterday afternoon on the
city books. This is not very lively
registering and from present indi
cations one would be likely to infer
that the total registration this year
will be very light, but as the people
of Nome like those in many another
famous spot on earth like to put oft
everything until the last minute,
Clerk Grimm is likely to have a job
on his hands of some dimensions
when the closing hours arrive.
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the first shot was fired frcrrn the
Verona and the posse did not open
fire until alter that had taken
place.
The government has produced very
many who swore to this effect, al
though none agree as to what pait
of the ooat the shot was fired from
and manifest other discrepancies.
At today’s trial there was a tem
porary variance of the monotonous
government testimony as to which
side fired the first shot when a de
puty sheriff used as a witness by
the government reprimanded the
court stenographers notes as un
true, ■when he quoted that witneses
testified that the I. W. W. members
did not expect trouble, that the
excursion was in the nature of a
picnic. I
The reprimand aroused consider
able interest that was wearying With
the same routine of questions.
The government has still many
more witnesses to examine. The
industrial bias of the witnesses so
far examined has been made mani
fest by defense attorneys.
NAMES COMMISSION.
WASHINGTON, D. C„ March 14.—
The President today unexpectedly
named the body of the Tariff Com
mission. The powers of the Com
mission are very elastic and will no
doubt have their reports endorsed by
Congress.
While so far the presiding officer
of the Commission is not named,
the members are divided as follows:
democrats two, independent two. No
acknowledged republicans are on
the board. The independents are
economic experts who will be more
or less advisory and give expert opi
nion on the data \Vhich the Com
mission will collect.
ISSUES STATEMENT.
NEW YORK, March 14.—The
Belgium Relief Commission issued
a statement today deelaring that
Germany asked to have an American
left in charge of the work in Bel
gium. It is believed that the actual
work will now be transferred to
Holland.
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JURY GET ( ASK TODAY.
DENVER, March 14.—The case
of Mrs. Stella Moore Smith who
killed her second husband and who
is charged with murder will go to
the jury tomorrow. Mrs. Smith
was formerly the wife of the son
of Bishop Moore, divorcing him to
marry her-chauffeur: jumping out of
the frying pan ihto the fire, for his
abuse was so dastardly that he made
her desperate. Strong testimony
to this effect was put in by the de
L fense today and she will probably be
acquitted.
PRINCESS DIED.
LONDON, March 14.—The
Duchess ■ of Connaught died here
this evening at seven o’clock. She
had been unconscious since noon.
SENATE AGAINST BOXING.
DENVER, March 14.—The Senate
passed the anti-boxing bill here
today and it now goes to the House.
The bill is directed against the Dil
lon-Darcy fight scheduled for March