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NOME, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, 1917,
NO. 2142,
PRES. KNOWS PEACE TERMSP
MOONEY TRIAL DRAWS CROWDS
PEACE IS NOT
AN IMPOSSIBILITY
NEW YORK, Jan. 3,—Wilson's
peace action receives new attention
by reason of the report that he is
in possession of the Teuton peace
terms, and which he has based his
action in writing his now famous
note to all belligerents.
LONDON, Jan. 3.—The Times says
that a report from Budapesth states
that Count Andrassy, the former
Hungarian premier, speaking in the
Hungarian capital and commenting
upon the work of President Wilson
of the United States, said that its
importance was increased by reason
of the fact that Wilson already
knows, and knew the Teutonic peace
terms.
Here this is very much doubted. It
is impossible to reconcile the Lan
sing statement with the Andrassy
allegation, says the Times. Other
papers share this view.
PARIS, Jan. 3.—The Entente re
ply to the Wilson note is ready and
may be delivered at any time.
NEW YORK, Jan| 3.—It is report
ed here, obviously without author
ity, that the Entente reply to Wilson
is couched in far different ia'uuage
to that which is so marked a cliarac
teristic of the note to Germany in
answer to its proposals.
It is positively stated in one even
ing paper that the reply will be such
as to leave the door open on peace
negotiations after all. How this idea
or report originated is not told by
the paper responsible and may be
conjecture merely.
NOTICE.
There will be a meeting of the de
mocratic club Friday evening, Jan
uary 5, at the City Hall. Full at
tendance desired. Election of offi
cers and other business.
PHIL ERNST, President.
Now Is tlie time to Subscribe.
PASSENGERS TELL OF
MINE STREWN COAST
NEW YORK, Jan. 3.—Passengers
arriving on the liner New Amster
dam say the British isles coast is
mine strewn and that Germany is
attempting to starve England. Fal
mouth and Southhampton are both
mined outside with floating mines
which were dropped by German sub
marines.
Many floating mines are also re
ported oft Liverpool and Glascow as
well as other ports.
These passengers also state that
the British Admiralty is concealing
many sinkings.
NEW YORK, Jan. 3.—The in
formation as to the mines made pub
lic by Germans who arrived on the
Holland liner is supposed to have
been censored coming over the cable
and is denied in London dispatches
as absurd.
BERLIN, Jan. 3.—Milan reports
that a German submarine torpedoed
the French battleship Verite near
Malta and the great warship was
very badly damaged.
AMSTERDAM, Jan. 3.—Berlin
newspapers announce that Prince
Frederick Fuerstenberg was killed
in action in Rumania.
NEW YORK, Jan. 3.—War news
as now coming from the Allied na
tions is very scant and bulletins is
sued by the War Bureaus are short
and contain little or no details.
London papers are either unin
formed of Germany’s sea designs or
are deliberately suppressing them
for they treat the cabled reports
from here with ridicule and con
tempt as without any truth.
TEUTONS REPORT THAT
GAINING IN RUMANIA
BERLIN, Jan. 3.—The Russian
and Rumanian attacks in Moldavia
have all of them without exception
THE DIAMOND FROM THE SKY
AT DREAM TONIGHT
Chapter 15.—By a queer twist ol
fate Ester is unharmed. Luke Lo
vell carries her to his balcksmith
shop. Blair and Luke seek a docu
ment Bister possesses. Ester is bound
and left in the blacksmith shop
while Blair and Luke return to the
smashed stage coach. They discover
that Marmaduke Smythe has revived
and fled into the mountains. Quabba
while chasing the pelican, discovers
Ester’s peril and flies to her rescue.
Blather and Quabba flee and continue
their hunt for Arthur. They are
trapped at the brink of a gorge. By
a superhuman effort Quabba places
Esther into the basket of a cable
carrier. He then clambers in and
the two are carried in safety across
the yawning chasm. Arthur has
bought a yacht. As he goes on his
trial trip in Santa Barbara bay, the
fair Vivian is nearby in a sailboat.
Meanwhile The Diamond from the
Sky lies in an inland frog marsh,
where it was dropped by the big
billed pelican who shook it from the
flab. Tomorrow night a Lublin fine
arts. The Strange Unknown, 3 parts.
been repulsed. The enemy counters
have been able to make headway at
no section of the battle front.
Every repulse of the Russians is
accompanied by great Slavic losses
which are simply demoralizing the
NOTICE.
All persons holding warrants ofr
salaries for school and municipal
purposes against the City of Nome
are hereby notified to present the
same for payment forthwith.
PHIL. MURPHY.
City Treasurer.
WAL8WORTH PIPE WRENCHES.
Are the best because they won’t
break, 2, the jaws are heavier and
stronger/ 3, the frame is heavier and
the yoke' is re-enforced. 4, the steel
ferrule on the wooden handle pre
vents it from splitting giving pro
longed service. 5, the teeth are so
shaped and made as to give a posi
tive grip with no danger of chipping
nor becoming dull from hard service
Walworth genuine Stilson pipe
Wrench 6 in. 85c., 10 in. $1.00, 14
in. $1.25. Buy your wrenches from
us, you save money, we make money
and the trust loses money.
C. W. LEWIS.
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enemy completely.
The Teutons today captured To
pisci and several hill positions.
BERLIN, Jan. 3.—The Slavs are
still retiring in Dobrudja and can no
longer hold their own in any action.
They have the morale onlyof a bad
ly beaten forces which makes them
an easy prey to the Teutons.
The enemy’s center in Rumania
has been driven south of Fokeshpi.
BERLIN, Jan. 3.—New Year ar
ticles in the papers reveal a great
confidence in the future. The Ger
man victories have been so great, so
continuous and so unbroken that in
a short time the enemies of the Cen
tral Powersi will realize the hope
lessness of their struggle against the
unconquered Teuton nations.
Since the Entente reply has been
delivered feeling against Great Bri
tain is even more intense than ever
as the stubbornest of all their foes.
The destruction of England must be
the main objective of all war
strategy, says the Tageblatt’s milita
ry expert.
CITY BATH HOUSE
has the largest
and only 6 feet
Bath Tubs in Nome.
FRISCO TRIAL IS
CAUSE SENSATION
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 3.—The
sensation of the day is the Mooney
trial -which is attracting more ana
more attention by the figure oi
Bourke Cochran who is defending
the prisoners.
Bourke Cochran sprung a sensa
tion himself when he sailed into the
government with its batch of profes
sional jurors. His bitter denuncia
tion of the professional jurist mak
ing American courts of justice in
many places a by-word, ,-a hissing
and mockery” as he stigmatized it,
■ scored strongly with the crowded
audience chamber while ii made Dis
trict Attorney Fickert sc,uirm while
subjecting the names to analysis
which was peculiarly penetrating
and incisive as well as correct. He
indicated this intention of demand
ing a special venire and the dismis
sal of one hundred and fifty profes
sional jurists who attended on the
call of the District Attorney w tnout
exception.
The Mooneys were in court and
were immaculately dresesd. He was
as calm and indifferent to the seri
ous nature of the trial as a man
could well be, although he evident
ly listened approvingly to his at
torney.
Fickert announced that the papers
seized yesterday in connection with
the defendant’s mail showed that
Mrs. J. Albert Cram a very wealthy
New York Lady was financing the
defense. Mrs. Cram did so after
reading the transcript of the Bill
ings trial which she later read to
Cochran.
LIVELY TIME WHEN
SOLONS CLASH SENATE
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 3.—
The senators are having their own
times these days and every day
something spirited is taking place.
Senator Hitchcock again acting
for the administration introduced
his now third term resolution en
dorsing the Wilson action in sending
out his peace plea.
This led to a very lively inter
change between Hitchcock, Borah
and Lodge which was a spat of di
mensions while it lasted. Lodge bit
terly attacked the impropriety of the
German Ambassador officially ap
proving of the Wilson action
through the press. Lodge intimated
that Bernstorff conceived as Wilson
filling a position similar to the Kai
S0r, and brought sharp rejoinders
from Hitchcock.
The House is going to probe the
Wall street speculations and the al
i leged connection of the official world
with the selling raid which reaped
such a bountiful harvest as a result
of inside dope. Representative
Woods’ call for investigation was
referred to the Rules Committee
which has to report in ten days. A
great sensation was sprung in the
House when Congressman Bennett
New York declared that popular re
port and common rumor on the
street connected Bernard Baruch of
the National Defense Council as the
informant of the state secret as he
recently sold short on steel and
made an especially big killing.
Bennett was reminded that an of
ficial repeating this report in this
manner was equivalent to a direct
charge against Baruch. Bennett let
it go at that.
PERSHING MAY BE AT
ONCE WITHDRAWN MEXICO
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 3.—
President Wilson had an extended
conference with Secretary Lane to
day upon the Mexican problem.
It is announced that the Mexican
members plan to make an official
statement to Wilson.. Wilson, it is
LOCAL ITEMS.
Another claim on the Third Peach
line that is to be worked in a way
this winter is the Mabel Bench
claim, one of the former star produ
cers of this section and in other days
owned and operated by Stewart and
Connors. Later Joe Crabtree work
ed on a portion of this ground as
on No. 2 Saturday adjoining, where
the quantity of water tapped made
it appear as if the operators has
struck the main of the deep sea.
Kent moved a boiler and outfit to
this ground for Springstein, Ralston
and Billy Eastenhauser and they in
tend to clean out one of the old
working shafts and prospect there
from for the beach gold in that sec
tion.
• * • •
Leo Seidenverg has determined to
be in the running and Cheap John’s
store has instituted another ticket
contest awarding as a prize a $25
suit of Clothes, a pair of Floresheim
shoes and a Stetson hat to the hold
er of the winning ticket. A number
ed ticket will be awarded with every
50c. cash purchase or in payment ol
accounts. The drawing is to take
reported, as well as his cabinet, fav
ors terminating the conference and
withdrawing the Pershing forces
from Mexico and instead settling
the disputed points between the
United States and Mexico through
some other form of discussion and
action. No intimation is given ot
what this form might he.
TOKIO, Jan. 3.—It is reported
that Colonel Carpio and two other
military representatives of Carranza
are here purchasing rifles, ammuni
tion and artillery and are also ne
gotiating for the purchase of the
great steamer Kotcliira one of the
largest of the Japanese boats.
NEW YORK, Jan. 3.—The an
nouncement that Wilson is now for
■withdrawing the American troops
from Mexico is taken with some sur
prise although even the most hostile
criticism admits that he might as
well order them back for all the
good that the American general has
been allowed to do by the adminis
tration so unusually incompetent in
the matter. Democratic papers favor
the withdrawal as tiie Pershing ex
pedition was always a possible
source of dangerous friction while
in Mexico.
BOOSTS ALASKA SCENERY
SAYS GREATEST ASSET
— — ■■ .
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 2.—
Profesor Lowell Thomas of Prince
ton who during the past summer
made a trip through the southwest
ern-sections of Alaska was before the
place on February 22 and Cheap
John’s store expects to have a big
increase in business as a result of
this contest. It is more or less ot
an experiment, and during months
that are if anything from a
store point of view, the quietest ol
the year.
national parks conference today and
said that scenery was the greatest
asset of Alaska. He said that it sur
passed description and would be the
world Mecca for the tourists. He
saw a ten fold population when the
railroad was finished and the settle
ments secured on account of this,
system of transportation. He was ia
favor of M’Kinley national park.
GET THE NEWS RIGHT. REAS
THE WORKER.