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The Nome daily nugget., 1915-01-29

Because the United States bureau of fisheries has offered the state of Ore gon 3,00O.000 red Alaska salmon eggs from It's Yes bay hatchery, Alaska, for delivery to the Oregon state hatcheries the salmon packers and other public spirited citizens of the Columbia river enable the hatcheries to provide ac- comodations for the handling of these eggs, the present facilities of the plants being for the native fishes.
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-01-29

George Dumas and E. A Norman miners from the Yentna district of Alaska, owners of twenty claims on the Nakochna creek, arrived in Seattle re- gently, at the conclusion of a seasons work in prospecting their holdings and preparing them for active mining op- erations next summer MT Dumas has been in the North for four or five years while his partner has been there most of the time since the Klondike rush in which he joined. MT. Norman said to ideal hydraulic proposition The ground is just right for it and We can get all the water we want under pressure of l50 feet. The ground which we have had all prospected in a rather haphaz- gard way before we went there, but without results of any consequence When we prospeteed it, however, we did thorough job of it. and the finds we made more than justified the trou- Hcit dit utpbSllS bI cOdfSR gold not only in the present creek bed but on the lodges where the creek formerly ran, and they yielded more than pay ing quantity of coarse gold We took out about twenty -four ounces just a. we were prospecting" He took from his pocket a small bottle containing  bits of gold of all shapes and sizes from 3 or cents in value to nearly half a dollar ."There is enough pay dirt to occupy us twenty years, taking it out at the rate of from GOO to 1000 yards a day he stated. Next year we'll take out more than we have eyer spent in getting ready to work it."
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-01-29

FLOUR tS CHEAP. Bread only Sc. North Pole Baker and Anvil Bakery.
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-01-29

Notice has been served on Attorneys Guhii1son RoDertson. representing Libby. McNeii & Libby; z. k. Cheney, repfesentlng the Alaska Packers Asso- cIatIon. anu Captam koundsfeidt, re- poration. 10 appear at Valdez on April /, to answer indictments alleging H. legal hshlng III the waters ot western dozen other large nshing corporations WIli be summoned within the next lnir- " days to appear ana answer similar attachments, us d result oI the lnvestI- StttIonS conuuCleu Dy Doctor Jones, re = presenting the uepartmeAl.
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-01-29
BEAR HAD 4
 LOVELY TIME

Charging that a hungry and affec- tionate bear wandered into her home ate everything in sight. cuddled her until she was breathless, and then tos sed the kitchen sink into baby grand piano. Mrs. Henrietta Singer of Char leston. w Va brought action for dam ages against the owners of the daring bruin
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-01-29

VALDEZ. News has just been TO- eeiVed nere that d native poy at Max nek haS been placed under arrest there for the murder ot another native. The murder was prompted by the boys ef- abuse of the man. From the evidence that it received here the native boy News has also just been received from knik concerning the arrest there of a native on the charge of having killed a man, but details of the affair are still lacking
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-01-29
ALASKA NOTES

ment for the ensuing term as deputy grand president of the order for that jurisdiction which comprises all that portion of Alaska lying south Of the 60th parallel of latitude
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-01-29

Cominq! Madam Jarvey, Shaks-
 spearean actress with tragedy walk. Who? Come and sec at, "A OREe6
 REAEARSAL."
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-01-29

Dr. l.. s. Keller of SkagWay. has re- ceiyed notice from Worthy President Mann of the grand aerie of the Frater nal Order of Eagles of his reappolnt
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-01-29
ARGu M ENT

The Girls Academy wind up the term by grand additional entertainment being d charade which the hands the girls becomes bur lesque Cinderella Jarvey retired actress is called the pupils in their The rehearsal begins Cinderella reciting interrupted by Miss Prudence Pinchbec poor the police
 In the meantime the progresses with absurd in terruptions Miss the principal and Epnard the French who do quite understand what it about. Finally Pnchbeck intending to the principal Then the whole thing explained and considered n
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-01-29

ln petllion prepared D5 1.oDert oI tllrpauhs. DeIegate N lchersnaIn is asked 10 secure Tor Alaska better pollce protection. il IS pointed out that nu- remote places, and II Is suggested that these would De asoiaeo 10 a great GA country oI aoventurers. Il ls susgestea ii t4e petltion that some system ihe Una. ol tne mounted pollce oI Ganada eApense ot the gov Nernment.
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-01-29
100 TONS OF FLOUR.

Bread only 6o. North Peis oakssy and Anvil Bakery.
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-01-29
MARRIED B YRS.
 HAD IS CHILDREN

BOSWELL, N. C.-The wife of West Graves. a negro living near Ridgevllle. has just presented her husband with the eighth consecutive set of twins The young couple have been married about thirteen years \ renal kable circumstance thereof is the fact that In each set of twins was a boy and girl There are eight children living one of each set having died
 Ask Holly Jones, the other spitefaI si.4ar la "A naEae REAEnashI ?
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-01
DECISION Is IN.
FAVOR OF LAWSON
Colorado Supreme Court Virtually Sets
Aside His Sentence to Life
Imprisonment.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. ]
DENVER, Colo, July John r.
Lawson's conviction Of murder and
sentence to life imprisonment, was
virtually set aside in the Colorado gu.
preme court here late yesterday, 1t
became known today. Judge CRANKY
G.. Hillyer who presided at the strike
leaders recent trial at Trinidad, was
ordered by the court to show why he
Is not disqualified from sitting in three
cases growing out of the Walsenburg
strike riots. Aff1davits of previous
employment by the coal companies
and prejudice against union miners
filed in the Walsenburg cases are the
same as those presented in the ap-
peal by the Lawson defense for new
trial. Hillyer has repeatedly over
ruled such charges, considering him
self qualified to preside at former
strikers trials despite his admitted
employment by the employers and his
bitter opposition to the strikers before
he was specially appointed to the
bench in the labor war district. The
supreme courts putting the burden Of
proof on Hillyer, was interpreted as
forecasting a favora Bile decision on
Lawson's appeal for new trial If it
ever reaches the highest court. HILL
YER Is expected to refuse Lawson a
new trial at the hearing scheduled for
July IL.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-01
NO CAUSE FOR
COMPLAINT HERE
Steamer Armenian Was Engaged In
British Admiralty Business
When Torpedoed.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.
WASHINGTON. July 1.-Ambassa.
dor Page, London, notified the state
department today that the British ad.
miralty had informed him the steam
ship Armenian was engaged in "ad-
miralty business"
This was regarded as placing the
vessel IN the transport class and
eliminating the possibility Of contro
yersy between the United States and
Germany concerning its destruction
by q German submarine.
The admiralty's understanding was
Page said. that twenty-one members
of the vessels crew lost their lives
Though 1t was not so specified, 1t was
taken for granted that most Of thef1
were Americans. A claim on Germany
for indemnity for them was not re
garded as wholly out Of the question
but the fact that they we're on sh'p
engaged In the belligerent business
was looked on as making their posi-
|tion decidedly doubtful.
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FRANCE

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
PARIS, July 1.-The German crown
PRINCES army has been beaten and
thrown back with severe losses In at
taeko upon tho French positions
around verdUn.
Dispatches from the front today
confirmed reports that the crown
prince directed determines attacks on
the French lines to counteraet the
Ersnch drive north Of Arras. Heavy
shelilng BY the French artillery ioreen
tho teutons back on their trenches.
East Of the BlnarviIie road and on
the ridge east Of Metxsreal, the Gee
mans have attempted to rush the
French positions. They were thrown
back With absolutely no 0ains, tne
statement said.
Except for intermittent cannonad'
lnu, the front, north Of Arras, has
seen no fighting In the last twelve
1ours.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-01
RESERVE
NOTES WERE USED
n Floating Loans to BeIliserent
Countries to Enable Them to
Purchase Munitions?

limited Press Leased Wire Service,
WASHINGTON, July 1.-Rumors
that American bankers have used ex.
ceeding 5000, 900, 900 OF federal reserve
notes in floating loans to belligerent
countries, and establishing credits to
enable them to buy munitions, have
aroused in labor's national peace coun.
ell curiosity to know II Americas s
neutrality has not thereby been vio.
lated.
To determine the question, ex'
Congressman Fowler. of Illinois, an.
nounced today that he will shortly sub
NIT to the federal reserve board a
memorandum containing the following
interrogatories:
"Since the federal reserve board Is
given discretionary powers with re-
gard to the issuance of federal re-
serve notes, is not the board respons'
ible for the use for which that money
lis put?
"Since federal reserve notes are Is.
sued under the control of an official
board, is not the government of the
United States responsible for any mis-.
use of such notes, particularly if it
is found that such notes have been
used in such a manner as to make It
appear that this government has not
remained neutral in the present war;
May the government of the United
States not be liable for the payment
Of huge indemnities in case such facts
are established?"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-01
George Joseph Smith, Accused of Killing Three
of His Wives by Drowning Them in
W. Bath Tubs, is 50 Branded.
WAS FOUND GUILTY BY THE JURY TODAY
Court Room Was Crowded With Women When
Justice Scrutton Began Delivering His
Charge to the Jury.
rBy Wilbur 8. Forrest, United Press


CBy Wifbur B. Forrest, UhlIeo F1eoo
Staff Correspondent
LONDON, July 1.-George Joseph
Smith, alleged brides bath muir
derer. was branded "a systematic liar
by Justice Scrutton in his charge to
the jury today.
Scrutton advised the jurors to con.
fine their verdict only to the case OF
Beatrice Munday. the first OF Smith 9
three wives who died mysteriously IN
their bath tubs.
"But you should also consider
whether the fact that three Of the prt
soner's wives we're drowned In their
baths was a mere accidental coinci-
dence, or whether these circumstances
indicated diabolial scheme of MUIR
der" said the justice. You must take
into consideration. too, that the pri-
soner has been proven guilty Of sys-
tematic lying in his statements IN
other tribunals"
Old Bailey was crowded with wo-
men when Justice Scrutton began his
address. Smith, q trifle pale, but more
composed than at yesterdays session,
bent forward to catch every word.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-01

IUnited Press Leased Wire SerViceJ
! WASHINGTON. July 1.-Serious
rioting was reported today in progress
in Mexico City with Zapata and Car
rama troops fighting in the outskirts
The disorder is confined to the ma
tive quarter and foreigners are safe,
according to Vera Cruz advices.
The news reached Vera Cruz by
courier and described conditions only
up to Friday night. State department
officials said Villa was willing to
make radical peace negotiations, but
unless Carranza gives ground, COM
promise is impossible.
Conditions Are Worse.
WASHINGTON, July Conditions
in Mexico City are growing constant
" worse, Consul Canada notified the
state department today from Vera
Cruz.
The Carranzistas were unable to
get into the city, Canada said. and
Zapatista officers there were de-
clared to be encouraging the populace
in violence and pillagaing. So far, as
he knew, the counsel stated, no for
eigners had suffered, but he consider
ed their situation most precarious.
Canada declared he could see no
hope of an improvement unless the
Carranzistas took the capital or the
railroad was repaired 80 that Red
Cross food supplies could be forward
ed.
Mobs Are Looting.
WASHINGTON, July 1.-MeXico
City conditions are extremely grave
according to a message receiver at
the state department today from the
Brazilian minister there.
1t reached Vera Cruz by courier.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-01
ONLY A MIRACLE
CAN STOP IT
Biggest industrial Strike Of the Mid.
dlo West viii be on
Tomorrow.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.
CHICAGO, July Ito break the
carpenters strike, on since May l,
practically every big lumber yar1,
brick manufacturing plant and mater
ial factory In Chicago will lock Its
doors tonight.
When material on hand now being
used by independent contractors is
used up. 1t is estimated nearly \
quarter of million workers will %
thrown into idleness. This number IN
cludes 1900 carpenters who have
been re-employed since the strike was
declared by independent carpenters,
at advanced wages.
Only an actual miracle can prevent
the greatest industrial shut down that
the middle west has ever known. Lum'
ber dealers today began shipping be-
tween 1000 and 1900 horses used for
teaming, to pasturage for an indefinite
period. "
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-01
What the War Moves Mean
By J. w. T. Mason, Former European Man
ager of the United Press.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.]
NEW YORK, July I. I'll a. m -
For the first time since the beginning
of the allies campaign on Galhpou
peninsula, 1t is now possible to say
that decisive victory for General
Sir Ian Hamilton, opening the way to
Constantinople, may not be indenni!e-
ly delayed.
One-half of the distance separatinE
the base Of the .Anglc-French army on
the peninsula from thu nearest foru-
fications guarding the Dardanelles
narrows has been won by the allies.
Concentration OF effort has been sun
stituted for the initial mistake pf
scattering the attacks against the
Turks. The result Of this course Is
revealing Sir Ion Hamilton as the
possessor OF great creative strategic
ability.
When the original land offensive
against the Turks began, it was dl'
vided into four parts which were plan
ned to move forward simultaneously.
The French put ashore large force
On the Asiatic side OF the Dardanelies
near the site OF ancient Troy and at
the same time the English made three
landings on the western coast OF Gal
lipoli peninsula. The first of the Cal
lipoli landings was at the southern ex-
tremity of the peninsula directly op-
posite the French Decentralization near
Troy. The second was twenty mics
north, almost midway along the pen
insula's coast, and the third was
about twenty-five miles still fartner
north along the Gulf Of Saros.
The French later were comrelled to
- A1fo - Vhath2r
-he British have been forced back 10
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RUSSIA

UNITED Press Leased Wire seE 4 !.
PETRoGRAD. July IA g an
torpedo boat was sunk In The tic
of Windau on Monday, the o.. Of
flee announced today. A S.rman
squadron Of one battless . four
light cruisers and seve% = torpedo
boats was put to flight T. sheilin0
Wjndau.
The Germans apparently were at
tempting to dIsennbark troops near
Windau for = land expedition against
the Russian seaport Of Riga. They
appeared from tho direction OF Got
land and opened fire from close range,
doing considerable damage.
A Russian torpedo flotlila, engaged
tho enemy warshlps and one Of the
German torpedo boats, In fleeing,
struck mine. The German squadron
then Withdrew.
RETREAT ls HALTED.
PETRoGRAD, July 1.-The Rus
SLAMS have halted their retreat In GAL
leila. Tho cxaTs forces gathering along
tho Bug, GnIIa Lipa and preparing TO
Give battle on the AuStro-Germ at.
tempts TO force thIs line have been
repuised with heavy losses.
An official statement from the war
office today admitted that the slavs
continue to fall back on their own
territory north and northeast Of Lem
berg before superior forces Of the en-
emmy, but east and southeast OF Lem.
berg the grand dukes armies are not
only blocking enemies further advance
but are smashing at Austro-German
lines in 4 succession Of counter at
tacks.
"AIong the western bank Of the
GniIa Lipa determined enemy attacks
were beaten off all day Monday and
Tuesday" said the official statement
Enemy were thrown back from tn.
river With serious losses and failed e
renew the attack Tuesday night"
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government May Take charge.

Government May axe CHar9e.
UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.
WASHINGTON, July 1.-That the
will shortly take over tho
Sayville, L. l., wireless station, as a
result Of complaints by the European
allies that it has been transmitting
unneutral German messages, was gen
erally believed. here today.
'T have authority" said Secretary
Daniels, "to take the station over un-
der an order issued by the president.
Whether I shall do so or not, de-
pends entirely upon circumstances
1t was learned on good AUTHORITY
that officials are convinced that iu1-
provements made on the equipmen:s 3
in the last two weeks enable 1t tn
send messages around the world. de-
spite German assertions that 1t js
purely q receiving station and has no
apparatus for sending.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-01
Found Guilty.


LONDON, July 1.-George Joseph
Smith, brides bath" murderer, was
today found guilty Of the murder OF.
Beatrice Mundy Smith, the first of his
three wives to die mysteriously.
The prisoner was Immediately sem
fenced to death.
Justice Scrutton's charge to the
jury precluded a finding in the cases
of Smiths other two alleged VIC
Tins. The court told the Jurors they
could consider circumstances sur
rounding the victims In their bath tubs
in all three of Blue Beard's" wives.
but they must confine the verdict OF
murder to the Mundy girl. When
the case was handed to the jury.
Smith broke out in violent denuncta-
ton of Justice Scrutton, whose
charges were manifestly unfair, he
declared you've tried to hang me.
the prisoner shouted at Scrutton with
stream OF oaths. you can't hang
me for murder. I've done no murder.
This Is disgrace to christian coin-
try"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-01
The War i'm Mexico
Latest Developments Among Our Revolution
ary Neighbors of the South.

Mobs which are looting the city,
said the Mexicans are led by Zapata's
generals He said they were commit
ting all sorts Of outrages. That the
telegraph line again had been cut, the
diplomat denied, declaring General
Gonzales, CarranZa commander, was
refusing to let messages pass.
Huerta's Hearing Postponed.
Ell PASO, Texas, July lon mo-
tion of the governments representa-
tives. the preliminary hearing OF Gen.
victoriana Huerta and five others
charged with plotting an armed invas-
ion of Mexico was continued today un-
til July -.
No testimony was taken when the
case was called at 10 a. m. attorneys
for the defendants agreed to the post.
ponement. The bonds of the alleged
conspirators remain the same.
Huerta appeared in the court room
a half hour before the case was called
and expressed the same concern that
has marked the former dictator sinca
his spectacular arrest at tht. train by
U. S. cavalry men Sunday.
VIilista Victory.
WASHINGTON, July Villa head
quarters issued statement this af-
ternoon claiming a victory OF the
first Importance by Villa over Gene
raj Obregon at Lagos, south of Aguas
CaIientes.
It was said the fighting was des-
perate, attended with heavy losses to
the Carranzistas; that the latter were
routed in disorder and that the vii
listas occupied the town.
The capture of several cannon,
three supply trains and many prf-
soners was claimed.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-01
DOCS Not Want to Go.

UNITED Press Leased Wire service.l
MALONE, N. Y, July 1.-Evelyn
Nesbit Thaw will fight any attempt to
make her go to New York to testify
at Harry Thaw's sanity trial. It be-
came known today she has notified
VIM. MCGUIRE who served her sub
poena that she will not go to New
York.
II am physically too weak to make
the trip and stand the ordeal OF going
on the witness stand" she Is said to
have told Mcclure. II will send the
court a doctors certificate showing
that my condition is such that can
not appear"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-01

their ships from the central and
northern Gallipoli positions is not
positively known, but If they still hold
these shore positions, they do SO pre-
cariously. The entire offensive strength
of the allies Is now concentrated W
the southern tip Of the GallipoH pen.
insula where the French joined the
English after being expelled from the
Asiatic coast. The allies are moving
forward on front OF about four
miles, stretching across the peninsula
from the Dardanelles to the Aegean
sea. Their base, at the southern tip
or the Gallipoli is twelve miles from
kilid Bahr. This Is the first OF the
defensive positions guarding tho
narrows.
After seizing the southern Gallfpol1
shore on April 25, the English gained
two miles Of terrain in two days, but
then were halted by the Turks. BY tn
middle Of May the change in the allies
plan of campaign was in progress and
the Turkish resistance began gradual
ly to give way. Beside minor attacks
three major offensives since then have
been directed against the Ottomans
The first was made May IS; the sec
ond lasted throughout June and ,
and the third has been concluded this
week. All were successful. Fohr
more miles of terrain have been added
to the original two.
In less than ten weeks therefore, six
miles of territory has been won from
the Turks. This is the best progres
the Anglo French forces haze made
since the battle of the Marne. Con
stantinople's fall Is now within the
bounds Of the military possibilities OF
the not remote future
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-01
Excitement 10 All over.

United Press Leased Wire Service. ]
BOWLING GREEN, Mo-. July L.
Bowling Green has settled back to
normal again, following the departure
Of James NJ. Thomson and his bride,
who was Miss Genevieve Clark, and
the 5000 persons who came here from
all parts OF the country to witness
the wedding. The pair are honey
incoming in a northern resort and VIII
go to New Orleans at the conclusion
Of their tour. The famous holly hook
beds at Honey Shuck" are ruined to-
day as a result Of the endeavor OF
the hundreds to witness the ceremony.
Every stalk was trampled.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-01
Black Hand Bombs.

CHICAGO, July BLACK handlers
today fired the grocery store Of
George Salarmo in Chicago avenue,
compelling four families In apart
ments ever the store to flee for their
lives. Bombs were exploded in the
building twice previous to the fire.
Salarmo and Peter Carasello. owner
of the building. both have received
black hand demands for tribute,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-01
eovernment Examinations.

CHARLESTOWN, West Va, July 1.
-Examinations for the appointment
of laborers, molders, machinists,
smiths helpers and other employees at
the Charleston navy yard will be held
today by the United States civil ser
vice board. No educational tests are
scheduled, but experience will count
for sixty points. This is quarterly
examination, made necessary by the
great number Of eligible applicants.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-01
IIALY !

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.l
RoME,..Juiy liking Victor Eman-
uci and Premier Saisndra were wildly
eheered when tney visited General
cadorna's headquarters near the firing
line, official dispatches reported today
The king and prime minister assur-
ed the army leaders that civil heads
In Rome were giving them the most
loyal backing.