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The Nome daily nugget., 1917-12-17
GERMANY CONSIDERING NEW PEACE OFFER
SAYS GERMANS ADVERTISING
 GREAT WESTERN OFFENSIVE

sive purely to enemy advertising and declares that the German preparations aro by no means so extensive as the press reports have led the public to believe.
 He says that Germany wants us tc think that the Teutons are abou, to win q great victory on the western front and are making every ef'ort to add to the reports that they are mGt- .ng immense preparations to commcuce C gigantic offensive along the r. .rcn
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-12-17
By Associated Press.

LONDON. 17.-When the armis. tice agreemen; between Russia and Germany takes effect today. in accord ance with the agreement reached dur. ing the ten day armistice previously arranged. war will practically end on the eastern front and the emmissaries of Germany. Austria. Russia Rouma-
 mia and Bulgaria will begin negotia-
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-12-17
By Associated Press.

WASHINGTON. Dec l7.--That q large part of the numerous reports sent out to the world relative to the grea: German offensive on the western front are the direct result of Ger man advertising campaign. is the out standing statement presented in lle War Departments weekly review of the war situation issued today.
 The Baker review attributes mucL of the reported great western osn-
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-12-17

, battle was over, m addition 70 four mine sweepers.
 The convoy vas bound from Scot land to Norway at the time of the at tack
 The Admiralty also announced that German destroyors sank two neutral merchantmen and one trawler off tho mouth of the Rhine on the morning of December l2th.
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-12-17
y Associated oress

CHICAGO. Dec l7-Captain J. II. Mustard. an officer of the Medical re- serve corps and 6 former Nome sur geon and physician. asserted during he course of an interview here today ,hat the gold production of Alaska will be reduced to almost neglible pro- portions in the event the war en u . ing until 1919. unless the government gives the mine employers of the north
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-12-17
AT THE DREAM TONIGHT

A Mutual Mustang Western Feature
 with those we'll known screen stars Tom Chatterton and Anna Little in the leads. Is the headliner at the Dream to- night Tho story Is one of the rough life in the great West and Is full of action from beginning to end. Two ratuing good comedies featuring the tnimitabls Francis Keysr in "Parsy
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-12-17
By Associated Press.

OTTOWA. Dec. 17.-Canada is vot- Ing today to decide between Premier Borden's Union government with its conscription platform and Sir Wilfred Laurier's Liberal opposition ticket which proposes referendum as an al- ternative to the compulsory military service law.
 Although many additional issues are involved in the election. the conscrip ton question is tho one that over shadows all othors in importance and influence on the minds of tho public.
 Ths Borden party contends that
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-12-17
By Associated Press.

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN France. Dec. 17.-Every enlisted mar. in the United States army now carries a Generals stars in his knapsack and may rise to the command of an army, providing that he has the necessary qualifications for such leadership.
 Orders have just been issued from :he American army headquarters that any private in the ranks may win a commission and climb higher through
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-12-17
By Associated Prsss.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.-The House of Representatives will today decide whether or not the question of Nation wide prohibition will be placed up 10 the states of the Union for final ed"p tion, by voting on the federal prohibi- ton amendment to the national con- stitution.
 The vote Is scheduled to come off
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-12-17
CAPT MUSTARD PREDICTS
 DECREASED GOLD OUTPUT

mine labor no longer induces laborers to stay there. he says, and also ,au~es many hundreds of laborers who form erly Journoyed to Alaska in :he open season to remain away
 Capt Mustard also told the repor.. C that the present high prices for fo 1 and other comm 'uica has caused the value of gold ;o appreciate fully fifty percent on account of lts lower purchasing power
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-12-17
.BOlSHEVIKI C0NFISCATES
 CHURCH WEALTH

reaching the capital today say the Bol- sheviki forces operating in the region west of Rostov have captured an ad- ditional number of towns and villages and are rapidly breaking down the Cossack resistance.
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-12-17

Post" and little Billie Jacobs the fam ous child actor in Little Billie's Strat- egy' are also on the program. To- morrow night Malcolm Williams In "The Idol of the Stage.
 Our boys arc in the trenches, we must help the Red cross take ears Of them. ....
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-12-17

crn territory aSsistance through re- lieving ;he labor shortage in some way.
 Capt Mustard says that the high wages at present prevailing the states as a result of conditions has already V hardship In AlSel M. cave the t"rrt era
 Icr V h he states The five dollar a day wages offered in the northern territory for
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-12-17
CANADA VOTING
 ON CONSCR|PT|ON

there is no other way in which Canada can continue to do her part in the great European struggle than by adop- ting conscription, while Laurier con- tends that tho volunteer system huS not been given q thorough test in the country and should be continued unti 1t Is proven inadequate to provide the troops necessary to maintain the Canadian army up to the present stand I'd.
 It Is freely prophesled that enforced conscrpfiUn will fall.
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-12-17

MY COUNTRY ITS OF THEE SWEET LAND OF LIBERTY. Buy a 1918 Red cross Membershi and help to keep 1t 60.
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-12-17
By Associated 'ess.

LONDON, De l5-Armed German ships again atta ked a conveyed mer- chant fleet In th North Sea yesterday and succeeded sinking a total of ten vessels Ing 6 British torpedo destroyer, .ng to an official re- port issuf Ie Admiralty today.
 As in the ., of the raid occurring several months ago. tho German yea
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-12-17
.RUSSO-TEUTON
 ARM|ST|CE COMMENCES

;Ions for permanent peace between Russia and Germany and their allies on the eastern front
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-12-17

According to adyices reaching aere from Petrograd. the armistlce will con tinue for a period of twenty eight days more
 The Times and other London papers are forecasting an early recognition Of the Bolshovih government by the al- Hes in order 10 prevent Germany gain ing a possible measure of political control in Russia
 The NoNPARelL will be open even. ings for the benefit Of Xmas shoppers.
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-12-17

Start the New Year right by sub. seribing for the Nugost--do 1t now.
 Price S2.0O per month.
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-12-17
By Associated Press.

By Associated Press.
 PETROGRAD. Dec. 17.--A deere, of the Bolsheviki government pub'che l today conf1scates all property. and in cludins both lands and moneys. be- longing 10 the Russian church and also abolishes practically all of the special privileges heretofore granted to the clergy.
 eolshevki Armies Make Further
 Progress.
 PETROGRAD, Dec. l7.-Reports from the southern sections of Russia
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-12-17

Weekly Nugget 50 eta. DOT month sent any place In the world.
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-12-17

THE LAST WEEK Big Root 0aden, Saturday night
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-12-17

fled by three fourths of the states O the Unior within period of seven years aflcr passage by congress.
 The House resolution differs from that passed by the senate at the las session in the one respect that tn, upper house fixed maximum of six ears for final ratification by the s:ateq
 Include a Red Cross membership D ticket in your Christmas present.
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-12-17

subsoribe Nov for the Nome Nugget
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-01-10

After exhaustive researcher Scotch
scientist has decided that no trees are
immune to lightning and that one spe-
cles Is struck as often as another.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-01-10
GIRLS BROTHER SAYS LEWIS NOT
MURDERER

Philadelphia, January 8 - After
questioning a score of witnesses in
an effort definitely to establish the
identity of the murderer of Maize Col
bert in her apartments here Decem-
Der 80, and the motive therefor, Dis
trict Attorney Samuel p. Rotan an
nounced that nothing had developed
to cause him to change his opinion
that Bernard w. Lewis, of Pittsburg,
was the girls slayer.
The police had considered the case
virtually closed since Lewis commit
ted suicide last Thursday at a hotel In
Atlantic City, contending that with
other circumstantial evidence, this act
convinced them of his guilt. Rela-
tives and friends Of both Lewis and
Miss Colbert claimed that some Of
this evidence had been discounted by
new facts and expressed the belief
that the Pittsburger had no connec-
ton with the murder.
John Colbert, brother Of the dead
girl, declared that he is confident that
Lewis did not kill his sister. His
theory is that she was killed in fight
with a jealous lover.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-01-10

Turkey has put bakeries under Gov
eminent rule.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-01-10
ASuggestion
Tobacco Growers

Nothing, in our opinion, is SO liable
to seriously effect the present satisfac-
tory prices Of Tobacco as the over
crowding Of the market.
Our advice to you is, bring each
wagon load to market just as soon as
you get 1t ready. Don't delay until
you get your whole crop, or the most
OF 1t stripped. To do SO will be mis-
take.
A steady market Is always better
than q glutted one. Don't get too
much here ut once. AS our house h
the largest, we are helped most by a
rush; but, we know that what Is not
good for you is not, in the long run,
good for us.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-01-10
SENATE PASSES
Immigration ACT
Bill Agreed on In Conference to BE
Acted Oh In House Thursday
Japs are Excluded-Supporters
Say Measure VIII BE Pass.
Over Presidents
Veto.

Washington, January S-Freed OF
language objected to by the State De-
partment because 1t was offensive to
Japan, the long discussed immigration
bill was agreed upon today by a con-
ference committee of the two houses,
and the Senate promptly adopted the
conference reports by vote Of 56 to
10. The House is expected to act ia
vorably Thursday and send the bill to
the President
AS originally passed it contained a
provision designed to exclude Jap
anese in the event of the abrogation
Of the so-called gentleman's agree
ment, under which Japan for ten
years has prevented her laborers from
coming to the United States, and so
expressed as to make 1t clear tina,
agreement was referred to. The Jap
anese embassy called the attention OF
the State Department to the fact that
its government had rigidly observed
its agreement and let 1t he known that
the proposed agreement was offensive
The Senate changed the language, but
failed to meet objections urged by the
State Department. A substitute final
ly inserted by the conferees after
consulting officials said:
mo alien now in any way excluded
or prevented from entering the United
States shall be admitted to the United
States"
This sentence, sufficiently direct to
satisfy Pacific Coast legislators who
insisted upon some such provision, is
Regarded as broad enough to safe
guard against objection from any for
elgn government. 1t Is added to the
section designed to effect exclusion OF
Hindus and other Asiastics by pre-
scribing a geographical area from
which immigrants shall not be admit
ted.
The literacy test provision, on ac-
count of which similar bills have been
vetoed by Presidents Cleveland, Taft
and Wilson, remains intact in spite
of the fact that President Wilson has
let it be. known that 1t will be the
cause of another veto. Friends of tn;
bill claimed tonight that they would
be able to muster enough votes II
both houses to pass 1t over veto.
The literacy test provision bars
with certain exceptions, all aliens ovel
} 16 years, who can not read somt
language or dialect, including Hebrew
or Yiddish. Those exempted include
persons who can prove that they ar
fleeing from religious persecution
Italy at one time made some sugges
lions about the effect of the literac,
test on her citizens, but offered NJ
formal protest and the State Depart
ment did not insist on any change.
The geographical zone from whicl
i no immigrant would be admitted In
,, cludes India, Indo- China, Afghanlstar
Turkestan, Borneo, Sumatra, New
Guinea and Celebes.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-01-10

A recently patented shirt for men is
provided with, pleats to contain a
wearers suspenders and hide them
from view.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-01-10

The thumb print as means Of iden-
LITIGATION is used in a New England
time recording machine for workmen.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-01-10

to try Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound as she had taken it with good
results. I did so, my weakness dis.
appeared, / gained in strength, moved
into our new home, did all kinds OF
garden work, shoveled dirt, did build
ing and cement work, and raised hum
dreds of chickens and ducks. can
not say enough in praise of Lydia E:
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and
II these facts are useful you may pub
lish them for the benefit of other
women. Mrs. M. 0. JOHNSTON, Route
D, Box 100, Richmond, Ind.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-01-10
FORFEITURE OF JUDGESHIP
OWENS PROPOSES, AS MEANS
TO PROTECT CONGRESS-
ACTS

Washington, January s-Senator
Owen of Oklahoma today introduced
joint resolution providing that any
Federal Judge who shall henceforth
declare any act Of Congress to be I'M
constitutional shall thereby forfeit his
place ON the bench and the President
shall nominate his-successor. His dis
mlssal Il to be based on the ground Of
judicial usurpstlon and violation Of
Ibis constitutional sblisatIon Of good
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-01-10

NOm my hBe WdI
when going up
stairs ! had to 60
very slowly with
my hands on the
steps, then sit down
at the top to rest.
The doctor said he
thought l should
have an operation,
and my friends
thought I would not
live to move into
our new house. My
ii, 40
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-01-10
Japanese make waterproof leather
with many uses from the hides OF sea
lions.
CLIMBED STAIRS
ON HER HANDS
Too Tito Walk Upright. Operation
Advised. Saved by Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.

This woman now raises chickenr and
does manual labor. Read her story:
Richmond, Ind.-''For two years I
was 90 sick and weak with troubles
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-01-10
RAILROAD Time TABLES
SlI I|IIa|saTI1a


No. II departs 5:35 a. m, daily ex-
cept Sunday.
No. departs 100 p. m, daily ex-
cept Sunday.
No. 10 departs $40 p. m. daily.
No. 10 arrives $50 a. m, daily ex-
cept Sunday.
No. Is arrives 2:05 p. IN. daily.
No. IA arrives $3.50 p. m, daily ex-
cept Sunday. y
No. 16 arrives 1880 a. m, daily en-
|cept Sunday.
No. II departs 1850 q. m. daily ex-
cept Sunday.
Schedule effective Sunday. May Is,
subject to change without notice.
H. 8. ELLIS, Agent.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-01-10
The island holding the Eddxstone
lighthouse is the smallest bit Of all the.
year around inhabited land in the
world.

Sticky fly paper is needed in Aus
tralia.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-03-27

Not "the president needs you" but
rather, "the nation needs YOU Let's
not be parrots to the British style of en-.
listment campaigning. Furthermore, il
we fight, we fight for the nation, not for
any officer of that nation. OF course, the
idea is the same. However, the wording
of the appeal already placed on posters
may be entirely misleading to consider
able proportion of our population which
has recently taken up American citizen
ship. II is better to let them know that
they are lighting for themselves, for the
prosperity, the honor and the safeguard
ing of the nation, and not for any figure
which may represent government. So let
it be emblazoned everywhere: "The ma
ton needs you. The nation needs you
The nation needs you"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-03-27

the Burlington Bulletin" bears a fronts
piece of the proposed new factory with
II brief account of the steps taken to
secure the industry. The other pages OF
the circular contain references to an
awakened commercial life For instance,
announcement is made that so new mem
bers have been secured for the civic com
mercial organization since the last an
nual meeting in October, "and the end is
not yet" is the significant assertion.
Throughout, the little official organ teens
with life and gives evidence of being
edited by live wires in commercial life.
1t ought to serve to keep Burlington
business interests keyed to the point OF
enthusiasm all the time, As such it is
viewed with interest and pleasure all
through the state.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-03-27
THE OZARK MOUNTAINS.
Interesting Description of Region in Mid
die West.

Every schoolboy in the Mississippi
valley knows what is meant by th
Ozark mountains, but for the benefit o
Others they may be described as the high
land area in southern Missouri, north
eastern Oklahoma, northwestern Arkan
sas and southern Illinois Although tn,
mountains are not very high none o.
them being over $500 feet above sea
level, they are rugged and picturesque
and they comprise extensive plateaus cut
by deep gorges that eliminate at the
south in the Boston mountains. the
toughest part of the area.
! The Ozark mountains are described in
recent publication of the United States
geological survey, department of the in.
| terror, called the Eureka Springs Harri.
son folio 202. This publication contains
four maps, some showing the shape
ruggedness, and elevation of the noun.
| tains and the routes of travel Others
showing the rock formations TO which
the mountains owe their ruggedness. The
| folio is illustrated by a number of beau
tiful views OF gorges and mountain
scenery and by many diagrams. A large
colored plate of sections of the earth
down nearly to sea level shows the won
derful arrangement OF the rocks, layer
upon layer, which are here and there
cut through by stream gorges that ex
pose the alternating beds of limestone,
shale or mud rock, and sandstone, and
the order in which they were laid down
in the sea, for this area was once covered
by a sea-a great Mediterranean or Gulf
of Mexico, only shallower--in which were
deposited the sediments brought into it
from the surrounding highlands by many
streams. During the millions of years
that this sea existed thousands of feet
of sediment accumulated on its bottom,
layer upon layer, and in this sediment
were inclosed skeletons OF the peculiar
forms of life that inhabited the sea-
corals crablike animals and shellish OF
many kinds. The edges OF these beds,
once soft mud and sand but now hard
rock, are exposed in gorges and hillsides
where they can be studied and where
the fossils they contain can be collected.
Among the rocks are certain beds OF
commercial value. Many of the lime
stones, locally called marble, make ex
cellent building stone, and some of the
pure quartz sandstone may be used in
making glass. Promising deposits of
zinc and lead have been discovered and (
mined in this region The clear, spark !
ling springs OF pure water that issue
Mt Eureka Springs have wide reputa
ton and the folio report should be OF
special interest to those who visit this
resort. Folio POP can be obtained from
the director of the United States geo
logical survey for 25 cents. This price
barely covers the cost of printing, and
The purchaser is assured of getting his
moneys worth OF interesting and in
information.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-03-27
GERMANY ALSO FIGHTING FOR
MONARCHY.

If the Germans should overwhelm the
Russians now, they would drive another
absolute monarch back into the king row
That being the case, the Russian people
who value freedom have strong incen-
tive to put up a last ditch fight against
the threatened invasion of their land and
the capture of Petrograd. 1t is probable
that one of the chief motives of the pro-
posed invasion is to defeat democracy in
Russia, for democracy in Russia means
the waning of monarchial government in
the neighboring country OF Germany;
and that is what the house of Hohenzol-
Tern fears above all things at the present
time. If the German people who are
their blood for the preservation
of the Hohenzollern regime and the reign
of monarchy in Germany only knew it,
they might object strongly to doing any
thing which would have tendency to
disrupt the chances of democracy in Rus
STA: but their fear of the military sys-
tenn may be such as to COW them down
even should their eyes be opened to the
real significance of the invasion of Rus
sia,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-03-27
WRITING LETTERS TO THE EDITOR,

Every newspaper man has an admira
( ton for the man who writes communi.
cation and signs his name to il. Many
men have good ideas on subjects of com
munity, state and national interest. If
| they would express these opinions as
personal statements they would have an
influence for good -Brattleboro Reform
| er.
We have a similar idea about the mat
ter, too Every time we get commu-
nication with the writer's name signed
for publication along with the communi-
cation we feel like throwing up our hat
and shouting for joy that the person has
the nerve to come out straightforwardly
and let our readers know who is putting
forward the idea. 1t is too often the
case that the man who declines to have
his name printed at the bottom of
communication has sinister motive
back of his desire to write a communi-
cation, and very often he purposes TO
"take a shot" at someone just as snip
er shoots down unsuspecting persons
from ambush. There is growing tend
ency among newspaper editors to refuse
to print any communication which does
not have the writer's real name append
ed to it, and most all editors refuse abb
solutely to print a communication when
the writer's name is not known to the
editor Moreover, there is growing
tendency on the part of those who pre-
sent communications to be willing to
permit their names to be attached to the |
communication, PRO Bono Publico' and
all his il< are dying out. Instead, there
is coming a class of man fashion, |
straightforward contributors to the col |
umns of the newspapers. So we repeat,
that every time one of the newer and
saner class appears we feel like throw
ing up our hat and shouting joyously.
And, as you say, Mr. Reformer, their ut
teranees have far more weight with the
readers than an unfathered statement.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-03-27
ITO No. Main St.

such state Of ignorance would be with,
out reckoning on the many agencie:
which are undoubtedly at work to ac.
quaint Germany Of the worlds doings
by means of wireless communication
from a station located perhaps in Mexico,
perhaps in some other convenient and
hospitable place. And even though in
formation about the departure of the st.
Louis was kept from the German admir-
atty, it is not likely that the success Of
the censorship could be complete for any
length of time, in view of the grim de-
termination that lies back of the subma-
rine. campaign against commerce. New
ertheless, the American people away
from immediate shipping circles were
held very much in ignorance of the fact
that an armed American liner had gone
out of port to brave the terrors of the
barred zone on the other side of the At
lantic. As far as they were concerned,
the censorship worked satisfactorily; but,
unfortunately, they are not the people
whom it is desired chiefly to befool.