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NEWS NOTES
Invitations are out lor the annual
masonic ball which will be given on
Ft brain y 22.
The mail arrived yesterday with
second class mutter from the outside,
and first and second class from way
points.
Mr. O. 1). Cochran will lecture to the
In dies of the Kegoayah Kozga and
tl:« 11' friends Wednesday afternoon, 2
j p. m, at the club house on “the Doga!
j S'atus of women in Alaska.”
—
ban Connelly was hit in the face by
a lock that fell from the side of his
working shaft on Dexter hill. It was
quite a severe flesh wound which re
; qu red several stitches at the profes
I sicnnl hands of Dr. Heimlich
1 At the conclusion of the Patriotic
festival last Friday night at the Fed
erated church on motion of Dr. Par
si ns a rising vote of thunks was
. given the chairman and speaker of the
e%tiling and others who assist'd in
tbr- fine program.
'1 here was a very large attendance
1 a! the weekly dance of the Miners'
I
Home club on Friday night. If the
■ number of those attending becomes
much larger it is said that the club
roc ms will have to be enlarged.
Paul Kjegstead returned from Coun
cil yesterday with Miss Ina Lyle as
a passenger. Miss Rolling who went
over to Council with them is staying
o". as a guest of Mrs. Nate Coombs.
Tonight the Moose will give a sojial
dance in the small Kagle hall. There
vil! be fine music and the customary
<♦ joyable time the Moose always
provide. In the course of the evening
the Nome Bowling Club’s trophy
which was won by the Moose team
will be presented.
The lire sal*' at Holt's began today.
Ho had a force of three extra sales
men and bargain counters of five, ten,
fltteen, twenty five and fifty cent spe
ci: Is. It is a genuine fire sale al
though very little of the stock offered
is much the worse for fire, most of
tie damage having been caused by
water.
Tonight at the Dream Mrs. Darling
and Dr. .Sharpe will give lectures on
the Hawaiian islands illustrated by
s'ereoptiean viesw and a fine musical
pi i gram wijl be rendered.
Tuesday night the Dream will pro- I
F< nt a magnificent five reel super
feature entitled "While the Fire Rag
ed.’' Watch for further announce
ni'nt3. The picture will be shown at
i the usual prices.
Pefore leaving today for Golovin
Ar’liur Cole appointed Guy Mish to
act in his 3tcad as a member of *he
committee having charge of the Eor
den MaMr.lthon which Is scheduled
for Thursday provided the weather
and trail shall be satisfactory on that
date.
All the racing teams were out to
day for long runs. Reports from those
who went over the full course are to
the effect that the trail is in fairly
good condition and will be greatly
improved after a few more teams hove
gone over it. As many teams are
i going and coming just now over the
I iouto there is no doubt that the track
] w!l' be well broken by Thursday. This
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being so the only obstacle to the race
will be bad weather. It Is still mild
urn', none can possibly foretell the
wi at her so far ahead as three days.
Curl Stevenson won the prize of ten
dollars for selling the most tickets
for the i.innel Club's Itoad Show He
at t nee very generously gave half of
his pi bee mcney to the fund for the
Davison cl.ildten.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Cole and Mr.
and Mrs. R. 9. Pollister left this morn
ing for a trip to Chinlk which will
combine business with plensure. They
had two cracking teams of Siberian
dogs. On the return they are expect
ed to tisit Council.
Taxon Lewis captain of the Cubs
bowling team, while playing two of
the top notch bowlers yesterday man
ager to break Geo. Rabein's score of
280 by two pins and now holds the
high score record for Nome, His
score rends, a spare, eleven strikes
and eight pins on the last ball.
The city fathers will hold their
their regular meeting tonight at city
hall but an hour earlier than usual
Tonight owing to the lectures at the j
Dieam theater und the Moose dance |
a little later the hour for the coun- j
cil meeting has been set at seven in
stead of at eight
Word has been received that Miss
Nora Kreps went from Montana to
Hclywood near Los Angeles to spend
a week with Miss Helen Lomen short
ly after the holidays. Miss Kreps
will be remembered by old timers as
one of the charming daughters of
Mi jc.r Kreps who was commandant
ar Fort Davis eight years ago. She
and Mi3s Lomen were very close
school friends and have continued so
ever since. •
There was only one game in the
B< ard of Trade billiard tournament
on Sturday night owing to the early
closing when the midnight chimes un
I'OUtice the beginning of the Sabbath.
This was a class B event between Kil
roy and Uuvin both playing 116. The
game was marked by careful-accurate
playing on the part Gavin who won
and by uneven work by Kilroy who
registered only S3. Uavin’a average
was 1.51 und Kllroy's 1.16. It took 76
innings to complete the match.
There is to be a vacanacy in the
ecbool teacher's chair at Council nexi
Monday and the school board of that
town have offered the position to
Lawrence Kerr of this city. It
is at; ted that he is thinking fuvora
idy of accepting as the school term
will end on June first and he will be
free to attend to his business in Nome ^
from that time on. He has had the j
.raining requisite for such work and
sheepskins to prove it. Lawrence
will be missed in his accustomed
hR unts.
Habein of the Giants led off in the
third round of the All Star bowling
tournament Saturday night with a
split on each alley and each of the
ten bowlers who followed 3eemcd to
try to duplicate his performance and
were very successful as the final
score shows. Sixty six splits were
hung up in a total of 300 frames. The
break3 were bad for both teams but
some skill was displayed in picking
‘ginnd centrals' and light house splits.
Kabein captured the only 200 score
making 206. Lewis after a valiant
struggle hooked 199 and Bartholomew
came in third with 197. The final
score was Giant3 2474. Cubs £441, giv
ing the Giants the third night. The
fourth series will be played at the
Nome Bowling Club Wednesday, Feb
ruary 20, 7:30 p. m.
Just in a nice a*sortmcnt of silk
taffatas and msssaline, all shades at
M:*c Oestreich’*.
AMBASSADOR
FLETCHER
ARRIVES
Pecifio News Service.
MEXICO CITY. Feb. 19.—American
Ambassador Fletcher ha3 arrived
here and is occupying the United
States embassy which has been empty
except for caretakers for four years.
He entered the city with no espe
cial ceremonies being met at the rail
way station by some Americans and
an under official of the foreign office.
Ills first move today after changing
his attire was to present his creden
tials und call on de facto President
Carranza.
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year friends m the outside—BOe mo.
SUBMARINE MENACE
GREATLY LESSENED BY
ARMING MERCHANTMEN
International News Service.
I ON'DON, Feb. 19.—The total num
ber of ships sunk by German suhma
i'nes up to noon today since Febru- I
ai\ 1 is reported to be one hundred
and sixteen. This is an average of a
li'fte more than six per day and is
it ly aiiout half of the daily average
for a considerable period last full be
fore the ruthless submarine wa’-'are
\v s inaugurated.
Of the 116 sunk, T2 were Britsh, 8
' ,i under other entente flags, 31
I e'ongod to European neutrals, and 2
ware American ships
It is pointed out that the arming
o' in. rchuntinon has aided materially
it doing away with the submarine
ni' nuco its many ol' these hitherto de
f' useless vessels Ijavo already sunk an
II derwater enemy. And the great fleet
ot fast motor boats also have ren
dt ted the attacks of submarine neat
th. coast very foolhardy.
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GIBBONS DENIES
REPORT OF POPE’S
ITERCESSION FOR U.S.
International News Service
LONDON, Fob. 1ft.—It is reported
bore from Home that the pope cabled
to Cardinal Gibbons In America that
he stood ready to use the papal in
fluence to prevent war between Ger
many and the United States. U is
understood that his holiness had been
approached by Cardinal Gibbons on
this subject at the instance of the
pe-ce party in the United States.
International News Service.
BALTIMORE, Feb. 19.—Cardinal
O ' bons was shown thep ress dlsaptch
fte,n London ibis atfernoon stating
t he hud received a favorable reply
fiom the pope in answer to his appeal
o'i behalf of pence advocates that the
hi :;d of the church would intercede
tc prevent war between the United
S'ates and Germany.
The cardinal strongly denied that
ht had ever made such an appeal or
ri eeived any cable message on the
subject from hi3 holiness
He declared that he would never
an ku any such appeal or take ony ac
tion in connection with international
affairs except at the express request
of the constituted authorities at Wash
ington and he has not been requested,
lit says, to act In any capacity for this
country?
We haven’t boosted the price cn Eggs. We are still Selling the
be*t Eggs in town a* the following prices:
PROCESSED PETALUMA EGGS
$18.00 per case, 65c. per doz.
CHERRY RANCH EGGS
$14.50 per case, 50c. per doz.
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