THE NOME DAILY NUGGET
VOLUME XVI NO 155 TELEPHONE MAIN 46 NOME, ALASKA FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 1916. TELEPHONE MAIN 4*. PRI-E 26 CENTS
COUNCIL VISITED BY BIG FLOOD
PRESIDENT WILL DECIDE
COAL OUESTION SOON
A. P. A. Service.
WASHINGTON, May 31.—
The question of whether coal
from the Matanuska coal fields
will be available to the public
during the coming summer will
l>e determined within a short
space of time.
Secretary Lane, in a letter to
Senator Pittman made public by
the latter today, indicates that
[’resident Wilson will reach aj
decision in a short time as to j
whether the Matannska branch I
of the Alaska government rail
road will be completed during
the summer or the money devot-j
cd entirely to the construe- j
tion of the main road and the |
Nenana branch.
The plans of the engineering j
commission at the present time
PARIS HONORS
MEMORY FALLEN
AMERICAN FIGHTERS
Pi. P. A. Service.
PARIS, May 31.—Impressive
ceremonies were held here yes
terday In honor of the American
members of the foreign legion
who have been killed while fight
ing for France.
The memorial service center
ed around the statues of Wash
ing^ton and Lafavett,, where ad~
dresses werc made by several of
the pnost eloquent speakers of
the republic and glowing tributes
werc offered to the memory of
the men from across the sea who
have given up their lives in the
cause of liberty while fighting
with the armies of France. Paris
! turned out en masse to do honoj
I to the dead heroes ami the sta
da,not contemplate the laying
of rails on any section of the
road outside of the Nenana
branch. The balance of the ap
nropriation will be devoted to
building the trunk line roadbed
and otherwise placing the right
of way in condition to commence
actual construction in 1917
SUBSCRIBE) FOR THK NUOOJST
tues of Washington and Lafay
ette were buried in the flowers
that were heaped around them
b\ the grateful French people.
ST. PAUL HONORS
MEMORY OF DEAD
RAILROAD KING
A P. A. Service
ST. PAUL, May 3i.—In
respect to the memory of the late
fames J. Hill, the schools of the
city were closed today and every
business house closed for a pe~
piod of five minutes during the
funeral services this afternoon.
The dead railroad king was laid
in his temporary abode in 4 re
ceiving vault without great cere
mony and the services were pri
vately conducted. Trains on the
Hill system of railroads also
stopped for a five minute interval
when the funeral was under way.
3 For 50c
0 For 90®
12 For SI.75
Kotzebue Sound Trout
Emperor Brand Salmon
Golden Glory Salmon
Crescent Pork and Beans 21b tins
Dainty Bits Pineapple
Tomato Preserves Pride brand in glass
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Assorted “ . “
Assorted Jelly “ “ “ “
—SPECIAL OFFER—
WHILE THEY LAST
Home put up preserved and spiced Citron per crock 50c
jpolets Stores
Coffees Sfresft Roasted Daily
ILLINOIS DELEGATION SPLITTING
IN FAVOR ROOSEVELT
A J\ A. Service.
CHICAGO, Mas 3l. Tile Il
linois delegation to the republr
can national convention, which
was formerly solid for Sherman
is undeniably splitting in favor of
Roosevelt, according to the state”
inents of those who are in a po
sition to know.
One member of th(. delegation
who is himself still supporting
Sherman, reluctantly admitted
the defection in favor of the for
titer progressive leader and tie
clard that there is no little in
incilnation on the part of the del
egales to swing to Roosevelt.
At the present time there is
,,\er\ indication that the Hughe
boom is slackening, and, unless
lie should declare himself soon,
there is every reason to believe
that lie will be a minus quantity
by the time the convention
.opens. W eeks, who is a delegate
| at large, as well as a presidential
[candidate, arrived in the city to*
day. He is the second candidate
to come to the convention, Du
pout having arrived here several
days ago Practically every' man
in thc. field has now opened head
quarter- here and the battle for
votes is now fairly on.
Calling Ot»i d* at the NiJR'BPt Ofltce
LOWER SECTIONS OF COUNCIL
WRECKED BY TORRENT OF ICE
Tlu* greatest rush of ice every
know to either natives or whites
occurnl on the Niukluk yester1
day and tpr a period of two or
three hours the entire lower see-j
tions of Council t it) were in
danger of being crushed out ot !
existence by the raging flood of j
water and ice that poured down ;
the river. Telephone reports j
this morning state that during j
the Hood the ice jammed below
the city and hacked up the wa
ters until the heaving ice blocks
were forced against the buildings
along the river front de
stroying several and rendering
practically all dwellings uninha
bitable. Ml of the native houses
were covered with the ice and
the residence of Wm. Taylor
was crushed and a large block
of ice was left in thc middle of
the kitchen floor The waters
tinally rose to such height that
the flood covered the porch of
the Kane house. Taylor’s barn
| was also mashed in and the cabin
j of Torn Shaw was wrecked.
Hardly a house below the cdge
j of the hill on which the main
portion of the town is built but
| ‘received soni<J damage or was
j covered with ice to a depth of
, many feet when the flood finally
! receded.
j A hint of the conditions is
1 contained in the statement that
the garden of Mr. Bahlke is at
CARNIVAL MOVEMENT
UNDER WAY
The movement toward holding
a Midnight Sun carnival in the
interest of a public playground
for tfhe children is now fairly
under way and present indica
tions point to a full development
of the idea. A meeting of the
executive council was held at the
offices of Dr. Heimlich yesterday
with the doctor presiding and
Mrs. O. D. Cochran acting as
recording secretary. It was de
cided to hold the carnival on the
day usually known as Children’s
day, which falls on the third Sat
urday in July, in this case July
15. The following committees
were appointed to handle the af
fair: Advertising and printing,'
Mrs. Phil Ernst; floats and po
lice, Mrs. Dr Fromm; finance
and badges, Mrs. Polet; dance,
flags and bunting, Mrs. O. D.
Cochran; booths, Mrs. Crowley;
entertainment, Mrs. Dick Morris.
'The various committees were
empowered to appoint such sub
committees as shall be necessary.
As Dr. Heimlich had no appre
ciable work to do, the ladies
assigned him the task of securing
the queen of the carnival. The
meeting adjourned until June 8.
The ladies have taken hold of the
project with great spirit and will
endeavor to make the occasion
one of the "tost memorable in
the annals of Nome.
I
present covered with eight feet
of ice. The town well was also '
covered to a depth of eight feet
and seven or eight feet of ice
was deposited on thc sidewalks
at various points along the edge 1
of the hill.
The town well was buried uu
del the ice Hood and the com
billed exertions of about twenty
men were required to cut a way
to it in order to prevent a water
famine. A cake of ice twenty
feet long and about three feet in
thickness was left in the center i
of the street between the Kane [
house and the old X. A. T. & T !
building.
The waters rose so rapidly that
the larger number of persons
living along thc river were com
pelled to leave their homes with-,
out saving even their personal 1
belonging* (Ireat excitement1
prvailod at the height of thc flood
as it appeared that the entire
lower section of the town was j
doomed. Nothing could be done.;
hovvevei . and the people were
compelled to stand idly by and
watch the swirling ice encom
pass their homes.
The water arose to such height
that the telephone poles on the
opposite side of the river were
struck down by passing ice and
poles carrying the ferrv cable
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were also carried away.
Although no one was injured
' or lost in Council, fears are ex
pressed for the safety of persons
living near the nvotttih of the
river. Owing to the wide sweep
of the tlood it is believed that the
native settlement and also the
cabins of Jot< Hard} and Billy
Carvel have been swept out of
existence by the great rush oi
'ice and water. Notlhing has
been heard from the district,
| which is twelve miles below
j Council and the extent of the
[ damage, if any occurred, is not
1 known. It is said that the reg
ion about the river mouth is al
ways flooded when the river rise5
unusually high and it is consid
end certain that the settlement
has been badly damaged and
probably destroyed. About the
time of the Council flood the
telephone lines between Council
and Candle and also the Ophir
creek lines went down, probably
from the same cause. All told
the flood was in the nature of a
catastrophe. As the business sec
tion of the town was undamaged
there is not likely to he any silt"
fering as there are ample com
modifies.
•*ce Family Paper is the \om
l >ully N ujT9*t
ANOTHER CRANK
AFTER ROOSEVELT
A. P. A. Service.
KANSAS CITY. May 31.—A
strange man attempted to force
liis way into the rooms occupied
\,y Theodore Roosevelt in a local
hotel today and was only pre
vented from accomplishing his
purpose b\ the prompt action of
those in attendance in handing
tht. stranger over to the police.
FARM HAND CONFESSES
BRUTAL MURDER
A P. A. Service
YVENACH EE, May 29 -The
mytsery surrounding the mur
der of Mrs. J. Smith, an aged wo
man who lived a solitary life on
a small farm near this city was
cleared up to by the arrest of
John Stewart, a farm Stand, who
was at one time employed in the
Smith ranch. Stewart confessed
that he murdered the woman
wild attempting robbery. All he
secured was ten cents.
BUSINESS QUARREL
CAUSE DOUBLE TRAGEDY
A P. A. Service.
HERMISTON, Ore., May 28.
—A business disagreement lead
ing up to a violent quarrel was
The man, appeared very excit
ed and insisted that he he allow
ed to see Roosevelt with whom
he asserted he had important
business. After being arrested
he told the police that he was
| Edward McDaniels and hailed
i from Oklahoma. His case is re~
| ceiving investigation.
responsible for a double tragedy
at the plant of the Hermiston
Light and Power Company to
day. involving the two leading
officials of the company, James
Ralph, vice president, and
Joseph Roth, president. The
quarrel arose over a disagree
ment concerning the policy of
the company in which Roth was
bitterly opposed by his associ
ate. Roth finally lost all control
and drawing a revolver shot the
other man dead and then killed
himself.
NOW IS THE TIME to
have your spring job printing
done—before the boats arrive,
prompt service and reast nahle
prices at Nugget office.