THE NOME NUGGET
VOLITHE 24.
NOME. ALASKA SATURDAY, M A Y 2«fl», 1022.
.$1 00 por Month
COMITY OF NATIONS THREATENED
WORK UmnHZES BUSK* RUROM BURCH
EUROPEAN NATIONS
PROTEST DECISION
U.S. SUPREME COURT
WASHINGTON, May 26—Five foreign governments have made
known to the State Department their position regarding the recent Su
preme Court ruling against carrying liquor in foreign vessels *-usid>- th**
three mile limit.
The governments of Great Britain, Italy, France, Spain ai.d Hol
land take the same position in calling attention to the ••inconvenience"
resulting from the court decision. They point out that the freedom of
international commercial intercourse is threatened in their heret»f*r
recognized practice of comity between nations. They state that th' 11.
S. n this decision has abandoned the practices v — ‘
RAILROAD BRANCH
BE CONSTRUCTED
MATANUSKA-MOOSE
WASHINGTON, May 26—Secretary Work has authorized the build
ing: of a four and one half mile spur from the Matanuska branch of the
Aalska Railroad to the Moose Creek coal mines. These mines contain a
good quality of steam coal, suitable for export and for use on the govern
ment Railroad. The estimated cost of the new construction work is
$125,000.
The two areas now covered by government coal leases, upon which
a large sum has been expended in preliminary development work, will be
reached by the proposed spur.
( AM>S RESERVES h»SHK OF NATION
SAN FRANCISCO, May 26—Organized reserves are the posse of
the nation, said Secretary of War Weeks, i-n his address on the history of
armed reserves, made before the meeting of the Chamber of Commerce.
RUSSIANS EXECUTE REVOLUTIONISTS
MOSCOW, May 25—Fifteen persons, all of them princes, generals
or noblemen, have been executed as a result of the discovery of a country
wide revolutionary plot against the Soviet Republic of Georgia, according
to a dispatch from Tiflis to the Prada today.
GARY COLLAPSES
DURING LAROR SPEECH
( NBW YORK, May 26—Gary, Chairman of the United States Steel
Corporation, suffered a collapse while delivering an address here yester
day. Chaa. Schwab completed the reading of Gary’s address. Gary was
reporting for a committee of the Iron and Steel Institute, recently ap
pointed to investigate the feasibility of abandoning the twelve hour day
in the Steel industry. His report was that the committee could not
recommend such step.
HARDING SHOl'LD U8K BIG STICK
WASHINGTON, May 26—President Hardin* is greatly disappoint
ed over the failure of the Steel industry to approve the eight hour day,
it waa said at the White House today.
PORTLAND MAN BECOMES SHIPPING BOARD MEMBER
PORTLAND, MAY 26—Bert E. Haney, of Portland, formei U. S
Attorney in Oregon, waa appointed by Harding to become a member of
the United 8tates Shipping Board, to aucceed Chamberlain.
LOCAL ITEMS
A UMAX’S BOAT STILL
IX CORDOVA
In response to a telegram sent to
Cordova the Nugget is in receipt of
an answer stating that Captain Al
lan and his boat the "Donaldson”
have been delayed at Cordova, wait
ing for fuel, a boat and wench, and
will leave for Nome MONDAY.
IxAJHKK TO (ilVK
CARD PARTY
On June 2nd the Ladies of St.
Joseph ' Church will give another
card party in the St. Joseph Hall.
As customary with these entertain
ers they will serve a luncheon for
which they are noted. A nominal
charge will t»<• made and the public
MILK ItANCH 161 Il>IH
TO BK TORN DOWN
The Mammon Company has pur
chased the milk ranch buildings
east of the Standard Oil Co. Plant
and will immediately begin to tear
them down .and haul the lumber
closer into the city. The material
will be used for construction of
dwellings for Mammon Co. employ
ItFJKINC SKA ICE NOW MOVINCi
The ice of Bering Sea has begun
its spring movement toward the
westward. Early today large stret
ches of open water were visible to
the eastward from Nome. At the
present time there is open water
from Bluff to the East Front street
Between Snake River Harbor and
the Lighterage Company docks fis
sures are appearing in the shore ice
and if the present westward move
ment continues the Nome roadstead
will be free within a few days.
One year oge today similar, con
ditions prevailed, open water to
the east and south, with the western
field still unbroken.
MOONLIGHT WATER AT
FOOT OF l> STREET
Watermen are now obtaining
their water for city delivery from
the large Moonlight main at the
foot of D Street. The Moonlight
Water Company has employed its
boiler to thaw out the line to First
Avenue and will begin to thaw the
lateral feed lines so that running
water may be quickly obtained in
the residences and business houses
of the city.
While the watermen have given
residents a commendable service
thruout the winter, running water
from the Moonlight Springs is a
welcome change from the laborious
methods necessary during the win
ter months.
CASE ON IN DISTRICT COVET
Federal Judge Lomen is hearing
the case of the 17. S. vs. Katherine
Doe. a liquor case appealed from
ithe Commissioner’s Court. Attor
ney Hugh O’Neill is appearing for
the defendant and District Atty.
Harrison represents the govern
ment. Arguments have been in
progress for several days and likely
will be terminated next week.
HAMMON CO. ENGINEER
TAKES LEV El
Engineer E. J. Gorman of the
Hammon Company today began run
ning a level from Barrack Square
to the Submarine. At the S. W.
Corner of the Square a bench mark
is located, being 14 feet above sea
level. Beginning at this point the
j engineer will run his line to the
I Submarine to ascertain the level of
j tile ground to be worked by the
ifammon Company. Jack Hamlyn
assisted Mr. Gorman as rod man.
MISSION CHILDREN
BENEFICIARIES OF
HOSIMTAI. WJI IPMENT
! The Mnynard-Columbus hospital
j has installed a complete dental oir
j fit. tt- be used for Eskimo patients
j *T the Missic !. This statement in
its self carries but slight significance
te the average lav mind, but those
I having these natives as their wards
I can fully appreciate the service
'tendered. Hue to nature of things
j natives have had no opportunity to
obtain dental relief thr the saume
• channels employed by the white
population. To overcome this eon
' dition the hospital, which is an ad
I junct of the Methodist Mission, e»
; I'sted the services of Dr. Bayne,
jl’nder his supervision the dental
I ward was equipped with all noces
| -ary working equipment and medi
| I)r. Bayne, after the ward was
equipped to his satisfaction, devoted
j iUcertain number of hours each week
| to the Eskimo patients, until all the
I children of the Mission had received
rnfortunately this service is con
fined to the wards of the Mission
and does not extend to natives un
der the Bureau of Education or
other natives not controlled by eith
er mentioned institutions. Both
Supt. Duperluis and Dr. Welch have
taken the matter up with General
j Supt. Lopp of the Bureau and it is
j hoped that the Department of the
I Interior will see tit to make an ap
* propriation large enough to employ
! a dentist to attend to all cases of
i dental disorder occuritig among the
! natives, all of the natives of Seward
| Peninsula.
I i\assknc;ki: list kkrvhk
AX KXTIJA EXPKXSR
The Nugget has each year in the
[ past sent outside for the passenger
; list of the first boats. This is a
[ service appreciated by many, but
| few persons realize that the expense
attending this service amounts tc
[ quite a large sum.
If we send out for the passenirer
1 list and keep it for our weekly °d’
tion the news value will be lost, for
i the reason that the boats will be
j in Nome within two days of the pub
I lication of the list.
If we print it in the Bulletin we
are put to an added expense that
sales. Too many people of Nome
desire the -news but don't care to pay
for the service, they prefer to visit
some business house or club and set
something without paying for the
service. Running a newspaper is
like running any other business, we
have a commodity for sale just as
do other business houses. Our
commodity is space and telegraph
news. Our investment must be
made to pay.
The passenger list is outside the
realm of our regular telegraphic
news and cost exactly double per
word of our regular service. If the
citizens of Nome feel they cannot
wait for the arrival of the steamer
for a printed list, and on the other
hand w-ant us to procure the passen
ger lists of the two first boats by
wire, some arrangement will have
to be made to cover the extra ex
pense entailed.
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ALLIES TO PAY 11. S.
OCCUPATION EXPENSE
ARMY OF RHINELAND
PARIS, May 26 — Under the terms of an agreement which has been
: signed by tin- United States and the Allies, the United States will be paid
i oru quarter billion dollars, to be paid in twelve annual equal payments
j vittvnut interest. Payment is for expenses incurred by the United States
' du dug her army occupation of the Rhineland.
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IT.AI.V \< k NOW I FIM.hS IlKItT TO (MTKI> STATICS
1 ROME. May 2*'. Formal acknowledgement of the indebtedness
n! Italy to th*- United Stales, in the matter of funds advanced during the
' war has been made. The maximum amount-is one billion six hundred
forty eight million dollars, not including interest.
GFRMAN GOVERNMENT
FEARS ACTIVITIES
COMMUNIST BANDS
LONDON, May 2ti Tin* German government is alarmed at reports
i that armed Communists hands are marching on Essen. says a Central
I News dispatch from Berlin. The government has asked permission of
j French authorities to send fortes of German polite to Essen and Gelsen
ESSEN, May 2G The strike in the Ruhr, inaugurated by Cotu
j munists, is gaining in numbers and includes thousands of iron and steel
1 workers. Besides the miners previously out the latest to join were
1 twenty thousand employees of the Sne] works at Remscheid. Fifty
thousand miners are striking hi the Gtlsenkirchen district.
COM EXISTS TO EXTEND STRIKE ZONE
BERLIN, May 2« The Communist Workers Council has decided
to extend the strike farther into the occupied zone. Extension will in
clude the whole of Westphalia and the right bank of the Rhine, says a
dispatch from Duesseldorf.
FRENCH SOLDIERS
EXECUTE GERMAN
DUESSELDORF, .May 26—Albert Schlageter was executed by
French troops today for Sabotage on one of the railroads in the occupied
regions and other offenses. This is the first execution in the occupied
zone. Sclilageter was asecorted to a quarry by two priests. The execut
ed man was a former army officer and admitted he had blown up railroad
tracks and bridges.
SEATTLE SCHOOL ROYS TO COME TO ALASKA
SEATTLE, May 26—Thirty Quee-n Anne High School boys are
goingto Alaska on June first. They will remain for two months, working
in salmon canneries in Bristol Bay.
ASSOCIATE O FKELT CHARGED WITH MI NDER
LOS ANGELES, May 26—Following the death of McGruder B?1’,
the Seattle-Vaashon Island florist at Nandsburg, charges of murder were
preferred today against W. E. Raymond, a Los Angeles engineer, who
was with Belt at the time of the shooting.
Shortage of Telegraph news today is due to static conditions which
interferes with successnfl radio operation.—Editor.