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sTHE NOME NUGGET '311;
VOLUME XXII No. . 32
NOME, ALASKA SATURDAY, AUG 6 1921
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RUSSIAN SITUATION APPALLING
LASKER SATS MERCHANT MARME AH ASSET
ROYALTY PAYS HONOR !
TO DEAD SINGER!
, - i
Naples, Italy, .Aug. 5—.Ml business
stopped today during the funeral >f
the late Enrico Caruso and the Italian
royal house paid special tribute to the
memory of the dead singer.
The funeral was the first non-noble
funeral ever held from the famous
royal church of San Francisco dl
The king gave special permission
for holding the funeral services in the
church and sent i>crs.*nal represen
tative. Hundreds of s i-<- «* composed
the song-choir and hundreds of.fhum
ing candles surrounded the catafalque
on which a wooden cisket enclosed a
crystal coffin. Troops . nd a vast
throng "f people lineil -he streets to I
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KERENSKY PROPHESIES
HIS RETURN TO POWER
Paris, Aug. 5—Kerensky, former
head of the Russian revolutionary gov
ernment, declared this evening that
the American feovei ..n.cnt is in sym
pathy with his claims to being the
chief of the new Russian government
and that the Russian people are back
THOSE SOURDOUGH HOT CAKES
AND HILLS BROS. COFFEE AT
ARCTIC BAKERY. __
STOLEN MAIL POUCH
• CONTAINING FORTUNE
FOUND UNOPENED
cned mail pouch containing $P5,00>> j
in postal securities, which was stolen j
In the Northwood Itiver, Illinois .mail j
robbery same weeks ago. was found I
this morning concealed at a. point
about ten miles from the scene of the
robhery. j
NAVAL DIRIGIBLE GOES
ON WILD FLIGHT |
Rockaway, N. Y. Aug. h—r.ie T. ]
I., the smallest dirigible belonging •.«> j
tbe Navy, fell on a barren H’nnd j
during a test flight today, dui.ped Ivr
crew of three overboard and eft ;r ibtts
lightening her burden as?;nd-*l sev
eral thousand feet for a runaway
AMERICA WINS FOURTH
RACE AT COWES
Cowes, Isle of W'Vight, Aug 5—
The American yacht won the fourth
race in the international cup contest
here today. The score now stands 17
to 1A in favor of the British yacht.
NENANA OPERATING PUBLIC
TELEPHONE AND LIGHT PLANT
Nenana, AJs. Aug 6—The local
power plant and also the telephone
system has been taken over by the city
government from the railroad com
mission and will be opera* ed In future
on a rental basis under the direct
management of the Hea:y R* <’«t Coal
Corporation. .
SEATTLE CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE ESTABLISHES
WASHINGTON BUREAU
Seattle, Aug. 5—-The. Seattle Cham
ber of Commerce today ar.rfunc»i
the establishment of a Washington
City bureau w*th J J. Underwood, a
former Alaskan Tnd widely known
newspaper man, in charge of its actlvl
•FOR SALE AT A BARGAIN
Good warm, completely and wsll
-furnished five room house, with hath.
G##d carpets and staves throughout.
Enquire at Nugget Office.
STEFANSSON PREPARING FOR
NEW ARCTIC EXPEDITION
Vancouver, B. C. Aug. 4—Vihlj.il
mur Stel'.insson and the members of
his new expedition are now in con
ference here relative to the forthcom
ing dash into the Arctic wilds via
Nome and Point Barrow.
The party plans to depart from Se
attle August 11 and will be gone three
DISARMAMENT CONFERENCE
PROMISES WAR'S END
Lancaster, N. H. Aug. 4—I'resi
j dent Harding in an address here today
said the coming disarmament confer
ence gave promise of ‘‘.an international
agreement that will end wars and turn
the attention of mankind to const mo
tive, beneficial pursuits.”
FORMIDABLE ANTI-SOVIET
CONSPIRACY DEVELOPING
Berlin, Aug. 4—A Petrograd dis
patch to the local press today tells of
a formidable conspfraty against the
Soviet government, headed by l’rince
Dmitri Shavosky.
Russians in Pairis are declared to
be implicated and it is also asserted
that the movement is financed by
France, which it is claimed is con
spiring to work in conjunction with
the Polish miitary through the French
embassy at Warsaw.
The dspatch says placards have
been posted by the revolutionaries in
the streets of Moscow which read
“Down with Levine and Trotsky, On
ly a Tsar can rescue Russia.”
FREE TOLL# FOR U. 8. CANAL
SHIPPING EXPECTED SOON
Washington, Aug. 4—Complying
with the wishes of President Hnnling,
the Senate is likely to sidetrack much
pending legislation for the purpose of
passing a bill granting free Panama
tolls to American coastwise shipping.
URGES AIRSHIP8 INSTEAD OF
WAR8HIP8 AND ARMIES
Chicago, Aug. 4—To build more
airships and cut down the land and
sea forces to mere police needs was
the policy urged today by Senator T>u
pont during r- stop here w '!!e enroute
:o Color:''.‘o Springs.
INCREASED EMPLOYMENT
SHOWN BY GOVT
REPORTS
: Khin«t .n. Aug-. 5—Increased j
’ inanuf:n tin-*-, railroad shops t< \-[
tile, lumber, i ib-a >••>. pope: and print- j
merit of I^ilmr today.
| Weekly Xugg<
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bulletin ami
1 1 v carrier.
MORE SCANDAL IN
TREATMENT OF
WAR VETERANS
Forbes ' the War Risk Insurance Bu
reau shed further light ->n the sc.tndal
(■’is conditions obtaining with r> sped
to the care of disabled ex service men
toy declaring before the Senate com
mittee investigating the treatment ac
corded ex service -men that $50 former
•soldiers receiving hospital treatment
in the Old Soldiers Home at Johnson
City, Tennessee are living under as
tounding conditions of vice, corrup
tion and Immoral it yfc Frg-bea said
that the place Is reeking from the
presence of immoral women, morphine
and moonshine whiskey.
Forbes told the committee that the
conditions at the Johnson <’ity Old
Soldier's Home are such that unless
tics there u ill proportionate ' v
greater thm in war. Bureau agents
who secretly investigated the ease said
the vice, corruption and immorality
prevalent there is astounding. The
ex soldier inmates, they report'd,
bought morphine, moonshine and gin
ger extract containing ninety per cent
alcohol and drunkeness Is common.
Immoral women are said to overrun
the grounds without hindrance and
crooked gamblers take away the pat
Korbes said the Bureau was unable
tn remedy the situation because the
bom** is under another board.
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BORAH WANTS ARMY OF 200,000
of the army to 200.000 enlisted men. in
stead of the 150,000 contemplated by
the Army Bill, is proposed by Senator
WiillLain K. Borah in a senate resol n
DEMPSEY-WILLARD
BATTLE UNDER DISCUSSION
New York. Aug. 5—Tentative plans
for the proposed world's heavy weight
championship bout between Jack
Dempsey and former champion Jess
Willard were discussed here today by
Tex Rickard and Ray Archer, Will
ard's manager.
COUNTESS VON BERNSTORFF
GETS AMERICAN CASH
New York, Aug. 5—A million in
cash and securities, which were seized
from her by the government during
the war period, were returned today to
the Countess Von Bernstorff, wife of
the former German ambassador, on a
count showing that she had inherited
the money from he>- father, a former
New York silk merchant.
I. W. W. BATTLE FARM
HANDS ON TRAIN TOP
Kochi, Kansas. Aug. 4—A number
of T. W. W. followers attacked twenty
three harvest hands on top of two
Rock Island railroad freight cars, pre
cipitating a battle in which two were
killed and six others wounded.
Four of the harvest hands attack'd
by the radicals were discharged negro
soldiers
CHILDREN PERISH IN
TENAMENT FIRE
were burned to death in a tenement
fire oecuring in tlte I’m.ox district this
morning.
LLOYD GEORGE TALKS
ON ALLIED CONFERENCE
London, Auk- 5—Addressing a
Welch gathering at Cnrnarston today.
Premier Lloyd George said: "Repre
sentatives of America, France. I'.alv
and Britain. the greatest nations in the
world, will .meet in Paris shortly and
their four, voices will be united in
singing an anthem of peace.”
TELLER MAN SUSTAINS
FRACTURED LEG
Norman Tweedt. a son of N. R.
Tweedt of Teller, suffered the misfor
tune of having his right leg broken
above the knee by a falling oil drum
while helping to unload a portion of
the cargo of the Hudson Ray supply
schooner Lady Kindersley at Teller a
few days ago. Following the acci
dent Dr. Sturda\fint of the Coast
Guard Cutter Bear did all that was
possible for the 1’ijured man but it
later became necessary to send him to
Nome for hospital care no the Sea
Wolf On arrival here Friday morn
ing, he was taken ashore by Capt.
Ross and the Coast Guard crew thru
a choppy sea and safely landed in
Maynard-Columbus hospital, where he
is being looked after by Dr. Welch who
•reports today that the iNitient is im
proving rapidly.
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SEATTLE YOUTHS DIE
IN MOTORCYCLE CRASH
Seattle. Aug. •;—Arthur «-..:t.-r . id
-Myron I teed. Seattle youths. each ag*d
KIDNAPPED PRIEST
HELD FOR RANSOM
and suffering' fr..-u severe heatings.
Father Heylin, pastor -if the Holy An
gels Church at Colrra, lies in a li
letter received today .it S ) M
cathedral here, dcrcndiug S*;.50't r:.
som money.
LASKER PLEADS FOR PATIENCE.
with Shi;-' board
Washington, Vug. 3—Chairm.,.
Lasker, in pleading with Congress t. ;
• dared today that the American
asset provided the people will he pat
NORTHCLIFFE DISCUSSES
ARMAMENT CONFERENCE
Vancouver. B. *\ Aug. 3—Lord
Northcliffe, in an address here today,
asserted that “if the delega*es to the
forthcoming Washington disavmatnent
conference carry out the desires of
their nations agreements will be reach
ed that will ultimately bring about
world peace."
Lord Northcliffe is on a tour of the
NEW CONTESTANT FOR
MILLIONAIRE’S ESTATE
Butte. Mont.* Aug. 5—The first wife
of the late Janus A. Murray is on
route here from the East to become a
participant in the legal battle center
ing around the three million dollar
estate of the deoeasd financier.
The first Mwt. Murray will ask the
ponmjssion of the, courts to intervene
in the will contest suits filed by the
nephews and other relatives.
4 cts a day will bring the Wei;!'
Nugget to your home.
COUNCIL BUSINESS
MAN VISITING
«• iI tli— afternoon. Mi . PfafTle is hero
to attend the sessions of the grand
jury, 'd' vvhi« h lie is a inemlie'.
The council stage also brought c/e.*
i good sized batch of gold dust result
ing from operations of the Wild Goo**
Mining Company. The Council dredgeo
• ■re all working, the Garrod dredge
NEW STEAMSHIP SAILING
DATES ANNOUNCED
The steamship Victoria will sail
voyage Oil August 10 and is scheduled
to leave Nome on the leturn trip south
i:. A Carroll of the Aia.'k Steam
ship Company today.
Mr- Carroll has also been advised
that the freight steamers Valdez and
1..douche will leave Seattle for Bering
Sea ..n August 11 and IS respectively.
The Valdez will proceed to St Mich
whiie the T.atouche will touch at Norte,
Golovin. Bonanza and Teller.
AUSTRALIANS BEAT BRITISH
IN DAVIS CUP CONTEST
Pittsburg, Pa. Aug 5—In the Du vis
Cup tennis doubles today the Aus
tralians, Anderson and Todd, defeated
ithe British team, Woosman and Turn
WHITE MOUNTAIN
SAILS ON TRADING TRIP
Sam Malsagow, the well known Rus
sian trader, left Thursday for a trad
jins trip along the Siberian coast in
the schooner White Mountain, which
l rumor says has been purchased by
Malsagow and his associates in the
I trading venture to replace the schoon
er Gertrude, which was recently
wrecked near East Cape while unjjer
operation by the same parties.
JUST ARRIVED
A SHIPMENT OF
AUGUSTINE & KYERS
CHOCOLATES AT
ARCTIC CANDY STORE