8 Pages THE NOME NUGGET
VOLUME XXI.
NOME, ALASKA SATURDAY, JUNE 12th, 1920
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HARDING NOMINATED PRESIDENT
GOV. COOLIDGE NOMINATED VICE PRESIDENT
HEAT KILLS 4 IN CHICASO
Chicago. June 11—The intense heat
of th© past week, reached u climax
yesterday and resulted in four deaths
and five prostrations being reported
to the Board of Public Health.
EAGLE BOAT CREW DROWNED
IN SQUALL
Philadelphia, June 11—Five mem
ber* of the crew of' government Eagle
boat No. 25, were drowned near here
today when the little war craft wa
fctruck by a sudden s<juull on the
Delaware River.
LIGHTNING KILLS FOUR
DETROIT BOYS
Detroit, June 11—Four boys aged
from 14 to 18 years were killed and
seven others were injured t6day when
lightning struck a tree under which
they had taken shelter from a rain
storm.,
PLOT DISCOVERED
TO AS8AS8INAT*
JAP JtAfrE .
L
Honolulu, June 11—Japanese
secret service has u^eugUgtd an al
leged, proi bf Koreans to assassinate
enanyBis Salto, Premier Ijmpwijl other
leading Japanese stategmiep; ;te©ordinf
to dUipatches reaching. tSt Hocal Jap
AIM|KII4AN8 SHOT.£}»
BREAD RIOTS
Vlenna,Junc 8—Seven »>er.sons wore
killed and twenty three others wound
ed when the police fired upon a mob
of bread rioters at the town of Gratz.
according to advices reaching Vienna
13 KILLED IN NEW YORK
CENTRAL TRAIN CRASH
Schenectady, N. Y., June 9—Thir
teen persons were killed near here to
day when a New York Cential express
train crashed Into the rear end of a
passenger train.
CARU80’8 HOME ROBBED OF
HALF MILLION IN JEWELS
East Hampton, N. Y*. June 9—The
country bonne of Signor Caruso, the
famous tenor, waa plundered' by burg
lars laat night and jewelry valued at
neeftty live hundred thousand dollars
The stolen jewels Included one dia
mond necklace valued at seventy five
thousand.
MOOSE WOMEN ATTENTION.
Women of Mooecheart Lcgk>n will
hold their regular oemi-monthly meet*
Jng at Eagle lodge room, Monday,
June 14th.
CONVENTION SWINGS SUDDENLY TU
SENATOR WANNEN G. HARDING
Ohio Senator Lands G. O. P. Presidential Nomination In
Senational Drive That Overwhelms Opponents.
Gov. Coolidge Receives Vice-Presidency
Johnson, Wood and Lowden Nominate1 j
Chicago, June 11—Following the
nomination of General Wood by Gov
ernoi Allen a tremendous »•»;»? of en
thusiasm led the Wood supporers
.‘•wept the cor vention. The demon
stration in behalf of Wood lasted forty
minutes. As the tumuli ceased Ar
kanfjys yielded to Illionois and Con
greve atn [todenherg of that state
"d • -d^the name of Governor Lowden
in nomination.
Ronator Johnson was placed In'
nomination at 12:40 o'clock.
0. 0. P. Platform Score-, Wilson
Administration
The platform adopted by the Re
publican convention severely criticises
the jfresent nJTYnfTTTsfratrrth. The doc
ument asserts that the platform itself,
rather than Wilson’s League of Na
tions, declares for an agreement among
nations to preserve the peace of the
world. It says the covenant, signed
by the president at Paris is a flat
failure and severely criticises. Wilson
for his handling of the subject; favors
federal assistance in the Americaniza
tion of Hawaii; charges that ineffi
ciency arid the. policy of the adminis
tration are responsible for the con
tinued loss of American lives In Mex
ico; says the death of Americans
would not be recognized unless report
ed to the government; charges the
president with nullifying constructive
legislation offered by the republican
majority in Congress and condemns
the president for asking power to ac
cept a mandate for Armenia.
Convention Jeers Mention of Johnson
Chicago, June 11—Convention dem
onstrations today shortly after his
name was placed in nomination dis
closed that Senator Johnson is far
from bring a favorite, with the bulk
of the delegates.
Charles I. Wheeler, of California,
put in nomination the name of John
son. The Illinois and Iowa delegates
led in starting a cheer at the prelimin
ary mention of Johnson's name, but
this initial demonstration was follow
ed soonnfter, however, by hoots, jeer--,
hisses and laughter from the big
attempted to praise Johnson but was ‘
interrupted and forced to await <iuiet
when he said Johnson had won a gre >
victory without financial backing. At
this declaration there was cheers,1
laughs, hvos and hisses from the
Following the nomination of Wood
and Bowden, Mayor Moore or Phil
adelphia placed Governor Sprouie in
'nomination and George II. Walker of
next placed Senator Sutherland of
'West Virginia dn nomination.
Hoover Nominated
(nation by Nathan B. Miller of Syra
cuse. Ogden Mills next placed Ni li
"las Mundy Butler in notndnatioj.
Former Governor Wills of Ohio placed
Harding in nomination and Governor
Cool ridge was placed, in nomination
by Speaker Gillette and Judgj Frit
‘hard of North Carolina. This closed 1
the nominations. At the close of the
nominations the leaders discussed a
proposal'to take two ballots and ad
journ until tomorrow morning.
Crowd Declares No More Wilson
All nomination speeches got ready
responses from the convention and the
crowd was ready to display enthusiasm
e.t every opportunity despite the
scorching heat. Wheeler got a rous
ing cheer from the convention when,
during his speech nominating John
son, he referred to the Wilson admin
istration as "the royal family” and.
by inference, to McAdoo as "the crown
"Are you prepared for four years
more of them?” he shouted. The crowd
answered "No!” in a roar that shook
the building.
During the nominations not one of
the several candidates was on the con
vention floor. This was the first time
since the convention began that on
ore candidates for the presidency
not in evidence.
New York Delegation Against Wood
One. or the sensations of the day
was the announcement that the Now
York delegation will support Lowden
against Wood. The delegation vo
•it a caucus this morning to throw its
votes to Lowden if on the second or
third ballot it looked as if "Wood mig'
Wood Loads First Four Ballots.
The vote for the principal candidates
on the first ballot cast by the conven
tion follows: Wood 2«7 : Lowden
I'Sl; Johnson 133. The rest of the
votes were scattered among various
favorite sons.
On the second ballot Wood gained
21^. making his total 292. Lowden
did even better, adding 57 votes toj
his original number, making his total
258. thirty four votes behind Wood. ,
Johnson gained 13. making hi.- total i
for the second ballot 14G
Senator Poindexter got twenty
scattering votes on the first ballot, in
cluding Alaska's two votes.
The third ballot resulted in a gain
of 11 by Wood, 24 by Lowden and 2
ny Johnson, making their totnlR as
follows:
Wood 303; Lowden 282; Johnson j
The fourth and last ballot resulted
as follows: Wood 314%: Lowden
289: Johnson 140»,&. The Convention
then adjourned until Saturday morn
Conveution Adjourned After Four
Ballots Last Night
Chicago, June 11—The convention
adjourned thLs (Friday) evening short
ly after seven o’clock after taking four
ballots. Pursuant to the agreement
of tho previous evening, the conven
tion remained in session continuously
throughout tho day and when ad
journment was taken no one in it had
attended a meal since breakfast.
Adjournment of the convention ses
sion only marked the beginning of a
series of all night conferences and
maneuverings which the chief’s of the
various forces believe will bring as
cessions to fhoir forces for the re
opening of ballorting Saturday morn
ing . I’nless all signs fail and the
plans of the leaders miscarry, the ne
cessary strength to nomimrte a candi
date will he rounded tip during the
night, unless the convention threatens
to resrtinble the democratic conven
tion of 1912 at Baltimore which fin
ally nominated Wilson.
Details of Voting on Minor Candidates
The detailed vote on the minor can
didates on the fourth and last ballot
today stood as follows:
Sproule.79
Hat-ding.til ■
t’ooHdge.2-5
Isifoilette. . t, . . . :.22 j
l’oindexter .15
Sutherland.2
l>upont.2
Alaska’s last ballot gave Wood 1
and (Jovernor Coolidge 1
Lowden Passes Wood, on Fifth Ballot
Chicago, June 12—The fifth ballot
taken on the opening of the conven
tion this morning placed (Jovernor
Lowden in the lead of all other can
didates.
The ballot gave Lowden 203. Wood
29$ and Johnson 133.
Michigan Delegation Splits Over
Johnson
Chicago, June 12—Michigan, which
stood solid for Johnson for five bal
lots, broke in tlie sixth, eleven votes
going to Wood, one to Lowden. leav
ing 18 remaining to Johnson.
Butler Releases New York Delegation
The wide gain by Lowden on the
5th ballot this morning was due to the
release of the New York delegation b>
Nicholas Murray Butler.
Butler released the Empire state'
delegation early this morning. Forty
one votes went to Lowden. 24 to Woo 1
and thff others were scattered.
Wood and Lowden tie on Sixth Ballot
Chicago, June 12—Wood and Low
den tied on the sixth ballot, each re
ceiving 311 Mi- Johnson lost 6 votes
on the ballot.
Harding Makes Big Gain in Seventh
Chicago, Juno 12—The seventh bal
lot gave Wood 312, Lowden 311 Mr.
Harding 105, Johnson 99.
Lnwdt-n Leads in Eighth Ballot
Chicago, .lane 12—Balloting i»n the
eighth ballot resulted as follows;
Lowden .117. Wood 23!*, Harding 133»2.
Johnson 7s, Sproule 7.',. Some of the
leaders are predicting that Harding
and Johnson as the part> nominees.
Borah Threatens lo Boll
Chicago. June 12— Senator Borah in
■ ■■ speech last night at the Auditorium
threatened to bolt the republican party
if either I.owden or Wood are nomi
nated. Borah declared he would not
support any candidate who was not
clean. Talking of the ■tisclosures
made in 1'onnection with the financial
affairs of the Wood and I.owden cam
paign. Borah said; "the yoke of par
tisianship fits lightly in these days and
if a man does not find his ideals in
oik' party he will seek them in another
Convention Swings lo Harding
Chicago, June 12—Missouri and
Kansas are swinging into line lor Sen
ator Warren C. Harding. He will
probably win on the ninth or tenth
Convention Recesses
Chicago, Juin- 12 -The convention
closed the eighth ballot and recessed
Harding Rush Disconcerts Opponents
Chicago, June 12—/Hie recess came
after a sensational spurt by Senator
Harding which apparently disconcert
ed his opponents. The Ohio floor
on platform after recess hail been
moved. Harding became apparentl.\
the dominating figure of the eonven
Chicagn.June 12—- Washington dele
Ration this morning voted unanimous
ly to stay with Poindexter. Should
they be released Harding will receive
a majority of their votes.
Hording Gains Rapidly
Chicago, June 12—Ninth Imlb-r
Harding 374 Ms: Wood 219, i.owden 121
Lnwden Releases Delegates
Chicago, June 12—Lowdcn has re
leased all his delegates. An effort
is being made towards another ad
journment.
Harding Lands Nomination
Chicago, June 12—Scnatoi Warren
C«. Harding of Ohio, was nominated.
The nomination of Senator Harding
in tenth ballot was brought about
through rapid swinging to him of
I.owden delegates. He got 520 votes.
■193 being necessary. After brief re
cess convention will proceed to nomi
nation of vice president.
Coolidge Nominated Vice President
Chicago. June 12—tlovernor Coo
lidge of Muss., is nominated for Vice
President.
CHECHACO BALL EAGLE HALL
First Saturday after arrival of tlie
Victoria. Chcechaco orchestra, new
music. Everone welcome.
COTTER BEAR AID VICTORIA
BLOCKADES IB SIGHT OF ROME
Blockaded by dense ice masses
within sight of their goal, the Incom
ing Victoria and Coast Guard Cutter
Bear are making only slight progress
today. At last reports the Bear was
within ;12 miles of Nome, while the
Victoria was approximately 25 mile*
farther out. Both vessels can be
distinctly seen with the aid of glasses
from the lofty elevation of the radio
tower. 3*hf Bear arrived within
sighting mage yesterday afternoon.
The Ice ullage hid the vessel from
view much of the time during the late
afternoon bat her route through the
ice pack was asally traced by frequent
bursts of smoko from her funnel. At
t p. m. last night the cuttef reported
herself tent In the ice at a true dis
tance of It miles tram Nome. Short
ly after • a. m. this morning the ves
sel n prats* that it wao.thought she
ha* made a few miles daring ths night
hat adds* **lls hard eboviag." Mam
hem of the Coast Guard who watgted
the vessel's movements with powerful
glasses assert that Lieutenant Roener
was bucking the Ice hard, frequently
driving the ship's bow far up on the
edge of the pack. It was apparently
heartbreaking work for a report came
from the cutter to Capt. Ross of the
Coast Guard at 1:46 p. m. this after
noon stating that the “going was very
slow" and the' vessel had stopped.
The message said the Bear had
Smashed her way through the ice since
6 p. m. last night but had made only
“600 yeards to the" watch.” As a
“wptch'' la a period of four hours, this
meant that the cutter had made about
160 yards an hour. Th* ice was re
ported very heavy. After this ftitl'o
effort to break through. Lieutenant
Roene> decided to tie up and wait for
a lead to appear.
The Bear left St Paul Island Juno
Sth at 4 p. in. June 9th at • p. m.
the cutter reported her position that
she had ran into slush ice at noon,
but was 315 miles south of Nome in
dear water at the time of the report.
At 8 p. an. the same evening the ves
sel had advanced 15 miles and report
ed 300 miles from Nome but stuck in
the ice. By 10 a. m. June 10th the
cutter was 195 miles out and gained
50 miles during the succeeding six
hours. She reported at 4 p. m. of
that day that she Was 140 miles out,
weather clear Ad no Ice In sight. By
9 p. m. she had reached a point 9f?
miles from Nome. The cutter ap
parently again encountered the ice
soon after as she reported at la. m.
yesterday morning that she was in an
ice Held 80 miles south “but going
ahead.” Durtiig the following seven
hours the cutter gained 2« miles, re
porting at S a. m. ”34 miles <rftn
ftome. not making over 2 or t miles
through ice.” Better going was ap
parently encountered later in the d*»
as the cutter wits imt li*miles' away
by 8 in the evening.
The reports from the Victoria have
not detailed her progress. The big
liner went through Unimak Pass at S
a. . Thursday, according to reports
reaching the radio. At eight o’clock
yesterday morning she was reported
230 miles north of the pass and Mmak-'
ing full speed." Twelve hours later
(8 p. m. Friday.) the liner was 70
miles north of Cape Mohican, the
northwestern extremity of Xunivnk
Island. I<ate reports this afternoon
placed tho Vic. a short distance behind
the Bear. Both vessels at that time
were southwest of Nome In direction
of Sledge Island. /
Capt. Ross has been In constant
touch with the Bear and has kept both
vessels advised daily regarding Ice
conditions as seen from this side of
the pack. •
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FOUR SUICIDE ON
DISABLED TRANSPORT
Waslungton, June 11—Four per
sons on board the U. S. Army trans
port Mt. Vernon committed suicide
after the ship's propellors broke while
the vessel was proceeding along tiie
Virginia coast, according to wireless
reports to the Navy Department today.
Tfic transport had on board four
thousand Csecho-Slovak troops who
are being transported to their native
land from Siberia, also nine hundrei
German war prisoners, who are being
returned to Germany’ under a United
States Army guard, and two hundred
and fifty women and children, a ma
jority of whom are the wives and
families of the -Czecho-Slovak soid
The Mt. Vernon is in no serious
danger as a result of the accident.
The vessel Is headed for Norfolk and
is due there tomorrow.