Nome is the Distributing: Center and Gateway to Northern Alaska and Siberia
«Pages THE NOME NUGGET.
VOLUME XXI
NOME, ALASKA SATURDAY AUG 28 1920
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BOLSHEVIK! ARE COIWNB BACK
CHAMBER COMMERCE DEMMMS UTE SMUNG
ALASKAN FLYNNS EXPEDITION FROM
NEW YORK TO NOME SUCCESSI-'IILLY
NEGOTIATES LONG JOURNEY
Four Planes Land in Nome Monday Evening: Three
Hundred Mile Trip From Ruby in 3 hrs. 15min.
Flyers Given Rousing Welcome by
Nome Populace
The great army air flight from New
York to Nome was successfully com
pleted Monday evening with the ar
rival at Nome of the four airplane?
comprising the expedition shortly life
Flying low to escape the heavy clqpd
masses Ailing the upper air, the plane?
came ,rearing up from the eastern
horlBon about 5:20 and, after passing
over the town in a series of spectacu
lar circles, swung over the landing
tleild at Ft Davis and defended safel.v
amid the tumultous cheers of the
crowd gathered along the west bank
of Nome River opposite the landing
Practically everyone in the city
watched the thrilling spectacle as the
flyers turned and circled above the
Held before swooping downward to
make their landing and cheer after
cheer went up from the throng as the
planes came to a halt one after the
other at intervals of four or five min
Plane No. 4, piloted by Lieutenant
Ross Kirkpatrick, with Master Elec
trician Sergeant Jas. E. English as
observer, was the first to touch the
earth at*5:35 p. m. After swinging
over the field in a series of mazy loops,
the plane suddenly swooped downward
from .the eastern end of the field and
came to a halt after a short run along
the hard packed roadway running
across the landing place. The de
scent was accomplished without the
slightest difficulty and the plane tax
ied scarcely more than a hundred feet
before coming to rest. Progress was
scarcely stopped before the machine
I was swung mound by the mom bo is of
I she American Legion appointed to as
sist the landing and taxied quickly
back to' the east'end of the field to
make way for the others. Within a
few minutes plane No. :? swung down
ward from the west and was followed
in quick succession by the others.
1‘laiu* No. 1, capryilng C’apt. St f’lair
Streett, commander of the expedition,
and observer-mechanician Sergeant
Edmund Henrnriues. was the last to
leave the air.
Arrangements at the field were ex*
> client and the flyers wore given every 1
assistance by former air service Lieu, ;
tenant AN*. E. Case and those delegnt- j
e«l for that purpose. No one was al- j
lowed on the field upide from the fiel 1 j
reception committee, representatives j
of the Marshal's office, who policed i
the field, the landing committee, a few
photographers and a small scattering!
of others. Only four ladies were per- !
mitted on the landing place, three be
ing I/led Cross nursese an the other, j
Miss Catherine Anpher, a deputy ;
marshel on the staff of Marshal Jor
dan. Former lieutenant Case was in
sole cliurge of the field and handled .
the situation with the thoroughness of
long experience in the air service, I
Following the landing, the flyers!
were given hearty welcome and the I
freedom of the city during their stay, i
The field was also thrown open to the J
public and the crowd soon swarmed
around the planes watching the avia- I
tors as they busied themselves about |
the machines, in accordance with an ;
invariable rule to put the "ships in I
AIR FLEET ARRIVES
AT FAIRBANKS
Fairbanks, Aug. 27—(Special to
the Nugget) The three returning air
ships of the Alaska Flying Expedition
landed here at 3:14 p. m. this after
noon. The planes were an hour, and
fifteen minutes coming from Gibbon,
130 miles In an air line. Everyone
was well and there was a litter of
pups in the machines.
Big doings are planned for the en
tertainment of the flyers during their
stay, including1 banquets, presentation s’
caribou hunts by airships.
Everything wdll he wide open, with
all business suspended in the interim.
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WAR COSTS
EUROPE 35
t .i MILLION LIVES
WuhbWMa. A up. 11—this to war
Influoacuw MM toa knwu nation
«WM IP IIM cT*it world oonMct
" afcow a mMllil lota In population of
U.1M.0M ponNMM alpap lilt, aeoordtn*
M “ * otMMUb MOMKh ooaduotpd bp
the Society, for floclail Consequence^
of war of Copenhagen, the results of
which were node public today.
Th* Nome Nonet del lvere.1 by ear
rter or mol**. Per Me nth fl.ao
ilia pc" before leaving
lo pcrmdt themselve
questions
tators Rat
»
iutroductic
repj esent.
delighted
pushing the Ions and ditflcn
from the Atlantic coast.
“We consider our fliRht h
pushed what was believed
to answer the
ered around then
re plainly j
►mitted to the
handshakings
which they were*
•eett informed td
that every
of the ex|w>d
possible." ho said.
rV'Hcrlhins the trip across Alaska,
he kiid tlu* weather had Moon more o; ^
!• ss unfavorable most of th \va> j
Their passage across the* Slat**:-- and !
weather difficulties and seven da> s
were lost before the planes reached
Saskatoon. Saskatchewan. Kurihcr
time w.,» lost during their difficult and
dangerons passage of the Kockies. and
further delays were caused h\ an a<•
e di nt to Ills plane at I Vince fJeorge.
I.fiiky gits tanks on the remaining
planes also retarded the expedition.
"The net tin I (lying (.line of the ex
(Coattnuod on
P«tto Two.)
6. 0. P. TREASURER
DECURES COX
UST t FAKE
Chicago, Aug. 28—Fred \V. Lpham
i roa.surer of the Republican Nationad
Committee. declared in an interview
liore today that the alleged 'republican,
;,ampaign fund quota list presented
•y Governor Cox In substantiation of
Ids charges that the republicans are*
raising a fifteen million dollar cam
paign fund is ; n attempt “to buy the*
presidency", is a. fake.
“Cox's schedule of the republican:
ampaign fund quota’s in fifty one
principal cities is a phony, list which
I never heard of before,” I'pham de
Cox Say'. More Compaigii Exposures
Coming
| New York, Aug. 27—fJovernor Cox
j ii ellcated here today that he would
jiiiake further exposes regarding the
campaign funds of the repuuhlicau
1 party within a week.
NON-PARTISAN CANDIDATE
CAPTURES DEMOCRATIC
NOMINATION—MONTANA
Helena, Aug. 27—B. K. 'Wheeler,
i Non-partisan Leaguer, has captured
the Democratic Guhernationn I nomi
nation, defeating W. W\ McDowell. aj
Non Partisans Capture All Democratic |
Nominations
Helena. Aug. 28—Non .partisan,
Leaguers, practically complete returns:
ilisciose, ^ have captured ever)' demo
cratic nomination in this, state from.
Senator down.
The republicans appear tm have*
“horned” them off in most instiinces.
THREE DIE IN INCENDIARY
FIRES IN IRELAND:
Durabalk, Ireland, Aug. ?8—Two
sales gins and one male salesman wen
burnt to death in the stores of two
Protestant Unionists tradesmen in
Dunbalk today.
The buildings occupied by the stot 'cs
weir set on Are by unknown parti es
Etnd'the homes of their owners w«rc
tlso burned at he same time.
The Nome Nugget delivered by ear
•Ur or mailed. Per limb 11.9* .
U. S. CRUISER ORDERED
TO DANZIG
rnniclH has directed vice admiral Husf
to proceed Immediately with the ar
il, ored cruiser Pittsburg to Danzig t.:
o.Ter protection to American refugees
ALABAMA GOVERNOR WANTS
WOMEN TO VOTE
Montgomery, Aug. -'8—Governor
Kilby announced today that lie would
ronve.t)c the Alabama Legislature
Kept.. 14th for the purpose of enacting
ij* jflfrage laws pe/mitting the women of
ij ? labama to qualify as voters, thereby
i < nnbling them to participate in the
.•j "November elections.
Fourth Ploneor Semi Monthly Dance
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 4th.
Held at Pioneer Igloo Hall
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JTOE8H AUGUSTINE A KYER
CHOCOLATES AT
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BOLSHEVIK! BRING
NEW TROOPS
INTO BATTLE
tlie Ivist Prussian frontier that the
HAGUE TRIBUNAL IS
HARDING’S WAR PANACEA
Marion, .<>• Vug. Tin- hope of
world i*eaoe ‘‘lies in putting truth in
'lie Hague tribunal, not in the Leu gin
of Nations, which has undoubtedh
passed beyond possibility of restora
tion," Senator Harding declared in a
speech to a delegation from Indiana
The republican candidate came out
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BEDOUINS MASSACRE
PALESTINE VILLAGERS
Carlo, Hgypt, Aug. 2?—One hun
dred and fifty persons, residents of the
town of AJlun. Pahstins. hav» been
killed by a band of Bedouin Arabs,
who liaw gone on the wKr path in
that section.
Ajlun is situated a short distance
Northeast of Jerusalem.
CHILEAN TROOPS MUTINY
MANY KILLED
Uran. Peru, Auk- 27—Serious mut
inies. resulting in the killing and
wounding of a considerable number of
persons, have lately occurred among
the Ilf teen thousand Chilean troops
concentrated in the Arica and Tacna
region, according to advices received
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SUPPOSED DEAD
ALASKAN TURNS UP
Cumberland, Aug. 25—Dr Thomas
MoKIflsh, a dentist, who loft hero for
Alaska twenty three years ago and
was given up for dead years ago. to
day surprised his relatives here by
appearing unannounced. McKlflsh is
in vigorous health an*l is said to have
become wealthy during his long ub
8PECIAL NOTICE
On and after Sapt. 1 1920 hill will
b» rendered wrtkly instead of month
lye Cash must accompany all orders *
from outlying Districts.
HOLT’S CASH STORE
ROADHOUSE FOR SALE f
The owner of the Sinrock- Mad
house will aall fame cheap providing It
is sold within the nsxt two weeks.
Inquire Fred Peterson.