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VOLUME XXII No 25 NOME, ALASKA SATURDAY, JUNE 18. 1921 Di-livered by Carrior or Mailrd $1 00 p<r Mo.ith
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MANY NOTABLES
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TO GOV. BONE
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New York, June 17—Governor
Scott C*. Hone of Alaska, was guest of
honor at a notable banquet Riven in
flie Waldorf-Ast >riu tonight by John
IT. l’erry, owner. • f the Seattle Post
Intelligencer, of which Governor Done
was editor in ch ef for many years
prior to his appoint men*. as Alaska's
chief executive. W banquet w-,i: at
people and was mark 'd by a *li■* >la\
of interest It: Alaska > .v intbiential
people which wi'l pro <_• of whir value
to the territory. President Harding
was unable to ai
I graphic regrets in which he sai<l:
"Congratulate Alaskan's an<l the coiin
I orship, l*«*ing confident that it makes
development and expansion in the use
i fulness of that great treasure house.
| without the attending manifestations
I fidence in tlie past."
Among the notable people piesent
wore Arthur Rrisbane, Doctor Albert
Shaw and Hovertior Kurrington of
lla.waii, James \V irk or.sham, <». I’.
Hubbard. Chas K. Herron, Thiele,
Stubbs. M irkham, (Jjustand mj Clegg.
ADMINISTRATION WORKING
ON PLAN TO REFUND
ALLIED DEBTS
■Seattle, June 18—“A recoaniinenda
iion for a trans-Paciflc cable to th»
Orient via Alaska will probably soon
be made by the interdepartmental
Communication Board, which is about
tb meet in Washington and formulate
plans and a policy for the establish
ment of internatinn.f^ and national
electrical communication," Colmvl
Seaoye, officer in charge of the Alaska
fable system, indicated today before
he left here for Washington to assist
the Bon rd
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ADMINISTRATOR FIRED
Seattle, June 17—Suit has been
filed in the Supreme Court to oust
banker James I*. Gleason as adminis
trator in this state of the estate of the
late James A Murray, whose Seattle
holdings are valued at $4,000,000.
NEW AIR MAIL SUPT NAMED
Washington, June 17—Karl F. Kgg,<
of Minneai>olls, has been appointed
superintendent of the Air Mall Sor
WANTS NEW CHINK
REPUBLIC RECOGNIZED
Washington, June 17—Doe tor Sun
Yat Ken, president of the new South
ern Chinese Republic, has appealed to
President Harding for recognition of
tils government by the United Stat??.
GERMANY HA8 GOOD
CROP PROSPECT
Berlin, June 17—A government sur
vey of the crop situation reveals good
crops throughout Germany. It was an
nounced today.
BELIEVED SIMS TO RECEIVE
MILD REPRIMAND
Washington, June 18—It is under
stood here that Admiral Sims will be
given only a mild reprimand ns a re
sult of his pro-British speech on the
Shin Feinn question.
♦ BAHLKE RESTAURANT
♦ OPEN FOR BUSINESS
♦ / 6:30 a. m. to 8 p. m.
♦ 8pecial Dinner at 5:30 p. «n.
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HUSBAND FIRES HOUSE BURNING
WIFE AND FOUR CHILDREN
Washington. June 17—A coroners
jury today returned a verdict charging
that Joseph Ituthlidge set fire to his
home, burning to death his wife and
four children.
HOOVER BOOSTS KNOWN
GOLD SUPPLY
Washington. June IS—A study of
the world’s gold production statistics
made by Secretary of Commerce Hoov
er revealed that the present world’s
supply of gold is three hundred mil
lion more, than has been supposed.
DYNAMITE CACHE FOUND
IN CAMP LEWIS
Tacoma, Wn. June 18—The discov
ery of a dynamite cache in a shack
situated close to the remount depot ,
within the confines of Camp Lew:s,
proper and the escape of three un
known, roughly dressed men, who fled ;
from the shack, was disclosed by the |
camp authorities today in an an- j
nouncement to the public, after a
search of two days had failed to result
In the capture of the three suspects.
The disclosure has created a sensa
tion in this city.
WELCOME TO NOME
We will he pleased to have you call,
whether you want any work done or
sot. We are In the tailoring busi
ness^—suits pressed while you wait,
feu can laava your suit with us while
it the mines and we will have them
"eady at any time. *
Cleaning, Pressing, Repairing our
iptoialty. Suits made to order.
Yours to please,
Nome Tailoring CompaSy.
S S. VICTORIA
STEAMSHIP VICTORIA BRINGS ,
CAPACITY LOAD
Th« steamship Victoria. ('apt.
reach Nome this year, dropped anchor
midnight Friday, licar lid a full list of
passengers and a capacity cargo »f
freight for Nome and St Micha- I.
The big liner also brought a heavy
shipment of mail matter accumulated
at Seattle in the int rval following tlv*
departure of the ('oast tiuard (’utter
Rear from tha.t port on .May 19 and
June ft, on which date the Victoria
A majority of the 140 odd passengers
on board were old timers r* turning
GOAST GUARD RESCUE NATIVE
FROM PERILOUS SITUATION
But for the* watchful gun Ihinshlp
maintained over the waterfront by the
Nome Coast Cuurd, a dusky aborigine
of Eskimo lineage known as Charlie
would in all probability be at presen*
huntng for ghostly "oogruk" and “ntik"
suk" along the Elysian shores. Charlie
started out hlitely in. his kayak last
evening to round up a stray seal or
other habitue of the rolling deep
among the flouting iee cakes a mile or
so ofT shore. A short while afterward,
the man on watch at the Coast Cluard
station descried far out in the roadstead
a diminutive figure on an ice cake
engaged In frantically waving a ban
ner-like object in evident manner to at
tract attention. The ice berg on which
the wigwaging native was planted was
drifting rapidly south-westward about
and and one half miles from shore.
In response to the alarm of the
wateWman, Cap!. 'Boss and his hoys
turned out and were soon threading
their way through the jce 1n the new
power propelled life boat brought in.
on the Bear and~ln a few minutes had
rescued the much agitated Eskimo from
his precarious perch on an ice cake
scarcely a dozen feet across.
Krom the story told by the native
it appears that he landed on the Ice
to emulate the famous Mr. Micawber
and become so interested in watching
for something to turn up that he fail
ed to notice for some time that the
walrus hide strip attached to his kayak
had broken. The light boat drifted'
rapidly away from the iee cake and was
a considerable distance away when the
brown skinned hunter found himself
marooned on the tiny ice islet. Charlie
realized that it was up to him to get
busy "pronto*’ and, putting the thought
into action, he stripped of his park-,
attached it to one end of his seal speae
rmd started the visualizing 8. O. 8
which brought him rescue. His ho’it
was IdcjiVeil • i short distance away ami
Hail t not l»cen f.-r the watchful net's
that Charlie would have drift nd to sea
before the northerly breeze prevailing:
OLD TIMERS BACK AGAIN
J. J. role. A. .J. Mueller, Brother
Carrol, the genial agent of the Alaska
Steamship Company, Joe Matthews,
the well known Kougarok dredge op
erator. Henry Jacobson and J. W.
Segerstrom, of the well known jew
elry firtn of Segerstrom and Hagen,
were among the large number of prom
inent old timers returning on the Vic
torfia. Mr. Cole will preside at the
bank. Mr. Mueller, who spent the win
ter with his family in Berkeley after
20 years in the territory, will reopen
lvis jewelry establishment: Henry
Jacobson is here to look after the af
fairs of the late Alaska Lighterage
and Commercial Company: Mr Seger
strom will again display his jewelry
attractions: Bro. Carrol will sell tick
ets and condemn bad weather ns in
days of yore and Joe Matthews will
disturb the auriferous deposits in the
Kougarok with his gold digger. All
look hale and hearty after their so
journ in the States.
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♦ A. J. MUELLER ♦
♦ Jeweler ♦
♦ ^wili open his store to the public. . ♦
♦ Monday morning with a new +
♦ line of stock. ♦
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ACCIDENT TO FOREGO
LATEST VENTURE
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BRITAIN WON’T
AMERICAN ALLIANCE
moil assur;
flirt with :lic* I'niti
in tin House oi ''
noon Iiv A list n
Japanese treaty •■Although I do not in
• in.\ way wish to prejudice the arti<ut
■ •l the Imperial conference, it is right;
to s:i\ at once that we shall be no
America or under which we can l«e
ICE BLOCKS TUG LAUNCHING |
:il'lo ice along: the shore in the vi< in, ;. !
"f the lighterage ways in the c: 1 * I. |
equipment. The company maiv.ge l ,
t> get tlu- tug Dayton atul three iglit- .
after much exertion, hut the tug Cenc
vicve is still marooned on shore but *
expect to launch this evening. Th *
floating ice in the roadstead also pre- j
vented the company placing its lighter ;
huoqs in position. The linger
ing shore ice is also said t" hav> pre
vented the launching of several <>f the !
coasting fleet.
CHAS JOHNSON TO
DIRECT PIONEEh A! FAIRS
The affairs of *.he Pioneer Mining
Company Will be in charge of Charles.
Johnson this year. Mr Johnson is
widely known here, ha / ng been in the
employ of the compain as winter man
ager and superintendent during the
early years of the camp.
WILL PROSPECT IN SIBERIA
Dick Tracy and Paddy O'Donne I.
two widely known old timers of tnis
section are back from the States and
are preparing for a prospecting trip
on the Siberian coast, for which they
expect to leave shortly.
♦ I-adies and gentlemen's boots ♦
♦ and shoes shined and oiled by +
♦ hand at HERMAN’S Bootblack ♦
♦ stand. ♦
IMMIGRATION MOST IMPORTANT
NATIONAL QUESTION
('■ninil inputs. Mich, lime 17 Tha
portant one at present confirming the
I’nited States in the opinion of Amer
ican Legion nr n mol women.'' John
‘5. Winery, the newly elected vat?onal
Commander, declared ti an i.t-i\i«w
WOMAN TO URGE
LAND SETTLEMENT
Washington, June 17—Secretary of
the Interior AM>ert R Wall has ap
pointed Mrs. Hnvilnnd Lund of New
Vork an inspector of the Interior De
partment, commissioned especially to
induce people to leave the cities and
settle on the agricultural lands, par
ticularly western land.
ADMINISTRATION WORKINKfS. . .
Washington. June 18—President
Harding and his cabinet are working
out a plan to refund the ten billion dol
lar debt of the Allies to the United
States, it was announced today.
The plan includes a proposal to sell
the securities of the Allied powers and
use the proceeds to pay for the re
demption of Liberty Bonds. When
completed the plan will he laid before
Congress, which will be asked for ap
proval and authority to place it in op
BEGINNING TODAY JUNE 17TH
MILO’S CAFE WILL BE
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