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VOLUME X X. No. 3 8. NOME, ALASKA SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 29th, 1919. Delivered by Cerrier or Mailed $1.00 per Month
MEXICAM OUTLOOK IS MEHACIHG
Kina CARRAHU SEBONfi MTERVENTWH
NOME WAR VOLUNTEER
DIES IN FRANCE
Win. Callahan, one of the few
Nomeites who voluntarily loft this sec
tion of Alaska to enlist against the
Germans during the great war, died ia
Franc©-sometime luring 1018. amud
ing to a telegram reaching Judge <».
I). Cochran. Mr. Callahan was well
known in the district end possessed
considerable mining ground In Uie Hob
son Creek section. '
WILL DISPENSE HOSPITALITY
TO MUSHERS
Mr and Mrs. John Winter will
operate the ISonan/a road Iron sc in tie
Solomon section during the winter and
will provide travellers with all of the
comforts which come of good board
and lodging and open hospitality. The
couple left during the past week t i
tnke charge of the establishment.
DIME CREEK CAMP FAIRLY WELL
SUPPLIED WITH URUB
merits and losses attending the Inn ' :«
of winter supplies at Oolovin di q
the hite fall, Dime creek will suffer re
serious hardships and Is fairly • II
supplied witli all essential comm<
according to a letter from Walla* ■->
ter, leading Dime (’reek mine />•»
lion. .
The comniuiHcutlon, which was re
ceived hy Mayor Holt, ropor/s that tli •
Dlmeites were rather unf#rtu«ate in
totting their supplies of potatoes. eggs,
apples and other perishabl'* this fall
but otherwise the camp is'veil stocked
Porter says the Dime paidents will get
along all right. nltl0 Prices will !>*•
somewhat higher thin formerly owing
to the necessity o freighting supplies
Everyth I ng^us running smoothly at
the time of writing (November Rth.)
Three self dumping outfits were it
might »nrt later on, he says. Several
prospecting outfits arc also reported
working at various points.
COUNCIL DECIDES TO DESTROY
CAPTURED ENEMY WARSHIPS
PARIS, Nov. 29th- -The Supreme
Council of the Allies has decided that
with certain exceptions, all enemy
warships captured l>y the Entente na
tions shall be destroyed. A decree
emanating from the council today de
clares all enemy warships s-.all he
destroyed except those to ho turned
over to Prance and !t llv as lompensn
tion for their war looses.
JEALOUS MECHANIC CENTER
OF HORRIBLE TRAGEDY
BLAINE, Wn.. Nov. 29—Madrl.-ned
i»y jealousy Otis McGuire, a mechanic,
stabbed his wife and two daughters to
death today and later iianged himself.
SOVIET PRESIDENT SHOT FOR
MISAPPROPRIATION OF FUNDS
KIAZAN. Russia, Nov. 29—M. Ha
lt romoff, president of the local Soviet,
was shot by Red Guard troops yester
day after conviction I*' a Soviet tri
bunal appointed by the Moscow gov
ernment on charges of misappropriat
ing funds intended for spreading Bol
shevist Ideas. Bakromoff had repre
sented to the Riaznn Soviet that he
had used the money in bribing high
Allied officials, including president
Wilson. Before bis arrest. Bakromoff
read a detailed report to the Riaznn
Soviet declaring he had bought Prem
ier Clemenccau of Prance for one hun -
dred and fifty thousand rubles. Presi
dent Wilson for two hundred thousand
and the Berlin Foreign Office for fifty
thousand.
CITIZEN8HIP NIGHT 8CHOOL w.ll
December 1st., at 7 p. m.
Elegant Oak Dining 8et at Holt’*.
MEXICAN SITUATION
GROWING OMINOUS
I Villa perpetrated his I
voked the* American |»unItiv»- expedi
t ion under I’ev^hintf.
American, hy a Mexican soldier in th;
vicinity of Tampico Wednesday has
agent Jenkins.
the American protests regarding iho
^_ •
tmmltr and ill treatment of Americans
in M'Xieo and also his brusque rejec
tion o' the State Department demands
in th> Jenkins ease, as well as the ap
parently studied delay in responding to
the government’s communication are
sugges ing to Washington otlicials that
Carranza is deliberately trying to pro
voke an attempt at intervention by the
I'nited States to prevent Mexico from
being torn by a nettyrevolution, which
appeal? to be steadily developing in
spit>' of ollicial denials from Mexico
City,regarding the reports of flgliting
bet ween government forces and revolu
tion rii* at that point.
MEXICAN MURDER
U ANOTHER AMERICAN
iii) American employed by one of • fio
• on soldier neijr the outskirts of Turn
pico Wednesday. according to informa
tion reaching' the State Department
The killing of Wallace nl this tim
has added a new complication to the
already strained Mexican situation and
of affairs in the event that the Carran
za government maintains tin- attitude
of indifference manifested toward sim
regarding the shooting of Wallace is
sued today say his murder is the sth
murder of an American to occur in
.MexierV since July. It is understood
that the government has instituted an
investigation of the shooting to d<-t r
mine the exact facts.
MEXICO DENIES REPORTS
OF REVOLUTION IN
MEXICO CITY
MEXICO CITY, Nov. 29—There is
no foundation for the report circulated
in the United States to the effect that
PIANS LAID FOR ORGANIZATION
OF ' LOCAL AMERICAN
LEGION POST
A number of local ex-service, men
are planning the organization of a
local branch of the American Legion
and will hold a meeting at the law
offices of Attorney Fred Harrison next
Tuesday evening to take definite steps
toward bringing the contemplated or
ganization to a head. George It. (io
shaw, himself a former commissioned
officer in the tank corps of the Ameri
can army, is one of the' prime movers
and will net as temporary chairman of
the meeting.
All ex-soldiers and sailors who serv
ed in the military and naval forces of
the United States during t^ie late war
are eligible to membership and are re
quested to he at the meeting. An
American Legion post has already been
established at Anchorage and others
nro contemplated at various points fn
the territory.
ATTENTION MOOSE
The Women of Moose-heart Legion
will give a social following their regu
lar meeting Monday evening. Dec. 1st.
to which the Moose, their families and
lady friends are cordially invited.
BESSIE ROTHACHER.
Recorder ,
Authentic Reports Give Lie to Carran
za Denial of Fighting in Mexico City
SAX ANTONIO. Texas. Nov. 29 —
supv is declared to he from unimpeach
able sources and undoubtedly betrays
the true situation in the Mexican capi
tal. despite the Carranza declaration
issued this morning that no trouble has
EGYPTIANS DEMANDING
HOME RULE AT PEACE
CONFERENCE
IWlilS, Nov.29—An Egyptian dele
gation today entered a protest to the
IY.icp Conference against the continu
ance of the present British protector
ate ovejr Egypt and declared that the
hulk of the Egyptians will insist upon
the self determination principles of
President Wilson’s peace points.
According to the delegation spokes
men. fourteen million natives of the
country will never submit to the con
tinuance of the British protectorate
A meeting for the purpose of form
ing a local post of the American Logion
will be held in the offices of Fred Har
rison Tuesday evening, December 2nd,
at 7:30 p. m. All ex-soldiers and sail
ors who served in the American mili
tary and naval forees during the late
war are requested to be prosont
COMMITTEE
ANGELES PERSONALLY
ARRANGED DETAILS OF
OWN EXECUTION
CHIHUAHUA, K»veft, Nov. 29th—
General Felipe Angeles, who was shot
by a Carranza firing squad recently
following his conviction of fomenting
rebellion, is said by officials partici
pating in tlie execution to have demon
strated remarkable nerve throughout
the ordeal. Angeles himself selected
the place of his execution, choosing
a north wall to stand against to he
killed, and also arranged many of the
details of his execution with the Car
ranza officials and the men detailed to
the grim task of snuffing out his life.
Eye witnesses of the execution say the
famous rebel leader died without the
slightest visible sign of emotion or fear.
MAIL ANNOUNCEMENTS.
The second outbound mail. of. the
winter nervine closes ut the post office
ut 5 p tn. today, Saturday. The next
maile for Teller, York, Wales and Lost
River and also the mails for Taylor
and way points, will close Monday.
December 1, at 5 p. in.
OFF TO CANDLE
l/OUis Stevenson, manager o
Pioneer Mining Co., departed for ('an
die Monday behind a crack team o.
trail tburners piloted by that famoui
hero of the winter trail Leonard Sep
ptila. I The journey is purely a bus!
the interest of the Pioneei
CITIZENSHIP NIGHT SCHOOL
OPENS DECEMBER 1st
idalion for an education in
Englis i will shortly be granted an op
portin ty through the opening or a
llize ship Night School imdei the
aspic-s of the government in the
Nome;'public school building on the
( veiling of December 1st, according to
an announcement by the Nome School
Hoard Tuesday. The school will open
with a gold sized initial enrollment,
as twenty five prospective pupils have
already made application to the Board.
The erhool lu ti free *tnMltlltlOtl nod
open to all over the age of 1« years
who (hbire to take advantage of the
educational facilities afforded. The
icurriculm will include reading, writ
ing. English, history and a variety of
other studies such as will provide tlie
student with the foundation ol' a good
education and a knowledge of Ameri
can citizenship and institutions. Mon
day, Wednesday and Friday .are the
days on which the school will hold
sessions and the hours seifs-ted are
from 7 t» 9 p, in. Miss Grantham and
Miss Bisiop of the public school teach
ing staff will officiate as instructors.
As the ntiin object of the school is the
promotion of citizenship, persons oft
foreign birth, male or female, will be
especially welcomed as pupils.
NOTED NOME DREDGE
BUILDER EXPIRES
Ben Bernard, president of the Am
erican Dredge Building and Construc
tion Company, and one of the most
widely known mining men of the Sew
ard Peninsula district, died Sunday
in Seattle after a long period of ill.
News of Mr. Bernard's death was
received here Tuesday through the
medium of a telegram from Mrs. Ber
nard, widow of the deceased dredge i
constructor. In addition to announc
ing Mr. Bernard’s untimely demise, the
message also indicated that his death
was to a great extent unexpected. He
was operated upon about three weeks
ago with such success, the telegram
stated, that it was believed he would
entirely recover.
Mr. Bernard was heavily interested
in dredge mining in this section and
was one of the leaders and pioneers in
the dredge industry. At the time of
his death he was associated in several
dredging enterprises in the Port Clar
ence district. As a dredge builder he
was highly successful, practically one
fourth of the dredges located in the
district having been Installed under
his personal direction. He is also
known to have constructed several
dredges in other sections of the terri
tory. Aside from the lTnion Con
struction Company, Mr. Bernard’s
firm probably installed more dredges
in,Alaska than any other sinv’e a-.-dg'
i firm believer in the future o*' Alaska
tnd was at all times a most enthusias
tic advocate of anything len ling : i
promote the t?tritory’H development
ind prosperity. He was un versa by
recognized as an astute business man
Mid included among his many vistues
i genial personality which w'on him
i host of friends In the long years of
his association with the district
GOV'T MAKES BLUNT
DEMAND FOR OPERATION
.served Idunt notice on both tlie strik
ing coal miners and operators tonight
that the present enforced nonprodue
tion of coal will not he tolerated.
The principals in the strike w.*r
also informed in unmistakable lemu
that the government has no intention
of letting the mines remain idle.
The announcement to the miners
and operators was made through Fuel
Administrator Carfield. w ho later said
the government has outlined a program
of action which is. expected to keep tipi
coal production regardless of the at
titude of the miners and op-ratio
Government Enlisting Recruit- lo
Guard Coal Mine
KANSAS (MTV. Nov. -'!> -Supplies
and equipment for a volunteer army
guard the coal mines are being rushed
to the Pittsburg : no Kansas «• • I Fields
WASHINGTON SCENE
STRANGE TRAGEDY
Robinson, who is Ring in a hr.-aI !ms
don, a youth who shot the woman I -
transfusion to her veins, arc today th<
principals in one of the most remark
able i-riine* n.turing in Washington
police history
teens, shot ftlie woman yesterday in a
fit of love madness. <>n learning t...
day that hif victim was sinking rapidly
from loss df blood, Cordon voluntarily
appealed to he allowed to give his
blood to .save her life.
use i>f upproximah i\
volunteer recruits wfi
ployed in thou from
government t> • nfoive co.il j• rr»«ltu-ti»"»n^
Army tents, blankets. -v \ v cloth
ing. ' movable xriny kitch' ii- .mil lame
Miiuntities of other equipmi ;r . re being
shipped from C imp Funstuii and Sr.
I.ouls under . of Major (.<ener.il
Wood, command-'! of tin I er tr: l
P'irtmont.
Picked Troop.- lo Guard Kansan Field
will enter tin* southern and • .1.stern
Kansas coal fie ills h\ Monday morning.
Allen, who .said the troops will he
The N'liin.• .Vnerg.-f <1* liv < red i «-■ r
THE HAPPY
FAMILY DRINK
r
i A cup of COOI) COFFER for each member of the family
every morning and the day starts right. with smiles all around.
l'oor Coffee breeds a day long grouch. Have tie Coffee
hot and have it light.
USE POLET S EXTRA COFFEE
Ho not Lake the chance of mixing it with other coffees. The
right kind of coffee at breakfast means a better days work because
the spirit is right and one starts in with a smile.
POLET'S EXTRA COFFEE SELLS FOR 50c PER POUND
The reason why we are able to sell our Coffee for less than
others and offer a better grade, is. that we are saving the outside
roaster’s profit, the tin can, the difference in freight between bulk
green coffee and canned Coffee the labels, eases etc.
In short using I’O LET'S EXTRA COFFEE means money
saved, better health, joy and contentment for all.
POLET
GROCERY