THE NOME TRI WEEKLY NUGGET
MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME NINETEEN. No. 60. NOME, ALASKA FRIDAY, MAY 2nd. 1919 TELEPHONE MAIN 114
JUNEAU LEGISLATORS DEADLOCKED OVER
APPROPRIATIONS AND 8Hr. LEGISLATION
(Editorial Note.—Although dated today, it is inferred that the press
dispatch below may have been dispatched last night and represents the sit
uation yesterday.
( Special 10 The Nugget )
Jl'NEAU, May 2—At ten o'clock this morning the legislature wus|
still deadlocked on the eight hour legislation and the appropriations bill.
In the case of the latter measure the hitch is over the appropriation for the
Alaska Agricultural college and the Publicity Bureau.
Opinion is greatly divided regarding the appropriation of forty three
thousand dollars asked for the college, while many are opposed to the proposed
appropriation for the Publicity Bureau on the score that it is out of proport
ion to the benefits which may be expected to result from the publicity work of
the bureau. The Legislature lias been wrestling with the two questions since
ten o’clock Thursday morning and has been in continuous session since that
The second Punn-Pennington eight hour bill was defeated in the
Senate Wednesday, owing largely to the fact that it covered a number of in
dustries to which the application of eight hour legislation was questionable.
The Senate also rejected the eight hour Dili applying to the mining industry.
Senator Frawley has introduced an eight hour bill exempting seasonal oc
cupations and leaving the overtime rate of payment to lie decided by the
House but the measure is being opposed by labor without amendments which
are considered necessary by tlie labor representntives.
ALFRED H. BROOKS NOW MEMBER LEGION OF HONOR.
Special to The Nugget »*y The Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, May 2—Lieutenant Colonel, Alfred H. Brooks, foi
merly chief of the Alaska Geological Survey, has returned from France wear
ing the insignia of the Legion d’Honneur on his coat lapel.
Brooks was attached to General Pershing’s staff in the capacity ofj
military goologist.
REPORTED ROUMANIAN KING AND FRENCH ON WAY
TO TAKE BUDAPEST FROM RADICALS
Special to the Nugget By the Associated Press.
VIENNA, May 2—Reports reaching here from Hungarian sources
indicate that King Ferdinand of Itoumania and the French general’s com
manding the allied forces will soon enter Budapest with their troops.
The reports indicate that the advancing Roumanian and French armies
have practically cleared away the Bolshevik! resistance heretofore barring
their passage to the Hungarian capital.
MAN SHORTAGE CAUSES RETIREMENT OF BATTLESHIP OREGON
Sp<' to the Nugget By the Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, May 2—Navy Department officials says the famous
battleship Oregon will be placed on tlio retired 1st of warships with the
Indiana, Massachusetts and Iowa. The reason for the department taking
the Oregon out of commission is said to lie in the lack of available men to
man the vessel. The officials say it has been decided that the state* of
Oregon can have the famous old vessel for historical purposes if it is desired.
VICTORY LOAN STILL LAGGING—ONLY THIRD OF LOAN SUBSCRIBED
special to The Nugget by The Associate* Press.
WASHINGTON, May 2—Reports reaching the Treasury Department
from the various Federal Reserve district's today indicate that a total of only
one billion, five hundred million dollars has so far been subscribed to the
Victory Loan.
The country is lagging far behind the records of the third and fourth
Liberty loans but the officials express the view that the last few days of the
drive will witness an immense increase in the number of subscriptions offered.
The Czecho-Slovaks are reported leading the Chicago racial groups in
subscriptions.
Twelfth District Has Subscribed Over Eighty Millions
SAN FRANCISCO, May 1—Twelfth Federal Reserve bank district tot
als today amount to eighty million, seven hundred and thirty three thousand
dollars. The number of subscribers contributing are placed at two hundred
and fifty nine thousand and eighty four.
NON PARTISAN LEAGUE LEADERS TO FACE
TRIAL ON CHARGES OF DISLOYALTY
Special to The Nugget by The Associated Press.
ST. PAUL, May 2—The Supreme court has ruled that A. C. Townley,
President of the National Non Partisan league and Joseph CJill>ort. the leag
ue's organizer, must stand trial on charges of disloyalty.
It is alleged that the two men were guilty of making public utterances
designed to discourage patriotic co-operation in the war,
WILSON BELIEVES LABOR PROGRAM OF PEACE TREATY
ONE OF MOST IMPORTANT ACHIEVEMENTS.
Special to the Nugget By the Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, May 2—In a cable message to Secretary Joseph
Tumulty today, President Wilson states that he believes the labor program
embraced in the peace treaty is ono of the most important achievements of a
new day in which the interests of labor will be systematically and intelligently
safeguarded and promoted.
. .Wilson asserted that in his opinion the labor promulgations will help
to stablise labor conditions all over the world and ultimately relieve all the
present unhappy industrial condition^.
GERMAN8 WILL BE ADMITTED TO LEAGUE OF
NATIONS AFTER PROBATIONARY PERIOD.
Special to tho Nugget By the Associated Press.
IX1NDON, May 2—A Reuter News Agency dispatch reaching London
asserts that It Is learned on trustworthy authority that the Germans will be
permitted to participate in the League of Nations after a probationary period
erhloh will probably endure for ono year following the signing of tho pence
treaty.
NEWS NOTES
Ayer departed for I'uuncil
City yesterday on business.
Clias. I lice left today on a business
trip to the Teller section. He expects
to make it a flying visit owing to the
fast disappearing trail:-.
Children free at the Barn Dance.
The more the merrier.
Fred Mebes returned from a trip t.»
Dime Creek Wednesday evening,
whither he departed a week or two ago
on business. He reports that the nor
mal quiet of Dime was recently dis
turbed by the burning down of a cab
The Masons will give ; May Day
party to Masons and their fam'lios
and lady friends at -Masonic temple
this evening, to which members of the
Eastern Star are also invited.
Dandle has not only "gone over the
top," in the present Victory Loan drive
but has more than .doubled her quota,
according t<> advices reaching the local
drive otficals. Marshall has also ex
ceeded her quota and Council is rap
idly mating her apportionment total.
Real Moonlight Dance- at the Barn
Dance.
Max Lapp, a well known old timer
of the Teller district, is spending a
few days in the city on business, lie
reports that traveling is till fair along
the western coast but the lengthening
days an* cutting away the snow with
great rapidity and another ten days
of the present fair weather will prob
ably make traveling difficult
Cash prizes for best Rube characters
at Barn Dance.
Nome Aerie, Fraternal Order of
Eagles is making preparations to add
to the round of winter social festivit
ies with one of those informal dunce
entertainments known ;s a "barn
dance”. The function is scheduled
to take place? on the evening of May
10. Committees are already at work
with the preliminaries and promise a
pleasing diversion which they aver
will be reminiscent to many of the
good old days "down oa the farm.”
The only people at home on Satur
day night the tenth will be sick or in
jail. Why? Barn Dance.
Although earlier reported that the
Victory Loan drive would extend only
until May 5th, word has been received
by the local banks from the 12th. dis
trict Federal Reserve Bank officials
designating May 10 as the closing elate
Df the drive here. The reason for the
extension is not known but is believed
to bo animated by the knowledge that(
things move slow up in this part, of
thr? world owing to the absence of
juick means of transportation and
communication.
Who said the fair sex wouldn’t pay?
Come to the Bam Dance and see.
Telegraphic advices from the Eagle I
lodge of Oakland, Cal. reaching to loc
ll officials of the Eagle fraternity
yesterday announce the death of (Jus.
Burness, a well known old timer of!
this section who went outside last fall
to spend the winter. Recent letters
reported that Mr. Burness was em
ployed in the Scandia engine works
iperated by Jafet Eindcberg of the
Pioneer .Mining Company at Oakland,
rhe message conveying the sad news
>f his untimely end gives no dotails
peyond the statement that the unfor-j
tunatc young man was injured April,
19th. !
No other nation wields so great a
moral suasion In international affairs!
as docs the good old U. S. A. Let's
help her maintain that position by
buying Liberty Notes.
PARIS JOURNAL GIVES DETAILS OF PEACE TREATY.
Special to The Nome Nugget by The Associated Press.
J'AltlS, Alas 'J The Kcho I>e Paris, the first of the French journal1*
to secure detailed information regarding the make up of the pence treaty
■ hieli will be presented to the Hermans at Versailles within the next three or
four days, publishes the first detailed outline of the provisions today.
The journal asserts that the treaty comprises fifteen or twenty chap
ters. the first of which contains the preamble and states why the various
countries entered the world war. and mentions the need for the League of
Nations to safeguard the world’s peace in future.
I he second and third chapters deal with the questions concerning the
l onth rs of the various nations included in the struggle.
'I lie fourth chapters is devoted largely to the military and aerial
i !auses, and involves the armament determinations of the peace conference.
! lie sixth disposes of the former Herman colonies in Africa and the Pacific,
i he others, several of which are not entirely finished, will concern reparation,
l.ibor legislation, and other side features and the lust chapter concerns th*
Herman guarantees for the execution of the terms of the treaty.
SUSITNA MINER DECLARES WICK CHARGES ONLY PARTIALLY
REVEALED ROTTENESS OF ALASKA R. R. ADMINISTRATION
Special to the Nugget By the Associated Press.
SKATLK. .April :to The Seattle I'nion Record, the local daily la-foo
union paper, features » today's issue a statement by D. O. Miller, an upper
Susitna River miner, to the effect that the recent letter of Delegate Wicker
sham to Secretary of the Interior Lane revealed only a part of the real facts
regarding the administration of the Alaska government railroad.
Miller’s story is printed on the front page of the Record, under a seven
column head which says the Alaska railroad construction has been blocked by
leal estate men and asserts in the tleckhead that the Anchorage railroad offi
cials dabbled in real estate and blocked the completion of the road.
I he Miller statement purports to reveal a condition of the utmost in
j efficiency in the handling or railroad construction affairs and declares that
(tl.<- \\ ickeisltain letter to Lane could have said much more about the rotteness
of the railroad administration and still have left volumes untold.
ADVANCING ALLIES THREATENING PETROGRAD: REPORTED
BOLSHEVIKI EVACUATING FORMER RUSSIAN CAPITOL
Special to T1 o Nugget by The Associated Press.
LONDON. M.t\ 1 War office advices from British military headquarters
in Northern Russia announce that the Allied forces along the Murmansky rail
road have forced the Bolsheviki to withdraw for a distance of thirty miles
along the western bank of Lake Onega and arc threatening to sever the main
Bolsheviki communications with I’etrograd.
The reports also stab* that the Bolsheviki have advanced a short dis
tance on the front immediately south of Archangel as a resu’t of heavy
attacks y
-- f
Reported Bol-heviki Evacuating Petrograd
11LLSI N< «l*«iRS, Finland. May I It is reported here that the Bolshe
viki arc vacating I’etrograd owing to a fear of the city being beseiged by the
Allied forces who arc reported advancing along the Murmansky railroad.
According to the repents, many of the inhabitants • *f I’etrograd have already
been sent away from the city. The reports indicate that the Bolsheviki are
endeavoring to-suppress news regarding the evacaution.
ONE KILLED AND SIXTY INJURED IN RADICAL
HOLIDAY RIOTING AT CLEVELAND
Special to The Nome Nugget by The Associated Press.
CLKVKLAND. May 2— One person was killed and over sixty injured
in the rioting ocetiring here yesterday following the action of u returned
soldier in knocking down and wresting away a red flag from a marcher wear
ing the army uniform in the radical May day parade. The fighting continuod
fer nearly an hour before the rioters were dispersed by squads of police
hurried to the scene in response to riot calls.
Over two hundred persons, who were arrested were arraigned in the
police court this morning, among them (’. K. Rutheberg. the Socialist can
didate for Mayor of Cleveland, who was taken into custody while fighting
with the crowd of soldiers, civilians and police which attacked the para dent.
HUN ENVOY WEEPS OVER GERMANY’S' HUMILIATION
Special to The Nome Nugget by The Associated Press.
\ KRSAILLKS. May 2—When presenting his credentials as a German
peace envoy to the Allied credential commission yesterday, (fount von Brock -
dorff Rantzau, the German Foreign Secretary, was almost, overcome with the
realization of Germany’s defeat and humiliaton. The German envoy’s eye?
were tilled with tears as ho laid his credentials before the stern faced Allied
committee, which treated the Germans with the most frigid courtesy through
out the proceedings.
WILL DEPORT COAST ALIEN REVOLUTIONISTS
RESULT NEW YORK BOMB PLOT
Special to The Nome Nugget by The Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO. May 2—Immigration Commissioner White announ
ced today that the alleged alien revolutionists rounded up in San Francisco.
Seattle and other coast cities for deportation through New York will prob
ably be sent away from the United States during the present month, as a
tesult of the discovery of the New York bomb plot.
SEATTLE WORKERS TO ENFORCE FIVE DAY
WEEK TO GIVE MORE MEN EMPLOYMENT
Special to the Nugget By the Associated Press.
SEATTLE, May 2—Six thousand workmen of the local building trades
unions have announced their intention to enforce a five day week for labor in
their lines of industry. The reason for the contemplated action is to provide
employment for more men.
REPORTED MUNISH CAPTURED BY GERMAN GOVERNMENT FORCES.
Special to The Nome Nugget by The Associated Press.
PARIS, May 2—Unconfirmed reports reaching here from German
sources assert that the Government forces sent to recapture Munich from thi
radicals have accomplished their purpose and are now in possession of the
Bavarian capital after defeating the Red army.