4 Pages THE NOME NUGGET
VOLUME XXII No 20
NOME, ALASKA SATURDAY, MAY, 14,1921
Delivered by Carrier
,$1 .00 per Mo.ith
Nome is the Distributing Center and Gateway to Northern Alaska and Siberia
HARDING POLICIES ARE DISLIKED
MTT SMP laWICE TO >usn THREATENED
S. S. COMPANIES!
TOLD TO CET
BUSY
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Seattle, M:iy I I—Richard Spinmes, I
district director of Shipping Hoard ac- j
tivities in this section, today notified j
the SonttN steamshp lines engaged in j
the Alaska trade that unless they re
sume service to Alaska early in the
coming week he will put one or more
Somanes told the companies that if
Tie will see that government vess ls
are manned for the purpose.
SAYS GERMAN ACCEPTANCE
BIG THING FOR U. S.
Washington, May 13—In an Inter
view relative to the German agree
ment. to accept the Allied reparations
Dunns. Secretary of I'lMiunerce Hoover
declared today that Germany’s aecept
ance means that the t’nited States
will reap far greater !>• nefits than any
other nation.
Fusion Wfc£*.Q#rmanv
Viding far si national jollsiscite on j
NATIONAL EDUCATION
COMMISSIONER NAMED
Wnhrdngtnn, May 13—Professor
John Jomi's Tigert of Lexington. Ken
tucky, has been apindnted federal
C<wmnissionvj- of Education.
PERSHING TO COMMAND
NEW ARMY
•Washington. May 13—“As chief of
StafT.” Secretary of Wsir Weeks said
today. "General Pershing will direct
the tnuining of the regular anny .and
optimized reserves which he will com
mand in the event of active field opera
tions before his refinement. He will
also retaiu the duties to which he \v.>s
recently assigned as chief of the war
staff, now being organized.
YUKON BREAKUP UNDER WAY
The spring breakup in the Yukon
is now well under way. according to.
Signal Corps reports. During the past
two or three days the ice broke at
Eagle. Circle and other points on the
Yukon river and open water was re
ported at various points on the Tanh
Today's reports of the breakup were
Nulato. Als. May 14. 1*21.
Nenana clear of fee..
Chena still running light ice.
Hot Springs 40 above, high north
.vritod, river broke at 1 p. m.
Birches 50 above, dear, north wind,
dver rising.
itokrines 44 above, clear, light cast
wind .river raiding.
Ifelokt 48 above, clear, windy, river
Galena 42 above}- clear, light wind,
river raising.
Koyukuk 42 above lots of water
on Koyukuk river.
Eagle river, rain fell half hour this
afternoon, now running nearly clear.
Jaan fifty beet high Just below Forty
itJIa, unable to raise Figfuil Corps
inan, mast have beat It to bills.
River running clear at Dawson with
occasional Jam passing.
NOT fN OUR LINE
The NiiKKn herewith ;innoun. to I
ho public (hat (hi' report of the logis
(i the recent alleg.d "8nvost.iKUt.ion" ■>'
Lhn infim nxn relief expenses of th's
district will n-.t he published »■> this
ina-sinuih as the r port ca<ts whuliy
unwarranted an.I unjustifieil a-rier
ind lintegrity are above question. »'e
Xugget declines to become m any de
gree a. party t• * their defcumalion. The
decision is prompted by no f. r of
mis within the strict meaning of the
term. It !s. however. couched in terms
who is conversant with th» facts eon
nee ted with the fin epid rn‘ exp nsos.
tally undeserved. ('omnion justice
a desire to avoid wanton injury to
Viewed from the otto - end c the
unwarmnted. especially tv’r^n no t<
onable effort is m ule p. ascertain their
not in any degree justify the army of
recklessly lays upon this community.
Had the committee taken the trouble
to secure all the facts before plunging
into the mire of condemnation, there
Height be some excuse for the report.
This, however, i| did not do. Beyond
consulting Governor Riggs, who at
best possesses no more than a general
knowledge of the true facts connected
with the relief expenses, and one Dr.
D. S. N'eunyin, who, by reason of per
sonal IneajKieity at the time, probably
knows very little more than the gov
rnor concerning them, the committee
made no effort to determine whether
the accounts were justifiable or not.
Xo one who was really competent to
pass upon the accounts appear, d be
fore the committee and not one indi
vidual of the number whose reputa
tions are so ruthlessly tarnished by the
committee's all* {rations was given the
slightest opportunity to justiify them
Rep. ft. T>. Cochran, who w.Ds
probably more conversant w*'th the
facts than any man in Juneau was not
called as a witness or. insofar as the
report indicates, neither was Rep.
Holt. All of which shows beyond dis
pute that the committee made little
effort to learn the true facts and do
Justice to those concerned. Rep.
Cochran, Un an interview printed fn
the Juneau Empire May 4, following
publication of the report toy that jour- (
rial. emphatically protested against the
committee charge that the people of
Nome and the Second Division had
deliberately set about to reap a finan
cial harvest out of the epidemic.
‘‘Ft may he true that, certain indi
viduals did profit in ‘excess charges.”
he declared, “but they do not re.present
the people of the Second Division who
:ire Just human beings, good American
citizens, who would not stoop to take
idvantage of the situation arising nut
i>f the awful epidemic."
COUNCIL MINERS
LEAVE FOR INTERIOR
The' spring exodus of miners to
rthar sections is under way, with nurn.
t»ers leaving for |H>ints near and far
ilmost dally. Prey Ayer, manager of
the Wild Gooee Mining u.nd Trading1
Company, departed for Council this
Homing accompanied by Mrs. Ayer;
fred Mebes, Hans Hanr^i, Sam Fer
ingle, George Hoffman and Cliff A1
tn also left for the same section.
RED WAR RAGING
IN VIRGINIA
GOAL FIELDS
FIFTY KILLED IN
MEXICAN CLASH
when th*- pol}<■<• < li iriro«l ri
BASE BALL AND DAN'CE
TONIGHT AT EAGLE !:ALL
tfilms art* designated by their yout’
fa Iocs. As there is most abundant
stake, some most .1 musing entertain
Following the hall panics, tin- fi>\st
p: Mitchell, Is; Lee,is; Xtewart. lb;
field: Tawnscuid field.
Nome—A. I .omen, e; Earl Modini. Is;
MctJuire, p; It. Lumen, 2b; Elmer
Reed,if: T. Lehmann, lb; Cameron,
3b; A. B. Miller. If; A. IN.let. is.
Buffaloes,—Chas. Becker, p; Bon
ahl Lyle, c; Max Ivrlstan, lb; Plias.
Pavey, 3b; Bob Lytv, 3b; Ed. Becker.
If: Whiter Pavey. if.
Bantams—Austin Dickson, e: Andrew
Xather, p; Alvin Bahlke. lb; Bussel
Maynanl. 2b; Albert Brown. 3b; Al
vin Polet. rf: Nels Swanbei-g, if.
NATIVE SHOOTS SELF IN LE,G
John Apngruk, a native resident of
Council, shot himself in the leg with a
22 caliber rifle while on a hunting trip
in the vicinity of Council Pity last
Sunday. As there is no doctor l*i
Council at present, the injured man
was brought to Nome Monday by his
brothe--. known as Murphy, for treat
ment,b.; Dr. Welch..
Examination disclosed that the In
jury was not unduly severe. The bul
let had entered the right leg below the
knee inflicting a. small wound. The
swelling had all subsided a* the time
and the bullet was not located. Tire
patient, according to Dr. Welch, ap
pears to be all right and Will proKabl.v
return to Council In a few days.
According to the story told by the
native, the accident was due to care
lessness. The rifle, a automatic, had
^een placed on hi* sled without .the
l»reca.uti«a of adjusting the safety
catch • He then thilat a shovel onto
the tded and in some iru timer discharg
ed the weapon.
NEW COUNCIL
HOLDS BUSY SESSION
Total Balance.$ 4,563.02
Bills against tin* city, both old and
new, were read and ordered paid un
der a sus|»en.s>iun of the rules, after
•recoivinig the otlicini Imprimatur of
the finance committee.
The council next instructed the law
and ordinance eon unit tec to draft a
rosolmttfion expressing: .the counciJma.n
ic appreciation of the highly efficient
volunteer assistance 'rendered by the
N'ome Coast (5uard orew to the fire
department during; thle past year. The
Con.m Guard t*oys have responded to
ail fire alarms. Ln many instances
they have Riven valuable assistance to
the deportment and lire tlimoughly en
titled to the thanks of the txMntminity
for their so.rvflees.
Ait the request of School Treasurer
Vein Swajibeng the council adopted a
motion to transfer $3*09,55 from the
school fund to the custody of the
School Boaixl to liquidate current
school expenses.
, The suetineding business embraced
bestowai of polilre powers on Jaimes
\V. Clark, of thte Bream theater, with
•his official jurisdiction confined to the
pkty house premises and without com
pensation fnonn the city.
The concluding act of the session
was th» dettig nation of the Street com
miittee to Investigate ami pass upon
an offer made by Messrs. Balsar u.ml
Hendricks to sell a Quantity of lum
ber suitable for city use in street and
ADMINISTRATION
RESENTS SENA
TORIAL CRITICISM
SEATTLE STRIKERS BEAT NON
UNION SHIP WORKERS
SOLDIERS KILLED
BY CONDEMNED
POWDER EXPLOSION
CRABS PLACED UNDER
HOOVER'S PROTECTION
u nnonneed
LINDSEY PAYS CONTESTED FINE
Washington, May 1-—Judge l.lnd
sey has paid his lung contested $500
fine, it was announcwl here today.
PIONEER WOMEN
TO ENTERTAIN
The Pioneer Women are plnimi.nK.to
hold two social functions, a card part*
and a dam*, at Pioneer Igloo next
Saturday. The card party will he held
In the afternoon and will I no for ladies
only. All ladies are invited to attend
regardless of whether th\v are mem
bers of the Women Pioneer organiza
Tlie 'oveninK will be devoted to the
ijunee and everyone will he welcome.
Ladies will l>e admitted without charge :
ind male attendants will he assessed
the modest sum of one dollar.
other Work. The lumber, it was
»t»ted,- approximate*! JB.OOO- hoard feet
imi was offered at 1 % cents per foot.
Tine Htreet committee was endowed
with full authority to purchase If the
intwr was found desirable.
'cHILBERG INDICTMENT
REPORT DENIED
PROMINENT WALLA WALLA
MASON DEAD
SEATTLEITE KILLED BY
STEAM ROLLER
(TViyt.l in transmission)
NEW DINING
ESTABLISHMENT PROJECTED
an.I Tii>n*Ii n.imtfr in tin- building on
from tin* owners, tin* Alaska Min.-s
l»or;i.tion. anil will In* placed in
Mrs. I'.ahlke am accomplished cm* n -
FORT NORMAN PLANE
FLIGHT PROVES FAILURE
fields, reached Fori Simpson on the
upper Mackenzie li ver and returned
base, convinced that the flight
he a.\ ia tors severely
e enroute anil wem
irs with moose hid
s of dog sleds.
ALASKA SCHOONER TO SAIL 23RD
(Delayed In transmission)
Seattle, May 12—The inotorship
Osiuo ia scheduled to sail for the Ku-s
kokwliau Riv'er May 23. with supplies
for that, section.
COL. PERKINS GAINS
MASONIC HONORS
Wash Lift ton. May 1.1—Col. W. T.
Perkins of Seattle was elected first
vice president of the National League
of Masonic Clubs at tlie closing session
of the League conference hero today.
L. P. Troutman of Washington
City was chosen president of the
league.
PRIZE RING PUGS
HEAVILY INSURED
(Delayed In transinl»a!on)
\V:u»hinj3ton. May 11—Lloyd's has
issued policies to Tex. Itiickard insur
ing Jack Dompacy and Jules Ca' tpentier
for $100,000 each, according to an an
nouncon^Ntl made today by Ifciekard.