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VOLl'MK 2;l. X«. *. NOME. ALASKA SATHIDAY, JAM.'ARY 21, 15*22. Delivered by Carrier or Mailed.$1 00 per Mo.ith
POPE BENEDICT PASSES AWAY
JAPS BLOCK MOVE FOB OPEN TBEATYON MM
END OF WAR
AIM OF GENOA
CONFERENCE
London, Jan. 21—Premier Lloyd,
George, in an address before the Na
tional Libera! Conference today, de
clared that one of the chief objects
of the Genoa economic conference
will be to bring about an end to the
recurrent European wars by bring
ing the nations into closer under
standing.
George said all the nations of Eu- :
rope, without distinction, have been
invited to attend the conference. |
"because we want to put an end to ■
the constant wars and rumors of!
George also devoted a portion of !
his address to discussing the Wash- 1
ington Conference and said: •The:
future peace of the world depends
largely upon a good understanding j
between the i'nited States and our-1
selves. The Conference has done,
more than anything else to restore
that understanding."
JAPS OPPOSE
PUBLICATION OF
CHINESE TREATIES
Washington Jan. 20 — An Ameri
can proposal to lay openly before
the world all treaties and under
standings between the powers that
relate to China, met with an unex
pected set back today when it came
before the Far Eastern committee of
the Arms Conference for formal
adoption.
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HAYS TO RETIKE MARCH 4th.
Washington, Jan. 21—Postmaster
General Hays announced definitely
tonight that he will retire from the
cabinet on March 4th.
CHILE ACCEPTS AMERICAN
MEDIATION OFFER
Santiago, Chili, Jan. 20—Foreign
Minister Jarpa has forwarded a note
to Washington accepting on behalf
of Chile the invitation of the United
States government to send represen
tatives to Washington to negotiate
with Peruvian envoys on the unful
filled clauses of the treaty of Ancon,
it was announced today.
FROST DOES IMMENSE DAMAGE
IN CITRUS BELT
Los Angeles. Calif.. Jan. 21 — Heavy
frosts during the past two days have
done immense damage to the citrus
crops of this section. Millions of
oranges have been frozen on the
trees in the citrus district surround
ing Los Angeles. .The cold contin
ues and w'ater pipes are bursting
throughout the city and surrounding
countryside.
The Daily Telegraph Bulletin and
Weekly Nugget delivered or mailed,
$2.00 per month.
Home will always bo U»e supply
base for the Arctic Oil Fields.
The proposal was promptly op
posed by Japan, who requested
postponement of action. The re
quest was granted. The Japanese
delegates advanced no definite rea
son for the request.
8 cts a day will give you the ily
Bulletin and Weekly Nugget.
IM'RKt ERENTER SOFT
WEATHER VISITS NOME
Reviving the ancient tales of hy
pothetical changes in the Japan cur
rent. the weather of the past week
has been the warmest known to tbi
section of Alaska since the advent
of the white man.
A slight thaw during January is
more or less customary, but the pres
ent spell both in time and tempera
tures is without precedent. The
lowest temperature recorded at the
Weather Bureau station since Jan
14 was twenty above, with a mean :
average of 28% degrees recorded
during the six day period until to
day. Rain has also fallen in un- j
usually great, quantities at intervals. 1
With coal prices lingering close ,
to the $45 mark the warm spell lias j
been deeply appreciated by the house [
holders of this section who are ac- j
customed to bailing the black dia- j
monds plentifully at this period of |
the winter season.
PIONEER SOCIAL AFFAIRS. :
The Pioneers of Alaska have ap- !
pointed two committees to take J
c harge of their social affairs for the j
winter. The first committee will
have the general social feature-* in
charge and the second will make re
parations for a Roof Garden to h
given sometime in March. The soc-J
ial committee will give tlie entire j
public an opportunity to participate]
in the functions bv paying a no * Ma* .
fee of $5.00 for the season. 'Ibis is j
in accordance with the policy >ur- :
sued for years past and enables those j
not members of the organization to [
enjoy the affairs.
Procure your Oil Prospecting
blanks at the Nugget Office. New
est and up-to-date forms.
POPE BENEDICT
PASSES TO GBFAT
BEYOND TO DAY
Rome, Jan. 21—Pope Benedict,
•arly this (Saturday) morning, lay i
jetween life and death, with practl-*
'ally no hope of recovery, an official
bulletin issued at the Vatican an
nounced this morning.
Fresh centers of pneumonia in- :
fection have developed in the Pon- j
tiff's lungs
(lospari’i Announces Knd of Pope
minent,” Cardinal Gasparri, on
emerging from the bed chamber
where Pope Benedict lay dying, de
clared at one o'clock this afternoon.
Gasparri was weeping. He an
nounced that the Pope was delirious |
and that His Holiness insisted upon
resuming work. Gasparri said the1
“Ret His will b«* (lone,” the Pope
s:iid tu ins attendants regarding the
jim.-pert ui his death, previous to
entering the delerious state.
Pope l>ie«l This Afternoon.
Rome. Jan. 21—Pope Benedict
XV. died this afternoon of pneu
monia resulting from an attack of
An announcement to this effect
was made from the Vatican.
In his slight delirium during the
noon hour', the Pontiff resisted the
efforts of his physicians to listen to
his heart action and expressed a
u.-sire to rise and perform his u««u*l
duties, the bulletin said.
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Are YOU a Subscriber Mr. Read*'
HEX REACH TO VISIT
OLD stamping gkoiM*
Rex Beach, famous author ami '
former resident of Nome, from (
wherry he drew the material for
some of his most vivid tab's of the !
Northland, will revisit this sectio" (
during the coming summer, accord-:
ing to a letter received by Henry
Burgh from his brother in law on a :
Beach is coming on a hunting trip .
in the Arctic and will be accompan- j
ied by Louis L. Lane, another fam
ous old timer of the district. They
plan to spend sometime on the Arctic J
coast and in addition ot hunting will
also take motion pictures of the in- ,
foresting objects encountered on the
The message says that Lane, whose
adventurous spirit has made him the
central figure in many unusual ex- j
ploits. was very successful in a whal- j
ing venture in sub-equatorial waters j
last year and has a fine boat. The!
message contains no definite infor- i
mat ion regarding the time the fam
ous pair expect to reach Nome, mere- i
ly stating “in the spring.”
OLD TIMER LOSES FINGERS IX
SHOT GUN ACCIDENT ,
Dick Negus, a widely known for- !
mer resident of the Nome district 1
sustained the loss of two fingers and 1
part of one hand In a shooting acci- j
dent occuring on the Lower Yukon i
October 26th last, according to a let- j
ter from Albert E. Edwards, the well •
known trader and storekeeper, to j
this paper. The message, written at j
Old Hamilton December 14th. says J
Negus came through Old Hamilton
a few days previously enroute to St.
Michael to secure medical al<> for
his wounded mbmber. Edwards
states that Negus had bec’i vainly
trying to get to St. Michael fjom the
was cleaning a shot sun.
Edwards also reports that two na
tives of the Kusivak cuntry. below
the mouth of the Yukon, were
drowned recently while crossing a j
river on a hunting trip.
The Nome Nugget delivered by car
ter or mailed. Per Month 91-00
Northern Alaska Oil Fields—Nome
m the Gateway.
S. S. AI.UIKDl TO RKPLACK
VICTORIA \K.\T SIMMER !
the Alaska Steamship Company was
condemned by the Bureau of Naviga
tion officials at Seattle following her
arrival at Seattle at the close of
navigation and will be replaced next
summer by another vessel, according
to a letter received here on the last
mail from the States. The letter
says the steamship Alameda has
been announced by the Alaska S. S
Company as the probable successor
of the Victoria on the Nome run.
It is learned from other sources
that the steamboat inspectors found
the hull of the Victoria in excellent
condition but based their action up
on defects in the upper or above I
decks structure. which is said to
have been in such bad shape that its
destruction was highly probable if i
the vessel encountered a severe bat-'j
tering at sea. The hull, although!
built in 1870. is said to show few j
signs of its long service owing to,
being constructed of the famous
Swedish iron, which is much more
durable than the metal employed
in merchant ship construction now
a-days. The plates composing the1
hull are said to he several times
thicker than modern plates and are
riveted by hand with many times the
number of rivets usually employed.
WEATHER REPORT
( By L. R. Morris )
Date Temp.
Jan. 15 20
Jan. 16 25
ran. 17 31
Ian. 18 30
ran. 19 32
ran. 20 33
Ian. 21 31
29.4S% NE Clrj
29.30 \TW 01 r
30:00 NE.20
30:06 Ne.clo
30:24 Ne.clo
30:22 E. clo
30:00 E. rain
29:76 NE clo
29:68 S clo ,
BIG PACIFIC
San Francisco, (’a I if.. Jan. 21-—
Steps which will give the Cuite-l
States a prlvaoiv owned merchant
marine of large proportions on rhe
Pacific were taken at a conference
of representatives of all the major
Pacific Coast ports here today.
The conference agreed to the for
mation of a shipping pool in whica
each port will he represented and
which will <arrv on the trans-PaeiOo
trade a-• a, unit ii behalf of them all.
The meeting authorized Herbert
Fleischpaekor to a-certain from th'j
I'nited States Shipping Board what
vessels may be obtained and on what
The Nome Nugget • livered by car
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ULSTER-S.
London. Jan. 21—Premie i Crai
of Ulster and Michael Collins. In ad
of the provisional government for
Ireland formed under the Anglo-ii><h
treaty, issued a joint statement th!s
evening in which they announced an
agreement regarding the question of
the boundary between Ulster and
Southern Ireland.
Irish H Mi'iii Ih
Parfs. Ian. 21 Sons am! daugh
ters of Ireland and th«*ir descj d .rtn
from all corners of the globe are ar
riving in Paris at present to partici
pate in a world conference of the
Irish race, scheduled to commence
here this afternoon.
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DAI'GHTEIt OF JOHN' Titov NEDS |
Seattle. Wn.. .Ion. 21—Robert 'V. !
Hinder, manager of the I'niversity j
publications, and Miss Helen Troy. [
daughter of John VV. Troy, of Jun
eau. Alaska, were married at Everett
yesterday afternoon.
Nil.SOX ATTENDS
IIENEFIT CONCERT
Washington. Jan. 21—Former
president Wilson. yesterday after
noon attended a concert given here
for the benefit of disabled soldiers
PACIFIC CARLE IXTEItKl'l1
IN MIDOCEAN
A service message to the Signal ;
Corps today announces that the
Commercial-Pacific cable is inter
rupted between Midway Island and i
Guam. The interruption cuts off all j
Asiatic points via cable from San !
Francisco.
The message states that traffic [
will probably not be sesumed for I
two weeks or more.
TELEGRAPH COM.MI'NICATl<>\S i
NOW ALL O K
The Signal Corps announced today
that all Signal Corps lines, cables
and radio stations are in working
aider today, with the exception of
the Norvik station which is out of
communication.
The Nome Nugget delivered by cur
ler or mailed. Per Month $1.90
big steamer >iay visit nome
A contemplated trip of a thirty
live hundred ton freight steamship
(I in a Seattle telegram received by
A. Polet Wednesday. The purpose
for which the voyage is to be made
is not indicated in the message,
which reads as follows:
Seattle. Jan. 18. 1!)22.
ANTONIO POLET. Nome.
A firm here content plates sending
a thirty five hundred ton freighter
to your port. Will you cooperate
with us and to what extent. Advise
as to lighterage and tonnage. Have
also wired Chamber of Commerce.
Signed: R. HEALY.
It is surmised that the sender of
the message is Richard S. Healy.
former well known local navigator
and at one time master of the S. S.
The Chamber of Commerce has
received a similar message, it is
believed in some quarters that the
big steamer may bring a large con
signment of oil drilling machinery,
as it is known that a considerable
number of drilling operations are
contemplated hv parties interested
In the Barrow. Shisinareff and other
potential o localities.
MOOKEHEART LEGION
TO ENTERTAIN
Nome Chapter. Women of .Moose
heart Legion will entertain the lad
ies of Nome at a card party on the
afternoon of Tuesday. February 14
and on the evening of the same day
will hold a public dance, according
to announcements made during the
week. Both entertainments will
be held in Moose Hall. The pro
gram for the evening entertainment
is scheduled to commence at 8:30