MONDAY
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COMTERH DIES AS A
TRUE AMERICAS
lamt Words Express Wlsli to Live
Until he Reached American
Territory Again
San Antonio, Texas, Dec. 13, —
(AP)—The last wish of Samuel
Gompers, veteran labor leader,
"that he be spared until h'e reached
American soil before his life ebbed
was granted and eleven hours
after be passed the American line
on his return from Mexico City
where he had been attending the
Pan-American labor gathering he
passed away, being at San Antonio
at the time of his death.
Samuel Gompers breathed his
last with his closest labor associ
ates at his bed-side. Death found
him as life found him—fighting.
He never gave up.
When the physicians told him
thf.t he was passing his Jaw closed
tightly and his feeble strength held
until he breathed a last thought
concerning American. institutions,
the labor end being maintained. He
said to his nurse, “This is the end,
and may God bless the American
labor institution—may it grow
better day by day.”
The words took the last of his
strength and he was unable to ut
ter another syllable. His eye balls
dimmed and he snapped into un
consciousness an hour before
death overtook him.
WILL REST AT SLEEPY HOLLOW
Grave Site to be Opposite Great
Money King
New York, Dec. 14. —(AP)—
Samuel Gompers will be hurried
at Sleepy Hollow, near Tarrytown.
opposite the resting place of An
drew Carnegie, former financial
king, according to plans being for
mulated here.
It is indicated that Harry M.
Moness, personal friend of the
labor leader, a New York man,
may succeed Gompers as President
of the American Federation ot
Labor. !t is expected in labor
circles, however that the President
will be chosen from three men.
.all n***r^h'*# of the r*w*wirtrrrtwmr
oil. William Green. Secretary of
the Mine Workers, Mathew Woll,
for the last fifteen years President
of the Photo-Engravers organiza
tion and Thomas Rickett, Presi
dent of the Garment Workers
Council. The Council will meet
after six days to choose the new
head to serve until the next con
vention.
BANK BANDITS ARE SOUGHT
AFTER 830,000 ROBBERY
Nanaimo, B. C., Dec. 14. (AP)
—An abandoned automobile used
by seven or eight bandits who es
caped with fifty thousand dollars
at the closing hour from the
branch of the Royal Bank of Can
ada here was found near the boat
harbor six miles from the city.
Police said that the thieves are
attempting to enter the United
States via motorboat. Police
speed boats from Vancouver, Nan
aimo and Victoria are tonight
scouring the Gulf of Georgia and
posses are tracking the highways
despite the heavy mist with rain
at intervals.
SAYS SCHOOLS ARE
RAISING HIGHBROWS
Indianapolis, Dec. 14, (AP) —
The public schools system is rais
ing a nation of highbrows in the
opinion of John J. Tigert, United
States Commissioner of Education
after every meal
Cleanses month
teeth and aids 'digestion.
Relieves that over
eaten leeiing and add
mouth.
Its I-a-s-t-t-n-g flavor
satisfies the craving lor
sweets.
Wrigley’s Is double
vaS’jc in fisc benefit i
pleasure it provides.
SeahJ in its Parity ,
at the convention of the National
Society of Vocational Education.
They will accomplish their object
only when they build a nation
with the principles of American
idealism embodied in them.
THOMAS WALTON H iNf.KD
Walla Walla. Dec
Thomas Walton, convit ed of hav
ing murdered S. P. Burt and
known to have killed two others,
was hanged at the penitentiary
SO’WESTER HITS SI ATTLE
TEARS DOWN D CORATIONS
Seattle, Dec. 13.
ing all records a si
southwest gale hit h
blowing down signs
mas decorations and
age to telephone li
poles. The previon
established on last C
the gale reached
sixty-six miles.
y-eight mile
» last night,
and Christ
doing (lam
and light
record was
velocity of
MANCHURIAN WAR LORD
THROWS 40,0 0 TROOPS
INTO U JIANG'S USE
Peking, Dec,
understood that
Tsoin. Manchurian
placed 40,000 troops
of General Luvung
tary governor of Ch
expedition against
Yung. Governor o
brigade has alread;
mandate is out I
dismissing the gov
post and appoints
commissioner.”
‘SECRETARY CHA:
! WAITED FOR
TOUCHIN >
London. Dec. l:
American reply to
of December 4. u
an answer of the
regarding reparations
age claims, was i
British government
touched until the/ return
retary Chamberlaiji from
which will be early in t
il Chang
Lord has
the hands
Hsiang, mili
ekiang for an
General Chi
Kiangsu. One
started and a
enforcement
‘Pacification
t te British note
ieh itself was
American note
SEATTLE HIGH SCHOOL
HOYS SUSPENDED FOR
BOOZING *T SC HOOT.
gSEute. -wn. IT. >A?1- -Thr«p
Roosevelt High School boys were
suspended on the charge of booz
j ing. The trio were locked in a
I room with the bottle claimed to
j have contained spirit- when they
Iditirod. Dec. 14. —Flash—The
town of Flat, in the Iditirod sec
tion was completely destroyed by
fire of unknown origin on Satur
.11'RY ASKS LIEXIENCY
FOR BANK HOI. D-VPS
Albany, Ore. Dec. 14. (API—
The jury which convicted Clarence
Boggie and Lauren Neilson for
the robbery of the Shedd Bank on
November 30. recomended lien
iency for the pair. Two’ others
identified with the holdup. Clarence
Replogle and J. M. Sitter have en
tered a plea of guilty.
SWEDISH PREMIER IS
THOUGHT CLOSE
Copenhagen. Deq. 14.
Premier Bras ting of 8w
seriously ill acocrding' to
received here which si
fears are felt for his
x:r
BOTH COMPANIES FACT/ Y
IN ELECTRIC S> AS HUP
Oakland, Dec. 14. (aB)
Coroner’s jury found hot
panies and motorman VC
baker of the Short Line
equally gnilty for the
trains on the Key Route pit
last week in which several) wer
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HOTEL
Transient rooms with light and
heat and also housekeeping apart
ments, very reasonable.
MRS. MONAHAN,
tilled and many badly Injured. |
rhey said that the signals where j
he wreck occured were too close J
ogether.
Washington. D. C. Dec. 13. (AP)
—Among postmasters nominated
>y President Coolidge is included
he name of Charles W. Carter of
iuneau.
TUESDAY
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PETE EDIN REACHES END
OF TRAIL IX SEATTLE
In a telegram to the Editor of
.he Nugget, Edward Anderson
5ives an account of the death of
Pete Edin, an old-time sourdough
miner of Nome. Mr. Edin passed
away on December 10th at the
Swedish Hospital in Seattle. He
was a Mason belonging to a Brook
lyn Lodge, a member of Nome
Lodge of Pioneers and a resident
of Seward Peninsula since 1898.
BLAC K POWDER PACKING
PLANT EXPLODES SHOCK
FELT FORTY MILKS!
Tacoma. Dec. 16. (AP)—One
nan was killed in an explosion
which wrecked a black powder
packing plant near here today. The
ilast rocked the surrounding coun- :
try and was felt in Seattle, forty j
miles distant.
:x PERSONS INJURED
WHEN IXTERURBAX CAR
HITS LAND SLIDE I
Bellingham. Dec. 16. (AP)—Ten,
persons were injured when a south
bound interurban car overturned
eight miles south of here. Accord
ing to the reports of the acci
dent received here, the car struck
a landslide in a ravine causing if
FIFTH OF FATALITIES IN U.ls.
102B CAI'SED BY A CTOS
Washington
fifth of the fatalities from acci
dents in the United States in 102:1
were caused by automobiles, sac
cording to the Census Bureau. The
wr State of Wyoming
| are the highest of all the States
j for all accidents, and the State of
! California was the highest in auto
j mobile accidents for that year.
RAILROADS BREAK RECORD
FOR FREIGHT IN OCTOBER
Washington, Dec. 1C, (AI\* —
The largest volume of freight ever
handled over United States rail
roads in one month was handled
during the month of October, last,
when the recorded total reached
the staggering figure of forty three
hillion one hundred and sixty nine
million net ton-miles.
GENERAL WU REE FI' S .ARMY
ORDERED DISBANDED
Peking. Dec. 15. (AP) -A man
date has been issued ordering the
disbanding of eight divisions and
six mived brigades of the com
mand of General Wu Ree Fu.
MEMORIAL SERVICES FOR
AVILSOX IN CONGRESS
Washington. Dec. 15. (AP» —
Congress paused today in its round
of activity in honor of the memory
ot ike late Ex-President Woodrow
Wilson. The services were held in
the House Chambers and Dr. Ed
win Anderson Alderman. President
of the University of Virginia, de
livered the eulogy. He said that
Wilson sought to give the Twenti
eth Century the faith to inspire
and to justify the sacrifice of the
million lives lost in the great war.
and if Wilson failed, it was hu
manity’s failure. "He was born of
pride and courage and high ambi
tions such as nations learned to,
ferget and forgive and love and
cherish about the minor faults of
their heroes.”
SERVICE SHIP SINKS
OFF WESTERN JAPAN
Tokio, Dec. 14, (AP)—Special—
The Service ship Kwanto with a
new of one hundred fifty sank in
a blizzard off Tauruga. Western
Japan. It is feared that the loss
of life is high due to the heavy
Tokyo, Dec. 15, 1AP)—Five of
ficers and fifty men were rescued
from the service ship Kwanto
which sank off the western coast
of Japan in a gale, but only forty
of this number reached shore alive.
About forty-eight bodies have been
jvashed ashore since the disaster.
NOVEMBER SHOWS TIDY
TRADE BALANCE FAVOR V. S.
Washington, Dec. 16. <AP) —
Exports front the United States for
November amounted to four hun
dred and ninety four millions as
compared with imports of two
hundred and ninety six millions,
leaving a tidy trade balance in
favor of the United States of one
hundred and ninety eight millions.
WII,L INVESTIGATE
WASHINGTON HERALD
Washington, Dec. 16. (AP)—The
Senate Judiciary Committee In Ex
ecutive session yesterday appoint
ed a sub-committee to investigate
the attack made by the Washing
ton Herald which carried recently
an editorial attacking Senator Un
derwood for his connection with
the Muscle Shoals Bill.
REINDEER WORTH MORE THAN'
PRICE PAID FOR ALASKA
Washington. Dec. 15. (AP) —
Special—The domesticated rein
deer herds of Alaska are already
vortli a million and a half dollars
more than the United States paid
Russia for the purchase price of
Alaska, according to the Bureau of
Education in its annual report.
The Bureau said that it has a plan
under way for the cooperative
marketing of reindeer meat.
MUST TESTIFY IX OIL SCANDAL
SUPREME JUSTICE RULED
Toronto, Dec. 15. (AP)—H. C.
Osier a Toronto attorney must tell
the United States Oil Scandal In
vestigators what he knows of Ex
Secretary Fall's connection with
the Sinclair oil interests in the
Teapot Dome field, according to a
tilling handed down by the Su
preme Justice of Canada today.
i FORMER DRY AGENTS GET
PRISON SENTENCE, FINE
| Kansas City, Dec. 1 *». (AIM
Four former Federal Prohibition
I agents were today convicted of
(conspiracy and graft and were sen
j fenced to two years in the peniten
tiary and fined two thousand dol
I WILL TRY REACH M W
| i>i:< isiov IXXLRallied debt
I London. Dec. 16. (AP) - The
I subject of the interallied debts was
j tin Chamberlain. Secretary of For
j eign Affairs told the House of
terday. He said an attempt will
be made to make new treaties and
HYLAN LIKES JOB AS
MAYOR NEW YORK
New York. Dec. 16. (AP)—John
F. Hylan today told the Board of
Aldermen that he estimated that
he would be Mayor of New' York
another term. He said "If any
body has got the thought that I
intend to retire, let them get rid
of it. I will be on this job until
WEDNESDAY
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>F W. PROFESSOR
CLAIMS CAN PROVE
EXISTENCE SNOW WORMS
Seattle. Dec. 17. (AP)—Profess
Trevor Kincaid of the Univer
v of Washington, after an inces
jation said that “snow worms”
illy do exist in Alaska glaciers
1 the glaciers in the Cascade
untains. He says the worm is
nit really “pink” as has been pre
voiusly declared, but is more of a
‘ In-ownish” color. The brown
pygmy skin of the glacier worm is
the source of heat, the professor
declares. He says the worm is so
warm that it bores through the ice
like a “hot wire.”
Tokyo. Dec. 17. (AP)—Tuesday
it was formally announced that
Tsunea Matsudiara. Vice Minister
of Foreign Affairs of the Japanese
Empire, had been appointed Am
bassador to the United States.
TO WILD TWO BATTLESHIPS
OF LATEST TYPE
Washington, Dec. 17. (AP) —
Captain Henry S. Clough, Director
of Naval Intelligence, reported to
day for the first time the details of
the two lastest new battleships
which are being built in Ping
land under the provisions of the
Arms Limitations Treaty. He said
r!ie Rodney and the Nelson will
each carry nine sixteen-inch guns
to be mounted in three turrets.
hey will be seven hundred and
two feet Jong and will be heavily
armed with anti-aircraft guns and
under water protection. The gun
range will be in excess of thirty
thousand yords.
I'OtfTAL I’AV IXt RKASE MIX
FAILS IN SENATE AGAIN
Washington. Dec. 15. (AP)—An
other efTort at agreement in con
sideration in the Senate of the
Postal Pay Increase Bill has failed.
The Senate plan proposed provided
that the Bill would be taken up on
January eighth. Senator Reed of
Missouri blocked the measure be
cause of personal objections and
meantime the committee declared
that his efforts were to kill the
ONE DEAR IX HOTEL
FIRE IX CHICAGO
Chicago, Dec. 15, (AIM—One is
known to be dead, and several
were injured in a fire in the Hotel
Westgate in this city. Damage to
the extent of fifteen thousand dol
rorzKxs says loosexess
IX OPERATION nr REALS
RESULTS GREAT LOSS
Washington. Dec. 17. (API -
Chairman Couzens of the Senate
Investigating Committee stated to
day that his committee had found
much “looseness” in the execution
of the work of the Various Govern
mental Bureaus, resulting in the
apparent loss of many millions of
dollars in revenue to the Govern
ment. He further stated, however,
that the committed charged no dis
I honesty in consequence of the loss.
JAPANESE PRESS TAKES
EXCEPTIONS BANCROFT
| Tokyo. Dec. lfi. (API Certain
sections of the Japanese press have
taken exceptions to the two public
speeches of Bancroft, wherein he
i declared that, the President of the
j 1'nited States has never given the
Japanese people- reason to have
J tfnlimire«S-- fcittfc tr. mmtaTe pro
Japanese friendship.
SHEWN DO Ml WORKS RADIO
WITH ENGLAND AND FRANCE
Washington. Dec. 17. (API —
The new radio set installed on the
Dirigible Shenandoah recently has
successfully established communi
cations with both England and
France from her Hangar at Lake
hurst, New Jersey. Her new re
ceiving set has twice picked up
messages sent out from New Zea
BAN .JOIIXSOX AND JFDGK
LANDIS ARRIVE CHICAGO
Chicago. Dec. 16. (AP)—Ban
Johnson and Judge Kennesaw
Mountain Landis arrived yesterday
in this city for a crucial baseball
meeting.
BODY OF SAMI El, (iOMPERS
ARRIVED AT ST. LOCI*
St. Louis. Dec. 15. (AP)—The
body of Samuel Gompers arrived
here at live-thirty this morning.
The exact time and place of the
funeral rites have not yet been de
termined. It has been suggested
that a public funeral be had in
Madison Square Garden. New York
on Wednesday and broadcast the
service by radio.
EX-GOVERNOR OF N. Y. DIES
Albany. N. Y.. Dec. 17, fAP) —
Martin H. Glynn. Ex-Governor of
the State of New York, died at his
home in this city yesterday after a
lingering illness. Ills home has
for many years been in this city.
SOVIETS PEEVED AT
V. S. GEODETIC SURVEY
Moscow, Dec. IT. (AP)—Minis
ter Tesiclierin Thursday last, wired
Secretary of State Charles Evan
Hughes a caustic note complaining
that the United States Coast Guard
Cutter Bear in nineteen twenty af
fixed a brass plate to a rock on
Chutotsk Peninsula in Emma Bay
on Cape Pusino. Siberia, near Ber
ing Strait, by which the (’utter
committed an act constituted as
gross violation of international law
and the sovereignity of the Soviet
Republic. The note added that
similar “lawlessness” would, in fu
ture. be sternly dealt with and re
pressed by the Soviet Republic.
Moscow. Dec. 17. (AP)—The
complaint wired to Secretary
Hughes by the Soviet Government
last Thursday said that, the brass
! plate" bore tne
States Geodetic Magnetic Station.
For Disturbing This Plate Two
| Hundred Dollars Fine or Impris
j Minister Tesiclierin said “Ameri
1 can war vessel has entered Soviet
i waters without, permission. I must
I emphasize the reaction of the Sov
iet citizens and the act of the Am
I of the Soviet Republic.”
More DESTRUCTIVE AIRCRAFT
HAS BEEN' DEVELOPED
! Washington. Dec. 15. (AP)—Re
I cent attacks off the Virignia Capos
I upon the old Battleship Washing
j ton has demonstrated that the new
{bombing planes recently developed
• carry more destructive bombs than
i the old type. Major General Pat
! rick Chior of the Army Air Service
l declared before the House Air
I craft Investigation.
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