NEWS
The Seattle-Alaska cable went out
of commission from some unexplained
cause Saturday and messages arriv
ing since and today were routed via
the naval radio route from Bremerton
C. 1>. Trice,, formerly connected
with the local Signal Corps staff,
writes from France to friend s in the
city under a November date that he
is now a second lieutenant and at
tached to the expeditionary forces.
Mail Contractor Harry Hongley ar
rived Sunday afternoon with a good
sized hatch of mall, which included a
sprinkling of first class matter from
the States and Interior as well as loc
al way mail. It is anticipated that
the next mail will he made up of prac
tically the limit weight of first class
matter.
Heorge Wolff, former well known
barber, was in the Vosges Mountains
in France in December, according to
letters reaching local friends. Mr.
Wolfe was attached to the army en
gineering corps and was engaged in
the construction of ;i saw mill at the
time of writing.
A social dance given by the Miners
Home Club Saturday evening attract
ed a considerable number of dance
lovers who disported themselves un
der the roof tree of that hospitable
organization until the midnight hours
I’efreshments were served during the
evening and attendants report an ex
cellent time.
Nome Chapter No. 78. Women of
. Moosehcart Legion, will hold a dance
at small Eagle Hall this evening in
honor of the hoys at Ft. Davis, the
Signal Corps and the Const Guard.
The function will commence at 9 j>. m.
following the lodge meeting. Altho
designated primarily as an entertain
ment for the boys in governme nt ser
vice, the general public will he per
mitted to attend. A nominal charge
will be made in the case ofVlvllians.
Ladies will enter free of charge.
A private dance was held in Burgn
Hall Friday evening which was at
tended by a majority of the elite. The
function is said to have been given as
a surprise birthday party in honor of
Lawrence Kerr, whose benign person
ality first appeared in the gay old
world on March 7. 35 years back.
Attendants report that Lawrence was
presented with a birthday cake ap
propriately Illuminated in accordance
with the number of his years.
City Clerk Grimm reports that reg
istration for the city and school elec
tions April 1 is progressing slowly. I'p
to noon today only fifty nine persons
had placed their names on the roll as
prospective voters. Apparently the
general public Is paying very little at
tention to election matters at present,
although a few of the politically in
clined are said to he quietly sounding
out public opinion regarding several
prospective candidates.
E. L. Holt is in receipt of a tele
gram from Dennis Loveway announc
ing the death of Mr. C. A. Stevens,
formerly of Nome, at Seattle. The
message was dated March 8. Mr.
Stevens was well known here. He
formerly worked at carpentering and
later occupied a clerical position with
Mr. Holt. At the time of his death
HOLT'S CA9H STORE
Fur Robes, choice.$15.00
Fur Caps, beat.5.00
Drill Parkas.350
Overalls or Jumpers.2.50
t Silk Shirts .3.50
Stetson Hats, best.5.00
Underwear, wool.250
Shoe Paoke.5.00
Neckties, Good..25
BEBIN THE NEW YEAR RIGHT
BUY AT
HOLT’S
Telephone Main 9$.
! ho was acting as purchasing agent foi
[the Holt ('ash Store on the Outside
Ho was aged about 65 years and was
a member of the Masonic order. ll<
is survived by a son, George Stevens
who is also known here through hav
ing l>een employed for several years as
an engineer on the old Nome-Kougar
ok railroad. The deceased was a man
of excellent habits and ] mosses sc<]
many friends in the community. Den
nis I^oveway, tiro sender of the mes
sage to Mr. Holt, is also an old timer
of this section.
itt response to the general interest
regarding the terms imposed on the
defeated Germans by the armistice
agreement, the full text of that mom
entous document is published in the
editorial columns of the present issue
f.t the Nugget. The armistice, of Nov
ember 11, is, in general terms, the
same as at present, such modifications
as have been made, being confine!
largely to details, which, according to
recent outside journals, were not ful
ly worked out at the time the original
terms were presented by the Allies
and t lie United States. Alterations
have been made, however, which force
| the defeated Germans to surrender
still larger quantities of war armam
ents and railroad rolling stock than
are indicated in the original document
The Seattle Post Intelligencer of
January 10 reports that Eastern com
| petitors are endeavoring t ■** hamper
[the - .ipment of Alaska he* • ing fa
their markets through re idju'-tmeats
rf Height rates was the ai.iwtion cf
local yi-ippers u'.i'i dealers who appear
I ed < fore the North P icifie freight
Itralfic coiniu-tt*e at its kosuoi- at the
jo-W. it & X. station, Seattle, in
protest against the proposed rate
change. Eastern operators had asked
the traffic department of the United
States railroad administration whether
it would not be fair to equalize the
transcontinental rate on the fish with
the rate of fresh meats. The inquiry
was referred to tire regional commit
tee for- investigation and report.
Ir was shown ^y. shippers and mem
bers of the Chamber of Commerce that
the Alaska herring industry, a few
years ago of small importance com
mercially. had grown to large propor
tions. The largest market is New
York City, where consumers have
gradually been weaned away from the
imported Scotch herring, which the
Alaska fish closely resemble in quali
ty and flavor, by the new product. It
was pointed out* to the traffic commit
tee that there might possibly be over
zeal on the part of Scotc-i. herring im
porters of the East to handicap tho
Alaskan industry, through unfavorable
rate adjustments. Tho eommltte took
the matter under advisement.
In response to a telegram addressed
to that organization by the Nome
Chamber of Commerce regarding the
efforts being made by that body to
ward securing relief from the present
exhorbitant transportation rates to
and from Alaska, the Anchorage
Chamber of Commerce has returned
an answer stating that the Anchor
age organization has been working
along the lines suggested by the Nome
I Chamber of Commerce for months and
that the local commercial body can de
pend on the Anchorage chamber for
hearty co-operation to the end that
the desired results may be achieved.
The message states that the trans
portation rates in effect at Anchorage
were established last summer by the
Board of Arbitration The Anchorage
body promises its unqualified support
In tlie movement to secure relief.
The first definitely established case
of suicide to occur in Nome in a long
period developed early thu morning
when a half wittod native woman
known as Doras kilted herself with a
small rifle In a cabin located on Sec
ond Avenue in the vicinity of the
Rowe barns. The woman was recently
tried in the Commissioner's Court on
an insanity charge but was acquitted
after an extensive examination which
tended to show that she was mentally
subnormal. Since her release the wo
man has been stopping with a native
| known as Richard and was being
eared for by liimcelf and wife. Ac
cording to the story told by Richard
the woman arose early this morning
while his wife and himself were still
asleep. The first the sleeping couple
knew of the affair was when they were
awakened by the shot. Investigation
of the noise disclosed that the unfor
tunate woman had secured a rifle be
longing to Richards and fired a shot
through her head. In its passage the
bul’et tore away a large section of the
•kull and the apartment was spattered
with the blood and brains of tho sui
cide. The dead woman Is said to
have a crippled husband in the city.
Both the unfortunate man and his
wife were brought to Nome from the
('ape Prince of Wales section a few
weeks ago. The man's injuries are
said to have been the result of freez
ing during the influenza epidemic.
The case is being investigated by the
authorities and an inquest will he
held.
Marshal E It. Jordan departed for
Marshal and St. Michael on official
business today. On the trip back to
Nome the Marshal will bring over an
insane woman who has been in con
finement in that section for some
time. The woman is said to have
displaced evidences of mental distur
bances since last fall bi t her removal
to Nome was not considered advisable
owing to the epidemic situation.
NORTHERN SHIPMASTER
DIES IN SEATTLE
Associated Press Service.
SEATTLE March 10—C.ipt. Frank
W Clinger, former captain of tho Ala
ska steamer Alameda and well known
in northern shipping circles died hero
Saturday following a stroke of paraly
sis
The deceased was aged about sixty
four years. The funeral will be held
BALFOUR TO RETIRE
FROM OFFICE
Associated Press Srevice.
LONDON. March 10—Announce
ment was made today that Arthur
James Balfour, Secretary for Foreign
Affairs under the Ooorge government
and former prime minister of the
Empire, will retire from public life at
the dose of the Peace Conference.
Balfour was appointed to his pres
ent office at the time of tho installat
ion of the coalition government. He
will be succeeded in office by Earl
Curzon. president of tho council and
present government lead©.* In tho
House of I*>rds.
SAMMIES ADOPT FRENCH WAR
ORPHANS
Associated Press Service.
SAX FRANCISCO,—American sol
diers fighting in France adopted more
than 500 French war orphans, accord
ing to the Stars and Stripes, a news
paper published by the American ex
peditionary force in Paris. In its
September 20 number the Stars and
Stripes said:
''‘This week the adoption of French
war orphans by soldiers of the A. E. F
under the Stars and Stripes war or
phan plan passes the 500 mark. This
plan which brought so much happin
ness to little children in dire need,
whose fathers had given their all for
France, was the idea of an American
private—Harold W. Ross Engrs.
(Ry.). detailed to the editorial staff
of the army newspaper. It is under
his direction that the plan has been
so successfully worked out.—Officer
in charge.”
SOCIAL DANCE MONDAY
Nome Chapter 78, Women of Moose*
heart Legion, will hold a social dance
in honor of the boys at Ft. Davis, the
Signal Corps and tha Coast Guard, in
small Eagle Hall, March 10th., at 9 p.
m. The public invited. Admission
civilian*, $1.00, ladles free.
NOTICE
Notice is hereby given that the
Poll Books for the registration of vot
ers for the Municipal and Sehool
Board Elections to bo held Tuesday*
April 1st. 1919, will be closed Satur
day March 22^ 1919, at 12 o'cloek
midnight.
E. E. GRIMM
City Clark
Fred Harrison •
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
NOTARY PUBLIC.
Room. 9-10, ... .Wild Gum Building
Phone Main 111.
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