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VOLUME XXI. No. 18
NOME, ALASKA SATURDAY, MAY, 1st. 1920
Delivered by Carrier or Mailed.$1.00 per Month
CHICAGO RENTERS 0 N STRIKE
Cm Ml REDUCES IUSU imtCPRUTHMS
ALASKA ESTIMATES CUT
IN SUNDRY CIVIL BILL
Washington, April 30—;Tlie Sunil.‘V
Ci\*1l Bill as reported to the House
cuts Alaska estimates generally for
the coming year out authorizes a con'
denning plant for Matanuska. The
hill provides no appropriations for a
Cape Spencer lighthouse or other spec -
tied aids to ■ navigation in the Terr!
tory. However, a provision is In
serted to the effect that post lantern
lights may he established at <he dis
cretion of the committee on light
houses ,
The bill contains the following ap
propriations.
For medical relief In Alasxa $»*>.
000; for education >275,for dt
lopmont of the reindeer industry
Phe measure will nlso authO''
f male reindeer and the l»n -
female .leer for distrlbuth-n
e natives.
ldtngs on the fur seal island
•< appropriated; for the fis't
amonu t
$100,000
* 3 8,000;
of fisherl
liquor, !
the seal at'
Are YOU a Suti Mr. Reader
If Net, YOU should be !
REPUBLICANS DELAY
BONUS BILL
•jnuMattta, Sfcqcfil—Tlio Hold!ers|
Aid legislation In congress today faced
on indefinite delay £ue to p<« failure
of the House IteHjkhileantU feting
ii|£ caucus last nighL£o the^
I tonne Hill .ia repSrtefl’jjm tl«* Ways
ind Means Committee.
Outspoken dissatisfaction a;aiin*d
certain features of the measure broke
out suddenly in the republican ranks
when the bill was presented Jo tin?
(aliens and resulted in nc notion being
taken to endorse,
MfBRIDE FAVORS
NOMINATION LOWDEN
Seattle. April 30—McBride, the
newly elected republican National
Committeeman for Alaska said in an
Interview today that he favored the
nomination of Governor T.owdcn for,
the persidency. t
"I aun behind every man elected at
the republican primaries.” he added
McBride will leave for Juneau in
ahdht a week.
WOOD GETS 16 NEW
JERSEY DELEGATES
Nework.N. J. April 30—General
Wood will get 16 of the New Jersey
delegates, tp the National Convention.
Johnson 9 apd three will be unpledged
FRENCH LABOR CALLS 24
HOUR GENERAL STRIKE
Paris. May 1—A twenty four hour
general strike has been called by
French labor to demonstrate .Its so
lidarity. The strike is generally com
plete today.
SOLDIER BILL CONTEMPLATES
INCREASED SURTAXES
Washington .April 30—Tty piypcs
■ 'Soidlprs Relief Bill Conu’mpla.ej
raisin? a billion, eight, hum!re 1 mll
Jons by anr increased surtax on retail
sales, tax on stocks and bond sa
and taxes on • cigars,. clgarett w a
tobacco, all to become effective -
December first next In the event of the-,
bill passing.
•ISBEE KIDNAPPER FREED
Totpbstone, Aria, April 30—H. E.
Wooten. Who was charged with kid
napping in connection with the Bisbe-*
deportations in 1918 was found not
guilty by a trial jury here tonight.
REPUBLICANS ATTENTION
Tha Name Republican Club win
meal at the City Hall on Sunday at 2
p, m. All Republicans welcome.
JOHN HANCOCK,
Mevlea; Dance, Pina Refreshments.
Pioneer Party, tonight. $1.00
.3,11
MAYORALTY CONTEST
STILL IN PROGRESS
The contest over the Muyornlty Is ;
still in progress in the District Court,
hearing* being held at Intervals during '
the week. The caso Was up today hut |
was *»ld over vjntlt next,Tuesday,. T.iit-t;
proceedings have so far been conftye.l
largely to the hearing of objections
:nd counter objections offered by City j
HUIRT TO PLEAD GUILTY
TO WIFE MURDER
Los Angeles, April 30—It has been
arranged that "Hlueheard” Hnirt shall
Plead guilty to the murder of Nina
Lee T>e Lony, one of his wives, and
will be sentenced to prison for life.
FE/»CE RESOLUTION TO COME
UP WEDNESDAY
Washington. May 1—Adoption <>f
the Knox peace resolution will he
fought by Senator Hitchcock, who will,
lead the opposition. 'fitchcoek ox-,
pects the President to veto the reso
lution in the event of ihe republicans
foice it through.
However, the peace resolution will
come up in \he senate next Wednesday
despite the Democratic opposition. Sir
ator Lodge announced today.
CANADIAN MENNONITEG
TO MOVE TO U. S
Winnepcg. May 1—Six thousand
members of the Orthodox Mennonito
church community in the Manitoba
and Saskatchewan districts will leave
Canada for the United States this
summer to establish a colony in Miss
issippi, it was announced today.
FRISCO SCENE OF RED SCARE
San Francisco, Mai 1—The discov
ery of .red labels posted on telegraph
poles in various parts of the city to
day caused the chief of police to issue
orders to, Uie police reserves of the
city to remain on* duty today to he
ready to meat any attempt at radical
demonstrations or bombings. Tie
p. m. Special business. 'All Demo
crat* requested to attend
MUUITTBC
MOVIES FOR
PRIRLDFF ISLANDER*
hu called for bide for npplle*. Inalud
■n» hundred* of fhet of moTle fB*. for
lu erard, on the Prlblolt I,lands in
P*(i!lJi<SiljFrS ATTENTION
of Justice
police to
COMMITTEE.
Seattle, April ft—The government
CHICAGO RENTERS
GO ON STRIKE
Chicago, May 1—Thousands ..f fam
ilies in Chicago went on a rent strike
today anil refused to v-.:cale th*ir
apartments in accordance with May
day moving orders from their land
CHIHUAHUA IN HANDS REBELS
Aiigua I'rieta, May .1—Chihuahua
City is definitely in the hand:- of rev
olutionists. and Genera: Ignacio t'luri
hUez is candidate for Governor of Chi
huahua, according to rdvlycs rr.achingl
tit is place. Forty five hundred state I
militia are inarching toward Chihuahua
t*» reinforce General Me.rtnez and Col.
fill Arco, the former federal eo*n
mandors who deserteil to the revolu
tionists with their troops.
RECOUNT ORDERED IN
NEW JERSE/ PRIMARIES
Newark. .May 1—Chief Justice Gum
mere of th<- Supreme Couit today sign-1
cast in last "Tuesday’s pre si Ion tail pre
ference primaries.
For Senator Johnson and Gineri!
Wood, the recount will eir.hru the
entire state and will begin May 10 in '
Essex. Morris, Caanden; Gloue-»s*e- a d
<’upe* May eounties.
FAIRBANKS INFLUENZA
SITUATION DEFINED
BY EDITOR THOMPSON
Fairbanks. April :{<> i’he entiic
town, with the exception of tin* editor
of the Wws-AI iner and a tew old
timers, is down with the Flu. They are
making it here, winch ac. aunts for the
As to deaths, there are none and
1 robably will be none, unless sen-e
weakling gets scared. There arc n j
precautions taken against the disease
except those this newspaper is taking
in spill- of all that, the f -urth Mer
guntliab-r operator in Our Town «(11it
this morning. Despite t* t ,and a
burned out motor, we are issuing to
night “bigger and better" than eve--.
Set a line-o-type today.
Pray for us that we is.*uo to norrow,
for we don’t give a continental whether
Signed \V. F. Thompson
O. F. Oausti.d
AMUNDSEN WILL
NOT ABANDON
ARCTIC EXPEDITION
Rondon, May 1—Explored Raold i
Amundsen has not aban Icned h’s con
templated plan to drift acrovs thf
north Polar cap, but, after his impend- ,
ing visit to Nome, h© iuton is to enter
the Arctic ice pack in the. vicinity c*f
Wrangell Island, off the northwestern
coast of Siberia, and thence .rift across
the Polar seas, according f> a dis
patch to the Londofo Times f.-cm Chris
tiania quoting statement's made by
Amundsen in messages from the ex
plorer reaching' that 'pou t.
In his message Amuiclsen ashed
that his mall be -.‘orwaraed to .Vouie.
where he said he exocc* d t" -rrivci
in July or August. The :ncs ige ;1ko
said the explorer and numbers <f ids
party were all “well and happy.”
The Nome Nugget delivered by car
rier or mailed. Per month $1.00.
NEW PROHIBITION ACt NOW !
ENFORCED IN ALASKA
District Attorney W. A. MunJy has
received notice thnt the national pro
hibition act known as the Volstnd act
aup^rceeds and takes thep lace of the
territorial act of February 14, 1917. All
prosecutions hereof ter for liquor law
violations will be. made under the new
act, says the Valdez Miner.
The Volstad act was passed on Oc
tober 28, 1919, and became effective
during the present month. Its provi
sions are more liberal than those of
the Alaska ‘‘•bone-dry’’ law. The fol
lowing are excerpts from the Volstad
. “It shall not be unlawful to possess
liquor in one's privdte dwelling while
the same is occupied and used by him
as his dwelling only, and such liquor
need not be reported: Provided such
liquors are for use only for the per
sonal consumption of the owner thereof
and his family, residi.ivs in such dwell
ing, and of his bona fide quests, when
entertained by him.”
‘•‘No search warrant shall issue to
search any private dwelling occupied
as such unless it is being used for the
unlawful sale of intoxicating liquor."
The Nome Nugget delivered by car
rier or mailed. Per month $1.00.
SEATTLE^ DEMOCRAT’S MEET
TO EUfCT OFLEGATES
Seattle, May 1—Tht Democrats rf
King County, are meeting today to
elect delegatee to tRe state conven
tion at Spokane May HHk
DR DUTCH SR DOWN
PROM M>8T RIVER
Capt. Thos. A. Ross returrtted Mon
day from a trip to Lost River. Ac
companying him on the return Journey
from Port Clarence was Dr. J. E.
Dutcher, surgeon at the Ixwt River
tin mine. Dr. Dutcher will epedd a
short, vacation in the city.
PIONEER COMPANY PREPARING
FOR SUMMER OPERATIONS
The Pioneer Mining Company is
making preparations for the summer
mining activities and already has a
good sited crew of men employed on
the ditches, running tunnels through
the snow, etc, to upon the way for the
water, which present Appearances in
dicate will soon be pouring d. tvn frori
the hills.
PIONEER MAY-DAY DANCE AND
THEATER PARTY
Movies, Drsam Theater, 7 to t p. m
Donee and refreshments, Pioneer Igloo
9:30 .All far $14» Saturday night.
I DR WELCH TAKES STEPS
TO GUARD AGAINST FLU
1 Prospect* of another invasion ol
the flu presented in the recent reports
trom Fairbanks have induced Dr. Cur
tis Wkdch, who is Assistant Commis
sioner of Health, to ascertain the
steps taken by the up river authorities
to prevent the plague making its way
down the Yukon. Dr Welch on Wed
nesday wired the following messages
of inciuiry to the C. s. Crovernment
physician*at N'ulato and also the med
ical officer in charge at Ft Uibbon.
"Public alarmed over reported .pi
identic of Flu at Fairbanks. Have
jany steps been taken to proven^ it,
spread down the river? Have you any
cases at Xinato? Please wire condi
| The responses'received were as fol
Hreakup so near tjuvel impossible
pose precautions be taken. Wire \s
blstajit Commissioner Health. J**uir
hanks for Information.
Handle. (Jnv’t Physician.
Oibbon, .Ms.. April 2X-20
Welch. Nome.
Dr Sutherland reports between
three and four hundred cases in Fair
banks. No .eases it) this vicinity. Ft
Cihbon under quarantine, and Tan
ana will he tonight, against persons
entering. If necessary will later takej
precautions for down river.
Signed. Moore.
Dr Welch is of tlio view that little
apprehension need be felt over the
situation. As indicated in the mes
sage of Dr Handle, the breakup along
the Yukon will make it practically
impossible for the diseas*- to reach
us until after the opening ol' naviga
tion. by which time the epidemic will
probably have disappeared, as it us
ually does during the summer months
In any event the prospects «<f it be
ing transmitted to Nome from Fair
banks are very slight.
ERYAN WARNS DEMOCRATS
TO VOTE FOR TREATY
Pittsburg. April 29—William Jen
niRlit declared that the recent primary
elections were a warning to the demo
cratic senators that they should lose
no time in voting for ratification of
the peace* treaty.
23 OUT OF 600 EXTREMISTS
HELD FOR DEPORTATION
New* York. April 29—Only twenty
[three extremists out of the six hun
dred odd who were rounded up in the
raids on radicals by the Department
of Justice in January have finally been
held for deportation, according: to De
partment of laibor announcements to
SOLDIERS BONUS BILL'
• REPORTED IN HOUSE
Washington, April 30—The House
Way* and Means Citnroitteo today
favorably reported to the House the
Soldier* Honus Bilf.
TK£■' Democratic members of the
Committee strongly, opposed the pro
vision* In the bijyt' placing tax artles.
OH YOU HOME COOKING!
At Ihi Aii—r Party Saturday niflht.
BLUEBEARD HUIRT CONFESSES
MURDER 4 WIVES
Los Angelos. April :?n- -Huirt the
inuch married mini arrested here for
the alleged murde r of a Sottle woman
who was numbered anmnir his num
erous s|H»U(*es, has admitted the mur
«ier of four women and says he might
Huirt to whom thirt.x wives arc
credited, confessed today to the niur
diT of Miss Hetty I'ryor. of Spokane,
with a sledge hammer at I'luni Sta
tion, a small railroad town near Olym
pia. Washington, on the night of June
1!>. 191ft. He next admitted the mur
der of a Miss floodnieh, whom lie said
lie tipped out of a boat on. Hake Wash
ington. near Seattle. I'nder further
examination b> District Attorney
I Wool wine, Huirt said he drowned
I Alice Ludvigson in a river in Idaho
[and killed Miss Lee Denaney with i
[hammer at Long Beach. Cal.
Huirt told tile District Attorn, y he
might have murdered more of th
men with whom lie was associated hut
owing to the weakened condition in
I which lie has been left by his attempt
at suicide when arrested, lie is unable
tn remember clearly.
SEATTLE P. I OWNERS
FIGHTING HEARST
CONTROL EFFORTS
who is said to he a
control of the I*. I,
The plaintiff asks
•seven hundred
1‘andolph llearst.
(tempting to gain
Nottleton borrowed $55,0
the shares as security,
note signed by himself
by Koolo and Kenneth
Nettletoifs complaint sa
the $55,000 note, took the stock from
the hanks where it was placed as se
curity and is now refusing to return
it to the plaintiff, notwithstanding re
peated offers to pay on the part of
N’ettleton.
putting up
ackintosh.
WASHINGTON DELEGATES
INSTRUCTED FOR POINDEXTER
Bellingham, Wn. April The
convention here elected delegates to
The convention also nominated seven
platform demanding the Mippr. -;i.>n <,f
The platforin also opposes ratifica
tion of the League of Nations unless
universal military training, advocates
generous compensation for soldier*.
demands preparedness and a s*rong
Pacific fleet for equal protection for
the Pacific coast with the Atlantic
SYSTEM VOLUNTARY NAVAL
TRAINING PUNNED
Washington, April 28—The senate
has established a system «>f voluntary
naval training for hoys between H*
and 20 years along lines similar to the
scheme provided for in the v my Re
organisation Bill- The new naval
training provisions are included in an
amendment to the -Appropriation bill.
The amendment authorizes the estab
lishment of summer schools at the
regular naval training stations at
whk-fi boys may obtain three month-*
training each year.
The Senate has also agreed to an
amendment providing^for the estab
lishment of a naval base on San Fran
cisco bay and a submarine tnse at
Los Angeles.