THE NOME NUGGET
TOLUMK 364.
NOME. ALASKA SATURDAY, MARCH loth, 11KSt.
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Mailed..$1 00 per Mo.itH
DAN SUTHERLAND STARTS ROW
WM. jjAjj LOSES HB UBW UHSTMia TR»1
FRENCH WILL NOT
RELEASE HOLD RUHR
DUBSSELDORF, March 10—Replying to a recent utterance of Cuno,
German Chancellor, General Degoutte, French Commander stated that the
Branch will not release their hold on the Ruhr and that i a very short {
time the economic blockade of Germany will be most effective.
LADY ASTOR WOULD RESTRICT SALE INTOXICANTS
LONDON, March 9- Speaking in the House of Commoine on behall
of her bill prohibiting the sale of tatoxicatipg liquors to persona* under
If yearn, Lady Aster said: “I’m a Holy God mother aod this bill is not a
subtle move to make you all bone dry.”
AERIAL FLEET EXPENSIVE UPKEEP
LONDON, March 9-—Estimates for the upkeep otf England's aerial
foica for the financial year 1923-20 as announced last night show a total
of ninety three million dollar*.
LADY ASTOR ENTERTAINS KINli AND PLEBEIAN*
LONDON, March 10—Lady As tor entertained the king and queen
•t dinner last night. A large proportion of her guests •mere febor m«n
berra of perUamant and their wires.
' BUKY FJPI^JJTO KUlillX
ESSEN, Mjareh 10—French troops have again been withdrawn from
liDortmund; arnd are occupied in an effort to round up all members of the
dttaanded Security Police still at large. French soldiers arrested and
expelled 270 policemen. This move-Is part of a program to rid the Ruhr
<*f ten thousand Security Policy, whom they accuse of espoinage and agi
tation against the invaders.
RVTHHIA TO HELP RUHR POPHIATKW
WARSAW, March 10—The Moscow Central Cooperative Commit
tee baa decided to send the Ruhr population eight thousand tone of wheat
KING GKOItGK BH4X>ME8 EXTREMELY DUMmlUTU
LONDON, March 10—Ramsey MacDonald. John Robert Clynes,
Phillip Snowden, and James Henry Thomas. Labor leaders, accepted an
JnvttatHoo to dtae with the King at Buckingham Palace. March 15th.
“HOOT MON” EMBRACES FOX TROTTING.
LONDON, March 9—Scotland, the cradle of the Hightlamd Fling. :
haa chile wild over Fox Trotting. Cliff Houghton and Mlaa Eddie Code j
Wore out several seta of uruafclaoe during Mat night in a continuous trot j
ot IS low and 25 minutes at Ayr.
The content established a non-stop record, breaking a former per-!
fonnanoe record by 59 mtontes.
HEAVY FIGHTING ON IN KERRY MOUNTAINS
DUBLIN, March 10—The heaviest fighting since last summer is
pieces ding in the Kerry mountains, where forces* of State troops have oust
ed 400 insurgents from fortified heights.
AMERICA CONTRIBUTING AGGRKVATING CAUSE
NEW YORK, March 10—Five thousand negro coal miners from the
American jhitamlnoue mines in the eouth and middle west are to be sent
to the Ruhr, to replace German miners on strike against French occupa
tion. Necessary transportation has been arranged.
BREVITIES.
WASHINGTON, March 10—Secretary Wallace will leave Sunday
night <or a tour of the Pacific coast.
LOS ANGELES, March 9—Police seised a ton of I. W. W. literature
within tiie Shadow of the Central station yesterday.
NEW YORK, March 9—Thirty two cases of Sleeping sickness have
been reported in New York since Monday, the Health Department an
aOUHER UTOIOTBT) TOR MUKDBR OP COamAnfc
MitTLl, March 10—Doaghl.L. Canley. a Ft. Uwtu aoMier.
no laOMtad by. the craad Jury chare—1 with murder In Miytw hla eom
jaiioa Freak E. Petaraa, Jaaaary IT. Both war* priratea ot the fltat
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WM. MARX MEETS DEATH
ON UNSTAKED TELLER
SHISHMAREF TRAIL
Wednesday morning the com
munity of Nome was shocked with
the report that Wm. Marx, United
States Commissioner at Teller, had
met his death on the unstaked trail
between Teller and Shishmaref.
Joe DeRoaie. the Teller mail
carrier, brought the sad intelligence
to Nome and the many friends of
Mr. Marx were overcast with grief
at the sad ending of the former wel'
kn-*wn Nomeite and representative
The Nome Nugget is in receipt of
a detailed report of the unfortunate
circumstance written by FHmer H.
Da hie. Lutheran Missionary at TeT
ler and one of the searching party
that found the dead body:
W<m. Marx and John Head left
Ear Mountain, where they had been
doing assessment work. Monday.
Feb. 26th. They encamped that
night at the Nulok River. Next
day. altho it was cold and windy,
they could see the hilltops and start
ed out for home. After crossing
the divide instead of following
Straight Creek to the South, they
traveled too far toward the Bast,
ascending a high slope overlooking
the Agiapuk River. Marx in the lead.
Near the top of the ridge Read lost
Marx's trail and his dogs took him
down over the rim of the hill an*’
over a precipice perhaps three to
four hundred feet high at an angle
of perhaps 70 degrees. One dog
was killed in falling; Read lost his
rifle and shovel, but otherwise suf
fered no damage. The wind and
drifting snow made it very difficult
for him to untangle hie dogs, so he
stayed there almost an hour before
he was able to get away. He shout
ed repeatedly for Marx, but could
hear no answer. It was utterly Im
possible for him to ascend the pre
cipice, so he came down to the Agi
apuk River a hundred yards below,
later making his way to the dredge
on Swanson Creek, about 12 miles
from Teller. He reached Teller the
loiiowing morning.
The day following. March first, a
search party consisting of Mr. Read.
Mr. Winfield and Rev. Dahle. went
to took for Marx. His body was
found about 25 mile* from Teller,
abont two miles from the precipice,
about ten yards from Read’s trail.
His sled was found demolished near
the brow of the cliff, Just a short
distance above the steep take-off.
The dogs were all loose about the
sled. , Marx's trail was found where
he had slid down the mountainside.
Presumably Marx, after finding
Read missing had back trailed or
circled about. His sled, roughlock
ed. had skidded against rocks and
bad broken all the stansions on one
side and most of them on the othtfr.
making the sled useless. Just above
the place where Read had fallen
over the ’ edge. Had Marx’s sled
gone. 15 feet further it must have
dropped to the place where Read
landed. Mr. Marx nnsnapped the
dogs from the tow line, colled the
line, took an extra pair of sealskin
panta and tied them with a rope
about his waist; tok his rifle and
pistol and slid down over the preci
pice. Evidently, in sliding over
hare rocks and glare enow and the
irregularities of the descent, he had
turned aronnd. rolled, became bruis
ed, doubtless knocked unconscious,
lost rifle and ptetol. both found part
way down. In this unconscious
state be may have lain, no one
know* bow lon«. Regaining con
sciousncHs or semitoonsciousness, ho
walked ahead of the wind some two
Th** seal skin punts he wore and
his underclothing were ripped and
torn in many places exposing the
bare skin. When found the new
seal skin pants was still Med about
his waist showing that he either
was not conscious of the eold or had
no sufficient strength to put them
on. The mitten was off one hand
as he lay, face up, knees slightly
drawn up. his face showing perfect
! repose, no sign of any pain or agony.
I just as one asleep.
| Mr. Dahle concludes his report by
: stating that:
! The finding of Mr. Marx's body
I was one of the saddest experiences
of my life. Even yet, after two
days I walk about almost in a daze.
The entire community of Teller is
in deeip mourning for a man highly
respected by all.
Nothing a*.yet has been decided
as to the funeral arrangements,
i Father LoFortune left Teller just a
few hours before Mr. Read came in.
I returning to Nome by way of the
| Hot Springs. Word will be seat
( down with the mail asking him to
| return and take charge.
| Mrs. Marx and the two children,
of course, suffer much. They lost
a loving father and husband. Their
loss cannot be put into woTds.
Wm. Man at the time of his
deaith was 44 years old. He came
to Nome during the early rush days
of the camp and until April 1917
was identified with the various busi
ness interests of this community.
H«* was a member of the Pioneers of
Alaska and the Loyal OrdeT of
Moose.
HOW “BILLIE" HARX’R HEATH
MIGHT HAVE BEEN PREVENTED
In a letter dated Teller March 3rd
the following terse statement ex
presses the view held, .not only by
Mr. Dahle. but by the majority of
the people of Seward Peninsula, re
garding the lack of adequate staking
of Northern trails:
The trail between Teller and Shis
hmaref (and Ear Mountain) has
been traveled for years by miners,
traders, missionaries and natives,
yet in, this most dangerous country,
no attempt has been made by the
authorities to make it safe for tra
vel. Had this trail been staked as
it should have been years ago. Mr.
Marx would not have sacrificed his
life. The Road Commission spends
Its thousands and tens of thousands
in making W a bit easier for a select,
few to earn a few additional dol
lars, yet they are unwilling to spend
a comparatively small sum to save
lives. What shall the future of Al
aska be:—dollars or lives? Hasn’t
Alaska’s cold taken heavy enough
toll, needlessly? Why not spend a
few dollars, given us by our govern
ment, to make traveling safe in the
outlying districts where the dan
gers are the greatest?
ELMER H. DAHLE.
WILL BUY
lledpoitHible party will buy aaiy
kind of Hawi or Mnch pipe.
Inquire at Nugget Office.
SUNDAY MARCH 11.
(WHEN DINNER
AND BLURB ERR Y PIE
AT—RAHLKR*8
GOVERNMENT CIRCLES
UPSET RYSUTHERUND
WASHINGTON. March 7 A row. featured by charges from Suth
! legate from Alaska^ that the Department <*l Commerce has
[ handed the. salmon fisheries of Alaska over to Chicago and San Francisco
fish trusts, was precipitated by action on the part of the Department in
temporarily extending the government salmon reserve in Alaska to pre
serve the industry.
Sutherland's attorney made a statnnent which was put into the
Congressional Record before his departure for home* Tuesday. In com
menting on thiK statement. Assistant Secretary Huston of the Department
stated that it was the most complete- demagogic bunk over put over.
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OMAI.I.KY S.lRIMtNn-AJdiV ATTACKS SITHK1U.ANI)
WASHINGTON. March 8—Members of the House and Senate Com
missions dealing with Fisheries have been invited by the Commerce De
partment, Fish Commissioner O’Malley announced, to go to Alaska during
the Congressional recess, to inspect conditions in the Fishing Reserves
of the Territory, recently enlarged by legislative order.
O’Malley, in making the announcement, dealt sardonically with
the charges made by Sutherland tn Congress, to the effect that the Depart
ment had given a monopoly of Alaskan Salmon Fisheries to three San
Francisco and Chicago Packing cvoncerne.
TO THK POLES BY DIRIGIBLE AIRSHIP
NEW YORK, Minrb 9- Kltirhls nrc.itwA file world oml m itae Norlft
and South Poles aT*‘ being planned by the United States Navy. The flights
will be made with a dirigible 7R-1 monster airship, now under construction
at Philadelphia.
Rear Admiral Motfet, chief of the Bureau of Naval Aeronautics, in
a statement made here announced that the above plans are being carried
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I SOGIIIEIt ADVOCATE TO INVESTIGATE IllllHAl AFFAIRS
WASHINGTON. MaTch 9—Major General John F. Ryan, of New
York, who commanded the 27th Division in France, has been retained as
counsel by the Senate Special Commission of Ivestigation into Veteran
WISCONSIN GIVES LA HHJJiJTTE GLEAN BILL
MEMBERS KIT KLl'A KJiAN AJTROVK LYNCHING
MEDFORD. Ore., March 9—Two meinbHrs of the Ku Klux Klan
went on record -in the Jackson night riding trial as approving lynching.
They were S. B. Saudefer. County Prohibition Agent and M. Ft Blunne’,
a retired stockman..
MADISON. Wis., March 10—Robert LaFollette was vindicated bj
the Wisconsin legislature yesterday of charges of disloyalty, made against
him during the world war.
4N>AST GI'AHD CUTTER AND IAITNCH IN’ FIGHT
SEATTLE. March 10—In a running fight from off Port Townsend,
j the Coast Guard Cutter Areata and the launch June exchanged forty can
j non and rifle shots in a battle. The launch navigated the canal ard made
Lake Union where a search failed to dtadlose any liquor aboard. The
June jettisored her cargo.
JOHNSON ASSADaS HARDING'S LEAGUE ATTifUDF
NEW YORK, March 10—Harding's proposal that th»- United States
accept mem tenth ip in the parliamentary ceremony oi the Internationa!
Court of Justice was assailed her" by Sena* jf Johnson of California, leader
of the senatorial irreconsibles, Johnson said this mov.> was the first known
false step towards membership in the League of Nations.
BONK RECOMMENDS GAME PROTECTION IN .ALASKA
WASHINGTON, March 10—An increase in all varieties of animal
life in Alaska, aided by a general respect 'for Game Protection Laws, is
noted by Governor Bone In his annual report to the Secretary of Agricul
ture. One enforcement of the law was .made public today. Many fur
bearing animals show an increase despite depredations of wolves, ooyettes,
eagles and hawks, which are also growing in numbers.
UPHOLDS KIT KLUX KLAN IN SPEECH
SEATTLE. March 10—The “Kn Klux Klan Is an American organis
ation” aald J. W. Willett, Commander in Chief of the G. A. R. In a epeech
here last night.