Nome is the Distributing Center and Gateway to Northern Alaska and Siberia
6 Pages THE NOME NUGGET
VOLUME XXII No. 7
NOME, ALASKA SATURDAY, FEB 12, 1921
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HUGHES TO BE SECT’Y OF STATE
MUD MRS UR ROAD WAGE REDUCTION
HUGHES SLATED FOR
SECRETARY OF STATE
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St Augustine, Fla. Feihy 11—Dres
iii* nt Elect Harding virtually announc
ed today that former Justice Hughes
•will be Secretary of State in his cul»_
irot. Hughes is scheduled to hold .
conference with Harding here, before
the i*resfderrt elect concludes liis vaca
tion. "You may soy”. Harding said
la announcing Huglhe*?’ •■oming, “that
I do not intend to do anything' that
will make his stay in Florida lin
hiijppy." Hardinj^.added 1610.1 Hughe •
will arrive her some lime n^xt week.
St Ausru«*Jn«\ Ha^dlnpr indicated to
day that hoi s undecided as to whom
to appoint sis secretaries of the Navy.
Treasury. t’omvmK'rce and Haber IV
pahanents.
R. R. LABOR BOARD !
REJECTS WARE
ABROGATION PROPOSAL
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(Th4o»go. Pel>y. 11—The Federal
Railroad Ljuibor Board today flatly de
ned the request of the American As
sociation ot Railroad Executives for
an immediate sbroRation of the na
tional vnK<\ .:p «ement « i li the rail
road brothe- and t.- establisti
n :nt of a "< vv Huai*- of rates for un
skilled labor *. :-ed on local conditions.
'I he request was den! :<i by t!i.
Bo-.id after in extended investigation
of the claim- of the railroad execu
IT.80VERH0R OF
SAMOA DISMISSED
IN DISDRACE
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Washington. Piby. 11—President
Wilson lias dismissed from the naval
service Lieutenant Ccjmlmander Bou
.ftier because ot his actions while
lieutenant Onvernor of Samoa, as a
result uf the reoent investigation of
affairs In the (island growing .out of the
complaints of maladministration made
by native* .against CJovernor Terhune.
who recently committed Kuicide.
Boucher was found gin tty of drunk
enoNS and iiwduct unbccomlltii; an of
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POLAND AN© RUSSIA
SIGN PEACE PACT
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Hefcingfors, Finland, Feby. 11—
The treaty peace between Soviet
Russia. and Poland has been signed
nt Riga, wireless dispatches received
from Moscow today announced. ,
TREMENDOUS TIMBER DAMAGe!
DONE BY STORM
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Forks. Washington, Feiby. 11—Right j
trillion feet of spruce, hemlock and j
cedar were uiprooted on the Olympic
-peninsula by the fierce tornado which '
swept over' that section of the state
of Washington January 29, according
to the figures of timber cruisers ro-.
turning here from that section.
AMERICAN IRISH
RELIEF COMMITTEE
' REACHES LONDON,;
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London, Feby. 11—The American
Committee for the relief of Ireland.
Iheaded by J. France of Seattle,
Washington, arrived here today and
will proceed to Dublin to undertake
its mission of relieving the distress
due to tihe disordered state of affairs
prevailing there.
EAOLES ANNIVEREAfcY DANCE
EM'EARLE HALL
, •ATUnOAY, MARCH ITH
SEVERE U. S.-JAP
FRICTION AT VLADIVOSTOK
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* Tokio. Japan, Feby. lb—“The re
fusal of Amenlnina to recognize the
Vladivostok K developing a situation
of serious diameter.” the Tokio news
IKiiper.Asa.ho, said today In an art'cl
on condition* at Vladivostok. «
NUMEROUS WEST POINT
OPENINGS UNCLAIMED
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Washington Feliy. 11—There are
sixty nine*vacancies from twenty six
States "at Wert Point military academy,
for ’which' no appointments have b*en
made for the examinations sehedule.l
for Morob first, according to a War
Deportment nnndunceiment today.
JAP HOUSE REJECTS
NAVY CURTAILMENT
Tokio. Feb.v. 11—The lower hous •
of parliament tftday rejected by an
eifdht to one vote a resolution propos
ing eurtainment in navnl armaments.
VETERAN SEATTLE
POLICEMAN EXPIRES
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Seattle, Fe*>y. 11—Police Sergeant
A1 Ryan- a veteran of the Seattle police
force, died today.
OURTWOGREATEST 4*
( From Linotype Bulletin) ♦
WhSVe it is only accident tliat our two cherished unnjvcrsary ♦
celebrations occur close together in one months the whole significance ♦
of the rtopuhtlc is ilium.'nod hy this juxtaposition of Washington and ♦
lifncoln. A library «»f books can not toll so much as any man may 4*
learn from the simple fa**l that those two, who*," personal lives rep re- +
sent the extremes of social fortune, are our two great os'.. The ono +
was the rk'ih st man in his time, tho other the poorest. Today the ♦
Virginia, aristocrat and the Kentuckian ptehe-ian, equally reverenced, 4*
ur- our proof that damoercucy is not a. meaningless phrase. ♦
That George Washington wa- on* of the finest gentlemen of his 4*
day is no less our pride than that Ahmhatm l-dncoin wins a splitter of ♦
mils. From the grace of place, and from *ho ugliness of poverty, each ♦
brought the same ri«'h gift to the Republic. The tranquil figur - «*f tlhe 4*
one. and the ungainly figure of the other st.and forever side by side in ♦
the eumimon beauty of that Aaneiflc, i nism which s ts honor, righteous. 4*
ness and nuignanfimity u3»ovo all seft-interest, and beyond all issues of ♦
“The alternate domination of one faction over another, shai-p
«nwl by the spinh. of revenge natural to party dissension. Is
rtself a frightful desamtiian—GEuRGK WASHINGTON.
"Oovprranrtit of the people, by the people, for the p«»ople, shall
not perish from the earth."—AIlltA.HAAl LINOOIjN.
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Late News Flashes
+ + + j + + +
El !*aj*», Feby. 12—Army plants
from every .■nation in 'Texas, Nev.'
Mexico and Arizona, left Fort Bliss
at <l/iAV'n today to search for 1.ieut.
Alexander Pearsoon. missing since he
left here TthurMday morning.
<'hicaigo, Ferhy. 12—A bomb explo
sion in the 19th. ward democratic head
quarters last night seriously Injured
l six men and was attributed totalities
today by Anthony F>i.ndpea. candidate
for city council fnoim that ward. A
big hole was blown in the wall of the
| brick building chose to where Dandrea
wiun vpeoking.
XaM. Ijake. Feby. 12—James M.
I Melvin (broke world’s linotype record
1 hero today by setting eighty five
thousand and seven hundred * ms in
six hours and forty five minutes,
equivalent to 12 columns of nonpariel
Washington. Feby. 12—Daniel-' to
day cabled Admiral Strauss, cojn
mandirg the Asiatic tleet, for a report
on the dispatch from Tokio that five
Annericsin sailors had been fired on
in Vladivostok by Japanese troops.
'The report said one ssidfor had l>« erv
wounded
'.Vi saiingtion, Feby. 12—A statement
that he had received .information
suggesting ‘hat Great Britain Is con.
* ‘..re in propaganda, in this country
i ) deter American naval building was
rivi.de in^the Senate by Borah during a
deSc-te an diisannamen* yesterday. It !s
n’enstood, he said, that the facts
we*v in possession of the Navy Pe
Che*4tiertfield. twenty three, son of l*ard 1
rt'-t' rllield. thy English Peer, has
been charged wfth forgery.
St T^oxiis. Fcby 12—Wages of nine. |
tom !w*l letter carriers vPho confessed
havtjr.g misused street ear transfers
were .tdnped a hundred dollars an
wxvlly by order of the assistant post- I
moster general today.
Woyihington Feby 12—Judge I/indis
w« v.-iithin the law when he accepted
!?i« o.cVe of supreme baseball arbi
trator while still serving bench. At
torney General Palmer ruled today.
Then*. Feby. 12—Two were killed
r r«l fifteen woumled in a conflict be
tween Communists and Nationalists1
at the naval'shipyards at Monfatcone
Long. Montana. Feby. 21— !'•!:«
t nncl school •ufhoriti* s have iinnourv.’
| ed on Invest gati >n of the attempted
lynching li r* poster-day of James Rn-s.
j 10. by a dozen of his school mutes
I whose uses rinse from ten t.o fourteen
years. A patrolman rescued the !*oy.
Washington, Feby. 12—In addition
to Haz* left and Wickershom. for the
Governorship, ninny other Candida bs
for Aha ska appointments are being
presented here. For federal j u*l go
[ships ;uv John Rustgard, Cecil C!eeg.
G. .1. liomen. Tom Margurun, E. K.
Ritchie, Arthur Frame? Ralph Robert-'
son. L. V. Hay. For district atto -ney
ship's, Herman Dussan, D. E. F>lsom,
Grover Wynne, Arthur Shoup (in.*
Irwin, F. Copper noil, F. Harrison.
For m • rshnlshlp’s, Oharlen Beam.
Harvey Sulllvnn, 1,. I,. Harding, ^
•J. Rakke. John A. White, Jack Wil
ke son. <). P. Gaustad. M. W. Griffith,
George Boole , Jack Chohlng. For]
Collector <<f customs. .!. C. McBrid** i
and Chets Garfield. For Attorney I
General, Earl Hun'er, ITanley Sterling.
Fid W. Kindall.
S. S. PRINCESS BEATRICE
CRASHES ON ROCKS
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Vancouver, B C. Feiby. 11 The
Canadian Pacific steamship Princes*
I ea'.rice, plying between this port .in i
Prince Rupert, struck a rock off l-*is
ciuetto Island, forty miles frr.m Vnn
couver, at five a. m. yesterday morn
ing with a large number of passen
gerc on board, according to advices
received here. The Princess Patrick.
of the same lino rescued all tihe pass
engers. 4
It is expected, that the Princess
Beatrice will refloat on the next high
tide and anchor in Tucker Bay until
her eopdition is determined.
Princess Beatrice Badly Damaged
Vancouver. Feby. 12—Twenty one
of the passengers rescued from the
Caiiudian Pacific steamer Princess
Beatrice arrived here today. The
Beatrice is reported badly damaged by
her contact with 'the'rocks.
TWO NAVAL OFFICERS KILLED
IN PLANE CRASH
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Washington, Feby. 11—lieuten
ant’s Menken and Wolfer of the navv
were killed in Cuba today by the
wrecking of an aeroplane, awialiny
to advices reaching the Navy Depart
GEORGIA CYCLONE
KILLS THIRTY
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<k-onel, Ga. Foby. 11—A white
lxiy and twenty five negroes are Known
to ihave boon killed in a terrific, cy
clone which swept over this section
| this itfternoon.
School Teacher* Rove Heroines In
Georgia Storm
Feby 12—Hut for f h'
heroism of thro*' school t
n-Mcirinp children from
.school 'huihlinrr. tie nr
by the tornado at •
would ir rdJ nrolio1 'day
hundred r m< • ’ 1 ^ron a
which t- U» «e thirty
Bull* » /e -vou lhe Ranv
FORD TO work
IDLE p?r* M,
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Detroit ,b'l-.hy. 11—Next .Monday
turn thousand employees of the irrc it
Kurd automobile plant will return in
work .here, hi uecordance with a new
plan of the famous auto bunder •<>
provide part time employment for the
nruploye*
aiming Monday
ployed ir th
SEATTLEITES IN
ARMS OVER $1 T
RAILWAY i i IJHASE
■SeSUttle. Feby. 11-—A suit has b<t>n
started in the Sirpertor Court by fou:
teen taxi»ayers to enjoin the cCy from
pniyin.gr either interest or principal on
the purchase price of the street rail
way system, recently bought for fif
teen millions, although said to be ac
e»min ss.
Nunierouf p
for the Nug|r<*t
millions. unt I
orating eXpens
et by its gross
i subscribing
WILSON MOVES
FURNITURE TO CAPITAL
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Wlashing'on. Feby. II—The moving
of President Wilson's furniture an-l i
pcsronu! effects from Princton. N v '
Jersey. t<> the new home he is to oc
cupy here after his refftement fron j
office was completed today.
U S. CATHOLICS TO HELP
MEXICANS FIGHT REDS
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Mexico Oity Feby. 11—American
Catholics have offered their corelig
ionists in this country $*>00,000 to he
used in combatting radicalism in Mex
ico. it was announced here today.
Cardinal (iibbons is said to he the
leader in the movement to help ‘he
Mexicans' to overcome the wide spread :
radical manifestations.
AMERICAN GIRL MARRIES
NOVORIOUS CAPT. BOYED
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f^nneaster, England. Fehy. 11—Mis.*
Virginia, the daughter of the lal*
Bishop A1 xander McKay SrfiitiX of j
the Protestant Episcopal diocese of,
Pennsylvania, and tire notorious tier- !
man. Pap tain Paul Boyed, former
naval attache of the German Embassy i
at Washington, have 'been married in
Berlin, according to word received |
CONGRESS T
DOLL CASE
REVENUE CUTT
CAPTURE l EGGERS
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Seattle, Feby. 11 ri
oata today seized
Searchlight, which w
booMeggers and fifty
off Narroustone Pofint,
from this city. The
the men here in irom
GOMPERS CHARGES
LEVER ACT US
ENSLAVE
hiiskey.
WORKERS
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Washington, Feby. 11—President
(rompers of the American Federation
of Labor, before the Senate Committee
on Manufacturing today, charged thp.t
the l^ever Act, passed by the last con
gress, is being used in many cases to
enslave wortcers.
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