MONDAY
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ALASKA MAIL BOAT
BTAKK WRBCKKB
Beattie. Dec. 10—It was reported
last flight that the Alaska Mall boat
Starr,, Captain O. H. Johansen, was
wrecked In Shelikof Strait, off Ko
diak Island. The extent of damage
done is not definitely known, it was
reported last night that the vessel
was a total wreck, a later dispatch
this morning stated that the ves
sel had freed herself from the rocks
and was afloat. The Tatter radio
message was from the Navy Radio
at Cordova to Seattle.
WHITE HOUSE HAS
ITS EARS COCKED
Washington. Dec. 10—The White
House had its ears cocked to catch
the reaction to the President’s utter
ances. Comment in Washington
caused little surprise, the Republi
can Conservatives approved and the
Progressive Republicans disapprov
ed and the Democrats attacked the
message as a capitulation to big
business. Editorial comment from
ne^papers from all parts of the
country was telegraphed to Wash
ington and subjected to a miert
scoipit'&l a-ralysis. The President’s
political advisors aa a whole an
nounced themselves as being pleas
GOOLIDGE PLEASED WITH
ATTITUDE OP “STAND
PAT” NEWSPAPERS
Washington, Dec. 10—Coolidge
is reported as being much pleased
and gratified with the reaction of
the country to his message. A
Btream of commend'ng te1°grams
started yesterday nnd are still com
ing. Coolldge declared himself as
being particularly pleased with the
reception given his message by the
"8tand-pat’’ newspapers.
WOULD AID GERMANY
IN BUSINESS WAY
Washington. Dec. 10—Any aid
given Germany should be furnished
on a business basis rather than char
ity. President Coolldge stated after
a conference at the White House
with the German Ambassador.
This lndtcates that Coolidge would
not favor an appropriation of a re
lief provided In the Root bill.
CANTON CUSTOM HOUSE
SEIZED BY FOREIGNERS
Honpr Kong. One. 10—Parties
from foreign gunboats in Canton
harbor were landed and have taker
possession of the Custom House
there because of thread made by
Gun Yat Sen, a South China leader
to raise the question of Customs,
and Pampanca. are «nown to be
Two American vessels, the Aahvllle
anchored in the harbor nearby.
STOCK MARKET REPORTS
Seattle. Dec. 10—Saturday’s clos
ir,g of the Stock Market showed the
following: Western Pacific sixteen
and seven eighths. Erie Railroad
First Preferred 29 and seven eighths
Ventura 011 25 and five eighths.
Middle States 011 5 and one eighth
BROOKLYN POTENTATE
ARRIVES SEATTLE
Seattle, Dec. 10—Dykeman, the
Brooklyn Potentate of the Mystic
Shrine arrived in Seattle night be
fore last to be a guest of honor at
the Fall Ceremonial of Nile Temple.
ONLY GREAT BRITAIN
HAS AGREED TO PAY
Washington, Dec. 10—Treasurer
Mellon in a letter to Borah says that
there is seven billion still outstand
ing of the money loaned by the
United States during the war and
that only Great Britain has agreed
HAND GRENADES THROWN
INTO- MEETING
Warsaw, Dec. 10—Three persons
were killed and twenty five injured
when hand grenades were thrown
into a meeting addressed by two
German Party members of the Pol
ish Parliament to Warsaw.
NEW BRAND OF WOULD
COURT PROPOSED
New York, Dec. 10th—Senator
Moses of New Hamqghire speaking
at an annual dinner of the Ameri
can Association of Woolen Manu
facturers. proposed the develop
ment of a World Court at the Hague
to Place of the one set up under the
League of Nations.
Legal Blanks, all fcinda. for sale at
the Mnget Office
OLDEST ATTORNEY
IN U. 8. DIES
Peoria. 111., Dec. 10th—Homer
Cooke, the oldest practicing: attor
ney Id the United 8:ate9 died in
Peoria, Illinois, recently at the age
of 94 years.
SOVIETS RELEASE
FIRST PRISONERS
Petrograd, Dec. 10—The Soviet
authorities have relased the first
group of prisoners which were sen
tenced last summer in connection
with a trial for interfering with the
seizure of Church treasures. Some
of the prisoners were originally sen
tenced to death.
EIGHT WOMEN TO SIT
IN PARLIAMENT
London, Dec. 10—The latest re-!
turns from the English election in
dicate that eight women will sit in
the new rarliament, compared to
three who held seats when Parlia
ment dissolved.
POSSIBILITY’ STARS AND
STRIPES WILL FLY
OVER NORTH POLE ,
Washington, Dec. 10—The possi
bility of flying the Stars and Stripes
on a new polar continent of a mill
ion square mites which may some
da*y become an economic asset ti
the United States was pointed out
by Lieut. Commander Fltzhugh
Green to a Naval Arctic Air Board
Green said that Spitsbergen on the
EuroT’ean side of the North Pole 13
on a line with a volcanic Ice area
a-nd the Aleutian Islands which Is of
a 'volcanic formation, wh'ch furn
ishes evidence that similar land tok
be found in an unexplored Mini
spot north of Alaska, this revelation
| caused the Board to concentrate
their attention on Point Rarrow as
the best position from which to hop
While the Navy is preparing for
its great exploration, Amundsen Is
laying in supplies for an airplane
dash from Spitsbergen to Alaska
via the North Pole, thus an Inter
national competition is developing
which may prov* embarasslng to the
United States.
PERSHING WANT*! BIG MILITIA
Pershing states in a report that the
Nation’s defense presents a serious
problem and should receive thought
ful consideration. Fully appreciat
ing the need9 of economy ho urged
that an army of 150,000 men. and
12,000 officers bo maintained, with
annual maneuvers modern and tac
tical, and the encouragement and
development of a National Guard
strength to a quarter of a million
NINE MEXICAN HTATE*
IN OPEN REBELLION
Vera Ciuz. Dor to—Nine Mexi
can Stares are In open rebellion
against President Obre-o'’ and Gen
eral Pelsas Cahles, Obregon’s can
d’date for the Presidency. Accord
ing to information from various
sections of the country the Militia of
I the S'ates of Vera Cruz. San Luis
Potosl, Chihuahua, Mlcheacan. Ta
I maullpas, Sinaloa, and Sonora are
I reported to have repulsed the Fed
eral troops and ousted the offlca
holders. President Ohregon has
hastened back to Mexico City from
where he has been convalescing
from his recent Illness.
WILL ASK GOVERNOR
T. MoORAY TO RESIGN
Indianapolis, Dec. 10—Th*s re
signation of Warren T. McCray,
Governor of Indiana, will he asked
as a result of his Involved financial
affairs, C. A. Walb. Republican
State Chairman, declared, after a
conference with Party leaders.
TUESDAY
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HAYS U. S. WILL DEPEND ON
IMPORTS FOR Oil. SUPPLY
Washington, Dec. 10th—David
White, expert geologist of the Geo
logical Survey Department testlfy
ag at the Senate Public Lands Com
mittee’s inquiry on the leasing of
Naval Oil Reserves, predicted that
.he United States would be depen
dent upon Imports within five years
for oil supply. He said that it was
doubtful if the navy could go five
years with constantly Increasing
of consumption upon domestic pro
duction.
KING TUT WII,U SOON
UK REVEALED
London. Dec. 10—Work will soon
begin on the shrine believed to bold
the mortal remains of King Tuten
khamen, according to a dispatch
from London.
SOCIAL SEASON OPENS
AT WHITE HOUSE
Washington, Dec. 10—The White
House social season opened last Sat
urday night with President Con’idire
entertaining members of the Cab
inet. Dinner guests numbered forty.
ARMY AVIATORS KILLED
Houston, Dor. 11—Lieut. L. I. Mr
I aughlin and Captain E. T. Wagner.
Army aviators, were both killed
when the wing of their traning plane
collapsed and the piano fell 1,000
HAYS BALDWIN WILL RESIGN
London, Doc. 11—The Dally Press
says Baldwin will resign the Prn
tnierahlp and leadership of tho Con
servative Party. According ta the
Express the decision will he formal
ly communicated to the Party at a
meeting to be he’d at the Carlton
Club soon.
London, Dec. 11—Baldwin arrived
in London from Chequers Oourt yes
terday and at noon had an audience
with the King at Buckingham Pa
ace. The Central New* says he will
not resign.
WOULD PLACE PIONCAIRK ON
RECORD
Berlin, Dec. 11—The Cabinet has
authorized Foreign Minister S’res
ifimann to . ask Premier Plnncalre
whe*her France Is in principle de
posed to take the initiative in lead
ng toward an understanding with
Germany.
MURDERER OF I/ACFUR
GETS SENTENCE
Seattle, Dec. 11—Winifred Gib
bona, the pretty divorcee who shot
and killed Harry T. Lacelle, adver
tising director, at th« Grove road
house last October, has been sen
tenced to one year at Walla Walla.
GETS 21 MONTHS ATTEMPTING
KIDNAP BERGDALL
Mosbach, Germany, Dec. 11th —
Lieut. Ooriles H. Griffith, formerly
of the American Army has been sen
tenced to one year anl nine months
Imprisonment and fined three tril
lion marks for h!s part in the at
tempted kidnapping of Orrnror Berg
doll. the rich American draft evader
FORBES STRICKEN WITH
PARALYSIS
Washington, Dec. 11th—Forbes,
former Director of the Veterans Bu
reau and recently under fire on
graft charges, is stricken wilh par
I alyals at the home of his mother in
I Brookline. Maas., according to prl
j vate advices reaching Washington
I INVESTIGATES DEATH OF
FORMER ALASKAN
| Soattlo, D«'c. 11—The Investigi
j tlon oT the death of Abe Reislng. ")'*
years of age, a former Alaskrri.
three minutes after h*> had been re
moved from a cell in tho City Ja'l. '■
under way by the Coroner. Reisirg
was found unconscious Friday after
noon by Patrolmon Cronk and w:i«
sent to Jail, supposedly in a drunken
I condition, and placed on the cement
floor where he lay for two hours still
unconscious before ha was removed
to the hospital. Reislng was identi
fied by means of a letter found in
hie pocket from Howard H. Wilmot,
Probate Judge In the Wasilla Dis
trict of Alaska. The letter acknow
ledged the receipt of $150 which
had been turned over to the Court
by Reislng as Administrator of the
estate of William Moffat. Reislng
left Seward in November and went
to Seattle.
PROSECUTOR IN McCRAY CASE
Indianapolis. Dec. 11—Charles W.
Moore, Prosecutor in the case of
Governor McCray, which resulted in
eight indiptments. died at his home
in Indianapolis lato Friday evening
APPOINTMENTS BE MADE TO U.
8. RAHWAY BOARD
Washington, Dec. 11—The name
of E. P. Morrow representative o!
the Public, E. C. Grable, represen
tative of the Labor group, and Yarcy
Baker, for the management of the
group were sent to the Senate yes
terday as appointments to the Unit
ed States Railway Labor Board.
WARRANT ISSUED FOR MRS.
8AH.STAD
Superior, Wls., Dec. 11—A war
rant haa been leaned for the afreet
of Leonora Siilstad Richardson.
I wife of Edward Sallstad, on a charge
j of bigamy.
| Edward Sallstad la a former preal
[ dent of the Multitone Phonograph
J Tompany, and was recently arrested
| at Napa. California, on charges of
| murder and arson, and he pleaded
j vullty to the charge of arson.
1 Editor’s Note: The name SallstaJ
wart spelled ITallstad In other press
articles which was not correct.
FEDERAL TROOI»8
DISARM REBEL:!
Mexico City, Dec. 11th—In a cam
paign to put down the new Revolu
tlon. the Federal troops have die
armed the entire forces of the Preito
Ciovernment in San Luts Potosl.
MILLIONAIRE FILIPINO
ARRIVES IN SEATTLE
Seattle. Dec. 11—Accompanied by
his mother, Jus’a Venasquez Car
michael. from Pampanga, Philippine
Islands, Gregarlo Carmichael, aged
13 years, reached Seattle last Sun
day night on the liner President
Madison, and with hs attorney, J.
E. Curran and 0. S. Mason, of New
Kirk, Oklahoma, who is the Ameri
can guardian of Gregorio, they will
proceed to Oklahoma and ent°r
claim to the oil estate valued at
thirty million dollars.
DOES NOT CONFIRM SEIZURE
CUSTOM HOUSE
Hong Kong, Dec. 10—A late dis
patch from Hong Kong states that
Canton does not confirm the seiz
ure of the Custom House by for
eign gunboats.
WEDNESDAY
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EIGHT WOMEN WILL ANSWER
PARLIAMENT ROLL CALL
London. Dec. 11—When Parlia
ment convenes there will be eight
women to answer roll call, three
Conservatives, three L&borites and
two Liberals.
DUTCH SCHOOVER HF.IZED WITH
LIQUOR ABOARD
New York. Dec. 11—The Dutch
srhoner Zeeihond, was recently seiz
ed off Fire Island, by the Coast
I Guard Cutter Lex'ngton and the
Captain and crew held for violation
of the prohibition laws In the hold
of the vessel were found 2.500 cases
of champagne and other liquors
valued at $200,000
GOVERNOR ESTRADA
JOINS REVOLT
Mexico City. Dec. 11—Governor
Estrada of the State of Pueblo, has
Joined the revolt, according to a de
nartment announcement, and has
20.000 armed ment to throw into
the fray o-n the side of De La
NOME POSSIBLY BE
SELECTED AS BASE
Washington, Dec. 11—The possl
hlities of Nome's being selec'ed as
■i Jump-off base for tho Navy's Polar
flight next summer developed at a
session of a special planning hoard
preparing recommendations for Sec
tary Denby. Information indicat
! .-d that the flight from Nome could
| he attempted three months earlier
than from Point Barrow, which re
mains Ico bound until August. Cap
tain Henderson of the Coaat Guard
said much ice and fog was against
Point Barrow.
After Every Maal
WRIGLEYS
Top oil each meal
with a bit ol
sweet In the form
ol WHIG LEY’S.
It satlslles the
sweet tooth and
aids digestion.
Pleasure and
benetlt combined.
“Wrigley’s is 5 cents
a package the
World Over”
WORLD WAR VET SUICIDE
Philadelphia, Deo. 11th—Colonel
Edward Ttaeo. Noble, a world war
veteran committed suicide by shoot*
ir.g himself last Sunday.
BANDITS I/H>T
AND BURN TOWN
Poking, Dec. 10— BandPa scaled
the walla of Dakwank a, in south
western Honan, and looted and
burned the town, according to in
formation reaching Pekin two thou
sand were wounded and left behind
when the bandits abandoned the
ruina of the town.
SANDUSKY GETS
RHODES SCHOLARSHIP
Seattle, Dec. 12—Morris E. San
dusky of Spokane, a University of
Washington graduate, has been el
ected to the Rhodes Scho'arshlp.
OOOLIDOK RECOMMENDS
REPEAL TELEGHAM TAX
Washington. Dec. 12—President
foolidee In his Gadget Message to
Congress further said. *‘I also recom
mend the repeal of the tax on tele
grams and telephones and admis
sions which are a sourco of incon
venience to tax payers. Govern
ment expenditures for 1925 estimat
ed to be presented at $3,298,680.
444—12.689.576.214 less than ex
penditures for the current Fiscal
WORK ORGANIZING
8RNATR KliOTKFD
Washington. Dec. 12—Work of or
ganizing the Senate was blocked
Monday afternoon when a deadlock
deve’oped in voting to confirm Cum
mins:* as Cha;rman of -the Senate
Commerce Commission.
COOLIDGE NOMINATED
FOR PRESIDENT
Washington, Dec. 12th—The an
nouncement of the randidacy for
President of Cool'dgo nomination
was made Monday by Frank W.
Stearns of Boston, Coo!id;e’s closest
personal and political friend. Wm.
M. Butler of the Republican Nation
al Committee for Massachusetts, it
was stated, will act as the Presi
dent's personal representative in the
campaign. Preceding the announce
ment there was a conference at the
White House in which Butler.
S earns and George Harvey and
James B. Reynolds, Coolidge's man
ager in 1820, participated.
TWO KILLED IN I/XS ANGELES
Los Angeles, Dee. 12—N. C. Plau
mes, of the Plrkford Fairbanks
studio and R. K. Townsend, a Texan,
were killed as the result of a high
wind aweopinp the city Monday af
HOOZK PARTY FNPS WITH
SHOOTING • SCRAPE
Tacoma. Dec. II—S. J Gillespie,
mi automobile salesman is in the
hospital with a bullet wound and not
expected to live, and Mrs. Kelley,
tbe wife of T. I.. Kelley. Manager of
the Tacoma Motor Systems, Is in
jail as a result of an altercation last
Sunday at a :!quor party Jnvolvin r
Mrs. Kelley, her husband, the vfo
tim and his wife. (
JOHNSON AND PINCnOT
HOIJ> rONFERENCE
Washington. Dec. 12—A prolong
ed conference at Washington be
tween Hiram Johnson and Gifford
Plnchot has given rise to talk of a
combination against Coolldge which
contemplates Johnson and Coolldge
as the ticket.
i eta a flay Wilt g:VJ you the Twllv
Bulletin and Weekly Nugget.
On Palms Of Hands Six
Years. Cuticura Heals.
“My sister was troubled with dry
eczema on the pahne of her hands.
She was bothered with it for about
she years. It caused the skin to
crock and peel off, and sometimes
they used to bleed. Soapy water
made her hands worse.
41 She used several different rem
edies without any results. I sent for
a free sample of Cuticura Soap and
Ointment and ahe noticed a great
Improvement from the first. She
purchased more and in four months
ahe was healed.** (Signed) Mias
Opal L. Crosalcy, Atascadero, Calif.,
Aug. 18, 1922.
Rely on Cuticura Soap, Ointment
and Talcum to care for your akin.
fiiMjtfin i>if-x in
TA(X>MA HOflPITAI*
i Tacoma, Dec. 12—Samuel J. Oll
j lospie who was shot by Mrs. T. L.
i Kelley, died in the hospital here yes
terday. Gillespie was shot during a
| liquor party of which he was a par
j ticipant.
! MRH. CARMACK WIN8
SECOND VKTPORT
Seattle. Dec. 12th—Ruling that
property holding* worth a quarter
of a million dollars are community
property. Judge Dykeraan recorded
the second victory for Mrs. Grace
earmark Safting. the half-Indiaa
daughter of George Carmack, dis
coverer of the Klondike. In her
fight for a share in her father’s es
tate. Mrs. Shafting’s claims aro con
tested by Marguerite Carmack, tha
i second wife and widow of the late
George Carmack, whose attorney's
gave notice of appeal.
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EXTRA (WIFS OF THR
NOME NUGGET
ON SALE AT THE NEVADA.
STATEMENT OF THE OWNERSHIP
MANAGEMENT. CIRCULATION
ETC.. REQUIRED »V ACT OF
AUGU8T 24. 1912.
yf THE NOME NUGGET p»t>
ished Weekly at Nome, Alaska,
for October 1st, 1923.
Business Manager. Geo S. Maynard.
Owners: (If a corpor-tlon. give Its
and the names and addresses of stock
holders holding 1 per cent or more of
total amount of stock. If not a cor
poration. give names and addresses of
Individual owners.) Geo. S. Maynard,
owner. Nome Alaska.
Known bondholders. mortgagees, and
other security holders, holding 1 peg
cent or more of total amount of bonds,
or other securities- (If there are non*
so stats) Nona
Average number of copies of each
Issue of this publication sold or dis
tributed. through the malls or other
wise. to paid subscribers during tbs
six months proceeding the date shows
(This Information Is required from
GEO. 8. MAYNARD.
Sworn to and subecrlhed before me
thin 29th day of October, 1923.
E. GRIMM,
Motn-ry Public In and for the Territory
of Alaska. My Commission expires
August 14th, 1927.
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