THE NOME TRI WEEKLY NUGGET
MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME NINETEEN No. 45. 1/ NOME, ALASKA MONDAY, APRIL 21st. 1919 TELEPHONE MAIN 114
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ITALY THE ONLY OBSTACLE TO PEACE
SEATTLE DEMOCRATS TO HONOR SULZER CORPSE IN TRANSIT EAST.
Special to the Nugget By the Associated Press.
SEATTLE, April 19—The Seattle Democratic (Mu') is making prepuni
tions to pay honor to the memory of the late Chas. A. Sulzer by appointing a
delegation to receive the remains of the deceased on their arrival here and
escort them from the boat to the train which will hoar the body east for:
‘nterment at Elizabeth. N. J.
Maurice Loopy has arranged for Sulzer's body iu he brought to Seattle:
the steamer Northwestern on the next trip of that vessel to Ketchikan.
Eastern advices say Representative Hadley Johnson is expected to arrange for.
a congressional committee to attend the funeral at Elizabeth.
Mrs. Sulzer is said to be completely prosptrated by tin* sudden death •■t'i
her husband.
Sulzer Remains Depart for East Under Special Convoy.
SEATTLE, April 21—The remains of the late Chan. A. Sulzer arrival |
here yesterday on the steamer Northwestern and are at present on the way [
cast. The remains were met at the boat by a committee consisting of <’. i
D. Davies, F. A. Stroude, Homer Meyers, E. H. Hylun, representative of th--1
Elks lodge, Robert M. Jones and Roy Lyle of the Young Men’s-Republican Club,
and Col. Sawthere and Dudley Fullen of the King County Democratic Club, j
The casket was escorted to the Northern Pacific depot and placed aboard the I
t ain for Chicago. Chas. D. Fullen, chairman of the King County Demociatic!
Club committee accompanied the body to the Windy city, where it will he mei
by a committee of the House of Representatives who will take the remains to |
Elizabeth, where interment will take place. It is reported that the Alesha j
Canvassing Board issued a Certificate of Election to Sulzer as Alaska Delegate j
to Congress before the news of his demise reached Juneau. The advices so;- j
t»u. certificate was forwarded to Ketchikan for transmission to Sulzer at his j
home in Sulzer, Alasku .
IMPROBABLE PEACE TREATY READY FOR
GERMAN SIGNATURE BY FRIDAY i
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Special to the Nugget By the Associated Press. I
PARIS, April 21—Grave doubt is expressed in official circles regarding j
the ability of the peace conference to have the peace treaty ready for the* j
Germans by the opening day of the Allied-German peace settlement conferences, j
scheduled to begin next Friday.
It is declared that while the substance of the treaty can be comwimii- n
ed to the German envoys, it will be physically imposed.-- to prepa • • l ie docu
ment in its complete form iu the four remaining days before the reptose'ntalives
of the enemy countries meet.
The Adriatic problem is still unsettled and is said *<: provide the most
important obstacle to the conclusion of the treaty documents. Lloyd George
Clemeneeau and Orlando met again this morning and resumed their discussion
of the questions involved in the Italian claims but it is apparent that tin
problem is likely to extend the delay of peace beyond the date set for the
meeting with the Germans. President Wilson is said to be purpose7v
absenting himself from the conferences over the Dalmatian problem owing to
his being out of sympathy with the Italian claims.
BOYS FIND FIRST TRACE OF MISSING ALASKA VESSEL
Special to tho Nugget by the Associated Press
PRINCE RUPERT, April 21—-School hoys playing on the beach near
this city today found a life belt bearing the name of the missing schooner
Galliano, which sunk with all aboard in Queen Charlotte Sound last fall.
The life belt, which was badly battered and torn, by long contact wit*,
‘.he sea. is the first vestige of the lost schooner that has su far been found.
VICTORY LOAN STARTED AT MIDNIGHT WITH GREAT CELEBRATION.
Spec'ial to the Nugget By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April 21—The Victory Loan was laiftiched here at mid
night with a great celebration marking tho opening of the campaign period.
Popular subscriptions amounting to over one hundred thousand dollars were
collected within the first hour of the celebration. Great crowds thronged,
the streets and every resort in the downtown district was filled to capacity.
Governor Smith purchased the first bond at the opening of tho drive.
McAdoo was second. Pershing’s own military band, brought purposely from
France to aid the campaign, participated in the midnight celebration.
CHICAGO ACHIEVES STARTLING CRIME
RECORD SINCE BEGINNING OF YEAR
Special to th# Nugget By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. April 19—Chicago's crime record for the first third of thej
year is startling in the extreme.' Forty three murders and twenty nine man-I
slaughter deaths have occurred within the city precincts in the period since,
January first. In addition there have been eight homicides and a tot.i 1 of
two hundred and two robberies.
Conditions have become such that the public is up in arms and the
police officials are the objects of much criticism from the press and public.
i Police Chief Garrlty has issued a warning to the commanding police officers
that some of them will face a trial unless unremitting efforts are made to
check the wave of crime which has swept the city.
AMERICAN TROOPS KILLED IN FRENCH TRAIN £RASH
Special to the Nugget By the Associated Press.
PARIS,, April 19—An American troop train collided with a French
troop train near the town of- Lemans with a loss of thirty three lives early
this morning, according to reports reaching the War Ministry.
Sixteen of the fatalities are Americans. The reports at present give
no details of the manner in which the accident occurred beyond the state
ment that the trains came together during a heavy fog.
Road tBt KURORT and get th« benefit of THE BEST NEWS SERVICE
m Egrtb—Tbs Associated Frees.
LOCAL ITEMS
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City Council lrtoets tonight.
Sam Cunningham is down from Lust1
Liver tin mine for a Short stay. J
Chas. Viera arrived from Dijr. ■
irork last night on a business trip
Nome yesterday from an extended fur
gathering expedition to the Kusko
kwim anti lower Yukon sections.
Letters reaching Ira Lank from t!i
Kohuk section announce that a g/.i
I sen maile by the Ferguson family. om|
time residents of that district.
The Fraternal Order of Cagle.; *s
making preparations to give a pri/t-to
ing, foil, wing the lodge meeting. The
function will he open t<> member;? afj
the order and lady friends.
Leonard Seppala returned from an
extended trip to the northern sections
of the peninsula yesterday. The
journey Included visits to Dime Croc!--,
Fnalakleet, Council and Candle. to
most of which points he piloted Dr. L.
M. Fromm, who i- attending to th ■
needs ot his numerals dental patients.
Nick » 'i',1 js! la lltwfl. Ill 1 V 1 ft"'ll*
Koyukuh and Yukon last, night ; ft • •
an extended fur trading trip in which J
sized quantity of furs, lie depart'* 1
for Shismareff early this morning v.-ith
the expectation of adding to his o*.!
ioeti.m of pelts.
A large congregation attended the
Raster services of the Federated!
Church last evening. The Masonic j
lodge appeared in a body in accord-j
since with the usual custom of that)
fraternity. A. pleasing addition to the!
program of the services was the ren
dition by Miss Olson of “The Holy
City," the superb song classic after 1
ing her an excellent opportunity for
the display of the splendid vocal qual
ities which have delighted Nome aud
iences during the winter. Lev. Chas.
Shank gave an interesting discourse
on the death and crucifixion of Christ j
under the sermon topic: "The Liv
ing Christ.”
Controversy regarding- the question
of legality involved in the substitution
of one candidate for another at the
city election line led the Nugget to
offtr an article sotting forth the facts
and explaining the lights of electors
in such eases, as indicated in the stat
utes and endorsed by judicial decis
ions. The article in question will bo
found in the editorial columns of the
present issue. \Ve aro indebted to
.Judge O. D. Cochran for the legal
material presented, most of which
was obtained by him after an ex
haustive search of the laws pertaining
to elections and the judicial opinion si
relating thereto.
PUBLIC NOTICE.
Sealed Proposals will be received atj
the Office of the Quartermaster, Fort j
Davis, Alaska, to be opened at 11:00
A. M., April 21st, 1919, on the follow-1
ing Items of Subsistence Stores:
8000 Lbs. Potatoes in crates.
500 Lbs. Breakfast Bacon in
Boxes.
500 Lbs. Cornmeal, White.
1500 Lbs. Cornmeal, Yellow. f
SIGNED:
M. S. BON DU RANT,
2nd Lieut., U. S. G., AQM.
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ITALIANS THREATENING WITHDRAWAL FROM
PEACE CONFERENCE IF DEMANDS UNSATISFIEO
s-I.ecia; to The Nome Nugget by The Associated Pros*.
Ito.VLK, April 21 — K1 Popularo Romano, one of the leading Italian news
papers, declares that if the Italian rights t>> terrritorial concessions are not re
cognized by th«‘ Paris Peace Conference, the Italian peace delegates will not
ttend tin* forthcoming peace settlement meeting between the Allies and
Germans at Versailles.
The journal asserts that it has been fully decided that the Italians will
not a*' to Versailles to conclude peace with Germany unless the Peace Con
ference ratifies the Italian claims to Kiume and other Adriatic territory.
The Popular., asserts that should this occur, the peace treaty cannot be
ip tilled, as the document will be invalidated without Italy’s adhesion.
The journal says in support of the Italian attitude that: "Italy can
lot sign a peace sanctioning her own future downfall." The announcement
:hat President Wilson and the Allied premier’s have failed to reach a decision
regarding the disposal of the claims of Italy and Jugo-Slavia has created wide
spread feeling and a majority of the Italian papers are insistent that Italv
refuse to accede to the conditions of the pence treaty unless her claims are
linmted .it leant inrafar .u. tli.-v pertain to Flume.
ITALIAN PARLIMENT MEETING POSTPONED—BELIEVED DUE
TO FAILURE OF ALLIES TO GRANT ITALIAN CLAIMS
SUMMARY or PEACE SITUATION BY ASSOCIATED PRESS,
—April 21—The Italian parliament which was to have met in executive ses
sion on Wednesday, will not convene until May Gth. according t<> Rome advices.
Ii is believed that tlu* postponement is primarily due t.» the failure of Pres
ident Wilson and the Allied premier’s to reach a solution of the problem in
volved in the contending claims of Italy and J ugo-Slavia regarding Flume and
ti e Dalmatian coast.
Italy’s unyielding attitude regarding what the Italians insist as their
lights in the Dalmatian littoral is threatening to provoke a crisis in Paris.
Owing, it Is said. t-. his not being in sympathy with tin- Italian claims, Pres
ident Wilson is not participating in the Italian discussions. Wilson is said to
he opposed to tie provisions of the treaty of London on which the Italian
.. REPORTED BOLSHEVIKI THRASHED BY UKRANIANS
Special to The Nome Nugget by The Associated Press.
VIENNA" April 21 It is reported that the Bolshw iki forces operating
along the lower Yolhynian harder have been severely defeated by the Ukrau
ians in a long drawn battle occurring during the latter days of the past
week.
According to advices from Yolhynian sources, the Ukraine armies have
recaptured the important towns of Zhitomir and Proskiimv, situated along the
western border of the i’kraine at a distance of about ninety five miles apart.
In addition to causing immense losses in killed and wounded, the Ukranians
Recent advices from Entente sources declare th. t Franca is soon to
extend technical.aid t<> the FUranian's is upholding tlu* independence of their
-state.
PRUSSIANS DECLARE REFUSAL TO PERMIT
DANZIG TERRITORY TO BECOME FREE STATE
Special to the Nugget By the Associated Press.
notified the state authorities that under no circumstances will they agree to the
Allied proposal that Danzig and the surrounding territory shall he made into a
free state in the interest of Poland.
The council declares in its communication to the State officials that
West Prussia is determined that Danzig shall not ho separated from Germany
under any pretext.
VICTORY LOAN AVIATOR VICTIM POSSIBLY FATAL ACCIDENT.
Special to The Nugget by The Associated Press.
CHICAGO. April 21—An aviator taking part in the Victory Loan drive
here, fell into the waters of Lake Michigan this morning ami i- believed to haw
been drowned. The plane was seen to take a sudden plunge while flying far
out over the lake and has not been seen since, although i store or more f
tug boats and launches are engaged in scouring the lake for signs of the
missing aviator.
R. R. DIRECTOR GENERAL INVESTIGATING
RAIL CONDITIONS AT SEATTLE.
Special to The Nugget by The Associated Press.
SEATTLE, April 21—Federal Railroad Director Hines is here for tHo
purpose of investigating railroad conditions on the western coast. Hines
visited the various terminal yards today and addressed Hie railroad employees,
praising the magnificent service the men gave t<> the government during the
MAJOR MARR ASSISTING VICTORY LOAN AT SEATTLE.
Special to The Nome Nugget by The Associated Press.
SEATTLE. April 21—Major Kenneth Ma r. formerly of Nome, ar
rived here today to arrange for the appearance of an army flying aeroplane
cucus to assist tin- Victory Loan drive here. The so called aeroplane circus
is due to take place "Wednesday. The perfyrmers will be exclusively army
men and are expected to provide thrilling entertainment by means of their
aerial skittoriugs. Major Mart- is himself a member of the circus.
NEW YORK RESTORES SUNDAY MOVIES AND BASEBALL
Special to The Nome Nugget by The Associated Pre3a.
ALBANY. April 19—The governor has signed the bills recently passed
by the Legislature authorizing Sunday movies and baseball games, both of
which have been under the ban for some time.