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VOLUME
23. No. 30.
NOME. ALASKA SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 30, 1022
Delivered b/ Corri.r or Moiled..*1.00 per Monlh
1918 STATUS OBTAINS ASIA MINOR
JiPftKSE PILLACMCSCaiU ASSIST1H6WBTES
ENGLAND FINDS FURTHER
REASON FOR OPENING
HOSTILITIES IN ERST;
—
LONDON, Sept. 30—It is authoritatively announced that General
Harrington at Constantinople dispatched an ultimatum to Kemal ordering
him to evacuate the neutral zone. It was understood that Harrington
set no time limit and that preparations for an actual clash in Asia Minor
are going forward here.
The British force is optimistic that it has enough men and ships
in the Dardanelles area to resist successfully any hostile movement by
the Kevna lists. It was stated today that no declaration of war will be
necessary as peace has never been concluded between the two countries'
Their relations are still governed by the terms of the armistice of 1918. |
BRITAIN SENDS ANOTHER ULTIMATUM
LONDON. Sept. 30 The British government has sent a virtual
ultimatum to Mustapha Kemal Pasha stating that his troops must leav*
the Ohanga none.
KEMAL PASHA ASSUMES CONCILATORY ATTITUDE
CONSTANTINOPLE Sept. 30—Mustapha Kemal Pasha, replying to
General Harrington’s telegram of Wednesday, has sent a message declar
ing that his troops would not advance further. He said he desired that
no incident should occur and that he will see Harrington as soon as
possible. "j-f
MINISTERS IMPRISONED ( HARwKH WITH
ATHENS. Sept. 30—Five ministers of the Protopapadakis govern
ment have been imprisoned charged with the responsibility of the defeat
of the Greek army in Asia Minor and succeeding events in Greece. They
will be tried by a Military Commission. The ministers in turn charge
tihat the defeat of the arnfy and downfall of Constantinople are due to a
Yenizelist plot.
CONSTANTINE IS A PRISONER IN ATHENS
PARIS. Sept. 30—Constantine is a prisoner in Athens pending ar
rangements to send him out of the country, according to messages re
ceived in official quarters.
ACCUSE JAPANESE OF
PLUNDERING SIBERIA
MOSCOW. Sept. 30—Acting Foreign Minister Karakhan asserted
yesterday that the Japanese, in withdrawing from Siberia are pillaging,
plundering and denuding the country. He further asserts that they are
giving arms and ammunition to ban<jls of White Russians with which to
fight the Soviets. The Whites are in fact a buffer force between the Japs
and Soviets and afford the Japs an opportunity to present the excuse that
they must remain in Siberia to maintain peace.
STILLMAN liOKES DIVORCE DECREE.
CARMEL, N. J.. Sept. 30—James A. Stillman was denied a decree
in Ms suit for absolute divorce against bis wife Annie. Baby Guy Stillman
was declared legitimate. In finding the decree Iteniel J. Gleason, referee
in the case which was tried here today decided a complete victory for
Mrs. Stillman.
PLEADS GUILTY EMBEZZLEMENT—GETS FIVE YEARS
SEATTLE. Sept. 30—Broker Upper pleaded guilty of stealing fifty
thousand dollars from the Hill estate and was sentenced to live years in
the Walla Walla prison.
H T). Dye. cashier cl thi Wallace Equipment Co., was arrest?d.
He is charged with stealing six thousand dollars of the Arias funds.
MASSACRE INDICTMENTS HEARD NOVEMBER lath.
* MARION. III., Sept. 30t—The trial of the 73 indictments returned
in connection with the Herrin massacre has been set for November 13th.
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TODAY’S TELEGRAPH NEWS ON PAGE SEVEN )
RICH CINNABAR STRIKE MADE
ON SWEDE CREEK NEAR BLUFF
35 MILES FROM NOME
W. H. Merritt of Swede creek it* ]
a recent, arrival in Nome from his
mining properties on Swede creek
in the vicinity of Bluff and bring*'
•with him many samples of Cinna
bar < Hg. S.). The samples consist
of the rock as found in place and
also the pure Cinnabar which has
been concentrated by reducing the
rock to a powder and then panning
the precipitates. Mr. Merritt has
also subjected the Cinnabar to the
roasting process which has given
him the pure quicksilver (Hg.).
All of thepe samples are to be Heen
in the display placed in the window
of Lomen Brothers drug store.
The cinnabar has been found in
place ar.d in large quantities, yield
ing. it is estimated, eight percent
pure cinnabar or mercuric sulphide.
it is t<mrul in a four foot ledge with I
a fifteen foot cap of linn* stone, out- j
cropping along the bluff on Swede I
creek. At present the owner is at !
work running a cross cut about 20'
feet from the discovery point, so to]
determine the extent of the ledge, j
Properties controlled by Mr. .Mer
ritt extend about one and one half
miles in the general direction of tlio
The gravels surrounding and cov
ering this deposit of cinnabar are
heavy carriers of gold and in fact
the two elements are inseparable in
this particular section of the coun
try. Where cinnabar is found there
also is found gold, as soon as the
cinnabar disappears the gold like
wise is absent. This condition has
been examined by Mr. Mimmler, the
government engineer who was here <
last, summer. and ho has staff'd that
the cinnabar deposit contains the
source of the Swede creek gold.
At the* present time there are hut
three large, control ercial deposits of
Cinnabar in the world, they are
found in Spain. California and Ger
many. In fact the entire quick sil
ver supply of the world at. present
depends upon the production of
If the property of Mr. Merritt is
developed and proves that the pres
ent indications are extensive Alaska
will have a mining asset that will
l»e of tremendous value to the ter*
ritory and to <he would.
The ore is so highly impregnated
with cinnabar that ordinary crush
, ing and roasting results in large
quantities of pun* quick. In a few
hours enough quick can be produced
by one man to supply the entire
camp with this valuable element.
Commercial methods in vogue In
the reduction of this ore to the de
sired quicksilver is to roast the rock
and condense the vapors or gasses
which result in pure quick silver.
This winter a building will be
constructed at the point where the
main ledge has been exposed and
Mr. Merritt will take out a quantity
of ore and reduce it to quick. With
♦ his end in view he has contracted
for a roaster, or roasting oven, and
will prosecute his production as far
k. I |rry»Bij!£ .'$<eMre spring.
Weekly
LORE PROSPECTOR RETRRHS FROM
GRUELING TRIP TO HERSCKEL ISLAND
Leo Pavelick returned to Nome
on the S*a Wolf Sept. 29th. having
gone aboard that vessel at Teller.
Last year Pavelick left Anchorage
for the Chandaler country where it
was reported a gold strilfe had been
made. Arriving there he found
that as too often happens, the strike
was a. fake, only one claim in the
entire distric t was a producer.
Prom here he took a toboggan
and some dogs and mushed to Ft.
Yukon and from there to Old Crow
village in the Yukon territory.
From this point he mushed to Her
schel Island by way of *he Canoe,
river, being seven days on the way.
From Herschel Island he went to
Demarkation Point then to Barter
Island where he prospected for gold
without finding anything that was
worth while. Leaving Barter Is
land he came to the mainland with
a small outfit and prospected along
the Okpelak. Jags. Hoolah Hoolah
and Rochit rivers and succeeded in
finding prospects along the Hoolah
Hoolah in sufficient quantities to
justify further work, but as the
season was so far advanced and his
suptplies and outfit so limited he de
cided to return to civilization.
Animal food is found in large
quantities. Sheep, hear and cari
bou are plentiful, while wood for
fuel is easily obtained except on the
Okpelak river. Ptarmigan in the
summer time leave the mountains
and g© down to the valleys, return
ing to the mountains (n the winter.
At this time Pavelick became ill
and this fact coupled with his mea
trre outfit caused him to decide a
trip to Nome. From the Okpelak he
mushed across country a distance
of 65 miles to Humphrey’s Point
and there found the Lady Kinders
ley in the Bay. Natives in a skin
boat took him aboard the Kinders
ley gnd he then came to Teller
where the Lady Kindersfey took
aboard 100 sacks of gravel for bal
last and then left for Vancouver
The schooner Herman passed
Humphrey Point in the night but as
she had no lights aboard the'natives
failed to see her. She proceeded
as far as a point East from Hersehel
Island and then returned to Teller
from which port she left direct for
the outside. Inspector Woods of
the North West Mounted Police and
his wife were passengers aboard the
Herman and proceeded Outside
where Mrs. Wood will receive medi
cal treatment.
The Lady Kindersley unloaded
her supplies at Hersehel Island
j which unloading required ten days
work to accomplish. After dis*
charging her cargo she was piloted
track to Pt. Barrow by Wm. Sey
more .who returned to Hersehel Is
land by dog team
Off Smith’s Bay the vessel was
caught by both young and old ice
and lor a time it seemed that the
' boat would be frozen in for the win
! ter, however, by sheer luck, after
four days work, the ice was bucked
thru and arrival at Point Barrow
was accomplished. Leaving Bar
row the vessel tried to* avoid thq
Kotzebue shoals and went out of
her course arriving at East Cape.
Siberia where she encountered
much shore ice. From East Oaipe
the vessel came on to Teller and
t hen went Outside.
On Aug. 29th both the Herman
and Lady Kindersley arrived at
Hersehel Island, the latest arrival
of either vessel in years. After con
cluding her business at Hersehel Is
land the Herman returned to Wain
writh and took aboard freight that
had been landed by other boats un
able to proceed to Point Barrow.
! This freight was taken back to Bar
; row by the Herman and so supplied
the Barrow community with badly
j needed supplies. She left left for
Teller the day the Lady Kindersley
arrived at Barrow'.
Mr. Pavelick further states that
5 natives died in the vicinity of the
mouth of the McKenzie river, hav
j ins eaten white whale meat that
Wada, the Jap, came down the Me
Kenzie with a party of white men
and intends to prospect the main
land south from Herschel Island.
A fur buyer named J. Kingston.
buying for Burkinan of Ft. Yukon,
was found dead north of Old Crow
village*. He had been to Herschel
and was returning when he had an
attack of heart failure. An Indian
by the name of Peter Moses was out
(Continued on Page Seven)
JAPANESE WARSHIPS
ON SIBERIAN COAST
(Special to the Nome Nugget from
our Siberian Correspondent.)
On th*> 2»th of July there arrived
on this coast His Imperial Jap. Ma
jesty’s ship "Mushachi”, this vessel
contained 300 of a crew. Again on
Aug. tith a larger vessel the "Koo
sher” also arrived, this vessel was
originally a German ship and was
taken at Chin-taw during the war.
With the arrival of these naval ves
sels civilization from the Orient
was introduced to these (unciviliz
ed?) shores in the shape of Raw
Alcohol in single bottles or by the
case and it would be interesting to
know just how many bottles the two
ships contained when they bid fare
well to the land of the Rising Sun
and set forth on their piratical
cruise into these waters, many
thousands of bottles were distribut
ed from Indian Point to Colucheon
Bay. as I presume the Minister of
Marine had issued explicit orders
not to overlook any bets
Raw spirits was all they had
combined with cigarettes, and if a
whiteman was starving on the shore
hf might have been able to procure
a little rice and sea cabbage and
that’s all. Sailors and officers
came ashore, every one carrying a
handkerchief containing 5 bottles
of alcohol. (1 have a photograph of
this) .As the winter was an excep
tional bad one for the natives and
! a Rood many small craft had been
| along the coast from God’s country
j with ail kinds of merchandise, the
I Japs did not reap such a harvest as
I they otherwise would have. Nev
ertheless. some natives found
I themselves able to purchase from
tains 24 bottles pure stuff.) and
ever since, last winter with its
pangs of hunger has been forgotten.
Walrus does not interest them any
more, and during the run North of
this mammal which occurs here in
the latter part of July and early
part of August our Chuckchee
friends were celebrating day and
night and are still at it.
The walrus have gone North to
the ice and summer hunting is
*‘owinga”, an odd native or two
awakening from his drunken de
bauch and returning to earth again
after he has been in that great un
known that his ‘‘Shaman” often
told him about, where meat of all
kinds Is served hot or cold, cooked
or raw. and the fumes of the Mika
do’s hootch gradually evaporates
from his brain—curses the Mikado
and all whltemen for bringing
something here that they dont want.
tContlBuad cn Pn«a Two.)