MONDAY
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TAFT TAKKS OATH OF OFFICE
Washington. Oct 3 William
Howard Taft was sworn in today a*
chief justice of the United State*
FORMER JUDGE DIRS AT SKA
Liverpool. Eng. Oct. :J—Petei
Grohup, former federal judge, ol
Chicago, died aboard a steamer
while crossing from New York tc
Liverpool.
NAVAL RESERVE
VOLUNTEERS SOUGHT
Washington. Oct. 3—Secretary oi
the Navy Denby today issued a call
for volunteers in the Naval Reserve
forces. A-hich have fallen from two
hundred thousand to less than five
thousand in recent months.
Old NAVAL AIR FORCE
FOR PACIFIC COAST
Washington. Oct. 3—The Navy
Department is establishing one half
of its total air forces on the Pacific
Coast, it was given out by the De
partment today.
TWO DIE IN WASHINGTON
D. C. HOTEL FIRE
Washington, Oct. 3—The National
hotel, located near the Capitol, was
destroyed by fire today, two per os ns
perishing in the flames.
WASHINGTON STATE OFFICIALS
NAMED BY HARDING
Washington, Oct. 3—President
Harding today sent to the Senate
for confirmation the names of Thom
as H. Rivelle of Seattle and E. E
Buen of Aberdeen for United States
attorney and marshal, respectively,
of Western Washington.
I'OI.ICR I HTRF .I.ULRI)
FOR THEFTS
Hatrford. Conn. Oct. 3—Chief of
detectives Andrew J . Richardson of
the New Britain, Connecticut, police
department is in jail with his two
sons and others in default of $130.
000 bail on technical charges of con
cealing Btolen New York and Chicago
auto's used in Connecticut and Can
ada booze running by a powerful
gang of bootleggers, which is ac
cused by the state of complicity in
three murders In New Britain.
Richardson is said to have made
an admission that is tantamount to
confession.
BANDIT GARDNER SLIPH
THROUGH I/OS ANGELES
Los Angeles. Cal. Oct. 2 -Bandit
Roy Gardner, who escaped recently
from the McNeil Island penitentiary,
passed through this city last night
enroute to some unknown destina
tion. it was learned by the police
authorities today.
HARDING ASKS LLOYD GEORGE
TO ATTEND CONFERENCE
London. Oct. 2—President Hard
ing and had a personal appeal to
Premier Lloyd George to attend the
Disarmament Conference at Wash
ington. it became known here today.
CHURCH (CONGREGATION
FIGHTS—ONE KILLED
New York, Oct. 3—Services In
the Greek Church at number 156
Cedar Street yesterday noon, were
{rudely broken up by a free for al!
fight between the members of th«
congregation which resulted in the
death of Nikholas Varzakakos. a
wealthy Greek fig merchant.
George Varzekakos. the dead
man’s son told the police that the
sexton of the church held his father’!
hands while the priest. Rev. Kerrldc
Vafradakias, hit him on the head
with a heavy candlestick.
AI/ASKA RAILROAD
APPROPRIATION TO
BE RBCOMMENDET
(Washington. Oct. 3—The Depart
ment of the Interior has asked foi
an appropriation of $3,211,210 ti
complete the government railroad li
Alaska and Chairman Curry of tin
House Committee on Territories ha<
called a meeting for today whicl
will make a favorable recommenda
tion'that the appropriation be mad<
at the next session of Congress.
TERMS ON WHICH MEXICO W’II/1
BE RECOGNIZED ANNOUNCED
Washingtln, Oct. 3—Before th<
United States recognizes Mexico, tl
ties to property owned by American:
I in Mexico, as well as all other rights,
shall be stipulated by a treaty and
all property holdings by Americans
j must he adjudicated and settled. T'n
| der Secretary of State Fletcher let
| FI Tt UK SILK (.OWNS TO COME
FROM LAIIOItATOKIKS
Washington. Oct. 3—The
gown of the future will be m;
the laboratory instead of by tn
worm, according to chemists
j Department of Agriculture an
J War Department They ;-a .
synthetic silk manufacture,
war first developed duirng the
is now a success.
] MAHONEY GUILTY—JIHY
ASKS DEATH PKN
Seattle. Oct. 3—James P. Ma
honey, on trial for the murder of his
wealthy wife, whose body*was found
in a trunk in the Lake Washington
Canal, was pronounced guilty in the
King County Superior Court today,
the jury also finding for the death
penalty. The jury was out six
hours before reaching a verdict.
Mrs. Johnson, sister of Mahoney,
fainted in the court, room when the
verdict was returned. Mahoney wa
apparently unmoved "It was like
shaking dice with the jury." he sale,
to the turnkey who locked hint iu
his cell after the trial.
jEDITOIl KILLS ALLEGED VAMI'KII
Seattle. Oct. 2—M. Ponzi. editor
of the Courier IV Seattle, a local
Italian news publication, today shot
and killed Mrs. George Mattie, a
waitress, and ended his own life,
i which he declared had been ruined
by the woman .
Mattie, the husband of the woman,
is in Alaska.
WILDERNESS BATTLE GROUND
Wilderness Run. Virginia. Oct. 3
•President Harding stood today on
a knoll near General Lee's headquar.
ters and saw a group of marines
stage a mimic combat ou the famous
Wilderness battle ground near her®.
TUESDAY
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PIj: \St RE V.U IITS BRINGING
IN IMHtZK CARGOES
Seattle. Oct. 4 The authorities
here are investigating reports that
pleasure yachts are bringing in
heavy shipments of liquor from the :
British Columbia coast.
The Coast Guard vessels are mak
ing no effort to search vessels of this'
character and. according to the re
ports. liquoris being brought here
in wholesale quantities. A practi
cally full yacht load is said to have'
been recently discharged at a private!
wharf on Lake Union by one of the
contraband carrying vessels or this
RUTH CLOSES WITH
SATH HOMK HUN
New York. Oct. 3—“Babe” Ruth
closed his season's score of home
run bits with a total of fifty nine.
In a statement to the newspaper
men. Ruth declared he will make it
sixty next year.
SIZE OP AMERICAN
FAMILIES DECREASING
Washington, Oct. 3—Statistics
given out by the Census Bureau to
day disclose that the size of the
American family Is decreasing.
The average number Is now only
four and three tenths persons.
NATIONS DEBT UNDER
24 BILLION
Washington. Oct. 4—A Treasury
statement today discloses that the
nation's public debt on October 1,
was slightly under twenty four bil
lion dollars.
RED FORCES HAVE RIG
FOOTHOLD IN INDIA
Washington. Oct. 4—Red forces
In India have control of a hundred
thousand square miles of territory,
over which they have proclaimed
absolute independence, according to
semi official advices received here.
WO}IAN CHARGED WITH
MURDER OF CHILD WARD
Seattle. Oct. 4—Mrs. Homer G
Osborne Is held here pending an In
vestigation of charges made by her
neighbors that she caused the death
by beating of Helen Marie Wilson,
an eight month old baby which was
entrusted to her care.
The Nome Nugget delivered by car
i Her or mailed. Per Month $1.00
LITTLE HllilJK VISITS
K\ KAISER
Doom. Holland. Oct I—The for
mer German Grown Prince In visiting
his father the ex kaiser of Ger
many here The visit is the first he
J|has made since the death of the
GREEK PRIEST CLEARED
OF Ml'RDER ( H tIU.i:
New York. Oct 4—Father Vaf
radakis. of the Cedar Street Greek
church was todav cleared of all
blame in connection with the death
of V'arzakakos. the Greek merchant
who was killed Sunday in a fight
among the members of the congrega
Ht’GHKS l>KKINGS
r. S. POSITION ON
ARMAMENT QI KHTION
Washington, Oct. 4—Secretary of
State Hnghes, in a public statement
today, announced that "courtey to
other nations made it imperative
that the American position on dis
armament should be stated only in
conference."
ftiA.H NAMED
Washington. Oct 4—Edward E.
Brodie of Oregon has been appoint
ed Minister to Siam.
BANKERS ASN’N MEETING
IX EOS ANGELES
Los Angeles. Cal. Oct. 4—The
American Bankers Association met
in annual convention here today.
MAHONEY KEEKING NEW TRIAL
Seattle. Oct. 4—A motion for a
new trial was made in the King
County Supreme Court today by the
attorney’s for James P. Mahoney,
who was convicted yesterday for
OVER THOISAND SHIP HOARD
SHIPS LAID I P
Washington. Oct. 4—Oue thous
and and nineteen out of a total of
1.4»!1 steel ships of the Cnited Staley
Shipping Board hav«- now been laid
up. it became known today
Rid RIOS CAI'GHT IN LAW \K1
Omaha. Neb. Oct. Marion F.
Ward, and K. Shafer, bankers. Sam
uel If. Grace, an offciul of I he
American Federation of La nor. and
this .-s 'Ction have **• • u i.i-, '-ted here
on chargee of engineering a ••banker'*
trust" which precipitated busirn s
failures last spring ag 4:egaticsr :•
billion dollars.
OI.D TIMK \OMKm: DEAD
Seattle. Oct.. 4—The remains ol
the late C. l>. McLennoo. mining
engineer and former Klondyke and
Nome mining operator, who died at
Salida. Colorado on September 29
are to be buried here tomorrow uu
der the auspices of the Masonic or
REGULAR BOOZE BOATS
OX FRISCO RI M
San Francisco, Oct. 4—The fed
eral porhibition authorities, in seiz
ures made last night disclose that
a line of fast power boats have beer
plying regularly transporting liquoi
from Vancover, B. C. to Half Moor
Bay. San Mateo County.
MORE POWERS INVITED
TO ENTER CONFERENCE
Washington. Oct. 4—Secretary
Hughes today invited Holland, Bel
glam and Portugal to participate it
the forthcoming disarmament con
ference.
WEDNESDAY
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(HANTS FAVORITE FOR FIRST
- WORLD SERIES GAM1
New York, Oct. 4—The Giants o
the National League are six to flv«
favorites over the Yankees in thi
betting on the first game of the 1921
world’s base bail series.
Schedule Line up For First Work
Series Game
The line up for the contendlnj
teams in the first clash of the work
series as announced today will bi
as follows.
Nationals:—Burns, cf; Bancroft
ss; French 2nd base; Young rf
Kelly 1st ba*<e; Meusei. 3rd base
Synder. catcher; Nehf. pitcher.
Americans:—Miller, cf; Pecken
Ihaugh. sh, Ruth. If; Muesel. rf; Hipp
I 1 st base*; Ward. 2nd base; McNally.
3rd bast-; Schan^ catcher. May*
! rmpirfs:—Rigler and Quigley for
^ Nationals; Morarity and Chill for the
Yankees Win First (iamf
Polo Grnunlds. New York. f)r;t 5
The Yankees, winners of the
i American League Pennant, won the
iirsr game of the lk 21 world series
by a score of three to nothin? over
the (Slants, National League leaders
A shower early in the day folLowed
bv a cold wind marred the day some
| what but the game was witnessed by
a crowd of thirty eight thousand, a
much lighter crowd than expected .
Ruth drove in the first run of the
season, hitting a hot. single in the
initial inning The runs were made
iu the first, fifth and sixth inuings.
Mays and Donglas put up a great
pitching battle.
Hits Yankees 7. Giants 6. no er
rors Ruther-was the only one of
the Giants to make a base Frisch
for the Giants made 4 of the 5 hits
made for his side. There were two
singles, double and triple plays
Mays was the trump card In the
Yank's deck
H1GHTOWFK TO BK TKIF.O FOli
MCKOFR OF FR. HFSI.1N
Redwood City. Cal. Oct t - A
jury of eight men and four women
wa* ‘-elected late this afternoon to
try William Hightower for the mur
der of Father Heslin. the Oakland
priest whose dead body was found
buried -mi the ocean beach near here
SAYS .1.1 l*S LOOKING
TO SF17.F INDIA
New York. Oct. 4-—Booth Tucker,
head of the Salvation Army in lu
dia . declared following his arrival
here today, that if British protec
tion in India is removed. Japan
would immediately send armies into
the country to claim it for her own
SA VS A M El Il< A All ST
KKAUZF. NEED FOR
MERCHANT M.\i:i\K
*N»*w York. Oct. 5—“Until Amer
ica awakens to the fact that national
and dotmestic stability are dependent
upon the establishment of a national
merchant marine, there will never he
Chairman Lasker of the Shipping
Moan! declared in an add re before
OTTO KAHN BKATS
PHESIDKNT AT OOI.T
—
Washington. Oct. 5—Asked if the
visit of Otlo Kahn today had anv
significance. Persident Harding re
"Mr. Kahn's visil was occastoried
by a desire on the part of the New
York bunker to take the measure of
the president of the United States in
a game of golf And he succeeded
in that purpose, one up.” the pres
ident added.
AKKOB.IT I.OHES |JFK
IN FI.Hi H I STUN T
Long Beach. Cal. Oct. 5- Madely
Itavis. a pupil of Ruth Law, the fam
ous aviatrix, attempted to leap from
a speeding automobile to an aero
plane and was killed here today.
REPORTED BOLSHEVIK'S
CAPTURED VLADIVOSTOK
Paris. Oct. 5—An unconfirmed re
port by wireless from Riga today
stated the Bolshevik! army in East
ern Siberia has captured Vladivns
Why that Lame Back
That morning lameness—those
sharp pains when bending or lifiing,
make work a burden and rest 'm pos
sible. Don't be handicapped by a bad
>aok—look to your kidneys. You will
make no mistake by following this
man’s example.
James Burke, retired contractor. 60fl
N'. Virginia St., Reno, Nev., says:
“My tmek was lame ami my kidne\>
ware week a year ago. When I tried
' to get up from a chair, a terrific pain
. struck me in the small of my back
and I bad to brace my bands on the
arms of the chair in order to raise up.
I got up several times at night to pass
the kidney seoretlonis. which were
highly colored and burned in passage.
I heard about Doan's Kidney Pills and
one box from Julian ■ and Shaver'*
drug store cured my back and made
it sound and well. My kidneys acted
like clock work. **
Price 60c, at all dealers. Don’t
simply ask for a kidney remedy—get
Doan's Kidney Pills—the same th«i
Mr. Burke Foster-Milburn Co
Mfrs., Buffalo, N. Y.—Advertlsemen:
SENATOR LEMON
om:i;i:it .m im.i '.mi
Washington. Oct I*r< -id'-nl
Harding has offered Senator Kenyon
of Iowa a federal judgeship, if was
made known toda>
AICIU’I KI.E’S t HIEI
< OI XSEI. WITHDRAWS
Sai\ Francisco. Oct 5- -Frank K
Dominguez has withdrawn as chief
counsel for Arburkle. it was an.
nounced todav
SA%S FUTURE WAK RANGER
RESTS l\ EUROPE
New York. Oct. 4 The danger
of future war lies in continental
Europe, instead of the Pacific.” Lord
Bryce, former British Ambassador
to the United States declared in an
address here tonight
WOOD COXKIRMKI) KOI.
INLAND GOVERNORSHIP
j Washington. Oct. 5—General
, Leonard Wood wa- today confirmed
by the Senate for Governor General
j of the Philippine Islands, thus per
mitting his immediate retirement
from the army
ALASKA R. It. APPROPRIATION*
HEFTING FRIDAY
Washington. Oct a — The House
I Committee on Territories w ill meet
[again Friday to consider the request
I of the Alaska Railroad Commission
| for sufficient funds to complete the
new government railway to interior
Alaska. It was announced today,
j Alaska Delegate Dan Sutherland
It a* lieen invited to he present at. the
THURSDAY
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MAY’S l»tTt HIM.
DEFEATS GIANTS
Pitcher Mays’ “submarine'' ball tied
tlf<* Giants into knot-4 in the tir-1
game of the World Series, enabling
the Yankees to tear off the opener
oa-iK with a kalsomine score of 3 to
helped himself to four hits Babe
Ruth accounted for one Yankee run
but couldn't oblige the 35,000 spec
tators with one or his home runs.
McNally's steal home in the fifth was
t.be base running feature of the gam
The paid attendance was 30.200 per
sons. the receipts $103,905.
YANKEES WIX SKtOSiD
GAME THREE TO NOTHING
» Polo Grounds. NT. Y Oct . 6—
•Waite Hoyt came orer from his
Brooklyn home today and besmeared
the Giants with goose pggs while the
Yankee's walked off the field with
the second game of the World Series
by a score of three to nothing.
The base running of the Yankees
was again a feature. Bob Mouse!
stealing home in the eighth before
the astonished gaze of John Mc
Graw. manager of the Giants, while
Babe Ruth, who was passed three
or four times, showed he could do
something besides hit home runs by
stoaling second and third bases in
the fifth inning.
Nehf pitched a good game hut his
own error in the fourth and Fisc ;ers
error in the eighth proved holes in
the Giant defense thru which the
Yankees pushed to victoy. The
Giants made but one hit on Hoyt un
til the ninth Inning and then only
one more. . Hoyt struck out Kelley
of home run fame twice and also put
over the first score of the game in
the fourth .
Score: Yankees 3 runs. 3 hits, no
errors.
Giants. 0 runs. 2 hits, 3 errors.
Batteries. Yankees, Hoyt, Schang;
Giants Nehf. Smith. Total attend
ance 35.000; receipts $115,320.
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC
Col. Jaa. G. Steese. president ol
the Alaska Road Commission, am:
Karl Thiele, Surveyor General of thi
Territory of Alaska and persona
representative of the Govenor of A!
aska, request the presence of th<
citizens of the Second Division at a
public meeting to be held In the Dis.
trict Court room at Nome at 2:30 p
m-. Sunday afternoon.
MEXICANS EXPECT EARLY
RECOGNITION BY U. S,
Mexico City, Oct. 6—The Excel
slor newspaper, quoting high Mexi
can sources, today revived previou1
reports that Elmer Dover of Tacoma
j Washington . has beer ■ • a p-r
josnal representative of I*r»*~irl»»nt
( Harding in Mexico and ais'« state;*
j that it is exported in Mexican offi
cial circles that overture* front
! Washington are exported to pave the
! way to a speedy recognition of the
1 Ohregon government. I? is iutimat
led that dispatches having an import
ant bearing on the recognition of
I tiie present government art bei .g
j brought to Mexico by Dover
j Harding Denies Having Kepresenta
j Washington, Oct. H- Presided
I Harding’s secretary today authorize !
a statement that the president has
no personal representative anywhere.
! The statement referred to reports
i from Mexico that President Harding
had appointed Elmer Dover as per
sonal representative in Mexico.
GENERAL WOOD RETIRES FROM
LONG ARMY SERVICE
1 Washington. Oct . »i General
Leonard Wood retired toda. from
active service, voluntarily teriuinat
! ing thirty five years of distinguished
, military life to become the Governor
General of the Philippine Islands.
Secretary of War Weeks, in a
statement to the press, said hr* would
select a vice governor for the islands
immediately and would commission
I Wood as Governor General without
further delay.
SK VmK WOM AN (HARGUI)
W ITH ( HILD'S MlllDfilt
Seattle. Oct. 5 A man-*laughter
charge was filed today against Mr a
Ivy Johnson, who it if* claimed by the
police authorities is responsible for
the death of Helen Marie Wilson, an
infant, who was eut.nist.eij (o her
MAHOVKY’S K1STKH
(HAKfiKI) WITH KOI MS WHY
Seattle. Oct 5—Mrs. Dolores
Johnson, sister of James P Mahon
ey. who was recently convicted of
killing his wife, was arrested today
on a charge of forging the name of
It is claimed that Mrs Johnson
signed Mrs Mahoney’s na-uie to a
power of attorney permitting her
brother to handle the valuable pm
perty owned by his wife.
.1 .AI* KMPKItOIE HOPKLKSSLY HJ«
Tokyo. Japan. Oct !»—It was an
nounced today by the physicians at
tending him that Kniperor Voshihito
I cannot recover from his present ill
I ness, which has long incapacitated
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