THE NOME TRI WEEKLY NUGGET
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VOLUME NINETEEN No. 51. NOME, ALASKA MONDAY, MAY 5lh„ 1919 TELEPHONE MAIN 1H
PEACE CONFERENCE EXTENDS INVITATION TO
ITALIANS TO RE-ENTER CONFERENCE
Special to the Nugget By the Associated Press.
PARIS, May 4—The Allied Peace Council has extended an ivitation to
Italy to re-enter the peace conference in the belief that the Italians are now
ready to resume negotiations on the former basis of understanding.
Italians Accept Peace Conference Invitation
PARIS. May I—Announcement has been made following the receipt of
telegrams from Rome that Premier Orlando and Foreign Minister Xonnio have
accepted the invitation of the Allied council to return to Paris and resume the
interrupted peace settlement discussions.
The opinion prevails here that the. Italian change of front is title to a
realization that the Allies have no intention of permitting intimidatory tactics
icgarding the peace settlements and would rather leave Italy to shift for iter
self than to consent to settlements forced by threats.
Orlando is expected to leave Rome for Paris tonight.
Believed Italy Forced to Accept Peace Council Invitation l»y
Threatening International Status
PARIS, May 4—Tho Italian status as one of the five great powers is
is brought into serious question as a result of the withdrawal of the Italian
delegation from the Peace conference discussions.
The view is expressed In official quarters that this more than any other
cause is inclining the Italians to drop their truculent attitude and return to
the peace council.
A Peace Conference official in discussing the return of the Italian
delegation asserted that the prospect of losing her status as one of the five
great powers has practically forced Italy to accept the Allied invitation to re
turn to Paris.
It is expected that the Austrian peace delegation will arrive in Paris
about the middle of May to negotiate peace with the Allies, according to an
nouncements made by conference officials today.
FIRE DAMAGES ATLANTIC FLIGHT AEROPLANES—MAY DELAY START
Special to the Nugget By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. May 4—A fire at ltockaway beach early this morning]
spread to the aerodome where the naval seaplanes N. C. I. and N. C. 4, the
machines which were scheduled to start tomorrow for Newfoundland on the
first leg of tho contemplated naval flight across the Atlantic were stored. Both
machines were damaged before they could be removed beyond reach id' the
P.aines but may be repaired in time to start on schedule tomorrow.
BRITT TO REFEREE SEATTLE PUG MILL
(Special to The Nome Nugget by The Associated Pte.-s.
SEATTLE. May 5—Jimmy Britt, former lightweight championship
pugilist, will act as referee in a limited round bout between Mickey King and
"Soldier” Bartfield tomorrow night. ^
Britt is here on u vaudeville tour.
GERMANS TO GET TREATY TERMS THURSDAY
Special to The Nemo Nugget by The Associated Press.
PARIS, May 5—Announcements from tho peace council today indicate]
that the peace treaty is nearing completion and will in nil probability be pre-j
sen ted to the German peace delegates Thursday.
The Echo Do Paris announces today that it has learned nuthoritativolv
that under the terms of the treaty France will get absolute control of the Sucre:
Valley coal mines
No further details of tho treaty provisions have been permitted to escape]
the secrecy surrounding the council chamber.
SEATTLE CROWDS JAM COURT ROOM
TO HEAR RUTH GARRISON TRIAL
Special to the Nugget By the Associated Press.
SEATTLE, May 5—The trial of Ruth’Garrison, the eighteen year old'
Seattle girl who poisloned Mrs Grace Storrs in a downtown department store,
because of an infatuation for the latter's husband, was commenced in the King1
County Superior Court this morning.
The trial is attracting immense interest and the opening hour found the1
court room jammed to its limits with an eager throng of listeners. A largej
crowd had gathered in front of the court building before six o'clock this
morning.
REPUBLICANS PLANNING RED HOT CAMPAIGN
Special to The Nugget 'ey The Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, May 5—Announcemnt was made by Republican head
quarters today that Republican men and women from all parts of the country
will confer with the Republican state and national committeemen regarding
the Republican campaign organization on May 22-23. The* conference will be
held here, and is expected to provide a general outine of the plans of the forth
coming campaign.
The presence of numerous women at the conference will provide an un
usual feature. The Republicans are apparently planning for an especially vig
orous campaign and the leaders are confident that the G. O. P. will sweep
the country in the forthcoming election.
Senator Moses, of New Hampshire has come out as an advocate of Gen
eral Leonard Wood as the Republican nominee for president. Moses has is
sued a statement urging the nomination of Woods by the party.
DECLARES “LOST BATTALION” LOSSES LARGELY
DUE TO MISTAKE* OF FRENCH
Special to Thfe Nome Nugget by The Associated Press.
NEW YORK,. May 5 -—Major General Robert Alexander, commander
of one of the American army units on the French front, returned home today
and declared in an interview that the famous “Lost battalion"', during its
heroic stand in the Argonne fighting was under heavy fire from the French
forces for a large part of the time they were supposed to have been lost and |
that a large part of the battalion losses were probably due to the fire of their
allies. General Alexander exonerates the French from blame in the state
ment that the situation of the Americans led the French to believe it certain
that they must have surrendered to the Germans. In accordance with this
view, the French poured a withering fire into the position where it was sup
posed the German* had supplanted the Americans.
Alexander also states that the battalion was not “lost" as the reports
indicated. Neither was it “rescued” by other detachments as stated in some
of the reports. He says the battalion was isolated only a short time and ex
tricated itself.
I. w. W. TO HOLD CONVENTION
WITH FORMER NOME
RADICAL IN CHARGE
Associated Press Service.
CHICAGO, May 5—The National f.
\\\ \V. convention will open here to
night. A. S. Embroe, Secretary of the
metal miners branch of the I. W. AY.
will preside.
During the war Embfee's union en
deavored by every means in its pow
er to close all tlie copper mines which
were working for the government.
ALASKA MURDERER GRANTED
NEW TRIAL BY CIRCUIT
COURT OF APPEALS
Associated Press Service.
SAN FRANCISCO. May 5—The
Circuit Court of Appeals has granted
a. new trial to Alois llubcr. who was
convicted on a charge of manslaughter
in the Alaskan courts in 1917. Huber
killed Matt Sehernthaner at Flat in a
dispute over a mining deal. Huber
pleaded self defense at the trial.
12th. DISTRICT PASSED
HUNDRED MILLION MARK
Special Official Telegram.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 3, via Seat
tle May 5—The Twelfth District pas
sed th<- hundred million mark at noon
today. The official district hank tot
al is $97,404,900. The subscriptions
were obtained from a total of SOU.510
subscribers. Fifteen cities arc lag
ging in tlu* race to (ill their quota's
but all Xpert ot fill their quota as i
result of the intensive campaign be
ginning next week.. San Diego leads,
followed by Ogden, Salt Lake, Seattle,
Tacoma, San Francisco and Los Ang
eles in the order named. So far none
y ave reached their quoin's.
LOCAL ITEMS
Tickets are now on sale for the
Eagle Barn Dance. Gents six bits
Ladies 75cts. Get your tag before
Saturday night.
Arthur Brooker is back from a trip
to the Dime creek section.
The weekly outgoing mail for t'na
lakleet and Yukon points departed
this afternoon. An incoming consign
ment of mail from the states and Ala
skan points is due Wednesday.
Joe Felkcl, the well known fur buy
er, is back after an extended fur pur
chasing trip to the lower Yukon sect
ion, where he succeeded in picking up
a fine assortment of pelts.
Deputy Marshal Johnson arrived1
from Council City Saturday, bringing
a native prisoner whose mental con
dition will probably be subjected t«> an
official examination here.
Leonard Seppala and his famous
team of Siberian dogs accomplished a
noteworthy feat Saturday, by making
the trip from Bluff to Nome with a
load of eight hundred pounds in the
remarkably short time of twelve hours
The distance covered by the team was;
approximately eighty five miles.
Geese are commencing to appear
along the coast In response to the in
viting lure of Spring. Several flocks
of the birds have been seen flying
along the coast during the past week
and one bird is said to have spent some
hours in a small pool of water near,
the entrance to Snake river.
Advices reaching the postmaster
Saturday announce that the mail
which departed from Nome* for the
states on March 3 reached the Puget
Sound metropolis on May 1. The dis
patch traveled at an unusually slow
pace, as the time consumed in pas
sage was fifty eight days.
SAYS JAPAN TO RETURN SHANTUNG TO CHINA
Special to th® Nugget by the Associated Press
I'A UlS, May -i—Discussing the decision of the Peace conference award
ing Japan the tenure "f the former German rights in the Shantung section of
China, Baron Mnckino. head of the Japanese peace delegation, declared to a
icpresentative of the Paris press today that Japan Intends to return control of
11 to Shantung Peninsula to china, as soon as the peace settlements are con
cluded. At the present'time Japan is maintaining a military control of the
Shantung district and Japanese troops are in occupation of Kiao-Chau, the
former German base at the head of Kiao-Chau Bay.
Baron Mnckino said Japan intends no political control of the province
and will retain under the Peace Conference award only the economic privileges
hold by Germany under the concession treaty granted by China and also the
right to establish a settlement at Tsing Tuu.
BUREAU OF MINES ANALYZING ANARCHIST
BOMBS TO DISCOVER BOMB MAILERS
Special to The Nome Nugget by Th® Associated Press.
WASHINGTON. a.My 5— Bureau of Mines experts are. engaged in an
alyzing the contents <»f a number of the bombs sent to various prominent per
sons through the mails in connection with the atttompted May Day outrages
of the anarchistic element.
The bureau chemists are convinced that the gelatine dynamite used in
tin- manufacture of the mailed bombs was of American make and the authorit
ies are hopeful that the perpetrators can be traced through the firm manu
facturing the explosive.
BUDAPEST IN STATE OF PANIC— ORDER ENTIRELY DISAPPEARED
Special to The Nome Nugget by The Associated Press.
BKBLIN. May 5— Hungarian reports assert that Budapest is the scene
of the wildest state of disorder imaginable. All semblance of law and order
is said t'i have disappeared and outlawry and pillage are proceeding without
check. The revolting soldiery are said to lie shooting down all who fail to
respond to their demands and are participating in the loooting going on on
every side.
Statements made by Bela Kun, the Soviet Foreign Minister, to which the
soldiery have seriously objected are believed to have been the principal cause
oi the present stab* of chaos in the former Hungarian capital.
The declarations of Kun regarding the attitude of the government so
incensed the troops that Kun himself narrowly escaped violence at the hands
of the soldiers and workmen who are opposing the Soviet.
BELGIANS WILL ACCEDE TO REPUGNANT PEACE TERMS
Special to thw Nugget By the Associated Press.
BBPSSKLS. Ma\ o It is stated by high Belgian officials that Belgium
will sign the peace treaty despite the feeling here that the financial as well
as the economical and territorial aspects of the pact are unsatisfactory.
The view is expressed in all thinking circles that the treaty is plainly
against the best interests of Belgium and will not to more than a nominal ex
tent guarantee Belgium's lights.
JOHNSON CHARGES WILSON WITH GROSS
INCONSISTENCY IN PEACE SETTLEMENTS
Special to The Nome Nugget by The Associated IVess.
WASHINGTON, May 3—Senator Johnson. Republican, has issued a
statement in which he charges I'resident Wilson with gross inconsistency with
respect to his attitude toward the settlements «.f the territorial questions
brought before the I’.iris React* conference.
Johnson charges that Wilson has completely reversed his stand regard
ing1 scen t treaties in the Flume dispute by surrendering without contest to
Japan in Japan's claim for the Shantung Peninsula.
Senator Johnson declares that the president opposed Italy's secret
treaty with England regarding the disposal of Adriatic territory but granted
Japan's claims to Shantung, although they wen* based primarily on another
secret treaty between Japan and England.
LOAN OFFICIALS PREPARING FOR HEROIC
EFFORT TO FILL BOND SUBSCRIPTION
Special to the Nugget By the Associated Press
WASHINGTON. May 3—In spite of the campaign endeavors of the
government, the Victory Loan continues to languish. Up to today the bond
subscriptions reported have passed but a short distance above the billion, five
hundred and seventy million mark and reports from all sections indicate that
subscriptions are coining in very slow.
The Treasury department is preparing to inaugurate and attempt to
boost subscriptions by making a personal appeal to individuals and Is urging
the loan drive committees of the various districts to conduct house to house
campaigns next week, the last week of tiie campaign.
WASHINGTON U. WINS ANNUAL COAST
INTERCOLLEGIATE BOAT RACE
Special to The Nugget by The Associated Press.
OAKLAND. May 3—By a superhuman spurt over the last fifty feet of
the course along the Oakland estuary today, the Washington Varsity crew
won the annual inter-collegiate boat race from California and Stanford.
California was second and Stanford third, about fifteen lengths behind Calif
in the freshman race. California carried off first honors, with Washington
second and Stanford third.
BANK THIEVES MAKE GOOD HAUL
Special to the Nugget By the Associated Press.
WASHOUOAL. Wn. May 5—Two masked men forced the cashier and
two women clerks of the Clarke County bank to hold up their hands while
they looted the place early today. The robbers encountered no opposition and
escaped with approximately seven thousand dollars in cash. The thieves de
voted their attention almost entirely to the money in sight and overlooked
over fifty thousand dollars in Victory Bonds which were lying in plain sight
on the counter.
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