CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
ELECTS NEW OFFICERS
Aside from the retention of three of
the old officers and one of the board
members, the annual election of the
Nome Chamber of Commerce, held
Saturday at the Pioneer Igloo. resulted
in the selection of a a entirely new
list of officials, including1 a number
who hitherto have not been promin
ently identified with the activities v»f
tilt- chamber. \V .1 Howe, late
president, and A. Pol. t. format* secre
tary, are the only members of the old
executive staff retained on the new
roster. Thorulf l^ehmann. previously
i member of the Hoard of Directors,
was chosen as president, with F. M.
Kieseb* as vice president. Carl J.
Lumen was elected t<» the position of
secretary nml O. B. Weaver to tlx
treasurership. Mr. J’nlet was select
id to head the board of Directors with
ilie following associates. W. J. Howe,
U. H. Julian. Tr;, M. Hank and (J. R.
Despite tlie obvious importance of ,
the occasion, the number of members |
present was extremely small, only ,
about fifteen putting: In an appearance j
during the session. The meeting was
called to order by President W. T.
Following the usual reading of the
minutes, the reports of various com- 1
mittccs were read and the annual re
port of the Secretary, detailing the
numerous and different activities of
the chamber during the past year, was
received and ordered filed. The re
port was an illuminating demonstra
tion of the work of the chamber an 1 i
disclosed the value and Importance of'
the organization work and the benefic
ial results derived.
A telegram from Samuel Keene of
fering a limited amount of stock tn the
oil prospecting concern. < I which he is
head, was read nn<i refenv.l t ■* ‘he
hoard of Directors. Mr. Keene, who.
1* will *e r-vailed. ha- heon prospect
ing fo • ill *.i the v inil\ of Hastings
Creek fo- several vours with enrobing
tng rcsM1 . offered the stock at 50
cents per share, explaining that the
shares were offered with the idea that
their acquisition by persons here
would he of far greater value as ex
pressions of confidence in his pro
ject than would he the small
amount of money to be de
rived from their sale. The telegram
was referred to the Board of Directors.
A pamphlet containing Senate Bill No.
65, of the 1919 session of the Alaska ;
Legislature, otherwise entitled: "An
act establishing a fund to guarantee
depositors in hanks against loss, and
providing for the administration of
such fund,” was presented, together
with a senate concurrent resolution
providing for the distribution > of cop
ies among business men. attorneys,
hanks. Chambers of Commerce, civic
bodies and fraternal organizations
with a request for expressions of view
regarding the proposed law and the
advisibility of its enactment at the
next session. Owing to the extreme
h-ngth or the document it was only
partially read before being passed to
the Board of Directors.
Following the nomination and unan
imous election of the list of officials
indicated above. Mr. Jafet Llndeberg
was re-elected National Counselor and
representative of the local orgnnizaJ
tlon in the Chamber of Commerce of
the United States and a motion was
passed that he he notified by wire of
his re-election and advised of any ac
tivities of the chamber which may re
quire his attention and assistance on
the Outside.
A communication from the Pacific
and Northwest Clipping Bureau, en
closing articles from the Nugget, and
offering to clip items relative to Norn*
and the Seward district from Outside
publications for a nominal sum was
lead and referred to the directors.
A. Polet, the retiring secretary,
spoke on the necessity of the chamber
issuing a year book as an advertising
medium and urged that it be done as
soon as possible. After some dis
cussion the matter was left with the
directors for immediate action.
The question of dues was discussed
but were retained at the old figure of
$5 per annum. Secretary elect 1»
men spoke on the ndvisibilit.v of
adopting a slogan for Nome. Among
those suggested were “Nome, the gate
way to Siberia;" Money Talks! Come
to Nome and get some:” "Nome, the
<’.olden date to Siberia” and others.
The matter was finally referred to the
Publicity Committee for further nc
Retiring Director O. p. Cochran.j
Mr. Kiesele. Air. Weaver. Louis Wyatt!
and Ralph Lomen spoke on thfc wel
fare of the Chamber and the future
development of the territory. At the
conclusion of the meeting Piesident
elect Lehmann thanked the members
for the honor of election to the presi
dency and adjournment was taken.
The Nome Nugget delivered by car
rier or mailed. Per Month fl.00
MONDAY
GOLD AND SILVER PRODUCTION
120 MILLIONS IN 1919
Washington. Jan. 5—The gold and
silver mined In the United States dur
ing 1919 approximates Si20,000,000 in
value, according to a Joint statement
of the Bureau of Mines and the Geo
logical Survey given out today.
The ascertainable value of tho gold
produced during the year amounts to
$56,600,000. It is known, however,
that the actual amount mined approxi
mated an even larger sum. The sil
ver production, concerning which more
accurate data was obtainable, amount*
ed to $61,966,412. In combined gold
and silver production California led
the list with $17,800,000. Colorado
was second with $9,736,400. Alaska
was a close third with a total of
$9,036,300 to her credit.
COMMUNISTS WORKING FOR
WORLD DICTATORSHIP
OF PROLETARIAT
Washington. Jan. 5—The Com-'
[munis: government of Lcnine and
I Trotsky recognizes no national lines
but aims to ertgulf the entire world
in a dictatorship of the proletariat, ac
cording to n collection of press utter
ances from the Bolshevik! press of
Russia, which have l*een translated
into English for the State Department.
The translations were made public to
da> and have been transmitted to jhe
Senate and House of Representative
committees dealing with foreign affairs
I ANOTHER BIG BATCH REDS
TO BE DEPORTED SOON
New York, Jan. a—A second ship
load of Ited’s will be deported from
this port January 10 aboard the gov
ernment transport Kithatrlck, accord
ing to statements given out today by
Immigration officials of the Ellis Island
detention station. The consignment
<9t deportees will comprise a large
number of communists and
other foreign radicals and will
relieve to some extent the present con
gestion at Ellis Island, which is literal
ly swarming with aliens awaiting de
The Kithatrick, in which the de
portees will be sent to Europe, has
been facetiously dubbed “Soviet Ark
No.w' by the press of New York.
RADICALS PLANNED TO TURN
COAL. STEEL 8TRIKES
INTO REVOLUTION
—
I Washington. Jan. 5—Undeniable
evidences that the radical leader
planned to develop the recent coal and
Isteel strikes into a great general strike
and ultimately into a revolution have
been gathered by federal agents con
nected with the wholesale roundup of
members of the Communist and Com
munist Ijfibor Party, according to in
officials today. That the Communists
hud a definite program to expand the
two gieat labor disturbances into a
revolutionary movement for the pur
pose of blotting out every semblance
of organized government, is said to
have been undeniably disclosed by the
D’ANNUNZIO’S TREASURER
FLEES WITH FIUME FUNDS
Home, Jan. 5—D'Annunzio’s treas
urer has fled with upward of a million
francs of the funds collected by D’
Annunzio's efforts for the aid and re
tention of Fiume, according to a state
ment given out today by representa
tives of the government.
The treasurer is said to have
decamped with the money shortly1
after the announcement of D’Annun
zio’s arrest following bis relewiuish
ruent of Fiume.
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SINN FEINNERS RAID
POLICE BARRACKS
f/)ndon. Jan. f>—Three hundred
Sinn Fein nets attack*! the police bar
racks at Carriguholt early this morn
jins. flred volleys Into the barrack* for
| three hours, then blew up pne end of
'the building with bombs. The few
occupants of the building were then
[made prisoners while the Sinn Fien
ners looted the Iwrracks of everything
[valuable. .
The raid was the most desperate the
Sinn Feinn have so for attempted and
is believed to presage still greater ^dis
turbances In other Irish centers* Sev
eral were shot on both sides and oth
ers Injured during the encounter. The
policy later made several arrests in
connection with the affair.
PROHIBITION ENFORCEMENT
ACT DECLARED O K BY
SUPREME COURT
Washington. Jan. 5—The Supreme
Court today declared constitutional
the Volstead prohibition enforcement
act .prohibiting the manufacture or
sale of beer, wine or other intoxicat
ing malt or vinous liquors containing
one half of one percent alcohol and
beer containing 2.73 per cent of alco
SCORES KILLEO IN ,
MEXICAN EARTHQUAKE
Mexico City, Ja». 5—Scores of peo
ple were killed by earthquake in many
parts of eentRil Mexico last night,
following :i series of heavy shocks
covering an extremely large area of
territory. The center of the distur
bance was near the voleanb Orizaba,
situated 125 miles east of this city.
COMMUNISTS SEEKING CONTROL
OR ALL AMERICAN LABOR
ORGANIZATIONS
Washington, Jan.5—That the plans
of the Communist and Communist
Labor parties are directed to gaining
control of all labor organizations thru
out the country as a means of foment
ing a revolution, was decisively re
vealed tonight in documents made
public by the Department of Justice.
Attorney General Palmer also made
public documents seized in several
cities during the recent raids on radi
cals showing the purpose and aim of
the ultra-radical elements. in mak
ing the documents public. Palmer said
he was placing them before the public
with the desire that the American peo
ple learn the real purposes of these
menacing groups and the nature of
the poison they are spreading.
SEEKS LOST UNCLE
Joseph Valllimcant. of No. 89 Pierce
St.. Lewiston. Me., Is winching for
Maglaise Le Jtrent, a long lost uncle,
who is supposed to lie some where in
Alaska. The missing relative Is
about 60 years of age and rather tall.
Anyone ixissessing knowledge of his
whereabouts will confer a great favor
by communicating with his anxious
relatives at the given address.
NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS
As the Nugget does not maintain
a collecting agent at present,' sub
scribers wishing to pay subscriptions
are requested to drop in when passing
by the office or forward chock by mall
when convenient.
FBPERATED CHURCH SERVICES
Sunday School . 11 a. M
Preaching Service. 8 P. M
You are cordially Invited to attend
these Services.
The Church with a Welcome.
RICHARD DECKER, Paster.
Any one desiring tinemithing or
stove pipe work of any kind are re
quested to havo their work or orders I
in not later than January 15, 1920. |
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