THE NOME NUQOET
AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY—EVERY SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
THE NOME PUBLISHING CO.
GEO. S. MAYNARD, . Sole Owner and Publisher.
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SATURDAY, JANUARY 10th, 1920
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NOT SUCH
A “DEAD ONE
Believers in the widely circulated reports that the Nome district haj
practically outlived its usefulness as a gold- producing section are likely to
take a reef in their views regarding our alleged "decadence” after hearing from
no less an authority than the United Suites Geological Survey that this dis
trict turned more placer gold into Uncle Sam's coffers' during' 1919 than wasi
contributed by any other district of the territory.
As practically every district of Alaska is an extensive placer gold
producer, this is assuredly doing right well for a district that has been herald
ed far and wide by 111 advised chumps and deliberate '‘knockers” as "on the
bum," us "decadent,” "worked out,” etc., for so many years and with such
persistence that even some of our own people have been led to believe it.
It is true that production in 1919 was not much to boast of as compared
with earlier years. Nome has admittedly seen better days as a gold producer.
The output for 1919 is considerably lower than any preceding year, with the
one exception of 1918, when the gold industry was practically tied up l>\
labor difficulties. Yet the fact remains that this much maligned and indus
triously "knocked” section is still able to take the lead in placer gold pro
duction, even after twenty years of Continuous production and in the face of
fully as many difficulties and hinflfances in the way of high prices and other
impediments hs have been encou&jcred by the other placer sections.
Comparison of the figures given by the Geological Survey reveals that
Nome's production last year exceeded that of the much advertised Fairbanks
placer fields by over a half million; that of the Idltarod by $575,000 and th<*
output of the much touted Tolovana by more than three quarters of a million.
And at that riot one tenth of the proven gold bearing areas of the district
were worked last year because of the excessive costs of supplies, lack of ade
quate transportation and other difficulties. Had conditions been any way
near Ihe normal the district would undoubtedly have yielded an output close
ly approximating that of the past five or six years. And enough gold would
still remain In the ground to continue the same or larger production for years
to cidtae.
Away back In 1900 Dr. Alfred K. Brooks, head of the Geological Survey,
gave It ns his opinion that, with the available supply qf water entirely employ
ed, the Iqpal placer fields could hardly be mined out in less than forty or fifty
years. This forecast is well sustained by the fact that after two decades of
continuous mining, during which the district has produced more than sixty
five million dollars. It is still able to take the lead in placer gold production.
DEVELOPMENT OF NEW INDUSTRIES.
The development of new industries in the' United States as a result of
the cutting off of foreign manufactures and supplies is one of the most re
mqrkable of the nu$ef4|M effects produced 1n this country by the war. * Doz
ens of productive Indufetries,. wholly or partially unknown to America were
developed during the period of the European war and literally hundreds of
articles hitherto purchased in vast quantities from foreign lands, and Germany
in particular, are now produced In the United States in ample quantity to
supply at least the bulk of all domestic needs. In several instances the new
industries are not only able to meet all domestic demands but also to produce
a surplus at a cost which will enable them to compete in foreign markets
with those from whom wo have hitherto purchased. Not only have we,
established complete economic independence in many lines but are also jn a
position to enter into active competition with those on whom we were formerly
forced to depend, often entirely, for our own needs. Instead of being buyers
in these particular lines we are now sellers—a complete reversal of our
former position.
The last annual report of the Tariff Commission sets forth in illminat
fnic manner the benefits accruing: to yie United States as a result of the new
industries and also points out that in a number of instances American in
genuity has enabled the production of goods by machinery at a cost which
will not only Result in a leasing: of the former prices at home but will also defy
air foreign competition. Among the numerous articles in this class men
tioned in the report is the fine quality of glass used for pictures and photo
graphic plates. This quality of glass manufacture is now turned out so
cheaply 'in the United States that foreign competition is out of the question.
Syphon bottles are another glass product which we now produce in immense
quantities with automatic machinery. Germany and Austria formerly sold
us a million or more a year. Optical glass, all of which was formerly im
|H>rted from 'Germany, was developed here in six or seven months after the
war shut off the foreign supply and Germany will probably novel- again find
us a customer for that product.
In 1114 there were hardly dozen coal tar chemical or coal tar dye
Victories In the United States. Germany, who .specialized In this line of
pioduction and also possessed the bulk of worldly knowledge concerning the
production of coal tar derivatives, dominated the coal taw chemical and dye
trade of the world. Hut as early hs 1917 some 190 American firms had
engaged in the production of coal tar chemicals and were supplying a trade
that had been almost entirely dependant on Germany for years. Practically
no coal tar dyes were produced In America before the war hut by the end of
lil7 eighty one Arms wye engaged in their production.
Citric mold., formic add and lactic acid of an edible grade were being
made from American materials and German/ has lost another customer,
probably forever. - The development of our ^hemical'industries is one of the
moot remarkable features of our response to the emergencies created by war
conditions. •
Among the most important of the new industries outside of the chemical
field and glass manufacture is the Chamoisette glove Industry. We used to
import many thousands of dollars worth annually from Saxony but they are
now listed among our domestic products and are equal in quality to the for
product. New devices and processes developed here have also increased
tlie output anid competitive power of ; our potteries to an immense degree as
fcbmpOfed to their prewar status. F*or instance, -“delcomanias," for transfer
rto® designs to white pottery ware, 60 per cent of which were formerly ebtain
Germany and 40 per cent fi-om England, are. now produced to the
&Cgnt of 90 per cent of the needs of American pottery factories.-* The porce
lain guides used In textile milts were formerly purchased from Germany but
American made porcelain guides are now pulding the thread on American
looms. Chemical pottery, the. manufacture Of which was practically un
known fa this country prior to the war, has now become an important and
fast growlnk Industry.
Germany also used to supply us with the bulk of our steel surgical
Instruments but Is not likely to do so any more. The development of this Ijn
* dUttty la well Illustrated in ’the response of American manufacturers to the
pall of the government for surgical instruments to supply the army medical
corps fdnowfng the 'war declaration. From manufacturing soft steel pro
ducts, AiheHcan factories turned to making the much needed tools of thu
msdlhsl craft and produced Instruments valued attmqre thkq |*,|00,0Q0 In
TUESDAY
SEATTLE WOMAN VICTIM
OF AUTO ACCIDENT
Seattle, Jan. 6—Katherine Kittin
ger. daughter of Cleorge B. Kittfnger,
a pioneer social leader and war worker
of Seattle, Is believed to have been
fatally injured in an automobile ac
cident oecuring here today.
SELECTIVE SERVICE ACT
VIOLATORS CONVICTED
Corpus Christi. Texas. Jan.fi—Sixty
one Mexicans and Americans convict
ed in the federal court of violating the
selective service act were given Jail
sentences of thirty days each today.
I C. C TO HAVE SUPREME
AUTHORITY OVER RAILROAD
RATES UNDER AGREEMENT
Wash..Jan.6—The Interstate Com
merce Commission would be given so
under an agreement reached by tha
Senate and House of Representatives
conferences on the Cummins railroad
reorganization bill, now under dis
FLOODS FOLLOW EARTHQUAKE]
DEVASTATIONS IN MEXICO
Mexico City, Jan. fi—Heavy floods
following: the great earthquake In
Mexico are reported to have blotted
out many villages. Twenty five bod
ies of drowned persons are reported
CHARGES R R. BROTHERHOODS
WITH ATTEMPTED COERCION
Topeka, Jan. 6—Addressing the
state legislature today, Governor Allen
charged that the railroad brotherhoods
are attempting to control the govern
ment of the state and also the nation
through coercion.
WIFE OF MURDER VICTIM
THREATENS WOMAN WHO
CAUSED HUSBAND’S DEATH
Seattle, Jan. (1—“If yoiir testimony I
favors your husband when you take
the witness stand in ^-ourt. I am goingi
to ‘get’ you.” This threat was made)
to Mrs. Jennie Itoselius by Mrs. Kdn t
Carleton at the trial of former I’olica
man Chac. 10. Itoselius, who is charg
ed with the murder of Sergeant Carle
ton, whose love affair with Mrs. Itose*
lit's resulted In his death a few weeks
ago. Carleton was shot by Itnseliu*
while"auto riding with Mrs. Itoselius.
MEXICANS MURDER MORE OIL
CORPORATION EMPLOYEES
Wash., Jan. B—Karl C. Howies and
C. J. Honey, Americans employed by
tin* International Petroleum Company,
were murdered by Mexicans within a
mile of the town of Palo Blanco, Mex
ico. according to private advices re
ceived here today from Tampico.
SUPREME COURT RENDERS
IMPORTANT ALASKAN
LAND DECISION
Wash., Jan. 6—The Supreme Court
today handed down a decision in the
case of the United States versus Wm.
Poland and Frederick \V. Low which
completely reverses the* decision ron -
dered in the Circuit Court of Appeals
for the Ninth Judicial Circuit. The
case involved the right of Poland to
making tilings for two adjacent home
stead- claims in Alaska for 160 acres
each, based-on the Soldiers scrip acts.
The court held that under the Alaska
land laws of 1903 these entries must
he eighty rdds apart and not for con
tinuous tracts, thereby upholding tho
government's contentions.
MOONSHINER DEFIES OFFICIALS
WITH MACHINE GUN
Seattle, Jan. 6—A. Papas, a Creels
moonshiner, mounted a machine gun
on his Mercer Island, T^akc Washing
ton, home and stood off a posse of
deputy sheriff’s for several hours be
fore he was captured today.
NATION WIDE RAIDS ON
RED8 BEING RESUMED
Washington, Jan. 6—-Nation wide
raids on the Communists and other
alien radicals were resumed by the
Department of Justice today.
HINTED CLEMENCEAU TO MARAY
Paris, Jan. 6—An allusion to the
approaching marriage of Premier Cle
menceau to the widow of a former
widely known French senator and for
mer ambassador of France Is made to
day in L'Humnnite. one of the leading
Paris journals.
Vague ' rumors to the effect that
Clemenceau. who is in his ‘seventy
ninth year, was to be married have
b#en fat circulation for some'time.
BRITISH BANKER CALLED
BY DEATH
London. Jan.6—Lord CunlilTe, gov
ernor of the Hank of Kngland and one
of the world's most noted financial
authorities, died today while on his
way home to dinner.
BOLSHEVIK CLAIM MORE
SIBERIAN VICTORIES
Berlin. Jan. <> V Moscow wireless
dispatch picked lip 1»v Berlin wireless
station today claims additional exten
sive victories for the Red forces In
SEATTLE WOMAN SHOOTS
ALLEGED BETRAYER
kert today s
Trewella. c.
her apartme
Ing T re well,
table, but tt
daughter.
-Becouse he refused
ind. Mrs. fleorge Ban
and killed Stanley I>.
pi* of a big local real
where she invited him
w<iapon. After shoot -
cross the table, the
tly never rose from the
•i! the weapon on her
WEDNESDAY
LUDENDORFF DECLARES
GERMANY'S RUIN IS
OVERTAKING ALLIES
I’t*••is, Jan. 7—"The Entente’s in
famous treatment of derma ny threat
ens to draw it into the final ruin which
is now overtaking: us," declared den
ern’ LuJendorff, former derman army
leader, in a fetter published today in
Le Matin. Ludendorff declares that
the Allies have reduced dermany to i
state iif near dissolution and anarchy
(and will inevitably he overtaken by
the disintegrating forces they hav>
loosed.
LENINE MAKES
NEW PEACE OFFER
Stockholm, Sweden. Jan.7—Lenine,
head of the Russian Rolshevikl, has
made another offer of peace to
the Allies which is being taken to Lon
don by Colonel Tallents, the British
representative in the Baltic states. Tie
offer broadly designates the condition.*
on which the Soviet government will
conclude peace. Among other condi
tions included in the offer is a promise
to abolish terrorism and the activi
ties of the revolutionary tribunals.
POLICE RAID SINN FEINN
HEADQUARTERS AT DUBLIN
Dublin. Ireland, Jan. 7—The head
quarters of the Sinn Feinn in this city
were raided by the police today.
Soldiers also entered the offices of the
Irish parliament and the house oc
cupied by the New Ireland Assurance
Society.
BOLSHEVIKI CAPTURE
SOUTH RUSSIAN SEAPORT
London, Jan. 7—The Holsheviki
forces in the southern section of Rus
sia have captured the seaport of Mar
iupol, in the government of Ekater
inslav. The town in question Is lo
cated on the Northern shore of the Sea
of Azov a short distance west of Tag
anrog. The announcement that Mar -
iupol has been taken by the Red army
was received in a Holsheviki wireless
from Moscow.
REPORTED KOLCHAK FLED
FROM IRKUTSK BEFORE
NEW REVOLUTION
London. Jan. 7—The I'ussian situ
ation took on another alarming aspect
today with the receipt of official ro
1 ports from Vladivostok stating that
General Kolchak has fled from Irkutsk,
following the development of a new
revolutionary movement headed l>y the
Social Democrats. The report Is
based on authentic advieus reaching
Vladivostok and indicates a still great
er breakdown in Kolchak's control of
the Siberian section.
EMPLOYEE AMERICAN
CORPORATION KILLED
BY MEXICANS
Wash.. Jan. 7—Gabriel I’orter, an
American employee of the Pacific -
Mexico Company, an American con
trolled i nrporafion, was shot and kill- j
ed by ; Mexican federal army officer |
at Tuxpani. according to advices re- j
ceivod 1>\ the State Department today.
The killing of Porter brings the list !
of Americans who have been killed !
in the Tampico district since April j
1917 to a total of twenty.
DEPORTATION OF SOVIET
AMBASSADOR TO UNITED
STATES ORDERED
\Vjnsh., Jan. 7—A warrant for the
arrest and deportation of Ludwig <’
A. K. Martin, the self styled Ambass
ador of the Russian Soviet government
has been ordered executed by the De
partment of Justice in connection with
the continued roundup of alien Ited’s |
JIM COFFORTH EXPECTED j
TO GET DEMPSEY- I
CARPENTIER MATCH j
Paris. Jan. 7—James Pofforth. the J
American boxing promoter has offered I
a purse of four hundred thousand dnl- I
Ic.rs for a boxing match between Deni-I
psey and Jules Parpentier. Pofforlh i
Jauna. Mexico. Jack Kearns, inana
g< r of the world champion, who is in
Paris at present, declared today the j
view that Poffoi til’s offer will tanlj
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GERMAN MOB SEEKS
LIFE OF EBERT
Berlin, Jan. 7 Crowds started .
I hostile demonstration outside of the
| hall where President Khert was speak
ling at Stuttgart today, demanding
that he leave the platform and com-'
outside. The crowd carried a rope
around with them while making their
demand for the president’s appear
ance, as if intending to lynch him in
the event of his appearing.
ELEVEN AUTO ACCIDENTS IN
ONE NIGHT AT SEATTLE
Seattle. Jan. 7—1». C. Parsons, a
printer employed by tin* Post Intelli
gencer, and Lucille Corbett. Ids sweet
heart, were killed when their speeding
auto ran into a telephone post last
night; Chas. Errickson. president of
the steel ship building plant, was run
down by an automobile on Second
Avenue and is at the |»oinl of death
from concussion of the brain, and
eight other broken bones and bruised
bodies are the night's toll of auto
speeding.
MAY CHARGE RED’S
WITH TREASON
Portland, Ore., Jan. 7—It is inti
mated that charges of treason may b?
tiled against the Red's arrested here In
the government raids.
TRIP TO SPRINGS
WAS A FAILURE
CROSSED CONTINENT SEEKING
HEALTH BUT CAME HOME
DISCOURAGED
"I re.ill) . ossed the continent
went from Calgary to Hot Spi ings,
li<f from my troubles hut nothin'?
helped me Mntil I tork T.ml; <■." said
.Mrs. Jessie K. .Morgan, wife ..f t
wealthy former living tiff. en mil.
north of Calgary. Alberta.
"iiheumrtism has kept me < rippled
up for the past three year.-. ' she con
tinued. "Not a day or a night passed
ning all through my lower limbs, and
at times my bet would swell untiy I
could hardl> get a shoe on. I took dl
point where I could hardly eat any
thing without suffering misery f.>,
hours afterwards. When my appe
tite left me and I began to suffer s>
badly from indigestion. I began to lose
less that I couldn't sleep and I couldn'.
find any relief. I went to Hoi
Springs Arkansas and took the baths
there, but came home in as bad
Shape as ever. Then I heard Tania •
recommended so highly, and as r hail
taken nearly everything else I thought
I might as well try it too.
“I really took Tanlae hoping that it
didn't think that it would help the
rheumatism too, but it was one of tip
happiest surprises I ever had when T
round that ; fter my stomach began to
get bettor, the rheumatism was re
lieved. I kept on taking Tanlae and
not bothered anymore by either Me'
indigestion nor the rheumatism. My
appetite is wonderful and I can just
eat anything I want and digest it. I
that I have gained several pounds in
weight and I just feel myself getting
stronger every day. My nerves up
as steady as a rock, I sleep eight or
nine hours every night and I only re
gret that I didn't know of Tania •
sooner, as it would have saved me a
whole world of suffering and misery.”
Tanlae is sold In Nome by Lonvn
Bros. — Advert isement
ONE THOUSAND KILLED IN
MEXICAN EARTHQUAKE
iiuisec. Secretary of War, announce I
today that one thousand people w. i •
killed at C'osahutlnn. state of \'era
f'ruz. in Saturday night's earthquake
Several thousand were injured and
many are homeless. Relief is h -in?
rushed to the stricken district.
GREEK KING BREAKS LEG
Athens, Jan. <>—King Alexander
sustained a broken ankle today while
jumping on the grounds of the royal
RESISTS HIGHWAYMEN.
SHOT IN NECK
Seattle. Jan. 7—Albert II. Cilonberg.
furniture dealer, »resiste»l a highway
man tonight and was shot in the neck.
He may recover.
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