BERNSTORFF ENDORSES LEAGUE OF
NATIONS—OPPOSES RETURN OF KAISER
.'■I'nCal lo the Nugget Gy the Associated Press.
.< iNDON, Jan. i- Count con Itemstorff, former German ambassador
,hl' 1 nl,L“'1 SUl"‘s' is reported openly opposed to the return of the Hohen
:.ijlcrns to Germany and an advocate of the League of Nations plan.
Iternstorff is reported working In the Gorman Foreign office prepar
ing data for the forthcoming peace conference. He Is said to fully endorse
the League or Nations plan and believes It to In: entirely practical.
In a recent interview he Is quoted ns saying that "the Hohenzollcrns
"ill never get into Germany again". When asked If he believed there was
danger in the kaiser being so near to Germany ns to Holland, he Is said to
have replied with some asperity: “Where in hell would we send him to?"
REPORTED BOLSHEVIKI CAPTURED RIGA
.Special to The Nugget by The Associated Press.
LONDON, Jan. 7 Reports from Swedish sources say the Rolsheviki
have captured the great Russian seaport of Riga, after a hard battle with tho
anti-Bolshevik! defenders composed or Social Democrats and other opposing
DotnilH of the alleged capture are not available and doubts are ex
pressed in some quarters regarding the verity of the story. The capture is
said to have been effected Saturday.
NOTICE OF INTENTION TO HOLD MINING CLAIMS
FOR SALE AT THE NUGOET OFFICE.
PUBLIC NOTICE.
Mailt may now be dispatched to
Teller, Wales, Solomon, Bluff and
Golovin and may also bo received
from these points.
Travel Is still prohibited beyond
Wales, Igloo, Sholton, Bluff and Golo
vin as well aa to all places not in
fected with the Influenza Epidemic.
Dated at Nome, Alaska, December
30, 1910.
DANIEL S. NEUMAN
A A Health Commissioner.
IMPORTANT NOTICE
All persons having claims against
the Bureau of Education or the terri
tory of Alaska, growing out of the
influenza epidemic, are requested to
file same, duly itemized and without
delay, with one of the undersigned.. .
E. D. EVANS,
Eupt. Bureau of Education.)
G. J. LOMEN,
Mayor of Nome.
OYSTER BAY MOURNS LOSS OF BELOVED CITIZEN
Special to the Nugget By the Associated Press.
OYSTER BAY. R. I. Jan. 7.* -Oyster Bay is today in deep mourning for
its well beloved neighbor. Col. Roosevelt, and reminiscent tales of the de
ceased as a boy, a youth, a man and a husband and father are heard on every
aide, related by those who have intimately associated with two generations
of the Roosevelt family.
The stories are told with the simplicity of country' people and cover
the whole range of the Roosevelt activities in this section for decades.
Some of the residents even tell how the Roosevelt's always used oil
lamps until a few’ months ago. regardless of the fact that many of their
neighbors used electric lights.
Col. Roosevelt is said to have finally decided to change to the more
modern light method and remarked half apoligoticnlly that: "We just had to
put in electric lights. The servants demanded it".
"Mrs Roosevelt received the following message from President Wilson
today:
"Pray accept my heartfelt sympathy on the death of your distinguished
husband. The news shocked me much.”
The widow has received over five hundred telegrams and cablegrams
from all parts of the world and from people in every walk and station. A
majority reached Oyster Bay last night. Private citizens, ministers, ambas
sadors, congressmen and Rough Riders are included among the number wir
ing sorrow and sympathy to tHe widow of the deceased. Queen Mother Alex
andria of England was among the number sending their condolences and
former president Taft was among the numerous American notables who
expressed their sorrow over the deuth of their illustrious fellow countryman.
TEDDY ROOSEVELT-A GREAT AMERICAN
Associated Press. Service.
Colonel Roosevelt's career has left
such a vivid impression upon the
people Of his time that it is necessary
to touch but briefly upon some of the
more striking phrases of his varied,
interesting and “strenuous” life to re
call to the public mind full details of
his many exploits and experiences.
Called to the White House in 1901
nftcr President McKinley hail been'
issassinated. Col. Roosevelt. 42 years]
uf age. became the youngest president
the Pnited States ever had. Three
years later he was elected as Presi
dent by the largest popular vote a
President has received.
Thus Roosevelt, sometimes called a
man of destiny, served for seven
years as the nation’s chief magistrate.
In a subsequent decade the fortunes
uf polities did not favor him, for.
• gain a candidate for President—this
lime leading the Progressive Party
which lie himself had organized when
lie differed radically with some of the
policies of the Republican Party In
1912—he went down to defeat, togeth
i*r with the Republican candidate,
William Howard Taft. Woodrow
Wilson, Democrat, was elected.
Col. Roosevelt's enemies agreed
with his friends that his life, his char
irtcr, and writings represented a
high type of Americanism.
Off Dutch ancestry, born in New
York City on October 27. 1858, in a
house in Hast Twentieth Street, the
baby Theodore was a weakling. He
was one of four children who came to
Theodore and Martha Rulloch Roose
velt. The mother was of Southern
stock and the father of Northern, a
situation which during the early years
uf Theodore, Junior's boyhood was not
allowed to interfere with the family
life of these children during the Civil
War days.
So frail that he was not privllegd
to associate with the other boys in his
neighborhood, Roosevelt was tutored
privately, in New York, and dulrng
travels on which his parents took the
children abroad. \ porch gymnasi
um at his home provided him with
physical exercises with which he com
batted a troublesome asthma. His
father, u glass importer and a man of
means, was his constant companion;
lie kept n diary; he read so much hls
tory^and fictional books of Adventure
that he was- known ay a boon worm; he
took boxing' lessons;* he was an am
ateur naturalist; and at the age of 17
he entered Harvard University. There
he was not as prominent as seine, oth
ers in an athletic way, as it is not re- ]
corded that be ••made" the baseball
and football trams, but his puny body'
had undergone a metamorphosis and
before graduation he became one ©fi
the champion boxers of the college.
This remarkable physical develop
ment was emphasized by something
which took place shortly after he left
Harvard in 1880. He went to Europe,
Climbed the Matterhorn, and as a re
sult was elected a member of the Al
pine Club of London.—an organiza
tion of men who had performed not
able feats of adventure,
A few months after his graduation,
Roosevelt married Miss Alice Lee of
Boston. »he died in 1884, leaving one
<$*14, Allot HOW the Wife of Repre
sent a five Nicholas l.ongvrorth ol
Ohio. In 1886 Roosevelt marrie.l
Miss Kdltli Korin it Carow, ol
Now York, and to them five children
were born—Kdith, now the wife ol
I>r. Richard Derby, and fojr sons,
Theodore. Jr., Kermit, Archibald ami
Quentin, who was recently killed in
F'rance while in the American air ser
vice.
The public career of the man who
was to become President began not
long after he left college. His profes
sion was law but the activities that
were to corne left him no time in
which to practise it. In 1882, and 18
84, he was elected to the New York
States Assembly, where his efforts on
behalf of good government and civil
service reform attracted attention.
When the Republican National Con
vention of 1884 was held, in Chicago,
he was chairman of the New York
State delegation.
After this experience he dropped
out of politics for two years. Going
west, he purchased ranches along the
little Missouri River, in North Dako
ta, and divided his time between out
door sports, particularly bunting, and
literary work. Here he laid the
foundation for his series of books,
“The Winning of the West." which
was published from 1889 to 1896, and
of other volumes of kindred charac
ter.
Returning to New York he become
candidate for Mayor, in 188fl. He was
defeated. President Harrison in 1889
appointed him a member of the Uni
ted States Civil Service Commission
and President Cleveland continued
him in his office, which he resigned
in 1895 to become New York City’s
police commissioner*
Honesty was the watchword of this
administration, ami the two years of
his occupancy became memorable
through the reforms he inaugurated,
attracting the nation’s attention while
holding a position which was obscure
in comparison with the events to
come. The attention he attracted in
this position won him the post of As
sistant Secretary of the Navy In 1897.
The followpg year the Spanish Ameri
can war broke out.
The Roosevelt temperament did not
allow the man to retain a deputy
Cabinet,-poshioc- with war off rmg
something more exciting. Leonard
Wood, now a Major-General in
France, was then President McKin
ley’s physician and one of Roosevelt’s
staunchest friends*
The famous Rough Riders were or
ganized by Wood and Roosevelt—n
bond of fighting men. the mention of
whose name to-day suggests Immed
iately the word "Roosevelt”* They
came out of the west—plainsmen,
mdners, rough and ready fighters who
were natural marksmen, and Wood
became their Colnoelaad Teddy’ as be
has become familiarly called by the
Piublic, their Lieutenant-Colonel. In
company with the regulars of the
Army they took transports to Cuba,
landed at Santiago and were soon en
gaged in the thick of battle. Among
the promotions which this hardy regi
ment's gallantry brought about were
those of Wood to Brigadier-General
and Roosevelt to Colonel—end this
title Theodore Roosevelt cherished
until the end. Some of the Rough
Riders formed the military escort
when he was elected President, a few
years later.
When Cuba had; been liberated,
Roosevelt returned to New York. A
gubernatorial campaign was in swing,
with the Republican Party in need of
a capable candidate Roosevelt was
nominated. Y'an Wyck, his Demo
cratic opponent, was defeated. The
reforms Roosevelt had favored as As
semblyman he now had the opportune- •
ty to consumate. together with others!
of more importance, and it was dur-|
ing this Administration that he is saidi
first to have earned the hostility of I'
corporations. When the Republican:!
national convention was held in Phil-j
adclphlo - tn 1000 his party ** in Ne\S?J
York State demanded and attained his I
nomination for Vice President on the I
ticket with William McKinley. In
November of that year this ticket was
elected.
The policies of McKinley., Roosevelt j
endeavored to carry out after he sue-:
eeeded the former upon the PresI-,
[dent's tragic- death at the hands of an
lastiaKfiion. Roosevelt retained his
I predecessor^ Cabinet as his otvn and;
! he kept ia office the Ambassadors and j
Ministers whom McKinley had ap-1
[pointed. As much as two years be-1
fort- the Presidential campaign oil
1001 Republican organizations in vai l- J
[ous States began endorsing hjm as: J
[their next eandidats. j
It was thus that "the man Of des
I tiny" idea became associated with his
life. Ostensibly. Roosevelt, leaving
the (iovcrnorship of Now Yorfc to be
jcomi1 Vice-President, was moving
I forward from State politics into nat
ional politics; so his politic: 11 oppon
ents professed publicly to believe; but j
it was their secret desire tc* “shelve” 1
the man and eliminate him from pro
minence in their own community, it.j
was said, that promped thesie political j
foes to obtain for him the 'Pice-Presi
dential nomination, which "ho person-'
ally did not desire.
At the height of his puldic and. poli
tical career, during the four yea;rs of]
the term for which he had been eject
ed, Roosevelt accomplished achieve
ments which historians will nanl<
Mslv iu vine iafcefnational jvwi indust ri
al progress of the country. They .in
cluded his influential negotiations
which, conducted at Portsmouth. M.
H., effected peace between. Russia am 11
Japan: maintenance of the Monroe 1
Doctrine at a period when European
Powers were interested in the affair4
of Venezuela; the recognition of Pan-1
ama. as a republic and his treaty wltbr
Panama by which the inter-oceanic 4
canal through that country was pu’ j
under way; and the settlement
through- his moral influence in th.«
face of a situation in which there wp,
no adequate Federal legislation, of
the Pennsylvania coal mine stril te.
For his part in terminating the Rt js
Bia.-Japanese conflict ho was await |e*.
the Nobel I’Oace Prize In 1906. Fo fur
years later, one* more a private « litl
sen. he was Special Ambassador f ton
tho limited Stales at the funetra | o.
King Edward YU of England. .
A rift in tho ffctaftttUp
Roosevelt and his successor as Presi
dent, William Howard Taft, led to the
former's announcement of his opposi
tion to Taft’s renomination. The ex
President’s influence had been large
in placing -Mr. Taft in the White
House. .Vow his influence was equal
ly strong in preventing Mr. Taft from
remaining there. Men who had clash
ed with the Taft policies quickly ral
lied lo Roosevelt’s support. Roose
velt assembled what he termed as
constructive Ideas as opposed to the
conservative one of the so-called Re
publican. "Old Guard” characterized
them with the description • Progres
sive** and organized the Progressive
Party by withdrawing with his follow
ers from the Chicago Convention <£r
1912. He became the new party’*
candidate for president. This splij
an the Republican ranks resulted ih
Woodrow Wilson’s election.
Roosevelt after leaving tin* White
House devoted his life largely to lit
erary work, hunting and exploration.
He became contributing editor to The
Outlook in 1909, continuing tills for
ffcve years, and later held editorial
l iositlons With the Metro*'.-lit.in and
title Kansas City Star. !>oi*- 1SS2 to
L!»r ho pub . bed abo;P fifty vMi.incs
[>f works covering the wide range ->f
naval history, hunting, biography, the
Rough Riders. Americanism. Nation
alism. conservation of womanhood
anti childhood. animals, exploration,
the world war and America's partici
pation in it. anil his autobiography.
His hunts for big game and his zest
for exploration took him into the
American West, the heart of Africa
and the wilderness of Brazil.
I'pon his return from his African
Journey—a return during which he
mode triumphant entries into Euro
pean capitais and was received by na
tions, rulers, including the Emperor of
Germany—be arrived in New York
to experlenc* what was generally con
ceded to 1m- the greatest ovation an
American private citizen was ever ac
corded by the people of his country.
This was in 1910. At the head of an
exploring party in South America in
1914 he discovered and followed for
COO miles a Madeira River tributary
which the Brazilian Government sub
sequently named, in his honor Reo
Theo'V-K*. ThiS was the f .n.otrb ‘Riv
er of Doubt”—so-called, because in
many quarters considered authorita
tive it was questioned whether Roose
velt was the first man to explore the
stream.
Theodore Roosevelt, besides being
a prolific writer, lectured and made
public sjieeches extensively, not only
in his own country but in England.
Quaint and picturesque phrases were
coined liberally by him and by others
concerning him. "Speak softly and
use the big stick”, "weasel words.”
“pussyfoot”, "mollycoddle” and "my
hat Is in the ring.” were some of
|the Rooseveltian expressions which
attained wide publicity.
In the later years of his life two
court suits, in which he figured in as
plan tiff and in the other as defend
dant, winning them both, 'kept Roose
velt before the public eye. During
the Presidential campaign of 1912 a
1 Michigan editor charged him with in
toxication. Roosevelt instituted a suit
for libel and marshalled a notable host
of witnesses to testify regarding his
private life and habits. Their testi
mony was so overwhelming that the
charge was withdrawn in open court
and the jury brought in a nominal
verdict of six cents in favor of the
ex-President. William Barnes, Jr., of
Albany. N. V. accused Roosevelt in
1914 of uttering libel in a statement
asserting that the "rottenness* of the
\'« w Vork Sate government was due
directly to the dominance of Tam
many Hall in politics, aided by Mr.
Barnes and his followers. At Sy
racuse. X. Viu 191 r>. the jury ver
dict admitted Roosevelt.i
"'hen the Kuropoit* began, 4
SfcMMrtylt vigorously ’ .
PWley of national prepyedness. urg
ing universal military training for the
nation’s youth. In speeches through
and newspaper writings he criticized,
in this respect, the policies of Wood
row Wilson during Mr Wilson’s first
-Mr. Roosevelt, it has been told, was
keenly disappointed when he did not
President in 19il>. At the same tinv
however, he refused to follow the ad
vice of some of his staunchest fol
lowers that he again head the Pro
gressive Part.' ticket. Instead lie
prevailed upon tile Progressive Parts
to make Charles Kvnns Hughes, the
Republican candidate, its own choice.
He campaigned for Mr. Hughes. With
the re-election of Mr. Wilson and Am
erica’s entry into the world war soon
ed the President and bittery assailed
the pro-Hermans, pacifists and uther
type of men who attempted to delay
out. Itoosovc-lt endeavored to obtain
the consent of the War Depa rimer'
to establish an Army Division which
ho was anxious to take to Franc'*.
Tiiis division was to have included
many of the Hough ltid« rs who wore
his associates in the campaign *n
Cuba, and \oungcr men of the same
strenuous habits. Tire necessary per
mission for the formation of such .*
force ^vns not_ .fojth coming even
though Itoosevelt expressed wi’ling
ness to aeeompany it as a suhordin
Deiiied tin* privilege of fighting for
his flag. Theodore Itoosevelt’s interest
was centered on his family's partici
pation in the war. His four sons and
his son-in-law. Dr. Derby, carried cut
a. prediction made by the former pics
ident before the I'nit.nl States took
up arms—that if war came they
would enter the service. Theodore,
Jr., became* a Major and Archibald a
captain, both in France: Quentin en
tered a French aviation squadron, and
Dr. Derby the medical service, also
both in France. Kermit. failing to
pass a physical examination which
would admit him to the I'nited States
Army, received a commission in the
British Army and was soon in Mospot
amia.
SubftirllM N«w hr tlw Nome Nuygit