Nome is the Distributing Center and Gateway to Northern Alaska and Siberia
4 Page* THE NOME NUGGET ~=S§s
VOLUME XXII No 22
NOME, ALASKA SATURDAY, MAY, 28 1921
Dflivorod by Carri
Mailed..81.00 per Month
BUDGET Bill PASSES CONGRESS
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WIRELESS STtTION
FOR M’GRATH IS
URGED BY STUBBS
Washington, May 27—Following a
conference with I‘resident Harding
today, D. K. Stubbs, of Aiviuk, Alas
ka, in a letter to Secretary of tho In
terior Fall, recommended the building
of a government telephone line along
the Husitna-nMcGrath tmil and also
the. establishment of a wireless station
e.t Bethel on the Kunkokwim river.
Htubbs urged that th(* telephone line
begin at the Happy River roadhouse,
notne miles northwest erf Susitna, run
ning thence to the Summit roadhouse
on Itainy l*ass and across the summit
to the Rhone river roadhouse, ending
at French Joe’s roadhouse n .«
tantkj from Met!rath
Stubbs also wnote the secretary that,
a wireless station should . be Vicated
nt Bethel with a view to the safe*.y
of passengers and shipping; on the Kim
kokwim rtver. The nearest wireless
station is a.t. McGrath, about five hun
dred mites farther up the river. This
however, is «ud, to be of no benefit
whatever to Bethel nor to shipping,
population or commerce in general.
Itemington Junior with leather ease.
Inquire Holt's store.
NEW EUROPEAN WAR PRESAGED
IN POLISH CONFLICT
(Delayed in transmission)
Berlin, May 27—The warlike senti
ment in. I\>tand la growing; daily l>e
fAWW the lipped Silesians are defend
ing their homes against 1ihe Polish .in
vaders. If the saber rat Mings of the
Polish press can be taken seriously,
danger of a new Kuropean war grows
eteadil.v more. threatening.
AMERICANS SPEND BILLION
FOR CANDY
'Washington, May 28—The Census
Bureau announced today, that .the na
tion is spending a billion dollars an
nually for candy.
WILSON BREAKS LONG 8ILENCE
Washington, May 2*—Breaking «
tyng. aayije today, former president
Woodrow Wilson, in a Memorial Day
, leftcr addressed to The Star* and
Stnipes. a soldier periodic;!I, declared
•rfrhe American people ahull not be
able to enjoy the full pride pf the day’s
recollections until we have made sure
that the duties that grew out of the
war have been fulfilled to the utmost.”
REPORTED HAZELETT
STILL POSSIBILITY
Seattle, May 27—Several private
•wires were received .here today from the
national capital representing that
Hu^etetft may yet be appointed gov
ernor of Alaska, despite the hitter fight
mode against him since his candidacy
wae announced.
ORDERS SEIZED LIQUORS SOLD
New York, May 26—Of twelve
million dollars worth of liquor and
Imitation liquor seized In recent raids.
Corporation Counsel O'Brien has ruled
that the good liquor be sold to hos
pitals and the bad dumped Into the
FAMOUS AIR MAIL ROUTE
TO BE ABOLISHED
Washington, May 27—The air mail
service between this city and New
York is to be discontinued. The post
office Department announced today
that rail service is more satisfactory.
WOOD TO CONFER WITH
.San Francisco, May 26—Major,
Ooneral Wood will confer with the
president, of China on the latter’s in
vitation before returning from the
"Philippines, it waaannounced here this
afternoon. Secretary of War Weeks
has given his approval to the proposal.
CHINESE PRESIDENT
GERMANY MAKES FIRST
REPARATION PAYMENT
Berlin. May 28——Germany has m
pleOed the first payment of the war
reparations demanded by the Allies.
Enroute to I*nris today art1 twenty
treasury notes, representing 8.750 mil
lion gold marks, sent to liquidate the
first of the agreed payment s, accord
ing to *tn official annouwwent.
OREGON BAR TAKES
HAND IN ALBERS CASE
Washington. May 2*—The Oregon
Bar Association has asked the Su
preme Court for permission to appear
before h for the purpose of opening
the case, of Henry Albers, the Port
land. Oregon, flour tmill magnate, who
was convicted of violating the Es
pionage Act.
FEDERAL BUDGET BILL.
0p:to Aardimg
Washington. May 27—A bill estab
lishing a: federal budget system has
passed both houses of Congress and
was sent to the president to sign to
NORTHERNER HERE
ON BUSINESS
Tom idttle, widely known resident
of the Fair haven section, where he is
engaged in mJning. arrived in Nome
from f'ounofl during the first days of
the week. Mr. Tattle expects to re
main here until the water mute to the
Kotzebue Sound section is once more
open and will take up a quantity of
mining equipment for use in his oper
ations.
DREDGE RAISING
PROCEEDING SLOWLY
Efforts to raise the liowe dredge
from its resting place or. the mud fl it
near the confluence of Snake River
and Dry Creek are pi n ceding slowiv
owing to sundry difficulties but Mr.
Howe expects to have the big digging
machine afloat in amr.lj time to re.
sumo its task of dredging out the
harbor construction
SUMMER WILD FOUL APPEARING
ing and 'several bird horrHes are to he
long th?
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R9CLAMATION
Mayor of a Ik- municipality of
Notmc, hereby proclaim as a le
gal holiday, Monday, May 30th
■to t»* devoted by o\»r citizens
to the custom** and oImciv
arnceo of Memorial I>ay. All
itjzens are hereby requested
to lay aside for the day their
usual duties and join together
cn. 'ffiering fitting tribute to
those who died in the nation’s
Given at Nome, this 28tl»
day of May. 1921.
CHA8. RICE,
City Clerk.
I
IN MEMORIAM
Vfetfl 'Comrades! .Patriotic
Dea/J! They entered the mystic
;KJTtaI» of the tomb beneath the
fCuft* «1 i3i*W «am«3V* Hatf ;tnfi‘“
nnvidM associations and com- |
•rsde&hiip of soldier life. They {
obeyed The imperious mandate j
ic-f death while discharging the j
most responsible and sacred du
dia* of crti&enship. They closed j
their alloted span while serving
in thn national u.rmies the cause j
•of liberty and humanity. To :
/their nrjomory America pays •
mournful tribute and Inscribes j
their names in the records of the I
world's greatest crisis. While j
cherishing reooUections of our j
departed rwmrades we lay. with j
reverence and respect, this small
token at the shrine of their j
memory and say a pa in. Hail J
Comrades’. Hail and farewell! |
JOHN E. OIjSHN
RALPH T>A HIjRKHti f
HJEJNRY WEREH |
PAUL HE HON NE |
HENRY GTBGER j
JOHN « ZELL I
ISAAC NOltUERG j
MORRIS PASCOFF j
VAC1LLIS MAH ERA
GEORGE H. HADLEY
OHGAft HENDRICKSON |
ANDY THOMPSON
•M. L. K. ANDERSON |
l/EEMAN RAIN
RALPH TAPIA f
CARL JOHNSON j
Thomas Alfred Ross Jr.
Nome Post Number 9
ATTENTION AMERICAN
LEGION +
’ Thorn us Alfred lloss .Jr Post 4
hold Memorial services ait Bar- +
rack’s Square 2 p. m. Monday. +
May 30th In (memory of our de- 4*
’ parted comrades. No member 4*
should fall to attend. Services 4>
* Members of the above Post 4*
* HAROLD O NIELSON 4*
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SHIP BOARD MEMBERSHIP TO
BE ANNOUNCED TUESDAY
Washington, May 28—The Chairman
;nd members of the Shaping Board •
vill he appointed Tuesday if nothin-1
hr. ppefis. It was? announced at the |
A" ite House today. I
VIC TO LEAVE JUNE 7
tli* e.ff<“Ct that the. steamship Victoria
would .not leave Seattle lor Nome until
June 10th, apixeurs to have no basis1
in foot. u.s a telegram from t». I>.
('oehnin received yesterday states tliui
for Nome ..n June 7th. The message'
conveys the n**ws that the acconi -
options of the vessel are entirely .sold I
CORDOVA SCHEDULED
TO SAIL 4TH
nounccd that the freight steamer <"or
dova is scheduled to leave that j»o*t
for St MictKU'l on June 4fh.
MORE ALASKA
SAILINGS SCHEDULED
Seattle, May 28—The steamship
Spokane sailed at. noon for Southeast
ern Alaska and the steamship Alameda
will get a wa y some time tonight for
S outhw est ern, A laska.
These sailings demonstrate that the
back of the marine strike, as regards,
the Alaska service, is broken.
FUR TRADERS SAIL FOR SIBERIA
Vancouver. B. C.—Henry Hibbard
;in<i Ola.f Swvnson, Seattle fur traders
t!..nd uwiur of the recently burned
trading: steamer Kamchatka, sailed
| today for 1he Orient, on the steamship
Kmpii'ss of Russia. entxmte to Siberia
to look ; liter thieir trading- interests in
Northeastern Siberia.. They will visit
Japan and Oh inn. and thence proceed
to their trailing1 posts on the <»ulf of
MOTORSHIP SAILS FOR BETHEL
WITH QUARTZ MILL
Seattle, May 28— The motorship
AKrno. Ciipt'Uo John Worth, Hailed this
afternoon for Bethel, Alaska, with a
cargo of supplies. including two hun
dred tons of machinery for the devel
opment. of the. Alaska-Treadwell
quart2 property at Fondle J Pirating on
the headwaters of the Kuskokwim.
I J. A. White and Hay S. Masey sr
in charge of th»» outfit.
ATTEMPT MADE TO WRECK
COAST STEAMERS
. San Francisco, May 28—An attempt
to wreck the steamship Admiral Sebre -
'(Jt the Pacific Steamship Company
line was discovered today shortly be
fore the vessel was to depart on a
voyage to Seattle. Examination dis
closed tha-t iron bolts had lteen thrown
into the machinery and that electric
wires used in controlling and operating
the vessel had been cut.
Blame for the palpable effort to
wreck the steamship is charged to ma
rine strikers.
The sidewalks around the co
house and federal Jail are among
number about town that have been
paired since the disappearance of
snow. The work was done by \V.
Rowe under a contract let last win
for raising and straightening the b
eml buildings.
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* CLEANUP NOTICE
Health and Rt lief Commit I
ADMINISTRATION
6REATLY CONCERNED
OVER PACIFIC DEFENSE
CDelayed in Trnn^nxif-Aion)
Washin#fton, .Way 27 -The import
ance with winch the .utminist ration
viuws the dcl'eiui' of the Pacific t'oa.s*
Ls (m'pha.sutml by the plans which Sec
retary <»f the Navy Derfby is making
to conduct ;t personal investigation and
ns pee lion of the eons* defenses and
naval hius-m and to determine whether
Th*> development of tiie Alaska coal
fields will insure adequate fuel for tie
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BERG DOLL'S PROPERTY
SEIZED BY GOVERNMENT
Washington, May 27—Klght hun
dred and fifty thousaMs dollars in
cash and proi*erty in this city whieh
was owned by tlrover Cleveland llerg
doll. the draft ev.uier. was seized to
day by Alien Property Custodian Mil
1-r. .u-ting on instructions from Pres
ident Harding.
The seizures are believed to repre
sent the bulk <»f ltergdoll’s fortune.
VLADIVOSTOK CAPTURED BY
ANTI BOLSHEVIK’S
Washington. .May 2S- -Vladivostok,
a/tier months of quiet during which
the Japanese have maintained a staie
of pRictieal occupation. has been cap
tured by forces under tJeneral Kuppel.
t«e State Department was advised to
day thlough official channels.
The Kappel forces are mad* up o‘
the remnants of the anti-Bolshevik!
army formerly under the command of
Oeneral Kolchak", which have been
congregating under Kappel's leader
ship between Vladivostok and the
Manchurian border.
BOOTLEGGERS SHOOT
SHERIFF’S DEPUTY
Seattle, May 27—In a running fight|
this morning between bootleggers in |
an automobile and Deputy Sheriff It.
K. Murphy, who was riding a motor
cycle, the deputy wns shot in the leg.
NEW RESTAURANT SITE
UNDERGOING ALTERATIONS
The building at the corner of Front
Street and Lane's Way which will be
occupied by the new restaurant es
tablishment of Mr. and Mrs. Ran Ike.
has been raised and repaired by the
owner's, the Alaska Mines Coipc.i
interior alterations preparatory to ;!ip
installation of the ivstati: ml fixtures.
It is expected that the new dining es
tablishment will be opened about
COUNCIL SESSION DEVELOPS
FUTURE LIGHTERAGE AND
COAL PLANT PROPOSAL
Rccommendii turns by the Citizen'
Committee on Lighterage that the city
government make preparations for a
future municipal lighterage and • :J
plant, by securing the necessary do--;..
MomIa\ i veiling. Tti • lighterage .
fl lienee <<f Snake I Tver ami Dry 'V
for a future municipal lighterage ,.r' •' '■
'■on! plant, and also ground a)
Ki\Street to the vicinity of.i'-i.
Federal Labor Union hall for use '
connection therewith. The report f
EMERGENCY TARIFF BILL
SIGNED BY HARDING
Washington, ALi.y Tin- Kmer
geno.v Tariff bill was signed l»y I'resl
dcnt Harding hute today. The I t w
will become effective tomorrow and
will affect for the next six months
•"lost of the farm products of the conn
*r\ sis it carries provisions dcsgm I
to prevent the dumping of foreign
goods on this country.
vc<* amended
lighterage, organizatiou in order
the hitter might be able to carry
the objects for which it was orga
ed—namely to enter the light--:
;uid cost I business and ultimately
the Siiitl business over to the mui
•polity. Th« concluding paragraph -
lined tin* committee's future cont
plations as follows:
"Therefore this committee- resp
fully I'eciuests that your honor
body will take steps as soon as p
suggested and make necessary plans
and arrangements In order that this
corporation may have the opportunity
to enter into active oi*eration."
The city dads were in their accus
tomed places when the council was
the usual hour. The opening formali
ties dispensed with, the first item of
business taken up was j« coiiwmmicn
tion from \\tm Koch for the posi
tion of official street cleaner during
tlie sttmlmier months. This was referr
ed to Councilman Chas. Cavey. head
of the street committee. The appli
cation of John Hancock for school tax
collector was next taken up and the
Council voted unanimously that he be
.appointed to that office.
The report of the Citizen’s Light
erage Committee followed and was re
re. The matter of
>f dirt and debris was next discussed
md referred to the health and relief
'mninJtt.ee for action.
The council then entered into a dis
Mission regarding a public eelebrat on
>n Decoration Day. It developed, how
‘ver. that the American Legion ;s
linking celebration arrangements .-nd
t was decided to fake no action.
that the sidev
! around Bart
re are much in nce<l «»f re
councilannn said he had 1>.
■ •inmitte. with .
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* SPECIAL MEETING *
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4* Ropubli ii Club at C;fy T! !': •>
4* iomorro'..- (Sunday) at 4*
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