ITALIANS SNOW WILSON RARE HONORS
WILSON QUEST AT GREAT BANQUET GIVEN BY ITALIAN
GOVERNMENT
Special to the Nugget By the Associated Press.
ROME. Jan. 4—President Wilson was the guest of honor et an official
dinner in the Quirinal, palace the home of the Italian royal family, this
afternoon.
The banquet was attended by the leading officials of the government and
was one of the most brilliant gatherings of recent years.
In his address to the assemblage King Victor Emmanuel asserted that
the principles advocated by President Wilson find warm response In the hearts
of the Italian people, ns they represent Italy’s thoughts and alms toward in
ternational peace. "Italy and America entered the war for the same rea
sons'* the king continued, "to prevent the domination of German kulture and
Insure the freedom of humanity."
In his reply to the king's address. President Wilson said that he was
p.oud that there were so many Italians in the American armies and declared
that their presence with the forces of the United States completes the wel
come process of welding together the sympathies of the two nations.
Great throngs were at the depot to meet Bio president on his arrival In
the depot yesterday, and the king and queen and all members of the cabinet
were watting to welcome him.
WILSON MADE HONORARY CITIZEN BY ITALIANS
Special to The Nugget by The Associated Press.
ROME. Jan. 4—Before a great concourse of people, including the king
and queen and members of the ministry, and with elaborate ceremonies at
tending the function. President Wilson became a citisen of Rome today.
The ceremony took place In the historic capltol building designed
by Michael Angelo and was redolent with suggestions of anclfent and media
eval Rome.
The honor of becoming a honorary citisen of Rome Is one seldom]
granted to visiting foreigners and was conferred on the president as a mark!
of signal distinction.
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WORK OF RE8CUING NORTHERN PACIFIC PASSENGERS PROGRESS
INC RAPIOLY
, Special to the Nugget By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Jan. 4—Wireless reports from Fire Island today say the
work of removing the passengers of the stranded transport Northern Pacific
is progressing rapidly today. The heavy seas of the past two days have
abated and submarine chasers and naveil launches are today carrying the two
hundred wounded soldiers from the stranded vessel to the hospital ship
Solace.
The well troops and most of the civilian passengers have been landed
and It Is expected that everyone will be off the ship by noon today.
Although placed In an extremely dangerous situation with the waves
threatening to wreck the steamer for hours after she went ashore, no lives
were lost as a result of theaeddent.
JAP TR00P8 TO BE WITHDRAWN FROM SIBERIA
special to The Nugget by The Associated Press.
LONDON, Jan. 4—Twenty four thousand Japanese troops will be
withdrawn from Siberia at an early date, according to a Toklo dispatch reach
ing London today.
The same advices say that Japanese public opinion greatly deplores the
withdrawal of the Japanese forces until the Siberian situation Is decisively
settled?
The dispatch states that Allied observers, including British and
Americana say Allied intervention is relatively a failure on account of the
disunity and mutual jealousy among the Allies.
OREGON LEGISLATURE MAY POSTPONE ON ACCOUNT OF FLU
Special to the Nugget By the Associated Press. /
SEATTLE, Jan. 4—Owing to the continued prevalence of the Influ—
ensa. the forthcoming seaelon of the Oregon legislature may be postponed
until several weeks after the customary period, according to reports from
Salem.
The Oregon legislative body is due to convene on January 13. The
legislative ball, which usually forms the chief event of the winter season at
the Oregon capital, and was scheduled to take place January IS. has already
oeen postponed indefinitely.
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ANCHORAGE TO HAVE ADVISORY COUNCIL OF PROPERTY OWNERS
Special to the Nugget By the Associated Press.
ANCHORAGE, — Anchorage, whieft three yean ago was laid out and
organised by the federal government and which since then has been In charge
of a townsite manager employed by the Alaskan Engineering Commission,
will soon have a council of property owners to advise with the Commission's
townsite manager on all matters relative to the administration of municipal
affairs. The advisory council will consist of seven mentors and will be
chosen by property owners at annual elections.
The Alaskan Engineering Commission, which Is the body entrusted with
the building of the government^ railroad, was wilting to tarn over, complete
ly ail'd without any reservations at all. the oqptrol of municipal affairs in
Anchorage to the residents of the town; but the cltlseno concluded such con
trol was not desirable until they had paid In full for the lota bought by them
from the government at the time of the organisation of the townsite. The
lots were seldom sold on the installment plan.
Under the administration of tho Commission, Anchoqpge property
owners are taxed for water, sewer, street maintenance, sanitation, which is for
garbage removal, and Are protection, which Is for maintenance of the Are de
partment; but there Is no polioo court, police department nor |aU expense, as
justice is administered by fho United States commissioner and police work
la performed and jail facilities afforded toy to United States marshal's
oAloe.
The federal government has devoted proceeds from the sale of lots
to liquidate construction and certain of tho operation expenses, such as court
police and jail outlays. These operation expenses would have to be met by
the property owners If they should take over the entire management of the
town.
The public school, which was built and then conducted two years by
the Commission, was turned over to the citlsena last year, and its ocst of
maintenance and operation is now defrayed by a ifrintol school tax.
Tho plan of an advisory council has boon approved by the Department
of to Interior. Mill* the council, which will Ifieet weekly, will have no In
•wrlit pow«r to oofem aajr of It, poHoloo, Ito wttlMt 4ookt will
bo ratified ahd given effect, almost as a matter of cdblse. by to Commission's
townsite manager.
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PROSPECTS OP SARLY SETTLE
MENT PSRV'CHILI
OISPUTE
Associated Pi ess Service.
SANTIAGO, Chile,—A message
read recently to Congress by Presi
dent Sanfuentes expresses the opin
ion that commercial interests art
paving the way toward more amic
able relations with Peru.
But the long-standing diffeiefoc*
between the two republics caused by
the hoisure of the Peruvian provinces
of Tacna and Arica by Chile, tha
features of which make it the Alsace
Lorraine case of South America, is
still kept alive, and is aggravated by
the fact that diplomatic relations are
■till Interrupted.
The vital question of the return ol
the province which Peru has been
demanding for more than thirty
years \rtth constantly Increasing In
sistence remains unsettled.
REMARKABLE PEAT OP BRITISH
AIRMAN
Associated Press Service.
LONDON—A trench newspaper
published by one of the British di
visions in Palestine gives the follow
ing account of an unusual feat by a
British airplane In the fighting cone:
"One of our aviators was forced by
engine trouble to land ten miles in
side the Turkish lines. His engine
was misfiring, tout produced sufficient
power for “tax-big" and short hops,
but not for flights. Presumably the
valves of two or three cylinders had
broken or stuck.
"But the pilot did not give up hope
and succeeded In "taxi-ing” the whole
way to the British lines over the lev
el sand. On the way he crossed a
Turkish emcampment, and his un
dercarriage brought away a clothes
line and a number of Turkish shirts.
The pilot was attacked by several de
tachments armed with rifles and ma
chine guns, but they invariably fled
wl en he charged on them with his
gun. Two or three German air
planes dived and fired bursts at him
but luckily hit no vital part."
ANTHRACITE COAL SUPPLY
GROWING SCARCE
Associated Press Service.
PHILADELPHIA,—As coal ex
perts predict that anthracite coal in
going to be scarce this winter, all of
the inventive genius In the anthru
cte industry has been hunting for
new sources of supply. Operators
are working abandoned mines, instal
ling new devices and putting in elec
tric power.
The barrier pillar between the New
Boston and Mill Creek collieries, con
taining 500.000 tons of anthracite, is to
be mined. Bancroft mountain, south
of Ashland, is to be stripped of its
surface coal veins for a stretch of two
miles. Fifty years ago this mine
was supposedly worked out, aband
oned and then flooded with water.
280 MILE AN HOUR PLANKS
EASY TO MANUFACTURE
Associated Press. Service.
LONDON.—“It would be very easy
for any English airplane manufactur
er to produce a machine which could
make better than 250 miles an hour,*’
declared C.iptsJn W. G. Ashton, one
uf the leading English experts on ah
mechanics, here the other day.
“This could be accomplished,*’ he
explained, “by merely altering the
curvature, or camber, of the planes.
But this would mean a minimum
landing speed of about 150 miles an
hour, and there is the great difficulty.
The machine would be unquestionab
ly flyable, but its successful landing
would require an aerodrome five oi
six miles long, to say nothing of ex
traordinary skill on the part of the
pilot.”
WAR BLINDED GOLDIE** FIND
BRIDES
Associated/ Press Service.
LONDON,—More than 150 Bridal,
soldiers blinded in the war have mar
rled since toeing their sight
THE NOME WEEKLY NUGGET
80ats. par Month.
ALASKAN TROOPS TO BE RETURNEO FROM BELGIUM SOON
Special to tho Nuggat By tho Associated Prose.
WASHINGTON, Jan. i—A report from General Pershing to the War
Department today announce that the Ninety First American division, com
posed of westerners and Alaskans, has been designated for an early return
from Belgium.
The division has already been withdrawn from active service and is
now in the cantonments awaiting the time when arrangements for transpor
tation are completed.
Portions 91st. Div. Among First lo Enter Brussels
SEATTLE, Jan. A—Recent advices report that portions of the
Ninety First Division, composed mainly of Washington, Oregon. Idaho and
Alaskan troops, were among the first allied troops to take up permanent
occupation of Brussels, the Belgian capital. A large number of the troops of
that division accompanied King Albert on his return to the seat of the Bel
gian government and participated in the ceremonies in honor of the return
ing Monarch’s arrival.
The division saw hard and sanguinary service in Flanders during the
last weeks of the war period.
AMERICAN FORCES IN RUSSIA SUFFER LIGHT CASUALTIES
Special to the Nugget By the Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 4—An official report from the American mili
tary attache with Ambassador Francis says the casualties among the Ameri
can troops in Northern Russia have been slight up to the present. *
The Americans have lost a total of eighty six dead to date, of this
number nine only were killed in action, in spits ot the numerous engage
ments during their progress through the Archangel district during the past
summer. Seven others died of wounds received in action and three weie
drowned. Two others were accidentally killed and sixty four died of disease.
Discussing the report with the reporters today. General March said
the military situation in the Archangel section is entirely in the hands of the
American and allied troops. Winter has practically suspended fighting and
the troops are in winter camps and are adequately fed and clothed for a
winter campaign. March also denied the earlier rumors saying that the
Bolshevik! recently defeated the allies in the Archangel section.
NEW GERMAN WARSHIP SURRENDERS TO BRITISH
Special to The Nugget by The Associated Press.
IX)NDON, Jan. 4—The battleship Baden. Germany’s newest warship,
is to surrender in a Britisli port within the next few days, according to an
official statement issued today.
The Baden is one of the finest warships afloat and was not completed
until the war was nearly over.
The vessel is to be surrendered by. the Germans in conformity to the
agreement of the armistice to turn over all vessels of modern typo and heavy
tonnage.
JEWISH REPUBLIC IN THE HOLY LAND SEEMS ASSURED
Special to The Nugget by The Associated Press.
WASHINGTON—After 2,000 years of exile, it is now almost certain
that a Jewish government will l>e established in Palestine. When General
Allenby, at the 'head of his victorious army, carried the Union Jack into the
Holy Oiiv last December, a dream of twenty centuries became possible. On
the hills of Zion a Jewish civilization with something of its old moral and in
tellectual vigor may once more come into being. The Jews have seized
their opportunity, and already an Administrative Commission of Hebrews
is at work restoring the country for the race.
This Administrative Commission has a program. Its aim is to bring
back the life of the Jewish colonies .a Palestine i tiicir nourishing pre-w,»*
I conditions. It intends to furnish the necessary educational, medical, and
economic aid to all Jews who go back to the Holy Land. One of its most
Important projects is the immediate founding of a Jewish university.
Along the lines of diplomacy, the Commission proposes to create har
monious relationships with the Arab and Armenian states which are to be
lts neighbors.
AH over the world, the tribes of Israel have waited through the cen
turies for this promised day. Their poets have sung of it. The exiles have
yearned for their native land. Great Britain’s military operations of last
winter have furnished an opening wedge for the realization of Zion’ hopes.
When Britain undertook the rescue of Palestine, in order to strike a stagger
ing blow at the Turk, the eyes of the Jews everywhere watched the progress
of General Allenby's army. They saw that little army foot by foot and mih*
by mile drive hack the Turk and the Hun. Their Joy grew as they beheld
it move forward from Gaza to Bethlehem, from Bethlehem to Jerusalem, from
Jerusalem to Jericho. When Jerusalem fell, the delight of the Jews was un
bounded, for Britain had already gone on record, through the speech of Bal
four, as favoring the establishment in Palestine of a national homeland for
I the Jews.
URGES GOVT AID IN 8TARTING ALASKA CATTLE INDUSTRY
! Special to The Nugget by The Associated Press.
JUNEAU, Alaeka—Alaska’s immense possibilities for adding to the
World’s supp!y of beef are emphasized by Jack McDonald, special 1 Ufaor“bf
: fleer in the Juneau district, who has made plats of over 50 available tract.-'
of kind in this section and turned them into the governor’s office.
McDonald believes that with federal aid starting the cattle industry
in the Far North, including loans at a low rate of interest for the purchase of
necessary farm machinery, Alaska within five years could raise enough beef
to supply her own wants and ship a half million dollars’ worth to the States.
Among the tracts especially suitable for cattle-raising, he says, are
2,000 acres at Farragut Bay. 500 acres at Wilson’s Cove. 400 acres between
; Fresh Water Bay and Hoonan. Grass grown on these tracts more than five
feet high, McoDnald reports, with 19 inches of growth of June alone. At
Thku river, a homesteader also reports that the red top grass on a 5.000-acre
tract stands asgBIgh as a man’s head and could be handled with a mowing
machine.
Many ranchers who have studied the matter of raising hay in the
Territory recommend silos as the best method of preserving the stock for the
use of cattle in this climate, where the precipitation is so great and constant
Others, however, ore advocating and experimenting with artificial dryers,
and with water power generally at hand, find the »tem of cost in their process
is negligible.
NOTICE OF INTENTION TO HOLD MINING CLAIMS
FROOFS OF ANNUAL LABOR.
FLACER LOCATION NOTICES
FOR SALE CARGO- FOR RENT CERDB. ETC.
F*R MLR AT THE NUMET OFFICE.