MONDAY
(TELEGRAPHIC)
3EATTLK D1STI1 JACRY
DESTROYED BY AGENTS
Seattle, March 5—Federal prohl
lltion agents demolished a one hun
dred and fifty gallon still on Boyles
tcn Avenue.
Von Bernhard Flicker, a late Lieut,
in the German army and C. L. Olm
rtead. a former Seattle policeman,
were arrested.
VETERANS BUREAU TO
BE INVESTIGATED
Washington, March 3—The Sen
ate ordered an Investigation, head
ed by Reid of Pennsylvania, Into the
charges of mismanagement of the
corruption In the War Veterans Bur
eau. The inquiry is to begin this
next week.
THREE RUM RUNNERS
KILLED IN TENN.
Jelltco, Tenn., March 3—Three
rum runnera were killed and four
wounded in a battle on Pine Moun
PAY OP SENATORS
MAY RE INCREASED
Washington, March 3—Represen
tative Upshaw of Georgia has intro
duced a bill proposing an Increase in
the pay of senators and representa
tives to ten thousand dollars per
HARDING SIGNS
SIGNS RESOLUTION
Washington, March 3—Harding
srgned the Joint congressional reso
lution, urging that the United States
take up with foreign governments
the necessity for curtailing habit
forming drugs at their source.
JULIAN El/TINGE RELEASED
ON BOOZE CHARGE
Seattle, March 5—The grand jury
returned a No True Bill against Jul
ian Eltinge, the noted female im
personator. charged with transport
ing liquor Into Seattle from Victor
ia. It was shown that the Customs
officials had seised his liquor and
fined him five dollars per quart.
GERMAN FACTIONS CLASH.
Berlin, March 3rd—Thirty were
wounded in a clash between Bavar
ian Socialists and Communists at
Aonsburg, in Bavaria.
bank Manager
EMBEZZLES FUNDS
Chicago, March 5—SetA G. Ander
son Department Manager of the
First National Bank, pleaded guilty
to stealing fty five thousand of the
hank’s funds.
PHYSICIANS INDICTED
DRUG PEDDLING
Seattle March 5—Doctor Linns H.
French and Doctor R. E. MoKfbbon
were indicted by the federal grand
jury on narcotic peddling charges.
RANKER ACQUITTED OF
GRAND LARCENY CHARGE
Seattle, March 5—Vice President
Truax was acquitted Saturday from
the charge of grand larceny, Row
ing out of the Seattle National Bank
differences with Frank Waterhouse,
since bankrupt.
.AERIAL SERVICE BERLIN
CHICAGO TO BEGIN
Geneva, Mar. 4th—It is reported
from Frledrichehafen that the Zep
pelin which is being completed there
for service between Berlin and Chi
cago, will soon be ready for its trial
The ship will be given it* tryout in
a few days over the Alps.
wax OCCUPY KSW
IMBWII1A1 CBNTKR8
Berlin, March S—The Preach to
ri ay occupied Mannheim, Barmatadt
and Karlerhn, three Important tn
dnetrM ceotera of the Rhine Valley.
WICKKRSHAM PIOHTIWG CW
AGAINST PACKING CO.
/ Seattle. March f—Judge Jaanee
Wickereham arrtred from Ran Praa
. deco, where ho argued the eaae of
the Territory of Alaska against the
Annette Maud Packing. Company
before the. federal dreuR court of
appeals. The corporation is seek
ing to crude saying a territorial tag
on the ground that R la wanting
can airinmuat tnwru.; c
■ Ynckeraham thinks Oft am court
will set aside, the ruling to favoi
of the company, made by Judge
Reed of Juneau, but that the case
will go to the Supreme/ Court a;
Washington. ^
BOMBING PLANK
FORCED TO EARTH
New York, March 4—Lieut. Stan
ley Smith of the Army Air Service,
was killed and Major Follette Blacl
ley probably fatally Injured when
the bomber in which they left Mit
chell Field for Chanute Field, Ran
toul, Illinois, was forced down from
a height of 2000 feet at Brooklyn.
SOVIET NOT MEMBER
# THIRD INTERNATIONA!.
Rome, March 6—The Russian So
viet has no connecttyn with the
'iMrd International, which has urg
ed the Italian Communists to make
war on the Fascist!. In an inter
view with Premier Musolini yester
day M. Vorovsky, Soviet envoy, gave
the assurance that the Soviet and
Third International are in no wise
SIXTY' SEVENTH CONGRESS
PASSES INTO HISTORY
Washington, March 4—The sixty
reventh congress passed into history
at noon. It brought to close a ses
sion marked by unprecedented par
t’zan bitterness, by weary UilibusteT
ing and be defeats of some of the
most important measures on the pro
gram of the party in power.
Among these was the Ship Subsidy
Bill, killed by senatorial filibuster
ing. Harding reached the White
House at 11 o’clock and signed bills
passed in the rush hours of last
night and this morning. Among
the measures signed were Rural
Credits, the bill reclassifying em
ployees in the government service,
end a bill authorizing return of
alien property.
FARM CREDITS BILL
ASSURED ENACTMENT
Washington, March 3rd—Senate
and House conferees reached unan
imous agreement tonight on the
Farm Credits Bill.
The Nugget received the following
telegram from Delegate Sutherland.
Washington, March 3—Farm Loan
Act, including live stock loan, has
been extended to Alaska. I will
mail copies of the Act and all in
formation to Farmers and Stock
"Steers Associations.
DAN SUTHERLAND.
Delegate from Alaska
TURKS WANT RIGHT
TO LIVE PEACEABLY
Angora, March 3—The new year
has commenced and the government
does not know whether it will be a
year of war or peace. Mustapha
Kemal Pasha said in a speech: “If
war comes we are fully prepared.
We are not encroaching on any
c ther country and we are merely ask
:ng the, right to live, which if the
Allies grant it means peace.”
TUESDAY I
(TELEGRAPHIC)
NEW CABINET MEMBERS
SWORN IN
Washington, March 6—New and
Work were sworn in as^ Postmaster
General and Secretary of the Inter
ior. respectively.
EX-KAISER EXPECTS
ANOTHER HEIR
London, March 6—The Doom cor
respondent wires the Chronicle that
another hefr will be born to former
Kaiser William in a few months.
HALIBUT FISHING
CONVENTION CALLED
Washington, March 6—A conven
tion of Americans and Canadians
has been called to control Halibut
fishing on the Pacific.
BREVITIES
Christiania, March, 5-—The Nor
wegian government has resigned,
following rejection by the Storthing
of Its proposal .for a commercial
treaty with Portugal, by a vote of
New York, March Srd—Frankie
Gknaro wins the American Fly
weight championship by a decision
ever Pancho Vnella at Madison
Square Garden.
Washington, Mar. S—Immigration
to the U. 8. from Russia, which al
most oeaaed during the war, Is os
the increase.
Washington, March S—The Army
Ap»ro,rl»tlon« Wit. AM mrrl«4
an appropriation of 665,880,000 for
U r Hirer and Harbors projects, was
signed by the President.
Bochum, March 5—Raiding the
oahdquarters of the German Safety
f olicemen here French forces found
several cannon, machine guns, am
munition and explosives'. At Oeise,
Kirchen 280 Safety Policemen were
arrested and expelled from the oc
Portland, March 5th—The ninth
death from sleeping sickness since
January first was reported to the
Health Department. It was that of
Mrs. Jennie K. Gregg, sixty four
years old.
San Francisco, March 5—Capt.
K.dmunds Dickens, many years com
mander of the Alaska Coast Geodetic
Survey vessel Gedney, died at the
home of his daughter.
BBC. WEEKS TO
TAKE WESTERN TRIP
Washington, March 6—Sec.Weeks
announced that he will accompany
the Congressional party on its trip
to Hawaii, at least as far as San
Francisco. The transport Grant
v;ill be used instead of the St. Mihlel.
From San Francisco the Grant will
proceed to Honolulu.
The President's transport will
take the Alaska contingent of the
Congressional party to investigate
the government military works.
AMBASSADOR CHANGES
MADE BY HARDING
Washington. March 6—The Presi
dent nominated Cyrus E. Woods of
Pennsylvania to be ambassador to
Japan and Alevander C. Moore to
be ambassador to Spain.
! SOVIET OFFIdAlA SHOT
FOB CORRUPTION
I London, March F»—Forty two So
viet officials were shot Sunday morn
ing for corruption, in accepting
j bribes, according to a Moscow die*
I patch to the Daily Labor Organ.
| According to the dispatch twenty
to one nvndred others thruout Rus
ria were sentenced to imprisonment.
FRENCH SEIZE
GERMAN FACTORY
Cologne. March 6—French troops
seized Krefeld factory for refusing
to sell goods to French and Belgians.
HARDING WILT/ COME TO
ALASKA THIS SI'MM EH
Washington. March 6—Harding
lias definitely decided to visit Seat
tle and Alaska this summer. This
fact was made known at the White
House after an interview between
the President. Senator Jones, repre
sentatives Miller. Summers and Had
ley and Delegate Sutherland. The
tentative itinery will occupy five
weeks of whhcta twenty days will be
spent traveling to Alaska from Seat
tle and investigating conditions at
first hand.
HARDING SIGNS
NARCOTIC RESOLUTION
Washington. March 3—Harding
signed the joint congressional reso
’vtlon, urging that the United States
‘ake up with foreign governments
‘be necessity for curtailing habit
forming drugs at their source.
HARDING TO APPOINT
JAPANESE AMBASSADOR
Washington. March 5—The White
House announced that Harding has
selected the new ambassador to
Japan and will name him as soon as
Japan makes Masapano Hanibara,
the new ambassador from Bataan,
present his credentials.
OCCUPATIONAL ARMY
ON RAMPAOE
Essen, Martfh 6—Last night was
the wildest night since the beginn
:nig of the period of occupation.
Pood stores were looted and stores
broken into by the army.
SIX PERSONS KILLED
BY BSC APING GAS
Chicago. March 6—Six persons,
three generations of one family .were
killed when gas used in a restaurant
exploded. Cockroaches escaped
thru a forgotten opening ip the
walls up ‘to the second floor flat
were they became entombed and kill
ed by the gas.
HARDING’S LEAVE
FOR FLORIDA
Washington. March 8—President
and Mm. Harding left Washington
yesterday on a special trip, for Flori
da where tfysjwlll houseboat for a
j «M PUPATION PKOGKK8H
IN GRRMAN\
j -
J Mayence, March 6—French troop!
I advanced alone a fifty mile front ir
i Khiniah Bavaria, Baden and Hesse
• (‘T’tpying additional German cities
! cf great tsrategic importance.
INTERNATIONAL COURT
PROPOSAL REJRCTBT)
Washington, March 5—By a vote
cf 49 to 24 the Senate refused to
«;ive any consideration to Harding
and Hughes’ plan to have the U. S.
become a member of the Interna
WEDNESDAY
(TELEGRAPHIC)
CIVILIAN OFFKTIAIjB
WITNESS MMKVnQItA
Washington, March 6—Secretary
I'enby, Admiral Coonts, chief of
If aval Operations and a party of
Kenatom and Represent&tivea sailed
from Washington last night tor Pan
ama Bay, where they are to witness
the Joint maneuvers of the Atlantic
and Pacific fleets.
to coLiJocrr Tax from
FRENCH ART DEALER
Washington, March 6—The Treas
rry Department has ordered an in
quiry into the celebrated Rochafou
cauld tapestries by J. Rockefeller Jr.
for one million one hundred and flf
thousand dollar*. The Bureau of
Internal Revenue is conducting a
H.rict investigation into the aale to
determine whether the United Sta
tes is entitled to a tax on the $377,
000 profit Edourd L&carde. the
Fiench dealer made on the sale.
\VM. MARX FROZEN
TO 1>KATH ON TRAIL
Win. Marx, U. S. Commissioner,
at Teller, was found frozen to death
en the unstaked trail between Tel
ler and Ear Mountain, March 1st.
Mr. Marx and John Reed were re
turning from their assessment work
on Ear Mountain ad were caught in
a storm on a high slope overlooking
rhe Agiapnk River. Here the trav
elers became separated. Reed fell
over a four hundred foot precipice.
I illing one dog but himself escaping
severe injury. Marx, it is presum
ed, having lost Reed retraced and
circled about to find Reed.. Marx’s
sled became broken and was aban
doned. Marx slid down the preci
pice. and apparently was knocked
unconscious. Regain nc conscious
ness he walked two miles in the di
lection of Teller and there succumb
ed to his injuries and the cold.
Full particulars will be given in
*he Saturday Nugget.
EDUCATION SOLUTION
OF RACK PRORLRM
Washington, March 6—Education
i probably the right approach to
he great problem of giving the
'egro races a place In our American
ivilization. President Harding
ave expression to this opinion in a
ntter to the negroes in conference
LUES REFUSE TO PAY
U. 8. FROM REPARATIONS
Paris, March 6—After three hour1
'liberations yesterday afternoon
i Allies maintained their refusa
• pay America’s expenses for or
nation of Germany from re^ara
MAIL ARRIVES TODAY
Outside mail arrived at 2:00 p.r
day. Outgoing mall closes Thrus
Subscribe for the Nugget and ge»
i Nugget Calendar free.
TO INVESTIGATE CAUSES
OP GOIjO DECREASE
Washington, M rch 6—A Senate
resolution, authorizing a special
commission to investigate the alarm*
in* decrease tn gold and silver pro
duction. passed unanimously.
The commission will report its
findings to the next Congress.
OPPOSE ST. PATRICK’S
PARADE—RIOT ENSUES
New York. March 7—Police reser
ves were called out last night when
a riot started »t a public mass meet
ing of a Citizens Protest Committee
to oppose the St. Patrick’s Day
parade. The disorder was quelled
after thirty minutes of chair throw
ing and fighting.
HUMAN SPIDER
IS FINALLY KILLED
Now York, March 6—With twenty
thousand, including hie wife, looking
on and movie machines registering
his movements, Harry F. Young, the
human spider, plunged ten etories
to his death yesterday afternoon. He
was making a spectacular attempt
to scale the aide of Hotel Washing
WASHINGTON PASSES HOAD DUX
Olympia, March 8—T**e senate
jt:.terda- afternoon rass°d tli- 'ill
appropriating ten million for state
AGED COUSIN LINCOLN DIES
Davenport, la., March 6—Captain j
S. Hanks, first cousin of Abe. Lin- j
coin and a former Mississippi river
pilot, died yesterday aged 92 years, j
ALASKA DISPATC H
CHANGES HANDS
Seattle, March 7—The Alaska Dis
patch. published in Seattle by Ed
Russel, formerly of Juneau, passed
its ownership to Chas. E. Herron and
A. D. Coulter, James A. Wood, for- ;
mer editor of the Post Intelligencer
will be editor in chief, with L. F.
Shaw a former editor of the Nome
Nugget, as news editor. The same
combination is negotiating for the
Hyder Alaska Miner and Cordova
Times and other Alaska papers. At
tempt has been made to acquire the
Juneau Empire, tho the latter deal
is now declared ofT. The new own
ership of the Dispatch will chang'*
the name to the Alaska Weekly and
its first issue will appear Saturdav
March • Ot*
CUNO HOPES FOR SETTLEMENT
OF DIFFICULTY
Berlin. March 7—Chancellor Cu-1
no, it is understood, is planning a I
definite proposal to France, design
ed to bring about permanent peace !
in the Ruhr.
THURSDAY
(TELEGRAPHIC)
SUB. CHASERS TO
FIGHT BOOZE RUNNING
Seattle. March 7—Two Eagle sub
marine chasers will soon arrive in
Puget Sound, to join the Coast
Guard fleet here warring on boo*e
:unners.
ALASKA I/OSES HER
PROHIBITION DIRECTOR
Seattle. March 7—John B. Mar-;
shall. Federal Prohibition Director ’
for Alaska with headquarters at
Juneau, was ordered transferred to
this district by Federal Prohibition 1
Director Haines.
Marsiiall’s transfer follows com- j
pletion of the report made by \
Haines’ Special Assistant. Mathews,
on his recent investigation of the
prohibition status in Alaska. No'
successor has been named to Mar
WHITNEY -NORTON
NUPTIAI/4 PERFORMED
Paris. March 6—Miss Marie Nor-1
inn became the wife of Cornelius
Vanderbilt Whitney here yesterday
afternoon. The groom to the eon of
Harry Payne Whitney of New York
t-nd recently was a defendant in a
breach of prom fee lmtt.
PRESIDENT REACHES FLORIDA.
Ormond Beach, Florida. March 7.
—President and Mra. Harding ar
rived yesterday noon and were met
by Mr. and Mra. Edward McLean
and immediately boarded the house
boat PionelSr, which McLean has
(bartered for his guests. Luncheon
was served on the boat and the
President planned an hour on the
i,olf links in the afteraooa.
j HOr.SE OF VAMIlHRBU/r
and Morgan r\m
New York, March 7—Regnald C.
j C. Vanderbilt and MIsb Gloria Mor
j ran were married. The bride to
I the daughter of Henry Morpan of
the diplomatic service and wore a
fifty thousand dollar necklace, the
I gift of the groom.
j 1SONAR LAW GOVT GETS SLAP
J London. March 7—Another mem
I her of the Bonar Law government,
John Mailer Hills, financial secre
tary of the Treasury, was defeated
ior a seat in the Parliamentary elec
tions. The announcement created a
tremendous Rtir in political circles.
ALASKA RAILROAD MATERIAL
ARRIVES IN SEATTLE
Seattle March 8—Bound from
Mobile for Seward with 4,000 tone
of railroad equipment and material
for the government railroad, the
steamship Craster Hall, C&ptadn L.
Forbes, arrived here today.
After discharging its local consign
inent she will proceed to Vancouver
rnd then to Alaska. This vessel
will mark the entry into Alaska of
the first vessel with a direct ship
ment of material from the east
cast, conveyed by any vessel
whether army or naval transport.
DEPUTY SHERIFF KILLED
BY MOONSHINER*
Franklin, La.. March 8—Wesley
Sheriff( was slain last Saturday by
moonshiners and was found buried
n the mud of a destroyed moonshine
still in a swamp about eight miles
from here#.
The slayers John Murphy and
Gideon Rester confessed to thelfmnr
der and led the officers to the -bur
ial spot.
NEW YORK’S I*OPULATION ,
AND VALUATION
Ne.w York. March 8—Counts of
file official directory give New York’s
jopulation at six million, with an
assessed real estate valuation of ten
r-nd one half billion dollars.
ARGENTINE TO REMAIN
IN LEAGITR NATIONS
Buenos Aires, March 8—The gov
ernment has announced that Argen
i?ne proposes to remain a member of
the League of Nations.
CONVINCED THAT KXGIJSH
PEOPLE MUST UNITE
London. March 7th—In a* speech
made yesterday afternoon by Stanley
Baldwin. Chancellor of the Excheq
uer, he stated that he is fully con
vinced that the time is coming when
the English speaking people will be
driven to join hands. He believes
that the course of world events is
so shaping itself that we must Join
hands and save the world eoonom-ic
ally and restore international trade.
AMERICAN POOKETHOOK HIT
BY RUHR SITUATION
Washington. March 7—French oc
cupation of the Ruhr is giving rise
to an increased number of com
plaints from American business con
TO INVESTIGATE
AUTROCITY REPORT
Washington. March 8—At the
request of Senator Walsh of Mass.,
the State Department has instructed
the American Counsel at Smyrna to
investigate reports that the coffin of
private George Dilboy, A. E. P.
medal of Honor man, of Greek ex
traction. whose body was sent to
Asia Minor for burial, had been
desecrated by Turkish soldiers.
RONE WARNS AGAINST
EXCESSIVE LEGISLATION
Juneau, March 7—Governor Bone,
in a message to the Legislature yes
terday. urged measures to develop
Alaskan resources opened by the
completion of the Alaska Railroad.
He also advised against enactment
of a multiplicity of laws, wanting
that such a piling np nf legislation
tends to retard rather than advance—
progress and development.
W ILLIAM AND HERMOINR
NOT HARMONIOUS
Doom, March 8—According to in .
formation obtained from a member
of the entourage of the former As
peror. relations between NDHim
and his wife Princess Hermoia* am
strained.
Any items of interest to Hie etoK
mneity if given or Ulephempe to toe
Nugget win he given WlHihf iii
will be appreciated it an times.