THE NOME NUGGET
VOLUME 24. No. 11. NOME. ALA8KA SATURDAY, MAKI'H f7lh, l!K2:t. OHiv.rad by Cam.r or Mailed. $1.00 per Mo.ith
ARCTIC OIL FIELDS BE DEVELOPED
S. S. VICTORIA TO SAIL FOR NOME JUNE 9TH.
GOVERNMENT TO SEND
EXPERTS TO ARCTIC
ALASKA OIL FIELDS
WASHINGTON, March 17—The government is preparing for
future extensive oil developments in Arctic Alaska as a source £6r a fuel
supply for the Navy.
The Detriment of the Interior for the next six y^ars will be en
BUrni An preparation of plans for this development. Experts of the
Geological Survey will go to Alaska to make scientific investigation of soil
formations and rock strata to determine the oil bearing possibilities of
the Territory.
SBC. OF INTERIOR WORK CX)\<TKRVKI» OVER ALASKA
SEATTLE. March 17—Secretary Work, the new Secretary of the
Interior, is deeply concerned over Alaska's administrative problem*, de
clares George Boyles of WMshington, the personal representative of the
new Secretory who arrived in Seattle.
Boyles is on hfil way north and expecte to remain here until win
ter. He says toe will visit every community in Ailaska, sotting in touch
With residents and hearing their views on changes necessary for stmplify
fng the Territory's government.
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MEMPHIS, March 17- Bl*ht were ktiled and fifty injured in a
cyclone which wrecked the village of Savage. Mias.
FRENCH ARE PLANNING
CONTINENTAL LEAGUE
MUNICH, March 17-r-Occupation of the Ruhr and fomenting an
uprising in Bavaria are panto of a French plan for oataUIiaiuing a Contin
ental League of Nations, under the domination of France. Such motives
are attributed tfao the French in an aijticle which appears in the Muench
ner Neueste Nachrichten. Claim is made that information is at hand
Showing that the proapeotue eontempfiatee a league w>hi£b provides for
the inclusion of France, Italy the little intente of Bavaria and several
parts of Austria.
LHAOIIK NATIONS TO CALL NATIONS NOT REPRESENTED AT WASH.
OENiGVA, March 17—The Washington, Naval Agreement in their
resoluMoas to countries not represented at the Wuehangnon Conference,
have been Informally considered by the Council of the League of Nations.
It is expected that the League will call a meeting of other powers, which
Had no part in the Washington Agreement, to ccmstder a world wide
scheme for limitation of naval armament.
GRAND JURY EXONERATES KU KLU.Y KAAN
BASTROP, La., March 17—No takHotments were returned by tbe
Morehouse Pariah grated jury, in connection with the slaying of Matt Dan
iel and T. RMRarduon on August 24th last. The No True Bills, .included
the various hooded band activities which the jury has been investigating.
The jury filed its report yesterday afternoon.
MTCNDANT MAKES FATAL ADMISSION OF GRAFT
SEATTLE, Mareh 1?—The testimony of Major E. d. Griggs, a
leaded among Pacific Coadt lumber men and one of the principal defen
dants in the alleged lumber conspiracy being probed here, was abruptly
Interrupted by counsel for tbe government for hh own protection. Griggs
admitted that while an officer in the Army" Spruce Division he was also
helping fix lumber prices while stall an officer of the Douglas Fir Exploita
CLAIMB THIS COUNTRY HAS SUPER GOVERNMENT
OKLAHOMA CITY, March IT—Reverend W. J. Mahoney, Imper
ial fflafiiii ef the Ku Xlux Kldn, aaM in a brief address to the lower house
•f the IwMNtare that tWs "country Mm n super government, we must
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BILLS INTRODUCED TER. HOUSE
AND SENATE THIS WEEK
(Special Juneau Correspondent.)
The following bills have been introduced in the Alaska Territorial
Senate and House rhiis week:
Attorney General Itustgand recited the Probate Code by Anthony
J. Dimond, democrat from Valdez. Charles Brown Jr. of Nome introduc
ed a bafll whereby women can claim exemption from jury service by rea
ed a bill whereby women can clbtim exemption from jury service by rea
son of itlheir sex. The Convention Roller bill, providing for a mure direct
form of territorial government, stripping the governor and other federal
officials of certain .powers was introduced by Prank Aldrich.
E. E. Chamberlain sponsored a Soldier Lend Bonus Biill.
F. M. ^Ayor of Nome, introduced in the Senate the Staser Bill
providing for a Mining Development Board to aid the mining industry
in the territory and provides for a $100,000 appropriation.
H. R. Shepard introduced a bill in the House increasing the pen
sion of Pioneers to thirty dollars per month.
J. A. Wilson and Richard Decker of Nome in the House and Chos.
Brown in the Senate introduced a modem compensation aot following
cloeefy the Federal Act. It carries an appropriation of fifty thousand.
An Industrial Commissioner will be elected by t.he Legudarture for a period
of six years with a salary of forty twd hundred and he will have dharge.
It will be compulsory on the paxt. of employe*** to contribute a percentage
of their monthly payroll, varying according to the hazard of each industry,
all work Including the employment of three or more except accountants
and domestics.
Transportation, medical, surgical and hospital service will be
J furnished to thobe injured.Compensation after three days for total dis
ability to Ik; sixty six and two third's of earned wages, but to be not over
twenty five or under seven dollars per week. In case of partial disability
the compensation is 'to be sixty six and two thirds of the difference be
tween the wage and the earning capacity. If death results from injury
within six years the widow or dependent wtWIower will receive thirty five
percent of the earned wage and ton per cent wBl go to ach. child or other
dependent. This aat contains the same provisions as the Federal Act,
which may be found in the World’s Almanac,
j In fatal cases the weekly wages upon which to base the compen
sation shall not be over thiorty doll a ns. nor under fifteen. The death
; benefit to be one hundred and fifty dollars.
Richard Decker of Nome, introduced a subsidy bill providing twen
ty thousand dollars for a boat to accomodate Seward Peninsula.
lames P. Daly of Nome, introduced a memorial for a preliminary
survey of the Yukon-Kuskokwim Portage.
Grant, introduced a bill for a Native training school at Wrangedl.
Foster of Cordova., introduced an Election Bill requiring voters to
he able .to read the constitution and write.
Attorney General Rustgand says in hne report of the Supreme
Court decision in the cases of the Territory versus John Troy testing the
Jkwies Act, that the 14th Amendment does not apply to Alaska, because
St says State. .» <
The eight hour bill decision, based on this amendment. Rustgard
says, is no reason to hold that the general eight hour law is void. He
recorann»nds that the law should be enforced or repealed.
SEATTLE, March 17—The Steamship Roosevelt, formerly I’eary’a
exploring ship, is being converted into a tug for zarge towing.
SELLS CIGARETTES TO GIRLS SENTENCED TO JAIL
SEATTLE, March 17—Joseph KlemoviCh was sentenced to six
months in jail] for selling cigarettes to two (nigh school girls.
HUGHES DENIES UNITED STATES BEEN APPROACHED
WASHINGTON, March 17Hh—Secretary of State Hughes Issued a
abatement yesterday declaring that there ie no foundation to the report
that Great Britain has approached the United States on the matter of
intervention in the Ruhr situation, and that the government had not
repMed to the proposal.
INSANE MAN THREATENS PRESIDENT HARDING
CLEVELAND, March 17—Edward C. Pox, charged with threaten
ing President Harding, was sentenced to an indefinite term in the In
bane Asylum.
IDAHO MAN ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF INTERIOR
WASHINGTON, March 17—D. W. Davis, former governor of Idaho,
was sworn in as special aasibtmnt to the Secretary of the Interior.
YURA MFG. CO. STARTS FIRST ENGINE AT NOME POWER HOUSE
The Yuba Mfg. Co. is vapidly reaching completion of the power
plat* for the Hamjnon Consolidated Gold Fields at the Oil Works on Dry
Greek WW. Engine No. 1 was started np on March 15th and ran like
• top. Today a IS hour trial ran will be held to overcome any sUpfct
EBciSj. No. 1 la the first oX the (three uS> to be need In generating
power tor the mammoth dredges on UKle Creek.
DEVELOPMENTS IN
OCCUPIED GERMANY
K.\W:lITK I'OIJCKMK.X H)lt RETURNING TO lU’HK
MERLIN, March 17—German policemen of Mohr and Krause re
turned to the Ruhr I>intriVt after having been expelled by the French
a'nd were summarily executed at Buer.
KKKNtH SOIJHKit KILLED I\ WRECK
DUESSELDORF, March 17—A Greach soldier was killed and three
Frendh railroad men were injured when a French troop tiain was
wrecked in the Rhineland yesterday. The wreck is attributed to an act
of sabotage.
BRITAIN TO DETERMINE GERMANY'S REPARATION OFFER
BERLIN, March 17—The British government is sending an official
emissary to ask what offer Germany is .prepared to make for reparations.
GERMANS DRESS AS FRENCHMEN AND COMMIT OUTRAGES
PARIS, March 17—German Nationalists, wearing French uniforms
In the Ruhr are committing robberies and other outrages on their own
countrymen to excite the public against the French troop occupation.
GERMAN GOVERNMENT AND INDISTRL\LISTS CONFER
LONDON, March 17—A despatch to the Times fgrom Berlin saya
a conference has been arranged between representatives of the German
government and leading industrialists. The purpose of the conference
fe to determine the best policy to pursue with regard to reparations.
TAFT RECEIVED BIG FEE FOR SERVICES
OTTAWA, March 17—Former president of the United States Taft
was paid $75,000 for his services in connection with the Grand Trunk
Railroad arbitration, George P. Graham, Minister of Railways, told the
bouse of Commons.
CONGRESSIONAL GAS FEST EXPENSIVE TO PEOPLJC
WASHINGTON. March 17—The blU for {minting the Congressional
Record, during the teal days of the short section of the aitiyemsth
congress of seventy tvs legislative days, wfll exceed