NEWS NOTES
Martin l’avenkilde is spending; a
few days in town before commencing
winter mining; laimrs in the Jess creek
section. 9
The first mail to arrive from Dime
i reek in a considerable period reached
town Wednesday in charge of Pete
Kern, who will be one of the mail
carriers under the winter schedule.
A mild epidemic of the fall grippe,
commonly known as the ‘chechako
grippe” is going the rounds at present
and a considerable number are retort
ed somewhat under the weather^
owing to the departure of (’has.
Thomas on the last trip of the Victoria.
Harold Nielson is officiating as Seen - I
lory protem of the Ragle lodge pend - j
ing the filling of the office by election. ,
grossing favorably under care of Hr.
Du teller. (’apt. I toss says the lad is
still a very sick little chap but his
condition is vastly improved as a re
sult of the operation performed last
Arrivals from both the east and west
••oasts report that the warm spell of
the past two weeks has opened most of
the creeks and rivers emptying into
liering Sea and travel is both difficult
and dangerous at present.
Charles Dalquist is expecting to re
open the old Cape Nome roadhouse
within a few days and is busy hauling
supplies to the Cape. Mr. Dalquist
was up Thursday, departing the same
day with a large load of supplies and
hardware intended for the well known
The Common Council will meet in
regular session Monday evening. It
is expected that one of the principal
events of the session will be the elec
tion of new members to fill the vacan
cies created by the departure of
Councilmen Siedenverg and Milot.both
of whom left for the States on the
Victoria. Several are prominently
mentioned for the vacant positions,
an.l it is hard to tell where the lightn
ing will strike.
The Winkler launch Rupert return
ed from a trip to (Jelovir. Hay Sunday
and was beached in the vicinity of
the fire plant preparatory to being
hauled up into winter <iuarters
The Rupert made the trip to Golo
vin a few days lief ore the departure
of the Victoria to assist in placing
tlie last of the herring pack <if the
Tom Jensen, the well known Jess
Creek mining man, is making prepara
tions to leave for Kotzebue within ■>
few days He expects to remain in
that locality during the winter, having
undertaken to officiate as teacher of
the government school at that point,
by way of relaxation from- the ardors
game of following the* elusive pa.v
K. L. Holt is now comfortably set
tled down for the winter in the Carle
ton Company building. The store
presents a decidedly creditable ap
pearance with its widely varied lines
of gftods, including .1 fine line of no
tions. crockery, etc., recently added to
tlie hardware stock. A glance over
the premises discloses that one can
purchase almost anything from a
needle to an anchor. The tin shop in
the rear is also a busy and up to date
looking place and the whole establish
ment possesses an aspect of prosper
ity and up t<> the minute sendee.
A native named Perry was fined
$20 with the alternative of ten days
in the federal hoarding house after a
hearing in the Commissioner’s court
Monday which disclosed that he was
guilfV of wife heating.
The complaint was laid by Tony
Nicholas, with whom the couple were 1
stopping while on a visit from the ■
Port Clarence section, where they re
An alleged penchant on the part of
E. L. HOLT
Successor lo E. W. Carleton Co.
JUST RECEIVED
Full Lino of light and heavy Hardware,
Tents. Ammunition, Granite ware,
Crockery ware, etc.
Solo Agent For
Lange Stoves and Ranges, Moore’s
Merritt Ranges, also Columbia Mining
Shovels and Tures Gasoline Lighting
X TIN SHOP IN CONNECTION.
HOLT CASH STORE
)is wife toward nssumintt familiar' re
ations with other men is ascribed by
lhe native ns the cause of his summary
infliction of punishment.
One year ago today tha Spanish
influenza epidemic was raffing over
the greater port of the Nome district,
leaving behind a toll of death which
causes a shudder of horror even now
when only the memory of the grim
visitation survives.
Probably never again in her history
will Nome encounter a greater crisis
than that in which she was struggling
at tliis time last year. Front Novem
ber 1 to the present date, the epidemic
was at its heighth and the list of
mortality was running into the dozens
V more desperate situation than
that in which our little community
found itself would be hard to imagine.
Fully ninety percent of the i*opnIation
was prostrate with the fearful maladv
and with the care of hundreds depend
ant on the ministrations of one active
physician and a few volunteer nurses
whose couritge and devotion shone
like a flaming beacon in the dark
ness of that fearsome period and to
day forms the only bright thought
dreadful visitation. As on. recalls
the sublime courage and self sacrifices
displayed by the little hand of min
istering heroes and heroines, one cat.
hardly escape uttering “Clod bless
of humanity was ever more deserving
hereafter than the devoted few who
response to the call of affliction.
Traps. Guns, Ammunition, Tents,
Canvas. Kahki, Just Received at
NOME ASSISTING ROOSEVELT
MEMORIAL MOVEMENT
(Continued from page one.')
attest their appreciation of One who is
universally recognized as not only a '
splendid American but also one of
the greatest figures of modem times, i
As there will be no solicitation of
funds under the stipulation that no
moneys shall bo raised save such as
free will of. the contributors. thosfc
who wish to express their appr. < i.ilion
can whom it is aimed to honor, should
leave their contributions either with
'Mr Harrison or at any on- of the
following business establishments, all
■ >{ which lia \ <• volunteered *o accept
contributions.
j If it is desired to contribute to the
I fund, simply go to on*- of the desig
nated places, sign the roll avl leave!
Hy w.-v "f securing publicity for the
movement. Mr Harrison hus distri
und purpose of the campaign in which
lie states tho belief that the people of
Nome and vicinity will he glad to hav
the opportunity to show their appre
ciation of the deceased ex- president
and the objects for which the fund is'
being raised and will evidence it by
it volume of contributions in keeping !
with past performances of similar'
As the period in which subscriptiqns
will ho received expires on the present
date, till who desire to contribute
should tender their offering before the
close of business hours today. The
size of the contribution does not mat
ter and no one should hostitate, even
tho they may have no more than a j
nickel or dime to offer. The main ob
ject is to make the memorial as broad
| ly expressive of the regard of tho
American people for one of their great
est countrymen as is possible. There
fore tho greater the number contri
buting .the closer will this object be
attained.
THURSDAY
;entralia outrage raises
WAIVE OF RESENTMENT
AGAINST |. W. W.
SK.VTTIjK, Nov. 13—The murderous
outrage committed by members of the
Industrial Workers of the World at
Fentralia Tuesday afternoon has creat
ed a wave of resentment which may
result in practically all of the more
important towns along the Pacific
const instituting a round-up of the
radical elements.
Tacoma, Portland. Kverett and sev
eral dray’s Harbor towns have follow
ed the example of t’entralia by jailing
large numbers of 1. W. W. and other
radicals since the massacre. Reports
from the various centers where raids
were instituted indicate that upward
of two hundred have been taken into
custody. At Ohehalis a number of re
turned army service men located an
I. W. AY. nest and forced several to
The local police also raided several
I. W. AY. gathering places here last
night Six were found in .1 room in
the Pioneer 1 building here who are said
by the police to have been engaged in
spreading a secret propaganda thruout
the northwest for some time past.
Reiters and propagandic literature
found in the room disclosed that the
place had boon used ns a headquarters
for the spreading of i. AY AA\ propa
ganda for weeks.
Reports reaching Seattle from num
erous points indicate that the C’entra
Ii. 1 massacre has thoroughly aroused
the entire Pacific coast to the menace
represented by the I. AY. AY. and a
clamor for drastic action is developing
in practically all .>f the larger com
munities.
It is the exportation of local officials
that tie* federal government will take
decisive action to bring an end to the
I.AY.W. propagandic campaign which
rec< at /levelopments have disclosed is
being maintained by the I. AY. AY.
throughout the nation.
Mob Drag* Body of Lynched Crntralia
I W W Through Streets
body of the I. \V. W. who was lynch
ed Tuesday night following the out
rageous attack of armed I. W. W. on
the armistice celebration parade, was!
drugged through the streets of Cen
tralla last night by an angry mob of
citizens as a warning to other I.W.W.
An immense crowd followed the
corpse through the street The pro
cession lasted for an hour or more ,
During the progress of the impromptu
parade a stop was made at the city
jail, where the body of the lynched
murderer was hold up to the gaze of
the other imprisoned I. W. W’s who
were associated in the dastardly out
Tho crowd made no attempt to mo
lest the remaining radicals but vented
its anger by shouting imprecations at
the imprisoned men.
charge of murder in the first de
gri e was filed this morning against
the lirst of the I. \V. \V. to be captur
ed following tae attack on the parad
Unknown Miscreant Fires on Soldier
Patrol at Centralia.
CKNTRALIA. Nov. 13—George Pax
ton. a former soldier, was fired upon
by some unknown miscreant while en
gag«-d in patrol duty on a road near
the spot where one «.f the I. \\\ w.
concerned in the armistice parade
massacre was lynched Tuesday even
Owing to the darkness, Paxton was
unable to locate his assailant, who is
supposed to have boon an T. W. W.
German Branch of I W W Found
Working Industriously in
Portland.
PORTLAND. Nov. 13—As a result
of the raids on I. W. \V. gathering
plaoes last night, Department of Jus
tice officials located a German branch
of the Industrial Workers organization
which was working overtime spreading
the I. W. W. propaganda.
According to statements mpde by
the officials, the organization was ap
parently engaged in building up Ger
man branches of the I. \V. W. along
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
APPOINTS COMMISSIONER
FOR PROHIBITION ENFORCEMENT
WASH., Nov. 13—John F. Kramer,
a prominent attorney of Mansfield,
Ohio, has been appointed by the De
partment of Justice as Federal Prohi
bition Commissioner to assist in the
enforcement of the newly instituted
prohibition enforcement regulations.
Commissioner Kramer will have
direct charge of the work of enforcing
both war-time and constitutional pro
hibition.
Join the Red Cross, fight for happi
ness and health.
ARMY AVIATORS LEAVE TO TEST
ALASKA ROUTES SOON
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 13—OfflC
llns of the army aviation section an
nounced today that nine army aviators
will leave San Francisco in the near
future to select and test out the pro
posed army air mail routes along: thr
Alaska coast, plans for which have al
ready been submitted to the Wa- De
partment in connection with the army
aviation program.
The aviators will use two sea planes
of the most approved type and are ex
pected to stop at Seattle. Ketchikan
Juneau, Sitka and Cordova,
AMERICAN LEGION URGES
ADDITIONAL BONUS FOR
SERVICE MEN
MINNEAPOLIS. Nov. 13—The first
annual convention of the newly organ
ized American Legion, composed ol
vetrans of the war. today elected
Franklyn Dolier, of Philadelphia, tc
the post of National Commander, the
highest office in the gift of the organ! -
The convention also adopted a reso
lution urging that congress considei
the advisability of granting a furthei
DISASTER ENDS FIRST ATTEMPT
TO FLY FROM LONDON
TO AUSTRALIA
LONDON. Nov. 13—The first at
tempt to fly by aeroplane from Eng
land to Australia came to an untimely
and shocking end today when the plan?
in which army Lieutenant R, M.
Douglas and Lieutenant W.S.L.Ross,
his navigator, crushed to earth shortly
after they began their journey. Both
aviators were killed. The start was
made from Hounslow under favorable
circumstances tills morning. Th«
exact cause of the tragedy is not defln
FRIDAY
SEDITIOUS SEATTLE PAPER
CLOSED BY ORDER
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
SEATTLE, Nov 13—The govern
ment has commenced a vigorous cam
paign to suppress I. W. VY\ and olhei
radical propaganda in this section. In
Palmer has ordered the closing down
of the Seattle Union-Record, the offic
ial organ of tlx* Seattle Central Libor
Federal warrants for the seizure of
the Union-Record and the arrest of E.
H. Ault and other editors of the publi
cation were issued at the request of
the District Attorney on advices from
Attorney General Palmer this after
noon. A warrant was also issued for
the arrest of George Blistean, the triple
alliance candidate for Seattle School
Board director and another for F A.
Rust. Following the arrests, formal
complaints were filed in the Federal
court at Tacoma charging that Ault
and the other arrested men aided and
abetted the massacre of world war
veterans at Centralla Tuesday. Ad
ditional charges that the defendants
have been engaged in a campaign for
the overthrow' of the government are
also included in the complaint.
Union Record Ordered Closed
Indefinitely
SEATTLE. Nov. 14—After a brief
release from the government seizure
order which closed the plant yesterday,
the Seattle Union-Record was again
closed down by the federal govern
ment at one thirty o’clock this after
Following efforts made by the Cen
tral Labor Council yesterday the Union
Record plant was released. One edi
tion of the paper was Issued.at noon
today flying a streamer headline flag
and bearing the caption:
"One Big Union to Which Every
American Citizen Owes 100 per cent
Allegiance is the United States."
The patriotic sentiment embraced in
the headline is a decided change from
the captions usually appearing on the
front page. The edition was scarcely
released before federal officials again
descended on the plant and ordered It
closed, this time indefinitely.
It is understood that the seizure was
made on instructions from Washington.
CHEHALIS RADICAL SHOOTS
HOLE THROUGH AMERICAN FLAG
CHEHALIS, Nov. 14—An unidenti
fied man who is believed to have been
one of the I. W. W. who fired on the
armistice day parade of the American
Legion at Centralla, shot a hole thru
the American flag which flies over this
city. The rifle shot wat^ fired at short
range from the brush around the city
yesterday afternoon. The sound of
the shot was heard by Chief of Police
Joe Knesek and several others but the
aim of the missile was unknown until
the flag was lowered last night
CENTRALIA INQUEST DISCLOSES,
SHOTS FIRED FROM
I W W HALL |
CKNTKALIA, Nov. 14—Testimony |
given at the coroner's inquest over the
bodies of the four soldiers killed in th>'
armistice parade Tuesday discloses
with certainty that a portion of the
shots were fired directly from the hall
occupied as headquarters by the In
dustrial Workers of the World.
Testimony given by several witnesses
tended to show that when the march
ing ex-service men started toward tie
I. W. W Hall after the first volley
had been tired into their ranks more
shots were fired from the building oc
cupied by the I. W. W.. as well as
from the Avalon Hotel building on the
opposite side of the street.
SEATTLE OFFICIALS PREPARING
FOR RADICAL DISTURBANCES
SEATTLE, Nov. 14—Owing to the
prospect that radical disturbances may
develop as a result of the propaganda
suppressive activities of the federal
government, the city government is
increasing the size of the local police
force Many new policemen are being
sworn in.
VICTORIA REACHED SEATTLE
TH)S -7I0RNINC.
SEATTLE. Nov. 14—The Bering Sea
liner Victoria of the Alaska Steamship
Company arrived on the last trip of
the season from Northwestern Alaska
points at 1 a. tn. this morning after an.
uneventful voyage across Bering Sea ,
and the North Pacific. No serious1
sickness occurred among the throe
hundred odd passengers on board and
little rough weather was encountered
No. 3, B. Camera, nearly new, cheap,
for the poisons of w:
-the best antidote
AMERICAN PROHIBITION
WORKERS GIVEN HARO
TREATMENT IN LONDON
LONDON. Nov. 14—Wllllnm R.
lohnson. an American prohibition
vorker anil Anti-Saloon League or
ganizer, was subjected to severe rough
inndling by a mob while attempting
o make an open air temperance nrl
Johnson. who la familiarly known
is "Pussy Foot” Johnson, was dragged
roni the platform from which he was
ipeaking and severely beaten, Later
i<> was paraded through two miles of
•rowded West End Streets on a plank
*efore being finally released.
Johnson’s assailants for the most
»art were medical students, against
hem for a time he put up a strenuous
Ight but owing to his weakened physi
cal condition was obliged to submit to
heir indignities.
Elegant Oak Dining Set at Holt's.
SOLDIER SHOOTS WORKER FOR
IGNORING COMMAND TO HALT
CENTRALIA, Wn.. Nov. 14—C. A.
Godfrey, a working man. was shot in
Ihe shoulder this morning while driv
ing an automobile througli Chehalis
his morning. The shot was fired by a
was acting as a guard after Godfrey
rmd failed to obey a repeated com
mand to halt given by the soldier.
Tents, Traps, Hunters Axes, Skin
lug Knives, full line at HOLTS.
FEDERATED CHURCH SERVICES
Sunday School . 11 A. M.
Preaching Service. 8 P, M
Subject—"The Man who went with
You are cordially invited to attend
The Church with a Welcome.
RICHARD DECKER. Pastor.
JOHN LAND Tailor
Suits made to order
Repairing:, Pressing and Cleaning
NOME RESTAURANT
OPPOSITE ALASKA BANK
NOW
OPEN
INDEPENDENT 3
MEAT MARKET 3
ALL KINDS OF FRESH MEATS J
UPON ARRIVAL OF FIRST BOATS '
H
BEEF, MUTTON, PORK, VEAL 4|
ANT POULTRY, HAM, BACON, BUTTER.
ALL BI'.LS MUST BE PAID ON OR BEFORE THE
IMIi. OF EACH MONTH H
4
4
WM. WEBB.Prop.
A full line of
UDIES HATS, COATS, DRESSES ETC
ON ALL BOATS
THE EMPORIUM kir*™ *>°s.
NORTH POLE BAKERY
ANVIL BAKERY
Bread 15c loaf, two loaves for 25c
CHAS. CAVEY. Prop.