Name is the Distributing Center and Gateway to Northern Alaska and Siberia
' 6 Pages THE NOME NUGGET
VOLUME XXII No. 6
NOME, ALASKA SATURDAY. FEB 5, 1921
Delivered by Carrier or Mailed.*1.00 per Month
MEXICAN VOLCANO NOW ACTIVE
SHIN IBM CUM SMKMC Of MITCH SHI.
ANCHORAGE DOCTOR
WINS DEATH RACE
(Delayed in Hran-smilasiiom)
Anchoraaro, Fdby. 4—Dr. A*. J.
Reason. medical attendant in the gov
ernment hospital, who left here during
the latter days of January in a nice to
Iditarofl to save the life of Claude
Raker, a pioneer b; inker of that sec
tion, arrived at the rtek main's bedside
lust Tuesday, according to word re
Army dug tecum s hroiko the trail for
the physician from Nenana and relays
en.ihled him to make the gflealeot tk>9
sil>le speed. The journey from An
chorage to Idititrod wus completed In
234 hours.
SINN FEINN CLAIM
RESPONSIBILITY FOR
DESTRUCTION OF K 5
(J'lefciyed m Transmission)
Ncnr York Foby. 4—-Asserting jos
faewnion of a navy and n new and won- |
derful invention for defense against
♦nihmaiTiu-s the Sinn Feinn are alleging 1
roBponrtildlity for the recent destruct -
Won of the British -submarine K 5,
which sank in the English Channel off
Land's End two weefcff ago.
Vbf» locny Sinn Feins publication
tioday printed a dispatch purporting to
.have been cabled from IHvbfin, Ire
land, sayting* thtit tl*e K 5 was destroy
ed 'by •‘li'.iirth seocraft." The. destruc
tion <>f the submarine. the message
says, was brought :ut*oul 1>y an “elec
trically controlled projectile recently
MT. POPOCATAPETEL
11ERUPT10H
(Delayed In TfcajuonEss ion)
. ,Me*kst* City, Feby .4—Recent «arth
•qiKLke^ in the Tehuantepec section
Amare shocked Mount Popocatapet«P,
situated near this city. Into great vol
<cunic activity. Smoke ami flame arc;
VMiuring from the crater in increasing I
Many lives were lost and much
damage was done by an earthquake
Thursday in the districts centering
about the isthmus of Tohauntipeo. ac
cording to news dispatches received
here this morning.
CONFIDENTIAL SEC’T’Y CHARGED |
v WITH EMBEZZLEMENT
(Delayed in liratuonliSBron)
MUnamLpoIi.H, Felby. 3—A warrant |
has been ism>ed Were for the arnest of ^
B. T. Jaegar. who for fifteen, years |
has occupied the position of confide:’. - j
tlal seorqttury to Alexander M. Rob
ertson. (president of the Duluth Stn?ot j
Railway Company. Jaegar is charged j
with being sh< rt $157,000 worth of se • i
curitties left in. h!is charge.
WILSON ATTENDS
DRAMATIC PRODUCTION
(Delayed in TVajuanfcpion)
WiLShlnStctn, Feby. 2—President (
Wlboon, for the first Mine sLnce his
Illness atl*nd*id a play hoaft last'
might. The |xre‘flde«t attended a puh- |
Ite presentation of the play “Abraham i
Lincoln."
SIBERIA CLEARED OF
BRITISH MILITARY,
(Delayed In Tlransmfeeion)
Vancouver. B. C. Feby. 3—Cap
tain N. A. L. Stilling, the last injem
bw# of the British military in Siberia
during the war period, passed htrough
tMJs city today on his way to London.
WANTED
A VICTROLA LOMEN BROS.
FOR A DISH OF ICC CREAM OR
A ROOD CUP OF HILLS BROS.
COFFEE AT ARCTIC OAKERY.
FIRE DAMAGES
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY
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tenslvely damaged by tire today.
MEARS TO LECTURE ON
ALASKA R. R CONSTRUCTION
Seattle. Feby. 3—ileal's, head <.t
the Alaska Engineering Commission
!n charge of constructKon of the gov
ernment railroad in Alaska, will d(
Iiver an Illustrated lecture with mo
tion pictures and slides showing pro
gress on the railroad in the CTiambe
of Commence here. It is announced.
WIRELESS AMATEURS
TO HOLD COMPETITION
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San Francisco. FI by. 3—A thirty
word wireless message, composed by
oresddf-r.* elect Harding and sent
v-:oa-least f’*am Hartford, Illinois, on
February 21. will be the subject of ••
nation wide competition among ama
feur long distance wireless operators
in all parts of the United States; It
••as announced hei*e today. The mes
sage will be flashed from Hartford in
three part*.
TH08E SOURDOUGH HOT CAKES
>ND HILLS BROS. COFFEE AT
ARCTIC BAKERY.
HARDING ASKS FOR
SPECIAL SESSION CALL
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Washington, Feby. 4—1 ’resident
Willson was requested by president
elect Harding to call :i special session
of thu- Senate March 4. to confirm cabi
net appointments, according t<> reports
emanating from the White
BODY OF ABSCONDING
CASHIER FOUND IN BAY
(Delayed in Transmission >
San Francisco, Foby. 4—The hotly
of Harvey L. HeiVhron, casMe of a
local ism brae dim? lferm who was recer t- :
'.y found f-i'ty five thousand dollars
sTunt in his accounts, was found today
floating in the *>ea off Colma, :■ slior*
U S WAR FLEET
VISITING VALPARAISO
(Delayed in Transmission)
Valparaiso, Feby. 4—Twenty five
United Strobes warships, all in their of
ficial "full dress”, are in Valparaiso
harbor at present.
ADMITS STARTED BANK
WITHOUT CAPITAL
(Delayed in Transmission)
Bdamark. V. 1). Foby. 4—I). H.
iCathrom, who appeared before the
legislative committee today in Conner.
t4 on wfilth t-1i investigation of the
banking situation in this state, admit
ted that tihi-,bank of which he is the
manager started on no capital.
DEPORTED BOLSHEVIKI
AMBASSADOR APPEARS I
(Delayed in TransmSssion)
•Stodkfhoim. Foby. 4—Ludwig C. A. «
Martens. 11!4th alien recently deported j
from the United States as an unde- j
siralble, wiled from CSothenberg today!
for LSbau, on the Lettish. coast. |
BANKER BUYS STOLEN
LIBERTY BONDS—ARRESTED
Memphis. Tenn. Fcby. 5—\\*. \..
Humiley, Jr. a local lniniker has be- n
amr«.t<ed here, charged with buying a
qua't«—'million dollars worth of stolen
Liberty Ronds.
MAIL MESSENGER
BANDIT VICTIM
hui'. mail messenger, was held up at
St < Tnarlcs by five men Who kidnapped
him and stole a registered mail pouch
Vtining a hundred thousand doll
SCOTLAND YARD BOMB
PLOT REVEALEDj
L vlon. Feby. 5—The Secret Sor- I
vi have uncovred a plot t-> i
Mow upr* old Scotland Yard in London j
w - ) is being used at present as a
r»winiitr’ng station and depot for th
Roy.--! Irish Constabulary, it. become
known today.
VETERAN NAMED HEAD OF
SEATTLE PORT COMMISSION
(Delayed la Tt-a numb's Ton)
Soia!tie. Fe®>y. 3—Captain W. 4* A.
Moiifheal, a veteran of the European
hois been appointed manager of
• I - Spittle Port Commission.
LCS ANGELES KIDNAPPERS
GET SEVERE SENTENCES
Delayed in Ttiuiemfssion)
Los Angt:!ee. Feby. 3—Arthur \V.
. r.»l Ficdy C’aoir, cousins and the kid
nappers of /Mm. Gladys Witherell.
daughter in law of Ranker A. .T.
Withered!, who was recently found a
ndwomer on a sheep ranch 70 miles
pouth of here, were today Sentenced
to «drve Dram ten years to Me In San
QnenULn penitentiary for their act.
GERMANY DECLINES
TO ATTEND ALLIED
FINANCIAL CONFERENCE
Berlin, HV-hy. 5—Germany lias for
mally declined to attend the Allied
financial confercnco of experts to be
held in Brussels next Monday, it wan
officially announced today.
COAST PASSENGER STEAMER
AGROUND WITH PASSENGERS
San Francisco. Feby. 5-The steam
er K.ilnjnat.li. bound from San Fran
cisco to Portland witli a number of
passengers on board, is aground on
■Fish-Hook, about 90 miles norllh of
here, aiccordiing to advices reaching
here tftday.
PORTLAND MAYOR
FORBIDS LECTURE BY
LINCOLN STEFFENS
Portland, Or*?. Feby. 5—The imayor !
•of Portland ha s declined to jKirmtt |
Lincoln Steffens. the noted writer to '
lecture hero on account of his alleged |
radicalism. |
BORAH SUSPENSION PLAN
UNFAVORABLY REPORTED
Wiudiington, Feby. 5—An urxfav- ,
orabb* report has been tiled tlv»:
Semite Naval Affairs sub-committee
on the Borah pJan for a six month sus
pension of ruuval building activities.
SAYS RUSSIAN LECTURERS
TO SWAMP U S
Ottawa. Feby. 5—Dr. Paul Sperry
j of the Pnliversiity of Chicago, add resf
I ing tfu* Canadian Flub here, said tlv r
| is a program contemplated by Soviet
I representatives for Pussian lecturer
i to wwartm over flic United States
Ipreaidhing Soviet doctrines. Dr. Spe rry
also slid the Hearst newspapers. Ber
IHaiti Shaw, Jane Adams and If. fS. .
I Wells, the noted novelist were "prac
ticing ;i pivignim of ruin for civilizn
CLIENT SHOOTS PORTLAND
LAW SHART
. Portland. Feby. 5—Attorney Ch;ia ,
J. Schnable was shot in the back on 1
killed today as he was leaving the
courthouse l>y Joseph C. Poeschi, a
y«r bad not pressed his claim for an
injury sustained by PnenoT i in a r.i
rent Southern Pacific train wreck.
SEATTLE BANDITS
AGAIN ACTIVE
(Delayed tin T.ransmf«ir>n)
Seat til**. Feby. 1 William (J Beard
sley. a returned soldier and at present
a law student in the PnivorsPy .-f
Washington, was robbed and sa \ . r* h
beaten by bandits fin the Poiv.—siiv
campus last evening.
state of insensibility, the robbers Mi row
his body into a clump of bushes.
BRYAN BOOMED FOR NAT’L
PROHIBITION COMMISSIONER
(Belayed in Transm ssion)
Washington. Feby. 4—A campaign
was launched here today to have Will
ian Jennings Bryan appoint'd matronal
prohibition commissioner, to succeed
Commissioner Kramer.
REINDEER MAKING PASTORAL
PEOPLE OF ESKIMO
(Delayed in Transmission)
Washington. Feby. 4—William T.
l^opp, superintendent of the Alaska di
\1it1Iion of the Bureau of Education, in
a *ta,t anno nt assured Congress that the
Alaska -ivintdeer are making of the
Eskimo of Northwestern Alaska a pns
toraJ population.
8 cts a day will give you the Dally
Bulletin and Weekly Nunet. I
FORMOSANS THREATEN
REVOLT AGAINST
JAPANESE CONTROL
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Tokiin», Foby. 4 -The island of Fo<
imosa, which was ceded to Japan by J
t’hiiia in IS94. is threatening1 secession j
:us serious jut thowe <»cctiring in Korea !
(luring the i*ast three years, accord.ng j
to Kin Kendo, a prominent Formosan.
Kendo's declaration was maria at a
j public meeting heJi1 in his honor n - 1
! The island. actuated in the (.'
Sea, about SO miles from th>- Chine.se
t-ooist, wits ceded to Japan following
tin* Chinese-Japanese war and the na
tive opposition wits subdued by the
Japanese, save on the almost unox
plored sidie of the Island, where the
natives have maintained their Inde
pendence.
4 cts n day will bring the Weekly
Nuggetxto your home. _
BOOZE THIEVES
LOOTING 60V7 WARE
HOUSES WHOLESALE
(Drfflywl in Transmission)
Washington, Sehy. 4—Sixty for"
thousand gallons of whisto-y -stored i/
government bonded warehouses i
various parts of the country h ive been
sBolert within the past three months
: tenanting to Internal Revenue Depu't
front officials.
Thiefts of whiskey from government
\v; firehouses since the inauguration of
!he prohibition act have- collectively
•f suited in iosnes mounting to mill -
ions of gallons in spite of all govern -
mental effort.
NEVADA POLITICAL LEADED
CHARGED WITH MURDER
( Delaywl in Transmission)
lCf.no, Nev. Feby. 4—James IF.
Knevin, far many years prominent as a1
Iffldor in the stall* democratic part\,
ing trial on a charge of murder, fed- j
lowing the diiscovorv of the ho<Jy of
.Mrs. Etta Hannah dead in her a par4- :
ments with a bullet in her head. f\r- !
eumustances iwint to Kn vin as tii j
party .responsible.
NOME MAINTAINS RECORD
The tpOBtntuster states that the avo>*.
ings Stomps for Nome dtiifng ;'m
calender y<ar l!»2'l was $16.77. accord
in',' to the Post < »fMee records end •• t:
mating the average population «•:'
X mie last year as 1.000.
Sari rug .Stamps for all Alaska, wlih-h
ing 1920 was $2.20 so it is seen t • it
Nome maintained her record in the
purehnse of Government securities.
ODD FELLOWS HOLD
PLEASANT SOCIAL
The Odd Fellows and R'hekah
lodges held an enjoyable joint so< i d
at Odd Fellow Hall Friday evening,
with a considerable number of mem
bers of the two organizations and in
vited guests attending. The program
Included progress! v whist, luncheon
and dancing. Appropriate prizes w ■
awarded in connection with the whist
contest and were won hy Mesdmnes
Nols Swsiniberg. I *eter Sat her an.I
f’haa. Rice in the la dun* division. Tim
men’s prizes were annexed by Wn.
Cameron,■ Frank Duflresne and I"red
Rohn, all in the order given.
Try our sourdough Hot Cake*—none
hotter, at ARCTIC BAKERY.
Bubacrlbo NOW for tko Noaao Nufgot
WITNESS GIVES CONGRESS
COMMITTEE STRAIGHT TALK
, (Delayed In TYnnsmiasion)
Wasington. Keby. 3—A broadside
j was let loose by C. CJ. Dawes against
Mae. «ymg)ressiion:»l methods <>f investi•
j gating the conduct of the war in the
very faces of <>np of ‘.lie war investi
gating bodies tcMlay. Dawes attack tv!
what he characterized as the "parti -
v*i n attempt to blacken the name of
tho American army because of the
bin mil rs of a few former brigadier
genettil’s in charge of supply procure
hesitate 1 » express his full vtiews on
the siulbject, waxing vehement and
pmf.i nifty .is he coral mned the Con
duct ami asserted that "the Hows.*
<'('inriiittee’s could serve a more use
ful public service by turning the
searchlight on the want* of millions
of gov.-mm. n.t dollars it«lg<h‘t under their
the crowd gathered in the committee*
swearing Like a "buck" private :is be
:n d the comm.V.ec what he ;>> » ;ght of
The Nome Nugget delivered by car
rier or mailed. Per Month SI.00
SCHOOL TO RESUME
FORMER TIME SCHEDULE
Meginning next Monday, the Nome
l hub lie School will return to the s ■
hours prevailing before the new ‘un.*
schedule Adapted recently to avoid th~
long .houns of stiuly under artificial
light heretofore associated with the
exceedingly short days of the midwin
ter period. The days are now of suf
ficient length to permit resumption of
the usual opening hours—9 a. m for
the morning session and 1:15 p. m.
for thfc afternoon period.
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