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VOLUME XXII No. 29
NOME, ALASKA SATURDAY, JULY, 16 1921
Delivered by C;
.$1.00 per Mo.ith
Nome is the Distributing Center and Gateway N™-*h*irn Alaska and Siberia
SENATORS ARE DARED TO FIGHT
SICOECV SHOWS KISH PEACE CONVERSATIONS
BEAR RESCUES
AMUNDSEN'S SHIP
Explorer FiaolU Amundsen's dam
aged ship, the Maud, is now w . II under
way to Dutch Harbor, after being res
cued from a rather precarious situat
ion on the north coast of Siberia by
the Coast Guard Gutter Hear, which
was recently detailed to that duty by
the Treiisury Department. 'I’he Maud
is proceeding to Dutch Harbor under
her own nails. < »n arrival there the
vessel will be taken in tow by a steam- ;
er sent north for that purpose by the 1
Universal Stripping Company ••f»Scat
tle and will be towed to that port to
(receive the repairs which necessitated
the temporary abandonment of explor
er Amundsen’s momentous attempt to
reach the North Hole and drift a crops'
the north polar basin locked in the
mighty ice cap.
The Bear, before eturning to this
port, towed the Maud from the vicinisv
of Cape Serge in the north coast of
Siberia to a point alKnit InO miles
south of Nome near St Lawrence Is
huid, leaving her to proceed under sail.
Capt. Coeh ':- als-j returned to Nome
the drew of the Nome trading schoon
er Gertrude, which was beached in a
sinking condition on the Siberian
coast a short, time after her departure
from this port on July 2. following an
encounter with ice. The schooner was
badly wrecked and will be a total
toss, according to members of the re
turning c-rew. The Bear also return
ed here one member of the scientific
party ted by John 11. Burnham which
mounuuin sneep with h is bel:
inhabit the almost unknown >
Northern Siberia. The person i
aiueer, who with Andy Taylor, a guid
comprised Burnham's companions ••
the trip. From the story told by Har
vis it appears that his return here
due to unexpected opposition to th<
exledition by the I’tissian authorit y
ficials would not. permit the pa
land unt.il passports had been s*
front the Soviet representatives a
Cape After some persuasion
plies at Knmi:i Tlarltor, but won
permit the expedition proceed
The Cutter also returned .o None i
from St Ba.wrence Island Pell Bishop,
a well known sourdough, who with l> .
island during: the past winter after .
perilous and nerve nocking encount- <
with a great storm on Berim S
turcs will lie found in another section. |
The Nome Nugget delivered by ear- ^
rler or mailed. Per Month $1.00
ARGONAUTS ENCOUNTER
DISASTROUSiEKPERIENCE
To drift for six days in a disabled
launch amidst raging seas and roaring
winds until driven ashore on a bleak
and isolated island to face an Arctic
winter with only the clothes on one's
back—this was the xpeivience of 4>.*.
F. R. Bluing and Pell Bishop follow
ing their departure front Nome enroute
to the &alt Luke sectiion in an open
launch last fall, according to Bishop,
w!ho returned to Nome on the Bi i.r
after living through a precarious and
scantily provided winter on St Law
rence Island . As related by Bishop,
who*is a graphic tale teller, the story
of their experiences appears move like
a tale drawn from the imagination
than a relation of' an actual exper
ience. Bishop and Dr. Bruing started
out in a small launch during the early
fall of 1920, bound far Salt Lake via
Teller on a prospecting trip* On
reaching the vicinity of King Island,
90 <odd Indies West of Nome, they en
countered a northeast gale whicn
speedily developed a storm of great
violence. Totally unable to breast the
farces of wind and wave, the little
craft was clutched in the storm king's
peHlous girip for six continuous days,
during which the occupants were forc
• ed to lie in the bottom of the boat,
without food and little shelter from
the foam capped billows breaking over
her low hung sides. On the sixth day*
the prospectors suddenly* found them- ;
® selves confronted by the foaming
breakers fronting a desolate and rocky* '
shore which later proved to be the St
% l^awrence Island coast. Under the
impulse of the gale they had drifted
south\yestward nearly 100 miles fron
the1 point where the storm was fl.*st
encountered. As they swept down upota
the foam lashed coast, the vagaries
'•►f wind an-’ tide directed the course
of their tiny vessel toward a point
where mist sfmmded cliffs loom ?d
frnle was still uaging fiercely and as
their vessel swept down upon the
rocky shore the two half famished
and near exhausted men had all hut
given up hope of preservation, when
by some merciful Intervention of pro
vidence the wind suddenly fell and al
most before they could realize their
good fortune, the sea became singu
larly calm. Mr. "Bishop says it seemed
almost miraculous, as they were al
most on Hie rocks and facing what
they believed to be almost certain
death. The little vessel finally struck
the shore and was wrecked but neither
.of the occupants were injured Aftc
getting safely ashore they made their
way to one of the native settlements,
where they wore hospitably received
and given food. As no vessel came to
the island before the freezeup, escape
was Impossible and the two rp^n we*e
compelled to depend upon the kindly
charity of the m&gerly provided is
landers during the winter. In detail-1
ing his experiences with reference to
this period. Mr. Bishop says they cer
tainly accomplished a solution to th°
high cost of living problem. girub be
ing a decidedly scanty commodity.
Both were taken on board the Bear
when the cutter arrived enrouto to
Siberia, where Dr. Tiruing. who is
said to be a veritable Wandering Jew,
deckfed to remain.
FRESH KILLED CHICKEN DINNER
AT MILO*S CAFE, SUNDAY.
Social Dane#, Eagle Hall, Sat. 9:30
LATE
TELEGRAPH
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SEATTLE WOMAN SUICIDES j
The deceased left i note which
lie. declined to show to the police.
SEVERE EARTHQUAKE SHAKES
VIRGINIA SECTION
• if Seattle, committed suicide Ioh.iv l\
eating ■■ sandwich which contained
strychnine which he had made him
NO EXTENSION OF TIME
GIVEN TO ALLIES
Washington, .July 15-—Treasury
Secretary Mellon today branded ;iv
false the recently publisho^ report that
the Treasury 'Department had extended
time to the Allies, amounting to four
teen years in all. in which to i«ty their
indebtedness to the United States.
WOMEN TO PARTICIPATE
. IN DISARMAMENT CONFERENCE
nieni of a number of women as mem
bers of the American commission at.
■the projected disarmament confereneo
upon President I la riling toda> by the
Woman's committee for World Pi*
GERMANY TO PAY
CANADA 300 MILLIONS
London July 16- Panada’s share in
the reparations which Geitmany Is to
pay to the British Umpire as war in
demnities, has been fixed by the con
ference of British Prime Ministers, in
se-ssion here, at three hundred million
dollars, it was announced today.
HIDES THROWN OFF
FREE LIST BY HOUSE
Washington. July 16—Hides were
today thrown off the tariff free list
by the House, which voted for a dulv
of fifteen per cent on imported hides,
to he followed h.v another amcndmen
to the Tariff Bill taxing all leather
products, including shoes, shipped in
to the United States.
SOLDIER BONUS BILL THROWN
BACK INTO COMMITTEE
Washington. July 16—The Soldiers
’•onus Bill was today roeommi'ted i •
he keeping of the Senate Pittan^
hanjnlttee, as requested by Presicfen'
larding, after sharp and extended de
WIFE OF ALASKAN
KILLED IN SEATTLE
Seattle, Jttfy 16—Mrs NTcls Xagg.
whose husband is in Alaska, and Mrs.
Jennie Kaltlcmark were killed her:*
last night In a street car accident.
Social Dance, Eagle Hall, Sat. 9:30
NEAR FIST BATTLE IN
SENATE OVER 30NUS BILl
GOLD, SILVER, TIN
LO'
JAY
11 r f I
ALASKA BUREAU URGES AID FC
)R r ported fish. The tax
je effect of placing the local herring'
tckers in ;i position to compete on lari
uore equal terms with the outsi.l.
ortroduct and would do a great deal r.
if»eli> the at present struggling Indus
s< In accordance with this view the
I'Wome Chamber of Commerce will hack
n,MP the Alaska Bureau's request.
''HUGE ALASKA TIMBER
SALE IS CON US M MATED
Washington. July It!—The Forest 1
Service today sold one million co ds
of wood at fiO cents per hundred cubic
feet fo- spruce and thirty cents pet '
hundrel for all other woods to the M
nskan-American Paper Corporation, it
"as atnonnce.l by officials of the ser
| The purchasing corporation is coiti
P"«sj| 4f New York »nd Chicago rap.
ita lists
The timber involved in the sale ' -
located >n the east side of Belun C.i
n.il. Catting must commence by o •
toher 192S, the promoters meanwhil. C
to construct a four million dollai °
Hall, Sat 9:30
VICTORIA DUE
SUNDAY NIGHT
| IRISH PEACE CONFERENCE
PROCEEDING AMIDST
UTMOST SECRECY
hat Sir James Craig, the Ulster pro
representation," 11♦* si id. "m.iv easily
SAYS BRITISH
SOUGHT CANCELLATION
OF DEBTS TO U. S.
«•;i nc'«rll:11 Ion of her regulation in-l.T
I" ■'! Senate eominifne to* 1.:y l.y Se •
CRONKHITE MURDER
CHARGES DROPPED
Washing'on, July lti — All federal
proceedings against ''nr. Itoscnhlut'i
and Sergeant I *n timers in conneetio'i
nilissed it was announced today by
At‘4|*iey Genera! Daugherty. wln>
made a personal investigation of the
INDUSTRIAL CRISIS
PASSED—HOOVER
that the industrial depression crisis
>1 and industrial conditions are
AGITATORS DRIVEN' OUT OF
ABERDEEN WHOLESALE
notified
FRAUDULENT TAX RECOVERIES
YIELD BIG INCOME
Washington, July lt>—Twenty mil
lions werp added to the government’s
revenues during the fiscal year just
closed through recoveries from false
and fraudulent income tax returns, !t
was announced today by Internal
Revenue Commissioner Blair.
JAPANESE REPLY CARRIES
FAR EASTERN RESERVATIONS
Tokyo. Japan, July 15—Japan’s an
swer to President Harding's disarma
ment conference proposal makes cer
tain reservations concerning the Fa •
Eastern question but these are not
final and are expressive of a desire to
wait until more has been learned as
to the nature ofthe questions to h**
jonsidered, i‘ was made known t^ru
ifficial sources today.
OIL BLANKS FOR SALE AT
NUGGET OFFICE