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THE NOME NUGGET
No. 35. NOME, ALASKA. SATURDAY. AUGUST !»0, 1*24. 0.liv«r.d by Carmr or M.,u-d »1 00 trr MoitS
DEPUTY GETCHELL FOUND DEAD
DECISION M FRANKS MURDER TRIAL SEPT. 10
sriilJVAV TE1.I. WHAT HE KNOWS ABOUT MARTIN
SEATTLE. Aug. SO—Sullivan last night after his arrival from '
Port Moller said that he was willing to tell what he knows about _
Major Martin’s plane, but the rules of the Department of Commerce {
forbade. J. K. Russell, the Field Superintendent of the Bureau of j
Fisheries said he had wired for instructions what to do in the matter. J
Sullivan in a statement said that before he will make anything public, f
be will be sure “that his statement contains nothing that will reflect j
upon the War Department or Major Martin.” Persons familiar with /
Alaska Peninsula, today inspected the photographs of (he wreck f the j
plane taken by Sullivan and developed here, and they say that the'
mountains exist off to the right beyond the edge of the picture. "hey
say that the plane lays at a spot estimated to be six hundr* . feet
above the level of the stream which can be seen flowing in the middle
distance of the photograph beyond the plane.
AMERICAN FLYERS DID NOT FI.Y THI RSDAY
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ABOARD THE RICHMOND, Aug29 On account of had weather
the Americans postponed their flight from Ivigtut to Indian Harbor.
The flight was scheduled for Thursday afternoon, hut weather •'Edi
tions made it impossible.
ABOARD RICHMOND. August 30 At I.-e Mickle, Labrao.... the
fringe of the storm which caused the postponement of the Am* '- . .in
flight from Ivigtut to Indian Harbor, has just struck with great vio
lence. Heavy winds and rain are playing havoc with shipping and
the flight is postponed indefinitely until the weather settles Ice
Mickle is the place where the A* erivans will first touch the American
continent.
WASHINGTON GOES TO LEAD OF AMERICAN LFAGT f.
YANKEE STADIUM. N. Y.. Aug. 30— Washington went to the
lead of the American League yesterday by defeating New York 11 to
6 in the first game of the World’s Series. Babe Ruth knocked out
two home runs bringing his total for the season up to forty two.
Washington’s rally in the eighth inning netted eight runs. Both
Muesel and Goslin knocked home runs in the game.
ATTORNEY ESCORTED OFT TOWN. TOLD STAY OFT
BISHOP, Aug. 30 Seven men seized L. C. Hall, an attorney,
last night, disarmed him and escaped in the presence of fifty men.
in an automobile. They took him to the outskirts of the town of
Bishop and ordered him never to return to that country. He went.
LOS ANGELES. Aug. 30 Following the dynamiting of an aque
duct here, an investigation was made which disclosed the fact that |
fifty men had done the dynamiting. Three men warned the town of
Bishop of the leaks and the conditions became such that other vallcv
towns were deserted months ago. Two days ago. some of them returned
sold the water rights to the city of Los Angeles.
UNION PACIFIC TRAIN RUNS ONTO BURNED BRIDGE
LARAMIE, Aug. 30—Fireman Brown was killed and Engineer
Ryan was seriously hurt yesterday when a Union Pacific train ran
onto a burned bridge north of Saratoga. Wyoming.
STRANGE EPIDEMIC IN JAPAN
TOKYO, Aug. 30-HEminent physicians went hurriedly to the J
Western provinces yesterday where there is a strange epidemic resem
bling spinal meningitis, resulting in nine deaths in a few hours.
REICHSTAG PASSES HAWES INDUSTRIAL OBLIGATION BILL
LONDON, Auk. 30—The German News Agency said today That
tue Reichstag had passed the Industrial obligation bill t<> the second
reading by a vote of 247 to 173.
BEAR ARRIVES FRISCO
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 30—The United States Coast Guard
Cutter Bear which was caught in the ice in Bering Strait and was
nearly crushed, arrived here yesterday. The vessel was forced to
abandon her call at Seattle, owing to her crippled conditions.
FOUR POSSES AFTER SLAYER OF SHERIFF GOODMAN
VALE. Aug. 30—Four posses are combing the southern part of
Malhur and Harney counties seeking Fred Yardlow, bf Elko. Nevada,
who killed Sheriff Goodman of Harney County when he waa airsattd
yesterday attempting to pass worthless checks. Yardlow is mounted
and armed and Is believed to be headed for Owyhee Breaks, a barren
stretch of country south of the Nevada line.
BODY OF WALTER W.
6ETCHELL FOUND
The body of Walter W. Getchell. Deputy I'nited States Marshal,
who was lost some time ago. was round on August 21st.. on Star
Gulch, a tributary of Schlitz Creek, about six miles out from Ser
pentine Hot Springs along the route between the Hot Springs and
Kelliher's Camp, in the Kougarok district.
Mr. Getchell was apparently stricken instantly with heart fail
ure and indications were that he had not moved after he was stricken.
He was on a direct line between tl.c Serpentine Hot Springs and the
Kelliher Camp, and there was no indication of his being lost, as so
many persons in this section supposed. Mr. Getchell. as is well
known, has suffered from indigestion for many years. Sometimes thi
ailment would conn* upon him very suddenly anil h.- would have to
sit down until the attack passed, and it is probable that one of these
attacks came upon him suddenly, stopping his heart action and result
ing in his death.
Mr. Getchell was well and most favorably known here Hi* first
came 1o the North in 1S07. and landed in Dawson on the 21th of Sep
tember of that year. Later, in lsiffl. he came to Nome and stayed
here for some time. He then went to Nulnto as Deputy I'nited States
Marshal under Marshal Frank Hichards. Later ho was stationed a;
Candle for some years in the capacity of a Deputy I'nited States
Marshal He was elected to the Territorial Legislature from Hu
Second Division in lf»14 and served during the Session of lftl*. as a
Before coming to Alaska. Mr. Getchell lived for some years at
Everett. Washington. where lie served sis Chief of Police. Later,
he went to Medford, Oregon, where in company with Louis Belanger
and William Maloney, two old timers who are well known here, lie
engaged in hydraulic mining operations, but finding that the ground
carried very low values, they were forced to abandon the venture.
Mr. Getchell’s body was found by Pete Bloomberg, who in com
pany with Alfred Hansen was sent out bv Commissioner Thornton to
conduct a search for Mr. Getcheil's body. Hope was abandoned sev
eral days ago that he would be found alive, for he is known to have
had a very keen sense of direction and location, and it was not a sur
prise when Bloomberg and Hansen called the Marshal's Office on the
telephone from Banner Station and asked for a conveyance to bring
the body to town. Lloyd K Punting was sent out with his auto
truck and the body arrived in town late in the afternoon Thursday
Marshal M. W. Griffith has wired to the relatives of the deceased
man. but at the time of going to press, nothing had been heard from
them as to instructions or directions for the disposal of the remains.
The body was naturally in an advanced stage of decomposition and
it has been decided to inter the remains here.
Mr. Getchell was a member of the Pioneers of \laska. Igloo No.
1. of Nome, and that organization took charge of the funeral which
was held this afternoon at 2:"0 p. m.. at the I'nderfiiking Parlors on
Steadman Avenue. The large and sorrowful procession which fol
lowed respectfully after the hearse on its journey to the cemetery on
Belmont Point, spoke a tribute finer than any words of ours, to the
high esteem in which the dead officer was held in this community.
Mr. Getchell was appointed to the position of Deputy I'nited
States Marshal by Marshal M. W. Griffith on October 21st.. 1922. and
died in the performance of duties connected with that position. Few
officers of the law in this section of Alaska, or elsewhere, have been
so wholesomely respected and so generally admired by the public as
was Walter W. Getchell. because he exemplified in his daily life and
dealings with his fellows, the true meaning of the word “gentleman.”.
Ever since first coming to Alaska. Mr. Getchell* has been inter
ested in mining to a greater or less extent, and at the time of bis death
he was the owner of several valuable mining claims in ibis section,
which claims he was about to put through to patent.
Mr. Getchell was 56 yeasr of age at the time of his death and
was a native of the State of Minnesota.
He is survived by two brothers and ^ne sister. William B
Getchell. a brother of the deceased man. is. in the real estate and
nsurance business in Duluth. Minn. Another brother. Stanley
3etchell. who formerly lived for many years in Nome, and Candle,
tow resides in California. There is also a sister, but her name and
llace of residence is not known at this time.
FRANK A. BROWN DEAD AT MEDFORD
MEDFORD. Aug. 30—Frank A. Brown, once owner of the Jumbo
dine in Idaho, and said to be known to i the miners from Colorado to
be Arctic, died here yesterday after a abort fllneer
KM l» KASMl
duisii k\iii.oki:k in k arrive \omi
Advices reaching Nome from Kotzebue state that the Silver Wave
of the Do no n Reindeer and Trading Corporation fleet. Captain Heg
ne.-s skipper, left that port on the twenty second instant with passen
gers. mail and freight for Nome. Among the passengers for Nome is
Knud Rasmussen, the Arctic explorer, commander of the Danish sci
entific expedition from Greenland to the Pacific, and two green Eski
mos. Air. Rasmussen has been exploring the Arctic regions for the
last twenty five years. The present expedition is sponsored by the
King of Denmark, and left Copenhagen June 1st.. 1921, -with seventy
fIv«■ dogs and five Eskimo families and six scientists. The six scientists
all took different routes through Canada. Air. Rasmussen has written
six hooks of Eskimo folklore and now has material for six more books.
He is a graduate of the University of Copenhagen, anil is thoroughly
familiar with the Eskimo language, being able to speak, read and
SIRVEA VMM, RESEDA E COMPLETED. PART* AT HARROW
WASHINGTON. Aug ::n A radiogram todu> advised the Inter
ior Department that the Geological Survey party under Philip Smith
..ml .1 H. Alertie has completed the surveys of the Naval Petroleum
Reserve in the p..;nt Harrow district, and the party has reached Point
DECISION HUNKS MlltlHI! Tit I \ I. SEI»T. TKNI'II
I’llH'AliO. Air-v 30 Tlii- hearing of tin Franks murder trial are
•'•mind, mid Superior Judge Caverly announced that ht* will render a
; decision V; nine thirty oYlock on the morning of .September tenth,
j after going to Atlantic City to wt igh the evidence and the arguments.
(After the close of the arguments the defendant-. J.eopold ajpl Loch,
i pleaded guilty to the charge of kidnapping. The ' Court said “Hie
'•losing remarks ofthe States Attorney were a coward! and dastardly
j attack upon the integrity of ihis Court, and they will ' stricken from
—
i H.in repi hi m \\ congressmen renominated ,
i s.W FUANCISCO, Aug. 30 Fight Republican Congressmen were
renominated in the primaries of Thursday in the Sixth District, includ
ing Alameda County. Alfred Carter is running well ahead of Con
gressman .McLaifertv. The Democrats did not have a single candidate
FRANK I.INRKK.MAN WINS I!
HELENA. Aug. 30 FI even
hundretl and thirty precincts in
United States Senator, and his ■>
tEIM IILICAN NOMINATION MONT,
hundred and twent} two out of tifteen
Tuesday's primary election. gave
for the Republican nomination for
• Pioneni. Attorney General Rankin
SlvNXlOi: DILI. OF S. C. DEFEATED FOR RENO.M1 NATION
COLUMBIA S. C . Aug. 3o- Senator Dill was defeated for re
nomination in the Democratic primaries Thursday. The indications
now are that former Governor Cole lease and Congressman Byrnes
Will oppose each other for the office of United States Senator from
South Carolina.
FORTV KILLER MANY INJURED TRAIN WRECKER
ODESSA, Aug. 30- Forty persons were killed and scores were
injured when an express train from Odessa to Moscow was derailed
two hundred miles from here because the track was torn up. The
indications arc that the track was torn up intentionally.
AMMONIA TANK EXPLODES, KILLS CHILD
DES MOINES, Aug. 30—An ammonia tank exploded here today
in the basement under a grocery store blowing out the basement and
killing a child on the street nearby.
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PICKING Auk- 30 Tin* Diplomatic Corps has notified the Chin
ese Foreign Office that China will he held to a strict accountability
Tor any injury to foreigners or their property in th • conflict now
threatening to take place in the vicinity of Shanghai.
GOVERNOR BRYAN ttVISKS < 'OOLIDGI-! A1I UTAH ISM
LINCOLN. Neb.. Aug. 30 Governor Bryan declared today that
the War Department is proceeding with the “militaristic program’’
for Defense day despite President Cooiidge’s assurance that the cele
bration would be a purely voluntary one.
KVOLITION 1*1 IKK I It I jK IKHTK1XK ANGLO SAXON CHURCH
LONDON. Aug. 30 A conference of modern churchmen of Oxford
which met at the call of Dean Inge of St. Paul’s yesterday to confer
with a similar conference from the Orthodoxy and today the two con
ferences were devolving attention to evolution as the possible doctrine
of the Anglo Saxon Church.