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VOLUME XXII No. 1
NOME, ALA8KA SATURDAY JAN. 1,1921
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WILSON
EXTENSION BILL
FORD PUNT EMPLOYING 50,000 TO SHUT DOWN
ASSESSMENT EXTENSION DELAY
CAUSES UNEASINESS AMONG
MINING STATE REPRESENTATIVES
Washington, "Deo. 29—(Dcloyed in
transmission.) Calling on the executive
officers for the third successive day
today, the Senators representing the
various mining states made a solid de
mand for presidential action on the bill
recently passed by Congress for exten
sion of the time for performance of
annual assessment work on mining
clndins. including those in Alaska. The
measure was sent to the White House
more than a week ago but-so far the
president has taken no action on it.
Wilson Taking Time Senators Uneasy
Washington, Dec. 30—Secretary
Tumulty today assured Senator As
ti urst of Ariaona that everything pos
sible will be done to expedite action
on the law extending the period for
performance of assessment work on
mining claims.
The explanation was made by him
that the president had until midnight
January 4th to sign or veto the bill,
which would extend for six months
•the time provided by law.
Senator Ashurst declared that for
the president to sign the measure af
ter December 31 would be like par
doning a man after he was hanged."
since hundreds of mine owners would
be dispossessed by claim jumpers who,
Adhurst said, “are waiting like black
birds on a fence" to file claims to
New Law Includes Alaska
(Following are the salient provi
sions of the act extending the annual
assessment period to July 1, 1921, ns
wired by our Seattle correspondent.
Seattle, Dec. 29-As passed: ,
"That period within whioh work may ,
be preformed or improvements made
for the year 1920 upon mining claims
as required under section 2324, Re
vised Statutes, is hereby extended fo
and including the first day of July
1921, so tbat work done or improve
ments made upon any mining claim
in the United States or Alaska on or
before July 1. 1921 shall have the same
effect as if the same had been per
formed within the calendar year 1920.
Provided, that this act shall not in any
way change or modify the require
ments of the existing law os to work
to be done or improvement* made upon
mining claims for the year 1921."
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♦ WILSON SIGNS ♦
♦ BILL EXTENDING ♦
♦ ASSESSMENT PERIOD ♦
♦ Washington, Dec 31—The ♦
♦ president today signed the bill ex* ♦
♦ tending the time f .r assessment ♦
♦ work and improvements on min* ♦
♦ ing claims and providing that ♦
♦ work for 1920 may be done any ♦
♦ time uutil July 1921 .♦
DE VALERA BACK IN IRELAND
New York, Dec. 31—De Valera, so
called president of the Irish republic,
has returned to Ireland, it waa an
nounced today by his secretary Harry
Boland.
24 HOUR COAST TO COAST
FLIGHT PLANNED
Washington, Dec. 31—Aviators will
attempt on Washington’s birthday to
fly from oooot to coast in twenty four
hours, the War Department announc
ed today.
NEW ROUMANIAN
MINISTER NOMINATED
Washington, Dec. 31—The nomina
tion of Peter Augustus Jay of Rhode
Island to be American Minister to
Koumnnia was sent to the Semite to
day by the president.
FORD AUTO PUNT
10 CLOSE MOEFMITELr
Detroit, Dec, 30—The Ford com
pany announced today that the huge
Highland Park plant,, employing fifty
thousand persons, which was closed
for the purpose of taking an inventory
the day before Christmas, will not re
open January 3, as originally planned,
but will rttifein closed Indefinitely.
Ford Workers To Reoeive Salary
During Shutdown
Detroit, Dec. 31—The ifliut down o!
the big Ford auto plant at Highland
I’ark will, for a while a* least be but
an vacation, with salary for the em
ployes* officials of the company said
today in announcing the distribution
to employees of a million dollars in
bonus checks scheduled to start nest
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GREEK GOVERNMENT
DEFENDS CONSTANTINE
Athens, Greece, Dec. 80—Replying:
to the notes of the Allied governments
protesting against the return of Con
stantine, the Greek government fn a
reply forwarded today insisted that
Constantine is not pro-German and
that Greece will remain friendly to
the Allies.
SRANI8H WAR
VETERAN SUICIDES
Seattle, Dec. 30—William H. Har
mon. a veteran of the Spanish-Amer- ;
lean Avar and the proprietor of a bar- ]
ber shop at Everett, suicided by shoot
ing himself on an fnterurbtin train this
afternoon.
AMERICANS WIN WORLD
TENNIS TITLE
Auckland, New Zealand, Pec. 30—
The American challenger*. William T.
Tflden of Philadelphia and ‘^lllam M;
Johnson of San Francisco, this after
noon won the Davis Challenge Cup
and the world’s tennis championship,
in the international contests hers. (
§IG FIRMS IN
FINANtlAC STRAITS
* New York, Dec. 81—Receivers hi
bankruptcy were appointed here today
for the Ptacat Finance. Corporation,
foreign exchange dealers eRioss lia
bilities are more than a million and
of lean than on# half wWll.
and the ftuMmm Am—wnenf Cor
posgtl—. with umh of a MMfter ei
n I-aRS BahtllOss ef KT.iit.
ARGENTINE EARTHQUAKES
CONTINUE FREQUENT
Buenos Aires, Dec. SO—Freque t
earthquake shocks In the Mendoza
district are alarming the population o»
that section, advices received here s/y.
Several violent shocks have been felt
In Mendoza city.
"ITALY NOT WORTH DYING
FOR"—D’ANNUNZIO
Rome. IJec. 30—Gabrielle D’An
nunzio. dictator of Fiume, has issued a
prelamntion to the people in which
he declares that “it is not worth while
dying for Italy" and declaring his in
tention to abandon thes truggle to
maintain Fiume as an Italian posses
sion. The famous poet-warrior says
it is his intention to leave Fiume by
airplane, but mnkes no mention of his
domination.
DEFUNCT BROKERAGE
FIRM. HEAD ARRESTED
Portland,. Ore. Dec. 29—Frank 'S.
Morris, head of the bond brokerage
firm of Morris Brothers, which closed
i'ts floors some-days ago, has.been ar
rested on a federal warrant charging
that he aided John L. Etheridge, tlje
former1 president of fhe * Morrle Bros
company in obtaining naturalisation
papers When Eitherldge was not en
titled to them.
FIUME TO CAPITULATE FRIDAY
TriMt*. Dk. to—Aa acRmpst tor
the capitulation of Fiume will be
***** tomorrow ermuig,
from that petal asp, i
BOLSHEVIK’S TO
DEMOBILIZE ARMY
London. Dec, 30—A parti; 1 demob
ilization of the Russian Hoteheviki
army has begun, says a Mosow wire
less dispatch received here today.
MEXICANS ARREST U. S. ARMY
8QUAD BELOW BORDER
Nogales, Arizona, Dec. *1—A party
of five American soldiers under com
mand of Lieutenant H. Luther of the
topographic department of the army
were arrested by Mexican fiscal
guards when they motored across the
boundary line today in search of
The party wae held for several hours
in the municipal Jail at Nogalis, So
nora. but were later released on pa
role with instructions to report to the
Mexican immigration officers tomor
GERMAN8 HAVE ALLIES
GUESSING ONCE MORE
Paris, Dec. 30—Germany states
that her njitttary forces are now three
hundred thousand exclusive of the so
called “irregular*," whoee maintenance
is no longer Justified on the score of
"unsettled conditions."
The- Allied ambassador's conference
at Paris has, therefore, requested Field
Marshal Foch to obtain before Decem
ber 31 a comprehensive report from
the Allied military commission at Ver
sailles regarding the question of dis
armament. It is recognized that if
the Allies allow the Spa decisions to
lapse, they will lose till authority in
making settlement of all questions. In
cluding reparations.
NEW GOVERNMENT
ESTABLISHED AT FIUME j
Trieste, Deo. 31—The establishment
of the old National Council at Fiume !
as a provisional government over the j
city has been announced.
BIG BOOZE BRIBE OFFERED
Washington, Dec. 31—Officials of
the Irterial Revenue Bureau have been
offered a bribe o' ?50,000 assist In
the evasion of the Volstead act thru
the issuance of fulse liquor withdrawal
permit*. prohibition enforcement
agents say.
PERSHING ADVOCATES
STEPS TOWARD
REDUCING ARMAMENTS
New oYrk, Dec. 30—General John
J. Pershing brought approximately
one thousand men and women to their
feet here tonight when he strongly
urged steps toward national disarma
ment in an address.
Pershing said that In his view there '
should be brought about a lowering
of current expenditures for the main
tenance of army and navy by all coun
BANDITS KILL
CLEVELANDERS IN STREETS
Cleveland, O. Dec. 31—W. S. Slye,
president and George Fhnner, rfee
president, of the Slye Manufacturing
Comiixmy of this city, were shot r.nd
killed by five automobile bandits in
•' down town street at noon today.
The bandits escaped with the c . .
pany payroll of $4,500, for which the
rohers evidently made their attach.
BORAH CONDEMNS
COSTLY INAUGURATION
Washington, Dec: SO—Senator Will
iam E. Borah, republican, of Idaho,
declared *hat ten dollars was enough
to spend in the Inauguration of a pres
ident during a debate in the Senate i
today over a proposal to eapend one I
hundred thousand to Inaugurate Sen
ator Harding.
In the House, Chairman James W.
prevent it--not a single penny of gov
ernment fundtf^ Vni be appropriated
for the United ftt&tes Shipping Board.
The chairman aleo attacked the War
Department for spending, more money
than Congrees had appropriated In re-!
cmitfng the army.
Good said he was At Avor of limit*
tag thf army to men, adding;
"*»« Mk» th«m hui it «
WEST AND ALASKA
GET BEST OF IT IN
SUNDRY CIVIL BILL
Seattle, Dee. 31—A Post Intelli
gencer special from Washington today
says the Western States and Alaska
fared bettor than other sections of the
country in the appropriations granted
in the Sunday Civil Bill, although the
lighthouse service failed to get the
money it wanted for the Cape Spencer
light and completion of the depot at
Ketchikan but got rather more liberal
treatment in other respects and with
the lump sum provided may be able
to do some needed work In Alaska.
The request of the Bureau of Mines
for $75,000 to buy a site on which to
erect buildings at Fairbanks failed.
also the Coast Geodetic Survey re
quest for appropriations for resurveys
of Alaskan waters.
Other Alaska appropriations in
cluded in the bill are $.'{S,200 for the
Pribloff fisheries; Afognnk light $20.
000; Yes Bay $8,220; pay Of officers
and crews of vessels in Alaska service
$26,000.
Alaska general service sundv ap
propriations amounte to $65,000; med
ical relief $90,000; reindeer service
$10,000; care of the insane $120,620.
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DANIELS URGES
RETENTION OF
NAVY PERSONNEL
Washington, Dec. 30—"A reduction
in the navy personnel at this time
would greatly impair the efficiency of
the navy and necessitate the with
drawal of several ships from active
duty,” Secretary of the Navy Daniels
said today in commenting on the in
formation sent out from Marion, Ohio
through Congressman Kelly of Mich
igan that the personnel of the navy
‘should be one hundred thousand.
Republicans Plan To Kill Naval
Expansion
Marion, Ohio, Dec. 30—The repub
lican leaders plan to scrap Secretory
Daniel’s proposals for further naval
expansion. Congress* n:i n Kelly of
Michigan declared today after a con
ference with Senator Harding.
REDS DYNAMITE
KAN8AS SHERIFF
CoffeyviHe, Kansas, Dec. 31—Tilt
body of Prank Blizzard, sheriff of Ell:
County, was found today beside his
demolished automobile at a creek near
Howard. A number of sticks of dyna
mite were found where the explosion
which had killed the sheriff and de
stroyed the auto occurred.
Investigation disclosed that dyna
mite had been placed In the exhaust
6f his car and exploded when he
started the machine after having
washed it in the creek.
It is declared a Red plot for revenge
by the officials.
TANK CORPS TO GUARD
WEALTHY CHICAGO SUBURB
Chicago Dec 31—Squads from the
Evaston Tank Corps and automoh'les
manned by police armed with rifles
will guard Evanston, Chicago’s wealthy
North Shore suburb from the reign of
banditry lately sweeping over Chicago.
The bandits have completely terror
ized the town, according to a state
ment by the mayor of Evanston today.
In addition to the Tank Corps and
police, detectives garbed as women,
with revolvers concealed tn'hand bag<
will also patrol the streets.
THREE SHOT IN BATTLE
WITH-BANDITS
Culver, Indfana, Dec. 30—Two men
are at the point of death, another is
seriously wounded and three robbers
are In Jail as u result of five bandits
from Chicago robbing the Trade and
Exchange Bank here of twenty thous
and dollars today.
Fifty citizens Cave battle to the rob
bers and g hundred shots were ex
changed before three'of the bandits
wefe centered.
GRAFTERS LOOT NEW YORK
STATE TREASURY
New York, Doc. 30—State Comp
troller Eugene M. Travis, James A.
Wendull and Albert L. Knudson. a
wealthy dealer in securities are
charged in indictments returned today
with having so juggled the Comp,
troller’s books that they were able to
steal a million dollars.
TAXPAYERS NOW REQUIRED
TO MAKE INVENTORIES
Washington, Dec. 31—Tax payers
will be required to make inventories
with 1920 tax returns. They may
udopt as a basis "face or market,
whichever is the lower,” under regula
tions issued by the internal revenue
GEORGIAN REPUBLIC ORDERS
RUSSIANS OUT
Constantinople, Dec. 30—The go\
eminent of the new republic of Geor
gia, in the Trans-Caucusus section, has
Issued an order that all Russians who
have arrived in the republic since
March 1920 must leave the country.
SALESMEN WANTED to sell ex
elusive novelty. Small sales will net
|25 daily. For proposition and samples
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