Nome is the Distributing: Center and Gateway to Northern Alaska and Siberia
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VOLUME XXI. No. 16
NOME, ALA8KA SATURDAY, APRIL, 17th 1920
Delivered by Carrier or Mailed.$1.00 per Month
LOCAL ELtCTION NOW IN COURT
STMESITUAT1INGLEAIHNG IN EASTERN STATES
PALMER DECLARATIONS
ANENT R. R. STRIKE
CHALLENGED BY M0RRI80N
Washington, April 1C—The conclu
sions of Attorney General Palmer that
the outlaw railway strike was tracable
to activities of the radicals was sharp
ly challenged tonight by Secretary
Morrison of the American Federation
of Ijabor. “Investigation of the strike
causes," Morrison said, “reveal that it
was a plain, ordinary strike for more
Wood Secs No Connection With Radi
Chicago, April 17—Referring to the
Palmer charges regarding the unau
thorised railways strike. General Leon
ard Wood said tonight that he “did
not find any evidence of connection
between the railway men’s strike and
I. W. W. activities.
SIBERIANS KEEPING JAPS
BUSY FIGHTING
Toklo, April 17—There is develop
ing a gradual awakening to the real
seriousness of the Siberian situation
In Japan as the War Office reports
engagement after engagement between
the Japunese forces and |jje Bolshevfrl
along the line of the l^uri railroad
running north from VlriaivosfokI
'“COL. G0TWAL8 SutcE^DS T
WAUGH ON ALASKA
ROAD COMMISSION
Colonel Gotwals is now president
of the Alaska Road Commission, with
headquarters at Juneau, according to
a telegram reaching Charles Jones
Friday. Col. Gotwals relieves Major
General William H. Waugh, who was
been at the head of the commission
since the retirement of General Wilds
f*. Richardson.
WILL RESUME
FISHING OPERATIONS
Harold and J. J. Stokes plan to
leave Sunday to again engage in fish
ing on the Yukon river.
ERIC IN AGAIN OUT AGAIN
Deputy Marshal Eric Johnson ar
rived from east coast points Monday
and departed again Thursday on offi
cial business.
WELL KNOWN
TELLERITE8 VI8ITING
Sir O. Fosso, who is in charge of
the mission across the bay from Tel
ler and Rev. ^KaJmln the missionary
at Many's Igloo, arrived in town Wed
nesday for a hsort visit.
DEPARTMENT CALLED TO
CABIN BLAZE
An inclpent blase on the roof of a
small cabin located near the corner
of Third Avenue and Hunter Way
caused a turnout of the flro depart
ment Wednesday In response to a still
alarm. The fire did tittle damage and
extinguished with a handful or two of
snow thrown on the smoking shingles,
that had become ignited from sparks
from the chimney.
NOME MUSHERS RETURN FROM
EAST COAST TRIP.
Louis Stevenson and Alfred Lot non
returned Thursday afternoon from a
vtalt to the reindeer herd of the Lomen
company In the Unalakleet section.
MOOSE LADIES SOCIAL
Nome Lodge , Women of Moose
heart Legion will hold a public dance
and social Monday evening; April 19.
Cards, dancing and refreshments.
8mall Bagla Hall. Admission, Gents
H.00. Ladles free.
Program commences I:so p. m.
STANFORD UNIVERSITY
TRUSTEE SUICIDES
lx»8 Altos, California, April 16—
Percy C. Morgan, trustee of Stanford
University and former president of
the California Wine Association, com
mitted suicide at his place today.
DECLARED PICKFORD
DIVORCE OBTAINED
BY COLLUSION
Mlnden, Nevada, April 16—A suit
asking that the Pickford divorce l>e
set aside has been filed here. Tic
complaint is based up allegations < f
fraud, connivance and collusion
tween Owen Moore, his wife and
Fairbanks. •
MANY CASUALTIES
MARK SPANISH
LABOR DISTURBANCES
Madrid, Ap'd! 17 -Fifteen woiftn.cn
were killed and eighty wounded ia la
bor disturbances in the \uciuri<i re
gion. according to advices rea(Sting
WHISKEY SMUGGLERS ROUNDED
UP AT BELLINGHAM
Bellingham, April 17—Five interna
tional whiskey smugglers w?re round
ed up here today by the federal and
county authorites, together with se v
eral thousand dollars worth of Mi,nor.
FISHERMEN DEPART FOR
YUKON DELTA
Andrew Olsen, representing ihe
Delta Fishing Company, and Hans
Samuelson, leave Monday for the com
pany fishing station near the mouth
of the Yukon to commence prepara
tions for the fishing season.
SEPPALA BACK FRIDAY
Leonard Seppala return*-! Friday
after a quick dash to the lower Yukon
with Miss Willson of Mexico City, tire
adventuroi s young lady who recently
came to Nome on a pleasure jaunt
over the winter trail. Seppala de
posited the young lady at Ruby
from whence she will proceed to
Fairbanks and the Outside.
MAIL IN WEDNESDAY
Mail Carrier l’ete Curran arrived
early Wednesday afternoon with an
over the limit batch of mail from the
States and Alaska points. A good wised
quantity of letter mail from the outside
of mid-February dates was included
in the shipment.
WIRELESS MAN GOES TO KOTLIK
A. C. Jorgenson of the wireless
station left with mail carrier Pete
Curran this morning for Kotlik wire
less station at the mouth of the Yukon. ,
STRANGE MYSTERY SURROUNDS
MURDER OF NOTED RUSSIANS
ON BLACK SEA
llucharest, Itoumania, April 17—
n«*< p mystery attaches to tlic finding
>•' the bodies of eleven noted Uus i.tn
Men and women on board the pleasure'
yac ht Ostara by a steamer In the Dark
Sea near the mouth of the Danube.
Mach of the e'even bodies bore a gap- (
inn bullet wound in the head and not
a soul was left alive on board the ves
sel to tell the fr\ie of what occurred.
There was also found on board the
yacht >vor fourteen million rubles
worth of gold, silver and Jewelry. Ail
were member- of the noted Fasenciun 1
and Shadowski families. The evi- !
dences indicate they were attacked I
and murdered I y the Dolshevll.i.
EASTERN STRIKERS
OBEY ORDERS TO
RETURN TO WORK
New York, April 17—Finally agree- j
lug to accept the orders of their broth
erhoods. tlie leaders and strikers In the
principal eastern rallroade returned to
work today, thus ending the unauthoi
•Ized strikes on most of the eastern
KING COUNTY REPUBLICAN
CONVENTION MEETING TODAY
Seattle. April 17—With Mayor C’al-L
well as chairman, the republicans of
CHICAGO PAYS HONOR TO
DECEASED POLITICIAN
Chicago, April 17—The machinery
or the city, county and state ntTices
paused In Chicago this morning dur
ing the funeral of the late Roger I*.
BIG SUMMER TRADE
WITH SIBERIA PREDICTED
Nome and the Siberian* coast next!
summer is predicted by local trades*
men who are cognizant of the outlook.
This view is based on the volume of'
orders already placed with local and
outside business houses for Siberiin
delivery on opening of navigation.
According to E. L. Holt, one hundred
tons of merchandise destined for Si- i
beria will arrive on the first bo it'
Last year the value of local ship
aments to the Siberian coast ran well
into the hundreds of tons and would
have been greatly exceeded but for the
disarrangement of-outside boat sched
ule resulting from the withdrawal of
the steamship Senator from the Nome
B. OF E. HEAD RETURNS
Superintendent Dyfed Evans of the
Bureau of Education returned T’mr*.
■day from an extended tour of inspec
tion of the schools and reindeer sta
tions under Bureau of Education juris
diction at various points along the nit
Watch for tha Big Cloek to 8top
APRIL 17th— ■Something Doing
CHARGES COLLUSION IN WAR
DEPARTMENT WAR SALES
Washington .Apr. 17—Collusion be
tween War Department officials in
charge of the sale of surplus war sup
plies and ;i combination of outside
favorites was charged today in the
House of Representatives by Repre
sentative Madden, of Illinois. Madden
asserted that men on the outside who
are In tlie business of selling war sup
plies are making millions of dollars,
while the government takes any price
that it can get for the commodities
sold. The favorites are on the '‘in
side”. lie declared, and nobody else
has chance to buy materials from
the War Department.
LEADER OF RECENT GERMAN
COUNTER REVOLT ARRESTED
Stockholm, April 17-—Dr Wolfgang
Kapp; who headed the recent counter
revolution in Berlin aimed at restorin'*
the lionarehv, was brought to Stock
holm ; today under arrest and will
probably be returned to (3
3 or many
HOPE FOR STRIKE SETTLEMENT
AT CHICAGO BELIEVED LOST
Chicago, April 17—Hope lor a .set
tlement today of the rail strike here
was apparently lost when the grand
lodge officers, directors and trustees
of the outlaw unions reiterated tliejr
original demands and added new ones
WILL JOIN CARLISLE
CANNERY FORCE
Arthus Brookes and Km 11 l-essen are
preparing to leave for the mouth of
the Yukon to take positions with the
Carlisle cannery, the floating sal in on
packing plant operating on the Yukon
FORMER NQMEITE TO OPEN
MACHINE SHOP IN FRISCO
E. \V; Carleton Company of Yo.ne,
and George Diamond, a form- Nome
resident who was for years in charge
of the Schled machine shop here, have
combined forces on the Out.-.ide and
are planning to establish .> machine
shop in Kan Francisco, according to
late advices fro mthc States.
WILL LEAVE FOR
* YUKON CANNERV
John McHugh and John Maloney,
who. until recently were employed at
the Boat River tin mines, will bavj
Monday for the Carlisle cannery at
the mouth of the Yukon.
VICTOR JULIAN OUT
FOR LEGISLATURE
A. Julian ns a candidate for represen
tative of the Second Division in the
Alaska legislature was filed with
Clerk of the District Court Thos. Mc
Cann on Wednesday. The well known
dredgeman is running as an indopend
The boy or girl selling the largest
number of tickets will receive n re
ward of 96.00. Second prize $3.00.
Third price $2.00.
1,000
Mil
1,000
frontier Hfebt
EAGLE HALL
SATURDAY APRIL 24, 1*20
fraternal faler of Cagles.
ADMUIION 01.00
GoAdfarliiMuMADiHHadGuKi
Good he 1.000 cm 3m
Cagle national Bank
1,000U
1.000
1,000
HARRISON CARRIES ELECTION
CONTEST TO COUR1
.Mandamus proceedings intended t
tiling about tlie Inclusion of the dis
puted baLlot tendered by one of tlu
Signal Corps boys at the recent r't:
election in the returns rcndc-red by 'he
election board, were started in the
District Court this week anil are still
Joccupying tin* attention of the court.
The action was brought by Attorney
Fred Harrison, who was second or
list of mayoralty candidates by one
vote. The contest was opem d Monday
with the issuance of a temporary in
junction restraining the City Clerk
from issuing election certificates to tin
candidates whose election was ratified
by the council sitting a> a canvassing
board last week.
SONORANS WAITING ATTACK OF
CARRANZISTS ON AUGUA PIET A
Auguu Prietu, Sonora, April 17—
Eight hundred Sonora republic soldiers
are camped here today, preparing to
resist any attack on Augiia Prieta i.y
the Carranza forces.
U S Refuses Transportation of Car
ranza Troop*.
Washington, April 17 —Senator Knox
toll the senate today that the State
Department has informally refused a
request of Mexican army officers for
a permit to transport troops through
American border territory to permit
them to move against the iinti-Car
OR BROOKS TO ASSIST
ALASKA DEVELOPMENT
Washington. April 17—Secretary
Payne has appointed Dr Alfred 11.
Brooks to confer with the representa
tives of the Shipping Board and Post
office Departments in '-eg-.ird tn the
formation of a plan for the develop
ment of Alaska. The first matters t.i
be considered under Payne', program
will ho better mail service and an ad
vert bring campaign to attract atten
tion to the territorial resources.
JURY SAYS LORD MAYOR CORK
MURDERED BY CONSTABULARY
Pork, Ireland. April 17—Thus. Mo
Curtain. late Lord Mayor of Cork, was
murdered by members of the Royal
Irish Constabulary, the Coroner's jury
decided here today.
JELLICOE APPOINTED GOVERNOR
OF NEW ZEALAND
London, April. 17—Lord JcUlc'oe.
commander of the British War fleet
during part of the war period, has
been appointed Governor General of
Mew Zealand.
FORMER NOME GIRL
MARRIED IN FRISCO
Mins Josephine Sundback. former
Nome girl :ind daughter of Capt John
Sundback of tills city, became the
bride of Mr John Welt CSripp. of San
Fiurcisco on the evening of Monday,
April 12th.
A telegram from his daughter ad
vising him of her nuptials was re
ceived bjr Capt Sundback Tuesday.
The message states that the wedding
was celebrated In the Grace Episcopal
Cathedral, one of San Francisco’s
most noted church edifices.
The former Miss Sundback reside 1
I in Nome with her parents, Capt and
irrs Sundback for several years and
[was widely known and popular ainon&,
thp old time residents of the city.
CANDLE COMMISSIONER HERE
Judge It. S. Diminick. who, in ad
dition tQ holding the position of Uni
ted States Commissioner of the Fair
haven District, is also the moving
picture magnate of Candle, arrived in
Nome Thursday on a business trij
after an uneventful Journey aeross thi
peninsula from Candle. ,
NEW BONUS BILL
PROVIDES DOLLAR DAILY
DURING WAR SERVICE
Wusington, April 1:: V cash bonus
of one dollar for each day’s service
would bo given t.. throe million men
In the army, navy and marine corps
during the war, under a plan approv
ed by the bonus hill subcommittee "f
the Mouse Ways and Means Commit -
PAYNE MAKES LIBERAL RULINGS
% TO DEVELOP ALASKA
OIL FIELDS
1’ay tie's now regulations designed to
encourage the development of the oil
resources of Alaska provide that n >
unless wells producing more than I'1"
barrels of petroleum a day are brought
in. In such case the royally will be
years, the live per cent royalty will
he imposed upon production from gm
inment lands and after ten years, the
production royalty on these lands \v ■
he ten per cent. lrnder the rulings
the prospector will be allowed to us •
one fourth of the area ho leases from
the government royalty free, no mat
ter how much oil it produces.
IMPEACHMENT OF ASSISTANT
SECRETARY OF LABOR
ASKED IN HOUSE
Washington, April 1C
looking to th»- iinpe
•abor for his attitude o
ations of radicals was
Representative Koch,
with the republican I.
of the Mouse Immigr:
ec and if the evidence
eport the resolution pn
introduced
ARMY OF 175.000 BY JULY
APPROVED BY HOUSE
MILITARY COMMITTEE
Washington. April 1C -An army <f
175,000 enlisted men and 15,000 officers
at tiie beginning of July has been ap
proved by tiie House of Representa
tives in considering the Military Ap
propriations Bill.
RIGGS SAYS ALASKA WELL
ADVERTISED IN WASHINGTON
| Seattle, April 16—(lovernnr Itiggs
is back from Washington on his way
to Juneau. Biggs stated today that
lie considered Alaska has now had i
good advertising in the national capi
tol. He also stated that the Forestry
jService will allow Alaska timber to be
used in making paper pulp. liiggs
leaves for Juneau April 22.
SEATTLE RESTAURANTS
REFUSE SERVE POTATOES
OWING HIGH PRICES
Seattle, April 15—Tiie restaurants
of Seattle have entered into an agree
ment not to serve potatoes with meals
owing to the inflated prices demanded.
Potatoes are now held at $2in per
ton in the local markets.
JAPS AND RUSSIANS FIGHT
BLOODY BATTLE IN SIBERIA
London, April 16—In :i fiercely con
tested battle at Kabarovsk, 237 Jap
anese soldiers and 400 Russians were
killed, according to a Central News
Agency dispatch from Tokio. The
dispatch also reports that fifteen hun
dred Russians were taken prisoners
by the Japanese. Kabarovsk. is sit
uated on the Amur River 400 miles
north of Vladivostok and is the north
ern terminus of the Ussuri railroad.
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