THE NOME TRI WEEKLY NUGGET
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VOLUME NINETEEN. No. 29. ’ NOME, ALA' KA, FRIDAY, P/1ARCH 7lli, 1919 TELEPHONE MAIN 114
IDAHO LEGISLATURE CONDEMNS WILSON
ATTITUDE IN MEMORIAL TO CONGRESS
Special lo The Nome Nugget by The Associated l’l'CJ.t.
BOISE. .March 7- The lower house of the state legislature lias cone
on record ns disapproving the attitude of I'resident Wilson and has called
upon the upper house of congress lo reject any peace treaty eonehuled by llu
President which includes the present charter of the proposed League of
Nations.
In an amendment memorial to congress, the House scathingly condemns
the President for what is termed: "The defiant anti dictatorial attitude in
which he has attempted to force Ills personal views and opinions upon the
American people." .
After reciting some of tin* evidences of the President s alleged Inelm.i
tion to dictate to the American people, the memorial culls upon the Senate to
refuse to ratify any peace agreement concluded by the Preshiu... on behalf
of the United States if It embraces the formation of a League of Nations on
the constitutional lines adopted by the Paris Conference.
ROUMANIAN QUEEN DECLARES NO FEAR OF
BOLSHEVIKI IF FOOD FORTHCOMING
Special to tlie Nugget By the Associated Press
PA HIS, March 7—Queen Marie of Itoumania declared in an interview
granted to representatives of the press that there is not the least dang: r ut
the Bolsheviki gaining ascendency in Itoumania if food supplies sufficient
to meet the requirements of the population arc obtainable.
The Koumania people are loyal and steadfast, she declares, and ale not
inclined toward radicalism. The queen said that as long.as they arc not
driven to extreme want there is hardly a prospect that revolutionary tendencies
will develop.
The Queen deplored the present 'luck <>f food, but asserted that the
populace are not in danger of starvation if a moderate supply of food can be
obtained from outside sources.
Queen Marie asserted that the advent of the Russians during tin- Ge r
man invasion of Rounmnia was primarily responsible for tin- present food
shortage. "Roumania suffered worse than Belgium when the Russians came
in help Roumania,” she declared. “They were never of any real aid." she
continued, “and the only apparent effect of their presence was that they ate
up the food of the Roumanians."
REPORTED GERMANS HAVE RECAPTURED RIGA.
Special to The Nome Nugget by The Associated Press.
LONDON, March 7—Reports from several sources assert that German!
forces in the Baltic area have defeated the Bolsheviki in a battle occurin?
in the Riga Gulf section and have recaptured the city of Riga.
Details of the alleged denouement are unobtainable. It is believed,
however, that the story may be founded in fact, owing to the presence of a
considerable German force In the Western section of the Corn-land province ■
since the closing days of the war.
GERMANS REFUSE ALLIES PROPOSAL FOR USE GERMAN SHIPPING.
Special to the Nugget By the Associated Press.
LONDON. March 7—The negotiations in progress at Spa, Germany,
between the Germans and Allies regarding the shipping question have been
temporarily broken off, owing to the refusal of tlie Germans to accede t<> the
demand of the Allies.
The German representatives are said to have determinedly refused
the proposition of the Allies regarding the use of German merchant shipping
by the Entente and submitted a counter proposal that the Germans would
release sufficient ships to meet the immediate requirements of the Allies in
return for a definite assurance that enough food will he sent to Germany to
enable the present government to withstand the Bolsheviki movement.
FORMER AUSTRIAN EMPEROR TO REMOVE TO BIRTHPLACE.
Special to The Nugget by The Associated Press.
.BASEL, March 7—Colonel Sununerhages. British military represen
tative, is reported in Vienna dispatches to have left Vienna for Switzerland
with the sick son of the former emperor Charles of Austria. The lad is
reported still ill from the recent attack of influenza afflicting most of the
former royal family and it is hoped that the high altitude of Switzerland will
hasten his recovery.
Recent reports from Austria say Charles is planning to remove from
Vienna to Persenberg Castle on the Danube, where he was born. Chailes
is said to have accepted the change in his situation with good grace and ap
pears well content to remain a private citizen.
SMOOTH SEAS FAVORING WILSON’S PASSAGE TO EUROPE.
Special to the Nugget By the Associated Press.
ABOARD THE S. S. GEORGE WASHINGTON AT SEA. March 7—
Associated Press Exclusive Dispatch) President Wilson’s rest was somewhat
shortened today by the general danger alarm to take to the boats and abandon
ship drill. The call came during the morning before the Wilson’s had ap
peared. The President and his wife responded immediately and went through
the drill regulations in the same manner as the other passengers. The
President escorted Mrs. Wilson to the life boat and adjusted the belts of her
lifebelt.
.Later in the morning the President sent a wireless message to William
. Jennings Bryan who is reported ill at his home. The passage of the Wash
ington is being hastened by smooth seas and calm weather.
BOLD ROBBERS ACCOMPLISH DARING DAYLIGHT ROBBERY
Special to The Nugget by The Associated Press.
NEW YORK. March 7.—Loot amounting to fifty thousand dollars was
obtained by a trio of daring robbers who knocked down and robbed a broker’s
messenger in a brightly lighted corridor of the Adams Express building here
today.
The robbe/y was of the most daring character as hundreds of people
pass daily through the corridor in which the robbery took place and numerous
persons are employed in the surrounding offices. Tho robbers were evidently
lying in wait for the messenger. The boy was badly beaten before he would
relinquish his hold on the valise in which he carried Liberty Bonds and other
securities valued at the amount indicated.
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ALASyU. R. WORK
' TO CONTINUE
AssoiViuted Press Service.
SKATTLK, March 7. \ Washing
ton special to tlie Seatih- 'rimes says
Congress failed to pruvi-le money foi
hut that work will not he suspended,
Accord!iiy to the Times iue.-s.igo, ar
rangements Will he made hy Secretary
Lane to continue the work with mon
eys obtained from other funds.
FORMER SEGT’Y
OF MAIIY DEAD
Assoeiated Press. Service.
TAM I V\. Fla. March -Hi!lar> Ah
ner Herbert, Secretay of tie- Navy
during the administr.i I ion of drover
Cleveland, died lic-r 1odn\ at I'.e ..«I -
vaneed age of eight five y . r .
The deceased served as an ..tlir< r in
the Confederate army during iln- Civ
il War. rising from a. captain in tin
Mil Alalmma Volunteers to the rank
of Colonel during the war period.
Later he served In tie- l.'.th. and .*i‘nd
COLORADO DEMOCRATS EN
DORSE WILSON PEACE PLANS
Associated Press Service.
DKXYKIl. March 7 A D.m- < ratic
amendment resolution favoring the
endorsement and adoption of the
principles of President Wilson’s
League of Xations plans has been ad
opted l\\ tl„- Senate, which
is strongly Democratic.
The House, which is I republican con
trolled. tabled a similiur resolution
last week.
GIANT STEAMER RETURNS
TEN THOUSAND TROOK3
Associated Press Service.
XKW YoItK. March 6- -The giant
liner Levathian arrived in port from
France today bringing over ten thou
sand returning Am • icic soldiers be
longing to the 27th. Army division.
MORE 91st. DIVISION
TROOPS ARRIVE
Associated Press Srovice.
XKW YORK, March ,—An addi
tional one hundred and ninety one
members of the 316th. Trench Mortor
Battery, a section of the 91st. Army
Division, which is composed almost
entirely of men from Washington,
Oregon, Idaho and other Western
States, arrived here today from France
on board the governemnt transport
Mexican.
The troops are enroute to Camp
Lewis, where it is expected they will
contingent represents the last section
of the artillery division attached to
the 91st. Their arrival leaves only a
small portion of the 91st still abroad.
PROPOSALS FOR BIDS
U. S. Engineer Office
Seattle Wn.
Proposals for constructing Bank
Revetment, Jetties and dredging Nome
Ha’bo-. Alaska, will be recived here
anJ at the office of the Distr’ct Judge.
Nome, Alaska, until noon, March 15t1i,
1919, and there publicly opened.
Information on application to Nome
Chamber of Commerce.
Signed: Sturtevant.
Engineer
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AT THE ARCTIC BAKERY
THAN TO COOK AT HOME
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NOME MAN ELECTED PRESIDENT ALASKA SENATE AT JUNEAU
' tu Thu Nome Nuggot l.y The Associated Press
JFNFAi . March -V -The Fourth sessmn of the* Alaska Legislature
is now in progress. The Senate elections for presiding officer an<l
Clerk resulted in the election of Sen. .lames Crawley, of Nome, for presi
dent and T. M. Reed for Clerk. The House elected F. .1. (Stroller) White to
the speakership. Ilarr> Morton was appointed Cl. rk and Mike Joyace. Ser
The full membership of the House was present at the opening session
1 i:t two members of the Senate body were absent.
These were Ronan and Sutherland. The latter arrived here early this
The first days session was taken up b\ the examination of credentials
and the elections. Tin* message of Governor Riggs was read at today’s
STEFFANSON PARTY UNABLE TO ACHIEVE
PASSAGE OVER POLAR SEA.
5pec*)al to the Nugget By the Associated Press.
FAIRBANKS. March 7 The offer I. instituted by explorer Yihljalrnur
Stefansson to discover unknown lands in the Arctic regions between Print***
I’at rick Land and the Northern coast of Siberia has failed, according to Gus
?lcsaik, a member of the Stefansson party. who has arrived at Ft. Yukon
Mackenzie river.
Mesaik reports that the Storkorson part> has landed on the Arctic
> bores after vainly endeavoring* to locate new land in the vast unexplored areas
lying north and west of the Beaufort Sea. The ice party spent over eight
months on the ice pack and drifted a considerable distance to the westward of
the locality where tin* land reported by whalers is supposed to be. The
party also passed the supposed Keenan Land of the charts but saw no signs
i f land. The party traveled northward on the ice pack to a point close to
‘•ho 71th parallel ■ >(' North latitude before turning back to the mainland near
Hersehcl Island.
•r ITU AT10N OF MONTENEGRINS REPORTED
DESPERATE BY U. S. COMMISSION
Special to the Nugget By the Associated Press.
,:,,MF. March 7 Returning members of tin* American Commission
sent to Montenegro to ascertain tin* internal situation of that district report
that the people are iu desperate straits for lack of food.
The situation of the Montenegrins is said by them to he desperate in
tile extreme, the bulk of the population being in a most piteous plight. Hun
dreds are dying duil,\ of starvation and those who are able are scratching the
e:,rt*> t r roots and other vegetable forms to save themselves.
The Red t’r..^ is working heroicull\ to save the starving people
but is badly handicapped by the lack of sufficient food supplies.
The Commissioner's declared that the plight of the Montenegrins is
worse than that of the Belgians during the early days of the war. as the
la,tter have not been able t« cultivate their soil for more than four years.
RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION DENIES RAILROAD
WORKERS BEING LAID OFF
Special to the Nugget l*.y the Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, March 7—Representatives t!i«- National Railroad
Administration have issued a specific denial of the reports in circulation to
the effect that the railroads are commencing to lay off men as a result of the
failure of Congress to appropriate funds for tin- maintenance of the roads
'the statement js positively denied, the administration not having
discharged a single individual because of the neglect of the Senate resulting
11 om the filibuster during the closing hours of the upper house.
LEAGUE OF NATIONS SOCIETY OPENS CONFERENCE—SWITZERLAND
Special to The Nome Nugget by The Associated Press.
BERNE, March 7—Pleas for an effective League of Nations marked the
opening of the International Conference of the League of Nations Society
which opened here today.
Mi’s. Phillip Snyder, the British delegate, opened the conference with
an eloquent address in which she emphasized the necessity for the completion
of the Paris peace work.
POSTAL BUSINESS POINTS TO PRONOUNCED
INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY IN FUTURE
Special to The Nugget by The Associated Press.
WASHINGTON. March 7—Postmaster Burleson declared in an inter
view today that the increasing postal revenues forecast a period of pronounced
j industrial activity throughout the nation in the near future. The Postmaster
General says the postal revenues are one of the most accurate barometers of
present day business conditions and point at present to a vast increase in the
volume of the nation’s business.
Burleson says the postal revenues declined sharply in November on
account of the armistice and the influenza but have increased steadily during
the greater part of the succeeding interval. In January the revenues of the
department exceeded the highest monthly average of the past thirty years.
EBERT REFUSES SCHEIDEMANN RESIGNATION
Special to The Nugget by The Associated Press.
COPENHAGEN March 7—Berlin advices today assert that President
Ebert of Germany has refused to accept the resignation of Chancellor Scheid
emann. Scheidemann recently sent in his resignation owing to alleged diff
erences with other members of the new cabinet regarding reconstruction poli
SPARTICANS FAIL IN EFFORTS TO SEIZE
-BERLIN POLICE HEADQUARTERS
Special to The Nome Nugget by The Associated Press.
..OPENHAGEN, March 7—Beilin reports say that the efforts of the Spar
ticans to occupy the Berlin police headquarters have been fruitless.
The radicals beseiged the station for two days and cut all telephone
wires leading to from the building but were unable to drive out the occupants.
The reports today say eight Sparticans were killed and several wound
ed in Thursday’s fighting.