Name is the Distributing Center and Gateway to Northern Alaska and Siberia
s Pas« THE NOME NUGGET
VOLUME XXII No. :M
NOME, ALASKA S A T U IS II A V. S E I* T. 8, 1021
Delivered by Car
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RUMORED KAISER H«S ESCAPED
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TROOPS CLASH WITH
STRIKERS IN WEST
VIRGINIA COAL FIELDS
Charlestown, W. Va. Sept. 3—|
The federal troops operating at Mad
ison in the territory occupied by the
armed bands engaged in the West
Virginia coal strike disorders, had
their first encounter today when they
met and disarmed a number of men
who were holding up a locomotive
on the Little Coal River branch of
the Chesapeake ai d Ohio railroad.
The remaining troops ordered into
’this state to quell the regime of
outlawry in connection with the coal
strike arrived today and took up po
Biiions designated by Brigadier Gen
eral Bandholz, who is *.n command
cf the troops, both federi and stare.
The authorities be1 love that to
dr.v will see the end of belligerency
on the Boone and Logan County
boundary lines
Troops Arrive on Scene of Strike
Disorders
Washington. Sept. 2—Secretary of
War Weeks announced thin evening
that federal troops from Camp Sher
man reached the scene of the West
Virginia coal strike disorders this
The rest of the federal forces dis
patched will arrive during the night.
Troop* Battle With Miner* at Blair
Mountain
Logan. W. Va. Sept. 2—Machine
guns and high power rifles were pour
ing lead into the miners’ camp at
Blair Mountain late today.
Colonel Jackson Arnold. com
mander at Blair Mountain reported a
number of deaths and many wounded
among the miners.
Late News Flashes
RUMORED KAISER
KW'AI'Eft FROM HOLLAND
Paris. Sept. 3—Le Transingeant,
a local news journal prints today au
unconfirmed rumor to the effect that
William Hohenzollern, the former
German kaiser, had escaped from
Holland in an aeroplane.
The Paris editions of London news
papers here consider the Paris re-'
port of the ex kaiser’s escape as false.
PRINCE OF MONACO
NEAR DEATH
Aix Le Bains, Sept. 3—The Prince
of Monaco is near to death today as
a result of sickness contracted while
hnnting recently in the Pyrnees
Mountains.
WAR VETERAN AND
SWEETHEART KILLED
BY LIGHTNING
Washington, Sept. 3—Fred S.
Houseman, a world war veteran, and
Miss Leona Sheppard, his fiancee,
were killed by a bolt of lightning
last evening as they stood under a
tree near the White House, where
they had sought shelter from a rain
LASKER TO HOLD WOOD
SHIPS DESPITE SALE
Chicago, Sept. 3—Chairman Las
ker of the United Shipping Board.
Intimated here today that he did not j
Intend to turn over the wooden shins
built by the government during the
war, despite the action of the Board
In accepting a recent offer for them
made by a New York ship firm.
ROOT DKCLINRH INTKRNATIOXAL
COURT JUDGESHIP
New York, Sept. 3—Elihu Root
declared today that he would not
accept a judgdship in the proposed
International Court under the League
of Nations. *>'
Root gave as his reason for declin
ing the honor his advanced years.
RAD CHECK PASSER SUICIDES
Seattle, Sept. 3—R. T. Hazsard,
of Boise, Idaho, suicided today by
shooting in the Butler Hc^el when
pressed to make good a number of
hod chocks ho hod tendered.
LONG IMPRISONED AMKHUAV
RELEASED BY SOVIETS
Riga. Russia. Sept. 3—Royal C
Keeley, an Ameircan engineer who
has been held a prisoner in Moscow
for many months has been released
by the Soviet government and ar
rived here today.
PORT TOWNSEND MAX
KILLED IX AUTO WRK( K
Port Townsend. Wn, Sept. 3
Theron W. Uurglehause, a brother
of F. H. Burglehause of this city,
was killed here today in the over
turning of an auto in which he was
SENATOR PHIPPS UNDERGOES
APPENDICITIS OPERATION
New York. Sept. 3—Senator
Phipps of Colorado was operated on
for appendicitis and is in a critical
condition.
LOST CREW OF CANADIAN
IMPORTER FOUND I
San Francisco. Sept. 3—The San
Francisco deep sea tug Sea Lion has
rescued the missing members of the
crew of the Canadian steamship Ca
nadian Importer.
The life boat with the eleven men
who went in search of assistance for
their disabled ship were picked up at
sea off this port.
When found by the Sea Lion, the
Canadian Importer's men had rowed
[t<^within one hundred miles of San
Francisco.
They are reported in radio dis
patches as all well .despite their
long confinement in the open boat.
JAZZ DANCE SATURDAY
Social Dance in Big Eagle Hall.
Saturday. September 3. Music by
the Noisy Eight Jazz Band.
Everybody welcome. Admission
Gents 31.00, Ladles free.
JUDGE CLEMENTS PASSES OX
Helena, Mont. Sept. 1—J. M.
Clements, former federal attorney at
Nome. Alaska, died at his home here
after a lingering illness today.
K. K VKTOlll.l LEAVKK
WITH LARGE LIST
The steamship Victoria departed
for Seattle via Golovin and St Mich
ael early this afternoon with ;t Rat
of 107 passengers, the mails and a
small quantity of freight. The big
liner returned front Si Michael Fri
day, following a somewhat, hasty de
parture for that port last week in
duced by threatening weather. The
passengers who could not be land-,
ed on th** previous visit were placed
ashore Friday evening, also a large
dispatch of second class mail. Dur
ing the interval between her return
and departure today, the merchan
dise and perishables consigned to
The full list of passengers from
Seattle to Nome follow
GEO. L. EVANS
MRS. GEO L. EVANS
C. E. KIMBALL
MARGARET MILLER
W. T. LOPP
JAS. F. H ALP IN
ERIC JOHNSON
DR. A. P. CALHOCN
MARGARET BRYCE
MISS V GERBER
MISS E. OLSON
MRS. M. ROUST
J A. JOHNSON
G. B. FALLES
MRS. G. B. FALLES
SISTER MARY ROSE
R. L. KNIGHT
MILTON GALLE
A. R. CRAWFORD
F. W. MAURER
BERTHA CARLSON
MARGARET McMURRAY
FLORENCE SPR1NGSTEN
ZELDA ALLAYN
ALMA CARLSON
HANNAH BECK
MRS. K. I. DAY
L. STRINGER
MRS. E. WILLIAMS
WALTER WILLIAMS
JAS. A. ANDERSON
PROF. T. COLLINS
MRS. T. COLLINS
MRS. R. M. O’CONNELL
DR. E. FROMM
SAM LARSON
J. J. MITCHEL
JOE WILSON
JOS. CHILBERG
DR. A L VIC IT
FRANK G . DEGNAN
Tlie outgoing passenger list is
marie up mainly of people from out
lying ports and includes among the
more prominent members. Norman
C. Stines of the Alaska Mines Cor
poration, E. E. Powell. Judge Guy
C. Corliss, Richard D. Adams. I,.
I Seidonverg. Dave Dunbar. Judge T.
M. Reed, L. P. Tunstad. Dr. Jas. j
II Condit and B. Rolando. Coun
cilman S. II. Burgh was a passen
ger as far as Golovin, to which point
the vessel departed on leaving here,
[and W. T. Lopp. head of the Bu
reau of Education work in Alaska,
also took passage to St Michael. Fol
lowing is the complete list of those
departing.
MRS. H. D. REESE
H. D. REESE
HARRY D. REESE
FRANCES REESE
MRS. W. N. COOK
DR. W. N. COOK
LEE COOK
MISS LOUIS LODANE
MRS. LOTTIE DUPREE
MISS TANLOINETT WARD
M. D. VORONEZ
MRS. J. HRENOFF
R. V. DOOLEY
LEO SEIDENVERG
MISS AGNES IBBETSON
MRS. IBBETSON
\p. IBBETSON .
H IBBETSON
A. E. THOMPSON
E. L. PACKARD
MRS. 8. W. JONES
W. S. PECK
MRS. H. L. STTTLL
KOBT. A. SfONEK
MRS. R A SENEK
R I) ADAMS
HARRY A. CAMPBELL
CHAS JOHNS
H. C. BUTLER
OUY C. H CORLISS
L. L. MALONEY
MRS. ETHEL LOMEX
BILLIE LOMEX
E. E. POWELL
MISS CAROLINE LAXF.N
DAISY K ATI A EM A
R A STEWART
L P TUMSTAD
MRS. H. (V HARRISON
ARTHUR EIDE
M A. BROWN
MRS. M. A BROWN
JAMES H. CONDIT
DAVE DUNBAR
MISS UATHER1NE BONGARD
MISS MONA SENESEN
R. E CAPERS
MOTHER IN HOLY NAME
LESTER M. BOR DAI AN
D W. CRAM
AIRS BELLA CRAM
C PETERSON
AIISS MARGARET KALUAI
T A!. REED
LEO P. HARRIS
MRS. A. K AI AT MU AT
A K. AIALIUAT
JAS. E. GREGG
MRS. V. GREGG
LOUIS BOULANGER
AIRS. R. W NYF
L. II STULL
LEWIS STULL JR
MRS C. H. SEZTON
MRS H SMITH
FRANK E. WENTZ
MISS JEAN BECK
NOR A! AN C. STINES
DAN KELLY
MRS E. LARSEN
FREDDY LARSEN
MRS. ANDREW ANDERSON
H ELEN ANHERSON
VICTOR ANDERSON
ALICE ANDERSON
Win. RITCHE
JOHN DERMENUS
CORINE MALTT7M
JAMES E. GREGG
SAM JONES
CM AS. KARTM
ALEXANDER (native)
JOHN MOORE
PETER ENSTED
H. CHRISTENSON
Wm. HOLLAWAY
FRED BUTLER
BARNEY ROLANDO
GITS LORING
AXEL WALL
JOHN THOMPSON
II. S. QUIGLEY
SAM G. GARRISON
E. W. QUIGLEY
O. II. BESSAKER
V. JOHNSON
S. SIMPSON
JOHN MAGUIRE
HANS CARLSON
FOR ST MICHAEL
F. GEBBER
Richard
J. REDMOND
CHAS RIDGWAY
D. CASTINE
TOM COX
SISTER M HOLY NAME
W. T. LOPP
GUS BOUNSTEAD
JAMES MURPHY
FOR GOLOVIN
HENRY BURGH
LAVA PROSPECTOR ARRIVES
FROM IXMACHUK
H. L. Stull, whose prospecting
endeavors in the lava beds along the
Inmachuk River have attracted wide
attention during the past seven}!
years, arrived in Nome from the Tn
machuk section Tuesday evening, ac
companied by his wife and son.
Mr Stull is enroute to the States on
a business trip.
NON-COMBATANTS
FLEE FROM GOAL
STRIKE FIGHTING
The lighting in the Logan coal sec
by the I:• ••! • oinbatan: pupa lai ion
Many \vo;..et, u:.*i eh:'..ire:, fro:.: th
Little Coal River. . ,unty. wher- am
ed bands have gatln-vd along ■in
western -lope of Sprue- Fork Ridge,
have arrived here in large number*
during the past few days.
Reports reaching 1i<t- t.• <)a> said
P‘Tsoi - from the town- aro.i: I '" lir
havf *>•"■»• summon'<1 in thu* place
v. hero i temporary ho jiitnl has In u
opened for tho wounded in the ght
i..;' .along the Spruce Fork Ridge.
The Daily Telegraph Bulletin and
Weekly Nugget delivered or mailed.
$2 00 per month.
NO FURTHER SUSPENSION
OFIftSSESSMENT WORK
the N'ugget today. . . >
Dan Sutherland states positively that
there will be no further suspension
of assessment work and that the time
for completion of annual labor on
mining claims has been changed to
July 1 of each year, instead of I)e
comber SO, as formerly.
Some additional information re
garding the change is contained in a
portion -
ently fn crr;r and \»it. r .•* be pub
lished until verified .
Delegate Sutherland state* in the
message that copies of the bill cov
ering th.* change were mailed to tin*
Nugget at Washington today.
The Daily Telegraph Hulletin and
Weekly Nugget delivered by rurrler
Per month $?.00.
wool) ACCEPTS
PHILIPPINE GOVERNORSHIP
Manilla. P. I Sepl . 2—Major
nuuuced his acceptance of the post
of Governor General of the Philip
pines. recently tendered by President
Rl MANIA PREPARING FOH
WAIt W ITH m ssi.x
Copenhagen. Sept. 2—Rumania is
preparing to go to war with Russia
and Moscow is charging that Franc
is supplying both Poland and Ru
mania with munitions of war.
The Third International has issued
an apeal to the workers of the world
NO TAX REDCCTIONS ( OMINt;
Seattle. Sept . 2—Senator Jones,
of Washington on arriving from the
national capital today, said there will
be no reduction in the annual tax
budget for many years.
A M ERICA X LEGION AIR ES
ASK AXTI JAP PROMISE
FROM FALL
Seattle. Sept. 2—American Le
gion men this afternoon asked Sec
retary of the Interior Fall to pro
mulgate a ruling that the leasing of
Indian lands should conform to t hi*,
Washington state laws which would
make it impossible for Japanese to]
lease reservation property in Wash-|
ington.
The Secretary made no promise ]
FORTY SEVEN INDICTED
FOR CONSPIRACY
AT CHICAGO
Chicago. Sept. 2—Forty seven la
bor operators, contractors. mill
workers and manufacturers in th«*
Chicago industrial district were to
day indicted by the federal grai d
jury on charges pf conspiracy to vio
late the Sherman anti-trust law.
AMKRK .W ItAlt ASSOCIATION
COM)EM\S LANDIS
Cincinnati. St pi . 1—Tlu* action of
Judge Landis. National Commissio> -
er of Baseball, in accepting private
employment and private emolument
while active on the federal bench,
was declared to meet with the un
qualified condemnation of the Amer
ican Bar Association in a resolution
adopted at the association conven
tion here last night.
NIKS. OBItKGOX OBJECTS TO
XKW 1 S.-MEXICAN TREATY
Mexico City. Sept. 2—'The pro
posed treaty with the United States
is neither possible, convenient nor
necessary and is contrary to the
Mexican constitutional precepts, ia
that it grants special privileges for
Americans." according to a declara
tion made by President Obregon in
a message to the Mexican Congress
WAR VETERAN MADE SEATTI.K
LAM) OFFICE HEAD
Seattle. Sept 2—Irving D. Smith,
a former service man who was
wounded and lost an arm in the bat
tle of St Mihiel. has been appointed
Register of the Land Office here.
GERMAN GOVT SUPPRESSES
. . OBJECTION A RLE NEWSPAPER
Berling Sept. 2—The government
has suppressed the Lokal Anziger,
a local news journal which has the
second largest circulation in Ger
many, owing to objectionable utter
ances of alleged seditious character.
AMERICAN COMMANDER OF
Z. R. 2 FOUND IN HUMBER
Hull. England. Sept. 2—The body
of Commander Maxfield. American
commander of the ill fated Z. It. 2,
was recovered from the wreck of the
great airship in the Humber River
here today.