SP«« THE NOME NUGGET
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NOME. ALASKA SATURDAY. MAIUH 25, 1922
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Name is the Distributing Center and Gateway to Northern Alaska OIL FIELDS
FOUR POWER TREATY IS RATIFIED
ALASKA MAIL MOVEMENTS TO BE ACCELERATED
MOVEMENT OF AUSKA
MAILS TIME TO BE CUT
SEATTLE, March 25—An announcement has been made by the
Supt. of Railway Mails that the time of Alaska mails to Nenana, Tunana.
other points on the Yukon River and to St. Michael will be cut one-half
after July 1st. An agreement has been made with the American Yukon
Navigation Company whereby the service to these towns will be.placed
on a weekly instead of fortnightly basis. From these points the mm: will
go to Seward over the railroad.
The Nome Chamber of Commerce will no doubt take steps to include
Nome ih this new schedule. Mail delays have been a distressing factor in
our life and in the summer time, with but few sailings of large boats
from the ports of Nome and Seattle, such connection at St. Micbn*! will
enable us to obtain more efficient service.
LLOYD GEORGE SHELVES POLITICAL CRISIS
LONDON, March 24—Parliamentary circles last night voiced the
opiakm that Lloyd George has shelved the political crisis, thru the decision
to put his Genoa Conference policy to a vote of confidence test • the
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.1 OF FRF TO DELIVER RADIO PHONE ADDRESS
SEATTLE, March 25—American Legion officials have arranged for
Marshal Joffre to deliver an address over the radio telephone upon his
arrival here.
BOOZE CAMOUFLAGED AS COLOGNE
NEW YORK, March 24—One thousand bottles of Japanese whiskey
disguised as cologne were confiscated yesterday afternoon.
MINERS—OPERATORS MEET
NEW YORK, March 24—In another attempt to halt preparations for
a nation wide strike in the coal industry, the Arbitration Committee of An
thracite miners and operators, met behind closed doors yesterday.
COORDINATION ALASKA
- AFFAIRS TO RE SERIIN
WASHINGTON, March 25—While actual haudling of Territorial
matters will continue as formerly, Secretary Fall has announced that
preliminary steps have been taken to coordinate all activities of the InterioJ
Department, with particular reference to Alaskan affairs. Fall states
that all communications concerning Alaska now coming under several
bureaus of the Department for action, will be centialized under an Alaska
flection, under the Secretary of the Interdepartmental Alaskan Com
mission.
All data will be assembled under the Secretary of the Interdepart
mental Group so that information will be readily accessible. Mining
leases and all other mining matters now will be centralized under the
Bureau of Mines.
FLYING BOAT DISABLED AT SEA PASSENGERS DROWNED
MIAMI, Florida, March 25—Two women passengers of the flying
>qat Miss Miami, which left here Wednesday for Island of Bimini and was
forced down in open sea by broken propellor. died from exposure. • Two
other passengers became erased by exposure and jumped overboard into
the sea, according to the stor/ told by Robert Moore, pilot of the craft,
to the crew of the steamer William Green, which rescued him from the
wrecked hulk.
ANOTHER CASE AGAINST OLE LARSEN DISMISSED
OLYMPIA, Washington. March 25—The Stat^ Suprem^Tour^ye^
terday ordered the case against Ole S. Larsen, former president of the
defunct Scandinavian American Bank of Tacoma, dismissed. This leaves
one case still in court and a new trial, which was grafted Larsen some time
ago, on another count, makes a total of two cases against him to be dis
TREATY FIGHT ENDED
LATE YESTERDAY
WASHINGTON. March 24— Ratification of the Four Power Pacific
Treaty by the Senate became more aiul more probable every hour today.
Opponents of pact failed repeatedly in their efforts first to amend and
then to load it with reservations. After the fight on amendments was
ended four separate articles of the treaty were agreed upon, then came
the fight on reservations. Thirty six votes were mustered by treaty op
ponents. In their best former showing against ratification they procured
but thirty three votes for their greatest strength in their effort to amend
the pact. From all indications the pact will be ratified late today.
m WASHINGTON, March 24—(LATER i — the Senate late this after
noon ratified the Four Power Treaty by a vote of 67 to 27.
LWVYKR MI RDKit SI SPECT
SEATTLE, March 24—H. H. Guts, lawyer, is being sought in con
nection with the murder of Daniel Alexander McDonald of Edmonton,
whose body bearing eighteen blows ot' a hatchet or axe was found buried
in a gravel pit.
1>AN SUTHERLAND DELA-VED
SEATTLE. March 24 — Delegate Sutherland, who was to sail early
yesterday on the Watson, was delayed until nine o’clock on account of
heavy freight shipments to be loaded.
VICTORIA WILL SAIL
FOR NOME JUNE 3RD.
SEATTLE. March 25—The Nome schedule was announced yester
day afternoon and provides for the sailing of the S. S. Victoria on the dates
of June 3rd, June 29th, August 2. September 6th and October 7th.
A freighter with oil and dredge material will sail May 31st for Nome,
followed June 1st by another freighter for St. Michael only with a cargo
consigned to lawer Yukon River.
TELEGRAPHIC
BREVITIES
TRINIDAD, Colo., March 25—Sixteen miners are entombed in the
Empress"mine of the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company as the result of an
explosion late this afternoon.
TRINIDAD, March 25—Total dead missing as the result of the
Empress mine is seventeen, with nine bodies recovered.
BELFAST. March 25—Joseph Campbell, Belfast City official, was
! shot and killed by snipers yesterday.
I PARIS, March 25—Allied Council of Ambassadors today ordered
jail international troops withdrawn from Albania.
BELFAST, March 25—A six hour running fight occurred between
I Ulster special constables and Sinn Feiners in vicinity of Carrickmore In
j county Tyronne.
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I WASHINGTON. March 25—The House last night passed the Sol
diers’ Bonus Bill based on certificate plan, vote three hundred!thirty for
the measure and seventy against.
ALASKA LAND OWNERS MAV EXCHANGE HOLDINGS
WASHINGTON, March 25—Under a new law now signed by the
President, 133,868 acres of privately owned land, in the Alaska National
Forest, may now be exchanged, by owners, for lands outside these forests.
RUSSIAN ENTERS UNIVERSITY
SAN FRANCISCO. March 24—Peter Lubchenko. cousin of the late
Caar of Russia, arrived here to attend the University 6t California.
TAX RECEIPTS SHORT
WASHINGTON, March 24—There are indications that the estimat
ed income tax receipts for the current calendar year will be two hundred
millions short.
REALTY DEALER SUICIDES
SEATTLE. March 24—Walter S. McNeill, a real estate dealer,
committed suicide by drowning himself in Green Lake.
SPANISH AMERICAN WAR
VETERAN RECEIVES MEDAL
SAX FRANCISCO, March 25—The Distinguished Service Cross lias
been awarded General Henry H Whitney, retired. This medal is a delayed
recognition of services performed during the Spanish American war of
1898, at which time Whitney disguised himself as an English sailor and
went thru the Spanish lines at Porto Rico. At the time of this exploit
General Whitney was merely Lieut. Whitney and his feat has remained
a war secret for 24 years.
I . S. ALAIN FORMALLY DEMANDS PAYMENT
WASHINGTON, March 25—The United States has made another
formal demand upon the Allied governments for payment of its share of
the costs of maintaining its army of occupation on the Rhine, out of
German reparation payments. Right of the U. S. to reimbursement on
an equality with the Allies was declared "not only clearly equitable.”
but "free from any technical objection."
RECOGNITION WITHOUT PROBATIONAKY PERIOD ADVOCATED
LONDON, March 25—-Recognition of Russia will have immediate
force after the Genoa Conference and will not be accompanied by any
probationary period to test the behavior of Soviets. This is the recom
mendation that Allied diplomatic experts, now meeting in London, will
make to their respective governments, regarding Russia.
HITCH IN RESTORING RELATIONS WITH MEXICO
NEW YORK. March 25—The only hitch in restoring fiendly rela
tions between United States and Mexico is one of proceedings, declares
President Harding in a letter to John Barrett, former Director of the Gen
eral Pan American Union. This letter was made public by Mr. Barrett.
TO CONTEST WILL OF FATHER
SEATTLE. March 25—Three daughters of Dr. J. E. Jordon, pio
neer Seattle physician and councilman who died on March 22, will begin
suit and contest the will. These children are by his wife who divorced
him thirty years ago, and in the will were left but one dollar each, from
the estate which they allegejs worth three hundred thousand dollars.
RED TAPE Will SOON
BE CUT AWAY ALASKA
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WASHINGTON, March 25—“Red tape that has been wound so
tightly around Federal administration of affairs in Alaska, will. 1 am con
fident, soon be cut" are the words uttered by Governor Bone. Speaking
further he said "out of the discussion that now centers around Alaska will
come constructive, upbuilding policies for the Territory and it is believed
that bureaucratic government will then be a thing of the past, as it should
be." Governor Bone is closing up his business here and has booked
passage on the Steamship Victoria, sailing from Seattle, April 5th.
OFFICIALS CAUGHT IN SMUGGLING ACT.
HAMILTON, Ont., March 25—A picture of Canadian Custom offic
ials, standing at night on the river hank collecting duty ot $12.50 a case
on liquor aboard Dominion boats, to be smuggled in to the United States,
was shown in the police court yesterday.
NORTHWESTERN LEAVES SEATTLE WITH RECORD LIST
SEATTLE, March 25-—The S. S. Northwestern sailed this moruiug
at nine o’clock carrying 370 passengers, the largest number of passengers
taken North this year. Janies Frawley, who is arranging the transfer of
the Pioneer Mining Company holdings to the Hammond Engineering Co,
of San Francisco, is bound for Nome via Seward and the railroad to nenana,
accompanied by his wife.
RAIL KIREANN OFFICERS TO ARRIVE LONDON CONFERENCE
LONDON, March 25—Arthur Griffith, President of Dali EHreann and
Eamon J. Digan, Minister of Home Affairs, will arrive in London. Monday
in compliance with a request of the British government for conference on
the critical Irish situation.