MONDAY
(TELEGRAPHIC)
INAUGURATION DAY NOT
NATIONAL HOLIDAY
Owing to some local misapprehen
sion regarding the recent press an
nouncement to the effect that the pres
ident had issued a proclamation de
daring "Inauguration Day”, March 4,
a legal holiday, the Nugget wired its
Seattle correspondent, asking if the
day was to he considered a national
holiday. The answer, received Sun
day, says surth is not the case. The
presidential proclamation is intended
to apply only to the District-pf Colum
ORGANIZED LABOR FIGHTING
APPOINTMENT OF DAVIS
Wlashington, Foby. 27—Under the
banner of (lompers, organized labor ia
making a bitter eleventh hour fight
against the appointmen* of James .T.
Davis as Secretary- of labor.
U. S. DESTROYER CUT IN
TWO BY MERCHANT SHIP
Washington, Feby. 27—Thos. Stan
ley Woodcock, first class engineman.
wan killed and fifteen others are miss
ing and injured as a result of a col
lision yesterday morning between the
American torpedo destroyer Wooley of
the Pacific fleet and the American
merchant steamer Steel Inventor of
the Pacific coast off Panama, accord
ing to information received by the
Navy Department today.
The Wooley, one of the navy’ most
modem destroyers, was cut Almost in
two by the sharp stem of the morchanl
vessel and sank while being lowed tr
land by tfhe destroyer Aaron Ward
■which, with the destroyer Phillips, he;
112 Woollev survivors on hoard.
The < 1.image done to the Steel Tn
vent or wee slight and there were n.
casual tier* among her crew.
PORTION SEATTLE SHIP
PLANT SITE SOLD
Seattle, Feby. 28—A major portion
af the Skinner and Eddy shipyard
*dte. has been sold to an Almerican firm,
Captle and Company, of Washington
city. «nd win be used by that concern
as a «teel assembling plant.
REP. BURROUGHS VERY
ILL IN SEATTLE
Seattle. Feby. 28—E. W.
Burroughs, a member <4 the Nome j
legislative delegation, has been taken j
down with sickness and is very ill. |
Rep. Burroughs will be unable to at
tend the opening session of the AI_ j
nska legislature. The other members |
will sail for Juneau on the Alameda.
Tuesday.
NOME LEGISLATORS LEAVING
FOR JUNEAU TOMORROW
Seattle Fdby. 27—Senators James
FraWley and John Sundback and Rep
resentatives E. L. Holt, Ed Burroughs,
O. D, Cocihran and C. W. Brown, all
of Nome and Uhe legihlative representa
tives of the Second Judicial Division
of Alaska in the Territorial legisla
ture at Juneau, will depart from Seat
tle for Juneau on the steamship Ala
meda, sailing at 9 a. m. Tuesday
morning.
AGRICULTURE BILL PROVIDES
FOR BETTERMENT OF
REINDEER INDUSTRY
Wasfhjngton, Feby. 27—Provisions
are made in the Agricultural Appro
priations BUI for putting the Alaska
•reindeer industry on its feet by ex
periments aimed at increasing the
reindeer’s weight to about double its
present average by saientificaJly breed
ing them, locating ranges and scien
tifically studying their diseases, para
sites and grafting problems.
FAMINE STRICKEN
CHINE8E SUICIDING
New York, Feby. 27—“The fathers
and mothers of some of the famine
stricken. districts of China are com
mitting suicide rather than watch their
children starve to death,** says a re
port received by the Methodist Board
of Foreign Missions.
FORTY TWO KILLED IN
TRAIN £RA8H TRAGEDY
Foster, Indiana, Feby. 28—Forty
two bodieq wrire recovered from a
train wreck which occurred near here
last night when a Canadian and In
terstate limited on the Michigan Cen
tral end New York Central lines re
spectively crashed together at a cross
ing. Mony of the bodies were burned,
scalded and mangled. According to
railway officials, the daaster was
caused by the failure of the engineer
of the Michigan-Central train to he’d
• block, signal at a cross over which
automatically net* * derailing switch.
ROOSEVELT JR. GETS BIG JOB
St Augustine, Feby. 28—Theodore
Rooevelt Jr, son of the former presi
dent. will he given the appointment of
AadKstnnt Secretary of the Navy, pr-*?
ider.* elect Harding announced today.
The position to be Til loti by young
Roosevelt is the same in which h's
hither first attained national promin
ence during the McKinley ndministra
SAYS HELP FOR
FARMERS IMPERATIVE
Washington. Yeiby. 28—Secretary
Meredith declared in a statement today
that unless legislative assistance is
given the Airmen*. the time is not dis
tant when there will be an actual
famine in staple foodstuffs in this
country.
CHAMP CLARK IN SERIOUS STATE
WaMhigton. Feby. 27—This bulletin
was issued tonight by the physicians
attending Representative Champ Clark
“Mr Champ Clark is seriously ill. He
h:is fluid in the right pleural cavity ■
and irregular heart action.
HOUSE VOTES WAR BONUS FOR
GOV’T EMPLOYEES
WiLshington, Feby. 27—The House
at a laite session last night voted a
$240 bomfc to government employees
who worked for Uncle Sam during the
ALASKA LEGISLATORS
PROCEEDING TO JUNEAU
Seattle Feby. 28—Six mambers of
the Second, two of the Thri'd and one
of the Fourth Division will said from
here on the Alameda tomorrow morn
ing to participate. in the coming ses
sion of the Alaska legislature.
IMMIGRATION BILL
UP TO PRESIDENT
Washington. Pcby. 27—The Immi
gration Restriction Bill, after a short
pe riod ..f delay in conference, has been
finally ratified by Congress and sent
to the President for signature.
TUESDAY
(TELEGRAPHIC)
SIX SINN FEINNERS
EXECUTED AT CORK
Cork, Ireland, Feby 28—Six Sinn
Fednnait-i were xecuted today by a
British firing squad at the military
temext at a military court martial.
SOVIET PERSECUTION OF
LABOR AROUSING CLAMOR
Washington. Feby. 28—Organized
ltibor thruout the wwld and especially
in the United States, is urged to pro
test against Che ruthless persecutions
and slaughter of labor unionists now
In progress in Soviet Russia in an ap
peal issued last niglht by the Ameri
can Federation of Labor.
The statement declared that "after
tricking I*-ubor into supporting the So
viets. Trotsky and Lcnine began
carrying out their threats of the ex
termination of labor leaders, peasant
partifts anil so-called 'hostages."
DELEGATE CONTEST EXPECTED
END WEDNESDAY
Wlashington. Feby. 28—The Wiok
ersham-GrigHby contest for the Alas
ka delegateshlp will probably be set.
tied Wednesday, it is believed in
House circles.
BOOZE SEARCHERS MUST HAVE
WARRANTS. COURT RULES
Washington Feby. 28—Revenue
agents must Ivive search warrants to
finvade private homes in hunting for
liquor, the Supreme Court held in a
decision handed down today. . The
Count also held that portions of the
lever Act are unconstitutional.
SENATE GIVES MARSHALL
__SILVER CUP
Washington. Feby. 28—The Senate
today presented to Vice President
Marshall a big silver^ cup as & me
mento of his sen-ice as the presiding
offleeh of the upper house of congress.
Mrashall, in replying to presen
tation asserted that his state, Indiana,
is liable to think the cup “is a tnemor- i
ial of the Eighteenth Amendment." !
WHISKEY RUNNERS
DOING MUCH BUSINESS
San Francisco. Feby. 28—Fully
dozen fast power boats which were
formerly enployed in the Alaska fish
ing trade nre now enstged in running
wh'akey cargoes from Vancouver B
C. to California coaet points, accord.
!ng to the fedral prohibition enforce
ment authorities.
DR GRAYSON GIVEN NAVAL JOB
Washington, Feby. 28—Dr. Gray-I
son, President Wilson's personal phy
sician. has be.n ordered to regular!
duty its official in charge of the Naval !
Dispenisary here.
STARTS FIRE WITH
GASOLINE—3 DEAD
Vancouver, R. cT Feby. 28—John
Daley attempted to start a fire with
gaMOhne here today _ His wife Huelah
Dttley, Mrs. M. Milled and her daugh
ter Mary, aged five years, were killed
by the ♦ xplosion which followed.
GAY BLADES SPRINKLE
SEATTLEITES WITH JOY WATER
Seattle. FVaby. 28—C. W.uhere.
Corbiere. consul of France. .1. M.
Dwmacedo. IN rshui consul, Ictrvo
Oami>os, Mexican consul and Ricardo
Medvu, under secretary of the Mexi
can consualte, were arrested at he
Windsor Hotel l.ist night on 1 barges
of disorderly conduct. It is claimed
they were having a merry time throw
ing liquor on <ither guests of the hotel
and street i* insert* from the apart
ments occupied by the French consul.
Tho accused have appealed to their
respective embassies at W.-udiington
with the law.
Prosecution of Seattle Consular Of
ficial* dropped
Seattle. Feby. 28—The mayor has
ordered the prosecution of the foreign
consular officials a rreSted last night to
be (IropjM-d and allso expresses regret'
for their Mammary handling by the po
LEAGUE RECOGNIZES U S.
RIGHTS IN MANDATES
Parts. Peby. 28—The rij?ht of the
Unit eel States to a voice- In the tlxinjf
of nn:i.n<ln.tc. returns is recognized by
the T-csurue of Nations Council in i
note laid before the Council today by
Arthur Ttalfore of England. The not#
was drafted in answer to the recent
note of protest frohn Secretary of
Yap island mandates.
FORMER SENATOR WEEKS
SLATED FOR WAR SEC'TV
PANAMA DISIPATES WAR CLOU
WbKhtfngton. Feb-s- -8—Th
wsis avoided as a result of overti
made by the I’anama Legation h<
FORMER ALASKA STEAM Bt^T
MAN DEAD
San (•’ramiipfo, Feby
Katitfb, former managing owner
the steamer Hurmlrolt, which pliei
nd Sout-heast
hx
WILL INVESTIGATE
WOOLSEY SINKING
CHAMP CLARK
CROSSES GREAT DlflDE
Amlwsss: .*or to Great-Britain tnd will
give hi# decision as to acceptance in
a few d t was announce®today.
CONGRESS REPEALS WAR LAWS
—
Washington. March, 1—Congres
sional action. has been competed on
the re.HOlutiicn to repeal virtually all
the specie’ wax laws passed during,
the late weir period. The measure
•u>w gees to the president.
LODGE ATTACKS WILSON ORDER
W'arf nfpton. March. 1 -Attacking
I rrriil***T't Wilson’s order placing pos*
•naM*** »n‘l« r tin* Olviil Service. Sen
!:tor Ill .1 Senate speech today.
v*m**'*’i*“' ih<’ °,d'r ,,s “;i c,,n*
nlflCiy <*1^1 wn htmiJhug designed *<» [
keep otfne without • xa mi nation I
<• is whose terms had expired."
WILSON SIGNS NEW BILLS
iWaHh.ntn<>n. March. I -The. presi
dent Bins signet! the Postofflce Appro
piteBon Bill, the River's and Harbor's
BUI and the firtst Prgent Deficiency
BW
>A»*'ther 1 rill approved by tile execu- J
fiv#i»dthonze,s hoinestcnul settlers who j
fi«^er< i the military service during the
fpr to make final proof of their en- ;
tries at once instead of waiting the
Statutory period.
SENATORS WANT U S TO
DECLARE INTENTIONS
Washington, March. 1—During .1
MOP t .session of the Senate Into this
afternoon. Senator l<odge. and others
■dvr ated advising the world that the
Unit* I States is ready to spend mil
lions to pi'otect iUs interests in the
FORDNEY BILL UP TO WILSON
■Washington. March, 1 —The Ford
ney Mmorgeney Tairiff Bill was deliv
ered it the White House today.
LEAGUE REPLY TO MANDATE
NOTE SATISFACTORY
l i’-iris. Mere;i 1—The reply of the
Is-., y He of Nations to the Aimerican
ho*.- on the mandates question was d< -
lix .•■■d the Ajnorican embassy here
J. |iniiese mandate over t'ho Island of
Japan Not Opposed To U. S. Demands
Paris. March. 1—"Japan is willing
t>i concede to America control of the
cables and stations on the Island of
Yap, but desires to retain, here man
date," Itaron Bshii told *Jhe League af
Nations council today.
HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE
CONDEMNS LANDIS''
Worthington, March. 1 —“Acceptanc-*
supreme lsisebalJ arbitrator is incon.
siMtent with the full and adequate
performam.. his duties as a judge
on 'his part," the House Judiciary
ConmniCte held today tn reconyneml
sessaon of Congress of the impeach
ment charge#? recently made against
LandSs by Representative Welty ■ f
SEATTLE HONEYMOONERS
JOURNEY TO ALASKA j
Seattle, March 1—James TO. Bar
rack and George and Ralph Keves an 1
their brides . sailed this morning on
the steamship Alameda to spend their
honeymoon ‘inAlaska. The honey
making their way from the end of tlio
railroad to the Tanana camp aboard a
SALMON PACKERS
HOLDING CONFERC.MLE
Seattle, March, 1—Seventy five
salmon packers are holding a confer
ence here today to devise plans to
conduct eontinuoufi campaign of ad
vertising their product.
DAKOTA POLITICS
DEVELOPS NEW PHASE
nEsmarck, N. P., Marcih, 1—A pro
gram worked out by a committee of1
twenty one of the Independent Voters
Associations, opponents of the Non
partisan League, calls for an election
to recall certain state officials and for
a convention to complete final plans
for «. continuance of the anti Non
partisan League compnign.
HOPE FOR CHAMP CLARK'S
RECOVERY ABANDONED
Washington. March. 1—Hope for
the recovers' of Champ Clark was
abandoned today by his physicians.
He is in a comatose state and losing
DELEGATE CONTEST
BEFORE HOUSE
Washington, Feby. 28—While the
•Grigshy-Wlckersham contest for the
Alaska deleg&tcfdiip wns under con
sideration this afternoon. Judg- Wick.
errfilCin was on the floor of the House
ready to be worn in.
PROOFS OF LABOR BLANKS
ON SALE AT NUGGET OFFICE
REPUBLICANS RENOMINATE
GILLETTE FOR SPEAKER
Waftiington, March, 1 —Ueprcsen
al.ive Gillette was r< nominated by
.he n« last nigh: fm Speaker i
)f the House iit a caucus of republi
a.n numbers. Rep. James Mondell,
■••pubpiran House leader, «•:■« also
tamed to succei^l himself.
JlL LOCATION RUSH TO
COLD BAY DISTRICT
Washington. Feby . 28—Pfcrrr. ts
trere issued today h\ the Department
.f the interior 1sixty oil prospectors
n the unwimywl Cold Htty -M strict
if Alaska. The permits grant the
adders the right to lay out cl., .ns
tending an adjustment of boundaries
vitliin a period «>f six months.
Dan Sutherland, delegate elec* for
Uasika. will confer with Assistant j
Secretary or the Interior Yogekutng
■onceming tlie matter of lmnmlarie.s.
FORDNEY BILL UP TO WILSON
Washington. Feby. 2$—Congress
las icissed the Fordney Emergency
r-ar ff UQl and sent it to *ho president
\LLIES FORCING GERMANY’S
HAND WITH GUNS
Paris, Month. 1—The Allies hove
started drastic measures to fore* '/ r
nany to meet the reparations demands
ni]K>sed by the Veiisailles treaty, now
that the latter nation has shown <!■ nr.
ly the intention to avoid doing so.
Kt» ps for the execution of the military
plans devised l»y the Allies to force
f.'-rmati ohiedence to the reparation
d* mauds •.'••re taken today when tram- 1
with long snouted guns • inmenc'd
moving toward '.lie Herman frontier.
The guns are ready for instant ser- I
Allies To Impose Added Penalities On
Germany
1. ' don. March. 1 The Allied lend
er* will meet here at 4 P- m. today
to consider tin character of the pen
itltiies which it has been decided to
inflict on Hcmiany for not meeting
tlioir reparation demands, it was of
ffcolly announced today. The an
nouncement was given out following
the first session of the Allied repre.
sentatives with the German delcga
THURSDAY
(TELEGRAPHIC)
HARDING BIDS GOOD BYE
TO HOME TOWN ;
Harding left for Washington laM night j
after pledging to 'iis neighborhood in
ho felt that a, hundred million prep! |
would back him in such service." j
President Elect in Capital
Washington. .Mch . 3—President !
elect Harding and Mrs. Harding ar- j
rived in Washington today and were
greeted at the station by a huge throng !
They were hurried to the New Wil- ;
remain Mure until they leave for the
Cool id ge met Harding and his party j
at tJie station.
id” .las. J. Davis for Secretary of l.n- J
George R. Christian as his private
INAUGURATION CROWD
GATHERING IN CAPITAL
Washington. Mch. 3—Despite the
simplicity of the inauguration planned
for tomorrow, the usual crowds are
already on hand, with large numbe-s J
arriving from far and wide.
HARDING CONSIDERS
ADDRESSING CONGRESS
IN PERSON
Washington, Mch. 2—Harding may
appear in perison before Congress to
deliver his inauguration address. The
president elect is isaid to have the j
proposal under consideration.
CURRENCY COMPTROLLER
WILLIAMS RESIGNS
Washington. Mch. 2—John Skelton
Williams, comptroller of Currency, has
tendered his resignation to President
Wilson, it was announcer! by the
SENATE CALLS FOR NAVAL
DISARMAMENT CONFERENCE
Washington. Mch. 2—The SenV
last night attached as an amendment
to the Naval Appropriations Rill a
section calling upon .'the president to,
call a conference between the Unit’d
States*. Great Britain and Japan ‘ •
conMder- naval disarmament
HARDING GIVEN HOME
TOWN FAREWELL
M orion, O. Mch. 2— President ele.~*„
Harding's neighborhood friends bade
him formal farewell today. on the
'•ning of leaving for Washington to
nss-wne the presidency. A holiday
was generally oliserved by iho citizen-"
rtf Marlon and business houses were
FRENCH AND TURKS
TO SIGN PEACE
W.usfofryyton, Mch. 2—Peace will he
■dgned before the week end between
Krande and the Turkish Njbtion.dists.
lerording to advices reaching the gov
ernment. The signing of tlm pear*
pact will take place in Paris.
NO CHANCE FOR SOLDIER
BONUS THIS SESSION
Washington, Mch. 2—All hope f.,r
the enactment this > ssion of tie- Sol.
Ii<-rs Bonus MBlll was ah ndoned -
day by its proponents
HOUSE STANDS PAT
FOR SMALL ARMY
Washington, Mch. 2-- The House
stood pat to<lay for an army of 150,001
men, refusing to concur in the Senate*'.'
amendment to the Army Appropriation
Bill providing funds for an army of
175.000 enlisted m- n by June 30 next
soviets facing
ORGANIZED OPPOSITION
Riign. MaHih. 1 — Mow <<\\ advice®
receive dhere today as to the effect
that the Soviet authorities are be
coming perturbed over the conflict now*
BRITISH CHALLENGE
AMERICAN MOTOR BOATS
London, Mardh, 1—The Boyal Motor
Yacht Club, on behalf <*f Great Brit
ain. has cabled u challenge to America
for a motor boat race for the Inter
national trophy.
SOVIET PAPERS DROP
HINT OF SERIOUS TROUBLE
Helsingfors, Finland. March, l —
Guarded admissions of serioujs difficui
Petrogiud and call on the wcrk«r» t ,
REP E W. BURROUGHS
CALLED BY DEATH
to tee Alaska legislature and .1 widely
known pioneer of Nome, died h?re this
afternoon after a brief il!rivv> Hep.
Burroughs was enroute to Juneau \j
attend the forthcoming legislative
session when stricken l»y the futa •
ALLIES INTENT ON FORCING
GERMANS TO TOE SCRATCH
ed by the Allied Supreme Council thi*
Discussion German Counter Proposals
Germany that lwr repartition propos
als will not be discussed by the Allies
and that the Rntente powers are ready
to enforce payment of the German ob
ligations by any means necessary is in
preparation today by a. committee of
the Supreme Council appointed to
French Railways Ready To Transport
Troops To Germany
Parts, Jlch. 1—The French rail
ways were ordered by the government
today to hold them selves in readiness
to transport troops to tlh'i Germ-n fron
tier in the event that coercion fs re
quired to compel Germany to mee*
the Allied repo rations demands.
PHELAN ATTACKS GOVT
JAP POLICY
"Washington, Mch. 2—During a se-'.
ret session of the Senate un the Jap
anese ‘•ituation this afternoon. Senate
James D. Phelan of California do-Tar
f«l that the fe l.-.cl guvernm'n- is "quite
willing to sacrifice California, Oregon.
Washington and Arizona to preserve
international peace.”
WASHINGTON COAL WAGES