6 Pages THE NOME NUGGET
VOLUME XXI
NOME, ALASKA 8ATURDAY, JANUARY 3rd, 1920
Delivered by Carrier
Mailed.$1.00 per Month
Nome is the Distributing Center and Gateway to Northern Alaska and Siberia
OVER 4.000 RADICALS ARRESTED
ton RKIM.V SWVKSSM las EHERVWWIE
NOME RIVER BRIDGE
TO BE CLOSED
The Nome I liver bridge will be clos
ed to traffic after .Monday, January
5th. to spare unnecessary wear and
tear on the structure during the clos
ed period. An announcement to this
effect was given out by Mr. Mcrhail,
caretaker at Ft. Davis, Friday. Mr.
McPhnil states that a trail will be
broken and staked aoross Nome I liver,
running along the left hand side of the
bridge, for the passage of traffic.
OUTSIDE MAIL ARRIVED FRIDAY
"Another large batch of mail from
the States and Interior Alaska arrived
Friday afternoon In charge of Mail
Carrier Pete Curran. The consign
ment was close to the limit weight
and comprised both first and second
class matter. The dispatch appar
ently departed from Seattle about
November 7. The next outgoing mail
for the States and Interior will close
Monday at 1 p. m ,
CHA9. BLOOD SERIOUSLY ILL
Chas. Hlood is confined to his real- j
dence suffering with a serious ailment I
by which he was prostrated suddenly
around Christmas. The patient com
plained' one evening of feeling India-,
posed and decide’ to He down. Ho
was taken with severe choking spells)
a short time later.
Hazel Marion. Is the name of a new
scion of the house of Modlni who ar
rived in Seattle on December 29th, ac
cording to a telegram-to "Daddy” Earl
Modlni. arriving a fe\%days ago.
FUR PRICER
STILL DECLINING
Telegrams received by local fur
traders during recent days Indicate a
continuation of the recent decline in
fur prices outside. The downward
tendency is visible in nearly all lines,
with several lines of pelts showing
steady fcrice depreciation. Another
big fur sale is expected during the
coming week which may develop sharp
reductions if-Sthe present Jsituation <*m
tinues for some time owing to the re
opening of foreign trade and the re
sultant competition of foreign traders.
MOOSE TO HONOR ARMY
SERVICE MEMBERS
Members of the local Moose lodge
who served in the militar^ or naval
fortes during the war are to be the
recipients of a unique favor in the
shape of a badge or button presented
by the order to those of its members
who were in the service. The insig
n& are known as the Moose Service
Ilutton. The presentations are sched
uled to take place at the Moose lodge
room in Eagle, hall January 12, with
appropriate ceremonies. A large por
tion of the members ofthe Nome lodge
were in the service and each of those
nowTiere will be given a button. The
presentation ceremonies will be open
to Moose and tbeir families.
heavy Enow fall Tuesday
The heaviest snowfall of the Winter
season developed Tuesday afternooi^
and brought out the snow shovel
WieMers In generous array on the fol
lowing morning. The snow was ac
companied by a stiff wind that speed
ily piled up deep snow drifts In nil
parts of tlis city.
ATTENTION
Annual Mealing of Chamber of
gsamerse. eSestien of oflloora and im
pellent. business, Saturday dan. I» at
St» p. m., Please* (glee.
Signed t Sssrsfery
GOV’T LAUNCHES
VAST CAMPAIGN
AGAINSt REDS
Washington, Jan. 2—The- govern
ment has launched a nation-wide cam
paign against communists, communist
labor groups and radical agents. A
concerted movement looking to the
arrest of ultra-radicals is in progress
throughout, .the country tonight under
the direction of the Department of
Justice and has resulted in the appre
hension of many hundreds of persons.
Agents of the Department of Justice
armed with upward of four thousand
warrants are tonight conducting raids
in a total of thirty three cities from
coast to coast. The great govern
ment dragnet Is expected to gather In
the principals in nearly all revolution
ary movement centers in every part of
The Nome Nugget delivered by Car
rier or mailed. Per month $1.00.
BELIEVED RADICAL
MOVEMENT DUIKER
Washington. Jan. 3—Government
officials declured today the belief that
the backbone of the incipient rebellion
or revijjntlon yontemplfrfr ufr »v the ul
tra-radical elements in the United
States has been broken by the nation
wide raids conducted by the Depart
ment of Justice last night on the head
quarters of Communists Labor I’art.v
and other extremists.#
Many thousands of nnarchistically
inclined persons have been gathered
in. It is believed the raids have ef
fectively cheeked the movement which
has for its purpose the establishment
of a soviet anarchy in America.
Reports to the Department of Jus
tice from its agents in all parts of the
country today say more than four
thousand men and women have been
taken into custody throughout . the
United States. The drive is' continu
ing everywhere today and is expected
to land fully five thousand revolution
aries before the campaign is conclud
Bureau of Investigation Chief Says
j Revolutionary Movement Broken
New York, Jan 3—Lynn, chief of
the Bureau of Investigation of the
Department of Justice, who direct
ed the government raid on radicals
launched last night, said' today that
he believes the wholesale arrests will
decisively check the growing radical
movement looking to create a revolu•
“We have succeeded, I think," he
said, “in breaking the backbone of the
radical revolutionary Movement in
America.”
“These raids,” he continued, “mark
the beginning of the decline of the
organized * revolutionary movement
which has been going on throughout
the oountry since before the close of
the war. We planned the move care
fully and' i.hc preparations have been
going on for weeks. The results Wave
already exceeded our dfcpectatlons. »g
we have already gathered In the Prin
cipal leaders and expect to round up
the rest within a short time.”
Estimated Over Five Thousand Radi
cals Under Arrest
Wash., Jan. 3—Officials of the De
partment of Justice esAmate that the
number of radicals imprisoned as a
result of the nation-wide %rnids on
radical headquarters and meeting
places will night reach to five thou
sand or over.
• Reports from all sections indicate
that the raids were apparently un
expected by the radlcslslmd resulted
In the arrest of msstpC the principal
loaders of tbs' revolutionary move
ment. The jails are full'ln practical
ly all of tbs larger centers where the
'
raids wore* conducted :ind immense
quantities of radical literature have
been seized and will be used in tlie
prosecution of the arrested radicals.
The view is general here that the
round-up has effectively broken up tho
revolutionary movement Intended to
establish sovietism.
Communist Party Leader Arrested at
Milwaukee
Milwaukee. Jan. 3—Parry I.oeb.thc
leader of the Communist Party in tho
United States and one of tho main
springs in the revolutionary movement
looking to establish soviet govern
ment in the United States, was arrest
ed in his home here this morning by
agents of the Department of Justice
while trying to destroy a quantity of
fled literature advocating overthrow of
the present government and the es
tablishment of Communism.
I-oeb is a Russian by birth but has
been an exile, from his own country
since 1910, when he was arrested in
Russia for participating in the Russian
revolution of that year. He escaped
from Siberia, where he was sent fcy
the Czar's government, and made his
way into Japan. Soon afterward ha
aarae to the United States by way of
Seattle. He has been connected with
numerous radical movements since his
arrival and is looked upon as the lead
er of the communist movement.
WIL80N* WIRES NEW YEAR
GREETINGS TO NOME FRIENDS
A New Year’s telegram from Johh
A. Wilson reaching E. E. Adams
conveys New Year greetings to all
Nome friends of the genial John A.,
who says he is staying in Seattle and
contemplates taking a course in en
gineering id the Spirit City. He re
ports that Jas. P. Daly is also in
Seattle and that Federal Road Com
missionA Dan Jones has gone East.
BAROMETER FALLS TO
LOW mark in MIDWEEK
Wednesday the barometers about
town again fell to unusually lit
marks. The barometer of the Weather
Bureau ahd also that of Mr. Jas. M.
Streeten, registered 28.(8 during the
mid-afternoon of that day and others
are said to have shown even lower
figures. The barometric Vagaries of
late have caused considerable over
hauling of old records, with the result
tha$ several examples of extreme pres
sures in earlier years have been brat
to light- IiTbne instance It If shown
that In December If 14 the .'barometer
registered 28.70. Again in If IS, un
usual atmospheric pramartwlfUd,
■ending the barometers to M.M.
TH09 GAFFNEY
TAKING CENSUS
The actual number of people resid
ing In the Nome section this winter
will become definitely known in a
short time as a result of the census
taking operations now { in progress
under the direction of the Bureau of
Education, to which has been delegat
ed the task of counting the people of
the Territory in connection with the
14th national census. The census
taking was inaugurated Friday and
will continue until the last reachable
nose has been duly counted and tabu
lated in Uncle. Sam’s census records.
Mr Thos. (Jnffney has been appointed
Census Enumerator in the Nome pre
cinct and is" already hard at work at
his new task. The enumeration will
be conducted in other precincts of the
division by the government school
teachers or by others appointed for
that purpose. The census enumera
tors are sworn agents of the govern
ment and are endowed with authority
to enforce response to their questions
in case it becomes necessary.
RETURNS FROM SUCCESSFUL
TRADING TRIP
Frank Martin, representative of the
Hudson Bay Fur Cot. returned from
o successful trading trip last evening
bringing a fine assortment of red and
white fox. mink, ermine and musk rat.
picked up at various points. Martin
encountered a stormy trip and one
filled with varied experiences, details
of w’hich are reserved until our next
issue owing to lack of space.
YES, Jan fifth, that’s the data,
In tlia small Eagls hall.
Not a lady to bo late:
Thoyll come with a dollar
And sknilos to spars;
No need of stiff collar
If nino thirty your thoro.
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GOV'T REMOVES
COAL SHORTAGE
• DANGER
The last prospect that anyone will
suffer by reason of the coal shortage
has been removed by the action of tho
government in placing at the disposal
of the public the surplus coal supply
of Ft4066vis. Mr. McFhall, officer in
charge of the post, has received a wire
from Major General. Devol, of the
{Quartermaster Department, at San
Francisco, stating that the Quarter?
master General has authorised the side
of the surplus coal supply of the poet
to the City or to the cltisens of Nome*
according to an announcement by
Mayor Holt Wednesday. The price
designated is approximately 936.00'per
ton. As It is estimated that the fort
can spare approximately 100 tons*at
a pinch, the quantity available from
that quarter combined with the bal
ance still in the yards of the coal com
pany. insures ton ample supply of fuel
for the remainder of the winter.
The release of the surplus govern
ment coal was effected through the
good offices of Mr. McPhatl, who, at
the solicitation of Mayor Holt, dis
patched a telegram to the War De
partment officials defining the situa
tion here.
The remainder of the Alaska Light
erage Co. coal i^ being distributed by
the coal company under requisitions
Issued by the city council. With the
surplus coal of the fort now available
there will be no need for further anx
iety over the shortage. Between the
fort surplus and the remainder of the
lighterage company coal there will be
ample black diamonds to carry tho
city through the winter, with possibly
a small amount to appro for the creeks
in cnee of aesdt
..SUBSCRIBE FOR THE NUGGET..
DENAKINE GOVT
IS OVERTHROWN
i,ond«n, Jan. 3—Advices from sev
eral authentic sources announce the
overthrow of the nnti-BoIsheviki gu
ernment established by General Rena
kine in Southwestern Russia shortly
after the Jtolsheviki overthrow of the
Kerensky government.
According to tile dispatches, General
ltompovsky, a former Denakine com -
mander, has been chosen to replace
Denakine ns the anti-Bolsbeviki chief
land is already in command of the.
Southwestern* Hussion military forces
jnnd preparing to continue the enm
paign against the Itolsheviki.
Details "f tJjje downfall of Dcnakine
indicate that his overthrow.is large!.'*
the result over his recent military re
verses at the hands of the Itolsheviki.
The Nome Nugget delivered by ear
rier or mailed. Her Month $1.00
BRITISH CLASH WITH
NATIVES IN N. INDIA
Mandanaktch, India, Jan. 3—Tho
fiercest fighting ever experienced on
the Indian frontier has been in pro
gress for a period of three days be -
tween a British troop eolunm and tho
wild hillmen along the border, accord
ing to information arriving, here by
runner today.
The- British column, which is sa.id
to have been proceeding to tlio loonier
line, has boon derisively checked on
tiie I ’a losnia plain with heavy losses
The .Nome Nugget delivered I
i ier or mailed. t Per Month $1.00
LABOR PLANNING
CHAIN NEWSPAPERS
Wash., Jan. 3—Organized labor is
contemplating a possible entry into the
publishing business and the publica
tion of a large number of labor* news
papers in various parts of the country
'to further'the labor movement.
A conference of the labor leaders
will be held in New York city tomor
row at which It is expected plans for
the establishment of a chain of labor
newspapers in largo cities jthroughou;
the country will he discussed. Igibor
lbnders are of the view that a chain of
papers along; the lines suggested will
do more to solidify labor and establish
unionism on a secure foundation than
anything that ca« be done toward fur
thering the cause of labor.
- Wm. Paulson, a well known resi
dent of this section, died in Seattle,
presumably yesterday, according to a
telegram from the secretary of
the Seattle Moose Ijodge to the local
branch of the Moose order. The mes
sage requests Instructions regarding
tike disposition of the remains hut
gives no details. The deceased was
one of the. oldest ritembers of the Nome
Moose lodge in point of membership
and was widely kpown throughout the
Seward Peninsula district. He fol
lowed the occupations of engineer and
miner and.is said to have been inter
ested in valuable mining ground in the
Iron creek section, where he has min
ed during the open season for several
WILLIAM PAULSON
CABLED BY DEATH
LEAP YEAR PARTY MONDAY
The Leaf? Year p&:(y and dance to!
be given by the Women of MooseheaVt
lodge in small Eagle hall Monday
evening is attracting wide attention
mad will doubtless result fn a large
gathering of amusement seekers. The
affair has been planned on novel lines
which will be a complete reversal of
the usual order of entertainment func
tions. One of the features Is'that
the arifQ folks will not have to dig up
the price of admission, as the ladies
amending will have to do all the pay
ing there Is to he done. Payment,
however. Is confined to the price of ad
mission, which will- be $1 and will in
clude refreahmepts. The entertain
upfe* will he open to ihe public and
et«jro»e' W Invited.
. . sdBBcnnn for rue nuqget ..
PIONEER SOCIAL ATTRACTS
LARGE ATTENDANCE
the Pioneers a* the Igloo New Year
eve Brought out one of the largest ser
ial gatherings of the winter season
ami proved a most enjoyable event.
Twenty four tables were filled during
the progress of the progressive whist
distributed to the successful contest
ants. Following the card Contes',
dancing was inauguarated and con
tinued until the Now Year was sev
eral hours old. > tasty lunch was
served during the evening. The hoc
ial was marked by an atmosphere of
sociability seldom seen at public func
tions and the greatest goodfellowshi: ■
prevailed throughout. At tlie mid
night hour the gathering stood and
sang the old year out and the now
year In with the mellow strains of
Auld Lang Syne. The progressive
whist prizes were awarded to the fol
lowing: Ladies—First prize. -Mrs. A
Polet; second. Mrs. R. W. J. Reed:
third. Mrs. N. O. Flowers. Gentle
man—First prize. E. L. Holt; second.
Mr. K^ene; third Andy Hauer.
ATTENTION MOOSE A FAMILIES
All Moose and families are cordial
ly invited to attend the presentation of
tho Moose Service Button to (lie mem
bers who wore inducted into the U.
8. Army and Navy. Moose Lodge
mom. Doors open at 8:45 p. m.
Monday January 12, 1920. Dancing
from 9 to 10:46 p. m. Presentation
at 11 p. m. Refinements served
after* presentation.
COMMITTEE