SAN SALVADOR EARTHQUAKE KILLS FIFTY
PEOPLE—IMMENSE PROPERTY DAMAGE
.Special to The Nome Nugget by 'Die Associated IT cm.*.
WASHINGTON, May 20—An earthquake of extreme violence occurring
in San Salvador during the present week has killed upward <»r fifty people
and destroyed property \allied between live and ten million dollars, according
to advices reaching the government through oilicial channels today. Several
towns have been practically reduced to ruins, the reports say, and many thou
sands are homeless and in danger of starvation. The quake apparently ex
tended over a wide area containing numerous towns and villages, nearly all of
which sustained heavy damage.
VICTOR BERGER REFUSED SEAT IN HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Special to The Nome Nugget by The Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, May 19——(Delayed in Transmission)—Speaker Hilleit
refused to’allow Victor Herger. the Wisconsin Socialist representative elect
to take the oath <*f ofllce at the opening of the special session of Congress to
day. owing to Berger's recent conviction <>f violations of the Espionage Act.
Hillett also refused to recognize Berger when lie tried to speak as a
matter of personal privilege.
It is expected that Birger’s status will be determined by the House
Elections Committee after an investigation.
BELIEVED PERSHING TO RETURN HOME IN LATE JUNE
Special to the Nugget By the Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, May 20—War Department otlicials express the viev
that General Pershing, commander of the American forces abroad, will l> •
home again b> the last part of June. The movement of troops from France
-. js proceeding with such rapidity, that the otlicials say there is every prospect
that Pershing will he able 1o leave France before the first of July.
BELGIUM FACING POLITICAL CRISIS
Special to the Nugget by the Associated Press
BRUSSELS,—Belgium is facing a crisis in its political history. The
present government comprising of six Catholics, three Liberals and three
Socialists is acknowledged everywhere to be only a provisional one. a govern
ment of transition. A real government which will direct the reconstruction
cf Belgium is in the making.
It is not expected that elections can be held in loss than six months.
Meanwhile the political fight wil be waged upon a basis of universal suf
frage—one man, one vote. Before the war the priests had four votes, land
owners and nobles as many votes as they had estates in different provinces
ami Socialists and Liberals only one vote each. The Socialists were mostly
working men and the Liberals mostly professional men. This enabled the
Catholic Party to lie in power for more than foity years. Under the univer
sal suffrage system which would relegate priests and land owners to the same
category as working men. doctors and lawyers, it is asserted that the Catholic
Party may bo placed in the minority. Nevertheless, Cardinal Mender's great
personality and the energy he displayed in behalf of Belgians during the wai
ls said to have greatly helped the Catholic Party.. One cause of bitterness
and animosity, in Belgium is the Flemish movement which is now practically
dead owing to the efforts of thc lato German Governor Yon Hissing to make use
<»V it to divide Belgium into two parts. It is expected that the Flemish move
ment will revive when, life resumes normal conditions but it is held in abeyance
now '.through fear that it might be construed as German propaganda. King
Alberti in bis speech to the Parliament after returning to Brussels announced
that the; government will propose a bill to create the bases of a Flemish un
iversity vat Ghent reserving the details of the new Parliament to ho elected
later. \
Pro-German and activists” who supported the German scheme to drive
a wedge between the Flemish and the Waloons in Belgium are now ostacized
ret ially. Many arrests have been made in Brussels, Ghent and Bruges. The
people of Gncnt divide their hatred and bitterness evenly between the Germans
and the "activists" Bruges is filled with a deep-rooted hatred of everything
Geinian while Brussels ridicules both pro-Germans and “activists"
In Bruges 153 women who dealt with Germans were beaten and their
heir was shorn, fn Ghent pro-Germans and “activists", both men and women
were physically punished.
NOTICE OF INTENTION TO HOLD MINING CLAIMS
FOB SALE CARBS. FOR RENT CARDS. ETC.
FOR SALE AT THE NUGGET OFFICE.
Nuxated Iron Makes Strong
Vigorous, Iron Men and Beautiful
Healthy Rosy Cheeked Women
Parmer Hospital Physician and Me.1
isal Examiaer says that in three
weeks it Virtually Revitalized Hit
Whole System.
In a recent djgcourse on the sub
ject of Iron deficiency in tlie blood
of American men and women Dr. H. B
Vail, formerly Physician in the Baltl
rasre Hospital said: "Throughout my
experience on Hospital staffs and at
Medical Examiner, I have been nston
iehed at the number of patients whe
have vainly doctored for various' dts
i cases when In reality the deli
cate, run-down state was simply the
result of lack of Iron In ‘he blood
Time end again I have prescribed or
ganic Iron—Nuxated Iron—and sur
prised patients at the rapidity with
which the weakness and general de
bility were replaced by a renewed feel
Ing of strength and vitality. I took
Nuxated.Iron my self to build me up
after a serious ceee of nervous ex
haustion. The effect! were apparent
attar a few days and within three
weeks It had virtually revitalized my
wkele system and put me In a superb
physical condition. It Is not surprls
Jng that millions of people annually
are now taking Nuxated Iron and phy
sicians everywhere are prescribing It.
Dr. ftsnas Francis Sullivan, formerly
Physician of Bellevue Hospital (Out
door Dept.) New York, and the West
chester Country Hospital, says: "For
want of Iron you mey be an old man
at thirty, dull In Intel act, poor in mem
1 ory, nervous, Irritable end all run
down, while at 10 or (0 with pleaty
of Iran in your blood you scar still ha
young In feeling, full of life, your whole
being brimming over with energy and
It. Kent of the City of Chicago, says:
Former Health Commissioner Wm.
Cr##f Tost inert stuff {Nuxated Iran)
nets Hit magic. It certainly puts the
ginger ufyuth into a man.
rh--—-7—
“l aril, well past my three-score years
and want to say that I believe my own
great phfcgta&l activity is due largely
today to my personal vise of Nuxated
Iron, and If isy endorsement shall In
duce anaemic, nervous, duai-down men
and women to txke-Nuxated Iron, and
receive the vronderftfj tonic benefits
whioh I have received1.. I shall feel
greatly gratified that I liwve made an
exception to my life-long' £ule in re
commending it. From my exper
ience with Nuxated Iron I fee'i that it
Is such a valuable remedy tftat it
should be used in every hospital T«nd
prescribed by every physician In tlNS
country.”
Nuxated Iron, recommended above
by Di».Vail and Sullivan and Former
Health CommMeaer Karr, la far aala
by Lames Bret. (SUeeoeeera ta Butter,
Maura and Ca.,) asd HiU’a Pharmacy
and an geed drugglata as an absolute
guarastaa af auaaaaa and aatMaatlcn
or your money refunded.
JAP PRESS DECLARES RACIAL
EQUALITY IN ACCORD
WITH WILSON PRINCIPLES
Associated Press Service.
TOKIo, Jan. 15, (By Mail)—Mar
quis Saionji, chief JaiKtnese envoy to
the Peace Conference in Paris, left
Tokio for the French capital on Jan.j
11. His departure evoked interesting
suggestions from the leading news
papers as to Japan's attitude In Far
Eastern affairs.
The Kokmnin asserts that it will be
tlit* task of Marquis Saionji to main
tain the principle of "the Orient for
the Orientals’* and reminds its readers
that In- bears on his shoulders the des
tiny of the Japanese empire. The
paper adds that this policy accords
with the "principles of liberty and eq
uality enunciated by President Wilson
as the basis of a world’s peace.’’
The Ashai. perhaps the leading Jap-1
anese newspaper, with simultaneous J
editions in Tokio and Oska, lays stress!
upon assertion of the principle of rac-|
ial equality and declares that by up. I
holding this policy the Marquis would j
be in accord with President Wilson's;
ideas of justice and humanity. At this'
time, the Ashai remarks that the trend!
of world affairs domain's an absolute-1
jly open-door policy in al. international
I relations an ! therefore in China It
says that Japan's advocacy of the ro
jinoval of :-'cial harriers wdl not be;
'sufficiently * •avincmg unl-::s she op.|
enl; pledges herself to 4 .• hnndon n r'
n: Mtnristie* • •iploiruuy w uli so of*, tnj
ions and su > ms amo:\*.; the pc..'.
The advanced age of the Marquis
[according to .Japanese ideas—he is 70;
[this year—his princely family, his as
sociation with party politics, lbs recent
investiture with the. Order of the
Chrysanthemum, the highest decorat
ion in the gift of the Emperor, his
fearless, uncompromising spirit coup
led with tin languid -manner lie af
fects, all make him to the Japanese an
interesting figure well-suited to be tlse
iexpression, of national sentiment.
_
|hOW BULGARS PLUNDERED
CAPTURED SERBIA
Associated Press Service.
NISH, Serbia, Jan. 2 (Correspond
ence of 1 lu* Associated Press)- Bui-'
garia, during its occupation of Serbia,
found the country not only an a bund
ant source of food and material but al-'
so of considerable revenue. Bulgar
ian officers exacted largo sums of mon
ley from the civilian population for
| what they considered special privileg
es. For immunity from deportation,
for example, some Serbians were for
ced to pay the Bulgars as high as
125,000 francs. Other Serbian civil
ians paid large sums that their daugh
ters might not be molested, say the
| Serbians.
Seven thousand francs was the price
paid by Nuke T. Pasitcl, wheat mer
chant in tiie town of Bel Palanka. near
here, to prevent the seizure by Bulgar
ian soldiers of his daughter, twenty
years old. Pasitcl’s son, seventeen
years old, had been deported by Bul
gars and died of starvation in an in
ternment camp.
Peter Ooshiteh, a banker of tlvc
same town, paid six hundred francs
for the release of his daughter who had
been taken from her homo by Bulgars
and held at Nish five days. This
voting woman’s husband, who was r.
priest, was killed by Bulgarians a
short time before, it is charged.
From five hundred to twenty thou
sand francs was the tax upon Serbians
who desired freedom to move about,
and from this source the Bulgars reap
ed a rich harvest.
In almost every one of the dozen
towns visited by The Associated Press
correspondent the same story was told.
Tn the town of Pirot, Ivan Slarkoticl
a rug dealer, gave twenty thousand
francs to the Bulgars for permission
to carry on his business, but persons
not able to purchase immunity from
persecution were punished.
Xn many places the Serbian people
were forbidden to speak the Serbian
{language or sing Serbian songs. In
i Pirot, part of the old Serbian prefect
was used as a prison for
Lilted at the Bui gar’s
room visited by the
the floor was spattered
Bocal inhabitants testi
ulgars had slaughtered
ilians there.
LOST N. C. 3 LOCATED SAFE NEAR AZORES MONDAY AFTERNOON
Special to the Nugget Iiy the Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, May 19—(Defrayed in Transit)—Advices from Pont a
Delgado, Azore Islands, today announce that the missing American seaplane
N. C. 3 has been located and brought to land by vessels of the destroyer fleet
sent to tho rescue of the plane after it was lost in the fog a short distance
from the Azore group.
The reports say the plane was found seven miles north of the Azores,
with all of its crew alive and well. When located by the destroyers the air
®hip was proceeding in the direction of the island’s under its own power
and was practically undamaged as a result of its rough experience during the
stormy weather Saturday and Sunday.
BRITISH AVIATOR STARTED ON STRAIGHT CROSS
OCEAN FLIGHT SUNDAY—BELIEVED LOST
Special to The Nugget by The Associated Press.
LONDON, Moy 19—(Delayed irr Transit)—Word lias been received to
the effect that flurry Hawker, the noted British aviator, left New Foundland
Sunday on a trans-Atlantic flight to England direct. Unofficial reports reach
ing London assert that the daring flyer lias been sighted off the coast of
Ireland today, but im confirmation can be obtained.
Hawker Fail- to Appear—Airplanes Sent in Search of Missing Flyer
LONDON, May 20—British aviator Harry Hawker is long- overdue in
his flight from the Newfoundland coast and it is feared that he has encoun
tered some mishap somewhere in the North Atlantic air lanes. Airplanes
have been sent out to search for the missing plane and warships are also
engaged in an effort to locate the machine. Deports indicate that bad weath
er is prevailing over a wide section of the North Atlantic today and are adding
to the fears that the plane has met disaster.
Storm- Force Abandonment of Search for Lost, British Flyer
LONDON, May 20- Deports reaching the Admiralty announce that
severe storms over the North Atlantic have forced the airplanes sent out in
search of the missing British aviator Harry Hawker to abandon their efforts
and return to land. No trace of Hawker or the machine could bo found and
it is now believed that the plane has been wrecked.
Believed Hawker Fell Soon Afler Leaving Ni*wfoundland
LONDON, May 2i> tt is believed in official circles that British aviator
Harry Hawker fell soon after he started from the Newfoundland const Sunday.
Deports from Newfoundland assert that all wireless connection with the plane
was lost soon after Hawker started to ascend preparatory to launching on his
direct course across the Atlantic. Although it was expected that lie#wouM
send a farewell message before leaving radio range, nothing was heard from
him aside from a brief message or two sent while still in the locality of the
GERMAN PRESS SAYS GERMAN R^PLY WILL
ADHERE TO WILSON’S PEACE POINTS
Sptc'ial to the Nugget By the Associated Press.
BERLIN, May 2"—The German newspapers, in commenting on the
forthcoming reply of Hie German government, to tho peace treaty, assert
that the German answer will adhere, strictly to tin- German version of Wilson's
fourteen peace points, as will also the counter proposals to the Allied
lire papers arc making much of the declared intention of the govern
ment to make the counter peace proposals conform to the letter of President
Wilson’s points in every respect.
Believed Gormsns Will be Allowed Until First Week in June
lo Siyn Peace Treaty
I'.Mils, May 20—French government officials express the view that the
? Conference will permit the Germans to have more time in which to
“I* tl,eir minds to sign the peace treaty. Most of the officials believe the
Germans will get until the end of the first week in June, despite the earlier
announcement that the German reply was expected to he in the hands of the
Allies by May lath. The German counter proposals are due to arrive at Ver
sailles during the present week and the question of Tiow much time the Ger
mans will be allowed probably depends on their character.
AMERICAN INFANTRY TO LEAVE ARCHANGEL
FOR ENGLAND WITHIN TEN DAYS
8pccial to The Nome Nugget by The Associated P«ess.
ARCHANGEL. Russia, May 20—Announcement was made by the Am
erican authorities today that the withdrawal of the American forces from
Northern Russia will commence within the next ten days.
One American infantry regiment is scheduled to leave Archangel for
England within that period and will be followed by others as fast as the troops
are withdrawn from the battle front.
REPORTED JAFET LINDEBERG INTERESTED IN STOCK
ING SEWARD PENINSULA WITH MUSK OXEN
Special to The Nugget by The Associated Press.
SEATTLE Wash. Jan 29.—(By Mail)—-“Cattle punchers” from the
American Plains are to be sent to the tundra country of the white Alaskan
Arctic to herd musk oxen toward western Alaska where they will be domesti
cated and butchered to increase the meat supply, according to a special Wash
ington 1). C. dispatch to the Seattle Times.
Some of the oxen will come from the snow covered islands fringing the
continent's northern rim, the*dispatch saicl. Governor Thos. Riggs Jr., of Alaska
has been quoted as .saying there are 200.000 musk oxen on Melville Island
I ho federal department, of the interior and the department of agricul
lui-e, the dispatch said, are arranging to send the cow men north. Congress
will be asked to make an appropriation to outfit the expedition.
Governor Riggs and Jafet Lindeberg, a Nome. Alaska, mining man who
also owns reindeer beards, are supporting the plan, it was said. Vilhjalmur
Stefan won- Arctic explorer, on his recent return form the north said the musk
cxen numbered thousands and contended they could be herded and domesti
cated and butchered. He said the meat Lorn the musk ox Is better than most
beef sold in the states.
it the oxen are herded to Western Alaska they will not be going into
a new country for. according to records left by early explorers, many herds of
cxen roamed the Seward Peninsula and the country between the Yukon and
Kuskokwim Rivers over a half a century ago. When whalers went north
and gave rifles to the Eskimos, it is said, the great herds were wiped out. Only
the far northern herds remained.
Reindeer were imported into western Alaska from Siberia by the fed
eral government. Eskimos were placed in charge of the herds. Today, the
reindeer have thrived and the care of them forms one of the principal Eskimo
industries.