LATE TELE6RAPH
JEWS TO DAY
j CABINET \\ I'.K.STI Ks WITH MEXICAN IVIAMKABK gi'KSTIUN
W ASHINGTON. Jan 19—The ('hMium at Washington yesterday
wrestled all day with the Melinan porta blockade situation.
CBI.KItltATES DOWXWAltn IM.rXGK OF FK-VNI'
ROME. Jan. 19 Joy reigned in linaneial and cotninerclal circles
when the Lire placid Itself on a parity with the Franc, great enthusiasm
and patriotic fervor such as would he expected had Italy won a great
victory were participated in by th<- manses.
WIIJ. ( AM, FORMER CADETS TO RED FLAG
MOSCOW. Jan. 1? The Federal Council of Commissars have decid- :
ed to call int.. the service the Spring Class of 1902 cadets under the Red j
Flag, the call for this class has been postponed two years in succession. :
SAYS PROHIBITION' DID NOT iikiuck CRIME
DENVER. Jan. 19 Judge Ben B. Lindsey following a lecture tour
eastward made a statement on the growing use of alcoholics by school
children apparently everywhere, he said. "I am not opposed to the pro
hibition laws but as a deterrent to crime it has been a treat disappoint
ment. there has been more alcoholism In New ^ <-rk n the last ye ir than
ever was before prohibition went into effect and it is th. opinion of most ;
men 1 have talked to that the use of dope and drugs has increased rapidly
in the last few year?
FRANCS TAKE DOWNWARD PLUNGE
NEW YORK. Jan. 1* European speculators threw millions of |
Francs into the London. Paris. Amsterdam and New York Markets caus- !
ing a break to 427 which is the lowest record recorded, the Yen slumped .
DEMOCRATS BOMBARD MELLON TAX IM.AN
WASHINGTON. Jan 19—The Democrats continue to bombard the
Mellon Tax Plan. Senator Harrison of Mississippi charges that Banks
and Railroads joined w.th the Movie Industry and •'•rtt.n newspapers in
a propaganda campaign supporting ‘he Mellon plar
FEDERAL FORTES CAPTURE TEH FA* ’AN. PI ERLA
MEXICO CITY. Jan 19 Federal forces have captured Tehuacan. j
in the state of Pueb a. and are pursuing the Rebel force- it was announc
ed by the War Department at Mexico City, the announcement further
states that the advance bv the Government troops on Vera Cruz by way :
of the Mexicano and interoe»*an:e railroad is continuing. j
"PA” STRIIILING TAKES SWING AT REFEREE
WEST PALM BEACH Florida Jar. 1^ Voting Striding w.-s dis
qualified in the «ix!h round of b:* fight with Norman Genet of Akron.
Ohio, for hittins in the breaks Pa” StribLne. the father ..f the young
er Stribling jumped into ‘he ring and .(tracked and struck the referee
just before Jr's « n was disqualified
4'REISER TACOMA AGROUND NEAR VEKA CRIZ
GALVESTON. Texas. Jan. 19—The United States Cruiser Tacoma is j
reported to Ik- aground on Banquinillas Reef. sixteen miles from Vera ,
Cruz, ^the vessel wire >s.=ed^ the American Consul at Vera Cruz that unless |
CRUISER RICHMOND WILL KKPIjACK TACOMA
WASHINGTON. Jan 19—The Cruiser Richmond has been ordered
to proceed to Vera Crnz to replace the Cruiser. Tacoma, which went
aground off Vera Cruz breakwater. The warships Hay Springs and
Allegheny are proceeding to the assistance of the Tacoma.
GETS HO DAYS FOR DRIVING WHILE DRUNK
SEATTLE. Jan 19—E. M. Harrison, a plumber was sentenced to
sixty day^ in jai! and fined $200 for driving his automobile in the streets
of Seattle while in an intoxicated condition.
FORMER MINISTER TO DENMARK DEAD
NEW YORK. Jan. 19—Maurice F. Egan, the former Minister to
Denmark is dead, according to a dispatch from New York.
RAILROADS WILL EQUIP WITH SAFETY DEVICES
WASHINGTON. Jan. 19—The Interstate Commerce Commission has
issued orders ■which will practically require every railroad in the country
before February 1920 to equip substantial portions of their mileage with
automatic safety devices.
SIX ATTACKS ON .AMERICANS IN' HO DAY'S
PEKING. Jan. 19—Citing six attacks upon Americans In China with
in sixty days. Minister Schurman yesterday intimated that if the Peking
government cannot protect the foreigners that other Powers would take
action.
URGES PHILIPPINES TO RETAIN SPANISH TONGUE
NILA. Jan. 19—Vincent E Blasco Ibaney. the noted Spanish novelist
is urging the Fillipinos lo keep the Spanish tongue.
REBEL GUNBOATS HLOCKADIXG VERA CRUZ
MEXICO CTTY. Jan. 19—The War Office at Mexico City reported
Thursday night that three Rebel Gunboats were blockading the port of
REBEL GUNBOATS PbMiMPn TAMPICO
HOUSTON, Texas, Jan. 19—The O’t Tan'-er Joseph M. Cudahy wire
lessed yesterday afternoon that on account of Tampico being the center
of the American Oil activities, that the latter place wa* being bombarded
by Rebel gunboats at eleven A. M Thursday, fifteen shots being fired.
GKOVZATiO ELECTED PRESIDENT OF ECUADOR
GUALAHT’TL, Jan. 19—Doctor Geonzalo Cordova, was elected
President of Ecuador recently.
LOCAL NEWS
I.ATKST OX THK HIGH
suhool v.\nmvujiK
All the students of the Nome Pub*
i ,!c School had a chance last week to
earn a ticket to the High School
Vaudeville. The aim was to sell
five tickets each and thereby Ret
one free for themselves. Most of
the children responded most enthus
iastically with very Rood results,
most of them havinn sold more than
From the number of tickets sold
there are only a few people left who
hive not bought a ticket and we
k.iow if every thing else fails curios- :
i»> will soon make them purchase
AllOt'T THK .11X1011 ItK!) CROSS
There seems to he some doubt as !
i. what the Junior Red Cross stands j
for and what will become of the |
money raised from the Vaudeville. '
The Junior Red Cross is an Inter
national Children's Organization, a
blanch of the National Red Cross.
The motto of the Junior organization
being "I serve.” The money raised
by the local chapter is used for the [
benefit of the children in the Nome '
si l:«*ol and the community. Up to;
date the Juniors have fitted out t j
small hospital room at the school i
\ - it h a complete first aid cabinet.!
ard have purchased scales on which j
the students are weighed and meas- ;
ered each month, as a guide to per
sonal health. Every year with the
exception of this past one. the organ- .
izatton has contributed in some way I
toward th.- Christmas at the native**
school and orphanage The entire
net proceeds of the vaudeville will
he turned over to the local organiza
t on which is sadly handicapped at
present thru the lack of funds. j
YE PROGRAM
Selections High School Orchestra
l>—The Shop Girl.
. . . .Diminutive Musical Comedy
i -Snappy Songs. High School Trio j
d—The Eternal Triaugle.
.Silent Drama
e—Song and Dane.- Duo.
.Senior Girl an l Fresnmsn Boy
f One of them must marry
A Spanish play translated by
the players themselves.
Rose Dance. . . . Accompanied by ;
.High School Quartett*',
!. Inside Lookin' Out. . Three j
ABOUT YK PROGRAM
The High School Orchestra speaks j
for itself and remarkably well. too. !
:i any one will testify who is lucky j
Oh. yes. the hero rescues the shop j
girl from a life or toil behind the j
counter, but what about the mana- j
The High School Trio demonstrates 1
their ability to use their feet as well j
a- their vocal chords in the presenta- |
non of “Snappy Songs."
We regret very much that David j
Belasco will not be present to wit- '
i.ess “The Eternal Triangle.” We j
n:edict a revolution in the Moving ;
Picture Industry.
Probably several people have giv- ♦
en you a song and dance at one time
or another during your life, but
surely never one so enjoyable as
that which is being prepared for the
audience a* the Vaudeville Show.
' One of Them Must Marry” in
derd he must, leave it to Aunt Maria
to see to that. But which one?
Aye, there's the rub.
A thing of beauty, is a Joy for
ever. and the Rose Dunce is pre
! eminently a thing of beauty, come
I end feast your eyes and ears,
j Everybody knows there has been
t<.o much chicken stealing in Nome
| of late, but the culprit has at last |
I been caught, see him break jai!
i when he becomes tired of sitting on
j thi "Inside Lookin' Out.”
| "Swinging Down the Lane" and
i.tht into your hearts, that is ex
| actly what the entire cast will do
j just before the Orchestra finishes
the evening performance with a
grand flourish.
<'ARD OF THANKS
Kind Friends;—Owing to an un
avoidable delay no acknowledge
ment has heretofore been made of
the great favor conferred upon us
by those good ladies who were the
auditors of. and all those who con
tributed to. the benefit given in
Nome for oar children at the Hot
Springs. We are very thankful t<
you for your thoughtful charity and
trpe that youT generous hearts will
h*> richly rewarded.
Gratefully Yours.
The Ursuline Nuns.
L MUSHKlttt HJKXHJXTEH
HAKI> TRAVELLING
According to reports reaching
Nome during the week from Janies
Keenan and H. fl. Kdwards. the trig
rollers are encountering some
real hard going. Keenan arrived in
Ruby last Thursday night after a
strenuous trip across the portage
ft mn Cnalnkleet to Kaltag on the
Yukon river. Reports state that
Keenan and the mail carrier be
tween the two latter places were
forced to alternate in breaking trail
across the Portage, the snow being
very heavy and the trails soft.
According to a wire received by
Mrs. Kdwards Friday. Mr. Kdwards
with Leonard Seppala arrived in
Nanana January 18th. cov. t pg the
658 miles from Nome to Neitann by
dog team in 18 days, which is con
sidered good time considering the
condition of the trails and stormy
weather encountered.
A. II. IIAKX DANCE
ENJOYED BY MANY
The A. B. barn dance which was
g'ven by the Arctic Brotherhood in
the A. B. hall last Saturday evening,
was one of the enjoyable events of
the season. The hall was decorated
In true rustic style :.s befitted the
occasion and the suroundlng atmos
phere was such that it recalled to
many the days spent back on the
orally preceded by a “Husking Bee.”
Delightful punch was served dur
ing the evening and the music which
was furnished by the Nome Orches
tra was of the best.
I1TY COVXCIL MEETS
IX RKGI’MR SESSION
The Nome Common Council met J
*n regular session at the City Hall j
..ii Monday Jan. ltth and not hav
ing a quorum present adjourned the *
meeting until the following night.
A quorum being present on Tuesday
Jan 15th. the Council disposed of :
tie following business:
A number of new bills were read ;
by City Clerk Grimm and turned j
over to the Finance Committee for
approval at the next meeting of the '
Council. All old bills which had i
been approved by the Finance Com-,
tv it tee were upon motion ordered !
A request from the School Board j
vsubmitted to the Council asking |
fn $1100 to defray expenses of the!
s<!.ool. the request was granted.
Councilman Sinhold was relieved j
from further duty as Chairman of
tin- Police Committee by Mayor j
Maynard, and Councilman Julian ,
assigned to take the chairmanship!
of the committee. The Mayor stat- j
fd that the occasion for the change I
bf ;ng necessary in order to have '
the different departments work in ,
STEESE WILL RACK Sl'THKR
liAXD’S HARBOR BILL i
- !
Delegate Dan Sutherland in a j
letter to Mayor George S. Maynard, j
states that he has had the matter j
of appropriation for the improve- (
ment of Nome Harbor up with Col. I
Steese and the Colonel will hack
h;m in obtaining the passage of a
Bill which will relieve Nome from
paying $2,500 annually for the
maintenance of the Harbor. Dele
gate Sutherland says that Colonel !
Steese declared that under the law |
he cannot use the money alloted for j
next season without the co-operative
s.'.m being appropriated by Nome’s
Common Council.
Delegate Sutherland continues
with. “Colonel Steese as I under
stand it hopes to use about $20,000
this coming summer, but under the
; conditions he is absolutely tied up
ar.d the Army Engineers Depart
ment holds that they cannot go
ahead except in conformity with
The City of Nome has made the
necessary appropriation for the
work to go ahead this summer and
with the appropriation from the
Rivers and Harbors fund approxim
ately $20,000 will be available for
work on the Nome Harbor this
Delegate Sutherland advises that
he expects to get the amendment
to the bill through congress about
the first of June which will relieve
Nome from any further appropria
te, n in the matter of harbor main
tenance.
MRS. R. W. J. REED CONFIXED
TO HOME WITH ILLXF5HS
Mrs. R. W. J. Reed wife of the
local Custom's Officer has been, con
fined to her home with what is
thought to be an attack of the ’Flu.'
f..r the past few weeks. It is re
ported that w hile Mrs. Reedt la not
confined to her bed continually she
can only sit up for a short time and
then Is compelled to return to bed
THE LEO SEIDENVERG STORES
THE BOH MARCHE
The only
Ladies
Store
in Nome
CHEAP JOHN STORE
The only
Men’s
Store
in town
( flw Homo of Hurt, Schaflncr tt M»n doth os, uad Stetwa Hate. )
MAIL ORI)KRH GIVKX PERSONAL ATTRNTION.
WHOLESALE.
Telephone Mai* 40.
M. WKISBRRti, Ma**gor.
STORK VISITS M< IMMVKI<I< j
FAMILY WITH BABY GIRL j
Thursday morning last the Siork j
paid a visit to Noun* and left a seven
pouvul baby girl with Mr. and Mrs. i
R. C. McDowell. Altbo the baby \
being a seven month baby, it has alt
tbu appearance of a healthy and j
strong child. The Mother and baby;
ar.- at the Maynard-Columbus hospi-(
ta! and are reported to be in the
best of health.
Papa McDowell is reported by j
hi* numerous friends to be in ex- ;
ci'.lent health and very proud of his
heir. Hu chest measurement they j
s.iv has considerably increased in :
tit oast 2 4 hours.
KnPfAt and IIKRKKAH
i.oim;ks install officers
last meeting of Nome Lodge
. I.O.O.F., the following offie
p installed into their respec
Secretary
Treasurer.
Nels Swanberg i
A. (’. Wheeler!
. . A. A. Chagnor.
. .Thos. Kohanek
. . P. X. Peterson
. . . Wm. Stnhold
. . .Gust Johnson
. . R. Ledgerwooil
.... Fred Mebes
. . H. M. Hansen
.... Chas. Mason
.Gus Johnson
After installation a fine collation
t,s served and during said repast
outgoing and Incoming officers
uf members present spoke on the
^od of the order.
U the last meeting of Midnight Sun
lebekah Lodge No. 3 A I. O. O. F.
he following officers were Installed
r.to their respective offices for the
!e< retary.
rreasurer
. Mrs. A. Polet
.... Miss Mary Green
Irs. Anna belle Fromm
. . . .Mrs. Emma Rowe
. . Mrs. Jennie Poison
. . Mr°. Ada Arthurs
. Mrs. Nels Swanberg
.Fred Mebes
.... Thos. Kohanek
. Nels Swanberg
Mrs. Wm. Lehmann
Mrs. Johanna Hansen
. . Mrs. Ellen Weave
After installation and the business
the lodge being disposed of the
embers and officers enjoyed over
o hours of congenial discourse in
aborating upon the works and
•lneiples of the order and the
>nd that it is doing all over the
HKlXnVFll FROM liOMKN
HERB BEING SLAUGHTERED
200 reindeer from the Lr-men
havn bonn driven » • a ilarc
near the Hammon Power House and
slaughtering of the animals started
■Thursday litis herd consists of
steers only and after slaughtering
vrill be shipped to th» States on the
first outgoing steamer in the spring.
GIJAXI* A\l» l*KTIT
JI'HIKS IIIUWN
A Grand and Petit Jury were drawn
ai the Court House Saturday Jan. 12
and th«* Grand Jury is ordered to re
port at the Court House, at 11 A. M.
March 10th and the Petit Jury is
ordered to appear for duty at the
same place at 11 A. M. March 17th,
following is a list of the names as
Grand Jury
Sue L. Ausley. Peering
W. C. Tod hunter, Kiana.
A. Femeyer, Nome.
Mrs. F. Hockmau. Nome.
Mrs. Geo. AJa^iard, Nome.
""A. J. McKenzie-, neorimt.
Alice Jourdan. Nome.
Mrs. Richard Depue. St. Michael.
George L. Stanley, Kiana.
E. Grimm. Nome.
Peter P. Wynats. Nome.
E. Ketchesoh. Dime.
Wiltytm A. Oliver, Council.
Mrs. Sarah Crooks. Nome.
Mrs. Hugh O’Neill. Nome.
Mrs. L. E. Rynning, Nome.
Prances McDonald. Candle.
John Kerr. Nome.
Carl Lindei!, Nome.
Prank Hansen. Council.
K. M. Williams. Dime.
Petit .Inroes.
M. O. Solberg. Nome.
Chas. Cavey. Nome.
Mrs. Cbas. Cavey. Notne.
Ed. Rohn. Nome.
Peter X. Peterson, Nome.
Mrs. J. J. Haralyn, Nome.
W. H. Webb. Nome.
Ferdinand Kleiner, Nome.
S. H. Burgh. Nome.
Andrew Mattson. Solomon.
Louis Baurele, Dime.
Al. Nicholson. Nome.
Nels Trolsen. Connell.
Fred Ayer, Nome.
Mrs. Albin Poison. Nome.
Mrs. W. H. Koch, Nome.
Wm. Arthurs. Nome.
John Manos, Nome.
L. Seppala. Nome.
Wm. S. Levi, Kiana.
Otto Mills. Nome.
H. Sethmann. Dime.
T. T. Spurlock. Utiea.
Carl Brill, Nome.
Don Miller, Nome.
Ben Mace. Candle.
Henry Shultz, Nome.
Mrs. C. P. DHL Nome.
Fred Siane. Nome.
Mrs. W. E. Gerhart. Nome.
John F. Herbert. Candle.
Gertrude Lescher, .Nome.
Peter McIntosh, Nome.
Fred Diemer, Nome.
Pete Yeager, Dime.
G. F. Hilfrlch. Nome.
Mrs. W. W. Barnette. Nome.
I Eric Johnson, Council.
Joe Phillips, Nome.
Marlon Dunn. Dime.
OVERLAND MAIL ARRIVES
Pete Curran Jr., the Nome-Una
j lakleet mail carrier arirved In Nome
j lest Monday with a consignment of
' mail from the Outside and departed
| with mail for the states and way
1 points on Wednesday morning.