Nome is the Distributing Center and Gateway to Northern Alaska and Siberia
s THE NOME NUGGET
VOLUME XXII No. 3#
NOME, ALASKA SAT1 IUKVV, S E I* T.
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BORAH FIGHTS PEACE TREATIES
(MUR WMFUE B RESUMED M BELEM
JEALOUS WOMAN
MURDERS RIVAL
AND SUICIDES
New York, Sept. 23—Miss Mil
dred Hanan, daughter of the famous
shoe manufacturer, was shot and
perhaps fatally wounded this morn
ing by Mrs. Grace Laws, her rival
for the affections of John S. Bo-'
lande, a wealthy importer. Miss
Hanan was accompanied by Bolande
at the time of the shooting.
Mrs. Laws, after shooting down
her rival, turned her weapon on her
self. inflicting a wound from which
she died. Mrs. Laws was a west
ern woman and the daughter of
Mrs. M. E. Ditmars of San Fran
cisco, California.
The Daily ..Telegraph Bulletin and
Weekly Nugget delivered or mailed,
$2.00 per month.
RAILROAD TO
CARRY ALASKA
WINTffi MMLS
Washington, Sept. 23—Postmas
ter General Hays has contracted with
the Alaska Engineering Commission
to carry the interior Alaska mails
regularly over all completed and op
erating trackage on the Alaska gov
ernment railroad, it was made know:,
by the Postoflioe Department today.
Supplemental to this servic\ Mays
has authorized the superintendent of
the Railway Mail to provide for
transportation between the northern
section of th^ railroad 1 in• and the
southern division .thus bridging the
gap between rail heads and insuring
continuous transportation in and out.
JUST CAME OUT TO
ENLIST FOR THE WAR
B. D. Seaman of the Joe Bernard
expedition of 1916 recently arrived
in Nome after a series of exciting
adventures at Coronation Gulf about
a thousand miles East of Demarca
tion Point on the Arctic Coast of
Canada.
In October of 1918, just before
the war ended. Seaman received his
first knowledge of the United States’
entry' into tbe great conflict.. He
resigned immediately from the Royal
Northwest Mounted Police force on
which he was serving and in a small
nchooner set out to reach the outside
and join the United States army. He
reached Nome this week after travel
ing 3 years amid untold perils and
hardships. The wrecking of the tiny
schooner was but one of the fearful
episodes encountered and was also
a twenty-seven day hike along the
coast living on wild game and a sort
of wild tiirnip called “Ma-hoo.”
Speaking of the Coronation Bay
section. Seaman said, "It is near the
greatest virgin copper hills in the
world. Nuggets of pure native cop
per have been found weighing up to
150 pounds. The Eskimo there still
use the bow and arrow and all their
knives, spears and arrow heads are
of pounded copper. They keep no
reindeer but are plentifully supplied
with caribou of which there are
thousands.”
Ptarmigan and waterfowl are not
plentiful In that section but there
are millions of tailless squirrels sim
ilar In habits to the ground squirrel
of this section. White Wolves,
White Foxes and White Hares are
very common. In one section Sea
man spoke of the white wolves
fanning watchful, waiting circle
around the camp fire .and snapping
and fighting furiously over scraps of
meat thrown among them.. He re
calls no experience, howeyer.J>f them
getting famished enough to attack a
Musk ox ana found but their kill
ing is prohibited by the Canadian
government. Caribou, though, form
a never failing source of supply and
supplemented by the odoriferous seal
oil makes for a happy, greasy and
prosperous community of Eskimo.
A curious custom among the na
tives, said Seaman, is that in the
winter the favorite indoor pastime
seems to be the swapping of wives.
The wives seem to be perfectly agree
able and when the men are lax in
their trading they themselves some
times take a hand and trade off their
husbands. Without ceremony they
accomplish what a white man spends
six months and a thousand dollars
Seaman modestly declined to ac
count for any of his exciting adven
tures but cited that of a missionary
on the trial: It seems that aft«r
pitching his tent the good man be
came bothered by a great white dog
that repeatedly thrust It’s head
through the flap of the tent and
snufTed longingly of his food. The
missionary rapped the animal sharp
ly on the nose whereupon It with
drew. growling and howling in anger.
Something in the tone of the
complaint caused the missionary to
grab his rifle and step out to inves
tigate. He was met at the door by
the marauder which proved to he an
eight hundred pound polar hear,
lean of flank but long of teeth. The
missionary Is said to have done his
shooting first and his p’raylng after- >
ward, in fact, he said he had to shoot
first in order to pray afterward
It is only lately that firearms have
been Introduced around Coronation
Gulf and their usd is little unde*
stood by the natives.
A contrast of rrices Is interest; ig:
V 30-30 rifle sells for $160.00 and j
'•artrldges for SOcepts each. Sugari
‘s $1.00 per pound, butter $3.SO a
pound and milk $1.00 per can.
Consolation is to be had in a splen
did fur parka for $4.00, mucklwkr
for 50 cents and fine tar mitts fo;
3 boxes of 1 cent matches.
The only mail Seaman received
Late News Flashes
Prince Rupert, Sept. 24—Kn
jounterinq storms off Ketchikan, th«
\'ome bound airanan was forced to re
Washington, Sept. 24—Nation
will pause two minutes on Armistice
day in honor of unknown dead.
Seattle, Sept. 24—Positive testi
mony ’hat she had identified bod>
found in trunk in Lake Union as
that of Mrs. Mahoney given trial
Mahoney this afternoon by Mrs. He: -
mine Papineau. proprietress of store
near Mahoney apartments.
Detroit. Sept. 24—Captain Robert
(3. Good side of Pittsburg was re
elected Commander in Chief of vet
erans for eignteen wars today. John
\V. Jones of Portland Oregon was
elected senior vice commander and
Richard Seelke Emone was selected
as junior vice commander. Seattle
tion city.
San Francisco. Sept. 24—\1
Semnacher, manager for Miss Rappo.
testifying at Arbuckle hearing lat.
af»<e? iroorr yir^ttaTiy - 'VfcpTMflfo'd
his testimony before th T.<jc Angeles
garnd jury that all mambers of party
were drinking. Said were eating
and partaking orange juice which
nacker made a good witness for the
<)1ST DIVISION
HOLD! NCi t ON VKNTION
Seattle, Sept. 24—The itlst Di
vision of World War veterans is
meeting im ft» second annual
vention here today with delegates
from the coast and inter-mountain
states attending.
SEATTLE HOTEL MANAGER
ARREST FOR T’iEI'T
Seattle. Sept. 23—H. E. Bar
rett, manager of the Sorrento, a
fashionable local family hotel, was
arrested today on a charge of steal
ing a thousand dollars from the con
cern by which the hotel is operated
MINE RESCUE WORK
ORDERED FOR ALASKA
Seattle. Sept. 23 — Director Bain
of the Bureau of Mines today ordered
J. A. Schoning to in ugimP * (Vst
aid and mine rescue work in Alaska
Schoning will proceed north lo
undertake his nev task next wt'k.
SEATTLE BUSINESS
MAX SUICIDES
Seattle, Sept. 22—Louis Freder
ick, Speaker, aged 63, a retired
business man of this city, was found
dead in the forest near here today,
presumably from suicide.
CITY OF CHICAGO SCKS
NEWSPAPER OVER CRITICISM
Chicago, Sept. 22—The trial of.
the suit of the City of Chicago
against the Chicago Tribune for
$10,000,000, on the ground that the
newspaper's criticisms had injured
Chicago's credit, was begun here to
was ab ut three years old although
he states *hat one of the eon.stn V,
1a rj received a letter from England
• hat was Tilly thirteen mouth old
Now that he has found the war is
Dver Seaman has no definite plans.
“I may go outside.' he said, “or 1
may hit the trial back to Corona
tion Gulf where a big pot of trouble
lilke a world war doesn’t reach us
till it is all over with.’'
\t»IK IIOCM) Ailil'IJVK
TAKKS FISKSH START
Prince Rupert, B. C. Kept. .
(' (). Priest, the Nevada airman, in
!»is biplane Polar Bear, left here to
day for Wrangell, enroute to Nome
and Siberia via Dawson.
IRISH RKPI'Bl.lt A\S
PRKPARIVCi FOR WAR
Dublin. Ire. Sept. 23- The. com
mander of the Irish republican army, i
addressing hi-- troops today, told j
theif to hold themselves in readiness i
for resumption of operations and
: (aliei'illu Warfare Resumed at llelfu*t :
Belfast, Irleand, Sept. 24- Rif!
firing and sniping were resumed her
PIONEER SEATTLE
MKI5( H.\\T READ
Seattle. Sept . 23 - James Camp
bell, pioneer hardware merchant of
Seattle, died here today.
RATMHTKK *N LAW OR FA.MOtSjfo
mVonate WT-Kite nivoRrfv
I Los Angeles, Cal. Sept. 23- The
I wife or Walter T. Hill, son of the
late James J. Hill, famous railway
I magnate, was granted a divorce in
| tlie loca. courts today on the ground
CHINA CONTRACTS CO IS COSTLY
RAILWAY r.miXR:
Pekin. China. Sep. 2‘ - Tin* Chin
ese government has let a contract
to a Belgian concern to construct a
ten million dollar railroad bridge
acorss the Yellow River, if was made
known here today.
NO CHANCE FOR TARIFF
RILL TO PASS SOON
Washington, Sept. 23—Senator
Boies Penrose of the Senate Finance
Committee indicated today that there
will he no chance to pass the new
tariff hill during the present session
of Congress.
Penrose gave it as his opinion that
the measure will not he passed be
fore early spring.
SEATTLE TO ENTERTAIN
EASTERN RANKERS
Seattle. Sept'. 24—Five hundred
of the leading New York and Ohio
hankers, traveling in a special train,
are the guests of this city today.
The eastern financiers will visit th<
Bremerton Navy Yard this afternoon
DRUXKEX AUTOIST KILLS THREE
New York. Sept. 24—Joseph Os
ter of Hoboken. N. J.. drunk and
driving a 60 horsepower car. dashed
(thru the rear end of a big demo
cratic parade at Syracuse. New York,
last midnight, killing three and
bowling over twenty odd people. He
was jailed and charged with man
slaughter.
CHANGE IX COAST GI AR1)
SERVICE DISCUSSED
Washington. Sept. 24—There is
some talk of combining the Coast
Guard service, which has such inti
mate relationship to Alaska develop
ment. with the Lighthouse service
SOLDIER DEAD BURIED
WITH HONORS
Washington, Sept. 23—The bod
ies of two soldiers killed in France
during the war were buried in Ar
lington National Cemetery today
with military honors.
BORAH FAILS IN
FIGHT AOAIST
GERMAN TREATY
Washington, Sept 2"—Senator
William K. Borah is opposing rati
fication of tin* now treaty with G>- -
many, which he asserts embodies
“enough of the treaty of Versailles
to let \:n •■ricu through the ha»k
door instead of the irunt door of
European entanglements." Borah
vigorously fombatted ratification be
fore the Foreign Relations Commit
tee today but received little sunnort.
Hoi-ali I.oms Baltic Against German
Wasihngton. Sept. 23—A favora
ble report on the treaties between
the United States and Germany
Austria ami Hungary w.i- ordered
today by the Senat- Foreign Rela
tions Committee. .Senator P.or.th,
alter strenuous opposition. \ i'• • 1
against reporting the treaties favor
The committee also adopted a res
olution requiring that Congress pass
an art providing for the appointment
of American representatives on 'lie
various Allied Commission’s, the ap
pointment to he made by the Presi
dent with the advice and consent of
THOSE SOURDOUGH HOT CAKES
AND HILLS BROS COFFEE AT
ARCTIC BAKERY.
MAHONEY DEFENSE FINDS
FLAW IN STATE’S CASE
t-urtheel Haw in the case of the stab
against Jajnes E. Mahoney, alleged
wife slayer, was brought t<> light b\
the defense during today's hearing
and may result in his release from
the charge of murder for which he
is now undergoing trial.
That Mrs. Mahoney was alive an
hour .(ft• -r rhe truck which was snj.
liie shore of Lake Washington had
j started on its journey, was the ad
mission wrung from the •irate’3 own
j witnesses during the .rial this n.orn
1 ing by the defendant’s attorney.
SURGEONS DECLARE KXTKIIV \l
FORCE CAUSED DEATH
OF MISS HAI’I’E
surgeons testified today at a prelim
inary hearing of the Arbuekle rase,
that Miss Rappe. for whose dt-mis ■
Arbuckle is held, met her death front
the effects of a ruptured bladder
and declared that the rupture was
caused by the application of exter
nal force.
IfARDIXG NAMES NEW
iWasington. Sept. 2A — 1- m?•!: E .
.Jeffery and Arthur F. Fees hvv
been nominated by the pr°sident to
be federal attorney and marshal re
spectively of Eastern Wa.-diiu.
President Harding has a!«o named
Matthew Wilker and Will W. Bran It
of California to be assistant at
torney general's and Frank E.
Dressers to be marshal of Idaho.
SUTHERLAND INTRODUCES
NEW LAND Bil l.
Washington. Sept. 23—Alaska
delegate Sutherland has introduced
a bill in the lower house providing
for the reservation of a thirty f- ot
strip along all sectional lines in sur
veyed townships in Alaska for use as
a highway.
The measure also provides that
abandoned land shall revert to thi
owners of abutting property.
SWINDLERS OFFERING SALES OF
ARMY MOTOR CARS
Tacoma. Wn. Sept. 21—The
Camp Lewis military authentic
have discovered that many army mo
tor cars and trucks are being offer
ed for sale on part paymen s .viiicb
ere collected by swindlers throegh
ont the Middle West.
YOl’NU GIRL INHERITS
HINDRKI) Mil.MOV
London. Sept. 23 Edrina Ashley,
aged I’", with a low gold handicap
and a high jazz standing, becajne the
wealthiest debutante in the world
this :• (ternoon through the sudd*ti
death of low grandfather. Sir Er:. --t
Cashel, the great financier and phil
anthrophist. who left her his whole
fortune a-mounting to a hundred
million dollars.
The late King Edward was the
young heiresses godfather.
rn wHKiirr chami* heats
BANTAM TITI.E HOLDER
New York. Sept . 23—Johnny Buff
of Jersey City, the American fly
weight champion, won the world’s
bantam weight title here tonight
when he defeated Pete Herman of
New Orleans in their fifteen round
battle. Buff weighed hut 113 pounds.
MORE JOBS HOI*EI> FOR FROM
C\EMPLOYMENT CONFEREM E
Washington. Sept. 24—The hope
of the administration is that a na
tion-wide voluntary organization to
provide work for the millions of men
who are now jobless will result from
President Harding’s unemployment
conference, which is scheduled to
open here Monday.
no IT NOW
"If you wish to take advantage
of the summer coal rates it will he
necessary to purchase and take deliv
ery of your winter coal stock before
October 1:1th—Price will be raised
after that date.”
ALASKA LTGE. & COM’L CO.
Tonight-—Songs and Local Hits
Eagle Social Dance, 0:30 p. in.