Name is the Distributing: Center and Gateway to Northern Alaska and Siberia
s vm THE NOME NUGGET
VILUME XXI No. 27.
NOME, ALASKA SATURDAY JULY 3, 1920
Delivered by Carrier or Mailed.$1.00 per Month
IVTADOO IN LEAD AT FRISCO
REAL ISSUE IS OYER WET AND DRY PLANKS
HOWIE PLANS BIG CELEBRATION MONDAY
NOTES FROM
UNALAKLEET
SECTION
Unalakleet, June 28 1920
John Ilegness and Ixmis Levy arriv
ed In Louis’ gas boat about June 20th,
after journeying down the Yukon. The
slump In furs has apparently not af
fected Ijouis* genial good fellowship,
only It Is not advisable to offer him
a bargain in mink.
Mr Hegness gives an intern-sting ac
count of his journey from the lower
coast to Fairbanks. He left Seattle
February 29th and spent a couple of
months until the breakup in Fairbanks
and upon the Chitna mail trail, where
ho thoroughly investigated traveling
conditions. He is enthusiastic over
the roads in that section as compared
to the Seward 1’enlnsula roads and
trails. It is as Itoman roads besides
cow trails. For over three hundred
miles to Ohitina trail js ballasted and
gravelled, with culborts. moden-n bi-idg
e,s and in every way equal to roa<
the ‘Stated. To one used to the nigger
heads and sparsely staked trails of
Seward Peninsula, John says, the
question of "why the difference” arises
at once. The people of Fairbanks,
when approached on the subject, smil
ed gently and remarked something
about how “very slow" our delegates
are. And that wnk all. Continued in
vestigation showed that their roads
were In a measure due to the energy
of the delegates of the Third Division,
who looked out far the Interests of
their constituents, with the under
standing that good roads are the chief
factors in development, and saw to it
that they got enough of every appro
priation to do the work permanently.
The contrast between the Third Divi
sion roads and our own is so obvious
that the nominees for delegates should
pledge themselves to get their share
of every appropriation, so that the
Road commissioner in Nome could
make a better showing. Without ade
quate funds to do the work the Corn
s' mission Is helpless.
< John said mining at Fairbanks is
at a standstill. Many old timers are
returning there, he says. Fairbanks
and the surrounding country is ideal
for living in, as it is also an agricul
tural country and “real” farms are In
evidence on every side.
Hegness expresses the view that,
although the produce of Alaska farms
may never be able to compete In the
Outside markets, the Alaska product
could supply the Nome market and
undersell outside products if river
transportation was reasonable.
* ♦ PROCLAMATION 4
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♦ . . Owing to July 4th falling on 4
♦ the Sabbath Day, proper celebra- 4
4 tlon of the nation's birthday will 4
4 be postponed until the following 4
4 day. In order that all may par- 4
4 ttclpate, Monday. July 5th Is here- 4
4 by declared a holiday in Nome 4
4 and all citizens are requested to 4
4 Join In the celebration festivities. 4
4 Busin—c houses are requested to 4
4 close for the day and aH citizens 4
4 are asked to decorate their promt- 4
4 ses In honor of the nation’s chief 4
4 Given at Nome this 3rd day of 4
4 July ltlO. 4
4 CHA8. RICE. 4
4 Mayor. 4
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M’ADOO LEADS PALMER II FIRST 2 BALLOTS
AT FRISCO CBRVERTIOI
Bryan Fails To Secure Bone Dry Plank==Peerless One
Turned Down Cold—Bitter Fight Over
Platform Acceptance.
CONVENTION REFUSES TO
CHANGE PLATFORM
Platform Laid Before Convention
Yesterday P. M.
San Francisco, July 2—The lading
of the democratic platform by chair
man Glass of the Resolutions Commit
tee this aftejrnoon consumed three
hours, so if the platform discussion is
hold down to the throe hours limit pro
posed, indications are that hnllnting for
choice of the party nominee will start
late this afternoon. A night session
will be held In an effort to finish the
balloting.
Bryan, it is said, proposes to offer
minority reports on five planks of the
platform ns submitted by the platform
committee. The wet and dry fight is
the real Issue and is very likely to
upset he proposal to limit the plat
form discussion to three hours.
FIRE THREATENS
FEDERAL BUILDINGS
Burning sparks from a nearby
smoke stack falling on the roof of the
Federal jail, threatened possible de
struction of the Jail, courthouse and
other valuable property in that local
ity Friday afternoon, j The sparks ap
parently lodged in the interstice be
tween the shingles on the jail build
ing and soon ignited the dry cedar
shingles under the fanning of a light
breeze. When discovered, smoke was
arising in small w.hiisps from several
points on the roof and a blaze was
inevitable had the smoke not been seen
by members of the jail staff in time.
The fire department responded to a
telephone call and the Coast Guard
hoys- were on the scene with hose and
ladders within .a few minutes efter
the alarm was given. Their efforts
to quench the fire were futiie, however,
os the pressure of the hydrant to
which their hose was attached was not
sufficient to throw the water to the
point where it was needed. The
available ladders were also not long
enough to reach the high roof. The
boys worked heroically but their ef
forts were of no avail. Fortunately
the fire department soon appeared and
a stream from the high pressure fire
pump soon put a speedy quietus on th«*
mischievous sparks. The damage was
practically nothing. It is believed
the sparks were the result of the
burning out of the flue leading from
the jail kitchen a. short time before.
SMALL BLAZE IN
STORE BUILDING
The Are department was calle.:
Tuesday evening to quench a small
blase In the interior of the Wittenberg
store building near the foot of Stead
man Avenue. Vast quantities of
smoke issuing from theb uildtng sug
gested that a serious lire was con*
suming the interior. Investigation
proved, however, .that the blase was of
a smoldering character and confined
mainly to the..wall pager. The fire
boys made short work of it and only
a nominal amount of damage resulted.
Mention of the president ant! the
League of Nations plank during the
reading of the platform provoked live
ly cheering. One of the biggest dem
onstrations yet occurfng on Liu- eon
vent ion floor was given the Suffrage
plank, calling upon the legislatures of
three Southern democratic states to
ratify the Suffrage Amendment.
The platform treats, beside the
League of Nations, a wide range of
subjects, including agriculture, labor,
soldier relief aud a score of domestic
• luestions. The preamble is confine 1
to a tribute to the leadership of Presi
dent Wilson.
San Francisco. July 2—(Delayed in
transmission) The Auditorium:—Tn
<iuicak and successive votes tho conven
tion voted down by heavy majorities
this afternoon all attempts to amend
tho report of the Platform Committee
and threw out all substitute proposals
including the Bryan bone dry plank
proposed by William Jennings Bryan
and a wet plank offered by W. Bourke
Cnch ran.
The administration's League of Na
tions plank was sustained as reported
by the committee against all attacks
by League opposers.
The administration supporters were
in control by heavy majority all along
Included among the rejected pro
posals to amend the platform was a
plank calling for a commission to in
vestigate the feasibility of the soldier
bonus. This was rejected without a
The platform in its entirety ns re
porter! by the committee was acceptn
McAdoo Leads Initial Ballots
San Francisco, July 2—(Delayed in
transmission) After taking two ballots
tonight the convention adjourned to
meet at 9:30 tomorrow morning.
On the first ballot the democrats
voted for 25 candidates. Of those Me
among tin- field. The
::s. Governor Smith I nil.
General l*:ilnu*r 256. Mi A.doo C
Ming’s 25. Governor Kdwa tils l:’. s
Gerard 21, vice president Marshall "7.
;t. Meridith 27. See rotary Daniels 1.
Wm. Dandolph llearsf. I. (Jen. Leon
ard Wood 1. Senator Hiteheook IV
John Sharpe Williams 20. Gov. Sim
i.im Jennings Brynn 1. Senator Oscar
ed on Palmer adding twenty tine •
votes to his list while the Attorney
General gained 8. The votes for tin
two favorites was MeAiloo 281), Palmer
264. Governor (’ox remained in third
Place with 159 votes, a gain of 25. The
others were widely scattered as in th•»
first ballot.
Alaska Vote On First Ballot
ballot on the democratic presidential
candidates tonight Alaska voted three
votes for Palmer, two for MeAiloo and
League Endorsement Leading Plank
San Francisco, July 2—Foremost
among the planks composing the party
platform comes endorsement of the
League of Nations and condemnation
of the republican controlled Senate for
having introduced “partisan envy and
personal hatred" in the way of world
peace. The president’s stand against
'reservations designed to cut to pieces
CABLE INTERRUPTED YESTERDAY
Owing' to an interruption of the
Seattle-Sitka cable around two o'clock!
yesterday aiftemoon, the Nugget was!
unable to give in last night's issue of
the Daily Bulletin, the initial results]
of the balloting at yesterday’s ses
sion of the democratic convention.!
Whatever the cause of the break-down I
it Was apparently over come yesterday!
afternoon or last night as the delayed
messages arrived this morning and are!
included among today’s cable reports.
TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
STILL DELAYED TODAY
The management of the Nugget held
the forms open up to six o'clock this
evening in hopes that tbe "bug” which
is delaying the wireless messages might
disappear, and allow us to give our
readers the very latest Democratic Con
vention news, however, it may be
deemmed advisable to print a special
edition when the delayed messages do
FORTUNE OF SEIZED FURS
SHIPPED BY MARSHAL
Violation of the game laws pertain
ing to fur bearing animals have result,
ed in a small fortune accruing to the
government though seizures of illeg
ally taken pelts made by Marshal E.
It. Jordan during the past year. Ap
proximately $10,000 worth of skins of
various kinds, a majority of them
beaver, were shi|yped by the Marshal's
-office On the Victoria, consigned to
the Treasury Department. Under the
provisions of the game laws, the furs
will he sold and tho money turned in
Violation of the laws prohibiting
capture of beaver, marten and other
fur bearers whose protection is desir
ed are not numerous in this district
and tpost of the furs included in the
shipment were seized by the Marshal
while they w’ere in transit from other
sections of the territory to the »ut
After July 1st, Bread, 15 cents a loal
straight.—ARCTIC BAKERY
vital provisions of Du- Versailles
1 'i> i- •'I*1 >udod, i.iit. coupled with
it j»ft«• »• .1 prolonged committee
■I niggle 11 in i - tin* <JeiuoiT.it ie partv
1 h-arer or in on* specific the obligations
■ issue;.ites.” Tlx* Irish plank, entered
after 11 o u i s of I'omtrn it ten disputes, is
i «*uci.il as*Hi';uu*c i f the Confirm:!
Mill of tho principle of national self
Substitute For Irish Plank Rejected
in i j<- ting tin substitute on the Irish
plank was (jr.T1.- votes against it with
‘1<|;"_. votes for ii Tho substitute
pl-uik oil tin* 11 i- b i|Uestioil ileelared
it the purpose of lie- nation to recog
nise the Importance of tiie Irish reptib.
• i> was Iso voted down bv tin- eonvi-n
AMUNDSEN FAILED TO
REACH SIBERIAN ISLANDS
Tin failure of l'apt. Unolil Amund
sen to reach the New Siberian Islands
in Latitude 75 degrees North, 150 West
(lut ing the fall of 191S is ascribe I l..v a
Danish newspaper dispatch a the
probable cause of his decision to mie
to Nome before making his idotis
effort to drift to the North Pol !t: the
Amundsen in bis ship Maud, sailed
from Nut way in the early fall of 191S ’
and proceeded to Dixon Island, off the
mouth of the Yenise Liver. Here lie
look on a supply of oil and other es
sentials and sailed for the New Siber
ian Islands, near which the famous
Jeanette was sunk June 1- 1X81. From
this'pnin; Amundsen planned to push
into the ice pack as far as possible and
settle down for the expected trip across
Departure from Dixon Island was
taken in September 1918. The waters
of tin Arctic wen* already freezing at
that time, the last ireports from the
Mam! stating that slush Ice was foam
ing rapidly. 1-Iow far the vessel pro
ceeded is not definitely known- The
Danish dispatch referred to says the
vessel was at Cape Cheliuskin. or
Northwest Cape, as it is more com
monly known, in October 1918. As
navigation was practically impossible
at that time of the year, it is probable
that the Maud wintered somewhere, in
that locality.
Northeast Cape is situated in lati
tude 77.30 North. Longitude 105 East
and is about half way between Dixon
Island and tbe New Siberian Islands.
Whether or not the explorer .reached
tho New Siberian Islands in the sum
mer of 1919 is not known. The Is
lands are situated about 200 miles
north of the Siberian coast and to
reach his recent location at Chain
Ray. 150 miles east of tho Kolyma
Rivrtr, Amundsen undoubtedly passed
close to the Siberian group. Chaun
Ray is situated about 600 miles to the
westward of East Cape and a short
distance southwest of Wrangell Island.
COMPLETE
ARRANGEMENTS
FOR MONDAY
REVIEWING STAND
(iovi rnmi'iit Officials.
Mr. -I:if«• t Undeborg.
Kgt. J. W. MciMiail. I . S. A.
INVOCATION
Rev. I A. Ruppert. S. J.
SPEAKER OF THE DAY
linn. Cl. .1. Lnmen.
READING OF DECLARATION Or
INDEPENDENCE
SONG AMERICA
School children and Audience, led *n
CLOSING REMARKS
Rc*v. Iliihard Decker.
Athletic events and Acquatic Sport
will he held during the afternoon, start
ing at 1:30 p. m. There will he fr
refreshments for all the children.
A firand Hull. FREE to the pul,lie.
will he held at the Eagle Hall at 9: !•»
• under $:5-i
under $:t-i
under $:!-;!
e for
1 HO pounds.$10
Jumping. nianket bouncing, K.vak
Eskimo s|»orts in charge of E D Evans
COMMITTEE
Olius Murray
Capt. Rockwell
| Ralph Lumen .
AV. C. McOuir.
P. E. t’rowley
, Chairman
Mrs Chas. Lescher in charge of re
freshments given to children.
Balloons will lie given to all child
ren by I .omen Bros., one to each child
All service and Ex-service men. are
respectfully requested to attend a
meeting Sunday July 4th, 1920 2 p. m
at Coast Guard Station No. 305. Bus
iness of importance.
H. O. NIELSEN
Act Secretary
ATTENTION L. O. O. M.
Regular semi-monthly meeting of
the Loyal Order of Moose will be held
Monday evaning at 7:30 p. m. All
membars are cordially invitad to at
tend. Visitors Welcome.
W. H. KOCH. Secretary.