MONDAY
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TWENTY SIX DIE IN
< OLLAP8E OF BRIDGE
Philadelphia. Sept. 11—Twenty
six men. women and children were
drowned Saturday night when a
bridge spanning the Chester river in
Chester, a suburban town a few miles
south of here, suddenly collapsed.
A great crowd was assembled on the
bridge to watch a crew of men who
were grappling for the body of a boy
who had previously drowned.
The collapse of the bridge struc
ture is attributed to the great weight
of the crowd.
4*2 KNOWN DEAD IN
HAN ANTONIO DISASTER
San Antonio. Texas. Sept. 11—42
known dead is the death toll taken
by the great flood which swept thru
the business section of San Antonio
Friday night, according to a state
ment given out by the authorities
FATTY ARBVCKLE CHARGED
WITH GIRL'S MURDER
San Francisco. Sept. 11—Roscoe
“Fatty*' Arbuckle. the noted motion
picture comedian, was today formal
ly charged with the murder of Vir
ginia Rappe, a motion picture act
ress, who died Friday night, follow
ing a party in Arbuckle's apartments
in the St. Francis Hotel here.
Tn a death bed statement Miss
Rappe accused Arbuckle of inflicting
the injuries which resulted fatally
Rhartly before she died. Miss Rappe
whispered to the hospital attendants
"get Arbuckle; follow this to a fin
ish." Arbuckle is in jail, bail hav
ing been denied him.
BISHOP CRIMONT BREAKS LEO
Seattle. Sept. 11—Rev. Crimont,
Bishop of Alaska, is in Providence
hospital suffering with a fractured
ankle incurred through a fall result
ing from an auto accident in front
of the Seattle College last night.
The Bishop had been visiting with
Dr. T. J. Sullivan at the latter’s
home and was driven to the college,
where he has been living during his
stay here, by Sullivan. Bishop Cri
mont came here to attend the jubilee
of Bishop O'Dea.
GRIFFITH TO EMPLOY ONLY
BONA FIDE ALASKANS
Eeattle. Sept. 12—M. W. Griffith,
the newly appointed United States
Marshal for the Second Judicial Di
vision of Alaska, who Is hers on his
way to Nome, said in an interview
today that n.s appointments will be
made from bona fide Alaskaus aud
whenever possible no outsiders will
be employed to flit the various posi
tions under his jurisdiction.
PRE8. HARDING REJECT*
GOLDEN TABLE SERVICE
Atlantic City. Sept. 11—President
Harding today declined to eat his
Sunday dinner from gold plates and
platters set ont iu his honor by the
management of the Ritz Hotel, where
the president Is stopping.
"Take those away and bring regu
lar dishes," the president ordered
when he found the table reserved
for him set with a solid gold service.
CHINESE SPLIT ON
DISARMAMENT QUESTION
Washington, Sept. 11—The Canton
government of South China today
formally notified Secretary of State
Hughes that It will not recognize any
arrangement made by the Pekin gov
ernment relative to China at the
forthcoming disarmament confer
HARDIVU PROMISES AID
TO IMPAIRED VETERANS
Atlantic City. N. J., Sept. 12th—
President Harding, In an address to
war veterans here today, told them
that true Americans are proud of
what they did.
Discussing the problems of peace,
the president declared the welfare of
impaired veterans to be a paramount
question of the day, adding “The
man who came back wounded and
impaired deserves the fullest aid it
is in our power to give and I propose
to use all the Influence I have to see
I that he gets It. But I am not so
much concerned with those who
came back unimpaired."
HUDSON BAT ENTERS
REINDEER BUSINESS
Christiania. Norway. September.il
—The Hudson Bay company Is ship*
ping reindeer to Baffin Land lor
propagation purposes. It became
known here today.
ALLEGED BOOZE THIEVES
LAND IN SEATTLE
Seattle. Sept. 11—Three thousand
bottles of liquor, which were stolen
recently from a local government
warehouse, were recovered today bv
the police authorities, who arrested
Curtis Rerndatel, secretary of the
local teamster's union, and another
man. both of whom are said to have
confessed to the theft of the liquor.
NOME BOUND PLANE STILL
AT PRINCE RUPERT
Ketchikan. Alaska. Sept. 12—The
Nome bound aeroplane now at Prince
Rupert will remain there until the
latter part of next week, according
to advices received here.
On leaving Prince Rupert the
aviator expects to land on the tide
flats of Juneau and from there will
go on Whitehorse.
TUESDAY
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ACTOR ARBUCKLE FIRM
IN TOILS OF LAW
San Francisco, Sept. 12—A formal j
complaint charging murder was
sworn to before Police Judge O'Brien \
today against Roscoo “Fatty” Ar-j
buckle, the motion picture actor,
who is under arrest here for the
murder of Virginia Rappe. j
The complaint filed today was
signed by Mrs. Bambina and Maude
E. Delemont, friends of the dead j
actress. It is the second murder j
complaint made against Arbuckle,
the first having been made Saturday
night by the detectives who are
working on the case for the purpose
of holding him until a formal charge
could be filed.
Arbuckle's attorney issued a state
ment today to the effect that the
courts of California will not sustain
the charge of murder placed against
Arbuckle and declaring the confid
ence of the attorney that he Is in
nocent.
Grand Jury Doubtful of Arbuckle's
San Francisco, Sept 13th—The
Grand Jury, after an all night ses
sion, decided to defer action in the
matter of the indictment • of Roscoe
Arbuckle until such time as further
evidence is presented. Arbuckle
was before the grand jury for threo
minutes early this morning but de
clined to testify on the advice of his
counsel.
District Attorney Brady issued a
! statement today, charging that Miss
I Zey Pyuron, one of the state’s prin
cipal witnesses, changed her testi
mony and perjured herself before
the Grand Jury and that Alice Blake,
another witness for the prosecution
is missing.
Brady said that “whenever wealth
and influence are brought to bear op
| justice, every sinister and corrupt
! practice is used in an effort to free
I the accused, but it is always easy to
| convict a poor Jnan.“
Arbuckle's Wife Hastens to Hus
band's Aid.
New York, Sept. 13—Mrs. Minta
Durine Arbuckle. wife of Roscoe
Arbuckle, is preparing to leave for
San Francisco to aid her husband.
A‘‘buckle Dropped From I .os Angeles
Club Roll.
Los Angeles, Sept. 13th—“Fatty”
Arbuckle was dropped from the
membership roll of the Los Angeles
Athletic Club by vote of. the direc
tors today.
SAYS DISARMAMENT
CONFERENCE NO
MENACE TO LEAGUE
Geneva, Switezerland, .Sept. 13—
Leou Bourgeois of France In an ad
dress to the League of Nations As
sembly here today, said there Is no
reason for the League to be alarmed
by the coming disarmament confer
ence at Washington.
SAYS DI oxoar inba inyd asETAO 1>
Gustave Ador, former pfMUbm: of
Switzerland was elected an honorary
president of the Assembly of the
League of Nations at today’s session.
SEATTLE GIRL CLAIMS SELF
VICTIM OF KIDNAPPING
Chicago, Sept. 13—Eliza Zehl,
aged seventeen, a Seattle girl, was
found today In a box. car In the
freight yard of a prominent western
road and claims to have been the
victim of kidnappers.
When found the girl was in a
greatly weakened condition and told
the police that she was seized by
the alleged kidnappers In Seattle,
, placed in the box car and shipped out
of that city four weeks ago.
The Nome Nugget delivered by car
rier or mailed. Per Month fl.Od
HUNDRED WORK FLOOR
VICTIMS FOUND IX TEXAS
San Antonio. Texas. Sept. 12—A
hundred more bodies of victims of
the recent flood have been recovered
up to tonight in Williamson and
Milan Counties alone, according to
advices received here.
Flood Death List Nearly 200 Todate.
Dallas, Texas, Sept. 13—Reports
from those portions of Central Texas
affected by the recent flood have
brought the list to nearly two hun
dred. it was announced here today.
('HOLERA OUTHREA K
DEVELOPS IX ARMEXLA
Tiflis, Armenia. Sept. 12—Cholera
has broken out in Armenia as a re
sult of the Turkish occupation of the
country.
Over one hundred and forty two
towns in the territory occupied by
the Turks have been razed to the
ground and their inhabitants are
camping in the fields. It became
known here today.
CHINA REFUSES JAP
SHAXGTUNG PROPOSALS
Pekin. China, Sept 12—China will
refuse to entertain the proposals re
lative to the settlement of the Shan
tung controversy made by the Japan
ese government, it was announced
today by the republican governments.
LINDEBERG CLAIMS REINDEER
CHECKS NEVER HONORED
Seattle, Sept. 13—Jafet Lindeberg,
former Nome mining operator who is
now under indictment in this state
in connection with the failure of the
Scandinavian-American Bank of Ta
coma, claims he is the lawful owner
of many reindeer in the Kuskokwim
valley, although checks which he is
sued in payment for them on the
now defunct Rcandinnvian-American
hank of Seattle, were never honored.
ItlSHOP CRIMONT
REFUSES PROSECUTE
Seattle. Sept. 13— Bishop Crimont
is improving, it was given out by
the authorities of Providence Hospi
tal today.
Bishop Crimont refuses to prose
cute J. Ilelmer. the driver of the
machine which ran him down anil
broke his ankle.
METHODI8T < ON FERENCE
DEMANDS WORLD DISARMAMENT
London. Sept. 13—Declaring that
war is “an unmitigated curse to
humanity,” the world Methodist
conference, now in session here,
adopted resolutions today demand
ing international disarmament.
WEDNESDAY
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MISSING WITNESSES AGAINST
AKBUCKIJR APPEARS
San Francisco, Sept. 14—An in
dictment charging Ro3coe Arbuckle
with manslaughter in connection
with the death of Virginia Rappe.
was voted at midnight by the grand
jury, with only one dissenting vote.
The indictment will be returned
Thursday in the Superior Court.
District Attorney Brady explained
today that the charge of man
slaughter will have no effect on the
murder charge now pending in the
police court.
Arbuckle is still In jail, not being*
eligible to ball until the murder
charges were disposed of.
SAYS WILSON'S RECOVERY
SOON COMPLETE
Detroit, Mich., Sept. 14—"Before
very long, his recovery will be com
plete.” Joseph P. Tumulty, former
secretary to Woodrow Wilson, who
is at present in Detroit, replied whe
is at present in Detroit, replied when
Henry Ford enquired as to the state
of the former president.
LASKER ORDERS EXAMINATION
OF SHIP CONSTRUCTION
Seattle. Sept. 14—Chairman Las
ker has issued an order for the ex
amination of all operators of Ship
ping Board vessels In the Puget
Sound-Orient service, save the Pa
cific Steamship Company, It became
known here today.
KANSAS CONGRESSMAN
DEAD IN WASHINGTON
Washington. D. C., Sept. 14th—
Representative Taylor of Arkansas, a
member of the Rivers and Harbors
Comknittee of the House of Repre
sentatives, died here today after n
prolonged Illness.
SING SING lltlSONEK
>L\KKS HAIU) GETAWAY
Sing Sing. N’ V . Sept. 1 4 Joseph
Horye. an inmate of Sing Sing pri
son. sawed thru the bars of his ceil;
broke thru a trap door to the roof
of the prison; slid down a frail tele
phone wire for a distince of seventy
feet to the ground; scaled a high
0wall: dived into the Hudson and
[ swam across to freedom.
LAMOXT-MORGAX
COMBINATION' TO LIQCIDATE
MEXICAN DEBT
Washington. Sept. 14 -Thomas W.
Lament and Morgan and Company
have concluded a series of confer
ences over a plan to liquidate the
external debt of Mexico.
The accomplishment of the plan,
however, hinges on action by the
State Department concerning recog
nition of the Obregon government.
It is understood that Lamont has
received favorable assurances in this
connection.
HOBS CHILD'S BANK—
GETS 13 YEARS
Los Angeles. Calif., Sept. 14—Ray
Ivy was today sentenced by Judge
Willis to serve fifteen years in the
penintentiary for stealing three cents
from a child's saving bank
CANADIAN IMPORTER
TOWED TO POUT
Victoria, B. C.. Sept 14th— The
Disabled steamer Canadian Importer,
concerning which much concern was
recently felt owing to the vessels
strange disappearance several weeks
jago. has been towed to this port,
arriving here today.
HITCH OCCURS IN' IRISH
PEACE NEGOTIATIONS
London, Sept. 14—Premier Lloyd
George announced another hitch in
the Irish negotiations tonight and
McGrath and Botand, the Irish repre
sentatives, are returning to Dublin
with an explanation of certain points
in the government’s for the consid
eration of I>ail Birren
IDENTITY OK ERZBKKGEH
ASSASSINS ANNOYX( El»
Munich, Bavaria, Sept. 11—The
names of the assassins of Mathias
Erzberger. former German Foreign
Secretary, were announced by the
authorities today as Heinrich and
Tillessen. The latter is a student
and Heinrich is a merchant. The
announcement of their identity
leaves no doubt that the assassina
tion of Erzberger was or political
charahfer. both tnen being members
of the brigade of Genera) Erhardt,
which was prominent in the Kapp
insurrection.
HARDING ENJOYING LIFE.
New York. Sept. 13 —The cares or
state rest lightly on the shoulders of
President Harding. The president
left New York today for a game of
golf at Pipping Rock and a yachting
trip on Long Island Sound.
CLAIMED GARDNER STILL
ON McNEII/S ISLAND
McNeil’s Island, Sept. 12th—The
Warden of the penitentiary here, in
a statement today, said bandit Roy
Gardner is trapped on McNeil’s Is
land and his apprehension is only a
matter of time.
JUST ARRIVEO
A SHIPMENT OF
AUGUSTINE A KYERS
CHOCOLATES AT
ARCTIC CANDY STORE
Why It succeeds
Because It’s for One thing Only, and
Nome People Appreciate This,
Nothing can be good for everything:.
Doing one thing well brings suc
Dotui’s Kidney Tills nre for one
thing only.
Tor weak or disordered kidneys
Here i« reliable evidence of their
Mrs. W. E. Haller. 15 W. Indiana
known many of my friends who have
Ave., Spokane, Wash., says: ‘‘I have
used Doan’s Kidney Pills and have
had good results from them. Just
last winter I was suffering with my
kidneys. Dizzy spells often came
over me and I was awfully nervous.
My hack ached all the time and sharp
palms caught me when I bent over. I
felt miserable. After a short time.
Doan’s Kidney Pills got at the seat of l
the troulde and relieved me."
Price *0c, at all dealers. Don’t
simply ask for a Mdney remedy—get
Doan’s Kilney Pill#—the seme that
Mrs. Haller had. Foeter-Mllburn
Co., Mfra., Buffalo. N. T.
THURSDAY
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COKO.VKIt'S .11 ijv
CHAIUifvS AHItK KI.K
WITH M.\ \'S|,.\i GIITFR
Virginia Rappe. the motion picture
actress for whose death Roscoe Ar
buckle is held here under murder
charges, came to her death as a re
sult of acute peritonitis brought
about by an injury due to the ap
plication or some force, which, in
•the belief of the Coroner's jury,
was applied by Arbuckle The jury
accordingly, tonight charged Arbuck
le with manslaughter and also warn
ed the authorities of San Farncisco '
against “permitting the city being *
made the rendezvous of the dehau- i
chee and gangster "
As a result of the disclosures de
veloping in connection with the case j
Assistant United States Attorney |
General McCormick today instituted j
an investigation of reports that li
quor was brought and served in Ar- j
buckle's room in the St Francis ‘
Debauch I’riTPdfi Death Mis* liapix1
Los Angelos. Sept 15—More than [
forty quarts of liquor were consumed i
in the three day party io Roscoe Ar- >
buckle's suite in a San Francisco I
hotel which ended in the death of,
Virginia Rappe. the actress, accord-1
ing to information given to the fed-'
eral officials here by Frederick Fisoh
•bick. who was a member of the;
party, according to an announce-:
ment today by Robert Camarillo, j
Assistant United States District At
torney in the presence of E. Foreth |
Mitchell. Federal Prohibition direc-J
tor for California
Arbucklc Case Witnesses Ask Police j
Protection
San Francisco. Sept 15—Wit-j
nesses for the prosecution in the Ar- j
buckle case appealed to the police!
for protection r'aiming they havej
Received threats of injury if they
persist in testifying a,,i!ust Arbi;:';
Ichuckle Cawe Featured in French
Parle. Sept. 15—The French
newspapers are giving extended J
space to the Arbuckle case
One of them remarks. “Evidc.vfy
there is liquor in America ” j
BANKER LARSON BEATS
ONE EMBEZZLING ( HAP.tiK
Tacoma, Wn Sept U - Ole Lar
son. president of the defunct Scan
diuavian-American Bank of Tacoma,
was acquitted by a jury late this
afternoon ou a charge of embezzling
$20,000 from the bank. The charge
was one of several which [.arson has
had to face. He is scheduled to go
to trial Friday on another charge
of embezzlement.
SAYS IRELAND MUST
NEGOTIATE AS A FREE STATE
Dublin. Ireland. Sept. 15—“Ire
land will negotiate only an a free
state,” is the main declaration of the
reply of De Valera to Lloyd George's
invitation for another peace settle
ment conference at Inverness. The
reply, which was issued here today,
contains this definite statement of j
the attitude of Dail Eirren. appar-1
ently because Lloyd George has in- j
sisted on Ireland’s remaining a part
of the British empire and that the
Sinn Feinn accept such an under
standing before the proposed confer
ence could take placa.
Irish Reply Makes Conference
Impossible
London. Sept. 15—Because De
Valera, in his communication to Pre
mier George today, wrote that Ire
land has virtually declared its in
dependence and recognizes itself as
a sovereign state, Lloyd George to
night cancelled all arrangements for
the conference with the Sinn Feinn
delegates proposed for September 20
at Inverness.
Also, in a telegraphic reply to De
Valera tonight Lloyd George said,
“your claim to negotiate with his
majesty's government as represen
tative of an independent and sover
eign state would make a conference
between us impossible."
PERSHING SAILS FOR FRANCE
New York. Sept. 14—General
John J. Pershing sailed today for
France, as representative of the
American government, to persent a
Congressional Medal of Honor to a
soldier of France.
FORMER PREMIER
VENIZELOS MARRIED
London, Sept, ii—Former Pre
mier Venizelos of Greece was mar
ried here today to Mrs Helen
| Schilizzi. daughter of a hi- business
I man of London .
ALLEGED BANK
ROBBERS APPREHENDED
I
Seattle. Sept 1 t -Jam*
and Thomas Atkinso: were
here tonight on chare;*-- o
robbed a Los Angeles bank
having
TWO TRAIN ROBBERS
KILLED IN TEXAS
Fort Worth. Tex. Sept i—Two
robbers were shot and killed today
when they attempted to hold up a
Texas and Pacific train near here.
MORE ALLEGED ERZBEHGKR
ASSASSINS ARRESTED
Munich. Bavaria. Sept. 1- Seve i
persons, all of whom wrr,* formerly
in the army or navy, have been ar
rest**d in connection with the recent
murder of Mathias Erzberger. form
er Herman Foreign Minister, whose
assassination appears to have been
ordered by a organization with im
perialistic tendencies, the h -ad
quarters of which are in Silesia
BAKERS FIELD OIL STRIKERS
HOLD I'P STRIKE BRE \KERS
Bakersfield, Cal. Sept:. ! 1 —A
crowd of approximately otic thous
and striking oil field workers today
held up a Southern Pacific train
hearing a contingent of strike break
ers sent here to take the places of
the striking oil workers The
strikers refrained from violence hut
refused to let the train proceed
AMIlltK .W CHOSEN
IT >R INTERXATIONAI.
COURT JUDGE
Geneva. Switze-’and, Sept 11 —
John Basset Moore of ‘h • Pnited
States was elected judge of the In
ternational Court of Justice i»y the
\-:onb!v , f the L**agj° of Nations,
in »he balloting for member i of the
court, which began today
VIC ARRIVED
SEATTLE WEDNESDAY
Private advices from Seattle an
nounce the arrival of the Steamship
Victoria at that port on the night of
September 14th
WIRES DOWN—NO
BULLETIN YESTERDAY
Break downs in the Signal Corps
land lines between Gibbon and
^Fairbanks and between th,- latter
point and Valdez Wednesday morn
ing. resulted in a tie up of the tele
graph service yesterday which pre
vented tho publication of the Nugget
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