MONDAY
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Ol'KMXi OF ALASKA
MARBLE QUARRIES
Seattle. Feb. 13—Fifty passen-1
gers were booked for the sailing of
the S. S. • Queen” which on the
nineteenth of February will make
this trip to participate in the open
ing of the Shaken to Tokeen marble
quarries, on Marble Island, Alaska,
one of the Prince of Wales group.
I Alaska, marble is being used ex
tensively thru the West for interior
decorative purposes. Alaska mar
ble can be seen in the larger recent
ly constructed buildings in Seattle,
Tamoca, Bellingham, Vancouver,
Portland. San Francisco, Oakland,
Sacramento. Moscow, Russia, Lewis
ton, Idaho and Salt Lake City, be
sides many other cities in the east
ern states. The total production of
Alaska marble has reached the sum
of $2.000.000.—Editor)
ALASKA TRANSPORTATION
COMPANY IN THE MAKING
Tacoma, Feb. 13—8. A. Perkins,
representing Portland and Tacoma
capital, asserts that if they succeed
in buying three passenger and
freight boats they will operate a new
steamship line to Alaska and will
operate as the Alaska Transporta
tion Company, with headquarters at
Tacoma.
WANTS MAYFLOWER
FOR PRESIDENTIAL
TOUR OF ALASKA
Washington, Feb. 13—According
to B. M. Boyd of Denver and Harold
N. Moore of Seattle, both relatives
of Mrs. Harding, the Mayflower may
be commissioned to convey the pres
idential party from Seattle to Sew
Mrs. Harding is very desirous that
the President's journey from Seat
tle to Alaska be taken in the Presi
dent’s yacht, the Mayflower. She
would have the yacht sent thru the
Panama Canal to Seattle and there
pick up the presidential party, of
which she will be a member, and
proceed to Seward. After landing
the party would travel inland on
the Government railroad, returning
aboard the Mayflower at Anchorage.
HARDING FAVORS REPUDIA
TION DIRECT PRIMARY
ELECTION SYSTEM
Washington, Feb. 13—President
Harding made the declaration that
he is in favor of repudiating the di
rect primary system now in vogue.
He believes in the return to con
vention methods as construed by the
Republican leaders, thereby placing
in the hands of bosses the selection
of the people’s representatives.
APPLICATION FOR JAFET
LINDEBERG EXTRADITION
TO BE HEARD
Sacramento, Feb. 13—Governor
Stephens of California announced |
that the hearing on the application i
of Tacoma authorities for the return
of Jafet Lindeberg to answer the
charge of wrecking the Scandinavian
American Bank of Tacoma, will be
held Thursday.
The Governor of Washington is
used extradition papers for Linde
berg immediately after the closing
of the Tacoma Bank, but California
authorities refused to grant their
execution. The Tacoma authori
ties. it is reported, due to recent
aft^d further developments of the
bank scandal, have prevailed upon
Governor Stephens to consider this
application.
HUSH SITUATION
OMINOUS TODAY
Dublin, Feb. 13—British troops
evacuating Dublin were unexpected
ly ordered to stop and all attempts
to return the army have halted. The
Ulster situation has been aggrevated
by activity of the opposition on the
part of South Ireland to the Irish
DE VALERA OPENS OPPOSITION
CAMPAIGN
Dublin, Feb. 13th—Ex-president
DeValera of the Irish Republic, yes
terday opened his campaign against
the provisional government. De
Valera states that the Irish people
will not accept the new treaty and
when the matter goes to vote the
voice of the people will register a
repudiation of the pact.
LINCOLN'S BIRTHDAY
OBSERVED IN NOME
In observation of Lincoln’s birth
day, the majority of business houses
closed at noon, today, while some
remained unopened the entire time,
the bauk. postofllce and other federal
offices remained closed all day. Not
being a national holiday the public
schools were conducted as usual.
The signal corps followed the reg
ular hours of the day's work and
for that reason the Nugget is able
to issue a bulletin as usual
NG CONSIDERS CON
VENTION GREATEST SERVICE
Washington, Feb. 12—Addressing
the league State Republicans' Club
Saturday night, Harding declared
for the return of the republican par
ty to the convention methods in na
tional government. In his address
he said that the "greatest means for
public service lies in party form of
government and I crave a return to
the convention method in the repub
lican party."
DENRY RECOMMENDS NAVY
REDUCTION TO 90,000
Washington. Feb. 13—Secretary
Denby recommended to the House
Naval Committee today that the
navy personnel for the next fiscal
year be fixed at ninety thousand, a
reduction of ten thousand from the
present number.
MOTHER MISTAKES
POISON FOR SALTS
Chehalis. Wash., Feb.l3th—Mrs.
Bd. Rhodes, a resident of Klaber,
gave each of her five young children
a dose of what she supposed was
salts and within an hour all five were
dead. Careless labeling of poison
in the medicine closet is the explana
tion as no ulterior motive cun be
assigned.
POPE Pit’S EVEVENTH
CROWNED, ST. PETERS’S
Rome. Feb. 13—Pius eleventh was
today crowned Pope iu the Basilica j
of St. Peter's amid scenes of royal
pomp. Princes, dignitaries of the
church, representatives of foreign
countries, members of Roman aris-,
tocracy and a vast assemblage lent
their presence to the gorgeous scene.
EDISON, NOT HALTED
RY AGE LIMIT
West Orange. N. J., Feb. 13th—
Thomas A. Edison, dean of American
inventors, yesterday told newspaper
representatives that lie has in him
fifteen more years to devote to the.
service of humanity before he be
comes inactive.
TUESDAY
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ORIGINAL BONUS BILL
PL A N A BA X DON E O
Washington, Feb. 13—The flood
of national protests that has deluged
Congress against the plan to place
the burden of raising revenues for
the Bonus Bill on the backs of the
people, has had a wholesome effect.
These protests have caused tne
House Ways and Means Committee
to abandon the original plan to raise
the funds for the Soldiers’ Bonus Bill
and another means is being consid
CHIEF JUSTICE WISCONSIN
SUPREME COURT PASSES
Madison. Wis., Feb 1—Robert
G. Siebecker, Chief Justice of the
Wisconsin Supreme Court, died here
yesterday.
BONE PREACHES GOSPEL
OF ALASKA SALVATION
Washington, Feb. 14—Governor
Bone is speeding by word of mouth
the gospel of salvation for Alaska.
Various Washington bodies have
called on him for speeches and he
always responds in a manner to
bring home to his audience the les
son that Alaska has in the past and
is now suffering intensely under a
bureaucratic management. It is
reported that whenever the Gover
nor appears and speaks his audience
takes great interest in his subject.
BONE GREETS LINCOLN
DAY BANQUETERS
Seattle, Feb. 14—From Washing
ton Governor Bone telegraphed the
Lincoln Day banqueters as follows:
“Alaska’s star is in the ascendent.
The American story of the northland
reaches back to the days of Lincoln
and in the main has been a record
of neglect and inattention with many
tragic aspects, but Alaska has gone
ahead and over come the many ob
stacles prdHucing a wealth of a bil
lion dollars.”
Bone also stated that the visit of
President Harding to Alaska will bs
an event of transcendent importance.
EIGHTY AMERICANS FIGTING
IN MOROCCO
Washington. Feb. 14—Plans have
been perfected by the State Depart
ment for the return of eighty Ameri
cans who are fighting for the Span
ish in the Morocco insurrection.
DK VALERA SUPPORTERS
PLANNING OVERTHROW
FREE STATE
London. Feb. 14—According to
advices received in Downing Street,
the suppoiters of DeValera are plan
ning n new coup d’etat. The belli
gerent, dissatisfied element in the
DeValera party purpose to overthrow
the provisional government of the
Irish Free State and proclaim a re
public .
IRISH FIGHTING
IRISH IN DC HUN
Belfast.Fob. 14—Sinn Felners and
Orangemen today clashed in the
streets of Belfast and when the
smoke of battle lifted thirteen were
found dead and thirty-nine wounded
were carried to the various hOBpital3.
It is reported that British soldiers
have received orders to interfere in
case of any further violence being
attempted by the two factious.
HARDING OPPOSED TO BONCS
BILL REVENUE LEVY
Washington. Feb. 14—President
Harding is unalterably opposed to,
the enactment of the special taxes j
as suggested to finance the Soldiers’;
Bonus Bill. He is also opposed to.
the return to taxes which have been!
repealed, it is reported from the
White House today.
VOLSTEAD ACT AMBIGUOUSLY
WORDED
Tacoma. Feb. 14—Judge Cush
man today rendered a decision in
iLe United States District Coirt in
which he says that the Volstead Act
is guilty of ambiguity in its wording,
giving rise to various and conflicting
interpretations, all of which militate
against the enforcement of the Act:
LINCOLN DAY MESSAGE
FROM HARDING
Seattle. Feb. 13.—Messages from
President Harding and Secretary
Hughes were read at tonight's Lin
coln Day banquet, which was hold in
SCALING OF MT. RAINIER
A WINTER FEAT
Seattle, Feb. 14—Jean and Jac
ques Leandry and Jacques Bergues,
three mountaineers accompanying
Charles R. Perryman, a moving pic
ture operator, have made a winter
ascent of Mount Rainier.
Scaling of this mountain in the
winter time is a feat never before
accomplished by white men and the
feat required ten days to accom
TONG WAR RAGING IN
IN WESTERN CITIES
Seattle, Feb. 13—A vicious Tong
war is raging in Butte, Sacramento,
San Jose and Seattle. Chinese of
the various factions are in arms and
gun play is becoming so frequent
that the police force of the various
cities is taxed to the limit in preserv
ing a semblance of peace. Tong
wars usually are of a subterranean
nature and seldom make their ap
pearance on the surface, but accord
ing to late reports the conflict has
become so intense that old time
methods have dissappeared and
fighting takes place in the open.
Within the last twenty four hours
six Chinese were killed, two of the
deaths occuring in Seattle.
ARBUCKLE WITNESS ESCAPES
FROM OFFICERS
New Orleans. Feb. 13—Zey Pro
vost, a film star who is wanted by
the authorities as a witness in the
third trial of Roscoe Arbuckle. made
his escape from the police tonight.
Provost learned that the police were
on his trail and made an escape from
his hotel by shinning down a pipe
from the third story of the building.
According to the latest reports
Provost is still at large.
AIRSHIP WILL ATTEMPT
x CROSS PACIFIC OCEAN
St. Louis, Feb. 14—According to
a statement made today by Brigadier
General Mason Patrick. Chief Array
Air Service, an attempt w ill be made
to cross the Pacific Ocean with an
airship. The General's statement
included no information as to the
time or kind of machine to be em
ployed further than that the exploit
will be under the supervision of the
army and will be attempted some
time this cotping summer.
MANAGING EDITOR SEATTLE
P.-I. DIES Sl'DPENLV j
Seattle, Feb. 14—Her old Gardiner
Nicholas, managing editor of the
Post Intelligencer, died at his desk
last, night.
Nicholas bad returned from the
Lincoln Birthday banquet and retir
ed to his desk to finish the days work
and in a few minutes fell from his
chair and before assistance could
reach him death occurred. Cause
of his death is assigned to heart dis
ease, an ailment with which Nicho
las was suffering.
WEDNESDAY
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UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR
COMMITS SUICIDE
Seattle, Feb. 15—Prof. William
Albeit Hamilton of the Department
of Mathematics, Washington Univer
sity. yesterday afternoon committed
suicide by shooting himself with a
revolver.
Hamilton was the unfortunate vic
tim of marital incompatibility, he
had been recently married and two
weeks ago returned from his honey
moon. Immediately after the re
turn of the married couple difficulties
arose and the pair separated, causing
the professor to become despondent.
Hamilton had made numerous over
tures to his wife to return but she
refused to be reconciled and in a fit
of melancholia the professor decided
to end his life.
FIFTEEN KIDNAPPED ULSTER
UNIONISTS RELEASED
London, Feb. 15—Michael Collins,
head of the Irish Provisional govern
ment. has obtained the release of fif
teen Ulster Unionists who were re
cently kidnapped by the Sinn Feiner*
is the announcement made in the
House of Commons today.
BALFOUR RECEIVED WITH
GREAT ENTHUSIASM
London, Feb. 15—Lord Balfour
returned to London today from the
Arms Conference just concluded at
Washington, 1). C., and was received
with acclaim and huzza.
When the premier's tra; i drew up
at the station he was enthusiastically
received by a vast, crowd in which
was assembled the whole British Cab
inet. all leading politiior of Lon ! *n
and members of the Houses of l.oni
TWO GUNMEN HIRED
TO KILL TAYLOR
San Francisco, Feb. 15—Thar, n
man by the name of Sands hired two
gU imen to shoot Taylor, the Loa
Angeles movie actor, was the circum
stantial story told Police Lieutenant
[ rank WlnteVs yesterday by Chancs
Cat son a retired sea captain.
FATHER OF POISONED
CHILDREN PROSTRATED
Chehalis. Wash.,Feb.l4—For tour
days Edward Rhoden, father of the
five children who died from the ef
fects of poison given them by their
mother for epsom salts, has uot par
taken of food.
ROYAL FAMILY AN
EXPENSIVE LUXURY
FOR PEOPLE
London. Feb. 15—John Robertson,
leader of the English Labor Party,
appeared before the House of Com
mons today and in a lengthy speech,
corroborated by reliable data* declar
ed that the English Royal family is
an expensive luxury for the common
people to support. Robertson states
that too much money is being spent
on the royal family, especially on the
present tours being made by the
Prince of Wales.
I MEXICAN REBEL
EXECUTED AT Sl'NDOWV
Mexico City. Feb. 15—General An
tonio Ruis Baptain Lugardo Pell of
the Federal Army was last evening
executed at Chihuahua. Pell was
found guilty of rebellion against the
government and the death penalty
was imposed.
ALASKA S. 8. CO.
MAY CONSTRUCT
NEW VESSEL
Seattle. Feb. 15—It is reported
from reliable sources that the Alaska
S. S. Company is contemplating the
construction of its own vessel to take
the place of the lost liner Alaska.
At the present time the company
Is making every possible effort to
purchase a suitable boat to replace
the lost Alaska and if after a little
further effort they are unable to ac
quire the vessel desired they will
begin the construction of a fa t pas
senger boat for the Alaska service
fATHOI.lt I’ll IK ST CHARGED
WITH FRATRICIDE
Montreal, Feb. 15—Adelard De
lorme, a Catholic priest of Montreal,
was today taken in charge by the ]
police. Delorme is charged with
having murdered his half brother
Raoul Delorme, a student of the
Ottowa University, whose body was
found in a suburb of Montreal with
six bullet holes in the head.
CALIFORNIA GRAFTERS IN
DULGE IN' GUN PLAY
Los Angeles. Feb. 15—Late last;
night eight conspirators were arrest
ed here by the police after a running 1
revolver battle. The eight men cap
tured were members of a gang con
spiring to extort large sums of money •
from wealthy Los Angeles business j
men and had been rounded up by a {
posse of federal officers, deputy sher-.
iffs and private investigators. It is ,
reported that no fatalities resulted
from the battle.
AMERICAN RANCHER
KILLED IN MEXICO |
Washington. Feb. 15—According'
lo advices received today by tn ' State j
Department, Chas. Burrow an Ameri-1
:an manager of a ranch near Mou-1
terey, Mexico, was shot to death by •
unidentified persons.
URH. J. J. HILL HEIRS
DISPUTE OVER ESTATE j
St. Louis, Keb. 15—Taking the j
testimony was yesterday completed J
in the Probate Court 6ere over the i
ippointment of an administrator for [
Lhe $12,000,000 estate of the late j
Mrs. J. J. Hill.
According to a clipping from a
Seattle paper under date of Dec. 21 ■
the hearing above mentioned is the ,
result of a petition filed by Louis J
Hill, chairman of the Great Northern 1
Railway for his appointment as ad- |
miniatrator of the estate of his j
mother, Mrs. James J. Hill. Prev- I
lousiy other heirs of Mrs. Hill filed j
a petition for the designation of the
Northern Trust Company as admin-j
Istrator, and it developed that there j
were some differences among the’
heira as to the disposition of the es
tate valued at $1000,000.
AMERICAN ACE MAKES
TRIM. TRIP TO \\ KST
Omaha, Feb. 15—Teddy lticken
backer, America's greatest flying ace,
left here this morning in an air mail
Rickenbacker will attempt to reach
the coast by tomorrow night, a feat
seemingly impossible to anyone but
a Rickenbacker
The air distance from Omaha to
San Francisco is 1480 miles as the
crow flies, and if the flyer intends to
make the trip in thirty nix hours it
will mean a continuous flight at the
rate or forty one and one ninth miles
per hour, or an interrupted flight, at
a rate of over sixty miles per hour,
in elthbr even the question is, can the
engine stand the Ptrain and has the
pilot the endurance to hold out for
that length of time.
CORONER'S JURY RETURNS
VERDICT NEGLIGENCE IN
KNICKERBOCKER ACCIDENT
Washington, Feb. 15—Last night j
the coroner’s jury investigating: the |
Knickerbocker Theatre accident*
brought in a verdict. The jury finds 1
that the collapse of the building was :
due to human negligence and accord- j
ingly holds nine men to appear be- i
fore the grand jury for th*> District
of Columbia.
The Nome Nugget delivered by car- 1
•ler or mailed. Per Month $1.00
NOTICE TO CREDITORS (
In the United States Commissioner’s
Court for the Noatak-Kobuk Pre
cinct. Territory of Alaska.
IN PROBATE.
In the matter of the Estate of
BEN 1ZOK ADEN, deceased.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
that the undersigned has been ap
pointed administrator of the estate
of -BEN JZOK ADEN, deceased, by
the above entitled court.
All persons having claims against
said estate are hereby notified to
present the same, duly verified as
required by law. to the undersigned
administrator at NOORVIK, Alaska,
within six months from the date of
this notice.
Dated at Noorvik. Alaska, this 11,
day of February. 1922.
.SYLVESTER CHANCE,
Administrator of the Estate of
BEN IZOK ADEN, deceased.
Publish Feb. 11. 18. 26. Mar. 4. 1922
To Charles S-pencer. F. A. Cross.
their heirs, successors, assigns.
and personal representatives.
Notice is hereby given that the un
dersigned co-owners hare caused the
innual expenditure required by law
it $1<*0.00 to be made upon each
>f the following named association
placpr mining claims for the year
1920 and have also caused the ex
penditure required by law In record
ing a declaration to hold the said
•lainia for each of the yeara 1917.
19IS and 1919. amounting to $4.50
tor each of said claims, to wit: The
Rlihu Association placer mining
•laim located on the 1st day of Jan
uary. 1912. the notice of location
being of record at page 143, volume
22. Locations; th ■ Ophir Portage
Association placer mining claim lo
cated on the 1st day of January,
1911, the notice of location being of
record at page 215, volume 21, Lo
..tions: and the Ophir Pay Associa
tion placer mining claim located on
the 1st day of January. 1911. the
r.otice of location being of record ;*t
>age 216, volume 21. Locations:
All of said claims being on th/»
S'iukluk River in the Council City
Recording District. Territory of Al
And if tlie said Charles Spencer,
nation of this notie... cause to be
paid his proportionate share of the
said expenditure for each of said
year-, that .11 his interest in the said
Rlihu claim will become forfeited
to the undersigned: and if the said
Hilaries Spencer and F. A. Cross,
personal representatives, do not
within 90 days next succeeding the
publication of this notice, cause to
he paid to the undersigned, their pro
portionate shares of said expendi
ture for each of the said years, that
all the interest of each of them iu
the said Ophir Portage and Ophir
Pay claims will become forfeited te
the uudereigned.
Payments made under terms of
this notice are required to be made
to E. H. Pfaffle at Council, Territory
of Alaska.
E. H. PFAFFLE.
V. V. DICKENSON,
L. B.. ADAAIS,
Co-Owners.
Publish—Jan. 14. 21. 2S. Feb. 4,
11, IS. 25. March 4. 11. IS, 25.
April 1. 8. 1922.
NOTICE OP FORFEITURE
To W. A. Macomber. his assigns, suc
cessors, in interest and legal re
presentatives:
You are hereby given notice, that
the undersigned has expended In
labor and improvements during the
year 1920, the sum of One hundred
dollars on the Placer Claim No. 1
Bench, situated on the Left Limit of
Center Creek, In the Cape Nome Re
cording Precinct, Territory of Alas
ka, notice of location of which is re
corded in the records of the said Re
cording Precinct, said labor and im
provements having been done on said
claim for the purpose of holding the
same under the provisions of Section
2324 Revised Statutes of the United
States and supplemental legislation.
And yon are hereby required to
contribute your proportionate share
of each expenditure, as co-owner, to
the undersigned within ninety days
after final publication this notice
or your interest in said claim will be
forfeited and become the property of
the undersigned your coowner as
provided in said section of the Revis
ed Statutes.
Dated Nome, Alaska. Dec. 3, 1921.
ANDY ANDBRSON.
Co-Owner.
Publish Dec. 3. 10, 17, 24, 31, 1921
and Jan. 7, 14, 21, 28; F*eb. 4, 11,
18, 25, 1932.