Nome is the Distributing: Center and Gateway to Northern Alaska and Siberia
6 Pages THE NOME NUGGET
VOLUME XXI
NOME, ALA8KA SATURDAY, MAY, 15th, 1920
Dolivered by Carrier or Mailed.$1 00 par Month
REPORTED CARRANZA
HRS SURRENDERED
New York, May 15—Carranza and
eight hundred of his men have surrend
ered to the rebel forces surrounding
them in the Mexican mountain*, ac
cording to word received here by way
of Nogales. The information was giv
en out by Manuel de I^apenn, the self
styled "Coinjmcroial Attache" in this
city of the new Liberal Mexican gov
ernment .
De Lapena sold he received his Infor
mation from Alfonso Ahnada of the
Mexican Bureau of Information at
Nogales.
Vera Cruz Reports Say Carranza
Escaped Enemy Cordon
Vera Cruz, May 15—Carranza, who
with u force Of loyal troops has been
desperately resisting -robel attacks near
San Marso, state of Ihieblo, for the
past five days, hals broken through the
rebed lines to the southeast and. ac
companied by about 1,000 men, has fled
Into the mountains between Pueblo
and Oaxaca, according to advices re
MARINE CORPS GEOLIQIST
ORDERED TO ALASKA
Washington, ‘May 15—First JjLeu
Kenant W. 1*. F. Hill, of the Marino
•Conns, has boon ordered attached to
the naval Alaska ocal commission and
haa been given orders to report to
•Cdmimnnder Otto C. Dowling, Chair
man of thb commission at Seattle in
time to sail for Alaska May 20th.
blnilmtant Hill before entering the
.Martine Corps, had practical mining ex
perience and in college he specialized
in geology. He is to be the Geologist
of the naval coal expedition.
SOCIALIST CONVENTION APPEALS
FOR RELEASE OF OCRS
Washington, May 15—Th*» release
of KXigene V. Debs and all other po
litical prisoners is asked in petitions
presented to Attorney General Palmer
by a committee from the "National
Socialist Party convention at .Nhw
HELP PAY SOLDIER RELIEF
WfcahilWton, M.iy IS—T.-ixatlon of
stock dividends has been virtually
agreed on by the majority republicans
of the House Ways and M eans Com
mittee ;ts a new way of raising part
of the money to pay the cost of the
proposed .Soldiers relief legislation.
Washington. May 15—a tax on
' ■dock dividends to raise money for pro
posed soldiers relief legislation was re
jected today by the republican mem
bers of the Ways and Means commit
tee of the House.
!SOCIALISTS NOMINATE
DEES FOR PRESIDENT '
3Pew York, May 133—Eugene v.
thto 'noted Socialist leader who
wan sent triced to the penitentiary last
year Cor seditions activities, was today
nomlnnted by acclimation for the pres
idency by the Socialist Party national
convention now in session here.
PORT CLARENCE RESIDENTS
Mr O. Posao and Miss Husich, both
of whom are connected with the Port
Clastence 'mission, arrived hi Name lost
Sunday and departed again on the fol
lowing day after n stay of scarcely one
day. The visit is sard to harp boon
occasioned by an irrepressible tooth
ache suffered by Miss Husich. Home
treatment having failed to give the de
sired relief, Mr Fohso hurried the
young lady to Nome, where the afflict -
'inf member was attended to in short
Dr. J. E. Dutcher, the genial medical
attendant at the Lotot River tin mine,
who sjfctot a brief vacation in the city
last -week, returned to (hie scene of his
duties Monday evening. Dr. Dutcher
was accompanied on the homeward
trip by John Qampbell and Pete
Brandt, both of whom will be employed
In ttle Port Clanence section during the
ffnpmr season, the former at the tin
tnfne and the latter at Teller, where
tip will look after the affairs of the
Whfctud Lighteraffa ftnn.
Tim travelers are making the trip
l| fhrt daJrence via the Hot Bp tings
and Mary’s Igloo.
JtPAPPLC PAY* NOME
SHORT VISIT
- Ed Pfaffle, well known Council City
MAKE BRIEF VISIT
OR. DUTCHER RETURNS
TO L08T RIVER
spent a few days In
during the suriler
fftt of the weak.
! reived here this morninj?.
The reports say that before abandon -
Ins th<iir last positions the Carranza
troops destroyed their haggaffe train
and other materials.
Obregon Reports Escape Carranza
Wa shi ngto n. M ay 15—Carran za's
escape from the Revolutionary forces
which attacked his troojx-i near Espe
rnnaa is reported by General Obrefcon. 1
EX KAISER THANKS BENTINICK
FOR HOSPITALITY
Amerongen, Holland, May 15—Count
llohenzolle.rn, tlie former German Em
peror. at an elaborate dinner in honor
of Count Kcntinick today, formally
thanked the Count for has hospitality
and for all the trouble and inconven
ience he has suffered for the former
kaiser's sake and presented Count Hen
tinick with a keepsake in the dhape ,,f
a marble bust of himself.
WILSON COMING BACK
Washington, May 15—The president
is rapidly getting l«tck ilnto old time
form, according to Dr. Grayson. The
president is in l>ette>r condition than
lie has been at any time dinco his ill
FEARED EXECUTION FOR
TRIFLING ARMY OFFENSE
I ChUUcothc, Ohio. May 15—After two
I years in hldting'In the caves in the I
[kins Valley section in fear that he
! would have to face a firing squad if
discovered, Carl Amerine, aged -t years
who overstayed a leave of absence
.while in the National Army.until he
became a deserter from the Highly
Fourth Division, has given himself up
ito the .miilltary authorities here.
While in hiding. Amerine was kept
supplied with food by Ida wife, who
also shared in the belief that he would
be shot if apprehended.
REPORTED MEMBERS AMUNDSEN
.CREW IN NOME.
The Norwegian government has
been advised in nomo unknown nun
ner that two members of the crew of
jVnundson’s exploration schooner
Maud are .in Nome and has sought the
afOkstnnee of the State Department to
ascertain from them the whereabouts
of two members of Amundsen's craw
named Peter Hessun and Paul Knut
son. both of whom left the Maud < Le
tcher 18,1918. with the intention of
returning to Norway, according to a
message from Governor Riggs to May
or Holt. Following is the full u-xt
Juneau. May 12-13 1920.
Mayor, Nome.
Have the following wire: “The De
partment has been advised that Cap
tain Hielmer Hansen and Emmanuel
Toenneson. a cook, left the ship oh
which Roald Amundson, the Norwe
gian explorer startod to voyage to the
I’otle, and that Capt. Hansen has nr*
Hived at Nome, Alaska.
The Secretary of State, at the in
stance of the Norwegian government
requests that inquiry be (made of Capt.
Hansen and Emmanuel Tannesen
Whether they know what became of
Peter Tessem and Paul Knutsen, two
mlemlners of the crew, said to have left
the ship October 18,1918 to return to
Norway and of whom nothing lias
boon heard sinoe.”
Will you please make inquiry and
answer fully by wire, official business.
Signed Riggs.
Governor.
As nothing is known here regard
ing the whereabouts of the parties
sought, beyond that they may be the
members of Amundsen’s crew recently
reported as being at Anadyr, Mayor
Holt replied to the efTect that no com
munication with Siberia and those
named ini the telegram is possible at
present and that neither of the men
have arrived here.
FOUR 8TEAMERS TO
MAKE FIRST TRIP
A message from R. A. Carroll of
the Alaska Steamship Company an
nounces that four vessels of his com
pany will be Engaged in the Bering Sea
trade during the coming open season.
The veesels will be thie Victoria, Valdes,
Cordova and Latouche, the three last
named being freight vessels, although
recent advices reported that the Cor
dova will earn* passengers on the first
trip north.
According to Mr. Carrol, the Victoria
schedule calls for Seattlo sailings on
Junto 4th, August 1st and Scptembeilst,
jyith the time of the October sailing
undetermined at present. Why the us
ual July sailing is omitted this year Is
unexplained.
The schedule of freight boat sail
ings provided gives only the sailing
dates <of the several vessels for the first
trip, further soUfngs not having been
announced. The Voldefc will soil June
W; the Cordova Juno 2nd and the
Lshouche June Hth. The Valdes and
Lridouche will oome to- Nome direct,
while the Cordova will proceed to St
Mehael be*** oouiug hath.
STANDING OF !
THE BIO LEMS
Following- it re the results of the
American and National League base
ball contests up to the present time.
Changes in the standing of the teams I
will bo reported each Saturday during
the season. ’
Standing of Lhague teams today.
National League
Cine in iu t "^f11 L'CWt l'*rcent
Itoston. 10 7
Pittsburg . 11 c,
Brooklyn . 11 io
Chicago . 12 12
PhihulelphJa . 9 13
St lx>iris .. 9 i3
American league
(Moveland . lb b
Boston . 14 7
Chicago . 11 :*
New York . 11 11
WToshington . U 11
Philadelphia. 7 13
SEATTLE LONGSHOREMEN
ABANDON STRIKE
Seattle, May 14—The longshorctne n's
union today called off the strike br>g\uri
May 4 under an agreement with Uie
shippers thnt the discharged n*»n shall!
return to work under the open shop.
'Percent
CHICAGO BANDIT KILLED
IN BATTLE WITH POLICE^
Cliieuflro. May 14—Horace K. Walton.]
the bandit who held up the Illinois
Cejitral train ;uid secured $100,000 thlsfj
morning, was killed In a battle with.'
the jx>lice who itin him to earth. I’o
Uee patrofyncm Wm, A. Robert* wot*
stun in the battle with thr bandit: and.
another officer was wounded. I
MURDERS FAMILY OF SEVEN I
FOLLOWING ROW OVER DCfcQ j
Washburn. North Dak. May 14—On
account of a dog: which molested hi««
cittle. Harry Layer, a farmer of thi«
section, killed sevtcn members of tin*
fumil.v of Jacob Wolf of Nebraska, tn
fjeUier with a man employed by WoLfj
as a. farm hrund. according to a cm -1
fession made by Layer to the local au
thorities today. The bloody deed waa
consummated April 22 at the home of
tlu* Wiolf family following tun alterca --
tion gi\>wing out of the worrying of
Layer's cattle by the dog owned by
Luyer accomplished the mass mur
der with a shot gun and hatchet.
Only Kinnia Wolf, an eight month; old
bal)y, who was asleep in h«»r cradle,
escaped the savage attack piutde on ’
the family.
SCHOOL TEACHER KILLS |
MISSIONARY AT POINT HOPE
I lev. Iloure, missionary in charge of
the Episcopalian mission at Point Hope
is dead and a son of Mr McGuire, as
sistant superintendent of thr Bure u
of Education in the Northwest. District
of Alaska, is under detention at Can
dle as his slayer, according to» advices
reaching Nome last evening.
Full details of the tragedy* are nod
m available owing to the flifflcultiee
of communication. From tl»e meager
advices so far received it is ufcMleiratood
that the alleged skiver came, to Candta*!
or Kotzebue and gave hlmneilf up until
was later bound over to the next Grand'
Jury by Judge Dimmick. of Candle.
The alleged killing is said, to have been,
witnessed by five of six -people.
The accused man is a mere youth
being 19 years of age. During tho
past winter he has been engaged in.
teaching the mission school at Point
Hope under the direction of Rev Hoare
The. young man came to ’Noma from
the states last summer .In company
with the deceased mimiomiry. He is
said to have intended to spend the
closed period with Ms fattier at Kot
sebue but latter undertook to teach tho
mission school at Point Hope. So fin
known here, he continued in that
upation up to tho time jOf tho 1ms
Both the young man ami his alleged,
victim are old naldtitti of tho Kotse-,
bue district. Young MoQuiie formerlr j
lived with his father at various point-* i
where the elder McGuire was station
He left the country a tor years
ago but . returned on the curly hosts
last spring. Dr Hoars' has tfqen con
nected with mjarion yrortc sTonr the
Arctic slope for nur, put nod (was
wid.lr tom . A I I v
NOME DEVELOPMENT NEEDS LAID
BEFORE INTERIOR DEP T ADVISORY
COM. DY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Swattle. May 14—The development
requirements of Seward Peninsula end
other seettkms of Alaska as under
stood by their residents, have been
fully explained to the soculled Ad
visory Committee on Alaska condi
tions appointed by Secretary I'ayne .»f
the Department of Ohe Interior at a
series of conferences bold here during
the post .week.
The Advisory Committee, of which
Dr. Alfred K. Brooks, of thie l.-. s.
Geological Survey, is chairman has
held informal conferences with the
repmsontattiv<-s of the various Alaska
communities almost daily and has col
lected an -immense volume of infor
mation regarding the resources and de
velopment neceAd ties of the several
districts which will be used by the gov -
eminent ns the basis for determining
the character and scope of future gov
ernmental assistance looking to the
development of the territory.
I Tactically every section of Alaska
w-iis represented by spokesmen. Since
the arrival of the Advisory t'ommir.i c
sevcruJ well attended meetings of bon
lat’Me. Alaskans have been held, it
I which resolutions were un.iniin»usl\
passed [Hunting out ways l.v which
[the {government can assist in deve|r>j - I
in*? Alaska. In the main the re.-o-[
lutions embraced recommendations i'<>.
[legislative memorials covering th de
velopment requirements of the i
tory. Many of those attending tli
meetings represented the various
Chamber's of (’ommoico of the terri
tory . John McBride, of Juneau,
was < haiatnuui of the meetings and i
Jas. I*. Daly the secretary.
1 resolutions were presented to
I’ape’a Advisory Committee on behalf}
of the Seward Peninsula section by a I
conwnittec of the Nome Chamber of
Commerce consisting of (J. J. ijonicn, |
ohaiitman. J. A. Wilson and J. I*. I
DaJy. The AdMisory Committee granted
the Nome representatives a three hours *
hearing. The committee presented the I
Seward Peninsula development needs,
covering every phn»e of tlie tntnspor- |
tation situation, including lighterage
iind l>etter mall service. Other si l>- I
jects Included in the list discus.;ed »• itli
DANIELS ASSAILS BOOSEVELT
TAFT NAVAL POLICIES
Washington. May 13—Secretary of
t-lio .Vavy Daniels today assailed the
naval policies of former presidents
Theodore Roosevelt and William How
;u-il Tiift, declaring that they were re
sponsible for the loss of naval strength
prior to the war which caused tlu* Uni
ted States navy to occupy an inferior
place among the world’s navies.
Daniels declared that they pent tit ted
the United State** to lose Its place as
the sooond naval power of the world
LEAVES FOR KOUGAROK
i’ot* Yeager. thje well known freiglit
•er^le.partid for the Kougurok section
CATHOLIC CARD
SOCIAL SCHEOULEO
Vhe ladies of the Catholic church I
are* planning to hold a. public card soc
ial tit St Josefrti’s Mall next Satuivlay
evening. Everyone will be welcome.,
The ladies in charge are making .■se
lf mrive preparations and aver that the
entertainment will he tdio banner soc
jial of the. season. In any event those
(attending are assured of a good time.
CENSUS TAKING
NEARLY COMPLETED
I Dyfed Evans, superin tend wit cy' the
Bureau of Eduoatio-n in Northwestern
(Alaskii, ntports that the rather eom
rpUcatied ta*sk of tiWinc the census of,
[this ddstrlct aw nearly completer! and
tthe final .reports to the Census Bureau i
will be ready in a short time. The
district has been pretty thoroughly
covered by Mr. Evans and his nssis-,
tants at the various Bureau of Ed
ucation stations during the winter.
Mr. Evans himself traveled over a ,
major portion of the peninlsula, cover
Jns many hundred miles, in order to
enroll the residents of the isolated set
tlemdnts. The work hits been con
ducted in the most comprehensive
manner possible under winter condi- :
tions but in spite of every effort,' there '
are some whom it was impossible to;
neach by raison of their isolated situ a- i
titan or inability to leurn of their!
whiereaboutts As the population of!
the district will prolxibly be one of the*
most important factors In governmon
tnl consideration of the. mail trans
■portuJion requirements in the future,
it is highly desirable that the ruunes
of every individual in the district
should be placed on the census noil.
Everyone who hits not been visited by
a census taken, should send in his or
her name at once, if they are inter
ested in securing an adequate mall
ANDREWS DREDGE SOLD
TO CHAS RICE
The dredge constructed by I>r. A.
D. Andrews on Sunset Creek, in tho
Port Clarence section last summer and'
which later became the center of a
legal action brought by employees to
recover the wages due them, was sold
under a court order May 10 in satis
faction of a judgement granted by the
District Court a short time ago. The
dredge was bldHn by Chas. Ulce, who
was himself onb of the parties inter
ested In securing the judgement, hav
ing worked on the dnrdge during the
greater part of last sumimer.
With two or three exceptions none
of the men who worked on the dredge
received a cent of remuneration for
their labor total fall and most of the
crew found themselves at the close of
the season broke and unable to get n
dollar of the money due them. Several
of thttn ore sold to have given the
promirten* dentist a severe drubbing
before he departed for the outside on
the taut boat.
land allowed C^nminy to pass the I'ni
1 ted States.
ARMY AND NAVY PAY BILL
UP TO THE PRESIDENT
Washington, May 15—Knacttneiii of
tha Army and Navy pay increase hill
is now complete save far the signa
ture of the president . The hill car
ries pay provisions totaling $119,000,
SENATE TO VOTE ON
PEACE RESOLUTION TODAY
Washington, May 15-- A vote is to
he taken by tin* Senate at four o'clock
this ajftetmon on the republican resolu
tion designed to rcpejil the joint, reso
lution of <'ongress which declared the
existence of a. state of war between
UsoPnited States and (Jermnny and
Austria, April mix
The prevaiking opinion in congress
is that the adoption of the resolution
with a subsequent veto by I'resident
SUGAR SEVENTEEN CENTS
AT OGDEN
Off den, rtah. May 15- The Amal -
1«75 bags of .sugar to tlu* jobbers of
this dtetrict at $13.75 a hundred
poumls. This sugar is now being i•. -
tailed here, at 17 rents per pound.
SULTAN TO RESIGN—
CHAGRINGED OVER TREATY
Constantinople. -May 15—Tlu- Turk
ish Sultan will resign liis throne in
protest against the severity of® the
pence treaty presented to Turkey by
the Allied powers, according to a rurn
MOOSE LODGE
ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT
for the benefit of the famous Moose
I home lor orphaned children at Mor.se
h«nrt. Illinois, will be held at the
Dream Theatre this evening. An elab
orate program will be given, including
vocal and instrumental numbers, reci
tations, specialties, moving pictures
and an address on the aims and pur
poses of Mooseheart by Hon. Thomas
McGann. The moving picture portion
will include a five part comedy drama
featuring the famous Douglas Bur
banks. Those who will contribute to
the program are -Mrs. James Clark,
Thos. McOonn. .Madeline Colkins, Wal
ter Ruckcw*, l’oir Peterson. Ohas. Jones.
H. G. GabriieLson, Rossi e Brunner. Jas.
Bogan, Valerie McOulire, Mrs. Goss and
an “unknown” who wlh be seen in a
specialty act. The entertainment is
under the direction of a committee
composed of representatives of the
Moose lodge and Women of Moose
heart Chapter. Extra Interest is added
to the event by reason of the presence
of five children in the famous Moo*e
home. They are the Davids->n child
ren most of whom were bom in Jfome.
The program will commence at ft p. m.
and the price of admlbsion will t>e $1
for adults and 25 cents for children
REPUBLICANS ATTENTION
Ths Nome Republican Club will
moat at the City Hall aa Sunday at 2
p. m. All Republicans weleeme.
JOHN HANCOCK,
Secretary.
(
t j tin* Advisoo committee- wei y routes
- ucation; gold subsidy: and the eon
. die. The latter proposal is raid to
- lmvi deeply interested I>!-. Crooks,
- chairman of the- Coininiitl'K . whose in
• tunate knowledge of the !>*nirisula
- ture gold producing possib lltios.
It is generally believed tha: g-eat
1 '<niuiutt«-e's labors, ns Secretary l*aynu
j is known to l»e ver\ anxious to chatn
f pion the cause -if Alaska. Alaskan.i
f for a comprehensive government de
velopment plan whic h will create a
new ora of prosperity in the territory, .
ALASKA ADVISORY COMMITTEE
LISTENING TO ALASKANS
—
Seattle, May 11—The Alaska Ad
i visory Committee of the Depftj-tmont of
: Commerce, sent here to confer with
Alaska representatives between May 7
and 15th regarding the itovolopmenf
neeifci of the Torritory, will close its
conferences tomorrow afternoon and
^ leave for Washington tomorrow night
| (Rd. Not'-. The Sewaatd peninsula
digs of the l>epa.iUnent of Commerce
Advisory CVmimittee by a committee
appointed by telegraph some days ago.
and of which (i. .1 Cornell was nam
ed chairman. with power to appoint
PAYNE COMMITTEE CONCLUDES
CONFERENCES WITH ALASKANS
Heat tile. May 13—The I’ayne Advis
ory Committee concluded it's con
fere.Tiee*_ today with a hearing of the
representa-Uves of the Fairbanks dis
trict, the latter having arrived at no<>n
from the north.
The Cnnumission will .return fo
Washington this evening.
REPUB'S AGREE ON CASH
BONUS FOR SOLDIERS
Washington. May It \ Maximum
cash bonus of $500 for former service
1 icons of the House Was and Means
Committee.
ARMY APPR'N BILL FAVORABLY
REPORTED IN SENATE
Military Committee today ordered the
SOCIALIST CONVENTION
ENDORSES MOSCOW SOVIET
N'ew York. .May II—Despite -refusal
Wednesday to endorse the rule of the
rations, including the right to deter
NINE HOUR PORTLAND-FRISCO
MAIL SERVICE PLANNED
San Prnnciisro. May I I— A nine hour
by the Postofllce Deportment, Otto
Praeger, second assistant postmaster
general, said today on his arrival hero
in connection with the contemplated
Frisco-New York air mail service.
DECLARES CARRANZA POLICY
TOWARD U S “NATIONAL
SUICIDE”
Mexico City, May 14—“Tlhe policy
of Cairanzu toward the United States
was national suicide,’* General Obregon
declared in a press interview today
"What strongLhenls the United States
strengthens Mexico," Obregon said,
“and what weakens the United States
wmkeevH Mexico. My ideal of the
relations between Mexico and the Un
ited Ktates." Obregon continued, “is
to nuke the International border like
the Camulian -.Vmerican boundary by
withdmwfng all troops and officials ex
cept the Customs officials.**
TELLERITES ARRIVE
J. J. O'Leary, president of the
Great Northwestern Mining and Trad
ing company and Sam Torkehton. welt
known old tiirters, arrived from Teller
on a business trip Wednesday.