MONDAY
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SEATTLE MEN ITKOHABK |
KETCHIKAN ©AXNKRY!
Seattle, March 3—The purchase
■of the Sandy Point ‘Packing Com
pany’s Salmon Cannery at Ketchikan
by a group of Seattle men, principal
ly officers in the Skinner & -Eddy
Shipbuilding Company, was an
nounced yesterday.
DENVER ATTORNEY ACCUSES
STANDARD OU> AND SINCLAIR
Washington. March 3—Sinclair
and the Standard Oil Company work
ed together to get the Teapot Dome
lease for Harry F. Sinclair, accord
ing to testimony given by Karl C.
Schuyler a Denver attorney, before
the Senate Investigation Committee. I
.JUDGE TOM REED
WEDS IN SEATTLE
Seattle March 3—Federal Judge i
Thomas Reed of Juneau and former- j
Iy of Ndme. and Mrs. Hugh, the I
widow of the late John F. Hugh, i
collector of Customs in Alaska were
married in Seattle last Friday, the
bride was until recently a clerk in
Judge Reed’s court.
HOUSE PASSES TAX
REVISION BILL
Washington. March 3—The House
last Saturday passed the Tax Revi
sion Bill which was a compromise
between the Garner rates and those
offered by Mellon.
BRYAN DENOUNCES
MELIiON TAX PLAN
Washington. March 1—William
Jennings Bryan issued a statement j
denouncing the Mellon Tax Plan as j
a scheme to relieve the rich at the i
expense of the poor and declared
that the graft of Doheay and Sin-!
clair was small m comparison to
what the predatory interests of the '
country have secured under the Re- I
publican administration.
CHARGES JEWS WITH BREAK
ING UP FATHERLAND
Munich. March 3—General Luden
dorff who is on trial for treason, !
testified to charges that Communists
and Jews were responsible for the,
breaking up of the Fatherland dur- j
ing the war. and added. “I am just j
an ordinary citizen and my heart has !
grown old from the strain of war:
and the fight against the enemies at
PRIME MINISTER ROMR AltDKD
WITH INK BOTTLEH
Dresden, March 1—In the Saxony
Diet last Saturday afternoon. Com
munists bombarded the Prime Min
ister with ink bottles, books and
AMERICAN MARINES
liANDKD IN HON DC R AH
Washington, March 3—A detach
ment of United States Marines have
been landed on the coast of Hon
duras to act as a consular guard and
protect American Uvea.
"WOMEN 21 YEARS OF AGE
TO VOTE IN ENGLAND
London. March 3—A Bill giving
the voting privilege to women who
liuve arrived at the age of 21 In
stead of thirty as at present, was
passed at its second reading. It will
give the women of Great Britain two
million more votes than the men,
although Miss Dorothy Jewson, a
Labor Member of Parliament assur
ed the House that there was no dan
ger of the women combining to give
Britain a petticoat government.
KMPIXIYEE OF MpIJSAN
TESTIFIES BEFORE COM.
Washington, March 3—John F.
Major manager of McLean’s “Wash
ington Post" in testifying before the
•Senate Committee swore that copies i
•of messages sent over the private!
leased wire to McLean at Palm I
Beach had been destroyed, at the i
conclusion of Major’s testimony and
an executive session of an hour, the
Committee adjourned until Tuesday.
FORBES AND THOMPSON
INDICTED BY GRAND JURY
Chicago, March 3—Forbes, the
■deposed Director of the Veterans
Bureau and' J. W. Thompson, were
Indicted last Saturday afternoon by
the Federal Grand Jury In Chicago
who are investigating the' charges
of graft existing in the Bureau while*
Forbes was Director. Thompson
•waa Indicted for givbifc bribes and
Forbes for taking the same.
SAYS COOLIDGE HAS SO
IN8TE8TIN AL STAMINA
Washington. MaToh 3rd —Senator
Wheeler In a Senate speech said
that Daugherty had intimated to
President Coolidge, for all we know,
"that the President of the United
States for some unknown reason has
not bad the intestinai stamina to
ask him for that resignation.”
TAX KOLIi TO BK Pi:BIJSHKD
The delinquent personal tax roll
1.S being prepared for- publication in
the next issue of the Weekly Nugget.
Any one paying their taxes not later
than Thursday. March 6th will have
their name withheld from the list.
MASK IIM.I, BOOR PRIZES
NOT CALLER FOR
Numbers drawn for No. 1 Door
Prize are as follows: 108. 110. 249.
Numbers drawn for the second
Door Prize were 272. 137. 86.
Holders of the lucky numbers will
please file them with the committed.
DAUGHERTY SENDS MESSAGE
TO PRES. COOLIRGE
Miami. Florida. March 3—Attor
ney General Daugherty will send a
message to President Coolidge late
this afternoon “which may be con
sidered important," Daugherty said
DOCTOR ARRESTED IN TACOMA
FOR SELLING MORPHINE
Tacoma, March 3—Dostor C. P
Balabanoff. a prominent physician
of Tacoma. Washington, has been
arrested for selling morphine.
CHIEF HERNS TO RE SUMMONED
Washington. March 3—W.J.Burns
who is at the bead of the United
States Secret Service and Chief of
the Department of Justice Bureau
of Investigations, will be summoned
before the oil committee to explain
whether the Department’s confiden
tial code was used in telegrams ex
changed between. Edward McLean
and his employees regarding the oil
investigations. Burns according to
translations of the messages submitt
ed to the Committee last' Saturday,
was named in one of the secret mes
sages as having tipped McLean thru
an employee that the Department of
Justice was investigating McLean,
the second messages indicate that
McLean was being advised of every
move regarding the investigation of
Fall. Doheny, Sinclair and of his
own relations with Fall.
TUESDAY
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I S. RKHTROYUIW
f'Akft M»l \ DINGS
Washington. 4--In <nrn‘jo1
iion with laying the new Alaska
cable, the Destroyers llul!, Corry
and Appeal are taking soundings
from Seattle to Seward at intervals
of every four miles.
CALIFORNIA DKM. 8TATK
CENTRAL COMMITTER
DROPS POHKW
San Francisco. Mar. 4—The Cal
ifornia Democratic State Central
Committee dropped Doheny as a J
member and endorsed the candidacy
of McAdoo.
FORBES WILL rOXPWW
AXD TKLL ON OTHERS
Chicago. Mar. 4—A dispatch from
Chicago received last night states
that Forbes, former Director of the
Veterans’ Bureau, who was indicted
by the Federal Grand Jury, intends
to confess to having received bribes,
and implicates several members of
Congress.
CARAWAY MARKS CHARGES
AGAINST DAUGHERTY
Washington. Mar. 4—The Teapot
Dome Committee, endeavoring to es
tablish the authenticity of telegrams
purporting to have been ordered
sent by W’. J. Burns, who is at the
head of the United States Secret
Service, and tipping McLean off that
the Department of Justice were in
vestigating him in this connection,
Senator Caraway charges that At
torney General Daugherty turned
over the secret code of the Depart
ment of Justice so that criminals In
Florida might communicate with
criminals in the Department of Jus
COOLIDGB APPROVES
HOUSE TAX BILL
Washington, March 4—President
Coolidge informed the Senate that
he approves the tag hilp passed by
the House.
ru n house erected
FOR WORLD FLYERS
Santa Monica. Calif.; Mar. 4—A
hundred officers in the Armj Air
Service hopped into overalls at four
a. m. yesterday and began erecting a
club house to accommodate the
around the world flyers who on Mar.
ltf expect to take the air for the
Seattle-Alaska leg of the trip.
WORKING OUT PLAN FOR
DAUGHERTY INQUIRY
Washington. March 3—Members
of the Daugherty investigation com
mittee devoted their time today to
working out a plan of proceedure
for the inquiry.
I.KOOK HART TO HKAI)
COMMITTEE OF INQUIRY
Washington, Mar. 4—The Senate
Into yesterday adopted the Wheeler
resolution ordering the investiga
tion of Attorney General Daugherty,
which will he made by a committee
of five, headed by Senator Brook
< INSTITUTION All A MR NI ttIKNTS
WOULD BE VOTED BY STATES
Washington. March 3—The Con
stitutional Amendments would be
voted upon by electorate States in
stead of Legislators under an amend
ment to the Constitution approved
today by the Senate Judiciary Com
mittee.
WILL REPORT BILL ON
PHILIPPINE INDEPENDENCE
Washington March 3—The House
Insular Affairs Committee decided
today to report on the Bill providing
for Philippine independence.
STUDENT FIRES AT PREMIER
Scutari. March 3 -A student fired
six shots at Premier Zogul of Alba
nia today as the latter was entering
the Hal! of the National Assembly,
and wounded the Premier in the
right arm and left foot.
McDonald sends ijcttek
TO PREMIER POINCARE
London, March 3—Premier Ram
say McDonald of England in a letter
to Premier Poincare of France says
that the people of England regard
with anxiety what appears to be the
determination of France to ruin
Germany and dominate the continent
ALASKA S. S. COMPANY
TO SEND FREIGHTER
FROM SAN FRANnSTO
Seattle March 4— The Alaska S. i
S. Company will dispatch a freighter]
from San Francisco on May twen-l
tieth for Nome, principally loaded j
with dredging machinery. Victor]
Anderson and John Moyer departed !
from Seattle last Saturday for Nome
and Deering. respectively.
HONDURAS SURROUNDED
BY WARSHIPS j
Washington. March 4—Hooduras i
embroiled in a civil w,ar is said to be j
completely surrounded with Aineri- i
can warships for the protection of |
American lives.
WIPE OF Me LEAN'S
SECRETARY IS AGENT
OF DEPARTMENT JUSTICE
Washington, March 4—Mrs. Jessie
Duckstein. the wife of McLean’s pri
vate secretary today told the Senate
Committee that W. J. Burns, chief of
the Department of Justice, furnished
her with the Department of Justice
code which was used in transmitting
telegrams to McLean at Palm Beach.
Mrs. Duckstein is a Special Agent for
the Department of Justice.
RUSSIA SAID TO BE BUILDING
DIRIGIBLE FOR POLE FLIGHT
New York, March 4—Moscow an
nounced that Russia is building a
dirigible for the exploration of the
north pole regions this summer.
SAYS DAUGHERTY WILL BE
GIVEN THE PUBLIC HEARING
Washington, March 4th—Senator
Wheeler announced that Attorney
General Daugherty will be given the
public hearing which lie has been
demanding.
VANDERLIP MAKES STATEMENT
* REGARDS DAUGHERTY
New York, March 4—Notwith
standing White House denials Van
derllp says that he knows the date
and circumstances under which
President Coolidge requested Daug
herty to resign.
Ft Fascinating Eyes
Make the Use of Murine a
Dally Habit. Thi* Rcfre'ahlnaEve
Lorton soon Makes En« latest.
BeamiMI Ramie-.
I v^le. SoldbyAUDnifgl**#.
FAIKlkWKH-McGKATH .SECOND
MAIL TRIP HUCX RHHFl'I
Fairbanks, March 4—Aviator Eil
son successfully completed the sec
ond air mail trip to McGrath and
return to Fairbanks last Saturday
leaving the latter place at 8:15 A
M. and returning from McGrath al
5:30 P. M. Eilson was made an
honorary member of the Pioneers ol
Alaska Igloo No. 4 at a largely at
tendf*d meeting on March 3rd.
Fairbanks is experiencing March
Chinooks thawing weather for the
Th* Hoyt Grand Larceny trial :«
said to be the most sensational court
event in the history of Fairbanks,
the trial being in progress twenty
days will go to the jury this after
WEDNESDAY
TELEGRAPHIC)
NO HI LLETIN WKDXKSnAY
On acrr.unt of Telegraphic inter
ruption th** Sitka-Valdez cable
we w»r. unable to publish a Bulletin
Wednesday, an insufficient amount
press being received.
THURSDAY
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HI JOHNSON FILES IN INDIANA
Indianapolis, March «th—Hiram
Johnson, from California has filed
his name :n Indiana[>olis for the
State Primary eleetirn. according t.»
a dispat, h received today.
TAX REFUNDS
UXiKVAi ATE $121,000,000
Washington. March 4 Refunds
aggregating $124,000,000 on tax
payments were made by the Tr.-a
sury Department for the year ending
June :10th. according to a report of
the Department to he Ways and
Means Committee. thuse reccving
»li. largest refunds w< re K. L. !>.'■
heny. Cornelius Vanderlip. Payne
\\ivtn«y. Oliver Haitian aud Cha*.
BRITISH AROUND WORLD
FLIGHT TOUCH PRINCE RUPERT
Ottawa. March 4—Th. cross Ca
nadian section of the British around
the world flight of the Royal Cma
d an Air Force was announced todav
and contemplates the airmen touch
ing Canada first at Prince Rupert
after crossing from JapHn via. the
Aleutians and th** Alaska Coast.
EMBEZZLE* TO
PITU HASE FINERY
St. Paul. Mar. 4—Mis.s Lelia Lew
is. 28 years of age. a bookkeeper for
tt e First National Bank of St. Paul,
at a salary of seventy-five dollars
per month, confessed that she em
bezzled eight thousand dollars In
the last two years and spent the
mooey on fine clothes.
VKTKKAX COMMITS SIK IDK
Seattle. Mar. ♦»—Charlt* Kmil
found asphyxiated in a rooming
house in Seattle yesterday. !fe was
a former member of the 157th In
fantry during the world war. A let
ter from the Veterans’ Bureau was
found in the room which informed
the deceased that his disability com
pensation had been discontinued.
After Every Meal
WRIGLEYS
Top off each meal
wfth a bit of
sweet In the form
of WRIGLEY’S.
It satisfies the
sweet tooth and
aids digestion.
Pleasure and
benefit combined.
“Wrigley’s is £ cents
a package the
World Over'1
NATIONAL- ASM KMIII. Y
PASSKM HIM
Constantinople, Mar. 4—The Xa
tional Assembly passed a bill for th»
deposition of Caliph and the aboli
tion of Caliphate.
FOKItKS UK AKKAH.NFIl
FOR TRIAL MARC H 11
Chicago, Mar. 4 — Former Directoi
Forbe« of the United States Veter
arts' Rurean. who was recently in
flirted for receiving bribes while ir
office, will be arraigned for trial on
March 11th.. according to a dispatch
received today.
HFFLIN TAKUH llACKHlMt
SMI* AT SI N’t T.A lit
Washington. March, G - Senator
* Heflin on tlie floor of the Senate
hit- yesterday afternoon charged
Sincloir with handling race track
bets for Cabinet members and that
Attorney General Daugherty him
self went t>> the track with Sinclair
and Doheny. The $40,000 refund
in :axes from the Treasury Depart
ment in 1920 was made possible thru
the Clerk in the Department who
granted the refund, mid this same
clerk is now in the employ of Do
heny. Heflm shouted from the floor
of the Senate.
LI/»YD GKOKGK DUO!.ARKS
AGAINST SAIjOONS
London, Mar. G— Lloyd George in
an address said America got prohibi
tion by the World War and he be
lieved it to be a good thing to banish
1AI.Ii ITT jHiroU IV
SIN IN SINCLAIR AND
HUNT IS DKVBV
; Washington. Mar. f. - Fall is the
I man who put dough in Doheny. sin
i Senator Mifflin chortled while Se-n
jator Lodge replied with a parody .>n
I Longfellow’s "Brothers and Sisters”
and the Senate roared with mirth.
COOLIDGK ORDF.RS
INVESTIGATION ( ONGRKSSMKN
Washington. Mar. G President
Coolidge ordered an immediate
• Grand Jury investigation in regard
‘to charges made that two members
! of Congress had accepted bribes to
■obtain paroles and pardons for pris
oners convicted of crime.
Oil. t'OMMITTKK HOLDS
K X Kf TTIVK SFSSK »\
Washington. Mar. G- Before call
ing any witnesses yesterday the Oil
Committee held an executive session
to examine additional telegrams sup
plied by the Western Union Com
jaa rONDKMNKI) TO
DEATH IN Itl'SSlA
Moscow. Mar. G -Nineteen men
and three wom**n are condemned to
die in Russia for participating in
the Jewish massacre at Minsk in
1919. The Womens’ sentences were
commuted.
WKT mix INTIlODlfKD HOI SK
Hills for the manufacture and sale of
beer were introduces! ir. the House
yesterday afternoon.
YOI XG McADOO TKSTIKIKS
BKFORK COMMITTEE
Washington. Mar. G— Francis H.
McAdoo, son of William McAdoo,
told the Senate Committee that his
father became counsel for McLean
shortly after leaving the Wilson Cab
inet. and he added that A. Mitchell
Calmer represented Sinclair and I)o
ITCHY ECZEMA
ON CHILIS FACE
And Body. In Dry Scaly
Form. Cuticura Healed.
“When my little girl was six
months old eczema broke out all
over her face and body in a dry,
scaly form. It itched and burned
causing the child to scratch, which
made the eruptions bleed, and she
was cross and fretful. The trouble
lasted for two years.
“I had her treated without any
benefit. I began using Cuticura Soap
and Ointment and after several ap
plications the trouble seemed better.
I continued using them and now she
is completely healed.” (Signed!
Mrs. M. R. E. Wills, 409 W. Douglas
St.,Canon City. Colo.. Sept. II, 1922.
Daily use of Cuticura Soap, Oint
ment and Talcum helps to prevent
taiOlHkrMtolUL
•ntwfaa. Saat.CltaMMtt.MM*” MoflVrary
Sc. Ointnwnt '& u4&'■«. TaleotaM*.
<<M>1,|JH,F MAY NOT t'.UlK
TO KIN FOR FRKSIRKNT
j Miami. Fla.. Mar. •; It is entirely
j possible that Coo!idee may not raro
j to run by the tlm** the Teapot Domt*
! investigation is ended. W. J. Bryan
Naid yesterday.
PKRISH IV raw
! Tsinir Tan. China. Mar. « Thrw*
! hundred perished in .1 fir** which
' swept the town of Chow Tsun in the
I Shantung Province of Chins
AMERICAN MARI NFS
WOINRFD IV IIOVRt’RAS
Washington. Mar. <; Latest re
i ports on the Honduran revolution
I state that several American Marines
' have been wounded recently.
I LATEST KXPMISIOV
FROM THU TEAPOT
Washington. Mar. The latest
fexplosion in Washington includes
i disclosures to the Senate Committee
'that Dnhen.v tritnl unsuccessfully l-.ist.
j December to interest Senator Walsh
jin an oil venture In Montana but the
| Senator replied that he would have
! nothing to do with the enterprise,
and also that McLean, who is the
central figure in th<- oil scandal was
carried on the Government rolls as
n Secret Agent of the Department of
Justice Imth during Harding’s and
Coolidge’s administration.
i Lor the Nome Nugget do your
I letter writing, by having us mail
j the Weekly Nugget to your friends
: on tlie Outside.
Nome is the nntfl*ini» l»a-e for ;»H
Alaska exploring expedition*.
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...Opposite Recorders Office
. .Cor. Steadman. '2nd area.
Cor. 3rd. Ave. & Lanes Way
.Cor. R at. and 1st ave
. Catholic Church
. Polet’s Residence
. . Fire Station
Near Belmont Point Bridge
. . Opposite Werbb’s Market
. Methodist Mission
O Bella.Fir* Out
Bells.Shot Down
rj’ Bells.Turn on Wafer
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