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VOLUME as. No. as. , NOMR, ALASKA. SATURDAY, AUGUST 11. 1084 l’«>r Copy: io cent*.
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IT t It SUBSIDING STATES
PRERCHER PROVES FRITH: LETS SNRKE RITE
RED CROSS CONCERNED INFLUX INTO RLRSKR
MAN IS HORRIBLY
BITTEN BELIEVES
FAITH WILL CURE
PREACHER 1AST8 SNAKE
BITE HIH SAYS HK
CANNOT BE HURT
(By The Associated Press)
SYLVA, Au*. 11, A preacher i
here held a snake aloft and called
upon 'Ms conffreYrtlon * To witness ’
that the serpent could not hurt
him.
The snake bit him twice in the
arm. He had be carried home.
The arm was horribly swollen and
the skin on the back ot his neck
had burst. His puffed and
swollen tongue utmost Mils his
mouth and he still ret uses medi
cal aid. He must thtnh he mo
pull off almost any old "tuk,r"|
tricks. Rut this trtek seems en
ough to helleve that It take- a',I;
kinds ot jypl« to make up a i
woild. p
SXAKK IIKKIKH Al‘l‘KAItS TO
ItK IMPROVIN'©
Illy The Associated Preset
SYI.VA, North Carolina, Aug, II
Credulous residents ot this moan
RED CROSS REPORT
GREAT INFLUX
INTO ALASKA
RED CROSS CONCERNED OVER
INFLUX GOLD SEEKERS IN
ALASKA
' iBy The Associated Prut)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 11, In
formation has been transmitted to
Red Cross quarters here in an of
ficial report from A. L. Schafer,
Pacific Coast area manager who
said that onco again the lure ot
gold was drawing men to Alaska
In large number*.
Schafeg's reports said "there la
a tremendous Indus ot ateorago
passengers attracted by gold pro*
pects.” \
ARE DISAPPOINTED
IN RESULTS FROM
SHIP ISLANDER
DISAPPOINTED IN RESULTS
TAKEN FROM GOLD SHIP
(By The Associated Press)
JUNEAU, Aug. II, Norman
Olapp, Tacoma capitalist end prin
cipal stockholder In the company
which Is salvaging the gold ship
“Islander," leaves here tor the
sooth today.
It Is understood .that officials
are somewhat disappointed with
ithe work as the l»**e amount of
cold which *u oxpoctod aboard
tho wrack, waa not dtacororod,
Hovtnr the i«aitk coaUanoa tor
tho romataor ot tho aoalh, It la
known that a uaalt amount ot
told waa tonnd roooatly,
Minora ot tk« Ghiknfo* Gold
Minin* Co,, In an orcantaod atriko
am domaadlnc ol*hty~ftro ooatn
an hoaf, a partial ratao tor dally
time, and tlmo and a knit tor or*
or tlmo. A aotttomoat la oxpoot*
od noon.
tain fastness watched with awe
the workings of the "Faith cure"
a pr<acher known as Teester. who
braved a snake's bites to prove
his ttivine faith, spurning medical
cure as did his wife when
died of childbirth several, jfcm
ago.
Teesler today appeared to he
recovering.
IMtAHIt INCA It A' MKItl.ATK
sUy The A asocial*? Press)
I&4UATKR. Aug. 17. The Labor
Relations Hoard announced it was
ready to lake over mediation ar
rangement* if the strikers are
rendy to submit to arbitration
following the calling out Friday
nt midnight, of a strike of union
employees of Aluminum Company
of America, .
SK.AR HKRIt STILL GROWING
I By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON. Augfl 11. A de
crease of one thousand and eighty ,
two from last year's number of1
CONSTABLE SHOT FOl'H TIMES
imiYKS TO SAFETY
. »
(By The Associated rress)
CHICAGO, Aug. 11. Constable
John GrKIlu of the soburhan town
of llellwood. was shot five times
hy a quartet of gunmen last night.
II* raraped from his would-be
amassing as they left to get shovels
with which to bury him. He drove
htn ear lu a alg sag manner down
the troad until rescued and brought
to the hospital.
Revenge was believed to have
been the motive for the attack,
(tan of the four waa named by
Otrtafla ar having giTen false In
formation In seeking to obtain a
driver's auto license.
MARKET HOLDING FORTY
MUM TENT BETTER 1M8
(By The Associated Press)
NEW YORK. Aug. 11. The vol
umo of trede is holding forty per
cent above last yaar'a low. accord
tng to Dun Bradstreet. who said:
"In spile of the worst drought
In tho notion's history, the ept
dosnles of strike# and unfavorable
foreign situation" the gcnerel lev
el te moeh *bove 1*33. Stocks
today slid back from one to more
RAIN BRINGS RELIEF
TO MANY STATES
IN DROUGHT AREA
• f ,
MAW STATES RECEIVE
KKLIKF FROM HEAT
IHT MAW HOT
(By The Associated Press)
CHICAGO, Aug. 11, Mld-contin-i
cut counted more than five dead j
as the result of the past week’s
excessive heat.
Many sections received some
measure of relief yesterday with
rains. Other districts such as
Missouri, Kansas and other states
in tlie southwest continue to swel
ter with seventeen additional
deaths reported; four from St.
Joseph, Missouri; eight in St.
Louis; one in Memphis; two in
Chicago and two in Oklahoma.
fijr seals taken in the Pribiloff
Islands was reported today by the
Acting Commissioner of Fisheries.
This year’s take totalled fifty
four thousand, five hundred and
fifty. Tell herd is still showing a
steady growth.
SUBSCRIBE FOR THE NUGGET
than two points “decision"
street. Silver nationalization is j
not particularly inflationary, said
the weeks' review. The close was
heavy. Trade lapsed, into ex
treme dullness again.
NAVY PLANKS LEAVE SEWARD
& ■
SEWARD, Aug. 11, Six of the
big Navy seaplanes are to leave
Seward todliy for Kodiak to make
a survey in that area. The pri
mary object to the obtaining of !i>
formation necessary to future sea
plane operations in that area.
HUNGER STRIKE OF MEN
IN JAIR NEAR END
(By The Associated Press)
BAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 11,
with seven of its adherents al
ready back on their three square
meals a day, the hunger strike
of assorted communists in the
city Jail appeared this morning to
be near an end, eight days after
It was started.
Members of The Emergency
Committee for the Defense of Civ
il Workers’ Rights, said they
mould advise the twenty-four men
who are still on the hunger strike
to Join their comrades In eating.
The temperature was as high as
/rom one hundred to one hnudrel
and eighteen in Nogata, Oklaho
ma. Some residents in San Fran
cisco were wearing overcoats.
The Pacific Northwest continued
somewhat cloudy with cool wea
ther. but with sunshine at mid
day.
RAINS RELIEVE DROIOHT
. (By Tile Associated Press)
UNDATED. Aug. 11. Itains
which reached the proportions of
a cloudburst, fell in Colorado. Neb
ri -.ka, Indian and I' u.t ckv and
brought relief to a broad ex
pense of drought burned farm
lands.
Scattered showers fell in, other
parts of the middle west and
’
south. A downpour which extend
ed over much of western Nebras
ka developed into a two inch
cloudburst at one point.* **
Rains in Kentucky drove fifteen
families from their homes. Streams
overflowed. Lighter rains covered
northern Iowa and parts of Minn
esota, Illinois, Wisconsin, Indiana
Michigan and most of Ohio, ex
tending to the eastern coast.
Showers failed to break the Chic
ago heat wave. Kansas and Miss
ouri failed to receive their share
of the rains.
SMALL GRAIN YIKLI>
IS KXPMTKI)
(By ♦f'he Associated Press)
WASHINGTON. Aug. 11, The
smallest yield of grain in more
than thirty years is predicted by
federal reports, but Secretary of
Aglcultural Wallace reiterated that
there would be no danger of a food
shortage.
The ravages done due to
droughts has not only a free tad
grain, but has stilted the nation's
entire food crop. It is forecast
that, the corn yield will be only
cno billion, six hundred million
9
bushels, a decline of more than
half u billion bushels from the
duly estimate.
TO RUN OIK KIKHIXCi SUNDAY
I By The Associated Press)
ANACORTES. Auk. 11. Purge
seiners will resume fishing Sun
day following the completion of
an agreement with cannery men
on the price for soekeye saltno-i.
The new price is now forty-five
cents. In case the catch becomes
heavy.however, the new price will
then have to be altered and A
compromise adjusted.
CERTIFICATES TO
BE PRINTED IN
CONNECTION SILVER
CERTIFICATES BEING PRINTED
CONNECTION SILVER A(TT
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 11, The
U. S. Treasury disclosed that cert
ificates are being printed against
the silver held in the general fund
on the basis of the full monetary
value of the dollar at twenty-nine
dollars an ounce gold.
Approximately sixty-two million
ounces have been acquired In var
ious ways, at a cost of approx
imately forty-six million, nine
hundred thousand dollars.
Affected by the program, face
value of certificates will be is
sued against them and will b#
around eighty million dollars In
stead of the actual cost price off
the metal.
Silver certificates will also be
issued against the metal acquired
under the silver purchase act, in
cluding the nationalisation off sil
ver, although for the present they
are being lssne only in amounts
equal to the metals cost. >