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VOLUMk’W X«. 44. t NOATW, ALASKA, TUESDAY, JUNK 27, l»:tl " i%VcopyTlOiyiiit^r
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S. S. ARTHUR J. BALDWIN
ARRIVES NOME TODAY
FROM SEATTLE
S. S, ARTHUR J. BALDWIN
ARRIVES AT NOME
CAPACITY CARGO ^ 1
The steamer Arthur J. Buldwiu
of the Arctic Transport Comauy
arrived Nome from Seattle about
J.:3U a.m. this morning, with ten
passengers aboard for Golovin,
Bluff and Teller. No Nome pass
engers.
The vessel carried a capacity
.cargo of freight. Following, is
the passenger list:
For Golovin, H. VVigginson.
,."|J For Bluff, Frank Huckeh, Wm.
.Barker, Harvey Reed, ’Lief Lief
«en.
For Teller, Mrs. H. Bernard.
F. E. Hubbard, Clarence . Patter
son, August Adam, Wm. Gibbardt.
The Baldwin is being discharged
as rapidly as possible, and follow
ing completion of unloading will
sail for Golovin Bluff and then
Teller.
The, local office of the Arctic
Transport Co. is in receipt of ad
vice to the effect that Nome mail
1s to be dispatched on a cutter
which is scheduled to sail from
Seattle on July 1. An absolute
deadlock still prevails in the strike
situation, and all attempts to re
lease Alaska boats have failed. To
il tty there is no indication of a
settlement being reached.
Capt. Baker, master of the S. S.
Arthur J. Baldwin, 'states that at
the 11 in e of the sailing of the
Baldwin the outlook wgs favorable
for a filial adjustment of the diff
erences in question. It was expect
ed that the Sierra would shortly
be released' to follow the Baldwin
«
north, and northern shippers wilt
lie disappointed at the new turn
the strike has takefl.
All attempts todate to release
rht> Sierra have failed it was learn
ed today. Ralph iitimen, I* resi
de At of the Arctic Transport, Co.,
wired from lais Angeles! where the
Sierra is being held by the strike,
that little hope was felt for any
immediate settlement.
HURKCRIJSK FOR THK NUGC.ET
STOCK 31 ARK KT iVIKHKHT
(By The Associated Press)
NEW YORK, June 27, Hoi!*
n'l rrrtals led. sf >,v raiiiea t »du.
»r.u ..round on* to throe puinis
rise. There was a sharp decline
in steel operations, and other ra
ther bearish developments. The
■ close was Arm.
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S
MOTHER TEAS WITH ROYALTY
(By The Associated Press)
LONDON, June 27, President
Roosevelt’s mother, Mrs. Sara
Delano Roosevelt sipped tea today
with the King and Queen of Eng
land, In their Majesty's private
apartments in Buckingham Palace.
President Roosevelt 'vetoed four
teen routine bills after announce
ing plana for a radio talk to the
• nation Thursday at 9:30 p.m.
Eastern Standard Time, from
Hyde Park, New York. His sub
ject was not made known.
DEMOCRATS ATTENTION
A meeting of the Nome Demo
cratic Club will be held In’ the
City Hall, Wednesday, dune 27th.
8 p.m. AH Democrats urged to at
tend.
. Chairman
GREAT BRITAIN—
DESIRES DEBT
SETTLEMENT
BRITAIN WANTS SETTLES
WAR DEBTS ON A
PERMANENT BASIS
(By The Associated Press)
L.ODOOI, June 27, A new Brit
ish note wae cabled to their
Embassy at Washington, D. C.,
this morning in which Great Brit
ain emphasized 'its desire to neg
otiated (or a permanent settlement
of war debts, with the United ^tat
ea. The exact nature of the pro
posed settlement was not made
public and there is some doubt of
any information as to the pro
[posals to be made, will be allow
ed to the public until final arran
gements are completed.
DIES OF STROKE AFTER
TRIP TO ALASKA
(By The Associated Press)
TACOMA. June 27, Following
a recenj trip to Alaska, Mrs. Bm
inu Uarretson Parker, aged sev
enty-Uve years, wife of former
Justice of bbe State Supreme
Court, Emmet M. Parker, dL'd
here today of a stroke.
JACK JOHNSON RECEIVES ^
THREAT LETTERS
(By The Associated Press)
HACKENSACK, N. J„ June 27,
Jack Johnson, the former heavy
weight champion of the world,
said he received a letter signed
KKK ordering him to give up his
road house and fight promotion
activities.
The letter said a burning cross
neap his roadhouse would give
him final warning. It was found
burning near his place sir weeks
ago. 1
DESPERATELY
AFRAID OF
BLOODSHED
CALLING OUT MILITIA
WOULD KKHULT IN
Ml'( H. BliOODHHKD
• ity The Associate! iier.g)
SAN FRANCISCO. June 27. “Call
SAN FRANCISCO, June 27. Call
ins; out the militia would mean
warfare and bloodshed along the
entire Pacific Coast. 1 heg of you
to give the assistant Secretary o?
Labor a chance to complete his
job before yon open the port."
Mayor Rossi voiced that plea to
day to 29 of the city's business
and fianeial leaders gathered in
his office. It was in re illy to a
statement by Leland IV. (’title-,
former President of the Chamber
of Commerce that their patience
> I •
.was nearly exhausted with nego
! nations efforts and that strike
; violence should be checked. "We
| have readied the point where we
, have no control over the long
Ishoremen's union" tile Mayor told
I the business men. Their demands
are unreasonable and cannot be
l
| met. That much we are agreed
upon. lint the only question is
-
whether we want to open the port.
I want you gentlemen to know wo
r
will maintain law and order. The
’police department lias been work
ing 12 hours a day. We cannot
do the impossible. You have read
in the newspapers that the gover
nor is ready to step in if necess
ary.
i -:
MAY BE I’l,AC Ell DIRECT
RAMIS GOVERNMENT IE
NO STRIKE SETTLEMENT
——'
(By The Associated Press)
SAN FRANCISCO. June >7.
Federal mediator MeGrady said
[-today if neg<>t1;rTions for a settle
ment in the strike tailed, the
matter would he placed directly
into the hands of President Roose
velt and the government.
POLITICAL STIMl'LI
(By The Associated Prfeas)
. W ASHINGTON. June 27, While -
President Roosevelt pondered whe
ther to aid the various campaign*
of republican independents who
supported him, he was advised by
George Norris of Nebraska to ig
nore the party line.
Norris said “the people are get
ting rid of the .old pat'v spirit
and becoming more non-partizauA*
Tlie progresive minded senator
who is appealing for re-election^
asserted that tfie issue in the fall
elections will be “Liberalism ver
sus Conservatism."
SI'BSCRIRK FOR THE NIOGRT
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SAYS ARMY PLANES
WILL NOT GO FURTHER
—
SAYS ARMY PLANKS OVRV
GO TO FAIRBANKS I
(hy The Associated Prer?)
WASHINGTON'. Inn,. 27, Til- ;
U. S. Army planes from Washing- j
ton, I). C\, will go only as far as ,
Fairbanks, and not to Nome, ac- j
cording to information received to-j
day.
There are several reports that 1
Alaska might bo developed as an !
aerial outpost of the United States, j
This news was in connection with
Secretary Roper’s trip to the
northland, during which he is to
make a survey of commercial at*
possibilities in the Territory, and
Delegate Dlmond’s attempts to
obtain an air base for the govern
raent in or near Fairbanks. How
© #
ever, Dlmond'a bill never emerg
ed from the committee.
Several official reports said
the flights by the Army and Navy
were for aerial maneuvers de
signed to make a theoretical de
fense of Alaska, but Army offic
ials said the Amy planes would
mak0 photographs and an aerial
•
survey, ajpl that the data gath
ered would probably be valuable
for preparations of any plans for
a defense of the Territory.
NOMK SHOT lil» UK “ON TOMS"
HAVK jAHMV AND NAVY
I* MAN MS KMV HKKK
One very evident fact has been
brought to the attention of the
people of Nome. Nome should be
“On its toes."
"i
"On its Toes" typifying the es
sence of Blang, means BE ON THE
JOB: DON'T GO TO SMBJH1’. ...AC
OOM PLASH SOMETHING.
Yesterday’s Associated Press dis
patch carried a fine story about
the IT. 3. Army and Navy engag
ing in a friendly race into Alas
ka with airplane squadrons of
each division.
The Army will be flying from
Washington, D. C., into Fairbanks
!«nd according to the story, over to
]Nome. The Navy todate has an
nounced a flight from San Diego
up the Panhandle of Alaska to
Dutch Harbor.
A piles* story was pti lilislietl
sometime in March about the
Navy flight and that ail additional
flight would he made by the 12
planes tiom Dutch Harbor to
Nome.
Since that date no further men
tion of Nome has been made in
regard to this proposal, it is as
suredly everyone's duly to boost
their town and country. It the
Navy is going to fly as far as
Dutch Harbor, why not instigate a
move that the Nuvy Department
send their squadron on another
leg-flight to Nome and return to
Dutch Harbor? There* has been
considerable mention made at one
time and another during the past
winter in regard to basing several
Nary planes at Nome during the
summer months. If such a movo
Is made in the near future, there
is nothing to prevent a continua
tion of this flight from Dutch Har
bor, to Nome. It would establish
the fact that the Navy had placed
their planes in a position where it
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