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AMERICAN PLANE CANT LAND ANADYR
ITALIANS HOP OFF
FOR MONTREAL
SHEDIAC, N. E., July 14, (#•) -
General Bat bo with his ail- armada
of 2 4 planes hopped off for Mon
treal enroute to Chicago, after ar
rival here yesterday.
Col Chas. Lindberg resumed his
mapping flight froon St. Johns, New
Fonndland, taking off for Cart
wright, Labrador.
Later, Lindber.gs landed at Cart
w light, after a short stop for
lunch at Boxwood. The Italians
•wrth their 24 planes landed at
^Montreal where they will refuel
and Start for Chicago immediately.
SOURDOUGHS TO MARRY
AFTER LONG SECRET
ROMANCE OF GOLD RUSH
VANCOUVER, B.C., July 14, (/P)
— A secret romance born on a
Christinas eve in 1900 during the
gold rush days of Dawson, with a
long intervening absence., between
each other, brings to a happy con
clusion the marriage of Klondyke
Kate Ball of dance hall fame, and
John 'Matson, an Alaskan miner,
who is enroute to niert Kate.
They expect to be married in a
few days and return to Alaska on
4h*ir honeymoon
She is credited with helping'
Alexander Pantages in the thea
trical world. Kate lias been
homesteading in the state of Ore
geo .
UTLIi MAKRV IN TKN DAYS
VAXOOl'VKR, July 14. <>P)—
K’.yondyke Kate's wedding will
probably take place in ton days.
Ali.tson has not secured the lic
ense yet. Ten days must elapse
fltiefore the ceremony. In addition,
Matson is securing a new set of
teeth, which are not finished yet.
CONFERENCE WIIJ,
TAKE KECESH
i.ON'I'OX, Jul;. *1 (Y) The
Steering Committee of the Word
Economic Conference decided .o re
cess the conference until July 27.
AJ1 committee,* were notified lo
have complete reports ready by
next Friday. A fnll steering com
mittee inerting will be conducted
the following Tuesday, and the fin
al plenary session on the 27th.
It Is understood that great core
will be taken to avoid a note of
finality at the plenary session,
ij'bere will be a clear indication
that the conference Is expected to
resume deliberations at a future
date, to permit the continuation of
the tariff truce, which was for the
duration of the parley.
STOCKS FLUCTUATE
UNCERTAINLY
NEW YORK. July 14, <A*) —
Stocks fluttered uncertainly in the
face of a large volume of profit
taking which unsettled a number
of recently bouyant issues. The
specialties got. an early play, but
lost, part of their gains. The late
rally in wheat failed to revive the
enthusiasm. They closed Irregular.
notice
v Three place cabin plane for
charter trips anywhere. ..For rates
inquire Pilot A. V. Valley, I in coin
Hotel. | ,
SIXTY-FOl’II MILLION
ALLOT ATI-ill
WASHINGTON, July 14. ./P)—
Tile allocation of a sixty-four mil
lion dollar fund for public works
'projects includes the Bureau of
fisheries, one hundred fifty thou
sand; for reconditioning and re
i pairing hatcheries, building ves
sels and for the Alaska Railroad,
(
i two hundred ten thousand; recon
ditioning the entire system of. the
Alaska Road Commission, One mil
lion; for highway construction,
ninety-six thousand for air fields;
more, than two and a half millions,
office of Indian affairs, schools,
; hospitals and equipment on res
ervations, and National Park Ser
j vice, a million and a quarter; for
all parks, one and a half minions;
lor International Boundary Com
mission. covering work on North
ern and Alaska boundaries, most
however, for flood control on the
lower Rio Grande, and contingent
Mexican expenses, - fifty million;
for forests, parks, Indians and
roads in Alaska, five hundred six
teen thousand
NOMK ( HAHI1KR OKTS BUSY
The following wire was sent to
-President Roosevelt and to-Rele
gate Rimond by the Nome Cham
ber of Commerce. The Chambers
of Commerce of all Alaska towns
sent similar telegrams, which eri
, dent.lv had some thing to do with
action being taken and funds-being
spent in Alaska,
iAnthony J. Rimond
Relegate from Alaska
Washington, R. C.
We have wired President Roose
velt as follows, please follow up.
quote
Serious distress will result in
Alaska if the unemployed are not
son,, given opportunity of earning
■the necessities of life. The people
of this section request and urge
you to include Alaska in your pro
gram of public works relief thru
the Federal Public Works Relief
fund or National Recovery Act.
■stop. We respectfully suggest that
such relief work would be bene
ficially handled by enlarging the
■present forces of workmen now
employed in construction of public
roads, airplane landing fields and
harbors, thereby furnishing the
I necessary relief through employ
ment. in developmeiR of transport
ation facilities that are essential
to opening u.p the mineral re
sources of Alaska and accrue to the
•permanent development, of our
country.
Northwestern Alaska Chamber of
Commerce.
Dimond Announces Allocations
Washington. July 15th, (/P) -
Delegate Dimond’ announced that
the Indian Bureau was allocated
one* hundred and fifteen thousand
dollars for Alaska construction of
Indian school buildings, including
a structure at Douglas; also a
quartet of a million allocated for
the extension of the McKinley
Park road to Wonder Rake, all of
which Is available immediately.
NOTICE
I>r. tiJT. Seeley, Dentist, baa en
gagetl office space at the Hospital
where his services will he avail
able.
uooskvklt’S so\
WANTS I>l VOUCH
MI:NI*KN, Nev., July 1 t. "(VP)—
Klliot Roosevelt., the I’resident'-:
son, filed a divon.- suit charging
extreme cruelty. His wife will
^appear in court 01' a cross com
plaints asking that the divorce lie
granted her.
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WILL KSTABIJSH W A (Hi SCALK
WASHINGTON, July 14, (VP)—
Immediate actio,! bv Roosevelt for
the es!aibUshment of a National
minimum ‘wage scale and a max
jiimirn of working hours, was in
dicated, but the method remains
undecided. Two motivating factors
a.ptpa rental y lead in that direction:
the desire to’boost tlie purchasing
-power steadily and simultaneously,
to guard againwt excessive product
ion in attempts to take advantage
of the expected higher prices. Tim
immediate plan will lie a. general
--volMHUtry •~Catt tor "weekly' levels of
thirty five hours at fourteen dol
lars minimum a week for labor
ers, with fifteen dollars minimum
for clerical and store help. John -
‘son believes that he will shortly
| ask the President to issue a call
for business and industry to join
‘in a temporary agreement within
*such limits until the codes are
'adopted at the next session.
i
| Y.AJ.K IMJOKKSHOIt KI M I OKS
NEW HAVEN. Conn.„MuIv 15,
i
■l/P)—.Professor Raymond I*. Dau-'
gherty, a Yale, orientalist and cur
; ator of the Sterling Memorial I.ib
(rary was found hanging to a . tree
; near his home" hy boys who joined
■parties searching for hill last
. night » He has been oil a leave of
absence from Yale since April be
cause of a nervous breakdown.
ROOSKVKLT <>\ WKKK -
KNI> TRIP
QUANTK'O. A'a.. July 15, (/Pi
:—-President Roosevelt said Friday
I night when starting on his week
end water trip that he was deter
mined to “catch a lish ihis time.**
During the_ tjwo days away front
the Oapitol, the President will_j_ca~.
view' the progress of the agricul
tural adjifstnient program atld the
industrial recovery plants.
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i SKVKNTY PKKSONH OROMNKD
VAROSVAL. Russia. __Ju.lv 14.
i(/P)—Seventy persons were drown
ed in an overcrowded river launch
which was taking locomotive shop
workers and their families up the
Volga river on an excursion, when
it capsized.
FOR SALK
Slightly u»-«i ar> t’aterpiller in
good condition. Inquire Mort
Powell.
FOR SALK — 12 by 14 tarp;
75 pounds new quick; 11^ h.p.
gasoline engine, never used; rub
ber boots an«l shoe packs, almost
new, size 714; Quart size retort;
Best 2 inch pump made with 1H
h.p. engine, pumps 5000 gallons
per hour. All or part. Inquire
at Nugget Office.
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FOR SAIiK —Piano and bicycle
in good condition. Inquire at
Nugget Office, i
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< miMI NM ATION KSTAlUiLSHKP
A\AI»VK rtJu
It is understood that the Nome
radio station . talked unofficially
with tiie radio at Anadyr, where
dames Mattern was on hand to
send some direct information to
Mill Alexander leader of* the res
cue expedition at Nome, last ev
ening. The spirit of co-operation
| has filially resulted in some direct
contact with Mattern, who is re
ported as being anxious t,o finish
ills solo world flight. As to the
whereabouts of the Russian plane,
iif> word has been received, either
where it is or. when it. will arrive
at Anadyr, according to reports.
Mattern is also reported as saying
■' hat the Russians are treating him
fine and leaving nothing undone
tf> provide him with every com
fort. v . .
HAJMI) TIME MADE
EAKI.Y IN ELKIHI
.Mallei',, || m| Successful Flights
Across Atlantic un«l Over Europe
Hut. Met Trouble in Siberia
James Mat tern in his attempted
solo (light around the world mud
exeelleni time iit crossing the aV ;
lantic and traversing: Europe. He1
began to encounter trouble in Si
beria, and after reaching Khabar- |
orsk met with the impossible wea
ther conditions that finally force 1
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him down at Chukotski.
The log of Mattern's hops follow: |
First hop —‘Left New York 1:20
t
A.M.. E.S.T., Saturday, June 3,;
and arrived in Oslo, Norway, 4:15 j
A..M., E.S.T . Sunday. June 4
Seeonil hop Left Oslo 12:40 A. j
M.. E.S.T Monday, June 5, and,
arrived in Moscow. Russia at 7'57
A.M., E.S.T.. Monday. June 5
Third Imp Left Moscow 5:14 p.
in., E.S.T., Monday. June 5, and I
t
arrived in Omsk, Siberia, 5:35 a. j
m.. E.S.T. Tnesdav. June t;
I
Fourth hoi> —Left Omsk 5:10 p. j
in., E.S.T.\ Tuesday. June i;. and j
arrived in iXropkopievsk. or lleloye,
Silieria at It: ltd p.tii,. E s-T . T-itcm*
day June—6.- -
Fifth hop Loft I’ro'pkopievsk,
Or *' Holiiyc, ;it X • 1_U-fMU-r,-K.-S.T ,
Thursday, June 8, ami arrived at
Krasnoyarsk, 155 miles, at 9:20
p.nt., K.S..T., Thursday. June X.
Sixth hop—Left Krasnoyarsk at
1:20 a.m , E.S.T., Friday, June 9.
and arrived at Beloye Siberia, Fri
day, June 9._
Seventh hop Left Beloye 5:50
ip.m., E.S.T.. Friday, June 9, and.
having lost the way landed at So
flsk, Siberia, to replentish fuel
supplies. Lark of fuel at Sofisk
necessitated return to Beloye. Ob
tained fuel at Beloye and took off
from there a second time. Arriv
ftd at Khaharovwk. Siberia^ ad 7:20
ip.m., R.S.T.. Saturday. June 10.
Eighth hup-—Left Khabarovsk, at
8:15 a.tu., Nome time, Monday,
June 12, for. Nome. Encountered
storm over Tartar Gulf and re
turned to Khabarovsk, late Mon
day evening June 12, Took off
from Khabarovsk at 7am. Nome
tiime Wednesday, June 14. Forced
down June>l5 at Chukotski, trad
ing post south of Anadyr, Siberia,
ending flight. No word received'
from or of him by outside world
until evening of July 7.
SOURDOUGH.. STATIONERY FOR
SALE AT THE NUGGET OFFICE.
.11 III I N DRAW'V TQUA1
iJisiriei Court, convened "today - at
11a.in. this morning for ttm.-reg-.
i11 ar term of court. Judge Le.-*ter
(>. Core ordered j11ry commission
1 er Thomas CJaffeny and Clerk of
the Court Thomas D. Jensen to
(draw twenty three names for the
grand jury and fifty names for th.;
petit jury The court ordered the
I grand jury to appear in court,
September fifth, ten o'clock and the
petit jury t° appear Septeanber 11,
at ton o'clock. Court thereupon
recessed until July 17.
GK\N|> JtrR%'
Oscar Lay, Mrs Paul Ullrich,
John Solomon. Mrs H M Sundquist,
I, Mealy. Pal Stafford. Kdward
Jones.Win F Fortson, C I, Cal
j kitis, Kdward Hudde. M.rs Char- >
■ lotte Ross. A .1 Reed, John Hobson,
j.I II Cliarle on, John Reed', Earl
i Drake. Jas Corrigan. Kdward .1
Fox. Hugh O'Farrell. Pe e_r_ X Fetter — .
[sort. C V Olson. (' J PettefiRQn,
l Frahk J Daugherty.
I'KTIT JURV
Art M Peterson, Mrs Giij Mish,
Chas Peterson. Kauria Olson. Jerry
< ;Usey, Ijaura B Hagiberx. R B Jul
ian. John Olson, Mrs Delia I! Kr
H-n. Roy Monroe. Ro. Sf ;r up, O A
Lnndberg, Rein hold' Vew*>erg c Jule
W? I
Gunderson. Johnson Thorsen. Chaa.
Sims. Anthony Roberts. Frank Mil
ler, Thomas Wegals. Mrs Rose
Bronson, William W'iltford. H W
Coffin. Marie Gillis, Chas. Levan,
Mrs S A Hewitt, S.vl Sanso-ucy,
Alma Carlson. Mrs L K N’eelv. Tol
bert Scott. .1 W Southward, L A
Sundquist. ■ Mrs F .1 Rohm. Gus
Reinisch, Clement Bahr,‘ A C
Wheeler. Mrs Jennie O' Farrell,
L K Rynning Mrs KK Johanson,
A G Thom men. A lbin Poison, Mrs
Peter Bahts, Mrs Anna Femeyer,
Walter Taylor" Ilarvev Grant,
Cliff Allyn. Henry Moore. Kruest
Balsigei', Joseph Karl. Mrs Tolbert
Scott. Jas. Crawley.
NO CONTACT WITH
KIDNAri*KKS .
LrNItATKl> July I I. Rel
atives of John OVonnt'll who was
kidnapped a week ago at Albany.
.New York, and Augilsi Lear, kid
napped four days ago at Alton,
Illinois, are s»t ill ignorant of their
kins fate. The police say that
neither family made definite con
tact with t.heir a Inluctora. The
Chicago Herald-Kxaniiner said that
(three wealthy sportsmen were
marked for1 'abduction by the gang
that kidnapped John Factor and
released him for fifty thousand
dollars They .are John Hertz,
former yellow ebb president, Otto
Lehmann, son of a department,
store founder, and Warren Wright,
former president of the Lincoln
Park board.
Lest, filmlands millions attract a
swarnt of kidnappers, Hollywood
is taking precautions. The maj
ority of studios are discussing the
formation of a police central or
ganization >to protect film stars,
directors and authors. The author
(ties are taking precautionary
steps.
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Probably Another Abduction
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San Francisco, July 15, (JPy—~
Helen Lyons, aged 13, was last
seen a week ago when she l^t
her father to go to lunch with a
Strange man. They lived at Merced