Devoted lo I he Interests Us Nome .And She 2nd Division
* NOME IS THE STRATBGIC WO KLD FLIGHT AIR BASE—FOR COMMERCIAL AS WELL AS MILITARY PURSUITS IT CAN BE REACHED. BY LAND OR WATER
*
Member of Associated PressOldest Newspaper in Alaska
THE NOME NUGGET
. ' ~ ■ .* * ■ I GEO. 8. MAYNARD. Publtali*r. >
VOLUME 36. ’"No. 34. . NOME, ALASKA. * MOV l)A V, JUNE 4, IIKII ^ IVr Copy; IO ivnls.
__ . ,_- - ~ - ■ - —■ ■ ' ■- — ■ -- -- ■ - - -- — ___
PROGRESS MADE FOR RELEASING ALASKA SNIPS
CUTTER NORTHLAND DUE NOME 0:30 A. M.
19 YEAR CRIME
TRACKS MAN DOWN
MNKTKKN YKAR OIJ> CR1MK
TRACKS MAN DOWN
• Bjr The Associate! Pro**)
HROOKIjYN, June 4, Thomas P.
Jensen, aged ’ forty-six, was arrest
ed today to be held pending an In
vestigation. in connection with tihe
slaying of .Marie Sehunidlt. Frank
Adams and John Hollendlberg, at
^ainhanikg in 1915, during the
nine thousand dollars gold duel
foJabery tlher®.
He was held as a fugitive on in
struction* from the Department of
Justice at Washington, D. (’., af
ter hiB fingerprint# had been sent
there, for checking. ,
Jensen had been serving ten
days in jail for intoxication.
He is now held to await a fur
ther report from Washington.
He denied ever beiiijg. in Alaaka.
He said he was in South America
from 1910 to 1916, and since
than time haa been a sailor on
Duni#h ships. For the past eight
years he said Tie -had ■hot'fcsd lii'
several Brooklyn restaurant*.
?
.
o* • Vi
OWiANIZlNU AGAINST NATION'S
WORST DRAUGHT V KARS
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, June 4. Presi
dent Roosevelt today called a coun
cil of war, to expand the fight
against the worst draught in the
nation’s history.
He said the paramount proposal
before the conference was the con
gre««ional appropriation which may
exceed a half billion dollars, for
the relief of tihose who are so
seriously affected by the draught.
The parched middleweat, cool
ed off somewhat today under a
few showers, but the afff*ts of the
unparalleled dry weather in May
still remained.
QV1NTUPUETS HAVE JAUNDICE
(By The Associated l-*ress)
CORGEIL, Ontario, June 4, Jaun
dice gripped the week-old quintup
lets of Mr. and Mrs. Ovila Dionne,
but an attending physician said the
condition of the infants was not
as yet alarming.
MAKES AN APPEAL
FOR ARBITRATION
✓ .rr,.
ATJPKAL \FOH ARHITKATKOX •
(By The Associated Press)
GENEVA, Jiune 1, The council
of the League of Natios today de
eded to accept Bolivia’s appeal
for arbitration in the Chaco War,
instead of attempting to carry on
mediation proceedings.
TMe decision was taken after
Paraguay announced that she had
no abjection to this procedure.
GOVERNOR ROLPH OF
CALIFORNIA DEAD
(By The Associated Press)
SAiN J09E, June 3, Governor
Roiph, aged sixty-four, died last
night, following a ttwo-weeke’ ill
ness, due to a serious lung con
gestion.
Departing by today by NAT
plane was Mrs. Lila Wood, sister
to Pilot Vic Roes of that company.
Mrs. Wood ie returning to KViT
bamks and will possibly leave for
the outside in the near future, for
her home at Oakland, Califounla.
' i
With the Northland expected to
arrive Nome about 6:30 a.m. Tues
day morning, it is the desire of
Postmaster Mish that while the
mail Is being distributed, those
who have boxes, should empty
them frequently. There are 17.QOO
pounds of second class mail mat
ter aboard the cutter, and to avoid
congestion it is suggested that pat
ron® take their mail as soon as
possible, thus allowing the staff
at the post office to more rapid
ly get the mall distributed.
STRIKE SITUATION
LOOKING MORE
FAVORABLE
• n* A"* * >
1 . ' ‘ '
I
STRIKE SITUATION FOR
i Alaska looks better
LATE TODAY
t By The Associated Press)
j SEATTLE, Juno 4, Ltr today
|$hi|» owners and employer* agreed
I to longshoremen's terms by which
cannery ships for Alaska will be
released. Progress la~ also irpaft*
«*] on negotiations toward the
j releasing of commercial shipping
i tor Alaska. *' ■ ]
j
ANOTHER COMPROMISE BEING
PREPARED AS PROPOSAL
Tt> LONGSHOREMEN
I
(Uv The Associated Press) , I
SAN FRAiNCISCO, June i. An
other compromise offer by the em
ployers' to the strikers. was pro
dieted by Ryan, as he' renewed
peace negotiations with the long- !
shoremen in an effort to cod l ie
strike, which still continues in !
strict force.
Kyan said today the strikers
wore not yet ready to discuss any
federal control plan, and are pre
paring for the hiring of halls to
thresh out additional suggestions.
McGrady, who is now in Wash
ington, D. CV, said he had hopes
that a better proposal would be
made tomorrow.
Alaska union fishermen in Seat
tle renewed -their plea for the re
lease of art least two cannery ships
for far northern points, to carry
supplies for their industry.
*
The new mayor of Seattle. Char
les!. who was inducted into office
last, night asiked both sides to op
en1 the port of Seattle. He receiv
ed a wire from Governor Martin
this morning requesting him to re
frain from any action until furth
er peace efforts hud been made,
and the President had taken a
hand. The direct appeal of Char
les was his first official act.
A COMMUNICATION
TO NOME AND “
SECOND DIVISION
A COMMUNICATION
To Tht' People of Nome mid (lie
Second Division:
9
Regarding the I liquor Control
Regulations in Nome and the Sec
ond Division: &
It is the purpose of the Mar
share Office, in conjunction with
the other federal officials repre
senting the Department of Justice,
to invite and request the people
of Nome and the Second Division,
to assist, us by their moral sup
port in the enforcement of the
Territorial Liquor laws and the
revenue laws of the United States.
It may not be clearly under
stood by all our cltisene, that this
la the drat time the people of the
Territory of Alaska had the mak
ing and framing of their own
liquor laws and regulations. Pre
viously or during the saloon per
iod the entire matter of liquor
licenses and regulations was en
trusted and carried on toy federal
officiate; the Territory nor any of
it*} olitiea! subdivisions having. any.
say. 'Very often this power wits
pllaced in the hands of appointees
front the outside who had no
practical knowledge of Alaskan so
cial conditions. At the request of
our delegate Mr. Dtuiond, Congress
ait this present session passed an
act giving the sole power to the
Territory to regulate the .manufact
ure and sale of intoxicating liq
uors and ibeveragas. thus removing
all federal Interference in liquor
regulations.
Whatever our individual views
may he on ithe liquor question,
we cannot fall to. grasp the signi
ficative of this Congressional act.
It removes one of the inhibitions
contained in <the Organic Act,
thereby putting us up one step
of the ladder to full Territorial
government for which we have
contended tof many years. It al
so inspires hope that Congress
may see the wisdom of removing
many other Inhibitions which pre
vent onr Territorial Legislature
from passing mudh needed legie
(Contlnued on Page Three)
* t
I •**
HACKS MOTHER BROTHER
DEATH WITH HATCHET
(B» The Associated Press)
LOS A.NGELBS, Juno 1. Louis
U. Payne, bwenty-one years old.
cracked under the' strain of an
all-night grilling toy the police,
llo conT«ised. (the offlcers said,
to the hatchet slaying of his moth
er and brother in their mansion
here.
Mrs. Carrie L. Payne, aged 45,
and Robert. Payne fourteen years
Ibid. were found hacked to death
| in their bedrooms, Sunday.
I’uyne said he killed them last
j Tuesday night.
He said “many things which
my mother and brother did to me
finally multiplied “themselves a mil
lion times in my mind and at
last, something set ofT the spark
and 1 couldn’t stand it any long
er, so I killed them.”
Kudus Payne, wealthy St. I.ouis
utilities company executive, was in
St. I.ouis at the tirtie. ' ]
—>*"11 ’■■HUC* --
EXTORTIONIST IS
SHOT AND KILLED
■>
ONK KXTOKTIONINT XKVKR
WRITK t.VOTHKR NOTH
*»
(By The Associated Press)
PHOR.VIX. Arizona. June 4. The
ptTtfce department and agents of
tthe Federal Department of Jus:ice.
shot and killed Louis Walsh, extor
tionist. as he-received a package
containing- t'trtet-y-trvr- -hTrirttmtl tfftl
'ar» for the'ransom of Ike Dlam
Mind, wealthy department store own
er. who was threatened with death.
Fill 11 ols from (lie officers' guus
tore Through a .sleeping porch
screen and fatally wounded Robert
Perkins, aged twenty-nine, who was
asleep on a cot.
I’erkins died without regaining
consciousness.
coins "WaF'sTf: waTked di’c.cllv in
to’the officers', trap.
■ • -#•
NORTHLAND DUE AT_
NOME 6:30 A.M.
CUTTER NORTHLAND Dl'E
NOME 0 A. M. TUESDAY
The U. S. Const G«>;rd Cutter
“Northland,” Commander William
K. Scammet enroute to Noroo Ircm
Una lack a, today reported her posi
tion at 11 a.m. as 275 miles south
of Nome, and proceeding in open
water. Should she not encounter
any ice, the Northland is uxpeoted
to arrive at Nome C a.m. Tomor
row’ morning.
Commander Scammel who is in
charge of the Northland is consid
ered an old timer of the north,
having been on varlou# coast guard
cutters on the Alaskan coast for
many years. He served as Executive
Oflftcer aboard the famous Cutter
Bear when she made her last
cruise into the Arctic Ocean with
Captain L. C. Oovell commanding,
in 1927. Today the Bear is down
in the Antarctic Ocean with Com
mander Richard E. Uyrd'a AtUanc
tic Expedition. After 4 0 years- in
the Arctic there is probably plen
ty of life left in the old bear, lit
least enough 'to convince Byrd she
was the ship he wanted for his
South polar expedition.
WKATHY CATTLEMAN WIFE
ItlTt.NEI) TO DEATH
(By The Associated Press)
VAN HOHiN, Texas, June 4, Hie
skulls and crushed bodies of Riley
Smith, wealthy cattleman, and his
wife, were found today in the
ruins of his burned home. Police
this afternoon arrested Antonio
Carrasqp, a ranch hand, for ques
tioning.
Evidences of foul play, appeared
In several instances, leading to the
belief that soma one may kave pur
posely fired Smith’s home.