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VOLUME 15 Vo as NOME, ALASKA. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20 !!»»« Ivi < °l*.v: 1» o uts.
TWO CITIES TRY BREAK STRIKE
CUM TRYING TO ADOPT EUROPEAN ATTITUDE
WOMAN’S TORSO. STILL-BORN BADE FOUND ENG.
TERRIBLE DEATH:
KILLER NOT YET
DISCOVERED
HORKIBL.K < "HIM E KVTUKNTI.Y
(OMMITF.I) BUT NOT
MOIiVJBD AS YKT
(By The Associated Press)
BRIGHTON, England, June 20.
The police here announced that
the woman whose torso was found
in the railway station in Brighten
locked in a trunk, would huve
become a mother in tire months,
and ‘‘pregnancy was undoubtedly
provided as the motive for the
crime.."
The body of a still-born baby,
was- also found in the same sta
tion. Neither case has been solv
ed, although it has definitely been
established that the body of the
woman was not that of the New
York attorney. Miss Kgues Tufver
son, who the New York police are
convinced was slain there after
her ' marriage to Captain Ivan
Poderjay, who is now being held
for investigation in Vienna.
VIENNA, June 20. Chemists
today studied dark stains resemb
ling blood found in a trunk, which
may reveal the fate of the missing
Rgnes Tnfversot).
The trunk was found in the
apartment of Captain Poderjay.
He insisted, despite evidence to
the contrary, that he had not
seen her since shortly after they
were married in New York.
Another, of Poderjay’s wives,
Susanne Ferrand. is living in the
apartment here, with him.
TRAPPER SETS OFF
OWN GUN-TRAP; —
KILLS HIMSELF
1H ACCIDENTALLY KILLED
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(By The Associated Press)
FAIRBANKS, June 20, A. B.
Boatman, aged sixty-five, a resi
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dent of Nenana was killed In u
gun-trap set for bears, last night.
The accident occurred on the
■shore of the Tanana River, fif
teen miles below Nenana.
Boatman went to the trap ac
companied by his son. The elder
man thought the trap had been
cprnng without hitting the ;besr.
While investigating, he tripped the
fun and killed hlmselfi He had
lived at Nenana for the past 12
years, working on river boats and
trapping.
DELEGATE DIMOND TO COME
BACK TO TERRITORY .
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(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, June 20, Dele
gate' Dimond plans to leave the
eapitol not later than July, for a
trip back to the Territory of Alas
ka
NEW DEADLOCK OVER
STEEL DISPUTE
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(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Juno 30, A new
deadlock is threatened in the steel
dispute, and there appeared a po^ta
ibility that the new peace powers
which Congress granted President
Rooseveltmay have to be used.
Secretary of Labor Perkins said
the conflict centered about the
vital point of collective bargain
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PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT
RECEIVES DEGREE
YALE UNIVERSITY
>Dy The Associated Pros)
NBW HAVEN, Conn., June 10,
President Roosevelt was hailed as
“the man of today,” ■ bj Professor
Wm. L. Phillips and i “Brave
Leader" by President James Ang
ell, following the awarding of the
Honorary 'Degree of Doctor of
Laws from Yale University, the
institution’s highest award.
PORTLAND AND
SEATTLE TRYING
BREAK STRIKE
POHII.VM) AM) SKATTLK
TRVI.NO BKKAK STKIKK
(Bv The Associated Press)
UNDATED, June 20, One hun
dred end fifty uniformel Pi.rMaii.l
p > tee armed with shotguns ami
cijiei weapons were dispatched lo
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oil company terminals al >UK the
voter front and ordered i > light
t • the last, man of necessary, as
tlie city administration prepared
to open the port. Several hundred
down-river strikers are gathering
along the waterfront presumably
in support of union adherent^
here.
! Meanwhile in Seattle the unload
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|ing of cargo frofn ships was de
layed while steam was gotten up
aboard the vessels so thai winch >«
could be used.
Steamship operators believed the
unloading by the use of non-union
workers would, start late ^aday.^JL
, caravan of taxicabs, trucks and
busses carried four hundred arm
ed police deputies of Mayor Smi'h
to cover and guard non-union
work, as Seattle began Its attempt
to open the port.
A launch carrying striker*
cruised about the dock hut no
clash occurred. Chief of Police
Howard told the men: “We arc
dot looking' for ' trouble, but we
are prepared !foit It.”
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KFPOKTM. BE MAIM-; BREAK
STRIKE BY LOAIMNG THK
VESSELS WITH NON
UNION LABOR
(By The Associated Pres*)
SEATTLE, June JO, Eleven
merchant ships in a half-moon
formation are anchored in Elliott
Hay awaiting Mayor Smith’s ef
forts to open the Port of Seattle.
The ships moved into this pcsi
tion tit'1 protect the - crews frvn
st nkers.
Thirty more special-^ police were
sworn in. making the total seven
hundred now 'available 'for water
front duty in case a clash occurn.
If .attempt* »rp.. ll1-"1-, -1-/ ■ —
ion workers to load, the ships.
Police forces were increased in
Portland jjiday* The Portland raav
or who te-Tsnforceil the iielice said
“They have instructions as to
what to do.’’ -
SAYS "SECRET
POLICE” NAME TWO
FAMOUS PEOPLE
MAKES CHARGES AGAINST
POLICE DEPARTMENT
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(By The Associated Press)
NEW YORK, June *•. The Post,
which has charged that the Bureau
of Criminal Investigation of the
Police Department has been turned
into “a secret police to harry radi
cals”, said the department has a
list of "radicals” containing thirt
een hundred nthh£s, including those
jof Mayor LaGuardia and Mrs.
Roosevelt.
CARD OF THANKS
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To Uh)im) who in ho many though
ful ways lessened our sorrow dur
ing our nwnt Jberwivfniriit we
wish to express our sincere thanks.
AVe deeply appreciate the floral
tributes, the messages of sympathy
and the many manifestations of
respect shown by the community of
Nome to the . memory of our be
loved husband and father.
Mm, G. J. Toman and family
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PRESIDENT SIGNS
SILVER MEASURE
NEW LIFE SILVER
PRESIDENT SIGNS SILVER
KEMONTTI/ATfON BILL
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, June 20. Presi
dent. Roosevelt Tuesday night
signed the hill directing the gov
ernment. to purchase silver until
it comprises Uventy-tivo per cent
of the national metallic stocks.
Experts estimated it will re
quire the purchase of one billion,
three hundred million ounces of
this metal, as stiver stocks are
no.w about only twelve per cent of
(he gold holding.
The United States Treasury was
directed to issue silver cerificates
equal to the money spent in this
purchase. The time for the pnt
ehase of silver was ' left to the
President, in^ the bill.
Domestic silver will he purchas
<d at a price not to exceed fifty
cents an ounce. A tifly per cent
tax on profits in all transfers of
ef silver after May 15th was al
so provided in the hill. If the
pi ice of- silver goes over one .tjol
lar and twenty-nine ■ rents an
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ounce, before tHe amount necess
- > v
ary for a twenty-five per cent re
serve is acquired, the treasury
may .stop buying, and may even
sell until the price goes belqw a
dollar and twenty-nine cents.
>1.1 N V I til. ns PASSED DIKING
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CI.OKI.NO HOIKS SESSION
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(ity The Associated Pres.*)
VV A Si {LV( J'TON’. June 110, De
luged by more than two hundred
bills- wheih were passed during th»
closing bouts of the session, Presi
dent Roosevelt scattered the new
measures to the various depart
ments for 'examination. Me w'll
sign them during the ten davsi al
lowed. and probably some of them
while on his forthcoming trip to
New England.
The President signed the hi!!
empowering the Supreme Court to
prescribe rules of practice and pro
cedure for federal Courts, describ
ing it as one of the most import
ant., steps_f'.vmi...J.-LKt*,!! J.H.- .'ItC. ,.!Jit?-**.
proveinent of the judicial svsti :n.
CUBA WANTS TO
REPUDIATE U. S.
MONEY LOANS
CUBA WANTS TO REPUDIATE
CERTAIN LOANS
• l*y The Associate! Ties*)
HAVANA, June 20, The repud
iation of approximately sixty mil
lion dollars in private American
loans was advised by a special
committee, and opposed by the
Chase National Bank of New York.
The advise of the committee was
turned over to the Cuban Cabinet
stating that the loans were neg
otiated during the Machado re
gime.
The spokesman for the present
government • confirmed the reports
that such advise had been given
advising against making payments
to American bondholders.
<JOOI> STOCK REACTION
(l$y The Associated Press)
NBW YOUK, Juno 20, ProAt
taNna ruled the stocks, with the
iru-d nvi of tfi aiijournn.-nt of
Congress, >ut. Praders flsured on
i t.i. .cal rear 1 • ■ few disptay
•1 ! iy resistance. Maturity t»f
stvki were off f#i •fSaially f
around two points. The close was
heavy.
BIIiL IN HANDS OF PIUSSIDENT
(By The Associated Preea)
: WASHINGTON, Juno 20. The
hill to remove the protection from
sea lions in Alaska, is now in the
hands of President Roosevelt.