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THE NOME NUGGET
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VOLUME 85. XO. 01. NOME. AI .A SKA. WKDXKSDAV. JULY 18. !»:»■ 0 IVr <0PV: 10 _
POSSIBLE PROGRESS REPORTED
ARMY PLANES LEAVE DAYTON FOR WASHNGTON
JOHNSON DECLARES OENERAL STRIKE CIVIL WAR
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ARMY PLANES TO
START ALASKA
FLIGHT THURSOAY
ARMY FIJKRS LEAVING
DAYTON FOR WASHINGTON
PREPARE ALASKA HOP
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(By The Associated Tress)
DAYTON, Ohio, July 18, Head
ed by Lieutenant Colonel H. H.
same number of mechanics hopped
off from here this morning in ten
bombing planes for Washington,
D. C„ from where they will tails
off on their flight to Alaska.
ARMY BOMBING PLANKS
TO LEAVE FOR ALASKA
THURSDAY, 10 A.M.
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON. July 18. The
War Department announced that
the army flight of ten Martin
bombing planes to Alaska would
start at 10 a.m. Thursday from
Washington, D. C. The ten planes
will fly from here to Minneapolis
in one hop, their first stop.
NAVY PLANES TAKING OFF
OX FLIGHT TO ALASKA—1——-—
l*OOR START
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(By The Associated press)
SAN FRANCISCO, July 18, Elev
en Navy planes enroute from San
Diego to Alaska Jgnd.ed at Santa
Bflfiera In San Lula Obispo Bay
on account of adverse weather con
ditions. They hope to resume
their flight late Wednesday after
noon. One of the planes was forc
ed to return to San Diego shortly
after the take-off, because of en
gine trouble.
BRITISH INVESTIGATING THE
DEATH OF NAVAL OFFICER
(t»y The Associate Press)
ISTANBUL, Turkey. July 18.
Eight British warships arrived
here today, as the British govern
ment requested a joint Anglo
Turkish Inquiry into the killing
rMi
Saturday of a British naval officer
by Turkish soldiers.
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PORMKR ALASKA LKOI8IATOR
IMPS IN SEATTLE
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(By The Associated Press)
SEATTLE, July 18, Isaac Sow
erby, aged seventy, an Alaskan
pioneer, died here today. H“ j
came from Juneau about two ^
weeks ago. Sowerby was a life :
Insurance agent and previously had j
been agent for a steamship com-'
pany. At one time he had been a
member of the Alaska Territorial
Legislature. His funeral has been
se± for. Thursday in .Vancouver.!
British Columbia.
STOCKS ARE UNSETTLED ) j
illy The Associatel I isr.s) * '
NEW YORK. July 18. Improje- j
ment (n the early hours of the j
session gave way to unsettled con- |
dlttons late this afternoon. Many
issues pointed lower. The labor
upheaval Is still a large factor in
its effect on the market. The
close was Itregular. *
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WIDOW LEAVES MONEY
BE USED IN ALASKA
(By The Associate 1 Press)
SEATTLE. July 18. Mrs. Rose
McKnigjj.tfe'U, ^idqyv. .who died here
Monday, lift nine thousand dol
lars, of a fifteen „ thousand dollar
estate to charity, Including one
thousand dollars to0 Bishop Raph
ael Crlmont, of Juneau, for the
upkeep of Catholic faith in Alaska.
MEMBER BOARD SAYS
POSSIBLE PROGRESS
STRIKE SETTLEMENT
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MEMBER FEDERAL MEDIATION'
BOARD ADMITS POSSIBLE
PROGRESS MADE IN
STRIKE SETTLEMENT
(By The Associated Press)
SAN PR AN CISCO, July 18, A
member of President Rooeevel.a
liter Disputes Board revealed to*
that a definite proposal' w?.i
under way to end ‘he genenl
■trike by lubmlttlng the entire
controversy to arbitration, with
the immediatj return t< work cf
all men involved.
Meanwhile plana were drawn
V-. lor more troopa to be aent inti
the strike area to take "tactical
control" of all advantage points in
the neighborhood of Bast Bay
cities.
The arbitration resolution Is to
be dlscuaaed and voted upon by
a strike committee representing all
of the unions now involved In the
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complete walk-out.
“It we can get labor to pass the
resolution, we can settle the
strike," the board member de
clared, and added that he was
positive the employers would sub
mit to the arbitration of the en
tire controversy If the labor lead
ers do likewise.
Direct reports from the LaboT
Temple here states that the strike
committee would go Into an all
night session for the purpose of
discussing the resolution to sub
mit all their differences to arbitra
tion. However, late reports were
not able tb confirm this Informa
tion.
One labor ..leader said the adop
tion of such a resolution would
point' to slji Immediate, peaceful
settlement' of the general strike.
It Is now estimated that the
number of men involved in the
strike has reached one hundred
thousand.
Meanwihle a well-planned drive
again known agitators has been
launched by troops and police
with raidings of waterfront head
quarters - where alleged commun
ists appear to be driving the
longshoremen on, eccurrlng hourly.
Wielding night sticks, the po
lice and troops are driving them
into the sreets. Two hundred
were placed In custody and much
literature seised. Such roundups
have been lanched all along the
waterfront.
The police, with a list of two
thousand names of well known
radicals In their possession, today
visited breadlines and picked out
their prisoners. Other small gath
erings of men were also approach
ed and more men taken into cns-t
6EN. JOHNSON ,
DECLARES STRIKE
IS CIVIL WAR
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JOHNSON TAKES EXCEPTION
ACTION OK GENERAL STRIKE
IN FERVENT SPEECH
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(By The Associated Press)
BERKELEY, July 18, Termini;
the- general strike a torm of civil
war. General Hugh S. Johnson, of
tlie National Recovery Adminis
tration. declared in a liery speech
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here last night before tkP Uni
versity of California student body. '
that when the necessities of life'
for a whole people are blocked, '
•'that is bloody insurrection."
“The right by men to take ac-1
tion upaiust recalcitrant employ-'
era is inviolate and this povern
ment has supported it, and will
support it to the limit. It is a
MAKES COMMERCIAL
FLIGHT TO ST.
LAWRENCE IS.
COMPLETES ROI JiO TRIP
HT. LA W R E V C'E* 1 SLA NI)
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Pilot Vic Ross in the pontoon
plane of (he Northern Air Trans
port completed a round trip flight,
to St. Lawrence Island last night,
after an eventful trip.
As passengers aboard- the plane
were Otto Wni. Cleist, Carl Frank
lin, Wilbert Lanei and Miss Mary
Mlkami. and Wm. A. Oliver was a
round tripper.
The plane left Nome about 2:10
o’clock yesterday afternoon and
arrived over thp Island in about 1
i
an hour and a quarter. Due to
foggy conditions surrounding the i
northern coast, the plane was :
forced io reconnoiter along the !
coast. The object was to land at I
Savoonga, but fog and rough jteas I
prevented even seeing that point.
After flying over the island and
thence to the northwest cape, the
plane landed at (lambell, at about
1:30.
Most of the Eskimos on St.
Lawrence Island bad never seen
in airplane before. Some of them
who had been to Nome admitted
ieelng some of the planes, but the
majority had never seen one. They
rushed down to the plane and
wer9 surprised to see what 't
looked like, especially when the
people all climbed out.
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT SAYS
NOTHING REGARDING STRIKE
(By The Associated Press)
OFF OlAPPERTON I SLAjND,
July 17, All information regard
ing the strike situation was relay
ed to President Roosevelt, but he
withheld comment. He departs
late today for Hawaii.
)dy.
•y-e, ■
'-v-TliV plain* remained at Cambell
niuil about l.i p.m., when it
took off wH^- Ross at tl*e‘‘ control*
f oU
and Win. A. auliver, on its return
flight. •
On file way over to the island
the schooner Trader was sighted
making her slow way toward the
island, witli the balance of the
archaeological expedition aboard.
The vessel was about half way to
the island. On tile way hack the I
plane sighted • the boat again.
deist and the party expect to
go down the coast by small boat j
to Savoonga. where excavations I
are to be made. There are abont. j
500 Eskimos on the island, and no I
white people. The white teachers
at Savoonga and Cambell had left
fqr Nome some time previous. The
natives were reported to he in
good health and had plenty of food
until the. Derblay arrives. Return
ing" from the island to Nome, the
weapon in a tw.o-sided conflict,
but a general strike is quite an
other matter. A general strike iu
a menace to the community; is a
menace to government; it is civil
war,” declared the hard-boiled
NRA administrator.
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YOUNG BOBBY CONNOR
FOUND ALIVE, WEIJ,
(Hy The Associated Press)
11 ARTS D ALK, New York. July
IS, Young Bobby Connor was to
day found alive and smiling by
state tropers. He was found in
the woods behind the home of hia
parents.
His motlfer fainted when in
formed her baby was found. The
cjiild was- well and apparently un
harmed. but for a few scratches.
It is understood that about nine
members of thp crew of the M. 3.
North Star stopped off at Nome,
following the arrival of the ship
here. In as much as only one or
two stops will be made enroute to
Seattle, it is not expected that any „
difficulty will arise through being
short-handed. *
TO IXVKSTK.ATH OCKAX
MAII, (OXTILKTS
(Bv The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON. July IS. [‘-resi
dent Roosevelt signed an executive
ordeife which ordered the directing
of an invesVfgation of foreign mail
and tiean mail c ■•ni facts, whrch
had beets let prior to June 16th,
191.1. The investigating commit
tee are " to make recommendations
relative to tlie modification or can
cellation of such contracts.
plane was forced to buck severiy
iiead winds, arriving hack here at
about JO: 00 p.m. last night.
There are about 2Du natives at
Cambell, all of whom seem to bo
very industrious and prosperous.
This is the first time a plane
had ever been to St. Lawrence Is
land. especially on a commercial
venture.
SOURDOUGH.. STATIONERY FOR
3ALE AT THE NUGGET OFFICE
EMERGENCY RELIEF
MAN COMING NOME
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FEDERAL EMERGENCY RELIEF
ADMIN(HTRATOK COMJNG
TO NOME SOON
(By The Associated Press)
KETCHIKAN, July 18, Jacob
Baker, Assitant Federal Emergen
cy Relief Administrator, arrived
herp today. He planned to fly to
Juneau to confer with Governor
John W. Tracy goon. He then In
tends g^ing as tar as Nome.
He stated he was not investigat
ing anything, but inquired as to „
(acuities (or small homes In south
eastern Alaska. He admitted that
a plan had been submitted to the
Relief Administration concerting
the colonization of territory adja
cent to the Alaska Railroad.