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THE NOME NUGGET
< GEO. H. MAYNARD. I’obllfther. )
VOLUME 1*0. \o. 41 NOME. ALASKA. SATURDAY. JUNE SB, 1»:|4 ' Copy: 10 o uts.
S S VICTORIA ARRIVES AT NOME
FEDERAL AID IS PROMISED STRIKE SITUATION
KIDNAPPED; T&LS OF RORRIFYINC EXPERIENCES
VICTORIA ARRIVED
HOME ROADSTEAD
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K. 8. VICTORIA ARItlYKH
NOMK FRIDAY NIGHT WITH
ABOIT »«0 FAKHKNGKR8
The 8 8 Victoria of the Aluski
Line, in command of Captain Od
_ gen arrived in tile Nome road
stead about 10:45 p in. last nigh .
but due to the stormy weather,
pulled out to sea a few miles anti
anchored until morning. The suit
calmed down considerable this
morning and passengers were
brought ashdi-p by tugs and then
later by lighters.
About 360 passengers were on
board the vessel, almost entirelv
all for .Nome, lint some for Nor
ton Ba£ ports.
A capacity cargo of freight was
carried including many automobil
es. Three saOks of first class mail
and 100 pouches of other mail ma'"
ter were brought ashore the first
thing this morning, and distribut
ed.
The Victoria is title to sail for
Solomon. Bluff, Golovin, I’nttla
FIRST COLORADOAN
EXECUTED OY
LETHAL GAS
FIRST MAN COIjORADO TO
M|C 1KTHAI. CHAMBKR
>0y Tbe Associated rrua)
CAiNON CITY, Colorado. June 23
Vn, Cody Kelley was the first
person to die In Colorado's new
lethal gas chamber. He was ex
ecuted Friday night at etght p in.
for the slaying of Russell Brown
ie*.
Browning was from Delta, and
was a hog raiser.
1^ the gas chamber, twelve pot
son pills were dropped automat
ically Into a pail of water, and
Kelley apparently died within
thirty seconds. The body will
probably be burled In the prison
cemetary, as the relatives of the
killer are without funds to take
care of the burial.
Due to their lack of funda, they
were unable to appeal the came to
the Supreme Court. Kelley la
probably the first man executed In
Colorado without a higher court
having reviewed the case.
Several of Those Not
Included on Passenger hht
1 W. ». H. Cremer sourdough
Nomeite and former deputy mar
shall here arrived at Nome today
after putting in the winter in the
states.
Jas. P. Daly, Nome agent of the
Alaska Steamship Co., arrived on
the Victoria to take cate of the
company business here this sum
mer.
Jack Seidenverg, well known
Nome merchant was a returning
passenger on the Vic atter spend
ing the winter in the slates.
Emerson and Hoy Bassett, both
well known Nomeltes returned to
Nome on the Vic after a winter
spent Jn the states.
Cliff Coutts, nephew of ClifT
Aliya and Lyle Kevins, was a re
turning passenger on the Victoria
from Seattle.
Mrs. Della Swartz, mother to
Dr. Rex F. Swartz of Nome, ar
rived to Join her son here, today,
aboard the 8 S Victoria.
Sam Gaylord another sourdough
of the Nome and 8olomon sec
tions returned to Nome after be
ing outside for several years.
Mrs. Edna Chrlstolferson well
known aviatrlx of this section
was a returning passenger to
Nome after being in the states all
winter. ?
Toro Shaw, the well known Coun
oil mining man, and wife were re
turning paesengers on the Vic to
day. They spent the winter in
the states.
Boris Maglds, the sonrdough
business man of Deerlng and
north, arrived from Seattle today
on. the Victoria.
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hleet and St. Michael soon. The
actual sailing date cannot he de
finitely set at this time due to
the inconsistency of weather con
ditions. but will be announced lit
er.
i_
C. W. Lewis and wife, popular
Nome mercantile man, returned
t'apm the state*, following a short
visit outside.
W. F. Baldwin. well known
Nomeite returned to Nome today
aboard the liner Victoria after
iwtini; in Nthe^/»tatos during the
Vinter.
Mrs. Walter Slack and children
family of Walter Slack of the
Nome Machine Shop, were new
arrivals at Nome today, when the
Victoria of the Alaska Line Poll
ed -into port.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Allen. Mr.
and Mrs. Geo. Myatt and child,
Ray Allen, all relatives of Cliff
Allyn and wife and Lyle Nevins
and wife were new arrivals
aboard the Vic today.
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TELLS EXPERIENCES
BEING KIDNAPPED
HAIR DYED
ITRLJ* UK HARROWING
' KXPKKIKNCKS WHKN
i KIOWPPKH
—
(Wy The Associatad Press)
KIj PASO, June 22, Mrs. Slhyl
; Fidacpie. aged thirty-nine of San
Jose, California radio entertainer i
wna today, dazed fro»i harrewrrr*
kidnapping experiences which she
had undergone.
She was found in a hotel here.
Her son Jack is now enroute to
K1 Paso to return her to her
horn*.
She was exhausted from the
shock of drags which she claima
the kidnappers administered to
her. She disclosed he” Identity
to the hotel clerk by means of
scars on her abdomen and back,
thus definitely establishing her
identity.
She. mid ..a .lynats.'i'^rahmMe ww*'.*—
man did the kidnapping from h»r
home. Her hair which had been
black, was dyed red by the kid
nappers. She recalled little of the
Intervening time, due she said, to
the administering of drugs, which
kept tier in aii unconscious state.
ROOSEVELT PROMISES
FEDERAL AID
STRIKE SETTLEMENT
M '
KUlUatAli *«OVKI!NMI-iNT TO
IKTKUVKNK l.\ COAST
SHIPPING STRIKK
lBy The Associated Press)
SAN FR ACTSCO, Janie 2J, Ass
urances from President Hooseveit
that appeals for Federal action in
the strike, would receive attention,
today, were received here, and
brought new hopes to the coast.
Heavy police details remained
along the waterfronts followin';
outbreaks in San Pedro.
President Roosevelt notified the
governor of California that appeals
tor action were being laid before
Secretary of Labor Perkins.
Pour non-strikers and four of
ficers were injured in Sail Pedro
where two strikers were killed in
a previous riot, as u crowd of
three hundred men stormed the
pier at which seventy-five work
ers were loading a freighter.
Demanding that marine unions
live up to their contracts, operat
ors of four Alaska steamship com
panies wired Ryan in San Francis
co, asking him to order the strik
ers back on Alaskn ships. Opera
tors announced that other wires
were being dispatched to two cab
inet members, Perkins of the La
bor department and Secretary of
the Interior Ickes. Others are al
>o baing, sunt to Martin of Wash
iUja.UiL Troy, of r . Alaska and l.»
Green uf the American Federa
tion of Labor, for intervention In
the settlement: of the loading and
unloading.
Operations are proceeding peace
fully at Pier 4 b In Seattle, un
der heavy guards.
ALASKA SITUATION AGAIN
TIED UP EFFORTS BREAK
STRIKE STILL ON
(By The Associated Press)
SEATTLE, June 23, The strik
ers threatened as the port of
Seattle gradually opened, to ship
ping, to lay down an embargo on
European, Australian and Atlantic
shipping, all ships loaded here by
non-union men.
The Alaska agreement was
said by the longshoremen, to have
been broken by Mayor Smith when
be refused to remain neutral in
the strike.
‘Strikers declared they would not
handle any more Alaska Shipping.
Mayor Smith said again that the
police would not be removed from
the waterfront, and that he would
help the employers smash the
strike. Ho further denied that the
Alaska agreement contained any
provision that the city govern
meut remain neutral.
.aienaLei:.. .\V.miili...waa ...
the, only Alaska vessel being
leaded. -She sailed late yesterday,
two hours before the strikers’ ac-,
r'on- _ _
Dredging In the Shake River
harbor has been held up by the
recent storm, but will be resumed
soon The crew is constructing
steeper sides to the hopper barg
es, so that the c!av taken up from
the bottom of the river, will slide
off the barge into the Water, mor*
easily.
Many working men from out-of
town camps were in town last
night to await the arrival of the
S S Victoria. Some of them with
families aboard remained In town
today. ,
The big chechaeco ball schedul
ed for tonight at teh large Eagle
Hall, will be staged as advertised.
Every arrangement has been per
fected for giving the biggest and
finest dance ot the year. A smart
dance orcehstra in place of phono
graph music, will furnish the dan
c« rythma The price of .admis
sion will be gentlemen, $1.00 and
ladles free Don’£lfdll to come and
enjoy the Chechaccos
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