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The Nome daily nugget., 1917-07-03
ORDINANCE NO. 2s1.

An Ordinance amending Ordinance No. 2s1 of the City of Nome. Alaska, entitled IAN ORDINANCE FOR THE ASSESSMENT, LEVY AND COLLECTION OF A GENERAL TAX FOR SCHOOL AND MUNICH PAL PURPOSES UPON ALL REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY WITHIN THE CITY OF NOME, ALASKA" Providing that the rate of interest on tax sales and tax certificates of Real Property, shall be fifteen per cent per annum, instead of twelve per cent per annum. Be it ordained and enacted by the Common Council of Nome. Alaska. Sec. 1. That Ordinance No. 2s1, en- titled
 IAN ORDNANCE PROVIDING FOR THE ASSESSMENT, LEVY AND COLLECTION OF A GENERAL. TAX FOR SCHOOL AND MUNICIPAL PURPOSES, UPON ALL REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY WITHIN THE CITY OF NOME. ALASKA" passed by the Common Council on the 2Sth day of June, 1913, be, and the same IS hereby amended. so that the rate of interest on all tax sales or tax certificates, of real property, made or issued by the City of Nome, after the passage of this ordinance shall be fif- teen per cent per annum, instead of twelve per cent per annum.
 Sec. 2.-That the word twelve" in line 24 of section g of said Ordinance No. 2S1, be stricken out, and the word fifteen" inserted in lieu thereof; that the word twelve" in line fl of section S2, of said ordinance be stricken out, and the word "ffteen' inserted in lieu thereof; that the word twelve" in line six of section B of said ordi- nance, be stricken out and the word "fifteen,' inserted in lieu thereof. Passed by the Common Council. July ?. 1917.
 C. I. I.OMEN.
 Mayor. Attest:
 E. GRIMM.
 City Clerk.
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GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP CON-
 ING.

When the railroads so unctuously announced their willingness to yield to the dictates of patriotism by ac- cepting the Adamson law it was inn mediately suggestive of a hope on the part of the railroad barons that an apparently willing acquiesence in the demands, of the administration would 5 stand them in good stead later on and especially when the time came to press their demands for an increase of rates before the interstate com merce commission.
 In view of the intense opposition pffered the Adamson bill when that smeasure was before congress it really looks like the patriotism" of the eompany's was inspired largely by the hope ofsultimate rewards ln the shape ~ advanced rates coupled with al strong anticipation that the inevitable was about to happen in the shape of an adverse decision from the supreme court.
 The view is further strengthened by the fact that the railroad offer came almost within the hour in which the supreme court rendered its decision by announcing the 'constltutionality of the offending law.
 And now the suspicion that the roads ! were playing a subtitle game and ex- pected to reap a large profit as a result of the situation seems amply confirmed by the almost immediate demand for an increase in freight rates ranging from fifteen to more than twenty per cent.
 The railroads lost not an hour of time in presenting their claims before the interstate commerce commission but even there they were due to receive an additional shock in the shape of a we'll substantiated protest voiced by A. F. Helm, the representative of the public utility commission of Kansas, who called attention to the fact that Inc net incomes of the railroads last year were immensely greater than the year before and there was no justiflable excuse for further adding to their profits because of the increased oper- ating cost entailed under the Adamson law. In proof of his assertion Mir. Helm produced the annual statements of the railroads themselves ard also showed that the favorable. conditions still obtained up to the time of the conference.
 The greatest shock to the railroad '.ever lords was not the testimony of Mir. Helm, however, although his in- hictment of the freight increase de- mand was sufficiently disconcerting. The hardest blow came from an entirely different direction and was not in the least diminished by the
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LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

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 NOME TAILORING co.
 Next door Segerstorm X Hagen
 Jewelry Store. Visiting cards at the Nugget Office
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2e. 1907, at the post office At Nome. Alaska. under the Act of Congress of March 1878.
Semi-weekly herald., 1917-03-24
PUBLIC DUTY TO THE
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

Mr.. Horace L. Brand, editor of the
Illinois Staats Zeitung speaks in al
most the exact words which The
News has been using when he says
in his paper:
Americans not of Teutonic ances-
try have a patriotic duty to perform
toward those fellow citizens who are
of that migration.
"The duty consists of showing
their friendship for those, whose
hearts are wrung by war with Ger
many; to pardon with kindly fore
bearance the unguarded, but other
wise unintentionally unfortunate re-
marks that German-American
might be guilty of; to help to erase
the fear among German Americans
that spies surround them, ever ready
to misinterpret innocent acts or words /;
to aid in increasing the love for and
attachment to the United States on
the part of citizens of German birth
and to assist as far as possible, to
bring back peace and contentment to
the German-American element"
Americans, who can feel any prop
er realization Of the tragic choice
that may soon face their fellow citi-
zens of German blood, must act in
accordance with the plea of Mr..
Brand. 1t is an American plea be-
cause it is for the good of America.
So vital is it that America must pre-
pare to enforce it by the strength of
the common government, should the
good sense of the people be insuffic-
lent for its voluntary observance. -
Rocky Mountain News.
Semi-weekly herald., 1917-03-24
USE THE SIGN OF DEATH

The II otor club of Asheville, Noi tn
Carolina, has put up number OF
warning signs on ten mile aut,mo-
bile road between that city and d
nearby town. 1t happens that the
road is winding one and contains
several dangerous curves.
At one of the more critical bends a
sign oil skeleton draped in black,
the sign of death. Underneath it are
the words, 'Just around the curve
The picture is said to be sufficient
ly startling to make even the invet-
crater speeder slow down.
The idea might well be suggested
and put into use elsewhere. sug-
gestion to the courts that handle
yiolaters of the speed laws is that a
skull and cross bones be placed upon
the windshields of the offending cars,
An occasional sign of death along
some of the rural highways where
motorists are prone to test out the
speed of their cars might reduce the
danger to life and the property OF
people who live along the road.
1t is a certain thing that some
drastic measures will have to be TAX
en- if the speed mania is eliminated
Des Moines Capital.
Semi-weekly herald., 1917-03-24
WHY WE HAVE TRAMPS

II the well wisher of his country
will read the newspapers Of the state
in which he lives he will discover
why we have tramps. He Will also
discover why so many young men are
idle and why so many other young
men are in the penitentiary. On Feb
ruary 22d the members of the high
school at Independence, Iowa, REBEL
ed and remained away from school
because they We're not given half
holiday vacation on Washington 5
birthday.
The school board had decided not
to have an entire holiday and the
boys and girls thought they were
running the school, therefore, they
went into rebellion.
Unfortunately the parents of the
rebellious students supported their
children in the rebellion. Mr.. IL. c.
Chappell was a member of the school
board and on the issues as between
the pupils and the school board Mr..
Chappell was defeated for reelection
by a two to one vote. In public
communication Mr.. Chappell says:
at was not a question of getting
them back to school that afternoon
and pouring oil on the troubled wat
ers. 1t was a question of insurance
against a repetition of insubordina-
ton, it was question of teaching
them great lesson in life"
Mr.. Chappeli is a patriot and rea-
lized what triumph schol rebel
lion with boys and girls is, after they
grow up. He correctly says that the
great question involved was one of
obedience.
The parents of the rebellious stu
dents ought to be punished in some
way for lack of full realizing sense
of what it meant to encourage rebel
lion.
In Germany, a country now so
widely quoted on account of effic-
iency, obedience to parents and to the
law is pleasure. In the United
States it is almost impossible.
Mr.. H. c. Chappell fought the good
fight at Independence, Iowa, and de,
serves to be remembered by all well
wishers of society.-Des Moines Cap
ital.
Semi-weekly herald., 1917-03-24
SHIPS AND PIRATES

Supposed an armed American ship
sails to Dutch port, instead of an
English or French port, thru the war
zone, and tries to run the British in
stead of the German blockade. what
viii happen and what shall we do
about II? Such is the query of an
Auglophobe.
+ The answer is simple. In strict
accordance with international law. a
British or French warship will signal
the American vessel to stop for visit
and search, and will fire on her to
enforce the order, if she tries to
escape. Persistent efforts to escape
or to resist visit and search by force
of arms might lead to the destruc-
tion of such American vessel by gulf
fire. If captured in navigable CON
dition, she would be taken into a
British port for adjudication by n
prize court. In any event, every rea-
sonable effort would be made to save
the lives Of noncombatants aboard
If the United States government
made a claim for damages, it would
be arbitrated after the manner of the
Alabama case. Such is Legitimate
cruiser warfare.
German submarines are under or
ders not ito attempt to exercise the
right of visit and search in the war
zone. but are to sink everything on
sight, For this reason our depart
ment of state has notified the whole
world that our government will place
upon all American merchant vessels
sailing thru the barred zone an arm
ed guard for the protection of the
vessels and the lives of the persons
on board. This notice is tantamount
to declaring that German submarines
are pirates. If the German govern
ment revokes its orders TO sink with
out notice in the barred zone, Amer
lean ships will be ordered not to re-
sist visit and search by submarines.
New York Commercial
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THE GREAT AMERICAN HABIT

From the New York Tribune.
Not poker nor the movie nor good
nature nor detachable cuffs, but the
telephone, should be ranked as the
chief of American habits. Just
about 3O,OO0,o0O telephone calls a
day were handled by the Bell tele-
phone system in 1915. That is 100
calls year for every man, woman
and child in the country--excepting
those members of the families who
are too young to be held up to re-
ceivers. Like most habits. we take
the telephone for granted. Yet any
body beyond the ripe age of 80 can
remember very handily when there
was no such thing save as a public
curiosity. If you wanted doctor
you ran down the street to fetch him:
or if you wanted man for luncheon
you dropped note the day before.
And like all the other inventions
which have speeded up our means
of communication, the telephone
has done something more than mere
~ compress life; it has changed the
quality, subtracting certain elements
and adding others. Yon simply can
not be deliberately courteous or inn
Pressively dignified in words that
know the telephone. Those impress
sive Napoleons who make it rule not
to speak over the phone are follow
ing a sound instinct-as are also the
very toplofty princesses of society
with a similar edict. II has also per-
ceptibily reduced what little was left
of solitude. The great novelist or
the great composer can afford a tele-
phoneless hut or fiat, and so gain
enough peace and quiet to think.
Plain Americans must have the teIe-
phone at their elbow day and night
or go out of Enthusiastically as
well as commercially. The joyous
ness with which Americans have well
coined the telephone to their ears
and lips no doubt flows in part at
least from our national distaste for
privacy. We don't pull down our
shades at night and we hate hedges
ard fences. IL open plumbing is not
an American invention it ought to
be. On any future shield of these
United States the tile bathroom and
the telephone instrument ought TO
share the glory.
Semi-weekly herald., 1917-03-24
HOUSEHOLD CARES KEEP
MEN OUT OF JAIL WARDEN
inited Press.

nited Press.
SALEM, Ore. March "a. - House.
hold cares keep men out of jail, in
the opinion of Charles A. Murphey,
warden of Oregon state priston to-
day. Husbands who are responsible
for the wife and kiddies have less
time TO become criminals than un-
married men, in his belief
Counting widowers," said the war;
den. Eve find that about 38 per cent
Of the convicts received during the
last two years are married men. Six
ty-two per cent bachelors.
81 believe large number of the
younger inmates would not have got
ten into trouble If they had had the
responsibility Of caring for FAM
lily.
when man has wife he hangs
onto his job and works"
Semi-weekly herald., 1917-03-24
TO BRING FATHERS AND
SONS CLOSER TOGETHER
United Press.

United Press.
TRENTON, N. j., March "a. - To-
morrow win be "Boys" day In New
Jersey; the first Boys day ever pro-
claimed in the United States.
Governor Edges idea in inauguru-
ting It is to encourage closer rela-
tions between fathers and sons. He
believes that as fathers grow older
they lose the viewpoint Of youth in
most cases; and that their sons suf-
fer accordingly.
the SONS and revive the fathers thru
mutual association. Lack Of associa-
tion with each other, the governor
thinks is harmful to both the young
boys and the old; and tends to create
misunderstanding between them on
points which there should b no mis-
understanding,
Semi-weekly herald., 1917-03-24
50 D[AO;I150 HURT
IN INDIANA CYCLONE
United Press.

United Press.
INDIANAPOLIS, March "a. -
Tbirty-nine are known dead and a
hundred and fifty were injured and a
property loss of two millions occurred
yesterday evening when tornado
xweat across southern Indiana.
\ The storm spent its fury at New
Albany where there are "a known
dead, a hundred injured and mill
Aon and half dollars worth of prop
efty destroyed. The town is in ruins.
fhree hundred homes were destroy
es. A Thousand persons are home
less.
1.-Two companies of militia are p'.,
forcing martial law, al the ordei '"n
tbe governor. Hospitals are o..
flowing. Many are thought fatally
huft indianapolis Red Gross society
has taken charge of the relief work
fhe tornado came down on the city
frot the northwest, without warn
ing.
Semi-weekly herald., 1917-03-24
FROM THE RAGTIME
OF RAMESES

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
A popular interpreter of dancing
bearing the apt patronymic Of Waltz
informs terpischorean Philadelphia
that the turkey trot, the grizzly bear
the bunny hug, the tango and the
rest of the modern dances are, after
all, but derivatives of the sort OF
dancing in which the Ptolemies and
the other first families of Egypt in'
dulged some thousands Of years ago.
"Confound these ancientsT exclaim-
ed rueful humorist, as he perused
the works Of Aesop. Aristophanes
and Dem0critus, "they have stolen
my best things" 1t is said that the
expression "too farfetched,' applied
to many modern pleasantries, was
originally "tufa-fetched," and meant
the humor exhumed from the lava
flood that overwhelmed Herculaneum
and Pompeii. Judging fro the many
and diversified denizens of the Nile
valley, the "song-hit' fiend of Che
ops's or Cleopatra's tuneful day must
have enjoyed wide variety Of Sc
lections, to say nothing Of the num-
erous records archeologists have dis
covered, evidently the cherished po-
sessions even Of the mightiest Of the
rulers. If any one doubts that they
danced in ancient Egypt, he is re
spectfully referred to the opera OF
"Aida." Verdi could not tell lie.
Semi-weekly herald., 1917-03-24
FEARED JAPANES LABEL
HELD ENEMY SECRETS

TOXIC, March /. BY Mai. -
British officials cant decipher Jap
anese kilograms and they weren't
taking any chances. That accounts
for NJ. Ono, Japanese physician
who had been studying in Switzer-
land, losing his underwear when he
reached Liverpool. 1t had been pur-
chased at Mitsukoshi's Tokoyo, larg-
est department store, but the British
authorities feared there WAS more
than commercial meaning in the
Japanese label so they confiscated
the apparel. As if this loss wasn't
Semi-weekly herald., 1917-03-24

certain legislation relative to post
office employees. This gave an op-
portunity for an amendment on the
same subject and | offered the
amendment taking the post office APP
pointments out of politics and prov
iding that they should he appointed
on merit in accordance with the reg
uarly established civil service rules.
AT later time | viii briefly dis
cuss the manner in which this
change viii improve the system and
eurtail its expence, and the opportun-
ity for reward il will give to faithful
employees.
Semi-weekly herald., 1917-03-24
SUBJECTS OF CENTRAL
POWERS LEAVE CHINA

TOXIC. March /. By Mail =
Awaiting themselves Of what may be
their last opportunity to cross the
Pacific until the end OF the war, 10
subjects of the Central Powers took
passage on the liner China, due al
San Francisco. All but four boarded
the vessel at Shanghai.
Since early in the war Teuton sub
jects have been able to leave China
only aboard American steamers and
the possibility that the China might
be the last American liner to leave
Chinese ports before war between
Germany and the United States and
possibly between China and Germany
caused a record number Of Germans,
Austrians, Turks and Bulgarians to
take passage at Shanghai.
Semi-weekly herald., 1917-03-24
SAID BY THE GREAT

The human soul is bospitable and
will entertain conflicting sentiments
and contradictory opinions with
much OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Eliot.
There must be wonderful sooth.
ing power in nero words, since So
many men have used them tor self
communion lombard.
When children are welcome as new
power, instead Of being unwelcome
as new burden, the real social revolu-
ton is accompiished.-W. G., Summer
The better part of valor is discre-
ton, in which better part / have
saved my life.-Shakespeare.
Semi-weekly herald., 1917-03-24
ID. & X. G. FIREMAN
MEETS INSTANT DEATH

p. J. Gregg, d. g. r. G. fireman
on the Eastern passenger, met in
stant death at Los Pinos, 1870 miles
east Of Durango yesterday at II
o'clock, when he jumped from his en-
gine TO avoid what he apparently
supposed to be wreck. According
to meagre details regarding the ac-
cident, broken pinion caused the
slide rod of his engine to work loose
and in its wild course hit the engine
cab as it revolved. 1t is supposed it
either knocked off the blow-off cock.
smothering Gregg or else excited him
until he lost his presence of mind and
jumped to what he though was safe
ty. He lighted in a snow bank roll
ed back under the moving train, sus-
tanning internal injuries that caused
instant death Among the external
injuries were deep and long gashcs
on his head and hip. His left leg
was cut off below the knee and frac-
tured above it. The body was plac-
ed on board the train and brought to
Durango last night TO be prepared
for burial. II was accompanied to
Antonito today by Mrs. James
Fox of Silverton, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Dan Holly of Chama, sister,
brother-in-law and sister-in-law re-
spectiyely Of the deceased. Mrs. Gregg
his wife, was in Chama when the ac-
cident occurred. Arrangements were
made for her to go to Antonito yes
terday afternoon in company with
her brother. The late Mr.. Gregg was
born in ireland 80 years ago. He had
been employed on this division of the
D. & R. G. for ~ years. When in
Durango he made his headquarters
at the Palace. His last trip here was
February I.
Semi-weekly herald., 1917-03-24
NEW SYSTEM WILL
SAVE U. s. TWELVE MILLION
tBy Miles Poindexter, U S. Senator
from Washington.)

tBy Miles Poindexter, U. S. Senator
from Washington.)
Written for the United Press.l
WASHINGTON, d. c., Mar. "a
The action Of the President in adopt
ing the merit system in the appoint
ment of first, second and third class
postmasters and taking this patron
age out of politics, will save the gov
ernment, at conservative estimate
twelve million dollars a year and will
increase the efficiency of the postal
service. This system becomes effect
i've week from Monday
There are 567 first class offices;
2,213 second class; 7,437 third class
and 1898 fourth class offices. The
fourth-class offices We're placed in
the civil service several years ago
by President Taft.
The application of the principle
however, was so perverted that it did
not bring the desired result. Three
I-names were certified on list of
tAlGibl' III
cases there was at least one Demo-
crat on the list and in nearly all
cases this Democrat was appointed
1t only brought the system into ridi-
culo because it was sham and a
hypocritical application of it.
This did the merit system harm
because some who took only super
ficial view of the latter blamed the
principle itself for the result, where
as the real fault was the failure to
apply in truth and in fact the merit
system.
So far as announced. the forth
coming order will not affect incum-
bent postmasters during their pres
ent term, but will apply to appoint
ments or reappointments at the end
of that term. Instead of perver-
sion of the principle by giving the
appointment to the Democrat on the
list of three, the applicant standing
highest on the list and having the
other necessary qualifications as to
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regardless of politics.
This change will add to the dignity
of congressman by relieving them of
the obligations and humiliations of
political appointments. 1t will take
away from the executive branch of
the government one of the powerful
influences of inducements, which in
times past have frequently been used
to direct and control the actions of
Congress. Anyone can see the effect
Of such influences upon the inde-
pend of that branch of the govern
ment. 1t is a deteriorating influence
morally as well as intellectually, and
if allowed to control the entire civil
service would lead to its ruination.
proposed this change by an
amendment to the postoffice bill two
years ago. but ii went out on point
Of order. This year when the legis-
laSive, executive and appropriation
bill came to the senate il contained
Semi-weekly herald., 1917-03-24
HOUSE FOLLOWS SENATE'S
LEAD, AMENDS INITIATIVE &
REFER NDU NJ. SENATE
FIGHTS PROHIBITION.
United Press.

United Press.
DENVER, March "a. The house
of representatives today passed the
much discussed amendments to the
initiative and referendum measures.
The senate having previously taken
action on the same matter. The
house also passed the smelter in
vestigation bill and the stock inves-
tigation bill.
The senate seems to be hopelessly
involved in an entangling fight over
the prohibition bill. Both houses ad-
iourn at nidnight tonight.
Semi-weekly herald., 1917-03-24
AMERICA MUST FIGHT
LONG AND BITTER WAR

quire men, money and materials
1t is indicated that the United
States plans to loan the allies bill
lion dollars or more. The govern
ment will doubtless devise a speciul
taxation system to prefent enormous
surpluses.
Manufacturers thus far have shown
themselves to be patriotic, not
greedy.