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The Nome nugget., 1929-05-18
FUR PRICES STILL HIGH

TACOMA, May 17, lP)-Consid- ering the quality of furs offered, exceptionally high prices were real ized in the sale held by the West Coast Fur Sales, last Monday.
 Mink sold as high as twentynine dollars, but the collection as d whole was poor. bringing an aver age of twelve dollars and twenty five cents.
 Lynx avera ged fifty-seven dollars and fifty cents, the top being sev- enty-three dollars. Muskrats were in little demand.
 Wolves averaged thirteen -twen- ty-fve, the top being sixteen dol lars and twenty-five cents.
 Weasel averaged a dollar nine ty-five, the top being two seventy. Cross foxes averaged seventy-one dollars, the top being two hun dred.
 Wolverine averaged twenty, the top being twenty-two.
 Otter avera ged twenty-eight, tho top being thirty-five dollars.
 Silver fox topped at one hun dred and ninety dollars. Red fox averaged forty-eight and top being sixtysix.
 The next regular monthly sale will be June 12th.
The Nome nugget., 1929-05-18
LOCAL NEWS
FAIR ASSOCIATION
 ELECTS DIRECTORS

A meeting of the Northwestern Alaska Fair Association was call ed to order by l.. E. Robinson at the City hall at 8 P. M. Tuesday
 The chairman stated that the purpose of the meeting was to elect board of directors for the ensuing year, and that while there were as yet no bylaws covering the method of election, the articles of corporation provided for it.
 It was then moved by Charles A1ilot and seconded by A. Bahlke. that a committee be appointed to select the directors. MT. Robinson stated that this method was used to expediate matters and did not prevent nominations being made from the floor. Milot. Swanberg and Schmidt were appointed by the chair and they after consulta- tion selected Cliff Allen, Thomas D. Jensen. A. Polet, l.. E. Robin son, L. E. Rynning. Geo s. May nard and Frank Tutok as the board of directors. There being no nominations from the floor. it was moved by Judge G. J. Lomen that ballots be cast. seconded by MT. Milo, and so ordered, and the directors above mentioned were unanimously elected.
 As a matter of information it was stated that the program Of the Fair Association should be in the, hands of the Governor by the first of July and as it was 2 question whether it could be mada by mail by that time it was decid- ed to advise by telegram. The Territory helps the fair to the extent of two thousand dollars oi any part of it equalling the amount raised locally and as there had not as yet been an intensive campaign made in Nome, it Was thought advisable to begin as soon
The Nome nugget., 1929-05-18
FRIDAY (TECEGRAPHiC,
HOLOCAUST IN
 CLEVELAND HOSPITAL

CLEVELAND, May 1S, R- Ninety persons are known to have lost their lives and scores were injured in an explosion and fire at the Cleveland Clinic Hospital. The police said the death list may run much higher. Most Of those Killed are believed to have been patients with a few nurses and doctors. Two hours after the building took fire, all the occu pants were removed and the fire extinguished.
 Most of the fatalities were caus- ed by the fire but many are be- lieved to have met death from the poisonous fumes from burning chemicals. Some of the dead turn ed ghastly green color when re- moved from the building. An eye witness. Mrs. Irene Lentz, of Par sons Virginia, who was waiting at the hospital to be examined by a physician, described the approach of ghastly brown wall of bro- mide gas as it trapped and stran- gled the victims. She saw smoke issuing from room next to where she was waiting. She thot nothing as the doctors had been smoking. Instantly red lights flashed and the doctors and nurses ran frantically about and began wheeling out patients. Mrs. Lentz ran toward the door and others followed. The wall of bro mide intercepted many who inn mediatelv collapsed. One woman screamed: "Oh God! My daugh- ter" and fell to the floor. It re quired two hours to complete the tragedy
 The firemen battled with the scorchins flames. Others with gas masks risked their lives inside the building removing the victims. Some were horribly burned, while others were unconscious. Many who were alive after the fire are expected by the doctors to be add ed to the death list
The Nome nugget., 1929-05-18

as possible. MT. Mason spoke at length upon the subject, claiming that around Nome the surface had been barely scratched.
 The secretary MT. Rynning stat ed that encouraging results from the outlying sections had been re ceived, notably kotzebue, Film. Hot Springs, Bluff, Shaktolik. the local Native Brotherhood and as far away as Juneau. Other sec tions of the country had not yet been heard from, but equally en- couraging reports are expected from them.
 A surprisingly deep interest is manifested in all quarters for the success of the fair and what may have in the beginning seemed somewhat doubtful, is now an as sured success
The Nome nugget., 1929-05-18
GAS CONTINUES TO TAKE TOLL

CLEVELAND, May 17. R,-The noxious brownish gas which de yastated the Clinic hospital and dropped doctors, nurses and pa tients in their tracks as they fought for escape, continued it's work in driving the death toll to- ward the one hundred and fifty mark.
 The two terrific explosions and the fire, following the ignition of the X ray films, did not do all the damage. The poisonous fumes acted on the blood of the victims throughout the night and the death list was increased hour ly. One hundred and twenty four are now dead.
 The government. coroner, city manager and other local officials have an investigation under way in an effort to discover the cause of the tragedy. Three theories are advanced as to the cause of the fire. Someone might have been burning rubbish in the base ment, ten feet from vault con- taining X-ray films. and spark was blown through the furnace door. The second theory was that there was a steamfitter work ing in the basement using a blow torch. The most frequently ad- vanecd suggestion was that of crossed wires in the X-ray mach
The Nome nugget., 1929-05-18
GRAF ZEPPELIN DEVELOPS ENGINE TROUBLE AND Is
 RETURNING TO BASE

FREIDRICHSHAFFEN. Germany. May r., R-The Graf Zeppelin which left here yesterday. develop ed motor trouble and returned to the home port. The last previous definite report received here was to the effect that the ship passed over Barcelona at two. thirty P. M., yesterday, or eight, thirty five, Eastern Standard Time. At this time she had been in the air more than eight hours and had covered six hundred fifty miles. The zeppelin was maintaining a good average of seventy miles an hour.
 Editors note-For further par ticulars consult cur local Burgo- mastery
The Nome nugget., 1929-05-18

FOR THE NUGGET
The Nome nugget., 1929-05-18
ELECTION NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that a Special Municipal Election will be held at the City Hall in the City of Nome, on Tuesday, May 21ss, 1929. for the purpose of ratifyiBg or rejecting Ordinance No. 250, the same being An Ordinance Granting the Right and Privilege of the Alaskan Industrial Mining and Power Company to Maintain and Operate an Electric Light and Power Plant Within the City Of Nome."
 Dated at Nome. Alaska. this 2Oth day of April, 1929.
 4. BAHLkE, Mayor. Attest: M. JACOBSGAARD.
 City Clerk.
The Nome nugget., 1929-05-18
>.k AIIsPLANE NEWS.
AIRPIANE NEWS.

Pilot Noel Wien took off about Goon todd! with Richard Sund- quist for Candle. The plane con- tinued on to Kotzebue with mail. returning the plane stopped at Decrlng and picked up H :. Stuil Geo Mckay and Ben Mozer and landed them at Nome 4pout 6:l5 ? M IL was repnr.e1 that the l,.ane was unable to lanl al Can de "'G funded at Ke 9walik in stead
 The mail for the plaue leaving Nome sometime Sunday evening, for Fairbanks, closed at ] P. T. [, day.
The Nome nugget., 1929-05-18

inc, which provided the damaging spark. Many patients are in a serious condition and unable to talk.
 Dr. Jack Swa fferd, the X-ray physician, is said to have leaped from the window of the X-ray room. He was found sitting on the ground in a dazed condition.
The Nome nugget., 1929-05-18
BASE BALL SCORES.
SEATTLE. May 16, LP)- American League

SEATTLE. May 16, LP)-
 American League St.. Louis ,. Washington 8. Detroit 6. Philadelphia 5 Chicago s, Boston Cleveland :. New York 1
 National League St. Louis 4. Philadelphia Pittsburgh 9. Brook lyn 4, Cincinnati 12, New York 3 Chicago z, Boston
 Coast League. Los Angeles I, San Francisco 3 Cacramento ,, Oakland 2 Portland 2, Seattle
The Nome nugget., 1929-05-18
BASE BALL SCORES
SEATTLE, May IS, R- American Teague

oC]t LIZ, -udS 10, tHJ
 American League Boston ), New York 3 Chicago 6, Detroit ? St. Louis ', Cleveland 6. Philadelphia I, Washington l
 National League. Chicago 9, Cincinnati3 Pittsburgh s, St. Louis 3 New York 9. Boston , Brooklyn II. Philadelphia 13,
 Coast League San Francisco 6. Los Angeles ? Portland 2, Seattle 0 Sacramento g. Oakland l Missions 12, Hollywood II.
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The Nome nugget., 1929-05-18
AN OU V c E NJ E W T

Edward J. Fox has resumed watch and clock repairing and is on duty at this work every day. upstairs in the Oliver Building. Front Street, opposite Ira Ranks
The Nome nugget., 1929-05-18

Airplane Envelopes. 25cts. per dozen at Nugget Office.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-10
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

in the Senate Once Building at 3
o'clock every afternoon. There big
Bill' discourSes gayly and freely upon
every subject under the political sun.
The newspaper men have his full con-
fidence and he addresses them without
restraint. The press gallery long ago
voted the Idahoan one Of its prime
favorites and delights to spread his
fame. He seldom speaks without say
ing something. and whatever he says is
almost invariably front-page stuff.
The White House announcement on
the growing size of postal deficits re-
wives the discussion as to whether the
Post ONCE ought ever to be anything
but a money-loSing branch of the Gov
eminent. There are those who argue
that it is as essentially service" de-
partment as the Army and Navy, which
are also operated at heavy deficit. :"
When the founding fathers established
the Post Office system a century and
half ago, its basic purpose (as Thomas
Jefferson was fond of pointing ou)
was to serve as means OF dissent
mating public knowledge. Those were
the days of the powerful pamphleteers.
The pamphlets Of yesterday are the
newspapers and magazines OF today.
Frank H. Hitchcock, Postmaster Gen.
eral in the Taft administration. was
about the last head of the postal serv-
ice to turn in an annual profit.
(Copyrisht, 1920
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-10
Lumbermen Blamed
For Loss of Trout
To the Editor OF The Star:

The article in The Star on July 4.
1929. under the title "Pillory Suggested
for the Fish Hog" by Paul Moore, is
OF considerable interest to the fishing
fraternity, and the constructive sug-
gestion in reference to the conservation
of fish will be heartily Endorsed by
every fisherman.
In connection with the above, there
is trout stream on Meadow Mountain.
Madison County, Va, that three years
ago was stocked with 10000 native FIN
gerling trout. These trout were ar
ranged for delivery to June Weakley,
who resides on top of this mountain, by
Paul E. Mckinney and the writer.
short time ago, on a visit to this
stream, 1t was noted that trout were
not as plentiful as would be expected
under the heavy stocking, and on in
vestigation it was found that a great
many trees were being cut for lumber.
and the limbs of the trees, chips and
barks. ETC., were deposited in the stream,
creating a condition which is destruc-
tive to trout, or, in fact, any fish. It
is suggested that the fish commission
ers' of Virginia attention be invited to
this condition, and that the lumbermen
be required to clean this stream remov-
ing limbs, chips, ETC., to provide fish
ing grounds wherein the fishing fra
ternity may enjoy the pleasure of fish
ing and obtain some results from the
stocking Of this stream.
H. LIE LAURIN.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-10
Praises Reed Hospital
For Efficient Service

To the Editor of The Star:
AS patient at Walter Reed Hospital,
I write to express my appreciation of
the kind and efficient treatment re-
ceived while an inmate of that institu-
ton. On arriving at the hospital, June
6 last, was assigned to room 4, ward
g. After preliminary examination, treat
ment was prescribed and applied until
June %. During my stay at the hos
pital / was very much impressed by
the untiring attention and solicitude
shown by orderlies and nurses toward
the inmates. Night and day they were
on duty, responding to calls cheerfully
and promptly. The meals could not be
improved upon. The food served was
according to the requirements Of pa
tents
Convalescing patients and those wait
ing for operations would lounge in the
large reception room and discuss hos
pltal features. Not word of criticism
was spoken. Some had their meals
brought to their rooms and others ate
in the dining hall. but all agreed that
the food served could not in any re-
spect be improved upon. General in
spections were held monthly. 1t was
my privilege to witness one. On the
morning of inspection corridors and
rooms. as usual, presented an immacu-
idNC oPPCdi uiiSC. 4NuISCS anu
were lined up in the corridors. and
then came Gen. Kennedy. accompanied
by his staff. all in full uniform. closely
observing the conditions of rooms and
halls.
The ward to which I was assigned is
on the third floor. but on visiting the
others floors / found the same fault
less system prevailed throughout the
building. In every department order
lies and nurses seemed to respond to
the calls of patients, their manner i'm
porting sympathetic solicitude.
Complaints have been made. accord
ing to a morning paper, but those few
disgruntled unfortunates evidently ex-
press the sentiments of that class re-
sponsible for the claim that IAN old
soldier is an old growler"
F. S. HODGSON.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-10
The Perilous Submarine.

American memory of the S-4 disaster
on the coast of Provincetown in Decem-
Der, 1927, with loss of forty men, is
still fresh enough to impel people in
this country to sympathize keenly with
the British in the catastrophe that has
just overtaken one of their own sub
marine fleet. Apparently all hope has
been abandoned of saving any of the
. twenty-one men aboard the HAT, which
sank west of Fishguard yesterday
morning
There is a curious resemblance be-
tween the latest American and British
submarine tragedies.
Our S-4 came in collision, when rising
to the surface, with the United States
Coast Guard destroyer, Paulding, and
sank in 101 feet of water. The British
submarine was sent to the bottom after
colliding with a sister ship during ma
neuvers with eighteen other undersea
craft.
Sailormen call these recurring sub
marine miShaps Casualties of service"
They are the price that apparently
must be paid for naval efficiency, es-
pecially in the submarine branch. It
is branch that calls for brave and
skiilful men. Its perils are incessant
and incalculable. A wealth of precau-
tionary measures seems incapable of
wholly obviating them. Experience is
teaching the worlds navies every day
how better to combat the dangers of
'U-boat" practice, but yesterdays sad
affair of the British coast is here to
tell us that 1t is always the unexpected
and the uncomfortable that must be
reckoned with.
Following the S-4 disaster two years
ago, there was a merited outcry in the
country and in Congress for the maxi
mum of safety appliances in the SUBJ
marine service OF the United States
Navy. There was particular call for
high.eficiency salvage apparatus. Crews
imprisoned In a sunken submarine have
been saved on occasion by the prompt
application Of rescuing measures UNDER
taken with adequate equipment. In
connection with the S-4, there seemed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-10
Says ''Cyclone Cellar
Saves Lives of Many

The old-fashioned Cyclone cellar" is
still the best device that science can
suggest to save lives during the in
tensely dangerous tornadoes of the
Middle West. In discussing Kansas
lorna does in the Governments official
weather publication, the Monthly
Weather Review, Mr. S. D. Flora
credits this once familiar outdoor cave,
sod-foofed and dug 1ow enough So that
its top projected only a few inches
above the ground, with. probably hayipg.
been "the means of saving more lives
from tornadoes than anything else"
places of refuge ever contrived." In
the early days of Western settlement
the sight Of any BLACK, 'f,inhei-shap
cloud heading toward the farmhouse
was the. signal for adults, to pick UP,
young children and run instantly for
the cyclone cellar. Many a pioneer
housewife reached that shelter Just in
time to see her home vanish into
fragments. With the growth Of towns
cyclone cellars have become les fash
ionable, but so has the death toll OF
tornadoes increased. The Weather Bu-
reau recognizes a certain variety OF
close, sultry weather as typical tornado
weather. Mr.. Flora says. bat no one
paths of these most violent OF all known
storms. Escape from death in such
a storm usually depends, he concludes.
either upon blind luck or upon, ex-
tremely quick thinking when the storm
appears. If no cyclone cellar Is avail
able. the safest place, Mr.. Flora be-
lieveS, is in the southwest corner OF
the basement of frame house,
crouched close to the wall.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-10
The Postal Deficit.

The worlds biggest business the
United States Postal Service-shows a
deficit of somewhere between 100, 0O0, 900
and 200,o00,000, the biggest loss in its
history.
This news is so important in the
business program of the administration
that Postmaster General Brown has
been called to the White House for an
accounting by President Hoover. The
Post ONCE Department is continually
operating at loss, as is well known,
and this loss has been gradually mount
ing. as additional postal service has been
instituted. The really alarming feature
is that the peak deficit of 2,121 ,095
during the fiscal year 1928 has been
dwarfed into insignifcance by the pros
pective deficit Of 500, 10000 to $780,
600, 900 for the fiscal year ended
June 80.
President Hoover is determined to
know just how matters stand and to
safeguard against any more such alarm
ing surprises by appointing an expert
accountant as assistant to the Post
master General to straighten out the
postal accounts and bring the books
strictly up to date. The postal deficit
seems to veto his expressed hope only
day or two ago that the situation
may work out on the side of a safe
surplus for material relief" by which
he eased the dictum of Secretary Mel
lon and Senate finance leaders last
Friday that further tax reduction is
impossible.
This amazing news from the Postal
Service brings the matter of Govern
ment finances directly home to every
| individual citizen, for it is through this
service that each person comes into di-
rect touch with the Federal Govern
ment and from 1t receives personal
service. For these people there is most
positive assurance that no matter what
the deficit may be it will mean no cur
tailment in the service of communica-
ton for the people.
The postal service has always "fol-
lowed the flag" and with means OF
communication becoming much more
convenient and expeditions 1t will con-
tinue to give most up-to-date service.
1t has been shown that one cause OF
the deficit is the back pay of $51 900,
900 to rail lines, and that the estab-
lishment of new air lines. including
those to Latin American countries, has
also added to the financial burden.
While a three-month intensive study
Of the fiscal affairs of the Government
is being made by direction of the Presi-
dent, the usual June meeting of the
business organization Of the Govern
ment has been postponed until Sep
| TENDER. The new budget director, Col
James c. Roop, who has been in santo
Domingo with the Dawes commission
establishing the finances there on q
stable footing, will have a real job
| ahead Of him when he assumes office
to find an easy way for the Federal
fiscal program to absorb the postal
deficit without added burden to the tax;
payers.
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be taken into consideration as well rs
the physical problems of traffic control.
Eventually, it is possible, the problem
may solve itself as the public mind be-
comes disciplined" in traffic behavior
as the mind of the soldier becomes
disciplined to the various regulations
of the service. But 1t is not impossible
that such "disciplining" win require at
least a generation.
The traffic code itself is far from per-
feet anywhere. 1t is in state of fiux,
requiring continual adjustments to
changing physical conditions. But
serious and difficult as are the purely
physical problems of trafic control, it
is essential not to overlook the compile
mentary problems of dealing with great
numbers of human beings who, Willingly
or unwittingly, violate the rules.