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The Nome nugget., 1929-07-20

The recent rains of the past few weeks, while disagreeable to the town folks. has caused broad smiles to brighten the faces of the mining men and prospectors. Without rain the mining industry would go on the rocks as it is necessary to thaw the frozen ground and carry on dredging op- erations. Likewise with the small CT mining outfits rain is also nec- essary for hydraulic mining and ground sluicing of the overburden for the smaller. operator in order to shovel in placer ground at a profit. And in a way it helps the merchant, because he has an op- portunity to sell wet goods-such as raincoats, cravenettes, rubber boots, rubbers. umbrellas and etc. So you see it is a poor wind that does not blow somebody good. Cheer up. MT. Merchant, the min CTS are busy taking out the gold
The Nome nugget., 1929-07-20
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JULY 10, 1929

The busy season has opened for Deering, and with mining on the 1mnachuk, the ighterage, and the Road Commission work, every man in the town is employed. Frank Redwood of the Road Commission went to Keewalik to- day on business for the Commits sion.
 Hilkey Robinson of Candle, Mrs. Roust, wife of the commissioner. and another lady, paid visit to Deering today.
 A. " Cordovado arrived by plane last week and went out to his mine for the season The force at the mines is busily engaged in putting down the thaw points and running the new pipe line to op- en up a fresh pit this summer.
 Misses Ida and Emma Escholt contemplate visit to Nome on the mail steamer.
 The Magids Bros went to Shish- maref last Saturday to lighter their freight ashore at that point, but seem to have been delayed on account of ice.
 The Lomen Reindeer Corpora tion-- is said to have 24,00O rein deer at it's corral on the Choris Peninsula, ready for counting and marking. l The Deering Reindeer Company herders have been out several days rounding up deer in the Good Hope River region and brought over about 1700 head, as estimat- ed, for corraling. Todate 560 head have been put through the chutes.
 Miss Anna Hughes. the Terri torial school teacher at Deering expects to go outside by freighter during this month.
 Dr. Benson is in from the creeks on a short visit. Work, at his camp is progressing satisfactorily. He reports John De ,Buhr having fully recovered from his indisposi- tion of the winter.
 The ice is lying in Kotzebue Sound very late this season, and is still scattered over the water in front of Deering.
 Deering, July IS, 1929
 The M, s. Silver Wave which left Nome on the evening of July 2nd for 'Kotzebue and way points, arrived in the roadstead here at about 12:30 P. M. July 12th and left shortly afterwards for Kee- walik and kotzebue. The trip northward on the Silver Wave was full of experiences which a chee- chacoo would very much liked to have had. especially those exper- fences with the great Arctic ice foes which we entered on the 4th of July and due to the heavy ice and fog we were forced to re- turn to Teller and take on fresh supplies, fuel oil and water We again started out for Keewalik and kotzebue, but after passing Wal es found it necessary to return there on account of heavy seas and ice where we remained for about "A hours. Again we start ed and after much travelling at half speed with Captain Ottison in the crows nest, we arrived at Shishmaref at about P. M. Leav- ing there the next morning. we again experienced some difficulty with the ice until we arrived at Cape Espenberg where it became necessary to anchor for 36 hours due to the heavy ice and fog and at z A. NJ. the morning of the 18th we headed for Deering. The freighter Derblay stopped long enough this morning (the 1sth) to unload lighter of frei- ght after which they departed for } Kotzebue After ddscharging at Kotoebue they will return to Deer ing where they will finish discharg- ing their cargo which includes the material for a new government school building.
 The M Dnrothv xuhich ie hood :
The Nome nugget., 1929-07-20

and in the fall your harvest will come.
The Nome nugget., 1929-07-20

Barney Rolando the we'll known Sherrit creek mining man, re- turned to Nome from his mining claims the forepart of the week and reported that when he start ed operations he found that all the fittings had been stolen from his boiler and drilling machine, thus necessitating a trip back to Nome in an effort to replace them. He says that everything is in read mess for sluicing and as soon as he returns active operations will commence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-16
..W0MD PEACE PLEA MADE
BY FLAG DAY SPEAKERS
Kellogg, Fortune and McNutt Ad-
dress United States in Nation
wide Radio lookup.

ny the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, June 15.-Frank B.
Kellogg, former Secretary Of State;
william Fortune, president of the
American Peace Society, and Paul "
MeNutt, national commander OF the
American Legion, made q plea for
world peace In radio addresses last night
In o Flag day Observance program
sponsored BY the American Legion
Tho speeches were broadcast Deer q
Nationwide hooksup by the National
Broadcasting Co.
Mr.. Kellogg advocated Q program of
arbitration FOR settlement of interna-
tiona1 Disputes and the reduction of
armament as the practical solution for
the peace problem! The same plan was
advanced By Fortune.
MeNItt, however said that while the
leRion asks better method than war
for settling international disputes, the
methods must be ones which do not
involve loss Of national integrity or
security"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-16
BUNCH OF KEYS Is HELD
MURDER MYSTERY CLUE
by the Associated Press.
DrYAYwr ANnmH n

RHINELANDER. Wis, June Is
delphia for aid In the Identification Of
o man whose mutilAted and charred
body was found In lonely spot three
miles south of Three Lakes.
In the ashes Of what Is believed TO
have been the mans funeral pyre au-
thorfties found a bunch of keys One
key was stamped philadelphia" and
was of the type issued for deposit boxes.
District Attorney Earl Kennedy be-
heveS the man was summary executed
several weeks ago. Investigation, he
said, indicated that he had been wired
to q stake, shot to death with q shot
gun and then burned. The shotgun was
found nearby.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-16

Lustrous, Arm, yarn rnerceriSed
quality with q permanent finislt.
Scores Of fresh new Summer designs
and cclorings--tor dresses, blouses,
ensembles, etc. SO inches wide.
The Washington times., 1929-09-20

Situated In most any section Of
washington at = price y0a can afford
Ia pay, are homes advertised - Times
mud Herald Classified ads.
The Washington times., 1929-09-20
HEARD SCREAM
IN PEACOCK
ROOMS

(Continued on Page 2, Column IL
The courtroom fans snickered and
the Judge elowered at them.
Miss Frances Newman, fluffy hair
Broadway dance hall hostess and the
parti.time 'sweetie OF Peacox. took
the stand as a star witness for the
State.
she seemed bewlldered as, she sur
veyed the courtroom throng which
included many flappers.
In soft, low voice she answered
questions put to her by District At
torney Frank II. Coyne. She was
Mas Newman testified she met
Peacox last election night ut a New
York dance hall, where she was q
hostess. She went with him to 2
room at Twenty-fourth and Seventh
Avenue, She referred to the de-
PENDANT as Earle
Six or Seven Times
In March, 1929, she went with him
a number of times to his apartment
In Mount Vernon, the place where
Dorothy subsequently met her death.
She went to the apartment "ori
six or seven occasions" she added.
1.-The first time went there said
YOU have a nice apartment-are you
nlArried?" Miss Newman testified.
And he said yes, but my wife and /
are separated. She Is never coming
back
Peacox told her. said Miss New
man, that his wife had gone away
and was living with two fellows in
New York"
He said she had come back to him
once or twice but finally went away
for good.
Earle said that IL he ever got her
he would finish them BOTH" said
Miss Newman,
Whom did he mean by both, :"
asked District Attorney Frank
Coyne. "She and her gentleman
friend"
The Washington times., 1929-09-20
SHEARER TRICKY
BOSS CLAIMS
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Continued from First Page)
the president. Bario said that dur.
ing the conference, news dispatches
covered the trend OF the confer
ence" so we'll that the reports of
Shearer were not, carefully looked
over. He said his secretary who
read the Shearer reports terms
them bunk"
Irked BY Shearer
Bardo submitted a letter from
Henry Hunter, counsel for the
American Shipbuildin Company. dis
charging Shearer and said Shearer
didn't send a single intelligent re-
port covering what he was to do.
He added that during the conference
he iBardol saw in New York
paper a story with Shearer's name
over 1t and with the notation that
he (Shearer, was in Geneva ION
behalf oil a roup Of American patri-
otto societies.
"That was distasteful to me-"
said Bardo. mfr. Shearer couldn't
ride both horses. They didn't o
the some way"
Are you sure of that?" asked
Robinson.
"Yes." said the witness.
Questioned by Robinson as to
paid to Shearer other than that by
the shipbuilders for his Geneva
work, Bardo said he knew Shearer
was paid $3.50 by the Trans.
Oceanic Company which was for.
warding the move towards four.day,
high-speed transatlantic boats.
Bardo, however. later changed his
testimony regarding the payment of
money to Shearer by the Trans
Oceanic Company to the effect that
the payment came from the funds
of the American Brown overi Com.
pany.
why was Shearer employed TO do
this work after you had decided he
was not a fit agent for the Geneva
work." Robinson asked.
81 demonstrated against this"
BardO said. "SlIearer was the kind
Of man that, If you sent him to the
pasture after the COW, he might
shoot his neighbOr."
when did you decided Shearer
was so undesirable?" Robinson asked
again.
when he doublecrossed US in
writing that article in a New York
paper as a representative of patri-
otto societies.
The ship building companies which
employed Shearer decided to dismiss
him about 80 days before the letter
of dismissal from Hunter in Deem
Der 1928 was sent him, Bardo said.
why did you delay in discharg'
ing him?" Robinson asked.
I'VE didn't want to be arbitrary
about the matter" Bardo said.
All during the hearing Shearer
and his lawyer sat just in front of
the committee. He smoked con-
stantly.
The Washington times., 1929-09-20
Known Dead

DETROIT, Sept. 90 QsN.S.J-
With the death of an unidentified
woman i'm Receiving Hospital, the
toll of lives I'm the Study Club fire
disaster stood at II at noon today.
{ Following is the list OF dead:
LAWRENCE LUTHER, 40, DE.
trOit.
RI. B. Smith, 46, Detroit.
MRS. JOHN PARKER, ~, DE.
trOlt.
BERTHA KELLY, ~, DetrOit
survived by two small children in
FOdelac, Wis.,.
MORRISON MANNING, 80, or.
chestra leader, said to have former
~ lived in Grand Rapids, Mich,
WAVERLY j. GREEN, Detroit.
DERRICK S. BROWN, 50, De.
e. B. TEDFORD, a.. Detroit.
j. G. KAUFMAN, 20, Detroit.
WALLACE kRIEGER, 80. Grand
Rapids, Mich.
MRS. "a SsIE ROsENBLOOM,
80, Detroit.
MISS LOCHEY MCGEE. 10.
RUBY EMERY, 90, Detroit. e
JANE WARD, 81, Detroit.
PHYLLIS WEISE. 20. Detroit.
One man and one woman, IiIl.
identified.
The Washington times., 1929-09-20
Death OF Is IN NIGHT CLUB LAID TO OWNERS NEGLIGENCE
FIJI TYREVELERSINJU
INNADCRUSH
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IN attempts TO leap TO safety from second story
windows.
The damage was confined to the second floor.
When Are fighters reached the entertainer dressing
room at the rear of the upper floor they found the
door jAmmed. Gathering it down with axes they
found IS persons some dead, others dying, and all
unconscious. The bodies were in gruesome heap.
tangled together on the floor Others were found on
the dance floor and in private dressing rooms
Flimsy draperies and papier mache effects dec.
Grated the dance hall. In addition to the boarded
up windows there were "false" windows of plaster
and drapes.
Even the FIRE escape exits were drapery covered.
Most Of the draperies were wax covered because
the1wax gave q lustrous effect. When the flames
hrst swirled upward from somewhere in the base
rnent the waved drapes burned like tissue paper,
with succession Of sharp reports.
John Duval Dodge, automobile scion and two COM
panions were passing the "club" when they heard
the groans of the dying, the of the trapped
men and women and the sharp craclle of the flames.
Dodge jumped from his car and fought his way into
the downstairs corridor. With his companions
Thomas Pendleton and Jack Carney, Dodge was
credited with saving nine women and three men,
The Washington times., 1929-09-20
3 To AGC0NPAN
MACDONALD

LONDON, Sept. 20 u.N.S1.-
Premier Ramsay Macdonald has
virtually decided TO take no officials
to Washington with him. Interna'
It is understood Macdonald win
be accompanied by his daughter,
Miss 1shbeI: his secretary, Rose
Rosenberg, and his bodyguard, IN
pector Dew. of Scotland Yard;
Following his return from San
d,i,oban, Where he and his daughter
were guests of King George and
Queen Mary over night, the premier
held another conference with United
States Ambassador Charles Gates
Dawes upon naval Disarmament.
The premier Is expected 10 holu
additional conferences with the
American diplomat before his de-
rsrture on the liner Berengaria on
Sentamber IS.
The Washington times., 1929-09-20

into nets. 1 saw one man jump and
he missed the net and struck his
head on the pavement.
"One woman jumped out Of the
window and most Of her clothes
had been torn off. / saw at least
10 people leap from the wi'idowe.
All this time those on the inside
were screaming for help.
"As people hit the nets firemen
lifted them out and put them on
stretchers. took three uncon.
scious women in my cab to the
hospital"
Owner Is Absent
Cohn was not in his cabaret at
the time of the disaster. He had
left earlier in the evening and was
at another cafe when he learned Of
the tragedy.
Cohn said the loss would amount
to about $40, 900, and that only
$4,000 of this amount was covered
by insurance.
Morrison Manning, of New York,
leader of the club orchestra, was
one Of the heroes OF the disaster.
While men and women fought and
struggled in the shadowy, smoking
inferno Manning leaped to table
and tried to quiet the panic. A mo-
ment later he collapsed and died.
Bubbles" Parker, dancer, was
taken to hospital seriously injured.
Her mother, Mrs. John Parker. who
was also present, was killed.
Identification of the IS bodies was
proceeding slowly.
DETROIT, Sept. 20 U.Nsl.-That
fear-born demon to which many Of
history's most terrible casastrophes
may be laid-claimed most of the
lives lost in the explosion and fire
which killed Is carefree merry
makers in the fashionable Study
Club here early today.
Survivors told heart.rending stories
of the panic which gripped the diners
and dancers when the first wisps of
smoke and crackle of flame told Of
the disaster which was so soon to
follow.
Most of the injured, az well, SUI.
fered their painful hurts through
the same cause-frightful, mind-un.
balacing fear.
With all avenues Of escape cut off,
the men and women who a moment
before had been liglt.hearted ana
gay, fought like crazy persons to
reach the street In safety.
The smoke-clogged stairway was
jammed with a screaming throng,
and shrieks of fear and pain filled
the night as the flames swept up the
staircase on the wings Of the sharp
night wind flowing in through an
open street door.
The Washington times., 1929-09-20


If the report justifies proceedings
against the gas company under the
IIaF'ollette amendment to the anti
merger law, it is held in local utility
circles the same action would,
naturally, lie against the North
American Company, represented
here by Harley r. Wilson, which
holds stock in the transit lines.
The Iafollette amendment was
designed to prevent outside holding
companies and individuals from
gaining control of local utilities.
Its provisions are held by lawyers
to be somewhat indefinite. particu-
larly In regard to methods for its
enforcement.
One of it's clauses provides for the
dissolution of any local utility cor
poration whose ownership has been
acquired by an outside holding COM
pany.
The Washington times., 1929-09-20
NURSE SLAIN, IS
ALLEN CLAIM
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glad to give my evidence to any
responsible. impartial group OF men.
But what can / do when a stupid
inquest is held in the case. with 80
witnesses called and only one VI
them heard-and when the hDmiciGe
squad deliberately destroys evidence
SO that it will not have another I'M
solved homicide on its hands?"
Guard For Evidence
Allen said he feared an attempt
would be made to do away with the
evidence in the Mcpherson case.
and therefore, after assembling his
facts, brought four responsible and
prominent men to the Mcpherson
apartment and told them all
about it.
II requested through one of these
men, who is one of my chief wit,
nesses," said Allen that the Dis
trict Attorneys office be asked to
station policeman outside the door
of the murder apartment, to protect
the evidence.
Il found out later that Collins
was closeted with the homicide
squad at headquarters for a long
time.
THE next morning, while I was
waiting at the District Attorney 8
office for something to be done, l
learned that Lieut.. Edward Kelly.
chief OF the homicide squad, had
gone to the apartment, caused my
evidence to be removed and DESTROYED
1t. Floors were scrubbed, and furni.
ture was moved, and the whole
place cleaned up"
Allen stated the squad took part
OF the tiled floor of the bathroom
away with them to analyze stains
Allen declared was the blood of the
dead woman. He said there were
several other strange circumstances
which were not thoroughly investi.
gated.
Allen deduced that bloodstains on
the bathroom floor showed that Mrs.
Mcpherson was murdered there and
her body dragged into the bedroom.
Collins had the stains analyZed and
said the report disproved Aliens
theory.
The policeman also attached sig
nificance to the statement that the
apartment manager. fastening to the
Mcpherson apartment after the
nurses husband had reported dis.
covering the tragedy, was forced to
push the body aside to open the door,
The manager, Allen said, did not
move the body, but notified tie
police. Lieutenant Kelly arrived and
was forced to push the body aside
to effect an entrance, Allen de.
clared.
Questions Noises
The policeman stated that tests
showed it would have been i'm.
possible for a person to commit
suicide In the manner in which Mrs.
Mcpherson met her death, ana at.
tached considerable Importance to
the cries and disturbances heard bv
the janitor on the night before the
death was discovered.
Police ascertained that married
couple on the same floor az the
Mcpherson apartment were quarrel
ing at the time the janitor reported
hearing disturbing sounds. and that
a woman on an upper floor was
giving birth to d child at the same
time.
District Attorney Rover said he
did not accept the verdict of the
Coroner's jury as final and would
welcome any new evidence. All fur.
Their information. he stated. will be
investigated by Collins,
The Washington times., 1929-09-20
SELLING v AVE
HURTS BULLS
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around 500, equivalent to $4,000 for
the old stock.
American and Foreign Power was
well out in front as the leading
ground gamer of the utilities, with
new 7-point jump to 194Ia. De.
ri1and for the stock appears to take
no account of prices. past or
present the current advance having
carried It nearly 100 points from the
low Of the year.
weakness In motor stocks accom-.
panied report of a let.down IN the
third quarter sales markets and the
damage to current profits caused by
price-cutting of the 1929 models. At
64A Chfysler showed loss. of nearly
10 points from last weeks peak and
6S points from the high of the year.
Studebaker fell through to yaar's
lowest price at 70& down q points
from the high of the year. General
Motors dropped to 73h.
Oil stocks also continued the re-
dictionary move which has been, in
progress since Monday. At as,
Standard of New Jersey was down
Z points from the peak Of the move,
Standard Of New York meanwhile
moving off 4 points to "A. Price
cutting in the gasoline markets has
finally had its effect in forcing small
holders Of oil shares to dump their
holdings on the market, the pools and
big spectators meanwhile standing
from under.
Gas Jumps 10
Columbia Gas 1O-point rise to 1874
was easily the feature Of the late
trading In the utilities. buying de-
arand having been stimulated by the
The Washington times., 1929-09-20
ATTORNEY DIES
IN OFFICE

Owen P. Keller. 72, an attorney
at the Bureau of Customs and vet.
eran of 20 years of Government
service fell dead of heart failure
today at his desk in the old South
ern Railway Building
Keller had walked to work this
morning and 1t is thought that over
exertion may have FASTENED his
end Other employees who saw him
faint called for aid and he was
taken to Casualty Hospital. Dr.
P. A. Stebbln pronounced him dead.
He was a widower with no chill.
dren. He lived in the 1900 block
of Calvert st. n w, about three
miles from the office to which he
walked this morning.
The Washington times., 1929-09-20
AsSAILANT TO BUY TEETH

TURLOCK. Colo, Sept. 90
Syrus Samuels, of Turlock, will
buy Elroy Gomez four brand new
store" teeth valued at SIS.
Samuels, charged with assault
was given his choice recently by
City Judge w. Coburn Cook-set.
Element of a SIS bill or 80 DAYS in
the county jail. He did not want
to go to Jail.
The Washington times., 1929-09-20
Explosion Denied By Waiter in Club

Taxi drivers also carried many others to safety. Every
of the police department ordered into action
TO investigate the disaster Every available member Of
the crime and bomb squad the homicide squad the de-
hour duty.
William Ses waiter, was of the first to be ques
toned He was the only police witness who had been
found early today who the fatal seeond floor
The Washington times., 1929-09-20
Gas Jumps 10

Columbia Gas 1O-point rise to 1874
was easily the feature Of the late
trading In the utilities. buying de-
arand having been stimulated by the