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NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 4, 1010.
NO. 20-21!.
WILSON MAY INTERVENE IN RAILROAD STRIKE
Casement is Calm
When Meets Death
LONDON, Aug. 3.—Sir Roger
Casement paid the penalty for his
conviction of High Treason, when
today he was formally executed by
the authorities.
He was calm to the end, although
he made no secret of the fact that
almost up to the last minute he
had expected a reprief.
Catholic priests were in attend
ance and they, with him, recited
the Litany when on his way to the
scaffold. He assisted the execution
er to pinion his arms and legs and
his last words were “I die for my
country”.
Although the authorities rigidly
excluded any news reporters from
the scene of the fatal execution,
there was no order issued to the
officials to remain reticent as to the
details. The governor of the jail
says that he in person told Sir
Roger that he could not delude him
self any longer with hope of a re
prief, for it was certain that the
sentence would be carried out
Casement never wavered, but tu’1 me
to his spiritual adviser and re^
marked that he was ready to face
the ending of his life.
Casement had been somewhat
nervous up until last night when he
seemed to recover his mental poise
and slept soundly until called a I
six o’clock this morning. He toh1
the wardens who brought him food
that he was glad the end was near
He drank a glass of milk and some
other light food when the Catholic
priests arrived to comfort him.
When the time came for his exe
cution he walked with light ste,J
and was probably the coolest man
at the terrible ordeal. He aided his
hangman to adjust the pinions and
even bade him goodbye. Just be
fore the executioner stepped back
to loose the bolt, Casement said in
a loud, clear voice "I die for my
country”.
Upon the black flag being hoisted
over the prison signifying the com
pletion of the dreadful work. Case
ment's solictor, Charles Gavin Duffy
called for but was refused the body
of the deceased. The Home Secre
tary refused to permit its removal
and the same barbarous finish for
the most heinous capital offenders
was also to be his interment: in
quicklime within the prison walls.
Duffy and the relatives of the exe
cuted man declare that this is the
crowning act of indecency in a
monstrous atrocity.
Only the extremest jingoists en
dorse the execution and none at all
the refusal to turn the body over to
his relatives for burial.
Now Is the time to Subscribe.
SHOCKING MURDER STIRS
PEOPLE IN WINDY CITY
CHICAGO, Aug. 3.—The city is
stirred by the assassination of Rich
ard Shields, business agent for the
Electric Workers Association in
this city.
The murder was carried out un
der such dramatic and sensational
circumstances that it is adding to
the excitement.
This afternoon Richard Shields
and his wife went autoing in the
suburbs of the city. They observed
another auto apparently pursuing
them and when they reached a less
thickly populated section of the
country the following auto increased
its speed until It begun to overtake
them. In the pursuing auto were
five men who when their machine
reached a level with that in which
3hields was riding, called upon the
chauffeur to halt which he did.
rhey thereupon emptied their guns
into the body of Shields despite the
pleadings of his wife who had to
ue restrained from throwing her
body before them to save her hus
band.
The men then disabled the Shields
auto and returned the way they
came. Nothing is known of the as
sassins. Mrs. Shields says that they
were unknown to her and to her
husband. Shields was a witness in
the recent labor conspiracy cases
and she fears that that is why he
was put out of the way.
Let u estimate oa your Joo Wort
LAST GERMAN GUNBOAT
IS SUNK IN TANGANYIKA
HAVRE, Aug. 3.—The last Ger
man gunboat to remain afloat on
Lake Tanganyika in equatorial
Africa has finally been sunk.
According to an announcement is
sued this afternoon by the Belgian
War Office now, located here, the
gunboat Netta sank the German
gunboat Graf von Gotzen in Lake
Tanganyika some time ago.
The German gunboat was en
deavoring to unload troops at the
time the Netta made the attack.
SILVER WAVE ARRIVES.
The Silver Wave arrived last
night from St. Michaels with mail
and the following passengers: W.
C. Mullen and Robert M’Kenzie
from St. Michaels, Carl Lokan, Fred
Johnson and John Brower from
Bluff, A. H. Flynn from Solomon.
The Silver Wave will sail at seven
a’eloek this evening for Kotzebue
and all way points.
LONDON, Aug. 3.—The govern
ment Is now trying to discover the
source of the German forces in Bast
Africa for their supply of arms and
ammunition. The original German
stocks have long since been exhaust
ed and there is understood to be ex
tensive system of gun running car
ried on by daring smugglers who
take great risks to make their big
gains.
Some gun runners who were
caught have been executed upon the
spot by the Allied forces, regard
less of their nationality. It is poss
ible the subjects or citizens neu
tral nations may thus have been de
stroyed. There are no details given
as to the identity of any of these
persons.
VICTORIA WILL SAIL
TODAY FROM SEATTLE
SEATTLE, Aug. 3.—The Victoria
will sail on Friday for Nome and
St. Michaels and the following pas
sengers have already booked for
Nome on board this steamer: C.
Staunton Rose, Morgan Cowan, J.
S. Tuthill, L. T. Shook, Walter
Douglas Muir, W. H. Wright, Sulli
van, Coffin, W. E. Tribble, A. F.
Bennett, A. J. Stone, C. O. Lense,
Frank F. Cowan, John O’Meara,
Mrs. Bell Julien, Walter Johnson
and brother, Morton, J. H. Miles,
wife and son, L. E. Smith, C. E.
Hughes Letter Acceptance
Gets in Cong. Record
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Aug. 3.
The (.'hikl Labor Bill is next on the
Senate program with an interesting
number of democratic southern sen
ators whetting their axes for the
scalp of the bill. Hoke Smith of
Georgie whose reaction has been so
marked during the present session
in all labor bills is leading the iro
glodytic politicians to their starry.
The republicans put one over on the
unterrified today even though it led
to a merry little tilt between the
leaders of democratic faith and the
•epublicans.
Republicans unopposing they ob
ained unanimous consent through
Representative Mann to run
lughes' speech of acceptance
hrough the Congressional Record.
Die acceptance will thus be circulat
'd through the mails for the bene
it of the republican party under the
rank of the congressmen who can
to relied upon to make use of their
trivilege in this regard to the limit,
rhe idea is to make the people
hrough the government pay part of
[the Hughes campaign expenses.
Sharp Williams in a caustic
speech that stung in every biting
word, declared the acceptance was
the finest example of demogogic in
consistency in the English language,
and a liberal education In the gram
matical construction of meaningless
sentences.
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Kvery phase of the liquor ques
tion considered at the lectut-e by
Mrs. Hatcher at the A. B. Hall to
night. Kveryone invited.
SLUMP IN WAR NEWS
PRELUDE BIG FIGHTING
NEW YORK, Aug. 3.—There is
a slump in the war’s news from all
European capitals, the day’s reports
being apparently censored both
from Berlin and from the
Entente centers. Uusually these
lulls in war cables are the
prelude to important developments
and it is believed that this is now
the ease.
London says that the British are
consolidating their positions on the
West. Tin' Berlin cables say they
are exchanging a heavy artillery
fire. Paris says that the artillery
fire of the British is exceedingly
brisk from Maltz to Langueville.
Petrograd reports definite bombard
ment of every section in the East
and Berlin says that the Russian ad
vance movement is still being held
although Kovel is being evacuated.
LONDON, Aug. 3.—The govern
meat today asked parliament to
vote thirty million supplementary
estimates lor pensions for widows
and orphans whose husbands or par
ent!-, had been killed in the war. The
vote will not be antagonized by any
of the factions that now divide up
the Commons into many cliques un
der the coalition government, but
amendments may be offered trying
to increase these supplementary mil
lions.
STREET CAR STRIKE
MAY BE ARBITRATED
NEW YORK, Aug. 3.—The right
to organize is insisted upon by the
traction employees of Greater New
York. Whatever else may have
been doubtful two things were made
clear to the Public Service Commis
sion. One was that the employees
Intended to organize and have their
union recognized and the other is
that the traction magnates will not
bear of any such organization
Wingate and Martin Strand.
The Victoria wil sail direct from
Nome to Seattle and will not call at
southeastern coast points.
MARINE BULliETIN.
Nome Radio, Aug. 2nd, 1916.
Sucie, Jacobs and Kelly at Gib
bon.
Delta down Nulato 1st.
Davis at St. Michaels.
Reliance up Koykuk river.
Yukon at Fairbanks, sails 7 p. m.
tonight.
Julia, B. with four barges up
Koyukuk 5 p. m. 2nd.
Tanana up Hot Springs 8 a. m.
Sibilla with four barges up Nu
lato six a. m.
White Horse up Ogilvie 8 a. m.
mmmia mo Peaolb Bmmm 17
Dawson down Le Barge 7 a. m.
Selkirk at White Horse.
Alaska down Circle midnight.
among their employees.
The strike now extends to all the
surface lines and the possibility
that the subway employees may also
come out is what the employers are
trying with all their might and
main to prevent. Special induce
ments are being offered to hold the
subway employees.
This afternoon Mayor Mitchell
took a hand in the strike, endeavor
ing to bring about a settlement by
arbitration. He is said to regard
his prospects of success as fair.
The city throughout is feeling the
effects of the strike and there is a
general disposition to avoid patron
age of the cars affected. The Brook
lyn strike began the walk out, but
it is now agreed that the attitude
of the management would In any
event have made it general. The
strike may grow much more serious*
ACTING SECRETARY OF
LAROR VISITS SEATTLE
SEATTLE, Aur. 3.—While
Seattle delegates left for the San
Francisco strike conference, the
strike of the longshoremen here
remains practically unchanged.
RELIABLE TAILOR SHOP.
Front St. 3 doors west of Alaska
Bank.
We do the best
CLEANING
PRESSING
ALTERING &
REPAIRING
Ladles and Gentlemens Clothes.
Today J. J. Densmore the acting
secretary of the Department of La
bor paid the city an unofficial visit.
However while he is here he i» talk
ing stock of strike conditions and
had several interviews with mediat
or White. The papers are stiU
playing it up strong against, the
striking longshoremen who are is
suing a paper of their own to off set
the campaign of slander and vilifi
cation to which they are subjected.
UKT THE NEWB RIGHT. READ
THU WORKER.