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VOL. 9,
NOME. AliASKA, SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 10, 1917
NO. 2174.
WAR PLANS STILL
RUSHED BY OFFICIALS)
WASHINGTON. D. C., Feb. 9.—
The war plans of the government
still proceed. Baker for the War
Department asks for a million and
half to create a submarine base at
the entrance to the Panama Canal
on the Atlantic side.
The advisory council of National
Defense of which Sam Gompers is a
member will meet on Monday to
consider private offers of aid in pre
paredness for hostilities.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 9.—
Secretary Baker is the most inde
fatigable of all the department
heads at the present time. Today
he sent special orders to the Bethle
hem steel works to rush thirty-nine
batteries of four inch and six inch
field artillery. He also ordered the
company to lose no time rushing
to completion the unfilled orders for
the new nine and two tenth inch
guns which are said to be more
deadly than the German forty-twos
and the construction of which is a
secret monopolized by the United
States government.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 9.-—
President Wilson is in constant con
ference with Lansing and it is un
doubtedly true that the international
situation is the subject of these de
liberations. The President does not ;
expect that any other neutral will
follow the course taken by the
United States, but he is receiving
advices which show the action is ap
proved of by the several neutral na
tions. Chili formally notified the
government that while approving
the United States action, it would
continue neutral and maintain diplo
matic relations with Germany for |
the present. T-he situation is being
met with considerable -activity in
all departments.
Now is the time to Subscribe.
CHANGE OF VENUE
GRANTED IN EVERETT
SEATTLE, Feb. 9.—The first
tilt in court in the trial of the I.
W. W. prisoners was pulled off to
day before Judge Ronald who sat
on the bench instead of Judge Alli
son because of alleged bias of the
latter, being a member of the Ever
ett Commercial Club which is aid
ing the prosecution of the prisoners
with every assistance possible.
Counsel Moore for the defense
argued at length for a change of
venue which was resisted with con
siderable bitterness and opposition
by th'e prosecuting attorney for Sno
homish County.
Ronald in rendering a decision
said that the arguments put for
ward by Attorney Moore were not
answered by the prosecution and the
affidavits were sufficient to con
vince him that a fair trial would be
difficult in Everett or in the county.
Judge Ronald therefore ordered
that the motion be granted and the
change of venue be allowed.
The seventy-four industrialists
will therefore face their trial in the
Seattle courts instead of in Everett.
There was a very large attend
ance at the trial and the case at
tracted considerable interest.
Everett people are gla$l that the
change of venue was granted as it
is impartially admitted that a fair
trial would have been impossible
there.
Anything in the line of job work
TAFT GOES THE LIMIT
IN PREPAREDNESS TALK
NEW YORK, Feb. 9.—President
Taft went the limit for prepared
ness in his speech before, the Hard
ware Dealers. Convention today and
he received an ovation when at their
lunch in the Hotel Astor he de
livered a remarkable war address.
Taft declared that the America]!
people must not delude themselves
with fond hopes of peace when there
BRUTE.
Sallie: (At breakfast) Could 1
have a little money for shopping to
day, dear? )
Willie: Certainly. Would you
rather have an old $5 bill or a new
one?
Sallie: A new one, of course.
Willie: Well, here’s the one—and
I’m $4 to the good.—The Roller
Monthly. Medlicott extra heavy
Underwear No. 7 $2.BO garment,
medium weight’ Underwear $1.25
garment, Cotton ribbed Underwear
$1.25. The best flannel shirt in
Nome for $1.25. Union Suits, Ala
bama wool, all sizes $1.50. Odd
Undershirts 50 cents each. Children
Underwear size 6 to 12 years 85c
suit. Unoin Unedrware all sizes 6
to 16 years 85c. suit. Wool Shirts
$2. to $3.50. Canvas Gloves 10 to
25 cents. Drilling 2 yd for 25c. Boat
Sail 20 cents yard. We meet all
competion, Jew or Gentile.
C. W. LEWIS.
rat.... "i. .... ;sk.
is no peace. He declared that we
are now facing war, standing right
on the brink of the flood that is en
gulfing Europe. Now therefore was
the time to think of meeting the is
sue which that condition involved.
Taft said that the United States
must have compulsory military
training as the only means of ade
quate protection. He turned from
a consideration of the European
dangers to what he was pleased to
ATTENTION ROBERT EMMETTS.
All members of the Knights ot
Robert Emmett are requested to at
tend a meeting in the Emmett Hall
Sunday, Feb. 11th at 1 P. M. Bus
siness of Importance.
SECRETARY.
RELIABLE TAILOR SHOP.
Front St. 3 doors west of Alaska
Bank.
We do the best
CLEANING
PRESSING
ALTERING ft
REPAIRING
Ladles and Gentlemens Clothes.
CITY BATH HOUSE
has the largest
and only 6 feet
Bath Tabs In Nona.
call the Mongolian menace.
The United States he said wants
to trade with the far east, wants to
push that trade with ail the skill
and the ability and ingenuity of
American businessmen. Yet this
country had entered on a policy ot
excluding the Mongolians from Am
erica while insisting upon the right
to enter Mongolian territory. This
had angered the Japanese and they
were dangerous. In the Phillipines
they had eighty thousand men.
trained soldiers, and in Hawaii the
six thousand Japs working in those
islands were all experienced sold
iers. This condition had to be met
by a military organization equal to
the needs of the occasion, and the
co-operation of a navy second to
none.
HINTS ON COMFORT.
To look well you must feel well.
Clothes help you to look well, If
they are made to order and fit well,
repaired well, cleaned well and well
pressed.. Therefore you will feel
well.
M. PASCOFF.
Ladles and Gent's Tailor does it all
well.
All work guaranteed
Cor. Lane’s Way and Front Street
Safety first. You miners coming
In from the creeks look up the ad
vertisers in your paper before dis
posing of your patronage.
RUSSIA IS GREATLY
PLEASED RY BREAK
PETROGRAD, Feb. 9.—That Rus
sia is overjoyed at the action of the
United States is the fact paraded
by all the newspapers here. The
Foreign Office moreover told the cor
respondents that Russia greatly ap
preciated the action of the United
States government. The Foreign
Minister said that the break will
shew that for its policy of fright
fulness Germany must meet the
hostility of civilization. The action
of the United States, said* the Mi
nister, will give new' courage to
the men fighting for right and jus
tice.
LONDON, Feb. 9.—The papers
are unanimous in declaring that the
detention of Gerard in Germany
was a deliberate attempt upon the
part of Germany to insult and humi
liate the government or the United
States. The London press especi
ally grows sarcastic at the sudden
uplifting of the veil of courtesy
which Germany concealed its real
kultur from America.
LONDON, Feb. 9.—The country
is enraged by the stories which tlio
survivors are telling about the sink
ing of the Anchor liner California.
The passengers liner was hit by two
torpedoes without warning. Tho
second torpedo struck the vessel in
a vital spot tearing the hull open
with an explosion and the ship sunk
in seven minutes; only the speedy
action of the officers and crew en
abled any on board to escape with
their lives.
Similar accounts are stirring tho
people to an intense degree.
LONDON, Feb. 9.—Until a late
hour this afternoon only the Veda
more was reported to have been
torpedoed. This was a large ship
and was sunk unwarned 25 of the
crew perishing with the ship. In
addition the Admiralty announces
that a destroyer of the old type en
countered a floating mine, undout
edly German, and sank in the Chan
nel last night. Five of the crew
perished.
LONDON, Feb. 9.—Only unoffi
cial reports are being made public
LOCAL ITEMS.
They placed the bell in position
yesterday afternoon on top of the
firehouse and rang the old time
chimer to see if its note wps the
same as before. It was. There
was quite a distinguished official
audience looking on when the bell
was hoisted from the street and
those municipal autocrats guessed
for the cigars as to the weight of
the bell. City Attorney O’Neill with
a lawyer’s shrewdness compiled the
nearest figures, the weight being 300
pounds, his guess w>as 276. The
next nearest was M'Allister. The
numerous store competitions are
now proceeding evidently formed
the original plan upon which the
guessing contest was based.
Dolls and Baby Dolls at the Road
Show.
• • •
The horns of a dilemma are un*
pronged troubles compared to the
quandary that the Unterrlfied poli
ticians now face. The President of
the Democratic Club received a wire
from Committeeman Donahoe to
the effect that they could not act
on the endorsements which had been
received. They had to name one
man for each position not every
member of the club, and there you
are. That was the reason why some
of the “leaders” were going about
yesterday with a strained, wearied,
worn, haggard, troubled look upon
their noble countenances and why
they gave reporters the stone stare
and the bum glim when they were
besought for news. This precipi
tates the best laid schemes of the
democratic mice and men into the
crucible, and the Lord only knows
what sort of a political mulligan
will come forth. That metaphor is
mixed, but so is a mulligan.
with the permission of the censor as
to the submarine hunting which is
being systematically carried out. 1
Some of these reports are unduly
favorable and the public is clamor-1
ing for facts from the Admiralty, |
but Jellicoe gives no sign. The j
War and Amiralty departments are ;
maintaining a rigid silence for the '
past several days.
LONDON, Feb. 9.—Ambassador
Page is notified that on the Cali
fornia and the Turino which were
sunk unwarned were Americans and
on each, some of them lost their
lives.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 9.—
Whether the administration will
choose to consider as overt acts the
sinking of the California and the
Turino on hoard of \vhich were Am
ericans according to London cables,
is not known. The administration
will possibly make no sTateinent
even when what they regard as an
overt act is committed until after
the United States is ready to de
clare war. Feeling against Ger
many on account of the Gerard de
tention is running very high and it.
is a very unwise provocation at this
time.
MONEY CASE GOES TO
JURY YESTERDAY 3 P. M.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 9.—The
Mooney case went to the jury at
three this afternoon after closing
scenes of unparalleled interest.
The address to the jury by Bourke
Cochran is described correctly as
one of the most brilliant
of the kind that ever an
American jury heard. His
talk may be divded into that por
tion which dealt with the evidence
proper, the failure of the District
Attorney to make good liis promises
in the Berkman allegation, the
methods of the private detectives to
secure testimony and the necessity
of dealing out equal justice if the
common people are to maintain
their regard for the courts for the
law and for equity. His scathing
denunciation of the methods of se
curing witnesses made the victims
of his lashing tongue writhe in the
seats.
Scotty Alan is not the only one
in Nome who has got ideas as to
motor sleds. The Ernst brothers
got he mechanical lobes in their
cerebellum to work and have de
vised a motor sled which is a dandy.
The first trial trips were somewhat
disappointing owing to the fact that
the sled objected to steer any way
but the manner it designed to go
and wanted to obey Newton’s first
law of motion only when there
were bumps in the road that set it
off its orbit and up against some
stores that looked easy torpedoing.
But yesterday they adjusted some
steering gear and after that there
was nothing to it. The sled went
“gee” or “haw” all the same as a
first class leader, and when they
wanted to speed up they found that
the machine answered the call ol
the wild with an abandon did it
credit. It’s simplicity itself, a
motor wheel being placed in posi
tion between the runners. All the
driver has to do is to turn on the
juice and hang on.
SONS OF THE NORTH SOCIAL.
There will be a Social Dance at
the Sons of the North Hall, Satur
day evening for members and their
friends. A good and enjoyable time
is promised to all who attend. Re
freshments will be served as usual.
COMMITTEE.
NOTICE.
TO ORGANIZED LABOR, MINERS
AND ALL CONCERNED.
Cordovado’s camp on the Bessie
Claim, Third Beach Line, is working
ten hours underground and is un
fair to organized labor.
The following are employed by
Cordovado:
John Soderholm.
Phil Garibaldi.
Richard Davies.
Wallace Cole.
John Isakson.
Jack Ferguson.
By order Local No. 240, W. F. M.
JOHN A. WILSON, Sec.-Treas.