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VOL. 9,
NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, FEB. 7, 1017.
NO. 2171.
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WALL STREET REPORT
SCARES WAR BASIES
NEW YORK, Feb. 6.—This after
noon it was reported on the es
change that the Empire of Ger
many had declared war upon the
United States. The reason for this
step is declared to be because of the
fact that President Wilson invited
all the neutral nations to sever di
plomatic relations with Germany. So
far the report which is said to be
well founded has not been confirmed
by officials.
WASHINGTON, D. O., Feb. 6.-*
Germany’s answer to the United
States action in severing connection
with the former nation is expected
•within twenty-four hours admitted
Lansing this forenoon. Lansing
furthermore stated that the Depart
ment of State was anxiously await
ing results or developments.
The five days grace allowed neu
tral ships to clear out of the war
zone expired at midnight last night.
It is admitted that the situation is
quite serious as Germany may de
clare war because of Wilson having
invited neutrals to join with Amer
ica in severing diplomatic relations.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 6.—
Lansing admitted that his depart
ment was then investigating the
death of Richard Wallace a Balti
more negro who was a member ot
the crew of the British steamer
Eavestor.e sunk by shell fire off
Fastnett yesterday. Wallace was
killed when the boats were shelled.
QUEENSTOWN. Feb. 6.—Amer
ican consul Frost states that the
sinking of the Eavestone details are
still unavailable. He points out how
ever that the Eavestone was called
a provisional collier, this, giving
the vessel the status of a warship,
absolves Germany from any respon
sibility for the safety of any who
were aboard of the steamer.
MOONEY CASE RESTS
WEINOORG TESTIMONY
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 6.—The
Defense in the Mooney case rested
today upon the conclusion of the
testimony of witness Weinburg.
Weinburg told in detail how
Martin Swenson the detective en
gaged by industrial and commercial
interests fighting organized labor
had offered him five thousand dol
lars to Vget” Mooney in the power
line dynamiting last summer.
The witness told how he had been
brought to the offices of these con
cerned and there Swenson had told
him what he wanted. They were
after Mooney he told him and meant
to get him and Weinburg might as
well get the money as any one else.
Mooney had made himself objec
tionable to the gas and power com
panies by his activities and the de
tectives were determined to get him
out of the road.
The evidence now stands as fol
lows. The state has shown by one
witness that Mooney handed Bill
ings the suit case containing the
bomb and another witness testifies
as to seeing Mooney do this, sub
stantiating the previous witness.
Mooney in the defense testimony
establishes a complete alibi by sev
eral witnesses showing that he was
at home at the time of the prepared
| ness parade and before that, that he
J and his wife were sitting on the
! verandah of their home when the
explosion took place and according
to the testimony must have been
entertaining visitors when reported
as being seen by Oxman and Sadie
Edeau. With Weinburgh’s testi
mony showing animus in the prose
cution of Mooney, the defense con
cluded that it has produced suffici
ent evidence to cover their case.
The sensational allegations made in
connection with the Berkman letters
did not as yet materialize up to the
time of court adjourning.
GREAT SUGAR STRIKE
CAUSES IMMENSE LUSS
PITTSBURGH, Pa., Feb. 6.—All
sugar production has ceased in
Pennsylvania. The engineers and
all workers in this industry de
manded five per cent increase in
wages and were refused. Thereupon
at a given hour the entire force ot
employees in the sugar refineries
refused to work, immediately leav
ing the plant, and the sugar in all
stages of production is ruined. The
close down is complete. The loss
will be hundreds of thousands, most
of the plants being. owned and all
THE DIAMOND FROM THE SKY
AT DREAM TONIGHT
Chapter 22.—‘The Rose In the
Dust”—Circus employees hearing
the shouts and screams of the crowd
jump to the conclusion that a fight
had broken out between the circus
folk and town people. Such fights
are common and circus men like
them. With vigor the roughs leap
into the fray, swinging wildly about
them with tent stakes or other
weapons which come to their hands
A man seizes the diamond and
escapes. He proves to be the fellow
in whose barn Quabba keeps is don
key and the gleaming jewel, the
Stanley charm against harm, is
hidden under the hay. Quabba got
to the loft to find feed for his don
key. Unknowingly he pushes the
diamond into the feeding trough of
his animal where it lies unseen.
Bnpporting numbers are a scream
Comedy, and a Travesty entitled
Folly of Ann”. A big show.
controlled by the trust. Industrial
Workers took charge of the strike
and lined up three thousand men in
one week. They have been work
ing 84 hours a week and received
no wage increase during the war
“prosperity”. Six thousand indus
trialist longshoremen refused in
Philadelphia to handle sugar from
any factory until all the demands
of the strike are granted. It is
believed that the strike will be of
short duration, the tie-up being
practically complete.
SEATTLE, Feb. 6.—It has just
developed that the International
Longshoremen have settled the
strike and voted that no member
could carry an industrial card.
Madsen, the ex-president of the
district said that he would throw
away his craft union' card rather
than belong to such a joke. The
men are working under open shop
conditions and union men of all
kinds are blacklisted. Their treas
ury is down to one hundred bones
and they have hard time keeping
the union together.
AT HUGE TOTAL
NEW YORK, Feb. S.—The Ger
man submarine campaign is the
most startling thing that ever has
been attempted and is having gigan
tic results which are only just now
arriving at publicity by reason ot
the fact that survivors of sunken
ships today began reaching port.
Lloyds today reports that the British
passenger steamer Adelaide has
been sunk. Ninety six passengers
and the crew were picked up at sea.
Two British steamships the Warley
Pickering and Floridan were sunk
yesterday. Each were of four thou
sand tons. Thirty five vessels were
sunk since Thursday. In January
the destruction of tonnage was the
greatest so far in the war, one
hundred and thirty-four vessels be
ing sent to the bottom with a com
bined tonnage of 336,000 tons. The
British have been the heaviest suff
erers. A marine epitome of the to
tal tonnage sent to the bottom by U
boats since the war began show that
the British have lost two million
tons. Norway and France were the
second and third heaviest sufferers.
Six ' Americans sailed today on
board the armed liner Cretic which
is bound for Mediterranean points.
The Cretic carries a considerable
cargo of war and other supplies.
Today the Standard Oil Co. re
fused to take any chances and le
called the oil tanker Communipaw
when five hundred miles out to
sea. The Communipaw is an Amer
ican steamer and manned and offi
cered by Americans from top to bot
tom. Because the Oil Trust is satis
fied that Germany will sink the
steamer the boat was recalled. Am
erican ships are still holding down
berths in the harbor awaiting de
velopments which cannot long be de
layed.
SUN SAYS SABOTAGE
HAD NO PARELLEL
NEW YORK,Feb. 6.—The New
York Sun (Munsey publication) says
that the interned German ships
were the victim of Teuton sabot
age.
The Sun article is sensational. It
alleges that a code message flashed
to all the German ships taking re
fuge in the United States was the
reason why the officers of so many
of them destroyed the machinery
of these great steamers. The Sun
says that the damage amounts to
thirty millions. “Sabotage on a scale
so magnificent” says the Sun ar
tide is unparalleled in the history
of the world.”
CHICAGO, Feb. 6.—Papers here
correct the notion that the United
States has attempted in any way to
interfere with German merchant
ships which sought an asylum in
American ports during the war. The
statement that such ships are any
thing else but the private property
of Germans and as such to be re
cognized by the United States is
absurd. It is pointed out that now
as any time during the war and un
til war may break out between the
two countries, the German ships
may peacefully take on coal ana
supplies, ship a crew and load a
cargo, taking to sea without let or
hinderance from the United States
government.
NEW YORK, Feb. 6.—Officers
deny as a silly fabrication the en
tire Sun story as to the destruction
of the machinery in German ships
now abiding in American ports.
Now Is the time to Subscribe.
NATIONS WATCH RESULT
UNITED STATES STAND
PARIS, Feb. 6..—While there is
no apparent desire to see the United
States enter the war, there is un
doubtedly great interest manifested
in the result of the stand taken by
the United States and conjectures
as to the probable outcome are
many and various. The general be
lief is that for a considerable time
to come there will be no hostilities
between Germany and the United
States.
LONDON, Feb. 6.—As in France
there is no particular desire to see
the United States enter the war
here, but unlike France the British
press believes that American neu
trality cannot much longer remain
inviolate as the conditions of the
FIGHTING VERY LIGHT
WEATHER VERY COLD
LONDON, Feb. 6.—Fighting is light
on every front. Artillery duels
mark severely winter weather on
the west where the frost is very
heavy and the cold intense. Re
ports from all over the continent
show that a cold wave has engulf
ed France and Germany and is caus
ing much suffering. Fighting is al
most out of the question and fires
have to be maintained in the tren
ches to keep the troops warm. Snow
is heavy on the ground and move
ments difficult to carry out on ac
count of the distinctness of every
operation.
BERLIN, Feb. 6.—East and west
there is a continuous lull. Cold
weather ' has numbed fighting In
Moldavia. The soldiers are endur
ing considerable hardship in every
front and the Riga activity has
been stayed by the terrific blizz
ards that ;are sweeping over the
field of operations. Even Constanti
nople dispatches show that the cold
is being felt severely in Asia Minor
where the premature engagements
with the Russians have been stop
ped by the winter storm.
PARIS, Feb. 6.—For the first
time In years heavy Ice covers the
Seine. The cold is aiding in’ the
movement of supplies to the front
and motors are effecting wonders on
the harder roadways. The most is
being made of the weather condi
tions to rush forward supplies.
PETROORAD, Feb. 6.—Skirmish
ing of no importance in Galicia is
all that is reported today.
Ui oi
/oar lob Wort
submarine warfare will make a con
tinuance of peaceful relations, espe
cially with no diplomatic relations
open, an impossibility.
The press is greatly interested in
the stand which will be taken by
the other neutrals. The discussion
is however very conservative and it
is the general belief that the neu
trals will hesitate to follow the
strong course of President Wilson.
Spain is an exception to this. Is Is
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believed that Spain may endeavor
to secure exemption tor its steam
ers. It is possible that South Am
erican nations may follow the ex
ample of Wilson. Reports from
Chili, Argentine and Brazil show
now such a policy is under consid
eration although German influence
is very great in Chili and for that
reason there may be nothing done
in regard to the crisis.
BOSSES MAY CHANGE THE
SYSTEM ON WATER FRONT
SEATTLE, Feb. 6.—Bosses on
the water front are considering
changing the entire system of pay
ment to longshoremen. With the
union now practically defunct they
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. PA8COFF.
Ladies and Gent’s Tailor does it all
well.
All Work guaranteed
Cor. Lane’s Way and Front Street.
CITY BATH HOUSE
has the largest
and only 0 feet
Bath Tubs In Nome.
propose to inaugurate a system of
paying men one hundred dollars a.
month and no over time. They
calculate that this will keep men
on the job and reduce the costs ot
handling freight by making the
average day as long as is needed.
LOCAL ITEMS.
A. Polet says that a meeting will
be called on Sunday next of the
Chamber of Commerce to discuss
the advisability of raising funds to
acquire a diamond drill on the or
ders named in the telegram from
Martin Strand. He feels certain
that there will be very little trouble
in getting the two thousand dollars
required from among the members
of the body.
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and repaired at the Nome Tailoring.
Co., Next door to Segerstrom and.
Hagen's.