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NOME, ALASKA, ♦MONDAY, JANUARY 8, 1017.
NO. 2145.
PROJECT RAILROAD THRU NOME
ENTIRE CAPITAL AGOG
OVER LEAK PROBE
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 7.—
Not since the Panama Scandal stir
red the capitol during the Roosevelt
administration has the entire capital
been so worked up as over the pre
sent leak investigation. It is in
describable.
The entire membership of ^Con
gress and administration officialdom
is now excitedly awaiting Monday’s
developments which are expected to
be startling in the extreme. So
many high officials and congressmen
have been mentioned that the
names have added fuel to the flames.
Lansing and Tumulty have both
announced their desire to testify bet
fore the Committee and
will have their wishes
gratified. Lawson and Baruch are
also both making arrangements to
appear on Monday. Democrats are
deeply offended by Gardener’s sug
gestion that President Wilson testify
It is pointed out that simple report
which this extraordinary com
mittee is guided by, alone is res
ponsible for the probe, Chipperfield,
a republican member of the Rules
Committee points out that Lawson
was the chief gainer over the flury,
clearing up half a million dollars.
Congressman Harrison bitterly ar
raigned Congressman Wood for per
mitting himself to so far forget the
dignity of his position as to make
use of hearsay evidence deliberately
to besmirch the character of the
men whom he has sought to involve
without a scintilla of "evidence of
any kind. That is really the most
wonderful thing about the whole in
vestigation. Not a line of fact has
been adduced: report merely is the
basis of the scandal.
ADAMSON BRINGS IN
DRASTIC STRIKE LAW
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 7.—
Saturday Senator Adamson intro
duced a drastic eight hour law
which is wholy misnamed, being in
fact a compulsory arbitration law
and it is doubtful whether this gild
ing of the economic pill will make it.
more palatable to the brotherhood
men.
The bill provides compulsory ar
bitration in all railroad disputes and
it incorporates in addition the main
features of the two Newlands Bill
framing and amending the present
Newlands Act. It provides for a
mediator or council of mediation to
which all disputes must be referred.
The council of mediation is al
lowed three months wherein to in
vestigate the conditions which have
given rise to the industrial trouble.
Strikes and lock outs will be un
lawful pending settlement of the dis
pute.
The bill provides very heavy pen
alties for organizations, corporations
or private individuals that violate
its terms, and is the most drastic ot ]
its type has been introduced at any
time in any nation.
It is at some odds to prove that it
is a benevolent measure towards the
employees but is just the reverse,
and is a corporation measure meant
to defend the latter against sudden
strikes which might take them off
their guard. The penal clauses are
quite manifestly directed against
labor unions, and not against the
companies employing labor.
Let t»p estimate on /onr Job Work
BRITISH ACTIVE ALONG
ENTIRE WEST FRONTS
LONDON, Jan. 7.—The British
are again active along the entire
west front now faced hy their troops
Sir Douglas Haig reports that the
British on Saturday seized two posts
north of Beaumont and resisted the
counters of the Germans, while they
sueeessfuly consolidated their gains
and straghtened out their lines.
Haig also reports that the British
made successful raids upon the Ger
man positions southeast of Arras,
and reached their third line of de
NOMK REAL KSTATE ADVANCING
Front Street real estate advanced
40 per cent, lot No. 31, block No. 6
advanced 50 per cent since adjust
ment of taxes May, 6, 1916 to Dec.
1, 1916. Whether caused from
prospects of Snake River harbor or
coal on the brain we are at the pre
sent time unable to say. Guernsey
cooking ware 20c., to three dollars.
Dynamite Caps 2 cents each or $1 75
box, every box guaranteed. Ply
month Manilla rope 25c. lbs., cotton
rope 40 cents lbs. 4 1-2 feet dog
chain 20c., siz feet dog chain 26c.
4 hole ranch cook stove $14.00.
Malthoid roofing paper 1 ply 216
square feet, $6.00. 2 ply 216 square
feet $7.50. Butcher Saws 60c. to
$2.00. National Fireless Cooker
$10.00.
C. W. LEWIS.
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fenses in this section of the west
front.
BERLIN, Jan. 7.—The British are
again pushing forward in a series of
raids which they are hammering
against the German lines. In a few
j small instances these have been suc
cessful and the gains held. Very
little German losses are reported.
LONDON, Jan. 7.—The situation
along the west front Is more or less
dependent upon the weather. In
sections it is very wet or sleet is
falling and movements difficult or
almost improssible. In the Somme
sector and south of Flanders the
weather has been frosty and success
ful operations were carried out by
the British along their lines. It is
anticipated that these attacks will
increase in severity, if only to re
lieve the monotony of trench war
fare in winter time.
MEXICAN TROUBLES ARE
WORSE BY SECRECY
EL. PASO, Jan. 7.—Mexican
troubles are now complicated by the
fact of the heavy censorship and the
failure of any reliable news to come
out as to the fighting between Mur
gua and Villa. The de facto people
claim that Villa was defeated, but
the Villatis}: quarters here affect to
be greatly elated by the news of a
great victory for their leader. It Is
believed that had Villa really won it
would have been known here, espe
cially as interventionist news gather
ers never fail to make the moBt of
these Villatist victories. That Villa
Is fighting in an enormous last ef
fort to overthrow the Carranzist
forces is perfectly certain in any
event, whichever side has won the
battle.
MAIL TODAY.
Eric Johnson reached Safety yest
erday afternoon with the mail, but
did not come on to Nome as had
been expected. It is believed that
he will reach here today at an early
hour. There has been much storm
ing down Solomon way, but the
trails are fairly good although in
places pretty rough.
ALASKA SHORT LINE
ENGINEER, SEATTLE
f SEATTLE, Jan. 7.—W. E. Smith
who says he is Crief Engineer of the
Alaska Short Line is getting ample
| publicity for himself and his story
in local papers. Smith claims that
eastern investors have practically
completed plans for the construction
of a railway from a port in Cook
Inlet to Nome and from thence to
Bering straits and crossing via the
Diomedes connecting with the Tran
siberian railroal to Petrograd.
Smith’s story seems correct. The
Siberian government plans for an ex
tension of their coast line to Bering
Straits are practically complete and
will be finished before the American
road is finished through Alaska.
The line from Cook’s Inlet will
cross into the Kuskokwim valley and
thence without any engineering diffi
culties to the Iditarod and thence
to Nome. Some effort to discover
if international interests are at the
back of the undertaking lead to the
conclusion that this is not the case.
The route which will be followed
is practically that already recognoit
ered by the government engineers in
their preliminary reconassiance
when embodying their reports prior
to the passage of the railroad bill.
Those reports show that there are
no engineering difficulties in the
route. The promoters claim that
they will tap a rich and highly mine
ralized section of the country and
one of great agricultural possibil
ities.
THREE LINERS HELD
RACK NEW YORK
NEW YORK, Jan. 7.—Three lin
ers, the St. Louis, the New Amster
dam and the Espagne have postpon
ed their sailing indefinitely. A coai
shortage is declared to be respons
ible for the cancellation of thesj
neutral sailings, but it is authorita
tively stated that British AdmiraRv
orders have been really responsible
because the latter has given out $hat
it has reason to believe that a large
German submarine is operating
somewhere in the Atlantic.
NEW YORK, Jan. 7.—It is be
lieved that a German war submarine i
has been sighted off Nantucke*
shoals. The St. Louis has no v
twice postponed its departure.
LONDON, Jan. 7.—The reports
that a German submarine is operat
ing off the coast of the United States
is exciting considerable interest
Only two ships are now overdue,
and one of these contains no contra
band. It is reported that wireless ad
vices have been sent out by a
steamer crossing the Atlantic that it
wras chased by a submarine but
managed to shake the pursuing U
boat after a tough race that ended
In the darkness of night. The radio
advice came from close to Nan
tucket and was relayed by warships
sailing towards that vicinity. It Is
not known if any official basis exists
for these reports, but the delayed
sailing of ships in New York indi
cates that there must be some foun
dation for the report.
Cargo carrying freighters have
sailed as usual although the liners
are delayed.
PEACE TALK TAKES
BACK SEAT PRESENT
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 7.—
Peace talk is taking a back seat just
now mainly owing to the awkward
administration position on account
of the leak scandal which is regard
ed in diplomatic quarters as an
amazing feature of American public
LOCAL ITEMS.
On Saturday and Sunday a report
was in circulation that Pete Bloom
quist and Joe Goodwin had got lost
when on their trip to Lost river. An
investigation does not confirm this
rumor which appears to have started
by reason of the fact that a native
arrived in Nome a few days ago
stating that two whitemen a week
or so before had arrived at Cape
Wooley native village badly frozen,
having been caught in the storm. As
the description and time answered
that of Bloomqui&t and Goodwin, it
was probably they. The story that
went the rounds belore being traced
down was to the effect that the dogs
had arrived at the Indian village
with their harness on and that the
owners had got lost. Blomquist and
Goodwin left Nome well equipped
for the trip to Lost river, with sleep
ing bags, warm clothing, provisions
and seven dogs, so that there was
no danger apprehended from travel
from any source. They left Nome
about December 26 and shortly
afterwards a bad blizzard sprung up
and they probably got frost bitten as
reported by the native.
life.
No reply has as yet been received
to the Wilson note, and as the time
lengthens between the dispatch ot
this note and the receipt of an an
swer, for some strange reason hopes
are increasing that the response will
be favorable in some way. This in
the face of the prompt German an
swer and the fact that the President
asked for an early reply from the
belligerents.
LONDON, Jan. 7.—Mild surprise
is expressed in the papers that the
reply to Wilson note has not yel
been received. It is understood, or
rather was, that the reply had been
approved and had been submitted
to Ambassador Sharpe.
r BERLIN, Jan. 7.—Some confirma
tion is given reports which have
emanated from neutralist sources
that the Germans would name their
peace terms explicitly, and present
same in a note which would be de
livered to the United States for pre
sentation to the Entente Powers.
One paper, the Vosslehe Zeitung,
says that it is unlikely that the Ger
man peace proposals which have
been in contemplation are such as
involve any difficulty in being ac
cepted by the belliegrents or are
in any way incompatible with hon
orable peace. It is interpreted that
this refers to the absence of terri
torial annexation in the plans.
Now Is the time to Subscribe.
STRIKE SITUATION IS
SAME IN MINNESOTA
MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 7.—The great
strike in the Minnesota lumber in
dustry is unchanged. The logging
companies are trying to prevail upon
the governor to send the militia to
protect property in the woods, al
though a great number of gunmen
have been requisitioned by the lum
ber trust upon whose subsidiary
camps the men are striking. There
is the claim made that the fact that
the wages paid now are less than
in 1907, is fairly good reason for
the strike, as board has gone up so
much and the price of lumber is
now higher than in years, the men
are entitled to more consideration.
There is some fear that the loggers
will clear out and a real labor short
age prevent operation.
Anything in the Hire or Joh work
•t the Industrial Worker Office.
Satisfaction assured. _ ^ ,j