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VOL. •.
NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1916.
NO. 2109.
CONFLICTING ARE THE
REPORTS OF MEXICO
EL PASO, Nov. 26.—It is stated
here that government agents report
that Villa has gained a foothold in
Chihuahua, attacking the water sup
ply and severing an aqueduct.
It is rumored at Juarez that Tre
vino has been routed. This_ is how
ever considered quite without foun
dation. Report is working overtime
here and one can hear almost any
thing.
General Gonzales is reported to
be preparing to fight two hundred
Villatlsts who are operating eight
een miles south of Juarez.
What Pershing is doing is not
made public.
EL PASO, Nov. 25.—At four
o’clock on Friday afternoon Tre
vino wired Mexico city that he had
obtained a complete victory over
Villa and had cavalry pursuing hm.
Since that time nothing has been
heard from the Carranzist general.
EL PASO, Nov. 25.—One report
has it that Villa’s retirement from
Chihuahua was only a ruse, and that
he turned upon his pursuers and
followed them right up to the city.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 26.—
So conflicting are the accounts from
Mexico that little official attention
is paid any of them. No official re
ports are being made public.
Anything in the live of Job work
ALL OFFICERS RE-ELECTED
POSITIONS FEDERATION
BALTIMORE, . Nov. 26.—Sam
Gompers and all the rest of the offi
cers of the American Federation of
Labor were re-elected.
The next convention place will be
held at Buffalo.
On Saturday the convention de
cided o postpone action on the un
iversal eight hour day for twelve
months while propaganda work
would be rushed for that purpose.
The convention re-affirmed its ad
vocacy of peace. It demanded the
withdrawal of the Carranza decree
of August 1, wherein the de facto
president and ruler of Mexican af
fairs through the grace of Wilson,
threatens with the penalty of death
labor agitation or strikes in Mexico.
The resolution says that this re
presents the tendency of the govern
ments to deny the workers funda
mental freedom.
The convention denounced mili
tarism and in another consistent
breath advocated citizen soldiery
under domestic control and election
of officers.
On Friday at the afternoon ses
sion the convention also resoluted
a few.
One calls for a congressional in
quiry by the appointment of a fed
eral commission including represen
tatives of labor to probe the price
of foodstuffs and to authorize pro
secution where combines are noted,
and to advise on the matter of an ;
embargo.
PEACE MEDIATORS TO
ADJOURN TWO WEEKSj
ATLANTIC CITY, Nov. 26.—Al
though it is unconfirmed and no offi
cial aifiouncement is given out, it is
stated that a formal agreement has
been reached between Mexico and
the United States wherein the
United States retains the right to
pursue bandits crossing the border
and seeking refuge in Mexico for
local items.
Hills’ Pharmacy is now displaying
the prizes for the masquerade ball
given by the Eagles on December 7.
It is not often that these prizes have
been as varied and valuable and they
certainly ought to bring out some |
splendid masques.
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Joe Felter will arrive up irom
Solomon today. He will leave about
December 1 for Dime creek and will
be accompanied to the Koyuk camp
by Hugh Donahue who has been
for the past several years one of the
prominent mining figures in the
Solomon district.
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Judge Thornton, Grand Secretary
of the Grand Igloo of the Pioneers
of Alaska states that he has received
notice that Igloo No. 15 of the Al
aska Pioneers has been established.
The latest Igloo is located at An
chorage and has now a charter
membership of 180 argonauts. One
G. F. Austin is secretary of the new
Igloo.
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The Dream theater continues its
policy of showing big attractions
only. Tonight a magnificent photo
play entitled “The Sands Of Fate”
in two parts also a very interesting
romance that contains a punch from
" beginning to end, and a button bust
er, the kind of Comedy that com
pells laughter entitled “Dad and The
Girls”. See this tomorrow night.
The captivating Star Miss Marguerite
Fisher in a splendid feature “Infa
tuation”. 4 reels.
their depredations on American
soil.
It is also stated, and also uncon
firmed that the patrol withdrawal
agreement has been signed up.
A two weeks adjournment was
taken yesterday afternoon, it is
stated semi-officially, in order to
permit Commissioner Pani to pre
sent proposals to Carranza in Mex
ico wherein forty days after such
acceptance of these terms, the
United States troops will be with
drawn.
The work of the Mexican Peace
Commission is said to be very satis
factory to the American commis
sioners.
WASHINGTON. D. C.. Nov. 26.—
The Mexican mediators commission
ers are hardly paying attention to
any of the interventionist or Villa
tist reports which are coming out.
They affect to 'believe that Villa al
though e has powerful backers is
not making the headway which he
claims or which his agents claim
that he is making.
SAYS NEED MORE
MONEY FOR RUSINESS
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 26.—
Counsel Thomas told the Congress
ional Committee having a bill on
the matter in hand that a quarter
million additional capital will be
needed annually for the* next decade
to handle the growing commerce ot
One of the Rowe teams had a
hard time on Saturday coming from
Oregon creek when darkness came
on it in the storm and without trail
stakes and the soft snow obliterat
ing the land marks from sight they |
lost their sense of location and had
to unhitch the teams near Penny
river, coming into Nome about
four o’clock yesterday morning.
Several hundred pounds of supplies
owned by miners who had been
working during the summer in the
Oregon creek country were laden on
the sled. The trip was all the more
difficult by reason of the immense
amount of soft snow that fell. Going
out this outfit had a hard time ow
ing to the lack of snow on the hill
tops. The sled struck the bare
rocks which made heavy pulling foi
the teams.
federal incorporations.
He said that the reassuring busi
ness policy of the Wilson adminis
tration had been steadily attracting
men with money to invest, and that
there was a general tendency to
establish corporations or to consoli
date those now existing to produce
on a large scale.
EXPECT CONTEST
JUNEAU, Nov. 24.—It is stated
that both sides are preparing to
contest the delegate election no mat
ter who wins. That is to say, in the
event of Sulzer being declared elect
ed, the Wickershamites will contest
the vote and vice versa.
The election is now growing ex
ceedingy close although the number
of precincts yet to be heard from
may give either candidate a com
fortable njajority.
Neither side claims a victory just
at present.
GET THE NEWS RIGHT. READ
THE WORKER. __
RUMANIANS ESCAPE
FROM FALKENHAYN
LONDON, Nov. 26.—Bucharest
wires that the Rumanians operating
in the extreme left of Wallachia
have extricated themselves from the
perilous encircling movement which
Falkenhayn had thrown around
them, •
Petrograd confirming this dis
patch says that the Rumanian soldi
ers before they withdrew to safety
deliberately destroyed one million
hundreds weights of cereals to pre
vent the Germans getting it.
BERLIN, Nov. 26.—The Ruman
ians are tenaciously resisting Fal
kenhayn’s efforts to advance.
LONDON, Nov. 26.—It is admit
ted that it is most encouraging that
the Rumanians escaped Falken
hayn’s encircling movement with
their powerful wedge placed be
tween Orsova and Craiova.
They will probably re-unite forces
on the Alt river where formidable
defenses have been built up.
BERLIN, Nov. 26.—It is officially
announced that the Teutons have
captured Orsova and Turnsevreln.
Bucharest reports an attempt to
cross the Danube at Seimnitza upon
the part of the Bulgars. If success
ful this means the cutting off of
Rumanians behind the Alt river, and
the virtually complete conquest of
Wallachia.
Anything In the line of job work
| Satisfaction assured.
BIG FIGHT BEGINS
PROBE FOOD COMBINE
CHICAGO, Nov. 26.—A great
fight has begun to break the food
combine which is held responsible
for skyrocketting prices of all kinds
in this city,
Saturday fifty invesigators entered
the cold storage plants tagging the
provisions therein and noting the
dates of storage. Wholesale violar
tions of the ordinance limiting the
time wherein eggs can be held in
storage and later sold were noted.
One case especially was discovered.
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This is the storage controlled by
James Wetz. Wetz controls seventy
two million eggs which he now must
sell or be jailed. All are beyond
the limit in storage but have been
held for a still further rise.
The reported shortage in nrovi
sions has proved to be wholly with
out foundation. Excess storage is
shown to exist over any previous
year, all more or less held for the
purpose of curtailing the supply
placed upon the markets.
NEW YORK, Nov. 26.—The reve
lations in connection with the stor
age pants in Chicago have created
a sensation here and may lead to
similar investigations of plants
around this city. The positive proof
that the alleged shortages in Chicago
wks without foundation is strongly
inciting the people to agitate a simi
lar probe here.
Brass bird cages $5.50 to $7.00 at
Crooks next City Hall.
REPORTS VENIZELOS HAS
DECLARED WAR GERMANY
BERLIN, Nov. 26.—It is reported
that Venizelos has declared waT
upon Bulgaria and Germany.
BERLIN, Nov. 26.—The Russians
have been repulsed at Taspaul. _
LOCAL ITEMS.
W. J. Rowe wil move today out
to the creeks with a bridge building
outfit of lumber etc. He intends to
build two bridges, one over Monu
ment and the other over Glacier
creek. Both these creeks are often
impassable at times during the win
ter and early spring on account ot
overflows and these bridges will be
an accomodation both to himself for
freighting purposes and also for
miners and mushers who travel in
that section. There is considerable
activity in that region right at the
present time.
The snow shovelling contract will j
be awarded this evening at the
Council meeting. Grading of the
snow is strictly restricted to within
the business districts and many im
portant resident sections are not
covered by the contract. Since all
alike pay taxes, and some that are
not covered by the contract for
snow clearing pay them a whole lot
more willingly than those who do,
there should be no discriminatino
in the matter.
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Nome Lodge No. 5 I. O. O. F.
held their first card party of the
season on Friday evening and al
though the weather was not very
favorable there was a large attend
ance. The honors were won by
Frank S. Polet, Ged Wolfe and Ed
Holt in the order named among
the men. Mrs. Frank Polet won
first prize among the ladies. Mrs.
Ford was second and Mrs. Martin
Danielson the consolation prize. A
fine collation followed the whisl
playing.
PETROGRAD, Nov. 26.—It is au
thoritatively stated that the Rus
sians in the counter move in Do
brudja have now gained every po
sition south of Lake Taspaul and
are ten miles from Constanza.
They are still pushing south
wards.
BERLIN, Nov. 26.—Artillery and
trench mortars alone are active
south of the Ancre.
LONDON, Nov. 26.—Exercrable
weather has resulted in the lull on
the Somme front continuing.
LONDON, Nov. 26.—No reports
confirm the statement that Venize
los has declared war upon Bulgaria
and Germany.
SALONIKI, Nov. 26.—Winter con
ditions are severe north of Monastir
but heavy fighting still continues
without any cessation.
BERLIN, Nov. 25.—The severity
of the fighting in Rumania indicates
that the Rumanians have had their
positions strengthened by powerlul
reinforcements. They have had
been exceedingly strenuous in their
counter attacks.
EXPECT GENERAL PEACE
EFFORT EIGHT HOURS
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 2G.-—
It is expected that there will be a
general effort to bring about an
understanding in railroad circles be
tween the brotherhoods and the com
panies.
The larger railroad companies will
not make any effort to fight the bill.
Now some of them claim that the
very slight difference it would make
in the matter of wages would not
warrant the destruction of the good
feeling and harmony that has pre
EXPLOSIVE WHISKEY.
PORTSMOUTH, O., Nov. 26.—
government inspectors of pure
“foods” will have to get busy. An
other bartender has had his hand in
jured by the explosion of a bottle
of whiskey. This is the second
whiskey bottle that “blew-up” in
this town, a bar tender named Long
having been injured by a similar
accident in Glockner and Meyer’s
liquor store. Strong stuff!
vailed. The main cause for anxiety
is that the rest of the railroad
workers, most of them very poorly
paid, are agitating also for the eight
hour day.
RUMANIA THE GOAT.
VIENNA, Nov. 26.—Advices com
ing from Rumania indicate that the
people feel that the Allies are Hot
helping them and* are using them
simply to wear down Germany and
Austria while the Allies do nothing.
AXNIOUS TO KNOW.
JUNEAU, Nov. 26.—It is stated
that administration leaders have
wired from Washington D. C., for
particulars of the delegate and at
torney-general election in Alaska.
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Mr. Miner!