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NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JAN. 3, 1917.
NO. 2141.
RAILROADERS
STONE SAYS LAWSON IS FAKIR
MESSAGE IS SENT
TO ALL TRAINMEN
CLEVELAND, Jan. 2.—The
Brotherhood presidents Lee and
Stone of the trainmen and engineers
say that they had settled upon a
message which had been sent to one
hundred thousand brotherhood
members today. The contents of this
message are undisclosed and the
message itself is in undecypherable
cypher except to all brotherhood
men. Handled through the railroad
lines this had to be imperative.
Stone says that the contents of the
message will not remain a secret
for twenty four hours. “The mess
age will be known to the world be
fore this time tomorrow’, said Stone
looking at his watch when ap
proached by a United Press repre
sentative, “and you members of the
press will know it as soon as any
one, so there is no harm in waiting
until then”. Lee and Stone were
both non-committal when asked it
they were advocating tactics similar
to those “which were pursued last
August”. Lee repeated that the rail
roadmen wanted the eight hour day,
that they had been fighting for it
for years and had exhausted every
peaceful effort to get it. They were
going to exhaust every effort to get
it and would not be stalled off any
longer.
NEW YORK, Jan. 2.—It is stated
in this afternoon papers that what
are practically conditional strike or
ders have been issued to all mem
bers of the brotherhoods. No con
firmation of this is given by the
brotherhood officials themselves who
are very non-committal.
Now is the time to Subscribe.
GOVERNOR HUNT HOLDS
FORT AGAINST CAMPRELL
PHOENIX, Jan. 2.—The political
turmoil today is even worse than
ever before with both officials assum
ing the reins of governorship of the
state and proceeding to make ap
pointment as if both were the re
gular official with no one to dispute
his right to perform these executive
duties.
Campbell’s effort to secure help
to raid the capitol and oust Hunt
did not succeed as he had anticipat
ed, for lie has been forced to rent
offices in a down town building
where for the time being the execu
tive mansion is located.
Hunt the present incumbent re
fuses to budge and holds the fort at
the capitol and today he threatens
to adjourn the legislate-j pending
tiie settlement of the contest..
r'he cry of fraud is materializing
strongly and the supporters ®f Hunt
even if they are overcome by a
scrutiny of the ballots may succeed
in defeating Campbell by . the throw
ing out of several districts where it
is alleged no end of fraudulent vot
ing was utilized by corporation in
fluence to secure the election ot
Campbell.
Hunt is supremely confident. He
says that he is not going to be
bluffed into an abandonment of his
position and will quit only when the
legitimate returns show that Camp
bell has been fairly and squarely
elected, and that will never be.
STRICT CENSORSHIP IS
ESTARLISHED IN MEXICO
EL. PASO, Jan. 2.—What is hap
pening in Mexico is somewhat diffi
cult to determine owing to the fact
that a very strict censorship has
again been instituted.
The most sensational news coming
from Juarez is that a Chihuahua
city dispatch says that Villa, is gra
dually getting the best of General
Murguia and his Carranzist forces
and driving him back upon the capi
tal of the state of Chihuahua. Mi
litary experts predict an early fall ot
the city of Chihuahua to Villa who
is this time expected to hold it and
to make it the headquarters for his
WEIGHED ON OUH SCALE.
Do not be too moral or you may
cheat yourself out of much life, and
above morality be not simply good
bat good for something. Eagle mop
Wringer and bucket combination for
washing and mopping floors. Does
away with wringing a dirty filty mop
by hand, price $2.75 to $4.50.
White Mountain ice cream freezer
$3.00 to $5.00. Universal Electric
Iron $3.25. Bleached Dish mops
10-16 and 20 cent. Take your
choice any dish mop in the house
for 10 cents. Wool dusters 25c.
Feather dusters 50c. Whisk Brooms
25 and 35c. Happy Home bird seed
2 boxes for 25c. Crum tray and
scraper 50c. Our bank book is
balanced on the right side so we
should worry.
C. W. LEWIS.
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; operation in Northern Mexico.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 2.—
There may be tomorrow a formal
meeting of the commissioners on the
Mexican situation and that the pr
j tocol may be signed. The great pr j
| gross which Villa is making it more
| cr less immaterial whether the Car
I ranzist government signs or not.
It is not admitted in American ot
j ficial circles that even „ failure to
'sign the protocol will necessarily be
followed by open intervention, it
is certain that it will mean that
Pershing will remain in Mexico inde
finitely and that is all.
THE DIAMOND PROM THE SKY
AT DREAM TONIGHT
The Diamond from the Sky, 14 th
chapter entitled ‘for Love of Money'
will be continued tonight. Space
forbids an adequate description or
detailed synopsis of this thrilling
episode, one of the breath taking
scenes shows a stage coach toppling
over a st^ep decline with its cargo
of human freight, this is brought
about through the machinations of
Blair and Luke Lowell in their des
perate efforts to recover the Dia
mond. This is but one.of the many
big scenes as sensational exposures
follow one another in rapid succes
sion throughout the chapter. A
Strand War picture will be an addi
tional attraction also a jolly scream
comedy called ‘‘Two Side Order
Tables. A big show.
SAN ANTONIO, Jan. 2.—The
border situation is now waiting
upon developments in the state ot
Chihuahua. There is an uncertain
feeling that very soon American
intervention will become an accomp
lished fact.
LOCAL ITEMS.
M. O. Solberg is in receipt of n
night letter of greetings from James
P. Daly who wired from Seattle b'lt
was then departing upon a trip to
the east. He said that there was
considerable disappointment among
the regulars over the large vote
which Wickersham obtained in the
Second Division and especially for
the explanation that was made for
it.
• • •
The Ladies’ Aid Society of the
Federated church elected officers at
its meeting yesterday. Mrs. Horn is
the new president, with Mrs. Koch
and Mrs. Loerpabel. Vice presidents
Mrs. ' Gawne was re-elected secre
tary. (Election of treasurer will
take place at the next meeting. Ar
rangements were made for enter
taining those who assisted in the
bazaar, and committees appointed.
Heads of bazaar departments are the
committee on refreshments, and the
program Committee consists of Mrs:
Mulligan, . Mrs. Horn and Mrs. 1.
Reed. Tuesday afternoon, January'
16, is the time of the social.
• • • m
C. J. Peterson haB received a let
LAWSON SAYS HAS
ONLY JUST BEGUN
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan 2.—
The Senate enjoyed the unusual ex
perience of a most bitter arraign
ment of an outside individual today
when for over an hour Senator
Stone excoriated Thomas Lawson of
Boston in the bitterest and mosi
vitriolic speech that the senatorial
dignataries listened to for many a
long day.
This afternoon Stone took the
floor to flay Lawson whom he de
scribed as a miserable publicity
hunting fakir whose word was mere
ly the statement of a sensation
loving liar. He declared emphatical
ly that not a single official, not a
single member of Congress, not any
one having connection with either
had been guilty of any of the sur
rounding acts included in the villau
ous charge delivered by this notorie
ty hunting and despicable scoundrel.
The whole story of a leakage from
the official departments is a fabrica
tion concocted by this lover of sen
sationalism to permit him to strut a
brief moment before the public.
Lawson came here today and had
the pleasure of listening to this
tirade after he had been closetted
in close conference with Congress
man Henry. . Henry declared that
there is insufficient in his charges
to start an investigation on; no
names, no informants or speculators
being given by Lawson.
Lawson went away quite unaffect*
ed declaring that he has “only just
begun.
ATTENTION I. O. O. F.
Odd Fellow and Rebekahs. Joint
installation .of officers, Friday Jam
5th, at 8:30 p. m. for Odd Fellows..
Rebekahs and their families. Re
gular meeting 7:30 P. M.
THOS. KOHANNICK, N. G.
RUSH ACT IS GIVEN
THE ARBITRATION ACT
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 2.—
Senator Newlands himself stated to
press reporters this morning that
the rush act would be given the
hearings of the Compulsory Arbitra
tion Act before the Interstate Com
merce Commission.
Newlands said that the country
was beyond any possibility of stand
ing for a railroad strike and that
the government was in duty bound
to prevent it. The hearing would
commence upon the railroad pro
gram before the Senate Committee
on Interstate Commerce immediately
he said, and that the bill would be
reported just as soon as it was
possible from the committee to the
Senate. He said that the act would
pass beyond any question. He re
fused to discuss action by the rail
roaders.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 2.—
The Department of the Interior is
now holding a national parks con
ference in its office in. the official
building.
Secretary Lane who is presiding
at the conference is recommending
that the government create two
more national parks: Month M’Kin
ley National Park and Grand Canyon
oi the Colorado.
There Is said here to be consider*
able opposition to the M’Kinley park,
as large placer and other mineral
deposits are said to exist in exten
sive areas of the proposed park amt
capital is ready to advance money
for the hydraulic exploitation ot
these, just as soon as sufficient
acreage of the auriferous ground
can be acquired.
LABOR GIVES WARNING
OPPOSED NEWLANDS ACT
f WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 2.—
The Senate Committee on Inter
state Commerce is not as speedy a9
Newlands would wish and he said
so when they met this afternoon and
mainly arranged the procedure to
be followed at their hearings on the
Newlands Act when they adjourned
until Wednesday afternoon.
Secretary Morrison of the Amer
ican Federation of Labor, Andrew
Furuseth representing the Seamen,
H. J. M’Namaras representing the
brotherhoods in the railroad indus
try, served notice on the committee
that labor was violently opposed to
compulsory arbitration and would
resist Its enforcement with every
ter from a firm in New York which
offers to buy outright his antimony
property or to contract for all the
ore can be taken out. The letter in
dicates that antimony is going to
go higher and further is going to
maintain its prices after the war.
It its still firm and has increased
•grdatjy in value for the past month.
The shpply of Chinese antimony is
by no means so steady as had been
anticipated and American mines are
likely to be called upon for a greater
output to meet what is an ever
growing demand.'- Thia will be sur
prise and welcome news to many
who own antimony prospects in thia
section.
means in their power.
Per contra, James Emery, secre
tary of the National Manufacturers
Association whose fight against or
ganized labor and against all labor
bills has been fully revealed in the
Mulhall exposures as well as in the
investigation of the lobby trust in
Washington, today formally and offi
cially endorsed the measure.
The fact that the committee did
not get down to immediate hearings
is said to have caused Newlands
considerable chagrin. Wilson is
openly urging haste as lie fears that,
a great railroad strike may be callers
before the Newlands law will render
such illegal.
The excitement in labor circles is
reflected even in Congress where
many of the members admit that
"their party loyalty is likely to be
subjected to a severe strain”.
COMMENT IS SEVERE
ON LACK PRECAUTIONS
MONTREAL, Jan. 1.—Commem
is severe upon the lack of fire pro
tection at St. Ferdinand De Halifax
Idiot Asylum where forty-six women
inmates were cremated when the in
stitution was destroyed by fire on
Saturday night.
The building housed one hundred
CONSTANTINE APPROVES.
ATHENS, Jan. 1.—King Con
stantine sent for the American Mi
nister yesterday and communicated
the text of a Greek note approving
of the Wilson note.
and eighty women who were carec>
for by the sisters and not even tlio
most 1 elementary fire protection
guarded the structure from the
dangers of fire. The temperature
was twenty degrees below zero and
the hydrants ' in the vicinity were
frozen. One sister who heroically
aided in the rescue of the crazed in
mates died as a result of severe
burns received. The loss is estimat
ed at one hundred thousand dollars.
Anything in the live of Job work
st the Industrial Worker Offlcew
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