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VOL. 11.
NOME, ALASKA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1017.
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XO. 240ft.
HIGH RUSSIAN
OFFICIAL INVOLVED
PKTROGRAD, Nov. 7.—The per
sistent talk of a separate peace
with Germany received' new life to
day over many charges and counter
charges.
The most important indication
-of an active revival of this move
ment of such so much general in
terest takes place around General
Verkovsky, the Minister of War ats
the storm center of the activity.
This high cfficial is charged with a
secert councilsession of the Council
| of the Republic of Russia and of
having submitted to them a definite
■ plan for the conclusion of a sepa
rate peace with Germany. Charges
of the foregoing import have been
published in The Common Can e,
a newspaper published by the Re
volutionaries under the leadership
of Bourtezoff and have created a
most profound impression. Gen
eral Verkovsky has published an
energetic denial of the charges and
the paper has been suppressed.
| Tho Russian Premier Kerensky
i lias formulated drastic and exten
sive plans to overcome the Max
imalists tvho are thus seeking to
| perfect a peace with the German
I emperor apart from the allied pow
ers. The situation is looked upon
| with increasing gravity and the
condition which must be developed
as a result of the Maximalist* ef
forts is bound ot rpesenf Russia
with a new crisis.
GERMANY LOSING
MAN POWER
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 7.—
A lengthy cable dispatch from
Switzerland has reached the War
Department here forecasting the in
evitable end of the war within three
years in an outcome completely
disastrous to Germany. The dis
patcehi* convev the observat.ons
that sheer loss of man power and
inability to keep her ranks refilled
will force Germany to her knees
within the time indicated If she
cannot succeed in forcing a compro
mise peace by succeeding in oowe
such brilliant and desperate drive
as she is now conducting against
Italy. The figure- furnished the
American war office show that
Germany has been losing men at
the enormous rate of one million
two hundred thousand each year
and that her losses will greatly
exceed that number for this year
and for next because of the main
tenance of three activ- fronts, one
of which it is thought must always
be offensive if the German war
spirit i,s to be sustained The Swiss
forecast is upon the basis that de
spite her tremendous military ope
rations German now has in fighting
reserves only one and one half mil
lion men, and that losins approxi
mately an equal number she must
reach the end of her strenght with
in the time indicated.
HILQUITT SOCIALIST LEADS
REPUBLICAN BY 100,000
NEW YORK. Nov. 7.—Only seven
thousand votes behind Mitchell, the
present Mayor, and fully one
hundred thousand ahead of Bennett
the Republican nominee, the vote
given Morris Hilquitt, Socialist
candidate for Mayor of New York
city yesterday, is admittedly a na
tion wide astonishment, and may
foretell tremendous potentialities
for that party in the irext national
election.
The vote of the various candi
date^, in the order of their strength
is according to the latest returns
available about as follows. Judge
Hyland, democratic nominee and
supported by the Tammany orga
nization, 297,000,. John Purrey
Mitchell, present incumbent who
having been defeated in the repub
lican primaries for the nomination
ran independently on a fusion
ticket, received 14 9,000 votes, Mor
ris Hitquitt, socialist nominee,
124.000 vote)3, and Bennett, the re
publican nominee only 53,000
votes.
The vote of Hitquit which is four
times that received by any candi
date of that party in any former
eelction is taken to measure the op
position of the people to the admi
nistration’s war policies and prim
arily as a register of protest against
the compulsory military service law
Hitquitt is a brilliant lawyer and
literary man ai^d for several years
has been Secretary of the Interna
tir.alo Socialist Bureau for his party
in this country and ran on a plat
form opposed to conscription and
demanding the repeal of the select
service law, backed by his party.
This il3i the second test which has
been made on the question of mili
tarism and conscription since the
inauguration of the present admi
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nistration, a Congressman having
been elected in North Dakota on
anti-conscription, platform.
In less degree the other aspects
of the New York election are sur
prising. Mitchell the defeated
Mayor has been from the beginning
of the American military revival,
an ardent advocate of preparedness,
was supposed to have the support
and endorsement of Theodore
Roosevelt, who it will be recalled
was formerly President of the
United States, who made a trip to
Africa, discovered a river and some
nature fakers, etc. Mitchell had
been defeated by Mr. Bennett in a
hotly contested eompaign for the
Republican nomination in the pri
mary election and had jumped the
tho republicans and ran on a ticket
of his own.
Let us estimate on your Jon Wort
ITALIANS CONTINUE RETREAT
ROME, Nov. 7.—The distressing
information reaches this capital of
the continued retirement of the
Italian Army. General Cadornas
with his troops is stubbornly con
testing every inch of the ground
but being compelled by the im
placable German advance to give
wav.
The retreat is being conducted in
good order and the movement
though a losing one *s believed to
indicate great military skill.
The Italians have fallen back
to the Livenza River where it is
expected a crucial battle will take
place.
BERLIN, Nov. 7.—The German
war office issues statement that sol
diers are pursuing the retreating
Italiang and out upon the Venitian
planes and that many thousands ot j
Italian prisoners are being taken. |
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ROME, Nov. 7.—Reports are
reaching hero the German soldiers
upon taking the Italian city of Un
dine began a saturnalia ol' vandal
ism, pillaging and burning houses
and of terrorizing the civilian popu
lation.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nav. 7.—
The most important function which
the United States is performing in
the war of the allied powers upon
the imperial Governments of Ger
many and Austria and their allies
continues to be one of furnishing
the needed financial backing. Ne
gotations are being perfected here
whereby China is to be provided
with a tremendous war chest for
entering the combination of world
nations at war with Cermany. Upon
the completion of the e arrange
ments China which lias sc far with
stood all efforts to draw her into
the controversy, is expected at
once to furnish such men and war
requirements as her resources will
permit.
For some time her national po
licies have been shaped to this re
sult but she has been witheld on
the plea that the bankrupt condi
tions rendered a war course diffi
cult . The entrance of China into’
the conflict will ruark the comple
tion of the list of great world
powers who are at war, the Scandi
navian countries alone holding
aloof. While these nations arc im
portant i;i an economic sense, their
military and naval possibilitie have
been regarded as negligible. China'}
new ministry very greatly favors
the war course and with the com
pletion of the deal her entrance
into the conflict will be immediate.
BREAD PRICES TO BE
LOWER IN UNITED STATES
WASHINGTON, D. f , Nov. 7.—
President Wilson will shortly issue
a proclamation which will require
al’ linkers to be licensed and pro
duce loaves of bread to be standard
ized in weights and prices, under
the administration .if Food Com
missioner Herbert O. Ilniv.
Great discrepanci es in si'.os,
weights and prices have been com
plained of in different localities
throughout the country and it is
thought that importan t red actions
the traces of this staple commodity
will occur as a result of this action.
Desp'te all the claims of the bread
maker® to the contray it has ap
peared that unreasonable extortion
has been practiced j.'der the plea
that the increased cost of Hour and
baking materials ase a resitlt had
made theadvances necessary. But
it has been noted by the Food Ad
ministrator not only were not uni
form but on the contrary were
very divergent, a circumstance that
lias excited tlic misgivings of the
Focd Administration Department.
This department is a war creation
made necessary by the avarice of
many producers anl manufacturers
ind the desire to profit unduly out
)f the war conditions. So far dr.
Hoover has been active mainly in
direction the poorc-s of his newly
created office at the wheat and pro
luce speculation in the great ex
change center.?.
OPPOSITION TO WOMEN
SUFFRAGE ENDS VICTORY
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov.
Taking the New York city election
as the national political barometer,
officials high in the administration
her today declared that the success
of the suffrage proposals at the
polls means the beginning of the
end to all organized effort to pre
vent women gaining the ballot and
it was freely predicted that the
ballot for women will soon be a
nation wide privilege.
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Nov. 7.—
The State Department today an
nounced the news of the arrival of
the President's personal agent.
Colonel House, at a British .port en
route to Paris, where on behalf of
President Wil-on he is to confer
with representative department
he?ds of the allied countries with
a view of bringing about a greater
co-ordination of all activities in
the prosecution of the war against
Germany. The safety of the mis
sion had been a matter of consider
able concern in administration ^circ
les and the news of its isafe arrival
is deceived most cheerfully.
t.KT THE NEWS KIGIIT. EEA,
THE WORKER.
GENERAL PEACE
T
saas
LONDON, Nov. 7.—A prelimin
ary pence conference is being ar
ranged to consider what peace pro
posals may be agreed upon and to
meet in Berne, Switzerland, some
time in December. The conference
is to be made up of t-vo representa
tives from each of the belligerant
nations who will act without final
power, except to make recommes
rlations to their separate govern
ments. It has not been definitely
know whether German represen
tatives will attend the conference
;.n action which will be passed upon
by the Richstag tomorrow following
such recommendations expected to
be made by the German chancellor
von Hertling.
LONDON, Nov. 7.—Information
from the battle front show that the
largest guns in the British array
have opened t heavy artillery bomb
ardment upon Hauler.--. General
Haig reporls that consolidated gains
were made in yesterday’s raids on
Quennt "which have resulted in the
capture of many German prisoners.
In Palestii.a the British array con
tinues its succcs es and according
to very late reports have taken the
quaint city of Gaza which will un
doubtedly facilitate their march to
Jerusalem which is the objective
point of the British offensive.
DEMOCRATIC MEETING.
Notice is hereby given that there
will be a meeting of the Democratic
Club at the City Hall, Saturday,
Nov. 10th 1917, at 8. P. M.
PAUL KJEGSTAD.
' i President.
POWDER PLANT EXPLODES.
TWO POWDER Llaab slir<l ehr li
TUNNELTON, I'a.. Nov. 7. Pol
loving imracdiat,'ly upon the heels
of the explosion which wre :ketl the
powder department i:i American
Aulminmu Pronzing Co. t.vo days
ago, a similar explo ten hero today
in the Macabee Powder Co's plant
is causing general alarm. Two men
wore killed outright and five are
seriously injured.
DENVER, Nov. 7.—What is be
lieved to be a part of a nation wide
plot came to light today by the dis
covery of a number of bombs dis
posed at various points in the fac
tory plant of the Globe Foundry
company which has been engaged
for several month,;, upon war con
tracts. The government authorities
and the sheriff’s office are now en
gaged in an effort to run the per
petrators to cover.
You'll get it right in the Worker,