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WASHINGTON, P. C.. Dec. 9,—
The torpedo-boat destroyer Jacob
Joaes has be- n sunk by an enemy
submarine according lo ad',ices re
ceived her although details of her
sii king are lacking.
The dead who went down with
the boat is placed at sixty tour but
the Commander, Captain David
Bagley, reported in the first dis
patch as lost is now reported to be
safe among the survivors.
ATLANTIC CITY, Dec. 9 —A tug
be: t three miles off the beac-li here
•vas swamped and sunk by noun
tainous seas that piled over her,
in the gale that has been blowing
for twenty four hours on this coast.
Her loss of lile is complete a id in
cluded her captain and crew of ten
men and no salvage of the boat is
possible.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 9.—
The government of the United
States through the present Con
gress is preparing formally to deal
| wiili the question of suffrage and*
I the move is being received with
a great deal of rejoicing by all fac
tions of the women’s organizations.
A new House Committee has boon
formed with this object especially
in view. Representative Baker has
been silted for the Chairmanship
of the new Committee and in an
interview is quoted as saying that
all possible haste should be made
in passing a bill.
Anything In the line of Joh wor»
LARGE JAP ARMY
TO GO TO WAR FRONT
LOS ANGELES, Dec 9.—Cou
tredictii.g all tlio reports so far
published that Japan would not
operate with the allies actively on
the Eurcpean battle fronts, Major
Hibiki, a Japai ese army officer
here, says that hundreds of thou
sands of Japanese troops thorough
ly trainee and ea.uipped for modern
warfare are soon to sec service
•with the allied armies in the field.
The staten ont coming from an
authoritative source has created a
mild sensation in view of the oft
repeated position credited to Japan
that would not participate actively
in the war, and particular^ on the
point that she would forward no
men but would confine her assist
ance to such economic support that
she might render.
If confirmed it is believed the an
nouncement toward allaying the in
creasing hostility obtiining toward
the Japanese even in normal limes.
This has been intensified by the
opinion that Japan should do her
part in the supply of man power,
a problem that lias already become
an urgent one on all sides.
TOKIO, Dee. 9.—According to
an official statement emanating
from the wax office the Japanese
government will formulate and car
ry forward her own war policies
independent of the allies. The
statement is made for the first time
that Japan had not been asked to
participate in the interallied con
ference and that had she not been
asked for either men or tonnage.
INDUSTRIAL UNION
ASKS PROTECTION
BUENOS AIRES, Dec. 9.—Argen
tina Industrial Union has petition
ed the Chamber of Deputies on be
salf of the local barrel industry, in
sisting that the great shortage ex
perienced in barrels for oil, salted
meat, glucose and other national
products can best be countered by
a 25 per cent ad valorem tax on
foreign cooperage goods, thus en
abling the local industry to put ca
pital into the business in order that
Argentine casks may be available in
a comparatively short time. Every
UNION MAN SAYS
‘WILSON’; IS ARRESTED
PATTERSON, Die. 9.—Stephan
Birchor. secretary-treasurer of the
Brotherhood of Metal Workers, was
speaking for the Soeirlist party in
Paterson on Saturday night when
he was arrested. Held over night
in jail, he was released on $100
cash bail lor examination by the
United States Commissioner. Birch-!
er says:
“I was speaking on 'Capitalism
Exposed,” the second of my series
of five lectures at .Market and Ooit
street, discussing how different was
the Socialist System from the Ca
pitalist System".
EVIDENCE AGAINST
NEGROES IN RIOT CASE
BELLEVILLE, III., Dec. 9.—Tes
timony that about 50 shotguns anil
rifles were left at the saloon of
James Bayles, one of the 13 Neg
roes on trial for the murder of Po
lice Detective Coppedge of East St.
Louis, by Negro rioters on the night
of July 1, was given on Thursday
by Henry Krudwig, an East St.
Louis saloonkeeper.
Fred Breleate, a machinist, testi
fied that on the night of July 1 he
3aw an armed Negro crouching in
the weeds. Oilier Negroes cane up
he said, and shouted to a white
man who lived close by to come
out. They threatened to kill him.
This testimony was admitted as
tending to show a conspiracy among
the Negroes to avenge riots in May.
thing necessary to the establish
ment of a cooperage industry it is
claimed, is to be found in tlie coun
try—capital, raw material, labor
and a national market for the fin
ished product.
EVERYBODY WELCOME.
. To advertise in the Roof Garden
Program—if you hurry.
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC.
Messrs. Peter Juul and Peter
Nelson have taken over the man
agement of the Nome Bakery.
The premises will he closed until
TUESDAY Morning for alterations
and repairs.
For the best 50c. Dinner in Nome
go to the Board of Trade Lunch
Counter.
Subscribe now for the Worker
and keep Posted.
HALIFAX, Doc. 9.—The official
compilation of the known deaths
resulting from the explosion of tlie
French munitions steamer in the
harbor here last Thursday shows
four thousand dead as a result of
the tragedy and of the devastating
fires which followed it. The de
struction by lire is almost complete
in the concentrated portion of the
city and the entire remaining popu
lation is in deepest grief.
I Already relief is pouring in a*
rapidly as transportation can bring
it in. News reaches here late this
I afternoon that in the far distant
city cf Seattle, Washington, a re
lief fund of twenty five thousand
dollars was raised by subscription
in two hours and from other dis
patches it is indicated that so far
as is humanly possible humanity
everywhere will respond abundantly
to the relief and restoration of the
city.
What may prove to be additional
light on the disaster is afforded by
tho Captain of an Atlantic steamer
j arriving in New York. This officer
immediately reported to the Navy
j Department in Washington that off
| iialifax the night before the ex
! plosion occurred he had sighted two
j mysterious looking crafts which ho
1 took to be large submarines being
towed bv steam vessels.
CENTRAL POWERS BEND
ENERGIES ON ITALY
WASHINGTON D. C. Dec. 9.—
Confirming reports heretofore made
it is announced that Germany and
Austria are preparing to concen
trate all the efforts of the Central
Powers upon the Italian front with
a view to developing her maximum
of military effort and breaking
down the allied forces now in the
field before America’s effective ac
tivity begins.
,Air scouts and aviators flying
high above the open country beyond
Asiago, report a continual concen
tration taking as indicated by move
mcnts of tl*e Teutons who are
streaming m over all the roads
leading to the plateau where the
most desperate fight is already rag
ing. The Italian forces, contrary
to the most hopeful expectations,
are known to have given consider
able ground, a movement which if
continued will break into a retreat
before the increasing storm of the
enemy niacs attacks.
A feeling less hopeful than that
for months is prcvading in war
circles and the war department is
according the right of way to the
I news that arrives front the Italian
front.
That received yesterday regard
ing the evacuation by the Italian
lorces of the Melletta salient lead
ing greatly to increase the general
anxiety. All possible haste is be
ing made to America’s quota of
fig) ting nun on the Italian trout
now that the formal declaration of
hostility against Austria has . e
ntoved all barriers from the activ
ities of the war department.
Anything In the line of lob work:
PEACE PREVAILS ON
EASTERN FRONT
PETROGRAD, Dee. 0.—For the
first time since the war began nol
a single shot was fired on the whole
length cf the Russian battle line
the whole distance o!' which is
from the Baltic Sea in the north tc
the Black Sea in the south. Tht
negotiations for a three months
cessation of hostilities failed bul
an arrangement was readied when
by there is to be no fight inp
throughout an armistice to eon
tin uo for ten days. This arrange
ment is already in effect by agree
ment with the commanders of botii
armies in the field and during this
period efforts are being made per
fect the details of the three months
FIGHTING AIR
PLANES READY
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec 0. -
The lirst batch ol‘ fighting airplanes
which go toward composing tlie
great aerial fleet of the United
States have been completed by Am
erican manufacturers and have
been -successfully tried out at the
government testing grounds. These
planes are made entirely in the.
United States alter designs furnish
ed by American engineers, and are
cquiped with the fatuous “Liherty’
motor, which is claimed to be fat
superior lo any airplane motor now
in use.
Vast numbers of these machines
will be completed daily now and
turned over to the government. By
the time the entire fleet is complet
ed, pilots for the fleet will ltavr
been trained and in readiness foi
the planes.
period.
The soldiers of both armies are
everywhere givii g themsel/es over
to relaxation and rest while the ci
vil population are entering the
fields of the v,ar torn zones and be
gin the rebuilding of the destroyed
farms and improvements. At many
points tire temporary peace estab
lishment is being celebrated as a
gala occasion with parades and
bands playing.
LONDON, Dec. 9.—An official
IcUgr.mi has been received here
from :oo Iiou:nanian front ack
nowledging that country to be par
ticipating in the armistice l'or peace
negotiations and all hostilities
along her borders have been sus
pended.
EL PASO, Dec. n. - -Styling them
as “bandits” the dispatches men
tion that Villa's troops numbering
fifty thousand have engaged the
Mexican Federal troops of the Car
rar.za government in combat jusi
outside the city of Chihuahua and
given them an unmerciful drubbing
and then chased them back into tin
capital.
Francisco Villa continues his old
tactic of attacking and taking cities
only to abandon them and take tc
the hills after first levying tribute
for his cause. He is never known
to defend a city so taken and in
fact fights on the defensive only
when in a difficult situation, pre
fenng always to led in an attack
i It is not believed that Mexico
- will be rid ot Villa soon when it
; is reflected that he meets with suili
> eient volunteer enthusiasm to raise
- and equip and army of such • m
i portions to attar k the govcrn'i'c.!.
fl LONDON, I)ec. !).—Kngiand's
>[ troops are now in possession of lie
broil a .3nir.»I buv very old town in
1 Palestine near Jerusalem and are
i preparing to push on to the latter
>! city, the point objective of the Brit
’; ish Campaign in Palestine. Hebron
i 1 is mentioned in the testament writ
i ings and is about fifteen miles south
r of Palestine.
t Let ns estimate on your Joo Worm