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VOL. 11.
NOME, ALASKA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, t'J17
SEATTLE werbc no iSjv lozyjzn
SEATTLE, Dec. 20.—That the
labor movement must wake up to
the usurpations of the courts in la
bor matters anil that nothing so
threatens the free institutions of
the country and the rich heritage
of the people as tin* unwarranted
and autocratic use oi the injunc
tion was the burden of the report
of the Central Labor Council’s dele
gate to annual convention of the
American Federation of Labor at
Buffalo.
Mr. James A. Duncan who is
Secretary of the Council had just
returned from the great Buffalo
meeting and reported with much
earnestness and feeling that no
question was given more serious
consideration than the tendency
being displayed by the courts of all
grades and jurisdictions to step into
the breach of labor controversies
on the side of the employers.
Mr. Duncan pointed out that
heretofore the organized workers
had found the strike their most ef
fective and available weapon in
dealing wi.h employers in extreme
and unavoidable instances, and that
occasion it li ;d been success
fully employed by groups cf ulior
g.uizcd workers whose exigencies
made the extreme (ourse necessary.
Speaking for the conservative or
ganizations of labor he stated it to
be the practice and habit to abide
by tlie erders and decisions ot the
courts but produced proofs of the
contention that of late the courts
hate beer, entrenching themselves
and unlawfully arrogating author
ities and powers out of keeping
with the fundamental laws of the
country, and then raised the inter
esting question: What is Labor to
do when it finds its strikes broken
by arbitrary court orders? He
pointed to the action of the Su
preme ■ curt of this state in ruling
against the right of workers to
picket or otherwise advertise un
tair employers, in the face of a re
cent overwhelming election by the
people to the contrary.
Mr. Duncan stated that it is im
portant. and necessary that affiliated
organizations immediately decide
and express themselves oil the mat
ter 01 whether they will be willin ’:
to htrik• against the orders ot the:
courts in labor controvercies. The
Labor Temple was crowded with the
delegates of the hundred or more
affiliated unions and the report of
the Secretary were heard with the!
profoundest concern
The Letter Carrier's Association
a postal organization, ofliliated with
the Council have sent a special
Committee direct to President Wil
son. protesting against the autocrat
ic methods of Postmaster General
Bui lesion, over the heads of the or
ganizations Vice-president and that
of Samuel Gompers, President for
the American Federation.
The news has reached the labor
headquarters her that the St. Paul
and Minneapolis strikers have re
turned to work after having been
granted the Mediation Board's de
mand.
I must have a nice Rug at $25.00
a Sled a t$2.75 to $4.50 or a velo
cijiede or a Picture Machine or a
little Wagon and t’lueds Rocker, I
saw some dandy ones at HOLT’S. I
GERMANS ADVANCE IN
ITALY SAYS REPORT
i
ROME, Dec. 19.—Official admis
sion was marie in the war office of
another pronounced German ad
vance in the invasion of Italy. The
fighting resulted in the Teutonic
regional gains took place in the re
gion of Asolone.
The statement is made however
that elsewhere the efforts of the
Gerrman-Austrian offensive had
proved fruitless.
PARIS, Dec. 19.—War activities
of both sides to the conflict are
practically at a standstill and mark
ing time on the western front on
account of severe adverse weather
conditions.
PARIS, Dec. 19.—That the enemy
submarine which torpedoed and
sunk the French Cruiser Chateau
Renault was itself destroyed soon
after the attack, is the announce
ment made by the war ministry
today.
ATLANTIC PORT, Dec. 19.—
According to a crew arriving here
a German submarine was sunk off
she re by a torpedee boat destroyer
which was convoying a merchant i
vessel laden with war supplies.
BERLIN, Dee. 19.—It has been
officially announced by the war
office hero that German aviators
had suceesfully attacked, London,
Margate and Ramsgate on the Brit
ish coast.
Take your Lunch and Dinner at
the Hoard of Trade l.uncli Counter,
only 50c.
KAISER TO MAKE
CHRISTMAS PEACE OFFER
AMSTERDAM, Dec. 19.—Accord
ing to dispatches reaching this city
the Kaiser is preparing to an oIT< r
of peace to the world through the
Vatican making it is believed some
special concessions in celebration
of the holiday season.
Official offers of German’s peace
terms are known to oa in transmis
sion to the allied governments, she
having secured the good offices of
nuetral powers under pledges of
secrecy not to divulge their nature
or to permit them to be known
while in tranr.it. The move of for
warding modified terms to the I’ope
at Home is obviously intended to
appeal to the peoples of the allied
powe's at a time when they may he
most inclined to favor such a pro
posal.
CHICAGO, Dec. 19.—The Com
mittee of the Brotherhood of Rail
way Firemen which has assembled
lur is preparing a new wage scale
to be submitted to ail railways de
manding increases ranging from
tei per cent for the higher paid
nn'n lo forty per cent for those now
receiving $2.50 for eight hours.
Thro newly proposed scale is in
the direction of equalizing the pay
of employes In the belief that it
will tend toward great r unity, and
to lend greater strength to the de
mands of the Brotherhood.
PHILADELPHIA. Dec lit. -The
sporting fraternity are very much
exercised over the projected ar
rangements for a fistic contest be
tween Jess Willard presen. holder
of the world’s heavyweight cham
pionship and Ed Fulton, the only
living “hope” in sight for the
honor.
Matt 1 linked cf Cleveland, Ohio,
has wired a proposition offering to
underwrite the bout for one million
dollars provided it can be staged in
Now York, Philadelphit or ('.leve
! laid.
Cl, ICAGO, Dee. 11). V, ii' .i :i*»
prised of the negotiations of the
promoters of his projected battle
with Fulton, Jess Willard expressed
himself as amazed at lie unusually
large sums of money being offered
s>taing that he consented to enter
tli>' contest, tor the benefit of the
Red Cross.
I _
GARY, Indiana, Dec. 11).—Wh'lo
Michael Gingham. a saloon keen or
and his negro porter were carrying
a bag containing thirty thousand
dollars they were set upon and
WASHINGTON-, IT. Doc. 10.—
Louis Stoddard, tlie Vice-president
of the Marine Life Corporation, de
clares that the war department stu
pidly and inexcusably ignores the
war danger and refuses to head the
necessity of providing the necessary
machine guns. Mr. Stoddard was
testifying before tlie Senate Com
mittee on Military Affairs.
The witness further revealed
that immediately after the sever
ance of diplomatic relations between
this country an offer was very
I ITimptl.. made to begin the mnnu
j farturt of the* necessary gnus but
v,;.:' rejects cl by the Ordnance De
partment. lie stated that if the
War Department had told him to
procctd tin.1 Army couUl have been
amply supplied instead of being
without a single gun as testified to
by General Crozier in the earlier
lays of the investigation.
WASHINGTON, D. <\, Dee. 19.—
Earl Pabst, who is President of the
American Sugar Refining Company,
i
tilled b'rt): »
iitiOl' (■:)?!, mil !'
t ‘
J llu' shortage iii the sugar supply
:s in reality due to the . hortngc of
i r< : t; 1; r curs, ‘in t offered no remedy
Xo. loN. . than Soldier in the
trenches —When duty calls we.
should respond—Your duty—loin
the this I Jed Cross.
Closing out Xmas goods. Largo
Stock useful presents at HOLTS.
BOLSHEVIKI WORK
IN AUSTRIA
WASHINGTON, D. C., Doc. 19.—
The first encouraging news from
ltucsia since the accession to power
of the Bolsheviki and their subse
quent break with the all.es, involv
ing their withdrawal front (he war,
was received here today in the form
of dispatches advising that the
Bolsheviki are conducting a system
atic propaganda in Austria sowing
the seeds of revolution in that
country, with a view of oversthrow
ing the present Austrian rulers.
The cablegrams which arrived
from Lyons indicate that as a re
suit of the Bolsheviki activities a
formal demand lias been made in
the Austrian Chamber of Deputies
to the effect that the Teutonic na
tions accept the principles of the
Bolsheviki among which is a de
mand for the confiscation of large
and powerful estates in Austria and
to divide the land of the Xobks
among the peasants. If the Bol
sheviki should win with their poli
tical propaganda it might mean the
overrunning of Austria and Hung
ary.and possibly of Germany, by
the labor or Bolsheviki regime, and
a speedy conclusion of the war by
all other nations on a basis of the
principles advocated b> the Bolslie
viki.
WASHINGTON, I). C„ Dec. 10. -
The Agricultural Department r<
ports that forty million fertile a< res
have been sowed to winter wheat,
which is the largest wheat at reage*
ever known In the history ol the
country.
l'ur garments made and repaired
at the Nome Tailoring Company.
NAVY SECRETARY
DENIES CHARGES
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 19.—
The Secretary of the Navy Josephus
M. Dnr.iels testifying before the
Senate Naval Investigation com
mittee denies the persistent reports
that the Navy Department’s subma
rine chasers have not proven effec
tive.
Representative Written tried to
ge- Secretary Daniels to admit that
the chasers were a total loss and
built along faulty lines, but of no
avail. Continuing Ins testimony the
Secretary denied there being ain
| friction between himself and Ad
j miarl Simms over requests made by
' Simms.
Daniels all but lost bis temper
in the proceedings and vehemently
declared that the matter should not
be aiied publicly.
LONDON. Dee. 19.—That British
! airmen have seriously disabled a
I German aerdome and ammunition
| depot at Engel in Belgium Tuesday.
There were no British losses what
1 soever and one* German machine
■wt
was shot to the ground. Consider'
able damage was done by fires
breaking out resulting front the hits
made.
LONDON, Dee. 19.—In the Ger
man airplane raid on the southeast
ern English one German machine
was shot to the ground and its two
occupants captured. Sixteen n>
twenty aeroplanes participated in
the fighting. Ten persons were
| killed and seventy injured iu this
city.
robbed. The negro was killed
outright, Bingham himself wound
ed The robbers escaped.
ODDS AN1> KNUK SACK.
Boys wool buits $2.50 each.
Underwear and hosiery at Mill
prices. Stamped goods, crash no
tions. Coaster sets serving trays.
Everything 10 per cent discount.
XOMK GROCERY CO.
Miss A F. Oestrieb, Mgr.
\VK CAN IK) IT.
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-crept the Baby.
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The J 4th chapter of The Iron
(Claw, featuring Perl While under
caption "The. Plunge for Pile" is on
the Bcrcen tonight at the Dream.
A sidesplitting two reel Keystone
Comedy featuring Mabel Normand
and Mach Sennett in “The Nets
York Girls”, and a late Pat he
Weekly are also on the program.
Noxt Sunday night "Theda Bara” in
“Under Two Flags”. Dont miss it!
Over. the. . top, now Boys! No
slackers in Nome—Swell the ranks
— Full privates in the Grand Army
of Humanity---The I ted Cross DM :
Class.
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U S. Weather Bureau
Xome, Alaska, Doc. I!>. t; A M.
Temparaturo: Max M:n.
— 1
Barometer: 00.170 ineli; s.
Weather: Clt: r.
Wind: X., 2 mil 's per hour.
Prerlpit:tito:>: None.
Pot era!.. r 1 it, (i P. .!.
Temperature: Max. -1. Min.
— 11.
Maronmti r: 20.182 iiie!u-s.
Weather1 Clear.
Wind: X.
Prccipitaiton: None.
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