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VOL. 11.
NOME, ALASKA. MONDAY, DKCKMBKR 3, l!M7.
NO. 2427.
LIVING COST BOOSTED
THIRTY MILLIONS
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Dec. 2.—
Old man High Cost of Living re
reived a bij Presidential boost
Irom the Wilson administration to
day when authority was given by
President Wilson through the coal
administrator Garfield to advance
the price of coal thiity five cents
a ton at all anthracite mines.
This move is made to allow the
coal operators to cover increases of
wages demanded by the miners in
the anthracite fields. Negotiations
have been in progress for several
months between the officials of tliei
United Mine Workers of America
and when a deadlock was reached
and all other issues in the contro
versy had beer agreed upon the
question of wage increases was
chocked up to the President.
The new price becomes operative
contemporaneous with the inaugua
lion of the new wage scale and
will apply to all coal already
mined and in storage, effective to
day. This boost in the price of coal
is estimated to add thirty million 1
lollars to the natioua’s annual fuel
aill ar.d the common citizen will
Lake another hitch in his surcingle
md hump himself a bit hard to
;et the eats for the winter.
It is believed that the new wage
males under process of negotia
.ion in other fields,—notably in
Dhio fields, where much difficulty
tas been encountered new wage
scale adjustments.
GET THE .VEWS RIGHT. READ
HE WORKER.
WAR COUNCIL’S
MEETINGS IN SECRET
PARIS, Dec. 2.—The inter-allied
conference of all nations at war
with Germany are holding their
meetings in Versailes, veiled, it is
said in the greatest secrecy. Beyond
the purposes advertised and given
to the press in advance of the con
ference no inkling whatever can be
loarned of the proceedings. The
conferees : re practically without
attendants except for the oldest
and most trusted door-keepers and
these are not allowed within hear
ing of the deliberations.
Comment here is of the import
the interallied conference is fraught
with greater historical possibilites
than any gatlierng ever before held
Its ostensible purposes were to con
centrate ard bring under one head
the command of the armies of the
allied powers with their naval aux
iliaries, and to bring under one
head the general administration of
the economic resources of the all
ied powers. Even these purposes
when gravely contemplated may
open the way for an achievement
in statecraft so huge as to stagger
the mind. The late Russian
•hanges have transpired since the
ionferer.ce was called and it is
jcssible that this conference will
it least make a common recom
nendation regarding the attitude
vhich will bo assumed toward the |
lew Petrograd regime.
It is known that the representa
ives to this conference are acting
indor the very highest powers as
imbaesadors and rro qualified to
lir.d the'r own governments to any
ompact.
Anything In the line of Job work
BRITISH ARE LOSING
GROUND AT CAMBRIA
LONDON, Dec. 3.—What pro-j
mised to ho the most brilliant
achievement to English arms dur
ing the whole course of tho war
is beginning to lose lustre in the
developments in the region of Cam
bria where the British General llaig
had driven a hole many miles wide
in the German lines.
In the fighting today the Teuton
reeovcrery was little short of
amazing. The field action of the
German army tactics, so utterly re
gardless of the number of lives
lost or hazarded in the heedless
mass attacks, scored again when
the British lines were driven back
WEATHER REPORT.
IT. S. Weather Bureau.
Nome, Alaska, Dec. 2. 6 A. M.
Temperature: Max. 15. Min. 12.
Barometer: 30.027 inches.
Weather: Cloudy.
Wind: N. E. 8 miles per hour.
Precipitation: None.
Dec. 2, 4.45 P. M.
Temperature: Max: 14, Min. 14.
Barometer: 30.093 inches.
Weather: Cloudy.
Wind N. E. 5 miles per hour.
I’recipitation: Light trace.
Try a baby chicken in cassaroll
at Modlni's B. O. T. Cafe, it’s flue.
a distance of two miles in a ter
rific German onslaught which was
well sustained for several hours in
a slaughter which has seldom been
equalled in this war of terrible car
nage.
Toward the day's conclusion the
British lines swaying under the
pile driver hammering of German
battle methods, steadied themselves
and came back in a counter attack
in which they succeeded in regain
ing half of their lost ground. The
Teutons again rallied and delivered
another disastrous set back to the
British, wlic at the moment of lor
waiding these dispatches were still
Al.l'BKI) VOSBIHGII AND
VIVIAN Hit II AT DREAM
Tonight “The Holy House” will
be the head liner at the Dream
The play is a vivid dramatic story
of Old England, featuring those
well known film stars, Alfred Vos
burgh and Vivian Rich in 'lie lead
ing roles. A clever satire under
title “Tips” with Oral Humphrey
in the lead will alsc be oil the pro
grim.
Tomorrow night, the great Melro
Feature Film “Middleman” with
Albert Chevalier and Jane Gail will
be on the bill.
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fighting furiously.
LONDON, Doc. 2.—Dispatches
front the British Army front in
Palestine indicate the liveliest fight
ing for days in the British cam
paign for Jerusalem. The Turkish
soldiers are showing a most deter
mined resistance to the capture of
Jerusalem the British point objec
tive and five hundred of the num
ber were captured and made pri
soner today.
Oil, INVESTIGATION.
WASHINGTON, I). C., Dec. 2.—
Representatives of the Standard
! Oil Company in various states and
j independent oil producers in all
j sections of the country, have ap
| peared before the members of the
' Federal Trade Commission and
i submitted supplementary figures
land otlnr data on the cost produc
■ tion cl' oil.
The information thus gained by
I the hearing of oil representatives
j will be used in the forthcoming
report of the commission in its in
j vestigation now being conducted
into the oil industry.
HAGI.HK ATTKNTIOX.
The Klectlon of Ollicers for the
Hnsuing term will be held Tuesday
Night, I)cc. 4th, 1»I7.
J. J. STOKES, Secretary.
WASHINGTON, D. C\, Doc. 2.—
The Sixty Fifth Session of the Am
erican congress begins its second
war session today. The leaders of
both houses of ouv law making
body are speaking with consider
able caution on the subject of the
congressional program and most of
them are believed to be waiting the
President’s message which is sche
duled to take place Tuesday noon
when both the House of Ifepresen
tatives and the Senate will meet to
r--—
gether anil President Wilson fol
1 owing the precedent set by himself
will read the document aloud to
them.
It. is currently believed lhat the
Presidents word will form the basis
of the legislative program and that
his advice will be followed more
strictly than ever before.
That peace suggestions will he
treated of at length in the docu
ment and it is supposed tnat Pre
sident Wilson will say that Amer
lira will not dtop the fight until the
j “world is made safe for donio
I eracy" whatever that may mean
Most of the members of the sixty
fifth congress have arrived and are
locating themselves prepartory to
what undoubtedly will prove a long
and memorable session. Some of
them have a great deal of business
before the various bureaus and
(cnimission
Let i” estimate on /oar Job Work
RUSSIA STILL
FALLING APART
LONDON, Dec. 2.—The disinte
gration of the great Russian nation
continues apace. On Friday of last
week Caucasia, the extreme south
eastern province had seceeded and
set up an independent republic
under a socialist regime. The next
day, Saturday followed with the
new< ot>a.n Inilepenfdence movement
of considerable proportions. It is
known that meetings were being
held in practically all cities and
towns of the extreme northern pro
vince looking to the establishment
of an independent government.
Hard upon the heels of these un
toward events comes well authen
ticated reports that many of the
large and provinces of the south
ern part of the country are over
whelmingly opposed to the Boelshe
viki and in favor of a continuance
of tho war against Germany and
her allies These provinces in
cluding the Don Cossacks, West
and Little Russia already have
la.ige quotas of soldiers in ihe Rus
sian lines and are refusing to with
draw them, saying they prefer to
keep them in the field until Ger
many is conquered.
It is believed that with suflicient
time elapsing those provinces se
ceding whose territory is contigu
ous will tend toward federation of
such strength and with such num
bers all make her still uselul to the
allies.
SCANDINAVIAN COUNTRIES
PLEDGE NEUTRALITY
CHRISTIANIA, Dec. 2.—A de
finite conclusion to the war-talk
involving cither of the nations of
Denmark, Sweden or Norway, was
made here today by the monarclis
of each in a conference held for
the purpose of arriving at a com
mon understanding as regards the
question of neutrality, mutual pro
tection and inter-trade agreements.
''he reigning heads of these gov
ernments are known to have
yeiided more and more of their pre
rogative authority until today they
are perhaps the most responsive
governments in the world to the
wishes of their peoples. From the
first of the war, each actii g sepa
rately, has pursued a course care
fully calculated to keep them from
the horrors and economic wastes
certain to overtake them in the
event of their participation. The
congresses of these countries are
preponderantly socialistic and per
meated throughout their national
life with peace sentiment. Their
nearness to the heart of the Euro
pean conflict has made a neutral
course extremely difficult when
each of the great war parties iias
constantly sought to drag them into
the maelstrom, and upen more than
one occasion the trading and coni
morcial classes have almost drawn,
them into its vortex.
At this conference their titular
reigning heads have themselves
mutually pledged to observe tho
strictest neutrality to mutually aid
each other in its observance and
the distribution of neutral trading.
Raviolis, Italian style every
Keening at Modini's It. O. T. t ale.
FIGHTING EVEN
ROME, Dec. 2.—Both sides tc
the titan conflict in Italy are sett
ling down to the appalling business
of fighting a series of the most ter
rible battles in all history . The
Artillery fire continues marked by
an increasing intensity along the
entire iront, the fire of the trem
endous guns and the detonations
front the exploding shells of the
embattled enemies, producing an
effect harrowing in the extreme.
The enemy fire is especially viol
ent from Monte Sysmyl to Montt
Castlegombes on the Asione the po
j sit ion laid} occupied by them. The
Italian forces are delivering a
murderous bombardment upon the
enemy encampment in the vicinity
of Arten Valley.
KIO I>K JAN I It It). Dec. 2.—
Considerable protest is being heard
from all parts of the republic di
rected at the governments change
of war policy which is being
charged as a breach of faith. The
propaganda against Germany in
this country which culminated in
a declaration of hostility to her was
conducted on the fairly well under
stood promise that Brazil's forces
would not lie sent to fight overseas
and that tlie standing army would
not he greatly increased. Faith in
both these matters is admittedly
being broken. The army has al
ready been doubled and the gov
ernment’s cabinet today voted to
send six of the best units of the
navy into European waters,
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