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NOME. ALASKA WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25, 1917
NO. 2237.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 24.—
Today District Attorney , Fickert re
fused to confess any error in the
conduct of the Mooney case or the
admission of any perjured testimony
even in the face of the affidavits
which the defense presented from
the former witnesses.
Thereupon Judge Griffin applied
directly to the Atorney General ask
ing that the latter to apply to the
Supreme Court of California to or
der a new trial for the condemned
man.
Fickert went out of his way to is
sue a statement to the public in an
afternoon paper wherein he however
confined his remarks to a bitter at
tack upon Thomas J. Mooney the
convicted man without submitting
any material in connection with
or resisting the application of Supe
rior Judge Griffin.
NEW YORK, April 24.—Bourkfe
Cockran, Mooney's attorney who is
in this city, issued a statement in
Gotham papers today wherein he
says that Judge Griffin's action
shows the innocence of Mooney and
confirms his (Cockran’s) contention
that the bomb outrage was perpe
trated by some maniac. Mooney
was chosen as the victim of the
conspiracy because of his labor ac
tivities.
SACRAMENTO, April 24.—Legis
lators are initiating measures to re
call District Attorney Fickert fol
lowing the developments in the
Mooney case.
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KERMAN LINE IS
STIFFENING WEST
LONDON, April 24.—As at the
beginning of the drive before Bapa
ume shortly before its fall, the Ger
man resistance is stiffening on the
west front between Lens and Cam
brai and the fighting is very severe.
The obvious effort of Haig to cut
the German line in this section is
meeting with firm opposition, troops
being concentrated from other sec
tions to stop the withdrawal.
General Haig is now preparing to |
drive through this last obstacle to
the flow af his troops through the
German lines. If he succeed Lille
will be isolated from the south and
if he fails, tronch warfare under
conditions more favorable to the
Germans will be resumed for some
time, while everything is mads
ready for another advance.
AMSTERDAM, April 24.—The
German people are being cheered
by the statement that the British
and French have been checked and
that the Chief of Staff is now pre
paring to hurl a tremendous offen
sive upon the Russian armies in the
east while the position west is
seojre.
The announcement is being hailed
in military quarters as the begin
ning of the end of the Russian fac
tor in the war.
It is held that the defeat of Rus
sia will bring all the Teuton ene
mies to time.
STORY NOT CORRECT IS
WHAT SEC’Y DANIELS SAYS
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 24
Secretary Daniels gave the quietus
to a sensational story which had
appeared in early morning papers
to the effect that a German subma
rine had been captured off Newport
News by an American ship. Daniels
said that the story was not true.
LONDON, April 24.—A British
aeroplane sank a German destroyer
off Zeebrugge, for the first time in
the history of the war. Airmen
have already accounted for subma
rines, but never heretofore have
they attempted to sink destroyers.
AT DREAM TONIGHT.
“WHO PAYS?”
These are the big pictures that
people are talking about, tonight
will be shown the fifth drama in a
series of twelve on Vital Questions
of Life, featuring Ruth Roland and
Henry .King, each picture complete
in parts. The Story. Out from the
chaos of unreasoning desire—out
/ from the blackness of selfish inter
est came the Law Giver, and wrote
in the Book of Ages so that all men
could read, “Thou Shalt Not . .
And Man took up the cry and sent
it ringing down the centuries, and
aa he was given to see more clearly
the words took on increased force,
nntll they became the inflexible dic
tam of ah uncompromising society.
"Thou Shalt Not. ..." A scream
Gsnedy ends the show.
NEW YORK, April 24.—Very lit
tle war news is being sent out, and
still less is being furnished as to
actual conditions within the belli
gerent nations although signs are
not wanting that disturbances have
been taking place in all of them.
The people are manifestly tiring ot
the war.
ROME, Apry 24.—The Italian
troops have begun a bombardment
of the Austrian positions in Goritza.
SALONIKA, April 24.—Outpost
engagements which have been oc
curring now throughout the winter
are all the battle occurrences that
are to be reported along the Greek,
and Servian front. The conditions
are growing more favorable daily
for military operations and activities
will sgon be begun. There are no
reports from Rumania. The Greek
capital is quiet but alarmed by Am
erica’s entry into the war.
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 24—
What is possibly the most drastic
measure ever introduced in the re
public, the Spy Bill, was today final
ly approved by the Judiciary Com
mittee to which it was referred
upon its introduction. . The Spy
Bill gives the government wholesale
power for handling those suspected
of espionage or in any way aiding
the enemy.
WASHINGTON, D.' C., April 24—
Woodrow Wilson appended hiB sign
ature to the seven billion dollar
loan bill and from today It Is now
a law.
The question of floating the loan
will be up to the treasury depart
ment but due deference will be
shdwn the views of Morgan and
other financiers In the matter of its
being issued. Morgan has been a
frequent visitor in the capitol, hav
ing been engaged in resisting the
flotation by popular suscription lest
the people rush for this stock and
sell at a sacrifice their holdings in
industrial securities to obtain this
non-taxable bond.
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WASHINGTON, D. C., April 24—
Lieutenant General Bridges ot
Great Britain who is now visiting
the United States with the British
and French conference commission
was interviewed by press reporters
today and spoke quite freely, say
ing what the United States must do
in the war.
This man Bridges said that Amer
ica would not succeed in the war
without conscription. Speaking
from his own experience in England
General .Bridges said that the fail
ure to initiate conscription at the
beginning or prior to the beginning
of the war had hampered and re
tarded Great Britain in every phase
of the war development.
He urged especially selective con
scription to secure the services ot
trained workmen in the industries
at home, so that they would have
experts in all phases of the war’s
organization in the United States.
Bridges pointed out that they
had eventually to come to that in
England, and it would be found that
the extreme advisability of the in
troduction of conscription right
away was self manifesting.
The interview possibly was grant
ed with a view of impressing Con
gress which is now debating con
scription and which is expected to
be settled tomorrow or Friday at the
latest.
Anything in the line of joh work
FRENCH OFFICIALS ARRIVE
TODAY AT NAVY YARD
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 24—
The French Commission arrived on
American soil and it is announced
that they will reach the Navy Yard
Wednesday morning on the May
flower.
The point of arrival is not given
nor the means used to reach these
shores. It seems to be taken for
granted that the officials have come
over on warships of their respective
nations.
ROME, April 24.—The Foreign
Minister announces that Italy was
now planning to send a High Com
mission to confer with Washington
officials in the near future.
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 24—
While the names have not been
given out officially, a “high author
ity’ is quoted as giving the follow
ing names as those who will consti
tute the Commission to Russia to
aid in the democratization of the
Russian institutions and to in
crease the efficiency of that country
during the war: Elihu Root, Charles
F. Crane, Professor Harper and
Roosevelt.
stonishment at the selection ot
such reactionaries, with one excep
tion, is heard on every side. No per
sonnel could possibly be more re
actionary yet appointed by a gov
ernment of the democratic party.
RICH MAN FOUND ON
TRAIN THROAT CUT
SAN DIEGO, California, April 24—
The Santa Fe overland upon arrival
today brought with it a sensational
attempted murder and robbery story
which cannot be fathomed. This
was the attempted murder of J. H.
Harden of Holtville, California.
Harden is a capitalist living upon
his income and was a passenger
apparently on the Santa • Fe train
although where he joined the train
is not known. He was found this
morning with his throat cut from
ear to ear but not dead and he may
live. He was robbed, it is stated,
of a very large sum, how large is
not given out.
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 24—
Congress today is still giving su
preme attention to the Conscription
law. The matter is being rushed
by the administration leaders and
that it will have a majority of both
houses seems quite certain, most ot
the republicans voting with the
administration.
Safety first. You miners coming
in from the creeks look up the ad
vertisers in your paper before dis
posing of your patronage.
Harden is unconscious from loss
of blood and is now in the hospital
here to which he was removed at
once upon the arrival of the train,.
He was discovered this morning in
a lower berth while the entire berth
and some of the car floor was red
with blood. Things were in dis
array when the porter found the
man in the berth, having been at
tracted by what he thought were the
groans of’ one in pain.
SEATTLE, April 24.—The police
and detectives althuugh they have
been ceaselessly engaged in the
work of trying to discover the per
petrators of the .Wehn and the Reh
fel murders in this city admit tiiat
they have been unable to find any
clues whatever and there the matter
is restng.
The people are somewhat al
armed.
BIG PROFITS MADE BY
U. S. STEEL FOR QOARTER
NEW YORK, April 24.—War has
no terrors for the United States
Steel corporation which finds that
the profits to be made during war
times are even greater than during
peace.
As a result of the war boom the
Steel Trust today declared an extra
dividend of three per cent in addi
tion to the one and a quarter regu
lar quarterly common stock divi
dend. The distribution will amount
to $21,500,000. The net earnings
for the quarter reached the collosal
ATTENTION ODD FELLOWS.
All Oddfellows, Rebekahs and
their families are requested to at
tend the celebration of the 98t&
! anniversary of the' Independent
Order of Oddfellows, Thursday,
April 26th at 6.45 P. M. sharp.
F. S. POLET, Secretary.
total of. $113,000,000.
No such profits have ever been
made in the iron and steel industry
before in all its history.
DOWN TO BED ROCK.
Fred Smedling reached bed'rock
yesterday on the submarine. Pros
pects of an encouraging type were
encountered at the bottom of the
shaft.
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