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VOL. 11.
NOMK, ALASKA,
TUESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1UI8.
XO. 2164.
IRISH LEADERS TAKE
REFERENDUM
LONDON, Jan. 14.—The loaders
and executlvo officers of the Sein
Fein, an Irish nationalist libertar
ian society, are taking a refer
endum among the native Irish ci
tizens on the question of the inde
pendence of Ireland with a view
to presenting their results to what
ever conference that may ultimate
ly be held looking to the adjust
ment of the international difficul
ties and disputes that may be de
cided upon as the occasion of the
present world war.
It is believed by the most promi
nent of the Sein Fein leaders that
the tendencies of the capitals and
chr-ascllrrles of practically all of
the belligerent nations is now ia
the direction cf permanent world
peace, ar.d it is hoped by them at
the time when Internationa' justice
is sought to. be done, to bring to
the fore once and for all time for
disposition the eternal Irish ques
tion.
It is impossible to observe the in
tent of thes crusaders who, depend
Ing upon the point of view, are re
garded as patriots or malcontents
to bring their grief up for interna
tional consideration, at a very cri
tical occasion, and without doubt
undertaking to claim an adjust
ment of their affairs upon whatever
basis that may be decided upon for
Belgium and other small states
held by Teutonic authority.
Hot Rolls, Bread and Pies at
5 o'clock, every afternoon.
at ARCTIC BAKERY.
DECLARES WILSON
USURPING POWERS
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 14.—
"Representative Lenroto in address
ing the House of Representatives
today severely criticized President
Wilson for his assumption of extro
ordinary powers not contemplated
for the Executive Department by
tfie widest stretch of the Constiu
tion.
Mr. Lenroot denounced as an
outright usurpation the action of
the Chief Executive in suspending
the anti-pooling laws for the bene
fit of the railroads and declared it
to be wholly unwarranted in the
most extreme circumstances with
out first procuring Congressional
authority.
The speaker further declared
that the President had acted far
beyond his authority and beyond
the most far fetched implication of
legal rights ever conferred upon
the Executive department when he
took from the Interstate Commerce
Commission the power to fix traffic
rates for transportation lines, and
vested it in an individual cabinet offi
cer, the Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo.
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Jan. 14._
Ten prominent officials of the
United Mine Workers of America
have been cited by the Supreme
Court to show cause why they
should not be declared in contempt
of court for failure to obey injunc
tion issued in the case of the Pi3t
man Coal Company. The injunction
sought to deprive and restrain
them from the right to organize
the employes of the Company into
their Union.
Yo«'» see It first In the Worker.
RICH BOSTONESE
WITH GERMAN SPY
NORFOLK, Va., Jan. 14.—Not
the I. W. W„ nor the“red’’ social
ists, r.or yet the anarchists, but
rich and prominent Boston citizens
are implicated with a German spe
cial agent just apprehended at this
port.
Walter Sporman, a Lieutenant of
the German Army who came here
on the famous submarine U 53 on
her remarkable voyage before the
breaking out of hostilities between
this country and Germany was res
rested here when discovered in the
act of setting a match to the maga
zine of the aviation station Papers
and receopts on his person when
searched disclosed that he had re
ceived the sum o' ninety thousand
dollars among eight confederates
which number included several pro
minent and wealthy citizens of Bos
ton, Massachusetts.
Beyond his prompt internment
no disposition of the prisoner spy
has been decided upon.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 14.—
The Supi-eme Court has waived to
one side the constitutional point
which had formed the basis of the
appeals of Emma Goldman and
Alexander Berk ^ian with Louis
Kramer and others who had been
convicted of a conspiracy to ob
struct the draft, and their cases
have been remanded lo the District
Court of New York.
If bu It will pay you to investigate
rates of the Industrial Worker on
puhlication of application therefer.
SPY SUSPECT ARRESTED
IN SAN FRANCISCO
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SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 13.—A
man giving his name as August
Bisar, and claiming to be a Rus
sian of the Baltic provinces is held
here by the immigration officials
on suspicion of being a German
spy.
Bisar arrived lately on a trans
pacific liner and is apparently un
able to speak the Russian language
but speaks German fluently and his
passports are said to indicate irre
gularities. Ho will be held pend
ing a more extended examination.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 14.—-An
indicating the fury and extent of
the rioting and disorders incident
to the civil disturbances connected
with Bol3beviki uprising which
overthrew the Kerensky regime, be
tween. four and five thousand are
I
sakl to have been killed in the '
seige of Moscow alone.
This information is bourne by i
Edward Waterbury who has just1 ’
returned from Russia. Waterbury 1
himself was slightly wounded and *
reported that fully eleven thousand 1
were wounded in the street fighting
which for the most was from arm
ored automobiles.
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THE HAGUE, Jan. 14.—That the
Council of the Crown, comprising
the immedate supports of the Kai
ser and the military party, are stu
bornly resolved upon a course of
military aggrandizement, regardless
of rights of conquered peoples to
restoration of their former estates,
appeared evident today.
With practically all of the bell
igerent powers and certainly much
over half of the German common
people daily approaching an agree
ment to conclude the holocaust on
the Russian basis of “no indemni
ties and no annexation,” and a
restoration of small status whose
occupancy was justified solely on
the military necessity basis, there
is general disapproval of the posi
tion taken by the Kaiser’s power
ful war party.
General gloom and discourage
ment pervades all socialist head
quarters and publishing bureaus.
The Socialist newspapers are frank
ly admitting the defeat of their
aims to require the German govern
ment to modify its peace terms to
a point approximating an average
basis for agreement under which
as contended by them there would
bo a prospect cf ending the con
flict oil a status quo ante basis, or
that of putting each country back
upon the footing, as nearly as poss
ible, held by them at the beginning
of hostilities.
ENGLAND MUST HAVE
470,000 MORE MEN
LONDON, Jan. 14.—The Minister
of the National Service Geddes to
day in addressing the House of
Commons today advised that it is
emphatically necessary that Eng
land raise immediately four hund
red and seventy thousand addition
al troops from civilian life.
A most astonishing circumstance
was revealed in the very frank
speech of the minister in the fact
that Ireland is coupled with Eng
land and Scotland in the Kingdom
of Great Britain and Ireland, and
does not enjoy the status of certain
other English colonial dependen
cies more distantly removed from
the British seat of government,
compulsory military service has not
yet been applied to Ireland.
Minister Geddes stated it as his
view that no occasion even now ex
ists for tho application of conscrip
tion to the Irish since he believed
It possible that the necessary re
cuits could be much more readily
raised and with even greater effici
ency to the military service than
by compulsion of the unwilling
Irish.
As justifying his contention for
the additional levy, approximating
one half million Geddes advised
that over a million and a half train
ed German soldiers had been re
leased from the German-Russian
and are being transported to the
the French Front and to sustain
the invasion of Italy.
HEAD SEAMAN’S UNION
MAKES PROTEST
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 14.—
Testifying before the Senate Com
mittee today, Andrew Furuseth,
the venerable head of the Seaman's
Union, declared there were plenty
of men in the American Merchant
Marine to man all marine com
merce.
He further declared that such a
course would be a grave injustice
not alone to the ordinary merchant
seaman but would bs a patent in
justice and wrong to induct seaman
in naval service into the merchant
service, and would be tantamount
to involuntary servitude inhibited
by the constitution.
The tall sailc^was a striking fig
ure about the corridors, visitors re
marking upon the no"blc and quiet
dignity of his bearing, and he was
the object of much distinguished
consideration Ft the hand3 of states
men and members of Congress.
Furuseth has devoted and spent
his life in bettering and making
tolerable the lives of sea-faring
men nad his name is all but ven
erated over the Seven Seas.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 14.—Con
gress made formal adjournment to
day in respect for Senator Brady of
Idaho who died last Saturday of
heart disease.
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HALF BILLION FOR
1919 SHIPPING
WASHINGTON. D. O., Jan. 14.
rhe United States Shipping created
for the purpose of directing the
government’s shipping program
made necessary because of ihe Ku
PAKIS, Jan. 14.—Former Pre
mier Cailleuax has been charged
.vith treason and imprisoned. Cail
euax is a member of the French
Senate but the suctomary immunity
!rom arrest has been suspended by
.ho Senate, by common consent.
Fur garments made and repaired
it the Nome Tailoring Company.
ropean war will require an appro
priation of four hundred and tidily
four million dollars additional for
ship construction In 1919 according
to estimates submitted to Congress
today.
Indications arc that the Federal
Government will ta!o over all ves
sels not already c lmmandeered
and the need for ships is steadily
increasing.
' V A SHINGTON, It. C. Jan. 11.—
A novel plan by which it is expect
ed that abundant labor will he pro
vided to meet all requirements has
lust been matured and will be in
operation at once.
••y the new arrange;'lent \v orde.t
to meet the labor shcrbigt a volun
teer ship building nr vy of at least
two hundred ana fifty thousand
workers is to be enlisted and mo
bilized. One of the distinct ad
vantages of the plan is considered
to be that of securing the services
of a laborer for a infinite tl-nc ami
of transporting him from point to
pcini vhere needed *.s against the
present practice of rt worker termi
nating his service in the ship, build
ing emidojment at will.