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NOME, AJLASKA, SATURDAY FEBRUARY 9, 1918.
NO. 2I8H.
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CHICAGO, Feb. 8.—Attorneys
for tho Industrial Workers of the
Wiorld, under arrest here, have to
day applied to the Federal Court*
for the release of Wm. D. Hay
wood. Tho attorneys requested
the court to reduce the bail from
*25,000 to $15,000. A $15,000
bond was already prepared with
the signature.} of William Lloyd
Rich and a number of other Chi
cago Socialists. Wm. D. Haywood
was Grand Secretary-Treasurer for
the I. W.. He was arrested in Chi
cago on the 7th of October with
about fifteen other officials About
rixty five union officials scattered
throughout the country were all
arrested at about the same time
and all held under $10,000 bail
with tho exception of Haywood
who was held in the sum of
$25,000. The most of these men
have been bailed out but Big Bill
Haywood steadfastly refused to be
bailed out until ba'l had been pro
vided for all the others.
Over one hundred thousand dol
lars has been collected to defend
the men and not one cent has
been accepted from any known pro
German. Frank Vandcrveer has
been appointed Chief Council with
Otto Christian ami John Metzer as
assistants. They are charged with I
carrying on a criminal campagn of j
teiition. Rotten Capitalist Jour
nals and Newspapers in the states
openly urgeJ violence in such
phrases as: “Kill 'em just as you
would kill any other kind of a
snake", “Don't scotch ’em; Kill
’em, and kill ’em dead.” The
Capitalist Hogs should not whine
when taking their own dope nor
shculd they forget that violence j
begets violence. !
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HEARING EVIDENCE IN THE
WICK, SULZER CASE
WASHINGTON, D. C.t Feb. 8.—
Considerable interest is - manifest
here in regard to Alaska politics.
Testimony is being taken from
Wickfersham, Sulzer, Strong, Grigs
by and others pertaining to the last
Teirritorial election. The opposition
against Governor Strong’s re-ap
pointment seems to have been over
coma Secretary Lane, Senators
Chamberlain, Hardwick and Phe
lan are taking the initiative in sup
port of Strong. Senators Pittman
Rucker and Hamilton Lewis as well
as the entire Alaskan delegation
of leading Democrats are in favor
of Riggs Jr. to fill the Guberna
torial seat at Juneau, Alaska. Con
siderable lobbying is also being
done in regards to manipulating
the name of the prospective ap
pointee, to be presented to the Sen
ate fer confirmation as the U. S.
Marshal for the 2nd Division of
Alaska.
The Alaska delegation are stren
uously opposdng E. R. Jordan, the
present incumbent, and they are
supporting one Paul Kejgstad for
the position. Senators Overman.
Reed and Ashurst, a sub-committee
of the Committee on the Judiciary
are listening to complaints and re
buttals of the adherents of Jordan
and Kjegstad. Since the present
session of Congress convened, no
nomination has been received per
taining to the Marshalship of the
2nd division of Alaska. It is re
ported that this question will bo
oettlod sometime in the near
future.
SWITCHMEN ASK FOR
50 PER CENT INCREASE
WASHINGTON'. D. C., Fob. 8.—
President Perbling of the switch
mens Union of North America, ap
piee-roe. before the Railway Wage
Committee today and declared that
the railway corporations were not
living up to the eifht hour law
either In spirit or otherwise. He
pleaded for the eight hour day and
i trenuously objected to ar.y over
time whatsoever.
Tho Adamson Law provides for
this but up to this time *he men
were not protected. As the enforc
ing of the law was left to the men
themselves.
The cwitchmcn w'.re forced to
work till exausted and he earnest
ly requsted that the men be given
a fifty per cent increase or. the
eight hour basis. The switchmens
work is the most dangerous of all
railroad work.
flET THE SEWS RIGHT. READ
THE WOKKER.
ST. LOUIS CAR STRIKE
SETTLED, UNION VICTORY
ST. LOUIS, Feb. 8.—The street
car strike which has been on here
for the last week was settled to
day by the Tranction Corporation
admitting defeat and signing an
agreement with the Union, which
they fought so had against recog
nizing. This was a great Victors'
for the men as all their demands
were conceeded by the company.
Now all scabs and strike-breakers
must be transported out of the city
at the expense of the Traction Co.
This is surely a bitter pill for the
Coses but scabs and real good gun
men were hard to get end the
company couldn’t help itself. The
Federal Government is camping
on the trial of of these perfidious
pharasitical sc uni rats and driving
them out of thc-ir dens in Chicago,
Pittsubrg, New York and other
large eastern cities where for years
they have been kept and fed at
BROTHERHOOD OF MAN
PLEA PUZZLES BOARD.
BROOKLYN, Feb. S.—William
J. Elmer, who wrcte a “conscien
tiois objectur’s” protest to local
board 183 of Richmond Hill when
ordered to appear before that
body on Janary 8, was arraigned
here today before Judge Chatfield
in the United States district
the expense of the private detective
agencies, and they are now being
forced to earn a dollar for them
selves. A dollar which is not quite
so saturated with tho blood of the
toilers.
court, charged with failing to obey
the selective draft act.
When asked why he objected to
military serivice, Elmer replied
that he did not believe in war, but
in “the brotherhood of man." He
was ordered to be taken before the
board in Richmond Hill.
GET THE NEWS RIGHT. REA.
1HE WORKER.
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WASHINGTON, D. C„ Feb. 8.—
Secretary Wm. M’Adoo of the
Treasury Department before the
Senate Finance Committee stated
that if tho present world war con
tinues long enough the government
mr.y find it accessary to issue
money back of which there would
be no gold reserve.
The Secretary recommended the
imnimediatc introduction before
Congress of a bill which would
provide for the organizing of a
five hundred million war finance
corporation. The passage of such
a bill at this time would forestall
.my chance of the government be
ing compelled to issue any paper
mrney for emergencies that may
arise in the future.
Such a measure was essential,
for the reason, that enterprises
which were now absolutely neces
sary 10 the prosecution of the war,
were experiencing the greatist diifi
culty in disposing of their securi
ties.
This serious handicap, to these
vital industries, was directly due
to the largo sale at this time of
T-.iL.oity Bonds and otl.er govern
ment loans Such a bill in his opi
nion if pass:d at this time would
do much to allay the apprehen
sion felt by tho savings banks and
also among business interests in
geteral throughout the country.
The law which Germany was com
pelled to pass- just after the begin
ning of the war, is quito similar to
that proposed by Secretary M’Adoo
and there is no doubt that the
measure recommended by him at
this time will become a law in the
very near future.
BILL IN SENATE DRAFT
MILITARY MISFITS
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 8.—
Senator Jones of Washington to
day in the Senate introduced a bill
to draft all men, who may not be
fit for military draft and all men
not liable to military draft. These
men to be used on the farms, rail
roads, in munition plants, ship
yards and all classes of work where
common labor is in demand. Orga
nized labor throughout the coun
try has raised such a storm
of protest against any legis
lation of this kind, being entire
ly unjust to the working class, un
less the government also conscripts
tho industries as well, that some
congressmen express their opinion
that this bill will not be passed
without a clause inserted to make
the law applicable to the para
sites who are even at the present
time wallowing in the lap of lux
uiry and idleness.
A law which conscripts the lives
of the workers and does not con
script all industries also, is certain
ly an unjust law from the workers
point of view. What a juicy plum
for the war profiteers such a law
would be.
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Feb. 8.—
Senator Smoot of Utah today ad
vocated, as a means of food conser
vation, that hereafter one day in
each month be designated as a fast
day.
The Senator reeoc.mendcd that
on each such fast day all loyal ab
crcans limit themselves to one
meal. No business or professional
man should consume as much food
as a working man and especially
at the present time said Smoot. He
himself found that he could live
quite well on two small meals a
day and that he felt much better
than when ho ate three and some
times four full meals a day.
ADMIRALTY STATES
SAILING TIPPED OFF
LONDON, Feb. 8.—The British
AdmfilraUy today estimates that
no*, over two hundred and ten were
lost in the fatal torpedoing of the
Anchor line Tuscana, Tuesday
night. Of this number one hund
red and thirteen were American
Soldiers. So far sixty five bodies
have been recovered and are now
being brought to an English port
and a diligent search is being made
far more by both English and Am
erican destroyers and by Irish
and Scotch fishing smacks.
Ninety nine of the rescued Am
erican soldiers were suffering from
exposure and were immediately
rushed to Ehglish Hospitals.
These men are recovering :n fairly
good shape and none are said to be
in any grave danger.
The Admiralty has positive proofs
that the sailing of the convoyed
fleet and the exact course to be
taken was fully known to the Ger
man Government. That the sub
maiine commander hed plenty of
time to lay plans and that they
knew positively at just what point
in the course the fleet would be
considered safe by its convoy.
That there was mere than one
submarine in the attack.. A very
distinguished passenger on one of
the other ships in the fleet and who
claims to have witnessed the entire
attack said that at least three of
the torpedoes fired at the Tuscania
had found their mark. That they
struck almost together and the ex
plosion which followed seemed to
lift the ship clear of the water. He
dated that the coolness of the
men was exactly what ho would ex
pect of Americans and that he was
proud of the men as men even
though not himself an American.
The British secret service have
placed a number of men u .der ar
rest on suspicion of having had
previous information. All claim to
bo Americans and their claims are
being investigated.
SWELLED HEAD EVAPORATING
AND CONDITION IMPROVING
NEW YORK, Fob. 8.—Doctors
in attendance on Colonel Rosevelt
at St. Lukes Hospital this morning
posted a bulletin stating that the
patent was; making satisfactory
progress and (ho signs of infiama
tory iroublc in the inner ear slow
ly subsiding. The swelling in the
face and head is fast disappearing
and hs herd is again assuming its
natural appearance.
Anything In tne line or JoD irork
at the Industrial Worker Office.
Satisfaction assured.