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VOLUME XU.
NOME, ALASKA. SATURDAY, JUNE, 7. 1010.
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WASHINGTON, June 7—For the
first time in the history of the Amer
ican Congress, a permit has been
granted to an organized body to as
semble in the capital grounds to make
a public demand to protest against
any legislation proposed in Congress
Such a permit has been issued to
American labor leaders who arc plan
ning a parade and public meeting in
front of the Capitol on June 14th to
protest against he enforcement of
the War Prohibition Act against the
manufacture of light wines and beer.
WASHINGTON, June 6—Postmas
ter General Burleson issued an offi
cial order today returning the Tele
graph and Telephone lines to their
owners in accordance with the re
commendation of President Wilson.
WASHINGTON. June 5—The Wo
men Suffrage Amendment Resolu
tion passed the Senate late yesterday
tiy a good majority and now go.s to
the different states for ratification by
iheir respective legislatures.
Officials at Women’s Suffrage
headquarttrs in this city expressed
themselves as confident that they
would be able to procure enough
states to ratify the amendment al
tho they state that they are well
aware that strong opposition to the
amendment -will come from the
Southern and some of the New Eng
land states where the opposition to
the amendment is most pronounced.
WASHINGTON, June 4—Contests
for two seats in the House of Repre
sentatives have been filled today.
Jas. P. Carney, democrat of Mil
waukee presented a claim to the seat
of Socialist Congressman elect Ber
ger because the latter was convisted
for violating the Espionage Act.
Jama Wickersham claiming the
election for the Alaska Delegateship
by a majortty vote, asked to be seat
ed in place of the deceased Delegate
Chas. Sulzer.
WASHINGTON, June 4—It is
rumored that Senator Hiram John
son of California will offer an amend
ment to the Constitution of the
Deague of Nations to safeguard the
interests of the United States and
particularly of California.
The amendment to be .introduced
by Senator Johnson will prevent the
Japanese government from bringing
the California Alien Land Law, the
Japanese immigration question and
'the California School Legislation re
I lafl’ng to Orientals before the League
1 of Nations.
i Senator Johnson is reported to
have stated that hese questions be
! long to the people of California for
decision and that the latter would
never agree to have European na
tions interfere in a settlement ol
such purely dom stic questions.
WASHINGTON, June 3—It has
been stated an reliable authority
that Amenican military intelligence
officers recently intercepted some
compromising communications be
tween Carranza and agents of the
German government.
These communications emphasise
President Carranza’s friendliness to
ward Germany, which is more pro
nounced now than during the wa.
Secret Service officials claim that
copies of these compromising com
munications were in possession of the
State Department before Carranza
asked permission of the Uni'
States government to allow the Mex
ican Federal troops to cross Ameri
can territory to fight Villa and his
adherents.
It is believed here that the tenor
of these documents caused the gov
! eminent to refuse Carranza’s re
j quest.
WASHINGTON, June 3—Senator
; Hiram Johnson of California declar
ed in a speech in defense of the Laa
!gue*of Nations that those who advo
cated this Lague dare not make it
| innocuous. And that the issue of
war shall be left for decision to the
’ people, the men and women who must
I fight and die for it.
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WINNIPEG, June 3—Parading
strikers inarched to the Provincial
Parliament Building the third time
.since last Friday demanding the re
signation of the Premier in denu
ciatory speeches, a request the latter
flatly refused.
The local polic force took action
for the first time against the dem
onstrants when they blocked the
way of the parading strikrs today
and prevented them from entering
the Board of Trade Building.
No defections in the ranks of the
strike-b are apparent and they are as
determined as eved to bring th strike
to a successful conclusion.
WINNIPEG, June 5—Incensed by
a report spread by the Mayor that
James Duncan, labor leader of Seat
tle had referred to them as a bunch of
ignoramuses returned Canadian sol
diers tlireat3ned to wreck the local
Labor Temple but were dissuaded
from their action by officials of the
local unions.
WINNIPEG, June 5—The City
■authorities are taking the milk dis
tribution over today and are making
arrangements to provide for the dis
tribution of bread.
Th Mayor has stated that milk
stations will be opened at all public
school buildings and that adequate
protection will be furnished.
V/rNNIPEG, June 3—The Canad
an Minister of Labor, Robertson is
leaving for Ottowa today to confer
v til tha Federal authorities regard
ing the strike situation in this Oity.
Robertson stated to press repre
sentatives that the strike promoter
row sit in the ashes of their foliy and
find themselves in a situation sym
pathetic strikers must always face.
Robertson is of the opinion that
Lhs sympathetic strike in Winnigep
is only the first rehearsal of a play
written at the Calgary Labor Conven
tion last March, when the movement
to establish one big union thruout
Canada and sever the 'connection of
union labor In Canada with the
American Federation of Labor, was
fisrt inaugurated.
WINNIPEG, June 2—Two thous
and returned soldiers and union men
swept thru the Provisional Parlia
ment House afterwards marching in
a body to the City Hall where they
broke up a Council meeting then in
progress.
Th frnadlan s.-pliers .n this ci’v
despite the appeals to their patr.ot
itm made by the local businessmen
are giving ther united support to
the strikers and aliho considerable
pressure has been brot to bear upon
them to withdraw their support are
standing solidly behind the workers.
WINNIPEG, June 6—The mayor
of this city issued a formal proclama
tion today prohibiting parades and
forbade the congi^gations of crowds
on the streets of Winnipeg.
This will practically har the strik
ing union workers from carrying on
their propaganda outside of their
halls.
The attitude of the mayor in this
matter is strongly resented by the
strikers and may cause further
trouble as the strikers object to hav
ing their rights to free speech cur
tailed in any manner.
It has been intimated by Union of
ficials that they may refuse to heed
this proclamation and that they may
force the issue between thes trikers
and the local authorities.
WINNIPEG, June 6—Acting upon
reports that the radical element in
volved in the strike in this city in
tends to launch a campaign of terror
ism, the qity authorities today de
cided to increase its special constab
ulary force to three thousand men.
An enlistment bureau has been
opened at the city hall, special ap
peals having been made to the re
turned Canadian soldiers in this city
to join the constabulary force.
Union Officials indignantly deny
the allegations of the mayor that
they will resort to force to win the
strike.
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WINNIPEG, June 7—The Canad
ian Immigration authorities took
steps today to stop American labot
agitators from crossing the Canadian
berder.
This action is reported to have
been precipitated by the recent visit
of James Duncan a noted labor lead
| er of Seattle, whose outspoken rad
leal sentiments are blamed for the
uncompromising attitudo of the
strikers at Winnipeg.
VANCOUVER, June 7—Owing tc
i the almost complete paralysis o\ al
I business in this city, a committee ol
Itenthousand has been organized tc
[ carry on the normal life of the city
I until such a time as the pending laboi
| trouble has been adjusted,
j All civic societies are represent or
thfs committee and arrangements an
now being made to resume the opera
tion of the local and suburban stree
car3 and ferry systems which have
been completely tied up owing to tin
strike.
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WASHINGTON, June 6—A stormy
scene took place in the Senate today
when Senator Lodge while discuss
ing the German Peac • Treaty made
the astonishing announcement that
he had iuspected a copy of the treaty
• under discussion in New York city.
Senator Hitchcock who got the
floor after Lodge had concluded, ex
claimd that if the latter had had a
ccpy 01 the treaty in his hands, he
had stolen goods which were proba
bly secured by bribery.
Hitchcock stated that it is a strong
statement for a senator to make that
President Wilson is withholding cop
ies of the German Peace Treaty from
the highest governing body in the
United States but allowing it to go
somwhere else.
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WASHINGTON, June 6—It has
been reported that a complete anal
ysis ol' the labor purovisions in the
German Peace Treaty has been ob
tained frtDm some high government
ofliOals (presumably Senator Lodge)
v’Vo has read . very word of thir im
portant docvn.tnt.
According to the obtained state
ment the Peace Treaty provides in
the labor provisions in effect for the |
Internationalization of Labor.
It creates an international law,
labor council having authority over,
wages, hours, conditions of employ-j
ment, child and woman labor and i
labor supply in all countries which j
have a membership in the Llague of:
Nations.
The Council will be made up by
four delegates of all peoples compos-,
ing the League of Nations.
When this official was asked
whether the U. S. government was
bound to abide by the decision of j
this international council in regard
to our own labor problems, he is re
ported to have stated that "we ab
solutely submit ourselves to it and
Its decrees.”
WASHINGTON, June 6—Immed
iately after a resolution introduced
by Senator Johnson of California, to
publish the German Peace Treaty
was passed, the senate by an unani
mous vote ordered an invest'gtt'on
to be made into the Peace Treaty
leak.
This matter was taken up by tho
senate owing to a statement made by
Senator Lodge that he had read every
word of this important, but suppos. cl
to be kept secret, document in New
York City.
PARIS, June 7—President* Wil
san and the other members of the
American Peace Delegation are great
ly disturbed by the report that cop
ies of the German Peace Treaty have
in some unexplained manner reached
New York.
The American Delegation has un
dertaken to check up all copies is
sued in order to ascertain if any are
missing and if possible to locate the
leak, if such is the case.
WASHINGTON. June 6—Frank
Polk, Counselor of the State Depart
ment and acting Secretary of State,
having inherited one half million dol
lars will resign shortly after Presi
dent Wilson’s return from France.
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! WASHINGTON, Jane 2—Dis
patches have been received here by
the State Department that von
Brockdorft'-Rantzan :n a note ad-;
dressed to the associate powers of j
Germany 13 reported to have stated |
that tiie Peace treaty as outlined by
the Allied powers, is hiore than the!
German people can bear.
In outlining the German counter
proposals the. note further assorts
that the more deeply the German
Peace Delegates and the German gov
I ernment penetrate into the spirit of
the treaty the more thc-y become con
vinced that it will be impossible for
Germany to carry out its provisions
owing to the exceedingly severe fi
nancial terms and the imposed ces
sion of some of the most important
economic districts of the former Ger
man* empire.
PARIS, June 4—It has been semi
officially stated that dur ng a confer
ence with President Wilson, Ameri
can Economic Experts advocated that
Germany be given mandatories oven
' her former East African colony to
assist her to meet her financial ob
ligation.
PARIS, June 4—It is expected
that the British Premier Lloyd;
George will make a formal statement'
regarding the proposed modifications
of the Peace terms dealing with the j
cession of German territory tomor- '
row.
One of the proposed modifications
is reported to consist n returning
Upper Silesia to Germany for eco
nomic reasons.
This district which is very rich in j
Coal and Zinc deposits which have
been highly productive has been
celled to Poland by ’ho Alli'ed gov
ernments. but is almost ^distensible
to the future economic life of Ger
many.
BERLIN, June 4—President Ebert
while speaking on the Poact ques
tion today predicted that the Ger
man National Assembly will reject
the Allied Peace terms unless they
are modified.
Ebert stated that to accept th
conditions imposed by the Peace1
treaty woud be committing national1
suicide as Germany could never hope
to fulfill the imposed terms and that
economic and financial ruin, in view |
of the demanded cession of some of
the most vital German districts and |
other economic restrictions was in-1
evitable.
PARIS, June 4—It has been semi
officially stated that the German gov
ernment has offered thru its delega
tion to pay an indemnity of one bill
ion marks immediately instead of an
indeterminate amount as at first de
manded by the terms of the Peace
treaty. This offer will very likely be
accepted by the Allied governments, j
It is also rumored here that minor
modifications of the Peace treaty j
provisions may be granted.
The atmosphere is full of specula
tion as to the extent of the proposed
modification but it is expected that
the Council of the Big Four will very
likely clear up the matter by a defP
nite statement by next Thursday or
Friday.
PARIS, Juno 5—It has been offi
cially stated that Ignaco Paderewski,'
President of the Polish Republic has
had a lengthy conference with the
Allied governments today regarding I
Upper Silesia.
The proposidion now being advo
cated by some Allied Peace Delegates
that Germany retain this important
district for economic reasons instead
of incorpoating it in the republic of |
Poland, is strenuously resisted by
Paderewski who is doing his utmost
to induce the Allied Council to ad
here to its initial program In regaid
to this matter.
No definite information in regard to
the outcome of the conference can be
procured.
PARIS, June H—It has been offi
cially announced that the French
and British Peace Delegation thru the
intercession of the American Delega
tion are approaching a settlement on
the degree of modification of some
of the terms of the Grman Peace
Treaty.
It is understood here that the re
tention of Upper Silesia by Germany
and the final disposal of German
East Africa are the stumbling blocks
in the controversy.
The French government is report
ed to be in favor of handing Upper
Silesia to the Poles as agreed on in
the Peace terms but are being grad
ually convinced that it would be ad
visable for the Allied governments to
modify their attitude in this matter.
The consensus of opinions here is,
that the discussion now being car
ried on will result in some conces- ^
sions by both groups.
jfPARIS, June 6—It has been stated'
on reliable authority that the Ger
man government is bending photo
graphically reproduced copies of the
German Peace treaty to every U. S.
Senator and Representative.
It is surmised here that the Ger
man government has been induced
to take this step owing to the report
ed opposition of the American Con
gress to the Peace Treaty.
PARIS, June 7—It is expected
that the reply of the Allied govern
ments to the German counter pro
posals will probably be delivered
early next week.
All important allied commissioners
connected with the Peace Conference
are in session today, due to the desire
that the work should be speeded up
as much as possible.
The Council of the Big Four met
this morning and continued its con
siderations of the German counter
proposals.
WILL PAY AS A RLE
PARIS, June 6—It has been offi
cially announced that the amount of
indemni ty Austria shall pay will be
left to a commission which is to in
vestigate the financial resources of
Austria and their ability to pay will
be judged by them accordingly.
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