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VOL. 11.
NOMK, ATiAHKA. WEDNESDAY, JAN. 30, 1918.
XO. 2477.
STRONG PEACE TALK REICHSTAG
SOCIALISTS REICHSTAG
SOLID FOR PEACE
AMSTERDAM, Jan. 29.—Herr
"Weeer one of the leading Social
ists of Bremen, declares that soci
alists have through the solidarity
of their party in the German
RMschtag blocked the move of the
Junkers to whip all members into
lne for to pass a vote of confidence
in the Government. The Socialists
to a man positively refused to
vote to support the present aims of
the Government, after patiently
listening to a lengthly speech by
th cChancollor Count von Hcrtling
in which ho pleadingy asked for
their strong support to further en
force his imperialistic war aims.
The entire representation of the So
ci?.list party presistently insisted
that tho Chancellor immediately
make a more comprchcnisve state
ment in regards to the German
government making final restitu
tion to Belgium. Tho Chancellor
was compelled to give definite
pledges of far reaching concessions
entirely at variance with tho form
er vague attitude of the Imperial
government. The Die Suskenft one
cf the leading German socialist
newspapers publishes strong ar
ticles in support of the peace
terms of President Wilson and Pre
mier Lloyd George of Engand The
journal after quoting the peace
terms of both Wilson and George,
ably and strenuously demands
that the government make over
tures to tbo Allied powers for
poaco along these lines. The Im
perial government is greatly alarm
ed at till this per.ee talk continu
ally going on from practically all
parts of the Empire, ar.d if. doing
its utmost to stem the tide of
poacs sentiment nrw prevailing,
oven to the extent of the free use
of machine guns where the troops
cai.net otherwise control the situa
tion.
FEMALE GERMAN SPY
ARRESTED OAKLAND
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 29.—
Secret service men connected with
the department of justice today,
mode prisoner another German 3py
in the pers'n of Miss Poliak of
Oakland, Cal., Miss Poliak is one
mt the leading members of
Oakland's most exclusive society.
She was arrccted at her home in
the fashionable residence district.
The Federal officials claim they
have secured undisputable proof
connecting Miss Polak with the
many recent plots of German
frightfulneos. They also claim they
will produce proof of her having
been connected with the warnings
" sent out prior to thi preparedness
day bomb explosion.
All charges against her have
boon emphatically denied by the
most intimate friends of the wo
man. The Federal officials Slid
they, in making a thorough search
cf her I'i.-sile-ice, discovered letters,
one of which had boon written to
her accomplices in Chicago. The
officials declare the handwriting is
identically the same as that con
tained in the letters written to Gov
ernor Stephens of California, in
which his life was threatened, and
also in fhe letters containing warn
ings sent out previous to the bomb
explosion wnich happened in this
city during the summer of 1916.
1 Speculation is rife as to the action
of the local police and the Cham
ber of Commerce in being so very
anxious to railroad Tom Mooney
to the gallows, as well as Mrs.
Mooney, Billings and Weinberg, it
is whispered about town that a
number of the members of the San
Francisco Chamber of Commerce
were themselves mixed up in the;
plot with Miss Polak and her ac
complices, hence their zeal in per
secutr.g and prosecuting represen
tatives of Labor.
It looks like there’s going to be
some genuine muck-raking done
around here in the near future,
and it’s safe to predict that tho
Manufacturers, and Chamber of
Commerco associations will need
fumagating after the operation has
oeen performed.
FINLAND APPEALS FOR HELP
TO THE WARRING NATIONS
THE HAGUE, Jan. 29.—The
new Finnish Republic just recently
launched, has lodged complaints
with the warring Powers, protest
ing against the interference by the
Bolsheviki government with Fin
nish affairs.
Some time ago the Finnish peo
ple took advantage of the great up
heaval in tho Russian government
al affairs to break away from Rus
sia entirely and they decided to
form an independent government
of their own. The Bolsheviki gov
ernment has been gradually over
coming all states, wherein the plu
tocratic element has been trying
to set up governments of their
own, claiming to represent the peo
ple of those States, and now they
have reached the case of Finland.
The Bolsheviki forces have
taken possession of the Finnish ca
pital, the City of Helsingfors, and
has placed all Finnish Senators
under arrest. They don’t intend
that Russia shall be dis-membered
and broken up at least giving .ho
working-class an opportunity to be
a part of a Republic where the
people will rule in fact and not
through some plutocratic snob.
GENERAL CROWDER URGES
ADOPTION OF DRAFT DILL
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 29.—
Gonoral Crowder, of the War De
partment appeared before the Sen
ate commilte on military affairs to
day, urging prompt action on the
department's recommendation of
mew military draft. The General told
the committee thut with the adop
tion of the joint resolution now
before the House and Senate,
there would be plenty of .. j
l..~j without drafting registrants
in other classifications.
The joint resolution now before
th) conferee’s provides for the im
mediate registration of all men
who have become 21 years of ago
since June 5th last.
This additional registration will
bring the number of men in class
One, who are immediately avail
able for drafting, to a total of two
million.
BETTER CONDITIONS
IN STOCK YARD
CHICAGO, Jan. 29.—The vital
questions in dispute between the
Chicago Packing Companies and
their employees is to be adjusted
by the government Board of Arbi
tration. Both sides have come to
an understanding and has agreed
to by governed by the final find
ings of the Board.
During a recont meeting of the
representatives of the companies
and the men, twelve of the leading
qestior.s which were involved were
amicably settled, leaving only five
more important questions to be set
tled by the government Arbitrators
The principal demand of the men
is that a general eight hour lr.w be
strictly enforced throughout the
entiro Stock-yards of the meat
packing companies. Time and a
half for all overtime which it may
be necessary at times to perform.
and that all girls and women shall
be paid wages equal to theso now
beng paid to the men, settlement
of tho question of continuous em
ployment for eight hours during
each calendar day, and that all
employees be guaranteed pay for
not less tht n forty hours per week.
This last condition is asked for on
account of tho previous system in
vogue, such as petty bosses laying
men off when ever they took a no
tion to do so, whether there was
work to be done or not, and often
tine working a hardship on the
unfavored one, n some of these in
stances the weekly pay envelope
of the men, comparing it with the
high cost of living, was barely suf
ficient to keep body and soul to
gether, let alone get a casual
glimse of a few of the luxuries fre
quently enjoyed by the owners of
the Packing Houses themselves.
The workers in the industry have
been in a state of unrest fer come
time past, and yesterday unanim
ously ceased work in a body, but
the otrike was of short duration.
The administration immediately ap
pointed ar. Arbitration Board who
took a special train to Chicago and
settled down to business at once.
It is said had it not been for the
prompt action of government inter
vention, the situation in all prob
ability would havo become a very
serious question at this time. It
lias repeatedly been rumored that
the German Kaiser, the former
Russian Tzar as well as other
members of European royalty
owned considerable stock In the
different largo packing houses
throughout the country.
BOLSHEVISM
IN NEW YORK
I
NEW YORK, Jan. 29.—Accord
ing to Leonard D. Abbot, who used
to bo ar. official In the so-callad
Antl-Co!>.3cription League and who
was prominent in the very radical
group of which Emma Goldman
was the head, prior to her incar
ceration in the Jefferscn City peni
tentiary. A meeting over which he
presided at here today, was the in
itial gathering of the Bolsheviki of
New York. Abbot r.s well as many
other speakers declared the aims
of the orEtnization are similar to
t'noso in Russia.
Although most of the leading
mem bar 4) ofi the anarchistic groups
throughout the United States arc
in jail, Abbot said in his organiza
tion speech, “yet for the first time
in the history of the world a body
holding tho same principles has re
cently gained control of the great
country of Russia.”
A warning that the United
States i3 honeycombed with a
Bolshcviki composed of German
spies, stealthy Lev.ines in diplom
acy and weak Trotzkys of Amer
ican pacifism, was uttered by gov
ernor Charles H. Brcugh, of Ar
kansas in an addrees hero today at
a memorial session of the New
York lodge of Elks. He declared
tha t America, revertheless will
triumph in tho war, “because of
the genius of our government”.
Anything In the line of Job work
RUMORS OF ENEMY SOB’S
OFF ATLANTIS COAST
ATLANTIC PORT, Jan. 29.—An
American vessel which left this
port this morning returned this
evening, having received orders by
wireless from her owners. The
steamer was bound for a Brazilian
port with a large cargo of general
merchandise and was to have
brought back a cargo of coffee.
The return of the steamer has
given rise to renewed rumors to
the effect that three German sub
marines aro lurking in American
waters.
The scout boats patrolling the
Atlantic coast have been unable to ■
DEFENSE LEAGUE
OFFICIAL CENSURED
XEVV YORK, Jan. 29.—Mr. C.
S. Thompson one of the leading of
ficials of the American Defence
League Society, was today nubphoe
nacd by the Department of Justice.
Somo time ago Thompson made
the assertion that up to the pre
sent time fourteen German spies
had been executed in the United
States. The Department desired
to know from what source Thomp
son had secured his information,
and warned him against circulat
ing any such reports in the future.
ROME, Jan. 29.— After severe
fighting of several hours duration,
tho Italian forces captured up
wards of 1500 prisoners, in their
latest attack on the Austrian army
between the Asiago and Brenta
rivers.
Eye witnesses describe the light
ing terrible, thousands of dea'.n
men covered the ground.
The Ladies of the Mooseheart
I/enion, will give a public dance in
the Eagle Hall on E'eb. 23rd.
Everybody welcome.
verify the persistent rumors re
garding the proximity of German
submarines so it was deemed safe
for the ship to again proceed on
her voyage.
Bring your forfeiture notices to th«
Industrial Worker
HELD MEETING IN BUZZARD.
DETROIT, Jan. 29.—After being
denied tho use of any of the hulls
in the city, the tanners around De
troit, Mich., stood for more than
an hour in a biting snow storm
and freezing temperature, listening
to President Townley, of the Non
partisan league, the organisation
of farmers that is sweeping the
northwestern states and Canada.
The meeting was hold upon the
open prairie two miles outside the
city l,mits. Several hundred farm
ers were in attondance. Tho inter
ests that control cities evidently
love tho farmers just as they love
the wago slaves, and that is for
what they can bo skinned out of.
GET THE NEWS RIGHT. REA..
THE WORKER.