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$1000.00 REWARD
Will bo paid for the conviction of the circulators of false state
ments relative selling out, closing out or consolidating.
I wish to emphatically and clearly state that I do not
wish to close out, sell out or consolidate, I have every confi
dence in tho future of our section and will stay, defend and
work toward tho upbuilding of this entire section.
I want to retain the reputation of being a leader in
optimism and am always ready to do the utmost to keep Nome
up to date, and to assist in the development of its resources,
which, through no fault of our own, aro now more or loss han
dicapped.
We have in Nome many kinds of pro’s and con’s, hut the
most active and virulent kind is the anti-Nomeitcs who are always
ready to say and do almost anything to injure Nome’s best in
terests. My advice to the anti-Nomeltes is the oame as that giv
en by President Wilson to the pro-Germans “If you don’t like the
place that you make a living in, why don't you move.”
I promise the people of Nome to carry as complete a
stock of tho finest grades of grocers as it is possible to ob
tain, and will conduct my business in such economical manner
as to enable me in these strenuous times to sell groceries as
cheaply as possible. „
P0LET STORES
WICK OPENS UP
6. 0. P. CAMPAIGN
gate he told of his fight with Taft y
dind react'on after his election dur- !
Jng the term of that President and 1
fa. id “No man can represent the
Territory as your delegate and bo 1
a good party man. The Bureau
and Department heads will insist
upon their ideas and not the ideas
of the people and their delegate and
if he should concede that and sur
render to the bureaus he will not
get very far. Sulzer dots yield to
the heads of the departments and
says that a good democrat will not
oppose them. Well God help the
territory that is represented by a
man like that.”
APPROVES EIGHT HOUR LAW
Referring to the exodus from the
Territory he said that men should !
stay with the country' and not be
lured outside by the temporary
boom in conditions. They would
come back after the war and they
would find their places taken by
oung men who had served in the
•Jational Army. He cautioned
igainst discouragement and discon
.ent because of war time conditions
ind told of his plan to have the
orritory opened up by returning
soldiers full of adventuresome
spirit after the war was over and
vhen the slump took place outside.
Referring to the eight hour day he
lad been told to keep silent on this
subject. But if he did so he would
not be fit to represent the terri
tory. He was in favor of the
iglit hour :,iw and here loud ap
plause greeted this statement. He
read a telegram from Sulzer to
Britt. Sulzer refusing to take a
stand because the suspension of the
eight hour law was under considera
tion and it would be improper for
obvious reasons to do so. Wick
ersham paid his compliments to this
moral cowardice upon the part of
Sulzer, but it was only the begin
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PAID ADVERTISEMENTS
WASHINGTON STATE
FEDERATION OF LABOR
EXECUNTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE
EVERETT, WASH, Sept. .9th, 1918
To Trade Unionists of Alaska, j
Greeting. •
Ordinarily we would not think of making any sugges
tions to you concerning political candidacies in your Territory
but in the present situation we feel justified in doing so. The
interests of labor in the entire northwestern group of states
and particularly Washington, is closely allied with the interest
of labor in Alaska. We have watched with growing concern
the efforts of large corporate aggregations to tighten their
bold upon the wealth of your country and have watched the
splendid fight waged in Congress by your Delegate Mr Wick
ersham. j i ► <*1
It is because we believe Mr Wickersham as fighting in
Congress against the exploitation of labor and. the great nat
ural wealth of Alaska by powerful private interests, that we
are taking the liebrty of urging our fellow unionists in Alaska
to rally to his support in his campaign for re-election.
Knowing that you will accept this communication in the
spirit in which it is written and assuring you the continued co
operation and good will of your fellow trade unionists, we beg
leave to remain,
Fraternally Yours,
E. P. MARSH
/President Washington State Federation of Labor.
CHAS, R. CASE
Chairman Legislative Committee, Seattle Central Labor Council.
J. G BROWN
President International Shingle Weavers’ Union of America.
WILLIAM SHORT
See.-Treas. Dist. No. 10, United Mine Workers of America.
FOR DELEGATE TO CONGRESS
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HON. CHAS. A. SULZER
(Democrat)
ELECTION, NOVEMBER, 5, 1918
ling of a long indictment of the
le jure delegate who shirked the
ssue on the act denying the exten
lion to Alaska of its provisions
enabling foreign ships to engage in
he coastwise trade between two
Vmerican perts, when Clarke of the
Alaska S. S. Co introduced said
imendment and Sulzer prior thereto
;ot leave of absence and went to
California. Judge Bunnell’s deci
sion declaring the eight hour law
nvalid as applied to underground
ilacer workings he declared to be
the silliest rot he had ever read in
i judicial decision and again Bun
nell had obligingly declared the
general eight hour law unconstitu
tional.
MACHINE GETS ITS PANNING
The democratic machine headed
b y“the notorious Tom Donahue,”
which had threatened to withdraw
support from the Secretary of the
Territory and the Governor for re
appointment if they refuse to give
the certficate of election to Sulzer
next got his attention. It was here
that Wickersham manfully defended
Sirong from the scoundrels who had
“politically murdered a better man”:
Grig",by, Troy, Donahue and he
placed in his place “little Tommy
biggs” while the audience enjoyed
the panning. Hie analyzed the dem
cr. nt'c machine revealing the form
er republican affiliations of some of
the cogs from George Grigsby "who
i3 some angel and wto was aided
from the steamer at Cordova by
two men on the last trip” to a man
n inied Finnegan who now fills
some military position but who
formerly was his Wickersham’s
agent at Seward.
SULZER’S WORK CONSIDERED
Sulzer’s work had been like the
mountain that labored and brot
forth a mouse, a ring tailed little
fellow. Sulzcr's affiliation with the
Guggenheim’s was shown, and about
all he had done was to copy and
introduce a couple of bills that
Wickersham had introduced in pre
cious sessions, but with amendments
as the notorious anti-dry amend
ment in the full territorial govern
ment bill. “I am going to be re-1
elected, this fall” said Wickercham
in conclusion, "I want your assist
ance in fighting the matters I have
fought so long. You do not need
to run away because the Kennicott
Copper Mine and the White Pass
corporations have got us by the
throats. I want you to stay as I
am going to stay and fight, fight,
fight, as 1 am going to fight. It
is to be a long hard fight but we
can win that fight just as we can
win the war against Germany. I am
a candidato for election and X want
your support.” Ho thanked the
audience for their attention and
agani exhorting them to stand to
gether concluded amid applause.
In the space at our disposal it is
impossible to reproduce the many
good things that were said about
Johnnie Troy, Tommy Riggs and the
machine bunch. But none were
missod by the audience and the ref
erences to territorial and local har
mony among the democrats provoked
almost continuous good humored
laughter and surely Delegate Wick
ersham enjoyed himself, as did those
vho heard him.
INCREASES AGE FOR
DRAFTED MEN IN U. S.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Senator
Chamberlain announced that secre
tary Baker and congressional lead
ers have agreed to draft a new bill
for conscription making the ages
from eighteen to forty-five. He
said the older men between eigh
teen and thirty-one Will be called
first. Those above 31 will prob
ably never be used in military ser
vice.
LONDON,—Saturday the Germans
were retiring along a four mile front
to the east of the Ancre in the
northern Picardy section.
LONDON,—Haig issued a state
ment today, Saturday, saying that
the conclusion of the fourth year
cf war marks the pasing of the
crisis and the Allies may now be
confident for the future.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—General
March says that the depth of the
German retirement in the Soissons
Rheims district to August 2nd was
sixteen miles. Over three hundred
thousand troops were sent over
seas in July.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Secretarj
Baker says that there is apparentl}
soma understanding concern
ing the Pershing casualty report
No figures for the present drive
have been given.
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IN CLOSING OUT HIS ENTIRE STOCK, TO SAVE PAY
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MERCHANTS AND CONSUMERS ALIKE AN UNUSUAL OP
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C. W. Lewis
-Formerly Delbar’s store—
The place where you can
reasonably buy anything
from a needle to an
anchor
WORE UNION BUTTONS
ANO WERE DISCHARGED
ST LOUIS,—Western Union tele
graph operators in this city who
thot that the taking over of the
lines by the Postal Department
would result in permission to organ
ize and display a union activity were
locally at least disillusioned Friday,
when thirty-one members of the
labor organization were discharged
because they wore the union button.
However unlike the Western Union
the action by the Postal Department
agents tended to allay discontent at
this discharge for they have given
assurances that the whole affair will
be subjected to an impartial inves
tigation and if the members have
been unjustifiably discharged they
will be reinstated. This alone
prevented a strike.
DELICIOUS FRESH STRAWBER
RIES 25 CENTS PER BOX AT
LEHMANN’S. A
MORE RAILROAD MEN
CALLED TO COLORS
ANCHORAGE,—Forty more mili
tory registrants will be drawn to
fill the quota of Anchorage in the
first call of recruits in Alaska.
Of the original quota of 184 re
quired of Anchorage, 144 have been
inducted into the service either
here or at their present residence
in the states, where they moved to
’.after having registered here. The
remaining 40 are recorded as resi
dents in the states, but no notice of
their induction there has been re
ceived. by the Anchorage exemption
board, and instructions have been
g.ven by the federal authorities to
supply immediately the places of
these 40 absentees with other reg
istrants.
NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS
All changes in standing adver
tisements must be handed into this
office the day preceding the issue*
for which the change is desired.
Attention to this will save disap
pointment in not securing desired
changes with dispatch.
IF YOU DESIRE BUTTER AND
EGOS OF THE VERY BEST GO
rO UEHMANN’S.
You are making a
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LEHMANN’S
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to the first of September.
Don’t overlook the bargains here.
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