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VOU 11. HOMS, ALASKA. WEDNESDAY, JWEARY S3, 1913 . NO. 2*tl.
I. W. W. NOT IN FORT SEWARD
BREACH BETWEEN
PRESIBENT AND
CONGRESS WIDENS
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 22.—
Its recognized that an unbridgeable
chasm has slowly opened betweer
Congress and the President and is
felt that Woodrow Wilson is ap
proaching the fate of all war pre
sidents a Gethacmine when like the
venerated Lincoln he is to walk a
garden of sorrows.
Senator Chamberlain has been
the arm of the Administration in
Congress. Did the President wish
to put anything over Chamberlain
was the man. Was tlje ship oi
state imperiled, Chamberlain was
the chamberlain. Hs spilling the
the beans in hi3 New York speech
of Monday crow a dignified casti
gation from the White House and
now the Senator says he will go to
the mat with the President in Con
gress or before the country. He
has boldly accepted the presidential
challenge and his senatorial nostrils
axe sniffing the battle air.
The Senator announces today that
he will reply to the President’s call
down on' the floor of the Senate.
The Washington atmosphere is be
coming charged and is electric with
expectation. a t
Notwithstanding the President’s
expressed aversion to the overhaul
ing being given the Army, the Sen
ate’s Military Affairs Committee
has voted to continue the Army in
quiry upon which it has entered
and proposes to pobe to the bottom
of things.
Mr. Walsh states quite candidly
that the workers are preparing tc
onter precisely that campaign and
will be waged through the agency
of the National Council for De
fense. He states farther that ii
matters are allowed to go that far
the campaign will include the de
mand the removal of all officials
from superintendents up. On the
contrary the . workers will abandon
all efforts at government control if
the agreement is accepted and lived
up to strictly.
UNION MEAT PACKERS
SHOW FIGHT
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 22.—
The Meat Packers union, whict
is industrial rather then craft ir
form and embracing practically r.l
of the employes in the Cliicagc
stockyards and meat packing estab
lishments, numbering many thou
sands, have submitted their mini
mum demands, or war aims as thej
might be called to their employers
Negotiations have been pending
and the union workers have repeat
edly announced they have stooc
ready to submit the nuestions at is
sue to the Federal Government.
The main features of the demands
of the employes include an in
crease of one dollar per day, time
r.nd one-half fcr “overtime” and
double time for Sunday work.
They have an interesting demand
which of late has come to be in
cluded in the demands of union
workers; that is, the insistence
that women shall receive equal
pay with men and that no discrimi
1 nation be made against them be
cause of that fact.
Frank P. Walsh, the wealthy
Kansas City attorney who was
chairman of President Wilson’s
Industral Relations Commission,
is attorney for the Union and states
on their behalf that unless the
agree is signed without delay the
organization will formulate de
mands that the administration take
over the meat packing industry.
If so It will pay you to investigate
rates of the Industrial Worker on
publication of application therefor
PLAN TO COMPENSATE
RAILWAY COMPANIES
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WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 22.—
The administration has apparently
checked up to the Railway Brother
hoods, rather than to the Railroad
Companies the perplexing question
of remuneration to the companies
for the use of thir properties while
under government operation.
It is known that Secretary Mc
Adoo of the Treasury Department,
who was made ex officio railroad
■dictator by the President's order
has concerned himself mainly with
the operation problems which at
the time of the governments inter
vention had become seriously in
volved and so far has offered no re
commendations as to pay for the
use of the lines.
Mr. Glen Plumb, representing the
fivo railway brotherhoods in meet
ing the administration’s require
ments has appeared before the
House Commerce Committee and
submitted a comprehensive plan,
believed to have the approval ot
the President.
His idea is to have the Inter
state Commerce Commssion fix in
dividually l he compensation for
each road. This he admits would
substitute a three year basis for
compensation under which he con
cedes that some companies would
suffer.
He suggests however that other
means of relief migh the afforded
them to offset the inconvenence
and leaves room for the suggestion
at least of moratoriums.
AUSTRIA ATTEMPTS TO
SUPPRESS REVOLUTION
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BERNE, Switzerland, Jan. 22.
That the Austrian government is
likely to have its hands full with a
civil revolution of its own is indi
cated in dispatches arriving here
today.
Vigorous measures are being
lak&n to stamp out the revolution
ary movement but that its realized
is fhown by the fact that an extra
mely concliatory attitude is mani
fested toward the labor elements in
an effort to got them to withdraw
their strikes which if allowed to
spread would seriously cripple the
war party’s program.
The chief agitation of the strik
ers is directed against the prolong
ation of the war and opposed to
supporting Germany’s demands for
annexatons. Travellers from
Austria says that over a million
workers nro on strike ar.d thou
sands face starvation.
Bring your forfeiture notice a to the
Industrial Worker
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FORT SEWARD
SOLDIERS SENTENCED;
TWO ACQUITTED
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 22.—
Inquiry made i.t the Headquart
ers of the Western Department cf
the Army developed the fact that
contrary to reports which appear
to have been of newspaper crea
tion no members of the Indu3tria'
Workers of the World were in any
wise connected with the incipient
mutiny attempted by soldiers of the
United States Army at Ft. Seward,
The trial of the soldiers involved
who wore temporarily confined at
Fort Worden in Washington and
brought hero for court martial is
ended, and resulted in a conviction
for three of the accused soldiers
and the acquittal of two.
Gcncrr 1 Murrr.y o.nini: •’.ding
< ho Department has approved
sentences of the Court Martial, as
follows: Private Salp.i of Austrian
nativity was sentenced to ten
years at hrrd labor, Private Good
ing, five years and Private Connors
to two yer.rs. Privates Sentcr |
and Messer were acquitted and
ordered back into service.
The five soldiers were charged
with conspiring and attempting to
blow up Fort Seward and of fo
menting a mutiny.
Officers were reticent as to any
direct proof developed by the in
quiry and advised that the findings
were otherwise not for publica
tion.
You'll see it first in the Worker.
CHINESE FIRE ON
AMERICAN BOAT
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 22.—
The Navy Department today per
mitted the arfcnounccment that in
formation had been in its hands
for some days to the effect that the
American Gunboat Monocracy had
been attacked in Chinese waters.
The gun-boat has been plying
the Yangtse River near the city \>f
Pekin and visiting points along
th6 stream in readiness to protect
Americans and their property from
incursiovs at the hands of the re
volutionary bands that invest the
country and from the Chinese river
pirates.
One American sailor on the Gun
boat was fatally wounded, and
others received slight Injuries. The
boat itself suffered no damages.
The boats commander in report
ing the occurrence advises that h«
promptly returned the fire anc
silenced it.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 22.—
The practice of some largo em
employers of labor in sending oui
promiscuous advertisements offer
ing employment to labor has corn*
to the attention of the Department
of labor.
Investigation reveals that the ma
nifest purpose of these practices is
to overglut a local labor market in
order to keep down wages und to
further maintain present wages at
a low level. Several such concerns
were found with full working crews
on hand but maintaining standing
"Help Wanted” ads in various
newspapers. The practice is to be
forbidden.
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SUPPRESSED REPORT OF
OF SUBMARINE HAVOC
WASHINGTON, D. C. Jan. 22.—
Denman who was former Chairmai
of the shipping board of the gov
eminent and who became involve!
in a bitter controversy with Genera
Goethals, gave testimony before th<
Senate Investigators today.
In the course of his revelation!
he produced a report under dati
of May 5th which for some rcasoi
has never been allowed to get t<
the papers and which declares tha
unless Germany could be defeatei
on land and by land or air opera
tior.s she will win the war am
that without any great prolonga
i lion.
It appears that her submarine
1 activities have not only been sink
l ing vecsels faster than they could
> be built but that food supplies and
provisions whch she destroys tends
i toward the depletion of English
i needs to a point of suffering but
i likewise may bo expected create
i serious shortages cf food in Am
erica, since it is expected that Am
. erica will continue to ship as long
as possible, regardless of losses.
With ships being built at a rato
much more rapid than ever before
known the report none (he less
shows that *ho ships continually
being destroyed is much greater
than those being built.
The report was most profoundly
regarded and an effort will be made
not alor.o to keep pace in ship
building but to speed up on this
country’s land war preparations.
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Anything In the line of job work
CONGRESS WANTS
WAR CABINET
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WASHINGTON, D. C„ Jan. 22.—
A further disagreement between
Congress and the Administration
forces is in prospect as a result of
the unaltered determination of
Congress to force upon the Presi
dent the organization of a special
war cabinet to oversee a^d to
sui ersede the present cabinet
formation in that direction.
President has expressed his ob
jection to this form of legislation
or any similar wnich will tend to
take the war activities out of the
hands of the several departments
as at present constituted.
Old observers say that the Pre
sident has more than an even
break in the matter and that it is
doubtful if the legislation con
templated can be carried over bis
objection.
Congress and the President are
also at cross purposes on the ques
tion of creating the^ special office
of Munitions Administrator.