BOLSHEVIKI
POSSESSION
Tslxe Baily Name Industrial Markt-r
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VOL. 11.
NOME, ALASKA. MONDAY, MARCH 4, 1818.
NO. 2505.
GERMANS SLOWLY
ADVANCE IN CIRCLE
TOWARDS PETROGRAD
TOKYO, March, 3—The Russian Bol
shevik! government have forced the
hand of the Allies today by seizing
all piers at Vladivoetock, which con
tain all the military supplies valued
at hundreds of millions of Rubles. (And
also stole a march on our little brown
brother.) The allied warships in Vladi
vostock Harbor are preparing to land
marines but will not do so until a de
cision is reached between the American
and Japanese governments whose rep
resentatives are just now
holding a hurried conference. The al
lied Diplomats are considering their
withdrawal from Petrograd and if they
so decide, their decision will be tenta
rnont to a severing of diplomatic re-,
lations with the Bolshevik! government.
The Japanese Foreign Minister in
formed the Diet that the Japanese gov
ernment is at the present time nego
tiating with the allies for a new p icy
toward Russia. All foreign Ministers
and all naval commanders In Tokio
have been invited to the Mikado’s villa
to hold a conference at which the Si
berian Situation will be the subject of
discussion. Japanese Officials think
that since the Allies now have their
hands full with the Germans in Europe
that the Allies sould give Japan a free
hand to deal with Siberia, of course
no one can suspect Japan of being
guilty of any double dealing, although
some of the high government officials
correspondence with Zimmerman .the
German Foreign Secretary, was just
recently exposed t nthe Federal Court
in San Francisco. Japanese army afll
cers have for some time been engaged
in training hundreds of thousands of
Chinese soldiers ■which Japan thought
might be of use to the allies, cr i.v'Mcnt
ly to Japan before the war in Europe
was over These same Chinese troops
with Japanese officers could now very
handily be used by Japan for the pur
pose of taking Siberia, and thereby
prevent the Germans from tking the
trans-Siberian Railway. The Bolshe
vik! have settled the matter of the
Vladivostock stores so the allies will
not need to worry on that score.
Fur garments made and repaired
at the Nome Tailoring Company.
sb^as
TERRIBLE EXPLOSION ON
BOARD PATROL BOAT
AN ATLANTIC PORT, Mar. 3.—
A terrible explosion occurred this
morning on board one of the United
States patrol boats off the eastern
coast. One sailor was instantly
killed and several more were seri
ously injured. Another sailor was
drowned, on account of the ship’s
boat being capsized while attempt
ing to bring the injured men ashore.
A heavy sea was running at the time
A second boat was launched which
picked up all of the men except the
one who immediately disappeared
after the boat turned over. The
Captain ordered the officer in charge
of the small boat to return to the
vessel, deeming it unwise to attempt
to land in such a heavy surf as was
running on the beach at the time.
The captain signaled ashore that
the patrol boat was in no immediate
danger on account of the explosion.
BROOKLYN, N. Y. March 8.—
Cier 460 mechanics have gone out
on strike at the Tagebiet I'ner j o
meter Company ,of this city.
'Ihe men went out"wit bout ’.lav
ing organ.zed, as a blind protest
against the company's 54-hour week
and the overbearing conduct of some
of the foremen in the factory.
At a meeting held yesterday it
was deemed advisable to organize
and a labor organizer was put on
the job.
The men want an eight-hour day,
as well as a sustantial increase in
•vages.
s.
DENVER, March.3—John It. Law
«on, who recently resigned from the
Colorado Federation of Labor, as
President, has accepted tho Presi
dency of the newly organized In
dependent Union of Mine Workers.
This n w Union has been formed
by delegates of the Colorado Locals
of the United Mine Workers of
America.
The new organization will extend
its activities o Can..da and expects
to compete with the United Mine
Workers of America. The rank and
file of the United Mine Workers of
America just like the rank and file
of the Western Federation of Miners
Me sick of the head officials and
have been trying for years to have
them removed from office but these
officials with aid of the employ
ers and others, have built up such
a machine that all attempts to
oust them were futile, so the Locals
of Colorado took this means of
righting their own wrongs.
REPORTED SERIOUS
RIOTING IN HUNGARY
AMSTERDAM, March 3.—Unoffi
cial reports were received here today
statng that serious rioting occurred
yesterday, upon the sttrects of Buda
pest, in Hungary. The despatch
also stated that many soldiers, and
munition factory employees were
killed, and hundreds of others in
•tuding many women, were seriously
wounded.
Reasonable prire#, and first class
workmanship at the Nome Tailoring
Company.
I Lawson was arrest'd in January
■ -915, charged with first degree
■ murder as being, one of the parlies
responsible for the Ludlow Massacre
He plead his own case but was found
j guilty and sentenced to life impri
sonment by Judge Hillyler. The
Colorado Supreme Court denounced
the court procedure and barred
Judge Hillyer from presiding when
the rest f the cases came up for
trial and granted Lawson his free
dom on a writ of Supersedeas.
After being retried he was found
not guilty. The State Locals beleve
in Lawson but not in General Offi
cers.
. .SCHNEIDER Bl ILDING rooms
are now for rent, by the day, week
or month.
..Rooms by the month, $10.00 and
ujn
. . Also steam heated rooms.
. .Will reopen restaurant in a few
days.
i
George Modinl,
I’rbp.
BOLSHEVIKI SEIZE
VAST SUPPLIES AT
VLADIVOSTOK
PETROGRAD, March 3—The Bolt
shevlki Premier Lenine today aroused
the Capital by declaring that the Bol
sheviki Peace Delegates at Brest Lit
ovsk, 'who had been discussing peace
and war, with the German Peace En
voys have decided that it must be war
and that the enemy shall never enter
the Russian Capital except over the
dead bodies of its defenders. The new
slogan which has been adopted by the
BolshevikI is "Liberty or Death" (the
same as that of the American revolu
tionists, as taken from the thrilling
speech of Patrick Henry) and is
creating the greatest enthusiasm
among both workmen and soldiers and
there seems no fear now of any more
divission or dissention among the peo
ple. Alt are now bending every effort
to not only make the Russian defense
a success but to drive the Germans
entirely out of Russia. (What a grand
opportunity for the assassins knife
in the back of a nation in the death
struggle with its worst enemy and who
cannot perceive and danger from its
“professed” friend.)
The German forces are advancing
in their encircling movement, >f the
Russian capital and are evidently in
tending to sever the Capitol from Mos
cow. The Russians now are preparing
for the defense of Petrograd from all
directions, trenches are being every
where prepared by both men and wo
men, and hundreds of thousands of re
cruits for the new volunteer army are
arriving from all parts of Russia.
These recruits are being quietly tho
quickly drilled in the rudiments of
handling modern arms and are then
being sent to the various fronts amidst
the greatest enthusiasm.
The continued German advance is
firing the patriotism o fthe entire peo
ple and everywhere the utmost rage
and contempt fo rthe kaiser and his
promises is being expressed o nevery
hand. The new army is offering the
most stubborn resistance to the Gey
man advance, which advance, is now
forming into a fanshaped front one
hundred miles in extent. The gov
ernment is bending every effort to the
rushing of the captured supplies from
Vladivostock to the capital in time
to be used in its defense. The lack
of these supplies Is really the cause of
the Russians being driven back so
easily by the Germans.
Keep Posted Read the Worker.
GOV’T NOTIFIES
SHIP-BUILDERS TO
RECOGNIZE UNION
WASHINGTON, D. C. March 3.—
The Federal Government through
the Public Service B<?r.rd, has ad
vised all shipbuilders on the- Pacific
Coast, who expect any govrriiment
work to immediately Unionize their
yards.
That in this way all friction be
tween the government and labor cau
be avoided, and that it will be much
easier and more satisfactory to deal
with the men collectively than indi
vidually. If this method is adopted
; it will also eliminate tlie friction
i which will be sure'to start if non
union yards now start work in corn-,
petition with those already unionized
after so much loss of time to the
government.
SAN FRANCISCO, March, 3.—'
After hearing the decision of the
State Supreme Court today, Thomas
Mooney and Counsel have decided
to make no attempt to get a re
hearing from the court.
They depend solely on/Governor
Stephens, who has already intimated
that he foresaw what the courts
decision would 1»p in hi" letter to
President Wilson when this latter
requested him not to allow the judi
cial murder of Mooney. How a
bunch of such insignifloent parasites
like the SanFrancisco Chamber of
Commerce can so brazenly defeat
the aims of justice, as against the
opinion of the best people of the
entire nation is beyond the com
prehension of the real people even
outside the United States. These
outsiders are wondering just mhat
constitutes American Civilization
;nd Democracy.
I
SEATTLE, March. 3.—Colonel
Fredrick Mcars, is recruiting reg
rnent of railonrl engineers to be
used In France. lie has applied
to the Brotherhood of Locomotive
i Engineers for volunteers and ex
I pects to have no trouble in securing
| the necessary men, although these
DANCING SCHOOL.
i At the Miners Home Club Hall,
I Dancing class every Monday, Tites
; day, Wednesday, and Friday even
ing from H P. M. to 11 P. M. Ad
j mission to class $1.00. Private
lessons $1.00 per hour,
i MRS. GEO WALDHELM, Teacher
same mien have just rocntly been.
accused of being pro-Germany by j
the railroad hogs, because they]
asked for a slight, increase of their j
share of what they were the sole
producers.
Considerable comment is heard
hero to tho effect that it seems
very strange how mostly all |
go voluntarily to the front are dub
bed pro-German or anarchist while
the very poltroons who cry patriot
ism from the house-tops, who with
out much “coaxing” fall over one
another trying to got to Washington
first “to do their bit” at the pie
counter, where fat government con
tracts are beiughanded out. Aran't
those war profiteers, hypocrites and
others who never have done any
thing for their country, except to
rob her, really consstant when they
call others traitors, pro-Germans
and other vile names. (These bogus
“patriots” should have such insult
ing remarks rammed down their
throats.
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