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NOME, ALASKA. MONDAY, MARCH 18, 1918.
NO. 2317,
RIGGS OPPOSITION DEVELOPING
STEP TOWARD COV’T
OWNERSHIP MINES
WASHINGTON, D. C, Mar. 17.—
President Wilson has ju6t issued a
proclamation which is tho first step
toward the taking over of all coal
mines in the country. The pro
clamation orders that, beginning
April first, all coal producers, job
bers and dealers shall be licensed
by the Fuel Administrator. Upon
receiving these orders Fuel Admin
istrator Garfield immediately issued
drastic regulations slashing to a fix
ed limit the profits of all who will
still be allowed to deal in coal.
All selling agents for anthracite
are ordered to discontinue their bus
iness entirely as after an investiga
tion by the Fuel Administrator it
was conclusively shown that they
performed no service which could
foe construed as beneficial in any
manner.
v Middlemen and jobbers were given
notice of the fixing of their profits
which are not to be exceeded under
any consideration, unles they wish
'to have their license taken away. |
All agents who have been in the
habit of reshipping; coal have been
limited to five cents a ton. This
move taken a this time is aimed
particularly at thosie jobbers who
havo in the past been extorting such
excessive profits. Those producers
marketing their own products and
all retailers are exempt from the
provisions of the latter order of tho
Fuel dAministrator, but must be
licensed.
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THE WORKER.
SECRETARY M’ADOO
APPEALS TO GOMPERS
WASHINGTON, D. C. Mcr. 17.—
The request, o f Secretary
McAdoo, that all building be cur
tailed during the war, has brought
a storm of protest from carpenters
all along the Pacific Coast. The
■coast carpenters claim that McA
doo’s request if heeded, amounts to
a practical embargo on the coast
carpenters. The Secretary has ur
gently requested Samuel Gompers
to use his influence to pacify the
carpenters and states that at the
time of making the request he had
no intention of creating any such
conditions.
McAdoo says that he thought the
Shipping Board would have use for
all coast carpenters in the building
of wooden ships but that he would,
immediately withdraw his request.
Mr. Gompers has wired along
message to the men informing them
of the Secretary’s request end ex
plaining that the government will
see that all necessary building shall
not be Interfered with.
WASHINGTON. D. C. Mar. 17.—
A lengthy statement to the Ameri
can people is now being prepared
by President Wilson, emphasizing
bis already announced policy sup
porting and sympathizing with the
Russian paople. He has recently
sent a message extending to 'them
the sympathy of the American
■people. It is believed here that
Iho President will, at this time take
the opportunity to definitely an
nounce his attitnde toward the pro
position of the Japanese government
looking toward the sanctioning of
t-heir plans to enter Siberia with an
prmed force. ,And it is stated by
those ip. a position to know that the
President will undoubtedly show his
'unwillingness to sanction this
^country's assent to any plan of in
tervention. At least, not until Jap
'an has made a more definite and
Satisfactory statement which will
'satisfy the President that Japan has
'not at this time any territorial
ambition and guaranteeing the same
to a certain extent.
VERDICT ACQUITTAL
AFTER THIRD TRIAL
SPARTANSBURG. Miss., Mar. 17.
—The Rev. J. G. Gemil, tried three
times for the Villiscaya axe murders,
in which five people were killed,
was found not guilty by a jury here
yesterday. The brutal inumcia >.^re
committed in 1914. At Gemil’s
first two trails the jury disagreed.
All evidence introduced was of a
circumstantial nature and the selec
tion of a Jury was no easy matter.
Gemil had staunch supporters,
who stood by him through every
phase of the fight for life and the
verdict was a popular one Gemil
and his supporters maintain that
he was arrested and tried for rea
sons of spite and that in the mean
time the real murderer escaped and
will never be caught.
T
PORTLAND. liar. 17.—Dr. Roy
C. McDaniel has just completed
one ot the most scientific operations
known to the medical world. Dr.
McDaniel together with three other
surgeons yesterday took a rib from
the side of Marcel C. Parsons, and
practically made him a new skull.
When a boy live years old, Marcel
fell out of a tree and fractured his
skull, and since he has grown up
he has graduated from the Wash
ington State College as an electrical
engineer but as a result of his fall
and broken skull, he has developed
into one of tha most persistent
of auto thieves. The operation was
performed as a last resort to save
him from the penitentiary.
WEATHER RKPORT
ti. S. Weather Bureau
Mareh 17, 6 A. M.
Temperature—Max. 27 Min. 1.
Barometer—29.924 inches.
Weather—Cloudy.
4 Wind—W. 6 miles per hour.
Precipitation—None.
March 17. 4:45 P. M.
Temperature*—Max. 5 Min. 2.
Barometer—30.030 inches.
Weather—Clear.
Wind—W. 10 miles per hour.
Precipitation—None.
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THE VOWU9R.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Mar. 17.—
Harry Kelly, an American by birth,
has offered to the U. S. War Depart
ment a gun, which he claims will
destroy barbed wire entanglements
with the greatest effectiveness and
at the lowest cost of any gun of its
kind submitted to the department
cince the beginning of the war.
The gun can also be used against
air-craft, has very few breakable
parts and can be carried quite hand
ily by two men.
Kfelly has tried the new gun out
in every imaginable way before be
lieving it perfect enough to pass
tho Department’s tests and is pos
itive of his invention being accepted.
. .Don’t forget we save you a little
money and are able to snup y any
| thing at Holt's.
Far garments made and repaired
at the home Tailoring Company.
GET THE NEWS RIGHT. READ
THE WOKKBR.
SENATE COMMITTEE
INVESTIGATING RIGGS
Washington, D»C. Mar. 17,-Exact nature of charges
preferred against -Thomas Riggs aspirant for the Gov
ernorship of Alaska are not disclosed, But it is gener
ally understood that one of them is that he is too
jfriendly towards the Guggenheims and other big con
cerns. Also that as railroad Commissioner he used gov=
ernment funds through extravagant expenditures. So
far Senate committee not through considering charges.
Telegram received states that specific charges are
on way from coast, Many protests against confirmation
Riggs reaching here from various sections of Alaska.
Statement that his nomination withdrawn not verified.
STREAM OF GERMAN LEGIONS
POURING INTO YPRES SECTION
OF BELGIUM
LONDON, Mar. 17.—The German
legions, in command of Crown Prince
Rupert of Bavaria, are being hourly
reinforced along his line from
Passchendaele to Zanvoorde in the
Ypres section of Belgium. Fre
quent skirmishes are daily taking
place between the British and Ger
man scouting parties and patrols.,
and the British are expecting the
storm to break at any moment,
most likely at Passschendaele.
All day yesterday the enemy were
massing along this section of the:
British front. It is reported, that
the Kaiser, Hindenberg and Ludcn
dorff have decided on attacking the
British line- in this section, but
whether it is merely a feint to draw
attention to this section, while the
real attack is to be launched at
come other point along the line, is
not at this time known, but General
Haig states that tho British are
well prepared to receive the attack.
The British air-scouts report great
numbers of troops, supposed to have
been taken from some other section
of the front, large quantities of
supplies and moro heavy artillery
being constantly moved forward from
Ghent. That the battle, wherever
started will be one of great import
ance is beyond all doubt as it is
understood that the mighty Hnden
berg, himself, will have supreme
command.
Keep Posted, Read the WORK Kit
CHICAGO, ANN ARBOR
AND PITTSBURG
CHICAGO, Mar. 17.—In an ad
dress given here yesterday, to the
State Breeders Association, by Fred
rick Pierce, he stated that at the
present time there is an adequate
supply of beef, mutton and pork in
the packing house refrigerators. Mr.
Pierce stated that the amount of re
frigerator meats of all kinds had
been piling up for some time past.
The Association went on record
as being opposed to both the wheat
less and meatless day.
It was said that, contray to the
general belief of most people there
had been no great increase in the
amount of export meats since the
beginning of the war.
The Association urged that the
amount of pork now being used
should be reduced and could be
with benefit to the American people
in general.
PITTSBURG, Mar. 17.—The or
ganized employees of all locomotive
works throughout the Eastern Penn
SyLvannia District, have just sub
to the emnlnvers.
wherein they ask for the eight hour
clay and a 25% increase in pay.
The have been trying for some
time to better their condition by
individual bargaining but without
success.
c * Three months ago they started
to organize and now have over 3500
i* their organization.
The Employers Association have
agreed to investigate the men’s de
mands and let them know their de
cision in three days. The men have
decided to awit this decision.
They now believe that if their de
mands are refused they will be able
to enforc4 them by a strike.
ANN ARBOR, Mar. 17.—Dr.
Thomas Kairnan, state commission
er of education at a meeting of the
State Teachers Association in a leng
thy address to the teachers, advo
cated the raising of the age limit for
compulsory education to that of the
same limit as in effect in France
| before the war; which was 21 yearE.
ls,. Fairnan said that thio couatry
needed education just as much as
'any country in the world today and
that it was partly the fault of the
teachers in American schools that
the age limit had not been raised,
long ago. He stated that in Eng
land, even at the present time the
1S year age limit was deemed too
low by many of the English edu
cators and that after the war they
surely would insist on the limit
being raised to that in effect in
France.
The Association favors legislation
requiring that all teachers be Amer
ican citizens, that boys of 14 years
or over be allowed to work in vaca
tion and that all illiterates be forced
to attend school no matter what
their age may be.
"Legislation of tills kind is ab
solutely necessary,’’ said Fairnan,
"If Americans are expected to bold
•heir own after the period of the
, war."