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NOME, ALASKA. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 11118.
NO. 2513.
ORGANIZED LABOR
VIGOROUSLY OPPOSE
RIGGS FOR GOV’
Anchorage, Mar. 12,-Industrial Worker: Riggs is opp=
osed to organized labor is the report of Nenana workers
here. Riggs always claimed he had no power to act
when working-men’s interests were involved. Advice
coming from Washington D. C. State Riggs signed a
letter received by Secretary Lane advising the suspen
sion of the eight hour law in Alaska, clearly shows his
colors, especially towards labor unions. This District
has opposed by Resolution his confirmation. We have
wired Resolutions to Senator Pittman demanding Sen
ate reappoint Strong. Juneau also Cooperating, Maloney
is not very well known here except by Nomeites, race
in doubt.
J. Sutherland,
Sec’y, Alaska,
__ Labor Union._
AMENDMENT TO ABOLISH THE
USELESS FUNCTION OF HOOVER
WASHINGTON, D. C„ March 12.
Senator Reed in the Senate this morn
ing subjected Hoover and the Rood
Administration to a severe grilling,
chanting that they spent the people's
m ney, which could he used for a much
la tter purpose in purchasing food, like
a i;uuch of drunken sailors. He slid
that the Food Administrator while ad
vising people to save their pennies
and deny themselves the plain neces
sities of life, was itself squandering
hundreds of thousands of dollars on
offlc-. s and office help, sending out cir
culars in a useless manner often in du
plicate and triplicate form, using hun
dreds of thousands of dollars worth of
material without absolutely any bene
fit being rendered. He held that in so
far as regulating the prices of sugar,
flour, meat and the rest of prime ne
cessities of life was concerned the Food
Administrator was a complete failure,
that the way they squandered the
money appropriated was causing far
more discontent and suffering among
the poor of the country than if tho
Administration had never existed.
The Senator moved the entire elimi
nation of such a costly and useless de
partment and urged that the entire
amount of $1,750,000 be striken from
the $1,000,000,000. Urgent Deficiency
Bill. He charged that both the Food
and Fuel Administration as run at the
present time were absolutely useless
since they only tend to regulate the
Food and Fuel at the consumers end.
LABOR ft SOCIALISTS PLAN
GENERAL STRIKE MAY I
The Hague, March 12.—All Labor
and Socialist organizations in Germany,
and Austria, have been secretly plan-j
ning for months, to call a general
etrike of all workers on the first of
May.' it was learned here today. The i
German Government has learned of J
the plans of workers and is doing all!
in its power to placate the workers
while at the same time preparing for
eventualities.
Phillip Scheldeman the prominent
German Socialist stated that the trial
of Thomas Mooney in the 1'nited
States has a great tendency, to coun
teract any opinion among the German
workers, that the United States was
waging a war of Democracy as much
in the interests of the German people
<as against their form of government)
•os in the interests of the people of the
rest of the world. He said that as bad
olT as the worker in Germany may be
their sympathy goes out to Mooney and
his companions now under the shadow
of death for a crime, of which the
workers of the worldbeliovethem inno
cent. If it. were not for the fear, of
bringing down upon the heads of
Mooney, his companions and defenders,
the buzzards charge, that they were
till pro-German, the German workers
too would forward a petition to Presi
dent Wilson and he believed Mr. Wil
son fair enough to consider it.
PROVIDKNCK, K. I. March 12.—
The State Senate here today dodt the
death blow to Prohibition in ! fh--.de
Island when they postponed tht rati
fication of tlie Federal Amendment in
definitely.
The Amendment to the Const Pitioa
as adopted by congress provide I li
the Amendment to become effective
must be ratified by three tiuarteru of
the States of the 1'nion within tweive
months. The ratification >f the
amendment in this state has o utsell a
haril fought battle between *Ve wret
art’ drys and was lost by only a slight
margin. The drys still maintain that
t'.a.v have hoi>e of forcing the ratifica
tion before the closing of this session
of Ute State Legislature.
ANNAPOLIS, Mar. 12.—The rati
fication of the Prohibition Amendment
to the Constitution was ilofeated here
today when the bill was forced out of
Octmnnittee and voted down by a small
ynargin. The Wets claim they have
sufficient strength to keep the measure
down for at least another year.
Please leave your order at the
Nome Tailoring Co. (next door Seg
erstrom and Hagen), for coal etc.,
press. Orders promptly attended to.
I
!
\ WASHINGTON, D. C„ March 12.—
Secretary of the Navy Josephus Dan
iels and his entire Department were
given a clean bill of health in the re
port made today to the Senate by the
Naval AStairs Committee. All expen
ditures of this department have been
made wi Ji good judgement and the ut
most caution, and all serious and in
tricate i roblems have been promptly
dealt with in the most skillful manner.
\ The Secretary and department heads
were complimented, for the very effic
,ient methods used in their pre-war pre
parations. for their organization tests
and for their very adequate handling
of all emergencies. Senator Tillman
Chairman of the Committee also com
plimented Mr. Daniels on the improve
ment made in the Navy’s officers and
men since the Secretary’s substitution
of grape juice for malt liquor aboard
ship. At the time the Secretary abol
ished booze he was subjected to the
severest criticism by those who thought
the navy could not exist unless its
officers had plenty of liquor. Sena
tor Tillman’s complimentary remarks,
it is supposed were intended to show
the Committees approval and to assume
him of the Committees co-operation
since he has so conclusively prevail
his ability as a far sighted and cupanic
government official.
As a small navy the American Navy
eclipses any navy in the wor'd ted: y
for its expertness in handling any and
all situations with which it has been
confronted and if all other departments
of the government would administer
the powers delegated to them a' ofl'es
iently as the Navy there would Indeed
he bul slight friction between the peo
ple and the government, said Senator
Harding in closing his remarks.
1,300,000 MEN BE
DRAWN 2ND DRAFT
i
i WASHINGTON, D. C., March 12.—
j In view of the many false reports being
i continually circulated about the coun
try, by irresponsible speculation both
through the press and by individuals,
who know absolutely nothing about the
date having been set for the next draft,
j l’rovost Marshall General Crowder to
! day emphatically stated that there
j was no date set. Crowder intimated
that the Department itself was not in
a position to announce just when the
date would be decided upon as legis
lation which is pending at the present
time will in all likelyhood change the
basis of computation. He said how
! ever, that the next increment would'
not be called for in such a large num
ber at one time as the first draft but
taut the men would be gradually as
similated in small quotas as room is
rustle at cantonments as the trained
men are sent to the front. The na
tional quotas and state quotas sh ill be
fixed in the near future, that is with
regards to numbers but this does not
mean that these men will be called to
military service immediately the num
b' rs are issued. After explaining the
problem presented by the scarcity of
men for farm and other kinds of com
mon labor, the Provost stated that
plans had already been perfected to
take care of this situation.
The plans as outlined for the grant
ing of extended furloughs to till those
men who are classified as having any
knowledge of farm work who have
been called and are at the present
time in training eamips, and by de
ferring the summoning' of all men en
gaged at the time in farm work or are
willing to perform such work rather
than go into training at the time their
numbers are called.
Marshall Crowder reveals the fact
■that all men coming under the head of
Deferred Classes ns well as all men
in class one who may have had s|ieciat
technical training that would make
them desirable will all be called. The
next national quota when announced.
It is assumed will consist of about
1,300,000 men but the exact number to
be called front month to month cannot
be announced for reasons which at the
present time cannot be made public.
The. last increment of the first official
draft will start for the cantonments
on March twenty ninth and will con
sist of 05,000 select service men, order
for this movement will he immediately
put into effect, asserts Crowder.
REPORT THAT TROTZKY
STILL AT THE HELM
STOCKHOLM, Mar. 12.—Infor
mation coming from Fletrograd to
day says that all efforts to oust
Trotsky from office have now ceased
as he has so thoroughly convinced
all factions, that his polic.y which
has been carried out to the interest
of the people, was the. only policy
that could conclusively prove to the
people that it was the peoples' in
terests which were at stake in the
war and not the interests of a few
big land owners. Trotsky’s satis
factory explanation of all questions
put to him by t hrroemcf.abaicdoffl
put to him by the former, dissatis
fied adherents of Kerensky has
even strengthened him with them
and made him more popular with
the people than ever.
A plot has been expose in Mos
cow, by the confession of one of a
number of officials who formerly
supported Kerensky and who have
h'en at some pains to give excuses
for their lack of support of the
Bolsehviki Government, whereby it
is shown that these officials even
went so far, in their attempts to
discredit the government, as to
give information to the German in
vaders regarding the defenses of
the new tin.*.,.,... ..., ... ......
hope that they would be able to lay
the blame to Trotsky and by this
method eliminate him from the sit
uation altogether.
As soon as the plot was given
away, by one* of the officials, who
when it came to be a down right
traitor refused to go through with
it, information was sent out broad
cast in an attempt to catch the
guilty ones but it is feared that
they have arleady reached the Ger
man lines.
The exposure of the plot,whether
Kerensky can be connected with it
or not, completely discredits him
and his kind with the Russian peo
ple.
VLAD] VOSTOCK, •Mar. 12.—
Rumors, purporting to oeme Trem
the interior to the effect that a body
of Russians after being defeated by
tlio Bolsheviki, have retreated to
Harbin in Manchuria, is doubted
t
here owing to the extreme difficulty
of the country over which the re
treating forces would be compelled
: .' *'• r t that Harbin
is about 300 miles from the nearest
point in the Siberian boundary.
Hardware, Furniture, Gents Fur
nishings .Kubber Goods. .No war
prices at Holt's.
. .SCHN'KIDKIt Bi ll IHVG rooms
are now for rent, l»,v the day, week
or month.
..Booms by the month, $10.00 ami
up.
...Also steam heated rooms.
..Will reopen restaurant in a few
days.
George Modini,
Prop.
WJS r.AN’ HO IT.
Peoples Laundry wash everything
except the Baby.
W. J. WILLIAMSON, Prop.