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VOLUME XII.
NOME, ALASKA. SATURDAY, AUGUST, 17, 1918.
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LONG TRIAL NEARS ITS ENDING
CASE OF I. W. W.
COES TO THE JURY
CHICAGO—Today the trial of 101
members of the Industrial Workers
of the World, including almost all the
prominent general and local officers
of the organization thruout the coun
try, went to the jury today.
The members of the I. W. W. are
charged with many indictments, a
blanket indictment for conspiracy
adding its strength to all the rest.
The feature of the trial was the
enormous mass of correspondence
which the prosecution introduced in
order to prove sabotage and illegal
acts against the accused. The charge
that the organization was subsidized
with German money was definitely
exploded at the trial, not even a scin
tilla of evidence forthcoming on this
head.
The most sensational feature of the
proceedings when the defense pre
sented its case was the introduction
of soldiers in uniform, volunteer and
drafted men, who testified as to their
affiliation with the I ,W. W. and city
officials in various sections, one man
a preacher and a mayor, being brot
forward to testify on their behalf.
The efforts upon the part of the de
fense to introduce the report and find
ings of the Industrial Relations Com
mittee was defeated by the objection
of Attorney Nebeker conducting the
prosecution, and sustained by the
judge.
The defense desired to show that
the conditions which prevailed in
dustrially caused the creation of the
I. AV. AV. for the purpose of improving
conditions, and this discussion be
tween counsel led in turn to a nice
hair splitting argument upon the dis
tinction between motive and intent,
which Judge Landis finally defined.
The defense introduced the lead
ing defendants on the stand and ask
ing them to describe their history
and connection with the I. W. W.,
these men delivered speeches of vary
ing length to the jury, one of them,
Sam Scarlett addressing the jurymen
as ’’fellow workers.,, Scarlett creat
ed some amusement when he describ
ed Sam Gompers as “an English Jew
who still believes that America is an
Enlgish colony.” Scarlett is a ma
chinist a former member of that
brotherhood and a Scotchman. The
case has been before the jury since
April. The defense did not deliver
a closing address to the jury.
MUST HAVE FOUR
MILLION AT FRONT
WASHINGTON,—Senator Cham
ebrlain in reporting the new draft
hill to the Senate said that the Pres
ident believes that the war must be
won on the western and Italian fronts
General March, the United States
Chief of Staff and who accompanied
Pershing when the American com
mander first went to Europe, declares
that America must send over four
million men to win the war.
He also stated that the War Depart
ment will have three million men in
Europe by next June and that eigh
teen reserve divisions would be held
at home.
This declaration coming through
Chamberlain from such high sources
is ample proof that the war is not
;hot to be likely of short duration
uid the United States government is
aying plans which at least extend
nto the next two years.
The new draft bill embraces all
between the ages of 18 and 45 and
will it is held give the nation as many
pillions over and above the amount
■eferred to by General March, as
night ultimately be required.
It is evident that as far as man
power is concerned, it has been de
termined that the United States will
furnish enough to give an overwhelm
ing superiority.
WASHINGTON,—General March,
is opposed to sending troops to Si
ebria. It would, he said, necessitate
increasing the numbers of them, and
interfere with the transportation on
the western front.
He states that in addition to the
troops at the front there were still
one million five hundred and fifty
thousand men in training.
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BRITISH PUSH ON
IN LYS SALIENT
LONDON,—Fighting on the west
front saw the British advancing rap
idly both on the Picardy and Fland
ers fronts, although faced by power
ful resistance. The British after a
pitched battle of ferocious violence
drove back the Germans on the north
ern flank of the Lys salient.
The British are gradually cleaning
up the German resistance north ol
Roye road aiding the French in the
latter’s wonderful encircling move
ment and increasing the jeopardy ol
the German forces there.
PARIS,—American airmen de
stroyed three German planes anc
drove another down out of contro
on Friday on the Alsne front in om
battle. The French near Roye woi
possession of Loges Wood, powerfu
counters being repulsed. The Ar
tillery is actively bombarding fron
positions west of Roye.
LONDON,—British airmen dam
aged a German destroyer when thirt;
tonstof bombs were dropped on Zee
brugge and Ostend.
WASHINGTON—The Navy De
partment announced that nine of the
[ crew of the British tanker Mirle were
i missing following its being divered
i only 25 miles off Cape Hatteras.
I
WASHINGTON.—General March
1 told the Senate Military Committee
in his week end statement that the
American troops now in France to
. tailed one million four hundred and
. fifty thousand. The rapid dispatch
of troops is phenomenal.
GETTING STEEL MEN
INTO ONE UNION
CHICAGO,—John Fitzpatrick of
the American Federation of Labor and
one of the most active labor organi
zers of the whole group is now en
gaged in the mighty work of organ
izing the one million or more steel
workers in a national union which
will have control of the entire labor
in the industry. Steel companies do
not take kindly to the formation of
this organization. Fitzpatrick de
clares that the pritnary aim of organ
izing this vast industry is to prevent
strikes during the war, and to pro
mote the greatest possible efficiency
of output for the government in steet
£.n£l war material.
The big men in the steel industry
on the other hand, regard the war as
only an incident and the fact that
after the war their employees will
be organized in an all powerful na
tional '.n'uetrlal union, does not ap
peal to them.
They have succeeded for so many
years in keeping the unions out of
their plants and in so many of them
have made it a compulsory condition
of employment that they do not be
long to any organization, they are
not willing not even for patriotic pur
poses to accept the organization at
the present time.
In spite of this Fitzpatrick is find
ing his organization work is making
very rapid progress and its success
is assured.
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SERRE SECTOR IS
SCENE WITHDRAWAL
LONDON,—The most important
development in the fighting on Fri
day was the continued withdrawal
of the Germans north of Albert and
on the Lys sector in the Flanders
front.
The Germans north' of Albert went
back several miles before the attack
of the British, the withdrawal evi
dently having beeh' previously ar
ranged and was accomplished quietly
and with no disorder, with careful
rear guard activities protecting the
retiring columns until the new de
fenses were occupied by the Germans.
Even this retirement is regarded
as only temporary as airmen report
the Germans to be making ready their
old defense lines for occupancy, evi
dently intending to get back there be
fore the Autumn campaign closes.
The British troops continue to
make a steady advance and took
possession of Domery and Parvillers
after severe fighting.
PARIS,—The French troops mag
nificently led and fighting with ex- j
ceptional brilliancy, are encircling J
Roye and east of Armancourt have
reached and occupied their old first
lines.
The encirclement of Roye again
jeopardizes a large number of Ger
man troops and important develop
ments in that particular vicinity may
be looked for.
The steady advance continues down
the Lassigny ridge on the eastern
slopes, the Germans endeavoring to
holtl up the weight of the French with
stubborn rear guard counter attacks,
some of these being heavy and power
ful.
TROOPS GO FROM
MANILLA TO SIBERIA
WASHINGTON,—It is announced
that an American regiment dispatch
ed from the Phillipines is now at
Vladivostok and will co-operate with
the Japanese troops also there.
Other regiments will follow.
The action of the government it is
thus indicated was taken some time
ago but no news leaked out of the
troops leaving. Telegraph dispatch
es sent out quite a while ago did say
that American troops were in Vladi
vostok .
The situation at Vladivostok, out
side government circles where doubt
less full reports are always being re
ceived, is not reported and conflicting
news has filtered its way into the
papers.
It is now known that Japanese,
British and American troops are there
According to Tokio dispatches, from
which place most of the news from
Siberia now emanates, conditions in
Vladivostok are orderly but some dis
tance from the city disorders and
ighting is proceeding. In the Amer
can announcement today, Friday, it
s not shown what policy the Allies
,vill pursue, the broad general policy
jolicy that America would co-operate
with Japan bding alone stated.
How far that Japanese policy ex
ends and in what direction positively
rothing is given out to the people, al
hough the papers are full of conjec
:ure.
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GERMANS LIKE BARKIS
SAY THEY ARE READY
AMSTERDAM,—A Berlin dispatch
reports an article in the Berliner
Tageblatt where the German Foreign
Secretary is quoted as saying that
Germany will consider peace propos
als which are reasonable enough for
her to do so. Obviously there is no
importance in this statement and.
papers point out that the gist of the
whole matter is what the Germans
might consider reasonable and what
the Allies would give a similar term.
LONDON,—Scant attention is giv
en the reported statement of the Ger
man Minister for Foreign Affairs who
is declared to have announced that
Germany is willing to listen to reas
onable peace proposals. These reas
onable proposals include almost any
thing, from a victorious conclusion
which enabled Germany to hold all
her Russian seizures, to the demands
of Count von Roon who wants the
Allies to pay a huge war indemnity,
the surrender to Germany of the
British navy, territory in Africa in
addition to the return of her former
colonies and other impossible clauses
in the platform of the Fatherland.
Party.
AMSTERDAM,—It is freely ac
cepted in the best informed circles
that there is less chance of peace to
day than at any time in the history
of the great war from the very be
ginning. It looks extremely dark, in
spite of the German propaganda
which has absolutely no ring of sin
cerity.
VIENNA,—Quasi official as it is,
the Zeit, always recognized as a gov
ernment organ of first importance,
says that the peace question is not
separate from the military situation.
It declares that the whole ques
tion is receiving the attention of the
emperors of the Central Powers.
yhis statement is regarded as in
dicating that the Central Powers are
embarking on a definite movement
towards peace. It is now said to have
reached its decisive phase because or
the military situation being now so
serious.
PARIS,—The French cruiser Du
Petit on Thursday was submarined
and sunk.
American destroyers were quickly
on the scene and with remarkable
work rescued all but thirteen of the
crew of the sunken cruiser. This is
considered a remarkable feat.
TYPOS VOTE DOWN
SEVEN HOUR DAY
SCRANTON,—Th International
Typographical Union is now holding
its national annual convention in this
city.
The most important action taken
from a political point of view is the
disapproval registered by this organ
ization of the nationwide prohibition
movement and the voting down of
the resolution endorsing the prohibi-j
tion amendment. The influence of j
the executives of the American Fed-J
“ration of Labor was marked in the
addresses delivered in the course of
the debate on the adoption of the
committees report that the resolution
be not approved of.
Another important resolution
which was negatived by the delegates
was one for a seven hour day, to re
place the eight hour day now general
thruout the nation in the printing
trades.
The seven hour day was thot im
practical at this time, although many
who announced their intention of!
voting against the resolution admitted
that it was only a matter of a very
short time when the seven hour day
would be an accomplished fact in
this as well as other industries.
There was a bitter fight put up by
the delegates supporting the seven
hour day, some of the strenges! locals
cf the union insisting that it obtain
support.