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VOL. 9.
NOME. ALASKA. WEDNESDAY, DEC. 8, 1915.
NO. 1817.
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He Outlines Ambitious Pan-American Program
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Scathingly Denounces Hyphenates
And Asks for Special Laws to
Deal with Them—Fiscal Policy
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Dec. 7.—
Preparedness is the key note cl
the message which President Wil
son personally read to tho ioini
session of Congress today, shortly
after noon. This was Wilson’s long
est message and it deals-compre
hensively with the proposed defense
plans and in itself consists also oi
Budget proposals of a highly im
portant fiscal nature.
Wilson also formulates a strong
Pan-American doctnnc against anj
sort of European aggression end in
sists upon the paramount rights ol
Americans in,' America. America foi
Americans is the shortest synopsis
of this statement.
The address was received with
out any sort of demonstration dur
ing the reading, although great ap
plause follow^-?-^ conclusion ol
the mecsag^i^^^^^LMal procedure
~ttch'oiarry,'*^o^en^an3"exceedingrj
able is the general description ol
the message.
PREACHES PAN AMERICANISM
Wilson startled Congress in the
most significant earlier paragraph
of his address when he urges that
there shall be a stronger union oi
all the American republics, North
and South, against any sort of Eu
ropean aggression, and to enforce
the absolute neutrality of the
Western Hemissphere declaring thal
America should be for the benefii
of Americans with an unrestricted
field for the development of the
American ideals of democracy.
The various western nations car
by standing together enforce a de
termined exclusion of European oi
other hostile activities from th
north and south American conti
nent. Mexico is cited as an exampl
of the efficiency of the settlement o
American questions by Americai
people.
DENOUNCES HYPHENATES.
The message then turns to th'
complications which have arise]
from the great war in Europe am
the President makes this occasioi
give him an opportunity for de
nouncing in scathing terms tin
“disloyalty of hyphenated Amer
leans who place fore'gn countriei
fii ct in their affections althougl
served well by America’'. lhi
message asks for laws whereby tin
dislijal activities ot such oa con
trolled by goveramrtU declarm;
1res of “passion
dis1oya*y tKc^tTaarch.’ must lx
crushed.”
REFORMS FOR POSSESSIONS
The message urges many reform:
for Philipine civil administratioi
and government the extension o
| the elective powers and popula:
1 rights of the Fiipinos. Similar re
forms are also urged for PuerU
Rico. Conditions are examined li
Hawaii and a passing reference ii
made to the necessity of continuing
the good work of railroad construe
tion for the development of th<
great Territory of Alaska and fo;
which appropriations must be made
OTHER LEGISLATION URGED.
The President urges the passag
3 of the Ship Purchase act as an lu
- dustrial necessity and favors many
j fiscal plans which practically
t amount to a Budget. He favors re
i tention of the present war tax and
the resumption of duties upon sugar
which will yield one hundred and
twelve million dollars. Wilson fore
casts that the first year’s prepared
i ness plans will cost ninety-three
l million eight hundred thousand dol
1 lars but formally disapproves of
i bond issues because he doesn’t be
■ lieve in postponing the payment of
; government bills.
. NEW TAX PROPOSALS.
; Wilson in his message urges the
: lowering of the present exemption
from income tax standards, and in
. creasing the payment gradually so
. as to ensure taxes on larger in
; comes. He urges further interna
tional taxes upon exported goods,
mentioning a tax upon gasoline
and naptha of one cent per gallon
This he estimates will yield ten mil
. lion dollars. A tax upon automo
i biles of fifty cents per horse power,
: and on internal combustion engines
which will yield, he estimates,
fifteen millions; banks checks,
i stamps which will yield eighteen
i millions, a quarter dollar a ton on
i pig iron, yielding ten million dol
; lars; fifty cents a ton on manufac
tured iron and steel articles yield
i ing ten millions.
MILITARY PROPOSALS.
Outlining the formation of a
standing army to be increased by
5 two hundred thousand men, the or
ganization of an active reserve em
bracing all citizens of military age
under arms or liable for service,
and conferring upon the President j
authority to mobilize said reserve
in the name of national necessity, i
are plans which are not worked
out in the details of the message,
but merely formulated suggestions, j
He urges the operation of rural ere- j
dit systems, conservation of the na
tional resources, and regulation of
the railroads to be carried to still
further limits.
YON GALLOWITZ TO
FIGHT THE ALLIES
LONDON, Dec. 7.—Von Gallowitz
Is now concentrating against the
Allies in Macedonia. The Bulgars
are not being moved in concert
with him owing to the sudden re
fractory stand taken by many reg'
ments.
Yesterday three hundred Bulgar
ian mutineers including several of
ficers were shot when they refused
to co-operate against the Allies.
BUCHAREST, Dec. 7.—Three
score plotters against King Ferdi
nand of Bulgaria were executed
publicly yesterday in Sofia. An
anti-Teuton movement has now
spread to the Bulgarian army.
BUCHAREST, Dec. 7.—The
Servian campaign of the Germans
cost the latter nation in killed alone
seven thousand men, by far the
greatest proportionate mortality in
any of the German campaigns.
LONDON, Dec. 7.—Little news is
given out except bald details which
convey no impression of the despe
rate nature of the Balkan situation
The people are blaming the offi
cial censor but still the War Office
says there is nothing to report.
COPENHAGEN, Dec. 7.—It is
stated that the dynamiting of the
Halle munition works in Saxony is
is only a trifle showing the general
discontent of the German workers
at the continuation of the war. So
cialists claim to have information
that conditions are growing despe
rate but the government flatly de
nies any such a condition.
t
BERLIN, Dec. 7.—.The Tageblatt
says that the best spirit of Amer
ica is identified with the Fordite
peaco mission.
COPENHAGEN, Doc. 7.—Notice
able 1b German and Austrian com
ment upon the Fordite expedition,
thero is a marked distinction in the
attitude compared with that taken
by the Allied prscs. It is obviously
friendly.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 7.—
William Jennings Efryan gives It as
his personal opinion that tho Ford
peace delegation will with the aid
of neutral nations discover a prac
ticable basis upon which peace
terms may be werkod out.
LONDON, *Doc. 7.—Neither with
regard to the Ford expedition nor
the peace discussion in the Reichtag
on Thursday next, is there any very
noticeable optimism in £ho London
papors. They cimply take the posi
tion that peace is as much imposs
ible on account of the probable de
mands of Germany as upon the ir
reconcilable intention of the Allies
to flgjit this war to the bitter end.
It is agreed that this war Is to be a
flghtl to a finish. "
PETROGRAD, Dec. 7.—An im
perial Ukase issued this morning
postpones the opening of the Duma
until after the New Year.
BERLIN, Dec. 7.—Von der
Goltz is comanding the Turks in
Mesopotamia.
PARIS, Dec. 7.—The War Coun
cil today is concluding its ses
sions.
TOKIO, Dec. 7.—Great naval
construction is being rushed in!
Japan.
ATHENS, Dec. 7.—A Bulgarian
liberalist member of the parliament
says that there will be a general
revolt against Ferdinand before an
other five months and the execu
tions today are only the forerunner
of real civil strife of enormous di
mensions.
Fresh salted Peanut and Almond:*
at the Rose Candy Store.
DONT FORGET!
Federated Church Bazaar Supper,
Dec. 10, 53:0 to 8 P. M. Chicken
Pie, Salad etc.
Fresh home made Chocolate®,.
Peanuts, Candles and Ice Cream as
the Rose Candy Store.
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Dec. 7.—
It is understood that the President
has given Lansing free rein in the
matter of the negotiations relative
to Boyed and von Papen. Lansing’s
reply to the German demand for
reasons why they should be with
drawn from the United States is ex
ceptionally abrupt and very unspeci
fic. He states that the United
States insists upon tho dismissal
of these attaches at Washington be
cause of their naval and military
activities being obnoxious to the
United States. The curtness cf
Lansing's statement is generally
commented upon.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 7.—It is
feared that the Minnesota is a total j
loss for reports now arriving are
; very meager and the steamer is
long since overdue according to its
first wireless reports. Great con
cern is felt for the safety of the
steamer.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 7.—
Reports current as to Germaai iv
lobbying in the capital following
the President’s message are giving,
rise to an ever-incrcasing friction
on the matters arising from the
war. It is stated in the Times that
there wyi be conciderablc discus
sion on the part of members of both
houses who refuse definitely and
absolutely to line up with the Admi
nistration’s foreign policy from be
ginning to end, and lively debates
are foreshadowed before the end of
the session. j
GET THE jvEWS RIGHT. REAR
THE WORKER.
PARIS, Dec. 7.—A Germau crui
ser sank a French submarine off
the Frisian islands today.
MALTA, Dec. 7.—The British
steamer Urn eta was submarined
without notice in the Mediterranean
today and fifty on board went down
with the vessel.
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Dec. 7—
The international situation is ren
dered still more acute by the re
ported firing upon the Standard
Oil Co’s steamer Petrolite in the
Mediterranenan today by an Austri
an submarine. An official report
has been received by the State De
partment of the incident. One on
board the Petrolite was wounded by
the shells from the guns of the sub
marine.
PORT SAID, Dec. 7.—The Allies
destroyer flotilla brought two enemy
ROME, Dec. 7.—There is much
disappointment in foreign circles
that Pope Benedict in his address to
the Consistory did not make some
definite peace proposals such as
wore laid before Wilson.
Augustine * Kyer, Victorias and
Butter CHsp at the Rose Candy
Store.
submarines into this port today.
None ‘of the crew were on board.
It is presumed that they were trans
ferred to warships at sea after they
had been captured. No details arc
given.
LONDON,, Dec. 7.—Special insur
ance rates on Mediterranean shipp
ing have been opposed by the gov
ernment threatening to take charge
of all mercantile marine in the
United Kingdom. The tendency
to raise rates is practically con
trolled by this government threat,
and insurance must remain at pro
portionate figures.
Bring yonr Forfeiture Notices to
the Industrial Worker.
DRY DOCKERS eo,et shrdl shrodh
SEATTLE, Dec. 7.—Confident of
knowledge that no men can be ob
tained to take their places, the
striking dry dockers are standing
firm for their demands and refuse
to yield in compromise of one oi
them. ' (
SHARON, Pa., Dec. 7.—Seven
hundred machinists employed by
the Driggs Seabury Ordnanco Co.
have struck for highs* wages and
shorterbours. The company which
Is swamped with war contracts is
;rying to effect a settlement.
INSTRUCTORS ARE
FACING CHARGER
•CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Dec. 7.—
Sllne Harvard Instructors and'
students who have been indicted ott
account of election frauds were ar
raigned today.
All pleaded not not guilty to the
iharge of illegal registration and
»acb furnished individually one
huosand dollars ball , for their ap
pearance before the court for trial.