ALLIES
LABOR
AGREEMENT
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VOL. 11
ROMB, AI.AHKA. THURSDAY, JANUARY, 17, 1018.
NO. 2466.
SHORTAGE CLOSES INDUSTRIES
AMERICAN ENGLISH
WORKERS TOGETHER
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 16.—
The importance and power of tho
British Labor movement and the
strength and influence of the labor
counterpart in American affairs arc
believed to lend great significance
lo the community of opinion which
has developed between them as re
gards the war aims and peace terms
of their respective governments.
Great Britain and the United
States.
In line with the general policy,
terms of which have formed the
slogan, “No annexations, no com
pulsory indemnities”, first annunci
ated by the Russian Bolsheviki,
the British Labor Parly has declar
ed itself as in favor of a renuncia
tion by England of annexations in
Asia Minor, India and Africa and
in favor of a vast protectorate to
be administered internationally
over these peoples.
Officials declare this to be a most
important stop forward in the in
terests of democracy, since embo
died in this policy is the Bolshe
viki doctrine that in the future
each people shall declare for them
selves v.hat government cr form of
government they choose . r
According tc officials of the Am
erican Federation of Labor th’,s
precicely accords with the position
of organized labor in the United
States.
Bring your forfeiture notice* to Um
Industrial Worker
—
You’ll see it first in the Worker.
EASTERN
INDUSTRIES
TO] SUSPEND
‘ WASHINGTON, D. C„ Jan. 16.—
Acting upon the example set by the
Fuel Administrator of the state of
Illinois the Federal Governments
Department has directed today that
coal and fuel supplies be witheld
from all industrial establishments
for the five days next ensuing.
Thi3 amazing order includes even
those industries engaged in the
production of necessaries for carry
ing on the war and further pro
vides that from now until March
18th every Monday shall be a
holiday, every single industry to
suspend for the entire day; the
order being limited of course to
such industrial interprises as are
dependent upon fuel consumption.
,The order as issued is made ap
plicable at once to all industries
east of the Missisippi River but it
is officially announced that it will
be extended to include the entire
country unless immediate relief re
sults.
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Jan. 16.—
Fairly well confirmed dispatches
are reaching this city by way of
London to the effect that the Ger
man government is planning to
oust its Foreign Secretary for his
alleged failure to press with the
desired figure the Teutonic claims
and interests before the Brest
Litovsk conference with the Bolshe
viki envoys. Secretary von Khule
man is charged with the responsib
ility because he was vested with
superior powers as head of the
German delegation.
AMERICAN SOLDIERS
NEAR [{MUTINY
SAN FRANCISCO, Jail. 16.—In
spite of vigorous denials to the
contrary the reports are gaining
haadway and being credited that
five privates of the Fourteenth
United States Infantry have been
convicted of an attempt to blow
np Fort Seward.
Officers at the Headquarters of
the Western Department of the
Army are believed to be attempt
ing to suppress the information for
military reasons, but that in fact
they have received the findings of
the Court Martial which tried the
soldiers in question.
The soldiers are reported to have
been brought to Fort Worden for
temporary confinement before be
ing forwarded to the military pri
son at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
It is alleged that they were con
victed of an attempt to incite other
soldiers to mutinous conduct and
to practices of sabotage.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 16.—
The Navy Department has re
ceived a report indicating that a
startling plot has been unearthed
which had for its purpose the de
struction by dynamite of one of the
Navy’s largest dry docks on the At
lantic Coast, the name of which is
withheld from publication.
An infernal machine was found
in a pile of timbers and an investi
gation at once begun.
Reasonable prices, and first class
workmanship at the Nome Tailoring
Company.
NASHVILLE GETS GOV’T
POWDER PLANT
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 16.—
An agreement has practically been
reached whereby Nashville, Ten
nessee is to get the government's
new forty five million dollar powd
er plant.
While news about it has for
obvious reasons been withold it is
known that a lively scramble has
been going on to secure luscious
federal government plum, between
a dozen or more contending cities.
The construction work will begin
.so soon as final details are closed
up. The establishment is to be of
cement throughout and it is esti
mated that with making all poss
ible speed it will require over a
year to complete.
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Jan. lfi.—
By a vote of thirty six to thirty two
the senate ha3 defeated a proposal
to give the Federal Trade Com
mission control of news print paper
and lts distribution.
The measure was attacked on
the ground that it would give the
Commission the power ot a censor
over the newspapers using the news
print product.
NEW YORK, Jan. 1C.—The
steamer Texan ot the American
Hawaian Line which had been re
ported as destroyed somewhere at
sea is now understood to be safe
according to information afforded
her owners by the Navy Depart
ment.
Let ua estimate on your Job Work
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CHICAGO, Jan. 13.—The State
Fuel Administrator today decided
upon a drastic if not a desperate
course by which it is expected to
soften to some extent the rigors of
the coal famine which occurring
contemporaneously with the worst
winter the country has known for
years has occasioned much intense
suffering among the unfortunate
masses of people.
The plan consists in a recommen
dation which has been determined
upon that every industry bo closed
i.
for a number of day’s In January
and another in February if found
desirable; that is to say to tempo
rarily suspend work in those in
dustries using coal for power or
other purposes, in order that the
fuel that would be consumed on
the given days may be diverted to
relieve the prevailing suffering.
The dates for this suspension
which have so far been decided
upon are January 19th, 20th, 21st,
and the 26th ,27th and 28th.
All schools, stores, churches, clubs
business houses except certain ne
cessary retail establishments are
thus directed to take an involun
tary vacation.
Opioin is not wholly united on
the wisdom of this course since it
is pointed out that as its necessary
result some sixty thousand laborers
will thus be thrown out of work
and would face a hardship scarcely
endurable than that which is
sought to be cured.
Anything In the line of job work
CONGRESS ORDERS
NEW REGISTRATION
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 16.—
By a joint resolution of both
houses of Congress and offered in
the Senate by Senator Chamberlain
a new iegi3tration of youths elig
ible for the military draft is pro
vided for and to take place imme
diately.
Tho resolution contemplates
mainly in <he purpose to bring the
former draft up to date by requir
ing the registration of those who
lia've reached the eligible age since
the former registration in June.
It is estimated that this course
will add at once a half million men
who will be available for the draft.
GREENVILLE, Ky., Jan. 16.—
A mine explosion occurred here to
day in tho workings of the Broad
ner Mining Company with fatal re
sults to two miners. Twenty other
miners were seriously injured and
would have perished but for the
excellent team work of the rescue
parties. The mine is on fire, all
efforts to extinguish proving un
availing.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 16.—
Representative Baker today intro
duced for enactment by Congress
a measure calculated to put the
matter of the nations water power
in. the hands of a special adminis
trator. The bill was referred to
the water power commission.
GERMAN INTERNAL
TROUBLE OVER
AMSTERDAM, Jan. 16.—The
(actional differences which had
threatened to split the German mi
litary party and to disrupt its
military program are believed to
have smoothed out by a compro
mise agreement wherein von Hin*
donberg has yielded to Chancellor
von Hertling’s desire to handle the
international adjustments between
the Central Powers and the Rus
sian Bolshevik! regime and the ulti
mate disposition of the separate
peace negotiations which are under
way.
In return for this concession Gen
eral von Hindenbcrg, the famed
superman of the Teutonic imagina
tion is to be given a free hand in
the direction and management of
the military affairs on the western
front, without interference from
the Chancellor, until the issues of
war are settled to far as military
activities aro concerned.
The Chancellor in short conceded
his veto power of the conduct of
Hindenberg and has in fact consti
tuted him a supreme dictator over
all the territory being held by the
German armies in the west, as well
as commanding supremely the west
ern armies.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 16.—
General Pershing, commanding the
American Forces in France has re
ported thirty seven deaths among
American soldiers, twenty seven of
which wers~"from pneumonia.
If so it will pay you to investigate,
rates of the Industrial Worker on
publication of application therefor.
PAPER PRAISING
WILSON SUPPRESSED
AMSTERDAM, Jan. 16.—The
German government has confiscated
an entire issu§ of Die Zukunft a
German newspaper published by
Maximilian Harden because of what
is regarded as a bit to friendly
praise of President Wilson’s ex
pression of the peace aims of the
United States.
Harden’s writings have been the
most severe criticism of the
Kaiser’s war activities that have
escaped the imperial axe. The pub
lication will be permitted to con
tinue but under watchful sur
veillance.
LONDON, Jan. 16.—That all is
not well in the dual monarchy is
believed to be Indicated in the ac
tion of the Hungarian cabinet
which resigned in a body today.
The ministry had outlined an
elaborate program of military ac
tivity but increasing murmurs of
the Hungarian people against a
further prosecution of the war had
robbed the cabinet of the support
necessary to carry it out, and this
is given as the reason for the pre
cipitate debacle of the ministry.
LONDON, Jan. 16.—In parlia
ment today F. Ronar Law came to
the defense of the British Field
Marshal Sir Douglas Haig for faul
ure to hold back the German on
slaught at Cambria.