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VOL. H.
NOME, ALASKA. FRIDAY, MARCH 15, 1918.
NO. 2515.
WASHINGTON, Maivh 11—The foul
American .soldiers sent, need to death
)>y shooting n il! not be shot. The pro
ceedings in their ease, are deemed en
tirely irregular, by the Judge Advo
cate General of the Army and aftei
having been inspected by President
Wilson, the papers are being returnec
to General Pershing in France. Thest
men were supposed to have been guilty
of sleeping on duty while in the trench
es, they were tried by a military couri
martial and sentenced to be shot
Pershing himself was not quiet satis
fied with the findings of the court. a«
is evident by his sending the records
to Washington before ordering the sen
tencc to be carried out, thereby show
ing his extreme good judgement.
The men ennnot mow be shot without
new evidence being introduced and
probably the military court will not be
quite so hasty in pronouncing the
death penalty when they realize thdt
their verdict will be subject to a severe
scrutiny. Soldiers are human beings
just the smne as any other American
Citizens and do not lose their right
as Citizens simply because they don
a uniform.
WASHINGTON, March 14—Presi
dent Wilson today sent the name of
Charles Davidson, to the senate for re
appointment or Alaska Surveyor Gen
eral.
BOSTON, March 4—A ten per cent
increase was yesterday granted to all
New England Textile Workers. It is
estimated that at he present time more
than 100,000 workers are engaged in
tills industry. The employees some
time ago had requested an increase of
twenty i»er cent but the employers
coultn't seo il that way so they com
promised at ten.
..Don't forget, we save you a little
money and are able to suup y any
thing at Holt's.
PERTAINING TO THE COAL
QUESTION; CONSIDER IT
CAREFULLY OY MARCH 21
Air. Frank C. Dear, left the follow
ing ‘'belated" copy in the Industrial
Worker office, near the noon hour yes
terday. M. Dean stated, the reason
why he did not hand us a copy in time
to be published in yesterday's issue,
was because he had only one copy at
the time, and that one, he had left at
the Nugget office. He also informed
■us he was too sick at the time to make
out another.
We fe.lt exceedingly sorry when we
heard of -Mr. Doan's indisposition.
Therefore we cheerfully accepted his
apology. Nevertheless, we desire to say
for the benefit of Mr. Dean, or uny
bodyelse whom it may concern, that,
anytime there is only one available
copy of any document which anyone
is anxious to see published in both, the
Nome Nugget and the Industrial Work
er, it is not necessary to go to any
Inocnvenience, because the Nugget is
published in the evening, and the
Worker in tho morning. All that is
required is to notify the Worker office
to publish a Certain article which is in
the evening paper or else notify the
Nugget office to publish such and such
an article which is in the morning
paper. Thor© is a Phone in the
Worker Office, and we presume there
is one in the Nugget Otlice.
Seattle Washington March 8-9 1918.
IGLOO. (A. L. & C Co.)
Nome, Alaska.
Prevailing coal and shipping condi
tions render it practically certain
! sacked coal cannot be sold in Nome
next winter under twenty eight or
thirty dollars.
Considering present Nome newspaper
and public sentiment and attitude to
ward coal situation wo are giving ser
ious consideration whether advisable
for this company continuing carrying
winter coal supply.
We would like an explanation
whether there is fairly general desire
for tliis company to curtail its coal
operations in Nome.
Give this widest publicity; submit
to City Council, Chamber of Commerce,
lied Cross and all other public bodii-s
for decision.
Con 1 for summer shipment will be
largely .dieted in .March and early de
cisions arc necessary to insure even
summer requirements.
Last year's operations were under
orders CURL ADMINISTRATION and
their authority will govern this year.
Crude oil situation very serious; may
be necessary for all Nome Public
Bodies join, us in presenting: Nome's
necessity for oil to San Francisco War
Oil Board in order to secure even
small quantity.
Signed IGLOO. (A. L. & C. t'o.
The Secietary of the Miners TTnion
handed us the following communication
last evening.
Nome Alaska, March 14 1918
The Miners Union,
Nome, Alaska.
Gentlemen: —
The Board of Directors of the Cham
ber of Comerce requests that you ap
point a eomjmiittee to act with them
upon the message received from the Al
aska Lighterage & Oomercial Company
relativeto the coal situation.
As this is an issue of paramount
importance to the community, should
there be no regular meeting of your
hotly,- we request that the presiding
officer appoint such committee.
The meeting will be held in the Pion
eer Hull on Thursday evening the 21st
inst. at 8 p. m.
Respectfully,
N. S. P. Chamber of Commerce,
Frank C. Dean Secretary.
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Keep Posted Head the Worker.
ADMINISTRATION R. R.
BILL ABORTED YESTERDAY
WASHINGTON, March ,11-The
House today alniiodt unanimously
adopted the Administration Railroad
Bill. Soane slight objection of the Con
feree’s Report, since the insertion of
tt clause, denying the right of indi
cidueil slates, to tax railroad property
■within the state, but after a short
debate the measure was put to a vote.
The Senate has not yet intimated any
Intention to recede from the position
taken yesterday and unless il does or
the taxing clause is eliminated the
Bill will be hold up for some time to
come.
This trill delay all Administration
plans to immediately do away with
dummy officials who have for some
lime been trying to hinder nnd dis
credit government control and opera
tion of railroads.
After tills Bill is passed any at
■tcnuplt of these crooks to continue
their obstructive tactics will land
them before a military court where
they may find themselves inconven
ienced by their slush fund which is
generally so effective in purchasing
“White wash" for them in civil courts.
W'ASHINUTofj, March M—The
Senate Committee on (Commerce re
sumed its investigations into the $5,
000,000 graft, of the Hog Island Ship
building Corporation, which plant is
situated near Philadelphia.
The first man to come before the
investigators this morning was Mr.
Dudley Kennedy one of Air. Prank
Vunderplips recommended appointees.
During Mr. Kennedy’s examination hp
was asked by Senator Vardaman of
Mississippi, why there were so many
guards employed at this yard when the
government has so well provided for
the guarding by the army, of not only
such important industries, but the en
tire stater zone in general. Mr. Ken
nedy stated that, some of his guards,
had discovered two hundred and fifty
pounds of dynamite which had been
si ( acted in the yard where it would do
the most damage, and that fearing a
plot to blow up the yards, dozens ol
extra guards were immediately em
ployed. The Committee had the report
o fthe government Secret Service Dept,
before them and while many of the
agents of the Dept., were employed as
workmen in and about the yards and
as these men are “about” as shrewd as
the men commonly employed by cor
porations, Senator Vadaman intimated
that he failed to understand how the
government agents failed to mention
such tin important matter in their re
port. Mr. Kennedy was submitted to a
very searching examination and his an
swers did not. seem to completely s t
isfy his examiners.
Mr. Kennedy stated that barracks
which would accomodate six thousand
inten had been completed and that ar
I rangements had been completed for
j the construction of accomodations for
I thirteen thousand more ,at Philadel
phia. but that the men were raising '
strenuous objections to the Philadelphia
(►reposition they said they did not
want to spend helf their time on the
street ears and waste money in this
way which could he better spent for
buying Liberty Bonds and that when
it came to donating they would much
rather donate what little they could
spare, to the Red Cross bhind, than to
the street-railway barons or any other
Philadelphia business concern. Tho
Committee is going to find out if posi
ble who has been robbing the govern
ment of the millions of dollars while
tlie people are squeezing the p> nnies.
Tomorrow more of Mr. Vafiidcrlips
favorites wilt he examined.
Senator Sheppard of Texas said that
every official connected with the cor
poration in any way should be made
to ti ll what be knew of the disgrace
ful waste of government funds; so it
is probable that .Mr. Vanderlip will bo
examined also.
AMERICA AND HER ALLIES
WILL COMMANDEER OVER
FORTY DUTCH SHIPS
NEW YORK, Mar. 14.—Forty or
fifty Dutch ships affected by the
American and Allies declaration to
commandeer Dutch shipping are
now in Am erican Atlantic ports.
Their officers have pointed out to
American officials at Washington
that they feel at the present time it
would be much better for Holland
if America would commandeer all
the Dutfh shipping entering Amer
ican ports from now on. This plan
they explained they believed to be
strictly within the recognized sov
ereign rights of nations at war.
They advised that the American gov
erment take this action so as to
alleviate Hollands responsibility to
Germany, which country is quite
obviously terrorizing the little king
dom.
Under these circumtanc; s, say the
Dutch officers, Holland can make no
voluntary agreement wh r* by the
entire Dutch Tonnage would be un
der the control of America and the
Allies. Ami rican and Allied offi
cials are considering the proposition
and it is expected that means will
be at once forthcoming to take
over the entire Dutch shipping. The
Dutch officers hold that, their snips
are being constantly torpedoed, sunk
destroyed cr held in pore through
fear of ouch, action, by the Ger
mans anil tliat they cannot be used
to any advantage by Holland, and
that, they can be in no greater dan
ger if taken over and used by
America and the Allies.
The War and Navy departments
express very favorable opinions of
! tlife suggested plans. If taken over,
the Dutch Shipping which amounts
to almost 900,000 tons, would be
a great help to America and the
ships are so scarce for transport
ing supplies to Europe.
GET THE NEWS It I GMT. ISE.VH
THE WOKKKIt.
ALBANY, Mar. 14.—Assembly- J
man, Joceph A. Whithorn, Socialist
member from Brooklyn, made a stir
ring appeal today, for justice to
the workers of the country, before
the Legislature hero in session.
After finishing his plea for the
workers he introduced a resolution,
to petition the Governor of Califor
nia to grant a stay of execution ror
Thomas Mooney. The resolution
stated that Mooney’s only crime
has been his devotion to the cause j
of Labor. The resolution was
I
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later reported favorably on by tliw j
Resolution:! Committee and adopted |
by the assemby.
Good, clean, comfortable bod', by |
the <lay, week or month, at the i
Dunham Huilding, next door City i
Hull. (West)
Mrs. Markham, Drop.
Granite, Notions, Crocker
ware^ and everything you need at
Holts. 'j «\
25 AMERICANS
iEii™ HELD
PRISONERS
WASHINGTON, D. C. Mar. ’ t.—
The State Department announces
the receipt of a cablegram from the
American Minister to Sweden, Mr.
Morris, at Stockholm, stating that
twenty-five Americans are I ing
held on the coast and aro being
refused passage to Sweden. It is
surmised that the Finnish oilbials
are acting on advice from Germany
as they have been reported to
have asked the German government
some time ago for a king. Mr.
Morris say-.- he is Investigating and
from Wachington.
First-class Vnaiakleet dog sal
mon for sale at 12 cents a pound.
See Duffy O'Conner. ___