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VOLUME XI.
NOME, ALASKA. SATURDAY JANUARY, 11, 1910.
2646.
CONGRESSMAN ELECT
CONVICTED DISLOALTY
CHICAGO, Jan 8—Socialist Con
gressman elect Berger of Milwaukee,
Wisconsin who was charged with con
spiracy and violation of the Espion
age Act was found guilty by a jury
in the District Court presided over
by Judge Kenneth M. Landis.
Sentence will be imposed by Judge
Landis at b later date. Berger who
was ably defended by council and
who took the stand in his own behalf
has made no statement as yet
whether he will appeal his case or
not.
K is rumored here that even should
Berger appeal and the appeal be
granted him, he would not be allowed
j to take his seat in the House of Rep
resentatives.
BUENOS-AYRES, Jan 10—The
wrorkers thruout the Argentinian re
public have gone on a general strike
for an eight hour day, all industries
in tTi'gentiha are practically at a
stand still. Serious disorders have
taken place, quite a number of riot
ers have been killed and wounded.
The government is using every ef
fort to restore order and settle the
strike. 1
NEW YORK, Jan 10—Virtually all
shipping in this harbor has been forc
ed to be suspended owing to a strike
of harbor workers for an eight hour
day. All coastwise shipping, Feerries
tugboats, ets are without crews, ly
ing at their wharves waiting for the
strike to be setled. A number, of
deep water vessels unable to pr.Rr.^^
tugboats have been compelled to re
main in the harbor. Approximately
15,000 men in aall branches of the
dock and engineering departments
are involved.
Seep I’osted. Read the WORKER.
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CIVIL WAR RAGING
IN GERMAN CAPITAL
COPENHAGEN, Jan 7—Reports
received here from Berlin state that
the struggle between the extreme
■radicals known as the Spartacus
group led by Dr Karl Liebknecht and
the soldiers loyal to the Socialist
Provisional government for mastery
has assumed such proportions as to
resemble civil war. The banks have
been barricaded and are strongly
held by the soldiers who have so far
been able to frustrate all attempts
•f the Radicals to capture them.
The public buildings are reported
to have been burned during the heavy
fighting that has occurred, machine]
guns being freely used by both sides.
Bands of armed men are roaming
the streets and have instituted a reign
of terror. The civilian 'population
is fleeing from the city by the thous
ands. All order seems to have van
ished both sides contesting the strug
gle with extreme bitterneess and with
the outcome so far undecided.
COPENHAGEN, Jan 7—Press ad
vices from Berlin state that several
prominent Russian Bolsheviki lead
ers are assisting Dr Karl fclebknecht.
and Rosa Luxemburg in their efforts)
to estalbish a permanent govrenmentj
in Germany. No reliable news is at1
present procurable regarding the ap
pointment of the different cabinet of-j
ficials contemplated by Liebkncchtj
and his associates. Several promi
nent German radicals have been men
tioned as future cabinet officials but1
no official appointments have been
made upto the present time.
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BEVO $2.30 PER DOMEX AT LKH
MANN’S
STRIKE FORCES
NEW METHODS
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The recent Butchers strike in Seat
tle has had the effect of forcing the
union into business for itself. The
first market of the $200,000 Co-oper
ative Products association has just
been opened. Miss Cleveland, the
secretary says:
“Our dreams have at last come
true and we have in Seattle the first
real-uniion-owned public market
■workers can buy direct from those
who produce, where all profit reverts
back to those who produce it.
“And we are starting like a regu-!
lar market too,” continued Miss
Cleveland.
“We paid $30,000 cash for the
market and we have $40,000 paid on
stock.
“The matket has refrigerating
space for 100 head of beef, a sausage
plant that will turn out 2,000 pounds
of sausage in eight hours; four large
smoke houses for making hams and I
bacon; lard tanks;—in fact a com-!
plete packing plant.
“Our ice plant is equal to 20 tons
of melting ice every 24 hours.
“The market includes fish stalls,
bakery stalls, produce stalls, etc.,
etc.; everything a complete market
affords. We are affiliated with the
Co-operative Wholesale society and ■
National Equity Society of America, j
Co-operative grocery stock complete
will coon be started.”
Will you start any other markets,
we ask ?
“Well, you just watch us. This
is only the beginning and we are go
ing to make some of these markets
and produce profiteers look sick be-|
fore we get through and the scab
packing houses too. We are building
a slaughter house at Renton and then
we will open a market in the Pine
street distr.ct.
Are you sure it will go?
“Are we sure!” Miss Cleveland
echoed, as her eyes snapped.
"Wo are off right over the top and
nothing can stop us. The workers
and producers have been robbed right
and left and the spirit of co-opera
tion has been in the air long ago; we
are only bringing it to a head. We
get letters and offers of help from all
over. Cattlehen, farmers, unionmen,
in fact, everybody is with us but the
profiteers.
We started three months ago with
$50 and now we 'have $40,000 in
stock paid in and more coming in all
the time.—Seattle Call.
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JUMPERS WILL
' FIGHT BOLSHEVIKSM
■^J3SSESSBg|
-Samuel Gora
NEV ORK, Jan 8
pera, President of the American Fed
eratic^i '' Labor left for Europe to
y ftgSvtm
day nr& mpanied by James Duncan,
*}Vit» Iw P:ng and Charles Edward
aPl French labor leaders.
sr« h -.i become alarmed at the
Co. M -y
spread of this doctrine, which he
considers dangerous and intends with
assistance of European Allied labor]
leaders to formulate plans to arrest
the growth of this pernicious move
ment which threatens the destruction
of the safe and sane conservative
labor movement not only in E
but also in the United States. Com
pers stated that he hoped to be able
to pevent this nfonstrous calamity,
which would lead to the abandon
ment of the present safe and sane
policy and which he could only look
upon with the utmost horror and
loathing.^
TROTZKY ASSUMES
DICTATORSHIP
COPENHAGEN, Jan 7—Reliable
reports received here from Russia
state that Trotsky has arrested and
imprisoned Lenine for alleged deal
ings with the Mensheviks.
Lenine is reported to have urged a
comprise with the conservative Soc
ialists, the Menshevik!, a procedure
Trotsky was absolutely opposed to,
the disagreement between Trotsky
and Lenine ending in a serious quar
rel with Lenine’s arrest following.
Trotsky is reported to have assumed
the dictatorship of Russia and the
government will be carried on by him
on strictly radical lines.
STOCKHOLM, Jan 11—Uncon
firmed reports have arrived here that
the Bolsheviki have gained full con
trol in Esthonia.
The feeble resistence offered them
by the Esthonians has been overcome
and the opposition leaders have been
forced to flee or go into hiding to
escape the vengeance of the Bolshe
viki who are establishing a radical
government and are reported to be
ruling with an iron hand.
COPENHAGEN, Jan 11—/Travel
ers arriving here from Russia state
that the capture of Vilna by the Bol
sheviki forces has been reported.1
Their opponents although outnum-l
bered and outgunned, fought with the
utmost determination, vacating Vilna
only when capture by the Bolshevik!
was inevitable and retreating in ex
cellent order in the direction of
Kovno alter inflicting terrific losses
on the enemy. The Bolsheviks are re
ported to have been to exhausted to
press the pursuit with vigor contend
ing themselves with the occupation
of Vilna. Sevqfra.1 prominent citi
ezns of Vilna are reported to have
been arrested, charged with giving
aid and comfort to the enemy. The
citizens have been threatened wtih
reprisals for the resistance offered
tl« Bolsheviks.
Keep Posted, Bead the WORKER.
FOOD RIOTS
IN MOSCOW
ZURICH, Switzerland, Jan 11—
Serious rioting is reported to have
taken place in Moscow, Russia. The
people owing to the ever growing
food shortage with no immediate re
lief in sight, are almost desperate.
Food stores have been looted and
the suppression of the rioters has
been accompanied by considerable
bloodshed. Several large stores whose
proprietors have been hoarding food
and selling it to the people at ex
orbitant prices have been wrecked
and the owners who had a narrow
escape from the fury of the hungry
people had to flee for their lives. Or
der is being restored and efforts are
being made to rush relief to Moscow ,
to avert further trouble.
GENEVA. Switelzrand Jan 11—It is
reported here that the radical ele
ment is fast gaining the upper hand
In Bavaria Germany. Rioting has oc
cured in Mun. eh and Nuremburg.
Loyal soldiers and police who have
attempted to disperse Bolshevik!
meetings in Munich were defeated by
the Rad?cals, who are being assisted
by agents of Liebknecht. The popu-!
lation of the larger Bavarian cities'
seem to be in sympathy with the rad
ical movement, organized labor es-l
pecially assisting the radicals in their
efforts to gain full control of tbe
Bavarian government. The situation
is considered serious owing to the
existing foodshortage, the common
people of Bavaria being in a willing
mood to listen to and heed the propa
ganda of the radicals.
SULZER LOSES
DELEGATE CONTEST
WASHINGTON, Jan 7—The fam
ous Wickershain-Sulzer delegate con
test has finally been decided in favor
of Wickersham, who was seated by a
vote of 229 to 64. The House of Rep
resentatives sustained the charge
that fraudent votes had been cast
during the delegate election in 1916.
Sulzer spoke in his own behalf for
three hours trying to counteract the
impression made upon the members
of the House of Representatives by
the adverse report of the House Com
mittee on Elections, which conceded
Wickersham’s election In 1916 by 4 7
plurality.
Mr Wickersham took the "oatli of
office and was immediately seated
after the report had been accepted.