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NO. 2473.
PRESIDENT INTERCEEDES MOONEY
WHEATLESS DAYS
PROPOSED DY
ADMINISTRATION
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 27.—
President Wilson today issued a
proclamation which places the
country on much stricter food ra
tions. All wholesalers, jobbers and
retailers are to be limited to 70 per
cent of last years wheat flour re
quirements, and ail brokers are li
mited to 80 per cent. The Presi
dent calls the attention of the peo
ple throughout the United States
to the fact that the question of
food for ourselves, and our allies,
is fast becoming a very serious
problem to solve. He asks that
Monday's ando Wednesday's be
wheatleos, and Thursday’s and Sat
urday’s be considered meatless
days, and that one other day in the
week beside those already men
tioned be a wheatlcss and porkless
day simultaneously. The food ad
ministration has very recently an
nounced a great victory in the mix
ing of ingredients for the making
of good wholesome bread. The
new mixture consists of not more
than 80 per cent of wheat flour and
about 20 per cent of other cereals
after February 24th. These steps
are absolutely necessary in order
that our European allies be provid
ed with a supply of wheat equal to
about 30 per cent of the normal
consumption in America during the
times of peace. The food adminis
trator is fully empowered with au
thority to enforce these regulations
through the licensing of all dealers
in these commodities. The Presi
dent further stated that the people
themselves must be governed by
loyalty and patriotism for their
country and toward our allies,
otherwise it may be necessary that'
other drastic measures will have to
be adopted until such times as the |
food administrator is thoroughly
convinced that the people as a
whole are governing themselves ac
cordingly. Considerable interest i31
being manifested pertaining to the
food commodities throughout the
country.
MINE WORKERS PUT UP
$800,000 BOND
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. Jan. 27.—
At the annual convention of the
United Mine Workers of America
which is now being held in this
City. A reeoluton was unanimous
ly adopted to furnish the sum of
1800,000 to be put up as bonds,
while an appeal is being taken to
the United States Supreme Court,
from the decision of the Federal
Court of Arkansas, said court hav
ing assessed a penalty of over half
a million dollars against the entire
membership of aforesaid organiza
tion, for an alleged violation of the
Sherman Anti-Trust Ate. The
Convention also unanimously
decldcde to seek Congres
sional action to prevent the
issung of injunction proceedings
agonist the United Mine Workers
naiag their legitimate efforts to or
ganizo the coal miners employed
throughout the West Virginian coal
belt.
Many of the delegates at the
convention were highly incensed
over the dastardly actions of some
of the scab operators in seeking to
prevent members of the U. M. W.
from coming within the state.
The Convention went on record
that they realize it may be neces
sary for both sides to conceed a
point during the continuation of
the present war, otherwise it might
retard the production of the fuel
supply which is urgently needed at
the present time. Beforo adjourn
ment the Convention decided to
hold their next annual convention
in Cleveland, Ohio, in January
1919 . There are at present over
VOCAL ITHllft.
Mail (or the States closes today
at 5 p. m.
Albert Lokke is the new carrier
on the newspaper route. In the
event a subscriber has been over
looked, please notify the Worker
•office.
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A big outside mail arrived yest
erday consisting of there pounches
of first class, and two sacks of
second class. The efficient force of
the post office promptly got busy
and in a very short while had the
while batch distributed.
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The Sons of the North gave one
of their enjoyable dances on Satur
day night with one tho best crowds
of the season present. Dancing pro
gressed from 10 p. m. to 3 a. m.,
interspersed with a delicious lunch
at midnight, and every one seemed
to have the timo of their lives.
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Fred Hinton arrived at 3 o’clock
yesterday from Teller. Fred met
Judge Marks at Sinrock, mushing
up the coast toward Teller. A
severe strong northerly wind was
blowing at Tissue river. There is
practically nothing doing up that
way in regards to mining.
Mr. Fred Leach was suddenly
effected with a severe stroke of
paralysis about 4 a. m. Saturday
morning, and quietly passed away
at 7 a. m.. The deceased was born
August 14th 1870 in Nevada coun
ty, California. He arrived at Nome
ia the summer of 1900, where he
has resided continuously since. He
has followed the vocation of a
miner and prospector in partner
ship with his brother, and father
whef also recently passed away. The
deceased is survived by his mother
and sister both of whom are at pre
sent residing at Sacramento, Cal.
also by a brother John Leach who
is at present living in this city, and
was with him at the time of his
death The funeral will be held at
1:30 p. m. today from the Pioneer
Igloo of which lodge the deceased
was a member in good standing at
the time of his death.
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700,000 coal miners belonging to
the United Mine Workers of Am
erica.
FUNERAL NOTICE.
Members of the Pioneers of Alaska
are requested to meet at 1:15 p.
m. today, Monday to attend the
funeral of our deceased brother,
Fred Leach.
THOS. McGANN, Pres.
BILLIARD TOURNAMENT.
Many attended the Class A match
of the pool tournament was played
Saturday night In the Board of
Trade. The line up was Faxon
Lewis 200 to O’Brien 175. Lewis
won making 200 in 40 inrlngs to
O’Brien’s 149. Average Lewis 5,
O’Bien 3.6 and a shadow over.
AT DREAM TONIGHT.
Mutual production featuring Alex
Goden and Ina Shepard in "The
Criminal Thumb” is the leader at
the Dream tonight. Two Comedies
"The Wrong Man” and “Deal In
Indians” will furnish the laughs. A
special feature in “Doc Aseruk” the
EsQuimo Sword Swsllower is on
the bill. Tomorrow night Winni
fred Kingston and Ernst Glenden
ning in “The Seventh Noon”.
WEATHER REPORT.
U. S. Weather Bureau.
Jan. 27, 6. A. M.
Temperature: Max. 14, Min. 5.
Barometer: 27.575 inches.
Weather: Clear.
Wind: N. E., 11 miles per hour.
Precipitation: None.
Nome, Alaska, Jan. 27, 4:45 p. m.
Temperature: Max. 11, Min. 3.
Barometer: 29.581 Inches.
Weather: Snowing
I Wind: N. K., 14 miles per hour.
Precipitation: None.
STRENUOUS EFFORT
SECURE NEW TRIAL;
TOM MOONEY
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan .27.—
To meet the serious trend which
the Mooney frame-up has apparent
ly taken, both in America and in
Russia, the Department of Justice
today wired to Governor Stephens
of California urging him to judici
ously bring about the granting of
a new trial for Thomas Mooney,
who is at present in the San
Quinten penitentiary awaiting the
death sentence to be carried out.
President Wilson and the Secretary
of Labor acting as a special com
mittee has also forwarded to the
Governor strong recommendations
urgently asking that the carrying
out of the death sentence be post
poned until a now trial be granted.
The whole country :s In a serious
state of disqueitude over the
unsavorynecs of an apparent gigan
tic frame-up. Mooney was convict
ed of being implicated in the pre
paredenss parade bomb outrage
which occured in San Francisco,
during the summer of 1916.
He was sentenced by Judge
Griffin of San Francisco on Feb. 24
19*7 to hang; in San Quentin on
Mr.y 17 the same year. On April
23 Judge Griffin announced he
would personally ask the attorney
general to grant a new trial, unless
diatret attorney Fickert confessed
his error and asked for a new trial.
Griffin said that in the light cf the
latest revelations as to the Oxman*
conspiracy and the production of
false testimony he could not con
oecienliosuly do otherwise. Later
district attorney Fickert refused U>
confess any error in the conduct of
i the Mooney case or tho admission
of any perjured testimony oven in
the face of the sworn affidavits
which the defense presented from
former witnesses, thereupon Judge
Griffir. applied directly to the At
torney General asking that the
latter apply to tho Supreme Court
of California to order a new trial
for the convicted man.
Organized labor throughout the
Country are closely watching as to
the final outcome of the Mooney
aae.
ALLIES SUCCESSFULL,
AIR PLANES BATTLE
LONDON, Jan. 27.—A large fleet
of allied aeroplanes today made a
successful raiding expedition over
the German lines dropping tons of
high explosives on the cities. Douai,
, Touruai, Courtrai. Ghent, Thion
ville, Freiburg and Ludwigshafen.
They were met by a large fleet of
German planes and a most specla-1
cular battle was fought in the air
in which the Germans being at a
great disadvantage, suffered a 1038
of sixteen planes, while the allies
lost but one single aeroplane. It
was not positively known whether
the allied machine was totally de
troyed, or merely disabled, but so
far it is missing. A total of twen
ty six tons of high explosives was
dropped by the allied machines, do
ing a vast amount of damage to a
number of German munition fac
tories, depots and entirely demoral
izing a number of others. It is re
ported that hundreds of lives
were lost, and many fires were
started. This is practically the
most successful allied air-raid since
the war commenced.
AUSTRIA MAY ACCEPT
BOLSHEVIKI PEACE TERMS
PETROGRAD, Jan. 27.—Through
the considerable amount of press
ure which is being brought to
bear on the GoverMnent of Austria
by the workingmen and soldiers in
the kingdoms of Austria and Hun
gary who are rapidly adopting the
Bolshevikism of Russia. Austria
declares its readiness to concur in
negotiations for a separate peace
proposal which has been submitted
by tho Bolshevik! government in its
program for World Democracy, re
gardless as to the position which
may be taken by the German Gov
ernment. The Bolsheviki propa
ganda is being spread broadcast
throughout Austria and Hungary
by their representatives and is
bearing fruit far beyond their
fondest dreams. The working
people of the Dual Empire are de
manding that their government
cease participating in this bloody
and useless slaughter now going
on throughout the European con
tinent.
GERMAN SOCIALIST MAKES
RADICAL SPEECH REICHSTAG
LONDON, Jan. 27.—One of tbe
most radical speeches ever listened
to by the members of the Reichstag
was beard by them today from
Philip Scheidneman, the German
Socialist leader. During his address
he said if ever Germany should
beat England and France, they
would still have the United States
to contend with, with her millions
of men and her billions of dollars,
and before Germany could ever
hope for an honorable peace, she
would have to first make a com
plete restoration to bleeding Belgi
um. He charged that Belgium had
been vantonly destroyed, and the
Kaiser has been openly insulted
time and again on the streets of
Vienna by the populace who detest
his domineering ways over their
government. That such statements
should be allowed to pass the Ger
man Censor has created a world
wide comment, and cannot be ac
counted for in any other way than
that this is meant as a bold attack
upon Junketers. This indicates that
an entirely new policy of the Cen
sor has been adopted, because until
very recently it was impossible for
any such a report pertaining to in
sults to the Kaiser, to ever filter
through and become public proper
ty. Carl Leibknlcht the great Ger
man Socialist during the early per
iod of the war, was deliberately
cast Into prison for making a
speech in tho Raischtag which is
not considered anywhere’s near as
radical as Scheidncman's. The All
ied powers are inquisitively observ
ing as to whether or not Schiedne
man will be cast into a dungeon
like his comrade Liebknicht.