NOME INDUSTRIAL WORKER
WEEKLY
Published Saturday
Vy Nome Mine Workers’ Union, No. 240, International Union of Mine,
Mill and Smelter Workers.
Subscription Price
'One Tear . *20.00
Six Months ... 10.00
One Month . 2 00
“To secure to each laborer the whole product of his labor, or as
nearly as possible Is a worthy object of any good government"—Abra
ham Lincoln.
Address all communications to Tn-Weekly Nome Industrial Worker.
Box 210. Nome, Alaska. ^ rhone. Black 134.
All changes in advertisement* must reach this office before 9 A. M.
•n day of publication to insure insersion in same issue.
Advertising rates made knewn on application.
Entered as second class matter August 6, 1918, at the Post Office
•t Nome, Alaska, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
LOOKING FORWARD
This is the era of romance, just as
well as the era of a war of bloody fact.
And the popular romance is entitled
“Looking Forward.’
Time was indeed when here and
there a choice genius like Bellam or
Donnelly cheated the lazy hours with
contributions in the form of fiction as
in Looking Backward or as a Caesar’s
Column, the most optimistic and the
most pessimistic of possible out
looks on the future; but today at any
rate every goul can indulge his sense
of the prophetic to the full to take a
look in the crystal ball coming back
to tell a gaping public what he has
seen therein. It's written that God
knoweth the heart and altho modern
psychological experts affect betimes to
be able to rival the Deity in intro
spection of this closely familiar type,
it is safe to say that as yet none are
absolutely sure that they can penc
rate the mystery of appearance and
diagnose safely the thots within.
So it is with the future. We may
indeed approach some degree of ex
cellence in determining probabilities
and founding our appioxiinatiorx up
on past experiences and try to reach
within reasonable certainty the fu
ture happenings. There's a delight
ful mystery about the future that at
tracks and fascinates all of us. And
we are not all certain that we may
rid ourselves of the superstition that
every palm reader is not indeed a
Cagliostro.
The immense patronage which
spiritualists and clairvoyants of all
tribes are today receiving indicates
the popularity of the cult and the
hidden depths of 'suman superstition.
But for all that, we are not a little
bit skeptical of any and all attempts
to read the future.
Whai is the case in a personal way, (
can be said to be the same in a social |
way. Prophets have arisen who tore-,
tell a superior condtion for all in this (
world of war. Here and there a sin-'
ister croak is heard which declares'
for exactly the worse conditions pre-,
vailing, few if any of us. admit that
anything and everything may happen,
but what will happen must primarily
depend upon ourselves.
There are those who hold to the
view that as a result or this war the
world will for everyone be a better
place to live in. The evils of which
we have complained without result
in the past will be remedied. That!
the woes of poverty will be eliminated
and every man who will may make j
a living without let or hindrance.
That industrial tyranny, as keen and
sharp and degrading every whit as
political tyranny, will be removed,
and that child labor, sweat shops and
slums will be removed for ever and a
day from this happy old world. These
things as well as hosts of other re
forms are to be brot about according
to the declarations of a great many
and everything is to be lovely on
Mother Earth, which is to be trans
formed in to a Valley of Smiles which
was formerly a Vale of Tears.
Honestly we know that all this is
superstition pure and simple unless
we make up our mind that they shall
be brot about. The whole thing rests
with organized individual effort to
bring this about and unless we labor
for that end we may be quite sure
that the world will sink back into the
same Slough of Despond whence it
was hoped with great labor it had
been withdrawn. •
To bring about reforms that will
be lusting there is no royal road. It
does not speed of itself. Neither will
it automatically come about.
in the economic world there are two
forces always active. Just as there
are two forces in the political world.
The one is reactionary and the other
is progressive. It is the lot of men
to determne by their own actions
which will enjoy an ascendancy.
Nor is it true that progress has al
ways been the course of the world.
There have ben cases when the world
never advanced a whit. Thei'e can be
cited instances when quite the re
verse occurred; when free countries
became slave, when liberty was re
placed by tyranny and when reaction
triumphed over progress in every way.
Turn to China to cite even a mod
erate example of this. For fully a
thousand years China has been on a
retrograde movement. Where it did
not show this reactionary tendency
it stood still and that was the best
could be said of it.
While systems of philosophy, close
ly identfied with truth and pustice
became indentified and closely assoc
iated with falsehood and injustice.
There was a system of ethics that
provided mankind with a code full
of living faith and hope which became
the empty outward ceremonials of
dead creeds and reactionary rituals.
As we see it today there are two
well marked tendencies in the indus
trial world. One is a tendency to
wards industrial absolutism and the
mher is a tendancy towards indus
trial freedom.
Neither one or the other is allowed
free play, but to deny that the reac
tionary tendency has not behind it
the most powerful weapons, the best
system of organization, or propagan
da. of all compelling influence would
be to voluntarily deny what are facts
so obvious that anyone may observe
them. This tendency towards mak
, ing the masses become industrial
j serfs of the industrial autocrats is
: no myth and its manifestation is in
! no wise more powerfully seen than in
the very reluctance of many who have
1 voluntarily resigned themselves to
that condition ot serldom wmcn nas;
been imposed upon them in many in-;
stances, denying with so much em
phasis and indignation that any such,
conditipn exists. They have made'
common cause with the industrial]
barons and economic over lords and
make their own individual selves,
subservient as they are, interested in
(he well being of their employers.
To say that after the war no such
condition will be allowed to prevail is
to give unreasoned rein to the imagi
nation. We have no possiblereason
for maintaining that such will be the
case. On the. contrary unless each in
dividual determines himself to see
that it shall not, it most certainly
will. The employers, the leading em
ployers are entrenched it' positions of
great po#er. They have the great
weapon of economic fear in their
hands. Control of the means of sub
sistance of the masses gives them a
control of industrial conditions that
cannot be questioned. They have or
ganizations with ramifications into
every nook and cranny of society and
social activities, so that they reach
everywhere, and those who would
oppose them on the other hand are
hardly organized at all.
Yet, wthal, we believe that this
Great War is primarily a war for the
extention of the democratic idea. This
alone is much. The will to see that
the purpose of this war is fulflled in
every nation is much more ad should
he in evidence everywhere.
Only by effort after Liberty, only
after a genuine struggle for freedom,
will we prepare ourselves to receive
the larger, fuller measure to which we
lay claim for all the world.
Shares in the Strand-Hed Mining
Co may he obtained from W. J.
Rowe. This company is now issuing
five thousand shares at one dollar
i each and entire sum thus raised to
be used in development work, actual
operations already having been open
ed up on i>t w and promising lodes.
Adv.
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS FROM
NOV 3 TO NOV 13
\
PARIS,;—The American troops
fighting in thd Verdun Meuse sector
are keeping up their sledgehammer
blows following up the retreating
Germany without giving them a
chance to make a stand, Their resis
tance is only halfhearted and the re
treat begins to resemble a rout.
Hundreds of prisoners and numer
ous guns are falling into the hands of
the Yankees.
PARIS,—The Yanks following up
their successes in the Verdun-Meuse
sector captured three more villages,
advancing since yesterday a distance
of 6 miles. After savage fighting the
Germans were driven across the
Meuse which river the Yanks crossed
in two places advancing within nine
miles of Sedan, a historic battlefield
of the Franco-Prusian War of 1870-1,
being the scene of Napoleon the sec
ond's surrender to King William I of
Prussia.
REFUSES TO SIGN
COPENHAGEN,—-It is reported
here that Emperor Charles of Aus
tria refused to sign the terms of ar
mistice as laid down by the Allied
War Council, considering them too
harsh, resigning the leadership of his
armies rather than acceptt the terms.
General von Arz signed the armistice
in his stead.
WASHINGTON,—The State De
partment unofficially hears that the
German Delegaton has accepted the
Allied terms of Armistice and that
hostilities are to cease today Novem
ber 5th at 2 p. m.
The armistice terms which deal
with purely military and naval mat
ters will proabbly be made public to
night.
PHILADELPHIA,—The Liberty
Bell at Independence Hall was rung in
celebration of the end of the war.
WASHINGTON,—It was officially
denied by State Department officials
j at 3 this afternoon that the armis
tice between Germany and the Allies
had been signed. Genera Poch is to
meet the German envoys tonight.
WASHINGTON,—The celebration
in big eastern cities which had been
started on the rumors that the armis
tice had been signed have stopped.
LONDON.-*-The German delegation
it is reported has left Berlin for the
western front to complete terms of an
armistice.
It is officially announced that the
revolutionary movement n Germany
is growing by leaps and bounds under
the leadership of Karl Hebknecht.
| 3000 people marched through the
streets of Kiel carrying revolutionary
banners advocating the establishment
of a republic. In a clash with the
police 8 of the participants of the
parade were killed.
LONDON,—Foch expects to pre
sent the armistice terms today. The
German delegation having crossed the
western Battlefront into the British
j lines somewhere in Flanders.
i PARIS,—German envoys arrived at
• the Western Battlefront, being met by
J General Foch at 4 :30 p. m. European
time- Sttf
GERMANY WILLING
MAKE PEACE
!
. WASHINGTON,—The State De
partment announces that the German
War Council has notified the Allies
that Germany is willing to conclude
peace on the terms laid down by Pres
ident Wilson n his address to Con
gress on January 14 last.
The only exception Germany notes
is in regard to the freedom of the
seas.
The German War Council was no
tified that General Foch has the terms
upon which an armistice can be con
cluded and which can be had by ap
plying to him and which must be ac
cepted before peace will be made.
President Wilson declares that all in
vaded territory must be evacuated
and freed. He declares also that
the Allies reserve complete freedom
on the subject freedom of the seas
when they enter the peace conference.
WASHINGTON,—It has been au
thoritatively learned thru diplomatic'
channels that General Foch and the
Allied War Council have formulated
the demands which the German High
Command will have to accept before
negotiations for an armistice between
Germany and the Allies will be ar
ranged. President Wilson will be
asked to forward the terms.
LONDON,—The Versalles War
Council has agreed that the armistice
terms will be sent to Germany this
week.
WASHINGTON,—Diplomatic ad
vices say that the armistice terms to
be offered to Germany by the Allied
War Council, require the withdrawal
of the German troops thirty miles
beyond the river Rhine, leaving be
hind all rolling stock and munitions.
Helgoland, the key to the Kiel canal
and the whole German fleet will also
have to be surrendered. These pro
posals will be submitted to the Ger
man High Command for their accept
ance or rejeettion.
REVOLUTIONISTS
SEIZE FLEET
LONDON,—On hearing a ruyor
that the German War Council planned
an attack on England by th^ High
Sea Fleet despite the departure of a
German delegation to France Xo ar
range terms of an armistice1^®! the
Allies, the crews of the fleet^ Kiel
revolted and gained control hoisting
the red flag. From Kiel the revolt
spread to other parts of Schleswii#
with the result that other iflbu units
were seized by the revolutionise. Two
officers of the fleet at Kiel we^Jkilled
and many more woupded in the fight
ing resulting in the capture of |he
fleet. German infantry who were
sent to suppress the revolDonrarrival
at Kiel fraternized witlw®B#fevolu
tionlsts. The Workmen ^■Soldiers
Council which has been esHrelished at
Kiel instructed Herr Saussman, a
Socialist member of the J^sent
Iteichstag to introduce a mea^B de
manding immediate cessation all
military movements against the revo
>
42
lutionists. All military prisoners at
Kiel were freed by order of the Sol
diers and Workmen's Council.
AMSTEKDAH,—Semi-official bul
letins from Berlin say that order has
been restored at Kiel, but peace riots
continue in many German Cities.
PARIS,—The news reaches here
thru neutral channels that Germany
has begun with the evacuation of Rou
mania.
PARIS,—The Temps says that the
official announcement of the abdica
tion of the Kaiser of Germany has
been delayed for an opportune time.
AMSTERDAM,—Neutral newspa
pers report that thousands of deserted
soldiers are subsisting by robbing the
helpless population of Turkey in Asia
Minor.
ALLIES CAPTURE
CITY OF GHENT
4
LONDON,—A dispatch to the Brit
ish War Department makes the an
nouncement that the city of Ghent in
Belgium has at last been captured by
the British. All efforts of the Ger
mans to hold Ghent were unavailing.
LONDON,—The British Army
southeast of Valenciennes advanced
their lines to a depth of 4 miles cap
turing the Important positions in and
around Quesnoy. Six other villages
were occupied by the British troops.
PARIS,—The French renewing
their attacks on the Serre river drove
the Teutons from Pargny forest four
miles from Merle where the retrea tng
Teutons tried to make a stand, but
were forced to evacuate their newly
constructed defenses and resume thdlr
retreat.
LONDON,—jGeneral Haig reports
the capture of 16,000 prisoners in the
last two days on the western front.
LONDON,—The American troop*
in their new drive north of Verdun
reached Hauzon on the left bank of
the Meuse.
PARIS,—General Foch reports that
the Yank’s were entirely successful
in their new drive, forcing the enemy
from mportant positions west and
south of Sedan severing the German
communications with Metz.
WASHINGTON.—Figures compil
ed by the Navy Department, officials
show that the Allies exacted from
Austria-Hungary the surrender of
one fifth of the effective naval
strength. The boundaries fixed by
the Allied War Council compel Aus
tria-Hungary to relinquish Italia Ir
redenta to the Italians. This ob
viously means that Germany will be
forced to surrender Alsace-Lorraine
to the French.
Keep Posted, Read the WOKK.IK,
ITALIANS CAPTURE
HALF MILLION
WASHINGTON,—The Italians in
their pursuit of the retiring Austro
Hungarians crossed the Assa river
east of the Ilrenta Pursuit continues
with utmost vigor. SO,000 pris
oners and 1600 guns have so far been
captured on this sector.
WASHINGTON—A dispatch from
Italian headquarters to the Italian
Embassy in this city states that one
half million prisoners have so far
been taken in this last drive. Guns
and other war material is being cap
tured in such amounts that it is im
possible to count it at present.
LONDON.—Haig reports that the
American troops after severe fight
ing reached the outskirts of the city
ofStenay in the Meuse sector.
AN ATLANTIC PORT,—For the
first time since the outbreak of tho
war wih Germany three British steam
ers crossed the Atlantic without a con
voy.
WRECK OX ELEVATED
NEW YORK.—A rapid transit ele
vated train carrying suburbanites to
their, homes was wrecked. The cas
ualties amounted to 80 killed and at
least 200 wounded. The cause of the
wreck has not been so far ascertained.
RUSSIA REFUSES
TU PAY UP
WASHINGTON,—The German gov
ernment has entered a protest against
the bombing raids against German
cities being made by American, bomb
ing squadrons. The Germans protest
claims that Germany has refrained
from bombing since Octtober 1.
COPENHAGEN,—It is reported
here that the Russian Government has
refused to pay the remainder of the
indemnity imposed upon them in the
Brest-Litovsk treaty. One third has
already been paid.
WASHINGTON,—The Polish army
who is fighting under the Polish Na
tional Committee in Prance has been
recognized by the American govern
ment as Autanomous Allies and Co
Belligerents. which action entitles the
Poles to be represented at the Peace
^ Council.
AUSTRIA PROTESTS
ON DON,—According to a report
that has been transmitted thru neutral
sources, Germany is massing troops
on the Bavarian frontier.
LONDON,The Germans are report
ed to be evacuating ‘Brussels.
PARIS,—The p^^lation of this
city is wild with joy over the new vic
tories of the Allied arms in Belgium
and on the French front.
A M STERDA MVienna ad vices
say that Austria will protest against
the armistice conditions, which com
pel her to alow the Allies to pass thru
her territory if they Intend to attack
Germany in the south.
COPENHAGEN,—Count Karolyd
who was the leader in the national
istic movement In Hungary and who
helped to Establish a Hungarian Na
tional Council which proclaimed
Hungary's freedom ordered Hungar
ian troops to Budapesth to suppress
a revolutionary movement which has
broken out In the latter city.
The aim of the leaders of this move
ment Is the overthrow of the Karolyi
National Council and the establish
ment of a republic.
NEW YORK,—Mrs Rose Pastor
Stokes was arrested here on the
charge of making seditious remark*
regarding registration being illegal.
She furnished? 3,000 bail and was re
leased pending her trial.
WASHINGTON,—The Belgian Le
gation has received advices that the
Germans in their retreat persist In
looting notwithstanding the officially
issued declaration that pillaging has
been stopped.
KINGS AND IR’KEH GOING
INTO DISCARD
PAK1S, ,.ov. 9—News that the
Bavarian Diet has proclaimed a repub
lic has bee confirmed, Louis III king
of Bavaria was disposed thus ending
the rule of the Wittelsbach Dynasty.
LONDON, Nov. 12—Continental ad
vices state that the Austrian State
Council has taken steps to establish
a republican form of government in
Austria.
LONDON. Nov 1 2—The Soldiers
and Workmen’s Council of the Grand
Duchy of Hessen has deposed the
reigning duke and declared a republic.
CITY BATHS, HOT AND COLD
WATER, ALWAYS READY.