S5.00 AND BOARD 8 HOBBS AND BEC06NITI0N NOW IN EFFECT
TRI-WEEKLY NOME INDUSTRIAL WORKER
This Paper is Owned, Controlled and Published by Local 240 of the I. U. M. M & S. W
VOLUME XII,
NOME, ALASKA. TUESDAY, AUGUST,
27, 1018.
2(i08
CONFEREES HAVE NEW DRAFT BILL
BRITISH RETAKE
HINDENBERG LINE
LONDON,—With the capture of
Heinenel, south of Waucourt today
by the British, the latter recaptured
a considerable portion of their old
Hindenberg line, south of Arras.
They have now taken up positions
in the line occupied by the Germans
when they started the big drive on
March 21. The gains were remark
able today south of Arras, the Ger
mans being trapped on the Cojeul
river, a tributary of the Scheldt, and
hundreds captured.
PARIS,—The American troops ad
vanced their front to Lacourvellette,
beyond Fismes on the Fismes Rheims
railroad line.
Since their defeat on the Vesle, the
Germans have been taking no chances
on the Americans and hold an enor
mous force upon this front to which
they attach the utmost importance.
LONDON,—The manner in which
the Germans are using up their man
power can be seen in the tact that
they have thrown fifty divisions in
to battle during the past 20 days and
still could not hold the Allies on
my sector.
Keep Posted, Read the WORKER.
FIGHT AT BAPAUME
t LONDON,—The New Zealand
"troops are fighting now beyond the
outskirts of Bapaume, the Germans
to protect their columns which are
retiring occupying every ruined build
ing with machine gun nests that are
♦ considerable trouble in hampering the
British advance. Bapaume is not en
tirely clear of Germans. The British
under Byng have reached LonguevaT,
southwest of Bapaume, after a bitter
resistance from the Germans. The
advance is continuous and steady in
spite of this.
PARIS,—The most important tac
tical victory of the French was clever
ly executed when the French troops
crossed La Loette woods, near the
Oise river, thus opening the way to
watch the enemy’s rear.
This is the most significant move
ment that the French have accom
plished for the past two days and is
received with great delight by the of
ficers.
The fighting along the west front
is assuming very important features,
indicating that the Germans are un
able to withstand even minor attacks
driven against them in the different
sectors.
Some expect that the drive will be
come general as the different units
now punching dents in the German
lines gradually consolidate on the
shortening lines.
It is forcibly shown that the Ger
man ability to resist shows no very
great improvement in spite of the
availability of additional man power
with a shortened battle line. Their
'osses have been too great for them to
reap advantage from this.
IP YOU DESIRE RUTTER AND
EGGS OF THE VERY BEST GO
TO LEHMANN'S.
TOM MOONEY PROTESTS
GERMANIST PROPAGANDA
SAN FRANCISCO,—Following the
receipt of a telegram from the Com
mittee on Pulbic Information that
pro-Germans in Europe were using
the Mooney case to further their
propaganda against America, Thomas
Mooney issued a statement saying
that Wilson has been doing all in his
power to secure a fair trial for him
and that he (Mooney) has the fullest
confidence in the efforts of President
Wilson being successful and that la
bor will obtain full and complete jus
tice. Mooney concludes his state
ment declaring his utter and com
plete abhorrence and loathing of the
contemptible fakirs who would try to
make pro-German propaganda out of
the proceedings in which he and his
co-defendants are involved.
Mooney’s reply will be made use of
to effectively combat the propaganda
being used by defeatists in Europe to
arouse labor opposition to America.
The Mooney and other labor trials
have been made full use of by Ger
manist propagandists for the sake of
proving that America’s claims to be
fighting a war for democracy were
hypocritical and not sincere.
Clever radicals strongly immersed
in nationalistic beliefs of a Germanist
persuasion have been especially
clever and insidious in this danger
ous work which they used with great
efficiency to promote opposition to
America’s war aims.
Keep Posted, Read the WORKER.
DRAFT LAW HURRIED
THRU THE SENATE
WASHINGTON,—Saturday even
ing just before Congress rose after
an unusual day’s work for Saturday,
the House passed the Man Power Bill
drafting all males between the ages
of eighteen to forty-five.
The amendments to restrict the
calling of males eighteen and nine
teen years were both defeated. The
work or fight amendment was also
eliminated after quite considerable
discussion.
The final vote of the bill was For
336, Against 2.
The Bill wil be rushed thru the
Senate also it is stated and the admin
istration is urging rapid action on the
measure.
WASHINGTON,—Monday all day
the Draft Bill was before the Senate
It was apparent that there was a
.greater inclination to amend the
measure in some particulars than was
evidenced by the House in the debates
upon the bill. For example the Sen
ate adopted the amendment to the
law whereby provision is made for the
education of youths under twenty-one
who are drafted under the law, after
the war is over.
The government is to educate the
men free of charge for two years, in
some trade or calling, after the con
clusion of hostilities and the men are
drafted out of service. The education
to be absolutely along civilian lines
and under conditions which are to
be non-military.
The amendment was practically
unanimously agreed to.
PROHIBITION NOW
UP ON THURSDAY
wAtSxiiiNvx i uin,—Aimo me states
are voting on the prohibition amend
ment to the United States Constitu
tion, even before action can be taken
hereupon nationwide prohibition
looms up.
senate leaders announce mat an
agreement had been reached concern
ing the passage of the national pro
hibition bill, as a far measure, to be
come effective on July next year, the
vote to be taken on Thursday next.
WASHINGTON,—Senate passed
the Man Power bill, as the amended
draft measure is known, the bill go
ing to a vote today, with an over
whelming majority in its favor.
The Senate did not withdraw its
work or fight clause which was elimi
nated in the House bill but modified
it to read in such a way that failure
of strikers to return to work, pending
the war labor board’s ruling on the
grievance will make the enforcement
of the work or fight necessary.
Unionists contend that this is prac
tically the same as if no modification
had taken place, for no matter what
the conditions may be, the right of
striking is practically taken away
from them.
The probability that the Senate's
modification of the Thomas amend
ment will be retained by the Confer
ence committee to whom the bill now
goes is very great, altho the labor in
terests wll appeal to have ths ob
noxious amendment stricken out al
together as more likely to defeat the
aims of the amendment than other
wise.
It has been contended that it will
produce an unnecessary friction in the
war industries that may result in
strikes, whether the work or fight
clause is in force or not, and the con
scription of strikers would result irt
a loss of morale and efficiency upon
the part of all workers employed.
Keep Posted, Read the WORKER,
MUTINY OF GERMAN
ZURICH,—German troops en route
to the front to take part in the bat
tles on the west front mutinied in
he German capital. The officers
promptly trained machine guns on
the muntineers and forced them to
obey. Several were taken out and
promptly dealt with when the sullen
troops were brot under control by the
loyal battalions in the German cap
ital.
Efforts to suppress the news have
proved futile, the sensation travell
ing the length of Germany and into
neutral nations.
It is taken to indicate the rapidly
growing spirit of hostility to further
continuance of the war upon the part
of the German soldiery.
AMSTERDAM,—The German
troops who mutinied on the way to
the front at Berlin were officially
decimated by the officers upon a gen
eral Headquarters order, the officers
themselves executing the order with
their pistols.
Every tenth man of the battalion
which led the mutiny was shot and
killed by the officers, while the other
troops were lined up to watcli the
execution of the sentence as a warn
ing to the others that might be per
meated with the same spirit of opposi
tion to the orders of their superior
officers. The men were then entrained
and dispatched to the front.
Papers here are careful in their
comments, owing to the delicate sit
uation which exists in international
affairs, altho they admit that it points
to a rapidly failing loyalty and morale
among the soldiers of Germany, fol
lowing the reverses on the west front.
BATTLE NORTH OF
SOISSON GOES ON
PARIS,—General Mangin with his
usual success drove in upon the Ger
man positions north of Soissons and
idvanced twelve hundred meters over
difficult ground in the vicinity of Bag
tieux. Thousands of prisoners again
surrendered to the French in this en
gagement.
The French around Roye surround
3d and captured twelve hundred Ger
man prisoners with very slight losses,
Further advances were made in this
sector, with the German reserves
coming up to stiffen the resistance on
weakened front. Heavy fighting en
sued, with the French holding all
gains notwithstanding repeated coun
ter attacks.
Germans in force endeavored to
drive back Mangin's French troops
from their gains in the positons west
of Chavigny, between Soissons and
Bagneux. These attacks melted down
under the machine gun fire of the
Frenchmen and some who were cut
off from their attacking party surren
dered.
The constant advance of the Al
lies is greatly heartening the people,
and the confidence in the final out
come of the war grows brighter every
day. The most optimistic tone Is to
be noted in practically all the papers
over the recent developments on tho
West Front.
PARIS,—At noon Tuesday the
French troops stormed the final Ger
man positions and captured Roye. An
immense number of prisoners, war
maerial and supplies were taken
with the position. Noyon is now be
ing attacked.
LM us estimate on your Job Work..
KAISERS ACREE TO
FIGHT TO THE LAST
I
ROME,—The Epocha, a usually
•eliable and far from sensational
tewspaper, publishes an account of
he recently held conference between
:he Emperor Charles of Austria and
the German Kaiser. The Epocha
states that the two rulers of the Cen
tal Powers pledged themselves on a
war to the death and to conquer or
;o perish together In the great war.
The Kaiser himself shortly after
:he conference formally declared to
:he assembled military and state
leaders that henceforth there would
be no concessions made to the enemy
but that the war would be intensi
fied and carried on with ruthless de
termination to conquer or die.
The conference is most important
for the disclosure of the fact that
some degree of hopelessness, not to
say despair is entering the minds of
even the rulers.
In view of the steady reverses and
the enormous losses in man power of
the Germans on the west front, and
the ease with which the German
troops are surrendering vitally Im
portant positions, everything dis
closes a very rapidly failing morale
among the enemy troops.
It is generally understood that the
main reason for the conference was
to secure additional help from Aus
tria, and one report stated that the
Austrian leaders had refused. This
however in view of the Epoeha's re~“^
port can hardly be correct.
Desperation is growing in Germany
following upon the heavy reverses
that its armies are sustaining.
TRAGIC MISTAKE
AN ATLANTIC PORT,—Eighteen
of the crew of the American patrol
boat are said to be missing. The
boat was mistaken for a submarine
and shelled by the steamer Fella
Taussig off Long Island. Nine sur
vivors have been landed.
GET THE NEWS RIGHT READ
THE WORKER.