11 HUSH WORKER
WEEKLY
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NOME, ALASKA SATURDAY, MAY, 3, 1T*!<).
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V*' I
Frenchmen are Opposed to Inicrven
tion in Kit!i(T Russia o*‘ (iprinjuiy
The central organ of the French
Socialists, L’Humanite, writes as fol-,
lows on the threatened allied military
campaign against Russia:
“All those who contribute to pro-!
voke and prolong the war are alarm- ;
®d at tha awakening of the masses *
and demand that the centres or the
people s revolution should be prompt
ly suppressed. Their anxiety is no
longer to conquer the enemy, but to
preserve from the revolutionary peril
Ihe capitalist bourgeoisies of all 1
countries. They know that the Rus-'
than Bolsheviks have destroyed mon.
archie and capitalist privileges, have!
placed their hands upon the property!
of social parasiites. Anything sooner1
than that Their hatred of the enemy j
is giving place to the desire of com- j
ing to an understanding with him. y; i
as to bar the advance of this scourge,!
which is worse, in their eyes, than!
war or pestilence.* * * * ‘That a new!
war* * * * ‘should be undertaken to-j
morrow—a war waged by the inter
national counter-revolution,, a cru-1
sade against the peoples who are pro- !
grossing towards political and eco-’
nomlc enfranchisement—this is pos
sible; but surprises await the initia-!
tors of such an adventure. They will j
no longer be able to plead the noces-i
sity of national defense, and the
necessities of capitalist defense are
not of a nature to rouse the enthus
iasm of the masses. On the contrary
the workers will perceive clearly that
tnoy are being thrown against one
another only in order that their
chains may be rjveted and the domi
nation of their masters consolidated.
Le Populaire, the organ of the nta.
jority Socialists reflects as follows on
the prevalent policy toward Germany:
•The French press is divided be
tween its hatred of kaiserism and its
animosity to Socialism. Between a
kaiserism which would destroy all
liberties, and asocialism which would
ruin all privileges, their choice is
made in advance. They are discov- !
ing latent sympathies with the de
posed monarchs who, after all, main
tained a certain social order—or dis
order, and there are too many points
of resemblance between German ab
solstism and the Tsarism which our
greater journals have— not without
Pb fit—extolled, for them to deny to
the former all the respect they gave
to the latter. How keep the Austrian
and German revolutions within the
boundary which divides a caricature
of democracy—,such as ours—from
real democracy? Such is the pre-oc
cupation of many Frenchmen. In
whom the soul of the Holy Alliance
still lives «**#**'■
I
The drama of popular unrest and
of mass upheaval begins to enact it
self in the new world. This com
mencement falls naturally where the
stage was most appropriately set. Re
ports in recent papers gave the sen
sational announcement that dicta
torial powers have been assumed by
an Argentine general in the capital of
the Republic. General Dellepaine
assorts that his action is in support of
the Government which is absurd.
The Government has all the power
there is. It pan delegate extraordi
nary authority to the Chief of Police
or the Minister of War. It can declare
■a slate of siege. The seizure of ar
bitrary power and consequent clos
ing t/ the avenues of free discussion
and settlements is the way of short
H'ghted men who believe in solution
by machine guns open the gates wide
*o catastrophe.
The Federation of Labor has evi
dently ordered and carried out a gen.
oral strike thvuout the Republic and
its members have been instructed to
oppose with violence any aggresion
on the part of the government. The
local newspapers, with their usual
l-i. k ol perspicacity, explain the sit
uation as the result o' a Itnlshedk
t >.* ■ n.eiU on he part > forct„ii agi
tators. These persons, it is said, are
no 'part of the Argentine laboring
class. But coupled with this was the
statement that no railway train was
moving in the whole Republic.
We have grown so accustomed to
tho story of Argot 1 na's economic
achievement and of the stability of
her institutions that we have for the
most part overlooked the volcano on
which these institutions rest. The
truth that no country in the world
contains conditions more accurtaely
pointing to disastrous outcome than
1 Argentina. She has |^>r a generation
invited settlers to come and occupy
her land, but any land on which a
in an could make a living has been
pfo-empted from occupation s'ince
colonial days. Here rules the system!
I of great estates put down to wheat
or alfalfa by the half-itinerant, us
1 ually Italian, formers. The curse
of the country is a class of parasitic ;
I landlords, who have reaped a golden,
harvest from the land values that!
rose with the railroad development
; of the country. These unearned in
comes have focused in Buenos Aires
land because there is practically no
| industry ln the country, investment
11ms gone extensively into city land
| or in an orgy of speculation. The
result is that rents in Buenos Aires
Ja.ro appaling, none but tho wealthy
being able to live in ordinary’ homes
and the poor being condemned to the
most sordid housing conditions in the
world. j
Add to this the high cost, at all
times, of the ordinary commodities i
of life. Argentina is a producer ot i
wheat and beef: for these she re- i
ceives manufactured articles. Prac- i
tically nothing is made inside the s
country. The national revenue is de
rived from tho tariff system. Buenos I i
Aires is the great port of entry and
j egress. She sits astride the stream
of coinmerre and fattensu pen it. ]
The Work of Argentina is dons to1
a large extent by migratory laborers
many of whom come- from Europe,
for the harvest season ,to return;
home when it iis over. There is no!
hope of securing a stake in the coun-j
try. Those who remain are herded
in Buenos Aires, hopelessly at the
mercy of the predatory economic sys
tem. Now apparently has come the
time for a settlement. This trouble
is not caused by agitators. It'is the
price of Argentina’s brand of pros
perity.—The Public.
Rather iutertesting to find Judge
Taft, professor of law at Yale univeil*
sity, advocating wholer.ale lynching
in an address to supposedly business
men. “Bolshevism is an enemy to
human society,” he said. “You can
not deal with the Bolshviki in any
other way than thru their own sys
tem.” Surely it is not tor us to dis
pute a professor with a judicial typo
of mind, nor a judge with a profes
sorial position salary and the title
of ex President.
Herbert C. Hoover, who Is a good
judge of human nature and some
other things even tho he never was a
judge nor yet a professor of law, nor
an advocate of wholesale slaughter
seems to have a better plan than Taft
for dealing with Bolshevism, and
more economical plan.
Instead of feeding machine gun
bullets to those people, indiscrimi
nately and regardless of the fact that
hunger rather than “pure cussedness’’
may actuate^them, Hoover would feed
them .on—nourishing food. That
would be less spectacular than Taft’s
plan.
Perhaps Professor Taft would be
less slaughterous and feel less ma -
sacreish, and talk less assassinatively
had be been a more than half starve
skeleton from March 4, 1909 to
March 4, 1913. Biographical sketch
es of Profetsor Taft say nothing of
his having suffered from protracted
hunger and semi-nakedness, not even
when he was on the Federal bench.
HE never stood in the breadline,
with ventilated shoes. Bolshevism
isn’t nice, if we can judge it by its
fruits in Russia. But lynch law ian
nice—tho Professor Taft would have
a statute enacted providing for the;
killing off of Bolsheviki.—The Star.
The speaker was a brilliant young
business man who had been loaned by
his company to the service oft he V S.
government for the duration of the
war. He was not talking in a spirit
of malice, and what he said sounded
decidedly like a matter of puu^av.d
moment. '
“One of the most striking th ugs in
Washington.” he declared “is the wu.v
in which many of the famous old
business men have not delivered the
goods since they left their regular;
occupt 11tins and devoted themselves
to the government at the rate of a
dollar a year. (
"It was always said that govvern
ment officials knew nothing about
the methods of ‘big business' and
that as soon as the real and up to
date snappy leaders of the business
world took hold of things the wsw'
preparations would go ahead like a
whirlwind and with amazing preci
sion. In many eases just the oppo.1
site has happened. Why?
“Its because these older men have
been jerked loose from the games
they knew. They have been deprived !
of their regular stage settings, 'their !
apparatus, and their assistants and:
they have ben asked to learn a new
business over night under new con
ditions and with new helpers. It j
can’t be done for the government any :
more than it can be done for private 1
corporations.
“Take an old fellow whose very
name stands for success and deprive
him ofikls stage settings and his old
tricks of getting things dene accord
ing to his ways, and you deprive him
of lifty percent of his efficiency. The
not shown up with Hying colors here
in Washington—which may be just
as well. It may teach 'modern busi-j
ness’ that there are some things it i
dosen't know.
UNCLE SAM
Here is a hint that the Federalj
authorities at Washington might'
accept and be certain that its adap
tion will benetit the nation at pres
ent and in the future as a result.
Everybody knows that the Armour- j
Swjift Meat Trust is thoroughly hated I
by everybody in America, except a
few profilmongers for abvious reas
ons.
Then why should not our govern
ment officials learn from experience'
of Queensland and gain universal,
commendation by putting the bingcr,
to the profiteers?
Listen! Queensland is governed by .
a labor party and a year ago it was!
announced that the meat trust in j
Australia (largely in Armour and]
Swift hands) would not be permitted:
to rob the people any longer.
The state government established1
packing plants at a cost of $3,500,000
opened retail stores and sold meat
to the people at ONE HALF THE
PRICE the trust is charging and 1
made a profit at that of over $500,000
>r about 15'< besides turning over
eases to the federal government
vorth $635,000.
Get that! Meat at half price and i
he government makes 16'/, with
vhich to extend the industry or place j
lie money to some other useful pur-1
>ose.
Our latest information is that j
iueenEland Is aquiring great herdB 11
if cattle for its grazing lands, will; i
naterially increase its slaughtering <
aeilitfss and open more retail, 1
tores in the state.
And more important, the Queens- j i
»nd government, by its Wise study of1
events, its appreciation of the prob
lems of the future, and its prudent ac
tion, has made preparations for its
share in Australias national destiny
as a great meat supplier to a recup
erating and reconstructed empire
and to some extent the world at large
When the post-war struggle for
the markets of the world begins
Queensland will be prepared to throw
thousands pf tons of meat into Europe
and thus be on the ground floor to
sell at rock bottom prices, secure
the patronage anl blessings of tne
peoples, and prove to all mankind tiat
the best and truest efficiency is that 11
of abolis\ng profiteering and the I
waste and parasitism that it fosters—,
Detroit Labor News.
SAID TO BE i
RELIABLE CURE
The following method is stated to
>e a reliable cure for pneumonia and
s issued by the government. Those
vho have tried it statet hat it is un
ailing in the desired results.
Office of the Surgeon General, U. S.
t Washington. D. C.
Saturate a ball of cotton, large as
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t
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an 1 inch marble with spirits of al
cohol, add 3 droops of chloroform to
each ball of cotton, place between
the patient’s teeth, let patient inhale
the fumes 15 minutes then rest 15
minutes or longer if needed. Then
inhale 15 minutes and repeat opera
tion 24 times. The result will be the
lungs will expand to their normal
condition. In 24 hours the patient is
out of,danger. Change cotton often,
it ought to be changed twice in 15
minutes. Washington says authori
ties there have no doubt as to the
results to be obtained from the treat
ment.
SERIOUS RIOTING
PARIS, May 1st.—-Many soldiers and
civilians were injured in clashes here
this afternoon, resulting from May Day
and and anti-government demonstrat
ions.
The disturbances began in the Plkce
de la Concorde, and Place de la Re
publique. Shortly afterwards a crowd
of radicals attempted to rush a mil
itary cordon which had been thrown
actoss tlie Rue Royale. The erowd
succeeded in overpowering the Gend
armes assembled here hut were stop
ped after a short advance by cavalry
who dispersed them.
Numerous firstfights occurred he
tween civilians who were carrying
red flaks and Gendarmes who were
guarding the Madelin prison where
many radicals are incarcerated.
READY FOR BUSINESS
VERSAILLES May 1—Peace negot
iations with the German Delegation
were officially opened at three this af
ternoon. after all the credentials of the:
German Delegates had been approved j
by the Allied Committee appointed for
this purpose.
WILL GET TREATY MONDAY
PARIS, May 2—It has been official
ly announced hat the Peace terms will
probably be handed loathe German
Delegates on n xt Monday for their
consideration.
SOLDIERS USE TANKS
CLEVELAND. May 2—Serious riot
ing occurred here during the May Day
demonstration organized by socialists
and labor organizations.
As a result one workingman was
killed by a bullet fired by some detec
tive. while a donzen policemen were
either sheet or badly beaten up by the
participants in the demonstrations.
Civilian's wrecked the local head
quarters of the Socialists, while sold
iers manned armored t inks and assist
ed by moul ted policemen ran down
the socialists and their sympathizers.
The number of wounded must reach
a high figure as the soldiers and police
handled the mob without mercy.
TO ARRANGE FOR NAVAL POLICE
PARIS, May 2—it is reported here, j
that Secretary of the Navy Daniels |
has stated that in his opinion a large
international Naval Police Force will
be necessary to uphold and enforce tin
decree's of the League of Nations, and
that one object of his trip to Europe
was In discuss with the French. British
ind Italian admiralties the details
of this force.
TEN DAY LIMIT
PARIS. May 2—It has been official
ly announced that the German Peace
Delegates have been given a maxi
mum time limit of ten days after the
presentation of the Peace terms to fin
nlly accept or reject them.
WARNS SECRETARY
SAN FRANCISCO. May 2—Senator
. lines 1’. Phelan, wired Secrets ■> of
;he interior Franklin K. Lane that
i British corporation, represented by
Sir Robert Balfour who is now in Bak
usfield Cal. is about to purchase eon- i
rol of the entire Pacific Coast Oil
1elds. l
Senator Phelan wnrncri Secular;' i
Vane that if this deal was allowed to ;
>e eonsumuted. British Capital would
tain control of one of the most import
int and essential industries In the lr.S.
doupled with the control Rritish cap- <
tal exercises over the Mexican Oil- <
ields, this deal if permitted would
nean British dominion over the most *
nodern and one of the most essential 1
uels. 1
WANT TO SKIP 1
WASHINGTON, April 30—Ac- 1
ording to advices received here 1
rorn neutral sources by the State *
department, Lenine and Trotsky “
re endeavoring to flee Rusaia and
o find a refuge in another country (
mt the goverfmfcnts of Norway and t
Sweden, Denmark, Spain, Switzer
and and Germany who have boon ^
pproached are reported to have re- „
used to grant them asylum. The c
Bulgarian government is supposed y
o be tho only one which has not s
iven a negative answer to Trotsky
ml Lenine’s appeal. j
CITY REPORTED CAPTURED
PARIS, May 2-—According to advices
sceived here today from Germany, the
avarian government forces captured
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2
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the city of Munich from the radical*
Thursday morning.
RADICALS HEMMED IN
BERNE, May 2—Wireless message
received here from Munich. Bavaria,
state that the firing of the German loy
al-' troops is clear!v audib's in the sub
u.bs ol the lat .er city. The govern -
ment troops are reported to be slowly
creeping nearer and are now in posses
sion of all important points about
Munich. The surrender of the radical
forces who are hemmed in on till sides
is clearly unavoidable.
PEACE TREATY
PARIS. May 2—According to - ,-r
statement published by Marcel Hutiti
in the Echo de Paris, the Peace Treaty,
between the Allies and Germany com
prises twenty chapters and is a vol
uminous document of historic import
ance.
According to the synopsis of the
Treaty as published by Monsieur Hut
in, the first chapter of the treaty sets
forth the reasons the contracting par
ties went into the war and'mentions
the necessity of forming a League of
Nations to prevent if possible another
such world wide catastrophe.
The second chapter deals with the
frontiers of Germany and its colonies.
The third contains clauses connected
with the alterations of the German
frontiers.
The fourth chapter sets forth the
military naval and aerial clauses.
Chapter five takes up the disposit
ion of the German Colonies.
Other chapters of the Treaty deal
with the reparation which, will have
to be made by Germany for the dam
age inflicted by her forces in the In
vaded countries while the economic
and financial question is also thorough
ly gone into.
One chapter also deals with Inter
national Labor Legislation.
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Keep Posted. Seat! the WORKER.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
To Felix Brown, your heirs, legal
representatives, or assigns:
You are hereby notified that I hare
expended in labor and improvements
luring each of the years of 1906 1907,
1908. 1909. 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913,
1914, 1915 and 1916 the sum of on
hundred dollars ($100) on Placer
claim No. 1 above on Newton Gulch
No. 1 a tributary to Dry Creek in tba
Cape Nome Recording Precinct, Ter
ritory of Alaska: notice of location of
which is recorded in volume 105 pago
3 79 of the records of said Recording
Precinct. Said labor and improve
ments having been done on said claim
tor the purpose ot holding same under
:hc provisions of Section 2:>2 1 Revised
statutes of the United States.
You are hereby required to con
iribute your proportion of said ex
penditure. as co-owner to the under
signed within ninety days from thax
final publication of this notice or vour
nterest in said mining claim will be
forfeited and become the property of
!he undersigned, your co-owner, as
provided by said section of the Re
vised Statutes.
Dated at Nome. Alaska, February
15, 1919.
AUGUST HOMBURGER
Co-owner.
Published—Feb. 22. Mar. 1, S. 12,
22. 29. Apr. 5, 12, 1?. 26. Mar. 3, 1*,
17, 24, 1919.
NOTH’K OF FORFEITURE.
To Joseph Kramer, Herman Piper,
rohn Brennan Max Anger, C. N.
Jrown anil D. M. Brogan, your heirs,
egal representatives, or assigns:
You and each of you are hereby no
ified that I have expended in labor
ind mprovements during each of tha
ears >f 1906, 1907. 1908, 1909, 1910,
.911. 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, and
916 the sum of one hundred dollars
9100) on the St Anthony Assocln
ion Placer Mining Claim, situated
in the left limit of Newton Gulch No.
a tributary to Dry Creek in tha
'ape Nome Recording Precinct, Ter
itory of Alaska; notice of location of
ihich is recorded in volume 111 page
08 of the records of said Recording
’recinct. Raid labor and improve
ments having been done on said claim
or the purpose of holding same under
be provisions of Section 232 4 Revised
tatutes of the Unrfcd States.
You and each of you are lu*-eljy
equired to contribute your propci
ion of said expenditure as co-owner
a the undersigned within ninety
ays from the final publication of
bis notice or your interest n said ,
Lining claim will be forfeited and be
anie the property of the unders gneil.
our co-owner, as provided by said
action of the Revised Statutes.
Dated at Nome, Alaska. February
a, 1919.
AUGUST HOMBURGER
Co-owner.
ublisked—Feb. IS. 22. Mar. 1, S, 15.
2, 29. Apr. 5, 12, 19, 26. May, 3, 10,
7, 1919.