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The daily Nome industrial worker., 1917-08-21
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, josh. Sustained in place by power full interests despite his incompe- tence and inability, anxious and de- sirous are the people here for Riggs repoval. Aware of his political in- vulnerability. in high places, politi- cal chicane is to be employed to bring about the desired consummation. To carefully preserve has dignity and not to sully hi5 professional" re- cord, a "soft cpot" end a "conven- tent cache" is being prepared for him. It remains to be seen if the local conspi-ators will succeed in dumping him in the gubernatorial chair. As Governor Riggs he will not impede the railroad work anyway.
 Devoid, really. of tact and savcir faire Riggs has antogonzed labor beyond all reconciliation and his a-bitary a>d despotic treatment of the workers in the rece'.t strike truly indicaes his vicious nature and his hostility to the legitimate demands of labor.
 Charles Lester the socialist pro- pagandist upon whom this man very shCrt shrift irdeed. Arrested and falsely accused of sedition and infammatory utte-ances and lack of respect for the institutions and the flag, am quite sure of his ultI- mate acquittal Lester said in the course of his spech at the strike meeting Many flags fly on the , western front, soon the American flag will be there also. but there is one flag absent, it is tho red flag. The red flag is symbolic of the brotherhood of man and speed the day when it will fly in all lands showing the realization of that for which it is a symbol He was ac- cused of saying that he desired the red flag to fly over the Stars and
  right He is sincere and conven- ] tional. a little in arrears, a political socialist, but an able primary e6u- cationalist. Lester was tried before a rabid commissioner, and reliable jury composed of government em- ployees, property holders and poli- ticians, undcfended by counsel and prosecuted by District Attorney RCth. Lester was mercilessly treat ed. one year and a thousand bones. The three aliens interned were also active iE the strike. Their intern mant is quite obvious. About 800 men are employed on the railrcad at impossible wages, from S70 to $90 per month, about eight miles of track completed and the road bed more or less prepared for about twenty miles, Good night!i
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1917-08-21
SOMI, PERSONALITY.

He ueHOl ldtlLH Ol ClllLciiso anu miners from Bisbee has led, natur- ally enough to inquire what the Bis bee corporations were that inspired the move and who was the power behind the throne.
 The Phclps-Dodge Arizona corno- ration is certainly in control ot the Warren mining district, and the man behind that corporation IS Pa triot Cleveland H. Dodge.
 Here are some particulars con corning him. which are collected by capitalist publicist Henry H. Klein who is leading an attack against Wall Street, lest the continuance ot corporation absolutism preeipitate socialism which Klein doesn't want at any price:
 "He is chairman of the Phelps Dodge Arizona copper corporation in control at Bisbee.
 Director of the RockefelIer-Na- tfoaal City Bank with depoaits ot sGG009o0G0.
 EErloiter of labor in the mines Of Arizona and Mexico. Miners struck against conditions in Arizona. Won with the aid of Governor Hunt. Op- posed the reelection of Hunt who was counted out by thirty votes.
 Indicted with other officers of the Phelps Dodge Mercantile Co. on October 23, 1913 by federal grand jury, Arizona, for conspiracy to send arms and munitions of war to Mexican revolutionists Indictment dismissed on tcchnicality by federal judge appointed on recommendation of Dodge and his attorney in Ari- zona.
 Indicted with other officers of Phelps Dodge and Co.,, charged with conspiracy to defraud the United Staes in connection with coal and land entries in Sen Juan Coun- ty, New Mexico. Company wanted coal land and their attorney used dummy to obtain them. Indictment dismissed while Roosevelt was Pre- sident.
 Charged in Hoise of Representa- tives on September 6, 1916 by Con- gressmaE William A. RCdenberg, of Illinois, that he (Dodge) was per oonany interested in the shipment of one million rounds of small arms ammunition to Carranza's troops ill Mexico immediately after the state department had lifted the em- bargo on the munitions to Mexico; also that Dodge visited the State Department the day before the em- bargo was lifted American troops attacked at Parral, four days be- fore the embargo was lifted.
 Contributed $S4,S00 ($51,300 his own money) to pre-convention cam paign fund of Governor Wilson for President in 1912. Among those who contributed through him were Cyrus H. Mccormick. controlling owner of the Harvester Trust, and Thom:s B. and David B. Jones, also directors in the trust. Contributed about $50,000 addi- tional to election expenses.
 Loaned S35,OOO to the Trenton True American in 1912 which news paper was leading support in New Jersey for Governor Wilson's candi- dacy for President. (Perkins that year backed Roosevelt as Progess- i've and split republican vote).
 Contributed $1OS.0OO to campaign fund for reelection of President | Wilson
 Made millions out of sale of wal munitions.
 Director of thirty corporations and banks whose combined assets exceed two billion dollars" | Of such i3 the kingdom oi Hcaven,!
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1917-08-21

Pioneer I2Ioo Hotel. Rooms S2.OO X $500 per week and up. 50 cents per night. Housekeeping Apart montS
Fair play., 1917-12-08
HOW TO Save COAL
Dean McCaustland of Missouri
University Gives Timely
Hints on Subject.
FURNACES THE BEST HEATERS
Perfect Combustion Necessary to Get
Greatest Efficiency From the
Fuel Used, He Says.

Investigations have shown that
with coal costing approximately s.
a ton, the expense OF heating an s.
room house in the climate of the Mis-
sissippi Valley approXimates $50
year, according to E. j. McCaustland
Of the University of Missouri. This is
a sufficiently large sum to make 1t
worth while to consider means Of
getting the maximum heat efficiency
from fuel.
Fuel can be saved by preventing too
free air circulation in the house, says
Dean McCaustland, but this should
not be carried to the point of inter
fering with proper ventilation. Heat
losses from rooms increase directly
with the extent Of window surface. If
ordinary shades are drawn over the
windows, they will prevent, to some
extent, the losses of heat due to radia-
tion.
Stoves are notoriously inefficient
for heating purposes and with them,
as with the open fire, much heat is
lost up the chimneys. Proper manipu-
lation of check drafts will help TO
reduce such losses. Where a single
furnace or boiler is provided to heat
! the entire house a number of points
may be noted for increasing the duty
OF the fuel:
For soft Goals, choose a boiler of a
rated capacity at least twice as great
as estimated need. Cover heater and
pipes in basement to prevent undue
radiation of heat. In case Of hot
air furnaces make provision for free
| circulation of air. Maintain constant
condition so far as possible. Use coal
of uniform size and do not break in
small pieces. Take care not to lose
| coal through the crate.
Force all cold air TO enter the fire
| through the CRATE. Keep a clear fire,
not piled too high, and with no dead
spots" Avoid too great an accumu
lation OF ashes on the crate.
Fair play., 1917-12-08
DOM { Sic.

The new railway pool is warned
that it must respect the law, or it
will be prosecuted.
Thanksgiving services throughout
the nation were marked for their
patriotic fervor,
presented to Mrs. Norman White
house, a New York suffragist, for her
work in the recent election.
In a train crash at Sparta, ILL.,, "a
miners were injured, some seriously.
Rumor has it that all Industries are
soon to come under the control of the
federal government
A convention in Peoria looking to
river improvement urged the govern
ment TO take steps to provide deep
waterways.
A revolution in American railroad
methods is being worked out to re-
lieve wal transportation congestion
Pooling of railway interests and equip
ment to the most radical and revolu-
tionary extent ever dreamed Of" it
""S oAiiSldlIy oldtSuI 10 ShOl Wy " DS
announced.
A new loan of $7,5OO,OOO has been
extended to Belgium.
Mai Lincoln, u. S. A., and Pilot
Paul Wright, at the Norfolk training
school. fell $500 feet in an airplane
and escaped unhurt.
The department of agriculture says
sheep should show profit of 60 per
cent per year at present prices, If
properly handled.
1t cost the Democrats of New York
$122,S24 to elect Hylan as mayor. ac.
cording to filed campaign statements.
Gov. Brumbaugh of PENNSYLVANIA
says his state win be the next one to
join the ranks of the dry people.
German propaganda and intrigue in
Mexico are again causing friends OF
that country in Washington serious
concern. Officials OF the United
States plainly are puzzled by the atu-
tude of the Mexicans. particularly over
the discrimination against American
newspaper correspondents.
Fair play., 1917-12-08
KILL MEN AND WOMEN
MassaCred in North Sea Battle
by the Germans.
Norwegian Papers Tell Of Attacks on
llfeboats and Firing on
White Flags.

London.-An appalling story Of cold
blooded massaCres by Germans Of the
crews of British North sea conveys in
recent battle is told by the Norwe-
gian papers.
The Tidenstegn said the German
cruisers were observed at six O'Clock
in the morning and were thought to be
British vessels, but at Seyen o'clock,
when there was more light, they sud
denly began shooting and the convoy
was terrified to see the British de-
stroyer at the stern of the convoy be.
gin to sink, although 1t fought to the
end.
The German cruisers, after signaling
the vessels to stop, advanced on each
side of the convoy, which they swept
with all their guns at n range Of less
than two hundred yards.
The German destroyers came up and
helped TO spread death and destruC-
tlon on the defenselesS ships shells
falling thick and fast. The Germans
were not content to sink the ships, but
shclled the lifeboats, and every living
luluP CoUllnS illtlI why WAS litICi'
lessly slaughtered. The survivors
owed their lives to the high sea which
was running, making the boats q diff
cult mark.
In the midst of the massacre an
other British destroyer came up and
Immediately attacked, but was soon
sunk in the unequal struggle. The Ger
man flotilla then cruised backward and
forward along the sinking steamers,
pouring n fresh and terrible rain OF
shells Mt range of 100 yards.
one shell went through the Swedish
ship Wirndar, exploding in the life
boat on the other side and killing all
Its occupants, fourteen men and three
women.
The other lifeboat rowed back to
rescue the captain and two mattresses
from the wreck. A shell struck the
boat and killed five of the occupants,
only the mate escaping by swimming
The Wirndar was mass OF flames
and the two girls jumped into the sea
The captain was saved by cllnging to
wreckage. AS the two young women
were sinking an English ship hoisted
the white flag.
The answer OF the Germans was
Fair play., 1917-12-08
HOSPITALS MOVED TO ESCAPE FLYERS

closed. They seem to be carrying on a
special campaign against hospitals,
five in this immediate neighborhood
have been closed within a week.
1--WE drove In convoy to our new
quarters. AS convoy we are quite
imposing, first the staff car, then 20
ambulances, an enormous truck with
n kitchen trailer, canton, a camio-
nette, and the French staff car. We
drove about 20 miles, almost parallel
to the front, so that we are still about
10 kilometers from the lines, but we
are in big forest very well concealed.
There is no shellfire at that distance
in this sector, and the aviators have
little chance to see anything.
"Thls aerial raiding business as
sumes big proportions. We passed
through town on our way here where
$50 bombs had been dropped in one
night.
''If they hit on soft ground they are
comparatively harmless for they pene-
trate ten feet or more and blow out u
hole like a well, straight up into the
air.
"But the eclats of the bombs are
small, rarely more than an inch or
two long, while big shell will burst
into jagged pieces two and three feet
long that will cut clean through a
house. The dope is to pick out n spot
in soft ground and get fiat on the sur
face, then only direct hit can get
you, and there isn't chance in mil
lion of that
Fair play., 1917-12-08
RICH FARMER SLAIN IN HOME
George Wilkes of Lawrence County
Shot Down by Assassin-Nephew
Under Arrest.

George Wilkes, 64 years old, a we'll
-to-do Lawrence county farmer, was
shot and fatally wounded in his home,
one mile north of Verona. the other
night by an assassin, who escaped.
Wilkes left his wife at the supper
table, saying he was tired and would
retire early. While disrobing in bed
room, shotgun was discharged
through a window, the load of buck
shot taking effect in Wilkes abdomen.
When Mrs. Wilkes attempted to notify
the authorities at Verona by telephone
it was discovered that the wires had
been cut near the house. Wilkes lived
about one hour. 1t is not known that
he had any enemies.
Bloodhounds were rushed to the
scene from Peirce City and followed
a trail for more than a mile through
woods and fields to the home Of
Charles Wilkes, "a years old, great
nephew The wounded mans dying
statement together with the clew of
the bloodhounds, caused Sheriff VIII
son to take young Wilkes into custody.
Fair play., 1917-12-08
FOhEISN.

Owing to mixed signals, two Ger
man regiments almost eXtermlnal ed
each other before the error was dis.
covered.
BJlsneyiki leaders have declared
Russia Dankrupt, and refused 10 pay
lne nations deUts.
The vatican is accused in an edito-
rial IA the London Post OF being I'M
phcated IN the propaganda RESPONSE
Ule lor the IeceDt Itanan reyerses.
Batter denunclation OF the, United
states, WnIGn once shCuered him as
a refugee irom the car reach, Was
included in speech winch Leon Trot-
sky, national commissioner Tor Tor
e.gn allails, under the BolsheyIki gov
eminent, maze to the Soviet. quota
lions from the speech were received
IN London.
Cabinet Minister I. Staining of Den
mark has written letter to Dutch
and Belgian Socialist leaders, urging
another peace conference.
Peace demonstrations have occurred
in Berlin and Budapest. Police in
both cities have clashed with the
peace advocates.
sources have placed Americans in the
dominating role in the allied war con.
ference.
English authorities are tying an
experiment at Carlisle, in the running
OF municipal restaurant
Fair play., 1917-12-08
GEN ERAL,

Victory loan in Canada now totals
$253,OOO,O0O. The goal is $30O,OOO,O 900.
Cardinal Gibbons is calling on the
Catholics to provide comforts for the
soldiers,
Roy Mitchell, a merchant at New
Haven, ILL.,, paid record price for q
wagonload OF pecans, $500.
A rule lorbIuding women to serve
in the army prevents the acceptance
of Miss Ruth Laws oller to drive a
war plane.
Miss Margaret Fotheringham, a
teacher. who was imprisoned after
picketing the White House as a suf-
tragist, has been dismissed by the Buf.
falo school board.
Rail lines out of Chicago have or
ganlzed pool and Will divide traffic
and profits.
The worlds rice crop for the year
is 1855 per cent OF the average Tor
the last i've years.
Admiral Lee Capp, successor to
Goethals on the ship board, has been
forced TO resign by reason OF failing
health.
Ine first of the new merchant ships
on the faciiic coast was launched at
Seattle On tuesday, Nov. ~.
Fair play., 1917-12-08
GRIM iNAL,

The fourth murder in three years
occurred in the Illinois penitentiary
when Henry Finley, a Cook county
lifer was struck down by John Cloure
in the chair shop. Both men are me-
groes.
A New York gunman confessed 20
the authorities that he had been in
volved in the killing of % men.
One ne gro was killed and two in
jured during riot of convicts at the
Tennessee penitentiary.
Thieves bound three watchmen in
a department store at Cleveland and
escaped with $4,000 after blowing
the safe.
j. a. O'Leary, president of the
American Truth society, has been in
dicted under the espionage law.
a bomb was found in the mail room
of the Chicago postoffice.
Fair play., 1917-12-08

There was no place to run to so l
crawled under q ledge and waited.
"a minute later three more went OF,
and then | heard wild rush, and Ed
came tearing back through the woods,
all out of breath, but sprihting his
hardest. He was so funny that / for
got all about the bombs-he wears
mutton chop whiskers, loose knee
pants with bare legs, and he had his
tin hat crammed way down over his
ears, and the expression on his face
was that of man who has given up
all hope, but intends to fight desper-
ately to the end.
81 laughed until was weak. When
he saw me he stopped, struggled for
breath, swallowed lump in his throat
and said husklly, I think they're de-
parts, don't your AS matter of fact.
they were neither bombs nor departs,
but some defective hand grenades that
were unsafe for shipment and were
purposely exploded by the munitions
workers.
"Glad the Italians are proving some
thing at last. These drives will give
the German people food for thought
during the winter-about all the food
they'll get"
Fair play., 1917-12-08
MISCELLANEOUS.

A Norwegian sailing ship brought
$500 bales of high.grade wool from
South Africa to New York recently.
Glen Taylor, 25 years old; Arthur
Peacock, "a, and Earl Kramer, 2S, all
of Cherry Valley, were killed at Per
Jyville Crossing, H., when an Illinois
Central flyer struck an automobile
truck on which the men were riding
to Camp Grant.
Salvation Army officials are plan
ming drive to raise fund of 100000
for work at war camps.
Teuton aviators have commenced a
series of bombardments on Venice,
but so far little damage has been
done.
The French house of deputies has
demanded the impeachment of Louis
Malry, former minister of the interior.
One of the reforms voted by the
Uruguayan people was the confisca
lion of all church property.
Fair play., 1917-12-08
WAR RRENITlES.

British casualties officially reported
for last week aggregated 3O314,
The American steamship Actaeon
was torpedoed. Twenty-one survivors
have arrived at Port Camarinas.
Three boats are missing.
Admiral Sims reports that Osmond
Kelly Ingram of Pratt City, Ala, sac.
rificed his life to save shipmates when
the United States destroyer Cassin
was attacked by submarine
An allied conference looking to the
appointment of one general to COM
mand all the allied armies is in ses-
sion. The British oppose the plan.
Formal negotiations for an armistice
have opened on the eastern front be-
tween the Germans and Russians, ac.
cording to dispatches received at Co
penhagen by the Social Demokraten.
Dispatches from Denmark declared
that decentralization between the Rus
slams and Germans and Austrians was
virtually complete along the whole of
the Russian front. All semblance of
iAShtihb hSllNlly mas CtdStu.
A considerable body of troops from
the Riga front is marching on Petro-
grad to establish a coalition govern
ment.
Heavy losses by fire in five states
have caused al advance of rs per cent
in insurance rates.
Carranza has established bureau
for the settlement of claims for dam
age arising in connection with the
recent uprisings.
Indicating control of the U-boat
warfare, insurance rates have de-
clined from 5 to per cent on car
goes.
Recent rains have turned the
American sector on the French line
into sea of mud.
Fair play., 1917-12-08
Record Sunday School Meet.

The attendance at the state conven-
tion of the Missouri State Sunday
School Association in Maryyille eX-
ceeded thet of any other state conven-
tion in the history of the association
for fifty-two years with 1925 dele
gates registered. Officers elected
were: William II. Danforth, st. Louis,
president; r. A. Long, Kansas City.
vice-president; G. II. Henbroeck, St.
Louis, recording secretary; Lansing
f. Smith, st. Louis, treasurer, Jeffer-
son City was the only applicant for
the convention for 1918.
Fair play., 1917-12-08
WOOD WANTS ARMY MARCH
General Asks Composers Of Seven
States to Submit Compositions
In Contest.

Camp Funston, Kan.-An invitation
to composers of music in the seven
states from which members of the
Eighty-ninth division of the National
army was drawn-Mlssouri Colorado.
Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Arl-
zona and South Dakota-from which
a march for the division may be Sc
lected has been issued by Maj Gen.
Wood, through his assistant chief OF
staff, Capt. ii. S. Rowland. The invi-
tation states that marches which fail
to secure first place probably will be
adopted by the various regiments in
the division as their regimental
marches. Composers are asked to send
compositions to c. II. Guthrie, Y. NJ. G.
A. headquarters, Camp Funston.
Fair play., 1917-12-08
NEED MORE MISSOURI PORK
Government Has Asked State to In
creSSs IL Production at Least
Fifty Per Cent.

The officials Of the federal food ad-
ministration have requested a definite
increase in pork production for each
state. The request is based on avail
able supply OF feed and upon other
conditions which will determine profit
able production. Missouri has been
asked to increase production so per
cent.
In other words, the state should
have S.5OOOOO hogs, instead of 4,250,-
600. The percentage Of increase asked
in Missouri is greater than that in any
other state. Alabama stands next
with a requested Increase Of 80 per
cent.
Some of the most prominent hog
raisers in the state are assisting in
the increased production campaign,
which was started on November 26.
These men will act as special agents
for the University of Missourfs agri-
cultural department and will hold from
four to six meetings in each hog pro-
ducing county. About seventy-five Of
the principal hog producing counties
of Missouri will be visited. Meeting
dates will be arranged with the county
councils OF defense and the farm bu-
reaus.
These farmers. who are practical
hog raisers, will urge that more sows
be bred; that a higher percentage Of
pigs be raised; that all hogs be made
heavier so that they will attain a good
marketable weight; that pork be pro
duced on a minimum of grain and that
losses from disease be eliminated by
vaccination and sanitation.
Fair play., 1917-12-08
COURT PROCEEDINGS.

Two more men-Mike Evanhoff and
Dan Walsh-were found guilty in the
Belleville courts of melting the East
st. Louis riots, and fined $500 each.
Franz Won Rentelen pleaded guilty
to obtaining fraudulent passport in
New York and the federal court gave
him 20 months in prison.
Two of the defendants in the anti
foreign riot trials at Pennington, Mo-,
were fined 500,
st. Louis Socialists have presented
plan for the city to take over and
operate the street car lines.
Fair play., 1917-12-08
Wheat the Problem Now.

On his return from Washington.
where he had conference with Her
bert c. Hoover, Dean F. B. Mumford,
state food administrator for Missouri,
issued an appeal to the people of the
state not to slack in their efforts to
save wheat, Every person should real
ize, he said the situation as to flour
and wheat is grave and each person
now has a great responsibility and
opportunity for service. Dean Mum
ford pointed out that the normal eX-
port surplus of wheat each year is 20
million bushels, and that the United
States had already exported this year
10 million bushels in excess of that
amount. This expectation, he said,
must not be discontinued at any cost,
and it can be done only by wheatless
days, as many of them as possible, by
the people of this country and Of
Missouri
Fair play., 1917-12-08
$4,000 For Better Roads.

E. w. Stephens, president of the
Old Trails Association, has received
word that the citizens living between
Fulton and the Mineola hills special
road district had voted $4,000 in
bonds for building a permanent hard
surfaced road for a section of the Old
Trails route. The result of the elec-
tion was 23l for the bond issue and
three against it. This assures the
building of hard surfaced road from
Columbia to beyond the Mineola hills.