THE NOME DAILY NUGGET
VOLUME XVII. NO. 292. TBLEPnONE MAIN 44 NOME, ALA8KA, FRIDAY, JULY 13, 1917. TELEPHONE MAIN 4«. PRICE 25 CENTS
BISBEE SUSPENDS BUSINESS AND
DRIVES BUT INDUSTRIAL WORKERS
By Associated Press.
PHOENIX, Ariz., July 12—Stirred to
the depths of indignation by tlie re
peated efforts of ttie Industrial -York
ers of the World to stir up turther
industrial disorders in the copper dis
trict, the entire town of Rishee sus
pended business today while the citi
zens protective league widen num
bers more than one thousand five
hundred members and Includes prac
tically \every hastiness plan in the
city, roundedf up all !. »Y. W. sup
porters that could be found and ex
pelled them from tlie town.
More than one thousand of the in
dustrialists were caught in tlie drag
net of armed citizens who searched
numerous houses in the course of tlie
effort to rid the town of the agitat
ing element.
Tlie industrialists were temporarily
interned mil'll I lie league laid secured
a number of freight and cattle cars
and they were then heid->d unoard and
the doors locked ant'd *'l y can he rent
oil their way to other parts.
The citizens’ league hacked by a
majority of the citizens has determ
ined that the activities of tlie indus
trialists w'nl lie suppressed regardless
of tlie means necessary 10 accomplish
that object.
Douglas Citizens Join I. W. W.
Roundup.
TUItPIN, Ariz., July 12—A message
received here from Douglas today says
that public indignation over the I. W.
W. activities at Jerome and Rishee
resulted in over three hundred citi
zens of Douglas leaving for Rishee
to assist 'in rounding up the strike
agitators, in the latter town. The
party was heavily armed and carried
i in addition to an array of small f
arms, three macmne guns.
Keeling against the industrialists is
increasing daily throughout the cop- |
per district and there is every pros
pect that a continuation of their ac
tivities is likely to result in si l ions
trouble. J
State Officers Protest Action Bisbee
Citizens.
PHOENIX, Ariz, July 18.—Tlie at- ,
torney general's office has telesraf lied j
to the sheriff of Bisbee asking by
what authority the citizens of the
town are deporting members of the T.
W. \V. and strikers. The message is
said to deliver a severe rebuke to the
i Bisbee official for |>ermltting the law
to be violated by the enforced ex
pulsion of citizens.
Clovernor Campbell lias also tele
graphed the sheriff and country at
torney to the same effect.
Bisbeeites Compel Expelled Industri
alists to Hike.
COJ.UMBUS, N. M., July it'.- The
thousand or more Industrial Workers
who were deported from Bisbee, Ariz.,
yesterday were put off the train to
1 which Ihe angry citizens of Bisbee had
attached the cattle cars in which the
men were locked, at the town of Her
manns, near the western border of
New Mexico. As the place is only a
Village the Industrialists were com
pelled to vacate as soon as possible
and are reported walking along the
railroad track in this direction.
The crowd Is reported suffering se
verely from lack of food as they have
had nothing to eat since they were
rounded up by the mob at Bisbee
I yesterday.
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I. W. W.'s Still at Hermanas.
EL PASO, Tex., Jufy 13.—Reports
reaching here from New Mexico say
that the twelve hundred members of
the I. \V. \V. and their sympathiz
ers, who Were deported from P.isbee,
are still at Hermanas, N. M.
It 'is probable that some effort will
be made to have the workers sent to
points where they may obtain food,
as there is said to lie small pros|>ects
of obtaining sufficient food supplies
at Hermanas. To add still further to
the critical situation of the workers,
the country both cast and west is
practically a desert for many miles.
An attempt to cross the arid reaches
will entail severe suffii'mg unless
some means of transportation are pro
vided .
President Wilson Reproves Bisbee
Deportations.
PHOENIX, Arfz., July 13. In a tele
gram to Governor Campbell today
President Wilson indicates bis disap- I
proval of the action of the citizens
of Risheo in deporting a thousand or
more industrialists and also announces
that the federal government is pre
paring lo investigate the Industrial
conditions of the copper district with
a View to assisting the local authori- .
ties to maintain order.
In his message to the governor, the
president says:
The secretary of war lias Instructed
General Parker to send officers to
Arizona at once to report to him the
conditions there with a view to co
operating in the maintenance of law ;
and order.
In the meantime may 1 not urge i
the great danger of the citizens tak- j
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ing the law into their own hands, as
your report indicates thrir having
done. I look upon such actions with
grave apprehension. A very serious
responsibility is assumed when such
precedents are set.
WILL INTERCEPT
ITINERANT LABORERS
By Associated Press.
SK.VTTLK, July 12 Orors have
been given to the troops engaged in
guarding bridges and tunnels along
the various railroad lines to arrest
all itinerent laborers and others seek
ing to cross the mountains east or
west whether heating their way on
trails or journeying by other methods.
The order is the result of a decision
by the country authorities, who evi
dently wish to suppress the move
ment of large numbers of I. \V. W.s
who annually gather in the Pacific
northwest with the opening of sum
mer.
GERMANS HALTED IN BELGIUM
By Associated Press.
LONDON, July III. Meager reports
relative to the weighty attempt of the
Germans to advance in the Niouport
region dining the past two days, in
dicate that the movement has met
with complete failure. Although fight
ing is still in progress the German
drive is apparently at an end as no
further advances arc recorded.
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You may purchase cheaper under
wear in town, but not as good to wear
as Klean Knit wears two and three
seasons at Miss Oestreich’s Store.
HOPED DRAFT SELECTIONS
WILL COMMENCE SATURDAY
By Associated Press.
NEW YORK, July 12—Orders have
out out to the various recruiting
hoards to hasten the preparttlons for
army craft selection as rapidly ns
possible owing to the close approach
to August, when the actual inobiliza
ton 0f the new military forces is
scheduled (o commence.
It is said that the date for the com
mencement of the drawings under the
selective draft system has been de
termined on by the president but has
not been announced owing to the data
necessary to proper application of the
system not having been fully com
pleted.
As the work of preparation Is much
farther advanced in some states than
in others it is possible that the levy
ing will not commence simultaneously
in all parts of the country.
It is now determined that all who
have registered will be drawn at the
; same time. The. announcement t« this
effect is not, however, 'intended to in
dicate that all the men selected will
be drafted into service at once. The
method has been adopted as a means
of determining the order of their en
listment with the various drafts that
will be made as the work of army
building goes on.
In a statement • today Secretary
Maker said that it was the hope of the
department officials that mutters m'lght
r
lie so arranged that the draft draw
ings might commence on Saturday of
this week, but owing to so many
of the states being still unorganized
to the degree that proper handling
of the draft might tie impossible, it
might be necessary lo postpone the
date until the latter end of the com
ing week.
Indications are, lie said that every
thing will he ready by that time and
the actual work of drawing the first
live hundred thousand men will be
rushed as speedily as possible.
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ALASKA’S DRAFT OUOTA
WILL BE 696 MEN
By Associated Press.
WASHINGTON. July 13—The firs*
detailed statement of the government
plans for the selective draft 'issued
by the war department today that a
total of six hundred and eighty-seven
thousand men will be selected from
the more than nine million registrants
for the first national war army. Of
this number more than five hundred
thousand will be used to fill the ranks
of the regular army to the desired |
quota and the remainder will be re.
qulred to till vacancies In the nation
al guard.
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As fast r.s the first ir.crtypcnt is |
absorbed the additional quotas will be i
drafted until the required total has
been obtained. Plans for the mobiliza
tion of the several Increments nre
fully determined and A he work of
placing the levies In training at the
various district training camps will
tie carried on with dispatch.
The statement includes the quota of
men demanded from each of the states
and disc’osc« that the number of men
to be furnished by Alaska will be six
hundred and ninety six. No mention
is made ns to the dale f#r drafting
In the northern territory but will
probably be announced before the
close of the registration period.
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NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSN.
SELECTS NEW PRESIDENT
By Associated Press.
PORTLAND July 133.—Mrs. Mary
C- Bradford, state superintendent of
public instruction in Colorado, was to
day selected as the new head of the
National Education Association by the
committee appointed for that purpose
by the national body. The appoint
ment is equivalent to an election un
der the rules of the organization!
Mrs. Bradford, ’in addition to being
famous as an educator, also possesses
the distinction of being the first wo
man ever nominated for a state office
in her home state. She is widely
known as a lecturer on educational
topics and has also served as instruc
tor in parliamentary law in Colorado
and thirty six other states.
LOST—Finder of postal cards ad
dressed to Mr. and Mrs. O. H.
Flowers please leave at Nugget office.
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By Associated Pies?.
RETROGRAD, July 13.—Reports
from the battle zone in Galicia indi-’
cate a • >n, ii nation of tb5 victorious
pr ifei'es.* of the Russian torces
During the past twenty four hours
I tie republican troops have added sev
eral villages to the long list of cap
tured positions and have advanced
their lines for important gains at
st veral ee'tds.
J he Teuton forces tire preparing to
make a stand in the vicinity of De
lino and a hard battle is expected to
develop in that region.
The Russian artillery is active in the !
I.ernbeig region and further advances j
of ilie military forces 'in lhat Imalitj
are expected.
The Bukowina fighting has dwindled
lo a stiff contest for supremacy be
tween the Austrian and Russian at
tillery and no advances have been
attempted by either side.
The official statement of the war
office today says that a total of eight
hundred and sixty men and five heavy
guns were capured by the Russians
during the fighting in eastern Galicfa
Wednesday.
Included among the prisoners were
ten officers. The larger number of the
rank and file were Germans.
FRENCH MINE SWEEEPER MINED
By Associated Press.
SEATTLE, July 1' Orders have
sweeping Steamer Jupiter is reported
by the natal bureau to have struck
a mine while engaged in removing
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mines from the English channel and
was sunk together with eleven of her
crew.
BRITISH SUSTAIN
SLIGHT CASUALTIES
8y Associated Press.
LONDON, July 13.—In spite of the
terrific force and energy of the Gor
man drive In the Nleuport region of
Belgium the British casualties are
remarkably slight indicating that the
British and Belgian armies depended
lmost entirely on their artillery lo
check the German rush.
An official statement announces
that the German success cost the Drit
ish only eighteen hundred casualties,
including the prisoners t iken by the
Germans in the first day of fighting.
The report discloses more than any
other example recently coming to light
1he present effectiveness of the artil
lery forces of the British and the
ability of the all'ied gunners to hold
the enemy in close check at all times.
STEEL INDUSTRY AT ENTIRE
DISPOSALOF GOVERNMENT
I By Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, July 13.—Through
an agreement with representatives of
the American steel industry, the gov
ernment will have at its disposal tlie
entire steel product of the nation at
prices which will be practically de
termined by the administration.
Secretary Baker announced today
that negotiations with the steel pro
ducers and (manufacturers of the conn',
try carried on during the past six
weeks have resulted in an agreement
whereby the entire product of the
steel industry will be available for
' government war purposes at a price
to be determined on the basis of the
cost of production.
Baker stated that (he federal trade
i
commission 'is already it work on the
questions involved in fixing the cost
! price to the government and will con
j duct an exhaustive inquiry before the
'matter will be finally octei mined.
Under the terms of the agreement the
government promises reasonuh'e prof
I its to tiie manufacturers and ha« also
1 agreed to a provision whereby expan
sh *1 of the stem industry to meet the
| new demands of the war will cared for
b'> the government Due cure will
, also he taken !n.u orders will !>■■
| distributed so that no single prodtin r
or group will either monopolize the
government orders or ho compelled to
I carry and unfair share of the war
huivlen. It is (lie intention to so place
the orders that every plant in the
country will share In the government
trade.
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WASHINGTON, July 12—The sen
ate is still almost hopelessly at odds
over the food bill despite all efforts
j to adjust the various provisions to
suit the idea of the majority.
T he democratic leaders finding it nl*
most 'impossible to reconcile the va
rious conflicting views, are about de
cided to appeal to the president to
outline his opinion of what compro
mises should he made in the hope that
the opinion of the executive will has
ten action on the measure.
The adm'instration supporters frank
ly admit that the points of variance'
are so numerous that only Ihe most
heroic efforts will enable the bill to
pass on the date set for submitting
it to final vote. The president Is
lending his personal efforts toward
smoothing over the dltltcultiss hj in
terviewing many of the senators and
conferences cn the subject of 'lie food
hill occur at the executive headquar
ters daily.
It is the general belief among the
democrats that a statement by the
president as to bis views on tin; ques
tton of compromises will bring about
an early agreement.