GREAT Cflfll STRIKE PROJECTED
ITMUIB MWWCTO SBg MLHUTmt TOWHS
-ITALY INTENDS TO KEEP FIUME EVEN
AT PRICE OF WAR” SAYS 8ARABALDI
Special lu th< Nome Nugget by The Associated Press:
Paris, Sept. 25—Disquieting rumors in circulation hero during the
past few days to the effect that the Italians arc preparing to take fon lido
por session of several important Dalmatian coast town# included in the Dalma
tian coast area awarded to Italy under the war treaty between Italy and Great
Britain arc confirmed by official advices reaching the French Foreign Office
•i :r:I.;r that ii.rgo numbe; : . f Italian troop.- a*e sdvnr. *mg i>j e fprilato,
i « bin.ci) an ! ot'o iai| -i tan* Dalmatian coast i i •
According to the reports, the Italian leaders are”*hpparently attempt
ing to emulate I>. nnunzio. the leader of the Finnic revolutionaries, by taking
possession of the larger toWns along the Dalamatian coast. Whether th-*
(prospective seizures are sanctioned by the Italian government is not definitely
ascertained. So far as appearances indicate, the movements of the Italians
are of a revolutionary character and arc undertaken by the Italian troops on
• their own initiative. 'indications, are not wanting, however, that the Italian
ministry is not entirely unaware of what is going on nnd if not assisting ^he
effort to seize the cities, is at least making no effort to prevent the Italian
I.aders taking possession under the pretense that the Italians in the Dalma
tian section arc taking matters in their own hands and proceeding on their
own initiative.
Rumors are current here that the Italians are planning to take posses
sion «>r the section of the Dalmatian area formerly included in the kingdom of j
Montenegro with tho intention of restoring former King Nicholas fo ids throne
The rumor is given added credence by reason of tho fact that Nicholas is the
father of the present queen of Italy.
Son of Garabaldi Declares Italy Intends to Hold Fiume Even at Cost of War.
I'AllIS, Sept. 25—Additional evidence regarding the intentions of Italy
■with respect to Flume are provided by the declaration of <Jiuseppe Carabaldi.
■'on of the famous Italian patriot, that Italy is prepared to hold possession of
I iume regardless of the consequences Involved.
(iarabaldK who is visiting in Paris at present, declared in a press
interview today that Italy is firm in the conviction that she is entitled to
[the possession of Fiume and "intends to keep the city even at the price .of-war."
COAL MINERS SEEKING 60 PERCENT
WAGE INCREASE AND 6 HOUR PAY
Special to The Nome Nugget by The Associated Pretrf.
BUFFALO, Sept., 25—A general strike of the soft coal miners of
America, is a. not unremote eventuality of the situation created by the demand
cf the miners that wages bo increased by the middle of October and the
hours of work be reduced from eight to six with a five day week.
The miners have tentatively designated November 1st as the date
upon which a nation wide general strike will be commenced in the event
that tHoir demands are not accepted by the operators.
Representatives of the miners and operators are meeting here at pres
ent to arbitrate the demands in response to a request of the Operators asso
.•it ion. * «
The men are demanding wage increases amounting in a majority or
c sos to sixty per cent of the amount, now paid by the companies and are
also insistent in the demand for a six hour working day,
officials of the operators association claim that the advance in wages
taken with the curtailment in'll oh rs will mean that only a few of the largest
concerns will be able to operate and the remainder will be forced to close down.
The operators claim they are able to prove Conclusively that the mines cannot
bo operated under the schedule <>f the miners without necessitating and in
crease of several dollars a ton to the present coal prices.
AERO CLUB PLANS GLOBE
CIRCLING AERIAL
CONTEST
.Special to the Nome Nugget by The Associated Press:
NEW YORK, Sept. 25—A world girdling nice of aeroplane and other
types of.air vehicles is in prospect If the present plans of the Aero Club of
America reach fulfillment.
Tho Aero Club Is planning a great aerial fterby, the course of which
will he around the world, and which will be open to any type of airship.
# Officials of the club announced today that prizes aggregating a million
dollars In value will be hung up for the race, which is expected to attract the
world’s gt-entest flyers.
A committee composed of aeronautical experts will tour^fhe world im
mediately to select the most feasible routes and locate landing places for the
birdmen who will participate In the contest.
The route across tho Pacific is .the only one presentirttf unusual diffi
culties and tho club has decided to leavo the question of whether the passage
across the Pacific shall be achieved by flights between the Islands or by way
of Alaska and Siberia, to the discretion of the committee. It Is thought
probable that tho most feasible route would !*• either from Tokio to Alaska
direct or from Tokio to Kamchatka and thence to Alaska and clown the
* Pacific slope. <, .
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VILSON DECLARES NATION UNDER
BOND TO ABOLISH FUTURE WARS
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•'pedal to The Nugget by The Associated Press.
DENVER, Sept. 25—In his address in behalf of the pea.-© treaty today,
'resident Wilson declared that the American nation Is virtually under a bond
o future generations to make certain that no more wars shall occur in the
tit tire to blight the race and drencli the world In blood.
"If another great war Is permitted to occur," the president declared,
it will be far more terrible in its Vonsequeneo to humanity than the last one
am in favor of providing insurance against sticl* barharlanlsm."
Mr. Wilson was given an oyatlon on arrival here and his address was
leard by the greatest assemblage ever gathered here.
CALIFORNIA BIG TREES THREATENED BY FIRE.
special to the Nome Nugget by The Associated Press:
SANTA CRUZ, Sept. 25—An outbreak of forest fires In the Santa Cruz
maintains is threatening the possible destruction of the famous big trees of
*anta Cruz park. The Forestry officials .are making every effort to prevent
ho dames penetrating to the valley where the great forest monarch’s are
ocated but have been compelled to request additional help dining the past
welve hours owing to a new outbreak of the flames under the impulse of a
ligh wind.
rROOPS CLAIM ARCTIC MOSQUITOES WORSE THAN BOLSHEVIKI.
Special to The Nome Nugget by The Associated Press.
KF.M, Russian Lapland. (Hy Moil)—American railway forces and other
Vllied troops operating on the Murmansk front this summer found the Arctic
nosquitoes worse foes tfian the Holsh^vikl,
‘‘After the war is over,” on<; Yank recently told the correspondent,
•we’re going to come up hero and organize an expedition to hunt these
uosqujtoos for their Ivory. They're not like ordinary mosquitoes. They
buzz up, bite a piece out of your leg, and then fly away info the trees and
•nt it." %
NOTICE OF INTENTION TO HOLD MINING CLAIM BLANKS
ALL KINDS OF LEGAL BLANK8 AT THE NUGGET OFFICE
RUMORED IN PARIS
LENINE ASSASSINATED
Special to the Nugget By the Associated Pi$ss.
Lenine, head of the Bolsheviki government of Russia, has been assassinated
quartern of the Bolsheviki government yesterday.
Efforts to learn tiie truth concerning the reported issasviiiation lr. \i
failed otying to the absence of regular communication lines.
The report is taken with considerable reser^itioii her*- owing to La
falsity of numerous earlier reports to the effect that Lenine bed been kill -I
MONTANA REPUBLICANS
SUPPORT JIAGUE FIGHT
Special to The Nome Nugget by The Associated Press.
HELENA. Mont.. Sept. 25— Represent a lives of the Republican parly
ftom all parts of Montana have signified their unqualified endorsement of tIn
fight now in progress in the senate to prevent the acceptance of tin League of
Nations covenant. In its present form.
posers and declaring the conviction that acceptance of the covenant will re
sult ill irreparable damage to American interests and invite controversy with
anti-Lengue movement in the senate. The message also contained the an
NOTICE OF INTENTION TO HOLD MINING CLAIM BLANKS
ON SALE AT NUGGET OFFICE.
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