GOVT GOING AFTER DRAFT EVADERS
U. S. TO WITHDRAW FROM N. RUSSIA
ITALIANS INSIST ON POSSESSION OF FIUME
UNDER SELF DETERMINATION PRINCIPLE
l'ARIS, April 5—(Associated Press Exclusive Dispatch)—Asked by a
tepresentative of the Associated Press today if the Italians will leave the Peace
Cnnference if they are denied the former Austrian city of Fiume, Salvatore
Barziius, one of the leading members of the Italian peace detection, said that
no decision has been reached as to what action will be taken by the delegat
ion in the event of the Allies refusing to accede to the Italian claim to the im
portant Adriatic port.
Barzilas said the Italian representatives feel that they'must follow the
will of the Italian^people, who are insistent that the seaport become a part of
the Italian domain. The delegate declared that Italy claims Fiume solely by
reason of the population being either Italian or In complete sympathy with the
proposal to come under the Italian government. "If the Allies do not intend
to forego their declarations regarding the self determination of subject peoples,
they cannot consistently refuse to grant the Italian claims to Fiume”, he de
clared. The fact that the Council of Fiume adopted the Italian flag as the
banner of the city immediately after release from Austrian control is, he
declared, the best proof that Fiume wishes to join Italy under the policy of
self determination.
“The Italian parliament and people", he declared, "are finny deter
mined that Fiume should be a part of the Italian kingdom."
GOVERNMENT PLANNING WHOLESALE
ROUND UP OF DRAFT EVADERS
Special to the Nugget By the Associated Press.
TACOMA, April 5—News leaked out today that the Federal and mili
tary authorities are planning a whoesale campaign to round up and arrest
draft evaders. It Is known that hundreds of men of military age who evaded
the army draft are in hiding in the state. Some of them are working in out
of the way places under assumed names and others are living in remote cabins
in the woods and mountains.
There are said to be at least several hundred residing in various parts of the
Northwest. It is the intention to proceed aganst them by means of an or
ganized dragnet which is expected to gather in practically every draft slacker.
The army draft boards of the various districts are preparing lists of men who
were called for physical examination and failed to report, although receiving
notification to do so.
QUIET RETURNS TO ARCHANGEL SECTOR;
LOWERNG MORALE BY HEAVY DEFEATS
.Special tor the Nugget by the Associated PresS
ARCHANGEL. April 5—(Associated Press Exclusive Dispatch)—The
situation along the Archangel sector today is comparatively quiet. Artillery
firing is in progress over several sections of the front but the enemy has
shown no disposition to launch infantry attacks.
The heavy defeats sustained during the past week have apparently
disheartened the Red’s and the desperate drives of the first days of the week
have gradually subsided. Bolsheviki prisoners captured during the fighting of
past day or two say the enemy morale is very low as a result of the immense
losses sustained in the attacks on the Allied positions. The peasantry <f the
surrounding district is also said by the prisoners to be extremely hostile and
binders the Bolshevik armies in every manner possible.
PARIS MATIN SAYS FRANCE CANNOT
YIELD ON QUESTION OF ADEQUATE REPARATION
ftpccml to Til® Nome Nugget by The Associated Press.
PARIS, April 5.—Discussing the war settlements questions today. Re
Matin, the semi-official government organ, says that France will continue to
demand full recompense for the war ravages committed by the Germans, re
gardless-of the extent other war injured nations lelcnqulsh their claims for
just compensation for German vandalism.
The journa 1 declares that France cannot consent to yield in any de
gree on the question of obtaining adequate reparations from Germany. Re
garding the territorial settlements, the journal asserts that satisfactory agree- |
ments are being reached on all questions relating to territorial indemnities. |
/ WILSON EXPECTED TO BE ABOUT TODAY
Special to Th® Nome Nugget by The Associated Press.
PARIS, April 5—President Wilson is still confined to his room but is
reported this morning to have passed a satisfactory night. Wilson slept'
somewhat later than usual and appeared much improved when he woke.
It is expected that the Allied Premier’s will meet at the Paris White
House to continue their conferences today. The president’s attendants say1
there Is a prospect that he may sit up for a while this afternoon. The physi
cian in attendance reports that Wilson’s condition is satisfactory in every way
end said he expects the president will be about again by Monday.
| ' FOCH MAKES HEADWAY IN NEGOTIATIONS OVER DANZIG
Special to tho Nugget By the Associated Press.
PARIS, April 6—Field Marshal Foch, who is now at Spa conferring with
the Germans over the question of permitting the Polish troops now in France,
to land at Danzig and for the use of Danzig as a port for Polish commerce,
has sent telegrams to the various allied governments stating that.the right of
the Allies to use Danzig as a port for the return of Poles and Polish troops and
the shipment of Polish goods has been formally upheld in the conference with
the Germans. '
TEUTON ARMIES NOW BUT FIFTEEN PERCENT
OF STRENGTH AT SIGNING OF ARMISTICE
Special to the Nugget By the Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, April 5-—Chief of Staff General Peyton C. March
told the reporters in his week end Interview today that the Teutonic armies
are now reduced to a trifling percentage of their former strength and the Al
lied forces possesses an overwhelming strength superiority.
March said the German and Austrian armies are now only about fifteen
percent of the strength they were at the time the armistice was signed, add
ing that the Allies hold about seventy five percent of their strength at the
armistice date. ^
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JPNHAI . Alaska, Jan. 23—(P>y
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x paper, "The New Native". In its
first issue the paper says. "The New
Native's name was chosen for the rea
son that the natives of Hydaburg are
no longer the natives of twenty years
ago. The> have forsaken their belief
in toteinisin and other antiquated cus
toms and have embraced the fruits of
civilization.
Panama cars to be
USED ON ALASKA RAILROAD
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SEWARD. Alaska, Jan. 19—(By
Mail—Seven solid trains of flat cars
are to be shipped by the government
from the Panama Canal, where they
were used, t«> Seward where they will
be put in the service of the railroad,
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JAPS START COTTON
FACTORY IN HAWAII
Associated Press Service.
HONOLULU. T. H. Fell. 1 — (By
Mail)—Six local Japanese have incor
porated The Japanese Cotton Factory
of Hawwaii with a capital of $50,000
and have begun operations on a small
scale, hoping to encourage the produc
tion of cotton in the islands. Cultivat
ion of cotton was started seven years
ago on the island of Hawaii but owing
to the fact iliut manufacturing facili
ties were lacking the industry langii
KENNECOTT MILL FACILITIES
TO BE INCREASED
Associated Press Service.
COBDOYA.Alaska, Jan. 15—(By
Mail)—Expansion of the Braden op
erations by the Kennecott Copper
company are t«> he pushed until, by the
end of this year, it is expected .mill
ing will have been increased to permit
tin* daily treatment of 7 500 instead of
the present 5,500 tons. The ultimate
capacity of the plant is to be 10,000
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MARCH ANNOUNCES AMERICAN TROOPS TO
WITHDRAW FROM NORTHERN RUSSIA
Special to the Nugget By the Associated Press.
WASHINGTON. April 5—Discussing the situation at Archangel today.
General March said that the Win- Department is planning to withdraw tho
American forces ^in Northern Russia within the next two or three months.
According to tho Thief of Staff the withdrawal of Americans will be com
menced within a few weeks, unless unexpected developments intervene, and If
Is planned to have the last troops out of that part of Russia by the end of
.1 line.
March said that the Archangel situation, considered from the military
view point, is well in hand and no fears are felt that the Bolshevik! campaign
will result in anything but failure. Referring to reports recently sent out
from Russian sources to the effect that the Allies in Northern Russian will
soon be driven into the sea by the Bolshevik! armies, March declared it to be
incredible, that the Allied force now in the Archangel section can be driven
into the sea by anybody.
EX-SOLDIERS ARRESTED FOR SELLING “SOLDIERS
AND SAILORS COUNCIL" TAGS AT TACOMA
Special to The Nome Nugget by The Associated Press.
TACOMA, April 5—Seventeen former United States soldiers have been arrest
ed here for selling tags for the benefit of what the tags announce as “The
Soldier's and Workmen’s Council”, which was recently organized here with a
large following of radicals, im luding many I. W. W. and a few discharged
soldiers of pronounced radical leanings.
Members of the Tacoma City Council maintain that the organization
is founded on the same lines as the Russian Soviet’s’ and is intended to foster
Bolshevism in the Cnited States.
The arrested soldiers claim, however, that the organization is not re
volutionary in character and the sale of tlie tags was for the purpose of as
siting needy soldiers and sailors.
Despite^lirrcst of the tag sellers at intervals during the past week
ci two, the number of others who are selling similiar tags appears to be grow
ing steadily.
TROTSKY ORDERS BALTIC FLEET TO ATTACK
ALLIES UNDER PAIN OF DEATH
Special to the Nugget By the Associated Press.
LONDON, April S— Reports reaching 'Stockholm and Copenhagen stay
it Is reported in Moscow that Rolsheviki War Minister Trotsky has ordered
the Russian Baltic fleet to put to sea and attack the Allies’ navies engaged
in blockading the Russian Baltic coasts
According t<> the reports, the crews of the Russian war vessel' shovveJ
an inclination to disobe\ the order under the plea that the Russian fleet is
unable to cope with the superior sea forces of the Allies. Trotsky is said to
have promptly issued a threat to have all crews shot if they failed to obey the
order to attack the Allies.
ALLIED SITUATION IN SOUTHERN RUSSIA ADMITTEDLY CRITICAL
Special to The Nome Nugget by The Associated Press.
LONDON, April It is reported in press dispatches reaching the Lon
don papers that the Allied situation in Southern Russia is. from the Allied
viewpoint, decidel.v critical. Not only are the Allied troops extremely hard
pressed by the superior Rolsheviki forces hut a serious food shortage is also
developing and threatens t<> force the Allied armies into serious straits.
Government otlieials express the view that the inability to supply bet
ter food rather than military reasons may force the Allies to evacuate
Odessa.
REPORTED SOVIET GOVERNMENT PRO
CLAIMED IN MUNICH, BAVARIA
Special to the Nugget By the Associated Press.
SPA, April, 5—Semi-Official reports reaching the German representat
ives in conference here with Marshal Koch regarding the entry of Polish
troops into Danzig, indicate that the Bolshevik! adherents in Munich have
I overthrown the de facto government and have proclaimed a Soviet government.
TRIAL OF SEATTLE GIRL SLAYER SET FOR MAY FIFTH
Fpcclal to The Nugget by The Associated Tress.
SEATTLE. April 5—As a result of calendar proceedings held in the
Superior Court today, the trial of Ruth Garrison, the eighteen year old girl
j slayer of Mrs Grace Storrs, has been set for May fifth.
DISCHARGED TROOPS MAY KEEP CLOTHES. HELMETS AND MASKS
Special to The Nome Nugget by The Associated Press.
WASHINGTON. April 5—The War Department granted the wish of
thousands of discharged troops to retain their uniform and other army equip
ment used during their period of service with the national forces by ruling
that every enlisted man on discharge from the military service may keep his
service clothes and also his tin helmet and gas mask.
GERMAN AUSTRIA BANISHES HAPSBURG DYNASTY
Special to The Nome Nugget by The Associated Press.
COPENHAGEN. April 5—German advices announce that the Nat
ional Assembly of German Austria has decreed the banishment of the
Hapsburg’s
The assembly has passed a bill which banishes all members of the
Hapsburg family from residence in German Austria. The legislative body has
also passed a bill which grants full freedom from retraint and permission to
return to their own country of all Russian and Finnish prisoners of War.
BRITISH WAR SECRETARY SENDS ASSUR
ANCES TO BRITISH FORCES AT ARCHANGEL
Special to The Nome Nugget by The Associated Tress.
LONDON, April 5—Secretary of War Churchill has forwarded a mes
sage to the Britisli troops in Northern Russia assuring them that they will b«
amply supported against attacks of the Bolshevik! armies, now engaged in a
general offensive in an effort to regain possession of the Archangel districl
which is being defended by Russian and Allied troops, including British
French and Americans.
The War Minister also assured the troops that they will be released froir
further service in North Russia at the earliest possible moment.