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VOLUME NINETEEN. No. 52. NOME, ALASKA WEDNESDAY, MAY 7th. 1913 TELEPHONE MAIN 114
PEACE TERMS PRESENTED TO GERMANY AT
HISTORIC MEETING AT VERSAILLES TODAY
Special to the Nugget By the Associated Press.
VERSAILLES, May 7—In the midst of an almost dead quiet and amid
an atmosphere of the most ley courtesy, the Allied peace terms were presented
to the German pence envoys In one of the imposing hulls of the Versailles pal
jsfo this morning.
The presentation ceremonies lasted only twenty minutes and were con
ducted with the strictest adherence to diplomatic formalities.
An eighty thousand word document was handed to the German tlele
gatcs. a few remarks were made on both sides and the first meeting between
the representatives of the opposing powers was ended.
Tlie presentation was attended by the delegates of twenty seven pow
ers. The peace document is extensive in the extreme and embodies in its
terms not only the assertion of authority on which the treaty is based but also
contains the covenant of the League of Nations as an appended section.
ALLIES ISSUE OFFICIAL SUMMARY OF PEACE TREATY TERMS
Special to tiie Nugget By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, May 7—Consonant with the presentation of the peace
terms to Germany, the Pence Conference has issued an official digest of the
terms laid before the German peace envoys at Versailles today. The official
text of the peace document was wired to the government today and the fol
lowing official summary has been issued by the Committee on Public Infor
mation.
The treaty is the longest peace document ever drawn and represents
the labor of a large number of commissions and delegations during a period
of three and one half months. Over a thousand experts on every conceivable
phase of international affairs, and social, industrial and economic subjects
contributed to the final drawing up of the documfmt, which is probably the most
important that has ever been promulgated by man.
The treaty provides as a first peace consideration that Germany shall
lestorc Alsace and Eorraino to France.
Germany is also called upon to recognize the temporary inter-national
ization of the Sarr river coal basin and to renounce ail territorial and politic** 1
rights outside of Europe, such as the German colonies in Africa, China and the
Pacific. The existing German government is also called upon to recognize
the independence of Germnn-Austria and Poland, as well as the Czecho-Slovnk
nation and to code the upper part of the province of Silesia to Poland.
The treaty also demands that Germany reduce her standing army to
two hundred thousand men, including the officers, and also to abolish military
• conscription. Germany must also agree not to raise any forts or military
works within fifty kilometers of the east bank of the Rhine river and must
«V* also at°P t,l{* importation'and exportation of nearly all manufactures of war
material. She must also reduce her navy to six battleships, six light cruisers,
anil twelve torpedo boats and will not be permitted to maintain submarine
vessels of any character.
Regarding the naval personnel, the treaty provides that Germany must
t maintain a naval personnel of more than fifteen thousand men.
Other provisions at the treaty bind Germany to demolish tho forts on
n island of Heligoland, the former naval base, and to refrain from construct
or military fortifications which may be employed to control the Rhine valley.
Germany must also agree to open the Kiel Canal to the commerce of
nations and surrender control of the German sea cables. Tho treaty also
hibits Germany from having military air forces after October first of the
it year. The peace document in effect virtually strips Germany of
i of making future war and places her in a position where she cun
lin* no domination over other than her own abbreviated domain in Kur
in return for the German acquiesceee, the Allies agree to certain trade
rations and also bind themselves to reduce the armies of occupation
end of each three and five year period, after the treaty is in effect
ly observed by the Germans.
'he treaty provides further that Germany is to accept full responsib
all war damage committed by the German armies and must also re
ivilians for the damage done to private property.
tie indemnity provisions provide for the payment of an initial payment
f twenty b^*ion mar*cs *n cas^ and goods. Subsequent payments are to be
‘ ' ■ bonds issued by the German government,
secured b; ,
any is also required to pay for all damage to allied shipping on
„ basis by the cession of her merchant fleet,
a ton for
treaty also provides that Germany is to devote her economic ro
—building the devastated regions of France and Belgium and also
sources to i>
x * tbe Germans agree to the trial of the former kaiser bv an inter
demands thal 4 _ — ,
i v.-aeourt *or supreme offenses against international law and moral
national high*,
it Under t e tenns otber b b'h Germans will also be tried as accomplices
. ' , , * Holland will be asked to grant extradition of the former cm
of the kaiser.; ,
peror and OerT,any W bo rosP°nslb,e for his delivery.
^ OermiaP mU8t a*so aSree to accept the League <»f Nations principles
witHAui^^mrship in the league.
The'^kty also creates an international labor body with permanent
officers and provides for an annual international conventlno.
A plebiscite fifteen years hence is to decide the government of the
Saar river coal basin section. Danzig becomes a free city under the treaty
terms. The document also provides for a plebiscite for determining the ow
nership of Schleswig-Holstein and East Prussia.
Tho provisions regarding the League of Nations say tho league com
mission Is to oversee the government of the Saar and to work out mandatories
for tho German colonies. The League may also (mention Germany at any
time for violations of the treaty and designate the punishments therefor.
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GERMAN DELEGATES SAY THEY WILL
ACCEPT AND SIGN THE PEACE TREATY
Special to The Nugget »y The Associated Press.
PARIS. May 7 Speculation regarding the attitude of the Germans
toward tho provisions of the peace treaty presented to them to,lav has hern
set at rest by. the announcement of one of the lending German pence delegates
that they will sign the treaty.
An Interesting feature of the presentation of tho peace terms is pro
vided by the fact that they were made known to tho Germans on the fourth
anniversary of the sinking of the Lusitania, which brought upon Germany the
opprobium of the world and formed the primary cause of the entry of the
United States into the world conflict.
The peace terms were given to Germany exactly one hundred and sev
onty seven days after the last shot was fired.
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CITY COUNCIL INSTRUCTS CITY
ATTORNEY TO DEFEND SUIT
TO UNSEAT COUNCIL.
MAN MAYNARD.
Tho 19th Common Council hold its
thire] session at the City Hall Monday
evening with all members present.
I' oil owing tho reading of the minutes
and their approval, the clerk read, a
communication from the School Board
requesting the sum of $700 for current
school expenses. Tin* request was
granted. A communication from Clerk
of tin* Court Thomas McCann notify
ing tin? council to take action regard
ing tin* special election for Alaska del-,
egat«* to Congress June 3 in accord-1
ance with the special writ of electionj
issued by Governor Higgs. Council-,
[man Tarnutzer, chairman of the Street
Department, reported that practically
all of the drains are opened and the
few Still closed will 1h* attended t*> .it
once. Mr. Tarnutzer said that ho had
also inspected the various bridges and
suggested certain work which he bel
ieved should be done to improve their
condition. The Dry Creek bridge, he
stated, is in a dangerous condition and
in need of immediate repairs. Council
man Milot volunteered the remark Ihal
he had also been looking over the
bridges, and gave it as bis opinion that
the Drv Creek bridge was perfectly
safe for teams to cross. The diver
gence of opinon c reated no comment
front the council.
j A communication was also read em
bracing the joint reports of the Coun
cil and Chamber of Commerce com
mittees on the question of devising
ways an d means for the city to de
rive revenues from the traffic of Sn'ike
Diver harbtr when that important im
provement i.i completed. The report
will be reproduced in full in the next
issue of the Nugget, owing to lack of
space in Ibis issue.
On behalf of tie* Health and Delict’
commit lee, chairman Seidenverg. re
ported that extremely unsanitary con
ditions existed on certain portions of
Steadman Avenue, but added that the
parties who were responsible thereof
would make a cleanup themselves.
The bonds of the City Clerk and City
Treasurer were submitted to the coun
cil and received approval. l.'nder the
head of new business the City Clerk
was instructed to post and publish
notices of the. special Delegate election
June 3, pursuant to the writ of elect
ion issued by the governor.
The council then proceeded to nom
inate and appoint the election judges
and other officials. D. \V. Bowen. C.
C. Crooks and M. \V. Griffith were sel
ected as judges of election from sever
al names submitted and C. \V. Thorn
ton and Jas. MeDouga.ll were designat
ed as clerks.
Councilman Peterson brought up
the question of collecting delinquent
taxes and tendered a motion that the
council remit penalties and accrued
interest on delinquent taxes on or be
fore May 25th. The motion also In
cluded a provision that the City At
torney be instructed to enforce collect
ions of delinquent taxes after that
date under the provisions of Ordinance
231. The motion was adopted. The
City Clerk was also instructed to ask
for bids for the publication of the del
inquent. Personal Tax roll. The coun
cil then defined its attitude toward the
legal action recently filed in the Dis
trict Court with a view to unseatng
Councilman Maynard on the ground
that he was not regularly nominated
and elected by appointing the City At
torney to defend the suit. Council
man Seidenverg brought the matter
to a focus by moving that the City At
torney be instructed to appear and
defend the action against Councilman
Maynard and also contesting the act
ion of the council in declaring him an
elected member of the council. Coun
cilman Tnrnutzer stated that he bel
ieved that a motion of such character
was hardly necessary, as he surmised
it was in the nature of a natural duty
fur the City Attorney to defend a case
contesting action of the council. May
or Holt called for a vote on the motion.
Councilman Cavey, Maynard, Peter
son, Seidenverg and Tarnutzer voted
WILSON CALLS CONGRESS INTO EXTRA
SESSION BY CABLE—SESSION CONVENES MAY 19th.
Special to The •'some Nugget hy The Associated Press
WASHINGTON MAY 7 Announcement was made hy the White House
today that a cablegram has been received from President Wilson at Paris,
tailing congress into special session May 19th.
owing to the delays in the peace settlements, the president will not
i be bark in the l nited Suites in lime for the opening of the ? ew session.
The call for a speical session came considerably earlier than the Dem
«>' ;nts expected on account of the necessity for the passage of various approp
riation measures which were killed by the Senate filibuster at the close of the
preceding session.
ITALIANS RESUME SEATS AT PEACE CONFERENCE
Special to The Nome Nugget by The Associated Preas.
PA HIS, May 7 The Italian peace delegation resumed its seats in the
Alliccl peace conference today and has accepted the proposal that Italy ad
minister the government of FI.. as a mandatory of the League of Nations.
t'nder tin- terms of the proposal. Flume will revert to the permanent
ownership of the Italians four years after commencement of the mandat ry
administration.
In return the Italians have agreed to build a permanent harbor for the
■Inao Slavs at another port on the Adriatic.
REPORTED ALLIES AGREE TO SUPPLEMENTAL
GUARANTEES TO FRANCE
Epreial to The Nome Nugget by The Associaled Preu.
IAI‘IS' 1 Tt“' 1 'alrisinn newspapers assert on seemingly reliable
information that France. Knglnnd and America have concluded an agreement
giving supplemental guarantees to Kiinr-n .»
Germanv 11 anco ,,8vilnst further aggressions bv
I la pai***is s.t\ that under the terms of the covenant, Prance is pmc
"calb guaranteed against further Gorman depredations.
The journals further assert that General Pershing is to meet President
’ 'hs(‘Uss th<‘ nfMV P»<*. which will Shortly be made public.
VICTORY LOAN OVER TWO BILLION DOLLARS
8p,-, ml to the Nugget By the Associated Press.
tills I ic |) ' rON',’ 'l l> ‘” Reports from the federal reserve districts
i i ing • isc use that the Victory Loan subscriptions are picking up un
■ I the impetus <>l t.ie vigorous campaign ordered for the last week
The returns place the total subscriptions up today at two Million
enc hundred and fifty million dollars.
Twelfth District Past Our Hundred and Twenty Mill,on
Ms.r.;,,hcd^TrV,ay " Tl"' l"1"1 B‘",scrip,iu“3 *" lhp Victory Loan
thousand. ,z,won,y mim"n- °>"p
.... ■ """ noni subscribers.
men , ", " 7e'"r "“l,HPrl|*llons me being redoubled by th,. business
zzt'tzz:.T1 ui rric,s ■.. - •*»«*«..»,z:
here Saturday I.. as a' sales'force ”'U"iCl":'' '"'gnn,i!a"'on " «"'■• ™t
CAPT. WARNER 7o REPLACE CAPT. O'BrTen ON VICTORIA
* l»e« i.iI lo J he Nugget by The Associated Press
SKATTLK. May 6—The Alaska Steamship COIIUrinv , a
that Capt Fred \v>,.... n i 1 ' ompun> has announced
Cap,. John O'Brien ta *ZZZZZZT"' "i" "*«•«
vessel leaves Seattle for I he firs, ,Hp „f CZ.TtoT
week in Juno. ' ° N"mp J',rinB the first
in the affirmative und Mil ,, voted "no’
iM s,ri,,ont The mayor declared
tliat inasmuch as there was hut one
| negative vote, the motion was duly
I carried "and so ordered."
Claims against the city were read
pHKl lefeiTort to the- l-'inance Commit
tee after the hills f,„- labor ha.I been
ordered paid under a suspension of the
rules. Mayor Holt announced the ap
pointment of the following: Permanent
committees to undertake the work of
the various civil- departments.
Finance and Building—.Milot anJ
jSeidenverg; Police and Jail—Maynard
and Tarnutzer: Fire and Water—Cav
ey and Milot: Streets. Alleys and
Lights—Tarnutzer and Peterson;
Health and Relief—Peterson and
Maynard; Law, Ordinance and Print-j
ing—Seidenverg and Cavey. The
council then adojurned until the next;
regular meeting date.
I. O. O. F. NOTICE
All Odd Fellows are requested to be
present Friday evening. May 9th, at
Odd Fellows Hall. Work in First
Degree.
.. NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC
Owing to the water obtainable at
present being impregnated with seep
age, residents of the city are cautioned
to Use no water without previous boil
ing.
Signed: Daniel S. Neuman
City Health Officer
A Dream Waltz—Slick floor—Moon
light and your best girl—Saturday at
the Barn Dance, Eagle Hall.
Only nued thirteen Ihousand. can you
give us a boost to help pul it ever.
Would like- lo wire Governor Riggs to
night in order to In- the first division
to go over the top. Now everybody,
all together, and this can he ac'comp.
lished.
Positively your LAST CHANCE to pul
another service star on your purse by
buying ANOTHER note in the Victory
Loan.
Council, Doering and Marshall over
tho top.
Candle and Unalakleot over top twice
Subscribe for a note in tho Victory
Loan. Do it now. before too late.
The Eagles have borrowed the Moon
from the Lady Moose for the Barn
Dance, Saturday night, Eagle Hall....
NOTICE TO PUBLIC
The Quartermaster Fort Davie, will
sell for cash immediately, in lots to
suit.
1944 pounds Bacon Issue, in 12
pound cans.
1200 pounds Salt Pork, in 200 pound
barrel Is.
M. S. BONDURANT.
2nd Lt. U. S. G. A. Q. M.
You will see tho Chicks, but oh you
Turkey Trot—Barn Dance.
Good, better,, best,
Never time to rest;
The Barn Dance sure,
Your Spring fever ’ll cure.
Mayor Holt will danca hia favorite
—the Rylander at the Barn Dance.