THE NOME TRI WEEKLY NUGGET
MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME NINETEEN. No. SEVEN NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY. JANUARY, 15th. 1919 TELEPHONE MAIN 114
GOVERNMENT WINS OUT IN BERLIN
BOLSHEVIKI URGING DEATH AND
DESTRUCTION IN MEXICO
Special to the Nugget By the Associated Press.
El, PASO. Jan. 15—Hand bills printed in Spanish and signed by
Mexican followers of the Bolshevik! are being surreptitiously distributed here
and in Northern Mexico with the evident purpose of fomenting a revolution
ary disturbance in the lower republic.
The bills openly urge the assassination of Carranza and other Mexi
can nglables. including all the governmental leaders and all ri^h men in
Mexico.
Pancho Villa. Felix Diaz. Sebastian Cantu, governor of Lower Cali
fornia and many othoi’s are also designated as worthy of nothing but death
in the ranting screed printed on the dodgers.
BERLIN’S WEEK OF WAR ENDS WITH
EXTREMISTS DEFEATED AND DISPERSED
Special to the Nugget By the Associated Press.
BERLIN, Jan. 15—Associated Press Leased Wire and Cable Service.)
—Berlin’s long week of war has finally ended with the government in com
plete mastery of the situation and with the opposing radical forces broken up
and scattered to the four winds. A few scattered desperadoes, most of whom
ore mere youths whose heads have apparently been completely turned by the
indical doctrines, are about all that is left of the formidable force which at
tempted to take .possession of the city during the early days of the week.
The remainder of the rebel army has either been driven away, killed or im
* prisoned by the Ebert troops during the sanguinary battles raging in the
streets for the greater part of the week.
A few desperadoes, the majority of whom appear to lie extremely
young men. many scarcely more than schoolboys, occasionally fire on the
police, from the house tops as the troops pass through the streets. Several
attempts have been made by these youths to revive the earlier reign of terror
but all efforts in this direction attempted during the past few days have been
comparatively insignificant and of short duration, as the troops speedily drove
them away whenever they appeared in numbers.
Estimates of the number of casualties oecuring during the struggle
for possession of the city place the killed at fully two hundred and the wound
ed at approximately one thousand. A majority of the casualties were persons
^ of Bolshevik! persuasion.
^ . Poueuments captured by the Elicit forces show that the Spartican
f uprising was German only In the degree that the majority of its participants
^ were German nationals, as the letters ami other papers disclose beyond the
shadow of a doubt that the rebellion was directed from Moscow, the Bolshevik!
stronghold.
The property loss oecuring during Che week of terror Is estimated io
total tens of millions of marks. Most of the destruction was wrought by the
artillery employed by both sides. The work of rounding up the remainder
of the extremists is proceeding with regularity and most of the leaders have
been arrested or driven into hiding.
The sister of Ucbknecht, who is also of radical tendencies, has been
arrested by the provisional government for complicity in the uprising.
WORKERS DEFENSE LEAGUE CONVENESJN INTEREST MOONEY
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Special to the Nugget By the Associated Pre»s.
CHICAGO. Jan. II—(K'cr a thousand delegates, representing practic
ally every large union and central abor congress in the country, are at
tending the Convention of the international Workers Defense League called
here for the purpose of adopting plans for obtaining a now trial for Tom
Mooney and Warren K. Billings, who were convicted by the California courts
of complicity in the famous Preparedness Day bomb explosion.
Thp radical element is well represented in the gathering delegates.
The conferences are unusually noisy and there is much cheering on of workers
who are on strike to enforce, their demands. <> public demonstrations'of any
character have been attempted up to ther present.
WILSON CONSIDERING NATION WIDE SPEAKING TOUR
Special to the Nugget By the Associated Press.
PAH IS, Jan. 14.—Associated Press Special.)—President Wilson is
considering a speaking tour of th? United States after his return from Europe.
In the event that the project is carried through, the president will visit many
Qf the principal cities of the nation and may possibly visit the entire Pacific
Coast.
With Congress adjourned early in March, the president will have an
opportunity to make the contemplated trip before returning to' Europe in
t.<jn« to participate in the final peace conferences taetween th Allies and the
pnemy nations, in the event that ho should decide that it is to the interests
time to participate in the final peace conferences between the Allies and the
pf America for him to take part in the negotiations with Germany a pel her for
mer allies.
The object of the presidential tour will he to inform the people of the
United States regarding the proceedings at Paris and to sound out and en
tourage public sentiment regarding his peace principles.
The president feels that with the sentiments of the American people
strongly in favor of the peace principles he has proposed, they will be univer
sally acclaimed by the masses of Europe, and will bo readily accepted by the
European governments.
Friends of the president believe that popular expressions in Europe
^ bavp a gV^at effect on European statesmen and are the chief factors in guiding
their policies. The president believes that with the general approval and
endorsement of the American people behind hMn, the task of securing the
principles for which the nation fought will be greatly shnplfied, in view of
the tendency of the European statesmen to incline toward popular approval.
Everywhere the president has visited the tone of popular comment
indicated that his principles are largely endorsed by the masses, although
their approval is not sufficiently developed to have an Important bearing on
the resolution of the peace questions nt the present time.
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FRENCH TO EMPLOY GERMAN
WAR PRISONERS IN RE
CONSTRUCTION OF
FRANCE.
Associated Press. Service.
PARIS, Jan. 10—-Pending tin- out
come of the peace negotiations, the
French ministry is making prepara
tions to use about two hundred thou
sand German war prisoners in con
ducting reconstruction work iu the
liberated districts of Northern
France, according to announcements
made today.
The Germans will thus l»e per
sonally instrumental in undoing sonic
of tin* vast damage they have done
in the devastated territory.
The scheme to employ German war
prisoners on this work has the ap
proval of the various entente nations
engaged in the war and is looked
upon as a fitting punishment for th*
destruction created by Germany.
jROOSEVELT REQUESTED POR
! TION OF NOBEL PEACE PRIZE
BE GiVEN TO FRANCE
j Associated Press Service.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 15— lied
Cross officials announced today that
the lat»- Theodore Roosevelt, shortly
before his death, asked tin- Ited
Cross tb’vjugh the medium of a c mi
municai.o.i to national headquarters,
to donate $«i.900 of the Nobel p.-ace
prize money, received by him in 1900
and later donated to the Red Cross
(■rganiz.itton. t• * tlie l*'ren«-l» villages
situated n the locality where his son,
Quentin iiooscvelt. was killed while
flying over the battle lines and is
now buried. Roosevelt asked that
the money lie devoted to the rchabili- i
lotion of the villages.
GENERAL WOOD GIVEN
NEW COMMAND!
Associated Press. Service.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 15—General
Leonard Wood, who is at present in
command of the army training an-1
tonments at Camp Funston, Oaliforn-I
ia, has been ordered to Chicago to.
take command ,of the Central Depart-[
ment of the national military o: tab-!
lishinent. according to a War Depart-!
ment announcement today. • !
THREE MORE STATES
RATIFY DRY AMENDMENT
Associated Press. Service.
SEATTLE, Jan. 14—Washington,
Arkansas and Indiana have a ided
their name to the rapidly increasing
list of names of states which have ra
tified the federal prohibition am nd
ment. providing for nation wide pro
hibition.
The addition of the three indicated
states make a total of twenty six
states which have already end. rsed
the prohibition amendment to the
constitution.
Present indications point t«> the
early endorsement of the additional
ten states required to make the acc
essary three fourths majority of state
ratifications.
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| PORTUGESE REVOLUTIONISTS
THRASHED BY GOVT FOFCES
Associated Press Service.
LONDON, Jan. 15—Reports from
Lisbon relative to the revolution de
veloping in Portugal during n pent
weeks say the revolutionaries have
been severely defeated by the govern
ment forces in the vicinity of C inta
Rem, situated a short distance n rth
east of Lisbon.
Following their defeat, the r< olu
tlonary forces retired to Santa :em.
The reports say the revolutb lists
refused to surrender after reaching
the city and government troops im
mediately surrounded the town and
commenced a bombardment.
LUXEMBURG GIRL RULER FORGED TG
ABDICATE BY REVOLTING SUBJECTS
Special to tlic Nugget By the Associated I're.ss.
LrXKMlirnd, Jan. 1Aft. I inly .ml,-.-vuing p, resist the de
mands of her revolutionary subjects b> appealing to I’arliament, Brand
Duchess Mario has finally consented !•> abdicate th.- Luxemburg thron*-.
Following demands of the revolution;,i, party that she lay down th
scepter, after an armed force of revolutionists had penetrated tie- palace in
which the girl-ruler resides, th,-'Brand Im.-in s- app. l.-d to parliament f..
support. Much to her dismay, she found that the parliamentary body is in
entire sympathy with the revolutionary party. Realizing the futility of con
tinued opposition, the Bn ml Duchess tender.-,I her abdication to the Chamber
cf Deputies. m
Princess Charlotte, sister of tin- Brand l>uc!i«- Marie, was immed
LORD CECIL GIVES ENGLAND’S VIEWS ON LEAGUE OF NATIONS
Special to The Nugget by The Associated Press.
PARIS, Jan.. 1 •"» In an interview with n A-s.M-iat.-d Press represen
tative today, Lord Robert Cecil, wlmm Hngl.md has selected to represent tin
ideas of the British government regarding th.- proposed l.-agm- of nations at
the forthcoming inter-allied peace conforem •-. asserted th.- ..pinion that the
proposed coalition of nations is feasible and the < nl\ practicable means wlier- -
b> future wars may bo obviated if not entirely abolished.
7.,'ril Cecil B„7,1 lie believed Hint th„ !,■ r,'ii„ sboul.l l„ in tin, natui"
of an improved association of nations which would I..- combined for the gei:
< 1 •11 welfare of all governments and peoples and endow, .! with the privilci: •
and capacities fyr providing safeguards for peace ,-nd security and better in
ternational co-oporation. The basis of the l.-agm. he said, should be an
agreement among the nations by wl.i.-h >• >u!d i-lnd ’♦■It' to see that all
warlike disputes are presented to a ttihm.,1 •. j» resenting the league
as a whole for its* consideration and judgement |. ,-, | Cecil said the league’
tribunal should not only have tin- authorized . mismit ..f tie- governments <■• m
posing the league but Should also be endowed w itli th.- right to use f. r- ,!l
necessary in order to compel contending nations t.. |.,\ th,-i■ disputes l>. ,. »•
it before resorting to arms, gtiarrels p, - ■m.-d .. t., ii.uual y \ .
li.jder consideration fo. a specined tin,. ml furth* r tin 1 .v '' ■
resort to arms. T
The British statesman asserted tin- conviction that mm ,1 force lined
be the principal factor employed by the league to pi• vent war between the
tion of peace.
Lord <Veil does not agree with the idea of an international army and
l.nvy to back up the decisions of the league trilmii.,! i ! \ that ij interna
tional military and naval fore.- arc not feasible.
CON SER VAT I STS DEFEAT RADICALS AT CHICAGO LABOR CONGRESS
Special to the Nugget. By the Associated IT- -•
CHICAGO. Jan. 15- The eonservatist’s •!• f. i.-.i i
by a two to one majority in organizing the Naiii n I l. a
held to consider plans for the defense of Tom Moon* ami
The test of strength arose ovc «.f pri
making sertain demands of an extremi vlu.!i
down by the conservative element.
Edward l>. Nolan, co-defendant and
Francisco Preparedness Day bomb ea select
for Chairman. Efforts of the radicals to sweep the e
of the radical candidate resulted in a dismal failure.
AMERICANS TO INVESTIGATE WAR DAMAGES FOR WILSON
Special to the Nugget l»y the Associated Press.
PARIS, Jan. 15.—Two hundred American army oillcers will probably
conduct a survey to give president* Wilson an ■•.-■innate regarding the actual
amount of personal damage suffered by Franc*- and P.elnium during the w . r.
Wilson is planning to use the estimate thus provided when the pear*
conference commences the discussion of indemnities. The president has ob
served to several that he believes that tin- w.-n damages -ustaim d by I'niiu
and Belgium will be s«> great that the Allies are likely to find themselves mor**
concerned regarding the ability of the Germans t>* pay it than with the possi
i aft y of exacting further indemnities in the shape of war costs.
Wilson has also expressed the belief that the damages ought to In
restricted .to restitution and repairation and should !*«• extended no farther
than the financial punishment of the German people t'oi- the destruction
wrought as a result of their war acts.
Wilson is devoting much study t*> the indemnity question and will
probably take a prominent part in fixing the costs that Germany and Austria
will he compelled to pay for their ruthlessncss. ^
GREECE TO ASK ALLIES FOR EPIRUS AND THRACE
Spec’ial to the Nugget By the Associated Press.
PARWv Jan. 15—The Associated Press learns on excellent authority
that Greece will ask for the restoration t«* her of all the northern section of
Epirus and also the whole of Thrace as far as the district immediately sur
rounding Constantinople.
The Greeks will not demand Constantinople but their demand will em
brace practically every portion of the territory held by Turkey in Europe,
aside from the territory occupied by the Turkish capital. The claim fur a
portion of Eprius is made that the population *.f that section is largely com
posed of Greeks. According to the Greek representatives hpre there are ap
proximately one hundred and twenty thousand Greeks in the Eprius
section.
Much of the territory which Greece is seeking was formerly in tin
possession of the Greek kingdom but was-later wrested away by Austria
and Bulgaria.