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IOU, IMIil, r FEBRUARY 15, 1918.
NO. 2491.
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CONGRESS ALARMED
AT PROSPECTS OF A
WORLD WIDE FAMINE
WASHINGTON Feb. 14—Greatly
alanned by the prospect of a world
wide food famine, congTrs- !s .0 lay
hastening with all possible speed the
much needed drastic legislation to stim
ulate agricultural production. Specu
lation in many and all foodstuffs, tx
toraton and all wasteful practices are
to be Immediately eliminated and hun
dreds of thousands of middle men, big
and email are to be compelled to pro
duce enough at least to keep them
from drawing on the supply now so
vital to the government. Senator Var
damttn of Mississippi stated that, on
account of so many thousands of the
young men of the country having been
called to the colors, and so many iftore
would be called In a very short time
that it was absolutely necessary that
these small business men, brokers and
commission mercants and clubmen do
some-thing to help sustain the nation
since they were not physically fit to go
to the front. The workers he said were
being taken awlay from the farms,
milds and mines in such large numbers
that unless congress found some means
to put a top to this in the very near
future this country would find itself
short of men who could carry on the
work of production in the most effi
cient manner. He said that produc
tion was at this time the most vital
question before the American people
and should not, in his opinion be left
to the “misfits.’
The increased seriousness of the
problem is shown by the fact that,
the agricultural commute of the Sen
ate, ia at the present time consider
ing the raising of the minimum price
on wheat, to two dollars and fifty
cents or two dollars and seventy five
cents per bushel in the hope of aid
ing production. But they are at the
same time trying to keep the guar
anteer price within the limit, that, will
not justify any Increase in the price
erf bread.
LARGEST URGENT
DEFIGENCY RILL
WASHINGTON. D. C. Feb. 14.—
The House Appropriations Commi
ttee today introduced the largest
urgent deficiency bill ever brought
before Congress in its entre history.
The Bill in its entirety calls for
the sum of $1,107,220,000. Of
this amount $579,000,000 is to be
spent by the War Department;
$200,000,000 i3 for storage and
shipping facilities; $125, 000, 000
is to bo spent directly for the pur
chase of 3hips; and $49,000,000 is
to bo for the purpose of carrying
on tho present building program of
tha navy.
Reasonable prices, awl first class
workmanship at the Nome Tailoring
Oompany.
PRESIDENT WILL SEND
PERSONAL REPT. EUROPE
WASHHINTON, D. C. Feb. 14.—
The President intends sending a
personal representative to Europe
to finish the War Policy matter
started by Colonel House, but which
was not settled at the meeting of
Inter-allied Council. The name of
the representative has not been giv
en out just yet, but the understand
ing is that he will sit as a member
of th Council when sittings are re
sumed. One of the principal reasons
for sending a special representative
at this time is the immediate speed
ing up of the American Transport
Service. Regardless cf all peace
terms or negotiations Amerca will
continue war preparations.
CAPTAIN KENNETH
MARR FORMERLY
OF NOME, ALA.
WASHINGTON, D. C. Feb. 14.—
’^pflBty-eAgftt months ago Kenneth
flpkar. one of Nome’s younger set,
ioft there in charge of the Mala
Wutoa purchased for the French
Army with Lieutenant Rene Haas,
accompanied by ’Scotty’ Allan. To
day Kenneth 13 a Captain in the
regular army of the U. S.
Captain Marr for over a joar was
actively employed as a flying Scout
with tbet Lafayette Escadrilla. He
has been mentioned- on two occa
sions- for distinguished bravery in
the air. In this last fight he was
attacked by seven German flying
machines out of which he bagged
two and then made a successful
get-away. This fight was witnessed
by soldiers of the contending arm
ies in the first lino trenches in the
Belgian territory
Twenty-ono other Americans who
were flying with the Lafayette FIs
cadrilla bare been commlstoned on1
the recomme&otloa at General Per-'
shing. They are as fellows:—Luf
bery, Thaw and John Huffer Majors
Charles Biddle, Phelps Colins, Ken
neth Marr, Walter Lovell, David
McK. Patterson, Kenneth LIttaur,
Robert Soubrin. Robt. Rockwell, i
Richard Haxton as Captains, and
others.
(Captain Marr will be remembered
in Nome where he resided for sev
eral years. His sister Edith was
married in this city, to Jack Hines
who has been in the limelight as
a writer of Alaskan fiction. Prior
to his departure from Nome Captain
Marr was in the employ of the Al
aska Road Commisson. We wish
him well. Ed.)
PAUL HENNING
NEW YORK, Feb. 14'.—-Paul Hen
ning recently charged with being
connected witha plot in the Bliss tor
pedo Works was today acquitted
in the Federal Court. Tho plotters
were allegd to have tampered with,
and so changed the mechanism that
when tho torpedo was launched it
wolud act as a boomerang and re
turn to tho vcsel from which it had
been fired, thereby destroying the
said vessel.
ALIEN ENEMY
MAY FIGHT
SYRACUSE,N. Y., Feb. 14.—Set
ting a precedent, Supreme Court
Justice Ross today decided that al
though an alien enemy may serve
the United States as a soldier, he
cannot bo grante d naturalization.
The decision was in the case of
John Marks of the 50th U. S. Inf.
He is a German and sought citizen
ship.
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GARFIELD NOTIFIES
COAL OARONS TO
COME THROUGH
WASHINGTON, Feb. 14—A warn
ing was issued today by Fuel Adminis
trator Garfield to the cool operators of
Michigan that he would take posses
sion of the mines if they refuse to
obey federal regulations demonstrates
that the administration is ready to go
the limit of ownership and control of
the fuel supply if the present owners
and operators attempt to resist gov
ernmental regulations of prices.
Dr Garfield's warning was an an
swer to a threat made by Michigan
operators that they would refuse to
sell at government prices, and was is
sued In the form of a telegram to W.
K. Prudes, federal fuel administrator
for Michigan. Dr. Garfietd had bo-n
informed that some Michigan produc
ers jyould refuse to dbip coal unless
they received higher prices than those
fixed by the government. His tele
gram reads:
"If Michigan operators refuse to ship
In accordance with prices fixed by you
under my authority. I will take pos
session of mines. Serve notice to this
effect, if necessary, prefacing same by
statement that action is the order of
the United States Fuel Administrator.’
In the meantime even if the opera
tors are able to postpone government
ownership of the mines the indications
are that they will very soon be com
pelled to submit to complete govern
ment control of coal distribution.
The fuel acEminlstration’s approval
on Friday of a producers’ pool formed
at Cleveland to handle all shipments
of coal from (nines In Ohio, West Vir
ginia, a part of Pennsylvania and per
haps Tennessee and Kenturky, and the
understanding that other pools will be
encouraged, gave rise to the suggestion
In authoritative circles an Washington
that the government might insist on
pooling and selling the entire coni out
put at the nation.
Requisition All Coal
In this event the government would
requestion all coal produced, direct all
shipments, and sell the coal without
profit.
Dr. Garfield also sent orders yester
day to all cool mines under contract
to supply New England customers wltlv
coal by water carriers, directing them
to deliver their naxlraum monthly re
quirements. This order will becomo
effective Feb. 20.
A few days agoy w h en Ok lah oma coal
operators showed signs of resisting
federal regulations, Dr. Garfield threat
ened government seizure and operation
of the mines. He ordered them to
submit cost figures and keep the mines
running, with the alternative of turn
ing the mines over to him pending,
determination of costs.
Mealwhilo, wails are heard from
every section of the country over the
shortage of coal.
tiBT TUB NEWS RIGHT. IUU> •
THE WORKER.
HEARING EVIDENCE
CHICAGO PACKING
HOUSE EMPLOYEES
CHICAGO, Feb. H—Circuit Judge
Samuel Xlschuelcr, of the Southern
District of Illinois today continued the
hearing of the evidence In the case
of packing house employees. Judge
Alschueler, was selected as Arbitrator,
by the Federal government. The
strike was settled some time ago, by
the men agreeing to return to work,
with the understanding that the gov
ernment would immediately settle all
questions. In. regards to wages, which
tho employees and packers could not
agree upon between themselves. Many
of the women workers testified that
they were compelled to work for ten
hours or more standing in icewater
that they cleaned gutts, which were j
used for sausages and never knew the
taste of steaks, chops or sausage
Many of the women stated that they
had never had time to enter a single
one of the city parks, that they slaved
seven days a week and were so I'-'.ged
out at night after work that by tno
time they arrived home they were
ready to drop on the bed. and fa’l
asleep just as they came from the
street. That often times they w< :c so
tired out that they had no thought of
supper but found it a Godsend just to
be allowed to lie down.
FURUSETH NOT IN FAVOR
MANNING MERCHANT SHIPS
WITH RESERVE MEN
WASHINGTON, D. C. Fob. 14.—
Andrew Furuseth, President of the
Seaman’s Union, told the House
Naval Committee, that the future
Amerean naval power would be
jeopoordizczd if the present plan
of manning all supply chips and
transports with reserve crews was
carried out Furuseth showed very
clearly that less than 25 per cent
of the sailors today manning the
ships of the American Merchants
Marine are Amerisans and that only
this small percentage of seamen
could be taken into the Naval He
serve. If this wcto done ho claims
that tho majority of these seamen
would be forced to seek jobs ashore
thereby loeng to the service seamen
who have followed the sea for a
living all thii lives and who are
at the present time very essential to
tho proper handling of the transport
and supply service. The misman
agement of the American Merchant
Marine in the past is just the rea
son that now when our country
most needs them, American seamen
I are few ana ,'ar between. ’They
have been driven from the sea by
kicks and abuse and in many ships
the officers did not hesitate to mur
der to carry out their brutai ord
ers. And it is becanseof Dollar
of San Francisco, and men
of ha ilk who are foremost
in hiring Chinese and other cheap
labor that the United States finds
itself short of dependable men.
Chinese and other coolies make good
slaves for the Piute’s, but it is on
the men who have been driven from
the sea, by the treatment not fit
for dogs; ihat the country is now
dependent.a