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* NOME, ALASKA. APRIL 24, 1918.
H
OH 10 VICTORY
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Three Congressional
Investigations
(Quoted From La Follette’s Mag
azine. January', 1018 issue.)
INQUIRIES INTO MILITARY AF
FAIRS, SHIP BUILDING AND
SUGAR, HAVE BEEN CON
DUCTED AT WASHINGTON
DURING THE PRESENT
MONTH—
MASS OF TESTIMONY GATH
ERED TOUCHING ON IM
PORTANT SUBJECTS
THREE IMPORTANT INVESTIGA
TIONS OF WAR ACTIVITIES ARE
BEING MADE BY SENATE COM
COMMITTEES
(Continued from Yesterday.)
SUPPLIES OF $800,000,000
During his testimony. Mr. Eisenmnn
said that the Supplies Committee had
participated in 4,500 transactions; had
yet supplies to the amount of over
$800,000,000, and under cross-examina
tion, it was brought out tint of this
amount $128,830,000 of contracts wore
let to concerns whose members or em
ployers were on the Supplies Commit,
tee, but that al lexcept $14,830,064 was
contracted for prior to the time that
these men became connected with the
Committee. The firm named by Mr
Kisenman and their representatives on
the Committee and the amounts of the
contracts recteved by each follows:
Eisenman should have nothing’ to do
with the making of contracts for the
government and recommended his dis
missal. Secretary Baker replied giving
assurance that the recommendation
would be weighed and said—"But I
have observed Mr Eisenman’s work
very closely and I think his zeal and
earnestness in serving the government
have been exceedingly patriotic.”
Senator McKellar. Then you endorse
and approve all he has done?
A I endorse everything I know of
that he has done, similarly I endorse
the work of the Council of National
Defense.
CHANGE OF SPECIFICATIONS
During Mr Eisenman's testimony, he
assumed responsibility for changing
the specification for army clothing and
blankets so as to permit of the use of
a greater quantity of “reworked” wool
—in other words, of shoddy, in the
manufacture of clothing and blankets.
These specifications were so framed
at one time that it would have been
possible to use 50 per cent of the shod
dy. Finally, they were made so that
at present the uniforms are but 65 per
cent wool. Mr Eisenman said that
the clothing and blankets furnished
under these specifications were as good
or better than those formerly made.
It also developed thVtt about the
time the changes in the specifications
were made, there was organized in
New York, what is known os the Base
Sorting Company, to handle the scraps
from the government clothing. Samuel
M. Kaplan, Wool Substitute Advisor
to Mr Eisenman, and ;t member of the
committee, is a brother of Ira I. Kap
lan, one of the organizers of the Base
Sorting Company. Under a contract
which was let through the Supplies
Committee to this company for hand
ling the rags, General Sharpe testi
fied that there woflld have been a
profit of $100,000 annually. Mr. Kap
Name of firm.
American Woiicn Co.
Welling, Sears Co.
William Iselin & Co.
J. Spencer Turner .
Turner Hulsey Co.
United States Rubber Co..
W. H. McElwain Co.
United States Bunting Co.
Cleveland Worsted Co.
Representative on
the Supplies Com
mittee of the
Council of Na
tional Defense.
. U. It. Edington ..
• Mr. Bailed.
• Lincoln Cromwell.
• A. 1,. Scott .
.A. I-. Scott .
• A. W. Lawrence .
,J. E. McElwain ...
.George Stevens ...
.Charles Elsenman
Amoutn of
government
contracts
held by firm
$112,755,000
5.675.000
1.029.000
8.437.000
5.239.000
3.762.000
. 6,530,000
1.546.000
4.057.000
Jt was under cross-examination by
Senator McKellar that Eisenman ad
mitted that he was stocknolder and
director in the Cleveland Worsted |
.Mills Company.
Q Von have contracts with that J
mill?
A Vos, but I never advised letting j
a contract with that mi if.
Vet your committc placed con- j
tracts with the company?
A Yes, but l did not personally deal
with them. I would always insist On
making them come through hotter than
any one olso.
Q Did you know that there are laws
prohibiting any agent or the govern
mentf'dealing with himself or any
company of which lie is a member?
A Ves. Very well, but 1 took no part
in the contracts. Wo do that sort of
tiling every day.
Q Have any contracts for govern
ment supplies been let to Jacob It.
Brown, Woolen Manufacturer, and
member of tile Supplies Committee?
A Oh, yes.
Q And when that happened he step,
tied aside and let the rest of you fix
.It for him?
A If you call it “fixing,” yes.
Senator McKellar said to Mr Klsen
mnn that he thought that he had no
right.to make such contracts, and that
the committee hud been violating the
law in making them, and Mr. Klson
man repled that he assumed responsi
bility for anything done by the Sup
plies Committee.
WSien Secretary Baker was under
examination, Senator McKellar said
that the revelations before the commit
tee were such that he believed Mr.
Ian testified that the Company was
organized to "help the government.”
The government cancelled the contract,
and Mr Eisemnan was worried and
sent a committee, of which Mr Kaplan
and Mr Edington, wool buyers for the
American Woolen Company, were
members to ascertain why the contract
was cancelled, but at the time of testi
fying hail received no information.
Among ihe witnesses who appeared
before the committee wire Major
Ueneral William M. Wright, and Ed
win st. Greble, commanding officers
at Camp Doniphan located at Fort
Sill, Oklahoma, and Camp Sowie, Jo- j
rated at Forth Worth, Texas. The
substance of the testimony was that
the great loss of life wuujd have been
prevented if the soldiers had been pro
perly equipped and ample hospital fa
cilities hail been provided. Before
sickness developed In these camps,
these officers had notified the War De
partment of the fact that sickness
was sure to follow the lack o fclothing
and blankets. When the sickness was
at.its height, the mortality rate at Fort!
Sill was 20 men a day, but disease has
been conquered and the mortality lioes
not now average one a day.
General Greble testified that on Sep
tember 11th, he notified the depart
ment of the lack of clothing, and said
he feared there would he an epidemic,
and told of the crowding of 12 men into i
one tent Intended to accommodate 81
men. He also told of the lack of rifles,
bayonets and other equipment, He
said tha^ at present the camp is pretty
well supplied with clothing, but on
December 8th they were 17,000 over
coats short. This shortage was not
made up until December 15fh/
There are 800 beds In the Base Hos
pital at his camp, and on December,
24th there were 810 patients. While
the government was unable to get
overcoats to the men, the Red Cross,
| General Greble said, supplied 21,000
I sweaters and 15,000 blankets.
General Wright said that at Camp
' Doniphan there was not only a short
I age of automatic rifles, machine guns,'
| harness, ammunition wagons, ranged
finders and all other ’equipment, but
that there had* also until very recentjjn
been a very great shortage of clothing.
| He said:
"The men are supposed to have two
suits of olive drab clothing and thejf
only have one suit. They have over
coats, blankets, three suits of winter
underclothing and shoes. The over
coats came in—2,373 December 3rd: 2,_
285, December 8th: 5,050 December 13.
Before that time many of the men
did not have overcoats. There was
much sickness because of the lack of
warm clothing."
There has been a great amount of
testimony from officers including Gen
eral Crozier, the head of the Ordance
Department as to the delays and
shortages of rifles, machine guns, and
artillery. General Crozier said much
of the delay was due( to the red tape,
and placed the responsibility for It
directly upon Secretary Baker.
Profiteering and the probability of
the inability to realize the ship-build
ing program are the outstanding fea
l tures of the investigation of the Ship
ping Board, being made by the Com
mittee on Commerce of the United
States Senate. The Committee devel
oped information which has an im
portant bearing upon the successs of
this year’s war activities. It is also
endeavoring to ascertain what steps
arc bdtng taken to provide the seamen
to man the great merchant fleet now
building.
(Continued tomorrow.)
Modini’s Cafe (formerly Board of
Trade) is now open for business, and
Is one of the best acquainted cafes
in Alaska.
UNITED STATES POST OFFICE
NOME, ALASKA.
APRIL 16th, 1918.
.ADVERTISEMENT INVITING BIDS
FOR CARRYING U. S. MAILS
Bids will be received at Nome
Post Office up to May 10th, 1918,
ffor the performance of the service
described below:
From Golovin, Alaska, to Hay
cock, Alaska, one round trip be
tween June 16th and 80th, and two
round trips a month from July 1st,
to October 31, 1918, by a schedule
satisfactory to the department of
not to exceed 4 days running time
each way, carrying all mail offered.
•J. J. WALSH, Postmaster.
Tipping the Ushers Not Allowed
They Get As Much As the Actors
EAGLE HALL,—APRIL 27th
MRS. R. W. SEIDLER
Has Opened first Class
REPAIRING ESTABLISHMENT
FRONT STREET. Next door to The
Emporium
We are hero to please old and
new patrons. We do trie best
CLEANING, PRESSING,
.ALTERING Jt REPAIRING.
First class workmanship.. Gent
lemens and Ladies Clothes.
Sewing Machines, Folding Beds,
Rugs, Unoleum, Dressers, Chiffon
iers and Beds.
NEW' & SECOND-HAND AT HOLT’S
. An Entrance to Modini's Lunch
Counter from the street is one of
the latest improvements of that
Famous Establishment.
Grapliophone Needles, Skiis, Snow
Glasses, Water-Mucklucks and Child
ren's Rubbers. Very Cheap at
HOLT’S CASH STORE.
WE CAN DO IT.
Peoples Laundry wash everything
except the Baby.
W. J. WILLIAMSON, Prop.
Large Iron Blocks, Anchors Oakum
Caulking Cotton, Axle Grease, Oils.
SAVE MONEY AT HOLTS
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I Miners and Merchants Bank!
Nome, Alaska
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Capital $100,000.00
Workingmen’s Accounts Solicited.
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from a needle to an
anchor
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Milling, Lumber, Contractor
HAVING TAKEN OVER THE FREIGHTING & TRANSFER
BUSINESS OF W. STEIGELMAIER AND OF LEO KENT,
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tVe serve Hot Cake, ILim and Eggs etc. frovv 7 \. Hf. to 1 P.
Lunches from 12 Noon to 7 I*. M. Eveuy Day. yj
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