SHORTAGE OF
CM FELT
IN JDNDON
LONDON, March 4 (Correspond
ence of the Associated - Press).—Coal
queues, the terror of the poor London,
have again made their appearance be
cause of an acute shortage in the coal
supply, and thousands upon thousands
of persons have been daily standing in
line in the hope of getting enough
coal to keep some kind of fire going
in their humble homes.
A coal queue is an interesting sight.
Early in the morning the number of
customers appearing at some distrib
uting point exceeds the number being
disposed of by the coal merchant. So
they line up, in the order of their ar
rival, and patiently wait until they
are supplied, or are told by the mer
chant that he has no more—by no
means an infrequent development.
They buy in small quantities for
two reasons—some of them have little
money to invest in coal at existing
high prices, while the second is the
lack of means to remove large quan
tities. Often perambulators provide
the vehicle, but move often the pur
chaser tucks his “black diamonds ’
away in an old basket, and hurries on
his way.
If the dealer is so fortunate as to
have a ton or two of coal the queue
will be maintained for hours in the
biting cold. If his supply is short, he
is soon sold out, and the queue dis
solves, only to be reformed at some
other place in the hope of finding
more coal.
U often happens that persons oi
means approach the dealer and offer
high prices for quantities out of all
proportion to the supply, and it is
often recorded that the dealer will re
fuse the temptation, because he knows
that his trade is among the people
-who are his regular customers, the
poor of the neighborhood, and they
will not foget him when he has abund
ant coal to sell if he discriminates in
favor of a casual but richer person.
So, poor or rich alike, have been
suffering and shivering, because no
one really expected the temperature
to drop as sharply as it has within the
past few days. The winter to this
time has been open and wet and slck
eningly chilly, but not so cold as to
cause actual suffering, even with, a
short fuel supply. But with the mer
cury hovering around 20 degrees above
zero, “12 degrees of frost,” they call
it here, coal is a necessity.
The shortage of coal is ascribed to
a number of reasons, chiefly the dila
tory work of the miners who have de
manded a six-hour working day, and
the scarcity of railroad cars. Coal
supplies in all centers of population
are far below normal, and there is no
| prospect of an immediate improve
I ment in the situation. Many persons
have sought other means of keeping
warm. One old man and his wife,
I they are over 80, have been in bed
for a week because they have no coal
In the house, and their daughter cares
for them. Children also are being
kept between blankets with success,
but the sturdy of the city must bear
the burden as well as they can, with
mighty little prospect of relief until
the railroads are in better position, or
the balmy days of spring come to
chase away the necessity for artificial
heat.
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MINING CRISIS IS
THREATENING MEXICO
MEXICO CITY, March 28— Fearing
that the mining crisis now threaten
ing Mexico will result in the closing
of mines in various parts of the coun
try, and idleness for thousands of
miners, representatives of this trade
will meet soon in Mexico City to con
sider remedies for presentation to the
government. The great decrease since
the ending of the war of the prices
obtained for metals mined in Mexico
has, it is claimed, made it impossible
for many companies in Mexico to oper
ate at a profit, and there is immediate
danger that the workings will be
closed until metal price rice.
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STEAMER YALE HOLDS
RECORD AS TRANSPORT
SOUTHAMPTON, March 28.—The
U. S. S. Yale, which is engaged In the
English channel service between
Southampton and France, claims the
record of the United States navy In
having carried 140,000 American sol
diers without accident or mishap of
^ any kind.
INVESTIGATION
OF RAILROAD
NOT FEARED
Talk of congressional investigation,
in connection with the government
railroad, should not worry Alaskans.
When congress is convened in extra
session during the spring or early
summer, the Republicans will be in
control of both branches of the law
making body and investigations
'probably will be the order of the day.
The session will afford the Republi
cans an opportunity to air some of the
blunders made by the Democrats dur
ing the progress of the war, and we
may be sure the party in power will
make the most of it. It will be the
chance of a lifetime. The information
gathered will be used in an effort to
convince the American public that the
Democrats are not competent to man
age the affairs of the nation, and as
an argument in favor of further
strengthening the Republican major
ity and electing a Republican presi
dent next year.
But Alaskans should not worry. The
amount involved in the construction
of the government railroad in this
territory is a paltry sum by compari
son with sums expended on war enter
prises and the evidence of alleged
extravagance in Alaska is not suf
ficiently voluminous to attract es
pecial attention. And there is no evi
dence whatever of graft in connection
with the railroad.
Therefore it reasonably may be ex
pected that the Republicans will be
too busy investigating the big leaks
of the nation to interfere with our
railroad, which already has been sub
jected to several departmental probes
and special inquiries and to at least
one court investigation. The money
already expended in this manner
would easily suffice to carry on the
real work in this division for another
year, and any aditional sums voted
by congress for investigation will he
that much money expended need
lessly.
In no case, however, would an in
vestigation be hurtful to Alaska.
There will be in congress, when the
lawmakers are called together again,
many new members unacquainted
with Alaska, and, if it would be pos
sible to induce a delegation of them to
make the trip to the territory to see
what has been done in the way of rail
road building, they would return to
Washington possessed of information
which doubtless would enable them to
legislate intelligently on Alaskan
questions. They would learn, during
their stay in the Northland that fed
eral aid, generously extended at this
time, would be repaid many times
by the territory within a short span
of years. It would not be difficult to
convince them not only that the early
completion of the railroad is neces
sary to insure the development of In
terior resources, but also that
branches and wagon roads are needed
to open up districts tributary to the
main line.
It would be a lot easier to convince
congressmen of these needs by show
ing them—by escorting them over the
country over which they exercise con
trol—than by attempting to secure re
forms and needed legislation by long
distanced correspondence. The first
hand in formation obtainable by a visit
to the territory would be invaluable
both to the congressmen making the
trip and to the territory itself, which
has nothing to fear from a closer ac
quaintance with the men at Washing
ton who regulate the flow of federal
aids in this direction.
Let them investigate. All that we
ask is that the investigators, should
an investigation be authorized, come
to Alaska prepared to make a thor
ough study of Alaskan resources and
possibilities of development.—Nenana
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WITHDRAWING
WOMEN FROM
MEN’S WORK
SALT LAKE, March 28.—What hap
peared to be a problem in the matter
of replacing women by returned sol
diers, particularly when the women
did not seem to want to relinquish
positions they had secured due to men
being called to war, seems to have
solved itself in Utah, according to P.
J. Moran, federal director in Utah for
the United States employment service.
Mr. Moran believes the problem has
ceased to be such and that the ques
tion is working out satisfactorily.
His belief is based upon a consulta
tion of the records of the local em
ployment bureau.
According to Mr. Moran, requests
from employers for women workers |
have been decreasing with remark
able rapidity, while requests by women
for positions also have decreased.
The entrance of thousands of women
into different lines of labor that they
never before had attempted has not
created the problem it was thought,
the country would face when the men
began to return—at least this applies
to Utah, Moran says.
In one week in January, Mr. Moran’s
figures show twenty-five employers
asked for 149 women for different
kinds of work. One month later, dur
ing the week ending February 22, only
sixty-three women were sought at the
local employment bureau. During the
week in January 137 women applied
for work while in the February week
only 112 sought positions.
Mr. Moran does not know whether
marriage has had anything to do with
the situation, or whether it is self
sacrifice on the part of the women,
but he says the women are gradually
withdrawing from the jobs they held
during the period of the war and do
not seem anxious to return to any
kind of work.
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age arrived on this boat. Blum,
O’Neill Co.
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