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NENANA, ALASKA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 9, 1919.
NO. Ill
UNCLE SAM ON TRAIL OF OFFENDERS
REPUBLICANS READY TO PASS LOW-PRICE BILLS
' WILSON ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENT OF COLONEL MEARS
LAWMAKERS ARE
. READY 10 HELP
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 9—
Republican House Leader Frank W.
Mondell, of Wyoming, announced to
day that the members of Congress
are ready to act promptly on legis
lation such as may give assurance of
a lowering of living costs in the
United States, as suggested by Presi
dent Wilson in his address to the
lawmakers yesterday.
The Republicans, said the Wy
oming represenative, are anxious to’
afford the desired relief, and can be
depended upon to support any mea
sure that will put a stop to profiteer
ing. They realize, he continued, the
full seriousness of the situation, and
will put forth every effort to re
store normal price conditions, and
create a feeling of greater content
ment and security among the Ameri
can people.
The problems confronting Con
gress, he concluded, are grave ones!
and must be dealt with wisely as
well as speedily.
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SAN DIEGO, Aug. 9.—The war
vessels of the Pacific fleet, which |
0 passed in review here before Seere
tary Daniels, sailed for San Pedro
tonight, where another stop will be
made in order to give the people of
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Los Angeles and neighboring cities
an opportunity to inspect the war
ships and entertain the naval visi
tors.
Secretary Daniels, Admiral Rod
man and other officers of the fleet
were formally welcomed to Califor
nia by Governor Stephens, at a
largely-attended banquet held here
in honor of the visitors.
SAN PEDRO CROWDED.
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 9—Thou-j
sands of residents of this city have i
flocked to San Pedro to welcome the 1
Pacific fleet, and there is promise i
> of a great congestion of spectators ,
when the vessels arrive.
TUMULTY REPLIES
WILSON 100 BUSY
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The Nenana Commercial club is
in receipt of a communication from
Joseph P. Tumulty, secretary to the
President, explaining that President
Wilson is too much occupied just
now with weighty affairs of state to
accept the club’s invitation fo visit
Alaska.
Upon learning that the President
planned a visit to the Pacific coast,
in connection with his speaking tour
of the country, the Commercial club
extended an invitation to the execu
tive, in the hope that he might be
DEPARTMENT STARTING
DRIVE ON PROFITEERS
inddced to include Alaska in his
itinerary. But problems have arisen
at Washington, it would appear,
which will keep the President close
to his desk for some time to come.
BE ORDERLY IN
NEW CAMPAIGN
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 9.—
■Representatives of the 15 railway
I organizations which have united in
| a demand for the nationalization of
ithe railroads of the United States
j issued an announcement today in
; which they make it known that they
! do not desire to impress on the
I public by violence or threats their
; proposal to have the Government
! take over the roads.
They also announce that the de
mands of the railway workers for
increased wages or lowered living
costs are aside from the question of
nationalization or public ownership
of the railroads.
The men will give President Wil
son and Congress an opportunity to
bring about government ownership,
and if that fails, the workers will
have a try at the President’s solu
tion of the problem.
PARIS, Aug. 9.—According to in
formation received in this city to
day, General Pershing has received
orders from Washington to return
to the United States immediately on
matters of great importance. Noth
ing can be learned, however, regard
ing the nature of the mission.
It is understood that Pershing will
postpone his visit with Albert, king
of the Belgians, which was sched
uled for Sunday.
NEWS TO BAKER.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 9—
Neither Secretary Baker nor General
March knows anything about the
reported recall of General Pershing,
according to statements made by
them this afternoon to representa
tives of The Associated Press.
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WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 9.—
Special agents of the department of
justice throughout the United States
have been given instructions to co
operate with United States district
attorneys in uucovering evidence of
profiteering. These agents have been
ordered by Attorney General Palmer
to drop everything except their most
' important cases in order to devote
i their attention to the new and ur
jgent work of rounding up profiteers.
As a result of these orders, it is
; expected that hundreds of trained
men will soon be scouring the coun
■ try for those responsible for exor
bitantly inflated prices.
Wilson Will Help.
It is expected that President
Wilson will devote considerable of
bis time, while touring the country
; in the interest of the League of Na
tions question, to the problems con
fronting the nation, conferring di
rectly with the people regarding
conditions in various sections.
FIRST ARRESTS MADE.
] WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 9.—
What are believed to be the first
! arrests made in the campaign against
profiteers were made this afternoon
when three officers of the Ohio
Farmers Co-operative Milk company,
an organization composed of 2,000
farmers and dairymen, were taken
into custody by federal officers on
the charge of violating the Sherman
anti-trust law.
SUGAR MEN GRABBED.
PITTSBURG, Aug. 9.—George W.
Shehan, president of the Centra!
Sugar company, and three other" of
ficials of the company have been in
dicted on the charge of profiteering
in connection with sugar sales.
FARMERS TAKEN IN.
PITTSBURG, Aug. 9. — In the
drive against profiteering among the
farmers who sell their products at
abnormal prices and do not mark
measures properly, as the law re
quires, officials of this city nave
placed 32 offenders under arrest and
will hold them for trial.
I TO CARRY OUT
TREATY TERMS
PARIS, Aug. 9.—Advices received
in this city from Vienna indicate
that it is the intention of Joseph,
t head of the new Hungarian govern
; ment, to execute the terms of the
i peace treaty in a manner that will
convince the Allies of his sincerity
of purpose, and gain support for
the new Hungarian regime.
Kingship No Honor.
Prior to the selection of Archduke
jJoseph to head the new government,^
(Magyar patriots endeavored to in
duce former Emperor Charles to
j return to the Hungarian throne as
I king. This he is said to have re
fused to do, on the ground that,,
having once been king and emperor
both, he could not go down the
social scale by becoming merely a
king. •
FAIRBANKS EDITOR IS
ENROUTE FOR RELEASE
John Pegues. editor of the Fair
.banks Citizen, left for Valdez at an.
early hour this morning, having been ;
! called to the coast town to get his
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furlough to the reserves, which is
! equivalent to a discharge. Pegues i
j is a member of the signal corps and |
has been on leave for some time!
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j past. He is making the trip out the j
i trail in the signal corps auto, and |
will connect with a coast rig at!
McCallum.
He expects to return to the In
ferior immediately upon getting his
i formal release from the service.
10 VIEW LEDGE
Recent arrivals from the Kantish
na district bring the report that Tom
Aitken is headed for the Kantishna
from the Kuskokwim and is expect
ed, to arrive there tomorrow or early
next week. Definite information re
garding the movements of Aitken
could not be be obtained, but it
seemed to be generally understood
among the people of the Kantishna
that he had left the Kuskokwim to
have a look at the silver-lead prop
erty in which he has become inter
ested on the divide between Eureka
and Friday creeks, and upon which
development work is now in prog
ress.
Options on the property were se
cured some time ago by Aitken and
a prospect 'haft is now being sunk
on the ledge, which is said to be
showing richer values as the hole
deepens. The ledge also has widen
ed out considerably since the shaft
was started. It is believed that
Aitken is coming across country to
make a personal survey of the work
and to take up his options if the
showing seems sufficiently encourag
ing.
uMt.thuei6 :et, questiopOBtreil
The report is current in the Kan
tishna that the ore now being taken
out carries values aggregating $250.
It runs high in silver, carries con
siderable lead, and about $10 in gold
to the ton. A number of assays
have been made at the Government
bureau of mines station at Fair
; banks, and while it is impossible
jto secure any information from thai
• source, it is freely admitted by
j those engaged in the development
j work that the values are such as
to encourage the belief that the
property is a very good one.
MONTREAL, Aug. 9.—The Prince
of Wales is scheduled to arrive at
Quebec on August 21, and during
j his stay in Canada will spend con
siderable time in the Northwest
{hunting moose, duck shooting, and
j fishing. He will visit Winnipeg early
jin September, going later to Cai
jgary and Vancouver. He will sr
jrive at Calgary on September 13,
:and at Vancouver on September 22.
CLEARING THE WAY.
ST. JOHNS, N. F„ Aug. 9—The
1 cruiser Dauntless is cruising the
• Grand Banks, taking precautions
■ against the possible presence of ice
I floes and be/gs in the path of the
British battleship Renown, which is
(bringing the Prince of Wales from
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: England to Canada. The cruiser j
(will locate the icebergs and then ;
• escort the battleship through safe
.waters.
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As reqested by property owners
; whose names were attached to peti
tions circulated in Xenana during
the past two weeks, Commissioner R.
S. McDonald posted notices today
^announcing that a public hearing on
the question of electing a board of
town trustees to act in conjunction
with the townsite management, as j
provided for in a law enacted by
the last legislature, will be held at
his office at 2 o’clock on the after
noon of August 25.
This hearing is for the purpose
of giving property owners the op
portunity to advance arguments why
such a board should or should not bc
elected. If it should be shown at
the hearing that such an election is
desired, the commissioner will issue
a call for a general election, at
which time the voters will again j
have the opportunity to say whether
or not they desire the affairs of the
town to be regulated by a board of
trustees. The order also will make '
provision for the election of such a
board.
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WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 9 —
President Wilson has made formal
announcement of the appointment of
.Colonel Frederick Mears as chair
man and chief engineer of the Alas
Kan Engineering commission, to take
^charge of railroad affairs in Alaska
immediately.
The same announcement make?
■ known the retirement of William C.
jEdes as chairman and his retention
las consulting engineer,
j Colonel Mears was a member of
jthe Alaskan Engineering commission
j under Chairman Edes, but resigned
| to enter the service of the army,
land went to France at the head of a
j regiment of engineers. Mears man
aged the American railway lines in
France during the war, and i? re
turning to the work in Alaska with
a broader knowledge of railroad
work then when he first went North.
INSPECTION COMING.
SEATTLE, Aug. 9. — Chairman
Mears, Assistant Secretary of the
Interior John W. Hallowell and a
party of railroad executives and
engineers, a number of whom are ac
companied by their wives, are ex
' netted here from the East Wednes
day night and are scheduled to sail
for Alaska on the steamship Ala
meda on Thursday of next week,
presumably on an inspection trip to
look over the Government railroad.
CALGARY, Aujr. 9.—Captain E.
C. Hoy, Canadian army aviator, who
left Vancouver Thursday, reached
this city yesterday, having crossed
the Canadian Rockies in his machine
without mishap. Captain Hoy has
the distinction of being the first
aviator to make a flight across the
mountains.
The flight from Vancouver to this
city consumed 16 hours and 45 min
utes.
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THIEVES BECOME
ACTIVE IN ENGLAND
LONDON.—Thieving has increas
ed immeasurably throughout Eng
land since the end of hostilities, and
has taken on many novel forms.
Recently, two large oil paintings
were stolen from the wall of a
country house in Sevenoaks, a Sur
rey village. The owner had in
vited a distinguished party to view
the pictures, but when they entered
the temporary gallery there were no
pictures.
One picture was a half-length
portrait of Queen Elizabeth, painted
in 1600, and the other of a man
filling his pipe, also a large can
vas.
Weaasa—The Gateway to McKinley
Matts aal Park.