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Nenana, Alaska, Feb, 24, 1917.
Americans are a patient people.
Witness, for example, the submis
sive manner in which New York
ers are contributing to the wealth
of the food trust, a combination of
unscrupulous speculators who are
demanding seven cents a pound
for bread, while the people of Lon
don, burdened as they are by war,
can buy just as good bread for less
than half that amount. Witness,
again, the absence of opposition to
the sudden and unwarranted rise
in the price of potatoes, which
were quoted during the week at
Seattle at more than four cents a
pound. Witness the steady climb
of food prices throughout the entire
country, and note how easily the
thing is done. It is as if the food
speculators are vying with each
other to see how far they can go
without bringing the masses down
upon their heads.
Prosperity, we are told, is in
evidence everywhere throughout
the United States. Never, in the
history of the country were times
so good. Factories are deluged;
with orders; farmers are reaping
a harvest of gold; the railroads are j
unable to handle all the business
offered; everyone who cares to can
find employment. Yet in spite of
these apparent favorable condi-;
tions, hundreds of thousands of
wage earners, who should be lay
ing aside a portion of their earn
ings, are being submerged by the!
rapidly rising flood of high prices.
The upward tendency of wages, i
where there is an upward tenden- j
cy, is not in step with the advanc
ing cost of living.
How long the people will con-1
tinue to tolerate these conditions
remains to be seen. Perhaps they;
will go on contributing to the wealth.
of the speculators until such time
as the slow-moving machinery of j
the government takes cognizance
of the situation and lays a firm
hold upon the food question; per
haps they will wait until they have
been entirely consumed by abnor
mal pnces. Peshaps they will wait
that long because, being Americ
ans, they are a patient, law-abiding \
race. But in pressing the limit
of endurance, those men who are
responsible for the present condi
tions are courting disaster to them
selves and exposing the peace and
prosperity of the country to grave
risk at a time when every endeav
or should be made to preserve or
der and good-feeling within our
borders.
In giving its approval to the
bill for the establishment of Mount
McKinley National park^ congress
has empowered the administration
to set aside permanently a vast
tract of land in Alaska which some
day will be recognized as Ameri
ca’s greatest scenic attraction. The
action of th*e national lawmakers
is in line with a policy which was
inaugurated by the federal govern
ment forty-five years ago. when
Yellowstone National park was
created, and which has resulted
since that time in preserving for
public use sixteen reservations,
with a total area of more that five
million acres.
Mt. McKinley National park will
attract many tourists to Alaska
when it is known that the district
has been made accessible by im
proved transportation facilities.
Within a couple of years trains
will pass within forty-five miles of
America's highest mountain, and
the government undoubtedly will
erect hotels and provide other ac
commodations as a means of stim
ulating travel to Interior Alaska.
This has been the policy in the
case pf most of the other national
parks, and it will be doubly nec
essary in Alaska to provide these
comforts because of the remote
ness of Mt. McKinley National
park and the sparsely settled coun
try through which the tourists will
have to pass in order to reach the
great mountain.
Statistics recently published by
the government show that more
than three hundred and fifty thou
sand tourists visited national parks
The validity of our territorial
license tax laws having been es
tablished by the supreme court of
the United States, the Territory
can now proceed to collect from
the fishing and mining corporations
operating in Alaska. The decis
ion guarantees an additional income
to the Territory of nearly $500,
000 annually, a sum sufficient to
relieve the school situation, which
has assumed a serious aspect as a
result of the passage of the Alaska
"bone dry" bill. Perhaps some
of the money can be secured for a
Nenana school.
during the past season, and doubt
less Alaska will receive a very
generous share of this travel when
it is known that the Interior coun
try can be reached quickly and in
comfort, such as tourists demand.
The better element among the natives
at Douglas have started a campaign to
put down lawlessness in the community,
and make amends for the reputation it
has gained by discouraging booze peddl
ing and carousing.
PROGRESS OF THE BIG STRUGGLE IN EUROPE
MONDAY
Petrograd: Reports from Moscow state |
that a bread famine exists in that city.
London: The last war loan is reported j
oversubscribed, the total having reached
! over 53,500,000,000.
Washington; Senator Overman of North
I Carolina, in a speech in the senate today i
| said that there are over 100,000 spies in :
' Aifterica.
Paris; Calais and the French coast as
i far as Bologne was officially reported to
| day to have been bombarded by Zeppe
lins on Saturday. Very little damage
was done.
Baltimore: Cardinal Gibbon this morn- j
ing denied a report that he had been ad- !
1 vised bv the Pope to stand in readiness .
to use his influence to prevent a declara
| tion of war between the United States!
j and Germany.
New York: The’French steamerGuv-,
j ane, which arrived in this port today from !
I Bordeaux, reports a running fight with a ;
j U-boat lasting fortv minutes. Luring the ,
j fight the diver launched three torpedoes •
i but failed to hit her. The submarine was j
finally sunk by shell fire from the Guy- j
! ane.
i
London: Ah enemy diver this moru- i
1 ing rammed an ammunition ship with !
! such force that she started herown seams i
j and sank. The ammunition sHp was
not damaged, and it is presumed that the ;
! diver was unprepared to launch a tor
I pedo and tried to sink the vessel by ram
ming her.
London: Field-Marshal Ilaig reported
this morning that the British forces have
1 made sensational gains on Baupaume :
j road and on both sides of the Ancre, and
have rendered untenable important Ger
man positions which will make a total of
, eighty-six square miles of enemy territory j
captured in the last 48 hours.
London: The average daily loss to
shipping since the submarine blockade
i went into effect amounts to 14,000 tons, i
| which is considered insignificant as com- j
pared with the tonnage which passes I
through the blockade, and the admiralty
is confident that the undersea effort of
j Germany is a failure,
TUESDAY |
Paris: American Ambassador Gerard i
was guest of honor at a luncheon given
by Premier Briand in this city yesterday.
Paris: Many prisoners are reported to
have been captured by the French forces
in a surprise raid north of Flirey and to
the west of Watraville last night.
Washington: The department of com
merce announced today that exports from
the United States in January exceeded
any previous month by 5100,000,000.
New York: Four ocean liners, thr^e
of which passed thru the U-boat blockade
zone, arrived in port here today, carrying
more than two thousand passengers and
1000 sacks of mail.
Washington: The American Red Cross
society issued an appeal today for one
million new members, to be adequately
prepared in the event of the United States
being’ drawn into war.
Washington; The senate passed the
espionage bill today. The bill contains
14 measures aimed at the German system
of espionage and conspiracies which are
known to exist throughout the United
States.
Washington; As a result of the receipt
of official advices that the Yarrowdale
prisoners are still being held by the Ger
man authorities, the state department
dispatched a preemptorv demand to the
German g .vernnient yesterday that they
be immediatley released. To which the
German government replied that tiie
prisoners would be released shortly.
Washington: Officials of the state de
partment declare that the crisis now ex
isting between tbe United States and
Germany is due to be settled in a few
(lavs, owing to tbe fact that a large num
ber of American vessels, and foreign ves
sels bearing American citizens, have left
American ports in the last few days, and
will soon be in the blockade zone.
WEDNESDAY
New York: Three American freighters
sailed from this port this morning, two
bound for England and one for Italy.
Berlin: The French guns are reported
today to be pounding the newlv acquired
Teutonic positions south of Ripont in the
Champaigne district.
New York: The retail cost of bread in
this city is now seven cents a pound,
and the latest report from London shows
that bread is selling at three and a quart
er cents a pound.
New York: Ambassador Gerard is re
ported to be slated as Taniany’scandidate
for governor of New York, while Mayor
Mitchell will probably be the lusion can
didate.
London: There are at present on the
British pension list, as the result of the
present war, 50,000 widows, 100,000 or
phans, 70,000 permanently disabled sol
diers and 50,000 cases pending.
Berlin: It is reported here today that
a trainload of German refugees was
wrecked near the northern boundary of
Rumania last night, five hundred being
killed and an equal number injured.
Washington: The United States lias
renewed her demands on Austria for as
surances that she intends to abide by the
promises she made at the time of the de
struction of the Ancona and I’ersia by
Austrian submarines.
Washington: ft is reported here that
I President Wilson will appear before con
! gress the latter part of the week to ask
permission to employ any means neces
sary to meet any emergency which may
arise. It is inferred that a crisis of a
most serious nature is imminent, and ad
ministration leadersare preparing already
to meet it.
London: The \yestern Atlantic„Nortli
Sea and the Mediterranean Sea are con
sidered outlaw territory by the Teutonic
allies, according to a statement by Lord
Cecil today. He said the kaiser, in his
efforts to make the blockade of England,
France and Italy effective, will not hesi
tate to commit murder at any point on
the high seas, but that his campaign is
(loomed to certain failure.
Seattle: The submarine N-3, built by
the Seattle Dry Dock & Construction
company, was launched in this city this
morning.
Seattle: The Alaska bureau of the Se
attle chamber of commerce gave a lunch
; eon to the Alaska legislators at noon to
day.
! Washington: Secretary Baker announc
, ed this morning that a universal mili
tary training bill has been sent to con
gress for ratification.
San Francisco: The funeral cortege
in attendance at the funeral of the late
i General Fun«ton is reported to have been
the largest of any since the death of Gen.
i eral Shafter.
Washington: An amendment to the
senate naval appropriation bill was pro
posed this morning, which provides fifty
new submarines, half of which are to be
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