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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-19
LOVE TANGLE TURNS
GIRL TO SUICIDE
Takes Poison When Broker,
Clerk Parts From Her
Conflicting stories.

Miss Agnes 'urren. 20 year. o'
stenogr,phcr living u, 80 Uu.oc
street. i'rooklyu II. lies unconscious N N.
smith 1ufirmary. New I;righ,"i. wh.,.
doctors are crying I" say" her from III,
effects OF bichloridc 90 mercury table.
which she swallowed bat uilht with T.,
confessed Intention of ending her NE
Tha, u|urcuuit.d ioN" caused Nen.
Curren to take the poison Is cpidcui 'ro.
a note found in her handbag when Al.
collapsed IN tho municipal ferry hons,
at 81. George. Staten Island. ahru, ;
O'Clock last night. II was uritte, o.
one IF her calling cards and reau
place. StapIeton Then on auo,l,i
line: Dear raul. ,on are the cau.,
OF this"
Considerable excitement Was stirred n
the ~. George ferry hoiso among IN.
crowd waiting for the : O'Clock boa, 10
New York when Miss Cdrrcu entered.
sank 70 tho Hoor with a gasp ard In.
stsntiy became unconscious. Sdo wa.
taken 20 the u'spipl and 'tc i,tysi,ars
~!mnl.diaj.,y i"rdu their fiuht /, save he
life. NcDrdiug - ~" lat.s, report H.,
GIN WIS lf u WIZ ffIlIfstl fpfll'lpr
Nhi," ji" do.turs w'rc SIN working
over w" a Young man of abput % years
who sad n" was Paul Phidman and ira
n. worked ~ clerk iu a broker oi'to I,
New Work.. .ut.r~i the Stapl.,on ro'cs
station and told IhrSk I.i'pt"rir' ipeeY.
ing that Ngu'~ 'ug~N had . 10 :, "a
hon, last uigut Hisi Threatened % XIII
ne self If Ne would rot marry a.i.
lie Old he police that ls 'lad b~en
tecring COMPANY with ~" cir, 'or re.r
a year. but that about $40 ptc.A IN
something had occurred tAa A.
e-,rtngrI Them. \ week ago. Il. sal
no called on hc- .,t her l'rook'yn rome
AID pleaded for II reconciliation. u,
said tia s." asked him q" marry ~
and ina u" rTus"d. .Nccord.lc =, rhd-
man she said. "if you don't, marry m.
some day rhis week YOU or ,our mo'hsr
VIII find III. dead OF sou doo-Step'
~ & n'clprk last night Piid'ran said
she rang tn bell of his homc AID asli
asked him 10 marry her. lc asain r.
fused. ~ YOU don't I'm soinr IN tax.
richlor,dc Of mercury lie says D.,
threatened as she started toward n.
ferry
The landltd, Of the furnished room
house at 3.' Hancock street. where a.,
grl lived, told "A story last niglt IN.
confilc'eu with Thidmau's statement,
She said that the girl had Iva there I.
six months under the name uf Mrs. Pa
Ttiemann. Her husband. vino also l.y,
there. worked in Austin. Nichols L Co
plan, at Tenth aveuuc ana North Til.
street. Williamsburg. About a we.
ago. the landlady said. To, grl told e.
that her husband had deserted her, c.,
ias a. Il reason that he wIs unable
support ncr. Last night ~. c'rl tod I
lddylady thai she was gong 10 stat
Island 10 gee SOM" relatives % her nu.
band ara :" ass him - com. hact 90
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-19
CHAMBERLAIN BILL ~.
IL Would Give q Peace Army of
lN(.SSO,

WAsHi%GroN. March ls.-National de-
fence was the chief topic under cons.d-
Grafton In the Senate to-day. The bill
doubling the size OF the cadet corps Al
the West l'oint Military Academy was
uaicr Voi s.deration the larger part of
the day, but went over without action.
\ report was made to IN, cnate on
the Chamberlain army reorganization
bill. and Senator Hardwick Of Georgia
delivered a siCrch advocating the crea-
ton Of a great military reserve.
Senator Reed of Missouri discussed
the bill charging tn" cadet corps lie
offered an amendment 10 Increase the
number of appointments from one for
each district to Ave ard 10 provide that
all be selected from the regular
army.
senator James. Kentucky. succeeded
III obtaining an amendment TO provide
that the National Guar should also
D.. drawn IN for appointments to West
Point. Consideration Of the bill vii!
bc resumed next week.
IN the formal report on his bill. filed
with the Senate to-day by senator Cham
n~-rlain. tho statement was made that
the measure would give an army Of
i9i.5S6 In time of peace and would pro-
vide 1928 officers, The war strength
Of the proposed army would be 23S. 900.
These figures are estimates Of the War
College.
Additions to the present force con-
tc,npla,ed by the bill Infantry. BAN
,egimsuts cavalry. 10 regiments field
artillery. ~ regiments engineers .
regiments, coast artillery, a3 companies (:
mounted engineers, 3 battallons aero
~sliadrons, {
The House hill proposes to add the
<.'1.lt,,Y q. Infantry 10 rpxl vl,sftS is.ll
artillery. . regiments coast artillery. 20
companies: engineers, IL companies
aero spuadrons, 4
The most striking difference between
the two bills IL the provision for the
National Guard. The House would
make the number of the guard +25 900
In five years. while the senate fixes -
maximum Of 2sn,nV",
The senate measure calls for a third
organization comparable to the conti-
Mental army 20 be composed OF purely
Federal vo,v. tccrs and fixes the total
Of such force At 26l 900. The hous"
hill m lieu OF this puts forward the
training camp idea.
If the chamberlain bin becomes "A law
IN i,s form II would provide defensive
war strength Of 7T1,O00 exclusive ~
reserves. The measure will be called NJ
, Monday rs Senator Chamberlain for
consideration and VIII ne passed win
all possible speed.
A feature of preparedness discussion
N III. Senat. VA the speech Of Sen
nor lIardNick IN advocacy Of a yreat
military reserve. MIR Hardwick has Of
Tered - hill approrriating $4,000, hof
TOR instruction "f students In military
| drill and equipment, the instruction 'f
be given ny army officers.
The Senator Said to-day that there
are more than 1000, 0OO boys more thai
10 years old IN the SCHOOLS Of the Unitat
Stites, These shoutd be trained to mill
tary service, he said, aud would MAKE
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-19
NAVAL MILITIA TO FLY.
second battalion "a Set Plane Paid
For ny subscription.

Tn" Second Battalion Naval Militia
Is 10 have n $500 hydroaeruplau. py
May / through a fund collected 10y pub
liz spirited men who have become inter
tsted in IN" plan for = Gordon uf aero
planes about the coast for patrol service
In peace and scout duty in wa The
machine will he delivered In about a
month.
Commodore Forshew. Vincent Astor.
Char'es Lawrence, Meredith Blagdou and
.Aymer Johnson started tn" fund F'ehru-
AIRY |, Mr.. Astor acting as treasurer.
Among those who have contributed a!c
Mr.. Aston, George W Perkins, George
r Baker. Jr., Edmund l.. Iaylies. Wilt
lam iiamlin Childs. Anthony DreXcl. +.
7 F~rcl'nGhuysen, Avcrcll Hartman.
John J. Pierrepont. II. |. ~lierr.pon,.
Ralph Pulitzer. Mortimer l.. Schim. !.
a Stillman. Willard Straight. William
Z..gler. Jr.. and V, :. Byron.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-19
ibid IT, SAYS BAKER,
WITH MY LITTLE PEN
Secretary Didn't Know Ills
Letter to Gardner on Hay
Bill Was "LOadpd."
WILSON GIVES HIM 4 LIFT

NAsHiNGroN. March ~ls,-Announce-
mont In the House by Chairman Hay or
the Military Arairs Committee that the
Hky army bill is President Wilson'S own
biz came to-day Just as Secretary Of
VA Hik-r was taking full responsibility
tot his criticism Of tn, measure in his
letter to Representative Gardner. Mr..
B1ker left later in the afternoon for
Cleveland and will remain there until
saily next week.
Under the circumstances II would seem
tiiAt ,hs sensation caused by the publica-
tidSi ~ the letter would he further in
ERASED hy the lr, sident and Secretary
G&ier being directly opposed to each
other Oh the matter of pending army leg
isibtion. Hut several factors INTERVIEWED
tonsour oil on the troubled waters
il the first place Secretary Bakers
determination to assume all RESPONSE
Nhty for the letter he signed instead Of
blaming the officer of the War College
who wrote 1t for him created a dis
tinrtly favorable impression. IL IN an
ON u secret that Secretary Baker thought
the latter merely a routine reply to a
REQUEST for information from a member
y oi'N VSF ~ - ~ '',h ~" -
ives loaded"
When he received Representative
Cardner,s request to supply informa-
ti1l concerning the army increase which
would result from the passage OF the
Hay hill he turned the letter over to
the officer who he thought was best able
tot~upply the Information. After the in
formation was compiled secretary Rake
sin,p,, asked II II fulfilled Mr.. Card
p,3'a request and signed the letter con-
taining the data,
no one was more surprised than MT.
Gakcr himself when Informed BY news
paper men Yesterday that his letter
would cause Il sensation throughout the
cotntry. lie Immediately called for the
letter in order hat he might critically
eNaminr IL
Friends Of Secretary Baker point ont
tht the letter came be fore him when he
haal been at the Department but "A few
dvs and that he could not very we'll
chick up the statistical data n con-
Seauently did not notice the rather caus-
Cid wording.
The situation Was further cased by
eeports that President Wilson. although
stfongly d.prccating any breach be-
tween Congress and MS new Secretary
OF War. was not adverse to seeing the
army bill thrcshed out from various
angles. Consequently he looked on the
incident as conducive to discussion and
likely to help solve the problem OF cal
Cu,ating in advance the army increase
under the Hay bill in the House and
TINT under the Chamberlain bill in tn"
STiate. -.
f.cr.tar, Baker SAID To-day that his
relations with MIR. Hay were friendly
arii cordiSi and would not change II he
could pr,<ent Il. lie added smiiingly
that he hoped Mr. Hay would remain IN
Congress many years and mat iurther
o,r,ortuu,,v would be afforded to eX-
ciIiuge letters with him.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-19
FIRST MOTOR BATTERY
MUSTERED INTO GUARD
Four Companies Of Militia
viii Have Four .\rmOrcd
Cars Each.

Lai-u..-Col. y. y. Thurston. chief ord
Guard the First Armorcd Motor battery
at the armory Of the Twen'y-srcond
Regiment OF Engineer. i6>th street.
near broadway. last night. There ar"
20 he four companies, VITA Ave srIrorcd
'irH each. SIX machines are In rolninis-
sion now. Funds tor IN" equipment Of
tn. battery w.r. su pp!i.,I 10y Fiber II.
GARY. Henry =. Frl"k and Others.
col. Tiirs,"u IN his address asked tine
recruits 1" enter the service with a de
sire to work and master the requir"-
cents u! the battery. We aid the coun-
Try needs nlen who ar" ~ real csrnts.
a'II VIC arc willing to Civ" their time
ANA attention a. the needs Of prepared
ness.
Li"r:. Harry -. Montgomery Wi, COM
mard the outfit. \ competitive exam
nation Was held recently for the .,!,-
i-intmrit III tire" second i~.eut"nant~.
TIE successful Candidates were Dudley
Olcott I'd az thc Ceu:rd Trust COM
pany. George Ifubbcii. IA lawyer with
tho New York Life Insurance company.
and William /. Starr. . member Of the
brokerage finn Of Raymond, starr & co.
There were over a hundred candidates
desiring 10 join the battH Y. pf this NAM
her forty-iivc were examined. They all
passed signed enlistment pagers last
night and were accepted and sworn IN
ny col. Thureton.
Some OF thor" mustered "a We're Ar
thur Gardner OF Eeuueth Cowan N 60.
>; Wall street Give Il. Meredith OF the
Atlas Advertising Company. George
Peabody % the Texas oil COMPANY.
Francis =. Iio!I Of the L.ocrty Natio,al
Bank and S-t., u. i'rcIoi Of kcsr, Tiy-
lor 4 CO. = Nassau stree.
The iirs, dri.l Of the battery W., bs
hid r"Xt WedrCsdav.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-19
new JAPANESE ship
LINES DISTURB U.S..
Washington Worries over
MikadO's Plan 10 Reach
Latin America.

WAsurNgroS, March 1s.-Diplomatic
circles In Washington are watching Win
close interest steps which the japanese
Government r. known TO I've taking TO
Increase It's foreign trade connections in
the Pacific. Reports received here Ivy
the last diplomatic malls from TOXIC Toll
Of an unprecedented activity In Japaies"
! shipyafyis- with "a complete monopoly or
the manufacture If war munitions and
| supplies the Japanese Government. ny
! supplying the Russian army. ~ reaptng
| "a harvest of gold, these destxitcl,es state.
! much of which is being used W the con-
.truction OF a large merchant marble.
of particular interest 10 Washington is
| the suggestion which comes from Toxic
that Japan is planning TO develop ~
,iu"s {" South America.
" resent South American countries
aro suffering keenly from lack OF stea,i-
ship facilities. Before the war these
facilities were supplied for the most
part by Great Britain and Germany.
Adv!ces from the Far East indicate that
Japan plans to supplant the German
lines 80 far as possible.
IN the last diplomatic malls received
I" w ",'t. '"Partun,ii' 'roil N"c
nn1'"" ,"'"u'~s 'oh'C ''lp'' ~"
" =. ."F y ~ o"I-
49,. '.'..'' ~ VI 800
.s.e'ao",p 'y"'i'n! o"e'cI'p ''p"
80" ~ I. '"'p"'c" ""''" -
80 ~ ~ VIZ y" J." ron.
,,.,,sonn W a"s 80.
1870, ' "o "
""p'"'so
49, 'A'..V" ~ '''o'nl'L ~.
st W 49, 81 IT..
ofoIE W" ~ t"'tl'" " ''' VI ~
| ~. ,h. :" ,,s 80
i",a" 49,. .n.n -
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-19
WANTS The RICH TO
PAY FOR DEFENCE
DR.. Lindsay Of Columbia Pro.
poses Preparedness Tax on
All Great Fortunes.
VICIOUS. SAYS EDITOR

Or. Samuel Mccune Lindsay. profess
sor Of social legislation at Columbia
University. told members of the Repub-
lican Club. ~ West Fortieth street. at
a discussion there yesterday on rho
question. should Private Fortunes lie
Limited by Law that he believed that
the Limitation should take the form OF
a tax oil large a~ccutnulations Of wealth
which should be devoted to the cause
Of preparedness.
"Thc handling Of large fortunes ne
said. "is II form of specialization. !
would weaken the power to restrict cap
ital. We must train inen for II and
educate them 80 their full sense Of re-
sl,onsjhility even as We educate those
industrial enterprises which have shoul-
| dcr,d the greatest responsibilities. We
| should develop by law busincsslike
methods Of managing great fortunes.
| which should he regarded az great trust
funds.
LAS a practical application of this l
would suggest that, II u. tried out on
the uIestion ~ preparedness. II We
need preparedness, M I for n bellows
We do, the cost should bc wholly PUT
upon large fortunes. These large hold
ihvs of property represent the greatest
need for preparedness. They nave The
mos, at stake aud they should bear the
cost"
william = Hamilton. editor OF the
Wall street Journal. at,ackcd the idea
OF limiting fortunes and denied that the
poor wcr. growing poorer while the rich
were becoming richer. He took a finG
1t IN" professional phil.Lnthropist a. be-
ing responsible. fnr TN" Wow that III.
misery OF the poor IS increasing.
lie then spoke OF t.. H.. Hartman.
saying that hiS holdings OF Union Pacific
wer" bought Oh =, reorganization ixAAis
when f"N people had tho vision TO sec
what could he done in building III, the
great West.
Concerning TIE mature. of some IF the
business methods Of Mr.. Hartman. viii,
am O. Thompson. counsel to IN. United
states Industrial Relations Commission
took isst" with the previous speaker.
Mr. Hartmann said Mr.. Thompson
did iiot GREAT. IA. great W.s, r ~
reatcd by God Almighty. by IN. ma.
| ..lpulation Of tho rcsoursS Their. ~
amassed his great fortune. rv,r.c ti,ing,
n, did w-r. magnificent. some thing,
he did were - had ina. Theodor.. Rose
49, HON. | understand. the candidat.
uf tho we'll 20 do tor r~r.sidcut--Sait
q, publicly tha' II Ne w-r, guilty Of TIA.
accusations %" ought Ia Su to ,,i- p"ni
tcntiaiy. tn" only anSuer Nj. Ua.!i
man .uad- was that he'd rather 60 {,
the i'ritcntiary thai. ~ tile POOR
house"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-19
RECORD FOR GLEN COVE cow.
Aged I3t.. Animal Produces 70t
Pounds az butter In . Year.

GLEN COVE, March ls.-An oficial
record Of the milk and butter produced
BY the herd of jersey cows on the coun-
Try estat" Of Charles Pratt here shows
that Rosebud Prospect, IA COW over 10 -
years old, gave n a year 1855 pounds
Of milk. from which Tbl pounds Of but
Ger were obtained. Tn nearest record
O. the iicu cove cow Is that of Sadas
Queen Of Ncntnor. which at the age OF
~ years ana l month made a yeaf's
record Of $50 pounds OF butter.
Three Of Rosebud Prospects daugh-
tcrs. Dosoris Park Prospect. DOsOris
Park Rosebud and posoris Park Gem.
have averaged IN one year 1l,S1s
pound of milk and ~ pounds Of hut
ter.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-19
HARDER TINE AHEAD-BURTON
next President Will Decide He.
tween Peace and War, lie says.

CHicAGo. March lS.-Theodo1e r..
Burton, former United States Senator
from ONO aud u candidate for the Re-
publican nomination for President. de-
cis red to-day that the next President
inust face a decision between peace and
war for this nation. He said that the
times ahead ar" CONS to be the most
trying IN The history Of the nation
Mr.. Burton made an address on Dis.
tlGc;i,. Political T.rsisuctrs ~ the
Igm,," q, IA" dinner "f the Illinois
liar Accusation IN tho Hotel LA Sillln
tonight. Hc discussed his subject from
mn International standpoint
W want action AT Washington said
Mr.. Burton, referring to the Mex an
situation. They should put everything
else aside and get busy. They should
be up and doing"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-19
TO AID FRENCH WAR ORPHANS.
Committee Wants school ChIdrrn
90 Contribute 20 Thrir support.

The New York Committee Of the
Tathcrlcss children Of France tOrph"li-
mai dcS Armees), organized to help sup
port Frenih children whose fathers have
been killed In the war, ~ forming sub
committee. In Morri.town Mrs, Will
tam North Duane Sc chairman IN Law
renee. J.. l., Mrs. Francis X, stevens.
end IN orang. Mrs, Mckim Harrison.
An effort Is a.So being made (" form
groups "f childr.u ~ the schools IN these
l.s'ali'i"s and IL sew York. each TO send
lelp to u trench orphan. The sum ~
SIG 40 Il year, or 10 cents "A day, Will
duplicate IN" French 'invernmcnt's al
lcwancc and be- sufficient To enable -
mother I" hrirg ~ her child at home
instead Of ~ an institution.
Walter W, Price. III Broadway, IL
treasurer of the New YORK. committee,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-19

Joseph Nelson. > Years old. son ~ Mrs.
Doris Nelson. a ~drrssmak.r. living at
PSI West SiNty sixth street. while coast
ing dow III" hin in West End avenue
was run over and killed at StNty-seveuth
street last ,irht by a Lion brewery
truck, driven 10y John ll.rckc' of 81
Amsterdam aveuUc. Another boy who
was "n the lied ~-;h youus Nelson rolled
on and was urlug'.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-19
Contmucd from FIRST Page,

otwithstanling the senselcss and ma
li'ous abuse hca1el upon the oon-ress
that Is precise" that IL does in
v~ar.ahly, when 1t can ascertain with Il
reasonable approximation what the viii
of the people Is"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-19
HAYS ARMY BILL IS NOW
WILSON'S, CONGRESS TOLD

u SuNicicn' reserve arm! without in
te'tcr.uS WIN r.Nt! rursuits or resort
ing to conpulsion.
The daily progressive-miner., 1916-06-22

kETcHIKAk CAMP, NO. %. <. 8.
 Meets ererT Monday evening at 5 ?. n Visiting brothers ~eleome-- H V Sszckpole. 4 C; D M- Smith Harris. A- R
The daily progressive-miner., 1916-06-22
A JOB FOR THE COUNCIL

There are two ways to prevent peddlers from "buttin" in the commercial world of our city. One is to tax them so heavy as to make 1t uu- profitable for peddler to do any business in our community and the other is for the residents to positively refuse to patronize them.
 The first can only be made by the enactment of an ordinance prohibiting the peddlers to do any business within the city limits without first ob- taining permit so to do and by making the cost of the permit prohibitive in amount. The sec ond depends entirely upon the residents who should patronize their own merchants in prefer ence to outsiders who pay nothing towards the support of our institutions.
 An ordinance should be enacted king
 itinerant peddlers S100 each day. hat would stop them: of that there can be no dcabt at the same time it would be nothing more han jus tice to our merchants. We need sc.Eoolhouse this year. The peddlers will not pay anything to help us: but the local merchants will. Then let us protect them.
 It is true that the district court interfered not long ago and decided that the tax imposed on peddlers was illegal, in that it was unreasonable by reason of its heavy burden it imposed on citi- zens. As matter of fact and with due respect for the Judgment of the court; it was no such a thing. In case like this the people of the community affected are the best judge of what is reasonable or what is not, and a court of jus tice has no right to interfere it comes under the head of police regulation" One hundred dol lars day might be considered unreasonable to demand of "shoe-string" peddler. but it is vastly different when man comes along with expensive garments and at the expense of the local merchants, gathers few hundred dollars. That man should be taxed in proportion and in the event he cannot pay the tax, let him stay out of competition. Moreover, because our court said we were unreasonable that saying did not make us so; and if we were not satisfied with the decision we had other courts where one mans judgment has never been considered final By ali means, let the council protect our merchants
The daily progressive-miner., 1916-06-22
THE MAN AND THE JOB
Kansas City star.)

iKansas City Star)
 Once in England the task finds the David Lloyd George has been selected the British govern nent to Ireland and smooth situation which is admitted the British helped islly to up MT Lloyd George has just finished the job of finding munitions the waranother the British government overlooked Previous that he chancellor Of the exchequer and found the money It must be conceded for the English system that when they have the luck to discover man they him It has seemed times. here in America. that there must be something in the constitution prevent the and the job being brought together
The daily progressive-miner., 1916-06-22

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The daily progressive-miner., 1916-06-22
ON 4 PRUNING TOUR

4 few days ago We reported the departure from Seattle of c. Warren. an assistant to the at torney general of Washington. D. C.. on tour of Alaska siust to see for himself how things were going on.- The assistant came here. saw one or two local democrats. stept aboard his boat and proceeded to Juneau where he repeated the same stunt and went on. Presumably to Fair banks. his next stopping place
 For a long time, the Fairbanks Citizen-the only real democratic newspaper in Alaska-has had lot of uncompimentary comments to make against the conduct of both the marshal and dis trict attorney offices of that division. The Citi zen has accused the heads of these offices of all kinds of crimes and negligence; and from using their offices for personal gain up-or down-to railroading to the penitentiary men who claimed to be perfectly innocent ( ? of any wrong doings other than kicking" for not being given plum That paper has never failed to take a hand in any shady business of these officials It has been very consistent in that respect; nobody will deny that Finally the department has decided to send an investigator and strsighten o,t the kinks" here and there.
 We'll, we have mad investigators before in AL aska: but what good did they do? Only in rare instances have we obtained relief and only when the investigators were of the opposing political belief In this case, none need fear that the plum tree will be even shaken. Proof of this lies in the fact that had the department been bent on doing some real investigation. it would have commenced long before this and much closer to the capital Of Alaska than Fairbanks is. This Is merely intended as make believe inyesti- gation: and there can be nothing to 1t. In the first place. should the plum tree be shaken up. the smell would be awful: and that can never do. In the second place we are too close to the fall election There you have the result of the in igation-nothing doing.