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The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1919-08-14
MEN FROM WEST WITH
 NEW FLEET

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. lA- Many officers of the new Pacific Fleet formerly were stationed at Western ports. according to officers at Twelfth Naval district headquarters here.
 Among them are:
 Admiral Hugh Rodman, chief 'n command of the fleet, who came first to the Pacific as an ensign. He has been west many times since. Admiral OSterhauS gave him command of his first ship on this coast.
 Captain William A. Moffett of the Mississippi was executive officer of the Maryland. now the Huntington, when it won the gunnery pennant two years in succession ten years ago and in 1912 he was lighthouse inspector for this district.
 Captain w. H. Stanley, of the Vir- ginia was in charge of the hydropra- phic office here several years ago.
 Captain Carl T. VogSlSang Of the Idaho, has a brother, Charles A. Vo. gelsang. living in San Francisco.
 Captain James H. Tomb of the Ar ostook also had charge of the district Photographic office here.
 Captain Leigh C. Palmer of the
 N A Georgia was here in 1914 as aide t' Secretary Daniels.
 Other commanders of the vesSe'F included
 Captain Arthur Louis R. steigucr' Arkansas; Captain Nathan C. Tw'n ing. Texas; Captain William V. Pratt New York: Captain Percy M. Olm' stead. Nebraska: Captain Walter k Gerhardi. New Jersey; Captain Wa't' or l.. Crosley. Rhode Island; Capta'' Edward D. Fenner, Denver; Captain Edward s. Jackson. Tacoma; Captain Frank l.. Pinney. Cleveland; Captain John R. Y. Blakely, Cruiser Seattle.
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k0LCHAk
 FORCES
 RETIRE
By Associated Press

LONDON, Aug, IA General koi chak'S retreat in the Ural mountain district continues. The Bolsheviki for ces have driven the CoSSacks back sixty miles at the southern end of the UralS capturing Tiumen on the east Russian Siberian border.
 Barring an unexpected collapse Kolchak expects that American mun'' tions will soon arrive in time to aiC his recovery.
 In south Russia, near Betlura, the Kolchak forces are making rapid pro gress towards Kiev and may force the evacuation of Odessa by the Rolshe' wiki.
 DenikineS volunteers are closing il on Odessa from two cities.
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CAPTAIN CHRISTY ABOARD SUPER-DREADNOUGHT WAS
 ON WRECKED CRUISER

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug, IA Captain Harley H. ChriSty, command er of the supper-dreadnaught Wyom ing. one of the "big-four" of the new Pacific fleet, was commander of the Cruiser San Diego when she was sunk July 19, 1918 near Fire Island off the New York coast by striking a mine supposed set adrift by German sub marine. He has been in the navy many years and is a brother of Howart Chandler ChriSty, the widely known illustrator.
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CARNEGIE'S FUNERAL IS
 A VERY SIMPLE AFFAlIs

LENOX, Mass, Aug, IA The fun eral of Andrew Carnegie was held this afternoon at Shadow Brook, the sum- mer home in the Berkshires. Ther. was no eulogy, no pail bearers and the service was extremely simple. Sixty were present including members of the family. The body was removed to the funeral coach at Hillsdale for trans. portation to Tarrytown.
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HUNS CLAIM CREDIT

BERLIN, Aug. IA The Runds-
 ,hau states that the credit of the R 94's transatlantic flight was due to Count Zeppelin: and adds that the ia- ventor had been spared the pains h. would have experienced had he lived to see England reap the credit and re- ward of his labor and his invention.
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NEW SCHEME
 FOR CONTROL
 0F ROADS
By Associated Press

WASHINGTON, Aug, IA The Warfield plan for railroad control pro viding for flat return of six per cent on the capital to private owners was presented to the House InterstaTe Commerce commission today by the Counsel of the National Association of owners of railroad securities.
 The plan would divide the surplus over a fixed return among the employ ees, the public and the road earning surplus.
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SENATE TO
 GET BUSY
Ry Associated PreAs

WASHINGTON, Aug, IA The Senate Foreign relations committee at a stormy session agreed to expedite consideration of the treaty. Senator Hitchcock told the committee that un- less early action was taken an attempt would probably be made to force a vote in the Senate.
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CASUALTIES IN WAR

WASHINGTON, Aug, IA An an- alysis of the final casualty reports shows the European war was the most sanguinary in history. Deaths averag. cd eight per thousand.
 Among the Americans of every one thousand men landed in France, three hundred and thirty were killed or wounded.
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WEATHER REPOHr

Tho following iS the wcathe" re ,ort for the 2i hours ending at ' {" 'oc'; this morning:
 Seward D, Cloudy, Calm. Anchorage 5, Cloudy, Calm. Matanuska 5S, Cloudy, Calm. Chickaloon B, Cloudy, Calm. Wasilla 54. Cloudy, Calm.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1919-08-14

SEATTLE, Aug, 14-- Frederick Mears, newly appointed Chairman oi the Alaskan Engineering Commission, with his wife and children and others of the government party, arrived this morning and sail today for Alaska on the steamer Alameda.
 Jehn Hallowell, assistant secretary
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VIENNA, Aug, IA It is reported here the Rumanian authorities in Budapest presented Hungary with a statement demanding Hungary unite with the Rumanians under King Fer dinand threatening to strip Hungary if the Rumanian army was forced to withdraw.
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IS COMING NORTH
 AS INSPECTOR

of the interior goes north as the di- rect agent of Secretary Lane and wi:s spend one month in Alaska in a com plete inspection of the government railroad in all branches of the work.
 Dr. Alfred Brooks, of the geologic al survey, will remain in the north un' til next October
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FORMER KAISER SPENDS
 SEVERAL DAYS VISITING
 IN PRUSSIAN TERRITORY
BERLIN. August,

BERLIN, August, With Hollands permission Frederick William spent several days at So- den. Prussia, visiting his wife and children. The former Kaiser accomp- anied them part way back to Pots dam.
 According to the Lokal Anzieger, the former Crown Prince is now in Holland.
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PRICES OF FOODSTUFFS
 ARE TAKING A TUMBLE

1. WASHINGTON. Aug, IA A meet ing of retailers with the recently ap- pointed agents of the government and surplus supplies of foodstuffs handed over by the War Department has re- suited today in further reduction in prices.
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MANY EGGS
 SEIZED
By Associated Press

CHICAGO, Aug. IA The Feder' al district attorney this afternoon seized eighty four thousand dozen eggs stored for Morris < Company, Chicago packers. Unlawful storage for increasing prices is the charge to be made.
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PARIS, Aug, IA It is reported Rumania to the peace conference note has been sent to the Supreme Counc'; will discuss it at a special session this afternoon.
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SHOPMEN'S STRIKE IS
 IMPROVING; MEN VOTING
 ON QUESTION TO RETURN

CHICAGO, Aug, IA The shop mems strike situation is improving. The men are voting today to decide u they will return to work.
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F. D. Browne, engineer in charge of the Nenana division of the govern ment railroad, promises that trains will be running between Nepana and Fairbanks this year.
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MEXICO F: / IS DEF AMERICANS

foreigners including several Ameii- cans. The expulSonS from Mexico were made on account of charges of alleged misconduct.
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Frank O'Farrell, who has mail con .racts in the Interior, went south to purchase horses to use in carrying mail He has lived in the Tanana dis l-ict for ten years.
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TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND
 MINERS RETURN TO WORK

LONDON, Aug, IA Two hundred thousand Yorkshire miners have voted to return to work immediately,
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MAY LEAVE
 BUDAPEST
By Associated Press

BULLETIN Amsterdam, Aug, "A It is reported that the Rumanian troops are about to leave Budapest as the result of a note sent to the Ru- manian government by the peace con. ference.
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By Associated Press

FL PASO. Aug. l4- According to reliable adviceS reaching here this ali ternoon. Mexico recently expelled 2l
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1919-01-24
CENSORSHIP SHOULD GO.

AS the military censorship lifted
after the armistice the political cen
sorship settled down like a fog bank
between America and Europe and be-
tween Paris and the people of the AL
lied countries, Americans were kept
In total Ignorance of what was really
going on abroad.
Much of our nonsense and hysteria
is the direct result of censorship and
the consequent Withholding of the
truth about conditions from the peo-
pie. If there ever was a time in the
history of the world when there
should be pitiless publicity and an
uncensored press, an open peace table
and the whole truth for the whole
world, this is the time. There must
be no scrambling for spoils, no old
fashioned hog peace, with every ma
ton crowding to get its feet in the
trough-and there will be no peace
of hat sort if the men who did the
fighting know what is going on. The
soldiers of the Entente and of Amer
lea laid down their lives for an ideal
And any peace that is not made in
the open, that involves secret Under
standings and agreements, that dis.
tributes spoils and that is not guarded
by a League of Nations-with teeth
is simply the prelude to a new and
u%nthinkably horrible war-a war tc
be preceded for us, as for the others
by CONSUMPTION, competitive arma.
ments, by everything that we fought
to escape, by the sacrifice of every.
thing that has made America the
most worthwhile country in the
world. Unless, as is more than like
ly, such a peace is followed by /,
world uprising of the deceived ant
overburdened people-a blind plung,
from the age-long deviltries OF king
made and politician-made wars int
the bloody excuses of anarchy an,
Observation-Disclosures Evening Post
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1919-01-24
Plug packed in pouch

head of any of the national delega-
tions at the peace conference.
In his message of December 2 the
president appealed to congress to give
him the added strength of your uni
fled support. / shall count upon your
friendly countenance and encourage
ment," he added. Since when in the
life Of this republic did congress be-
come an institution obligated to give
its united and ~unwavering support,
countenance and encouragement to a
president who so completely wells
from it his purposes, acts and poll
cies? Since when has the govern
ment of the United States been al
tered, from the broad foundations of
the Constitution, into a blind pool"
with all its coordinate branches re-
duced to a requirement of sightless
and unquestioning obedience to the
unknown will of the president?
The American people were prom
ised 'pitiless publicity" Perhaps that
was a misprint. Perhaps the presi-
dent wrote it "pitiless obscurity.".
Spokesman-Review.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1919-01-24
II SORDID MOTIVE

You hear continually that French
statements and opinions concerning
the present regime In Russia are not
trustworthy, for France is ~prejudiced
against the Bolsheviki because they
re%pudiated Russia's debts TO France.
Very likely France is ~prejudiced. We
should be in Frances place. France
holds a great quantity of Russian
debts, which means substantially
that Jean, being industrious, prudent
and abstemious, laid by part of his
income every year; while Ivan, be-
ing in a more backward state, was
constantly needing money. When he
wanted TO fence his farm, get a better
breed of cattle and build a larger
barn, he borrowed the money of Jean.
But, having suffered a great misfor-
tune and taken a %grievious overdose
of literary vodka, he burned the barn,
allowed the cattle to get into the oats,
painted his house red, and announced
that he had embraced a new dispen-
sation, whose first tenet forbade the
payment Of debts.
Probably Jean was sore. You
would have been in his place. II
may be true enough that Ivan's hired
man was half lunatic and half rascal,
and wasted much of the borrowed
money; but that was not Jeans fault,
All Of those Russian bonds held in
France represent French diligence
thrift and abstemiousness. France
produced the money that bought them
by her labor and prudence. Every
franc of them stands for some French
man or woman's effort to produce
and save. And, with all the huge
wastes of the CARBON, much of the
money built railroads, and the like
which the Bolsheviki are using now-
If they have not wrecked them.
OF course France wants her none!
back, or the interest on it, and is pre-
JUDGED against the regime that bland
ly proposes to blk her. You are pre-
JUDGED against the man who borrow.
money of you and coolly refuses t.
pay. You ought to be. A persol
who has no prejudice against dea,
beats is himself a proper object o
prejudice.-Saturday Evening Post.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1919-01-24

President Wilson promised congress
in his message of December 2, an
nouncing his purpose to attend the
Paris peace conferences. And fur
Their: II shall not be inaccessible.
The cable and the wireless will en-
der me available for any counsel or
service you may desire of me-"
That was the promise, given glibly
enough. What is the r~ealization?.
There are two ways by which the
president could let congress and the
nation know all that he does. He
could report his acts in official COM
~munications to congress, or he could
transmit frequent statements through
the press associations and the large
corps of special correspondents.
Five weeks have passed since the
president landed in France, and not
one revealing communication has
come from him to congress-.
To what extent is he taking on
gress and the country into his con-
fidence through the agency of the
press associations? We shall LET
Richard V. Oulahan, peace congress
correspondent of the New York
iihioS' an ADMINISTRATION supporter
answer that question. Mr.. Oulahan
cables his newspaper:
American correspondents feel
that they are not getting a square
deal in obtaining information
from American delegates. Daily
conferences between correspond
ents and members of the delega-
ton are unproductive in every
way and the conclusion has been
forced upon the correspondents
that the only source of news con-
corning American participation
in the peace negotiations is the
president, who is inaccessible.
Evidently the president is not onl,
withholding information from con
gress, but also from the members O
his W delegation. He told congress,
that he would not be inaccessible
but the truth has now been drive,
nome that he is the most inaccessibl,
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1919-01-24

She is there, waiting as the women
are waiting the world over today and
the message says Come That is all
she needs-that telegram is passport,
railroad ticket, buss fare, Channel
crossing, entrance to the war zone,
space in troop train, pass into that
long, low building where her love
lies bleeding Yes, it's a wonderful
highway the British build from the
aching ward in Flanders to the cot
tage in Devonshire. Just a telegram
no b~ewildering officials, no hours
of waiting outside important doors
Just a telegram; and the next evening
at sunset she is sitting by her man
in Flanders as he sleeps for the first
time because the tide has turned
Just a thin bit of blue paper-just
a telegram"
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1919-01-24

We, the people, the bricklayers'
plasterers' and masons' unions of Po-
catello have met and served notice on
the contractors there that the min
imum wage for eight hours shall be
$40, and hollow tile and cement block
work SIC per day, to take effect on
April l. 1t is thus we breed panics,
by making it impossible for industry
to live. Who can build at such prices?
The memory of some men does not
run back to 1898 or 1914. Unreason-
able demands of labor will bring its
own punishment.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1919-01-24
REVISED JUDGMENT

Americans pride themselves on be-
ing ION the job" when they undertake
to do anything. II has been a boast
that We do things better and quicker
than other nations and peoples. Hard
facts, however, sometimes compel us
to revise IA Judgment. Compare,
for instance, some of the red tape
bound activities of " government
with those OF Great Britain, as
brought out by June Richardson Lu-
cas- in The Modern Hospital, a Chi
cago publication, for December:
"Englishmen can hurry with a skill
and an efficiency that take even an
Americans, breath away. When il
comes 10 their fighting men they
break; all speed records. Thousands
of men have died in sthesmpd OF Elan.
ders-thousands have been wounded
and sent home-Bht Thousands have
had 70, lie in those Halls Of Glory
the base hospitals behind the lines
and saffer-beyond the conception
of any man-before the tide turns
back toward life. or slips out in the
gray dawnsof Flanders. never to flow
back. And the British fight to save
those suffering men just as stubborn
ny as' they fight TO beat the enemy
beyond the heavy ~caanonading a few
.Fkilometers away After the doctors
rounds, he sends a Telegram askins
her to come TO such-and-such a base
hospital to see Private Thal
very evening, perhaps in Devon
where the n sinks low. a small boy
comes running and putting up tn,
lane waving the precious paper: III,
! door under the thatch stands oper
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1919-01-24
HAT U YOU DOT

There will be some changes in the
direct primary law. There is a strong
sentiment In the legislature, and with
out, for the repeal Of the law entirely.
What would you do, had you the pow
or. and the responsibility of amend
e or repeal we're yours?
Inquiry made of a number of Power
county people, of all political faiths
and occupations, developed the fol
lowing consensus OF opinion:
/. The law ought TO be repealed.
Q. But II II is repealed, political
capital will be made OF 1t, and those
responsible for the repeal Will b.
made to suffer politically.
There were some who defended the
law as being right In principle. but
nearly all who did so admitted thai
Il was better in theory than In prac'
tice. More than a four-to-one ma
jority unhesitatingly decided the Law
ought to be wiped off the books en-
tirely. But more than half OF thes'
expressed a belief that such actor
would be politically unwise. II
other words, they would be- guided
by political expediency rather thai
by conviction.
In theory, the direct primary !
admirable. In practice II is unsatis
factory. Sponsors for the law urge
that II would bring government
closer to the people, make public ser
wants more responsive TO the publ
VIII, and secure a higher grade O
service. But has II done either
People generally take so little inter
est in the primary that II is lmpos
sible to get them to go TO the poll
and vote. Four years ago the peopl
of Power county paid more than fou
dollars for every vote cast for GOV
ernor. Two years ago, with q Powt
county citizen a candidate for Thu
high office, county pride brought OF
a heavy vote and the cost was r.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1919-01-24

duced TO a little more than a dollar
q vote. This last campaign, with a
local candidate for governor, and a
fight by the democrats to save their
organization from domination OF 9TH
er than democrats, as well as a bitter
contest within the party, brought
out another heavy vote. But not
outstanding this fact, the cost Of
the primary TO the taxpayers was
about $3.50 for every vote polled for
governor.
The cost Of the last primary in
round numbers was s1,400. The big
item was $1,023 for election officials.
The second largest item was for cleo
ton suplies-ballots, poll lists, cleo
tors oaths, ~placards setting out the
law and giving Instructions to voters
including delivery of supplies to the
polling places, was $26O.b5. Adver'
Using of the election and printing
the official returns amounted to 500
Polling places, $21. Making a tota.
of 1888. SIS. A few incidentals are
not included in this, which will brine
the cost to above s1,400. II may bs
worth this much to enable the peo'
pie TO directly name their candidates
but there are many who do not thinl
30.
It was urged that the direct pri
mary would prevent trades and com
binations and take politics out OF thu
hands Of the politicians" Has
done so? Has there ever been
campaign where groups OF friend
have not gotten behind certain candi
dates to put them over? This Is tru
of both the county and the state
And II always will be true. The pri
mary law has not prevented comb
nations. II has merely changed tn
channels through which they work.
The advantages that can come I
interested parties through the nom
nation of certain candidates is mag
nary rather than real. An assessc
/ might favor some taxpayers owe
others, in fixing valuations, but h
records are open to inspection an
review, and ne could not make a grei
discrimination and continue to hol
office. The banks only al have q
interest In the treasurer, and the la
provides for the division of the coul
: ty funds on go equitable a basis tn
there is no material advantage to an.
r one. The public at large Is n
/ interested in any particular candida
I or candidates for office, 30 long
: efficiency Is secured. SO where do
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1919-01-24

Intermittent uproar marked a mass
meeting held at Madison Square, New
York, Friday night, by the independent
citizens committee organized to well
come homecoming troops as a pro-
test against the appointment Of Will
liam Randolph Hearst as chairman of
a committee named Tor the same pur-
pose.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1919-01-24
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HAND AT PARIS

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and affairs on this side of the water,
and you will know all that l do"