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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-04-16
no matter how important.

no matter how important.
The findings Of the peace confer
ence are printed elsewhere. He who
runs may read. While not behind
the scenes and not called upon 70
give an opinion, we are, as at the
first, ready to trust Woodrow VIII
son and his able coadjutors with the
Nest delicate task of bringing cos
mos out of chaos. We have every
reason to believe they have accom-
plished this work.
The Baltimore Sun expresses the
opinions Of a large majority OF
Americans when it says ''never was
the moral, political and economic
value of official frankness better
shown than in the confidence crea-
ted by Mr.. Wilson's reassuring
statement. He has come to the
front door of the Peace Conference
and reported definite progress TO
the anxious crowd outside. We get
something fare more precise than
iha meonin pless bulletins that have
heretofore been thrown out IKE
marrcwless bones every day to sat:
isfy the hungry curiosity Of the
world. We are informed now that
1.-The questions which must be settled
in the peace with Germany have
been brought so near complete So
luton" that the German p!enlpoten-
tiaries will in all probability be al
Versailles on the twenty-ffth Of TINS
month. That means that the treaty
Of peace with Germany is likely t
he signed By the end Of April, I'M
less the associated nations should
allow prolonged discussion OF N.
terms by Germany's representatives
which IS the remotsst CT posslo!Il'
tics.
| "This is one important fact wt gel
| from the Presidents statement
Another is the speedy agree.
mert on the Adriatic's question
heretofore enc Of the stuno!i"-
blocks of the conference. Anothe'
is the authoritative declaration tina
other poirts Of difficulty are at las
finding a satisfactory solution, al
that they "miy also presently De 2X
Dectcd TO be ready for tEal settle
mcnt." And in connection with tn
Presidents statement we get tn
announcement Of the amount IF III.
indemnify Germany must pay an
the time IN which it must be PAD
"In word. the sun Of pvhlicit>
has broken thrcrgh the clouds o
diplomacy, and pozsim;sm and ap
arehersion are succeeded b" renew
al Of hope and confidence. From
this time forward lct Us hope tier
will be neither twilight nor miaa!gn'
zones at the conference, and ina.
daylight VIII be substituted for tn
dark Lanterns CT cid fashioned in
telnational negotiation"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-04-16
phone as a mere triae in astonish.

Once more we're called, in victoEys
cause and hour.
To make response, to limit OF our
power,
Ard SO to seal in bonds, that VIII
make good,
The cause for whi.h our soldiers snea
their blood.
What price they paid, in youthful iiVes
laid down,
To win the cause that won for them 2
Grown
Unfading" there-here, just wooden
cross
To mark their sacred dust and typnS
our loss!
How little seems the best that we car
give
!; In view of those who died that WI
might live;
That our beloved country might b
free
From horrors they have suffered oc
the sea.
The nset US all respond to full extern
ITO Uncle Sam, you know, It's cn'-
| lent).
And settle ncw,forever and for all.
lOur country's just and patriotic call
NJ. P. Bryan, in Baltimore SUI
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-04-16
A WORD FOR THE CIRCUS

A statement that committee u
the Retail Merchants Bureau Of the
Chamber CT Commerce will wait
upon the finance committee of the
City Council and urge that III the
preparation of the license ordinance
for this year that crcuses and carn!-
walls be made to pay $500 on each
performance with an additional tax
Of S25 on each side show has caused
some comment in the city. The city
and state licenses are now almost
prohibitive, and should our city
city fathers adopt the suggestion of
the committee of the Retail Mer-
chants Bureau the funeral knell of
these ever popular exhibitions will
have been sounded.
The state eXactS about $3.50 from
circus companies which visit Alex
andria and SIS on each side show.
They are made to pay according to
the number of cars they carry ard
according to the population of places
they visit. The city in addition gets
S10C fer each days exhibition. Man
ayers Of carIivals also pay the city
s1CO for each day they remain in
Alexandria. This means that the city
will receive Sl,S0O for the three
weeks stay CT the carnival company
new here.
While giving a horseback opin or,
we are averse to this movement. AT
present the City Council eXacts a
high license lax upon each circus
performance, while but one is really
collected. For instance. the timer
ants give an afternoon performance,
and in order to escape paying 9 Il
cense tax for exhibiting at night de-
clare the latter is cut a continue
ton Of the day performance.
Forty years or more ago an Alex
andrian purchased d ticket for an
Afternoon performance Of circus
company. When he attempted to pass
into the tent the collector of tickets
demanded his pasteboard. The hold
er declined to give it up, although he
exhibited it. and said he wculd de-
liver it at the night exhibition. The
ticket collector concluded to let him
pass n without delivering up his
ticket.
Alexandria does not average one
li!SllS NCstI IsANl.ilsp NphuA-
tons. None appeared last year.
While we all agree that circuses
carry much money out of Il city, the
fact is apparent that such compa-
mics are necessarily compelled to
spend some money in our midst. Ee-
sides q circus draws many persons
to Il city. They come from all
points Of the compass, and they,
too. drop money here.
While the writer can say he has
not witnessed circus performance
for nearly half q century, hundreds
Of other persc, 5. especially the
Young, will find themselves deprived
Of popular source Of amusement
should the circus be frozen out by
legislation.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-04-16
EX-JUDGE IS ACCUSED

Philadelphia, April l6.-An alleged
written admission Of appropr!atmg
SCI. 251.7S was read to the jury yes
terday in the case against former
Judge William I. Wheeler. accused
of embezzlemert by Mrs. Harriet
Joyce.
Mrs. Joyce again took the stan1
today and testified Wheeler had IN
formed her his services would b<
worth $4,000.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-04-16
BANDITS GET $4,000
Rob California Bank Messenger OH
Crowded Street

Crowded Street
San Francisco, April 1.-Two
bandits held UP the messenger of the
bank Of California yesterday and
robbed him of $4,000 in currency.
They first struck the messenger over
the head with the butt of revolver
and backed him into doorway While
pedestrians locked or.
Don't forget the Democratic prl-
mary next Tuesday the % OF April
and vote for r. Walton Moore Tor
Congress. '-'t.'
More than eighty native WOODS
have been tested for the manufacture
of lead pencils in India.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-09-27
COMMITTEE CALLS
BETHLEHEM STRIKE

READING, Pa, Sept. 27.-The
national strike committee of the
iron and steel workers has issued a
call for a general strike of the en-
ployes of the Bethlehem Steel com
pany, the men having been ordered
to leave their work today. En-
ployes of the company in other
cities have been ordered to strike
OH Monday, which will add $4,000
to the number Of strikers, if all
the Bethlehem men respond to the
call
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-09-27
NOTED SINGER DEAD

LONDON, Sept 81. - Adehna
Patti Baroness Cederstrom), the
worlds greatest prima donna. died
at her home in South Wales today,
aged rs years She was born in
Spain in lS43. made her debut as 2
prima donna in New York in 1853,
and retired. at the end Of many
fsrewell tours. in 1907. after most
successful career. She was married
three times.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-09-27
FAIRBANKS REGRETS -.
MORE CANNOT COME

Replying to the wire Of the Ne
mana Commercial club, inviting the
people of Fairbanks TO make the
trip out to Ignite with the local
excursionists, the Fairbanks club
wired the local organization today,
expressing regret that large dele
CATION could not be sent down the
river to join the excursion. Threat
ening weather and transportation
handicaps, the wire stated, had de-
TERED many from making the trip.
There are a number of Fair
banksans in Nenana. however, who
will go out on the train tonight,
several of them having come down
river especially for the excursion.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-09-27
PRESIDENT HAS
RESTFUL NIGHT;
WIFE NEAR HIM
ABOARD PRESIDENTIAL SPE-

ABOARD PRESIDENTIAL SPE-
ClAL, Sept. 27.-President Wilson
is reported to have spent a com
Portable night, with DR.. Grayson
and Mrs. Wilson in constant at
tendance. His condition is some
what improved today, and it is the
opinion of the attending physician
trat he will recover quickly after
reaching the White House, where he
can have complete rest.
The train is proceeding toward
Washington with all possible speed,
and, upon its arrival there, Presi-
dent Wilson will go direct to his
room in the executive mansion,
until DR.. Grayson thinks he is suf-
fciently recovered to leave it.
The President is hopeful Of be-
ing able to be on hand TO welcome
the royal family of Belgium, due
to reach New York on Friday of
next week.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-09-27
POPULAR FOREMAN
WILL co OUTSIDE

Thomas K. Blakey. who has held
a position with the Alaskan Engl-
neering commission as track fore
man in this division since July.
1917. has resigned his position and
will leave for the States on the
next outbound steamer. He is due
in town tonight from the track camp
on the Nenana-Fairbanks line.
Mr. Blakey has the reputation
of being among the most competent
of the men in the employ of the
Commission. He understands his
business thoroughly and has a way
of getting along with his men that
insures results. Practically all the
steel laid in this division has been
put in place under the direction of
Mr.. Blakey, and the work speaks
for itself.
Mike Dunn has succeeded Blakey
as track foreman, having started
work this morning. Pete Connolly
will take Dunn's place at Section 2.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-09-27
ENGLAND THREATENS STRIKING
7RAINMEN; TROOPS ARE READY

LONDON, Sept. 27.-The Asso-
ciated Press has been informed that
it is the intention Of the British
government TO make a determined
effort to compel the striking train
men to return TO their posts. The
government takes the view that the
strike must be fought with every
means available, even to the en-
ployment of armed forces.
The war Office has announced late
this afternoon that rehabilitation of
soldiers has been suspended and
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-09-27
REDS WIN PENNANT

CINCINNATI, O., Sept. 27.-The
Cincinnati Reds captured the Ma
tional league pennant today, which
entities them to participate in the
Worlds series with the Chicago Am
orleans. The event was celebrated
here today with a big Victory pa
rsde, led by Senator Calvin. Presi-
dent Herman and other officials.
Governor Cox will preside at the
banquet TO be held tonight.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-09-27
SHIPYARD WORKERS
WILL MEET MONDAY

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 81
Ninety thousand Pacific coast steel
shipyard workers may strike on Oc-
tober first, as reply 20 the Ship
ping boards refusal to permit the
coast shipyards TO increase wages.
Should the strike be called, it will
involve the workers of this city,
Seattle, Portland, and Tacoma.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-09-27
CIVIL WAR THREATENS ITALY:
MILLION WORKERS ON STRIKE

tory. The Militarists are said to
be in league with d'Annunzio.
The reports say further that the
navy is dissatisfied over the attitude
of the Allies. Naval officers declare
that their Anglo-French colleagues
act as though they were masters of
the Adriatic, a situation which they
believe the Italian government should
have prevented.
There is a tense feeling through
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-09-27
FIRST WINTER MAIL
WILL CO WEDNESDAY

According to advices received
from Fairbanks today, the winter
mail service between Interior Alas
ka and the coast will start next
Wednesday, from Fairbanks, and
thereafter, until November %. there
will be two stages a week, both
ways. The departures from Fair
banks will be on Wednesday and
Sunday, and north-bound stages will
leave Chitina on Tuesday and Fri
day.
The weight limit will be 500
pounds.
After November % there will be
three stages a week, both ways.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-09-27

out the country this afternoon, the
belief prevailing that the storm may
break at any moment.
The situation is greatly aggra
waited by the discomfort among Ital-
ian workers, there being fully a
million men now on strike through
out the country. ready to take part
in almost any disturbance that may
be suggested. The number of strik-
ers is increasing rapidly.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-09-27
DANIELS TO URGE
INCREASE IN PAY
WASHINGTON, D. c., Sept. u

WASHINGTON. D. C, Sept. 81
According to information given
cut by officials of the navy depar,-
ment, it is the intention of secre-
tary Daniels TO recommend TO Con
gress that naval officers and en-
listed men be granted an increase
il pay. The present pay, the sec
rotary believes, is inadequate and
largely responsible for the decrease
in the number of enlistments dur
ing the past several months.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-09-27
LANCASTER FINDS
CHANNEL CHANGED

Captain s. f. Lancaster, who
arrived in port yesterday IN charge
OF the steamer Seattle No. 5, re
ports many changes in the river
since his last voyage up the Tanana,
about ten years ago. The captain
had a chart with him. which ne
made on the occasion OF Ms first
visit to Tanana waters, and it
showed remarkable wanderings OF
the channel during the decade. the
old markings being OF little value
now in directing the course Of a
steamer The changes Wore no sur
Prise to him, however, his long eX-
perience in Northern waters and
earlier experiences on :he ,Iississip-
pi having prepared MIN 70 urd the
Tanana channels at variance with
his chart.
Captain Lancaster atarted up the
Tanana ten years ago, HIT did no.
get above Mimic, where MS boat
wintered. Since then ne hes been
navigating the Yukon. in charge Of
the packet Louise and other boats,
the Seattle No. being his las. ac-
QUESTION. The captain came North
in 1898 and is one Of the most
popular slippers on the Yukon river.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-09-27
HUNS MUST LEAVE
LITHUANIAN FRONT

PARIS, Sept. 27.-The supreme
council has prepared a sharp note,
to be transmitted through General
Foch, demanding the immediate
withdrawal of German troops from
Lithuania, Noncompliance with the
ultimatum, it is understood, will be
followed by the inauguration Of
drastic measures TO compel the evac-
uation.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-09-27

all leaves of absence cancelled, in
dicating the seriousness with which
the situation is viewed The gov
eminent regards the strike as a
threat against the life of the coun-
try.
Train Service Stops.
Train service throughout England
came to a standstill today as a re-
suit of the strike called yesterday
Every member of the National Rail
way association, it is believed, has
Joined the movement, the great ma
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-09-27
PROTzMAN REPORTS
FALL CARIBOU RUN

Game Warden L. F. Protzman,
who has just returned to Fairbanks
from a trip over the country, toward
the Yukon, reports having seen thou
sands of caribou in the Twelvemile
district He considers it doubtful,
however, if the animals will get
very close to town, as they usually
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-09-27

A meeting of delegates will be
held at Tacoma on Monday for the
purpose of arranging the details of
the strike, and the strike probably
will be directed from that city, if
called.
1t is estimated that the Seattle
yards will contribute $4,000 strik-
ers, Portland 10000, and Tacoma
5000.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-09-27

do, because Of the presence of many
wolves in that region These wolves,
the game warden believes, will turn
tde herds away from town.
Both the caribou and the wolves
are more numerous than ProtZnlan
has seen them in a number Of years.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-09-27
MARKING TIME NOW.

PITTSBURG, Sept. 81. - Steel
strikers and corporation representa-
tives are marking time today, await
ing the action of the Bethlehem
workers on Monday. No material
changes in the situation are expect
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-09-27

jority of the strikers having gone
out in a body.
The situation is regarded as very
grave tonight, the strikers appar-
emily being as determined as the
government to carry the fight to a
finish.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-09-27
MEN ARE VOTING.

INDIANA HARBOR, Sept. 81
Announcement was made here to-
day that the striking employees of
the Indiana Steel company would
meet this afternoon for the purpose
of voting on the question of re
turning to work.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-09-27
SOME RETURNING.

GARY. Ind, Sept. 27.-Observers
declare that a considerable number
OF strikers returned to their places
today, the number being estimated
a. from 200 to 500. More than
3, 900 men are working in local
plants.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-09-27

ed before that time.
A number of the employers are
locking for a general return Of
strikers during the coming week.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-09-27

Three horses were shipped out to
the Kestly camp on this mornings
train.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-09-27

Militarists on the other, appears to
be imminent.
The reports say that several
prominent generals are planning TO
launch a movement against the gov
eminent, at the head of the Mill
tarists, who take the view that weak
ness on the part of the government
is responsible for the deadlock over
the disposition of Dalmatian terri
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-09-27

J. H. Caskey passed Gulkana
yesterday on his return from the
coast He has, as passengers in his
car, Mrs. Pegues and her two sons.
Mr. Pegue is editor of the Fair
banks Citizen.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-09-27

John Swedal has gone out the
line south of town to join the Shell
don bridge gang.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-09-27

ROME, Sept. 27.-General unrest
throughout Italy, accompanied by a
growing belief that the government
has permitted the Allies to assume
too much authority in the Fiume
affair, threatens TO eliminate in
civil war. Reports of an alarming
character are current today and a
violent struggle, with the Socialists
on one side and the Nationalist and
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-09-27
TEMPERATURE

Saturday, September 27.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-30
In the Days News

John S. Runnells, who celebrates
his 18th birthday anniversary to-
day, is widely known in the world
of finance and railroads as the
president of the Pullman company
OF Chicago, to which position he
was elected in 1911, following the
resignation of Robert T. Lincoln.
Mr.. Runnells is a native of New
Hampshire and a graduate of Am
herst college. Soon after leaving
college he went TO Iowa, where he
studied law and took an active in
terest in public affairs. For two
years he was private secretary to
Governor Merrill CT Iowa and for
a similar period he served as Unit
ed States consul at Tunstau. Eng
land. After quitting the Csnsular
service in 1871 he returned to Des
Moines to engage in the practice
OF law. He served as chairman of
the Iowa Republican state commit
tee and for four years was United
States district attorney for Iowa.
In 1887 he removed to Chicago to
enter the employ of the Pullman
company IN the capacity of general
counsel.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-30

have increased their wages by one-third and i'm
proved their working hours, and quit What
has happened since ought to be enough to sat
isfy the most inordinate appetite for excite
ment. Let US hope that tri-city carmen exer-
else greater degree Of prudence and refuse
to infict traction tieup upon the community
if reasonable relief can be obtained otherwise.
What is happening in Chicago is fair warn
ing Seeds of the trouble Chicago and Wash
fngton have been experiencing exist in every
city in the country. They await only favorable
soil to sprout- Idle men with a grievance
supply ideal conditions. Usually there are a
few rowdies in every body of people and the
hoodlums of the streets rally about them in the
hope Of excitement and then something is likely
TO happen
Employees Of the Tri-City Railway company
are entitled to liberal pay Everybody knows
they have been denied it long enough. The
company seems to be counting strike by the
attitude it is taking, but the four cities should
be spared the menace Of one il there is any
way to avoid it. The less disturbance there is
of the routine of the community the easier it
will be to pass through this period Of tension
without incidents that inevitably will be re-
GREETED later by those taking part in them.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-30
Speeding Up Production.

As an immediate means for correcting
present abnormal commodity prices and re-
ducing the period of excessive war debt taxa
ton, resolutions unanimously adopted by the
board of directors OF the National Association
of Manufacturers at a recent meeting in New
York urge public support of an effort to great
ly increase the industrial production OF the
theory that the less work man does the more
work he provides for others to do.
The resolutions declare that much of the
industrial antagonism which exists between
employers and employees is based on the I'M
justifabIe' and systematically fostered belief
among the people that the manufacturers Of
the country are mainly responsible for the
levels which prices generally have attained.
Attention is also called to the fact that heavy
war debt taxation has contributed heavily to
present high prices and increased productive
ness is described as an effective means OF
shortening the duration of war tax burdens
now imposed on our industries and the indi-
viduaI citizen.
Factory workers are called upon to lend
their aid to the manufacturers to the end that
factory production may be Immediately in
creased, as a way of restoring reasonable and
more normal price conditions. Legislative au-
thorities, the press, the churches and educa-
tional institutions are also urged to give their
cooperation to the movement for increased pro-
duction as a means of relieving oppressive and
economically unjustifed present living condi-
tons.
The more there is produced the more there
is to divide. That is simple proposition
which the American workingman is too wise
to overlook All he wants is assurance that
he will get his share of the increase which
greater effort and application on his part will
produce. When he is satisfied in that respect
he will be as ready as his employer to speed up