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The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1919-01-09
EXPOSE OF
 DEvILTRY OF
 TIE GERMANS

WITH THE BRITlSH-ANERIG@. ARMIES Jan, O. German doW,;F seemed to know no bounds in the t..t days of the fighting on the Britt. front afte--rhe Hindenburg line D 0 been shattered They attached grc"- adc to the bodies of dead Huns .a, behind in the German retreat, so t.at when the bodies were lifted the grcH. adcs exploded, killing or woundr- the bearers.
 Near the town Of La C"yoau, a n"r- bcr of Australian atrotchcr-bcova we,a killed by these grenade n tempting to remove some Garm.r dead from the field in front of .a American machine gun position Thereafter no Australian would pit hand on a dead German. In srw cases the bodies were dragged to th'.. burial place by means of long ro"7 which allowed the stretchcr-bearcrs 70 keep out of range of any eNpIodi"g hand-grenadeS
 The Americans, on the other har l., hit upon the plan of making the Ger man prisoners bury their own dcad In one instance a Boche prisoner w2- summarily shot because he refused to remove the body of one of his dc'i companions. An Examination of t'c body later led to the discovery tfi it was mined. The German vas awa'n of this fact and refused to touch it.
 In one small town evacuated by h Germans. many of the beds woro found to be mined. An American off, cer, tired and worn by long ard had fighting, sought rest on loun@o in room previously occupied hy a German officer. The loun~" blew ' ant he was instantly killed,
 Another officer picked up a n"'" ' field-glasseS left by the Germans a"' was adjusting the focus when 'ho glasses exploded in his hands and blcw away part of his face,
 The Huns had become adept in the nefarious business or making mfc'n. al machines, mines and the time fuses and there was scarcely an area whe'" the electrical and engineering cNnc"z of the allies did not find some nov form of their fiendish ingenuity.
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PEACE: PLAN
 ENVELOPES
By Associated Press

PARIS, Jan., Q Lord Robert C. ctl. who arrived here with the fir@S section of the British peace delegat- ion, told the Associated Press today that definite organization of the Lea que of Nations was indispensable nS the first step toward conclusion of en- during peace and satisfactory settle ment Of the International questions.
 Lord Robert Cecil stated that his views were entirely personal but that joint international action was neceS- sary to relieve the millions of people now lacking the neceSSaries of life; to regulate the common interests, like international railways, posts, water ways, telegraph and wireless, also the use Ot the a,r.
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CHILD'S SALUTE
 TOUCHES TANK

PARIS. Jau. o. An American captain, just in from the front, stood on a curb-stonc. He had one Of those 1000 mile looks in his eyes.
 Suddenly there was a tug at the captains coat. He turned, looked down, aud saw
 \ wee little girl, with a dimplci smile os ones own little girl stand ing 'rf'y. yet gracefully, at salute. A the soldier looked, her fingers reached the curs above her forehead and. then came away, smartly, deftly. as th. captain recovered himself, He salUt q, wondcrjngly.
 The 10. put out her neat little hand, stn smiling and silent. The two sol cmn'v shook hands.
 She boamcd on him again. And tho captain. orinning caught sight out of the corner of his eye of the little girls mother standing a few yards away, smiling appreciation.
 The wee little girl skipped away 70 her mother One hand graSped hc' motrer-- and the other flung back a kiss rom its small fingers.
 Tho captain gulped He looked aS if he wanted to sit down on the curb stone and weep.
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TT. INC ALASKA SCENES FOR TIE MOVIES NOW TO
 BEGIN IN CALIFORNI \

TRUCKEE, CAL, Jan., g. The work of fimiro mrvinr picture s0o" scenes will start he"a "ithin a short tine there now boir~ aN ah"ndanca of snow and ice. Sovo.e' c~~"ani"s ~.''l eond trcone Of 2"'o-s o"1 tair- CTS of from fiftrnn to t,ro0'" persors each. with equipment e dog-toam~, slcighS, etc.
 !. is ~taio' 'v Jso familiar with the ynalsiro. Of moving pictures that a la~rn nrorort;on of the Alaska and British Columbia scenes are in reality photographed within 9 few miles of TiIckee.
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LOYAL TD0y2S SENT T0 SAVE
 OOVERN.L..
Iv ..s.,la ,d Press

2AEIS, Jan, a-- l... a.... cc.iad hmc ia o.".. clam . the the E5, ,r"0.n.nn ...n- mnwt in Berlin .a h..r ..r a. the Extremists .....ra .oa,ra .... an gu.nay fighting.
 The new revolutionary .n. ...~' is composed of InI.n. 2...
 tnyo,d'nc Co a..- ai~., Gene ' Gu.avc Nosl,a, commander O. sr. German goyemmon. Troops plans :" soy 9 Ia gn ro"cn a~a.us, 'nn yap..1. and attempt to regain c,n... o. .. cit. and the government
 Pat of the ~ovammen. tana. ""- ma'ning in Berlin have 'o.r .a Spagtacu. forcns .ho are .a ..1to. n. all principal parts or n. c...
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1 5,OOO ON
 A STRIKE:
By Associated Press

FEW YORK, Jan, g. Fifteen thclsand harbor workers are tod;.y striking for an eight hour day. Ferry DO" steam lighters, tow boats, po- lice and fire boats are tied up a. the doc;s. Twelve hundred railroad ad- min stration boats are idle as a result of ,he strike.
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FOCH GIVES CREDIT
 TO LLOYD GEORGE

LONDON, Jan., 9- Marshal FoCh has sent to Lloyd George his picture with the inscription, ITO the great prime minister who drove away the clouds from a very stormy sky" The marshal is said to have declared that it was to the persistent confidence of Lloyd George that he owed the post ion he now occupies.
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TO WEAR FLU MASKS

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan, Q The Bo.rd of Supervisors today requested tha. the Board pass an ordinance com pe ing the wearing of influenza ma ks to prevent spread of the cpl deTic.
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ARTILLERY FIGHTING

AMSTERDAM. Jan- o. Sever. a.- -till,ry fighting k reported in Ro',n this afternoon naa" tho Contra. To- cgIaph office.
 Sparticans have renewed their a,- .er,Dts to seize tha Channo'or's office. lt is understood that they have bcn repulScd. The Spart'c@rs a"o rero"t'! o hayc lost 90 killed and many v"unded
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FRENCH PEACE DELEG ATES

PARIS, Jan, Q The French peace delegates will be Premier ClemenceGu, Foreign Minister Pichon, Finance Min lister Klotz, Colonial Minister Simon and Commissioner to America Tar dieu.
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NO POLITICAL LABOR
 PARTY TO BE FORMED

NEW YORK, Jan., 9-- The execu- tive council of the American Feder- ation of Labor rejected the proposal that a national political labor party be formed, at 8 meeting here.
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NEW JOINT KINGDOM TO
 HAVE A JOINT LEGATION

WASHINGTON Jan., O. The Serbian Legation officials announced today that the legation becomes one for the new joint Kingdom of Serbs, Stoves and Croats. A single common government was established on Dec ember 21st under Prince Regent Alex ander.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1919-01-09

PARIS, Jan, Q Paul Deschare' presiding officer of the Chamber of Deputies, has issued an appeal that members of the Chamber who have been in the army now that the war is over. return at once to their legis- lative duties and assist in the solving of peace problems.
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il. DOM
By Associated Press

CHICAGO. Jan, O. Theodore R1o-avort's death has cast a gloom ov- er the Republican National Commit ,ncmeu. and the meeting tomorrow win no. be a spirited one. The ban ulct r1r tonight has been cancelled.
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ARE DRIVEN OFT

EASEL. Jan, 9-Ay,ar'rg to at. vices received late this a.O.4.ou .... al Ebert government forces have a.. rived at Berlin from po-o.u ana 8" di~ag the Spa ticans Go t.. U..~"- ten and rcoccupiad the aovawm.at printing works.
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ANOTHER CIytL WAR

Paris. Jan. o. Ta. Nn.r,.. Prov" ccs oC Bavaria a.g gn-..t.a ...-. t. be involved in a now civ" v." wo".- meat which is said Jo l' . aI.g .a all directions.
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HUNDREDS
 HAVE DIE[I
By Associated Press

pAPEETI, Tahiti, Jan, Q Twcn- ty ocrcent of the city's population has beel wiped out by the influenza. Hu drcls >are dying on the outlying isl; ndS.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1919-01-09

When young man tells.a girl that he loves her for herself alone it's equivalent to an injunction against the rest of the family.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1919-01-09
SFIO()
Ey Associated Press

BASEL. Jan, 9- An attempt . .s.a- mate Czccho Slovak Premier D. kar ,rramarz. at Prague was mad" today. Eight revolver shots were fired a~U OPT. bullet took effect. Germans a.o..uspcctcd of a p'o, and seven havs hu.r arrested
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MUST SAVE

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. o. "Wh.n this nation has saved $12,OOO,OOOOo9 more prices probably will have ben restored to normal"
 Thus b.. \. C. Miller, Pacific Goa t member of the Federal Reserve Boa'd warned tha, "Amcrica must save and pay up, or suffer the i'll effects Of .1 na.ion." Miller spoke before the An arlran Academy of Political and Soy.l Science
 Auayzing our problem a. one 3 | Of reconstruction, but of rcamp.os mcnt and reorganization Miller d. riarad tha, mere production and an. .o~otion ot outstanding war socuHt, .- rc solution of the high price QUc. ion Ha said the banks gre holding a. rroximatc'y S5,0oo0x O00 in v.w bonds; the governments req0ircmcu.s "or tho ,,.t Of the fiscal year viii "n aao3- STOO0O0OOOO and until the ' ha~, hc.n absorbed by savings, t''
 t..al of imitation vii! still be vi D us."
 rho price situation, '''llcr sad, = tho worlds greatest af'a"-tho-v o" 70 -bl.m. I,. gravity is revealed only D. .hc broad statement that prices ha'c risen no pcr cent in four years, nc sail. Until prices return to norn1I actual progress toward rccovorjn~ from the wars shattcring cannot b" male, h. said
 Voluntarily Reduce Prices.
 "rhoro is already the welcome inf- cation" Miller continued, "that th' mo~o rorcsichtcd among bushes. ..- ~ariaa-.on, are f,oe'"c ahead to th" 'alHo~ of prices >s something ,ooyj'a- blo instead of ,ta,tin@ they ar' %a- @c.,a,irr and assisti"~ th, process If .arrra"izot'on by voluntary price rcd,ction,.
 tuck mot@' preparation pavcs the vav and ,N~rhv .'re, ''' process / - ''o|rc7s in prices"
 rc a..o.,,l fnat i' fs not th. qun'- .,v .rr the cua"ty o' nonct wAi,h Ha. rurtod m"'atod values. co 'hc 7,,t stSoo0 oco.Cco in loans G3at"1" Wr'ar ,aid. "it wa bo estimate ,N>t e7 0Cr"n COG till | being carried by n. bank. To H.~ cxte0t that s1E zc.',,ion |, tho government horcN- 'r. ,r. paid nos out of cash which al- roa T., has hacn obtained rroa t'r ha-'.s. t.c ranmort. musa bo regarded as ravu@ given li.n to fhc "ypanf"n of a,n& crcMs. Such c'ponsioa of cro- l.. u1l ss 4 ."l, in mo..on ncr for cc: of saving, ,ca;jts in inrlaticn 'f fir of credit. rhon Of Urronc.. "od $ p cnn-c moncc o. both, 'nf.ation Of pri,'s
 Those of rs vbo in ouf L"a..y Lon campaigns, were oersu }cd to borrow and t,,, must now sHVe and pay The rrph'cm or 70 lTcctie1 ''S inflatation is largely problem of sav .ny and pro|jr!ion. " mus r.''>r pl more goods fG .ui t'ae outta"a
 ne volume of credit and currency which means production. We must reduce the volume of credit and cur rency to suitable proportions, which means savings "
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-04
Lake Tchdd a Mystic Spot

Cold and gray are the waters
which Lake Tchad spreads over the
lowlands of Central Africa. The
traveller in Africa finds the mystery
of the dark continent more haunting
and unfathomable here than in the
battling maZes of the jungle or in
the silent smile of the sphinx. Heavy
winds toss the shallow waters n bout
and whisper their secrets through
the reeds. But the lake makes no
answering condolences. 1t stretches
on and on, measuring its miles of
surface in sweeping wave lengths.
AS far as the eye can see ahead
are the reeds and rushes reaching
up through the water in tangled
masses. Here and there the line of
gray expanse is broken by slender
islands bearing up a few round top
ped native huts, outlined dimly
against the skyline. The effect is
that of painting seen through gray
glasses. reducing the whole to a low
key. 1t is in the grayness that the
lakes effect of mystery lies, the
grayness that hovers dull and cheer
less over waving reeds.
The traveller gazing across Lake
Tchad for the first time feels the
thrill of discovery. The knowledge
that he is not the first to stand upon
the banks does not dispel the feel
ing of entering the most shut-off
place in Central Africa.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-04
GOAL ASSESSMENTS

"H big coal companies in the
upper end of the county are
striving for the lowest possible
assessment on their fuel land hold
ings. That, we suppose, is "busi-
Tess" But the county has an inter-
est at stake as great as that of the
coal companies and Commissioners
Slime and Cumbler, who insisted on
lesssessment of the coal proper
ties, should not permit the corpora
tions to "bluff' them into radical re-
visions of figures.
The situation is simply this: The
county's experts say the coal lands
are worth 117,OOO,00O. One of the
coal companies says it's holdings are
worth less than $4,000 although
it cUnfesses to a payroll each year
amounting to more than $2,225,OOO.
There is such a variance here and
such an absurd difference between
company valuations and annual rev.
enues that the commissioners should
accept the estimates of their own
dis:pterested experts and let the
matter be threshed out in the courts,
if the companies continue to object.
AS for selling the lands for less
than two millions. that is mere stage
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-04
EDITORIAL COMMENT

If we had the League of Nations,
it might induce us to go into some
European war, instead of staying
out. as we did this last one.-Indian-
apolis Star.
1t would be thoughtful of the army
and navy to delay their demobilaza-
ton until the public catches up with
the war-books already written.-
Chicago Daily News.
The Paris Conference is now dis
cussing the future of the Bolshe-
Wiki. At first blush this looks more
like a subject for clergymen than
iplomats.-Manila Bulletin.
A study of the income-tax blanks
convinces us that Uncle Sam de-
serves the money for having thought
of such a wonderfully complicated
way of getting it.-Philadelphia
Evening Ledger.
Lloyd George warns the small ma
tions that there is danger in annex
ing territory not their own. We
dearly love England, but We must
say that she can on this subject
give expert advice.-Columbi State.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-04
CHICAGO ELECTIONS

TRUE-BLUE Republicans Will
take little pleasure in the re-
election of Mayor Thompson
on the Republican ticket in Chicago.
The election was neither victory
for the Republican party in the ma
ton nor yet a defeat for the Demo-
Gratis. 1t was a purely local fight
in which all the passions and preju-
dices of the day entered with eX-
treme bitterness. Mayor Thompson
not only fought the election of
Republican candidate for the Senate
last fall. but he was notoriously pro-
German during the war and Repub-
licans as whole long since repu-
dated him.
But the elections present at least
one encouraging feature. Not sim
gle Socialist was elected to any office,
although they tried most strenuous
" to capture council. All their
nominees were beaten by over
whelming majorities. Not an ultra
radical showed his head in Chicago
but was not sharply raped. For
that much we may be thankful for
Chicago above all other cities is
reckoned as a hotbed of radicalism,
due largely to it's great foreign-born
population.
Most surprising to the temper
ance forces of the country was the
amazingly large wet" vote cast by
the women. OF course, the "drys'
made no fight, but that does not
alter the fact that women voted
largely on the side of the saloon.
This will not be very encouraging
to those who have been pointing to
universal suffrage as the cure-all for
all ills and the hope of the reform
element of the country. This Chi
cago vote indicates that the extern
sion of the voting privilege, while
an eminently fair and proper recog-
milton of womens right to participate
in the public life of the Nation, will
have little general effect on elections
except to double the number of votes
cast.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-04
UP TO US

TT BEGINS to look as though the
Rotary Clubs efforts toward a
nayiGable Susquehanna may bear
real fruit. AS Congressman j.
Ham pton Moore said at Columbia
the other evening, the movement
has reached a stage where all de-
penus upon how much the people
of Tie Susquehanna river want this
improv ement as to whether or not
they will get it,
That is the whole truth in a nut
shell. If we really want a deeper
stream we must demand it of Con-
gress in terms that will bespeak a
strong public sentiment for it.
Why have the South and West
been successful in getting millions
upon millions of dollars from the
national treasury for Improvement
of streams that are mere creeks as
compared with the Susquehanna =?
Because they have argued. and
fought, and inssted-pressing their
claims eagerly and enthusiastically,
in season and out. That is the an
swer and there is nothing more
to it. We in Pennsylvania have
been lulled to sleep by railroads that
formerly met all our needs and
whose managers told us that a
navigable Susquehanna was impos-
sibie. Meanwhile, the South and the
West carried home the bacon.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-04

taxes and will take a more lively
interest in the work of Congress" ;
ana to meet their demand for re-
dG6rions in taxation, the new Con-
SreSs must practice strict economy.
In this connection we may also note
Mr.. Gilletts insiStence upon budget
reform. Congressman j. Hampton
Moore Ctcp.. Fa.), who will be one
or The most influential members of
several important committees, does
not think members of the next Con-
SreSs can escape from the task of
preparing new revenue legislation.
The Star quotes him as saying:
The complexities of the existing
revenue law--the Wilson McAdoo-
hitchin law-are enough to give the
ordinary business man creeps. But
even SO, Reput licans must tackle
the job and er deaVor to tighten the
burdens the outgoing Congress has
imposed upon the people,"
Frank w. Mondell, of Wyoming,
who Will be majority floor leader in
the next House, wishes the new ses-
son called at least as early as May
/, in order that the members may
have time to consider and pass the
leftover app opriations bills before
the beginning y the new fiscal year
on J&iE l. Mr.. MondeH believes
that i'll the coming session Republi-
cans, Notwithstanding the hard
luck Democratic Congresses have
been having" will be able to draft
laws for LEASING water-power and
oil-lands that will be reasonably
satisfactory TO everybody.
With the Republicans again in
the saddle, We naturally find dis
cussion of the tariff again to the
fore, but with an unfamiliar en-
phasis on its revenue possibilities.
The Detroit Free Press credits Mr..
ForGney, tie new chairman of the
Ways ard Means Committee, with
seeing that with n war to pay for,
the tariff must be money-maker
as well as q protector of industry.
His plan, according To The Free
Press, is Ito make the customs office
measure up more nearly to it's pos
SibilitieS, without any idea of in
terfering with the other sources of
national revenue" Mr.. Fordney has
pointed out, we read, that Great
Britain. a free-trade country, in
1918 collected import duties
amounting to $10.25 per capita of
population, whereas the protection
ist United States collected only about
$1.70: had we collected at Great
Britain's rate we sh uoeahldvHOA
Britain's rate we should have taken
in 81, 100, 100000 instead of $172,-
100000. Mr.. Fordney has no inten-
ton of waiting for the regular ses-
sion in order to make home mar
kets safe for American industry"
and the Washington Star quotes him
as saying:
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-04
CONFIDENCE NEEDED

TN p r e C EDENTED burdens
were placed upon public util-
tiles by the war and as re-
suit street railways and other pub
lie service corporations were strain
ed to the utmost of their facilities
and resources. 1t is stated by an
expert that the purchasing power of
the street car fare Is forty per cent.
less than it was two years ago.
Under the circumstances, there has
been a gradual decadence in the
maintenance of the systems and the
passing of dividends to stockholders
has become quite the usual thing.
Lloyd George, premier of England,
who has had his troubles, recently de-
clared that the difficulty is not with
interests, it is with prejudices. Peo-
pie talk vested interests. 1t is not
the vested interests l am afraid of;
it is the prejudices. We must sweep
aside vested prejudices."
In this readjustment period it is
going to be very necessary to divest
our minds of prejudices of every
sort and get back to a normal at
titude that will not regard with sus-
picion business and industry and
the activities which make for gen.
eral prosperity. Unless and until all
classes of our people realize that
there is a mutually of interest in
business there will be no real prog
ress. Employment depends upon
commercial and industrial prosperi-
ty and every move which tends to
destroy confidence is a move against
the welfare of the individual, wheth-
er he be employer or employe.
1t is the opinion of careful stu
dents of affairs that the United
States is advancing toward a period
of substantial prosperity, but these
observers also believe that the pc
riod of better times will come only
with intelligent cooperation of all
classes and that the part of the
workingman in the restoration of
confidence and business activity is
quite as important as that of the
capitalist whose courage is needed
to make the wheels go round.