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Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1919-10-24
Cabinet Takes Over Rule of Ma
ton Pending Recovery of 8
the President.
HIS AILMENT NOT REVEALED
Dolngs of the Industrial Conference
Army Is Hot After "Reds"-Leaoue
Of Nations Comes Into Being
Anti BoIsheVist Armies Closing
In on Soviet Russia.
BY EDWARD w. PIcKARD.

Because of the certainty that the
resumption of his official duties by
President Wilson will be long delayed.
the cabinet has taken matters into its
W hands and is virtually running
the government. For the first time
since Mr.. Wilson became the chief
magistrate, it is performing the func
tons allotted it by the Constitution.
Each member of the cabinet is handling
all executive matters within its juris
diction, and all other questions that
come up are passed on by the full cab
met. The most important decisions
are submitted to Mr., Wilson for his
approval, through Admiral Grayson.
Specifically, the industrial and eco
nomic situation which has been
brought to a crisis by the steel strike
is being handled by Secretary Baker.
Secretary of Labor Wilson is looking
after the threatened coal miners
strike, and Secretary of Agriculture
Houston is doing what he can to avert
the sugar famine.
The presidents physicians and ev-
erybody at the White House have com
bined to keep from the public the real
character of his illness. Admiral Gray
son told the cabinet what it is, but
pledged it to secrecy. All the people
are permitted to know is contained
in the official bulletins, which report
Mr.. Wilson's continued improvement,
with occasional slight set-backs such
as headache, and restlessness due to
swelling of the prostate gland. The
story that he had a lesion of the brain
has been vigorously though unofficially
denied, but it is admitted that his
complete recovery is contingent on
keeping him absolutely at rest in mind
and body. The truth appears to be
that he has had no cerebral attack but
is suffering from a general
and physical breakdown.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1919-10-24

The League of Nations anne into
being on October 10, Great Britain.
France and Italy having ratified the
treaty. Steps were taken at once look
ing to its regular organization, and
goodness knows there is enough for it
to do.
The United States is still outside
the league and the contest in the SEN
ate continues undated. Considerable
time and much vehement language
were devoted last week to debating
the proposed Shantung amendment.
AS we expected, it was voted down,
but almost every senator who spoke
in opposition to 1t, said he favored a
reservation on the same lines. Sena-
tor Shields of Tennessee. Democrat.
declared himself in favor of the Lodge
reservations and the Johnson amend
ment giving the United States as many
votes in the league as Great Britain.
The administration forces let it be
known on Wednesday that they were
determined to vote for rejection of the
treaty with the Lodge reservations,
and the opposition at once prepared
to retaliate with a resolution declar-
ing the war at an end and restoring
the status of peace.
The entente allies are disturbed
over the American situation because
the many commissions provided for in
the treaty must be organized very soon.
The formal exchange of ~ratihcations
of the treaty which will put it into
effect was delayed by the allies in on
sequence.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1919-10-24

Despite their wartime agreement to
work at the present scale until peace
is officially declared or until March 81.
1920, the soft coal miners of the coun
try, about 600, 900 in number, have been
ordered out on strike on November /.
Secretary of Labor Wilson took i'm
mediate steps to avert the strike, and
at last reports was hopeful of success.
The miners demand a five-day week,
a siX-hour day and a general wage in
crease of 60 per cent. The miners now
receive IS to $40 a day and the mine
laborers So.
The strike of the lo~ngshoremen.
followed by that of the teamsters and
chauffeurs, in New York threatened
the metropolis with a serious food
shortage, for shipments were left to
rot on the docks. The collapse of the
strike was foreshadowed by the vote
of several of the local unions to return
TO work, and the firm stand taken by
the railway administration in dealing
with the express company employees,
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1919-10-24

Apparently irreconcilable differences
between the several groups are crop
ping out in the industrial conference.
rs might have been expected. In the
first place, Mr.. Gompers, as head of
the labor group insisted hat the on
ference should arrange for arbitration
of the steel strike. His resolution
was doomed to defeat, and the vote
was deferred by order of the confer
ence until the steering committee
should bring in its report on collective
bargaining. This also was a matter
on which agreement seemed almost
impossible, for labor insists on the
right of workers to bargain through
the unions and to pick its representa-
tives from outside the plant or indus
try if it wishes while capital declares
the employer should be required to
deal only with committees of his own
employees. Furthermore, capital says
the plant must be recognized as the
unit, while labor demands that the in
dustry be recognized as the unit. In
these questions 1t seems that capital
has the support of a considerable part
of the public group.
The farmers representatives, who
are classed among the capitalists, pre-
sented a statement of principles in
which these demands Of the agricul-
turists are set forth:
1. Such returns as will fairly com
pensate them for their capital In
vested, their technical skill, their man
agerial ability, and their manual labor,
2. That they and their families have
social, educational, and political op-
portunities equal to those engaged In
other industries.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1919-10-24

One of the big jobs of the League
of Nations will be to settle affairs in
the Baltic states. Though General Won
der Goltz submitted to his government
and resigned, a large part of his army
remained in Courland and. with a
force of Russians, has been making
a determined attack on Riga. The
Let's rallied to the defense of the city
and we're aided, according to report.
by a British fleet. The most recent
dispatches at this writing say the Rus
so-German forces were being slowly
forced back. The Poles took part in
the scrap, attacking the Germans in the
rear, capturing Kovno and threaten
ing the German lines Of communication.
At the same time the anti-bolshevik
armies in Russia were steadily crush
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1919-10-24

The federal trade commission came
to bat again with another of its reports
attacking the big packers. stating they
now handle more than 200 food prod
ucts not related to the meat indus
try and bid fair to dominate the whole
sale grocery trade, dividing the field
among themselves.
OF course the packers. this time
through Louis B. Swift, declared the
trade commissions figures were great
ly exaggerated and the conclusions
based on them utterly absurd. AS us
ual, the big FIVE can supply facts and
figures to uphold their entire limo
cence, but for some reason the general
public has learned to look askance at
the statistics these gentlemen produce.
This may be due to what the trade COM
mission calls 1.-The maze and secr-cv
of the packers methods of conducting
much of his business"
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1919-10-24

Prices of food throughout the Uni
ted States have fallen almost % per
cent, according to Attorney General
Palmer. But housewives, also through
out the United States, are asking why,
if this is true, they are forced to pay
as much as ever or more when they
visit the retail dealer.
The cost of leather and of footwear
has dropped 90 per cent since the mid
die of August, says the president OF
the National Boot and Shoe Manufac-
turerS' association. But the consumer
is still paying exorbitant prices for
his shoes. and the aforesaid president
explains that the shoes o being man.
ufactured at reduced cost will not he
marketed before next April.
The tremendous hullabaloO about
reducing the cost of living and punish
ing the profiteer has dwindled until
it can scarcely he heard with the aid
of a micrOphone. Just at present the
consumer is exercised about the sugar
situation which promises to develop
lHlo ii ldhllllc Will - CeHtS Il pouIu
or more demanded for the small.
amounts of sugar to be had. The do
nestle output is nowhere near enough,
and it seems most of the Cuban crop is
going to Europe. Dealers blame our
government for this condition because
1t limited the wholesale price while
European dealers We're willing to pay
anything.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1919-10-24

Lieutenant D'AnnunZio seems to
have adopted a more yielding attitude
in regard to Fiume, which he still
holds. He has sent to Premier Gle
menceau an appeal to take the initia.
tive in obtaining from the allied gov
ernments a declaration making Fiume
an open port. The present Italian plan
c~ontemplates an independent buffer
state at Fiume with the extension of
Italian control over the strip of coast
from Fiume to Trieste so the new
state shall abut on Italian territory
on that side and not be surrounded
by JugO-Slavia influence. The dan
ger of war over this problem is fad
ing. D'Annunzio sent word to Paris
that he had drafted a manifesto urging
both Serbs and Italians to recognize
mutual national rights and to main
tain the bonds of brotherhood which
have been sealed by blood"
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-09-10

Colonel Frederick Mears, chair
man of the Alaskan Engineering
commission, arrived from Fairbanks
on the steamer Alaska last evening
and has been closeted with Mr..
Browne all day, going over the af-
fairs of the division. Mr.. Mears is
undecided how long he will be here,
but it is understood that his stay
will be brief
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-09-10

Major Huston, a new officer OF
the signal corps, with headquarters
at Valdez, reached Gulkana this
morning on his way to the Interior
on an inspection trip.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-09-10

Emmett Kincaid, who was in Ne
mana for a short time this summer,
in the employ of the Alaskan En-
gineering commission, has been APP
pointed night Waterman at Fair
banks, his duties to begin on Oc-
tober first. Part of the cost of his
employment will be borne by mer-
chants of the upper town whose
premises he will protect against fire
during the winter months.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-09-10
Important Positions In
British Government Held by
Members of Geddes Family

struction goes outside of the ''gov-
erning class" of the old nobility and
the ranks of the professional poll
tician and selects a railroad man
ager and a college professor, both
schooled in the practical life of
North America.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-09-10

Melvin B. Summers, meteorologist
in charge of the Alaska section of
the weather bureau, made a trip
out the line south of Nenana today,
being a passenger on the morning
train.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-09-10

Leroy Meyer, who returned to
Nenana several days ago from the
lower Yukon, where he was en-
plcyed By the Carlisle Packing con'-
panv, went out the line this r'orrl
ing to enter the employ o. the
ALASKAN Engineering commission.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-09-10

The johnson launch Peerless left
Fairbanks for Nenana at ten O'Clock
this morning, carrying a small con-
sienment of mail and several pass
engers.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-09-10

The fire committee of the Fair
banks council has been instructed
to open negotiations for the pur-
chase of an auto hose truck.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-09-10

Walter Beckley was an outgoing
passenger on this mornings train,
headed for the coast country by way
of Broad Pass.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-09-10
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. v
PERSONAL
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES v

The Douse launch Victory is ad
vertised to start on the return voy'
age from Fairbanks tomorrow.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-09-10

Mails leaving Fairbanks on Au-
gust % and % reached Seattle or
Sunday.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-09-10

the British nation is the Geddes
family. Sir Eric Geddes, as minis
ter of ways and communications,
and Sir Auckland Geddes, as presi-
dent of the Board of Trade, are at
the head of the two foremost de-
partments engaged in the great work
of reconstruction, while their sister
is commandant of the Woman's Roy
al Air Force with a semi-military
organization of several hundred IN
der her control.
The Geddes brothers come from
Scotland, which is apt to be a
guarantee of success, and before
the war they were almost unknown
beyond the circles of their own pro-
fessions Sir Eric Geddes was a
railroad manager, and railroad man.
ayers do not hold so large a place
in the public eye in England as
they do in America; smaller than
bishop or a Master of Fox Hounds,
which last is about the most purple
pinnacle of distinction.
fessor of anatomy at McGill uni
versity, in Toronto. Both of them
acknowledge a debt to the invigor-
ating atmosphere of the North Am
erican continent, where Eric first
worked as a lumberman and later
had his first railroading lessons on
the Baltimore & Ohio.
Sir Eric's first billet in the gov
eminent service was for the organ
ization and management of the hun
dreds of miles of railroad lines be-
hind the British army in France,
which he pulled out of something
like chaos where regular staff Of
ficers had left it. Then he succeed
ed Arthur Balfour at the head of
the admiralty, at a time when there
were complaints that the navy was
in the hands of a rather hidebound
board of admirals and needed more
ginger-which it got.
Sir Auckland entered public life
in the uniform of a private SOL
der, but he soon graduated to the
war office to be Lord Derby's right
hand man in the direction of the
Derby recruiting scheme. Step By
step he became minister of national
service, president of the Local Gov
eminent board, minister of recon-
struction, and finally president OF
the Board of Trade, which roughly
corresponds to the department of
the interior at Washington.
Just now the two brothers have
charge of the two toughest prob
lens of Lloyd Georges administra-
ton, the reconstruction and the ma
tionalization,-or otherwise, as the
issue may be decided,-of the trans
port and mining systems of the
United Kingdom-a large order.
There is little family resemblance
between the brothers at first glance.
Sir Eric is tall and broad, of the
type called massive, and looks every
inch a man of big business who is
used to having his own way, and
when he puts his hand to the plowr
to drive deep and straight furrow;
but his pink, smooth shaven face
suggests an outdoor life more than
the Office Sir Auckland also is
tall and smooth shaven, but he is
thin, with spectacles and dome
like forehead, and looks every mole
Guile a professor. Neither of them
is an orator, and their parliamenta-
ry tactics display none of the sub
tleties of the politician, and, like
President Wilson, they sit at their
desks in Whitehall clad in business
suits instead of the ministerial liv-
cry of frock coat. Sir Eric reads
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-09-10

Mrs. Jack Spencer underwent an
operation at the Government hos
pital yesterday, for the removal of
tumor. She is said to have raj
lied splendidly.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-09-10

The Fairbanks public school will
open for the term on Monday.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-09-10

New Wisconsin Cream Cheese at
Fowler & Morris.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-09-10

Superintendent of Construction
W. L. Packer made a trip out the
line, south of town, on this morn
ing's train. to inspect portions of
the roadbed
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-09-10

Calling Cards printed to order OF
shot notice at the News Office.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-09-10

The condition of Jack Hanson is
said % be very critical this after
neon.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-09-10

Restaurant Tabs and Tablets at
the News Office.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-09-10

Battleship O-Cedar Mops, $50.
Fowler & Morris.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-09-10

Jack O'Neil, who underwent an
operation at the Government hos
pital soon after the return of DR..
NJ. E Smith, is convalescing.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-09-10

Harry Phillips, who recently had
his appendix removed ct the CO.
eminent hospital, expects to lea:o
the hospital within few days.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-09-10

Birth Announcement Cards at the
News Office.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-09-10

George Coffman is said to be
getting along fine at the Govern
ment hospital and will soon be out
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-09-10

Burt Wilson, who recently suf-
fered a bad fracture o. the leg, is
getting on nicely at the Govern
ment hospital.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-09-10

Lester Earhart is recovering
steadily now from his recent op
Grafton.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-05-12
j. s. HOSPITALS
BEST FOR WOUNDED
Red Cross Advises Relatives
Not to Urge Those Receiv-
ing Treatment to Hurry to
Their Homes.

The May 10 bulletin OF the Ameri-
can Red Cross in a letter to mothers,
wives, sisters and sweethearts of boys
in the United States hospitals, gives
assurances that they are being well
cared for and that is the best place
for them. 1t also sounds a timely
warning that they should not urge
their return home. The letter Is as fol-
lows:
"The United States truly Intends to
offer it's all and best for the wounded
and returned men who offered their
all for their country. The United
States government knows and feels
that the work of the war Is not fin
ished until the wounded men have
been mended and the sick healed. 1t
has instructed it's agencies to spare no
pains in time or money to heal the
hurts of the disabled and to put them
back again upon the sure path of
earning a livelihood.
THE reconstruction work of the
government hospitals is a revelation
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-05-12
SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS
ENTERTAINS PRISONERS
AT THE PENlTENTIARY

The Philathea class Of the Imman-
uel Sunday school, OF which Mrs. J. w.
Mills is teacher, and several members
of the Fish school OF expression, gave
an entertainment to the inmates of the
state penitentiary Sunday afternoon.
The program consisted of readings and
musical selections. Most OF the read
ings were humorous and were much
enjoyed by the prisoners. The program
given was as follows:
America" by class and audience;
reading, Mrs. Cooley; solo, Frank
Hoag; reading, Mrs. Lafond solo. Mr..
Biggs; reading, Rose Koppel; three
minute talk, M. I. Church.; reading.
Mrs. Schneider; solo, Mrs. Hale; read
ing, Miss Andrews; reading, Mrs.
Mills; two-part act by Mrs. Mills and
Mrs. Schneider. The program closed
with everyone joining in the singing of
The Star Spangled Banner"
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-05-12

to those who have observed 1t. Medi-
cal reports show. and investigation
gives proof that the best place in the
world for sick or wounded soldier
is in a government hospital.
Mothers, wives, sisters, sweet
hearts of the boys in the United States
hospitals, let us give you this sugges-
ton:
stop influencing the boys to get
home, much as you want them.
do not hurry them out of the hos
pitfalls where the government Is CIV
ing them good food, the finest surgical
skill and trained nursing, and the
splendid oversight of competent, in
terested military and scientific care.
Give the government time to nurse
and repair, with the assurance that
nothing is being left undone that can
be done by human sympathy. skill and
attention.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-05-12

n FRS. KATHERINE CLEMMoNS
MI GOULD, president of the Wo-
mans chamber of commerce of
Chicago, who has travelled all over
the world claims that women will
shape the trade of the world in the
near future. Her rea son for believing
this is the fact that women spend
more than thirds of the money
that goes into the trade of the world
together with the fact that women I'M
derstand each others needs far better
than men could understand them.
In a speech given in Chicago recent
ly Mrs. Gould talked about things
needed for clothes and in the homes of
other nations, and of the peculiar needs
of many foreign countries. These are
some of the statements made by Mrs.
Gould:
Women hold the balance of power
in foreign trade and commerce, because
everything they need for themselves,
for the homes, and for the children is
bought by women.
The women OF America must get
over their idea women of other nations
are in any way lacking in intelligence
or development. The women of Tur-
key for instance, although they do not
get about outside, are frequently high
ly cultured and rule in their own homes
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-05-12
MOUNTAIN HOME

Mountain Home, May 20. NJ
Hatch of Boise was a Mountain Home
business visitor Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. II. Ackley of
Caldwell are spending a few days in
Mountain Home this week, guests al
the Hotel Mellen.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ross Slack of Bruneau
were visitors in town the first of the
week.
Mr. and Mrs. Stanton Park took their
little daughter Janet to Boise Thurs
day for medical treatment
Howell Gibson, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Will II. Gibson of this city, has re-
turned from overseas, where he has
been in service for the past eleven
months.
Mrs. Ida Hamblen Of Portland is
visiting "A few days in Mountain Home.
a guest at the Hotel Mellen.
Miss Beulah Lawson of Bruneau is
visiting friends in the city this week.
I. b. Wilson of Boise transacted
business in the city Thursday and
Friday
NJ. Manning of Shoshone was in
town the first of the week looking af-
ter business interests.
r. B. Chapman and A. l.. Moore of
Boise were transacting business in the
city several days this week.
Charles l.. Winters of Atlanta is in
the city few days on business.
Mrs. II. e. March of Seattle is spend
ing a few days in Mountain Home Wis
iting friends.
d. II. Hunter of Nampa spent Thurs
day and Friday in town on business.
c. Lloyd and j. G. McAlbert of Salt
Lake City are Mountain Home bust
ness visitors this week.
Mrs. Eastman of Bruneau is visiting
friends in the city.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. NJ. Watkins of Den
YER are spending a few days in the
city.
Kenneth S. McRae transacted bust
ness in Mountain Home the first of
the week.
c. b Faraday was a Glenns Ferry
business visitor the first of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. b. Somerdead of
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-05-12

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