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The Nenana daily news., 1919-12-02
MIR. BURLESON AND ALASKA.

During an address recently at At lantic City, MT. Burleson, postmas- ter general of the United States, for the first time publicly defended himself and the department against the attacks that have been directed against him for months by a great majority of the leading publications of the United States.
 The efficiency of the department is marvellous, MT. Burleson told the Manufacturers association; just marvellous, or words to that effect.
 Throughout every one of the 4S states of the Union that may be correct All of these attacks on the postmaster general may have been unwarranted. But. believes the ketchikan Chronicle. the average Alaskan. assuming that the rest of the country has been given the same any desire to accuse the postmaster general of favoritism. would say that the postal administration has been fzzle.
 Mail is handled in the same man ner as canned salmon or copper ore by freight, and then only when the whim hits the steamboats or the shipping clerks of Seattle And yet MT Burleson talks of efficiency.
 That is one of the main mail con- tentions, the lack of consideration, the disregard of whether it ever gets here or not, and the other is the outlying sections.
 Millions are spent annually by Mr. Burleson in extending the rural free delivery service in the States Farmers. with their own automo- piles. living an hour or two from town, who would just as soon take joy ride in the evening to get their mali. are not permitted to do so. They must have it delivered at their doors. All farmers are not in position to run 10 town every evening, but today a great many of them are, and they would be glad to get their neighbours letters or papers for him, too, if there was no rural free delivery
 Yet the farmer Is entitled to that delivery, and, if he is. the pros pectors and settlers of the remote corners of Alaska are a thousand times more deserving of considera- tion. But they don't get it.
 New opportunity after opportuni- ty presents itself in the North. wherein the postal department could be of assistance in developing the country. but no helping hand is extended Witness the demand for a mail subsidy from Ketchikan to the Hyder district, to give Ameri- cans trade that is now going to for eign ports.
 Throughout, the postal admins tration with respect to Alaska has been a disgrace and a fzzle, Mr. Burleson to the contrary notwith- standing. His boaaed efficiency, like that of the kaiser's army, breaks down before the actual test.
The Nenana daily news., 1919-12-02

Woodbury's Facial Soap and other standard toilet soaps. Fowler & Morris.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-09-02
ASKS LAND FOR YANKS
HOUSE LEADER MoNDELI URGES
FARMS FOR SOLDIERS.
Declares Cold Calculation of Patriot,
ism Is Repugnant to All True
Americans.

Washington, Aug. 27-Republican
Leader Mondell outlined TO the house
the provisions of his bill embodying
Secretary Lanes project for farms for
soldiers and sailors. He said the meas
ure had the support of soldiers and
labor organizations and should be en-
acted without delay.
Opposition, Mr.. MondelI said, has
Its origin largely in the assumption
that legislation should benefit soldiers
of the Spanish and Civil wars as well
as those of the great war.
Payment of a paltry bonus to dis
charged soldiers is not in keeping with
the dignity of this country" said the
speaker. 1.-THE idea that every
valiant young American, rich or poor.
is to have the sum of his patriotism
coldly calculated and doled out in a
way that would be of little permanent
value to him is so repugnant to every
thinking person, soldier or civilian,
that it is not entitled to serious con-
sideration, and yet it has been urged
as substitute for a sound measure of
opportunity and development such as
we have before u.s.
He said he opposed the measure be-
cause it was 'camOufiaging an appar-
ent help to all soldiers to benefit COM
paratively few"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-09-02
SURROUND RUSS PORT
BoLSHEVIKI SAY THEY HAVE
VLADIVoSToK HEMMED IN.
Japanese Squadron Arrives to Aid De-
fense-Nurses at omsk Ordered
to frI<utsk.

London, Aug. 26-Vladivostok is
surrounded by insurgents and the town
is filled with refugees according to a
bOlshevik wireless received here.
1t states that a Japanese squadron
has arrived at VladivOstok.
Another bolshevik military report re-
ceived by wireless claims that the boil
captured Kamyshin, an important ship
building town on the Volga river,
southwest of Saratov.
American troops in Siberia have
their headquarters in VladivOstok, and
have been guarding railroad lines in
the vicinity.
Omsk, Aug. 26.-All the American
women Red Cross workers at Omsk,
apprOximating sixty, were recently or
dered sent to Irkutsk by Roland s.
Morris, American ambassador to ia
pan, who came to Omsk on orders
from Washington to make an investi-
cation of the Kolchak government.
This decision was reached after con-
SultatiOn with Col. George II. Emer-
son of the American railway mission;
Maj. Gen. William S. Graves the
American consul general and Maj.
Slaughter. the representative at OmSk
of Maj. Gen. Graves.
Col. Emerson pointed out that $4,000
cars filled with refugees and materials
were moving toward Omsk from Yeka-
terinburg and Cheliablnsk and routed
eastward and that the congestion daily
was increasing He recommended re-
moval of the women before 1t should
become too difficult
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-09-02
CRUSHING DEFEAT FOR REDS
Polish Army Forces BoIsheviki to Re-
treat erywhere-Fortress of
Rovno Is Captured.

Copenhagen, Aug. 25.-The Polish
army has administered a crushing de-
feat of the bOlshevil1i in the neighbor-
hood % DuhnO, the Polish general staff
at Warsaw announces.
The soviet forces are in retreat
ey erywhere, with the Polish army in
pursuit.
The fortress of Rovno, in VOlhynia,
northeast Of DubnO, has been captured
by the Poles after hard fighting.
Ukrainian troops have captured
Odessa. it is announced by the U.;rain-
ian mission.
The capture was effected after Sc
we're fighting north of the city. Boil
shevist naval detachments from the
Black sea fleet. who were dispatched
in great haste to oppose the Ukrain-
ians, deserted.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-09-02
U. S. AVIATORS ARE FOUND
Colonel Baranco, Mexican Officer, Re-
ports Two Yank Airmen Alive
in Lower California.

Ell Centre, Cal, Aug. 27.-Col, Hip
otto Baranco reported that Captain
Trujillo of his forces had found the
missing American aviators, Lieuts. f.
B. Warehouse and G. H. Connolly,
both alive, between Ojas Negras and
Gale de la Trinidad. in Lower Califor-
mia.
The message from Captain Trujillo
in the field brought no details. Colonel
Baranca placed full credence in the
report. The locality named is in an
almost inaccessible country. The mes
sage said nothing of finding the air.
plane used by the airmen.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-09-02
COAL SITUATION BAD
SENATE is TOLD THAT WORKERS
WANT CONTROL.
n. N. Taylor, President of National
Coal Association, Says Miners
Seek Naturalization.

Washington, Aug. 27.-Nationaliza-
many mine workers, and bill to that
end has been prepared, Harry N. Tay-
lor, president of the National Coal as
ISOLATION. testified before a senate
committee investigating the coal stud
ton.
The plan is for the government to
buy the mines and turn them over to
the men for operation, Mr.. Taylor said.
Already many of the miners are de-
handing a six-hour day and fve-day
week, he added
Referring to strikes at mines in Illi-
nois, Kansas and Missouri, Mr.. Tay-
lor said a serious labor difficulty pre-
sented itself, and must be met unless
the country is to suffer a severe short
age of coal during the coming winter.
These strikes, he declared, were In vio-
lation of the agreement between the
men and the fuel administration that
there would be continuous operation
of the mines until peace was declared.
Mr.. Taylor told the committee that if
the ideas put into effect in certain To-
calities were approved at the conven-
ton of mine workers on September 8
the problem of supplying the people
with coal this winter would prove seri-
Gus.
A man picking slate is now paid So
at many mines, Mr.. Taylor said, while
it is common for a miner to make SIS
a day. All nationalities are represent
ed in the mines, he said, many of them
good Americans"
Aside from "a labor combine to force
up the cost of production" Mr.. Taylor
said the operators faced a buying COM
bine to force down the prices.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-09-02
Oriuin of Backwards

The original ''blackguard," or more
properly "black guard" consisted of
the whole body of the camp followers
of an army in the field during the wars
of the middle ages. Many of them
had to do with food and cooking. and
so they travelled with their pots, pans
and other kitchen utensils, and as,
moreover, to wash while on the march
was difficult matter, it is easy to see
how applicable the term became TO
these. They were a dirty lot and most
of them thorough ruffians.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-09-02
Wisdom in Quotation.

Bartlett. in his Familiar Quota
dons." gives the following: I'VE read
Of a certain Roman emperor who built
a magnificent palace. In digging the
foundation, the workmen discovered
a golden sarcophagus ornamented
with three circlets. on which were in
scribed. have expended; 1 have
given; have kept; have possessed;
/ do possess; have lost; / am pun
ished. What l formerly expended. I
have; what l gave away, 1 have
Costa Romanorum, Tale XVI"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-09-02
SOVIET ACTIVE IN AMERICA
Russian Reds Send Money to Stir Up
Race Riots in the United
States.

Washington, Aug. 27.-RuSsian sow
ct interests apparently are supplying
funds for a propaganda to stir up race
antagonism in the United States, ac-
cording to information now in the
hands of the department of ustice.
officials of the department said that
charges of an organized propaganda
made in the house by Representative
Byrnes (Dem.) of South Carolina
seemed to be well founded. Newspa-
pers, they said, were springing up over
the country to spread the propaganda
and SOW discOrd among the negroes.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-09-02
STORAGE FOWL KILLS YkNK
Ohio Colonel, Just Returned From
France, and Woman Dead
of Poisoning.

Alliance, o., Aug. 27.-Charles c..
Weybrecht, who returned only three
weeks ago from France, where he COM
manded the One Hundred and Forty
Sixth infantry, died here as a result,
physicians believe, of eating cold
storage turkey at dinner at the Lake
side Country club, Canton. Mrs. Helen
Sebring Gahris, thirty-three, wife of
William l. Gahris of Sebring, O., also
is dead, and Mr.. and Mrs. John. G.
Sharer are paralyzed, and their recov-
cry is said to be extremely doubtful.
Specialists from Cleveland and ALI
ance were summoned here to attend
the stricken persons. ColOney Wey-
brecht served two terms as adjutant
general of Ohio. He was fifty years
old
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-09-02
TWO KILLED; 10 HURT IN RIOT
Charlotte IN. CO. Police Battle a Mob
of Strike Sympathizers at
Car Barns.

Charlotte, N. c., Aug. 27.-Two men
were killed and ten injured, four prob
ably fatally, in a battle between police
guards End a mob of strike Sympa-
thizers at the car barns of the South
ern Public Utilities company soon >af-
ter midnight when at least a hundred
shots were fired. The guard had held
the mob at bay for several hoHrs,
when, the police allege, brother of
Glenn Wilson, who had been knocked
down and taken to a hospital earlier
in the night, fired at Chief of Police
Orr. The shot missed.
The guards fired a volley in return.
Quiet was restored.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-09-02
GOMPERS BACK FROM EUROPE
Arrives In New York on Transport
George hington--Confers
With Glenn E. Plum.

New York, Aug. 27.-Samuel Com
pers, president of the American Fed
Grafton OF Labor, arrived on the trans
port George Washington from Brest.
Immediately after his arrival Mr.. Com
pers went into conference with Glenn
e. Plumb of Chicago, author of the
railroad brotherhoods' plan for nation
alization of the railroads. Also at the
conference were former Representa-
tive Edward Heating of Colorado and
several brotherhood officials.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-09-02
BEGINNING of Wisdom. Anyhow.

II was at the boy scout weekend
camp. The boys, says the Argonaut,
had grown tired of repairing the
cabin. So the wise scoutmaSter sug-
geSted that they have an impromptu
danced. Then there was a pause.
Come. Billy" said the scoutmaster
70 member of the troop, you know
How doth the little busy beer"
Il don't!" said Billy, examining a
fiery patch on his hand. Il only know
he doth Il"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-09-02
SIX ACCUSED NEGROES FREED
at Camp Grant for Assault
on White Woman.

Camp Grant, ILL.,, Aug. 27.-Acquit-
tai of six of the IA Camp Grant negro
soldiers. charged with assaulting a
white woman here in May, 1918. was
indicated by the release from arrest
of half a dozen of the defendants.
Six of the remaining eight soldiers
are reported to have been convicted
death penalty. The other two are ex-
pected 10 be released from arrest
shortly
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-09-02
ARGO MEN BACK TO WORK
About 1900 Employees Vote to Ac-
cept the Companys Offer of
Cent Increase.

Chicago, Aug. 27.-Approximately .
200 workers who went on strike at the
Argo plant of the Corn Products Re-
filming company several weeks ago met
in Union hall on West 63rd street, in
Argo. and after the strike situation had
been discussed by several speakers
voted TO return to work. The company
offered TO take the men back and give
them the scent increase at any time
they called off the strike. At the meet
ing ii was decided TO accept the terms
of the company.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-09-02
THE MARKETS
Grain, Provisions. Etc.

FIOUR-Per Dbl, SS-lb. sack basis: Corn
flour. $500; white rye, in jute, $500; dark
rye $6.O096.25 spring wheat, special
brands, $12. 75613.00; first clear, 1925; sec
ond clear, $500; hard winter, $1130Q11. so;
soft winter. $11.50; new hard winter, in
jute, $40 30G10.60; new soft winter, $4,000
1910. These prices apply to car lots except
for special brands.
HAY-Choice and No. timothy, SOS. 0Od
1000; standard. $260O@27.O0; No. 1 light
clover mixed, $26.00Q270O; No timothy.
s24. 00625.00; No. timothy, $1600q20.00;
clover $1S.00022.00
BUTTER-Creamery, extras, 80 score,
5S15c; higher scoring commands a pre-
MUM: flrsts, 81 score. 521ac; $3.50 score,
491@G511hc; seconds, 1887 score, 46Q49c; CEN
tralized, Size; ladies', 461aq47c; renovated,
soc; packing stock, 42G45c. Prices to retail
trade: Extra tubs 551zc; prints, size.
EGGS-Fresh firStS, 41042c; ordinary
firsts, 3603Sc miscellaneous lots, cases
included, 37Q41c; cases returned, 36940c;
EXTRAS, packed in whitewood cases, 400
Soc; checks, 10d25c; dirties, 25030c; storage
packed firsts, 421ad4Sc; extras. 4314c ordi-
nary f1rsts, 41Q41Rc.
LIVE .POULTRY-Turkeys, 25c; fowls,
3Oc; roosters, 211ac; spring chickens, 3Oc:
ducks, 27G29c; geese, 20c. Prices to retail
trade in single coop lots, %Q1c higher
ICED POULTRY - Turkeys, 3663Sc:
fowls, 31G132c; ROSTERS, 22923c; springs.
3SQ34c; ducks, 2S930c; geese. 15616c.
POTATOES-Per 100 lb. sack, 81. 25a2. so.
CATTLE-Prime steers, 175Od1S. rs; good
TO choice steers. S14.50Q17.5O medium to
good steers, s12O061450; plain to medium
steers, $11.O0G13O0; yearlings fair to
choice, s12.50G19.OO; stockers and feeders,
$9.OO61200: good to prime cows, so 00613 so :
fair to prime heifers S12.O061600; fair to
good cows. $7.50d11.50; Gamers, $6.0O16. 90:
cutters. $6.6Od7 60; bologna bulls. $S.OOGS. 60:
butcher bulls, s1O.00@13.OO; veal calves,
s19.C0d2O.50.
HOGS-Choice light butchers. s21. GOA
q so; medium weight butchers 24O-270 lbs
800. 75d21.5 heavy weight butchers. 27O-350
lbs. $20O0G2090; mixed packing, S19. 256
20.25; heavy packing s1S.75G19s5: rough
packing. s17.5061S.75: pigs, fair to good
s16.5061s.75: stays (subject to 50 lbs. dock
age). S1SO0d19.00.
SHEEP-Yearlings. s1OOO61300: breeding
ewes. $10.50d15.O0: western lambs, $4,000
100: native lambs, s15.O0d1675; feeding
lambs. s13.O0715.OO; western wethers. SO GOA
11.50; native ewes. fair 10 choice. Sc. j0a9 90;
bucks. $300G6.50
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-09-02
2 YANKS UNACCOUNTED FOR
War Department Has Record of Every
U. S. Soldier Excepting Two
Total Deaths Were 77,422.

Washington, Aug. 27.-Only two
men of the thousands of the American
expeditiOnary forces, who went into
battle against the Germans remain
unaccounted for, according to a cas-
ualty list issued by the war depart
ment. The previous list showed more
than 100 missing in action. Total cas-
ualties now are placed at POI, 732, with
II, 442 deaths from all causes.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-09-02

picked up in 1701 at the Partial mines
on the KiStna, by slave, who. con-
cealing it in hole cut for its recep-
ton in his thigh. escaped with it TO
the coast. Here he sold it to an Eng
fish skipper, who. instead of paying
the small sum demanded. treacherous-
" killed the slave.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-09-02
PRESIDENTS TRUCE
OFFER IS REJECTED
Plea Made by Wilson to Shopmen
Is Turned Down.
RAIL STRIKE VOTE ORDERED
Pending Issuance of an Official Strike
Vote 1t Was Urgently Requested
by International Officers That
Men Stay on Jobs.

Washington, Aug. 27-The commit
tee of 100, representing the railroad
shopmen, informed Director General
Hines that they could not. accept as
basis of settlement of their demands
the rates submitted to them by Pres
ident Wilson.
Results of the negotiations here
We're communicated TO the union To-
calls throughout the country with in
structions that strike vote should be
taken Immediately to determine wheth-
er the presidents proposals should be
accepted.
Pending the counting of an official
strike vote, it was urgently requested
by international officers that all men
should remain on their jobs.
Director General Hines, according
to letter sent to the locals, told the
committee that the proposition, as pre-
sented by the president, was final, and
that there would be no wage increases
granted TO any other class of railroad
employees, as a class, but in the event
of unjust equalities, as between indi-
viduals, adjustments involving increas-
es to equalize rates Of pay would be
made where justified.
Statement by Committee.
The committee thereupon informed
the locals that the director general had
been advised that his proposition could
not be accepted as a basis of settle
hHy
practically every class of railroad
employees have now submitted re-
quests for very substantial increases
over existing rates of pay. 1t is well
that our members give very serious
consideration to this fact. If there is
to be any additional general increase
in the wages of railroad employees,
the federated shop trades will receive
the same consideration. Don't fail to
give this statement careful thought
and don't forget that if the federated
shop trades become involved in strike
now, you are striking alone to force
an increase for the 100000 railroad
employees.
'In view of the foregoing facts, the
statements contained in the presidents
letter and the responsibility that must
be assumed if a suspension of work
Is to take place, your executive cOun-
ell has decided that it would fail in it's
duty were it to authorize a strike I'M
til the membership have had an oppor-
tunity to decide their course of action
on this proposition.
Promise to Enforce Decision.
at is not our intention to shirk any
of our responsibilities as executive
officers and the wishes of a constitu-
tional majority of the membership, ex-
pressed by their vote as hereinafter
directed, will be carried OUT
The letter then gives instructions
for an immediate summoning of the
members of the various locals to take
a secret vote. 1t was pointed out that
owing to the large numbers involved,
1t must be understood that the respect
i've international organizations would
not be obliged to pay regular strike
benefits beyond the limits of the funds
available for that purpose.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-09-02
Japanese Hairdressers.

The professional coiffeur for men is
a much older occupation in Japan than
that for women. There are records as
far back as the thirteenth century Of
male hairdreSsers for men; for the
samurai especially were very particu-
lar as 10 how the hair was done I'D,
though as a profession the coIfeur
was Of somewhat later growth.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-09-02
ANTI-BOLSHEVIKS HOLD OMSK
Highest Russian Official Denies the
Report of Kolchak's Retreat
to lrkutsk.

London, Aug. 27.-The war Office an
nounced that on the western front Of
General Denikine, the anti-bolshevilx
leader in southern Russia, the advance
is continuing with great rapidity along
the entire line.
VladivOstok, Aug. 27.-Lieutenant
General ROzanoff, the highest Russian
authority in eastern Siberia, denies re-
cent reports that the all-Russian gov
eminent under Admiral Kolchak has
abandoned Omsk and moved to Ir-
kutsk
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-09-02
Msddinn Custom

after bride is quite miSapplied when
il is done by her companions for luck.
According to the spirit of the ceremony,
which is of very ancient origin, IL
should be done by the parent or guard
ian of the bride as indicating re-
nunciation of all authority over her.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-09-02
Rainy Seasons in Cycles.

According to Eduard Brueckner, the
great Austrian meteorologist, cold,
rainy seasons come in cycles about
every thirty-fve years. the years near
est TO these partaking Of their nature
and those fuTthest distant being dry
and hot. The year 1915 was the height
Of one of these cold. wet cycles.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-09-02
Animals and Earthquakes.

One of the mysteries still unsolved
is that of the sense by which the low
er animals become aware of the ap-
proach of earthquakes. Birds and rats
become alarmed and try to escape.
Super-sensitiveneSS TO faint shocks
scarcely gives satisfactory explanation,
for modern seismogrnphs are very
sensitive.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-09-02

ing of the more attractive person. Is
there anything duller than a woman
who is just too lazy minded to try TO
remember names and places and has
10 refer constantly TO a third person
for aid in telling an ineidentf-E-
change
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-09-02
TWO AVIAT0RS ARE KILLED
Lieutenant Melsenheimer and Sergeant
Ice Meet Death in Fall at
Scott Field.

Scott Field. Belleville, Ill.,, Aug. 81
In an 1.500-foot plunge to earth after
their airplane had gone into a tail
spin. Lieut. Floyd B. Meisenheimer,
Detroit. and Sergt. Harold ]. Ice, a
resident of Iowa, were killed here.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-09-02
Mob QueIIed at Rridoenort.

Bridgeport. Conn.,. Aug. 27.-Police
and firemen dispersed a mob which
they estimated at 1000 persons, fol-
lowing disorders and rioting in which
bricks and stones were the chief
weapons. Three firemen were injured.
The police reported four arrests.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-09-02

II feel constrained to say in reply
to your first question not only that in
my judgment have not the power by
proclamation to declare that peace
exists, but that l could in no circurn-
stances consent to take such course
prior to the ratification of a formal
treaty of peace. feel it due to Der
feet fEankness 10 say that it would in
my opinion put a stain upon our ma
tional hShor which we never could
efface If, after sending our men to the
battle field to fight the common cause,
we should abandon our associates in
the war In the settlement of the terms
Of peace and associate ourselves
from all responsibility with regard TO
those terms.
81 respectfully suggest that, having
said this, l have in effect answered
also your second, third and fourth
questions so lar as / myself am con-
oorpod