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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-24
ALIEN VOTE RULING
BLOCKED BY WALSH
Formal Decision Wanted on Pc
tition to Strike OF Names OF
Unnaturalized Men
VERDICT SET FOR TOMORROW

William Walsh. one of the five com
missioners on the nov board Of regis
tration. prevented that body from reach
ing q decision today on th" petitions
filed by the committee Of seventy I"
strike the names of 900 unnaturaIi2Hd
men from the assessment lists.
|. 4. Quinn. secretary Of tn" board
before which argument on the question
was heard. was preparing to sign t"1r
petitions that would hayf taken aS
many names from the lists when Nr
Walsh objected He declared that
formal decision should be made. mud II
was then announced that it would hr
given at Il o'clock tomorrow morning
Mr.. Walsh and Mr.. Quinn. with
Chairman f. Lawrence Fell aud tlm
ton Rogers Woodruff, had h"ru sitting
to hear argument on the petitions. II
appeared that Mr. Quinn, Mr.. F'r)l aud
Mr.. Woodruff decided r. accept the
committee of scvcnty's petitions WITH.
out Mr.. Walsh having expressed hi,
opinion. George &. piorio. tn" ffth
member of tho board. Va. NOT pros
ent.
Wanted Formal Ruling
II did not appear that Mr. Walsh
objected 10 tho decision t" ~'rlh' "1 tho
names. bar that hc m"roI' d"~r""d
formal hearing.
Only fOur specific cases were b ought
before the board today Ivy the com
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all 900 petitions have boon filed TO
strike off the names Of mon who are
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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-24
HELP wANTED-MALE

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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-24
<ot Criminals. Says Bonner

I'VE don't want to be bounded by
go,"rumcnt dct"rtirc>, declared Mr..
Bouuor. "Int"nd of tho government
duhbIng at the enforcement ot tn" act
W hirh it holds prohibits beer selling,
wh, not lrt the saloon Owners Of Phil
adclphin all come to tho Federal Build
mg each with a bottle Of beer a. a sam
pic " the sort they sell. and volun
tarU, offer testimony that they arc sell
iug such beverage: That would be all
the evidence needed by the government,
We don't want to be bounded like Grim
iunS We feel We are receiving shabby
treatment from the government.
Todd Daniel Of the Rurcau of In
vcetiGation. Department Of Justice.
smiled when advised of the proposition
of Bonner and said neither the Depart
mont vi Justice nor the district at
tnrprv'~ office had received any such
formal offer from the Sal0onm"n.
More L. :. Agents Coming
"Such plan would materially change
the situation" he said. II really can t
say lust what I'd do if Mr.. Bonner made
mo such an offer. but | wish he would
make it.
Tell him to get in touch with me,
said District Attorney Kan" r"t1cctively,
Mr.. Daniel. who has Just returned from
Washington. having had talk with
Assistant District Attorney General
William J.. FricrSou. who is in charge
of the enforcement of tho liquor law for
tho Department of Justice. declared
there was a likelihood of the government
forces in Philadelphia being augmented
within short time.
The Denver Jewish news., 1919-12-24
Mr.. and Mrs. M. Eppstein

hope the year will bring health, hap
piness and prosperity to all their rela-
tives and friends.
a. =
The Denver Jewish news., 1919-12-24
Mr.. and Mrs. J. r. Wagner

OF 1911 East Twenty-sixth avenue.
take this means Of wishing their
friend. and relatives 4 happy New
Year.
The Denver Jewish news., 1919-12-24
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Grimes

hope the year will bring health. happi.
ness and prosperity to their relatives
and friends.
The Denver Jewish news., 1919-12-24
Mr.. and Mrs. S. Minowitz

Of 1914 Downing street, extend to aH
their friends and reln dves their best
wishes with ths compliments Of the
SEASON.
The Denver Jewish news., 1919-12-24
Mr.. and Mrs. Lorber

hope the year will bring health. hap
piness and prosperity TO their rela-
tiYes and friends.
The Denver Jewish news., 1919-12-24
Mr.. and Mrs. S. Karsh

and family Of 1920 Boulevard r, with
their many friends and relatives =
very happy New Year.
The Denver Jewish news., 1919-12-24
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Grimes

and family take this means Of bidding
all their friends a very happy New
Year.
The Denver Jewish news., 1919-12-24
Mr.. and Mrs. G. S. SABBATH

and daughter of 2GI4 Franklin. hope
The year will bring health. happiness
and prosperity to their relatives and
friends.
The Denver Jewish news., 1919-12-24
MIR. and Mrs. M. S. Schayer

extend to all their friends and rela'
limcnts of the season.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1919-09-01
PROFITEERS EXPOSED

Little by little the country is beginning to get evidence on those persons who took ad- vantage of the war to accumulate personal fortunes, who capitalized their country's dan ger to enrich themselves As the country be- comes more and more normal, more evidence will be obtained and a policy of strict justice should be pursued toward such individuals
 One such case of profiteerng was re gently exposed by a federal court in Boston, This was in case of the wool firm of Eng fish & O'Brien. The attempt of the partners to defraud the government of income and excess profit taxes has landed them in prison for eighteen months each, after the presiding Judge had refused to accept an out of-court lcompromise whereby the defendants would have paid the United States treasury $1,5OO,- |OOO
 The prison sentence was light enough, but 1t at least serves to make an example out of them. Such scoundrels should be dealt with as severely as the law will permit.
 The firms profits were enormous in the war period on account of the very high prices on wool. According to the judge before whom the case was tried these profits were as fol- lows:
 ''Year ending March 3l, 1915, $6,346; year ending March 3l, 1916, $368, 52S; year ending March 3l, 1917, $518,3O4; l1H months ending March IA, 1918, (when blsi- ness was incorporated) $l,241,77l. Total, $2,1z5,95O. . In fact during the last 11H months the,r profits were about $55O,OOO in excess of the above sum, because withdrawals of the partners to that amount were falsely charged as expenses"
 The judge rightly classed these swollen profits not with the returns legitimately com ing to enterprise, sagacity and initiative, but with profits (which accrued to individuals in time of war out of the general misery of And these are small-fry compara- lively speaking It is the big fellows who have caused the present unrest turnout the country. If the government makes examples out of them, it will have less trouble in the future.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1919-09-01
MAKE A SHOWING
CT selection

In a few days Fairbanksans will have as their guests, John White Hallowel assistant to the secretary of interior, Chairman Mears, of the Alaskan Engineering commission, and Dr. Alfred Brooks, of the geological survey The two latter gentlemen are we'll known here and have been identified with Alaskan affairs for some time
 Mir. Hallowell is coming to Fairbanks for the first time He holds position in connec- tion with Alaskan affairs that renders it nec- essary that we see to it that he gets chance to study the district from every angle He is in direct charge of Alaska projects, and his rec concentrations and views on Alaska matters after his return to Washington are sure to be reflected in the departments policies in deal ing with the North
 The people of this part of Alaska have become so accustome dto the resources of the country that as a rule they think they should be obvious to everyone, even newcomers To the oldtimers the opportunities for develop ment here appear so great that they fail to recognize the fact that strangers need little introduction to them.
 MT. Hallowell might see them for him. self, even if no one took the trouble to shs him. But it will be better to take no chances. And by pointing them out to him, at the same time we can show our own interest in the country and its development. >He is up North to see for himself some of those things which he has read about He could not have come at a more Opportune time. We have the goods to display, let's see that he is not disappointed
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1919-09-01
THE CASUALTY RECORDS

The work of the American war depart ment in strengthening out it's casualty lists is about completed. When fighting ceased the records of the department showed that 9,8OO men were reported missing in action" By February this number had been reduced to 7,- 500 and little by little complete records have come in to diminish the number of names on the list of those whose histories are not known until there are only two American soldier now unaccounted for
 It is old Maurya in "Rders of the Sea" said in literature before--that even death is who says convincingly what had never been a relief after long uncertainty It is to the credit of the American army that only two thames are left on the list as missing; in other word only two men of all we sent across went out into oblivion without leaving trace that would indicate the manner of their deaths The complete casualty records now in Wash ington tell the story of every other death in the army.
 Of all the remar kabe things about Amer iCan participation in the war this looks most extraordinary. The French reported 25O,OOO missing and the British l2l ,OOO. The chaos of battlefront is no place to keep thines straight. One shell may strike truck full of men, a night patrol may vanish, wounded men may be killed on the way to hospital and all the typical carelessfess of the Ameri- can boy with such trifles as identification tags made the work of compiling complete report well nigh impossible. But it has been done No doubt mistakes have been made Men supposed dead will be found in Germany, and others will be found struggling back with the wrong division But in the main the records will be found authentic. They will be very sorrowful also. Probably there is no library in the country so full of tragedy, so full of bitterness so full of grief over the necessity of war, so full of determination that we shall have no more war, as these terse casualty re- cords.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1919-09-01
WE, WANT THE RAILROAD

The town of Seward is asking the rail way engineering commission to use part of the moneys appropriated for the railway in build ing float for the city to be used by the mosquito fleet. Just why the government cannot be explained at this far distance, but it would be as fair for the commission to build sewer system, pave the streets and other wise help out the town If the railway money IS to be frittered away on municipal improve ments for an incorporated town, the taint of graft will be hard to overcome Let every penny of this fund go to the purpose for which it was intended namely, completing the railway as rapidly as possible in order that other towns in the territory may benefit from the cheaper fuel promised for the past five years.-Valdez Miner
 Others besides the Valdez people need enlightenment on why the government should expend money intended for railroad construc- tion in building floating dock for Seward If the Seward people want the government to make an appropriation for the express pur- pose of constructing float, we are with them, but we fail to see under what head of rail road construction the proposed expenditure of railroad funds could be listed
 If there can be any objection to the policy pursued in the past by the Alaskan Engineer ing commission, it would arise from the diver sion of money for work which can never be chased as railway construction No stretch of the imagination can make it such.
 What Alaska wants and demands is the completion of the government road at the earliest possible moment Interior develop ment is tied Up because of the delay. The duty of the commission is to get every bit of work possible out of each dollar it has to ex- pend and make sure that such work counts toward finishing the road.
 When that has been accomplished, it wi be time enough to consider the trimming But the thing of prime importance just now is to get our road built
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1919-09-01
SETTLES THE PROBLEM

One of the delicate problems that has been confronting the war department for some time has been what to do with General Persf- ing when he came home. This was settled Thursday when the house. of representatives passed bill authorizing the President to make his present rank, that of full general, perm anent
 With the signing and ratification of peace by the United States, that distinguished officer would lose his temporary rank and return to the rank of ma jor general. In this rank he would have been junior to several other officers. In view of the great service he rendered the country in the war, of the record which he made as commander-in-chief of the American forces in France, it was due him that his rank be made permanent and congress will find that the people generally endorse it's action.
 Comparatively speaking the general is still young. But he has had military experi- ence which places him above his brother of ficers He still has many years in which to devote himself to the country's service, and with the highest rank that can be bestowed on him, will be in position to serve it most et ficienty.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1919-09-01
MARKS MUST.
 BE DISPLAYED

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3O.-(P)- Representative Jones of Indiana to- day introduced q bill in the house the provisions of which compel all merchants to mark the cost prices on merchandise. This is said to be one of Senator Watsons suggestions to cut the nigh cost of living
 NO TRICKS ALLOWED
 WASHINGTON. Aug. 3O-(R)-It was announced tonight that the de parment of justice is planning to take vigorous punitive measures in cases where reductions in wholesale food prices are made but where the high retail prices are retained. It IS pointed out that the food law af- 1ects all kinds ol prices and that the wholesale reduction must also be given to the consumer.
 lt is now believed that practically all sugar profileerinS in this country has ceased as d result of the agita- ton against the high cost of living The price has been reduced by most dealers to eleven cents per pound which was the price formerly
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1919-09-01
DECISIVE, ACTION

Director General Hines announcement that the railroad administration will give the striking railroad workmen until this morning at / o'clock to return to work indicates that the government is thru dillydallying with the rail- roaders. It is about to displace its negative policies in dealing with railroad demands with one of positive and direct action.
 There can be only one objection to Mir. Hines action and that is that it did not come soon enough There is really no cause for the present railroad strikes in the west and south- west. The workers have presented no griev- ance that the government has not promised to act upon and that it is not preparing to rem edy if it exists.
 The strikes were not called by the author lzed union leaders. In fact these very leaders denounced the walkouts and have ordered the strikers to return to work So far they have failed to do so
 But what the union leaders failed to do by their order, may yet be accomplished by MT. Hines ultimatum. When the strikers realize that their places will be filled if they do not return, it is more than possible that the greater portion of them will resume work. It should be no great job to secure men for the places, as the railroad brotherhoods refuse to countenance the strikes and any union man can take job on the roads affected without being outlawed by his organization.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1919-09-01
THE BABY ACT.

Wickersham, The Fighter seems to have been but myth. One that has been exploded, and Wickersham The Baby, stands forth in its swaddling clothes with all the brazen effront- cry with which the famed Brighter" formerly strutted on the streets mad public platform. For the first time in his life he finds himself in a real contests, one in which the going is not all one way.
 The result is disappointing to everyone. Instead of showing the attributes of a real sledding with a grin and wading in with the sleding with grin and wadnig in with the joyousness that every battler exhibits when a real scrap is in progress, he ducks and runs for cover.
 According to reports from Valdez, he is afraid he will be murdered if he hales any more signal corps men into court to find out how they voted. Image Durwood Hooker or Assistant Cashier Whitte sticking gun or a bowie knife inside their leggings and start ing out on a still hunt for Wickersham. They are fairly representative signal corps men and we know the whole bunch. None of them ever murdered anything but the Morse code (1t's shame what some of them do to that), but they wouldn't harm hair on Wicker sham's head if he were Hindenburg himself instead of just another busted fourflush.
 And even If he escaped murder, Wicker sham finds that it would do him no good to examine the soldiers. since his friends tell him that half of them will say that they voted for him. This he declares would be nothing but perjury. He need not worry. The Citi- zen believes that wherever he finds soldier willing to admit that he voted for Wicker sham, he will find that the man is telling all doubtedly be sticker for the truth.
 doubtedIy be sticker for the truth
 The serious side of Wickersham's efforts is found in his stand on the voting of the soldiers stationed at Ft. Iiscum. These men were drafted from various Alaskan coast points, probably all of them from the Third Division They were Seward and Anchorage men mostly. All of them were Aaskans prior to their induction into the military ser vice. He would deprive them of a vote be- cause they were not voters in the Ft. Liscum precinct before they entered the service Ap- parenty the fact that they were Alaskans in civil life has no influence with him. He does not hesitate to try to disfranchse them if it will gain him one vote, even tho there is no bar to their voting except that they were wear ing the uniform of their country when the election was held.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1919-09-01
A GOOD SELECTION

The election of the city council of J. R. Fowle to fill the vacant place on that body will undoubtedly receive the hearty endorsement of all citizens of the town. Mir. Fowle him. self, may not be as highly gratified over his election as his fellow townsmen, since the work of conducting the citys business affairs has come to be rather a thankless task but he will serve to the best of his ability and that means that he will make a good councilman
 He has been in Fairbanks for long time. lie IS property owner and leader among the business men in the place Progressive at all times, and having the best interests of the town at heart, The Citizen feels sure that it voices the opinion of the entire town when it says that the council could have made no wis CT selection
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1919-09-01

Every senator who voted tor the amendment must have known at the time he cast his vote that no possible action the United States sen ate might take could have such result.
 Clearly it is not because the senators love China more but the President less, says the New York Globe, that their anguished cries ring to Heaven Exactly this sort of "infam- ous spoliation" of China went on for many years prior to 1914, not only on the part of Japan and Germany, but France and England as well. Did the senators ever speak single word on behalf of China then? So far as one can learn, they did not. Only when any stick will do to beat the President, no matter what the consequences of such an act may be. are the wrongs of poor bleeding China per- |ceived.
 The facts have been so far obscured by the oratory that it is worth while to briefly re- call them. The peace treaty did not give Shan tung and kiau-Chau to Japan It gave this territory, now under Japanese military con- trol, back to China. Japan expressly pledged her word that Shantung will be restored to China at an early date, and the Japanese gov |ernment is not in the habit of breaking its pledged word
 The treaty did "give" to Japan the in dustrial rights and concessions in Shant,ng which are to be retained by her. The treaty [confirmed Japan in possession of things which she had already taken by military force They did not belong to China They belonged to Germany, having been ceded to Germany in 1898 as a recompense for the alleged murder ot German missionaries: Senator odee was "a member of the Dartv in mower at that lime and he was taking active interest in the for eign policies of the United States even at that early date, but he never raised his voice against Germany being given these conces- sions. A democratic senator did protest at that time, but the Mckinley government gave him no attention. That cession was undoubt- edly brutal violation of moral right and ab stract justice, but the governments of all the great powers expressly or implicitly condoned it from 1898 to 1914. And the pledges made to Japan in the darkest hour of the war, when the allies were with their backs to the wall, were made by governments which had neve stated as a war aim that they proposed to right all injustces everywhere in the world That contribution was made by America alone, and even in America almost solely by the admirers of the President These are facts and they should be faced squarely
 The league of nations, which the repub- lican senators wish to slay in the cradle is the worlds greatest hope that injusices such as have undoubtedly been done in the far East will be rectified It is poor politics to argue against establishing a fire department by showing that conflagraton is raging.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1919-09-01
THE, RIGHT SPIRIT

Baseball has done a great deal this sum- mer to encourage closer social and business relations between Nenana and Fairbanks" says the Nenana News editorially commenting on the friendly rivalry existing between the two Tanana valley towns.
 Baseball has done great deal this sum- mer to encourage closer social and business relations between Nenana and Fairbanks There have been other seasons of baseball in which the two towns contested for champion ship honors, but never before was the spirit of friendiness and good will so much in evidence as it is this summer. And that is as it should be.
 1.-Two towns so closely united in every way as are Fairbanks and Nenana, each striv- ing for the development and upbuilding of the district of which each is part, should have no differences. What is good for one town is good for the other, and the greatest concern of each is to promote the interests of the Panama valley, which is large enough and rich enough to support great many towns-larg- CT and better towns than either Fairbanks or Nenana The thing is to work harmoniously to hasten that stage of development of Gen. tral Alaska'S resources which will insure growth and permanent prosperity for both towns'
 And this is the spirit which the Fair banks baseball team has endeavored to show in its games during the present season. It has proven to be infectious and The Citizen be- lieves that today better understanding and greater friendliness exists between the two towns than at any previous time in their re- latlOnS with one another
 The people of both towns have become better acquainted. With such acquaintance has come a deeper realization that we are all one people, having the same common interests at heart, both desiring nothing but the ad- vancement of the interior of Alaska. Closer association has shown us that minor differ ences have been exaggerated, and seeming op- posing interests have vanished under the touch of personal relationship.
 Both towns are working to open up inte-