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The Washington herald., 1919-02-18
STRONG Market
RESULT OF NEWS
Optimistic Over League Of
Nations and Improvement
in Mexican Situation.
by BROADAN WALL,

New York, Feb. 17.-wall Street
was optimistic today on the world
league and Improvement OF the
Mexican situation. The result was
that shorts hurried to cover and
found nobody anxious to sell to
them. Prices moved UP in every
department and in several issues
there was great buoyancy, notably.
the oils, tobaccos, motors and sew
eral specialties. Bonds were strong
also. The feathers showed unusual
vitality.
Barrett, which makes its money
ont of road building, distinguished
itself with a new high record at
119, an advance of nearly points
Then the petroleum stocks. under
leadership of Mexican Petroleum
and Pan American. went sky rock
citing. Pan American was the b-st
performer and closed the day with
substantial gains. especially the
preferred. which at the high price
Today was up 1t1-2 points above
the low price of Saturday morn
ing.
Tire stocks were strong through
out the day although not very ac-
tive.
Another New High Record.
Tobacco Products made another new
high record with an advance TO 81 3-S.
The stock is still under the influ-
enCe of the unexpected announce
ment of the rights in connection with
the Philip Morris purchase. The to-
bacco situation is likely to be full
of surprises for the next few weeks,
as the industry has not yet had its
war boom as the industrials have
had.
Leather stocks came 10 the front
with freesh activity in Central
Leather on an advance of ia points.
Hide and Leather made u new high
record, much TO the discontinue OF
the large short interest still entrap-
ped in that issue.
Traction stocks are attracting more
attention and today United Railways.
Of San Francisco. was cautiously
bought by the same careful banking
interests that have recently been
buying BROOKLYN Rapid Transit.
Rails were strong early in the day.
but lost their enthusiasm when st
Paul began sliding of again.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1919-04-03
WOMAN INVENTED TANKS?

There Is another claimant to the credit of having originated the tanks, says the London Daily Chron- icie. Mrs. E. C. Capron, the wife of a British officer, who possesses the old Highland gift of "second sight" was informed in a vision as long age as February, 1915, of the need for movable forts in France, and the actual character of the machines re- quirel was revealed to her in some detail. With the aid of Capt. K. R.
 Paterson, now of the school of aero- nauties in Egypt, she gave eNhaus- tive expression fo the idea ill blue prints, which were bandied about be- tween the war office, the admiralty and some technieal officers, finally getting lost. Mrs. Capron support ed her claim with much detail of names and dates, and it is said that 0Ir. Lloyd George is looking into it
The Wrangell sentinel., 1919-04-03
THE FIRST THOUSAND

When nlan gets d thousand dollars saved up there are always opportunities for good investment. IL is hard to place much less than that. That is why wealthy men who are self-made advise young men to begin early and save the first thousand.
 Until we went to War, in order to get a thousand dollars together one had to go to the bank and put little away each month or each week or tuck part of his salary away in an old sock. It was troublesome to go to the bank and the sock was too handy.
 Now, however, there IS an easy way to get that first thousand. The answer is War Savings Stamps. In them the government of the United States, backing those stamps with a guarantee of four per cent interest compounded quar- .erly, opens the way. One can be- gin with two bits.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1919-04-03

and February have been the largest in the history of the organization. In other words, the war task of the Red Cross is not yet finished and chapters must hold themselves or dered and ready for instant service. A further appeal for funds will be postponed until the last possible moment, but We must face the high probability that before the year is ended such cali will come.
 While the chief energies Of the Red Cross must still. for short time, be devoted to the program of war, the program of peace, broader and more fundamentally important, is opening before our eyes, In reality it is already taking shape, and the activities of the great or sanization in public health, in nurs- ing, in home service, In jtanlor membership, etc., are pointing the way to the new field which the new Red Cross shall fill. The details of this peace program are being worked out with the utmost care and caution, and will be presente1 l as rapidly as they can safely be formulated, or as the termination of the demands of war Will allow new obligations to be assumed.
 In the meantime, the immediate obligation IS clear: to carry through to an effective end, at home and abroad, the war program undertak- en in the name of the American peo- pie. There remains the inspiring future, where the new spirit of ser vice, born of the war and symbol ized by the American Red Cross, shal! be turned to the prevention of disease, the relief of suffering and the improvement of the conditions under which we live.
 LIVINGSTON FARRAND,
 Chairman of the Central Com mittee.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1919-04-03
Knudt Johnson and John Hagen

knudt Johnson and John Hagen recently engaged in the first bear huLt chronicled so far this spring. The men found a bears den in a windfall, and peering down into the hole could see the dim outline of the bear. Knudt fired at the bear. The men fastened candle to long pole and stuck it down into the den about the time the bear took a notion to come out. The surwrise was mutual but the bear was slain by couple of we'll direc- ted bullets. The boys have a sup- ply of prime bear meat, so pounds of tat and a robe to cover their cabin floor. According to the two men the bear was as large as a horse. Valdez Miner.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1919-04-03
MESSAGE AND SUMMONS
 TO RED CROSS MEMBERS

To the members of the American Red Cross:
 St.eaking as the new chairman of the Central Committee of the American Red Cross, to which the War Council has now returned the responsibility of direction, l wish my first message to be one of con gratulation, but to be at the same time, summons,
 The accomplishments of the last two years have been vast and in- spring. Wherever the call has been heard, the Red Cross was ready. While the more dramatic undertakings may have been upon the European fronts, it must always be remembered that those splendid and achieving groups of workers on the other side would have been helpless without the spirit, will and effort of the millions of men and women who make up the Red Cross in America.
 Accepting its commission from the American people, the Red Cross built up war program of service not only to our own soldiers and sailors and their families, but to the War-stricken peoples of our al- lies, particularly where the distress of the refugees and helpless chil- dren made an appeal which could not be disregarded. This war pro- gram is not ended with the armis- tice. Our army is still in Europe, and while France, Italy and Bel gium are rapidly assuming the re- responsibilities within their own bor- ders, our work there cannot be ended suddenly. And ROW the calls from Poland, the Balkans, Russia and Palestine have forced the send ing of new commissions to those countries to bring, in the name of the American people, that emer. gency relief in sickness and suffer ing which only the Red Cross is organized to carry. These urgent problems of rehabilitation have emerged within the last three months.
 It was expected last November that the effort already made and the funds III hand would be suf- ticient completely to meet the obli- gations which the Red Cross had been forced 10 undertake. It is now apparent that this is not the case. In spite of the strictest over sight of commitments and the most rigid economy, the appropriations by the War Councils for relief in Europe for the months of January
The Wrangell sentinel., 1919-04-03

The Pacific Steamship company will send a steamer IS far west as Kodiak every month for the re- mainder of the season.
 A Fire in a pile of stove-wood at Fox last month required the entire fire department of that town to eXtinguish. The men fought the flames with snowballs and fire extinguishers. Six cords of wood were burned.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1919-04-03
A MAN OF INSIGHT.

Mrs. Blank.--John, spoke to papa about taking you into the busi- ness, but he says you have too many vague ideas.
 John-That's very clever of him. My first wife's father used to say I had no ideas at all.-Boston Transcript.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1919-04-03
THE PREFERENCE.

'Is there anything you would rather have in the house than d fire less cookcr?"
 @Certainly; a smokeless husband"
The Wrangell sentinel., 1919-04-03
BACK TO THE OLD HABITS.

"I suppose you'll be glad when peace is declared"
 'Yes indeed. Won't it seem good to get back to talking about our neighbors and finding fault with the minister again"
The Wrangell sentinel., 1919-04-03
OF LOCAL INTEREST

of fish on the City of Seattle yes terday.
 The Ripley Fish Company shipped 10 boxes of fish on the City of Seattle yesterday.
 The town council will meet to- night. In addition to the regu- lar routine the council will can vas the votes cast at the election Tuesday.
 Walter B. Heisel, special rep resentative of the U. s. Land of flee at Juneau, arrived on the City of Seattle yesterday. He is here in connection with the Wrangell townsite matter.
 Rev. Father Kern was aboard the City of Seattle yesterday en- route from Juneau to his home at Ketchikan. Father Kern stated that he expected to be in Wrangell to hold services the first Sunday after Easter.
 MT. and Mrs. Carl Arola re- turned Friday from Aberdeen, Wash, where they spent the winter.
 Dr. Anna Brown returned Sat urday from a hurried visit to Seattle.
 Mrs. H. D. Campbell who has been visiting in the States for the past three months, returned home on the Princess Mary Sat urday.
 James Waters celebrated his 10th birthday with a party at the gymnasium last Saturday after noon from 2::30 to5. Games were played, refreshments were served and everyone had a thoroughly enjoyable time.
 Miss Jean Grant, daughter of MT. and Mrs. B. Y. Grant, was hostess to a number of her little friends on Saturday afternoon. The party was given to commem- crate her fifth birthday.
 John D. Helps. Alaska manager for the Standard Oil company, was aboard the City of Seattle Friday. He was returning to Juneau from a business trip to Ketchikan.
 Laurence Taylor is the third Wrangell sailor boy to set his sails for the matrimonial sea. He is married. Details are lacking. l Ole Gas arrived in Wrangell on the Glenora last evening. Jack Classen of Scow Bay is in town this week.
 Have your watch repaired at George Cowan's, in the Uhler Block.
 For the shave and haircut of satisfaction go to Ed Grigwire's shop, opposite drug store.
 Ed Grigwire's dandruff treat ment is the best on the market. Try it and be convinced. William Lewis is in Juneau this week. i St. Philips Guild will meet next Wednesday afternoon with Mrs. Flagstaff.
 Thirteen ounces of platinum, valued at $1, 313, has been found in copper ore produced in the mines at Kasaan, according to re- ports of the custom house.
 E. P. Clark, manager of the Liberty Theatre in Ketchikan, was aboard the City of Seattle last Friday en route to Juneau on business. Mrs. Clark accompan- jed her husband as far as Wran- gell and visited relatives here ,r,L;lo ho ,,oc o+ T,,poo,,
The Wrangell sentinel., 1919-04-03
HONOR ROLL

Those neither absent nor tardy for the past month:
 UPPER GRADES Marjory Shaffner Liberty Worden Andrew Engstrom Fred Gunderson Eugene Wheeler James Shelp Donald Sinclair Neil Grant Elton Engstrom Florence Prescott Helen Fletcher COralie Cunningham Homer Worden Arnold Roaming Vernon Myers Ralph DavlS
 INTERMEDIATE GRADES Frederick Cunningham Wilfred Gartley Marion Goodrich Erma Grant Dorothy Johnson William Lewis Glen Matheson Harold Otteson James Waters Billy Cunningham Lennie Engstrom Catherine Matheson Kendall Northrop Nettie Prescott Laura Roaming Virginia Tozier
The Wrangell sentinel., 1919-04-03

A fire that started from an ex- plosion of gasoline in a barber shop burned several buildings at Mccarthy on the Eth of the month. One woman was very badly burned.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1919-04-03

James Wheeler Margaret Northrop Frances Tamaree Robert Wigg Lloyd Tucker Nellie Rinehart Catherine Hulse
 SECOND GRADE Etoline Coulter Ella Everson Lucy Everson Marjorie Johnson Everett Petticrew Manuel Loftus Weston Anderson.
 FIRST GRADE Lloyd Benjamin Martin More William Northrop Carl Palmer Ethan Petticrew Elmer Prescott Albert Roaming Sydney Tozier William Hulse Luther Hulse Gertrude Goodrich Margaret Otteson Margaret Warren Theodosia Royalty
New-York tribune., 1919-11-30

standards based on nteiong habit
and experience, LA Presse de
Paris" is rather uninterestlng
product. The first issue consists
of four pages-three of which are
devoted to news, with sprlnklIng
of advertising. the fourth being
made up entirely from advertise
ments. The first column of Page /
discusses the question of the print
crs' strike from the publishers
point of view, charging the en-
ployees with a breach of their con-
tract. which would have expired in
and announcing the deter
mination of the publication to
carry on" by getting out the new
single newspaper by means OF pool
ing their efforts. The list of the asso-
ciated newspapers includes, beside
all of the standard bourgeois
New-York tribune., 1919-11-30

posite newspaps called La Presse
de Paris fruit Of the combined
effort of fifty individual publica-
tons.
To-day the strike is still on, and
the Partisan reader, accustomed IN
ordinary times to choose his favo-
rites from among an assortment Of
no less than sixty daily newspapers.
is restricted to two organs Of public
opinion-"La Presse de Paris IS
sued jointly by fifty bourgeois
dailies, and LA Feuille Commune
(literally, the Common Leaf), in
which about dozen Socialist and
Communist publications headed by
"L'Humanite" are amalgamated.
Undeniably a unique experiment
in the history ", newspaper
dom. from tn, viewpoint of the
mere reader who applies to it hls
New-York tribune., 1919-11-30

prietors of fifty individual news
papers in the French capital to de-
feat the waIk-out of their typo
graphical personnel.
Everything was ready at 7 p. M.
on November 10 Of this year to run
off the presses the anniversary
editions Of Paris newspapers cele-
brating the first birthday of the
armistice. Everything was ready
including the strike order Of the
printers syndicate, held back pur-
posely till the last minute to make
the blow hit the publishers all the
harder.
But preparedness was 10 monop-
oly of the striking printers. The
publishers. on their side, had their
plans all set. too. And on the morn
ing Of Armisticc Day there appeared
OH the streets of Paris the COM
New-York tribune., 1919-11-30

many enactments on this subject.
All houses belonged to the state, and
every one had to pay rent. More
over. no one could have more or
less than the number Of rooms al
lotted according to the number Of
the family. The proletariat was
placed first on the LIST for allotment,
as far as the statute was concerned,
but in practice government otiic.a.s
cook good care to house Themselves
before considering the proletariat.
The principle Of allotment was 'Oac
man, one room. and Tor families of
over eight four rooms were allotted
There were, however, qua iacatious
in respect to rooms used for pro-
fessional purposes, such as doctors
consulting rooms, etc Even the
former owners had TO pay rent Tie
only people excused we're workmen
lnhabiting houses which were t1er
own property. These paid land TAX
only When rooms were allotted in
q house the new tenant had the use
vi the furniture and JOINT use of the
kitchen. The housing committee
would stand TO nonsense i'm collect
.a~ rents. The rent must be paid
within three days on pain Of fine or
imprisonment. Landlords were not
allowed 10 make any inquiries about
prospective tenants. they must put
uD with what came.
"EdncQ'ioa-Idrcation was free.
Ail schools were taken over b. the
state, worAmcu's universities were
New-York tribune., 1919-11-30

ists. These factories were handed
over to the workmen, and soviets
Of workmen replaced the directors.
The next question to solve was the
cooperation Of all the factories pro-
ducinr the same kind Of goods.
Leuiae. who took the keenest in
tarest in the Hungarian Commu-
uists and regarded them as an out
post Of his system, which was TO
sweoo the world, had always in
'sted that the bourgeois, ard espe-
cally the technical experts, were to
be keep alive, for he regarded the
destruction of this class in Russia
as the greatest mistake Of the revo-
luton. It is not generally known
t-at he exchanged messages with
Bella Kun several times week dur
irr the five months Of the Com
murist r'c'me. The smaller fac
torres, when were not run eco
nomically. were closed and the ma
ter.a transferred TO the larger
shops; administration was to be
centralized, and The plans, drawings
and analyses Of raw material for.
mcrly made in each factory sepa-
ratcly. were to be centralized The
Commissary Of Production appoint
ol workshop ovorseers whose poFti-
cal opinions could be trusted -
The pamphlet gives q brief SUM
ma r Of .he laws enacted under the
Communist regime Here follow
few characteristic SAMPLES.
"Hou ing g- The laws included
New-York tribune., 1919-11-30
D'Annls5s%i0 q Decadenj?

his grave. Signor d'Anngnzio was cer-
fainly thought 20 be dccadert before
the war by those who judged him by
his writings. and now we have the re-
port of'a speech made by the president
Of the National Council Of F.ume, in
which he is called the great soldier
poet. the hero Of heroes, who d h-n-
drcd times has riskod his life for
I.aiy'; and. what is more. the dcscrip-
tion, however rhetorical. is not un-
true. signor d'Annunzio has proved
himself as good msn If ac-ion as any
healthy. normal EugIshman. who wou
no more read a line Of poetry chan be
would write one.
THE fact il. the oston.aaou dccad-
cnt has deceived is all. just AS the
ostcntatiously casual Eng.i Imam de-
ceived the German. A the German
thought the Englishman vino enjoyed
being casual must continue to be
casual always and against bis own n. e..
so we have supposed tnat the decadcnt
Of literature or art must be hia self
dccadcnt alwa and against his own
VIII. But his very ostenta.i0n m ght
have put u on our guard.
1T needs some energy 20 be osten'a.
tious over anything; it would need
good deal Of energy 20 produce the
works Of Signor dAnnunzio You
cannot write well. whatever your sub
.ect. if you are capable Of nothing;
and Signor d'Annunzio, by genera. con-
sent does write well
The true decadent. whether in
dividual or society. lacks just that
power of adaptation and the lack OF
it is decadence, which makes for death
and dissolu'ivn. whereas Signor dan
nunzio is at least vers much alive
New-York tribune., 1919-11-30

dauIcs, two sporting Journals, one
military paper, five trade and
financial papers and two newspapers
printed in English. 4 two-column
editorial is devoted to the impor-
tanco of Armistice Day.
Now, the trouble about the new
publication is that the French reader
does not purchase his newspaper for
news, but for editorials, and even
more for the signed articles of
well known writer's which are the
predominant features Of all Paris
dailies. In fact, some Of these news
papers serve merely as pretext and
furnishings for such daily signed
editorial. The news service, except
for the foreign correspondence Of
papers like lie Temps and journal
des Debats." is indiiferent-in many
cases negligible. No newspaper de
New-York tribune., 1919-11-30

THNHE question, What is de-
cadent? is discussed in an
editorial Of THE London
Times, on occasion Of d'Annun-
z.o's Fiume adventure The writ
er's point is that in order to be a
true 1ocadert one must be consti-
tatonaly incapable Of doing any
thing better than anybody else
'n fact. Of doing anything we'll Now
even his b.tcrest enemies must con-
ceis that d'Anua<1io not only does
wri.e won, bat also fights we'll
how en- Garth can hc then be classed
a decadcnt2 AS we read:
"The conduct Of sirnor d'Annunz.o,
whatever we may think o. il politically,
mus, be surprising % those who have
judged him from his writings 20 be the
most signal oeamp Of 'decadenee'-
that ~ fstcr.ous disease walcn, accord
ing 90 Mas Nociau. Is endemic among
modern poets and painters. The de-
crdent is one who oxpr, ses his over
wrought nerves ia that which he is
pleased to call his art. If he takes cor
ruption and decay for a subject it is,
Of course. because he himself is cor
rupt and decaying.
"He is the last perversely refin i
product Of an cfete civilization. You
think Of him as working. If it can be
called work. in the midst Of voluptuous
scenes which he IS unable to enjoy. tie
is the heir Of all the ages but one
whom the ages have made incapable Of
entering into his inher.tance-one born
seniie and tottering, crowned with
faded rose leaves from his cradle to
New-York tribune., 1919-11-30
French Papers Unite in Biggest Issue to Break Strike
MARDI
1 /
N0vEMBREl 1913

VOID vi s.cI Od.O.I....o c)u-", g.. '"c
long run, hold its public in France.
The absence of these signed features
is the most marked trait Of La
Presse de Paris and testlties more
than anything else to its makeshift
character.
On their side the Socialists,
whose attempt to continue regularly
with the publication Of their own
organs foundered on the stoppage
by the French paper trust Of their
paper supply, publish their conf
posite organ under the title La
Feuille Commune Its circulation
also is said to run up into millions.
The Socialists charge that the entire
situation is due not to the printers
strike at all bat to thy lockout by
the bourgeois publishers OF all
printing employees.