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Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1920-11-19

The Walsh congressional committee
which for more than a year has been
investigating the operations of the
shipping board and it's Emergency
Fleet corporation stirred up a hornets
nest last week when it published the
report of A. NJ. Fisher and j. E.. Rich
ardson, who had conducted inquiries
for the committee. This makes broad
charges of corruption of officials and
employees of the corporation, graft in
purchasing supplies for and in repair
ing government-owned merchant ships
and the use of political and other in
fluence in obtaining construction con-
tracts and the ALLEGATION of vessels to
operating companies. The board is
accused of gross waste of the govern
ment funds and of failure in cO-Opera-
ton. In his testimony before the COM
mittee, however, Mr.. Richardson said
his report did not purpOrt to fix any
illegal act on any person. Charles
Piez, director general of the corpora
ton during the war, before being
called before the committee entered a
general denial of the charges of cor
ruption and graft. Commander A. B.
Clement, executive assistant to Admi-
raj Benson, chairman of the board,
told the committee the only real
ground for criticism of the boards adj
ministration was the lack of perfect
coordination between the different
departments. Representative Walsh
said Admiral Benson probably would
be called on to testify. There was
considerable criticism of the commit
tee for making public, for the second
time, charges against the shipping
board without first giving the organi-
cation a chance to defend itself.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1920-11-19

DEVELOPMENTS of the week in the
Near East were not especially favor
able to the allies in several instances.
First, and most important, was the
news that Armenia had concluded an
armistice with the Turkish national
lists, whose seat of government Is in
Angora. The Turks had captured
Kars and AleXandropol and were
moving toward Erivan. The Geor-
gians being threatened, were mobiliZ-
ing on their frontiers and hoped to
save Batum. This action of the Ar
menians opens the way for direct
junction of the nationalists and the
Russian soviet forces and creates a
serious condition for Great Britain,
France. Italy and Greece in Asia Mi
nor. Renal PaSha'S armies are still
intact. because the allies cannot get
far from the sea coasts, and his gov
eminent is going ahead regardless of
the fate of Constantinople and the sui
tan. Its authority is supreme in Ana
tolia and it is probable that the Turks
there will elect a new sultan after sep
arating the s~ultanate and the cali
plate, and hat thereafter a new caliph
also will be chosen.
The nationalists insist that the
treaty of Sevres must be revised and
that Smyrna, Cilicia and part of
Thrace must be returned to Turkey.
France especially would oppose this,
fearing that Germany would take it as
a precedent and ash modification of
the treaty of Versailles. The Turkish
treaty has not yet been signed, the
Porte having said the time for such
action was unpropitious.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1920-11-19

Statesmen and publfcists of France
have been especially active since the
election of Senator Harding in discus
sing the probable revision of the
treaty of Versailles and the chances of
forming an association of nations
which the United States would join.
Ambassador Jusserand will soon re-
turn to Washington, after spending
several months in Europe, and it is
believed he will bring the latest views
of his government on the subject of
recasting the league covenant.
Through him, France may renew its
efforts to have the senate ratify the
treaty guaranteeing protection to
France against exterior aggression.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1920-11-19
WILDWOOD and DELAWARE BAY
SHORT LINE RAILROAD co.
(READING ROUTE

Between Wildwood and Philadelphia
EVANS G. SLAUGHTER, GenI Mgr.
Change of Time in Effect Oct. II, 1920
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1920-11-19

heart of Gambetta, who brought
France through the terrible days OF
1870, was deposited in the Pantheon.
In the United States there were no
ceremonies of a national character,
but the day was generally observed
with parades, memorial exercises INT
patriotic meetings. Former service
men held a great gathering in New
York and were addressed by General
Nivelle, the defender of Verdun.
Crosses and medals were presented
to American naval heroes by the navy
department. The Red Cross took adj
vantage of the day of celebration to
start it's drive for a vastly increased
membership, and the response to this
call was immediate and general
throughout the country.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1920-11-19

All preparations were made last
week for the first meeting of the as
sembly of the League of Nations in
Geneva November 10. Whatever may
be accomplished at this session, it will
be a notable gathering of great men.
Every nation member of the league
has sent eminent men to represent it,
among them being Arthur Balfour, II.
A. L.. Fisher and George Barnes for
Great Britain; Leon Bourgeois and
Andre Tardieu for France; Tittoni for
Italy; Hymans for Belgium; Pade-
rewski for Poland; Branting for Swe-
den; Barons Hayashi, Ishii and Me
gaia for Japan; Motta, Ador and Us
teri for Switzerland, and accomplished
statesmen for each of the Latin-Amer-
lean republics.
The countries not represented at the
Geneva meeting, because they are not
members of the league, include Ger
many Austria, Bulgaria, Turkey, Rus
STA, Mexico and the United States of
America.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1920-11-19

he had fallen back into the Crimea
and that the retreat had been conduct
ed with notable success, the morale OF
his troops being unimpaired. He
hopes, with proper material, to main
tain his position until cold weather
brings about the disintegration of the
soviet armies. The Moscow govern
ment says its troops east of Perekop
have crossed the Swatch river into
the Crimean peninsula.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1920-11-19

At last Italy and J%ugo-Slavia have
come to an agreement in the Adriatic
dispute. 1t was said the settlement
of the Istrian frontier is in favor of
Jugo-Slavia, though Monte Nevaso
goes to Italy; Fiume is to be indie
pendent, with territorial contiguity to
Italy; the Italians get the islands of
Cherso, Lussin and Unie and suzerain-
ty over lara. 1t was understood the
territorial pact would be accompanied
by commercial and political agree
mentS.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1920-11-19
MRS. FRANK BECKER
1OS East 18th Avenue

1UO EdSk 16t1A AVSAAuS
East of North Wildwood Pennsyl-
vania Railroad Station: every train
stops going and coming right at store
Sweaters, Underwear, Blankets,
Hosiery, Bed and Table Linen.
Most complete line of Dry Goods in
Cape May County.
A New Line of Wool Serges and
Plaid Skirting Material
All shades of Silk Materials,
Georgette Crepe and Crepe de Chine.
Dressmaking Supplies and Trimmings
Free delivery anywhere on the
Island. Store open Evenings until
Eight O'Clock. Both Phones Bell
261-R, Keystone 65o-Y
Agency for Pictorial Patterns.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1920-11-19

News of Baron Wrangel's desperate
struggle against the Bolshevik armie&
in southern Russia is a trif1e confused,
but on the whole not very encourag-
ing to his well-wishers. Dispatches
from Sevastopol said the soviet forces
had broken through his outer works at
Perekop, but that the situation was
not considered as serious. French
military observers with Wrangel said
The Nenana daily news., 1920-08-28
Popular R0adhouse Now
 Under New Management

The Healy River roa d = house which was established at the end of steel several months ago by Leo Rodrigue, has been purchased by s. T. Hinckley and Ambrose Van
 and will continue to be con- ducted by them as a first class trail establishment, where travellers may obtain the best the market affords in the eating line, and good sleeping accommodations. A full line of cigars and tobac- cos also will be carried in
The Nenana daily news., 1920-08-28
Haney Believes kantishna
 LOdes Will Make Camp
(ContiHued from Page One)

(ContiHued from Page One)
 time ago.
 Mir. Haney says that Ei.
 Bartlett, who is supervising the work on the Roosevelt Moose wagon road, is doing excellent work. He is now at the first creek, about three miles out from Roosevelt and will soon be over the worst of the swamp. He is using a lot of timber for cord uroy-about the only way the swamp can be bridged at the present time. Bartlett lis als p!oughing furrows oil both sides of the road, the plan being to use the dirt for grading next sun a.r, The $lO,OOO which Bart lett has at his disposal will be entirely used this sum- 'mer, and while it is not suf- .ficient to complete the work, lit will take the new work over the worst of the swamp beyond which there is al- ready a fairly good road, it being part of the winter road used for hauling ore during the past winter. The new road across the flat, out from the river, follows a course selected by Bartlett and cuts the winter trail at several points, but does not disturb lit, as it probably will be used again during the coming winter, being som m e W h a t more direct than the road now building.
 Bartlett has ten men at work but did not have any teams working when Haney passed. The new right of way, 30 feet wide, has been cleared for a distance of Is miles. A warehouse also has been built at Roosevelt for storing the tools and other road equipment during the winter, which is regarded as a favorable indication for a continuation of the work in the spring.
The Nenana daily news., 1920-08-28
COX USES HAMMER:
 NEW PROBE STARTS

(Continued from Page One) Ia representative, to substan- tiate his charge that the Re- Ipublicans are raising a fifteen million dollar campaign fund.
 Quits The Committee Chicago, Aug. 2S-Senat- |or Spencer has announced his resignation from the in- |vestigating committee, ex- 'plaining that he resigned to devote his whole time to his own campaign and because he may be under fire him. self.
 Dangerous Symptom Pittsburg, Aug. 2S-" Sen ator Harding denies my charges" declared Governor Cox in his address here on Thursday, and l am pre- pared to believe he knows nothing of a lot of things going on about him. This re- veals the dangerous symptom Il have been discussing Dreaming Millions New York, Aug. 2S-ln a statement denying the Cox charges, Chairman Hays de- 'clared here yesterday that Cox had such intim a t 6 knowledge of the wasted mil lions in aircraft production in his state during the war that he dreamed millions" He also asserted that Cox had failed to prove the charges because they were false.
 Additional Dates
 New York, Aug. 28-Ad- ditional speaking dates an- nounced by the management of the Cox speaking tour in- Spokane, September 10, Ta- coma and Seattle, September II.
 More Charges
 New York, Aug. 28-Cox has indicated that he will have new disclosures to make when he appears before the senate investigators during the cOmino week
The Nenana daily news., 1920-08-28

stock.
 The new proprietors are experienced roadhouse men and it will be their aim to make the Healy house one of the best stopping places south of Nenana.
The Nenana daily news., 1920-08-28

Mrs. R. L. Vining, who ar rived from Fairbanks yester- day, went out the line this morning for several-day visit at the end of steel.
The Nenana daily news., 1920-08-28
Steamer Yukon Arrives
 In Port Frosa It,lysOr

The steamer Yukon arriv- led in port from Dawson at II o'clock this morning and will remain in port over might, getting away on the return voyage tomorrow, fol-
 lowing the arrival of the steamer Tanana from Fair banks. The Panama is billed to leave the upper town at midnight, but the passenger Hist, as usual, is not avail able. -.=@-
 The passengers arriving OH the Yukon were:
 Mrs. A. c. Atworth, ]. M. Wood, C. s. Crider, Joseph Phillips, Alex Giloff, Sam 'Mysoff, John P. O'Connor, Nellie |. Stevens, Helen M. 'O'Brien, Miss L. Spencer, Mrs. H. Claude Kelly. The Fairbanks passengers Icompleted their journey by
 train,
The Nenana daily news., 1920-08-28

The Malamute Kid came down river from Fairbanks yesterday on the steamer Pioneer.
The Nenana daily news., 1920-08-28
More Charges
MARINE BULLETIN.

= . e = 1 . = = 1 3 s 4 . v 3 |! ' Washburn at Gibbon. Tanana at Fairbanks. Jacobs, at Mo Carthy. Kestrel, at Tolovana.
 Davis( at St. Michael. Yukon, at Nenana.
 Herman, up Kokrines, at l1::3O last night.
 Reliance, up Nulato, at one o'clock this morning. Alaska, up Fort Yukon at 7 a. m. yesterday.
 CABBAGE 10 cents per pound, large solid heads. John Scharle, Fairbanks. Nenana, the Gateway to Mckinley
 National Park.
The Nenana daily news., 1920-08-28

The News has been re- .quested to announce that the Summit roadhouse, on the Broad Pass trail, is closed lat present, and mushers are cautioned to arrange their
 plans accordingly.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-07-23
FALSE STANDARD OF VALUES
World Too Much Given Up to Worship
Of Material Prosperity, De-
cIares Writer.

Wherever we turn we find that DOS
sessions are too often the standard by
which men are measured. A mans
income and position bulk much more
largely in the mind Of most than what
he Is or what he does, and a nations
wealth Is still instinctively spoken of
in terms Of finance. or territorial pos
sessions, even by those who, on plat
forms, glibly say "true wealth con-
sists In healthy and contented peo-
ple."
1t Is this false and pernicious view
which is responsible for much Of the
evil at the present day. The little
child who learns to pray by its moth
er's knee, when it rises is urged to "get
on In the world;" to make money, to
achieve fame. No harm in this, some
may say. Man cannot serve two mas
tiers, and If we examine closely we
shall find that it's just this effort for
each to do the best possible for him
or herself that is responsible for the
evil In the world.
The great need Of the world is that
we shall change the values. There is
only one thing of supreme value, and
that is humanity. This makes the mill
lionaire and the homeless tramp equal.
When the world has learned the les
son that man does not live by bread
alone, then will be laid the foundation
upon which regenerated world can
be built.
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MODERN LIFE AMONG THE OLD, OLD REDwooDs

Here's good readng-a stirring tale by an able author
about red-booded people in an unique environment Peter
kne as indigenous as the redWoods OF which ne writes
with loving appreciation. Nevertheless he has sailed the
Pacific, been soldier in the Philippines and has served as
captain in France with the A. E. F. And the sheer merit
OF his literary workmanship has given this clerk in California
country store deserved nationwide popularity short
story writer and novelist
The characters in "The Valley of the Giants" are flesh
andbood peope-Americans- sort we knoW-our kind:
John Cardigan, pioneer mberman among the redWoods,
strong man with great heart the soul of dreamer and the
unshaken faith of the ontersman; he loves his redWoods
even while he cuts his way to fortune through them Colonel
remington the modern captain of industry with no more con-
science than circular saw bowels of compassion, and
contempt for the law except means OF carnoflage
Bryce Cardigan preSengeneraton American OF the right knd
who takes the fight when his father falls in the tray anu
successfully battles against odds to his heritage even
while his heart is divided between his blind sire and his dear
est enemy Shirley Sumner niece of Colonel Pennington,
rstcIass American girl with mind of her own, heart red
blood and good craftsmanship.
And the story is as timely its environment is unique.
There is only redwood country and when the California
redwoods are gone the redWoods gone from the EARTH
John Cardigan and his like have laid most of them low, and
threaten those that remain. So it is that great cry has
gone up from the people to save for future generations some
of those forest giants that were groWn when Christ was
bo-t their cousins the sequoias they the oldest and
biggest living things EARTH So it is that the "Save the Red
woods" league has sprung into existence. So is that
gress is investigating the conditions preparatory to eglsla
ton for the establishment of Redwoods national park.
The American of the future will be able to see the Big
Trees Sequoa ggantea in all their glory; Yosemite, Seqoa
and General Grant national parks assure that But unless
money provided for the purchase of great grove of red
woods (Sequoa sempervrens) by congress, California
public subscription the edWoods are doomed to the and
saw with the exception of few small and inadequate pre-
serves And among these same redHoods lies "The Valley
of the Giants" ..@
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| wood boards and a dozen three-room
cabins with lean-to kitchens; and the
tradespeople came when John Cardi-
gan, with something of the largeness
Of his own redwood trees, gave them
ground and lumber in order to en-
courage the building of their enter
prises. Also the dream of the school
mouse and the church came true, as
did the steam tugbOat and the schooner
with three masts.
| At forty John Cardigan was younger
than most men at thirty, albeit he
worked fourteen hours day, slept
eight, and consumed the remaining
two at his meals. But through all
those fruitful years of toll he had
still found time to dream, and the
| spell of the redwoods had lost none
Of its potency.
At forty-two Cardigan was the first
mayor of Sequoia. At forty-four he
was standing on his dock one day,
watching his tug kick into her berth
| the first square-rigged ship that had
ever come to Humboldt bay to load a
cargo of clear redwood for foreign
delivery. She was big Bath-built
| clipper, and her master lusty down
Easter, widower with one daughter
who had come with him around the
| Horn. John Cardigan saw this girl
come up on the quarterback and
stand by with a heaving-line in her
hand; calmly she fixed her glance
upon him, and as the ship was shunted
in closer to the dock, she made the
cast to Cardigan. He caught the
| light heaving-line, hauled in the
heavy Manila stern-line to which
it was attached, and slipped the loop
of the mooring-cable over the dolphin
at the end of the dock
'Some men wanted aft here to take
up the slack of the stern-line on the
windlass, sir" he shouted to the
skipper, who was walking around on
top of the house. "That girl can't
haul her in alone"
"Can't. I'm short-handed," the
skipper replied. Jump aboard and
help her."
Cardigan made long leap from the
dock to the ships rail, balanced there
lightly moment, and sprang to the
deck. He inserted belaying-pin in
the windlass, paused and looked at
the girl. "Raise chantey," he sug-
gested. Instantly she lifted sweet
contralto in that rollicking old ballad
of the sea-"Blow the Men Down."
Round the windlass Cardigan walk
Cd. steadily and easily, and the girls
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: u &.
And tell your men they'll ne paid for
the lost time. That win be all, lad"
When McTavish was gone, John
Cardigan sat down on q small sugar
pine windfall, his head held slightly
to one side while he listened to that
which In the redwoods is not sound
but rather the absence of it. And as
he listened, he absorbed a, subtle COM
fort from those huge brown trees, so
enblematic of Immortality; in the
thought he grew close to his Maker,
lad presently found that peace which
he sought. Love such as theirs could
never die. -. The tears came at
last.
At shutdown he walked home bear
ing an armful of rhododendrons and
dogwood blossoms, which he arranged
in the room where she lay. Then he
sought the nurse who had attended
her.
I'D like to held my son." he said
gently. 'May II"
She brought him the baby and
placed it in his great arms that
trembled so; he sat down and gazed
long and earnestly at this flesh OF his
flesh and blood of his blood. you'll
have her hair and skin and eyes," he
murmured. "My son, my son, l shall
love you so, for now must love for
two. Sorrow shall keep from you
please God, and happiness and worldly
comfort shall / leave you when go
to her." He nuzzled his grizzled
cheek against the baby's face. Just
you and my trees" he whispered
"just you and my trees to help me
to hang on to a plucky finish"
For love and paternity had come to
him late In life, and so had his first
great sorrow; wherefore, since he was
not accustomed to these heritages OF
all flesh, he would have to adjust HIM
self to the change. But his son and
his trees-ah, yes they would help.
And he would gather more redwoods
now!
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CHAPTER II.

A young half-breed Digger woman
who had suffered the loss Of the latest
of her numerous progeny two days
prior to Mrs. Cardigan's death, was
installed in the house as nurse to John
Cardigan's son, whom he called Bryce,
the family name of his mothers peo-
pie. A Mrs. Tully, widow of Cardi-
gar's first engineer in the mill, was
engaged rs housekeeper and cook; and
with his domestic establishment re-
organized along these simple lines.
John Cardigan turned with added
eagerness to his business affairs, hop
ing between them and his boy to
salyage as much as possible from
what seemed to him, in the first pangs
Of his loneliness and desolation, the
wreckage Of his life.
While Bryce was in swaddling
clothes he was known only to those
females of Sequoia to whom his half
breed foster mother proudly exhibited
him when taking him abroad for an
airing in his perambulator. With his
advent into rompers, however, and the
assumption of his American preroga-
tive of free speech, his father develop
ed the habit of bringing the child
down to the mill Office, to which he
added playroom that connected with
his private office. Hence, prior to his
second birthday, Bryce OWNED that
his father was closer to him than
motherly Mrs. Tully or the half-breed
girl. Moreover, his father took him on
wonderful journeys which no other
member of the household had even
suggested.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-07-23
MAN SPENDS DAY IN TREE
Farmer Climbs Into 1t Just in Time
to Escape Charging Bulls
Horns.

Hagerstown, Ind.-Treed by an in.
furiated bull and forced to remain all
day seated on the limb of a cherry
tree, until rescued by neighbor, was
the experience of b. j. Reid at
Brownsville.
While walking over his farm Mr.
Reid met the bull, which made a
savage charge at the farmer. Reid
ran for the nearest tree and climbed
it just in time.
The bull stood under the tree all
day, believing and paving the
ground. Whenever Mr.. Reid attempt.
ed to descend, the bull made savage
demonstration. Toward evening W.
M. Martin, who was working for a
.neighbor, passed the field, saw Mr..
Reds plight and with club drove
the bull away.