Iditarod Pioneer
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WASHINGTON BRIEfS
Washington, Aug. 4 —The President
on iast Saturday asked Corgressto cre
ate a special commission to pass upon
the wage increases asked by railway
employes. Representative Fitzgerald
has asked President Wilson to advocate
increased wages for all government
employes, who, lie staled, are seriously
underpaid.
Washington, Aug. 4. -The State de
partment made it known on Saturday
last that a protocol to the peace treaty
includes an agreement that the German
treaty shall come into force upon its
ratification by three of the associated
powers and Germany. i
Washington, Aug. 4. Representative
Smnott, of Oregon, Republican, chair
man of the committee on public lands,
lias submitted a report recommending
the passage of the Mondell bill embody
ing Secretary Lane’s project lor farms
for soldiers and sailors This measur e
appropriates $500,000,000.
Washington, Aug 4.- Representative
Sims. Democrat, ut Tennessee, lias in
troduced a bill proposing government
ownership of the railroads. Mr. Sims
said its enactment would establish har
mony between the public, the wage
earners and the capitalists, and that it.
will be a long step towards abolishing
ill* high cost of living, by tile reduc
tion of transportation charges.
Washington, Aug. 4.— X'lie War de
partment has plans to dispose ot all its
surplus foou slocks through the post
offices of the country. It was origi
inally planned to sell only tlie canned
meat, cured meat and vegetables to the
people.
Washington, Aug. 5.- The Senate
committee on foreign relations, within
a day or two, will report lo the Senate
a resolution providing for a thorough
investigation uf the Mexican contro
versy.
Washington, Ang. 5. -The surplus
supply ot food to tlie hands of the War
department on July 1II was valued at
$132,137,000. it was announced today.
. The bacon on baud amounted to &3o,
$17,000.
Washington, Aug. 7.—Th« high price
of shoes, ii is declared, is due to exces
sive profits taken by every factor in the
>.iioe-production industry, in a report
to Congress from the Federal Trade
Commission, made public today, the
n eat packers are charged with pyra
miding shoes prices by an unwarranted
iucrea»e in the price of hides, the sup
ply of which is in their control.
HUMBLE HENRY” WRITES NOTE
Copenhagen, Aug. 4. Prince .Henry
of Prussia, brolher of ihe former Ger
man emperor, in a letter to bis cousin,
King George of England, published in
ihe Hamburger Nachtticbien, asks the
British king to desist from demanding
i lie exlradiiion and trial of the termer
German kaiser. The letter, which is
signed “your humble cousin Henry,”
charged that England plotted the com
mercial downfall of Get many.
ABOUT THE BOATS
Prairie Bell arrived Sunday after
noon will) small mail.
Sea Wolf (Capt. Paprica Jensen) ar
rived Sunday afternoon with freight
for S. Applebau?u.
Nancy Bell (Commodore I. F. Worn!)
out for Dikemun Tuesday evening. In
with mail 9 a. in. Thursday.
Steamer Little Delta (El Capital) La
Mont) for«Dikeman Tuesday noon with
cargo empty oil tanks.
Aug. 7. — Julia B. at Gibbon; Seattle
No. 3 and Washburn at Holy Cross this
morning; Lansing left St. Michael lor
Seattle yesterday; Victoria will leave
Seattle for St. Michasl about the 12th.
Aug. 8.—Washburn at Holy Cross
waiting for passengers irom the Julia
B., which was down Kuby at 4 p. in ;
Seattle No. 3 up Holy Cross 6 a. m.
Job Printing at The Pioneer office.
AFTER OLD “Rl COST”
Washington, Aug 8.—President Wilson addressed the Congress
at 4 o’clock this afternoon on the question of the high cost of living.
He stated that the existing laws were entirely inadequate, and that
the existing high prices were not justified by a shortage of sup
plies at present or prospective; that the exorbitant prices in most
cases were created artificially, and by vicious practices. He recom
; mended that the food-control act be extended to peace-time opera
tions, and asked the Congress to exclude from interstate shipment
all goods which did not. comply strictly with the provisions of the
food control act. The President also recommended that a good
law be provided with substantial penalties to punish profiteers, and
suggested that a limit as to time and quantity of goods held in cold
storage establishments. He also urged the immediate ratification
of the peace treaty, which, lie claimed, would do much to restore
the country to a peace basis. In conclusion, the President empha
sized the fact there can be no peace prices while the nation was on
a war basis.
w ashing ton, Aug. 4.— President Wilson lias been deeply impressed bv tbe
statement, presented to him on Saturday last by Warren S. Stone, chief of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, describing the unrest throughout the
country because of the decreased purchasing power of the dollar, and the high
cost of living. The growing unrest among the wage earners of America was
put plainly and directly up to th«-* President, who characterized the memoran
dum left, by the locomotive engineers’ chief as an impressive document. The
President also held a conference on Saturday with Chairman Cummings, of the
Democratic national committee, who told him that the high cost of living was
the burning question of the hour.
Washington, Aug. 5.—Senator Johnson. Democrat, of South Dakota, today!
told the Senate committee on agriculture that immediate and drastic ac
tion is needed to meet the high-cost-of-living problem that the country is “up1
against; ’ that, the constant and inexcusable advance in price of life’s bare ne
cessities would produce revolution if nothing was done to curb the profiteers’
insatiable greed—that revolution was in the air. The committee will soon
begin bearings on bills proposing federal investigation of meat packers.
San Francisco, Aug. 5.—-Five hundred thousand members of the metal trades
unions in the United States during the present month expect toderaand of Con
gress and the President remedial legislation that will substantially reduce the
high cost ol living, in order to avoid further strike troubles. The demand will
be made through the central legislative committee of the American Federation
of Labor, at Washington.
V\ ashington, Aug. tj—Representatives of 14 different, railroad unions, aggre
gating a total membership of 2,000.000 workingmen, today sent a joint com
munication to Walker I) Hines, director general of railroads, asking for an
immediate increase of wages. This is the first, time in the history of organized
railroad employes that i he many branches thereof have acted as a unit. Mr
Hines said the communication was merely the formal presentation of wage de
manes that had already been made public by the different brotherhoods.
may Recommend Firing Squad for Profiteers
Washington, Aug. (>. -Warren S. Sioue, chief of the. Brotherhood of Locomo
tive Engineers, today informed the Hou.-.e and Interstate < .'omruerce Commis
sion that organized labor may, alter a more thorough inquiry into Hie causes
of the high cost of living, recommend th** firing squad fm persons responsible
for ttie unreasonable profiteering wave that is sweeping over the country. He
alse siaied that the plan of organized labor is to create a nai ion-wide sentiment
to bring, as quickly as possible, government ownership of railways.
President Wilson will address the Congress on Friday to make recommenda
tions regarding legislation to force reductions in living costs.
New York, Aug. 6.—The trainmen's strike has severely crippled the service
on the subway and surface lines of this city and on the Brooklyn rapid transit
system. Thousands of people this morning waited in vain for cars to carry
them to work.
New York, Aug. 5.—Rioting and shooting marked th© second day of the
Brooklyn rapid transit strike. The strikers claim that 95 per cent, of the en
tire system is paralyzed. Shots were fired at wrecking crews.
Chicago, Aug. 7.—The Iowa and Minnesota divisions of the Chicago &. North
western railway have suspended freight service on account of the shopmen’s
strike. The passenger-train service is irregular.
Washington. Aug. 7. Four hundred and fifty thousand members of the rail
way employes’ brotherhoods, railway clerks, freight handlers, express and
steamship employes begin voting tomorrow on the question of striking for in
creases in wages.
Chicago, Aug. 8.—The railroads centering in Cnicago today canceled 40 ad
ditional trains on account of the strike. The railn»ad administration announces
no nation-wide curtailment, of passenger trains is contemplated as a result, of the
strike.^ Thirty-three thousand packing-plant employes struck this morning
when 5,000 negroes returned to work.
Chicago, Aug. 8. -Twenty Eastern and one Western road discontinued many
trains today oti account of the shopmen’s strike. It is believed that many of
the roads will soon curtail their passenger service. The New York Central,
the Nickel Plate and the Chicago, Rock Island Pacific say that after today
the condition of their locomotfves will determine the train schedules.
Washington, Aug. 8 — Striking shopmen throughout the country are rapidly
returning to work, in response to President Witsou's statement that the strike
must end before there can be any relief forthcoming.
Washington, Aug. 9.—An army of 1,000 agents of the Department of Justice
today plunged into a widespread hunt for evidence to gain wholesale convic
tions for profiteering price gougers.
Congresional Committee Not Coming to Alaska This Year
Seattle, Aug. 8.—The Alaska Engineering Commissien has officially learned
that tile Congressional committee have canceled their proposed trip to Alaska
to inspect the government railroad, and Pu r,basing Agent Pole was directed
to cancel theif- steamship and hotel reservations.
■lames L. McPherson, chairman of the Alaska Eureau of the Seattle Cham
ber of Commerce, wired from Washington that it is believed that the congress
men canceled their irip to Alaska because Congress had decided to remain in
session to consider tile high-cost-of-living problem instead of taking a recess.
IN THE DISTRICT COBRT
After occupying the attention of the
district court for five days, the case
of Robert Salo. indicted for assault
with a dangerous weapon, was given to
the jury last Tuesday night about
o’clock, and at il o’clock Judge Bun
nell convened court to receive the
juiy’s verdict acquitting the defendant.
On Wednesday last Judge Bunnell
granted a motion fora change of venue
in the case of United States vs. Frank
Maki, indicted for assault with a dan
gerous weapon. The hearing will be
at Fairbanks.
On Thursday morning the rehearing
i of the case of Alois Huber, charged
with manslaughter, was commenced,
jibe work of selecting the trial jury
was finished during the afternoon ses
sion of the court. The jury is com
posed of Charles Arnold, William Prin
gle, William Ansley, Jerome Elliott.
Robert Poole, Jay Allen, James Pow
ell, P. V. Flynn. Charles Knutsom
Silas McConoghy, Philip Riley, T. M.
Dean.
BARRAGE OF ROSES FOR SAILORS
San Diego, Aug. 7 —The Pacific naval
fleet, is being assembled today at a ren
dezvous off the Mexican coast, 17 miles
from San Diego. At 8 o'clock this
morning more than 20 vessels had anch
ored. Today the officers and men of
the fleet are completing their prepara
tions for the entrance into the first
home port on t he Pacific under a bar
rage of flow(i"s early tomorrow.
WAR VESSEL SINKS A SCHOONER
Halifax, N. S., Aug. 7.—Trie schooner
Gallia this morning collided with the
British war vessel Mars in a dense fog
off St. Pierre. The Gallia was sunk,
and it is believed 20 persons were lost.
She carried a crew of 15. and had 12
passengers aboard.
IN HOT PURSUIT FOR PRISONERS
Everett, Wash., Aug. 6. — Guard*
from the state reformatory at Monroe
battled today with five escaping prison
ers. killing one and wounding another.
The others are siiil being pursued by
the guards. The prisoners are ail
young men, and former Canadian sol
diers. __
FEARFOL EXPLOSIONS IN ARSENAL
Karitan. N. J., Aug. 5.—Twelve per
sons were killed and many iujured this
morning by Corn explosions in tin
sheds of the array arsenal. The build
ings burned.
Collecting School Tax
Mayor Ritev, of this high pressure
metropolis, is busying himself with the
collection of the lately enacted Terri
torial law which provides for an an
nual levy of $5 on all able-bodied resi
dents of the male persuasion now en
joying life over the age of 21 years and
under oil years. The tax is levied for
Territorial school purposes.
Sarn'l Applebautn, Iditarod's mer
chant prince, after serving his country
to the besi of his ability io the capacity
of juryman in the district court at Flat
during the present week, returned yes
terday tu tiie scenes of his mercantile
troubles and triumphs, wearing a pro
found and solemn mien and other clot h
ing, all betokening a serene satisfac
tion with himself for duties of citizen
ship conscientiously performed.
Many new birds are coming to Alaska
in recent years. A tew days since a
red-hreasLed grosbeak was noticed in
Valdez, and several of these birds have
been making the air melodious with
their singing. A kildee was also seen,
which is a rare bird in this section, al
though common on the prairies of Ne
braska and Kansas.—Valdez Miner.
Madrid, Ang. 9.—The Spanish par
liament has voted to join the League
of Nations.