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not altered their decision to try tit*'
Kaiser in London. This \va> the tenor*
made todaj by Hottav l aw to ttte
H u:>.' of Commons, Xothinp will h-'
• >11 , .hiuv the trial however- lion
a l.aw said, until the peace treaty
has been ratified.
PH1I.ADKLPHIA Afg.. (*. P.y ^
|\ — Prohibition indirect’y produce!
an extraordinary condition in the
strawberry market this year.
Prices went higher than ever be
fore becau e a Chicago packing house
opened what was aid to be the largest
fvuit preserving plant in the world it.
the heart c»f tin* strawberry district
of Delaware and the Ka^tern Shore c*t
Maryland and bought tin* produet e*
grc*at hc*riy producing tields virtiiaUv
without regard to cost to meet the tiv*
mendous demand for ice cream and
soft drinks produced by the “dry” per
iod.
Strawberries that normally so 1
for from five to ten cents a quart j
were snapped uo at from thirty t
thirty-seven cents . I he price to the
consumer never went below thirty
cents this season. Strawberry* *yn?T t
for flavoring soda water formerly I
sold at sixty-five cents a gallon is now |
quoted &»..*i0 a gallon.
Farmers are elated. Many of them
made an average of $1000 an ac re r»
their strawberry crop and they ar«
looking forward to big profits next
vear.
The packers, when the strawborn
season was over, sent their employees
to other work and closed the facto* v.
' LABOR WILL BI’1LI> \
HKADQU \RTKBS IN LONDON
LONDON* Aug.* ft— Representative
of the principal labor organization
have taken stops for the erection ii
London of a building intended to tv
the finest headquarters of an- <1
cratic movement to be found in the
world as Arthur Henderson* kib"
leader* explained to the meeting whi* h
launched the project.
It is to he erected in Westminste*
district near Parliament, and will con
tain the headquarters of the Trad*
Union Congress* the British Partv
(which is a political party with an or
«^anizntion distinct from the Trade
Unions)* and the Co-operative trading
bodies, which are powerful in the in
dustrial centers.
There are to brt committee rooms
off?-vs for the staffs, reference library
rending rooms* hotel and restaurant.
It is proposed to establish a perma
nent exhibition of co-operative pro
ducts.
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S \\ 1UUGP- Au«. The Pa
cific fleet is assembling at the
renilc7\mis se>en miles south of
here off the Mexican ( oast.
SAX DIKCiO* A'ijr.. (>• Socreta'?
of the Navy Daniels will jrive the of
fit*:;il w« Uaiminjr to the Pacific Fleet
'omo’ row five miles off the boundary
between California and lower Califo*
nia. Secretary Daniels xvill board tlr
flairship and come into this port.
Fvery ship xvill be opened for in
spection at every port visited.
Tht rest ill ant proprietors hav
pledged them-a vis not to raise tlr
price (*f meals <i irinp the visit of tlr
fleet.
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* VXDS POS! ! l!!\ FOR
Ol.miMi: NORTH CRN KR
Corpe< now the woof that it -
mmhty f:no th nr* to he n member o*
♦ he A ret R'o‘h<-rhoofl. for by won'
int*’ nn A. R bn4ton* Cant. Fra*'!*!'
Johnston, a veil Vnown old timer of
the Xorth. was able to eenre nn in
*r*’’v:e\v which land ed him a Herat tv*
po-ition which h » would rot otherwise
have hern able to «r t. neeordin*** to :
letter received by Arthur G. Shoup
savs the Ket 'h'han Ch’onicV.
Writ Her Vom W'»sh inert »n* 1>. C*
• . V/iMium C Ward* another wel
\e-vvn A’nsVan. who wa in the eon- •
»*d service in the Xorth for a nnm
V-r of years* an»| vhn Inow assist
ant to Fdwanl V. Hur’ey. bead of the
Crated States hippint? board. ?av
*hnt ('nr4 John ton a noon red at hi
^f<*;.-o one day and ashed for an intm
view. The secretary in the outer room
’•eh|<od him admission and just a4
h >t time Can4. Ward happened l
?trtn out. he saw the A. R. button
"■i.l \ o'-rdrioc nn<l tho result was tha*
'ant Johnston was appointed port
•oot,>:n of tho 1. H w. Steele Com
"any. or Galveston* Texas.
GERM \\ WARSHIP Sr\K .
IN SCARPA FLOW VRK TO
BE R USED BY BRITISH
LONDON* Am*.- f>— It was nr*
pounced in the house of commons thn»
one battleship- three cruisers and fif
teen destroyers of the scuttled Ger
man fleet at Scarno Flow- now nr'
wadv to be salvaged. Other vessels- it
is said may be raised at a later date.
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Zach F. Hickman- former Fair
banks publisher and mining man- ts
row a resident of Fargo- X. D.
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WASHINGTON. Aug. (5- Secre
tary of State Lansing told the Senate
foreign relations Committee today
that the American plan for the Lea
gue of Nations was not pressed at
Versailles. The plan was never pre
sented- said Secretary Lansing- to :ne
full conference and he did not know il
a copy of the American draft was still
in existanee or not . The Secretary
si iled that he presumed that Presi
dent Wilson had a copy but did no:
know positively.
|.| A rER PE\< E PROPOSALS
OF AUSTRIA GIVEN ALLIES
PARIS, Aug. (>— The Austrian
counter peace proposals were handed
to the Allied conference late this aft
ernoon.
WICK ERSHAM OFF FOR
NORTH ON THE ALASK \
SEATTLE. Aug., fi - James Wick
«Tskam will leave on the steamer Ala.
ka tomorrow for the north to take evi
ilence in the delegate contest.
M \.IOK Me WDKEW, WHO
WAS IN MASK A* IS NOW
HACK FROM OVERSEA.'
Mai. .Tamos \V. McAndrew* wh
eo mnaruled the United States troop
stationed in Alaska in 11M4 to PHf
having his headquarters at Fort Will
iani H. Seward- has recently returnee
' o his country from France* where ho
right-hand man of Gen. Pershing
being his chief of staff.
He has recently been appointed chief
o'* the General Staff College at. Wash
ington* l>. C.* and has been visiting on
the Pacific coast before taking up hi
new duties.
Th»- following is the story of lit
oarticipation in the great war:
“Then a colonel of infantry* he
went to France with this regiment,
which was. among the first to cros*
he Atlantic* reaching the other sid
tune 21* PUT. Later he was detailed
o >i gnnizo the corps schools of the
American Expeditionary Forces* ane
May 1* 1!MS* at the* time when th
American forces were being prepared
•or the decisive struggle of the war
General Pershing chose him as chiet
of staff.
“So veil did he perform his task*
♦ hat his chief conferred upon ldm the
Distinguished Service Medal* S*r j
Douglas Haig pinned to his breast th '
hndg' that mad*' him commander oi j
♦ho Order of St. Michael and St. Geo
•g *. Marshal Prtain awarded him :*u
Pmix do Guerre with two pa'nis* and
•onferred on him- on instructions film
his government* the insignia of the
Legion of Honor* General larvelli of
the Italian Mission- representing Gen
eral Diaz, bestowed upon him the Or
dot: of St. Maurice and Lazarus*- and
Ksng Albeit of Belgium mission to
award h'm the Order of Leopold. Th-* '
•ervir« ribbons worn by General Me- ;
\odrew include those of the Indian
^nanPh-American- Philippine Insur
rection, Cuban Occupation and work* ,
wars.”
VICTORIA IN AND SOITH
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Steamer Victoria* in command o!
funt. Wnmor* arrived in port earn
thi> morning from Nome on the way
to Seattle. The Victoria has 1*'8 pas.**
■ enters aboard, manv from Nome* re
sidents going out on visits and others
from *he interior. The Victoria fallen ,
M Akntnn and took aboard men who
have been working on the sulphur pro- j
forties there* took aboard part of the
cannery crew of Morzhovoi Ray and
loaded fish at Uyak.
The Victoria is about two weeks be
hind schedule time owing to borne
held up a week at Nome discharging
on account of a severe storm.
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The City Council of Cordova ha«
decided to purchase a Ford American
La France combination fire engine
and hese qart for $2*100.
PRESIDENT WILL
TALK TO CONGRESS
WASHINGTON. Aur.. «— Presi
dent W ilson will address Congress
on Friduv and make recoin menda*
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lions lo reduce the lush cost of
li\ iiiR.
JUDGE OUT
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\V. A. Holzheimov, Judge of the
second Judicial Division of Alaska
with his headquarters at Nome- is a
pa ongcr to Seattle on the steamer
Victoria and visited friends in Sew aid
din ing the stop of the steamer at this i
port.
Judge Holzheimer has been one of
the few men who has gone to the
Nome district and made good in all
senses of the v f**d. There was the us
ual clique there which did its best to
stir up something hut the investigat
or sent to None* to make a probe only
found complete exoneration on all ma
licious charges against the good old
Democratic war horse.
Judge Holzheimer says that tin*
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Nome district has been at it lowest;
ebb and this season started again on
the upward tendency towards furtTio*
pro peritv and development .
Mrs. Holzheimer and daughter Ca
therine are accomoanving tho Judge
to Seattle. They will remain this win*
er but Judge Holzheimer will return |
north on the Victoria as the next term
of court is called for Sept. l-r»*h.
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VISITED TODAY IN (TTY
Major General John F. Morrison
commander of tho western depart men:
<>r tho United States army with head
quarters in San Francisco, arrived ir
port on the steamship Victoria and
continued south to Sentt’o.
General Morrison is one of the most
ponular commanders in the service
having attained his high office In
hard work. He was horn in New ^ ork
in 18:77- and graduated from Hie l . S
MPittary Academy in 1881; made sec
('n<’ lieutenant of the 20th Tnf. June
11. 1S8^. fji-st lieutenant Nov. 27 1800
tron ferrod to 20th Infantry in 1801*
cautain* 180S; major, 19th Infantrv
1 p0i>; transferred to 20th Inf.* 1900:
made lieutenant-colonel- 1911; assign
od to 21st infantry 1912; colonel* 1011
assigned to Gth Infantry- 1914; briga
die- general- 1915; major general since
beginning of war. \
Major General Morrison was retir
imI from service before the declaration
of war- and \vn- called to the color
rind given charge of tho Western de
nartment. He ranked General Pol
ling. and had he been in active ser
vi* e would have bad command of thr
\merican Expeditionary Forces ir
F nance.
General Morrison served withNlR
tinction in Cuba with the 20th Tnfan
trv in 1899; and in the Philippine;
through the Spanish American var
He was military attache with the Jap
vneso army in the Japanese-Russiar
war; and was* Senior. Instructor ir
the Army Staff College. Resides his
o ’’dious mil it any duties he has fount1
time to write numerous articles fo»
military magazines and journals.
Maj. Gen. Morr’son goes to Sar
Francisco to turn his command of thr
Western Department over to Col. Rig
get then he will go to famp Row is
where he has been ordered. Majoi
General Morrison has just concludor
a tour of inspection of the military
in Alaska. %
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RETFRNED SOLDIERS \RE
ROASTING P. M. OF PORTLAND
PORTLAND* Aug. f»— Returned
soldiers allege that Postmaster Myer.
is discriminating against them in om
ploying help, flavor Raker has ^ont r
protest to Postm' ter General Burle
son.
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Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Simmons of
Knik have leased the White House at
Anchorage. Their daughter* Miss An
nie Simmons will have charge of the
hostelry.
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WASHINGTON. Aufr. <*» lb an.;
Morrison* Secretary o! the American
Federation of Labor* told tlu* House
inter at * i unmerce commission tin i
lain)' stood behind the Sim's bill em*
bodying labors plans for reorganiza
tion of the railways.
The bill points out the theory that
the roads should be operated for pub
lic service instead of private profits.
The bill provides public ownership
but private operation of the railway-*.
tty Associated Presj
WASHINGTON. Aug.- f>— The Fem
oral Trade Commission today made a
report that the present high prices 01
vhoos was the result of the excess rvt
profits taken by every factor in the
.shoo industry* packers, tanners* matin
factors and retailors all being includ
ed in the profiteering.
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PRI'DKTS lii:\ 01.1 TlOij^
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WASHINGTON- Auff.- fi Senate:
Johnson- Democrat of South Dakota,
toM the Senate agricultural committed
today that drastic action was needeu
to meet the cost of living.
“We will have a revolution if noth*
is done-” said Senator Johnson. ‘‘Re
volution is now in the air.
The committee will shortly begin
healiners on bills proposing a federal
investigation of the meat packers.
PROFITEERING IN
VACATIONS
LONDON, Aug. O— By A. P•—
Americans who find the cost of vaca
tions so high that they cannot afford
Mrs year to go to the mountains o*
sea.-h or* will be interested in the wav
rn which the Young Men’s Christian
Association is attempting to solve I In
oroblem in England.
Seaside profiteers have made tlv
vacations so expensive for the averag'
English family that thousands who be
fore the war sought recreation on the
«astcoast of England were unable to
do so this year. The hotels have jump
od their prices to unheard of figures.
The V. M. 0. A. is offering the.^
families bed and breakfast in these
°ast coast resorts at $4.1(1 a week foi
each person and it proposes to furnish
nurses and accommodittions far child
ren so that mothers can havxe a real
holiday.
To accomplish this the association
rented a hotel at Felixstowe and an
other at Southend and established r
camn at TTerene Pay. equipping
them with such furniture as it was ab
le *o quickly obtain. All valuables
must be left at home and only old
•’olbes can be worn.
No charge is being made for child
ren loss than one vonr old and reduced
nrices are quoted for those of less
than eight, vears. This permits a fam
ily in ordinary circumstances to on
to v* the holiday season at much the
^amo price as prevailed before the
war.
Y. AT. C. A. leaders aVo planning to
extend their vacation accomodations to
other shore resorts and to use for th;s
purpose two military camps.
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By Associated Press
WASHINGTON. Aug. 0 - Senator
i Watson* Republican of Indiana* asked
the Senate today to reject that portion
| of the Versailles treaty which gives
j Japan control of Shantung.
“The history of German and Japa»*
acquisition of Shantung*” said Sens
! tor Watson, “has been one wrong upon
: the President. However the President
insists that Japan intends to return
Shantung to China. I now ask why
♦ hat clause was not written into the
treaty. Japan’s protection of good
faith is unbelievable.”
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KICK IN ROOT BEER
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PHILADELPHIA. Aug. G— Root
beer made at home may not always be
as innocent as its name. Professor H.
La Wall, dean of the Philadelphia Col
lege of Pharmacy, cautions the public
to look out for the kick. The home
brew, he finds, has an alcoholic content
of 1.77 percent.
“It will take gallons to produce the
familar dizziness.” he said “but it may
provide some exhilaration.”
“I was surprised recently,” declarer*
Professor La Wall, “to notice a friena
coughing a little after drinking sev
eral glasses of home-made root beer.
T became interested and began an an*
alvsis of some of the beverage. The re
sult was surprising. I found that the
alcoholic content was much greater
than I had supposed.
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"1 disroveren mat arie^
five days the beverage contained.53
percent of ft’cohol; after ten days the
percentage jumped to 1.36 and a day
or so later had climbed to 1.77. The
alcohol came from a natural fermenta
tion.”
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An Italian barber who formerly
worked in Juneau has opened a bar
her shop on the Douglas beach in the
shop that was formerly occupied by
a Japanese.
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