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WORLD LEAGUE
FOR PEACE IS
SURETO GOME
WASHINGTON—In administration
circles a deep impression has been
made by the address of Sir Edward
Grey, secretary' for foreign affairs, at
a luncheon given by the Foreign Press
Association in London. In the course
of his remarks he is quoted as saying:
“I believe the best work neutrals
can do for the moment is to try to
^ prevent a war like this from happen
, ng again. If the nations had been
^united in such an agreement, and
prompt in resolution to insist in 1914
that the dispute must be referred to a
conference or The Hague and that the
Belgian treaty must be observed, there
would have been no war.”
The advocacy by the foreign secre
tary ol_a league for peace after the
war to be formed and fostered by the
neutral nations, or those now at peace
—a league that would take in the na
tions now at war—is thought to be
aimed directly at the United States as
the leading neutral nation. It is plain
to officials here that the address and
argument for a league of the nations
of the world for peace contained no
hint of a cessation of hostilities in the
immediate future. The address is
taken here to mean that the war will
be prosecuted till the allies gain a
linal victory.
In the effort by this bureau to learn
from responsible officials in Washing
ton to what degree the words of Sir
Edward Grey may bear fruit, it lias
been learned that it is the purpose of
the government, at the proper time, to
undertake a movement that will result
in a league such as the British foreign
secretary recommends. It is consid
ered that this purpose, talked of
guardedly and in private by officials
in a position to know what is going
on, represents the thought and hope of
civilization that the present war is
the last, and that out of it will come a
league that will make future wars im
possible.
It is pointed out that discussion of
this subject, so far as it concerns the
possible leadership of this govem
*ment in the movement after the war,
Js the only legitimate way in which
v the United State^ may concern itself
in the matter of t>eace. It is far re
moved from the plan of the zealous
individuals and propagandists who
‘ would connive to Cause the president
to take precipitate action in the mat
ter o." mediation.
On the subject of the war and the
rights of nations, officials have noted
a remarkable agreement between the
thought of Sir Edward Grey and Presi
dent Wilson. The British foreign
secretary said:
“I take it on the word of the prime
minister that we shall fight until we
have established the supremacy and
l'ight of free development under equal
conditions, each in accordance with
its genius, of all states, great and
small, as a family of civilized man
kind.”
In an address late in May, last, be
fore the League to Enforce Peace,
President Wilson said he believed that
every people had the right to choose
the sovereignty under which it should
live, like other nations and that while
this nation had, no doubt, once and
again, offended against that right
when for a little while controlled by
selfish passion, it had become more
and more our rule of life and action.
“Secondly,” he said, “the small
states of the world have a right to
enjoy the same respect for their sov
ereignty and for their territorial in
tegrity that great powerful nations
expect and insist upon. And, third,
the world has a right to be free from
every disturbance of its peace that
has its origin in aggression and dis
regard of the rights of the peoples
and nations.”
Some significance is attached to the
general agreement of the president
and Sir Edward Grey on the funda
mentals, as indicating an easy path
toward the accomplishment of a league
of nations when the time shall come.
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* LIVE A LITTLE LONGER. *
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.* By DU. C. C. BENEDICT, *
* Health Officer. *
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Under this head short articles will
appear on Wednesdays and Saturdays
cn subjects relating to public health.
Preventive Medicine consists of the
application of established facts in re
gard to certain diseases as' well as
teaching right methods of living in
order to avoid diseases and'maintain
a condition of good health. There is
no more valuable possession than a
healthy body and it is within the
power of every person to so care
for themselves that, under ordinary
conditions, a long life may be assured.
In this column will be presented
only such statements as are facts so
far as correct information can be ob
tained and an earnest effort will be
made to supply the latest data on any
subject. ..> <
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(Juneau Dispatch.)
In the future but one freight and
passenger rate for water transporta
tion will prevail. There will be no
discriminatory rates. The small mer
chant will receive the same rate as the
big canneries, mining companies and
other large industries who in the past
have enjoyed special rates under con
tracts with the various steamship
companies. The present rate of $7.60
from Seattle will be charged all ship
pers, and the steamship companies are
now so billing.
This condition has been brought
about by a recent act of ongress es
tablishing a United States Shipping
Board for the purpose of encouraging,
developing and creating a naval aux
iliary and naval reserve and a mer
chant marine to meet the requirements
of the commerce of the United States
with its territories and possessions and
with foreign countries; to regulate
carriersby water engaged in the for
eign and interstate commerce of the
United States; and for other purposes.
The bill as passed both houses was
signed by the president on Sept. 6th.
The board will be composed of .the
secretary of the navy and the secre-:
tary of commerce, as members ex-of
ficio, and five commissioners, to be
appointed by the president, by and
with the advice and consent of the
senate. The board will sit at Wash
ington, D. C.
The bill is prolix, containing thirty
five sections. Excerpts from a few of
the important sections are:
Section 1. Among other things, pro
vides that:
“The term common carrier by wat
er in interstate commerce means a
common carrier engaged in the trans
portation by water of passengers or
property between one state, territory,
district, or possession of the United
States, or between places in the same
territory, district or possession.”
Section 16. “That every common
carrier by water, or other person sub
ject to this act, shall file immediately
with the board a true copy, or if oral,
a true and complete memorandum of
every agreement with another such
carrier or other person subject to this
act, fixing or regulating transporta
tion rates or fares, gaving or receiv
ing special rates, accommodations, or
other special privileges or advantages;
controlling, regulating, preventing, or
destroying competition; pooling or ap
portioning earnings, losses, or traffic;
allotting ports or restricting or other
wise regulating the number and char
acter of sailings between ports, limit
ing or regulating in any Way the vol
ume or character of freight or pas
senger traffic to be carried; or in any
manner providing for an exclusive,
preferential, or co-operative working
arrangement. The word “agreement”
includes understandings, conferences
ar.d other arrangements.”
Section 17, says that it shall be un
lawful for any common carrier by
water “to make or give any undue or
unreasonable preference, or advant
age to any particular person, locality
or description of traffic in any respect
whatsoever, or to subject any particu
lar person, locality or description of
traffic to any undue or unreasonable
prejudice or disadvantage * * * or to
allow any person to obtain transpor
tation for property at less than the re
gular rates then established and en
forced on the line of such carrier.” ***
By section 18 every common carrier
by water in interstate commerce shall
establish, observe and enforce just and
reasonable rates, fares, charges, clas
sifications, and tariffs.
Every such carrier shall file with
the board and keep open to public in
spection, in the form and manner and
within the time prescribed by the
board, the maximum rates, fares, and
charges for or in connection with
transportation between points on its
own route.
No such carrier shall demand,
charge, or collect a greater compensa
tion for such transportation than the
rates, fares and charges filed in com
pliance with this section, except with
the approval of the board and after
ten days’ public notice in the form and
manner prescribed by the board, stat
ing the increase proposed to be made;
but the board for good cause shown
may waive such notice.
Whenever the board finds that any
rate, fare, charge, classification, tar
iff, regulation, or practice, demanded
charged collected, or observed by such
carrier is unjust or unreasonable, it'
may determine, prescribe and order
enforced a just and reasonable maxi
mum rate, fare, charge, or a just and
■easonable classification, tariff, regu
ation, or practice.
Section 20—That whenever a com
ion carrier by water in interstate
immerce reduces its rates on the
Classified Advs
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road iiou.se. Best references. 020 Oth
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FOR SALE.
For Sale—New modern apartment
house on 4th avenue. Apply Carrol &
Co. $joo per month Income, 31
For Sale—Three new Singer Sewing
machines, cheap for cash. C. J3. Wark,
Mfgr. Agt., Hotel Anchorage. 35
For Sale—$35 Graphophone with $15
worth of new records for $25. Ray C.
Larson. _ 30
For Sale—Wood, all lengths. 309 East
C._28
For Sale or Rent—Store, Fixtures,
Lease and Building next to new Labor
Tenmle^Franklir^Johnston^^^^^^^Hl
FOR RENT.
For Rent—Two room cabin, furnished
complete. Also cross cut saws for sale.
Call 319 6th, near C, 5 to 7 p. m.32
tor Rent—Furnished rooming house.
Will make a good proposition to the
right party. Enquire Anchorage Realty
Co. 325 4th Ave. Phone 40-R.23
For Kent—Rooms, ten and fifteen dol
lars per month. Merchants' Cafe. 5
2 Room Apartment for rent. Apply
to P. J. McDonald, 525 F Street. U-5tf
House Tent to let. Apply to P. J. Mc
Donald, 525 F Street. ll-5tf
For Kent—Stores—Houses—Cabins
and ground. Anchorage Realty com
pany.9-8-tf
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Wanted to Rent—Warm 2 or 3 room
cm tin. Inquire Times. 31
Wanted—Houses ana caoins for rent
—Collections made. Anchorage Realty
company. 9-8-tf
_MISCELLANEOUS.
Matt IJuttAn Sells, Leases, Rents.
10-10-tf_
carriage of any species of freight to
or from competitive points below a
fair and remunerative basis with the
intent of driving out or otherwise in
juring a competitive carrier by water,
it shall not increase such rates unless
after hearing the board finds that
such proposed increase rests upon
cha'nged conditions other than the
elimination of said competition.
The shipping board will have ex
clusive jurisdiction of coastwise trans
portation, or water transportation and
will prescribe and regulate the rates
for water transportation. The steam
ship companies must file tariffs before
it just' as the railroad companies are
now required to file tariffs before the
Interstate Commerce Commission.
SALARIES OF
The vital question of salaries for the
teachers and the general maintenance
of the Anchorage public schools has
been temporarily settled. Upon auth
ority from Secretary Lane the Alas
kan Engineering Commission will
have full charge of all finances con
nected with the city public schools.
This method of handling the situation
is entirely satisfactory to all concern
ed and will be in vogue until different
arrangements are made from the re
sult of the contemplated conference
between Secretary Lane and Commis
sioner P. Mears, scheduled for the
near future. Commissioner Mears
will leave Anchorage for Washington
the early part of next week, but in
the meantime all salaries and out
standing debts, accrued from running
expenses, will be paid.
The present status is the result of
Ihe efforts of Andrew Christensen,
manager of the land and industrial de
partment of the Alaskan Engineering
Commission, who had previously taker,
the matter up with the proper author
ities in Washington. Mr. Christensen
and Mayor J. C. Watts met with the
members of the Anchorage school
board this morning and everything
has been arranged to the mutual sat
lstaction and benefit of all concerned
In speaking of the matter this morn
ing Mr. Christensen said that Gover
nor Strong had advised that there
were no funds available for the An
chorage schools, and that moreover
the funds for schools for incorporated
towns had been exhausted.
The school fund for the territory de
rives its income from dO per cent of
the commercial licenses collected 'li
the territory and' is entirely inade
quate to meet the necessary demands;
nor is there any legislation providing
for emergencies such as the one that
comes home to Anchorage. There i:
no question but that this important
question will come up for revision at
the next session of the territorial leg
islature and necessary provisions made
to properly handle the question of
Alaskan schools.
In the meanwhile the Alaskan En
gineering Commission will look after
the finances of the local schools and
will probably be reimbursed from
funds provided by special legislation.
By this ruling there is no question
but that the public schools of Anchor
age will continue in the same satis
factoijjr manner and the reputation of
this city will not be smirched by hav
ing been compelled to close down the
public schools on acocunt of insuf
ficient funds. More power to the
\laftkan Engineering Commission, and
-he men in authority.
Lowest Meat Prices
IN ALASKA
NOW IS THE TIME
To Get Your Winter’s Supply of
_FRESH MEAT_
HAMS, BACON AND LARD—From the largest and
best selected stock ever cn hand in any Alaska town.
Note these prices carefully and see that you pay no more
for first-class meats—
Steer Beef by the Side.15c lb.
Steer Beef, Hind Quarter.17c lb.
Steer Beef, Fore Quarter ..14c lb.
Half Quarter lc lb. Higher.
Cut and Delivered to Your Home.
GOOD BEEFSTEAK. . 20c LB
ROUND STEAK. 25c LB*
SIRLOIN AND T-BONE STEAKS.30c LB.
GOOD BEEF ROASTS.20c LB.
Loin and Rib Mutton and Pork Chops.30c lb.
Shoulder Mutton and Pork.25c lb.
Boiling Beef.15c Lb.
Fresh Smoked Sugar Cured Hams .25c Lb.
Fresh-Smoked Sugar-Cured Bacon, by the Strip 28c lb.
5 lb. Pail Snow Cap Compound, as fine a Substitute as
on the market, only. 85c Pail
Washington Brand Pure Lard, only $1.00 5 lb. Pail
10 Pound Pail. $1.95
Fresh Smoked Picnic Hams and Whole Shoulders
only .20c lb.
Order Your Thanksgiving Turkey Early—Supply Will
Be Short.
We Have Turkeys, Geese, Ducks and Chickens
An Extra fine grade of chickens at . 35c lb.
Fresh-Dressed Before Last Boat Left.
A Large Consignment of Halibut Just In.
Extra Fine Line of Bologna, Head Cheese, Berlin Saus
age,, Ham, Bologna, Weinerwurst, Summer Sausage, and
Salami. Also smoked Legs Mutton, Pickled Figs’ Feet,
Pickled Tripe, Spare Ribs, Sauer Kraut, etc.
FINE BUTTER 45c LB.
Opportunity knocks once at every man’s door. Get
in now while the getting in is good. And let the winter of
your discontent be made glorious summer by
The Carstens Packing Co.
PHONE 53-R. J. J. HALES, Mgr.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal.—The stim
ulus given to the shipping industry of
the Pacific by the European war con
tinues to operate in new lines estab
lished and projected and in the in
creased activity and enlargement of
shipbuilding plants. It is estimated
that about one-fourth of the ship
building of the country is now being
done on the Pacific coast and that
about one-sixteenth of the construc
tion work now being carried on in the
United States is being done at the
plant of the Union Iron works in San
Francisco. This shipyard has recent
ly been greatly enlarged, and 23 ships
costing in the aggregate ahput $30,
000,000, are either under construction
or have been contracted for by this
company. The shipyards of Oakland
have also been greatly enlarged, fig
ures compiled by the chamber of com
merce of that city showing that ship
ping to the value of about $50,000,000
is under construction there.
The most important new line that
is being contemplated is that between
San Francisco and Sydney and Mel
bourne, which is being considered by
the Osaka Shosen Kaisha, the second
largest steamship company in Japan,
and which is now operating between
Puget sound and Japanese ports. Z.
Kamiyu, general manager of this com
pany, has made an investigation in
Australia and' in San Francisco as to
the possibilities in establishing such a
line and will report to his company
that, in his opinion, such an undertak
ing would be feasible.
Such a service would be especially
welcome to Melbourne, and indeed to
the entire state of Victoria, in which
that city is located, for the reason that
they have not now any direct steam
ship connection with San Francisco.
Both of the two lines of steamers now
connecting Australia with San Fran
cisco—the Oceanic and the Union—
make Sydney their Australian termi
nus. The Oceanic cannot send its
ships through to Melbourne on ac
count of its mail contracts, but it is
thought that the union company may
do so if the new line is established.
The Nippon Yusen Kaisha, another
if the great Japanese steamship lines,
now running to Puget sound ports,
has recently inaugurated a service be
tween the orient and New York by
the way of San Francisco and the
Panama canal. The third of the three
large Japanese lines, the Toyo Risen
Kaisha, has thus far confined its oper
ations to San Francisco and South
American and Central American
ports.
All of these Japanese lines have re
cently greatly enlarged their tonnage
by purchase, construction and lease;
and more than 200 merchantmen of
various sizes are under construction
in the Japanese shipyards.
Although China has not previously
shown much interest in transpacific
shipping, the indications are that the
country will become a factor in the
development of the oriental-American
shipping business. The China Mail
Steamship company, which was form
ed not long ago, is now operating the
steamship China between here and
Hongkong, and the former Pacific
Mail liner Nile, which is now being
used as a transport by Great Britain,
but which is owned by the China Mail
Steamship company, will also enter
the China-American service as soon
as it is released by the British admi
ralty, which, it is expected, will be in
about six months. These ships are
owned and operated by Chinese capi
tal. Other companies formed for the
purpose of participating in the Chi
nese-American trade, but which are
not yet operating, are the China-Am
erican Motor Ship company and the
San Francisco-Hongkong Steamship
company.
I he Pacific Coast-Norwegian steam
ship service will soon be augmented
by 14 ships, costing $20,000,000, to be
owned by the Anderson shipping in
terests of Norway. These ships are
to be placed under the American flag
and are to be operated from Sar.
Francisco, Portland and Seattle as
lumber and general cargo carriers.
Eight of these vessels are to be large
stel freighters, two of which are now
under construction in San Francisco,
and the remainder are to be motor
vesels, one of which has recntly been
launched at Tacoma.
The Andrew F. Mahoney Steamship
company, which has been formed for
the purpose of establishing a motor
ship service between San Francisco
and African ports, announces that two
of its ships, now in the course of con
struction, will be ready for sefvice
early in 1917. »
Other new transoceanic services
that have recently been established
are the Johnson line to Scandinavian
ports, the Dollar ships to Vladivostok
andthe Maple Leaf line to Avon
mouth, England.