The weekly Alaska citizen., January 26, 1920, Image 7

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ICLEMENCEAU IS
LOSER IN RACE
FOR PRESIDENT
i
FRENCH PREMIER IS DEFEATED
FOR PRESIDENCY DESCHANEL
IS ELECTED NEW PRESIDENT
L
WAS MEMBER OF CHAMBER OF
DEPI TIES FOR YEARS.
PARIS, Jan 17. -(/p)— (Delayed)
Pul Deschanel defeated Georges Clem
••nceau for president of France. The
election of Deschanel conies soon
what as a surprise as it was generally
tliot that Clemenceau would be
Ilected.
Deschanel was horn in Brussels In
856 where his father, a former sen
tor. had been exiled for opposition to
»’ai>oleon III He first came into
imminent public notice in 1885 b<
au-ie of his eloquence In the ehambei
f deputies to which In had just been
ieeted.
In 1898 Deschanel was first elect d
■resident of the chamber of depute s
nd served In that office continuously
Rtil 1962. In 1912 In* was gain
hosen as president of the ehambei
nd has served continuously until Ids
lection Saturday us presto-nt of ”
republic. In 1S99 he yvns elected to
I the French Academy and. in that
year, also received 10 votes for p; • j
dent of France
NOW CONFIDENT.
Fiance will begin the new yeat
with tar greater ronfidoneo than the
last Tills Is in spite of formidable
handicaps such ns the balance of trade
running against her at the rate of
about 1,500,000.000 francs a month,
about 50 per cent depreciation of the
exchange value of the franc and the
consequent difficulty of procuring raw
>MT uiHiermis anu mncmnos urg'-niiy
■needed for reconstruction.
Prance’s renewed confidence Is d<
B rived directly from the result of the
I recent elections. These are regarded
jfc here as having definitely stabilized
Sp Internal politics, ended all danger of
Kr revolutionary agitation for some
I time to come and brot about a better
iJLattitiide by capital and labor toward
Bho immense effort before France.
5 Money is forthcoming for invest
ment in anything that promises stn
bility. While Investments in short
term treasury bonds are continuing
at the rate of nearly 2 000.000 000
francs a month, there Is plen'v of
rmoney for industrial and commercial
' enterprises and long-term loans The
4 000 000 000-franc loan to provide im
> mediate resources for indemnifying
victims of the invasion was over
subscribed before the official opening
; of the subseripltlons. Important
ftianks and Industrial companies have
lately Increased their capital to ar
- aggregate of nearly 500 OOO.OOO.OOO
francs.
Transactions rn the P.i is bour-e
r which still a e confined to cash de*>l
have exceeded on certain days records
of pre-war trading when futures en
tered largely into the totals The up
ward movement of all industrials
which began before the signature of
the treaty at Versailles has been un
checked by successive liquidations.
This Is regarded by keen obsmvi -
here as a sure sign of economic rr
Fcovery.
Employers say the labor situation
Is Improved and that the last strikes
developed symptoms that the \vrlit
ers themseleves were becoming weary
of long continued disturbances of
business, industry and transportation.
They see a tendency against frivolous
strikes and an Indication that only
real grdvances will induce the w.'gc
. earners to quit work hereafter.
J Decentralization of capital and in
I dustry Is seen In the establishing in
Normandy of textile industries to re
place those In the occupied territory
destroyed by the war. This movement
has been greatly extended by develop
I ment of waterpower in the region of
~ the Alps and the center and south of
France. Industrial leaders sav that no
particular region of France hereafter
will monopolize any industry and de
clare that this scattering will prove
beneficial and result in a more equ
• able recovery of all parts of the
country.
, Powerful financial groups are at
the hpad of a movement to transfer
Important Industries front the coal
region to southeastern France whpre
water-power Foon will be available.
Other groups are being formed to de
veloped manufacturing centers nea1
the coast so as to reduce the cost
of transporting raw material. In
dustrial leaders say that this activity
on the part of capital, supported by
the recovery of labor from what has
been characterized as a wave of "lazi
ness,” gives a healthy tone to the
situation.
Instability of the evcbang > value of
the franc is regarded as one of the
weakest points in French conditions.
It is pointed out that France cannot
pay twice over at present high prices
for supplies she needs and that is
what the present low value of the
franc. The French government is now
studying a complete renovation of her
financial policy with a view to making
such provisions to meet her obliga
tions as will give greatest stability
at home and abroad.
Details of the new financial pol-.cv
are as yet not disclosed but it is,
understood that it comprise firstly. .
u large Interior loan to take up all
short-teiui bonds and floating debt;
and secondly. Important increases in
all taxes to bring the revenues up to
the annual budget estimated to re
quirt 20.000.000,000 to 25,000,000.
OO0 francs. It is not expected that any
internal financial anangciuent can
exert more than a moral influence
on the value of the franc abroad and
tills may be baid to be the object oi
the greatest anxiety in oillcial circles.
The building trades do not show
any dispostion lo unueitake important
work while obliged to pay three
times the normal prices ior materials.
The lesult is that reconstruction work
is being held up. altho considerable
progress is reported Horn some sec
tions ot the invaded regions. This
ptogress. altho encouraging, is not
regarded by business men as suliicient
to warrant the expectations on a
scale suliicient to materially effect
the exchange rates. The French still
are counting on some sort ut inter
national arrangement that will in- j
crease the vaiui ol tile franc.
"Y\ till capital and labor both ready
to do their hit. said liaoui Peret,
ihuiiUian oi the appropriation com
mittee oi the chamber oi deputies,
to tin- Associated P.ess, “all t.iat re
mains to enable us to get tinuly on
oui leet is lor the world to glv
oui mom y omeihtng like an equal
isiiow in an inui aits.' French Ob
servers ii-stiru it as extremely import
ant that i iance shall be enabled to
puromise raw mat .ials on an equit
able basis. Tile say tiiis is shown ■
l*y tile tact that bt to.e the wai three
llfths ol liei expoited goods were Ilian- j
uiaciuroil objects and that this pro
portion must be increased in the fu
ture to tiiaki up lor the loss ol the
.market lor w ines and spit Its in Ameri
ca and Russia which formerly const!- t
luted the important shall- oi the total
of French exports.
Revenue from tourists which was
a pol< nt aid toward maintaining the
. nf ft... ii-.inn nnlll Hw.
wai lias not yet given the expected 1
help. Indications-are seen of an in
flux of foreign visitors early in the i
new yi a: lull p ■ si nt disposition in ;
oflicial circles seems to be not to wait j
for it - di velopnient but to take mea- i
sures in improve all needs indepen- I
dently of this source of income.
Economists and financiers who have j
weighed ail the elements of the sit
uation admit that France still is in !
a most difficult Hunt ion but see in- i
dications of great improvement be- |
fore the end of another year.
FORMER BRITISH ARMY
MEN (MIGRATE TO AFRICA
LONDON, i,P) -Fifteen hundred
former army men a:e soon to leave |
England to try their fortune in East
Africa. This the first of about 5,00(1 j
approved application-' under a gov
eminent seheim which grants i.. ,
free passages. Lack of shipping i j
holding up transportation of tiir oth j
ers for a time.
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IN STATEMENT GIVEN OUT AT
SEATTLE THAT HE IS MAKING 1
PREPARATIONS TO CAPTURE1
REPUBLICAN NOMINATION FOR
PRESIDENCY.
SEATTLE, Wash., Jan. 20.—(/P)—
In a statement given to local news
papermen just before he left this city
today, General John J. Pershing de
clared emphatically tnat he is not
a candidate for the Presidential nom
ination on the republican ticket and
denied that there is any accuracy in
the report that he is planning to
capture the republican convention
when it meets in Chicago next June.
General Pershing attended a box
ing bout and smoker given by form
er service men last night. He is
visiting forts in this vicinity today.
Tomorrow’ he will conclude his visit
to Seattle. From here he goes to
Tacoma for a short visit there and an
inspection of Camp Lewis. From
there he will probably go south to
California.
FORMER ALASKA
JUDGE IS DEAD
JUDGE ALFRED S. MOORE, OF
NOME DIES AT SPARTANS
BURG YESTERDAY.
SEATTLE, Wash . Jan. 20.—(/Pi
Advices received here today say that
Judge Alfred Stlbbs Moore, formerly
federal judge at Nome, Alaska died
yesterday at Spartansburg, S. C.. fol
lowing an extended illness. Judgt
Moore was appointed to the benth for
the Second judicial division in Alaska
in 1901 and held that office until 1909.
He was a native of Beaver, Pa., and
after he retired from the Alaska
bench returned there and resumed the
practice of law. He was 74 years
of age at the time of his death.
Whisper to yourself when you have
I occasion to speak of others’ faults.
HECKMAN WITHDRAWS FROM RACE
AS CANDIDATE FOR REPUBLICAN
COMMITTEEMAN; PLEADS BUSINESS
KETCHIKAN, Alas., Jan. 20.—(/P)—Arthur Slump,
who has been directing the campaign of J. R. Heckman
for republican national committeeman for Alaska today
received the following from Mr. Heckman:
“On account of the amount of business before me, it
would be impossible to attend the national convention so
will withdraw my candidacy for national committeeman.
This is final. Please wire same to each paper of import
ance and attend to the withdrawal of my application.”
The friends of Senator Heckman in Ketchikan be
lieve that this is positively final on tin- part of the sena
tor. There is much regret here over his action as it was
generally conceded that he was tin* logical man for tin
position and his election was practically a foregone con
i •
niiMuu.
(Sig.) THE KET( ’IT 1KAN AI .ASKA CHRON 1 (’ LE.
HERRON ON THE JOB
SEATTLE, Wash., Jan. 20.—(/P)—In a statement
given to a representative of the Associated Press this
morning, (’lias. E. Herron, publisher of the Anchorage
Times, and promoter of various stocks, says that Sena
tor J. K. Heckman, of Ketchikan, lias formally with
drawn his candidacy for republican national committee
man for Alaska. Mr. Herron says that he has received
a copy of the withdrawal notice that was sent to tin*
manager of Mr. Heckman’s campaign.
JUNEAU WONDERS
JUNEAU, Alaska, Jan. 20—(Special to The Citizen)
—Many leading republicans in this city commenting on
th<‘ statement of C. E. Herron that J. R. Heckman will
withdraw from the race for national committeeman, says
that the latter should not allow himself to be persuadei.
to quit. It is believed that the situation recently develop
ing in Juneau has been brot to Mr. Heckman's atten
tion. It is said here that he should not fear the out
come as the great majority of republicans in this sec
tion are for Heckman and those who oppose him are by
no means all in favor of Mr. Herron.
TACM DISPUTE
TO BE LEFT UP
TO THE LEAGUE
SOUTH AMERICAN NATIONS
AGREES TO SUBMIT ANCIENT
AND BLODDY QUARREL TO
LEAGUE OF NATION'S Foil A
FINAL SETTLEMENT.
SANTIAGO, Chile, Jail. JO.— (^py
L wa» olhcially announced here to
day that the league of nations will
ue asked to decide me Tacna-Arica
dispute between Peru and Chile.
The uetllenienl of the question as
awarded by the league will be ac
cepted by both nations as final.
This is a feud of long standing
between Chile and Peru, dating buck
to the 80 s. Near the city of Tacna,
in 1880, a Chilean army defeated a
combined force of Bolivians and Per
uvians and in the final settlement
ol 1884 the province of Tacna, in
cluding the capital and the seaport,
Arica, was ceded by Peru to Chile
for a period ol ten years. At the
expiration of that period the owner
ship of the province was to have
been determined by a plebiscite ol
the inhabitants. At the end of ten
years disputes arose as to the man
ner of taking the plebiscite and all
subsequent eflorts to settle the mat
ter peaceably have resulted in total
failure. On several occasions rela
tions between the two countries have
been strained dangerously near the
breaking point and actual warfare
narrowly averted in which seveiai
South American countries would
probably have become Involved.
TRANSPORT HAS
STRUGGLE WITH
WIND AND WAVE
ARMY TRANSPORT POWHATTAN
RATTLES WITH STORMY SEAS;
LIGHTS OUT; ENGINE DEAD;
NO HEAT; MANY PASSENGERS
STILL ABOARD SHIP.
NEW YORK, Jan. 19.—(/P) (De
layed)—According to messages re
ceived here today the army trans
port Powhattan is fighting a desper
ate battle with the wind and waves
several hundred miles off this port
in which she is able to hold her
own and from which the ships' of
ficers believe they will emerge vic
torious. The Powhattan’s plight is
serious but it is not believed that
there 1b much danger of the ship
going down.
All lights on the vessel are out. |
The engines are dead. There isn’t ;
a particle of heat aboard as the re-1
suit of a leak which has flooded the
boiler room and extinguished the
fires in the furnaces, forcing the en
gine crews above decks.
The White Star Liner Cedric was
.able to transfer some of the Powliat
! tan's passengers and is bringing
them to this port. Most of the or
iginal passenger list, however, is still
aboard.
SEATTLE RAIDS
ROUND-UP MANY
ALLEGED I.W.W.
DEPARTMENT JUSTICE AGENTS
AND POLICE ROUNDUP SEVER- j
AL HUNDRED SUSPECTED RADI
CALS; MANY OF THEM WILL 1
BE DEPORTED.
SEATTLE, Wash., Jan. 19.—(/P)—
(Delayed)—In raids made in this city
tonight by agents of the department
of justice und local police authorities
I several hundred men were arrested
as suspected radicals. It is believed
that ZOO of those arrested will be
! held finally for deportation by the
bureau of immigration.
The raid was planned by the de
partment of Justice men with whom
the local police officials worked in i
conjunction. It is said that the pur-1
pose of the raids is to break the
backbone of radical activities in this
part of the country. It is held by ,
local officials that much of the law- ,
lessness prevalent in Seattle recently j
results directly from the agitation :
caused by the radicals. Other arrests
are expected to follow as some of the'
alleged leaders are still at liberty. I
BANK EMPLOYES |
TO JOIN UNION
LONDON.— (IP) Many thousands of
banks clo-ks here will shortly be
come part of the great army of trade
unionists. Their chief grievance is
the continued employment of girls in
places formerly held by men. They
say they do not object to fair comne
tion with women who accept men’s
jobs at men’s pay but. they state,
the tendency now Is for girls employ
ed temporarily during the war to be
taken on permanent staffs to the
detriment of former soldiers seeking *
re-employment.
They object to the placing of bank
clerks returning from the army in 1
positions subordinate to women who 1
have taken their places during their i
absence.
MEX. COUNTERFEITERS FLOOD
CAPITAL WITH SMALL COIN
MEXICO C I T Y— (/P) —Following
close upon a shortage of small change
In the capital, counterfeiters turned
out large quantities of spurious coins,
mostly fifty cent pieces, which wore
so cleverly made that they virtually
defied detection. The secretary' of
the treasury issued a warning against
them.
FLOOD STREAMS
STOP TRAFFIC
TO BELLINGHAM
TWO RAILWAYS RESUME SERV
ICE BREAKING ISOLATION OF
BELLINGHAM; HIGH WATER
STILL SHUTS OFF MILWAUKEE
TRAINS.
BELLINGHAM, Wash., Jan. 19--bf>)
(Delayed) After being isolated for
two days, this city was touighl re
leased from (lie grip of flood condi
tions by a resumption of rail traffic
aver two lines. The Milwaukee sys
tem is still closed down on account
el high water.
The damages to all tracks entering
this city are reported to be serious.
Recession of the high water today
permitted two of ihe roads maintain
ing service thru this city to make
temporary repairs sufficient to re
sumo partial operation. It will be
several days before normal service
is restored. The Milwaukee expects
to reopen traffic within the next 24
hours.
ALASKA MEMBER !
FOR COMMITTEE
CORDOVAN APPOINTED AS ONE
OF SIXTY MEN COMPOSING
I
COMMITTEE ON POLICIES TO
REPORT TO REPUBLICAN CON
VENTION IN JUNE.
CORDOVA. Alaska, Jan. 20.—(Spe
cial to The Citizen)—Chairman Will
Hays, of the republican national com
mittee. has appointed George C.
Ilazelet, of Cordova, as a member of
lhe committee on policies and plat
form which will be charged with the
responsibility of making recommen
dations to the resolutions commit
tee of the republican national con
vention to be held in Chicago next
June. The above committee will con
sist of 60 persons, men and women
representing every section and inter
sst in the United States.
The appointment of a platform
■omniittee is a now departure In
[jolicy making for any political party
rnd is being watched with much in
erest. Mr. Ilazelet will attempt to
lave inserted in the republican plat
orm a plank for the benefit of the
erritory.
JUDGE BUNNELL
IS HOME AGAIN
VFTER SEVERAL MONTHS’ COURT
WORK IN THIRD DIVISION.
JUDGE RETURNS HOME
After an absence of more than sev
?n months from Fairbanks, Judge
3has. E. Bunnell, of the district fed
;ral court, urrlved in town last night
m the train from Nenana. Judge
3unnell, during that time spent about
en hours in Fairbanks enroute from
he lower river where he had been
lolding a summer term, to Valdez
vhero he sat on the bench In the
dace of Judge Brown who was ab
icnt all summer on account of ill
less.
During his absence, Judge Bunnell
tas held terms of court In Valdez,
lordova, Seward and Anchorage and
icard numbers of important cases,
unong them being the two murder
:ases against Wm. Dempsey who was
entenced to hang for killing Mar- ,
;aret Lavore, an Anchorage woman, j
,nd Deputy Marshal Issac Evans, of
leward.
He made the return trip from An
ihorage by the way of the Broad
’ass. Much cold weather was en
ountered and some heavy trails 1
chlch delayed his progress to some
xtent. Despite the drawbacks, how
rver, he said last night that he en
oyed It, but was more than glad to
:et home. He Is In excellent condl
lon and will open the much-deferred
rlnter term of the local court next
fonday morning at 10 o’clock.
A party of New Yorkers were hunt
ng In “piny woods” of Georgia and j
md as an attendant an old negro
vhose fondness for big words Is
■haracterlstlc of the race. One of
he hunters, knowing the old Afrlc
in’s bent, remarked to him:
"Uncle Mose, the Indentations In j
APPROPRIATION I J
SEATTLE, Wash., Jan. 20—(/P)—A special despatch
received this morning by the Seattle Times from its
Washington correspondent declares that Assistant Sec
retary-of the Interior, John W. Hallowed lias reached an
understanding with Chairman Good, of the house appro
priations committee, whereby the depart incut’s request
for an appropriation for $8,000,000 for continuation of
construction work on the Alaska railroad will be included
in the sundry civil bid. It, is said that the bid will be
passed in plenty of time to make the funds available for
the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1920, an 1 the funds will
be continuously available until expended.
No trouble is anticipated in get tine the item thru
congress. Mr. Hallowed says that several heavy bridges,
permanent structures, are to be put in this year by the
commission which will require the expenditure of ma
terial sums.
The Times correspondent also wires that Delegate
Grigsby is working day and night tryin to get support
for a definite road building program vhi h he is seekin
to have adopted to replace the prose ' !<> rolling method
which, lie claims, and is apparently provi tg, is disastrous
for the territory. He has the support of Secretary Lane
m his efforts and the secretary has repeatedly informed
members of both houses of congress that the building of
wagon roads as feeders for the government railroad is
necessity both for the development of the country am
the ultimate success of the railway project.
terra Anna in tills locality render
traveling in a vehicular conveyanc
without springs decidedly objection
able and painful anatomically. Don't
you think so?
Uncle Mose scratched his left ear
a moment and replied, with a slow
shake of his wool}’ head:
“Mistah George, the exuberance oh
yoh words am beyond mail jurydte
tion.—Atlanta Journal.
JAP POLICE ARREST MANY
KOREANS OF ALLEGED PLOTS
SEOUL, Korea, -</PV—1The police
have arested many Koreans who are
alleged to have been secretly plotting
for the independence of Korea, in co
operation with sympathizers in Man
churia and Shanghai.
PEOPLES URGED
SYDNEY, Aust'-alia. (/P> 'I wa"
to see America joining hands with al
the rest of the English-speaking na
tions ” said Sir Joseph Cook. Minis!
of the Navy at a luncheon given in
his honor here. "We must cultivate
the very best possible relations with
America. The one thing we have to
do is to consolidate the English
speaking communities. Therein lies
the hope of the world.” Sir Joseph
commended the appointment of Aus
tralian commissioners to the United
States. Sir Joseph had attended the
Peace Conference as an Australian
delegate.
One of Charles M. Schwab's stor
ies was repeated by Howard Coonley,
vice- president of the Emergency
Fleet Corporation, at the Brunswick
Thursday. Schwab once a year takes
the Bethlehem band up to New York
for a "blow-out,” at which there is
always plenty to eat ami somewhat
to drink. On the trip home after
one such banquet, the train conduc
tor asked one of the members of
the band for Ills ticket, but that in
dividual fished in his pockets with
out finding It.
"You couldn’t possibly have lost
your ticket," the conductor said.
'The hell I couldn’t,” was the reply,
‘I lost my bass drum today."
Dr. and Mrs. R. R. Myers arrived
n town last night from Nenana and
vlll spend several days with friends
n Fairbanks. They are preparing to
eave for the states in a short time.
Llpman Simson, of the firm of
Slmson Bros., at Nenana, was a pas
lenger on last night’s train from
Zenana. He will be In town several
lays looking after matters of busi
less.
John Moe was a passenger on
yesterday’s train for Nenana. He
vlll probably return to town on next
•’riday’s train from the lower river
own.
NMANA PEOPLE
S ! : IVE TO
CHANGE ROUTES
URGES M'! HKRSOM TO AID IN
HAVING MAIL CHANGED FROM
FAIRBANKS ’111TINA ROUTE TO
THE SEWALLl-BKuAD PASS FUR
N i^'*> -U. j N 1 LR.
i'hai ui. i aua Commercial Club
lias initially tauucned a campaign lor
uiu puipu.-. 01 having the winter
mans round la Seward and Uie
Bioaii Pas. and the abandonment ol
llie prest-m nluie Horn CliiUna lo
runouuK: tU. evident by a let
ter recently written by Rev. R. J.
Uiven, sevreia. ol llie chub, to J. JL,.
.McPherson, * retary ol the Alaska
iiuieuu ol the Neal lie Chamber ol
Commerce, In which Mr. McPherson
is urged lo use: his mlluence lo have
the mail roui. changed. The plea
lor ihe cluing1 is one ol a number
which the Nctiaua organization ad
vances a a progressive program for
ihe developmenl ol the interior ol
Alaska.
As the lull letter is far loo long
to be reprinted lu lull, that portion
referring lo thy mail service is quot
ed alone, it lollows as it recently
appealed in the iSenana News:
"To make a long story short, Mr.
t xr . .... A 1.. .1_
mail service as a di grace to the na
tional government, ample evidence
supporting the Judgment. Please rub
that in where it will do the most
good. There :s another mutter we
must now bring up, though we shrink
from doing so because of the feelings
of a neighbor who always has been
dear to us and who is now quite near
to us. But, wt feel sure our neighbor
will adjust himself to the change,
and probably at last will like it quite
as well as we We refer to the de
sire to have the mail for this district
re-routed via Seward and Anchorage
and Broad Pass. By next fall there
will be but 70 or 76 miles of a gap
to be spanned by a very passable
trail for reasonably quick hauling of
mail. Notwithstanding the additional
36 hours from Cordova to Seward,—
and that Is allowing ample running
time for the steamers—the' mail for
all this region should easily reach
Its destination, that way, at least two
days ahead of the best that is being
done over the Fairbanks-Chltlna
route. We await the pleasure of
those who have authority to order
the change.”
R. W. Culderhearf, a former Fair
banks business man, Is visiting In
town for a few days. Mr. Calder
head Is Interested In a new coal
company at Nenana and Is here look
ing after business In that connection.
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ELEVEN HUNDRED NEW CASES DAILY
CHICAGO, III., Jan. 20—(^—According to the municipal health
authorities of this city, there are an average of 1,100 new cases of
Spanish influenza reported daily to the authorities. There have
been 26 deaths from this disease within the last 48 hours. Local
physicians say that the present epidemic is in a milder form than
that which swept the country last winter. As far as is known It
has not appeared In any other locality in the United States so far
this season.
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