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A. P. A. Service.
LONDON, May 24.—Reports
from General Lake, commander
of the British Mesopotamian
forces, today state that General
Gorringe, with the French troops
is operating on the south bank of
the Tigris, having managed to
cross the river near Sannayat,
and has virtually reached Kut~
1 Tamarah, from which point the
main body of the Turks have re
treated in the direction of Bag
dad. The combined forces are
no\Xr making rapid progress and
the Turks are offering little re
sistance’
With General Gorringe oper
ating on the south side of the
Tigris and the Russians and
British rapidly diverging against
the Turks from the north and
HU6HES AND TEDDY WILL
DICTATE REP. PLATFORM
A. P- A Service.
WASHINGTON, May 24.—
A tentative draft of the platform
which will be submitted to the
republican convention at Chica
go is now being prepared jointly
by leading members of the re
publican and progressive parties,
according to statements made by
Chairman Hilles today
In conformity with the desire
that the platform shall represent
the principles of both parties as
far as possible, care is being tak
en to embody the principles of
botli Hughes and Roosevelt. In
a sense they wil', be the final ar
biters as it is intended to for
ward copies of the platform to
both candidates before drawing
up the final draft.
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I south, the position of the Otto-!
i man forces is rendered most pre- J
carious as both wings are in dan-!
, ger. It is not anticipated that
i the Turks will make a determiir
' ed stand south of Bagdad to i
I which place the entire Turkish)
i force is now in retreat.
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PREFERS SUICIDE
TO SHAME
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Ai (PORTLAND, May 23.—Un
: able to secure employment after
| weeks of endeavor. Miss Ella
i Harris, a school teacher, suicided
by throwing herself into the riv
i er today The unfortunate young
woman left a note telling the sad
j and bitter tale of her misfortunes
| and ending with the significant
phrase: “T won’t sell my body
| to live.”
ATTENTION REPUBLICANS
Regulad meeting of the Sew
ard Peninsula Republican Club
vill be held at Hunter Hall on
Vhurisday evening at 8 o’cock.
May 25.
CHAS. II. MI LOT, Sec
Seasonable
Suggestions
At this time of the year when something new
is the watchword we offer a suggestion or two
Dunkley Celery for salad Goetjan Turnips
3 can for $1.00 5 cans for $1.00
Reliance Canned Cabbage Okra per can
5 cans for $1.00 • 25c
S. & W. Carrots Whole Artichokes
5 cans* for $1,00 3 cans for $1.00
Home put up Saurkraut Homiuy in Milk
and Dill Pickles S. & W. Brand
per quart 15c 5 cans for $1.00
Evaporated Vegetables such as mixed Vegetables, Cabbage
and carrots at this time of the year will be good substitutes
\
Smoked Columbia River Salmon Special—30c per lb.
Herring, Mackrfel, Salmon bellies and Alaska Codfish
_ »_
Ipolets Stores
Coffees dfresfi Roasted Daily j
HUGHES REFUSES TO
DISCUSS CANDIDACY
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\ V ASH IN GTC)X, M ay -’4.—
Despite the nation wide interest
in Iiis possible candidacy for
the presidential nomination or
the recent overwhelming victor
ies in the state presidential pri
maries, Hughes still resist all ef
forts to smoke him out and is to*
da\ as much of an unknown
quantity in the political stew as !
lie was months ago.
liverv effort has been made by
party leaders,'friends and the
newspapers to induce him to en
lighten the public but to all en
deavors he returns diplomatic
answers that mean nothing.
Special efforts made by a group
of Washington correspondents
to induce him to talk of his pos
sible candidacy today resulted
in the complete discomfiture of
the newspaper men. Beyond
vague generalities he refused to
discuss politics or his candidacy
in any form, yuestioned as to
what he thought of the changes
for Roosevelt becoming a candi
date, Hughes replied that he did
not know whether the Bull
Mooite leader would iseek the
nomination or not. He admitted
that he had heard Roosevelt may
run but that he did feel inclined
to recognize irresponsible ru
mors
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CANDIDATES PREPARING FOR
CAMPAIGN ACTIVITIES
P. A. Service.
CHICAGO, May 24.—Political
activities are daily becoming
more manifest and the lining up
of political forces is now com
mencing to center in this city.
Preparations are being made
by several of the leading candi
dates to establish their political
headquarters here and the end of
the present week will probably
find the banners of the larger
portion of the preferment seek
ers hoisted over the door and
everything in readiness for the
big battle
According to announcements
given out at least seven candi
dates will establish their head
quarters here within the next
few days and the others will
probably follow suit within a
short period. Among those who
have completed arrangements
are Root, Fairbanks and Cum
mins while the managers of Bur
ton, La Follette and Senator
Weeks expect to commence ac
tive campaigning herc within a
lav or two. Others whom it is
announced will open their head
quarters are James R. Mann,
Lawrence Y. Sherman and T.
Coleman DuPont. Mrs. Sarah E.
Flannigan, the Spokane delegate
to the progressive convention ar
rived here today and wr|9 en
thusiastically recived by the
local progressives. Mrs. Flanni
gan is the first Bull Moose dele
gate reporting.
Xew laid eggs $1.23 per dozen
Prosser’s Harness shop- Phonr,
Black y
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MUHDER MYSTERY TRACED
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SEATTLE, May 23-—Alter a
search which lias covered half
states in the union, Mrs. Eloise
Dennis and her sister, Miss Bea
trice Nelms of Atanta, who has
been missing from their south
ern home for several years, have
finally been definitely traced to
Seattle and Snohomish City by
detectives who have been on
their trail since their mysterious
disappearance nearly three years j
ago.
For more than a year no trace
could be found of the two sisters
and many peculiar circumstances
attending their disappearance
finally led to the arrest of two
persons on suspicion that they
had been murdered. The mur
der suspects, Victor E. Innis and
wife, who is a sister of the miss
ing women, were tried in the I
Texas courts last year for mur j
der. They were acquitted for 1
lack of evidence but are at pres- ,
ent awaiting trial in Atlanta, to I
which place they were recently
removed for alleged frauds in
Connection with the handling of
property interests belonging to
the missing sisters. After vain
ly searching for nearly two years
the detectives employed on the
case finally discovered a clue
which has been persistently fol
lowed during the suceeding in
terval and finally led to Seattle
and later to Snohomish.
Mrs Dennis was well known
in the latter city as Mrs. Patrick
Buckley before her departure for
Dawson last summer, supposed
ly to join her husband who went
there a year earlier. While re
siding in Snohomish City Buck
ley engaged in the saloon busi
ness and ran a saloon there for
five or six months but later sold
his establishment and departed
for Daw'son Beatrice Nelms
the sister of the Dennis woman
resided with the Buckleys at
Snohomish for a time but was
supposed to have her home in
Soeattle. Xthing was seen of her
in Snohomish City for some time
prior to the departure of Mrs.
Dennis and nothing can be
learned of her present where *;
abouts.
It is thought, however, that
she is in this city During his
residence in Dawson Dennis
has written to his attorney
M. J. McGinnis, of Snohomish.
The lavst letter received by the
attorney was dated at Dawson
in August, 1915, and stated that,
the writer was going into the
mines in the vicinity of the Yu
kon metropolis. The detectives
are certain of the identity ot the
woiTin and claim to have indis
putable evidence that Mrs. Den
nis and the woman known as
Mrs. Buckley are one and the
same person.
WILSON RENEWS
MAIL PROTESTS
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WASHINGTON, May 24.—
It was announced at the White!
House today that President Wil
son has completed a note to the
British government wherein he
renews the earlier protests
against British interference with
American mails en route to neu~
tral ports.
The note, which is said to be
ready for dispatch, vigorously
protests the constant delay and
seizure of mail matter by the
British authorities. The note
will probably he submitted to
Lansing before forwarding to
London.
AMERICAN FLYIN6
COLUMNS WITHDRAW
A. P. A. Service.
MARATHON, May 23.—The
flying columns composed of the
Eighth and Fourteenth cavalry
under command of Colonel Sib
ley and Major Langhorne de
tailed to give chase to the bandit
raiders of Glenn Springs have
returned to American soil from
Bonquillas, having chased the
remnants of the raiding bands as
far as was practicable, after kill
ing and capturing a large num
her.
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