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PROPOSE TAX OX ALL
PARCEL POST PACKAGES
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One Cent Levied on Each Twenty
five Cent Charge or Over—Depart
inent has l/ost Thirty-five Millions,
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WASHINGTON, D. C.. June 2.— i
The Senate Committee today recorn .
mended that a tax'of one cent on I
each twenty-five cent charge be lev-1
ied. It was also recommended that a:
five per cent tax be levied on all land I
or water transportation charges. This j
is a reduction of one-hall on the tax |
proposed by the committee last week.:
It is estimated that thirty-five mil-j
lion dollars can be raised in this man-1
lier.
\SK STOCK ORDIXAXCE
HE AGAIN ENFORCED!
T\h| ladies of the Civic League are,
circuiting a petition asking the cit)
council to again enforce the stock ‘
ordinance against running at large on
the streets of the city. An ordinance
to this effect has been in force for
the past several years, but was re
cently repealed by the city council.
The ladies state that many people are
raising gardens in the city and that
it will be impossible for them to do
so if stock is allowed to roam pro
miscuously at large. Therefore they
ask the council to again enforce the
ordinance thru the garden season at
least.
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|)K. SIDNEY STRONG
OPPOSES CONSCRIPTION
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Eminent Seattle Divine Writes Arti
cles for Press Opposing Adminis
tration Program, and Eede|*al Au
thorities Ask Explanation.
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SEATTLE. June 2.—Dr. Sydney |
Strong, a prominent theologian and i
pastor of the Congregational church.!
residing at 508 Garfield avenue, j
Queen Ann Hill, who is the author ofj
a printed letter opposing conscription,
has been asked by the federal author-,
ities to explain his actions,' or suffer j
arrest. Dr. Strong, in his printed let-j
ter, approved of conscientious object-1
tors, and stated that no person should ;
be forced to serve in the army whose.1
religion or conscience disapproved of
•war. I
Dr. Strong is one of the bondsmen;
of Socialist Wells who was arrested I
by the authorities last week for sedi-;
tious utterances.
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WHITE BREAD BE8T,
VERDICT ©E BAKERS
CHICAGO, June 2.—White bread '
is the best war bread in the judgment i
of American master bakers who ended
a two-day’s conference in this city to
day.
A message to Herbert C. Hoover,'
President Wilson’s chief adviser on,
the food situation, voiced the confer
ence's disapproval of any official ac
tion to compel milling a higher per-'
centage of the wheat as false econo-,
my.
The baker’s conference pledged its
aid, however, to any plan for food;
control which should be settled on by;
the government. j
) _ Pamphlet. Printers Discovered
LONDON, June 2.—The Berlin po-,
lice are reported by the Amsterdam j
correspondent of the Central News
to have discovered the printers of a:
pamphlet which was published at the
time of the strike of German work
men in April. A member of a commit
tee of the Arbeits-Germelnschaft has
been arrested. The correspondent re
ports that a sensational trial on tl\p
charge of high treason is expected.
MISTS ARE
VERY ACTIVE
TWELVE MEX ARRESTED
IX KANSAS CITY TODAY
Twelve Men and One, Woman Work
0|>eu!.v in Kansas City Streets and
are Arrested by Federal Authorit
ies—Agents Busy. g
KANSAS CITY. *lo.. June 2.—
Twelve men and one woman were ar
rested on the streets of Kansas City
today as they were haranguing a
gathering of citizens against con
scription. The woman was Mrs. Len
ora Warneson. formerly a teacher in
the public schools of this city. They
were remanded without ball to await
the action of a federal grand jury.
It is stated that anti-conscriptlonists
are unusually busy in the cities of
the United States, and it is feared
that June 5 will witness rioting and
bloodshed in many parts of the coun
try.
The authorities are suppressing all
anti-conscription agitators with an
iron hand.
SUFFRAGE BILL IN
HOUSE OF COMMONS
LONDON. June 2—Walter H. Long
secretary of state for the colonies, in
troduced in the house of commons to
day the electoral reform .bill which
provides for tlie enfranchisement of
\ women. Mr. Long said the govern
ment would do its best to bring about
[ the adoption of the bill, which fixes
i the age at which women would be
! qualified to vote at 30.
GERMAN'S USE S. (>. S.
TO DECOY ALLIES' SHIPS
NEWPORT NfciVg, Va.. June 2—>
S. O. S. calls and open boats loaded
with men are being used by German
submarines to'decoy allied ships to
their destruction, according to Brit
ish shipmasters in port here. So many
ships have been decoyed in this man
ner that the British have ordered
captains to pay no heed to such calls
in certain zones, as they are patroll
ed by boats sent out to succor ships
and men in distress.
Crew Taken Off Sebastian
NEWPORT. R. I. June 2.—Com
mandant Bryan, of the Second naval
district, announced today that the
crew of the steamer Sebastian, report
ed on fire off Nantucket Shoals light
ship last night, had been taken off
by auother vessel. No other informa
tion regarding the Sebastian would
be given out. he said.
mhTfor
1,000 SACKS EX ROUTE
TO THE INTERIOR
Steamship Jefferson Brings Large
Consignment of First and Second
Class Matter for Towns Along the|
Yukon—First This Year. |
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SEATTLE, Jane 2.—The steamer
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Jefferson left this city yesterday with 1
one thousand sacks of mail aboard
for the towns along the Yukon and
the Interior. The mail will go in via
Skagway and down the river.
This is the first shipment this sea
son. and is the accumulation of sev-!
eral months, a large part of the mail
matter is second class, being compos
ed of books and magazines. While
they are several months old they will
be highly acceptable to the mining
camps, which have been practically
isolated all winter.
(it'neml Ohregnn Resigns
MEXICO CITY, June 2.—General
Obregon’s resignation as secretary of j
war was accepted by President Car-i
ranza last night. General Obregon'sj
resignation was caused by ill health;
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CONGRESSMEN ,...
SPEAKER CLARK PROMINENT
AS A NTM’ONSCRIPTIOXIHT
While Department Justice Is Busy
Ferreting Out Seditiunists Thruout
Country Congressmen Frank Per
nicious Literature.
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WASHINGTON. 0. C.. June 2.—
While the Department of Justice has
been busy throughout the country
attempting to suppress anti-conscrip
tion sentiment, it has been discov
ered that many Congressmen promi
nent in national affairs are deliber
ately franking out seditious speeches
in opposition to conscription registra
tion to their constituents.
Speaker Clark today was bitterly
arraigned by administration officials
for the stand he lias taken against
conscription, and was warned that
further interference with the admin
istration's plans would be consider
ed treasonable. It was stated that sen
ator Clark has sent out hundreds of
copies of his speeches against con
scription to his constituents, thereby
encouraging them in their stand
against the measure. Such actions will
no longer be tolerated and congress
men further offending will be sum
marily dealt with.
Over two hundred arrests were
made today by Federal agents thru
out the country, being fostered by
unpatriotc agitators, and it is feared
that registration day will be attended
with rioting unless these parties are
apprehended and incarcerated where
their treasonable utterances can be
suppressed.
Imps send Tips
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NIPPON KNTKR FIGHT
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! Holding Off Now Because' She' Be
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lit-t ed It is More li»|Ktrlaut to Send
Munitions than Men to' Warriim
Allies.
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i WASHINGTON, D. C„ June 2.—
Augusto Cuifefli, the Italian commis
sioner who is attending the confer
ence in Washington, states that Japan
is ready to send troops to the assist
ance of England and France when she
believes they are needed, but states
! that Japanese statesmen believe that
the essential need of the entente al
lies today is munitions and money,
and not men.
Mr. Cuifefli assures the adminis
tration that when the need arises Ja
pan will be willing to do her share
toward spreading the doctrine of dem
ocracy over the world.
Japanese cruisers are at present pa-!
trolling the Pacific to prevent mer
chant destroyers from encroaching in!
those waters, and it is stated that her
destroyers are giving efficient service
to the entente fleet in the blockaded
zone.
20-Cent Loaf Next
CHICAGO. June 2.—With the 15
cent loaf already on the market. Chi- i
cago today faced a possible further
increase in bread prices. Charles A.
Paisch, president of the Illinois Mas
ter Bakers Association, said that his;
organization has decided that even 20
cents is not too much to charge for
a loaf.
I longshoremen in Session
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TACOMA. 4June 2.—Reports from'
the coast cities occupied the atten
tion of the district meeting of the In
ternational ‘ Eongshormen’s associa
tion yesterday. A general strengthen*!
ing of the longshoremen along the1
coast is predicted with a resolutionj
favoring closed shop conditions, but j
no action will be taken until T. V.
O’Connor, president of the interna
tional association, arrives and out-:
lines the national situation. It is ex-'
pected all longsltormeu bodies will,
act as a unit.'
HOARDIK FOOD
MAY BE FELONY
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PAHS LAWS TONIGHT
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.Senate Exacted to Introduce Bill to
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Prevent Hpexulator* and Others
I From Storing Vast (Quantities of
Food Stuffs.
I WASHINGTON, D. C.. June 2.—
|The first food bills prohibiting the
'storing of quantities of food stuffs
:and providing penalties therefor is
expected to pass the Senate this ev
ening. The bill states the quantities
of staple foods one may have in his
possession and provides that specu
lators must report on all supplies on
hand.
INTERNED ALIENS TO
BE PLACED ON FARMS
WASHINGTON, D. C„ June 2.—
Arrangements for placing all intern
ed alien enemies in permanent de
tention camps, where they will be
housed and given work at fair wages
have been completed by the labor de
partment. The first camp will be es
tablished on a 50-acre tract of agric
ultural land in the mountains of
North Carolina, and the 1.S00 of
ficers and sailors taken from German
merchant vessels in American har
bors will be the first aliens to go
there.
Secretary Wilson expects the ne
cessity will soon arise for the estab
lishment of additional camps.
■VICTORIA CARRIES
’ MANY TO NOME
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SHOW INCREASE IN TRAVEL
Umatilla Also Carries lairge Passen
ger List for Northern Ports—Great
Activity in Mining (Juartegs Expect
ed This Year.
SEATTLE, Jude 2.—The steam
ship Victoria sailing yesterday from
Seattle for Nome, St. Michael and ex
treme northern ports, carried the
heaviest passenger list recorded here
since the memorable boom days of
'98. Five hundred passengers repre
senting the summer colony of the
Nome miners and mine operators were
on board, and the decks of the big
vessel were piled high with freight
and vegetables. The Umatilla also
carried three hundred passengers for
northern ports, and both vessels car
ried thousands of sacks of mail, which
has accumulated in the Seattle office
during the winter months.
It is expected that mining activities
in the North will surpass those of
any year for a decade, owing to the
high price of ores.
I SE MOKE KISH *
AND LESS MEAT
WASHINGTON. D. C.. June 2.—
Senator Duncan U. Fletcher of Flor
ida. chairman of the Fisheries com
mittee, today advocated the use of
more fish and less meat for food. He
stated that Secretary Redfleld should
be given power to keep the public
posted upon the food values of dif
ferent fish, and that every effort
should be made to cut down the con
sumption of meat products, which
would be needed by our troops in
the field.
Moose Dance Tonight
The Moose will give their regular
Saturday dance tonight in their hall.
The music will be of the best and
a good time is assured all who at
tend.
J. F. Ward, a Glacier Point ranch
er. near Skagway. is authority for the
statement that 600 bushels of pota
toes were grown on an acre of ground
at Glacier point last year.
MAXIME GORKY
BARES PEACE PLOT
HUIXiAKIAN .MINISTER
PROPOSES ARMISTICE
Denounces Germany's Offer to Evacu
ate Russian Territory and Cease
lighting in Return for Separate
Peace.
PETROGRAD. June 2.—Maxime
Gorky, the Russian novelist, today
laid bare a peace plot proposed by the
Bulgarian minister, Rezow. wherein
Rezow guaranteed that Austria would
evacuate Russian territory and would
indemnify Russia for losses sustained
during the war.
The proposal was hrougt to Gorky
clandestinely by two German emis
saries. and was promptly repudiated
WtCKKKKHAM NOT CAUSE
REMOVAL OK COMMISSION
In a letter received here from Col-j
Richardson. he states that Mr. Wick
ersham, former delegate from Alaska
had nothing to do with the removal
of the Road Commission quarters to
Juneau,but that the removal of the
offices were occasioned by the exig
encies of the war situation, and for
no other reason. While the ex-dele
gate had formerly suggested the re
moval of the offices to tlie Territorial
capital, the present question was brot
up by the war department and acted
upon solely from a desire to central
ize the departments during the ten
ure of the war.
ENEMY FLAG Rl'MNG
I* RO V11>ES P KN A I.T I ES
WASHINGTON. I). C.. June 2.—
A ruling of the Attorney Genera! of
recent date for enforcement of the
President's proclamation of April >5,
as to alien enemies is as follows:
“Any alien enemy who tears down.
hillHtiitPR; abuses: desecrates, or id3
suits the United States Flag in any
way. or displays an enemy flag or
Itiultfuia is to he regarded as a danger
to the pHhlid peace and safety and
subject to summary arrest.”
LONDON EMBARGO ON
SALMON STII.L EXISTS
WASHINGTON. D. (’.. June 2.
Federal authorities today instructed
Ambassador Page to seek to modify
the embargo against the importation
into England of American salmon. It
is working a hardship on the numer
ous cannery companies in Aldska and
on the Pacific Coast, and that an ef
fort will be made to have it rescind
ed.
GOVERNOR SAYS
PEOPLE UNITED
STAND FIRMLY BEHIND
PRESIDENT IN CRISIS
Attorney General Davison will Handle
Registration During Absence of
Executive and Wife In Washing
ton.
SEATTLE. Wash., June 2.—Gov
ernor J. F. A. Strong, who is in the
city on his way to Washington to
build up his fences, states that Alas
kans are behind the administration
to a man in the present crisis, and
the the inhabitants of the Territory
would be found as patriotic when call
ed upon as the people of the States.
The Governor who is on his way
to Washington, to repair his political
fences, will be gone a month, and
Attorney General Davison will be act
ing governor during his absence. Act
ing Governor Davison will handle the
registration during the absence xof
Gov. Strong.
In referring to his reappointment
the governor of the territory. Mr.
Strong stated that there was not the
shadow of a doubt of his succeeding
himself.
POSTAL OFFICIALS
Wild. RKKL'HK TO CARRY'
A NT!-t ONSCRIPTIO.N SPKKt H KS
Heavy Congressional .Mails Contain*
iug Congressional Anti-Conscrip
tion S]teecl)es May be Convenient
ly l.eft Hehiud.
WASHINGTON. D. C\. June 2 —
It is stated here by officials high up
in administration circles that Con
gressional literature, etc., containing
franked speeches against conscription
may be conveniently forgotten and
left behind if not actually barred from
the mails by the postal authorities if
the dissenting congressmen persist in
their unpatriotic ^aiiiug of their
speeches to their constituents with
these unworthy sentiments expressed
in them.
So numerous have become the coin
plaints against dissenting literature
being franked out by representatives
that the postal authorities are ser
iously considering discontinuing the
printing of the record until the ces
sation of the war.
GOVERNOR AM) WII F
GVESTS AT HOTEL ERVK
SEATTLE. June 2.—Governor J.
F. A. Strong and wife, of Juneau. Al
aska. are guests of the Hotel Frye
in this city today, en route to Wash
ington. The Governor states that lie
is sure of reappointment by the ad
ministration.
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POINDS AKKIVKD TODAY
Eight Pishing Boats Bring Valuable
Cargoes to Seattle Buyers—Price**
Take Tumble ou Account of Glut
in .Market.
SEATTLE. June d.—Eight fishing
boats arrived in this city this morn
ing with a total of 150.000 pounds
of halibut aboard. Se great was the
cargo that prices immediately declin
ed several cents per pound. Alaska
fishermen are again turning to Seattle
for a market, owing to stringent rul
ings in Canadian ports. This is the
largest consignment of fish received
for some time.
SHK1NKKS VISIT JUNEAU
TO LAV CORNER STONK
SEATTLE. June 2.—The Imperial
Divan, Afifi Temple, Tacoma Wash.,
sailed on the steamer Spokane this
morning, en route to Juneau to in
itiate a shrine of the order and to
assist in laying the cornerstone of
the new $75,000 high school to be
erected at that place. Elaborate pre
parations are being made in Juneau
to receive them.
TAKE BLOCK OF
LIBERTY LOAN BONDS
At their meeting last night the
Local Aerie of Eagles voted to sub
scribe for a $500 block of Liberty
Loan Bonds, and it speaks well for
their patriotism.
Reward Offered
The Wbrnans' Guild will give $10
reward for information leading to the
arrest and conviction of any persons
breaking windows or otherwise dam
aging property at the Good Sammari
tau Hospital.
President’s Uncle Read
COLUMBUS, 0.. June 2.—Charles
Scott Woodrow, aged 67, an uncle of
President Wilson, died yesterday at
the home of his son. Thomas Wood
row. President Wilson’s mother waa
Woodrow's half sister.