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SEATTLE, Jan. 11.—Mayor Hiram Gill has been sus
pended from practicing law for a period of one year. This
is the outcome of the disbarment proceedings and the de
cision was reached by the State Board of Bar Examineis.
Messrs. Hoyt and Fry, Mayor Gill’s law partners are
also suspended for one year upon order of the State Bar
Examiners
The disbarment proceedings started on January 3rd.
“FRAME-l'P” SAYS MAYOR GILL OF SEATTLE
SEATTLE, Jan. 11.—Mayor Hiram Gill this after
noon charged that the State Board ot Bar Examiners,
which hai red him from practicing law for one year, made
a declaration long before the evidence was submitted that
he would he disbarred.
“It is a frame-up,” said Mayor Gill, “a political docu
ment as an appeal cannot he heard before the city election
in March when l am a candidate for re-election to the of
fice of Mayor."
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G MANY NEARING
COLLAPSE-PEOPLE
BECOM: AROUSED
AMSTERDAM. Jan. 11.—The Tijds German corres
pondent at Berlin says that Germany was never in such
danger of collapse as now. This correspondent says that
the public action of the Socialist minority cannot be resist
ed much longer even though militarism gain a temporary
victory; reaction will follow quickly.
U. S. SEAMEN
A PRISONER
OF GERMANY
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11. — Albert
Mello, seamen cook on the destroyer
Jacob Jones, is now held as a prisoner
in Germany according to advices re
ceived by the Navy and State depart
ments today. No further information
is given out.
* Destroyer Jacob Jones, one of the
largest and newest of the American
destroyer fleet, was torpedoed and
sunk on the night of December 6th,
in the war zone. It was first announc
ed that 65 of the crew had perished.
Later it was estimated that 45 had
gone down. Several of the patrol
fleet on the English coast went to the
•scene of the disaster and rescued 25
members of the crew. At that time
it was stated that the German sub
marine was seen in the locality. Pos
sibly several others besides Mello
were rescued by the Hun undersea
hoat and taken as prisonors to the
sub base.
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GOV. BANK ENGLAND
TO RESIGN IN MARCH
LONDON. Jan. 41. — It is announ
ced that Lord Cunliffo will end his five
years of governorship of the bank of
England next March, and the court
will recommend as his successor Sir
Brien Cokayne. the present deputy
govomor.
OIL INDUSTRY
WILL SOON BE
TAKEN BY U. S.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11. — The
United States government will short -
lly take charge of the oil industry.
This was the indication today when
it was announced that Mark Uequa,
of Oakland, Cal., Food Administra
tor Hoover’s assistant, would be plac
ed in charge of the oil industry. It
is unofficially reported that all oil
fields will be taken over some time
this month.
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HOSPITAL IS
DESTROYED; ALL
- PATIENTS SAFE
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OTTAWA, Jan. 11. — The Water
Front Catholic Hospital was totally
! destroyed by tire this forenoon. At
l the time of the outbreak of the flames
there were 156 patients in the hos
pital, including many children. Fire
men, nurses and civilians rushed to
the various wards and succeeded in
taking all patients out of the hospital
safely. Two children died two hours
| afterward from the shock.
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CALL FOR A MEETING
The Bank of Seward and the Harnman Nation *
al Bank request the representatives of the various *
Social and Civic Bodies of the Seward District—in- *
eluding the schools—merchants and others, to
meet them on Saturday, January 12th, 1918, at 4:00 !
o'clock p. m. at the little hall of the Arctic Brother- *
. hood Association, for a conference to discuss their *
cooperation in the sale of:
United States War Savings Certificate Stamps and
* United States Thrift Stamps.
GASTON HARDY,
Chairman Seward District *
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IS CAUGHT
BELIEVED
BE SPY
HANFORD, CAL., Jan. 11.—Elizabeth Guistorf, ap
parently a German woman, was arrested here today on
suspicion of being a spy. Two seditious letters, one re
ferring to Fort Grant, in Oregon, and the other to the Pre
sidio, San Francisco, were found in her possession. The
letters made reference to sending mysterious maps to Ber
Tin and several places in the United States to alleged
agents. The woman has been watched for several weeks
; following i eceipt of telegrams in code, one from Berlin
through the foreign office of Sweden and several others
from certain sources in San Francisco.
ANOTHER WHISKEY
CACHE IS FOUND
BY THE OFFICERS
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HUN PLANES DOWNED
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LONDON, Jan. 11. — The offi- *!
i * cial reports from the various
fronts Report little activity. The *
1 * Teuton artillery is occasionally in *
operation at Vimy Ridge; the
j * Fvench have successfully raided 11
j * Argonne and Vosges, capturing *
* many prisoners and French air
* men tins afternoon downed two *
* tiounan aeroplanes.
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TO FIGHT THE '
HIGH RATES TO
ALASKA PORTS
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JUNEAU, Jan. 11. — The local
| commercial organization has wired
i Delegate Charles A. Sulzer protest
ing against the threatened raise in
freight and passenger rates to Alas
! ka. Several weeks ago word was sent
out from Seattle that the steamship
• companies were rearranging their tar
| ids and all lates to Alaska ports
would be raised. Charles Goldstein,
president of the local body, has wired
• to all commercial bodies in Alaska to
make a protest and urging that quick
' action result. He asks that the pro
tests be wired not only to Delegate
Sulzer but also to the Interstate
Commerce Commission.
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Nineteen cases of whiskey the quart
bottles all being in gunny sacks, were
unearthed this forenoon by United
States Deputy Marshal Evans and
Chief of Police Bob Guest. The cache
was found beneath a cabin but the
occupant of the cabin is not under
any suspicion. The officers know that
the cache is another one belonging to
John Olson who was arrested recent
ly, tried and sentenced to one year in
prison.
Another charge will be placed
against Olson besides that for boot
legging. When Olson was arrested
many internal revenue stamps were
found in his possession as well as sev
eral ingredients for making whiskey.
Olson had soaked the stamps off of
regulation bottles of whiskey and
then placed them on whiskey of his
own manufacture.
Deputy Marshal Evans stated to
day that the second charge would be
placed immediately against Olson.
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JORDAN CONFIRMED
WASOINGTON, Jan. 11. — Em
mett R. Jordan has been ‘confirmed
as United States Marshal for the Sec
ond Judicial Division of Alaska.
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ITALIAN GOVERNMENT
TO INTERN ENEMIES
ROME, Jan. 11. — The Italian gov
ernment has taken measures to in
tern all enemy subjects in Italy with
in fouroftive days, La Epoca says.
IMPORTANT ISSUE
NOW GOES BEFORE
THE U. S. SENATE
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 11.—Woman suffrage is a step
nearer realization as the result of the House of Repre
sentatives passing late last night, the resolution author
izing the submission of the Susan B. Anthony amendment
to the various states. The vote, a roll call, was 274 to 13b.
The resolution now goes to the United States Senate. The
suffragists claim that when the resolution is presented in
the Senate that it will be carried.
WOMEN ARE JUBILANT.
NEW YORK, Jan. 11.—At the suffrage headquarters
here hundreds of women waited until the vote in the House
at Washington had been announced. When the vote pro
gressed sufficiently to show that the resolution was safe
the women cheered and held a general demonstration.
Street parades were formed and bands which had l>een
waiting for the news, went forth followed by the women
carrying banners announced the triumph.
PEACE PROPOSALS
OF PRESIDENT ARE
VERY UNACCEPTABLE
AMSTERDAM, Jan. 11.—German Foreign Secretary
• Kuehlmann is said to have told the Russian conferees at
: Brest-Litovsk that the Teutons would win by its peace
terms which have been submitted to the various countries.
Vienna newspapers are reported here to say that they
consider President Wilson’s peace conditions only possible
1 if the Teutons are completely'defeated.
The Duesseldorf Nachrichten says: “Wilson’s pro
posals are utterly unacceptable and further discussion is
positively useless.”
COPPER PRICE
IS ADVANCED
TO PRODUCERS
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NEW YORK, Jan. 11. — Copper
producers received word from Wash
ington this afternoon that an agree
ment had been reached whereby the
price of copper for the next four
months wouljl be placed at twenty
three and a half cents a pound. Dur
ing last August the price of copper
was fixed by the government at 23
cents. The new price is done, it is
believed, to stimulate the production
of this important war metal.
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DYE RECEIPTS
ARE CAPTURED
| BY BRITISHERS
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LONDON, Jan. 11. — The Mail to
' day says that a group of British tex
; tile workers have captured 257 secret ■
receipts of the great German dye in- i
dustry belonging to the Badischej
works. These receipts are now in this j
city in charge of government officials.
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HOT SHOT IS
PUMPED INTO
TEUTON FORCES
ROME, Jan. 11. — The Teutons
have been forced to evacuate all
trenches in the region near Cavaxuc
churina on the Italian mountain front.
The official statement says that the
French with the Italians scaled the
mountains and began a deadly pour
of lire into the Teuton trenches. The
Teutons started to retire and were
caught in several other places and
considerable losses inflicted.
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TROTSKY NOW
FORMING NEW
RUSSIAN ARMY
LONDON, Jan. 11. — The Petro
grad correspondent of the Daily News
says the Bolsheviki is now attempting
to create a new but smaller army.
Foreign Minister Trotsky has
said that the new army will not wage
war but will fight for Russian restor
ation.'
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