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Daily Edition, and The Alaska Weekly Post
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Ilv Associated Press
VirWA. Juno — It is report 1
here in official circles that Aust ia
will accept tin* peace terms dcmanu* <1
hv the Allied nations.
\I STKIA\S l.KTH UiiWi'
PARIS. June •'» The Assoein* * •»
Press, in a summary this afternoon
says; The A'»*t»*•*•*’• •*'itud»* tow:»»d
the peace term* i> noi olticially m;i 1 *
known. Vienna i . ' ts that the o'
ials are dissatisfied but that the poo
pie are lethargic.
PARIS. June - It is unofficially
reported that the Peace conference has
modified the f.erman peace terms to
letiii- h< m easier of execution. Pro
iden* Wilson. Premiers Uovd (leorge
and ptemeneeau are inclined to name
twenty billion marks as (Jermany's
total indemnity and it is unofficia’ly
• [ .) ♦ d that the terms regarding the
Suit Region and Silesia are made eas
ier. (iermany is however not to be al
>v ed to enter the League of Nations
immediately. 1
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By Associated Pres*
WINNIPEG, June Mayor Gray
today stated that he understood thru
returned soldiers threaten to \vr« '-;
the Labor Temple here as a re-u’» of
the high handed methods ot the strik*
leaders and remarks made yesteulnv
by James Duncan. Secretary of the
Seattle Labor Council.
Duncan referred to the returned sol
diers as a bunch of ignoramus mou
now threatening to make an examp! ■
of labor leaders.
The returned soldiers have i< ue 1 j
statements that they fought for th
freedom of the world, for their boar.?
and tobacco money while thousands re.
mained at home and fought to grab
every bit of spare change not needed
by the government. demanding tho
highest wages ever paid in the histow i
of the world. The soldiers declare that
they are better qualified to decide
what labor needs than labor it e’’ as
the soldiers are loyal and ’ahor he
anarchistic and Bolsheviki doctrines.
The strike situation here has been
suddenly reversed by tho action or tlv
soldiers against the strike leaders, and
the leaders are now demanding tvo
tection from the city government* -
hands. The men say they will end tlv
strike and return to work if protected.
AT VANCOUVER
VANCOUVER, li. C . Tune - The
street carmen struck this morning
joining the general strike. As vet noi
half of the various labor union- hav-'
answered the call to walk-out.
The Morning Sun is defying the
Typographical unions ultimatum stat
ing that the Unions are to censor al*
strike news appearing in the news
papers.
The Morning Sun says that the Un
ions are being paid their wages and
the men are expected to do the work
giren them. Other papers will follow
this move made by the Sun.
SOLDIERS TAKE STAND
WINNIPEG. June Over 400*
returned soldiers, including scores o
officers and hundreds of Union men.
stood at attention early this afternoon
and sang “God Save the King” and
pledged themselves to maintain law j
and order and stamp out Bolshevikism
and anarchy from the Winnipeg Un
ions.
STRIKE is
NOW OVER!
TORONTO. .Tune 5— The gene::i'
strike ended hero today. Seven thous
and men icturned to work.
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NEW YORK, June 5— A Her..
* sution was created in financial
circles today when Frank A. Ymi • *
* de»lio resigned as President of
the National City Hark.
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YYKAIH! i: REPORT
The following is the weather re
nrf for the 21 hours ending at 7 o'
lock this morning:.
Seward 60 . Cloudy. Calm.
Anchorage 46, Cloudy , Calm.
Matanuska 58, Cloudy. Calm.
Chickaloon 42. Pt. Cloudy. Calm.
Wasilla 56. Tt. Cloudy, Calm.
Talkeetna 50. Cloudy, Calm.
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LODGE SEES THINGS
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WASHINGTON, June 3—Sen- (
* ator Lodge told the Senate that
recently, while he was in a New
* York City business house, he had * i
* seen a copy of a treaty with Ger- j
* many given out by American re- i
* presentatives at Paris, hut which
* had been withheld hv the State
* Department from the Senate.
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MARINES LANDED
IN COSTA RICA i
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SAX SALVADOR, June 5— Amer
ican Marines have landed in Costa
Rica on account of the revolution oi
General Tinicos against the govern
ment. Political exiles comprise Tin
ico’s forces. There is fighting in the
mountains near the Nicaraguan bord- 1
er. I
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SAYS RAILROAD PAYING
BUT INCREASE IN RATES
ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY
WASHINGTON. June 5— Directo
General Hines says that the govern
ment controlled railroads arc able to j
meet operating expenses only by in
creasing rates. Mr. Hines said that he
was opposed to any freight or passen
ger increase as this might increase
the cost of the necessities of life.
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NORTHWESTERN NEWS
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Steamer Northwestern is expected
to arrived at Valdez at 5 o’clock this
afternoon according to cable office ad
vices. It is not known positively what
time the steamer will reach Se van!
it all depending whether calls are tr
he made at canneries enroute. The
steamer can, however arrive early in
the morning. As the Northwestern re
turns from Seward, not going to An
chorage, one had better get their mail
into the post office tonight.
WILLARD IS CERTAIN OF
VICTORY IN BIG FIGHT
TOLEDO Juno 5— Joss Willard is
today down to hard training. Ho told ’
tb'» spoiling writers that he was cer
tain of vicory. The big fighter is in a
jovai mood and is always smiling.
RICH MEXICAN FORCED
TO DRIVE JITNEY Bl S
KL PASO, TEX., —June5- Colonel
Fed rico Cervantes* statement on the
witness stand in federal court, during
his trial on a filibustering charge,
that he had been driving a jitney bus
in El Paso, was another instance of
how prominent and powerful leaders
in Mexico were forced to seek any em
ployment possible when driven from
their country by the revolutions.
General Casso Lopez, once famous
in the Diaz and Huerta military es
tablishment, operates a little, abode
front grocery in the Mexican quarter.*
Don Juan Ponce do Leon, once bril
liant in his uniform as jefe of the po
lice in Juarez, is a night watchman at
the electric powerplant here. Generul
Francisco Castro, former military dic
tator of the north guards another
building at night.
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By Associated Press
WASHINGTON, June 5— The S< n
ate late yesterday afternoon passed
the women's suffrage amendment re
solution by a vote of fifty six to twen
ty six. The vote was two over the nee
cssary two thirds, Ibis ends tin* ti u.
that has been on for the past to 'y
years to give women of America tin*
right to vote..
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DAWSON, June 5— Twelve miner?
are dead as a result of ptomaine pois
oning at the Hunker Check mess house
dinner on May 22nd. The entire canm
supplies have been destroyed to wipe
out the poison.
CLUBBED TO
DEATH
SAN FRANCISCO, June 5 - Mrs.
Sara Coburn, millionaire widow, ag
eighty years was clubbed to death in
her apartments at her palatial hone*
at Pescadero, near here, sometun*
during the night. Her body, beaten a
most to a pulp, was found by servant
this morning and the police and spec
ial detective agents were immediately
notified. As far as known, none of the
servants in the house heard any dis
turbance and the case has developed,
for the time into a mystery, ft is not
known if robbery was the motive but ^
‘he police are making a thorough in- j
vestigation.
ACQUITTED
SEATTLE, June o— The jury this
morning acquitted James Bruce, of the
Industrial Workers of the World
charged with criminal anarchy as a re
suit of his activity during the recent
general strike here.
The Judge instructed the jurv to
find Bruce guilty, if in the opinion of
the jurymen, they found the I. W. W. J
doctrines were anarchistic.
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SLAPPED
WASHINGTON, June 5— Senator
Frelinghuysen charged today that the
Alien Property Custodian’s office, un
der present Attorney General Pa'mer
had been used to create a political
machine.
Attorney General Palmer, when
told of the charge made by the Sen
ator from New Jersey, declared that
he would welcome a public investiga
tion of the office of Alien Property
Custodian
“I am proud of the achievements of
that office,” said the Attorney Gen
eral, “and have absolutely nothing to
fear unless it is from many of our own
pro-Germans.”
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SAN FRANCISCO , no •'
cruiser Marblehead is to leave at on<
for Dutch Harbor. H i.* to! Ray and
Una! ask a with doctors and noses in
response to the Alaska Commercial
Company’s appeal for help to combat
^ho Spanish flu which is raging m
those sections.
The Cruiser Marblehead is to stop
at Port Townsend and Prom
Wash, to pet mop* doctors and run so .
Pr. W. T. Harris . of the United
States Public Health Service, recruit
ed a doctors and nurses unit here with
he iuny dcpaitmcnts help.
Secretary George Sexton of the !n
•al Chapter of tin* Red C o s, has r**
•e;ved advices from Xaknck that the
fill there has claimed many victim
md assistance is badly needed.
P. ,T. Nelson, of tin* I.ibbyville can
nery, wires that 40 people are left ir
that place among them several or
phans. Fifteen victims of the flu have
been buried.
Two nurses passed through on the
\dmiral Watson this morivng for the
westward they to make connections at
Kodiak with the mail boat Floi o.
The cruiser Vicksburg ha< a No been
ordered to the westward to give assis
tance.
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LONDON, June 5— Thirteen horses
ran yesterday in the derby at Epsom
Downs* The derby was#won by Grand
Parade. This derby was th* first m
four years and one of the largest of
crowds attended, many going to the
race track in aeroplanes. Thousands
camped near the track all night in or
der to have places of vantage to see
the races. Caterers stored one hund-'
red thousand bottles of beer outside
tho grounds for the thirsty and these
were sold early.
The King. Queen. Prince of Wales
and Princess May attended.
Hundreds of thousands of dollars
changed hands as there was much bet
ting.
Henry Wagner, of Coldstream, has
laid in about 1000 cords of wood for
use in his boilers this summer.
t. Wi-x'iatod Frees
WASHINGTON, June - Govern
fiirnt officials nave discov< oil a
ter indicating that tin; Ana a ii
n o planning bomb outrages in .«• .
The first cycle is in the u-to n
eitioc, tbi.** v.'ook.
The ccond cycle is in tin* rr. <i,.'
wr t . ‘a’1 . r.c‘Xt week.
The third cycle is in the far
the week beginning June lfith.
TO CRUSH ANARCHISTS
WASHINGTON. June 5— United
States Attorney General Mitcho1 A.
Palmer announced today that had
a ” xv bureau headed by V\. J.
Flynn, one of the b< st secret servic *
men in the world. 1 he bureau oti.
Flynn is Iho head of is to crush out
the anti-government movements of the
Anarchists.
All public building here and in
)th'U* large cities have bo* n placed un
! »• guard by order of Attorney Gener
al Palmer.
STEAMER ALASKA
OH WAY NORTH
SEATTLE. June 5— Steamer A'a -
ka s-ailcd for Seward and way ports
n Alaska at 9 o'clock this morning.
Many tourists are aboard the steamer
mak'ng the round trip.
Passengers for Seward are as fol
lows:
Issac Evans.
Mrs. Francis Maitland.
A. J. Knhr.
Keith McCullough.
,T. R . Eakin.
William Foran.
R. M. Overbeck.
Walter May.
H. J . Darling.
John Sherlock, wife and baby.
J . A. Lawton.
Sergeant W. L. Mooney.
Mrs . W. O. Perry .
Willia Perry.
Clara Perry.
Helen Perry.
Seven steerage.
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GRFAT SHIPPING
PLANS OF U S.
WASHINGTON, June 5— Chair
man Hurley of the Shipping Board
told the Pan-American Commercial
delegates, at a conference here today,
of plans to establish steamship lines
between American Atlantic gulf and
Pacific ports and Contra! and South
American ports.
Chairman Hurley also announced
that America was planning a line from
Seattle to the west and south Ameri
can coasts.