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SKATT1.K. March !> Special <1 r
patches to Seattle newspapers fro u
Washington If l .. say Secretary Pa
ids saul the ou*\ lion of a suitab e
location for the Alaska naval base b >
not thoroughly be*m >tu<lietl ant!
will make no specitic recoin monte
tions until this has been «lono. Se* :
ta.v Dame's saul the naval bast* in
Alaska xvoubl be necessarx in V
course of time.
The Sewanl Chamber of Common •
should at once iret in touch with
y i >••«>.*i Am •» t officials and b(*K n
« n<v f. r IJesurt ,-ction Hay as the
logical point for a naval base in Alas
ka. ’ <* I’ha nib; »• of (’unmeice should
n»f«*r the navy department to the •*,.
u» t C pt. Kittelle and Lieut. Aikman.
who made a report of this section last
year.
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•' •> t Kennedy, former Fairbanks
resident. d»«*d ;e <*nt!y in Seattle of
the flu.
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INJURED
SEATTLE, March 0— Twelve were
injured this forenoon when a YcsV»
Avenue Cable car halted suddenly by
a broken grip which lodged in the
cable slot. The * passengers were
thrown about and the ambulance*
were called to carry the injured to the
hospitals.
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J. A. MOORE RESIGNS
FROM LAND DEPRATMENT
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J. A. Moore, long in the service ot
the United States land department
of the government, much of the tim *
in Alaska, has resign**!, and will hen
after engage in private business. He
has several propositions open to him
and has about decided to accept on
of thm, which will take him to
Portland to live. Mr. Moon* is wed
and favorably known to pioneer re
dents of Anchorage. as he was t’u
first townsite manager of that com
munity.
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WOMAN RELEASED
ON BAIL BECAl'SE
OF FAILING HEAL? II
OAKLAND, Calif., March 9— M>
Anita Whitney, who was convicted of
criminal syndicalism and sentenced to
a prison term has been released on
bail. Physic:ans hold that the worn
an’s health is such that she will he
unable to stand continued presence
in jail.
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HOLDS INCOME T\X
LAW CANNOT BE
DISCRIM 1NATOLY
WASHINGTON, March 9— The Su
preme Court in a decision upholds
the rights of states to impose an in
come tax law on non-residents provid
ed the tax law on non-residents of the
state. The court savs the law must
not bo discriminatory. Two coses were
before the court, one from Oklahoma
and one from New York.
SEATTLE, March 9— Sheriffs
anti posses are today searching th*'
Cedar Mountain woods for five armed
nu n who ur»* believ d to have planned
the 1 old-up of the Olympian, the over
land limited on the Milwaukee rad*
road. The engine crew of a freight
train, which ran on the Olympian’s
time, reported seeing four armed men
b *sidc the track and a fifth man hur
riedly removed torpedoes from the
track when he saw the freight train.
It is believed the torpedoes were in
tend d to stop the Olympian. Storms
had delayed the Olympian four hours.
KANSAS CITY. March 9— Four
bandits attempted a sensational hold
up of a bank in the residence section
th’s morning, fllenn Hockey, the cash
ier was killed in the attempt to roo
the bank.
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BRITISH BANKERS
ARE OPTIMISTIC
REGARDING FI TI RE
ROSTOV March 0 - British Bank
ers feel the decline in sterling is ex
aggerated and is partly duo to specu
lation. according to a Ix>ndon cable
to the Journal of Commerce. Sham
'•ofOVP»,V is looked for. though perma
nent improvement will necessarily be
slow. The April budget will show the
British treasury in better position
than was generally supposed, bank
ers believe. An important uncstim
r*t^d ass«et jj; nr'M'eods to be derived
f’-om the sa'e of war stores. W. H.
V. Coschen. chairman of the national
Provincial Bank, says a g’oomy view
should not he taken of the future
pre-war prosperity can he regain
ed in a few years by characteristic
British foresight and enterprise.
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The Indians of Southern Alaska
presented a memorial to Gov.
Rigg«j orotesting against the old trib
al custom of parents selling their girsl
to men tb°v do not love. The Indiana
^tate that this practice is not con
ductive to the hapDiness of the giris,
•<nd ask that laws be passed by the
legislature prohibiting the custom.
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TRIAL OF
WOBBLIES
MOXTESANO, March D— Thirty
witnesses are expected to be heard in
the rebuttal testimony for the state.
Participants in the parade have testi
fied that shots came before the ranks
were broken. Postmaster McCleaiy,
who carried a rope in the parade, said
he picked it up on the street, that it
belonged to an automible. None of tin
marchers were armed, according to
testimony.
Eugno Phitzer testified he was
among the first to reach the Wobbly
hall and was wounded. The <lefens°
had previously contended Warren
Crimm and not Phitzer was wounded
f om the hall.
None of tho witnesses testified that
they saw Dr. Hickford who said ho
was among the first in the hall.
.1. B. Cooper and Kov Inman, jail
ors, testified today that the doft-n
:»nt Roberts appears to be in a normal
condition of mind and they said h*'
acted the same as the other prisoners
except he was not as talkative. II
•opetite was good. They said they
never heard Roberts speak of \ andei
veer as being Col. Disquo, as the de
fense witnesses had testified.
MONTHS A NO. March 9— This nf
twnoon William House, of Portlan 1,
and I)r. K. R. Ahlman, of Hoquiam,
testified Roberts was sane. They have
1> M'n observing Roberts in his cell and
said Roberts apparent incoherent ans
wers to questions could easily hav »
been faked.
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BEST MOTHERS IX
LONDON ARE JEWISH
ASSERTS A PHYSICIAN
LONDON, March 9— The , best
mothers in London’s East Side, the
poor district, are Jewish, is an opinion
of Dr. C. W. Saleby, Chairman of the
National Birth-rate Commission, as
expressed in an address at Univer
sity College. Dr. Salceby added that
Irish mothers were not a bad sec
ond, and tbat English ranked as a
very bad third.
He explained that in the case of
the Jewish and Irish mothers this
was a direct result of race ethics.
Breast feeding was virtually univer
sal among them, and there was a
minimum of that dreaded disease
arising from immortality. He declar
ed that infant mortallity was not re
ally a medical problem, but a social
problem of motherhood and a quest
tion of racial morals.
Du»ing his address Dr. Saleeby quo
t -d figures showing that despite had
housing, had sanitation and virtu
ally no child welfare efforts, infantile
mortality in Western Ireland was only
25 ner thousand as compared with
125 in 1.000 in Bradford, England
which has the best equipment for
infant welfare in the world.
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JAMES WATSON. SON OF
FRANK WATSON, PASSES ON
James Watson, son of Frank Wat
son, well known Alaskan, who had
charge of the coal claims of A. C.
Fro«t et al., in the Matanuska fields,
in the early days, passed away in
Vancouver, R. C., a victim of influ
enza. When the son died, the father
was in New Mexico, where he is con
cerned in oil lands. In his absence T.
0. Corlew, a warm personal friend,
went to Vancouver and took charge of
the funeral arrangements. Young
Watson was 26 years of age and was
a vigorous young fellow.
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Private R. F. Zoh. who was recent
ly' discharged from Fort Li scum, has
located in San Francisco with his wife
who was formerly Miss Vida Haun.
Mr. Zoh has taken a clerical position
in the Ray City.
The Cresent hotel at Anchorage is
for sale.
< SENATE WANTS TO
KNOW ABOUT R. R.
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* WASHINGTON, March 9— The
* Senate has adopted a resolution
* requesting the Secretary of the
* Interior to report what steps
* have been taken to develope the
* traffic and population along the
* government railroad in Alaska.
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JAPAN GOING
TO RECOGNIZE
BOLSHEVIKIS
HONOLULU, March 9— A Tokin
dispatch says the Japanese foreign of
fice intimates that soon commercial
relations will be restored with the
Bolsheviki preliminary to recognition
of the Soviet as a defacto government
of Russia.
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UNITED STATUS TO
RESUME TRADE WITH
SOVIETS OF RUSSI A
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WASHINGTON. March 9— The
government has virtually decided for
a permanent resumption of trade with
Soviet Russia when the Allies outline
a definite policy.
THIS STYLE WILL
* NOT BE FOLLOWED
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LONDON, March 9— The
* Kings* latest pictures show that
* pants are creased at the sides in
* stead of the center. It is not be
* lieved here there will be any
* change in the old style, even if
* the King does crease his trousers
* differently.
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SEATTLE IN THE LEAD
VANCOUVER, B. C., March 9— In
the hockey game last night Seattle
won from the locals by a score of
?. to 0. Seattle is again in the lead.
The last game of the regular schedule
is tomorrow night following which tb»
two league leaders will play for the
Pacific Coast championship. Vancou
ver is the second team.
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WILL NOT SELL BRITISH
WEST INDIES TO THE U. S.
LONDON, March 9— Premier Lloyd
Oorge says England will not barter
the British West Indies to America in
settlement of the war debt.
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FAMOUS RESORT HOTEL
IS DESTROYED BY FIRE
OLD POINT COMFORT, Va., Mar.,
0— The Chamberlain hotel, the fam
ous tourist resort, was destroyed ear
ly this morning by fire. There wcr**
200 guests in the hotel at the time and
now are believed to have been lost.
AMERICAN LEGION TO
STAMP OUT ILLITERACY
XE WYORK, March 0— The co
operation of every American Legion
post with every effort to stamp out
illiteracy is advocated by the organ
izations national Americanism com
mission.
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ALASKA MOOSE ARE
TO FIND HOMES IN
CLALLAM FORESTS
PORT ANGELES, March 8— Eight
live moose which Clallam County
expected to get from Alaska this win
ter may not be sent south until
next winter on account of adverse
weather conditions in the North, ac
cording to a letter received here by
the district forester of Alaska. Tin
moose arc to be brought to Clallam
County by the local Moose lodge.
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KODIAK, March !>— Twenty « '
stain peelers returned here last nil'll
from points on the mainland to th'*
westward. Other oil land stamp* '1.,*rs
expect to reach here in time to catch
the steamer Admiral Watson on tie*
return trip to Seward.
All stampeders made their loca
tion^.
Ha ’ \ Taylor, of Anchorage, starn
pod. r, w;.s .stricken with pneumonia
at i’old Hay, but is now recovering.
,J. .1. Finnegan is among those re
tur:.’ng from making oil land loca
tions.
KODIAK, March 9— Oil land stan
podors arriving here last night from
the westward bring word of the total ;
destruction of the pas boat Valdez at
Kanatak on February 22. All those
aboard were rescued safely.
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CHICAGO, March 9— The Inter
national Cigarette Lcagu, the succes
sor to the anti- cigarette league, i*
planning a smokeless America by 19,
25.
MYSTERIOUS CASE OF
BEING KIDNAPPED AND
THEN BOUND AND GAGGED
EVERETT, Wash., March 9— Mrs.
Daisy P. Fellner, the pretty wife of a
Seattle restaurant cook, mother ei
two small children, was found this
forenoon bound and gagged on the
street near the edge of the city. Mrs.
Fellnecr last remembers of be-ng
struck in Seattl by an automobile or
a street car and being placed m an
auto. Mrs. Fellner was enroute home
from the movies at the time of the ac
cident. Who brought her to Everett
and for what purpose is a mystery.
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POINTDEXTEU TO START
ON HIS CAMPAIGN TOl’K
WASHINGTON, March 9— Un;t-1
States Senator Miles Poindexter leav
es next Friday on a campaign speak
ing tour in South Dakota.
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SEATTLE, March 9— The body of
Daniel Murphy, former saloon keenei
of Portland, father of Harry Murphy,
cartoonist, was found today floating
off the Colman dock. There were no
marks of violence.
INDIANAPOLIS, March <J— The
United Mine Workers in a statement
today infers that the miners will re
fuse to accept the findings of Wil
. on’s coal commission unless it pro
vides for a substantial increase in wa
ges and improved working conditions.
The statement says the miners will
feel full justiceha s not been done,
unless the above conditions are rem
edied and that the government’s pro
mises of a lower cost of living have
not been fulfilled.
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BRYAN OBJECTS TO
SENATOR HITCHCOCK
FOR THE PRESIDENCY
LINCOLN, March 0— Bryan issu
ed a statement today expressing op
position to Senator Hitchcock as a
•presidential candidate. Bryan says
Hitchcock voted against submitting
the prohibition issue and suffrage
amendments to the states and that it
would be an insult to the dry states
to nominate him for the Presidency.
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APPROPRIATE MILLIONS
FOR BRAZILIAN ARMY
RIO DE JANERIO, March 9— Con
gress has appropriated $27,$00,000
for the support of the Brazilian army
for the current year.
Under a plan of reorganization t
wall number 3,626 officers and from
25.000 to 29,000 men, in addition to
10.000 reservists. Conscription is un
iversal.
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