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ARCHANGEL. June 6— Sixteen
hundred men of the .‘W9 Infantry left
for Breat today enroute to New \ork.
O^he’* infantry men expect t<» sail
I fix m heir soon. It is believed llm. the
^ engineers will be the last to go. l orn
' mandcr Wilds P. Richardson exp a •
to maintain headquarters here a ten
s;derable time after the troops leave.
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By Associated Frees
WINNIPEG, June 6— Mayor Grav
today ordered all parades prohibited
and also forbade crowds congregating
Feeling is still high here between the
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returned soldiers and the strikers. It
would only take a trifling matter for
the soldiers to start trouble ending in
the mnning out of the city of all Bol
sheviki union men.
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• DAYLIGHT SAVING
• BILL IS LIKELY TO
• BE GIVEN A REPEAL *
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• WASHINGTON. June 6— The *
• House interstate commerce com- *
• mittee has voted favorably on the *
• report on the bill repealing the
• daylight saving law.
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RUTH LAW IS PLANNING
FLIGHT ACROSS ATLANTIC
_ CLEVELAND. June 6— Ruth Law
the aviatrix, announces that she in
tends to fly across the Atlantic fol
lowing Hawker’s route. Ruth Lawr is
now here buying a plane for the flight.
WANTS IRISH QUESTION
BEFORE PEACE CONFERENCE
PARIS. June 6— Frank P. Walsh,
American-Irish representative, today
asked President Wilson to bring the
Irish question before the Peace Con
ference.
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gypStHTTE FOR THE OATEWA /
By Associated Ptess
PARIS. June 6— Foreign Minister
Poska, of the Esthonians, is now fight
ing the Bolsheviki according to Stock
holm reports.
The same reports also say that the
Germans are aiding the Bolsheviki
against the Esthonians.
PRAGUE , June 6— The Czech
Minister of War admits that the Hun
garian Bolsheviki have achieved an
unexpected success over the Czechs in
Slovakia. The Czechs are now retreat-1
ing according to reports. The Hungar
ians are holding the Czech’s richest
districts.
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TACOMA BASEBALL TEAM
DISBANDS— ATTENDANCE AT
THE GAMES RESPONSIBLE
TACOMA. June 6— Tacoma’s Base
ball team of the Northwestern Inter
national League disbanded today on
account of the poor attendance at the
league games. The directors are try
ing to find another city for the Lea
gue. As now composed the league con
sists of Seattle, Victoria and Vancou
ver.
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HUNS HELP
THEJOLS
By Associated Prea#
PARIS. June 6— It is understood
here that Germany is sending a photo
graphically reproduced copy of the
peace terms to every American Sena
tor and Representative of the Repub
licans of the United States Congress.
The Germans state that the Republi
cans recently charged that the Admin
istration was withholding the real
treaty.
WILSON STANDS PAT \
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PARIS, June 6— The Matinrsays
today that President Wilson has as
serted that he believes that the peace
treaty given to the Germans violates
none of his original fourteen principles
and ho further said, according to the
Matin, that he would not hesitate to
express contrary opinion if he held
one.
“The treaty entirely conforms with
the fourteen principles,” is said to
have been the emphatic statement of
the American President says the Ma
tin.
SEATTLE COMMEMORATES
HER BIG FIRE OF 18W*
SEATTLE, June G— The “Associ
ates of Eighty-Nine”, pioneers of
Seattle’s before-the -fire days, are cel
ebrating today, the date of the big
conflagration which reduced Seattle to
a heap of ashes in 1889. There will be
a big dinner tonight at the Masonic
Club in the Arcade. An elorborate pro
gram has been arranged to commemo
rate the mile stone in the city’s his
tory. Not since 1917 has the “Eighty
Nine” club come together, due to con
ditions of war which made large gath
erings of a social purpose undesirable.
The banquet tonight will mark Se
attle’s ^thirteenth birthday since the
big fire. The Associates of Eighty
Nine number about 2,500 anil the com
mittee on arrangements is expecting
everal hundred members to attend
Every man and woman who was ii
Seattle at the time of the fire is elig! i
Sle to attend the informal banquet.
The birthday celebration of 1917
vas elaborate in character. Programs
done in red on white paper, scorchen
it the edges, have been retained by
many pioneers as souvenirs of the
first real get-together in comm ora
tion of the tragedy in the city’s his
tory.
The committee on arrangements
for tonight includes: John Schram.
chairman, I/aurence S. Booth, H. R.
Holmes, W. M. Calhoun, H. A. Schro
der, C. H. Hanford, G. F. Meacham,
D. W. Bass. H. K. Stephenson, Clark
Davis and C. T. Conover.
Officers of the association are:
Tosiah Collins, president Lawrence S.
Booth, treasurer; Herbert A. Schoen
feld, secretary', and Vivian Carkeek,
historian.
WILLARD KNOCKS OUT HIS
PARTNER IN SPARRING BOUT
TOLEDO, June — Jess Willard
hung a K. 0. on Walter Monohan this
afternoon at the training headquart
ers. Monohan is Willard’s chief spar
ring partner.
TOLEDO, June 6— Willard says
he wants sparring partners who can
give instead of taking punishment.
I None of his present partners are able
to hurt him.
Dempsey resembles old Bob Fits
zimmons in that he is capable of stop
ping his opponent with either hand.
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* CHICAGO, June 6— The Amer- *
* ican Meat Packers Association '
* has issued a statement of a de- *
* crease in the price of beef at hand
* immediately, despite the fact that
* beef is already cheaper than pork.
* It is probable it will decline again
* within a few days on account of
* cheaper food for cattle which *
* heretofore had not been plentiful. *
* The government has also stopped *
* buying beef and exporting is stop- *
* ped. *
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SEATTLE, Juse 6— W. T. Lopp.
head of the bureau of Education for
natives in Alaska, today received a ca
ble from Dr. L. H. French, in charge
of the native hospital at Nushagak
Bay stating that 160 natives had suc
cumbed to. the influenza during the
last ten days around the Bristol Bay
district.
Secretary George Sexton, of the
local chapter of the Red Cross receiv
ed a wireless last night from Henbock
ell, cannery superintendent at Naknek,
saying that 100 natives had died
around Nushagak Koggiung, Naknek
and Ugaslup to date. Eggak was so
far free from the epidemic.
Mr. Henbrockell also stated that a
few whites had mild cases but no
deaths.
The Northwestern Division of the
Red Cross at Seattle has also cabled
Secretary Sexton that supplies are be
ing sent to Capt. Dodge, commanding
the Unalaga, for aid and relief of the
influenza victims, and that the Cruis
er Marblehead had left San Francisco
for the westward with doctors and
nurses.
G. O. P. IS FIGURING
OUT NATION'S WAR DEBT
WASHINGTON, I). C.. June
tepublican lenders are formulating
a plan to pay for the war at the rate
->f one billion dollars a year on the
principle and nearly the same amount
in interest. This is to clean up the in
debtedness of thirty billion dollars
contracted during the period of the
war.
One of the leading republican mem
bers of the Ways and Means commit
tee of the House said today that it
’oolced as though the country was in
for a period of high taxation, but he
and his party expect to relieve the
country’ of much of the burden by the
new revenue bill, which will practical
ly double the import taxes. Income
taxes will also be high, but not nearlv
as high as during the past year, it is
predicted.
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LOGAN BILLINGSLEY IS
OUT AGAIN BUT IN AGAIN
JUST LIKE OLD FINNEG AN
TACOMA, June 6— Logan Billing
Fly, the famous bootlegger, was re
leased today after serving his full fed
eral sentence of 18 months at McNeil’s
Island penitentiary* Billingsley's be
havior in jail forfeited his right for a
short term.
SEATTLE, June 6— Billingsley im
mediately began serving this after
noon a three months jail sentence
hero.
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Lars Stokke purchased the interest
of Bert Hauge in the Hauge & Todal
pooivwm »t Petersburjh.
By Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO, June 6— Uoth
elements of the California republicans
ituet on Juno 14th to ?tart a campaign
'or Hiram Johnsc i for President of
the United States
The call for th? meeting decries
what s ter n* i t»*e ’atic blued
o v The conteionce is **/pecte<i to
1 vinp the tw » Ken Ii u mi tactions *
pc»her r\v the f•»st l:ir»e in fif.*r n
yt ars.
It is rep*, trrt that a straw /ote
a, r.onp 2700 troops on a bomeboi n.;
transport recently pave Johnson 6!'6
votes, Wilson 626 votes, Champ C’ark
00, General Wood 242, McAdoo 1^1
and F’ershinp 78.
WASHINGTON, June 6— Repre
sentative John E. Raker, of California
has introduced a resolution suspend
ing the law requiring assessment woik
on mining claims until December 11th
of the year following the conclusion
of the war. It is believed that the re*
solutio 1 will prrs as many men who
own wring cla.ms in Alaska a •: stiM
overseas.
j JUNEAU GIRL TEACHES
JOURNALISM TO YANK
SOLDIERS IN FRANCE
JUNEAU, (By Mail)— A former
' Alaska girl, Miss Helene Moore,
teaching journalism to American sol
diers in France, according to letters
received here, her former home. The
letters said Miss Moore had been nam
ed as instructor in journalism at
Beaume University , the largest edu
cational institution of the American
Expeditionary Forces in France.
Miss Moore graduated from the
University of Washington at Seattle
and later worked for a time in the
Sound city. She went overseas as a
hut worker during the war. She is
the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. I. H.
Moore, formerly of Skagway and Ju
neau.
By Associated Press
WILKESBARA. Pa., June 6— A
‘ carload of black powder exploded at
the change of shifts at nine o’clock
this morning and eighty miners, rid
ing to work on a car, are known to
i have been killed.
Forty others were injured aboard
another trolley car.
Sparks ignited the powder it is be
lieved.
At noon the death list was grow
ing.
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STEAMER BERGEN SAILS
FOR NORTH NEXT SUNDAY
SEATTLE, June 6— Steamer Ber
gen, for the westward run, sails for
Alaska next Sunday to begin the ser
■▼Ice from Seward, according to an
n9uncement today of Dr. Smith,