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1 Volumne XIV, No. 4-_SEWAKU, alas*.;), wai.--r^C16> 1921 _l^CETENCENTS
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ARMY LIEUTENANT NAS
FAILED TO RETURN FROM
OVER MEXICAN BORDER
No Hope Held Out For lieutenant lost In Arid Regions
In Air Plane.—Thought Water in Engine May
Keep Him Alive for Short Time
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AIRMAN PROBABLY DIED FROM THIRST |
Army Aviator Is Now Thought to Have Lost Way Some
where Over Border.—Air Service Patrol Gives Up
and Comes Bade.
EL PASO, Feb. 16.—Hope has practically been aban
doned for the rescue of Lieutenant Pierson who has been
lost since last Thursday. It has been explained that the
water from the engine would only keep him alive a short
time. If he had found succor of some kind, it is thought,
he would have been able to reach a telephone or tele
graph of some sort and send in a report
. No Word Yet Received
EL PASO, Feb. 116.—iritary headquarters here
annouce that no word has been received concerning the
whereabouts of Pearson, the aviator, who is thought tc
have perished somewhere in Mexico. . All maehmes fron
the air service patrol have returned and others are bacl
from the Kelly field. The aviators are of the opimor
that any further search wiUjxruseless._
President-Elect Harding’s .
Innaugural Address Touch
' Upo Important Subjects
International Peace To Be riefly Touched Upon in Innau
gural Address by Harding.—Friendship Over*
* tures for Latin America
' WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.—It is expected here thr
v President-elect Harding will only briefly touch the gue
tion of international peace association. He wiU pledg
the incoming administration to use its best-efforts to se
cure an agreement compatible with American apportion.
He is expected also to have a word of friendship for Mex
ico and Latin America. It is believed the statement of
his taxation policy will be reserved until the special ses
sion of congress. •_-_
PASSENGERS AMBUSHED B1 SEINN FEINERS
BELFAST, Feb .16.—Passenger trains carrying
troops to Cork and Skibbareen have been reported am
bushed by Sinn Feiners carrying arms and bombs. It is j
believed that there were many casualties on both sides.
SUGAR PRODUCTION BREAKS RECORDS^/
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.—Sugar production last
year broke all records with fifteen percent over the rec
ords of nineteen sixteen. It is estimated that they were
fifteen per cent more than in nineteen nineteen.
RACE TRACK BILL DEFEATED
OLYMPIA, Wash., Feb. 16.—The senate defeated
the race track bill allowing pariinutual betting. 1
EXPLOSION QLS TWO PERSONS
• HARRISBRUG, .EL, Feb. 16.—Two persons were
' killed an another fatally wounded in an explosion in a
coal hone here' yesterday. -
MUSTARD GAS ROUTS BOLD, BAD BANDITS
PONTIAC, Michigan, Feb 16.—Mustard gas placed
in the vault bi the farmer’s bank routed safe. blowers
whoittempfck to mmi*®.' They escaped empty
'handid
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YOUNG BANDIT LIFTS CASH, MAKESA ESCAPE I
AND IS NOW WANTED BY SALT LAKE POLICE
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SPOKANE, Feb. 16.—Elliott Mitchener, fourteen
years old, who last fall was accused of the theft of $4,300
from the Philadelphia bank where he was employed as a
messenger is being sought here for the alleged theft of
Dieven thousand dollars in Liberty bonds from the trunk
owned by his father at Cour d’ Alene, Idaho.
HAD AT IT IN OLD IRELAND
CORK, Feb. 16.—Passengers and two members of
the Republican army were killed in an ambush reported
at Earlie, Belfast yesterday. Six soldiers, railway offi
cials and two women were seriously injured and several
others slightly. One of the passengers killed was a wo
man who was shot through the car window.- __■
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mpeachment Charges Preferred by Senator Welty May
Be Thrown Out Because of View of Palmer
Impeachment Not Popular
WASHINGTON, Feb 16.—There is little liklihood
hat action wiU be taken on- the Welty charges before
.ongress adjourns in connection with the alleged actions
'f Federal Judge T-anife who has impeachment charges
'referred- against him for unbecoming conduct on the
bench.
Proceedings Remain Status Quo
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.-The Judge Landis im
eachment remained status quo pending the fixmg of the
late for the judiciary committee hearing. Many mem
ers have eypressed the belief that the impeachment pro*
eeding will be thrown out in view of the opinion of At
imey General Palmer that the judge was within the
iw in accepting outside duties.'
WIRELESS APPARATUS NOW COMPLETED
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 16.—It is announced that the
pparatus whereby it is hoped to make possible two more
mversations held simultaneously over the same wireless
°t will be given a transoceanic test from the wireless
“ation at Katalina Islands. A conversation was earned
i for more than an hour with the operator at Cape
od. Operators of every important city listened m.
PROMINENT MEN ARRESTED IN FRANCE
PARIS, Feb. 16.—Two members of the chamber r
deputies, who were involved in the Communist plot have
been arrested. The members are prominent men, accord
ing to current rumors. '
DEMONSTRATION BY UNEMPLOYED
SIDNEY, New South Wales, Feb. 16.—During a
demonstration of unemployed Sir W. H. Davidson repre
senting the government was mobbed and a detachment of
police was stoned by the rioters.
Hg GEORGE ON RUSSIAN SITUATION
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.—Violence will not solve
Jthe Irish problem,1 King George declared in a speech
at the formal opening of parliament. He expressed a
favorable disposition towards a commercial treaty with
Soviet Russia.
MAKE RECORD FOR BIRTHS IN ENGLAND
, LONDON, Feb. 16.-r^Jirths in England and Wales
last year have established a high record. The death rate
has been low, according to an official report
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ATLANTIC FLEET MANEUVERING „ OF PANAMA
PANAMA, Feb. 16.—The Atiantic and Padffc fleet
arrived here after cofai^eting Joint nw^uvere. off.the
west coast of South Africa, the fleet Will remain here
a week and tile ere** will engage in athletic contests.
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SALT r JR—AH records have
en at the , hem |Sixty^heve
cations on oil . -2""
ywi^StiShuv* bm AM on fivemillion acres |
ENLISTED MAN IS CAUGHT
WITH GOODS IN ATTEMPT
DYNAMITE MAYFLOWER
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Secret Service Officials Unearth Widespread Dynamite
Plot—Arrest Ringleader Going Aboard President
ial Yacht Carrying Bomb.
ANARACHISTS AMONG ENLISTED MEN FOUND
Arrested Enlisted Sian of United States Navy on Sus
picion of Plot to Dynamite the Presidential
Yacht Mayflower
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.—An enlisted man of the
United States navy has been arrested in connection with
an alleged plot to blow up the presidential yacht the
Mayflower.
Plot Slay Extend to Other Vessels
Secret service operatives are proceeding on the theo
i ry that the plot may extend to other vessels. A yard
man was arrested who is said to have approached offic
ers and offered them a bribe if they would allow him to
go aboard the yacht with a package believed to have con
tained a bomb.' ' -..
District Attorney Asserts
Men Sent To Penitentiary
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Are Innocent of Charge
Testimony Which (Convicted Alleged Gansters Who
Were Sent to Penitentiary Is Now Claimed
By Girls to be False
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 16.—The cases of alleged
gangsters who yrere sentenced to the penitiary for al
leged attacks on Jessie Montgomery and Jean Stanley
may be reopened as the result of affidavits made that the
girls had perjured themselves at the trials. Both were
brought here in custody by the district attorney. They
will testify here today. Miss Stanley expressed sympa
thy with Thomas Brady and the other men who are now
serving time in the penitentiary. She declared “I could go
to the penitentiary for things said during the trial”
LEADER OF SWINDLERS ARRESTED
CHICAGO, Feb. 16.—One alleged ring leader of a
band of swindlers is blamed for the disappeamce of C. C.
Dukes, a Milan, Georgia banker, four months ago and
caused a loss to their victims of more than half a million
dollars has been identified here as Ned Douglas, who has
been arrested on suspicion of defrauding many Chicago
women of valuable jewelry.
WAGE REDUCTION. SUSPENDED
CHICAGO, Feh. 1A—The railroad labor board Sue- ,
pended recent reductions in wages in the maintenance of
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