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SKATTI.K. :*•'». IT- A social
this afternoon fioi.t ^a>him*ton, lk t .
to the Seatth' s!'vs Cov-rro
Tbomas Ki«us. •*»*.. »>ehKate ‘ ‘
r.ncsby and others, have conclude!
that : ‘ •
salmon fishimr in Alaska, that ’a >
able food reserve will ?h‘ totalled. I
>t’oyed. I’nless tin* industry is i*
st noted and protected $80,000,000 . »
vested in the canneries will be w i •
(Hit.
It is understood a bdl to prevent
f-sh ng in certain seasons ef the y ir
u : 1 l» shortly intioduced in Congn
To • bill w>li provide for additional
t •' ation to raise money to he used t«
, >rsej ve the industry.
Stream f;shing will be abolished ana
il*.* fi. bevies v*;ll he governed !»' a
coin;’ s'on, selected from toe lh**r'
„>.‘nt of fisheries and the governin' i.i
,»f the t ‘i-ritory of Alaska. It is said
liie h»:l will he on posed hv the Pepirl
n\ «tit of Fisheries ami residents of
Alaska where fishing will he restt»ct
ed.
BANK RUBBERS
OPERATE UNDER
A NEW PRETEXT
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COLONGE. Feb., 17 Bank rob
bers have been operating in pa t> • ‘
Germany recently under tin pui \t
iPat they were collecting money l»*r
tin- Allies tor damages caused by
German at my during the war.
In one in>tance. according to stones
published in the German nevvspape *,
a man in the uniform of a Belg an
captain anil accompanied by five
guards and six Belgian soldiers, en
tcied the bank ot Probst and t ompuny
in Aachen a few days ago. saying lie
v.as seeking stolen money. The n>a
showed papers purporting to haro
been stamped by the Belgian Minister
of Justice and insisted upon making i
search of the bank s vaults to de
termine whether the institution he'd
any coin stolen in Belgium in 1915.
The man dismissed the entire force
of clerks and then directed the own .
Probst. to open the vaults. Afte w«» i
the man locked Probst in his private
office and helped himself to about
270.000 marks and 75,000 Belgian
francs.
1 Probst. reported the attair to tie
authorities. The robber was arrest* •;
and the money recovered.
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ENGLAND FACES DEFICIT
LON VON, A deficit of 429.729,Of Mi
pounds in British government finance
was shown for the first nine month >
of the current fiscal year ending
March 31 next. The exchequer refin.
show a total revenue of 696,252.000
pounds. The expenditure, however, was
1.125.981.000 pounds.
The deficit was covered by perma
nent borrowing.
The Chancellor's estimated rewnn*
for the year is 1,201,100.000 pounds.
The estimated revenue for the year -s
1.610.494.000 pounds.
BERLIN. Feb.. 17— “Not we, bat
our happy grandchildren will see the
Prussian Eagle flying again in t\vs
sky” declares a resolution passed at a
meeting of German officers in fuvo,*
of the monarchy.
MONTESANO. Keb.. 17— Twenty
o»io wit? esses have been examined »in !
nearly all have testified in the mrr»s
acre ea.' ' regarding the shooting »n
Armistice day by the Wobblies. The
shooting centers around the Arn *»•»
Hotel and Seminary Hill. Two of th •
witnesses wore the uniforms they
wore in France. They were part e1
mint; in the parade and ran from the
scent* when the tain of bullets was on.
When these witnesses went on the
stand, the uniforms brought objections
from George Vanderveer. the wobbFes
attorney. State attorney Abel told the
witnesses not to wear their uniforms,
it* recalled again to the stand, as they
were distasteful. The Defense counsi 1
was severely rebuked for this state
ment by the Judge who said the uni
form of an American soldier was nev
er distasteful. It has been decided that
the court and jury, also attorneys wiM
go to Cent'alia to view the scene of
the shooting, sometime late this week.
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DISCOUR \GE EMIGR VTION
SYDNEY, Australia, Feb., 17
The Japanese are now discouraging
emigration to America and Brazil, ac
cording to Al Yamashina, vice-presi
dent of the Tokio Chamber of Com
merce. “We are now a manufacturing
nation,” he explained, while on a vis t
to Sydney, “and we do not want ot*
people to emigrate. There will not brt
much of ;t in the near future.”
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H. C. L. Causes Strikes.
BUENOS AIRES, Feb., 17— Argen
tina has been the scene of numerous
st-ikes in the past few months. In
general these are attributed to the
cost of living, particularly pro
hib't’vc rents for poor families. One
economist declares that wages he! '
a*-.* ftfi percent higher than in England
while the cost of living is 83 percent
greater.
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fish quotations
SEATTLE. Feb.. 17— Halibut :s
minted at fifteen and one half cents.
T’: *klcd fish remain the same as or
December 22nd and these sale prices
will prevail until about July 1st.
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Joseph S. Thomas, a pioneer of fhe
southern port of Alaska, died Inst
week at Ketchikan, he was interred in
the local cemetery.
I .OS ANT.KLKS, Kob., IT- K. I..
I>oh n y. President of the Pan-Anun
can P< troleum Transport Compan .
says Secretary of the Interior Law *•*
to become an executive of the two
companies at a salary oi $.>0,000 a
year. Lane's offices will lx* in N« \v
York and lie is to be the legal ndv s
or and vice President.
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CLEVELAND, Feb., 17— William
Jennings lJiyan, in an interview hoie,
states ho wants eight certain planks
incorporated in the Democratic plat
form as follows:
First— Indorsement of the Wi! -on
administration.
Second— Prohibition.
Third - Woman’s suffrage.
Fourth—Opposition to enforce nv!
tary training.
Fifth— Opposition to profited in?
Sixth— Taxation.
Seventh— Labor problems.
li ght - Public ownership.
Bryan predicted the elimination o
the soldier candidate for Prcsul *at.
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STEAMER CAUGHT IN ICE
BOSTON. Feb., 17— The Shipping
Board's steamer Orion has been caught
in the ice off Nova Scotia and is end
ing for help.
BAUFORT, N. C., Feb., 17— Th •
const guard cutter Itasca is reporte 1
IPO miles out towing a disabled steam
er in, the name not given.
An unidentified schooner is repo t
ed sinking thirty miles southeast
the Cape Lookout lightship.
BOSTON. Feb., 17— The Shipping
Board's Red Mountain is disabled and
adrift in a heavy gale 1000 miles east
of New York. The Board’s steamer
Elmsport is going to her assistance.
HIT BY BUZZARD;
YOUNG MAN IS DEAD
DEBLIN. N. H., Feb., 17— Charles
McVeagh, junior graduate student at
Princeton, son of the counsel for the
United States Steel corporation, died
today from exposure on Mount Mona*
dock during an attempted snow shoe
Hp to the summit. McVeagh was ac
companied by Charles Reynders, Har
vavd senior. The two were hit by a
bl»7.rard and both being thinly dressed,
McVeagh succumbed. Reynders was
found nearly dead.
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ST. PAUL. Fob., 17— Railroad cir- 1
eles arc today forcasting a merger * ♦’ {
the Groat Northern, Northern Pacii'> (
and Burlington Railroads into one
great transcontinental system ’
the government control is rolinquv* -
rd. The merger is understood io bo
planned along the lines conceived *\v *
the late James J. Hill.
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SEATTLE, Feb., 17— A special o ,
the Times from Washington says t! e
Hoover and Wood booms are waning
a id Bowden and Harding arc coming
to the front.
Hoover’s boom is waning because ic
shows little interest in the campaign.
Hoover seems interested in everythin :
but politics and is apparently sincei *
when he says he is not a candidate.
The Wood boom is badly manage d
and is dying a natural death.
Many political writers, according to
the Times dispatch, believe no can!
date will go to Chicago with the no
mination assured.
Several political writers believe
Vice- President Marshall would like to
lead the Democrats.
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INDIANAPOLIS, Feb., 17— D\ 1
Harry Barnard, former state food J.d- 1
ministrator, says petitions are being ^
circulated throughout the state io *
place Hoover’s name on the President- (
ial ballot at the primaries.
SEATTLE, Fob., 17— Thp Tripj.lo
Alliance state convention in session
here is to adopt a constitution provid
ing for organizations in every county.
An active campaign is to be pushed
for the election of farmers, unionises f
and railwaymen, all of whom are af-.v
filiated with the Triple Alliance. t
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BOMBAY, India. Feb., 1 — Moso-. 1
potamia has a great future as a cott on r
growing area, in the opinion of ex- 5
ports who have just completed a tour l
of that country as / representatives of \
the British Empire Cotton Growing \
Association.
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OIL LAM) ROYALTY
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WASHINGTON, Fib., 17— Th •
Oil laud leasing bill was sent 10
President W ilson on February 11
lh for his signature, li is peel
ed the bill will he signed within a
day or two. Tie biil will open
Jolly four million acres of go' -
eminent coal land and eight mil
lion known acres of oil land. The
bill specifies the minimum royal
ties to he determined by competi
live bidding for oil lands. A maxi
mum of 3200 acres may be leas
ed at a minimum royally of
' twelve arid one half per cent.
The present oil excitement in tYis
ricinity, with Seward as the center
>om which stampoders for oil land lo
cations branch out from, is just *Y
•ulmination of years of watchful w vl
ng foj location on oil producing
rround.
For years it has boon known th .1
>il has been flowing into tin* Par
>cean from many coast points to the
vostwurd. Cold Bay, Illimani and oth
r places have for years been prospect
d thoroughly and oil has been found,
list the same as at Katalla.
The passing of the oil land loasmg
ill by Congress has now furnished rh"
pportunity for hundreds to seek o*:t
heir locations and make fillings.
While Gobi Bay and Illimani semu
o bo the parts to the westward wher *
mny are bound for. and who wdl
?ave on the Admiral Watson, others
re going to other parts of the coa*c.
Out in the Pacific ocean, some who it
ff the coast, is a vessel with locator*
m VOTE
TODAY IN
SEATTLE
SEATTLE, Feb.. 17— The larg*>
Apartment stores opened an hour
;te this morning so that the employ
es could vote at the primaries for c»iy
fficers. It is expected that nearly
00,000 will vote at the primaries bo
ng held today. Some bettors are of*
ering odds that James Duncan. Iv
or’s candidate, and u pronounced La
ical, will run first for Mayor at the
irimaries.
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lLASKAN MINER WHO IS
SUPPOSED TO BE DEAD IS
VERY MUCH REAL LIVE MAN
SEATTLE, Feb., 17— Just as the
riends of Jens Neilson, Alaska minot,
rere arranging to administer his es
ate and send his banked money to h -
mother in Denmark, they received a
Fitter from him today saying he was
Jive and coming here. Neilson had
5200 in a bank here which has not
>een touched for two years and as no
v'ord had been received from him, he
ras supposed to have died.
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aboard. This vessel is equipped with,
tireless and when the President signs
the oil land leasing bill, those aboard
wilt be notified th ough air. Just
where this boat is bound for, or who
are back of the locations to be mad *.
is not known in Seward. Oil has been
seeping out f om so many point'
along tin coast that there is amp’
territory for ail in the present .'tam
petle to make* locations.
Locally, the situ: tion is just as ex
citing. Last spring and summer, sev
eral prominent oil men were in 3m* •
ard ami other parts ef Kenai Penin'j
la. The oil indications were so pro
n minced that the members of the
Chamber of Commerce and others
employed E. H. Mathis, a consulting
engineer, who was here with oil men.
to make a thorough investigation of
this region.
Mr. Mathis spent several we »ks
making his examinations and then
prepared .a concise report. So positive
was facts revealed in this report that
during the past few months, during
which tune the oil land leasing bib
was before congress, over 100 copses
of this report have been sent out *.o
interested parties who not only wrot**
but wired for copies. Cablegrams ha%*e
been received here during the past few
days asking for more particulars and
these have been answered, with as
suranoes given for three different
companies that they would have men
on the ground shortly, or that mmi
were now on the way north.
Consulting Engineer Mathis went
thoroughly into the geology of the od
bearing lands; gave facts as to his ex
periments in finding gas and oil, for
mations of the lowlands, and the rocks
of this area.
After making his deductions, as the
result of drilling, etc., Mr. Math’s
went into the commercial possibilities
and facilities.
So insistent has been the demard
for more copies of this report, that
the secretary of the Chamber of Com
merce is now preparing 1000 mo»v
copies for general circulation along
the Pacific coast and east.
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RADICALISM
NOT MENACE
ANY LONGER
SEATTLE, Feb., 17— William J.
Flynn, director of the Bureau of the
Investigation bureau of the Depart
ment of Justice, and former seetvt
service chief, has arrived here on x
national tour conferring with Depart
ment of Justice Officials. He said to
day that he thought Bolsheviki and
other radicalisms had ceased to be a
menace in America.
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MARSHALL IS CANDIDATE
FOR THE BIG CONVENTION
WASHINGTON, Feb., 17— Vice
President Marshall, in a letter to E. G.
Hoffman, secretary of the Democratic
National Committee, announces his
candidacy as delegate at large from
Indiana to the San Francisco conven
tion on “an old time Democratic plat
form.”