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IS BURNED
TO DEATH
KLKHAKT. Ind.. March 11 — Lieut
enant Clayton Stoner, of the U.
Government air service, was burned to
death this forenoon when his aero
plane fell and burned. Stoner had lost
his way in a fo^.
VILLA RELEASES
YANKEE CAPTIVE
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EL PASO. March 11— Bandit
Francisco Villa has released Jose
ph Williams, the American war
veteran, captured by the \ illistas
during a train hold-up last Satur
day. Villa was holding Williams
for $30,000 ran.Hom.
VILLA IS GOING TO
CAPTURE MORE YANKEES
SO TO GET REAL DOPE
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WASHINGTON, March 11— Ban
dit Villa has written that he intends
to capture Americans from time to
time so as to talk to them and get
outside news from America’s stand
point. He will tell the captured Am
ericans of his views and ideals for
Mexican government, then release the
Americans unharmed and without
ransom.
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SCHOOL TEACHERS ARE
IN GREAT DEMAND
SEATTLE, March 11— Calls to
fifty five high school teachers sent ’>v
schools of the northwest cannot e
filled by J. G. Fletcher, vocational set
retary at the University of Washing
ton. Salaries of the posts range from
$110 a month to $1,800 a year.
Shortage of teachers is greatest
east of the mountains, Mr. Fletcher
believes. Montana, for that reason,
pays higher salaries than the schoo s
west of the mountains. Idaho comes
second and Washington third.
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NEW LOCAL OPTION LAW
IN SCOTLAND NEXT JI NS
EDINBURGH, March 11— Scot
land’s new local option law will conm
into effect on June 1, and the prolvb*
tioni.sts are projecting a lively cam
paign throughout the country to pei*
suade the people to vote their dis -
tricts “dry" at the next election. The
prohibitionists express the hope that
If Scotland can be made dry under
this law', England and Wales may de
mand similar legislation.
SEATTLE, March 11— Special 'i. -
patches from Washington to the Seat
tle newspapers say that Col. Freder
ick M«*ars has left Washington for hi*
return to Seward, Alaska. Assistant
Secretary of the Interior Hallowo1;,
Col. Mears and J. L. McPherson told
the house appropriations sub-com ni* -
toe of the need for the $8,000,000 ap
propriation. The committee, according
to the dispatches, is friendly towards
the lailroad and the members said
that it ought to be completed as sooi
as possible.
WASHINGTON, March 11— It is
stated here J. L. McPherson, of Set
tle, has resigned as consulting engin
eer of the Alaska railroad commis
sion. It is also learned that Secretary
Lane, on the eve of his retirement,
asked Senator Jones to introduce a re
solution asking the Department of
the Interior to report on general ac
tivities in Alaska.
PRISONERS ASKED NOT
TO BREAK OUT OF JAIL
EVERETT, March 11— Jail breaks
have become so numerous at the Ever
ett city jail thar the municipal author
ities are planning to post a sign warn
ing prisoners against attempting te
get away.
“The city has not the funds to
build a new escape-proof jail “Safety
Commissioner Turner said. “Steel
bars sawed through by the prisoners
have to be replaced by the city. In or
der to stop this drain on our fun Is
we are going to post a sign threaten
ing prosecution under the state laws
of prisoners who try to break out. A
term in the state penitentarv may
break them of their habit.”
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OUTDOOR BOXING SMOKERS
PLANNED BY LEGIONS
YAKIMA, Wn., Ma;ch 11— Out
door boxing smokers will be held by
the Yakima post of the American Le
gion in the near future at the state
fair grounds here, it was announced
recently. The ring will be set up in
front of the race track grandstand.
Bouts will be held in the state fair
auditorium until arrangements are
completed for the outdoor shows. The
boxing smokers were held in the nr
morv here until a recent order closed
the building to the shows.
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PLAN CELEBRATION
PLYMOUTH, Eng., March 11— *
branch of the Anglo-American socie
ty to aid in the celebration in Septem
ber of the tercentenary of the “May
flower” and Pilgrim Fathers has been
organized here. A suggestion was
made that Plymouth subscribers for
special gift to be sent to Plymouth,
Mass.
WASHINGTON, March 11— Ad
miral Sims today told the Senate in
vestigation committee that the navy s
failure to fully co-operate in the war
during the first six months after
America’s entry, cost one half million
lives, fifteen billion dollars, and two
and one half million tons of shippi
Admiral Sims said this reluctaney
prevented a victory in July, 1018 and
said that if the tonnage lost in 101"
had been saved by the navy’s prompt
co-operation, America could have had
one million men in France at t' e b< *
Pfinninff of 1918 instead of only ‘>00.
000 men overseas. Sims said the G**r
•nan offensive in 1918 would never
have been starteu u An^iica had had
l,0u0,000 men ovesseas.
WASHINGTON, March 11— Herbert
Hoover is to testify before the Sen
ate Committee investigating Am *r
ic:i\s naval conduct in the world war.
Sims told the committee Hoover has
an intimate knowledge of the Eu>o
po*m situation at the time America
entered the war and he asked that
Hoover bo called to substantiate c**r
ta»n states regarding the gravity of
the situation of the Allies.
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SEATTLE, March 11— David Hail
of Columbus , Ohio, Commander ii>
Chief of the Grand Army of the Kc
public, is here and today he predict'd
the Senate will pass the Fuller bdl
providing for increased pension >.
Commander Hall said there were 257,
000 veterans alive but dying at the
rate of 2500 a month.
POUND GOING UP
NEW YORK, March 11— The Eng
lish pound reached $3.76 today the
highest for weeks. The German mark
climbed to $1.62.
ATTORNEY CONVICTED
SEATTLE, March 11— Carlos L.
Byron, an attorney of Portland, was
today convicted of using the mails in
land frauds. Byron surrendered when
indicted and today, when convicted
immediately started for McNeils Isl
and to begin serving his fifteen
months sentence.
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VANCOUVER, 1). C., March I l -
The Boeing Aeroplane Company, of
Seattle , is to build especially design
ed airplanes for an air line planned
by Lieut. E. D. Hall, of Vancouver
and four other airmen, to carry ore
from the Granby mines, twelve miles
to tidewater at Stewart, II. C. It is
estimated the planes will each carry
1000 pounds of ore every trip and it
is believed the aerial t:ansportation
will reduce the freight charges fifty
per cent. Other owners have also con
tracted for the aerial service.
FUR DEALERS IN MONEY
SARANACLAKE, N. Y., March il
— Fur dealers say the Adirondack
trappers have received over one mil
lion dollars for raw furs this winter.
The prices are much higher than last
year. Mink is leading, the pelts bring
ing from $18 to $20.
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WASHINGTON N. G. GIVEN
LIGHT TANK FOR SERVICE
SEATTLE, March 11— The Wash
ington National Guard has been a:-. •
signed one of the twelve light tank'.
The corp is authorized to use this in
future maneuvers and eventually the
militia will be given 24 light fighting
tanks and one light signal tank.
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FREMONT KING DEAD
SEATTLE, March 11— Fremont
King, well known Alaskan and Paci
fic coast pioneer, who died here two
days ago, was buried at Tacoma to
day under the auspices of the Masons.
SEATTI.K, March 11— A spw! n
dispatch to the Times liom Washing
ton, D. C., says Alaska will be the*
center of a congressional <. ».u o.vr
The first fight is expected to center
about the salmon industry and others
about the bureaus which would be ab
olished under the Curry bill.
The special dispatch says the fina’
storm will be due when Congress dis
covers that the government has spent
$50,000,000 for the government tail-i
road in Alaska with no freight to
haul because no effort has been made
to create a traffic.
Delegate Grigsby and Secretaiy
Alexander, of the fisheries depart- j
ment, plan a fight. Grigsby is said to (
oppose the third plan providing fo • a (
Hoard, of which two members will he
persons engaged in industry believing
that they are responsible now for the
partial destruction of the fishing in
dust; y.
SEATTLE. .March 11— A special
dispakwh from Washington this afte •
noon says that in order to oblai.i u
complete surve y of the Alaskan situa
tion before considering the bills in
tended to center Alaskan authority in
Alaska, Congress proposes to ask ea:ii
bureau Department which deals with
Alaska to report on its activities.
Several members of the territories
may visit Alaska soon in connection
with this work.
Curry has asked J. L. McPherson
to assit in gathering data showing the
scope of the Federal authority in
Alaska. It is acknowledged here thrt
McPherson is best equipped to do the
task. McPherson has accepted Curry’s
proposal tentatively.
PREPARING INSTRUCTIONS
IN THE WOBBLY TRIAL
MONTESANO, March 11— Judge
Wilson is preparing his instructions.
One defense witness is yet to testify.
The jury will probably be given the
instructions tomorrow. It is expected
the arguments will occupy nearly ail
of tomorrow's session and the case
may reach the jury late in the after
noon. Spectators are betting on the
verdict will be rendered quickly and :f
not, there will be a long fight in the
jury room.
MONTESANO, March 11— Walter
E. Jordan, of Centralia, a barber, who
was one of the first to reach the Wob
bly hall on the day of the armistice
day shooting, testified that the shoot
ing started before the marchers broke
their ranks. Jordan said he ran into
the hall and the full length of it
the ice box where the defendants were
hiding. Jordan said Arthur McElfresh
fell in his tracks before any soldiers
rushed the hall.
Witnesses, in testimony, said E’
mor Smith, a defendant several days
before the raid, said the “Wobblies
were ready for a raid."
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Oren F. Hill has been named post
master at Hyder.
KETCHIKAN, March 11— Dick
Demmar, a Greek passenger on the
steamer Admiral Evans, ran amuck
just before the steamer reached he e
late yesterday afternoon, southbound,
and shot six persons all being slight
ly wounded. After his shooting esca
pade, Demmar suicided. Those aboar*
the Admiral Evans who were woundcc
were A. Larsen, Butler Larson, Sam
Baker, and R. Sinclair, passengers; L
B. Drury, purser, and Anton Longer
ships’s barber. It is stated Demma
just went out of his head and starte*
shooting.
As far as known, none of thos
wounded aboard the Evans were fror
Seward. None of their names appea
on the passenger list from here c
Agent Wayne Blue. Dommar is suj
posed to have taken passage on tb
steamer at Juseau. Purser Drury
making his first trip to Alaska ir
probably thinks things are certain'
of a strenuous nature.
SEATTLE PIONEER WOMAN
ANSWERS LAST SUMMON
SEATTLE, March 11— Mrs. Co
sandra Eckler George, prominent pi
neer of this state and city, ,dicd he
yesterday afternoon.
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