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VOLUME Mil. NUMBER 19. ______- - - - _T -—— '
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SEATTLE, May U3
Steamer Senator of the Pa
cific Steamship Company,
arrived this forenoon trom
Hong Kong and the officer
reported charts the ticv
mans recently surrenderee
showed a mine field sixty
miles by two miles in th.
China Sea. Over these mines
the Senator had passed nine
times. The mines were how
ever laid to deep to cause
contact with passing vessels.
The British navy forces ar
now removing the mines.
The Senator is to return
to the Nome. Alaska, route
leaving about the first o'
June.
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By Associated »*resa
GENEVA, May 23— For
mer Austrian Emperor am
Empress, with several arch
dukes and tons of baggage
arrived here today enroutr
to Chateau Pranzinz, their
future home, formerly occu
pied by Jerome Bonar 'O
At the depot a crowd hissed
the party.
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Hydaburg is to have an electric
light plant. This town is owned and
managed by natives. A sawmill outfit
was also recently shipped there and
i# being assembled.
By Associated Press
PARIS, May 23— Eng
land. Franee and the United
States have sent a joint note
to Italy requesting an exten
sion of the time for landin'’
forces in Smyrna. The Allies
are trying to pacify Turkey
before giving Greece man
date over Smyrna. Premier
Orlando answered the nr*
from the Allies today and
stated that there was a ne”
sonal clash between he and
Venizelos which resulted in
Venizelos withdrawing from
the conference.
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Arrivals at Fairbanks from the
I creeks state that many forest fires
are rapinp in the district, and that
they are particularly bad in the upper
Coldstream section.
HALE WILL
VOTE FOE 1
WOMEN 1
By Associated Prey*
WASHINGTON, May 23
Senator Hale, of Maine, an
nounced today that he in
tended .to support the wo
man’s suffrage amendment.
Senator Hale opposed the
amendment at the last ses
sion.
Suffragists claim that they
have sufficient votes in the
Senate to insure the adopt
ion of the suffrage amend
ment.
30,000 MAY
STRIKE
CALGARY, May 23— Thirty thous
and unionists are voting on a general
strike for next Monday in sympathy
of the Winnipeg strikers.
It is believed that the vote being
taken will favor the general strike.
The unionists want recognition of un
ions and also higher pay.
WINNIPEG, MAY 23— This ciW
is resuming commercial enterprise ag
gressively. Government officials are
conferring with the Unionists regard
ing a settlement of the strike. Hun
dreds of strikers have broken their
various union agreements and retail
ed to work. i
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IRISH ARE KICKING
PARIS May 23— Twelve pro
minent Sinn Fein leaders have
written to Premier Clemenceau,
declaring that Ireland will not he
bound by England’s action re
garding peace. The Sinn Feiners
also ask *hat the Peace Confer
ence recognize them on behalf of
Ireland.
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REPUBLICANS JOLLY THE
WOMEN FOLK OF THE G. 0. P.
WASHINGTON, May 23— Chair
man Hayes todav told the delegates
attending the Republican Woman’*
Vat:onal Committee that they would
nmt full consideration due all other in
dividuals in the party. Speaker of the
House Gillette and Senator Cummins
will speak to the women tonight.
John H. Dunn has been elected sup
erintondent of the Anchorage public
^cfyoQls.
DEMAND
TREATY
SIGNED
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Bv Associated Press
BERLIN, May 23— The
Soldiers and Workmen’s
Council today passed a reso
lution, after an all night ses
sion, demanding that the
German delegates, with no?
itive affirmation of the Gv
man Cabinet, sign the peac^
treaty of the Allies.
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• HIGH WINDS DELAY
• ATLANTIC FLIGHT
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* WASHINGTON, May 23— High •
* winds and rough seas prevented
* the American seaplane N C 1
* leaving *he Azores at daybreak
* today. This is according to wire
* less advices received here this
* forenoon.
MANY ARE
HOMELESS
BYA FIRE
MOBILE, Ala., May 20— Fire thi
afternoon destroyed 240 homes resum
ing in 1050 people being homeless. The
loss is estimated to be $800,000.
ALICE BRADY WEDS
NEW YORK, May 20— Alice Brady
the well know movie star, was married
this morning to John F. Crane, one oi
the leading Broadway stars.
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KILLS MOTHER—IN—LAW
Lizzie Hooker, a native woman well
known on the Alaska coast, was re
cently bound over to the grand jury
at Ketchikan charged with killing her
mother-in-law, Mrs. Harry Moore ,of
Wrangell. The crime is alleged to have
been committed last spring . A knife
wound was found on the woman and n
knife in her hands gave the appear
ance of suicide, but the back of her
head had been battered in with an axe
which was found in the cabin. The
coroner's jury returned a verdict of
suicide, but the matter was dropped
until later evidence pointed to Lizzie
Hooker as the guilty party.
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Joseph Montgomery, member of
the city council of Juneau, died recent
ly of heart trouble. Montgomery went
tp Juneau frprp ^ome in 1914.
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Hy Associated Pres*
COBLENZ, May 23— The
American General Head
quarters on the Rhine have
recalled to Coblenz Lieuten
ant General Liggett, com
mander of the Army of Oc
cupation and Major General
Tohn Hines, commander of j
the Third Corps. Both highj
officials are enroute to Lon- j
don.
Nine hundred motor j
tracks began to move aci
midnight from west of the
Rhine to. the bridgehead ar
ea. The tmeks are being dis
tributed to various points of
advantage among the troons
holding the zone east of the
Rhine should occassion aris<
for the Americans to ad
vance.
Tha recall of the two ar
mv officials, noted above, v
part of tbe armies program
in event Germany fails to ac
cent the treaty, to be prepar
ed for anything that might
suddenly come up.
The Army of occupation
consists of five Divisions.
Coblenz residents assert
that trucks are everywhere
earlv this morning, having
rumbled across the bridges
and distributed in large
number in the most advant
ageous places.
PERSHING STAYS i
LONDON. Mav 23— Ma
ior General Pershing, com
manding the American fnp/>
es, has advised the Britir/;
government, that he cannot
leave the Rhine at the pres
ent time to pay a visit to
London.
SOMETHING UP
WASHINGTON, May 23
The War Department admit
ted this afternoon that A
erican Secret Service
and ununiformed American
soldiers who are scattered
throughout Germany, advis
ed the commander of the A»"
my of Occupation on the
Rhine, to be ’prepared for
trouble.
Long code messages have
been passing during the past
few days between Pershin"
and the War Department.
That these messages have
been important concernin'?'
Rhine incidents is admitted.
Pershing was given absolute
authority in the matter of
recalling army officials on
their way to London thence
to the United States.
Commander-in-chief Foch
also cabled to the War De
partment reports of possible
trouble on the Rhine. It is
known that both French and
British forces are beinq held
in reserve at a convenient lo
cation. not onlv on the Rhine
hut other places along the
German border.
Official advices from Par
is state that hundreds of
thousands of French troops
have been suddenly placed at
a point where action can re •
suit quickly. Special trains
with ammunition have bee
thundering to the Germa"
border during the past 3b
hours.
While it is officially be
lieved in Washington that
Germany must s'Vn the trea
ty and not resort to further
conflict, the various reports
are of such a native the* tv>*
American forces in the Ar
my of Occupation are not to
be taken bv anv surprises
and the activity reported
from Coblenz is the result.