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SEWARI), ALASKA. TUESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1920.- -___
VOLUME XIII. NUMBER 208. _ __
CHICAGO. Jan.. 13—Fifteen *1 N
who arrived here from othor cities,
have been reported missing during t to
past two days. Miss Frances U'-ek.
who arrive*! here from Missoula. Mon*.,
to meet her fiances’ parents was m!s*
od this morning from the Union ra
tio! White slavers are believed re
-ponsible for the disappearance* ot
the girls and the entire detective de
partment here and in omer nearpv
citie* are making a thorough search
and uoing after all questionable men
and women who are believed implicat
ed in girls being lured into a lifi of
shame under promise of varoua
things.
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MONTREAL, Jan., 13— A gerera.
strike is ‘hroatened here the result of
the city discharging the employees o;
the ^ater work, whose strike for
higher wages caused a water tarn I no.
The Tratios Labor Council has passer,
resolutions urging all unions to strike
unlors the city discharges the commis
sion that was responsible for the dis
chaigo of the men of the water works.
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YANKS ARE
TO LEAVE
SIBERIA i
WASHINGTON, Jan., 13— Kght
thousand American soldiers will be
Kin to leave Siberia by the middh* of
February thus leaving to Japan p»o
teetion of the Siberian rattroan also ro
loyal Russians in eastern Siberia. The
American Railway commission, which
has been directing the operation of th
railroad, is to leave Siberia before the
middle of February.
YEAR IN PRISON IS
LEAST FOR THIEF
TORONTO. Ont. Jan., 13— One
year imprisonment has been tixe.l b\
the Dominion parliament as the min*
imum penalty hereafter in cases wher^
a conviction is made for theft of an
automobile. The law is now in effecl
and already under irs autnoritv a
number of motor thieves are serving
terms of a year who mirrht otherwise
have been leniently dealth with by the
court*.
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SPOKANE, Jan., 13— The Ameri
can Legion Post here has passed a re
so'Ulion denouncing Jack Dempsey
and charging him with being a ship
yard s.acker. The Post expressed good
will toward Georges Carpenticr as h;s
war record is world wide known.
FORT WAYNE, Ind., Jan., 13—
The American Legion Post here has
condemned Jack Dempsey as an un
fit representative of American ath
letics. A resolution has been parsed
declaring opposition to him as the de
fender of the American champion .hip
The recent agitation against Dempsey
is because of his war service which
was confined to menial working in a
shipyard.
CLEVELAND, Jan., 13— The M«m
sc-Rhine Lep?on Post has condemned
Dempsey’s war record and praise'
Carpentier’s record.
COL. WARREN AND OTHERS
j TO TALK ABOUT ALASKA
SEATTLE, Jan., 13— The annua'
dinner of the Alaska Bureau of the
^ontUe Chamber of Commerce will be
I hold Thursday. Speechs will be made
by Bishop Rowe, Editor Ed. C. Rus
-*R. W. A. Gilmore, J. P. Daly and
CoL H. P. Warren head of the snpnlv
j department of the Alaskan Engineer
ing Commission with his headquarters
at Seward, Alaska.
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• WILSON ISSUES
CALL FOR LEAGUE '
4 WASHINGTON, Jan., 13—The
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• first meeting of the League oi
4 Nations has been called in Parih
t
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4 for next Friday. The call was is* *
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4 sued last night by President Wi!* 4
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• non. The League will establish *
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4 various committees to carry orf
4 the treaty terras.
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EXPECT THAT A
COMPROMISE
BE REACHED
WASHINGTON, Jan., 13— Sena
tor Hitchcock is confident comprjn.ne
reservations will be «vo*ve« soon
which will be approved by the Demo
crats and President Wilson. A Doi to
cratic conference of Senators discu>3
ed reservations which they said har
monized with Wilson’s view of accept
ing reservations which are interpreta
tive but not destructive.
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NEW LINE IS TO OPERATE
FROM ATLANTIC TO PACIFIC
POSTON, Jan., 13— The New Eng
land Maritime Corporation puts the
steamer Juneau, the first of six boats,
on a new line from this coast to the
Pacific, very shortly. The steamers of
the new line will operate between
Poston and San Francisco via the
Panama canal.
SABLE BOUGHT FOR 52
TIMES WEIGHT IN GOI.P
NEW YORK, Jan., 13— An Ameri
can woman, the wife, sister, mottle
or daughter of n post-war Croesus
(her identity is the secret of a big
Brooklyn furrier! received on Christ
mas morning an $35 000 Russian sub'e
coat. It was a kind of dolman, a gar
ment. of rare loveliness consisting of
93 skins from animals trapped in the
intermr of the Rurgesin region of
wild Siberia.
This extraordinary nrfee paid for
a luxury weiffhin* a little mom than
five pounds, was at the rate of $1
an ounce. Th« coat was vaVd e*
approximately 52 t;mes its weight in
eoM. And vet, this Brooklyn i^rm.
ts-h^h has tmd;n<? posts in Alaska,
Russia and other coM and forbidding
i»o<r!(>ns of the worM. savs that sab r
vpar am “not the meet expensive
fnm.M An advance of 50 to 75 nm*
<v»nt has haer made in these jtift.s for
the ***rh smee last snrinff,
Th« palm for thA hiwhost pr:cM
fnt*. however, TPl**t he awarded t*
finest natural black ^evAS which,
nt nrASAnt. am brinnin"- $7,500 a pair;
enono-h to make n “sat’1 consisting
of a scarf or neekniece p"d a mnff.
T,act vftflf thA price was $5 000 Vat.
t>rol 5*lmi» foxes pdme next at $1 500
fo nnn n npi» and it was said that
there has h«ep ft h’^er demand ♦ir
fV.?s w'nfAP th»»*i AVer bef .re,
T1>a Biimoai’n fox ranrhes. a new
CAAAACT frATTl A SnAAA®S«
C„1 h*AA/tt~sr ^c^^hUchmAnt en Pr*AA*<
Pdsv»A»*d friend.*’»♦ WAS S^atA^ rr
n#*AAt on the market price of the ytld
pelts.
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KANSAS CITY, Jan., 13— It is
feared a mysterious intestinal malady
has appeared in Kansas, Oklahomu
and various cities. It is believed near
ly one thousand cases from the di
sease have been found in Toledo and
300 cases in Oklahoma. So far there
have been only four deaths reported.
Many believe the form Is of dysentery
trouble, others think it is influcn/.a,
but if the later, the symptoms are dif
ferent from the flu of last year.
COURT SUSTAINS
INDICTMENT OF
NEWBERRY
GRAND RAPIDS, Jan., 13— The
Federal Court today upheld the va!i
fity of the indictments against Unit
ed States Senator Newberry. The Sen
ator was indicted for corruption in the
last election.
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TELLS AUSTRALIA TO
PREPARE FOR ANOTHER WAR
SYDNEY, Australia. Jan., 13— Sir
Joseph Cook, minister for the navy,
is urging military prepardness upon
Australialians. At the annual mee4ing
of the Navy League, he said.
“Spend your last dollar on pre
paring for a fight to the last. Vve
have signed the peace, but Euroo** is
still full of mutual hatreds, even the
Allies. Until there is a general
movement for disarmament, as l
hope there soon will be, we must tmr.t
to the League of Nations— and ke^p
our powder dry.
“We cannot afford to let the hik
rust yet awhile, though we have r
Leaerue of Nations which we hope
will fructify” he told the Nat^on^
Rifle association. “Our rifles must
he kept well oiled, and you must b*
able to shoot them as in times gov
bv if this country is to be safe. W*
mav vet need our rifles here in Ans
tralia.”
To the Women’s IWorm le<P“
Sir Joseoh said: “Our hope mo
be centered in the League of h °
t?o«s. It is the one prea? hope of th'
worM. hot if we cannot make it e'
fective in the near future we had h'
ter pet ready for the next war, wh*'
will otherwise come as surely as t1
sun rises.”
REPRESENTATIVE MILLER
TAKES CHARGE OF THE
REPUBLICAN HEADQUARTER
WASHINGTON, Jan., 13— Fori
or Representative Miller, the new scr
retary of the Republican natiorr
committee, took charge of headquar
era today. Mr. Miller relieves Jam
Reynolds who becomes campaign m*.
ager for Governor Calvin Coolridge.
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PIONER OF WASHINGTON
DIES AT A RIPE OLD AG
NORTH YAKIMA, Wash., Jan.,.1
Mrs. Martha Cheney, who came to tl
state of Washington eighty years ap
died here today at the age of 86 yea:
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FRENCH DIPLOMATS LEAVE
FOR GERMANY THIS WEE
PARIS, Jan., 13— French diplo
mat.i will leave here for Germany '
next Sui day.
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SUFFRAGE IS RATIFIED BY
BOTH HOUSES OF OREGO’
SALEM, Oregon, Jan., 13— B'>~
houses, at the special session of U
state legislature, today ratified
suffrage amendment. The special >(*.•
sion was called for the ^ratification
9( tte to It tef*1*
MADRID, Jan., 13— Scores cf ex
tremists have been arrested here fal
lowing the discovery of a plot to ter
irorize the capitol city with bomb out
ratios. Many more arrests are expect
ed.
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MEXICO CITY, Jan., 13— Car.an
zistas have arrested three personi al
leged to be the assassins of hail OoV
and F. J. Roney, American oil men.
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The American consul at Tampico is
satisfied with the federal officers ef
forts to arrest and punished the mur
derers.
■ 10 START FLIGHT
• DURING JANUARY
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ROME, Jan., 13— It is expected v
the Rome-Tokio flight will bo
started on January 20th. D’Arn
j * unzio may be one of the fliers
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flAYOR SUES
FOR LIBEL
SEATTLE, Jan., 13— Mayor Fitz
rald today filled information in the
uperior Court charging Joe Smith,
icretary of the Piggot Print S^.o’
id a local politician, with criminal
bel. Smith has circulated a card in
'ded to give the impression the city
aid for Fitzgerald’s campaign print
"g.
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\COMA MAY NOT HAVE
ANY TEN CENT CAR FARES
TACOMA, Jan., 13— Mayor Ridden
>ys that he expects to solve the street
ir problem without causing an in
ease in car fares to ten cents. The
ynnany recently asked for this. Mav
- Riddell believes the city can foitou
f,e Cleveland plan.
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TCTORIA DEFEATS VANCOUVER
VANCOUVER, Jan., 13— In th
'ckov match here last niprht the Vic
i oria bovs slipped it over on the lo
players by a score of five to four.
PARIS, Jan., 13— The French
steamer Afrique, carrying 405 passen
gers and 100 in the crew, sank yester
day in the Bay of Biscay during a
severe storm. Twenty six survivors,
who made a safe getaway in life b >at»
have landed.
wooTnot
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BALTIMORE, Jan., 13— General
Wood says he is not going to resign
from the army as his position does not
interfere with his presidential amb:
tions.
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dastardly work of
TURKS IS UNEARTHED
IN SECRET CIRCULAR
W ASHINGTON, Jan., 13— A ropy
of a secret Turkish circular bearing
the sea! of the minister of the interior,
has reached here.
The document ordered the forcible
conversion to Islamism of the few
noil-deported Armenians and those
who have escaped massacre.
FOX RAMSEY MARRIED
Seward friends have been advised
of the marriage of Fox Ramsey, a
Sc \tish baronet, and Miss Aline Ro e
Vbuthnot-TiOsh’r*. Ramsey is well
lrnown to residents of Nome He lived
♦ho’-e fov s'we'al ye^rs and was ac
tive in dog team racin'* s*»o*ts. The
wedding took place in Scotland.
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