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WILLARD,
DFFFO
TRAINING
TOLEDO. May 28— Tex Hit!.” 1
has wired Jess Willard to hurry hi ; .
Willard has not arrived in Toll do ;*
soon as he should have. He mu-t >
here by next Saturday.
LOS ANGELES, May 28— Jr -
Willard leaves today for Toledo. Oh '
to begin training for his fourth oi
July with Jack Dempsey. The big
fighter remained here several days t>
complete movies h»* is appearing in.
Willard says: “Riekaid nc d not
worry about me being away. 1 will ir
on hand for the fight and in fine trim
also."
PARIS, May 28— The Council of
the Four and Japan has offered Ad
miral Kolchak, head of the Moscow
government, many supplies provided
he premises to hold elections for a
constutional assembly when he reach
es Moscow.
WASHINGTON. May 28— Pei
dent Wilson has wired that th^ Peac*
conference has arranged safeguard*
against religious discriminations a
the recently created states of Enron**.
PENROSE STICKS
AS CHAIRMAN
WASHINGTON. May 28— Th •
Progressive Republican Senators lost
another attempt today to supplant
Senator Penrose as Chairman of the
Finance committee. Senator Horan
moved that Penrose be supplanted but
lost by a vote of to 8.
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LrXCRY TAX MAY BE OFF
WASHINGTON. May 28- The
House Wavs and Means committee has
ordered a favorable report on the r *
solution repealing the luxury tax.
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Ketchikan has a woman real estate
dealer. Mi®« Agnes EJdtpond.
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COBLENZ May 2s—General Env
oi le, commander of the two Frem a
armies of the occupation, arrived he* *
hurriedly this forenoon and conferred
\ ith Major General Liggett regarding
the Allies and the emergency plan
if tlu* Germans refuse to sign tie*
pea e treaty.
Today the Americans are prepar
ing for action. There is great activity
at the bridgehead.
Two French divisions of trained
soldiers arrived here this afternoon.
M Viti \KS AT DANZIG
PARIS, May 2S— British and Am
* i an marines have landed at Danzig.
The Allies are also sending a power
ful fleet to Danzig according to of
ficial information.
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PE VCE REPLY TODAY
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VERSAILLES. May 28— It is ev- |
met 'd that the Germans will hand the
Allies their reply to the peace treat} |
during today.
PERK I P
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Do you know that the future of * !
' Seward never looked brighter!
With the appropriation for the * |
* railroad practically assured, pos- r ;
sihle he passed this week or early * ;
next week, hundreds of men will j
he needed on the railroad within 4
* a few week* time.
Vlso . with navy coal hunkers * •
and a coal loading plant to he con- *
structed. say boo, perk up.
Also did you know that every- ’*
* body has money in Seward and
* there is absolutely no destitution
* of any sort?
And do 'on realize that there is
not an idle man here in this city?
If you don’t believe it- try to get a
man *o do some odd jobs.
And how about the weather—
so far pretty good and the garden
* truck is sprouting, too.
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HAW MI'S TERRITORIAL
FAIRS OPENS IN JUNE
HONOLULU, T. H., May 28— Ha
waii’s second territorial fair will open
Jure 0 continuing until June 14. Tern- j
norary buildings, patterned after thos ' i
err'ted in mainland military camo-j
during the war emergency will be fill
ed with exhibitions representing all
phases of Hawaiian life and industry.
Many of the Joy Zone entertainment
are to be conducted under the super
vision of Honolulu Lodge of Elks.
Horse racing will he made a feature
<>f the fair and a number of events are
I on the program for each afternoon. Tr
all there will be 28 races, with purses
aggregating more than $5,000. A num
ber of horses will be transported from
the coast for entry.
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WASHINGTON, May 28— Strange
devices used in the war. and how Am
erican ingenuity is turning some of
them to peace time uses, is a part of
an educational exposition of the In
terior Department which is being hel 1
here now, on for two weeks, having
opened on May 19th. The exposition
however is not confined to these ex
hibits, but include a fine display of the
Department’s ramifications into the
life, safety and progress of the coun
try resulting from the haphazard ad
dition of bureaus from time to time
The various exhibits are making th.
exposition of national scope.
How a number of the bureaus ot
the non-military department did the*;
hit in the war are shown by the dis
plays revealing the development of a
machine to detect the presence of th»
enemy and spoil his plans, the recov
ery of hidden mineral treasurers need
oil to forge war engines, and the im
provement of super-poisons. Along
with these achievements, the exposi
tion discloses inventions of prival*
American citizens , some of which
were regarded of such importance that
the issuance of patents was withheld
under the ban of secrecy until th«
signing of the armistice.
The Patient Office, a bureau of the
department, also exhibits historical
models of epoch-making American in
ventions, and from its cob-wcbbcd re
cesses as secret as the grave, resur
rect certain foibles or fancies of fam
ous men. Abraham Lincoln, for in
tance, designed a contrivance to fa
cilitate the passage of vessels ove
shallow waters, and his invention b
shown at the exposition.
During the war, the Bureau o!
Mines, another wing of the depart
ment devoted almost its entire atten
tion to war problem The Geophone a
listening device invented hv the Fren
eh to detect enemy tunneling and turn
d over to America for further devel
opment ’s a part of ttm bureau's dr
play . This device is to be used in h»
eating entombed miners, and a furtlvu
development in the making is a pro
nosed international code of tappings
to enable entombed men to talk
through solid earth. The gas masks
the making of shrapnel shells, and the
methods of American oil drillers,
which kent a continuous stream of
liquid fuel flowing into the war zone,
•ire shown by working models.
The geological survey already : •
using the airplane in making topo
graphic maps, and this new method
is illustrated at the exposition. Mo
le's show undeveloped regions inves
tigated by geologists, topographers
and engineers and the same regions
after they have completed their work
and shown the natural resourses and
the possible development of the terri
tory.
How America has shown its grati
tude to its war heroes and their de
pendents is demonstrated in the pen
sion bureau display. Tn line with Sec
retary Lane’s farms-for-soldiers plan,
the bureau shows that the country In
the past has always advocated such
awards, this bureau having adjudi
cated claims for lands and issued land
warrants to soldiers for more than
W.000,000 acres. Lincoln. Grant Sheri
dan and Farragut were granted land
for service through the bureau, and
the applications signed by them arc or.
exhibition. Impoitant historical papers
signed by Washington, Jefferson,
Hancock, Franklin and by Lafayette
ind Kochambcau also are on display.
The general land office of the de
J
i purtment conducts the largest realty
concern in the world, and its notable
history, including the pictuiesqtre part
of opening townsites and Indian re
servations, disposal of millions of
I acres of land and accounting of mil
lions of dollars is depicted. The na
tion’s playgrounds of national parks,
under the jurisdiction of the depart
ment, will not he overlooked, an ex
hibit being a working model of a Yel
lowstone geyser in action, with an
other showing the rugged character
1 of the proposed Roosevelt national
! park.
The government railroad that is
being built in Alaska by a model
shows something of tlie progress bc
; ’’ng made in the penetration of that
j pioneer countryyby the Alaskan engir.
eering commission, as an advance
agent of civilization and prosperity.
Engineering achievements of the re
clamation service are demonstrate!
how arid lands have been engineering
into providing full dinner pails for
more than a quarter of a million peo
ple The department’s efforts, by its
j bureau of education, to stamp out illi
teracy is shown by another exhibit.
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PACIFIC COAST
LEAGUE DRAWS i
j LARGE CROWDS
SAX FRANCISCO, May 28— Th
outstanding feature of the Pacifi
' Coast Baseball League thus far ha;
i been the remarkable attendance at
hown by offical records. In this thi
oast league has set a mark at which
he major organizations can shoot. It
has not been infrequent to find week
lay crowds that compared favorably
ith the Sunday and holiday crowds
»f war days.
’flic ratio of population, the attend
ance figures show that Sacrament o
1 has been one of the best cities on the
i ,
ii;cuit with respect to the size ot the
I crowds which have attended the
games. San Francisco's offical figur >
also show an encouraging increase in
numbers, and the same conditions ob
tain in partically every city on the
circuit where games have been played
It has been remarked both by th?
1 crowd and the sporting writers that
the increased interest in the games
has infested the player as well as the
•ppctators. A snap and vim is being
shown by the players which was lack
ing last season and this is ascribed
largely to the influence of the large
crowds. Accounts of the games show
that a large proportion of them have
been good, lively contests.
As yet the teams have not shaker,
down to the form and placed them.
Portland, which has been rated as a
first division team, has not shown the
predicted form while Salt Lake City
has been a surprise thus far to the
majority of the early season progno
sticators.
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VICTORY LOAN BONDS
SELL AT NEARLY PAR
NEW YORK, May 28— Hundreds
of dollars worth of Victory loan bonds
sold on the Stock Exchange today at
ninety nine dollars and ninety cents.
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FOR COALING
By Associated Press
SEATTLE , May 28— The navy
commission sent to Alaska to study
the Matanuska coal fields and a suit
able city for a coal loading plant re
turned on the Steamer Alaska yester
day forenoon.
The Times last night, in an arti:fo
concerning the trip of the navy com
mittee says that it is learned that the
committee favors Seward, Alaska, as
the coaling station on account of the
harbor facilities and many other ad
' vantageous features.
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* UP GO RATES
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* WASHINGTON, May 28— The *
* Alaska Steamship Company has ’
filed with the Interstate Commer
" ce commission a request for an *
increase in rates between Tacoma
' and Seattle and southeastern and '
'* Southwestern Alaska ports.
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BRITISH PREMIER
COMING TO U.S.
PARIS, May 28— Premier Lloyd
George is considering visiting America
this year according to announcement
made today. It is understood that the
League of Nations will hold a session
in Washington. D. C., next October
and the British Premier will visit the
United States at that time.
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WOMEN OF THE MORMON
CHURCH HELPED IN WAR
SALT LAKE'CITY. May 28,— The
National Relief society of the Mormon
church, an organization composed of
women, contributed much to war work
in 1918, according to its annual report
just issued. The ward organizations of
the society have subscribed $44,000 in
Liberty bonds and members of the
societies have subscribed to $397,000.
The members of the organization
have taken out 24,297 membersships in
the Red Cross and have donated thous
ands of surgical dressings and gar
ment*?.
By Associated Press
IS AT LISBON *
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BULLETIN- Washington. May *
* 28— American seaplane N C -4 *
* has arrived at Lisbon according *
* to wireless advices relayed by *
* warships and received early this *
* evening. *
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PONTA DELGADA, May 28— Am
erican navy seaplane N C 4 left here
for Lisbon at six o’clock New York
time, and expects to make the inter
vening eight hundred miles by dark,
flying seventy knots an hour. Com
mander A. C. Reed is in charge of the
N C -4. The weather was perfect,
sunny and ch'ar. It is expected that
the plane will strike the clouds mid
way between here and the continent
It was expected when the plane left
here that it would remain in Lisbon
overnight and start for Plymouth,
England in the morning, Warships ate
stationed along the course the plarj
is taking.
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EPSON DERBY WILL BE
RUN IN ENGLAND IN JUNE
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LONDON, May 28— This year’s
Derby at Epson, the first since before
war is expected to bring out one of
the largest crowds in the history of
fhe famous race.
The picturesque procession of coach
es, brake and donkey carts of the old
davs, from London to Epson, is ex
pected to give way this June to \
long line of speeding automobiles.
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