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- „.U Ml: VII, MMIIKH -FCTAim-7i3irtllOAY. JAWAI1Y 16. VO.-~
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GOODBYE JOHN
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NEW YOKE, Jan.. 16— The *
* bilulous are planning a grand 4
* tare*ell to John Barleycorn to- *
* night. The constitutional prohibL *
* tion amendment becomes etfectiv.*
* at midnight.
FIRE ON
STUMER
SEATTLE, Jan., 16— Fire start*!
on the passenger steamer Bailey ilnt
zert this forenoon, while mmway oe
tween Seattle and Bremerton. Smoko
filled the cabins and the passenger**
bogan to panic and scream. Capt. Har*
ry Anderson quieted mem and the
crew put the fire out with littie dam
age having been done.
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BUYS PAPER TO
BOOST GAP.
PRESIDENT
OMAHA. Jan. 16— Nelson B. Up
dike, wealthy grain man, has purcnus
ed the controlling interest in the Oma
ha Bee and will support a Repulse.'-*
for president. Victor Rosewater, the
present editor, is to take a rest on fall
salary until after the November elec
tion.
PRINCESS LOUISE REPORTED
TO NOW BE MILLION
BERLIN, Jan., 16— Princess Louis
the divorced wife of Prince Philip of
Saxe-Coburg, and daughter of th«
late King Leopold II., of the Belgi-*ie«
is reported to have become a miliioi -
aire fifty times over, reckoned in Aus
trian kronen. At the beginning of the
war she was in the territory of th*
Central Powers. She is stated to havi
only just received a,000 000 *: a".** -
left to her out of her father’s est .1 •
and thanks to the present rate of ex
change, has obtained .>0,000,000 kron -
en.
r>M P>ircess is now living :
zing, near Vienna.
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RIVER PIRATES ACTIVE
HONGKONG, Jan.. 16— Chine *
watermen have anpealed to the au
thorities of Hongkong to take ac*:or
to suppress the growing number o" a?
who have luvn ravaging rmnP
craft in waters adjacent to th. colony,
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SEATTLE. Jan.. 16— Secretan* o;'
the Interior lame , in a telegram to
the annual dinner of the Alaska l’» i
eau of the Seattle Chamoer of Com
m» rce last night, said the government
authority in Alaska should be concen
trated in a single board with broad au
thority if the resources are to be pro
perly developed.
Reindeer and musk ox can be ruis
rd in sufficiently large quantities in
Alaska, sax's the Secretary* to supply
the Pacific Coast with meat.
“Alaska needs better steamship
lines, more railroads, more wagon
roa ls and less red tape/’ said the Sec
retary.
Continuing, the Secretary’s message
sa’d the groxvth of agriculture must
depend largely on the mining and with
the railroad, xvhich congress ha* a*
surod a rebirth of the mining m
d*»strv is cnrtain. Islands should be
leased for txventv or thirty year to-ms
to n^vid^ for herding grounds for the
hard / cattle.
Ridiculous laxvs protecting preda
torx' animals shouM be repealed.
The new leasing bill, xvhich the
retarv believes xvill pass soon, xvill on
able oil exploration and development.
SEATTLE, jan., 16— Gov. Thoma
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ivi^0o, Oi., ikOiiU, liOi. Wo.i
Co.v/ilc *1. 1'. »* until. uuogc x*. A
ll.t.uOlt) liUltlC.) A, i-i.iiic* u. •
it* uuu ou»cis s±.o.»t Uv uit annual U.u
noi, xvinca x»u^ g.veu at tue UOte
Xv .oililtgbOIl.
Xjo*. i%iggs declared Alaska mu?,
be alloweu w use ner own tuxes a.a.
sawJ A.asiva cou.u xvoik out lier o.Vu
b.uvation u given conuol oi the re
sources oi the territory.
“The treasury oi ^tiaska is empty,
said Gov. ltiggs, 4 xvnue Aiaska sen
millions in taxes to Xvasaingi.on, ueo
tape has stifled the territone
giowth.”
SEATTLE, Jan., 16— Gov. Higg.
will remain here for about a week
then go to Washington, he expects to
return to Alaska by the first of Aon
While here, Gov. Higgs is working »».
, 0
fisheries regulations.
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big sum for budget
BUDAPEST, Jan., 16— The Min
ister of Finance states that, no matte
how much Hungarian tcrritoiy mnv b
reduced by plebiscites and final hound
ary decisions, a yearly income fmr
io!eoo, oooo, ooo to 12.000,000.00
crowns would be necessary to meet thr
Hungarian budget.
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THREE WINKS CALLS COP
LOS ANGELES Jan., 16— The
"three wink” system of calling police
patrolmen to their boxes to receive or
ders f'-om headquarters, has been np •
proved by the Public Sendee Comm is
s;r>nrtvs here. The municipal street
lighting system will he used. It *;
said that Los Angeles is the first (ity
ip the country to try the plan.
PARIS, Jan., 16— Leon Bourgeois
was today elected Chainnan of the
League of Nation’s council and Sii
Eric Drummond, was elected gem al
secretary.
In his address, Chairman Bourg< oil
said President Wilson should h vc
presided at the opening meeting and
tlvs date will go down In history is
the date of the birth of a new wr-rli.
and President Wilson was the man re
sponsible for the change in the tren i
of the world’s affairs.
The council’s decision will be the
first degree of all free nations leagu
ing themselves together for the first
time to substitute right for might.
Envoys of Ireland’s elected gov
• ■»r. smt a protest to the councd
against the English simulation of he
international peace league.
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WASHINGTON, Jan., 10— Secre
tary of War Baker told the ways and
means committee of the House today
he had already recommended that th
United States furnish military sup
plies to Poland to aid in repelling ;he
western advance of Bolshevikism.
General Bliss told the committc<
that a general revival of the Europe;:*
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war was not improbable unless Poland
checks the Bolsheviki armies.
General Bliss said: “Poland is the
only bulwark against Bolsheviki."
Military men believe Bolsheviki will
not advance eastward to meet the Jap
anese and the Bolsheviki will not send
armies to India and Turkey for the
present.
SOCIALISTS
ARE CANNED
ALBANY N. Y., Jan., 16— SpeaK
er T. C. Sweet, of the Assembly, s iy
the assembly had congressional prece
dent when it suspended five Sociali .rs
members to determine whether the>
are qualified to serve as legislator^.
Sweet cited the Berger case.
l)E KOVEN IS DEAD
CHICAGO, Jan., 16— Reginald dc
Koven, American operatic composer
and conductor, died here this after
noon. The dead artist founded the
Washington Symphony orchestra.
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COLD WAVE IN STATES
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SEATTLE, .Tan., 16— The weather
fh*s afternoon reports a cold
sped coming south from Canada. A
drop of ten degrees is expected
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LONDON, Jan., 16— England is
watching the near cast where the Bol
sheviki successes and Denckine’s re
lapse have carried the Reds almost to
the threshold of India, Mestopotania.
Persia and Asiatic Turkey.
The British army and navy chief:,
and cabinet members are in Paris con
ferring with Premier Lloyd George
regardirg the southwestern Asiatic
conditions.
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COMPULSORY MILITARY
SERVICE IS REDUCED
TOKIO, Jan., 16— Some time ago
the perod of compulsory military scr
vice for infantry men in the Japanes'
army was reduced from three to twe
years. The authorities have now de
cided to make a similar reduction Co:
all other arms of the service except
cavalry,'says Asahi Shimbun.
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In the commissioner’s court at
Co^do^a B. Sherman. K. HoMen and S.
Mempth nlcnd^d guiltv to violatin'''
the Alaska drv law and the t"*o tor.
mer were fined $160 each and the lat
ter $25 and costs,
WICKKJISIIAM
► IS THROUGH "
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SEATTLE, Jan., 16— Charles *
Herron, of Anchorage, says James
Wickersham has wired him from 9
Washington ,1). C.. that he win no* ?
be a candidate again for Delegate *
I*) Congress from Alaska but wilt
be a candidate for Republican del
egate to the Chicago convention. *
Wickcrsham further says he w*ll
back Sutherland for delegate.
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ODESSA
LONDON, Jan., 16— The Bolsht
viki forces have captured Odessa ac
cording to an official report. It is be
lieved that the Black Sea will soon be
come a Bolsheviki lake.
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JAPANESE BORN IN
HAWAII DECLARE TO
BECOME AMERICAN'S
HONOLULU, T. H., Jan., 16— Ev
ery Japanese pupil born in Hawaii and
enrolled in grades 5. 6. 7 and 8 of the
public schools of North Kohala, Isl
and of Hawaii, has declared his inten
tion to become an American citizen,
according to the report of Bertha 1 ay
lor, supervising principal.
I It is also announced that the chPd
ren all had made their dcciaratt >ns
with the consent of therr parents, and
that the Japanese consul genera* a*
Honolulu h*ul been asked to take the
steps necessary to have them released
from all allegiance to the Japanese
Emperor.
In this connection the Jananese
American residents of the island re
cently petitioned the Japanese govern
ment to release them from the contro’
of the .Tananese dual citizenship laws,
and sent a request to President Wilson
that h° also bring their desires to the
attention of the government at Tokir
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WHY DON’T Tnwv BUILD
A LARGER CHAMBER .*
PARIS, Jan., 16— The French
Chamber of Deputies is too small to
provide renting room for tne 626 mem
hArg rheson »n the recent election.
FortunaHv it is a rare occasion wh -n
all are present.
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PARTS. Jan., 16— Germans, Aus
trians. Bn’pm^a^s n^d T”ri-s who wer»
ef Parisian cbihs hAfo»*o the
war will have to nrove thev did not
ityrvv; nr»oJnp.'nrw'A before tLo\*
can he re-iAg^j\tAd in those organ a
tions. ?f. is announced.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 16— Frauds
i involving many millions of dollars in
connection with the building of ships
for the government in Oregon, Wash*
:ngton and California, have been un
earthed by government investigators.
William H. Tindell, special ageiv: of
the Treasury Department, has been
appointed special attorney general to
prosecute.
It is understood attorney general
Palmer, on strength of graft civ
has ordered the Shipping Board t j
hold up $37,000,000 in claims, lo
await the out come of the investiga
tion.
SEATTLE, Jan., 16— The Federal
Grand jury meets here next week ana
will consider the shipyard frauds and
other matters.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jr.n., 16— It is
understood the government has beer
defrauded of over one billion dolla
by shipyard conspiracies.
Frauds were accomplished in many
cases by false vouchers.
Special assistant attorney general
Bert Schlessinger leaves for Seattle
today to assist the Federal grand jury
therfe to proge the Seattle cases.
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CONVICTED OF
KILLING HIS
SWEETHEART
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LOS ANGELES, Jan., 16— Harry
S. New was today convicted by a jury
of murdering his sweetheart, Freda
lesser, last July. The young man is a
son of Senator New of Indiana, by a
former wife.
The jury believed the young man
was not insane as claimed.
The jury • reccmmended however
that New be placed in an insane nay#
um for observation and the court wi'l
later«determine where he should t>o
confined.
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ARMY AIR SERVICE IS
PLANNED TO NORTHLAND
SEATTLE, Jan., 16— The air ser
vice of the Department of the Western
Division of the army believes it | ro
bab^e that an aerial mad service to
Alaska will be established this year.
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AMERICAN MARINES HAVE
SHARP BATTLE IN HAYT1
WASHINGTON, Jan., 16— Amer
can marines and the H'dtien gendar
merie repelled an attack on Port au
"st Tv>ht. Th* attack w&s mado
by 300 bandits. Over half the bandi'«
were killed, wounded or canpi»-ed. It
learned ten marines were killed.
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