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Daily Edition, and The Alaska Weekly Post _ _
. Ti-nr.. i,t"Ti* . JANUARY I, 1920. ' “-*" ” TEN CENTS MSB COPY
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POUT LAND. Ore. Jan. 5— Senator
Heed, of Missouri, in u speech here
last nipht, declared the peace treat*
was as dead as the proat Ceasar.
asserted President Wilson knows tha
the treaty unamended cannot bo rat;
tied and he is killinp the treaty in the
modified form .
REYNOLDS
RESIGNS
CHICAGO, Jan, 5— James B. Rey
nolds, of Massachusetts, today resign-!
ed as secretary of the National cu*n- -
mittee of the Republicans, to accept;
the management of the campaign of
Gov. Coolidge, for President.
Former Congressman Clarence R.
Miller, of Minnesota. will probably
succeed Reynolds.
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LONDON, Jan., r>— Three hundred
Sinn Feineis attacked the police Lar-j
jacks at Carrigto Hill during the
night, firing volleys for three hours i j
then blew up one end of the building I
with bombs. Six constables were oocu• j 1
pants of the building. None were h- \
jured. i
GASOLINE GOES UP I
NEW YORK, Jan., 5— An advance
of one cent a gallon in the price oi <
gasoline and kerosene, effective to- <
morrow, was announced today by the 1
Standard Oil Co., of New Jersey. N’ > (
reason was given for the advance. t
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MEXICO CITY, Jan., 5— An earth
quake late last Saturday shook ter
Mexican states and destroy©*; two vil
lages. Many deaths were caused by
the quake in Vera Cruz state.
lieved sevm*iCi.Li*\.‘i-^nweVe‘k,ftlod- by
the violent earthquake felt throughout
the entire Mexican republic last Sat
urday. The largest number of earth
quake victims is reported from Vera
Cruz state. That state seemed to have
been the center of the disturbance
The disturbance is believed to hav?
been caused by the Volcano Orisaba.
STREET CAR
JUMPS TRACK •
85 INJURED
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SEATTLE. Jan., 5— A municipal
(»reen Lake street car jumped the
track this noon, overturned and struck
i telephone pole at the curve at Thir
ty Ninth street and Woodland f*ari;
avenue.
Five passengers were seriously in
jured Eighty were badly bruised. For
ty were taken to the various hospiVJs.
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WILSON TO GIVE OUT
IMPORTANT STATEMENT
AT DEMOCRATIC DINNER
WASHINGTON, Jan., 5— Th *
White House says President Wilson i."
;o send important word of greeting t<
he Democratic dinner on Jackson day.
It is a conjecture whether Wilson
vill state in his message whether he
vill become a third term candidate,
friends insist he will not become m
•andidate and will state in hi:,
itatement.
WILSON TO CALL LEAGUE
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1‘ARIS, Jan., 5— The league of na
ions council meeting is to be held in
’aris according to announcement made
oilay. President Wilson is to issue the
‘ormal notice of the meeting as org;n*
illy planned.
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& OFFICIALS ON TRACK
A BOLSHEVIKI AMBASSADOR
NEW YORK, Jan., 5— Officers are
xamining Ludwig Martens, selfstyt*
*1 Bolsheviki ambassador to America
o determine if he is directing tin
Communist propaganda in America. I'
his connection is established, Matters
;Pl he deported.
(SPECIAL TO GATEWAY)
JUNEAU, Jan., 5— After fo zy
eight hours of constant work, resell v*
late last Saturday afternoon recov
ed from the slide, the bodies of Henr^
Iloth men had been instantly kill “If
The bodies were found in the base
ment of the kitchen of the wrecked
(.arson house under three feet of oarr!'
up debris.
Pfhe finding of the two bodies brings
tl list of victims of last Friday's
gn>w ftlidc to three, the other being
K Wallin, he having succumbed
injuries Friday afternoon sev ; *
u\ -f*— Ua« .injured bv tiif
*etcr Kosky and wife, anti End!
Kni njcr are^till in serious conditions
and they may die from injuries.
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FARES ARE CUT I
FOR THE A.E.C.
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According to advices received from ;
Seattle, the Alaska Engineering com-;
mission has signed contracts with the ;
Alaska Steamship Company and Pacif
ic Steamship Company for the trans- (
portation of all government freight;
for the railroad from Seattle to Sew
ard during the calendar year 1020
The contract also calls for the car
rying of all commission employees, j
and families between Seattle and |
Alaska ports, at a reduction of 25 per
cent in fares.
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EVERETT DOES NOT CARE
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EVERETT, Jan, 5— The announce- J
ment that the state asrocTgtlon had
suspended the Everett High school t
from the athletic organization for \
playing the Toledo High school foot- j
ball eleven, after season, is causing
no worrying by the coach for the
school. The state athletic association
has been defunct for three years. Thr l
coach says Everett followed all rules.
LOS ANGELES, Jan., 5— Ja«*
Kea ns, manager of Jack Dempsey,
heavy weight champion, announces ac
ceptance of the offer of a $400,000
purse from James W. Cofforth for a
forty five round fight between Demp
sey and Georges Carpenticr at Tian
junan, lower California.
LOS ANGELES, Jan., 5— It is
said Kearns proposed the Dempsc; -
Carpentier fight at Tiajuana, Mexico.
Kearns says the fight will draw af
least 75,000.
Cofforth has signed Dempsey for
Tiahuana. It is said that the $400,000
purse will he divided, $300,000 going
to the winner and $100,000 going io
the loser.
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DIG LOANS ARE MADE
WASHINGTON, Jan, 5— The Am
erican government's first move to aid
financially in the reconstruction of
Europe, came when the war finance
corporation announced today that four
loans had practically been completed.
The loans will aggregate seventeen
million dollars and are to manufact
uring exporters.
* Sl'N FAILS TO SHINE
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YUMA, Arizona, Jan., 5— The *
* sun yesterday failed to shine on
* this city for the first time in for
0 ty five years.
WASHINGTON, Jan., 5— The Su
preme Court, in a decision made late
this afternoon, declared constitutional
the sections of the Volstad prohibition
enforcement act prohibiting the manu- j
facture and sale of beer, wines and
other liquor containing over one half
of one per cent or more alcohol.
The decision declares beer contain
ing 2.75 per cent alcohol is illegal.
Justice Brandeis rendered the de
cision.
The decision further says Congnws
has a right to suppress the liquor ,
traffic.
The Supreme court was split five !
to four on the decision.
WASHINGTON, Jan., 5— The Su
preme court has dismissed the pro- •
cecdings of Jacob Ruppert brought to
enjoin the government from the pro
hibition of the sale of 2.75 per cert
heer.
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WASHINGTON, Jan, 5— Congress
met at noon today after a two week*
*ecess. The treaty fight is still the
foremost topic.
It is expected that Congress will
not adjourn until shortly before the
Presidential election next November
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REPUBLICAN LOVE FEAST
CHICAGO, Jan., 5— General Woo 1
md Gov. Lowden, both republican can
didates, are expected to speak at th^
Hay’s banquet tonight. Republicans
are coming from fifteen states for i
? wo day's conference.
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NEW YORK, Jan., 5— Secret Sor
vice Chief Flynn says the nation wide
round-up of Reds is not anywhere near
. being through. The Department is Just
; resting today preliminary to renewing
i work with increasing vigor.
Five hundred and fifty Reds have
; been arrested in neighboring cities
f *7— V Islan i
j awaiting deportation proceedings.
New York, Jan., 5—«r *Fodeml agents
have arrested Gregory Weinstein,
chief of staff to Ambassador Marten.-.,
of the Bolsheviki. Weinstein will pro
bably be deported. Officers say the
man is next in importance to Mart
ens as the most influential Russian
| Communist in the United States.
WASHINGTON, Jan., 0— Plans of
the Communists and the Communist
labor parties are to gain control of all
labor <%:anizations as the means of
fomenting a revolution . This has beer,
revealed in documents seized by the
United Secret Servise agents in raids
during the past two days and this is
now made public, so tnat the public
may recognize the significance of the
present round-up.
The Department of Justice agents
are running down members of both or
ganizations and express surprise over
the number of American citizens not
ing membership in the two different
organizations.
NEW YORK, Jan., 5— Victor Mer
ger declares he will carry the Social
ist flag either to Congress or to prison.
He says if unseated by congress he
will run again as representative from
Wisconsin.
WASHINGTON, Jan, 5— Unabl
to prosecute the “parlor Bolsheviki,4*
who encourage agitators and promote
sedition, Attorney General Palmer to
day issued an appeal to Congress for
prompt action on the bill be submitted
several months ago to aid the govern
ment in handling American citizens
dangerous to this nation.
WASHINGTON, Jan, 5— The D.
partment of Justice says the arrested
Reds have a big slush fund to fight
deportation desperately. They have en
gaged lawyers and intend to take :'d
v^ntage of every technicality.
WILL TRANSPORT REDS
NEW YORK, Jan., 5— The trans
port Kilpatrick, a sister ship to the
Buford, is expected to take the second
load of deported Reds from the Unit
ed States to Soviet Russia.
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