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CONGRESS
WASHINGTON*. June 7— Congress
adjourned lust Saturday aiternoon at
4 o’clock.
Among the bills signed by Presi
dent Wilson nr** the following:
Merchant Marine bill.
Naval bill.
Sundry Civil bill.
Diplomatic and consular bills.
District of Columbia biU.
Appropriation bills.
Industiial. vocational and rchabitu
lati*>n bills.
Hill permitting government owned
radios to handle piivate and press
business.
The budget bill died in the Senate.
Washington, June 7— Criticising the
nev naval appropriation bill as failing
t<> meet th<* navy’s vital needs, Secre
tar> Daniels declared today. Congress
had net reduced the naval expendi
tn but merely proposed to until af
ter the election next November, which
is at the cost of naval progress and ef
ficiency. Secretary Daniels especially
condemns the failure of Congress to
provide adequate development of nav
al establishments on the Pacific Coast.
TO SELECT
THE PLACE
\V. F. Holies and C. l>. Hazen, civil
engineers connected with the navy
commission now in this section to
mine coal for the United States navy,
are in Alaska on the special business
of deciding wheie the coaling ba^e
wil? be established. Mr. Holies and Mr.
Hazen will remain here perhaps all of
this week going thoroughly into all
details regarding harbor facilities, etc.
From Seward, the two civil engineers
will travel over the railroad to An
chorage, taking into consideration
grades, expense of railroad transpor
ation. etc., and at Anchorage will in
vestigate the harbor facilities for
handling coal. Messers Holies and
Hazen will make the report to the au
thorities at Washington as to the site
needed. While in Seward both gentle
men are meeting the citizens and dis
cussing facts with them and also mas
ing their own personal investigations.
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BIC. APPROPRIATION FOR
Pl’RCTIASING OP RAILROAD
STOCK ANNOl NCED TODAY
WASHINGTON. June 7— The im
mediate appropriation of One Hundred
and twenty five mill’on dollars for the
purchase of railroad rolling stock was
announced today by the Intel state
Commerce Commission.
NEGRO ADMITS 100
HIGHWAY ROBBERIES
ATTACKS ON WOMEN
OAKLAND, Cal., June 7— Luther
Davis, a negio confessed to the Pied
mont district police that he had com
mitted more than 100 highway rob
beries and several attacks on women
during the past few months.
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VICTORIA, B. C., June 7— James
Dunsmuir, former Premier of British
Columbia, mine owner and wealthy
Canadian, died last night at his sum
mer home at Cowichan lake.
FIREUPON
IDE TURKS
CONSTANTINOPLE, Juno 7—
British warships early today fired on
the Nationalists position near Touzla,
on the Sea of Marmora. The National
ists h;,d approached close to the Brit
| ish entrenchments along the Gulf of
Ismic where many British units were
. stationed guarding the railroad.
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SHRINERS COMING NORTH
SEATTLE, June 7— An exclusive
Shrinev’s excursion to Alaska has been
arranged with the Pacific Steamship
I Company following the national con
: vcntion at Portland this week in June.
The excursioirsts will leave Tacoma
j June 26th on the steamer Spokane
; and will visit Ketchikan, Sitka and
Skagway with a special layover at
i Juneau where a spi'cial ceremony will
be staged by the Imperial officers
The party will be composed of 20S
Shriners including all of the imperial
‘ officeis and their ladies.
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PRIMARIES IN N. C.
RALEIGHT, N. C., June 7— In
complete unofficial returns from twe
! thirds of the state indicate Johnson is
! leading Wood in the Republican presi
dential primaries.
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MONTREAL, June 7— Leaders of
1 the progressive wingot the Federation
of Labor declare that uu effort will be
made to have the American Federa
tion of Labor, at the annual conven
tion opening here tomorrow, to lay the
foundation for the establishment ol
the American Labor Party, ami lor
this party to enter politics.
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* U. S. APOLOGISES
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* WASHINGTON, June 7— Sec •
* retary of State Colby has tend- *
* end a verbal apology to the Brit
* ish government for the burning *
* of the British flag last week in ;
, v front of the treasury building by
* women sympathizers of the Irish. *
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WAR VETERANS ARRIVE
IN CANADA ON WAY HOME
VANCOUVER, B. C., Juno 7—
Three thousand Cezho-Slovak veter
iUio, who fouglit under General Kol
chak, arrived today from V ladivostok.
They were immediately placed on
special trains and started towards
' Montreal on their way to Trieste. An
other MOO art* expected to urrive hoc
within a fortnight.
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WEATHER REPORT
—
SEWARD, 48, Cloudy, Calm.
Anchorage 42, Cloudy, Calm.
Matanuska 00, Cloudy, Calm.
Chicknloon 50, Cloudy, Calm.
Wasilla 48, Clear, Calm.
Talkectna 50, Cloudy. Calm.
Goldcreek 50, Cloudy, Calm.
! Hurricane 40, Ruining, Calm.
Baines 52, Cloudy, N. W.
Healy 50, Raining, Calm.
Nenana 50, Raining, Calm.
Fairbanks 48, Raining, Calm.
OUT OF POLITICS FOR ALL
i TIME, DECLARES OLE HANSON
SPOKANE, Wash., June 7— Ole
Hanson, former Mayor of Seattle,
told a representative of the Spokane
Chronicle that he would not h* a can
didate for Governor of Washington,
i Hanson declared he was out ot politics
tor good.
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YEAR. FIRE IS OUT
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JACKSON, Cal., June 7— Fires
which have been raging for more than
a year in the levels of the Kennedy
and Argonaut mines under this town
have been extinguished.
Thu mines were flooded with water.
This is now being pumped out.
EXCESS BREAD RATION IN
VIENNA SHOWS GRAFT
VIENNA, June 7— While the re
cently completed city census showed
Vienna to have a population of ap
proximately 1,800,000, it has been dis
• covered that over 2,000,000 bread tick
; ets .ire in circulation. The loss on this
. excess ration is estimated at 1,000
carloads of flour a year.
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CHICAGO, June 7— Prospects foi
a deadlock in the Republican National
convention is growing wjth the arrival
of uninstructed delegates holding the
balance of power. Part of this dead
lock grows' out of the fact that 1 he
Wood, Lowden and .Johnson forces do
not command a majority. It is believ
ed that the deadlock will result in a
dark horse nominee ov one of the big
three. The Lowden forces are claiming
2o0 votes on the first ballot. Johnso i’s
claims are not stated in figures but
his headquarters claim hourly addi
tions to his column.
CHICAGO, June 7— Nicholas M ir
rav Butler has joined the Presidential
uspirants who have taken personal
charge of their convention headquart
ers.
CHICAGO, Juno 7— Polite but im
pressive picketing of the Republican
National convention will depend upon
the shock troops of the National Wo
men's party under the leadership of
.Vice Paul. It is understood she will
ask the Republican national leaders
to mge the governors of Connecticut
and Voimont to call special sessions
of the legislature to pass on suffrage.
CHICAGO, June 7— Supporters of
Wood. Johnson and Lowdcn are driv
ing hard today on the uninstructed
delegations all claiming gains, but the
best claims of any amount to a little
more than one ouarter of the total del
egate strength a the first ballot and
it takes a majority to nominate. The
nrosnects of a deadlock become moie
likely hourly.
Senator McCormick and Senator
Beveridge are the most prominently
mentioned for permanent chairman.
The Wood forces favor Beveridge.
The Johnson group has*a plank for
the platform but indicate no open
fight if it is not accepted. Mild reser
vationists are understood to be dissat
isfied with both proposed treaty
planks.
WHERE CONVENTION MEETS
CHICAGO, Juno 7— The Chicago
Coliseum, "where the Republican Na
tional Convention of 1020 will be held,
beginning tomorrow has a history rich
in political interest. Five national po
litical conventions have been . held
within its walls, a record unsurpassed
by any building in the United States.
Every four years.since 1004 tho
, «
.w«'publican party has met in the Col-1
iSi’iun to nominate its candidates for
president and vice-president, and in
i 11>12 the Progressive party also met
there to nominate Colonel Theodore
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ttoosovelt for president.
The (Coliseum was completed in
11)00, It was designed as a model con
vention hall and erected on the site 1
of tin* old Libby War Prison Museum, j
at Wabash Avenue and Fifteenth
1 street, less than mile from the hotel
and retail shopping district.
The castellated walls ot the old
war prison were used for the Walfcsh
avenue side of the structure. It was
built of .stone, brick, steel and glass
and is 403 feet long, 170 feet wide. It
cost nearly $1,000,000. It has a wide
balcony extending around three of the
walls, and this has been amplified for
this year’s convention by the addition
of a second balcony on the north side.
As a result the seating capacity,
13,187, is the greatest in the build-,
ing’s history. Only 12,400 were seated
at the 101G convention.
The main floor of the Coliseum
will seat 0,400 delegates, alternates,
press representatives and spectators.
There will be 100 doorkeepers, 200
ushers and 2,000 sergeants-at-arms.
All the ushers and doorkeepers will be
oversea soldiers, sailors and marines,
working with military discipline un
der the direction of former anny of
ficers. By this system the national
committee hopes to avert the over
crowding of four years ago when hun
dreds of persons stormed the doors,
forced their way past the untrained
doorkeepers and preempted scats for
which they hold no tickets.
The speaker's platform at the south
end of the building will provide scats
for the officers of the convention and
members of the Republican National
committee. Rehind this is a raised
platform with 2,000 seats for the use
of presidential candidates and other
distinguished guests. On either side
of the speaker’s platform, extending
across the building is a press section
containing 575 seats for working
newspaper men.
Facing the speaker are the seats
fr.r the 982 delegates and an equal
number of alternates. This se-tion is
enclosed by a heavy rail to ho! 1 bn' k
the crowds of frenzied spectator* who
frequently, uuring moments of intense
cnthu.'-Hifrn. attempt to storm the
speaker’s stand. The rest of the main
floor and all the balconies will be giv
IT IS DRY
WASHINGTON. June 7— Hoth the
,\<l ial prohibition amendment and
the Volstad enforcement act were up
iield and declared to he constitutional
oy the Supreme Court of the Uniter
.States today. The* court dismissed all
petitions by Hhode Island to enjoin
the Federal officials from enforcing
prohibition in that state also the in
junction proceedings brought by the
state of New Jersey to prevent en
forcement.
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on . y»t t. visitors.
Tyket.; for spectators have been
.iivMvd v.\*vng the national comtr.itte
o on from each state, in proportion to
t ho state representation ia the eon
ventior, with the exception of a block
of about 2.500 seats, which go to the
Chicago Convention committee, watch
fiiur.coo the convention nge
m ail.-. W:th less than 10,000 let's
s» its to he distributed, the committee
men received more than 75 000 rc
quests for tickets weeks in advance
of the convention.
The Chicago Convention commit
tee, of which Fred W. Upham, repub
lican national treasurer, is chairman,
raised $150,000 to bring the conven
tion to Chicago. The high cost of ev
erything has hit the convention. Mus
ic, which costa $2,800 for the entire
convention in 1916, costs $1,000 a day
for a band of 50 pieces this year.
Oth<»r expenses are in proportion.
The Republican National Commit
tee moved its executive offices to the
Coliseum several weeks in advance of
the convention. Adjoining the main
building is an annex connected with
the Coliseum proper by several broad
arches and entrances. Here are locat
ed the executive and administrative
offices, a temporary hospital in
charge of 100 Chicago physicians, and
in the basement, a telegraph and tel
ephone room where scores of special
wires have been installed for the use
of the news gathering associations
and newspapers which will cover the
convention.
The annex also boasts a branch
post office to facilate speedy collect
ion and distribution of mail to tho
convention hall the managers have
abided by the long established custom
of relying exclusively on profuse dis
play of the American flag. Four years
ago this custom was found excessive
this year. C. R. Hall, superintendent
of the Coliseum, who is in charge of
tho decorations, has used hundreds of
big and little American flags to
completely cover the girders and iron
frame-work of the building.
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PLAGUE AT VERA CRUZ
VERA CRUZ. June 7— Six new
cases of the bubonic plague have de
veloped here. Two deaths occurred
last night.
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