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--■ /-—----- - --SFWARI)"ALASKA^ WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24, 1920. TEN CENTS PER COPY
VOLUME Mil. NUMBER 26fc? __J>EMAKD, ALAotv._
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POLITICS
SIOUX FALLS. March 24— Sen
ator Miles Poindexter, in a campaig 1
speech here, said the Republican prr
ty’s mission should be the restoration
ot peace at home ami leave the settle
ment of local questions to Europe. The
Senator said the giavc danger wo”*d
have been if America had lost tin*
Monroe doctrine through W ilson’s ac
tion.
BAY CITY, Mich., March 24— Hi
ram Johnson in a campaign spoecn
here said he would have nothing to to
with a third party discussing a move
for an organization of Republicans
and Liberals. He said one experience
with so-called Republican-Liberals,
meaning the Bull Moose, was suffic
ient and aplenty.
WASHINGTON. March. 24— Pie
sidential candidate Senator Borah has
has called for Wood to announce the
names of the subscribers to his cam
paign fund, the amounts and the man
ner of spending the fund. Borah said
vast sums of money were being spen\
Apparently Borah does not suspect
General Wood of personally being cor
rupt in his expenditures.
But Borah said Woods owed the peo
ple a full explanation.
SPOKANE, March 24— Local of
ficials of the railroad unions forecast
a possible withdrawal of the railroad
brotherhoods from the state Tripie
Alliance. The officials declare their
sympathy is with the farmers in the
reported disagreement with repre
sentatives of organized labor.
SIOUX FALLS, March 24— Pary
ial returns are in from the South Da
kota presidential primaries which
were held yesterday. Wood hits so far
22000; Lowden 17,000 and Johnson
15.000. Poindexter polled a small vote.
Poindexter ran strongest at Pienc
where he received 64 out of 1100 votes
cast. Most of the counties gave Poin
dexter five to fifteen. Thirty five
counties gave Poindexter a total of
700. Wood is leading in thirty one
counties, Johnson in eleven and Low
den also in eleven.
STATE OF WASHINGTON
LEGISLATURE ADJOURNS
OLYMPIA, March 24— After an
all night fight between the Sena e
and the House, the state legislate e
adjourned at 4:30 o’clock this mov
ing after passing the soldiers bonus
bill with a referundum clause submit
ting it to a popular vote next Novem
ber. The Senate opposed the clause
and substituted an emergency provis
ion. The house won its fight for the
referundum.
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NEW PRESIDENT FOR
U. OF C. INAUGURATES
BERKELY, Cal., March 24— Dav
id Barrows was today inaugurated
President of the University of Califor
nia in the presence of several housand
persons including many former Un
iversity Presidents. Governor Steph
ens conferred the title upon the new
President.
MAD MULLAH
HAS ESCAPED
NEW YORK, March 24— Moham
med Bui Abdullah, the ‘‘Mad Mu.lab
of Somaliland, against whom British
and Italian forces recently have boon
successful with tanks and aircraft, but
who, himself, escaped, has caused
trouble for the British for man./
years.
He began stirring up the natives of
Somaliland in 1896, after making a
pilgrimage to Mecca, and his “holy
wars” sometimes have attained con
siderable success. In 1899 despatches
said he was leading an uprising in
the interior of Somaliland, and it was
suggested that “a military promen
ade” be taken against him. That “pro
menade” grew into a desultory cam
paign which took three years and coiit
the British government $15,000,000.
Even then, his power was only tem
porarily broken by the battle of Jid
balli. for he fled with the remnant of
his forces to Italian territory , de
stroying wells as he went and thus
making pursuit impossible.
While he was only one of the les
ser religious chiefs of his country,
his pilgrimage to Mecca and his zeal
in preaching the Moselem faith aug
mented his influence until he had col
lected a large army, in which were
some of the best fighting tribes in
that part of Africa.
He preached war fo»* the protection
of Is’m and advocated the extermina
tion of whites, and with the increase
of his power began a crusade, aided
by dervishes, which finally extended
over the whole of Somaliland.
As the result of an agreement
reached in December 1905, between
Great Britain and Italy to offer the
Mullah an assignment of a setth 1
sphere in Somaliland, together w!th
grazer’s rights in certain parts of
British and Italian territory, he und
ertook to observe peace toward Brit
ain and Italy.
His next outbreak of consequence
was in 1910. when he started a fer»>c
ious campaign aga;nst the sultnntos
under British protection, and slaught
ered hundreds of tribesmen friendly
to the British. Wide areas were bid
waste and towns razed. The natural
obstacles of the torrid desert country,
combined with the Mullah's fanatic
ism won out. and the British decided
to evacuate the country, for the time
being. In 1915 he was again reported
to be stirring up the tribesmen again
st the British, and his adherents were
scattered bv British forces.
“Mullah” in Somalilar.d mean.^
“loader” and bocause of Mohammed
Bui A bdullah’s fanaticism and his
campaigns for extermination of
whites, he a religions lender, gained
the title of “Mad Mullah”.
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arrested for a murder
VANCOUVER, Wash ., March 24~
E. J. Thompson has been arrested
here charged with the murder of Wal
ter Basrnall, of Seattle, an ex-sailor,
whose body was found near Kent, in
the woods. It is believed Thompson
tHod to sell Batuall an automobile
then killed him for the purchase
money,
DROPS DEAI
WASHINGTON, March 24— re
presentative Browning, of New Jer
sey, dropped dead this afternoon in a
barber shop.
LONDON, March 24— Mrs. Hum
phrey wa d, the noicd novelist, died
this afternoon from heart failure.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 24
Col.mel Samuel Parker, former prime
minister to Queen Liliokalani, died
yesterday in Honolulu according to
cable advice received here today. Col.
Parker left an estate valued at sev
eral millions. He was one of the best
known Hawaiians.
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HIBSON CONTROLS LIFE
NEW YORK, March 24— Chn-lcs
Dana Gibson has bought the cont.ol*
ing interest in the Life Publishing
Company. Thirty lour years ago, Gib*
son so.d his fust picture to Life.
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SHIP'S CAT SAVES
men from drowning
GRANGEMOUTH, Firth of Forth,
Scotland, March 2*1— Nine men of the
crew of the American cargo steamer
Lake E.iko, were saved from drown
ing recently by the instinct of the
ship’s cat to swim toward the steam
er in a storm and darkness when choir
small boat floundered at midnight be
tween the ship and the shore. >ohn
Shortn e, 33, a sailor, of Marlboro,
Mass, and G'lmcr Stroud, 17, rne>s
room boy, of North Carolina, were
drowned.
The eleven members of the new
had been ashore on leave. They had
with them the sh'p’s cat A storm L >
gan while they were ashore and, when
they were some distance out on their
return journey to the steamer, their
boat capsized. In the darkness no ore
could make out the lights of the sh’p
Tabby, however, with her instinctive
desire to get out of the water as
quickly as possible, swam directly to
ward the steamer. The men swam aft
er her and nine of them reached the
ship. The other two went down.
The Lake Eliko cleared from Nor
folk, Va.
RECREATION BUILDING
FOR CO \ST NAVY Y ARD
BREMERTON, Wash, March 24
Constmction of a Red Cross Recrea
tiou building, s^ilar to the huts con
ducted by the ovganization ove-s^as
is to be started on the naval hospital
grounds of the Puget Sound Navv
Yard here soon.
The building will be arranged to
accommodate convalescent patients of
the hospital as well as men from the
ships and the yard. There will be a
noo’ room, ba ber shon, moving pic
ture hall, canteen and bowling alley.
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FIRST ELECTRICALLY
WELDED SHIP IN
WORLD LAUNCHED
BTRKHEAD. Eng.. Mnreh 24- An
elncHcpRy we'dnd fh'p. sa’d to b° thn
ffr«t in tho ^orM. hn" b™n In"**""
horn. It is 150 feet long and of 500
tons.
MEXICAN PRESIDENTIAL
ELECTION IS ONLY FEW
MONTHS AWAY NOW
MEXICO CITY, Maich 24— With
the presidential election less than six
months away, the political situation in
Mexico is so ob.cure that it is im
possible to state definitely whether
the i o are three or s x candidates.
President Carranza has been em
phatic in his statements that he in
tends to retire when his term of office
expires next Dec mber. He has de
clared for honest elections and a
peaceful transfer of power.
A recent conference ot’ seventeen
Mexican governors held in the nation
al capital took cognizance of their
chief's attitude by issuing a manifesto
to the people in which they pledged
their support to the legally eleu<*l
president The governor's conference
was declared by the local press lo
have deep polit’cai significance inas
much as elaborate plans were made
by the executives for holding elec
tions, each governor to exercise com
plete control over the voting in his
state.
One significant part of their pro
gram was the elimination of the fed
eral army from politics. This was in
accord with a recent order from the
War Denavtment. m^de at the di rec
ti nr* of PresMent Carranza, to the ef
*»rt that army men must not medd’e
in ? optics.
Genera’s Obrepron and Gonzales arc
crnduct?nGr vigorous campaigns each
b^rnr a’d^d hv an official newspaper.
T;rir'e:o Po*';”as is an avowed cand;
e’t^onerh as yet he has not fo
js?»Ven his ambassadorial duties n
Washington.
If the present administration fav
ors one of the three announced can
d:daV*s-Obrepron, Gonza’es or Bo
n;i,as- it has kept the fact care
fniiv enneealed. Obreeron and Presi
dent Carranza appear to have broken
afte’’ a friend shin of year's standing
*»nd E1 Mon;tor Rr‘nuh’;cano. the Ob
recron ornrae, ?s vehement in its at
tacks upon the president.
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NEW SOLDIERS IN TOWN
The following are the names of the
soMier dolegition f *om Co., B, form
er’y of Anchorage, who arrived on the
last train and will be stationed in
Seward:—
IIavry Barry White, the dashing
first sovgeant.
Garret C. Chestnut, cook de luxe,
better known as “Peanuts.”
Jones. Bendrick, Stewart and
Tl^n^v a q”avtet that is hard to beat.
Al"rtr OuarnieH. A*sup, Hall, E’m^r
BMrsh;a Herman Brown. 0. M. Joer.~,
Carieo P^ttus, Clvavario Reeves,
Clark, Kirchof, Doyle, Touvel, Fletch
er.
THIS FOR THE WOMEN
READING Cal., March 24— Uncle
of V*o:-dr'\ss’ng launched bv Parisian
est°bM°hmenta revives the big soft
cV^mon n*nr*^d low on the rane of the
neck. Parted on the right s?de of the
head, the hn;r is bashed back in 30ft
waves forming a bountiful and be
rom:n" frame to the temnlog and
u is q far crv from the short
"hnhh-d” locks of the past two sea
sons. •
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MUCHLY MARRIED GIRL
OF TENDER YEARS
DAYTON, Ohio, March 24— Tit fie
Sally and James Nick have jointly
asked the police to arrest Margaret
Foster, aged 21, on a charge of biga
my.
They claim she married both of
them, and that she has twenty other
husbands and is divorced from none
of them.
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SHOES COMING DOWN IN
PRICE WITHIN FEW MONTHS
NEW YORK. March 24— John J.
Suter, President of the Rcta;l Shoe
Dealer's, announced today that the
price of standard shoes will be reduc
ed during this spring and summer.
Mr. Suter said the retailers were sat
isfied with smaller profts. The re
duction will not however apply to fan
cy footwear.
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WILL FIGHT CUMMINS
WASHINGTON, March 24— Art
in^ President Shenp^rd. of the 0-dAi'
of Rahway Conductor's saM that Sen
ator Cummins is one of the member?
of Congress whom organized Labor
will attempt to defeat next Novemb* \
Shennnrd said the records of othe»*
m'vnb'ws seeling election are being
studied Cummins w^s the author of
the aAti-striV» provision in the rall
ied hill which r^as th-own n«t. Trd«
n^nd^efa dAm°nd a drtf!nJt° labor eAh
iect and th#> frc^e'mw«et la consider
ing the demands so it is said.
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FROZEN TO DEATH
T/>VT>OV. Ma*** 9A— A MAcrrvv
^,Vnot^ 9 a vs 0™* a^H.RAl^a.
tP*W eflMWs hsv« h««n f-0*»0 to
A^h on the southeastern Russian
steppes.
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GERMANS IN BATTLE
WF^FT,. fj/"w«nv ?4— c,t
AA t*W>n« fAWW*»f. 1 -
i;on fr'mvA* ♦arlntr '♦ 'S
snorted 62 ^ere VW^ the batt,ft.
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SEATTLE, March 24— A specia.
dispatch to the Times says Senator
New is planning to submit to Secre
tary of the Interior Co.by bis bill pro
viding for a resident commission 10
transact government business in Alas
ka.
Senator New says he hopes hear
ings will start soon. New says he per
sonally would just as soon have on *,
resident commissioner vested with full
authority to transact all government
bus:nc's in Alaska. The bill is subject
to modifications but is introduced to
git things staitcd. Senator New says
duplication in contiol of Alaskan af
fairs is something awful.
The New bill provides for an Alas
kan Development board of three mem
bers, all named by the President to
serve seven year terms. The Chairman
•s to receive $‘>500 and the other two
to receive $8,000.
The Development board will have
b oad jurisd ction over resources, nr.d
transportation lines and also gives
the Alaskan Engineering Commission
authority to develope business along
the government railroad in Alaska, as
the pioneer railroaders did in the
states and appropriates $10,000, as
a starter, for the Commission for de
velopment work.
The Times spcc;al says Chai»man
Payne, of the Shipping Board, is plan
ning a government line of slvps from
Seattle to Seward and Anchorage next
summer and further says Payne
wants the development of the country
along the government railroad.
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CANADIAN $ IS UP
NEW YORK. Ma ch 24— The Ca
nadian dollar reached n^ty cents to
day making a new high mark.
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BOOTH FISHERIES SHOW
FALUvO OF^ IN T"E NET
RETURNS FOR PAST YEAR
CHICAGO. March 24— The anne
al report of the Booth Fisheries Com
pany. made public tod^v shea's tMs
tv>e nAt, returns for last v«er were 81.
400 Feri i*»o VAO*. 1018 tV*o pot. re
rro'*e for 1917
the returns were $3,380,000.