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CHICAGO. Jan., 10— The M'. **«
are seeking fourteen members
Nation.il Synd c*te Bank swindl t -
who are alleged to have divided u "•
S2.000.000 with politicians, police. 1: -
yers and bank officials. The N *w
York Indemnity Company says rr.«
bers of th»* gang nibbed an Onu na
bank o $110,000 and Illinois banks
of over $200,000. The swindlers cm-:
ployed handsome women to beguile the
bank employe' s and learn the secrets
regarding money shipments. ‘ he •
swindlers then hired robbers who irot
twe ity per cent of the haul with u
safe-get-away by attorneys, if caught.
VIOLENT DEATH
IN SEATTLE IN
EVERY 24 HOURS
SEATTLE. Jan.. 10— One mor** vic
tim is added to the list ot v’o'**nt
deaths here for every twenty u/r
hours so far this year. I he latest
tim is fourteen year old lllanchc Y
senger, who was struck and kiln
u Rainier Valley jitney.
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ARE REHEARSING FOR YE
OLDE FASHIONED CONCERT
The first rehearsal for Ye Oldo
Fashioned concert to be given next
Friday evening was held last n got
and eighteen singers of Seward, n*cn
and women, turned out. The rehearsal
was a success and the pcop.e of S *n
ard are assured of it splendid e\»*
ing’s amusement. Nothing but • .<
songs, choruses and duets and qua: -
tettes will be given. The old songs n
outlying everything else and •
given when Jazz and rag tn n
been put in the garbage pile. Ye On’*
Fashioned concert company P''°nu •
a new departure in amusement cm
and the hall where the concert will ’>•
given will no doubt be packed.
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FOUND *
Alaska Stewart found a package of
merchandise this afternoon and it is
now at the Gateway office. The a t e
les in the package belon* to som' wo
man bavin* been purchased :it .*
Broadway Shop or Ellsworths. That e
all the tip that can be *iven.
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REVOLUTION IN GERMANY
BRUSSELS, Jan., 10— Travellers
from Germany report the German
government has been overthrown by
the Socialists and a general strike de
clared.
LONDON. Jan., 10— This afternoon
a message from Berlin declared there
was nothin* to the reported revolut on.
rOKlO. Jan., 10— Influenza h
spreading in Japan. It is estimated
that there are at least 1.000.000 cases
Twelve thousand soldiers in one bar
tack station have the flu.
DISASTERS
ON THE SEA
SEATTLE, Jan., 10— The five
malted wooden motorship Balestian
was burned at Tiangsund, Sweden, or
December 17th, according to advice?
received here today. The Balestram.
was built on Grays Harbor in 1017.
The Shipping Board’s vessel Ophb
struck a reef two days ago off the
English coast, and s a complete wreck
The Ophis was from Tacoma.
i IVIC CLUB ELECTS
The High School Civic Club held its
frst meeting of the new year yeste»
day afternoon. The following program
was carried out:
Alaska News Kilmer Carter
Koreign Items Paul Cluy
United States Events Meryl Towle.
Local Happenings Elsie Leslie
The following officers were electee
for the present term:
President, Kilmer Carter and
Secretary and Treasurer, Meryl Towle
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JELLICOE GOING TO CUBA
KEY WEST, Fla., Jan., 10— Ad
miral Jellicoe, accompanied by P'-em
ier Borden, of the Dominion of Can
ada, sailed today for Cuba. From Cuba,
the two will cro to South America
Premier Borden is takinp the trip fo
the benefit of his health.
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CAPTURE NOVOCHERKASAK
LONDON, Jan.. 10— The Bolshov:k
forces have captured the city of Novo*
cherkasak afer a severe battle with th<
forces of General Denekine. Novoche* •
kasak is twenty miles northeast oi
Bostoc, the metropolis or the Cossael
country. _
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liEKCEU IS DENIED
SEAT SECOND TIME
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* WASHINGTON, Jan., 10— Vi*
* tor Berger, Socialist, elected from
* Wisconsin to the House of Repre- *
* tatives, was this afternoon deni**!
0 his seat. This is the second tim *
* Berger has been turned down.
WASHINGTON, Jan., 10— The 1
House voted 1128 to six to bar Berger
on a resolution offered by Chairman
l>allinger, of the elections commit ee
Berger was denied a personal hear ng
Representative Mann, of Illinois,
ed that Berger be seated as he <id
been elected twice. Berger declcreo
the House vote was one of the
attacks on a representative gove:u*
meet ever witnessed.
MILWAUKEE, Jan., 10— Within
ttalf an hour after hearing Berger V.ad ,
he* n barred, the Socialists nominsred
him for Congress again. They will :d
«,o ask the Governor to call a spe in'
election.
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ALASKA
SEATTLE, Jan., 10— Steamer Al
aska sailed for the north at 9 o’clock
this morning with 143 passengers, the
following being for Seward:
O. J. Atkinson,
A1 Hanson.
J.E. Raugh
Fred Webster
C. Carlson,
Mrs. L. A. Brown,
Mrs. R. O. Albrittan.
H. M. Kearns and wife,
F. B. Curran,
Mrs. Bryan,
J. H. Hawkins.
Randolph Clements
J. J. Ryan,
IT. S. O’Neill,
H.A. Kinney ,
Miss T. Rose,
M**s. C. G. Rob;nson
Miss M. Robinson,
Miss L. Crawford,
Mrs. M. Thompson,
W. Schapler,
J. C. Dunley.
O. E. CVk,
J. Malaka,
W. C. Kilburg.
A. Carico,
D. G. Davis,
T. D. Dujka,
M . E. Judge,
.1. McDonald.
M. N. Miller,
E. E. Ray,
L. R. Sherrell,
D. 0. Vally,
H. Howard.
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PRESIDENTS* MESSAGE IN
THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD
WASHINGTON, Jan., 10— Senator
Hitchcock put President Wilson’:
Jackson day message into the congres
sional record. His effort to put Ary
an’s speech into the record failed how
ever when Representative Card, of
Ohio, Democrat, refused unanimous
consent.
INSURANCE INCREASES
NEW YORK, Jan., 10— Ta’ey
Fiske, President of the MetropoPtar
Life Insurance Company, says the
amount of money carried in life
insurance policies increased from
$11,000,000,000 in the period fion
1000 to 1910, to $30.000,000,00(
from 1910 up to the present time.
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MEXICO CITY, Jan., 10— A new
crater has opened on the Orizaba vol
cano and is emitting dense columns o
smoke. Intense excitement-prevar •
and the people of the cities of Cordob:
and Arizainba are panic stricken. 'I he
volcano is in the western part of V< ra
Cruz state.
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THOUSANDS ARE FROZEN
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REVAL, Jan., 10— Thousands were
frozen to death in a blizzard which
swept Esthonia on New Year’s
according' to official advices recc’vcd
here. It is reported the bodies of *00
refugees were found in a forest by the
American Rod Cross who say irso
many babies were frozen to death In
their mother’s arms. Many fugrit’ves
i^rom Yudonitehc’s collapsed n»m>
perished in the snow.
ASKS FOR BIG CREDIT
WASHINGTON, Jan, 10— U. S. j
Treasurer Glass has asked Congres.
for authority to advance $150,000,000
for food relief in Austria, Poland and
Armenia.
Treasurer Glass said the world'?
financial structure would he weakened I
if Congress does not appropriate mon
ey to help feed Austria, Poland and
Atmenia. He said he may later ask r\>*
fifty million dollars more.
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JEWELRY IS STOLEN
MEXICO CITY, Jan., 10— Jewelry
worth $13,000 was stolon from a dowi
town hotel during the right.
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SCHUMANN HEINK BUYS
THOUSAND ACRE RANCH
IN SACRAMENTO VALLEY
SACRAMENTO, Cal, Jan., 10
Mme. Schumann- Heink, the noie<
singer, and her two sons, nave pur
chased a thousand acre ranch in the
Sacramento Valley. The farm l*rm
cost $400,000 •
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VICTORIA WINS AT HOCKEY
VICTORIA, Jan., 10— Victoria last
night defeated Seattle in the hockey
game by a score of two to nothing .
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FLAT CARS FOR A. E. C.
$ ■ ■—
SEATTLE, Jan., 10— Under (bar
ter to the Alaskan Engineering Com
mission, the steamer Anyox and barge
Baroda. will leave the latter part of
this month for Balboa to load L>0 flat
cars and four locomotives for Sew aw!, i
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CRACKSMEN IN SEATTLE
SEATTLE, Jan., 10— Cracksmen
last night dynamited the safe of the
Wallingford District Fuel & Feed Co.,
wrecked the office and escaped with
$300.
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GEN. KOLCHAK ARRESTED
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LONDON, Jan., 10— Colonel Pep
cliayev has arrested Gen. Kolchak aru!
commanded him to hand over his com
mand, according to special caPTos re
ceived here late this afternoon from
Vladivostok.
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KANSAS CITY, Jan., 10— General
Pershing arrived here this forenoon
i from Leavenworth, where yesterday he
inspected the army pest there.
PAIUS, Jan., 10— The Versa‘lie.-*
treaty, making peace between Ger
many and the ratifying Alima power*,
became effective when latifieationa
wove exchanged at 4:15 o’clock this a*
ternoon. The German delegates signed
the protocol before ratifications were
exchanged.
The nations that ratified the peace
treaty and will now resume diplomat <
relations with Germany are as f >'•
•ows:—
England
France
Italy
Japan
Belgium
Bolivia
Brazil
Guatamela
Panama
Peru
Poland
Siam
Czocho-Slovakia
Urugurv.
China and the United States have
"ot ratified the peace treaty.
The Supreme Council haJ decide!
'o put the Teague of Nation' inti ho
ng on Friday, January 16tT\.
LONDON, .Tan, 10— Editorial's ir.
•ill English newspapers Sunday morn
*ncr will regret America's absentation
►Vom participation in the ratification
>f peace.
The Telegraph says America's
'r\ryr>(* clouds the prospects for not only
••he present, but the future and woe*'
^r.s the moral authority, but the An;o*
«ould wait no longer and still hope
*hat America will soon join the otbei
nations in peace.
WASHINGTON, Jan., 10— Presi
lent Wilson expects to si^n the cal
tor the first League of Nation’s nvot
•nc; within a few days. America will
not he represented.
War technically exists between Am*
o;:ca and Germany although trad • ie
lations have been resumed.
PARIS, Jan., 10— Premier Clem
onceau, if elected President of France,
expects to go to America in the inter
est of the League of Nations.
CLEVELAND, Jan, 10— Students
and faculties of seven hundred colleg
es and universities will take a re'er
undum vote on the League of Nations
next Tuesday. Senators Lodge ar.d
Hitchcock, in statements, submitte 1 to
all college students their arguments
and asked them to vote on the various
forms of ratifications.
PARIS, Jan., 10— The Germans
were the first to sign the minute> re
cording the exchange of ratifications.
Lloyd George, Clemenceau, Premier
NTi ti, Baron Metsui, of Japan; Paul
Hyman, for Belgium; signed In the
order named. After the German del
egates signed, Premier Clemonceeu
swppud the British from signing right
away. Clemenceau said a few inaudi
ble words to the German delegates and
would not shake hands with them. The
German delegates signing the minutes
of the proceedings were Baron v.»n
Lersner and Herr von Simson.
Baron von Lernser made a mov» to
shake hands with Premier Clemenceau
but the latter kept his Hands by hi
sides. The Allied delegates were ror
diaJ among themselves but not with
the Germans, hardly noticing the lat
ter. No American representative was
present at the proceedings.
PARTS, Jan., 10— Baron Lersner,
■ oarlier in the day, signed the proto
I -ol providing for full reparation
j for the German warships *unk
at Scarpa Flow and to insure the car
rying out of the armistice terms.
W 15 A T 11 15 K U K I* O U T
The following is the weather rcyoit
for the 24 hours ending at 7 o'clock
tigs morning:—
SEWARD 18, Pt. Cloudy, Calm.
Anchorage 2, Foggy, Calm .
Matanuska 30, Clouoy, Calm.
Wasilla 10, Foggy, Calm.
Moosccreek 18, Cloudy, Calm. i
Chiekaloon 20, Cloudy, Calm.
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EVERETT, Jan., 10— Mrs. Caro
line Swanson, aped 62, died this fore
noon from drinking wood alcohol whis
key, Ernest Swanson, not a relative of
the dead woman, who gave her t
drink, and J. Stevens, from wnoin
Swanson purchased it, have been ar
rested.
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An express office has been opened
at LaTouche with assistant postmast
er G. A. Garrison, as the agent.