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Daily Edition, and The Alaska Weekly Post ___^
Vo..,ME XH, NUMBER^-~ IZZALASKA. TUESDAY. MARCH 30. ,920.
CHICAGO. March 30- It is osti
mated Sunday’s tornado killed at least
158 persons. Ini' nan lact 36; Illinois
27; Georgia . Ohio 20; Michigan 12;
Alabama 17; Missouri 1; and Wiscon
sin 1. It is estimated the piopeily
j»03s in Illino s is $G,000 000; western
()hio $2 000.000; Michigan $2,000(00o
and Georgia $1,000,000. The loss in
! Chicago and subuibs was $2,884,000.
State troops and the R:d Cross are
aid ng the victims, many of whom a.c
| refugees and living in tents.
LYNCHED
PARIS. Kentucky. March 30— For
ty men took U'ant Smith, a n°g.o
from officers here this forenoon ami
lynched h m to a telegraph pole.
Smith assaulted a fourteen year old
girl.
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$175,000 FIRE
CHEHALIS, March 30— Fire part
ly destroyed the plant of the Coal
Creek Lumber Company this fore
noon. The loss is estimated to be
$175,000.
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INDICT police judge
SAN FRANCISCO. March 20— The
Grand jury has »nd;ctcd PoPce Juds*.
Morris Onponheim: bad bond broker
Peter M'-Donouph and Attorney Vin
cent Riccardo charged with obstruct
ing the operat’on of the laws. The
charge resulted from Oonenhe'm's
d;sm:s'a! of the cns» of PoPce Jtrb*e
John SuRiven mdiet^l rvently charg
ed with accepting a bribe.
MARTENS TO GET IIIS
WASHINGTON. March 20— Rol
sheviki Ambassador Martens has h^n
ta ar‘TV'a’* tomorrow to far*'
deportation chafes. The Department
of Just;ce s*>vs h'' has p»vep tne ^m
Tn>-»tion offices a perfect deportx
tion case.
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GOVERNMENT STE \MER
fO'nVG XOKTM TO MAKE
SURVEYS ALONG TIIE COAST
SEATTLE March 30— Tim Geo
detic survey steamer Survey o'* leaden
^ m"' for A^ska cna.*t
between Kodiak and Chmmk to make
$»*r~ev«5 Cent F. H. Me-dv »*}» **om
mandm'r the stAAmAr. The Exn'orer ;s
also outfitting for her wire drag on
f~,y 5| s’1 rvev n^ar Junen*.
Other steamers the Lvdonia and
\VnnnM pro o"K;H:np at San F'T.n
cisco for woMc along the coast of
Southeastern Alaska.
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GUILTY OF SYNDICALISM
OAKLAND. March 30— John W
Weiler. former cte-gvman, fo»’"d g dl
ty of synd’caL*m, has been sentenc- d
to an indAterm’na^e tAvm of one to
fn>irtAAn veArs. Weiler o-rmivx^d th«
CA~munist party here in Norm her.
1919.
SUBSCRIBE FOR TFIE GATEWA v
ALBANY, March 30— The majority
of the judiciary committee of the low
er house of the Assembley has recom
mended the expulsion of the five So
fial’st Assemblyman. The report
brands the Socialist party as compos
ed entirely of perpetual traitors. The
minority report dissented. The As*
smib’y is to consider action on the re
po ts tomorrow. Majority leader Ald
er and Assemblyman Theodore Roose
velt a* o to speak asking the expulsion
of the five Socialists.
Theodore Roosevelt said he could
not approve of the expulsion of the
Socialist party’s entire reprsentation
from the legis’aturc and that in this
matter he acted as an individual and
not politically.
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WEALTHY MAN CONVICTED
OF BEING DRAFT EVADER
NEW YORK March 30— Grover
C’evc’and Rergdoll, wealthy man of
Phi’adelph:a, has been convicted Vvc
of evad’ng the draft ann sentenced to
five years imprisonment.
R egdo’l is to serve his time at
Governor’s island at hard labor. He is
to los' his citizenship and all army
pay.
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STEAMERS IN COLLISION
PRINCE RUPERT, March 30—
Stcemors Prince John and Prince Al
bert coll’ded this forenoon off Three
T ce Point, Graham Is’and. The Prin
ce John has been beached. The Prince
Albert, slightly damaged, took the
Prince John’s passengers aboard.
WILL REQUEST THAT VOTE
RE TAKEN ON BONE DRY LAW
VANCOUVER, D C., March 30—
Prohib’tion leaders arc to request a
referundum on the bone dry law.
JACK JOHNSON ARRIVES
IN THE UNITED STATES
CALEXICO C:il., Ma ch 30— Ja<k
Johnson has arrived at Mexicali,
across the line from here, with h s
wife and wife's maid He will probab
ly come to the United States side this
afternoon. Jack Johnson may f pht
at MoxicaM, it all depend;ng what ar
rangements can b'' made. The colored
fighter is coming to the United States
to f°ce the charges of white slavery
in Chicago.
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HOOVER SAYS NO
PORTLAND March 30— Hoover
y^oq t'0'Nfr**j*T)h/'d fo'Tner governor Os
wald West refnsm" to aPow hi" naw*
tr> the Oregon presidential
primary ballot.
BLAMES PACKERS
FOR EXTINCTION
Or THE SALMON
WASHINGTON, March 30—Maur
ice Leehcy, Seattle counsel for tho
Alaska Shipping Board, told the Sen
ate commerce coinm,ttoe yesterday,
that the big salmon packers were re
spo.is.b e for the thieatcacd cxiincvou
of the Alaska samon. Leohey decla -
ed the b g paekeis, thiough ownership
of private boat.;, have the financial
advantages over the smaller fish com
panies who use the regular lines sub
ject 10 legal requirements not impos
ed on private linc3.
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MADRID NEWSPAPERS
BELIEVE RICH CITIES
BURIED IN SPAIN
Madrid, March 30— The news
papers are demanding of the gov
ernment credit for the commence
ment of excavations in the province
of Leon, to unearth Roman cities
which are believed to be buvic 1
there and which tradition rays con
tain great quantities of jewels and
money and antiquities of great val
ue. The papers desire that the
task be ass gned to experts who
would be capable of making a suc
cess of it.
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MUCH LIQUOR WAS
SOLD IN BRITISH
COLUMBIA IN 1919.
VICTORIA, B. C.. March 3(V~
L’quor sold in the province in 1919.
according to the first annual rep>rt
-f the proh’biton crmmissioner, total
led 579.475 of which $1 257,862 is
credit'd to Vancouver.
There we>*e 87 prosecutions for
selling liquor, 863 for having liquor in
possens;on, n;ne prosecut;ons of doc
tor f*ve of druggists, 51 for general
infractions of the act and 68 in
winch the nature of the case is not
stated.
Rye whiskey was an easy favorite
ns "cure” for ailments prescribed
for.
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i’TVLAN v’ORKER
U^ES AMERICAN WOMAN
MODEL FOR OTHER WOMEN
BUENOS AIRES, March 30— Dr.
A’ica Mo-cau. a social worker widely
known in South America who has ro
cent'y returned from Washingtr n
has b^en te’ling the Argentine women
that the women of the United States
enjoy more liberty than those ot
any o‘„her country and urging them
to "avake f om their lethargy ami
take lessors from their sisters in
North Amer?ca.”
She declared in an address the
other day that the women of the
United States b-ought about pro
hib*t:on, that they have "revolufo -
ized thei'* nation through work and
propaganda and arc now in such a
strong posit*on that they are boanl
to ga’n even greater heights of in
dependence.”
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GOVERNMENT SELLS
RAILROAD EQUIPMENT
WORTH TEN MILLION
T >T EDO Oh'o. March 30— Pu
chas- o* $10 000.000 worth of cqu p
mcnt from the government was an
pounced by the off*c*alr of the Pierre
Marquette railroad here today. The
equipment includes 3,000 freight ca r,
MP locomotives and ten heavy
sw!tch;ng cng’ncs, it is said.
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The cabrn of John Young at Hyde>
and contents were burned recently.
The cnb?n was occupied by Cot.p
Beggs, during the absence of the
owner in the states, and he lost some
of hi1? personal effects.
Pictures of S’Tver Bow Bas>n. a'
token bv the G.w
mopt ">ture machine mer
now in the north*
PROCLAIMS
HIMSELF A
REAL KING
SEATTLE, March 30— Thomas
Legg alleged Wabbly, proclaimed
himse’f King at Israquah, twenty
miles from here, and paraded
streets shooting at pedestrians. L.'gg
hit no one. Legg f'red into residences
then the Deputy sheriff staited out
Legg was wounded twice before capt
ured.
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STEAMER SPOKANE WILL
REQUIRE LARGE SUM TO
PUT HER IN CONDITION
SEATTLE. March 30— Reps vs
costing $10,000 were begun today on
the Southeastern Alaska liner Spo
kane of the Pacific Steamship Co.
Nineteen pVtcs are to b'' removed a1
the resu’t of striking bottom in
Wrangell Na-rows lart week. It is be
lieved that only the doub’c bottom of
the Spokane saved her from being a
total wreck and sinking.
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MISSISSIPPI SENATE
HAS RATIFIED SUFFRAGE
JACKSON. Miss., March 30— The
State Senate which previously reject
ed woman’s suffrage fnally rat;fied
the amendment. The State house is to
vote aga:n on the amendment tomo;
'•ow. L’cut. Governor Casteel cast the
deciding vote in the Senate when the
qiiest’on was put to a vote.
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PROMINENT MEN TO BE
SPEAKERS AT MINING
CONGRESS IN SEATTLE
SEATTLE, March 30— Governor
Boyle, of Indiana and Frank Vander
lip, banker of New York City, will be
among the speakers at the Interna
tional Mining Congress here on Ap il
8th
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LABOR TO MOBOLIZE
WASHINGTON. March 30— Steps
to mobo’ize 130.000 workers into 50,
000 committees to prosecute labor’s
non-partisan political campaign has
been taken by the executive commit
tee, Gompcrs, Morrison and James
O’Connell.
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POSTPONE HEARING FOR
NEW TRIAL OF WOBBLIES
MONTESANO Wa h., March 30 •
The hear’ng D)~ a now trial appliH
tion for the Wobblios, recently found
girltv of the armistice day rnurd.*
has been postponed until Saturday ut
the request of Attorney G'orge Van
dervecr who is a’so the attorney for
the Wobb’ies in a syndicalism case :.t
Portland. It is est;mated the recent
jury trial cost the county of Lewis
thousands of dollars with mileage
fees b-ing $5 700. Lewis county wiT
r-^brbly ask the state to he’p foot the
bills.
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PLAY GAME OF BASEBALL
HANFORD. Ca1.. March 30— The
Seattle team of the Coast league dc
f-a4 d the Chicago C”bs here yrs%”-.
dnv by a sco~e of three to tmi. a ter.
inning game. Seattle made ten hits.
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OFFI/n,FT>C! OF THE
WOMAY'^ TT*ovrrc|tV
CUmilWF RESIGNED
MEW YORK, March 30— Mrs.
T^omn** .T Piston Tr.. fo-morV Mvs.
rP^^lnnd. P^eM^nt of the
vj~rein's TTu; verity CVb a^d a ma
iorit.v of the officers and members
of the various committees, have re
pfmod. Thmr exnW^ed their act'on
enng^d k" att^'s made on the
r\f t*»* C1”b,S T^pr»n*r«rvv»ut
V>v •» T*"*nor*t,fM after
increased dues had been proposed.
ESSEN, March 00— The Allies rr,a>
occupy the Ruhr Vailcy and may m •
date between the Communi:ts an 1 lh«
G? man govo ninent to restore p \
in GCi many. The Red.; have in/:u«
the Allies to occupy the Ruhr Valle;
to save the Red a-my fioin the Eb *r
forces. The Ebert government pom
to B"c p th * it d\ah? f o:n t! r
a ).iy with an i on b oom and to s .v
no quarters to the G *rman soh!'*'
who participated in the revolution.
WARSAW March 30— Armored
tra'ns of the Polos fought a pitch'd
battle rgainst the Po’shov ki monito a
and other foaling c aft on the river
Pripet during the Dolsheviki thin ;t to
:in control of the railroad fro
o .1 ;i to Modir. The Bolsheviki dri\
.is unsuc *cssful, the Polish line ho1,
.' all along the front.
PARIS March 30— Germany h;
ssu red the Al’ics the governmei
T not send into the Ruhr Valle
os' r^gu’ars than allowed by th
e ity. Pr mier M llerand said that i
^ many violated the treaty term
r rnCo would occupy a part of th
neutral zon^ whether he Allies agree
or not.
WARSAW, Ma ch 30— The Pole
cflieted revere losses on the BoNhe
vilii. The Poles have annihilated tw
Bolsheviki regiments.
TACOMA, Muivn oO— The police
throughout the Northwest have b-en
asked to seaich for b»o.r l;ui JiOif, o!
Aubuin, Wash., \.ho has been miss'iv.r
since last Thursday. The young man
is interested w.th h s father and un
cie in mines near Ancho.agc. the
•family fca.s foul play.
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GEN PEIvbllli.G FAVORS
KNIGKTS OF COLUMBUS
PIKVOSED METZ GUT
NEW YORK, March 30— Janus A.
Flaherty ox Ph.L.dciphia, Supreme
Knight of the Knights of Columbus,
has received word fiom Gen. Jo.ri
J. Pcishing, sKong.y c..do sing the
K. of C project to present a sta’.ue
of Lafayette to the city of Muz
France. The statue will carry four
bas-relief.’, one of which will be Gen.
Pershing at the tomb of Lafayu’c,
Po nt-a-Pic, Paris, and bear the in
scription, “Lafayette, We are hen."
“ 1 heartily endorse the project,"
G n. Pershing writes the head of the
K. of C., ‘which appeals to m 2 high’y,
and I believe that if you desire to
commemorate any of my activities,
in the war on one of the bus rebels,
that the subject which you Jiavo
chosen ;s the most fitting one."
The other three bas-reliefs have
President Wilson Marshal Foch and
Christopher Columbus as the'r prin
ciple figures. Paul W. Bartlett, of
New Yoik and Washington is the
sculptor. The statue will cost
000, wh?ch is being subscribed by
members of the K. ofC.
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Juneau counc*lmon are (Psrusung
the of e-tnVishing a quar
antine station..
COPENHAGEN, March 30— Tlu
Progressive paitics in Denmark a»e tc
reply to the King s dissolution of the
cabinet by proclaiming a republic.
K'n? Ch stian refused to comp y
w lli the Social Democrats in their de
mand he reinstate the cabinet offic
ers. Ciov.ds in the public squares
formed throughout the n ght and de
manded a Republic. There were slight
di turbances. The Soca’ists and Un
oa sts told the King that a general
strike will be called if the cabinet is
r.oi. reinstated and if Parliament •>
not called to pass more Democrat
laws.
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REGISTRATION IS NOW
NEAR TIIE CLOSING TIMF
The city rog’stration books fo
cloct’on to be held one week from to
day will c osc next Saturday nigiit
Aogstrations are slow only 164 hav
ng reg stored up to 5 o'clock las
night.
liRE IN A. E. C. BUILDING
A fire in the commission buildin,
this afteinoan ca.iod out the Depa t
ir.cnt bat the incipient b aze was ex
lingu sheil by employees before Ih
department got there, which was i
quick time.
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TRAIN ARRIVES
The Gateway limited, stalled fc
the past 24 hours by snow out £
line, arrived at 2:20 o’clock this aftc
noon.
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ALBERT BEERS DEAD
BRIDGEPORT Conn., March 30
Albert Beers, commander of tl
G ^nd Armv of the Republic in 19
tdvs afternoon at the a:
of 75 years.