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SFWARD ALASKA. .'iONOA Y, APRIL 5, 1920. ___
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CALL OFF
AjTRIK:
COPENHAGEN, April 5— The
general strike called Uxlay as a pro
test against the resignation of Pre
mier Zahle was called otf late last
night following a conference between
King Christian and the Chairmen of
eleven political parties.
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FIRE PLOT
IN BERLIN
DUBLIN, April 5— Masses of im
portant correspondence and documents
were burned last night in this city in
a series of fires which kept the fire
fighters rushing all night. The cir
cumstances indicate a well planned in
cendiary p’ot. The fires occurred in
many offices of income tax collectors
and surveyors. Incendiary fires are al
so reported at Cork. Attacks were
made in many cities on the police bar
ricks.
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INVESTMENT BRANCH
OK FEDERAL RESERVE
TAKES PEACE NAME
SAN FRANCISCO. April 5— The
Federal Reserve Bank has given
notice through John U. Calkins, Gov
ernor of the Bank, that the name of
War Loan organization for the Twelf
th Federal Reserve District is now
changed to “Government Savings O**
ganizafion,“ bv which title it will be
known hereafter.
Under Mr. Calkin’s chairmanship.
Theodore Hardee will continue as
directer and C. A. Farnsworth as
associate director of the organization,
with headquarters at the Federal Re
serve Bank of San Francisco.
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Ed Johnson, a teamster stationed
at Camo 858 on the govermuem
railroad nrtar was tj»V<»n to
the hospital at tint city with *
fjiqa Af <»*\ri<»*»di'»it»s. \ snocial train
was run out to the sick man.
SEATTLE, April 5— Deputy Sher
iff Robert C. Scott was killed in a
pistol uJtiie eat\y yesteiday morning
between officers and two bandits who
had held up five automob.les and
robbed the occupants during the early
houis iast Saturday night on the out
skirts of the city.
The bandits commandeered on*
car and forced the occupants to drive
into town. On the way, one of the
bandits known as “Blackie” shot his
itmpanion and took ail of the loot
from the robberies and made his geta
way as the au.o arrived in the heart
of the do vn town dis trict. Before es
caping, “Blackie” ordered the occu
pants of the car to take the injured
man to the hospital but instead they
took the wounded bandit to the police
station where he was identified as
Elmer Cady. Cady soon expired from
his wounds. The shooting bandit dis
appeared in the direction of the wat
erfront when he left the auto.
SEATTLE April 5— According to
police repoits at least two dozen an
:o parties were held up Saturday
night by the bandits Cady and
“Blackie.”
SEATTLE, April 5— The police
yesterday and today combed the
' -harves and hotels for the bandit. The
police believe “B’ackie” was wounded
during his escapades.
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BED IS NOT A HOME
SAN FRANCISCO, April 5— The
presence of a bet! does not establish
a man’s home, acco ding to a re:er.i
ruling by the United States Commis
sioner here.
Henry Jensen, former saloonkeep
er. charged with violating the nation
al prohibition amendment, contend' d
that a bed in his saloon made it his
home.
“A homesteader may prove up on
his homestead and still live in the c;ty
a few months each year; but a form
er saloonkeeper can’t put a bed in a
room where there arc nearly 200 bot
t’es of assorted liquors and then claim
that room as his temporary home,”
the Commissioner ruled in holding
Jensen for the Grand jury*”
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Nels Rasmussen, a sourdough
freighter from the Circle distrrt
recently made the trip to Fairbanks
to see the govo-ament railroad. He
was aceemnamed bv B;^v Conk, an
other old-timer of the Circle district
TACOMA, April 5— William B.
Askren, prosecuting attorney of
Pierce County, was shot at his home
Saturday n g *t by a woman alleged to
be Mrs. Julia Smith whom he had
‘wiee convicted of criminal malpract
co. Askren has a fighting chance of
'Covery according to the attending1
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physicians. Mrs. Smith was arrest d
five hours after the shooting at l’u
yallup near here and is being he!d on
m op *n charge. R. J. Sheriff, a local
atto ney has also been arrested. He is
an intimate friend of Mrs. Smith. The
woman was attired as a man when she j
shot Askren, and was still dressed in |
men’s clothes when arrested.
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VOTING
DETROIT, Mich , April 5— Voting
is on today in Michigan at the presi
dential primaries. There are twelve
candidates. Ai. o g the Republicans
are Wood, Lawden, Johnson, Poindext
er, Pershing and William G. Simpson
oi Detroit. Among the five Democrats
are Palmer, McAdoo, Bryan and Gov
ernor Edwards. Debs*is the Socialist
candidate and Hoover is on both Re
publican and Democratic tickets.
DETROIT, April 5— There is a
light vote throughout the state on ac
count of storms.
KAISER BILL MONUMENT
CONCEALED FROM PUBLIC
BERLIN, April 5— The “Kaisei
Wilhelm” monument at Haderslcbon,
Schleswig, which was covered up with
potato sacks when the French march
oil into the town, has now been re
moved to the premises of a private*
dub where it is concealed from public
gaze.
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GROCERIES CHEAPER IN
JUAREZ, THAN EL PASO
JUAREZ, Mex., April 5— Com
parison of the prices of groceries <n
Juarez with those that prevail in El
Paso, opposite here, reveal that most
foodstuffs are cheaper on the Mexi
can side of the river, according to a
comnPat?on just prepared bv Steph
en E. Aguirre, vice consul fo** the
United States at Juarez. R;ce and su
gar are thve* r^nts a pound less in
Juarez than in El Paso.
PARIS, April 5— It is reported
forty thousand German sordiers have
entered the Ruhr district despite the
German government’s statement that
only a limited number would be sent.
The French foreign office believes it
is not n-cos ary for the Goimans to
send a big fo cc to the Ruhr district
s the Ruhr robe’s were exhausted
and are without money and ammun
uoit. It Is repo ted that the Ruhr re
bols are not Reds but essentially anti
militaristic.
. PARIS, April 5— It is reported
l'och >s preparing to send French
Troops to occupy Fiankfort, Darm
stadt and other German cities on the
right bank of the Rhine in reprisal for
the movement of German troops to
the neutral Ruhr basin section to sup
press the Reds. The French newspap
ers suggest the occupied cities be tax
ed to defray the expenses of occupa
tion.
WASHINGTON, April 5— France
has not notified America of the in
tention to occupy the German cities on
the Rhine.
PARIS. April 5— It is said here
England has declined to co-operate in
the occupation of German cities on the
Rhine. } ?
. WOBBLY LEADER GUILTY
_ STOCKTON, Cal., April 5— The
jury in the tr:al of R. B. Lewis, alleg
ed Wohb’y lender accused of cnnvnel
sv"d:cal;sm. found tbe defendant
girlty on two counts and arqnitted
Vtv, p third count. The jury was
out 19 hours.
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* WOBBLIES SENTENCED
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* MONTESANO, April 5— Judge '
* Wi.scn this afternoon sentenced
» seven adeged \Yo’>b ies, convicted *
* of the Centra ia arm a.ice day *
* murders to no less than 25 years
* each nor more than 40 years.
* Judge Wilson did this alter dony
* ing the motion for a new trial.
* George Vanderveer took excep- *
* tion to sentences and gave notice
* to appeals.
STORMS
IN EAST
WASHINGTON, April 5— An
Easter stoim buried the south est at
mi In ght and the west is a so under
sno preadir.g the country between
the Rockies and the Appalachian
Freezing temperatures are repo: ted
over the east and gulf states. Jeffer
son City reports a blizzard has swept
M’ssouri and dest oyod the entire
peach, apple, cherry and plum crops
musing a loss of Mil’ions of dolla s.
Ton people were drowned near Armor
son, South Dakota when a ferry
fooded and caps:zcd. The temperature
is 30 below at Toledo and ranges from
23 to 30 below at St. Louis and Kan
sas City. Advices were received this
afternoon that frost threatens to de
stroy the strawberry c'op in the rc
g'on adjacent to New Orleans.
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SAMUEL GOMPERS FAVORS
AMERICAN LEGION IN
LETTER TO LABOR LEADER
INDIANAPOLIS, April 5— Per
sonal endorsement of the Ameri
can Legion by Samuel Gompers,
President of the American Federa
tion of Labor is contained in a let
ter from Mr. Gompers to F B. Wil
kin' Secretary ‘ of the Union Labor
Council of Need’es, Cal. according
to an article printed recently in the
Needles Nugget, a copy of whieft
has been received here. The let
ter. it Is stated, was written in an
swer to a question from Mr. Wik
;n, a* to th* aMifr'd'* of Mr. Gumn
rmd the ArrmHcnn F^deraCon of
Labor toward the Legion.
SEATTLE, April 5— Dispatches
from W:i hlnglon, D. C., say that un
ci r pros 'lit plans ser ous attempts are
to b ' made this summer to obtain a
s pp y of A'aska coal for use of the
: a. y cn the Pac-fic Ocean.
The na'.y appropriation bill carres
Or. * Million dollars for mining and
contracting Alaska coal and construc
tion ot necessary docks and bunker*.
Doth the Secretary of the Navy and
Secretary of the Interior indorse the
h gis’at'on to obtain Alaska coal and
jui d bunkers.
One n vy off'cer said a strong 01
gar.zed force would be sent to A'as
ka this summer, if the bill passes,
Enough has been accomplished in the
Mat’.u-ska coal fields to warrant the
d'- k pr.vnt of the entire Matanuska
r jr'ou.
A navy fo-ce will be sent north tin’s
summer, including many well known
engineers to sec that the Matanuska
fields nr' m‘n?d. The Navy depart
m :»t will a’so survey Dutch Harbor
?th a vi '\v of est b!i hiug a perma
n »'t ,oa,'ng station.
The na y approur’at’on bill, with
’ •' ndl on d 'Mar special item includ
ed, ha - pnss'd the House and it Is be
'io od b‘ll will surely bo passed by
the Senate.
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SWITCHMEN ARE ON STRIKE
CTCAHO, April 5— Approximate
'y 2"> 000 switchmen arc striking in
! bo Ch cago rail* ay yards for h;gher
' -g »s. The Packers ray the strike
w\'\ throw f,0.000 stock yard employ
ees out of work tonight. Five thous
* nd "'^rn already la;d off at noon. On
l\ rhVy f;ve hmd ed catCc and five
thousand sh°ep reached the yards to*
day ermrar d with 40,000 hogs alone
a y^a- ago today. The American rail
way Express announces an embargo
« n a1! express shipments. The strike,
with the b’izza d raging today, ha*
made it impos:,*b’e to move cars. The
R-o*:ho"h/vvi of Ra;Uvay Tra’nmnn are
trying to bv~ak th" strike. Offic;a*3
say thA str:ke is illegal and is being
co^duc/nd by om’aw . ovf*an;zations.
b^od rrrn f*rm other cities are
coming as strike breakers.
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TO rwry^K SPECULATION
WASHINGTON. AtuM 5— The
<so*''«frt b~s nassnd th* administration
r*pncn"rt wh Vh th« FAdn'*al Tte
horrs to check spectila
tioneffectually.