MEXICO CITY, May 19. (/P)—Form
er President Obregon has mobilized an
army of 20,000 men in Sonora, to sup
port President Calles in a drive
against the rebels who have declared
themselves fighting for the Catholic
church.
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FRICTION IN GERMAN CABINET
BERLIN May 19. (/P)-~The Reichs
tag will reconvene Tuesday with the
parties composing the Cabinet at adds.
Foreign Minister Stressman’s threat
to resign if his policies are tampered
with is the greatest threat against the j
government. A possibility of a new ;
German Cabinet looms up.
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K K K
GETS LIFE Fllll MURDER
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., May 19. (/P)—
J. C. Stephenson, former dragon of the
, Indiana Klu Klux Klan, sentenced to
life imprisonment for the murder of
i
I Miss Madge Oberholtzer, yesterday
filed an appeal for parole of 90 days
duration to save his fortune once
placed at $1,000,000, but which is said
to he only about $200,000 now.
PRISONERS ESCAPE IN CAR
LONDON, May 19. (VP) --With the co
operation of outsiders, four convicts
j who were undergoing long terms in
Belfast prison for manslaughter and
bank robbery, escaped from jail and
made a quick getaway in a powerful
automobile which was in readiness
outside the "walls.
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THE spirit of service which exists in the
* operation of The Alaska Railroad, has
made our patrons our friends, and the safe
guarding and transportation of their ship
ments to stations on our line, to their entire
satisfaction is our ambition.
During the month of May the season of
river navigation will augment our rail serv
ice, and freight and passenger travel will
receive the benefit of our experience.
Trains will connect with all sailings on
the Tanana and Yukon Rivers.
Timetables, descriptive literature, etc.,
will be gladly furnished on request.
DEPARTMENT OF THE ' NTERIOR
The Alaska Railroad
(Mt. McKinley Park Route)
A nchorage
Alaska
Order Meat
A LARGE, choice and fresh selection
1 * always available for you. There are
no better meats than we offer you.
from
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WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
LOS ANGELES BUNK CLERK
ATTEMPTS TO KILL SELF
LOS ANGELES, May 19. (/P)—Walter
Porteus, a bank clerk from Los An
geles. attempted suicide in a hotel
here by shooting himself because his
bride, a co-ed at the University of
California, refused to give up her
studies and live with him in Los An
geles.
GOVERNMENT WILL HOLD
WASHINGTON. May 1 S. (/p)—As I
sistant Secretary of tlie Treasury An
drews after a conference with import
ers of classic literature, announced
that obscene books held at ports at
present will be admitted, but the mat
ter will be subject to further con-!
sideration.
SOUND-PROOF APARTMENT
WASHINGTON, May 19. (/P>—
Soundproof apartment houses is seen
as possible in the near future by the
Bureau of Standards. Government
experts are studying the problem in
an effort to, design a building for both
apartments and offices in which a min
imum of sopnd will be transmitted be
tween the floors.
LAWYERS FIGHT BY HAND
ORKLAND, al.. May 19. (£>)— Dis
agreement between two former part
ners resulted in Joseph W. Havens,
attorney, striking James H. Boyer, also
an attorney, it is said. Havens was
arrested for battery and posted S30
bail.
LONDON, May 19. i.-P)—Sir Austen j
Chamberlain added to the United ,
States diplomatic prestige by declar-j
ing that Great Britain would follow
America’s lead in refraining from dis-'
!
patching any further harsh notes pro
testing against the Nanking outrages
in China.
INDISCREET PASSAGES
LOS ANGELES. May 19. (/P)—At
torneys for Charles Chaplin, defend
ing him in the suit brought by his.girl
wife, Lita Grey Chaplin, have started
a fight to eliminate indiscreet pass
ages in the bill of the complaint to be
presented by her attorneys at the trial.
CREDIT MEN WAR
NEW YORK, May 19 (JP)—Firmer
Assistant United States Attorney
Maxwell Maluck, speaking for the
Eastern Association of Credit Men,
declared business associations would
start into a national war on criminals
operating in commercial fields.
HAYNES WILL NOT GET JOB
WASHINGTON, May 19. (/P)—Roy
H. Haynes will not be appointed pro
hibition commissioner, it was learned
in official circles. President Coolidge
said that the duty of naming a per
manent commissioner reposed in Sec
retary Mellon’s hands, who will name
another man.
JAPAN’S TRAMP VESSELS
WASHINGTON, May 19. (TP)—Of
the 594 Japanese tramp vessels
afloat on February 29, 29 were in the
American North Atlantic trade, ac
cording to a report just received
from the office of the American
commercial attche at Tokyo by the
Department of Commerce.
Toilet articles, perfumes, hair
brushes, combs etc. Schallerer’s
Alaska Shop.
Incense and Incense Burners. Schal
Ierer’s Alaska Shop.
VIST ESPIONAGE SYSTEM
EXISTS IN FRENCH ARMY
PARIS, May 19. (/P)—The existence
of a vost Soviet espionage system,
with ramifications in every branch of
the French military and munitions ac
tivites was revealed by former Muni
cipal Councilman Cochilen, who admit
ted he supplied the Communists with
data. Five men are being tried in a
spy plot.
You read it in The Gateway first
LARGE SUM IS REFUNDED
TO U. S. BT COMPANIES
I
LOS ANGELES, May 19. (/P)—By a
final decree, filed late yesterday, Fed
eral Judge McCormick awarded the
government a total of $12,809,497 in
principal and interest to he paid by
j the Pan-American Petroleu mand Pan
American Transportation companies,
i
both concerns owned by E. L. I)o
heney.
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Silk and Wash Dresses for Afternoon Wear
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