MONDAY
(TELEGRAPHIC)
CLAIMED EX ARMY MAN SLATED
FOR ALASKA GOVERNOR
Koattle, April, 25—Colonel Cluuies
R. Forbes, who elahus both Seattto
and Spokane as his residence., will he
the next Governor ><( Alaska if a re
port brought from Washington, D. C..
by PrwSdedTt ltoliert Boyns <»f the
Beattie Chamber of Commerce is true.
Boyrus, who returned during the. last
week end fnnn the National capital,
quoted President ILirding as living
to hj»iu “I have selected Colonel Forbes
far the Alaska guvra'norship and, ns
the entire Washington delegation has
endorsed Hum pries for the Shipping
Board. I don't see how l can appoint
another nuin from Washington but
Humphrey for that place."
mils tatrftment of Royns' was uuule
to a. well known Seattle business dim.
Forbes, w^lro is thus mentioned as the
pix>s|i»K’tive successor of Governor
Riggs, iic ;i contractor by occupation
and a metnlMT of the Harley, Mason
Company. He was formerly a ser
geant Jn the United Suites Signal
Corps stationed at Omaha. He later
left, the servi<v and went to Honolulu
where he made a fortune contracting
He was appointed a .Major in tl»e army
In 1917 an<l went tc» T*'Ya nee, where ha
gave an exorlleul account of himself
and was niiised to the rank of lieu ten -
as it colonel!. As such he had largely
to do with assigning the valuation of
lims of communication at the close of
It is well known that few men arc;
closer to the president and their wu-^s
are the warmest friends.
KNOX RESOLUTION
FAVORABLY REPORTED
Washington, April, 25—Tlv Senat**
Foreign Relations Committee todav
favorably imported the Knox resolution
ending tin* war between the l'nit«jd
States and the Central Powers with
slight changes in tho fortn of the text.
REPARATIONS SITUATION
DRAWING TO A HEAD
1jon<k>». April, 25— The A'.ied g.*v
erruiieiits will l*e invited to send rep
rcseiMa-tivcs to .1 meeting of tin* S<i
prennte Oouncil next Saturday t.» con
sider the new German repartitions pro
posals, if they are. received '*1 the
Trasmtiiino, and to determine upon >m
roedkate collective action shottl.l they
be aweptiiiblc
This was decided upon by Premier’s
Uoyc! George and Brian d today. it lias
been unnmino'iil.
Franco and Britain Approve German
Reconstruction Proposals
Txmdon. April, 25—I-loyd Georffe
and French premier Britand regard Ger
many’s note relative to her willingness
to undertake reconstruction of tlie de
vastated regions as "satisfactory as
far ;t» it goes,” it was announced here
Britain Would Suport France In
German Occupation
Tjondon, April, 25—Premier Lloyd
George stated in tlie House of Oom
mons this afternoon that if the new
Gorman reparations pro|»osnls. which
had not. yet been received, proved un
satisfactory, Great Britain will sup
port France nt next Saturday’s Allied
conference in her proposals for the
occupattiion of the Westphalian coal
fields, on which Germany is dependent
for her coa l needs.
Germariy Says Will Span' Harding
Embarsssment
Berlin, April, 25—Germany, it was
satid by htgrh officials today, ia view of
the mediation offer on the reparations
question made by the United States
government in r*spoiv*-i to Germany’s
mediation request, is detennined to
make a reparations offer such sis will
*pare President Hardin* any embay.
Germany offers 200 billion marks in
Reparation
BerMh, April, 25—Payment by Ger
many of two hundred billion gold
n..ika for reparations is in substance
the proposal which has been submitt
ed by Germany to the American com.
•ttburtoner hone for transmission by
the United States to the Allies, accord
ing to sources close to the f«vcra
The payments on this sum. it is
proponed. and to 'be spread over a per
iod of 30 to 45 years, according to
Germany’s economic recovery.
Harding to Give Immediate Considers
ation to Gorman Proposals
Washington. April. 25—President
Hardin* is expected to give Immediate
consideration to Germany's counter
reparations proposals, which were dis
patched tan Berlin lost night.
Ttto ontata>aatooj|pn embodying the
Goman bumI in no tMa forwarded to
tba Btato Popaitmnit by Lorin*
IT—I, tBa American feomwltalnnar at
NUb ■ ' ’ -1
12 HOUR BATTLE IN IRISH WAR
Dublin. April. 25—Fighting tasting
twelve horn’s occurred ?.t Manmcross,
County (laI:iway, when fourteen) police
men went in »wirrh of .1 republican
flying column TI10 re|»ublic«n force
was found entrenched near the (home
uf Patrick OnniBky. a memlter of pur
liament In tho ensuing battle one
constable was killed and a police ser
gtn.n1 was wounded on the government
side. After hours of fighting, police
reinforcements arrived with machine
guns .uul the rebels fled to the hills,
Laking 'tlkc.Lr wounded with therm.
SIBERIAN TRADER
DESTROYED BY FIRE
Seattle. April 24—The motorship
Kamchatka, Captain He.rtrocini. invnwl
by the Swenson, Hibbard Company of
Seattle, and bound from this port on a
Siberian trading cruise, was dejcro- ed
by Are at Pirate's Cave. Alaska, on
Apriil 15, according to advices from ;he
N'urflh reaching here unlay. The crew
of the Kamchatka made .their way
ashnro safety but the vessel vas a
total loss.
WENATCHEE BREAKS
DOWN AT SEA
Ynkahama, April. 25—-The disabled
United Sbites Shipping Hoard's new
trans-Pasiflc liner Wenatchee, with
Major General Leonard Wood on
board and on its maiden trip r- thi*.
Orient, from the United States. i< >>••
ing towed into this ivort by the A.lunir
al line freight steamer Kdmore. The
Kdmlre picked the Wenatchee t
11 o'clock last night 115 miles out |
from Yokahajnn in response to vv:i. - |
less advices from the big pass., 1
liner staling that her pumps had failed 1
and that she needed water for her
ARCHBISHOP HANNA MAY
SUCCEED GIBSONS
Seattle, April. 24—K. ,T. I! •
Archbishop of San Framisuo. who is
in Seattle today on his way home! from
Washington. D. C.. has been tenta
tively selected to succeed the late Car
dinal Gibbons as* head of the !*-.:ii. n
Catholic hierarchy hi America, accord
ing to a Baltimore dispatch.
WILL ENFORCE DRAFT EVASION
LAW FIFTY YEARS
Washington. April. 24—la evid-nt
anticipation of efforts being made by
removed from their records, the "W.r
Department announced today that lie
draft evasion la.w will prohablv i< en
forc'd by the government for the e-’Xt
fifty years.
TUESDAY
(TELEGRAPHIC)
SEAL OF CONFEDERACY
BELIEVED IN ENGLAND
TyOiiLsvihe. Ky., April. 24—Her.rv
Watterson issue 1 today a statement in
whk:h the famous journalist expressed
the Im-Aief that the much discusses seal
of the Con fere racy, which disappeared
after the'Civil War. now reposes some
where in England.
VESSEL PURCHASED FOR
ALASKA COAST SERVICE
Wa.«4hifngton. April 25—J. W. Mc
Cord of Cold Bay, Alaska., today purch
ased ,fcn Nenv York the steafai trawler
Itipple, according to word received by
Pain Sutherland, Delegate from Alas
ka . The Hippie is 126 feet long and
Is to be usfeid In carrying passengers
and freight from Sewtirl to the Cold
Bay oil fields and Dutch Harbor.
SITE FOR DEMPSEY-CARPENTIER
FIGHT SELECTED
New York, April), 25—Promoter Tex
Rickard announced today that 'Boyles'
thirty acres", on the outskirts of Jer
sey City, will be the attte on which will
be staged the Dempsey-Carpen tier
light on July 2.
As a result of the announcement,
reservations for seats are fairly pour,
ing in tonight.
SHIP BOARD TRYING TO
AVERT NATIONAL STRIKE
Washington, April, 26—Chairman
Benson of the Ship Board has called
Into conference here Wednesday rep
resentatives of the American Steam
ship Owners Assoc in. t ton and the Ma
rine Engineers Beneficial Association
In an effort to avert a national strike
of steamship engineers called by the
lost notated organisation for May 1 to
(Meat a propose! to reduce the wages
of fifteen thwaasd engineers.
ft is said that in the event of the
engineers strMng about one hundred
tfnnand marine flmta, otters and
witttr teedlrre w« foTlser them out.
CLAIMS INDIANA UNIVERSITY
HOTBED OF BOLSHEVISM
Oakvfcgvt, April, 'J:>—fhargini? that
the I'nifversit \ •>f Valparaiso, Indiana,
is it «»f IV>lshevSsm”. Hanie!
Ruswl Hkxlgdin. ,pr«~Cdeiit of tin* Ln
stteutflun. sent his resignation to
the fTiiMte*'?
In denouncing the Bolshov istie
spirit whiich he alleges is p revalent *n
the univiPTSrtty. Professor Ho.lgdon as
serted that the t«ijn t of Bolshevistic
radiraJixni is apparent oven in the gov
ernment .
•’A stream of propaganda.” Hiodgdon I
dccL'i.i'e<I, “arm he traced to the very
heart of the federal pwermn^nt ”
S S WENATCHEE
REACHES PORT SAFELY
Yokohama. Japan, April. ”6— The
American trams-Pa citi. passengjr
liner WenatchK**. which broke <kiwn at
stui 115 milles fncon til vis port on her
mu when tr p here, arrived lost night in
YANKEE WAR PRISONER
GIVES SOVIETS SLIP,
Riga 7.4ilhliana. April, P.iptain !
Metrl-vn <*. Coupler. an .\*iaerie:in air- j
nwn of Jaejowivalle, Florida, who was i
sha4 down on the Polish war front nnrt i
captured by the Rushans last July.,
escaped from tiho Moscow prison in •
which he wets confined hy the Soviet
authorities and arrived in Riga today.
LAW RELEASES CHILDREN HELD
FOR BOARD BILL
a v«sir neaa* Tacoma as s«'cui*itv for
an ooKirduo board bill. Tommy Brail
foivl. aged nEine. am? his s'istc Margie.
age-1 five. were today releas'd by the
law and went to join their fatlnr in
Calgary. Alberta.
VENEZUELA REVOLT
PLOT BUSTED
L-ondon, April, :M V plot for a rev
ollit:.nn in Vemeziwda has In . a nipped
in I>i7idon as n result <*f months of
shadowing two Venezuela generals, it
SPOKANE MAN GETS
INTERIOR DEPT JOB
Washingtoni. April. Ptnrnis M.
Goodwin <xf Hfmkiine, Washington. un*
narninfi.ted todn> l.y President Hnrd
.U S TO REOPEN CALIFORNIA
ANTI-JAP LAW DISCUSSIONS
"WsCshinglinn. April. 26—Secretary of
State Hughes has assured the J.ipan
IV jKirMnent will soon reopen the re
cently suspended negotiations with
.la|Ki.n re gnu-ding the PaHifomio anti
.alien Kind laws. It was announced to
GERMANY WILLING TO
ASSUME ALLIED
OBLIGATIONS TO U. S.
IVrlin, April, 26—‘‘(Jenna ny, in the
event thfii.t the United Stiltes and the
Alliios so riswtL're. is wiMintg. according
u» the extent of her ability and capa
city, to smirnt* Allied obligations to
the T’nlited States,” says it elatiflo in
the German reparation counter pro
posals »u t Quitted to President Hard
ing, according to official' authorities.
German Counter Proposals Reach
State Department
tinns to the Allies were received todny
cjt the State Department and will he
Laid before the cabinet at its regular
session, it was matfe known today.
Allies Considering Added Penalties on
Germany
|■*aris, April. 26—The possibility of
applying penalties to Germany Immed
iately a ft eh May 1. despfite whatever
propositions Grtrmany may make re
gar«LM® reparations, ius l>di/ng seriously
conaltkred by the Allied Supreme
Council, It heciune known today.
EUROPEAN CHILD RELIEF DRIVE
NETS 29 MILLIONS
N«w York. April. 24—The drive
made by the committee headed oy
Herbert C, Hoover for the relief of
European children netted « total of
929.000,000, from throughout the nation
it was announced here tonight _
SECRET JAP
CORRESPONDENCE DISAPPEARS
Washington, ApitfJ, 27—Strenuous
efforts are being made to suppreu the
ne vs that the office of the Bureau of
Naval Intelligence in. the Unfed Stab-*
Navy Department wag nobbed during
the pest two weeks ad a large port of
quantity ef secret correspondence •>»
WEDNESDAY
(TELEGRAPHIC)
HUGHES TO TAKE UP GERMAN
PROPOSALS IMMEDIATELY
W.ish’nK ton. A pi*. I. Secretary
11Holies will start irmnodiEUc exchanges
witli Fium-e. Oreat fMtnJn an«l Italy
thrtoigh their .unhiussiiikirs here to
learn if flip upw t human repara t ions
proposals are ;ircoiitnhlo t«> them. it
was :uiiH»iin<»il this after*iMK>n.
Hughes will ajso aprwtfnt an Ainer
■;p.t.n reprejeintatlvc to ta-kc part i.n the
AIHihI Supreme <’oimc.il to held in
Ijorukm this wtk, shimM the fScujn-nn
in-opo.-stIs swii to have .. rlbinco of -u
German Proposition*- Considered Un
acceptable in France
I'.iris, Apr’.l. 1*5—flemiiiny’s new
re paraci«fris yirojKisal. ns ninth* puhlie
here today. n.re considered! nneeeept
a- a basis fin- disc nssl-on, neojiidimr to
opinion close to the Koiwiirn MfJ’ee
Catnnet Hold* Closed Meet.113 en
German Offer
Wasluington. April, eUwsed
1 l•:in f nic«*ting wns held !;»!• l!iis . f
t*rr.iH>n on tin* *!cnn.in re.paantions
I mim»sjlIiS. While the memhe*---- • ihp
f < : l*y her ;«t tin- T.ondon conference
t- ki- oyer the Allied indebtedness to
France Reject" German Pro posals
Washington h.is been so n«'t :r el.
Hughes Waiting Word From Alhe" On
Reparations
NEW ANCHORAGE
BANK PROJECTED
Krvjn lias made application to esoab
lish tin* First National Hank of An
choragc. at Anchorage. Alaska. with
JUDGE THREATENED FOR
DISMISSING INDICTMENTS
AGAINST TACOMA BANKER
Tacoma, Wn.. April, 25- -Threats ti
kill .Jmlye \\ l>. Askran because ol
his dismissing of certain indietmantf
against < He l.arsen, president of the
closed Scandinavian-Ameniean I kink ol
of tin* institution, were received l.;.
| .Tudge Askien in the mail today.
j HARDING'S ALASKA TRIP OFF
Harding sees no chance of going tt
Seattleites Urge Harding to Vi*ii
Territory
Seattle. April, 2<i—In an effort tr
Induce President Harding to reronsld
Alaska thiks year, tine folio wing sell
explanatory wire was sent to Pros!
Aent Harding today by the Seattle Post
IntelHgenrer «m behalf of a large- num
ber of leading Alaskans and citizens ol
Seattle and the Pad tie Northwest.
"Wle ask that you and such mem
bans of your cabinet as you desire to
select, together with a senatorial dele
gattton, will visit our great northern
territory, Alaska,, during the coming
summlout. preferably m July or August,
that you may learn at first hand i1t
resources and Its needs.”
Joining in the teleguyn were the
governor’s of Washington. Oregon,
Montana Idaho and Wyoming, the
mayors of practically all the clfties and
towns in Washington and every prin
cipal civic ;uul commercial orgsmhta
tSion In the state.
CONVICTED I. W. W.
DENOUNCE HAYWOOD
Ia»aveuiw;oiith, Kan. April. 25—Forty
sdven of the I. W. W. members who
were convicted with WNliaa.p. Hay
wood arrived Mere today ko begin
serving their sentences and roundly
denounced Haywood for what they
tanned Ida “deflation,” In fleeing the
country when Imprlsowuent Mourn
LANGDON MURDER CAUSER
JAP OFFICIAL S SUKfDE *
disciplined.
THURSDAY
(TELEGRAPHIC)
COL FORBES ELIMINATED FROM
GOVERNORSHIP CONTEST
I ill rani i of War Risk Insurance
a jH.-k-i- ail tlu* Shipping: Hoard, and the j
president ffrwiUy desired to gratify hi«
Senate, and tin- entire Washington del
CABINET DISCUSSES ALASKA
PULP DEVELOPMENT
MANY GOVERNOR'S WANT
TO VISIT ALASKA
WITH HARDING
of' Oregon l». W Davis of Idaho.
Robert l>. < 'nsey of Wyoming, "‘ill
! . unvpanx President Harding; f hr ar
ropts the invitation*,- to visit Alaska.
f?!*aphed they would join the president
HARDING APPEALS TO BANKERS
| ARTILLERY BRIGADE
SENT TO HAWAII j
of artillery has been sent to the Ha
waiian Islands for better protection [
ed by the War Department today. !
PORTLAND PRO-GERMAN FREED i
BY SUPREME COURT
Washington. April. 27—Henry Al
bers. of Portland. Oregon, wealthy
head of a grain milling firm of that
city, was freed today of a. prison sen
tence and fine imposed by the Federal
Courts for pro-German utterances dur
ing the war, by action of the Supreme
IRISH REBELS
EXECUTED AT CORK
Cork. Ireland, April. 28—Four young
Sinn Felnners were executed here to
day by firing squads for waging war
against the Crown. Tlhey were; Pat
rick O’Sullivan, Patrick Ronaynna.
Thomas Mulcnhy, Maurice Moore.
LOS ANGELES CITIZENS FORM
HUGE VIGILANTE COMMITTEE
ls>s Angeles. April. 28—The "Mod
Hm VTigilantes," to number eight
thousand, has been organized in I»s
Angeles as an auxiliary of the city po
lice Zero* In xa effect to suppress crime
mow rawumtt te^e-Sty.
COMMERCE COMMISSION
MEMBER NOMINATED
A pill. -7 K [. Lew
I ml.i nupol.s w:is noinin.i t«-d by IV -
PROGRESS MADE TOWARD
BRITISH COAL
STRIKE SETTLEMENT
Ixxxkm. \prH. > < 'ori.tkl*r;iliV
F'rogress toward a fia.il settlement of
ill.* con I miners’ s*tiiJ<«* is reported to
GERMANS WILLING TO MODIFY
REPARATIONS PROPOSALS
-t.dement issued today suggested Ui.if.
nodify its recetnt repaint.<»m« proposals
HARDING REVIEWS
U S BATTLE FLEET
Aburnl, Vault t Mityflower. H*nipt>>,i
!««wLs. Vo.. April, -7— America's ni
il power in tshe Ml tatio passed ill rc
before I * r-»*si«I**: 11 Fix. I.iu: tod tv .
Half shrouded in intist. deceit dreud
i.niffhl’K. nineteen destroyers, eighteen
nibrnarlnes and scores of auxiliary*
Harding Declares For Peace "Only
With Honor
lnripton I;., i \pr.i. _*n "I wish
•i ament,” tJio president continued.
‘Were inspired b\ the -HI!*- ItloLiVes.
MARINE STRIKE
CONFERENCE FRIDAY
\\ . i sluing tan, April, A futh'-r
.f i •• Shipping Board jihI ship o\vn
• i . \. rt the scheduled strike of in.n ine
GERMAN proposals
UNSATISFACTORY TO BRITAIN
i.or\Premier IJoyd (;<w»rge told the
House of Commons todsy
•‘The Orman I iff or is regarded a*
inadequate," he said, "hut is being ex
amined carefully by the government
MISSISSIPPI CYCLONE
KILt S TWENTY
th s state Saturday according to ! i*es:
REVOLUTIONARIES AGAIN
ACTIVE IN MEXICO
Mexico City. April. _<!—Revolution^
.•tries are active in the Shite of M'ieh
oacnn. on thV- western coast of Mexico,
and luivo attacked and burned the
town of VUlaput.o. tin iimportant center
of that district, according to advices
Why that Lame Back
sharp pains when bending or lifting,
make work a burden and rest impos
sible. Don’t be handicapped by a bail
naek—look to your kidneys. You will
make no mistake by following this
James Burke, retired contractor. «0«
X. Virginia St., Reno. Nev., says:
"My back was lame and iny kidnev*
were weak a year ago. When I tried
to get up frefeit a chair, a terrific pain
struck me in the small of my back
and I had to brace my hands on the
arms of the chair in order to raise up.
r got up several times at night to pass
the kidney secretion's, which were
highly colored and burned in passage.
I heard about Doan's Kidney Pills anil
one box from Julian and Shaver’s
drug store cured my back and made
it sound and well. My kidneys acted
like clockwork.”
Price 80c, at all dealers. Don’t
simply ask for a kidney remedy—get
Doan's Kidney Pills—the same that
Mr. Burks had. Kostsr-lfllburn Co..
Mfrs., Buffs to. X. T-jutsfrtlsement
A4V4,at«Bnt
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