MONDAY
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FALL AND HARDING TO SETTLE
ALA8KA GOVERNORSHIP SOON
Washington, Mch. 28—While some
report# say Secretary Fall has made
recommendation* to the president re
garding Alaska’* next Governor, James
Wickersham being tho candidate who
1h .said to have received his endorse
ment. other reports assert that ha Is
not derided upon ;my of the several
candidates as yet. It in «certain, how
ever, that tho Secretary’ holds that
the present controversy over the of
fice should he settled soon and a man
of high qualifications and possessing
the confidence of tho administration
should he named at the earliest possi
ble moment. Early this week Fall Is
to have a conference with President
Harding on the subject in which tho
qualifications of tho various candi
dates will bo gone over and judged in
tho light of a huge amount of infonma
tk>n regJtrding them now in the. hands
of tho Secretary.
SECT FALL MUCH ENGROSSED
IN ALASKA PROBLEMS
'Washington, Mch 28—Secretary
cf the Interior Fall had a long dis
cussion today with M. J. Fdkenburg
of Seattle in relation to Alaskan affairs
end has recently hold many consults- (
lions with Alaska Delegate Dan 1
Sutherland. It is not considered like
ly that FaJl will make any changes In
the personnel of the Alaska Engineer
ing Pommission hut it is quite prob
able that he will evolve some plan *o
attract people to the territory and de
velop tonnage for the road.
WILSON AND COLBY HISSED
OVER RUSSIAN POLICY
New York. Mob. 2S—The names of
Woodrow Wilson and former Secre
tary of State Colby wore hissed during
a debate here last, night between Sen
ators France and King on the chang
ing of American policy toward Russia.
FRENCH AND POLES IN
DEFENSIVE ALLIANCE
Washington. Meh. 2S—Franrr and
Poland have signed an agreement
pledging themselves to concerted ac
tion for defense in case either country
is attacked, the State. Department has
been advised.
JAPS TO CALL LANSING’S
BOOK STATEMENTS
Tokyo, Japan, Meh. 28—The Jap
anese Foreign Office purposes to call
former American Secretary of State
I*irising on some of the statements
printed in his book ‘The Peac<* Nego
tiations,” respecting Japan’s part in
the peace conference, it was intimated
by government officials today.
AMERICANS HALT GERMAN
COMMUNIST UPRISINGS
Caiblenz, Germany, Meh. 28“—A
Communist uprising occurred this
morning in the American bridge head
area at Montabaur, six miles northeast
of Ehrenbreitstein. A riot call was
rnswered by the American provost
marshal and American military police
Were sent to Montabaur to restore or
RAILWAY BOARD REFUSES
LABOR APPEALS
Chicago, Mch. 28—The United
States Railway Labor Board today dis
missed appeals for Increased wages
flled with it by fifteen railway labor
unions against sixty seven short lines
throughout the country.
BOLSHEVIK! EXECUTE
NAVAL REVOLTER?
Helsingfors, Finland, Mch. 28—
Twenty sailors of the battleship Se
bastopol have been executed by the
BolahevEki for having been leaders .*f
the battle fleet revolt during the
Kronstadt episode, according to Infor
mation received here.
SCH. BENDER BROS. TO SAIL
FOR SIBERIA SOON
Seattle. Mch. 28-—The sailing of
the Alaska schooner Bender Brothers
for the Siberian coast on a trading
trip J* advertised to commence in about
ten days. The schooner will he nn
der command of Capt. Frank Whit
lam and will cruise ns far north as
North Cape.
FIRST ASST POSTMASTER
GENERAL APPOINTED
Washington'. Mch. 28—Colonel Her
bert Work of Colorado ha* been ap
pointed First Assistant Postmaster
Ck nercl. the White House announesd
t*4«y.
JAPS TO WITHDRAW TROOPS
FROM GERMAN ISLANDS
Tokyo, Japan, Mch. 28—Japan will
withdraw her troops from the former
German islands which were assigned
to her by the. league of Nations, the
For- ign Office announced today.
MIGHTY CONFLAGRATION
VISITS TOKYO—
THOUSANDS HOMELESS
Tokyo, Japan. Mch. 27—Fire Sat
urday night, destroyed a thousand
homes, Injured 130 people and rendered
many thousands homeless here. The
damage is estimated at $130,000,000.
Four thousand soldiers participated in
the fire fighting before the conflagra
tion was checked.
IRISH SYMPATHIZERS TRAMPLE
BRITISH FLAG
Boston. Mch. 28—A British flag,
flying beside an American flog in front
of the home of Dr. Maynard Ladd,
formerly an officer of the American
Bed Cross, was torn down and tram
pled -in the street here yesterday by
men who h:wl been watching a pjLrade
in horor of Lord Mayor O’Callaghan
or Cork. Neighbors of Dr. Ladd re
cued the flag and l^add then nailed the
tenner back In its place.
GOMPERS DENOUNCES
PRO-RUSSIAN CRITICS
Washington, Mch. 28—
ptrs today denounced as '
and un-American” those 1..
j WILLIAMS FARM PROVES
MURDER FACTORV
Monticello. Go. Mch. 29—Eleven
bodies of negroes, all chained and
weighted down with heavy weight®
have been recovered from the Alcovy
River, following the confession of
Clyde Manning, a negro, that he had
“knocked four negroes in the head
with an axe in one week" at the in
stigation of Williams, the farm owner,
who is on trial at Atlanta, for imurder.
According to the testimony of Man
ning the negroes Whose bodies were
found today, were drowned to prevent
them testifying against Williams on a
charge of peonage.
NEW PROPERTY TAX RULING
Washington. Mch. 2S Pjrofits real
ized from sale assets of trust fan 1
its tax laws. Supreme Court held
TUESDAY
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WAR DEP’T BUREAU
CHIEF'S APPOINTED
Washington, Aleh 29—Secretary of
War Weeks announced today the fol
lowing appointments of various bureau
chiefs in the War Department: Major
General's George W. Chamberlain to
bo Inspector General; George O.
Squier to be Chief Signal Officer; \V.
A. Holdbrook to be Chief of Cavalry:
W. J. Snow to be Chief of. Artillery;
C. If. Farnsworth to be Chief of In
fantry and Chas. T. Menoher to be
Chief of the Air Service.
CHICAGO FACTORY
EXPLOSION KILLS TEN
Chicago. Meh. 29—Ten persons
were killed here in a. factor explosion
on Rnrber Street this 'morning.
TACOMA BANDIT SHOOTS THREE
Tacoma, AVn. Mch. 29—A lone
Bandit, holding up a party of four men
at midnight, shot three of his victims,
robbed all four of thorn and made his
escape. Patrick Piazza, a baker who
was one of the trio wounded, is believ
ed to be fataly injured.
EX STATESMAN
PARALYTIC VICTIM
Walla Walla, Wn. Mch. 29—Levi
Ankeny is near death here as a result
of a paralytic stroke sustained this
morning.
LITHAL GAS TO
SUPPLANT HANGING
Carson City. Nev. Mch. 28—A leg
islative bill providings for the use of
lithal gas by the state In executing the
depth penalty on prisoners, was s'gned
by the governor today. This I* the
first recorded instance In which lithal
ra*es have been authorized for execu
tion of condemned criminals find Is
considered a wide Improvement over
the old method of hanging.
U S SEEKING
RELEASE OF AMERICAN
PRISONERS IN RUSSIA
Washington, Mch. 29- Kfforts tf» '•
fifty Americans who are held
Soviet Russia and are unable to leav
the country as aresult or restrain- :
pku-ed upon them l>y the Bolshevik:
aro being made by the State Depart
ment through unidentified agencies, it
betwunc known today.
GREEKS CAPTURE TURKS
RAILROAD CENTER
Oansftantinople. Mch. 28—Afiun
Karahrissar, an important junction
point on the Bagditd railway, where the
branch line from Smyrna joins the
main line, has fallen to the Greeks
after hard fighting, it was announced
by the government today.
Turks Mobolizing Against Greeks
Constantinople. Mch. 29—A fedend
mobilization of Turks against the in
vading Greek forces in the Angora sec
tion .has been ^ordered.
FRENCH PAY RESPECT
TO HARDING
(Delayed in Transmfssion)
'New York, Mch. 28—“I came to the
Unit'd States to pay the respect of
the French to President Harding"
was the statement made by Viviani,
ex premie- of France, who arrived hcr>- |
this afternoon, on a special mission. \
JOHN BURROUGHS.
NATURALIST, DEAD
Ne-w York, Mch. 21* John Bur
roughs. tie- t"minus naturalist and po
etic..! writer, died suddenly this morn
Kngsvlle. Oho. ■ < e.,i>lng to word r< -
Burroughs was aged 84 years. In
journalist, clerk in the treasury depart j
meat at Wsuthlngton and a nation 1 1
bank examiner, later he settled on a
farm and devoted himself to literary1
pursuits, of which naturalistic studi .s
were the. motif, his prose works ex
tending into many volumes. He was
also the author of several volumes of
1 SAYS POSTAL
EMPLOYEES DISSATISFIED
j WiiKhlngton, .\1ch. 2S—Postmaster
| < IfTir r:i 1 Hays stated in an interview
j tonight, that, his investigations of Post -
• office J>opart.nient conditions have re
vealed th.it " t'ne aversyfe postoffice de
partment employee is “sore” on his
job.'* ov.in;; T" wage and other condl
WIFE OF CAR MAGNATE DEAD
Pasadena, Cal. Mch. 28—Mrs Geo.
M Pullman, wife of the falinous caT
bufhler. died hero this afternoon.
AUTO PLANT TO
RESUME FULL BLAST
Detroit, Moh. 28—Practically every
automobile plant in Detroit will begin
one hundred per cent production next
Monday, according to announcements
given out. within the past few days.
THREE DIE IN OREGON
AUTO CRASH
Asrt.ori.1, Ore. Mch 28—August
Dounerberg of Portland. Mrs. Olad
stone Dawson and her five year old
daughter Nancy, of Astoria, were killed
here today jn an auto accident. Daw
son. husband and father of two of the
victims, who was driving the car, sus
tained a broken leg.
COAST ARTILLERY ORDERED
TO HAWAII
Camp Lewis. Mch. 29—The f.5th
Coast Artillery regiment has been or
dered 'by the War Department to pro
ceed to Hawaii, it wag announced her#
SENATOR CLAIMS IS
BLACKMAIL VICTIM
Washington. Mch_ 28—In a formal
statement to the press today. Senator
Cameron of Arizona cha moterized ar
"unadulterated, plain blackmail/* the
sv.it recently filed against him by Bd
ward R. McFarlen of New York. a«k
Lr.t $100,000 damages for the alleged
alen'atdon of Mrs. McFa.r?en’s affec
KJRNS REAPPOINTED
Crete Rayr T-. I. Mch. 28—Wm.
J. Futs announced today that he will
be apo'nted heal of the United State*
Secret ServSc®, effective May. 1.
VETERAN INVESTIGATION
Washingtno. M'h. 28—Hard! nr
w .1 shortly designate a commltte* tc
biTfMIg ■‘he government'^ car* v*
SCARED CHINK JUMPS 4 STORIES
_
SeatUo, Mc.h. 28—Three Chinese,
I discussing Alaska fish o.mne: r»rk h*
i n rockm on 4th floor of hotel. Police
of trio, to junii;* thru window to street
sustaining probably fatal injuries.
WEDNESDAY
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WASHINGTON WOMEN START
FIGHT ON POLL TAX LAW
<)1 janpla., Wn. Mch. 29—A formal
request for petitions for the recall of
Governor Hart because of his action
In signing the general poll tax law
passed by the last legislature, taxing
both male an<l female voters $5 par
annum. w;u* filed her today with the
Secretary of State.
tho petition is signed by Mrs.
George McLaughlin, a prominent club
woman, and Joseph R. Manning, a
Seattle undertaker.
BIG COPPER MINES SUSPEND
Now York, Mch. 29—The Anaconda
copper. Utah copper, Nevada copper.
Ray Consolidated and Chino copper,
mines have suspended operations ow
ing to tho present condition of the
copper market, it was announced here
Anaconda Shutdown Makes Many Idle
Butte. Mont. Mch. 29—S:x thous
closed down today.
VETERAN S CARE INVESTIGATION
COMMITTEE NAMED
| Washington. M !> 20 President
I Hardin*? today announced the* person
| no! of the mmmitUe of eleven chosen
meat to wonuded and disabled ex ser
rnt nt to wound' d and disabled ox ser
! vice men and also investigate the op
j'-rations of the War Risk Huroau and
I Hoard for Vocational Training.
Included in the number appointed
Kcliwna rider tralbr ith of th«* American
jCAMP LEWIS MURDER
CHARGES DISMISSED
Seattle. Mch. 20—Tin* charges tiled
here, against I’othier and Roscnbluth
in connection with tin* death of Major
(been dismissed owing to sintulnr
charge.* ha-ving I wen filed at Tacoma,
it was announced today.
CHILD KILLED BY
SEATTLE STREET CAR
Seattle. Mob. 30—Charlotte, the five
year old daughter of C. A. Me Karl.-me.
a. prominent local resident, was nin
down and killed by a street car yes
terday afternoon.
CHINKS TO BUILD
HUGE WIRELESS
Washington, Mch. 30—The Chinese
government will shortly begin con
struction on what is planned to be the
largest wireless station in the wo Id.
according to government advices re
ceived today.
The projected plant will he located
at Shanghai.
EASTER CELEBRATION
LEADS TO BLOODSHED
(Inutenuila City, Mch. 29—An K;ts
ter crowd composed mainly of boys
were celebrating tlie hanging of Judas
Iscariot lier Sunday. When a detach-*
ment <>f soldiers appeared, the troops
were stoned by persons in the throng.
The soldiers retaliated with rifle fire,
killing four and wounding seven.
ABBREVIATED GARMENTS
BANNED BY PASTOR
North Adams, Mass. Mch. 28—Ad
mission to Norte home Catholic church
here is strictly fonbfdden to women and
young girls who are wearing short
skirts or low necked or transparent
garments, as well as Immodest apparel
of any character, by an order of the
pastor. Rev. Fr. C. H. Jeanottee.
posted today.
HUGE PACKING
CONCERN ORGANIZED
Portland. Ore. Mch. 29—A group
of capitalists from two states have In
corporated the Oregon and Washing
ton Canning and Preserving Company
with a capital of ten million dollars *e
handle as a unit the berry crop of
Washington and O.-rgon.
AVIATOR CONEY DYING
M iti-hez. M ss. Mch. 29—T... it* r
ant W. T>. Coney, the army flyer who
fell near here* Friday while • ng aged
in an attempt fo fly from Jacksonville*.
Florida, to S;.n D!i«o. California. ;n
one day. is at the point of death an
a "-suit of his injur.es. according *o
the physicians in charge of the case.
HARDING RECEIVES
FRENCH ENVOY
Washington. Mch 30—President
I Harding today formally receive*! M.
! Viviani. the Frr-m h envoy-extraord!
lUity. who njvived fr<rrn Europe yes.
AMBASSADOR MORRIS
TENDERS RESIGNATION
Washington. Mch. 30— The State
Department, late yesterday afternoon,
announced the resignation of Roland
S. Morris as American Ambassador
EXTORTIONIST SUICIDES WHEN
GRAFT SCHEME FAILS
San Francisco, Mc.h. 30—Foiled in
an attempt to extort $5,000 from Tt. A.
brothers, editor of the San Francisco
Hulletin. J. Klton Moran, of Chicago,
late yesterday afternoon, killed himself
in the office of that journal here.
REP ANKENY SUCCUMBS
Walla, Walla, Mch. 29—Ex con
tnken by a paralytic stroke here
SIBERIAN REPUBLIC ASKS
U S. RECOGNITION j
THURSDAY
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| GODDESS CHANCE REIGNS
IN LABOR TEMPLE
.-'cattle. Mill. ::o Si.ittlo police.
n«:.nj'on inform:>ti<■« Ui.it 11 <• • Seattle
Temple of l.ahor .ram the a one of
< u.itiihiintv j;\ .ti« m ;ii' <| tm tempi*
iast night :.t in.<lnijNit and arrested
j twenty four men enjr..sred in eramine.
NORTH DAKOTA
POLITICS AGAIN ROILY
Whether or not to call a recall election
against several state officials with
I Von partisan League. endorsements,
a-mong whom are Governor I'Ynzier nn<l
other hitch officials, will he decided by
a convention of anti-Nonpartisnn's
which opened here for a two dav ses
sion this afternoon.
GERMAN COMMUNISTS
DEFEAT POLICE
Berlin. Mch. 31 Armed hands "f
Communist's def-ated the German po
lice at Groebers. this afternoon, kill.ng
two officers and t«-n privates. accord
ing: to information received here.
There is much gu-rilla warfare still
IMPEACHMENT OF OKLA.
GOVERNOR RECOMMENDED
Oklahoma City. Moh. 30—The im
peachment of Governor I. B. A. Rob
ertson of Oklahoma was recommended
in a report filed in the Oklahoma
House of Representatives late today
by an investigating- comimittee. The
report charges gross neglect of duty,
corruption in office, and that executive
clemency has been extended to nine
teen hundred persons since the gov
ernor took office.
MONARCHIAL COUP IN
HUNGARY—REPORT
Budapest, Hungary, Mch. 30—For
mer emperor Charles of Austria visited
Budapest during recent days with the
Idea of biking possession of the Hun
garian throne. It became known today.
It 1s stated, however, that he was un
able to induce the present Hungarian
government to fall In with his plans.
Reported Charles Hat Seized West
Hungary
Paris. Mch. 31—Former emperor
Charles of Austria has taken forcible
control of a large section of Western
Hungary, with -the help of adherents
anl n portion o' the Hungarian army,
according to r:r ut**-received her - -
A dispatch frocre Vienna reports that
the ex emperor seized control of W- st
ern Hungary today. The mec* B*’
• • »rlvi« to the V ZeU
jtiHiu, said the irmy »n West Hungary
f' i<l gone over to C'hirl'H .mi! that the
I opulace was rallying to has support.
Reported Charles Forego Kingship
Vienna, Austria, Mch. 31 -The en
tire Austro-Hungarian frontier h..»
been closed by the joint action • f the
Aurtrian and Hungarian gov.” nmen:-•
• " nding the final disposition of former
ed great excitement thruont Hungary.
Present indications are that Charles
will abandon his attempts to reclaim
the crown. Owing to the inhibitions
created by the border closing, the
Spanish Minister here h.us asked th<*
government for a pass to enable *.h*
ex emperor to cross the country- It
is reported that Charles intends trons
fetring the entire former royal family
MEXICAN MURDERS AROUSE U S
Washington, D. C. Mch. 31 -The
recent murders in Mexico of Edward
Davis, Arizona miner. John C. Quinn,
master sailor and A. D. P.ridges of
Oalveston. a negro, all Americans, to
day drew- from the State Department
a demand on the Mexican government
that the perpetrators be apprehended
and punished
LOFTY FLIGHT RESTORES
LOST SPEECH
Weshington, Mch. 30 — The pecpll.ir
physfical effects sometimes pi-.nl need
by lofty airplane flights yv< re demon
strated in a remarkable manner here
today when an airplane flight at a
height of 1 1.000 feet restored the power
i>f speech to TT A. Renz Jr., who for'
e:ght mon’hs had been totally unabh
to speak above a whisper.
NEW PRESIDENTIAL
APPOINTEES NAMED
Whsliingfon, Men. 31—Charles li.
Burke, os ea#tgressman of South !>■
Koht. for Commissioner o!' Indian Af
| fairs; Thomas A. Robertson. of Chevy
| Chase, Maryland. f-t Commissioner of
I Patent.-. anil CJeorgo II. Carter, .of Iowa
I for Public Printer, wore appointments
j made today by President Harding
ICHURCH PAOCamt MARKS
GIBBON’S TUNERAL
Baltimore, Arch. 31—The greatest
assemblage of church dignitaries ov
in. • . I on the North Amerii in run ■
'a tod pi I l.ust huno s to Cor
• lai.b Gibbons an A great procession of
! iopr- -sen to fives of the Catholic church
■ lading a m'jorit;. iif the more exalted
• hurch officials, all clad in their robes
pageant. The ceremonies in honor t‘
dlir dead cardinal cultn.nated in a pon
tifical requiem mass. The partlei
| p.mts include!I numberless priests and
j mitered heads. Hundreds of dioceses
j were represented in the great proces
1 Mighty and lowly, united in sorrow.
, •' gilt trod softly past the bier of t!*•
j dead "prelate to gaze for the last time
ion his still face before, it is hid from
! luirnan view for all time.
BIG BOOZE HAUL AT SANTA ROSA
Santa Rosa, Cal. Midi. 20 -Follow
I federal officers for illegal tmnsporta
: tion "f liquors, two hundred thousand
: gallons of wine and property worth
; quarter of a million dollars were seiz
ed here this afternoon. The move was
I made to cut off Ran Francisco's wine
supply.
s a s
300 KILLED IN GERMAN RED RIOTS
Berlin . M« h. HO—Three hundred
Germany during the part ten days an ?
ing hundreds of others for complicity
under .special courts.
FIDE ALARM SIGNALS
.ntaaoara 0*1 Co.
.C&rstena Cold Storage
.J. t. Season Co, ofBco
.Headquarters Saloon
.The Ijobhy
-PIodm^i Igloo
..Catholic Church
. Point's re aid coco
| IS ..Torkoy’a Cigar Store
41 .. .opp. Webb’a Market /
Bogina House, Phase Main *7.
1 vblatlaa water.t tra out