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MINE SWEEPER AGROUND
A TOTAL WRECK;
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SEATTLE, June 8—The Geodetic Survey steamer Discovery
itPuck a rock in attempting to go along side the mine sweeper Cardinal,
Iter She had grounded on the Chirikof Island. The Discoverer was not
.ajured and remained standing by.
i j SEATTLE, June 8—The government, mine sweeper Cardinal which
; piled up on Chirikof Island Reef. Alaska, is a total loss and cannot be
— salvaged. Sixty eight officers and men of the Cardinal were taken off
^ the vessel this morning and are aboard the Supply Ship Cuyama, accord
ing to a radio dispatch received in Seattle today.
RUSSIAN GENERAL DIES NATURAL DEATH
COPENHAGEN. June 9—The Russian General Ivan Kharin died
last night. During the war he was sentenced to death in Germany for
espionage, but was pardoned by the Emperor. Before the war he was
the richest man in Copenhagen.
ADVOCATES ECONOMY IN GOVERNMENTAL AJPFA1RS
MINNEAPOLIS, June 9—Every moans possiHe ah'^ be employ
ed to preveoh atT dfiiheeessaiy increase in tne cost ol irovera«*.;BC declared
Harding in a letter to Prof. M. B. Lambie. of the University of Minne
apolis, made public yesterday.
FLYERS MAKE NEW RECORDS'
SAN DIEGO, JUNE 8—Naval flyers, contesting here in events
never before put on an official program, established seven more woTld
•records and in addition broke two. With their new additions the Air
Craft Squadrons now holds seventeen world records.
NEW REPARATIONS
OFFER REJECTED
.PARIS, June 9—Poincare absolutely rejected the German Repara
tions proposals tonight. This was his first official expression since the
receipt of the note from Berlin.
BRUSSELS, June 9—Germany’s amended Reparations proposals,
after a careful examination by experts, are considered unacceptable by
the Belgian government. v
ADVERTISE PEACE MOVEMENTS
ATLANTIC CITY, June 9—F. H. Lisson, vice President of the
Guaranty Trust Company of New York, told his audience at the Financial
Advertisers Association Convention that in the same manner as the issues
of the war were brought about to stir men’s souls, through advertising,
so might the issues of peace be presented through the same medium. He
said that the force of organised publicity, during the trying days of the
war, brought about a national spiritual transformation among our people
and a devotion to principles and ideals which would have been impossible
to create without its use.
WESTERN REPUBLICANS AGAINST WORLD COURT
WASHINGTON, June 9—Senator Fee of Ohio told Harding that
the middle west republicans are againat his proposed World Court.
CUNO GETS RAISE IN SALARY
BERLIN, June 9—Chancellor Cuno, on whom the German people
depend for a solution of her political and economical problems, wse
granted a salary increase, bringing his monthly Income up to $67.05 In
June.
WOMAN TAKES OUT HUGE INSURANCE POLICY
CHICAGO, June 9—Mrs. Marshall Field has taken out a $2,000,
000 life insurance policy, the largest ever issued to a woman.
ALL KINDS OP LEGAL BLANKS AT THE NUGGET OFFICE
WETS OF NEW YORK i
WORK FOR RETURN
WINES AND BEER
WASHINGTON. June 9—Th«- New York World and other metro
politan papers are engaged in a concerted drive to have the next Demo
cratic National convention held n that city as part of a campaign to
have the Volstead Act amended so to permit the use of beer.
HIGH COST LIVING HTOJ, OLIMJIS LADDER
WASHINGTON. June 9—The cost of living continues to creep
upward, according to a bulletin issued yesterday by the Bureau of Labor.
HEARST "PREFERS
REED OVER FORD
MEXICO CITY. June J—Win. Randolph Hearst declared yester
day that he favored Senator John Reed of Missouri over Henry Ford for
President.
BOOKMAKER COMMITS SUICIDE
SEATTLE, June 9—Broken in health Benjamin Franklyn Batters
by, one of the owners of Battersby & Smyth, the bookmaking: house, com
mitted suicide today.
FOREIGN I LANGUAGES NOT BARRED
WASHINGTON, June 9—The Supreme Court of the United States
has rendered a decision that it is unlawful for institutions to bar the
teaching of foreign languages.
The Court maintained that to bar foreign languages is an en
croachment upon the rights conferred by the Fourteenth Amendment to
the Constitution which provides that this government shall not deprive
any person of Life, Liberty or property without due process of law.
Justice Renolds delivered the majority opinion and asserted that
the fourteenth amendment without doubt holds in the question involved,
and that it denotes not merely the freedom of bodily restraint, but also
the right of individual contract, to engage in any common occupation of
life, to acquire useful knowledge, to bring up a family and children ac
cording to the dictates of one’s own conscience.
Justice Renolds added that this liberty can not be interfered with
under the guise of protecting public interests.
JAPS APOIiOGIZE FOR SHOOTING
PEKING, June 9—The Chinese Foreign Office sent a note to Tokyo,
regarding the apology of the Japanese Commander and his marines, who
shot down supporters of the Japanese boycott at Shanghai in the Pro
vince of Huan, June 2nd.
DEBTOR NATIONS < ONS1DERJNG PAYMENT
WASHINGTON, June 9—Today’s cabinet meeting was devoted
almost exclusively to a discussion of Foreign Debt problems at the White
House. The spokesman announced afterwards that Harding has been
Informed that nearly every one of the debtor nations was making a
gesture toward settlement.
COMMUNISTS STORM JAIL
LONDON, June 8—A party of Communists stormed the entrance
to the Coblenz jail last night in an attempt to overpower the police and
release their imprisoned comrades, says a Berlin dispatch. The raiders
were beaten off after a bitter struggle. Bight of them were wounded.
CUTER BEAR AT ST. MICHAEL
ST. MIOHABL, June 9—The U. S. Coast Guard Cutter Bear arrly
Ml here at 11:30 a. m. today, June 9th.
NORWAY BELIEVES
AMUNDSEN WILL FLY
SEATTLE, June a—(Associated Press» A telegram was received
here today from Bergen, Norway, stating it is now settled that Amund
sen and Omdahl will start the transpolar flight on or about Juue 2'Jth.
The flight is expected to take 22 hours. The Norwegian government has
assigned two naval hydroplanes and one fishing patrol vessel to assist
Amundsen at Spitsbergen when he attempts a landing.
NAMES HEAD OF PROHIBITION CONGRESS
WASHINGTON. June 9 Harding today named Wayne B. Wheeler
counsel for the Anti-Saloon League, to be the head of the Agricultural
Department International Congress against alcohol, to bo held in Co pen
SHRINKRS RETURN HOME FROM WASHINGTON
WASHINGTON. June 9—Three Pullman car cities, which housed
the Sbriners attending the Convention here, disolved into special trains
today and the homeward movement began.
COMPETING TEAM LEAVES FOR EAST
SEATTLE. June 9—The Varsity and Freshman crews departed
from Seattle for Poughkeepsie to compete in the regatta to be held on
the Hudson
KAYS NO SAliOOX RAILS ON LEVIATHON
WASHINGTON, June 9—Shipping Board Chairman Lasker denied
that four saloon bars have been installed on board the Leviathon and
warns all bootleggers to be careful as they will be severely bandied.
BRITISH TRDBPS
IN RUHR SECTIRN
ESSEN, June 9—British military forces have enetered Dusseldorf
and it is understood they will take over control of the southern section
of the Ruhr Valley.
BREVITIES.
WASHINGTON, June 9—President Hardin? will review the United
States battle fleet off Seattle July 27th.
SEATTLE, June 9—George D. Conger, head of the anti-Saloon
League of Washington, died after a brief illness.
SEATTLE, June 9—Tourists, Alaska hound from thirty states,
have registered at Seattle hotels.
PARIS, June 9—Viviana collapsed yesterday afternoon while
making a court address.
LONDON, June 9—Princess Christian, mother of King Alphonse
of Spain, died here this morning.
PARALYSIS CURE REPORTED FOUND
CHICAGO, June 9—A cure has been found for paralysis, in a drug
called Parsimdie, which is injected into the blood a«d carried to the
spina fluid, according to an item published in the Journal of the American
Medical Association.
CANCER CURE REPORTED FROM EUROPE
N&W YORK, June 9—-An apparent cure for cancer, consisting of
a crude oil of lead, which is an enemy of the dreaded diseased tissues, has
been discovered by Prof. Blair of the Liverpool University, according to
Dr. Le Sougey of Concord, Kansas, who recently returned from a study
of surgery in Europe.
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