MONDAY
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HARDING TO DECLARE STAND
OX EUROPEAN AGRESSIONS
Washington. Nov. 21—President
Harding, it is understood in order
to reassure French apprehension to
ward Germany, will shortly issue n
statement declaring that any aggres
sion tending to endanger the peace
and security of Europe will be re
garded as an attempt against the
peace and safety of the I'nited State*
Harding to Invite Other Nations in ;
Disarm ament Plan
Washington, Nov. 18—President
Harding let it be known this after
noon that as soon as the nine nations
represented in the conference on Far
Eastern questions reach an under
standing. he will write the other na
tions of the world to ratify th • J
agreement.
Public statement of Conference
Proceedings to the issued.
Washington, Nov. 10—A statement
In behalf of Japan on several of the
questions relating to the Far East
was made at today’s session of the
Conference committee on Pacific and
Far Eastern questions.
It was also arranged that a com- ;
plete public statement of the pro- J
ceedings will be issued later through
the State Department.
The delegates were in session for
two hours today and are to hold
another meeting Monday.
Japan StUl Question Murk of
Conference.
Washington, Nov. 20—Japan is
still the question mark of the arma
ment conference today, while the
schedule speech of Premier Briarni
of France is being awaited with great
Interest.
JAPS SEEKING TO ALTER
SHD* DESTRUCTION RATIO
Washington, Nov. 18—Secretary
Hughes indicated to Great Britain
and Japan this afternoon that his
original figures as to the volume of
warship tonnage to be destroyed if
the American disarmament plan is
adopted must stand, despite the in
sistence of Baron Kato, head of th•'
Japanese delegations, for modifica
tion of the ratio in favor of Japan.
SAYS U. S. AND BRITAIN
MUST HANG TOGETHER
Pekin, China, Nov. 20—Lord Nor
thcliffe, in an address here today,
said, “Great Britain and the United
States must hang together in their
Far Eastern operations and operate
their war fleets from Singapore in
case they are attacked. “If they
don't" Northcliffe added significant
ly “they may hang separately."
AMUNDSEN PURCHASES
AIRPLANES FOR HIS
NEXT ARCTIC VOYAGE
Seattle. Nov. 20—Explorer Roald
Amundsen has purchased from the
War Deparment two Sop with air
planes (or use in his next Polar ex
pedition, it became known here to
day.
The planes will be shipped on the
explorer's ship Maud when that ves
sel leaves here next spring on Capt.
Amundsen's third attempt to reach
the North Pole.
Lieutenants H. M Modal and H.
O. Dahln of the Swedish army .ave
been engaged by Amundsen to mann
the planes.
MATERNITY BILL PASSES HOUSE
Washington, Nov. 20—The Mater
nity ^111. making federal appropria
tions for the instruction of mothers
and for the dissemination of infor
mation concerning maternity, passed
the House of Representatives Sat
urday night.
The Measure now goes back to
the Senate, the House having amend
ed the bill as it passed the Senate
ed the bill as it passed the Senate.
C ONGRESS MAY ADJOURN
• NEXT WEDNESDAY
Washington, Nov. 19—Congress
will adjourn Wednesday If the Tax
Revision Bill is put through by that
The Senate and House conference
committee completed revision of the
bill today, with the adoption of a
twelve and one half percent income
BRITISH LABOR PARTY
ENDORSES HUGHES PLAN
London, Nov. 19—The British
Labor Party Issued a manifesto to
day, approving the naval disarma
ment plan proposed by Secretary
Hughes before the Washington con
tern* .
I TORNADO SWEEPS MISSOURI
TOWN—FOUR DEAD
Poplar muffs. Mo.. Nov. 20 — A
tornado, sweeping down from the
Ozark mountains near here today,
killed four people and injured fifty
42 KILLED, INJURED IN
IN ARKANSAS TORNADOES
Little, Rock. Ark.. Nov. 10—12
persons were killed and thirty in
jured by two tornadoes, one at Ark
adelphi.i and the other at Mena. Ar
Tornado Takes Gil l’s Roily Half Mile
Mina. Ark.. Nov. 19—The body of
Miss Verda. daughter of Robert E.
Weems, was blown a half mile from
here by the tornado whi< ■ wrecked
the home and injured seven other
members of her family, in mldition
to killing several others.
TAX KKVISION WORRYING
Washington, Nov. 21 The Re
publican leaflets are worried, fear
ing that the tax revision bill now
being whipped info shape, will tail
to satisfy the country, according to
whisperings in administration circles
CHINESE STOP 11.\ N K
RUNS WITH TROOPS
Washington, Nov. 20—The De
partment of Commerce received
cable advices today that in order to
stop runs on the Pekin and Tientsin
hanks, the streets leading to the in
stitutions were closed to traffic by
Chiuese military forces
PEACE WITH
AUSTRIANS PR< X I .AIMED
Washington. Nov. 19—President
Harding signed the proclamation of
peace with Austria this afternoon.
WAR VETERAN PLEADS GUILTY
TO MURDERING PARENTS
Saginaw, Mich.. Nov. 19—Plead
ing guilty to the murder of his |
pareuts, Richard Chaplin, l( Worhl j
war veteran, was today sentenced!
to life imprisonment in the State
prison at Jackson. Michigan.
INSURANCE TAX INCREASE
IS VOTED DOWN
Washington, Nov. 19—The Senate
and House conferees on the Revenue
Bill voted down today a proposition
to increase insurance tax to twenty
five percent.
SEATTLE HAS FIRST
SNOWFALL OF WINTER
Seattle. Nov. 19—The first snow
of the present winter fell to a depth
of two inches here this morning
TUESDAY
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STORM KING REIGNS
IN NORTHWEST
Seattle. Nov. 21The entire North
west Is in the grip of a snow and
sleet storm today.
HOUSE ADOPTS TAX
REVISION REPORT
Washington. Nov. 21—The House
of Representatives. late today,
adopted the conference report on the
Tax Reyisipn Bill, which provides
for the abolition of the excess profits
tax, the repeal of all transportation
I taxes as of January 1, 1922. the
establishment of a maximum rate of
| fifty percent op individual incomes,
and the repeal of the tax on refresh
j ments.
MARSHAL FOCH TO TO>VJR
V. S. AND CANADA
New York, Nov. 21—Marshal Fer
dinand Foch, late generalissimo of
the Allied forces in the Great War,
left here today on a tour of the Un
ited States which will carry him thru
twenty three States. At the con
clusion of the swing through the
country Foch wiil visit Canada.
PORTLAND VOTES
EXPOSITION TAX
Portland, Ore., Nov. 21—The city
has voted a special tax of two mil
lion dollars to finance the projected
electrical exhibition next year.
PERSHING MADE BIG CHIEF
BY SIOUX INDIANS
Washington. Nov. 20—The council
of Sioux Indians at Rosebud, Nebras
ka, bestowed upon General John J.
Pershing the name of “Great Eagle,”
the Commissioner of Indian Affairs
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NEW ALASKA
POHTMASTEIIS NAMED
Washington, Nov. 22nd—Robert
Uigges r.f Fska h is been * ) rdntert
postmaster at the new postoihco at
Jonesville. Southeastern Alaska,and
Norman H. Gilkey has received the
appointment of postmaster at Tread
BKIAM> DECLARES GERMANY
NOT DISARMED
Washington. No*. 21—Aristide
Briand. premier of Prance, told the
Armament Conference today that
France proposed a still fuller reduc
tion in her army which would brin~
it to half its former strength, but
still leave her in possession of a
force, which he concluded, would be
necessary to insure her safety.
Germany, while apparently dis
armed. Briand told the Conference,
could with her present machinery
raise an army of 6.250.000. The
Germans, he add • ?. are continuing
the training of troops and those of
service age are receiving daily mili
tary instruction. The Premier also
declared that Lud: ndorff and others
to openly preach the old Prussian
doctrines.
London Times Says l.iniitnti n
Armaments Accomplished.
1
London, Nov. 21—The London
Times regards the limitation of Arm
aments as good as accomplished,
crediting the work to the United
States, which it says “should devise
a plan for financing the nations of
the world which are now hovering
on the brink of bankruptcy.”
BRITISH STOP
RECRUITING SKA FORCES
London, Nov. 21—The prospec
tive reduction in naval forces inci
dent to the probable adoption of the
plan for disarmament proposed by
the United States has resulted in
the British admiralty issuing orders
late today, stopping all recruiting to
the present sea forces.
CONFERENCE INCLINED TO
BRING GERMAN V IN
Washington, Nov. 21 -Possible
participation of Germany in the con
ference on land armaments is indi
cated in the present attitude of sev
eral of the conferees and the drift
is plainly in the direction of bring
ing Germany into that phase of the
Senator Schauzer. Italy’s repre
sentative. intimated in his speech
this afternoon that, while Italy has
disarmed, she does not propose to
remain so if other European coun
tries retain their land armaments.
LONG DEAD HUSBAND LAID
WITH NEWLY DEAD WIFE
Seattle. Nov. 20—Thp body of
John Miller, a Civil War veteran,
which had been held in the Seattle
Morgue for the past twelve yeais
in order to join hia wife in death,
was buried here this afternoon with
that of the widow, who died Satur
day, after being a resident of Seat
tle for sixty years.
JAPAN DECLARES WANTS ONLY
SMALL LAND FORCES
Washington, Nov. 21—“Japan
waats only such army.” declared
Baron Kato. head of the Japanese
delegation, before the Conference
today, “as is absolutely necessary
for such purely defensive purposes
as are necessitated by the Far East
ern situation.”
By unanimous consent, the ques
tion of land armaments was referred
to a committee of the whole of the
five great powers and the Confer
ence adjourned to meet at the call
of the chairman.
Hughes today assured Briand that
France was in no sense in a moral
isolation and that the United States
fully realized her position.
BRITAIN ACEPT8 U. S.
SHIP DESTRUCTION PLAN
Washington, Nov. 21—Great Bri
tain has accepted without reserva
tion the naval reduction plan pro
posed by Hughes regarding the num
ber of ships to be destroyed, it was
announced to the Armament Con
ference today.
Under the proposal the number
will be five each for Great Britain
and the United States to three for
Japan.
AIRPLANE PASSENGER DROWNS
IN PUGET SOUND
Seattle. Nov. 22—C. W. Bandy, a
lumberman passenger with Eddie
Hubbard, the local aviator, is be
lieved to have been drowned in
Puget Sound today after Hubbard's
hydroplane had been forced into the
I Sound during a storm.
Hubbard remained with th*- wreck
' but Bandy tore a pontoon from the
j plane and attempted to swim to
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|si;\.tTOIi WATSON OFSF.KTS
TO NKWIIKKKV SI PPOItTEKS
Washington. Nov. 21—Senator
Watson idem.) of Georgia, deserted
hi colleagues this afternoon, and
ail - - sharply opposing Newberry In
Hi Newberry-Ford contest, urged
t • seating of Newberry ml at the
sam-: time attacked Ford.
DAKOTA HECAIX < AUltlKJ)
to srriiKMK < oi i;t
nismarck. N. I). Nov. 21 Tlr
i y on petitions asking tin- null:
'iii of the North Dakota r
•ioi held on October 2 9
Tlw n'.'‘lificjtion petitions aiv bas
il. Hit ground that the po‘!?: n.
WEDNESDAY
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DISORDERS >1 lliK SENATE
DEBATE ON TAN KILL
Washington, Nov 2 —Disorders
marked the beginning today of the
s* nate'a consideration of the Gen
ii re nee report on the Tax Revision
.Mill, the climax being reached in
tie unusual proceedure of expuug
ingr senatorial remarks from the
The words ordered stricken out
were uttered during a clash between
Senator Peurose of Pennslyvani.i and
Heflin of Alabama, in which Pen
rose referred to “the black dark
ness" of the state represented by
Heflin, who in turn characterized,
Penrose's state as “manipulated by
predatory interests.”
CONGRESS FIGURING ON
GETTING MILAGE MONEY
Washington. Nov. 22—It is an
open secret that Congress is plan
ning on what is termed a “milage
adjournment." Owing to tin* short
ness of time between the close of the
present session and the next regular
session, many of the members will
not have time to go home and return,
hut such plan gives them an oppor
tunitv to claim mileage for journeys
which but few of them will actually
INDIANS ATTACK
PRINCE OF WALES
Bombay. India. Nov. 23-—A fol
lower of Ghandi. the native leader
who is opposing British rule in In
dia, hurled a club at the head of the
Prince of Wales tonight as he was
entering a ball room. The club
narrowly missed the Prince.
SEATTLE BANKER PASSES ON
Seattle, Nor. 22—Guy C. Clark,
vice president of the Union National
Bank of Seattle, died here today.
TEN KILLED IN
BELFAST FIGHTING
London. Nor. 23rd—Ten persona
were killed in fighting at Belfast to
day. with conditions closelv ap
proaching anarchy and bombs being
thrown In connection with the rifle
firing. Sniping is still continuing
SCANDIA BANK DEPOSITORS
RAISE RUCTION
Seattle, Nov. 22—The Scandinav
ians who were caught in the failure
of the Scandinavian-American Bank
of Seattle held a meeting last night
and passed a resolution demanding
that the governor and the State
banking officials immediately assess
all banks holding memberships in
the State Guarantee Association,
which ostensibly guaranteed the de
funct bank from failure.
The resolution also strongly de
nounced the delay of the State offic
ials in taking action and also those
of the defunct bank.
CONFERENCE CLOSES
FORMATIVE STAGE
Washington. Nov. 23- The Arma
ment Conference has closed the for
mative stage of its deliberations and
the major aims of the various powers
represented have now been declared.
America has stated her proposal for
partial disarmament; England has
made her plea for the abolition of
the submarine; China has set forth
her “ten points," which demand the
“open door” and a permament con
ference to consider Far Eastern mat
in addition Japan has asked for
(more battleships; France has asked
for the retention of the submarine
las an adjunct of naval warfare and
for a standing army of sufficient size
to cope with Germany in t e event
of aggression.-, by that countr>
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l.CMIiKICM \ N KOI Ml
Seattle. No; 2?, The body of C
Bandy, local lumberman, who
was drowned esterday at the end
of a disastrou- airplam- flight with
Eddie Hubbard, was found tips
evening near where tin plane
dropped in tin- The pontoon
on which Bd'id> tried to r*- ch shore
ffUtlMMi SIGNS ,\MI
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prohibiting th • of I -
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pal Power, in
ference ha;
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which the; - -
dealing with f'h
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DAKOTA 111 < Al l. HEM) V.M.I1)
Bismarck. N. I>. Nov. 2 ’ The j
State Supr -n ( ourr today up bthl j
A. N'estos. S;«-ihjord Johnson and
John A. Kitchen as Governor, At- •
torney Ger • and ( mmission^r of j
Agricultur* respectively, is takin - ,
place today
.URK. IAS. » HU.I. l’ASSK
died here tix: «y and I*
tate of eight* n million
ciiEMJBNrv for w.tu oitkmi
KUSl'M.i.i; i KE.SiDi.NTIAIj i
consider \tiox ;
now In prison, is being considered
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n.vr OK NEW ASSESSMENT LWV
Following is the full text of the
new annual assessment work law,
passed recently by the present Con
. (Pllblio—No. 61—67th < ongrcs>) .
An Act changing the period for do
ing annual assessment work on un
patented mineral claims from the
calendar year to the fiscal year be
ginning July 1 each year
B<* if enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the
Knifed States of America in repress
assembled. That sections 1! of “An
Act to amend sections- 2d2 1 ami 2d2r.
of the Revised Statutes of the 1'nited
States concerning mineral land-' '* ap
proved January 22.. lSse j».•. ar.d the
SEC* 2 That, section 2 '2 1 (>r the
Revised Statutes of the United States
he amended by adding the following
words 'Provi I- d.. That tlm period
within which the work required he
done annually on all unpatented min
eral claims located since May 10.
187 2. including such claims in tho
Territory of Alaska, shall commence
lat 12 o'clock meridian on the 1st.
day of July succeeding the date of
location of such claim: Provided
further, That on all such valid exist
ing claims the annual period ending
December 31. 1921. shall continue
to 12 o’clock meridian July 1. 1922."
Approved. August 24. 1921.
STATEMENT of the ownership
MANAGEMENT, CIRCULATION,
ETC., REQUIRED RY ACT OF
AUGUST 24, 1912.
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for October 1st, 1921.
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