THURSDAY
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fflUP HI1IJ>K»LS HUK GOV’T
Seattle. May 3—Skinner A Eddy,
the ship building corporation gener
ally credited with hasing cleaned up
$30,000,000 In war time ship build
ing, has begun suit for $9,128,401
pluB interest. The suit is aiming'
the United Stales Shipping Board
Bmerge>n<& Corporation and alleges
breach of contract in cancelling gov
ernment contracts for construction
of many ships.
HLAYKK OF CHAUFFEUR
OONFHWBS CRIME
Tacoma. May 3—D. Emerson Cor
regan pleaded guilty to the murder
of George March of Seattle, the
hired chauffeur who was found in
a dutch near Ardena a month ugo
writh his head beated.
Oorreg&n was sentenced to life
imprisonment in Walla Walla.
MK14IUW MEET
RRH8TAXCR IV JAPAN
Tokyo. May 2- During the May
Day demon.«trations here numerous
SodaBLsts were clubbed and more
than three hundred arreted.
SOVIET REVERSE CZARI9TIC
POLICY—RELEASE PEASANTS
_IMPRISON CLERGY
Riga. May 2—Soviet prisons in
Russin contain itwo thousand ortho
dox priest* and bishops as well as
three thousand priests of other con
fessions. In addition to the large
number of clergymen imprisoned
numerous laymen are likewise i-n
custody.
ANTICIPATE REPARATIONS
i X>N FERENCK
Berlin. May 2—The departure of
American Ambassador Huston for
the United States is looked upon by
German newspapers as pointing
etrongly to the calling of a Repara
tions Conference in Washington.
TITtKS INSIST UPON RKGULAT
1NG OWN AFFAIRS
Lausanne. May 2—Isrueit Pasha.
Chief Delegate of the Angora gov
ernment to the Near East Peace
Conference, during a decision re
garding the future status of foreign
ers in Turkey, stated that the free
dom to regulate Turkey’s immigra
tion will be insisted upon by the
GERMANY'S NEW REPARATIONS
OFFER.
Berlin. May 3—Germany’s latest
reparations offer proposes that tne
sum total of her obligations under
the Versailles treaty be fixed at
thirty billion gold marks.
The German government’s propos
al for settlement, contained in a
note made public by the entente
and Washington governments, is
that twenty billion of the total be
Tatised before July 1. 1927 by a
bond issue at normal rates of inter
est on the International money
market.. Five billion would be
raised before July 1. 1929 in tbs
same manner and the remaining
sum srmilarily before July 1st, 1931
Paris. May 3—The new German
proposition for reparations settle
ment are so far from being accept
able to France that flat rejection of
them is regarded, by persons close
to Poincare, as inevitable. This
rejection it is stated will probably
be followed by an extension of oc
cupation on the right bank of the
FRANCE MAY WITHDRAW
FROM LAUSANNE
Constantinople, May 3—The French
Change D’Affaires here handed a
note to the Turkish government de
claring that unless concentration of
Turkish troops on the Syrian bor
der is immediately withdrawn,
France will abandon the Lausanne
Conference.
BRITISH OPPOSE
TURKISH CONCESSIONS
London, Mhy 3—The British High
Oomanffissfoner in Const1 ntinople ha*
been instructed to register an em
phatic protest against the grant by
the Turks of rights within the King
dom of Irak, Mesopotamia and to
declare that the British cannot re
cognize the validity of such grant.
This was announced in the House
of Commons today in a statement
of concessions of Lient. Col. Albert
Buckley, speaking for the Foreign
Olltee. The concessions questioned
were made to Americans.
DRonuavDi-uv »
ROOKKV KLT DIKH
Farm in# on. Colo.. May .3—Rear
Admiral Cowles, retired, died May
first. Cowles married the slater o<
Theodore Roosewlt.
MINISTER TtWm’HRRIN
ACCUSES KN'GLAVI)
Moscow. May 3—The* obstinacy
with which the British delegation at
Laussane is maintaining its position
is really the Brtttah Foreign Office
striving to open the Black .Sea to
British vesaefls, declared Foreign
Minister George Tcbittcherin.
Sl'MI.tl, TIME
BROADCAST FOR KIMWII
Washington. May 3—For the spec
ial benefit of the exped-irion which
is beinp sent to Alaska, to make a
survey of coastal matters, the Naval
observatory was ordered to send
: ut a special Time Signal at 4 p. m.
OAily until the mkidl- of October
1TA1JAX COMMUNISTS RATT1JB
WITH NATIONAL FORCES
Rome. Maty 2—Two Communists
were killed and several wounded in
a conflict with Nation a) military
forces at Milan yesterday. The
C •mmuniKts were ait tempting to pre
vent railway men from working.
FORD WILL TRY CAPTURE
DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION
Washington, May 3—Following
the oouree of underground political
channels from Detroit comes the
announcement that Ford will not be
a candidate, for the. Presidency on
the Independent ticket, but will try
to capture the Democrat 1c nomina
tion. This news affords much com
j fert to Handing and a correspond
ing uneasiness to democratic lead
RR KITTIES
j Port Townsend. May 2—The post
j office was blown by cracksmen early
| yesterday morning.
London. May 2—Andrew Bonar
Law sailed for Genoa In hope of
bettering his health.
MOSCOW. May 2—Severe earth
quakes in the Caucasus. With loss
I of life, are re.ported.
Seattle—The bark Oriental, seboo
> uer Henry Wilson and tenders Sbeili
J kefl and .Pat.roraua sailed today for
[Alaskan canneries.
EUROPEAN S. 8. COMPANIES
TO FIGHT R17LING
, London. May 3—British transat
j 1 antic steamer Mnes. backed by all
the companies on the continent, will
fight the dry ruling of the United
States Supreme Court to a finish.
The ruling being that no foreign
=hip may eneter an American part
with liquor under bond.
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FRIDAY
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j PATH OF TRANSCONTINENTAL
FLYERS.
Topeka. May 3—The west bound
transcontinental aviators MacReady
and Kelly flew high over Topeka at
two o’clock this morning.
j Phoenix—The T-2 enroute from
New New York to San Diego on an
11 attempted non-stop flight, passed
j over Wickenberg, Arizona, fifty six
miles north went of Phoenix at ten
twenty A. M.
San Diego. May 3—Reports at the
North Island Aviation Station gave
the T-2 a« having passed over Tu
cumcari, N. M. at Seven fifty this
morning.
FRENCH CABiXBT REJECT
GERMANY’S OFFER
Paris, May 4—The French cabi
net yesterday unanimously rejected
the German Reparations proposal.
The reasons given tor rejection were
for lack of guarantees and insuffic
iency of the offer by Germany.
Poincare will consult with the
Belguhn government as to the reply
to Germany and when It .Is ready
will communicate the reply to all
the Allies.
COMMANDER U. 8. FLEET
TO PACIFIC COAST
Washington. May 4th—Admiral
Jones, commanfter of the United
States fleet, will arrive at 8eattle on
the flagship^ Seattle Jane 18th, and
win remain in Puget Sound waters
CLHRGTMA X HURHX7FKD
TO VMFROCKDVO
Moscow. May 4—The All Russian
Churches Conclave yesterday adopt
ed a resolution an frock tax tbo most
reverend Doctor Tikhon, former
partiarch of all Russia. Tikhon
was not present, being in prison,
where he is awaiting a civil trial on
charges of opposing the Soviet re
Aloaoow,—One hundred persona
persona were killed in an ammuni
tion explosion in Tala. Russia.
U. 8. APPROVES
BRITISH ACTION SIXdAPORB
Washington. May 4—The United
Staten will advance no objection lo
the British development of Singa
pore into a powerful Naval Base.
American Naval experts do not con
sider the base at Singapore as aim
ed at the United Stakes, but rather
at Japan.
The project at Singapore finishes
Its sequel in the steps being taken
by the United States to develop a
powerful Naval base in Alaska.
RUSSIAN ARMY STRONGER
THAN YRAR AGO
Moscow. May 4—“Russia is much
stronger from a military stand point
and in every other way this May Day
than she was last May Day,” Trot
sky declared addressing the troops
after a review of the Moscow gairri
RUM RUNNERS WATCHED
DAY AND NIGHT
Washington. May 4—Coast Guard
Headquarters has issued trders con
tinuing all available Coast Guard
craft in the North Atlantic, along
the New Jersey shore. It was said
that henceforth the rum fleet mar
shaled off the Atlantic highlands
wiM be under surveillance of the
Coast Guard day and night.
AIRMAN TRIES AGAIN—
TRANSCONTINENTAL FLIGHT
Hampstead May 3—Lieuts. Mac
Ready and Kelly took off from
Roosevelt Field at 1:35 yesterday
in (the army monoplane T-2, in their
second attempt to make a non-stop
transcontinental flight.
Indianapolis. May 3—L/ieuts. Mac
Ready and Kelly, enroute from New
York to San Diego on a -non-stop
flight, passed over this city at 6:30
P. M. yesterday.
STATE DEPARTMENT LAYS
DOWN LAW’ TO FOREIGNERS
Washington. May 4—The State
Department advised foreign govern
ments that after June 10th their
ships must come within American
waiters wifthout any liquor aboard.
There -is no treaty in existence
which gives to any foreign power
the right to question the decision of
the Supreme Court, which prohibits
liquor on all vessels when in terri
torial ‘waiters of the United States.
FRENCH NOT FAVORABLE
TO PROPOSED TERMS
Paris, May 4—The terms of the
German Reparation* note appear
so preposterous” to members of the
French government that it de assum
ed there was no hope or desire on
part of the Berlin government that
they would be accepted.
FORMER AMERICAN
SUFFERS STROKE
Prague, Czechoslavakia. May 2—
Mme. Maaaryk. wife of the Presi
dent of the republic and formerly
Charlotte Garrlgue of Brooklyn, N.
Y.. suffered a stroke of appolexy.
LABOR LEADERS TO
MEET PRINCE WALES
London, May 4—Labor Leaders
of the House of Commons have ac
cepted an invitation to attend Lady
Astor’s dinner party May 11th to
meet the Prince of Wales.
MORE ANTI-FREE
STATERS KILLED
Dublin. May 4—Christopher Quinn,
aild William 8haughneesy were ex
ecuted for killing Free State aold
DOCTORS ARRESTED
PEDDLING NARCOTICS
Seattlei, May 4—Doctor Anna San
bora and her husband Robert were
convicted of selling narcotics to well
to do sttdtcta.
Washington* May 4—The public
debt Vm been reduced $70,000,000
during the month of April.
I HARDING TO SAIL *OR
, ALASKA JULY Ath
WkshlftKtoB, M«y 4th—President
Hardi-ngfe present plan la to spend
the* Fourth at Portland and sail on
the following day for Alaska.
PASHKNGKK THUN GOK8
THRU OPKN SWITCH
Grand Junction, Colo., May 4th—
Seven were killed and thirty injur
ed when the Denver Jb Rio Grand
passenger train from Californio
went thru an open switch at Wood
side, Utah last night.
Moscow. May 4—General Melin
ukof was among the one hundred
killed In Che ammunition explosion
SITB8CR1BR FOR THK tfUGGRT
KURD liUMBBl W1X—
HHOI AND HUM
| Aberdeen, Wxh . Mir 4—WKlltam
McKay, one of the I. W. W. loggers
on strike, yesterday attempted ettlh
others to rush the Bey Oily Mill
and was shot and killed by B. L.
Greed, a watchman.
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