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AERIAL RACE BETWEEN
FRANCE-UNITED STATES
T3 ENCIRCLE GLOBE
WASHINGTON, April 6—Before Captain Bap: and bis flying corps 1
we well on their way to girdle the globe in the name of France, a pai-y of
Americans will hop off in a neffort to wrest this honor from them, an • x- ■
pedition is planned by the United States Army Air Service.
The French start was actually made Sunday when Captain Bapt ;
jumped off at Marsailles to cross the Mediae r an noan. His route will b* j
from Nice to Indila, to Japan, to Nome. Alaska and thence down the Pa- j
cific coast of the American continent to Chili, across the Andes to Argen
tine and up the coast of Peruambuce, Brazil. From there, they will fly
across the Atlantic to Dakar, French West Africa and work their way back
overland to the originating point. y
COURT RULING CRITICTSKI> IIV lOGLBAGl K
SEATTLE, April 6—Commenting on the ruling of Judge Otis W.
Brimker, In the case of D. W. Dumb, city oHicial charged with embezzle
ment, Judge A. W. Frazer characterized hie colleague’s action as "almost
an abuse of discretion.” t ‘4
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LONDON. April fi—Gwendolyn Marshall Field, grand daughter of
Marshal Field of Chicago, was married yesterday afternoon to Archibald
Charles EdfUonstone, heir of Sir Archibald Edmonstone.
FRENCH WILL DISARM IT-' OTHER NATIONS AGREE
PARLS, April 6—Discussing disarmarneint President Dekerguezec
of the Naval Committee of (the Senate said: *T guarantee in the name
of the French Parliament that France will suppress her entire fleet if other
powers will do likewise.”
CONAN DOYLE SAYS
KEEP AWAY FROM
ANCIENT TOMBS
NEW YORK, April 7—Conan Doyle declared last night that he
believed the death of Lord Carnarvon was due to a curse imposed by
ancient pbaroas upon any one who disturbed their tombs. "It is dan
gerous to dig up corpses of these old kings” Doyle aaid.
DE8ECRATOR8 OF TOMBS FEAR VENGEANCE
LONDON, April 7—The death of Earl Carnarvon has caused a
panic among private collectors of Egyptian antiques and people all over
Britain are sending their treasures to the British Miusenim in London.
They fear to retain them as they believe that Carnarvon was killed by
Tutankhamen’s doable soul.
UBUmVUK HARMNd CHOU* OF I'uAri*
WASHINGTON, April 7—Vice President Coolldge yesterday pre
dicted that the renomlmaition and reelection of Hardin*? will be demanded
by the people because of the reoord of his administration.
SMOOT ACCUSES SUGAR TRUST WITH CRIMINAL TENDENCIES
WASHINGTON, April 7—Chairman Smoot of the Senate Finance
Committee declared that Refining interests hoped to get the tariff low
enough to destroy the American Producing Industry and then bring control
of eve<ry pound , of sugar Into their hands.
POLES STORM RUSSIAN LEGATION
WARSAW, April 7—A crowd of 10,000 sHormed the Russian Lega
tion at Warsaw yesterday in a demonstration protest against the execu
tion of Bntchkavitch, but mounted police finally broke up the attack.
BERLIN, April 7—Three hundred peasants dn the Ukraine were
executed this week by Bolshevik! troops because they indulged In protests
agatnnt (prosecution of Catholic churchmen in Russia, according to a dis
patch from Lemberg.
(Special Juneau Correspondent.> ;
The House Memorial, introduced by U.-pn illative E. Ru'-isun of j
tihe Second Division, uskigu for an • arlier elect ion day, was lost 1»> a t>
Representative F. H. Johnson's Rill, rixinu tin* (Min.; for primal •
to the first Tuesday i-n February, passed.
Representative J. I*. Daly introduced a new Fur Hal which removes 1
taxes on all furs but provides for Ikiceirsmg fur dealers at JH.nii, sta'i.m
ary bureaus $15.Oft and traveling buy-el's $50.00 per annum.
The Senate killed the Literacy Mill by a lie vote. Senator Charles ,
Mrfjrn to^Jran able, consistent stand against the bill while Senator F. M. 1
Ayer was one of its ardent chainipSons.
Representative F. II. Foster introduced a memorial requiring that 1
voters be able to read and write English.
A 'tentative tax schedule provides for a heavy increase on Can- j
neries. The mining industry is also effected by the new schedule. Net
profits from $5,000 to $15,000 will be taxed 1 oi; $15,000 to $150,000
2%, while an excess of $150,000 will be taxed 2‘4'i
The Senate passed a Bill reducing the legal maximum loan of banks
from 50% of the. combined capital and surplus to 35c*..
The Legislative Committee visiting the Pioneers Home at Sitka
returned a report finding conditions at the home perfectly satisfactory.
During the hoaxing held on transportation conditions obtaining,
in Alaska, Attorney General Rustgard stated that Alaska ad Alaskans are j
the Victims of discriminating rates from Seattle and that the rates are .
excessive and exorbitant. He further charged that the Alaska Steamship
Company made an enormous profit on Us Alaska business and that its i
system of weights and measurements is unfair and unreasonable. Man- j
ager Knickerbocker of the Alaska Steamship Company is here and stated
that the claim that the Company has made enormous profits is extremely
ridiculous. He states that for the last thirteen years the Company has
made less than 6%.
Senator Ayer Makes Statement to Juneau Empire.
In a statement made to a representative of the Juneau Daily Em
pire Senator Fred M. Ayer denied that the people of Seward Peninsula are
greatly dissatisfied with the present Road System. He said that there
- sonu- vii'ori to force an issue ovi the Road Law and that candidates
ivho ina i" ih rata' on a platform promising to work for restoration of
.Mr. Ay. r stated thait mn»f<- the race on the Republican Ticket
nid that I- Ropubr-.in plat; m of the Legislative candidates did not
'nuc leon tin suliji- a- it was valued h* us that the present co-operative
Territorial Rood Uw was giving such general satisfaction that we did not
i-onsider it necessary t«■ give it our hearty indorsement. Continuing his
st atom on t Ayer said that in two years the bill will become more or less
ati issue on account o ft he fact that the abrupt changes from the 1917
Act and the great benefits in the present law were not then appreciated
aft they are now. There was an effort to resusttate it as an issue at the
election, but did not meet with any particular interest or support, though
most stupendous effort was made to put it thru. /While some of the
candidate^ w<e?e elected who stood for a rha’pge m\ln* l^oad Sysitum I
don’t thi-nk it will become effective on that accbttnf. Vf thfhk the extract
from the Northwestern Alaska Chamber of Commerce of Seward Penin
sulu well represents the sentiment of the people of the Second division.
Representative John Wilson Contradicts Ayer’s Statement.
Representative John Wilson takes issue witth Senator F. M. Ayer
in the Jueaun Empire. He says he finds general dissatisfaction with the
present Road Uw and has wires and letters showing this. He has one
from Commissioner Marx of Teller, which was written before Marx per
ished on the unmarked trail. Wilson states that under the present sys
tem the money is turned over to appointed men who are -not responsible
or responsive to the people’s wishes; that requests for needed work
usually falls upon deaf ears. He refutes the statement made by Ayer
that the candidates who stood for restoration of the old law were defeated.
He says that Wilson. Brown and Decker all stood on such platform and
received the highest votes in the election. Wilson says that it is true no
mention was made in the Republican platform of any Road changes and
he reason for this absent treatment was perhaps because of the Local
support of the Road Commissioner, who was also President of the Re
publican Club. In the Second Division, but two republicans were elected.
Goldstein was elected Mayor of Juneau. There was little excite
IRATE POLES DEMAND
EXCLUSION COMMUNIST
HOUSE MEMBERS
WARSAW, April 7—-150,000 assembled in front of tihe President’s
residence demanding, in view of the execution of Butchkavitch in Moscow,
that the government pass a bill providing for exclusion of Communists
from Parliament. Twenty were injured in the jam and the Infantry was
called out to disperse the crowds.
AMERICAN INVENTS POWERFUL FIREARM
OGDEN, UTAH, April 7—Working under instructions of the War
L>epartment Joh-n M. Browning, a noted firearm inventor, has completed a
new weapon. The new arm is capable of shooting 120 rounds a minute
with a maximum range of six miles and Es large enough to-'enetrate aero
>lane armor,' it is announced.
LIQUOR, NARCOTIC FLOOD ALARMING OFFICIALS
SEATTLE, April 7—Alarmed over the increasing flood of illicit
iquor and narcotics flowing over the Canadian border trails and by water
*011168 into Washington three Departments of the government, it was
innounced today, have obtained, reinforcements of men and boats in an
effort to atop activities. Immigration officials in this state with six ves
ielB, it is announced, are to cope with the rum smugglers of Puget Sound.
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FORMER JUSTICE CLARK
ATTACKS ANTI LEAGUE
NATION SUPPORTERS
NEW YORK, April 7—Declaring that the only serious bar to
Aiinerican entrance into the League of Nations "is a small group of able
but ambitious men, some of them very old who are characteristically prod
igal of the lives of others," former Justice John H. Clark of the Supreme
Court of the United States, expressed his opinion ill a speech tonight.
He also said that, the issue will be forced into the 1921 campaign and
that no candidate for presidency or the seante would be permitted to
conceal his position for a single week.
RUSSIANS ACCEPT BRIDES TO BE E.\K< UTKD
MOSCOW. April 7—Director Cohen of the State Trade Department
and M. ZormanofT, manager of the Department at the Nixni Vovgord Fair,
were condemned to death on the charge of accepting bribes while Jn office.
SWEDISH CABINET RESIGNS PORTFOLIO
LONDON, April 7—The Swedish Cabinet, headed by Hjalgana,
acting as Premier and Foreign Minister, tendered Its resignation today
says an Exchange telegraph dispatch.
LEMNE STILL ALIVE, THOUGH GUARDED
MOSCOW, April 7—Lenine is carefully guarded and German spec
ialists are reported as getting $50,000 per visit. The outlook for an
ultimate cure Is said to be practicallv hnnAio—