MONDAY
(T*kiwA.rM!S)
EARTHQUAKES DSETRQY
ARAINTIHE TOWN*
Buenos Alcoa. Dec. IS—Earthquake
shocks Eklday aiteonoou dcstnxH
several towns alone the Argentinian
alsvs ot the Andes Mountains* The
shocks were ike most semis exper
ienced In this country since lift, when
half ot the city ot Mendass. one of the
moat Important uncos In the Antes
district ot Arseoline, pas laM in ruins*
The destruction oCthe seqreml places
Involved In the present disturbances
resulted Is treat lose o( uts and pro
perty, noonrd&ns to the r®QTta read)*
Ins hare* Upend ot 1M bqdiaa hare
already been taken from the erect* of
bulldloae. As the Wwn qf 8port.i-n*
nearly one buodred pdrfsbed while the
•eeualtlea at CMa As AraaJ* reachat
II* Eighty ware also sertcusly I*
lurcd St Sportenas Lavoie and at l*o
Central not a home was left standing.
TOm people of the dlstrlot are reported
In e dote of panic and-the shockp con
tinuing.
OflSOQE EXRkQMOtf
CHABMP TO I W W*
. South Bead. Wash* Boy* it—The
authorities here ham under guard Seed
Welch, the only sum-iyor of the cry*
Pf nrp men employed op a dredso
which was blown up bv dynamite to
day. The accused wan la aald to ho
ap I- V- V. with ■ Ariswin.es egalmt
i'r»nh Behnke. owner of tho dredgp
pp which the tour moo west Wiled.
Formally Cfttmed With Onpjtgy
BftdrvefiOn
South Bend. Dec. IS—A cororner*e
jtiry Iq-Xe yesterday rptiyrnetf a verdict
cfc*njn8r Fred Wfich. an I- %’• W
**? IP kRoyn t<? toip.vp had 9 gjle.vnnct
ajpjpat the qyper. *4i$h betoyr respon
sible for the deaths of tho four UilJod
here yesterday In the dynamiting: of
the dredge Beaver.
DUBLIN BUSINESS
SECTION RAIDED
Dublin. per. 1R—ppijre busi
ness section of Dublin was raided to
day by the police, following? the shoot
ing of district inspector O’Sullivan of
Dublin Castle. The Inspector was
INUfsingr the Fancy F^iir In Henry
Street, accompanied by Miss Moore,
to Whom he wu$ engaged, when the
•hots were fired. O'&uUivan- 4H fn
the hospital an hour after the shoot
ing. He Is said to have been flred
upon by two masked civilians.
HARDING pl$Cy§$ES
CABINET APPOINTMENT#
Marlpn, O. Dec. If—-Scnaior Hard.
Ipg held % conference this aftmnoop
yith Senator Newberry M. Dougherty,
his pre-convention mpnfger, relctivy
to cabinet appointments.
PLL I^EA**# *1# 2nd
Oiy. PBB8ES SENATE
Washington. Dec. 19—The Nelson
blill, changing the divisional boundar
ies of the Second Division of Alaska
and placing all of the KUakokwim val
ley to Cape Newen ham In the Second
Division has been passed by the Sen
ate. Alaska delegate Grigsby and
Judjre (Bunpjil of oppps?
bill with amendments.
Want Nojpf PfeAmfepr pf Commerce!
To Delay Action
Dec. If—-(Representatives
Brown and Holt and also George It. i
GoSh&w of Noma say concerning the
proposed increase of the Second Di
vision boundaries under the Nelson
bill, that th'e Nome Chamber of Com*
merre ani -.thes V-oud-takc Immed
iate action by wiring the Chairman of*
the House Commit*on Territories
to delay further action and wait for
the next territorial legislature to sug
gest changes, if any are necessary.
BOLSHEVIKI PREPARING TO
AGAIN ^TTJt$g POLAND
Paris. Dec. l{—Ftorty thousand
Bolshevik! troops are copqr ntrp^iog
along the line of Dm .Lithuanian bor
der for another dfive o£ Poland, the
French Foreign Qflce has been ad
vised. It Is also learned that the Rus
sians are receiving enormous ship
ments of munitions ffom Germany]
through the port of Reyal.
ROUMANIA OFFEftS
TROORf TO LEAGUE
Geneva. Swltserl^nd. J>ec. 18—Hou
ma nla has -proposed to add to : the
league of Nations international mill*
tnry forces, a force of fourteen thous
and men to be dispatched limnedfcffely
to the relief of Armenia, .which la now
being Invnded by the Bolshevik I and!
CHURCH BANS
IRISH AMBUSCADES
Cork. Dec. II—A decree of the
Bishop of Cork excommunicating any
one participating in farther ainbue
cades of the Crown forces in his din
case was read at each nan held' in
the churches of Cork today.
In South Church a majority of the
congregation jeg the church when the
decree was rend.
RERARO AND RESO
CONFER WITH HARDINO
Marion. Q. Dec. tl—James W.
Oentrd. Conner American amba«ador
to Oeosenr. and Senator James A.
Beni, democrat, of Missouri, today re
sponded to Sgn+tor Hardings invita
tion for a conference on the proposed
•‘Association ot Nations..’
Both expressed ffcrrnsslves as p'eae
«l«» result of the cqo«»OKDCf.
FRISCO WOMEN
yiftj^Cf COMMITTEE
f&n S^mlsCR. PftC- J>—A women's
Tifilance posnwdMee hf# been fPCflcJ
tor? s>r thjp am?«nnce4 of
"BMPflSB Ith? fclr "*«* ?* OMf city
fffjl the protection of 9.ur hogMf ”
C©P*piRe* h«4 its I*
tt»j nurperous erlfflfgri ta».*P on
»» «*»*
th$ PO^ce ftni lyw »U»0?t »(?WfjrJsae.
y^QERWip **?* CQMTWPn
y*W*ME flO Tp l?E*CE
l-o? £&• S—99 #*W»B
turnoff today, JjPasfchitfon D. Vapferlip
expressed confidence that Ids dff^jpgs
with Soviet Russia will become a pow
erful factor for the settlement of the
present world unrest.
"I believe" he mid "that my trad *
contracts with the Russian government
will do more to re-establish the world
on a stable basis than anything the
peace treaties of the League of Na
tions has been able to accomplish."
CRIME WAVE 8PREADINQ
OVER COUNTRY
New York. Dec. 19—This city has
become terrorized by a rapid succes
sion of murders ; rd reports from all
sections indicate that n crime wave is
covering the entire country
SAYS MARINES NOT GUILTY
OF HAITIEN MURDERS
Washington. Dec. If—The Naval
Court fo Inquiry which Investigated
the conduct of the American Marines
in-Haiti rtparud today that there had
been no proper proof for the state
ment made by Brigadier General Bar
nett tame time ago that the Marine
forces had been guilty of practically
indiscriminate murder of Haitfen na
TUE6DAY
(TELEGRAPHIC)
CONSTANTINE REACHES ATHENS
DEMONSTRATION SLIGHT
Athens. Dec . 20—King Const.i il'ne
who was called back to Greece by tiie
recen* plebiscite, arrived here Sunday.
His. arrival was accompanied by no
marked demonstration of public favor.
Allies To Sever Diplomatic Relations
With Greece
Paris, Dec. 18—Great Britain and
France have agreed to a plan whereby
they and Italy will simultaneously
withdraw their nmbnasador’s from At
hens when Constantine resumes direc
tion of the government, the Foreign
Office announced today.
FATHER OF BABY -STAGG
TO PLEAD GUILTY
Tacoma. Dec. 18—W. S. Stagg.
father of Baby Stagg. whose disap
pearance several months ago led to
the arrest of Mfcas Betty Brainard of
Seattle on a charge of kidnapping, ar
rived here thfls morning to " plead
guilty in order to free his s wen t hen rt
Miss Brainard.
fair so&sisw
JNmtftncMl
Tacoma. Dec. 18—-the court set
Betty Brainard free this afternoon and
sentenced Stagg to oerve sentence o'
from ten to fifteen years in the state
penitentiary, following his confession
that he .kidnapped Baby Sta,ay: h!J
WrY mo a^r^an
RED CRpSS ,O^IT
Bqmg, JQfC. 20—The Italian |gor
ert^i^eni- has cancelled a debt of'one
million, flvp hundred thousand ,Ur.«
contracted by the American Red Crws
during the w»r perjod.
The cancellation, was made In rccog
tion of the.aid Italy has received Tram
'the American .Red Gross Organ Isa Won.
BRITISH WARSHIPS
....SENT TO QRBECC
OT<HWS 19 4-1*
mlralty orders, the British battleships
4JM and Conqueror put to sea today
f stews ?°r w vsttu
m train *? firs* rctr* « «
SR?8?nS«
»fY?HTv »IVM
WITP 1V19f*
*«“*!!!: F ! «Sf- of
hwjgfler were |||ed toda^ agwiM* sev
«&' Sr«! ?!KpW'SW*N*r* el:
2K“4! res!! Sf H“ S*» reSJ'Rf
S»» SMfflW !«? % -5£S-9
3K and gjllpligg werj gyi«|.
REFORMER WANTS HABOINO
TO SHUN CIGARETTES
Topeka, Kan. Dec. 20—ilia* Lu<*y
Hi** Gaston. o( Chicago. supeninten
ded o( the International Arttt-Ctfcar
HU> Dengue, annoOnced tonight th.vt
she had sent a letter to Senator Hard
fng asking him not to use cigarettes.
CONVICT KILLED SV
FIGHT WITH POSSES
Astoria, Ore. Dec. 20—Prank Wag
ner, an escaped convict from the Ore
gon penitentiary, was killed' yesterday
In a light with a searching poasee of
nine officers in the woods'nesr'here.*
GOVERNMENT SUE8 JOHN O.
FOR MORE INCOME TAXES
New York, Dec. 20—The United
States Government today brought suij
against John D. Rockefeller to recover
the sum of $292,878.00. charging th*^
his Income tax report was Incorrect,
misleading and false.
NUMBER OF DgiAD INCREASES
IN EARTHQUAKE ZOljES
Buenos Aires, Dec. 21—The known
dead resulting from last week’s earth
quakes in the various affected zones
of Argentina number more than four
hundred. Dispatches also state th%t
the tremors are still continuing.
HAROING TO NEGOTIATE FOR
ASSOCIATION OF NATIONS
Murion. O. Dec. 20—Immediately
after his inauguration. Senator Hard
ing will be prepared to open negotia
tions with foreign notions for the or
ganization of an Association to pre
cuTTen seized cargo
CHRISTMAS WHISKEY
Seattle. Dec. 20—The United States
Coast Guard Cutter Scout today rati
down a British purse seine vessel,
manned *>y a Japanese crew, off Bal
lard and seized a cargo of British Co
lumbia Christmas whiskey, which was
evidently intended for shipment to
WJL8DN RECOMMENDS
NOMINATIONS TO 8ENATE
Washington. Deo. 2tt—The name of
John P. Nugent, of Boise, Idaho, was
sent to the Senate today, by President
Wilson for nomination as a member
of the Federal Trade Commission.
The president also sent the name of
Mary Anderson of Illinois, for the
nomination of Director of Women’s
Bureau. Department of Labor.
RUSSIANS 8AIO TO
NEEO FOOD BADLY
las Angeles. Calif.. Dec. 20—
Washington. D. Vanderlip, the man
who holds concessions to a large tract
of land in Siberia, from the Soviet
government, in a statement to the
press today declared that while the i
Russian people were badly in need of j
food, they were In a position to pay
for whflt- ever they needed to buy.
OIL TANKER ASHORE
AT WRANGELL NARROWS
Seattle. Dec. 21—Telegraphic In
formation reaching here Wports the
Standard Oil tanker Atlas ashore at I
Snow K’hss.Wrangell Narrows. South
eastern Alaska. The tanker Is In a
precarious condition as she lies on j
|ha rocky shore jind assistance has
been sent to the stricken vessel. The
crew Is reported as safe.
SECRETARY COL^Y ARRIVES
-SOUTH AMERICA
| Rio De Japlero. Dec. 21—’American
Secretary of State Colby arrived hei ?
this morning aboard the battleship.
Florida •
EARTHQUAKES AND TYPHOON
CREATES HAVOC
Toyko, Dec. M—A combined earth
quake and typhoon which visfted^the
Island of Yap. caused considerable
damage by wrecking most of the
buildings on the Island.
LETTER CARRIER
*” ‘ ‘ “REMOVING
pUIJpfNCV FROM p£IL
Seattle, Pec. 20—Wm C. Drager.
a letter carrier engjloyeid by the Seat
Hj Sjugo-wf »5W r« *r
msi to tm&s% tor
•jw aafM wm lrsp,
MP S)5f“ B«H
New Tork. Pe«$. 21—Nfght raids
participated ?n by the police o* the city,
{ailed to stop (jio crime wave. time
read the headline* In newspapers fcw?
night. aftej- wh.it was deacrjh*«j a* jPe
flraj day of the most sweeping round
up of crooks In the 'history of few
gbU7Jx‘(^ ?mLARS
Washington, Dec. 21—The Supreme
Court alioWeid to stand the decisions
of the lower courts* which held that
seamen residing tempomriljr in' Alas
ka'when their work takes them there,
must pay the Alaska poll tax of Five
Dollars per year.
(TELEGRAPHIC)
STEAMSHIP CO ANfJOUfilCf S
KOTZ^iUESAILINQ
Settle, Do. 20—The Alaska. Sjeom
Ship Coip^uny has announced the djs
patch of a v«mel to Kotzebue between
August first and tenth ne^j year The
Cordova will probably be the vessij
selected to malte the trip.
WEBNE6DAY
PRESIDENT TO NOMINATE NEW
POAJNPBY COMMISSIONER
Wash ins top. Pec. 21—The presi
dent yriU R09p send to the Senate the
nomination q{ Mprcus Smith. recently
defeated for re-election to the Senate
from Arizona, to be a number of the
Ipternafippal Boundary Copunission.
BJG LIGAJL RATTLE
AGAINST GUGG'S
New York. Dec. 21—Karl E. Eile»*
former vice president, today institu
ted ap action in the state supreme
cqurt tp wrest control of the Agnericap
Smelting and Refining Company front
the GuRgepheim's.
EASTERN BANKER SUICIDES
NjSw York, Dec. 1SE. V. Gambur.
New York, Dec 18—E- V. Cambur.
former vice president of the Atlanjtic
jumping fropi the tenth floor of the
bank building here.
8EMMES APPOINTED SHIP
pOfRD MANAGER
Seattle. Dec. 19—Richard >i. Sent
mes. who until recently wag a mcir\b r
of the .Vjaska Territorial Shipping
Hoard, has beep named as district
manager .hjJJO for the United States
Shipping; Board, to succeed Dudley \V.
Burchard. resigned.
NEW MINE WORKER
PRESIDENT ELECTED
Seattle, Dec. 18—-R. Jl. Harlin, of
Rootle. hpa been elected president of
the Mine Workers of .America, accord
ing to practically complete returns of
the nation wide vote of the mine work
WIRELES3 TELEPHONE
PERFORM? MARVELS
Rock Island. III. Dec. 18—While
R. K. Karloo was sending a wireless
telephone message to Dallas, Texas, a
rooster crowed loudly near the sending
station and the oi>erator at the receiv
ing end said the “cock's horn sounded
so loud over the phone it awoke his
wife in an adjoining apartment and
she got up to get breakfast.
ASSESSMENT EXTENSION RILL
PASSES ROTH HQUSES
Washington. Dec. 22—The Hender
son bill, extending the time for 1920
assessment work on mining claims
throughout the United States and Al
aska until July 1. 1921, has now passed
both houses of Congress and has bee.i
sent to the president for his signature.
Under the provisions of the bill, no
notice of intention to hold possession
is required. While this extension is
granted, the 1921 work must also ho
performed, as per the usual law re
quirements.
HARDING INVITED TO
VISIT SEATTLE
Seattle. Dec. 18—An informal Invi
tation has been wired to Senator
Harding to visit Seattle.
MONETARY REGULATIONS
AdAi^ST RUSSIA SUSPENDED
Washington, Dec. 20—Houston,
Secretary of the Treasury, announced
this evening that the Federal Reserve
Board, with the approval of*the fttate
Deg&rtment, ted suspend^ all rules
an<$ regulations restricting the export
ation of coin, bunion’and currency to
that part c©f ftuisla. now uniter ^tjje
control of the so caJlejJ J?ol«hevffci and
to~Y*ernian>\ also'all* regufaUom and
rules restricting Gratings or ^excfiange
transactions In Russian rubles, as w&l
a* “restricting transfer of credits or ex
change transactions.* '* ’“**
TWENTY TWO NATIONS
APPROVt INtgfttfAftONAL
C'OUAT 6^’JUSTICE
Geneva. Dec. 21—Twenty two na
tions have signed the protocol giving
executive approval to the Ijpngue of
Nations plans for an Internationa)
court of justice.
fttrtugal. Switzerland. Denmark and
Salvador have agreed to cyfnpifiaorg
arbitration.
When the parliaments of the si ana - i
tory nations ratify the .protocol, th« ■
court will become operative.
GREEK PREMIER AND
CABINET RESIGN
Athens. Dec. 21—Premier Rhallis
has submitted th* resignation of”His}
entire cabinet to King Constantino. i
PACIFIC STEAMSHIP CO
MA'NAQifc RESIGNSj
Seattle. Dec. 18—R. D. Pinneo. f
traffic manager of the Pacific Steam- j
ship Company! has resigned to accept ?
the position of traffic manager of the '■
port Astoria, it was announced to- }
NO DEFINITE PLANS FOR
' association of’nations
Harlon. O. Dec .19—Concerning the
recent conferences between Senator
Harding and various notables on t'v
Association of Nations proposal, the
president elect said today: “I'haven’t
any detailed plan in mind that you
rould measure with a rule, but I have
some general ideas about it.”
Christmas [
Strawberry lea Cream
Oay'a.t Arctic Bakery.
29 MILLION GALLONS
BOOZE DISAPPEAR
Washington. I>r. 18—Following!
the disclosure that twenty nine millin'} f
gallons of liquor have been illegally;
withdrawn from government wo re
houses Idnce January first. Federal ;
Commissioner Kram-r t.oc}:iy recom
mended that the remaining forty mill- !
ion gallons he assembled in two t>• .
SENATE WILL NOT
CONFIRM APPOINTMENTS
Boston. Dec. 19—In an address j
here. Senator Jones of Washington ;
stated tlmt it is practically certain ■
that the Senate will not confirm Pres
ident Wilson's recent appointments to ,
the I’nitr*d States Shipping Board.
THURSDAY
(TEL.E6PAPH.IC)
BOLSHEVIKI DETERMINED TO RID
SIBERIA OF JAPS
I<os Angeles. Dec. 21—Yanderlip
today declared that the. lights claimed
by the Japanese in Kamchatka, under
alleged old treaties with the former
imperial government of Russia are
worthless. Concerning the lease given |
him and other Los Angeles financiers. ;
Vanderlip said: "I am confident the j
Russians can go on fighting the Jap- I
anese at their present strength of four j
million men for several years to at
tain their determination to expel the
Japs from Siberia.
‘‘The Bolsheviki armies.” Vanderlip!
continued, "are steadily driving the (
Japs eastward in Siberia and Lenine j
told me they would not stop until every |
Jap had been driven into the sea ’ '
IRRECONCILABLE SENATORS
CONSULT HARDING ON
WORLD PEACE ASS’N
Marion. O. Dec. 21- -Senators
Poindexter and Shields. l»oth irrecon
cilables with respect ‘.o the League of
Nations, today consulted with Senator
Harding on the world peace associa
tion plan.
Charles G. Daws, the Chicago bank
er. and Henry Wallace of Des Moines.
Iowa, editor and writer are persistent
ly mentioned here in connection wl*h
the forthcoming cabinet appointments.
Bogin the NEW YEAR by enb
serib nc for y nr lunr.o paper.
: 8AN FRANCISCO 8UB
1 ..‘“TREAStftlV ABOLISHED
Han ITanclsco, Dec. 21—-The Son
11':-..cisco to b treasury. established
r.f- y*“ura a*o. has been discontinued
us a result*of Congressional action
and t£e Federal fleaerve Bank will
occupy the building as an auxiliary
CANAPE Ag?M;§H^
URY TAXES
Ottawa. Dec. 21—"Duces on luxtarfoa
in Canada, 'excepting' those placed ol?
afcofiolfc'liquors/ c&nfectlbnaxy pn
^ucta^fihd "paying 'cards. vmVe been
abolished b^’tbe'government’ thf6agri
an Girder in'council.' as si means of re.
felvfnjf the' situation prowl rig out of
nation wide unemployment **
CHARGEP GRIGSBY *,
fpViNG THWART
ALASKA PROHIBITION
\£}asington, Dec. 21—Alaska. Dele,
gate “(irifcsby has Introduced a bill in
uong’reasWhieh, it Is charged by many
Alaskan’s here. 1# designed to thwart
tjie enforcement of prohibition in the
Ate slta' t errltory •
NOTED FRISCO
THEATRICAL MAN DIES
San FYanriaco. Dec. 22—Fred Bo
laacorfor many years the lessee of tho
Alcaaar Theatre here and one of the
mnaif widely known theatrical men on
the iWiflc Coitst. rlied here today fol
lowing an attack of pneumonia. The
deceased was a brother of David Be
lasro,’ the famous theatrical manager
and producer.
TE?tEf<T*Pr Of fl.LOBIH#
L^NpiNp CELEBRATED
Plymouth. Maws. Pot’. 22—A faa
Lurft of the i'-re^ntary celebration of
the landing of the 1‘iljjp-lm Fathers
from the Jrfaypowei JJ>ecem1>©r. 25,
HJ20. 11xl.iy was the fulfillment of the
prophecy made by Daniel Webster a
hundred ye.irs ago from the samf spot
as the J*i:gr m> landed that “the voice
sf acclaim and gratitude commencing
an the rock of Plymouth, shall be
transmitted throu^li’millions of the
♦elf in the murmurs of the Pacific
rjeas." This wtis the message repeal
ed by telegraph by Governor Coolkjge,
setting in the chair formerly used by
Carver, the first Pilgrim governor. >0
IACKLING PREDiCJB
COPPER INCREASE
salt I^ke. fXcv. 22—D C. JacfcJinff.
he noted mining man. on arriving
roin the Hast today, predicted an ad
vance in price rind an increase in the
lormind for copper within a few
RUM SMUGGLERS
BATTLE POLICE
Vancouver. Pec. 21—Marvin Rhoda.
vns wounded today in n Innttin b**
:ween police and rum runners near
he international boundary line.
REPUBLICANS AGREE ON
BIG ROAD APPROPRIATION
Wash nig ton. Dec. 21—Republican
eiders In the House of Representa
tives have agreed upon an appropria
tion of one hundred million dollars
for state road construction aid.
SON OF SECRETARY ALEXANDER
KILLED BY AIRPLANE
Washington. Pec. 21-—Walter R.
Vexander, sou of Secretary .Tnahia
Willis .Alexander. Secretary of Com
merce in President Wilson’s 'cabinet,
w.-.s killed today a* Rolling Field by
th“ propellor of an aeroplane, in which
!.e was preparing to make a flight,
staking him on the head.
Young Alexander was an export
• at or, having served wi*h the Amer
ican air forces in France during th©
THIRTY KILLED IN WEEK’S
FIGHTING IN IRELAND
Dublin, Dec. 22—It Is estimated
that thirty police and civilians have
been killed and double that number
wounded In fighting securing since
Monday in the counties of Tipperary
and Killarney between civilians on
one side and soldiers and police. Th®
Inhabitants of the two counties are in
a state of terror as a result of the re
peated disturbances and many ara
fleeing from their homes.
VENICE AMUSEMENT
RESORT BURNED
Venice. California. Dec. 22—Th®
great Amusement pier here was de
stroyed by fire l;vst night. One person
perished in the flames ami the dam
ape will amount to n million dollars.