THURSDAY
(TELEGRAPHIC!
IJNDKKWOOn TO CHUCK
HAT INTO RING
Washington, May 17— The first
democratic hat that will he chucked
officially into the 1924 Presidential
ring will belong to Senator Under
wood. Accordng to word being
passed around in democratic circles
in the Cap*rial today the Alabamian
himself will do the chucking, form
ally and officially, when he returns
from Europe next month.
FRENCHMEN ADVISE RONAK !
LAW'S RESIGNATION |
Iyondon. May 17—French special-]
ists have declared that Bonar Law's j
threat of trouble Ls a forerunner of f
complete collapse and advise him to J
give up his post.
AMERICAN FINANCIER
DIES IN FRANCE j
Mentone. France. May 16—George
Jay Gould, the American financier
FI 1 at Cape Matti-n. near here, d'lc.d
this morning after a long siege of
sickness.
(fllVKSK I'OliICKMKX
Itl-XXMIE OFFICIO IS l
Shanghai. May 16—Membeirs of j
the Chinese government gendar
merie boarded a train from Peking
to Shanghai today, attacked the of
ficial". beat their Chine**- servants,
who resisted and seized everything
on the tables despite the protects
of foreigners. They held p<5sses
rfion of the train for several hours
and finally consular officials aboard,
backed by Chinese officials, prevail
ed upon the gendarmerie to leave
BEPORTFD IRISHMAN
IS RELEASED
London. May 16—The Court of
Appeal" ordered the release of Art
O’Brien who was deported to Ire
land after being arrested in the
March roundup of Republican sym
pathizers. O'Brien was brought
before the court on a writ of habeas
WOMEN APPEAR AGAINST
At t’IISKII BLA<’K MAILER
New York. May 15—Eighty soci
ety women, including Eva Gauthier,
niece of th»- late premier of Canada,
appeared against George Maxwell,
the music comporsftr. They make
the charge that he had written
scurrilous letters to them and other
women.
ONE F.NGlilHHMAN REALIZES
AMERICANS ARK NOT
ENGLISHMEN
London. May 17—“The less we
talk about our American cousins
and blood tbait is thicker than wait
er, the better 1t will be," declared
Wickhtamstead, former oditor of
the London Times, in a speech be
fore the Pilgrims Society. “As
soon as we take it into our mi-nds
and speech that Americans are for
eigners and not just slightly differ
ent and slightly spoiled Englishmen
we will get some where”, he said.
POLICE ('APTA1N MAKES
GRAFT CHARGES
Seattle. May 17—Informed by
Inspector O'Brien that hts retire
ment on pension had been decided
upon. Michael Powers. veteran
police captain, protested with a
charge in effect that gambling and i
graft are prevalent in Seattle. He i
stated that the police boat Is pilot- j
ing bootleggers into the harbor I
from various opints.
WAR l*OT OF EUROPE
AGAIN SEETHING
Lausanne. May 17—A renewal of
the Turko-Greek war. involving
Serbia as an ally of Greece and
Bulgaria as a-n ally of Turkey, is
•threatened.
HARDING TO DRIVE
GOLDEN SPIKE ALASKA
Washington, May 17—President
Harding will drive a golden spi/ke in
celebration of the completion of (the
Alaska railroad, when he visits Al
aska this summer, the Interior De
partment announced today. The
•place of holding (the ceremony has
not been definitely decided.
Washington, May 17—Harding
will go to Alaska aboard the army i
transport Henderson, sailing from !
Seattle July 5th, Denby announced. |
On the ireturn voyage he is expect- i
■ed to transfer at San Francisco to !
a Shipping Board vessel for a trip i
thru the Panama Canal and then
back to an Atlantic port.
LIQUOR ENFORCEMENT
STRIKES SNAG
Washington, May 17—Harding
has been asked to seek an. under
standing with nations thait compel
their ships to carry liquor as part
of their crew rations. Officials of
the United Stbtea have struck a
snag in drafting regulations to
carry out the Supreme Court deci
sion barring liquor within Ameri
can territorial waters.
CHINESE HAN PIT SITUATION
j Tlent Sin, May 17—Government
j troops clashed with the train ban
I dits near Hanch Vang. The bri
! garnis were attempting to join the
j main body of bandits at Paot Zuku.
| the mountain stronghold, when
I they encountered government
| Shanghai. May 17— Leon Fried
I man. held captive, by Suchow ban
j dits, today managed to get a mes
! sage out to his brother Max. "Fried
man don’t expect to be release for
several weeks.
CHINA COX FRONTED WITH
SI3UOUS SITUATION
Peking. May 17—A series of dif
ficult problems is confronting the
Chiinese government. With bandWs
in the East provinces, anti-Japan
ese riots in one province. Japanese
boycotts in several, piracy on the
Southern coast and up southern riv
ers. war in three provinces and war
like preparations in the south the
government has iits hands full.
London. May 17 th—Dispatches
from Peking say that the Chinese
bandits have their agreement to re
lease the foreigners held captive.
Shanghai. May 17th—A report
reached here this morning from
Lin Cheng stating that three Chin
ese captives held bv the Kuchow
train bandits have been hurled to
their death over a precipice in the
Shantung mountains, as a warning
to the authorities.
Pekng.* May 17—Having obtained
consent of the government. Minister
of Communication Wu Yu Hip Wu
of Lon and General Yung Tetch
have proceeded to the stronghold of
the besieged and hostages in order
to obtain Please of the foreigners
Peking. May 17—V. Darube. a
Frenchman, who was among those
captured by the So-chow bandits,
has been released on parole and ar
rived at Tsh Cown with further de
mands from the Chinese Capitain for
removal of government troops. It
is expected that he will return to
bandit headquarters in accordance
with the promise he made when
Manila, May 17—Hundreds of
Chinese students and baycotters
were shot by Japanese Marines in
the province of Ttipeh. according
to advices received here today.
FRIDAY
(TELEGRAPHIC*
UNIVERSITY STUDENT
ARRESTED MURDER CHARGE
Chiteygo. May th—Charles Pal*
mer. gridiron star of Northwestern
University, was arrested upon testi
mony of his former sweetheart that
he holds the key to the solution of
the disappearance of Leifehton
Mounts. supposed to have been
slain by hazers.
GERMANY TO TRY AGAIN .
Berlin. May 18—The cabinet has
decided <o make a new reparations
offer to the allies. Pt will go for
ward Saturday or Monday.
NEW BROADCASTING PHONE *
FOR SEATTLE
Seattle. May 18—A five hundred
watt radio phone will be heard in
the air within the next ten days,
broadcasting from Seattle.
VOTE I ACE OP CONFIDENCE
IN GOVERNMENT
Pekin?, May 18th—The Cnmoee
grovernmenti’s embarraasr >e it over
the bandit and other out;ages to
foreigners was occasion for the
House of Representatives, sitCng in
C ’TTimftte©. to vote a lari, of con
fidence in the admi iI »: rat:on
Shanghai. May 18—Confirmation
wae received here of tne prior re
port that Suchow band ts bad hill
ed three of their Chinese prisooets.
PKBIN8YLVAMA FOR
HOLDIKRA BONUS
Harrisburg, Pa., May 18—Pend
ing legislation, signed by Governor
Pinch o»t. pro Tiding for a soldiers
bonus to world war reterans
amounting to $35,000,000. was ap
proved by the voters of the staite
when the bond issue came up for a
SOCIETY AUTHORIZED TABLET
FOR EXPLORERS
Washington, May 18—The Na
tional Geographic Society has au
thorized a tablet at Camp Clay on
Cape Sabine in the Arctic, in mem
ory of the 18 men of the Greely ex
pedition who died there.
RUSSIANS CAPTURE
JAPANESE IHIACHERS
Moscow. May 18th—A dispatch
from Vladivostok reports a sea
fight between a Russian patrol boat
and two Japanese steamers, poach
ers in Russian waters. One Rus
sian was killed and three Japanese
wounded. The two steamers were
ANTI FOREIGN WAVS
HITS CHINA
Peking. May 18—Alarming re
ports of a wave of anti foreign
feeling i-n the western provinces of
China, were received here last
RADIO PHONE USED
ON PACIFIC OCEAN
Seattle. May 18—Six passengers
at eee. talked across a seven hun
dred mile expanse of water for the
first time on the Pacific Ocean w'.ien
radio telephone messages were ex
changed between the liners H. F.
Alexander and Dorothy Alexander
yesterday afternoon.
FORCED TO DIVPLGE HIDING
PLACE OF MONEY
Tacoma. May 18—Bandits he*d
up George Lezth and forced him to
divuLge the hiding place of $4.75'*.
I he had in his house.
SCHOONER CAROLYN
SAIIjS for kfskokwtm
Seattle. May 18th—The Western
Whaling and Trading Company’s
auxiliary power schooner Carolyn
Francos. Captain John Worth, was
the first vessel to depart for the
Kuskokwim. sailing for BetheJ at
1:00 p. ni. yesterday. She had
aboard 900 tons of mining machin
ery and supplies. mo3t of it for the
McGrath district, and three passen
gers. Ralph Hirsh. J. A. Jaaserley of
Now York Alaska Dredging Com
pany and F. Brock of-Felder Gale
The principal cargo of the Fran
ces and also for the steamer Santa
Ann. scheduled to sail Saturday for
Bethel, is supplied by the Northern
Commercial Company.
WHITE HOUSE PREPARES
LIST OF PROBLEMS TO
BE CONSIDERED
Washington, May 18—A list of
specific problems, to be studied in
Alaska by Hardin*?. Hoover. Work
and Wallace, who will accompany
him, has been prepared by the heads
of the departments and made public
Enumerating these subjects the
list includes vestment of complete
jurisdiction over the whole of Al
aska in a single department of the
government; formulation of a
colonization and immigration plan
to increase the population and de
v*flop the resources; more liberal
appropriations for building; a De
partment of Commerce with su
preme power to control fishing;
consolidation of all enforcement
agencies wfith the territory, under
the Department of Justice; liberal
izing mining and land laws; alloca
tion of Shipping Board vessels to
the Alaska service; erecting terri
torial Capitol; toactment of new
game laws and construction of
trails and roads.
FORMER NOME MAN MAKING
HEAVY SHIPMENT
Seattle, May 18—Milton Luther
is shipping a large outfit. Including
horses, and will operate on the Am
erican River.
Tie new sailings of the steamer
Victoria are scheduled*for June 5th,
July ft!) and August 3rd- Later
date; have not yet been aan J'incert.
The I atouche sa<Is between J-ne
15th end 20th for Bering 8° . and
h iVibue Sound ports and has ac
comodations for twelve passe-igers.
Cnas. Brown, Fred Ay9r, .‘tin**
Daly ar.d J. Wilson are !a • t» 3 city
rile E Raelson, a fallow legisla
tor. has gone to Los Angeie*.
NAVY MHFATCH BOAT
A RUM RUNNRR
New York May 17—The former
Navy'dispatch boot Yankton, bolder
of a brilliant record, has been re
vealed to be a rum runner.
Ait present she is under British
resist cry and as a result of her cap
ture federal warrants will be issued
for eight men. alleged heads of a
national wide rum running gang.
on chargee at conspiracy to violate
the Volstead Act and defraud the
government of custom duties.
IU SKIAX (iKAFTKKH
PAY PKXAIiTY
Moscow. May IS—Sixty one per
sona were sentenced to death upon
being convicted of bribery and thir
ty five hundred were given from two
to ten years in jail for giving or
accepting bribes.
COME AND GET YOUR MONEY.
If I owe you Mjrthlw, come and
■ec your money. If you awe ue
money, come am! pay up. I h*Tf
min'd from bwli^nm and want to
make nfttJrtn«ut of all bllln payable
and receivable.
YM. AXDBRSOX,
Elite Hatha.
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before the coming of the boats. This season will
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