MONDAY
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(Delayed In tnuKorflaSlon)
U. S.-JAPANESE AGREEMENT
DISPLEA8E8 CALIFORNIANS
Wladhtimgton, Jan. 31—The agree
ment between Irnitod Start** Ami kiss -
adior Morris and Ambassador Shfdo
lutra of Japan on the controversial
situation growing out of the action of
Cattfornia in bnlrniug Ja<pnn««* from
land ownership has created a situation
that is 'intolerable and that will be
resisted in every legitimate way by the
people of California." according to
Senator Hiram W. Johnson In an in
terview today.
U. S. INQUIRING
INTO ATTEMPTED
CAPTURE BERGDOLL
Washington. Jan. 31—The State
Dqpjutment has requested Major
General Allen, commandting the Ain*r
iccn forces on the Rhine, for a report
of the recent attempted capture in
Germany by .\jmeri<*an ciivtilians of
<1 rover Cleveland BcrgdnU, the Phila
delphia dmft dodger, and the imprison
ment of tho A metricians as a result.
ALASKA SALMON AGAIN IN
DEMAND IN EAST
Alaska, canned salmon will (be shipped
easterly dining the coming week, ac
cording to jKieking ^fflcfaJs here.
The shiipfnent will be the first to go
east since the ralUroadls were returned
to private ownership..
CORK MAYOR ORDERED*
TO LEAVE U. S.
, Washington. Jan. 31—O’Callaghan,
I-ord Mayor of Cork. Ireland, who is
now im this country posing as a sea
man and endeavoring to enlist sympa
thy for the Irish revolutionary move
ment. has linen ordered by Secretary
of Imbor Wilson to leave the United
States by February 11. it was a-n
lr»#h Societies Protest Banishment of
O’Callaghan
Chicago. Jan. 31—Resolutions pro
testing against the deportation of
O’CaHaghan, I»rd Mayor of Cork,
were adopted by a mass meeting of
local Irish societies today.
FORMER NORTHLAND EDITOR
EXPIRE8 SUDDENLY
Los Angeles. Jan. 30—Sam Wale,
of Tacoma, an Akuskan and Klondyke
pioneer journalist and one time editor
of the Skagway Alaskan and the Daw
son Daily Nows, dropped dead on the
street her today.
ALASKA LEADS NATION IN
SAVING SECURITY PURCHASES
Washington. Jan. 30—Greater per
capita sales of Thrift Stamps and
other Treasury securities were made
In Alaska in 1920 than in any other
state in the Union, according to a
Tmunfry Department announcement
The average investment in govern
ment saving securities made in Alaska
•by every man. woman and child was
$2.20. Ohio Iced# the various states
with a per capita* of $1.60.
HARDING LOITERING
IN PIRATE HAUNTS
PaAn Beach, Fla. Jan. 30—Presi
dent Elect Harding will fltfh in Caesar
Creek for two days this week, ac
cording to a statement by him today.
Oaesar Creek is an the noted flsh
streams and ils famed as having been
dn early days a headquarters for pirates
who plied the Spanish Main.
FIVE CASUALTIES IN
SEATTLE HOTEL FIRE
Seattle. Jan. 31—Five ocoupnnts of
the Fay Apartments .were killed and
Injured in a Hire in that hostelry this
morning.
ROBBERS PLUNDER BANK,
FIRE BUILDING
Washington. Jan. 31—The Com
monwealth National Rank of Reed
ville, Virginia, was today robber of
$119,000 and then set on fire, supposed
ly by -the irobbers.
BREMERTON MARINES
START RAMPAGE
Bnfjraertonj Wn. Jan. 31—A hun
dred marines from tfie garrison of the
Navj Yard, a good port!cm of them
armed with automatic revolvers, today
stormed the jail in the new city hall
here, backed two police patrolmen
against a wall at the point of thoir
weapons, broke down-the'doors leading
to the prison ceils and released L. K.
Karrtn, a fellow marine who had been
tin jadt since FlnUiay following his ar*
rarft ;u*d conviction on a charge of b«»
ing drunk and disorderly. Ln addition
to the <Samcige rto the building by the
nyob of marines, they also demolished
much furniture.
GERMAN REDS PLANNING
PROLETARIAT DICTATORSHIP
Berlin, Jan. 30—Herman radical
disciples of Kiuttrian "red terrorism."
openly say they mre planning to over*
throw tlie (present Gestnan govern merit
and establish a ' proletariat dictator
They have announce! that they
leive made Irp a list of capitalists and
“firidetiirabtas” who will, they mv. be
killed when thoir contemplated revolu
tion begins.
SON KILLS FATHER
OVER THREAT AGAINST
LIFE OF MOTHER
Hillsdale, Michigan, Jan. 31—-Max
Lyons, aged 17, today shot an<l killed
his father. The Latter is alleg'd to
have threatened to Mil his wife, the
boy's mother, and also his two -sisters.
FRISCO CHILD
KIDNAPPERS VICTIM
San Hranotsco, Jan. 31—Edgar, the
five month old son of Mrs_ H. E.
Smith, a widow if thos city, has been
kidnapped. .-lomrdting tx> the police au
ELEVEN DIE IN HOBOKEN
HOTEL FIRE
Hoboken. N. J. Pan. 30—Eleven
persons wer burned to death here to
day in a Hire which destroy* d the
Hotel Colonial.
PACKING HOUSE BARONS
DECLARE BIG DIVIDEND
i Oliicago, Jan. 31—-Morris and Co .
packers, t-wfciy declared a divident on
-their stock amounting to 37 million
i d dial's.
DEPT. JUSTICE RECOMMENDS
• CLEMENCY FOR DEBS
Washington, Jan. 31—Commutation
of -the sentence of Eugene V. Debs,
to be effactlve l*’e1»ruar.v 12. has boon
recommended -to the proaid out by the
| DejKirtment of Justice.
FIVE FIREMEN PERISH
.'N PROVIDENCE BLAZE
Ptiovtidenop It. I. Jan 31—Five fire
men were killed and nineteen others
wane injured in fighting a tfre in the
ihe*ul of the budirutiss district here to
TUESDAY
(reLeo«A»*HrC)
(Delayed ln transtniesrloa)
JAP INQUIRY SHOWS STORY
LANGOON’S SLAYER UNTRUE
ToMto. Jajpan, Jan. 11—The official
Inquiry of the Japanw government
Into the. killing of Lieutenant Lang
don of the United States cruiser Al
bany* at Vladivostok Is said to dhow
that the story told regarding Lang
don'ts actions by the Japanese sentry
who Willed him is untrue
SUPREME COURT HOLDS JUDGE
LINDSAY IN CONTEMPT
Washington, Jan. 31—The decision
of tlhe Colorado Supreme Court hold
ing Judge Lindsay of the Juvenile
Court of Denver im contempt of court
because he .refused to r?vei1 the con
fidences of a -twelve year oH boy
whose mother was on trial for the
murder of his father was al-lowed to
stand -today by the Supreme Court.
NEED FOR BIG NAVY GREATER
TRAN EVER—DANIELS
Annapolis. Jan. 31—“There will be
no scrapping of the navy an the near
futuire.” Sear-et-ny of the Navy Jose
phus Daniels’ decfcired in an address
during his laisfc official visit to the
Naval Academy here today.
Daniels added, "There is greater
-nedd now for a big strong navy both
on. ovdr and under the sea.”
BIG FUTURE FOR REINDEER
INDUSTRY PRESAGED
Washington, Jan. 31—"Will -rein
deer raising become the major indus
try of Alaska, eclipsing the fisheries
and the gold output?” is the question
ratfeed by the remarkable growth of
that industry during the past two de
cades .according to a bulletin of the
National Oeographic Society based on
•reipMesentations of gove<rnnii*itt ex
perts and Alaskan herders themselves
who have petitioned Congress for fed
; ral aid in' fighting disuse among this
row meat supply -source.
WILSON REFUSES COMMUTATION
OEB’S SENTENCE
Washington, Jan. 31—The Presi
dent hn» d<aueri the recommendation
of the Attorney Geneml that the »o
tonco of Eugene Ddhs. sotHalis*.
lender, mn cofamuted to expure FVab.
13, It was announced by the White
House today.
ALASKA FISH INDUSTRY
BY PRODUCTS TAX
LAW UPHELD
Washington. Fohy. I—The lawn of
Alaska Imposing taxes on the by-pro
ducts of tlhe hensrvf? and other
hrojuflies of the territorial! Ashing in -
duntry were upheld by the Supreme
Cou>*t in a decision handed down to
WASHINGTON DISAPPROVES
REPARATIONS TAX ON
GERMAN EXPORTS
Washington. Jam. 31—Official opin
ion here condemns that feature of the
reparation agreement which provides
for a twelve per cent tax on all CJor
sidored hard and unjustly prohibitory
in applied to many German products.
REPORT OF COAST NAVAL
COMMITTEE APPROVED
Washington. Jan. 31— Alameda for j
Sand Point. Wln.riiLngton. for naval j
javiSailiou lw» and Sun Pedro for a
the full ('oi'groa.siian i! Na\y f'ommit
too In its report to the H.use.
MAINE GOVERNOR
PASSES BEYOND
Augusta, Me.. Jan. 31 Frederick
H. Park hurst, governor of Maine, died
today of <Iiipt.li(>ii*ia infection under the
MANY SLEEPING SICKNESS
VICTIMS IN LONDON
I<unidon, Jan. 31—.Vn unusual num
ber of oases of the mysterious malady
known as deeping siluknesn have de
vedoped Ivtre recently. Physfc'ctanfi re
port. a tot id of fifty five cases at pws
WILSON TO WRITE BOOK
ON PEACE CONFERENCE
WUalhnsrttm. Jan. 31—President
Wilson will begin writing a book on
She Paris F'ea-ce cooler c-nec shortly
after Itiis (retirement from office, ae-,
cording to information from White
House sources.
ALLEGEO BASE BALL GAMBLERS
TO BE TRIEO
CSiroago. Jan. SI—Judge I^-ndkis.
a» the supreme ruler of tfrr base ball
world, announced today Chat the thir
teen fl&ase tall player gamblers fm
pUcated In the ustmtii In the ra:*‘ar
league grimes last tusmm-'r and now
undo* iwdtaouannt far gambling. will
he brought to trial *t one*.
JOHNSON OEMANOS
PUBLICATION OF U. S.—
JAPAN NEGOTIATIONS
Washington. Jan. 31—A demand
that Hie report of AmbitaHador Mor
rison on life negotiations with SMe
kmi, the Japanese ambassador here,
be made public, was made today by
Senator Johnson of California.
Morrison's report was made to
Xecnetairy of State Colby
SUPREME COURT RULES
JUDGE LANDIS UNLAWFULLY
PRESIDED AT BERGER TRIAL
Walshington, Jan. 31—Pointing out
that he was accused of prejudice, the
SuHineme Fount held in a dicision re
turned today that feder.d judge 1 Hindis
possessed “no lawful right or power
to ipnrwtUle," at the trial of Berger for
confessed violation of tfhe Espionage
Berger Declares Attitude Unchanged j
Milwaukee. .Tjn. 31—“The conspi
racy has failed and I' have nothing]
to retract froyn any of the things T
have written or said about the war
otr those who pushed us into the war",,,
declared Victor Berger here today
when appraised of the decision of the
Supreme Court declaring federal
judge Tjnindiis had no legal right to
preside at Berger's trial beoauaf* of
alleged prejudice lagaiinst the defend -
BELIEVED FIXING GERMAN
REPARATIONS TO AID
WORLD REHABILITATION
Washington, Jan. 31—The ac'ion of
the Allies in definitely fixing thp fi
nancial reparations to be paid by
Germany will .In the opinion of gov
ernment officials .contribute more
than any other factor toward bring
ing about the financial rehabilitation
of thy -w< rid. 9
WEDNESDAY
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(Delayed in tmxwsnSssion >
SOLDIERS BURN STORES
IN IRISH RTPRISALS
Carte. FViby. 1—-KwanJ storm in
WilImmstown wire burner! by «>hiiem
today In reprisal tor Frrdny*s amburfi
of troops in County Kerry. ,
In this Tunbysh Dublin Catron is
sianer Hoi mm was fti.taJ!y shot.
Sinu Frtmitri Kill Wife Of Irish
Police Inspector
Cork. Feby. 1—Sinn Fedunurs to
day shot atid killed the. wife of Police
I rupee-tor Killing as she island in MaJ
low Station by the side of lmr hus
band. The latter was also wounded.
SEATTLE STREET RAILWAY
WHITE ELEPHANT
whereby Seattle l>ecame the owner of
a street car system valued at jn.OOO.OOO
vbjiid that the aity make an efT .it to
return the lines to Stone and Webster
taxpayers institute legal proceedings 1
to reltevfi them from an unjust bur. j
SEATTLE POLICE SLAYER
TO HANG APRIL 1
c<mC'-s.sod slayer of three Seattle police |
offUvJi’s, was sunt.-nee,I to die on the]
as to wTie-tlifti* lie understood the mean
ing of wnlvlng Inis rights to a new
trial. Schmitt replied: "Whitt’s th3
idea? T don’t want a new trial.” ad
ding that he had nothing to say
against pronouncement or the. sentence
of death.
GUGG MANAGER’S
SON KIDNAPPED
Tacctma, Foby. 1—Arthur. the
twenty two year old son of W. ft.
RUhL head of th'-*. Tuonma. smelt**r and
other Guggenhalm intorosts in the
Ntortbwast and Alaska, was kidnapped
today on Ms way to the bank where he
is employed and was held a prisoner
for hours in an old garage. Ms cap
tora .mfCinwhile making am uiwucckws
fuff attempt to extort 125,000 from his
faith**-. Thn young man finally man
«*«d to ftscsipe. Rust seainr and Am
bwuchtfoi- Hugh Wallace are the own
ers of the ccdne at nhfieagoff. Alarica.
U. S. DESTROYER
REPORTED MISSING
Run IYuji rtfMco. Feby. I—Fea.it* are
hritd in navnl nllreJm that the dwtroyer
Sta&tfck ha* been foot at hah. The
Vfuuol has not been beard, h-con Minna
dh» dajffad I'Yida-y flwn TCinwka. Call
ftxrntfn. for this port.
Ran Hmiuisco. Feby. 1—The alias
ing destroyer has been sighted, ac
cording to addicew recsfwrf late today.
WILSON TO CALL SPECIAL
SENATE SESSION MARCH 4
Washdngtkm, Hdby. 1—'President
Wilson will call :t special session of the
Se.nolle on March 4 oo confirm the cub
timet murtinations of HardSng. i‘ was
announced today.
The ’.session means facilitating the
legLslhitflVc sttiirt of the new adminis
tration.
WOMAN PRISONER. 76. REFUSES
DEATH BED PARDON
Raleigh, N. D. Feby. 1—Sarah Wy
coff, aged 76 yjeurs, is dead in the state
prison after forty two years (imprison,
imemt during which she five times de
clined a pardon after a death bed
confession by another had exonerated
flier flrom the charge for which she was
BERGER CONDEMNS WILSON
FOR REFUSING DEBS PARDON
Milwaukee, Feby. 1—Victor Berger
in a statement today, denounced Pres
ident Wilson for refusing a pardon for
Eugene V. Dobs.
LOS ANGELES WOMAN FOUND
PRISONER ON RANCH
Los Angeles, Jan. 31—Mrs George
Withenill, daughter in law of A. J.
Witheirall, banker, who disappeared
from her home here la”t Tuesday,
was found this morning a prisoner in
a emaJH house located on a sheep
ranch .about seventy miles southeast
of Los Angeles. Two arrests have
been, made In connection with th
GEORGE TO VISIT HOLY LAND
Lyindon. FVJby. 1—FTfsmier Lloyd
fSenrg® will vttsit I*alartt:ne during the
canting spring, it has been announced.
NO CORRUPTION IN SEATTLE
MUNICIPAL RAILWAY DEAL
Seattle, Jan. .11—'Seattle purchas
ed a street railway system worji five
million dollars, agreeing to (jfiy iiftenn
nfUtirm, but tliere was no corrupt l-m
in tho deal." aays the report of the
County Omnd Jury after an ethaus
tive investigation f the tfanc. tlon.
HARBOR BILL PASSES HOUSE
Washington. F«Jby. 1—The Jloues
today pseCiCd the 15tv*-rs and Harbors
apin'opri.i.'ttScmH bill, csutrylng $15,250.000 j
for maJaSeTULneo anti continuance of
projects :iir«fl.dy started. The meas
ure as pissed carries >41.000,000 less
than was risked tor in the departmental
estfimates.
DEFICIENCY BILL
CARRIES ALASKA ITEMS
Wfudiington, Feby. 1—Fn the FV-flr- I
ferny I Ml reported to the House to- j
t?mibu.i**o the Alaska Engineering Com- I
miissi-a for money spent in earing fori
Tin- Alaska seal fisheries aJso gets
THURSDAY
(TELEGRAPHIC)
NEAR EXPLOSION AT
ABERDEEN CHARGED TO
LEGION EMENIES
Alterdeen. Win. Huby. 3— Twenty
copy of tlu; Montesi.no Vidette. with
a lighted fuse attached, were placed’
under the American Legion lteiid
quart- is hjrre la.st night, by unknown
parities .supposed Co be 1. W. W. or
other radicals. Only Ur' tiinelv dis
inight. hive equalled the horror of th
POLICE AND SINN FEINNERS IN
BIG BATTLE NEAR CORK
Cork. Feby. 3—British police and
a crowd of a hundred S*inn Feinne.-s
engSiged in a pitched buttle al Itoss
viulerty last night. The righting er»
duml for a cnR9lri*un,ple dime and wa *
of KuCCh violence h,s to be. heard nitv
iriiiew away.
ELK OFFICIAL DROPS OEAO
AT LODGE MEETING
fHymiipiii. Wts.. l-’dby. 1—Liu as NT.
SCaadfcsriL Hint, pmsi pan (ted ruin' of
the Olympls F3k’s lodge, dropped dead
in Ow lodge roam during a of
the lodgi» today.
BIG NARCOTIC SHIPMENT
SEIZED AT FRISCO
San Hramtiwm. Feby. 1—The fed -
•tad <autht*'i'Uii» today 4'tiznd a ship
ment of illegal ruircotlcM va,Luetl a t
$25,000 from the steamer Sant;. Inez
on the vessel's arntlvaJ in port.
FOUR BURNED TO DEATH
IN TRAIN CRASH
Newark, Ohio. Keby. 1—Four men
were burned to death here when a
Pennsylvania freight train collided
with a wreck ttnain this morning.
SEATTLE BENEFIT
FUND GROWING |
Seattle. Fdby. I—Thr» fund now
l»eing miised here for the widows and
fajmlilies of the three i*>lEce>men mur
dered by bandit. Sdhimiitt has now
reached $21,000.
FORMER NOME BUSINESS
WOMAN DIES IN SEATTLE
Seattle, Feby. 2—Mills. Anna Far
rel, a business woman and pioneer of
Nome. Skagway and Dawson. died
here today after an illness extending
TRAINLOAD OF ALASKA SALMON
SENT SOUTHERN STATES
Seattle. Feby. 2—J. 1\ Tortn and
C. M. Evffirett ahiipped this, afternoon
a t min load of Alaska and Puget Sound
salmon which they will personally
.market in the southern states.
ARKANSAS PROVIDES CAPITAL
PUNISHMENT FOR
BANK ROBBERS
Little Tioek. Feby. 1— Tho state
senate today passed a hill provbl'ng
capital punishment for bank robbery.
LEGISLATURE UNDOES WET
EFFORTS OF NEW
JERSEY GOVERNOR
TrwntJom. Feby. 1—The State Renata
today paused Mrs. Margaret B. Uiird’a
MU providing t'jr the repeal of Ciov
rrrar Edwards* 3.30 pr«r cent, am bUl.
The lower house pevnnd the repeal
hill la«t week. Dfnptte the repeat of
the governor’s lall. the wmate mfuaed
to entlonto federal prohibition. a W>
lutacoi to ratify the federaJ prohibition
amendment failing to pan*.
BERGDOLL CASE INTERESTING
GERMAN REICHSTAG
Berlin. Feby. 1— An expIa.nn.tton of
(iiwer Cleveland BorgdoH’s entry in
to Gemnamy and his eaoape .‘■dnce to
gether for a demand for intdrprcta
.tiorss w«-s introduced in tlv* rudchatag
BANDITS ROB CHICAGO BANK
bed the Kenwood Trust ami Savings
POOR OIL PRICE CAUSES WHALE
FLEET TO TIE UP
VidtiorJa, Feby. I—Owfeng to the
agier M.iniuard has announced.
SEATTLE EX-SERVICE MEN
APPLY FOR BONUS
pfctcation blanks for the state lionus
BANDIT SCHMITT CONFESSES
MOdE MURDERS
AND ROBBERIES
Seattle. Feby . 2—Bandit Schmitt,
before departing last night for Walla
Wsifll penitetvtiaa'y. where he will bo
lumped .Vpa LI 1. conflf««ed that tn ad
dition to the Seattle murders he rihot
and killed K. H. Schultz, a mcrclhant
of Olymplia. in Decemb-ir 1919. when
the latter discovered him. in the net of
robbing a store. Schmitt also admit
t*'d robbing scores of Seuttlk- concenw.
giving the names of the establishments
he held ijj' and robbed rvf amounts
aRgr.|T*itiSg *-’0.000. Thw# lnchulerl
a large numlw of Auto Service sta
tions at Seattle. Tncomtti. Portinnd,
Spokane and Bellingham.
Schmitt Claims Reward For Murdarer
Of Olympia Merchant
Senitte. Fdby 2—KaXcHt Schmitt,
following a confcserion that he himself
wax rcsQMnvftible far Che murder. ban
mado a foitmal claim for the $500 re
ward rdfraed for the capture of
slayer of B. H. Schultz. fcCnaer Olym
pia buainieev* man. Schmitt at the
same time directed that. the reward,
if secured. was to bw given to the
etkfow of (omtr polloe detective
O'Brien one ctf hdx vfctfcns. Desire
to help the vtffdtnr and childmn
prompted him. he tciidL to confess the
murtfecr nf Scb-ufltZ n.mi other crimes.
Before deporting far the penitentiary
Schmitt displayed further contrition
for the lulling rtf O'Brien by announc
ing that he would reveal prior to bis
execifULon a cache of thbt‘c thousand
dollars, his uav.rtgs from the career
of banditry in which he has been en
gaged and which he. safd hi'- wfshe i
to go to the Widow of O’Brien.
The Nome Nugget delivered by car
rier or mailed. Per Month $1.0#
FOREIGN EXCHANGE
The Postmaster has received on the
last mall notice of a further change
in the rates of converting money of
the United States into that of cer
tain European Countries in the issue
of International Money Orders.
The new rates are as follows.
Netherlands
Denmark . .
Norway . . .
.1 pound $3.75
, . 1 florin 35
. . 1 krona 15
. . 1 krona 15
,13 francs 1.00
.13 francs 1.00
..20 lire 1.00
Cuts, Burns
How often lockjaw, blood poi
soning, the loss of an arm or leg.
or^ sometimes even life itself, re
sults from the neglect of a burn or
little cut! Hamlin’s Wizard Oil is
a safe and effective first aid treat
meut. It is a powerful antiseptic
and promptly applied to wounds of
this kiyd will lessen the danger of
blood poisoning. Keep it handy.