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BRfTtSH KST-MNIIS BATTLE ANTICIPATED
GERMAN'S 1XX>K TO CONGRESS FOR RELIEF
BERLIN, Feb. 3—Twelve million men and women members of
German organized labor view the American Congress as the logical tri
tranal to .which to address their appeal; declaring that “American honor
hi assured at this time that it can save os and the world from inevitable
Roaster.” This message was forwarded to Washington this afternoon.
GERMANS REFUSE—FRENCH HE1JE* THEMSELVES
DUESSELDORF, Feb. 3—While German merchants, embittered
over the Ruhr invasion, refuse to sell goods to French soldiers, the lat
ter seize such articles as they need and then leave the money on the
counter. (
FRENCH RESENT KOENIGS BERG AFFAIR
PARIS, Feb. ,3—French movements it warf said at the. French For
eign Office today, will be obliged to take a severe attitude toward the
German government if it continues to tolerate molestation of French
subjects, such as occurred at Koenigsberg in the last two days.
DEMONSTRATIONS FRANKFORT ON MAIN
BERLIN, Feb. 3—Demonstrations in front of the Stole at Frank
fort on Main, in which the interallied Commissioners are living, occurred
but police intervened.
ASSASSINATION PLOT REVEALED
PARIS, Feb. .>—Andre Lefevre, former Minister of War, told of a
plot to assassinate Premia- ’ oincare and Leon Daudet. royatos\ leader.
He said the plot !«a.l b. \ iidVchtla by a loreign organization. ”l4e gave
his Information to a magistrate who is investigating the assassination of
Starius Plateau, a reporter of L’Action Francaise by Mile Berton, an an
archist.
MOB STORMS FRENCH CONSULATE KOENIGSBERG
LONDON, Feb. 3—A dispute!) from Berlin says that demonstra
tions were renewed at Koenigsberg last night. A mob stormed the
French consulate, and smashed all the windows. Security afforded by
police prevented further damage, ’fhere was some shooting near the
consulate. Parading men singing Deutchland Ubpr Allies' and Commun
ists clashed.
RUHR BLOCKADE ABSOLUTELY COMPLETE
.DUESSELDORF, Feb. 3—Block a/de of the Ruhr valley from within
is absolutely complete today. Not a single ton of coal or coke entered
Germany from the Ruhr in the last thirty six hours, .French authorities
announced.
POPE ANXIOUS OtKR INTERNATIONAL SITUATION
ROME. Feb. 3—The Pope, in a letter to Cardinal Pompilo, Vicar of
Rome, expresses anxiety over the situation*presented by the international
situation, which he believes threatens fresh horror, pain and anxiety for
humanity.
PEOPLE ^STARVING IN CAUCASUS
MOSCOW, Feb. 3—Daghestan, the republic on the northwestern
flops of the Csucausus, is In the state of starvation. The people are
without medicine In the Sooiohkj countries and inspectors report that
buasuee women have no clothing, no veils to hide their faces, the men go
.<a»hut oa the streets only after dark.
GERMAN STRIKERS RETURNING TO WORK
OOBLBNZ, Feb. 3—Railroad strikers in this area are returning
to work. Men were repairing signals and putting locomotives in shape
today and tall train service between Goldens and Cologne is promised for
polio* quill mom nr Germany
KOUNIGABBRG, East Prussia. Fab. 3—Diedrdefs which resulted
la wracking of the French consulate, injury to French officers and eight
PMtahars of the Allied Control Commission during the night, were quelled
today when the pollee from surrounding cities came to aid local forces.
FORD Mill A THOUSANDS TRACTORS Hf RUSfllA
BERLIN, Feb. S—Henry Ford has sold two thousand tractors to
Ruasia aad will receive as payment cotton or raw materials of the value of
four million dollars, which his agents win convert Into money in western
japS ienfmbit acaacaanw *o»n nmn.
I >EP ARTMKXT HEAR* TO RE SHIFTED
WASHINGTON, Feb. 3—Political Washington has heard that
Harding decided to transfer Postmaster general Work to the head of
the Interior Department and that Senator Harry New will succeed Work.
WASHINGTON. RAID RESULTS IN NINKTV ARRESTS.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 3—The Revenup Agents' raid on Washing- .
ton City ended this evening with a total of ninety arrests, including j
twelve women. Three hundred gallons of whiskey were .seized.
SILK SHIPMENT YOKAHAMA-SE ATTl.E-NEW YORK
NEW YORK. Feb. 3—Thirteen days and five hours is the time
consumed in the ten million dollar shipment of silk from Yokahama via
Seattle to New York.
REPARATIONS COMMISSION SUSTAINS OWN ACTION
PARIS. Feb. 3—The Reparations C’oimmission today adopted a
resolution sustaining its own action of Janua.r> 2fit1i in refusing Germany
a moratorium. The resolution was passed as a reply to yesterday's pro
test note from Germany. France. Italy and Belgium voted for the reso
lution. Britain refrained from voting.
I! R K V I T I E S
ATHENS, Feb. 3—The steamer Ionia arrived at Piraeus with 5n00
refugees from Asia Minor. There were twenty two deaths during the
PLYMOUTH, Feb. 3—Lloyd George, returning today from his va
cation in Spain, said he felt that th.- American Debt settlement term;:
were hard and tliat he was frankly disappointed.
LONDON, Feb. 3—Berlin dispatches say that France is preparing
to seize German works of art and apply them on reparations.
v MOSCOW, Feb. 3—Three railroad officials were ordered shot tor
alleged corruption. The government announced that the death penalty
will be imposed hereafter in all eases of flajrrant corruption on part of
public otfloiale.
LONDON, Feb. 3—The Daily Mail’s Dublin correspondent quotes
De Valera as saying: that Ireland will never tolerate the soveriegnty . f
Britain over her. •
NEW YORK, Feb. 3-—Commissioner Enright announced today
that the value of liquor seized by ibe police aggregates twenty lmilllon
ROME, Feb. 3—Facisti and Nationalist fighting squads have been
formally abolished and were dismissed today, accordilng to an order by
Premier Musolini. Henceforth no one will be allowed to wear black or
blue shirts.
CORBIN, Ky., Feb. 3—Twenty five Kentucky National Guards,
with machine gunners, arrived today in response to an appeal to Gover
nor Morrow by Giliam and Sheriff Young who agreed that the situation
between the police and railroad men, in which three were killed, is be
yond control.
LOUISVILLE, Feb. 3—J. O. Power*, former president of the Am
erican Bankers Association, is dead.
SEATTLE, Feb. 3—E. A. Sweeny, capitalist and pioneer of Seattle,
died to Ntw York city while visiting bis wife's relative*.
TACOMA, Feb. 3—Adam Cook, veteran Northern Pacific foreman
was shot dead in the street. The murderers escaped.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 3—Three policemen, assisting in unload
ing a shipment of liqnor, were arrested.
HONOLULU. Feb. 3—First Lieutenant Carl H. Myers, army avia
tor, committed suicide by shooting.
FORT WORTH, Dr. Cook, North Pole fakir, was arrested for hav
ing liquor in bis possession. He was later released.
PARIS, Feb. 3—The Foreign Office issned a statement that not a
single negro soldier Is with the French ar&y in the Ruhr.
DUBLIN. Feb. t—Senator Bagwell, who was kidnapped Thursday
night. Is again free. Twenty four Irregulars, responsible for the outrage,
were arrested.
MELBOURNE, Fsh. 3—Premier Hughes resigned this morning.
CONGRESSIONAL BATTLE ANTICIPATED
WASHINGTON, Feb. 3—It is already evident that the sixty seven
th congress is going to stage its final spectacular battle over refunding
the $480,0U,000 British debt to the United States und a Soldiers' Bonus
to be financed from the proceeds from the British payments.
Senator Smoot says that the bonus measure legislation will be
opposed anti defeated. He has made a hurried canvas of the senate to
find what strength the Bonus would have under the conditions noted, and
feels that it will lose.
ALASKA MAIL ROBBERV SUSPECT ARRESTED
. ANCHORAGE Feb. 3 -Thomas P. O'Brien was arrested in Kobe
Japan, on the suspicion of having participated in the.Alaska mail rbbbery
of January 7th. at which time mail carrier Duffy was held up and relieved
of thirty thousand dollars consigned to Tom Ait ken a? the payroll of the
t HILHKHG MIST STAND TRIAL
SEATTLE. Feb. 3—-A motion to dismiss the two remaining in
dictments against Chilborg. former President of the defunct Scandinav
ian American Gank. was denied.
POLICE RAID <TTY OF WASHINGTON
WASHINGTON. Feb. 3- Police today conducted the greatest liquor
raid in the national capital since the advent of prohibition.
Tt covered the entire city and by early afternoon fifty arrests had
been made. Contraband liquor is being carted, into the police stations
GEORGE GOSHAW USES PLAIN TALK BEFORE CONGRESS'
WASHINGTON. Feb. 3—People in the raw fur business have no
chance to compete with Missouri politicians, declared George Gosbaw.
Alaska fur buyer, before the Senate Commerce Committee. This state
ment wits made by Goshaw in answer to the question as to why some m»n
in business had not come to Washington to appeal before the Committee
instead "of sending letters and telegrams to members of the Senate.
RIOT IX MEXICO RESULTS FATALLY
MEXICO CITY, Feb. 3—Thirteen were killed and forty wounded
In a battle between tramway strikers, led by Bolsheviki, and i regular
army detachment when reds attempted to pull a soldier guard from the
platform of a street car.
RADIO COXTRQL HILL PASSES
WASHINGTON, Feb. 3—The House passed the Radio Control Bill,
which vests the Department of Commerce with power to exercise control
over wave lengths for the purpose of taking chaos out of the air.
GA8TIXEAU EQUIPMENT FOR ARGENTINE
SEATTLE, Feb. 3—I. G. Knickerbacker, representing an Argen
tine mining concern, arrived here enroute to Alaska to take over 750 tons
of the Alaska Gastinean equipment. The equipment will be shipped to
Buenos Aires.
AMERICAN UPHOLDS FRENCH ATTITUDE
WASHINGTON, Feb. 3—Speaking in defense of the French occu
pation of the Ruhr, representative Lineberg of California in the House
stated that he desired to say “Bon Voyage and Good Luck” to France in
her effort to collect reparations. Lineberg Is a world war veteran.
PROHIBITION GETS BLOW IN NEVADA
CARSON CITY, Nev. Feb. 3—Two measures repealing the prohi
bition lawe of Nevada, were passed by the Assembly. The measures were
previously passed by the Senate.
TAKE STAND AGAINST FUR SEAL CONTRACT
WASHINGTON, Feb. 3—That the Department of Commerce so
manipulates the contract with the St. Louis firm for dying and dreasing
fur sealB taken in the Prlblloff Island®, Alaska, that the government each
year loses a tremendous revenue, was charged by Henry W. Elliott in a
speech on the fur seal industry before the Senate Commerce Committee
Dan Sutherland, delegate from Alaska not only denounced the
present existing contract between the Commerce Department and the
St. Louis firm, but he also charged that the Department has issued certain
orders and regulations which were in the Interest of the Fish Trust, oper
ating the salmon canneries in Alaska.
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