WEEKS NEWS OF BOIKOS
OF ALASKA LEGISLATURE
ALASKA SENATE PASSES
WOMAN JUROR BILL
Juneau. Ale. April, 4—Senator
James Frawley has introduced bills
in the Territorial Senate aimed at ab
olishing the office of Territorial
Mines Inspector and also the* Alaska
Publicity Hureuu.
The Semite hits also passed a bill j
making women liable to jury service .
The annual municipal election in
Juneau is waxing wann today, with a
total of 978 voters registered. Major
R E. Robertson is a candidate for
re-election, fighting Valentine and a
full council ticket of the opposition.
Advices reaching here. announce
that \V. H. Hard of Portland. Oregon,
former Nome Attorney un<l mining
man. is a candidate for district judge
at Nome and claims strong support.
Hard i.s now practicing law in Port
land. He was defeated for circuit
judge of Multnomah County, Oregon,
a year ugo by a small pluarlity.
INDICATED ALASKA HOUSE WILL
KILL WOMAN JUROR BILL
Juneau. AJs. April, 7—Lately, de
veloping opposition toward the meas
ure indicates that the Senate bill pro
viding tor women jurors in Alaska will
bo killed in the House.
The Juneau Daily Capital will pub
lihs today a story to the effect that
during the past few days there ha*
been a decided change in the aspect
of the governorship light, as a result
of efforts by the opposition to have
Wickers ham eliminated and an outside
man appointed to secure harmony
Judge Wickershnm visited the presi
dent Monday and was probably con
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suited on the new arrangements for
obtaining some unobjectionable out
side man for the position.
It is intimated in the Capital re
ports that Wickershom will receive
another appointment in lieu of the
governorship. It is expected here
that the appointment to the governor
ship will be made in a few days.
ROBERTSON WINS CLOSE
JUNEAU ELECTION CONTEST
Juneau. Als. April. 6—-Ralph E.
Roberston, citizen's candidate, was
re-elected mayor of Juneau by the nar
row margin of 34 votes over Emery
Valentine, progressive, in Tuesday's
election contest.
George Gerchell and Redman Rob
ertson, both progressives, and O. J.
Wick lander, citizen's ticket candidate,
wore elected to the two year terms is
the City Council. R. W. Keeny, pro
gressive, was elected to tho one yeai
council term. l>r. Harry r>evigne, w.u
elected president of the school board.
The total registration was 978 and 90S
Other -towns in this section of the
territory elected mayor’s as follows,
Ketchikan:-Tom Torry: Skagway:
E. A. Rasmussen; Haines:- John Les
lie; Wrangell:-J G. Grant; Peters
burg:. Edward Focken; Sitka:- R. W
Denrond.
C. Harry Woodward was elected
mayor of Fairbanks.
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BRITISH ON VERGE OF
INDUSTRIAL PRECIPICE
London, April. 7—With the tram?
i port workers and railway men hot!
bavin# definitely decided this after
noon to join the striking coal miner?
j Great 4- on tho verj
1 edge of the industrial precipice, win
[ industrial and economic chaos yawn
I ing before. The government, how
[ ever, is continuinng its preperation
I to meet any emergency with the em
[ ployment of all the facilities of th
I army and navy. The leaders of th<
, national federation of employee work
1 ers and the National Union of Rail
[ way men decided this (morning upon r
1 strike by the two unions. This bring?
1 the entire power of the "triple alliance'
1 of labor into the controversy.
1 Representatives of the miners thi«
1 morning flatly refused to accept Lloyd
1 George’s invitation to meet the mine
1 owners on the conditions proposed,
which were that the question of the
return of pumpmen and engineers tfl
the coal pits would he the first matter
to be settled at the conference.
Scotch Miners Battle Under Red Flag
London. April 8—With a red flag
flying and bands playing, several
thousand striking miners are today
storming a colliery near Edinburgh in
an effort to drive off the volunteer
workers employed in the pits, accord
ing to advices received here. The re
ports say the strikers are employing
drastic means to accomplish their pur
pose. Hand grenades, as well as
atones and other missiles are being
hurled at the volunteer workers nnd
considerable damage has resulted
Some of the Welsh mining districts,
denuded by fir© and marked v- th
damage by explosives, are reported to
bear strong resemblance to war time
desolation.
BRITISH STRIKE CONFERENCE
BREAKS UP
J»ndon April. 7—A complete break
up of the conference between repre
sentatives of the mine owner*, the
miners and the ^government with a
view to settling the great coal strike,
was announced in tho House of Com
mons by Premier Lloyd George this
afternoon.
HERRICK’8 APPOINTMENT TO
BE ANNOUNCED SOON
Washington. April. C—The appoint
ment of Myron T. Her rich as Ambas
s&for to France will be announced
soon and he will leave for Paris early
in the summer. It wns officially an
nounced today.
TUMULTY ENGAGED ON
BOOKS ABOUT WILSON
Washington, April. €—-Joseph Tu
multy. secretary to Woodrow Wilson
during the latter’s administration, and
Dr. 43my*on, Wilson’s personal phy
sician. are collaborating In the writing'
of two books about the former pree;-'
Tumulty's book will be written from
tho knowledge of Wilson gained in his
eleven years association with the for
mer executive and Grayson's will deal
with Wilson at the peace conference.
SOVIET APPEAL DRAWS
11 THOUSAND RUSSIANS
FROM U. S
Washington, April, 6—The Secret
Service reports that eleven thousand
Russians have left the United States
s’nce January 1 in response to an ap
peal from the Soviet government to
r* turn to work in the Bolsheviki am
munition factories.
CLAIMED ALASKA WILL RECEIVE
CARPET BAG GOVERNOR
Seattle, April. 7—According to a,
report filtering through by “undsr
ground wireless” from Washington to
& well known state politician, and
which he considers more than idle po
litical gossip, Alaska may again, as in
early days, be subjected to humiliation
by the appointment of a “carpet bag- j
ger” from the extreme Bast as gov- j
eraor of the territory.
According to his report, neither
Wickersltuuni or Haxelett are longor
considered in connection with the Al
aska governorship.
GALBRAITH HOSTILE '
TO HYPHENISTS
New York, April, 6—Hostility to
the hyphen and hyphenist’s was pro
nounced today by National Commander;
Galbraith of the .American Legion in
a statement issued today in commemo
ration of the fourth anniversary of the
declaration by the United States of
war against Germany.
Galbraith pledged the new soldier
organisation to “faith in America, its
tradition and its ideals.”
ANTI-HYPHEN DECLARATION
PROVOKES MASS. SOLON’S
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Boston, April. 6—A declaration
made by Commander in Chief Ketcham
of the Grand Army of the Republic in
addressing the Massachusetts House of
Representatives, to the effect that
“We don’t want German, Irish or Rus
sian-Americans. but plain, everyday
•"‘••suited in the signing by
forty members of the legislature of a
statement expressing resentment of
Ketcfcun’s remarks.
FARMERS GRAIN MARKETING
PLAN OUTLINED
Chicago. April. G—The complete
machinery necessary for the farmers
of the nation to handle the marketing
of their grain wns outlined today in
a report by the committee of seven
teen appointed for that purpose by the
grain growers conference here.
The report recommends the estab
lishment of a corporation to be known
as the "United States Grain Growers
National Conference.”
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