MONDAY
(TELEGRAPHIC)
SEATTLE EX POLICEMAN
CREATES SENSATION
(Seattle, Mch. 20—After wrecking
automobile* and slurring two police
men and one civilian In the course of
a half hour battle, Ed Hagnes, a form
er policeman and prizefighter who was
out of Jail on bail pending an appeal on
twop riaon sentences imposed aotne
time ago for breaches of the law, was
today arrested with two cases of
“King George IV” whiskey in his pos
Hagites Sentence Sustained By
Supreme Court
Seattle, Mch. 21—The federal su
preme. coart today sustained the recent
convictions of Ed Hagnos the expolice
man who was arrested yesterday with
liquor in his possession after a lively
battle with officers and citizens. He
will be sent to McNeil's Island peni
tentiary for two years.
CHARGES HEARST SEEKING
CONTROL OF LABOR
Washington, Mch. 20—Samuel
Gosnpers, in an article published in
"The Federationist," the organ of the
American Federation of l^abor, charges
that William Randolph Hearst “per
sonally, politically and through his
ncwwpape^, has undertaken to control
the labor movement and those who
apeak for it.”
EX SOLDIER ADMITS
MYSTERIOUS MURDER
Providence, R. I. Mch. 19—Roland
Fortbier, former sergeant bugler in the
army who js being held here in con
nection with the death of Major Cronk
hite, son of Major General Adelbert
Cronkhite, at Gamp I^ewis in October
1918, today formally admitted that he
killed Cronkhite to the federal com
missioner before whom ho was arraign
ed and pleaded guilty to a charge of
involuntary manslaughter.
CHAMBERLAIN ELECTED
UNIONIST LEADER
London, Mch. 21—Austin Chamber
lain was today elected leader of the
Unionist Party.
MRS HAMMON JOINS CHURCH
I Ardmore, Okla. Meh. 21—Clare
Smith Hamman, who was recently u<-.
ouited of a charge of murdering Will
iam S. Scnimmon, millionaire promoter
and oil magnate, joined a local church
nnd was baptized last night.
FINDS LOST SON THROUGH SONG
Columbus. O. Mch. 20—Lemuel
Gary, district superintendent of a
large life insurance company, while
listening today to a chorus composed
of convicts from the Ohio State peni
tentiary, recognized in one of the sing
ers his son, Wiilliam Cary, for whom
bo has been searching for fourteen
Young Gary, with his arm linked in
to that of his father, saag “Dear Old
Daddy" after their reunion. "This is
the happiest day of mYy life”, said the
father. Young Gary was sentenced
from Cleveland for eloping with an au.
to mobile not his own. He will be re
leased in April.
SIX KILLED IN 6 HOUR
IRISH BATTLE
Dublin. Ireland. Mch. 19—Six civil,
ians and one policeman were killed
today in a battle between crown forces
and Sinn Feinn at Dunraven. The
•fighting was of extraordinary violence
and lasted six hours. The battle start
ed when motors occupied by police and
soldiers were ambushed and destroyed.
CLAIMS U. S. OWES
HUGE*SUM TO FRANCE
Paris, Mch. 21—A counter claim for
ninety billion, alleged to be due Prance
from the United States since the
American revolution, was made today
on toehhlf of the French Republic In
the "Eclair" Journal yesterday by Jean
Bernard, as against the three billions
France owe* America.
RHODE ISLAND HAS
DENSEST POPULATION
Wahsington, Mch. 21—The Census
Bureau today issued a statement on
♦he average density of population in
the United States, measured by the
persons occupying each square mile of
territory. According to the figures
given, Rhode Island has the highest
average of any state, with a total of
566 persons to each square mile of it?
territory.
PRESIDENT VISITS
WOUNDED SOLDIERS
Washington, Mch. 21—Preside-.:
and Mrs. Harding spent, two hot:
Sunday among the wounded soldiers in
the Walter Reed hospital, where large
lumbers of our war convalescents are
x>») fined.
3ERMANY WINS IN
SILESIA PLEBESCITE
Berlin, Meh. 21—Germany won Ip
he plebcscile held yesterday in Up
ler Silesia to determine the future na
ional status of that region. The vote
vas taken 1n accordance with the pro
visions of the Versailles treaty.
The official returns received here
oday show 876.000 votes for Germany
js against 380,000 for Poland.
30LSHEVIKI SLAUGHTER ALL
KRONSTADT REVOLT LEADERS
Stockholm. Sweden, Mch. 21—All
>fficera and leaders among the military,
ind civilian rebel forces captured by
:he Soviet troops In the fall of Kron
stadt were, immediately executed on
>rderg issued by Trotsky, according to
nformation brought by refugees.
Following the executions, the bodies
jf the victims were weighed down
with iron and thrown into the Gulf of:
ADMINISTRATION PLEDGED TO
DEVELOP U. S. BUSINESS
Boston, Mch. 21—A Message from
Vice President Calvin Coolidge received
Sere today say the present administra
tion “stands pledged to the develop
ment of American business."
FORMER ALASKAN
WOMAN EXPIRES
Seattle, Mch. 21—Mrs. Nellie B.
Merrill, former operator of the steam
boat Helen M. and two tug boats on
the Yukon and Tanana rivers, died at
her residence here Sunday.
WASHINGTON’S GENERAL POLL
TAX BILL NOW LAW
Olympia. \Vn. Mch. 21Governor
Hart today signed the general poll tar
law passed by the last legislature im
posing a tax of $5.00 per annum on nil
citizens, male and female.
TUESDAY
(TELEGRAPHIC)
FLU ATTACKING U. S.
OCCUPATION FORCES
Cablenz, Germany, Meh. 22—An
epidemic of influenza has broken out
cupying the Coblenz area.
Forty five cases have so far made
their appearance. The attacks of the
malady are said to be very severe.
WOMAN IMPLICATED IN
BIG BOOZE STEAL
San Francisco, Meh. 22—Mrs. Fred
A Plumb, secretary of Youngberg and
Sons, brokers, and William Ahern, a
customs broker, have been arrested
hero in connection, with the recent
disappearance of twenty three barrels
of alcohol from a government ware
house.
GRANT’S CHIEF SIGNAL
OFFICER DIES
Seattle, Meh. 22—Captain J. M.
McClintook, a veteran of the Civil War
and noted as having been General
Grant's chief signal officer, died here
today at the advanced age of 82 years.
GENERAL LIGGETT GOES
ON RETIRED LIST
San Francisco. Meh 28—Major
General Kiggett. commander of the
Western Department. V. S. A. was
retired?' from the army service today.
Brigadier General Richard M.
Blatchford succeeds him in command
of the Ninth Army Corps.
BIG CALIFORNIA MINE
CLOSES DOWN
Redding. 'Cal. Meh. 22—The Mam
moth copper mine, located at Kennet*.,
Shasta County, and one of the largest
mines in this state, was cloned down
today on account of the present de
pression in the copper market.
HART VETOES MILLION
DpLLAR APPROPRIATION BILL
Olympia, Wn. Meh. 22—Governor
Hart today cut one million dollars oil
the last legislature appropriations in
vetoing the Omnibus Bill.
AVIATORS MAKE BAD
LANDING—KILLED
Palm Beach, Fla. Meh. 22—find
ing from too low an attitude totl. y, Keo
Rothert of this city and J. P- Far
rington of Newport, Kentucky, were
killed when the sea plane in which thev
were making an air flight struck the
earth within twenty feet of the wnt-r
REPUBLICANS TO ENACT
REJECTED TARIFF BILL
Washington, Meh. 22—With the ap
proval of J‘resident Harding, the re
publican l«-ad«Ts will endeavor to rush
through Congress during the calming
extra session the Fordney Emergency
TarifT bill -which was vetoed by Presi
dent Wilson duirng the last days of the
democratic administration.
RAILROAD MAGNATE DENOUNCES
LABOR REPRESENTATIVE
Chicago, Meh. 22—W. W. Attcr
bury, vice president of the Pennsyl
vania railroad system, declared today
before the Railroad I^abor Board, now
in session here; that the present rail
way union leader* "did not represent
the employees'* and that “the national,
rules were used by them to procure
employment for more men ami extract
money from the railroads on technl
SINN FEINN AMBUSH
BRITISH TROOP TRAIN
Dublin, Meh. 22—Seven members
of the crown, forces were killed and
twelve others were wounded today,
when the train in which they were rid
ing wa* ambushed by revolutionaries,
according to an official announcement.
HARDING CALLS
SPECIAL SESSION
Washington, Meh. 22—President
Harding issued today a call for an ex
traordinary session of Congress to
convene on April 11 at noon.
GEN'L WOOD TO DEPART FOR
PHILIPPINES APRILS
Washington. Meh. 22—Having re
ceived final instructions from Presi
dent Harding, General T^conard Wood
and W. Forbes Cameron will sail on
April Ti to investigate conditions in the
Philippine Islands with a view to de
termining the situation there regard
ing possible granting of independence.
SEATTLE WOMAN
GOES DUTCH ROUTE
Seattle, Meh. 22—Mrs. Mabie
Gates, wife of Frank Gates, a railway
engineer employed on one of the local
lines, suicided fast night by jumping
overboard from the deck of a Seattlo
ALASKA TIMBER
PLACED ON SALE
Seattle. Meh. 22—District Forester
Cecil of the Northwest Forestry dis
trict h:us offered for sale two billion
board feet of timber located in the
West Admiralty Island unit of the
Tongas, Alaska, national forest re
PROHIBITION AGENTS
SHOT TO DEATH
El Paso, Tex. Meh. 22—Federal
prohibition agents S. E. Beckett and
Archie Wood were shot to death on
the Neil Sherman farm near here this
morning, according to advices reaching
WEDNESDAY
(TELEGRAPHIC)
WALL STREET BOMBING
SUSPECTS ARRESTED
New Orleans. Mch. 22—Phillip
K--mler. Ijionel Kuebreezuff, Rudolph
T>orsh, Hans Raudllng and Hendrik
I.ijiaT;. seamen on the freight steamer
Russville, were imprisoned here to
nip.ht on orders from the Department
of Justice as suspected bombists. The
men are to he held for investigation
in connection with the Wall Street,
New York, bomb plot resulting: in a
tremendous explosion on September
THEODORE JR. EMULATE6
FAMOUS PA
Camden. N. J. Mch. 22—Theodore
Roosevelt Jr. Assistant Secretary of
the Navy, following the launching of
the ^uper.dreodnaught Colorado this
afternoon, declared in an address tha*
•cnly pacifists and sincere fools” are
Senator Nicholson said he ‘care 1
nor what England and Japan are do
ing hut that he wanted cn adequate
and ample navy for this country.”
He a’-o stated that he had ‘no patience
with feeble minded people who talk
it disarmament.”
CRAWLEY ON WAY TO JUNE AC
Seattle. M«'h. 2*—S* nator James
: :t: w'lev of Non»( who has been un
avoidably drained In the East, sailed
t‘ this morning for .Tunuau to tak® u.»
" - jerisla^'v® duties in th® Alaska
He w: «■- ncr omipan’ed O’. *1.® Journey
with by Mrs. Fmwley.
KETCHIKAN TO BECOME SURVEY
SHIP REPAIR STATION
Washington, Mch. 23—A MM sta
tion and repair yar<l, with machine
hop* for repairing vessels of Hip (Toast
Geodetic Survey will be establishes! r*t
Ketchikan, Alaska, which is to bo made
the Iruso for all survey craft in the
territorial watei-s, director E. I/ester
Jones of the Const and Geodetic Sur- ;
vey announced today.
VETERAN IN LINE FOR
ALASKA MARSHALSH.P
Seattle, Mch. 22—George D. Rcau
u ont, a former army major and dur
'.ng the war ftfgnid Officer in chr.rgo
of the 401st Field Telegraph Battalion
it. France, may get one of th<- Alaska
nar'halShips, according to private re
ports from Washington, I). C Beau
mont enlisted in the army fr:-m An
GERMANS IMPRISON U. S.
MILITARY DETECTIVES
Moslxuh, Germany, Mch. 23—Carl
Xef and Franz Zimmer, American de
tectives connected with the United
Spates military forces now in Germany
\t^re today sentenced to servo terms
in a Gorman prison. The two men
were convicted in a German court on
tl e evidence of Germans jn connection
with the recent attempted kidnapping
. f Grover Cleveland Borgdoll, the
American slacker who is now finding
refuge in Germany.
GERMANS REFUSE PAYMENT
OF INDEMNITIES
I’arifc, Mch. 23—Germany, in a re
ply today to the recent ultimatum of
tv Allied Reparations Commission re
eling reparation payments, refuses
tpiy the one billion gold marks due
on this date and also disputes the
Commission's figures showing that an
additional twenty billion marks will he
i is maintained in the German
note that the payment of twenty bil
lion marks which the peace treat'
provided should he handed over to th*
Allies by May 1, hns been more paid
The note also asks the joint eom
i --ion experts to fix the value of the
German deliveries on the reparation
account up to the present.
The Reparations Commission is
meeting this afternoon to consider the
German reply.
GEN'L WOOD TO RETIRE SOON
Washington, Mch. 22 As soon as
he concludes his investigation of the
Philippine situation. General Ta*onard
Wood will retire from the army, it was
announced today.
HARDING AND JONES
CONFER ON SHIP BOARD
■Washington, Mch. 22—President
Harding and Senator Jones hold a
long conference this afternoon on Ship,
ping Board matters.
CARDINAL GIBBONS AGAIN ILL
Baltimore. Mch. 23—Cardinal Gib.
physicians today.
HARDING TO VISIT ALASKA
Washington, Mcli 22—President
Harding is going to visit Alaska. This
definite announcement came from the
White House today after a conference
1 etween the president and -Dan A
Sutherland, Delegate to Congress from
Xo date has been fixed for the- pres
idential visit but it Is understand that
arrangements will be made under
which the executive can leave the
White House in midsummer.
Delegate Sutherland called oa th*
president to urge him to make the trip
and Harding gave him positive assur
ance that he will comply with the re.
ALASKA PACKERS MAY
ABANDON OPERATIONS
San Francisco, Mch. 23—The Alas-.
ka Packers Association announced to
day that it may abandon all Bering,
Sea operations this season because of :
labor difficulties. The men are de
manding nine cents per fish and the
company refuses to pay more than
PACKERS DISPUTE
OUTLOOK IMPROVED
Washington, Mch. 22—An agree
ment between the five big .neat pack
*-rs and their employees thru which
the present wage and other dispute*!
will be amicably adjusted, was th«
forecast today a short time before the
-econd joint conference of both side*,
with Secretary of labor J. J. Davis.
FOR A DISH OF ICE CREAM OR
A GOOD CUP OF HILLS BROS
COFFEE AT ARCTIC BAKERY.
THURSDAY
(TELEGRAPHIC)
FORMER SERVICE OFFICER
IMPLICATED IN
CRONKHITE CASE
New York, Midi. 2-i—Rol*ert Ros
I5eg1m<nt of Kngine<rs. was arrested
here tonight on .a charge of murder in
connection! with the death of Major
Cronkhite at Camp Lewis in October
1918. f«rr which Holand Forth ier ex
army sergeant, is also being «held a*.
Providence, Rhode Island.
CARDINAL GIBBONS PASSES ON
Baltimore, Aid. Mch. 24—Cardinal
James <libbon?--, rli«-d this moaning, af
ter 53 years of service in the Raima n
Catholic hierarchy.
U. S DEMANDS SURRENDER
OF BERGDOLL
Washington. Mch. 23—The United
States, in .a formal communication to
the Herman government, has de
manded that Germany surrender to
tills government the person of Grover
Clevel;uwl Bergdoll, the notorious ilraf*
evader, it was announced by the
State Department today.
A demand has also l**en mad- that
Germany immediately release from
prison Carl Nefand and Franz Zim
mer. the two Americans who attempt
ed to capture Dergdoll in flermany
charge of kidnapping.
SINN FEINN LOSE IN
IRISH BATTLE
Feinmrs were killed today ;-t Dingle.
CRONKHITE'S SLAYER CHARGED
WITH MANSLAUGHTER
Seattle, Mch. 22—Roland Porthier.
with minis la ughter in a complaint filed
non of Providence, Rhode Island,
where Porthier is now under arrest.
COAST FISHERMEN GET SCANT
ENCOURAGEMENT EAST
lives of the Pacific Coast fisheries
position of duties on imported sal
ANTI SOVIET DISORDERS
SPREADING IN RUSSIA
London. M<-h. '-3—Newspaper re
ports from Riga state that the Flf
corps, stationed in the vicinity of
deserting in crowds.
The Soviet government is reported
to have declared martial law in six
675 MILLION TAX
COLLECTIONS EXPECTED
Washington. Mch. 24 -Income and
profits tax collections for March, re
ceivable in fifteen installments, were
fstirnated by Secretary of the Treas
ury Andrew Mellon at $075.000.000.
LENINE SENDS APPEAL TO
CONGRESS AND HARDING
Washington. Mch. 23—The State
Department today announced receipt
of a message from Nikolia Lenine,
head of the Russian Soviet govern
ment, appealing for a conference and
announcing that he stood ready to send
an official delegation to negotiate a
trade agreement between the United
States and Soviet Russia.
The appeal was addressed to Con
gress and President Harding and ar.
raigned ex president Wilson for his
Russian policy. The message express
ed the hope that under the new admin
istration the United States would not
continue to follow the course taken by
Wilson regarding Russia, together
with a proposal to send an official
delegation to this country to discuss
lesumption of trade relations. The
note also contained what was constru
ed by State Department officials as a
promise to exclude the United States
from the field of Rolsheviki revolu
tionary propaganda.
Believed Herding Inclined to Treat
With Soviet*
Washington, Mch. 24—While the
State Department statements regard
ing the Bolshevik! appeal for a con
ference and restoration of trade rel:>
t'ons are guarded, close observer* of
with Lenine. in contradistinction *o
thf attitude of the Wilson administra
tion. which repeatedly refused to deal
way. The view is also held that this
nito agreement for interchange of
trade between the United States and
Soviet Russia.
SOVIETS MAKE TRADE
APPEAL TO HARDING
Washington, Mch. 22—President
Harding h.-»e recelv<-d a direct appeal
from the Soviet regime at Moscow for
a resumption of trade between the
United States and Russia and has re
ferred the oomlnrunication to the State
Department for answer.
JUMPS 24,400 FEET FROM PLANE
Rantoul, III. Mch. 24—Lieutenant
Arthur G. Hamilton, an army aviator,
made a parachute jump from an aero
plane of 24,400 feet here yesterday.
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12 . .. Srandard Oil Co.
!S.Carstens Cold Storage
14.J. i. Season Co, office
!6.Headquarters Saloon
21..The Lobby
54.Pioneer* Igloo
25.Cutholic Church
II.Polet’j residence
*2. Torkey** Cigar Store
41.opp. Webb’s Market
Engine House, Phone Main 97.
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E. L. HOLT
DeaU-r in General Hardware
MINING SUPPLIES
STEAM HOSE
STEAM FITTINGS
TIN AND GRANITE WARE
WHITE ENAMELED WARE
TENTS, TARPAULINS CANVAS
CANyA-t HOSE
6r6ckeay ware
LANG STOVES AND RANGES
HOLTS CASH STORE
Telephone Main 11
Miners & Merciiants
Bank of Alaska
Nome. ALASKA
Capital - • $100,000
Gold Dust Purchased
and Assayed
I ME ET ME 1
at the
| BOARD OF
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