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NOME. ALASKA SATURDAY, JANUARY 8, IMS.
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FRANCE WILL OCCUPY GERMANY
FIRE ALONG RAILWAY DESTROYS NOME MAIL
FRANCE PERFECTS PLANS
INVASION 6ERMANY
FORCIBLECOLLECTION
PARIS. Jan. 5—The Allied Begnratioiu meeting broke bp at 7
•'dock last evening. It is an amicable rapture, said a member of the
British delegation as he wacts leaving the conference. We are going out
tomorrow morning. France goes ahead without us.
PNHMIHK COUNOLL BREAK**—FRANCK TO ACT ALONE.
PARIS. Jan.6t—France, free to handle the Reparations question
according to ber-'bwn ideas, turned today to the task of making Germany
Ray. The French government ajuparently has the oupport of Belgium and
if assured of Italy’s aid. French troops, it la understood, are moving into j
.tTetophalia to occupy the richest German coal conntcy.
KRKNCH moors MOBHAZKNG.
PARIS, Jan. f—At midnight the French Army of Ooehgflien on
SNe Rhine was ordered to prepare for action.
flSRMANY WANTS fWAUNG REWARDING DEPAUUT
PARIS. Jan. 6—Germany appealed today for an opgostnnity to
•Captain her Reparations iteflault and avert the occupation of the Ruhr'by,
Ihe French. The Reparations Commission has agreed to grant her a
hearing on Monday per explanation of default to deliver the required
amount of coal, before declaring her in default.
HUGHES PKOTHTS AGAINST FRENCH ATIYrtTDK
WASHINGTON. Jan. 6JSecretary of State Hughes informed Jueeer
•nd, the French Ambassador, that the uncompromising attitude of the
Flinch 1b blocking any policy that the United States might have in offer
ing aid to Europe in reaching a solution of the Reparations question.
KRKNCH TOP HEAVY WITH MIJ4TARY PI^kNfi
.. . .Paris, Jan. 6—Poincare conferred with General Afaginot regarding
the plan of Marshal Foch for eventual military action against Germany to
collect and guarantee Reparations payments.
FRENCH HPIKN HOVER OVER (JKR9L1N TERRITORY
LONDON, Jan. 6—French aeroplanes crossed the Rhineland and
Covered over Mannheim yesterday, spying out land preparatory to mili
tary action, says a Berlin dispatch to the Central News today.
FRENCH COMPLETE PIiANS FOR »KKMM INVASION
PARIS, Jan. 6—At a secret meeting today President Mdllerand.
Premier Poio&re, Marshal Foch and General Magi not completed the French
#Mn tor military entrance into the Ruhr. The first step will be to send
infantry to Enen to protect French engineers in the coal district.
FRENCH AVIATORS ACTIVE IN NEUTRAL TERRITORY
BERLIN, Jan. 6—Great activity on the part of French aviators is
Mpported from Mannheim. Airmen are crossing over neutral territory.
fMeir planes were over that city for considerable time last night.
AMERICAN TROOPS AMMO RHINE MAY RE W1TODRAWN
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6—American troops on the Rhine may be
withdrawn in the near (future. Secretary Weeks declared today at a:
0»Wnet meeting. This statement was made after the precarious situa
tion. brought about by the collapse of the .Premiers Conference in Patfa,
Ohs discussed.
HUGHES PLAN MAY BE ADOPTED BY ALLIES
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6—Dissolution at Paris of the Allied leaders is
regarded here as bringing the Reparations crisis measurably near the
»oint touched by Secretary of state Hughes in bis New'Haven speech.
Altho Allied statesmen have failed to agree among themselves there still
Stands before them an alternative to the attpiupt to forcibly collect from
Heramny as pointed out by Hughes.
KKLSO BRIDGE ACCIDENT MISSBtQ LOT INCREASING
KU40, J»n. «—T» tot* two knows doM u( rtfkutv siluing is
tt* iw-ia tto Cowitt*«i'Mcs«auior.
HARDING MAKING NEW
PREPARATIONS VISIT
ALASKA IN 1923
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6—Harding baa the firm conviction that he
will be able to visit Alaska this coming summer. Evidence ot this is
shown in orders jnat issued to recondition the Presidential yacht May
flower and equip her as an oil burner. Unofficially it is admitted that the
work will begin immediately ae the Norfolk Navy Yard and the object in
mind is the Alaskan trip. The Mayflower will be dispatched to Seattle
via. tbe Panama Canal and in June, if all goes well, the President, Mrs.
Harding and their party will begin their sea journey to Alaska.
HOOVER REFUSES FALL'S PORTFOIJO.
WASHINGTON, Jan. t Harding today tendered Herbert Hoover
the position which Secretary Pall will vacate March 4th. After the con
ference it was declared that Hoover would retain his present position,
dtaoxit* the pressure brought to hear to have him accept.
AUTOMOBILE PLANT DESTROYED SEATTLE
SEATTLE JAN. 4—Fire last nigfht destroyed the plant of Mitchell,
L«wia Staver. The loss aggregates one hundred fifty thousand and in
cluded eighty eight automobiles.
POSHE SEARCH FOR NEGRO WHO ATTACKED WHITE WOMAN
ROSEWOOD, Fla., Jan. 6—A posse of three hundred armed white
men tonight scoured the countryside in search for Jesse Hunter, escaped
negro convict who is wanted in oonnection with the assault upon a while
tfirl. Todate the assault has resulted .in the killing of two white men,
five negroes and wounding of four other white men.
TURKS WALK OUT OF LAUSANNE CONFERENCE
LAUSANNE, Jan. 6—The Turkish delegation to the Near East Con
ference left the meeting hall today as a protest -againsit the Allied inst
ance upon establishment of an Armenian National Home. Conference
circles were seething with excitement after the incident.
ATTACK III* NEGRO PRECIPITATES HACK RIOT
GAINESVILLE, Fla., Jan. 6—Following an attack by a negro upon
a white woman, seven were killed in a race riot at Rosewood last night and
this morning.
ROSEWOOD, Fla., Jan. 6—The Major portion of the town has
be“en burned by the mob -seeking revenge for the attack upon a white
woman.
TWO SETS OF OFFICIALS BRAZIL.
BUENOS AIRES, Jan. 6—Two parties have assumed the govern
ment of the State of Rio de Janeiro, which now has two presidents, two
vice presidents, and two legislatures. Both parties claim the election
and the Supreme Court confirmed the eleotion of Raoul Fernande as State
President and he was inaugurated.
BRITISH FINANCIERS ARRIVE IN NEW YORK.
NEW YORK, Jan. 6—Sir Dalbin, Chancellor of the British Exche
quer and Montague, both of the British Debt Commission, were taken off
during the storm and taken to the shed of the steamship Majestic, which
is under quarantine today. They wtt! take an early trail) for Washing*
OPEN SHOP POLICY CONTRACTS VIOLATION CONSPIRACY LAW
WASHINGTON. Jan. •—Agreements and contracts, having for their
purpose the maintenance of an Open Shop Labor Policy, are held to contra
vent conspiracy clauses of the Clayton Act, under a ruling of Attorney
General Daugherty, made today.
WANTS ALLIES TO TRANSFER POSSESSIONS IN LIEU PAYMENT
WASHINGTON, Jan. C—Under a resolution introduced in the sen
ate by John Reed of Missouri, the President would be authorised to com
municate with Britain and France regarding transfer of their island pos
sessions In the West Indies, in payment of their war debt to the United
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ALASKA TRAIN FIRE
AT BROAD PASS
BURNS NOME MAIL
In reply to a telegram sent to the Nenaua News the Nugget is in
receipt of the following wire, dated Nenana Jan. 6-th, 1923:
Pire occurred in an extra mail car enroute from the coast. It is
supposed that a spark from the engine blew in under the door and caused
th fire, which was discovered near Broad Pass. It required two hours to
extinguish the fire, using water carried from the engine.
Several sacks of mail and some baggage were destroyed. Con
siderable mail was scorched. At the present time only one mail car is
being used with a man stationed inside the door to prevent a reoccurance
of a similar accident.
Fred Ayer arrived here on December thirtieth, stopping one day
enroute.
DAUGHTER W PROMINENT FINANCIER KJLLKP BY ALTO
PARIS, Jan. C—Mias Rope Harjes, the twenty four year old daugh
ter, of H. H. Harjes of Morgan, Harjes & Company, the Paris branch of
| Morgan A Company, was killed in an automobile accident.
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SACRAMENTO, Jan. 6—Then self admitted Industrial Workers of
•the World were found guilty of violation of the State Criminal Syndical
ism Law.
ALASKAN STEAMER WRECKED OFF PANCHBNA
VICTORIA, Jan. 6—The oen hundred ton Alaskan steamer bound
from Victoria for Barclay Sound, was wrecked off Panchena. Captain J.
A. Baillies and Ms crew of seven perished.
BRITAIN WILL PROTECT FOREIGN INTERESTS
IjONDON, Jan. 6—The British government likely will take stops
to insure the security of foreign interests. Recent killing of a British
subject has served to bring this situation to the front.
FINANCE MINIHTEK SHOT BY ANARCHIST.
PRAGUE, Jan. 6—Finance 'Minister Easen of Czecho-Slavakia was
.shot twice by anarchists while on the way to his bureau this morning.
His condition is reported serious.
CIVIL INVESTIGATION KU KLUX KLAN BEGUN
BASTROP. La., Jan. 6—Legal representatives of the State of
Louisiana today began a public investigation, under civil proceedure, into
the masked band depredations in Morehouse Parish, but State troops ar«
standing by to ste.p into the gap at any time should an emergency arise.
NEW JUDGE NINTH CIRCUIT APPOINTED
WASHINGTON. Jan. 6—Frank H. Rudkin judge of the Yakima
Federal Court in the State of Washington, was nominated by Harding
•today to be United Stetes Circuit Judge for the ninth district.
LEGION ANNOUNCES ATTITUDE TOWARD I. W\ W’s.
PORTLAND, Jan. 6—We have gone on record once and we are
going on record some more that we do not propose to stand for pardoning
of more I. W. W. convicts for treasonable conduct during the war.
This statement was made by Owsley, National Commander of the Ameri
can Legion, addressing Portland Post No. 1.
MURDER OP POLICEMAN AGAIN INVESTIGATED
SEATTLE Jan. 6—Another grand Jury has begun another investi
gation into the cause of the death of policeman Charles O. Legate, to
determine whether the case was one of murder or suicide.
MELLON RKyiHES TAX RECOM31ENDATIONS
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6—Secretary of the Treasury Mellon, reduced
his recommendations to Congress for an amendment to Federal legislation
to resist Issuance of tax free securities. v
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