PRISON ON
CHRISTMAS
Atlanta. Dec. 26.—Eugene Debs
was released from prison on Christ
inas day. his seutence havtn? been
commuted bv President Harding.
I'pon leav ng for Washington Debs
said. "I left 2.300 men back there
and they should all be given their
liberty. They are all my friends."
Washington. Dec. 26.—t'pon his
arrival here Kugene Debs, the re
leased Atlanta prisoner, wis met at
the station by a small group of men.
women and newspaper men.
Pel>s showed great pleasure and
embraced several of the men. kiss
ing some of them repeatedly.
Washington. Dec. 26.—Eugene
Debs, who traveled In a Pullman
car from Atlanta to this point, ar
rived this morning.
It is Debs" intention to have a con
ference with President Harding, if
pissihle. whose services has sa\a he
will invoke In behalf of the so-call
ed political prisoners now serving
time in the several penltentaries.
Washington. Dec. 26.—following
a conference with President Hard
ins; which took place today Eugene
l>ebs announced that he dedicates
his newly acquired freedom "to se
cure the freedom of political prison
ers and the cause of all prisoners."
liebs added that his future activ
ities would depend entirely "on how
Ions I will be out."
I . S.-KI SS1.W TRADK
MAY BK RESl'MED
Washington. Dec. 2".—It was
stated at the Whittthouse today that
the recent changes in Soviet gov
:i:nental policies which have been
»:u«le or are indicated as in pros
pect of being made, may eventually
brn about a resumption of trade
relations between the I'nited States
ami Kussila.
AMERICAN AIRCRAFT
I "HO ros A US SUBMITTED
Washington. Dec. 26 —The Amer
ican proposal regulating the use of
Rircraft in warfare was submitted to
the arms conference today. The pro
po nl as presented proposes that sea
ports, towns, villafc.es and dwelling
mav not b** bombarded on account
of their failure to pay contributions
deiumded by the enemy.
Bl.l ('.JACKETS ARRIVE
IN t All«), BCJYIT
Cairo. Dec. 2".—English blue
jacke's arrived in Cairo last night
in conii' tion with the rioting which
has been going on in Cairo for the
past several days.
A flotilla of Nile boats, manned
by the Royal Navy will proceed to
l"i>per Egypt where they will restore
order.
SERGT. SANiUEL WOODFILL
Sergt. Samuel Woodfill of the Thir- 1
tieth Recruit company. Fort Thomas, j
Ky„ headed the body-bearers selected |
from the army and navy for the cere- |
monies connected with the burial of
the unknown American soldier on j
Armistice day. Sergeant WoodfiN first ;
enll3ted In the army in 1901. He was J
wounded severely on July 11, 1918, j
and holds the following decorations ;
and citations: Medal of Honor; French j
Croix de Guerre and Legion of Honor;
Prince Danllo de Montenegro, fifth
c!ass; Victory Medal, and Mexican
Border Service Badge.
TERR1BM-: KloTIXi TAKIXO
PI.ACT. IN < 'A I.Cl'TTA
Chicago. Doc. 27.—A cipher ca
blegram received today by Dr. X.
Krishna, a representative of the In
dian National Congress, conveys the
Intelligence that seven hundred na
tives have been shot and twenty
thousand placed under arrest by the
British troops in India.
The cablegram states that hund
reds of houses have been burned in
Calcutta, which is the scene of the
main outbreak.
KORMKR SKATTM'.ITK
kil.m:i> by .utomobii.k
Taronia, Dec. 27.—H. J. Dietz or
Puyallup was instantly killed today
by being run down by an automo
bile.
The car was driven by a Japan
ese chaffeur, who has been detained
by the police.
Peitz was formerly a prominent
Seattle merchant.
Mrs. E. Chester Roberts was an
arrival on the Estebeth from Jun
eau. having come »ip on a visit to
her husband. Mr** Roberts will
probably accompanj her husband to
Whitehorse tomorrow or Friday for
a short visit.
Your New Year Resolution
Resolve to be more careful with your money the coming
yf-ar anil in this way reap some of the benefits that others are en
joynig.
Keep an accurate account of all the money you spend ina
month anil what you spend it for. It will surprise you.
Then resolve to bank the amount you have heretofore been
spending unwisely
You will never regret the resolution if you act.
Baiirok ®IF Mask®
SKACWAY, ALASKA
WILL INVESTIGATE
IMPORTATION OF
HABIT FORMING DRUGS
Washington, Dec. 26.—After the
adjournment of tbe arms confer
ence a congressional committee is to
he appointed to investigate the in
ternational traffic *n habit forming
drugs.
This business has assumed such
enormous proporticns that action
must be taken and drastic measures
enacted to put a stop to it.
ARSIS CONFERENCE IN
THROES OK INDECISION
Washington. He*:. 27.—The con
ference committee which faces the
perplexing situation in its efforts to
agree on a limitation substitute, has
postponed its next meeting until
Wednesday.
All indications point to objections
to the American plan by the Japan
ese and French delegates.
lUOTlXti IlKKAKS OCT
IX Sl'EZ CAN".Hi ZONK
Cairo. Dec. 27.—Rioting has brok
en out ill Suez. There liave been i
several demonstrations of violence
and a number of men have been I
killed and wounded.
Soldiers will L« rushed to the
scene as soon as possible.
HEARST (X.U.MS KXtil.AXD
l!l \S oi l! tiOVERX.MKN t
Seattle. Pec. 27.—In a siirncil ^
statement today in the P.-I. and all |
of his other papers throughout tin1
country William Randolph Hearst
charges England, through interna
tional bankers, with running our
government and the Washington
conference. The statement allagos
there has not been, so far, any sug
gestion of genuine disarmament, nor,
will there be any.
The statement praises France for
resisting England's conference pro
posals.
CO.MMIMST MVRDEREP.S
DENIED NEW TRIALS
Dedham, Mass., Dec. 26.—New I
trials have been denied Sacco and'
Vandetti. the convicted and sen-l
tenced communists whose case has'
stirred up their followers all over |
Europe. ■
These nien were convicted of colli I
blooded murder for the purpose of I
robbery and many demonstrations
have been made In foreign countries
by Communists to force the author
ities of .Massachusetts to pardon
them.
Ml ST KEEP S.MAI.I. ARMY
IX ISLAND or HAITI
Washington. Dec. 27.—The con
tinuation of a small military force
in Haiti is necessary for peace and
the development of the country is
the opinion of tht special senate
committee which has been investi
gating the conditions in Haiti and
the Dominican Republic.
This report was made public to
day. '
WILL NOT STAND FOR
FURTHER REDUCTION
Paris, Dec. 27.—In an Interview
with the Paris De Temps, Premier
Briand stated that In his conference
with Lloyd George in London the
latter refused to consider any fur
ther reduction in t'.'.e amount of re
parations due from Germany.
FOCH AND VIVIAN! ARRIVE
FROM AMERICA
Havro, Dec. 27.—Marshal Focli
and Premier Viviani of Italy arriv
ed here from Washington last Sun
day and proceeded to Paris.
THK WORKER'S PARTY OP
AMERICA ORGANIZED
New York, Dec. 27.—Steve Bucher
of New Jersey, who is a delegate to
(lie convention called (or the organ
ization of The Worker's Party of
America, which met in a tremendous
session today, presented the con
vention with a bowJing pin, to be us
ed as a gavel by the chairman.
The convention then proceeded
with its work by adopting a consti
tution for its organization.
The party Is dedicated to over
throw the present government and
to substitute the Worker's Repub
lic.
I'. S. TO ATTEND
I'ltOIM>SED COXKEREXCF
Paris. Pee. 27.— The French for
eign office has been advised that the
i'nitod States has consented to at
tend the proposed conference which
has been suggested by Premier
Lloyd George for tl.e purpose of try
inn to arrange a five power entente
[o preverve the status quo of Europe
md Russia.
DAl'GHERTY DOES .NOT
LIKE DEBS' FOLLOWERS
Washington. Dec. 27.—Attorney
General Daugherly stated today, "I
trust that the notoriety that Eugene
Debs has received .nay not be com
mercialized. I say this because I ob
serve gathering about him persons
who have not the best Interests of
the country at heart."
DISORDER STILL REIGNS
IN CAIRO, EGYPT
Cairo, Dec. 27.—Five men were
killed and four wounded by the
iro.'ips today which were called out
during an attack on the police sta
tion. Thus far fourteen have been
killed and forty wounded in the
Cairo district and the rioting con
tinues aitho the soldiers are gradu
ally dispersing the mobs and getting
order restored.
EIROPEAN COMMUNISTS
Til REATEN" AMERICANS
Paris. Dec. 27.—European Com
munists have again commenced to
bombard Ambassador Herrick and
other American ministers with
threats as a result of the two Amer
ican Communists, Sacco and Van
zetti. having been denied a new
trial.
These men are condemned to
death in Dedham, Massachusetts.
PRESIDENT GOES TO
CIltRCH ON CHRISTMAS
Washington. Dec. 27.—Deluged
with presents and Yuletide messag
es from all over the world, Presi
dent Harding spent his first Christ
mas in the Whitehouse.
The President received only a few
of his intimate friends after attend
ing church in the morning.
INFORMAL TALKS
IJY ARMS DELEGATES
Washington, Dec. 27.—Informal
discussions over the question of sub
marines are taking place today In an
effort to find an acceptable basis of
settlement.
Regular conference sessions will
be resumed tomorrow morning.
SOVIET RUSSIA THANKS
AMERICA FOR HELP
Moscow, Dec. 27.—The all Soviet
Russian congress late this afternoon
endorsed a resolution of thanks to
America for the relief that the ad
ministration is giving the starving
Russians.
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and get the news while it is news.
VERA IVANOVNA
Vera Ivanovna, a Russian Qirl, who
tied to this country from her horns on
ihe Black sea, has entered Simmons
»lleee, Boston.
XKW YORK POLITICIAN
COMMITS SI R IDE
New York, Dec. 26.—Everett 0.
Caldwell, district attorney-elect
from King's count}, committed sui
cide this morning.
The unfortunate man accomplish
ed his rash act by the use of an au
tomatic Colt's revolver by shooting
himself through the head.
No reason is assigned for the defd.
FORMER G. A. R. CHIEF
HAS PASSED AWAY
Indianapolis, Dei, 27.—William
A. Ketchikan, a former commander
in chief of the Great Army of the
Republic, died here today.
HEARST TO ENTER
TEXAS NEWSPAPER FIEI.D
Fort Worth, Dec. 27.—William
Randolph Hearst will enter the Tex
as newspaper field soon.
Hearst's agents are here now for
the purpose of taking over several
daily newspapers in this state.
San Francisco, Dec. 26.—Three
people were killed and the big ferry
boat and several smaller craft wer<»
blown ashore on Christmas day by
a wind storm that swept over the
bay.
This was the worst storm exper
ienced in many years.
Louis and Elgin Silverman, whose
homes are In Oakland, are anions
those who lost their lives when thmr
home collapsed. A Bomber of build
ing were wrecked and there was
much property damage.
The storm is said to be the worst
in the history of San Francisco.
San Francisco, Dec. 27.—It is de
finitely known that four people met
their deaths in the awful storm that
swept over San Francisco bay on
Christmas day.
MEXICAN GENERAL
FACES FIRINO fwjr.tn
Nogales, Mesico, Dec. i?.—Gener
al Krancisco Hsqn*. who figured
prominently in many Mexican revo
lutions during the past ten yearn,
was executed hy a firing (quad in
Nogales, Sonora coiinty, late today.
General Iieqna was discovered by
the soldiers in the act of diggins up
rifies. saddles and ammunition from
the ground near Canosa. Sonora. and
after a military trial he was sen
tenced to death.
Wil l. MEET TO SETTT.E
BOUNDARY LINES
San Dego. Dec IT.—Plenipoten
tiaries of Chile and Peru will meet,
i! Washington to nettle the dispute
over the province of Arica Tacna.
The delegates are on their way
now and should arrive In Washing
ton soon after New Year's day.
RESOIES RELATIONS
WITH RCS8IA
Rome, Dec. 27—Italy today sign
ed the treaty for the resumption of
commercial relations with Russia.
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