WOULD
ngton. April SO.—Represen
_ ih<> Marine Workers I'n
• to!d tmltv that President
iv . ii take up the matter
ation i;i the wast* dispute
i caWtiit. lii> with the eab
to meii t!f iu the wage
so as to prevent the threat
ike tomorrow an the Amer
oniT n
mi U
TO
nrm
OWCEpy POST'
Seattle. \pril In a P.-l. edl
■ i i" Bone. who lias bad
.1 • • • :• -a his candidacy
i governorship, we
• iias i! -.lined to cotisid
ptame of the post.
v 11. ;n ;l 29.—t'liairnimi
Military Affairs Com
: told lt'0 House that the
ti lisi'-d i.ne of the I'. S. army is
These figures were
i . the army appropriation
. hu riaan declared that
this v -.I small an army, and that
ar tproper time he would offer
an atti.-d: eat f>>r the inerease to
\i>riI "9.—The Ger
i •*.:'> of tiie Beth
■ one hundred mll
d irinc the war if h'
■> lii iii by the steel |
of which he was head.
Britain. The Bethle
ii' ipa: v had contracts]
Britain to supply her |
• iua: .' ics of steel dur
<;-ri:tany hoped to buy
d thus cripple Britain.
• . pifjiiJent of the New
her of commerce in a
ou' the information |
" to the offer made by
A invab.
thrive on Ice Cream.
;• !.)i- your Sunday
a ford Keller Broth
I»Iy your needs.
Paris, April ;>0.— ?. . i i'i>< i
has all the plans prepared for tiso
occupation of Berlin, the ports o£
Hamburg, r.remeu usid the invasion
of the Ruhr valley, in case the fir
mans fail in the indemnity arrange
ments tomorrow. Thej;e plans have
been presented to and approved I y
the war council at u meeting pre
sided over by President Milleraud.
London. April 10.—Antiotincemenl
is made thai liny coal mines have
lii'on destroyed hy limit!This ■ •
one of the results of the recent
coal miner's s;r ..
"oipsieT
SfiM
Chicago. III.. April lit'.—Judge
lluss of the city court s«.t a new
precedent in giv.ng yeutence to two
hoys cotivUh .l of picking pockets.
1
two ho>> t • i of pi. 1».IU 1 fil
ets were d to attend mur::
ing ehur.il ..TV;i' Saaday !'■
six months.
Si. rail). April i'J. The s?u;ir:v
Court lias upheld the ;I rision of t! ■
lower court in the ease of A. O.
Townsli' of li e i-'\irlisan I.'a
gue.
Townsl"y v.-.is convicted on a
charge of co pira to discourage
enlistments duri; u ti.e -.car
Washing! o .v; ; ;1 _•—Secretary
of State Ilu t : itlicr nott
to the UepubKt P Mania relalh
to the refusal of I'. una to accept
the award of . Ji. 'Ice White on
the boundary dispute v i It Cost
Rica.
BE SAFE-NOT SORRY
Thrro nre many urt riili quirk sch'sju s anil atinu
tivc in\«^;incnfs that pay more than I per cent, interest
on jotir money. Kut they, as a rule, tarry atWed rivk.
I per (cut. is the most any hank can pay an»l he eon
tltit-trJ on t?:e lint's of eonservatsim. 1; i- (lie highest
ra*e that is consistent with absolutely safety "BKT
'ill! 111! S XI'K TH AN SOUKV." Open a :ivin^s at
count with us.
BanK of AlasKa
Canned Fruit
WE AKH PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE A GENERAL REDUC
TION OF FROM 20 TO 25 PER CENT ON OUR ENTIRE
LINE OF CANNED FRUIT. WE HAVE THE FOLLOWING VA
RIETY:
Peaches—Halves and Sliced
Pears Plums
Apricots Grapes Strawberries
Logan-, Rasp-, and Black-Berries
Sliced and Grated Pineapple
TRICES RANGE FROM 25c TO 55c PER TIN—ACCORDING
TO SIZE AND KIND.
SPECIAL PRICES IN DOZEN LOTS.
P. H. GANTY
GIVES GERMANY
7 DAYS GRACE
l.u ulcii. .\pril 30.—British rep
favor an ultimatum
riving Ciermauy seven days grace, af
! tor .May first, to comply with or to
1 refuse tlio Allied reparations de
mands. This plan is being advocat
ed by the British representatives at
! tiie Allied conference held here.
] This proposal is bing opposed by the
j French and Belgians on the ground
that it is unnecessary, and that Ger
many has had ample time for the
j consideration of the Allied demands.
Cleveland, April :I0.—J. T. Chris-1
! tianson. an air mail pilot crashed to I
;tiic earth with his machine at this
! place. When the machine struck
she caught lire and Christianson
' was hurtled to death in the destruc-.
tior. of the machine.
I
Cable Briefs
London. April 23.—The Interna- ;
tioi'.al Chamber of' Commerce will I
iiuh'1 in this city June 27.
( Jiii auo. April 29.—Gee Rehm,
the chill' of police of West Chicago,
was shot and killed by an uniden
tified man today.
X.rta-akl. April 29.—Major-Gen
ial Wood sailed from this port for
la today. He sailed on the
;ni!.v transport Warren.
Tokii>. April 29.—The Japanese
-s hints that the coining of .Major .
■ Wood lias a military aspect
.h is apart from his mission to j
ie l'uilipines.
Washington. April 29.—The
H.r.ise passed the naval appropria
li'i'.i iiill which carries a total ap
propriation of $400,000,000.
Xew Loudon, Conn.. April 29.—
The Portugese steamer Mormugao
r. a .a ■ round off lilock Island today.
Slie has on board four hundred and
fifty passengers.
Washington. April 29.—An appro
priation of .fSOO.OOO for the estab
lishment of a naval aeroplane sta
tion at Sand Point near Seattle has
hoen requested of Congress by Sec
retury of the Navy Denb.v.
Washington, April 29.—The Sen
ale agreed to vote on the Knox re
s.iliiiion making peace with Ger
many. This vote will be taken to
morrow. It is believed by the lead
ers that the resolution will pass.
Seattle. April 29.—The entire Pa-|
' cific coast is responding with tele
i graphic bombardment" of Washing
j ton urging the President's accept
j aure of the invitation of the P.-I. in
I behalf of Alasftans to visit the Ter
! ritory this summer.
Borlin, April 29.—A semi-official
statement was issued today in
w 'tich it was suggested that the Ger
m;ni government was willing to mod
ify its reparations • proposals if it
! v itu asked to do so by the United
States. And that by such action a
basis of agreement could be reached.
Aboard the S.S. Pennsylvania, j
Hampton Tioads, April 29.—Presi-I
dent Harding made a speech to the
officers of the Atlantic ' fleet at |
..Hampton Itoads after the reyiew of!
the fleet. He declared to the offi
cers that if every government were I
inspired by the same motive as ours
there would always be peace. "But
1 wouldn't have peace without hon
or and without the consciousness j
that America is right and is protect- ;
I ing every interest." At another j
j point in the speech he said: "X wish
j you might never be called upon to
, fire a gun again."
Washington, April 30.—Italy has
taken her stand on the side of the
United States with reference to the
award of the island of Yap, and
other German oversea's possessions.
The announcement was made from i
note handed to Hughes by Ambassa
dor Rice.
Seattle. April 30.—Mario Hyland,
a young woman, who became a moth-]
er committed suicide yesterday af
ternoon, In a note left with the |
babe, she wrote, "1 hope God will
be kinder to my baby than he has ]
been to me."
Seattle, April 30.—A passing ship
threw overboard a sack of vegeta
bles for the I'mitalla lightship on
the Washington coast. Six sailors '
from the lightship left station
to pick up the vegetables. It is be- j
lieved that all the sailors were lost
in the attempt. A storm was raging i
at the time the men set out to get
ihe vegeables.
I
Bill of Licenses
Passed by House I
The House Committee on taxation
has completed its hill to establish a
system of taxation, create revenue, j
and providing for the collection
thereof, and declaring an emergency. !
The taxing provisions per annum
include the following:
Attorneys, doctors $ 10 1
Optometrists 15 j
Dentists 25 >
Automobiles, family use 10
Automobiles, for hire, 5 pass. 15
Automobiles, fo hire, 7 ,,ass .. 25 j
Auto trucks, one ton 15
Auto trucks, over one ton .... 25
Bakeries 15 i
Employment agencies 500
Hunting license, non-resident . 100
Dealers beverages 25
Public messengers 25
Hall, dancing 25
Dairies, each cow 2
Dealers firearms 5
Klectric light and power plants,
'u of 1 per cent, gross receipts in
excess of $2,500; same from net
profit supplies sjhl.
Telephone companies. of 1 ner
cent, gross receipts excess of Jt.500;
waterworks, same.
Fisheries, Clam canneries. 2 cents
per case: herring canneries, 2 cents;
salmoon canneries. 5 on kings,
reds or sookeves; 3'|> on medium
reds; 3 cents per case on all others.
In additian to above salmon canner
ies shall pay 1 percent of their net
annual income. Salterios, from 2'i
cents per hundred pounds up to 10
cents. Fish traps. $200; gill and
stake nets. $2 per 100 fathoms;
seines. $10 for first 150 fathoms
and $5 for each 25 additiional fath
oms; nonresident fishertnen, $25.
Cold storage plants—Business of
$100,000 or more. $500, business of
$75,000, 375; $50.000,$250; $25,
$25,000. $125; $10,000, $50; $4,
000, $25; anything less. $10. Fish
buyers, one-tenth of 1 percent per
pound. Fish oil works and fertilizer
plants. 40 cents per barrel foir oil
and 40 <'ents per ton for fertilizers:
whale oil. 50 cents per barrel for
oil and 50 cents per ton for *e»*til
izer.
Laundries — $2,000 to $5,000,
$25; $5,000 to $10,000, $50; $10,
tContinued on Page 4.)
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Seattle, April 30.—The drive to
get President Harding to visit Alas
ka next summer is gathering force
with the passing days. The new sug
gestion comes from Governor Olcott,
of Oregon. His plans contemplates
an invitation to every governor thru
out the United States. They to ac
company the Presidential Party, and
to hold their governor's conference
in the North. The idea of Olcott is
taking well and it is hoped that such
a possibility will materialize.
London. April 30.—The allies are
planning no half measures if Ger
many fails to make good the repara
tions propositions by May first.
Kventftil occupation of the city of
Berlin is being seriously discussed
and it is expected that this will re
sult if Germany fails to make good
on the indemnity May first.
Knoxville, Tenn.. April 29.—Mrs.
John Kincaid, the wife of a promin
ent physician of this city, and a
niece of ex-President Wilson is su
ing her husband for a divorce. At
the hearing Mrs. Kincaid declared
that her liusbaud was too platonic
in the expression of his affection
toward her. She stated that she be
lieved some married women should
have affinities.
Paris. April 29.—The French
Premier Briand gave an interview
to the press correspondents last ev
ening at which time he talked about
the German reparations. He stated
that the German propositions were
absolutely unacceptable, and were
made under such conditions as to
justify us in doubting Germany's
good faith.
He added that, we are giving help
to the German government to gel
rid of its reactionaries, and we are
going to do it in the right manner.
,\<;ki> ji hist dies
Seattle, April 29.—Robert H.
Lindsay, an octogenarian jurist and
a pioneer, died here today.
Washington, April 30.—Colonel
Forbes steps off the stage as a posi
ble aspirant for the position as Gov
ernor of Alaska, and another candi
date in the person of Col. \V. T. Per
kins is groomed by Senator Poindex
ter to take the leading part in the
next act of the drama. 13y appoint
ment. Senator Poindexter Went lo
the White House and introduced
Col. W. T. Perkins to the President.
Col. Perkins is from Seattle and de
sires to be appointed Governor of
Alaska. The President promised to
give the candidacy of Col. Perkins
full consideration. Also the Presi
dent has let it be known that while
he may not select the governor of
Alaska from among the residents of
that territory, it is his intention to
select some western coast man for
the place.
CALLS LIU
London. April 30.—Dan Irving, a
member of Parliament called the
Premier Lloyd George a liar at a
session of the Parliament yesterday
afternoon. Later both withdrew the
statements which led tip to the alter
cation.
Washington. April 29.—The mar
ine workers broke away from the
conference with the shi powners un
der Admiral'Benson in charge of the
.Shipping Board, and went directly to
the White Hon«e to ask President
Harding to intervene. They offer
to lot President Harding decide the
whole issue, the wage scale, the
working conditions and all other
matters. The dispute was made
dramatically by Andrew Kuruseth,
the leader of the seamen. He de
clared we are putting the whole mat
ter up to the President, and the mar
ine unions will abide absolutely by
his decision.
A comma often makes a lot of
difference in a line; so does th«
spacing. A n -.ess wrote. "My soul
is a light keeper." The print
er made U read. "My soul is a light
housekeeper."
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