.Seattle, Jan. 16—Organized M*
bor has mad® a demand on .M;iyor
Ole Hanson for the removal of Chi"i
of Police Warren.
The labor organizations claim
that Warren has been a si'ab, a
strike breaker and gun n>an avfl
warn .Mayor Hanson that unless ho
summarily dismisses Warren they
wiP filf» a petition for his recall. |
Chif.' of Police Warren has
been very aggressive in suppress
ing soap bi>\ orators of tho radical^
type.
WOULD ISIB: COiwiMMPLE
MsL OF LEAGDc 3F iliDBSi
P?ris, Jan. 1U.—The UreeK dele
gates headed by VeuizeUs are
stroux'.y urging that Co.istantinople
b«» set aside as the permanent c»pi" ,
t"l of the league of Nations. They
point out that if th£t were donej
st'^i.t noi •!' •*' established as
tluM'ivitiil of the League of Nations
;t would automatically result 1"
Ms internationalization together J
w stii the lUrdanelles «ud thus set- j
He that vexatious que^iton.
American Headquarters in Get
mauy. Jan. 16. — The American ar
ray officials are preparing a Pro
clamation ordering that neither the
Americans or Germans hinder the
.•'ortheoming n&tiorai ele. tions in
the slightest degree.
I1 "vas explained that the German
people aro to ha allowed to vote j
uuU'tidered f^r their preferences j
auil that tho election must le a free j
expression of the people's will. :
GEO. DEDMAN GOES SOl'TIl
George Dedman of the Gold< u
North hotel was an outgoing pa>s«u
ger on the Princess Mary last uioht.
M* Dedman is goi:.g <io\vn to
Victoria visit his daughter
Geof. Butler and thou he will &0
*o i'ortland and visit his sob Henry.
Mr. Dedman expects to be gone
loj a couple of mouths and it is a
furi thing that h© will boost the
tourist business whereever lie S°*s
as 'hat is his long suit.
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i \ nL S 3j uiliiliL I I
feiffi TODAYi
Ucme, Jau. 1C.—1 lie entire Ital
ian cabinet res-£Uid today and
premier Oilando lias been at work |
all day on tb0 formation of a new j
cabinet.
NOTICE
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Fourth Liberty Loan
is due and payable on or before
the 16th of this month
Subscribers kindly call and arrange
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P. li. GANTY
Paris, Thursday. — The sup;erne
council of the peace congress haa
called a meeting for Uiis evening
at which they will diacus9 with the
press representatives the methods
through which the publicity of the
sessions of the peace congress will
be givea out.
This meeting is the outgrowth
of a decision of the French, Ital
ian, JaDaneSe and somg other na"
tiona thai only prepared state
meut» should he given out. and
and1 tha* no delegates would be j
permitted to divulge anything is |
to 'he doings of the peace con- i
gress.
Grea-t Britain and the United
States were opposed' to this plan,
claiminr that all thQ actions and
debates and discussions should r>e
made public, and that representa
tives of the press be permitted to
give to their respective papers ev*
erythine that they wished to give
to their papers.
Paris, J"»n. 1.6—Chairman Hur
ley of the A.mericaji Shipping Board
hi*a dccided oa a policy of placing
the American shipping upon a
3uuessful competitive b^sig with
other maritime nations shipping by
writing off a billon dollaj-g in the
ccs4 of vessels.
Paris, Jan. 16.—Elaborate piepar*
atlons are under way- for the inau
guiation of the peace congress next
Saturday.
Large forces of troops will Pa"
rade !.. bonor of the delegates and
the foreign minister will receive
Prtsfdent Woodrow Wilson and ®3*
cort him to his seat et the horse
shoo table aroun$ which will sit
•he delegates and where the session
will commence at three o'clock Sat
urday afternoon.
The British delegation will sit
npxt to the American delegation.
ALASKAI DIES
11 JjEAIIEE
Seattle, Jan. 16.—J. Levy, at one
time a prominent merchant in Fair*
banks, Alaska, and a nephew of
Barney Simon of Anchorage, died
here oday from the effects of the
Spanish influenza.
Mr. Levy wag well known through
out the interior of Alaska, having
lived' there for a number of yeara
and been identified with numerous
enterprises.
Bill Has A Chill
'Cause Nervous
Amsterdam, Thursday. — A des
patch wag received here today from
Amerongen which says that the
Ameronsondes, published in that
city today prints the new,s that
Hohenzollern is suffering greatly
from a obUl which was brought a
bout by great nervousness.
Italy Accepts
Others Ideas
Paris, Thursday. — The Italian
delegation to the Peace Congress to
day abandoned' its impreialistlc pro
gram and notified the other Allies
that it had definitely accepted
Oreat Britain's and America's ideas
•of democracy in all matter tend
ina towards the peace settlements.
PRtSiDENI ELECT
Rio J^niero, Jan. 1G. Rodiguez
Alves who was elected president of
Brazil at the last election died
liere today. I
The president-elect has never been
abl9 to assume the duties of his of*
fee owing .0 the ill health in which
he has been since before his elec
tion.
Ships Returned
ToTheir Owners
•Washington, Jan. 16.—By action
of the Federal Shipping Board, all
ships which. &ave been operated un
der government control were re*
lessel by the government today.
ELKS WILL INITIATE TONIGHT1
There will be a regular meeting
at Hlka lodge tonight ' and every
Bill wh0 is not tied to a stake
should' be there.
Th« horns are going to bo plac
ed on a bacy Elk and other mat*
tera of interest will to under con*
sideration. Come on Bills.
ATTENTION R. C. KNITTERS!
Tile National Headquarters &a0
ordered tlie suspension of knitting
No more-yarn Will t>e issued! to
workers. Knitted articles now in
process of construction are to be
completed by next Tuesday if pos
sible and left at R. C. hedquarters.
That delayed shipment of East
man Kodak films has arrived' and
ycu can get all sizes at KellerB'. t£
States Sustain Nation's Law
makers And Union Leads
Way To Whole WorldlnBone
Dry Prohibition—Less Than
Six States Fail To Ratify The
Federal Amendment
Washington, Jan. 16. — Nebras
ka today ratified tlie federal a
mendment to the constitution and
t.rus becomes the thirty sixth state
to rati*, making the amendment a
law and placing nation wide PrO
h'bition law on the statute books
of the United States.
Tfe passing ol the amendment
brings prohiDition one year after its
passage but the war measure which
makps the United States bene dry
July first will probably fe kef)!
into effect until the law fcetomes ef
fective next January.
Washington, Jan. 16. — From
the reports already to hand' from
various states which h.ave voted
on fbe prohibition amendment by ac
tion e-.f the various legislatures, it
is Indicated that there will not be
over half a dozen states in the
entire Union which will fall to rati
fy iLe measure.
Jefferscn City, >Io—Both br3nth*
ea of the state legislature today
r?.*ified the fed-e.-al prohibition a
mendment.
Santa Fe, N. Mex. — The State
legislature of the state of New Mex*
ico ratified the federal prohibition
amendment, the measure passing
both branches of the legislative
bodv by a goodly margin.
St. Paul.—The Minnesota state
senate at this morning's sission
ratified the prohibition amendment,
and as it met with, very little op
position in the upper housp, it is eer*
tain to pass 'ho lower branch of
the law making bogy.
SHUT MU HIE til
IH U i M
Waashlugton, Jan. 16. — It was
made olain today by the Second' As
•
sistant postmaster here that unless
someDOdy wag willing to make a
cf..itrac4 with the government for
aaiial mail service between Seat
tle and Alaska points nothing a
Jon^r these lines would be done by
the government for at least three
years. % f
It is thought tbat to prepare to
fulfill such a contract it would ne
cessitate an expenditure of at least
$50,000.
In discussing the natter, th<
Second Assistant Postmaster Ott<
Praeger intimated' tlwt the denart
ment willing to entertain '
contract for carrying ma*l from
attle to Alaska points by hydro
plana and to intreior points b
aeroplane, but that the postal de
partment could not otherwise chanj
from it present plana of gradual
ly ('eveloping the aerial mail r°ut®
from tV east to the west toast a.
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