Washington Dec. 11—Tlie Sen.Ue
Flnaiicfc Committee is soon to taku
ii„ ?ht- iiu«.«tion as to how the ic
<i-bt'.tinesa of ten billions to tbo
U. cv. by Foreign governments
can Le utilized to remove tlio strait
on >uo Treasury. Senator* McCum
bo- :ne acting chairman of that Coir
rni'Ut made th0 announcement te
ll*
Geneva. IVc. 13—The League i.f
tons Assembly today began ihi;
cosfiiivration of rlans for an int^rni
lional tribunal. Tlio rt>Port is sut
by a commission of 3 mer>
ffcers of which LPon l!oirgt.ois of
France Is tho Chairman. in the»L?
;,ort of tht> commlablou acknowledge"
nicnt is made of tho part Played ir.
drafting the tribunal plan by Klib-.i
Hoot.
Washington Due. 11—Presid.n;
Wilson is negotiating for th^, I'ik*
chat* of the resiJeint'e of Congrt'Sij
ciac Full- r on Wyoming A\'t.. This
If purchased will be the iv>rman,.n;
rts:d*?nce of Wilson in Washingt "•••
; The residency. is in an i-xclusiw
r:sidcntial district.
HALF Him
T!0N FGRAIIME
Washington EM\ 13—The propos
al -o halt temporarily the Influx of
iuxigrants to tn0 United StaV-'
te'arks i.he finish of the 1st 'aP «f
tL*» Immigration question in
g-css Tht. houte adopted the Jok-i
s~n bill.
Washington Dec. 13—The S0n:ue
sloetl b&ca of tlig State Department
i.i t!ie (1,-mainl njade upon the later
aat:.>nal communications congn-ss
reit'*ie all cable conltuunlcationj
with Kurot'e a'"! the L'nit, <t Sta«
!>r 'isol.v as thc.v were bt-T*>r«- •"
war. It also dcraaudtd tliC-t (He
U\. ta/e" from Germany mibt ag,..n
t>j i'trniitteU to terminate in
country.
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Seattle Dec. 11—Steady eis'-1':"
ml:« gale s»V't the Washington
Or.-gon Coast thruout tiic night.
firvrion Dec. 11—President-el-ei
Har.ling has invited Britain to coa
fer with him !ilj0. IVc. 17th win
regard to a. ]>lan fur aa .Vso'iatieii
of Xutlons.
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Cancelled Checks
Often vveare calltd cn lo produce carccilcd
checks which settle bp. account in dispute.
There is no argueing about the evidence—the
check—its amount, endorsement and date are
final.
Is it not strange that there are st;I! sonic people
who do not apply this insurance against a dou
ble payment to their own personal bills? And
it does not cost anxthiag. either.
BanK of Alaska
New Crop of Walnuts I
The Qurlity is Extra Fine— Price 40 cents per pound **"
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Large Assortment Per-'»
ishables, Etc. >
' 4
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Due to arrive on the Jefferson *
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Have you tried "Nucoa" the great butter +
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substitute, price 40 cents per pound? *
P. H. GANTY ♦
D iblin„DeC.z 12—The Central por
tion of the city of Cork litfs ;>
ru'aed and blacfcencd teap . The
City Hail Corn Exchange, CarneSlo
Library and other great buildings
,:r :ii> more.
VI:e It'Sa is nated at twenty
millions.
Til- great conflagration follow, :1
an ambush of the military at Pil
lors Cross on Saturday night.
Four soldiers Were killed and ms
ny wounded. Thre,> civilians Were
lUikcii from their houses after tiio
anifc'.iih and shot by the military mi
tt'crUles. A.ftcr this the fires in the
city started there were bombs expIo
sio- s and rifle firing so that the po
uhcc lost its he&d and mPn women
ani children werc running about in
o par.lc. Th« Lord Hajor of Cor'c
t el t graphed the I.ord Mayor of Dub
lin, stating that the fire br!gadt> of
CV rU were not able to cope with t*>a
fire and begging for help from Dub
lin.
Another despatch from Cbrk sta
tes ihal th0 firehose were °ut so
tii'.t the efforts wer(. useless from
fio firemen. The front walls of
hoi'*, s wore blown out with bomb*.
Lmdon. Dec. 12—A message from
Ci'j t sa>'s that great fire5 B(Te stii 1
.smouldering in th0 city, and tha:
teh military has taken chargeof !he
city precedents set undr0 military
law.
According to the Daily Express tlu
trouble la Oorkbegan with the hurl
ing of bombs at a rolice lorry which
was goihg from Pillons Crtl^s bir
racis to tUcy, city. Eleven officers
who were in the Lorry are in a pr->
cari >us condition.
• Cvk/Dec. 13—A military patrjl
was ambushed at Cloyne. se'.'<ja
nil es east of Quct nJ'owh.
The attackers threw bombs frora
'K."o houses but V^re donated and
dr.'t.nj away1. Two of the attackf.ns
wvre kHled and one soldier wound-d
The honss from which th0 bombs
wire thrown \vir0 burntd to thj
grcund.
t/.ndon Doc 13—Official announce
m- &t has been made by tlie Irish cf
fir., that the fires In Cork were not
of incendiary origin. It was stau.i
tlmt many fireS had been started i:'
'm: ny houses
10 GET VIEWS OF
Marion, Doc. 12—President elr-et
Harding gave out the information
ihsl.: he Plans to call to Marion
» hundred of tho more promin0ni
iin^n and women of the country io
get (heir views on conditions and
Iremtdies befor0 h0 is inaugurated
i r^?iJent.
11,270,115 Oil
Washington Dec- 12—BurleS'.n
mahis annual report on the Pos
1a! service for tho year 1920 to the
I'r- sfdent. His roPort sho"\vs thit
tiiie tecond largest deficit in the
hist-jry. of the serric0 was incurr ;d
tliis last year. The ajnount is $17.
:T0J\2.
I Seattle. Dec. 13—Charles E.FIyo
fecneial freight agent of the Pad*
, fic Steamship Co. resigned today.
His resignation will become ef
I fecive December lath.
Washington Dec. 13—Sunday a
fire destroyed two wards of the SJV
' ernnicnt hospital in this city.
Sergeant Alvln Messenger a sh_.ii
sfcock (t soldier was burned to
d?ath in the fire
JAP STUDENTS
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| ToSio. Dec. 13—A meeting of the
I Students League of Japan was he
' Sunduy in Ukeno park! Resolutions
j adopted at th0 meeting protest to
•the world in the nauao of Justtc-i
! asninst the »riti-»JiapanePe 'and law
in California.
I ri)t! resolutions called on l-io
Awe"»cans t° ref'ect on their course
Socialists Are
Persona Non Grata
! Tokyo, Dec. 11—The first attempt
! on rhe-part of the socialists to hold
j a mass meeting was futile
j Socialists from all parts of the Is
land were represented in the mat
ing. • ' ■ i . . a
Special Heinze India Rellsh- 20
cts. ask A,sk. • 1 j*
I S -attle Dec- 14—While the steam
! ship Victoria of the Alaska sfceam
i S.iip Co. lay at pier two an explo
;-s:ou rockeki the big boat as if a't
j {•a'UiQu&ke had stiruclc her. Gun
i rising la tho tliold from, a cargo o'
i feas caused the explosion.
| Two were killed and three serf-i
I ously injured; tho dead are!' B^r
j trand E. Princ^. aged 48 head atevt
| il.ire; "Wilftam Lawrence. age 4>,
stationman aboard the Victoria; til e
Injured are;Aadrew Hanson age 4 7
chief mate, severely burned; Ga>>.
Mathi'son. Foreman carl enter; <-nJ
E. "W. Raylond chief port engine- ••
Tie vessel was damaged but lltil •
by the explosion. The Vlctoxia was
b°lng loaded for the westward run
thru >he open gea to tthe Pla^o
of the Alameda nvjhlch was to
sail fop the Westjward Dec. 17th.
Mill FEARS
U. S. M1EII1
Geneva, Dec. 11—Japan Iijls the
feir that the United States will
sod-.-.' twng, swoop; down on hey anrt
j absoib the little Island kingdom.
I In tl»e dincuissfcjon of the disarmi
ng on» program of tie League of Na
tions the Japanese delegation thru
its Itader viscount KiKujiro Ishil
jjiau-.d thjafc Japan could not reduc«
lier afmaments as long as the Unite
' .States is increasing hers.
i Ber.in, Dec. 12—News of the awar
'of tiie JN'obla Peasb Prize to Pre«i
j J;nt Wilson was received with scorn
I and riSicule by the newspapers of
1 this city.
S1E1 CAR
I
I cJr becam0 unmanagable and ran
mvay Wiling seven passengers and
! decking the runaway car
SCOUTS STORIES
OF RUSSIA
New York Dec. 12—VanderliP tlie
-\cw York financier who has bee''
so prominent In the dl^paftchjs
lately on account of th^ concessions
which he holds in Siberia and Rus
sia Tetoched New York Saturday
night.
He stated fjhat his concessions in
Siberia: and RussiaJ will not become
,effective until the United States
resumes trade relations with Russia.
He declared that the stories of
tho outrageous condition in Russia
lai'e exaggerated and he addu.i.
'"While I waa in Moscow it was as
quiet as a June day on the banks
of the Wabash where 1 was raised".
Harvey Argues With
Harding Against
League
Jdarlon Dec. 11—George Harvey
hav heen called to Marion to laJ' the
caae against the League off Nations
before Senator Harding. H^ is chj
second ot tie be®* frnlnd& who have
beep calledl to Marlon to offset the
c»kei which Hughes outlined to Har
ding In' ffavoj. of Ain oilcan partici
pation provided safeguards can bi
sected. HajrWeJ1 Is tha outfcpok*n
irrcconcilabl© of the Leagtie.
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