WushiM^lo::. April 2j.—The soli
cit- foreisn relations committee to
day reported favorably ou Senator
Knox's resolution ending it'e war
between the I'uilcd Stales n:ul i!ic
Central European powers.
The committee made a few slight
changes in the text of the resolution
as introduced by Senator Knox.
TWENTY MILLION
FOB CIIN
Now Vo:-K. April 25.—That the
national drive of the Hoover com
mittee for funds for the relief of
Kuropeaa ehildren netted twenty
million dollars was the announce
ment itiail Ust night.
Benson Calls Heads
To Avoid Strikes
liiu'i. April —Admiral
ui of til*.- t»lii,vinK
uled together tile rep
> s <•! li.e American Sr.ip
- Vssocialion at: J tho Ma
Uettefifi:'! Assooia
ier or-'u'u/aiioti has
to becoi .c* effective
. i- sinke wil tie rilled
!.e reduction t!: wages of
i.i.sund engineers The
i -tei-lare that if tii3 strik'j
mdred thous.rul tirem-u
.1 waier tenders will also
them. Admtiai I»cn
s conference will result
: r"i of compromise where*
may lie averted
' i. April 2-:.—The President
. : \ r.-o t'niversity of Indiana
has resigned. The president Pan
i' l tin:- : Hodgson in the expiana
n.m fur his resignation states that
the I iversiiy has become a hotbed
of I:. • . He further states
ti t t - s' ,-n of the Red doctrines
t.ui be trai.d to sue heart cf
t!.- a \ •rnment
SiiIisi rilK- for t.'ie Daily AlasKmi
Dorlin. April 25.—The announce
ment was olllcially made today tliat
Germany in view of the mediation of
the I'nltod States is determined 10
make the reparations offer such as
will spare I'resident Harding any
enibarassment.
Jersey City To
Be Fight iite
New York. April 20.--Ye/ KuJ; :d
the promo.er of the his h;.*
announced :li-it "lJoySes thirty
acres" ou the oatskiris i'> .lerss y
City will be ito site tor the big Car*
peutier-L)em;i.»ey mill c.t July J.
Reservations , .11 •
-
Oamase Damase 1'andurand who on
March 2^ celebrated 'lis I02iul birth
day died her-' today. He was tl'.o
oldest (,'aihol . priest in the world.
He «as bora ia t^uebec but for t!
greater part of hii life has worl: 1
ou the plains of Manitoba.
l.ympne. April -j.—The allied
governments will he invited to serd
representatives to a meeting of t..«*
Supreme Council 11 ■ • xt Saturday to
consider the German proposals if
they should lie received in the
meantime and to determine upon
the immediate collective action
should Cleruiaaj 's proposals be accep
table.
This action was decided upon by
Premiers Lloyil^ lieorgo and Briand
today.
BE SAFE-NOT SORRY
Tiwn* art* many rich «|«ii<*lv srli"Uii s ami attrac
tive inii'stiiionls that pay more than I per cent, interest
on your money, lint they, as a rule, carry a«l«letl risk.
I per rent. is the mo>t any hank ran pay ami be con
tinued on the lines of conservatsim. li is the liiglicst
rate that is consistent with absolutely safety. "I»F.T
Tl i: HK SAFK THAN SORRY/* Open a savings ac
count with lis.
BanK of Alaska
Canned Fruit
WE ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE A GENERAL REDUC
TION OP FROM 20 TO 25 PER CENT ON OUR ENTIRE
LINE Or* CANNED FRUIT. WE HAVE THE FOLLOWING VA
RIETY: • £ . . I
Peaches—Halves and Sliced
Pears Plums
Apricots Grapes Strawberries
Logan-, Rasp-, and Black-Berries
Sliced and Grated Pineapple
TRICES RANGE FROM 23c TO 55c PER TIN—ACCORDING
TO SIZE AND KIND.
SPECIAL PRICES IN DOZEN LOTS.
P. H. GANTY
;V:iU!f. April 25.—The inotorship
■Ku;:icliatUa, i" command of Captnin
Cini, bound for the .Siberian coast
on a trading expedition was com
pletely destroyed by fire 011 April 15.
The blaze was discovered while
the boat was in Pirate's cove, Alas
ka and the crew made their way
safely to shore in the lffe boats.
The motorsliip was owned by the
llilibard-Swunson company.
IVrlin. April 25.—The payment
by Germany of two hundred billion
.!il marks fur reparatioi.s is the
j ropo 1 submitted by tiernviny to
the American commissioner for
transmission by the 1'nited States to
lite Allies. T::e payments are to be
spread over a period of from thirty
1-J thirty live .'ears according to Ger
many's econ-.'jn'c recover/.
Washington. April lo —President
1! rdliiK is expected to >:1"0 i'.iimedl
• considernion to Cent any's conn
■ 1 proposal regarding reparations
:h were dispatched from lierlin
list night.
'I he coni'Mimicatio:. embodying
1 was forwarded by Ijoring Ores
1 1. t!;e American commissi!, tor at
lvrlln.
GEHiir SENDS
wm terms!
IVrlin. April 26.—Germany has
t inter proposals in llie indem
:.i y reparations questions. One of
■" relates to the 1'iiiteJ States,
litis Germany is willing, if agree
a! it» to the t'niteil Slates and the
Allies, to assume to the ettent of
ability and capacity, the Allied
nlil.nations to the Vnited States.
T:. > proposal with other features of
the reply of Cermany has becu rc
. i\ed by the Slate Department and
v ill ho laid before the cabinet at its
next regular meeting.
I'aris. April 26.—The Allies have
il• i onsideralion the proposal to
ili: (iermauy for failuie to live
i to the treaty with reference to
: rations, irrespective of whatever
proposals site may make with refer
ence to reparations. Thiu action is
rhmsly contemplated by the Allies
a:. ! will become effective May first
if decided upon.
MEXICAN KEBEIjS ACTIVE
Mexico City. April 26 - -Revolu
tionists are erupting in the <.nte of
Mchoucan. They have burned the
town of Villa Puato.
An Alaska Igloo of Pioneers has
just been organized at Wrangell with
F. E. lironson, president. It is ex
pelled the charter membership will
ho between forty and fifty.
Leavenworth. April 26.—Forty sev
en !. \V. W.'s, who were convicted
with Haywood arrvied at the prison
today. They will begin their prison
sentence, but all are keen in their
(Enunciation of Haywood's deser
tion.
Washington, April 26.—Secretary
of State Hughes wll begin the task
or feeling out the Allies through
the ambassadors of France, Great
Britian and Italy to see how far the
German peace proposals are accepta
ble to these countries. It he learns
the proposals have a chance of ac
ceptance he will appoinJ_a represen
tative to take part n the allied su
preme council which is to be held
this week.
FIFif MS
Washington, April 25.—In the
event of efforts by persons endeavor
ing to have the charges of desertion
removed from their records the war
Department announced today that
the draft evasion law will probably
be enforced for the next fifty years.
London. April 25.—A plot for
revolution in Venezuela has been
nipped in the hml in London as the
result of the shadowing of two Vene
zuelan generals who l ave been in
England for some time.
The Scotland yard detectives have |
been 011 their tracks continually and
unearthed the plot in time to frus
trate the plans of the plotters.
S.S. WENATCHEE
BEING TOP
Yokahama, April -t.—The (lis-1
abled Shipping Board vessel S. S.
Wenatchee, with Major Genera! ;
Leonard A. Wood and other noted j
men aboard which is on its maiden
I rip from the I'nited States to Tofcio
is being towed into this port by Use
Admiral line freighter Edmore.
The Edmore picked up the Wenat-j
choe at 11 o'clock last night 115
miles out of Yokahama.
The Wenaichee seut out the S.O.S.
by wireless that her pumps had fail
ed and that she Heeded water for her |
boilers.
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London April 25—Premiers Lloyd
George and Briand are reported as
having agreed that they regard the
German note regarding her willing
ness to under take the reconstruc
tion of devastated regions as satis
factory as far as it goes.
Riga, April 26.—Captain Merion
C. Cooper, of Jacksonville, Fla., did
not get his fill of w.ir in the big
struggle. Whijii the Polish-Soviet
war was on he IH'iV for the Poles
ai.d while on the front line wi.i shot
down by the Soviet forces. This
happened Inst July. He was c»-ii.ed
in prison in Moscow, br.t escaped
from the prison and reached iiiga
yesterday.
Louisville, April 25.—Henry Wat-1
terson has issued a statement
which he expresses his belief that j
the much discussed seal of the con
federacy now reposes somewhere in |
England.
A Fordson tractor has beon added
to the equipment of the Parker farm
at Strawberry Point near Juneau.
This is one of the first tractors to
be used in this district. An attempt
will be made for the first time to
raise spring wheat on the Parker
farm from seeds shipped from the
Fairbanks Agricultural Experiment
station.
Seattle, April 25.—Col. Charles
It. Forbes is a contractor by occupa
tion. a member of the Parley-Mason
Company. Forbes was formerly a
sergeant in the U. S. Signal Corps
stationed at Omaha, and loft the
service and went to Honolulu, where
he made a fortune in contracting, j
Colonel Forbes was appointed a
major in the army in 1S17, and
went to France, where ho gave a j
good account of himself.
Forbes resigned with the rank of
lieutenant colonel and as such he
had largely to-do with the assessing i
the valuation of the railroad lines 1
at the close of the war.
It is a well knoown fact that few j
men are closer to President. Hard- j
lug than Colonel Forbes, and their i
wives are the warmest friends. |
Seattle, April 25.—Col. Charles
R. Forbes, who claims both Seattle
and Spokane as his residence, will
l>» the ufxt sovo.-n ir of Alaska it'
ih<> report '.d 'it from W'.iRlciig
ton by President Robert Boynes of
the Seattle Chamber of Commerce
is true.
Mr. Boynes, who returned the
week end from the natoual capital,
quoted President Harding as say
ing: "I have selected Colonel
Forbes for the Alaska governorship,
and, as the entire Washington dele
gation has endorsed Humphreys for
the shipping board, T don't see how
I can appoint any other liif.u fro'n
Washingtoon but Humphreys for
that place."
This sta'viNOi:' of Boynes was
made to a well known Seai.Je busi
ness man.
11 III BE
Washington. April 25.—It is inti-j
mated that David II. Blair will j
soon be confimed as commisioner of
Internal Revenue.
The report is current that the new
commissioner will inaugurate a rig-!
id enforcement ot the prohibition 1
likWS.
Tacorna, April S i.—Two children j
aged nine and Jive years were held i
in this city for a board bill which |
their father h id contracted. Tney,
!iav-> be'ju >wid for a yeai h it Uy ■
law have ben released and s*n<. home
to their father ir. Calgary. Aiber'a. |
The names of the children are |
Tommy and .M iri.»3 Rac.l.jmi.
Washington, April 25.—Francis!
M. Goodwin, of Spokane, was today j
nominated by President Harding to j
the position of assistant Secretary
of the Interior.
Washington. April 20.—Secretary j
of Slate Hughes has assttied the!
Japanese ambassador at Washington
that the tho state department will
soon reopen tiie nenotialici!5 on the
California anti-alien latrl laws.
IS H TDK
Washington, April 25.—J. W.
McCord of Cold Bay. Alaska, today
purchased, in New York, tho steam
trawler Hippie.
Aicoding to information re
ceived by Delnsiiie S;itliprlai'd the
Ripple is 12G feel long and will bo
used to carry passengers and freight
from Seward to the Cold nay oil
fields and also Dutch Harbor.
London, Ap.-i. 2T>'.— Premier Lloyd
George stated to the House of Com
mons this :;io-t i!!f; that if the new
German re;i,: m: :oi s proposals which
had not ye' Ik vi received ; ro^ed un
satisfactory. Groiii liritaiu would
support Franc} on next S.mtrdaj's
allied confer .••ii e in lie" proposals t.r
occupation of Westphalian coal
fields.
Washington, April 25.—Hearings
on the emergency tariff hill have
been concluded by the senate finance
committee and the work of'revision
of the sections dealing with the anti
dumping and currency re-valuations
provisions Inc. Iitv'un.
Senator. ihai the currency re
valuation provision will he entirely
rewritten.
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