Oakland, March 19—Mrs. George
Greenwood, wife Of George Green
wood one of San Francisco's most
urominient bankere killed by
the explosion of a v bo rub.
.Mrs. Greenwood; was out in the
yard of her home, where nhe was
doing a little work in s. flower
garden when the explosion occurred,
and she w^a instantly killed.
Although the uolice were imedl
ately summoned, there were 110
eTuea u-ion w-hiah to begin tracing
the perpretrators of the dastardly
dyed.
It ia beUaved that the bomb was
Intended for the husbandi of the
dead woman, and! that it was the
-vrrok 01 BolshieviKi or I*
W.
Washington, March 19 — The
Federal Food Admiuistratioon &n
nounetdo today that during the year
1918, the shipment of food atufl!
to the Allied nations and neutral
ylTfill
IRr HI FLUNG
AGBGSS
Norfolk, Wednesday — lieuten
ant Patrick Bellinger, who is de
clared to be th« Vnited States Na
vy'a crack aviator, will within the
next lew daya make an attempt to
ciosa the Atlintic ooeaa in a naval
seaplane,
The trip will start at Hampton
Roads, and the nervy aviator Is to
day In Washington where he is
holdlrg a conference with the na
ry department relative to his
proposed flight.
The United States navy ig ambi
tious to accomplish the feat of aros
sing the Atlantic in an airship be
fore arev "foreigner triumphs in the
great undertaking.
nations, exclusive of f'our and
grain, aggregated four and: one half
bill Hon pounds and that during this
saiEe period, four hundred and
fifty ©i,°ht million bushels of flour
and grain were shipped.
FORTS ORDERED
TAKEN AWAY
Paris, March 19 — The remov
al o£ ail special fortifications
abou' Paris which were built im~
mediately after the start °f
the war," wag today ^authorized to
be removed by the French Chamber
of Dputies.
| Seafrlo, March IS—Mayor Ole I
' Hanson departed for California thia
morning where he is going an ac- ,
count of h's health, his physlician
ordering a change of climate
i for him. __
Ten Minutes
After the fire starts you suddenly remember that
the insurance policy, Liberty Bond, and some other
valuables are still in the house.
Don't wait untit then and be sorry
Come in TODAY and rent
A Safe Deposit Box
A box 4 1-2x19 inches and 2 1-2 inches-deep
25c per month.
New Goods Just Received
Van Houten's Cocoa 1-2 lb 70c
Christie's Soda Biscuits 2 lbs Tins 75c each
Royal Yeast Cakes (Canadian) 2 for 25c
Bake-Ko (Egg Substitute) 1 Package Equal
to 3 doz eggs 30c each
P. H. GANTY
Seattle, March 19—Mrs. Grace G.
Stoarrs, wlfe of former King coun
ty Deputy Sheriff, Dudly M. Storrs,
iropoed dead last evening while
Slning with Miss Ruth Garrison, 4
foame woman 18 years of age.
Physiciiaus were immediately
Billed, and an examination showed,
that d°ath was cauade by stryph
aine uoisoming.
■Upon ail investuration. being made
by the iwlice Miss Garrison ad
mitted fhat she was in love with
3torrs, and had beseeched him to
Secure a divorce from his wife so
that 1 hey could get married.
"While the girl admitted the a
bove ahe denied any knowledge of
the strychnine, a-nd believing that
there ;a a cha.tic0 that the Sto-rrs
woman may hav© committed puicide
S'o arrests have been made.
I Miss Qalrrison. stated' that Storrs
| was now working la Okonogan, a«
an auto mechanic, and that while
She ha*t heard from him frequent
ly she hM not seen, him for sev
eral weekp.
Justbefore noon todiay, Mi83 Gar
rison was arrested, and; charged wit
the crilme. TVh,en ghe wo# tajren
| *0 cen'ral police station the girl
wa(85>ln.E loudly paid, "I'm innocent
1 of the crime with which. I am
ctaareed, but I love Dudly Storrs
with tV my heart and soul."
| Miss Garrison also told the police
in her preliminary hearing this
afternoon tthjat she had planned to
£.0 to Alaska, and in the meantime
Dudley was to secure a divorce and)
| then come tq where she wa« liv
I by in the north.
KIEL CANAL WILL BE OPENED FOR
USE 10 SNIPS Of THE WORLD
Paj-ls, Wednesday — The Allied'
ivar council had- a long confierenoe
regie rdoy, and it was finally decided
:hat Heligoland, Germany's North
ion naval base must bg dismantled.
According to one of the late ar
rival^ from the Salchaket coun
try theie are about forty or fifty
peraon? engaged in prospecting on
the many oreekg of that section at
the present time. Among those
may '<6 mentioned Barneyi Leslie,
Tom Murphy, Mr. and. Mrs. Carl
Brandstetter and Bill Owens. All
o£ these are oldtimers in that sec
tion and form quite a community
on Oribou creek, where they are
living and working.
Br&ndstetter Has Deeu ensusco
for the oast three years in runninc
a bedrock drain On Caribou creek
to tao some wet ground on whicfh
he ,'ocated pay some years ago,
Engaged with him in the work is
hlg wife, who does her share of the
work. Not only does she assist
him In digging out the drain bul
keeDs the camt> in meat, killing
nearly all the moose and caribou
that la needed by them.
The bedrock drain being put in
19 in ♦he nature of a tunnel, start
ing some three claims downstream
from the one intended to be drained
Shafts are sunk at regular intervals
for the circulation of air and tc
brio* ♦ne dirt to the surface.
Hun Fortress Is
Now Baloon Bed
Ooolenz, March 19 — A cornel
of the fortres© of Ehrenhrietstein,
knowaa as the "Gibraltar of the
Rhine," just across the river fr-oor
dobleaz, has just been converted in
to a ''bed" far an American obser
vation balloon used daily in mak
ing practice asoentions. The fort
ress proper ia occupied* by severaJ
companies of pioneer troaoe bul
the bajloon ' ''bed" taiges up onlj
a small portion of the enormous
rocky promontory.
Islands of the Aleutain string faj
lo the west from Valdiez, may pro
vide excellent grazing ground foi
sheep, according to two Port
land, Oregon, men, A. L Mackin
toah «nd W, B. Rider, who wen1
through Yaldez recently to investi
gate ♦!«? islanudg as £»sgible rang'
ground. Ul ...
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The war council also agreed that
the Kiel can^l should be thrown
op-en to tho ships of the world,
and, that tolla would b0 collected)
from ships using the canal for the
maintainance of this waterway.
Los Angel cp, Marcih 19 — 9ecre-j
tary of War Baker end Obief of
Start General March arrived' in |
this city this mornin" on thei? tour,
of inspection of the various mili
tary camps throughout the nation, j
Secretary Baker declared that °-l 1,
American troops now stationed in j
Siberia would be withdlrawnn. from,
there 'n the earfv spring.
Alaska Service !
Creates Wonder
j
Tha4 the prepent Alaskan mail
service is a constant source of
wonderment to Alaskans, who have
been* used1 to slow mails in the
old stampede dare of ninety eight
is w;9ll known to a majority of
Outsider who have heard the pro
longed roar that hap gone up over
the l<ii»ch peanny methods of the
post office department under the
management of the present post
master general, bat occasionally an
incident happens which causes
the residents of Valdez to wonder; if
they are living la. the age of steam
and electricity. A letter was re
ceived January 14 at Port Liscum
by Pvt. Waiter Carlson which had
been maiiled at Hollywood, Wash
ington, September 30. The letter
had been over three months on the
way. The old- pony express would
have beaten thig time by two
months at least.
Several times the mails have
<x>me In from a week; to three wo^ks
late, bu* three months is goinc- a
little too sbrong for the average cit
izen.—Valdez Miner.
The gas Launch Estabeth| arrived
' in port fr«m. Juneau at 3:15 this
afternoon , and will eaill at mid
night.
Mrs. (Seargent) Stephenson and
' Mrs. Hendrlcksoon were visitors in
Skagway from Fort Seward while
' the Peterson wae in port
The Princess Mary arrived iu
; port a* 2:00 o'clock thia afternoon
and -will pail for the pouih at 9:00
i o'efloefc She brought 60 toils of
fCglght. and 30 passengers.
LEAD the L N 3TQRY r
Parte, March 19 — The sub com-'
mittee of thg League of Nations
met yesterday, which was two
days ahead of the schedule.
All neutral nations, with the ex
emption of Spain, were represented,
and manny speeches were made by |
tbose present bearing cm. tbe vital
subjecf.
Paris, Maroh 19 — Official inti-'
mat ion waa given out this morning'1
that the League of Nations pro
ject may be attached to the peaoe
treaty as an appendix. , |
This would enable Germany to
sign f> o peace 'reaty but would
not be admUttine Germany to
the League of Nations. The idea
of admitting Germany) has been
one r. i the stumbling; block# to
the oropiosed peace treaty, as Great
BrltalD ami France Dositiively re
fuse fo admit the enemy nations
int aiw alliance of whatsofciro^ na
ture.
London , March 19 — The Da
ily Mirror tday sayg that form/er
Prime Mlin later Asquith is 1 likely to
be th0 firat president oj the League
otfNations.
Paris, March 19 — Lord Cecil
declared this morning that the ad
option Op thie Leagug o£ Nation*
will strengthen , rather than wle&k
en the Moairoe Doctrine, and that
the war has left the United Btatea
in a position with, enormoug power.
BRIT1 WILL SHIP FOOD SOON
AS GERMANY TURNS OVER SRIPS
Parte, Wednesday — British! en-'
voya la attendance at the pea*
congress announced today that
Great Britain has arranged to
Keep Watch Of j
'Em, Uncle Sam
—'I
"Washington, March 18 —- Moot
of the conscientious objectors re
cently- released' from: fort Leav
enworth have returned the money
paid to them on their discharge,
holding that th® scruples which
prevented theanl from, fighting a]so
prevented them from aooeptlins
money for non-combatant, service.
The Harbor Boat Peteraoon ar
rived in port shortly after eleven
o'clock tnia morning and waited
aver for the arrival of thie Prin
cess Mary in ord<er to taJte on a
suippJy Of fuel oil from that ahiip.
She als ■> tools, the Haines and? Fort
jJewar'l mail back with her which
arrived up on the Mary,
Gerstner, the popular Haines
tailor wag a round trip er on
Peterson today.
fiesratch 170,000 tons of food
and guppiliee to Germany the mo
ment that the Germann merchaa/1
ahtpa are transferred to thg Allies.
FAMOUS RAINBOW
ON. IS COM!
HOME
Washington, March 19 — The fa
mous Rainbow Division of Amerl*
can troope which hag been in al
iaosf constant service In France,
and which hao taken part *n more
Rattles than any other division of
' Yank'e tro'^g will sail from. Brest
for New York on April 19 th.
[This announcement was made by
i the war department this morning.
j Sereeant and Mrs. Soda-burg,
of Fort Seward, paid Skagway a
visit today.
The White Pass will run its Fri
day tr<iln out at eight o'clock inste«
oi at nine o'clock in the morning.
Most joyfully we welcomc you back!
May the days as well as the years ahead of
you ever keep fresh in your memory the
appreciation and pride which mere words alone
cannot express* You did the job right!
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