DANIELS ISO PAHE ME KEEN
OYER ALASKA'S POSSIBILITIES
Seattle, July 23—Following
r»tuta from Ala»ka and the in.
"pecfoa of the coal fields 0f Ma1'
uni*IOk Secri'tar1®" Dan'"!" a'u;
Payae mad0 the announcement thai
the coal depo*ts ia t!i<- ilatanu^fc
0<-!*l3 rttiUc qual'ty w'th. the I*o
cahonta* product ajul a,-e w<ll su't
eJ for th* vessels ott Ui>' Hac'flc'f!ee
A «r«at ccaling nat'ou will in'atl
probability b» constructed on. th>
Aleutian I»lci.da for V-e u«e of'shiv
ping boarJ vessel* ply'ng 'u th<
Omental trade ou the ocan. Ian,-"
from Seattle and a larc* Washing
plant wilj be iiftall-d 'a tli>- Aaska
field® to wrsn th<? coal for
i-omnu>rc1al railroad sad naval con
sumption.
S*aiUe. Ji-ly 23 ■—"Th»'re is
one m'llion dollar' 'a th*-'.N'avy'bil
for ttv develoi«n«n.t o( the Mat-a
n.u<«ita coal fMd» mid ! have dir;*'!
ed- Commander tttowl'og who
now at iCh'cjtaloon to actively pro
ceed w'th mining coal and to .con
struct suitable houses for the'm'c
er3" declared Secretaiy Dauk-ls '
1 aro actually .ula'ng a'. Chk-kalooi:.
'and 'a fact) between, four arutl'iw
thousand ton-'' ,iiav0 alrwruly b"en'duc
Til'" is th° navy coal fields an<!.
the value o* d<posits'may'l<
realized by the fact that all" coal
' now u^'d oy /the Pac'fic fleet
ni'ii^d in easteru stat.h- and sh'pp-d
to this ieoast via the Panama canal
I Secretary Daniels added that'!,p»
eial effort ^ cow beiaj made to'di
, term'ne the extent of the Matanuu
' sk coal fU'lu*.
; Opening va*t terr'-oiy i3 assUi
| °d throusa the Koveranient r.i'l
road part'cuiorly in asr'culture.'min
' in#: and f^ii'ng" declared l>aniols.
J "one does r.ot th'nk of Alaska 'i*
j term3 or agriculture j L>ut"l""a«
wheat growing Sis feet tall".
Washington, July 23—The ' VI
aska coal fi*lds may t watualiy'af
ford source of supply for the ei -
tire Pacific fleet. Secretary JLXnii
els said 'n a message to the Na*
IVpartmJ'nt.
PUKES HOP OFF
1 St. Paul J11I7 23—After a flight
otf on* hour the four army plane®, |
on the>r *'«■}' to NOiOe'arr'v>\i'tK-r'
at 7:30 last evTi'ng from Winona. 1
The tr'p wa» uneventful and th
plane* landed at the Speedway'fVy-1
ln« fl«Ms at, Fort SiVll'ng and to
day will fly to the Curt's*fHds'north
of the State Fair Grounds h^re.
They w'11 remain In the Curtis
fl»!d until ( m'aor r^pa'r" have b"?ti
made. The n^st "top w'll be a1
F»r«o North Dakota.
Winona, July 23—Three of th8.
Noma bound flyers arr*v«d h'T'^afo!
ye^tTday afternoon.
The fourth on* lias not h-Vn I
beard of yH.
St. Paul. JuJy 23—Th® courVof
th« flight o' the army Ilyers'waaj
cfcaag-<) ju-*t oefore l?avln« Grand
.Rapid* yesterday by order of war
department. The pianos were ord
ered to lcave AV'nona after two . or
thre hours stay instead of renia'n
ing over night as planned then fly
to Minneapolis.
The plane1 made 325 m':e3 ih»
distance from 11'chigaa C'ty to'Witi
ona in thiyj® hour9 and forty 'six
m'nute* aad virtually without ;l
m'shap.
I/ondoiu July -4—Th1' Rus-lan So
i«1 gov«raav u.t lia-1 ac-Ctpt»d Po
land'* proposal for an ai-wistice'a"d
i.a* ordered all Bolshsvlk' command
er' in the fV'ld to arrange for n* s
ot'at'ons to tuat end lmm«d'ately.
Tho receipt of thl' official wire
less d'^patob relieved the t.-n-v sit
uation as U;. was belioved that'the
allies would bo forced to lnt*rvc>n
If waP ; between Soviet Rus*la'and
Poland conJnued.
l,ondon, July' 21—Ther® wa* al*o
f> ar In diplomatic c'rcles that the
Red army would [ cross the German
border ajid effect [ connection3 wi*h
the Spa rt'c'dp f or 5Ionarehis
group in' east Prussia and then
another wvrM conflict would b"
imm1 n<Ji t. |
The Man of Moderate Means
has much need of a bank account
It enables hin to keep close tally on all his busi
ness transactions.
It inspire* them with a feelsng of independence.
All n«cessary check books and pass books are
furnished free.
Feel free to open an account here any time for
any amount.
BanK of Alaska
Pic-nic and Luncheon Goods
n
+
Sweet or Sour Pickles-Plain or mixed in bulk or glass. ■
Lunch Tongue-Deviled Ham-Deviled Meat-Corn Beef
Chipp Beef. *
Lobsters-Sardines in Olive Oil Red Salmon-Sh.imps
Crab.
Fancy Coockies and Crackefs-in bulk or packagks. 4
Durkey's Salad Dressing-Mrs. Porters Mayonaise-ect *
Pure Olive Oil in cans or bottles. < —
Paper Plates and Napkins. 4
P. H. GANTY I
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Full supply of fresh fruit and vegetables ex "SEATTLE" ^
| Sandy llook, July 23—A fog''9(
I delaying ti0 start ot Ui.e fourth'race
of th0 race yaclits.
I Th® Shamrock-**' handicap lia-'
bo°n reduced to s'x minutes and
J forty seconds
I Sandy IIoon July 23—Tho R®"o
1 lute won. t.ie fourth rocc'today tliu"
I giv'iyr oach sloop two Mttor,cs.
Th« Resolute got off with twenty
seconds lpad at one minute past'ono
and held^ttio lead pan tli« second
;>0st.
The Shamrock IV taee showd'her
qualities as a weather boat and'PaV
*od the Ues^iute thn-'e m'les from
tho finish but the defender came
strongs and passed th® challenger,
ono half m'le from f!in. finish and
won the lace. j
S"aitl»\ July 2:!- Jam.,s
| Wickfrtatu niiit!'- the uimourc lu.nt
today that 'u a f>".v ftay» lie would
U.'.v for Junoiu Al;,sk* "rt'h. iv I
!i • intend* y> locate and
the practice ol la- \
Lincoln, July 233—After WUUam
Jennings Bryan wired dfcl'nlng the
uom'aat'on for the pr°sluency ou'ilic
prohWiont* t'ck' t and stating lie
intended to continue to funct'ou
through the Democratic partjr ithe
convention today nominated _\arou.\S
Watkin8 a Gcrmantown Oli'o colleSo
professor <or the presidency and 'D.
Je'ght Calvin Now York c'ty
historian fo^ th® Y'ce-jxt,r'de»ii,y.
COI Id EGLNE
uli FIGHTiiG
Cork, July 23—Arm<?a raiil-rs'Ui's ;
morning attacked the Howe Strand
coast guard 5U1 Lion, near Klasalc'and
a£tcr an hour's siege forced the'r .
way into th° Station ov'rpowered"h
niar'ne3 on guard.
Tli® raIJera made tlic-'r escape1
with k-n'rlflc* and ammuii't'on.
On° sa'lor was killoj and two
young m°n. fliot dead l»ear M'tclrll
town 'n the county ot Cork in an
encounter w lt!i the regular sold'er.-.
lasc n'ght.
SPOKANE SMUG
IS
I Seattle. July 22—Today's sa'lias |
! of ttho .Sicauier Spokono was"cun
celled !b''causo o£ damasc8 su^ta'scd.!
by jtho vessel when she ran 'en
Capo CalVf rt rock* oa her LiEt north
ern trip.
When put 'n the jry docks o
survey revealed that the stem, ]
and eleven of h''r plate8 hajtjeeii i
badly damaged.
Every bo.-ta had been -"old out foi j
this tr'p.
^he Spokane will resume her'ri:: i
oa 'V.ugu»t third.
San . D'ego, July 23—The Jiexi
can power schooaer Jacr'3 Comie
foundered o£I Mazatlan, Mex'co
yesterday during a heavy storm.
The loss cf l'fe Includ'ttg crew
'anl passenger3 amounted to 42.
Nv w York, July 23—The body
of a woinaa was found 'n'a'trunkj
today by lh» employees of ino Am
erican Ita'hvay Expre*3 Company a-1
rnorg the unclaimed oaggairo in th<
companies' warehouse. |
Tho trunk was rceoivid li"re from
Detroit on June 17 sn.d was ad-'
dressed to J allies Douglas and
t.ho shipper's nam® was signed A.1
T'etown. The police are working
on tlx0 case.
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London.' July 23—Thirteen ppr
®ous were filed in t'.i* stroet'f'«ht
ing which rages ,'n Belfast.
I>U{liig the right according to re,
vised- estimates the »sualUes a-j
mounted to one hundred and f'fty j
including many women, and boys
who w>re wounded lu tho sjtirm'sh
es wllich tOOK place.
Belfast, Jul/ 23—Fighting is still
la progress in, tho streets between,
the Unionists and the S'nn F-'ner3
Tho sound of musketry, ts'heardj
every hour of the day and night.
8E« PEACE
Warsaw July,23—Poland has
sent amist'c®,proposals d'rect to tk4
Soviet Russia government at Moscow
After tho !,proposals we,*} de9 j
patcltpd by VireKss thl3'afternoon.
by the Xat'cnal Counc'l of Defense,
a new coalit'-on cabinet was formed
under tho premiership of M. W"o. I
Flosliortol. ; Ontario, July 24 —
Standing up ia camp meeting la?t
night at S-iiera Arnold Love a'youu j
farmer admitted that he had murd
ered his mother Mr1*. Henry Love
seven 5*enr3 ago.
The father- on circumHant'al
evidence was tr'ed and convinc
ed of tho [murder ana subsequen
tly was hanged.
"I was just taking my breakfast'"
said young Lcve | "and my mother,
warned me to | avo'di keeping bad
company! and tl grabbpdd a Bticlc
of wood and h't her over the'head
I then dragged her body to 'ho
cellar and, covered it up with'earth
and went to sChool, I , j
Mar'ou July 22—The intmed'af.
declaration ol peace i-.nd a *n
effort to form an assoc"at'ou of
all nations based on, jutt'co rather
than force was promised by Sona
tor Hard'n^ 'n accepting the nomi
Jnnjflon.
Scoring the League of Nations
covenant j a* a "supreme blunder''
h° lauded flic senators who oppos
ed 'ts unqualified ratification a
sentinel" on the towar3 of con-titti
i'on government.
The nominee was s'Unt regarding
the ratification of the peace treaty
or the League of Nations in caSu
|h<1 was ejected!.
However ' ho said th.it he would
welcome a referendum.
"Senator liard'ng opened It's ad
dree3 with. a broadside at "i>ersonal
dictatorial and undemo.vat'c govern
m«nt."
IIo said "'v' • ilih Is M , enough''
to run th's republic, "s
"Our f'rst committal "he con
tinned'' is the restora'ion of'np
resontat've popular government uu
d>'r tho constitution and through
the agency of the R°publican'party.
The speech was delivered at Oar
field Park 'n M,e presence of tln>.'
sands Wio had assembled front all
corner8 of the nation .
The speech dealt w'"h a mult"ud ■
of questions ^onie t)"in? bar"lJ"touc
died upon or dismissed w'th tlii
announcement that they will he ful
ly d'9cU8Sed in later adreS3o.
"Preserving,nationality w'th Am
erica retaining ;er lnjepend«nce
'ho not hold'ng aloof frem tin* ron
of die world should oe the guid'ug
policy,"' d' olnred th" S< r.airr.
The candidate strcsstJ the li.c
Bity of return to part)" goverii
mrnt and to tho selection oX'a'caiv
11 ;t of "h'gh-.st capacity ' in whie'i
the v'ce p:esidcnt snotild sit.
"A3 to prohib't'on ""aid Hardin ■
there is dlv'ded opinio i ;. ml rocour
to repeal or modification 13 oj
but wo cannot inod'f/ became o
i . id' d opinion and th.j law mu.'t'oe
"i: Co need".
W» musi havt i. pU.'i. au<l n'igu
borly .understanding w'tli Mexico r°
carO'ns ■ American* r'£fct» b.u our
.relations should ba strickly 'friendly
cud sympathetic.'"
The speecli was received by the
inimensu throng with th-o gr°a'est,
demonstration cv0|. wi uioss";i 'n
Mar'on the applause anl sh.cuts ton
11nuIns for many minutes.
Mar'on. July 22—Toudhing on
the queH'ou of Alaska. Senator
Harding saJd that Alaska alone «"aH
rich in r"souro<;s beyond all im
agination and n«®d» only a clo^-r
linking through transportation l'n<.s
and gov .rnnvntal policy that both
safeguard8 and enoourige8 develop
ment to ~P'"d it to a fot<mo»t' posi
Uon a*' a commonwealth, rug?, d"'ri
Us citizt>nship anl rich 'n its mart
!al'z d resnui tCR.
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Chicago, July 23—The accept
ance undo,, protect oi th<? Laibor
Hoard's wage d"c'sion« was d.x'd
t-d upon at the executive confer
ence la»t n'glit by all of the six.
t<"'n recognized railroad unions ex
cept one was announced today. .
Th,> Brotherhood, of Hallway Tel
egrapliers referr^dd tbeir award 'o
Its members together w'th* strlki
proposition.
Fifteen other orfcunlza'ians de
cided that, they would renew th' '■
,as.' befor® the Labor Board.
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