IB EMUS III I
N\ w Yors Tuesday—The Brit
ish Jjavei sold bonds to tU» people
to covor its share of Uie half 4>il
011 doiiars Aosio-Fror.ch loan,
a:id t^ls. has b-eu tak„>a vp avliiLy
t>v ti e Brit'sh. Now coma's t!u>
Fn'tt- li with perfected arrans®m®nt
wherby France will 'l>e aditi'c
jUL,ct her part of tiio loan due th>
r-r-t of (X'tobi'r. It" f0ll tfcit
with th« i-aymettt of this loan
exchange will take on more favor
aujca form for*T.ritain and Prune.
MS TALKS
Uj Q / PPPDI rja
Wuim i wlJULLm
■sd:i> l'r' I' I'ins t it!
of r.ulo^aRiliu,:" L"twvt>:i
t y,«; and osupl^'f*. Hard
1:1# l.ahor Day sve^cH
X- b-li vol in I'uVa
•ilni-vv b-Lr^aiiiiiis h
i d ti> 'Labor Domiua
»:* or Gov^ruiuvut" Vol
r.rraiioc. ae ii°clared to
ivl al solution o* atwr
.rcii :<s and hc adrocattd join:
ul:.>s o* employers and Kin
Wot to ru:l 'Tie l» si»«ss
• :i to vroxi.i'to iuutual under
■ . bouse known thruout'Mox
!c.-> and the United State* ^a>;
clos>d for pood "poa the retfpt
of u wiroi S3 from President Hu«rta
■the Provisional Prt'idcnt of Mexico.
General Lf-:i' M. Stiazar th-> Gov
• rnor of Lowtr California Carried
ord r of hij eai 'f aad'tlosed
Thursda—y The °%vi
BOOZE KILLS
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If MIM
Baltimore, Thursday—Flvo civi
lian employe's of th* IM^-wood'
son.li tecurod some etrons drink,
whi-.j kil'ed them aii. The al
coinl they drank wa/i poisoned.
EfflOl LtAuB
IS fSCOS
SCIl!
til is
M:i\\nuk<"e, Thursday—Lrnrooto ha
a slight iaj over hi' opponent
J ami's Thompson, in the stato pr'm
ar'r s for t^ nomination for K«p
ublican L*. S. Senator. Thomp'on'haS
:h.- Indorsenv '■ t oof UOt'o Vtle.
Harvester Co. Put
In Profiteer Class
■Washington, WeJne-'dny—The Fed
era1 Trade Commissiono la its
formal r"nrt d°U(,tmees the In
ternational Harvest» Co japan o(
Chicago as a prot'ttcerins trust.
Think! Reason! Act! f
THINK about the opportunities that have slipped by
because you had not the money with which to
handle them.
RF.ASON for yourself and detormine how a good
bank account would remedy the situation.
ACT at once and lend your energies to the building
of a bank account.
Bank of Alaska I
&
Pic-nic and Luncheon Goods
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 Crackers-in bulk or packagks.
Durkey's Salad Dressing-Mrs-. Porters Mavonaise-ect
Pure Olive Oil in cans o/ bottles.
PaperJPlates'and Napkins.
P. H. GANTY
Full supply of fresh fruit and vegetable?1 es,"SEATTLE"
Late Reports Estimate Loss Of
Life To Be More Than 40001
Palaces, Bridges, Tunnells
j Wrecked As Wave After
Wave Passes—People Think;
End Of The World Has Come i
Rome ThurKday —The rcc*'nt j
earthquake la the vicinity oC Kl >r-!
<cce lias j^suitcd la the d°-ith of
pcoplo la tlu.t district. Th^'hoi 1;
Jiav0 lie«a very sovere, anil as r
; f rt3 keep com ins >n tho extent'of
the damage and tho lcl.s of
Jife keeps growing.
Pari- . T1 u.-day —■ Dospatc!i»i
wi.it ii arc coining la in..
that in? iuo» t aPul!ing >o*s ui
j iifo and property is fo'lowing i-.;
I th<- v;like of the sr-jat earthquake-*
tiliakins 1'a'y. At 'east ton Jist'uct
shock* have be«ui fdt. Three' or
fojr thousand Is Ui<> ostim:itiM'l«ss
id eh u rnh°s Uavo bo''n wr^ckid,
dt 'if1'. Railway tunnoi", Br'dSi/*.
the- pL-asaKls d'^crilK* tha ri< ita
I'ou ar tli° <vid of the w'or'd.o Th
LT'at fovvrs of medl®vr.i f"sU''3, [
w. r.i "iiakfn .or partia'ly d Mrcy I
'■J 11;'- D'lftl pa] ico at Ma»Js I
a arrara which whs th • si:aim<T,
r^slrter.c-e1 of Napo'^an.'" ''"lor was
s rit'Uf'y damaged.
tfficn hundred thou-'ahd p
p'e Kpe camping In the o;v:i ai;\
M 'Mco C'ty. Wednesday—fir. C' :ta
bertob Hi Jal-o under Sec'y in
charge of Mexico's Foreign Of
fice denied tliat a nut'1 liad b.;n
' received from t!i« government at
! Washington , r*lativ0 to t h« pe'ro
s'ti cticj! I' was 1- arnrd lmw
I i-v.-r that the United States Km
iba^sy iiad received a note for
• iranp.'aiss'on to tlie Mexican Gov-,
erntuent but that the latter won]J
net formally accept the not® Or nc
. knowledge i's receipt, claiming that
' tne communication v.'a" couched in
;1 <!i t"rm" that its ac was
iiiiiussible.
M-xico, C"y, Thursvlay—President
Ku"rta vouched for th® ouMion
of tiio following state
ment conceding the |»etrole>uin «,it'
ua"os. This ls'uo can lie net
tl' d , a"i:y it tlio United States an l
tho other Foreign, country's "wjli
fc;is0 to ba influenced by Pr-v-j
ato interest . Indorso Union, prol°
t. riat of an international charact-'
ami favor tie abortion of'rontiors.
iuniM n iisi*f" rvn: 11^nt9 Trrp
VuulD MttlirtllbU&Mb
l'j p»(nf r»« p» r'i r r n JI i r.
! te PtAuC ialilt w
Warsaw, Tliuif.dav —The Ru's
laa Soviet eovorDaiont "ent
a v.l-fKss laessnge t0 the Po^s'.i
g-i rerrment "aying tUat tUo ft (j
fians arc dissatisfi'd v.-itli Mie ar
rangements tor tho Ru*ian-Poli"!:
Peace negotiations at Rig-i, been us-'
thf- Letvl a guarantees are insuffic
ient.
I Most of the titlzowi | of Sk.ig
| way are interested 'a the q"]<-st
i ion i nlilca lias b°en befor0 the
City Council for the last 'wo ¥>
• ions. It is tho question of a new
contract with tho Homo Power Co.
t'or uty water.
Herctofor€ .the city las paid
J1J5.00 a mouth to tlie J-k>is>
i'ow - r Qo for water for the ci'v.
The city collected ivater ta.\0s from
the users and no restriction8 hav0
b°eo p'acea aij to how luiictreac.'i
should lis0. Th0 tax was levied ac
cufd'ns to the niunber of fauc°ts,
ia the homes and flat j-at'-'j in other
cases.
Tije hes'tar.cy of tho city
Ccunci' too sign th0 new contract
is on. account of rXtrictions de
sirNl by t'ae Home Power C
These ar° tbro© as w» ajeder
'.tand tncm.
lTho City must a,:jree to a"ow
no householder to k°ep a faucet
running In the winter eron tho h>3
house system freeze!; up.
2Xo on<> Is to b° allowed to
us°i a water power washing machine
0N0 other water motor wi'l be
allowed too use c'ty ivat"r for power,
It this is a correct statement
of Hie case, and we have a'c'tyj
Councilman's statement that i' is
Tile qucit'cn for the citiz
to answer thru tho Counci1 is do I
th"y want suth a contract in'fors". '•
Uo the cit'zcns of Slcagwaj W;iti<.
the City Council to agree to "liitf
off a ' man':, walor if on a bitter,!
cold night he lets u. litt'o " \va'ter
trickle thru lii' faucet to koop
ais pipes Irom freezing? Dut if'
the cl'y doeu not agree to , do
thi\ wo understand tho Homo Po«
er Cp "w'll shut' off all tho water
from tho town.
We do not know how many water (
power washing machines are in use, ■
in the city, but we have heard
that one man lias teen told that |
lie wi'l not b» ab^o to ulio h's na
chin1-- for _ washing. (Now ho may
lipvo (l.e $125.00 or more to buy an
eiectrlc washer, -wo do not knov
but if th« water power , machinc ;
satisfactory, why should he sera.;:
it and spend the money for an elec
tric machin? Yet If he does not
his water wi'l b® shut off if
Uiio contract Is signed, an,d It WoulJ
follow that If he carries hi', water
"from a ivishbor'8 house that m:m
(Continued on page 4)
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SECRET AGES1S SPOIL BEDS'
PLOT TO WBECKII L1IS III
Springfield, Tuesday—The com
munists plot to wreck the crack
train, of tho Illinois Csa'rai, tli«
Diamond 3pcc'a], for tho Pur_
pose of robbing tho pass<mg
ers and blasting the safe- 1,1
tli© express car, was frustrated,
when tea meu were arreted in a
raid by the police ra'lroad agents.
(5 ' T i fi fi 8 i 8 >
ANTlb bAIN
}?,i p nn f>j»
hi a. nurjblH
Sobastapool, Tuesday — Th<\1
■our'eenth Boishevlkl army lias
3e°u driven across' the Diieip'r I
river aftcr 't had buffered »«v
:re losses as & r<Xiait of tho
C'ght with Wrauseil's forces in
which do mad« successful counter'
'ttacts.
Reds Have Trouble
In Own Back Yard
'xiijon, Thursday—several r -
n |i« agolrxt tho Soviet
iro reported ns breaking out'nMr
.'Iosco*-. They liavo been Biip
press'd witii much fight in.,- and
many prison' rs have l)c^:i s.'io c
says the despatch whi h w.v; fil
lhI in Copenhagen wh'ch quofdot' I
iraui* coming i*c<1vcd in that
city from Riga.
Against Suffrage,
L. Gi N. YetWen
.Mane hest- r, Thursday—Moses tho
Republican Caked States Uenator'TVlio
[oug11 both tho Leaguo of Nations
md '.Vomen Suffrage won in tho
i';4" by two to one.
baiton, Mass. Thuf-day—Former
5Pnai'jr Crane is dangerously ll1.
POLES ill 10
flPWffinj.
Wii,1.!*. Tii'tJay—Another Ue»-*ct:
ni' iil ■ l' lli.» anti Jiol*h"vik Kub
• i.i. I'lt Warsaw »oUay to join
. i.rai Wr;,nc-:<-n the ami-Hoi. h •
•.'ii cciE'T)iaiid<?r ia swrt.h or
Iln>si3. EiShU'en thousand hava
1'1't Warsaw thus- far to join the
\Vr;.ns"H forces.
Refugees Are Held
LooselyByGermans
I'aris, Tuesday—The For'-ign of
fice annouitccdo that there are 12S
Cm' nu'Man SovKt soldiers who
arf I'-fu^cs la East Prussia. Tiio
Alii'3 .ire not t;atisfi(d by thc'ninn
iter in v.jiicn th^Si refuges are bo
las kept in li 'ir internment. They
lia\p t!i. ;f'or.:n ask^t! their ambas
sador" in Berlin to demand that
the g, rmans intern the Rnss'at.s i>y
di$ar;ai:.:; th«ni snd that they Up
kept v ".hin iii""rimeiH can^p*.
Obregon Wins Out
For Presidency
M"\ici.o, City, Tu«sday —General
O* r'-gan won a decisive victory
in. tne JVaident'al el°ctions ac
conJi.'igo to scattering unofficial ad
vict# r'ce'ved. "
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