Seattle. May 24.—The present in
il .::i>ns are that the entire Pacilic
lit—t w ill pre"! Secretary Denby
here during t( <• Fourth of July week
: s, provided the Secretary i^
aMe t • visit Seattle as he now plans.
Seattle. May 21.— The Sexual
Spr.-.ul X«" s of the World, aa organ
owned l>y Lord KidJIe. who is a close
-• - t of Lloyil lieorge intimates
. .'.!i s< l ire the peace of
. 'i'O it she will guarantee Franco
.last an attack l>y Germany.
Si:i Francisco. May 2 I. —The ques
tion of S- . ror Johnson leaving the
S- .• i! Airs up the practice of
law :a \■ v York was laid to rest
o - .nor. Writing to a friend
S.m I'raiu i.A'O. the Senator a;i
n. - :.«clf as a candidate for
xt year, and states that
uis had no intention of resigning
! iii> t i. «• prat lice of law in
— I'othler. who
tiie eti'ci t that
:iim to aim to
cuisdiatcd that
Life Insurance
Agent Here on
Business Trip
.
>. lt..*ur:itn t> company
• I !:•,> In'::i on n small
£.■>. l-i :t» >nd;.y. unci is looking up
t: • ;• : * :■ holders in his com pan; it
Per a number oi years .Mr. Me
lt!. I - ■ nr. red the Alaska field
i.rr t - «--il known company. hut i:
is !>■ i> :e y.'.i:-; tiiat he has vis
*• • "■ lias made t'ae
ten:" •t • v. stwnrd. working
.•ill ' Reward. Vali-7.
t .rd--'a and At-i horaye. and then
li.'u i't- Fairbanks district. while
Mr. Wel si.r and ('. W. Brown, o(
\ i:.' ■ ivi •. i i r annual pilgrim
age to I'awsim and Yukon Terri
tory roven d this field.
This ir r. Mi-Blanc will mi to
hi interior. i tiie Yukon, and will
return to Skakway early in July,
and go !-->-:i hire to the westward,
ar.d while tie Is desir
i us of inciting all those who hnvo
l>olicics i'i ' is company with tha idea
of beco;';:: - . ^tainted with them.
; nd giving t em sui-'t assistance as
they may require. He is a guest of
the Pulleti house.
Mr. K. J. i Stroller i White, owner
i f the !V:i;.'.:is Island News and the
Vhitehorse Star, and former Chief
of tlu- Publicity Bureau for the ter
ritory of Alaska, -a itIt headquarters
in Juneau. was an arrival on the
Kstebeth today on his way to \Vhito
horse. where he will look after his
inten-s's in that place.
For tVf! picnic vou »\ i!' w,:ti! some
dainty thlufs. re a 111 be- a co'ik
ed food sale at i!;o social tc-rlre
next Friday afternoon, from liirce to
five.
1
Tacoina. May 2! T<
cr Cincinnati, was launched from
(he Todd shipyards today. Mrs.
Charles Kdgur Tudor of Cincinnati
was the sponsor at the launching.
Cable Brief
' Washington. May 23.—The house
j unlay adopted tlic conference report]
J ou the emergency tariff bill which !
I will now so to the President for his \
| signature before becoming a law.
I New York. May -a.—President
llardiuu. i:i his speech at the luuc'.
oon o£ ilie Academy of Political Sci
i once, made a deep impression on
! i hose pre
He dec&rod it ti
die administr.itiii
basis even at t*
a certain class u
is simply a re-a
Pros'dent ha
i l.o the purpose of
:t to place the Fed
in a sound business
■ en: t of oiTendin :
i politicians. T!iis
formation of wha'
and
tated 1
t": • line alon^ which he has bee
v..lie declared the ta>:k t/.us'
set forth for the administration!
\ ou Id reel', ire persistent, determined i
sior."'- hearted devotion to the pub
lic intore.;t. without sympathy fori
iin* ofilce holder whose only excuse
for drawing a salary was the fac .
that he needs tie money.
\Vash>.uion. May 2:1.—There i
sorrow in the city of Alameda over
the action taken by the senate on I
base for (lie Pacific fleet. The appro-!
.ed.i v. ...s s;;;i... ., fioui li.C appro
priation bill when it reac!:ed the j
lV..*lilnjri'!t. .May - —The lion •
.
lii lUii'lii ;• appropriation bill for tlie
enforcement of prol;i:> : on until July
first.
Seattle, May - —John K. Hemen-i
way ,4 took the *hort route to sccuro
jtisUi'C-ior I he "!"r:i ■ I • s I'liion Suvinr.s
I..i,in ,\«-ui-clio:: tetl:,y. He was j
fnu. s\ort in his accounts i" I'aat
inuitution of v.: il l l.e was the as
sistant treasurer and when lie saw I
there was no i .'ape he suicided in
shooting.
Now York, May 24.—Tiio Pros:-:
dent's steamship the Mayflower sail-'
ed from this port with the President i
bound for Wu-hiritton.
Alexandria. Ksypt, May -4.—The
British commander In charge of the
troops in this city has issued Wi in
struction to the troops and a warn
ing to the people of the city, lie
has given the troops instructions to
open up witii machine suns on the
houses from which sniping has been
going on.
Belfast, May 24.—Seventeen vot
ers were stabbed and beaten here to-1
day in the election riots which took i
place.
Berlin, May 21.—Reports which
have come in from Op pel u say that
the Germans and Poles aro engaged
in a heavy artillery and machine gun
battle along tho rived Oder.
.PAYING THE FUTURE.
Many a man has mortgaged I he future for two or thrco years In
jibt one illness in his home. .You Know some of them—fellows
with all the courage anil ambition knocked out of tlieiu by "liaril
luek."
Make uji your miml right now to [>:iy for tlie future as you go
store uj> a little of your income against the time when fate calls
upon you to sign over your liberty ami happiness to debt.
After you have gotten started you will be surprised how much
better you feel.
Wi
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Seattle, - I.—T'..C"P Una been
it ... . • ement tl.at two vci
v. ill leave from Seat'Ie for Alas
ka this v.cel;. The City of Seattle
and the Alameda. They are lo leave
not later than Saturday. The situa
Koii 0:1 both the Xtlnmio and Pacilic
. ides of the country is much Improv
ed. Engineers are arriving here
from the Atlantic to man the Ficlf*
11- boats of the fiv 1 Shiitpins^Board
si'.-lir■■■< from I'nia.t Sound this week.
New York;-..May —The execu
tive committee of the steamship own
ers association today, declined to ac
cept the proposals of Secretary Dav
H intended to bring about peace in
the marine strike.
Seattle, May 23.—The molorship.
Anvil, and the I'ower Schooner Ituby
sailed for the north last night. The
forme:* sailed for l' -thel, with pass
■ :s and freight for the Kusko
[ kwim. On board as passengers are
! Doctor P. K. Messieu, the superin
tendent of the Government hospital
of the Kuskokwim, Earl Forrest, Su
perintendent of the Bureau of Edu
cation, at Akink; Frank Olson, who
will establish a govornnent school
at Tundra, on the Kuskokwim, for a
community of two thousand Eski
1 nios. also Theodore H. Hubach and
William Toud Eastlv, two eastern
big game hunters, who are hound
for the Mt. McKinley region. Tiie
Ruby lias supplies for ;lie liureau of
Education and James II. McGuire,
■npcrinteiulent of education in the
Kot/.ebtie Sound district and other
passengers.
New York, May 2—Tho propos
al of the Federal mediators looking
to a settlement of the marine strike
was unanimously rejected at a meet
ing of the Marine Engineers Benefi
cial Association. \
."shipowners' Association Points Oik Aiilcricmi Mutine Knijincers
lii'rchi' ."!> per cent. Hisiier Wages Than British
Beplyiug in the rottisul of the marine engineers' • «• consider the ro
«,i: -st of r . : i ipowm is tor a reduction in wages, tiio American Steamship
v wnov-' As-.iNitioti points out that monthly wages of marine engineers
. pun moderate to :;e freighters under the American flag, has more
t!'an doubled since li'i . a: .shown in tlie following tahle:
1914 1921
$150 §332
.... Ilio 22S
<in 20"
f'lti-f engineer
First assistant engineer .
Second assist nit engineer
Total ?340 $T«»1
To sho.v ti'.e need for the present reduction, the steamship owners
:. :iUe the follou ii u co i =»>ii. at pr sent rate of exchange, between pres
ent ltioiitl.!> pay on An > r.. .in s'.ips and that now prevailing on British
Fhips:
Chief engineer
I'lrst assistant engineer
Second assistant engine*
American British
...$230 $152
...170 113
. . ir.0 92
Total $370 $33S
At preset,!, the assm iation j oints out, American marine engineers
; re ; citing 59 ; er tent hi;:! er pay than are British engineer# for similar
work. British shiy • ne.8 are demanding that their engineers shall ac
i"i>t a F'i;:vp cut in 11.t-ir wages. This reduction, the steamship owners |
: , .it ot. . v. ill . «-ri< ,.:i v.a-jes -till higher ti.aa British, were no
reduction made in the American scale.
The new scale which the ship owners propose is stUl 68 per cent,
higher than wh; t marine engineers received upon our ships in 1914.
; ! I. . Oh. l I the IHuSt ill
.1 newspapers ill th» east,
in aa editorial that the Curry
ntld b "A do !i blow l i Al
CurV. May —Tt< -an Feiners
shot ami won ml'. 1 ti ::v i lenibers of
Hip staff of the Cor!; I'v.niitirr. A j
forth man bad his It bin i. ciT wilh j
il llOMil.
Washington. May 2:'.—The ship-1
1 T - ; b iul is considering tin: advis-'
ability asking President Harding|
in dircet government oClciala to trav
el on Ameriran ii>s and stop pat-j
Mmi: ini'. for> • n ve->els unless com-j
polled to do so.
c Mi -
ll. .May 2;'..—The crown foic-j
a.n! ' cil roar B:\llymahon.
was Killed and three j
constables wounded. S r . ant MM*
Douohue, was shot dead at Tyrone
last night. Sergeant Anderson was
Kili ; 1 Inst n"- 'it near Bulbrldge. Wit.
liam IJurke. a farmers buy was shot
(1 . '1 today outside his father's house
in County Cork, for refusing to halt
when ordered to do so by the mili
tary.
Seattle, May 2.1.—A number of
Alaskans In this city have been tele
graphing "Washington urging the ap
pointment of Ira D. Orion, of Nome,
for Coventor of Alaska.
Seattle. May £3.—John D. Burn
ham, of New York, is en route from
New York on bis way to Siberia to
inspect the wild game conditions In
that country. lie will sail on the
Victoria for Nome. Mr. Burnham is
President of the American (lame
Protective and Prorogation Associa
tion.
Chicago, May -4.—Henry Selig
man, who had taken the case of Kv
erett Harding, arrested for imper
sonating an officer, and posing as the
cousin of President Harding, wrote
Judge Landis that he would be uu
ablo to defend Harding because, "1
have tonsilitis of the knees," evi
dently an old malady under the guise
of a new name.
I '
uumiuu. .'i.tj - I
I'ritlsh destroyers wore soul to the |
Irish sea to escort Rear Admiral j
Sims, lit' the I'nited States Navy to j
Liverpool aboard the steamship Ce-:
New York. May 2 1.—President
H;«rding in a speech at tlie commer-1
ci:il dull bespoke tlie co-operation
of every f:.ctor of American business
and industry to put the nation's
house in order after the dislocation
of i he war. The dinner was Riven in
celebration of the 125th anniversary
of the New York Commercial club.
During tlie final service for the i
five thousand war dead, the Presi-1
dent placing a wreath on the first <
American soldier to die on German '
soil said it must not beagain.
Washington. May 24.—Secretary ■
of Commerce Herbert Hoover, in a '
talk villi newspaper correspondents!
advocated legislation which will ,
make available tlie revenues from Al- j
aska for the development of the ter
ritorv. At present he said the re- j
ceipts fro in tlie Alaskan fishing, seal
ing and industries for Ihis year will
go into and become a part of the
funds available for current govern
ment expenses.
Tokio, May 23.—The ve.* -acutar
press today publishes a cable front
Shanghai, stating that on Sunday,
the American and Japanese bluejack
ets engaged in a fight at Woosutig,
China. Several cusua'.ities were re
ported. The Navy department said ,
that no official report had been re
ceived concerning any fight.
San Francisco, aluv 2o.—Moonev, j
tVt loan who vas eo!:vie(e;l l'or lr.av- i
iiT. a snilcasj vvit.i an infernal tut
c' ine in it. o'l a sircat in which a
uatade* was taK;n? place and ih»u |
which many were killed, is to have
a retrial. He was brought from San
Quentiu where be was serving his"
sentence when given another chance
and will-renew the logtl battlo here.
Replenish the leads tn your Ever
sharp pencil. Keller Bros, have a
ful stock.
n
PACIFIC GABLE
Seattle. May 24.—A strong en
dorsement of the Pacific Cable via
Alaska as proposed in the Jones hill
was given last night by Colonel
Slonne, commanding the Alaskan ca
ble. The endorsement was given in
an address last night before the Se
attle l'ost Society of the American
Military Engineers.
Among oilier things (lie Colonel
said that the Alaskan system would
save more than 3000 in mileage as
the cable coilld be continued from
Silka thence to be laid to the west
ern end of tile Aleutian islands,
thence to North Luzon giving an all
American route and making possi
ble extensions to Shanghai, Manila,
and Hong Kong. He said that the
short routes between the relay sta
tions would increase the transmitt
ing powers of I he cable.
New York. May —President
Harding on board ih« Mayflower
reached New York n seven o'clock
this morning.
Washington, May ?T—A new bill,
io replace the Curry bill is to ,:n iti
troduced in this session of Congress.
This bill will have the endorsement
of the administration. It is being
(■lawn at the instnniK of Secretary
Kail and will take ini > consideration
uio criticisms of tho Curry bill. It
is n provide for,the administration
of national property interests in Al
aska including the operation of the
railroad together w't'u any transpor
tation bv water or otherwise. in
stead of providing for the re-organ
ization by the Governor of AlasKa
on the lilies of the Currv bill, po vtr
will be v- sled in the President to
•:iake s>. :'i redistil it'.tioti of execu
tive functions among the executive
agencies is he may dec>:i no es.sary.
Lundon, May 2-5.— Four battal
ions of British soldiers will leave
Immediately for I'pper Sile^'a. ac
cording to announceinent by the war
oflice. Two columns of Germans are
now attacking the Poles in GruSS
teind forest in I'pper Silesia
Berlin, May 23.—The trial of the
war criminals demanded by the Al
lies began today at Leipsig.
Alexandria. Egypt. May 2".—Five
Europeans were killed last night in
an anti-British riot. Seventy-two
tourists were injured in the fighting.
WILL BE S
ptimini
Washington, May 23.—A meeting
was called today for the purpose of
| setting Alaskans together on the etl
! dorsement of a governor for the ter
ritory. The call did not get all the
resident Alaskans at the meeting,
but most of the men who have had
1 an active part in the governorship
! fight were present. McRrid". Vlaze
let, Marquam. Sutherland. Wicke.'
j sham, and others were there. I). K.
Stubbs and John Steele were appoint
ed a committee to present the in
dorsement of Col. W. T. Perkins to
Secretary of Stale Fall. Harding is
in New York and will not lie hack
until Wednesday. This is the out
come of the sessions which have
sought to come to some agreeemnt in
recommending an Alaskan for the
place.
Alexandria, Egypt, May 24.—The
official announcement of the riot in
this city on Sunday night came in
yesterday. The announcement states
thai twenty three are dead and fifty
wounded.
Washington, May 24.—Mrs. Eliza
beth Johnson, the head of (he Lip
language department of a Nehraska
school committed suicide in this city
by jumping from the seventh story
of i ho hotel Conlan.
New York. May 24.—A former af
finity of President Stillman of whom
he had spurned admitted that she
had planned to shoot hint in the
National City Hank, while hdi
vorce case was at the zenith. This
disclosure in the notorious case was
made this afternoon.
Berlin. May 24.—German volun
teers and British troops fought side
by side in the bat tie near Annaberg
in I'pper Silesia against the Poles.
The Polish insurgents were defeat
ed.
New York. May 24.—District at
torney Glennon, who has had charge
of the investigation of the recent
shooting of James H. Reid, a Brook
lyn manufacturer In the Bronx home
of Mrs. Hazel Davis Warner, stated
that the disclosure brings to light
the fact that blackmailers had ex
torted sevent" -'e thousand dollars
from Alfr : ! wynne Vanderbilt, a
short tin.> before he perished on the
ill fated I-usitania.
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