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AMERICAN FLEET
INTERESTS JAPS
Tokio. March 25.—The concentra
tion of the American Fleet in Paci
fic waters is looked upon by Japan
us of grave import. The Navy min
istry In its report to the Diet said
if this were true it would be of
grave diplomatic importance to Jap
an.
NIARAGOA SEEKS
TO WITHDRAW
San Salvador, Mar. 24.—Nicara
gua has begun negotiations for with
drawing from the League of Na
tions. The little republic finds that
the expense attacked to membership
in the League is considered excess
ive. This is the report of a des
patch from Managua.
TRIED TO WORK
POOR OLD DAD
Tacoma, March 26.—The attor
ney for Vanamburgh threw a bomb
into the Rust kidnapping case when
he opened his case with the state
ment that Arthur Rust was the real
instigator of his own kidnapping.
He gave as young Rust's reason the
fact that the young man planned
the coupe In order to get more mon
ey from his father, W. R. Rust. H.
C. Vanamburgh, a war hero, is on
trial charged with stealing the son
of the smelter millionaire.
HUGHES-WEEKS
AFTER BERG DOLL
Washington. Mar. 24.—Secretar
ies Hughe3 and "Weeks are cooperat
ing in a plan to pull slacker Berg
doll out ot Germany.
DEBSAT WASH
FOR CONFERENCE
! Washington, March 25.—
V. Debs, who U serving a tea-year
term in the Atlanta prison, came to
this city yesterday alone. He can:
for the purpose of conferring with
the Attorney-General reg&rdinc an
investigation of hi* case, which
President Harding ordered. The
latter authorised the proceedings in
| connection with the conference
| When the conference was concluded
Debs returned to Atlanta as he had
I come.
i8IILL~CWEIi
KILlttMN FlIIW
Boston, March IS.—Larry Mc
I Lean, a former baseball catcher on
the National League teams, waj shot
and killed in a near-b«er saloon in
this city. X quarrel started in wfcich
McLean was Involved and guns were
drawn and Larry wa« shot and
killed.
GREEKS AND TURKS
IK FULL BATTLE
Athens, Mar. 24.—The Oreeka
are advancing on a wide front In
Asia Minor. The armr J® advanc
ing against the Turks alons tile
whole line.
EASTER WEATHER
TO M FAIR j
Washinjton, Mar. St.—The worn- ;
en of the country will be Interested I
in the announcement sent out by
the weather bureau relative to Sun
day's weather. Weather is to be
fair.
r
Sland "\Jo\xt \vome "Sovou
Keep your savings, youi lurphij money in your own com
munity—where it belong!—and where it will work for you
over and over again.
Money in your HOME BANK will heJp build road*, nip
pott 'schooli^ and aid your local companie* and kmaau
houses and make certaia YOUR pay roll. It wiB bring new
business to your town and thus give you raore for your dollar
when you buy. New business increase* th« value W your
property and decreases your taxes. A man or woman with a
bank account never worries about Hard time*.
BanK of AlasKa
Canned Fruit
WE ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE A GENERAL REDUC
TION OF FROM 20 TO 25 PER CENT ON OUR ENTIRB
LINE OF CANNED FRUIT. WE HAVE THE FOLLOWING VA
RIETY:
Peaches—Halves and Sliced
Pears Plums
Apricots Grapes Strawberries
Logan-, Rasp-♦ and Black-Berries
Sliced and Grated Pineapple
PRICES RANGE FROM tSc TO 65« PER TIN—ACCORDING
TO SIZE AND KIND.
SPECIAL PRICES IN DOZEN LOTS.
P. Ii. GANTY
DENIES OSLO WES
| FOB Kit
Washington, March 23.—Secre
tary Mellon of the Treasury, issued
a denial of the reports published in
Paris, tnat the Unieted States still
owes Trance money on the Louis
iana purchase. This purchase was
made by the United States In 1803,
during Jefferson's first administra
tion. Spain had ceded Louisiana to
France, and, as New Orleans was a
principal port. Jefferson intimated
to France that the United States
could not remain on friendly terms
with a strong power controlling ono
of the principal ports of entry to
this country. Negotiations were
started with a view to purchase New
Orleans and Flprida. The war be
tween France and England then
came on, and France being in need
of money, and also realizing that
England, with her strong navy,
would wrest the country from her,
sold what is known as the Louisi
ana Purchase to tha United State*
for fifteen million dollar*. The ter
ritory included upwards of one mil
lion square miles of territory and
had a population at that time of be
tween eighty and ninety thousand
people. Forty thousand of these ;
were slaves. It is this sale which j
I* belag brought up as that In which
the United States owes France 90 .
billions. It's worth more than that j
now, but was not at that time.
lOOKl
OFF Tii ISLANDS
Saattie, March 24.—General Wood 1
wired the department today that he '
and his party would sail on the S. S.
Wenatchee for the Philippines. The
Wenatchee which is the first of the
passenger liners to start the Far
East service will sail froii Seattle
March 2Sth
60VIET TRADE RELATION
NIPPED IN THE BVD
■Washington, March 26.—Yester
day afternoon State Secretary
Hughes sent to ibe Soviet chief.
Lenine, the opinion of the new ad
ministration concerning the resump-1
tion of trade relations with Soviet
Russia. If rumor had it th:>t the
United States would answer Len
ino'o appeal in the affirmative the :
public now knows that rumor was
wrong. In his communication to '
Lenine. Hughes tells him that it will j
be impossible to resume trade rela
tions with Russia under present
conditions. The cable was sent to
the Russian Soviet representative
at Reval. In part Hughes said that i
if fundamental changes were made,
these changes involving a due re-J
gard to the protection of personal J
property and the establishment of
conditions essential to the mainten-J
ance of commerce, this government
would be glad to have convincing
evidence of the consummation of |
such a change. But until this evi
dence is supplied the government
is unable to perceive that there is
any proper basis for the considera
tion of the resumption of trade re
lations.
WOMAN MINISTER
WITHOUT PORTFOLIO]
Victoria, March 24.—Mr». Rflph
Smith of Vancouver was sworn this
forenoon as a minister without port
folio in the British Columbia legis
lature.
Toronto, March 25.—Dougher
ty was found guilty Of stealing one
hundred and five thousand dollars
In bonfls from Small,
Seattle, Murc'i 25.—Houghton
and Mlslhn tl e •> bishers of former
Secretary of Slate Lansing book,
"Tlie Peace Negotiations" gave tha
book to :lie public today. Some of
the points stressed in the book are
that he advised AVilson not to go
abroad. He says the President had
no concrete plans for a League of
Nations, that Lansing himself was
opposed to tin; self determination
scheme, declaring that the phrase
is loaded with dynamite. He de
nounced article ten and ho favor
ed international arbitration. He
spoke apainsi the system of man
dales, bin iiis objections were dis
missed by the President as legal
technicalities. Lancing admits that
he was against the treaty and rec
ognizes his paradoxical position of
being against it yet signing it and
favoring Us ratification. The book
throws much light on the negotia
tions snd Is well worth reading.
IETTLRS INTRO
OUCcO t'iGASE
NewYork, Match 24—Among the
affadavits liW-in the Stillman di
vorce case at White Plains were cop
ies of five let ers which Mrs. Still
man received from Fred Beauvais
the French Canadian guide. This
iB the man whom James Stillman
charges is the father of Mrs. Still- j
man's two year old son Guy. These
letters refer to "our" child and j
"Joys of Parenthood."
IEL
Botron. Mar. 23.—With the d"atii |
of Cardinal Gibbons of Baltimore,
the headship of tHe Roman Catholic
chure in vi ■- i>"i i'alM t > C'ard.nal
O'Connell. of Boston.
TA\ RETl R «S
MILLION
Washington. Mar. 24.—The Income
and profits ia\ collections for March
l&th installment is estimated by Se
cretary Mellon of the treasury de
partment to equal 675 million dol
lars.
OXE DAY-ONE STOP
ACROSS CONTINENT
Jacksonville March 25.—Lieut.
R. W. Conney an army flier hopped
off on his cross country trip at one
forty this morning. He plans to
reach San Diego on the Pacific In a
one day one stop flight.
JUMPS FROM Ml Til
STORY; DEAD
Seattle, March 25.—Mrs. Lena
Johnson, the wife of J. Louis John
eon a Duluth business m»n, Jumped
from the fifth story of her hotel
thli morning and was killed.
NEW TYPO SCOUT
CRUISER LAUNCHED
Taeoraa, March 25.—A new type I
of scout cruiser was launched last |
evening at the Bremerton navy
yards. The cruiser was christened
Milwaukee.
FOR! Mil
OIL IS RICH
Fairbanks, Mar. 34.—D. Cad jo w,
i be factor at Rampart House says
tbe police patrols at Fort Norman
declare tbe oil fields In that region
are wonderfully rich. They stretch
some hundred miles along the Mac
Kendo river oxtendlag from it on
oach side. One well which was put
down eight hundred feet was flow
ing a thousand barrels an hour
;:nd was finally capped with the
reatest difficulty.
IPS 5 MILES
IN PARACHUTE
Rantoul, Mar. 24.—Lieutenant
Arthur G. Hamilton made a record
parachute jump from an aeroplane.
He made the lump at an elevation
of 34 thousand four hundred feet.
He landed safety.
SEN. NIXON'S SON
KILLED IN ALTO
Sallnaa, Cal.. Mar. 24.—Bert Nix
on, the son of former United State*
Senator Nixon of Nevada, was kill
ed at thli place in an automobile
accident.
REFUSES TO RESUME
TRADE WITH SOVIETS
Tokio, Marovh »«.—The Japanese
government has announced that it
would not consider favorably the
resumption of trade relations with
Russia while that conntry is under
control of the Soviets.
HAS ATTACK OP
INDIGESTION
Washington, March 28.—Ex-Pres
ident Wilson had a sever* attack of
indigestion yesterday.
WIGKERSHi HAS
FILL'S SUPPORT
Portaad, March 26.—A special
communication to the Oregoniiiu
says: "Wickersham has been rec
ommended to the President by Sec
retary Fall for tha appointment as
gorernor of Alaska." It is under
stood that MccBride, the National
committeeman for Alaska, as well
as tome Republican leaders in
Western Washington, have endors
ed Hazelett, of Cordova, for the
governorship. Those who havo
been opposing the candidacy <>?
Haaelett have made the charge that
he waa the candidate of the Gug
genhelms. No evidence has been
produced to support this charge,
but there Is no doubt that he suf
fered somewhat from the fact thai
he had formerly been identified
with the Guggenheims in a business
way.
When Secretary Fall was ap
proached and asked to confirm or
deny the report concerning his rec
ommendation of Wickersham, he
declined to confirm or deny the
statement.
Tacoma, March 26.—Pothler and
Rosenbluth are under arrest In
Providence, jointly charged with
tho mnrder of Major Cronkhite at
Camp Lewii. The formal informa
tion has been filed is this city.
STEPMOTHER TO OWN'
GRAXDCHILDREN'
Sedro Wolley, March 26.—Her
man Guile married his motther-in
law yesterday. By . this marriage,
the former Mr». Mary ManSur, who
comes stepmother to her own grand
children.
THEATRE BOMB
KILLS TWEN'TW
London, March 24.—The Tinws
recelTed a despatch from Milan, It
aly In which it was stated that a
bomb explosion In the Diana Thea
tre killed twenty people. The ex
plosion oceured last night.
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Skaguay, Alaska
or
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