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CHICAGO UNION
HEADS IOICIED
FOR MURDER
Chicago, May 29.—Big Tim Mur
phy and two other Chicago labor
leaders are held for murder in con
nection with the gang terrorist epi
sode on the west side a few weeks
ago. The men are held on J75.000
bonds each today. The two whoj
are involved with Murphy are Fred
Mader. president of the Building
Trades Council, and Cou Shea of
the Teamsters Union.
THK NEW CONCRETE
PIER WEAKENED
The recent rise of water in the
river, due to the heat of the past
few days, has undermined the new
concrete pier which was installed
this spring, and let It down about
three feet. Other than this damage,
which is enough, tlie bridge is pas
sable and if the water does not con
tinue to gouge out the sand under
the foundation the bridge can be
raised and everything put in shape
again. It is unfortunate that it
comes just at this time.
(ilVKS UK TO CRANE RUMOR
Paris, May 29.—That Charles R.
Crane. a former minister to China,
was arrested and sentenced to twen
ty years' imprisonment, was declar
ed absolutely false and without
foundation. The sentenced was ru
mored to hare been made by a
French military court for Crane's
Inciting the native* to riot.
l\ 8. WINS SUIT AGAINST
SOUTHERN PACIFIC
Washington. May 29.—The gov
ernment received a favorable deci
sion in its case against the South
ern Pacific railroad. The suit was
un the question of the law-fullness
of the ownership ot the Central Pa
cific by the Southern Pacific. By
the decision of the court the posses
sion was declared unlawful.
WAR FRAUD ATTORNEYS
ARK APPOINTED
Washlngtin. May 30.—Charles S.
Thomas. a former senator from Col
orado. and George P. Hoover of this
city have been appointed assistants
to Daugherty, the attorney general
for the purpose of prosecuting the
war fraud cases.
WAR ON IN IRELAND
Dublin, May 30.—Fierce flghtinf?
is going on along the borders of
Donegal, and Fermanagh counties,
with both Beleek and Pettigoe in
the hands of the Irish Republicans.
Fighting is also reported at Clady
in the county of Tyrone.
BRITISH 1 P.
GEIS 1 YEftRS
London, May 29.—Horatio Bot
tomly, M. P.. and former editor of
•John Bull.' an anti-American week
ly, was today found gu.lty of ap
propriating to his own uso a hund
red and fifty thousand pounds from
the funds subscribed for war bonds
He was sentenced to seven years
imprisonment.
WORLD FI.YKR MAKES
SKCOXI) LAI' OF TRIP|
Paris, May 28.—Blake, the flyer
who is flying around the world,
hopped off from Lebourget and
headed for Lyons, his next stop on
his world trip. He is accompanied
by Captain McMil'an, a mechanic,
who is relief pilot.
Lyon. France. May 28.—Blake ar
rived here this afternoon, thus end
iqk the second lap of his world trip
The fog prevented him from con
tiliuing to Turin, Italy, as he had
planned.
GF.RM.IXS ACCEITs
ASK KXTKRXAI- LOAN
Paris, May 30.—Germany gives
a conditional acceptance of the Al
lied reparations coli mission's terms.
This announcement was made offi
cially today. An external loan is
asked as the means of making a
compliance with the new terms pos
sible.
BRIDK AXI) (iROOM
TO ACCOMI'AXV AMI XOSKX
Seattle. May SO.—Accompanied
by his bride of eigi.t months, Lieut.
G. L. Fullerton. a noted flyer, and
member of the Canadian Air Hoard,
arrived in this city <oduy. They will
join Amundsen's party, which will
leave Seattle Satui day on its Jour
ney toward the North Pole.
MAXIAC CHAINS
TWO YOl'X'ti WOMKX
Omaha. May 30.—The police of
the city were culled on to go out to
a lonely cabiu in the outskirts of
the city to rescue two young women
and a man. who had been captured
by a maniac, and tiad been chained
and held captive since Saturday
without food or water. Gus Grimes
is the maniac, who was taken into
custody by the police.
PRESIDENT WINS
l'Ol'KTH GOLF PRIZE
Washington, May 2S.—President
Harding came in fojrth in the news
paper golf tournament. The win
ner of the first prize is Lowell Mel
lfctt. a Seattle-trained newspaper
man. who is now editor of the vVa3'i
Ington News. President Harding
entered the tournament as editor of
be Marion Star.
Springtime is the Time to
tiny sprout to a full crown stalk.
LIKEWISE, this is a good time to plant dollars in the bank;
you may start with a tiny deposit, but give it the same attention
you do the growing plant and you will eventually have a substan
tial bank account.
Plant a few dollars with us TODAY—the harvest is sure to
come.
Plant Seeds
in the ground. You watch
the tiny plant grow from a
•KAQWAY, ALASKA
Seattle. May 29.—The body of A.
A. Almour of Seattle, a sales <«n,
was found under circumstance*
which point to murder. The body
was found in the woods near Stan
wood. Almour has been missing
since March 8.
CONFESSES TO
Ml'RDER OF ALMOUR
Everett. May 30.—Donald B.
Stevenson, a railway brakeman, has
confessed that he killed A. A. Al
mour, the Seattle salesman whose
body was found jammed into a hol
low stump near Stanwood. Steven
son said that a dispute over a bottle
of bootleg whiskey led to the crime.
SCULPTOR MAKING
AMUNDSEN BUST
Seattle, May 29.—Alonio Victor
Lewis, a noted sculptor of Seattle,
is modeling a bust of the explorer
Amundsen. The bust will be finish
ed this week.
TO REPORT BONUS
MEASURE WEDNESDAY
Washington. May 30.—The finance
committee of the Senate announced
that it will report the McCumber
Soldier Bonus measure to the Sen
ate tomorrow.
TO VOTE ON WAGE REDUCTION
Chicago. May 29.—The question
as to whether the railroad workere
who have received notice of a cut
iu their wages, will submit to the
cut or go on strike will be up in the
Maintenance and Ways Union today.
Presideut E. M. Jewell of the Rail
road American Federation of LAbor
said the question as to a strike
would be discussed at the next meet
ing.
DEAN RICE HOLDS
SERVICE TONIGHT
Duan Rice, of the Episcopal
church in Juneau, came up on the
Jefferson and will hold Bervice this
evening at eight o'clock In the Epis
copal church. All are cordially in
vited.
COl HT ORDERS PAY
('HECKS ISSUED
Seattle, May 29.—The Superior
Court orders the issuance of the
checks for the municipal employes.
These checks would be held up for
a month on account of the veto giv
en liy Mayor Caldwell.
MOTOR BANDITS ROB
RETIRED CAPITALIST
San Francisco, May 28.—Five mo
tor bandits held up and robbed Ar
thur J. Herbst and his wife of cash
jewelry and furs valued at twen
ty-five thousand dollars. The rob
bery was committed while the cou
ple were returning home this morn
ing.
TO RETRY THE LARSON CASES
Tacoma. May 29—The Larson cas
es on which the Jury could not
agree will be retried at the October
term of the court. The two untried
criminal cases held against him will
be dismissed.
May Victor Records and selected
list of April Victor Records now be
ing played at Keller Brother*.
NORTHERN PACIFIC
EVADES TAXATION
Seattle, May 30.—Assessor Hull
I went on a still hunt thru the books
! of the assessor and found that the
Northenr Pacific Railway has a few
acres of land—only 157.6S3 acres—
In the state, King county's propor
tion of the taxes on which the rail
way company has not paid for years
' amounts to the tidy sum of more
than a million dollars.
I
PREMIER THREATENS
TO OCCUPY Rl*HR
J Paris, May 29—Premier Pofn
' ca're, in an address to the Chamber
of Deputies Friday evening, openly
, threatened to Invade and occupy the
Ruhr district of Germany with
Trench troops if Germany fails to
I meet the reparations payment on
| May SI.
SENATE INQUIRES
AS TO Fl'R SALE
i Washington, May 29.—The Senate
passed a resolution directing the
Secretary of Commerce to furnish it
with "complete information" on the
government sales of fur sealskins in
[ the Alaskan fur trade.
FLIES OVER CAPITALS
OF THREE STATES
Washington. May 29.—Major Gen
I eral Nathan A. Patrick, chief of the
: United States air service, made a
| non-stop Sight of six and one half
1 hours from Montgomery. Ala., to
I Cacip Bragg. Faye'.tevllle, N. C. In
1 his six-hour flight Major Patrick
! flew over the capitals of three
atatea.
RADIO'S TO GET
DEDICATION .ADDRESS
Washington. May SO.^-Provision
has been made for the general
broadcasting of the dedicatory ad
dresses of President Harding and
Chief Justice Howard Taft to the re
motest parts of the world world by
radio. The addresses will be deliv
ered on the occasion of the dedicat
ing of the Lincoln memorial in this
city.
RAILROAD LABOR BOARD
ANNOUNCES WAGE REDUCTION
Chicago, May 29.—The Railroad j
Labor Roard annouaces a wage re-1
ductlon, which will affect four hund
red thousand empljyes of the rail
ways of the country. This reduction
will mean a saving of forty-eight
million dollars a year to the roads.
The reduction applies to the main
tenance of ways enployes and kin
dred workmen. The reduction will
begin July 1.
VATICAN MAKES
1MCT WITH SVVILTS
Moscow, May 28.—An agreement
has been reached between the Vat
ican and Foreign Minister Tchltoh
erln, concerning the robbing of
churches In Russia of their silver
and gold plate. The Soviet govern
ment will except Catholic churches
of Russia in tbelr campaign of re
quisition of the church treasuries
| for famine relief fund, on the prom
i lee of the Vatican to pay into the
| treasury of the Soviets an equlva
j lent of the value of the articles to
be requisitioned.
I SENTENCED FOR
DEFRAUDING HOTEL
New York, May 29—Dllllon C.
j Willoughby, who is considered one
of the foremost Industrial engineers
I of the times, was sentenced to the
I workhouse for three months. He
was tried and convicted on a charge
I of having defrauded a fashionable
| hotel.
STEAMERS COLLI;
SEVEN KILLED SB INJURED
Astoria, May 29 — Seven Ff.lior
| -Jrerr killed and six Injured froir a
| explosion caused bv a Vead-oc evil
liFion of the .\merican-H: uahan
I carrier. Iron, bound from Stvttlo t>
Europe, and the britl^h «eamslil|
Welsh Prince. Tht collission occur
red in the Columbia mer off Aioona
Washington, U»t midnight T'.ie
victims were all on the A'elsh I'rince
steamship.
I
BOOTLEG CAV8E
OF <xtl-s DEATH
Seattle, May 28—Policeman I^K
ate wast found shot to death in the
garage of Emmauual Weitl. In hi*
testimony at the lrqulrv concerning
the death of Legate. Weill swore
that the garage was the rendezvous
for the making of bootleg deals
with the police and for paying the
latter for protection Mrs Legate
swore that her husband feared that
he would be murdered by Police Ser
geant E. \V. Pillow.
SEATTLE MAX ON
CHIVA COMMISSION"
Washington. May 29 —Henry
Blackwood of Seattle will represent
the United States il. the internation
al commission wLlch will have
charge of the rehalllitation and the
reform of the custoais service of the
Republic of China The commission
is now sitting in Shanghai
HOl'SE TO ADJOVRN
SENATE TO WORK
Washington. May 29 —There Is
talk of the House of Representa
tives taking an adjournment from
June 15 to August 1. The Senate
will remain in se*s.on thru this
period.
PIERCE AND LINCOLN'
BARBER IS DEAD
Washington. May 30 —Louis W
Miller, who shaved Presidents Till
more, Pierce. Buchanan and Abra
ham Lincoln, died In this city.
SINKS AITKH «X»I.I.ISK»X
Astoria. Mar JO.—The Welsh
Prince a British steamer. wMch. in
a collision with the Iron, had seren
of her crew k lied and *1* Injured,
sank in thirtv-two feet of water.
The crew of the ship w»s taken on
board the £ S Iron, the latter har
Ine been dam»e«*d hot little by the
collision.
SKATTLK JI IK..;
ol T HIR SKNATK
| Seatlle. May *S —Superior Judge
Austin K. GriflUha jnnouced hlm
M»lf an a candidate for the Senate
to ourreed Senator Poindeater He
will become a < l.date for the Re
publican nomination
MI KDKK \\ MX ol T;
Ti m iK HilRTKI \ VKARS
Seattle. May IS — \fter a period
of fourteen years a man is arrest
ed for the murder of a woman Four
teen years and el„ht months ago
the body of a seventeen-year-old
bride. Mrs Aprn-s True McComb* of
Covington. was foind in a trunk
(•online off Alki Point. The woman
had been strangiert before harinc
been put into the trunk A man be
lieved to be Chart.** Purilson. her
husband's closest friend, wan arrest
ed in CallaO, I'eru. sharped with her
murder at Covington He is also
BRITAIN MtT HI
WITIIPR1W UJ. TR««»PS
London. May 30.—Churchill, sec
retary of tbe colonies. told the
House of Commons that It was not
Intended that Rrl sin would with
draw all her troopt at present (row
the city of Publin
SKATTl I I'll IN I KR PROPS l»KAI»
Seattle. May 19.—George Poole,
one of the crpitallsts of t-'is cily
and a pioneer business man. dropped
dead on Saturday last He was at
his country home Then death came.
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YUKON rout:
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Yukon Territory, Atlin and
Interior Alaska
Semi-WeekJy Train Sen-ice between Skaguay and Whitehorse
during the Winter Season.
For information regarding passenger and freight rates apply to
H- Wheeler. General Manager
Skaguay- Alaska
or
510 Alaska Building
Seattle Wash