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Waihington, April 28.—The re
vised text of the Ltsigue of -Nations
wtivjcje essential features were dis
closed in am official summary two
w-.ek.SK a<;o. were mad© puillio by
the stats department today..
The to\euant to bu taken up for
final disposition. at the plenary ses
sion n' the peace co.>tereuce today,
has attache to it the "annex" re
ferred to in tli© covenant, in which
are named thirty two states includ
ing the self governing British Do
minions, which are to he origiual
members of the League of Nations,
and thirteen states ro be invited to
accede to the covenant.
The original members are ail
nations which declared war on Ger
many, anu in addition, the new
states of (zecho-Slovokia. and !'o
iand.
Thos? who will t»e invited to be
come members by acceding to the
coveuati', ar„ the three Scandina
viau countries, the Netherlands,
Switzerland, Spain and Persia.
Argentine, CJtiil*., Colombia, Par
aguay, Salvador and .Mexico do not.
appear iu the list.
it eoutaines the changes suggest
ed in iriticsnus by tha United States
senators to adopt provisions for the
: withdrawal of a member nation upon
I tws> yeajs notice after fuliiltnent of
League obligations to exempt do
mestic luestions front the league's
'Jurisdiction, to priviiio that man
datories over German colonies oE
former Ottoman dominions shall be'
given to those nations willing to j
I accept them.
j It leaves it to the member states
i to decide what armed force, if any, I
lit will contribute to the force re
quired by th*. Le&gUQ to enforce!
its mandates and makes it clear1
| fhai the member states. Individual- j
ly, will pass upon the proposed lini
| nations uuon their araments
ni
New York, April 23.—Samu. 1
Gomper&, president of American
Federation of Labor, was seriously
iujure.1 yesterday when his automo
bile collided with a street car iu
tha distr'ct below Broadway
.Mr. Oouipers sustained a couple
o£ rraetnrid ribg be*idi-n a number
t>f bruises.
The surgeon^ stale that the vet
eriu labor ltader is not daugeroua
ly injured, but it will to some time
before he can resume hia work
Berne, April —With the Ru
manians advancing; from the east,
the C2C -ho-Slavokg from the north,
the Ju?o-alavs fioJU the south up
on the city of Budapest, Foreign
Minister Bela Kun has appealed to
Premier Lenine for further aid.
Bel* Kun declares that the situ
ation >.-» desperate and the peasants
in many localities are calling for
the i«storak>n of the monarchy.
COTTON RAISERS
FIGHT BATTLE
Stockholm, April 28.—A Serious
anti-fcclsheviki revolt tia-i occurred,
at Ivanovo, which is a cottou grow
ing district uL\>ut mii hundred, aud
seventy live Jui.es north or Moscow.
In the battle that iusuej) 9-ver"l
of thi> Soviet officers were killed
ami .l lilrge number of tlij, li.lshe
viki troops were scattered all over
the distl'U' they having lied in wild
disordi i .
I'ari , Ami) 2»i. The Petit l'aris
1 iun today claiuip to tiave authen
tic information th«H Premier Orlan
do ami all of the other Italian del"
, «gates «o th© lKace eonfereno^ will
be in Versailles on May first to
'■ take p-tr! in th® proceedings there.
i Rome, April 26.—Premier Orlan
do arrived here today and i§ to ap
! near before parliament on Monday.
Gr*at exciteiucnt prevails here and
[the situatiou is tense.
Come and See
If your Liberty Bond is in.
We just received a shipment of 106 of them
and want to deliver as many as possible.
Perhaps yours is here. Come in and see any
way, and don't forget the
BANK of ALASKA
Safe Deposit boxes only 25c per month.
BANK OP ALASKA
Have You Tried
"GOLD CREST"
Brand Butter an3 Eggs
Just what you would expect when ordering the very best
Fresh shipments received on every boat
The Eggs sell at 60c per dz.
Butter 75c per pound
These prices subject to market changes
P. H. GANTY
Seattle, April 28.—An. iaforn:il
machine was received thiough tho
pos>. office tit Mayor I&naon's of"
ficrt today address d» to him, aud
mailed in New; York city.
The machine had sufficient power
to blow out the entire side of the
Coun'y and City building- if it l*ad
exploded.
Fci some reason the bemb fiviledl
10 explode, altho the g'&ss contain-1
or holding the sulphuric acid which
wat designed to Pet off the homb,
broke.
Mayor Hanson is In Colorado,
speaking in the intertfltg of the Vic- >
tory Loan.
There are clu^s which will pro*,
balily lead to thg arrest and convlc-:
tion ol thg cowardly; miscreants
who gent the deadly machina. |
EIH
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Sat. Francisco, Apiil 28.—James .
T. Lynch, governor on the 12th dis
tricf Federal Reserve bank died
liei> today.
If. was known that .Mr. Lynch
wan ailing but no fears were en
ler'ained as to hip passing awaj_-,
and the sad newg hue spread a pall
of sorrow over the entire -Pa-cific
coast.
PEDIGREED BULL
N'rw York, April 2ti.—A pedl
greed bull, robed ill an orange col
ored blanket, dined at the Waldorf
Astoria today, as the puest of honor
of the members of the National
Milk <nid Dairy exposition.
His honor, the bull, partook of a
bran mash from giant silver plat
ttJ-s.
Kantishna Man
1 Was Not Crazy
i
News was received in Fairbanks
from Neuana today that at the hear
ing of Gus Nelson, who was brought
in from the Kantishna country on
tho suspicion of being mentally un
sound, the defendant wag dis
charged, he being adjudged as not
insane.
Just what did ail Nelson will not
be known, but those who filed 1110
information against him stated that
his condition was violent and the
constant pttendan.ee of two men
wag necessary pending the arrival
of Dopufy Hagen., Some are of the
opinion that solitude got in its work
and he became lonesome and talked
to himself..—Citizen, a
Bobby Sheldon
Is In Office
Bob Sheldon, the newly elected
road commissioner for the Fourth di<
I vision, is duly installed1 in office and
! is vested with full authority to act
He recently received his certificate
| of office before the clerk of the
court. I1q will now hie enabled to
I build roada from this time on.
As soon as Bob received his "di
ploma" he had his beard' trimmed to
a professional van Dyke, and now
| lookg the part of aa astute man of
| the world. Bob has ma<ny good
schemes ud his sleeve for the better"
| ment of the trailg and roads of the
I interior, but until funds are avail
able to carry them out, he will .keep
strictly to himself.—Falrbaukg Cit
izen.
if 4IH NAMED
"EMPIfMENT
SUNDAY"
Waalili Rton, April 28.—In a pro
clamation issued today by President
Wilson, h > aske that May 4th. be ob
served a3 "Employment Sunday"
which the church organizations have
"greed upon as a day lor aiding
thi' United States Employment Ser
vice fn rinding- work for returning
soldiers, tailors and war workers.
Terms of Loan
Are Attractive
Washington, April 28.—Terms of
tho Victory Loan ware announced
by Secretary Glass today. They are: j
Amount $4,555,555,555, over
subscriptions to be rejects.
Interest, i% per cent, far partiall
t»x txoicpt notes, convertible into
3% Pi-r cent notes wholly tax ex
empt.
Maturity four years, with the
treasury reserving the privilege of
redieeminc the notes in three years.
Tiie 3% pre cent notes to be is
sued late- also may be converted
subsequently bach into 4% per cent
notes.
Tho 4% per c'nt securities are
to b-> exempt from state and local
taxation, excepting estate and in
heritance taxes, and from normal
rateg of federal inconia taxep, the
3?i per cant securities are exempt
from all fedral, state and local
taxes except estate &iuJj inheritance
tapes
Homestead Is
Now Taken Up
Another homestead in the vicinity
of Fairbanks wag fil'-d upon yester
day In the United States gen
eral land office, J.iru.es B. Williams
being the person who pia-ccd himself
on resord a$ desirous oif being a
farmer.
This homestead is a parcel of land
lying west of the Z-nder farm,
about one half mile above the
Noyes' slough where the railroad
crosses. The road outg through a
portion of the land, which Ilea high
and dry and Is considered aa one of
the most desirable pieces °fl ground
near Fairbanks, from which it is dis
tant only about one and one half
miles.. This land has prod/uced
much wild hay in the pa«t years
and the claimant already h»a a
meanes of an inopme already
provided.
A. 0. Bel], a well known newspa
! per man o£ the interior, arrived in
Cordova on the Farragut yesterday
afternoon, and will leave °n tomor
row's train for Neoana, whore he
will ee associated in. the publication
of the News.—Cordova Times.
The Victory Loan Committer will
get you if you don't watch out,
— <o
Paris, April 28.—The revised
covenant of tha League of Nations
was adjfpted this afternoon, at five
lifteen o'clock, at th^ plenary aes-j
nlon i f the Peace conference.
The covenant, as adopted, indud- J
edi Preeldent Wilpon'g motion^ nom-j
matins Sir Eric Drummond of Eng
land, o^e first secretary general of
tha L^aaiue, and naming Belgium-j
Oreoce, Lrazil and Japan for re*
presentation in the League Council,)
together with the United states
Ores* Brittain, France, Italy and
Japan.
Parir, April 28j—Provisions for
an In'aiuational tribunal is mad© in
the peace treaty as drawn, up for
presentation to Germany.
Washington, April 28.—The de
partment of gtate announced today
that Article 1 proposed for insertion
la the peace treaty to be considered
at the plenary session of th9 p j*ce
conference today, in, parlp, reads
follows: "Tba Allied and as
sociate powerg p.Wbiiciy ar»
raing William II of Hohenzollera,
the former Emperor of G-ermany,
not for an offense against crimi*
naj lttw but for a Supreme offence
against international morality and
the sanctity of treatitg.
It is proposed that a apeclal
tribunal be constituted to try
tho accused, consisting of five
Judges, one to be appointed by; each
of the five great powers, the United
States, Great Brittaln, France, Italy,
and Janan."
The Allied and associated powers
will request Holland to surrender
the former Emperor for trlaJ.
Washington, April 28.—A Mitch el
palmer, attorney general of the
United States, paid, today that when
the war time prohibition act became
elective on July first, he had na
other alternative but to enforce
Mr. Palmer did not say what me
ULOd) would be utsed to carry out the
provisions of the act, but was firm
in his assertion that It would be
strictly enforced!.
ALASKA 10 HAVE j
Slu BUSINESS
Srattle, Apr! 28.—Eleven ves
sels will sail this week from her®
bound for Alaskan ports.
There axe already booked) fifteen
hundred passengers audi s iveniteen
thousand- tons of freight.
These passengers and freight will
be distributed 4II the way fron
Ketchikan to Nome and iniflch mor-J
business is In sight.
DORY MONEY
ROLLING III
San Francisco, April 28.—The to
tal receipts up to noon, on Saturday;
amounted to ?38, 693,100. Tbia
amount wag subscribed by 121,481
subscribers.
The afcove figures do not in
clude Alaska., or Hawaii, but is
excellently distributed.
The Amount la up to the expec
tations of the managers.
Oregon Is still leading with UUb
a gool second, while Liu ho Is show*
ing speed in third place.
The total amount of San Firaucia
co'p subscription amounted to two
million swpii hundred fifty (»Ix
thousand six hundred doll&rg.
Hawaii c-abledi this afternoon that
they bad passed the million dollar
mark.
W. R. Hillery is returning from
Seattle on the boat leaving! thero yes
tcrday, r.fter having consummated
the deal for the purchase of tha
Light hous > Packing company's plant,
which will hereafter be conducted
under tbu firm name of the Hillery
Scot Company.
The boya have finished the Job
"over there"; let u? fintah it "over
here."
Ridiculous Shoe Prices
A big line of
Oxfords and High Shoes for
Ladies
We have placed on our
Bargain Tables
Oxfords At - $1.50
High Shoes At - $2.00
There are Blacks, Whites, Tans
and Patent Leather Shoes in good
styles and large range of sizes
You will have to come quick as they will not last
long at these prices
JAMES KENNEDY