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Washington JaD. 11—Searetary
Daniels was before the House Nav
I af'airs Committee today. H.,
a 1 vised Hardlag to call a conferenct
of the nations for the culmination
of an agfeement disarm•»ment
Hording "fid he would strive for
such an agreement- Damek said
thx if Che United. Snut,s is not
. t once to become a member of the
L agi.e of Nations or until that con
ft>rence secures a world egreemnt
tttcn "Lejt tl»ere &e no cassation in
build.ng thg ships alrepdy author
ised by congress-"
I'lS JUS1I5E
>an Francisco Jan- 12—Jam s Car
ey who waj convicted in connection
with the Howard street Rang was
given a sent^nc* from one to fifty
yea'8 in thw. ptnitentLary. John C
Woi'od was given a y^r for killing
James Hendl^y who broke up his
home Judge Ronald said th0 act
»is excusable if Justifiable
Reds Have Visions
Of More Soviets
London Jan 12—That the Commit
»sts of Russia ha v., not c^as^d dreani
iag of world congue^ °-nd Pow, r
It evidenced by the ».teletons in
the Moscow archives
Tht-s^ Sfie'e'tons "o not in the
cioscts but are forms fo Soviet gov
ernment for Rumania and Poland
and are prL.Par>d in advanv, fo" th,.
time when they shall have conquer d
vieSe countries by their Bolshevi';i
a'm! s- Moskow newspapers give
ou*. this information according to
<oMes reCgired at London today
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Berlin Jan- 12—General L,uden
ilorff of World War no»e is out in.
the interesU of a 111 ill tar;.- alliance
hetween th0 Ent0nt and Germany to
c'ush Bolshevism- He declares th'U
sooner or later Western EuroPe
iuu®t meet the Sovifcts ia armed cor
baf and tl>at a d;>ft.nsh-e policy is
■useless
Ij.ndou Ju.n. j2—Wcarj" of tli,,
1 •sii-!r struggle which she ''as been
■arryiajt on since the 'war closed
^■.."t' ic has 6ivcti up and l.aa an
U' Jl.ced to tho J.nt,..nte that she is
at. the tnil of hi r rvsources and no
longer i'i a position to continue
'l'lu .'A.- .it.: to the Tim s and
a B, rim il .:.;>ate!i adds th0 int'o!'m,;
ti^n that in till,. fi."t,.cnth th ad
ministration will !>,. placed in Ui,,
h inds of the ft •>: :Mti n Coinmiti i"
S^at'lf,' Jan- 12—R v Evan R Prl
i.-!;ard a w 11 known Presbyterian Mi
Ister of this city burn0d to deatlj
la^t night. His night robe caught
t\le wliilg standing too ntar an ove
u^atfd stove In 1.1s homc
Sc-att),- Jan' 12—TV Al:,sku S S
Co niaKeS the announcem0nt ttiat
nc-w steamship Kennlcott when
c.;mulf;tcd will not he p-Jt In tlio
Alaskan trad,, until that trade im
pro\ieJ She will -t Put in the worM
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OU.S.TOJOIN
Pa'is Jan. 12—France Is matelng
another apical to the Unlt0cH Ptj.U
es to join ihe League of Nations.
This appeal corn.jS thru Gustave
Dennis d(?an of the Senate in which
he dLcl;ires that America cannot re"
uain indifferent to tl^ dangers
menacing the world civilization by
Jier failur0 to join with the others
in this effjrt a,t reconstruction.
O'innilg^e Okla Jan 12—Pr^.s- ,!^.
Harding has bev-n blected chief of ...I
tribcs of Uu> Crcoli nation- The
n.besnit.n who ar>» gathered from
3II quarters, of the C'tVe^' nation
ii;dor¥(.d the appointment ' of thu
P esid.-'H Klot as the Cbief of the
. ib • Siiict. this is one of the m >sfl
v.i'i'v nu;ivp •Vibe th . position
should car'y with it a worthwhile
s;.lavy- His salary as CJiief is not'
st.x'yd in the djspatcl*
BMDifS HCLOUP
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Pho. nix Jan. 12—Bandits h0ld up
th0 EaibLr & Jones su;re at Tempe
Tticy !tillled Milton SpaaglcT and At
■ust Ilintz a'letter boy of eleven.
Th0y °liot H C Barber one of thQ
j)-orrietors, twice| dangerously wound
lag liim.
flM C1IBF0
W\ NT gUlIE
Berlia Jin. 12—M Schwarta a
socialist of San Francisco who has
bt>en !n Russia Is keen wltlx dis
appointment over what he saw and
experiencPr while he was over
tfcercj H.j asserts that, American
\( orkmcn would n0ver Pursue the So
viet methods. TiieSe methods re
sulted he d-clares in his being imprJ
s'oned for four months in Bolshe
Tiici jails ia Moscow and thc dtJith
01 li'= wifj Ho has eSPPrienced
"ocialism In action and is frank in
gtyin? that he does not liko the
kind he has exp.;riPnced
P.ifi3 Jan 13—President irillleranc
of France accepted the resignation
of ihi> Leygues cabinet;
M's Max Smith returnfcd to Skag
| waj aftPr a few months visit at
Kotchlcan
I a numbfr of soldiers are also
• southbound for Juneau and some fo
I the states
! r J Stan.iish returned tto his cost
'at th„ Whlt0 PaS3 Shops after a
months visit with his family in
j Seattle"
I R G Shcj-liard of Haint.s is ta'.c
itig a short trip to Juneau- Mr
! 3hophrad °toPped at th^j Alaskan
rific> on his way south
J 51 Rourke retumed north on the
; Prin;-fe°s Mary and will take up his
duties at Clifton-; Mr Rourke has
• sPent several weeks In the 9tat89
1 viSitlne his relatives in ldaho»
| The Jefferson reached Port early
this morniug and returned south
I about noon- • .
I Mr Charlie Vamseito the new
I cook at thj Colden North cafe was
j a north bound passenger from Seat
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GALLEO WITHIN
sim mis
Wellington! Jan 13—Generai Tas
ker H Blisa told tb6 Hlouse Naval
affair® committee that if the United
States callcd a world conffireiice on
disarmament it could b0 arranged
to' meet within sixty days
"e dccla'ed to tl'e coinmiitee that
(such confQrence would undoubtedl
tiring ^suits'
GETMSQUUHi
Mattice Oat Jan 12—\Vhen Leiu
tcnant I Union and A FarrtJl and
Kloor tlu, missing Laloonists. roacCi
c*4 town F?-rrell smashed Hiaton/ on
the jaw. The trouble arcs0 from a
1-tter which Farroll accuses Ilinton
of writing to his wife giving de
tails of th^ir actual (Oq)eriences in
the Period thcy w,re missing. This
letter was publishpd in the n^ws
rape's and stated that Fur-"cll dur
l.i" the hardships they wer0 under
going wanted to commit suicide or
to hav„ others kill and oat him
•>nd fhat lat(j- h0 went thru) . the
woods apologizing to heaven for
•.•a- sin Farrell accuses Hinton of
double crosslng him in making tliese
things known.
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Paris Jan. 12—Leon Daudet a
royalis« and Al,..xalider Blanc a so
cialist encountere<l eac^ other at
the reopening of the Cham,ber of
:\.Pu*k6 and had a battle royal
With natur.s flrst weapons.
oiu Francisco Jan 11—TemPera
tur^s Delow freezing and killing
fxesta hare bee11 Seneral thruout
Calli;:ma.
OlyitiPia Jan. 12—Hart and Cjoyl0
| wer6 Inaugurated as Governor and
lieutenant Governor resPectively to
ii"«« at a joint meeting of tbe ses
j sioa of the legislature
■Wilbur otorey came north to his
old stamping grounds at Skagway
IIIs friends will be pl0ased to see
nim again in the North: Wedding
tbells rang for Wilbur last Thanks
! giving day at th9 home of Miss Sar
ah Elizabeth Cunningham of NedroT
| New Yory The mother and father
| of th,, brlde and relatives of Wil
i bar w6re presen.t at the wedding
| Wilbur remained East until early
I in the N«w Vear when he started
uorth' to rtturn to his old Post with
tne White Pa83"
i Mrs Storey will follow later in
, the spring
j N G Kan6on of Halnts with his'
wife and two girls are southbound
! lIan"on is out for a couple months
weU earned rest and recreatlon
He and Mrs Hanson will visit
relatives and friends in and abou£
Seattle* Theey expect to retuj
about MarcU first
RED TROOPSHIP IS
SOUK ey THE
FRENCH
Constantinople Jan- 12—A Trans
port flying the Red Flag and carry
• g 3ovlet irooips to Tretlzond was
' attacked and siuik by French De
siroyere. The Frenoh attaclct4 the
t'snsport In splt^ of the fact that
lhe troopshin was escorted by a So
viet flotilla. Part of the crew and
11'oops Pscaped drowning by swlm
! niing to shore- ; .
London Jan- 12—Tha British leg- |
ation in Tehe^in Persia has order
ed th0 immediate, evacuation of the
city by British Women and Children
of Pe'Bia- This is done In rl&w
or th0 • nnonnced withdrawal of the
Brltish forc2s In NoIt'hwest Persia.
The Bequ^l to it is th0 threaten •
ed invasion of the north of pg^-sia |
by the Bolshevikl according to
des[ atch from Tehersm
New Yo'k Jan. 12—The mystery
su'rounding tha slaying cf Monk
r.astman notorious charcat3r in Naw
Yorlr has finally) been cl6ared u&.
Jeremiah Bohan a former interni'.
r0veniie agent lias confes^d the
crime and says t|iat he is the
slayer of Alonk'- Bohan w,as indict
ed for first degree murder
Portland Jaul3—J Wesley Lsdd
belonging to the oldest establish
ed banking and financial Interest of
tills city •with other flnanclers re
ceived a threatening lettei^> This
1< tter Te<iuired thetu 'to deposit a
larg0 sum of money at »eslgnated
olaces undj- pain of dealMf the/
failed so to dofi
MURDER STRAINS
RELATIONS
WITH*
Vladlyostock Jan. 12—^leU't . W
F Langdlon of Boston tbe chief en
gineer on the U S S Albany was
"hot in the bade by a Ja»anes0
soldier while he was retiming
t'om a trip aflhore- Langdon reach
ed hlg q\io.rter6 on board the shly
and died in a few hours
Shsnhai Jan- 13—Admiral Gleavcs
who is m command of the Asiatic
squadron Is ach!eduled to arrive
her? tomorrow on tie destroyrr
HaBt from Manila;: He is on his
way to VlUdlvostock to lnvesMgat^
the killing of Iieluiteiiant Langdon
Report8 liere indicate that there
l" high Cgellng among th^ crew of
t>6 cruiser Albany of which Lang
don was hi© Clhlef Engdneerr F^s
.-.f (jrouble la expressand th0
crulsPr N&W Oreans Is waiting for
Gleans and he will tpansfer lmmpdl
ately to It for th0 trip to Vladi
ro°tock:
Washington Jan- 13—Leiutpnant
L'.ngdon who was shot and killed
by a Js.paneBe soldicr fai!ed to heed
the challenge of the sentry who ac
costed1 him- Tlla official version
of th_ affai' wOJch was received bv
the JaPane"e Embassy today from
Its govehnmgnt stat,B that Lang
dan had drawn a reVolTer after the
•entry had pulled back the hood
wilch coreTed his faee to ste «hP
thre h.» wa« a Russian or an Afri
can' Th0 »fenbry did not} fire until
the offlcer had t"rned to walk aw»y
»nd glve no heed to thte 0Td0i{ to
lint- AnoffieJ" message said' that
lhe J*rane«o government and People
wB*e greatly concerned orer the
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Sal.m Jan 11—Gorernor Olcott
In his me8B^ge to legts'^Mr
Uday said the questlon as to bow
th^y uould m3et thg Ja(panese situ
ation In tils 6<l'te may be "Tha
most momentous'' equation; tocome
befo*« the lawmakers at thijs sess
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