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McGRATH, ALASKA, JUNE 11. 1921.
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SIMS MAKES
ADDRESS IN
LONDON
In Which Admiral
Censures Sinn
Feiners.
Denby Asks Sims for
Explanation and Ad
miral Makes Most
Caustic Retort.
► ' Washington, June 8. — Secre
tary of the Navy Denby today
instructed Rear Admiral Sims to
advise the Navy Department im
mediately, by cable as to whether
ho-was correctly quoted in press
accounts of an address he made
it) the English Speaking Union
in London on June 7.in which he
r charged that the Sinn Feiners of
Ireland had attacked the United
States during the world’s war by
their attitude towards England,
Washington, June 9.—Secre
tary of the Navy Denby made it
plain this afternoon that Ad
miral Sims will be disciplined if
he does not disavow the London
speech which he is credited with,
having made.
“I have read with amazement
certain extracts from the speech
purported to have been made by
you in addressing the English
Speaking Union at a luncheon in
London on June 7th.Denby’s
cable to Sims reads.
London, June 9. — Admiral
Sims, whose speech, on the Irish
question at a luncheon given by
the English Speaking Union
drew from Secretary of Navy
Denby an order to advise the
Navy Department regarding his
remarks, today said: “I stand,
by all that I have said and shall
nbt repudiate a single word, as I
see nothing un-American in it,
even if Senaior McCormick
does.”
London, June 10. — Admiral
Sims, in his reply to Secretary
Denby, states that his speech, as
printed, has been garbled to
some extent and that he said
nothing which he had not said
before in his speeches in the
United States and in his book.
London. June 10. — Admiral
Sims, of the American Navy,
was given an ovation in the
House of Commons tonight, Sec- j
retary of Exchequer Chamber-!
lain welcoming him as “the first
and foremost patriot in his own
country.”
Fear Bolshevik Propaganda.
LondoD, June 10.—The Government
is seriously alarmed over bolshevik
propaganda in this city and through
out Scotland, the Daily Sketch de
clared this evening.
National Committeeman tiead.
Washington, June 10.—Alvin T.
Pert, Republican national committee
man from Kentucky, died here this af
ternoon. He came here to attend a
meeting of the committee.
ALASKA’S
GOVERNOR
Very Busy Holding Con
ferences and Eating
at “Big Feeds.”
Washington, June 8. — The
confirmation of Scott C. Bone as
Governor of Alaska will be exe
cuted during the present week,
it was stated today. Mr. Bone,
who arrived here from New
York last night, will have a CQn
ference with Secretary of In
terior Fall today. He will -be
the guest of his former news
paper associates on Fridy at a
luncheon at the New Willard,
and Lester E. Jones, director of
the Coast Geodetic Survey, will
be host at a dinner in honor of
the new governor at the Cosmos
Club on the 22nd.
War Dept. Authorized
to Help Flood Sufferers
Washington, June 9.—A joint resolu
tion was adopted late today by the
House and Senate authorizing the Sec
retary of War to extend all possible re
lief to the Colorado Hood sufferers.
H. K. Carter is scheduled to feave
tomorrow morning?for a trip to Bethel.
With him he will take all raaii accum
ulated since the departure of the Tana.
This mail will arrive at Bethel in time
to catch the Ozmo, for which Service
dilatory letter writers and others mary
well feel grateful to Mr. Carter.
JOY-RIDING
REVELRIES
Lead to Vancouver Con
tractor Being Held
for Manslaughter.
Vancouver, June 8.—William
D. Grant, a wealthy contractor
of this city, will have to stand
trial for manslaughter in con
nection with the death of Ger
trude Garland, who received
fatal injuries while riding in his
car with a number of other joy
riders. Included in this party
was Madge Sawyer, of Seattle,
jecently tried on the charge of
murdering her husband and who
upon acquittal kissed all women
members, her proffered oscula
tion being declined by the first
male member approached. Other
members of the party were Mrs.
H. Lt. Hewitt, a sister of Mrs.
Sawyer, and young Smith, son
of C. J. Smith, banker, of Se
attle, and Grant. Grant was
under the influence of liquor and
running his car at a death-break
ing pace at the time of the acci
dent, according to the findings
of a coroner’s jury.
ADVICE TO
ALASKANS
Harding Wishes Most
Sincerely That We’d
Stop Quarreling.
Washington, June 9.—‘*1 wish
most sincerely that the people
of Alaska would stop quarreling,
and I will appreciate anything
.you can do along that line,”
President Harding said, address
ing one of the unsuccessful can
didates for Alaskan appoint
ment, today.
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Says Labor Resources
of Nation Are Held in
Grip of a Monopoly
Washington, June 10.—The labor
resources of the Nation are held in the
grip of a monopoly that fixes prices
through interlocking corporations, the
Federal Trade Commission officially
charged this afternoon.
LASKER IS
CHAIRMAN
Ex-Senator Chamber
lain Also Member of
Shipping Board.
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Washington. June 8.—Albert
D. Lasker, of the Lord & Thomas
advertising1 agedcv, and a mem
ber of the American Jewish
Committee, was today appointed
chairman of the Shipping Board
by President Harding.
Washington, Jude 8. — The
Senate late this afternoon unani
mously confirmed the nomina
tion of George E. Chamberlain,
former Democratic Senator of
Oregon, as a member of the
United States Shipping Board,
but referred the nominations of
other members of the Board, in
cluding Chairman Lasker, to the
committee. Lasker has named
John Callan O’Loughlin, of Chi
cago, assistant to the chairman,
whose term is for six years.
3 to 1 On Dempsey.
New York, June 10.—Dempsey is a
3 to 1 favorite over Carpentier in Wa||
Street betting-.
GALBRAITH
LOSES Lift
Commander American
Legion Killed in Attto
Going Over Bank.
Indianapolis, June 9.— Gal
braith, junior national comman
der of the American Legion, was
killed when the auto in which he
was riding went over a £0-foot
embankment here early this
morning. Henry Ryan, of In
dianapolis, national director for
Americanization of the American
Legion, and Milton, foreman of
the Chicago national committee
of the Legion from Illinois, and
other occupants of the car were
not seriously injured.
Col. C. M. Sheaffe Dead.
Seattle, June 10.—Col. C. M. Sheaffe,
a veteran of the Civil War, and well
known Klondike and Nome operator,
passed away at Los Gatos, Calif., yes
erday