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MeGKATH, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1(J23.
France-Rel i;iim Order
German Cabinet Minis
ters Barred From Ruhr
Germany Says She De
clines to Receive Such
Order; Big Strike in
Ruhr m Preparation.
Paris, Feb. 11.—German cab
inet ministers will hereafter be
barred from the Ruhr by the
Frartco-Belgian forces. Premier
Poinca-ire, and Foreign Minister
Jasper, of Belgium, at a confer
encoi here today, drafted a brief
! note to- this effect, which was im
mediately delivered to. the Ger
man embassies in Paris and
Brussels.
Berlin, Feb. 13.—At this even
ing’s session of the cabinet the ■
government decided to send a
note to. Paris stating that the
German government declines to
receive orders from any foreign j
government as io when and .
According to Assistant
Federal Prohibition
Director.
I
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Seattle, Feb. 13.—On leaving'
tonight for Chicago, Dr. R. V
Matthews, assistant federal pro
hibition commissioner, following,
an inspection of conditions in
Alaska, said:
’•‘In Alaska I found enforce
ment good. It is better, perhaps,
north of Ketchikan than south
of it, but throughout the entire;
Terriiory I found it remarkably
good. ”
Dr. Matthews added that the \
Puget Sound rum smugglers are
not merely that alone, but are as j
well smugglers of aliens, silks,
diamonds and dope.
Soviet Russia Sends
Sharp Note to Japan
i
Moscow.—Soviet Russia has sent a
curt note to Japan, requesting the lat
tfiJ country to observe international
regulations anti obtain permission be
fore sending warships into Western
Pacific ports.
Harrv R. Paynter and W. L. Jose,
coming from Flat, arrived here Sun
day. and left Monday morning for Big
i .river, en route to the coast.
where it may not visit parts of,
its own country7.
London, Feb. 12.— A dispatch
from* Berlin sa s two French
soldiers and one German were
killed in a clash at B* lsonkir
chen, in the Ruhr district, when
German soldiers halted a motor
car containing French soldiers.
Paris, Feb 12.— The Germans
are making preparations for a
combined strike of miners, met
allurgists. post office and tele
graph- employes and railroad
men in the Ruhr, which is fixed
f'or Wednesday.
At Dusseldorf, reports that the
Germans are organizing for a
general s*/ike at Herne have led
to the despatch of French t >nk.s
to that place.
Dusseldorf. —All railroads in
the Ruhr district were taken
over today by the French. and
Belgians.
Harding Says Martyred
President Superman
of His Age.
Seattle, Feb 12-—President
Harding, in his Lincoln birthday
message to the Young Men’s Re
publican 31 ub, said, in part:
“Even those who were at the
front of opposition to Lincoln
appear to us greater by reason
of having coped with this great
gimt of human purposes and
patriotic aims. It was the moral
intensity of this one man which,
more than anything elsp, made
men of his time appear to us as
giants.”
Washington, Feb. 13. — Presi
dent Harding, in ins address at
the Lincoln memorial dinner lest
night, said that Lincoln’s su
preme gift was not in construc
tion but, rather, in preserva
tion.”
Free Stale to Resume
Executions Jan. 18th
Dublin.—The Free State government
will resume executions orf the 18:h,
unless irregulars cease their lawless
ness, it, was announced today
Cardinal Logue. in a Sunday sermon,
scored Trish irregulars severely.
President May Visit
Alaska Next Summer
Washington.—The visit of President
Harding to Alaska is dependent en
tirely on the health of Mrs. Warding.
The present intentions of the Execu
tive are to take' Mrs. Harding to j
Florida, and if her health improves!
sufficiently to justify it the trip to!
Alaska will be undertaken next sum- :
mer, it, was stated at the White House
today. _
Five British Destroyer
Divisions Are Near
at Hand.
. London. Fob, 10. An agree
ment lins been reached between
the Turkish authorities in
Smyrna and the allied naval
comm mh-rs, says a dispatch by \
way of Constantinople, under!
which a status quo would be
maintained pending diplomatic
negotiations.
! There are now five' British de
stroyer divisions in .Near East
‘waters, all within easy reach of
the Dardanelles, says a dispatch
from Constantinople.
Telegraphic Ticks.
Rome. -The firstanoiversarv of Pope
Pius’coronation was celebrated today
with pontifical high mass.
Seattle.—This is the coldest day lo
cally known in twenty-five years, the
thermometer registering 17 above.
Spokane.—Getmdn Christensen was
today elected democratic national cmrt
mitteeman for Washington state.
Seattle—All banks and federal
offices were closed in observation of
Lincoln’s birthday anniversary.
Munich.—Doctor Wilhelm Konrad
Roentgen, discoverer of the X rays,
passed away at his home here, today
Washington.- Hungary has cabled
its legation here denying the rei>orl
that it hud signed a military pact with
Russia or that it intended doing so.
Syracuse.—Five persons are dead
and many hurt as the result of a two
million-dollar fire in the busiuess dis
trict of the city, eurlv this morning.
Washington.—The serious interna
tional situation has forced Secretary of
Stare Hughes to abandon tbs content
; plated visit to several South American
countries.
Chicago.—Harold McCormick and
Mine. Ganna Walska, married in Paris
several months ago, were remarried
here todav. the cereinoov taking place
in his mother’s home.
Washington.— Following a Cabinet
meeting the report was generally cred
ited that Postmaster General Work
will bo appointed Secretary of the In
terior within a few days, succeeding
Albert B. Pall.
House Passes Ratifying
Agreement for Pay
ment of Billions.
Washington, Feb, l.i,—With
barely one tenth of its member
ship voting against its abroga
tion. the bill ratifying the agree
ment for the payment of four
billion six.hundred million dol
lars, representing the British
war debt, and authorizing similar
settlements with other debtor
nations, was passed by the Bouse
tonight. The bill now goes to
the Senate, which is expected to
give immediate indorsement to
the agreement.
19 Cities May Gel
Federal Buildings
Washingtan,—Reeomracndatlon was
made to Congress today for federa
buildings in nineteen cities, the aggrc
j gate dost of which is estimated at lifty
I million dollars. I our million dollars is
i sought for Seattle.
King George and Pre
mier Law Show How
They Stand
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London, Feb. 13.—The| Ruhr
| question was stressed by the
kin" today in his address from
the ihrone at the opening of ih^
I second session of the fourth par
'Lament of his reign. The king
declared that although the Brit
! ish government was unable to
concur or participate n the Ruin
operations, it was acting in such
a way as not to add to differ
ences of Britain’s allies.
Prime Minister Bonar Law,
speaking today in the commons,
said he still hoped it would be
possible to retain British troops
on the Rhine, but either the
French or the Per man govern
ment could make that impossi
| ble, and that would be a great
misfortune, because withdrawal
of troops would mean the end of
I the entente.
J. E. Felder, Bethel merchant, left
that place on January 8. and is due to
arrive here within the next few days,
on his way to the Outside
William Lodge, after a sojourn of
some weeks over at Ophir, returned
here Sunday, and left on Monday far
Candle.