ARMAMENT
QUESTIONS
What Japan Will Do
and What She Will
Not Do.
Tokyo, July 20.—The Cabinet
decided today that, in event of
Japanese participation at the
Washington disarmament con
ference, Japan will discuss nei
ther the Yap nor Shantung
qu estions, which it is held were
decided by the Paris peace con
ference.
Seattle, July 21.—Japan will
discuss matters pertaining to
disarmament, but not Far East
ern questions until the details
•are fully explained by the Amer
ican Government, it is announced
in a cablegram from the Tokyo
Foreign Office received by the
Japanese vice consul here, to
night.
Tokyo, July 21.—The Japan
ese Government, assuming the
initiative as the leading Far
Eastern power, is to ask the
fixation of immigration rights to
^countries like Canada, Australia
and New Zealand, and in general
raise the question of racial
equality.
Washington.—The Allies owe the
United States nine hundred and forty
five million dollars in interest, Secre
tary of the Treasury Mellon told the
Senate Finance Committee, this after
noon.
The steamer Tana returned Thurs
day afternoon from a trip to Nixon
Forks, and departed early Friday morn
ing for Berry Landing, headed by a
barge load of material for the Alaska
Treadwell Company.
The court party left Iditarod yester
day afternoon, according to word re
eeived here today.
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DOINGS UP
NIXON WAY
A Few Mining and Other
Notes From That
Section.
McGowan & Mespelt have a great
showing of ore on the Southern'Cross,
which adjoins the'Crystal on the north
east, with over five hundred feet in
length by crosscuts. The depth is not
known
Carl Shuttler, on the Birthday, ad
joining the Southern Cross on the-west
«ide line, has the same ore in ; place in
an open cut. The extent of ore has
not yet been determined.
H. Y. <3roshong is still tracing up
the rich float on his claim, the second
claim from the Whelan.& Griffin prop
erty.
John O. Strand and Carl Shuttler
will leave next week for the head of
Nixon Fork, on a quartz prospecting
trip.
O’Mealy & Wolden are still in good
pay on No. 1 above discovery on Ruby
creek.
Two crews of men are now working
on the road leading from.Berry Land
ing to fhe Nixon Mine.
The Widman sawmill is running full
blast, a good-sized foree of unen being
employed.
Ronald Morrison and partner left
Monday for up the NorthKFoark for a
large raft of saw logs.
Telegraphic Ticks
Booth Bay, Me.—The MacMillan
Arctic expedition took its departure
from American shores yesterday.
Vienna.—Jane Addams, > of * Chicago,
was today -elected president of the t In
ternational Womed’s'Congress, in ses
sion here. _
Washington.—A diplomatic confer
ence relative to the treaty with Ger
many is in progress between Washing
ton and Berlin.
Seattle.—H. F. Brewer, a Govern
raent agent, mailed for the North /today
on the Spokane. He will check op a
number of Alaska banks.
Tokyo.—Japan’s answer to Harding’s
note makes reservations concerning the
Far Eastern question until more has
beeb learned as to the nature of the
questions to be considered.
Washington.—Secretary of Treasury
Mellon today branded as utterly false
the published report that he had ex
tended the time of the Allies Qfteen
years in which to pay the interest of
their indebtedness.
Washington.—The appointment of *a
woman on the commission to the -dis
armament conference is being -urged
upon President Harding, the request
coming from the women’s committee
for world disarmament.
Everett.—Paula Corapolo, a missing
three-year-old girl, for whom a com
pany of the National Guard was called
out to search for, was located this af
ternoon in the middle of a vast ,swamp
by bloodhounds.
Conclusive Evidence
That Britain {Sought
Cancellation of Debt
Washington.—Conclusive evidence
that Great Britain sought cancellation
of its regulation indebtedness to the
United States during the Wilson Ad
ministration was furnished to a com
mittee of the Senate today by Secre
tary of the Treasury Mellon.
JA Bad. Man,. Says Homer.
Washington —A business man who
deliberately depresses business and
cuts down his'working force is nothing
less than acriminal. declares Secretary
of Commerce Hoover.
Russia’s Population
12,000,000 Less Than
Before World War
Berlin.—Moscow dispatches say the
completion of the census discloses that
Russia's population is twelve million
less than it was at the‘beginning of the
war. The decrease of Moscow is more
than a million.
Fails, in Holdup. Then Kills Self.
Spokane.—An unidentified man shot
and- killed* himself .hero this .afternoon,
the act taking place immediately after
•■be ha<hfailed--in an attempt to hold up
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