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“ALASKA CAN PAY THE NATION'S WAR DEBT THE DAILY ALASKA CITIZEN U), ^ r.MKMXNKS. M ASK \. .ATI Rl>\\ MOKMNT.. Sc-pl. U. _ WHOM- NUMMKU !!■> BOSTON POLICE ABE ASKING TO BE REINSTATED |:i >: H>\. Sept. 12 (/P) It i announced lure tonight 15 .-. ilu leaders of the policemen's strike here are willing that lin.- t utim puhee 11uve shall p<> hack to work, pendim; the out come o l i i ie labor con I e retire which is to he held a I \\ a shim; ton next month. I he\ expect, it i- understood, that the out come oi ilu coiilen-nce will he heuelicial to their interests a e, ell a lo the interest' ol labor m eeiieral, and lor that rea on are willing lo return lo work oil the old scale of .-.aces and lot the sanu- hours. Whether tiles will he piveii their old positions attain, o,sever, remains to he seen as Mayor C mils slates that lu ll. i i- ned ordei' apan i their reinstatement. In lliis con iieci 11in, u i staled, the allornes peiier.il ol the l luted Slates i io he asked to decide whether or not police employees or ■o\ eminent oiiicer - doim; the same kind ol work, have the re.hi to strike. (',( >M I t;ks M \ K IS A PIT'. \ l. \ 1 \\ \< )kl\. Sept. 12. (/P) It developed here to iii: ht that Samuel ('.(impels, president ot the American l (deration ol l.ahor, had considerable to do with the otter ill the Poston police to 140 hack to work pending a settlement ol their di I t icitItios at the international labor conference ne\ month, ('.ompci's it is .stated, appealed to the police to re turn to work in order that the Poston riots mir;ht be stopped, -endim.;, at the sank' time, duplicates ol Ids appeal to Mayoi (.'urn- and to ('.o\ernor ( onhdrfe. ('( )( )| II )('.h', \\ ( ).\’T ('()M kk( > \ 1 IS!' P( )S T( )N, Sept. 12 (/P) kepbiiiG to a public de nrand that the Poston police strike be settled and the men allowed to return to work, ('.overnor C'oolids^e tonight issued a statement to the effect that there can lie no compromise a far a - lie is concerned. The “o\ ernor sa\s that the police did iu■ t strike a.- th ir | nbli. officials and as such, cannot do o; thc\ deserted their posts of duty, lie continues his statement hv saying that the officials of the State of M.assa idm-etts cannot think of arbitrating Government laws or law ui the commonwealth, nor ol am compromise to either. ('. hi X If k'.\ I. STkIKK PkliWIW. 1 '.< i ihi.X. Sepi. 12 (/Pi It i- taieil here toni“ht that a eeni-ra.l -trike mas vet lie the outcome ol the walkout ot die policemen of this cits and the resultant rioting' which followed. The strike is beinu considered b\ a referendum of the l.ahor unionists, the central council having refused to order it unless their constituents sienilied ;i wish to strike. SITUATION < U'lKTINP. DOWN BOSTON. Sept. 12. (/P) The situation here is now quieting tloun considerably. There were a lew disturbances last night but (her were ipiickU i|uelled hr the guardsmen and there has been no trouble ot am kind today. Ibis leads to the belief that the rioting is about over, at least for the present, altlio in some quarters the tear i expressed that it is the cairn before a greater storm than that just passed. W ANT M )BS BACK BOS TON, Mass., Sept. 12 (/P) Several of the police men who hare recentlr been striking repotted at police bead quarters this morning and asked reinstatement in their lornier positions. Their cases are being taken under advise ment hr the police commissioners but it is not believed that ther will be allowed to go back to work. C( )OL,l 1 >01*; 0I\ p;s Ills*) PIN ION BOSTON, Sept. 12. (/P) When it was reported to Oovernor t'oolidge today that some oi the striking police men desired to return to work again, the governor said that he could think of no condition under which the men should be allowed to go back to their jobs. I hey had deserted their duty, he said, and that as deserters, they should at least be punished b\ a relusal ol the city authorities to accede to their wishes, even if there is no other punishment that can be meted out to them. RED FLAME OF WAR WILL FOLLOW NON-RATIFICATION OF THE PEACE TREATY, SAYS PRESIDENT WILSON KI'OKANK, Sept. 12.—(/P)—Tn the speech he deliver, at tlie Coliseum here today be I ore a crowd of approximate!; 4.5(H) people. 1'resilient Wilson made his first reference (■< the arguments which .are being used against the ratificatioi of the peace treats by the republican senators sslio are speak ing against the treats in the middle west at the present time. Me spoke of the reference the opponents of the treaty art making to Kngland. saving that the fact that the decisions . the league of nations assembly must be unanimous, in ac cordance ssitli the league covenant, eliminated the dam that Kngland would ever have a preponderance of votin power. He further stated that the United States with its on*. : vote would thus In able to veto am question that came belon the league. The I h evident left late this afternoon for Tacoma where lie will speak tomorrow be I ore noon. lie will then go on to Seattle to he in attendance at the review ot the Pactltc l left. marks n. \ ri t tiai si'i'.ivi i k AT 111 )|\ l M. Idaho, Sept. 12 (/P) President W il son made the third platlorm speech ot his tour here todav irom a stand arranged particularlv lor the purpose, lie said, in' effect, that war will stin k lollow the tailure ot the l idled States to rati I v t lie l real v. I m l her slat ing I hat i I war occurs it will hi absolutclv impossible tor \merica to kee| herself out of the resulti11sp entanglement. pirn ui;s wori d \pi \mi w ith w ar 0)1 | k I » \ I 1 \r. Idaho. Sept 12. (/P) President Wilson pictured the world again allame with war unless the peace treatv and league ot nations covenant is signed in the speech lie delivered here thi- afternoon, lie also said that America laced the decision ot whether or not she will prove to the world that she meant what he said in promising to aid a concerted movement ot nations looking toward world peace. The President spoke in a hip tent erected lor the pur pose, there hemp no hall here large eiiotiph to hold the ex peeled crowd It developed, however, that the crowd was not as large as had been anticipated as the lent was not tilled. \T\\ Ok'l i:\NS. Sept IS (/P) The tropical Inli ne a nc which lias heett raging on the shores ol the (util o! Mexico for the past several day s, is now headed tor I exas, accordin',' to announcement made I rotn w eather bureau headquarters here. Accordingly storm warnings have been ordered from I’ort Arthur in this slate to Corpus Christi, Texas, and the people ol the section which the storm is ex pected to visit, therefore know what to look lorward to. [’,() ATS 1.(>ST 1 N ST( >K M MIAMI, Ida., Sept. 12. (/P) Weak from being two davs afloat in an open life boat without loud or water, nine survivors of the Ward liner Carrydon were brot into port here lodas after being rescued Ironi theii prec a.imis posi tion. TIkw tell a thrilling story ol their experiences Irom the time that their ship was sunk in the hurricane which re eeiitly swept the ocean in this sicinity until they were picked up. 'file Carrs don sseiit dossil Indore their eyes, carrying with it Captain C. C. Christianson, the master ot the ship svlio re fit sew I to lease his post ol duty, and oilier members ot the cress- svlio volunteered to stay svitli him. ()ther li le boats svere de-patched front the ship at the same time as theirs hut tiles kitoss nothing ol them now. Another report recnsed here says that the British schooner Mssters | also went dossil in the hurricane. Nine teen of the members of her cress are reported to have met death. M ANX BOATS AUK I .< )ST MIAMI. Ida., Sept. 12. (/P) It nosv develops that ;i numher ol boats ssete lost during the recent hurricane oil the Honda coast. I ssu schooners are reported to have been lost neat the Bahama islands ssltile tsso more svere likesvise sunk near the \\ indssard islands. I he population of the \\ indsvard islands also suffered in that many people lost their homes dm mg the storm, either In tidal ssase or ssind. BOLS REPORT SUCCESS IN EAST; OTHER REPORTS STATE OHTERWISE WASHINGTON. Sept. 12. (/P)• ■ The American con sul at Omsk, Siberia, in reporting to the state department, savs that the Kolchak arms has now ceased retreating at: is ottering a deletisive trout l<» the advancing holsheviki forces. It 'is therefore believed in diplomatic and military circles here that Omsk, which is the headquarters ol General Kolchak, is out of danger from the holsheviki, a It ho it was thot at one time that it would be captured. Till'. BOI.SIIKVIKI KKI’ORT I,ON DON, Sept. 12. (/P) A holsheviki report receiv ed here I rum Moscow says that the bol forces in I'.astern Russia have captured the remainder ol the tinny ol General Kolchak. The\ reported yesterday the capture of 12,(MK) men land state that today's captures bring the total number of prisoners svithin a week up to 45,(XX). I he report says that the captures today were made in the Aktiubinsk and Orik districts. BO I .S RUNNING WII.D OMSK, Siberia, Sept. 12. (/I3) Refugees from Perm arriving here assert that Perm is now m the hands ot the bolsheviki who yre ruthlessly destroying everything they can lay their hands on. The lives of their victims, it is said, they value as nothing as thc\ are continually killing them right and left. The Chinese and Hungarian detachments, known to be the most blood thirsts of all the soldiers composing the red armv, ssere lirst turned loose bs the bol commanders to pil lage the tosvn for three days. The bol commission then 01 dered evervone shot svlio, had expressed their sympathies for the Siberian armv ot General Kolchack svhich order re sulted in the murdering ot several thousand people. THOUSANDS SEE PACIFIC FLEET; REVI jf TODAY SKATTI.K, Sept I-’ (/P) The entire I’aeitie lleet ol titty-one vessels is assembled in h.lliot Bay tonight, the hast having arrived this atternoon. All are now busily engaged in preparing lor the big review tomorrow, President \\ 11 son being expected to arrive Horn the east in time to be in attendance. Secretary of the Navy Josephus Hamels arrived late tonight on the destroyer Anthony after having spent a busy day at Bremerton, where heolliciated at the dedication ol . \ . M. C. A. building, speiidin.. his extra lime at the Breiin ton navy yard. He is the guest ol the Rainier Club tonight. Thousands ol people ol Seattle and vicinitv welcomed [the ships upon their arrival. I hc city is also gailv decorated in honor ol the occasion, all ol the downtown streets being lighted vvilli cluster globes ol red, white and blue. MUKMM'. In’I.I'UKT Sf'.AT I I ,K„ Sept. 12. (/P) A heavy lug hanging uv ei I the liarhor delayed the arrival ut the I’aeilie lleet here thi morning. It came to anchor, however, shortly titter noon with the battleship Arkansas, leading the line ol vessels a thev came on in single tile. The spectacle was witnessed by thousands ol people who crowded esers point ol vantage I rom which a view could he obtained, the ss tiler I rout, dock', all buildings, and even the surrounding hills being literally | lammed with people. Secret a rs ol the Mass I taniels i- not expected to ar rive here until tonight, lie lelt the Arkansas while enroute I i rom Victoria here and hoarded the destroyer Anthony w hich look him lo liremerlon where lie is lo take part in the dedicu tors ceremonies ol a ness N . M. A. building. REPUBLICAN SENATORS CRITICIZE WILSON IN NON-RATIFICATION OF INDIAN ATOMS, link. Sept. 12. (/P) Senator Hi ram lolmson ol California who is making a tour ol eastern cities speaking against the ratification ol the league ol na tions anil the peace treaty, received an enthusiastic welcome in this city today. He spoke in the largest hall in the down l town section ol the cits, the crow d w hicli heard him tilling it to overflowing. That part ol the peace treats and league ol nations covenant relerring to the keeping ol American troop abroad, was the point attacked In Senator Johnson. He insisted that all American troops should he returned from Siberia uii mediatelv and as soon as possible from the Rhineland ol Germany. His words regarding Siberia were greeted with great cheering, interrupting him to such an extent that he could not continue. When he could make himself heard again, however, he again attacked the league saying, I am here and vou are here because Americanism still lives. When Senator Johnson made his appearance on the speakers’ platform he was introduced by former ambassador to Mexico, William N. Wilson. In introducing the sena tor Mr. Wilson compared him to the late Theodore Roose velt, saying that, like Roosevelt, he calls everything b\ its right name and that to him a spade is a spade. Ibis intro ductorv speech was greeted with loud cheeiing and ciits from the crowd ol “you are right. JOHNSON AT ST. I.OUIS ST. [.OUIS, Mo.. Sept. 12. (/P) A huge crowd as sembled at the Coliseum cheered Senator Hiram Johnson lor eighteen minutes be I ore he was allowed to speak tonight. The senator expressed himsell as being opposed to the leagui hut devoted most of his time to criticism ot President Mil son. He said that the President came home lrom the peace conference without his lourteen points and that when he did so the American people did not i|tiit but that somebody else, evidently refering to Mr. Wilson, did <|iiit. With ie gard to the Presdient’s argument that war will surely folllo\ the non ratification of the peace treaty Senator Johnson told his audience that the United Slates would stand beween the people and war and between them and the predicted loss of their liberties. BORAH C.OKS STRONC OMAHA, Neb., Sept. 12.— (/P) —Senator Borah re ferred to President Wilson as a dodger and a cheater in the speech he delivered .against the ratification of the peace treaty here this afternoon. He also called the President a subservient tool who complies with every wish of h.ngland. When he referred to the so-called exile of American troops in Siberia the crowd cheered him again and again.