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THE DAILY ALASKA CJTIZEK VOLUME IV. FA 1 HHAN'KS. ALASKA. TUESDAY MORNING^Jan. l;i. lf>LU WHOLE NUMBER UNION MINERS AGREE TO ABIDE BY AWARD OF COAL COMMISSION; OPERATORS DECLINE TO PROMISE W ASHINGTON, dan. 12. (/P)- In a conference this morning with the coal commission appointed t>\ Presi dent Wilson, President Lewis, of the United Mine Work ers of America, declared that the miners will accepi un reservedly any decision that the commission makes. He said also that the representatives of the miner will assi>l the commission whenever <uid however tlu*\ ere called upon and urged that tlie* commission investigate every phase of the coal industry before it concluded it- work and determined upon its findings. Chairman Brewster, of the operators general com mittee, said that he could make no such promi-es tor the operators until the commission answers a number of questions submitted by them. Among these queries are questions as to whether the commission’s findings and award will be final and binding to both sides, and wheth er the commission will act on matters that may be brot up by both sides. Until the commission has replied to these and other inquiries, Mr. Brewster, declared that the operators would not bind themselves with promises of unreserved agreement. BRITAIN OPENS RELATION WITH LATE ENEMIES LORD MILMARNOCK LEAVES LON DON FOR BERLIN TO OPE N BRITISH EMBASSY -BELIEVED GERMANY WILL NOT HAVE AMBASSADOR. LONDON. Jan. 12. (Pt Lord Kil rarnock left here this morning to ' open iliplomatie relations with (lei any. He is the first British diplo mafic agent to be inside Germany .-ince the outbreak of the war in 1914 ^ Lord Kilmarnock will he in chargi ol all British interests until the ap ■ ointment of a regular ambassador. P is believed here that the pre. eiit German government will not he ac credited with an amhassadoi he . hut will appoint a minister to represent it at the Court of St. James It is thot that a German diplomatic or resentative will arrive here this week. PREMEIRS AGREE PARIS. Jan. 12. (Pi -I.e Matin to day declares that the premiers of France, England, and Italy have agreed completely on a request to Holland for the surrender of the former German kaiser at some date in the near future. It is also stated that the machinery for the trial for the ex-monarch is already provided. DIPLOMATS LEAVE SUNDAY PARIS, Jan. 12.—(P) -According to an announcement made by the French foreign office this morning, the French diplomats will leave here on January 18th to reopen formal diplomatic relations with Germany. The names of the representatives to Germany have not been made public. TURKS UNMOLESTED PARIS, Jan. 12.—(P)—It is gener ally understood that the premiers have agreed to leave the Turks in Constantinople. The sovereignty of the Turkish government in Constan tinople will probably be granted but after important concessions have been given the allies and consider able administrative reform accom plished. WILSON ISSUES CALL WASHINGTON, Jan. 12. (P) President Wilson will today issue a call for the first meeting of the coun I 1 cil of the league of nations. The | meeting will be held in Paris next Friday. ACOMA DEPUTIES CAPTURE ITALIAN OWNERS OF STILL TA' CIA. Wasli.. Jan Id (/P) I Vfle: a shoit chase tonight, local deputy sheriffs captured three Italians | accused ol having a huge still cached tie;1.•. tin's city from whirl]-they have I been reaping a harvest. The Italians tied in an auto hut their machine was i put out of commission, when the dep j .;t■ ■ •punctured its tires with revol | ver shots. SUPREME COURT REFUSES TO REVIEW I'ONVICITION FOR SEDITION. VASillNOTON. I). ('.. Ian. 12. (IP) Tin- Unileil States supreme court todav decline'll to review the eon I | viction ol Emil Hauser, sentenced to on ;n impri; etiment at McNeil's [ island for violation of the Espionage j act Hausei was convicted in .lun”. It'Pi. and on appeal to the circuit ! cotii t of appeals the judgment ot l.'.c ,i. vet- case was allirtni’d. Hauser is alleged It. have said among oile-t I things i at American soldiers vv.e I murilei i rs. I MAYOR RIDDELL EXPECTS TO SOLVE STREET RAILWAY FARES PROBLEM TACOMA, Wash., Jan. 12.-(£>)• Mayor Riddell announced today that he expects to solve the city’s street car problem without having to grant an increase in the present charge for fares to ten cents. The company re cently asked the city for permission for such an advance on the ground that increased operating costs made it impossible for it to continue on the present scale without going into the hands of a receiver. The mayor says that he hopes to follow the plan adopted by Cleveland, Ohio, in a similar matter. I SENATE COMMITTEE HEARS JAPAN’S CRUISER ESCORTED SHIPMENT ARMS TO MEXICO; MAKES INVESTIGATION SAN ANTONIO, Jan. 12.— (/I3) -The senate committee, under the chairmanship of Senator Fall, of New Mexico, which is investigating the Mexican situation, today received government reports that a recent big shipment of arms to Mexico was es corted across the Pacific ocean by a Japanese cruis er. The arms, it is stated, were purchased in Japan by agents of the Carranza government after they had been blocked from making such purchases in Europe. The committee, it is understood will present tin reports to the state department with a request that an inquiry be sent to the Japanese government to ascertain the facts in the case. The shipment is said to have included much ammunition. i INDICTMENTS ARE HELD TO BE VALID GRAND RAPIDS, Mieh„ Jan. 12. —(/f —The demurrer recently en* j tered by the counsel for Senator Trun.an H Nrwberry attacking ‘.he lega'ity of the indictments agamst their r'lent was overruled today when the federal court de clai ed the indictments to be valid. The defense demurred on the ground that the charges did not \ >te federal laws. DENIES NEW JERSEY I IQl/OK DEALERS ASSOCIATION PER MISSION TO BRINE PROCEED- j P - I'D TEST PROHIBITION amendment in state. \s;iin< ton d c . Jan. 12 </p> 1 111 a decision handed down here ' 11 - pine tlie 1'nitod States su- j pi'-nie rourl blocked the movement ■n I. instituted by the New Jet > Liquor Deal"! ’ Association to question tin constitutionality of Mm . ;o :i :i prohibition amendment. Tilt* t■ it its opinion, denied permls ti, ought to the liquor dealers, to Ic ing pro'codings to t st the con 'f 'I the ameniioment. it al e . 1 tlr ''(I pc -mission to the ■ ■ : , enjoin the operation ot alio million! in N w Ji rsey. The tub'd that it lacked jurisdiction it the ' clttoi V. ! 1 at v. ill he tile next action of the liquor inter" os has not 1 ‘ u mu-lc puh’ic The petition of the date of Rliode Island for per oti i" insl itute original proceed ing.- to lest the constitutionality of the amendment i- -till pending in the upreme court. SPORTS PROMINENT ENGLISH BOXER SIGNS FOR THREE MATCHES -MILWAUKEE, Wis., Jan. 12—(JP) Lew Ewdards, champion lightweight iighii-i of England and Australia, has signed articles to show in three bouts in this city next month accord ing to statements of local promoters. Edwards is claimed to be one of the cleverest boxers in his division and he will probably meet some of the hist American lightweights. MORAN LOSES TO FULTON NEWARK, N. J., Jan. 12.—i/P) - Fred Fulton, of Rochester, Minn., at one time Willard’s most prominent contender for the title, tonight out fought Frank Moran, of Pittsburg, in an eight round bout. Moran weigh ed in at 194 and Fulton at 214. The former wore himself out In the first round trying to end the fight quickly. BURMAN BEATS GRIFFIN DENVER, Colo., Jan. 12.--(JP)- Joe Burman, Chicago bantamweight, to night kayoed Dick Griffin, of Fort Worth, in the third round in a sched uled 12-round match. The Chicagoan was easily the superior in ring gen eralship and all-round boxing. OREGON LOSES FIRST EUGENE, Ore., Jan. 12.—(JP)- In the first game of the present season, the Oregon basketball team lost to Whitman by the score of 23 to 22. The game was hard fought and until the end the outcome was in doubt. VICTORIA, B. C., Jan. 10.—(JP)—In the third game of the season between the two teams, the Victoria hockey ; team defeated the Seattle league I team by a score of 2 to 0 on the j local rink last evening. The first | game was one by Victoria, the sec I ond contest, played in Seattle was won by the Seattle champions of 1919. BRINCKEN GETS THERE TOO LATE SEEKING RECONCILIATION FINDS THAT WIFE IS ENGAGED IN ANOTHER j * SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 12.—(JP)— ■ Lieut. Wni. von Brincken, who was released from McNeil’s penitentiary last Friday after serving a two-year 1 sentence for violation of American 'neutrality, and who came to this city almost immediately seeking a recon ciliation with his former wife Mile, j Abercrombia, was too late. On the i day he arrived she announced her engagement to Lieut. L. K. Swenson, an American naval officer. Von Brincken says that he will fight the i deportation proceedings instituted by ' the immigration officials. AVALANCHE BURIES VILLAGE IN ALPS BERNE, Jan. 12.——Advices received by the kovernment this morning say that an avalanche yesterday buried completely Hor rachia, a village in the Italian Alps. Hundreds of lives were lost in the disaster. Few if any of the residents of the little town escaped. Rescue parties are work ing to uncover the snow-covered village. KOREAN FORCES CAPTURE FIRST TOWN IN KOREA SHANGHAI DESPATCHES' SAY KOREAN NATIONAL ARMY CROSSES SIBERIAN BORDER IN TO KOREA AND CAPTURES ONE TOWN. HONOLULU, Jau. 12. yp> Cable grams received here tonight from au thentic sources in Shanghai say that a serious uprising is in progress in Korea and that Korean forces are conducting an offensive against the Japanese troops in Korea. The des patches say that the Korean nation al army numbering several thousand troops has crossed the Siberian bor der and after a sharp engagement captured the town of Eh Chiu from the forces of the Japanese provision al government. A report last week from Moscow, put out by the soviet wireless news bureau, declared that the Koreans were engaged In a serious revolt against the Japanese authorities, it is believed that the Shanghai des patches confirm this statement. MONTREAL MAY FEEL GENERAL STRIKE ACTION TRADES LABOR COUNCIL PASSES RESOLUTION URGING ALL UN IONS TO STRIKE BECAUSE CITY FIRED THE STRIKING WATER WORKS MEN. MONTREAL, Jan. 12.--(/P)- A gen eral strike again threatens the city with disaster over the recent strike of employes at the municipal water works. That strike caused a water famine and but lor the action of a private corporation in turning water into the city mains serious results would have followed, the strike. When the water works employes returned to work they were informed that their services were no longet needed. This lias angered the union ists in the city. Last night the cen tral Trades Labor council passed a resolution urging all unions to strike unless the city will immediately dis charge the commission responsible for the firing of the water works employes. There is very little pos sibility that the municipal govern ment will accede to that demand. The various unions in the city are voting on the resolution of the coun cil. GLASS CONFERS WITH PRESIDENT PRESIDENT CALLS CLASS FOR DISCUSSION REGARDING SE LECTION OF SUCCESSOR WASHINGTON, D. Jan 12 I/P) President Wilson today called Sec tary Carter Glass to a conference regarding a successor for Mr. Glass, when he resigns to assume the duties ; t Senator from Virginia to succeed the late Senator Martin. It is under stood that the secretary favors the appointment of Mr. Leffingwell, the present assistant secretary, to full secretaryship. The President’s choice will probably be made within the next few days. MISSIONARY IS HELD PRISONER AMERICAN MISSIONARY HELD FOR RANSOM BY BANDITS IN CHINESE PROVINCE PEKING, Jan. 12.—(JP) According to reports received by American mis sions in this city Dr. R. A. Sheldon an American missionary to China has been captured by bandits near Laoyatuen. The American is being <* HITCHCOCK STATES COMPROMISE RESERVATI NS TO BE EVOLVED; HARMONIZE WITH WILSON’S VIEW WASHINGTON, Jan. 12.—(/P)—Senator Hitchcock, leader of the administration forces in the fight for an unamended ratification of the peace treaty, in a state ment made here today declared that he is confident that compromise reservations will be evolved soon which will bo given the approval and support of the democratic sen alms and Prc.-idont Wilson. This statement followed a conference with most of the administration supporters neld in Senator Hitchcock’s office this morning. Senator Hitchcock stated that the conference dis missed at some length a number of reservations which harmonized with the President’s view of accepting reser vations which are interpretative but are not destructive. He said that he believed that the mild reservationist re publicans will unite with the democrats in supporting such reservations. BRYAN FOR COMPROMISE OMAHA, Xc!)., Jan. 12-—(/P)—Win. J. Bryan arriv ing lu re iuda\ from Washington where lie attended the recent democratic conference and meeting of the national campaign committee, in an address urged the necessity for a compromise in the treaty fight to secure immediate ratification, lie is strongly opposed to making an issue out of the treat} in the presidential campaign tliis year on account of the delay it involves. He said that a com parison of the record of republican administrations prior to l!t!2 and the present republican congress with the legislation enacted by the democratic congress under President Wilson would prove to any fair-minded man that the democrats are more competent than the republi cans to solve the country's economic problems. ileal lor a heavy random by me bail-' ails, ihe government nab in-vu asiieu. io uuie aeuon in tho inaitei ana M-cure Uie iviea.-i oi the lnibbionury. Aorvi) r hiun»Ori m IU U'abhi.vuiUiN, jan. r~. {/&) i- oi- | lowing leo ipL ui inioi'iiiauon legai U ing me capture oi itea it. A. bnei- j uon, an American inibbionui y, uy oauhllb ill libel, beeieiaiy Lambing lubUUtieh lue i t'tune legation to re UUebt Hit- i i'eiicn cun. ui at lauaii l u to co-operate witn Uie American rep resentatives in .'-ecuung ine release oi Uie nUbblohaiy. itepUtlb received uy Lite UepUi tiilfut bay uiai .ui. ollvl uun ib m iiu oangei oi pet^unai in jury. lAk< LoiUlhtiiiD i COMMISSIONER'S COURT CROWD ED TO HEAR PROCEEDINGS IN THE BOOZE CASE Thu hearings in the proceedings against Altonse Dubois, in which in is charged with having manufactured alcoholic liquor last May began in itu- commissioner^ court yesterday morning. The case is attracting con siderable interest and the courtroom was filled lo its capacity thruout the entire day. As Ihe evidence was , not ;ill in yesterday afternoon at 5 i o'clock Commissioner Iieilig continu ed tlie heatings until 10 o'clock this morning. Harry Gould, the Dawson and Fair banks dairyman, went out to Seattle this week and will return about the first of May with a herd of milk cows of sufficient number to supply i the demands of both Hyder and j Stewart. He stayed here long enough to become imbued with the idea that this is to be the most prosperous mining district of the northwest for years to come.—Hyder Miner. PHELAN WORKING FOR ANTI-JAPAN LEGISLATION IN CONGRESS; WILL ASK EXCLUSION OF MOST JAPANESE WASHINGTON Jan. 12.—(/P)—Senator James D. Phelan, democrat, of California, today announced that he will shortly introduce a bill in the senate for a constitutional amendment barring from citi zenship all children born to parents who are them selves ineligible as citizens. He admits that the measure is aimed directly at the Japanese who have been born in this country. The senator, who is convinced that Japanese immigration is not being controlled by the so-called Gentlemen’s Agreement,” and that Jap labor is already a menace to the Pacific coast, says that he is working on a bill that will seek to exclude all Japanese immigration except merchants and diplo ■ mats. _I LITTLE CHANCE FOR BIG FIGHT FOR TIA JUANA K EARN'S BELIEVES THAT BIG CHAMPIONSHIP MILL WILL BE FOUGHT IN' EUROPE -SAYS NO GLANCE TO HOLD IT IN’ TIA JUANA. :.OS ANGELES, Calif., Jail, 12.—(/P> Jack Kearns, manager of Jack Dempsey, champion Heavyweight ;i; : ter ol the world, in a statement ado to local sports writers, declares tint he sees but little chance for the big mill between his principle and h.orges Carpontier to be held In 1'ia Jauna. Everything, he says. Is ainst such a culmination of the t arrangements. The financial terms, he says, makes it imperative that a big crowd be indled. On account of the lack of transportation facilities this would be .possible at Tla Juana and if every thing else were equal this in itself would decide against the Mexican town. He is not able to state Just v here the bout will be held, but de clares that in his opinion it will be n some European center. PIONEER WOMAN NORTHWEST PASSES BEYOND AT OLD AGE YAKIMA, Wash., Jan. 12— (/P) — Mrs Martha Cheney, one of the oldest citizens of this state, died here this morning at the age of 86 years. Mrs. Cheney came to Wash ington 80 years ago when Bhe was a child six years old. Honest, labor is the grave digger lor most worries. Never call any man a liar to his Hi unless they are false.