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ARMY AVIATORS PLAN TO LAUNCH
AERIAL MAIL SERVICE FROM N. Y.
TO NOME BY WAY OF FT. EGBERT
WASHINGTON. Jan. 19.—(/P)—The aviation corps
of the 1. 8. army lias under serious consideration the!
establishment of an aerial mail service from New York
City to Nome, Alaska. It is entirely probable that at-;
tempts will be made this summer to cover the route
which has already been mapped out.
Using statistics furnished the weather bureau and
other departments the army aviators have decided upon
the route which will probably be used. From the big
aviation field at .Mincola, Long Island, the planes will
proceed almost directly west to a point on the border be
tween North Dakota and Canada. After crossing the
border, the planes w ill then proceed to Hazeltou, British
Columbia, and there take a direct turn northward. The
next importaut stop after Hazleton will be Whitehorse,
Y. T., from which place they will fly direct to Fort Eg
bert, Alaska. From Fort Egbert the aviators plan to
follow the Yukon river for a greater part of the distance
to Nome, leaving the stream near its mouth and turning
northward toward Nome.
Those who have considered the plan of the flight
consider 11 quite feasible and declare that there is no rea
son why it should not be successfully made. It is genet
ally believed that this proposed aerial route is but the
first step in a complete aerial mail service which may he
inaugurated in the north. The proposed route covers
a distance of approximately forty-five hundred miles.
LANE SAYS THAT ALASKA SHOULD
BE GOVERNED BY HER RESIDE ’S
AND THEY GIVEN FULL CONTROL
SEATTLE, \\ ash., Jan. 17.—(/P)—(Delayed)—Sec
retary of the Interior Franklin K. Lane is strongly in
favor of Alaska being governed by Alaskans and he will
lend hi-' support to any such movement. A telegram sent
by the secretary today to the annual banquet of the Alas
ka Bureau of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce says:
“The government authority in Alaska should be centered
in a single board of residents of that territory and that
hoax'd should be given broad authority.”
Secretary Lane believes that Alaska would be more
prosperous if governed In those who are well acquainted
with conditions as they arc instead of officials in Wash
ington who have never seen the northern territory and
only hear of it occasionally, lie expresses the opinion
that the governing board should be given practically
complete control of tbe territory and be allowed full
authority in virtually all questions.
In his telegram, the secretary of the interior stated
that Alaska reindeer and muskoxen could easily supply
the entire Pacific coast with meat and this might prob
ably be the case were it not for certain laws which sup
press that potential industry. He believes, however, that
the future will see the growth of the native cattle in
dustry to such an extent that the meat of the reindeer
and muskox will be largely used for human consump
tion. Secretary Lane says that certain laws which are
now in effect protect the predatory beasts of the north
and these laws should be remedied. He reiterated his
boundless faith in the future prosperity of Alaska and
closed his telegram with the assurance that he would
always work for the best interests of the territory.
SOVIET FORCES CAPTURE ODESSA
AND ARE NOW THREATENING INDIA
LONDON, Jan. 17.—(/P)—(Delayed)—The Russian
situation steadily grows worse and has, now, reached
such a crisis that it seems evident British military forces
will be compelled to take action in order to protect Eng
lish territory. An overwhelming number of bolsheviki
troops have just effected the capture of Odessa and are
now in possession of that valuable seaport. The soviet
forces while yet confining their activities to Russian and
Polish territory are steadily sweeping toward India and
Mesopotamia and it is thot to be but a matter of time un
til they will cross the border.
The British war chiefs are meeting in council today
for the purpose of considering this menace to English
possessions and it is entirely probable they will decide
. that some defensive action must be taken immediately.
It is reported that a number of British vessels will soon
be ordered to the Black Sea and will, in all probability,
oppose the advance of the Russian soviet troops.
The English government has obtained information
that agents of the Russian soviet government have been
working among the natives of India with a view to
fomenting a revolution and the ultimate establishment
of a bolsheviki regime. It is expected the war office
will announce some definite plan early this coming week.
RECOMMENDS AMERICAN HELP
WASHINGTON, Jan. 17.—(iP)—(Delayed)— Secre
tary of War Newton I). Baker today recommended to
congress that the United States immediately despatch a
large amount of military supplies to Poland and, in this
way, help that nation stop the westward advance of the
bolsheviki forces. Secretary Baker made no mention of
any troops being send and it is not believed that lie will
urge such a step but he points that the great necessity
of the Polish troops is arms and ammunition and he be
lieves that the American government should furnish
these needed supplies.
FALL DEFENDS
SELF AGAINST
TEXAS PAPERS
TAKES WITNESS STAND BEFORE
COMMITTEE TO REPLY TO THE
CRITICISMS OF PREJUDICE AND
SELF-INTEREST IN THE MEXI
CAN INVESTIGATION.
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Jan. 17.
pp) (Delayed) Senator Fall, who is
chairman of the senate committee
investigating the Mexican situation,
slung by charges made by Texab
newspaper* that he was imiuencing
hearings and picking the witnesses
lo appear before the committee from
a standpoint biased by interests
which he, himself, owns in Mexico,
todav took the witness stand and en
tered a denial Lhat he was particul
arly prejudiced. He admitted that
he had certain tiuaucial interests at
slake in Mexico but suid that his
investment had nothing to do with
the course of action being followed
by the committee.
Regal ding his Mexican interests,
he .-aid that he owns $75,000 worth of
stock in mines which he ucquired
seveial years ago. Iiuyoud that stock
he suid lhat he owned no Mexican
property. From a personal stand
point, he said that he was disinter
ested in the matter.
it had been planned by the com
mittee to gel the official views of
.Mexico on the situation existing be
tween tlie two countries. For this
purpose, an invitation was recently
sent to Luis Cabrera, secretary of
treasury in Carranza's cabinet, to
appear before the committee. Senor
Cabrera today telegraphed the com
mittee that he could not accept the
invitation on account of the pressure
ol ollicial business lhat requires his
presence in Mexico City.
SEVEN INJURED
IN EXPLOSION
APARTMENT HOUSE ’ FURNACE
EXPLODES WITH DISASTROUS
RESULTS TO INMATES
SEATTLE. Wash.. Jan. 17.—(JP)
(Delayed)—Mrs. Llsby Bates Camp
bell, aged 82 yearB, was probably
fatally hurt and seven others suf
fered minor injuries when the furnace
of a local apartment house exploded
this morning. The building was part
ly wrecked by the force of the ex
plosion.
BRITISH WAR FLEET
ENROUTE TO BLACK SEA
MALTA, Jan. 19—The British
war fleet, which has headtfuai ter*
here, left this morning for the Black
Sea. While there is no definite know
ledge public concerning the future ac
tions of the fleet it is thot entierly
probable that the battleships are to
be used against the bolshevik!.
INSANE FARMER
KILLS SEVERAL
CRUSHES BABY’S SKULL WITH
AXE; W'OUNDS WIFE; THEN
TAKES HIS OWN LIFE
BROOKLYN, N. Y., Jan. 17.—(JP)—
(Delayed)—Victor Lipponenn, a farm
er, in a fit of insanity this morning
killed three persons with an axe and
wounded two others. When the in
sane frenzy seized him, Lipponenn
grabbed an axe crushed the skull of
his own infant child, killed another
person, wounded his wife, and then
took his own life. Mrs. Lipponenn
oscaped death by rolling beneath a
train.
RETRIAL FREES
HARRY SPANNELL
VERDICT OP FIRST TRIAL RE
VERSED IN SECOND HEARING
FOR DOUBLE KILLING
BROWNSWOOD, Texas, Jan. 17.—
(A>)—(Delayed)—Harry J. Spanned
was today acquitted of the charge of
murdering Colonel M. C. Butler in
Austin, Texas, July, 1916. Spannell
was charged with having' killed both
his wife and Colonel Bntler. Ho was
cleared of the first killing in the
initial trial but was convicted of
killing Colonel butler. The court of
appeals reviewed the case and set
aside the verdict of the lower court,
ordering a retrial. This resulted in
Mr. Spannel's acquittal.
NAVY WILL BE
INVESTIGATED
! SENATE NAVAL ffl'BCOMMITTEE
WILL CONDUCT INVESTIGA
TION OF THE NAVY.
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Jan. 19. (/P)
| —1The senate naval committee has de
: cided that a tlioro investigation of
' that department shall be made and
I will start on the inquiry immediately
I Secretary Daniels stated today that
lie has absolutely no objections to an
investigation being made as lie is con
i vinced that it will result in a glow
ing tribute being paid the department.
The secretary said that no organiza
tion in tlie history of the world war
ever did a better job than the work
I performed by the naval department
1 during the recent war.
GRAND JURY TO
PROBE ALLEGED
SHIPPING FRAUD
ALLEGED SHIPYARD FRAUDS
WILL BE INVESTIGATED BY
SEATTLE. FEDERAL GRAND
j u li i —iviw\r, •> i aaita ian nrj
MADE IN 3 PACIFIC STATES.
SEATTLE, Wash., Jan. 17—(/P)—
(Delayed)—According to an an
nouncement made here today, the
local federal grand jury intends to
make a tlioro Investlgtion of the ship
ping scandal which ^as unearthed on
the Pacific coast last week when it
charged that a conspiracy to defraud
the government out of millions of
dollars had been discovered among
San Francisco shipbuilders. It is
now stated that the alleged frauds
exist in California. Oregon and Wash
ington and that the government has
already lost approximately $1,000,000.
000 thru its opperation.
It is expected that many arrests in
these three states will be made in
connection with the grand jury probe.
It is reported that many prominent
shipbuilders will be involved in the
scandal before the invesllgati 'n is
concluded.
ATTORNEY ARRIVES.
SEATTLE, Wash., Jan. 19
Special attorney general Bert Sclills
senger of San Francisco arrived here
this morning and will enter imme
diately upon his duties of prosecuting
the alleged billion dollar shipyard
frauds. The evidence which has been
gathered by the government will be
presented to the federal grand Jury
next Wednesday and it is confidently
expected that indictments against
well known shipbuilders will be re
turned. When interviewed today at
torev Schllssenger refused to state
which yards are being Investigated,
stating that details of the case will
be made public in due time. The
San Francisco lawyer was appointed
by the government for the express
purpose of hnndling this alleged
fraud.
TWO ACCIDENTS
ARE REPORTED
TRANSPORT CARRYING 600 PAS
SENGERS REPORTS BOILER
ROOM IS FLOODED
NEW YORK, Jan. 10.—<JP)—In a
wireless message received today the
American transport Powhatan, which
was formerly one of the German
kaiser’s private yachts, reports that
the boiler room is flooded and the
vessel is unable to proceed under its
own steam. The transport is about
five hundred miles off this port and
is carrying five hundred passengers.
Other steamers are now rushing to
the Powhatan'B assistance.
The freighter Yermouth, carrying a
02,000,000 liquor cargo to a European
'port, was disabled yesterday and is
now being towed into port No details
of the accident have been received
altho it Is known that the freighter
barely escaped destruction.
The man on crutches bas a lame
excuse for begging.
BRYAN ASSERTS
PEACE TREATY
NOT AN ISSUE I
PROMINENT DEMOCRAT DE
CLARES THAT PRESIDENTIAL
CAMPAIGN WILL NOT HINGE ON
RATIFICATION PEACE TREATY
RUT ON PROFITEERING.
NEW YORK, Jan. 19. (/p) In thu
opinion of William Jennings Bryan,
the coming presidential campaign
should ignore the ratification of the
peace treaty as an Issue and center
its activities on profiteering and pub
lic ownership.
In an address delivered before an
immense throng last night, Bryan
declared that the campaign must
deal with the important domestic
problems, such as profiteering and
possible public ownership of national
industries, in order to satisfy the
wantH of the American public, lie
emphatically stated that it is impos
sible to make the leugue of nations
and the peace treaty a political is
sue because the voters are more con
cerned with the problems that lie
near at home. There are too many
of these domestic problems, asserted
Bryan ,to allow the peace treaty to
become a campaign Issue.
The former secretary of stale is
convinced that the treaty will be
ratified by the senate and at an early
date.
WICK WILL NOT
MAKE RACE FOR
1920 DELEGATE
FORMER DELEGATE ARRIVES IN
SEATTLE ISSUES STATEMENT
ID ALASKA REPUBLICANS SAY
ING WILL NOT MAKE RACE
THIS YEAR FOR CONGRESS.
SEATTLE, Wash., Jan. 17.—(yP) -
(Delayed)—James Wickersham, who
recently arrived here from tho east
says tnat he will not seek the re
publican nomination for delegate
from Alaska to congress this year
and UiaT he will not he a candidate
for that position. Mr. Wickersham's
statement confirms reports received
here from private sources to the
same effect.
Mr. Wickersham has not, however,
retired from active participation in
Alaska politics. He says that he Is
a candidate for delegate to the re
publican national convention and ex
pects to be elected without much op
position .
Regarding the election of a dele
gate from Alaska to congress Mr.
Wickersham said that ho had prom
ised to throw his support to another
candidate and would do so. Whether
or not he will go to Alaska tin i ink'1
an active part in the coming cam
paign is unknown.
MRS. DURWOOD M. HOCKER
LEAVES THE HOSPITAL
After being confined in the hospital
for several days with a severe cold
Mrs. Durwood M. Hocker was still!
ciently recovered Saturday afternoon
to be discharged from that Institution.
She will resume her duties with the
Fairbanks Telephone company this
morning.
PERSHING GETS
B I
PORTLAND SUNDAY- ARRIVED IN
SEATTLE YESTERDAY—PLAN
NED BIO RECEPTION.
SEATTLE, Wash., Jan. 17.- UP)
(Delayed)—General John J. Pershing
will arrive In Portland from the ea«t
tomorrow morning. He will remain
there for the day and arrive In tht:>
city sometime this morning.
Seattle plans to give the famous
American leader a royal welcome.
Governor Hart and Mayor Fltzgernhl
will be among the welcoming commit
tee and thousands of people will greet
the commander of the American Ex
peditionary Forces to France on his
way down town. General Perilling
plans to remain in this vicinity for
about three days during which he
will Inspect Camp Lewis and the vari
ous ports around Puget Sound.
ARRIVE8 IN SEATTLE.
SEATTLE, Wash.. Jan. 19.- ((P)
General John J. Pershing, attended
by his aides, arrived here this morn
ing from Portland, Oregon. The dis
tinguished commander was met at the
depot by acting Governor Howell.
Mayor Fltagerald and a number of
other state and municipal officials.
The commanders of the nearby army
posts were also present to welcome
the general.- Thousands of citizens
congregated at the railway station
to welcome General Pershing as he
alighted from thi train amid an out
hurst of cheers.
This evening Ut>ne:al Pershing Mil:
attend a boxing smoker given by the
former service men ol this city. An
immense public parade will be held
tomorrow in which troops from Fort
Lawton and the coast artillery posts
will participate. A formal reception
dinner will be tendered General
Pershing tomorrow evening.
FRENCH DELEGATE TO COUNCIL
CHOSEN FIRST PRESIDENT OF
THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS; DE
CLARES THAT PLACE SHOULD
HAVE DEEN WILSON'S. .
PARIS, Jan. 17.—()P) (Delayed)
in its first meeting held hero today,
Leon liouigeois, representative ol the
French go\e.nment to the council ol
the league ol nations, was elected as
urst president ot tlio league. M.
Bourgeois was formerly a member ol
the F'reuch cabinet and one of the
leading statesmen of Europe.
In accepting his new position, he
declared that the meeting of the
league council and formal launching
ol the league of nations marked the
birth ot a new world in which the
freedom of all people and nations, was
made the paramount issue and equal
justice assured for all nations. He |
said that he was reluctant to accept
the position ot president ol the league ;
which should have gone to Woodrow
Wilson and would undoubtedly have
so gone hud it been possible for him
to have accepted the office. It was
tlie vision and practical statesman
ship, lie declared, of President Wil
son that made the league possible
and iiis should have been the hand
to guide it in its first policies.
. ___
QUITS
OFFICE
CLEMEXCEAf RESIGNS IUS OF
FICE ALEXANDER M1LLER
AND IS APPOINTED.
PARIS. .Tan. 19 f/P) Following hi
,V|Vnt for jires!■ lent Georges Clemen
ceau resigned the office of premie
tc-iay. Mexnn 1 t Miilerand was im
riedlately appointed as "The Tiger’s"
successor.
The new premier was born in 1899
and early in life chose the legal pro
fi ssion as his life work. He begn"
active law practice in tills city i'
1881. Miilerand was first elected t
tin chamber of deputies ns a radical
socialist in 1*8.8 During the succeed
ing years he achieved notional prom
inence as the editor of several leading
papers and as a leader in social legis
lation As leader of the parliament
ary socialists in 1899, Miilerand wa
made minister of commerce and in
this office, he did much to pass law's
in favor of the working classes. Early
In this century Miilerand was ex
pelled from the socialist parv be
cause tie accepted and held office in
a non-socialist cabinet.
In 1912. Miilerand entered Presi
dent Polncalre’s cabinet ns minister
of war but resigned this otflce a short
time later. However, on August 28
1914. when the con'idon ministry was
formed to meet the new war situation
Miilerand was again instrusted with
Hie war portfolio, lie is conceded
to be one of the ablest men in tho
republic and his election as prernlei
meets with almost universay ap
proval.
TEN THOUSA D
ENGINES IDLE
—
COBI.ENZ, (/P) Ten thousand in :
comntives are Idle In the repair she’ s J
of Germany according to ralhoad m™ J
who conferred recently In Cohlrn? :
with Pierrepont B. Noyes, the Amo’l j
can representative on the Inter-allied
Rhineland high eotnmlslsnn. Tim i
meeting was called for the purpose !
of discussing the real shortage In
Germany and the part flip railroad ■ |
are to play In distributing fuel till
winter.
The labor representative, at the i
conference, contended that the Ger- '
tnnn workmen are not holding hack
In efforts being made to meet the
economic difficulties facing the coun
try. The chief froublp in repairing
the locomttves. the railroad men as
serted. was lack of proper raw
material which Germany had been un
able to secure since the armlstlcp.
The railroad men asserted that the \
men In the railroad shops realized
the rPsponsIbllMes placed unon them ;
to repair locomotives and that there j
was no desire on the part of these
workmen to slow up on this work. >
Tho average wngp In the railroad
shoos Is sixteen marks a day. The
mark, at the present rate of ovehnnge |
Rt army hoadniia’-to-s In Coblenz, Is ,
valued at a fraction less than three .
and a half cents. '
BAR COMMITTEE OF NEW YORK
HEADED BY JUSTICE HUGHES
AFTER HEARING TRIAL OF SO
CIALISTS SAY THEY ARE NOT
DISQUALIFIED.
ALBANY, N. Y„ Jan. 20. (/p)—A
special committee appointed by the
state assembly is today trying the
live socialist members of the state
legislature who were recently sus
pended on charges of being affiliated
with a party which aims to over
turn the government by aiding and
abetting social unrest. After hear
ing all of the evidence brot forward
in the trial, a committee of the
New York bar association headed by
Charles Evan Hughes, republican
nominee for President in the 1916
race and former justice of the United
States supreme court, declared that
no disqualification had been shown
against any of the five members who
have been denied seats.
It is believed that unless further
evidence Is secured showing that
the men have been allied with the
red interests they will bo seated
without additional Inquiry. The bat
committee said that so far nothing
of importance had been brot up
against the socialists.
WORRY HOLLA'D
HARDERWIJK. II n 11n d, (/Pi
Hundreds of men and women of ,il!
nationalities, consid rod im i nhli
but accorded refuge and hospitality
by The Netherlands, are till confined
behind barbaredwirc tences in the big
war internment camp be t . They : tiil
are sources of trouble to the Dutch
government.
Many of them are war refugees,
escaped front Germany, or Belgium,
and to their number, since the war.
have been added several scores of
Russians, of bolshevik tendencies,
whom the government lias confined
here for safe-keeping.
The Russians have been particu
larly troublesome, but tile means tak
en by one of the Dutch military
officers in charge of the cantp to con
trol their actions ate icporh'd in the
Dutch press to have hoen so severe
that recently a number of Dutch sol
dims are said to hiiv, mutinied rathei
than obey orders.
VISIT ALASKA
SEATTLE, Wash., Jan. 20.— (JP)—
According to an announcement made
here today the Press Association of
Washington, Idaho, Montanu and
southern California are planning to
visit some sections of Alaska during
the coming summer. Arrangements
are now being made to charter a
steamer out of this port to carry the
party to southeastern Alaskan ports
and it is believed that a number ot
side trips will be made by members
of the associations. It is planned
to leave here early in the month
of July and spend approximately 30
days on the trip.
ATTACK ON VILLAGE IIALL AT
DROMBANE IS BEATEN OFF
BY IRISH CONSTABLES
THURLES, Tipperary. Jan. 20 (JP)
—A party of Sinn Feiners last night
made an assault on the tillage hull
at Drombane in which they were de
feated by Irish government con
stables and forced to withdraw. The
Sinn Fein mob attempted to dyna
mite the hall which is being Used
by the police as a barracks. Fire
from the policemen in the building
broke up the mob and forced it lo
withdraw before it had accompli; hed
its purpose. As far as cun be learn
ed there were no casualties.
ARE WITNESSED
SAN ANTONIO, Jan. 19 (^ — (De
layed)—Testifying before the senate
:ominittee investigating the Mexican
situation, Dr. John Hunter told of
many outrages which he declared
hat he had witnessed In recent years
n which Americans had been the
rictims of Mexican banditB. Dr
Hunter is a Nogales physician. He
:old the committee that he had serv
ed in a punitive expedition into
Mexico to punish the murders of an
American cltlien.