The weekly Alaska citizen., January 26, 1920, Image 5

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HOLLAND REFUSES TO EXTRADITE
FORMER KAISER ON DEMAND FROM
ALLIES; GIVES HIM PROTECTION
Tilt HAGUE, Jan. 23.—(/P)— (Official)—'Tin* gov
ernment of the Netherlands today formally notified the
allies that it will be impossible for it to accede to their
demands for the surrender of the former German kaiser,
in order that he might he brot to trial for offenses against
intcrntaional morality and laws.
TREATY UNRECOGNIZED
LONDON, Jan. 23.—(/P)—The British government
today received Holland’s official reply to the demand for
extradition of the former German ruler. Holland says
she cannot he bound by the treaty to which she is not
m any sense a party. The reply further states that neith
er the Dutch constitution nor the honor of Holland will
permit the Netherlands to betray the trust of those who
have sought shelter and sanctuary wilhin her borders
like the kaiser did. The demand, it is concluded, is there
fore rejected as being incompatible with Holland s free
institutions.
GERMANY CAN DO IT
LONDON Jan 23—(/P)—A special despatch receiv
ed la t night by the Daily Standard from The Hague says
that Holland refuses absoluteU to turn over the former
German kaiser to the allies unless the German govern
ment makes a formal demand for his extradition. In that
ease it is stated that he would he delivered to representa
tives of the German government.
WITH ATTENDANTS FOR OPENING
OF WOBBLY
MOXTE8ANO, Wash., .Jan. 23—(/P)—With all avail
aide hotel space occupied and vacant rooms in the resi
dence district taken up, this town tonight resembles a
boom mining camp. Witnesses, lawyers and newspaper
men are congregating here preparatory to the opening of
the hearings in the Ceutralia wobbly cases which begin
next .Monday. .More than MOO witnesses have been called
for the trial which is said to be the wobblies last fight.
Eleven men, said to be members of the Industrial
Workers of the World, face trial here Monday on charges
of first degree murder in connection with the killing ot
Warren (). Grimm, one of four men who were shot to
death in an Armistice Day parade at Ceutralia, Wash.,
Nov. 11, 1919.
Two other alleged 1. W. \V., also charged with mur
der, have not yet been apprehended.
The victims of the shooting were all Ceutralia resi
dents and former service men: Grimm, a lieutenant and
former University of Washington football star; Ernest
. . i -t f 11 1 1 1 1 ' 4 . i I M I f 1 i.* I . 1.^ . . 4
I MU* Jiuuuaru, miuu m «un , aumu vuus^ioi,
and Ben ('asgranda, bootblack.
In tin' prisoner’s dock of tlie superior court here to
day were Elmer Smith, Britt Smith, Ray Becker, Bert
Fa I kener, .James Melnerney, Bert Bland, Mike Shccdan,
Eugene Barnett, Loren Roberts, John Lamb, and 0. C.
Eland. They pleaded not guilty at Chehalis and were
granted a change of venue to Montesano.
In the investigation many eye witnesses said the
first shooting was begun without warning or provocation
by those inside the 1. \Y. W. hall. Some said the firing
began from the hall after a single shot from the Avalon
hotel, opposite the hall.
At the coroner’s inquest Dr. Frank Bickford, Cen
tralia physician and former service man who was march
ing in the parade, testified that the shooting began only
after the marchers started to rush the hall.
Wesley Evdretts, said to have been an I. W. W. or
ganizer and the slayer of Hubbard, was spirited from the
jail in the night following the shooting, the electric lights
of the town having been cut off. He was taken by a mob
AMERICAN RUSSIAN COMMANDER IN
FORMAL REPORT SAYS ATTACK ON
YANKEE FORCES WAS UNPROVOKED
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.—(/P)—(Delayed)—
Official reports received today by the war depart
ment confirm recent telegraphic despatches* receiv
ed by the way of London regarding an attack made
by All-Russian government troops aboard an
armored train in an American detachment in Si
beria. General Graves, commanding general of
the American troops in Russia advises the war de
partment that such an attack was made by the Rus
sians and was entirely unprovoked. The report
says “American forces clashed with All-Russian
forces under General Semoff near Posolakys. The
Americans repulsed an attack of the Russians, cap
turing one general, six other officers and 48 Rus
sian soldiers. The American loss was one killed,
one died of wounds received and another is serious
ly wounded. Five Russians were killed and one
seriously wounded.
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K» a bridge over the Chehalis river where he was hanged.
Several service men who were wounded by shots
have completely recovered. ,
Twenty-four men, rounded up after the. shooting,
were charged with criminal activities but several of these
have since been released.
WEAR UNIFORMS
TACOMA. Wash., dan. 2d.—(/P)—A special despatch
received today by the Ledger says that the Centralia ex
service men plan to attend the Montesano trials in serv -
ice uniforms. These men wired Congressman Johnson
asking if they were prohibited by federal statutes from
[doing so. Mr. Johnson replied, “No, not if you w'oar the
red chevron.”
MAY ASK FOR CHANGE
ABERDEEN, Wash., Jan. 2d.—(/P) With the trials
of the Centralia wobblies scheduled to start Monday at
Montesano, Attorney Vandeveer, who is iu charge of tho
|defense, stated today that it is possible that he may re
new bis fight for a change of venue. He says that it will
be impossible for him to find accommodations in Monte
sano for the witnesses that have been called for bis
clients.
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DANIELS AND ADMIRAL KNIGHT IN
DIFFICULTY OVER AWARDS; SPLTT
OVER GIVING MEDALS TO WAR DEAD
.
WASHINGTON, .Jan. 2:i- (/P)- Fresh sensa
tions came in the naval awards question Imre toda\
when it was officially admitted that a serious split
had come between Secretary Daniels and Admiral
Austin Knight. The latter is chairman of a board
investigating the naval awards.
In the matter of making certain awards Ad
miral Knight said that officers who were in com
mand of vessels sent to the bottom during the war
should not be given distinguished service medals
unless they took .offensive action against the enemy.
Secretary Daniels objects to this view of tlm matter
and declared emphatically that the officers of such
vessels ought to he decorated on (he ground that
Ilm\ encountered as much danger in defensive ac
! tion as those who were charged with conductim I
J offensive warfare.
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REDS ORGANIZE
SEATTLE UNION”
MANY ARRESTED
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TEN ALLEGED MEMBERS OF RUS
SIAN WORKERS UNION AR
RESTED IN SEATTLE; 40 RADI
CALS ARE HELD FOR DEPOR
TATION.
SEATTLE, Wash., Jan. 22. (jp)
(Delayed) Evidence uncovered here
recently in a raid made by agents of
tho department of justice and police
officials resulted in the arrest tonigln
of ten men alleged to be members
of the Russian Workers Union, an
organization the existence of which
was discovered in raids made by
federal authorities in New York sev
eral weeks ago. That a branch of
the organization also exists in this
, city is believed to be certain.
The ten arrests made here tonight
were carried out by federal agents.
The men arrested, together with 30
; others, have been turned over to the
immigration officials and are being
held for deportation proceedings. It
is said that all of the alleged reds
will fight the proceedings and at
tempt to remain in America.
LABOR OBJECTS
ANTI SEDITION
BILL PROPOSED
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SAM''EL GOMPERS ATTACKS AN
TI SEDITION RILL'S PROVISIONS
SAYS WILT, MAKE ALL* FREE
MEN SLAVES DEFENDS THE
STRIKERS.
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Jan. 22. (ff)
(Delayed)—At the senate hearing
today in the Graham anti-sedition bill
oiganized labor thru Samuel Gompers.
president of the American Federation
of Labor, formally protested against
the enactment of tlie provisions of
the measure into laws. Mr. Gompers
viciously assailed the hill saying that
,it would make all free men slaves.
He also attacked the provision pro
hibiting the circulation of radical
periodicals and other radical litern
(lire. He said that strikes were but
tilt* manifestations of aspirations by
workers lo better conditions. He
said (liai strikes were necessary in
the countries now most backward in
democracy.
MANY PROSECUTIONS ENTERED
BY BRITISH FOR PROFITEERING
LONDON.—(JP)—In the past month
there have been 871 prosecutions in
England on charges of profiteering
in food supplies. Convictions were
obtained in 861 cases and fines ag
gregating 820,000 have been imposed.
ARRESTED; SAYS
IS RED LEADER
\VM. 13. LLOYD. CHICAGO MILLION
AIRE PARLOR SOCIALIST, SUR
RENDERS RELEASED ON $10.1)00
HONKS SAYS IS REK REUIIE
SENTATIVE
CHICAOt) III., Jan 22. (yp^ (De
layed) Win. I! lloss Lloyd, Chicago
millionaire, and known as a “parlor
socialist” today surrendered to the
county authorities following Ids In
dictment yesterday by a Cook county
grandjury charged with conspiring to
overthrow the American government
by violem ■ . Lloyd was released on
a bond ol $10,UU0 which was promptly
furnished.
Following ills :>ut lender and release
on bond the wealthy radical in an
interview given local newspapermen,
openly admitted his radical proclivi
ties and liis conned ion with the ac
tivities of the communists. He de
flated that he was a representative
ol the official red movement in the
United States.
PASSENGERS ON
POWHATTAN ARE
NOW IN SAFETY
NORTHERN PACIFIC REPORTED
TO HAVE RESCUED PASSEN
GERS OFF POWHATTAN; LAT
TER VESSEL IS BEING TOWED
INTO HALIFAX.
NEW YORK, Jan. 23- (/P) Accord
ing to wireless reports received here
this afternoon the steamer Northern
Pacific has succeeded in transferring
all passengers from the transport
Powhattan to her own deck and will
arrive here with them tonigiit. The
Northern Pacific is a sister ship of
the Powhattan.
The latter vessel is understood
to be in tow of a Canadian steamer
and is being taken into Halifax, the
nearest port, where repairs will be
made and the ship will then pro
ceed here under her own steam.
The transfer of passengers was
made thru heavy seas with consider
able difficulty.
Improvements are being made on
the Coliseum threatre building in
cluding additions of a good living
and ofliee rooms The stage will be
completed in time to put on an ama
teur show being planned by the Ne
nana commercial club,
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CLEMENCEAU IS
GREAT PATRIOT
SAYS NEW HEAD
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NEW FRENCH PREMIER PAY?
| HIGH TRIIH'TE T<* CHARACTK”
I OF PREDECESSOR; SAY?
TREATY Cl.APSES WIEL RE
FRENCH RAWS
VERSAIRJ.ES, France. Jan. 22. (/pi
(Relayed) In an address delivered
here today Alexandre Mlllerand, who
succeeds Cleinencenu as premier of
France, paid "tin tiger” of France
a splendid tribute for his services
to tiie nation, and especially for the
high <|Uallt) of those services during
1 he I ry ing period of I he w ar.
He declared that Clemenceau is a
great pal riot. France he said, owes
to him a debt of gratitude beyond
all other living statesmen. M Mlller
and also said that the new cabinet
will endeavor to maintain the alliance
lbin had saved the world from Ger
man domination Tin- treaty clauses.
In- said, would In considered as laws
In France.
CRIMEA IS CUT
| FROM MAINLAND
BY BOLSHEVIK!
i
! III H.SIIKVIKI FORCES SEVER CON
•AUCTIONS RETWEEN CRIME’
PENINSl'l.A AND MAIN RAN”
PORES ACQI'IKE NEW REAR!'
AGAINST ROES.
RON RON. Jan. 22. (/Pi ll is ofll
Hally announced today by Mie foreigr
offle* that tlit* bolshevik! forces in
southwestern Russia have virtually
severed all connections between the
Crimean peninsula and tin1 mainland
of Russia. Soviet armies have read)
. i til.. < 1 I < 11‘. IW i.t 111.. C.... nf \ .0.1’ nn.l
arc now resting on liie (lull of I’ere
! o\ on tin- Black S' i
All opposition to the red armies
in tliis district inis been crushed out.
It i believed tlint a portion of tie' •
One, i ■" j 11 eon*i till * operai j -II in (i i
me i.
rite foreign oi]ii:e a| i,i .uinounrvs
tli.it ri'porls ba\c iieen I'.-eefved to
tile Idfeel that Sergius Sazutoff lias
arrived in Warsaw and is preparing
to take tin' field against the holslte
viki. SazalolT was formerly foreign
minister of Russia.
OR EBON Ql'INTET LOSES TO
WAS11INOTON I’ IN SPEEDY
EXHIBITION.
SEATTLE Wash.. Jan. 22. (/p>
(Delayed) In the opening game of
the present season played here last
night, Hu I'niversity of Washington
hasktdbail five defeated Hie Oregon U
<|Uintet b> a score of 2X to 26. The
game was a fast one and kept the
spectators oil their leet from begin
ning to end. The Washington boys
showed up to good advantage and
look like champions.
PORKLESS PORK
BILL ACHIEVED
I
RIVERS AND HARBORS BILL
PASSES WITHOUT “PORK”
MEASURSES.
WASHINGTON. D. C.. Jan. 22. (/P)
(Delayed In an almost unrecogniz
able shape, the rivers and harbor bill,
better known to the nation as the
“pork barrel” measure, passed the
house today. It was characterized as
a “pork bill without pork." The mea
sure carries only $12,400,000 which
is the smallest appropriation carted
j in the bill in many years.
WINNIPEG GETS
PAPER SUPPLIES
SHIPMENT OK NEWS PRINT RE
CEIVED-PAPERS RESUM
ING PUBLICATION.
WINNIPEG, Jaiv. 22.--(/P> (Delay
ed) After almost a week of suspend
ed publication the newspapers of thi
city plan to resume on their regular
schedules tomorrow. Partial supplier
tof news print stock were received to
day and additional supplies viP '
available next week. Kor scve-nl dav
the size of the several papers will b
curtailed.
Billy Sunday, the evangelist, re
cently stopped suddenly in his dis
course and turning to a woman in
the audience, said: “Madame. I have
been watching you try to put that
baby to sleep for the last fifteen
minutes and I’ll tell you what I think
is the matter. The baby heeds board
instead of lodging."
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RAILWAY WORKERS RENEW DEMANDS
ON HINES FOR 40 PER CENT WAGE
INCREASE; CONFER NEXT TUESDAY
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CLEVELAND, Ohio, Jan. 22.—(/P)—(Delayed)—At a meeting of
ihe chiefs of the four railway brotherhoods held in this city today,
it was decided to request a definite answer from Director General
Hines to the workers’ demand for a 40 per cent increase in wages.
A committee from the railway organizations will confer with Mr.
Hines Tuesday and demand that he give the unions an immediate
answer.
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THREE PER CEiJ
BEER AND NINE
WINE PROPOSFI]
I CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
| INTROOUCEO TO MODIFY TIONE
DRY PROHIBITION THREE PEf
CENT DEER AND NINE PER
CENT WINE WANTED.
I WASHINGTON. D r . .ran. 22_(/P)
—(Delayed)—Congressman Adolphe
! T Sabafh, democrat of the Fifth Illi
nois congressional district this morn
ing introduced an amendment to the
constitution for Die purpose or modi
fying I he bone-dry prohibition amend
ment. The proposed amendment legal
ises the manufacture and sale of beer
containing three per cent of alcoholic
contents and nine per cent alcoholic
wine.
Mr. Sabath also introduced a resolu"
lion saying that there is great need
1'for whiskey to combat the influenza
epidemic now existing in Chicago and
asking (lie suspension of i>rohibitlon
regulations for a period of 90 days
so that tlie supply or whiskey can he
obtained.
POINDEXTER TO
START CAMPAIGN
WASH IN' tTON-SENATOR TO TOUR
STATE NEXT MONTH IN
OWN INTERESTS
SEATTLE, Wash., Jan. 23.—(jP)
U is reported here today that Sena
tor Poindexter will tour the State of
Washington sometime next month to
stir up interest in his campaign for
the republican nomination for presi
dency. Poindexter men here say that
his campaign is going good In the
east and witli proper support in the
west he will stand a good show of
winning out in the Chicago conven
tion next June.
ANCHORAGEITES
FORM NEW CLUE
REPUBLICANS IN COAST RAIL
ROAD TOWN ARE ACTIVE
ONCE MORE
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Jau. 22.—
(Special to The Citizen) —(Delayed)
—The Anchorage republican club, in
corporated, was organized here lust
night. Leading republican business
men are affiliated with the move
ment which is aimed to advance the
party interests in Alaska. Arthur
Frame was elected president, M. U.
Lynch, first, and Frank Cooper, sec
ond vice-president; J. E. Robarts,
treasurer; Bob Courtney, secretary;
Dr. Boyle, Ray Larson, and Z. G.
Loussac, trustees. Charles E. Herron
was unanimously endorsed for na
tional commitleemun. The member
ship of the club is growing and ab
solute harmony prevails. The ma
jority of Anchorage business men arc
supporting Mr. Herron for committet
man.
ANTI-DUMPING
LAW PROPOSED
BY BRITISHERS
LONDON.—(/P) The government’s
anti-dumping bill now pending in the
house of common authorizes appoint
ment of a trade regulation committee
which would have power to prohibit
the Importation of goods at prices
below the selling prices in the coun
try of manufacture.
This committee also would be au
thorized to regulate temporarily the
exportation of certain goods and the
granting of* credit for the purpose
of re-establishing overseas trade.
The committee would be composed
of the president of the board of
trade, three cabinet ministers, three
government officials and some mem
bers of the house of commons.
The bill would confer power upon
the board of trade to temporarily
prohibit the Importation of certain
specified classes of goods which
would compete unfairly with home
industries; but the board of trade’s
embargo would last for only 2 days
and at the expiration of that time
would be subject to the approval of
the trade regulation committee.
The board of trade under the bill
would have power to investigate the
books of manufacturers and sellers
and' would be authorized, subject to
i the approval of the commute, to pro
i hibit exportation until three years
| after the war of 11 specified articles,
including gold and silver coin, fuel,
I meat, wheat, sugar, opium and co
I caine.
To promote foreign trade the board
of trade would be authorized to
grant credits not exceeding $130,000,
1000 at any one time. It would also
enable it to insure goods subject to
| extraordinary risks.
GOVERNMENT TO
STOP ERECTION
LUXURY HOUSES
LONDON.—The British gov
ernment proposes to subsidize the
erection of necessary homes for the
people and to prevent the building
of what are characterized as “luxury
houses." The plan has been pro
posed to the house of commons by
Dr. Christopher Addison, minister of
health. Dr. Addison proposed that
a subsidy of $750 should be offered
for each house built within a speci
fied time.
Austen Chamberlain, chancellor of
the exchequer, announced that the
treasury had agreed to lend to local
authorities of small communities
i money for building purposes, but that
the authorities of larger communities
would have to supply their own re
sources.
Two difficulties, he said, confront
ed the government, that of obtaining
money and labor, and he advised that
public opinion be aroused to obtain
both.
ADIRALDUMAS
FORETELLS WAR
LONDON—(/Py—Rear Admiral Phil
lip Dumas expresses the belief that
the world Is not thru with war.
“Save the oil, take care of it and
preserve it,” he advised the Insti
tution of Petroleum Technologists re
cently. “If for nothing else we shall
require It for the wars of the future,
which, believe me, will come deBpite
the efforts of the late army of
geniuses in Paris to make future
wars impossible. •
“This has been a war waged large
ly on oil. The next one will be near
ly wholly so and Bismarck's dictum
of ‘blood and Iron’ brot up to date
will read ‘blood and oil’."
FAKE SOLDIERS
INFEST BERLIN
UERLIN.—(jP)—All the organiza
tions for alleviating the lot of the
war wounded have joined with the
ministry of labor to put an end fin
ally to the begging by the pretended
wounded soldiers who clutter the
principal streets of Uerlin. On all
sides one sees men whose arms have
been "severed” (by strapping them
to their bodies), or who feign to be
suffering from shell-shock and shake
pitifully, after learning in a Uerlin
school the approved methods of shak
ing. Investigation has shown that
these people collect up to 300 marks
daily from their faking.
The government has been carrying
on investigations for weeks in Ber
lin, Essen, Hamburg and other large
cities, and has established the fact
that hardly five per cent of the
"wounded" soldiers who are begging
are genuine.- One "shaker" was trail
ed to a soloon where he ceased shak
ing and drank cognac liberally while
he counted up over 300 marks, his
day’s receipts. Another “one armed”
man collected 80 marks In two hours,
in Tauentzien street and then was
seen to slip around a corner and
unbind bis missing arm which was
belted to his body. In Hamburg, of
18 men arrested only one proved to
have been wounded In the war.
Small boy—My father's got a new
set of teeth.
Friend—What’s to become of the
old sett
Small boy—Oh, I guess they’ll cut
’em down for me.
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