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WASHINGTON, D. ( , June 2 0.—
The collosal lobby/ g against the
Food Bill is now at as height. Yet
today thi Sub-Committee reported
favorably for including iron and
steel military and farm implements
in the commodities to be controlled
by the government in the food bill.
Opposition to the prohibition
clause is intense. The brewers were
augmented today by delegations ot
California and other wine growers.
Senator Phelan has been enlisted to
lead the wets against this clause.
He has already fought prohibition
with considerable emphasis oil the
floor of the Senate.
It is contended by the wets that
prohibition should be a separate is
sue.
The fight is just beginning and
will be dramatic before it closes.
The. liquor interests would rather
see the bill defeated as it stands
than passed with the dry clause and
openly admit as much.
The brewer." are deluging the cn
; itol with beery literature showing
Unit beer drinking is the life of the
nation . Liquid bread articles are
being placed before the senators to
show that beer and fermented li
quors are really food. This tempest
of propaganda Is tirekss and (ease
less and .ill the forces are trying ot
harmonize to defeat the measure.
An especial effort will lie made to
bring the President around to this
point of view.
The outlook for the passage of
the bone dry clause is not quite
favorable.
DESERT TEUTONS TO
JOIN SLAY FORCES
COPENHAGEN, June 26.—A
“Vienna dispatch reports that thou
sands o£ Bohemian soldiers have
already deserted and thousands are
still deserting the Teuton trenches
and joining the Hussain army, ac
cording to a statement admitted by
the Minister of Defense today.
The Austrian and German gov
ernment:. are now trying to arrange
lor thes< Bohemian troops located
on the eastern front to be re-distri
buted upon the west front, while
their places are being taken by Ger
man troops. On account of the in
tensity of the fighting now on the
west front, tlie German General
Staff reluctant to approve any
such extensive change.
PETUOGKA’.), Juno 2t>.—The As
sociated Press correspondent an
nounces that ltoot is being every
where received with enthusiasm and
a great welcome is being extended
to him. He is now speaking in all
parts of Russia.
PETROGKAD, June 26.—The si
tuation hire is much the same. The
indications are that war will he re
sumed heavily in the near future.
Apparently the Germans intend to
remain rigidly on the defensive.
The results of the {Stockholm con
feren. show that little can he ex
pected in the way of a peace move
ment until the German socialists
manifest a disposition to democrat
ize their government. Tin Hungar
ian delegates are fully prcp.irid to
support any such a step.
OF HIS FOUL MURDER
NEW YORK, June 20.—An Ital-j
ian priest before the Grand Jury
said that Cocchi had confessed his
murder of Ruth Kruger before he
lied to Italy. This statement is said
to have occasioned no end of excite
ment in Italian circles in the city.
BOLOGNA, June 26.—Cocchi to
day before the extradition court
told the judges al the particulars of
his fearful crime. He said he killed
COMICAL JOE JACKSON
AT DREAM TONIGHT.
“A Modern Enoch Arden" a new
Triangle comedy presents Joe Jack
son the tramp comedian in hi? con
genial role. He figures consider
able in it in the tramp make-up,
that he has made famous, or that
has made him famous. Joe has
made many audiences roar in vaude
ville by his comic stunts. He is a
finished acrobat and can do all
kinds of stunts, and land on his
feet—like a cat. In this satire, he
makes it a "thriller”, with some ot
his marvelous acrobatic skill. The
Dream is lucky to get this 4 act
comedy. A late Pathe Weekly News
vill also be shown.
the girl after lie had outraged her,
and then disposed of the body.
11c admits that he hail felt very
nervous over the situation and he
had taken refuge with an Italian
priest to whom he had confessed
his guilt. He remained in seclusion
with the Catholic priest for several
days before he felt safe to depart
for Italy.
Cocolii is, according to the testi
mony, really a horrible type of de
generate. It is certain that he will
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be sent back to New York to stand
trial for his crime.
NEW YORK, June 2 6.—The po
lice so far have refused to divulge
the results of their investigations
and their search for further white
slaver victims. They say that to
reveal now the facts that they have
discovered would not serve the ends
of the law.
That Cocclii was merely the tool
and not the head of the clique ot
marques is positively certain.
S. S. SII.YKU WAVE.
The mail schooner Silver Wave
will sail June Utitli for Kotzebue
Sound ami all way points. For
freight or passage apply to the
THE ALASKA LIGHTERAGE and
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Freight for this trip will he re
ceived at the dock from now on up
to the day the schooner sails.
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WASHINGTON, D. C., June 2o.—|
By virtue of the powers invested In
him by the conscription art, Presi
dent Wilson will name the exemp
tion tribunals at onoe.
They will examine into e very case
applying for exemption from mili
tary service.
Wilson today announced that he
will name a labor leader on every
board so the interests of organized
labor may be fully protected and it
is the intention to co-operate with
the organized workers in the work
ings of the hoard in evi ry possihh
way.
The exemption hoards art’ < s»oe|
ally important now inasmuch as
several of the ablest constitutional
lawyers in the country declare that
the provision which enables Wilson
to appoint them and so authorized
by Congress is invalidating t! en
tire. law. This assertion ip tlie con
tention of one suit already institut
ed in Missouri praying for the sett
itig aside ol' the draft law and r. -
citing Article 111, section 1 as
grounds therefor, alleging that Con
gress cannot delegate the right to
the president to create courts
whieh tin' constitution proviiles
shall he vested solely in Congress.
As it is declared that this was
carefully exa'tutncd before the
age of the law, and the particular
clause approved legally, it !- not
likely that this contention will 1 ■ 1 • 1.
WITNESS TELLS C*u
HOW FOUND NO ARMS
SAN FRANCISCO, June 26.—So
lar the Court was not disposed to
allow the state to introduce evid
ence of an alleged conspiracy unless
it was of a definite and specific na
ture or otherwise so closely con
nected with the trime for which the
defendant was indicted as to be
obviously admissible. So the Mourn
case was resumed today with the
Chief of Police of Richmond on the
stand as a state witness.
He testified that he did not find
arms in the boat which Moonev had
used. This was in > ross examina
tion. He said that he sea relied the
boat hut saw none. There was
none. The weapons had been found
by the state's detective after he had
made the search. This was the fit t
attempt made to build up the
charge ot frame-up aga'n.-t Pick' rt.
Mrs. Belle iiuninierhuri , sister of
Jletta Mcoitev was tin n hit* r on the
stand. .She swore tiff, a lawejt
from tlu District Attorn y's oikee
told her if she testified i.\ui.:.t Tom
Mooney. Kina would not lit [ire.- '
luted. He had added to her "They
have got to get somebody, or they
will get us". Tilt “they" was meant
is the Law and Order Committee
if tin Chamber of Conimeiee, pre
sumably.
This also helped to add another
pil. to tin frame-up case. The State
is beginning to get worried over tno
turn of affairs in this trial.
its own witnesses appear to be
breaking down.
\ovr is tin* time to Subscribe.
SEATTLE, uJne 26.—The de
fense today was scoring heavily in
the trial of Captain Mike Powers,
charged with accepting a bribe,
and it certainly looks as if the same
elements which have been trying
to get Gill have also been framing
up against Powers. Today, for ex
ample the defense brought witness
es and records to show that Pow
ers was in the hospital, a very sick
LOCAL ITEMS.
An opportunity to see the platin
um dust that comes from Dime
creek was afforded by Lars Gunder
son who has a nice little sample in
a bottle of this valuable metal and
which he extracted from his clean
ups in the Koyuk camp. The dust
is quite coarse and miniature nug
gets may be noted. Incidentally it
is stated that coarser platinum is
found on No. 7 by Scotty Black and
partners. In a letter from Alfred
Brooks of the geoloigeal depart
ment to Mr. Gunderson, it is asked
that the miners would save all their
concentrates and in August a Mr.
Herrington representing the de
partment would arrive to examine
them and make suggestions for sav
ing the platinum, it is now worth
$150 an ounce and is well worth
the trouble of recovering.
man, when it was testified that he
had been paid bribe money in tlie
office to allow the gambling and pig
joint financed by Reverend I)r.
Mathews to get Powers, protection.
Quite a sensation was sprung
when an alienist wTas brought on
the stand who swore that he had
treated the prosecuting detective
who suffered from an incurable
mental disease which destroyed his
power to tell the truth. This testi
money was received with astonish
ment.
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Everything now rocs to show that
Powers was the victim as he claim
id of a deliberate frame-up and tlint
the charge made that he accepted
bribes was sprung at the time when
Gill was being incriminated by
Billingsley so that tin' affair would,
give the entire Seattle police the re
putation of being all grafters and
the officials a bunch of boodlers, for
that purpose.
The case, remarkably enough, dis
credits I)r. Alathews as the Gill
trial also did.
1‘KKI’AKE I OK PEACE
LONDON, June 2 5.—Great Bri
tain is already preparing for the
trade war which will follow cessa
tion of hostilities. A British trade
corporation capitalized at 30,000,
000 pounds has been formed to
finance large overseas contracts
after the war. It will furnish finan
cial assistance to obtain and execute
orders abroad.
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