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SEATTLE May 5—Alfred and!
Ralph Lomen, Nome reindeer kings!
have made tentative Estrangements:
with the iioinger Air Plane Manu-!
facturing Co for several arplanes,
which are to be used in looking after
their reindeer herds in the Seward
Peninsula.
INVITE THEM TO RETURN
PARIS, May 5—President Wil
son and the British Premier, Lloyd
George have sent a joint communica
ticn to the Italian government in
viting the Italian Peace Delegation
to resume its seat at the Peace Con
ference.
Wilson and Lloyd Gorge’s com
munication it is beliebed will pave
the way for a resumption of the ne
gotiations by which some adjust
ment of Italy’s territorial claims
can be made.
MUNICH NEARLY CAPTURED
BERLIN. May 5—It is reported
here that the German government
troops have nearly succeeded in
capturing the whole of Munich with
the exception of the Ganghofer
quarter where the communists are
still in control. Frequent attempts
have been made by the Communists
to open negotiations with the lead
ers of the government forces, but
Pemier Hoffman has reiterated his
demands far an uconditionsl sur
render of the Communist forces.
The complete subjugation of the
radical forces is considered here as
only a matter ofa short time as they
are practically surrounded on all
sides and wil be annihilated by the
superior government forces if they
refuse to surrender.
MUNICH, May 5—The radical
forces have succeded in blowing up
a train carrying government troops
which was about to enter a suburb of
this city. The roadbed had been
mined in several places by the radi
cal forces and the force of the ex
plosion destroyed the train com
pletely, killing virtually everyone of
the soldiers whic were being carried
on the train.
More than three hundred bodies
of dead soldiiers were removed from
the wreck, while many more are
missing.
The mining had been done so
thoroughly and the explosion was
timed so accurately that very few
soldiers survived. The scene of the
explosion presented a grewsome
spectacle as many of the victims of
the explosion were literally torn to
pieces.
WILL NOT ENTER BUDAPEST
VIENNA, May 5—Dispatches re
ceived here state that the command
ers of the Czecho-Slovak and Ser
bian troops have dee ded not to en
ter Budapest, but that they intone
to confine their military operations
to a complete encirclement of the
Hungarian capital, thus forcing a
surrender of the radical government
and to compel them to accede to the
territorial demands of tho Czecho
slovak and Serbian governments.
GIVE SOLDIERS BONUS
MELBOURNE Australia. May 5—
The Australian government has
made provisions, assuring every dis
charged soldier who served in the
Australian Expeditionary Forces
who settles on government laud an
advance of $3125. This advance is
to be repaid to the respective
states of the Australian Commcr
wealth, in which a discharged rol
dier takes up land, cin easy install
ments to induce as many soldiers as
possible to take advantage of1 this
generous offer of the Australian
government.
WILL RETURN
FAR 13, May 5—The French For
eign Minister Pichon was informed
by the Italian Ambassador yesterday
that the Italian Peace Delegate
will return to Paris to resume r
gotiations.
Premier Orlando and delegate
Sonnino will leave Rome tonight and
will arrive in Paris Wednesday
morning. The other members of
the Italian delegation will follow in
the near future. x
GETTING LICKED
LONDON, May (i—-This afternoon
df!saptcl)es indicate that the Bolshe
vik forces thruout Northern Russia
are meeting steady reverses. The
Allied forces are advancing slowly
huts teadily over a wide front com
pelling the Bolsheviks to evacuate
: important jSositions.
I LIEBKXECHT’S MURDERERS
TO BE TRIED
BERLIN, May 6—The trial of the
murderers of Dr Karl Liebknecht
and Dr Rosa Luxemburg who were
the principal leaders of the German
Radical movement will begin here
next Thursday.
[ One civilian and eight German
j army officers are accused of having
| participated in this crime
Sixty three witnesses have been
I called by the government and the
trial which will be conducted by
General von Hoffman will be watched
with considerable interest thruout
the world owing to the position Karl
Liebknecht and Rosa Lubemburg oc
cupied in the German and Interna
tiona.! Radical movement.
WILL CARRY FLOUR
SEATTLE, May 6—Fifteen ves
sels of a tonnage of eight thousand
eight hundred tons each which have
ben built in local and Tacoma yards
have been assigned to load Pacific
Coast flour for Europe, to sail for
their destination before July first!
More vessels may be dispatched
later to carry much needed food
stuffs to the destitute and starving
people in Europe.
SKA PLANES ARE BURNED
ROCKAWAY BEACH, May 6—
Naval Seaplane N. C. 1 and N. C. -1
that were in readiness to leave her^j
for Halifax tomorrow on their
first lap of their attempt to cross the
Atlantic were badly damaged try fire
at the Naval station here today.
The exploding of a gasoline tank
lis reported to have caused the fire
which inflicted such damage upon
the machines that their departure
has been indefintely delayed if nol
made impossible.
COMMENCING MONDAY APRIL 21
With every cash sale or cash receipt we will issue a cash
register slip with amount of the transaction printed thereon
Every cent on these slips counts one vote.
Every Saturday after* son at 5 o’clock the boy or girl hav
ing received the largest vote will be awarded one of our boy proof
indestructible.
SAM-E-KAR’S FREE
All slips must be dated of the week of the contest, In other
words a new contest starts on every Monday morning.
Votes will be counted or posted every day at 2:30 p. m. ex
cept Saturday when the final count for the week will take place.
No one will be allowed to contest but once if winner.
Purchases from other grocers not allowed to be counted.
Mr James M. Streeten has kindly consented to act as judge
in the contest.
INVITE AUSTRIANS
BASEL, May 6—A dispatch re
; ceived from Vienna state that
I the Allies had invited the Austrian
j Peace Delegation to come to St Ger
main-en-Laye located twelve miles
west of Paris on May 13th to begin
I Peace negotiations.
WANT TO RETURN
| BERLIN, May 6—According to a
j semi official statement issued here
! today the former German Emperor
| Wiiliam has requested the German
(government to grant him permission
to return to Germany and alow him
j ;o reside on his estate at Kadlneu in
I the Province of East Prussia.
; What action the German govern
inent will lake in the matter has not
: been stated, bu.t it !s known that
! many officials are opposed to the re
j turn of their former ruler under any
! conditions.
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ASSUMES COMMAS'!)
j COBLENZ May fi—General Ligget
j assumed the command of the third
| American army of occspation in
| Germany here today.
COTTERILL DIES
! SEATTLE, May 6—City’ Council
; man, It. Cotterill died here today
j from tubercolosis, resulting from a
i cold which he contracted when he
j was inspecting the Skagit River
( Power Project.
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WANT SOLDIERS
| WASHINGTON, May 6—That Si
j benia's internal conditions, even un
j der Kolschak’s government are
i not and will not be stable for soma
| time to come can be seen from dn
j announcement made by the War De
| partmet, that eight thousand men
| with previous military training are
j desired for enlistment in the U. S.
j Army for three years service in Si
j beria.
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[ < pedentials submitted
i PARIS, May 6—The credentials
S of the Italian Peace Delegates were
| submitted to the German plenipoten
tiaries this morning.
VO DUTY OX HOOTCH
LONDON, May 6—The British
Government has decided that in view
of the scarcity of hootch in Great
Britain and knowing the aversion
of the average Briton to go without
his “wee drop” the importation oF
v hisKey from the U. S. and the Do
million of Canada will be permittee
without paying the customary high
import duty levied ■ i Great Britain
on distilled liqu >r->
OPEN FOR SRTTLEFENT
WASHINGTON May 6—It has
been announced by Presidential pro
clamation that two hundred and
eighty thousand acres, of which
about one third of this area is lo
cated along the Knik and Turnagain
Arms in the Chugach National For
! est Reserve, have been opened up to
j homestead entry at noon July first.
This area comprising some of the
best agricultural land in Alaska is
located near and at the head of Cook’s
j Inlet with good shipping facilities
both by rail and water.
ORLANDO LEFT FOR PARIS
ROME, May 6—It has been re
ported officially that the Italian Pre
nlitjr Orlando and Peace Delegate
Sonnino, left for Paris on a special
train at 10 p. m. tonight, to resume
negotiations regarding Italy’s Adria
tic territorial claims.
CHINKS RESIGN
PARIS, May 6—A semi official
announcement has been made that
the entire Chinese Peace Delegation
has cabled the Pekin government
tendering its resignation in a body.
The adverse decision given to the
Chlina-Japan territorial claims, is be
lieved to be mainly responsible for
the resignation of China’s represen
tatives at the Peace Conference.
CZECH MINISTER KILLED ]
COPENHAGEN, May C—Dis- j
patches received hero from Prague, j
Bohemia state that M.Stefanik, I
Czech Minister of War has been j
killed while taking a ride in an air
plane, which owing to either a de-!
feet in the motor or plane, crashed |
to earth killing Stefanik and his j
pilot.
CALLS FOR SPECIAL SESSION
WASHINGTON, May 7—Presi
dent Wilson has issued a cable call
for a special session of Congress to
be held on May lltth. Secretary
Tumulty said that it would be im
possible of course for President Wil
son to be here on the opening day
of the special session.
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JAPS ARE SORE
TOKIO, May 7—The Japanese
press is arousing the people of Ja
pan to a pitch of extreme bitterness
against the American nation. Presi
dent Wilson has been branded as a
hypocrite in many newspaper editor
ials and anti American speeches.
The Japanese press is doing its
utmost to fan the anti American feel
ing among the Japanese who are ex
retmely bitter owing to the defeat
the Japanese Peace Delegation suf
fered when they attempted to have
a clause granting equal treatment to
the peoples of afl nations that are
signatories to the League of Na
tions, incorporated in the constitu
tion of the League of Nations.
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WILL. BE ADMITTED l
PARIS, May 7—It has been offi
cially announced that the Delegates
of the nations which had been barr
ed from the Congress at Versailles
will now be admitted.
This will include the delegates
from the following countries, China,
Siam. Cuba, Cuatamala, Nicaragua,
Haiti Panama Liberia and Honduras.
EXECUTE LEADER
MUNICH, May 7—Communist
leader Sondheimer was shot by mem
bers of the government forces while
trying to escape from this city. It
is reported here that Levine editor
of the communist paper “The Red
| Flag" has ben summarily executed.
That he fighting in Munich has
been of an extremely severe char
acter became manifest today when
more than 250 bodies of communists
who were killed while trying to
maintain their position in the build
ings of the medical falulty of the
lohal university \yere removed to the
j cemetary.
! MUST DO A WAV WITH REGULARS
I ST LOUIS May 7—Following his j
election ak president of the National I
Guard Association of the United
States Lieutenant Colonel Bennett
Clark son of the former speaker of
the House of Representatives de
clared in an address to theassemblage
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RECOGNIZES INDEPENDENCE
LONDON May 7—It has been of
ficially announced that he British
government has recognized the in
dependece of the Finnish Republic.
REDS KILL RIOTERS
LONDON May 7—Dispatches re
ceived here from Russia state that
more that 400 rioters were killed
last week in Moscow v. hen the Bol
shevik Red Guards were called up
on to disperse a mob clamoring for
food.
The casualties resulted when the
crowd which had assembled to de
mand food shouted “down with Le
nine and Trotsky.”
When the Red Guard tried to ar
rest the leaders of the rioters the
latter offered armed resistance with
the eSult that the Red Guard put
the rioters to flight after a short
but bloody struggle.
SPE<TA L MESSAGE
WASHINGTON, May 8—Officials
of the State Department annonced
today that President Wilson will
cable his first message to be read
at a joint sesson of both Houses of
Congress.
t was stated that the Presidential
message would recommend the early
passage of the appropriation bills
and that the President woud also re
commend the payment by the Gov
ernment of proper Temuneration for
the use of the telphone and tele
graph lines during the war emer
gency.
The President’s message on the
Peace Treaty will come later and
will probably be delivered by him
personaly after his return from Eu
rope.
HUSTLING FOR LOAN
SEATTLE, May 8— Two thirds
of the Victory Loan quota allotted
to this city has been subscribed,
while committee’s are until ng In
their efforts to again have tne cit
izens go over the top, as in the pre
vious loans.
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up to 5 p. m. May 23rd 1919, for
the performance of the service de
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Golovin, Alaska to Haycock, Alaska
about 110 miles and back, twice a
n'onth from1 July 1st 1919 to Oc
tober 31, 1919 by a schedule satis
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to exceed 4 days running time each
way, carrying all mail offered. Bids,
to state the rate per round trip.
For carrying the U. S. Mail from
Nome Alaska, by Hot Springs (N.
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the Department f not to exceed 4
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not to exceed 9 pounds of maiE
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