FRANCE WORRIED
OVER RUMOR OF
GERMAN ARMS
REPORn THAT LARGE STORES OF
ARMS AND ANTI-TANK GUNS
REPORTED FOUND
PARIS, Dec. 11.—Recent reports
from the Allied Military Control mis
sion in Germany have causd consid
erable worry in Allied quarters. The
mission has found numerous secret
stores of newly manufactured arms
and some newly perfected weapons,
including anti-tank guns.
Jewelry Thief Draws
Twenty Years’ Term
NEW YORK, Dec. 10.—Harry Be
han, convicted of having robbed Mrs.
Howard Johnson of $6,000 worth of
gems in the hotel Almanac last May,
was sentenced to twenty years im
prisonment in Sing Sing prison by
Judge Collins today.
After sentence had been pronoun
ced Assistant District Attorney Gar
rison announced that he had received
information that Behan had been in
the company of Miss Louise Lawson
six hours before she was strangled
to death in her fashionable apart
ment last winter. The police had
not succeeded in connecting Behan
with the slaying, Garrison said, and
the Lawson murder mystery remains
unsolved.
As he was being led from the
court room, Behan’s bride of months,
the former Lillian Schultz of San
Francisco, tried to rush into his
arms. She was held by detectives.
“It’s a long time, Harry,” she cried
out to him, “but love is longer.”
Mrs. Behan is awaiting trial as her
husband’s accomplice.
She had sat beside Mrs. Johnson,
when her husband was sentenced.
Behan’s victim burst into a gleeful
laugh as she heard the court’s de
cree. As Behan passed Mrs. John
son he hurled an epithet at her to
which she retorted: “You will be off
Broadway a long time, won’t you Har
ry.”
The Behan’s were guests of Mrs.
Johnson the night of the robbery.
England Blocks Plans
of League of Nations
ROME, Dec. 9.—The council of the
League of Nations today decided at
a private session to accede to Eng
land’s request and postpone consid
eration of the Geneva peace protocol
and arrangements for a disarmament
to the March meeting of the council.
Mother of Coramedienne
Must'Leave By March
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.—The Im
migration bureau today indicated that
the mother of Charles Chaplin, motion
picture commedian will not be per
mitted to remain in the U. S. later
than next March as she is ineligible
for citizenship.
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two electrical horsepower
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RIVER SHANNON
BE HARNESSED
POWER PLANT
FAMED IN SONG AND STORY,
IRISH RIVER WILL BE USED
GENERATE CURRENT
NEW YORK, Dec. 11—The River
Shannon, which has been dear to the
heart of the Irish race from time im
emorial, famed in song and story,
will be harnessed to generate elec
tricity for a $15,000,000 electrical
plant, erected by the Irish govern
ment, according to a statement made
today by Timothy A. Smiddy, minis
ter plenipotentiary from the Irish
Free State, who arrived here today
from Ireland.
Minister Smiddy said that Ireland
would soon be linked with immense
power plants, to be erected by the
government in hopes of inducing
manufacturing enterprises to enter
the former strife torn republic.
REFUND CAMPAIGN
RECEIPTS TO DONORS
POMEROY, Ohio., Dec. 9.—In a re
port to the secretary of the senate
as to the receipts and expenditures of
his re-election campaign, Senator
Borah of Idaho states that he return
ed to the donors every cent which he
| had received for that purpose.
YARDMASTERS CANNOT WORK
MORE THAN NINE HOURS
CHICAGO, Dec. 9.—In a decision
handed down yesterday by the U. S.
| Circuit Court of Appeals it was held
j that railroad yardmasters could not
I be permitted to work over nine hours
a day. The ruling was based on an
'interpretation of the federal safety
appliance act.
Would Perfect Lady Ride
On Radiator of Automobile
WATKINS, N. Y., Dec. 10.—She
iwas a simple country lass, but then
She had no right on his radiator.
Such is the contention of S. N. Cole,
of this village who had no immediate
desire for the friendship of a healthy
cow. While driving near the David
Love farm one brown-eyed, sleek
haired bossy, bored by the dire mon
otony of rural life, leaped on the ra
diator of his automobile.
“Come, let us fly or flee,” she
“mooed.” But Cole “mooed” right
back and bovine thinking better of
her hasty action, slid over the other
side of the machine. Her gentle
step broke one windshield and two
fenders.
GILL NETTING IN THE
FRASER HALTED BY
ORDER OF BOARD
NEW WESTMINISTER, Dec. 10.—
Five hundred fishing boats and their
accompanying fishing gear tide up
on Wednesday, following the closing
of gill-netting for salmon on the Fra
ser river the first of this month.
Fishermen are at a loSs to under
stand the cause for the order, which
they state came without warning, and
after assurance had been given that
the season would extend for two
weeks longer.
Those best posted in the industry
assert that there is no ground for or
dering the salmon season closed on
account of deterioration of the qual
ity of the fish now running.
Two points were made by the fish
ing interests in that connection. The
first is that just the moment fish
show signs of deterioration, automat
ically fishing then ceases, for the
trade will not buy fish unfit for use.
The other is that there is no order
issued to stop fishing sockeyes or
springs when the run of those varie
ties is near the end. The only order
approaching such a suggestion is that
to increase the mesh of the net for
sockeyes one inch.
The Alaska Transfer is moving Ger
hard Johnsoo’s house from out near
the sawmill today to a point across
the stream. Three caterpillars are
doing the work.
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MAID OF ORLEANS
LOCKED IN ICE
HERSCHEL ISLE
BELIEVED TO BE LOST, BUT RE
PORTED SAFE—PASSEN
GERS AND CREW SAFE
FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Dec. 11.—
Defeated in their efforts to reach Vic
toria Land, the Seattle power schoon
er Maid of Orleans, which was given
up for lost, is locked in the ice at
Herschel Island with her passengers
and crew safely housed for the win
ter.
Aboard the Maid of Orleans are
Miss Alice Supplee, a Seattle high
school teacher; Capt. Christian Klen
genberg and crew of eight men.
The news was brought here today
by Capt. T. P. O’Kelly, C. H. Clarke,
Rudolph Johnson, E. J. Gall and Am
brose Agnaveluk, survivors of the
lost schooner Lady Kindersley, arriv
ing here by dog team from their long
trip from Herschel Island.
ALASKA HILLS
MINES SHOWS
BIG VALUES
OFFICERS RETURN FROM MINE
GREATLY DELIGHTED WITH
RECENT MILL TESTS
Earl Barnett, president of the
Alaska Hills Company, with mines at
Nuka Bay; Dave Andrews, general
manager; John Rice, treasurer; H.
V. Henrikson, mill man, and Frank
Short, engineer, returned today on
the gasboat Rolf from the company’s
property, highly enthused over the
splendid showing made in running 50
tons of ore through a mill test,* the
plates yielding about $1700, or $50 per
ton, which with the sulphites wilt run
$70 to $80. The ore was taken from
the dump and not handpicked, this
giving evidence of its great richness.
While the mine has been closed
down for the winter, considerable
work has already been done this sea
son. Two hundred and seventy feet
of tunnel has been run, witn a 91-foot
raise. One hundred and fifty feet of
development wrork has also been done
on the lower tunnel. The mill is in
readiness for operating next season.
Two men remained in the camp to
build a mess house and get out tim
bers for next year’s operations. Four
men are wintering on the bay and
much prospecting will be done. It is
also stated that three other proper
ties will also be worked on Nuka Bay
next summer, Seward receiving con
siderable revenue therefrom.
A directors’ meetnig will be held in
Anchorage as soon as Charles Bal
hiser, who is now in Washington, re
turns.
Engineer Frank Short, who was for
merly connected with the Granby
copper property at Valdez, and with
the Guggenheim mine at Kennecott,
has been engaged in measuring up
and surveying the ore in sight, and
declares it one of the richest propo
sitions he has ever investigated.
The four members of the company
will leave on tomorrow’s train for
Anchorage.
ROAD WORK M’KINLEY PARK
FINISHED FOR THIS YEAR
The Alaska road commission re
ports all work in the McKinley Na
tional Park has come to a halt this
year, with the completion, of the
caches and cabins. Ten miles of fine
road will be in readiness for traffic
in the spring.
Considerable freighting will start in
the park by the commission, the first
part of March it is stated in prepar
ation for the road work next season,
which will start up about the middle
of May.
Would Promote Great
Air Fleet For America
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.—Repre
sentative Winslow of Massachusetts
has offered a bill in the House de
signed to promote commercial avia
tion and provide a gigantic air fleet
and training personnel in time of war.
The bill provides a complete civilian
air navigation act to be administered
by a special bureau.
SAMUEL GOMPERS
SERIOUSLY ILL;
RUSHED TO N. Y.
PRESIDENT OF AMERICAN FED
ERATION OF LABOR AT
POINT OF DEATH
MEXICO CITY, Mexico, Dec. 11.—
Samuel Gompers, president of the
American Federation of Labor, who
has been visiting President Calles of
Mexico, following the adjournment of
the Federation convention at El Paso,
last month, was taken dangerously ill
yesterday and is being rushed back
to New York on a special train.
President Calles this morning re
ceived a message that the aged labor
leader was standing the trip better
than was expected, although his con
dition is most serious.
250 GIRLS DRIVEN
OUT INTO COLD
BRIDGEWATER, Mass., Dec. 10
Two hundred and fifty girls attending
the State normal school here were
forced to flee, thinly clad, out into
the cold, stormy night when fire de
stroyed their dormitory and three oth
er buildings.
GERMAN AMBASSADOR
APPOINTED TO U. S.
BERLIN, Dec. 10.—Baron Ago von
Maltzan was today appointed German
ambassador to the United States to
succeed Dr. Wiedfeldt.
FOUR MISSING WHEN
SEAPLANE FALLS TODAY
SAN DIEGO, Dec. 10.—Four per
sons are missing and three seriously
burned as the result of an aviation
attack this morning at the entrance
of San Diego bay when a big navy
seaplane fell into the ocean.
BANDITS HOLD UP BANK
DETROIT, Dec. 10.—Five robbers
held up a Grand River Avenue Bank
in Detroit today and escaped with
fifteen thousand dollars.
Twenty-Three Students
Rescued From Bandits
CANTON, China, Dec. 10.—General
Li Tuh Lin’s troops today rescued 23
students, kidnaped by banits Satur
day, and returned them to the Chris
tian college. Eight are still in cap
tivity.
Paddy Shannon, who has been sec
tion foreman at Birchwood will spend
the winter in the States.
LIGHT CRUISER
, BE BUILT FOR
CHINA SERVICE
SIX BATTLESHIPS BE CONVERT
ED FROM COAL TO OIL
BURNING VESSELS
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 11.-4
The Naval construction bill author
izing a program to cost $110,000,00#,
provides for the construction of eight
light cruiser^, six gunboats to be used
on the Yangtze river in China, and
the conversion of six battleships from
coal to oil burners. The measure was
passed by the House and Senate iast
session, but was held up by m^ion
of Senator King to reconsider today.
The motion was lost and the appro
priation was approved.
WELL KNOWN HUNTER
IS HURT AT ATLIN
DAWSON, Dec. 1.—Suffering from
a broken pelvic bone, Bryan Williams
the well-known big game hunter in
British Columbia, is lying in the hos
pital at Atlin, according to word from
W. J. Garrett, of the Atlin Inn.
Williams was caught when a horse
he was riding, threw himself back
ward, pinning his rider beneath him.
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