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League Would Cut Profit
Made By Cannon Makers
LONDON, Eng., Jan. 2.—(AP)_
War or no war, the munitions busi
ness in Europe is good. During the
years which followed the close of the
late international cannon makers pic
nic until 1923, the exports of mate
rial of war from one European coun
rty into another, not including war
ships, airplanes or similar equip
ment has overstepped the alrming
total of $250,000,000. And the world
has been almost pacific during this
time.
The traffic commission of the
League of Nations, which has rum
maged out these figures, has set
about to cut the dividends of the
martial manufacturers by introduc
ing a convention, which has been
distributed to all nations, for the
establishment of an international
cotrol of arms. The Brtish gov
ernment is understood to be fully in
accord with the project and its
delegate to the next meeting of the
/Commission to be held at Geneva
next May will be instructed to sup
port the document.
The new' convention, drawn up
at the meeting of the commission
early this year, is a substitute for
the one adopted in September, 1919,
which was not accepted by the
United States.
The United States has already
indicated its willingness to subscribe
to such a convention, and s iverai
ofner favorable replies have been
received by the League.
The convention itself is a tech
nical document r*i‘ g.-eat length which
experts c'vlm ko eftectively iinr.ts
the manufjtctu/» arul distribution of
materials of v;nr c.s to put i stop
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•r*v clemen of tile universe. ami
r.'akes it herl for the greater na
tic ns to keep a war chest in the
c’oset with -i-v ske'cien.
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Bars College Mills
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON,
Seattle, Dec. 31—The sagacious fac
ulty athletic committee of the Univer
sity of Washington got together in its
semi-monthly meeting this week and
burst one of the most beautiful ath
letic bubbles that ever promised to
material, to-wit, intercollegiate box
ing for Washington.
Washington officials had scheduled
bouts with the University of Cali
fornia, University of British Calum
bia, Washington State College and
had a tentative arrangement with
Oregon Agricultural College.
For three years now Doc Bohler of
W. S. C. has been approached annually
for a meet with Washington but every
time the worthy State coach wras un
able to make the necessary arrange
ments. This year before Meisnest
could petition the Doc for a meet
Bohler challened the University of
Washington and it now devolves upon
our Mr. Meisnest to back out as grace
fully as possible.
There is one possible way of over
riding the decision of the committee
by getting the general faculty at its
meeting to pass a resolution favoring
intercollegiate boxing. The chances
of their so doing are very slim indeed
for if the most athletically interested
members of the Athletic committee
will not sanction the ring sport inter
collegiate there is not much reason j
to expect the conservative element to i
go down the line for pugilism.
The committee gave as its reason
for refusing to sanction these inter
school matches the bad publicity the
sporting editors of the papers are
prone to give the ring sport. “Soon
er or later the question of profession
alism will creep in,” they said.
PARTS OF OREGON
14 DEGREES BELOW
PORTLAND, Ore.. Jan 2.—Oregon
continued today in the grip of a frig
id spell which brought the tempera
ture as low as 14 below zero in east
ern Oregon and as low as 13 above in
the western part of the state. Imbler
this morning reported 14 below. La
Grande 10 below and Baker 10 below.
Unofficial readings at Pendleton
showed from 2 to 6 below. The mini
mum at Portland this morning was 13
above. The forecast was fair and
continued cold tonight and Thursday
with earterlywinds.
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Weeks Declares Morale
of Troops Threatened
WASHINGTON, Dec. 31 (AP) —
With sub-zero weather just around
the corner, 40,000 United States sol
diers are living under canvas or with
in flimsy wooden walls with no better
shelter in sight.
This was the bleak picture of army
life revealed by Secretary of War
Weeks in his annual report to the
President, requesting immediate ini
tiation of an adequate army housing
program.
One army post, characterized as
typical of several others was describ
ed as lacking in bath and toilet fa
cilities. “Such a condition is hardly
conceivable and is certain not condu
cive to sanitation or morals.” Others
were described in these terms.
During northers rain and snow beat
in around the window casing and be
tween the cracks in the lumber where
it has shrunk.
Many of the officers’ quarters have !
very small rooms with low ceilings j
and have no gas installation.
Men at Camp Nicholas only recently !
removed from under canvas and are !
living in converted shacks. A short- i
sighted policy of neglect has been !
followed in the maintenance of all of- !
fice buildings until now $15,000,000 !
is needed to repair some of the past i
damage, the secretary estimated.
“These buildings installations have
been calculated to have a value of
nearly 400 million dollars and the
money expended in their upkeep to
tals about 10 million dollars, or about
2.5 per cent of their value. Sound
commercial practice would require
| an annual expenditure for upkeep of
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a little over 5 per cent.
Army morale and efficiency is se
verely threatened by the evil housing
conditions, Weeks continued.
“Soldiers, of course, are accustomed
to hardships, but it is only natural
that their morale and the efficiency
of our units suffer from poor living
conditions. It is obvious that time
and effort put into making makeshift
repairs to utilities in a continuous
state of accelerated deterioration in
terfere with instruction programs
and training efficiency.”
40 ABOVE WEATHER
AT NOME LAST WEEK
NOME, Alaska, Jan. 2.—While
Nome reads of the cold weather being
experienced elsewhere, the people
here are watching the cold disappear
before a brisk rain. .
Yesterday the mercury hovered
around 40 above. The coldest day
felt this winter was a week ago, when
the mercury went to 21 below for a
few hours. Very little snow has fallen
here so far and automobiles are still
taking the right of way.
The hospital is free of patients for
the first time in months. The holiday
spirit reigned supreme and Santa
Claus drove reindeer through the
streets, distributing gifts to the Es
kimos and whites.
JOBLESS IN CANADA FIND
MANY CHANCES TO WORK
WINNIPEG, Dec. 31 (AP)—Trend
of employment in Canada is upward
and more people are working today
than at any time during the year and
the outlook for the best winter of em
ployment in the history of the Domin
ion is bright, according to a report
on the labor situation issued today by
the Federal bureau of statistics.
Returns tabulated from 5855 com
panies showed an increase on their
payrolls from 765,000 workers in Sep
tember to 771,932 in October.
Employment in the manufacturing
industry showed the most marked
improvement. Textiles, iron and steel.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
United States Land Office
Anchorage, Alaska, Nov. 24. 1924.
Notice is hereby given that Charles
Henry Sharp, together with his wit
nesses, Charles Miller, and Jack
Dietz, all of Homer, Alaska, has sub
mitted final proof for lands embraced
in the E^SW1^, Section 1, NE1^
NWVi, Section 12, and Lot 4, Sec
tion 12, T. 6 S. R. 13 W. S. M. Serial
06218, and is now on file in the local
land office, at Anchorage, Alaska. If
no protest is filed in the local land
office, at Anchorage, within the pe
riod of publication, or thirty days
thereafter, said final proof will be
accepted, and final certificate issue
J. LINDLEY GREEN,
Register.
First publication Nov. 28, 1924.
Last publicatoin, daily Jan. 5, 1925.
NOTICE OF APPLICATION
U. S. Non-Mineral Survey ..
No. H20.
Serial No. 05418
L nited States Land Office, Anchorage,
Alaska.
the matter of the application of
Wilbur J. Erskine, for leave to en
ter as a Soldier’s Additional Home
stead a tract of land situated on the
north-east shore of the north-east
arm of Uganik Bay, Kodiak Island,
"territory of Alaska, and containing
21.03 acres. ''
Notice is hereby given that Wilbur
J. Erskine, a citizen of the United
States, whose Post Office address is
Kodiak, Alaska, as assignee of James
M. Wyrick, a beneficiary under Sec
tion 2306 or 2307, United States Re
vised Statutes, has filed application
to enter the lands embraced in U. S.
Non-Mineral Survey No. 1420, which
are situated on the N. E. shore of the
N. E. arm of Uganik Bay, Kodiak Is
land, in the Territory of Alaska, Lat.
57 deg. 46 min. 30 sec. N., Long. 153
deg. 23 min. 30 sec. W., containing
21.03 acres, and more particularly des
cribed as follows, to-wit:
(Mag. Var. 23 deg. 45 min. E.)
‘•Commencing at Comer 1, whence
U. S. L. M. No. 1420 bears S. 41 deg.
20 min. 16 sec. E. 9.96 chs., thence me
andering mean high tide line N. 75
deg. 17 min. W. 1.29 chs., N. 87 deg.
12 min. W. 4.74 chs., N. 53 deg. 47 min.
W., 1.39 chs. N. 36 deg. 40 min. W.
3.27 chs., N. 84 deg. 50 min. W. 4.98
chs., N. 52 deg. 58 min. W. 2.61 chs.
N. 22 deg. 43 min. W. 1.78 chs, to
Cor. 2; thence N. 7.57 chs. to Cor. 3,
thence E. 16.72 chs. to Cor. 4; thence
S. 15.27 chs., to Cor. 1, the place of
beginning.
Any and all persons claiming any
portion of the above described tract
are required to file in the United
States Land Office, at Anchorage, Al
aska, their adverse claim or claims
during the period of publication, or
within thirty (30) days thereafter.
Dated this 1st day of May, 1924.
J. LINDLEY GREEN,
Register U. S. Land Office.
First publication Nov. 14,1924.
Last Publication Jan. 27, 1925.
canning and confectionery also show
ed special activity, while logging,
transportation and lumber manufact
uring registered increases in volume
during October.
Revival of industry and the higher
prices prevailing for grain, which
greatly increased the Dominion’s buy
ing power are credited as being re
sponsible for the condition.
FORMER OFFICER DECLARES
HE SAW WATSON IN NANAIMO
SEATTLE, Wn., Jan. A former po
liceman, well acquainted with Watson
informed the British Columbia police
that he saw Watson in Nanaimo on
the day of the bank robbery.
A dispatch in the Post-Intelligeace£
yesterday, from Vancouver, B. C., stat
ed that the Canadian authorities de
clared they were ready to press ex
tradition on five suspects in the bank
holdup at Nanaimo.
PENROSE AGAINST CHILD
LABOR AMENDMENTS
WALLA WALLA, Dec. 31—Steph
en B. L. Penrose, who today completes
30 years service as president of Whit
man college opposed ratification by
this state of the proposed child labor
amendment in a speech before the an
nual meeting of the county farm bu
reau.
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