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The Alaska daily empire., 1920-03-25
coy. RIGGS AND
 SEMMES TELL OF TRANSPORTATION
Alaskan Tell Senate Commit tee that Lack of Shipping
 and High Rates Hurt WANT MORE POWER
Urge Greater Control Over Shipping be Placed in Hands
 of Territorial Government

WASHINGTON, March 25.-Gov. Thomas Riggs, .Jr, as chairman of the Alaska Territorial Shipping Board and R. M. Semmes, expert traffic man the employ of the Board, appeared before the Senate Committee on Com merce today and urged the passage of legislation to give the officials of Alaska greater control over the ship ping in the Territory.
 They told the committee that in adequate transportation service and high shipping rates are retarding the development of Alaska.
 Gov. Riggs said that the product ion of placer gold is curtailed by the high rates on the Alaska river lines and the lines operating between Seattle and Alaska.
 Semmes said that private carriers are trying to build an absolute mon opoly He declared that the oper- ating companies do as they please. He said the government had no regu- lations, and with no mail contract system in operation, the mail moves wherever there are available steam CTS. He said the carriers had re- fused to contract for the delivery of mail at fixed intervals.
 There will be further hearings be- fore the Senate Committee and it is believed there will be hearings be- fore the House Committee also.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-03-25
FEDERAL AGENTS ARE AFTER SEATTLE
 BOOZE SMUGGLERS
Prohibition Enforcement Officials Investigating Charges of Liquor
 Smuggling Ring

SEATTLE, March 25.-Federal prohibition enforcement officers are investigating the alleged existence of liquor ring. organized for the purpose of bringing liquor to Seattle from Canada. Lieut.. Olmstead and Sergeant Thomas Clark, members of the Seattle Police force, charged with smuggling liquor. have theif hearing next month.
 Both Lieut.. Olmstead and Sergeant Clark have been dismissed from the police force. and Chief J. F. Warren. is conducting an investigation to dis cover whether or not more polics officers are involved in the liquor smuggling ring. However. it is re- ported there will not be further dis missals from the service until tho Federal authorities have had an op- portunity to act or report.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-03-25
QUIET BUT CRAVE IN
 WEST REGION
President Ebert Sending Gov ernment Troops to Aid Fore
 es in Industrial Sections
THE REPORTS CONFLICT
Maneuvers of Communist and Government Armies at Wes-
 sel Prove Puzzle to People

BERLIN, March 25.-Everything is quiet in Berlin today. Business conditions are normal, and there are no disorders in this part of Germany.
 The situation in Western indus trial centers, and particularly at Wesel and in the Ruhr district, con- .tinues grave. It seems impossible to get reliable news from that re- zion. It is known, however, that the Communists have large force there, and reports are that 1t Is thoroughly organized and equipped.
 Achievements for the govern ment troops in the neighborhood of Wesel have been pouring Westward.
 Many conflicting reports as to results have been received from the Wesel, mostly, however, from cir cuitous routes.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-03-25
LAWSON IS
 ARRESTED FOR
 STOCK METHODS
Famous Capitalist and Author of 'Frenzier Finance IS in
 Tolls of Outraged Law

BOSTON, March 25.-Attorney-Gen- eral Aliens crusade against promot- CTS and brokers for exploiting silver stocks led to the arrest of Thomas w. Lawson, the famous millionaire bdoker, banker and promoter of this city and the author of "Frenzied Finance" Lawson immediately sur rendered to the officers when he learned that warrant had been is sued for his arrest
 Lawson is charged with violating the State law regarding the filing of information regarding the value Of stock issues.
 Lawson recently promoted sil yer stock issue advertised as "Sil vers are the greatest gamble of the age" His stocks advanced rapidly from a few cents d share to S9. Il is reported that scores bought the stock. Lawson gave his occupation in the statement he filed as farmer and author"
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-03-25
DENY VESSEL CAPTURED

COBLENZ, Germany, March 25.-- Official government reports received here show that rumor in circula- tion last night that the Communists had captured Wesel is unfounded.
 The report received last night was to the effect that the Red army had captured Wesel and that the Ruhr district was quiet. It Is said that the government troops had re- tired toward the Northeast, where they were being reinforced and their supplies and ammunition replenished with a heavy engagement indicated within a short time.
 It is now evident that the battle, If fought, may be at Wesel, where the government endorsements are expected to join their army. :.
 The Red army is strong, well sup piled and commanded by war trained officers.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-03-25
GEN. WOOD NOW LEADS IN SOUTH DAKOTA BY
 2.60O OVER LOWDEN

SIOUX FALLS, S. D., March 25. Thirteen hundred and fifty four of the 1,740 precincts of the State gave Gen. Leonard Wood 27,540, Gov. Frank o. Lowden 24,930 and Senator Hiram Johnson 22,974.
 Gov. Lowden is continuously gain ing on Gen, Wood who is now only 2,600s aheadN It is believed, how ever, that Gen. Woods lead is large enough to give him a plurality when the returns are all in.
 The lack of contest in the Demo- cratic party resulted in a very light vote for that party, and little in- terest in the returns. Minnehaha County, the first to report, gave Judge James w. Gerard 266 votes and William Munroe, Washington lawyer, GA. No other Democrats entered the primary.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-03-25
CONGRESSMAN
 SAYS WILSON
 SHOULD SPEAK
A Mississippi Representative Urges President to Say If
 He Will Run Again or Not

WASHINGTON, March 25.-Both Democrats and Republicans cheered when Representative B. c. Humph- reys, Democrat of Mississippi, made the statement today that President Wilson should announce immediate ly if it is his purpose to become a candidate for a third term in the Presidency.
 MT. Humphreys declared that President Wilson should not seek reelection. He recommended the passage of a Constitutional amend ment limiting the Presidential eligi- bility to one term.
 The Mississippi Congressman said the country believes that Wilson is to run again for the Presidency and he regrets that the President is silent on the subject.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-03-25
SENATE NAMES MEN TO FORMULATE MERCHANT
 MARINE POLICY FOR U. s.

WASHINGTON, March 25. A subcommittee of nine was appoint ed by the Senate commerce com mittee 10 formulate permanent merchant marine policy. Senator Jones, Republican. of Washington State, will head the subcommittee, of which the other members are Senators Fernald. Maine; Calder, New York; Colt, Rhode Island. and McNary. Oregon, Republicans, and Fletcher. Florida: Chamberlain, Ore gon: Ransdell. Louisiana and Sim mons, North Carolina, Democrats.
 It will review evidence taken during prolonged hearings in arriv- ing at recommendation to the full
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-03-25
HOOVER REPUBLICANS TO HAVE NATIONAL
 MEETING AT CHICAGO

NEW YORK, March 25. - John Lucey, chairman of the Hoover Ma tional Republican Club, announced today that he has called a confer ence of State and local Hoover or ganizations to be held in Chicago within ten days for the purpose of co-ordinating their activities. At the conference a permanent national committee and a permanent national chairman will be named, and, if found advisable policies outlined for an aggressive campaign for nomin- ating Herbert C. Hoover for Presi- dent on the Republican ticket.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-03-25
KANSAS STUDENTS DUCK PROFESSOR AND
 SOVIETISM CHARGED

HAYS, Kans., March 25.-Caspar Harvey, professor of Port Hays Nor nal school. was thrown into lake today by students along with other students who had refused to help lay running track for the school $ athletics.
 Harvey wired the State Board of Agriculture saying that a student soviet had been formed at the Nor nal School, and asked for immed- fate assistance. Other officials deny the existence of soviet, and say the ducking was only prank.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-03-25
LAPS HAVE BIG FUR
 TRADE IS SIBERIA AND
 MAY ENTER CANADA SOON

MONTREAL. March 25.-Keisbi Ishino of the Japanese department of commerce. who is attending the fur auction sales here, says that the Japanese fur catch in Siberia last year was valued at ten million dollars. He stated that in all prob ability Japanese fur dealers woud enter the interior Canadian market next year.
 Furs are bringing high prices at the sales here Raccoon skins brought thirty dollars. which is a new record
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-03-25
VILLA WIPES
 OUT COMMUNITY
 AND KILLS 90
Mexican Bandit Massacres all Members of Farming Gen.
 ter; Burns Homes, Crops

FL PASO, Tex, March 25. = A Villa gang wiped out a Mexican farm settlement near Santa Barbara, Chihuahua, March IA, according to word received at this place. They massacred more than fifty men, wo- men and children, burned their homes and crops.
 The farmers defended themselves against Villas attack, and held their ground valiantly until their ammunition gave out. Then 25 of the farmers surrendered.
 One young farmer, crazed with grief over the loss of his family, started to wrest a gun from Villa. At this Villa became furious and shot the man to death, then he or dered that the remainder of the survivors be killed.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-03-25
DRUMHELLER AGAIN NAMED COLLECTOR
 OF SEATTLE PORT

WASHINGTON, March 25.-Presi- dent Wilson today nominated Ros- COG M. Drumheller for reappoint- ment as Collector of Customs for the District of Washington. with head quarters at Seattle.
 Mr. Drumheller is completing his first term as Collector of Customs He is member of one of the old est families of the State of Wash ington, and twice ran for Congress on the Democratic ticket in the WaIla Walla district before he was named fer Collector of Customs.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-03-25
TEXAS CONNECTS REPENT AND RETURN TO PRISON
 AFTER BREAKING AWAY

HUNTSVILLE, Mex, March 25.- All but two of 25 convicts who overpowered their guards and es- capped from the State pr.son farm yesterday have returned to the pris- cn. There were no casualties con- nected with the outbreak.
 Nearly al. of those who have re- turned did so voluntarily, having re- pented of their action.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-03-25
ORECONIANS
 ORDER LAPS
 NOT TO STAY
Business Men of Preineville Tell Japanese They Cannot
 Locate Tn that Section

PRINEVILLE, Ore, March 25.- Three Japanese who came here for the purpose of purchasing land in this district were waited upon by committees from the Commercial Club and other organizations and told that they were not wanted. They thereupon left town. Farmers and citizens generally are strenu- ously opposing every effort being made by Japanese to colonize East ern Oregon farm lands.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-03-25
SEATTLE DEMOCRATS ORGANIZE TO PUSH
 BRYAN DEMOCRACY

SEATTLE, March 25. - Seattle Democrats. who have been followers of William Jennings Bryan, have organized the Bryan Democracy of King County" It is announced that the organization is formed for the promulgation of Bryan princi- ples, and not to boost the Com moner for President.
 Among those who are members of the organization are men who have been supporters of Bryan since the Free Silver campaign of 1896.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-03-25
CHINA WILL DELAY
 NEGOTIATIONS WITH LAPS
 ON SHANTUNG QUESTION

HONOLULU, T. H., March 25.- The Peking government has instruct ed the Chinese minister at Wash ington to notify the American State Department that the policy of China is to reconcile the North and South factions in China before negotiat- ing with Japan on the Shantung question, according to Tokio wire less message picked up here by the Japanese cruiser Yakumo.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-03-25
CONFLICTING REPORTS AT
 THE HAGUE

THE HAGUE, March 25. Con- flicting reports have been received here regarding the attack of the German Reds on President Ebert's troops in Wesel.
 One report says a truce has been reached and that negotiations are pending between the two forces looking toward a cessation of hos tilities.
 Another report says the Reds with an army of 120,000 men are bom- barding Wesel with large calibre guns.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-03-25
PRINCE OF WALES
 MAY BE DELAYED
 AT PANAMA CANAL

PANAMA, March 25.-It is doubt full if the Culebra slide will be cleared up sufficiently to allow the British Cruiser Renown to pass through the canal with the Prince of Wales Tuesday enroute to Aus tralia.
 over twenty ships are tied at the island waiting for the slide to be removed.
 Fifty feet of the slide is visible above the channel in the Culebra cut
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-03-25
AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL FATALITIES EXCEED
 OUR LOSSES IN WAR

DENVER, Col, March 25.-lsiah Hale, safety superintendent of the Santa Fe Railroad. says that the industrial fatalities in the United States during the war were greater that the fatalities in battle.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-03-25
CARPENTER TO HAVE
 HIS FIRST AMERICAN
 ENGAGEMENT TONIGHT

NEW YORK, March 25.-Georges Carpenter, champion heavy weight pugilist of Europe, will have his first American engagement when he meets Eddie Hagan, champion of the Yale boxing team and former middlewcight champion of the Amer ican Expeditionary forces tonight. The engagement is for an exhibi- tion bout.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-03-25
DELAWARE EXPECTED TO ACT

NEW YORK, March 25. - While disappointed at the action of Gov. Holcomb in refusing to call the Con necticut Legislature in special ses- sion to ratify the woman suffrage constitutional amendment. woman suffrage leaders say it will make no difference in the results. as Dela- ware is expected to ratify it within a few days and make the 36th. State to act.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-03-25
SENATOR PHELAN SAYS JAP
 FISHERMEN VIOLATE LAW

WASHINGTON, March 25.-Sen- ator James D. Phelan of California in the Senate yesterday charged that Japanese fishermen on the California coast are violating the Federal stat utes which prohibit any but Amer ican-owned boats to fish in Amer ican waters. He asked that the government take Immediate action in the matter.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-03-25
MANUFACTURER OF TOILET ARTICLES
 IN TOLLS OF LAW
Grand Jury Indicts Colgate Con- pany for Violating Sherman
 Antitrust Statute

TRENTON, N. J., March 25. - An indictment on 56 counts was re- turned today by the Federal grand jury against the Colgate Compariy, manufacturers of soap and other toilet preparations. charging 1t with violation of the Sherman antitrust law It is alleged that the company illegally fixed resale prices on its products.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-03-25
FRED FULTON AND
 YOUNG HECTOR MEET
 AT SEATTLE TONIGHT

SEATTLE. March 25 Fred Fulton, Minnesota heavyweight pug Hist and former aspirant for cham pionship honors, will meet Young Hector here tomorrow. Great crowds are always at Fulton's training quar- ters watching him work. He is the favorite in the betting.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-03-25
UNITED STATES MAY
 AID ARMENlANS

WASHINGTON, March 25.- A Senate subcommittee today has recommended that the United States supply the Re public of Armenia with enough arms and ammunition to equip a stable army. It also recon,- mended the dispatch of Ameri- can Marines to Armenia to pro tect American interests along the Batoum Baku railway.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-03-25
SOUTH AMERICA WANTS MORE PASSENGER SHIPS
 FOR AMERICAN TRADE

NEW YORK. March 25.-A de- mand for more passenger ships be- tween South America and the Unit ed States is heard from coast to coast in the former country. accord ing to A. E. Clegg. President of the American Ship and Commerce Navi- gation Company, who recently re- turned from business trip there
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-03-25
BREAKING ICE RAISES
 HAVOC IN MINNESOTA
 RIVER COMMUNITIES

DULUTH, Minn.. March 25.-The breaking of an ice gorge in the upper St. Louis river carried many cottages away and portion of one bridge. The West Duluth docks were also damaged. No loss of life has been reported.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-03-25
CONNECTICUT WILL
 NOT ACT ON WOMAN
 SUFFRAGE AMENDMENT

HARTFORD, Conn. March 25.- Gov Marcus II. Holcomb has re- fused to call a special session of the Connecticut assembly to ratify the suffrage constitutional amendment, although requested to do so by the Republican State convention.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-03-25
AMERICAN SCHOONER CATCHES FIRE AND IS ABANDONED
 OFF COAST OF GEORGIA

NEW YORK. March 25. The American auxiliary schooner City of St. Heicns caught fire off the coast of Georgia and had to be abandoned. The crew were rescued by the steamer Goree yesterday.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-03-25
MOTOR BARGE GROUNDS
 AND IS FLOATED AGAIN

SEATTLE, March 25.-The motor barge Al-Ki grounded on San Juan Island yesterday. She was later floated and brought here today and drydocked.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-03-25
COURT DECISION HURTS
 INCOME VERY LITTLE

WASHINGTON. March 25-The total loss to the government as a result of the Supreme Courts de- cision that stock dividends are not taxable will not exceed $25, 100000 in the opinion of Treasury experts.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-03-25

WASHINGTON. March 25.-The population of Davenport. Iowa. an nounced today is 56,727. This is an increase of 13.000 since 1910.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-03-25
WASHINGTON-The House ]

WASHINGTON-The House Ju- dietary committee approved reso- lution directing the Federal Trade Commission to conduct an immed- fate inquiry into recent advances in the prices of fuel oil, kerosene, and other petroleum products. Rep resentative Dyer said the prices of oil are in the hands of two powerful capitalist combines.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-03-25

WASHINGTON-The House In- terstate Commerce Committee ap- proved the plans of the War De- partment to open war risk insurance offices in various States, also for the collection of war risk insurance at postoffices. The plan is to bring the war risk insurance into closer touch with former soldiers.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-03-25
LAST WIRES

CHARLESTON, S. C.-Sixty busi- ness men turned amateur longshore- men and unloaded 600 tons of freight from the freighter Clear Lake which has been ordered to re- turn to Baltimore with her cargo intact. The longshoremen are on a strike here.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-01-08

velopment is absolutely barred because
of lack of help and that lack cannot
be remedied until there is build
ing campaign initiated which will add
a large number of houses to those we
now have. Yet there has been no real
support given the movement started
by the Chamber of Commerce and APP
parently there is little disposition to
care very much whether we have more
houses or not.
As Burlington is the largest city in
the state it would seem safe to assume
that the spirit elsewhere is not no
ticeably different than it is here.
We need, of course, to bring MOI G
wealth into the state, to b-ng out
side interests here, to provide inrger
opportunities for our boys and girls
that they may remain within the con-
fines OF the state and prosper--in
word, we need to be Jared out Of the
indifference with which we contemplate
existing condition; with one congress
man in the lower house our position
will scarcely be an exalted one at
Washington-espesially in the face of
the fact that sturdy Green mountain
boys played an important part in Sc
curing for US the rights and privileges
We now enjoy. Burlington News
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-01-08
Vermont Freestones.

If you are anybody's wife
You've heard of freestones all your
life;
If you're Greenmountain born and bred,
You've took 'em both to church and
bed;
You've still few on hand, no doubt,
A-some with balls and some without;
A little one that fits your hand
And others upright, square or grand.
On nights when freezing winds a-blew
What else would warm a bed way
through
What else induce the younger stock
To 20 upstairs at seven O'Clock
The jumping toothaehe knew their
power
And ceased right off, inside an hour;
Tic-dolaroo perceived the grace
In freestone heat and quit your face.
Our folks had thicken covers made
For two of ours, all bound with braid;
One stone a-stayed by grandma's chair,
And one we carried everywhere;
IL fit right down inside the sleigh
And made your feet a-think twas
May
That stone and two good buffaloes
Akept the chilblains of your toes.
But now hot water bottles splurge
As though they felt the cosmic urge,
And drool their drip along the path
From every sleep-room to bath;
You can't get sick and can't get well
Without that warmed-up rubber smell;
60 find the mattress a week
That hasn't seen bottle leak.
Another thing about as bad
Is this new-fangled warming pad;
Who wants a wire from overhead
A-stringing down inside his bedg
Who wants a-laid beside his form
A ,greenish fuse to keep him warm!
Besides charged electric wire
Might make your couch your funeral
pyre.
So here III end as I began,
A strong, unbiased freestOne mans
The native stone that can't be beat
For parlor stoves OF holding heat;
And when you're near TO Perkinsville
Some day, Jest ask EN-. if YOU will,
A-what about the freestone trade,
For that's a-where they all was made.
Daniel L. Cady.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-01-08
F. Fl. Rogers &
Company

in Burlington under the direction OF
the State Agricultural college, the state
department of agriculture and the fed
eraI department of agriculture show
that too little care is entering into the
manufacture of butter, either in the
handling of the cream or in the process
of making the butter, Presumably 1T
is the former cause for the report of
the sixth test states that the samples
submitted We're below standard and
that "favors such as oily, bitter, barry
and old cream were in evidence" Now
and then such favors are distinguished
by the consumers, whose tastes are not,
perhaps, so susceptible to the favors
as are those who are engaged in the
business of testing butter, but who,
nevertheless, can tell the difference be-
tween high grade butter and the ranker
sort. Quite often flavor is detected
which speaks of age-age perhaps in
the retention of the cream before it is
put into the butter rather than the re-
tention OF the butter ON the market.
The flavor of age is not pleasant to the
consumer; especially is it not pleasant
when the price on butter is as high as
il is at the present time. Surely, the
consumers are entitled to the boon OF
having butter which is free from oily,
bitter, barry and old cream" favors
when they are paying a good, round
price for the article. 1t is up to the
producers of the butter to impress
upon the producers Of cream to take
better care of the cream and to expedite
its delivery to the creameries as much
as possible. Possibly, too, the blame is
not entirely with the producers Of the
cream. If not, the manufacturers Of
the butter need to take warning from
the rather pointed criticism made by
the Judges in the states most recent
butter scoring test.