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The weekly Alaska citizen., 1920-01-26
FALL DEFENDS
 SELF AGAINST
 TEXAS PAPERS
TAKES WITNESS STAND BEFORE COMMITTEE TO REPLY TO THE CRITICISMS OF PREJUDICE AND SELFINTEREST IN THE MEXI- CAN INVESTIGATION.

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Jan. IT, H- (Delayed) )-Senator Fall, who Is chairman of the senate committee investigating the Mexican situation, stung by charges made by Texas newspapers that he was influencing hearings and picking the witnesses to appear before the committee from d standpoint biased by interests which he, himself, owns in Mexico, today took the witness stand and en- tered q denial that he was particul- arly prejudiced. He admitted that he had certain financial interests at stake in Mexico but said that his inv estment had nothing to do with the course of action being followed by the committee.
 Regal ding his Mexican interests, he said that he owns S75,000 worth of stock in mines which he acquired several years ago. Beyond that stock he said that he owned no Mexican property. From personal stand point. he said that he was disinter- ested in the matter.
 It had been planned by the com mittee to get the official views of Mexico on the situation existing be- tween the two countries. For this purpose, an invitation was recently sent to Luis Cabrera, secretary of treasury in Carranza's cabinet, to appear before the committee. Senor Cabrera today telegraphed the com- mittee that he could not accept the invitation on account of the pressure of, official business that requires his presence in Mexico City.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1920-01-26
GRAND JURY TO
 PROBE ALLEGED
 SHIPPING FRAUD
ALLEGED SHEPPARD FRAUDS WILL BE INVESTIGATED BY SEATTLE. FEDERAL GRAND JURY-ARREST EXPECTED BE MADE IN 3 PACIFIC STATES.

SEATTLE, Wash, Jan. 17-(P)- (Delayed) to an an- nouncement made here today, the local federal grand jury intends to make a thoro investigator of the ship ping scandal which Was unearthed on the Pacific coast last week when it charged that conspiracy to deiraud the government out of millions of dollars had been discovered among San Francisco shipbuildcrs. It is now stated that the alleged frauds exist in California, Oregon and Wash ington and that the government has already lost approximately s1,000 000,- 900 thru It's opperation.
 It Is expected that many arrests in these three states will be made in connection with the grand jury probe It is reported that many prominent shipbuilders will be involved in the scandal before the investlgatinn Is concluded
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1920-01-26
PERSHlNC GETS ROYAL WELCOME
PORTLAND SUNDAY-ARRIVED IN SEATTLE YESTERDAY
 NED BIG RECEPTION.

SEATTLE. Wash, Jan. 17.-(P)- (Delayed) John J. Pershing will arrive in Portland from the east tomorrow morning He will remain there for the day and arrive in this city sometime this morning.
 Seattle plans to give the famous American leader royal welcome. Governor Hart and Mayor Fitzgerald will be among the welcoming commit tee and thousands of people will greet the commander of the American Ex- peditionary Forces to France on his way down town. General Pershing plans to remain in this vicinity for about three days during which he will inspect Camp Lewis and the vari- ous ports around Puget Sound.
 ARRIVES IN SEATTLE.
 SEATTLE, Wash, Jan. 19.-R)- General John J. Pershing. attended by his aides, arrived here this morn ing from Portland, Oregon. The dis tinguished commander was met at the depot by acting Governor Howell, Mayor Fitzgerald and a number of other state and municipal officials The commanders of the nearby army posts were also present to welcome the general Thousands of citizens congregated at the railway station to welcome General Pershing as he
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1920-01-26
TEN THOUSAND
 ENGINES IDLE

COBLENZ.- -(P)-Ten thousand lo comotives are idle in the repair shors of Germany according to railroad mor who conferred recently in Coblcn- with Pierrepont B. Moves. the Ameri can representative on the inter-allied Rhineland high commission. The meeting was called for the purposo of discussing the coal shortage ir Germany and the part the railroads are to play in distributing fuel thie winter
 The labor representative, at the conference, contended that the Ger man workmen are not holding back in efforts being made 10 meet the economic difficulties facing the coun- try. The chief trouble in repairine the locomtives, the railroad men as- serted. was lack of proper raw material which Germany had been un- able to secure since the armistice.
 The railroad men asserted that the men in the railroad shops realized the responsibilities placed upon them to repair locomotives and that there was no desire on the part of these workmen to slow up on this work
 The average wage in the railroad shops is sixteen marks day. The mark, at the present rate of exchange at army headnuarters in Cohlenz, is valued at fraction less than three and a half cents.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1920-01-26
NAVY WILL BE
 INVESTIGATED
SENATE NAVAL SSBCOMMITTEE WILL CONDUCT INVESTIGA-
 TION OF THE NAVY.

WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 19.-(P) The senate naval committee has de cided that thoro investigation of that department shall be made and will start on the inquiry immediately Secretary Daniels stated today that he has absolutely no objections to an investigation being made as he is con vinced that it will result in a glow ing tribute being paid the department. The secretary said that no organiza- ton in the history of the world war ever did a better job than the work performed by the naval department during the recent war.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1920-01-26
EDITORS PLAN VISIT ALASKA

SEATTLE, Wash. Jan. 20.-(R)- According to an announcement made here today the Press Association of Washington, Idaho. Montana and southern California are planning to visit some sections of Alaska during the coming summer. Arrangements are now being made to charter a steamer out of this port to carry the party to southeastern Alaskan ports and 1t Is believed that number of side trips will be made by members of the associations. It is planned to leave here early in the month Of July and spend approximately 30 days on the trip.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1920-01-26
TWO ACCIDENTS
 ARE REPORTED
TRANSPORT CARRYING 500 PAS SINGERS REPORTS BOILER
 ROOM IS FLOODED

NEW YORK. Jan. 19.-R-In a wireless message received today the American transport Powhatan. which was formerly one of the German kaiser's private yachts. reports that the boiler room is flooded and the vessel is unable to proceed under its own steam. The transport is about five hundred miles off this port and is carrying five hundred passengers. Other steamers are now rushing to the Powhatan's assistance.
 The freighter Yermouth, carrying a $2.O00.000 liquor cargo to a European port, was disabled yesterday and is now being lowed into port. No details of the accident have been received altho it is known that the freigfter barely escaped destruction.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1920-01-26

cleared of the first killing in the initial trial but was convicted of killing Colonel Butler. The court of appeals reviewed the case and set aside the verdict of the lower court. ordering a retrial This resulted in Mir. Spannels acQuittal.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1920-01-26

tary of War Newton D. Baker today recommended to congress that the United States immediately despatch large amount of military supplies to Poland and this help that nation stop the westward advance of the boshevik forces Secretary Baker made mention of any troops being send and it is believed that he will such step but he points that the great necessity of the Polish troops is and ammunition and he be-
 eves that the American government should furnish these needed supplies.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1920-01-26
ATTORNEY ARRIVES.

SEATTLE, Wash, Jan. R)-- Special attorney general Bert Schlis- senger of San Francisco arrived here this morning and will enter imme- diately upon his duties of prosecuting the alleged billion dollar shipyard frauds. The evidence which has been gathered by the government will be presented to the federal grand jury next Wednesday and 1t is confidently expected that indictments against well known shipbuilders will be re- turned. When interviewed today at torey Schlissenger refused to state which yards are being investigated stating that details of the case will be made public in due time The San Francisco lawyer was appointed by the government for the express purpose of handling this alleged fraud.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1920-01-26

alighted from the train amid an out. burst of cheers.
 This evening Gene. al I'ershing vii! attend boxing smoker given by the former service men of this city. An immense public parade will be held tomorrow in which troops from Fort Lawton and the coast artillery posts will participate. A formal reception dinner will be rendered General Pershing tomorrow evening.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1920-01-26
INSANE FARMER
 KILLS SEVERAL
CRUSHES BABY'S SKULL WITH AXE; WOUNDS WIFE: THEN
 TAKES HIS OWN LIFE

BROOKLYN, N. Y, Jan. 17.-LR- (Delayed) Victor Lipponenn, a farm CT. in a fit of insanity this morning killed three persons with an axe and wounded two others. When the ia. sane frenzy seized him. Lipponenn grabbed an axe crushed the skull of his own infant child, killed another person, wounded his wife, and then took his own life. Mrs. Lipponenn escaped death by rolling beneath a train.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1920-01-26
POLICE DEFEATS
 SHIN FEN RS
DROMBANE IS BEATEN OFF BY IRISH CONSTABLES

THURLES, Tipperary. Jan. 20 (Ao A party of Sim Feiners last night made an assault on the village hall at Drombane in which they were de- feated by Irish government con stables and forced to withdraw. The Sim Fein mob attempted to dyna- mite the hall which Is being used by the police as a barracks. Fire from the policemen in the building broke up the mob and forced it to withdraw before it had accomplished its purpose. AS far as can be learn ed there were no casualties.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1920-01-26
BRITISH WAR FLEET
 ENROUTE TO BLACK SEA

MALTA. Jan. 19-P)rThe British war fleet, which has headquarters here, left this morning for the Black Sea. While there is no definite know ledge public concerning the future ac- tions of the fleet it is thot entierly probable that the battleships are to be used against the bolsheviki.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1920-01-26
.MAN.Y OUIRACTS
 ARE WITNESSED

SAN ANTONIO. Jan. 19-R-(De- layed) -Testifying before the senate committee Investigating the Mexican situation, Dr. John Hunter told of many outrages which he declared that he had witnessed in recent years in which Americans had been the victims of Mexican bandits. Dr Hunter is a Nogales physician. He told the committee that he had serv- ed in a punitive expedition into Mexico to punish the murders of an American citizen.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1920-01-26
SEVEN INJURED
 IN EXPLOSION
HOUSE FURNACE EXPLODES WITH DISASTROUS
 RESULTS TO INMATES

SEATTLE, Wash, Jan. 17.-(R- (Delayed) Mrs. Lsby Bates Camp bell, aged S2 years, was probably fatally hurt and seven others suf- fered minor injuries when the furnace of local apartment house exploded this morning. The building was part ly wrecked by the force of the ex- plosiop.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1920-01-26
|RETRIAL FREES
 HARRY SPANIEL
VERDICT OF FIRST TRIAL RE- VERSED IN SECOND HEARING
 FOR DOUBLE KILLING

BROWNSWOOD. Texas. Jan. IT, RE(Delayed)- J. Spannell was today acquitted of the charge of murdering Colonel M. c. Butler in Austin. Texas. July. 1916. Spannell was charged with having killed both his wife and Colonel Butler. He was
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1920-01-26
MRS. DURWooD M. ROCKER
 LEAVES THE HOSPITAL

After being confined in the hospital for several days with severe c0ld Mrs. Durwood M. Hooker was suli!- ciently recovered Saturday afternoon to be discharged from that institution She will resume her duties with the Fairbanks Telephone company this morning.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1920-01-26
COUNCIL CHOSE
 BOURGEOIS FOR LEAGUE LEADER
FRENCH DELEGATE TO COUNCIL CHOSEN FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS; DE- CLARES THAT PLACE SHOULD HAVE BEEN WILSON'S.

PARIS, Jan. 17.-R-(Delayed) - In it's first meeting held here today, Leon Bourgeois, representative Of the French gov el nment to the council ol the league ot nations, was elected as first president of the league. NJ. Bourgeois was formerly member ot the French cabinet and one of the leading statesmen of Europe.
 In accepting his new position. he declared that the meeting of the league council and formal launching of the league of nations marked the birth of a new world in which the freedom of all people and nations was made the paramount issue and equal justice assured for all nations. He said that he was reluctant to accept the position of president of the league which should have gone to Woodrow Wilson and would undoubtedly have so gone had it been possible for him to have accepted the office. It was the vision and practical statesman ship, he declared, of President Will son that made the league possible and his should have been the hand to guide it in it's first policies.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1920-01-26

The man on crutches has lame excuse for begging.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1920-01-26
SOCIALISTS OF ASSEMBLY HAVE
 RIGHT TO SEAT
BAR COMMITTEE OF NEW YORK HEADED BY JUSTICE HUGHES AFTER HEARING TRIAL OF SO- CIALlSTS SAY THEY ARE NOT DISQUALIFIED.

ALBANY, N. r.. Jan. 20.-(P)-A special committee appointed by the state assembly is today trying the five socialist members of the state legislature who were recently sus- pended on charges of being affiliated with party which aims to over turn the government by aiding and abetting social unrest. After hear ing all of the evidence prot forward in the trial, committee of the New York bar association headed by Charles Evan Hughes, republican nominee for President in the 1916 race and former justice of the United States supreme court, declared that no disqualification had been shown against any of the five members who have been denied seats.
 It is believed that unless further evidence Is secured showing that the men have been allied with the red interests they will be seated without additional inquiry The bar committee said that so far nothing of importance had been prot up against the socialists.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-09-07
EDITORIAL NOTES

It is said that there enough in Iowa to take all inc people at trip What procession Snpose they their minds to visit the Marion the day.. i
 If is reported London daily soon to raise their prices eight cents the Morning Post and the Daily News and Chronicle 4 for is going Bull something to hear about Uncle Sams family troubles:
 rh. st.rnford Advocate has got m"W Walsh all nomna d ,nr hundred votes in his favor Wonder if Clifford B. will agree to it?
 New York newspaper is inviting who knows of a good tell of it. So far the mails have not been crov1ded with answers Bridgeport do better?
 Movies are getting pretty real when actress dies ro shpwreck Not all of their true to life
 Jersey judge trying sending tough kids to bed at 63o the reormaory In addition 1t might help to obge the stay at home and look after them
 will be necessary to establish daily bulletin. similar weather report to keep the public informed of Hardngs stand on the League.
 Wonder if the boys dug much Sunday and Day.
 The issshort. Getting shorter But Boys get money.
 N Dig Dig Dig
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-09-07
SHOTS FIRED NEAR.
 BOMB TRAP SPOT

The police today are investigating the report made last night about ten o'clock in regard to the firing of shots in the viciinty of Lexington avenue and Grand street near the empty lot where last Monday night the police captured the men who were alleged to be, directly responsible for the thowing of a bomb at the plant of the Acme Shear Company on East Wash ington avenue a wevzz ago Saturday night and which later turned out to be an attempted blackmai1 of the president of the concern, Dwight c. Wheeler. The police are not inclined to believe that the shots fired in that neighborhood last night might have any connection with the bomb throw ers,'' but they were the work of some party who had partaken too freely of the forbidden spirits" The seven men held in connection with the bomb throwing will be arraigned in the City court tomorrow morning when it is expected that they will be bound over to the September term of the Criminal Superior court. No new evidence has been secured against the bomb throw CTS but what evidence the police hive at present will be enough to convict them on a blackmail charge, accord ing to a statement made at headquar- ters this morning.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-09-07
Charge Conspiracy
 On Farm Implements

Washington, Sept. 7-Methods a1- legged by the federal trade commission to have been used by manufacturers of farm implements to advance prices through f'concerted action" are de- scribed, it became known today in a report of the commissions investiga- ton which was authorized by the Senate.
 The commission announced last night that it had recommended the reopening of antitrust procee edings against the International Harvester Company and the institution of court proceedings against implement manu- facturers and dealers who, the com mission asserted, have illegally in- creased prices.
 Its investigation, the trade commis- sion declared, disclosed that between 1914 and 1918 prices implements ad- vanced 73 per cent. Advances in the costs and expenses of manufacturers and dealers did not warrant. the com mission said, an increase of this amount.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-09-07
THE COVENANT OF THIRTY-FIyE

Y ONSIDER FOR moment the membership of League
 which Senator Harding with much nonchalance aks or scrappng for 1t IS not merely plan but actual istlng, funconing organization These the
 British Empire Italy, Spain Netherlands, Denmark, Swtz erland, CzechoSlovaka Japan, Brazil Argentine Republic Peru, Guatemala, Salvador Venezuela bera France Belgium, Poland, Sweden, Norway Portugal mana Greece Chna Ch Colombia, Bolivia Paraguay
 Thrtyfive nations who have entered ant to promote international cooperation achieve ernatonal peace and security Thirtyve nations whose aggregate populations not far from twohrd of the estimated population of the earth and which includes the part of that portion of the population of the world which recognized as the most civilized and progressive.
 Outside this existing, funconng League of Nations
 Germany, Russia, Austria, Turkey, Mexico, the United States.
 With which does Mr. Harding to unite to push side the covenant of thirty already nctionng? it with Germany humbed, despsed penalized punished? Is with Russia nchoate disrupted with and terror Is with the unspeakab Turk that he proposes make alliance? Will he propose to Mexico with whom his political mentor advised that to that she in her dis organized condition, bandit ridden and desped join with nufy living active unctonng thirty five? Will he appeal teraes to join effort to undo what has been prevent credit going any but Republicans? Would the United States alone stand outside and cast against the shield?
 Senator Harding be definite. Let him say just aside the thryfive who have covenanted agreed how having crowded them aside he would prove on the start already made
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-09-07
THE COST OF WAR

the of 1914 have had net trade balance with foreign nations of seventeen bill
 dollars other words the goods have sold abroad in of me billions
 than the goods this country has purchased abroad
 Even with the familiarity which the American people have in the last this which not be without comparison Just before broke out the United States fairly porous condition It had population of thryone millions total wealth. officially estimated at $i615966OOO That is total wealth of the nation; a the land all buildings live stock the factories cohing precious everything the country that had sort of value value in dollars and cents than what trade between the of 1914 and the summer trade balance the last six country than the previous hundred and thrty-eight ordinary years.
 So far so good government report which has entry entitled Ordinary Government Disbursements which etc., shows item for 1918 of almost 1919 of fifteen billion That in the two 1918 and 1919 the because of the spent bill lions than trade balance and than half again as wealth of the United States in 1S6O
 it pay?
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-09-07
HARDING SPEAKS
 AT CHICAGO TODAY

Chicago, Sept. 7.-Senator Harding was due to arrive in Chicago at 3:ao this afternoon for his first visit to the city since he receieved the Republican nomination for the presidency here last June. The senator is to be a guest of General Leonard Wood, de- feated candidate for the nomination, and will address wounded soldiers at Fort Sheridan.
 Governor Lowden of Illinois, an other defeated Republican presid dentia1 aspirant. today will make his first ad- dress in behalf of Senator Harding's candidacy in a downtown theatre.
 No program has been announced for the Sheridan visit but it is understood that the candidate will tell wounded soldiers his attitude on the questions in which they are interested, including bonus legislation. x
 The party will leave here at 6:3O for Minneapolis where Senator Harding speaks tomorrow at the Minnesota State Fair.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-09-07
MARRIAGES AND BIRTHS.

The following births were r\ported at the Bureau of Vital Statistics: An gelina to Mr. and Mrs. Rosario Agosto, 773 Hamilton avenue; Ersilia Maria Natalia to MT. and Mrs. Boccao De- Biase, 1884 North avenue; Barbara te MT. and Mrs Archibald. church street, Westport; Lei to MT. and Mrs. Herbert Garry Partridge, 11S King street, Black Rock; Eleanor Josephine to MT. and Mrs. Edwa11 Johnson. Kings Highway. -TairfE1d; Mildred Alice to MT. and Mrs. William A. Whitehead; Inido Leonard to MT. and Mrs. William Ricci, 215 Read street; Allan Campbell. to MT. and Mrs. Allan Campbell, 37S East avenue; Joe Piro to k. . nd Mrs. Asa pito Diro, GA Mad ison avenue; Michele to MT. and Mrs. Lorenzo Delibera, PIT Hamilton street: Robert Sterling to Mir. and Mrs Dayton LeFeure; Alice May to MT. and Mrs. Orland Lee James, 5 Sachs street.
 Marriage licenses were issued today to Herbert Whailey of Fairfield and Mary Etta Scriber. 27 Genis street. Hugh Cnrran, 235 James street. and Bessie Ennis, 713 Ogden street: Will jam N. Zehneder, 26 Commercial street and Gertrude Hansrnan, 2s Ja.ns street,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-09-07
SWEDEN POSSIBLE MARKET
 FOR AMERIGAN-GROW RICE

There is no reason why rice grow make sales on the Swedish market, reports the American consul at Nal mo Sweden, who says that all factors for so doing are favorable.
 When the armistice was signed large shipments of rice were sent to overburdened. At present, however, the situation is more favorable and wholesalers are considering the plac- ing of new orders. These are gen. orally placed direct rather than through roundabout agencies, be- cause the Swedish government en- courages direct importations.
 Rice is now being sold at retail in Malmo at 24 and 31 cents a pound avoirdupois, while the same product is bought wholesale at prices rang ing from IS to 23 cents. These quo tations refer to the common grades
 Unhulled rice is allowed entry into Sweden free of duty. Grits, how ever, must pay a duty of 24.3 cents per 100 pounds. Flour is taxed at the rate of 79 cents per hundred weight.
 A list of importers of rice in southern Sweden is available upon application to the Bureau of Markets of the United States Department of Agriculture. If interested, ask for report Sweden 11652."