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The Seward gateway., 1922-03-16
SOLDIER BONUS
 READY FUR REPORT.
 OV FLOOR OF HOUSE
COMPENSATION BILL READY TO BE SUBMITTED TO
 HOUSE CONTAINS MEASURE
 HARDING THREATENS TO VETO

WASHINGTON, March 16.-Chair- man Fordney of the House Ways and Means committee announced today that the Soldiers Bonus Bill is now ready for formal presentation to the House. Time when the bill will be called up is uncertain.
 The bill as submitted by the Repub- lican subcommittee was changed by the whole committee to permit banks authorized to lend money to veterans on their adjusted service certificates to rediscount them to other banks.
 Tn eBonus Bill as reported from the House ways and means committee contains the Insurance Certificate plan which the administration heads have declared unavoidable and which Presi- dent Harding has declared he will veto.
The Seward gateway., 1922-03-16
COURT
 GRANTS LARSON NEW TRIAL ON ERROR
ERROR OF LOWER COURT AZ. FoRps EXCUSE FOR NEW TRIAL FOR FORMER TACOMA BANK PRESIDENT.

OLYMPIA, March 16.-The State su- preme court today granted a new trial to 0. S. Larson, formerly president ot the defunct Scandinavian American Bank of Tacoma, Wash.
 Larson was convicted and sentenced to term in the penitentiary for wreck ing the Tacoma bank. He appealed and the supreme court has reversed the superior court of Pierce county, and remanded the case for new trial. The date for the new trial has not yet been set.
The Seward gateway., 1922-03-16
SERIOUS RIOTS
 RESULT FROM
 BUILDERS STRIKE DISSATISFACTION WITH ARBiTRA- TON AWARD MADE BY LANDS IN BUILDING TRADES LEADS TO RioTING IN CITY STREETS

CHICAGO, March 16.-Bombing and slugging marked the outbreak of the Chicago labor war today. The homes of John White and Peter Fortier, Con- tinental Can Company officials, were shattered by bombs last night. This was followed by reign of daylight terror, in which non-union workmen on buildings were slugged and beaten by the stroking' workers.
 The labor war, according to the po- lice, is an outcome of dissatisfaction with the arbitration award in the building trades made by former Judge Landis.
The Seward gateway., 1922-03-16
INTERIOR DEPT. PLANS TAKE
 OVER COAL MINING
EXPERTS ARE CONSIDERING THE OPERATION OF CHickALOON COAL MINES AFTER APRIL 1- NAVY WILL GIVE UP MINES

WASHINGTON, March 16.-Secre- tary Fall announced today that ex- perts of the Interior department are at Present studying the feasibility of taking over the operation of the Chick aloon coal mines April first, on which date the navy department desires to be relieved.
 It is believed that some organization can be effected within the Interior de- partment to take over the management of the mines. The details will be worked out by the Bureau of Mines.
The Seward gateway., 1922-03-16
SENATE DEFEATS TREATY AMENDMENT
 FUR THIRD TIME
SENATE DEFEATS AMENDMENTS TO FoUR-PoWER TREATY FAsH- ioNED AFTER THE ROBINSON AMENDMENT-oRlGINAL DRAFT MUST BE VOTED UPON

WASHINGTON, March 16.-For the third time the Senate today defeated an effort to amend the Pacific Four Power Treaty. The last amendment of- fered was to permit the participation of outside nations in International con- ferences arising over controversies in the Pacific.
 The voting on the amendments re- main at a constant ratio and there ap- pears no chance to amend the treaty on the floor of the Senate. The admin istration insists that the treaty be rat. flied in its original form.
The Seward gateway., 1922-03-16
DAN SUTHERLAND
 SHOWS SIGNS IF
 GOOD JUDGMENT
REFUSES TO TAKE SIDES IN FIGHT BETWEEN DE- APARTMENTS AND URGES ROW BE SETTLED IMMEDIATELY

WASHINGTON, March 16-Delegate Dan Sutherland looks with no favor on the development of the row between the Department of Interior and De- partment of Agriculture with Alaska as the bone of contention. Sutherland has expressed himself as desiring to remain aloof from the contest between the departments.
 Sutherland is quoted as saying that he sees possibilities for good for the Territory in each department but that he sees a great many possibilities for evil if the row. goes on.
The Seward gateway., 1922-03-16
DEMPSEY GETS
 CHALLENGE FROM
 STRANCLER LEWIS
LEWIS HAS ISSUED A CHALLENGE TO JACK DEMPSEY FOR A MIXED MATCH WREsTL- ING AND BOXING

NASHVILLE, March 16.-Strangler Lewis, worlds wrestling champion, to- day challenged Jack Dempsey to mixed match to be staged anywhere in the United States. Lewis proposes a finish match, Dempsey being eligible to enter the ring with bare fists and to either hit or wrestle, while Lewis is to confine his efforts strictly to wrestling and no holds barred.
 Manager Kerns declared today that Dempsey was ready to met Lewis in either a straight wrestling bout or mixed bout
The Seward gateway., 1922-03-16
ToDAY,S WEATHER REPORT

Seward, IA above, clear, calm. Anchorage, 12 below, clear, calm. Matanuska, 12 above. clear, ca wlca. Chickaloon, j above. north wind. Wasilla, 10 abov,, clear, ca wind. 1ai! Cetna, ] at"e clear, calm.
 IrTinley Pl-,, 2C below, clear, calm f. ally, 20 GetAT, clear, calm. N,rana, IA De't. ", clear. calm. Fairbanks, ..5 ke:j~. clear. caln'. Car, 4 below clear. calm.
 IT. ad Pass, Is below. clear. nor wnd
The Seward gateway., 1922-03-16

NEW YORK, March 16.-16.-Reac' tion following the war is blamed by the save-aLife League for the large number of suicide in 1921, of which 1t is estimated that 10000 were in the United States. All classes are repre- sented and the oldest suicide was 101 years of age, and the youngest five.
 Germany leads the world in the number of suicide, and Japan next. China has half a million yearly.
The Seward gateway., 1922-03-16
JAP CORRESPONDENT
 NAMES AUTHORS OF
 FOUR POWER TREATY
WRITER WHO FIRST ANNOUNCED AGREEMENT ON THE FoUR- POWER TREATY NOW NAMES THE AUTHORS

TOXIC, March 16-The Quadruple treaty of Four powers made at the Washington conference dealing with Pacific problems is the point work of Arthur Balfour and Baron Shidehara. is the statement of Massanura Ito, the Jii Shimpo correspondent. Ito is the correspondent who scored a beat on the world in originally announcing the agreement between the Four Powers at the Washington conference.
The Seward gateway., 1922-03-16

CAIRO, Egypt, March 16.-The Brit ish protectorate over Egypt was with drawn today, the independence of the country being officially proclaimed.
 A general holiday was declared to celebrate the day, which was marked by serious rioting and street fighting and window smashing by groups of ex- tremists.
 The Sultan has taken the title of King Faud l., and government with Abdul Khalek Sarwat Pasha at it's head has been recognized.
 The sudden announcement of the English to withdraw from Egypt came as surprise. The joy of the people knew TO bounds. Universal rejoicing of the native population extended thru the country and only in Cairo was the occurrence marred by unpleasant riot ing.
 The French were driven Ou- of Egypt in 1901 by the British, under Abercrombie and Hutchinson. On the expulsion of the French Turkish force under Mehemet Ali Bey took pos session of the country. He was made Pasha of Cairo in 1894 and greatly ey- tended the Egyptian territories. He broke with the Porte after gaining a decisive victory over the Ottoman troops in Syria. Under the :ule of
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DEPT. OF COMMERCE WILL INVESTIGATE 
 ALASKA CONDITIONS
ASSISTANT SECRETARY HUSTON WILL HEAD GROUP OF oFFi. clALs WHO WILL INVESTIGATE CONDITIONS IN ALASKA.

WASHINGTON, March 16.-Secre- tary Hoover announced that he would direct a general investigation of con- ditions in Alaska which were of inter- est to his department. A party of de- partmental officials headed by Assis- tant Secretary Huston will visit tho Territory this summer
 Particular attention will be paid to salmon fishing in Alaskan waters and to the fur seal industry at Pribylof.
The Seward gateway., 1922-03-16
BritiSt Pr0teCt0rate Is Withdrawn; Native King
 Crowned; Takes Throne

Said one of his sons, railways were built and the Suez canal begun. In 1882 the National party under Aribi Pasha revolted and forced the khedive to flee. On July Il a British fleet bombarded Alexandria and forced the khedive to flee. On July II, 1888, a rebellious force under the mahdi an- initiated a force under Hicks Pasha in Kordofan. British troops were dis patched and inflicted two severe de- feats on the lnahdi's followers. But the British cabinet decided to abandon the Sudan, and General Gordon, fam ous for his work, was sent to effect the withdrawal of the gar1lsons t1SS4). The general was shut up in Khartoum by the mahdi's forces, but held the town for nearly year. Before the re- lief expedition could reach him he was assassinated. In 1889 Egypt was in vaded by 14,000 dervishes under Wad el N'Jumi, but this army was destroy ed by an English force under Gen. Grenfell. In 1895 the British govern ment took over the protocto-ate of Egypt, and Gen. Kitchener was given control of the forces. The French un- der Capt. Marchand occupied Fashoda, but under threat of war was forced to resign.
The Seward gateway., 1922-03-16
AUTHORITIES MAKE RAIDS
 ON USERS OF BOOZE

SAN FRANCISCO. March 16-The Federal prohibition officers have been making series of midnight ,aids on places in this city where liquor is be- ing sold. Over hundred arrests have been made including person of promi- hence. Two hundred aud fifty people, principally women. have been warned by the officers to stay out of such dives.
The Seward gateway., 1922-03-16
MANY PERSONS CLAIM ID
 HAVE KILLED KENNEDY

LOS ANGELES, March 16.-More than 300 person in the United States, one in England and one in France have confessed that they killed William D. Taylor, the film director, according to letters received by the police. In ad- dition hundreds of letters tavc told of how the murder was committed, and advanced unreasonable theories.
The Seward gateway., 1922-03-16
RUTH SALARY MORE THAN
 PRESIDENT HARDING

NEW YORK, March 16.-Babe Ruth signed with the New York Americans Saturday at Hot Springs. The con- tract calls for salary of from $50,000 to s75,OOO and bonus of $500 fo: cao b home run.
The Seward gateway., 1922-03-16
FIVE KILLED IN KANSAS CITY

KANSAS CITY: Five persons were killed and ten injured in an explosion of a compressed air tank here today. which occurred in a car barn. Thirty feet of brick wall were blown out. many street cars being derailed.
The Seward gateway., 1922-03-16
HOMES OF WEALTHY
 SHAKEN BY BOMBS

CHICAGO, March 16.-The homes of many of Chicago's wealthiest families were shaken to their foundations last night by bomb exploded at the home of Alderman Charles J. Agnew. The Agnew residence is total wreck.
The Seward gateway., 1922-03-16
SUTHERLAND LEAVES
 FOR ALASKA TODAY

Gus Borgen received telegram to- day from Delegate Dan Sutherland to- day stating that he would leave for Alaska tonight, on q campaign trip to the principal towns. MT. Suther- land will visit Seward OF his rounds
The Seward gateway., 1922-03-16
LARGEST HOTEL IN
 RENO DESTROYED BY FIRE

RENO. March 16.-The Riverside, the largest hotel at this place was de- stroyed by fire last night. Scores of guests were forced to escape in hteir night clothes. It is believed no lives were lost.
The Seward gateway., 1922-03-16
FATE OF VESSEL IS MYSTERY

BOSTON, March 16.-All efforts to determine the fate of the Norwegian freighter Grontoff, which reported it. self sinking with twenty members of the crew Thursday remains a mystery. No trace of the vessel or crew has been found
The Seward gateway., 1922-03-16
COAST SURVEY BOATS
 LEAVE FOR N0RTHLAND

SEATTLE, March 16.-The Coast Survey boats Explorer, Capt. Hawley in command and Winona, Capt Sobie- rlalski sailed today for southeastern Alaska. The Explorer will wire drag Lynn canal near Skagway while the Winona will be stationed at Ketchi- kan doing general survey work.
The Seward gateway., 1922-03-16
NAVY DEFEATS TECH.

ANNAPOLIS: The navy defeated the Massachusetts Institute of Tech- nology 52 to o; and 49 to 13 in swim ming. The navy also defeated the University of Pennsylvania fencing 15 10 z' -.lss
The Seward gateway., 1922-03-16
BUSINESS BLOCK OF
 CHICAGO BURNS;
 TENM|LL|ONL LOSS
BLOCK DESTROYED NEAR THE LOOP DiSTRIcT-LosSV VAL LIED AT TEN MILLION DOL LARs-okE MAN KILLED

CHICAGO, March 16.-Fire destroy ed the entire block in the Lood dis trict this morning The loss is esti- mated at ten million dollars. Many big including the History Burl. ington building, were gutted by the flames. One fireman was killed,
The Seward gateway., 1922-03-16
TORNADO SWEEPS
 SOUTHERN STATES

NEW ORLEANS, Mar. 16-Reports are coming in from various parts of the State of destruction by tornado. Baton Rouge reports the town badly damaged by a tornado which has kill ed two and wounded sixteen people in that district. The total number of dead resulting from the tornado in the states of Louisiana, Mississippi, Ar kansas and Oklahoma is now 31.
The Seward gateway., 1922-03-16

ELiHU ROOT SPENDS HIS
 VACATION ON PACIFIC COAST

SAN FRANCISCO, March 16.-EIihu Root arrived here today on his vaca- tion, which will be spent in the chilly climes of California.
The Seward gateway., 1922-03-16
GEN. sARAzEN GOLF CHAMP

NEW ORLEANS: Gen. Sarazenz of Pittsburg won the Southern open golf championship 294 for 72 holes; Leo Diegel of New Orleans was second; 1; Cyril Walker of Englewood, N. J., was third.
The Seward gateway., 1922-03-16
CONGRESS REWRITEs
 F0RDNEY TARIFF BILL

WASHINGTON, March 16.-The Senate Finance Committee of republi- cans who are rewriting the Fordney Tariff Bill has decided to place an inn port duty of IA per cent on hides.
The Seward gateway., 1922-03-16
PRESIDENT HARDING ENDS
 CRUISING TRIP IN SOUTH

ST. AUGUSTINE, March !6.-P.esi- dent Harding has ended his houseboat cruise at Palm Beach and will arrive here today.
The Seward gateway., 1922-03-16
TO CONTROL TOBACCO PRICES

LOUISVILLE, Ky, March 16.-A CO., operative marketing association to han dle the sale of tobacco in western Ken- lucky, Indiana and Tennessee was au- thorized at meeting of the growers and businessmen. This belt produces up to 275,000 pounds annually.
The Seward gateway., 1922-03-16
BURGLAR KILLS WOMAN
 IN ATTEMPTED ROBBERY

LONDON, March 16.-Lady Alice White was killed in her room last night by burglar.
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RECEPTION GIVEN HARDING

ST. AUGUSTINE. Fla, March 16.- President Harding is the guest of hon. or at public reception in this city tonight.
The Seward gateway., 1922-03-16
THREE BURNED TO DEATH

NORFOLK, March 16.-Three per, sons were burned to death in a board ing house fire today. Two were badly injured.
The Seward gateway., 1922-03-16
AGED CHIPPEWA DEAD

SAULT STE. MARIE, March 16.- Mrs. John Whalen. a Chippewa Indian born in 1903 died here Saturday.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-10-27
Girls Who Wed Age Must Take Chances.
 Judge Tells Bride

Detrot, Mich, Oct. 27 - Young girls who marry old men must take their chances" Judge Clayton c. Johnson. of Coldwater, declared in Circuit Court here, after listening to attorneys for Joseph A. Curts, presi- dent of the Curts Candy Company. and Mrs. Margaret AveriI Curts argue the latter's motion for $75 a week ahmony.
 Lhls Court is not going to lend itself to any scheme to make q nro- lit from marriage said the Judge.
 Mrs. Curts's attorneys, referring to Curts as the Candy King" de- clared his income $18,OOO a wear. His counsel termed him a bankrupt and asked that the amount be re- duced materially. It was then that the Court delivered his decision. The altmo ony was set at SIS a week.
 Mrs. Curts. in her cross bill. de- clared that Curts spanked her one day as she started to leave her home with a woman friend. Her age was four. A-''
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-10-27
WY0MINC'S TIE INDUSTRY IS
 HARDlIFE
Husky Swedes Armed with Axes Fell Trees for Railroad Use in Zero Weather.

Thermopolis, Wyo. Oct. 27 - Scores of muscular, bronze-faced tie hacks" are today heading Tor the great tie camps along the Du Noir creeks west of here and just south of Yellowstone Park, prepared for a winter of isolation and more or less hardship in the felling Of trees tot the millions of railroad ties that next spring they will "drive" down the rapid creek waters into the Big Wind river to the terminus in RiVerton, Wyo.
 The annual "tie drive is a pie turesque event, and the cu5tlng ana ana taking to market of railroad tles mas become an industry of tremendous proportions in Wyoming.
 From October to early June the hundreds of ''tie hacks mostly or beIow-zzero weather of the mountain country, felIing the lOdgepole pines and trimming them into railroad ties.
 Wade in Chilled Water.
 Then, when the, melting mountain snows have swelled the streams to almost freshet pitch, the tie hacks work, often walstdeep Tn cold Water, for many weeks "driving' the ties downstream.
 The timber is cut far back in the roI1ntains, east of the Continental Divide, and is fashioned into rallroad ties during the late winter ana eaiIy anring, The making OL IAS2 4 onlv laborious work, but calls TOT very high degree of skill a,1g with tbe the frae ae making a low stump to avoid waste and trims off the limbs with ,- aop- bIe-bitted ax, scattering the nnos over the ground so that they Will roI quickly. The log is then flattenea 6n each side with a broadaX and later is sawed into lengths of eight rect. Then the bark is peeled off' ana lne ties are piled along roads through the woods leading down to the wa ters of the creeks z-
 The men, in woolen shirts, corduroy trousers and heavily spiked bootss work all through the zero weather ol the mountain winter, much or the time in deep snow, making it neees- I- sarv freuuently to shovel thelr way 10 the trees before fe1ltng them.
 The process of hauling them to the hanks of the creeks is highly inter esting. some of the hacks actually hauling ties on their improv1sed sleds' raIlopfng wildly down steep embark ments ahead of their loads and Tn imminent danger of being oVertaken and crushed by the heavily loaded speeding sleds.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-10-27
Methodist School
 Enrolment Increases

Chicago, Oct 27-(AP. .)-Increas- ed enrolment this year over that of 1921 in the 40 colleges and universities reporting to the Board of Education of the Meth odist Episcopal church, shows that the postwar revival in col ,Iege attendance is not temporary, that board declares.
 An increase of almost 5000 students is disclosed this year. Fall registra- ton totaled 55,570, which is expected to be increased by several hundred before the end of the school year. Last year the total reached 1,200.
 Boston University, with $500 stu dents, and Northwestern University, with 5000 students, were the two largest schools reporting.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-10-27
IF KIDNEYS AND
 BLADDER BOTHER

Kidney and bladder rritaHons often result from uric acid says noted au- shortly The kidneys dilter this ac1o from the blood and pass il on 10 the bladder, where it may remain to IT. ritate and inf1ame- causing burning scalding sensation, or setting up an irritation of the neck of the bladder obliging you to seek relief two or three times during the night The sufferer is in constant dread. the Wa ter passes sometimes with sca1diuS sensation and is very prctuse5 again. there is difficulty in Voiding it.
 Bladder weakness most folks call it. because they can't control urinat1on- While 1t is extremely annoying and sometimes very painful. this is often one of the most simple ailments to overcome Get about four ounces of lad Salts from your pharmacist and take a tablesp poonful in glass of water before breakfast; continue this for two or three days. This will help uel1tralize the acids in the urine so 1t no longer is a source of irritation to the bladder and urinary organs, which then act normal again.
 lad Salts is inexpensive, harmless, and is made from the acid of grapes and lemon juice, com bined with lthla and is used by thousands of folks who are subject to urinary disorders caused bv uric acid irritation lad Salts is splendid for kidneys and causes no bad effects whatever
 Here you have a pleasant efferveS- cent lithia water drink, which often quickly relieves bladder irritation Adv.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-10-27
Peerless Beer Kegs"
 Are Problems in Akron
(By International News service.)

(By International News Service)
 Akron, O.. Oct. 27 - With seventy new beer kegs on his hands after a liquor raid in his district, Mayor Lodge, of Silver Lake, is wondering what will happen to him if he has them destroyed. He sentenced the man in whose possession. the kegs were found to pay a fine of $500 for having brew in his home. A representative of the Renner Brewing Company en- tered a claim for the kegs. The home brewer had bought the kegs, but never used them, nor had he paid for them. It Is argued they were never contain CTS of cOntraband goods, no matter what the intentions of the new owner might have been.
 The problem has been put up to the Prohibition Department at Columbus
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-10-27

On board a vessel bound for India recently a man was bitten by poison ous reptile; both the ship doctor ana a famous surgeon failed to control the poison fast spreading through his system.
 In a day the vessel reached port An Indian medicine man was sent for, who produced a native herb which quickly a1layed the poison and the mans life was saved.
 Roots and herbs are natures assis- tants in combating disease. That we'll known medicine for ailments peculiar to wonl en, Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege- table Compound, is prepared from roots and herbs, possessing medicinal properties of great value in the treat ment of such ailments.
 This is proved by the letters of re- commendation we are continually in this paper for it.-Adv.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-10-27
MORE ivi'ATER ON WASHDAY IS
 SLOGAN
Woman Mayoralty Can didate to Run on Wet Platform for House wives.
(By International News scrvice.>

CBy International News Scrvice.)
 Madras. Ore. Oct. 27 - ''More water for washday."
 That is the campaign slogan of one of the candidates for mayor of Ma dras.
 As might be supposed the candi- date who is standing on that plat form is a woman-MrS. Grace Hays Shugert, who heads the Citizen S ticket
 More water for waShday' Is only one Of the many problems to be sOlV- ed in the administration of city af- fairs, but this is the closest to our hearts at present." said Mrs. Shu- gert.
 She explained that the well which furnishes water for the local SUD- ply soon becomes exhausted on wash day. and that many housewives are compelled to wait for it to refill be- fore they can fill the line with clean clothes.
 ''The early bird that catches the worm has nothing on the industrious housewife of Madras" continued the woman Mayoralty candidate. eff she rises at 5 a. m. she may be fortunate enough to have her washing swinging in the sunshine before the water is exhausted, but woe unto the late riser who will be only half way through the dreaded task when she must await a further supply of water!"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-10-27
Australia To Abolish Baby Bonus To Mothers

Sydney, N. $. w.. Oct. 27-lnd1ca- lions that the system of paying feo-
 1,,,- borus to mothers. in which legislation Australia is a,a1iabed sa1a ed nave @ led the eiyen wnrib by the federal treasurer; been giEen EaI,sidering whether the sum Who of oapproxnmately n 5o,ooo po@nIs; dptarnifT which is paid annually Gn+ Tn more 5raI profit- ano"ane19 I42N sa,. nedical attention for mater anly afty cases nag The treasury reported that that n1tg n4Sso pounds in claims for ad the during ma- ternity allowance were grante1 vas aut 107 1cs July. The number of cia1ras an as4 | during 9UT, Iv,Tv 1891. and 11,134 during July'