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CAN NOT REACH
WUffll a.
Ice Breaker Kit Get* Within 120
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Miles of Island and Is Driven
Back By ttfe Ice.
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NOME, July 20.—The big ice
breaker Kit returned to this city to
day after making an unsuccessful ef
fort to reach Wrangell island, off the
Siberian coast, and rescue the mem
bers of the Stefansson exploring ex
pedition, who were forced to seek
shelter on the Island when the Kar
luk was crushed In the ice on Janu
ary 10. • ;
The captain of the icebreaker re
ports more ice in Bering -Sea this
year than he has ever known in his
twenty years’ experience and he is
doubtful if the party can be taken
off this summer.
The revenue cutter Bear has been
ordered to leave here today for Wran
gell island and to make every ef
fort to reach the men and take them
off. *
The Kit reached within 120 miles
of Wrangell island when they en
countered the ice floes so thick as
to make further progress impossible.
The icebreaker made a catch of 960
walrus hides, which will be sent to
London via Yokohama.
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it Present Plan In Order to Establish
Order In Hayti and San
Domingo.
WASHINGTON,. July 20.—Owing
10 the accute situation in Hayti and
San Domingo the United States gov
ernment may intervene and take
possession of all ' he island ports and
■ establish order and provide for the
election of a president. President
Borgas, who has held the presidency
since last jnareh, has bad a revolu
tion on his hand* in irhicb ,the>for
eign residents have been receiving
the worst of it with their property
destroyed by the armed ibands Of
rebels and also by the government
troops, who are not much be‘ter.
As the United Spates hah guaranteed
the foreign (pan of both republics it
|s proposed that marthes be landed
and establish drier. ■'
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fiBMPER GfifiP
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Wheat In North wart la Largest Crop
In History—A Labor Bhortr
age la Reported.
ST. PAUL, July ;M.^-T,h,e harvest
ing of the bumper cn>i> of whfeathas
started and nrpsperity is now certain
crop Is tSft;lanfcit tn the.history: of |
5OTpjsra#»
ioney.
Harvestlpjf «r#ws hpysiieft here ten
the northoAt’ifm'W' nMgbrte li
&rst£filler?
sending to Chicago and Eastern cities
ter men. 1to raBrearis are, mahte^
an exceptionally low rath' 't6r
era to the Arrest «dW«:
,n mm psal Sis ■-■ -
! Judge JLians aad UmiiJ.ilisde .a
tip to WortetasTs jtetiefig# te -«K»J
n EEcvmviniw. Vi* •
the machine.
Police In Chic*0o Park Lake* Tired
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of Fishing -People From Lake
When Fool* Rock Boat.
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, .CHICAGO, July .20.—Became Miss
Esther Zisblatt rocked a row boat In
Jackson park lake and caused the
otter occupants to scream with" fear
that the small craft would be upset,
a special policeman on the lake beat
arrested the girl and she will be giv
en a trial today for violating the law
regulating the use of boats on the
park lakes.
Because of boat rocking several
people have been pulled out of the
lakes more dead than alive on each
of the jpast few Sundays by the -po
lice, who are constantly on the watch
and are determined to put a stop
to the practice.
6ERERAL ZAPATA
IS NEAB MEXICO
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May Take Capital Before the Arriv
al of Gen. Carranza and Hi«
Northern Rebels.
WASHINGTON, July 20.-Much
apprehension is felt here in official
quarters because of news from Mex
ico City that Gen. Zapata with his
army of bandi's have arrived within
a short distance of Mexico City and
may take the city at any moment
before the arrival of the rebels un
der Gen. Carranza, who are hurry
ing south to enter the city.
It is feared that the force under
Gen. Zapata will loot and destroy
and that foreigners will be slaugh
tered, causing international compli
cations and may require that an in
ternational column be sent from Vera
Cruz to Mexico City, a condition the
United States government is anxious
to avoid because of the fear that the
foreign troops .would .remain until ail
matters In,dispute regarding payment
for damages to property of.foreign
ers by the rebels ahd federal troops
are- adjusted- .. ,
No news of a revolt among the
federal troops at Mexico City has
been received here as yet but is,
houurly awaited, if the troops remain
loyal to President Carbajal he will'
4^6 able to stand off the Zapataites
until ,the arrival of the. Carranza,
.forces..... , ...
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Supt. R*y Millard Arrives With 9*r
760 As Result af ■‘Short Run—
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Plenty Mora to Corns. •
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Bust. JEUur itUUrd. of the,OE»alt»
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m>: urnmm- rm- «mb|
(Carried Onatithe mtiehka uncovered!
more , ore pnC .the outlook for thy
projjp^ty bCOotuss more and morej
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President . lUjJoBi ^of jthe cob
has ApNutgM w‘tn« Itotalllng oft
the econom-*’
mi£&ijg# Wimm ?•/*”' 1
..Fine change alt\pltctuiia.at.the Or4
phriuri toBH1rt. 'Thfe TrtUl of Steel!
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.miss It.
PLENTY OF BIRDS
«UNITED STATES
Gaunt Shaw* Two Billion Living East
of the Mississippi—Are Well
Protected By Law.
WASHINGTON, July ,20.—As a re
sult of the first bird census taken by
the government in the territory East
of the Missisippi two billion birds
exclusive of sparrows afe living in
the United States East of the father
of waters. The list Includes 100,000;
000 robin red breasts.
The count is pot accurate, but is
believed to be as near correct as it
is possible to make it. The state
laws protecting birds and the recent
law passed by congress protecting
birds passing through the different
states while they are traveling north
to nest, have caused a large increase
in the- number of birds.
BUILDING FALLS
Five and Ten Cent Store IsCrowd
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ed at Time, But Ceiling Holds
and They Escape.
NORTHAMPTON, Mass., July 20.—
The three-story Pnion Block col
lapsed here today and although the
lower floor Is occupied by the Wool
worth five and ten-cent store, which
was crowded with women at the time,
only two were hurt, the rest having
a miraculous escape.
The ceiling of the store floor held
for considerable time and the cus
tomers were hustled out of the
building by the clerks a few seconds
before a large section fell in.
Fortunately no fire followed the
collapsing of the building, but sev
eral hundred firemen were called to
the scene to search for any persons
who might be caught in the struc
ture. The upper section of the
building was not occupied.
Fishing Boat Returns After .Suc
cessful Trip—Reports Tropical
Birds Lost at Sea.
.The auxiliary schooner 'Progress,
which has been fishing off the Mid
dleton Island halibut hanks returned
to Valdex yesterdpy alter a ver**uc-,
cesaful trip. The captain reports,
oatching 300,000 pounds of fish in
t|tree weeks, which will, be cured and;
packed at the city dock in prepara-;
tton for shipment sooth.
Captain Mayer says that when oft
the fishing banks thousands of land?
birds not native to America tried- to
land on his vessel and most of them
■ died, propping into-the (WAter. He
•brought six of the birds here and a
! Chinese who looked at them this
morning, reports. f^at they are com
mon in ChftuL Hbir the .birds were
carried to sea is unknown.
RUSiftNQ WORK ON THE
MINERAL GREEK -ROAO
Robert Mclnbisl, #ho Is building'
a wagon road pp grpek. re
turned to »k
ports that he hi
road buuilt and is
■'«*•» the gnwk
ing operators on the creek add the
merchants about town.
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'JEnter Office of Assistant President
of St. Louis Terminal Railroad—
Shot Felix Anderson.
ST. LOUIS, July 20.—Several
members of the Industrial Workers
of the World entered the office of
Felix Anderson, president of the St.
Louis terminal railroad and shot and
slightly wounded Anderson.: The
men were immediately overpowered
by clerks in the office and turned
over to the police.
The would be murderers are proud
of their crime and say their only re
gret is that they were not successful
and predict that all the leading rep
resentatives of large capital will be
dealt with along these same lines
within the next few years.
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Insist That Foreign Relations Com
mittee Report Twenty-five Peace
Treaties at Once.
WASHINGTON, July 20—President
Wilson is pressing the Senate For
eign Relations committee to report
the twenty-five peace treaties nego
tiated by Secretary Bryan so that
they may be passed by the Senate
before adjournment.
The president is anxious to have
the treaties passed, as _ he predicts
they will make for the peaceful set
tlement of all disputes with the Un
ited States by foreign nations and
will strengthen our relations with the
South American republic, which have
become strained as a result of the
landing of troops at Vera Cruz.
Some objection has developed to
the treaties but the administration
expects to overcome it.
Will Make Trip Over Government
Road From Valdez to Fairbanks
—Writes Richardson.
Chairman Edes of the Alaska en
gineering commission has written to
Col. Richardson, chairman of the
Alaska road commission. Inquiring
♦hen it would be the best time to
make a trip oyer the Valdei-Fair
banks government mad so that the
members of the enghterliig commis
sion plight have an opportunity to
lqojc.tntp the railroad situation from
Valdes to the, Ulterior.
It is the purpose of the engineers
to ta.ke a trip oVer the govefhment
road, which Is the shortest route
from the coast to R*irhw4*. haying
been *elasted .py th* road roasts-*
akin because ef tbe»few obstacles in1
the .way and as Bering the ,mi$
route to, the ipterlor, •> •)
,>Ji»t • when the oomatiaaten will
make the trip la net Jut own.
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The White Rord automobile made
ope trip u> wortmao’s yastsrduy.
two trips to Kstiitat icusm ud
one trip 'to the VaMUm mitfkr.
Having, secured, a,$ratrelesf .fctfpr.
we are now.^prfpued |R,»*11 ,brppt
and pastry a£ reasonable prices. Del
monico Grill in Senate building. , tf
ILL SETTLE
BUB SUE
Both Side* Are Willing to Mediate
Under the Term* of the
Newlands Act.
CHICAGO, July 20—The strike talk
of the past week among the engi
neers and firemen on the western
railroads has died out and the men
are now ready to arbitrate with the
railroad managers. A board of medi
ation will be arranged for under the
Newlands bill and it is expected that
all the roads will operate until the
settlement.
The officials of the unions and the
management of the roads are con
fident that a settlement favorable to
them will -be made and both are will
ing to take a chance with the board
of mediators.
SLIGHT INCREASE
FOR HOMS
Interstate Commerce Commission
Says Management Is Wasteful
and Extravagant.
WASHINGTON, July 20.—The re
port of the Interstate Commerce
Commission was sent to the public
printer last Saturday and will soon
become effective. The report grants
the railroads a raise totaling $16,
000,000 on the estimated business for
next year, but flatly refuses the flat
raise of five per cent, on all freight
carried, as the commission insists
that the management 'of the rail
roads is wasteful and that $25,000,000
a year can be saved by them if they
will stop extravugance in the pur
chasing of supplies and also stop the
present inefficient management.
The commission blames the pres
ent financial condition of the roads
to the poor management more than
to the low freight rates and the re
port .states that the consumers of the
country should not be force dto-pay
for the lack of business ability of
the men in charge^ of the roads.
High railroad officials predict that
the roads will be forced to curtail
the number of trains-operated in or
der to keep from going . bankrupt.
They claim that in every business
some waste creeps In but that no such
amount of- toss as the report states
can be laid to the mismanagement
of the railroads.
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Dan Clark, Who Thought Himself a
Croat Detective, Will Bo .Bent
to Portland On Next Boat
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Dgn Clark was declared insane this
.mapping by a jury in the commie-'
• “ iris court. Cmrk' tfas fortfae'rly
ik at , the Granby ftine. but for
mi years hasrbeHeeedhtaaeelf t»
[be te cd thogreetSht detectives fn^
Ithi world, havlhg Burns, (be mah
r. backed q9;$^fao|f#t I
k approached Marshal Brenne
some Wne ago with 'the -news'
he knew .who had committed the
lew at WlBeW ereefkTtet -Afltdft,;
lf.BWW«pi»
.00 offered by the govern
sward he -WOMB tell -him'
m
iber of big rewards bymar
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hen mans
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Men On Island* Have Been Guilty
of Debauching Native Girls and
Killing Seal Pups.
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WASHINGTON, July 0.—A dis
patch received here from Dr. Jones,
who went to the Pribilof islands to
investigate the seal rookeries, states
that he has ordered all employes of
the government to remain upon the
islands, as they are all practically
under arrest pending the investiga
tion he has started when he found
that the men were debauching the
native women and were allowing the
killing of seal pups by the natives.
Dr. Jones has also wired for a new
set of officials to take the place of
those on the islands, who have been
found untrustworthy.
Agent Hatton and L. Tongue, the
storekeeper, with P. McLenny, have
been suspended and will remain on
the islands until the department has
completed the investigation and may
be sent to Valdez for trial if in
dictments are found.
Trail of Steel.
The Trail of Steel, a two-reel
spectacular western railroad drama
at the Orpheum change tonight. Al
so other fine subjects.
MORE TROUBLE
FOB NEW HAVEN
Government May Start Suit to Dis
solve Road—Massachusetts Wants
Boston and Maine.
WASHINGTON. July 20.—Attorney
General McReynolds will confer to
day with President Elliott and the
attorneys for the New Haven rail
road t.0 arrange for the sale of the
Boston and Maine lines controlled by
the New Haven road',.and if the con
ference is not successful the ^>e
partnjent of Justice will start suits
against the road and request ttie
courts to dissolve the New Haven
and sell Its property.
BOSTON, July 20.—The state of
Massachusetts may intervene in the
New Haven suits of the United States
government in order to compel the
cbpditlonal sale of the Boston and".
Maine to the state.
CM* MIS
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Many Deaths Reported and Plague
Is Spreading Over Large Sec
tion of Country.
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..ST.. PETfiRSBU RU, July 20—Chol
era Is raging In southwestern Russia
and many deaths are reported from
that-section. The scoilrge has spread
rapidly and now covera a large area
of the ciijrhtry andunless promt »ae
typ 'i*‘ Whi'ihjr - the nauthorlti^ to
prevent the people Of the afflisted
districts froip flenipg north the death
tell Writl - ie ’4ndf*hous.
Thai International Red Cross Asso
ciation ha* offered aid ’to the ffov
ecoment and> will toe allowed to send
foreign doctors and nurses into :the
pjUpirie district.
and up to date. Is In good location.
See T. E. Dougherty. kll