HUERTA DEFIES
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Mexican Congress Is Convened In
Spite of Protest of Our Presi
den—Trouble Feared.
MEXICO CITY, Nov. 18.—In spite
of the protest of John Lind, the
special representative' of President
Wilson, made personally to Provis
ional President Huerta, against the
convening of the congress elected on
October 26th, the newly elected mem
bers of congress organized today and
passed a vote of confidence in Pro
visional President. Huerta.
Nelson O’Shaugbnessey, the Amer
ican charge d’affaires, acting under
instructions from the State Depart
ment, is still in this city, but prepar
ations for tlie withdrawal of the em
bassy continue. Americans living
near the city are preparing to quit
and all of them now admit much
anti-American fee'.ng exists in the
republic and that it is belter that the
Americans leave the country than to
take the chance of a riot and an anti
American demonstration which would
only result in the loss of many lives.
The wanton slaughter of the fed
eral officers stationed at Juarez by
the rebel commander has caused
much bitterness here and it is ex
pected that reprisals will be made by
ihe federal troops and the action of
the rebels has greatly strengthend
the hand of President Huerta, whom
every Mexican knows will fight to
punish the murderers of his officers.
Prominent Mexicans heretofore op
posed to Huerta now openly announ
ce that they will support hint in «
campaign to rid the country of reb
els and the establishment of a staple
government.
WASHINGTON, Nov; 18.—The
news of the convening of congress at
Mexico City after the delivery of The
ultimatum of President Wilson that
congress should not be convened it
is believed here will result in the
blockading of the Mexican ports
by out warships in Mexican harbors
and with many other warships ready
to star, for the gab the moment the
word is given. A number of war
ships are ready at Galveston to sail
so Mexico.
High government officials criticise
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RETAIN OFFICE
Coes Not Take Kindly to Plan to
Shelf Him for Morrisey—Has
Many Friends.
SEATTLE, Nov. IS.—President
Samuel Uompers, of the Federation
of Labor, now in session here, has
announced that he will not retire as
president of the federation without
putting up a fight, The aged labor
leader is working among the dele
gates for support in the contest start
ed by Frank Morrisey. secretary of
the federation, who would be presi
dent of the associated labor unions.
Two strong factions have develop
ed among the delegates—those, who
favor the re-election o'" President
Gompers and the Morrisey snppoit
ers, who would place the present ex
ecutive on the retired list at fill! pay
in order; that he nvght spend his
time edftiftg the “Federationist, ’ the
official organ of the federation.
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ALASKAN EDITOR
DIES IN SEATTLE
SEATTLE, Nov. 18.—John Parker
con, publisher of the Railway and Ma
rine News, anti foimerly editor of the
Nugget pt Nome, Alaska, died here
last night from heart failure. Park
erson was well known to all Alas
kans.
MIMES ME
Two Thousand Indians Rally to De
fense of Eight Renegades
Wanted by the Police.
SANTA PE, N. M., Nov. 18.—Two
thousand Navajoe Indians are on the
warpath, burning and destroying
farm houses and threatening the lives
of the inhabitants. The difficulty be
tween the Indians and the authori
ties started over the demand made by
the marshal that the chief surrender
eight renegades who are wanted for
the murder of a prospector and the
theft of his outfit. The chief refused
and called the tribe together. The
natives are well aimed and ready for
a battle with the troops which have
been sent to disperse them and place
the 'eaders under arrest.
Troops are now headed for the In
dians and will endeavor to induce
them to return peacefully to the res
ervation. The commander has been
given orders not to shoot an Indian
if he can possibly prevent it, but to
round them up and hold them in
check until they can be induced to
go back home.
“M city
Northwestern Not Ready for Valdez
Run—Fair-sized Passenger List
for Valdez.
SEATTLE, Nov. IS.—The steamer
‘Alameda left here last night for Val
dez, as the Northwestern is not yet
ready to resume the northern run.
It had been planned to place the
Northwestern on the Seattle-.Valdez
run, while the Alameda was being ov
erhauled, but necessary repairs to the
Northwestern were not completed in
time to allow of her taking the
Southwestern Alaska run.
The following passengers are book
ed for Valdez: Mrs. L. A. Florence,
L. White, G. Fitzgerald, Marshal Er
win, James McGrath, J. Morgan and
w'fe, Father Van Jer Pol, Charles
Crawford, Una Korth, Joe Baxter,
William Doll. For Fort Liscum, Mat
thew Hock.
FIGURES SUBMITTED
FOR HUGE PROJECT
AMSTERDAM, Nov. 18.—The gov
ernment commission appointed sever
al years ago to investigate the fea
sibility. probable cost, and other mat
ters relating to the proposition of
reclaiming the land at present cov
ered by the Zuiderzee, a large body
of water connected with the sea ami
covering about 200,000 hectares, has
just submitted an interesting and
voluminous report, thoroughly cov
ering every phase and detail of the
stupendous plan. It appears that the
fisheries in the waters of the Zuid
erzee, once famous for the enormous
quantities of herring and other salt
water fish caught there, have not
been very profitable in recent years.
It is estimated that the total value
i of the fish caught In the Zuiderzee
I does no', now exceed 2,000,000 florins
| a year, while by the cultivation of
| the reclaimed land now covered by
j salt water 70,000,000 florins a year
I could bp realized. The commission
j estimates that the cost of flje worlc,
i including indemnities. etc., would npt
I exceed 189,000,000 florins, and that
i the work could be completed In about
thirty years.
The Wilson outfit of twelve horses
left yesterday for Camp Comfort and
today they left Comfort for the hill
to re-break the trad over the summit
and deliver the ft eight cons'gned to
the government stations.
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STRIKE STARTED
TEXTILE INDUSTRY
—
Lawrence the Scene of Another
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Strike—Firemen Leave Factor
ies and Machinery Stops.
LAWRENCE, Mass., Nov. 18.—The
1 firemen employed In the textile man
ufacturing plants in th!s city went
out on strike today and all the mills
are closed excepting one, in which
non-union firemen are employed.
The other union men and women
in that plant threaten to strike un
less the firemen are discharged.
The firemen claim they are not be
ing paid a living wage and that the
own rs of the plant are discriminat
ing against union men.
Strikebreakers have been sent for,
but the leaders ot the strike claim
that if they are employed in the
mills the balance of the men and
women employed will leave the looms
and the factories will be idle. On the
other hand, the operators assert that
with the competition of the English
made goods they cannot pay higher
wages, and do not care if the entire
force quit, and assert that when they
do return to work it will be at great
ly reduced wages.
MAIMS TALK
Ask Him to Suggest to Congress the
Passage of a Constitution
al Amendment.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 18.—Presi
dent Wilson today received seventy
suffragettes at the White House in
order that they might present to him
the petition requesting the president
to recommend to congress the pass
age of an amendment to the constitu
tion, which would give to women the
right to vote in all the states of the
union.
The women pointed out that the
vote must come to women; that they
are as much entitled to vote as are
the men! and that if it is granted
by an amendment to tne constitution
the fight for the vote will cease at
once and the agitation now going on
in every state where the vote is not
granted the women will come to an
end.
President Wilson told the suffra
gettes, in answer to their address,
that he woultl take the matter un
der advisement.
STEFANSSON LOST
Nome Seafaring Men Predict Loss
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of Ships During the Recent Storm
—Caught in Floes.
NOME, Nov. 18. The manner* of,
this section and the commanders of
the big boats caught in the storm
of last month, claim that Vilhjalmar
Steffansson has been lost in the Arc
tic. The last heard Of the three,
ships, was oh September 28th, when
the Karluk, the Mary Sachs and the
power boat Alaska were reported as
working their way through the ice
pack. The whalers claim that the
storm which wrecked so many boats
in the noith must; surely have caught
the expedition between the floes and
ground the frail vessels to pieces.
Two feet of snow fell last night in
Valdez.
TEXANS ME DRV,
SALOONS CLOSE
Many Counties Are Dry and State
Law Prevents Liquor Being
Taken Into Dry Sections.
AUSTIN, Tex., Nov. 18.—The laws
recently passed by the stfte legisla
ture preventing the shipment of li
quors into or through dry territory
tilfent into effect at 9:30 last nights
Many of those who like their “nip”
stocked up with enough to last a few
months. The state law also provides
that ail saloons in Texas must be
closed at 9:30 at night in order that
the men .may go Lome and sleep in
stead of remaining out until twelve
or later, as some of them have been
known to do heretofore.
The prohibition movement is rap
idly spreading in this state in spite
of all the efforts of the saloon men,
| the breweries and distilleries. It is
I predicted that all tne counties in the
state will be dry within five years
except the larger cities, and that even
there the number of saloons will be
greatly reduced by law and regulated
very strictly, so as to prevent the sale
of liquor to minors or habitual drunk
ards or those under the influence of
liquor.
STRIKE SETTLED
Men Return to Work Pending the
Arbitration of Their Demands
for Increased Pay.
HOrSTON, Tex., .Nov. IS. The,
strike of the trainmen on the East
ern (Pvision of the Southern Pacific;
railroad ended today when the men
went back t,o work on the old sched- :
ule of wages, but with the under
standing that the differences between
tlie men and the company -would be
settled by arbitration and the award
made by the arbitrators would be re- |
troactive and would date from today i
if higher than the present wage.
The resumption of traffic on the !
road will be welcomed by the sugar ;
and cotton growers, who have stack- j
ed hundreds of thousands of dollars j
worth of sugar and cotton on the sid
ings along the railroad and in the
event of bad weather the loss would :
have been very heavy.
Marshal Erwin, of the Fourth judi
cial division, is a passenger on the
Alameda bound for Valdez.
WOULD SAVE THE
Loss Last Year From "Hog Cholera”
Was $50,000,000—Senator Would
Find a Cure.
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 18.—Senator j
Pomerene has introduced a resolu- j
tion in the Senate to appropriate j
$500,000 to be used, by ilie govern- j
ntent experts in C#d Department of j
Agriculture in an effort to wipe out '
“how choleru,” which caused the loss .
of hogs worth $50,000,000 during the
past year.
The senator, in introducing the bill 1
for the appropriation, claimed that if j
the money spent enabled the depart
ment to discover a cure that the price ,
of ham and bacon would be cut in ;
half.
John Jackson, of the Cliff mine, is ]
in town for • few days.
WEATHER BUREAU
TO BE PROBED
Cleveland Congressman Would Have
Investigation Made of Faiure to
Foretell Big Storm.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 17—Con
gressman Gordon, of Cleveland, has
requested Pr sldent Wilson to order
an investigation into the failure of
the weather bureau to predict the
storm which swept across the Great
Lakes last w ek, wrecking some of
the finest vessels on the inland wa
ters and causing the loss of more
than three hundred lives.
The congressman informed the
president that the lakenten always
remain in port when bad storms are
predicted and that having heard no
thing of an approaching storm they
left port, many of them never to re
turn.
President Wilson immediately sent
a copy of the letter to the head of
the weather department with instruc
tions to investigate and report, and
the weather forecasters will be plac
ed upon the carpet and called upon
to explain how they allowed the big
storm to get past them.
WILL PROBE THE
UNITED GI6ITR GO.
Congressional Investigation Ordered
by Lower House—Force Rivals
Out of Business.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 18.—The
House of Representatives yesterday
passed a resolution directing a com
mittee to commence the probe of the
United Cigar Stoves because of the
acts of the officials of that company
in driving out all small opposition.
It is stated that cigars are sold for
less than cost wherever the United
Cigar Stores have opposition, but as
soon as all competition is wiped out
the price is raised.
It is expected that the Department
of Justice will be called upon to pros
ecute the officers, if enough evidence
can be secured against the com
pany.
HEAVY TRAFFIC VIA
STRAIT OF MAGELLAN
VALPARAISO, Chile, Nov. IS.—-A
record number of steamers passed
through the Magellan strait in ten
months from January 1 to October
31, this year, according to an oflicial
statement issued today. The traffic
included 221 steamers from the At
lem'e and 137 steamers from the Pa
cific. Officials here are of the opin
ion that the number of vessels us
ing tlie Magellan strait will not be
affected by the opening of the Pan
ama canal and that Valparaiso will
continue to be the principal po:t in
tlie southern Pacific.
Dancers Are Suspended.
EUGENE, Ore., Nov. 18.—-Twenty
five students of the Eugene high
school, both boys and giris, were sus
pended this morning by the faculty
because they engaged in a dance at
the high school Saturday night fol
lowing V. social -gathering at which
it had been specially stipulated there
should be no dancing, The faculty
has not announced, what further ac-'
t!on shall be taken.
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Odd Fellows Notice.
There will be a special meeting of
Valdez Lodge No. 6 I. O. O. F. on
Thursday evening, Nov. 20, for the
purpose of conferring the second de
gree on three candidates.
P. S. HUNT, Secretary.
Robert Sheldon has accepted a po
sition with the electric light company
for the winter.
TO INVESTIGATE
I HIGH LIVING COST
Governor Glynn Invites Business Men
and Noted Economists to Confer
On How to Reduce Same.
ALBANY, N. Y., Nov. 18.—Gover
nor Glynn, has requested a number
of noted economists, the heads of
the railroads doing business in New
York and a number of state offi
cials, to meet with him at the execu
tive mansion to discuss the legisla
tion needed to reduce the high cost
! of living.
| The transportation magnates claim
i that railroad rates must be advanced
| or the companies will go bankrupt,
j The men employed by the railroads
I assert that the cost of living is so
! high that they must have big wages
i or else they cannot make both ends
meet. The same complaint, says the
governor, is heard on all sides, and
he proposes to have the big men of
the state meet in the hope that some
, means can be found by which to low
; er the cost of commodities, enabling
! the consumer to buy direct from the
j farmers and thus save the immense
profits of the middlemen, which are
1 added to the first cost of the goods.
The governor a'.so states that he
! will favor public markets where the
farmers may ship their produce, as
sured that the money received for
them will be sent to the farmer.
Investigations made by special ag
I ents of the governor has disclosed
! the fact that produce is destroyed in
■ order to cause a shortage, thus rais
! ing the prices and resulting in large
profits to tile cold storage owners.
i The fanners claim that they receive
pay for less than half of what is ship
1 pet! to the markets in the large cit
ies; they also claim that the cost
to cold storage operators of eggs and
butter and general farm products, is
one-tenth of what the people pay
when the goods are sold by the small
retail merchants lo the consumers.
The governor will give the confer
ence the benefit of the information
secured by his agents, showing that
the farmer received but little for
what he raises, but that the con
sumer pays high, and he will ask them
i to try to work out a solution to the
! greatest problem which how con
fronts the American people.
GILMORE SAYS
BUILD RAILROADS
Nome Politician bays Alaskans Oo
Not Care Who Builds But Wants
Roads Built By Someone.
SKATi'LK, Nov. IS. William Gil
more, ex-mayor of Nome ami candi
date for election to congress at the
last election, now in this city, in an
interview published today, stated that
'Alaskans do not care who builds
the railroad from the coast into the
interior and on to Nome, but that
they do want someone 10 build it
quick, as the development of the ter
ritory is being retarded because of
the lack of transportation facilities.
Mr. Gilmore will remain in the
states several months and will return
to Nome via Fairbanks and the Yu
kon river.
OLSON CONFIRMD AS
TREADWELL POSTMASTER
WASHINGTON, .Nov. 18.—'The Sen
ate today confirmed the nomination
of Olson as postmaster at Treadwell,
Alaska. The new postmaster will
take his office in a few days.
Miss Una North, who left Valdez
about a year ago to take a course in
a Seattle business college, js a re
turning passenger on the Alameda to
spend the holidays with her parents.