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MONASTIR IS CAPTURED
BY FORCE UNDER SARRAIS
PARIS Nov 20.—The allied army under Sarrail has taken
the city of Monastir. Berlin insists that the evacuation of the
town was of only local importance in the campaign, and declares
that it wrs not worth heavy sacrifices. While Sarrail is encour
aged by his success, he believes that he will be unable to proceed
further into the country on account of lack of proper communi
The pursuit of the Germans and Bulgurs who are evacuating
Monastir progresses.
LONDON, Nov. 21.- -The German and Bulgarian troops are
in retreat from Monastir toward Prilep.
The Latest from Berlin
BKRI IN Nov. 24.- Russian reinforcements have arrived on
the Transvlvania front to help the Roumanians.
Sarrail's army is reported to be unable to penetrate beyond
Monastir. The Germans hold Ohridn.
The situation in Wallachia is unchanged.
Serious complications may again be impending in German
American relations, owing to the submarine activity. . umeiou.
inquiries are being receive*!.
STORM OF BATTLE RAGES ON TWO FRONTS
IN ROUMANIA, WITH INVADERS SUCCESSFUL
BERLIN. Nov. 23.- The war office claims that the German
force, under Yon Ealkenhayn are before the gates of Orsova, and
■ire making a sweeping drive through W ullaclua. The railroads
have been "seized, and the cavalry squadron has been used to bat
ter down the combined resistance of the Roumanians and Russians
in a momentous battle.
The capture of Craoiva is announced by the war office. It is
the capital of Western YVal.nchia. one hundred and twenty mile,
west of Bucharest, and is an important railroad point.
IA'NDON, Nov. 21. The resumption of the Russian offensive
against Con-troza is expected to draw off an army of half a mil
lion men sent by the Germans through the Black sea to reinforce
V on Falkeiih: yn.
Petregrad reports that the Roumanians at Ediasci are retir
ing before Yon Ealkenhayn"s advance.
LONDON. Nov. 17. It is reported from Roumania that the
German forces under Aon Mackcnsen are in retreat. liiex are
Burning all villages behind them.
FETROGR.AD, Nov. 17. The Germans have made gains on
the Roumanian front, but have lost ground in Macedonia.
BLOODY FIGHTING CONTINUES ON WEST FRONi
LONDON. Nov. 20. The British forces captured Beaucort,
cii the Somme, on Tuesday, after a powerful drive and sanguinary
fighting, in which five thousand prisoners were taken. The past .
week has been marked by unusually heavy fighting on both the ;
west and east fronts. Heavy attacks have been made by the Brit
■ i-h at Beaumont, and they are making lag strides toward the goal
at Baupaume.
PARIS. Nov. 20. The Germans at terrible cost and after 1
bloody fighting have regained ground recently lost on the Somme.
LONDON, Now 21.- The Germans continue the deportation
of Belgians, despite protests.
PARIS. Nov. 17. Seven German aeroplanes were brought
down by the French today.
BERLIN, Nov. 17. The French have delivered strong at
tacks on Baupaume. but have failed. Heavy actions are reported
on the Somme.
BERLIN. Nov. 17.—-An air raid has been made on the city
of Munich by t!;e French. The aviators hew five hunureu miles
across the Alps. No lives were last.
BERLIN, Nov. 21. The war office officials think that the
great thrust on toe Somme is at a standstill, and declare that the
small local successes cf the enemy cannot be developed.
RUSSIANS FAIL TO BREAK GERMAN CENTER
BERLIN. Nov. 17. The Russian artillery in Yolhynia is
showing increased activity. The efforts of the Russians to break
through the Austrc-German center in Transylvania have faded.
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LONDON CLAIMS THAT GERMAN SUBMARINES
ARE SINKING VESSELS WITHOUT WARNING
LONDON, Nov. 20. The admiralty announces that thirty
three shipo have been sunk by German submarines since May 15
last without warning, causing u loss of one hundred and forty ,
lives. The British were the greatest losers, with a total of twenty.
A German submarine has sunk the American-Hawaiian liner
Columbian. The crew, half of which were Americans, have been
landed in Spanish territory. They were given time to leave the
ship.
Norway is forming a new policy with reference to submarines.
Berlin will make another attempt to impress upon Norway the
consequences of persisting in her present policies.
The Russian munitions ship Baron Brekeni has been sunk by
an explosion in Archangel harbor, supposedly caused by a sub
marine. One hundred and fifty men were killed and six hundred
and fifty wounded. Several buildings and two barracks near shore
were also set on fire and burned.
BERLIN, Nov. 21.—The American embassy has received secret
reports denying the shelling of lifeboats from steamships sunk in
September." The Germans claim that their precautions saved lives.
The claim is made that the steamship Antwerpen was sunk in ac
cordance with the provisions of international law.
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INVESTIGATION OF HIGH COST OF LIVING
UNEARTHS “GENTLEMEN’S AGREEMENTS”
NEW YORK, Nov. 23 — The probe into the prices of foodstuffs
by federal officials has resulted in the return of indictments against
middlemen who entered into “gentlemen’s agreements." The
United States district attorney says that the cases will be pressed.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20.—The investigation recently ordered
into the cause of the soaring prices of foodstuffs will be sweeping
in character. Investigations are now in progress at New' Aork,
Chicago, San Francisco and other large cities. The district attor
neys have been delegated to assist in the inquiry.
CHICAGO, Nov. 17.—Agents of the federal department of jus
tice today swooped down on two big cold storage houses^and
cantured their bocks and records, which will be taken to Wash
ington and examined as part of the investigation into the high
cost of living. _
AMALGAMATION OF RAILROAD UNIONS
WITH AMERICAN FEDERATION POSSIBLE
BALTIMORE, Nov. 22.—Efforts to effect an affiliation be
tween the American Federation of Labor and the four big rail
way brotherhoods received an enthusiastic demonstration at the
convention of the former body here today. Addresses were made
by the brotherhood presidents and by President Gompers of the
federation in favor of such action, and advocating co-operative
work for the universal eight-hour day.
BALTIMORE, Nov. 20.—A sensation was sprung at the con
vention of the Amercian Federation of Labor today by a well
defined split over the indorsement of the universal eight-hour day.
For the first time in two decades the radical element is said to
have the power to overcome Gompers’ control and carry resolu
h' test.
AMERICAN STEAMER ASHORE ]
ON TREACHEROUS SANDS
BERLIN, Nov. 20. Wireless cells for
help have been heard from the American
steamship Siberia, which is ashore in a gale 1
on East Goodwin Sands, near the eastern j
entrance to the English channel.
LONDON, Nov. 21. The American j
.teaimhip Siberia, with forty passengers on
board, is ashore off the English coast in a .
'errific storm. She cannot be reached by j
the life-savers.
UNEXPLAINED EXPLOSION
CREATES HAVOC IN RUSSIA
j
PETROGRAP. Nov. 22. Three hundred
and four persons were killed and more tr.an
six hundred were wounded by an explosion
at Bakaritza, the cause or nature of which
has not been disclosed.
SULZER j LEM)
With Less than Four Hundred
Votes to Hear from, Democrat
Has a Plurality of 55 Only
FAIRBANKS, Nov. 24.—'With the elec
tion returns from the Koyukuk just re
ceived, the F'ourth division now stands as
\ Hows on the delegateship : Sulzer, 1,642 ; ,
iVickersham, 1,631. The totals for the ter
ritory are: Sulzer, 6,298; Wiekersham,
3.243.
There are about eighty more votes t; j
hear from in this division and three hun 1
dred in the rest of the territory.
ANCHORAGE, Nov. 20.—The vote f. r •
i legate in Wa.-silu Lake precinct was a !
. .Hows: Sulzer. 10; Wiekersham, 8; :
Lewis, 6.
Wiekersham Predicts His Election
SEATTLE, Nov, 24. James Wiekersham. i
Alaska's congressional delegate, is here to
Attend the interstate commerce commission :
nvestigatioii into Alaska freight rates. 11
predicts that the complete returns will j
how his election. Sulzer claims a lead of
only 72 votes.
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GENERAL WHO SAVED PARIS
IS NOW TOTALLY BLIND
PARIS, Oct. 9.- General Maunory, who
t the outset of the war commanded th.
rcnch Third army, and later succeed'd
General Gallieni us military governor of
Paris after tr.e latter's appointment as min
uter of war. lies become totally blind a.
;he result of a wound received during a
visit to the (ir.-t line trenches on the Ai r. ■ 1
It was General Maunory's army which, j
»nt out from Paris in taxicabs by General j
Gallieni at the critical moment of the bat;!.
f he Marne, turned the tide and, striking
General Von Kluck’s flank, drove the Gw j
.nans back across the Aisne. General Maun
rv is now living in retirement in company
• ith his son, Captain Louis Maunory, who !,
lost a leg in the war.
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LIBERAL BRITISH STATESMAN
DECRIES TALK OF TRADE WAR
BIRMINGHAM. Oct. 3. -In addressing 1
a public meeting here today Viscount Bryce
Iecried the spirit of hate against, the Ger
mans that has been encouraged by some i
talesmen, lie declared that the talk of a
lasting trade war on Germany at the con
elusion of the war shoul i be discouraged.
He advocated that at the end of the present
war a league to restrain aggre .-ion and com
p! arbitration should be entered into by
II the leading nati- ns of the world.
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LIEBKNECHT’S CASE AGAIN
BERLIN, Oct. 14. The reichstag com
mittee which has been investigating the ,
matter today refused to sanction the new i
court-martial proceedings at Thorn against
Karl Liebknecht. The cunmittee also rec i
ommcnded that the reichstag demand t- |
ee the report of the proceedings before the j
Berlin court-martial before finally sanction- |
ing the sentence imposed on Liebknecht.
MANY LOSE THEIR LIVES
WHEN DREADNAUGHT SINKS
PETRCIGRAD, Nov. 24- The Russian
dreadnaught Imperaterisa Maria has been
sunk in the Black sea by an internal ex
plosion. Two hundred and fifty of her
crew are missing.
BIG NAVAL PROGRAM
PLANNED FOR NEXT YEAR
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21. Authorization
for the building of forty-three vessels for
the navy will be asked of congress for 1918
among which will be three battleships, one
| cruiser, three scout cruisers and eighteen
submarines.
FLOUR MILLS MAY SHUT DOWN
MINNEAPOLIS, Nov. 24.—Local flour
mills may soon close down unless the car
hortaee is relieved. They are now run
, ning only part of the time.
MAY BE WHOLESALE POISONER
CHICAGO. Nov. 24.—A man has been
rrested at Spaulding, Neb., who is believed
1 o be Crones, the anarchist, who poisoned
he guests at a banquet here some months
?~o. Detectives have left for Nebraska for
he purpose of identifying him.
S’TE SeTECTED
"EATTI E. Nov. 20.—'A site has been
’efipitplv Heated for the new mining and
•pnfpll- rHcal station recently authorized
for this city.
CRIPPLE CREEK WORKMAN
KILLS HIMSELF WITH RIFLE
IN FIT OF DESPONDENCY
CRIPPLE CITY, Aiu. ka, Nov. 8. Ralph
Zaber, who has been a resident of this dis
trict for the pest four years, committed
suicide by shooting himself with a ride at
about 12:30 p. m. on November 0. Death
must have been instantaneous, as the entire
side of his head was blown off.
Zaber had been despondent for some time,
seemingly believing that “all the world was
against him.” The people of Cripple had
been trying to help him, and endeavored
to cheer him up. Bob La Eergey had given
mm a job cutting wood and cooking for
him at the head of Colorado creek, where ,
he is mining. lie had been working but ,
four days when at neon La Fcrgey came'
home to dinner and found it already on
I he table. After eating he went over to an
empty cabin about a thousand feet away,
to which lie had sent Zaber that morning
to clean it up. When he was within about
thirty feet of the cabin be heard a shot
and on entering the building he found Zaber
lying on the floor with the whole side of
Ids head bl wn off and a .30 30 rille lying
on the bunk with the muzzle pointing in
ee direct!' n of where Zaber’s body lay. Evi
VntJy he had placed the gun on the bunk
with the butt end against the wall, then
' ntIt on the floor and p4acad his head
against the barrel and reached back with
his right hand and pulled the trigger.
Commissioner Vinal has been notified,
and his instructions are being awaited.
The Coroner’s Verdict
CRIPPLE CITY. Nov. 15.--Commissioner
W. A. Vinal of Innoko precinct, hel l an
mouest over the body of IM h Zabor. The
fr Rowing composed the jury: William
Gray, J. A. Cameron, H. J. Sellers, Henry
Eekstrcm, Leo Clifford and II. M. Hansen.
The jury brought in a verdict to the effect
that deceased came to his death from a gun
hot wound in the head, inflicted by hi
own hsnd.
Upon examining the body the jury found
3 ounces 3 penny weights of gold, 81 in sd
ver. a cheap watch, a pocket knife and a
note which read as fdh'v.-s:
“Gocd-by, everybody. I am no good to
mvselt* and do n t \vi>h to be a burden on j
my friends. RALPH ZABOR.”
The commissioner caused the body to be
buried on Colorado creek.
Wed Known at Fiat
Zaber was quite well known in the I Jit |
fired district, and especially at Flat, where
i* conducted a bakeiy some years ago ;
\f:»T having disposed of his business he !
.vorked for Trank Stanley, the restaur: nt j
:.an, for a while. Mr. Stanley speaks of i
him as a quiet, unobtrusive sort of man ;
vho, however, seemed to let trifles worry i
him, and he was not greatly surprised to
hear of his suicide after apparently having .
vet with di.-ccuragemcnt.
Zaber wrs about C6 years of are, and a I
native of Poland. \’cry lttl1 is knowi |
moot him ( r his family.
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MINING MAN FROM MARSHALL
WAS DRUGGED AND ROBBED
WHILE ‘TAKING IN” SEATTLE
\ Seattle dispatch of October 15. pub- j
i'.-hed in the Fairbanks paper.-, wa- as f.;l
-10. E. Blanker of Marshall City. A'a-ka.
vas found in a dazed condition in a local
ovming hr.u.-e tociey. lie wrs taken to the
10‘pitcl. He is as yet unable to give ar. !
iccmird of his actions since September db j
} cn he dis a opeared utterly. His friends j
ried to find him at that time, but to n j
avail. Blanker arrived here on September ;
25 from the North. lie had $1.0.000 in 1
11. The next day after his arrival he
i.'appeared. When found Blanker had $100. ;
TTe "•as unibl? to account for the r?st of
the large amount he was known to have
The keepers of the rooming house where
the man was found have been arrested and
fr-e being held pending an investigation.’*
Blanker, with his brother. Will Blanker,
ras the owner of claims on Willow creek
n the Marshall district. Last winter Will
Blanker paid a visit to Iditarod to secure
machinery to work the claims. Later it
.vas understood the brothers either sold or
leased their ground.
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JURY ACQUITS ALEX FERN!
OF CHARGE OF LARCENY
A jury in Commissioner Grra.hty's
i:rt yesterday afternoon brought in a ver
let of not guilty in the case of the United
tales vs. Alex Ferni, on trial on a charge
f larceny.
Ferni was arrested on Thursday le«t by
^eputy Thomas on a warrant sworn out by
U Sa off, who alleged that on or about
vember 14 Ferni stele a mattress, a pair
f snow.'hoes and a pair of blankets from
he complainant at Flat City.
The principals and witnesses in the case
ere Russians, and an interpreter was em
eyed to facilitate the proceedings. An
'musing incident occurred when the inter
reter. unable to make himself understood
n his native tongue, resorted to the use
f English and brought forth the required
answer.
Ferni claimed that he took the property
bv permission cf the partner of the com
plaining witness, and the jury evidently
believed him.
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FIRE AT DISCOVERY
The cabin of A1 Chapin, at Discovery,
After, was totally destroyed by fire on Mon
'av night last. A1 takes his loss lightly,
and says that the monetary value of his
cabin and its contents was comparatively
small.
GREAT BRITAIN STANDS PAT
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20.—Great Brit
a:n’s latest, note dec’ines to change the
blacklist of American firms.
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~AR?E SERVICE INTERRUPTED
VALDEZ, Nov. 24.—The Pitka-V I lei
•’able is interrupted, and all business is be
in^ accepter] subject to delay.
PRESIDENT TO TAKE OATH
ONE DAY AHEAD OF TIME
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20. President
Wilson will take* the oath of office for the :
new term on Saturday, March 3, thereby
permitting of no lap.se between the expira 1
lion of the present term and the commence- '
ment of the ensuing one. This will be in
accordance with a ruling of the state dc
I artment.
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GRAVES, SENSATION-MONGER,
IS ACCUSED OF BLACKMAIL
WASHINGTON. Nov. 20.- The German
embassy has obfained the arrest of Karl
Graves, the self-styled international spy, for
attempted blackmail. He is alleged to have
attempted to extort $3,009 from Countess
Hernstt i ff, wife of the German ambassador.
Versatile Author and Lecturer,
Claimed as Product tire North,
Passes to Great Beyond
SANTA ROSA, Cl. Nov. 23. Jack
London, the well known author, traveler
and lecturer, who was stricken with a sud
ien illness lest Tuesday at his ranch neat
here, failed to rally, and passed away la-u
.g,.t, uespiis the efforts of physicians to
\i.c him. He v.as nearly 41 years of age.
Jack Lnndrn was born at San Francisco
nuary 12, 187(1. He was educated at th<
University of California and married Mi .
Bessie Maddern of Oakland in 1000. Hi
-econd wife was Mi. s Oharmian kittred x
• Berkeley, to whom he was married in
1905. He left college to go to the K.ondike,
.ml never completed his course. He went to
a before the loa.-t in 1892, and was en
aged in seal hunting in Japanese water
mi in Bering sea in 1893. During the
ante days of 189-1 London trampei:
aroughout the United States and Canad;
, r soci- logical and economic study. He
pent a great deal of time in travel at vati
■us periods, and engaged in journalism and
lecturing. He acted as a war correspondent
.uring the Russo-Japanese war. One of
his most adventurous experiences was the
navigation of his yacht Snark to the South
pas in 1907-9 The craft was but 55 feet
I ng. He was a strong believer in Social
sm, and was a frequent contributor to the
magazines, besides being the author of the
foil -wing works, many of which became 1
extremely popular: “Th? Son of the Wolf.”
The God of His Fathers,” "A Daughter of
the Snows.” “The Children of the Frost,”
‘The CruBe of the Dazzier,” “The People !
if the Abyss,” “Kempton-Wace Letters," (
The Call of the Wild," “The Faith of Men,”
The Sea W If," “The Game,” “War of
the Classes." “Tales of the Fish Patrol.’
Moot: Face,” "Scorn of Women” (playb
White F'ang,” “Before Adam.” “Love of
Life,” “The Iron Heel,” “The Road,” “Mar
lin Eden,” “Lost Face,” “Revolution,”
‘Burning Dm.lkht." “Theft.” “When God
Laughs,” “Adventure,” “The Cruise of the
nark,” ‘ South Sea Tales,” “Smoke Bell *\v
Tales,” “The House of Pride,” “A Son of
he Sun,” “The Night-Born,” “The Abvs
:: I Brute,” “John Barleycorn,” “The Val
ley i-f the Moon,” “The Strength of the
rone,” “The Mutiny of the E.sinore,”
“The Scarlet Plague,” “The Star Rover,”
‘The I.ittlo Lady of the Big House.”
SINKING OF LINER ARABIC
REVIVES OLD CONTROVERSY
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21. The semi
flicial announcement that a submarine
ank the Briti-h liner Arabic has caused
deep impression in official circle*. The
contention that the vessel was being used
as a transport is not entertained at Wash
ington. and it i* considered that the attack
was unwarranted. The state department
'.5 iiivesiigauii^.
ATTEMPTS MADE TO SINK
TWO FRENCH STEAMSHIPS
NEW YORK, Nov. 29.- Twenty unex
ploded bombs were found hidden in the hold
of the steamship Sarnia, which arrived at
Cherbourg, France. A sister ship, which
brings the report, herself mysteriously
caught fire in mid-ocean.
Hi GILL IS IN BAD AGAIN
SEATTLE, Nov. 20.—A mass meeting
of business men held here last night con
demned Mayor Gill's I. W. \\ policy, and
it was decided to form a standing law and
order committee. It is likely that recall
proceedings will be started against the
mayor. A demand was also made for the
calling of a grand jury.
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
PROBING ELECTION FRAUDS
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21—The Demo
crats are eager to investigate the Hughes
campaign fund. Election frauds already are
under investigation by the department of
justice.
COMPLEXION OF THE HOUSE
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20.—The Repub
licans have a lead of five in the member
ship of the house of representatives. The
Democrats hope that contests in some of
the districts may change the result.
INCREASES CAPITALIZATION
SEATTLE, Nov. 20.—Stockholders of
the Mother Lode Copper Mines Company
t- 3ve decided to increase the capitalization
f the comoany to $2,500,000. and to ex
pend a million dollars in improving the
fcroperty next year.
LONDON. Nov. 22. Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria die I
last night. He \va^ Sti years of ate, and 1 is reign extendi a f r
nearly C8 years, the i ngo.-t in history. He is succeeded by melt
duke Charles Francis, grandson of the emperor’s icc.on l brother
Archduke Charles Louis.
Francis Joseph I., emperor of Austria rod king of Hungary, v v
horn August 18, 1830, anti was proclaimed emperor oi Austria af"v
the abdication of his uncle, Ferdinand L, and the renunciation t.f
the crown by his father, on December 2. 1818. Ho was crowned
king of Hungary June 8, 1807. He married Elizabeth, daughter of
Duke Maximilian of Bavaria, in 1854. She was murdered by an
anarchist in Geneva in September, 1838. They hail three ehii Iren
Archduchess Cist la, wife of l-oopoll, son of Prince i.uitp Id of
Bavaria; Archduke Rudolf, late heir apparent, who is supposed
to have died a suicide as the result of an intrigue the detail- of
(rich have been carefully guarded, and of which many versions
ave been related; and Archduchess Marie Valerie, wife of Arch
ke Francois Salvator. The emperor's elde.-t brother was Arch
.uke Ferdinand (Maximilian), emperor of Mexico from 1854 to
1887, when he was shot at Queretaro. His widow, Marie Chariot'■.
survives him. Fhe has: been confined as a maniac for many year.-.
Archduke Francis Ferdinand, late heir presumptive, whose
murder, together with that of his wife, at Sarajevo, Bosnia, in
i!> 14. was the ostensible cause of the present war. was an uncle
of the new emperor.
A.
HASTY DECISION OF UNITED STATES JUDGE
SAYS ADAMSON LAV/ IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL
KANSAS CITY, Nov. 23. The Adamson eight-hour law h
been declared rnct nstilutii-nd by Judge Hook in the United Slat-,
district court here. The court made it plain, however, that the
ici-it n wa- a hasty one. It will now be taken to the supreme
court of the United States.
The heat's of the railways interested are uncertain as to what
ett this ruling will have, anti arc preparing to press other suits.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21. The presidents of the four railroad
rotherh.(otis held a private conference with President Wibin last
ght. Representative Adamson says that he has prepared other
supporting legislation to be introduced at the coming session of
a digress.
NEW YORK, Nov. 20.- The constitutionality of the eight -
our law is being tested in ten -uits filed here.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20. Labor and capital ire engag'd in
an open battle before the joint congressional comm.tlee on m'.i
i ate commerce which is investigating the conduct of luilroju
and other public service corporations, the tir-t s’ssmn of white
\a~ held here today. The heads of all the railroad brotherhood i
are pre.-ent and are determined to make a strong ami winiiina
fight for the betterment of working conditions. All concerned
have refused to discuss the meetings.
Ilans are being made to ru-h the hearings to a conclusion
". fore January 1. With this end in view the railroad attorneys
,e.-terday held conferences with the government officials.
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DIFFERENCES DEVELOP AT CONFERENCE
OF MEDIATION BOARD ON MEXICAN TROUBLES
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J, Nov. 22. At the meeting of the com
ab-i ii to mediate the differences between the United Mates and
Jexico today the first touch of excitement was given to the pro*
codings when Mexican Commissioner Cabreau became rattled
ml 1 tst his poise. He declared ihat Mexico would demand a free
iend in her own affairs. The position assumed by the United
Kites commissioners is that they are willing to agree to the with
'ravel of the American troops, but will in.-ist on the right being
•eserved to chase ridding bandits anywhere south of tlm border if
necessary.
Villa Flees to the Souih
EL PASO, Texas, Nov. 24.- -Villa has withdrawn his surviving
trees from Chihuahua City. Last night, after fruitless attempts
carry General Trevino’s protecting works by assault, he tied to
he south.
1 AREDO. Texas. Nov. 21 .-- Serious fighting between Carranza
reop« and bandit forces south of the City of Chihuahua is re
oorted. Tel. graphic communication between the scene of the bat
le end Chihuahua has been severed, and fear is expressed that
Americans have been killed. Four Parra! miners who have
leached safety cannot tell the fate of eight other members of the
narty.
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WORLD’S LARGEST VESSEL SUNK IN AEGEAN
WITH COMPARATIVELY SMALL LOSS OF LIFE
LONDON, Nov. 23. The hospital ship Britannic, with 1.200
atirnts on board, has been sunk'by a mine or torpedo in the
Aegean sea, with the loss of fifty lives. It was only owing to her
loseness to shore when hit that it was possible to rescue the ina
Virity of those on beard.
The Britannic was the largest vessel afloat. She was built by
he White Star company and taken over when completed by the
British admiralty.
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SUBMARINE MERCHANTMAN DEUTSCHLAND
BOLDLY LEAVES PORT WITH COLORS FLYING
NEW LONDON, Conn., Nov. 22.—The German submarine
merchantman Deutschland made a daylight race for the open sea
today with flags flying, bhe passed beyond the three-mile limit
without convoy.
Last Friday, while making a dash for sea, the Deutschland col
lided with the tug which was acting as escort, sinking her nrui
kill’ng the captain and five members of the crew. She returned
j to her pier to ascertain what damage she had sustained, which
was found to be trifling. Five libel suits have bent filed against
her.
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MAN SAID TO BE FROM THIS DISTRICT
JUMPS FROM STEAMER TO WATERY GRAVE
SEATTLE, Ncv. 20. Segard Jacobson, a well-known Nome
ntusher, committed suicide on November 14 by jumping over
board from the steamship Umatilla while en route from Nome to
Seattle, while the vessel was passing through the entrance of
Unimak pass. Domestic trouble was given as the cause. He was
known to have had money to the amount of $800 on his person
at the time.
A later dispatch said that Jacobson was a miner of Flat creek,
this district, but apparently this is an error or else there has been
a confusion of names, as no man of that name appears to be
known here.
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RETURNS VERIFIED IN CALIFORNIA ELECTION
AND HUGHES CONGRATULATES PRESIDENT
NEW YORK, Nov. 23.—Chairman Wilcox of the Republican
national committee now admits that the California returns insure
the electoral vote of that state for Wilson. It appears that the
returns from two counties which showed Democratic majorities
had been withheld, because of errors.
LAKEWOOD, N. J., Nov. 23.—Charles E. Hughes last night
sent a telegram of congratulation to President Wilson upon his
re-election.
MINNEAPOLIS, Nov. 23.—Complete official election returns
for the state of Minnesota give Hughes 179,553 and W:J oa
179,157.