VOL. 10.
BIG VOTE FOR MONEY ORE:
54 FOR; 34 AGAINST MEASURE
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PRESIDENT GREATLY PLEASED AT OUTCOME OF FIGHT—DEMO- j
CRATS IN ALL PARTS OF COUNTRY WILL HAVE BIG CELEBRA
TION WHEN ACT SIGNED—MANN PREDICTS RUIN.
WASHINGTON, Dec. .22.—'The vote
in the Senate Saturday, when the cur
rency bill passed, was 54 for and 34
against the measure. The Republi
cans quit all opposition to the meas
ure, allowing the majority party to
pass it.
Immediately after its passage the
bill was sent to the House for recon
sideration because of the number of
changes made by the Senate in the
Glass-Owen bill, passed by the House
at the special session. The Senate
measure was defeated by a vote of
294 against concurrence, to 59 for the
Senate bill, and the conference com
mittee was immediately named to
meet with a committee for the Sen
ate and adjust the difference between
the House and Senate measures.
The conference committee may re
port today or the bill may be in con
ference for many days.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.—President
Wilson is greatly pleased at the pass
age of the currency bill by the Sen
ate. It is considered a great victory
for the administration to have over
come the opposition within the party
to the measure. The president has
stated that it is one more pledge
made the people by the Baltimore
convention which has been fulfilled.
The president will remain in this city
until he has signed the bill and will
then leave for Mississippi to spend the
Christmas holidays.
CHICAGO. Dec. 22.—Preparations
are being made in this city to cele
brate 'he signing of the currency bill.
The Democratic organizations of this
and other cities, are jubilant at the
passage by the Senate of the meas- j
tire long before its passage was antic- j
ipated j
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.—The He- !
publican members of congress pre- j
diet that the currency bill will be the
I means of defeating the Democratic I
: party, as it cannot but result in the ;
ruin of the finances of the United
States. Floor Leader Mann, of the
minority party, predicts that more
than half the banks of the country j
now operating under national chart- j
ers will surrender tl em and take out !
state charters in order to avoid the j
j restrictions placed upon banks by the j
; new measure, which are such as to
! prevent banks operating at a profit. j
CHRISTMAS GIFTS
GO UP IN SMOKE
Express Car With $80,000 Worth of
Gifts Takes Fire and Messen
senger Has Hard Fight.
NEW LONDON, Conn., Dec. 22.—
An express car of the New York, New
Haven A Hartford fast mail train
caught lire while en route to this city
and the express messenger was forced
to cling to the car for many miles
while the blazing flames swept over
his head.
Unable to make the engineer un
derstand his plight the messenger
fought to extinguish the flames and
failing in that was forced to take his
choice of roasting to death in the car,
jumping to almost certain death from
the train, which was traveling at the
rate of 60 miles an hour, or to swing
below the floor of the car and hang
on until this station was reached. He
chose the latter method of saving his
life and was almost exhausted when
the train stopped here.
The flames were extinguished by
the local fire department, who were
called. The loss is stated by the ex
press company to be at least $80,000,
as much Christmas express for all
parts of New England was on the car,
which was a total loss.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 —The tight
being made against the Bel! Tele
phone company by the government
has been compromised by tile govern
ment and the company officials have
agreed to follow certain rules'tor their
conduct laid down by the attorney
general. The suit for dissolution has
been withdrawn.
Under the agreement with the gov
ernment the Bell company have'
agreed to sell all their holdings in
the Western Union and Postal lines
and have further agreed to give all
companies the use of toll lines at a
reasonable charge.
MANY JAPS STARVE;
ARE SHORT ON RICE i
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TOKIO, Japan, Dec. 22.—The re
I ports received by the government
from the northeast province of Japan
indicate that thousands of people are
starving because of the failure of the
, rice crops. The government is tak
ing measures to relieve the distress.
STOLE DOT! ON
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Books Show Systematic Method of
Beating the Government, Also
Beat the Coal Buyers.
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; SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 22.—Testi
j mony taken today in the case of the
I government against the Western Fuel
i company officials showed that the
I company received 20.000 more tons
, of coal in the past six years than the
, custom house reports made by the
company would indicate and that
i therefore the government was de
frauded out of the custom duties on
that number of tons.
The case will require another week
i to try, as the government have not
I completed their case. The books of
J the company, which .were seized by
j secret service men, are being tntro
: ferences between the amount of coat j
I duced against the men and the dif
| ferences between the amount of coal
| received and the amount upon which
I duty was paid can be readily shown,
j The books also revealed the fact that
j tne fuel company short-weighted all
i their customers in San Francisco
Clear Records McNamara Case.
! LOS ANGELES. Dec. 22.—The dis
trict attorney today formally made
the motions necessary to clear the
j court records to show the release of
i Ortie McManigal and the dismissal of
',the indictments s^ljtl hanging over the
l.hen.ds of the McNamara brothers, the
j two dynamiters serving terms in San !
| Quentin'' for blowing up The Times ]
building.
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The pretty fur sets for children now ;
on display by Mrs. Winter will make 1
splendid Christmas gifts. Call and ,
see them. "'j.
Crew Escaped to Shore, But Tons and
Tons of Mail Went Down
With the Vessel.
VICTORIA, a C., Dec. 22.—The
steamer Jeanie is a total loss, the re
port having reached this city today
from the scene of the wreck in Queen
Charlotte Sound. The vessel went
aground during a heavy fog, her po
sition being so exposed that the crew
immediately abandoned ‘he ship and
sought safety on the shore.
The Jeanie has a large consignment
of mail and its loss will bring sor
row to many children of the north.
Katalla. mail for the past thirty days
was on the ship, also the Christmas
turkeys and other goodies, and the
oil city inhabitants will have to de
pend upon dried salmon and bear
steaks for Christmas.
Senator Millard had a large ship
ment of supplies for his Fort Wells
property, which have been lost, but
being insured, th' older has been or
dered duplicated.
Kodiak will also suffer, as much
freight and mail for the w stward
town was on the steamer.
If the vessel is in shallow water
the postotfice authorities may send
divers to the ship to recover the mail.
The report received at Victoria
states that no lives have been lost,
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RAILROAD HI
SOON BE PASSED
Shares With Suffrage Amendment,
the Right of Way in the
Senate.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.—Now that
the currency bill has been disposed of
the Alaska railroad bill and the suf
frage amendment will receive the at
tention of the Senate until finally dis
posed of. The Alaska bill' is called
up at 2 o’clock’ every day for con
sideration and it is expected will be
disposed of in a few weeks. The
prospect of the passage of the bill is
very bright.
Senators Chamberlain and Pittman
are determined the bill shall not be
sidetracked for any other measure.
Senator Jones still insists upon the
passage of his bill, while Senator
Poindexter is certain that his meas
ure is the best for Alaska, as it pro
vides for government construction and
operat ion not onjy of the railroad, but
also of a steamship line, and provides
for the min!ng of the coal by the
government.
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RENO, Dec. 22.—The colony of di
vorcees in this city plan a great cele
bration on New Year’s eve, when thei
now law goes into effect providing a
longer term of residence to obtain cit
izenship in tl\e state. The new law
will prevent the flocking to this place
of those who wish to sever their mar
ital ties. The last night of the ol(\
law will be properly celebrated by!
those already here and not effected by
3e law and also the divorcees still
siding Vn 'the city. ” v
Orpheum Tonight.
Gaumoijit .JVeekly of events.
Some Pools There ,Were, comedy.
Jennie’s Pearls, Keystone comedy.
Chief of Police’s Predicament, Key
stone comedy.
Change of program tomorrow even
ing.
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Police Report 4O,Q0O Men Out of Work
Who Are Willing and Anxious to
Earn a Living.
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LOS ANGELES, Dec. 22 —The po
lice have just completed a canvas of
the idle people of this city and they
report that 40,000 men are out-of work
in this city alone and that many of
them are suffering for food.
Conditions among the poor are
worse than at any time in the past
twenty years. Industrious men and
women are walking the streets hitt
ing for work, while children are hun
gry. The mayor ifi expected to ap
peal to the wealthy for funds to aid
the sick and starving and also to pro
vide work for those who will work,
but cannot tind employment.
The investigators also state that a
similar condition exists in many Cal
ifornia cities.
Turkey Raiser Passes Away.
WESTERLY, R. I.. Dec. 22.—Hor
ace Vose, the rancher who has sup
plied turkeys to the president each
year since General Grant was inaug
urated, died here today at a ripe old
age. Vose has selected the turkey
for President Wilson’s Christmas din
ner and it was being fattened up
on the best turkey food obtainable.
The turkey will be sent to the pres
ident by his son.
Sunday Papers in Seattle Give Much
Space to Valdez Freighter’s
Statements.
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SEATTLE. Dee. 22.—The Sunday
papers issued here yesterday all gave
considerable space to the interview
with ‘Robert McIntosh, the Valdez
freighter, now in this city boosting
the Valdez route to the Nelchina
country. McIntosh is doing good pub
licity work for Valdez and offers to
take freight shipments and deliver
them in the Nelchina country via the
Valdez route quicker than they can be
sent in by any oth r route and cheap
er.
McIntosh has caused considerable
interest in the Nelchina and his state
ments and guarantee will be sure to
result in starting many for the new
diggings via Valdez and the govern -
ment road to the interior.
Indications are that a large num
ber of stampeders will leave this city
for the north shortly after the holi
days.
SEATTLE, Dec. 22.—Thirty special
police were sworn in last Saturday
to aid the regular police in main
taining order anil guard wagons dur
ing the strike of the teamsters now
on in this city. The men threaten
considerable violence against the
strikebreakers who have taken their
.places and the police in'the down
town section have'been 'increased arid
special guards will ride on the wag
ons with the new drivers!
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Judge Lindsay Marries,
CHICAGO, Dec.. 22.—Judge .Ben
Lindsay, the Denver juvenile jurist,
was married here today to Miss Hen
rietta Brevort of this' city. ’ *fhe bride
is of a wealth# Chicago falinfiy.
>) IV ••$*'1 i i1"
Masquerade costumes made to or
der for the New Year’s ball. See Mrs.
Gunther, in the Krau building. tf
GENERAL CARRANZA DEAD;
CONDITIONS DAD IN MEXICO
REPORT OF REBEL LEADER’S DEATH COMES FROM MEXICO CITY
NORTHERN MEXICAN STATES ARE LAID WASTE BY REBELS
AND BANDITS—RUN ON BANKS STILL CONTINUE.
MEXICO CITY, Dec. 22—The rebels
are retreating from the Tampico sec
tion after the terrible defeat of last
week and ,tbe federal army is sell in
pursuit, killing all the prisoners who
fall Into their hands. The war of
r hellion has now turned into a war
of extermination, each side killing all
the officers and men captured, ex
cepting the men who enlist in the
army of the victor.
The runs upon the banks in this
city still continue, people withdraw
ing their money and hiding it or tak
ing it with them to Vera Cruz. Every
train leaving the capital for the coast
is crowded with women and children
of prominent Mexicans who are send
ing their families out. A few Mexi
cans are determined to remain here.
| but many are fleeing.
All the legations are prepared for
I the street fighting which is expected
when the Huerta provisional govern
ment falls.
The cabinet contemplates the con
fiscation of all property of Mexicans,
who are unfriendly to the present
government. The reports received
from the northern states of Mexico
indicate that the once prosperous
states are now almost a desert waste,
the mining companies having ceased
operations because of the failure of
the railroads to provide transporta
tion. The rebels have burned all the
ranch houses of those in opposition to
the Carranza government, the cities
have been laid waste by the bom
bardments, the flel's have not been
tilled and stock has been slaughtered
or run across the line and sold to
Americans by the rebel bandits.
A report reached here today that
General Carranza had been killed, but
no verification of the report can be
received. It is believed that much
friction exists between General Villa
and General Carranza, who is pro -
visional president of the constitution
alists, and therefore in command of
the army of rebels in the north.
MAGTORENA, Sonora, Dec. 22.
Five hundred Mexican deserters from
the federal army arrived at this city
today and they report that the feder
al forces in northern Mexico are scat
tered from one end of the country
to the other, most of them turning
bandits and preying upon the count
try, killing and stealing when they
can and fleeing from any large force.
The state of Sonora 's being overrun
by bands of bandits calling them
selves rebels.
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STRIKE IS SETTLED
ON SOUTHERN PACIFIC
| HOUSTON, Texas, Dec. 22.—The :
j officials of the Southern Pacific rail- |
| road and the committee representing!
I the striking trainmen, have finally
i come to a settlement of their dif
i Terences. The new sca'e of wages will
j be retroactive, dating from the time
! he men went back to work.
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Result Count Dakowy Nokraz Mur
ders His. Wife and Her Nephew,
Whom He Found in His Bed.
GRAETZ, Germany. Dee. 22.—Count
Dakowy Nokraz murdered his wife
and her nephew here last night when
he s-U'ideti'y i Plumed and found them
in b-d togetit r. IV.e count is nearly
seventy years old and his wife was
only twenty-live.
The count’s servants had told Count
r Nokraz of the meeting of the countess
i and her nephew and of the many
! nights the two were together while
he made trips in the woods hunting
or was called to Berlin on official
business.
Telling his wife that he would be
gone’ for several days, he returned
when not expected and upon enter
ing his wife’s room found the two in
bed and immediately shot both the
wife and her paramour to death. It
is not expected that the count will
ever be brought to trial for his crime.
CHURCH AND SISTER
‘ OIVlpEBIG ESTATE
pOMjB, pec. 22—The,estate of Car
dinal Rampolla h?B been valued at:
jfdSS.OOO. .tjnijer the twill left by the
dead churchman $$$,000 of his estate
is to be given to his sister, his jew
elry, worth *$0,000, is bequeathed' to
tho church. A valet who has boe.t
in attendance upon the cardinal for
many years, is" remembered with a
gift of $600, while the balance of the
estate w(p be required to pay qfT a
few debts.
Harv y'fi Toggery gre etosing out
(heir complete line qf dry goqds and
ladles1 ^ral^hings. 'Now is (jhe time
to get real bargains. tt
HI PEST HOUSE
Fight Fire With Bucket Brigade and
Save Forty Patients Suffering
With Contagious Diseases.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 22.—Nine
nurses in attendance upon patients in
the local pest house, where people
suffering with contagious diseases are
treated, saved the lives of forty pa
tients when a fire started in the hos
pital. A bucket brigade was organ
ized and in spite of the dense smoke
and intense heat they remained at
the work until the flames were con
quered.
Had the nurses attempted to re
move the patients instead of trying
to conquer the flames it is almost cer
tain that only a few would have been
saved, as the shortage of help would
have prevented the rescue of all.
Forty Hurt in Texas Wreck.
EL PASO. Dec. 22.—Forty persons
were injured near here last night
when the fast train on the Texas-Pa
cific road was ditched and wrecked.
Those who were unhurt immediately
rescued the imprisoned passengers
and a special train left here with
doctors and nurses to aid those in
jured.
JAIL PICE
MULHEIK, Germany, Dec. 22.—
August Thyssen, the spendthrift son
of a local merchant, and heir to an
estate worth many millions, was sen
tenced today’to serve' one month in
the local jail for libeling a director
of one Of th"e firms' in which his fath
er was interested. The young blood '
tried to force the director to advance
him money belonging to his father
and upon being refused made some
nasty statements, which he was un
able to substantiate in court, andwaB
sent to the bastile to reflect upon
the error of his ways!
If you want all the news all the
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