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LABOR UNION IS
HU ran HARD
6upreme Court Sustains Decision of
Lower Courts Regarding Boy
cott Damages.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.—The Un
ited States Supreme Court today
handed down a decision sustaining the
decision of the lower courts by which
judgment for $230,000 was obtained
against the Danbury Hatters Union
and its officers. Thirty defendants
have died since the liMgation started
ten years ago and the case has drag
ged through the courts slowly.
The funds of the union were at
tached at the time of the original suit,
later appeal bonds were furnished and
it is expected the judgment will be
paid shortly as far as it is possi
ble to be collected.
The litigation started out of a boy
cott organized by the members of the
Hatters’ Union, who struck for higher
wages, declaring that they were not
paid a living wage, while the owners
of tht manufacturing plants were
making several hundred per cent pro
fit and were declaring regular month
ly dividends The boycott was suc
cessful in that it soon destroyed the
business of the companies, who sued
to recover damage, claiming that the
boycott was illegal and they received
damages amounting to $230,000.
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TIMED LOOSE
Governor Lester Pardons Former Po
lice Grafter, Now Serving
Term at Walla Walla.
OLYMPIA, Wash., Dec. 20.—Gov
ernor Lester, of this state, today par
doned former Chief of Police Wap
penst in, who is now serving time
at Walla Walla for grafting upon the
women and men of the underworld
while, at, the head of the police de
partment of Seattle..
Wappenst^in is, now. 62 years old
and in granting the pardon thg gov
ernor stated that the age of the pris
oner and his good conduct, whfle in
pr; on, his desire to spend the few
remaining years of his Pfe upon his
farm, caused hint to grant the re
lease.
The pardon was granted w-ith the
provision that Wappenstein must re
side upon his farm and never again
enter police work.
FRISCO GETS THE
HEIGH HETCHt
Long Fight Ends When President
Signs Bill—Fine Water for
San Francisco.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.—In spite
of the protest of many conservation
societies and ipony senators and con
gressman, President Wilson today
signed the Hetch Hetchy bill, giving
to San Francisco the authority to
construct a dam Jit yitytr Yoseftdte
tional Park and thus provide a nat
ural water supply for the city. ..
The improvements are to cost many
millions of dollars and will provide
the city with the finest clear moun
tain water obtainable, which will ble
piped to the city for distribution.
Gus Johnson returned to Valdez
yesterday.
Collapse of Huerta Dictatorship Expected Any Minute—Due to His Inability to
Pay His Troops—Foreigners Resent Wilson’s Policy Toward Huerta—
Women ahd Children Sent to Coast.
MEXICO CITY, Dec 20.—General
Jose Ynez Salazar, who was one of
the generals of the federal army
which deserted Chihuahua upon the
approach of the rebel army under
General Villa, has started a new re
b llion against the powers in con
trol of the ^administration and he
hopes to secure enough followers so
that when the Huerta regime falls to
pieces he can place himself at the
head of the Mexican government.
Huerta’s downfall is only a matter
of a few days, as his inability to pay
the troops, along with the rebel suc
cesses in the north have made his po
sition untenable.
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The greatest fears are felt in this
city by fcneigners and well to do
Mexicans, who expect that the falling
of Huerta will be followed by a reign
of terror which will pail the scenes
enacted in the French revolution.
Thousands of w’omen and children
have left for Vera Cruz, where they
will be able to secure protection from
the foreign warsh'ps in the horbor.
Many wealthy Mexicans have also fled
from the city to Vera Cruz, expect
ing that some small force of rebels
will cut the railway communication
with the coast.
All the foreign residents remain
ing in the city have been notified to
immediately start for the ambassy of
the French and German ambassadors, ■
where preparations have been made
for protection and machine guns have i
been mounted sweeping the streets.
No confidence is felt In the assurances
of General Villa that non-combatants
will be protected. As second in com
mand to General Cafranza, recognized
as the revolutionary provisional pres
ident, he will have great authority.
As an ex-badit sought for twenty
years, while Diaz was president, he
entered the fight with Madero, later
fleeing to America, and entered the
present revolution four months ago
with a borrowed revolver as his on
ly capital.
The railroads operated by the fed
sral government are almost crippled
)y lack of fuel oil, which the rebels
lave ordered the manufacturers not
.o furnish under penalty of having
heir plants destroyed.
Much bitterness is felt here by
\mericans at the Wilson administra
don for its failure to aid Huerta in
istablishing peace in Mexico. It is
’reely stated that no matter what
Huerta has done to Mexicans he has
’orced the people to protect foreign
iroperty and therefore fulfilled in
ernational obligations and had he
ieen able to secure the funds to pay
lis soldiers the present crisis could
lever have arisen.
STOLE GOAL M
’FRISCO PEOPLE
Secretary of Western Fuel Company
Admits on Stand Company
Stole 2,700 Tons.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 20.—Sec
retary Norcross, of the Western Fuel
company, was a witness today in the
cases the government has brought
against the officers and directors of
the company for fraud in that they
underweighed the imports of coal.
Norcross reluctantly admitted under
oath that the company had sold 2,700
more tons of coal than they had pur
chased, but he stated that it had been
sold not by underweighing imports,
but by underweighing sales made in
the city from the company yards.
The testimony of Norcross wept to
show that the people of San Fran
cisco have been consistently robbed
by the Western Fuel company for the
past many years.
Attorneys for the government are
w;ell satisfied with the testimony so
far given by the Witnesses for the j
state and are confident that all of the |
men involved w:ll be convicted.
Sherman Law in States.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 20.—The ad
visability of congress giving State
courts by statute jurisdiction to en
force the Sherman anti-trust law by
issuing injunctions and by awarding
■ damages may be considered at the
i present session of congress, together
with other trust legislation. This
question came before the supreme
j court in the book publishers’ case,
originating in the New York state
! courts, Justice Day did not deal with
| the state jurisdiction phase in his
i oral statement from the bench, and
| his written opinion in the case, made
j public, yesterday, shows that the court
'left the question open, merely decid
ing that the copyright laws did not
validate an agreement of pupblishers
and booksellers not to sell copyright^
ed books to cut rate booksellers. Legi
slation to remove all doubt on thO
question was talked of at the capitol
today.
Catholic Church.
Sunday services:
Confession and holy communion,
8:8Q>a. S*. j.%.: ...i,..;
Mass, and sermon, '10:30 a. m.
Sunday school, 2:00 p. ni.
Rosary, .instruction and benediction,
7:30 p. m.
FATHER WM. SHEPHERD, S. J.
Harv y’s Toggery are closing out
their complete line of dry goods-and
ladies’ furnishings. Now Is the time
to get real bargains. tf
are awm
Assets Worth Little and Liabilities
Two Millions—Have Been in
Much Litigation.
NEW YORK, Dec. 20.—Petitions
in bankruptcy were tiled today by F.
Augustus Heinze and his brother, the
banker, showing that they have as
sets of the value of but a few dol
lars, while their liabilities are reg
istered at more than $2,000,000.
Heinze was crowded to the wall in
the 1907 panic, when he tried to. cor-t
ner the copper market. He failed and
the securities he had pledged were
sold by the banks in many cases at
a small part of their real value. Lat
er he sued the banks and recovered a
large amount of damage and also
some stock from h's enemies and still
has many suits pending against bank
ers, whom he ascuses of having tried
to ruin him, but is now out of funds
and forced to go into bankruptcy.
Draws Line at American Immigra
tion—Also Keeping Out All
Japs and Hindus.
VANCOUVER, B. C„ Dec. 20.—The
British Columbia immigrant authori
ties have issued orders to border in
spectors to keep all American immi
grants from entering the country, al
so to strictly enforce the laws against
Asiatics and Hindus, who are flocking
to the province in large , numbers, and
driving out the Canadians from well
paid jobs.
The officials of the province do not
expect any trouble with the Ameri
can authorities regarding the exclu
sion of Americans who wish to try
their luck in Canada, . .* *
* Cardinal to Vary ill.
ROME. Oec. .20,—Cardinal Morti
nelti, of the College of Cardinals, of
the Roman Catholic church, is very
ill and attending, physicians are fear
ful that be is near, hia,end. The car
dinal is very old and it is not exr
pected that he will, recover from hi$
present Illness. Prayets have been
qaid for the sick' churchman.
ON TOE STAGE
Women Flee From Sight—Police Fi
nally Overpower and Arrest
Crazy Man.
BERLIN, Dec. 20.-A raving male
maniac jumped upon the stage at
the opera house here l»»t night dur
ing the performance of the opera Lo
hengrin and, stripped stark naked, he
tried to lead the orchestra and direct
the play.
The house was immediately in an
uproar, women covering their eyes
with their hands to keep from view
ing the crazy man, some ran from the
building crying, while the attendants
of the theatre and the police tried to
capture the lunatic. He fought for
some time before being overpowered,
when he was wrapped in a blanket
and taken to the police station, where
he is under the care of physicians
and an examination being made as
to his sanity.
TO POOR MINERS
Pass a Law Exempting Dam Creek
Miners From Doing 1913 Annual
Assessment Work.
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 20—The Sen
ate yesterday passed the bill excusing
the miners located on Dam creek from
doing annual assessment work for
the year 1913. The senators were in
formed that the operators were all
poor prospectors and that the floods
of the past year had. prevented them
from doing the necessary work re
quired by law.
'We are unable to locate the Dam
creek referred to ih the above dis
patch, it may possibly be Dan creek
Ih this 'bfiziha district but up tt> the
present, nothing has been heard of
any floods In that section the past
season.
■ Robert. Taft Become* Lawyer.
...COLUMBUS, (h, Biee 20.—Robert
Taft,i son of ex-Preaident William H.
Taft, was admitted to the bar here
today after successfully passing an
examination by the state regents.
We have cigars In Christmas pack
ages. Valdez Drug Store.
Made $3,840,000 the Past Year, Says
Annual Report of Postmas
ter General.
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 20—The Posi- j
office department is reported to have |
earned $3,840,000 the past year, ac |
cording to the statements issued to- !
day by Postmaster General Burleson. I
The parcels posi lias been a great j
money maker in spite of the heavy ■
expense to which the department has ;
been placed to inaugurate the sys j
tern.
The postmaster general, in his an
nual report, advocates the operation
of telegraph and telephone lines by
the department, thus controlling all
means of communication excepting
the wireless.
The campaign for government own
ership has started and while it is
expected that the stock owners of the
Postal, Western Union and Bell sys
tems will make a bard tight against
the government running a rival sys
tem, yet it is expected that eventu
ally the department will be authoriz
ed to go ahead with the work.
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5>wims intrty Miles in canal.
WASHINGTON.—Secretary Daniels j
idea of making the voyage through !
the Panama canal in one of the navy j
submarines has been outdone by Al- I
fred Brown, a professional swimmer,
who, according to a report to (he ;
canal commission’s office here, swam ;
on successive days thirty of the forty I
miles length of the canal prism.
His first attempt began at Gatun i
locks, and he swam through the ca- i
nul channel to a point a mile from j
Balboa, where the weeds impeded his j
movements so much that he came out:
of the. water. He made a distance of |
22 miles in that day's swimming, hav- i
ing started at 5:20 in the morning and
ended his efforts at 6:15 in the even- ,
ing. He would have continued his i
progress the next day, but the canal ■
authorities objected to his swimming i
through Culebra cut, and., he waited ;
another day. and . then started north j
of the Cuxarapha, slide. This time he i
mtfde something over eight: .miles,:
passing through Pedro Miguel lock j
and Mlraflores lock. - The total dis- j
tance of apprdxlhit.tely thirty mites j
Brown \ W ‘titJbrs arid 36 .
minutes <Jf swimming.
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, To Our, Patrons.
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NOthingi.will be reaeived later than 1
Wednesday noon tor delivery Christ
mas week, owing to the fact that ev- j
eryone cOnriected 'with the Independ- <
ent Steam LaunUt-y wlli be very busy !
Christmas day. Rou^h dry as usual, j
. HARRY E. F. KING.
HEMS ARE BLAMED
HIGH COST CUTS
Congressman Mann Sure That It la
Their Fault—His Heart Bleeds
for Labor.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.—Republl
lan Floor Leader Mann today made
in attack upon the Democratic ad
ministration and the policies now be
ing carried out by the Democrats.
Mann claimed in his address that the
people were starving in the country
because of the hard times brought
About by the Democratic policies.
The dissatisfied workingmen of the
jountry are forced to strike in an un
successful effort to better their con
dition.
"Tlie promised drop in the cost of
living, predicted by the Democrats
when the Underwood tariff was pass
ed. has failed to materialize and- in
its place have come the h'ghest prices
ever recorded for food stuffs. Labor
is poorer paid and factories are clos
ing or running on half time,” declared
the Republican congressman, and he
predicted that the worst was yet to
come. ,»«(
Democratic members of congress
will reply to the attack late today or
Monday and promise to show where
Congressman Mann is off on his fig
ures regarding the prices paid for
food and also the statements regard
ing the workingmen anti labor con
ditions.
PARCELS POST
Burleson Wants Million for New
Branch of His Department—
Force Too Small.
W ASHINGTON. Dec. 20.—Postmas
ter General Burleson today asked con -
gress for an extra appropriation of
$1,000,000 to carry the parcels post,
now held in the postoffices, all over
the United States, because of the in
ability of the postal authorities to
handle the heavy shipments of ex
press matter.
The $1,000,000 is expected to last
until July 1st, when the regular ap
propriation will become effective. The
postmaster general urges prompt ac
tion upon his request or else many
perishables will not reach their desti
nation until too late to be service
able. The money will mostly be spent
hiring extra help.
It is expected that the congress will
immediately pass the bill, to become
effective immediately.
HI GILL MAY
RUN FOR MAYOR
Is Undecided But Many Business Men
Are Anxious to Have Him
Make the Run.
SEAHTUS, Dec, 2(1.—Former Mayor
Hi Gill; who waa recalled by the vot
ers of this city because of bis at
titude towards'the closing up. of the
town, is considering) whether to rdn
again tor the thayo.nny or not. The
business men of t!* city are anxious
td have an administration that wiU
keep: outward order-and decency but
will not be - too strict in the admin
istration of laws governing the vice
district -Mi ' ■ • • •
Mayor .Cotterlli will .not be a can
didate for re-election.
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