NEW EM
Mexican Congress Declares October
Election Null and Void—New
Election in July.
MEXICO CITY. Dec. 11.—The Mex
ican congress, in session here yester
day, passed a resolution that the elec
tion of October 26th was null and
void and that a new election be held
some Sunday in July.
The action of congress had been
expected, as under the constitution
Provisional President Huerta is not
eligible to re-election and it has been
expected that he will prevent the
election of a successor as long as pos
sible, thus remaining in power. Gen
eral Huerta has promised the diplo
matic representative of foreign gov
ernments that he will make no effort
to be re-elected and that his only de
sire is to establish peace in the re
public, after which he will willingly
lay down the reins of government.
Every preparation is being made
here to resist the constitutionalists
advance south, the majority of the
people preferring the rule of Huerta
to any rule by General Villa, who is
considered the most blood thirsty reb
el in Mexico, and car worse than any
bandit.
'Foreign residents of the city are
strongly in favor of the Huerta gov
ernment, claiming that where the fed
eral troops are in control fore!gn res
idents and property has been well pro
tected. but that as soon as the rebel
forces reach the scene the foreign
ers are forced to flee.
Frank Manley and Jack Price Pay
$500,000 for Thirteen Claims,
$40,000 in Cash.
SEATTLE, Dec. 11.—Frank Manley,
bis brother-in-law, Jack Price, and
their associates, have secured an op
tion on thirteen claims in the Chisana
district. The purchase price is $500,
000 and a cash payment of $40,000 was
made to the owners.
The new owners intend to send in
a large outfit this winter to prospect
1 he ground and will spend a hundred
thousand dollars in development work
in the district. Manley and Price have
had several experts in the district
since it was first discovered and are
confident that they will take con
siderable money out of the claims they
have bonded.
M’lNTQSH TEAMS
ON THE SUMMIT
Robert McIntosh, the freighter, re
ceived a message from Paddie Mar
shall, his foreman, who is now on
the summjt with' it number of horses,
stating that the heavy fall of snow
had made travel slow but that the
outfit was breaking the trail over the
summit and Votild reach there some
time today. The"trall from Wort mans
to the summit is well broken. Mar
shall expects to reach'Valdez some
tline tomorrow, as the road from tciWn
to Wortmans is also in good condi
tion, a well beaten road haVlng been
made by the freighters.
E. P. Meiss left today on the North
western, taking the .body of'- hla
daughter, Edwlna, who died last
spring. The body will he "buried in
the family plot in the San Francisco
cemetery. Mr. Meiss will return in
six weeks to Valdez.
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LEAVE CANADA
British Columbia Cabinet Passes Res
olution Excluding Them From
the Province.
OTTAWA, Canada, Dec. 11—The
cabinet' of British Columbia today
passed a resolution to bar all Hindus
from the province, as they are be
coming so numerous and are accus
tomed to work for such a small wage,
that as a result of their competition
the white laborers of the province are
being forced out of employment and
driven from the coast cities.
Much friction has been caused be
tween the Canadians and the English
government because of the barring
of the Hindus, who are English sub
jects, and are therefore allowed to go
any place in the British empire.
It is possible that the English gov
ernment will prevent the'carrying out
of the exclusion of Hindus from Brit
ish Columbia.
Had Looted St. Louis and San Fran
cisco Railroad Out of Millions
While Directors of Line.
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' ST. LOUIS, Dec. 11.—Receivers
Beddle and Dixon, of the St. Louis
land San Francisco railroad, were forc
j ed to resign ,$dSay under charges
brought by the German stock and
bond holders of the road, which is
now in the hands of the district court
j in bankruptcy proceedings.
! The Germans claim that they pur
chased $4,000,000 worth of stock in
the road, which the officers of the
line, headed by Receivers Beddie and
Dixon, who were on the board of di
rectors, had immediately used to pur
chase small branch lines owned by
themselves, which they sold to the
company at an exorbitant price and
pocketed the money. Ten days after
the $4,000,000 had been paid the com
pany was in the hands of the receiv
ers, who were former officers of the
road, and had aided in the financial
| wrecking.
| Civil suits are pending against all
| the directors to recover the money
individually from them. The German
government has also made diplomatic
representations to the American de
partment of tit ate and has asked for
criminal prosecutions of the direct
ors if it can be shown that they have
violated the law.
j WATER LOGGED SCHOONER
ADRIFT IN THE PACIFIC
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i VICTORIA, Dec. 11.—The schoon
jer Aloha, which was abandoned by
j her crew off the coast of Victoria
j several weeks ago, is reported to be
| drifting northward and westward with
! the Japanese current. Mariners have
; been wanted to lookout for the ves
;sel. which is water-logged.
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Commends Rats as Food.
Now that we have three Chinese
restaurants ip the West end London
ers ought to be able to enjoy the
i pleasure of feeding off rats, which
' form a favored dish in China, says the
.London Chronicle. Spjit open, dried,
j pressed and powdered with a finely
ground white bark they look some
what like haddocks as they hang in
long strings over butchers’ stalls. Dr.
Arthur rtStntdtfng. #ho shafted Prank
! Buckland’s copopol'tan tastes in fd&i,
| once declared that “rats would bepot
\ only wholesome, but very, nice If
properly prepared. Admiral Beaufort
and other Arctic explorers speak high
ly-of rats as a welcome addition to
; their supply of food.”
Mrs. S-. A. Hemple left on today’s
steamer for a trip'to the states. '
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Members of the House So Report to
Congress—Labor Lobby is
Legitimate.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 11.—The spe
cial commitee appointed by the lower
House ak the special session of con
gress to investigate the reports that
lobbyists in Washington were active
and were influencing the members of
congress today reported that they had
found the lobby organized and main
tained by the large manufacturing in
terests of the country. They recom
mended that legislation be passed to
prevent lobbying and to make it a
crime.
The committee also found that the
labor organizations of the country
maintained a large lobby at Washing
ton to protect their interests, but that
labor was justified in doing so and
(hat such a lobby was not criminal.
The committee found that the Na
tional Association of Manufacturers
spent thousands of dollars each
month in the effort to prevent hostile
legislation and to block labor legis
lation. Congressmen who were obedi
ent to the association were aided in
securing re-election, their congression
al campaigns were financed by the
association; manufacturers forced the
men in their employ to vote for the
candidate, while those opposed were
beaten if the efforts of the agents of
the association could accomplish that
end.
GOT THE DOUGH
j Boss Murphy’s Relation Split $13,000
I With Tammany Leader—Af
ter Murphy.
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NEW YORK, Dee. 11.—In the testi
mony here yesterday before Magis
trate McAdoo, who is hearing the pre
liminary evidence in the graft eases,
a number it witnesses testified thav
Gaffney, a. brother-in-law of Boss
Charles Murphy, and Jack Carroll, a
Tammany politician, had split a col
lection of $11,000 made from a con
tractor working on state buildings.
This is the first testimony leading
directly to Murphy’s family, every ef
fort of District Attorney Whitman to
secure evidence against Murphy hay
ing failed. As a result of the testi
mony before Magistrate McAdoo it
is predicted that a number of new in
dictments will be brought against
Tammany politicians.
John Hennessey claims that he has
evidence enough to send many Tam
many politicians and their associates
from up-state districts to Sing Sing,
where they belong.
And He Walked.
It happened on a three-cent car line.
The car was crowded. A man' got on,
evidently a foreigner. He bought a
quarter’s worth of tickets (eight).
The conductor took one and handed
hfm the other?. When the conductor
came around' for fares' a&ain, the man
gave him ajiother. After A little,' an
other call and another ticket, until
they were all gone. “Py hitnmel,1’
said the man, "I puy no more tick
ets. I valk:” And he got off and
walked.
Notice..
No ladies’' night' will be given at
th».^jj.kum Cjpb^m|aturdayr
Deputy Marshr 1 ^1. Spllivan left for
the outside tofjay on the Northwestern
for medical treatment, as he has been
; unable to rid himself of the attack qf
rheumatism with which he isf suffer
ing. H.'P.SulliVan accompanied him.
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W. E. Dunkle' left today for the
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President and Postmaster General
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Consult Regarding Opposition to
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Existing System.
WASifINGTON, Dec. 11.—President
Wilson ap$ Postmaster General Bur
leson held a conference today and it
is generally predicted that the postal
department will soon inaugurate a
campaign to organize a telephone and
telegraph system all over the United
States to work in connection with the
postal department.
Postmaster General Burleson very
strongly favors the project and the
t president is also inclined to pledge
I the administration’s strength to a pol
| icy of government-owned and oper
| ated telegraph and telephone sys
j terns.
i The first intention of the Postmas
; ter General to purchase the existing
i systems has ljeen found impractica
| ble, as the cost would be prohibitive
j and it is expected that by government
opposition the value of the Bell sys
tem and Western Union and the Post
al systems can be so depreciated that
the department will be able to pur
chase at a great reduction over the
valuation now placed upon franchises
and equipment.
Mrs. A. J. Wemller and children left
for the states on the Northwestern
to spend a few months visiting with
relatives in Oregon and also in the
hopes of recovering her health.
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| Congressmen Davenport and Gerris
Say Alaska Railroad Bill is
Unsound Dream.
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j WASHINGTON, Dec. 11.—Congress
men Davenport and Gerris yesterday
made a minority report of the House
Territorial, committee, in which they
denounced the Alaska railroad bill as
“beautiful, but unsound,” and that the
expenditure of government money on
a railroad from the coast to the in
terior would be a public waste. They
favored opening the resources of the
territory to exploitation by private
capital, and then, they asserted, the
rpad would be built and operated by
individuals just as soon as the coun
try could support the road.
Both congressmen favored the im
mediate opening of the Alaska coal
fields, which would mean the solu
tion of the transportation problem,
they claimed.
I The adverse repot t is mostly based
• upon opposition to government own
i ership and government operation of
i railroads.
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K. B. Two-Reeler.
A fine change of pictures tonight j
j at the Orpheum. A K. B. two-reel j
feature, the Little Turncoat, an ex
cellent picture, also the Seven Stages
of the Alligator and a fine comedy,
His JTncle’s wives. All of these are
dandies.
Removal Sale.
I Removal sale—City Express store
is removing to Adler's old stand. Will
sell at' your own prices In order to
move quickly. Come at' once and pick
put tjip bargains. Lynch & Spenard.
Political Liberality.
It takes a liberal man to admit that
another" may have a different brand
of politics and religion and still be
neither h fool nor a knave.—Washing
ton Post.
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j Charles Adler, the sepond-hand man,
Ueft today to make ' his > future home
in Seattle, ■ where he will'Open up a
similar business "to that 'conducted by
hihr'iifere *v 1 ',ly I
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FLOODS ARE BAD
111 TEXAS STATE
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Much Property Has Been Lost—Rail
roads Are Greatest Losers—
Relief Work.
HOUSTON, Tex., Dec. 11.—Thou
sands of people are marooned and
pi any of them are starving by reason
of the jfloojds which have swept tpis
sectiop of the state. The loss in
life cannot be reckoned until the flood
subsides, but it is believed it will to
tal many hundreds.
Thousans of cattle were drowned
by the rising waters, as they were
unable to find high ground. A num
ber of launches have been sent into
the country, working up the rivers to
rescue any who may be stranded.
The railroads have been the great
est sufferers front the flood, which has
washed out many miles of grade, de
stroyed thousands of dollars worth of
perishables and dumped many of the
cars of the company into the river.
WOMEN AFTER
ENGLISH CABINET
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Start Campaign Drive Anti-Suffrage
Politicians From Cabinet Po
sitions.
LONDON, Dec. Jl.- The opening
gun of the busy autumn campaign of
the National Onion of Women's Suf
frage societies, the constitutional or
ganization of tile suffrait\sts. will be
lift'd in tile latter part of Abe present
month in rhe«Torm "uTTiconcerted at
tack oil the constituencies of the cab
inet members who oppose women’s en
franchisement.
This preliminary attack will take
the form of political support of cer
tain labor candidates, who expect to
oppose the anti-suffrage cabinet ntem
j hers at the next general election.
I The government is being attacked be
cause, although it has a majority in
favor of women’s suffrage, it refuses
to make their enfranchisement, a gov
ernment measure. The Labor party
will be assisted because it is, so far.
the only party which has placed wo
men's suffrage in its official platform.
! The union itself is non-partisan, em
bracing members from all the parties,
t but it is the considered opinion of the
[officials that the hand of the govern
ment should be forced by opposing its
anti-suffrage adherents.
The educational side of the cam
paign is to be concentrated on an
effort to show the public quite clearly
one at least of the reasons why the
union desires the enfranchisement of
women. This reason will be express
ed in terms of the welfare of children.
A program has been arranged under
the general title of "The Child and the
State.” The campaign will be car
ried on under the various heads of
infant mortality, children in the
schools, defective children, delinquent
children, s'tate children, employment
of children, and the legal position of
children.
The City Express second-hand store
have leased the Adler store on Mc
Kinley street and Will move all the
good now stpnpd in the I^eystone ave
nue store t<> thp new place of busi
ness—that is, a)l that tpey cannot
give away in the next few days.
W. E. Dunkle left today on the
North western for Seattle. Mr. Dunkle
will'retttta to’Valdez In the spring and
will visit a number of copper prop
erties located in . the Mantasta coun
try, • -"v'
Louis -Lavensaller, the mining ex
pert,. returned, this morning pn the
launch Flirt from the Fidalgd-Alaaka
COpper company property, which he
visited.
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REPUBLICAN PARTY
Claims That Republican Members of'
the Senate Delayed the
Currency Bill.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 11.—During
yesterday’s session of the Senate
Senator Owen, of Oklahoma, chairman
of the Senate committee on Bank
ing and Currency, charged the Re
publican members of the upper House
with delaying the currency bill at the
special session of congress and with
preventing the Democratic party from
carrying out the party pledges.
The debate between the Oklahoma
senator and the Republicans who an
swered him, was one of the warmest
that has enlivened the Senate for
many months. Owen predicted that
the measure would pass at this ses
sion and advised the Republicans to
stand aside. “If the measure is as
bad as the Republican side of the
House predict then it means the de
struction of the Democratic party, as
far as their control of the national
legislature is concerned, and therefore
as the object of the Republicans is
the downfall of the Democratic party
the Republican members should not
delay its passage,” said the senator.
Senator Owen predicted that the
measure, with its regional banks,
would solve the present dissatisfac
tion at the control of the money of
the country by Wall street and would
also provide for money to ouickly re
lieve any stringency that might occur
during a panic.
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i Leader of Window Smashers Has
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She Made in America.
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LONDON. Dec. 11. Mrs. Emmeline
I’ankhurst, who visited her family
here upon her return from America
with $20,000, made during a short vis
it lecturing in the interest of the mil
itant suffragettes, left here today for
France.
The leader of the window smashers
stated that the work of spreading the
gospel of equal suffrage would con
tinue in England until the govern
ment would be forced to grant the
demands of the women.
Judge Thomas It. Shepard left on
today’s steamer to join his wife in
Seattle. The judge will return in
,about six weeks.
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TANGO SPOILING
NONETS FORMS
CHICAGO.—If Am-vii.-an women,
who hpve been known as the most
beautifully molded in the world, want
to retain their figures, they must be
ware of the debutante slouch and tan
go, bunny hug, turkey trot, one-step
and others of the latest dances. This
Warning1 was -tssued yesterday by 60
leading corset saleswomen in two
stores, who corseted three models, one
fat, one thin and one medium.
According tor the demonstrators the
tango and its allies develop the hip
bones forward, cause rolls of fat, tp
form at various places, and "Would
make a potato sack of a Greek god
dess.”
The saleswomen say they will tell
their customers to wear' a corset in
such a maniier that they cannot
slouch and that the best corset can
not beautify the tango figures.
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