EATfLEMEN FlAHT
■ SHEEP HEADERS
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One Min b*Sd, Twd Wounded an«l
Battle Is Still Ftaflihi—Sheriff
Gjlled to Help Merderi.
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UOLDENDALE.Wailh., June 23
Cattlemen arid sheepherders are batr
tling for the range near here and
the news has reached the sheriff that
^ one she-pherder has been killed and
two more wounded. The cattlemen
called the herder to the door of his
tent and riddled him with bullets,
and now the two factions are fight
£ ing in the hills. Orie sheepherder es
caped and brought the news of the
battle to town and demand'ed the aid
of the sheriff to s*op the war and
protect his co-patriots.
The herder also stated that the
cattlemen had killed thousands of j
sheep, driving herds of crittle into.
the flocks and running them about,
while the herders were fighting be
hind rocks to stand off the larger
party of cattlemen.
A posse is being organized and
* an effort will be made to arrest the
cattlemen and bring them here. The
men will be charged with murder.
SPOKANE WINS
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Supreme Court Decides That High
Rate for Inland Cities Does
( ' Not Go.
WASHINGTON, June 23.—The Un
* ited States supreme court today, up
held the Interstate Commerce Com
mission, which lowered the rates on
freight hauled by the railroads from
Eastern points to Spokane in order
that the rate to Spokane might not
be higher than that o Portland, Ta
coma or Seattle.
The railroads argued that they were
forced to give cheap rates to coast
cities because of the competition with
the steamship lines and that the rate
to Spokane was based upon rates to
the coast and the return haul to the
inland city, although the freightne'v
er went past Spokane. They based
the charge on what they styled a
terminal rate.
The court held that the rate to
Spokane must not exceed that to Se
attle and hat Spokane was entitled
to the benefit of the competition of
the steamship lines.
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** Hold Mas* Mooting of protest In.
Vancouver—Ely They Wive Wight
In English Empire
VANCOUVER, B. C„ June 23.—
Eight hundred Hindus held a trilss
meeting last night as a protest,
against the action of the Dominion^
t Authorities in refusing to allow the
Hindus on the steamer Koifi&gata to:
ihnd. The Hindus claim that as citi
zens of the British Empire they are
Entitled td lahfr tit Uh Hhrt of the
English Etnplre akd assert that they
will take the flght up with the auth-.
orities at London.
Considerable feeling has been,
groused here among the thosanda of.
Hindus against the depprting of the
men on the Japanese steamer.
^ 1 Furnished room, ‘phoie and bath,,
d Krau building. tf
MEDIATORS, STILL HOPING FOR PEACE,
ASK THAT CONFERENCE BE CONTINUED
MINERAL viLLA SENDS A PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE TO WA8H
ifcofON—WILL CONTINE HI3 AbVANCE fdWAftO ME#lfcO ClTV
—HAS FEDERAL TROOPS CtlT OFF AT ZACATECAS. „
WASHINGTON, June 23.—The
State Department today received the
personal representative bf Geri. Vil
la.Whd now hhs his owii agents in
the United States and no longer
treats with Secrfetdrjr Btyah through
the Carranza agent. The administra
tion is more friendly disposed toward
Vill than any other rebel because
df his strind at the time of the land
ing of troops at Vera Cruz, when he
cast his lot with the Americans. It
is rumored here that the State De
partment- and ‘he Villa agent will
make plans for the campaign against
Mexico should the present mediation
plans fail, which now seems certaih.
That the Americans and Villaites
will act together in the event of trou
ble is also certain.
WASHINGTON, June 23—The A.
B. C. mediators this morning held
another conference with the Ameri
can representatives at the peace con
ference and are urging the Americans
to continue the negotiations, hoping
that some settlement can be made
satisfactory to boh sides.
Judge Lamar and Mr. Lehman, the
American representatives, have in
formed the South American mediat
ors that the American administration
will not consider any one for the
provisional presidency of Mexico to
succeed Huerta but some Mexican
who had been foremost In the ranks
of the revolutionary caiise. The
American administration will only ac
cept Gen. Villa ks first choice, Gen.
Carranza or Gen. Joose Vasconcellos^
the latter of whom is the foreign ag
ent of Gen. Villa.
After yesterday’s second confer
ence, the American delegates sent
to the State Department an account
of what had taken place, and asked
for additional instructions based up
on th'e views expressed by the medi
ators concerning the probable atti
tude of the Mexican delegates to
ward the selection of a foremost con
stitutionalist leader as provisional
president. The mediators took the
position that it was not for them to
suggest names or to decide who
should be chosen as Gem Huerta’s
successor. These are matters which,
in their opinion, must be initiated and
determined by agreement between
the two sets of delegates. But it is
gathered that they felt certain that
n ither the Mexican delegates nor
Gen' Huerta would consent to an ar
rangement whereby Huerta should
appoint as his successor Carranza,
Villa, or Vasconcellos.
Apparently the Mexican delegates
were of the opinion that a basis fOr
an understanding had been reached
that the new provisional president
should not be one of the notable lead
ers of the revolutiohafy movement.
They have so far modified their po
sition, however, as to be willing to
consent to the selection Of a promi
nent Mexican of constitutionalist
sympathies, although not actively
identified With the effort to overthrow
Huerta. This is in direct Opposition
to the desire of the United States
government, disclosed yesterday by
the American delegates, that an out
and-out revolutionist be chosen in
order to satisfy the constitutionalists
and bring them to consent to ahy
agreement reached a Niagara Falls.
EAGLE PASS, Tex., June 23.—It
is reported here that Gen. Villa con
templates a forward march upon
Mexico City as soon as Zacatecas
falls. The advance will be made in
spite of the opposition of Provision
al President Carranza, who prefers
to work south slowly and to, if possi
ble, secure the benefits of the vic
tories already woh. A rebel reverse
now would delay the kdvahce oh
Mexico City for months, as the cen
tral Mexican states are thickly pop
ulated and most of the inhabitants
are loyal to Huerta.
SALTILLO, June 23.—Gen. Villa
has concenrtated all the forces of the
constitutionalists at Zacatecas and is
determined to cap*ure the city. His
troops are so disposed that he has
the city surrounded and has prevent
ed the arrival of reinforcements for
the’ federals.
All avenues of escape have also
been blocked and the rebels are cer
tain of an easy victory.
The rebel army was never better
equipped, the men have all been out
fits dwith new kahki suits and can
vas leggings, and the arrival of 20,
000 stand of the latest rapid flrerl
fles with 300 automatic guns and sev
eral new batteries of field guns have
placed Villa’s army in readiness for
any force the federal's can send
against them.
It is expected that the battle will
start today and be continued until the
ciy falls into the hands of the rebels.
Villa is ih personal charge of the at
tacking force.
ANOTHER DEAL
SEATTLE REALTT
SEATTLE, June 23.—The Boston
Drug Company today purchased the
lot next to the Westlake Market,
which was taken over yesterday by
the Frederick & Nelson Company.
The drug company will build a large
store on the property.
DIVERS ENTER
EMPRESS WRECK
Are Endeavoring to Recover Bodies
That Went Down "With the Ship
When Rammed By Storatadt.
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RIMOUSKI, Quebec, June 23.—
Divers are now at work in the hold
hit the MiiftSs of Ireland, sunk here,
on May 3d, and are endeavoring id
recover the bodies. The divers are
also investigating the cohditlOfl of
the hull with a view to raising the
wreck.
The Empress of Ireland was sunk
6h May 30, when rammed by the
collar Storstidt ahd 364 lives were
lost and the bodies of less than SOd
recovered, so thfEt more than 60<i
bodies hire still missing.
The divers 3rfll aisb make an ef
fort to recover the bullion from Co-;
halt, which Is worth one million dot-;
lars. j
k crowd of curious people line the:
shore near the wreck, but the Ca
nadian authorities have a patrol near
the boat and have ordered away all
berShns Who have no business at the
scene. This was made necessary be
cadse the number of sightseers pre
vented the divers from working.
Cotorattb Derby Today. ,
D&Nvldt, <*&>., jififb 23.—For the!
ftrtlt tithe lb iodr ytjark the Colorado:
derby, the prlnolpai stake event or
dll tibe meetings at Overland Park
for years will be run at Overland this':
afternoon. The. management has of—i
fered a bhrse *>f $2,000 for the event,!
the dlsffifice belfig one fltfle SHd i|
quarter. The record for this event;
is 1:61 2-6, made.by Meadow in 1210,;
thelast time the derby was run.
Secure Title to Oil Lands Estimated
' to Be Worth $500,000,000
Stock Goes Up.
WASHINGTON, June 23.—The Un
ited States supreme court today af
firmed the title of the Southern Pa
cific railroad to 200,000 acres of oil
lands worth $500,000,000, and which
the ’ land department, sqyatters and
the state of California have been
striving to take from the company.
The court held that the goveirnmeni
grant to the railroad company gave
them the prior right :o ir.e tana, auo
that neither thi 8Uce nor o-e squat
ters have any rights.
NEW YORK, June 23.—As soon aif,
the news of the supreme court .decis
ion, regarding the title of the South
ern Pacific to oil lands in California,
was received herd the Sbtffhhra
fic stock took an upward Jump. Trad
ing in the stock had beeh etceptfdn
ally heavy for several weeks by in
siders and it is thought that they an
ticipated the decision.
SOCIETY GEI
BIG GAME HUNT
SAN FRANCISCO, June 23.—Tiring
of the continual round of dOclat a'ct-‘
lvitles in Alameda, Oakland and San
Francisco, Miss Pkiiltfie Painter, Ala
meda society girl, today is en route
for Alaska, v&ere she 'will hunt big
gaihe fcr three SheffllStfak
the caribou and mountain sbdep in
his nhilVeKWMlke. At STefttle HIM
Painter wfll he jhlned ifr ttveral rel
atives, ifidfafllife Mm. Webkter Nor
cross, a society leader of that city.
filss WSSr is one 6t We Shell
bmtr warn or w m rafoahoj
hay fcgibl to hhf ttfe Is
kftectlbttl&ly kfidPb as “Teddy
Painter.
Lieut. Dougherty and a number of
bfficere from Fort Lis cum went fish
ing yesterday and caught 30 black
bass.
MINIMUM WAGES
Brush Workers Must Be Paid $8.71
a Week According to New
Law Enacted.
BOSTON, June 23.—A minimum
wage of $8.71 per week has been de
eded upon by the State Industrial
Commission as the lowest wages to
be paid to the women working in the
brush industry. It is hoped by this
means to help the women and pre
vent them from going wrong.
Strong opposition has been made
to the application of a minimum wage
by many manufacturers and also by
reformers, who claim that the min
imum wage And crime have no con
nection and that more girls will be
driven from their position by the op
eration of the new law than will be
aided as those who cannot earn the
minimum' will be put out of posi
tions and are almost certain to drift
Into the life that is easy.
‘ Judge F. M. Brown today granted
a liquor license to A. F. Davis, of
Knlk.
HHEHMC?
I9KI U«
FRANKFORT. Ky., June 23.—The
workmen’s compensation act becomes
an operative la# -today. The Com
pensation lk graded, according ttthe
character and permanency ot Hie In
jury, the maximum being 13,760 for'
permanent disability or death, the
; only beneficiaries recognised in the
esse being dependents. A, vast
amount of work #as ttecessary before
the law could become operative, for
the Cdttnhisiltm t<a to cumuy in
i dustriek, ‘ettftptUl domestic Kitd farm
employment; assess them on s basis
|df their ttfrrtffls td Wat! « 'tiM
t»r d&rttitg m awimeitt m
| pvm efiddik'. difd fMk ffter the In
vestment dt fhddk ptttfcid tfe their
hkhfls. n #«* pAhhtrty ins amt A
actlifg dhty fit SlsdSfl 'on dtSte
officials.
SEATTLE BANDIT
GETSJJFE TERM
SEATTLE, June 23—William Sears,
the Interurban bandit, who caused
the death of one man on the trolley
car running between Seattle and Ta
coma about a month ago, was sen
tenced today to serve a life sentence
for his crime.
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GLIB THE POLE
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Danish Explorer Plans a Trip to the
North Pole—Will Stirt Early
Next Slimmer.
. COPENHAGEN, June 23.—Knud
• KaaWusaen, the Danish explorer,
plans to lead an expedition to the
' north pole next year, leaving early In
the summer and working as far north
as possible then making a sledge trip
to the pole during th'e spring.
The continent supposed to lie nOrth
of Siberia aid Alaska will be in
vestigated aid If it exists it Will be
explored. The cdrPenth #111 be watch
ed and tna'p’ped febd tie Winds Will
be recorded and m'tfcb scientific data
will be secured.
The expedition is to be financed
by volttnta'ry subscription and $250,
OflO wiil be deeded for th* Wftrt.
ft ft effected Ml ib« the Afri
can Kad British Ge'dfre'p'h'ichl Socie
ties win' aid in fittihoft'g the work.
Luoy Frye 184 Today
CULPEPER, Va., Jam 83.—Lucy
Frye, a negrpts Mom June 88, 8180,
In Orange county, Va;, today cele
brated Her one hundred god twenty
fourth birthday, attaining perhaps the
title of the oldest person Rt the Un
tied States. Residents Of Culpeper,
Who lived daring the oitll War, re
member her then as an old womaifc
She lived on a plantation until the
war and th*h, felflsVefi df tttfe bond
m of «Sft#ry, chdfe Re#*, Met1* foe
Itm dil traMberWothtii until <f*i»re
v&im tier llnm. She Is beirig ehrtd
for by the neighborhood colored pdbL"
pie.
SEA E DRUNK
LS TWO MEN
All Confined in One Sound Proof
Receiving Cell—Kicked Victim*
to Oedth
SEATTLE, June 23.—Arthur R.
Johnson, a butcher, ahd Perley
Glines, a bookkeeper, are dead and
two others seriously injured because
the police put Nicholas Marcott, a
laborer, into the same cell With the
n*eh and Marcott ran amuck, over
powering the others, who were all
drunk and had been placed in the
receiving cell to sober up. The dead
and injured were lying on the floor
sleeping off the effects of too much
barley corn and Marcott, with his
heavy boots, went from man to man,
and kicked them in the head, killing
two and injuring two others.
The keeper claims that he heard
no outcry from the men, which, he
admits, would have to be exception
ally loud because » the cell is made
sound proof so that the “jags" may
sober up without disturbing the rest
of the prisoners. Marcott was placed
in the cell at 4:10 p. m. yesterday
and the door was opened again at
4:35, when another prisoner was
brought in.
BUTTE MINERS
HAVE TROUBLE
Fracas Started Because of Heavy
Strike Assessments—Money
Reported Stolen.
BUTTE, Mont., June 23.—The se
ceding miners have complete control
of the town and the representatives
of the Western Federation of Miners
have been routed in the effort they
have been* making to save the union
from control by the I. W. W.’s. Sev
eral homes of officials of the West
ern Federation of Miners have been
dynamited and the police are help
less to control the miners.
The trouble had its origin in the
heavy assessment made upon the
miners here to aid the bake Superior
miners and also the reports that much
of the money bad been stolen from
the local treasury.
The governor of Montana has re
quested that the president hold troops
in readiness to send to the scene
of the trouble should the need of
them become apparent.
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Manager Wilson, of the Ball Team,
Received Favorable Wire From
Rtflrolcl ToWn.
W. A. Wilson, manager of the Val
des baseball team, received a tele
gram from Captain Austin Lathrop,
dif Cordova, today as follows:
“W. M. Wilson, Valdes: Your lib
eral offer received and will canvass
the situation and advise you on the
Alameda. A. E. LATHROP."
ft is expected that the Cordova
hope will decide to come to Valdes
for the gam*. It is known that with
a team picked from the Cordova add
railroad teams a good tilde can be
secured in the railroad town, and that
a battle royal for the championship
of Prince William Bound will be
fought here on July 6th.