NUMBER 9S3
Storm stops
BIMUf DEAD
All tin wines* In Stricken Hty Hubor
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dinated to Placing I»*ad in l-awt
Resting Place
. HALIFAX. N. S., Dec. 11.—All
busines in Halifax has been subordin
ated to burying the victim’s of the
great explosion. The third storm since
the catastrophe hit the city today and
prevented the internment of bodies
prepared for burial. Rain fell in tor
rents. followed by sleet and snow.
Thousands of pople are Jiving in
tents provided" by the United States
government, and hundreds of tons of
provisions are pouring in for the suf
ferers. Workmen are engaged clear
ing away the wreckage of what was
* ence massive office buildings, and a
general shortage of labor is announc
ed. The weather has been cold and
disagreeable, and at times the snow
fall has been broken by torrential
rains.
MURDER SYNDICATE
ARRESTS ORDERED
NEW YORK, Dec. 11.—Twelve in
dictments charging murder in the
first degree were returned by the
grand jury today as the result of con
fessions of Ralph Daniello, relative
to the existence of a so-called "mur
der syndicate” controlling gambling
and graft in the Italian colonies of
Greater New oYrk.
It was learned later that live other
men were indicted earlier in the week
for murder in the first degree on
Danriello’s statement to officials of
the district attorney's office that twen
ty-three murders had been committed
by Italian gangs.
BARROOMS IN JITNEYS
SELL TO SOLDIERS
NEW YORK. Dec. 11.—Six men
were, arrested at Whitestone and|
Flushing charged with seling liquor I
to soldiers. Federal officers stopped'
jitney busses which seemed to be do-|
ing a thriving business in taking sol-j
diers to and from Fort Totten. In |
each of the five automobiles stopped
they say they found a complete stock
of liquor and the facilities for mixing
drinks.
BILL UNLOCKS
53,OOOflOO MB
House I-and Committee Favors the
I/easing Bill Recently Present
ed to Congress
_____
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Dec. 11.—
The ■ leasing hiU which will unlock
53,000,000 acres of coal lands and
$,000,000 acres in oil lands in the
public domain has been favorably re
ported by the House Lands Commit
tee, and will be brought to a vote in
the near future. '»
EXPRESS DRIVERS ARK ,
charged With theft
Chicago, Dec. 11.—Nine drivers of
the Adams Express Co. are under ar
rest here today charged with thefts
aggregating 370.000. One of the men
arrested is said to have confessed the
operations of a gang which has sys
tematically robbed the company.
KAISER PLANNING VISIT
TO WESTERN FRONT
AMSTERDAM, Dec. 11.—It was
reported from the German frontier:
today that the Kaiser Is going to the
Western front. ■«
Notice
There will be a fire meeting Wed
nesday night at the Fire Hall. All are
requested to be. there.
kl2 WM. THOMAS, Chief.
NOW IB THE TIME ,
to get stane choice wines and cord*
tads for the Holidays;'before they ais
shipped ant to the Stales. Phone No.
7. Hie Buffet. •*’ ' l *|
Don't May or yon may be tow
late. hlT
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TRANSPORT ANTILLES. SUNK BY GERMAN SUBMARINE
i« . .1 .*.1, **.#. d itinl silliK li> a Ini'* j
uian submarine while homeward bound r'lum France. Six -ev« n men perished.
GREAT MISERY
Advices Indicate that Starvation and
l*f*ttilence Stalk Over Slav Km
pire Revolt Feared
COPENHAGEN, I)ec. 11- All ad
vices received here indicate that Rus
sia is enduring the greatest misery in
her history. Famine and pestilence
are stalking throughout the empire
and conditions are said to |>e horrible
among the poorer classes in the cities.
Uprising is Feared
LONDON, Deo. 11.—The situation
at Moscow, where street fighting is
going on between the revolutionists
and the Bolsheviki government, is
said to be serious, according to a dis
patch received here by the Times. Ma
chine guns have been placed in the
streets to rake the aproaches to the
government buildings, and a general
uprising is feared.
HUSBAND AND WIFE
ARE SEVERELY BURNED
SEATTLE, Dec. 11.—Mr. and Mrs.
Merman Schwartz both suffered sev
ere burns yesterday when flames shot
forth from an overheated stove and
enveloped her, and her husband saved
her life hy smothering the flames in
a blanket, which he had .seized from
the cradle of his 3 month-old daugh
ter., and. a quilt from an adjoining
room. Mrs. Schwarts is in. the city hos
pital In a critical condition. He is an
employe of Skinner-Eddy corporation.
CHEVALIER VAN RAPPARD .
Chevalier van Rappard, minister
front) the* NothpMaade>ft» the i UntfM
States, haa been recalled by his gev
emmertt feMd whl tt glthh ta poet jin
Europe. He will be succeeded by Hr.
NtMM • .
Supreme t'ourt Affirms Right to Or
ganize but says Often Shop
Must not be Molested
WASHINGTON. D. ( ., Dec. 11.—
The United States Supreme Court to
day rendered a decision which will be
far-reaching in its effect upon organ
ized labor. The decision reaffirmed
the rights of workmen to organize for
lawful purposes, but stated that em
ployers also had a right to operate
an open shop, and use legal methods
to prevent conspiracies by unions to
bring non-union employes into the
labor organizations.
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DtSJN_SEATTlf
Chauncey Wright, Proprietor of I .urge
Chain of Popular Hating Places
Drops I>eiul Today
SEATTLE, Dec. 1 l.--Chauncey
Wright, owner of a chain of restaur
ants in Seattle-dropped dead this
morning when he arose from his bed.
Mr. Wright was one of the best known
caterers to the public on the Pacific
Coast.
Pioneer Alaskan Appointed Chief of
Police for Seattle in Place
of Keckingham
SEATTLE, Dec. 11.—Joe Warren,
a pioneer Alaskan, former chief of
police of Nome and of Spokane, and
long a Deputy United 8tates Marshal
in Alaska, was appointed chief of po
lice in Seattle today by Mayor Gill at
the instance of a number of busineess
men who believe his appointment will
result in the early lifting of Oeneral
Greene’s embargo on the city. Joe
Warren is a giant in stature,a^id is
considered square in every respect.
FIRST GOVERNOR OF • 1
ALASKA DIES TODAY
OIL.CITY, Pa., Dec. IT.—John H
Kinkead/ first governor-'Of Alaska,
under President Cleveland, died here
today.' Oof. Kinkead- we* appointed
July 4/1884, and‘We* suspended from
offide:by the President and succeeded
by Alfred T. SwIhdTorth. Hr. Kinkead
had large 'property lrterestF in this
city at the tlrneof bis death.1
WILL ATTEMPT
TO OUST GILL
( '<>r|Hiration Counsel on Instructions
IVom Council Drawing Chaws
—Ilelieve Will Stick
SEATTLE, Deo. 11.—Corporation
Counsel Caldwell on instructions from
tile city council is drawing impeach
ment charges against Mayor Hi Gill,
which will be presented to the coun
cil at a meeting in the near future.
Mr. Gill refuses to resign and the re
ligious societies and civic bodies are
working hard to bring about his re
moval.
MARTIAL UW
Itolslicviki <»overnment Orders Com
manders to Remove Forces from
Front to Suppress Revolt
I’ETKOGRAD. Dec. 11. —- War
against Gen. Kaledines and liis Cos
sack supporters was formerly declar
ed here today by the Bolsheviki gov
ernment. and Russia is about to en
ter into the throes of civil war.
Troops have been dispatched from
Kazan on an armored train and thru
M. Krarkoff, former minister, the
Russian comanders have been order
ed to send as many men from the
front as possible to crush the revolt
along the Don. Gen. Kaledine declar
ed martial law in force in the terri
tory of the Don and said he and his
Cossacks were ready to fight to the
bitter end.
Advocates Calling Males from Eigh
teen to Twenty-One Years for
Military Training
" IV" -
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Dec. 11.—
Senator James Heed created a sen
sation in congress this afternoon by
warning his confreres that the Uni
ted States was in grave danger of a
Teutonic Invasion, and advocating
the conscription of all youths from
eighteen to twenty-one for training
to meet the eventuality. He declared
the Central Powers now had a pre
ponderance of military strength .of
the world, and if more, nations fol
lowed the example of Russia and Ru
mania the Entente could no longer
check the Germans.^
Mw >•*; .»*»«»/ ** » i ,1
H. E. Bills left today for the CUB
Mine; after sepndlng m day or so In
the elty
COMMANDEERED TIN
WILL BE RELEASED
WASHINGTON. D. C.. Dec. 11.—
Release of A great amount of com
mandeered tin In New York ware
houses was promised today by the
navy department on representations
of the department of commerce that
private industries would be handi
capped seriously by lack of the metal.
Particularly food and canning fac
tories.
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NEW YORK EXPERIENCES
ANOTHER SNOWFALL
NEW YORK. Dec. 11.—New York
and the surrounding country was cov
ered with a light blanket of snow ear
ly today. The temperature is rising.
I
Wholesale Kxerutlons Take I’lace
. Over Riot* of August ii»—Tlilr
teen Negroes Hanged
SAN ANTONIO, Dec. 11.—Thir
teen negro troopers of the Twenty
fourth Incantry were hanged at Fort
Sam Houston today for complicity in
the riot which occurred in Houston
August 23, during which several cas
ualties occurred. Many of the troop
ers were sent to the penitentiary for
life.
Forty-One tJiven Life Sentence*
SAN ANTONIO, Dec. 11.—Forty
one negroes were given life sentences
in federal prisons for participating
in the Houston riots.
LEAVE MOSCOW
___
Consul Has Advised that Subjects of
King Oscar leave City on Account
of Street Fighting
LONDON, Dec. 11. Street light
ing is going on all over the city of
Moscow according to telegrams re
ceived here today. The Swedish con
sul there lias advised that all Swed
ish subjects leave the city until or
der is restored in the city. According
to advices received here starvation
threatens Moscow.
“Three Rings and a Goat” and
"The Village Vampire,” two roaring
comedies will be shown at the Em
pres Theatre tontght. The Moose
Band will rurnish special music.
•;> r, '.-ft
MISS FLORENCE MARSHALL
Upon' tha k boulder# of Miao Flor
ence MarahaU (alia tba groat taak of
mobilizing tba wdnaifhoa# M t|fc coun
try unaerntho Wod Crboo‘ftag. «ho Hbo
boon appointed to organize the woman
of the country aa that zurgtbaf dram
Inga. atf other nacaaoltloa In Rod
Cratl warh wM bo made In groat quan
tmaa. ■* -» •. ■
ELEVEN REPUBLICS
_|N RUSSIA
name of Revolt Against Bolshevik I
(iovmuncol Sweeping Over
Sooth we tern Ku-yln.
roPKNHAt;.-: i ih<- i* The
Paine revolt w*i •-* t Hohlta \il>i
■'i.vernn <>>■. is «w**« pi i ' over tha
whole oi Hints.-n h • • lit w repuo
;icn hav«* been formed hi u» date all
t t-. larlni’ lb Hr iiul-ipci.dt ncc from
Husslau etiDifjl ail refusing to .k»
k.iowledge tbi Petronrs I n- vo'i.uient
according lo adviwiiiieni*- r cci'i .l
here today.
MKJN ESCAPE EXCISE
ON COMPANY'S KAIIjROADS
WASHINGTON. D. C.. Dec. 11.—
Under a ruling which Daniel C. Rop
er. commissioner of internal revenue,
has made in answer to an inquiry
from tba logging and milling indus
try of the state of Washington, logs
hauled on its own logging railwav by
a corporation from the forest to its
mills are not subject to the 3 per cent
freight tax established in the new rev
enue law. However, the hauling of
lumber rrom the mill to market, even
if carried on the lumber company's
own steamboat, is taxed.
ROME CELEBRATE
WAfi DECLARATION
Will Name Street of City After Pres
ident Wilson for t)|iening War
on Austria
ROME, Dec. 11.—The city is still
celebrating the declaration of war on
Austria by the United States. It is
proposed to name a street in the city
after President Wilson.
EVEKETT MAN HELD
ON CHAKtiE OK Ml KDK.lt
EVEKETT. Dec. 11- Charging
lirst regree murder, a warrant was
served on A. Cedar, former captain of
the Alaska Powder Company’s boat,
who has been held in jail since the
death of Wirt Case, a deaf mute,
found in hi3 home with a bullet hole
in his head on November 22. Mrs.
Case will be held in jail as a witness.
Cedar at the coroner’s inquest denied
he had shot Case. He admitted he had
told various stories to officers, but
claimed he had lied to shield Mrs.
Case and himself from other shame.
He still maintains his innocence.
Secretary McAdoo Says Germany is
Gravest I'eril Kver Faced by Us
—Nation Must Awake
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Dec. 11.—
Secretary McAdoo, addressing a ga
thering of the treasury employes to
day asserted that Germany is the
greatest peril ever faced bp the Uni
ted States. "Because of tbe remote
ness of the war in miles," he said,
"the peril is not lessened. Civilization
is at stake, and if civilization loses
the nation loses."
A REW ARD FOR LONG
AND FAITHFUL SERVICE
The Marshfield (ore.) Coose Bay
News, which has been published tor
thirty-six years by G. A. Bennett, has .
been foiled to suspend publication
owing to high prices of paper aud
printing material. «
NOW 18 THE TIME
to (get 'some d»ics^hh»'Md coed
dhlpped owe Rs-ilMW. Phene
tils tor the Holidays, before they are
No. 7. The Buffet.
Don’t delay or yon may be too
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