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ATLANTIC CITY, Oct., 2:;— So
rotaiv Kedfield addressing the int< «■
national Trade Conference urged the
formation in America of a credit o»*
gunization to purchase securities of
struggling foreign nations. Secretary
Kedfield said the nations need several
billion within the next few years to
give them a firm footing.
SINN FEIN
DECLARED
ILLEGAL
LONDON. Oct., 23— Viscount
French, Irish Governor Generul. bit
terly attacked the Sinn Fein govern
ment today when he said the organiza
tion was insane and illegal, and har
bors assassins instructed to murder
the police and soldiers.
RULROAD IS SOLD
FOR I'SK OF MINKS
SAN FRANCISCO. Oct., 23— Sal *
of the Palisade and Eureka railroad an
87-mile Nevada line by Mrs. White
law Reid and Ogden Mills of New
York to Eugene Davis of New York
and Eureka . Nevada, for a considera
tion approximating $1,000,000.
announced by Davis here.
The road is a narrow gauge, hut
its conversion into a standard gang
road will be a general betterment of
its roadbed and facilities is contem
plated. Davis said. !t runs between
Palisado and Eureka, Nev.
Purchase of the road was effected
in order that Davis might be enabled
to ship ore from his mines in Eureka.
he announced.
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LOGGING C \MPS ARE
CLOSED BY STRIKE
SEATTLE. Oct.. 2H— it is reported
that the !. W. W. »n a strike have
closed several logging camps in east
ern Washington. Idaho and Montana.
The men protest when the companies
raised the meals 20 cents and estab
lished a charge of $1 per week for
blankets.
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all \L\SKans M \1
soon PICK WIVES
FROM CHECHACOES
SEATTLE. Oct.. 23— Girts nivl
young women in many states ar**
flooding the Alaska Bureau of the
Seattle Chamber of Commerce with in
quiries about Alaska, saying they in
tend to go north in the spring.
The Bureau is wondering if a re
cent magazine article dealing with
the shortage of wives in Alaska may
be responsible for the active demand
for information and the desire of so
many women to invade the north.
WASHINGTON. Oct.. 23— The
Senate interstate committee on com
merce has reuni ted out the hill provid
ing tin* return of the railways to the
owners with the operation to remain
under Federal supervision. It is ex
pected the Senate will consider the hill
when the treaty is disposed ol.
WASHINGTON, Oct., $3- Timothy
Shea, President of the Firemen’s R»o
therliood. testifying before the rail
way commission, indicated today the
railway employees will demand in
creased wages, time and a half for ov
er time, an eight hour day and changes
in the working conditions before the
government gives the railways hack to
the owners.
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WILSON IMI’KOVKS
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W VSHINGTON, Oct.. 23— f
President Wilson, according to an ’
official bullet in today, is progres- *
sing as satisfactory as possible * j
under the circumstances.
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LUXURIES GOING!
TO BE TABOOED !
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct., 22— Soft,
silky lingerie, silk stockings, shirt I
waists and other luxurious wearing
apparel must go; for thrift is going to
be taught in every public school of
the West, superintendents of pub he
instruction of the states of Washing
ton. Idaho. Utah. California and Ne
vada decided at a meeting here called
by the federal government. The lo
cators will at once establish in every
public school throughout the Twelfth j
Federal Reserve district a standard
ized. permanent course in thrift,
graded like any of the three R’s and
taught upon a plane with them. As
a laboratory ot thnft there will ne or
ganized in every school room in every
elementary and high school savings
societies, and the superintendents of
instruction have memorialized the fed
eral government at Washington not
only to continue the thrift and wa»*
savings campaign as a permanent pol
icy. but to elaborate it by the intro
duction of penny, nickel and dime
thrift stamps.
In a “Declaration of Principal*.'
containing suggestions of a practical
plan of procedure, upon which the
thrift course in its initial steps will
be predicted, the Western educators,
one of whom was Mrs. Josephine Cor
lis Preston, presulent of the National
Kducation Association and state su
perintendent of schools in Washing
ton. had this to say:
“Kxtravagence in dress must he
checked among the schoolboys and
girls, manifested in many ways, hu*
especially in the purchase of silk
hosiery*, silk skirts, neckties and ex
pensive footwear. To this end we re
commend that school principals and
teachers insist upon reasonable econ
nmy and modesty in dress and with
appeal to parents and pupils to c.o
operate in an effort to check such ex
tragance.”
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 23— The
House has passed a hill which provides
against the police of the District o'
Columbia from-joining any labor or
ganization. The police has given up its
union charter.
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KING ALFONSO
SHOWN VERDUN
BATTLEFIELD
VEKDUN, Oct., 2G— General IV
tain, defender of Verdun, accompanied
Kinp Alfonso today over the battle
field. General Petain told the Kinp: of
Spain that the German attack on Ver
dun did not surprise the French.
HENDERSON ON
SCHOOL TOUR
I,. I). Henderson, Territorial com
missioner of education, arrived lad
night on the steamer Alameda, and is
a guest at the Hotel Sexton. Mr. Hen
derson is on the last leg of his jour
ney around the territory. From here
Mr. Henderson goes to Anchorage
then will return to his headquarter
at Juneau.
**I have been to Ruby and other
points on the Yukon,” said Mr. Hen
derson last night, “and came out over
the trail to Cordova. All schools are in
florish’ng conditions which means that
the attendance is large showing Alas
ka is not losing much in population.
I'usinosK conditions at Ruby, Nenana
and Fairbanks is exceptionally good.
Along the coast business seems to be
splendid . The attendance at the many
schools is large and at no place have
teachers been curtailed, in fact several
cities have added to their faculty ow
ing to the large number of pupils.”
Today Mr. Henderson visited the
Seward Public Schools.
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WKATilKK uurnitr
The following i : O'e .. * I’
putt for till* 24 Inn •* «•••«!••••• v» 7 •»
i this morning:
SEWARD 88, Raining, Calm.
Anchorage 26, Cloudy, Calm.
Matanuska 80, Cloudy, Calm; one
inch new snow.
Chickaloon 28, Cloudy, Calm; one
inch new snow.
Wnsilla 28, Cloudy, East; thro*
inches new snow.
T\ME LION NEARLY
KILLS LITTLE GIRL
LOS ANGELES, Oct., 28— Lillian
Harmon a 17-year old school girl
narrowly escaped being killed here
by a lion, belonging to a motion pic
ture company, which it was believed
was too tame to attack any one.
Miss Harmon went into the lion’s
cage and put her hand on its head pre
partory to having a picture taken.
The lion knocked her down seized her
in its jaws and began clawing her.
Her brother and a companion rescued
her after stunning the lion with an
iron bar. She will recover.
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CUMBERLAND, Maryland, Oct., 23
— A trunk such as the emigrants of
Southern Europe use was found on the
city jrarbasfo drnnp here, containing
six skeletons. The officers are investi
gating.
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LETTERS MAY
DECIDE GUILT
OF A WOMAN
SACRAMENTO, Cal., 22— A twist
of the letter “c” or the stroke of a “kM
may be the fact or to decide the liberty
or imprisonment of Mrs. Ethel Mc
Gowan . formerly waitress in a Sana
mento hotel, whise trial on a charge
of sending a letter to Governor Steph
ens threatening to destroy the capital
has begun in the Superior court here.
Handwriting experts have been sum
moned by tiie prosecution to show sim
ilarities which arc alleged to exist be
tween the shaping of letters in the
note to Governor Stephens and in a
letter acknowledged by Mrs. McGow
an as her own.
The letter to Governor Stephens
received December 17, 1018 said: “Will
blow up Kepitil if $500 not paid. Put
under ink well on writing desk Hau l
Hotel at 5 sharp.
“ C C of <\ ”
In a letter written by Mrs. Mc
Gowan before witness’s said, the word
“capital” is mispelleti in the samrt
manner.as apjwared in the “C C of C”
letter and these documents were part
of the evidence placed before the Sac
ramento county grand jury when an
indictment was returned.
Mrs. McGowan was in Cheyenne, as
an employe of the United States de
partment of the interior when she
heard of the indictment. She came* at
once to Sacramento and was released
on bail to await hearing.
Mrs. McGowan’s husband, Thomas
McGowan had been an employe of one
of the state departments as special
investigator in connection with dam
age to the governor's mansion in 1017
by an explotioti.
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t abi.e briefs
SEATTLE, Steamer Victoria .sails
for Nome on the last trip of the year,
loaded with freight hut few passeng
ers.
WASHINGTON, Senator Frctling
huysen appeals to public to strangle
the menace of Holshevikism while it is
in its infancy.
ALBUQERQUE— King Albert
given Navajo blanket by a Navajo
chief.
WASHINGTON, Senate agricultural
'Vonmittee resumes hearing on the
sugar shortage case.
LONDON— Henry B. Irving, actor
and theatrical manager, is dead.
WASHINGTON— Department of
Justice announces decided submit to
grand jury charges of fraud arising
over nomination and election of Tru
man Newberry, U. S. Senator from
Michigan.
WASHINGTON— Strength of U. S.
Army now 290,470 with 25000 soldiers
abroad including 8000 in Siberin.
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COMBATING H. C. OF L.
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PARIS, Oct., 23— To combat the
high cost of living, the inhabitants of j
the western suburbs of Paris have hit
upon a plan of cooperative buying of •
food. First results showed a saving of
over 30 percent.
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WASHINGTON. <;\U 2:’ Th>
United Mine workers today form ally
rejected Secretary of Labor Wilson’s
proposal for tin* settlement of the pro
posed strike. President Lewi., aid the
proposals were indefinite, inadequate
and failed to meet the situation. He
said the unions would stick to the
claim for a five day week.
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STEEL STRIKERS
ARE REVENGEFU1
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio. Oct., 23—
The police have discovered that Ser
bian and Italian strikers arc attempt
ing to burn the houses of the men re
maining at work. Several have been
i hot in defending their homes, two
will die.
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STREET C AR LINES
OF SPOKANE MAY BE
BOUGHT BY THE CITY
SPOKANE, Oct., 2:»— I ’ossibility of
the submission to the voters of this
city at the municipal election Novem
ber 4 of a proposition for the pur
chase by the city of the street car
lines, power plants, car shops and
other properties of the Spokane &
Inland Empire Railway other than
its interurban lines was seen in
statements tt the city hall.
If the Great Northern railway is
willing to enter into an agreement
with the city whereby the company
will obtain title to the interurban
property and the municipality will
take over the street car system, the
receiver’s sale of the road probably
will be delayed a month from Novem
ber 1. the date now set, and the mat
ter submitted to the voters it was
stated.
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The Port Graham and Hlodgett can
neries at Kodiak are the only ones
that reached their pack.
PELLETIN'— Washington, Oct., 23—
Organized labor, through Samuel
(Jumpers, President ot the American
federation ot Labor, has withdrawn
from the Industrial conference when
the conference voted down labor’s re
solution for recognition of the right
of the right of collective bargaining.
IH'LLKTIN— Washington, Oct.. 2*:
Chairman Lane fears the Industrial
conference will disperse. Lane hopes
Pr LCnt Wilson will find some way
to clear up the present differences.
B!’LLETIN— Washington, Oct.. 23
—I'hairmun Lane adjourned the con
ference and has immediately called
the public croup into a new conference
in l;ne with President Wilson’s wishes.
The Public croup is to carry on the
work as the public bears the burden of
disputes between capital and labor.
WASHINGTON. Oct.. 23— Presi
dent Wilson, from his sick bed, dictat
ed another letter to the industrial con
ference delegates . It is reported he
urged the conference to proceed with
out labor’s representatives in a final
I effort to frame a program looking to
the re-establishment of an industrial
peace.
Samuel Gompers has issued .1
statement declaring that it is useless
; for labor to continue an the conference
unless the employers agree to a de
[ duration of workers without discrim
I ination and that they have a right to
organize.
The Department of Labor officials
hope the conference will continue and
and they hope a program will be ob
tained acceptable to labor.
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PRINTERS ARBITRATE
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SAN FRANCISCO, Oct., 23—
| Printers and linotype men today ao
j cepted the proposition of the managers
of the afternoon newspapers for i
wage scale of $36 a week, seven hour
day, 14 galleys to be required from the
machine men. The wage scale on the
morning papers will he $42 a week,
with eight hour shifts. This new scale
is for the winter months ending April
I 1st, 1J>20. Overtime will be $1 an hour.
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BERLIN, Oct., 23— The Schwerin
property tax bureau has confiscated
i the property and fortune of Anthonv
! Fokker, the well-known builder of air
planes, because Fokker failed to de
posit 14 million marks security de
manded of him by the authorities as a
guarantee that he was not dodging hln
taxes.
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