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ROCHESTER, X. Y., Nov., V- The
largest clothing manufacturers in the
United States made a reduction toilay
1 in wholesale prices of all suits anti
overcoats that represents a cut of
more than per cent, 'lhe opi ning
fall price will bo approximately $U0.tH)
for a suit or. an overcoat.
Chicago. Nov., 9— Mens clothing
for immediate delivery was offered t«»
day to* the retail buyets at trom ten to
fifty ercent below the present whole
sale prices. Goods lor spring and
summer delivery show prices ranging
from ten to thirty percent under three
years ago. Men’s shirts and similar ar
ticles show greatly reduced prices at
the Convention of National Clothiers.
MINNEAPOLIS, Nov., 9— l'or
the first time in four years flour sold
at this place today under ten dollars
a barrel* At the milW all family pat- j
ents wera,quoted at $9.65. The reason ,
given for the reduced price is the de- ;
cline of wheat prices.
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NEW YORK, Nov., 9— Raw sugar |
dropped today to six and one quarter j
cents per pound. A loss of more than
seventeen cents from the highest quo->
,s
tations last may.
People can now have sugar in their |
coffee, pie on the table and a new suit,
of clothes at a reasonable price.
SALE OF DELINQUENT
TOWN PROPERTYJ
The sale of delinquent town pro
perty was held in the town hall this
morning beginning at ten o’clock and
was completed by noon. Three buyers
purchased lots and the balance were
bought in by the Town of Seward.
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MORE GUARDS
NEW YORK, Nov., 9— Twenty
five additional patrolmen were distri
buted throughout the financial district
today to guard the financial institut
inos. The reason for the increased 1
guard is because of threats alleged to
have been made at*a recent meeting;
of radicals. The Wall St. detective
force has also been increased.
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RESCUE CREW SOON
OAKLAND, Cal., Nov., 9— The
power schooner Herman arrived at
this port today from Nome and report
ed that the ship Polar Bear was
caught in the ice 225 miles north of
Nome off the Siberian coast. As soon
as the ice forms in the‘Arctic Stn Jght
the Reindeer relief expedition which
lias been organised will be sent to the
Polar Bear with relief. If it fails to
arrive the crew which has two mon
ths supplies can make their way to the
Siberian coast
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NOTICE
City taxes are now due and may be
paid at the office of H. Dougherty,
City Tmmnr.
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NEW BASE BALL LEAGUE
KANSAS CITY, Nov., !>— Presi
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five loyal club owners declared
war to the finish today in a figh
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against the formation of a new twelve,
club league. Johnson said that dubs
would be established in Chicago, Bos
ton, and New York to take the place
of the American League clubs which
contemplated joining the new league.
KANSAS CITY, Nov., 9— Ban
J< j)v.<an in a statement made today
said’*, We are prepared to give battle
to chc newly proposed league and give
them all they want. The American
league is going about its business and
will have eight clubs in the eight cit
ies which composed ‘ the circuit for
years”.
He declared that war was the best
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cleanser in this case and that he was
for it because he believed that it would
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clean, up baseball. He said the' game
needed a thorough cleansing to rid it
of some undesireable owners who have,
always been a detriment because they
allowed gambling to flourish in the
parks they owned.
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GOOD HABIT 1 Ov*
WASHINGTON, Nov., 9— A three
year- thrift campaign to reach c\ciy
family in the country that has no bank
amount was proposed to the American
Banker's Association today by its com
mittee on Public and Private Thrift. :
As a part of the campaign, govern
ment officials, would be called upou .to ,
practice utmost economy so as to re- j
duce the expenditures of the federal
government.
“The recent orgy of extravagance”, j
declared the committee's report, * has
indicated very clearly the iieed-'fttr
more popular realization of'the need
for saving when and as the opportun
ity presents itself. The time is.at hand
when thrift and savings will be re
garded as not only possibilities, but
actual necessities.”
Small savers are to be the chief
source in financing the normal growth
of commerce and industry, the report
said, adding that present tax policies
offer a serious check to. increased in
vestment by holders of large wealth.
“Not only must the lesson be taught
to the individuaf citizen and especially
to the wage earner who has not yet
found a place to begin,” said the re
port, “But our government officials
must also be impressed with a similar
idea because of their example to the
citizens and also because of its de
mands upon the people's savings for
purposes which too often are neither
wise nor economically handled.
“The tax burden upon industry and
commerce and upon the billions of sav
ings would otherwise be used to fin
ance new industries and new commer
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ce is beyond all reasop and in excess
of the public need.”
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•SEATTLE, Nov.,' 9— The joint
Congressional Committee which left
Washington recently began a three
days Inspection* trip today of the' Pug
et Sound Naval defense^. They are ex
pected to make recommendations to
Congress for needed improvements
and enlargements.
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ORDERS TO SHOOT
ROTTERDAM, Holland, Nov., 9—
Holland today established a cordon of
soldiers along the Geiman frontier to
prevent an influx of Russian Bolshe
vik- agents from Germany. A heavy
guard will be maintained at all times
and orders have been issued to the
soldiers to shoot anyone attempting to
c.;o*s the frontier illigally.
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NOT YET BUT SOON
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. WASRINGTON, Nov., 9— The Mc
Fadden bill proposing a tax on gold
used in industry and the arts to be
paid in turn to the mining companies,
was opposed in a report submitted to
day to the American Banker’s Associ
ation by a special committee, of which
George M. Reynolds, of Chicago, is
chairman.
The committee held that the with
drawal for industrial purposes last
year of $22,000,000 of gold from the
country’s monetary stock was not a
national emergency celling for special
treatment of the gold mining industry
so as to stimulate the goid output. #
“Diminished gold production in
periods pf high pices and high costs
tends to reduce price and costs again/'
said the report, which declared that
the offer of a premium on gold would
lead the world to assume that the Un
ited States was in danger of going on
a paper money basis and that its dol
lar was not as good as gold.
With the price of gold fixed, the
committee .conceded that many com
panies had found operations unprofit
able because of present high costs, but!
it said the fixed .price in “periods of j
adversity, depression and falling pric- ]
es brings to the gold miner, as to no j
one else, increased profits.!' > .
* predit deflation, .the .committee held,
will cure the present situation of . .the
gold miner. ,
“The best banking opinion of the
country”, continued the report* “looks
forward to a progressive and far-,
reaching contraction of our credit fa
bric and regards it as the only alter
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native to such a disastrous disruption
of the credit system as Japan has re
cently seen. . .. .
“The proper course to take in not
by artificial method to seeks to ex
pand the gold basis oS our credit sys
tem, but rather to contract the superr
structure of credit to a point where it
can be safely maintained under con
ditions of a normal distribution of the
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WASHINGTON, Nov., 9— Orders
were .today telegraphed to all the re
cruiting; stations in the United States
co recruit the Second Division to full
war strength immediately. No explan
ation or reason for the order was giv
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NOTICE
Ladies! Look Forward to the Baza
ar Sale that will be held by the ladies
l
Aid Society, very soon. Watch the
Gateway, for the date of sale.
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TOMORROW
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The Ladies of the Aid Society, are
asked to a (Buffet Luncheon) at the
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home of Mrs. Don Carlos, Thursday,
at 12:30 o'clock. After which the re
gular work will take place.
NOTICE
There will be a meeting of the
Republican Club tonight at eight o’
clock.
J. M. SLOAN, Resident.
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CITY COUNCIL MEETS.
The regular meeting of the City
Council was held last night. All mem
bers were present. City Clerk Estes
was authorized to draw a warrant in
favor of the school board for the sum
of $1090.000 for payment of school
teachers salaries.
REGAINING HEALTH
NEW YORK, Nov., 9— After a
three years fight ., with tuberculosis,
Christy Mathewso-n, ex-star pitcher of
the New York National team is recov
ering his health at Saranac Lake
where he spends his days reclining in
a darkened room. He is gaining weight
rapidly and by next summer i hould be
thoroughly cured.
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BIG OFFER
MILWAUKEE, Nov, 9— The Min
neapolis Club today offered $50,000
for the proposed fight for the light
weight title of the world between Ben
ny Leonard and Ritchie Mitchell.
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DOCUMENTS STOLEN
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LONDON, Nov., 9— Valuable docu
ments and diaries belonging to Am
undson were stolen yesterday from
Captain Hansen of the Steamer Maude
according to a Christiania despatch
received here today. Three arrests
have been mple but there does not
seem to be any prospect in sight for
recovering the documents.
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LET’S ASK
WASHINGTON, Nov., 0— Ameri
can buBsiness must purge itself of its
own “misdemeanors” before it can
hope hope to exert the fullest influ-:
ence in the affairs of the nation, Jose- ’
ph H. Decrees, president of the Cham-,
ber of Commerce of the United States, j
declared in an address today before
the American anker’s Association.
“One of the most fruitful sources
of the unrest in this country at the
present time” said Mr. DeFrees, “is
the belief on the part of a great num
ber that business in many instances is
securing an inordinate profit. It is the
theme of the agitator, and is used as
justification for various unfair exac
tions which are put upon business. We
are quite ready to complain in the pub
lic interest, about excess profit taxes
amj inadequate production for a fair
wage. Let us do all we can to correct
our own misdemeanors and then our
voice of protest will have a larger in
fluence in correcting those of others.
Mr. DeFrees told the delegates that
business should adopt an “advisory”
position rather than a dictatorial atti
tude n dealing with the government
He said most members of Congress
were willing to receive information
gathered by organizations which had
made a study of particular questions,
but that they deeply resented action
by anybody which savored of a de
mand. The average legislator, he said,
will no longer yield to demands, but is
anxious to render a service where he
is shown that beneficial results may
be obtained.
“Few legislators will heed such de
mands”, he added, “because it is vic
ious in principle. It has come to be
recognized that such threats have lit
tle effect at election time. With pro
per publicity more votes wilt be
changed in-opposition to the man who
yiolds to threats than will be changed
in his favor by his cowardly action.”
Mr. DeFrees said he saw hope in:
the growing ability of American busi- ;
ness men to organize in the mood of k
helpfulness as well as in sympathy I
with the public interest. He believed
that this development might in the
future provide a solvent for the trou-,
bles confronting the nation.
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ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING
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CORDOVA, Nov., 9— (Special to
the Gateway)— An enthusiastic meet
ing was held here last night by th^
Republican Club. The members endors
ed George C. Qazelet for Governor of
Alaska and asl^ed the Delegate to Con
gress Dan Sutherland to put the mat
ter before the National Committeemen
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members of the Territorial organisa
tion and all Republican Clubs to se
cure his appointment
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WOMAN FIGHTS
WARSAW, Nov., 9— A Polish wo
man soldier who took part in driving
back the bolsheviki from Warsaw
writing to a Polish newspaper, says
she went 10 days without taking off
her clothes and that ferquently the
members of her detachment went five
and six days without having oppor
tunity to take down their hair. During
one march, in keeping pace with the
retreating red forces, the women were
on the go 14 hours, 13 of which were
without food or water.
The letter says: “At 11 o’clock at
night we were ordered to be in readi*
ness. Our detachment, all women, at
this time, had been ordered out for
patrol duty. Our pack consists of a
coat, rifle, ammunition and other ar
ticles, in all weighing 60 pounds. Aft
er four hours of marching and when 1
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felt that 1 couldn’t go a step further
we received orders'to return to our
former post, several mites imqf. f
scarcely remember how I readied our
destination, 1 was so tired. I dropped
onto a pile of straw and slept for an
hour.
“When I was awakened I was in
formed that my detachment had gone
away without me, to take part in a
movement to surround a force of bol
sheviki hidden in a clump of woods.
After six miles of good roadway, I en
countered sand which made walking
so difficult that my feet pained me at
every step. I was covered with dust,
and hadn’t had a drink of water for
hours. After walking fifteen miles I
reached my comrades who were rest
ing under trees, in the shade from a ,
hot sun. A peasant boy brought a
bucket of plums, but we privates only
got a look at them, the plums all went
to the officers,1 who were women too.
And then the march started again,
through a forest.
"Now and then, as we advanced* l
saw' some of the women faint, and I
heard others crying 'mercy9 and I
thought 1 heard curses which must
have come from the men on oar right
This march continued 14 hours.
For 1 > hours we had neither food nor
water. When we reached a series of
trenches, we were promised something
hot to eat But the food never came,
and then the fighting began. Ob, how
I Iqnged for a drink — longed for
sleep, away from the roar of battle. '
But above everything there was a feel
ing of satisfaction, a feeling of un
dreamed of happiness, despite the suf
fering from hunger, from lack of wat
er and the misery due to cold at night
and heat during the day, when I
thought and was thrilled as we fmight
that I, a woman, was a soldier of
Poland.99
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- WATSON TONIGHT
Steamer Adnpiral Watson is ex
pected to arrived in Sewaid at 8 o'
clock. She will watt in Seward for die
arrival of the Gateway flier from An*