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PRESIDENT WILSON
SIGNS TARIFF BILL
"Washington, Oct. 4 President Wilson today signed the
democratic tariff reduction bill, and expressed much satisfaction
when he attached his name to the measure. Under the provis
ions of the bill, tin' free wool schedule goes into effect December
1 next and the free sugar schedule goes into effect May 1, 1016.
The senate passed the bill yesterday afternoon, make a slight
change. It was returned to the house, which passed it last night.
P. 0. DEPARTMENT
WILL TAKE OVER
CABLE SERVICE
Washington, Oct. 4.—The postoffice
department is negotiating with the
war department with reference to the
taking over of the Alaska cable and
land lines. The transfer will be made
at an earlv date.
SULZER WITNESS
IN OWN BEHALF
Albany, N. V., Oct. 4.-Upon the
motion of the defense, the Suizer im
peachment proceedings were adjourned
yesterday until Monday. Governor
Suizer, it is announced, will take the
witness stand in his own behalf.
MONEY TAINTED
SAY METHODISTS
Cleveland, Tenn., Oct. 4.—Taking
the high ground that the money is
tainted, the Methodist conference
voted to reject an offer of one million
dollars from Andrew Carnegie for use
of the Vanderbilt university.
EIGHT DROWN IN
TEXAS FLOODS
Austin, Tex., Oct. 4--Eight persons
lost their lives and four million dol
lars’ worth of property was destroyed
through floods in Texas. The railway
companies are the heaviest losers. The
floods are subsiding.
Alameda in Seattle.
Seattle, Oct. 4.—The steamer Ala
meda, from Seward and way ports, ar
rived here last night.
For piano tuning phone Roy Jacobs,
. at the Coleman.
Life preservers at J. L. Graef’s. *
Meet me at the Branch #
Budweiser beer at the Branch.
ATTEMPTED
KILLING OF GIRL
IS MYSTERY
New York, Oct, 4—Mystery sur
; rounds the attempted killing of Miss
Lucile Singleton. Doctors who ha\e
made an examination of the wounds
inflicted are unable to determine
; whether they were made by a knife,
or how they were indicted. The
1 wounded girl, who today showed signs
* of recovery, declines to reveal the
| manner in which she was hurt, and
i mvst.tied the case by causing a tele
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gram to be sent to her father, who is
, in Texas, in which she says she was not
1 stabbed.
Attorneys representing Herman Ole
richs jr., charged with the assault, de
clare that the stabbing theory is a re
diculous one, but decline to say how,
or by whom, the wounds were indicted.
The Singleton girl is evidently seek
; ing to shield Olenchs, who is beleived
j to be her illicit lover.
ALASKA-GROWN
PRODUCTS SELL
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Seattle, Oct. 4.—A biff shipment of
! rutabagas, shipped from Skagway,
Alaska, found a ready sale here at the
i rate of $2.00 per hundred pounds. A
lesser shipment of turnips, from the
same place, sold at $2.25 the hundred
I pounds.
Other shipments are promised, as
i the growers are highly pleased with
; the price and the ready market.
VESSEL BURNS
CREW RESCUED
j Baltimore, Oct. 4.—Fifty-four men,
j composing the crew of the British
! schooner Templemore, reached here
last night. The vessel, which was
afire, was deserted at sea. The loss is
$750,000, covered by insurance.
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Meet me at the Branch. *
Twenty-gauge, 1913 model shot guns
at J. L. Graefs. J
Mr. Evans, of the Carstens Packing
Co., will have for specials this week
fresh moose, fresh spareribs, fresh
boiled haras, fresh cooked ox tongue. *
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Washington, Oct. 4.—President Wil
son today summarily removed Judge
G. I). Murane, of the Second judicial
division of Alaska. The attorney-gen
eral asked for Murane’s resignation.
The judge refused to resign until June
1, 1U14. His summary removal quickly
followed.__
DYNAMITE PLOT
i AGAIN DROUGHT
TO LIMELIGHT!
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New York, Oct. 4-George Davis,
a union iron worker, was arrested
j here last night, charged with compli
j city in the dyanmite outrages in which j
1 the McNamars and others were invol- ,
ved and for which they were convicted.
Davis confessed his guilt to the pol- j
1 ice and upon information obtained j
from him Secretary Jones, of the inter
national bridge and structural iron
workers’ national organization, will be j
taken into custody at Indianapolis to
day. also on a charge of complicity in ^
the outrages.
Davis’ confession further implicates
President Ryan and other officials who
were convicted, but who have appealed
their cases and are out on bonds. It is
expected that Ryan and associates will
again be arrested.
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BANDITS SHEET -
A RESISTANCE
Seattle, Oct. 4—Two bandits entered
the Boulevard saloon here late last
ni^ht and sought to hold it up. The
proprietor, who was behind the bar,
saw the bandits enter, viewed them
with suspicion, and at the command to
“Throw up your hands!” the saloon
man whipped out a revolver and open
ed tire. One of the bandits fell dead.
The other returned the fire, wounded
the saloon man, and hastened from the
scene._
CORONER’S JORY
INVOLVE PRIEST
New York, Oct. 4—The coroner’s
jury, sitting in the case of Anna Au
muller, whose dismembered remains
were found in the Hudson river, re
turned a verdict today which finds
that Father Schmidt, a Catholic priest,
is guilty of the murder.
The Mariposa is due ro arrive at
Cordova at 3 o’clock this alternoon.
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Finch’s Golden Wedding rye at the
Branch. _ *
Evinrude motors $75. at J. L. Graef’s.
Long distance telephone booth at the
Branch.* *
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Seattle. Oct. 4.—The steamer Spo
kane, of the Pacific Toast, company’s
fleet, was wrecked at Cape Lamio,
Vancouver island, last night. The
freighter Latouche, which was near at
hand, answered tiie Spokane's wireless
call for aid, and hastened to the scene.
All of the passengers and most of the
crew were taken off and readied here
at noon today. Several of the crew
are standing by the wreck. The ex
tent of the damage is not known at
this time. A violent storm was raging
when the ship struck.
SEATTLE JUDSE
IS SEVERE WITH
THE SOCIALISTS
Seattle. Oct. 4—Superior Judge
Humpheries has had a busy week sen
tencing hundreds of socialists to pay
fines or in lieu thereof, to serve a
term in the local county bastile.
The charge was that of contempt of
his august court. The jurist who con
fesses a bitter hatred for the socialists,
issueu a warning from his bench of au
thority, proclaiming that the “reds”
must cease holding staeet meetings.
The socialists paid no heed to this
widespread proclamation, and kept
right on holding their nightly talkfests,
their loud-mouthed orators ranting
and raving about the capitalistic class.
His dignity offended, Judge Hum
phries ordered the arrest of some three
hunered of the most vociferous agitat
ors and haled thorn before his tribunal.
A brother superior judge, Smith by
name, sitting in his seat of authority
this forenoon, reverted from the sub
; ject in hand to pay his respects to Hum
I phries. In strong, red-blooded lan
1 guage Smith denounced the anti-social
i ust judge, declaring him to he a dis
I grace to the bench, as well as the bat\
and announcing, furthermore, that he
was exceeding his authority in seeking
j to stifle free speech.
Smith affirmed that while he him
'self was no socialist, and did not -care
to be classed as one he beleived in a
square deal all around, and the said
the socialist spellbinedrs had as much
j right to talk on the street, so long as
! they did not interfere with traffic, as
! the hosts of the Lord as represented
by the Salvation army.
And the end is not yet.
SMUGGLERS
ARE INDICTED
San Francisco, Oct. 4—Seventeen
persons, alleged members of an opium
smuggling ring, have been indicted by
a federal grand jury here.
Lilly’s fly killer at J. L. Graef 5s. *
Savage 22 High Power rifles at J. L.
Graef’s. _ t
Meet me at the Brancn.