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SEWARI). ALASKA. FRIDAY, DIA EMLKR •>, ---
VOI.IME XIII. NI MBER ITT. __ - — - .-.-—
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MEXICO CITY. Dec.. -• Anuvicu
con.su iai agent William O. Jenkins a
released from the Mexican jail at Pu
ebla la.-t night by the Judge at that
place. Jenkins went to his homo im
mediately. This is according to o"fii
ial advice* received here.
WASHINGTON. Dee., 5 The Am
erican Embassy at Mexico City, has
notified the State Department ‘.hat
Jenkins has been released. The em
bassy's dispatch arrived just in time
before Senator I all and Sonat v
iiitcht'Oi'k went t«> visit President W li
on and tell him the foreign relatin'.*
ommittcv of the Senate had ord«ed
that diplomatic relations be *ev« '.red
vith Mexico and break oft with Ptex
lent Carranza. President Wilson -*anl
hi* would reserve his judgment.
WASHINGTON. Uec., .*>— Accor i
r»g to officials of the State Dop.i t
nent Mexico, by releasing Jenkins,
ins reiiigod from the braggard in n
w*r indicated in her previous noto.> r ■
■ranting the position that country too!.
»n the Jenkins affair.
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SKATTLK. Doc., 5 - Dick Gravel
alias Jack Lewis, was arrested here
last night and taken to Centralia on
the midnight train to face a charge of
murder in connection with the armis
tice day shooting.
It is alleged Lewis stood on the
tinning board of an automobile near
vhe l. W. W. Hall and fired into iho
oaraders .
A state wide search had been made
or Lewis also an Ole Hansen, who i<
still fr«H\
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GREAT FORCE 4IE CENSES
TAKERS WILL FIND WORK j
WASHINGTON. D r., :> - IVrect
or of Onsus Rogers is to increase the
census enumerators pay to four ct nts
for each name enumerated and Ll
cents for each farm reported. Eighty
seven thousand enumerators a»o to hr
employed.
ENGLAND t<) PROTECT THE
FRENCH IN C\SE OF TROT RLE
PARIS. Dec., a * The ncwspnpe is
sav England will carry out the ate:ce
ment to protect France, even if Amer
ica does not ratify tlr* treaty.
HOUSTON, Dec.. 5— General V/ol
tor’s commanding the Texas cavalry.
;■<' -ding to reports, is chasing band
it*,, today. Mexican bandits came
across the border and raided a store
'•levcn miles south of Zapata. The.
hound the owner of the store and es
caped with money and commod’ties.
Woi i rs is in pursuit.
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Chris Selves of Ketchikan was re
cently fined $500 by Commissiono
Mahoney, and upon appeal to the dis
trict court the case was dismissed hr
Judge Jennings. This case proves that
under existing laws an alien can he
employed on any boat engaged in fish
ing.
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SKATTLK, Dec.. 3— The nortli
,c i railroad passenger service, in*
luti ng all east hound service aiul »
.» California, is to be cut down one
h'.<i beginning Sunday, in oide*
a vo toal.
The limited train service will b • on
y :be essential travel and will check
hr Christmas business t<> a grout * v
Cllt.
NSW YOKK, Doc. 5— Sb eti
call if.g of the subway was susp.i ul» d
.is afiermrn dining the rush I*
.» save coal. The big electric si" \
long the White Way are to operab
«nly one hour, T:•!() to N:‘;0 o’clock a I
light.
AIcAlestcr, Okla., Deo.. f> - A!a
tiid law has been proclaimed in *. a
Oklahoma coal countries.
XKVV YORK. Dec., Kastern
••s>ci ger service will be reduced to a
war basis on December lOtn account
f the coal shortage. The order will
.e stricter than war orders. For the
j5st *im< the famous Twentieth < en
ury Limited will be taken ofl vhe
chedule in twenty years.
COMNMIHJS, Dec., o— The go -
rnoi's office believes the settlement
>f the -oal strike in Ohio is very non
rhe ^governor is now attempting to
e.'tt’e the strike upon the wage s a!e
:|;hn than the fourteen per cea: in
vi-aso proposed and agreed to b> I1.'
government.
WASHINGTON, Dec., •*»-- F *< ’
Administrator Garfield says the <•>!
n'oduction is getting ciosoi to r: i
mal stringency and in the middle vo ♦
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SAN KHANCISCO, Dec.. 5
larkentine Thrasher, Captain W . C.
Crrett and a crew of ton men, udt
•ere October 20th, for Seattle. I >'•
arkentino has not been heard of sine *
•nd it is feared she is lost with all or
board.
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IAPSHFRO'S ART OHJECTS
TO HE SOU) FOR THE POOP
VIENNA,’Doc., 5— The Hupsburg.d
' onUi*ios-oM accumulation of art ob
jects, part of which is to bo sold, is
stimatod to bo worth $21,000,000. |
‘aintings, rare manuscripts, Gobelin'
apestries, ohl Oriental porcelain, |
goldsmith’s and silversmith’s work by
je most famous Florentine jewelers
nd historical furniture are included.
The furniture includes that of Ihe
oo*u in Schocnhrunn Castle occupied
iv Napoleon in 1800.
The purpose of the sale, as anncunc
, d, is to create a fund from whicn the
»'Oor may be fed for a time. All will
not he sold, but enough so it will bf
<ho greatest sale in the history of ar
tistic auctions. The peace conference
ruled those were the property of Aus
tria.
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MOW YORK, Dec., 5— Krr.ma Gold
Man and her cohort, Heckman, who
ave worked together for thirty years
n anarchistic activities, left the main
and today probably never to retut '.
hey were taken to K’lis Island f( r
!0|>o tation for urging the overthrow
f the American government by v»o
Tt ey will go back to Soviet Ihis
,ia. Rerkman purchased a supplv fit
lothes and new eye glasses as he w.li
he i nalde to feet them in Russia.
NEW YORK. Doc., r>— Berkmar
aid he was not objecting to deporla
•on to Soviet Russia and predicted a !
•evolution in the United States within
ive years.
Emma Goldman, as a parting word .
aid that the American government
vas doing the very things the C/.ar
Jid before the revolution, and the
newspapermen present said:— “Oh
i Hoi— ena , Mont.”
ROOSEVELTS COUSIN IS
NOW IN OPERA AND THE
CRITICS GIVE HER PR VISE
PARIS, Dec., 5— Miss Hilda Roose
velt, cousin of Col. Roosevelt, made ,
her debut at the Opera Comique in
Manon last night d the newspapers
'ive her much praise for her dramatic ,
ibility and tone of her voice.
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HITS NEW LOW LEVEL
NEW YORK, Dec., 5- English pound
hit $:L86 .°»-4 today on exchange, reach
ing a new low level.
LONDON, Dec. .)— G<*org. s < a
p2nt.tr last night v.oa the Kunpem
icavyweight championship. Me k.m
>(l Joe Beckett out in the first round.
Hie two men on’y fought one m*n le
and ten seconds. The Prince ol '•'< <*■■.>
••itncssed the fight from a ling
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scat.
Carpenticr will now probably meet
Jack Dempsey.
LONDON, Dec., a— The Daily Mu’
today accuses Bucket of she*. stupity
n his fight. Everybody how< ■*er
varpentier is the best man. T' * P: t
>f Wales congratulated C^rp *nti<*:
ind then shook hands with the def at
d Britisher saying: “Better luck next
ime.”
Large sums of money changed hand J
us the English sports hot on Be* kotr
even to five.
NEW ORLEANS, Dec., f>— Dom
nick Totorich, fight promoter, say*
ack Dempsey is under contract t"
neet Carpenticr here.
HE ( ANT RESIGN
Word comes from Ketchikan that
he Alaska Labor Union at that phie *
efusod to accept the resignation of B
Sawyer as Secretary, which was i t -
ently tendered, and in addition elect
d him Treasure*)’. The story is that
awyer tendered his resignation when
e presented a bill for $600 as pa'*1
he amount due attorneys for defend
ig him on the charge of being a
lacker. A lawyer was secured from
leattle.
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VAR BUILT CRAFT
SWINGING IDLY VT
PIERS IN SEATTLE
SEATTLE, Dec., 5— A gray Ho t
f 48 war built, uncompleted, wood *’.
u*go vessels tugs idly atMts moo’*
igs in Lake Union, near the hv*.
f Seattle. The boats, some of then
arely more than hulls, are own'd
y the United States Shipping L y d
nd are worth $12,000,000 it has been
^timated. Most of them are ready to
"•ceive their engines.
“Ships that didn’t get the chance”
bey have been called, as the war
hich lushed them onto the ways and
1 ito the water. ended before they
'ached the seas to do their sha’e if<
irming a part of “Pershing s Bridge
. > carry American men and supplies
across tl*o Atlantic to France.
PARIS, Dec., 5— The afternoo
new. papers say the Peace* C’ounc.l h:
decided upon a corercion policy a. ch
m':. a. jument likely to impres ■; th
to"mans and force them to sign id.
j otocol to the peace treaty.
i orrner Commander-in-chief Foci
at*•* vlor! a socrot meeting of the P« -tc
r,'j cil late last night and it is under
t od ho i< planning to execute a p1".
h chatted last June*, the threat o
loth brought the German plenipolcn
tianrs to Versailles in double quit*’
tn*»<* as ih° Americans would put it
It is kno.vn that - • ret orders wor
issued to various military organiza
tions along the Rhine and elsewhere p
4!u* -r -ult ef th< ecret session las
aig arid the placing of 1 och in prac
tic ! command of the* coercion t.» 1*
usc*d on the Il’ins.
LONDON, Dec.. 5— It is rumore
here late this afternoon fhat Alli<‘
troops may occupy Essen and oth*
(lerman towns.
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COPENHAGEN, Dec., 5— T1
Czec ho Slovakia have ordered tin in*
holization of three military clas.-**
Twenty one Czech divisions are tod?
idvancing towards the* Hangar
rentier. It is reported the? Hungari:
Tonticr forces have upon active r
c>ntly.
v ri, VM'IC FLEET IS TO
MANEUVER IN JANI’AP
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WASHINGTON, Dec., 2— Set
ary of the navy Daniels says eig
Ircadnaughts and 100 destroyers
he Atlantic fleet will leave for Gr
in January for the winter manor v.
:n the gulf. The ships will be a<
quately manned although they wiPt
constitute the war complement.
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THIRTY-ONE STORES
OPERATE IN DAKOTA
AT PRESENT TP
FARGO, N. D., Dec., 5— Thir
>ne stores operating in North Dstki
t pi*esont, with exceptions that
"ore January 1, 1020, th?s number v
be increased to 28, is the recoil
the Consumer’s United Stores Cor
pany, a Non-partisan I/eague bus»n
venture. The company’s assets are
timated at more than $1,000,000.
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