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Mexico *'ity, Nov. 21—Brevity "a*:
the eiiief characteristic of the message 1
to the congress read by President ;
Huerta vestetday.
The document merely explained the j
motive that led the chief executive j
to dissolve the former congress and j
call for the election of new members.
As a veiled threat to the new con-j
gress, Huerta, in his message, said ;
that most of the members of the pre-i
cecing congress were in jail.
The message ignored reference to;
the trouble with the United States,
much to the surprise of all.
Washington, Nov. 21 — President
Wilson justifies the execution of feder
al officers at Juarez, Mexico, at the
instance of the rebel general Villa, in
cases wherein the victims deserted the
rebel army to accept high rank in the
federal army.
HEALTH BOARD
BULLETIN BARRED
New York, Nov. 21 —A monthly bul
letin, issued by the New \ ork health
department, has been barred from cir
culatiou in the public schools of the ;
city, Decause it contains extracts from •
the testimony ^ivenat the Thaw mui
der trial as a lesson to parents. The
school board declares the bulletin to ;
be unlit f,*r the e\es of school children, I
considering it grossly immoral. A i
lively scrap between the rival boards
is anticipated.
RAILWAY LINE
GETS BIG LOAN!
New York, Nov. 21—Morgan and
Company of New YoOk and two Bos- j
ton financial concerns have joined is
sues in loaning forty million dollars to
the New Haven, Hartford & Connecti
cut Railway system, to enable it to
make contemplated improvements in |
equipment.
COED AND RAIN
PREVENTS GAME
Seattle, Nov. 2l-On account of the
cold, rainy weather the scheduled base- >
btil game yesterday, between the New 1
York Giants and the Chicago White
Socks, did not take place. The clubs
are on a world tour, giving exhibition
games in the larger cities and towns.
Sleds for boys and girls; sleds for
men. At J. L. Graef’s.
Meet meat the Brancn.
St. Louis, Nov. 21—“The tariff re -1
duct ion bill will cause a ‘back to the
farm' movement/' declared Secretary
of the Navy Josephus Daniels in a
speech to a large audience here last
night. He said that the tariff law
would result in a lower cost of living
and would practically mean a new birth
of freedom in this country.
The secretary said he hoped that the
people of the United States would
never become a spineless race of mug
wumps, taking a rap at the so-called
progressives.
DIRECTORS HAD
A GREAT GRAFT;
St. Louis, Nov. 21-Id a hearing in
bankruptcy case of the St. Louis &
San Francisco Railway Company, be
fore the interstate commerce commis
sion yesterday, testimony was adduced j
which tended to prove that directors j
of the defur ct concern made seven I
million dollars by building unimpor-j
taut branch lines and selling them to j
the parent company.
INVESTIGATING
TAMMANY HALL'
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New York, Nov. 21 — In the investi
gation of the charge that Tammany
Hall politicians grafted from the city
contractors George McGuire corrobor
ated the testimony of Hennessy, auth
or of the inquiry. McGuire said that
to his khowledge forty New York con
tractors had to contribute various
sums to the Tammany leaders.
HAPPY GROOM
IN WASHINGTON
Washington, Nov. 21-Francis B.
Sayre, fiancee of Miss Jessie Wilson,
arrived here today. The decorators
are at work, preparing the White
House , for the wedding, to be held
November 25. •
M. H. Marston, one of the big opera
tors of the Iditarod; A. A. Schoen
beck, a merchant, M. D. McCarty, A.
Blank and D. McCrimroon arrived last
evening from Iditarod City and are
stopping at thek Hotel; SewardK' They
are enroute to the states.
Field glasses at J. L. Graef’s.‘ *
Twenty^gauge, 1913 model shot gun9
at J. L. Graef s. I
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v Long distance telephone booth at the1
Branch. *
“The Nelchina looks good and l be
lieve it will prove a big gold camp,”
said G. G. Cotter, who reached Seward, j
eleven days from there, last night. .
Everyone in there, as well as those'
who have come and gone to return
again, appears to be highly enthused
over the outlook, he said. While no
I new strikes are reported, this is ac
counted for by the fact that the claim
owuers are devoting their time to per
fecting titles to their holdings, the
territorial law requiring one hundred
dollars’ worth of work before a claim
may be recorded.
On claims located by himself and as
sociates, Mr. Cotter savs he found an
excellent wash gravel, similar to that
maintaining on Albert creek, the scene
of the original discovery.
Mr. Cotter says there is lots oT stak
ing going on, there being about one
hundred prospectors in the camp.
But the country is big and there will
be plenty of ground for later arrivals.
There is no game in the immediate
vicinity of the camp. A band of moun-j
tain sheet) were seen on Sheet) moun-!
tain, some distance away, and the
more energetic fellows hiked over
there to grab a mutton or two.
On the way out over the Matanuska
j trail Mr. Cotter and K L. Davis, who
i came with him as far as Knik, passed
'several large outfits going in from
Knik. Among these were the Harper
boys rnd Chambers, Dr. Goode, Haley
and Major, and P. C. O’Donnell.
Kd. O’Brien has opened a roadhouse
at the Matanuska coal camp, reports
Mr. Cotter.
Cotter and the Iditarod m ushers took
a dory from Knik to Sunrise. When
off Fire island, on the morning of the
Kith, they sighted the transport Gen
eral Hubbard. They say the Hubbard
will have no trouble in reaching Goose
bay, a suitable place to land the big
outfit.
Mr. Cotter plans on returning to the
Nelehina in a month or so. He came
to Alaska to visit his brother, Frank
J. Cotter, fie had no idea of remain
ing in the north, but happened to ar
rive in Seward just before Frank set
out for the new goid camp. He decid
j ed to go along, and is so strongly im
pressed with the great possibilities of
j Nelehina that he has decided to returd,
lie is a hydraulic mining engineer,
with extended experience in Nexico.
RUSSIAN STRIKE
IS SPREADING
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St. Petersburg, Nov. 21 -The work
I men’s st r i k e is spreading like wild!
tire and is now almost general through- j
out the manufacturing centers of;
Russia. Business is demoralized. ;
Manv of the strike leaders have oeen
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placed under arrest, an action which
only serves to embitter the “workmen
throughout the empire.
PINDELL NAMED j
AMBASSADOR
Washington, Nov. 2) — President
Wilson today sent to the senate the
nomination of Henry Pindell of Illinois
for United States ambassador to Rus
sia. Pindell is an editor.
One consul general and seven con
suls were also appointed.
GOVERNOR A
BALLMAGNATE
Harrisburg, Pa., Nov. 21— Governor
John Tener of Pennsylvania has been
offered and has accepted the presiden
cy of the National Baseball League.
Tener was himself a former profes
sional ball player.
Sun burst pocket flash lamps at J. L.
Graef ’a. *
Budweiser beer at the Branch.
$1,000 DIAMOND
At George, the Jeweler’s. Steel blue.
Perfect 3 metric.
TURKEYS TROT
IN BIG PARADE
Cuero, Tex., Nov. *21—'Phis city, the
center of the turkey raising industry,
yesterday held its annual turkey par
ade. Five thousand prime turkeys
were in the line of march. Governor
Colquitt headed the parade and many
business houses had gaily decorated
floats.
CALUMET STRIKE
MAY BE PROBED
Washington, Nov. 21—A resolution
was introduced in the house yesterday
providing for a congressional inquiry
in the strike in the Calumet copper
mines. ___
PROTECTION FOR
THE LAND OTTER
Washington, Nov. 21—Secretary of
Commerce Redfield has issued an or
der prohibiting, until 1918, the killing
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of land otter on the island of Afognak,
Alaska. __
Government After Hlddlemeh
New York, Nov. 21—The federal
government has started prosecution of
the middlemen in the jewelry trust.
Charles Henning, a son of Mr. and
Mrs. C. Henning, arrived last evening
from the Iditarod.
The latest in Slipper Buckies
Tango Sets, and Anklets, diaect from
the great Paris and New York
Houses. George, the Jeweler.