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SEWARD. ALASKA. WEDNESDAY. CICTOBER % 1919._______
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WASHINGTON. (Vt.. I— K. U.
.Iar>. of the stool coi poration, today
oM tho Senate committee investi Kat
yn* the steel trust. that the Hnit d
Statts Steel Corporation paid ? •
highest vvan»‘s ot the wond s ha-?c
dustrie* and deni «t t ■ companv n
treated the men.
* Mr. Gary *aul the strikers v r *
now chaiu'itK tin Steel i orporat'on
v v. ith havir.jj killed Mrs. l annie Sell
etis. at Hrecken i«1 *r«*. Pa., some time
Gary said th« torporatioa lui^ mo
plants at llreekenridjfe. He holi.-ve*
the eoal mi ter* pmltahlv wore respon
sible for tho killinir *»f the woman,
which was accidental, as th»* corot not
inquest v« diet showed.
Senator Phipps said he intended to
file the verdict with the committee.
(kity said the control of the Ameri
can industries by the I nien ■» » etild
tiMV i the decay and dropping off of
production and further said it would
mean that America cannot keep up
•. ith a race with the world, something
. he Kngiand is today experiencing.
average unskilled worker, said
Mr. (ic.ry. receives X."» and tin* skilled
wo ker from S(> to XT in the steel
plants.
“Non** of the men in the steel plants
struck of their own volution.” said Mr.
(iary, hut weie forced to do so by the
labo leadeis, net having sufficient
backbonete tell the leaders to go to
thunder. Men are returning to work
daily, stating they had been mislead.”
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OKLAHOMA CITY. Oct., 1— Senat
or Reed, speaking here last night, as
serted President Wilson had revised
his own opinions in order to s«ppo>t
the League of Nations. Senator Ree l
declared the League of Nations \v:u
formed for the benefit of other na
tions to he maintained largely at the
expense of the Americans.
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FALL TALKS
ON TREATY
WASHINGTON , Oct., 1— Senator
Fall s|>oko in the Senate for over two
hours yesterday afternoon urging the
adoption of his thirty six amendments
to the treaty.
WASHINGTON. Oct., I— Presided
Wilson is not to participate at all iu
the senate treaty fight owing to his
condition.
Administration Senators have tol 1
the President that the treaty will not
l»e amended neither will the Senate
adopt amendments requiring its re- i
submission to the conference.
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WASHINGTON. Oct., I— Tho Sen
ate has adopt d a resolution rcquost
lag President Wilson to transmit *.o
the Senate the report of tht Ameri
cans landing at Tran, after me Ital
ians had captured the city.
The Republicans criticised the land
ing of tht* Americans.
Senator Hitchcock charged the Re
publicans w it’n heckling the President
and that they were deliberately fili
bustering to delay the ratification of
the treaty.
Senator Lodge denied the Republic
ans were in any filibuster.
PARIS. Oct., 1 - It is reported
here American Admiral Andrews o»
dered the marines ashore at Trau
without instructions from Washington.
Admiral Andrews landed the marine
acting upon his authority and in lin<*
with his regular dut'es of policing the
Adriatic. The Italian commander at
Trail requested the Americans help
to prevent a dash between the Ser
bians anti Italians.
ROME, Oct., 1 — Italians at Trail
have asked the Italian government to
send a ship there for protection also to
obtain the release of prominent Ital
ians the Serbians have arrested. Th»
government has declined to interfere
in the area assigned the Americans to
police.
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cheer dwnntnzio
FIUME, Oct., 1— D’Annunzio re
ceived an Associated Press corre
spondent today and said: “We aro
here to >*ay until Fiume is annexed as
a state.”
Demons rations occur in the city
oven :v *r*ng cheering for D’Annun -
zio.
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STEEL STKIK E
|*|T! SUl IvLU. Oct., 1— S1 eel
worker•> are claiming .‘tta.000 mi ll
* art. idle. The companies claim
more men are returning to work
daily.
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SA<'RAMi:XTO. Oct., 1— Senator
Hiram Johnson, on a hurry up trip
from Congress to his home state, ad
dressed hrief!v a crowd at the sta4ion
here late w*sterrii»y afternoon. Senator
Johnson ;:ud: * We are facing the
greatest on -r since the civil war.”
SAX F'JANi 1SC0, Oct., 1— S'*":**
or Johns >n \n i> vociferously gn.m’***!
hero alth -*.gh he arrived on an Oak
land ferry lute last night.
I OR NKW LABOR BOARD
WASHINGTON, Oct., 1— Depart
ment of Lalior officials say the pro
posal for establishing a council for tb«*
settlement of disputes, replacing tlv
■ »*• hoard, should come before
the industrial conference. Secretary
Wilson favors‘district \>ards of arbi
tration which awards would be sup
po tod bv Federal court and injunc
tions prevented.
WASHINGTON, Oct., I An agree
ment has been reached between the
Shipping Hoard and the Navy Depart
ment to allow the shipyard workers ;
on the Pacific Coast to accept the 1
wage increases if the government is
not affected by the expense. It is be
lieved the strike of the shipyard j
wmkers has been avoided.
SAX I’ UAXCISCO, Oct., 1— At j
I midnight tin* Bay Cities Metal 1 rades
' Council announced the shipping
i hoard's action was too late to prevent !
I a walkout in the Bay district. The of
ficials of the council said throe ship
yards had rejected the wage increase
agreement after the government ol
der.
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SKATTLK, Oct., 1-- The shipyard’s ,
sli 'ke is not expected now as a result
of the Washington decision.
SKATTLK, Oct., 1— None of the;
shipvarders went on a strike today *t > ;
the government decided to allow the ■
plants to pay the promised increase
provided the government does not
have to pay it.
TACOMA. Oct., 1- Shipyard work
os struck this morning as the plants
want the government to pay the in
crease in wages.
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SAX FKAXCISCO, Oct., 1 - Fifty '
thousand shipyard workers are strik
ing in the hay district.
LOS AXCiKLFS. Oct.. 1 — Xo strike
here, men all reported for work this
morning. |
PORTLAND, Oct., 1— Shipyard
men remain at work.
SAX DIFC.O, Oct.. 1— No strike
in the shipyards here.
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PARIS, Oct., 1— The Supreme
Council is not satisfied with Ger- \
many's recall of General Von Dor ’
Glotz from the Baltic. The Council is
determined to apply an economic pres
sure until r.0.000 soldiers are with
drawn from the Baltic.
BERLIN, Oct., J— The National As- 1
sembly has re-opened. Minister Den
oske reported Germany’s army of 400,
000 is being reduced, enlistments hav
ing been forbidden.
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WASHINGTON, Oct., 1— The Sen-:
ate has confirmed Brand Whitlock’s .
nomination ns Ambassador to Bel
gium.
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LONDON*. Oct.. 1— The govern
ment officials say more trains are
running now than for the past three
clays. Everybody is helping to move
goods.
The Sixth Earl of Port Arlington
this morning helped unload milk
churns from the train at Paddington
station.
Frederick Smith, heir of the first
Baron Colwyn, is a fireman on the
Liverpool-London express. Several
dukes are driving motor lorries.
GLASGOW, Oct., 1—Robert Smillie,
leader of the British miners, predicts
fifty pei’ cent of England’s manual
laborers will be idle within a week.
He expects the mines, shipyards, fact
ories and steel plants to close owing
to the strike of the railwaymen.
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BERKMAN RELEASED
ATLANTA, Oct., 1— Anarchist
Berkman was released from the peni
tentiary this morning and immediately
left for New York, in charge of of
ficers, to face a deportation charge
with Emma Goldman.
CINCINNATI, Oct., 1- The Keels
won the first game of the world's ser
ies today by heavy hitting the feature
of the game being the great stick
work which knocked the .unions Whit
som pitcher Cicottc trom the hex. 1 he
final score in favor oi the Reds, !• to l.
Kuether, the* Reds pitcher, scored
three hits in three times at bat, two
of them being triples.
The weather was fair.
At the opening of the game betting
fare red the White Sox hy six to five.
Unlucky fans offered $50 to SI00
for seats.
The estimated attendance today
was .‘55.000.
The score:—
Chicago 16 1
Cincinnati 0 14 1
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SALT I,AKK CITY. Oct.. 1 The
House has ratified the suffrage
amendment to the constitution and th<
measure now goes to the Governor for
his signature as the higher house has
aheadv passed it. A woman presided
speaker and the women handled
the amendment at all stages of the le
gislation.
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PARIS, Oct., 1— The Chamber of
Deputies has sustained Clemenceau
and the government has agreed to his
request to postpone a discussion of
amendment to the treaty providing 1or
further disarmament ol Germany.
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HONOLULU. Oct., 1— Volcaiu
i Marino Loa has again started erupting.
Lava is flowing from the Kona side
ai\i lost toying many homes. Residents
| are fleeing to the sea thirty miles
away.
HILO, Oct., 1— A lava stream from
Mauna Loa has reached the sea traver
sing the Kona district, known for the
large coffee and sugar plantations.
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A LOCKUP
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MERCHAXTSVILLE, X.J„ Oct., 1
— A posse captured a negro last night
and locked him in the jail. The negro
is charged with assaulting a white wo
man. The mob leaders refused to per
mit the negro to be hanged but de
clared they would turn him over to the
authorities.
ST. LOUIS, Oct., 1— Governor the American Bankers Association,
Harding, of the Federal Reserve Bank- urged a six months industrial truce to
ing Board, sneaking Inst night before reduce the cost of living.
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