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VOLUME XIII. NUMBER 118. _~~_7" _ i
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WICHITA. Kan.. Sept.. 26— On
orders of l>r. C.iayson. President Wil
son was forced to cancel Ihe remaind
er of his speaking tour ami he leaves
here direct for the White house. Dr.
('.rayson said the President was ill
physically and exhauster!. The condi
tion of the chief executive is not crit
ical only nervous reaction and the su
pension of the tiip is imperative.
President Wilson was ill most all
of last night and this morning was not
better hut he desired to make his four
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remaining dates an»l return to Wash
ington next Mondry.
Outwardly, President Wilson has
stood the strain of the trip well but
has been suffering from headaches, fa
tigued b\ confinement in the train.
The audiences were also so large that
he was forced to use great exertion to
make his voice heard. The President
has made nearly forty speeches, not
including speeches in automobile pa
rades and those from the platform of
his private car.
SENATE ASKED TO DO
I OE 2 THINGS
JAPAN AND
CHINA TO
CONFER '
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TOKIO, Sept., 26— Japanese otlu
ials today notified the European eor. j
respondent of the Associate^ Press 1
that Japan was planning to invite .
('hina to confer on the Shantung sit* j
nation, and this will be done after Ja- |
pan ratifies the treaty.
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CLEMENCEAU IS
NOT SLIGHTING j
UNITED STATES
PARIS, Sept.. 26— Premier Clem
enceau, on his 77th birthday yester
day, made a remarkable speech in the
Chamber of Deputies and asked for
ratification of the treaty.
**We can fiimly believe and count
on America’s adoption of the treaty,”
said the Flinch Premier.
Previous to the speech yesterday,
the Chamber of Deputies thought
Clemenceau slighted America in his
speech of Wednesday. Yesterday he
showed no slight was intended.
Clemenceau said America flung
men into the battle with admirable im
petuousity.
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PARIS, Sept., 26— The debate on
the treaty in the Chamber of Deputies
bid fair to rua into next month.
PUEBLO, Colo.. Sept.. 26— Presi
dent Wilson, in speaking here late
yesterday afternoon, reduced his fight
for the treaty to the direct issue of
acceptance or rejection, inviting the
senate to take a definite stand one
way or the other as it was time the
nation knew where it stood.
President Wilson said the nation
was under a bond to generations to
come to make certain of no more wars.
The next war will be much more terri
ble than the last, the President sank
and the League of nations is the in
surance against any such barbarism.
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WASHINGTON, Sept.. 26— Senat
or Cummings, addressing the Senate
today, said that when President Wil
son ended his work at Paris, America
had no friends in Europe, Asia or Af
rica. and *‘olr brilliant service in war
was almost forgotten in the storm of
protests which followed Wilson
Home.”
Senator Cummings said the Ameri
can people first welcomed the cove
nant as a means of preventing wars
hut later discovered provisions in the
covenant which must inevitably pro
voke wars.
Senator Cummings denied that the
Senators were opposing the covenant
to accomplish political designs.
WASHINGTON, Sept., 26— Sena
tor Ashurst, Democrat of Arizona, re
ported first opposing the treaty in the
present form, has telegraphed that he
will support the treaty as it now
stands.
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SECRET SESSION IS ON
PARIS, Sept., 2f>— The Italian del
egation is in constant communication
with Rome. It is announced the King’s
Council has held two meetings. The
members are pledged to secrecy. It is
believed in conference circles that the
I recent communication from Wilson re
garding Fiume, is before the King’s
Council.
WASHINTON, Sept., 26- Chair
man Fitzpatrick, of the steel strikers
committee, told the Semite committee
today that the steel corporation re-f
fused to meet labor's representative^.
He further stated that Samuel (»om
pf.’s wrote to Gary last June but th.*
latter ignored the letter and never
made any reply.
Mr. Fitzpatrick declared that the
corporation opposed the steel uniofH
and the organizers. He said President
Wilson t^ied to get a conference with
Gaiy for the Unions, and7the new
papers at the time made mention of
the fact but intimated that the. nturnu
ami their troubles were only buga*
boos, that most of the disgruntled
men were aliens.
Fitzpatrick claims that at Clarton
Dequesne and Homestead the author
ities are denying all rights to strikers
and t(oops enter the hoises and
trample upon the men.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept., 26- The
first evidence of the steel strike on tie*
Pacific Coast came today when a small
number of workers quit the American
Steel Wire (Company, a subsidiary of
the .steel corporation.
N’RW YOHK, Sept.,. 26— K K.
Gary stated today that he belieyed the
directors of the steel corporation can
not confer or even negotiate with
Fitzpatrick. Gary made a similiar re.
ply to Fitzpatrick’s statement that th«
strike would end immediately if tin*
corporation would arbitrate.
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PITTSBURG, Sept., 26— President ]
Grace, of the Bethlehem Steel Comp*
any has refused to grant a conference j
with the steel workers. Foster, secre
tary of the worker’s committee, indi
cated that a strike of the Bethlehem
worker* will be called Monday.
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PITTSBURGH, Sept.4, 26- Steel
employers claim men are leturning to
work daily.
The Unions claim the strike is be
coming more effective daily.
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SEATTLE. Sept., 26— Steamer
Alameda sailed north at 5 o’clock yes
terduy aftermanrn with seventy passen
gers, the following being for Seward:
Miss J. J. Miller,
Louis Carpenter,
Frank Revelle,
Perry Revelle,
R. H. Huston and one steerage.
Yesterday the Associated Press sent j
a dispktch that the “City of Seattle” I
had sailed for Seward, and gave the!
name of three passengers. Today the
corrected list is made. The City of
Seattle is an Admiral steamer on the
Southeastern Alaska route and the j
passengers mentioned in the dispatch
yesterday were probably for Juneau, j
ALLIES OBLIGATIONS
TO BE TRANSFERRED
TO TERN SECURITIES:
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WASHINGTON. Sept., 2G— Nego
tiutions will soon begin for funding
ten billion dollars of the Allies obli
gations to America into long term
securities. The present credits are
short tern notes.
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SKATTLE, Sept., 26— Officials of :
the Admiral Line announced today:
that the company would be compelled'
to increase the rates to Alaska and
California, to almost another $1 per
ton, t..
The steamship officials claim a loss
of $166,463 for the seven months end
ing July 31st, this year.
The increase in the freight lates
is due to the increased operating, ex
pef «es, fuel wages and insuiauc*
All that part of the Waterfront from
i Monroe street on the north to Widling
ton street on the south has been set
aside by the Alaska Engineering Com
mission for coal docks lor the l nited
States navy.
Col. Frederick .Wears, chairman of
the Alaskan Engineering Commission
made the above statement regarding
waterfront reservation during his of
ficial visit here yesterday.
. 1W reservation of' the waterfront
above mentioned means that the navy
department can construct a dock hav
ing a frontage of over 8,00# feet with
slips running east and west, if it is
so desired. The water is deep enough
along the reserve made that any ship,
no matter how lurge, can dock and re
! ceive coal.
With the navy coal docks situated
i between Monroe and Washington, the
railroad tracks are adjacent and the
bunkers can he easily reached by an
incline track or tracks.
None know just what the plans for
< the navy dock call for hut it is evi
dent that the docks will he as large
as any similiar docks on the Pacific
I coast.
It is understood from an unofficial
source that engineers may visit Sew
■ ard within the next few week* to make
a careful survey for proposed dock
and it is even^said that material for
construction work may be shipped to
j Seward during the winter montha au
that work can be hastened as soon an
piles are driven for the concrete ol
which the docks will probably be built
' next spring.
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executive Order
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The following is the executive ord
er signed by President Wilson regard
ing the reservation for the navy coal
bunkers at Seward;
*• D w hereby ordered that the fol
lowing described tract ot land at Sew
ard, Alaska, be, and the same is here
by; reserved and set aside for the use
of the Navy Department for the erec
tion of wharves, coal storage yards,
and other naval purposes:
••All that certain tract of land
hounded on the west by a line drawn
paralled to and 200 feet easterly from
the center line of the Government
Uailroad; on the north by the north
line of Monroe Street extended easter
ly; on the east hy the waters of Renur*
rection Bay, and pn the south by the
south line of Washington Street ex
tended eastward. Provided, that the
land hereby reserved and set aside and
the wharves, yards, and other im
provements thereon shall also be
available for use by the Department
of the Interior, in such manner and at
such times as shall not interfere with
the use thereof for naval purposes,
pursuant to such arrangements as may
be mude by the Secretaries of the Na
vy and Interior.
WOODROW WILSON.
SPOKANE BLOCK
IS SHATTERED
BY A BOMB
SPOKANE, Sept., 26— An explo
sion last night in the Old National
Bank Building, sixteen stories high,
shattered windows. There were no cas
ualties. The police suspect a bomb was
thrown from an adjoining building.
There are all kinds of theofies.
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BRITISH RAILWAYMEN
ORDER STRIKE TONIGHT
LONDON, Sept., 2B- The railway
men have ordered a strike tonight as
the wage conference with the govern
ment has failed.
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SAN JOSE, Cal., Sept., 26— Forest
fires are today threatening the big
trees in the Santa Cruz woods. Help is
required to save them as the present
fighting corde is too small.
KING ALBERT
TO BE A REAL
ENGINEER NOW
SAN FRANCISCO. Sept., 26— King
Albert has been given permission, at
his request, to pilot a locomotive pull
ing the royal train on a trip to the
Yosemite Valley next month on the
visit to the Pacific Coast states. The
King has a penchant for mechanics
and often acts as engineer on lailroat
trips in Belgium.
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ALASKA TAXES
WASHINGTON, Sept., 26— The
internal revenue collections front
Alaska in the past fiscal year
were $282,287 from income and
profit tax and $69,279 of miscell
aneous tax in Alaska, In the collec
tion was included $21,167 income
tax on Alaska railroads.