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SEWARD. ALASKA. FRIDAY. NOVEMBER~2 *_TEN CENTS PER ( OPV
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LADY ASTOa
ELECTED
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PLYMOUTH. Nov.. 28— Lads A
tor was yesterday elected to P.idiu*
ment by 3000 votes.
LONDON. Nov.. 28— Lady A>1«« Iv
Ameilean born. She will be th* ri *«t
woman to t in P«H*.orient.
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K. It. OFFKT VLS ON TOl It
Assistant chief engineer W iliam
(ierig arrived in Seward on the tram
Wednesday night and registered at
the Hotel Seward. Accompanying Mr.
(ierie. on official business were .1. 1.
Cunningham, trainmaster, in cha»g •
of the transportation department, and
K. K. McFarland, superintendent cf
the telegraph ami telephone depart
ment
Mr. Gerig and Mr. Cunningham
went out today to Mile 32 on a toil'* el
inspection.
DAVIS FAMILY RETURN
\\ Davis, wife and children retire*
td or th** No* thwestorn. Mr. Dav:*.
and family have been visiting in Van
couver Wash. Mr.Davis is entirely re
covend from his recent attack ot
something 1’ke rheumatism.
POPCORN PARTY TONIGHT
The children of the intermediate
and primary grades of the M. E. Sun
day school, as well as others in the
city of the same ages, are invited t
a popcorn party tonight at 7:30 n’
clock. The party will he held in the
basement of the church.
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ARCHIE B-VLDKRSTON IS .
ON A VISIT TO SEW \RD
Au*hie Balderston camo over from
Anchoracre on Wednesday night*
train to spend Thanksgiving and »h*'
week end with Mr. and Mrs. H. B
Balderston. Mr. BaMerston has been in
the office of assistant chief engines*
Gerig, at Anchorage but after the fu >t
of the month will be with F. A.Man
sen engineer of maintenance and con
struction.
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Postmaster Root and his corps o?
assistants . worked the first class ma*1
from the Northwestern, in spite of tV*
fact that yesterday was a holiday. The
mad was all boxed by 5 o’.-lock and
the windows opened for a short time
for the general delivery.
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Jack Hansen , who has b< en in l*n
service, returned on the Northwestern
and is on his way to Anchorage t<
arain be employed with the cominis
sion.
HI L LET IX— Wash in* ton, \ov..
2n-- An ovorwlu lining majo: itv of the j
operators arc satisfied with Fuel Ad*
mioi>tuitor Garfield's propcsed four
teen per cent increase in wages for ‘.he
mmeis and this without increasing 'he
rost of coal to consumers.
WASHINGTON. Nov.. 28— It F ;
officially announced the government
is to seize the mines where the owners
show no disposition to co-operate in
increasing the production.
Troops will be stationed at the min ,
es everywhere needed to protect Iht i
nvi r* h r desiit? to work at the for.r j
teen per cent wage advance. This ad
vnnee will be paid in all mines t<> b<
worked by the government.
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SEATTLE. Nov., 28— Washingtor |
state coal operators have written tc
Gov. Hart and declared that if the r*»
mands. of the coal miners in the statr
are granted, mining will probate *
cease as an increase in the markei
price would throw the market open tc |
British Columbia competitors.
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\V EH FOOTERS READ THIS
PORTLAND, Ore., Nov., 2X— Tb<
present November has been the eold
est Oregon has ever experienced, 2.'
degrees above zero having been fhe
average temperature.
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Helena, Mont., Nov., 22— Th< j
temperature h( re this month has av ;
eraged twelve degrees below zero.
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BLIZZARD IS RAGING
CHICAGO, Nov., 28— A blizzaH i
gripping the Rocky Mountain section
toda\. Snow is falling between tin
Mississippi and Toledo. There :*>■'
floods in Arizona. Snow is heavy iie
tween here and Kansas. Californi:
trains ate delayed and wires are down
Lander, Wyoming, is the coldest nine
of the country today it being 20 de
g?*e'*s below zero.
M ANY PI,A NTS C LOSED
iNDIAAPOLIS, Nov., 28— All In
dianapolis non-essential manufactur
ing plants remain closed until ne\
Monday to conserve coal.
LINCOLN, Wh., Nov., 28— A -it
7cn.s committer of North Platte. Ne b
raska, is commandering coal for ovc
100 families without fuel and parcel’
ing it out to meet the needy.
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SEATTLE * HIEF OF
POLICE GETS NOTE
FROM BANDIT CARLISU
SEATTLE, Nov., 28— Chief of Po
lice Joe Warren has received a not •
Wednesday night from William Can
isle, stated that the noted train rob
be* was in Seattle for Thanksgiving
and he asked the Chief to let him res'.
Carlisle ?aid his next job was on the
Oregon SI ort Line. Carlisle sent “Xis
sos** to Mayor Fitzgerald.
DEMPSEY CASE i
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The trial of William Dempsey, mi
!a charge of murdering Deputy L\ |
Marshal Isaac Evans, at Seward. *
now progressing at Valdez. Detrj sey,
vho pleaded insanity, has been oa the
stand for the past two days, last ^ * <!
lcsdey and again today. No court ses
sion was held yesterday. Those who
iave been in attendance at the v im
ind came over yesterday on the Nor
thwestern, state Dempsey is not
‘playing” the cia/.y game to far »ii
‘act making a good witness for him
-»elf.
Last Tuesday afternoon, the el. •
' trie lights went off suddenly the com t
i oom was dark, when suddenly, in a
i ow voice, Dempsey said:” The day «>
| judgement has come, the day of judge
I non has come.”
The darkness, and the low tone
sent the marrow creeping in the bone
' >f those in the court room.
On Wednesday morning, Judge l>fn
icll asked if a revolver, the one Deiup
sey took from D, C. Brownell, whirl
s on exhibit in the ease was load**!.
and if so the cartridges should he tak
n from the chamber. The gun was
’oaded and several undertook to tak •
the cartridges out hilt were unsue 1
ful.
Dempsey said: “Bet me take the
gun. I will show you how to tak* tV
bullets out, as I know.”
Dempsey did not get the gun how
ever.
Dempsey, in his testimony, claim
i Evans shot twice before he even drev
: bis gun. Evidence by othm* witne
! however provo that 1‘i tsey 1,0 •
1 first.
Charles E. Herron, publisher of
Anchorage Times and erstwhile earn
1 date for Republican national commit
! toman, was supposed to send the >te
! vav tho news of the trial, but so 1
i he has fallen down hard and has
“canned”. K. B. Selby, a real newspa
perman and publisher ot the Ve '
; Prospector having been requested to
send the press report from Valff '.
! "he Dempsey trial for the murder o'
1 Evans and also the Dempsey trial or
a charge of murdering Margaret VaV'
of Anchorage.
VALDEZ, Nov., 28— Rebuttal cos
timony begins in the trial of Wilburn
; Dempsey charged with the murdei o
Isaac Evans, at Seward. There n n<
i expression of opinion regarding to*
trial ending this week although t.i<
jury might have the case tomorrow
afternoon. Rebuttal testimony is re
quired to bring further evidence be
fore the Dry regarding the shoot-ru
and to disprove various statement? o!
! Dempsey. ,
METEOR HITS LAKE
DETROIT. Nov.. 28— Wednes
day night a meteor is believed to
have plunged into Lake Michigan
It caused tremors to he felt in a
dozen cities and sent a pillar ol
flame in the air visible for fifty
miles. It was first believed some
industrial plant had exploded.
PARIS, Nov., 28— Premier Stun:-*
biliws1 y, of Bulgaria, yesterday sign
ed tin* treaty between Bulgaria and
tile Allies.
By the terms of the treaty Bulgar
ia surrende s all works of art and the
a t galleries taken from the Ai* is,
and pays ari indemnity of approvl
mat 'y four hundred and forty live
million dollars, The Bulgarian arm, is
to bo reduced to 20,000. Bulgaria 0 •
rs Thrace arul Cedes Strum itzn to Ser
bia.
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worth, undertaker, has been aequltt n
Tor the second time oil the cha'ge d'
using the mails to defraud parent** oi
dead sailors by selling them coffins
when the government had already ap
plied caskets.
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I'. OF W. WALLOPS
CALIFORNIA TEAM
SEATTLE, Nov., 2S— The l ei
versify of Washington foot hall
eleven defeated the I’niveraity of
California team yesterday by a
score of 7 to 0.
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COAL WASHER
Sumner Smith, resident mining •*n
gineer, in charge of the operating and
•! v • opment of the government mines
n the Matanuslui coal fields, at Kske
and Chickaloon, arrived from th** in- ;
lev;,)?- Wednesday night, registered at
the Hotel Seward and left for Seattle
o i the Northwestern.
Mr. Smith is going outside to pur
chase a $100,000 coal washer which j
will he erected on the Inlet. Coal fron
the Matnnuska is now being shipper
v.*:thout washing, but with the in.tal
latien of a washing plant, the coal wii
then he prepared for commercial pur
poses, the same as in the states. Mr
Smith says there is plenty of coal ii
the f ’eminent fields and all of g.>oi
quality.
NEW SOLDIERS
IN CAMP HERE
Tn charge of Sergt. Andersack. 'i \
soldiers from Anchorage arrived or
the t ain Wednesday night to be sta
tioned in Seward. The soldiers win
hftve keen here for past months left
on the Northwestern with 25 others
from Anchorage, r>r Fort Liscum. Th
men arriving from Anchorage wen j
those who recently* passed througi
here on the Admiral Watson. The re
mainder of the company will he sta
tioned at Anchorage.
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BULLETIN— \\ ASIIIXGTO s.
Nov., 28— Senator Ashhurst, Derao
crut ol’ Arizona, says the American
vriny should ho sent to Luehlo to re
lease Jenkins if the Mexican govern
ment refuses to free the constna.’
agent within iho next 21 hours.
MEXICO CITY, Nov., 2;> - Tim
Mexican government has sent a not?
to Washington stating that it will he
impossible to accede to the Air/ r:ean
>tate Department’s r qu st fo * t u
:mmediate release of Consular A**
Tenkins, now imprisoned at lkmb'•
Mexico.
The Mexican government d'c1:/
the *o is no leg: I foundation nor p\r.* !
•ipal of international law upon v ! k
the Amor'can d°mand is bared.
it is further said the Mex'cm g
»rnment cannot ;ntervonn ? : Jen!: iT- :
affair is in tbo hands of the Mexican
state coui'ts.
Jenkinhs imprisonment is ne ther
• unjustified nor arbitrary says the
! note. Justice has not been denied him,
he refused to take advantage oi hi*
: lifht to obtain bail.
• The ojexican note further says it is
believed the* friendship between .Mex
ico and America cannot be affected un
favorably by Mexico’s refusal to re
• lease Jenkins.
One nation, the note says, can de
nan I tin release of a subject in *tn
otner nation, only when justify ba«
been denied.
WASHINGTON, Nov., 28- IT*
State Department learns that Car
ranza so dicrs shot and killed James
Wallace, \merican citizen, at Tampico,
last Wednesday. Details are now ;*••
in*r investigated, \dministration lout
ers say that if this crime is true, I' is
the last straw in the series of an*ra
\ating incidents in Mexico.
SAN ANTONIO, Nov., 2S— Per
sons along the border close to ‘he
ommunication lines with the Mexican
•apitol, report that Carranziastas and
Oregon's forces are fighting. It is re
rorted Obregon arrived in Mexico City
ast Tuesday and a great demon aera
tion resulted fn his honor.
SAN ANTONIO, Nov., 28— It i*
•eported here Into this afternoon ti
General Alvarado Obregon’s foie*'
are fighting the Carranziastas in Alex
ico City. It '.s reported Carranza has
fie 1 to Queratarro for Safety. General
Pablo Gonzales is leading the Carran
zistas. Obregon was formerly Carran
za’s Minister of War and is now a
candidate for President of Mexico.
Carranza is not a candidate. Gonzales
is now a candidate.
WASHINGTON, Nov., 28 - Tin*
clash reported from Mexico City w tn
the government and Oregon's forces
is causing no surprise here.
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NEW YORK, Nov., 23— Alb.it,
Angeles, twenty two year old son ol
General Angeles, executed last Wei*
nesday morning in Mexico for being a
revolutionary leader, hopes to co-.^in
ue bis father’s work. and bring do- ,
moeracy to Mexico, a democracy that j
vill respect international obligations I
and her own constitution. Albert An
geles said his father’s execution will j
solidify his cause.
NET/ YORK, New, 28— The wife, j
of General Angeles is critically ill. She
has not yet been advised of th<* »\'e
cution of her husband.
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MOVIE THE ATRE HELD—IT
BUTTE, Nov., 28— Two masked
bandits entered the office of the Am
erican Theatre here before noon to
day, beat the girl cashier and the man
janitor into insensibility, robbed the
safe and escaped with over $1000 the
receipts fmm the Thanksgiving day
shows*