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COl.t’MRV’S. Ohio, Jan.. S— 1 .
I'nited Mine Workers convention 1'
ratified the International officer’s ar
tion in accepting President ^il>'
propos'd of ending the strike. The con
vention ratified the act:on after l*rc*:e
dent !.>*\vi> pleaded for the ratificat on
of he settlement.
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PARIS. Jan.. 8— Ooiges Carpen
tior is willing to split the $400.om»
purse, sixty per cent to the win.*
ami forty per cent to the loser. Car
pentier is also willing to concede
Dempsey 25 pounds in weight.
Manager Decamps says he will n*
deavo» to give the American sports
men a real championship fight wuen
Parpentier and Dempsey meet.
CARPENT1KR AND JACK
!>F.MPSEY TO SPLIT THE
PU TI RE RIGHTS "> )
LOS ANGELES, Jan., 8— Jaik
Dempsey and Georges Carpentie* are
to split fifty fifty on the movie rights.
The movies can go everywhere and M,r
royalties will be paid for them in Pa; -
is and London.
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BILLIONS OF PACKAGES
OF AMERICAN CIGARETS
GLCT FRENCH MARKETS
PARIS, Jan., 8— The opinion of
the average French smoker is that the
government will not rapidly di>pose »>t
the billion packages of American cig
arettes and enormous quantity of
smoking tobaccor bought of the Am i
erican Expeditionary Force.
He admits that both cigarettes and
tobacco are prepared with greater j
finish, that the quality may be finer, j
but he has the habit of the old Frencii
brand of tobacco which is coarser,
stronger and produces a far more dis
agreeable odor, and he wants no other.
The French brand however, is scar
ce. It is distributed to the tobacco
shops but once a week, in limited
quantities, and, rather than accept th-*
American substitute, the French smok
er frets out early and stands in line ;
patiently for two hours, in the hope of
refilling his pouch.
Sometimes he goes away disappoint
ed, the supply having given out beiore
his turn came, but rarely does he ac
cept the American substitute which is
not to his taste, and, moreover. U
twice as costly.
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SUBSCRIBE FOR THE GATEWAY
SKATTLK, Jan., 8— V. 0. Par<«»:,..
ured JO years, a printer on tiie Post
ntelligencer, and Lucille Corbett, acred
jo years, were killed when Parson's
•av tailed to make a turn at midu.irht
>n the Everett Road at Silver I/akc.
i r.e auto struck a telephone pole and
)oth we: * kdled instantly. Their led
• were found by the driver of a r-.dk
uck coming into Seattle early this
norning.
FLEET OFF
to ;
OLD POINT COMFORT. Jan., * -
The main body of the Atlantic fleet
ncluding seven drednoughts, tlvrty
five destroyers, and a number of si * •
murines, sailed during tne night .fro?**
Hampton Hoads for Guantanamo fci
the winter maneuvers.
Admiral Henry Wilson is comm:','.',>
mg the fleet.
l ack of man kept several pre-dread
noughts and battleships from joining
the maneuvers. Only thirty five of
IOS destroyers in the fleet had suffi-.*
ient men aboard in the crews.
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M ML SERVICE BY AIR
IS STVRTF.D BETWEEN
CHICAGO AND OMAH ’
CHICAGO. Jan.. S - The Chicago
Omaha mail service started today hr
planes which left both ends. The fir4
dressed meat shipment* sent by aero
planes are being carried today in mail
sack* from here, ten pounds of sweet
breads to be served at Pershing’s ban
quet in Omaha tonight.
LUDENDORFI TO BE BUSY
PARIS, Jan., K— Von Ludend< rff
is to be an active participant in tin
new German political campaign nc
eordirg to official information reach
ing here.
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PROTESTANT DENOMINATIONS
are holding big meeting
ATLANTIC CITY, Jan., S— Near
'v tw« ntv Protestant denomination.
were represented today at the s »s: ioi
of the co-ordination conference of In
ter-v hunches, a world movement. Om
thousand delegates are present. Dr
Tohn R. Mott is presiding. The confer
mce hopes to avoid a waste of over
apning: among: protestants.
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FREES NEW CABLE
FOR ALASKA ROUTE
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At Liu* request of Senator Jones
the acting chief signal officer of h<
army. Col. Charles MacSaltyman. ha*
•'urnishod to the senate committee on
,-ommeixe a detailed and compreh n
vi* j . port on the Pacific cable situat
ion. otting forth the need of a a w
cable. and ineidentl.v advocating that
it be laid by the northern route from 1
Puget sound.
The report in part follows:
“Mv dear Senator Jones:
“Please permit me to acknowledge
receipt of your letter of November
21. IP 19, addressed to the chief sigi al
officer of the army. In the absence
of Gen. Squier permit me to submit
tin* following observation on the .> 1>
jeet of Pacific cables.
Pacific Cables.
•‘At a time when numerous unions
are looking toward China, Japan .* no
Uussia for an expansion of comnuu *•».
the Pacific ocean is particularly <1 -
ficient in cable communication -much
to the disadvantage of the Cni ed
States. There are but two Par fie
cables landing on the Western ro st
of the North American continen -
one, a British cable, operated by no
British Pacific cable board, and <"»<
operated by the Commercial Pac fit
Cable Company. The Far Fast • in
also be reached from the Fro *d
States by means of Atlantic ca'» s
iri conjunction with land lines ac* ^
Russia, in conjunction with land lines
across Germany, Russia and Per r.
or in conjunction with the cable s. -
tom through the Mediterranean, 'n
dian ocean, etc. But these three p ti
mid Eastern routes arc -ong : nd
roundabout, involving delays and. P;e
transmission of messages throi d»
many nations. The American bu-i
n<‘>; man does not desire to set1
trade telegram to China through
English, German, Russia, Persian : nd
*»ther relay officers. Ho desires t
send his message by the shortest
route, and preferably by one man
aged by Americans.
“There is plainly a need for ad
ditional cable communication with
China and Russia. A careful t\ dy
of -uch undertakings in the pint
furmsbes evidence for the belief t* at
if more than one Pacific Cable is laid,
increased trade and increase* p»*
business will soon keep all the !i*n *
busy.
“in all studies incident to the lay
ing of an additional Pacific ca’ K
reference is made to a southern
route, and a northern route. • •*«
souihern route via Honolulu, Midway
and Guam offers certain advantage*
at a great expense of money for 1 hr
addition a1 cable required for ues
long-r unite. The spore o- oor *r
cablirg bears a fixed relation
vrrsely lo the length oT any s%nr
span of cable. The long span a
quired between Midway and Go un
presents an objection to the soul?,
e-n route, t*»e slowness of transmis
sion over this long span checking tue
flow i f bus*ness over the entire Bn«.
“It the c mmerce of the um I
State; requires a quick cable di }*••'.>
to Japun, Pu-s?h and China, the
northern mute, via Alaska and th*
Aleutian n lands, presents the shmt
e>t route. The spans can be of a*v
length de>>rcd to insure the great
est speed. The Sou4,1 c^ast of the
Aleutian islands is free from ice, the
ocean depths are moderate and the
danger from earthquake and volcano*
disturbances less than in tropic vya
ters. A cable to Shanghai by this
route will traverse a length of cable
about 2.00n miles shorter than by the
southern route. With a shorro
cable, the original cost and the main
tenance cost will be less, while the
speed of cabling greater.
Cites Army Successes.
“The United States has had a small
but gratifying experience in cable
operation. The signal corps, of the
army designed, laid and operated a
cable .system in the tropical waters
of the Philippine islands, and in the
northern waters between Seattle and
Alaska. Noth were efficiently oper
ated for the benefit of the trade and
the people. No value can he placed
on the results obtained in the inter
nal development of both sections.
Summarizing, it can be said that
the coinjrtercial interests of the coun*
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try require additional cable iacil't:es
with the great trade fields opening
Up in China and Russia by nieau > ot
short, direct fast working cables
made in the United States, owned by
the United States and updated for
the benefit of the people of the Unit
ed States.’’
REPUBLICANS
OF JUNEAU IN
BITTER EIGHT
(SPECIAL TO GATEWAY)
JUXEAU, Jan., 8— Finding them
selves last night in a majority at a
meeting of the Juneau Repub ic m
Club, at which there were only 55 pre
sent, anti- Heckman Republicans, with
whom are co-operated, Valentine and
John Rustgard, both Wickersham
leaders, by a vote of 34 to 21 renio' -p
J. G. McBride, as President, and Hai
ry Lucas as secretary, and elected Earl
L. Hunter, President; I)r. J. I*. Dawes,
vice-president; James Ilarrager, set
rotary and John Reck, treasurer.
The constitution and by-laws r -
ported by a former committee wore
laid on the table and a r.«w commit! •< .
of which John Rustgard is chairman,
was appointed to report a new
-tiuition and sto of by-laws.
H. L. Faulkner and R. E. Robert >n
lead the Heckman supporters at the
meeting which endorsed Heckm n.
There were 21 present at that meet
ing.
The coup of the Wickersham a :
was planned in advance and the p >•
gram prepared without Knowledge
the Heckman supporters who w.
caught napping. Most or the liocfrn .n
supporters including the majority <>'
the leading business men of Jum* •>,
w. re absent from the meeting last
night Whether the Heckman supp“ ‘
ers will try to undo the work of \ '
y.’vks at the next meeting ha . i >t
vet been decided. The opinion pr^vai -*
that :• largo majority of the Jun*
Republicans are sick and tire I «.f
anything Wickershamite and ar» f >r
Heckman.
RIGHT BACK
OF WILSON
WASHINGTON, Jan., 8— A resoN
Lion endorsing Wilson's treaty s'
wh> laid before the Democratic TV- •
tioi.al committees meeting today. T i
has the entire backing of the commit
tee officials. Chairman Cummins said
* \Ve are behind Wilson’s resolution
and will leave no doubt about our i
sition generally. We believe the com
mittee will adopt the resolution and
probably the treaty will become *»
campaign issue.*’
WASHINGTON, Jan., 8— Late this
afternoon the Democratic National
Committee unanimously adopted reso
lutions endorsing the treaty and de
nouncing , as unpatriotic, the action *>1
the Senators who aim to defeat it di
rectly or by nullifying reservations.
The resolution says “arrogant Re
publican leadership of the Senate hrv
earned the worlds* contempt by tin ret
tling the treaty for seven month
Tim resolution asks tlm Senate to
quit playing politics with the question
of ratification.
Senator James Hamilton Lewis
dared foreign affairs are to be a big
issue in the campaign this year.
WASHINGTON, Jan., 8— San F vn
cisco gets the Democratic National
convention after twenty votes arc tak
en. Kansas City and other cities with
draw. The date for the convention is
set for June 28th.
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SEATTLE FERRY BOAT IN
COLLISION WITH A DREDGE
SEATTLE, Jan., 8— The Lnko
Washington Ferry Arrow collided this
forenoon with a dredge. A fog prtvad
cd pt the time. Six men were seriously
injured as a result of the collision.
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LONDON, Jan., K— The war offk-e
reports the Russian situation is vc’.y
bad from an anti-Bolshoviki point or
view. The Bolshcviki advance toward
the Sea of Azov has cut fh nik •:
anny in two at Taganrod. The Bolsu *•
viki claim to have captured the ■<)' m
of Kasnovodsk on the Caspian Sea. It
a now feared the Bolshcviki may over
run Northern Persia ami gain control
r.f t'w* Caspian. The Bolshcviki I'.av
cut Dcnikines* supply lines and cap
l" -ml much material the Allies se i;
him.
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GALVESTON, Jan., S— Tb<
* Mexican consul general learn*
* that Federal troops have
* round Villa in the desert between
* the states of O'hauhau and ( o:r
huila.
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PORTLAND AND SEATTLE
RETURN TO (OAST LKAGl !
SPLIT BALL IS BARRIO
SAX FRANCISCO, Jan., s
land and Seattle have returned to u.<
Pacific Coast league sifter withdraw'
ing when the directors wanted r •*
opened frames played in the north de
spite weather conditions. Tr ? diicit
ors at the meeting barred the sp' t
ball.
Bl’FORD IN KIEL CANAL
WASHINGTON, Jan., 8— The Am
erican transport Buford, with deport
ed radicals, anarchists, etc., aboard,
today entered Kiel canal. It is b»'K v-'
the Buford will go to Riga and th ' un
desirable will there entrain for inter
ior Russia.
SEATTLE BEATS VICTOR!\
SEATTLE, Jan., 8— Seattle las'
night defeated the Victoria hockey
team by a score of five to two.
SOVIET BACKED IT BY
AMERICANS HAVE OPENED
BRITISH HEADQUARTi.N*
LONDON, an., 8— Soviet center
backed by American communists, have
been opened in various British cVcs
one large headquarters being establish
ed at Glasgow.
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FRANCE DID NOT MAKE
AMERICA PAY FOR TRENC HES
ANTWERP, Jan., 8— Ameri '.nr
supplies and stocks remaining in
France after the armys* depa^.ure
have been sold for $750,000,000. I* ran
ee took $400,000,000 worth. Army of
ficials deny the rumors that France
made America pay for trenches.
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may worship openly
VIENNA Jan, 8— Methodists
and Baptists hereafter are permitted
to worship openly and in then* own
edifices, by a government order jnst
issued. Heretofore they have been
ob!‘g**d to conducted religious serv cos
in secret.
SAX FRANCISCO, Jan., 8— Dis
i as a woman, Virgil Tolliver,
fedora! prisoner at the disciplin \vy
I'.rravks o.i Alcatraz Island, tVay
.1 la 0 past the guards, came to tin*
e.i ’and on a government tug, und
escaped. Very few have ever escaped
from the Island.
FISHING
VICTORIA. B. C., Jan., S— Wi i am
Sloan, Provincial Minister of M’nr«
and Commissioner of Fisheries, pro
poses that the Dominion government
take over all Pacific Coast fishin< as
a means of protecting the fish, elim
inating unnecessary competition and
waste. Also to reduce the cost of fsh
to the public.
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TWO SONS OF THE FORMER
KAISER SUING FOR DIVORC E
PARIS, Jan., 8— According to ad
vices received here, Prir.ce August and
Prince Joachim, two of the Kaiser’s
ions, are suing their wives for div< .-o.
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SEATTLE SHIPBUILDER
IS STRUCK BY AN AUTO
SEATTLE, Jen., 8— C. J. Erickson,
President of the Seattle-North Pacific
Ship Building Company, was struck hy
an auto this afternoon and seriously
injured. His condition is critical.
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CLEMEN'CEAl' FOR PRESIDENT
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PARIS, Jan., 8— The newspnt;. is
a*?ree that Premier Clemenceau wiR
bo elected president of France on Jan
uary 1.7th.
AMERICAN LINERS TO
CARRY FOREIGNERS TO
HOMES FROM SIBERIA
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WASHINGTON, Jan., 8— The Ship
ping: Board is to furnish American
ships to repatriate Czocho- Slovak.
Polish, Jugro-Slav and Rumanian
troops in Siberia. The liners Pres:denr
Grant and America are groin*? to Vla
divostok Jo take the first ten thousand
back to their homes.