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SITUATioir
Mexico Pity, Nov. 11 President
Huerta, in a note to foreign diplomats
stationed here, admits that is iutligi
ble for re-eleetien. He further stales
that at an early date he will call
another presidential election.
This announcement clarities the
complex situation and it is believed
will satisfy the demands of the l nited
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States.
Paris, Nov. 11-General PorfiroDiuz,
former president of Mexico, advises
President Huerta to yield to the wish
es the United States and immediately
retire from office.
Kieff, Russia, Nov. 11-The trial
jury lias acquitted Heliel, the Jew.
accused of murdering a boy in per
for mu nee of a religious rite.
When the verdict was announced,
an angry crowd of Russians roared
their disapproval and hissed the jury
men. The presence of troops pie
vented anti-.Jewish riots.
Heliel will depart immediately for
the United States, where he will de
liver a series of Wctures.
SEEK TO BAR
ALL ASIATICS
Seattle, Nov. 11 — A mass meeting
was held here last night at which a
petition was read and freely signed
praying the congress to pass a law ex
cluding all Asiatics from American
soil.
Anthony Caminetti, United States
immigration chief, is coming here, to
enlist the support of the steamship
companies in a bill which has been
presented to congress and which, it
passed, will exclude Hindus from the
United States.
MINIMUM WAGE
LAW IS UPHELD
Portland, Ore., Nov. 11-The cir?
cuit court of appeals, in a decision ren
dered yesterday, upholds the constitut
ionality of the minimum wage scale
law passed by the state legislature.
Meet me at the Brancn.
Finch’s Golden Wedding rye at the
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Branch._
Gold Nugget goods made to
order at George, the Jeweler's.
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! Washington, Nov. 11—The entire
! country east of the Mississippi river is
today in the throes of a great wind and
j snow storm. The heaviest winds are
; prevailing in Virginia, Maryland and
Pennsylvania. Trains are stalled and
' telegraph lines are down.
Pittsburg, Nov. 11—A foot of snow
has fallen here and the storm con
tinues. Thousands of miles of wires
are down.
Buffalo, Nov. 11—A seventy-mile
| gale is raging here today.
Chicago, Nov. 11—The storm pre
j vailing here has already wrought dam
! age to the amount of a half million
■dollars. The storm has isolated Cleve
! land, Canton and other large cittes.
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Chicago, Nov. ll--The clinical con
gress of surgeons of North America,
•soon to convene here, promises to be
! the most important meeting in the
history of surgery. Two thousand
j operations, covering practically every
knowu case in surgery, will he per
’ formed hv noted specialists.
Four thousand surgeons from all
parts of the world will attend.;
FRISCO TO HAVE
AN AERIAL LINE
San Francisco, Nov. 11—An aerial
company has been formed to ply be
• tween Oakland and SanFrancisco. 1 wo
j Cutriss aeroplanes and four passenger
hydroplanes will form the equipment.
I it is claimed that the aeroplanes will
travel seven times as fast as thesteam
ers now on the run.
FEDERATION'S
BIG PARADE
—
Seattle Nov. 11—1Governor Lister
i £ave an address of welcome before the
delegates attending the annual con
j vention of the American Federation of
; Labor.- President Gompers made the
: response.
In the evening a monster parade of
labor men, including the delegates,
took place. A band containing 180
pieces led the march through the
main streets of the city.
Field glasses at J. L. Graef ’s.
For reliable information write Can
non. Pioneer hotel. Knik, Alaska, t
Meet me at the Branch. *
Pabsts blue ribbon beer at The
Branch.
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Washington, Nov. 11—The United j
! States supreme court today rendered a ;
! decision, on technical grounds, setting j
i aside the sentence imposed on 0. M. j
(Summers, the Juneau banker. The J
decision practically means the dismiss- ;
ial of all the indictments against the!
' banker.
Summers, as president of the First
National Bank of Juneau, was indiet
! ed for juggling funds. In a trial before;
j Judge Lyons at Ketchikan, lie was j
j found guilty and sentenced to serve;
five years in the penitentiary. The]
circuit court of appeals sustained the :
lower court.
Albert Fink, the big Alaska lawyer, ]
argued and won the case in the high-!
| est> court in the land.
Washington, Nov. II-The postoffice
1 department estimates the total earn
ings of the parcel post system^at the
end of the fiscal year fast approaching,
at forty million dollars.
If the ratio maintains, two hundred
million parcels will have heen carried
1 through the mails.
ALASKA PIONEER
REACHES THE ENG
| Nome, Nov. 11—John Dexter, a pio
■ neet* of Alaska, died here last night,
from the effects of locomotor ataxia, ;
from which he had long been a suf- j
erer. Dexter came to tho Golovin bay i
country in 1897. Dexter creek, one of
the richest in this district, was named
for him.
MOB LYNCHES
| COLORED MAN
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Pyersburg, Term., Nov. 11—A mob;
stormed the local jail, broke in the
door, and took from custody a colored
man, who was hanged to a lamp-bost j
on the outskirts of the town. The |
! negro was a rape fiend. j
Mrs. E. Ayres, one of the large |
stockholders of the Skeen-Lechner j
Mining Company, is in from the mine.
Julius Schalk of Hope, one of the
oldtimers of the peninsula, is spending
a few days in town.
Budweiser beer at the Branch.
Twenty-gauge, 1913 model shot guns
at J. L. Graef’s._ t
$1,000 DIAMOND
At George, the Jeweler’s. Steel blue.
Perfect Z metric.
Washington, Nov. 1J—In an official
report Lieut. Dodd says the United
States radio station, located at Dutch
Harbor, Alaska, is invaluable, in that
weather reports sent out from there
permit a forcast of the weather on the
entire Pacific Coast.
The report urges the installation
of radio stations at other points in
Alaska, the growing importance of the
country demanding increased facilities
of communication.
The Seward Outing Club met in reg
ular session last evening and among
the matters determined upon were:
That the annual hunt shall occur on
November 11, 12 nnd 13: that one day’s
count or time can be given to each of
any of the following game: grouse,
ptarmigan, and rabbits, one day each.
Hunters may hunt the three days if
different game is hunted. Grouse and
ptarmigan count 25 points each. Rab
i bils 20 points each. If shot in the head
with a rille the points are to count
double.
Brown bear counts 400 points and a
! bounty of $10,00 each isotfered on each
jone killed. Black hear counts 200
| points and a bounty of $5,00 each is
[offered. Three full davs time for
! hunting bear.
| There is no contesting hunt this
[year, bnt points will be kept as honor
ary scores. The game to go to the
club, or as much thereof as B needed
or the dinner or banquet.* Bach hunt
er or member of t he club shall furnish
some game for.the dinner. Such game
to be cleaned and dressed ready for
cooking.
AH members or the ciun o»* guests
desiring to be present at the banquet
are requested to pay the annual dues,
and pay $1,50 per plate for as many
plates as desired. Please pay the com
mittee or the treasurer by tne night of
November 13. The banquet and dance
to be held on Saturday evening from
0 p. in. until finished.
The entertainment committee is
Mr. Isaac Evans, Dr. H. O. Schaleben
and Mr. Stock burst. *,
The dance will be free for everyone
A resolution was adopted, praying
and petitioning the Secretary of Agri
culture to remove the closed season on
bear completely at all seasons within
a radius of 12 miles of Seward and the
settlements of Kenai peninsula, setting*
forth as a reason the many persons at
tacked by bear and the danger of un
protected parties when out for pleas
ure and unarmed for big game.
The Alameda sailed from Juneau at
11:30 a. rn. this forenoon.
Meet me at the Branch *
Are you in want of a Safety
Razor? The best ever can be
found at George, the Jeweler’s