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WOBBLIES
TRIAL IN
JANUARY
CfiXTltALlA, Dec., 11— C. D. Cun.
ningham. former prosecuting attorney
of Lewis County, has been given full
charge of the prosecution of the Wob
blier charged with the Armistice Day
murders.
Prosecutor Cunningham today said
the state will be ready on January nth
when the trials open at Montesano. Ke
expects the triais to last a month. Ov
er 130 witnesses will he called bv the
state.
MOXTESAXO, Dee., 11— Fred
Moore, who assisted Thomas Mooney
in his defense of the San Franc’sco
bomb outrages, is to assist Van de
Veer in defending the Centralia wob
blies.
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MAROONED
BY FLOOD
MONTGOMERY, Dec., 11— Floods
in Southern and Central Alabama riv
ers are the worst since ’86. Five are
known to have been drowned and the
property loss is in the millions. One
hundred and fifteen negro convicts ana
fifteen white guards are marooned on
an island ten miles northwest of here
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HARVARD COMING WEST
CAMBRIDGE. Dec.. 11— The Har
vard footoall players arc goint* to
Passadena to play a western team
which will probably be the Oregon.
The decision to go west for the ICew
Year’s game followed the end of the
voal strike and the indication that
trains w'ould be operated more oft n.
FRANCS TAKES A DROP
NEW YORK. Dec., 10— Franc?
dropped today to eleven thirty seven
hundreths and the lire dropped thir
teen four tenths for a dollar, a ir?>
low record.
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FIRE ON FRISCO FRONT
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec., 10— Fire
damaged the Shipnng Board's steam
er Cocapon set to the extent of $250
000 while the craft was tied up to a
pier. Incendiarism is suspected.
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EAGLE PASS. Tex., Doc.. 11
Four hundred Villistas uttackcd the
town of Muxquis during the night and
looted the stores. They seized several
prominent citizens for hostages in re
prisal for General Angeles' execution.
The bandits escaped at daybreak to
wards the mountains.
POLITICIANS
BLAMED FOR
mex trouble;
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WASHINGTON, Dec.. 11— Route
Cabera, Mexican secretary of the
Treasury, and a prominent anti- Am
ericanist, blames the American news
papers for the strained relations be
tween America and Mexico accord1 ng
to official advices received here. Ca
bera says the newspapers were sensa
tional and at the service of “rotten I
politicians.”
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NEW SPANISH CABINET
IS NOW TO BE FORMER
MADRID, Dec., 10- Eduardo Dat<
is to form a new cabinet to replace th*
-esigned Toca ministry.
JENKINS CASE TRANSFERRED
WASHINGTON, Dec., 10— It i?
understood here that the case ngains
American consular agent William 0
Jenkins has been transferred to *.Yi'
Mexican Federal Supreme court fron
the Puebla state court.
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MEXICO RECALLS SECOND
NOTE ON JENKINS AFFAU
MEXICO CITY , Dec., 10— Mex
ico*s original answer to the secvi
note from Washington, regnrd;nf
Jenkins, must be changed on accruin'
of Jenkin’s unexpected release. Th.'
Mexican government will send th'
answer to Washington within a fev
days.
REINDEER company
GETS CONCESSIONS
FROM CANADIAN*
THK PASS, Manitoba, Dec. 8
The North American Reindeer Com
pany, capitalized for $750,000, ha
been granted concessions of 75,00*
square miles north of Churchill rive’
to raise reindeer and caribou for th<
market
FORBIDS ADVANCE IN
FERTILIZER PRICE
WASHINGTON, Dec., S— An or
der forbidding an advance in price o
raw fertilizer materials over the pri e
of October 7 was announced by th'
Department of Agriculture. Materia’
affected are sulphate of ammonia
dried blood, tanhape, fish scrap and
oottopsecd
FUR MAN HAS
ESCAPED ICE
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Letters received from George R
Goshaw, the Alaska buyer for the
house of George R. Goshaw, Inc., with
offices in Seattle und New York, state
that he arrived safety at Nome
after a perilous voyage to the Si
berian coast in the schooner Noattik,
during which trip his boat was given
up for lost. A rich cargo of furs was
| secured by Mr. Goshaw , who writes
that he will be in Seward in the
Spring. The Nome Nugget, in describ
ing the trip says:—
“Much to the gratification of the
many friends of George Goshaw arid
the crew of the vessel, tne muting
schooner Kokatak, recently reported
fast in the Arctic ice pack off North
Cape, Siberia, and in a periolmis po«i
tion, returned to port late yesterday
afternoon, after escaping from the ice
September 6, one week after the ue
oarturc of the Polar Bear from North
Cape.
“Those aboard the schooner report
hat the schooner Esperanza, which
^lso was reported fast in the ice by
he Polar Bear, has been placed in
winter quarters in one of the cove*
lear the entrance of Kulychian bay.
The Esperanza was in sucb a posit:on
Lhat escape from the Ice was hardly
hoped for by her crew, and it v/ar;
lecided to haul up on shore for th<»
•vinter. The escape of the Kokatak
vas providential, and the crew was
'‘xpoctinj? the vessel would be forced
remain in the pack until sprmp.
Vt times the vessel was in prave dan
ger of beinjr nipped by the husre t|o»M.
V lead opened up, however, and per
■nitted the little vessel to maf;e *»er
Tetaway. The crew report they saw
Tothinj? of the Casco, which was nv
^ihptinc: to pet back to Nome with
her crew.
"Despite her unfortunate experi»mr«
*nth the ice, the voyage of the Noka
^ak was a highly profitable one from
* trading standpoint. Many valuable
■kins, the major portion of which are
*oxes, were secured from the natives,
’'he vessel encountered extremely
Neavy ice almost from the hour of her
•rival in Arctic waters. The •,»$
age along the coast from East Cape
o North Cape was fraught with great
difficulty. Ice in great masses was
•ncountered at every stage of the re*
•urn trip. Those aboard the vessel ex
cess themselves as feeling extremely
'ortunatc that they managed to get
•ut or were not compelled to spend a
’inter on the bleak Siberian const. I
“Skipper Gudmanson and others on
>oard the Polar Bear say the Kokatak
nd Esperanxa were both caught • in
he ice at a point about thirty miles
*ff North Cape at the time of the Po
ir Bear’s departure from that point
m August 28. Tho situation of the
wo vessels is described as dangerous
\ n the extreme. The rce conditions in j
| he Arctic are the most severe that
he oldest seaman aboard the Polar j
tear remembers. The ice is piled up ;
n mountainous masses, and is by far,
he heaviest seen in years. Photo
graphs taken by members of the orew
sjjow hnje Vcr^fj awl pinnacles ip*;>r
WASHINGTON, Dec., 11— Tho Na
tional Republican committee today
discussed the organization for tin
presidential campaign next year, liv
ery state and territory was reprejent
od by delegates or proxies. It is un
derstood all states are to limit the
campaign contributions to only
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PREMIER CLEMENCEAU IS
ON A VISIT TO ENGLAND
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LONDON, Dec., 11— Premier Clem
enceau has arrived here for a confer
ence with Premier Lloyd George and
foreign minister Scialto, of Italy.
LONDON, Dec., 11— Bonar Law j
says he believes Premier Clemenceau,:
Lloyd George and Scialoa are discus
sing Adriatic, Russian and Turkish |
questions.
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RATIFIES SUFFRAGE
DENVER, Dec., 11— The Colorado
House of Representatives has ratified
the suffrage amendment. The Senate
will vote on the amendment some time
today.
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ELECTED PRESIDENT OF
UNION PACIFIC SYSTEM
NEW YORK, Dec., 11— Ca»l R.
Gay was today elected President of
the Union Pacific Systems.
mingled with great upheaved blocks
the surface of which resembles notri
ing so much as a picture of the Alp*
from the summit of Mont Blanc.
“In places the i e encountered wac
higher than the schooner’s masts, am*
navigation through the open lends
was sometimes extremely precarous
The Polar Bear sighted the two ves
sels during passage and learned frorr
their crews the predicament in whir!
their vessels were placed. The PoJa*
Bear also picked up one member of
the Nokatak crew, Andy Ottersor ►
and returned him to Nome. The Sn*
Francisco schooner Casco, which do
parted from Nome recently bound or
a mysterious expedition to the Len*
river section of Siberia, was a?so se«r
in the ice about thirty miles from th'
North Cape. The schooner was abb
to navigate anid her crew were on
deavoring to return to Nome.
“Recent reports reaching Nome *n
dicate that the latter vessel war
wrecked in the vicinity of Kolyuchiar
bav, about 130 miles west of Fas'
cape,, hut were apparently erroneous
in the degree that the schooner war
not wrecked in a proper sense, al
though going aground while passinr
along the coast. The vessel was light
ered by placing part of her carp'
ashore, permitting her to be floater
without sustaining serious damage
According to those on the Polar Bta)
the vessels appeared to be in no im
mediate danger, but will be in serious
prospect of destruction if they can no*
escape before the freeze-up commenc
C8.
“The Polar Be.* r also encountered
the Gottschalk schooner Fridolf Gel
at East Cape. While at that point It
was learned that the Swensen-Hibbar'’
schooner Belvedere lost her propelle*
in an encounter with the ice, and was
proceeding to Anadyr for repairs.”
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INDIANAPOLIS, Dec., 11— Cen*
eral operation of the coal mines is
predicted for tomorrow.
It is expected coal will bo moving
rapidly by the first of next week.
Many miners in nearby fields 1
turned to work last night starting * <
night shifts.
It is probable that the contempt of
court charges against the miner’s of
ficials will be dropped in view of the
acceptance of the.wage proposals for
resumption of work.
STILL OBDURATE
ELLENSBURG, Wash., Dec., 11 —
Charles Wilkinson, President of the
Cle-Elurn miner’s union says the Ko<*
!yn and Cle-Elum strikers will not re
turn to work until the convention of
United Mine Workers pass upon the
wage scale.
WIRES APPRECIATION
WASHINGTON, Dec., 11— Presi
dent Wilson has wired President Lew
is of the United Mine Workers appro
bation of the miner’s patriotic act on
at Indianapolis. The President cay*
•‘We must all work together to see
that a just and fair settlement js
reached.”
GETTING NASTY
CLE—ELUM, Wash., Dec., 11— 'Hie
niners here ripped down and burned
the notices from the International or
dering them to return to work.
LEWIS HONORED
INDIANAPOLIS, Dec., 11— Presi*
lent Lewis, this afternoon, replied t<
the telegram from President Wilson
is follows:0 I am honored in receipt
>f your message wherein you com
nend the miners action as patriotic. I
im sure sure the American people wdl
n:ho your recognition of this fact. My
self and my associates will co-operate
to make the final settlement conta;n
ivory clement of justice and right.”
MINERS IMPRESSED
INDIANAPOLIS, Dec., 11— The
Miner's union has wired President
Wilson stating they were greatly im
>rcssed with assurance of fair deal:ng.
WILL DECIDE THEMSELVES
SEATTLE, Dec., 11— The miners
>f the state of Washington will meet
n convention on Saturday to decide if
hey will return to wor* In the state.
Vfiners president Harlan predicts the
niners will return. Governor Hart has
ssued a statement urging the miners
o go back, and the operators to resum
he production of coal. The Wasnrng
on state operators object to paying
he fourteen per cent increase and say
hey cannot afford it.
The miners causing trouble at Cle
Bluro ar,d Ttoslyn are believed to be
radicals.
RUSHING EMPTY CARS
CHICAGO, Dec., 11— Difficulty m
notifying the miners that the st ike
is over prevented a genera! resump
tion of mining.
The mines in Indiana resumed work
this morning. No mines re-openett in
Illinois, Iowa and Kansas. It is doubt
ed if all Michigan miners will accept
the order to return to work. It is ex
pected the Ohio miners will return to
work on Monday, beginning with the
day shifts.
Empty cars are being rushed today
to the mines to carry coal to the fuel
less communities.
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PORTLAND
ISOLATED
PORTLAND, Dec., 11-- The tem
perature here today is thirteen degrees
n!>ove zero, the coldest in history. The
situation is improving as the snow has
stopped falling after forty hours. This
city is almost isolated. No freight
trains are being operated in Oregon
anywhere and street cars remained in
the barns until this afternoon when a
few were operated, behind electric
snowplows.
SEATTLE, Dec., 11— It is 17 de
grees below today at Ellensburgn, in
eastern Washington, and eight degrees
below at Centralia, western Washing
ton.
GREAT FALLS, Dec., 11— A bliz
zard is raging today throughout
northern Montana. It is 20 degrees be
low at Judith’s Gap. Snow p*>ws
on the railroads trying to clear the
tracks.
KICKED”IDT
NEW YORK, Dec., 11— Comiskey,
Jacob Ruppert and T. L. Houston have
been ousted from the directorate of
the American League and been replac
ed by directors favoring President Ban
Johnson. The three men ousted have
been warring on Johnson for several
years.
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MEXICAN OIL PRODUCTION
IS NOW AT STANDSTILL
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WASHINGTON, Dec.,11— Amer
ican oil men report the production of
oil in Mexico is practically at a stand
still as the result of Carranza’s de
crees and the general attitude of the
Mexican government towards foreign
oil companies.