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KLAMATH FALLS, Oregon, Sept
7— From ten to ffteen are believed tj
have perished and burned to death in
a fire early yesterday morning which
destroyed the Houston Opera House j
and eight other buildings. Eight bodies j
have been taken from ruins of a hotel ;
which was filled with people coming !
hero to celeb rate I*abor Day.
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KLAMATH FALLS, Sept, 7— Ihe j
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fire was of an unknown origin. Two |
entire blocks were destroyed. City of
ficials believe the loss of life will be
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larger than fifteen because of the pre
sence of many strangers.
KLAMATH FALLS, Sept, 7—
Firemen late yesterday afternoon esti
mated there are 25 bodies in the smok
ing ruins.
Mrs. Mary Campora, to whom a
baby was born last Friday* threw her
infant out of a window into the arms
of a spectator, then jumped. The baby
was not injured but the mother was
seriously hurt. Many were injured or
badly burned in escaping from the
flames.
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BONDHOLDERS MEETING
There will be a meeting tonight at
7:30 o’clock in the office of L. V. Ray,
Uarriman National Bank building, of
the bondholders of the Gateway Pub
lishing Company.
BANK OF SEWARD, Trustee,
H. S. Balderston, Cashier.
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• BRITISH WILL NOT *
• RELEASE M’SWINEY *
LONDON, Sept., 7— The British
government, in an official statement,
gives reasons for the refusal to re
lease Lord Mayor McSwiney saying, If
released, there will be fresh attempt5?
made and continued with renewed act
ivity of a long series of murders of
policemen and woulcf open the way for
mor* offenses. The McSwiney case is
it precedent and to release' him would
furnish the opportunity for continued
lawbreaking.”
BOSTON, Sept., 7— James Mor
iarity, President of the City Council
and acting mayor, has cabled Premier
Lloyd George declaring McSwiney’s
death would be a crime against civilis
ation and a repudiation of every prin
ciple for which McSwiney has fought.
PORTSMOUTH, Eng., Sept, 7—
The Trades Union Congress has resol
utioned expressing horror and indig
nation at the government’s attitude in
the McSwiney case and declaring lab
or will hold the government respon
sible in the event of McSwiney’s
death.
LUCERNE, Sept, 7— Premie
Lloyd George has replied in the nega
tive to the message from Mayor Hy
lan, of New York City, urging release
of McSwiney. The British Premier
stated politely but firmly he could not
interfere with the course of justice
and the law
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LONDON, Sept., 7— McSwiney
•bows signs of greater weakness al
though he remains conscious.
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SEATTLE, Sept., 7— John D. Don
ovan, special deputy sheriff was in
stantly killed; John R. Conlan another
deputy was probably fatally younded,
and Lester Pauli, a resident of Renton
was severely wounded, in a shooting
affray last night at a dance hall at
Bryn Mawr, a suburb. The shooting
grew out of efforts of the officers to
stop a fight between two gangs of
youths who were rough housing each
other at the dance.
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ALAMEDA IS NEARING
Steamer Alameda left Cordova a1
10 o’clock this morning and is due at
Valdez at 3 o’clock this afternoon ac
cording to cable office advices. Tht
Alameda could arrive here early to
morrow morning. The steamer goes to
Anchorage before returning to Sew
ard, southbound.
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FIND MANY BIRDS
Erich Lucas and party of hunters
who went to Cooper Creek Saturday,
returned yesterday afternoon with
game bags filled w’ith snipe, grouse
and ptarmigans. The flies are so thick
in the woods that the moose were
scarce having gone to the higher al
titude.
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PUBLIC RECEPTION TO BE
GIVEN SCHOOL TEACHERS
Under the auspices of leading cit
izens, a public reception Will be given
Friday night between the hours of 8
and 10 o’clock at the Methodist church
to the public school teachers. All pa
trons of the schools are asked to at
tend. There will be an address of wel
come by Mayor Chamberlin. The re
mainder of the program is now being
arranged.
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WATER SHUT OFF NOTICE
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Water will be shut off tonight be
ginning at 8 o’clock, on Fourth Ave
nue from Adams street to Washington
street
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School opened today and the atten
dance was large, all teachers reported
with the exception of Mias Nellie
Nash who arrives on the Alameda*
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LABOR DAY
SPEECHES
J MINNESOTA FAIR GROUNDS.
| Sept., 7— Hon. James M. Cox, Dem
ocratic candidate for the presidency,
made the Labor Day speech here yes
terday noon and declared that the in
terests of both labor and agriculture
would be served by the League of Na
tions. Cox advocated measures for in
crease of farm production and acre
age, also labor supply. Cox reiterated,
his belief that collective bargaining
was right and pledged specifically
himself to secure an increase in tlje
salaries of the postal employees.
MARION, Ohio, Sept., 7— Preaching
the gospel of understanding between
employees and employers, Warren G.
Haixling made a labor day speech
here. Although he believed in union
ism and collective bargaining, he op
possed labor’s domination of business
or government and would as determin
edly oppose domination by any other
class. He declared for voluntary arbi
tration as a solution of labor troubles.
Haixling also endorsed the Esch
Cummings law and said he would not
approve of the 44Socialist plan oi
placing the railroads under control oi
the employees. Harding assailed pro
fiteering and discredited the Demo
cratic policy towards profiteers.
NEW YORK, Sept., 7—Frank D.
Roosevelt placed a wreath on the I*a*
fayette statue during the Labor Day
celebration and later 13,000 employee**
of the New York navy yard presented
Roosevelt with a loving cup. In thank
,ng The employees, the former assist
ant secretary of the navy lauded the
policies of Lafayette.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Sept., 7— Sam
uel Gompers, President of the Amer
ican Federation of Labor, in the Labor
Day speech here yesterday afternoon,
championed the candidacy of James
M. Cox for the Presidency of the Unit
ed States, declaring that the latter
voted favorably in all legislation of
interest to the people and lent his in
fluence to the passage of construct
ive legislation. Gompers defended the
League of Nations. Gompers charact
erized Republican nominee Harding as
a “nice, respectable gentleman.”
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GOOD TIME AT PICNIC
The Labor Day picnic given yes
terday afternoon at the A.3. Hall, in
honor of the Roosevelt Memorial
Home fund was well attended by the
children of Seward. Games were play
ed and ice cream and cake was, served.
Practically $20, all in two-bit pieces
were donated by the youngs rs to the
memorial home fund.
GUN DROPS — MAN SgOT
NEW YORK, Sept, 7— Robert
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Esarron, a motion picture actror, died
from wounds received this morning
when his pistol dropped from his pock
et and discharged when it struck the
floor.
SCORE ARE INJURED
FAIRMONT, W. Va., Sept-, 7— Five
were killed and two score injured,
! several perhaps fatally, when a trolley
car collided with a freight train last
night near Barter station.
Laboi day was quiet in Seward. It
was decidedly moist in the forenoon
but the sun dared and did make, an ap
pearance during the afternoon*
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COX MAKES
CHARGES
, MILWAUKEE, Sept., 7— Satur
day night, in a speech, Nominee Cox
charged that Chairman Hayes delib
erately perpetrated a falsehood under
oath when “he denied statements re
garding the campaign quota list.” Cox
‘also charged that the conference sche
duled for last Saturday afternoon be
‘tween Harding and members of the
Republican ways and means commit
tee, was called off because Cox had
exposed “the plot to buy the presiden
cy.”
- CHICAGO, Sept., 7— Nominee Cox
ha3 addressed a statement to Chair
man Hays, of the Republican National
Committee, asking whether he knew
Chicago coal dealers at Chciago, at a
meeting on the ninth floor of the
ninth floor of the Congress Hotel, held
early in the summer, were asked to
raise $80,000 for the Republican cam
paign?
Cox gave the names of the men
who were present and said he could bo
called upon to give this testimony if
the Senate investigating committee
wanted such testimony.
. CHICAGO, Sept., 7— Replying U
Cox's charges that an attempt had
been made to levy a Republican as
sessment of $80,000 on certain coal op
e^Ltors and 4e0oribiBf the alleged
meeting of the operators, J.lC. Denifg
named by Cox as one of the principals,
made a statement today and denied
holding the meeting but said a coal
| commission had met and raised be
tween $18,000 and $20,000 and this
amount had been.given to Republican
national treasurer Upham.
CHICAGO, Sept., 7— E. H. Moore,
personal representative of James M.
Cox, told the Senate committee invest
igating campaign funds, which recon
/onod this forenoon, that the commit
tee was not seeking the best evidence
to prove Cox's charges against the
Republican party.
Moore told Senator Kenyon that bet
ter men were able to tell about the
Republican plans than he or even Cox
and asked why William B. Thompson,
of New York, Chairm an o<f the Repub
lican ways and means committee and
others of that organization who had
paid in large sums, had not been call
ed to the witness stand.
Iiast Saturday afternoon Miss Vir
ginia Hawkins gave a farewell party
to her little girl friends. Miss Hawk
ins will go to California leaving on
th<» Alameda.
F. B. Camp, the Soldier-poet, came
in on last night’s train from the Cook
Inlet region and is registered at the
Hotel Seward. Mr. Camp says he has
been over a fine section of the country
to the westward and expects to return
and spend the winter leaving within a
! few weeks.
George Ellard came in from Mile
134 Saturday night to spend Labor Day
i and made his headquarters at the Ho
tel Overland.
A work train in Saturday night
brought in many from out the line.
The train left out again last night at
8 o'clock.
F. D. Caraway and N. 0. Douglas,
from Mile *2, and D. J. Bubrnsk and
N. M. Nelson, from Mile 12, came in
to spend the Labor Day vacation and
all were gpests at the Hotel Seward.
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GAME IS
THROWN
CHICAGO, Sept., 7— President
Veeck, of the Chicago Nationals, hai
begun an investigation of the charges
that the Cubs deliberately lost last
Tuesday's game which Philadelphia
won three to nothing and that profes •
sional gamblers cleaned up as a re
sult Veeck promised a thorough
probe.
CHICAGO , Sept, 7— The Base
ball writers association is prepared to
dioro.ighly investigate the charges
that Jhe players were fixed'IaSt Tues
day so that the Philadelphia National-j
would win the game with the result
that gamblers cleaned up thousands of
dollars.
CHICAGO, Sept., 7— The criminal
court has ordered a grand jury invest
igation into the charges that gamblers
attempted to fix the Chicago- Phila
delphia game here last week and
thereby cleaned up large profits.
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BABE RUTH SWATTING
BOSTON , Sept., 7— In last Fri
day’s game Babe Ruth hit out his for
ty fifth home run of the season and in
the game Saturday, the swatter made
his forty sixth homer.
MRS. NICK LONGWORTH TO
STUMP FOB REPUBLICANS
CHICAGO, Sept., 7— It was an
nounced today from the Republican
headquarters that Mrs. Nick Long
Worth, of Ohio, will shortly take the
stump for Harding.
CHICAGO, Sept,. 7— Theodore
Roosevelt, Jr., arrived Saturday to
start his speech making campaign in
the western states. He said the G. 0.
P. would carry Maine by 25,000.
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NAVY PRISONERS MAKE
DARING ESCAPE BUT ARB
AGAIN BEHIND THE BABS
VALLEJO, Cal., Sept, 7— Six nav
al prisoners seised rifles and ammu
nition, overpowered and kidnapped the
guard! at Mare Island priaon and e§
caped. Later they war# captured at
| Cordelia twenty milaa away after a
'fight with a poaaa. Two at the are
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rines were shot
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WEATHER REPORT
1 SEWARD M. Pt Mr, '
;■ Anchorage 40, Pt Cloudy, Calxt
1 Nenana 84, Oear, Calm.
\ Fairbanks it, Oar, Catih.
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BENTON HARBOR, Mich., Sept.
7— Jack Dempsey knocked out Mlake
in the third round of a scheduled tip
round championship bout yesterday
afternoon. The finish came one minute
and thirteen seconds after the third
round opened. Miske took the count of
nine and as he arose to his feet Demp
sey sent him to the floor again for tha
full count.
S^-onteon thousand spectators wit
nessed the short fight It is estimated
the gate receipts were between $188,
000 and $200,000.
Bill Tate, of New York, Dempsey's
sparring partner outboxed Sam Lang
ford in a six round preliminary. *
The arena where the titdst Ml
was fought was a steaming vapsf hath •
when the gates opened. It rated all
night Sunday but gave way It M mm
just before the noon hour and the oaa
rolled the moisture up in heat waaae
from the sand floor. ▲ medical ex
amination proved that both ■** waps
in splendid condition, Miske wa^fMg
189 pounds and Dempsey 187 p$tmfe
. The arena waa filled early.
Local police were supplemented with
a detachment of the state constabul
ary and kept perfect order.
James Dougherty was tha referee
having been decided upon after n long
wrangle Saturday night. Tha chair
man of the Michigan State Boxing
Commission decided that Dougherty
would do and granted h|m the referee
license.
INTER URBAN TRAINS CRASH
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DENVER, Sept, 7— Twelve mm
dead, five more will die and fifty tie
badly injured as the reeult of a cute
of interurban can at Glabsfflts Into
yesterday afternoon. The can wen
reported running fifty miles an hear
when they collided on a cane and
were telescoped. The injured wens
brought to the city all am balsam
having been ordered to the aeona
DENVER, Sept. T— A cheek np
this forenoon of the various hospitals
show that over 190 wan inland fta tin
interurban disaster of ywteriajr.
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