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MEDIATORS ASK j
POWERS TO HELPj
Berlin, April 30.—It was announced 1
here today that the mediators have!
asked the European powers to assist'
them in their efforts to prevail upon .
President Wilson not to insist upon j
the elimination of Huerta. j
Washington, April 30.--The media
tors today asked President Wilson to
suspend all preparations of war, which ;
this country is making, pending the;
result of the negotiations now in prog-1
ress.
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Mexico C itv, April 30. Minister of:
War Blanquet announces that General
Mier reports that American warships
have bombarded Manzanillo, on the.
Paci tic coast, and landed marines at:
Salioacruz after the commander had j
threatened to bombard.
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Washington, A pail 30.—Secretary of
the Navy Daniels, when shown the re-;
port from Mexico City of the American ;
bombardment of Manzanillo, said he
did not believe it, that the government
had no k mow ledge of it.
TO COMPROMISE
HOME ROLE RILL
London, April 30. — It is believed
here today in official circles that a I
compromise will be effected in the
home rule bill in the near future when j
the trouble with Ulster will end.
Belfast, April 30. — Eleven British
war vessels arrived here today. Ihe
commander has notified the city au* ;
thorities that he will land marines if
there is any trouble.
NOTED AUTHOR
ON PICKET DUTY
New York, April 30.—Upton Sinclair!
and Elizabeth treeman, suffragette, j
were arrested here today for doing
mourning picket duty in front of the ;
office of John D. Rockefeller jr., in!
protest against the depredations in :
Colorado. Upon being released they ;
threatened to return to their picket
duty again, claiming the right of free
silence as well as free speech.
No Need of Third Party.
Seattle, April 30.—William Pender
grast, comptroller of New York, who!
nominated Roosevelt in Chicago in j
nineteen hundred and twelve, in an !
interview here today, saiu that there ;
was no need for a third part\. j
Meet meat the Branch.
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Budweiser beer at the Branch.
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BREAD BREAD BREAD
Full weight. 15 loaves or tickets
for $1. Doughnuts 15c per doz., and
cakes of all kinds at the Commerce
Cafe. Opfen day and night.
Walensburg, Col., April 80.— In a pitch battle, fought near
here today between the strikers and state militia, lasting tor two
hours, many have been killed and wounded.
One hundred militiamen assaulted four hundred miners, who
were strongly entrenched in the hills, and were repulsed with
heavy losses. Among the dead is Major Lester, of the hospital
corps. _
Trinidad, April 30.— Eight strike breakers were killed in a
battle with the strikers near Fort Bes today.
Denver, April 30. -Six troops of United States cavalry
from Wyoming arrived here today enroute to the strike zone.
Trinidad, April 30.—A truce has been declared. Six hun
dred and fifty miners here have offered to surrender their arms
on condition that they be not prosecuted for the killing of Major
Lester. __
PATENT ISSUED
TO COAL LANDS
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Seattle, April 30.—Dispatches from
Washington received in this c'ty today
state that a patent has been granted
to the Chicago creek coal claims near
Candle, Alaska. The property was
located by Thomas Roust but is now
owned by the Alaska Fuel, Power and
Transftortation company.
STEAMER SINKS
EIGHTEEN LOST
Duluth, April 30.—The steamer Ben
jamin Noble was lost today in a terrific
storm which swept lake Michigan and
did great damage to shipping interests.
The steamer carried a crew of eigh
teen men all of whom were lost.
Says Friends Aided Him.
San Francisco, April 30.—Captain
Griffiths, who is under* arrest here,
admitted today that powerful friends
in Washington had made it possible
for him to escape from a hotel in Se
attle, and according to the programme
laid out he was to have sailed for Aus
tralia today.
NOTICE
Having leased the Laubner building
on Washington street, conducted as an
eating house, I shall take possession
tomorrow morning. The place will be
conducted in a first class manner and
alhold patrons are invited to remain
and as many new ones are requested to
come and give me a trial as see fit.
Mrs. J. M. Cummings.
The steamer Alameda expects to
reach Cordova at 5:30 this evening.
Meet me at the Branch. **
Brass and iron bedsteads at J. L.
Graef’s. _ 8
One double oven range for sale at
the Commerce Cafe.
RETURNS FROM
KUSKOKWIM
Tom Beckman arrived in Seward
last night from the upper Kuskokwim,
where he has been trapping aud pros
j peeling since last fall. Mr. Beckman
| has been camped on Hartman river,
! where Eddie Cohen and partners were
prospecting a couple of years ago, when
I the big strike was reported in that sec
tion. An investigation proved that
the rich pay was only in one spot, but
indications of gold discovered at that
time has kept prospectors busy in the
district ever since.
Mr. Beckman states that the forma
tion is wrong for a placer deposit, but
that in his opinion there'will be a good
quartz find made there as soon as
some experienced quartz men arrive
on the ground. The creeks emptying
into Hartman river all throw a great
deal of quartz gravel, lots of which
carry free gold visible to the naked
eye, and this same quartz wash shows
little signs of travel.
Mr. Beckman will leave on the next
boat for the outside, and after paying
a short visit with relatives at Kalama,
I Washington, will return and put in the
| summer season in the Hope district.
TUG GOLIATH IS
TU TOW EVANS
Word was received this morning
from Seattle that the tug Goliath left
Port Townsend last night for Seldo
via to pick up the disabled Evans and
tow her to Seattle. Captains Hickman
and McKay left on the Celt this morn
ing for Seldovia, to be there on the ar
rival of the tug. An effort will be
made to pick up the lost propeller be
fore leaving south bound.
Field glasses at J. L. Graef’s.
Long distance telephone booth at the
Branch. *
DENY REINDEER
ARE DECREASING
Officials of the Alaska division, Bu
reau of Education, today gave em
phatic denial to a recently published
statement that the reindeer in Alaska
are “deteriorating and diminishing.
They declare that, on the contrary, thov
Alaskan reindeer are constantly in
creasing in number and that there has
been no deterioration.
The recently completed tabulation ot
the returns contained in the annual re
ports of the superintendents of the
herds show that there were, June 30,
1913, 47,266 reindeer in the 62 Alaskan
herds, or a net increase of 23 per cent
during the fiscal year. This is con
sidered a fair rate of increase, espec
ially since nearly 5,000 reindeer were
killed for food and skins during the
year. Only 3,853 of the reindeer are
owned by the government; 5,047 are
owned by missions; 7,834 by Uapps, and
the remaining 30,532 are owned by 79/
Eskimos and Indians, whose income
from the reindeer industry during the
fiscal year was $66,966. The reindeer
belonging to these natives have an es
timated value of $763,300. The gov
ernment is planning to get out of the
reindeer business as fast as it can train
natives for individual ownership, the
policy being to encourage independ
ence and initiative among the native
population. Distribution of reindeer
is in charge of the United States school
teachers, and it is expected that the
government will dispose of all of its.
reindeer within the next four years.
IS FANCIER OF
FINE CHICKENS
Captain Ed Hickman of the Admiral
Evans, who is waiting in Seward for
instructions from headquarters before
returning to the ship at Seldoyia, lias
one of the finest chicken ranches in
the state pf Washington. A few years
ago Mr. Hickman became interested in
fowls while attending the annual
chicken show in Seattle and imme
diately began to fit up a model ranch.
He stocked with a few choice varie
ties, and has been adding to the stock
since until he has one of the largest
collections of blooded fowls in the
northwest. Friends of the captain
from all over the world have sent him
pairs of rare birds to add to his collec
tion until he has probably the greatest
diversity of breeds on the Pacific coast.
Mr. Hickman has invented an imita
tion lien for brooding purposes that
bids fair to be adopted universally by
poultry men, an idea of which the gen
ial skipper is justly proud.
Meet pie at tiie Branch
Snow glasses of all kinds for sale at
J. L. Graef’s I
Pabsts blue ribbon beer at The
Branch. *
For Sale—Five-room house and two
lots. Inquire at this office. i
Complete steam laundry plant for
sale. Apply to Wayne Blue. i
I should worry. Chicken dinner
every day and short orders at all
hours at Commerce Cafe.
E. Levin, Prop