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HUERTA WINS
BUT ELECTION :
WAS A FARCE
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Mexico City, Oct. 30—Incomplete re- j
turns throughout that portion of
Mexico which remains loyal to the:
government and which participated in
the presidential election, point to a
victory for the Huerta-Blanquet tick- j
et. This ticket also gains a majority j
of the members of congress.
That the election was little better j
than a farce is conceded by Huerta, ;
the successful candidate for president. |
He has directed the congress to de-;
clare void the votes cast for himself, j
and a new election will be held.
Pending another election Genera! j
Blanquet, vice-president, will act as j
president.
Officials of the government charact- j
erize Felix Diaz as a coward for seek- j
ing refuge on an American gunboat.
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CHARLIE CATES
ENDS FAST LIFE
Cody, Wyo., Oct. :$0-Charles W.
Gates, the heir to millions, died here
Iasi night, a victim of apoplexy,
brought on by a wild, reckless mode of
living. Gales was a good-hearted j
fellow and spent his money freely. He
recently paid off all the church debts
here, gave the hunting club $10,000 j
and spent $7,000 in buying overcoats j
for his friends.
ELECTRICITY AS
MOTIVE POWER j
Santa Barbara, Cal., Oct. 30—Ex- j
periments under the direction of the
United States navy, conducted on the
collier Jupiter, prove that electrically-!
driven engines are a pronounced |
success.
WOULD LARGELY
INCREASE POWER
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Washington, Oct. 30—The national :
association of railway commissioners, |
in session here, is in favor of a law :
givingthe interstate commerce com- j
mission authority to regulate railway j
securities.
Rebellion in Ecuador
Colon, Oct. 30—A revolution of big
proportions has broke out in Equador.
The rebels are winning, according to
advices received here.
Pabsts blue ribbon beer at The j
Branch. _
I buy Gold Nuggets and pay
full value and a premium if extra
good speciman.
George, the Jeweler
SOUTH COUNTIES j
WITHOHAW FROM
THE EXPOSITION1
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Sun Francisco, Oct. 30—A tyg sen
sation is created here bv the official
announcemet that Southern California
has withdrawn from all participation;
in the Panama canal exposition.
The trouble grows out of the fact!
that the exposition commissioners
sought to charge the Southern Cali
fornia counties rent for floor space for
their exhibit buildings.
As Southern California contributed
a third of the $5,000,000 necessary to1
inaugurate the exposition, that part of
the state takes the ground that it is
unjust for the commissioners to exact
pay for floor space for county buildings
which are in no wise privates enter
prises.
Public sympathy here is with the
Southern couities.
MARTIAL LAW
IN COLORADO
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Berwind, Colo., Oct. 30--Martial
law was proclaimed here yesterday
morning, immediately upon the arrival |
of the state militia. As soon as the
troops arrived, they were attacked by |
strikers, but repulsed the miners.
Trinidad, Colo., Oct. 30-Delay in
the arrival of state troops from Denver
caused a rumor, which lacks confirma
tion, that the train bearing soldiers.
had been dynamited by the strikers.
ACCIDENT AT
A BALL GAME!
Tulsa, Oct. 30—'The collapse of a
grandstand at a baseball game here
yesterday afternoon resulted in the
death of a soldier and the injury of
fifty other spectators. The game was
between the Chicago American league,
and the New York National league
teams, which are beginning a tour of
the world.
BUSChTiBERAL
WITH CHARITIES
St. Louis, Oct. 30—Adolphus Busch,
the rich brewer, left $170,000 to vari-,
ous charities. The remainder of the
estate is in the form of a trust fund
for relatives.
Father Van der Pol, the revered
Catholic priest who occasionally held,
services in Seward, has gone to the
states because of ill health. His num
erous friends hope for his speedy re
covery and return. #
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Twenty-gauge, 1913 model shot guns
<at J. L. Graef’s. X
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For reliable informat:on write Can
non, Pioneer hotel, Knik, Alaska... t
GOV. JOHNSON
RIDICULES TALK
OF A RE UNION
Everett, Mass., Oct. 30--Governor
Johnson of California, whois campaign
ing in Massachusetts in the interest
of the candidate for governor, ridi
culed in a speech last night, Senator
Borah^s scheme for a merger of the
progressive and republican pariies.
Johnson declared that the parties
would never amalgamate; that the pro
gressive partv was firmly established
throughout the United States and pro- |
posed to retain its own identity.
“The republicans may come over to
us, and welcome,” said the governor,
“but we will never return to the stand
pat fold.”
SOLON CUMMINS
ATTACKS TARIFF
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Taunton, Mass.,_ Oct. 30—United
States Senator Cummins of Iowa, who
is campaigning in Massaceusetts in lie
half of Congressman Gardner, republi
can candidate for governor, declared,
in a speech here last night, that the
tarritY hill passed by the democratic
congress was a jumbled mess of legis
lation. lie denounces the bill unspar
ingly. _
COMMITTEE IS
Washington, Oct. 30—Five republi
cans and one democrat, Senator Fiet
cher, members of tbe senate iinance
committee, are pronounced in advocat
ing tbe central bank scheme. Six
democrats, including Chairman Owen,
are opposed to the central bank plan.
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New Port News, Oct. 30—Today
work started on the super dreadnaugfht
Pennsylvania, which will be the most
powerful battleship in the world.
Sleel Sleepers for New Haven
New Haven, Conn., Oct. 30—Presi
dent Howard Elliott, of the New Hav
en, Connecticut Railway system, an
ounces that on January first, all the
old wooden sleepers on the road will
tfive way to steel sleepers of the most
modern make.
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Speech Epochal, Says Daniels
Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 30—“The Mobile
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speech of President Wilson is epochal,” j
said Secretrry of the Navy Daniels, in
a speech here last night. 1
Meet me at the Brahcn.
I sell Gorham Silver Goods.
Leave your orders. •
George, the Jeweler.
ALF. CARLSON
BADLY INJURED
BY DYNAMITE
Alfred Carlson, a miner long in the
employ of the Skeen-Lcchner Mining
Company, was badly injured, yester
day morning, by an explosion of dyna
mite. He is now at the Pioneer hospi
tal, under the care of Dr. Homig. So
far as an examination can disclose up
to this time, the unfortunate man will
lose the sight of ore eye and it is very
doubtful if the other eye may not also
he lost. Other injuries about the face,
head and lirahs were indicted. It is
thought that a part of the steel point
of a pick entered the victim’s face and
penetrated to the neck. An incision
near the nose indicates this. Unless
complications set in, Car lson wiil re
cover.
The night shift at the mine, piior to
quitting yesterday morning, set oft*
several charges of dynamite in holes
that had been drilled. Two of these
charges missed fire. The two Carlson
boys composed the day shift employed
in these workings. In removing the
rock aud debris broken by the day
shift’s last charge, Alfred Carlson’s
pick hit one of the missed-fire charges
and an explosion followed. Pieces of
rock and particles of earth were driven
into the victim’s face and head, as he
was in a stooping posture at the time.
The remarkable.thing about the sad
accident is that the victim survives.
The night shift claim that they
warned the Carlson boys to be careful,
as two of the charges had missed fire.
The uninjured brother stoutly main
tains that no such warning was given.
Certain it is that Alfred Carlson did
not hear the warning, as he is an ex
perienced miner and thoroughly in
formed as io the danger attending
missed-fire charges. It is hard to be
lieve, however, that a warning was
not given, as customary in Such cases.
HIGH SIGNS DON'T
GO, SAYS JUDGE
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Everett, Wash., Oct. 30—Judge
Sheller, of the local police court, de
nounces the practice on the part of
prisoners appearing before him for
trial of giving the high sigD of lodges
of which the judge is a member, in the
hope of being treated leniently. Yes*
terday he soaked one lodge man to the
limit, to put a stop to the practice*
which he says is unfair to him.
Topeka Kan., Oct. 30—A half a foot
of snow covers the ground in this part
of Kansas. The weather is record cold
for this time of the season.
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Loot; distance telephone booth at the
Branch. _ *
RAZORS! RAZORS!; RAZORS!
The finest in theLand!. Where?
AT GEORGE,' THE JEWELER’S