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CHICAGO. Dec., 1 — At a confer- 1
once yesterday of the governors ot
seven soft coal producing state.'*, it
was agreed that the state governnie* * *
should take all possible steps to vb
• tain a production o! eoa! and it • a
recommended that the federal g«>ve( -
ment immediately establish a comp
fuel administration with an admnis
• trator from each state, to be named by
the governor. It was also request'd
an equitable distribution of coat b«*
made under a unitorm but rigid mv
latiors in all states.
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OPERATE ON TfESDAY
TOPEKA, Kansas, Dec., 1— Twelve
hundred National Guardsmen and d.:,0
volunteer coal mine s have been v :*t
to the Cherokee-Crawford coal dis
tricts. The governor hopes to have
Osage county coal being produced to
morrow.
ASKS FOR TROOPS
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KANSAS CITY, Dec.. I— A miu-s
meeting of 800 representative citizen
was held 144 night and those present
urged the governors of Kansas an
Missouri to ask for federal troops v
be sent here in connection with ;S J
fuel crisis due to the strike.
PLANTS SHI T DOWN
ST. JOSEPH. Mo., I>e<\. 1— A scar
city of fuel has caused the closing •>!
the light and power plant and many
of the big industries. Onl> three ca*s
of coal were in the local yards thi
morning. A mass meeting of citizen*
has been called for tonight to d; .
the situation.
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TO OPKN MINKS
OKLAHOMA CITY, Dec., 1
oUtte coal operators associate
open the mines to non-union labor. I ,!< .
operators are to pay the state nor ■>!
protecting the non-union miner-.
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appkvl KOR com.
CHEYENNE, Doc.. 1— Tho oitizon*
of Lusk. Manville and Fort Laramie
have appealed to Governor < ar«*y j
coal. Gov . Carey is unable to get ■nv |
coal from the railroads.
TO GUARD MINES
PITTSBURGH. Kansas, Dec., 1
The state has taken over the buildings
and grounds of the state Manual train
ing school here to house the soldiers
ordered here to guard the miners wlio
* returned to work.
SEATTLE. Dec., 1— Federal <i; •
tri^t attorney S*uuuo*-> jay* con
)(> produced in Washington anil «<•
a ill prosecute those who block tin
prod a 'tion.
i w EL WORK TR UNS
ST. PAUL, Deo.. I— The railroads
-.limit th»* railroad administration is
placing drastic decreases in the pass
i*ngcr service and if the coal situation
jocomes more critical may cancel ovci
100 trains from the Twin Cities.
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MINERS CONTIM K STRIKE
BIRMINGHAM. Alabama. D >*c.. 1
—Dissatisfied with the fourteen pu
•out increase in wages, the miners re
sumed their strike last Saturday nt
midnight.
STRIKE IN
TEXTILE
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FALL RIVER, Mass. l)oc., I— Ap
proximately 7000 text»!♦* operator
struck this forenoon for 2f> per com
increase. The strike lias stopped a'1
textile mills in the city employing
000 operative*.
STRIKER IS KILLED
WHEELING, W. Va.. Dec.. 1 -
Strikers clashed with the sheriff il •
forenoon and one striker was killed
another seriously wounded. The slm»
iff was wounded slightly.
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MANl FACn RE LOCOMOTIVES
IN THE WOOLWICH ARSENAL
LONDON, Dec.. 1— The «rrci.d
Woolwich arsenal will be converted u'
to a locomotive factory according
official announcement made here to
day.
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STEEL MEN RETURNING
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, Dec., 1
Neavly one thousand men entered tie
center street £ato at the YounffStJWi
sheet tube company’s plant this m >r»»
»r^r. The officials say the coal sho*t
air and not the labor sho-ta^e is »»re
vi lt'njr opening noi*e departments
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Or. C. H. Upton, who has been lo
cated at Petersburg for the last yea
will tro to California and remain then
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permanently.
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KANSAS CITY. Doc., 1— The
strike of lf.lH) switchmen here ended
•is suddenly and as unexpectedly as it
began. It is understood the strike end
id because the Brotherhood of Rail
way Trainmen refused to sanction it.
Last Saturday afternoon, 11. V.
Barroll, general chairman of the Bro
therhood of liailway Trainmen gave a
warning that the strike called for S it
unlay midnight was illegal and also
that the time was most inopportune
when it would cause the suffering ol
hundreds of thousands.
* DEMPSEY NOW ON
trial for murder
OF MARGARET Y. A YOU
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VALDEZ, Dec., 1— (SpcciaP
The special venire of fifty jnru s
* drawn from Cordova arrived last
* night and today a jury was secur
f ed for the trial of William Demp
sey charged with the murder of
Margaret Lavor at Anchorage las.
\ugiist. The case is now proceed
* ing. Dempsey maintains indiffei
'* ence to his probable fate.
NAVY WINS
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NEW YORK, Dec., 1— The Navy ’
defeated the Army last Saturday af !
ternoon in the annual football gum
by v. score of 6 to 0. Forty five thorn
anil persons witnessed the game am
the excitement was intense during tin
playing.
Secretary Baker and Societal*:
Daniels, shook hands in the rain, •
ivi-en the two halves.
ft,.fore the game the cadets and
m dst'ipmen held a parade.
pobie. former coach of the Univer
sity of Washington, was the coach foi |
the navj. The army eleven went *nt< (
me game the odds on the hotting.
COI.n—SNAP IS OVER
DENVER, Too, 1— The cold snar
ir the Roo’Jy Mountain section is over
the it.cin cry having gone up from 2b
to 4<> degrees above during the past
48 hours.
MRv PANKHURST IS ON A
l.ECTURE TRIP TO SEATTLE
SFiA'l TLE, Dec., 1— Mrs. E. Pank
hurst, the noted British feminist lead
. '•». arrived here yesterday from Van
■ couver, B. C., and will give a lecture
in Ids city tfis week.
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VLADIVOSTOK, Dec., I— The
Council of Ministers of the Kotc’ia*
government has resigned in a body at
Irkutsk. It is understood here that M.
IVpelycatf. Minister of the Interior,
is charged with the foi motion of a
new cabinet based on democratic P' *n
cipals and the non-interference in civ
ilian affairs by the military author
ities.
VLADIVOSTOK, Dec., 1— Eleven
generals anti 1000 officers of Kol
•hak’s army have been captured by the
Bolsheviki at Omsk, according to at
\merican army officer. Thirty nine
thousand soldiers anti an immonst
quantity of arms and ammunitions
have also been taken.
LONDON, Dec., I— Kolchak’s fore
es are retreating so fast that the sol*
diets are unable to build defensive
\vo»ks. Kolchak has formed a bodj
guard of 3000 men to protect himself.
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' V VMOUS SENTINEL
* IS BLOWN DOWN
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STOCKTON, Cal., Dec., 1— One
* of the two sentinels, of the two
* giant Siquoias, guarding the en
trance to Calaveras big tree grove
* has been blown down. The tree was
* 223 feet high and was 27 feet in
* diameter. It is estimated the tree
* is between 1000 and 3000 years
* old.
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AMVUfCA’S DEAD WII.L
NOT HE SHIPPED HOME
FROM FRANCE TILL 1022
PARIS, Dec., 1— The foreign of
fice announced that the American den I
muft remain in France until I' nine
id ready to exhurie and ship them
This is expected to be before .Tanuar\
.022.
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The Nenana ball team won the in
terior 1010 championship, defeating
Fairbanks in a good game at the Ne
nana townsite.
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SEATTLE, Dec., 1— Steamer V i
meda sailed for Alaska ports at uir
o’clock Sunday morning having aVn> I
112 passengers, the following be ng
for Seward:
Charles Eimswiler,
R. H. Donaldson,
Mrs. S. Murry,
L. E. Hughes, wife and baby.
Mrs. P. A. Cook,
C. S. Crider,
F. Sheehan wife and two children.
R. R. Cole and wife.
J. Kllic. wife and baby.
W. E. Schmitz,
E. Hall,
Charles Johnson.
John Natyko,
Allen Severs,
J.J. Priegnitz,
H. Stump,
Leo Schlag,
Mrs. A. Bergman.
Flora Bergman,
Otto Bergman,
John Bergman.
C. B. Brown,
J. Joeis,
R. Marhardt,
W. L. Edwards,
Mrs. Ross Squires,
Orville Loach and three steorngv. ,
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NO REVOLT !
NOGALEyS, Dec.. 1— According to
meagre telegrams which have arr'ver
here, censored, state that a deinon
stration for Obregor, occured in Me<
ico City and resulted in some street
fighting between individuals. There
was no revolt nor massed fighting ac
cording to the reports.
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JEWS OF NEW YORK
PROTEST AGAINST
UKRAINE MASSACRES
NEW YORK, Dec., 1— One han
dled thousand Jews paraded here a* :
protest against the massacre of mem
hois of their race In the Ukraine.
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NEW YORK, Dec., 1— The Wo
men's Association has asked the re
vival of the two-cent piece, to be
stamped with a likeness of the late
Thcntbre Roosevelt.
WASHINGTON, Her., 1— The Am
erican note sent late Saturday to Pres
ident Ca ranza says America decline.;
co be diiiv.n into judical discussion on
irre volant and unimportant matteia
Mid says further the request of the ri»
lease of consular agent William O.
Jenkins is founded on right and jus
tice.
The note says Mevico must show
• nuso for- the consular agents deten
tion and further adds that it believes
Car.anza’s statement that the case h
being investigated, is only an excuse
for delay.
WASHINGTON, Dec., 1— Lat.* inis
af noon the Mate Department dis
patched another note to Mexico ion
coming Jenkin’s impiisonment. No in
1 »ration us to cxi • character or the
note was disclosed but k is believed
that it is more emphatic than the one
v' nt Saturday. Indications are that the
note just dispatched will be the last
one on the subject from this govern
ment.
CONGRESS
AGAIN IN
CONGRESS
WASHINGTON, Dec., 1— The six
ty sixth congress met today. It is ex
pected the session will continue until
just before the Presidential electio i
next fall. The galleries were crowde 1
at the opening today.
In accord with an agreement reach
ed between the Republicans and the
Democrats before Congress opened,
the usual formalities of appointing a
committee to notify the President that
Congress was in session were dispen»*
.‘d with because of Wilson’s illness A
formal communication was sent to
President Wilson instead.
WASHINGTON, Dec., 1— Senator
r,odge states he hopes to see prompt
iction taken on the treaty but that if
President Wilson still refuses to ac
ept reservations as determined upon,
vhich recognizes Americanism, the
Republicans will meet him that is
;ue before the people.
EARTHQUAKE IN FRANCE
t PARIS, Dec., 1— An earthquake
was felt in several parts of France
Saturday night but little damage has
been reported.