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SINKS IN
A STORM:
WEYMOUTH, Eng.. Jan.. 12— The ,
Critish steamer Treveal sunk ea ly
this forenoon in a storm near
bans, at th** head oi tlv channel, dl .
ty five members of the crew \v re l
lost. Owing to the storm the co .st:
guai*d was unable to n'lidcr aul !
couhi only look on and see the pool
fellows go down to their doom.
liKRNE, Jan., 12— An avalanrhc
ha-* buried the Porrachia village in tnt
lti'iiai. Alps. Many were killed accord
ing to iho reports received here.
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FREIGHT CARS Rl N AWAY
ai rs A PASSENGER TK VIA
POISE, Idaho, Jan.. 12— Two un
.dentified mcu were killed this 1 ore
noon when 21 freight cars were demol
ished. A string of 22 cars broke 'oosc
from a regular train and dashed down
the Medhii’y hill into the rear on l o
a passenger train, at the foot of tin*
hill. The dead men were in an mnni
gtant car
MINERS TO
BE ON THE
SQUARE
WASHINGTON. Jan.. 12— Provi
dent Lewis told the numbers of
President’s coal commission that ent
miners will accept unicscivcnty n.t.,
decision the commission makes. Pres •
dent Le • s said the miners rep:-"' n
tatives will assist in the commission i:
the inquiry.
Chairman Brewster of the opera to **
committee said he could make no s :>1
promise for the operators until . *
commission answers the opera'**
questions which includes whether thf
commission’s award will be final ■*
binding to both sides, and wheth
commission is to act on matters V
brought up by both sides.
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VON KLUCK IS LIKKD
LONDON, Jun., ikNo oth v.
German general is spoken ot a.L.
such respect as Marshal \on K m »
Von Kluck, in explaining the bitta
of the Marne, said it was never in
tended to take Paris, bat to cut oi
the French armies. The plan fa V<
for two main reasons; l irst. b
cause the Crown Prince ins!.-»tr
that the advance continue, dcclai
mg no French troops were in P'-tru
and that Von Kluck’s flank wa< •
danger. The appearance of ltK>
000 men, including the taxi cor
tingent from Paris, maoe me r
treat of Von Kluck’s men advisable
Second, the original German phi’
drawn in Berlin before the war wr
made calling for an army of 2.000
nOO men to follow immediately be
hind the attacking army. That array
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SACKEMENTO, Ctl., Jan., 12—,
Governor Stephens said today he will j
ask the federal government to enforce;
the passport restrictions that will pre
vent the world’s championship fignt ai
Tiajuana, Mexico, accross the Caiifor •
nia border, between Georges Carpen- ;
tier and Jack Dempsey. Gov. StepTton.*
says no good will come of the fight
and hundreds will lose money who can
not afford it. Prize fighting, trie gov
ernor says, is ag*a»nst the laws.
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LOS ANGELES, Jan., 12— Koran
manager for Jack Dempsey, this after
noon says he secs little chance of hold
ing the Carpenticr- Dempsey fight at
Tiajuana. He believes the fight will b
held in Europe. Kearns says lack •>
transportation facilities from San Die
go will prevent the fight at Tiajuana.
LIVING in ODESSA IS 300
TIMES MORE THAN BEFORE W AR
BERWICK, Eng. Jan., 12— The
cost of living in Odessa is about "00
, tim«s more than before the war, sa>.*
Miss Russell, sister of the local fo> •
: controller, who has just returned fron'
that Russian city. She lived there for
two and one-half years.
A pair of boots,, she spys, cost
from 2,000 to 3,000 rubles — a year’;
salary— and a dress was only to b
had at a similar ruinous figure. In
Odessa the day before she left the
English pound was equivalent to 80f
rubles instead of less than 10 as i*.
pre-war days.
“The Bolsheviki,” she explainer,
‘are Communists and the principle o
he Communists is everything tV*
hemselves and nothing for the rest.
The others they say have had the?
urn, and they treat them with ruth
’ess cruelty. Life for the educate i
people is utterly impossible. Thos
•ho have money are fast eating int
heir capital; those who have not arr
’ving of starvation. That also is a
xnensive business, for the cost of cof
*ins has reached a prohibitive figure.'
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Miss Audrey Rose, a Fairbanks
young lady has taken the position a?
Kiwi te^char at Circle- .
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LIBERTY
WASHINGTON, Jan., 12— U. S
Treasurer Glass declares that anot :t\
Liberty loan will be necessary if t >n
*ress embarks on new fields of !i i
expenditures or reduces the aggro; u
,'olume of taxes.
MINE WORKERS BEING
DISCHARGED IN HOPE 01'
BREAKING UP UNICN>
INDIANAPOLIS, Jan., 12— Pi s
dent Lewis of the United Mine Work
ers of America said toduy that he ! a
received reports to the effect that op
erators were discharging workr.ici
with a view to breaking up the uni >m
He said he regarded this as bad fr t'
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UNITED STATES ANI)
URUGUAY MERCHANTS
AGREE TO ARBITRA I F
WASHINGTON, Jan., 12— By A
p.— The Chamber of Commerce oi *.n
United States and the Cam era t d
Comercio of Montevideo have conclud
ed an agreement to arbitrate all de
putes between merchants of the Unit
ed States and Urguay.
Similar agreements have been mad"
with commercial bodies of Ecuauo
Argentina and Panama.
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GF.NER U. PERSHING STARTS
TOWARDS THE PACIFIC COAS'!
KANSAS CITY, Jan., 12— General
Pershing loaves this afternoon foi
Fort Riley on the first leg of his toil’
whi h wiil take him to the Pacific _
Coast.
HENRY YOUTSEY HAS
BEEN PARDONED AT LAST
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LOUISVILLE, K>\, Jan., 12— Hen
ry Youtsey, convicted in connection
with the murder of Governor William
Goebel of Kentucky 20 years ago, is
a free man, restored to all rights or
citizenship after eighteen years scr-,
vitude. Governor James D. Blaikj
granted his pardon. after Youtsej
had been parolled in December a year
ago by the state board of prison com
missioners.
The murder of Gov. Goebel occurr
ed after a sharp election contest, both
republicans and democrats claiming
they had won. The governor was shot
in the back as he was emerging from
the state Capitol at Frankford. and
later Youtsey and four other politic
ians were tried and convicted on
charges of implication. The remaining
four persons have long since been pc.1
doned.
WE \LTHY MAN OWNER
OF SACRAMENTO TEAM
SACRAMENTO, Cal., Jan., VJ
Louis Moreing of Stockton, Cal., the
now owner of the Sacramento club of
the Pacific coast baseball league, ex
pects to put an unusually strong team
in the field next spring.
Moreing is a wealthy rancher who
figured prominently in the old Cali*
forma State League. One of the first
steps by Moreing will be the construc
tion of an addition to the grandstand;
in the local ball park.
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A beauty parlor has been opened
in K«t;frlkan by Miss Edns ford
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WASHINGTON, Jan., 12— Prof s
nor Robert Goddard, of Clark college,
through the Smithsonian Institute, de
scribes a multiple high charge oil c
iency rocket that can be sent to hith
erto unreached higher layers ot air.
He declares the rocket can possiht;
reach the moon. The rocket wouid g<
straight up and then come down
straight, with the record height of the
as.ent.
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* SCUI.l'TEIt QUITS;
* NOW A MACHINIST
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> SAN FRANCISCO, Jan., 12- '
[)on pips Tilden, noted sculptor,
became a machinist today, i i'd* a
sa\ the wor d’s indSTerence to
; art makes it imnossible for him to
* gain a livelihood as a sculptor and
* lie is working in a machine shop.
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JAYS Oil COAST
FOP, THE SIP,
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SAN FRANCISCO, Jan., 12— Chu r
nan Hays of the Republican Nation**1
Jomn.ittoe an*ved hero this afternoon
Republicans of coast wide piomin i ■*.
,reetcd the chairman.
Chairman Hays, in a statement, -aid
le was preaching patriotism ci \\r >
‘We must pay more attention to p >1
tics,” said Hays, “and everyone m <c
pull togther. We must do away with
•arping criticism, pulling and hau’.ii g.
The Republicans after forward st* p
)ing are looking for a program tui
the business man, the farmer an*. •:>
bor.”
G \ MOLING N1TION M
CURSE OF MEXIC O
JAUREZ. Mex., Jan., 12- Gang
ling is the national curse of Mexico,
according to General Marcelino M *r*
iota, collector of customs at this po t.
“If Americans who came over to
Tanrez get the idea that all Mex co
;s liUo this, we have no one to
'Junto but ourselves,” said Gene V
Murrieta recently. “Today Jaurc*
i; scarcely more t'»an a cluster of sn
loons and gambling houses.”
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MYSTIC SHRINE AUDITORIUM
BURNS— SUSPECT FIRE BLUS
I.OS ANGELES, Jan., 12— Y:v
Mystic Shrine auditorium was tot J'
destroyed by fire during the night, th
lors being estimated at $200,000. I
cendarism is suspected.
BOYCOTT BY HOUSEWIVES
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan., 12— In nr
effort to bring down the price- of
eggs and milk, the Housewives Lea
gue will boycott eggs and ice cream
for thirty days.
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AMERICAN MISSIONARY
CAPTURED BY BANDi i\«
PEKIN, Jan., 12— It is reported
here that Dr. R. A. Shelton, Ameri'an
missionary, has been captured by ban
dits ar.d is being held for ramron near
Laoyakuen.
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GERM AN PILOTS TO TAKE
SniPS THROUGH MINE ZONE
AMSTERDAM. .Tan.. 12— G«m«r
nPot<? are to hereafter take a1l Ame^‘
ean to Rotterdam through th
mine fields.
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Wolves are said to be raising ha^or
with sheep in the White river dis
BERLIN, Jan., 12— The situation
regarding the strike or railroad men
is becoming woise. *Morc men ar:
walking out in the Ruhr district. -V
committee of Social Democratic rail
way men charge the communists with
the responsibility for trie
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PRINCE OF WALES IS
GOING TO AUSTRALIA
LONDON, Jan., 12— It was off'< •
ially announced today that tnc P*‘»nc
of Wales is prom," to Australia in
March. The trip will be made above
the battleship Renown. The battle .i* /
will pro through the Panama cannal to
♦lie Pacific.
SAN ANTONIO, Jan., 12— Infor
mation regarded by government
agents as evidence that Carranza and
his officials are countenacing a plan
to establish a Bolsheviki regime in
Mexico, with the support of American
army draft evaders, will be given this
week to the Senate sub-committee in
vestigating Mexican affairs. The spec
ial agents have been in Mexico for the
[ vast two months and they claim that
■/bile Carranza might not be in the
•'•heme, the majority of his officials
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are supporting a Bolshevist regime.
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ULPIILU
WASHINGTON, Jan., 12— The S >
nt-o.no Court today denied the New
Tersoy Liquor Dealer’s Association
permission to brinp proceeding< to
test the constitutionality of the pro
hibition amendment and to enjoi" i»
operations in New Jersey. The court
lacked jurisdiction.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Jan., 12— Wil
helm von Bricken, former attache, o.
the German consulate here, just re
leased from McNeils isluru; arcer f c
years, following his conviction of to: •
spiracy to violate American neutia
ity. before America's entrance int
the war, says he will figut deporta
tion proceedings. He hopes to rema n
in America and become an America*
citizen by naturalization. Von Briefer,
i> i'so to seek a reconciliation with h*.
former wife, Milo Abercrombie, wh«
obtained a divorce after his convi rt;o:
and sentence.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan., 12— Von
Rrinckcn arrived here the same da\
his former wife, Milo Abercromb
announced her engagement to Lieut.
L. K. Swenson, of the American Navy.
Von Brincken however intends to n‘
tempt to effect a reconciliation. HI*
wife says nothing doing.
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BANKER JACKSON PROMOTED
TACOMA, Jan., 12— Samuel M.
Jackson, associated with the Bank of
California for forty years, become*
president of the institution on Wed
nesday. IT. F. Alexander, of the Ad
miral Line, becomes the dominating
factor in the bank by the purchase of
the Land interests.
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LINCOLN, Nebraska, Jan., \2—
»Villiam Jennings Bryan today sent
! .clegrams to various ncnaio's at
! vVashington urging them to a united
j effort to secure ratification of the
race treaty by next Friday, the date
! "zed for the first meeting of the
League of Nations at Paris. Bryan ue
laros he will attend the San Fra is *
•o national convention either as a del
egate or as a news writer.
ILSON WILL ISSUE CALL
TODAY FOR THE BIG LEAGUE
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WASHINGTON, Jan., 12— Pr^i
1 lent Wilson will today issue the call
I 'or 1he first meeting of the League
>f Nations which will be held in Pari3
next Friday.
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TRANSPORT BUFORD IS
DUE IN HELSINGFORS
WITH CARGO OF REDS
HELSINGFORS, Jan., 12— The
i American transpor t Buford is due to
arrive here today. It is reported tire
Radicals aboard, who were deported
frrm America, are to be sent by trvn
to a pomt in Finland opposite Petio
'▼rad. The Finnish povemmert has
"ivon consent but demands American
aid for repatriation of Finns in Rus
sia.
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BRITISH SENT) DIPLOMAT
TO THE GERMAN CAPITOL
LONDON. Jan., 12— Lord Kilmar
nock left today to become Brit/sh dip
lomatic ronresentative in Berlin. It’s
believed Germany will soon srtnd a
minister here instead of an ambasca
dor, as formerly.
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