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WASHINGTON. Dec. 26- Pro*
dent Wilson announced last night t e
railroads would bo returned to their
owners on March 1st. The expr *ss
companies will also bo returned at tno
same time.
Private swrotaiy i umuTty said that
as no agreement had been reaction \v
the Houses of Congress, it was neces
sary that President Wilson, in view >f
public- interests, allow treasonable
time to elaspe tween the issuance
of the proclamation and the effect of
the return of the railroads and ex pres -
companies. The President (toes :•
consider that the return of the rail
roads on January 1st, would give pro
per time and would raise financial an<»
legal complications of a serious char
acter.
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HARD ROCK
MAN DEAD
SEATTLE, Dec., 26— Patrick O
Neil, aged forty nine years, widely
known mining man, is dead nere, O -.
Neill has records as an rxpeit na>n
rock man and made record time in
completing the tunnel at Thane. Alas
ka, for the Alaska Gastineau mining
company. Col. D. C. Jackling g.iv
O’Neill a watch for his Teat.
MOSS STICKS TO OFFICE
OLYMPIA, Dec., -*> Adjutant
General Harvey Moss refuses to com
ply with Gov. Hart’s request for hit
resignation. Moss says that under the
law he need not resign until his suc
cessor has been appointed.
Gov. Hart says he has requested
Moss’s resignation because the latter
urged the American Legion to support
him in his fight to retain the office.
Moss says he is the only man in the
state legally qualified to hold the ot
fice of adjutant general and suggests
a court martial if he has done any
thing not according to the military
code.
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NO FOOD DISTRIBUTION
LOOKED FOR IN RUSSIA
WASHINGTON. Dec.. 2G- Gen
eral Bliss says while he was in Europe
attending the peace conference, he saw
no possibility of including Russia in
the plan for food distributing in Eur -
ope. The general said that if the pre.
ent so-called Russian governm r.
would play fair with the rest of the
world for thirty days, so food could
be sent to Russia, he believed the Rus
sian situation would he changed com
pletely.
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Capt. R. E. Tucker, successor to A.
Bell as commanding officer of the
Mounted Police, has arrived at NVhite
borsc and Jalcen over hi$ duties.
WASHINGTON, Dec., 26— William
Johnston, President of the Internation
al Association of Machinists, said to
day that ninety five per cent of 125.
000 association members voted last
November, with other trades, that in
the event Congress passed the Cum
mins railway bill, containing the anti
strike provision, to carry the fight
against the provision to Wilson. Th(
measure has been passed and the a nr
strike clause in it.
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XMAS TREE SPECULATORS
LOST MONEY IN HOMO A. \ <
NEW YORK, Dec., 26— Christina
tree speculators lost money as their
prices ranged from $5 to $10 for tieo*
Hundreds of trees remain unsold.
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IMPERATOR IS ORDERED
DELIVERED TO ENGLAND
WASHINGTON. Dec.. 26— Pied
dent Wilson has ordered the former
German passenger steamers of the Im
perii tor group to he delivered to Eng
land.
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Rl’SSI VN SOVIET ENVOY
HAS ARRIVED IN ITU.'
PARIS, Dec., 26— The Russia-.
Soviet Envoy is reported to have ar
rived at Naples today on a spe*.V
mission with the Italian government.
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PRIZE FIGHTS
PHILADELPHIA. Dec.. 26— Joe
Walling, Chicago lightweight, won !as'
mght from Joe Benjamin, of St
Francisco, in six rounds.
Bill Brennan, of Chicago, heat St*
or Petroskey. of California in six
rounds.
Johnny Murray, of New York, pn
it all over Joey Fox, of England, i
six rounds.
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PURCHASES M’CLURES
NEW YORK, Dec., 26— Horber
Kaufman, poet, also editorial writer >
today concluded the purchase of M*
> Clure’s magazine.
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ABE LYING
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PORTLAND. Dec., 26— Prinlcd
pamphlets from the Wobblies head
quarters in Butte, soliciting funds for
the defense of the Reds awaiting trial
at Montesano, for the Grimm murder,
are being received at all Industrial
Workers of the World plants dai y.
The pamphlets contend the soldiers
were shot when they attempted to
raid the Wobblies hall.
NEBRASKA EDUCATIONAL
LAW UPHELD BY THE COURT
LINCOLN, Dec., 26— In a dens: m
made this forenoon, the state supreme
court upheld the constitutionality of
the state law curtailing the use o'
foreign languages in the Nebraska
schools below the ninth grade.
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BLISS W wts HOOVER TO
DIRECT EUROPEAN FOOD
WASHINGTON, Dec., 26— Gcne-al
Bliss, American peace delegate to Par
is , suggests Hoover, or a man like
him, he named director general 01
food supplies in Europe to thwart 'he
reign of discontent now prevailing »n
Europe on account of the food <ju -
tion.
WILL VISIT SEATTLE
WASHINGTON, Dec., 26— General
Pershing will visit Seattle on January
19th and San Francisco on January
20th. Upon his return here, neucen
Pershing will make recommendations
regarding camps, posts anc ceno
which should bo retained pevman •ntly
for the army.
WILL FILE CANDIDAC Y
M1TCHEL, South Dakota. Dec., lit,
General Leonard Wood is to tile 1 *»:
presidential candidacy in this stnto be
fore the first of the year.
ARRANGE FOOTBALL GAME
PULLMAN, Wash., Dec., 26— The
State College has decided to play th^
University of Nebraska here or.
Thanksgiving day, 1020.
MOUNTED POLICE HAVE
POST NOW IN A RUTH
THE PASS, Dec., 26— The Rov'd
Northwest Mounted Police have es
tablished a post at the mouth o- in
Copper Mine river, on the Are*»c
ocean. This is the farthest north po
lice postion the continent.
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KILLED ONE THOUSAND
LONDON, Dec., 26— A dispatch
from Moscow says the Bolsheviki for
ces have killed over 1000 Cossacks, in
cludimr General Chelnokoff, the anti
Bolsheviki leader , in a battle.
MEXICO PLANNING CLOSER
TRADE RELATIONS IN SOUTH
WASHINGTON, Dec., 26— Mex;co
is planning closer trade relations with
Central and South America. A dele
nation of business men will shoitly
leave Mexico City for a tour of the
various cities in Central and South
America,
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AMIENS, Doc., 26— Robert Ro<,dc
’ing, Gorman king has been fined, son*
wed to jail, and when released will
> * exilled for strippig the French man
bo exiled for stripping the French man*
jv.s dniing the war. Roekling .sent
,h.» machinery to his German plants.
LOST GOLD MINE
SAID TO HAVE
BEEN FOUND
SPOKANE, Wash., Dec.. 26— %Hie
“lost” gold mine of the upper Salmon
River district of Idaho, source for
years of mysterious wealth of its o *
ginal discoveries and cause of tiie
death of one of them, and the object
of a 20 year’s fruitless search by tln u
“legatee,” has been rediscovered, ac
cording to a report reaching here.
For many years two prospect r«
named Hughes and Swan went early
every spring on a mysterious journey
into the hills of central Idaho, and
every fall returned with quantities uT
raw gbld which made them the env:< d
of every miner to whose ears word of
their great good fortune had come. So
skilful, however, were they in eluding
pursuit upon their journeys into the
hills, that the secret of the location
of the treasure-laden quartz veins re
mained their own.
Then one fall Hughes as a it^u!
of his summer’s work in the mine, f«T
sick, and Swan, his partner, left a! me
next spring on the annual pilgrimage
to the source of their wealth. Travel
ing alone, again Vie again eluded pur
suit, but he was not so fortunate or
his return journey, for Tie was wry
laid, murdered and robbed of his se 1
mer’s toil in the hidden mine.
That was the last, until a few *v. -
ago, of the rich spoils removed from
the famous mine. Hughes jealously
guarding the secret of the hiddm
wealth, against the day when h<
should recover his health and continue
its exploitation, died at length in pov
erty in this city.
Shortly before he died, however, lr
endeavored to give his golden secret
to C. H. Roff. a foimer Spokane po
liceman who had befriended him. With
his failing strength he drew a v*rrd *
map of its location, as nearly as h
could remember it. and gave It to Hon
with directions for finding the trea
sure.
Practically every summer since
then Roff has srent in a fruitless:*
search for the lost mine. For twenty
years he has continued his quast. but
so inaccurate was the map that it nev
er succeeded. Roff’s last hunt for the
mine was made last summer.
The mine has been located, accord
ing to a report from Lewiston, Idaho,
by two Jenson brothers, of that cit>.
It is declared to bo on a tributary can
yon of Ramov creek, in the uppe*
Sa’mon river district of central Idaho
The ledge proper is declared to b'
from four to six feet wide, with a rich
streak of quartz, in which the gold is
easily visible to the naked eye, four vo
six inches in width.
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JAPS PROTEST MANDATES
PARTS, Dec., "ft— The Japanese
neacQ delegates object to t*ie rorm o'
mandate by which the former German
colonies on the Pacific will be admin
istered. Under the mandates, the defe
cates says the restrictions are crcafe>
than Ge-many observed in the man
dates. ' 1
SEATTLE. Doc., 26— William Pot
ter, aged 38 years, a salesman rcr a
University district reality f;nn, <r •* i -
io»!S from fever, shot and hided t' 'o
of his children Wednesday night,
Edith , aged five and George, agon
seven months. He wounded anothe/.
aged four. Wilson then turned tin* re
volver upon himself anil committed
suicifle. Wilson was despondent be
cause of financial troubles and owing
to his finances, said his children would
have no Christmas on account or h s
illness.
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EL PASO, eTx., Dec., 20— News
papers of Mexico City say a charge of
sedition will be placed against Ameri- j
can consular agent William D. Jen
kins, now out on bail at Puebla, Mex
ico. The Mexican government alleges
Jenkins delivered ammunition to the '
bandits who held him recently for lan
s**m.
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GREETINGS TO LEGIONS
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INDIANAPOLIS, Dec., 2(>— Com- j
mander Dollior, of the American Iv'
gion, sent holiday greetings to tl c
commanders and executives commit
teemen, alternates am: adjutants,
thanking them for their co-operation
and warned thorn against over zealous
thoughtless and unfair acts which can
weaken the legions influence for bet
terment.
HARVARD AT PASADENA
PASADENA, Dec., 26— Harvard
has arrived here and will commence
training immediately for the game or
New Years day with Oregon.
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CROWN PRINCE SPENDS
AMORENGEN, Deco 26— The
former crown prince spent Christmas
with the Kaiser and other members of
the family. A banquet was held. The
former Kaiser distnbuted gifts from
the tree.
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TURKEYS TO EMPLOYEES
BUTTE, Dec., 26— One thousand
employees of former Senator Clark
received Chrstmas turkeys fiom him.
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TACOMA, Dec., 2G— Gov. Hart lias
refused the request of fie VVilkeson
coal companies for troops to protect
its non-union miners from the union
strikers who were not taKen duck.
Gov. Hart says the country officers
have control of the situation. The coal
operators state the discharge miners
are beating up the non-union miners
LEAGUE OF JAPAN IS
DEMANDING KATO QUIT
LEADERSHIP OF PARTY
HONOLULU, T. H., Dec., 25— The
Reorganization League of Japan has
demanded that Viscount T. Kato re
sign the leadership of the Kensei-kai,
or opposition party, and retire from
public life, according to Tokio advice*
to the Hawaii Hochi, a Japanese lan
guage paper published here.
The league according to the Hochi’s
advices, accuses Kato of playing petty
politics, to oust Premier Hara.
“We are afraid,” the league’s de
mand served on Kato ?? reported
have said, “that such petty polit e*
will hamper the reorganization of Ja
pan and, therefore, take this means
to demand your resignation as head or
the ICensei-Kai and at the same tima
your retirement from your country's
politics.”
The ultimatum was served by a
committee of the league immediately
following an address by Kato in which
he bitterly arraigned the Hara minis
try for its blunders in domestic* and
foreign politics.
Recent cables reported H. Kono,
opposition leader, as having pressed
for the impeachment of tne Hara m*.v
istry for what he considered Its fail
ure to obtain suitable terms for Ja
pan in the Versailles peace treaty.
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ICE CARRIES OUT GEAR
OF FISHERMEN ON COASV
CHINOOK, Wash., Dec., 26— It is
reported that fishtraps piling, and web
gear, valued at $50,000 has been lost
on the lower Columbia river as the re
sult of floating ice.