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WASHINGTON, Nov., 17- John
Gillen, spec ial assistant to Ex- Chair
man Payne of the shipping board de
clared today that hundreds of millions
of dollars were unaccounted for dur
ing the war owing to the complete
breaking down of the Boards System
of accounting. In his testimony before
the Congressional Committee he said
that there remained about $50,000,000
of the $400,000,000 taken in on freight
charges by the Board. Investigation
has disclosed the fact that the Ship
ping Board has no records of money
received or expended during the war.
Gillen said that up to August 1919
when Alonza Tweedale w as made trea
surer no records existed showing how
the Shipping Board and Emergency
Fleet Corporation expended $2,000,
000 000.
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MINERS RESCUED
EARLINGTON, Ky., Nov.. 17
Ten miners were rescued today from
the burning Arnold coal mine at this
place. The bodies of five others were
recovered. One other who >vas trapped
in the mine is still missing. The res
cue was made by tunneling around the
fire which had shut off the single en
try twenty hours after the flames
broke out
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GERMAN MERCHANTS
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WASHINGTON, Nov., 17— Word
has been received here that more than
sixty German merchants arrived re
cently in Japan to solicit trade and.
commerce. Advices received say that
they met with little hostility, the an
ti foreign feeling being confined al
most wholly to Tokio and Yokahama.
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BOLSHEVIK ARMY VICTORIOUS
WARSAW, Nov., 17— The Ukrain
ians today evacuated Kiev and other
towns which they had occupied and are
fleeing before the Russian offensive.
The Bolshevik cavalry swept the Uk
rainian lines at various points.
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SEATTLE, Nov., 16— Siberian furs
valued at more than $400,000 recently
were sold to representatives of fur
merchants of America, England and
•France at a public sale held here by
the Hibbard-Swenson Company, a Se
attle trading firm . Twenty eight
firms were represented.
All the furs came from the Hib
bard-Swenson stations in Siberia. The
sale was the first public affair of its
kind held here.
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GOVERNMENT THREATENS
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WASHINGTON, Nov., 17— Veiled
ihreats that permits which have been
granted to the Western Union tele
graph and cable company for landing
cables in the United States will be re
voked unless the company continues
to accord the American government
the same priveleges it accords the
British and other governments in
handling cablegrams were contained
in a State Department statement made
today. The company has refused to
accept government cablegrams with
out the prepayment of tolls and has
also refused to carry the reduced gov
ernment rate on messages originating
outside.
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IRISH LEADERS GATHER
WASHINGTON, Nov., 17— Irish
leaders from all parts of the country
have been summoned here by Eamonn
de Valera who has organized the Am
erican Association for Recognition OJ
the Irish Republic. It is an organiza
tion which is designed to supplant the
Fiiends of Irish Freedom association.
It will give de Valera a vehicle for
working out his plans. The British
Embassy has notified the committee
of one hundred which is investigating
conditions in Ireland that Great Bri
tain is unable to approve the purposes
to be served or the methods to be fol
lowed in the healings whic begin to
morrow and can therefore not accept
the invitation to be represented.
VICTORIA, B. C., Nov., 16— High
grade ore, worth more than one mil
lion dollars, will be carried over snow
trails by dog teams this winter from
the Premier mine near Stewart, B. C.,
to tidewater to be shipped to the smel
ters, according to F. C. Winkler, Stew
art operator who ,was here recently.
The dog teams will carry about 3,000
pounds of the ore over the trails.
AS IT SHOULD BE
SCOTIA, Cal., Nov., 17— A com
munity motion picture theatre where
patrons vote on plays to be presented
and the profits are divided among the
various civic enterprises, is.a feature
of this little town tucked away in the
redwood forests of northern California
There is nothing makeshift or tempo
rary about this project. The architect
who designed one of the most widely
known theatres on the Pacific Coast
was engaged to design this one, which
is built entirely of redwood with bark
clad tree trunks for porch posts.
The equipment is of the best and
tie lighting is so ingeniously Worked
out that a spectator could, if he would,
read a newspaper during the progress
of the performance. Management is
vested in a committee consisting oi
the head of the Scotia hospital and the
head of the Scotia fire department.
The last named organization, instead
of playing checkers in its spare time,
devotes itself to furthering recreation
al activities in Scotia: Hence its “cut”
%
in the theatre proceeeds, which are di
vided three ways after deducting in
terest in the investment and a proper
amount for depreciation.
All patrons are invited to notify
this committee as to what plays and
incidental music they most enjoy, tne
only suggestion of a limitation being
a limitation too a
a request from the committee "that
j we get the best there it.” Travel pic
I tures and high and low comedy appear
to be the favorites thus far.
•Funds for the erection of the thea
tre and a site were provided by a lo
cal milling concern.
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WASHINGTON, Nov., 17— No cor
poration or group of corporations and
ao group of individuals arc going to
deliver American recognition to Mex
ico it was authoritatively stated by
the State department today. As a pre
limina.y to Mexican recognition the
American government will not insist
upon tiic abrogation of Article 27 in
the Mexican Consitution provided the
article does not infringe upon the
rights of Americans in Mexico. Of
lciais added if the operation of the
iaws enacted under article 27 were
confiscatory or retroactive the United
States couid not accord recognition,
fhe United States is actuated solely
oy the desire to protect all valid inter
ests of Americans in Mexico.
AMERICANS SAFE
WASHINGTON, Nov., 17— All
Ameiiians on the Crimean peninsula
:n Eolith Russia have been rem* "td U.
s.iV *y the State department w is ad
vised today.
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UNDER FIRE
WARSAW, Nov., 17— Lithuanian
troops today fired on members of the
League of Nations and the Control
Commission us tHey Vere crodRSg No
mans- land while carrying white flag
from General Zellgovskis lines to the
Lithuanians.
CYCLONE^DAM AGES
ROME, Nov., 17 J—A cyclone which
struck the town of Sicily caused the
death of eleven persons and destroyed
houses in Palermo. The water flooded
the town and stopped the electric sup
ply.
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SEATTLE, Wn., Nov., 16— Pirot
pictures of the recent departure of
rtoald Amundsen, Norwegian explorer,
from Nome, Alaska, on a dash for the
North Pole, were brought to the out-'
side world by Captain Sinclair Street,
one of the American army aviators
who recently flew from New York to
Nome and return.
The pictures were in a letter sent i
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by Miss Helen Lomen of Nome to her j
friend, Miss M. Sullivan, Seattle. The
letter was carried by Captain Street to
the outside and then mailed to Seattle.
TOKIO, Nov., 16— With restora
tion of peace, there are growing signs
of activity of German traders in the
Far East, says the newspaper Yamato.
The German business men are arriv
ing here in numbers, the latest arriv
als numbering abouf sixty, the paper
said. These Germans are chiefly the
representatives of German importing
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houses and already have contracted
for purchase of a large quantity 0i
canned foods and various other pro
visions. i /
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JUNEAU, Nov., 16— Alaska's first
tank steamer, the Margaret, passed
through here recently on her way to
the Katalla wells where she will be
used to carry oil to Cordova, Alasfo,
for local use. The Margaret was built
in Seattle recently fpr the Alaska oil
trade. ‘
Oil men say the boat is an innovat
ion in tankers as she is built of Wood
with removable tanks in the hold. The
tanks will carry 17,000 gallons of oiL ~
Captain B. H. Durkee, 'master of
the Margaret, is a pioneer of Alaska,
having landed in Juneau first in 1909.
T - FOUR SHOT
: WHITEGATE, County Clare, Ire
land, Nov., 17— Four of the six men
arrested yesterday under the Restor
ation act were shot dead today while
trying to escape from the military es
cort.
MESSAGE FROM WILSON
WASHINGTON, Noy., 17— The
President today sent a message to
Pin) Hymans president of the League
of Nations in which he extended his
personal graftings to the assembly
and expressed the hope and belief that
thfir labors would be of immense val
ue* to the whole civilised world.
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VENIZELOS RESIGNS
ATHENS, Nov., 17— The resigna
tion of Premier Veniaelos was pub
lished today. The majority leaders
speak of the restoration of King Con
t&Qtine as an accomplished fact. Queen
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mother Olga of Greece will probably
assume the regency. She is a widow of
the late King George who was assin
ated in Salonilti in 1915.
#fcallis has succeeded in forming
a j*ew cabinet and the members will
in immediately. Ex- Premier
Goimaris, leader of the successful
party said today. “ConstantiaeHs our
rightful King and we expect hjj| back
as soon as a plebiscite is held to show
that the people want him.”
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CANADIAN CENSUS
OTTAWA, Ont, Nov., 17— With
preparations under way for taking the
census of Canada, the government
Bureau of Statistics estimates the po
pulation of the nation at 8,750,000. It
is believed the census will prove this
estimate approximately correct
though some otimists place the popu
lation at 10,080,000.
This will be the sixth enumeration
since confederation in 1870. The grow
th of Canada as shown by the former
counts has been as follows:
1871- 3,689,257
1881 - 4,324,810
1891 -4,833,293
1901 -■,- 5,371,316
1911 — --7,206,643
Three-fourths of Canada’s popula
tion is in Ontario, Quebec and the
Maritime Provinces. Not more than
2,500,000 people, it is estimated, are
west of the Great Lakes.
The trend of present immigration
is reported strongly toward the West.
CONCRETE STAND
SEATTLE, Nor., 17— Seattle fans
neat season may see their Pacific
Coast League baseball club perform in
a now park to bo built this winter by I
owners of the team. W. H. Klepper,
president of the clnb, announced re
cently, that a new ball park which has
been talked of here for some time,
may soon become a reality.
The local ball park this year was
not large enough to bold the thous
ands who turned out Sundays and hol
idays to cheer the club in its fight
for first place. Nearly erery Sunday
crowds were turned away, although'
the park’s capacity is said to be well
past the 10,000 mark.
a This year's dash of the Seattle dub
front the to second place in the
harm la enacted to be outdone next
year. Thenfere, the owners want to
got randy for the crowds by putting
up a now concrete plant.
rLARGER EXPORTS BUT SMALLER
IMPORTS IN SEPTEMBER.
An increase of $28,000,000 in ex
ports but a decrease of $150,000,000 in
imports in September, as compared
with August, is shown in a statement
issued today by the Buerau of Foreign
and Domestic Commerce of the De
partment of Commerce.
The exports in September amount
ed to $606,000,000, against $578,000,
000 in August of this year, and $595,
000,000 in September of last year.
For the nine months period ended
with September, 1920, the exports
were $6,082,000,000 as compared with
$5,867,000,000 for last year.
The September imports amounted
to $363,000,000, against $513,000,000
in August, 1920, and $435,000,000 in
September, 1919. For the nine months
period ended with September of this
year the imports were $4,358,000,000
against $2,697,000,000 during the cor
responding period last year.
The imports of gold in September,
amounted to $39,000,000 and exceeded
those for August by $24,000,000. For
the nine months ended Sepctembei of
this year the imports of gold amount
ed to $199,000,000, compared with $56,
000,000 in the same period 0f }ast
year.
September exports of gold amounted
$17,000,000 against $25,000,000 in Au
gust, this year, and $29,000,000 in
September, 1919. For the nine-month
period the gold exports wer $259,000,
000, as against $226,000,000 last year.
Imports of silver were $6,500,000 for
September and $73,000,000 for the
nine months. Exports of silver during
September amounted to $6,600,000 and
for the nine-month period to $99,000,
000.
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CHANCE TO GO TO GERMANY
Recruiting for the Army of Occu
pation now on duty in Germany will
be resumed on November 1. For the
infantry 200 men are needed, of whom
12 must be clerks, but only recruit') of
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a high type, who can be quickly train
ed, will be accepted. When 310 infan
try vacancies were throw open on Oc
tober 1, they were filled up so quick
ly'that these enlistments for Germany
had to be closed on October 6.
Major General P. C. Harris, The
Adjutant General of the Army , says:
“The service in Germany has proved
to be so attractive that the ranks
there are always filled. Our chief dif
ficulty is that regiments are apt to
be over-enlisted before we can stop the
recruiting officers from accepting
more applicants, and we must send
men to the station for which they were
accepted.
Equally popular is army service in
Hawaii, and as a rule few recruits can
be accepted for duty there. However
the 13th Field Artillery has left the
United States for Service in the mid
Pacific, and enlistments for this re
giment are authorised in orders issu
ed recently.
In the o|d army new recruits had
no choice in the selection of a regi-.
meat, and could not name any parti
cular station. In the peace-time Army
a man may either pick his own regi
ment or designate the part of the
world to which he wishes to be sent.
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CHICAGO, Nov., 17— The reckless
aerial acrobatics with which Omer
Locklear startled the world until they
resulted in his death recently in Cali
fornia have not been in vain, accord
ing to air mail service officials here,
for they report Locklear's "stunts"
have opened the way for important
developments in commercial aviation.
Locklear's stunt of changing from
one plane to another several thousand
feet above the earth will be copied in
the air mail service and by commercial
avaition companies in changing sacks
of mail, packages or pilots from one
ship to another, thus enabling aerial
liners to make long journeys without
landing, officials say. Some believe
that within a short time airplanes may
even take gasoline and supplies in the
air.
When one of the mammouth air
planes which aviators believe soon will
be common flies over the control sta
tion, a smaller plane will come up to
meet it the officials explain, and, by
means of a rope, mail sacks or other
packages will be lowered from the
large ship will take on baggage from
the smaller ship and speed on to its
destination.
Eventually it is expected that thir
plan will be perfected so that fuel
supplies can be transferred from one
plane to another, making a non-stop
coast-to coast trip possible.
Pilots will change planes in mid air
by means of a rope ladder lowered
from one machine to the other, just as
Locklear did, it is explained.
The Government has been conduct
ing tests along this litg3 for some time,
officials here say, and one commercial
aviation company is reported to be
planning to put the scheme into effect
within a few months in transferring
mail.
GREAT FALLS, Mont, Nov., 16
Blackfoot Indians of Montana recent*
ly refused to fight as “supers” for a
moving picture for less than onion
pay. As a result, a California picture
company, which wanted the Indians to
appear before the camera, moved on
to the Crow Reservation of eastern
Montana where it was thought Indians
could be obtained for lower pay.
Sixty principals and a trainload
of equipment were brought to Brown*
ing, Mont., by the California people
and crack riders came from Great
Falls, Havre, Fort Benton and other
points to dash befor the clicking cam*
era fes cavalrymen, pioneers, and other
characters of the picture, which was
to tell a story of Indian fighting in
the early days.
Word was sent to the Flatheads,
Boy Chippewas, North Pigeons and
Bloods of Canada, all Indian tribes,
that 1,500 Indians were wanted. When
the Indians were told they were to get
half the pay the white men received,
they refused, almost unanimously to
appear.
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TOKIO, Not., 16— Tokio soon will
have, a floating creamatory. Two es
pecially constructed vessels . of 160
tons each with facilities for cremating
80 bodies at a time, JHli be used. The
vessels will anchor at a specially pre
pared wharf and after funeral servic
es have been duly ohesrsud pa board,
will leave for a point sheet seven
miles off the bay for crmpatioa. Is
view of the moderate charges, as wall
as the convenience, the plan premises
w prove raoMHnL