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SEWARD, ALASKA. WEDNESDAY, NOVE K 2(>. 1919 _"_
Wl.i VK VMI, M’MRER 170 _ ----- ~ » - ' ■
WASHINGTON. Nov.. Jf, -i'i
;.»U ), n h liovt the not:o'H co;
nation ha iva< *ed a crisis and ill *v
a, • u» deniphting drastic steps-to
curtail the cousu int on of coal. Of
ficial* are also considering l^oh* » •
ing the mamif n tnre of *oke.
WASHINGTON Nov.. 2(1- .* : •
Administ :-V Gar* id will tomor- »w
make the v; >vc. n ut' final ai d (.•
finite stilt*.'meat la the coal wap* cmi
troversv. The ci.lrm-t has author •«
the .'tatrmcnt. it > belie veil the t‘ 4 *
men: will r. s rede the ultimata: ■
operators \ ii- h* asked # .r.
tically all of the v ‘ape im
und ustood GaiLi-id won ids pel:.' r**r
an increase of twenty to twenty I
per cent in tin* miner’s wages a Min a
thirty o ,•» per cent proposed by Sc
retan of Labor WYson. Th;< w^
agreed to by the miners. Tt will be s *v
oral weeks before a final settlem* at
- rone:' •! as tin* minors must refer
the offer hack to convention of too
various locals.
SHKRIDAX. Wye.. Xov.. llii— Stor
'f coal mimes who declined to »e
!•» t, vo k. ware rounded up by so!
» t ' forenoon in Carneyville, V. y
nnin^. am! p’accd on Intel urban car.
or * move.' to the county jail at
fa \ ? . jor Warren Doan, mPitar'
timn’an icr of Northern Wyoming
,• ! •! -d oti .er miners in the town If
o rn to work at once or suffer i
n Par fate. No coal iri this section •;
A - vi l *.o have been the reason fo.
• !»e action today.
W AStDXC.TOX. Xov.. 26— Seen
• of War Baker, said that it was
n mceivablo that an army off’cei
vodd ordm* the arrest of miners as
reported fiom Sheridan. He said n«
official reports had been received.
Houso Naval committee is to re\»" -
mend a pay increase for naval o* fivers
and men. The office s a»e to *c» t !’if
t* en per cent advance and petty of
fice’s. fifty per cent increase. Tho
increase will mean approximate y
OW.OOG from now until J'd‘21 wliot* tie
new scale is made.
W K V T I! V. It It K I* O It T
The following is the vrenthe*- n pint
tor.the 21 hours ending at 7 oWnd:
this morning:—
SEWARD 32 Cloudy. North.
Anchorage 1l, Cloudy, Calm.
Matanuska 18, Cloudy, Calm.
Wasilla 22. Cloudy, Calm.
Chickaloon 18. Cloudy, Calm.
Seward remains the tropical eiD
in this Suction of Alaska.
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SEATTLE, Xo\., 26 - The Fishe*
♦*s Liureau hearings on the questhn
>f limiting Alaska fishing, has close*'
Jo.*, Riggs and cannerymen will fur
her talk before a special commutee
vhich conducted the hearings, to rc
om nend that the Department o1’
mi ore*' endeavor to close rd’
t • cms to commercial salmon fisldng
H * recommendation, it is said. \\v‘
date all interests favor this closing
The committee is to launch a cam
>aign during the winter and seek ad
lit onal legislation broadening t,w
:?ower of the Fisheries liureau.
• DEMPSEY TIM \L
> ccoriling to press advices from
!e?., the t: id of William Dempsey
| \t * ed with the murder of Isaac
! Evans, in Seward, last September
as expected to sta: t today. Seventy
o veniremen have been examined
• vitheut securing a jury.
MEXICAN REPLY ON THE
WAY HIT NOT RECEIVE!)
WASHINGTON, Nov., 20— The
j ep y of Mexico, to the American note
lorn:».nding consular agent Jenkins V*
dei ced from Puebla immediately has
’ot been received although Mexican
lewsoap^rs said it had been sent. Of
'iciali- hero are dissatisfied with Car
’*anza's delay in the matter.
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MIDDLKUOKO, Mass., Nov., ‘JO
.\>nnCcss Prime Mngri, better known
is Mrs. Tom Thumb, the smallest ot
worn on, died here tliis afternoon
One of tin* world’s most famo: s
Iwarfs, Mrs. Tom Thumb, who was
orrectly but less popularly known as
.he Countess Mugri, measured on y -
aches in height. Horn in Middlcboro.
Mass., 70 veal’s ago. she outlive i a!i
he professional associates of her gen
eration. Her first husband General
Tom Thumb, has been dead tor ’’>0
/cars. Her sister, also a dwnrt, s.t.i
•.mallei diinl do years ago.
The parents were of large svv o
md numerous children horn to ihcrn.
.v'tn two exceptions, were of normal
;izo. At birth Lnvina Warren, for such
cas Mi's. Thumb’s maiden name,
weighed six pounds and at the ago of
no year she was of normal size. For
he next nine years she grew slowly,
ind then suddenly stopped altogether
Vt 70 her hair was still jet black, and
ino black eyes sparkled from a ini1,
on mi, dimpled face, and her voice was
•.Iwe.vs soft and sweet.
Her first public appearance was a*
die age of 17, under the nuin- gemeor
-f i cousin who operated n ‘‘‘In;* ;»g
iaUic( of curiosities” on the < Vo :»n*i
Mississippi rivers before the ( •' i
W ar.
She met l\.T, Karnum in 1S62. Then
>oga.n her great career under V* mn*
•gement. It '’'as a tour of trVmj h
hrough the camps of the Civil War
.nd foreign capitols. It is said taut
•er photographs arc in more fnnPv
\lbums than any otlmr person’s i" the
.vorld’s history.
Her public career occupied r'fi c < S
ul years. During this time she trav
0,* i over the civilized world and had
icen introduced to nearly c i \
•rowned head and eminent person \n
'very country she visited.
Acrumulating a large fortune, M • *.
Thumb made her farewell tour in 19J2.
Her second husband, Count Mag*I of
'taly is id so a dwarf. He bccar'e a
- naturalized citizen of the United >tr<
i -is shortly after his marriage to Mrs.
. Thumb.
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1 TAKING SOME MORE PLEASLRKS
OF THIS LITTLE OLD LIFE
OAKLAND, Cal., Nov., 26— The
Housewives League has adopted a sV
gan to omit turkeys at holiday din
i nor1*. The campaign was started he r
for a turkevless Thanksgiving on ac
count of the extremely high price*
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HOTEL MEN OF FRANCE
PLANNING FOR TOIHMSTS
PARIS, Nov., 26— Hotel men are
! planning to erect barrack hole’s
along the battle fronts for the Poo*’
of American tourists and others who
will undoubtedly come to Europe next
vear.
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NEW YORK, Nov., 26— Acting im
migration commissioner Uhl toUl the
tons- committee investigating tin de
1 s in the depoi'tation of aliens and
Rad'i a s, that privileges grauted d i •
nr the iegi;ne of former eommis-Moti- !
*r rlowc wee* such, that if not chi<k f
x! would lead to the establishment >f j
r fomnt of Itol keviki on Ellis Isk rd
\ir. Uhl said the system was ro1 w
\t prov nt and that the aliens.won*
together too well treated.
MEW YORK, Nov., 26— The Ellis
d Sovi( ts \ the hung i
;trike. Th;s morning 72 radical, ar
:ious to return to Russia to sprer
he Soviet cause, refused to g) : r
breakfast making the fouith meal
hey have passed up.
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wasuinctow W\. ns
Cramer, new federal mohilrtion co;n
e:$sioner, s: ythe cnfo-xomnit <•!
ho constitutional pvoltib t on brv
.vill bo loft to tho jrovernm nt d.ni s
*r,d municipalities. Mho federal r-»v
•rnmoat do* s r.ot intend to interval
ml* ss Iho load officials arc ineff.c
oat. Tho Matos and fed vai prohibit'd:
lir a-tors are to endeavor to siw"ri
ho backing of all civic, moral and re
*pfious bodies. Preachers and teachers,
ay Mr. Kramer, should ui^e obcdicn
•a to tho laws.
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ANOTHER DECISION
IWVORINO THE WETS
> EW ORLEANS, Nov.. 2f»— Ti.e
federal Court here has he’d th.aL
war time prohibition is hncons'i
t pl ional and has issued orders re
st raininp officials from interfer
ing with the sale of bonded liquo*'.
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NEW ORLEANS, Nov., 2b— Many
a;eon.] resumed business aft''** the tn
•tnct on had been granted this after
■>oon and they did a land office* bus*
•tcs^.
BOAST :
TO IE PROBED
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov., 2b— Bert
Schlesinger, San Francisco attorn *y,
has been named special assistant fed
nvpi attorney general to direct investi
gations and prosecute fraud in con
nection with shipyard operatons
along the entire Pacific const.
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WATCHING PROHIBITION
IN THE r VITRO STAFFS
TiONHON, Nov. 2b— Premier Lloyd
Oeor^e declared that be never thought
prohibition would bo possible in
Britain. He is watching the American
exponent sv#ipathetically.
F.L PASO, Nov., 2d- • A firing
{quad at Chihaujiau, under orders
oni M :i< >n [Vos*•-out ('. • n::n, il
morning executed G neral Kelipe
•.jelcs, revolutionary le ader, who wa ?
onvVt 1 yesterday I a rebellion
:v;aiv t the Mexican pfovomment
I’iie sentence unmov'd General An*
■ !, , and l*.o met death unfl ‘nebir pi(..
G n *••;)’ An;;.’ Vs 'V d w'
ailiwy m u with brine! j- the jV
>im >rvei*ty five mi’hn t < *t , "*!
‘Ii*i 1 < a P iris, to a p
,->ni iiine 111, JL30 • V l...s :dvm •
i-on it 'Opjn’rx d a. t! <* u u
Mexican nriiUoivV >.
ML, PA :0, N v., 2d— Pour V- ;m
i
u(':uh last n;ghl. The state troops eup
>.a g ,;1 ra;» sentenced Gen. Angeles ta
u- A i ' s near Parral on Novrm
be. IDUi. Two oi the dead geneia’
companions have* already been cx'’ei!t
i and t o others have been sentenc
'd to jail.
PI. PASO, Nov.. 2d— Accordin *. to
*( m on reaching here tliis a‘to -
<.’i a ’ g* crowd witnessed th< < n
n. C: ouds also attended the rial
•nera’ Angeles, which started a.»t
Monday.
KL PASO, \ov., -20*- A coui-cr
'» ' g. the warning that Villa ha
proni ad to averge the death of An
e’m in a way that wiil make Carran
za i. i ilis regime take notice.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Nov., 2(i~
Resident Carlton, of the Western I in
on announces that a company intends
o lay a trans- Pacific cable from San
•Yanciseo to Seattle, to the Aleutians,
.nd to Japan.
% Mr. Carlton says Japanese capital
ntrnids to help and work will star*
soon.
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VjtvTHWESTERN TOMORROW
Steamer Northwestern arrived a4
Cordova at nine o’clock last n;ght and
ailed westbound at 9 o’clock thi
norning. The Northwestern is expect- ,
'd to arrive in Seward tomorrow nf- j
ernoon
The No tliwestern has 200 ton> of
'reight for Seward and will there fore
he about five hours at the Sevan*
lock discharging before going to the
>an Juan clock for frozen fish.
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Niel McDonald and Airs. Beatrice
Iarris Bvakkc* were married recently
at Cordova. Both are well Known
there.
SEATTLE. Nov. ,‘2f»— Prosecuting
ittorneys of all counties in the state
>f Washington held a conference here
'ostorday afternoon and evening and
lecidod to start war against the Ra
Heals immediately. The attorney; m
'S-ion urged all lawyers to contribu:n
heir services free and urged citizen^
o accept jury duty. Fraternal organi
zations were also asked to heh) in
:h aring the state of the Radicals who
ire undermining the government < f
die people.
CLARKSBURG, W. Va., Nov., 1:6 -
Seven alleged Radical leaders were ar
rested this afternoon in the Wendell
mining district and large quantities of
iterator * were seized. All home.' in
die \Yendell district are to ho search
ed as that locality is th^ center of ra
! dicalism.
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STEEL,STRIKE
TO CONTINUE
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio. Nov., 26—
The National Committee d* recti nr th-»
steel strike has voted unanimously to
'ontinuo the strike.
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LONDON, Nov., 26— The Hou?e
1 Commons today defeated the bill a’l
1 thorizinff Viscount Aditor to surrend
er the title inherited from his father.
William Waldorf Astor.