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WASHINGTON', D. 1 . June 2S.—
Today in the Senate :i: - in 'avor
o£ Food Control Hiram Johnson of
California made a strong plea for
the cons, r ation of money profits
and proper; y of ail who remain ;tt
home as an offset to conscription of
the person and the sacrificing of the
hlood and life of the nation's youth
on the European battlefields.
Johnson challenged the senators
to ordain this sacrifice as a show
of their sincerity, declaring tHat
this action would end the war be
fore a single conscripted American
would be called to serve in Europe.
Johnson said it was easy enough
to dispose of tiie bodies of other
men—it was for them to prove that
| reel sense of sacrifice was not alt
sent from their own minds and
their own hearts. It was a brilliant
speech.
The debate on the food control
! ill is entering upon its final stages
and it is almost a certainty that
it will pass.
That tln> measures as approved
by the House will be filially ratified,
prohibition amendment ami all. is
the general opinion as heard in the
capitol this evening. It is also ad
mitted that the pressure brought to
bear upon senators from their con
stituents has practically compelled
many to support the bill who other
wise if left to their own devices
would without doubt have opposed
it.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 28.—To
day it was counsel lor the defense
that stirred things up at the trial
of Rena Mooney.
It was stated by the Defense that
it would be shown that the state
officials conspired to railroad Rena
Mooney and that Martin Swanson, a
detective in the employ of private
corporations headed that conspiracy
Today the Court stated that it had
been considering the state testi
mony as to a conspiracy to terrorize
upon the part of the defendants and
| intimated that it might yet direct
that this testimony be stricken out.
| The defense was aghast at this re
j mark because of the fact of its be
ing already admitted, evidently for
the purpose only of impressing the
jury and being wholly beside the
trial at issue the harm had already
been done.
Mrs. Edeau testified that she saw
Tom and Mrs Mooney on top of a
building, and meeting Billings
there prior to the explosion.
The defense has witnesses to
I prove that she stated that she never
I had seen the witnesses, but was go
ing to testify for the reward money
anyhow. The trial is proceeding
along slowly, with the defense grow
ing more and more confident every
I day.
So far the prosecution has kept
Oxman in the clear but as his testi
mony is needed to supply some
missing links they may have to call
him.
Now Is trie time to Snhscrllm.
BUTTE MINER
FINAL DEMANDS
BUTTE, June 2S.—The Independ
ent Mine Workers Union here is
making great progress in number
ship. Thirteen thousand men are
now out on strike and the electri
cians and machinists have gone out
in sympathy with them.
The strike has ben endorsed by
ARTIST MODEL AT DREAM.
Tonight Emily Stevens the dainty
and talented actress appears in the
title role of “Cora’ at the Dream to
night. The story deals with a great
singers daughter who is forced to
pose for an artist before her sing
ing ability is finally recognized. It
is a forcible drama with one of the
most thrilling climaxes ever seen in
pictures. Thi is Miss Stevens first
appearance to the Nome public,
though she is a great favorite in
the states.
M. PASOOFF.
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all unions.
There has been a special govern
ment investigator sent here and is
actively engaged in discovering
some way of bringing the strike to
an end.
The miners demand the abolition
of tlie rustling card system which
practically places them at the mercy
of the company and secures the
black list a strong footing: inspec
tion of the mines for the safety of
life and limb by a committee of
miners and not by the tools of the
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Suits made to oilier.
NOME TAILORING CO. I
Next door to Segerstrom & Hagen.
corporations which pass and ap
prove anything. They also demand
a six dollar wage scale, the same
as is paid in Arizona copper camps.
The Amalgamated men are thick
as fleas around the men trying to
induce them to return to work.
In the mean time the militia have
been called out but so far there
have been no disorders.
Everything is quiet and orderly
and the men are confident of win
ning. The companies are pooling
interests to buck the strikers, and
it may take some time yet before a
settlement is effected. The corpo
rations were in absolute control be
fore the strike.
OBSERVE RULES.
LONDON, June 24.—American
housewives in England are general
ly observing Lord Devonport’s vol
untary rationing system. Nearly
every American home in London is
now restricted to the prescribed
four pounds of bread a week, 2 1-2
pounds of meat and 3-4 pound of
sugar. American husbands, how
ever, are suspected of cheating a
little bit at noon by patronising
restaurants noted for their liberal
helpings.
LONDON, June 2S.—This morn
ing the British began an offensive
with Lens as the ultimate objective.
The Britisli right penetrated the
German defenses beyond Mericourt
on the south, and east of Loos the
left also was victorious. The center,
where the greatest fighting was
carried out and directly before Lens
drove forward to within half a
mile of the city.
The Canadians had the honor of
gaining these positions and after
desperate hard to hand fighting,
[ holding ail oi' them,
I The Gormans attach great import
ante to Lens as
' mining center
! been of infinite
mans since they
! supply their lines
' ent'ore d labtit ! n
i t lie occupation.
i.ens is burr.il
| points to the fact
| done deliberately
land they are eVv
' the town. Five r
it is the chief ■ oal
in France and lias
value to the Cer
have been able to
with coal dug by
that section since
■K and everything
that this is being
by tit-' Germ ins
11 now df stroying
ailroad lines con-1
vergt oil I., ns which is a distriiut
tii n point of gigantic important .
French spies report that the (h i -
mails are now preparing to evacuate
the place and further that tin
have placed explosives in < verr
mine shaft in order to make sum
of their destruction. They say t!,ai
the mines have been made re d\
for firing a long time ago.
llehind the British lines machinery
to cope with fire in mines has h- i n
concentrated.
MILES NONE KILLED
LONDON, June 2S.—Another
Zeppelin met its (loom this morning
when before day break it attempted
to conduct a raid on its own ac
count with favoring conditions.
With a strong easterly wind blow
ing the Zeppelin was reported as
coming by the coast guard, tin
microphones reporting the drum
ming of tin propellors. Thereupon
the aero squadron got ready to
give it a reception. The Zeppilin
soon was the center of an attack
and it turned about soaring as it
turned to escape the airmen who
were attacking it from all sides.
When at a height of two miles tin
great dirigible was set fire to by an
incendiary shell anti fell to earth, i
When it struck one man sustained ^
broken limbs but th test of tic
crew were uninjured.
X1CW YORK, Jam - A t-hysi-j
cian who has been associated with!
the Red ( toss in Europe is taking I
a piece of soap to Washington for j
expert analysis by the government
chemist. it is believed to be I
I "cadaver soap” made front oil from
th - (load bodies ol‘ soldiers ground
up for that purpose.
Tin physician states that the.
soap was taken from a German pri
soner and the imprint cn it mailt by
the company which lias the reputa
tion of having the contract for the
reduction of then1 bodies, the first
account of which came through re
fugees at Stockholm who os-apod
from the horrible work.
Doilies are shipped to chemical
works where fats and alkalies uro
>x!rat ted from the dead soldiers.
POWERS NOT GUILTY;
PUTNAM IS FIRES
SEATTLE, June 28.—Captain
Mike Powers of the Seattle Police
was acquitted of grafting late tliis
afternoon in a jury trial, thus end
ing what may lie regarded the echo
of the graft cases in this city.
It will be recalled that when the
trial of Gill was at its height,
Captain Powers was suddenly ar
rested in the city police station at
the instance of Sergeant Putnam
for accepting bribes. Putnam was
on the dry squad and was a strong
opponent of the Gill and the Chief
of Police aiding tHeir conviction in
every way he thought possible while
Powers was always openly confident
of the whole thing being a frame
up and when arrested he said that
it was all part of the dirty plan to
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Two 4 H. P. Boilers.
One 12 H. P. Boiler.
One 10 H. P. Boiler.
Two 0 H. P. Boiler.
DARLING & DEAN CO.
get the Mayor and the rest in bad
with the citizens.
The aftermath of the Powers trial
came swiftly enough for Mayor Gill
directed that Sergeant Putnam be
dismissed from the force. The dis
charge of this officer was based
upon the testimony he gave that
he framed up gambling joints ana
blind pigs to catch Powers.
In this he was aided by Dr.
Mathews who financed l’utman ac
cording ao the statement made at
the trial. Upon cross examination
Putnam could not explain what be
came of the receipts or the profits
from his gambling and blind pig
joints. It is upon this that the of
ficer's dismissal is therefore based.
Great satisfaction is heard at the
dismissal of Putnam.
STRIKE CONSTRUCTION
WORKERS ENDS VICTORY
NORTH YAKIMA, June 28.—The
construction workers employed by
Porter brothers here won a short
strike for eight hours a day and a
minimum wage of three dollars a
day. At Odessa Washington the
construction workers employed by
Butler f.nd Co. also struck and ob
tained their demands of three dol
lars and fifty cents t<--i eight hours
a day. The high costs of living
have practically driven all workers
to demand wages which will enable
them to make ends meet. The de
mand for labor is now quite consid
erable throughout the state.
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