THIRTEEN I
RIOTERS ARE
(By Associated Press)
SAN ANTONIO. Dec 11.—Thirteen
negroes were hanged at Fort Houst
on for complicity in the Houston riots
last August. A number of others
were given life sentences in the peni
tentiary.
The negroes met death singing
hymns. They were all soldiers.
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(By Associated Press)
GIRARD, Kansas, Dec 81.—The Ap
peal to Reason, the pioneer Socialist
paper is to change its name and will
hereafter be known as the New Ap
peal. It wfR also support the United
States and allies in their war policy.
OPERATIONS IP
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Dec.. 11.—The sen
ate miliiary affairs committee has
decided to conduct a general inquiry
into the war department’s operations
; " in arming and equipping American
forces. Secretary of 'War Baker and
other heads of departments are to ex
plain the features.
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I HOME. Dec. '1IL—The Haitian troops
have saBjuainarfly repulsed power
h *
ful Teuton attacks and retake Agen
zia and Zuiaui positions on ihe lower
, Piave river yesterday.
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HONOLULU, Hawaii. Dec. 11—Spir
its, wines and liqnors; cigars, cigar
ettes and tobacco and candy, also an
omobiles used for pleasure cars ar<»
• few of the things J. K. Child, federal
*>od administrator for the territory
f Hawaii, has classed as luxuries.
Tnder the new embargo on luxuries
tese things may be barred from !!a
aii for the period of the war. Value
' candy imported yearly to the isl
ds is said to be $230,000, whii 3 ci
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r and tobacco imports amount to
).t a million dollars. "If there is
t a ship space to bring flour and
>er necessary food stuffs to the
•nds,” says Mr. Child, “then prac
\lly all other commodities will be
jBidered as luxuries."
PROBE CHARGES
i i
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 11—The fed
j eral trade commission today began
an investigation of Hoover’s charges
that dishonest wholesale and retail
merchants and food brokers are crim
inally responsible for raising the
prices of food and causing a short
age. Victor Murdock has charge of
the inquiry.
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(By Associated Press)
GREENVILLE, Pa, Dec. 11.—.lames
Sheakley, first governor of Alaska,
died at his home in Greenville, Pa.,
yesterday. He was 90 years of age.
Sheakley w'as appointed governor of
Alaska by President Cleveland in 1893,
after serving several years as an Al
askan commissioner. He was a form
er Pennsylvania congressman.
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CBy Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 11.—Charles
Evans, defeated Republican candidate
for the presidency, called at the White
House, late yesterday afternoon and
it was “his first meeting with Presi-j
1*0RT STANLEY, Falkland Islands.
Dec. 11—TS&e war has completely iso
lated the Falkland islands from the
rest of the world as far as commer
cial intercourse is concerned, in spite ^
of the fact that the islands are the;
naval base of lhe British fleet ror the
south Atlantic and south Pacific.
Since March 10 of this year not a
single ship has stopped aa the Falk-j
lands on Us journey to England and
correspondence tor Buenos Aries and
Montevideo has been sent by way of
Punta Arenas, while passengers for
Buenos Aires or Montevideo have had
to go around to Valparaiso on the
Pacific liners and then across the
Andes by train to get to their des
tinations.
The British government has bought
up all the wool of the Falklands, giv
ing the owners 55 per cent above pre
war prices. Some of this wool sold
as high as two shillings, six pence a
pound. Flour has risen to fifty shill
ings a sack and bread is selling at a
shilling a loaf, weighing less than four
pounds. Sugar is selling at eight
pence a pound.
The Islands have become so over
run with rats that the government
has offered an English penny a head
for all those killed.
MUCH ACTIVITY
(By Associated Press)
LONDON, Dec. 11.—It Is officially
stated that there are unusually ac
tive artiliering and aerial operations,
especially on the Ypres and Arras
fronts.
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BUTTE, Dec. 11.—Because of a lack
of feed and water, Montana stock
growers are disposing of a large part
of their livestock. Charles Long stock
superintendent for a transcontinental
railroad, declared here recently.
Fully 60 per cent more livestock
has been shipped from Montana to
eastern markets this season than a
year ago, he said, and there will be a
big demand for animals to replenish
the herds in the spring.
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(By Associated Press)
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, Oec.. It
—Germany has had no diplomatic
representative in Argentina since
Count Luxburg received his passports.
The German government is without
means of appointing a minister.
The secretaries and attaches at the
German legation in this city have no
diplomatic standing, being merely
clerks to the accredited minister or
charge d'affaires. When Count Lux
burg received his passports from the
Argentine foreign office, he could not
invest the secretary of the legation
with the rank of diplomatic character
of a charge d'affaires, as he had never
been presented to and recognized by
the government in a diplomatic ca
pacity.
Moreover, if the German govern
ment should attempt to put the lega
tion in charge of persons who are a''
ready in the field, it is not considered
likely here that the Argentine gov
ernment would accept either as min
ister or charge d'affaires any of those
persons who have followed Count
Luxburg in the capacity of accom
plices, or who have simply been his
instruments.
Therefore, any diplomatic rela
tions between Germany and the Ar
gentine Republic will have to be car
ried on through the Argentine minist
er at Berlin.
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CHt-LDREN’S HOSPITAL IS
KNITTING FOR SOLDIERS
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 11.—To
prove that American children under
stand and appreciate the sacrifices
that American sailors and soldiers
are making, many of the little ones
in the Children's Hospital here are
knitting for the Red Cross. The child
ren. many of whom are but eight and 1
n'ne years of age, are confining them
selves mostly to towels.
One tiny boy, who is forced to lie
on his stomach in bed, is^said to be
one of the most enthusiastic knitters.
(By Associated Press)
SEATTLE, Dec. 11.—Chauncey
Wright, owner of four restaurants,
died last night of neuritis. He was
45 years of age and with his father
conducted a road house at Dawson
during the stampede to the Klondike.
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(By Associated Press)
HALIFAX, Dec. 11.—A carrier pig
eon, with a message in German un
der its wing, was captured when it
entered the window of a home in the
burned area. It bore a New York
number. 29. and was probably wound
ed in the explosion.
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CRIPS GREATEST
[‘ STORY
„
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON. Dec. 11.—The de
partment of agriculture reports th(
value of the nations crops at $21,000,
000,000, which is the greatest in its
history. There were over 3,000,000,
000 bushels of corn.
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SUPPLY
(By Associated Press)
BOISE. Idaho, Dec. ll.—Some kind?
of food hoarding are all right, accord
ing to It F. Bicknell. federal food com
missioner for Idaho, and H. W. Hoch
baum, state leader of county farm
agents. They have started a move
ment to introduce the people of this
state to buy and store apples and po
tatoes against the winter's needs.
Lack of transportation facilities has
left quantities of apples and pota
toes in the hands of growers. The
campaign will be carried on by the
sixteen field men of the University
of Idaho extension department.
OUTGOING PASSENGERS
ON STEAMER ALAMEDA
The steamer Alameda sailed at 9
o'clock this morning for Seattle with
the following passengers from Cor
dova: J. E. Barrett, Alex Burn, Frank
Moran, B. J. 1’ittinger, V. Gorslme,
R. H. Johnson, E. A. Tafel, M. Man
son, Mrs. E. M. Smith, Peggy Miller.
Miss A. Krebs, Mrs. L. Clark, Mrs. S.
P. Trudsey, Mrs. Fred Excell. Mrs.
Jno. Enlund. Mrs. E. C. Robinson, Mrs.
K. Brown, W. G. Sutton. Bert Slaven.
Simon Erickson. E. C. Wills, D. Evan
off. K. Bucknell. James Swalley, F. M.
McMichael, J. W. Moriarty, A. Wall
ner. Oris Bennett, Andrew Brask, N.
G. Nelson, Jack Kogan. H. P. Hansen,
C. W. Geraghty and wife, E. A. Yaeg
er, F. C. Jones and Horace Currie.
(By Associated Press)
DATELESS. — It is believed that
heavy German forces have arrived in
France, but it is unknown where, and
it is expected a blow will fall. The
infantry is inactive along the West
ern front, while the artillery is busy.
The British troops plan an official
entry into Jerusalem today.
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(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 11—The house
has unanimously agreed to consider
on Monday the constitutional amend
ment for national prohibition, the
senate having already passed the
amendment. The house judiciary
committee reported the amendment
favorably.
I
VALU
.. IN MIL
:
(By Associated Press)
NORTH YAKIMA, Wash., Dec. 11.—
The value of crops of the Yakima
valley for 1917 is found by the local
commercial club to be $26,572,270
which is $10,000,000 more than last
year.
The fruit crops, comprising 14.00C
carloads, shows a gain of 40 per cent
over last year, and it is valued at $9,
153,200. A total of 20,000 acres never
sown before was planted during the
past season to grain crops.
The potato crop is estimated at 84,
000 tons and the hay crop at 400,000
tons. Wheat amounted to 600,000
bushels, corn 840,000 bushels, barley
360,000 bushels and oats 480,000 bush
j els, the cereal crop having a value of
! $2,224,870.
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SPOKANE PLANS
LEASE COAL
MINE
(By Associated Press)
SPOKANE, Dec. 11— As a partial
solution of the high cost of living, an
organization in this city known as the
Associated Benevolent, fraternal,
church and labor organizations has
taken steps to lease a coal mine near
Missoula, Montana, to provide fuel for
this winter. Plans also have been
made to ^obtain a 600 acre tract of
burned over land in this state, where
it is estimated 6,000 cords of dead
wood are standing.
The organization has been buying
foodstuffs and fuel in wholesale quan
tities and distributing them to its
members for some time, and it is
planned now to secure a warehouse
in the city to handle flour and feed
by the carload.
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Read the Times and keep pested.
I
(By Associated Press)
LONDON, Dec. 11.—The situation
at Moscow is believed to be grave.
It is reported Bolshevikis have plac
ed machine guns in the streets as
they fear an uprising. The garrison
is insubordinate and reported dis
obeying the Bolsheviki commander,
who is a soldier named Muranoff.
Troops are being detached from the
west front for service against the
Cossacks. Street fighting is now in
progress.
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(By Associated Press)
COLUMBUS, Dec. 11.—With the
weather below zero the Ohio coal
. shortage is so acute that Governor
; Cox has telegraphed Fuel Adminis
| trator Garfield that Ohio people will
! lose confidence in the government un
less they get immediate relief. It
is the coldest December the Ohio val
ley has experienced in forty years,
t
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jDISTRICT COURT
JUSTICES ^
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(By Associated Press)
i WASHINGTON, Dec. 11.—The su
| preme court yesterday in refusing
i to review the proceedings brought by
Fred G. Noyes, receiver of the Wash
ington-Alaska bank at Fairbanks, to
recover from bank officials money al
leged to have been lost through their
mismanagement sustained the Alas
kan decrees, holding that the Terri
tory's district court is a court of the
United States.
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jirm nniPT nirn
(By Associated Press)
LONDON, Dec. 11—The death is an
nounced here of Professor Edward
Hull, the foremost geologist in the
British Isles. He was born in 1829
in Ireland. In 1883 he was the lead
er of a scientific expedition to Arabia
and Palestine, and his chief assistant
and geometrist was Lord Kitchener,
then a captain. Professor Hull has
recently devoted his time to the work
of the war coal commission.
His last scientific work was in con
nection with the bed of the Atlantic,
by which he discovered that the con
tinental platform on which Western
Europe and the British Isles are plant
ed is eroded by old river valleys con
tinuous with those of the Loire.
Douro and Tagus, and descending to
a depth of several thousand feet be
low the present surface.