SEATTLE, Dec. 1.—Information
'has been received from Washington
that President Wilson has set aside
a tract of land 15 miles square in
the heart of the Kobuk river valley,
in the Kotzebue Sound country, for
exclusive use of the Eskimo. The
old town of Riley, established by
the Chas. Lane party of prospectors
in the summer of 1898, is the cen
ter of the tract. Training of the
Kobuk trine i industrial pursuits
is contemplated. Because of indis
criminate killing of big game in that
section when firearms were first in
troduced among the natives, their
principal article of food in recent
years has been salmon, and during
winters following the short run sea
sons, the natives have in recent
years suffered for lack of food. The
new plan i3 expected to make them
self supporting.
‘ WASHINGTON, Dec. 1. — The
supreme court has reversed the dis
trict court of the Fourth division of
Alaska in the case of the United
States against John Wigger. The
question at issue was the validity of
the act of the Alaska legislature
authorizing joint indictments cover
ing two or more acts or transactions
of the same class of crimes or of
fenses. In this decision the supreme
court holds that the act of the terri
torial legislature would render valid
not one indictment in a thousand if
it included more than one offense of
the same character.
SEATTLE, Dec. j.—A. A. Jones,
first assistant secretary of the in
terior, has rendered a decision de
claring that claimants from Detroit,
Mich., holding a tract of coal lands
embracing 16,000 acres on Cooks
Inlet, are not entitled to patents.
The official holds that the mere dis
covery of coal outcroppings does not
constitute development work and
that more prospecting cannot be
considered development work.
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JUNEAU, Nov. 27. — Richard
Price, a brother of Thomas Price of
Cordova, was instantly killed at the
Treadwell mines this morning when
he fell undej the wheels and 'was
run over by an electric train. Mr.
Price had charge of the crushing
department of the big plant. He was
30 years old and had been a resident
of Juneau for 20 years, coming from
Montana with his parents and
family when he was 10 years old. He
is survived by a wife, his parents,
three brothers and a sister, all of
them except Thomas Price being
residents of Juneau.
! WASHINGTON, Nov. 30.—Presi
dent Wilson has appointed Seth
Lowe and Chas. W. Mills of Phila
delphia and Patrick Gilday of Clear
field, Pa., a commission through
which the Colorado strike may be
settled. The miners several weeks
ago agreed to the President’s plan
of arbitration, but the coal mine
operators representing the Rocke
feller interests refused to entertain
the propostiion.
DENVER, Nov. 30.—Word has
been received at the headuarters ot
the United Mine Workers in this
city that if the federal troops are
withdrawn before George Carlson be.
comes governor January 1, and be
fore a settlement is made in the coal
strike, that every strike leader who
has been active in the coal miners
struggle will be deported. This in
formation comes from apparently re
liable sources and bears out the
original program of the operators
announced soon after the primaries.
At that time it was stated that
the Rockefeller interests had dumped
$100,000 into the campaign fund of
the “drys” and likewise paid $60,
000 to a Denver newspaper to have
it support Carlson. It was announced
that Carlson had promised the oper
ators to begin wholesale deportations
as soon as he took office, as well as
to hang several leaders of the strik
ers.
Carlson’s statement several days
ago that there would be “no more
trouble.” in the strike district may or
may not be a forecast of these at
tempted wholesale deportations.
Lieutenant Governor Fitzgerald is
credited with a statement that the
federal troops will be withdrawn
gradually. There are now 529 gun
men recruited into the militia in
the strike district. They are. fully
armed and waiting for the federais
to be withdrawn so "they can clean
out those red necks.” In addition,
the operators Ijave shipped se.ven
machine guns into the strike dis
trict, according to reports, and are
attempting to buy arms and ammun’
t.ion in large quantities in Denver.
If the federal troops are withdrawn
before a settlement of the strike is
affected or before Carlson takes of
fice another Ludlow massacre, seems
almost certain.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 1.—The war
department will submit to Congress
at the next session estimates ashing
for an appropriation of a quarter of
a billion dollars to run the army and
navy next year.
MEXICO CITY. Dec. 1.—General
Villa today entered the suburbs of
this city at the head of 25,000
troops and will await the arrival of
President Guiterrez before entering
the city proper.
VERA CRUZ, Nov. 27.—General
Carranza arrived here today and
has established headquarters to
direct the campaign against Villa
and Zapata. He came in the same
presidential train which bore Dia.».,
the former president, from the
capital.
WASHINGTON', Nov. 27.—Negoti
ations for peace between Carranza
and Villa are again in progress, ac
cording to an ofticial statements
from the state department, based
on advices from Mexico. This is
said to be the reason why Vice
Consul Silliman is leaving Mexico
City to join Carranza at Vera Cruz.
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CHICAGO. ,vov. 30.—Arbitration
of the differences in wages and hours
of employment on 98 western rail
ways employing 55,000 enginemen
Degan today be.fore the board of
arbitrators provided for by the New
lands act. The men are represented
by Stone, grand chief of the Broth
erhood of Locomotive Engineers,
and Wiliiam S. Cartej, president ot
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire
men, while the railways are repre
sented by 12 members of the Man
agers’ Association.
INDEPENDENCE, Mo., Nov. 30.—
Joseph Smith, head of the Mormon
church is dangerously ill at his old
DALLAS, Texas, Nov. 30—A state
wide campaign just successfully
closeu, has assured the. establish
ment of a State Training School for
Girls. Club women were most active
in prosecuting the search for sub
scriptions.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 28 —Wm. C.
Edes has opened winter offices for
the Alaska Engineering Commission
in the Bureau of Mines and the work
of preparing the commission’s re
port has been commenced. The
report will be ready in January for
submission to the secretary of the
interior, which means that Secretary
Lane will not make definite recom
mendations at the opening of Con
gress as to the proposed route.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 28.—West
Point cadets defeated Annapolis
midshipmen 20 to o in their annual
game on Franlkin field tuis after
noon. The score is represented by
three touchdowns and a safety. The
game, as the score indicates, was
me sided, the army showing superior
power in carrying the ball and de
fending goal. Muca laxness in play
occurred and forward passing o;
both siues as a rule was poor. ± ue
uavy appeared weat on defense and
rarely held the army when the latter
tried to penetrate the line of the
sailors, or go around the ends,
army’s victory makes the record of
ne. two teams a tie. eacn having won
nine games with one game a tie.
Other games resulted as follows:
At Haverford, Pa.—Cornell asso
ciation 3, Haverford College, 0.
At Boston—All Stars 13, Carlyle
6.
At New York—Washington anti
Jefferson 20, Rutgers 13.
DENVER, Nov. 28.—Prominent
traffic officials of the west are in
Denver today for the taking of testi
mony by the Interstate Commerce
Commission in the "Ogden gateway
case” involving the Union Pacific sys
tem. Examiner Pattison will pre
side at the hearings which are
scheduled to begin this afternoon.
The, case involves the attempt of
the Oregon Short Line to close the
Ogden gateway to traffic to and from
points on its line via the Denver &
Rio Grande and Colorado Midland
road. The examiner will also take
testimony in a number of ofher
Western cases.
GRAND FORKS, N. D„ Nov. 28.
—Although the wheat crop through
out the Northwest is the biggest in
vears, railroad men cairn that the
movement is 33 per cent below nor
mal. This they attribute to the high
price of grain and war, which they
say, have influenced farmers to hold
the grain for higher prices. An un
usually open fall has allowed mu<
'a'l plowing and tuis, too, contri
buted to the slow movemen t if
grain. With the coming of real cold,
when roads will be frozen and fall
oloying delayed, a heavier movement
of grain is expected.
KALAMAZOO, Mich., Nov. 28.—
A four-round boxing bout between
Joe Mandot, New Orleans, and Hal
Stewart, Fort Wayne, Indiana, two
lightweights, will furnish a prece
dent in sporting circles this after
noon for women only will be ad
mitted to see the scrap. Two sport
ing writers are staging the affair in
order to convince the fair spectators
that there is nothing brutal in box
ing. Admittance will be free.
GALVESTON, Tex., Nov. 28.—
Speakers of national note feature the
program of the State Federation of
Women’s Clubs' is holding its annual
three days’ convention here today.
Mrs. Percy V. Penny packer, presi
dent of the General Federation: Miss
Helen Boswell of New York and M s
Lutie E. Steams of Madison, Wis ,
are scheduled to deliver addresses.
SEATTLE, Nov. 28.—The single
tax question will be debated by
teams from the various high schools
of the state at a number or Wash
ington cities and towns during the
winter. The state has been divided
into four sections and debates will
be held at different times, until the
final winner is chosen in each dis
trict. Four prizes 01 $25 each will
be awarded the. successful team in
each district.
BOSTON, Nov. 28.—Tim Murnane.
President of the New England
League, and dean of Boston baseball,
is cut up over the fact that several
of the Boston Braves have been
lured upon the stage. '‘There is
absolutely no excuse for Gowdy and
Rudolph in their stage venture,
says Murnane.
No excuse whatever except several
thousand dollars to put away in the
old family sock! Murnane is will
ing to excuse Manager Stallings, as
he says George, needs the money,
there being no market for the $30,
000 worth of cotton he has on his
Georgia plantation. Well, Rudolph
has a new baby at his home.
CLEVELAND, O., Nov. 28.—A
model post office and hundreds of
efficiency devices for the office and
workshop were shewn to several
thousand people at the opening of
Cleveland’s business efficiency expo
sition here.
The postoffice showed clertis i
work and the general handling of
the. mails. Packages insecurely
wrapped and parcels loosely boxed
were shown as examples of efficiency
in the use of mails. Labor saving
devices were exhibited by manufac
turers from all over the United
States.
LINCOLN, Neb., Nov. 28.—Mem
bers enrolled under the Christian
Endeavor banner throughout the
state are gathered in this city for
the three days' session of the Ne
braska Christian Endeavor Associa
tion.
It is considered probable that
Sunday baseball will come up for dis
cussion. The movement for Sunday
baseball has grown recently in
Nebraska, some prominent church
goers favoring it. It is said that
some of the high officials of the
high officials of the Nebraska Chris
tian Endeavor Association signed a
petition for the submission of the
Sunday baseball issue to the voters.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 27.—Rear
Admiral Blue, chief of the bureau of
navigation, navy department, in his
annual report urges a redistribution
of grades. He states that under the
present system the class of 15
junior lieutenants cannot reach the
grade of lieutenant commander short
,of 40 years’ service.
SEATTLE, Nov. 27.—F. C. Elliott,
a Chicago attorney who has for
several years been connected with
the company, was selected as presi
dent of the White Pass & Yukon
Railway Company; H. F. Wheeler,
was elected general manager and A.
F. Zipf, formerly with the Northern
Navigation Company was elected
traffic manager. Formal announce
ment of apointments to other posi
tions will be made later.
COLUMBIA, S. C., Nov. 27.—Gov
ernor Blease distributed Thanksgiv
ing cheer generously yesterday, issu
ing 100 pardons to prisoners in the
state penitentiary.
NORFOLK, Nov. 27.—The battle
ship Michigan was left aground by a
receding tide at Cape Henry yester
day. As the bottom is composed ot
soft mud and sand it is believed she
will not be injured.
SEATTLE, Nov. 27.—Otto Wend
land and his three children, while
speeding home in an auto for their
Thanksgiving dipner, went through
a bridge in the Buburbs of this city.
Alwin, aged 11, was killed and Mr.
Wendland, was dangerously injured
SEATTLE. Nov. 25.—The Cham
ber of Commerce at its meeting last
night adopted a resolution declaring
that public interests demand an ex
tension of the geodetic survey in
Alaska and requesting that Congress
at once provide funds to enable this
work to be done and to properly
chart the navigable waters of the
Alaskan coast. The loss of govern
ment and privately owned vessels
during the past year alone, because
of imperfect charts and lack of
charts, is estimated to be greater
than the cost of a large portion of
the needed work.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 25—General
Blanco left Mexico City yesterday
morning and the forces of Zapata
immediately took possession and be
gan shooting and looting.
MEXICO CITY, Nov. 25.—Gen
erals Obregon and Gonzales an
nounced they had sufficient troops
to defeat Villa, but had decided to
allow him and Zapata to enter the
City when the Constitutionalist army
would bottle them up and either
annihilate them and all their men,
or take them prisoners.
A mob gathered in front of the
national palace last night and later
marched to the stores where am
munition is kept, battered down the
doors and carried away large quan
tities. Much shooting occurred and
the police, were powerless to control
the mob. Bodies of civilians and
former federal soldiers formed a
parade and marched through the
principal streets to police headquar
ters and the Brazilian legation,
whe.re more arms were secured.
DENVER, Nov. 25.—The third
trial of Robert Owen on the charge
of kidnapping the Rev. Otis L.
Spurgeon here last spring began in
the criminal court here, today. The
juries in both of Owen’s previous
trials' disagreed.
The Rev. Spurgeon was a lec
turer for the Knights of Luther, an
anti-Catholic organization. Last
April he delivered an address here
in which he made charges against
Catholic priests and nuns. A few
hours after the lecture a crowd
of men appeared at his hotej. seized
the lecturer, threw him into an auto
and took him far out into the coun
try where he was severely beaten
and ordere.d not to return to Denver
under pain of worse treatment. Spur
geon accused Owen of having been
the leader of his assailants.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 25.—The
transport Hancock with 800 marines
has been ordered to Guantanamo.
Cuba, there to await further orders
from Secretary Daniels before pro
ceeding to Santo Domingo to protect
Americans whose lives and property
are endangered by a new revolution
which has just broken out.
NEW YORK. Nov. 25.—Charles
Crocker, former Tammany chieftain,
w ho is three months a widower, will
marry Miss Beulah Edmondson, a
Cherokee Indian pr'nces, whose
tribal name is Keeta Kaluntchy.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE
To C. M. Gage, Peter Conaton, Wil
liam Farrell, Maurice O’Donnell
and John Ryan:
You are hereby notified that we
the undersigned, have expended in
labor and improvements the sum of
One Hundred Dollars during the
years 1911, 1912, 1913, and 1914 on
each of the placer claims known as
New York Association claim an 1
Boston Association claim, located on
Young creek, a tributary of Nizina
river, Nizina mining district, Chitina
recording district, Third Judicial
division. Territory of Alaska, and
where the said claims are more fully
described.
The above amount has been ex
pended in order to hold said claims
under provisions of the law concern
ing annual labor upon mining claims,
being the amount required to hold
said claims.
And you are further notified that
if within 90 days after the last pub
lication of this notice you fail to con
tribute your proportion of said ex
penditure, your interest in said
claims will become the property of
the undersigned, your co-owners,
under Section 2324, Revised Statutes
of the United States.
ELI McQUADE,
GEORGE DEMPSEY,
Agents Dexter C. Cayouette,
Co-owners.
Date of first pub Nov. 17, 1914.
Date of last pub., Feb. 23, 1915.
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 30—General
Pablo Gonzales, now at Pachuca
with 8,000 men, has proclaimed him
self provisional president of Mexico.
He was supposed to be loyal to
Carranza.
PARIS, Nov. 20.—Dr. Joseph
Blake and the former Mrs. Clarence
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day.
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Cleary creek, will show a production
of at least $400,000 this year, in
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