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WASHINGTON, Dec. 14.—The
immediate taking over of the Alaska
caljle, also the federal cable and
telephone systems of Hawaii and
Potto Rico by the postotlice depart
ment, is recommended by Secretary
Burleson in his annual report. He
sayfe this department for the first j
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Washington, d. c„ Dec. 14.— j
Re^r Admiral Joseph Straus, chief i
of the Bureau of Ordnance, recom
mends that Puget Sound be selected
as the place at which to concentrate
war..munitions for the Pacific.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 14.—Secre
taryof the Navy Daniels has let the
contract for six torpedo boat de
stroyers-—five of them to be built
.on the Atlantic coast and one on
the Pacific at the Mare Island
navy'yard. Governor George W.
Ooethals asks that destroyers be
sent at once to the canal, for the
purpose of enforcing neutrality
while the European war is in
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progress.
CENTRALIA, Wash., Dec. 1-J.—:
Twepty-mne strikers’ pickets were
arrested at the Eastern Railway j
Lumber Company’s plant here under:
the new' city ordinance which ‘pro
hibits crowds from obstructing j
streets and forbids acts tending \o
provoke assaults. Eighteen pleaded
guilty and were fined $5 and costs.!
Women took their places on the!
picket line, and were not molested.
The men struck last September after
their demands for a 10 per cent in
crease w'exe refused.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 14.—The ■
Gridiron Club, noted for the origin-;
ality and humor of its entertain- j
ments, held its first banquet of the
season last night. President Wilson
being present. The regular anni- j
vt.tsary affair will take place in the
rear future, with a variety of enter
taining features, when there will he
served Alaska roast seal, seal cut
lets and seal steaks with compli
ments of Dr. E. Lester Jones of the
Fish Commission.
VERA CRUZ, Dec. 14.—General
Carranza in a satement issued to
day said that if the American troops
returned the fire of Mexicans cn the
border at Naco, as threatened un
less shooting across into American
territory was discontinued, it would
he regarded as an act of war.
KELSO. Dec. 14.—J. T. Van
Horn, a farme.r living a short dis
tance west of Kelso, is thinking of
applying somewhere or other for a
prize for one of his Holstein cattle
for her propensity for rapidly in
creasing the herd. This cow’ gave!
birth to three calves, all perfectly
normal and strong.
TACOMA, Dec. 12.—Asa Parker,
a well knw’on western trail-blazer
and pioneer of Oregon, is dead at
his home here. He w'as 92 years of
age.
NEW YORK, Dec. 12.—Emery
Edwards, a stranger, registered at
an uptown hotel from Colville,
Wash., died last night. Old deeds
- found among his effects by the
coroner show he was the represen
tative of an estate which once
owned Park Row and the Astor
House site, and also an interest in
an estate in Holland valued at
$8,000,000.
NEW YORK, Dec. 12.—Richard.
Canfield, a widely known crooked
gambler who, at the height of his
career, was the owner of the most
magnificently furnished resort in
this city, died here last night.
NEW YORK, Dec. 12.—The New
York Stock Exchange, closed since
the commencement of the European
war, reopened today and trading
was active. ,
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 12—Twice
a week, 1,200 Polish Falcons, resi
dents of this city, undergo gruelling
military drill. Once a month they
participate in field maneuvers. Sev
eral hundred women folk of Polish
descent undergo training no less
rigorous, some as nurses for
wounded, some as amazons.
These are but a part of tne 40,000
men and 4,000 organized Polish
women in America, who are await
ing the opportune moment to strike
for the freedom' of Poland. Three
previous uprisings of the Poles—in
1830, 1848, and 1863—failed to
bring independence to Poland as a
nation, and that country is now
divided between Austria, Russia and
Germany.
After the present war is over, the
Polish leaders will present a peti
tion signed by 3,000,000 of their
folk, demanding their national in
dependence. If it is refused, the
leaders say an armed attempt will
be made to gain their rights. For
this reason 1,200 Poles are drilling
here.
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.—Final
settlement of most of the Alaska
coal cases, which have kept scores
of claimants on the anxious seat for
years, may be expected in a few
days. Commissioner Tillman stated
today that field examinations of the
land involved and the taking of tes
timony in all cases had been closed.
VIRGINIA CITY, Nev„ Dec. 12.—
The famous International Hotel of
this place, the popular resort of
Mackay, Flood, Fair and other
bonanza kings in the earlier and.
better days of the Comstock lode,
burned today.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.—Secre
tary of the Navy Daniels, continuing
his testimony before the naval com
mittee, said .today that the day or
a small fleet in the Pacific would
end in March, with the formal open
ing of the Panama Canal, when the
floating forts in Atlantic and Pacific
waters can be easily and quickly
combined whenever necessity do
manas.
WASHINGTON, D. C„ L)ec. 11.—
Addressing the House naval commit
lee on the construction program to
day, Secretary Daniels said the gov
ernment should have a place to build
battleships on the. Pacific coast, and
declared that too rnucn publicity was
being given military affairs of the
nation. Representative Weeks of
Massachusetts said he was opposed'
to agitation regarding possible in
vasion by hostile, nations and the
possibility that we are not prepared
to meet such an attack, which agi
tation is without real excuse.
WASHINGTON, D. O., Dec. 11.—
Provisional President Guiterrez has
ordered Governor Maytorena, -com
manding the federal forces at Naco,
to avoid operations against the in
surrectionists altogether if the fir
ing cannot be confined within the
Mexican border. This action follows
the warning issued yesterday that
the United States would return such
firing if it was not discontinued.
NACO, Ariz., Dec. 11.—A train in
four sections bearing United States
artillery to reinforce troops on tne
border arrived here today.
TACOMA, Dec. 11.—The Chicago,
Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co ,
has ordered electrical equipment with
which to operate the mountain divi
sions of its western line, this elec
trical service to extend front the
cascades to Seattle, Eve.rett and
Tacoma.
TACOMA, Dec. 11.—Figures sub
mitted at a meeting of the West
Coast Lumber Manufacturers’ Asso
ciation show that 198 mills of Oregon
and Washington are running with an
average output of 41 per cent, or a
curtailment of 59 per cent “on ac
count of conditions caused by the
European war.”
WASHINGTON, Dec. 11.—Sereno
E. Payne, former member of Con
gress and active in the framing of
the McKinley and Dingley tariff bills
and author of the bill in 1909, bear
ing his name, died suddenly here
today of heart disease. He was a
native of New York, 71 years old
and was a member of Congress for
four terms. He was a member of the
joint commission which negotiated
the treaty with Canada in 1898.
TUKWILLA, Wash., Dec. 11.—
Sylvanus H. Stevens, formerly of
Norue where he was editor and pub
lisher of the. Gold Digger, was today
elected mayor of this town.
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Dec. 11.—
President Wilson received a telegram
today from Governor Ammons of
Colorado saying that he did not thinK
it advisable to withdraw all federal
troops from the strike districts at
this time.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 10.—Sen
ator Stone of Missouri has intro
duced a bill providing for a govern
ment shipping company as recom
mended by the President, which
will operate in connection with the
government railway lines in Alaska.
This bill is identical with the Alex
ander bill in the House.
INDEPENDENCE. Mo., Dec. 10.
—Joseph Smith, president of the
Mormon church, died at his old
home here today after a long ill
ness. Mr. Smith was the founder of
a religion having more than 400,000
adherents scattered throughout the
western states and having head
quarters at Salt Lake City. Smith
claimed to have been inspired and
to have found several tablets of
gold containing the text of the bible
w'hich thjs sect uses. He claimed
to have been visited by angelic mes
sengers in the same mannej as
Christ is represented in the Chris
tian Bible to have been visited, and
he convinced his followers that the
Mormon religion was the only true
oue. He practiced polygamy openly
for many years and leaves a large
family by several wives.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10—The In
terstate Commerce, Commission's
annual report ‘ recommends lSWs to
control the capitalization of rail
ways and to compel the use of steel
cars on passenger trains. Several
of the great railway-systems volun
tarily have adopted the steel car,
but there is general opposition
among the directors against restric
tion of the privilege of unrestricted
issue of stock and bonds.
WEST ORANGE, N. J., Dec. 10.
—The immense plant for the manu
facture of the numerous electrical
and other inventions of Thomas A.
Edison at this place was destroyed
by lire today, with the exception of
the laboratory which was located
in a separate building. The loss is
reported to be $7,000,000. The
jrork of rebuilding will be com
menced as soon as the wreckags is
sufficiently cool to permit removal.
WASHINGTON,. D. C„ Dec. 10.-A
Secretary Lane in his annual report,
touching on the subiect of the
subject of the Alaska railroad, says
a line from coast points has been
considered with—possible termini at
Cordova, from which place now runs
the Copper River & Northwestern
line, which could be extended nor
therly through the Chitina valley
to Tanana; also from Valdez, front
which now runs an excellent govern
ment wagon road extending through
the Chitina Valley to Fairbanks.
Consideration is also being given
Portage. Bay- on the west coast of
Prince William Sound, where no
settlement now exists but which
could be connected with Turnagaio
Arm by tunne.l and extended on
northerly through the Susitna val
ley to Fairbanks. Another route;
considered favorably is from Sew-j
ai'd, from which now extends the
Alaska Northern Railway V;or 7a j
miles to the eastern e.nd of Turn
again Arm.
NEW YORK. Dec. 10.—When
Lightweight Champion Freddie
Welsh stowed away Lis share of the
receipts for his bout with Shugrue.
it Madison Square Garden a week
ago, it brought his earnings for five
weeks up to more than $50,000. It
broke all get-rich-quick fighting
known to civilized and uncivilized
mankind. If Welsh could keep up
the record for twelve months his in
lome for the 52 weeks would be the
astonishing total of $520,000.
But the money making record was
not the only one smashed to atoms.
During the year and six months that
Willie Ritchie held the lightweight
crown, he fought fewer men than
Welsh has in the past 25 days. No
champion in any division has ever
fought that many men in the same
period of time.
Mighty few champions have j
fought that number of good men
throughout their whole careers as j
titleholders. Welsh has fought ’em
all. as they came along. Every man
he has faced has been in the top
division of lightweights. Both Wol- ;
gast and Ritchie found alibis to pre
vent a meeting with Young Shugrue.
YVelsh merely named the money for
which he'd fight—and went in and
fought. In between the Baldwin
and Shugrue fights, Welsh met Fred
Yelle at Boston on November 21,
and Young Brown at Syracuse two
nights later.
SEATTLE, Dec. 9.—Hon. James
Wickersham, Delegate to Congress
from Alaska, who was a guest of the
Alaska Bureau of the Seattle Cham
ber of Commerce-while in this city,
leaves tonight for YVashington.
Judge YYTickersham said that the
fate of the Alaska Development
Board bill depends upon President
YVilson, because it concerns the
authority of 20 persons in as many
different cabinet departments. He
urges the Alaska Bureau to aid in
securing the passage of an appro
pnation for railway purposes and
says that five millions, the amount
Secretary Lane asks, is sufficient
only for the first and minor part of
the work. The Delegate will urge
that Congress ipass a school law
bill or permit the territorial legis
lature to control education after
funds have been provided, thus giv
ing the peopled Alaska full author
ity in the premises.
NEW YORK, Dec. 9.—On account
of frequent war discussions and con
sequent internal dissensions among
the musicians at the Persian Garden,
Joan Sawyer, director of this popu
lar dance rendezvous, has dispensed
with their services and engaged an
entirely neutral orchestra, which,
after three days of rehearsals, will
make Its Initial appearance tSTs
evening. Included in the new
organization which will furnish the
dance music at the Persian Garden
are two Spanish violinists, a Chinese
clarient player, a Swiss cornetist, an
Alabama banjo twanger, a Hawaiian
trap drummer, an Italian cellolst,
and a Norwegian trombone virtuoso.
YVASHINGTON, Dec. 9.—Repre
sentative J. A, Falconer of YVash
ington says he intends to push with
all his power at the coming session
of Congress the bill to make the
Territory of Alaska dry.
DENVER, Dec. 9.—The strike ot
Colorado .coal miners which has been
on for more than a year and which
caused a civil War of which the Lud
low massacre was one of the most'
alarming parts, has been officially
called off and will be effective to
morrow, according to a statement
from the governor's office. Tne
terms and conditions have not yet
been made public here, but it Is
understood that both miners ana
operators made concessions. The
miners agreed last summer to accept
President Wilson's plan of arbitra
tion, but the operators rejected the
proposition, after a visit of John D.
Rockefeller, Jr.,—who as representa
tive. of the Standard Oil interests
concluded and announced that they
had nothing to arbitrate.
Dissatisfaction among the im
ported strikebreakers because of the
treatment accorded them after they
wejre Induced to enter employ of
the companies affected, fs reported
to have been an important factor in
bringing- about a settlement.
Each night all the strikebreakers
were forced to go through military
drills for two hours after they came
out of the mine where most of them
were compelled to work ten and
twelve hours. This, togethe.r with
the fact that the wages had been
reduced at many of the mines, mak
ing it impossible for the strike
breakers to earn more, than $1.40 to
$1.60 a day, caused many of them
to leave the state, while local
strikes cf strikebreakers were com
mon.
WASHINGTON, r;e.c. 9.—Secre
tary Redfield, in his annual report
filed today, asked a half a million
dollars to replace the old and obso
lete survey vessels used in Alaska
waters and $22',000 for a dragnet
survey. Ife.says many citizens have
been drowned in Alaskan waters
and much private property has been
destroyed because of the penurious
ness of the government, and that it
is a shame to send officers and men
to sea in such vessels as the Gedney,
McArthur and Endeavor.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.—'Troops
in sufficient number to handle any
emergency have been ordered to the.
Mexican border at Xaco, where the
Mexican town has been under attack
of insurrectionists and wheje sev
eral Americans nave been wounded
on the northern side of the boun
dary by bullets from both federal
and insurrecto guns.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE
ro 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
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 Se.ction 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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Ringhampton, N. Y., was selected
captain of the Yale football team for
next season. The se,leetion was
made by the twenty-three players
who won their “Y” in the Harvard
and Princeton games this year. The
vote, was unanimous. Wilson, who
s a junior, has played on the var
sity eleven for the last two seasons.
At last Jess Willard and. Jack
;Johnson are matched. That ought
to bring about peace in Mexico.
Willard is only 27 years old. while
Johnson is over 36; so that rthe
white fighter has a decided advan
tage in youth. Willard stands 6
feet 7 inches and has a reach of 8.*>
inches. He has 18 knockouts to his
credit, and lost only one decision.
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