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YO| s SKWAKI). ALASK A. WEDNESDAA EVEN IN'.. NOVEMBER l‘J, li>i:t NT >. :t (i ADMINISTRATION PLANS TO IGNORE MEX.CONGRESS Washington, Nov. 12-The adminis tration will refuse to recognize acts of the Mexican congress, on the theory that a majority of the members were illegally elected. They are placed in the category of usurpers and tools of the Huerta regime. Mexico City, Nov. 12-The demoral izing condition of nusiness. due to the political crisis, has caused a run on the banks of this city. Long lines of de positors tire standing in front of tin fiduciary institutions, awaiting then turn at' the paying tellers’ wlcaet. Thus far, none of the banks have sus pended payment, but they cannot long withstand tlte enormous drain. CAN'T SCARE UNCLE SAM SAYS SAM GOMPERS Seattle. Nov. 12—“The attempt on the part of foreign powers to scarce Uncle Sam into submission don't ifo! declared Samuel (tempers, president of the American Kederatiou of Tabor, ic ferriusr to the Mexican situation in a speech at the Hippodrone here la>t night. The sentiment evoked pro longed cheernyf on the part of the grant audience. Gompers denounced predatory wealth and its usurpation of judicial powers. TWO STEAMERS LOST IN LAKES Port Huron, Nov. 12—An overturn ed steel liner floated ashore near here last night. The crew is believed lost. Calumet, Nov. 12—A steamer is pounding to pieces on the rocks on Manitou island. Thirty souls on board are doomed. Due to the storm, the life saving crew here is helpless. LIMIT TRAINMEN TO 16-HOUR DAY Washington, Nov. 12—The United States supreme court, in a decision handed down yesterday afternoon, uo holds the federal law prohibiting work men on railway lines from being em ployed for more than sixteen consec utive hours, at any one time. Meet me at the Brancn. Finch’s Golden Wedding rye at the Branch. ___ Gold Nugget goods made to order at George, the Jeweler’s. RAILWAY MEN RAIN INCREASE j 8Y ARBITRATION — | New York, Nov. 12—The board of' arbitration, having in band the settle-1 menl of the differences between the employes o; fifty-seven great railway ] j systems and the operating companies, j today made public its decision. The finding rai>es the wages, on an ; average of seven per cent., of one bun- . dred thousand rail wav men. Six mil-! * i lion dollars annually is thus added to j the railway companies’ payrolls. Four other contentions were lost by j the employes. - - - IMPORTANT DECISIONS ARE HANDED DDT -- -— Washington, Nov. 12 — Attorney- j General Me Roy r olds rules that t he j ! five per cent, discount on the tonnage I tax on American bottoms, provided for j in the tariff bill, is null and void, in j that it violates treaties with foreign powers. Customs collectors have been ; | notified accordingly. The treasury department holds that i the joint annual income of husband j and wife up to seven thousand dollars j i> exempt from the income tax. The United States supreme oourt holds that receiver* of corporations: are not required to pay the corpora-; ft ion tax. The interstate commerce commission j has suspended until March the live, per ce it. increase in freight rates on i istern lines. I SOCIETIES PEEVES i Washington, Nov. 12—German and j Irish societies are peeved because U. jS. Ambassador Page, assigned to Great Britain, in a recent speech in London j ; declared that American and English j people lead all others, and the English I are the rulers of the world. The so cieties have sent protests to the presi i dent. CHINESE GET A BIG LOAN -" ~ ' — Pekin, Nov. 12—The Chinese gov raent has secured a loan of thirty million dollars from a group of French bankers. Field glasses at J. L. Graef’s. * For reliable information write Can non, Pioneer hotel. Knik, Alaska, t Meet me at the Branch. * Pabsts bine ribbon beer at The Branch. * JOSLIN GIVES STRAIGHT TALK TO SEATTLEITES Seattle, Nov. 1*J “Yunr own selfish interests demands that you support in all legitimate ways the bill providing for the government building of rail ways in Alaska.” emphatically de * dared Falcon Joslin. president of the Tanana Mines Railway Company, in an address last night to the rea'ty dealers of Seattle. Joslin vividly pointed out the great financial benefits t hat would accrue to Seattle following an extensive devel opment of Alaska, the logical result of railway building, -■ — _ SENATOR NORRIS SLIDES BACK TO REPUBLICANISM Omaha, Nov 12 —United States Sen ator Norris, the recognized leader of the progressive party in Nebraska, announces his return to the rej uhlican party. This means the death of the progressive party in Nebraska. Norris, as a member of t he house, gained national fame lor taking a leading part in the dethronement of Speaker C annon. Rome, Nov. 12-Blue jackets of t he United States navy, now in Home, with the Asiatic squadron, made up a purse of $)2,000 and entrusted it to a musician of the fleer for t he purpose of obtaining an audience with the pope. After obtaining the easy money, the musician tied the scene and has gone to parts unknown, much to the chagrin of the sailormen. KIRS. SEWARD DIES, AGEO 74 Auburn, N. Y. Nov. 12—Mrs. Gen eral Seward, a daughter-in-law of Sec retary of State Seward, a leading fig ure in President Lincoln’s* cabinet, died here yesterday, at the advanced age of 74 years. For eight years she had been an invalid. One of Seward’s popular “old baces,” who is under suspicion, says it isn’t so. That what they all say, until it happens. The steamer Mariposa, enroute to Seward, sailed from Skagway at 10 o’clock last night, $1,000 DIAMOND At George, the Jeweler’s. Steel blue. Perfect Z metric. I I ! _ | Washington, Nov. 12 — At the re quest of Governor Strong of Alaska, Senator Chamberlain of Oregon has | introduced a resolution appropriating ' iKo.Or-O for the relief of the victims of the Nome tidal storm. Nome, Nov. 12 A fifty-mile south jeastly gale, prevailing throughout the night, lashed tire waves against the ; buildings bordering the beach. The inhabitants, fearing a repetition of the ! recent big storm, passed a sleepless 'ni-'ht. This morning the wind veered i j and the danger passed. 1 ■ Washington, Nov. 12—“I will not • change my views on the currency {question, even to please President I Wilson!*’ deliantly exclaimed Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska, in a speech in ! tlie senate yesterday afternoon. The committee having in hand the j currency hill, app ars t > he hopelessly j deadlocked. It is now ev ident that a | caucus of democratic senators will be I held and definite action taken so the hill may he presented, at an early date to the senate. i I — * » Minneapolis, Nov. 12—Tlie Inter j national Purity Congress is in session j here. The vice committee, in its an I nual report, declares that the novelty of the crime is the chief cause of the tfross immorality now prevalent. Judtfe Lindsay, the noted juvenile inrist. of Denver*, who was a candidate iJ for vice-president of the congress, was defeated. MORRIUEAVES ONLY $20,000,000 — j Chicago, Nov. 12--Robert Morris, the meat packer who died recently, left an estate valued at $20,000,000. Annual Camp of A. B.s Seattle, Nov. 13—The annual camp of the Arctic Brotherhood will meet here Friday. It will last three days. Budweiser beer at the Branch. * Meet me at the Branch * Are you in want of a Safety Razor? The best ever can be found at George, the Jeweler’s