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(By Associated Press) NT)OM, Nov. 1. — The reichstag rs have rejected Hertllng as the an chancellor on account of his sltion to the democratic parlia ary system and the reichstag re ion for peace without annexation, ding to Amsterdam dispatches, dispatches were apparently writ before the announcement made rday that Hertiing had been of the place, and was consulting reichstag leaders. TEUTONS , Rl.IN, NOv. 1. — The Teutons in ting Italy captured 180,000 pris ^■.and over 1,500 Italian guns. The eenth army of the Teutons yes y gained another great victory, ons of Italians made a stand at amento river, where the Teutons rated their rear guard positions )f lower Tagliamento, where they ,'f and captured 60,000 men. r o < 'iV > - | _ $JDON, Nov. 1. — About thirty toes, in seven groups, partlci Apjast O^jht's /aid. Three of ;prnetrated to the neart of Lon l’he casualties and damage w'as NNERS TIMES DNTEST BE (By Associated Press) i Daily Times' campaign for the nyd other prizes closed last even 9 o’clock, and the ballot box •ealed to await the arrival of the ts of the candidates from out of and as soon as they arrive the count will be made by the judges ’.he prizes awarded. While the dates have had a merry race and hard work, the month passed ly, and we hope profitably for ; maybe not from a monetary re but from experience. Several of andidates started in the cam ■■ with an idea of winning in a days, while the others decided <e beginning that they would take , time and make a grand finish, ‘1 they have done, and at the close atter class have made*a better ,‘ss for themselves as well as the ;\S. |e announcement of the winners {■appear in the Saturday issue, as vts be announced from the window l ‘ Northern Drug Company, where irizes are assembled, about the % time. So watch the window for inouncement. -♦ SET LARGE AS A WALNUT FOUND DAWSON I — j.WSON, Nov. 1—William Cooley i uan Creek operator, brought tc in several specimens of nuggets iarticularly fine one being as as a walnut. Cooley reports fi good many men are preparing . rk on Kirkman this winter. •ong the most important opera § to be continued in the vicinttj r.twson this winter will be thr on Kirkman this winter. B BRITISH GUNS ... I (By Associated Press) LONDON, Nov. 1.' — The BrYfistf correspondent at Italian headquarters reports that all of the British guns with the Italian armies were saved, and says that in the retreat the troops were cheerful and good tempered, and the evident firmness of the command could organize them Into a fighting force. , - •• » • i -v* .0 T •,, s' (By Associated Press) SEATTLE, Nov. 1. — The telephone operators of Seattle, Portland. North Yakima and other northwest cities are striking, despite the request of Fed eral Mediator Reed that they post pone the strike pending arbitration. The company is employing substitute operators and the servfee is not badly crippled. Men are operating many of the switchboards here. Union leaders say that nine hundred operators are out. The telephone and electrical workers also went on a strike. The California operators did not go out. 1 APPLE SHOW (H? Associated Press) YUCAIPA, Cal.. Nov. 1. — Yucaipa is today the center of interest of the apple growing industry of southern California. The sixth annual Southern California Apple Show began a four day session here today, and the choicest products of the orchards of this part of the state are in competi tion with the big red apples which are the foundation on which Yucaipa val ley, lying high up on the southern slope of San Gorgonia mountain, has built its hope for fame and prosperity, In addition to apples there is an in dustrial section in which space was reserved for a variety of exhibits rang ing from apple grading machinery and spraying machines to automobiles Surrounding grammar and high schools also contributed special dis plays, including entries in a postei contest for prizes offered by the ap pie show association. Frank Dillon, for many years man ager of the Los Angeles basebdll clul in the Pacific coast league, is now 8 rancher in Yucaipa valley, and is one of the directors of the apple show as 80ciatlon. -♦— REPAIRING BURNED LAND ST. JOE NATIONAL FOREST (By Associated Press) ST. MARIES, Idaho. Nov. 1—The government has a crew of 60 men u work replanting 820 acres of burnec over land in the St. Joe National For est here. The land is several miles from a railroad ahd supplies are pack ed in on horseback. Further plant ings in the same forest are declaret to be making satisfactory progress. UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO * LAW CLASS IN WAR (By United Press) MOSCOW, Idahot- Nov. 1—Five o the seven members of the law clasi at the University of Idaho are in sonu branch of the government service ant a sixth is subject to call in the nex national army quota. Two members are In the officer' training camp at San Francisco, oni is at American Lake as a private, an other is there as a lieutenant, and th< fifth is at the Seattle Naval Train ing Station. WfSTlINGTQN, Nov. . — The Fin land, under a*heavy convoy of sub marines,, was unseen. The Finland was otto of the largest steamers flying the American flag before entering" the transport service, and plied between New York and Europe. last Kiss l-« iV, 1 J I ' **” / * -tv* 7 A.' r (By United Press) WASHINGTON, Nov. 1. — Most congressmen thought when the last session adjourned, it had been the most talkative in history, what with the war, taxes, the draft and the boys in the trenches to make speeches about. With the last postponed num ber of the Congressional Record con taining canned “extension of speech es," it has been found that the volume is 300 pages shy of the previous high mark. Representative Joseph Walsh. Mas sachusetts, is largely responsible. Early in the session he began object ing to what he termed “abuses of the extension system.” Amateur poems, essays on the war by precocious Johnny, just twelve, years old. and Her son of an important constituent., nbitu aries in verse and others were taboo. One objection will kill any proposal to “extend." Walsh says a lot of the boys get pretty "sore” at him. WOMAN SLAYER LIKELY BEACH DEATH CHAIR (By United Press! CONCORD, N. C„ Oct. 51. — The second step toward the deatn chair or freedom of Gaston Bullock Means, began here yesterday. The Cabarrus county grand jury will decide — pro bably, before night — whether a for mer trial “should” be ordered on evi dence tending to show he murdered rich Mrs. Maude King, his benefact ress here August 29. It was six days to a day after the globe trotting Chicago woman’s mys terious death, that her protege and confidant. Means, faced indictment on the deed. Fourteen of the eighteen 'jurors must affirm the indictment. In that event, a date will at once bo set . for formal trial in the superior court here. Demand of the state for either a change of venue to an adjoining coun , ty of the district, or for a venire of jurymen from an adjacent county, was considered in event of an indictment. Local sentiment here, where the Means family has resided for many years, it is felt, cannot altogether be relied upon. -♦ SOLDIERS SENDING HOME ALL KINDS SOUVENIRS. i (By Associated Press) ( DEMING, N. M„ Nov. 1. — Horned I toads, stuffed snakes, Indian pillows, bows and arrows and beadwork are the most popular articles for souven i Irs to send home by the soldiers en • camped here, It has been found. The ■ horned toads, mounted on small pieces > of bark, have proved unusually popu - lar, and the supply has veen exhaust ed several times. si® . *■ (By Associated Press) KONDON, Nov. 4 sv Sir Eric tleddes, firqt lord of the UAdmlralty, it*, the tiouse of eommoy, asserted (hat he-, tween forty and' fort^-five per cent of the subroarh « iterating in the North sea, Arctic and .Atlantic, of etifts sln??fi the beginning of tfe war, bad been sunk 0. S. SUPREME u 'A~ WASIUNO.TON, ypv. 1. —• The su preme court may - wm have a press gallery, just like baseball parks, race (racks, or congress The churt plans' to make Its dear frle ids, the reporters, not only able to do their work hetter, but more comfortable. Acoustics of t hr supreme court chamber the old s»-it»ie hall of Web ster, Calhoun and Randolph — make the arrangement somewhat difficult. Employes and representatives of the congressional press galleries are at work confidently, however. Whet) the first suggestion was made i a quarter of a century ago that mere reporter persons should.be aided and encouraged in getting iftws of decis ions promptly to the m« republic, some austere judges thought involution and ; chaos were near. Ihrt '.time works j wonders and now the reporter stands a good chance of having real comfy workings quarters In the supreme court of the United Statefdb -iftj—p. LIFE PflMffi BE IN 1ST CHICO, Cal., Nov. 1—The first Fed eral Conference on "Rural Education I and Life Problems," to be held in the West will convene at the State Nor mal School here December 3rd to 5th inclusive. United States Commissioner of Ed ucation. P. P. Claxon, will assemble educators and country-life yorkers from Oregon, Washington and Cali fornia to consider all phases of the country life workers from Otegon, Washington and California to consi der all phases of the country-life pro blem; J. L. McBrien, U. S. School Ex tension Agent, will conduct the Chico conference. "Consolidation of Rural Schools,” “Training the Rural Teacher,” "Co operative Extension Workin Agricul | ture and Home Economics,” “The Con I nervation of Food,” "Rural Credits and Land Consolidation," “Standardizing the Rural School."; are among the subjects included in the conference j topics. -+ STR. EVANS BREAKS HER STEAM STEERING APPARATUS. The steamer Admiral Evans arrived from the south at 11:30 o'clock last i night, after breaking her steam steer ing apparatus about twenty miles east of Capo' St. Ellas. The Evans was forced to use her hand steering gear in getting into port. The following passengers arrived from the south: J. B. Kelly and wife. Charles E. Hoover, Mrs. M. A. Shea. Theodore Ferry. Mrs. L. Bell, May Newman. Miss B. Berke ley. Bobbie Elliot, L. B. Larsen. The following passengers left for westward points: Clarence Anderson, O. Larsen, L. H. Garvey, Mrs. J. C. Smith, John Haven, George Nichols. I H. F. Andrus, F. A. Hotchkiss. The Evans returned to port at 3 o'clock this afternoon to have addi tional repairs made to her machinery, and will leave for Valdez during the night. J> (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON. Nov. I.—The three egfit rate for letters is effective to uiihro*. The jioatbfflce department has instructed postmasters to return (o senders, if knowh. all letters bear ing insufficient postage. If senders are^gknow^ the letters will be sent •0 address apt! the deficient postage coll Acted. - . J f* .. - £ SS PRESIDENT’S [ > ;; (By Associated Press) HA.VANA. Nov. 1. — The PalpcJo Presidential, now (he official residence of President Menocal. which was com pleted in 1792. is soon to be abandoned and a more beautiful and spacious structure, now In course o£ erection at a more central point, is fo take its pldce. In 1910 congress ceded to the provin clal'councll of Havana a tract of land which faces (he entrance to Havana harbor and Morro Castle, on which was to be erected a provincial palace. The work of erection began In 1911. Wit was discontinued after more than $521,000 had been expended on the building. President Menocal has given his support to the plan of taking over the structure for use as the national capitol. and by making a few changes, modeling it Into a palacio presidential When completed the new palace, final coal of which will be iostr thai $1.000,000. will 4mj gn architcciw.i tell. 4* gre**' ,i*JrK t*.**#* t steel framework, will be covered with squares of terra cotta. With the con veraton of this edifice Into a preslden tial palace the physiognomy of the surrounding district will be completely changed, in order that Its beauty may not be marred by unsightly buildings or undesirable business places. —« SPEAKER CLARK PREDICTS GREATER PROFIT TAXES, (By United Press! WASHINGTON, Nov. 1. — “Raising money.” That is Speaker (’larks terse answer to the question: “What will be the chief work at the next session of congress?” "However,” he said, ”1 think we will not raise as much as we did last session. $21,000,000,000 The ships we paid for, the aircraft we au thorized. and a lot of guns and mill tary material we bought, won’t have to be duplicated. But there will b( enough to raise to keep us busy. I think we’ll have about a fifty-fifty split on taxes and bonds. This will ne cessitate greater profits taxes. Th( present ratio is about sixty-five thirty five, with bonds on the long end. —♦ SWIMMING POOL BE CONSTRUCTED FORT BLISS (By Associated Press) FORT BLISS, Texas, Oct. t. — Sol dices stationed at the post here or ii camp near here will have a chance ti swim and dive next summer. Tht; E | Paso Chamber of Commerce has ap propriated funds for the constructioi , of a large pool near the parade grounc and work has started on it. The poo will be large enough to aeeommodati , all of the soldiers stationed here. 1 will be heated and lighted. —♦ (INDIANS SHOW THEIR PATRIOTISM AT EL PASO YSLETA. Texas, Nov. 1'—When tin l draft quota for El Paso county let here for Camp Travis, S-’n Antonio two members of the old Pueblo In ! dian tribe living here marched awa; waving American flags. They wer Mariano Colmenero, Jr. and Fernan do Olguin, son and grandson of oh Mariano Colmnero, who has led th Indian dances in the churchyard of lh mission here for-many .years. MARIPOSA SlltS ON RETURN TO ■ * . * (By Associated Press) SEATTLE, N’ov. 1. — The steamer Mariposa sailed at 9 o’clock this morn ing with the following passengers for Cordova: Mrs. Will ClaysoB. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Brown. Mr. and Mrs. f>. n. Irwin, Mrs. C. C. Swagart. Miss E. Fletcher, VHsh T. Moore, C. A. fyirst zel, C. E. Jones. Osckr A. Gleaser and A. Cohn. •• *- ' * FOOD DEALERS PLACED BNDEfl ' / N }'■■■* I f /; (By Associated Pfess) WASHINGTON. Nfov. 1. - Th. IP eeOf-e restrictions upon the nation’* manufacturers and distributors of ^ staple food commodities in n effort I to eliminate the profiteering abuse, has placed over a hundred thousand I dealers under federal regulations, with drastic regulations.provided for specu lation, hoarding and ovcesslve profits. I ♦ -1— I “ * " *•' —__ , um-rnm By Associated Press) WASHINGTON. Nuit 1 t-. Thirty J^«yV<T|nw two gen h»;.’ »’ t-iHW"- - of \i)t. Batnsitsa plattett AccortWirr. to cable reports the Italians ar- push ing forward rapidly w th every pros pect of checking the. Teuton's advance British and French aid is lorthcoming. _ A KILLS WOMAN - IN SEATTLE 1 SEATTLE, Nov. 1.—Crazed with In fatuation for the wife of John Volk nian, formerly a carpenter foreman on th* Alaska Northern railroad at Sew ard. Charles Butcher, a late arrival from J,atouche, Alaska, shot and killed Mrs. Bertha Volkman in her home in this city and turning the gun on him self died instantly Prior to the tra gedy Butcher purchased $500 worth of Liberty Imnds and left a note, stating that they should be given to his sister. Mrs. Volkman is a sister of Peter Stanridge. a Coast League baseball player. Butcher became acquainted with the woman while residing at Anchorage, and it is stated annoyed her with his attentions until she and her husband d(parted for the south a month or so 1 ago on the Crook. Upon his arrival here he sought out the Volkman's and upon the woman asking him to cease his attentions shot and killed her. ♦ NAVY RADIO SUPERINTENDENT ON TOUR OF INSPECTION. Captain E. 11. Dodd. Pacific coast -u perintendent of raidio service, was an arrival on the steamer Evans, and . gave the new navy station at Mile 14 t an inspection, with reference to the >' work done at that point and was high : ly pleased with the efficient condition . of the station. He also paid Mile 7 a - short visit. Captain Dodd was in Oor • dova in 1912. in reference to the work > at the VVhitshed station. He will leave on the Evans tonight for the westward I to inspect the new station at Seward. > The station at Whitshed has been s abandoned and all of the radio busi ness is now handled at Miles 7 and 14. * 4