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The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-10-22
FIRE DESTROYS PLANT
OF CHEMICAL CONCERN

NEW YORK, Oct. %. - Fire has
destroyed the plant of the British
American Chemical Company located
at QueensbOrough. The loss is esd-
mated at S75,OOO
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-10-22
STRIKE OFF AT PORTLAND

PORTLAND Ore, Oct. 22.-The strike at the ship
wards here will end tomorrow the men having been out for
four weeks The men return to work tomorrow under the
same conditions prevailing at Seattle that the Federal
Board will adjust the wage scale.
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GREAT OLD GENERAL" SAYS JEFFRIES

BURBANK Oct. 22-James j. Jeffries who defeated
Ftzsmmons for the worlds championship at San Fran
CISCO July D. 1902 today expressed sorrow at his death
He was great old general in ring affairs said Jees
Ftz visited Jees at his ranch here only two months ago
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OLDEST IN so YEARS
President Wilson Carries Age Honors
Since Buchanan Inauguration.

Washington, Jan. 17.-President
Wilson is the oldest executive to pre-
side over the destinies of the United
States for the last sixty years. When
he is inaugurated for the second time
March 5 he will be sixty years old, a
span of years that no president has
crossed since the inauguration of
Buchanan in 1857.
incidentally the president is one of
the six oldest executives ever in the
White House. Previous to 1851 the
men chosen to hold the reins of gov
eminent generally reached a late
period in life before their election.
John Adams was sixry-one when in
augurated in 1897, jackson also was
sixty-one when first inaugurated in
1929. Benjamin Harrison was the
oldest man ever chosen for the pres
idency. being sixty-two at the time of
his inauguration in 1S41. Taylor was
siXty-fOur and Buchanan sixty-five,
respectively, when they were inaugu-
rated respectively
Aside from these all presidents
have been younger than Woodrow
Wilson when entering the White
House. This has been particularly
noticeable in the last fifty years when
all executives have been comparative
ly young. Theodore Roosevelt was
the youngest president ever inaugu-
rated in this country, being but forty
/ two when he took office.
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MUM ON SUBMARINES
Unrestricted Use Urged on Kaiser by
Many Organizations.

Berlin, Jan. 17.-Emperor William,
in reply to a loyal address from the
Hansa league, occasioned by the en-
tente'S announcement of its war aims
passes over in silence the leagues ref
erence to the necessity of the "ener-
getic employment of all weapons with
iron determination" The address was
one of hundreds which are now pour
ing in upon the emperor from SOW
ereigns of federal states, parliament
airy bodies, municipalities and trade
and agricultural organizations of all
kinds thruout Germany thanking him
for the manifesto with which he re-
sponded to the entente's announce
ment of its conditions for ending the
war and pledging their loyal, enthus-
iastic support in the further conduct
of the war.
Several of these addresses have
touched upon the idea of unrestricted
use of the submarine, referring to it
in some such way as did the Hansa
league, but the emperor's replies have
uniformly avoided any reference to
this subject
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TO GRAVE In SILENCE
Mysterious Negro Slayer Refuses to
Give Motive for Crime.

Harrisburg, Pa, Jan. 1.-THE mys-
ferrous negro, John Nelson, who ap-
peared from nowhere on Hallowe'e en-
night, 1915, rushed up to J. NJ. Sick
ler a farmer. and stabbed him to
death for no apparent reason, will get
one more chance to talk to the pardon
board about his death sentence.
Nelson is a well-educated, intelli-
gent, cultured negro, about so. Some
of his features are not African. He
is a true man of mystery" He ap-
peared suddenly out of the dark, with
out provocation attacked three men
standing in front of a door and Sick
Ter died from knife wounds.
Until two days before he had never
been seen in the community He de-
clines to talk about himself or where
he has been. He has manifested no
interest in efforts to save him from
the electric chair.
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MORE WARM WEATHER

Continued From Page One)
grees by 9 o'clock this morning but 1t
was expected to reach 80 this after
noon. Tonight, according to S. D.
Flora, local weather observer, the tenn
perature will not be below "a here,
and Thursday it will climb to between
35 and 40 The shippers forecast
reads to protect SO hour shipments
north and west against temperatures
of 20 degrees, east and south 25.
The snowfall here last night totaled
one-tenth of an inch, but will make
only a trace of moisture. The entire
state is mantled with snow from one
to two inches deep. High temperatures
were general over Kansas Tuesday
night, tho in the extreme northwestern
part of the state they were close to
zero as indicated by a reading of six
below at North Platte, Neb.
The highest temperature on record
for this date is 81 degrees, esta blished
in 1894. The low record, zero, occurred
in 1916.
The wind this morning was blow
ing at the rate of five miles an hour
from the southwest. The moon tonight
does not rise until 2:30 a. m.
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MANY VESSELS MISSING.
Overdue at American Ports They Fell
in Path of German Raider.

New York, Jan. 1.-THE Belgian
steamship Samland, reaching here
from Rotterdam, brought word that
she had been stopped December 4, off
the Irish coast by a German raider
which, after searching her and finding
she was a Belgian food ship, allowed
her to proceed.
The first warning of a German
commerce raider from the British
government was~pn December 8, when
warnings were flashed from warships
and from naval wireless stations.
NO definite reports, however, had
come here until the press dispatches
from South America and the arrival
of the Samland.
Numerous ships have been reported
as missing or long overdue, the Lam
port and Holt freighter Voltaire,
which was scheduled to sail November
% from Liverpool; the White star
| freighter, Georigie which sailed from
i Philadelphia, December 2; the Bel
gravian, scheduled to leave London.
| November 26; the Bellerophon, which
sailed from Southampton, Novem-
Der Is, and the Norwegian steamship
Hallbjorg which left here November
| Is, haven't been heard from. Admiral
ty orders forbidding publication of
sailing dates have raised hopes that
these ships may not have been lost.
The name of the vessel which Ston-
ped the Samland was said to be the
Moldavia, whose whereabouts for a
year has been a mystery She is a Pen
lnsular and Oriental liner, larger than
the Appam. She is listed as a $500
| ton British liner.
| The Appam was captured and taken
to the Virginia capes by the crew of
the German raider, Moewe.
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RAIDER

chantmen off the Brazilian coast, in
Guiding the Voltaire."
- dispatch from Rio added the
steamships Samara, Drina. Ortego and
Hammershus to the list of victims.
In all, 237 survivors from the vic
Tins of the German raider were land
ed at Pernambuco, the dispatch said
Rio information today was that the
raider had also torpedoed the French
schooners Nantes and Asnieres and
added the following ships to the list
which had been sunk:
Armed With Twelve Cannons.
Steamers Newportland, Nouant,
Semple, San Giorgio, Nesser, King
George, Yanondale, st. Hiodor, Mich
senethiel st. Sael, Snowdon Grange
and the Gailiy, the latter of Nor
weigan registery.
Among the sailors landed were
many Indians, according to advices
reaching here. who contradicted the
earlier report from Pernambuco as to
the identity of the raider. They as
serted that the vessels name was in
decipherab1e, owing to the fact that
she was painted a dead black The
survivors described the raider as arm
ed with twelve cannon and four tor
pedo tubes.
Some of the survivors were aboard
the vessel for twenty-eight days.
A later Rio message today quotes
the steamship Helherby as authority
for the information that another
English ship has been sunk without
warning and with loss of four hun
dred." The dispatch did not make
clear whether the number meant both
passengers and crew or includes the
total number of losses from all ships
sunk.
Still another version from Rio to-
day as to the raiders activities said
only seven ships had been sunk and
nine captured.
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earns interest on the investment
search me. Out in my country W.
never saw any fish from the hatchery
Maybe it was because the weather was
too hot or too cold, or maybe II was
because the fish didn't feel like trav-
cling. 1 don't know. All 1 know is
that those fish never g"t ont into my
country. And yet the state is main
tanning an institution large enough to
provide fish for the world"
Support of the state hatchery has
been provided from the hunters Ii
cense fund. But action of the legisla-
ture IN placing q ban on killing of
game birds caused heavy reductions
in revenues. On several occasions the
legislature has indicated in spirit. at
pirate money from the general revenue
fund for support of the hatchery. In
an effort to .si6estep direct taxation, a
measure is to be urged at this session
which will provide a fishing tax of 81.
This money would be added to the
hunting license fees IN providing funds
for support of the Pratt plant.
Trouble for Corporations.
George r. Allen. representative from
Wyandotte county, has creased the
track for Kansas public service COR
porations. House bills by the Wyan-
dotte county lawyer provide penalties
for street railway ana interurtan COM
panies which refuse or neglect to main
tain yiaductS and tunnels under or
over streets in first and second class
cities when directed to do so. Allen
also provides that public service cor
porations which become insolvent
must go before the public utilities
commission in receivership matters.
The state commission is given power
and authority to appoint receivers and
direct the policies in receivership
matters. Aliens receivership measure
will probably go thru the house and
senate committees as an administra-
ton measure. 1t is a companion bill
to the Kimball measure in the senate.
The Allen bill regulating street railway
companies in construction of tunnels
and viaducts provides Jail sentences
and fines for officials of companies
which refuse to act under direction OF
the city commission.
Getting Down to Work.
The house is preparing for the work
of the session by observing the gener-
ally forgotten o'clock opening rule
for the second week of the legislative
session. This morning the house be-
gan proceedings at o'clock for the
first time since the session opened
Under an unwritten law of the house
proceedings during the second week OF
the session are to begin at O'Clock
in the morning. But the house usually
SuspendS all such rules and awaits ac-
ton of committees on pending bills
An effort will be made by house mem
bers during the first few weeks of the
session to clean up the calendar each
day by considering bills under general
orders.
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ABOLISH PRATT
FISH HATCHERY
is BILLS DESIGN
Sellards of Dickinson Says 1t Is
Not Necessary.
Neither Economical nor Eff
cient, He Declares.
OPEN At 9 O'CLOCK NOW
House Starts Early in Advance
ing Session Time.
Clean Up Calendar Each Day Is
Plan Now.
OPEN At 9 O'CLOCK NOW
House Starts Early in Advanc'
ing Session Time.
Clean Up Calendar Each Day Is
Plan Now.

Kansas legislators are to be asked to
abolish the state fish hatchery at
Pratt. Plans for a fight on the state
hatchery were announced today by
]. T. Sellards of Solomon, representa-
tive from Dickinson county. Sellards,
who declares the institution IS neither
efficient, economical nor necessary, is
today preparing his bill for the house
hopper.
The Sellards bill will mean fight
not only on the state hatchery, but a
probable tie-up in any appropriations
or relief sought for the Pratt institu-
ton. Methods for disposing of the
property at Pratt have not been de-
termined by Sellards. He will prob
ably provide in his bill that the sew
eral hundred acres of land be turned
over to one of the state institutions.
Possibly the land will be held by the
state for establishment of some future
institution, should the Sellards bill get
thru the legislature.
For ten years there has been posi-
tive and determined fight against the
fish hatchery. Or several occasions 1t
looked as tho the legislature might
close the gates at Pratt and lose the
key to the hatchery. The late L. L.
Dyche was busy during every legisla-
ture IN an effort to block legislation
that would have closed the plant Now
Sellards is after the hatchery and is
lining up support from Kansas sports
men who believe that the thousands
of dollars invested in the raising of
fish at Pratt has been a losing venture.
No Fish for Solomon.
''They may raise some fish out at
Pratt. I wouldn't attempt to dispute
that" said Sellards. but 1 dom
know where they get this idea that it
is state institution. Mind you. don't
say that they don't distribute d tank
of fish now and then. But Just where
they go and just who benefits by the
distribution and just where the state
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HELD in $4,000 BAIL
Brewer Will Be Kept in New York
Witness Against Thaw.

New York, Jan. 16.-Oliver A
Brewer, arrested in connection with
the alleged whipping of Frederick
Gump, jr., was held in $4,000 bail
today by Justice Mulqueen. Addition
al papers which will enable the state
to hold Brewer as a material witness
against Harry K. Thaw are being
made out and will be filed today. As
sistant District Attorney Black then
will ask that the bail be increased.
Justice Mulqueen, in fixing BAIL
stated he wanted to make it enough
to insure Brewers presence in this
stat He limited that he feared eff
forts to take Brewer out of the state
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KILLING STEERS.


Kansas City, Jan. 17.-HOGS-Receipts
12Go0. Market &c to 10c higher. Bulk of
sales, s10.50Q11O0; heavy. S1o.95m11 .05;
packers and butchers. $1G.55M11.0O; light
so 25M 10.S5; pigs. s90GGl 1U.OG
CATTLE-ieceipts 6.UOO including 100
southerns. Market steady to Zoe higher
beef steers, $s.25d1050; western steers,
ST-5oG11s 90; southern steers. s6.Jo0l3 90 !;
stockers and feeders, S6.50@9.00; bniis. Sc. Is
aS50; calves $700M11 so.
SHEEp-Receipts 5000. Market steady
to 10c lower Lambs. S13-25@ 13. 80; year
nngs, S11.50d 1850; wethers S9.50d iC. 20 !;
ewes. s9.0oG9.o5; stockers and feeders
ST 5OGI13 Is
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Grain Gossip.
FURNISHED by T. J. Myers, Columbian
BuildtnE)


Minneapolis wheat stocks have decreased
10000 bushels in the past three days
Elevator stocks of wheat in Kansas City
decreased 131 $40 bushels Monday and corn
stocks decreased $50 bushels.
Exports from the United States and
Canada yesterday were 353,0 900 bushels of
wheat, $1,000 barrels of flour. 10000 bush
els of corn, $4,000 bushels of oats; wheat
and flour combined, $4,000 bushels.
Stocks of wheat in Chicago elevators de-
creased $4,000 bushels last week and now
amount to 4,5S5,000 bushels; corn, 2,611.000
bushels, increase $4,000; oats, 1,673,O00
ago stocks were 6,670,000 bushels of wheat,
3,345,000 bushels of corn and 6,521, 900
bushels of oats.
A message from Liverpool read fol-
lows: The freight situation is being
gradually relieved. Argentina reports in
creased bottoms and rates are declining.
Australian shipments are increasing, but
holders are firm. American clearances
continue on liberal scale and it is be-
lieved that provision has been made to
enable shipments to continue fair. Canad-
ian supplies are satisfactory. Wheat and
corn are firm, with scarcity of export Of
fers and moderate arrivals
The British and Belgian commissions
have bought about 6OC 600 bushels of
wheat since Saturday, it was reported yes
terday. British purchases included some
Canadian wheat. 1t was also claimed that
Sweden had taken II million bushels.
Grain charters reported Monday were
16S. 600 bushels from Philadelphia to the
United Kingdom on a Spanish boat and
1900 bushels from Philadelphia to Sweden
The supply of uuchartered vessels is
steadily decreasing, and rates are strong.
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TO WITHDRAW TROOPS
Pershing Coming Back and Fletcher
Going to Mexico Soon.

Washington, Jan. 16.-After today's
cabinet meeting, at which Secretary
Lane made his final report on the
work of the INSTRUMENTATION joint
commission it became known that the
withdrawal of Major General Perish
ing's troops from Mexico and the send
ing of Am bassador Fletcher to the
Mexican capital may be expected in
the near future
No formal announcement is ex-
pected but the decision of the admin
istration probably will be made known
thru action.
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Wall St, New York, Jan. 1T.-STOCKS-
Early losses were largely wiped out in
the further improvement of the first hour,
Steel rising to 1153s with one to four
points in Crucible, Lackwanna and Nova
Scotia Steels. Motors especially
prominent, General Motors and Maxwell
featuring that group at advances of four
to six points with almost three for Stude-
baker. Recessions of fractions to over Il
point on realizing occurred before noon.
Important stocks registered variable con-
cessions at the outset of today's dealings,
the market displaying an irregular trend;
United States Steel on sale of 1900
shares at III to 1135s, showed extreme
loss of rs points from yesterdays final
quotation. This was balanced by six
point advance in bethlehem Steel. Else
where changes were mostly fractional. al
tho Industrial Alcohol, Marine preferred,
Anaconda Copper and some of the equip
ments were one to three points lower.
Secondary prices were generally towards
higher levels, Steel and Marines making
complete recovery.
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Chicago I've stock ,Iarket.

Chicago, Jan. 1T-HOGS-Receipts S.
600. Market strong. &c. above yesterdays
average. Bulk Of sales, 1c90G IL IL !;
heavy. $40. I5M 20; rough, s10.751 1O.S5 !:
pigs. $1,000 1915.
cATTLE-Keceipts 000O. Market firm
Native beef cattle, SSo0011.S0: western
steers, $7.70G1010; stockers and feeders
s5.T5GS.s5: cows and heifers. s4.75Q10.1O:
calves. $9.75014.25.
sHEEP-Rece:pt 10000 Market weak
Wethers, s9.65@ 1c.s0; lambs. 11.6001 IA 20
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Immigration Bill to Wilson.

Washington, Jan. 1.-THE house
today finally approved the immig:=i-
ton bill land it went to President WI
son. May 1 was lade the date when
it shall become effective. Whether
the bill will be vetoed by President
Wilson or account of the literacy test
IN similar bills having led to vetoes,
n
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CLOSE SUB TREASURES

Washington, Jan. Ex-senator Nell
son, Minnesota, announced late this
afternoon he would offer an amenl-
ment to the legislative. executive and
judicial appropriation bills to abolish
all United States sub-treasuries.
Melon said the bushes now handled
by the sub-treasuries could well be
handled by the fedral reserve banks
at a yearly saving of half a million
dollars
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BURNED AMERICAN FLAG

New York. Jan. 16.-Bouck White,
pastor of the Church of Social Revolu-
ton. author and college graduate, was
today indicted together with eight of
his followers. They are charged with
destroying an American flag last June
in the ward o. their church.
Flags of many nations were burned.
Mr. White formerly held several prom
inent Broo'lyn pastorates.
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U. S. Animals Worth Six Billion,

Washington, Jan. 16.-Vaiue of
farm animals on farms and ranges Of
the United States on Jalu1ry l, ag-
created $6,6S5, 900, 0GO, the department
of as riculture today announced. Thst:
is an increase of $664,350,000 over
| their value a year ago
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Kansas CITY Produce Marx

Kansas City, Jan. 11-WHEAT-Cash ::
Market unchanged. No. . hard s19u6
1876 *; No. 3. $1.s7@193; No. red, $1.S9Gl
1888: No. 3, $1.S6@1.91.
CORN-Market steady to Kc higher. No
mixed, 96@9612c; No. ), 951a@96c; No.
= white, 961a @96Ac; No. 3. 96M96Iac No
yellow, 9613@96%c; No. 3. 96@96lac.
OATS-Market unchanged. No. white.
57A @571ac; No. 2 mixed, 56@561ac.
RYE-Market unchanged
HAY-Market unchanged
KAFIR AND MILO MAIZE-S2 4O62 Al
BRAN-$1. 42@143.
SHORTS-$1. 5561.65
WHEAT-Keceipts &c cars
CLOSE: BUTTER taoni etaoi taoinao
BUTTER-Creamery, 41c; firsts, 391ac
seconds, 3I15c; packing, 26c.
EGGS-Firsts. 42c
POULTRH-Hens. 161c: ROSTERS. 1215c
turkeys, dc.
CLOSE: WHEAT-May, S1.S3%; July,
$1.47as; September $132A
CORN-May, 97c; July, 965sc.
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Well Known Woman Author Dies.

BinghamtOn, n. Y, Jan. 17-Miss
Ella Embry Tubbs, author and well
known in the east and California
where she resided at different times,
died at her home hel last night She
was author of many short stories and
books She also was prominent in So
cial and religious work
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TwENTY-sIX LIVES LOST.
Austrian Steamer Sent Down nv a
French Submarine

Rome, Jan. 17.-An Austrian ship
was torpedoed January IA near the
Dalmatian archipelago by a French
submarine according to an official
communication issued by the admiral
ty today. The statement adds that the
submarine was unsuccessfully attack
ed by an Austrian aeropIane
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A Vienna dispatch under date of
January Is, reported that the Austrir n
passenger steamship Zagreb, 537 tons
had been torpedoed off the coast of
Central Dalmatia with the loss Of 90
lives. According to the dispatch the
ship was sunk without warning.
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Chile has authorized the erection of
a technical Industrial school,
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Kansas City Live stock Market

(The following sales were made this morn
in at the Stock Yards, Kansas City, and
reported over long distance telephone di-
rect to the State Journal by Clay. Robin
son & Co., live stock commission mer-
chants
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Chicago Grain Market

THE range of prices for grain futures on
The Chicago Board of frade as reported
by Thos Myers. Broker. Columbian
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TOPEKA MARKET REPORT.


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