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No. 247 EIGHTEENTH YEAR
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London, Dec. 1—Advice received
iu this city this morning state
that 'he Austrian cabinet ministers
or commerce, fi uiuce and tho in
terior. simultaneously handed in
the!;- resignations, and that the
resignations were immediately ac
cepted. t
The resignation ol these officials,
i following so booh after the visit of
the Kaiser to Vienna Is looked up
on as the proof that there has beem
a difference of opinion as to war
operations.
The advice *urther states that
Germany and Austria have notified I
Greece in a threatening manner not
to accept the 'arms of the Allies.
Ottawa, Dec. 1—la respouso to
a demand for $30,000,000 to be
raised 'n the Dominion of Canada to
be loaned for wax purposes, iuore
than twice that amount was sub
scribed by the prescribed time Bet
for sending the cash abroad.
Berlin, Dec. 1—Officials of the
German Reichstag have expressed
their entire satisfaction over the
progress of tho war movement* I
th is t:ir.
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MEN 10 ENLIST
Paris, Dec. 1—At a session held
by the cabinet if French deputies
last night, it was strongly urged
by that body that some measure be
immediately adopted whereby those
men of the republic who are able-;
bodied aad are now shirking ar
my duty, would be obliged to enter |
the service.
SUFFERING IN
Paris, Dec. 1 — Severe weather,
with snow and biting cold prevails !
along practically every battle front
and 'he men la the trenches are ]
suffering untold hardships from the
exposure.
FLYING SHIP
SIS DIVER
London, Nov. 30—It is reported i
here that a German submarine had
been sunk by bombs from a British
aeroplane while the former was
running on the Burfsiro ntf Mid
doUBTie.
London, Dec. 1—Premier Asquith ,
made an address at a Beesion of j
the Trades Union congress now in. j
session in this city. He made a
lengthy speech, dwelling upon sev
eral Inuortajit matters which would
come up before the delegates in
attendance, and urged above ail:
things that strict economy be prac
ticed.
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GREAT BRITAIN HAS NOT
FELT THE FINANCIAL SUN
j London, Dec. 1—Secretary of the
Colonies Law stated yesterday in
response to an attack on the finan
cial condition of Great Britain that
the wealth of the British Empire
had not been touched, and that
Grea» Britain was better able from
a financial standpoint to stand the
stress brought about by the war
than any other naticwn now waging
war against her.
FEAR CUIUS Will SEIZE
IE ATLANTIC GRAIN SHIPS
Chicago, Nov. SO—The big graiu
exporters of this city have expressed
a fear that the seizure of all the
Canadian wheat by the Dominion
government is 1)111 lha forerunner of
the requisitioning ol all the big
grain freighters of the Atlantic for
the purpose of transporting the
grain to British ports.
Washington, Dec. 1 — General
Funston who has command of the
American troops along the Mexican
wrder, -wired *he department this
norning that he had received ad- J
vice that Villa was planning raids
on American territory, aJid owing
to his repeated failure in Mexico,
ho believed that in this way he
could pain the support of America.
1ITL0CK SE:5
nils. wiLio»
Washington, Dec. 1—President
Vilson today had a long conference
vttk Brand Whitlock, ambassador
o Belgium from the United States,
elative to the conditions there at
he time Mr. Whitlock left to
omt- home.
,V. It. ItUST QUITS
THE GUGGEXHEIMS
Tacoma, Nov. 2G—W. R. Rust,
or many years 1 >;ad of the Guggeu
lelni interests n the Northwest and
Uaska, has severed his connections
Pith tbo Ameriain Smelting & Re
ining company and resigned from
he presidency of the Tacoma Smelt
ng company, according to ar.nounce
nent made here today
No reasons are assigned except
i dosire on Mr. Rust's part to de
mote his time to the management
)f uersonal properties, including gold
md copper mines in Alaska, and
:he Tacoma Exploration company,
>f which he is president.
The resignation becomc-s effec
.ive January 1. For sever;:] years
Mr. Rust was president of the
Alaska Syndicate, a holding co.'por
Uion of the Morgan-Guggenheim
Alaska properties. He resigned
from this several years ago.
Mr. Rust was one of the pion
eers of Alaska development. He
built tlie Tacorna smelter iu 1890.
About 1900 he joinefl forces with
the Guggenheiais, selling them tho
Tacorna smelter and arranging the
uerties on tlio l'acific coast and
led their invasion of Alaska.
WARDEN REFUSES TO
HANG CONVICT
I'hoeuix, Nov. 26—On a certifi
cate by two physicians that William
Faltin, sentenced to be hanged to
day for murder of Carl Petereon
three years a?o, was Insane, War
den R. B. Sims, of the state prison
| at Florence, refused to proceed
j with the execution. Attorney Gen
eral Wiley Jones, who had warned
Sims against such a course, is pre
. paring to file iu supreme court
tomorrow a petition for a citation
for contempt. T ie death warrant of
Faltin bad been signed by all three
justices of the supreme court, af
ter the cour» had affirmed the
Judgment of the lower court.
GIRL HORN IN NOME
IS TEACHER THERE
Miss Mildred A. Lehmann, one of
! the most popular young misses of
i Nome, and who is a grade teacher
: in the public school is herself a
graduate of the local schools and
j enjoys the distinction of being the
'first graduate to secure an . ppoint
men as a teacher. It is said to be
the intention of the school board
' to employ local teachers in the fu
! ture. whenever possible.—Nome Nug
get.
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P. H. GANTY
ANOTHER DUPONT POWDER MILL
BLOWN UP KILLING 30 MEN
Wilmington, Dec. 1—Thirty men
were killed and many Injured when
the DuPont powder J"works located
near this city was blown up last
night.
When the department at Wash-I
lngton was notified of the destruc
tion of the powder mill, the !ot
fieials here were notified that a
thorough Investigation would at
once he made, in. an effort to j lo
cate the cause.
MI EXPLOSION ENTOMBS
THIRTY COAL MINERS
Bominer, ~W„ Va., Dec. 1—An ex
plosion occurred at an early hour
today in one of the big coal mines
near this city, and although quick
action cu the part of men off shift
at the time of the disaster Teault
ed in the saving of over three hun
dred men from the mine, it Is
known that thirty men are en
tombed In the, burning tunnela. Ev
ery effort 1b being made to get to
the men in the hopes jthat some
of them may yet be alive, but there
is small hope that any -will be tak
en out alive.
JAKE ADDIS
COLLAPSES
Chicago, Dec. 1—Jane Addams,
the great settlement worker, suf
fragette and social center 1 advocate,
was late last night removed to a
hospital in this city suffering from
a severe attack of fever.
San Francisco, Dec. 1—The Ger
man consul and German vice con
sul todav wired to the Secretary of
State at Washington today, asking
protection from that source. | In
their wire they gave as their ex
cuse for seeking such protection
that they had(heen advised that the
United Statees federal officers were
seeking to fix evidence against
them as being implicated aa higher
ups in the Plot against the vari
ous plants, docks and ships that
were being U3ed for the manufac
ture and transportation of material
to the Allies.
GEN. VILLI) SAID
IB BE INSANE
Nogalee, Dec. 1 — Reports have
been received here from staff nt.
iias loei nis mind and is now be
lieved to be a raving maniao. When
las* eeen he showed every indica
tion of insanity, and ifor several
days past his whereabouts has been
unknown to any of his most inti
mate friends and officers of his
staff.
!"SCHEFF"11ILD
I BE POSTMASTER
Cordova, Nov. 23 — Postmaster
Harry G.. Steel yesterday announced
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