LABOR LEADERS
ARE SENTENCED
Thirty-eight Convicted IWen Re
ceive From a Year to Seven
Years Penal Servitude. ,
A
Indianapolis, Dec. HI.— file in
kers of the Structural Iron/fvork
ers I'nion recently convicted,
were sentenced today. /President
Ryan, of the union, wiuf sentenced
to seven years. Tvuitinoc, Clan
cy, Young, Bjitlery4lockin, Cool
ey and Munsey. /-'w years each.
The sentence or Kd. Clark, al
'thougli lie plc^n.1 guilty, has been
suspended fyr HO days.
Of thirty/eight convicted ••ifflit
received six-year sentences, two!
set sevon years, twelve receive j
three wars, four two ye'ars, and
six ly one year ami a day, and
five/draw suspended sentences.
Th£y will all he eonflned in I lie
ffove rniiieut penilenliary al Kuril
,/f.eavenwort h.
Breaks Neck in Bathtub.
New York, Dec. 31.—Adolph, a
brother of Frank <iotch, the
champion wrestler of the world,
fell while in a hath tuh and broke
his neck.
TRAFFIC BLOCKED i
IN CASCADES
All Trains for Puget Sound j
Come by Way of the Co- j
lumbia River. .
j
.
Seatlle. Dim*. ,'t|.__Tentire i
country is snow lumrfiti ami alii
lines entering Ibe/Nty arc block- :
ml. Two rolaiVs arc buri«.*<l on j
I he cast slour of the Cascades. J
A ureal slujr hurled a freight en- i
Sine frourlhc I rack near Lacon
ia. Alvfflaee, Idaho, an avalanche
buriofl a miner under 30 feci of
siu/w. The town is imperiled.
Winnipeg. Dec. sikiw
slide buried flfleaf/inen employ-)
imI in I ho CoalL/feek mines near
Kernie, H. i^rTUv snow storms i
arc accompanied by heavy winds
<111«I occasional rains. /
/
SeuIlls'. Dec. :* i l'nusually
heavy snowfalls are being exper
ienced in I he liusijailcs, impeding
all tratl'ic on I hi* tl'anscnfil iueulal
rojnls. immense suowslii/cs block- '
i ii|4 I he tracks. Not a/train has
crossed I In' mountain^ in thivej
- .. »la>s nil i He NoiMhyfn I'acille,
<ireal Northern t'hicago ft
Milwaukee. /
Trail ir to I lie /nasi has been
'liveried lo I lie Xorlh Hank anil
O. K. »t N. liir/s down I lie f.o
lumhia, Hiiis m\ing uninterrupt
ed service l«» JHie easl wilh no de
lay In speakrof. notaries in I lie !
mountain /divisions are making I
slow prou/e,MM against the im
mense batiks of snow I hey have lo
buck. The boiler of one#of llie
rotarie/ workign near the port
al of/fhe (Cascade tunnel, explod
eil, killing two of Urn -oipployefl.
and seriously srai^ig^flyij o&fi-s.,
ers. II will be Horawfrlaifc* be
fore IralTic ta resumed.
Expression of Thanks.
To Ihe many people who* as
sisted us to take from our home
our household effects, that in the
evonl of tliet Are in Ihe Fish
building spreading. ,lhcy (might
he saved. we~winh to xpress our
i hanks.
MR. and MRS. C. (J. WIJI.FF.
Fronh Morgan oy*tora fried in
bult«r sad cracker crumbs at
VsNtof C*fs. i.
_ *v
8ub#crffce for th.j Prospector.
I.
JAMES FISH'S BUILDING IS DESTROYED
CONTENTS OF BUILDING A TOTAL LOSS
Fire Originates From Exploding Gas In Kitchen Range—Good
and Persistent Work of Fire Department and Volun
teers Saved Much More Extended Conflagra
tion—Tillikums Will Entertain.
->*
This morning shortly before
si'M'ii o'clock an alarm of tin; was
turned in^ caused hy the burning
»>1 Hit; Kisk^huilding on Mckin
ley street, on>lje Hcservation side
:«»r flit? oily. Notwithstanding Hit*
early hour I In* lirr^--ijepartineni
soon had a string of l.lTHJsjfeet ol'
hose strung to the burning j
inn and a stream of water playt>
ing '»ii Ihe Haines, which, hy I his
; I iim\ had gained ureal headway.
The structure, a two-story
frame eovereil with corrugated
iron, kept the llanies well enn
llnetl, hut the inferior was a
seething furnace, lo which I he
deparlnienl devoted most of their
| attention, hoping to con line the
j con Han rat ion within the walls of
I the building, which eventually, by
I I Ins most jdogged ' and persistent
| work, I hey succeeded in doing.
• but not until two hours of freez
ing work, the thermometer be
ing below zero and a lively breeze
| blowing. Men could not remain
{long wilh the nozzle, but .a relief
force was*always al hand to sec
ond the. men, whose clothing had
! become a mass f icu, cout inning
.to relieve one another until the
| last spark was ext inpruished.
For a time it looked as if the
:4~
'I'illikii111 oliih was doomed to de
stine! ion. Inil tin: good work of
I In- lir«» hoys saved thai and ad
joining buildings: The old fire
engine was sot, on the spring
branch, near I Ure hunting build
ing, to supplement the work iuf
I In* steamer. as wore I he ®vo
ohomical earls, lint the extreme
ailing soon froze Hie
) that the engine cofild
t'd, although tho chrifn
ieals did liixtd service. In order
lo lurnibh a ghvHistream of wa
in- the sioamer waJf<uii under a
very high pressure, tlielv«w hose
ree«'!illy purchased pi,ohahly>RH.\
iiip a mueh more disastrous lire
llian we have to reeord today.
Tin* origin of I In* tire, no
doiihl was the result of a gas ex
plosion from lh<* kitchen stove.
Mr. Fish had just lighted the tire
in the range when ho went holow
to start a (Ire id the pump room.
Upon returning to the kitchen he
found the room in (lames, which
had communicated^to clothing
Which had WeW^fPTt There 1o dry;
I lie stove pipe was down on the
lloor, leading to iho ahove conjec
ture a- lo I In* cause of I he lire.
Mr. Fish immediately awoke
tin' family, who had Imroly lime
i^ini prev
jimu^s si
not he
lo escape partially clothed. All of
tin; family's clothing apparel,
personal belongings as well as I he
fni*iii 1111*«' was consumed in 11k;
llamcs. A coin sack containing
about Ilihundred dollars and
mostly in coin., could not be
reached, hut fortunately was
found when Hie lire was extin
guished.
Mr. and Mrs. r.oleinau. of Fair
hanks, who had rooms in lh<
building, were not ill,>d h> Mr
Fish and had lime to escape will
their personal belongings.
The loss is estimated al $8,000
I Si,nun on the house and the hai
a nee. on I lie furniture and per
sonal elTonls, covered with s*>.ooi
insurance on fhe .building, tin
contents being uninsured.-.
Cliiet William Finical, assisTiv
,by Henry tfuessdor f, proved I hem
selves cool-headed lire lighters
and were ably seconded by mem
bers of the department ami ;
number of volunteers, who show
.urUho^sclv^lo he sfayers.
Among those who worked un
liI the last spark was out were
Harvey J\ Sullivan, Horace !)•*
Line, Charles Adler, (Sus DeJarf
Ray Larsen, Charles Anderson.
Norman Leopold, Hamlall A>hby,
Herb Davis. Charles Hush, W al
ler Stewart, William Tlimuas.
William Meals, Mr. Johnson, Wil
liam Hooper. Chas. Anderson.
William Schmidt, Harry Sehultz.
J. F. .Norton, F. W. Whitehead.
I- A. Decker. Tony Carleson. Jim
<«ray, W. II. Hremien, H.
Spiers. Chas. K. Bunnell. C. C.
Hudolph. Dr. (ierman, H. Carver,
W. Johnson, W. II. Crary, ('has.
Thomas. M. Moore, I!, Krnsl, Fa
hian Miller ami John Larsen. T.
K. Wikidjd, wilh a well organiz
ed force" of men, • 1 i«1 good work
in saving the contents of adjoin
ing buildings.
In recognition of Ihc gallant
work done by the llremen and
volunteers in confining the lire to
Fish building and saving the
Club'httuse, the members of the
Tilliktim Ctub will give the work
ers a smoker and they sincerely
desire that c\ery lire worker lend
their presence and help have a
'good lime aft-eH* Mm -morning's
cooling work.
Mr. and Mrs. Fish and family
hav • moved into the Fish senior
residence across the way from
I lie destroyed building.
I
i EXPRESS VIEWS
| House Committee Will Begin a
Hearing on Currency Problem
( Washington, I). I>er. .'II
> A list of financial ami ruiTenry
'rxprrls iiivi11*<I li» appear before
11 hc> stih-romiuillee «»f I In* Ionise
| banking"""ami rnrreney mnnnilI••••.
seeking a substitute for I In* \M
rich curivni'v plan. \\;i< made
public last nijrht bp Chairman
<!lass of I ln< sub-rnniniit Ip.\ Mr.
<ila.<«s surd I In- cnmmitlpp wmihl
In-Kin il»£ tipariiiKs lh«* \\pyk nf
.laimary (It h.
Aiiioiik IIiosp |u whom imita
tions havp been extended art* Jas.
I H. Korean, or tin* First Nalion
jal Hank nf Chicago. ami Keslus
J. Wade. nf SI. I<oiiis, rereseula
tivps of Hip Anipriran Hankprs'
association; .1. Lawr^i^p l.nimli
; I in. nf Chicago. Paul Warbunr. of
Early in January.
I .New Ynrk.
ARE AFTER OIL
. IK NEW FIELDS
I .mm Aiiftcli'M, l)t?P. Ill Thnl
th»» Standard Oil Company plan*
Im continue itm pxpeuxive pron
peeling on land that may b.» oil
bearitiK ih indicated today by ith
pun-hawe of 8(10 acre* near Fnl
lertoii, adjoining properly it al
ready hold*. No operation* have |
been atarted in ill Im Hection and
it Ih distant from known oil
land*. The company'* plana have
not been announced.
WAR CLOUDS HANGING LOW
AUSTRIA HELPING TURKEY
I
' INDICATIONS ALL POINT TO BREAKING OUT OF A GENERAL
EUROPEAN CONFLAGRATION—TURKISH ENVOY8 ADVIS
ED NOT TO SURRENDER TO ALLIE8 DEMANDS.
(loiislant iuople, IMl Tin*
Council of Minis^rs have issued
a scmi-ofTiriaJr note instructing
I heir ••nvny^nii l.omlon In decline
I In- surryuiler «»r Ailrianoplc ami
III* •li>inh,>xial inn «> r Albania.
I.mikIiim. I :< ITITi' Allies'
envoys a i f <i|»|*■*«• 11<*11.*<i\ «• «»f Ku
ropcan itil)>i*\«*nfion l>y which
in.-y arc In he ileprvlpil of I he
fruits rtf'lhcir victories over I lie
Turks. >The Malkajf ilclcnales I<>
a /
llic peace cotiveiUflou accuse Aus
tria of secrethriencouraging the
Turks lo resign I ho deiiiaiuls mail.*
upon thciii/fiy which any portion
of Turkinn territory is In lie ceil
ed to the victors.
! Avttelprade correspondent I
iKi^iiphs that lummania is m < »l> i I -
i i/.inn and hj*s mailt' heavy ship
! incuts i»f Lrtunilions of war to the
J itulKai'ijrfi frontier. The Allies
are crflliim ever> available man
tn t In* colors.
Paris, I lee. Jl I .-The war cjouds
are ham-'iiip oininosnly The
present silnalion is >tie worst
siiu*«' the eastern jkIw hcfian.
What the ontconn^wilt he no one
J dares tn pi'edirL^iut in all e\ Mils
1 it is eertain^l^ance has cast her
di with then Kntcntc. whatever
it may lie. The enunlry is straiiKC
ly quiet, hid equally d-dcrmincd
and optimistic of what the fti
itire Will bring.
MAKES APPEARANCES
* si AT ANY OOST
it'll 1141. I . ill O.IhiwI li. <%l
Krcnns, of SI. Louis. Annu'l'-au
,uml>a*»ador In \tisl riii-llunK»fc^
in staying temporarily a4 • -Ilit*
Hrixtol hotid! here hornuHi* In* *.
» liidd<> In llltd '• 'J IliUIMiHiinhlh '
i mo»:kIi for fcjjj /aw+ly -re -
lump of MorvnnlH. • • .
' ...». ' *• ' i *
Muny of the ladles of tin* I own
will ho at' home tomorrow lo
Iheir friend*. reviving the old
custom of calling nnd wishing lo
friend* a happy Now Year.
* :.i 4> IT,
The Iflnt dance of Hie season
hy the Bweet Sixteen (Hub will he
lielrt/in McKinloy hnll #ui the ov
en inp of January* '*
MOOSE LADIES
. REOEIVE TOMORROW
► Tin* hufies of tin* Mount' will
hold open Ikmisc tomorrow from
'I to 5 o'clock ami expert I<• re
ceive the- many member* and
friends of the order. A commit
tee of ladle* will have the ar
rangements in r^iarKe and ^s us
naf,-» pleasant he spent
\t\ LJioHcvwh" hall^ p •
J*r- $ v
Prank Miltard is ^huwitjjc a^Tlne
hl^rk eye, jmd lie tells :ui I Tin! it
was cansfflAvlnm he toa* hit liy
a piece hut we aw told on
prood authSrfty thai he koI it from
Mr*. Millard for staying out late
at night.
For wirm, quieVjT.ooms al rea
sonable rate*. go tfo the Bt.Klian.
W*
% v
' &A-.
CLOTH WORKERS
ON BIG STRIKE
; j
One Hundred and Fifty Thousand j
Worker* on Strike—May Call
Out Many More.
New N • I Mm*, II I >!!•• Ii 11 ii —
ilreil ami llfty thousand garment
workers hav\ gone on a strike,
completely lymji up tin* Iin
men ami hoy.V clothing. The
workers <leiium\j an cij^lil-h«mir
«lay with a "JO p»\r renl. wajse in- !
erease. They-asKk for a minimum i
waffe seah* of I en per rent, in- '
erease for women ami sixteen per j
eenl. for men. \
The ah«i|jiiiin «»f\ehil«l lahor I
ami tenement house Vweat shops ,
is asked for. The striker- may
call out seventy thoiiVaml morel
workers, who have l>«'eM assured ;
Itolli material ami moral sup-1
port.
AUTOIST DEAD |
THREE INJURED!
I
I iOM Atlgfb'X. H»'C,
I»»•>'• I Shane was ki1ai Ilu*
Vrnlfi»^»nceH8ion pier ye*terday,
when tti«> automobile je(l run
truck mid crashed ..into tKi» by- i
ufander.s, injuring three people. |
.s : v. «.
J ,/lotor Jtnlghtod.
l*<ftidbiT, Dec. 31 .—•Forbid ll<
insmujlie actor, lute-h*«n ktiivhf- |
rd by King (teorg#*.
(lentle horse ana comfortable'
cultcr for tent by day or hourJ^
Rate reaaonable. Apply Fred, J:
Fish, phone 47, i
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SEATTLE AGAINST
PARCELS POST
Wou'd Compel Alaskans to Pur
chase All Goods in City of
Graft and Poor Values
Seattle, Dim'. 81.--The merch
ants of this town, through ils
different commercial organiza
tions, have entered a protest to
the postmaster general objecting
to |he rates for apreels post as
applied to Alaska. They claim
that under the zone rate Alas
kans can purchase as cheaply in
the Hast as I hey can in Seal tie
and they request that he imme
diately raise,. I he rate from tin
cast or lowVr it from Seattle.
Seat lie yas had a monopoly of
the Alaska business, and it is
pointed />ut at tin1 bead of the
postotvi/e department that the
city w^/ll lose a large part of it<
incoitte if the people of the north
are allowed to take advantage of
thy eastern markets and that tin
p/osperily of the city will be en
dangered.
Under the law which will take
effect tomorrow the rate for par
cels post has been lowered ma
terially and the size increased.
FREE DELIVERY
FOR TOWNS
Bill to Establish Free Mail De
livery From Second andThird
Class PostoPFices
|
Washington. I). i>o»\
A lull Mjat wmihl rslahli^h a I'i-pi?."
mail ilHiWry in rili»\* having .sec
ond ami Third-class postulTices
was inl rodncNi vi*sl»'rda> hy Kep
rfsiMilaliv»*s (iri^sl <>f Pennsyl
vania. The hill \v\nhl appropri
ate a-.MUi.nnn in he twed hy I lift
postmaster general in famignrat
i 11K I In* service m •* it ies^ where
there is now no fdelivery.
Tlii' hill limits (In* expenditure in
each rily to $I,8ihi a >far.
BODY NOURISHED
BY ELECTRICITY
l'aris.-_l,rof. HiTpoino. ihr or
iginator •»r llir Ihi'nry nf imur
i.-liinp I In* hnman I»• •• I> l»> iiH-ans
<»f riral ruri iMil >. has rnni_
■ iiiiiiiraInl In I ln> \i*;i«l«'iny nf
Srii'iii't* I In* t'i'iiiai Kal'li' rr.-nlls nf
a si'i'ii*- n| «*N | ••• i-i ii ••• 111 - wliicli
sim'iii t"« f i i 11 > run || rm his
claim*. Thus, a |»ali«Mil whn was
a |>h\ -ii'ji 1 w • • \\ inc In 111ah11 -
11n In assimilate IhimI. avt wrj^li
I «• 111 > •'.( k ihiyraiii- 1M 7
I ii mi 1111 - was snh.|i,i,l I'll in a >i,r
ii's n( • 11_1111111111• a111»In*aI ii»n> of
Inch ffi*i|iii»n«*y riirri^il. Mm imw
weighs hmt ii;i kilnurams 138
l»ntimls ami i> nf normal sIi'imikIIi
although hi* rats mnrli h'ss Ihau
ln'fiiri' I h«' I rral iihmiI . I'mf. Tli'r
»iii«> riniclinh'il his slalfinciil
with Ih»' remark:
"'f'hi' iiiMiuiMil is mil ilislanl
whi'ii all Irmihli-s nf iiialnntrilinn
will hu c'lirifil »'h'cl ricall>
OMipftO
'I'm sllflw
IP wnrlr*i»l
>>m Ill.'Pl'i
tin
Imi)
will give
mi
Sm0kpr for Fire Boys.
~w lliHr Mppri-riifiiun *»f
f I In- flrr «li*|»nrl moilt
1'illiknm (ilnTi mt'mlicr*'
»/n ytiiokt'r Inmnrrmv ex-/7"
ilhe eLrtb ruMiiiH, to which
nil, members of Ih«« department*
ail11 ol hi'i'M* wlin ussi.HleiLUi fight r
c jlie #1 iirr eordiffljjr inviled.
li^t will h^gin nl nin*
k tfifWmrmv evening.
t'
less to slop at
it does
and youifrftv*
It c
"The Cliff1'
and heat
a itfc
a* win,
»m r<<i«ar
warm.'ciean room to dress
fire* or earns at all lo