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NOME, ALASKA. WEDNESDAY, DEC. 5. 191T.
NO. 2425).
SEATTLE, Dec. 3.—The trial of
Miss Louise Olivereaux for send
ing circular letters to the men
whose names were drawn in the
tirst selective dralt m Seattle en
couraging such cf tin n as had con
sciencious objections to military
service and to war, to resist the
compulsory operation of the law,
look plai e here Friday.
Miss Olivereaux is an artist and
literary woman, for years active in
the suffrage and feminist movement
in Portland and Seattle. She is
likewise known to have been, very
actively opposed to militarism and
to war and to have conducted a
propaganda against them before the
present war. She addressed many
anti-war meetings at the 'ime the
rresent compulsory service act was
pending in Congress. Upon its en
actment she, by her self-admission
on trial began a campaign for the
benefit of those who for cue rea
son cr another objected to enter
ing military service. On her trial
in which she represented herself as
her own attorney she pointed out
that in none of her literature had
she attempted to dissuade those
who had no objections but that she
had tendered her good otfues only
to the unwilling.
Each of the military eligibles
selected to fill the Seattle quota
are alleged to have received a let
ter urging them to stand by what
ever convictions they might enter
tain on the subject regardless of
the law which she urges is uncon
stitutional and if constitutional is
an unwarranted invasion of the
freedom of conscience.
Secret agents of the Department
of Justice had searched for weeks
to locate the origin of the letters
and the opinion prevailed that a
large number of pacificists were in
volved with her. Upon her arrest
however she disclaimed any con
ue ticn with any other per-ons and
frankly assumed all responsibility
fer her acts, stating that she had
prepared the letters herself and had
paid for the postage by working
as a stenographer and that she had
denied herself .food in order to
mail them.
Miss Olivereoux’s trial was held
before Federal Judge Jeremiaah
Xcterer and was quietly dramatic
| throughout. The court room was
packed to capacity at each hearing
anti the doers had to be doted long
in advance of the court openings.
The corridors and area ways out
side were tilled with people wait
ing for a chance seat. The hear
ings cn the testimony occupied very
little time since there was no deu
of the main facts charged and
but little contest ovc-r the issues.
Prosecuting Attorney Clay Allen
delivered a bitter excoriation of the
accused who had defended herself
without other counsel and who ad
dressed the jury in her own behalf
and stressed her defense on the
score of humanity and motherhood.
Upon charge of the court the
jury returned a verdict of guilty
against her c.n each of the six
counts charged against her and
Judge Neterer sentenced her to an
aggregate of forty five years con
finement ir. the Federal penitenti
ary a,. Canyor City, Colorado. The
convicted woman v.ho is markedly
brunette in type received her sen
tence smilingly and hastily roasur
ed the friends who gathered about
her stating that she should esteem
her liberty well sacrificed if the
cause for which she strove is ad
vanced, 1 hereby.
PURSUED BY
MYSTERY-SHIP
PACIFIC COAST PORT, Dec. 4.
—Twenty United States Senators
and Representatives returning from
Hawaii from an extended tour of
inspection report having been pur
sued by a mystery ship betieved to
have been a German sea raider.
The party aboard the American
liner were convoyed part of the
way by a Japanese battle cruiser.
Orders have been issued warning all
outgoing ships to be on the look
out and the Navy Department has
made every preparation to prevent
an extention of the raider’s activ
ities.
hT. LOUIS. Dec. 4.—Eigl.t work
men who were putting the finishing
touches on the tower to the new
million dollar brewing plant were
suddenly killed by electrocution
when a guy wire from the tower
came in contact mith a charged
electric wire.
WASHINGTON-, D. C., Dec. 4.—
Attorney Genera! Gregory who is
head of the Department of Justice
has announced that among the re
commendations of his department
will be one urging that proper le
gislation be enacted to render worn
i u as '-veil as men subject tc the
restrictions placed upon aliens.
EL PASO. Dec. 4.—Several hund
red bandits who have been operat
ing on the Mexican side are report
ed to have moved southward today
to join the main body of Villa’s
army near Chihuahua. American
troops on the border are held ready
for any emergency and ready to
march at a moments notice, in case
of an outbreak.
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WASHINGTON. D. C.. Dec. 3.—
Ambassa lor Bakhruetieff, a repre
sentative of the Kerensky regime,
has from the beginning of the pre
sent Russian troubles, refused to
recognize ".he Bolscheviki. Ho has
lately received a communication
from the new Russian government
ad\ising him that his services are
no longer required at Washington
as a representative of the Russian
people.
fie has declined to retiie how
ever giving as his reasons that he
believes the Bolscheviki will be
speedily overthrown.
LONDON, Dec. 3.—General Duk
, Uoi in Commaiidtr in Chief of the,
Russian armies is reported as hav
ing been thrown from a train and
j killed when captured by 'he Bol-:
seheviki.
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| BERLIN’, Dec. 3.— Prince1
, Leopold of Bavaria today signed .
for the German empire an armistice
of forty eight liours which means
a complete cessation of the fight- j
ing on the Russian front for the
period mentioned.
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Dec. 3.—
The President in his speech before
Congress here yesterday said. The
Russian people are poisoned by the
same falsehoods that have kept the
Germ. ii people in darkness. Tin
men.:) r; of tiie Presidents cabinet
are unanimous in their praise of
hit n ■ r-naeo and freely predict that
,t will greatly enhance America's
standing throughout the world.
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PAX FRANCISCO, Dec. An
i other chapter is written in the his
tory of the San Francisco Bomb
I conspiracy cases which, as time
, go s on become more memorable.
Israel Weinberg one of the defend
I ants charged jointly with Tom J.
1 Mconey, Warren K. Billings. Mrs.
! Mooney ar.d others, for complcitv
1 in the preparedness day bomb ex
plosion has been acqjitted of the
charge of murder.
As indicating the relentlessness
with which these labor leaders are
being pursued by the prose.ution
who are charged on the one hand
with being inspired by the United
Railways and the Chamber or Com
merce, Weinberg. immediately
upon pronouncement of the verdict
of "not guilty" was again arreste !
and returned to jail to answer
seven other < harges of connection
with the bomb outrage.
Weinberg’s offense appears to
have been for the most part that
he is a friend of Thomas J. Mooney
who tor several months has been
the storm renter of a well financed
capitalist movement to destroy or
ganized labor in San Francisco,
and is tho father of one of Mrs.
Mooney's favorite music pupils,
young Ernest Weinberg. He is a
Jew and is said to hav ' fen offered
a bribe of $5,000 10 tc tii'y against
Mooney in the street. ear strike
cases, and in the- present case was
offered his liberty and $5,000 cash
to perjure himself and swear
.Mooney’s life away but refused. He
is himself prominent in labor circ
les having organized the Jewish
Carpenter’s Union in Cleveland and
is at present a member of the Ex
ecutive Board of the Jitney Bus
Operators Union which is being
fought by the traction interests
through the Chamber of Commerce.
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Let estimate on /our .Job Worn
PRES. SAYS COUNTRY
WASHINGTON'. D. C.. Dec.
1 President Wilson in delivering his
anxiously awaited message to Cou
> gross today emphasized the need ot
1 this country to win the war and
urged that victory must be had at
all hazzards.
He emphatically recommended
that this country must declare war
upe.n Austria because as he stated
that country is but a vassal state
of Germany. The President sign
ally castigated the peace advocates
and declared that those desiring
peace before this country’s enemies
are conquered should so elsewhere.
Altogether the President’s message
i is regarded as one of the greatest j
'state dccunei'.ts ever prepared.
Immediately following the do-i
livfry of the President's spreeh tin
th" Committee' on Foreign Rela
liens called meeting to carry for
wanl his wishes Practically una
nimity cf all factions is for<vnste !
in the fact that the leaders of both
partp's itt ectforeree nnanimou.-ly
decided that his reeomm. : (Unions
should form ne basis of ail legis
lation for the present term of Con
gr 'ss.
The galleries of the chamber
were thronged with visitors anxious
to catch every word of the memor
able address copies of which wire
cabled to the heads of all ’he prii.
•ip.-.l governments in the world.
The address was listened to with
wrapt attention by all and at its
o: elusion was greeted with a ta -
rn, ndous volume of applause.
BOLSCHEVIKI HAVE
INCREASED STRENGTH
PETROGRAD. Deo. 4.—Ensign
Krylenko whom the Bolseheviki
hate put in chief command of the
Russian armies reports that the
officers of the General Staff who
hail resisted his authority over
thorn have all surrenderee' and
and sig-ify a willingness to serve
the new regime. It will be recalled
that at he time of Krylenko's ap
pointment it was reported that
I many of the staff officials would re
. fuse to serve under him and for a
'time it was thought that a iemo
■ ral.zation of the Russian forces
wculd result.
Ordei is gradually being restored
and the rioting which has Kept t’;is
city if Moscow in a furore for ;lie
last sev ral days has subsided.
LONDON, Dec. 3.—The Bhitisli
government is seriously consider
ing the question of summoning an
imperial cot.fetence within three
| mouths to review the state ot the
war and to prepare for the lit Is
• •ampaign against the central pov -
! era It is not in contemplation that
i any change in the Lloyd George Mi
I nistry will be disturbed and it is
I believed that future English
j dies as regards the war will In
discussed.
LONDON. Doi . ■ -Forty divi
sions of liritisli and German troops,
supported by a foruiidabi' rr.-1
j of cavalry are in a death grapple
'on an eighteen mile front between
( lie- vu s and Ven lui. The Bri
j osttioiu; \v>.-re lieavil’ shelled nut
! there was no infantry aeti -n.
Anything In the line of joh wurtt
! GENEVA. Dec 3.—As indicating
Germany's compliance with the
! Russian movement for a separate
;. .!c between these countries re
ports are reaching this city of
I dcrmanv'j removal of hug? armies
I from the Russian front, amounting
; in one genera’. order to over six
j hundred thousand troops, and lcav
1 ing but twenty for divisions of in
I fatrny and five div'sions of cavalry
to oppose the Russians,
j It is generally believed that Ger
many contents herself with die
assumption that she will have no
more fighting on her eastern front
no matter winch faction of Russian
politics should come to the fore.
The troops thus withdrawn from
the eastern front will make poss
ible the reinforcement of the Ger
man lines on the south and west to
an extent that may prove a decisive
factor in the determination of the
war. Her splendid resistance at
Cambria and her smashing drive
into Italy aiv considered to ’ •• v.
betn possible only bceaus' 01 the
tact tha. the situatioi. on 'he Rus
sian front was such a. to ntak- per
fectly safe tho withdrawal of a
considerable number of military
units and throwing them where
more greatly needed whcthir to
that from or that.
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