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LONDON, Feb. 13.—The French
official Communique this evening
announces the capture of the Ger
man trenches at Masslges following
a prolonged bombardment. The
French loss was very slight, the ter
rific artillery fire forcing the Ger
mans to retire.
PARIS, Feb. 13.—The constant
artillery duel which began on Febru
ary 1, from Armentlere to the sea,
still proceeds with both sides keep
Ing up an inferno of high explosive
bombardment. The weather con
tinues very bad and no advance on
either side is probable until the
weather becomes at least fair.
Aviators report the German con
centration in the Flanders sections :
still continues and there remains no i
doubt h' re but that an effort will
bo made to drive through. i
CALAIS, Feb. 13.—Here and a*. 1
even more remote points the con- i
itant echo of the big guns can be
llstlnctly heard. The duelling con
;inues day and night.
LONDON, Feb. 13.—All are look
ng towards the Flanders section to
'rrnlsh fighitng that will be of a
lesperate nature. Both sides are
veil prepared and both sides have
'ast concentrations of men to attack
ind defend. The artillery duel laBi
light closed its twelfth day without
iny interruption or cessation. The
continuous roar is reported along
the French coast to be like continu
ous thunder.
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GARRISON’S POLICY
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NEW YORK, Feb. 11.—If secre
tary Garrison wanted some means
of attracting attention to his conti
nental army plans he could not
have advertised the scheme bettiy
than by resigning. Practically al,
papers declare that Garrison quit by
reason of the lack of favor with
which these plans are received by
the administration and his party
General criticism and comment on
the plan are now appearing.
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BUENOS AIRES, Feb. 13.—Two
interned German merchantmen
made good their escape with the'.r
crews yesterday. They made their
escape during the night when the
officers dressed In the uniform or
Argentine naval men and pretended
to the Cusoms that they were re
moving the steamers to a place of
safety.
BERLIN, Feb. 13.—The British
have removed all the South Amer
ican mail destined for Germany
from the liner Cellra.
BERLIN, Feb. 13.—The leading
German papers are- ridiculing the
stories in circulation as to the Can
adian parliament burning plot. They
are having much fun at the expense
of the imaginative writers who sug
gest a bombist plot.
BERLIN, Feb. 13.—The Chancel
lor openly expressed his resentmenl
with the Bundosrath in tho Lusi
tania negotiations when the legisla
live committee suggested that there
should be no limitations to the
German submarine policy and urged
that negotiations which did so limit
these activities be at onco dropped
}r countermanded.
The Chancellor indignantly spurn
sd the suggestion, and said that the
policy that had been pursued had
been dictated by the highest policy.
NEW YORK, Feb. 13.—The muni
don ship Mineric bound for Russia
las been forced to interne.
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CALL SOON
ALL UNMARRIED MEN
LONDON, Fob. 13.—It is an
nounced today that the proclamation
calling upon tho unmarried men for
active service will bo issued short
ly. There has been no falling o.T
in voluntary enlisting for the pact
two weeks and if tho present rate
of onlistments is kept up the royal
proclamation calling out single men
may be still further delayed.
In many quarters there is a feel
ing of restlessness, and reports to
day show that miners and railroad
■ers are especially making ready to
resist the compulsory service.
LONDON, Feb. 13.—Tho enforce
ment of conscription will not bo
haphazard by any means. The War
Department Is now preparing for
the enforcement of the compulsory
provisions so that they may be im
mediately instituted without any
friction, hitch or trouble of any
kind. Yesterday the laborites in
the cabinet were in close consults
tion with the rest of the members
especially over the new conscription
law.
The date of Us enforcement Is
still unnamed, owing possibly to the
desire upon the part of the govern
ment to keep those labor organiza
tions which have announced an In
tention to oppose it, in the dark,
and »u a state of uncertainty. It la
practically assured that when it is
enforced so complete will bo the
machinery for its smooth opera
tion, that resistance and opposition
will simply be out of the question.
CONTINENTAL ARMY PLAN
IS SAID TO BE DOOMED
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 13.—
The pieparedness plans of the admt
nlstration are now, especially with
the resignation of Secretary Garri
son, in a state of chaos that may
have Important results.
The continental army plan is
doomed.
Today the federalized milltln hills
containing drafting provisions in
case of war were chiefly considered
The committee is endeavoring to
whip these bills into shape so that
the army increase may be efficient
without being excessively expen
sive.
It is announced that the Posi
Office Department is considering the
practicability of establishing an
airship service from Seward to
Mome and from Fairbanks to
Valdez.
One suggestion is made in this
connection that such a service be
placed under the war department,
Saving carriage of the mails, ir.
srder to give the army aviation
service a better chance for practi
cal work.
In New York yesterday Secretary
Garrison again insisted upon hi9
loyalty to Wilson; said that with ht»
chief he had no differences but of
the friendliest sort. Furthermore
ho offered to post the new secretary
In the work of his office if he wished
It.
Garrison is hostile none the less
to the critics who killed his conti
nental army plan.
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ACTIVITIES NORTH ARRAS
CONTINUE SAYS REPORT
PARIS, Feb. 13.—The chief
fighting today occurred In Cham
pagne country driving down the
slopes of Tahure hill and occupying
the German trenches north and
south of Massiges.
The fighting at Vimy north ot
Arras has been continuously suc
cessful notwithstanding the German
ienlals.
The lighting on the heights be
tween Souchez and Vimy with its
maximum intensity east of Givenchy
squalled the force of the fighting in
September.
The German efforts to regain
their grip on these heights were frus
trated by field artillery and machine
gun fire and their losses were large.
Further north the sloppy condition
of the war zone has prevented ac
tivities, The ground between the
Flanders trenches where not flooded
is a muddy slough making opera
tions impossible. Trench life is car
ried on only with a system of drain
ago that has already proved Its
worth.
ROME, Feb. 13.—It is stated that
the Austrian advance was sharply
blocked in Albania today when the
Teutons came in contact with tho
Italians in strong positions.
The Austrian vanguard quickly
withdrew upon its main body which
engaged the Italian troops just be
fore noon, the engagement becom
ing general promptly.
The Austrians show no disposition
to advance.
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SEATTLE, Feb. 11.—More notr
mal weather now prevails and con
ditions are becoming greatly lm
proved. Tl^e railroads «pect to
Uw trains crossing the Cascade di
vide on schedule time in a few days,
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jab failed not only to protect
ttapt, ayel^nchea, bat wer* tbem
Mf HWSPVc^v by tb* . epormpue
leu of, rods, P.W apddv^that
Bpt trees a**, fjio;*, dft^n the
pet of the mountain side.
CONDITIONS IN POLAND
ARE REPORTED TERRIBLE
AMSTERDAM, Feb. 13.—Condi
tlons 1n Poland reach the maxim un^
of horror, again state the Rocke
Foundation Investigators who
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and
The
and the condi
tions almost iMM.hailed.
will be ar
ranged If possible through the Ger
man officials In charge of the coun
try. It was stated that assurances
would be given that such rellei
would be used solely for the Poles.
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EASTERN SYNDICATE IS
TO SPEND THREE MILLIONS
JUNEAU, Feb. 12.—*An eastern
syndicate haa completed arrange
ments to invest three million dollars
opening up the Takugarup mines.
r Development work on • most ex
tensive scale has, been arranged. tap
idn this will be almost Immediately
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Takugarup is uatami
liar and may easily be a “bull '
caused through the relays in trans
mission. In any event'the name is
given as received In the dispatch.—
Ed. Worker)