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FOURTEEN SUSPICIOUS LABOR
ERS ARE ARRESTED AT AMER
ICAN LAKE CANTONMENT.
HELD UNDER MILITARY GUARD.
Commissioned and Non-Commissioned
Officers Assume Disguise sand Col
lect Evidence and Find Seditious
Literature.
TACOMA, Nov. IT.—Working on
the federal government reservation at
Camp Lewis, at American Lake, near
Tacoma, in the guise of employes,
fourteen Industrial Workers of the
World were rounded up last night by
the military police and are held under
military guard for investigation, pend
ing trial. Their trial promises to be
of a most sensational character.
Commissioned and non-commission
ed officers working in disguise with
the laborers, accumulated a mass of
evidence against the arrested Indus
trial workers and a quantitiy of sedit
ious literature was found on them.
Bond Buyers Slain.
VIRGINIA, Minn., Nov. 17.—Axel
Garderer last night killed Mr. and
Mrs. Paul Alar Peter Trepich. Their
bodies were found today with a note
threatening death to all Austrian fam
ilies here who bought United States
liberty bonds or subscribed to the Red
Cross.
The Trepichs had bought Liberty
bonds and had contributed to the Red
Cross.
Will Suppress Spies
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 17.—
President Wilson and his cabinet are
considering the drafting of new dras
tic regulations governing enemy spies.
The regulations are expected to deal
effectively with fires, bomb plots, the
conveying of information to Germany
and other activities intended to ham
per the government.
The regulations will force enemy
aliens from all seaboard vantage
points.
ARTILLERY ACTIVE
ON AMERICAN LINE
'SEVERAL UNITED STATES SOL
DIERS WOUNDED BY SHRAP
NEL AND SOME OF THEM DIE
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY
IN FRANCE, Nov. 17.—Artillery ac
tion in the American sector in the war
zone is becoming more lively. German
shrapnel today wounded several Am
ericans in the trenches. A German
shell, striking an American gun, caus
ed several casualties. Some of the men
wounded in the last two days died
today.
The Americans always fire rapidly
in return and they are certain they
caused more damage and casualties
among the Germans than the Germans
caused among the Americans. Fifteen
American officers and soldiers, includ
ing three of those that have been kill
ed, are mentioned in the dispatches by
the French general commanding the
sector.
GERMAN SOCIALISTS
ANXIOUS FOR PEACE
LONDON, Nov. 17.—The independ
ent Socialist group in the German
reiehstag today requested the presi
dent of the reiehstag to convoke im
mediately a special session to discuss
the peace offer of Leon Lenine, the
Maximilist leader in Russia, to nego
tiate a peace treaty with Germany.
Lenine's offer no doubt was for
warded to Berlin during the fed days
early this week when he assumed the
premiership of Russia. According to
latest reports in London from Petro
grad, he and his party have been over
come by Mr. Kerensky and his follow
ers.
ANCHORAGE MAN
THREATENS WILSON
EDWARD MULGRAFF IS ADJUDG
ED INSANE AND COMMITTED
TO MINNESOTA ASYLUM
ROCHESTER, Minn., Nov. 17.—Ed
ward Mulgraff, of Anchorage, Alaska,
who was charged with having sent
threatening letters to Fresident Wil
son was adjudged insane by the pro
bate court here yesterday and commit
ted to the insane asylum in this city.
north™
WARNS ENGLAND
OF HER FAULTS
REFORMS MUST COME SWIFTLY.
Titled Newspaperman Declines Ap
pointment as Head of Newly Creat
ed Ministerial Post Having Charge
of Aviation.
LONDON, Nov. 17.—Lord North
cliffe, owner of the London Times and
of other English newspapers, who has
just returned to London from a visit
to the United States and Canada, to
day wrote Lloyd George, premier of
Great Britain, saying that “from
countless conversations with leading
Americans, I know unless there is
swift improvement in our methods,
the United States will rightly take
into its own hands the entire manage
ment of the greater part of the war.
it ui nui feaciuice life uiuua ana ireas
ure to the incompetent handling of
Europe’s affairs.”
Lord Northcliffe today declined the
appointement as head of ministry of
aviation, which was offered him by the
premier.
Lord Northcliffe said America and
Canada are proceeding with their war
preparations with a fervor and en
thusiasm little understood on the Eur
opean side of the Atlantic.
Casualties Are Reported on Both Sides
As Result of Ambush Operations
and Artillery Fire in First Line
Trench Zone.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY
IN FRANCE, Nov. 15.—American
soldiers successfully ambushed a large
German patrol recently, killing and
wounding a number of Germans, while
the Germans recently shelled the Am
erican trenches killing and wounding
several Americans. In the ambush op
erations the Americans were accom
panied by several French men. Thej
iay in mud nearly all night and sur
prised the German patrol. The Ger
mans did not fight but hurried off with
their dead and wounded. The Ameri
eration. Later however a German shell
dropped in an American trench and
: caused several casualties.
American soldiers in the first line
; trenches have been relieved and the
j third detachments have entered the
I trenches without the knowledge of the
| Germans. Included in the returning
troops is the company which stood the
| brunt of the recent flighting. The
soldiers’ clothes were caked in mud
and immediately the fences and roofs
of the billet village were coverd with
the tropers’ wet balnkets and equip
ment.
Openings here and there in the
ranks of the returning column showed
how many men had been killed wound
ed and made prisoner. After the com
pany had been dismissed, an officer of
the battalion said:
“There goes the scrappiest bunch of
soldiers in France. They are mad all
through and are just biding their time
to get a chance to repay the Germans
for what happened to their American
comrades. They will get revenge be
fore the war is over, you can depend
on that.”
J01II, FOSTER
DIES AT HOME
IN WASHINGTON
FORMER MINISTER TO CHINA
AND FORMER SECRETARY OF
STATE WAS 81 YEARS OLD.
HAD DISTINGUISHED CAREER.
Famous Diplomat and Statesman Was
Father-in-Law of Robert Lansing
and No Doubt Ably Advised Him
Recently.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 16.—John
W. Foster, former minister to China,
former secretary of state, and father
in-law of Secretary of State Robert
Lansing, died yesterday at his home
in Washington city.
With a record of practically half a
century of continuous service in diplo
macy and the practice of international
law, Mr. Foster had a fair claim to
the title of dean of the diplomatic
service of the United tates. He had
been secretary of state under Presi
dent Harrison, succeeding Blaine when
the latter resigned after his sensa
tional quarrel with the chief executive
and had held three separate commis
jsions as a minister of plenipotentiary.
! Beside that he represented the United
States in many special treaty nego
tiations, had acted as its agent before
international commissions, and even
had been called into the service of
I
foreign governments.
; As secretary of state his most nota
! ble act was a treaty with the Ameri
cans in nawan wno nan oeen concern
ed in the overthrow of the native
queen, providing for annexation of the
islands to the United States. Presi
dent Harrison’s administration was
drawing to a close and before the trea
ty could be ratified by the senate,
j President Cleveland took office and
| withdrew it as his first official act.
Notable Diplomatic Service.
I Mr. Foster’s notable services to his
country in diplomatic capacities
j abroad were successively as minister!
I to Mexico, minister to Russia, minis-;
;ter to Spain, and as special plenipo-(
tentiary to negotiate reciprocity trea- j
|ties with Brazil, Spain, Germany and}
| the British West Indies. Following
I that he became secretary of state.
! Later he became the agent of the Uni
j ted States at Paris in the Bering sea
arbitration and at the close of the war
between China and Japan w7as invited j
by the emperor of China to partici- |
pate in the peace negotiations.
While the invitation was officially
(extended by the emperor Mr. Foster
' was really invited by Li Hung Chang
! who describes the occasion in a vol
ume of his published memoirs, speak
ing affectionately of Mr. Foster, not
alone as a personal friend but as a
representative of the friendship of the
United States for China in her hour
of trial.
The great Chinese statesman frank
ly acknowledges how valuable was the
! counsel of the American friend at a
! moment when he was confronted with
uie aunusi nopeiess iusk 01 preserv
ing his country against the demands
of the victor. Later the government
of China chose Mr. Foster as its rep
resentative at the second Hague Con
ference in 1907.
Served on Special Missions.
Soon after the peace conference Mr.
Foster went to Russia and Great
Britain on a special mission for the
United States. Then he became the
agent of the United States at London
before the Alaska Boundary tribunal.
His last public work was as China’s
representative at The Hague in 1907.
Thereafter he lived in compara
tive retirement in Washington writ
ing his memoirs. His daughter be
came the wife of Robert Lansing, sec
retary of state in President Wilson’s
cabinet, and continued to make her
home with him. It is no disparage
ment of Mr. Lansing’s conduct of the
jnany delicate diplomatic negotiations
which confronted him as an outcome
of the European war, to say that he
doubtless enjoyed the counsel and
ripe experience of his distinguished
father-in-law.
Mr. Foster was born in Pike coun
t
ty, Indiana, March 2, 1836, the son of
a lawyer. He entered law at an early
age and served in tne union army as
an officer.
On his eightieth birthday anniver
sary, March 2, 1916, President Yuan
Shi-Kai conferred upon him the Order
of the Golden Grain, the highest order
of merit within the gift of the Chi
nese government. Yuan had been the
commanding general of the Chinese
troops in the clash with Japan which
brought on the conflict Mr. Foster
took a part in adjusting.
BANDITS DRIVE 300 MEXICAN
FEDERALS TO AMERICAN SIDE
A N D EXECUTE WOUNDED.
FIGHTING IS HAND TO HAND.
Citizens and Soldiers in Presidio, Tex
as, Prepare to Resist Expected
Night Raid by Victorious Army—
U. S. Troops in Trenches.
PRESIDIO, Tex., Nov. 16.—Presidio
last night was prepared to resist an
expected raid by followers of *»Pancho
Villa, similar to the one they carried
out a month ago against Columbus, N.
Mexico.
Following a battle which lasted an
hour and during which bullets fell in
Presidio, Villa followers yesterady
captured Ojinga, Mexico, which is just
across the river from here. Toward
the end of the battle the combatants
fought hand to hand. Three hundred
Mexican federal troops ^Vere forced to
flee to the American side and were
immediately interned here.
it was reported tnat tne vimstas
intended to cross the river in a raid
on Presidio and last night every Am
erican civilian and soldier was waiting
for the bandits. The United States
troops took positions in trenches to
resist the expected attack.
The Villistas, however, made no
move toward the American side. They
executed all wounded Mexican leder
als found in Ojinaga.
Art Treasures Are Taken-to Rome and
Refugees Flee Southward When
Austro-German Troops Cross the
Piave River.
ROME, Nov. 15.—The evacuation of
Venice, by the Italian forces is almost
complete. An army of workmen has
brought the great quantity of pictures,
carvings and glassware? to Rome.
The Italians in the region of Asiago
are withdrawing. The Austro-Ger
mans yesterday crossed Piave river.
They have completely occupied all
Italian positions. Refugees from the
occupied territory are pouring south
ward and receiving assistance every
where.
ALASKA WILL SEND
FISH TO CANADA
WASHINGTON, Nov. 16. —The
federal government today decided to
send 10,000,000 little sockeye salmon
from its hatchery at Afognak, Alaska,
to the Fraser river, B. C., as an act
of comity between the United States
and Canada:
These salmon, it is expected, will
help build up the run in the Fraser
river, which since the eruption of
Mount Katmai in 1912 has not had a
normal run. This failure in the Fra
ser river has been accompanied by
like failure in P»get sound waters, on
the United States side.
The Afognak hatchery this year ex
perienced the most successful season
it has had since the Mount Katmai
eruption. It hatched more than 53,
000,000 sockeye salmon eggs and
about 300,000 humpback salmon eggs.
IED CROSS HOME SERVICE
WORKERS WILL LOOK AFTER
RELATIVES OF TROOPERS.
WIDE FIELD FOR DOING GOOD.
Many Persons Have Been Left Be
hind Who Heretofore Had Men Now
at Front to Rely on in Meeting
Life’s Problems.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 15.—“To
keep the soldier’s family in a state
of health and efficiency during his
absence” is the aim of the home serv
ice department of the Red Cross
now being established on the Pacific
coast, Charles J. O’Conner, director
of civilian relief for this territory an
nounced here today. An institute
of home service will be held here from
next Tuesday until December 15, at
which workers will be trained along
this line.
“A million and a half families are
beginning to feel the disorganizing
effect of war,” said Mr. O'Conner. “A
large percentage of these have sud
denly had their incomes cut to a fig
ure that requires at least new family
plans, and at the same time the head
of the family is prevented from giv
ing counsel in such plans.
Need Wise Guidance.
“In spite of the precautions of re
cruiting, officers and exemption boards
and in spite of governmental provi
sions for insurance compensation, and
allowances, many thousands of fami
lies will suffer for lack, not of money,
but of friendly comforting and wise
guidance in their affairs, unless the
Red Cross supplements the govern
meni s enoris.
“The expei'ience of Canada with her
government allowances to families is
instructive. To supplement govern
ment aid the Canadian patriotic fund
is now spending about a million dol
lars a month. Yet the Canadian for
ces are only one-third of the number
already in service in the United
States.
“To perform the highest service to
these disorganized families is not a
simple matter of asking them a few
questions and paying them sums of
money. Accident, sickness, death
birth, old age, fire, theft, drunken
ness, immorality, feeblemindedness,
waywardness, divorces, family quar
rels, greed extravagance, pride, diffi
dence are some of the elements that
complicate family affairs and demand
skill on the part of the home service
worker.
‘To secure all of the necessary in
formation, to formulate the best plan
for the family welfare, to follow the
plan through to success, to spend
Red Cross money wisely and to with
hold it -wisely and to do these things
with true sympathy, is a service that
usually can be performed suitably
only by well trained persons of expe
rience in such work. As one wise man
puts it: ‘It is hard to do good and
easy to do harm in social work.’ ”
Dr. Jessica B. Peizetto, professor of
; social economics at the University of
j California, will be the director of the
; institute and Miss Lucy Stebbins will
be supervisor of field work.
FRENCH PRESIDENT
GREETS AMERICANS
UNITED STATES CONGRESSMEN
ARE TOLD CABINET CRISIS
IS FAMILY AFFAIR.
PARIS, Nov. 16.—Raymond Poin
care, president of France, today wel
comed the delegation of American con
gressmen to Paris. He spoke of the
cordial relations between the twc
countries and asked the congressmen
to convey his respects to Presidenl
j Wilson.
The congressional party then visit
; ed the chamber of deputies. Speakei
Deschanel told the visitors that the
| French cabinet crisis was merely a
j family affair and that it does not af
jfect France’s attitude in the war.
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