STEAMER TEXAN
IS LOSE IN
(By Associated Press)
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♦ ATLANTIC PORT, Jan. 14 — ♦
♦ The American steamer Texan, of ♦
♦ 14,000 tons burden, wirlessed dis- ♦
♦ tress calls as it is sinking at sea. ♦
♦ It is reported that she was ram- ♦
♦ med amidships after a collision ♦
♦ with another ship. Vessels are ♦
♦ hurrying to rescue the crew of ♦
♦ forty-three who have taken to ♦
♦ life boats. The Texan was car- ♦
♦ rying nitrates to rFance. ♦
♦ The Texan was formerly on ♦
♦ the Hawaiian run. Several life- ♦
♦ boats were lost in attempting to ♦
♦ lower them in a storm. ♦
(By Associated Press)
SEATTLE, Jan. 14—G. Murl tlor
don, former captain of a French avi
ation corps, and J. Fred Drake were
arrested by police detectives for their
connection in wrecking the H. C. Pi
gott printing company plant. They
were identified by employes as lead
ers. t
SENATOR BUY
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 14.—
Senator Brady, of Idaho, died from
heart failure. He was attacked a
week ago and his condition had been
critical ever since. The senate ad
journed today and flags are at half
mast out of respect of eSnator Brady.
His remains will be cremated here.
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CHEHALIS, Jan. 14.—Oscar H.
Main, a member of a prominent Wash
ington state family, university gradu-,
ate and a real estate dealer of Napa-'
vine was arrested on Saturday charg-,
t-d with the murder of Fred Swayne,
a grocer of that place. The body
was found in the rear of his store a
week ago.
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■ SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 14.—Meat
iless day has been suspended in Pacific,
coast states on the order of Food
Administrator Hoover until March 13.
The congested freight conditions in
the west is the reason given.
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(By Asaociated Press)
CHICAGO, Jan. 14—One hundred
thousand volunteer workers and
thousands of laborers begin the work j
of clearing the street railway tracks'
so that trains and delivery wagons
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can move. The railways are begining
to move trains and the schools are'
closed to allow children to assist in '
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shoveling the snow. The surface and
elevated service in normal. Ten deaths
have resulted from the blizzard.
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THIRTY WAR
PLANTS
(By Associated Press)
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♦ WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 — Fire ♦
♦ at the Washington barracks, oc- ♦
♦ cupied by the engineer troops, ♦
♦ destroyed army supplies, includ- ♦
♦ $1,000,000 worth of food ruined ♦
♦ in the quartermaster warehouse ♦
♦ and several other buildings. A ♦
♦ large part of the city's Hre ap- ♦
♦ paratus fought the flames. The ♦
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♦ explosion of stored gasoline gave ♦
♦ the flames an impetus. Origin ♦
♦ of the fire is unknown. ♦
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(By Associated Press)
ANCHORAGE, Jan 14.—Many AN
askan ranchers who have foxes for I
sale are receiving inquiries from Mon-j
tana and Idaho in regard to the prob-!
able price of those animals and the
care necessary to raise them. It is
believed that fox farming is to be tried
in those states.
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FE1 I
MEN FOUND BE j
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fRv Associated Press*
NEW YORK, Jan. 14—Less than
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one per cent, of the men examined in
the last draft were tubercular. Col.
George M. Bushnell, of the Surgeon
General’s Department, told a confer
ence of the National Jewish Hospital
officials, which consumptive hospital
offers to care for all consumptlces
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FORMER FRENCH PREMIER
HAS BEEN ARRESTED
(By Associated Press)
PARIS, Jan. 14.—Former Premier
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Joseph Caillaux, who has *-e3r under
investigation in connection with a
German propaganda in France, was
arrested today.
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NOTICE.
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Will those who have odd balls and
lemnants of yarn that they are will
ing to part with for Junior Red Cross
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work please send it to school by school
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pupils, or telephone us and we will
send for it. j i
FANNIE E. BRAYTON j
(Ry Associated Press)
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♦ WASHINGTON, .Tan. 14—The ♦
♦ requisitioning of all American ♦
♦ sailing vessels was forecast when ♦
♦ the shipping board requested the ♦
♦ department of commerce to re- ♦
♦ port the location of vessels. Sec- ♦
♦ retary Redfleld replied that a ♦
♦ hundred and seventy-five vessels, +
♦ with a capacity of 425,000 tons, ♦
♦ were within or adjacent to Am- ♦
♦ ican territorial waters. ♦
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BUS! WEEK FDR
CONGRESS ON
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, .Ian. 14.—Congress
ional committee will spend the week
on the railway administration bill,
and war preparation investigation. To
morrow the senate disposes of the
resolution giving the rPesident power
to control the print paper Industry.
The house is working on appropria
tions and it is expected the suffrage
bill will be deferred in the senate for
two weeks.
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(By Associated Press)
♦ PETROGRAD, Jan. 14 — Petro- ♦
♦ grad despatches warn of a poss- ♦
♦ ible final breach in the peace ♦
♦ negotiations. The Mail says the ♦
♦ armistice has been extended to ♦
♦ February 18 and the Russian ♦
♦ delegation returns to Petrograd ♦
♦ tomorrow, negotiatons to be re- ♦
♦ sunted after the interval at War- ♦
♦ saw. It is reported that Germans ♦
♦ are attempting to stop fraterniza- ♦
♦ tlon at the front, as evidently the ♦
♦ Bolsheviki propaganda is having ♦
♦ its effect among the German sol ♦
♦ diers. 4
♦ An Odessa despatch says there ♦
♦ are disorders at Sebastopal and ♦
♦ sixty-two naval officers were ♦
♦ killed after two days’ butchering. ♦
MEXICAN PRO
GERMANS r !
ARRESTED
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(By Associated Press)
BUENOS AIRES, Jan. 14—The Mex
ican delegation to the neutral Latin
American Conference was arrested at
Bahia, Brazil, as its members are be
ieved to be pro-German The pro
posed conference was notified before
he Mexicans left home, by military
men and newspaper correspontents,
hat there are many pro-German mem
bers of parliament.
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(By Associated Press)
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♦ WASHINGTON, Jan 14 —A ♦
♦ referendum submitted by the ♦
♦ Chamber of the United States ♦
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♦ asks the American business tnen ♦
♦ to pass upon the proposed warn- ♦
♦ in* to German Industrial leaders ♦
♦ that they cannot hope to resume ♦
♦ friendly commercial relations ♦
♦ with America after the war un- ♦
♦ less the German government is ♦
♦ responsible to the people. ♦
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SEATTLE, Jan. 14.—E. P. Marsh, of
Everett, president of the State Fedra
tion of Labor, has resigned to accept
a position with the department of
labor, which is urging the unions
throughout the country to co-operateJ
with the government.
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CANADIAN TROOPS TAKE
MANY ENEMY PRISONERS
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LONDON, Jan. 14—Canadians raid
I od the trenches north of Lens and
captured prisoners. The rest of the
front is quiet.
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(By Associated Press)
♦ INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 14—Fire ♦
♦ in an industrial building, housing ♦
, ♦ thirty manufacturing concerns, ♦
♦ destroyed the building and ad- ♦
♦ joining property. The loss is es- ♦
♦ tiniated at $1,000,000. Many of ♦
♦ the plants were engaged on war ♦
♦ contracts. The fire chief be- ♦
♦ lieves the fire was of incendiary ♦
♦ origin ♦
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(Hy Associated Press)
WASHINGTON. Jan. 14— An Am
erican trawler, in European waters,1
struck a rock and was sunk, the crew
being saved.
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(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 14—Lumber
men cannot produce standard spruce
at the government price. Howard Cof
fin, Chairman of the Board of the!
Aero Club of America, declares in his
report, which causes a delay in aero
plane production. Cost plus ten per
cent, is the plan recommended.
(By Associated Tress)
CAMP FUNSTON, Kans., Jan. 14.—
Captain Lewis Whistler suicided on
Saturday after having been identified
as the murderer of the four men con
nected with the cantonment bank
which he also looted. It is unknown
how much money Whistler took from
the bank and also what he did with
it. It has been determined, however,
that one bundle of bills containing
$47,000 was stolen. Officers say
Whistler stole $75,000 and had a con
federate to whom he entrusted it.
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(By Associated Press)
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♦ AMSTERDAM, Jan. 14.—Count ♦
♦ Czerinin has announced that the ♦
♦ Brest Litosvk conference and ♦
♦ central powers recognize the Uk- ♦
♦ raine delegation as an independ- ♦
♦ ent delegation representing the ♦
♦ Ukraine republic and formal rec- ♦
♦ ognition of the republic and inde- ♦
♦ pendent state would be reserved ♦
♦ for the peace treaty. +
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SEATTLE, Jan. 14.—Lumber, ma
chinery. box shooks and other sup
plies for the 1918 season of the Al
askan fish canneries are being sent
north more than a month earlier than
in previous years. Nearly every steam
er leaving for the north is carrying
cannery supplies. Evidently Alaska
cannerymen are not intending to take
any chances of a shortage of vessels
on the northern runs.
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BALTIMORE, Jan. 14.—In a state
ment issued by Cardinal Gibbons lie
urges all to take advantage of the
government war saving stamp plan as
a simple and easy method of acquiring
the habit of thrift.
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STEAMER EVANS SAILS
ON WAY TO CORDOVA
SEATTLE, Jan. 14.—The steamer
Admiral Evans sailed for Southwest
ern Alaska at 6 o’clock Saturday night.
Cordova passengers were: E. R. Peo
ples, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Steustanne,
Carl Cedarhead and August Cedar
head.
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NOTICE.
The Episcopal Guild Auxiliary will
meet at the Red Dragon instead of
at the hospital for first aid work
Tuesday afternoon at 2 o’clock.
MRS. W. H. CHASE, Secy.
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HEMS WILL “BE
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(By Associated Press)
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♦ (By Associated PresB) ♦
♦ WASHINGTON, Jan. 14— At ♦
♦ his own request Major Freder- ♦
♦ ick Mears has been relieved as ♦
♦ a member of the Alaskan Engin- ♦
♦ neering Commission. He will be ♦
♦ come Colonel of the engineer re- ♦
♦ giment going to France for rail ♦
♦ way work. Secretary of the In- ♦
♦ terior Lane has appointed Wm ♦
♦ Gerig, the commission's consult- ♦
♦ ing engineer, to become engi- ♦
♦ neer in charge of the Anchorage ♦
♦ division of the Government rail- ♦
♦ way. ♦
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NECKTIE PARTY
f,
(By Associated Press)
BUTTE, Jan. 14.—Sherman Powell,
colored, Ray Gullich and Prank Fisher
were hanged in the Silver Bow county
jail for murder, which was witnessed
by a hundred persons. A mob of a
thousand clamored at the yard gate
for admission and the Washington
coast artillery held the crowd back . *
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 14—The cur
tailment of coal to the less essential
industries in the eastern states will
begin immediately to relieve the fuel
famine. Plants will close down for
three days a week, during the fam
ine, on order of the fuel administra
tion.
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(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Ian U.-Tbe su
preme court today confirmed (he con
viction of Emma Goldman and Alex
ander Berkman for conspiring to inge
men not to register. They were fcoih
sentenced to two years in jail and
fined $10,000.
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(By Associated Press)
ANCHORAGE, Jan. 14.—Two expert
seal skinners from New Foundland
and two sealskin specialists from St
Houis are to be stationed by the Unit
ed States government on Priboioff
island in the Bering sea to instruct
the natives in the preparation of seal
skins.