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♦ WASHINGTON, Dec. 7.—Sen- ♦
♦ ator Stone presented in the sen- ♦
♦ ate a war resolution against ♦
♦ Austria and moved for Us im- ♦
♦ mediate adoption. Beside the ♦
♦ reason that Austria is Germany's ♦
♦ ally Stone said that as Italy. ♦
♦ France and Belgium is comprised ♦
♦ on the battlefront Americans ♦
♦ might at any time face Austrians. ♦
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♦ WASHINGTON, Dec. 7.—With ♦
♦ less than an hour’s debate the ♦
♦ senate this afternoon passed the ♦
♦ resolution declaring war against ♦,
♦ Austria, the vote being 74 to 0. ♦
♦ LaFollette left during the speech- ♦
♦ making and did not vote. Gran- ♦
♦ na, Norris and Vardanian who ♦!
♦ voted agains^ the Genian resolu- ♦ i
♦ tion voted in the affirmative. ♦
♦ The declaration of war against ♦
♦ Austria is expected to pass the ♦
♦ house with only London, Social- ♦
♦ ist, dissenting. ♦
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SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 7.—Revel
Colt Gridley’s famous sack of flour!
which was sold and resold hundreds
of times during the civil war and
!
thereby earned $75,000 for a rehabi-!
tation fund for Union soldiers, has
a counterpart in a similar sack which ;
w-as first raffled by the Shriners here
and which is now making a tour of
the country. The sack is due in,
Leavenworth, Kansas, today. On De
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cember 14 it is to be sold in Butte,
Montana. The total receipts of the1
accumulated sales are to go to the
Red Cross.
The sack was started on its way in
this city on May 26 of this year and
has been "on the go" ever since. It
was taken to Honolulu and sold there
for $1,036. It was also sold on the
steambers which took it to and
brought it back from the islands.
Gridley’s sack, which was first
started from Austin, Nevada, wore out
dozens of ordinary flour sacks and
three buckskin coverings before it
reached the final purchaser. It has
already been necessary to place the
Shrlner's sack in a lauhala or tought,1
matlike covering. This covering was
a gift of th9 Honolulu Shriners. I
In every case when the sack is
sold, auctioned of raffled off it is re
turned by the purchaser to the per
son selling it. Thus It is being kept
in the hands of the Shriners, who |
pass it on from lodge to lodge. The J
sack will progress on its money mak-J
ing way until there is nothing left
of it, or until the demands of the
Shriners l*or this particular Red Cross
fund have been satisfied.
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ANOTHER PLOT OF
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E
(By Associated Press)
NEW YORK, Dec. 7—Letters in
dicating the existence in America of
a German military organization for
defense was seized by federal agents,
when they examined the effects of
Otto Julius Merkel, a German writer I
and lecturer. Merkel v.as arrested
and is believed to be at the head of
the organization.
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(By Associated Press)
BERLIN, Dec. 7.—The new Teuton
offensive captured 4,000 more Ital
ians, making a total of 15,000. The
Teutons also captured Monte Sise*1
mol by storm.
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(By Associated Press)
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 7.—An
nouncement is made here that the
steamer Congress, which was burned
to a hollow shell off Marshfield, Ore-1
gon. in September. 191(5, is rapidly
being made seaworthy ag^jn, and will
be put on regular runs early next
year. Her new name is the Nanking,
she having been taken over by a'
Chinese shipping concern.
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OUTGOING PASSENGERS.
The streamer Victoria left for Se
attle early this morning via the out
side* route, loaded with 2000 tons of |
ore and the following passenger list
from Cordova:
Mrs. Thos. Davis. Thos. Riggs. Jr.,|
F. S. Hayden, Walter Brown, Thos.i
Lang, Howard Ryan, Mrs. G. TetroJ
Mrs, May Bacon, "Mrs. W. M. PolleyJ
W. M. Polley P, Miloff, P. Evanoff,'
Mrs. Ed. Kelter, John Olson, Mike’
Stint. B. Sadies, Fred Brelsford, lJ
S. Fellinger. Martin Zobeta, E. R.!
Peoples,, H. McGilloray, Thos. Keel,!
Henry Logan, S. P. Mike. W. Mahr,
Mrs. M. Mahr. F. Farrington. Mrs. P.'
L. Simpson. H. Maki, F. A. Hancock,i
M. Deleviat, J, T Hutrack. Henry Lar
ier. A. R. Barnes, O. C. Anderson,
Victor Scott, Andy E. Lund, Gus Bo
chis. Henry Dalles and 8 steerage.
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A. R. Barrus was an outgoing pass
enger on the Victoria.
"‘E- R- Peoples, of Fairbanks, was
among those leaving for the States
today.
FI DESTROYS
CITY AFTER
(By Associated Press)
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♦ HALIFAX, via St. John, Dec. ♦
♦ 7.—The fire which resulted from ♦
♦ the explosion when two vessels ♦
♦ collided was brought under con- ♦
♦ trol yesterday afternoon. Sev- ♦
♦ eral hundred we,re killed and ♦
♦ thousands wounded. Not a house ♦
♦ in the city escaped damage. ♦
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♦ MONTREAL, Dec. 7—Twelve ♦
♦ hundred are estimated dead at ♦
♦ Halifax. It is reported that the ♦
♦ munition ship, in the collision. ♦
♦ was a French and not an Ameri
l
♦ can vessel. ♦
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♦ HALIFAX, Dec. 7.—It is estim- ♦
♦ uted that 2.000 are dead as the ♦
♦ result of the explosion in the ♦
♦ collision of the French muni- ♦:
♦ tion ship Mont Blai^1 with the ♦ )
♦ Belgium relief steamer Imo. ♦
♦ About twenty-five hundred were ♦
♦ injured, t.wo-thvds of whom were ♦
^ women. Most of those injured ♦
♦ are suffering from flying glass ♦
♦ cuts. The property damage runs ♦
♦ into the millions. ♦
♦ Snow is falling today imped- ♦
♦ ing the work of secuing the in- ♦
♦ jured and recovering the bodies. ♦
♦ The snow, however, is serving ♦
♦ one good purpose, that of aiding ♦
♦ the firemen in quenching the re- ♦
♦ maining flames. „ ♦
♦ Special trains, with doctors, ♦
♦ nurses and supplies have arrived ♦
♦ from Windsor. The bodies are ♦
♦ being brought in wagon loads to ♦
♦ the morgue. Ever building in the ♦
♦ city has been damaged and busi- ♦
♦ ness suspended. The schools ♦
♦ are also closed. The fire swept ♦
♦ two and a half square miles. ♦
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♦ ST. JOHN, Dec. 7.—Eye wit- ♦!
♦ nesses told of the horrors of the ♦ ■
♦ disaster. Esmond Barry, a post- ♦!
♦ al clerk, said the people died ♦ .
♦ like flies. His description of ♦ ;
♦ conditions was most pathetic. ♦
♦ He said that people ran about ♦
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♦ with their noses off, eyes out, ♦
♦ slashed about the face and limbs ♦
♦ torn while working around the ♦
♦ wrecked buildings. He saw a ♦
♦ baby fifty feet away, under a ♦
♦ burning mass, crying for food. ♦
♦ The rescuers were unable to ♦
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♦ it and watched it burn to death. ♦
♦ Three hundred dead lay in the ♦
♦ parks. ♦
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♦ WASHINGTON. Dec. 7—Un. *J
♦ verified advices from naval com- ♦
♦ manders bring the information ♦
♦ that 5.000 people were killed in ♦
♦the Halifax disaster. * ♦
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Nance O'Neil in "Souls in Bondage’
a swell 5 act drama at the Empress
tonight, also introductory scenic film1
and a scream comedy for a finis!'.•
Show starts 8 p. in. sharp. "Smashing
(he Hindenberg Line” next Monday
slid Tuesday.
(fey Associated Press)
NOGALES, Dec. 7.—Yaquis attack
ed Esperanza Sonora and burned the
office and store of the Richardson
Construction company, an American
firm. Nothing has been heard Of
thirty Americans living in that vicin
ity.
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 7.—Secretary
of Interior Lane in defining the reso
lution p#sed by congress at the last
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session, tempting claim owners from
performing assessment work during
yer*« 18, announces in ft letter
to the delegate from Alaska that law
applies completely to all Alaskan min
ing claims except oil claims. He de
clares that it repealed territorial law
of April 21, 1915, insofar as it is in
conflict with further section 2324 of
the United States revised statutes.
' he department considers that it cov
ers Alaska because of legislative rec
ognition accorded said s'ection 2’2b
by act of congress of December 1.
15)13. Advise all who may be in doubt
as to the applicability of this law to
Alaska. Forwarding copy of letter.
CHA8. A. SULZKR.
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SUBSCRIPTIONS
(By Associated Press)
COPENHAGEN, Dec. 7—Tabulation
of subscriptions to the seventh Ger-i
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inan loan show that over a fourth of i
a total of twelve and a half Millions
was contributed in subscriptions of
over a million marks each, 1,032 sub-'
scribers averaging over three mill
ions.
The sixth loan had only 770 sub
scribers in the super-million class. j
There was a marked decrease in
the number of small subscribers as
well as the total number of subscrib
ers.
The only classes showing an in
crease in number of subscribers or to-1
tal subscribed are those above half a1
million which are responsible for
over a third of the loan. These fig
ures are indicative of the extent to
which the loan was subscribed by war
supply interests.
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Thos. Riggs. Jr., of the Alaskan En-j
gineering commission, left today om
his way to Washington where he ex
pects to spend a couple of months.
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10 SECURE
PEACE
(By Associated Press)
ITALIAN HEADQUARTERS. Dec. <
7.*—Captured Austrians say Austria '
released Russian prisoners after care- '
fully schooling them in Austria’s de- "
sire for peace. The prisoners return
ed to Russia with a propaganda for
ending the war.
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JASSEY, Dec. 7.—The Roumanians
are to associate with the Russians
in armistice and hostilities have been
suspended.
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 7.—All
fears of a coal famine in California
have been set at rest by an announce
ment of the war service board that
seventeen hundred carloads are to be
brought to this city from the Utah1
and Wyoming ..fields, together with
big shipments from Seattle and Brit
ish Columbia.
The war service board figures that
there is enough coal in sight to last
the state more than 100 days.
IS. M. HEWLETT
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LICENSE
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LONDON, Dec. 7.—Mrs. Maurice
Hewlett, wife of the novelist, was the
first woman to gain an air pilot’s li
cense in England, and she has now1
become the first woman head of an^
airplane factory. The factory em-^
ploy«8 girls and women almost ex-! *
clusively. It has just been completed.^ r
a huge group of low frame buildings' j
covering what was a year ago a wheat! ,
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field. It is two miles from the near- (
?st town.
“Girls and women cannot-fly dur
ing the war,” said Mrs. Hewlett in
opening the new factory, "because the ,
machines cannot-be spared to train
them. But they can learn to make ^
airplanes, and they are doing so by
scores.”
Mrs. Hewlett gained her pilot’s cer
tificate in 1911, and it was not only
the first granted to a woman, but its e
number was only 122. 1
(By Associated Press)
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► DATELESS — The German ♦
► wedge in the salient before Cam
► brai was forced by the British to ♦
► evacuate exposed positions, in- ♦
► eluding Bourlon and several vill- ♦
► ages. The British lines were ♦
► shortened and made more cap- ♦
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► able of strong defense. ♦
► The Italians retired gradually ♦
* during violent fighting to pre- ♦
► pared positions. They gave up ♦
♦ Monte Fiores and Monte Castle ♦
► Goinberto. ♦
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Dr. W. H, Chase received the fol
lowing telegram from American Red
Cross headquarters; .» vj 'f'
“You have been appointed chair
man of Red Cross Christmas member
I
ship campaign, extending from De
cember 17th to December 25th. The
intent being to secure ten million
new members—making a total or
fifteen million. The National com
mittee ask you to appoint a live cam
paign committee and select a cam
paign manager and treasurer. The
campaign manager should arrange if
necessary for publicity and speakers
bureaus. Special emphasis should be
laid on securing one dollar members
for calendar year nineteen eighteen.
Present member secured since April
this year should be urged to take
membership for nineteen eighteen,
waiving unexpired portion of their
present membership. The campaign
treasurer should be different from
the regular chapter treasurer and all
receipts deposited in a separate bank
jccount. At the close of the cam
paign the treasurer should pay to the
hapter treasury its proportion of the
membership fees and remit the na
ional committee proportion to M. A.
trnoid, division treasurer, Seattle.
F. A. DAVIES,
Campaign Manager Alaska.
In response to above Dr. Chase has
ippointed Geo. C. Hazlet campaign
nanager, and W. R. Hillery treasurer,
'he remaining members will be an
ounced very shortly. This is your
msiness and every man, woman and
:hild in Cordova is most earnestly re
vested to cooperate in, this rnove
aent.
-The official literature covering this
ampaign has been forwardel from
he States and upon its arrival the
i-ork of the campaign committee will
e announced in detail.
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TWO AMERICANS WOUNDED.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 7.—Two Am
rican airmen were wounded in fighf,
lg German planes.