England Will Fight
For French Democracy
(By Associated Press) j
LONDON, Jan. 5.—Lloyd
George, in addressing the'
Trades Union on the subject
of war aims, said only the*
clearest, greatest and most just
cause could justify a continu-'
ance even for a day of this un-1
speakable agony of nations.
He said that before any gov
ernment makes a fateful decis
ion as to conditions under
which it either ought to term
inate or continue the war it
ought to be satisfied that the
conscience of the nation is be
hind the conditions. He declar
ed England is not fighting to
get Constantinople.
“We mean to stand by the
French democracy to death,”
said George, “in the demand
the French make for restitu
tion of the great wrong when
Alsace-Lorraine were torn
from them This sore poison
cd Europe’s peace for half a
century and healthy conditions
cannot be restored until it is
cured. Government with the
consent of the governed
must be the basis of territorial
settlement at the end of the
war.”
Lloyd George stated that it
was apparent Germany does
not mean to surrender any Rus
sian provinces or cities and
that under one name or an
other they will be ruled by the
Prussian sword, and the rest ofc
the Russians will be bullied or
enticed into political and econ
omic enslavement.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5.—
Lloyd George’s speech over
shadowed all war develop
ments here and it is believed
his speech is leading up to an
expected redefinition of war
aims.
n SHIPS IN
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♦ month twenty-two Norwegian ♦
♦ ships were sunk, w'ith a loss of ♦
♦ seventy-five lives. ♦
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ITALIAN HEADQUARTERS, Jan. 5
—French troops captured fourteen
hundred Teutons in a recent offen
sive. The prisoners were a miserable
lot of humans, the officers and men
being unkempt and glad to get food.
The officers said the French fire was
new to them. They declared the sud
den charge had bowled them over and
they were all tired of the wmr.
TEA LEAVES FDR
(By Associated Press)
LONDON, Jan. 5.—Instructions have
been sent to all army and navy can
teens to save all used tea leaves,
which are to be carefully kept in
muslin bags and forwarded to central
depots.
The old leaves are not to be used
again In making beverage, but are
needed in connection with munition
making.
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The steamer Alameda will arrive
from the westward at midnight and'
be in port eight or ten hours loading
ore. |
(By Associated Press)
PARIS, Jan. 5.—There was active
artillery during the night in the re
gion south of Corbeny, on the left
bank of the Meuse river, near Avon
court wood. It is officially announced
that German detachments attempted
to capture French trenches north ol
St. Mihiel and in the region of Flirey,
but were repulsed.
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5.—The Serb
ian mission today visited the senate
Mr. Milenke Vesnitch, head of the
mission, delivered an address to the
members in which he praised the Am
erican attitude and offered America
Serbia’s thanks. He said he believed
the Monroe doctrine was the world’s
doctrine and is to lead the world tc
peace.
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The Cordova Chapter today receiv
the following cablegram from T. A.
Davies, of Seattle, the Red Cross
Christmas campaign manager for the
Pacific Northwest and Alaska:
“Your people did well and as cam
paign manager I desire to thank you
and all coworkers. Alaska has now
about fifteen thousand members. The
National committee announces that
twenty-two million members were se
cured and requests me to thank you
and through you all workers in your
territory.”
(By Associated Press)
MADRID, Jan. 5.—The government
has unearthed a revolutionary move
ment, and as a consequence all tele
phone and telegraph communication
has been suspended, and other precau
tions taken.
MINE DISASTERS
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KILLS 4
(By) Associate* Tress)
WILKE8BARRE, Pa., Jan. 5.—It Is
believed that four miners were killed
when the roof caved in at the Barnum
mine of the Pennsylvania Coal com
pany when twenty-three miners were
killed.
CORDOVA RED CROSS
MAKES GOOD SHOWING
| A largely attended meeting of the
executive committee of Cordova chap
ter, American Red Cross, was held
last night and the report of the
| various committees will give the read
er some idea of the vast amount of
good work being accomplished by the
local organization. As some question
arose as to the adoption of a consti
tution and by-laws the chairman, Mrs.
W. \V. Council, was authorized to ap
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l point a committee to draft a new set,
| ; e same to be submitted at a spe
j cial meeting to be held at Eagle hall
on Tuesday evening next at 8 o’clock.
The following financial statement
was rendered, which does not include
the funds derived from the Christ
mas drive for memberships:
Receipts: Cash on hand Sept. 13#
$840.05; membership, $72.00; dona
' tions, $906.15; buttons, $35.25; maga
zines, $4.05; Kennecott, $10.10; Chit
ina, $18.00; Katalla, $74.75; Episco
pal Guild Auxiliary, $130.00; Christ
mas fund for soldiers, $123.00; total
receipts $2204.30.
Expenditures: Remitted to head
■ quarters, $306.50; supplies, $325.42;
I salaries, $16.00; printing, $19.00;
I freight and express, $18.74; turkeys,
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$16.75; remitted Christmas fund for
soldiers, $123.00; lumber, $9.18; total
expenditures $934.59. Balance on hand
$1338.75.
Miss Bennett, chairman of the mili
tary relief committee, announced the
appointment of the following commit
tees; Cutting garments, Mrs. H. A.
Slater and Mrs. Fred Glassbrenner;
| knitting garments, Mrs. Scurry and
I Mrs. F. Anderson; surgical supplies,
I L. R. Bennett. Her detailed report is
I Bill of interesting facts and is here
with published in full:
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Since the organization of this chap-1
ter four (4) shipments have been re
, ceived. Contents totalling 1 bolt each
I grey-blue outing flannel, white outing
\ flannel, pink striped outing flannel,
1 unbleached muslin, patterns for mak
j ing of garments, wool. 158 skeins:
! knitting needles, 1 bundle. 30 pairs;
j stencil outfit for shipment of boxes.
Garments turned in: Surgical stock
ings, 7 pairs; bed jackets, 24; bed '
j socks, 4 pairs; bed gowns, 15; pajama '
suits, 5; bath robe, 1.
Knitted garments: Scarfs, 21;
socks, 2 pairs, helmet, 1; wristbands,
, -l
3 pairs, sweaters, 9.
All materials^peceived are accurate- J
ly recorded by the chairman and sub
chairman of this supply department
and each article given out it noted— 1
by whom taken, with date, and its
date of return is also recorded. In
this way every thing has been ac
counted for.
The Eastern Star auxiliary bought
26 skeins weighting 6 lbs. 8 oz. of
which 8 oz. returned to the depart
ment. | *
There are three auxiliaries already i
established in Cordova’s chapter, each t
giving one day a week. With proper
quarters for work we hope to have five
days given up each week to making
supplies so that the workers may gc
In at any time and do what work they
can with the time they can spare
morning or afternoon, appointing £
member in charge for one day eacl
week to supervise the work of tha
”y |
The efficiency and enthusiasm o
the women has been so much greate
than anticipated, that the necessar;
material^ were not realized. Henct
forth wjrll be prepared to keep sui
plies ahlfcad sufficient to meet the d<
mands.BThe quality of the finishe
work na£ been more than hoped fo
and jve Mel assured that the work ai
our boxes will be sent through to th<
front without examination for correc
tion at headquarters of the North
western division.
The board of managers reportet
that they had met once a week since
the last regular executive meeting
and all matters pertaining to the work
of the organization had been care
fully considered; that owing to the
Christmas membership campaign tin
work of the local chapter relative t<
securing funds was suspended so a:
that the big drive might not be inter
fered with, which resulted in increas
ing the membership of Cordova chap
ter in excess of 1200 members. Th<
business management of the chaptei
was placed in the hands of Dr. Chase
and he was authorized to employ of
fice help not to exceed $2 per day t<
assist in the work.
Dr. Chase, as acting business man
ager, reported that headquarters foi
the working members of the organiza
Lion have been opened at the Red
Dragon club house from 1 to 10 p. m
week days, where all materials art
stored in lockers. Mrs. Winkler is at
aeadquarters each afternoon from 2
o 3 o'clock for the purpose of check
ing out yarn, cloth, etc., and to re
ceive finished work. A bulletin board
'ill he provided whereby all the work
u's may he kept informed relative to
he manner in which the work shall
>e performed, and all communications
>f interest to members will be dis
mayed front time to time. The of
ice of the local chapter at the Em
tress building has been continued, as
here is no expense connected with
t. Boxes have been prepared and
tlaced in the different business hous
s for the collection of contributions,
t voting contest began this afternoon
or the disposal of several articles
fhich have been donated to the chap
er. An effort is being made to se
ure memberships in the outside dis
ricts and the necessary supplies have
een forwarded to Katalla, request
's that an auxiliary be organized
here.
Russia Fails to Attend
Brest Peace Conference
(By Associated Press) |
LONDON, Jan. 5.—When
the Teuton delegates arrived
at Brest Litovsk to resume
peace negotiations they found
that no Russians had reported.
Instead of Bolsheviki repres
entatives being present there
only awaited the Teutons tele
grams from the Russians ask
ing for the transfer of negotia
tions to Stockholm.
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LONDON, Jan. 5.—Turkey
lias sent Russia its peace terms,
providing for a free passage to
the Dardanells for the Russian
ships, the Russian evacuation
of Turkish territory and the
demobilization of the Black
sea fleet. According to a des
patch from Petrograd it is pro
vided that Turkey is to retain
an active army in consequence
of the continuation of the war
I against the entente.
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• LANCASTER, England, Jan. 5—The
first industrial village for disabled
1! soldiers and sailors is to be construct
l ed here on a large estate given by Sir
l Thomas Storey. It is to be laid out
f with workshops, houses for married
- men and hotels or fraternal homes
i
r tor others.
i- There will be a new church recrea
i- tion ground, garden, public park and
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■- the existing mansion will be used as a
i club bouse. There will also be ac
\ comodation for about 300 disabled men
in the village.
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(By Associated Press)
, TOKIO. Jan. ii.—The government
, railway hoard has decided to tunnel
, the Shimonoseki straits, the western
outlet of the Inland sea, says an an
nouncement. The tidal current
through the straits is unusually rapid
, making navigation difficult and at
. times impossible to all but the most
j powerful steamships. The length of
the tunnel will be six and a half miles.
It will be operated by electricity and
i will cost 14,000,000 ven.
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, COPENHAGEN, Jan. 5.—A second
requisition of church bells has taken
place in Austria to the sorrow of the
Catholic population of that country,
according to advices received here.
A limited number of bells had been
spared, thanks to the vigorous repres
entations of the Episcopal church au
thorities. But the government came
to the conclusion that further requisi
tioning was necessary, with the result
that the church has had to sacrifice
many more of its familiar and cher
ished bells to the never-satisfied Mo
lock of war.
The idea of substituting steel bells
for bronze has not yet eventuated,
owing to the conditions stipulated by
bell manufacturers, who demanded,
among other things, that the price
should be paid in foodstuffs for the
workmen in the factories.
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(By Associated Press?
♦ WASHINGTON. Jan. 5 — Presi ♦
♦ dent Wilson today sent to the ♦
♦ senate the nominations of F. R ♦
♦ Brenneman of Valdez as marshal ♦
♦ of the Third division in Alaska ♦
♦ and Emmet F. Jordan, of Nome. ♦
♦ for the Second division. ♦
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FACTORY MEN
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(By Associated Press)
LONDON, Jan. 5.—Girl workers in
the danger buildings at Woolwich ar
senal are not allowed to wear jewelry.
They have therefore, hit on the idea
of wearing colored shoe laces. X
The Cap Shop girls appeared" one
morning with bright emerald green
ribbons on their shoes much to the
envy of other departments. The next
morning the whole factory was in the
fashion, says Doctor A. K. Foxwell
the principal supervisor.
Shoes were tied with blue, pink,
red, white ribbons; with any thing but
the government boot lace of untanned
leather. The fashion spread to the of
fice and women clerks paraded the
platform during the dinner hour with
resplendent shoelaces.
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OPPOSITION
(By Associated Press)
PEKING, Jan. 5.—Erroneous death
announcements are extremely danger
ous in China. The Jih Pao, one of
the leading daily papers printed in
Chinese in Peking, was completely
wrecked because of an announcement
it printed of the death of General
Chiang Kuei-ti of Jehol.
General Chiang was not dead, and
thirty of his soldiers who happened
to be in Peking visited the newspaper
office and demolized it completely,
charging that the paper had endeavor
ed to ruin the political career of their
leader.
The soldiers smashed the premises,
pied all the type, broke the windows
and demolished the office furniture.