PH ICE TEN CENTS
VLADIVOSTOK TO BE OCCUPIED BY MIKADO’S ARMY
JAPAN’S ACTION IN ASIA
IN HARMONY WITH BRITAIN
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(By Associated Press)
LONDON, March 5.—The Daily
News says that the question of Japa
nese intervention in Siberia has been
settled. The allies, including Amer
ica, have agreed to immediate action
to safeguard the interests of the
powers.
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Satisfactory to United States
WASHINGTON, March 5—America
is in agreement with the allies regard
ing the action of Japan in Siberia.
^ Lewis Prepares Senate
WASHINGTON, March 5.—Discuss
ing the significance of the Japanese
actions in Siberia in the senate today,
Senator James Hamilton Lewis of Illi
nois asserted that there was no agree
ment or understanding between the
United States and Japan on the sub
ject, and said that whatever Japan is
doing in the war is in pursuit of her
compact with Great Britain.
Senator Lewis said that America
had given the Japanese no privileges
in the Philippines or in Mexico no
enjoyed by other nations.
Japan Is “Watchfully Waiting”
LONDON, March 5.—A Reuter'f
Tokyo dispatch says that the Japanese
government is keeping well informed
on Siberian developments, and if
adopting a policy of “watchful wait
ing.”
The Japanese are avoiding arousing
the antagonism of loyal Russians, who
notwithstanding their dire need of as
sistance, appear to be extremely sen
xitive as to outside interference.
A Serious Situation
TOKYO, March 5.—The Russiar
situation is absorbing the attention ol
press and public. Frequent cabinef
meetings are held, at which, doubtless
the entire question is considered mosl
carefully, with a full realization 01
the serious nature of the responsibili
ties involved.
(By Associated Press)
EL PASO, Texas. March 5.—Villa
and his followers have dynamited the
power plant of the National Mines &
Smelters Company, an American con
cern at Magistral. They killed two
men and burned two ore trucks, ac
cording to a message from Parral re
ceived here. All the Americans made
their escape.
The destroyed plant cost a million
and a half dollars.
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SWIMMING CONTESTS
(By Associated Press)
SAN DIEGO, Cal., March 4.—Appli
cation has been made to the Amateur
Athletic Union for the privilege of
holding the 100 yard and 440 yard
United States open water swimming
championships here on July 5 and 6,
respectively. Miss Fanny Durack of
Australia, the world’s premier women
swimmer, is expected here at that time
during her American tour. There are
a number of prominent girl swimmers
in Southern California who are train
ing to meet the Australian
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LADIES’ ALTAR SOCIETY
The Ladies Altar Society will give
a St. Patrick’s Day dance at Eagle
hall on Saturday evening, March 16,
for the benefit of the Bed Cross. Mrs.
J. D. Mac Cormac and Mrs. J. V. Ly
dick are the committee in charge of
the affair.
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FACILITIES OF
GERMAN LLOYD
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, March 5.—Presi
dent Wilson intends to commandeer
the Hamburg-American and North Ger
man Lloyd steamship companies’
wharves and docks at Hoboken, N. J.
The President has arranged with
Senator Martin, the Democratic leader,
for the introduction of an amendment
to the urgent deficiency appropriation
bill giving him the desired authority.
MEN OF NEW DRAFT
WILL SOON BE BAILEE
(By Associated Press)
; WASHINGTON, March 5—An
j nouncement of the date of the nex
I draft is believed to be imminent. I
| is the opinion that the first of tin
i new men will begin to move to th(
camps in April.
PUBLICATION mm
SENT B¥ SEfiGT. ELLIOTT
The Daily Times is in receipt ol
i several copies of “The Spiker,” pub
[ lished by the Eighteenth Engineer;
Railway, U. S. army, Somewhere ir
France, from our former townsman
Sargeant A. C. Elliott of that organiza
i tion. It is a most creditable publlca
I tion and the price is stated at one
I franc.
Numerous articles show originalitj
of the contributors, and the humoi
shown on local subjects is really fine.
Sports are also included in’its col
umns. A salutatory dedicated to the
French people is really touching and
reads as follows:
La Belle France
“To know thee is to love thee—
The home of liberty, fraternity and
equality. Throughout the centuries
thy soil has been sanctified by the
flesh and blood and shattered bone
of countless heroes who died in free
dom’s cause. The whole civilized world
sends you Christmas greeting and
echoes to the tread of millions who
would die rather than see your efforts
fail.
“Thy spirit is undaunted and un
broken. We salute your soldiers. We
stand uncovered in the presence of
the mothers who gave them life. No
nation can be greater than the mothers
thereof. And so we bring them greet
ings from our dear ones.
“Future generations will re-echo and
pass on to an endless posterity the
sacred words. Vive La France, de
fender supreme of the rights of men.”
PULLMAN CATCHER
JOINS FLYING CORPS
PULLMAN, Wash., March 4.—Fred
Schroeder, for three years catcher of
the Washington State College baseball
team, has been ordered to report at
the Berkeley aviation school having
already passed his preliminary exam
ination for entrance Into the aviation
corps of the United States army.
Schroeder played in the Northwest
league last year, alternating with Mar
shall behind the bat for the Spokane
Indians. His home is in San Diego.
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Married—March 4, at the rectory,
John Rice and Anastasia Kalasnikoff.
Rev. E. P. Ziegler officiating.
TO INCREASE POWERS
OE ALASKA LEGISLATURE
(By Associated Press)
; WASHINGTON, March 5—Hearings
! were begun today before the house
j committee on territories on Delegate
Sulzer’s bill granting Alaska a “full
I territorial form of government.” John
Troy of Juneau argued in favor of the
bill, urging legislation that would give
the Alaska legislature full power to
pass its own laws and make them ef
fective without congressional sanction.j
The hearings were continued.
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(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON. March 5.—Officers
and soldiers in the American army of
enemy nationality, even those whose
loyalty is unquestioned, will not be
permitted to serve on the battle
! fronts, but will be detailed to in
j suhir points when their regiments are
ordered to France.
Aliens sent to insular posts will re
lease men of the regiments there for
; service overseas.
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ILKKIdLLMUHIAUIt
ATTENDS ACCIDENT
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(By Associated Press)
SHANGHAI, March 5.—Seven hun
dred and fifty bodies have been found
in the ruins of the grandstand of the
Hongkong Jockey Club track, which
was burned last week during the prog
ress of the races. Most of the dead
were Chinese.
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FISH PRICES
Ketchikan Prices
KETCHIKAN, March 5,—The fol
lowing fish prices were quoted today:
j Halibut, 13 l-4c; sable, 4c; red rock,
! 2c.
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(By Associated Press)
| PEKING, March 5.—The governor
of the Province of Sin Kiang, in west
! ern China, who reported that the
Germans and Turks were arousing
the Mohammedans, states that the
! Russians are massing on the frontier,
I evidently intending to invade the
province.
The governor states that the people
are panic-stricken, and asks for rifles
| and ammunition.
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EXERCISE FRANCHISE
(By Associated Press)
|3E\\ YOHK, March 5.-—The women
of?four New York congressional dis
tricts voted,for the first time today.
1 Polled a proportionately higher
vote than the men.
Election officials said the women
aslted few “fool questions."
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, March 5.—Presi
dent Wilson last night enjoyed a play
depicting the conversion of a disloyal
German-American into a loyal citizen.
• When the leading actor had ex
hausted his stock of curtain speeches
and the audience demanded more, he
suggested that the President might
talk
president Wilson arose and thanked
the actors for their admirable per
lorinance, and said he had enjoyed
the theme of the play. He was heart
ily* applauded.
Tt was the first time in the memory
of Washingtonians that any President
had tone such a thing.
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ftlUT IS Stiff*
I siiccm to m cm
(By Associated Press)
SEATTLE* March 5.- The city elec
tion for the choice of a mayor to sue
ceed Hi Gill is progressing today
There are but two candidates, Ob
Hanson and James Bradford, Gill hav
ing been eliminated from the contest
at the recent primaries. *
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Do not forget that this is school
visiting week. See what your bovt
and girls are doing in school.
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BT FIRE DUE TO
(Special to the Times)
TRENTON, N. J., March 5.—The
national council of defense today an
nounced that the tire losses through
out the United States during the year
1917 totaled $230,000,000. The enor
mous total, which was the greatest ol
any year in the history of the nation
with the single exception of 1907, the
year of the great San Francisco earth
quake and fire, was due to the greut
number of conflagrations of incendiary
origin.
UNCLE SAM’S SOLDIERS
AGAIN REPULSE ATTACKS
(By Associated Press)
PARIS, March 5.—A German attack
last night on trenches held by Ameri
can troops in Lorraine was repulsed,
.says a French ofticial statement.
It is announced that an American
patrol operating in the same region
took a number of German prisoners.
French Penetrate German Line*
PARIS. March 5.—An official state
ment says that the French troops car
tied out a surprise attack on the
Calonne trenches yesterday, and pene
trated to the fourth German line, six
hundred meters deep on a twelve-hun
dred-meter front. They captured one
hundred and fifty prisoners.
GERMANS STILL ADVANCE
DESPITE PEACE TREATY
(By Associated Press)
LONDON, March 5.—A Petrograd
dispatch says that the German forces
have captured Narva, a hundred miles
acvthwest of Petrograd, and that the
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Teutons are continuing their advance
on Petrograd.
Will Rejoice While They May
AMSTERDAM, March 5 —The Ger
man press greets the advent of peace
with Russia as a master stroke. Flags
are flying everywhere, and the
schools will have a holiday tomorrow
in honor of the event.
A Berlin dispatch says that the con
clusion of negotiations with Serbia
and Montenegro is now a matter of
only a few weeks.
Embassies in Flight
STOCKHOLM. March 5—The Brit
ish, French and Italian embassies,
who fled from Petrograd, have reached
Helsingfors, and are trying to reach
Tornea, on the Swedish-Finnish bor
der.
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i At a regular tiieetihg of the city
I council held last ilight the proposed
j extension of the incorporate limits
! was discussed at length, the survey
having been made and a map submit
1 ted. It was decided to have the peti
tion ready for presentation to Judge
Brown upon his arrival here from the
states and immediately upon its ap
i proval by the court the matter of ex
tending the corporate limits will be
submitted to a vote of the people.
The new sewerage system was
again before the local legislators, bu
nothing definite was done.
Reports from the chief of polic
and chief of the fire department wen
read and they showed that everythin;
is working nicely in their depart
ments.
The expenditures of the city foi
[ February were $1,025.95 and thi
clerk’s report shows that there is i
balance on hand of $12,013.93.
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SMOKELESS DAY
C’onrad Estes, of the Blum, O’Neil
j Co., has called a smokelss day foi
next Monday, when a lafge number ol
our men will “swear off” indulgence
of the weed and donate the amount it
would cost for tobacco to the local
Red Crossi
conom sot m
IPPRECUTFD PRESENT
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The following letter has been re
! ceived by Charles Rosswog from
! “Somewhere in France.” The letter is
not dated, but it is postmarked “U S
Army Postal Service, Feb. 3”:
“Somewhere in France
"Dear Friend: Just a line to lei
you know I am alive and well, hoping
to find you the same.
“Yes. 1 received the Christmas box
o. k. and say! it was a dandy. If you
don't think 1 am a good judge of fruit
cake you should have been here Tt
was the best cake 1 tasted over here
and the rest of the boys who sampled
! it sakf the same thing. 1 hud a letter
from Dan McKenzie a few days ago
and was glad to hear from him. 1
I think he must be very busy or he
would write oftener. 1 suppose you
j have lots of snow around Cordova now.
We haven’t got any here now—least
snow I ever saw in a winter so far and
not likely to be any more. Does not
seem right; it is more like spring than
winter.
“How cold did it get up there this
winter?
“Say hello to all the boys around
•here for me.
“Well, news is scarce, so I will close.
Hoping to hear from you soon. Thank
| ing you and all the boys for their kind
ness for the Christmas box, 1 remain.
“JAMES BENNETT,
“Co. C. 18th Engrs. Ry.
“U. S. A„ P. O. 705
“A. E. F. France via New York."
DEATH CLAIMS !
ILL KNOWN
i Ifrs. Wells received a cablegram an
nouncing the death of her eldest son,
Arthur Steel, at Seattle yesterday af.t#
ernoon at 4 o’clock. Deceased watt 3C \
years of age and was recertify mar
ried. A letter received tromi him, on,
! the last boat, and dated Tacoma
j February 20, stated that he was on his
. wedding trip and enjoying the best of
health.
Arthur Steel was born at Pomeroy,
s Wash., and was a resident of Cordova
; during the construction days of the
Copper River & Northwestern rail
I way in 1908. After leaving here be
i, was employed with the Seattle Rrew
. ing & Malting Cynipany for seven or
: eight years and when Washington
j went dry he entered a shipyard, where
he was employed up to the time of his
death, which resulted from pneumonia.
Mrs. Wells will leave on the steam
er Victoria for Seattle to attend the
funeral, who with a wife and two
brothers, George and Aaron Steel,
survive and to them the sympathy of
; the com inanity is extended.
nUTMlFHCER ’s
Fill TO THEIR DEATH
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LAWTON, Okla., March 5.—Flight
! Lieutenants Paul and Whitney, from
j the aerial school at Fort Sill, wer®
killed yesterday when their gas tanfc
I caught fire and exploded. They
! dropped a great distance.
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BIG FISHING CONCERNS
MERGE AND EXPAND
SAN FRANCISCO, March 5—The
Alaska Salmon Company has merged
with the Northern Fisheries Company,
and the new company is preparing to
handle cod as well as salmon.
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II airs HEART
USED BE SPIES
(By Associated Press)
NEW YORK, March 5—Wireless
apparatus sufficiently powerful to
communicate with Germany, which
was in possession of Richard Pfuad,
former manager of the German Tele
j funken plants at Sayville, N. Y.. and
■ Tuckerton, N. J., have been seized by
\ the federal authorities.
The plant was located at 111 Brand -
[ way.