PRICE TEN CENTS
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Keb. 6—The wa
department has authorized the pu
lieatton of the following telegram froi
General Pershing;
“There has never been a simila
body of men to lead as clean lives i
^our American soldiers in France. The
have entered this war with the hig'
est devotion to duty and with no othf
idea than to perform these duties i
most efficient manner possible. The
fully realize their obligation to the
own people, their friends, and tli
country. A rigid program of instru
tion is carried out daily with trad
tional American enthusiasm. Engage
in healthy, interesting exercises in th
open air, with simple diets, officei
and men, like trained athletes, a;
ready for their task. Forbidden th
use of strong drink and protected b
stringent regulations against sexu;
evils, and supported by their own mo
al courage, their good behavior is tb
subject of most favorable comment
especially by our allies. America
mothers may rest assured that the
sons are a credit to them and to th
Nation, and they may well look fo
ward to the proud day when on tb
battlefields these splendid men wi
shed a new luster on American mai
hood.”
A.
“MG SOLDIERS' ROME"
FOB ONGLE SI’S BOYI
LOS ANGELES, Cal., Feb. 6.—Wj
membership of the national house (
camp community recreation servic
has become a recognized factor in th
lives of many commissioned and ei
listed men on duty in this part of th
state, according to their own expre
sions of appreciation.
A recent manifestation of this tyi
of work has been the popularity a
corded the “Dugout,” Mrs. Meredil
Woodward’s own name for her Holl
wood home, which she throws open i
the soldiers each Sunday. Mrs. Wooi
ward has organized a group of your
matrons and maids who assist h<
each week in entertaining all the me
in khaki or blue who come seekir
recreation. Music is provided by vc
nnteers; the simplest of refreshmen
are at hand for those who want then
and absence of formality and present
of cordial cheerfulness are the chii
elements that draw scores of men 1
her home weekly.
The plan has become so popular th;
the soldiers have rechristened th
"Dugout.” They call it the “Your
Soldiers’ Home.”
On a recent Sunday representative
of nine allies were in the variot
groups that spent a portion of th
day at the “Dugout.” Members of th
British, Italian, French, Belgian an
Japanese consulates called, a Polis
recruiting agent dropped in, commi
sioned officers of the Russian an
Serbian armies, and an Americanize
Chinese, also on furlough from activ
service, were among the callers, whil
scores of Americans, including type
from New England, the South and th
far West, were mingled with the allie
soldiers.
The community service has als
done much work here in equipping th
Y. M. C. A. quarters at near-by fort
and cantonments with amusement
and musical devices, books and othe
needed materials that could not hav
been supplied otherwise without muc
delay.
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CARD SYSTEM AS
USED IN SWEDEI
STOCKHOLM, Feb. 6.—Sweden i
rapidly coming to rival Germany a
a land of restrictive “cards” of variou
sorts. It has long had the breadcari
sugarcard, milkcard, and butterear<
Coffeecards will soon be issued. Woot
cards, entitling each person to on
cubic meter—somewhat less than
quarter cord—of wood, have also bee
issued. There has also been issued a
“oatmeal-and-rice card,” but there ha
been neither oatmeal nor rice in th
market for many weeks.
PRICES OF ALASKA FISH
CONTINUETO ADVANCE
(By Associated Press)
SEATTLE, Feb. 6.—Seattle fish
prices at noon yesterday were as fol
lows: Halibut, 31c; sable fish, 4c;
pickled sable fish, per bbl., $20;
pickled herring, per bbl., $20; pickled
r pink salmon, per bbl., $15; pickled red
> salmon, per bbl., $23.
! WOMAN WANTsTlCENSE
AS STATIONARY ENGINEER
r
n
y (By Associated Press)
r HELENA, Mont., Feb. 6—Mrs. Frank
® Wilson of Shawmut, wife of a station
’• ary engineer, has applied to the in
i' dustrial accident board of Montana for
d a state license as a stationary engin
e eer. She is said to be the first wo
81 man in the state to seek such auth
®( ority.
e Her husband has explained to the
y board that on Account of the inroad?
it -de by the war on the ranks of en
t-' gineers, it is impossible for him to
d get any substitute other than his wife
* during his enforced absences from his
n job as pump tender for a railroad.
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(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON. Feb. 6.—Food Ad
r ministrator Hoover today ordered the
if discontinuance of operations on the
e New York Coffee Exchange,
e This action was taken after a con
i- fereuce with members of the Coffee
e Exchange, during which they volun
3- teered to take the necessary steps tc
eliminate speculation.
i HEMi nit CHILDREN
: OF BRITISH Mill
8
ir
n (By Associated Press)
8 LONDON, Fef. 6.—In recognition oi
I- their courage in fighting off with
•8 their fists a cougar which attacked
1 them. King George has awarded the
e Albert medal to two children of Co
if wichan Lake, Vancouver Island. The
o children are Doreen Ashburnham,
eleven years old, and Anthony Farrer
it eight years old. According to the ac
e count of the incident recorded in the
S Official Gazette, it transpired as fol
lows:
s On the 2E5rd of September, 191(1, the
Sj two children left their homes at Co
wichan Lake for the purpose of catch
e ing their ponies and, when about halt
d a mile from home, thev were attacked
h by the cougar. They were almost upon
3- the animal before the saw it crouch
d ing in a path at a corner. The cougar
d first sprang upon the little girl and
0j she was knocked down with her fact
e to the ground, the animal being on her
8 back. The boy at once attacked the
0 cougar with his fists and riding bridle,
d driving the animal off the girl. It then
attacked him, and his companion get
o ting to her feet, came to his rescue
e fighting with her clenched hands and
8 bridle, even putting her arms into the
8 cougar's mouth, to try to prevent it
r from biting him. She succeeded in
0 getting it off the boy. It then stood
h on its hindquarters and fought with
her but evidently was disturbed by
some sound as it presently slunk away
and ran under a log, where it was
afterwards killed.
’ The cougar measured over seven
feet from nose to tip of tail.
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‘ WOMEN’S WAR WORK
i, " -
I. (By Associated Press)
DEMING, N. M., Feb. 6—The wo
e men of Deming have organized a re
1 lief society to assist in caring for the
8 soldiers at Camp Cody who are ilL
a These women send committees to the
8 base hospital daily to see that the pa
e tients have the little home comforts
sick men like.
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BAKER ON THE GRILL
BEFORE COMMITTEE
WASHINGTON. Feb. 6.—The hear
ing before the senate military affairs
committee of the charges of ineffici
ency in the war department today was
enlivened by the cross-examination of
Secretary of War Baker in connection
with the number of troops to be sent
abroad this year.
Mr. Baker said that more men al
ready had been transported to France,
including non-combantants, than had
been planned, saying it was improper
to disclose the number of American
troops abroad.
In his former statement, to the ef
fect that a million men could be sent
to France this year, he^sxplained, he
did not depend wholly on American
shipping in his calculations.
Mr. Baker said the American ton
nage losses were exceedingly light.
The service rendered by the navy
in the protection of the army trans
ports was unexampled, said the secre
tary.
Secretary Baker gave it as his opin
ion that new legislation would be de
sirable to give the President general
powers to transfer the co-ordinate
functions of the various department*
as conditions arike.
Taking up the subject of the army
cantonments, Mr. Baker said tha
weather conditions would determin
whether or not the troops would b
kept in Southern camps next summei
If the summer weather proved to b
as extreme as the winter weather ha
been, he said, some of the troop
would have to be moved.
The possibility of the actual put
chasing power of the war departmen
being placed In the hands of Edwii
Settinius, surveyor general, was ind
cated by Secretary Baker's remarks.
Senator Weeks, Republican, starte'
the cross-examination of Mr. Baker.
The principal point in the whob
controversy, the question as to wher
the army was to get ships to transpor
a million men to Prance this year, wa
left untouched, partly because he db
not have the detailed figures, and alsi
because the committee got into <
squabble over the matter of whethe
it would be proper to have Mr. Bake
disclose the figures to the public.
Secretary Baker Indicated that h
and President Wilson had been discus
sing the further reorganization of th
war department, which they hope
would satisfy their critics who wer
pressing the bills for a munitions d
rector and a war cabinet.
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RDMIHRL EVANS SAILED
FOR mil Till
(By Associated Press)
SEATTLE, Peb. 6.—The steamship
Admiral Evans sailed for Alaskan
ports at 10 o’clock this morning. Her
passengers for Cordova were as fol
lows :
Mrs. D. Johnson.^Jessie Iamge, Axej
Harper, Daniel Bebster, William Pat
tersotv and C. Sakomoto.
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UNIVERSITY ATHLETES
IN NATIONAL SERVICE
TUCSON, Ariz., Peb. 6.—Eighty-two
per cent of the baseball, football and
basketball men of the last three years
at the University of Arizona are in
national service, a compilation re
cently made by college authorities dis
closes. These men, sixty-two in num
ber. include nearly all of those
awarded the college insignia since
1914.
Of the thirty-five men on the base
ball teams for the last three years, '
twenty-seven are in the national serv
ice. Some of the individuals involved
appear on one or more teams in the
compilation. Pifty-one of the men are
in the army or navy.
I
C. Chester Carlson writes to loca
Friends from Burton, Wash., telling o
"how he came out as an aviator.” "
passed all their stunts fine,” he says
‘and had a very good chance of mak
ing the service until they took m
blood pressure, which was muc
above iorj*il, That disqualified in<
5*pointed, but I got In th
aviation section of the army, with
rating as a machinist’s mate, and leav
for San Diego tomorrow. I shall no
get a chance to fly as quickly in th
navy, but if this scrap stays on Ion:
enough will make lv yet.”
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GEN. LAWRENCE
HAS WIDE POWERS
(By Associated Press)
LONDON, Feb. £-—Major General Si
/V. Lawrence has taken over the con
trnl of the intelligence department a
general headquarters in France in su<
cession to Brigadier General Joh
Charteris. The office has chrrge, no
only of military Intelligence, but als
of all matters connected with wa
uorrespondents, censorship, photc
graphy, and visitors to the front.
Commissioner E. F. Medley has re
ceived an interesting letter from his
nephew, Private E. H. Garrity, sta
j tioned at Fort Wetherill, Jamestown,
| R. I. The young man. who was below
! the legal age for enlistment, says:
"I am glad to hear that you approve
of my being in the service of the
United States. I am young to be in
the army, but I really thought it was my
duty to get a-crack nr the kaiser be
fore the war was over. I can do it
now, and probably after the war I will
keep on cracking him by re-enlisting
if I get my mother's permission.”
Referring to a proposal of his uncle
to send him a wrist watch, he says hejf)
already possesses one, and asks for a
fountain pen, but in case that is not
to be had, ‘‘I would like very much to
have you contribute to the Red Cross.
They are the greatest organization
in the world just now. The work they
are doing for us is wonderful. They
supply us with gloves, wristlets,
sweaters, heavy socks, and give us
many articles. I cannot praise this '*
organization too much. I would be
just asiglad if you would contribute to
them instead of sending me the pen.”
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The Northland club will give a dance
at their club rooms on Saturday even- ]
ing.
MilTMIMlED
FOR MEN IN SEMI
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON,, Feb. 6.—The sol
tilers' and sailors' ciyil rights bil
which provides a moratorium tor me:
in the military establishment of th
United States, was unanimousl;
passed by the senate today in virtuall:
the form in which is passed the house
MEXICAN FLOATERS
TO BE WATCHEI
(By Associated Press)
EL PASO, Texas, Feb. 6.—When :
nan of Mexican descent appears a>
he county tax collector's office to pai
lis poll tax in order that he may vot<
it the next election, a governmen
ifficer asks him if he has a registra
:ion and exemption card. If he give:
i negative answer he fs taken befori
he department of justice investiga
ors and examined as to why he hat
lot registered. This is expected t<
liminate many floating Mixcar
oters who have had their poll taxes
laid for them by politicians in th<
last and who were known to be illeg
il voters but against whom no lega
iroceedings were ever instituted. Th<
ederal officers will also be at th<
lolling places at the next election foi
he same purpose.
TEUTONS STILL DICKERING
, ON PEACE WITH RUSSIA
| AMSTERDAM, Eeb. 6.—Von Kuehl
mann and Czernin left Berlin today for
Brest-Lltovak to resume peace negotia
^ lions with the Russians.
e Another Rumor
EETROGRAD, Eeb. 6.—A corres
b pendent of the Exchange Telegraph
j says thut the Brest-Litovsk peace ne
b gotiations have been broken off.
ONOt DESPISED MBIT
NOVI WIBIE IS FOOD
J -
EUREKA, C’alif., Eeb. C.—In the be
' lief that rabbit breeding will aid in
offsetting the mounting prices and in
creasing scarcity of meats, many rab
’I bit growers of Humboldt county will
hold a pet stock exposition in Eureka,
’ March 16-17.
1 Every kind of rabbit known to
[»
breeders will be shown and particular
emphasis laid upon the success with
which school boys have raised enough
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rabbits on garden refuse to supply
the family larder. It is believed that
rabbit breeding will serve a useful and
patriotic purpose in war times.
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r &
, III SETTLEMENT
r j ^
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Feb. ti.—Over hall'
f a million acres of land in western
1 Chaves county, New Mexico, includ
». ing a portion of Roswell county, has
e been designated for entry on March 11
j under the stock-raising and homestead
a laws,
t The announcement was made by
B Secretary of the Interior Lane today.
TIKMTISH
J TO EXCHANGE PUCK
_
(By Associated Press)
r
BERNE, Switzerland, Feb. 6.—Brit
(. ish and Turkish delegates, who have
been conferring here for some time in
1 regard to a proposed exchange of pris
t oners, have closed their negotiations
j after reaching what the British dele
r gates described as "a satisfactory ar
rangement.”
The negotiations provide not only
for the exchange of prisoners, but also
for a complete inspection of prison
camps. Turkey has about 10,000 Brit
ish prisoners, mostly Indians, while
, Great Britain has 50,000 Turks. It is
expected that the agreement will be
■ immediately ratified and within a few
weeks the first exchange will be made
on Swiss soil, 1,000 British Invalid
prisoners, being exchanged for 1,500
■ Turks. After this exchange there will
> be an examination of all prisoners un
1 der a low schedule of disability by a
? mixed commission of Turkish and Brit
ish doctors, this arrangement doing
' aw'ay with the delay incident to the
■ employment of neutral doctors.
-The negotiations with the Turks
proved far more satisfactory than the|
British delegates had expected. The
^ discussions were conducted in a con
ciliatory spirit on both sides. A num
ber of supplementary agreements were
1 reached regarding treatment of pris-j
oners hereafter.
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! TWO MEN SHOT
IN ST. LOUIS RIOTS
| (By Associated Press)
.1 ST. LOUIS, Feb. t>.—Two men were
11 shot today in riots growing out of the
, street car strike here.
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NEW DECORATION
LONDON, Feb. 6.—A distinctive
decoration in the form of a bronze star
* is to be awarded to all naval officers
! and men who took part in the opera
tions in France and Belgium during
the earlier part of the war in 1914.
MEET DEFEAT 1
1
(By Associated Press)
AMSTERDAM, Feb. 6.—Three Rus
sian army corps have twice attempted
to cross the Rumanian frontier, bat
were unsuccessful, according to a Ber.
lin despatch, which adds that three
thousand Russians, with two hundred
horses, crossed into the lines of the
central powers.
Finnish Revolutionists Victors
STOCKHOLM, Feb. 6—General
Mannerheim's revolutionary forces'
have defeated the Russian Red Guards
in a two-day fight at Alearberg. The
revolutionists captured the city, which
is the chief military depot of Northern
Finland.
Several hundred were killed in the
fight.
Confiscate Church Property.
PETROGRAD, Feb. 6—The Bolshe
viki has issued a decree separating
church and state and contiscating all
church property.
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TO FRENCH REPUBLIC
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 6.- A further
loan of one hundred and fifty-five mill
ion dollars was made to France today
by the United States treasury.
MANY ECONOMIES RESULT
FROM NATIONAL CONTROL
—
(By Associated PressJ
LONDON, Feb. 6.—British railways
which have been under state control
since the beginning of the war, have
been operated through an executive
committee of general managers of.
railways. The working under one con
trol has resulted in many economies
and proved of great advantage to the
state.
Under the original agreement madia
with the companies they are guaran
teed the same net receipts as for 191."
Afterward the companies were given
allowances in respect of new capital
employed. Irish railways did not coma
under state control till 1916.
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(By Associated Press)
LONDON, Feb. 6.—A great number
of persons were killed and injured in
a head-on collision between a train
loaded with troops of the Russian Red
Guard and a government train sent to
intercept them.
The holocaust occurred near Kerni.
in Northern Finland. The trains col
lided at full speed.
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“THRIFT LUNCHEON”
A TEXAS IDEA
(By Associated Press)
EL PASO, Texas, Feb. 6.—A “thrift
luncheon” at which only army hard
bread, one kind of meat, and one veg
etable and with the dessert missing
was served here recently for the com
mittees conducting the thrift stamp
campaign for the government in El
Paso and E! Paso county. Instead of
the usual elaborate luncheon the' ‘thrift
luncheon” was adopted for all of these
functions and the difference in price
used in buying war stamps. It was
also necessary for the committee to
present a thrift card with at least one
$5 stamp on it before they would be
admitted to the luncheon.