BOLSHEVIKI GOVERNMENT IS ROUTED
FORTHCOMING DRIVE OF GERMANS TO ANNIHILATE FORCES OF ALLIES
ATTEMPT ON LIFE OF SEATTLE MAYORALTY CANDIDATE
(By Associated Press)
SEATTLE. Feb. 19.—An unidenti
fied man hidden in the office of Ralph
Horr, candidate for mayor of Seattle at
today’s primaries, shot Horr in the
left breast when the candidate entered
his office last night after having made
a public address.
Horr said that his assailant, after
first asserting that “You won’t heed
our warning,’’ fired point blank at him.
The would-be assassin then fled with
a companion.
Hnd Received Warning
Horr says the shooting is the cul
mination of threats received by means
of anonymous letters and over the
telephone, promising death if the can
didate did not cease attacking anti
patriot and underworld characters.
Horr at once telephoned to police
headquarters.
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1«.—The army
draft convention between Great Brit
ain and America has been signed. It
permits the United States to draft
British subjects between the ages of
20 and 45 residing in America, and
Great Britain may draft Americans ill
the United Kingdom between 21 and
31 years of age.
A separate convention along tbe
same lines, is negotiated with the do
minion of (Canada, signed today,
tanks and a new and mysterious gas.
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IS VICTIM OF
(By Associated Press)
PlETROGRAli), Feb. 19.—General
Kaledines, hetman of the 3)on Cos
sacks, whose disappearance was noted
in these dispatches a tew days ago,
committed suieied at Nova Tchern
kask when the Novo Tehernka.sk gov
ernment decided to resign and trans-'
fer its power to the loeal workmen's
and soldiers’ council
General Nazaroff, who succeeded
Kaledinas, ordered the mobilization of
the Cossacks to fight the Bolsheviki,
whose forces are approaching Novo
Tchernkaak
SEflTTLEBURoTflfl MAKES
BIG HAUL OF VALUABLES
(By Associated Press)
SEATTLE, Feb. 19 —A thief broke
through the doors and entered the
residence of Samuel Sizor last night,
and stole bonds valued at $17,835, and
jewelry valued at $600.
HOG ISLAND SHIPYARD
IS BEING INVESTIGATED
"WASHINGTON, Feb. 19—Secret
service men have started an investi
gation into the enormous expenditures
in the building of the government ship
yard at Hog Island, near Philadelphia.
EICHT MEN INJURED
Hi IE S. cn
( By Associated Press)
Washington, iveb. 9. - a cart
ridge case on board the United States
cruiser Montana exploded during tar
get practice, and eight seamen were
injured. No details of tie accident
are 'given out
ADMINISTRATION’S CRITIC
VICTIM OFAPPENDICITIS
(By Associated Press')
WASHINGTON, T'eb. 19.'-Senatorj
Chamberlain of Oregon, whe has been
confined to his bed with a recurrence
of appendicitis, is reported to be im
proving.
Senator Chamberlain was operated
upon successfully today, and is mow
resting easily.
’FRISCO GITT rams
HAVE Tie FARMERS
(By Associated Press)
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 1!9.—1This
city has turned farmer, and its boss
overseer is Chief off Police D. A. White.
Tt is a ‘‘help carry on the war” move
ment. Vegetables and Belgian hares
will be the specialties on which the
city -will specialize. Large blots of
vacant land adjoining two of 'the police
Stations have been laid out and the
work already is fn progress.
Policemen, city officials and neigh
borhood citizens are the volunteer cul
tivators. The same plan was carried
on in a similar but smaller .scale last
year, and was found to be most profit
able. Among other things, the city
prison was kept supplied with pota
toes for five months. A big crop of
beans already is in sight.
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SMOKED SHARK AS
A WAR RATION
Smoked shark meat as a war ration
will soon make its appearance on the
market, according to information of
the department of commerce. For some
time past the department has endeav
ored, through demonstration work, to
create a substantial market for the
flesh of the ‘‘tiger of the seas.” Rep
resentatives of the bureau of fisher
ies went to Florida to demonstrate
methods of smoking the fish. A May
port. Fla., fisherman has taken up the
smoking of shark meat and is prepared
to fill orders. Other firms along the
Atlantic coast are also preparing to
put shark meat on sale.
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The Ladies’ Aid Society of the Pres
byterian church will meet at the home
of Mrs M. S. Wilson on Wednesday
afternoon at 2:30 o’clock. Mrs. J. 0.
Smith, secretary.
RUSSIAN CITIES
UNOPPOSED
(By Associated Press)
BERLIN, Eeb. 19—The Germans
have entered the city of Dvinsk, ac
cording to an official announcement
issued today, which states that the
Russians unsuccessfully attempted to
blow up the bridge erasing the Dvina.
Lutsk Also Occupied
VIENNA, Keb. 19.—'The German
forees under General Von Llnslgner
have occupied the Russian town of
Lutsk without resistance, according to
an official announcement.
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1 Miss Brandt came down from Chi
tina on this afternoon’s train to spend
a couple oJ days with Cordova frien Is.
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Home looked dinner at Hegg’s hall
on Friday for four bits.
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JITNEY DANCE FRIDAY
CONTROL OF ILL
ROADS IS URGED
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(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19—Senator
Johnson of California spoke today in 1
opposition to the senate draft meas
ure and the administration’s railroad
bill. He advocated permanent gov
ernment ownership of railroads in
stead of government control during
the period of the war.
Senator Johnson approved Presi
dent Wilson’s recent utterances against
secret diplomacy.
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C. N. Pring arrived in Cordova this
afternoon and will remain here several
days. Those desiring pianos tuned
and repaired phone him at the Wind
sor hotel or notify A. H. Pinkus. 19-tf
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Jitney dance at Eagle hall on Friday;
evening. ^
LENINE AND TROTZKY FUGITIVES
LONDON, Feb- 19.—The Vass (Finland) correspondent of
the Copenhagen Politiken says that the social revolutionists un
der Tchernoff have overthrown the Bolsheviki government at
Petrograd, and that Premier Lenine and Foreign Secretary
Trotzky have escaped to the German lines at Riga.
Tchneroff was secretary of agriculture in the Kerensky
government and was chairman of the short-lived constituent as
sembly which was dispersed by the Bolsheviki.
COU OUTLOOK
ALASKA
Of what value is a deed or patent to
■320 or 80 acres of land in the fertile
agricultural district of the Matanuska
valley, Alaska, is the question at pres
ent among the homesteaders, says C.
Stern of Wasilla. Alaska, in the An
chorage Times. And it is a question
\Of as great importance to the terri-j
tory of Alaska as to the homesteader.
First, one might ask, does it pay to j
farm at the present high cost of pro
duction and distribution? Not in my!
case. After three years of hard labor
and heavy expense in getting some
land under cultivation 1 could realize
little or nothing in return for the prod
ucts.
Five tons of potatoes, which were
gold through the Matanuska Farmers’
Co-operative Produce Association,
less 10 per cent shrinkage and 10 per
cent for handling, and $37 for sorting,
brought me $175.43. This is the re-j
turn on what constituted ten tons In [
the field before being sorted for mar-:,
ket.
Turnips to the amount of 7,300
pounds were sent to the Emerson Com
mission Company of Seattle through
the association. Freight from Wasilla 1
to Matanuska was $14.89; sacks at 15
cents each were xm.95; hauling to sta
tion was $7.50. The total expense was
$33.34, not counting seed or labor in i
planting, cultivatin, harvesting and 1
loading. The net return was $14.40. 1
The total loss in cash was $18.94. <
It might be asked if it ever will pay s
a hardy Alaska pioneer, full of energy t
and ambition, to farm in Alaska; 1
Yes; providing immediate steps 9re i
taken by the government to establish
a market for the products at prices to
meet the present high cost of produc
tion and existence.
The farmers have tried in vain, both
individually and collectively,to get a
square deal from dealers.
Therefore the only remedy lies with
the federal government or depends on
territorial government co-operation.
The farmers must be guaranteed a
sure market for Alaska products. This
can be done by establishing govern
ment or territorial warehouses under
government supervision along the gov
ernment railroad and by passing a law
making it a felony to import such prod
ucts as Alaska can produce.
With such guaranty the farmers of
the Matanuska and Tanana valleys
would stand ready to meet any emer
gency or obstacle to supply the terri
tory of Alaska with all it needs in the
tine of farm products.
It would stimulate the progress of
the farmers so greatly that we would
have such an influx of landseekers
that the territorial treasury would
hnd more gold in it than from any
stampede in the past. On the other
land, by handling these most impor
ant situations individually or through
weak co-operation, the farming cora
nunity is facing absolute failure.
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SALARIES SUBJECT
TO INCOME TAX
A letter recently issued by Commis
ioner Daniel C. Roper to internal
evenue collectors over the country
ary definitely settles a mooted ques
ion. The salaries of United States
enators and representatives are held
o be subject to both the 1916 and the
917 income tax and to the excess-pro
its provisions of the 1917 law as well.
(By Associated Preas)
BRITISH HEADQUARTERS IN
•'RANGE, Feb. 19—The long-looked-for
jreat German offensive may be expect
'd at any moment. The main thrust
s to be made on the British front, on
the sector between Arras and St.
Quentin. The Germans are to employ
anks and a new and mysterious gar.
Zither attacks are to be delivered fur
her on the south.
Told by Prisoners
This information was gleaned from
German prisoners and other sources.
The Germans are said to be planning
a series of surprise attacks.
^ The soldiers were told by the Ger
man prisoners that few allied troops
would survive the bombardments of
the tanks and the gas bombs, and that
the Germans would walk through the
gaps in' the ranks of the allies.
■LIME IKITIES
CREDITED TB IBS I RUNS
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 19—A let
ter received in this city from a nurse
in Paris says that the Austrians in
oculate captured Serbians with tuber
culosis germs before releasing them.
FDDT1CN LEGION VETEB1N
ONLY EIGHTEEN YEARS BIB
(By W. S. Forrest, United Press Staff
Correspondent.)
WITH THE FRENCH ARMIES IN
THE FIELD, Jan 15. (By Mail.)—Of
more than 200 Americans who have
volunteered in the French Foreign Le
gion during the war less than a dozen
remain and now seek to be transferred
into the American army.
One of these American legionnaires
is possibly the youngest fighting veter
an in the French army and certainly
the youngest American ever to oppose
the Germans. He is Jack Moyet, just
eighteen, of Mobile, Ala. And he
doesn’t look his age.
Two years ago, in November, Moyet
ran away from a boy’s school he was
attending in England and smuggled
himself aboard a troop ship sailing for
the Dardanelles. He was discovered
just after the ship passed Gibraltar
and was put ashore at Marseilles. Here
after much difficulty he convinced the
recruiting officer of the Foreign Le
gion that he was older than he looked
and he became a soldier.
Young Moyet's first battle was in
the Somme on July 4, 1916, when his
division stormed Belloy on Santerre1
and on which day Alan Seeger, the]
American “Post of the Legion” was I
killed. |
“Small but as brave as a lion” was
the reputation Moyet gained among his
comrades in his first battle. Advanc
ing in the line of the grenade throw
ers, the most dangerous position in a
modern infantry regiment, the Ameri
can youth and his sergeant, a German
Sw’iss legionnaire, found themselves
alone before they reached the enemy
trench. All their comrades had fallen.
Throwing grenades as fast as they!
could work their arms they reached
the enemy position to find that the
Germans had refuged in a deep dug
out. Before the second wave of the
Legions attacking force swept by they
had thrown grenades into the mouth
of the dugout and then, finding a
spade in the trench, they calmly closed
the entrance. At least forty Germans
perished in a tomb of their own con
struction.
Outstanding events during young
Moyet's seventeenth year and his
second year as a fighter were partici
pation in the capture of Augerive in
Champagne during April, 1917, and
later the great battle around Verdun,
from the 20th to the 31st of August.
His ambition is to begin his second .
ap in the great war with the Ameri
:an army.
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(By Associated Press)
LONDON, Feb, 19.-—Russia may be
forced to sign Germany's peace con
ditions, An official Russian statement,
signed by Lenine and Trotzky, while
protesting against the resumption of
the war by Germany, promises to give
a detailed reply re the German aeaoe ‘
proposals within a month.
Russia has asked Austria; if' thatc
country is also a party to the new
MINING OUTLOOK il *'•
IMS IS EUNIGIIf
Among the visitors in Fairbanks re
cently was Deputy Marshal Frank Mil
ler. Questioned as to the probable
outlook as regards the Tolovana coun
try for the coming season, he stated
that to all appearances the camp will
have a successful season. Conditions
are beginning to pick up and at pres
ent there are nine outfits in that camp
which are employing men. Besides
these there are many who are doing
prospecting work.
On Lucky gulch the plant of the Bar
thel boys has been moved into place
for operation; likewise that of Sam
Lowery, who is located on the same
creek. Pay has been struck on Amy
creek, but the locators will make a
further search to find the extent of
the paystreak.
On what is known as the Love lease,
on Livengood creek, the paystreak has
been proved, and the ground is making
a fine showing. Peterson & Co., who
are operating on this ground, will have
three plants in operation when the sea
son opens.
Lynn & Co., also on Livengood, have
picked up the pay. which looks very
good, and they are following up the
streak to see the extent of it.
Frank Fontas & Co. and Craig & Co.
will employ large crews the coming
season. Taking it all around, the Tolo
vana will make for a successful year.
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AMERICAN DEAD
GIVEN HONORS
The American consul at Venice has
telegraphed the department of state
that Richard Cutts Fairfield and Will
iam D. Platt, who were killed in line
of duty as Red Cross workers in the
enemy’s air raid on Mestre, were given
by that city a magnificent military
funeral as the first American martyrs
on the Italian front.
Many official condolences from high
tuthorities were received.