A WEEK OF CONDENSED WIRE NEWS
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MONDAY
London.—Six raiding German air
planes raided England late Saturday
night, one of the machines reaching
this city. Only one bomb was drop
ped, however, the raider being driv
en off before any further damage
could be done. The bomb caused the
death of four persons. The other
machines attacked the Kent coast,
where they were engaged by the
coast defense, and forced to make
an early retirement. One of the
raiders fell into the sea.
Washington.—Thousands of un
naturalized Germans throughout the
country have laid themselves liable
to internment by failing to register
their names with the police and post
masters in their respective districts
during the registration period, which
closed last Wednesday. It is con
sidered likely that congress will also
include German women in the re
quirement.
Washington.—The state depart
ment has been informed of the ap
pointment of Viscount Ishii as Jap
anese ambassador to the United
States, succeeding Sato. The new
ambassador is expected here soon.
Washington—The war department
has been advised that the Americans
in France are widening their sphere
, of activity as the time for more ac
• tive operations on the part of the
Germans approaches. They now not
only hold the sector east of St.
Mihiel, but are assisting the French
in the Champagne district, where a
number of American guns have been
stationed. The Germans have tried
many ruses in an effort to outwit
the newcomers, but to no avail.
They have tapped and destroyed
American telegraph and telephone
wires, have sent up false signals and
charged the wire entanglements with
K- electricity, but at every turn they
have been outmaneuvered by the
Yankees.
London.—Lord Northcliffe has
been named to direct the distribu
tion of Allied proproganda in enemy
countries. He was selected because
of his intimate knowledge of the
Teuton countries and the best re
sults to be obtained from the dis
tribution of war speeches and state
ments made by Allied statesmen.
Petrograd.—Many members of St.
Georges Cross cavaliers have been
placed under arrest by the Bolsheviki
authorities, as the result of the dis
covery of a plot to kidnap Lenine.
Berne.—Dispatches received from
Berlin state that German troops are
to be sent to Ukraine, the excuse
being that the presence of the sol
diers there is needed to establish
order in the new republic.
New York.—Confident that Presi
dent Wilson will give them a square
deal, members of the brotherhood of
carpenters and joiners, whose walk
out halted construction on govern
ment ships, will return to work to
morow, according to a statement is
sued by John Rice, national organ
izer. Officials of the union have
sent telegrams to all the strikers
along the Atlantic coast, ordering
their immediate return to work and
many of the men showed up on their
jobs this morning. The settlement
was brought about by the president,
who sent a telegram to the strike
leaders last night, declaring that the
strike was a direct aid to the Ger
mans. The adjustment of wages will
be made later by the adjustment
board of the shipping board.
With the American Army.—That
several spies have attached them
selves to the American troops is
indicated by the discovery of several
places where the American telegraph
wires have been tapped by the Ger
mans. Beyond the fact, however,
that the wires have been tapped,
nothing has been diclosed regarding
the matter, especially regarding the
manner in which the wires of the
enemy were attached. There is
much talk among the Americans of
spy hunting.
k. Atlantic Port.—Dr. Arthur Davis,
personal dentist to the kaiser during
the past fifteen years, who has just
returned to this country, says the
kaiser is convinced that the number
of American troops in France is not
a sixth of the force officially re
I' ported. He told Davis that there
could not possibly be more than
thirty thousand Yankees in France
now. He also asserted that the Ger
i man submarines had been very suc
1 cessful in their operations against
* American transports lately, a number
of the troop vessels having been
sunk. Regarding food conditions
in Germany, the returned dentist
said that conditions are bad now and
growing worse steadily. He says
that Germany did not enter the war
primarily for the purpose of making
conquest, but to subdue Socialism,
which had gained such strength in
the empire that Prussian military
power was threatened.
American Army In France.—An
American field hospital was made a
target for German bombs, dropped
by enemy aviators which raided the
sector last night. Several unusually
heavy projectiles were dropped but
no one was injured by the explosions.
London.—General Haig reports
the capture of a number of Germans
by British patrols during the night,
northeast of Haricourt. Except for
some hostile artillery action during
the night near Passendale, nothing
of interest developed along the Wes
tern front.
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Petrograd. — Announcement is
made today of the capture of Kiev
by Bolsheviki troops, following a
bloody battle in which many lives
were lost. The streets are filled
with the dead and wounded, many of
them having been killed by bombs
dropped by Bolsheviki airplanes,
which assisted the troops in the attack
on the city. Kiev is one of the prin
cipal cities of Ukraine.
Amsterdam. — Advices received
from Riga state that the Bolsheviki
are threatening the wholesale butch
ery of Germans and pro-Germans in
that region. Many of the Germans
are being held as hostages by the
Bolsheviki.
Stockholm.—Advices received in
j this city today state that the Ger
j mans have resumed war measures
against the Russians, the first ob
jectives being Livonia and Esponia,
after which they will move on Pet
rograd. The resumption of hostili
ties, however, has created little ex-1
citement at the Slav capital, the
Russians being wholly engrossed at
the present time in seeking food. ;
Chaos prevails in the city, thousands
are said to have contracted typhus
and rioting and looting are of daily
occurrence. Scarcity of food is re
sponsible for most of the sickness,
of which there is a great deal.
Stockholm.—The Red Guards of
Southern Finland are charged with
atrocities of a shocking nature by
refugees just arrived here. The sav
ages took possession of a large es
tate near Noerberg, compelled the
eleven persons on the place to strip
and then chased them around the
walled garden, firing as they ran.
The shooting continued until all the
unfortunates had been slaughtered.
Over six hundred refugees have ar
rived here during the past three
days.
TUESDAY
Petrograd.—It is officially report
ed in this city today that General
Kalendines committed suicide several
days ago at Novo Tcherkask.
Washington.—The army draft
convention between England and
America and between Canada and
America was signed this morning
and becomes effective immediately.
The agreement permits the drafting
of Englismmen and Canadians in the
United States, between the ages of
20 and 45. and Americans in Canada
and England, between the ages of |
21 and 31, may be drafted by those
countries.
Chicago.—In a statement made to
day before the packing house wage
arbitration board, J. Ogden Armour,
expressed th» belief that the sum of
$2.75 per day is sufficient for the
average American family to live on.
He declared his willingness for the
arbitrators to fix the wage question
and said that he would gladly allow j
a wage sufficient to permit workers
to lay by a little money for sick
ness.
San Francisco—The compensation
act of Alaska has been upheld by
the circuit court of appeals in a de
cision affirming the award of $1440,
under the act, to J. W. Johnson, a
miner, for the loss of a foot at the
Kennicott mine.
Washington—Frank Morrison, sec
retary of the American Federation
of labor, has informed the house
public buildings committee that the
laboring men of the country are
planning to demand of the govern
ment when the war is over, that fi
nancial aid be extended to them on
the same basis that loans are now
made to farmers. Referring to the
fifty million dollar munitions work
ers’ housing bill, Morrison said that
the government should expect to
lose millions to house labor properly.
“But that,” he said, “is better
than losing the war.” Living condi
tions at some places, he said, are
now abominable.
With the American Army.—An
American patrol party crossed the
German first line trenches last night
and were making their way slowly
through the entanglments toward
the second line trenches, when they
discovered that their retreat had
been cut off by a current of elec
tricity along the first line. Instead
of attempting immediately to return
to their own lines, which -would have
meant certain death by electrocu
tion or machine gun fire, they clung
close to the ground until the current
had been turned off, after which
they returned in safety.
London.—It is reported in this city
that Austria objects seriously to the
manner in which Germany termin
ated the armistice between the Cen
tral powers and Russia, and resumed
hostilities against the Slav people.
The Austrian press is warning Ger
many against reopening hostilities in
which the dual monarchy does not
wish to take part.
Washington.—Officials of the de
partment of justice have made it
known that secret service agents are
now engaged in an investigation of
the enormous expenditures made in
connection with the construction of
buildings at the government shipyard
at Hog Island. The original esti
mates placed the cost at slightly
more than twenty millions, but it
now develops that twice that amount
will be needed to pay the bills.
Paris.—Charles Hu mbert, a sena
tor from the Muese district and pro
prietor of the Journal, has been
placed under arrest as the result of
damaging testimony which developed
during the trial of Bola Pasha.
Washington—Senator Chamberlain
underwent an operation for appen
dicitis this morning and is resting
easily now.
San Francisco.—Fishermen have
fixed their prices for salmcn for the
coming season, having served notice
today that they will demand $150
for the run and the following prices
for the various classes of fish: twen
ty-five cents for each king salmon
weighing fifteen pounds or more;
four cents for each red or cohoe;
four cents for each chum or dog
salmon; two cents for each pink sal
mon.
Seattle.— Samuel Sizer, of this
city, is poorer today by nearly $20,
000 as the result of the activities of
a thief at his residence during the
night. Bonds valued at $17,835 and
jewelry valued at $600 was stolen.
Washington.—The navy depart
ment is authoritiy for the statement
that a cartridge exploded yesterday
on board the cruiser Montana dur
ing target practice. Eight were in
jured, but none fatally. Consider
able damage resulted.
Seattle.—J. A. Manton, assistant
purchasing agent of the Alaska
Steamship company, has resigned his
position and left for Washington to
accept a position in the office of
the purchasing agent of the United
States Shippipng board.
London.—In his daily report to
the war office, General Haig states
that the British carried out an ex
tensive raid last night on the Fland
ers front, in the southern section
of Houtholist wood. A number of
the Germans were taken captive.
Petrograd—The Bolsheviki foreign
office has taken the position that
there shall be no trade with Ger
many. The Germans are to get no
food from Russia unless they revolt
and join the Russian proletariat. In
an address made before the execu
tive committee, Trotsky outlined,
for the first time, the startling Ger
man peace terms which the Russians
refused to accept. The terms in
cluded the retention, by Germany,
of Poland, Lithunia, Riga, Moon Is
land and the payment of four billion
dollars indemnity.
WEDNESDAY
Washington.—Earlier by three
weeks than had been expected by
the officials of the shipping board,
the low point in available Allied
shipping has been passed, and con
fidence is expressed today that the
amount of shipping available for the
future will increase steadily. Sev
eral factors have contributed to ad
vancing the amount of tonnage
available, among them being the in
creased efficiency operations against
the submarine and the commence
ment of deliveries from American
shipyards.
Amsterdam—Addressing the reich
srath today, at Vienna, the Austrian
minister declared that, under the
treaty terms between Germany and
Ukraine, there had been placed at
the disposal of the Central powers
all of Ukraine’s surplus agricultural
products. This surplus, the minister
asserted, is greater than the Central
powers can transport.
Washington. — Provost Marshal
General Crowder expects that be
tween two and three million men
■ will be embraced in the next draft,
and that forty per cent of the num
i ber will be exempted. First draft
! exemptions will exceed fifty per
! cent.
Washington.—The long-expected
j storm over the proposal to give
President Wilson blanket authority
i to deal with war problems, broke
! this morning in the senate, when
I Senator Underwood, in a speech on
; the railroad control bill, declared:
“while we send our soldiers abroad
to fight to make the world safe for
! democracy, we must not lose sight
of the importance of keeping Amer
! ica democratic. We know that de
j mocracy can never be safe in the
1 hands of an autocratic government,
when that power is placed in the
hands of one man.”
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Washington.—The state depart
ment has been advised by the Brit
1 ish premier of England’s decision
! toestablish a central authority, to
! co-ordinate the strategy of the
Allied forces.
Amsterdam.—Dispatches received
i from Berlin state that Germany will
' not allow Finland and Ukraine to be
ruined by Bolsheviki excesses. The
dispatches also state that the reich
stag is now waiting to see what
efect the new German plans have
upon Russia.
! London.—Premier David Lloyd
George informed the house of com
mons yesterday that the success of
; the supreme war council, recently
j held at Versailles, was largely due
to the representations made by dele
gates sent by the United States. He
said that the American influence on
the conference reflected great credit
on American diplomacy.
Washington—Secretary Baker has
announced that no date has been
selected as yet for the second draft.
The government, he says, is indis
posed to disturb the labor situation
at this time, particularly on farms
during the planting season.
Washington.—In his weekly re
veiw of the war situation, Secretav
Baker announced that the Germans
and the Allies are ready for the ex
pected offensive on the Western
front. The Allies have been prepar
ing extensively, silently and sys
tematically.
Seattle.—Ole Hansen, well known
realestate dealer, and James E. Brad
ford, an attorney, were named as
mayoralty candidates at yesterday’s
primaries. Hi Gill was eliminated
from the finals, which are to be held
on March 5. Hansen polled 22,801,
and Bradford’s vote was 11,466.
Gill came third with a total of
7,990.
Amsterdam.—In an address de
livered before the main committee
of the reichstag yesterday, Foreign :
Minister Keupmann said in part as |
follows: “We can no longer believe I
in the pacific intentions of Russia |
and must see that peace and order |
prevail in occupied regions and in j
the districts adjoining.” He also!
expressed the belief that Germany’s
new war with Russia would strength
en the inclination for peace at Pet
rograd.
Amsterdam.—Failure of the Bol
sheviki to make peace with the Cen
tral powers, on terms fair to the
Slave people, seriously endangers the
authority of the Bolsheviki govern
ment, according to reports which!
have reached this city from Petro
grad.
Washington.—Reports received in
this city this morning announce the
loss of an American seaplane, man
ned by an American ensign. The
machine is supposed to have been
destroyed by the Germans.
Washington.—The greatest appro
priation in the history of the Ameri
can congress, has received the ap
proval of the house military affairs
committee, a favorable report on the
measure having been submitted by
the committeemen this morning. The
bill provides for the appropriation
of seven billion dollars for the work
of the war department during the
coming fiscal year.
Chicago.—In an address delivered
in this city last night, foimer Presi
dent Taft warned bluejacekts to be
war of German machinations. He
called their attention to the fact
that the Germans, through their
death-dealing U boats, have mur
dered fourteen thousand men, women
and children, and will continue their
murder policy until the seas have
been swept clean of submarines.
Berlin—An official communication
received by the government this
morning from the Eastern front,
states that the German armies are
now advancing, in an extended line,
into Russia. The line extends from
Riga, on the north, to Lutsk, on the
south. The occupation of Dvinsk is
officially confirmed. A statement
issued this afternoon says: ‘‘We
have advanced 20 kilometers beyond
jour previous positions on the Riag
I Petrograd railroad. From Dvinsk,
j we pressed on the to the east and
, nerthesast, beyond Lutsk. We have
] taken 2,500 prisoners, several hund
i red machine guns and much stock
land feed.”
New York.-—The American Red
| Cross society has concluded arrange
ments with the imperial German
j government for the exclusive privel
ege of forwarding letters and money
to American prisoners in Germany.
The kaiser insists, in return, that
the society act as the medium
through which Germans may commu
nicate with interned Germans in
this country.
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Vancouver, B. C.—Three North
j west Mounted policemen, who have
| just arrived fiom the Yukon with
i prisoners, declare that the present
I winter is the coldest exeperienced in
I the North, thermometers having reg
! istered 86 below zero during Jan
| uary. They also report that 26 resi
dents of Dawson and vicinity died
during December, victims of a pneu
monia epidemic.
Tacoma.—Charles Nicholson, a
(strike sympathizer, was probably
fatally stabbed last night in a clash
between non-union employees of j
local packing houses and strike i
sympathizers. Clubs and knives
were freely used and it was with
difficulty that the police restored
order.
THURSDAY
Seattle—E. Robinson, secretary of
the local I. W. W., was placed under
arrest this morning by federal offi
cials as the result of the investi
gation of a plot to interfere with
the output of war materials in the
Northwest.
Washington.—President Hays, of
the miners union, has issued a state
ment in which he says that the
striking coal miners of Alabama are
ready to return to work, pending a
settlement of their differences with
the coal operators.
A party of four, including James
Byrne, Dick Nennot, Pat Kennedy
and Joe McDermott, left for the
coast via the Broad Pass route this
morning. They will go direct to
Anchorage and thence down the
coast as far as Seattle, where they
plan to start work in the government
shipyards there.
Seattle.—The federal authorities
have caused the arrest of Rev. John
Baunschweig, a German alien enemy
who was found in the barred zone
on the waterfront this morning. The
stranger came here from Ohio a
week ago, and when placed under
arrest he had the addresses of 500
Germans on his person.
Washington.—Speaking in favor
of the railway bill in the senate
this morning, Senator Lewis, Demo
crat, from Illinois, predicted that
the measure is a forerunner to gov
ernment ownership of the railroads
of the country. He declared that if
Germany succeeds in keeping hold
upon Russia, the United States some
day will be compelled to fight to
retain possession of the Philippines.
“We will find ourselves powerless
to protect our possessions,” he con
cluded, “unless we have government
owned transcontinental railroads to
handle troops and supplies.”
Atlantic Port — Major-General
Greene has just arrived from France,
where he spent several weeks among
the Allied soldiers on the firing line.
He reports that the morale of the
men on the Western front is perfect
and all appear confident of their
ability to defeat the Hun. Greene
is enroute to Camp Lewis to resume
command there.
Seattle—Passenger rates on steam
ers plying between this city and
ports in Alaska, are to be advanced
shortly after the boosted freight
rates have become effective. The
new freight rate goes into effect
on March 3.
Washington.—Secretary of War
Baker has announced that the first
American built battleplanes, de
for use on the Western front, are
now' enroute to France, their ship
ment being fully five months ahead
of schedule. More shipments, he
says, will follow quickly.
Paris.—The wrar office announces
this afternoon that the French forces
in the Lorraine sector conducted a
successful raid last night, bringing
h.omq more than five hundred pris
oners. A German raid northwest of
Rheims was repulsed this morning.
Paris.—The w’ar office is author
ity for the statement that violent
cannonading is in progress today in
the Champagne and Vosges sectors.
The war office also reports that
enemy raids were repulsed in Quincv
wod and northwest of Courcy.
Washington.—An adjustment of
the differences between the striking
carpenters and joiners and the fed
eral shipping board and Atlantic
shipyards has been reached, follow
ing a conference between President
William Hutchinson, of the carpen
ters’ union, and Charles Pieg, mana
ger of the shipping board, William
Blackman, labor director and mem
bers of the wage adjustment board.
Hutchinson dropped his demand for
a closed shop, after which a settle
ment was reached quickly.
Los Angleses.—Don Vandusen, a
hotel man, shot and killed his young
wdfe this morning, in the downtown
section of the city. The shooting
was witnessed by more than 100
people. Mrs. Vandusen recently left
her husband, and the shooting was
the result of brooding over the sep
aration.
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