A WEEK OF CONDENSED WIRE NEWS
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MONDAY
YANKEE SAILORS WRECK
SEATTLE PAPER OFFICE
Seattle.—The plant of the Pigott
printing concern, from which is is- j
sued the Daily Call and other Social
ist publications, was almost entirely
wrecked late Saturday night by a
crowd of twenty sailors, in uniform,
led by two civilians whose identity
is unknown. The six men who were
at work in the office at the time
of the raid, were compelled to pros
trate themselves on the floor until
the work of destruction was com
pleted. The department where the
Call was printed escaped, as well as
the editorial offices of the paper
on the opposite side of the street.
The call was excluded from the' mails
some time ago because of seditious
utterances. The damage sustained
• by the Pigott plant is estimated at
from $5,000 to S10.000.
With the American Army.—Sur
geon-General Bradley is authority
for the statement that elaborate
plans have been made for the care
of sick and wounded American sol
diers. Ample hospital accommoda
tions have already been arranged for
and the work of getting the places
ready for the reception of patients
is going on rapidly. The American
expedition has just placed an enor
mous drug order in England, the
largest of the kind recorded since
the commencement of the war. The
drugs are being purchased in Eng
land in order to save cargo space
on vessels crossing the Atlantic.
London.— The efforts of the Bol
sheviki government to induce the
Germans to consent to continue the
peace negotiations at Stockholm, ap
parently have failed and it is gen
erally belived that the Germans have
^ refused to move from Brest Litovsk
through fear of Allied intrigue.
Trotsky is reported to have made
the trip to Brest Litovsk to induce
the Germans to consent to the change.
Tacoma.—Thos. Reitter, a ser
geant-major at Camp Lewis, is in
jail here in connection with the
disappearance of important govern
ment papers. It is suspected that he
is a German spy and that he has
divulged important information to
the German governmant. Reitter
was placed under arrest 0:1 Nov
r. ember 12. but the matter was kept
secret until today. The arr -sted man
was born in Germany and is the son
of the quarter-master general of the
G man army. He is being held
pc. ling instructions from Washing
tor
hondon. — The most important
ir. eting of German Socialists ru'd
- ce the commencement of the war.
k place at Berlin on Sunday, the
Socialists having gathered for the
purpose of discussing the war situ
ation. It is reported in Holland that
the Socialists are determined to fore
the kaiser to make peace.
Paris.—The French government
ha:- recognized, in right as well as
in fact, the independence of the re
public of Finland, according to a
statement appearing in the Temps
today.
Amsterdam.—Twenty-one persons,
•..Sieged to have been guilty of es
pomage, are reported to have been
executed at Ghent during the past
week by the German military author
ities.
Washington.—-Jc.hr Barrett, presi
dent of the McCarthy Commercial
club, declares, in an interview pub
lished in this city, that the govern
ment must act quickly and send men
and equipment to Alaska to develop
a war supply of coal and oil. He
says that by building a 39-mile
branch from the C. P.. & N. railroad,
the Katalla coal fields can be opened
to development.
Berlin—In an announcement made
yesterday, the German war office
explains that because of the Russian
request to transfer the peace con
ference to Stockholm, the Centra!
powers have -uspended temporarily
their negotiations with the Bolshe
viki government.
Petr grad.—Orders were issued by
the foreign minister today, forbid
ding local banks to pay out any
money deposited by foreign em
bassies.
Petrograd—Wireless dispatches re
ceived in this city today state" that (
“,500 German soldiers in the Kovno 1
district have revolted in consequence c
of the attempt to transfer them to s
i
l
the Western front, in violation of
the terms of the Russo-German ar
mistice. The men have entrenched
themselves. The German military
authorities are trying to starve them
into submission.
Washington.—Dispatches received
today from the south state that the
city of Guatamala is in ruins as the
result of a series of earthquakes,
which began on Christmas and con
tinued daily until the almost com
plete destruction of the city resulted.
Advices received during the past
week stated that the earlier reports
had been greatly exaggerated and
that only a few lives had been lost.
Today's dispatches state that addi
tional and more shocks have occurred
and that the number of killed will
total 300. That part of the city
which survived the earlier quakes,
is now in ruins.
Olympia.—Hundreds of men, who
registered for the draft in Alaska
and who are now in the States, may
be saved from further complications
as the result of a special ruling of
the provost marshal general, who an
nounces that these men may now
apply to any local board and be cer
tified for voluntary induction into
the army or navy. When the draft
starts in the North, this voluntary
privilege will lapse.
Petrograd.—The naval conference
between Germany ana the Bolsheviki
which was started when the nego
tiations began at Brest Litovsk, has
collapsed as the result of the ob
jectionable nature of the German
denmands with regard to Russian
naval conduct.
London.—The Bolsheviki govern
ment is definitely strengthening the
Slav positions on the various fronts,
in anticipation of a resumption of
hostilities. It is the intention of
Bolsheviki to send all Russian sol
diers home who are unwilling to
fight against the Germans. This,
it is believed, will give the govern
ment an army upon whicch it can
depend to carry on the war to a
successful conclusion.
Chicago.—This city is in the grin
of what is declared to be the most
severe blizzard in the history of
the Middle West. In consequence
of the storm, the fuel shortage ha
assumed a most serious aspect. A
milk famine qlso exists as the re
sult of the suspension of traffic in
a:! parts of the city. It is estimated
that it will take a week to clear the
streets of snow.
Berlin.—The war office is auth ri
ty for the statement that the Ger
: tr ps on the Western
havt penetrated the French lines
near Juvincourt. on the Aisne fro
and northeast of A vencourt and west
of Bezonvaux, on tae \ erdun front,
i he capture of a number of pris
on :-r- and machine guns is also re
ported as the result of the gdc-t
ations.
San Francisco.—The board of fire
underwriters is reported to have »e
^’*rtd cvj-ionce f the existence of a
riot to destroy Pacific coast iurnber
mills; and plant- ami -crop.- of all
kind-. The • otv shows th:.. the
[• ’>’• W. is i .ind the n . •
tr.d it i- believed that German,.- are
supplying the funds necc: atv to
.arry out the work.
ttesdav
Amsterdam.—The inuependen .
fialists of Germany have sent a
■' advising him t >
reject the kaiser’s peace terms. He
s also urged to avoid separate peace
in any terms.
X e w York.—The president and
■ix directors of the- Dairymen's
league have been indicted by the
grand jury on the charge of con
■ hiring to boost prices.
P.ome.—It is announced by the '
Italian war office this morning that i
:r.e BritPh patrol forces have cross-;
\i the Piave river at several point--, j
•ausin considerable confusion in the
'anus of toe Teutons, who apparent’’.'
■vc-re not expecting a resumption of
.ftensive operations.
Xew York.—Stocks slumped at the
opening of the president’s address
:o congress, aad wh n he touched
ipon the essentia! points, trading vir
rually ceased.
Washington.—Albert Mel'o, cook
>n the destroyer Jacob Jones, is
ie!d a prisoner by the Germans, ac
cording to advices received by the
tate department.
Washington.—In his weekly re
view of the war situation, Secretary
Baker says that the expected Ger
man offensive on the Western front
probably will be the greatest drive
thus far attempted by t'ue enemy.
He believes, however, that the French
and British can be relied upon to
withstand the shock successfully. He
points out that the French and Brit
ish have pushed steadily ahead,
through sixteen fierce battles, with
cumulative ease. He says further
that the French successes on the
Italian front have turned the scale
against the Teutons.
Washington.—The federal employ
ment service of the department of
labor has undertaken the task of
supplying workers for shipbuilding,
agriculture and munition making. It
is planned to mobilize an army of
workers three million strong, for dis
tribution throughout the country
where labor is needed.
Copenhagen. — Advices received
from Berlin state that Bolsheviki en
voys have arrived at Brest Litovsk
ready to resume negotiations for a
separate peace.
Washington. —In an address de
livered before congress today. Presi
dent Wilson made a restatement of
American war aims. Among the
necessary elements of world peace,
he named: Open covenants of peace
without private international under
standings; absolute freedom of the
seas, in war times and in peace; re
moval of all economic barriers; es
tablishment of equality in trade re
lations; reduction of national arma
ment; impartial adjustment of col
onial claims, based upon the prin
ciple that the people concerned have
equal weight with the interest of
the governments; evacuation of Bel
gium. without any attempt to limit
her sovereignty; evacuation of ail
Russian territory; all French terri
tory to be freed and restored; re
paration for taking Alsace-Lorraine;
readjustment of Italy’s frontiers;
greatest opportunity for autonomous
development of Austria-Hungary;
evacuation of Rumania, Serbia, and
Montenegro, with a guarantee of
Balkan independence; access to the
sea for Serbia; Dardanelles opened
to all nations, under the sovereignty
oi Turkey; independence of Poland,
with access to the sea; general asso
ciation of nations under a guarantee
ol political independence and terri
torial integrity to a!!. In conclusion,
:h president said that America is
willing to fight until these arrange
rs are achieved, because the
r-•-•pi-- of the United States insist
n a j.i't peace.
Vv oshington.—Secret information
obtained by the state department
- tat t: / rshi
being t :::• rc most rigidly, in
order diat public opir.i-.n may b.
directed according to the desires of
kaiser. --w spa peri arc per
m ‘.led to print only such items . a»
th .-a.-enim.nt directs and severe
j.ei.aoii.-s are provided for infrac
Air..--, rdam—The fate of the
•ai-<.r'- throne lu-.ugs in the balance.
1;-c German empire is confronted
by ••the -;u ..le.t cri-ds in its history
•r. eoii'- yience of the conflict bt
; .otic..- i ;.t a...
the h. a command i f army, 'the
necessity for a decision rests with
the kaiser. The trouble started with
the dissension over the Russian peace
terms, militarism holding for annexa
tion.while the moderates were op
posed to the acquisition of Slav ter
ritory. I he demand of the Socialist:
that the Russian ; -rm» be accepted
has fcivu.yhl the crisis to a critical
wi:i>xi:sl>ay
Seattle.—Local iaoor leaders are
\igoroudy opposing the plan to em
ploy women on street ears. The ar
gument is that th ; companies should
pay the men sufficient to keep them
on the tars. Good v-ages, they say.
wui enable the companies to find
ail ill. men they need.
George Ho bar, a freighter of the
woper camp, lost five horses on Sun
. ay right i.i a fire which destroyed ,
1.1- barn in Graehl. He bar al o 1 st
a horse in Xena.na last summer, and
he had considerable money on de
posit in the American bank when i
that institution failed a short tira ■ ;
Wash ington. —The Walsh-Pi ttman
military coal land leasing bill has
be.-u passed by the upper house of;
con cress an d is now under considera-!
tion in the house. The senators
approved the bill by a vote of 37 to
1 32. The bill provides for the leas
ing of coal and oil lands, with royal
! ties paid to the government. It also
! provides for the purchase of the
lands under certain conditions, but
| does not include Alaska in any of its
; provisions.
Paris.—The Germans launched a
vicious attack on the left bank of
the Meuse last night, in an attempt
to break through the French lines.
The action was anticipated by the
French, however, and the forward
movement of the enemy was met by
such resistance that the Germans
were forced to retire without ad
vancing a single position. Heavy ar
tillery dueling is in progress today
along the entire Verdun front.
Seattle.—Mayor Gill has taken
I steps to provide the city with a pub
lic market where salmon can be pur
chased at a reasonable price. Con
j sumers are promised a reduction
! from the present price of twenty-two
cents to seven cents, providing the
public market is given adequate sup
port.
Philadelphia. — Disclosures made
during the investigation of the pack
ing business show' that the business
is controlled by a small group of
| Chicago packers. It is estimated
i that the government will be urged to
I assume control of the industry as
! the result of the actions of the
packers.
The Hague.—The independence of
: Finland has been recognized by the
j imperial German government, ae
| cording to advices received in this
i city today.
Washington.—The supreme court
i of the United States has rendered a
decision, upholding the validity of
the draft law. The decision was
! read by Chief Justice White. The
icourt refused the motion of the
| government that the anti-trust suit
against the United States Shoe Ma
chinery company be postponed until
the next term of court. But a simi
lar motion, concerning the United
t States Steel corporation has been
granted.
In rendering the decision on the
draft law, the court held that inas
much as congress had power to de
clare war, it also had authority to
compel citizens to render military
service, at home or abroad. The
court held that most of the oppo
sition and contentions were imag
inary. rather than real.
THURSDAY
V> ashir.gton.—In a statement made
before the senate war investigating
committee, Ftcrctary of War Baker
declare ! yesterday that Amriea now
has an army of substantial size,
ready for service in France. The
officers an 1 men were trained es
p iciaily for modern warfare. Inde
pendent lines of communication an !
supply are now in process of con
struction and a great program has
been formulated for the production
of new instruments of war. He also
said that arras of the most efficient
kind would be provided for every
soldier and forwarded to f ranee dur
ing the present year. The vomniitte
was further informed that no awny
f similar size had ec r been rais.-d
in the hi tury of the world arid
equiw.-d and trained so quickly a
the great American army now ready
f< r sen ie •. K ither had there ever
been such provision for the comfort,
health and v.v il being of an army.
Washington.—Th? monthly payroll
of the Am.ricai fighting forces i
now nearly one hundred million dol
ing stead ill
Washington.— "ihe navy depart
ment has r.e.wd advices cor.firm
f the*
American steamer Harry Luther •
bach, with an apparent loss of nin,
it . Tin ve ssel v.- torj doed.
B-me.—Retorts received in- this
city today state that a separate peace
agreement has been signed by Russia
and Bulgaria.
Washington—Intercepted commun
?rations and evidence found on a
score of arn. ted aliens, have dis
closed the existence of another root
to reorganize sabotage and anti-war;
propoganda in this country.
Paris.—A telegram from Sofia
says that the Bulgarian premier
read the following message, from ;
the Brest Litovsk peace conference -
to the Bulgarian parliament: “War
between Russia and Bulgaria has
ceased. Ecclesiastic relations to be- i
resumed immediately. Russia re
cognizes Bulgaria’s right to name
i a delegate on the international
' Danube commission.” The premier
; commented that this was the first
: peace concluded in the war. A
ministry already has been named to
j represent Bulgaria at Petrograd.
Ottawa.—The Water Street Catho
! lie hospital was destroyed by fire at
J an early hour this morning, endan
gering the lives of 156 patients, in
cluding many children. All were
rescued, however, with the exception
of two little girls.
Petrograd.—It is reported in this
city that the Swedish government
will be asked by the Germans to act
as go-between in suggested peace
negotiations with England, France
and Italy.
Washington.—The food situation
in Europe is regarded as having
reached such a critical stage that the
food administration i- planning to
raise an additional 00,000,000 bush
, els of wheat. The American people
! are to be urged to make up the de
ficiency in European crops. The
| demands from abroad are s> lrsi-t
ent that Food Administrator Hoover
has decided to take a chance on a
shortage in this country in the spring
and will supply at least part of the
i needs of the Allies immediately.
; Should the American consumption
be not reduced, it is probable that
there will be a considerable shortage
of flour in this country before the
new crop comes in.
Washington.—The war depart
ment announces that freezing
I weather, resulting in slippery, ice
1 coated roads, has upset traffic in
France between the American camps
and headquarters. General Persh
ing was compelled to walk several
miles yesterday, when the auto in
i which he was riding became stalled
on the road.
Petrograd-—-Advices received from
Brest Litovsk today indicate that
arrangements are about to be made
to transfer the peace parley to
neutral soil, probably Stockholm.
Washington. — President Wilson
says that an important work of the
nation is the recruiting of women
to take the places of men who have ■
gone to the front.
( amp Lewis.—Brig-Gen. Holtz
signed an order this morning revok
ing Order 52, issued by G.n. Greene,
prohibiting soldiers from visiting
Seattle on account of vice condi
tions. In a letter to Mayor Gill, th
P -t commandent speaks of the effi
cient work of Chief of Police J
Warren, who has and who met.
the confidence of the federal a
thorines.
Geneva.- When it became know
■n this city that p tc< i. gotiati ns
at Brest Litovsk had been discon
tinued last week, crowds of Ger
mans marched the streets of Berlin.
ha' :ace.”
London—The admiralty announces
the loss of a h - nt 1 shin in Bristol
’• ‘ • r tit of th( .
■f a -ibniarine. 7 hr- ■ of those or,
board the > ■ 1 -- th o'- .......
!’ —The war "of fir . L aa.hor
it;.- for the statement that Russia::
troops have Leon withdrawn from
a sector of the Macedonia f., :,'.
Jackson, Miss,—The state legisla
ture has ratified the prohibition
amendment to the l-c -.-titu
t.c-n, placing Missis.-ippi at the t .■>
cf the list in that r. card.
London.—Di patches received in
this city front neutral countries
quote Carman newspapers as b i-v
in accord in their rejection of the
Lloyd O' orge peace terms.
Paris.—The war off:eo artsotinn--:
this afternoon that French airmen
succ. f. ly aty. ! the Get me.
city cf Ludwigshaf. n and the big
aerd me In th,.: district. !t is a! •••>
announced that sis defending Ger
man plane- v -re destroyed during '
th? raid. During the month of De
cember 72 German plan s were de
stroyed. The French lost only 20.
London.—British aviator, on t‘
Italian front destroyed eight host!' <
airplanes during the past week, nr. 1
forced tw < th :rs to sit th air. •
The Brit! h lost only one machine;'
during the period. 1;
- I
New York.—Michigan, New York, ji
Wisconsin and Illinois guardsmen , '
will be the next divisions to be sent 1 i
abroad. •
FIJI DAY
Rio de Janeiro.—The Brazilian
I naval aviators who will form the
! first Brazilian contribution to the
1 ifirhtingr forces of the Allies, have
j departed for England, where they
; W,1 make final preparations for par
ticipation in the great struggle.
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"We have spoken now surely in
terms too concrete to admit of any
further doubt or question," said
President Wilson yesterday toward
1 'he close of his address to congress
on the subject of American war
aims. “It is the principle of justice
to all the peoples and nationalities
and their right to live on equal terms
of liberty and safety with one an
other. whether they be strong or
weak. The people of the United
States should act on no either prin
ciple and to the vindication of this
principle they are ready to di v to
their lives, their honor, everything
that they possess. The moral climax
of this culminating and final war
for human liberty has come and
they are ready to put their own
strength, their own highest purpose
and their own integrity and devo
tion to the test.
“We havt no jealousy of German
greatness and there is nothin, in
this program that impairs it. We
grudge her no achievement or dis
tinction in learning and pacific en
terprise such as have made hi r
record ever bright and very enviable.
We do not wish to injure her, or
to block in any way her legitimat *
influence. We‘do not wish to fight
her. either with arms or hostile ar
rangement of trade, if she is willing
to associate herself with us an l
with other peace loving nation- of
the world in covenants of just ict
Neither do we presume to sugs.
to her any alteration or modifier.:: m
of her institutions, but it is neces
sary, we must frankly say, 5nd nec
essary as preliminary to any ii.t- Hi
gert dealing with her."
Referring to Russia, the president
said: “They eall on us to say what
we desire. Whether their leader
believe it or not, it is our heartfelt
desire that some way be opened
whereby we may be privileged t >
assist the people of Russia to at
tain their utmost hope of lil; rty.
order and peace. The day of c m
quest and aggrandisement is gone
by. so also i< the day of secret cov
enant.-. entered into in the int■ r. d
of particular governments.”
Berlin'—The ■ var office announce*
that Ilf* Allied airplanes anil nine
balloons wi re destroyed by the Teu
tons during Pi , ntber. The nuriVr
of Gen 1<
the same period is placed at f .
Kansas i ity. -The f ,1,-ral le
partment of labor i.- arrangi:; to
s ;vl 350 shilled mechanics to Se
attle oh <t spe.ia! train. The men
"‘i.l • be sit to v.orh in the ship
yards't nr tired a •. n eminent n
tract-.
I.or on
of more thin i *: :
und-r that r :
'■ -<‘is v. fi Id';
London.—.The.
: r the • a :
Seattle.-^-Th' . i shoe. i:e
made \!a the Bed < -o
1 hr;, ttaa * drive : attracting con
dderabte "avorable attention on to *
Pacific coat at. : throughout t It * •
country <-; r ;.airman F
art -stimates that th, - i iety will
■how i f j i g
members th r ait of the I'd.-,
them drive, or a : mo. r equivalent
to eighty per c t of th - white ; ,
jlation
Paris.—Advices re< ived in this
-ity state ti'.ut vu: < i:ir. ieabur;
ordered the leveling of Ulu Fr -neb
villages behind the German li .es.
This action i, tub- !.. if i.. repine i,
to afford the Germans better o,. ■: -
tumty for defense operations in
the St. Quentin sect r.
St. Louis.—Chairman Padgett, of
the naval committee, is mafcir. - a
tour of the Middle West, sidre i -
the people on war ar.d oth r is ues.
In his speech in this city, he raid
that within a year the United Stv.
.vill have a submarine fleet as . > ’
jt better than that of German; .
London—One of the developments
-ji the war probably will be the in
tuguration of an aerial mail service
between England and France. The
matter is now receiving the a.tin
don of the two governments and it
s understood that plans are to be
formulated at an early dale.
Briti h hip,
and three
re sun1; drr
Four of the
■ ;.i h (••isua’'. i s
a •!••• i y.iiob.