A WEEK OF CONDENSED WIRE NEWS
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MONDAY
Halifax.—The government com
mittee which investigated the recent
explosion, announces that Pilot
Macky and Captain Lamodec, of the
Mont Blanc, were responsible for
the disaster.
Brooks—Frank McHugh was burn
ed to death in his cabin here on
Saturday, and Jerry Quinlan received
painful injuries in the fire. Both
men were drunk, McHugh being so
intoxicated that he could not escape
from the burning building. Quinlan
was barely able to get out. The
latter is now under arrest.
Wm. Lockhart, a trapper residing
five miles below West Fork, died at
his cabin on Saturday, a victim of
consumption. The body will be
brought here for burial.
Washington.—A campaign of the
government to enroll a reserve army
of 250,00 shipyard workers started
today. Officials of the department
of labor state, however, that it is
not the desire of the department to
have the men rush to the shipyards
immediately, for the reason that the
yards are not ready to handle ad
ditional help. The workers are to
be enrolled now and they will be
called when needed.
New York.—Tex Rickard has quit
the fight promotion business and
will engage in cattle raising in South
America, having sailed for the south
on Saturday.
Washington—Secretary Baker has
issued a statement, warning the
people of the United States not to
let reports of strikes and other in
ternal disturbances in Germany in
terfere with the war preparatoins in
this conutry.
London. The admiralty has an
nounced that 224 lives were lost
as the result of the sinking of the
armed boarding ship Louvain in the
Mediterranean on January 21. The
vessel was torpedoed by an eremy
submarine.
Geneva.—Adviees received from
Vienna state that serious food riots
are in progress in that city. Many
shops are reported to have been
pillaged.
Seattle.—Regna Anderson, a seam
stress, was killed here yesterday as
the result of a collision between an
auto and a street car. Gurina An
derson, a waitress and Thos. O.
Knutson were severely injured.
Washington.—Declaring that the
war department is better equipped
with brakes than with motive power
and that chaos alone has resulted
from other departmental work, Sen
ator Hitchcock today renewed the
fight for the co-ordination of the
nation’s war efforts through the
creation of a war cabinet. The sen
ator declared that Secretary Baker’s
recent statement to the effect that
America would have half a million
men in France early this year and i
that ships would be ready to carry
a million men across the water at an
early date was absolutely prepos
terous and “so exaggerated as to
convey an entirely false impresssion
as to what we can do and are do
ing.” He said that Baker appeared
to be ignorant regarding the scarc
ity of ships and that President Wil
son does not know the real situation.
Amsterdam. — Advices received
from various sections of Germany
indicate that the strike movement
is subsiding, as the result of the
drastic measures adopted by the
military. The strikers are reported
to have been executed by wholesale.
About the only trouble reported to
day is at Jena, a city of 21,000 pop
ulation in the grand duchy of Saxe
Weimer, where about a third of the
women workers are on a strike
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Amsterdam—The kaiser has creat- j
ed a new decoration for the reward
of submarine crews, in recognition
of their achievements. The decora
tion is available for officers and
men after they have completed three
voyages.
Washington.—Secretary Baker an
nounced today that the American
troops in France are now occupying
a portion of the actual battlefront,
where they are being kept busy by
the Germans. A report received
this morning stated that the Ameri
can position is on the Loraine front
and that the whole sector is resound
ing with the bomb of heavy guns.
The American 75s are harrassing
traffic behind the German lines and
the shells have a very destructive
effect upon the enemy trenches, sev
eral night’s hard work, under artil
lery fire, being required to repair
the first line trenches which were
caved in by the big guns of the
Yankees. Three of the German dug
outs are reported to have been com
pletely demolished. Two Americans
were killed during a heavy bom
bardment Saturday night and nine
others were injured.
Secretary Baker reports that the
American officers are elated over the
splendid showing made by the troops
and the promptness with which the
American artillery responded to the
German bombardment. The Ameri
can aim is said to have been ac
curate.
London.—Reports received in this
city state that a big ammunition
depot near Prague, the capital of
Bohemia, exploded yesterday, caus
ing the death of many persons.
St. Louis.—Traffic is at a stand-1
still in this city as the result of the
streetcar strike, now in progress.
There was considerable rioting yes
terday, three of the strikers being
injured during one of the clashes [
with the police. A score of shots J
were exchanged. One of the griev- j
ances of the strikers is the employ !
ment of women conductors and the
refusal of the company to recog
nize the union. Company officials
declare that the trouble was started
by influences outside of the city,
in an effort to hinder the manufac
ture of war material.
TUESDAY
London.—Residents of the Aland
islands have petitioned for a re
union with Sweden.
Berlin.—William Dittman, radical
Socialist member of the reichstag,
who was placed under arrest several
days ago by the military authorities
because of his activity in spreading
the strike, was sentenced to five
years in prison today.
Houston.—Wiles Bradley, a cadet
in the aero service of the United
States army here, met a tragic death
today when the machine in which
he was flying fell thirty feet, the I
tank exploding and throwing burn
ing gasoline over him.
Washington.—Having become con
vinced that the Germans are now in
possession of the information, the
war department has made it gener
ally known that the American troops
in France are occupying a position
on the Lorraine front. The sector
is northwest of Toul, which is 14
miles west of Nancy. The Yankee
battleline runs almost due east and
west from St. Mihiel toward the
German border. The length of the
sector and the number of men in
the front line cannot be disclosed.
It is probable that American
troops will appear also in the Brit
ish trenches in Flanders at an early
date, as the result of the suggestion
that they be sent to the British front
to complete their training before,
becoming part of the Pershing army.
The Germans are using gas bombs ;
freely today in their operations
against the Americans. Two of the
Yankee fighters were wounded this
morning.
Washington.—Reports from the
war department indicate that de
spite the German concentration of
men and guns on the Western front,
the Allies are still numerically su
preme, having more guns and more
troops than their opponents.
London.—Sir William John Mc
Geagh-Maecaw, Unionist member in
the house of commons, was today
fined the sum of two thousand dol
lars for hoarding food contrary to
the food conservation law.
Chicago.—With the thermometer ;
registering ten ■ degrees below zero |
and no coal in the city, the people
of Chicago are facing the worst coal
famine that has been experienced i
for years. The traffic is at a stand
still as the railroad companies are
unable to switf'i the cars in and
around the city.
Stockholm—The Swedish steamers j
which accompanied the gunboats and :
ice breakers that crossed the Gulf of
Bothnia in order to take the Swed
ish subjects who desired to leave ’
Finland, on account of the revolu-, ■
tion, were fired upon by members
of the Red Guard, who control the
situation in the revolting country.
The Russian guardsmen later board
ed the gunboat and explained that
they were under the impression that
the gunboat was carrying munitions
and for that reason they opened
fire.
Washington.—The registration of
unnaturalized Germans continues
this week throughout the United
States, thousands of the aliens hav
ing complied with the new require
ment. It is expected that five hun
dred thousand will be enrolled.
Halifax.—In conjunction with the
findings made by the special govern
ment committee which was appointed
to fix the blame for the Halifax
disaster, Captain Lamondec and
Pilot Macky, of the Monte Blanc,
were today arrested charged with
manslaughter in connection with the
death of Pilot Hayes, who was on
the Str. Imox when she was rammed
by the Mont Blanc, causing the ex
plosion that wrecked Halifax and
killed thousands.
Paris.—Bolo Pasha, who was con
victed of treason, having been found
guilty of spreading German pro
poganda throughout France, has
been court-martialed and his trial
begins today.
London.—The house of commons
was informed this morning by Chan
celor Bonar Law that 14,120 Brit
ish non-combatant men, women and
children have lost their lives on
the high seas since the commence
ment of the ruthless submarine cam
paign.
Chicago.—Armed with a search
warant. Special Counsel Heney, of
the federal trade commission, made
a raid on the offices of Attorney
Henry Veeder today and seized the
files of Swift & Co. It is expected
that sensational developments will
follow.
Washington.—Food Administrator j
Herbert Hoover issued orders today i
for a two-ounce bread ration in !
hotels, restaurants and dining cars.
Wasington.-—The United States j
and the Dominion of Canada have
entered an agreement, whereby
neither can import laborers from
the other without mutual consent 1
Anaconda—The building and plant !
of the Anaconda Standard was com -
pletely destroyed bv fire last night. 1
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Washington.—Ten months of war :
have cost the United States the sum |]
of $7,100,000,000 and it is expected
that by the end of the first year, j .
the cost will have reached the enor- 1,
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mous sum of ten billion, of which i
five billion will represent the amount),
advanced to the Allies.
WEDNESDAY
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The Hague.—Travelers from Ger- I
many bring the story that thirty >
prominent editors of Berlin news- i
papers recently summoned von Hin-ji
denburg to a conference and in- i j
formed the general that there would j (
be no food left in Germany by Mav. ;
To which the general had responded: j
“My reply is that by April 1 shall.;
be in Paris. j f
London.—The Poles of Middle'c
Russia, allied with the Tartars, have ! j
•aptured the Bolsheviki headquart- j (
?rs at Mohilev, together with the f
:ommander in chief and his entire
itaff, and are now marching on I
Sebastapol, which is the base of the j (
;ntire Russian Black sea fleet. The ! I
1th Russian regiment has been totally j t
lisarmed by the Rumanians at Gal- I
latz, while the Bolsheviki sympa-1
dlizers have been forced to leave j
-he Crimean peninsula, by the Tar- j c
:ars. These events, together with c
;he action of the Red Guard, who j 1
ire now in power in Finland, would j [
;end to indicate that the Bolsheviki j
lower in Russia is losing out rap
dly.
St. Louis—The city was the scene
>f general rioting today, when the
street car company tried to operate
inly ninety cars. Three hundred
shop employees joined with twenty
five hundred motormen and con
iuctors in the strike. All unions
lave adopted resolutions, pledging
;heir support and traffic is at a
standstill.
Chicago.—The national executive
:ommittee of the Socialist party in
:he United States have today an
lounced that they have prepared
r peace program and address to be
nade to President Wilson and the
members of congress. They will en
leavor to gain support fir the Bol
sheviki peace proposition and call on
she administration to join in the dis
suasions of the Central powers with
Bolsheviki in an attempt to get the
other Allies to join. The mere peace
conditions, assert the Socialists, are
futile and are more likely to multi
ply cases of disagreement. They
claim that the belligerents must all
meet one another at the conference.
Paris.—French aviators operating
in the vicinity of Paris have suc
ceeded in bringing down eight Ger
man aeroplanes in the last twenty
four hours. There were thirteen
German planes in the engagement,
and the other five were forced down
out of control.
New York.—The federal courts'
have just completed the trial of
Franz von Rintelin, who with ten
others was found guilty of a con
spiracy to destroy food and muni
tion ships belonging to the Entente
allies, by placing firebombs in their
cargoes. Judge Howe, of the fed
eral court imposed the maximum
sentence, which was eighteen months
and two thousand dollars fine. Those
of the conspirators who were al
ready serving sentences have had
new ones added. Von Rmtelin was
given two years last spring for con
spiring to cause strikes in munition
plants throughout the United States.
Washington.—That there will be
a world-wide famine unless drastic
steps are taken immediately to in
crease the production of food in the
United States, was the prediction
made by a member of congress this
afternoon before the house agri
cultural committee. He said that
Germany now has possession of all
Russia’s winter wheat areas, which
Amsterdam.—Berlin newspapers
ire replete with accounts of what
Germany is going to do in the big
Irive, which is to be started in th"
near future. They claim that th<
German fleet will be participating
n this advance and that the next
dx months will be the deciding
period. The Frankfurter Zeitung
states that during that eminently
mportant period the Central powers
.vill have important strategic super
ority over the Allies and that the ;
toped for assistance from the United \
States can not materialize during
hat time.
Washington. Representative Mil- !
or, of Minnesota, who has just re- j
urned to the States from Franc", J
dates that until the United States
tas three million men on the firing ;
ine in France, the war will not be
von. Senator Miller told the house !
>f representatives that the Allies
nust have four million and that they i
hould have five.
Portland.—Complete control of
he fishing and fish canning indus
ries on the Pacific coast has now
teen vested in the organisation of
tate food administrators in Wash
ngton and California, according to
n announcement by the state food
dministrators, who are in confer
nce here now.
Petrograd.—A soviet has been is- j
ued and signed by I.enine and ,
ther members of the defaeto gov- j
rnment, absolutely separating the
hurch anil state, eliminating church !
ticomes from the state and confis- ;
ating all church realty, furnishings j
nd paraphanalia.
Amsterdam. — Kuehlmann and
!zernin have returned to Brest j
.itovsk to resume the peace nego
iations between Germany and the
tolsheviki government.
Washington.—Arrangements were
oncludcd today to advance the gov
rnment of France the sum of one
lundred fifty-five million dollars,
ractically all of which will be ex
ended in the United States.
Baltimore.—Cardinal Gibbons has j
enounced the national prohibition j
mendment, in a statement just giv
n to the public by the prominent
hurch man. He says that the legis
»tors of the various states should
ot “bow to the fanaticism that
eems to be ruling in this respect.”
Washington.—The soldiers' and
ailors’ civil rights bill, providing
or the establishment of a mora- j
orum for men in the military es
ablishment, was approved unani
lously today by the senate, virtu
lly in the form in which is was
assed by the house.
Zurich.—In a recent address made
y a Socialist member of the Bava
ian diet, it was stated that Ger
lany has lost 1,300,000 men during
he war, and more than that nuir
er have been incapacitated. The
number of men captured by the
Allies was not mentioned.
Washington.—Charles Piez, man
ager of emergency fleet corporation,
is authority for the statement that
if America keeps ahead of the Ger
man submarines, there must be three
shifts daily on shipbuilding work
throughout the year. The state
ment was made in an appeal for the
enrollment of 250,000 skilled ship
yard workers, to carry out the pro
gram which calls for eight times
more tonnage this year than in 1916.
THURSDAY
Washington.—The British steam
ship Tuscania, with 2,179 United
States soldiers aboard, was torpedoed
and sunk by a German submarine
yesterday off the coast of Ireland,
with a loss of 210 lives. Eleven
Eleven hundred of the survivors j
were ..landed, at . Buncranna and i
Larne, in northern Ireland, and I
others were taken to the Scottish !
coast, after being rescued by search- i
ing boats. The condition of some
of the survivors was pitiable, a num
ber of them having cast aside all
their clothing before jumping into
the water, where they swam about
for two hours before being picked
up. Three died of exposure after l
they had been rescued.
The Tuscania remained afloat for ;
two hours after being hit by the 1
torpedo and order prevailed through- ;
out that trying period. One hun- i
dred forty-one of the crew of 220 j
were saved, and three of the pas- ,
sengers reached shore in safety, j
The vessel was commanded by Cap-!
tain Peter McLean and manned by
a British crew and naval gun crew.
It was convoyed by British warships.
The vessel was of 144H tons cap
acity and is the first ship carrying
American troops to France to be
sunk by a diver, although several
narrow escapes are reported, only ■
the speed of the vessel and the ae
curacy of the aim of the gun crew
preventing earlier disasters.
The British authorities are doing ;
everything possible to provide for
the comfort of the survivors, and it
is understood that they will continue ;
their journey to France as soon as i
practicable. The war and navy dc !
partment heads arc greatly relieved .
to find that the loss was not grofiter,
the first reports indicating tnat more •
than a thousand lives had been lost, j
American troops will continue to i
go to France and in the meantime, \
the government is bending every j1
energy to find additional means to I
check the U boats.
Reports from London state that
the submarine which attacked the '
Tuscania was later attacked by a'
British destroyer and it is believed 11
that it was destroyed.
There were only two women | I
abroad the Tuscania and they both!'
went down the rope laughing. The : I
captain, purser and chief steward f
were among those saved. ! t
There is an unconfirmed report in ! i
circulation here to the effect that j
a British freighter, traveling with I
the Tuscania, was also sunk by the 11
German submarine. Officials of the ; I
navy department refuse to discuss | .
the matter. The report, states that 11
the vessel carried only freight. t
Of the soldiers on board the Tus- <
rania, 157 enlisted in Seattle, Ta
coma, Everett, Bellingham, North j <
Yakima. Wenatchee, Port Angeles I 1
and Burlington. They are part of •
the 2()th Engineers, in the forestry i
service.
Petrograd. The church of Russia
lias declared war on Bolshcviki as t
the result of the decree separating t
the church and state. The church 1
has replied with the weapon of ex- |
communication and has appealed to! <
all parishes to fight for the sancity 1
of the church. 11
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New York—The Wall Street Jour
nal is authority for the statement i
that the British are sinking 38 sub- t
marines monthly. I
Pomona, Cal.—William Stanley,
who was with George McCormick >
when the latter discovered gold in t
the Klondike, died here today at the <
age of 84. 1
New York.—The three thousand 1
ton American steamer Almanac was
torpedoed off the coast of England
this week and six members of the :
crew of 55 were lost. The vessel 1
also carried 23 naval gunners. There !
were no Americans among those 1
who lost their lives. I
London.—-Major General Maurice, 1
chief director of military operations, i
stated today that the Germans are i
now stronger on the Western front
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than ever before, but they are not
yet equal in number to the British
and French troops.
American Army in France—Twen
ty enemy airplanes attempted to
cross the American lines this mom
inp on a raiding and scouting ex
pedition. They were unable to face
the American anti-aircraft guns,
however, and returned quickly to the
protection of their own lines. The
American artillery is pounding the
German positions continuously now.
London.—President Carranza, of
Mexico, is reported to have sent the
kaiser a friendly birthday message
recently, congratulating the emperor
and wishing the nation well.
New York.—The Cunard liner
Aurania was torpedoed during the
past 48 hours, according to a state
ment given out this afternoon by
officials of the company. The ves
sel wasenroute to the United States.
The explosion caused serious dam
age to the ship, but did not sink it,
and it is believed that the vessel is
now enroute back to port, assisted
by government craft. The Aurania
is of 15,000 tons capacity.
Washington—In a statement made
this morning before the senate mili
tary committee, Secretary of War
Baker declared that the movement
of American troops to France was
ahead of schedule on the first of
the year. He reasserted that the
American war machine had not brok
en down, the only real problem at
present being the question of ship
ping. The health of the soldiers,
he said, is now well in hand, the
number of cases of sickness decreas
ing steadily. Regarding the reor
ganization of the war department.
Baker suggested that the president
be given a free hand to transfer
authority and co-ordinate it. as the
need develops.
Senator Weeks, of California, in
formed the committee that he had
been informed that there are many
German sympathizers in the Ameri
an army, lie said that he also had
noard that one American officer and
in American ehaplin had been sent,
home from France because of their
>ro-German utterances.
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Washington. American army of
icers are loud in their praise of the
roops, for the most part only par
-ially trained, who were on board the
I'uscania when that ship was tor
)edoed. The boys stood singing
lational airs, while waitng their
urn to quit the vessel. One officer
vho was landed on the Irish coast,
■eports that two boat loads of men
inder bis command marched to their
(oats, only to find that they had
teen destroyed by the explosion.
I'he men lined up on deck at atten
ion and remained thus until a de
troyer came alongside and took
hem from the gradually disappear
ng deck of the Tuscania.
It will be impossible to ascertain
he names of those lost until the
ists of survivors have been cabled
o the home office. The list of
Americans on board went down with
he transport. The reports received
oday indicate that yesterday’s total
'f 210 is the number of victims.
The bodies of 44 American sol
ders were washed ashore on the
rish coast yesterday, hut were so
iadly mutilated that none could be
rlcntified. They will all be buried
n one grave.
Amsterdam.—Advices received in
his city today state that the entire
Lustrian cabinet has resigned.
Seattle.- Paul Hollmnn Suter, an
mployee of the Frye Packing house,
as been placed under arrest, fol
owing an alleged expression of sat
sfaction over the sinking of the
’uscania. He is said to have de
lared that ‘‘more of the damned
imericans had been sent to the
lottom.”
Chicago.—William Heywood, sec
etary of the Industrial Workers of
he World, has applied to the federal
ourt for release on bail. He wants
lis bonds reduced from $25,000 to
115,000 and claimes that he already
las bondsmen ready to go his bail.
Hull, England.—Expressing the
’ear that the British are in for a
rnd time for a few months from
mbmarines, Jellicoe declared today
hat the U boats should be killed off
ly August if the nation holds out.
rhis is important for the reason
hat it is the first time any British
laval officer has predicted a defin
te date for conquering the sub
narine menace.