A WEEK OF CONDENSED WIRE NEWS
TUESDAY
New York—The Peekskill Hat
Manufacturing company has secured
the indictment of the Parmalee Co.,
Wm. Thom and others on the charge
of conspiring to defraud the govern
ment out of hundreds of thousands
of dollars on contracts.
St. Louis—Eight workmen were
electrocuted today at the new mil
lion-dollar plant of the Anheuser
Brewing company, when a guy wire,
on w’hich they were working, came
in contact w'ith a charged electric
wire.
London—Reports received in this
city this afternoon from Amsterdam
state that representatives of the
German and Bolsheviki governments
have signed a forty-eight hour arm
istice. The agreement was made
at the headquarters of Prince Leo
pold.
Pacific Port—Twenty members of
congress, including representatives
and senators, have returned from
Hawaii, bringing a report that they
wrere pursued across the Pacific by
a ship of mystery, believed to have
been a German sea raider. The
congressional ship was convoyed
part of the distance by a Japanes
cruiser. All outgoing vessels have
been warned to be on the lookout
for the mysterious craft.
Berlin—The war office announces
that negotiations for an armistice
on the Russian front, have begun.
Portland—John F. Carroll, pub
lisher of the Portland Telegram, died
in this city yesterday.
London—Dispatches received from
Petrograd today state that Bolshev
iki has taken possession of the State
Bank of Russia, with its large re
serve of gold and securities.
Berlin—With the battle of Cam
brai occupying the attention of the
German forces on the Western front,
the fear is expressed in German mil
itary circles that the British will re
new their activities on the West
Flanders front. Five hundred ad
ditional prisoners were taken by the
Germans in the Cambrai sectors.
Indio, Texas—The border eountry
was the scene of an exciting chase
late yesterday afternoon as the re
sult of an attack on the border cav
alry patrol, causing the injury of
one of the troopers. Acting under
instructions issued several weeks ago.
the Americans returned the fire of
the Mexicans and crossed the Rio
Grande in pursuit of them. The
action of the cavalry resulted in the
death of a dozen of the outlaws, and
the village of shacks which sheltered
them were burned to the ground.
El Paso—A large band of Villa
bandits w'ere reported today headed
south to join Villa and his main
force, near Chihuahua City. The
American troops along the border
are prepared for any emergency.
Washington—The war emergency
council has recommended that the
bakers of the country reduce the
price of bread immediately, wherever
possible. The bakers will come un
der the regulation of federal license
on Monday, after which date they
•will be compelled to use a set form
ula for the purpose of producing
the standardized loaf required by
the food administration.
Washington—President Wilson to
day addressed the members of cong
ress, assembled in joint session, de
livering in person his special mes
sage on the war situation. He said,
in part: Our present and immed
iate task is to win the war, and
nothing shall turn us aside from it
until it is accomplished. Every
power and every resource we possess
whether men, money or materials,
is being devoted and will continue
to be devoted to that purpose until
it is achieved. Those who desire to
bring peace about before that pur
pose is achieved, I counsel to carry
the tale elsewhere, for as a nation,
we are united in spirit and intention
and I shall pay little heed to those
who tell me otherwise. Germans
speaks falsely in declaring that she
is fighting a war of self defense
against aggression. There is none
threating Germany’s peaceful enter
prise..
He said that he would ask for a
declaration of war against Turkey
and Bulgaria when he considered
such a step necessary. Regarding
the Slav situation, he said that the
Russians had been poisoned by the
[ same falsehood that kept the Ger
man people in the dark. Truth, he
'said, is the only cure. He told the
adequate provision for future needs
of the treasury and urged them to
devote their energies to legislation
intended to hasten the successful
conclusion of the war.
In conclusion, the president said:
! “We shall regard the war as won
| only when the German people say to
us, through properly accredited rep
resentative, that they are ready to
make settlement upon justice and
reparation for the wrongs their
rulers have done. The peace we
make must remedy the wrongs; it
must deliver, once and for all, the
! fair lands and happy peoples of Bel
gium and Northern France from
j Prussian conquest and Prussian men
lace. And it also must deliver the
peoples of Austria-Hungaria and the
people of Turkey, alike in Europe
and Asia, from impudent alien dom
ination and Prussian military and
commercial autocracy.. A supreme
moment of history has come. The
eyes of the people have been open
ed and they see the hand of God,
which is laid upon the nations. He
will show them favor, I devoutly be
lieve, only if they rise to the cleai
heighth of His justice and mercy.’
Landon—The Germans are com
pletely outclassed by the British
forces in front of Cambrai, accord
ing to a report received from Gen
eral Haig this afternoon. He says
that from Gonneliu to Marconi the
enemy has delivered numerous at
tacks in great strength, with large
forces of troops. They have beer
repulsed, the report continues, with
appalling losses.
WEDNESDAY
Washington—The truth regardin':
Alaska must be faced, despite en
thusiastic reports, glowing predic
tions and the books of romance
which have been written on the sub
ject, declares the annual report o1
the Alaska Road commission, which
I was made public last night. Aside
! from its fisheries, the report says
j Alaska is essentially a mininf
country. It said further, that the
territory’ would develop and grow
J in population and home building with
j the aid of capital and more roads
1 Dawson—Extremely cold weathei
prevails throughout the Yukon dis
trict this week, the temperature
having dropped to fifty below zerr
here today.
Washingto—The Interstate Com
merce commission has recommendeC
that the government take over tht
railroads of the country and operate
them during the remainder of the
' war, providing congress does not
i permit the unification of the trans
| portation system,
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San Francisco— Lieut. Wilhelm
von Brincken. former military at
i tache of the local German consul
ate, George Rodiek, former German
consul at Honolulu, and H. D. Schro
, der, who succeeded Rodiek, have en
tered pleas of guilty to the charge
I of conspiring to foment a revolution
against British rule in India. von
Brincken said that the less said ol
the matter the better it would be
for Germany.
Washington— The state depart
ment has been advised that the chiei
peace terms outlined by Austria are
the recognition of territorial integ
rity and economic liberty.
Washington—The annual reporl
'of Secretary of the Treasury M’Adoc
which was submitted to congress to
day, says that nearly five and a
quarter billions must be provided b>
congress, in addition to taxes, tc
make the receipts of the next fiscal
year equal the disbursements. The
report says that the nation has
borne the financial burden of the
war splendidly thur far, due to the
healthy condition of business, aided
j by the federal reserve system.
Berlin—The war office announces
the capture of important hill posi
. tions, as the result of the offensive
; operations undertaken by the Ger
man forces in Northern Italy.
j Paris—The war office is authoritj
for the statement that the city o1
; Nancy, in Eastern France, was raid
! ed by German airmen during the
night with the result that many res
1 idents were injured. The propertj
damage also was heavy.
Rome—The war office announces
this morning that the Teutons have
begun a violent attack on Asiagc
1 plateau, resulting in the capture of
j several small positions, the loss of
' which not in any way cripple the
| Italian defensive line.
Washington—The department of
war has been advised that ted Teu
■ ton divisions are taking part in the
i offensive operations which are now
in progress along the northern Ital
ian front.
Washington—Anticipating a de
; claration of war against Austria, the
; department of justice is planning to
1 arrest scores of Austrians who are
1 under suspicion as being enemy
I agents. It is estimated that there
are about a million Austrians in the
United States, all of whom will be
'< come enemy aliens when war is de
! dared, and must register.
FOR GOVERNMENT OPERATION
Washington—A resolution was in
troduced in the lower house of con
gress today providing for the oper
ation, by the government, of all
railroads and coal mines during the
war.
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Washington—In response to the
; request of President Wilson, Chair
man Flood has introduced a resolu
tion in the lower house of congress
declaring the existence of a state of
war between the United States and
Austria.
When the president was half thru
with his address yesterday, he asked
congress to declare war against the
dual monarchy. Following the re
I quest, he said: “Does it seem strange
I to you that this should be the con
! elusion of the argument I have just
jmade? It is not. It is, in fact,
j inevitable logic what I have said,
j Austria-Hungary is, for the time be
j ing, not her own mistress, but simp
j ly the vassal of the German govern
! ment. We must face the facts as
i they are, without sentiment in this
j business. Austria-Hungary is not
I acting upon its own initiative or in
1 response to the wishes or feelings of
its own peoples, but as the instru
ment of another nation.”
R. L. Vining, the well known com
mission man, was married at Seattle
yesterday to Miss Gladys Berendes,
of Seattle. They will spend their
honeymoon in California.
Washington—Sixteen hundred
South American firms, which are do
ing business with Germany, have
• been blacklisted by the United States
i and American firms are forbidden
! to do business with them.
Mexico City—It is openly charged
| by leading Mexican newspapers that
i representatives of the kaiser are
! supply the money to spread German
! propaganda throughout Mexico. The
j government is urged to investigate
• the case and put a stop to the work.
Rome—It is claimed by the Ital
ian war office, in a statement issued
j late this afternoon, that the fight
ing alongt the Italian fronts, while
severe, has not yet reached a decis
ive stage. Heavy artillery is being
used by both sides.
London—The British steamer Apa
! pa was torpedoed and sunk yester
j day by a German submarine, result
| ing in the death of the crew ana
I about eighty passengers. About 120
J passengers escaped in life boats,
j The submarine is reported to have
shelled several of the open boats,
1 some of which were loaded with
women and children.
THURSDAY
Seattle—A box containing enough
nitro-glycerine to wreck the entire
Seattle waterfront was uncovered to
, day by a plow, which was being used
| on a building site near the Buthie
| shipbuilding plant. The box was
marked with partly obliterated Rus
| sian letters.
Washington— General Pershing
has reported the names of two of
his men, who were killed in action
in France during the past few days.
Seven others are reported to have
been severely injured and many re
ceived minor injuries.
| Washington—There are indica
| tions that the senate will insist that
the war declaration against Austria
I include similar declarations against
' Bulgaria and Turkey,
j London—The war office has been
' advised that the British forces have
j encircled Jerusalem and are now in
a position to enter the city.
Amsterdam—An Essen newspaper
intimates that Germany will soon
force boys of sixteen and seventeen
years of ape to enter the army for
active service.
Washinpton—The house has clear
ed the way for the war declaration
apainst Austria, the foreipn affairs
committee havinp approved the reso
lution today. It is expected that
the measure will be ready for final
passape cither late this week or early
next week.
Petroprad—Representatives of the
Imperial German povernment have
met the emissaries of the Slav pov
ernment at Brest Litovist. The Teu
tons were empowered to nepotiate
an armistice for the Eastern front
only, while the Russians desired the
armistice to include all the fronts.
The Russians also wanted the Ger
mans to promise not to send troops
to the Eastern or other fronts and
asked, in addition, the surrender of
the islands recently captured in the
Ripa sector. In reply, the Teutons
declared that such conditions were
unacceptable; that such demands
could be addressed only to a con
quered nation. The Germans then
handed the Slavs a proposal for an
armistice on the Easter front, which
they now have under consideration.
Geneva—Dispatches received in
this city from Vienna state that the
kaiser has withdrawn six hundred
thousand troops from the Eastern
front since May, of last year, leavinp
| twenty-four divisions of infantry and
I five divisions of cavalry to oppose
i the Russians.
Seattle—Every church in Seattle
hold special services on Sunday for
the purpose of giving their support
to the movement to impeach Mayor
Gill. The mayor still insists that
j he will not quit himself or dicharge
jhis objectionable chief of police.
I Seattle—Carl Wilesche, an Austri
an member of the crew of the
wrecked steamer Spokane, has been
placed under arrest in connection
with the disaster, the federal author
ities being of the opinion that the
foundering of the vessel was not
an accident. Other arrests are com
templated in connection with the
other wrecks which have occurred in
Alaska waters recently, including
the A1 Ki, Manhattan and Mariposa.
Paris—The war office announces
| that eight German airplanes were
brought down on Monday by French
aviators at various points along the
French front.
Washington—Legislation regulat
ing women, as well as men who come
under the restrictions placed upon
enemy aliens, will be introduced
i during the present session of con
j gress.
London— The admiralty states
| that seventeen British vessels were
destroyed during the past week by
German submarines. Three of the
I vessels were sailing craft and all
| except one were of more than 1600
j tons register.
; Paris—The Interallied conference
has concluded agreements ‘‘upon the
! basis of complete understanding and
close relationship among the Allies
and for the solution of questions in
which they have a common interest
! in the war.” Announcement has
been made of the creation of a
supreme Interallied naval committee
London—Twenty-five German air
planes raided England at an early
hour this morning. Each machine
carried three men. Six of the raid
ers Attacked this city, dropping
bombs which started a number of
fires and killed several persons. Two
of the machines were brought down
and the crews captured.
Henry Knight, George Burns and
Harry Lucky reached town yesterday
from the upper Totatlanika.
St. Johns, N. B.—A large part of
Halifax is in flames as the result of
a terrific explosion which occurred
in the harbor this morning, when an
American ship heavily laden with am
munition collided with another ves
sel during a storm. Many water
front buildings were wrecked and a
number of ships which were near by
were sent to the bottom. The loss
of life, it is believed, was heavy.
FRIDAY
Camp Lewis—General Irons has is
sued a statement in which he says
the Seattle embargo will be lifted
when conditions warrant. He says
that there is no use for the people
; of Seattle to attempt to change the
, ruling.
Washington.—A committee report
made public today, intimates that
American troops will be sent to the
Italian front.
San Francisco—Mrs. Alice Kid
well has made affidavit that she
testified falsely before the grand
jury in connection with the Mooney
case.
Petrograd.—Premier Trotsky an
nounces that the Russian govern
ment will not maintain any secret
diplomacy in the future. The people
will be fully informed hereafter re
garding all government dealings with
foreign nations.
Washington.—General Pershing
report? that thi-toen American en
gineers were injured >n action on
November 30.
San Francisco.—Thr American
mission to Rumania, which has just
returned to this country, brings the
report that King Ferdinand has giv
en his promise that Rumania will
never make separate peace with
Germany.
Seattle—Capt. Heifer, master of
the seized German steamship Sax
onia, has been placed under arrest
as an alien enemy. He recently
returned from Alaska
Washington.—Representative Mil
ler, of Minnesota, nas made a plea
in the lower house of congress for
a declaiafson of war against Austria
and Bulgaria. Ke wants immediate
act'ou
Paris.—It is reported that th°
Allies are considering undertaking a
big naval drive in the Adriatic, with
the object of destroying the Aus
trian naval base at the foot of the
Austrian peninsula and naval sta
tions on the Dalmatian coast. It is
also hinted that American warships
will sooon join the British and
French vesels in European waters.
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London.—The total number of
convoyed vessels lost since the adop
tion of the convoying system, is one
and five-tenths per cent, according
to a statement issued today by the
admiraltv.
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i Berlin.—The German offensive
in Northern Italy is progressing sat
isfactorlyy, four more thousand pris
oners having been taken this after
noon, making a total of ‘‘ourteen
thousand since yesterday morning.
New York.—Six hundred thousand
Christmas presents have been ship
ped to the American troops in
France.
Washington—In a report made
public by the navy department to
day, the number of killed as the re
sult of the explosion of an ammuni
tion ship in Halifax harbor yester
day, is placed at five thousand. The
ship carrying the cargo was a French
vessel, the Mont Blanc, and the
cargo consisted of three thousand
tons of the most powerful explosive
known. The explosion was seen anil
heard for a distance of fifty-two
miles at sea. The property damage
on land is estimated at one million
dollars.
Esmond Barry, a postal clerk, who
witnessed the explosion, said that the
victims of the disaster died like
flies. Many ran about half crazed,
some with their noses off, some with
their eyes out, others with their
faces and limbs torn in a shocking
manner. He said that while working
around a wrecked building looking
for victims, he discovered a baby,
fifty feet away, under the burning
mass, crying for aid. They were un
able to reach the child and were
forced to watch it burn to death
The Mont Blanc collided with the
Belgian relief steamer Ioma. The
shock set fire to the French vessel,
the flames spreading quickly to a
quantity of benzine, which was
stored on the deck. When the fire
reached that, an explosion occurred,
followed instantly by the explosion
of the ammunition in the hold of the
ship. It is reported that the crew
Of the vessel took to the boats when J
the fire started and reached shore j
before the explosion occurred. The
collision was the result of a confu
sion of signals.
Copenhagen.—Advices received in
this city today state that the Ger
mans have met with serious ob
stacles in their peace negotiations
with Russia. The Slav representa
tives have refused to considre cer
tain of the German terms and have
submitted counter terms not accept
able to the kaiser. Germayn insists
that German and Austrian troops
shall remain in their present posi
tions, while the Russian and Ru
manian troops are to retire behind
their defensive lines and pive up
part of their arms. The Russians
are asked also to release German
prisoners in Russia, while the Rus
sian prisoners in Germanys are to
be retained as laborers, with reason
able wapes assured them.
London.—Seven were killed and a
score injured by the bombs dropped
by the German raiders yesterday.
New York.—Federal aperts have
discovered a powerful wireless sta
tion here, sufficiently stronjr to com
municate with Germany. Five men
and one woman have been placed
under arest. The plant was located
on the waterfront.
Berlin—The German forces in the
Cambria sector have thrown the Brit
ish back a distance of three miles
alonp a six-mile front, according to
a statement issued by the war office
this afternoon. The forward thrust
was accomplished by a turninp move
ment, which proved so successful
several weeks apo in the same lo
cality.
Seattle.—Several hundred packinp
house employees and employees in
retail butcher shops in this city went
out on a strike this morninp, de
jmandinp recopnition of the closed
shop.
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