A WEEK OF CONDENSED WIRE NEWS j
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MONDAY
Seattle—Federal authorities report
that 5,000 enemy aliens in Seattle
come within the president's procla
mation, and in accordance with the
instructions from Washington, a start
has been made to round them up.
Almost all of these reside in a small
section of the city and they will be
permitted to remain there under the
watchful eye of the police.
LONDON, NOV. 24—Dispatches
received in this city today from Den
mark state that fraternizing between
the Russsian soldiers and the Aus
tro-Germans is spreading rapidly
along the entire front.
London—Dispatches received in
this city from Petrograd state that
the city of Moscow is now under
the complete control of Eolchoviki.
M. Moraloff, a private soldier, has
been appointed commander of the
military forces stationed there. The
military district is filled vith sight
seers and all the shops are open,
but there is very little business. The
chief topic of conversation is poli
tics.
Seattle—Frederic Johnson, presi
dent of the Alaska Fish company
and the Tongass Trading company,
has been elected president of the
Arctic club for the ensuing year.
A. F. Zipf, of the American Yukon
Navigation company, is the new vice
president.
Petrograd—Former Grand Duchess
Tatiani, second daughter of the de
posed czar, is reported to have es
caped from Siberia, through a mock
marriage to the son of the former
chamberlain. She is now on her
way across the Pacific, chaperoned
by an English woman.
Sun Francisco—Th? lists of grad
uates of the second se ’;es of officers,
published today, contains the name of
„T. F. Kerper, of Nenann
Seattle—The striking telephone
operators of the Northwest have re
jected the proposed terms of settle
ment, as agreed upon at the confer
ence held at San Francisco several
days ago.
Seattle—Advices received in this
city today, from the North, state that
there is no hope of saving the
wrecked steamship Mariposa and her
cargo of copper, valued at $325,000
Camp Lewis—General Greene has
been ordered East and has been suc
ceeded in command h“i- temporarily
Lv Brig. Gen. Irons.
French Port— Three American
naval airmen were picked up off the
French coast on Saturday night by
a French patrol boat. The men
wen were in an exhausted condition,
having been adrift sixty hours, fol
lowing the wreck of the huge hy
dro-triplane in which they had set
out in search of a German submar
ine reported off the coast.
Paris—During the ten months end
ing October 31, the French air
squadrons destroyed a total of 1038
German airplanes.
WASHINGTON, D. C. NOV. 24—
Russian Ambassador Dakhamtieff has
formally notified the state depart
ment that his embassy does not re
cognize the authority of the extrem
ists now in control at Petrograd.
Three of the chief officers of the em
bassy have resigned in order to avoid
having relations with the Bolshev
iki government. The ambassador
declares that Bolsheviki does not
represent the true will of the Rus
sian people.
Rome—A war correspondent is
authority for the statement that a
large force of Franco-British infant
ry, with artillery supply trains, is
rapidly approaching the northern
Italian line, being now within the
sound of battle. The troops are on
an eight-day march from France.
London—After two days of the
most desperate fighting recorded in
the war, the British forces have tak
en Bourlon village, two miles north
west of Cambrai. The capture of
this position, which has been won
and lost three time since Saturday,
gives the British command of Cam
brai and the fall of the big German
base is expected hourly. Practi
cally .all of Boilrlon wood, with its
important elevations, is now in the
hands of the British, giving them a
distinct a^i^ntage over the enemy.
The Germ® s* fcre rushing heavy
a I
guns to Cambrai to take the place
of the artillery destroyed since the
'commencement of the present drive.
The British have lost many tanks
; in the Cambrai action. The edge of
Bourlon wood isreported to be
j strewn with the wreckage of at
| least thirty of the big machines,
• which were shot to pieces by German
j juns, fired at close range.
The British have taken over a
thousand prisoners during the past
S two days.
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LONDON, NOV. 24—Earl Byng
; has been made a general in recog
nition of his great victory on the
i French front.
DENVER, NOV. 24—Two masked
men held up the cashier of the Ital
ian American bank, in this city this
morning and secured the sum of
two thousand dollars. After get
ting the money, the robbers left the
bank quietly and escaped in an auto
SEATTLE, NOV. 24—The striking
telephone workers of the Northwest
will hold a referendum probably on
Sunday for the purpose of accepting
or rejecting the agreement reached
at San Francisco several days ago.
Rome—Fighting hand to hand in
the half submerged flooded marshes,
the Italians continue to hold the in
vading Austro-German forces in
check on the lower end of the Piave
river. The enemy has suffered
great losses. Massed fighting is im
possible, the encounters having re
solved themselves into small attacks,
stretching for miles along the river
bank.
Washington—Chairman Stone, of
the senate foreign relations commit
tee, is of the opinion that a declara
tion of war against Austria, 'turkey
and Bulgaria is decided1 e n'visaale.
He says that such action, on the
part of the United States, would
simplify matters greatly.
Buffalo—The annual convention of
! the American Federation of Labor
adjourned this afternoon, after hav
l ing decided upon St. Paul as the
! next meeting place.
Seattle—Secretary Harry Fienberg
of the local branch of the Industrial
Workers of the world, was placed
under arrest by the federal author
ities today, and the papers of the
organization were confiscated.
London—The capture of Jerusa
lem by the British troops under
General Allensby, is expected before
the end of this week.
TUESDAY
Washington— Secretaries Daniels
and Baker have made another anneal
to the women of the nation to keep
busy knitting for the comfort of the
soldiers and sailors in the service.
London—Several German diplo
mats and members of the German
general staff are reported to have
arrived at Petrograd today.
Washington—General Pershing re
Dip ^pnth pf two Americans
and the serious injury of five others
a= the result of the artillery combat
in which the Yankees engaged to
day with the enemy.
Portland—Secretary of Labor Wil
son has suffered a breakdown as the
result of overwork in connection
with his efforts to settle the coast
telephone strike.
Seattle—J. F. Kemer. of Nenana.
has been commissioned a second
lieutenant of infantry.
Washington—Next to the human
being. the great American hog is the
most important living factor in win
ning the war. according to a state
ment issued by Food Administrator
Hoover todav.. “Everv hog,” sc vs
the statement, “is of greater value
to the success of the war than a
shell. And every pound of fat
has a greater value than a bullet.”
Rome—The Italian forces have re
pulsed twelve terrific assaults which
have been launched by the Teutons
during the past fourteen hours, nre
sumab'” *'•*+*-, Al-p Dinr>t of breaking
down the Italian defense before the
Franco-British forces can get in ac
tion.
East St. Louis—A gigantic vote
fraud mav be unearthed as the re
sult of the confession of Dr. L. N.
Bundy, a negro dentist and politi
cal leader. Fifteen hundred negro
voters are alleged to have accepted
money from Bundy for casting their
| votes the way he directed.
Washington—D. C. Sargent, of
Cordova, has been appointed inspec
tor to enforce the federal explos
ives law, under the supervision of
the Bureau of Mines. W. G. Ron
ald, of Seattle, has been naued for
the state of Washington.
London— The Petrograd corre
spondent of the Post declares that
the Russian revolutionists have made
a failure of their attempts at ad
ministration and are doomed to
lose thir control. He says that
General Kaledines, chief of the Cos
sacks, is in control of the grain
terior for safety. The correspond
ent believes that the country is on
the verge of civil war.
Toronto—In an address delivered
in this city last night, Col. Theo.
Roosevelt said that his beloved
country had entered the war to as
sist the Allies to redeem Belgium,
to restore what Germany had taken
from France and to free every peo
ple now tyrannized over by the kai
ser.
London—Generral Haig reports to
day that the Germans have made a
number of unsuccessful attempts to
drive the British from Bourlon wood
and other high places dominating
Cambrai. Severe fighting occurred
in the northeast corner of the wood
yesterday, but the Germans were
hurled back as fast as they attacked
the British positions
With the American Troops in
France—The fifteen Americans who
withstood the first German raid on
the American trenches, have been
decorated with the French svar cross
by a French general. The men can
not wear the medals, however until
coi.gross has passed on the matter.
Washington—A large number of
French and British troops, with
heavy artillery, are reported to have
arrived on the Piave front, in Italy,
! therebv reducing the peril of the
defending Italian forces, which have
I held their own with difficulty against
the superior numbers of the enemy.
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Washington—The proposal of Bol
sheviki for a three months armistice
on all fronts to give time for the ar
rangement of a world peace con
ference, were being'“considered” by
the United States government to
day.
WEDNESDAY
Petrograd—Representatives of the
Russian and German governments,
following a conference held yester
day, have announced that the pro
posed armistice will begin on Dec
ember 2.
Seattle—The owners of the steam
ship Mariposa and the underwriters
say that the breaking of the vessel
makes its practically certain that the
cargo will be an entire loss.
London—The repulse of a power
fol counter attack in the northeast
corner of Bourlon wood is announced
by the French war office this morn
ing. The attack was made by the
Germans late last night.
Seattle—Carl Raymond, of Susit
na, was arrested yesterday as he left
the steamship Ravalli, which rescued
him from the Marinosa. It is sus
pected that he is a German sympath
izer.
London—The American steamship j
Acteon is reported to have been sunk j
yesterday off the coast of Snain hv i
a German submarine. Twenty-one j
of the survivors have reached the ,
port of Camrians, but three boats, j
containing the remainder of the crew ;
are still missing.
Berlin—The loss of the zone from '
Bourlon to Fontaine Notre Dame is
admitted by the German war office ;
today. “Between Bourlon and Fon- :
taine Notre Dame,” the statement ,
reads, “the enemv has penetrated !
our defense and that zone has been :
temporrarily lost.”
Seattle —The directors of the Pa- j
cific Steamship company have author-1
ized the purchase of four steamshins i
for use in the Alaska and coastwr"
service. A deal for two of the boats
has been virtually closed at San;
Francisco and it is understood that ^
the other two will be purchased with-1
in the next few days.
Victoria. B. C. —The successive
wrecks of the steamships A1 Ki.
Mariposa, Manhattan and Spokane
leads to the belief that they were
the result of more than accident.
Washington, D. C.—Twenty-two
women militants who were placed
under arrest recently for picketing
the White House, were released from
jail today unexpectedly and without
explanation. Alice Paul, chairman
of the party, and Lucy Bums, vice
chairman, were among the number.
The women were taken to head
Some of them showed signs of hun
quarters in a triumphant procession,
ger, indicating that they had been
trying the Pankhurst stunt.
Rome—During the past 24 hours
the Italians have assumed the offens
ive and have smashed the German
first and second lines, inflicting tre
mendous losses on the enemy.
Peking—Lawlessness is on the in
crease at Harbin, where many for
eigners have been attacked and rob
bed. Consular representatives have
have intimated to the Russians that
they will endeavor to secure the pro
tection of British, American and
Japanese troops unless a stop is put
to the outrages.
London— The Post’s Petrograd
correspondent is authority for the
statement that General Kalendine,
the Cossack leader who controls the
gold reserve and grain supply of
Russia, is not a pro-German. He
is also opposed to the Kerensky gov
ernment.
Washington—In order to embitter
the Swiss people against the United
States, reports are being circulated
by the Germans to the effect that
it is the intention of the Americans
to pass through Switzerland in the
spring.
Toledo— The Huednol Brewery
paymaster was overcome by five
bandits yesterday afternoon and re
lieved of $35,000.
Seattle-—The joint committee ap
pointed to act on the Camp Lewis
situation has recommended the per
Rome—Advices received in this
city today state that great numbers
of French troops are pouring through
the Alpine passes enroute to the
Italian front.
Washington—All harbors on the
Atlantic coast, capable of docking
ships of 500 tons or more, are to be
placed under martial law, according
to announcement made today by the
department of justice. As soon as
arrangements can be made, the or
der will be extended to include the
Gulf and Pacific coast.
Milwaukee—Fifty Italians have
been placed under arrest in this city
in connection with the explosion of
Saturday night, which resulted in the
death of nine policemen. The po
lice claim that they have secured a
partial confession from one of the
suspects.
Washington—The American gov
ernment and the Entente Allies
will determine, as soon as definite
information can be obtained, wheth
er Russia is to be classed as an al
lies or active enemies, allied with the
Germans.
Atlantic Port—The party of Amer
ican congressmen who visited the
Western battlefields on a tour of in
spection, have returned to the States
Washington—Ambassador Jusse
rand has reported the sinking of six
German submarines during the past
four days.
London—The Crown Prince sent
thousands of his best men today in
an attempt to drive the British from
their positions in front of Cambrai.
The reports of the battle state the
Prussians have seldom fought as they
did in the assaults launched during
the night and early today, vainly,
bloodily, frantically striving to take
Bourlon wood from the victorious
British forces. Bourlon wood is
merely a bundle of sticks now, the
trees long since having been mowed
down by the terrific shell fire of the
opposing forces.
London—Reports received in this .
city today state that the Russian
troops on the Northern front have
had no bread for several days, and !
the new government finds its unable ,
to provide the necessary food. The
removal of many of the soldiers to ■
the interior is impossible because,
of the removal of sections of the
railroad out of Petrograd.
FKII>AY
.GERMANS CONCENTRATING
FOR CAMBRAI DEFENSE
London—Dispatches received to
day from Northern France state
I that the Germans are massin.tr large
| forces of fresh troops on the Cam
brai line for the defense of the re
I maining German positions in that
sector. The struggle for Bourlon
! wood continues desperate, the British
being engaged in their attempt to
advance their positions toward the
city of Cambrai, and the Germans
fighting desperately to hold them
back with counter attacks.
TEUTONS HAMMERING
ON ITALIAN LINES
Rome—Artillery dueling along the
northern Piave line has been in pro
gress steadily during the past three
days, the Germans having brought
many big guns to play on the Ital
ian positions in an effort to force
an opening through to the plain..
The Teutons are also massing troops
on both Italian fronts and it is ex
pected that the operations between
the Piave and Brenta valleys will
assume tremendous proportions with
j in the next few days.
Berlin—In his maiden address be
I fore the reichstag, Chancellor von
I Hertling declared yesterday, in a gen
[ eral review of the war, that the sub
j marine warfare would reach its
goal. The ships destroyed by the U
boats, he said, would exceed those
now under construction in Allied
shipyards. He said further, that
Germany is ready to negotiate peace
I when Russia sends representatives to
j Berlin. He promised political re
| forms but said that the fundament
i als of the Imperial government must
remain unchanged. The Teuton ad
vance in Italy, he declared, would
put that nation out of the conflict.
A considerable portion of the Italian
forces, he pointed out, have been
lost, together with more than half
of the Italian war material. The
watchword of Germany, he said in
conclusion, must be, “wait, endure,
hold out.”
BRAZIL LOANS VESSELS
TO HELP THE ALLIES
Rio de Janeiro—The Brazilian
\ and French governments have con
I eluded arrangements for the use of
'the Brazilian flag, for a period of
I one year, on thirty former German
■ vessels which are now being held at
• Brazilian ports. The ships will be
used to carry supplies to the Allies.
CATHOLIC HOSPITAL BURNS;
THOUSAND PATIENTS ESCAPE
St. Hyacynthe, Quebec— Hotel
Dieu hospital, a Catholic institution,
was destroyed by fire yesterday. The
thousand inmates were removed to
I >. place of safety, the fire resulting
nly in the destruction of the build
ings.
Seattle—John Davis, one of the
best known realty operators in the
Northwest, died at Pasadena yester
day, where he had gone in search of
health.. He was 54 years of age.
RUSSIA IS THREATENED
BY NEW REVOLUTION
London—Advices received in this
city today indicate that a new rev
olution is breaking out in Russia,
fighting already having started in
the streets of Petrograd, where the
Bolsheviki police are having difficulty
holding the rioters in check.
Berlin—The war office announces
the repulse of a British attack on
the edge of Bourlon wood.
MONARCHS GATHER FOR
FOR WAR CONFERENCE
Christiania,— King Gustave, of
Sweden, and King Christian, of Den
mark, have arrived in this city to
confer with the king of Norway on
matters pertaining to the war. The
visiting monarchs are accompanied
by their premiers and foreign min
isters.
London—Petrograd dispatches re
ceived late thi3 afternoon state that
the Lenine government has collapsed
and has been succeeded by a cabinet;
composed of advanced Socialists, in
which Bolsheviki is represented.
London—The Swedish legation at
Petrograd is reported to have offer
ed to act as mediator between Rus
sia and Germany.
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WILL WARN RUSSIANS
AGAINST PEACE MOVE
London—Lord Robert Cecil says
that Allies are considering the is
suance of a statement for the guid
ance of the Russian people, warning
them of the probably results in ease
separate peace is concluded by the
Bolsheviki regime.
|GERMAN GENERAL CONSENTS
TO SLAV NEGOTIATIONS
Petrograd The Bolsheviki gov
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i ernment received formal notification
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today from Commander-in-t'hief Kry
lenki that his envoys had returned
from the German lines bearing the
official consent of the German com
I mander in chief to the negotiation
| of an armistice, to include all the
j Russian fronts. Lenine openly de
clared today that Russia's obligations
to other nations woulld be renounced
I in case the Allies refused to con
sider the proposal for a general arm
istice.
PRESIDENT WILSON EATS
HOOVERIZED DINNER
I Washington—President and Mrs.
j Wilson set the pace for the nation
1 yesterday by partaking of a Thanks
giving dinner prepared in accordance
\ with the rules laid down by Food
j Administrator Herbert Hoover. The
turkey came from the Kentucky
i farm of South Trimble, veteran clerk
i of the lower house of congress.
The president attended the Metho
1 dist Thanksgiving service.
CONGRESSMAN INDICTED
FOR RESISTING DRAFT
Madison, VVis.—Congressman John
Nelson and son have been indicted
by the federal grand jury on the
| charge of conspiring to violate the
i registration law. The son was in
j dieted previously on the charge of
failing to register and it is now
claimed that the son acted on the
advice of the father. The younger
I Nelson is now on his father’s ranch
in Canada.
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SEATTLE WATERFRONT
TO COME UNDER ORDER
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Washington—The Seattle water
front and other Pacific coast ports
having dockage facilities for ships
; of 5,0000 or more tonnage, will be
| placed under martial law very soon,
according to an announcement made
today by administration officials.
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ANTI-GILL MEETING PLANNED
TO OUST UNPOPULAR MAYOR
j Seattle—The minute men having
been out-generalled by Mayor Gill
: earlier in the week, have announced
a big mass meeting for tonight, at
which time ways and means will be
discussed for ousting Gill from his
j office. The meeting has been called
by the representatives of fourteen
civil and other local organizations.
Washington—The vanguard of the
great army of American who event
ually will operate in France, has ar
rived near the front, where many
of the men have been in training for
weeks, co-operating with the Ameri
can infantry troops in holding off
the enemy.
London—An American flight lieu
tenant, who has been flying with the
British and who was taken prisoner
by the Germans two months ago, ar
rived in this city today, having es
caped from Germany.
Cleveland—The Higbee depart
ment store was robbed of between
$35,000 and $50,000 in cash last
night and several thousand dollars
worth of furs.
Amsterdam—The Austrian govern
ment has accepted the Russian pro
posal to enter negotiations for an
armistice.
One of the worst windstorms in
the history of the town visited Cor
dova recently, causing considerate
damage. The wall of a new apart
ment house was blown in and num
erous chimneys disappeared.
James Galvin recently entered n
plea of guilty to the charge of kill
ing a negro roadhouse keeper at
Wells, near Haines, and was senten
ced by Judge Jennings to a term of
twelve years in the penitentiary. He
claimed that he was drunk when he
committed the crime.