MUTINY AMONG GERMAN TROOPS AND SUBMARINE OREWS
London, Jan. 12.—Mutiny in the German army on the
Eastern front has spread to the Austro Hungarian
army. A Petrograd dispatch of today quoted German
deserters as saying the Austrian troops holding the
line in the Tarnopol sector in Galacia mutinied, and
that fighting had taken place between the mutineers in
Austrian and Slav divisions, with a number killed on
both sides.
Twenty five thousand German mutineers have taken
possession of the city of Kovno, and are still holding
it, although being shelled by loyal artillery.
The British destroyer Raccoon struck rocks on the
Irish coast and foundered.
London, Jan. 17.—The American sailing vessel Mon
itor was sunk yesterday by a submarine near the Canary
islands.
London, Jan. 15.—British aviators made a successful
raid on Karlshrue in daylight this morning, dropping
one-quarter-ton “packages'’ of explosives on munition
factories and railway stations, aud put seven attacking
German planes out of commission.
London, Jan. 18. - Russian soldiers on the Eastern
front are trading machine guns for decks of German
piaying cards, said a telegram to the London Post this
morning.
Today’s reports from the various fronts indicate little
activity.
NETHERLANDS
Amsterdam, Jan. 12.— Foreign Minister Trotzk.y
today made a statement explaining that Russia accepted
Germany’s demand that negotiations be continued at
Brest Litovsk because of their desire to leave no possi
bility untried in the fight for peace.
Czech leaders in Silesia and Moravia met at Prague
and adopted resolutions demanding a Czech republic,
according to dispatches received here yesterday.
The Austrian government is exhibiting alarm over
the growth of such republican sentiments, and have
doubled the garrison at Prague.
Amsterdam, Jan. 14.—Count Czernin announced at
Brest Litovsk today that the Central Powers would
recognize Ukraine as an independent republic.
Rotterdam, Jan. 14. —Germany has devised a new gas
horror for use against the American troops, according
to the story of a released British prisoner here today.
Amsterdam, Jan. 15.- Many Italian prisoners of war;
have been transported to Flanders, where they are
being compelled to work in the fire zone. The news
paper “Les Nouvelle” stated today that several of them
had already been killed or w'ounded.
BRITISH
London, Jan. 14 —The efforts which have been made
FUEL ADMINISTRATOR TAKES ACTION
Washington, Jan. 17.—Dr. Harry A. Garfield, the
national fuel administrator, has ordered all factories,
except munition plants, located east of the Missis
sippi river, to be closed for five days, and hereafter
on every Sunday, Monday, and all legal holidays.
The New York Times, editorially commenting on
the procedure, says: “We hope President Wilson will
reconsider and revoke Dr. Garfield’s astounding
order; the annexation of the United States by Ger
many could hardly be more calamitous in its effects.”
New England States Hit Hard
Boston, Jan. 18.—Fuel Administrator Garfield’s
coal order throws 1,300,000 workers out of employ
I ment in the New England states.
JAPANESE AMBASSADOR RECALLED
Washington, Jan. 17.—Araar Sato, the Japanese
ambassador to the United States, has been recalled.
The reasons why Count Ishii called Sato home are
not known, but is is supposed that he considered Sato
not aggressive enough. Lord Northcliffe, on his re
turn to London from America, suggested the same
action with British Ambassador Spring Rice, and for
the same reasons.
Ambassador Sato Sails Today
Seattle, Jan. 18.—Ambassador Sato arrived in this
city this morning, and sails tomorrow for Japan.
by the Germans at the peace conference at Brest Lit
ovsk today to impose military peace terms upon Rus
sia, threatens to bring the negotiations to an end.
London. Jan. 15 —Dispatches from Petrograd today
say that Foreign Minister Trotzky has made the de
mand at Brest Litovsk that all deported Poles, Bohe
mians, Lithuanians and Czechs be returned.
London, Jan. 17.—Mutiny among the submarine
crews in Kiel harbor is reported in a dispatch received
today from Geneva. Thirty-eight officers are reported
to have been killed, a dispatch was received at Geneva
from Basil, giving the details of the mutiny.
London, Jan. 17. — Petrograd again reports that Czar
Nicholas and family had escaped from Tobolsk, Siberia.
RUSSIAN
Petrograd, Jan. 15-—Russian troops are leaving the
Roumanian front in such swarms that the railways are
almost completely overwhelmed. Sixty thousand
passed one station, according to word received here
today. Equipment and rifles are being discarded by
the returning troops.
GERMAN
Berlin, Jan. 16.—The French forces, after several
hours of artillery preparation, delivered an attack in
the vicinity of Badonviller, in the Vosges region, tem
porarily penetrating the German line trenches, was an
official annonneement made today.
It is officially announced today that there has been no
change in the original instructions given to the German
delegation at Brest Litovsk.
Berlin, Jan. 18.—The German delegates at Brest Lit*
ovsk say that the Russian proposals concerning the re
gions now occupied by tne Central Powers are unac
ceptable, also that a referendum vote on the question
of rules is altogether impracticable.
RUSSIAN
Petrograd, Jan. 16.—Premier Lenine today issued an
order providing for the release of M. Dismandis, the
Roumanian minister, who was arrested by the Bolshe
viki, and was ordered to be confined in the fortress of
St. Peter and St. Paul. This action of Lenine’s fol
lowed the receipt by him of a protest signed by the en
tire diplomatic corps of Petrograd, who held their meet
ing in the American embassy.
At the conclusion of an address which he made to the
guard last night an attempt was made to kill Premier
Lenine, four shots being fired at him as he was being
driven away in an automobile. A Swedish Socialist
sitting heside him was shot dead.
The first 5,000 volunteers for the Socialist army left
for the front today, sped on their way by one of the
most enthusiastic demonstrations the city has seen for
months
London, Jan. 16.—A dispatch from Odessa says the
British, French and Americans are greatly interested
in organizing the Ukranian republic. France has
loaned the new government 2,000,000 rubles in gold.
ITALIAN
Italian Headquarters, Jan. 16.—The enemy has re
ceived another bloody repulse on the Lower Piave, in
the sector neurest to Venice. An attack was thrown
back after four hours of desperate fighting. The enemy
suffered serious losses, the ground being thickly cov
ered with their dead.
COLONEL HEARS
TO GOTO FRANCE
Washington, Jan. 12.—Frederick
Mears, member of the Alaska Engi
neering Commission, has been relieved
at Jiis own request, to become a colonel
in the engineers’ regiment which will
shortly be sent to Franca to do railroad
work.
W. Geriga, consulting engineer of j
the commission, has been appointed to
succeed Colonel Mears, and will have
charge of the Anchorage division.
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GERMAN SPY ABOUT
TO START SOMETHING i
Norfolk, Va., Jan. 15.—Walter j
Spoerman, a German spy wearing the
uniform of the United States army was
captured while detected in the act of
setting fire to the magazine of the avi
ation station. Papers found on his per- j
son disclosed the fact that he had paid
out 190,000 to German spies working
under the direction of Ambassador
Bernstorff.
Spoerman’s Brother Arrested
Baltimore. Jan. 16 —Walter Spoer
raan, the German spy arrested at Nor
folk, Va., yesterday, has been brought
to this city. His brother, F. H. Spoer
man, and several other Baltimore sus
pects have also been taken into custody
by government secret service men.
Intercepted lore letters addressed to a 1
Washington woman disclosed sufficient
evidence to cause the suspects' appre
hension. ,
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HEAVY LOSS IN WAREHOUSE FIRE
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Washington, Jan. 14.—One million
dollars' worth of army supplies were
burned in a warehouse at Washington
"barracks this morning.
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Nat Wills Dead
Union Hill N. J., Dec. 12.—Nat
Wills, widely known comedian, died
yesterday at his home here.
ACCUSED ACTEJUS PALLBEARER
Ohehalis, Wash., Jan. 14 —Oscar B.
Main, a brother of Justice John F.
Main, of the Washington state su
preme court, has been arrested here
charged with the murder of Fred
Swayne, a grocer, who was found dead
in his store recently. Main acted as
one of the pallbearers at Swayne’s
J funeral.
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I ARRESTED FOR DOUBLE MURDER
Seattle. Jan. 1".—Franciscus von der
Heiden has been arrested by the Naval
Intelligence Bureau, and is being
brought to this city to face a charge of
double murder. On August 16, 1916, he
shot and killed Mr. and Mrs. Collison,
of Vancouver, B- C. Mrs. Collison was
formerly the wife of Von der Heiden.
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REGISTRATION FOR YOUNG MEN
Washington, Jan. 15.—At the request
of the War department, Senator Cham
berlain, of Oregon, today introduced a
j bill providing for the registration for
j military duty of all men who have be
j come 21 years old since last June.
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SENATOR BRADYOF IDAHO DEAD
Washington, Jan. 14.—U. S. Senator
James H Brady, of Idaho, died in this
; city yesterday. He was 36 years old,
' and had been a member of the senate
; since 1913.
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GALE AT SEA KILLS SIX PEOPLE
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Washington, Jan. 17.—Six people
were killed and three severely injured
on the steamship Michigan, when the
vessel was caught in a heavy gale at
sea.
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FAMOUS BESTAPBAHT BAH DEAD
Seattle, Dec. 12.—Chauncey Wright,
aged 45 years, owner of four restau
rants in Seattle, died yesterday of neu
ritis. With his father he conducted a
road house near Dawson in the early
days of that famous camp.
HAVING TROUBLE
ON THEIR TRIP
1 Buenos Aires, Jan 14.—The
Mexican delegation arriving here
last Sunday ostensibly to attend
a proposed conference of neutral
Latin-American countries, have
a secret mission unknown even
to Argentine members. They
were arrested at Bahamia, Brazil,
and were not allowed to land at
any other of the Brazilian ports,
on the ground that their mission
was more German than Mexican.
The delegation consists largely
of military men and newspaper
correspondents who are openly
i pro German.
CHICAGO STORMBOUND
Chicago, Jan. 12.—This city is iso
lated from railroad communication
with outside world by the worst bliz
zard in the history of the Middle West.
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Worst Storm in Thirty Years
j Chicago, Jan. 14.—The city of Chi
cago and the railroads of the Middle
West are in the grip of the terrific
snowstorm of last Friday and Saturday,
which was the worst In 30 years.
Hundreds of people have volunteered
for rescue work.
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Bad Storm in Southland
Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 12.—Sixteen peo
ple killed and one hundred injured in
a fearful snow and sleet storm that
raged last night in Georgia and Ala
bama.
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BIGHT SPIRIT OF MINE WORKERS
Indianapolis, Jan. 16.—The United
Mine Workers of America, at the bien
nial meeting now in session in this
city, today pledged the support of the
organization to the government for the
prosecution of the war.
MISHAP AT OLYMPIA LAUNCHING j
Olympia, Wash., Jan. 15.—The 4,000
ton auxiliary schooner General Persh
ing was launched here today. The ves
sel, on taking the water, shot across
the bay for the distance of a mile,
bringing up against the shore. A pow
erful tugboat was despatched from Ta
coma to get the new ship out of its pre
dicament.
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ARREST SUSPECTED MOB LEADERS
Seattle, .Tan. 14.—G. Muri Gordon, a
former officer in the French aviation
service, and .T. Fred Drako, a clerk,
were arrested here today and have
been identified as the leaders of the
masked mob which wrecked the Pig
gott printing establishment ou the
night of January 5.
THREE DEATHS ON S. S. DOLPHIN
Seattle, Jan. 15.—Three men, includ
ing Henry G. Bull, the chief engineer,
died on the voyage of the steamship
Dolphin, a vessel that for many years
was on the Alaska run, and was re
cently despatched to Mexico.
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STEAMSHIP TEXAN SINKS AT SEA
New York, Jan. 14.—Wireless tele
graphic advices indicate that the
steamship Texan is siuking off the
coast with 43 persons aboard, appar
ently the result of a collision.
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BAVARIAN JUDGE’S SON ARRESTED
San Francisco, Jan. 17.—Franz Schle
berugge, son of the chief justice of Ba
varia, was taken into custody here to
day by federal authorities, and is being
held for investigation.
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APPEAL TO SEASON
CHANGES ITS NAME
Girard, Kan., Jan. 1.—The Appeal to
Reason, the pioneer Socialist paper,
today changed its name to The New
Appeal, and its future policy will be to
support the prosecution of the war.
ROBBERS HOLDUP
ARMY-POST BANK
Camp Funston, Kan., Jan. 12. —Four
men were killed with an ax, and an
other injured, when robbers looted the
Army bank on this military reservation
last night. The robbers secured an
amount of money yet unstated and sev
eral Liberty bonds. One of the rob
bers wore the uniform of a captain of
the United States army, but officials do
not believe a soldier was involved in
the commission of the crime.
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STEAMSHIP SPOKANE
PURPOSELYWRECKED
Seattle, Jan. 14.—The fact was dis
closed today by government officials
that the steamship Spokane was delib
erately wrecked by William Swanson,
a German masquerading as a quarter
master, but who was not a member of
the crew. Swanson was at the wheel
several times. He was arrested once
on suspicion, but was later released,
and cannot now be found.
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HAJ. GARDNER DIES IN GEORGIA
Macon, Ga., Jan. 15.—Major Augustus
Peabody Gardner, who recently re
signed his seat in congress as a repre
seutaive from Massachusetts in enlist
in the National army, died this morn
ing of pneumonia at Camp Wheeler.
Major Gardner was the son-in-iaw of
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, of Mas
sachusetts.
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QUARTER MILLION SHIPYARD MEN
Washington, Jan. 15.—Announce|
ment was made here today that plans
had been perfected for recruiting
250,000 shipyard workers.
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ATTEMPT TO WKECK TROOP TRAIN
Astoria. Ore., Jan. 17.—A plot to
wreck a train carrying troops to Fort
Stevens, was frustrated early this
morning.