HE WHO WASTES A CRUST OF BREAD PROLONGS TH
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AMERICAN
American Army Headquarters, France, March 9.—
The Germans are strafing American troops who have
been switched from the American front to a sector neai
the Swiss border. A heavy artillery demonstration
made by Bodies, which has been in progress for three
days, reached the crest of its violence today.
American Army in France, March 9.—A lone Ameri
can sentr; this morning attacked an enemy patrol of
40 men, some of whom had stealthily entered the ad
vanced American trench, and drove them off with two
killed and several wounded.
American Army in France, March 11.—American ar
tillery during the last 24 hours has vigorously bom
barded a certain town in the rear of Arras, and the
roads and communication trenches of the Teutons with
excellent results.
American Army in France, March 15.—Americans
troops today occupied German trenches in the Luneville
sector, which they wrenched from the enemy fighters.
The Americans are proud of the results of their first
actual encounter.
FRENCH
Paris. March 9. —German aviators raided Paris last
night; early reports show some loss of life
Paris, March 12.—An American steamship, formerly
a German vessel, arrived at a French port this morn
ing with her bridge smashed and a hole through the
smokestack as the result of a fight with a submarine.
The battle was fought in a storm, during which the
vessel's cargo shifted almost disastrously.
Paris, March 11.—Hon. Newton D. Baker, the Amer
ican secretary of war, arrived in Paris this morning,
and was received by high officials of the French re
public
Twelve squadrons of German aeroplanes participated
in the Friday night raid of bombing, in which 13 peo
ple were killed and 50 wounded.
Paris, March 13.—American troops in Chemin des
Dames captured the crew of a German aeroplane which
fell near Clamency, was announced today. American
artillery fire reached its greatest intensity at several
points iast night. Five groups of German gas projec
tors, which were ready to be used, were obliterated by
shell fire. Towns back of the German lines were set
afire, and large quantities of ammunition in new dumps
were blown up.
GERMAN
Berlin, March 9.—We attacked Paris last night with
CHINA TELLS RUSSIA NOT TO INVADE
London, March 13.—The Chinese commander at
Harbin lias warned the leader of the Bolshevik forces
in Siberia that any invasion of Chinese territory will
be considered an act of war, according to advices
from Harbin forwarded by Reuter’s Peking corre
spondent.
COSSACKS RETREAT INTO MANCHURIA
Harbin, March 13 —General Seminoff, leader of
the Cossacks in Siberia, have penetrated into Man
| churia, before the advance of superior numbers of
Bolshevik troops.
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great effect in reprisal for enemy’s bombing of open
.towns of Manheim and Pirmasen, announced the war
'office today.
Berlin, March 12.—Paris was successfully bombed in
j retaliation for the enemy’s air raids of Saturday and
Sunday upon Stuttgart, Unter ter Koheim and Mais,
, announced the war office today.
J Berlin, March 13.—Germans brought down 19 aero
I planes and two captive balloons on the Western front
yesterday, declared the war office today,
j Berlin, March 15.—Strong detachments of French
i troops have gained a foothold in the west of Navvroy
i road, on the German crown prince’s front in Cham
pagne, says today’s official announcement,
BRITISH
London, March 12.—Australian troops successfully
j carried out raids during last (Monday) night upon posi
tions east and northeast of Messines, in which a num
ber of Germans were killed and a few captured. Our
;casualties were light. Artillery was active on both
j sides during the night east of Arentieres, and east and
northeast of Ypres.
3 RUSSIAN CHARADES (
RUSSIAN
Petrograd, March 9.—Premier Leniue, in a published
statement, said the terms imposed by Napoleon on Ger
many and Prussia were tenfold heavier than those the
Germans are now imposed upon Russia.
| Leon Trotzky announced today he had resigned as
minister of foreign affairs.
Petrograd, March 11.—The Russian government is
, moving to Moscow as a first step in organizing resist
ance on all fronts, according to an official press an
! nouncement.
Harbin, March 11.—After a preliminary clash with
| the Red Guards, which resulted in a few casualties on
I both sides, General Seminoff, leader of the Cossacks,
[ has formed a new front in Eastern Siberia, along the
the railway, where he is endeavoring to break the Boh
sheviki control- The Bolshoviki are using heavy guns
under the direction of German officers.
Petrograd, March 14.—A strong German detachment
occupied Abo, on the coast of Finland, west of Helsing
fors today. The Teutons immediately began a march
to the interior of Finland.
BRITISH
London, March 11.—According to a dispatch from
Petrograd, Foreign Minister Trotsky was dismissed by
Premier Lenine owing to a quarrel over the German
peace terms. Trotzky held that peace had been ex
tracted by force, and that no law recognized a promise
made under duress as obligatory; that it was Russia’s
duty to fight and fight, if only on basis of guerrilla war
fare. He believed that the German treaty should not
be ratified.
GERMAN
Berlin, March 14.—German troops have occupied
Odessa, on the Black sea, in agreement with the Ru
manian government, is announced by today’s army bead
quarters statement.
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BRITISH
London, March 11.—The British have occupied 50
miles west of Bagdad, on the Euphrates river, in Meso
patamia and in Palestine, and have made a general ad
vance on both sides of the Jerusalem road on a front 13
miles long, and to an average depth of two miles.
3 MISCELLANEOUS NEWS?
BRITISH
London, Mareh 13.—Three zeppelins took part in a
raid last night on England. One of them dropped four
bombs on the city of Hull. The other two llew aim
lessly about over the country districts, dropping bombs
here and there, then returned to sea, after doing very
little damage. Reports state one woman died of shock.
It is announced that the British destroyer Aerial
overpowered and destroyed a German submarine, and
captured seven of her crew.
London, March 14.—Two British seaplanes engaged
live enemy aircraft over the North sea, destroying one
seaplane and bringing down another. It is announced
that both British planes returned to their base.
British aeroplanes dropped two tons of bombs today
on the munition works and barracks at Freiburg, Ger
many, according to an official statement.
TEDDY WAS TICKLED
New York, March 13.—Col. Roose
velt gave expression to great joy today
when informed that his son, Captain
Archie, “somewhere in France,” had
been decorated for bravery, after an
action in which he was wounded in the
head, and had an arm and a leg broken.
From Ted to Teddy
New York, March 14.—Captain
Archie Roosevelt was wounded in ac
tion with the American forces in
France. Theodore, jr., wired the colo
nel as follows:
“Archie wounded by shrapnel
slightly in leg, arm broken, but not
badly; no danger. Ted.”
NEW CONCRETE VESSEL LAUNCHED
Redwood City, Cal., March 14.—The
steamship Faith, 220 feet long, the
first re-inforced concrete ocean-going
vessel to be built in the United States,
was launched at the place today.
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FIVE FAIEBANKS BECBDITS
PAY THHE^OWN FEEICHT
Fairbanks News-Miner, Feb. 4:
When the Northern Commercial Com
pany stage pulled out this morning
there were five young men aboard pay
ing their own fares for a distance of
more than 2,000 miles, that they might
offer their services to their country.
They were George Hering, Cecil Gib
son, Howard Logan, Gilbert Ellis and
and Jason Buzby.
A large crowd of people was on hand
to wish the young men success on their
trip and the undertaking in behalf of
their country. Parents and friends
were there and everyone acted the
soldier, and while there undoubtedly
was many a quickened heart throb,
there was no outward sign of the deep
feeling within. _
Job Printing at The Pioneer office.
' SPEECH AND HEARING RESTORED
j New York, March 9.—Walter M.
; Jones, a dispatch bearer who left
France without speech or hearing;, as a
i result of a shell explosion, turned up
i at home today with both senses restored.
A U-boat attack, which was made on
the transport on which Jones was en
route home, is said to have been re
sponsible for the miraculous cure.
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AMERICAN ENGINEERS CAPTURED
Peking, March 11.—Two American
engineers named Nyl and Pursell have
been robbed and captured by bandits
near Pepsin, in the province of Honab.
Their guards were overcome by the
bandits.
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SOCIALIST VIC JERGER INDICTED
Chicago, March 9. —An indictment
i charging Victor L. Berger, the former
Socialist congressman of Wisconsin,
with interfering with the United
; States’ preparations for war, was
I returned today by the federal grand
jury.
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RUSSIAN SAILORS TAKEN OFF SHIP
Seattle, March 14.—When the Bol
' sheviki crew mutinied, the government
1 today seized the Russian steamship
Toula, loading for Vladivostok, and
placed a naval guard in charge.
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MAYOR’S WIFE LOSES FINE RING
San Francisco, March 11.—Mrs. Wil
liam Hale Thompson, wife of Chicago’s
mayor, was robbed in this city of a ring
set with a cluster of diamonds, valued
at $5,000._ _
SPANISH GRANDEE PASSES AWAT
London, March 14. — Marquis Del
Murci, the Spanish ambassador to
‘France, is dead at Bairritz.
RICH STRIKE ON NIXON
FORK REPORTED
McGrath, Alaska, March 15. — '
It is reported from Nixon Fork*
that “Smiling Albert” has struck
it rich. In a GO foot hole he found
six feet of gravel, with §1 pans
on bedrock. Quite a stampede
has resulted.
JAPAN SENDS MISSION
A Pacific Port, March 9.—The Jap
anese military mission which is enroute
to Washington is here today. The
mission is headed by Lieut.-Gen, K.
Chicu Shi, with a personal message
from the Emperor of Japan to Presi
dent Wilson.
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-NEWS
Washington, March 12.—Unnatural
ized Germans who have been serving in
the United States army will be required
to register within 10 days of their dis
charge, under an order issued today by
the War department.
Washington, March 12.—Considera
tion of the disloyalty charges against
U. S. Senator LaFollette, of Wisconsin,
will soon be resumed, said Senator
Pomerine, chairman of the investigat
ing committee, today.
Washington, March 13.—Samuel
Gompers, president of the American
Federation of Labor, cabled Russian
labor leaders today urging them to put
up a strong resistance to German domi
nation.
President Wilson ha3 asked congres
sional authority to control the lumber
and standing timber of the country.
The United States loaned $15,000,000
to Cuba and $200,000,000 to Great
Britain, was announced today.
Government control will probably be
extended to take in the express com
panies.
Charles Page Bryan, former Ameri
can ambassador to Japan, died here
today. He was born in Chicago in 1856.
Washington, March 14.—Carrying
$1,325,000,000—the largest naval appro
priation bill in the nation’s history—
was reported out of the House naval
affairs committee today.
General Pershing's casualties list
today comprised 70 names, including
four killed in action.
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FAMOUS GERMAN ADMIRAL DEAD
Amsterdam, March 11.—Admiral von
Deitrich, who was the commander of
the German squadron off Manila dur
ing the Spanish-American war, and
who clashed with Admiral Dewey over
a matter of blockade regulations, is
dead at Baden Baden.
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EXPECT MEYER][DEATH HOURLY
Berlin, March 9.—The death of
George von Lengerke Meyer, formerly
postmaster-general and secretary of the
navy of the United States, is now a
question of hours. _
GRUB MEN WOULDN’T PLAY FAIR
New York, March 12.—Fifty-seven
restaurants, whose proprietors have
confessed to ignoring the food regula
tions, were closed today.
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MONEY WANTED FOR BIG GUNS
Washington, March 9.—Congress was
asked today, by the ordnance bureau,
for a deficit appropriation of $400,090,
000 to make heavy gun's.
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GOOD SPORT FOR TDRK
Boston, March 14.—Three mill ion
Christian Armenians and Georgians,
among whom are 17 American mis
sionaries in peril of their lives, are
being massacred by Turks and Tartars
in Northeastern Turkey and Trans
caucasia, according to information con
tained in a note to the American Board
of J Missions.
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WHITE PASS TO RAISE ITS RATES
Seattle. March 9.—The White Pass
Railroad Company has prevailed upon
Interstate Commerce Commission today
to be allowed to raise passenger and
freight rates.
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TDSCANIA SURVIVORS ARRIVING
New York, March 9.—A portion of
the Tuscania survivors have arrived at
this port.
bigtIetonmt
A gang of willing workers have been
busy a goodly part of the week making
preparations for the Pioneers’ big
benefit masque ball and supper in
A. B. Hall tonight. The big hall has
been tastily decorated with pennants
of green bearing the “harp that once
thro Tara’s hall.’’
At this affair there will be plenty of
amusement for those who do not dance,
and for the little folks as well. In fact,
the committee, with the willing assis
tance of the ladies, have several novel
ties in store, and it is safe to say that
there will not be a dull moment at any
stage of the proceedings. Liberal rates
for transporting people to and from the
creeks have been agreed upon with the
owners of horses and sleds, and there’ll
be room for all. Come on, everybody
—it’ll probably be the last big dane*
and supper of the season.