REMS HOME
TiayK Germans Moving in Together to
•Save Necessities— Hrm in Belief
Will Win War
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Most of us have hoard that the
dentist or the Kaiser is an American;
'but he isn’t; he is back home. From
Flint. Mich., his home, he describes
conditions for a large western news
paper.
“The German soldier looks fine, but
'everything else in Germany looks like
the devil,” is his summary. He left
Berlin in October 1917, after recov
ering from illness, and his story is the
latest authoritative view of Germany.
He says: “There are today 100,000
to 125,000 empty stores and resi
dences in Berlin, where normally in
peace times the number would not ex
ceed 16,000. The big change hah been
wrought because many businesses
have gone bankrupt and the people
are moving in together to conserve
necessities of life. Stores that are op
en have little or nothing left in them.
The people of Germany are fearful
ly tired of the war. They are sick to
death of it, hut they have ifo idea of
giving up. Ask anyone in Germany
about the war and they say. We're
going to win. just look at the map.'
No matter what setbacks they have
you never hear any one in Germany
say. 'we got licked.' If news seeps
back into Germany of a gain by the
Allies it is always a ‘strategical re
rt-eat." The military powers say it is
mo and it is so to the German peo
ple. I think the people of Germany
ran exist for another year at any
Tate. There is no tea nor coffee and
the beer is about like water and tastes
like varnish. Hotels, for some months,
have been ti rhldden the use of lin
ens and they use paper napkins and
serve the food on bare tables or on
paper spread over them. The news
papers are reduced In size and look
and smell abominally. The ink is of
the poorest quality and comes off on
your hands while you read. There
were in the neighborhood of 4 00 to
.100 shoe factories In Germany before
the war began. They have all Itoen
shut down but about 130. Of those
that remain 100 are making shoes
for the soldiers and the other thirty
nfcike shoes for the civilian popula
tion. When a person hasn't shoes now
he goes barefoot, or else gets wooden
shoes to put on the old shoes. Most
*if the people go without. Most of the (
oil is gone, even to castor oil, which j
has been used for lubricating pur- j
puses. The trains are bad. The cars j
go bumping over the rails, for there
is nothing with which to repair them.
It is used for the army. There are no
atflomobileB except those used by the
military officers. The military party
of Germany will die fighting whether
they are killed by the Allies or by
their own people in an uprising after
Germany has been crushed.” We call
attention to the last sentence, be
cause we believe the doctor is cor
rect when he says the military party
jg Germany will die fighting, whether
they are whipped by the Allies or
crushed by an internal revolution.
The latter is a far way off, as the
second paragraph of the doctor’s
statement shows. There is only one
way to end the war, and that is the
President’s way, we must win the
war by fighting, and hard fighting at
that.
NILVKRMAN APPOINTED AOENT
t)r. J. A. Silverman today receiv
ed the appointment as agent for the
salfe of government thrift stamps, and
has entered upon his duties. The ap
pointment was received from Secre
tary of the Treasury McAdoo.
MRS. JOS A. SILVERMAN
LOSES MANY RELATIVES
Mrs. Jos. A. Silverman recently re
ceived the sad news that her mother,
brother and uncle had died In Syria,
within a period of ten days of each
other. She has received no word front
them for some time previous until the
letter arrived announcing their death.
war hgs paused thousands of
leaths In Syria and Armenia from
Famine.
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Harley Joalln, formerly connected
mlih the VaMes Packing Company,
la in Bellingham, having depoalted
J* veglstrdtlJn card with the regia
:ration board of that city.
DAMAGE TO SPUDS
STORED OVER f100.000
SEATTLE, Feb. 8.—Fully $100,
worth of damage waa done to tbe
Skagit county potato crop by the re
cent Hoods, according to an estimate
made by one of the leading potato
buyers of the northwest. The dam
aged spuds were in pits which were
whole or In part covered by water.
He estimates that there are now not
more than from 150 to 200 carloads
of potatoes available for shipment in
that great potato growing section.
Prices are low, Mr. Nelson offering
only $15 to $16 per ton, and being
particular about the quality at that.
One of the main reasons for the low
prices is the inability of the shippers
to get cars.
Ships He Chartered to U. R. for South
American Trade—Some Allow -
to Sail with Cargoes
WASHINGTON, D. ('., Feb. 8.—
A preliminary agreement has been
reached between the United States
i and Sweden, according to official dis
patches from London today providing
for the charter of Swedish ships to
the United States to he used prin
cipally in the South American trade.
Some of tile ships of the Swedish
Meet now in American waters will be
allowed to sail with their cargoes,
while others it is understood, will be
unloaded and put in tbe service of
the United P::,t**s. Negotiations are
procee t satisfactory mauner
and a miai agreement is looked for
shortly.
fWTHIOTH' SlH.’lKT1KS
START FIGHT ON RAKER
NEW YORK. Feb. 8.—The annual
convention of the national committee
of patriotic societies at which dele
gates from thirty organizations
were present was thrown into a tur
moil at its first session Saturday by
the introduction of a resolution at
tacking Secretary of War Baker. Af
ter a most acrimonious discussion the
resilution was tabled.
AUTOS FOR SIGNAL CORES
Agent Owen Meals reports that the
local Signal Corps will receive two
Ford autos on the steamship North
western for use on the trail this
summer.
In a letter recently received from
Mrs. Jack Meals, by relatives here,
she states that the winter in Nebras
ka is unusually severe in that sec
tion. Mrs. Meals will be back in the
spring.
Three Charged With Robbery.
DENVER. Col., Fob. 8.—Follow
ing preliminary hearing at Brighton,
Colo., on charges of highway rob
bery, Frank Milligan, a former city
detective and Jake Fineberg, propri
etor of roadhouse, were held In five
thousand dollars bond charged with
the robbery of Mrs. Harry T. Noland,
who lost $3000 in Jewels on January
2 while at the roadhouse.
MRS. PHILIP NORTH MOORE
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•Ufa. PMli» fcort* Moore, preeifeat
,nf the National Council of Women.
PARTIES DING IIP
Republicans Will Put up Organized
Resistance to President's Re
quest tor Blanket Power
WASHINGTON. D. (\. Feb. 8.—
The republicans are lining up for or
ganized resistance to President Wil
son’s request for a bill giving him
blanket authority to reorganize and
coordinate the government agencies
for prosecution of the war. The demo
cratic leaders are also marshallug
i their forces, and it is believed that
| the bill will be forced thru on a strict
party vote.
IMPI RK HANDY HKNT
! SAILORS ON WARSHIPS
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1 WASHINGTON, I). C„ Feb. 8.—
| Discovery of ’’Impurities’’ in candy
| supplied to canteens of navy ships to
i day caused the issue of an order sus
pending the sale of candy to the men
I and also the purchase of additional
I supplies pendiug investigation.
I Navy department officials were
careful not to say what the "impur
ities" were, hut the announcement of
the order immediately caused a re
currence of the report that powdered
glass had been discovered. There was
no confirmation for this however, and
no case of sickness from eating the
candy had been reported, it was mere
ly stated that impurities bad been
! discovered in candy sold to the of
I ficers and men and that while chemi
Ical investigation was determining
I what the substances were no more of
j the stuff would be sold or bought.
WINANS DEFEATS KEESLER;
I SILVERMAN HEATS WHEELER
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Another large crowd attended the
i billiard tournament at the Ptnzon
, last night, witnessing two of the best
games of the series. Dr. Winans with
a handicap of 100 defeated Harlan
Winans' one hundred. Keesler secured
Keesler, who played sixty points to
! 50 points in the game. Winans' aver
age was 1.75; Keesler's average was
1.85. I)r. Silverman won the game
with Curtis Wheeler by two points.
Wheeler played 100 points and Sil
verman 100 points, there being no
handicap.
Tonight Jake lleptinger will play
Win. Sparvallo. and Clinton Egan and
Ronnifield will play.
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Hill gN$
Minister* of Foreign Power* Forced
to Depart for Sweden—Francis
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Mot Heard From
WASHINGTON. D. C.. Feb. 8.—
An unconfirmed report received here
is to the effect that the allied mis
sions at Petrograd have been driven
out by the Bolsheviki and are now
on their way to the Swedish border.
The .State Department was notified
by AmhasadOr Morris at Stockholm,
that he had not heard from Ambas
sador Francis since February 2.
NORTH WESTER M SAILS
SEATTLE, Feb. 8.—The steamship
Northwestern sailed for the north to
day, with a large consignment of pas
sengers and freight. 1. Hamburger,
court stenographer, is a passenger for
Valdez.
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HSR DOUBLE LIFE
Thede Bara In ‘Her Double Life,”
will be the attraction at the Empress
Sunday night. A late Pathe News will
also be shown. Tuesday "The Beast”
will be produced. ,
The heavy gale blowing has held
the mosquito fleet In port -again to
day.
Corporal Rogers will leave over the
traU for Tonslna within the next few
days.
Pete Cashtnaft is' workidg as an
electrician at the big power ptint
'ac&Ar ad bay.
Former President Submits to Second
Operation and His Condition
is Reported Serious
NEW YORK. Feb. 8.—Ex-Presi
dent a second operation today (or
fistula and abscesses in both ears. His
condition was reported very serious
by the surgeons in charge of the case.
Roosevelt has cancelled bis western
speaking trip upon advice from his
physicians.
Rl SSIAN RED CROSS IS
TAKEN OVER RY RA1UOAIJ3
PETROGRAD. Feb. 8.—The Bol
shevik! have taken over the Russian
Red Cross, which has been In the
hands of non-partisans. The heads of
the organization, including M. Pok
rovsky. former minister for foreign
affairs, have been arrested as counter
revolutionaries.
IhlXALIIKOX WILL LKAVK
VAI.DKZ AT KIGHT O’ 4’I.OCK
For tlio convenience of those at
tending tlie smoker at Fort Liscuin
tomorrow evening the launch Donald
son will leave the City Dock at eight
o'clock and returning leave Liscum at
11:!50. The smoker will be given un
der the auspices of the Garrison
Amusement Association.
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XKW RKGl'LATIONH KOI!
SALK OK KIjOI'R
Divisional Food Administrator Ar
thur Lang received a telegram today
from Territorial Food Administrator
Gunnison stating that new regula
tions regarding the sale of wheat
flour and substitutes had been made
effective immediately and until fur
ther notice in the First and Third di
visions, and that wheat or wheat flour
is to be sold only on the ratio of three
pounds of wheat flour to one pound'of
substitutes. All dealers have been no
tified of the change in the fifty-fifty
plan.
BADLY BEATEN
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Finnish I *m visional (lOvrmiiicnl .Ar
my .Administers ('rushing Itlow
to Bolslieviki
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STOCKHOLM. Feb. 8. —General
Mannerheim, in command of the
foYces of the Finnish provisional gov
ernment defeated the Red Guard de
cisively yesterday, according to a dis
patch to the Afton Tidningen. The
Red Guards suffered a loss of 3,000
men. The battle took place at Korkea
kosl. The defeat was most decisive
and broke the Bolshevik! rule In Fin
land. ,
ME HOT
OFF/JJOPRIES
Owing to Alleged Cowardly Actions
of ('ommander of Polish Army
Government Refuses Help
PETROGRAD, Feb. 8.—The Bol
sheviki government has ordered that
all supplies be cut off from the Pol*
ish region in Russia declaring the
commander of the Russian army in
that district a cowardly poltroon.
BART SUFFERS FROM COLD
. Billot Stewart, formerly coneoted
with the Prospector, writes ffo*f
Pennsylvania that the winter had
'been S herd one, and that he iafferd
Sre fromt he cold than in Alaska.
Stdutfrt states that he will leaSe
east for the coast in the near fs
tare.
GERMANY HAYH DIVERSION
WILL PROLONG THE WAR]
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AMSTERDAM. Feb. 8. — Under
Foreign Secretary Busacbe of Ger-j
many admitted today that the policy j
of the United Statee in diverting all
neutral shipping entering American |
ports to the ubo of the Allies would
prolong the war.
SHORTAGE OF BUNKER
COAL IS RELIEVED|
NEW YORK, Feb. 8.—The short
age of bunker coal which a few days
ago was seriously hampering the
fueling of vessels in New York har
bor, "has been entirely relieved,” ac
cording to a statement today by J.
E. Parsons, detailed by the United
States shipping board to supervise
the bunkering of ships at this port.
FIGHT TO FINISH
Halif lle.V Declares that Separate
Peace Will Not be Considered
—in W'ar to Htay
AMSTKUDAM. Feb. 8. "While we
are aware of the great value of peace
Turkey will never conclude a separ
ate peace with her enemies at any
price," Halif Bey the Turkish Foreign
Minister, declared in an address to
day before the Turkish chamber of
deputies, according to a Constantino
ple dispatch
MOONKHINING IN
DRY STATKK SPRKADK
WASHINGTON. I). C„ Feb. 8.
Discovery that manufacture.of moon
shine whisky is increasing rapidly in
hone dry states and that quantities
have been sold illicitly to soldiers in
Southern camps caused internal rev-,
enue Commissioner Roper to an-j
nounce today a nationwide campaign i
against illegal distillation in co-op
eration with state governors.
HAWAIIAN OKNKRAL IN
FAVOR OF PROHIBITION j
HONOUfUr, T II.. Fell. 8. -Cen-J
eral Wisser. commanding the Hawai-j
ian department in reply to a quervl
from the war department. Indorsed J
prohibition and recommended that it;
apply to the whole territory.
VICTORIA NTI1/L IN SKWARII
At the hour of going to press the
steamship Victoria was still at Sew-J
ard and the local office nad received
no news as to when she would sail.
SAVE THE POOD
Two wheatlees days each
week, Monday and Wednesday.
One evening meal dally,
wheatless.
One meatless. Tuesday.
One meatless meal daily.
Two porkless days for each
week, Tuesday and Saturday.
PRINCESS OF TECK
IDSMTOU
mm now
Difference in Figure* Between War
Department and Knglish—Many
Washington Troops aboard
WASHINGTON. D. C.. Feb. 8. -
The Tuscania death toll as forwarded
by the American embassy at London
today is 101, including 73' soldiers.
The war department’s own figures
nearly double these. Kigbty-one sol
diers are now in the hospital, and 54
bodies have been washed ashore, all
American. They are mangled beyond
i recognition.
Is union Revise* Figure*
LONDON, Feb. 8.—Revised figures
indicate that the total number of vic
tims on the transport Tuscania wi'l
exceed two hundred.
Washington Men Aboard
SKATTLK. Felt. 8. -Sixty-eight
I men from the State of Washington
; were aboard the Tuscania when she
I was torpedoed. They were from the
| cities of Bellingham. Burlington, Kv
'orett. Seattle. Tacoma. Aberdeen, and
I i’ort Angeles.
Names not Given
SKATTLK. Feb. 8. The newspap
er offices are heseiged with anxious
relatives inquiring about the victims
|of tlie Tuscania. The names have not
yet been given out. as the complete
list of dead has not been compiled.
MINE DRAFT
IL ORDERED
Young Men IWoining Tm enty-ono
Will be Automatically Registered
—(junta Rased ou Class One
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Feb. S. -
Favorable report on the bill amend
ing the selective draft law so that
young men will be automatically reg
istered, and basing the quotas on the
number of men in class one, instead
of on state populations was unani
mously indorsed by Hie senate mili
tary committee today.
iMANY PLANES
1 BROUGHT DOWN
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Allied Airmen Destroy Fifty-six Hos
tile Machines From January 36
to l*resent Time
KOMK, Feb. 8.—Italian allied air
men have destroyed 56 enemy ma
chines since January 26. according to
a report made today by Gen. Diaz to
the war board. He stated that the al
lies had lost but few machines.
SMOKER AT l*OHT TOMORROW
The Garrison Amusement Associa
tion of Fort Liscum are making elab
orate preparations for their smoker
tomorrow night, and will spare no
pains to give their guests a good
time. Good steamer service has been
provided, and the events will be pull
ed off as per schedule. A smalt ad
mission fee of 50 cents will be charg
ed to defray the expenses of the lunch
provided. A large crowd is expected
to attend from Valdez.
MRS. ROOSEVELT RECEIVES
CONDOLENCES OF PRESIDENT
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Feb. 8.—
President Wilson today sent a mes
sage of sympathy to Mrs. Theodora
Roosevelt expressing the teopd that
the Colonel's condition would soon.
Improve. •
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AUSTRIAN QAB1NKT RESIGNS
riROAM. Feb. 8.—Herr vou
; pcedrlsv at Austria, tendered
[(nation of .the entire cabinet
emperor today.