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German Delegates to tlie Socialist
Congress at Stockholm Outline
Terms of Peace—Want Return of
German Colonies.
STOCKHOLM, June 18—What j
may be considered the official Ger-j
man Peace terms were given out to
day by the German representatives
to the Socialist peace congress, dur
ing the session of the congress this
afternoon. While the terms do not
bear the stamp of officialdom, they
are undoubtedly from official sources,
and were presented by the majority!
of the German delegates.
The striking points of the terms
outlined were that Germany should
pay no indemnity to Belgium “Be
cause it woj*ld be difficult to deter-1
mine which X>f the belligerents were
responsible for the damages occa-.
^ sioned on the various fronts.” Un
W der the Socialist doctrine none of the;
nations engaged hi the struggle
should annex any territory, there-,
fore the terms provide for the return
to Germany of her colonies now in
the hands of the Allies, and also the
retention of Alsace and Lorraine by
Germany "Because they are nine-:
tenths German."
-FORMER PREMIER GOES
* ’ VIOLENTLY INSANE
LONDON. June 18.—Former Pre
mier Goremykin, of Russia, who was;
taken in custody by the conspirators
at the outbreak of the Russian revo
lution, has ^one violently insane.
BRITISH SUB. LOSSES
THIRTY-TWO IX)R WEEK
LONDON, June 18.—The admiral
ty reports that the total sinkings for
the past week numbered 32 vessels,
a falling off from the previous week.
TAMPICO OIL FIELD
STRIKES ENDED TODAY
MEXICO CITY. June IS.—The ia
^ifer strikes in the Mexican oil fields
ended today, the oil companies hav
ing met the demands of the strikers.
TESTING RECRUITS* EYES.
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Army Examining Officer Put
ting a Prospect Through Pacos
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Photo by American Prhss Association.
There has been uo letup In the se
«Te tesrs applicants for the army
ust go through before they are ao
i capted One of the most important
'^lallhcatious for a new recruit is good
J eyesight. This Is the method employed
| by the examining otlicer In testing the
I eyes. A sheet of cardboard covers one
while the other is looking at distant
|t letters
HEAVY TAX
FIVE PER CENT OF
NET PROFITS DEMANDED
Senate Finance Committee Tacks
Amendment to Revenue Bill levy
ing live Per Cent on Net Profits
of Publisher*.
WASHINGTON. D. C., June IS^
The Senate Committee on Finance in
corporated an item in the war revenue
bill today taxing publishers of news
papers and magazines five per cent on
their total net profits.
Reconsider Tax on Pa|>ers
WASHINGTON. D. C.. June 18—)
The Senate Finance Committee will
likely reconsider the tax on papers
proposed in the war revenue bill this)
morning.
IH»RA IS AT SEWARD
SAY OFFICERS ON ALASKA
The officers on the steamship Alas
ka state tliat the steamer Dora is in
Seward, the Alaska having met the
westward boat at Cape Elizabeth and
transferred passengers and freight,
the Dora going on to Seward.
GERMANS TAKE j
BRITISH JNES
WAR OFFICE ADMITS TROOPS
FORCED TO RETIRE
Advanced Positions on tlie A eras
Front Carried by Teutons after a
l)es|*erate Hand-to-Hand Coinliat—
British Hold Main Positions Des
pite Counters.
LONDON. June IS.—The War Of
fice today admitted that the British
forces were forced to retire from sev
eral important positions last night, on
the Arras front, after a desperate
hand-to-hand combat between the
British and German troops. The War
office stated, however, that German
counters had been repulsed and that
all the important positions were still
held by the entente allies. A fierce
German attack on Infantry Hill, cap
tured by the British last week, was
also repulsed with loss.
IDITAROD DEMOCRATS
OPPOSE GOV. STRONG
Endorse Popular Railway Man in
Stirring Resolution—Introduce
Delegateship Matter
IDITAROD, June 18.—The Demo
crats of the district sent a telegram
to Secretary Lane late Saturday night
strongly opposing the re-nomination
of Governor Strong, the present in
cumbent, for reappointment, and in
dorsing Thomas Riggs for governor,
and Robert S. Sommers for surveyor
general. The resolution denounced
the weakness and inefficiency of Gov.
Strong’s administration, and intro
duced matters pertaining to the dele
gateship and the Road Commission.
PROM I NEXT SEATTLEITE
DIES WHILE MOTORING
SEATTLE. Wash., June 18.—
Former County Commissioner A. L.
Rutherford died while out motoring
yesterday, between Tolt and Falls
City. Mr. Rutherford has served
terms as commissioner of King coun
ty and w'as a prominent figure in lo
cal politics.
ARMY OFFICER COMMITS
SUICIDE BV SHOOTING
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 18.—
Major James Courke, a member of
the U. S. Army Medical Corps, com
mitted suicide today by shooting. No
| cause is known for his rash act.
I. W. W.’S JAI D
INS IRE
STREET RIOTS TERMINATE
IN SOURER BEING SHOT
Forty-On© Members of tli© I Won't
Work Gang Riot in Streets of
Sound Oity and Shoot Soldier In
the Leg—Are Released Today.
SEATTLE. Was*.. June 18—Forty
one members of the I. W. W.’s start
ed a riot In this city Saturday night,
when soldiers attempted to break up
a meeting being held on the streets,
and during the fight one soldier was
shot in the leg and seriously wound
ed. After holding them in jail over
night the authorities were forced to
turn them loose, as It was shown they
were attacked by spectators and sol
diers in an effort to prevent their
speaking on the streets.
Twelve Held for Non-Registration
SEATTLE. June 18.—Twelve I. W.
W.’s who refused to register, were ar
rested here Saturday by the federal
authorities and are being detained
in the county jail awaiting trial.
JAP DESTROYER
IS MOOED
—
IX A BATTLE WITH
SIB DESTROYER SUNK
W hile Fleet Is Fighting Submarine in
.Mcditerannean, Shot from German
Sub Gets Home, Killing Many Men
and Sinking Craft—Submarine
Escapes.
TOKYO, June 18.—While a fleet
ot' Japanese destroyers were attack
ing a German submarine in the Med
iterannean Sea, Saturday, a shot from
the German under sea boat struck the
destroyer Sakaki, killing and wound
ing many of her crew and causing the
boat to be towed to port in a sinking
condition. The submarine escaped.
Else APPOINTS
FIFTEEN' MEMBERS NAMED
BY WASHINGTON GOVERNOR
W. A. Peters of Seattle is Chairman
of Council—Will Deal With Local
j
War Conditions—Board Composed
of Business and Professional Men.
OLYMPIA, Wash.,.June 18.—Gov
ernor Lister today appointed a State
Council of Defense, composed of fif
teen business and professional men of
the state. W. A. Peters, of Seattle,
was appointed chairman of the Coun
cil, which will deal solely with war
conditions in the Evergreen State.
PUBLISHER OF EXAMINER
DEAD AT CORONADO BEACH
For Nineteen Years Was Head of
' Great Han Francisco Daily
CORONADO. Calif., June 18.—
Dent H. Roberts, for nineteen years
publisher of the San Francisco Exam
iner. died here yesterday after a pro
longed illness. For years Mr. Rob
erts was one of the leading publish
ers of the Pacific Coast, building the
Examiner to a paper of national
prominence. Impaired health forced
him to give up the newspaper game,
and the past few months have been
spent at the California resort in an
endeavor to recuperate.
JAPAN SPURNS
i
TO TAKE JOINT ACTION
\
IN CHINESE AKKAIRS
Great Itritian Also Refuses Sugges
tion* of tiie United States Jliat
Joint Action Re Taken hy the
Allies in the'Chinese Situation.
WASHINGTON. June 18—The re
quest of the United States that Japan
join with her in the advice recently
sent by the administration to China
that she compose her internal differ
ences, has beer turned down by Ja
pan. who refuses to take any part in
the affair. This refusal developed
today officially when advices were re
ceived from Great Britian that that
country also had spurned the sugges
tion of the United States for joint ac
tion in the Chinese situation.
HI GK CROWDS KSCORT
HOMK WITH BAXXKRH
Men Condemned to Prison for Parti-1
/ j
cipation in Irisli Revolution Are'
(iiveu Liberty in Kffort to Placate J
Home Rule Party.
DUBLIN. June 18.—Great crowds
.
assembled here today to welcome the
arrival ot the Sinn Fein prisoners, ar
rested in connection with the recent
ill-starred Irish revolution, when
many persons were executed and im
prisoned by the British authorities
for participating in the Sinn Fein
riots. The men were escorted to
their homes with bands playing and
banners flying, and a great demon
stration was held in their honor af
terward.
Fin
WOl'Ll) KID WORLD OK
MENACE FROM AUTOCRACY
Commissioner Root, In Stirring Ad
dress Tells Russian Ministry Amer
ica is Fighting for Russians as Well
as for Freedom.
PETROGRAD, June 18.—Commis
sioner Elihu Root, in his first speech
to the Russian ministry here today,
told his hearers that the United States
had “begun the fight not only for her
own, but Russia’s freedom as well.”
He further stated that America was
in the war for the sole purpose of
ridding the world from the menace of
autocracy.
The Duma in secret session passed
a resolution asking for an immediate
offensive by the troops on the East
ern front. The resolution stated that
the idea of separate peace or pro
longed inactivity was treachery to
ward allies.
BELGIUM COMMISSION
ARRIVED AMERICA TODAY
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 18.—
The Belgium Commission arrived in
an American port today.
LEAVE TRAIL OE DEATH
IX THEIR WAKE
One Machine Is Brought Down by
Runs, Her Frew Fighting to the
lawt—Two Persons Killed and
Sixteen Wounded
LONDON. June 18.—For the sec
ond time within a week this city was
raided by Zeppelins Sunday morning,
two machines winging their way over
the channel in the early hours and
dropping a number of bombs on the
sleeping city. Two persons were
killed and sixteen injured in last
night’s raid, but the property loss was
great, many buildings being reduced
to ruins by the air raiders. During
the height of the battle, one Zeppelin
was struck by a shell front an anti-air
craft gun. and badly damaged. As
the stricken dirigible was endeavor
ing to right herself and escape, a
British airplane arose and succeeded
in getting a position directly over the)
German war machine, dropping a
shell squarely into her huge gas bag.
The Zeppelin plunged swiftly to the
ground, a mass of flames, her crew
working her guns to the last.
M lIX KK COMPKIXKI) TO
JOIN BRITISH ('OM)RS
All Britons Between Ages of 18 and
4.5 Must Join Colors—United
States Gives Permission to Consuls
To Recruit Subjects.
WASHINGTON. D. C„ June 18.—
All male British subjects between the j
ages of 18 and 45 will be compelled |
to join their country’s colors, accord- j
ing to a statement made here today j
by administration officials. The Brit
ish consuls have agents at work thru
out the country compiling the names
of men who are not citizens of the
United States and who still owe alle
giance to the King. Federal author
ities will round up all such men and
turn them over to representatives of;
the British government.
PRINCE ALEXANDER TAKES
OATH AND IS CROWNED
LONDON. June 18.—The chancel
lor announced in the House of Com
mons today that Prince Alexander
had taken the oath of office and been
crowned King of Greece. Prince
Alexander succeeds King Constan
tine, who was ousted by the Allies
for his refusal to allow Greece to en
ter the war on tire side of the Enten
te Allies. Prince George, the right
ful heir to the throne was not allow
ed his seat on account of his pro-Ger
man proclivities.
RED CROSS BALL
TO BE BIG SUCCESS
The committee having the prepara
tions for the Red Cross Ball under
way, which will be held here Satur
day, Juno 30, report that they are
meeting with great success in selling
tickets, and that the affair promises
to be the social function of the sea
son. The best music obtainable has
been engaged, and no pains will be
spared to make the evening a most
enjoyable one. Tickets are selling at
one dollar and fifty cents per person,
the proceeds of which will be donated
to the National Organization.
KBIT MEN
ASK MCREASE
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COMPANY OFFICERS SAY
PRO-GERMAN AOTIVITUCH
Management lias lien iMtowM to
Fay all Facts before Federal Auth
orities—Men Ifemaad Fifty Cent
Bonus and Continuation after War
NEW YORK, June 18.—It was an
nounced today that the management
of the Kennecott Copper propertiea
at Kennnecott. Alaska, had been in
structed to lay all the facte concern
ing the walk out of their men before
the Federal authorities at once. The
strike many involve 500 men working
in the Jumbo, Bonanza and Erie
mines in the same locality. The com
pany's officers here state that tho
strike has been brought on by the ac
tivities of pro-German agitators, who
have got control of the situation, and
are dictating the strike policy.
The men are demanding a further
increase in pay of fifty cents per day
above the present one dollar bonus,
and demand tiiat all bonuses be made
permanent, even in normal times
NEW YORK. June 18—Officers of
the Kennecott Corporation assert
that the strike now in progress in
their mine at Kennecott, Alaska, has
keen brought on by German sympa
thizers. who are trying to cripple the
nation's copper output, and hamper
military preparedness.
KENNECOTT, Alaska. June 18.—
The Marshal's office here today
stated that while a strike was in pro
gress at the Kennecott mine there
had been no disorder reported and no
atteippt to injure the company’s prop
erty. Marshal Brenneman is at the
scene of the trouble, and can be de
pended upon to suppress any agita
tion which may develop into danger
to property or rioting. Miners here
state that the strike is simply a de
mand for more money, wages in tho
mine having not kept pace with tho
high cost of living. These men hoot
the idea of pro-German agitation
having anything to do with the trou
trouble and state that the question is
purely an economic one.
PECULATORS “PARASITES’*]
Carl Vrooman of Agricultural |‘
Department damps Thom. .
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Carl Vrooman. assistant secretary 01
agriculture. Is a leading advocate of
the repression of si>eculatlou In food
stufTs. "The time has coine for tht
government to take decisive action to
check the upward treud. The people
will brook no delay,” Mr. Vrooman
said, "in stamping out the activities of
these economic parasites, these disloy
al food gamblers, who are fattening
and battening In every city In this
land on the food necessities of the
poor."