SEPARATE PEACE
WWASSURED
Unless Russia Shakes Herself Loose
Krom Strangle Hold of Bolshe
vik! Revolutionists
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Dec. 19.—
■Separate peace between Russia and
Germany is Inevitable, according to
dispatches received here from Petro
grad, unless struggling Russia shakes
herself loose from the stranglehold
of Bolsheviklsm, Russian officials pre
dict. The official forecast at the em
bassy is that Germany will comply
with Leon Trotzky’s demand of “no
annexation, no contributions, and self
.definition of boundaries."
TIM MIPS ARK INJURED
IN TRAIN WRECK
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ROCKFORDfiill., Dec. 19.—The
thirty-seven privates of the 86th di
vision of the national army and the
five civilians who suffered minor in
juries when a special troop train on
the Illinois Central was derailed last
night near Granger, III., were report
ed out of danger today.
About 800 soldiers were returning
to Camp Grant, after a two-day holi
day in Chicago, when the accident oc
curred. one car being overturned.
The entire camp was thrown into |
excitement at midnight when exag-!
gerated news of the accident reached ,
headquarters.
Officials of the railroad announced
that the wreck was caused by a brok
en brake rod which, dragging beneath
the tank of the engine, struck the
point of a switch opening it, delfech-1
inv the cnacheK from the main track.
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In one of the late issues of .thu
Saturday Evening Post is a short ar-.
tide, together with photograph, of
Major Frank W. Smith, the officer in I
charge of the Postofflce for all the |
American troops in France. Major |
Smith will be remembered as the
postoffice inspector in connection with j
the Diggs case here some five years 1
ago.
The steamship Latouche arrived in ;
port today with 300 tons of coal and |
a lot of powder for the mines.
WOMEN'S DAY j
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This is Women’s Day in the great
Red Cross drive for 1918 member
ships. Valdes ladies who are active
in the local chapter met yesterday af
ternoon and organized for a general
canvass of the town. It Is hoped to
i -enroll nearly every man, woman and
child in the town as members for
1918. Junior memberships cost only
25 cents and annual memberships for
adults a dollar. Other forms of mem-]
bership cost varying sums up to $50 :
for a life membership and $100 for
patrons.
It wbb decided by the ladies to give
a Red Cross Dance on New Year’s
Eve. The proceeds of this will go into
the local Red Cross fund. It is per
haps not widely known that part of
the membership fees remain In the
treasury of the local chapter for Red
Cross uses at home. The Red Cross is
not simply a war organization, but
it is devoted to relief service every
, where.
Tomorrow is School Day and part
of the time will be devoted by the
teachers and others to addresses upon
* Red Cross work.
As Christmas and New Year’s Day
fall upon Tuesday there will be no
meeting on those days of the Women’s
Red Cross organization. Friday meet
ings will be held as uanal.
In order to stimulate the effort to
get every person in town into the Red
Cross chapter a syndicate has been
organized to present a membership
to every. Infant born in Valdes In the
next six months. It may be decided
to extend the time.
LEAVES $12,000 A YEAR
TO WIFE OF PRESIDENT
PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Dec. 19.—
Twelve thousand dollars a year “pin
money” for the wife of the President
of the United States, "or the first lady
of the land,” is provided In a fund
from the estate of Henry 0. Freeman,
jr., a wealthy lawyer, who died here
recently. The estate is valued at $2.
000,000 and upward.
“The reason I make this fund,” the
will explains, “is because I feel the
President of the United States re
ceives such a miserable pittance for a
man holding the greatest position on
earth.”
FKNCiTiWT
Ten of Crew Meet Death—Huh which
.Sinks Her is I .a ter Sent to the
Bottom by Destroyer
PARIS, Dec. 19.—The old French
cruiser Chateaurenault, employed as
a transport, was sunk yesterday by an
enemy submarine in the Mediterran
ean Sea. ten of her crew being lost.
The submarine was‘later sent to the
bottom by a destroyer, with all on
hoard.
Battling in Odessa
ODESSA. Dec. 19.—Another battle
is in progress today on the streets be
tween the Ukraniau troops and the
Bolsheviki guards. The opera house
has been seized by the Ukranians and
machine guns turned on the Bolshe
viki. who are replying with rifles and
artillery fire. The Bolsheviki troops
have surrounded the Ukranians and
a stubborn battle is in progress.
Bolsheviki Holding Port
PETROGRAD, Dec. 19.—Heavy
ighting in Odessa was reported to
iay, the Maximalists still holding the
?ort against the Ukranian troops, who
tre shelling them vigorously. The Bol
shevik! war office also announced to
iay that their troops are advancing
toward Kiev. The Cossack rebels are
attacking Astraiba today.
Carl Larson is in the city today
[rom the Granby mine, where he is
employed.
liHANBY MINE CLOSES
DOWN EOK HOLIDAYS
In order to give its men a chance
to celebrate the holidays fittingly the
3ranby Consolidated Copper Company
closed down its plant Saturday, and
will open up right after the holidays.
HEMPLE SENDS MEN
TO (TIPPER PROPERTY
A large gang of men under Fore
man Mgrk Gleason left today for the
Hemple copper property at Landlock,
Mr. Hemple having opened the mine
again. Supplies sufficient to last three
months were taken to the mine, which
is a fine property.
HIM
After Absence of Several Months In
vestigating Euro|tean Situation
Has Returned to U. S.
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Dec. 19.—
Colonel House last night and today
made a personal report to the Presi
dent regarding the European war sit
uation. His report has not been given
out, as yet, to the prees.
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RETURNS SHOW THAT
FICKERT NOT RECALLED
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 19.—Com
plete returns of the election held here
yesterday to recall prosecuting attor
ney Fickert for his part in the prose
cution of Thomas Mooney, the con
victed dynamiter, shows that the re
call failed by over a two to one vote.
The recall was. attempted by the
Frisco labor unions and Socialists, on
the charge that Fickert had railroad
ed the prisoner.
AMERICAN AMBULANCES AT THE FRONT
Section 10 of the American flelil service on a wc'i-camouflnRcd road near
Aveeourt. and, at the left, Mr. Welker, one of the .nnhtllunre drivers. In his
helmet and tras musk.
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Commander at Salonild is Told to Re
turn to England by War Office
—Reasons Not Published
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LONDON, Dec. 19.—General Sar
rail, commander of the allied armies,
•t Salonikt, has been recalled, ac
cording to a newspaper dispatch from
Athens.
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11RITIHH TAKE A FEW'
PRISONERS AT PASSCHENDALK
LONDON. Dec. 19.—Driving off
hostile reconnoitering parties on the
southeast and northeast of Passchen
daele. keeping up a defensive fire, and
the capture of a few prisoners marks
the day at the front, according to a!
dispatch from General Haig.
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.Supported by Home Thousands of his
Troops is Approaching Russian
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Capital—Eight Imminent
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COPENHAGEN. Dec. 19.—The re- [
port that Gen. Kerensky, supported
by several thousand troops has ap
peared in the vicinity of Petrograd.
is contained in a dispatch from Hap
aranda to the Berlingvike Tidende.
The Bolsheviki are said to have sent
troops against him, and a battle Is
believed imminent.
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NOVEMBER SENT TO
BOTTOM OE SEA
PARIS, Dec. 19.—The torpedoing
by a submarine of the Spanish steam
ship November is reported in a dis
patch from Barritz. Thirty of the crew
were arrested.
Congressman. Miller Home
SEATTLE, Des. 19.—Congressman
Miller returned today from Washing
ton to spend the holidays.
BUliUARIA WILL.OPEN
PEACE NEGOTIATIONS
AMSTERDAM, Dec. Bulgaria
has jd.ecl4ed .tp ppen negotiations with
Russia, in'Accordance with her alliee
and has sent a reply to this effect tp
the Russian government, a Sofia dis
patch says. This announcement was
[made in the Bulgarian parliament by
.Premier Radoslavoff.
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WEE STEAMSHIP |
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Steel Vessel Launched Today in Yards
of Dry Dock Company Taken |
Over by Government
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SEATTLE, Dec. 19.—The twelve
thousand ton steel steamship Walter
A. Luclenbach was launched today In
the yards of the Seattle Construction
& Dry Dock Company, and was im
mediately commandeered by the Gov
ernment. This is the largest vessel
ever launched in the northwest.
Naval Surgeon a Suicide
NORFOLK, Va., Dec. 19.—Lieuten
ant Commander Richard B. Williams, j
a naval surgeon, committed suicide
after being relieved from duty for
treatment of his eyes. Commander
Williams, relatives said, had feared
the loss of his eyesight. He was 42
years old. His home was in Norfolk.
NINETEEN LOST
INSUBMARINE
Two American Undersea Boats Collide
and One is Sent to Bottom—Ac
cident in Home Waters
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WASHINGTON. D. C.. Dec. 19.—
Nineteen men lost their lives yester
day when the American submarine
PI was rammed and sunk by the sub
marine F3, in home waters, during
a dense fog Monday.
CONGRESS ADJOURNED
UNTIL JANUARY THIRD
WASHINGTON. D. C., Dec. 19.—
Congress adjourned today at noon un
til January 3.
Discount Rate Increased
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Dec. 19.—
To discourage inflation and promote
sound business conditions, the federal
reserve board has approved a general
increase in discount rates of about
one-half per cent for most of the
twelve federal reserve banks.
JOIN THE RED CROSS.
The temperature moderated nearly
30 degrees at .Gulkana since yester
day, the mercury now standing at
—82. Thompson Pass reports —27
and Valdez—2. The coldest point on
the trail today is at McCarty, where
the iper.cury registers —51.
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NOTHING OF INTEREST
ON . WESTERN FRONT
•iMMMnmsnmwnsann
tt.-HJea. Haig re
ported that toothing of Interest Is oc
curring on the western front.
ARTILLERY BATTLE
RAGING ON ITALIAN FRONT
BERLIN, Dec. 19.—An artillery
battle 1b raging on tbe Italian front
between the Brenta and the Plave
river, the war office announced today.
To Direct Manufacture*
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 19.—
George N. Peek, vice president of
Deere & Co., Moline, III., today was
appointed industrial representative of
the war industries board to direct the
conversion of the country’s manufac
turing facilities to war work.
WILL LIFT BAN
ONNMMCHY
Brigadier General Irons Has Intim
ated That He Will Make Seattle
a Christmas Present
SEATTLE, Dec. 19.—Brigadier
General Irons in charge at Camp Lew
is has intimated that he will lift the
military ban against this city as a
Christmas gift to the city.
More Porkers Needed
WASHINGTON. D. C.. Dec. 19. —
Fifteen per cent increase In the pro
duction of pork in 1918 will be re
quired for domestic consumption and
export to the allies, the department
of agriculture today announced in
urging every farmer to do his share
toward remedying the shortage of
pork products.
Grand Opera Gives Up
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, Dec. 19.—
The Boston Grand Opera Company,
which gave a performance here last
night, has abandoned its traveling
tour an# will* return east. Difficulty
In obtaining adequate traveling ac
comodations and the inroads of the
military draft upon its membership
are given as the reasons.
FRASER RIVER SALMON
FISHERIES BEING DEPLETED
OTTAWA, Ont., Dec. . 19.—James
Babcock, assistant commissioner of
fisheries of British Columbia, addre#
ressing the commission of conserva
tion, deplored the failure of the Uni
ted States to join Canada in the adop
tion of measures to prevent the de
pletion of the salmon fisheries of the
Fraser river.
Mr. Babcock stated the failure of
co-operative measures to Insure the
seeding of the spawn beds in the lean
years has entailed a loss to American
fisheries in excess of $29,000,000.
The failure of the salmon to run as
abundantly in 1917 as In former years
has entailed a loss to the fishermen
and canners of British Columbia of
over $8,000,000. while the loss to the
fishermen and canners of the United
States exceeded $19,500,000.
Ruler of Portugal Been Deported to
Madrid by Revolutibnisto—El
ected in 1015
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Dec. 19.—
President Bernardino Machado has
been deposed and forced to flee to
Madrid, Spain, by the revolution now
pending in Portugal. President Ma
chado was elected to office August 7,
1915.
Anti-Cleanup Wins
NEWPORT, R. I„ Dec. 19.—Clark
Burdick was re-elected mayor today
after a campaign in which bis oppon
ent, Dr. David E. Flynn, adopted as a
slogan “Clean Up Newport” in line
with criticisms hy the navy depart
ment of moral conditions here.
Chicago Bank Robbed
CHICAGO, DeC. 19.—Five bandits
robbed the Stockmen’s Trust ft Sav
ings bank, in the stockyards district,
of $10,000 or more today and drove
away in an automobile. The presK
dent of the bank and seven employes
were herded Into a back room while
the robbers rifled the safe and cash
boxes.
RAH. SERVICE
BSE
South Seattle Valleys Inundated and
Flood* Prevent Transcontinent
al Trains Running
SEATTLE, Dec. 19.—The valleys
in South Seattle are inundated by
heavy floods, resulting from the over
flowing of the Duwamish river, and
all rail service over the transcontin
ental routes has been suspended.
The rainfall the past two days is un
precedented.
Province of I'kraine Issues Statement
Declaring Its Own Independ
ence from Holslievlki
LONDON. Dec. 19.---The province
of Ukraine in Southwestern Russia
has issued a statement declaring that
it will not recognize the Bolshevik!
government, .inasmuch as the Don,
Caucasus and other parts of Russia
have declared their independence and
have their own governments.
2000 ITALIANS
TM PRISONER
Teutonic Forces Storm Monte Atnlone
and Other Positions Northwest
of That Height
BERLIN. Dec. 19.—Two thousand
Italians were taken prisoners by the
Teutons today, who stormed the
heights of Monte Asolone and other
positions northwest of that height,
the war office stated today.
smvWvy
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Representative llritton of lllinoii*
States that Millions been Wast
ed on Huh iTiasers
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Dec. 19.
A sharp attack upon the policy of the
navy department in the construction
of hundreds of submarine chasers
marked the beginning of the house
naval probe today, followed by a bit
ter tilt between Secretary of the Navy
Daniels and Representative Fred A.
Britten of Illinois, who stated that
many millions had been put Into these
craft, which vu virtually a dead loss.
The debate was marked with much
acrimony on the part of the speakers.
PLANES AGAIN
RAIDLOION
Ten Killed and Seven Injured by Ger
man Air Ships—One Machine
In Shot Down
LONDON. Dec. 19.—Ten persona,
were killed and seven Injured during
an airplane raid on London and the
southeast coast of England last night.
One madilne was brought to the earth.
In flames, and the others disappeared,
over the North Sea.
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