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TWENTY KILL , 50
INJURED IN ATTACK
MAD: DURING NIGHT
BULLETIN—PARIS, Jan. 31. — An official state
ment issued today says that twenty were killed, fifty in
jured and property damage large as the result of a raid
last night by German airplanes. One German machine
was brought down and the occupants were made pris
oners.
HI NS MAKE RAID UPON THE CITY OF PARIS ....
PARIS. Jan. 31. — While a thick fog hung over this
city last night bombs suddenly began to drop from the
air. Instantly the city was plunged in darkness, all lights
being turned off. and the French fleet reserves ascended.
Communication was established with the French fleet
in the higher air regions and concerted attacks weie made
upon the enemy although the greatest peril was imminent
owing to the mist hanging in the air for over seven thou
sand feet. Two French planes collided at five thousand
feet but the damage was slight as both were volplaning
in wide areas and only their wings touched.
Within one hour all was quiet again. It is not known
how many enemy machines were in the atack but if is
believed there were at least twelve judging from the num
ber of bombs dropped. The French planes, high in the
air. detected the presence of the enemy, but bombs had
been dropped before warning could be given. This was
the first attack on the city for over three months.
PRESID NT WILSON
MAK iS APPEAL TO
FARMERS OF U. S.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 31. — “Toil, energy, devo
tion, self-sacrifice, intelligence and foresight of the Amer
ican farmers will bring the war to a triumphant conclu
sion” asserted President Wilson in a message to the Amer
ican farmers and read before the Farmer’s Conference at
the University of Illinois this afternoon. President Wil
son had expected to attend the conference but indisposi
tion kept him away. The President also urged the farm
ers to redouble their efforts to produce big crops this year
and during the war period.
President Wilson also told the fanners that the
statesmen on both sides of the water realized that the
culminating crisis of the present struggle had come. The
President said that they had come to believe that this
year’s achievements on one side or the other must deter
mine the issue.
FUEL FAMINE
NEAR ACCOUNT
OF BLIZZARDS
WASHINGTON. Jan. 31. — A fuel
/amine throughout the east is again
imminent unless the railroad admin
istration finds way to speed up th*
coal movement. Storms are prevent
ing operation of trains although the
administration is doing everythin;*
possible to move the coal. The trafilc
situation had not improved at all to
day and more storms wei*e reported
from many sections.
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It isn’t necessarily the army cook
who sees to it that the raw recruit
gets good and roasted.
TG BUILD SHIPS
TO TAKE ALASKA
COAL TO THE STATES
AM MAN
LIN IS ARE
RAIDED BY
TH! HUNS
WITH THK AMKUIOA.V AR>h
IN* FRANCE, Jan. III. — Two Ameri
i aiis were killed, lour wounded and
om* is missing, probably captured, as
i u resuit of a raid upon an American
position at a certain section of the
;• each front. The raid occurred early
this morning, just at daybreak and
ilu ‘ing it iieavy log. \ iolent artillery
barrage preceded the attack. 1 In*
hell lire caused the deaths. .Many
casualties are occurring daily in this
>ector, but it is certain that the enemy
casualties aio greater than the Amer
i icans on account of the intense coun
[ ter charges.
STEAMER \ I. ASK A IS
1)1 K LA I K THIS AFTERNOON
Steamer Alaska is expected in port
| !;ite this afternoon. The steamer hits
| encountered a succession of snow
stomis since leaving Cordova yester
day morning. At 10:’>0 o’clock this
forenoon the steamer had arrived at
La Touche and was to ’ ; ce left there
shortly after the m» • . hour. The
Alaska has 7J» tons of fi»igiv. aboard
;md will be in port at least four to
live hours.
FOUR BURNED
TO DEATH IN
A HOTEL FIRE
MARINE/, Cal., Jan. Hi: — Three
men and ore woman were burned to
death this morning in a lire which des
troyed the Fuirview hotel, at Fair
view, near here. Six men were in
jured by jumping fiom the windows
of the hotel. The register of the ho
tel was burned in the fire, making it
impossible to identify the dead.
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i GIRL LIKES NIGHT LIFE.
SO FATHER KILLS HER
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NEW ' YORK, Jan. 81. — Fanny
j Connell loved to be free to enjoy life
i is she pleased. She wanted to dance
j and to stay out late into the night.
Her gray haired father, Emil Gen
! nell, of Harrison, X. J., was old-fash
ioned and set in the staid ideas his
j father had taught him. Father and
i daughter were strong willed and there
i were many clashes between them.
The father, 60 years old called Fan
ny, now 17, into her bedroom and fir
! ed a shot through her head. It killed
; her. He then turned the revolver up
on himself and fired four shots into
* his body.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 31. — Secre
tary o! Inierior Lane has written a
letter to the chairman of the Shipping
Hoard indorsing the idea of building
a large number of tugs and barges
and slow steamtrs to cariy supplies
northward for the Alaska railroad the
government is building in the north. |
Secretary Lane pointed out that the!
proposed tonnage would be available
to tiling Alaska coal back from the;
J coal fields to various Pacific Coast
! ports.
AERIAL ATTACK
REPORTED UPON
HUN ZEP plant;
SKQUICH, Jan. 31. — A tremen-j
dous explosion accompanied by gun
lire, followed bv a huge column of :
smoke, was heard in the direction oi'j
Friedrichshafen late this afternoon, j
The explosion is probably the result:
of an aerial attack upon the zeppolin:
works.
FINNS HAVE
GOVERNMENT
ESTABLISHED
STOCKHOLM, Jan. 31. — Accord-j
ing to reports received heie the l* in-1
nish revolutionists have formed a;
government under the Presidency of
Kullewero Manners. It is also re
ported that conditions in Helsingfors
are quiet the Red Guards having per
fect control of the city and order be
ing maintained.
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HAT CORDS BLOCK
MOVEMENT OF TROOPS!
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 31. —
There is one American Army officer
who is taking no chances, it is being
told of him that he recently refused j
to move part of his troops because i
they had not received the regulation
hat cords. His explanation was that
his predecessor had been court mar*
tialed for the very thing he refused
to do.
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VILLA BANDITS
BLOW UP TRAIN
KILLSOLDIERS
JUAREZ, Jan. 31. — Followers of
bandit Villa dynamited a work train
on the Mexican Central yesterday
morning, according to advices reach
! ing here, and one hundred and forty
two*men were killed. The train was
under guard of Mexican Federal
troops and many of them were killed
during the fighting with the bandits
or were executed by the latter during
the day having been taken prisoners.
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..BULLETIN— London, Jan. 31.—According to an of
ficial dispatch from Copenhagen, which was received
there from Berlin, the Berlin Tageblatt this afternoon
publishes a statement that the Socialist leaders have ask
ed President Kaempf, of the Reichstag, to summon the
members of that body to a session immediately in view of
the alarming events of the past four days.
SEVEN HUNDRED THOUSAND ON A STRIKE
LONDON, Jan. 31.—Early this forenoon dispatches
from Copenhagen state that the strikes in Germany are
growing hourly At nine o’clock this morning, Berlin
time, the Copenhagen dispatches said that seven hundred
thousand in Berlin were striking. Not included in this
number are fifty thousand women. Berlin also reports
that strikes are spreading with exceptional rapidity in all
sections and regiments have been suddenly called from
the fronts to suppress massing of the strikers as the po
lice forces and reserve squads are powerless.
Great numbers of Socialist leaders have been arrest
ed in the various towns.
The Hamburg Echo, the Socialist newspaper, says that
a suite of seige has been declared at Hamburg, Altona,
and Wandebeck.
More disorders are reported from Kiel and some
authorities claim that the sailors of the kaiser’s German
fleet have mutinied and are helping the strikers in the
shipbuilding yards. ,
REBELS IN AUSTRIA RESORT TO FIRE
LONDON, Jan. 31. — An Amsterdam dispatch to
day says that the grain warehouses in Vienna are afire.
Enormous damage has already been caused. According
to the Vienna officials the revolutionaries are suspected
of the fires.
RUTHLESS SUB
WARFARE ADDS
MOREJ TOTAL
LONDON, Jan. 31. — The British
merchant vessel losses din ing the past
week, ending last night, show an in
crease according to the current re
port of the British Admiralty. Fif
teen ships, including nine over 1600
tons were destroyed all by subma
rines.
Tomorrow marks the second year
of ruthless submarine warfare with
out the Germans having accomplished
their purpose of ending the war.
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fish quotations
I SEATTLE, Jan. 31. — Fish quota
i tions at noon today were: halibut,
l thirty cents; ling cod, four cents, and
; red cod four cents.
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EDITOR HUNT IS DEAD
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TACOMA, Jan. 31. — Hobert Hunt,
editor of the Tacoma Daily News for
, the past twelve years, died this fore
noon of cancer. Mr. Hunt was 48
years of age. For the past three
j months he had not been at his desk
; writing his editorials at home and al
j so being engaged upon a history of
! the Pacific Northwest.
ITALIANS HAVE
MADE CAPTURES
ON FRONT LINES
ROME, Jan. tfl. — Over twenty six
hundred prisoners have been captured
by the Italians in successful attacks
upon the Austrian lines within the
past few days on the Isiago Plateau.
Six largo calibre guns have been cap
tured as well as one hundred machine
guns.
ROME, Jan. 31. — The Italians ad
vanced a new line slightly today
northeast of Coldelrosso on the moun
tain front. All advanced positions are
being held. Resistance from the Ger
j mans and Austrians was light.
1 BRITISH BOAT
SINKS RESULT
OF COLLISION
LONDON, Jan. 31. — The British
torpedo boat Hazard was sunk in the
English Channel last night as a re
sult of a collision with another war
craft. Three members of the crew of
the Hazard lost their lives. The oth
er boat was only slightly damaged.