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ARTILLERYMEN OF
AMERICA NOW ON
CHAMPAGNE FRONT
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PARIS, Feb. 14—Valentines in the form of shells|
from American batteries were liberally sprinkled upon
German trenches and battery positions today in an artu-j
iery bombardment of a certain large area of the French I
front in the Champagne sector. The official statement;
savs that the American gunners proved most effective in.
their markmanship. This is the first mention made that
American artillerymen are in the batteries along the
Champagne front. j
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FRENCH AND AMERICANS GAIN FOOTING
BERLIN. Feb. 14—It is officially announced this af-i
ternoon that French and American forces obtained a se
cure footing in the Champagne sector early this forenoon.
TWO HUNDRED
SKILLED MEN
IN A WALKOUT
BALTIMORE, Ked. 14. — ‘iovejn
ment shipbuilding is seriously ham
pered here today by a strike of *ai
penters and joiners in the plants o.
the Bethlehem Steel company at Spar
row Point, and the Baltimore. Dry
dock Shipbuilding company. Two
hundred skilled men failed to report
this morning and they refused to u>s
i uss the strike. The officials ot the
two plants saio they knew of no r *a
son for the trouble.
EVANS ARRIVED
IN PORT EARLY
IN THEMORNING
Steamer Admiral Evans arrived i'»
port at 5:80 o’clock this morning and
left out at 11 o’clock for Kodiak and
Seldovia. The Evaiu will return here
sometime next Monday. The Evans
brought 174 tons of freight including
over 100 tons of coal for the commis
sion. Capt. Glasscock reports the fin
est kind of weather coming north und
the steamer called in at many can
neries with the advance crews. The
passengers arriving in Seward on the
Evans were B. Kikari, Oscar Hait,
Otto Kroehle, Ben Delzelle, F. Obri
ket, Jr., V. Obriket, E. L. Stipp, C.
M. Murphy, Charles Harper, A! Har
per, C. S. Crider, Walter Stephens,
Mrs. Minnie Aptaki, Sam Shuleman
and M. D. Bennett.
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HKNEY GETS ORDER TO
TAKE PACKING HOUSE
PAPERS FROM LAWYER
CHICAGO, Feb. 14. — Francis J.
Heney, general counsel for the Fe< c**
;1 Trade Commission has appealed be
foie F-d«.:a1 Judge I antlis ana obtain
ed an Older to take possession of cer
tain papers in the offices of Henr>
Vecder, attorney for Swift Co.,
wanted in connection with ihe govern
ment investigation of the packing in
dustry.
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It often happens that a man will
kill himself making a fortune so that
his son can kill himself spending it.
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A preacher rests up between Sun
days. But old man Satan is on the
job twenty-four hours a day.
APPROPRIATION i
OF BILLION IS ,
ASKED CONGRESS!
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 14. — Repre
sentative Swagar Sherley of Kent*
tucky, chairman of ihe appropriations
committee, reported to the House to
day a one billion dollar urgent de
ficiency Dill, the largest of its kind in
I the history of Congress. The oil! pro- j
] vides tor the important needs of the
1 War. Navy and other Departments. A|
large appropriation is a*so included
for mountain and field sei,re artillery.
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FORMER MAN
OF SEWARD IS
GOING OUTSIDE
F. It. W iesendanger, former em
ployee at Brown & Hawkins, who left
for the interior three years ago, is
| back in Seward and will be a passen
ger to Seattle on the Northwestern.
Mr. Wiesendanger w’ent to the Fair
banks district from Seward then to
the Bonnefielci region and finally to
Kantishnia. Last fall he was with
the A. E. C. at Nenana as timekeep
er. Mr. Wiesendanger is taking out |
with him a Kobuk huskie and a Mack
enzie River huskie, both fine anima’s.
HIS LAST WORD
WITH THE AMERICAN
ARMY IN FRANCE, Feb. 14. -
“Gee, I hate to go up there on a
wiring job and get killed with a
month’s pay coming to me.”
When a young Sammie named
Meadows laughingly made this
remark in a dugout in the second
lines the rest of the fellows
laughed.
“I’ll spend it for you,” said one
of his friends, “and think of you
as I hand out each 5-franc note.”
Meadows shouldered a bolt of
wire and disappeared toward the
front lines with a wiring party.
The rest of the fellows who
were in that dugout that even
ing recall now that Meadow’s
laugh wasn’t altogether mirthful.
Maybe he had a premonition
and was trying to kid himself out
cf it.
Shrapnel killed him half an*
hour later as he was stringing the
wires.
THAT INCOME TAX RETURN.
According to the most reliable information ob
tained, any man or woman, married or single, whose
saiary in 1917 amounted to $800, must make an in
come tax return to the Internal Revenue Collector
at Tacoma. As these returns must be in Tacoma
by March 1st, 1918, they must be sent either in the
mail on the Northwestern tomorrow or the Admiral
Evans sailing sometime next Monday.
HIGH OFFICIAL
DROPS DEAD ON
WAY TO LONDON
OTTAWA, Feb. 14. — Sir Cecil
Spring-Rice, former British Ambassa
lor to the United Stites, dropped dead
here this afternoon from heart fail
ure.
Tim diplomat recently retired in fa
vor of Lord Reading after nearly five
years of service in Washington, D. ('.
Sir Cecil Spring-Rice was here and
expected to leave on a British steam 0"
from Halifax next Monday for Lon
don.
NORTHWESTERN TOMORROW
Steamer Northwestern arrived in
Cordova last night and is expected to
sail fron there this afternoon. The
steamer is expected here late tomor
row afternoon or early in the even
ing.
SHOCKING ACTS
OF TERRORISM
ARE REPORTED
STOCKHOLM, fcb. 14. — It is rc
ported here that Russian soldiers on
the Aland Islands, are committing
shocking acts of terrorism. Foreign
ers, especially the natives of Sweden,
are reported fleeing to other is’ands.
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LAWYERS OF COIWTRY
WILL UK KK( RtTI ED
WASHINGTON, Feb. 14. — Re
cruiting of lawyers lor government
service has been added to the work of
the American Bar Association, consist
:ng of William H. Taft, E!:hu Root,
lacob M. Dickinson, Frederick W. Leh
mann and George Sutherland, to cre
ate a reservoir of legal talent from
which the growing needs of ail the
government departments and wa*
agencies for legal auvice will be met.
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MISS RANKIN PLEADS
FOR AID FOR FARMERS
WASHING!ON, Feb. 14. — Fed
eral aid for Montana farmers, threat
ened with a crop loss season through
a seed grain shortage, was urged upon
the House agricultural committee by
Representative Jeanette Rankin. Be
cause of recent crop failures, Miss
Rankin said, 60 per cent of the fann
ers cannot pay for their seed.
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TWO VETERANS DISLOYAL
LOS ANGELES, Cal., Feb. 14. -
Two veterans were dropped from the
rolls of the Soldier's Home at Saw*
telle for alleged disloyal remarks, it
was announced by Gov. P H. Barry.
Charles G. Jenkins, 75 years old, was
dropped for alleged disrespectful com
ments on Rod Cross workers. Heipy
Gohrman was charged with opposing
the Liberty Ix>an.
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FISH QUOTATIONS
SEATTLE, Feb. 14. — Halibut was
quoted at 22 cents and sable fish at
six cents today noon.
WILSON ORDERS
INVESTIGATION
OE SHIP PLANT
WASHINGTON, Feb. 14. — Presi
dent Wilson today directed Attorney
General Gregory to investigate into
the much discussed Hog Island Ship
Yard contracts to determine if there
had b'*en any ciiminal abuse of pub
lic funds. About forty two million
dollars in government money is in
volved in the Hog Island project, in
Pennsylvania, in which the American
International corporation, headed b>
Frank A. Vanderiip, President of the
National City Bank, of New York city
figures among the officials. It is be
.licved that there is nothing worse on
tho island than inefficient manage
ment and reckless expenditures, but
the President wants the case thor-;
oughly investigated.
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GOING OUTSIDE
W. R. Goldensmiih and R. Inger
sol, who have reached here from the
interior, will leave for Seattle on the;
Northwestern. Carl Rodset who came
out from the Nenana district, will be 1
a passenger on the steamer to Juncu»\
INDICT MEN !
FOR VIOLATING |
FOOD CONTROL
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Feb. 14.— I ho
Federal grand jury this afternoon re
turned twenty-three indictments
against forty-seven defendants includ
ing coal operators, dealers and brok
ers of east Tennessee charged with
violation of the food control men mips.
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MEDICAL MEN PLAN LAW
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CHICAGO, Feb. 14. — Standardiza
tion of medical requirements to place
all cults and sects within a geneial
irmdv al pi a tico act were recommend
ed by speakers before the congress of
the Council on Medical Education of
the American Medical Association.
The session is hoing held in conjunc
tion with the Federation of State Med
ical Boards and cf the Association oi
American Medical Colleges.
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SLAIN W HILE READING
BIBLE TO MOTHER!
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ROCKWOOD, Tenn., Feb. 14. —
Thomas H. Finly, well known in
Tennessee as an owner and breeder of
race horses, is dead and his brother,
Will Finley, is in jail at Decatur,
charged with the crime, which was j
enacted at the village of Ten Mile.
According to information reaching'
here the difficulty )*esulteri from differ-1
ences over religious belief, Wrill Fin
ley having played the role of scoffer.
Thomas Finley was reading the Bi
ble to his mother when Will F'inley in-,
teiTupted with a disparaging remark j
concerning ihe Scriptures. The broth-,
cr remonstrated, when Will Finley be
I came infuriated, jerked a knife from
j his pocket and, it is alleged, stabbed
his brother in the neck, severing the,
jugular vein. *
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AMSTERDAM, Feb. 14—German newspapers indi
cate that there is great uneasiness in Berlin especially ov
er the Russian situation. This uneasiness is felt both in
German and Austrian official circles. The Teutons are
now uncertain as to Bolsheviki Foreign Minister Trotsky’s
future attitude as the peace treaty has not yet been sign
ed.
One Berlin newspaper today came out with the state
ment that the order for the demobilization of the Russian
army was only a sham maneuver and that the troops are
remaining at the various fronts and being supplied with
large quantities of munition.
The Germans are assidiously building defenses and
bringing fresh troops to the Western front. The Asso
ciated Press has learned that the French Army headquar
ters has an authentic report that the Germans have one
hundred and ninety-five divisions composed of two million
three hundred and forty thousand men on the front be
tween the North Sea and Switzerland.
PEACE PROPOSALS
TO : DISCUSSED
IN TH! REICHSTAG
LONDON, Feb. 14.—Official advices via Copenhagen
received today state that the important peace debate will
begin in the Reichstag on Thursday, February 21st. It is
understood that Imperial German Chancellor \on Hci ti
ling will discuss the peace treaty with the Ukranians and
will also reply to the peace proposals of President Wilson,
of the United States; Prime Minister David Lloyd George,
of Great Britain and Premier Orlando, of Italy. No indi
cations have been given as to what the reply of the Chan
cellor will be.
FREEZES FEET
ON TRAIL ON j
WAY TO SEWARD
Twenty are expected to reach Sew
ard tonight on the train. Among the
number are several traveling men in
cluding Gus Gillis. Pete Wells, ac
companied by his wife and baby are
cn the train bound for the outside.
Mr. Wells was assistant superinten
dent of construction on the Matanus
ka division. He has received a com
mission as irst Lieutenant in the
Quartermaster’s Pepartmcnt, United
States Army Service. C. J. Colton,
from Anchorage to accept a position
in the storekeeper’s department here,
is also on the train but will be taken
to the hospital upon arrival. Mr. Col
ton froze both feet while mushing be
tween Kern Creek and Mile 54.
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LONTXLV. Feb. 14. — Andrew Hon
ar Law, government spokesman in the
House of Commons, has announced
that an .Allied generalissimo would
not be appointed as a result of the re
cent conference of premier and gen
erals at Varsailles,
ARMY OFFICERS
BEING DROPPED
AT CAMP LEWIS
CAMP LEWIS, Feb. 14. — All uffi- *
cers hero have been forbidden to dis
cuss with newspaper correspondents
or give any information regarding the
“bensene board” cases. It is however,
known that one Colonel, three Majors,
eight Captains and two score Lieu
tenants have been called before the
board and placed on the retired list.
The men are designated as “square
pegs, not suitable for round holes.”
Nothing is positively known about
any one of the cases with the excep
tion that those dropped have been
found to be lacking in efficiency to
command positions in the regular
army.
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POET QUITS CONVENTION
LONDON, Feb. 14. — George Rus
sel has resigned as a delegate to the
Irish convention. He is a poet and an
intimate friend of Sir Horace Plun
kett, chairman of the convention. No
reason for the resignation is given,
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