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LONDON, Feb. *>—Nearly one thousand persons were
killed early todaw? qd hundreds injured in a head-on collis
ion between a lotsg train, loaded with Red Guards, and a
Finnish government train sent to intercept the former.
The collision occurred near Kemi in Northern Finland.
The trains collided while going at a speed of fifty miles an
hour.
RED GUARDS DEFEATED BY THE FINNS
UNDER THE COMMAND OF MANNERHEIM.
STOCKHOLM, Feb. <>—General Mannerheim’s forces
are reported to have decisively defeated the Red Guards
of the Russians in a two day fight at Oleahorg. The city |
was captured by the Finns.
Oleahorg is tl]e chief military depot in Northern Fin
land.
A second report says that fully eight hundred were
killed during the engagement.
RUMANIANS BEAT BACK RUSSIANS.
AMSTERDAM, Feb. 6—Three Russian army corps
have twice attempted to cross the Rumanian frontier but
were unsuccessful. This is the report received today
from Petrograd.
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RUSSIANS SURRENDER TO GERMANS.
AMSTERDAM, Feb. 6—According to a Berlin dis
patch it is stated that three thousand Russian troops, to
gether with two hundred horses have crossed into the lines
of the Central Powers and surrendered.
EVANS SAILED
FROM SEATTLE
THIS FORENOON
SEATTLE, Feb. 6. — Steamer Ad
miral Evans sailed for Southeastern
and Southwestern Alaskan ports at
ten o’clock this forenoon. The Evans
has 5 days mail aboard for Seward
and way ports and the following pas-j
sensre»s for Seward: B. Kuvara, Otto
Krochle, F. Obrikan, Charles Harpei,
Ole Harper and Mrs. Har**y Brown.
Brown.
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OPEN LAND FOR ENTRY
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WASHINGTON, Feb. b. — Secre
tary Lane announced today that over
one half a million ac»*es of land in the:
western part of Chaves count} New
Mexico includ ng a portion of the Ros
vell district has been designated forj
* entry March IMh under tbr stock j
raising homestea 1 net.
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FLOW OF GOLD INTO
FRANCE'S BANKS JS
GIVEN FRESH IMPETUS
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PARIS, Feb. b. — The flow of gold
into the Bank of France was given a
fresh impetus by the third war loan.j
After reaching more than 100,000,000 j
francs a week during the early 3lagei
of the campaign and gradually de
clining to a little over a million, the
receipts went up again to more than
two m ill ions. The total gain to the
bank's gold reserve since the begin
ning of the war now totals 2,200,000,
000 francs, bringing the reserve up to
5,351,000,000 million francs without
recourse to any other than persuasive
measures.
TWO orNC ES OF BREAD
LIMIT FOR ALL DINERS
WASHINGTON. Feb. G.— Two
ounces ol bread to patrons in ho
tels. restaurants and cn dining
cars was the aliot'iient placed to
day for each meal by the Fr>d
Administration. The order affects
all of the above named eating
places in the states but do* s not
apply to the territories.
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ARE UNDER BAN
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WASHINGTON, Feb. G. — The
government contemplates the eli "ir
alion fiom freight shipment to a
large extend or the following: Candies,
chewing gem, playing cards and t 'ker
chips, decorative metal work, t
and building ornaments, bric-a-brac
and artistic furniture and f-ature cal
endars. The government als» may
Unit shipments of the following; Pia-j
nos and music boxes, automobiles
equipment, sporting goods, adve Us
ing matter, liquor end all luxuries
not 'equired for sustenance and com
fort.
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ABSOLUTE FREEDOM
IS BELGIUM’S DEMAND,
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HAVRE, Fob. <» - France anil Bel-!
giurn’s peace terms, ro far as they
concern Belgium herself, have been’
made public, as given in reply to the
peace note of the pope. Absolute pol-J
itical and economic, freedom is de
manded for the Belgian peopie.
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HCGE TONNAGE LOST BY
ALLIES OCRING P \ST YEAR |
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WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 6.
William Denman, formerly chairman |
of the shipping board, estimates that;
the allied shipping losses during the
pa^t year amounted to 6,000,000 tons.
ADMINISTRATOR OF
FOOD MAY CONTROL
FISHING IN ALASKA
PORTLAND, Feb. 6.—Complete control of the fish
ing and fish canning industries on the Pacific Coast will
be vested by the Federal Food Administration to the var
ious states and territorial food administrators. The ad
ministrators of Washington, Oregon and Alaska are now
in conference here and the announcement of the fishing
control was made in a statement from Administrator
Hoover in a telegram from Washington, D. C.
KAISER GIVEN
NEEDED ROAST
BY MINISTER
Rev. J. .J. Patton was the four min
ute speaker at the Empress last night
and lie took for his subject “the sub
routine as a menace.” Rev. Patton'
said:
“Civilization, of which you and 1
are a pint, has been passing through
the most trying days of its history.
The danger has not been from those
sources of past centuries, namely the
“Terrble Turk” but a member of civ
ilization's family itself has fallen from
his high state of humanity to such an
extent that the member has treated
the very laws that she helped to con
ceive and bring into existence, with
utter contempt.
••The Kaiser as he is, surrounded,
with self-centered advisors, has led
his subjects to believe that they are
virtually destined to rule the world,
in order to accomplish this they have
proceeded to build up such military
machines as the world has never
known. In the meantime the Kaiser j
sent intriguing diplomats to the var
ious nations 01 the earth to foster the
blessed thought of the brotherhood of
nations and the honor adores^ of mill- i
tary preparedness.
“The Kaiser, in order to finally ac
complish his world-wide scheme, ms
used various engines of destruction j
never before fully tested in a great j
war; the chief of the these is the mili
tary submarine. This instrument,!
used as it is for the blockading ol
foreign ports without other means
of conveyance, at once becomes the
most cruel and inhuman device of
death that ever evolved from a brutal-j
ized human mind.
“The Kaiser has failed thus far ini
his boasts. He has failed to within ai
few months to humiliate England and:
bring.her t«* her knees and thus wring
from hoc a peace on Germany’s own:
term*. He has failed in hi? attempt,'
to frighten commercial mariners from!
the high seas. He has failed to so re
duce the mercantile tonnage to such!
an extent that England would starve..
He has succeeded in convincing the j
whole world that the Kaiser is not
waging a war of mere defense but
rather of agression with the sole pur
pose of supremacy. He has succeed
ed in bringing a woeful state of pov
erty in many quarters of the earth, so
that hundreds, thousands and even mil
lions of men, women and children have
met death by starvation. He has suc
ceeded in impressing the fireside of
every truly patriotic home throughout:
the whoie world the necessity of sa
crifice in order that the ‘Allies* may
be given food in order to sustain their)
strength until they eventually over
come this giant military octopus/’
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Even if you haven’t greatly helped:
in any real work of progress it isj
something to your credit if you can
say that you vept out of the way.
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SEAL CANNERY
ESTABLISHED
TO WESTWARD!
SEATTLE, Wash. Feb. 6. — A com
plete cannery for the packing of seal
meat was landed at the Pribilol: I>d-'
and seal rookeries by the United
Slates fisheries bureau steamer Rbo.se
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vcit which has returned here from i*.3|
\\ inter trip to the north. The govern- j
ment will can for export all seal meat;
not required for the population of the
islands.
H. J. ChistofTers, assistant agent of
the bureau of fisheries in charge of
the Seattle office, says that the flesh
of young seals is quite palatable and
tender, having the consistency end j
texture of prime beef. It has been
used on the seal island for many yteis
as the only fresh meat available, |
while seal biains and livers are of thoi
t
finest quality.
“One would naturally pirsume Unit
because the seals live on fish their
flesh would have a rishy “flavor.'
said Mr. ChistofTers, “but this is not;
the case. The fishy flavor is all in :
the bones and for this reason thci
hones are removed from the meat be
fore it is cooked. Onlyf the shoulders
are used and a three year cfd bu'l wn
yield from 50 to 60 pounds of choice
meat. It is the intention of the gov
ernment to preserve all the moat of;
the seals killed hereafter.
“All the paits of the seal carcass
will be utilized for commercial pur
poses. Even the entrails are used,
making high grade soft )e: ther, while
the lining of the throat is iramdonn
ed into a very thin, tough leather/’
This year for the first time since >
1010, there will b<» unrestricted killing
of seals by the government, and it is
expected that al*out 35,COO will be
slaughtered, furnishing an immense
quantity of meat in addition to the
valuable pelts. In the seven years of
protection, the Pribdofl so.d herd has
more than doubled, the census of 1917
giving a total of 463,374. In 1916,
116,977 seals were born «*t the rook-j
fries.
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MAY BE DESIGNATED AS
WAR SUPPLY PURCHASER
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 6. — It was
indicated here today that there is a
possibility that the purchasing pow
er of the War Department will be
placed in the hands of Edward Settin
ms, Surveyor General.
CARD OF THANKS • j
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We wish to extend our thanks andj
appreciation to all who so kindly as- j
Fisted in making our dance last Sat-,
urday evening such a pronounced
success and especially to the Arctic
Brotherhood, who donated $10 for the
benefit of the Red Cross chapter; the
managers of the Branch, and the
Seward Soda works.
GIRL'S HIKING CLUB
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BAKER CLAIMS RE
CAN SEND MILLION
MEN TO THE ERONT
MORATORIUM HILL
FOR THOSE IN THE
WAR SERVICE PASSES
WASHINGTON, Feb. fi. —The
soldier's and sailor's civil rights
bill providing a moratorium for
tnen in military sendee, unani
mously passed the Senate this af
ternoon virtually in the form as
it passed the house.
KERENSKY IS
WAITING HIS
TIME TO ACT;
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SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. (>. Vlad-;
imir Balanovsky of Pctrograd, who,
said he is related by marriage to]
former Premier Alexander Kerensky,
arrived with his wife from the former;
realms of the Czar.
He says he took a prominent part in
the Russo-Japanese War and acted in
an advisory capacity to the Russian
naval forces in the present war.
Baranovsky is the son of a munition
manufacturer known us the “Krupp;
of Russia.” He is here to study Amcr- j
ican railroads, later to introduce j
American methods in the rehabilita
tion of the Russian-Siberian lines. His
sister is the wife of Kerensky, he
said.
The Bolsheviki rule in Russia can
not last long, in the opinion of the the
visitors, who said Kerensky is in hid
ing, awaiting an opportunity to as
sert himself and gain the upper hand.
“Kerensky is a strong man and a
very sick one,” said Mrs. Baranovsky.
“He is the strongest Russian. I was
the last to see him before he fled to
Finland to escape the Bolsheviki.
“He stood it as long as he could
and did his best to guide the Russian
ship of state, . even standing out
against the sacrifice of his life. The
Bolsheviki do not represent Russia.”
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COFFEE SPECULATION OFF
WASHINGTON, Feb. 6. -- Food
Administrator Hoover ordered discon
tinuance of speculation in green coffee
on the New York coffee exchange. Ac
tion was taken after a conference
with members of the coffee exchange
in* which they volunteered fo take
necessary steps to eliminate specula
tion.
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SHOT IN C AR RIOTS
ST LOUIS, Feb. 6. — T 'O men
were shot here this afternoon in riots
centering around the street car em
ployee's strike
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WOMEN GUIDE CITY
FINDON, England, Feb. 6. — Fin
don is the first village in England to
be entirely guided by women. A wo
men’s village council has been set up
and the subjects under discussion are
housing, infant welfare and education.
Neighbourliness is encourjjped and a
fair temper shown in discussion.
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PETROGRAD, Feb. 6. — The Bol
sheviki issued a decree today separat
ing the state and the Russian church.
All church property has been confis
cated.
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 0. -- The
cross examination of Secret;*ry of
War Maker begun this forenoon and
started off with interrogations re
garding the number of troops t<» b**
sent abroad this year.
Secretary Maker stated that already
more men had been transported to
France, including non-combatants,
than had first been planned. The
secretary stated that ii would be im
proper to disclose the number of
American troops abroad or those to
be sent or how*.
hi a former statement, several da> <
ago. Secretary Maker stated that he
believed that one million irc*n could
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be sent to France early this year.
Today the Secretary explained that
the Senator* were wrong in sf»sum«i»g
that only American boats would be
used for this purpose. “We are not
depending wholly upon American
boats, all other nations are helping
us, especially Great Britain as that
country has transported hundreds of
thousands of Canadians and have the
equipment/' said Secretary Maker.
Senator Weeks started the examin
ation today.
secretary Baker sa:d iliai lh» Amer
ican tonnage losses were exceedingly
light as the service ot the navy in
giving protection had been of the best.
i'he Secretary gave it as his opin
ion that new' legislation would be de
sirable and President Wilson should
be given general powers to transfer
and co-ordinate the functions of the
various Departments as conditions
arise.
The Secretary, in response to a
question, stated that it was not de
termined yet whether troops would be
kept in the southern camps during the
summer but if the summer weather
proved to be as extreme as the winter
weather has been, they would be re
moved.
The principal point of the whole
W'ar Department controversy on the
question as to where the War Depart
ment was to secure ships to transport
a million men to Franco this year,
was practically untouched due partly
to the reason that Secretary Baker
did not have all detailed figures also
because the committee got into a
squabble over whether it would he
proper to have the Secretary disclose
figures lo the public.
The Secretary indicated that Presi
dent Wilson and he were discussing
further reorganization of the W’nr De
partment which they hoped would sat
isfy “the chair warmers, the chief
critics.”
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PEACE IS OFF;
PEACE IS ON,
PERHAPS PEACE
LONDON, Feb. 6. — The Pelrograd
correspondent of the Exchange Tele
graph wired this afternoon that he
had been told that the Erest-Litovsk
peace negotiations have been broken
off.
AMSTERDAM, Feb. d. — Imperial
German Foreign Minister ICuehlmann
and Aysl'ian Foreign Minister Czer
nin left Berlin today for Brest- L»
tovsk to resume peace nogotr. it ions.
It'is understood that the Kaiser told
the two officials “what was what.”
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