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LIMA. Doc.. 7— Uncon firm *d re !
ports xeceived here today say that
Htaiil is mobolizins both land and sen •
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WASHINGTON. Dec. 7- General
March announce*! today that over
200,000 soldiers had been released in
America during the week ending las;
night. The discharge system 1k.> been
speeded up. Eighteen thousand oiiic
ers and men have already sailed from
France.
Five additional divisions have de
finitely been assigned to the Ameri
can Army of Occupation entering Gei
many. Five divisions have been given
the task of occupying Luxemburg l*
form the second line of the Aimy oi
Occupation ready to reinforce the oth
er aimy on the Rhine it necessary.
TRAIN IN TONIGHT.
The train from Anchorage left
from the north end at 8 o clock thi
morning and will come through to
Mile 52 where connections wul
made with the passenger from Sew
ard. which left north this forenoon.
The train should arrive in late this af
ternoon or early this evening bringing
bet wen 80 and 70 passengers.
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STEAMER DOPE.
Steamer Admiral Watson was ir
a sto*m at Port Graham last night at
11 o'clock. It is believed that Capt.
Glasscock will attempt to reach Port
Chatham, when the storm subsides,
and load chrome ore. The steamer is
not expected here until tomorrow an<
perhaps not until Monday, it all de
pending upon weather conditions.
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COTTON MANUFACTURERS OF
ENGLAND ASK FOR TONNAGE
LONDON, Dec.. 7— Representat
ives of the cotton manufacturers in
dustry have appealed to the Br itish
Board of Trade for additional tonnage
for the transportation of cotton from
America. They declared that the n
creasing shortage of raw cotton was
likely to cause the mills to be ciose<t
unless immediately steps were taken
to incrase the supply.
Sir, Albert Stanley, President of
the Board, was unable to promise ths
additional tonnage but the • cotton
manufacturers believed their request
will be favorablely considered and cur
tailment of production averted.
I5y Associated Press
LONDON. Dec.. 7— The Germ;,
cabimt held an cxtraordinaiy nie^tii..
iU.-a i'huisday to discu. s the possib.
ity of the Allies occupying Berlin o
account of Germany’s alleged inab.
i*.\ to cat ry out the* lei ms o» the an.
istice. According to iniormutio.i rc
coivcd here, the ses sion wh> a sec re
one and no imormation was gmn ou.
:ilthou«;h one newspaper in I.ondo
tain s ...at the Gorman cabinet men.
>ers almost optniy hinted at >,)m re
distance.
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.il PL!, k L- BKSPONSIBLK i\)B
ALASKA SIKVIIY BJAT.
The two fctocl surveying st anshii
to of built by the Erne- perry Fie
Corporation will be constiuetul a
.uanit-woe, Wis., in order to utili-:
special et|uinmt-rtl at that yu: \ ut tl.
vire-drag launches will be built on t’ •
Pacific Coy t, and before long ill b
‘busily drugging the dangerous v.*:\t
*rs of Alaska for hidden obsV.uctior.
which have already caused so muc
toss according to a letter receive
jy J. L. McPherson, manager of tk
Alaska Bureau of the Scuttle Chan,
uer of Comm* rce and Commerci
club.
Secretary Kcdfield says: ‘‘This ei
fective action is due to the suggoe.
;on of the Pie. ident and the cffoii
of Edward N. Hurley, chaiirr.an i
the shipp’ng Board.’’
Sophia Wreck Aroused,
fh* Washington authorities wer
stirr ? I to action b> the appalling iot
of lit • tn the wreck of the steam hi
Sophia
On October AS the Alai&a Pure*,
telegrrphed the following to the Pit"
ident. the chairman of the S pate ar
House committee on appropratior
coast and insular survey, merchar.
marine and fisheries and territories:
‘‘The appalling loss of 343 lives, ii
dud’ng more than fifty women :ir
rhildr* n, in the wieck of the team
ship Princess Sophia, in Alaska t wat
«rs, shockingly emphasizes the m tr
veyed conditions of Alaskan water
and lack of proper aids to navigat’or
“For many years this dep’orabl
•mgh'ct has been repeatedly brough
to attention of Congress and a'l pox
1 sible arguments u ed to further thi
; cr> .ng need.
“Two yea* s ^g»> the Alaska Pur
'mu of the Seattle < hamber of Com
Tcve prepared data illustrated b
| ma • covering wreck- of 401 vessel
•n Alaskan waters. A copy was sen
' > .very member of Congress. Sine
i then eighteen vessels have been addr
.o the list. This year United Stat<
Toa-.t and Geodetic Survey issue*
pamphlets entitled ‘Safeguard* th
Gate-, ays of Alaska. Her Watenvays
in which lack of aids to navigatio:
an<l r.ce- ;. a y surveys arc srhown an*
T»»*-trat. d in sti.rt'ir.g manner.
“It is earnest prayer of all friend.
5f Ala ha th t Congress take immed
•ate cognizance of those condition
and without further delay furnish
means to hasten important work, th it
more human lives may mot be sacri
ficed, in surveying Alaska waters an*1
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:n upplying essential aids o navigat
ion.”
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By Associated Press
LONDON, Dec., 7— Suffering ot
onic of the British residents cl Mos
o\v in the Bolshevik prisons in that
4ty where they were kept for sir
ocks after having been arrested b;>
so Red Guards upon flimsy prele.i
.ro vividly portrayed by Guy Bcr.ng
r, a Reuter corespondent at Moscow
ho was set free early this montl
id has reached Haparanda Sv.< d n.
Beringcr, in his report wired f»on
aparanda, says he was arrestc!
hile in the home of the Briti.su cha*
ill:i adjoining the British consulate i:
loseow. and together with the than
ain and several other English mm
rul women was marched on foot tw.
ii!cs through, the streets to the Lub
anka House of Dcntction.
“I was seperated from my com
'anions and was led to a room ir
ehmh wore some thirty prisoner
nostly civilians including a fev-\vo
nen,M writes Mr. B^ringer .in ‘men*
’ive days and nights in this mm :r
vhich there was just sufficient . paw
'or the inmates to sleep on the f*oov
There was no bed of any kind, f
"cod we had n piece of black bread
and a few dips with a wooden rpooi
nto a bowl of the thinnest pos ib!<
iiubage soup containing some her.
ng heads. Eight of is had to share
he contents of this one bowl. Many
eoplc who were without provision
>om outside were literally in a stat
'f starvation.
Like the Russian prisoners v e were
seated as helots and were address*
nsultingly in the second person sir
-dur by low brutes among the Re ’
jua-ds.
.' ate one night when some of tn
[]\nr prisoners were ‘hiring sud ’em
’v t/icrc was a deathli1.- hush. 1 look
xl up and saw a Rod (umrd *rfico ■
and soldiers standing at tlm op iV
to the ante-room inwhich the p i o
pjards were stationed. A list of two1
,’c names of civilians and soldiers wa
•cad out. No one doubted what tin
neant. It was the list of those re
lown for immediate execution. It in
cluded two pairs of brothers. Not one
bowed the slighest fear.
“The iron folding doors between
he liff room and the ante-room were
hen closed. This was done only wher
iri.-oncrs were taken away for exccut
on. The doors remained closed for a
Vw minutes and were then reopened
rnd the names of two other soldiers
vho had previously been overlooked
were called out. These also rose with
out tremor and the fold;ng doors were
shut a second timo. The condemned
prisoners were either shot in the base
nents of the prison with their back
"o the firing party or they were taken
nit to the suburbs in motor lorries
ond there told to get out and got
way. Then volleys were poured into
hem while they were walking or run
vng away. Tho bodies arc sometimes
ccoverable by relatives on payment
heavy bribes.”
After Beiingor was transferred 1)
Dutyvky jail at tho other end of the*
city which contained some 3,000 pris
oners. In the cell he occupied ther^
was a Russian judge, a few soldier.
and some members of the middle ami
working classes. The situation was sc
bad as at Lubyanka and sanitary con
ditions worse. There was no possibil
‘ ity of taking a bath but Beringer waf
allowed a half hour exercise daily jr
the prison yard.
There he and some of the othe
received assistance from Major Allen
Wardell of the American Red Cross
who he writes “literally slaved on be
half of the prisoners.”
“The conditions of our int< rnmeu
were so vilely soidid that it is n > won
der that the minds of some of the
mo e refined prisoners bocanv un
hinged,” Bcrhingcr wire:*.
“The Bolsheviki loaders show no
mercy. In their newspapers tb • hoa
up Marat as the ideal fr’end d* l'
people. They urge that his < :mpk
should he followed and preach v ex
termination of the entire * middle
Mass.”
m
ish entered Cologne y< stercir. v accord
ing to an official announcem nt. Mun
icipal authorities have been r« ained
in office but British soldiers are act
ing as police.
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AMSTERDAM, Dec., 7— Tlu
Turks massacred 10,000 Armenian
while evacuating thie? towns in th<
Caucuses accoiding to a Berlin report
STATE OF WASHINGTON MAY
SOON BE A LITTI.E JAPAN
SEATTLE, Wash., Dee., 7— Wash
ington may someday become a min;:
tun? Japan as far as intensive cultiva
tion is concerned, if tho pin’" • f '
Washington state Land Settlement
arc carried out.
Opening of 5,500,000 acres of logg
ed-off, add and swampy land is eon
; eluded in the plans. The association
i hopes the state will put the land in
shape for occupation.
The Wa h'ngton legislature which
meets in January will be asked to an
i thorizc the opening , to set aside mov
cy for the work and to delegate th
governor to apoint a commission o<
five to handle the task. About $l,-v
000 000 will be needed.
City workers and returned soldiers
it is hoped, will occupy the reclaimed
lands. All settlers must be American
citizen**. Lands will be sold on easy
terms.
CELEBRATE BRITISH DAY.
WASHINGTON, Dec., 7— Ameri
can cities today celebrated British
day in honor of the work of the Bri
tish in the war. Many parades were
held throughout the country.
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MOVIE PICTURES BLAMED.
PAGOPAGO, AMERICAN SAMOA,
Pcc.t 7— Sensational motion picture
shows are blamed for t o dde cr^at^f'
for the British authorities in western
Samoa by certain young men, who. •
is said, have attempted to emulate
the lawless cowboy type of the films
CONCERNED OVER
By Associated I
ABOARD THE TRANSPORT
IEORGE WASHINGTON, Dec., 7—
V sident Wilson's third day at sea
acv/s he is much improved in health,
us cold \ elding.
The Piesidcnt read the daily wire
! ss report with interest, especially
hat part telling of British Minister
)f Munition Churchill's statenu ut and
da. at ion that England will not give
p her fleet.
The President made no comment
hut it is believed that this question of
naval supremacy i*» uppermost in Wil
son’s mind.
BREST TO WELCOME WILSON
PARIS, Dec., 7— The City Ccunei!
f Brest, where President Wilson is to
*nd, is preparing an ela1 orate reerpt
n. Probably the Transport (ieorge
’a h.ngton will dock in that portior
the haibor where the America?)
•oops disembarked. A triumphal arch
reproduction of the Statue of Lib
ty has been built, and large banner
!1 hang over the treets, these ba -
rs saying: “Homage to the Chamn
i of Liberty. Long live the Apostle
f International Justice."
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BUSINESS MEN TO HELP.
ATLANTIC CITY, Dec., 7- The
rganized Business Men’s League of
.merica, through the Reconstruction
’engross of War Service Committee,
as decided to send a commission
hivop2 to be available to the Amon
m peace delegate if they need as
istance in working out economic pvo
)clms.
WANTS LEAGUE OF NATIONS
NEW YORK, Dec., 7— William
Iowa id Taft, addressing the League
o enforce Peace, advocated the turn
ig of the German colonics over to the
iCague of Nations.
Mr. Taft said that he favored the
rip of President Wilson to 1* ranee
nd believed the trip would strength
n the President’s belief in the neces
ity for a League of Nations.
“President Wilson, for a time, wav
red with reference to the League oi
Nations,” said Mr. Taft, “but I hope
-hat his trip to Europe will show him
the necessity for such a League.”
MAY GO TO EUROPE.
WASHINGTON, Dec.. 7— President
Wilson has sent a wireless to Bernard
Baruch and Henry' P Davidson to hold
themselves in readiness to respond to
the call for service with the peaee del
egation in Europe
SIX THOUSAND IN SAMOA
DIE FROM THE INFLUENZA.
LONDON, Dec., 7— A cablegram
from Melbourne today says that tin
Spanish Influenza killed 6,000 in Sa
moa. Australia dispatched a medical
i .staff to Samoa to give assistance.
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By Associated Pres#
LONDON, Dec.. 7— A dispatch
from Amsterdam says that if the Al
j lies insist on the extradition of the
| Kaiser, Holland will yield. Holland
will ur£c however that the Allies be
satisfied for the present with the de
claration of that country to intern the
i Kaiser and also banish the Crown
Prince, for life, in .-ome Dutch Colony.
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I'OIt INTERNATIONA!. JURY
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PARIS, Dec., 7— The Matin says
that the formation oi' an Int* mationai
jury to try the former Kaiser, is gain
ing support in France. Attorney Gen
eral Lescouve has sent the Ministry
of Jus'ice a charge of murder against
the Kaiser. The charge is made by
Madame Pricur, whose husband was
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kil’e 1 in the torpedoing of the Sussex
in the British Channel. Lescouve says
he considers the charge admissable in
vh courts .
DEMANDS ON HOLLAND.
LONDON, Dec., 7— It is believed
that the peace conference may ask
Holland to give comp* nsation for per
mitting a violation of her neutrality
by allowing German forces to pass
through Limburg, in their retreat
Horn Belgium and also receiving Ger
man ships from Antwerp. The corn
pen ation may pcs-ibly be ce sion of
the frontier territory which contains
it* Belgium population.
AMSTERDAM, Dec., 7— The Pres
ident of the Hamburg Soldiers and
Sailor’s Council today says that 20
bags of minted gold have been sent to
the Kaiser at his n treat in Holland.
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TRIES TO ASSASSINATE
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LIBSON, Dec., 7— An unidentified
man today fired upon Dr. Sidonia,
past President of Portugal. The shot
missed. The wouldbe assailant was ar
rested but made no statement.
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TO SUCCEED SOI.F.
LONDON, Dec., 7— Bavarian Pr*.
mier Knut Eisner will prolably suc
ceed Foreign Minister Solf, for the
new German government.
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MAIL AVIATOR STARTS ON
TRIP BACK TO SACRAMENTO
SEATTLE, Dec., 7— Aviator Lien*
Hoglund left here this morning on hit
return trip to Sacrcmento. He is car
rying mail. Lieut. Hoglund expecte*
to reach Eugene, Ore., tonight by fly
ing easily fifty miles an hour.
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