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Volunteers For War Service, Who Can Pass Physical Test, Will Be Given
Free Transportation to States. Read About It In Sunday Morning Post
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VERNON CASH: IS
KILLED FLYING IN
MACHINi IN TEXAS
FORT WORTH. Texas, Feb. 15. — Captain V ernon |
Castle of the English Flying Corps, was killed this after
■ „r While flying fifteen miles from here. Castle was;
trving to avoid hitting a cadet who was flying in the ail j
with a monoplane. Castle’s machine swerved beyond con-(
trol and fell. Castle was unable to right himself and was,
crushed to death. The cadet in his unruly machine land-1
ed safely. ! I
Vernon Castle made over one hundred Rights over
the German lines and was the hero of many daring ex
ploits in the war zone. He was a famous dancer and \\ ith
his wife created many fashionable steps and new crea-;
Rons. |f3s,.♦.2' $ v*1 r... '••••
MRS. CASTLE IS PROSTRATED
■ new YORK, Feb. 15. — Mrs. Vernon Castle, movie
’ star, is prostrated in her apartments over the death of
her husband. Castle was only 31 years of age.
VERNON CASTLE WELL KNOWN
The Castles are perhaps the best known dancers of
the present time, not only in America, but throughout the
world. Castle’s real name was Vernon Blythe, but he
changed it when he and his wife began creating dances.
They conducted the Castle house in New \ork which was
a fashionable dancing school. Both were oiiginallj up
- on the legitimate stage. During the past two years they
appeared in the movies and after some sort of domestic
trouble, Castle announced that he was going to enlist with
the British army. Finally he became aviation instructoi
of a Canadian contingent and then went to the war zone
where he accomplished many excellent raids. About live
' months ago Castle returned from the war zone and was
loaned by the British government as instructor to Ameri
can aviators. When Castle returned to New York, Mrs.
Castle went from St. Louis to meet him, but it is said
that there was no great display of affection and rumois
were rife of a pending separation.
BARRAGE FROM
i). S. ARTILLERY
DEFEATS HUNS
FRENCH HEADQUARTERS, Feb.
15. — American artillery took a bril
liant part in an important raid of the
Freach forces here early today. The
American fire was highly effective and
one hundred and twenty-six Germans
were taken in a raid on German tren
ches under a barrage of American ui
' tiliery fire. The French forces pene
trated the German lines three quart
ers of a mile and are holding then
ground.
COMMITTEES ARE
PLEDGED TO HELP
CONSERVE FOOD
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SAN JUAN, I'orto Rico. Feb. 15. —
Committees in 53 of the 7b munici
palities of the Island have been ap
pointed by Federal Food Administra
tor Albert E. Lee to tike cha ge in
their districts of the pledgt cnmnVgn
for the conservation of food.
REPUBLICS IN
SOUTH RUSSIA
OPPOSE REBELS
LONDON, Feb. 15. — Dispatches
from Switzerland says that all south
western Russian Republics have form
ed a union against the Bolshcviki and
plan to drive them from southern
Russia.
RECORD MADE
IN BUILDING
A DESTROYER
! WASHINGTON, I'eb. 15. — Sec re
tary of the Navy Daniels announces
that the destroyer Taylor, launched
yesterday afternoon at Mare Island,
is sixty per cent complete. The keel
was laid only four months apro. This
record makes a new one in construc
tion.
CANDIDATES FOR
PRIMARIES MUST
DECLARE QUICKLY
United States Commissioner Whit
tlesey, who is also deputy cleik of the
Third Division District Court, has re
ceived from the clerk of the District
Court the following information re
garding the tiling of candidacy fur ol
iico and the fees:
The following rule* must be observ
'd in accepting declarations of candi
dacy f°r otlice or place on the primary
ticket for the Primary election i% he
held on April 80th, 1918—the last day
»n which you can file declarations of
candidacy is before the close of busi
ness on February 28th, 19 iS the fees
required, to he deposited with each
declaration of candidacy filed an as
foliow s:
F.arh candidate for membership In
the legislature (both Uipieso?iiativcs
and Senator) —$4.50.
Path candidate for Koad Commis
sioner for the Third Division—$25.
According to the above, two weeks
from yesterday is the last Jay for fil
ing.
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NORTHWESTERN
TO ARRIVE IN
FORT TONIGHT
Steamer Northwestern, Capt. Hunt
er, is due to anive in port at 6 o’clock
tonight. The Northwestern has 170
tons of freight for here and will leave
on* sometime daring the night. There
are two day’s mail aboard the North
western for Seward and the following
passengers who sailed from Seattle:
S. r. Vaughn, W. A. Jones. A. H. Pet
erson, L. Lowell, Mrs. P. Simpson,
John Enlund and wife, H. \Nmke!. "R.
M. Goebel, J. G. Watts, u.: ‘ ami ba'*y
William Ellis and wife, R. 0. Uo.,00 i
H. Kearney, Marie Main, A. W. \ouig
R. Nelson, Geo. Bakos and Pete Mit
ros.
PURIFICATION
OF WORLD WHAT
THE WAR MEANS
“The present terrible conflict now
being waged in Europe is a war of
purification,” said J. Lindley Green,
the four minute speaker at the Em
press last night. “The people of the
United States and Alaska do not know
what this war means,” continued the
speaker. “The Belgians know. They
have seen their husbands and broth
ers driven off by the Germans to
work. They have seen their land de
vastated. They have seen the aged
and the children put to death or left
to starve. They know what Kaiser
ism and militarism means. We will
also know it if we lose in this strug
gle. Many have asked why God Al
mighty would permit such a struggle.
It is a struggle which he has counte
nanced to rid the world of militarism
and Kaiserism and as sure as there
is a God in Heaven, we will win and
peace will come to the world.”
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This country is growing better. It
takes more than the fact that she has
been divorced six times to make a
theatrical star out of a society woman
nowadays.
BOLO PASHA IS
FOUND TO BE A
TRAITOR-GIVEN
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PARIS, Feb. 15. — Bolo Pasha has
been found guilty and has been sen
I tcnc»*(l to death.
Bolo Pasha has been tried before a
court martial in Paris on a charge of
treason in having conducted a Gorman
propoganda. During, the trial which
! stalled in Paris on February 4th,
! Bolo Pasha protested that he was no
| traitor, but if found to be one, would
be willing to die. During the early
: portion of the trial Bolo Pasha as
sumed a jovial air but during the clos
ing days he appeared not to be so con
fident as evidence wfas submitted show'
ing that he had received from Ger
man sources large sums of money for
a* propoganda. The United States wa* ;
in trumentut in bringing Bolo Pashaj
to trial. Foliner Premier Callieaux!
oi France is also implicated in Bolo
Pashal? propoganda and doubtless
| will he tried shortly.
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SULZER MAKES
i PROTEST TO A
! FREIGHT RAISE!
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 15. — Dele
gate Charles A. Sulzer has appeared
before both the United States Com
merce Commission and the newly or
ganized Shipping Board and protest cl
against the further raising of freight
rates on the Alaska run by the steam
ship companies. Mr. Sulzer appeared
as soon as it was reported that anoth
er raise of rates was contemplated.
However, it was discovered that no!
application has been made to cithci i
board for a change of freight tariffs.
Delegate Sulzer was assured that
he would be notified in case such an
application should be made, and that
he would be given time to file his pro
test and make a showing why the
rates should not be advanced.
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DIXON, Ky., Feb. 15. — Mrs. Joy
Sparks, a pretty 24-year-old widow,
i was found buried underneath the
flooring of an old livery barn on the
outskirts of Clay, Ky. She has been
choked and shot, h our men have bee».
arrested on suspicion.
GIRLS WILL BE
GIRLS BUT MEN
JUST FOR FUN!
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There were Buster Browns, Mary j
Janes, bloomer boys and girls anrt|
many other characters on the streets
i last night and the city police wisely
! kept out of sight for a few hours. It
j was this way—the older ghls enter-j
j ‘.ained the members.of the Girl’s Dik
i ing Club at the home of the Romigs.
i But—there were no mere men to at
tend the party, so the older girls tog
god out in male attire and went after
i their weaker sex and escorted them
I to the party. There were some nifty
little make-up and a yum yum time
1 was had.
KAISER REPORTED
TO IE ON UIS WAY
TO RIJSSIA-RIMORS
BERNE, Feb. 15. — The Russian Bolsheviki has re
fused peace upon the German terms and Germany will
resume operations against Northern Russia. This is ac
cording to official advices received here today from Ber
lin. The armistice has been declared ended. The final
conference was held at Brest-Litovsk last evening and
the final declaration was made that the Bolsheviki would
not agree to the peace terms. The Teuton delegates im
mediately wired to Berlin announcing that all attempts
at arranging satisfactory peace were ended. The con
ferenc resulted in a stormy session, it is said.
Foreign Minister Trotsky, who attended the confer
ence, proposed no war and no peace but thejGerman dele
gates rejected this flatly.
It is reported here that the Kaiser, Chancellor von
Hertling, Field Marshal von Hindenburg and General
von Ludendorff have left Berlin, probably their objective
point being Brest-Litovsk . No official confirmation of
this trip was received up to this afternoon but it is believ
ed to be correct.
MAY MAKE PEACE WITH RUMANIA
AMSTERDAM, Feb. 15. — Berlin newspapers in
timate that peace negotiations are about to be opened
with Rumania. It is assumed that the Rumanian nego
tiators, who will first discuss the prolongation of the ar
mistice, have arrived at a certain place previously agreed
upon.
CZERNIN TO MAKE A STATEMENT
AMSTERDAM, Feb. 15. — It is reliably stated here
that Foreign Secretary Czernin, of Austria, has announc
ed his intention of making a long statement tomorrow
concerning the Brest-Litovsk negotiations and also mak
ing a reply to the latest address before Congress by Pres
iden Wilson of the United States.
WAR WORK IS
DEFENDED BY
U. S. SENATOR
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15. — Sena
tor Ollie M. James, of Kentucky, in a
speech, defended the administration s
war accomplishments and took scvei -
oral hard raps at the speech of Sena
tor Chamberlain, of Oregon. Senator
James said that it might have been
Senator Chamberlain's speech, tele
graphed to Berlin by German agent*,
that caused the downfall of the st ikes
recently throughout Gorman. Sena
tor Chamberlain announced to the
world,” said Senator James, “that the
United States war machine was bad
ly bent and practically busted. This
was the best kind of news for the
German government and they pub
lished it broadcast and distorted it to
induce the workmen to go ba$k to th*
factories as it would only be a short
time until Germany would win and
their troubles would all be over.”
SWEDEN GIVEN
ULTIMATUM BY
MUNITION MEN
LONDON, Feb. 15. — Great quan
tities of ammunition bound for Fin
land has been seized at Stockholm, ac
cording to official advices. The work
men in the munition plants and other
factories have sent an ultimate to the
Swedish government that they will
strike unless the expoitation of muni
tions is stopped at once. The situa
tion is serious.
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ROOSEVELT GROWS BETTER
NEW YORK, Feb. 15. — Theodore
Roosevelt expects to leave the hospi
tal for a hotel within a fortnight and
will return to his home at Oyster Bay
about ten days later. His condition is
much improved today and" total re
covery is only a matter Qf time.