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VOLUME XIII, NUMBER 7. --- - ---?--- - " ■■■— 1 ■■
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THE SAAR VALLEY
MENTIONED IN THE
TREATY FOR PEACE '
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Headers of the Gateway, who caio* j
fully read the peace treaty, as con
tained in yesterday's edition, found
mentioned several times, the Saar val
ley and the coal fields.
The Saar valley is one of tho**' .
districts, otherwise obscurity, upon
main in comparative obscurity, upon
which the war has thrust greatness, or
at any rate, notoriety. In the days be
fore the war, the river Saar, as it
wound its way, first a little tumbling
brook amidst the foothills of the Vos
ges, and, later, a creditable stream
spreading itself out in the valley, was
little known outside the circles of com
mercial Germany and, maybe, com
mercial France. Toda^, who has not
heart! of the Saar and its valley with
its coal fields and its great resources?
And yet the Saar valley had a his-,
tory. an»i a by no means uneventful
one. lonff centuries before the onset of
the ffreat stniggle in August of
1914. What is more, in the controversy
which is sroinjr on today as its final
ownership, it is but repeating its his
tory, for the Saar valley, in the course
of its ley • '■‘cord. has changed hands
many times and has known many rul
ers. Roman governors, the bishops of
Metz, the counts of Saarffau. the
counts of the Ardennes, the counts of
Nassau-Saar-brucken, France under
Napoleon, and Prussia for the last
hundred years. Of course, not all of
the Saar valley is in dispute today, for
the Saar, in the first part of its jour
ney to Konz, where it joins the Mos
elle, passes through Lorraine. It is,
however, largely after it has entered
purely German territory that it flows
through lands of srreat industrial val
ue. For the land is no respecter if
frontiers, and the Saarbrucken coal
fields, spreading themselves out for
seventy miles in all directions, march
incontinently out of Lorraine into
Rhenish Prussia, or into the Palati
nate.
Five years ago, Germany owned
and mined it all. Today France, with
a part of it in her possession, viewing
her ruined coalfields around Lens,
claims to own a part, and at any rate
to mine all for the present. To return
to the Saar valley, and to its most
important town, Saarbrucken has very
special memories for the French. It
was here, in the early hours of the
short sharp struggle of 1870-71, that
the French achieved their first success
when the Emperor Nj^poleon, advanc
ing across the frontier from Metz,
planted his cannon on the heights
above Saarbrucken, and compelled the
Prussians to retire. To be sure, they
returned again, four days later, and
France, overwhelmed by the long
drilled Prussian forces, never got be
yond her frontiers again. But the few
days in Saarbrucken afforded the Em
peror time to send to the Empress 'n
Paris his famous dispatch, in which
he told of how the Prince Imperial had
received his “baptism of fire.** Just a
month later came Sedan. As to the
the other towns of the Saar valley.
Saarburg. Saargemund. and Saarlouis.
two of them are in the old French ter
ritory of Lorraine. Saarburg, or Saar
bourg. as it is now, with its history
stretching back to the days when the
Romans called it Pons Saravi, came
into the possession of France in 1661.
Saargemund, or Sarreguemines, as
the French call it. passed to France
with Lorraine in 1766. Saarlouis is in
Rhenish Prussia. And yet it is, per
haps, the most French of them all,
and they are all very French. For was
not Saarlouis founded by Le Grand
Monarque in 1681, and was it not fort
ified by Vauban ? By the paace of Par
Rah! Rah! Rah!
This city went over the top yester
day in subscriptions to the Victory
liOan.
When the two banks closed yester-i
day for the day there had been sub-1
scribed $65,750 from 157 subscribers,
i Seward’s quota was only 65.300, so at
the close of the banking day yester
day, Seward reached her quota and j
went over $450.
And Seward is Roinp to keep Roinjr.,
And you perhaps didn’t think we d
• do it.
Hut we did.
In other words Seward has passed
Anchorage’s quota by $1600, and Sew
ard has today, tomorrow and Satur
day.
If you haven't “come through yet”
you still have time, as the campaign
will not close until Saturday night.
SLOW ALONG THK COAST
SAN FRANCISCO, May 8— Un
official Twelfth district bank total one
hundred and thirty million, six hund
red and fifty three thousand two
hundred dollars to the Victory loan
from 242,723 subscribers.
Four captured German cannons are
being offeied to the states and cities
showing *he highest percentage if,
oversubscription.
Portland and Spokane are the only
two large towns over the top.
Last night word was received that
Seward , Alaska went over the top.
Alaska is coming to the front in the
Victory loan as it has done in all other
government issues where money is in
volved.
San Francisco with $22 208,750 sub
scribed, closes city and county offices,
also the schools for the remainder of
the week. Teachers, children and city
and county officials and employees are
forming an army of salesman to sell
the Victory loan bonds.
NOME OVERSl BSCRIBES
SEATTLE. May 8— Nome reports
that it oversubscribed $380 yesterday
forenoon in the Victory Loan. Six per
sons purchased $14,550 of bonds.
Nome believes that it is the first Alas
ka city to fro over the top.
A
RED CROSS WORK
“I wish to thank the ladies who
have so kindly assisted in the work
for the Red Cross. The people across
the seas are greatly in need of knitted
stockings, sweaters, scarf and shawls.
We still have yam at the Red Cross
work room to be knit,” said Mr*.
Green today.
During the month of April, 1919,
4 finished sweaters were sent from
Sanak school also 4 finished sweaters
which did not get in last months re
port. The following articles were re
ceived from the Seward ladies:—
Mrs. Friend, 2 pair of sox,
Mrs. Capt Johnson, 2 pair of sox,
Miss Rassmauscn 1 pair of sox,
Mrs. A. J. Rogers, mile 20, 1 pai.*
of sox,
Mrs. Romig, 1 knitted scarf,
Mrs. Green, 2 pair of sox,
Mrs. Morford, 1 pair of sox,
Mrs. Morford , 1 scarf,
Thelma Tallasen, 1 pair of sox.
Mrs. Sexton, 1 Sweater.
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is, in 1815. however, it was ceded to j
the Allies, the Allies turned it over in
the end to Prussia, and Saarlouis, the
birthplace of Marshal Ney, with it*
famous council chamber, hung: with
Gobelins, the grift of the grreat Louis,
has been Prussian ever since.
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POISON GAS
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* WILSON TO CABLE
* CONGRESS MESSAGE «
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* PARIS. May 8— It was an- * i
* nounced at the Paris White House
* today that President Wilson will r
* cable his message to Congress
* when the extra session begins on
* Monday, May 19th.
A
OREGON IS PREPARING
HER WAR HISTORY
OF HER BRAVE MEN.
SALEM. Ore. May 8— War histor
ies, not only of the more than 31,000
i'*n who represent Oregon in the mil
itary service, but of the other thous
and who helped put the state ove^
the top in campaigns and drives, who
>reached sermons or made four min
ute talks and who wrote war books,
;ongs or plays, rapidly is being gath
ered by State Historian Cornelia Mar
vin at the State library here. The li
brary and the council of defense are
collaborating in the work.
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CONFISCATE HEADACHES
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RIVERSIDE Cal., May 8— An au-1
tomobile and its liquor contents ap
praised at $10,000 according to prices
said to prevail in Arizona, toward I
which state it was being transported,
has been confiscated by tho Riverside
county authorities. This, according to
officials, established a precedent in
confiscation incidental to enforcement
of this country’s bone-dry law.
The action was taken in connection
with the arrest of George A. Taylor
near Indio, Cal., while driving Arizon i
ward an automobile containing 720
quarts of whiskey. He pleaded guilty
to the illigal transportation of liquor
over the bone-dry road of Riverside
county.
liy Associated Press
NEW YORK, May N- Tito firs'.
trans-Atlantic flight begun today t<
Halifax, on the first leg of the join
ney.
Commander John S. Towers, com
manding the three aeroplanes, who •
also pilot of plane N. C. •'> said:
“Roys we arc going across.v
The departing Americans are cor
Pident that they will bo the first to
make the flight over the Atlantic
>coan.
Each plane carried three men.
A big navy dirigible took the a
it the time the planes soared up. Th
dirigible left the beach, tin* destina
tion being unknown.
IN TOUCH OF WIRELESS
NEWPORT NEWS. May 8- Th
naval radio station is in constant com
munication with the three planes. The
fliers report they are making good
progress.
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NO LITERARY SOCIETY
Owing to the prevalence of colds
at the present time among the pupil
in school it is thought best to avoid
as much as possible, crowding then'
together , hence the usual meeting of
the literary society will not be held
Friday afternoon of this week.
Various test and examination papers
have been sent by the Commissioner
of Education to be given to the pupil
of the different grades and the tim.'
next week will be largely devoted to
this work.
Curtis R. Morford, Sup’t.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., May 8
j Four Chinese schoolboys, the oldest
17 years and the youngest 1*. are the
I publishers of the Chinese Youth’s Ma
i gazine, which has a circulation of 2000
i copies which are read, not only in all
! sections of the United States, but also
' in South and Central America and
jCW»a. *
By Associated Pres*
VERSAILLES, May S— The cere
mony of handing the Germans the
peace treaty yesterday afternoon at
the twenty minute session lacked any
military pomp, no uniforms and no
color. The Berlin delegates seemed to
gain the impressiveness of the occas
ion by the absence of color.
Premier Clemenceau delivered the
neao treaty to the German delegates
making a short emphatic speech.
Count von P.rockdorff Rantzau re
ceived the peace treaty and in reply *.o
in ivmaks made by Premier Clemen
<• au aid: “Geimany has been de
feated but that nation is not alone at
fault. The charges of German cruel
ties are correct, however.”
The German delegates remained
hile Premier Clemenceau
talked. Count Rantzau delivered his
!>< ch while sitting. Representatives
of the twenty seven Allied nations
were present ami made a truely world
Congress.
<;i:k>i \ns insclting
LONDON'. May K— Premier Hugh
's of Australia, present yesterday at
r :i lies when the peace treaty was
iven to the Germans, returned here
his «U'ternoon. Premier Hughes said
hat 'lo* German delegates insulted
the Peace Congress for the German
spokesman did not follow Premier
ClomenceaiVs example and stand while
talking.
Premier Massey, of New ZeaTan»7,
also present at the session yesterday,
’.ho returned this afternoon with
Premier Hughes, stated to the pre**
hat the German delegates were most
mpudent and aggressive in all their
actions, not only at the session yester
Iny hut since they arrive! at Versail
les.
"It fairly made one boil ” said Prem
er Massey, “to see the action of the
German delegates, One wanted fo
♦hra. h them within an inch of their
ivos. They are impudent and do not
eem to realize that they have been
hipped and their power taken awav
from them. They are arrogant, yet.”
AUSTRIANS ARE NEXT
PARIS, May 8— The peace dele
gation from Austria, to be told of the
*erms of the peace treaty, have left
Vienna for this city.
DEM \NDS ON AUSTRIA
PARIS. May 8— President Wilson
and Premiers Lloyd George and Clem
'mcoau are arranging to present the
neaee terms to the Austrians, Bulgar
ians and Hungarians as soon as the
oeace lelegates arrive.
Portions of the Austrian treaty are
drafted. It is estimated that five bil
lion crowns will be the inlemnity asked
of the Austrians.
DUTY FOR AMERICA
PARIS, May 8— It is expected that
America will be asked to become man
datory for Armenia.
It is understood that if this request
is made, President Wilson will submit
the question to the United States Con
gress.
TERMS SENT TO BERLIN
PARIS, May 8— The peace terms
have been sent to Berlin by the Ger
man delegates. TJie German govern
ment is expected to begin immediate
consideration of the terms which re
duce Germany to a minor power in the
world.
WILL GERMANY ACCEPT!
WASHINGTON, May 8— The eyes
of the world are on the treaty and
what Germany will do W'ith it.
Private advices received at the
White House this afternoon intimates
that Germany will accept the peace
treaty although it might require eco
nomic pressure to bring a fulfillment
of some of the terms.
President Wilson evidently won his
determination that the League of Na*
tions be an inseperable part of the
treaty. The nations which do not ac
cept the treaty cannot open economic
relations with Germany. If President
Wilson finds the Senate opposing the
treaty he may tarry the case to the
people by a speaking tour.
Germany’s total payments are not
fixed the twenty billion marks being
only the first payment.
ALIENISTS TESTIFY IN
TRIAL OF RUTH GARRISON
SEATTLE, May 8— Alienists con
tinue to testify in the case of Ruth
Garrison charged with poisoning Mrs.
Grace Storrs, for love of the latter’s
husband. The alienists have all testi
fied that the 18 year old girl was men
tally irresponsible when she is alleged
to have slipped poison into the food
of Mrs. Storrs.
From present indications the case
may go to the jury, probably tomor
row.
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WILL FIGHT
BOLSHEVISM
IN THE U.S.
NEW YORK, May 8— As part of
a campaign against Bolshevism, a na
tion wide celebration of the ideals and
institutions of America will be held
on May 17 by the American Defense
Society. It is planned to designate the
day as America Day and through pa
triotic celebrations in many cities
throughout the United States to call
the attention of loyal Americans to
the need for preserving America
against the menace of anarchy and
lawlessness. Other patriotic organiza
tions will take part in the celebration
and from letters received from the
governors of many states, it ia expect
ed that America day will be officially
recognized.
It is declared to be the belief of the
Society that such a mobolization of
patriotic Americans will be a great
discouragement to the "disloyal pro
paganda which is striving to destroy
this country", and will also add a
stimulus to the important work of
Americanization among the foreign
bom population.
ICE MAY LEAVE THE NOME
ROADSIDE AT EARLY DATE
NOME, May 8— Indications are
that the ice will leave the roadway
early. The snow here and all along the
coast has nearly gone.