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COPKNH XlStCA. March U> - \'\u
Berlin Lokal An/.eiger says that the
mm in the workshops ol the Xustmn
tail loads have struck and have re
fused to ohev mi!itar> orders. The
stiike is reported tc he spreading to
scores of the factories in the smaller
:*s well as the larger towns.
. JAZZ NIGHT
JAZZ NIGHT
JAZZ NIGHT
Tonight is Jaz* N«ght at the A. B.
Hull and the management has a lot
of surprises in store tor tne pleasure
seekers who attend.
There will oe all kinds ot stunts,
with dancing the predominating note
of the evening s entertainment, and
the dance will be of the well known
“jitney** variety. There will be all
kinds of refreshments, that is the
kind that keep within the law for s k
on the floor and all of the ladies at
tending are requested to bi in*; a lu.ich
none up in some kind of a package
• with the name ol the lady inside the
box. It is the intention of the man
agement to auction these 'unches and
the purchaser has the honor ot shar
ing the repast with the fair pivparee.
Balckrston and Tar water have dou
: led up on their skits and are going
to serve everything that’s green, am!
Elmer Friend and Erich Lucas will
look utter the show part of the pro
gram.
• There will be confetti, masks, cans
and it is understood that carnival c >s
inmes will oe strictly rapport ami wit 1
he worn with great enthusiasm anr
eclat by the bon ton.
Kem ember the general admission *s
only a quarter and the lady gets her
money back when she surrenders her
• lunch basket and every holder of a
ticket gets a beautiful door prize as j
soon as he or she enters the door.
The fun starts promptly at i) o’clock
ami lasts until all are satisfied and
St. Patrick, the man who banished the
snakes from Ireland has been fitting
ly ushered into the newest and latest
hone di*> and consequently snakeless
territory.
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GERMANS ARE
MUCH PEEVED
WITH ALLIES
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LONDON, March If.. — Notice
served on Holland by England and Lie
United States regarding the seizing
of all Dutch ships in Allied ports dur
ing next week, has thrown the Ger
man pre^s into a towering rage. The
• newspapers demand that Germany
take most drastic action to counter
act the measures and also demands
that the government of Holland pro
test most strongly any such seizure.
If Holland gives way without a strug
gle, the newspapers demand that the
German government take action
;• gainst Holland.
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Every married man who has kids
and a bossy wife has to do two forms
of penance on Sunday. He has to go
to Church and he has to read the Com
is Supplement to the kids.
BRITISH USE DUMMY TANKS TO DECEIVE THE GERMANS
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VVmiern N«w*pnp'*r Union I
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Having toumi the battle tanks a great siteeess, the British are now using dummy Imitations of them to deceive
he enemy to induce him t<> waste his ammunition and to cover movements of the real tilings. One of the dummies
is here shown being taken to h position near the front.
ADJUSTMENT IN
CATTLE PRICES
BEING SOUGHT
ROSWELL, N. M.,* March 16. -
Moit* equitable adjustment of prices
paid cattle on the hoof ov the packmg
companies, better facilities for ship
ping to the market, and improvement
in feeding facilities for the range,
especially during drouths, are some of
the subjects to be discussed at the
annual meeting of the Pan Handle
Southwestern Stockmen’s Association
convention which opened a thiee day’s
session here today.
According to W. u. Amonett, secre
tary. of FI Paso, Texas, the cattleman
members of the Association are urg
ing action against the packers at this
time m oitier to force a more equit
able scale of prices for range cattle
in the southwest. These cattlemen
insist that, in spite of the increase in
the price of meat predicts, tneie has
been comparatively small increase in
the prices paid on the range, the asso
ciation secretary said. This was in
spite of the great increase in the
price of cotton seed products used for
feeding during drouth seasons.
The elimination of losses in tran
sit will be another vital point to be
discussed. The railroads will be asked
to provide better facilities for ship
i ing cattle from the lange to pasture*
anci from pastures to market. Fig-1
uies on file in the secretary’s office at
El Paso show the loss during ship
ment is one the grower must assume
, in spite of the fact he has no control
! over his cattle after they ar° loaded.
Secretary Amonett announced, that
with the breaking of the drouth in the
southwest, indications for a good
range during the spring feeding sea
son were better than at any t*me dur
ing the past year.
SOLDIERS ARE
GUARDS ABOARD
RUSS STEAMER
SEATTLE, March 16. — American
j .-oldiers are today guarding the Rus
sian ship Toula loading here. The
Collector of Customs took charge and
placed soldiers on guard when it was
reported that the crew had refused to
work. The fires were permitted to
die out because the officers of the ves
sel refused to treat the members of
the crew as their equals. Ten of the
; crew have been placed in the detention
station. They are Bolsheviki.
RED CROSS LOOKS
AFTER AFFAIRS OF
MEN IN THE ARMY
CAMP LEWIS, Tacoma, Wn., Mar.
1G. — One of the activities of the Red
Cross is directed toward caring for
the business interests of the soldiers.
In one ca*e a druggist, when drafted,
left another man in charge and the
store hardly made a living for the
caTsalvage
EVANS EASILY
CLAIMS CREW
VANCOUVER, B. C., March 1G. —
Fifty four members of the crew of
the Admiral Evans arrived here this
morning on the Steamer Princess So
phia, of the Canadian Pacific Steam
ship Co. The members of the crew
stated that the tug Salvor is along
side the Evans and it is expected that
the steamer can be saved. Capt. W.
H. Logan, of the London Salvage Co.,
is directing the salvage work.
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THOUSAND DIE
IN ONE BATTLE
ON THE FRONT
LONDON, March 16. — Field bat
tles between the Bolsheviki and na
tives of Turkestan are officially rejort
< d in today’s dispatches from the Rus
sian front. It is reported unofficially
that over twenty thousand casualties
have resulted so far in the fighting.
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WEATHER ON R. R.
Reports of weather conditions alone,
the railroad received to 7 o’clock this
morning follows:
Anchorage, 20 above, pt. cloudy,
calm.
Mile 8’t, 26 above, clear, calm.
Girdwood, 18 above, clear, calm.
Matanuska, 2 below, cloudy, calm.
King, 20 above, cloud>, S. E.
Talkeetna, 20 above, cloudy, calm.
Deadhorse, 18 above, cloudy, calm
The maximum temperature in Sew
ard during the 24 hours ending at 7
o’clock this morning was 26 above.
man's family. The Tied Cioss obtain
ed another manager and now the
store not only pays the manager a
good salary, but fully supports the
soldier's father and mother.
Few cases of business men and
others taking advantage of the sol
dier's absence to embarrass him and
his family have been reported accord
ing to Mr. It. Van Valen, in charge of
the Red Cross work. In one case an
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automobile was seized because pay
ments of $140 were yet to be made,
but these cases are exceptionally rare j
Services of doctors, lawyers, and !
other professional men are at the dis
posal of the organization and there is
very little expense in providing reliei
needed. In one instance a wife and
child were put out of the home of re
latives. Red Cross workers were noti
fied of their plight and a home pro
vided and money furnished until the
soldier's allotment from the govern
ment was received.
Mr. Van Kalen said the Red Cross
aims to keep the social status of the
soldier’s family where it was before
the head of the family entered the
army. If the soldier’s allotment is
insufficient to provide for the family,
this is supplemented. “And it isn’t
fharity,” Mr. Van Valen said. “It
makes him a bettor soldiei. It's good
business.”
Employment of young soldier’s
wives is taken up through the Red
I Cross. Work is obtained for those
able to do it and wish it. Oftentimes
this work is sought by the woman to
occupy her time. The Red Cross sees
to it that soldiers’ families keep up
insurance payments, protects them
from unscrupulous solicitors and in
stallment men and gives the host le
gal advice for complex war problems.
The work at Camp Lewis comes un
der the Washington, Idaho and Ore
gon division with headquarters at Se
attle of whkh C. D. Stimson is direc
tor. Arthur G. Piichard, Tacoma
banker, is field director for this dis
trict. Mr. Van Valen is assistant.
The Red Cross sweaters, wristlets,
socks and other knitted wear are dis
tributed by Mr. and Mrs. Van Valor*
to the men here. “And just add that
1 nothing is e ver so id,” Mrs. Van Valen
said. “The only cases in which they
have been sold is when a soldier ha*
tw’o sweaters. We have stopped that
now\ Wo won’t give a man a sweat
er w’ho already has one.”
OFFENSIVE ON THE
I WESTERN ERONT IS
to :e a big eight
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AMSTERDAM, March l(i—Field Marshal von Hin
denburg is reported to have said in an interview in Berlin
today that the Allies have shown a decided unresponsive
attitude towards the peace intentions of the Germans.
“Therefore,” the German Field Marshal is renorted to
have said: “the great German offensive on
front must go on to sure success.”
To the Associated Press von Hindenburg said that the
Germans are prepared to lose three hundred thousand
men in the offensive on the Western line. This statement
vas afterwards sent to all army headquarters.
It is stated that the Germans lost five hundred thous
and men in the Verdun offensive.
GERMANS GAIN A FOOTING.
BERLIN, March 16—A strong detachment of Teuton
troops have gained a footing west of the Nauroy Road.
This section is on the German Crown Prince’s front; The
report is the official war statement issued today.
LENINE K >ING
FIRM RAND UPON
RUSSIAN SLAVES
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MOSCOW, March 1(5—This city is again the official
capital of Russia, one year after the Czar’s abdication.
Premier Nickolai Lenine has ;moved the seat of govern
ment here and with the government commissioners arriv
ed early today.
The government forces are using many buildings of
ancient Kremlin and also leading hotels for offices.
Premier Lenine seems to retain a grip on the situation
GERMANY GAINS LITTLE FROM RUSSIA.
WASHINGTON, March 16—It is believed here that
Germany will gain little commercial advantage by the Sov
iet’s Congress ratification of peace. The Russians sur
plus of grain stocks is small and industries are disorgan
ized. Four hundred thousand acres of grain land of the
I Urkaine’s is far inland and the product would be hard to
move on account of poor rail facilities.
CONGRESS MAY
BE LET IN ON
WAR AFFAIRS
—
WASHINGTON, March 16. — Con
ferences in line with the Administra
tion’s new policy of giving Congress
a greater share in the conduct of the
I war are being continued between the
| members of the war council and va
rious military committees. Acting
secretary of War Crowell has invited
the committeemen of the war council
to be taken into the Administration’s
confidence as to the progress of the
war preparations and the development
on tho front
MEAT EXPORTS
ARE GOING TO
RE INCREASED
WASHINGTON, March 1C. - • Th*
American and Allied Food AdmhMs
1 rations are arranging for an increase
of meat expo its from America to the
Allies by fifty per cent. Perhaps this
export per cent, will be doubled. The
purpose of this increase in exports is
to ouild up the Allied meat reserves
from the great surplus accumulated
in this country which recently brought
relaxation restrictions on meat con
sumption.