DAILY EDITION
VOL. VIII., No. II.
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FRIDAY, MAIKH 1, 191ft.
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UNITED STATES
ANDJAPAN MAY
JOIN IN EAST
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ua alcuwj tue Jaiianev-AiiHiri-cen-Diuvrtau
iiilorpilM, but nai tome
lo uu decision. li was llix oi'iiiuin
Ibal Japan waa uetter 4iiiiiH(i (u
' proceed quickly alone, If well eup
porled. Vtaakiuatou, Jiitr. I. au ri
decision probauly will be ituiiiuU uu
ln momentous u,uilon aa lo IIUlU
tr America and Ilia nuteiiie anlu.
snail juiu Japan lu caiiiyitu in
eastern aluuria lu couuiaiaci pos
sible German ttcllv liio la liittl quar
ter and m Ibe il auppima 01
military ttoret accumulated til Vle
dlvoeluk eud Inteilor poliut uu I Do
Siberian railway.
It has been umleratoud Uiiti this
decision might await the arrhal la
Washington of Viscount lahll, the
newly ioluld Japanese ambaaa
dur to tin lulled States, but. It wan
said today that recent development!
Including Increasing preaeur rroro
entente sources, very likely would
cause a mora speedy determination
of tin question.
It la le nod tbat tbla It not re
garded aa a problem for the tnimld
ratlon, at Ilia preaent stage at leaal,
of tha supreme war council In
Franca, which. If It trenta tha sub
ject at all. will deal with It only an
a military matter after tha question
of policy hat beou decided by tha
governments or the entente allies
and America.
It It freely admitted In ofnVlul
elrclea thtt thin It very ureal ques
tion Indeed. A radical 'departure
trom established rule of Interna
tional law would lie Involved In the
forcible entry Into a neutral coun
try, and consideration muni lie given
to the imMlble effect upon the Rus
atan people of auch a course In their
relation to the present war.
A
WaahiiiKton. Mar. l.-rCount Mi
nolta, son-ln-low of Louis Swift, the
packer, hta been ordered held for
action by the attorney general, but
- haa not been ordered deported, at
several government ' department!
have asked. The department of la
bor charge that Mlnotto hat been
notoriously associated with Oerman
official!, at hit father, who alto was
auapected.
A
Pails. Mar. 1. Foreign Mlnlater
Plihon announce that Jutt before
the war, Chancellor von Itethmnnn
rlollweg Informed France If the de-U
ciiiiiu hi rainnin noiiirai uerniany
would require her hand over the
the French fortresses of Verdun and
Tuul, during the war with Russia.
Plchon sayt this proves Germany de
liberately rondared war Inevitable.
St. Louis, Mar. 1. The Joint re
ceivership of the Denver & Rio
Grande railroad wuh dissolved tnday
by order of I'nlted States Circuit
.Indue Random and United States
District Judge Iewls. 'the first rnl-
Intf ma Ho nn unit raAntVAi-Bhliia atnnA
the government assumed control of
the common carriers.
Jill EJECTS
PARTISANS
Mnjriif HoliliiMHI ItrfUM-e til I'mnlt
nii-l'arllwiii rwgtl lo Mort In
(lly. Thrjr Adjourn t Kerro
Hloux ralU. 8. n.. Mitr. I. A
ineetlnic of nearly 310 membera of
the Non-Partlan league which was
scheduled to lie held at Madison, B.
I)., taut nliht. wae prevented by or
der of Mayor Roblnaon of Madlaoo,
according to id vice received here
lonlicht. .Mayor Roblnaon In a tele
phone conversation, declined to ttate
the exact ground! for hit notion, but
derlnred that the meeting had not
hern advertised prevlout to yester
dnv. The meeting waa held later In
a farm home.
OH AT CAMP LEWIS
Camp Lewie. Mar. 1. food con
rvatlon regulations dn forre anion
clvllltna will be observed In Camp
Lewis In the future, an order to thin
effect having been leaned today at
divisional headquarters.
Hereafter there will be no wheal
product! aerved In any of the meaaet
and other eating place at Camp
lwlt on Mondayt and Wednesdays
and the evening meal every day will
be wheutlesa. The order prohibit!
the aervlng of pork and pork pro
duett on Tueadaya and Saturday!
and decreet a porkleaa yieal dally.
The camp bakery and all meaaet
are Inatructed that all bread terved
at camp shall contain at leaat 10 per
rent wheat eubttltutea. Pood eon
aervatlon will affect he T. W. C. A
bureaua, where hundred! of offlceers
eat dally aa well at the meaaet and
reatanranta.
OF
IHATCHEE TIE OH
Wenatchee. Waah.. Ma. l.-,-A
man giving hla name aa Rev. Charles
Martlnlch, an Auatrlan, ot Vaneou
i
ver. II. C, who taya he haa been na-
turillted In Canada, wai picked up
by the local council of defenxe here
yeiterday, .given an examination and
notified that hla plan of holding
meeting! In thin city would not be
tolerated.
The man had advertised a aerlea
of meeting!. He arouaed tuiplclon.
however, and when aiked the fol
lowing question!, stated that he did
not desire to make an anawer: .
"Are you a member of the Red
Croat?"
"Have you purchased Liberty
bonds?"
"Have you purchased thrift
stamps or savings certificate!?"
"Are you whole-heartedly and un
reservedly backing the government's
war program?"
He admitted that he was net.
Immediately a meeting was called,
at which wore preaent membeis of
the Chelan County Council of De
fends, Including Mayor Gray, Sheriff
McManus and other citizens. Chair
man Qellatly, of the council of de
fense, presided. Questions were al
to propounded by Captain Roedy, of
Troop 1, and others.
Martlnlch claims to belong to the
International tllble Students' asso
ciation. He anyt he It neutral; that
u R .. of Heaven
The meeting waa held Just before
noon, and the man was asked by
Sheriff McManus to present himself
for further examination later.
Ne meotlngt will be held In' this
city by the stranger. This entire
propaganda against the government
Is being promulgated under the
xuise of religion, the man claiming
thnt he Is a conscientious objector.
The local organisation Is said to
have right or. ten members, besides
a number of others who are said to
'"l "51"hy 'th ',bl not
jhOldlhg-Tuembershlp.
GENTLE PEACE :
THREATENING :
RUMANIA Ml
IT IM DKMA.MlKI) THAT KKItlll
NANII AIIMt'.m: IX KAVOIt UV
HIM HltOTIIKH
Mil BE REFERRED TO PEOPLE
Itumanlajia Itmlare They Will Not
Accept Peace Tale Aaurrtxl Sr.
gutUtkma Are Acreptuhi
J any, Mar. 1. An official note
haa been received, saying Rumania
haa deoidod to enter peace negotia
tions with the central powers. It la
declared she will not accept peace
at any terms, but must be assured
that negotiations will be acceptable.
Ixindon, Mar. 1. Peace terms
submitted to King Ferdinand, of
Rumania, by Count Cternln, of Aus
tria, demand the king's abdication
In favor of his brother. Prince Wil
liam, or referendum In Rumania
regarding his successor, according
to a Berlin dispatch.
Washington, Mar. 1. Raiild lm.
provement In health coridltlons t
all army camps In the Vnlted States
with the passing of winter, la shown
In reports for the week ending Feb
ruary 12, made public today by the
war department.
"Admlaslon, non-effective and
death ratea for all troops show a
material reduction from correspond
ing figures for the preceding week,"
the statement says. "Measles, pneu
monia and menlgltla continue to de
cline." .
The total number of deaths In the
regulars, national guard and na
tional army waa 164 for the week.
of which 81 were due to pneumonia.
IS MADE TO
DESTROY BIG HOTEL
San Diego, Mar. I. Two sticks of
dynamite have Just been found In
the trash barrel of the Maryland
hotel. The contents had Just been
sent to the Incinerator In the base
ment and It Is believed to be an at
tempt to blow np the hotel, where
many army officers are stopping.
AMERICA WILL AID
Washington, March 1. Whatever
action Japan shall take In Siberia
will have the sanction and support
ot the entente and the United States.
Should an expedition be sent
through Vladivostok and Harbin to
hold the Trans-Siberian railway and
prevent the seliure of the enormous
amount ot supplies stored at various
points from the Pacific, to the west
ern Russian frontier, Americans will
participate together with other en
tente forces.
It already Is being made plain,
however, that any such expedition
will have no part In the. crushing or
the real Russian people. Its object
will be to prevent Germany secur
ing advantage of the Bolshevik! be
trayal of the Russian people, and
this will be clearly set out, not alone
by President Wilson, hut by the Jap
anese authorities and the responsible
spokesmen of the entente. ;
HEALTH nn
GREATLY IMPROVED
PETROGRAD IS
ABANDONED BY
AMBASSADORS
KOItWHHIA.V OO.VglL WILL REP-
ItKXKNT AMKKICt FOR THB
, . TIME BEING
lUitalievlkl (Jovemment Reported Aa
InUmdlag to Return to Petrograd
With Their Ileaihiuartera
Stockholm, Mar. I. The lAmerl-
ean embassy baa left Petrograd for
Vologda by railroad. Tha Norwegian
consul took over the consulate. '
This seems to Indicate the situa
tion In Petrograd Is unexpectedly
worse. The British and French era
hassles have also left
London, Mar. 1. Although the
American, British And French em
bassies have left Petrograd, the Bol-
shevlkl government Is reported aa
Intending to return their headquar
ters there, after having left.
London, Mar. l--A Russian atate
ment aayi, Russian delegates to
Breat-Lltovik have been Informed
that hostilities will cease only when
the peace treaty Is signed and three
daya are allowed for negotiations,
beginning today. ' '
London, Mar. t. Dispatches seem
to Indicate that the airman, advance
Into Russia hss been resumed. .
Berlin. iar. 1. The German war
office announces that Austro-Hun
garlans have begun an advance In
to Ukraine.
EOF
IS
Chicago. 'Mar. 1. Klsures show
Ing an acute shortage of shipping
were given out tonight by Edward
Harding, chairman ot the executive
board of the National Patriotic socle-
ties.
According to these figures, the
present shortage It 7.435,894 tons
gross almost l,50f vessels of 5,000
gross ton each. It Is declared that
the total tonnage usable by the Unit
ed States and its allies today Is
4,455,894 gross tons less than It was
In the fall of 1914.
These figures take account of ton
nage built and subtract the amount
lost through submarine activities. It
was estimated that to this shortage
must be added 3.000,000 tons aa the
minimum necessary for the United
States to transport and . maintain
1,500,000 soldiers In the war tone.
Estimates were that ' !, 000, 000
tons will he the maximum of build
ing to be expected from Great Brit
ain In 1918 and revised productions
are that the United States may not
exceed 3,000.000 toni this year. This
gives a probable additional tonnage
of 6,000,000.
E
FOR RED CROSS IRK
Washington. Mar. 1. Informally
announcing that Another .campaign
to raise $100,000,000 would he held
within a week beginning May S, the
American Red Cross war council
said tonight that to date practical
ly 187,000,000 or the first $10u,00ft,
000 had been appropriated. The nrt
dltlonal funds now sought, the state
ment said are necessary to keep up
the war work, which Includes ser
vices to the co-belligerent nations,
as well as to the American fighting
men.
y
S II
LOSES HIS CASE
Governor May Intervene. Ha Has
Utter From the PrcwJdent, but
llefuM-a to Comment
San Francisco, Mar. 1. The su
preme court has denied Thomas i.
Mooney's application for a new trial,
deciding there was no reversible er
ror. Money must hang unless Oor-
ernor Stephens Intervenes. Follow
ing a report by a special mediation
commission, the president recently
wrote Governor Stephens, who had
refused to divulge the contents, as
It might Influence the supreme court
decision. -
CANCELLED STAMPS
ARE HOT DESIRED
Washington, Mar. 1. No cancel
led postage stamps are wanted by
the Red Cross, which today Issued a
statement advising people not to
waste time and energy In savin r and
forwarding them.
"Somebody, somewhere, started
one of i those pleasant, but likely to
be annoying fictions, and the Idea
has spread that "the American Red
Cross haa devised a method of ex
tracting dyes from cancelled stamps
and using the dyes," said the state
ment. "Large quantities of such
stamps have accumulated through
the good will of persons who have
thought they are doing something to
help win the war. The stamps are
of no nse to the Red Cross."
fuflKLL
ENLIST EXPERTS
Washington, Mar. 1. The senate
hflll &dnntrin 't-AtanliiHrin at ulrinpUln a
the president to call skilled experts
in Industry or agricultural, for Im
mediate military service.
VAKI.MA. WASH.. HAH
KARTHQUAKK VISITATION
Yakima, Wash., Mar. I An
earthquake waa felt over all- this
portion of the Taklma .valley at 3:45
this afternoon. The shock lasted
only a moment, but was violent
enough to rattle dishes, sway build
ings and frighten domestic animals.
No damage was done by It. 1
BRITISH COLUMBIA PKKMtKlt
IN CRITICAL CONDITION
Calgary. Alberta. Mar. 1. Physi
cians announced today the condition
of H. C. 'Brewster, Premier of BrIU
Ish Columbia, was critical.
The premier Is In a hospital here
suffering from pneumonia, having
been taken from a train several daya
ago while en route from Ottawa to
Victoria. v
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Port Ellen, Scotland, Mar. 1. It
Is proposed to erect a monument In
the center of the island of Inlay, one
of the Inner Hebrides, to commem
orate the soldier dcid of the Tusca-
nla. Probably the monument will
take tho form of a huse granite col
umn, with the names of the victims
carved thereon, and the site will be
a knoll facing the Atlantic ocean on
a high elevation, from which can be
seen on a clear day, three different
burled.
points where the Americans are
The first proposal to erect the
monument came from residents of
the Island, and a modest fund was
started for .this purpose, even before
the burials were completed, but
wncn me American ttmcials were
consulted thoy declared they would
gladly assume responsibility for the
project. ,
THOMAS
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BATTERIES
SWIFT RETKIUITIOX 18 MKT ED
OUT TO GfcH.M t.V9 WHO GASS
ED AMERICANS
Shells Fall Near Door of Teleption
Dugout and Illorka I'aMtageway,
But Operators Stay on Job
With the American Army la
France, Mar. 1. Swift retribution
fell on the German batteries which
bombed Americans with gas shells.
The American heavy artillery
obliterated It. The mlnewerfer bat
teries had made many direct bits.
Timbers were thrown high Into tha,
air, gas explosions resulted, and the
ground was churned upside down.
Six Americans have died from gaa
shells thus far. Eighty are in the
hospital, hut most of them are not
In a serious condition.
While an empty American ammu
nition train halted at the place call
ed Dead man's Point, a stray enemy
shell dropped nearby, killing two
men and two horsea and' wounding
four men.
A shell exploded In a town behind
the lines, near the door to a tele
phone dugout, blocking the passage
way, but the operator continued
their work, called for help, and sol
dier! were sent to clear the pssesge
way!" " '"
With the American , Army la
France, Mar. 1. A strong German
attack, followed by a heavy barrage
fire against the American tranche)
In the Chemin-des-Dames sector was)
repulsed with losses to the attacker.
The well-placed American machine
guns sent streama of bullets Into the
advancing enemy and aa the Ger
man barrage fire lifted, the Ameri
can artillery quickly laid down a
curtain of fire, the Germans retir
ing without a single prisoner.
There were no American casual
ties. Five French soldiers were wound,
ed during the fighting. The Ameri
cans stayed In their dugouts until
the proper time, when they Jumped
tc the guns and fought like veterans.
Yesterday one officer and one man
were killed and two were wounded
by enemy shell fire. One American
soldier waa "gassed." The Germans
made a gas attack also In this see
tor, firing 50 projectiles of high per
cent gas and 20 per cent explosive
shells.
One American soldier la dead and
eight are suffering from the effects
of poisonous gas, so far aa reported,
hnt It Is probable that more casual
ties will develop, as In the Toul sec
tor. Paris, Mar. 1. After a violent
bombardment the German attack on
the Alsne front, east of Chavingnon,
a hand-to-hand struggle followed,
terminating In an advantage to the .
French, who threw the Germans
back, inflicting heavy losses.
. Berlin, XIar. 1. Ten Americans
have been captured by Germans near
Chavingnon, on the French front,
the war office announced here today
TO BE COMMANDEERED
Washington, Mar. 1. A . bill has
been Introduced toy Senator Cham
berlain and haa been unanlmnualv
indorsed by the military committee,
to empower the president to ' com
mandeer timber or lumber needed
for the army, navy or shipping
board. -.. ...
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