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Rosa Luxemburg and Karl
Liebknech Two Famous
Spartacans red
Berlin, Friday.—K&il Lie-ki'e.ht,
the accrcdited leadvr of the radical
Socialist re>v>l utionary party to
gether with Kjsa Luxemburg, the
noted Uerrnau woman soiiaiist, were
cap*.ured in a hotel at hdt n b •
erumer.t agents yesterday.
l*ater wtiile they were beirg hU|
rlec- to prison in automobiles,
both Liebknecht and Madam Luxem
burg were shot.
Before the woman was put in the
automobile she was tlrst beaten by
the m r> which had gathered about
the hotel, and it was only «.y torso
arms that the n;of> was driven
back an<? the woman saved from be
ing out to death at that time.
The police reports show that an
unknown man climbed up On the
running Do^rd 0f the auto and shot
the woman through the body. The
body was later thrown into a canal.
While this tragedy w.'s being eu".
acted Liebkuecht was biiisg driv*
eu tj i>risou in another automobile, '
aud this maohiuo broko down. Lieb
kuecht then sought tt> escape aud |
wus sho'. dead by the guurds.
The police ri'iw:t * l-'.iui^ that the
j soldiers endeavored to save the life,
: oe the wemail
A semi-official atiroun, e-uett says
. that all coucerm jU t!^ murder
'of these two sr-art'i'iiu loaders
will be punished.
I Hos.i Luxemburg was tried in I
1U14, before the war broke out.
for uttering at a i>ub le nueting the i
following' words: "ln-iumerable trag-j
'ert'es ar.- enacted in the Gorman bar
racks day after day, b.:t the gioaus
o' th-> uarticipants rarely reach our
ears." Sba was ariested aud im
prisoned for havivg m«de these t©"/
marks. ^ I
77000 lOiof 11
K* CtiAL lie
ISJ3I8
Washington, Jan. IT.—Accordiug
to the preliminary estimates prepar
ed by G. C. Martin, of the 1". S.
Geological survey, Dep&unieut of
the Interior, and which was niade
public today, during the year li'lS
Alaska, mined 77,000 tons of coal,
the Taiue of which is placed at
$435,000.
This is looked upcn as nicst sig"i
c^nt and is believed to oe the prob
able beginning of a s 11 s:ai:ii 11 <o.:l
industry.
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: Sacramento, J^n. 17. —- Forty- |
■ six i. W \V. who li:'vc been under J
•trial charged with, conspiracy were
I found guilty in court yesterday eve
niug, aiii*- they will I c sentenced to
morrow.
( Hl.Vi. TO DKSTKOV
$1-1,m>i>,l\ lU'Il.M
Loader, Jan. 1^-—The Keveujng
\es announced jTSterdtn th t it
understands that thL- Cl|:n"*e gov,
eminent ^'ill destroy 1,2000 chests
Of ooiu-n, valued' at $14 000,000.
NOTICE
The fourth installment of the
Fourth Liberty Loan
is due and payable on or before
the 16th of this month
Subscribers kindly call and arrange
BANK OFM#SKA
Ifapjjg Nnit Ijnix
P. H. GANTY
Mir VOTE III REPUBLICAN FORM
OF GOVERNMENT FOR GERMANY
Berlin, Jan. 17. — Indications
point strongly to the death blow to
Bolshevism in Germany being struck
ai the election to be bold) Saturday.
Thp women who have been enfran
Bhised are taking an active part in
the election, especially in Berlin,
and it Is believed that a, stable
form of Republican government, will
b voted.
Paris, Jan. 17.—The draft °f
I he Leaeue of Nations is nearly
ioupleted. It hag been announced
thu* th" draft contains thriteen a,r
tide-; with eight supplementary PiO
visions in which are summarized
man plans submitted by the differ"
eat statesmen.
TURKS GIVE UP !
London, Jan. 17.—The Turks in !
Medina, the Holy City, have surren- |
Icred to King Hedjas Is the report i
received here today. I
INDEPENFNGE 10
PHILIPPINES
IS SOUGHT
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Seat'ie, Jan. 17.—Manuel Cuszon, j
president of the Philippine senate j
irrived here >oda_v on his way to |
Washington.
Jlr. cuszon has oeen sent
DVer to press for the Independence
3f *i"e Philippineg as soon as Presi
dent Wilson returns from Europe,
Lid Still Down
On Peace News
Paris, Friday. — Tie ban °n the
news of the transactions of the
peace delegates, save that which is
issued in a brief statement daily, is
still iQ effect.
President Wilson continues to in*
slst fhat all the deliberations of
the peace congress be made public,
and tl^t full publicity be given to
the dauy doinga of the conference.
President Still
Very Optomistic
Paris, Friday. — President Wil
son expresses himself as being yery
optimistic on the eve of the open
ing of the peace congress, and
says that he feels confident that the
delegates will finally make a peace
which will be satisfactory to all na
tions.
Lenine In Spain
Madrid, Friday.—Nikolai Lenine,
the chief leader of the Russian Bol
sheviki is now reported to he in
hiding somewhere in Spain.
Washington, Jan. 1". — Ge®eral
March announced tod'jy that all ar
my units in the United States have
bepn ordered demobilized.
Seattle, Jan. 17.—Kd. Cudihee, j
twice sheriff of King county and
hla wife, each of whom has been
suiu^ for divorce, were both, grant-. j
ed a divorce yesterday afternoon.
Each one of the pa;ties mad<e'sen-]
sational charge^ against the other.
b"t the court ignored the allegations j
■of both and then granted each
•separate and distinct divorce.
Ship Sinks and
500 Lives Lost!
Rome, Friday. — Five htmdTed
persons perished when a French
steamer hit a mine in the Straits of
Messina, and sunk in an ineredably
short time.
The passengers on board the ship
oonsisted of Greeks, Rusisans and
Serbians,, and the report states that
ail perished.
Jap On Way To
Peace Congress
Seattle, Jan. 17.—Baron Kondo,
a inemoer of the Japanese peace
delegation arrived here tod&y on his
way to France where he will at
tend the peace conference.
Huns Are Given
* lore Time
Amsterdam, Friday. —i A despatch
from Berlin received :a this city j
todfty states that the Allies have ex
tended the time of the armistice, !
and that the German government I
has conceded to all the demands of j
th' allies In order to secure the ex*'
tension of time. t
LSHE
Mob Composed of I. W. W. and
Radicals Parade the Business
Streets Shouting "Bolshevists
Are All Right" and Singing I.
W. W. Songs—Arrests Made
Seattle, Jan. 17—At the conclu
sion of an open air meeting last
uignt held at the corner of Stew
art street and Fourth avenue three
thousand workmen marched down
Third' Ave. shouting "Bolshevik! are
all right," Others were singing I. W.
W. so.ngs. The crowd wag appar
ently headed for the police head
quarters but they were met atYesler
Way by two hundred-aild fifty po
licemen, some of whom were motmt
el others were in autcobiles and
others were on foot. Sixtjr police"
men armed with rifles swooped!
down from thg central station, and
the crowd upon seeing that the po
lice were in earnest, dispersed. Chief
of Polici Warren dire'ted the foot
police.
San Francisco, Jan. iy. — vuo
of the most important financial con
ferences ever he'd in the west was
called today in S&n Francisco by
Governor James K. Lynch of the
Federal Reserve Bank. The Prin
cipal speaker was Lewis B. Franklin
d'rector of War Loan Organiza
tiong at Washington. Those who
attended the conference included
Liberty Loaji state chairmen, War
Savings State Directors and Women
state chairmen from California,
Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Utah,
Arizona, Nevada, Alaska and
Hawaj^
The government's financial pro
& I «■ IU w as u«u x-» i »..•—. -
attention was given the plans to
curb the activities of bond brokers
who are asking the public to sell
their LiDerty Bonds. "Hold your
r>onds" was the Appeal of the S°v
ernment not only because selling
now means a sacrifice to Original
purchasers, but because the govern
ment is c-mbarrassed by fall in price
due :o numerous sales, sale of
bonds o* the first four loans will
imnt-ir the success of the Victory
Loan.
The San Francisco chamber of
Commerce gave a luncheon in honor
of Mr. Franklin today.
Madison, Friday. — The Wiscon
sin state legislature today ratified
the federal prohibition amendment,
the measure having the approval of
both branches of the legislative
body bv a goodly majority.
Ship Workmen
Want More Pay
Seattle, Jan. 17. — The skilled
workmen in the steel shipyards
have served notice that they will go
Oa strike nest Tuesday unless their
pay is raised to one dollar per hour
and 'lie oay of helpers raised to six
rtollara per day.
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