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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-15

Cherry, Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Gait
Mrs. T. Y Morgan, Mr.. Arthur Straeh-
ley, Mrs Carrie Maxwell Mr. Pres
Maxwell Mrs w J. Cruce, and Mr.
and Mrs. Jerry McClusky.
one of the delightful evening par
ties of the week was that given Thurs
day by Mr. and Mrs. Victor Williams
at their hcme, sos North Washington
street, when they entertained mem
bers of the Washington Forty-Two
Club their husbands and additional
guests The rooms were beautifully
decorated with pink and white carna-
tions, and this color scheme was car
ried out in the two-course luncheon.
which was served at the end of the
games. High score fayOrs were award
ed on cut to Mrs C.. b. Hanks, Mr.. r.
Barnes and Mrs. G.. b. Goddard. The
score cards were prettily handpainted
daisies Those entertained We're.
Messrs and Mines a. NJ. Brady, Il.
Barnes, c. b Hanks, VIM. Deardoff.
George Shuler Or. and Mrs j. c..
McNees, DR.. and Mrs. Jesse Best
DR.. and Mrs J. l.. Cox, Or and Mrs
Z. G. Harlow, Messrs. and Mines. d.
E. Allen, c. b. Corlew. G. b. Goddard.
c. h. Goodwin j. b. Champion, Mrs.
Alma Reid and the Misses Marguerite
Lawson and Mary Boone.
&aa
Mr. and Mrs. A. NJ Rice, BiXby ave
nue. southwest, have as their guest
Mrs. Rice's sister Mrs. j. B. Kendall.
Of Wilmore, Ky Mrs Kendall will
spend several weeks here and in a
fortnight will be joined by Mr. Ken
dal.
The Knights of Pythias Club gave
an informal dance Friday evening.
Among those who attended were
Messrs. and Mines. o. NJ. Smith, Ed
Houston, J. +. Jordan Jones, II. l.
Davis, A. NJ. Rice, Mrs. j. B. Kendall
OF Wlmore, Ky. Mr.. and Mrs c. l.
Smith Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Cathey
Misses Anna Peterson, Laurel Hof.
mann, Freddie Williams, Myrtle Lamp.
ton, Chapman, Lane, Mccain Messrs
Williams, Mccain, Washburn, De.
Wald, Harry Estes Hamilton, Atkins,
Bullock, Cathey Prater and Harper
Among the number of social courte.
sizes extended to Miss Ethel Smith, OF
st. Louis. Mo, who left yesterday af
ternoon for her home, one Of the most
charming was the luncheon given yes
ternOon noon at Dornick Hills Country
Club by Mrs. c. L. Anderson. Covers
were laid for the hostess, honor guest
Mrs, Charts Rogers, Mrs. Il. II. Roger
rand Misses Ellen and Dorothy Dick
son, Patti Ryan, Mary Anderson, Geor
gia Simpson, Louise Love, Mary Jar
rett, Mary Boone, Ruby Randol Mary
and Marjorie Williams, Helen and
Thurlow Ward, Grace Johnson, Matte
Claire Gano, Helen Walcott, Raye
Campbell, Marguerite Noble, ThelmG
Ramsey Lena Gardenhlre, and Mae
Stevens. The honor guest was pre-
sented with a lovely corsage bouquet
tt*
The Ladies Aid Society, Division
b No /, Of the First Christian church
= will meet Tuesday afternoon at 2:3t
o'clock at the home OF Mrs. j. w
Buns, 4O2 f steret southwest, wher
, Mrs Burns will be assisted by Mrs
Gibson in entertaining. A feature o
the afternoon will be a bargain sale
g..
Miss Slllie Roberts is spending sey
eral days with friends and relatives II
T Durant.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-15
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~ EGlNNlNG with Monday noon,
when Mrs Morris Sass will
entertain the Bridge Lunch
n con Club, hOnoring Mrs c.
A~ H. Ogden OF Muskogee and
Miss Maude Hall of Dallas,
Texas, the coming week promises to
be one filled with as many interesting
social events as was the week just
passed. il Monday afternoon Mrs
G. NJ. Henley, 211 c street, southwest
will be hostess to the club meeting of
the Ladies of the Leaf Tuesday
Mrs. H. p. Nichols will entertain with
a luncheon at the Chickasaw Lake
Club, hOnoring Mrs. II. II. Ogden or
Muskogee and Miss Maude Hall of
Dallas. 3 Wednesday afternoon will
be a meeting of the Philharmonic Club
with Mrs. j. r. Pennington, First ave
nue., southwest Mrs. w. A. Ed
wards $50 Second avenue southwest,
will be hostess to the Two Table
Bridge Club. The Ferndale Re
view Club will meet with Mrs. A. c.
Young. Wednesday evening Miss
Strayhorn will give a formal dance at
the |. o. o. F. Hall. Thursday
Mrs. John Whteman will be hostess to
the Lily Bid Bridge Club at her home
1926 G street, southwest Mrs. vii
liam Deardofl, street, southwest, will
entertain the Washington Forty-Two
Club. Friday Mrs. n. b. Feagin
will be hostess to the Thimble Tea
Club. = Numerous other events are
being planned for the week, announce
ment OF which will be made later.
Mr. and Mrs. f. n. Preuit. 314 b
street, southwest, announcement the
engagement and approaching marriage
of their sister, Miss Lotie Bond, to Mr.
Joe LoftiH The marriage will be sol
emnized Monday evening, April %. at
$3.50 o'clock, at the home Of Mr. and
Mrs. Preuit
Under the direction of Miss Flora
May Taylor, the following program will
be carried out at the court house at
three o'clock this afternoon for mem
bers Of John II. Morgan Camp, United
Confederate Veterans:
Vocal Solo-Miss Marjorie Vaughn
Reading-Miss Louise Wilkes.
Vocal Solo-Miss Hattie Jane Skip
worth.
Reading Miss IIiawatha Jackson.
Vocal Solo-Miss Letha Hancock
Vocal Solo-Miss Estella Knight
Reading Miss Hazel Holland.
Address-Dr. ]. +. Young,
Mrs r. r. Meeker left Friday to
spend several weeks with friends and
relatives in Pueblo Colorado.
The Presbyterian Missionary Society
will not meet this week, as formerly
announced, but win meet Tuesday,
April "a.
Miss Strayhorn will give a formal
dance Wednesday evening at the l. O.
o. F. hall, which will be the closing
dance Of the season.
s&s
Mrs. n. c. Wood and Mrs. w. A.
Martin will leave Wednesday for Ok
lahoma City where they will attend
the recital to be given by Galli-Curci
While in Oklahoma City Mrs. Wood
and Mrs Martin will be guests of Mrs
A. J. Hemstreet
The Young Ladies' Aid of the Chris
tian church will meet Tuesday after.
noon at three O'Clock with Mrs Gabe
Newman, Gil West Main street. Mrs
Ed Houston, leader
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-15

Mrs Reid McIamore Of Abilene.
Texas. is the guest of her mother. Mrs.
l. G. Cheney 5l7 a street northeast
a*a
The Mothers Club of the Fourth
Ward met Friday afternoon when the
Second grade pupils, under direction
of their teacher, Miss Lille, gave
an unusually good program which was
thoroughly enjoyed In addition to
selections by the children, numbers
by Miss Flora Mae Taylor and Miss
Raye Campbell We're also given. At
the close Of the program refreshments
were served. Following is the pro.
gram.
Your Flag and My Flag" Glass
"The Boys Mother" "---------- Riley
Five Boys
Song Little yellow Dandelion"
Class
Playette ------------------" Spring"
Twenty-Five Children
Song ---------M Miss Flora Mae Taylor
Mrs. Jackson, Accompanist
Talk-------------M Miss Daisy Nichols
Reading Miss Raye Campbell
Talk and General Discussion on Home
Preparedness" led by
-Supt c. W. Richards
t#t
Complimentary to three out.oftown
guests Mrs. II. II. Ogden of Musko.
gee, the house guest of Mrs. Jerry Nc.
Clusky, Mrs. A. c. C-wce of Oklahoma
City, the house guest of Mrs. w. l.
Cruce, and Miss Maude Hall of Dal
las, Texas, the house guest of Mrs
B. A. Simpson, Mr.. and Mrs. +. A.
/ Redmond, Mr. and Mrs. W. p. Poland
and Mr. and Mrs. II. II. Sayre enter
tanned the Buffet Supper Club and ad
ditiOnal guests last evening at the
home OF Mr.. and Mrs. Sayre on T
street, southwest. The evening was
spent with cards and dancing Those
so delightfully."- entertained were: Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Gates. Mr.. and Mrs
W. d. Potter, Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Sto
mum, Mr. and Mrs. Morris Sass, Mr.
and Mrs. Ray Poland, Mr. and Mrs
Rob Poland, Mr. and Mrs. Henry
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CONTINUED on PAGE TWENTY
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-15

Quite the largest and loyclIest event
of the week was the tea given Friday
afternoon by Mrs H. d. McCollom and
Mrs. =. n Woods. at the home of the
former 6lS Mclish avenue. southwest,
honoring Mrs Morton G. Woods, one
Of the seasons most charming brides
Lovely sprug flowers were used On
profusion throughout the rooms and "a
patriotic note was added In the r,.
freshmonts The guests were greeted
by Miss IayIne Woods and Miss Floy
Alyis and were directed by Mrs r. r.
Hearncy and Mrs. W. l. Crucc to the
living room, where Mrs. II G. Pot
teri introduced the receiving line. In
which stood the honor guest the hos.
tesses. and Mines. \. G.. Cruco of Okla.
homa CITY Perry Maxwell Kelsey
II Polk. McClain Rogers OF Clinton
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-15

Mr. and Mrs c. Il. Whiteman OF
Oklahoma city are guests Of Mr. and
Mrs. B A. Simpson, G street. south.
west
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-15

Mrs. G. r. West who has been quite
i'll, is reported slightly improved.
The Seward gateway., 1917-01-02
FACTS ABOUT THE
 POPULATION OF ALASKA

According to the census report of 1910 the total population of Alaska at that time was GA 4,456. This is an average of about one person to every ten square miles of territory. At the time of the cession of the territory from Russia, in 1867, the total popu- lation was estimated at 30,O0O, of which two-thirds were natives. In 1880 the population was estimated at 33 ,426; in 1890, 92,452; in 1900, 63,- 592, of which approximately As per cent were white, 46 per cent natives and per cent Japanese and Chinese. In 1890 the -blooded natives were estimated at 23,531, of whom 5000 were Haidas, Thlingets or other na- tives of the coastal region, 1000 Aleuts, 340O Athapascans and 13,lOO Eskimos.
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KETCHIKAN CHIEF LETS
 GUN SHOOT PRISONER

KETCHIKAN, Dec. 20.-"Chief of Police" Grant, about eight o'clock yesterday morning while attempting to arrest a drunk, shot him with his revolver through theS upper part Of the left shoulder" Such was in sub stance, the first report of the shoot ing that was brought to the Prog ressive- Miner office. Oscar Olson, the man who was shot said that he remembered nothing He admits that he was under the influence of liquor yesterday and that the first thing he remembers is when he woke up in the city jail where he was given his supper after having passed the day in his bed. This morning he was taken before the municipal magistrate who fined hi mten dollars and turned him loose.
 At first the story was a revelation An officer taking a shot at poor drunk carrying him to jail, keeping him all day without medical attention and the next morning bringing him before the judge and fine him ten dollars.
 This story started the blood boiling but was followed by an investigation resulting in the following:
 Oscar Olson went into certain ci- gar store and had some ice cream and for some reason or other, he was or dered out. The chief of police said to Olson that he was too drunk to re- main on the street and attempted to take him to jail. On Olson's refusal 
 to go quietly, the chief being without usual club, drew his gun and aimed to hit Olson on the shoulder, but evi- dently, his reach failed to land the blow on the shoulder, the point of the gun apparently striking just below the top of the left shoulder and was discharged.
 The chief claims that he was aware that the gun exploded, but thought nothing of it and with the help Of another man, took the man to jail The man not complaining, he kept
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ENTENTE NATIONS REJECT PROPOSALS OF GERMANY BIT GERMANY SAYS THE TERMS ARE NOW READY
WAR DEADLOCKED EVERYWHERE
 IN EUROPE EXCEPT R0UMAN|A
ENTENTE REFUSES PEACE

PARIS, Dec. 31.-The reply of the Entente alliance to the German peace proposal handed last night to Ambassador Sharp for transmission to Germany through the United States. It refuses to consider what it calls the nsncere proposition which is meant by Germany only as military maneuvre to secure Gernanmade peace and to disturb opinion in the neutral nations In the re- ply the Entente nations declare that peace impossible without reparatOn and also guarantees for the freedom of small states The note lays the blame on Germany for the war; reviews the conditions and points to the wrongs of Belgium which, the says, has been guaranteed n voabity The note directs attention also to the speech of the German chancellor in the reichsag in 1914 when he pledged Belgium reparaOn for the shameful German violation. The reply goes to declare that Germany now offers peace the basis of the present war map ot Europe alone and that this map represents only superficial and passing phase not the real relative strength of the begerentS Peace now would be favor
 able only to Germany, the aggressOr the note asserts and the failure of Germany to offer reparatlon or re- sttutOn removes in advance any basis for negotiations
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MONTREAL HAS
 AWFUL HORROR FORTY-SIX WOMEN CREMATED WHEN ASYLUM FOR
 IDIOTS BURNED.

MONTREAL, Jan. 1.-FortySiX women were cremated on Saturday night when the St. Ferdinand de Hali- fax asylum for idiots was destroyed Gy fire. The place contained a hun dred and eighty women inmates but the building was entirely without fire protection. The temperature was twenty below zero and the hydrantS were frozen, so making it impossible once again to save property and lives. One Sister last her life while heroi- cally attempting to aid in the rescue of the crazed inmates. The loss of property is a hundred thousand dol lars.
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THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS
 JOSS BY T0DAYS FIRE IN VALDEZ
VALDEZ FIRE


 VALDEZ Jan. 2-An ncendiary fire which started in four different places in the business section caused conhagration at o'clock this morning that destroyed the Golden North Hotel the Arcade Cafe, the big mercantile establishment of Blum Company the Empress Theatre, the Pinzon Bar and cigar store LouieS Cafe, Max Schmds store the post office the Arizona House, the Alameda House. the Ellis Block, the Haines Sheet Metal Works and three residences The estimated loss is three hundred thousand dollars which is only partially covered oy insurance The fires started in the Alameda House and Ellis Block both of which unoccuped and also
 the reals of the Pnzon and Arcade Cafe which are on he opposite side of the street The post office building vas found afre inside after all danger supposed past md that fire also believed have been started by an m cenday One suspect is held by the federal authorities bending an Investigation.
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ALASKA SEALS MULTIPLY
 RAPIDLY; WILL KILL 1917

The seal herds on the Pribilof islands in Bering sea have increased so rapidly since killing of seals was prohibited that the government will begin killing seals regularly this year, according to H. J. ChriStoffer, assist ant agent for the U. s. bureau Of fisheries, who has returned to Seattle from an inspection trip to the islands.
 Mr. Christoffer made the trip on the steamer Elihu Thompson, with winter supplies for the islands. The Thompson took to Seattle 7,C0O seal skins killed to supply food for the natives on the islands. The skins will be shipped to St. Louis where the government will sell them at auction. Fix,
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APPLICATIONS FOR POSITIONS
(Alaska Railroad Record)

(AlaSka Railroad Record)
 More than 60,0O0 applications for positions are already on file in the Anchorage office of the Commission, and every mail brings 30 or more letters from all parts of the United States from persons desirous of en- tering the service.
 During the winter months, the working conditions require that the forces of all divisions of the project be reduced to a minimum, and, there fore. applicants at this time are giver little encouragement. It has been the policy of the Commission in en. gazing employees to give preference to residents of the territory and to former employees of satisfactory record. No difficulty has so far been experienced in securing suitable hell in Alaska for all branches of the work, except in few cases where technical knowledge or skill is re- quired.
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MESSAGES DELAYED
 BY VALDEZ FIRE

The cable office was menaced by the fire at Valdez this morning and the staff thought it advisable to re- move the instruments so that mes sages were not received this morn ing. At noon came the first message, the one telling of the fire. As this is written at l:2O D. m. No outside messages had come but those which were received on Sunday and yester- day have been printed. In reading the outside messages in the Gateway today it might be advisable to take note of the dates as the messages for the three days may possibly appear in this issue.
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MASQU ERADE BALL
A BIG SUCCESS

The masquerade of the firemen last Saturday evening was one of the greatest successes. The costumes were exceedingly good and clever and the large crowd felt in fine form. Mrs. Eide secured the prize for the pest dressed lady and Mir. Taigue for the best dressed gentleman. The full list of prize winners is not at hand as this is written but it is remember ed that Heine HaaSch as an Italian organ-grinder received richly de- served reward. Miss Vida Rich was prize winner as Charlie Ch pin, Mrs. Ellsworth, Miss Alice Hickey, Mir. and Mrs. Thompson, MT. John Nelson, and several others whose names do not occur in a hurry with out the aid of the list were also win nerS. A funny part of the perform ance came when Mr. Frank Ballaine went up with door ticket for lady and received as a prize a free supply of water from his own company. Mir. Virgil Rich and Miss Evelyn Carlson won first prize as waivers. The whole town was there and had royal time.
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WOMAN'S CLUB MEETS

The Woman'S Club of Seward meets January s at van Glider Hall. Bust ness meeting and program; Training for Citizenship, Chap XXII-XXVI, in- elusive. Review and discussion led by Mrs. Hill. "The Spirit of India" Mrs. Sexton. "Two Historic lsl- ands of the Levant"-Mrs. Sloan. "The Work of the Fabians"-Mrs. Sauers. Democracy and Daisy Chain"-Mrs. Baughman.
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SUMMARY OF FIGHTING

NEW YORK, Jan IA summary of the war activl- ties for the past day two shows the begerens vrt ally deadlocked everywhere except in Roumanla where the Teutons are still progressing. Mackensen IS still pushing north in Dobrudja towards the Danube mouths and his eastern flank has retired the Russians at the Brala brdgehead The Teutonic lines also closer to the Natchn bridge head opposite Braa One thousand Russians were captured yesterday.
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A. $. s. co EXPANDS

SEATTLE, Jan. 1.-Aiaska trade will be greater than ever this year as result of the development of mines and fisheries, says Manager Baxter of the Alaska Steamship company which is now planning great ex- pansion of it's northern business. IL is reported that tn, company bought the freighter Stanley Dollar last Sat urday and will use it on the Alaska run.
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HORACE DELINE RESIGNS

Horace Define has resigned his position as special disbursing officer with the Alaskan Engineering Com mission and is going back to Valdez to take up his old position in the United States marshal's office.
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GERMANY HAS TERMS READY

BERLIN, Dec 31-Answering the Entente reply to the peace proposals Germany announces that 1t will state it's terms when face face with the allied representatives These terms ready the imperial government de- cares. Heavy fighting is taking place in Pennsylvania The Teuonc forces there have entered entenched enemy positions and have pushed forward despite Russian count CTS The Russians have again been retired along the en- tire Roumanian front
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ORIGIN OF FIRE
 IS A MYSTERY
FINE EIDE AND NELSON RESI- DEVICES COMPLETELY
 DESTROYED

The origin of the fire which de- stroyed the fine residences of Anton Eide and John Nelson this morning cannot be accounted for The fire was first noticed about five o'clock anG with strong wind blowing the work of saving the buildings was futile Both are now nothing but piles oi charred debris.
 The fire was noticed by Rosie, tn, Nelson maid. At that time the smoke was coming in to the room where the Nelsons were abed and the flames were roaring around the southeast corner of the building. Mir. Nelson first grabbed a lot of the clothes of Mrs. Nelson and got them out. On returning to the bedroom he founC Mrs. Nelson and the children standing in nightdresSeS with the smoke SC thick that when he carried the child ren out the door he was compelled { bend low to get the air. Sweeping to the south the flames caught the Eide residence and the fire had reach ed the room of little Marit when her mother got her out.
 The Eide house was demolished completely but the Nelson house wa' treated less severely and some of the furn.tma taken out after the fire haC been extinguished is still good. Ever some of the cut glass articles were uninjured. NIr. Nelson had thou sand dollars insurance and the build ing is owned by Mrs. Carruthers. His loss is about four or five thou sand. Mir. Eide had two thousand insurance but the loss is over five thousand. The Eides succeeded in saving nothing but one trunk and the material loss to them is not greater han the loss of many articles made valuable by personal and family as sociations. It is so also with the Nelsons. The alarm was rung inn mediately and the fire department quickly got on the scene but the strong wind and the terribly cold weather nullified all it's efforts. The boys of the department and all the other helpers suffered severely from the cold and some of them had to have aid to remove their frozen gar nents afterwards.
 Mir. Nelson says the fire began in space under the Summer kitchen at the back of the house. There was no fire in the back stove and only neg
 igibe fire in any other stove, and even then the drafts were turned oil sipht. He says no ashes had been put out for several days and all this adds to the mystery as to how the fire could have occurred. A strange fact connected with the occurrence is that Mrs. Eide had a presentiment O. something unpleasant all day. About ten o'clock in the evening she tele' | phoned from downtown and asked Mir Nelson to look through his south window to see if everything was al right in her own place.
 For the benefit of those who dc not live in town it may be said that the two houses were the ones stand ing on the east side of Third street north of Lewell creek, the only two houses on that side of the street. The
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him in jail until he was sober and brought him before the magistrate who, on the plea of guilty of being drunk, fined him the above amount.
 It is said that it was not until he had returned to his friend that he found he had been shot. His frienc immediately took him to doctor whc dressed the wound.
 No evidence could be found tending to show malicious intent. "lt was as one man said," perhaps carelessness but more than that, cannot see that the chief is guilty of any crime v This man added: "I fail to see the necessity for an officer to use his gun on a mere drunk.-Progressive Miner
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ALASKA FOURTH NOW FOR COPPER
PRODUCTION OF MINERAL NOW EXCEEDS FIFTY MILLION
 DOL l. X RS.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.-The Geo. logical Survey is now preparing a mineral report for Alaska that will show the production last year to be fifty millions nine hundred thousand The increase over last year exceeds eighteen millions. One hundred ana twenty million pounds of copper was mined and Alaska now stands fourth as copper producer.
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Eide house had been built only year or so. The loss to the two families of their homes caused a depressed feeling all over town today and also caused an uneasiness which is very apparent,
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GREECE APPROVES WILSON

ATHENS Jan. 1.-King Constantine today summon ed the American minister and communicated to him the text of the Greek reply to the Wilson note The reply ap proves unreseedy of the action of the American presi dent.
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REFUSE FRENCH AT VERDUN

BERLIN, Dec 31. - The war office announces that evera attempts by the French to regain lost positions at Verdun have been repulsed