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Iditarod pioneer., 1917-04-28
WORK OF SUBMARINES

LONDON, April 23.-The British hospital ships Donegal and La France, with many wounded on board were torpedoed without warning. Nineteen British and fifteen Ger mans are believed to have perished. Reynolds Newspaper says that at Dover twentyeight German and twenty two Brit ish dead are lying in the market hall
 Calais ShelIed
 CALAIS, April 23.-German torpedo boat destroyers today fired a hundred shells in the region of Calais. Several civilians were killed and twelve were wounded.
 Many Vessels Sunk
 LONDON, April 27-The sinking of forty vessels by submarines during the week end ing on Tuesday has caused grave comment in the newspapers.
 An American Victim
 WASHINGTON, April 26-The American steamship Birdsall has been torpedoed Her crew was rescued by a British patrol boat.
 Germans Shoot and Run
 SEATTLE, April 26-A dispatch states that German destroyer fotila boinbarded
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FIRST AMERICAN GUN FIRED
 ANNIHILATES ENEMY SUBMARINE

LONDON April 25-Capan Rice of the American steamship Mon goan which arrived British port today announced that the Mon goan had fired the first gun of the for the United States and had
 sunk German submarine The naval gunners board made clean hit thousand yards The percope of the unersea craft shattered The Captain Rice said about to attack great liner British waters on April lo He declared that there absolutely no doubt that the Uboat ht ard that there reason to believe that she destroyed
 Describing the incident the captain said percope sighted dead ahead late in the afternoon He gave orders for full speed ahead with the intention of rammng the submarine The percope dsap neared and few later eappeared the hps boadde The gunne fred hitting the perscope squarey and throwing fountain water An pertinent fact regarding the ultimate
 fate of the submarine that the shell disappeared immediately after the hit made The captain that shell always rcochee in the water and be again unless find mark Oil also seen on the water after the submarine disappeared
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LLOYD GEORGE OPTIMISTIC
 Oil OUTCOME OF STRUGGLE
 DESPITE SUBMARINES WORK

LONDON, April 27-In a speech at the Guildhal today Premier Lloyd George said that the munitions question was being han dled in such manner that the men now have chance to fight He stated that the British had taken four hundred Ger man guns without losing one. The advan- tage is now with the allies, with victory in creasingly nearer, he declared.
 Life of Empire Threatened
 LONDON, April 27.-Albert Stanley pres ident of the British board of trade, admitted today that the submarine campaign was threatening the life of the empire, but de clared that success was bound to come as the United States would build vessels as fast as Germany could sink them.
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AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE
 FOR CITY OF FAIRBANKS

JUNEAU April 27-Thc house of rep resentatives passed the bill providing for an agricultural college at Fairbanks on Thursday last Sixty thousand dollars is appropriated for the institution. It now goes to the governor for his signature, hay ing already passed the senate.
 The bill allowing the mining companies credit for the federal tax paid on the num- Der of stamps in their mills in computing the territorial license tax due was killed in rhe house on reconsideration of the vote.
 A bill making eight hours 8 legal day work for women has passed the house. and also a bill regulating the practice of op- tometry.
 The bill requiring the payment of insur- ance risks by agents resident in the terri tory has been withdrawn.
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FIX SENATOR ELIHU B. ROOT
 HEADS RUSSIAN COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, April PA group of distinguished Americans headed by mem bers of the cabinet or by ex-Senator Root, will be, named by the President to go to Russia to advise the provisional govern ment
 WASHINGTON, April 26.-Following an hours conference between President Wilson and ex-Senator Root today it was admitted that the latter has accepted the chairman ship of the commission which will go to Russia. Mir. Root said the announcement must come from the President
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-04-28
LAST MAIL ON WINTER TRAIL
 TO LEAVE NEXT MONDAY

The last mail over the Seward Iditarod trail for the season of 1916-17 will leave Iditarod on Monday next, April 30. The registry window will close at p. m. on that day, and ordinary letter mail will be received until 8 p, m The last mail for Fairbanks and Panama and Yukon river points left Ophir last week; therefore no mail can be dispatched for those points.
 The first mail by water IS scheduled ta leave lditarod on June 1,
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NOTED SEATTLE PRISONER
 MAKES ESCAPE FROM JAIL

SEATTLE, April 23.-Logan BilHngsley, who recently received penitentiary sen tence in connection with the bootlegging conspiracy, sawed his way out of the deten- tion station last night and escaped. He was to have been taken to McNeils Island peni- tentiary tomorrow. Fred and Ora Billings ley began serving their sentences in the Whatcom county jail last night.
 SEATTLE, April 27.-Logan Billngsley, in letter purporting to have been written in Portland, says he is not going to give himself up, but will seek employment in the East Later he will make public the names of those who double e-crossed' him.
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RUSSIAN ARMY AND NAVY
 WILL FIGHT TO THE END

HELSINGFORS, April 25.-A council of army and navy delegates at Sveaborg has decided to send wireless messages to the allied fleets saying that the Baltic fleet and the army defending its base are in complete readiness to fight to the last in defense of Russia.
 WASHINGTON, April 24-The state de partment received report from Petrograd today to the effect that Russia is no more likely to abandon the war than is the United States.
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-04-28
TELEGRAPHIC BREY|TIES

SEATTLE, April 27.-G. F. White, a prominent lumberman and banker of this city, died this morning.
 ROME, April 27.-Many persons are re- ported to have been killed in an earthquake in Tuscany and Umbria provinces
 BERNIE, April 27.-An unknown aviator has dropped bombs on the town ot Porren- truin, injuring many persons
 SEATTLE, April 24.-W. c. Dawson IS negotiating for the Border Line Transports ton Company.
 SEATTLE, April 23-David Kellogg who opened the first drug store in Seattle died today, aged 53
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ATTACK ON CITY OF VENICE
 FRUSTRATED BY ITALIANS

ROME, April 2l,-A sea and air battle near Venice is reported by the war office. A number of aeropanes, aided by torpedo boats, approached Venice on April 17 in order to effect reconnaissance in force. A rapid counter attack by Italian and French aeroplanes and shore batteries prevented the enemy machines from flying over the city. In a series of aerial duels an enemy plane was shot down, and two Italian hydroaero- planes failed to return to their base
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-04-28

WASHINGTON, April 2l-After certain notifications, the senate today voted to retain the press censorship clause of the espionage bill The debate on the admins tration army bill, providing for selectlVe conscription. began in the senate today, with friends and opponents of the measure lining up for the fight on the question of whether volunteers shall be relied upon or drafting be resorted to.
 German Ships to Be Used
 The government plans to have nine of the seized German ships repaired and in commission within thirty days, and has also empowered the shipping board to seize and pay for vessels totalling 100000 ton mage now being built in American shipyards for foreign interests, largely Norwegian.
 Forecasts Passage of War Army Bill
 WASHINGTON, April 24-The passage of the war army bill by the end of the week is forecasted today by prominent members of congress. The President has signed the S7OO0, ,O0O,000 war loan bill
 Many of the larger vessels engaged in the coastwise trade are to be diverted at once to the transatlantic service
 r Looking After Agriculture
 WASHINGTON, April 25.-Plans for supplying 100000 workers for the coun- try's farms were announced by Secretary of Labor Wilson today
 The house and senate today resumed the debate on the war army bill
 Americas first loan to Great Britain was consummated this morning, Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo handing to British
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-04-28
BRITISH AND FRENCH COMMISSIONS
 ARRIVE AT NATIONAL CAPITAL

WASHINGTON April 24-A J. Bafow and his party of British commissioners the United States arrived here Sunday afternoon They received by Secretary Lansing the railroad aon where
 brief ceremony beng such grave event American history took place. Mr. Bafou received the President last night and touc ing the conference the British foreign secretary said that the meeting alone had justified his trip.
 The British their belief that the end the long off, The Germans these experts say, yet defeated immediate danger and at this time contemplating revolution.
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-04-28
LECTIVECONSCRIPTION IS PLANNED

Ambassador Spring Rice warrant for $200,- 000,000
 Speaker Clark Opposes conscripton
 Speaker Clark announced today that he is opposed to conscription, and that he is in favor of letting the flower of the youth of the country volunteer rather than force 8 direct draft upon them
 To Rid the World of the Despot
 Senator McKelIar author of the amend ment to the army bill proposing to call for 50O,00O volunteers before conscription is re sorted to, denied that conscription would equaze the burden of military service. 'I believe the German kaiser is the greatest criminal on the face of the earth today" said Senator McKellar. "I want this war in the quickest way to rid the world of this despot It may be September or October before arrangements for the operation of this draft measure are completed, then an other ten to twelve months in which to train our troops"
 Champ Clark Attacks conscripton
 WASHINGTON, April 27.-Speaker Clark made a bitter attack from the floor of the house upon the Presidents conscrip- ton bill. He assured the house that Mis- sourians class conscription with the word "convict"
 SeIective conscription Will Pass
 The seIective conscrption advocates claim they have majority of six votes in the house.
 Advocates of an increasing volunteer sys- tenn today admitted that defeat awaits their efforts to block the Presidents plans for an army raised by selective conscription
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-04-28
SEATTLE COMMERCIAL BODY
 WANTS ALASKA DEFENDED

SEATTLE April 25.-The trustees of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce today adopted resolution urging that provision be made for the defense of Alaska by the establishment of a naval base there, because of its immense resources. The building of wagon roads in Alaska and closed season for halibut fishing in the Pacific were also urged
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-04-28
NOTED RUSSIAN REPATRIATES
 VICTIMS OF SUBMARINE

PETROGRAD, April 24.-Russian So cialists are greatly exercised over the sink yng by German submarines of the steamship Zara, which was taking home number of Russian refugees among whom were some of the most prominent among those who had been banished
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Membership of French Commission

WASHINGTON, 24Ihe department advised of the safe arrival includes Generals the French admiralty problems; o
  of public instruction and Surgeon Major LRyfus WASHINGTON Atlantic French
 
  ont Predent' arivi
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CHILDREN MEET DEATH

SEATTLE, April 24.-Bailey Williams, aged 6; Raymond Mills, 9, and John Izzend, II, were asphyxiated today by the opening of valve on lake launch on which they were playing. The bodies were found hud- dled in the pilot house.
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-04-28
DENVER BEAUTYS SAD END

NEW YORK, April 21.-Mrs, John W. Springer the beautiful divorced wife of a Denver banker, over whom Harold F. Henwood killed Sylvester Von Pusland and George F. Copeland, also of Denver, died in paupers' hospital here today,
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A WONDERFUL DISCOVERY

WASHINGTON, April 23.-That the Standard Oil Company substantially domi- mates the gasoline industry was the finding of the federal trade commission transmitted in its report to the senate today.
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-04-28
Material for Anchorage
SECRETARY OF COMMERCE
 INTERESTED IN OUR FISHERIES

SEATTLE, April 25.-Secretary of Con- merce Redfeld, in 8 private letter received in Seattle, says that it is imperative that Alaska mobilize her fisheries, and that aside from the service so rendered to the country, the market thus established at this time would be maintained when peace came.
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-04-28
SOCIALIST SENATOR EXPELLED

MADISON, Wis, April 27.-Frank Raguse, Socialist from Milwaukee, was expelled from membership in the state sen ate today because of statements made on the floor of that body.
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-04-28
BOB BRIDGES IS PATRIOTIC

SEATTLE, April 24.-President Robert Bridges of the port of Seattle commission has resigned, to take effect at once He has rendered his services to the government in any capacity.
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-04-28

Dunkirk for ten minutes yesterday and then fled toward Ostend at great speed, pur- sued by the British and French patrol ships. A French torpedo boat was sunk during the engagement,
 LONDON, April 27.-German destroyers raded Ramsgate, a North sea health resort, during last night killing man, woman and horse, and injuring three persons. Twcnty-one dwellings were damaged
 Successes Great and Losses Small
 BERLIN, April 27.-Admral Won Ca belle minister of the navy, reported to the reichstag main committee today that the success of the submarine campaign contln- ued great and the losses small
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GERMAN RAIDER REPORTED

NEW YORK, April 24-An unnamed foreign steamship arriving here reports that she was chased off the coast of Brazil for five miles by German raider The raider had Norwegian flags painted on her sides.
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-04-28

Blou' landing explode that
 Realize people America that real individual sacrifice will be demanded We help t the United thoroughly realize what against And quite what he WAS lln
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BASEBALL SEASON OPENS

SEATTLE, April 24.-The Northwestern Baseball League season opened here this afternoon, the first game being between Seattle and Great Falls
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-04-28
SPAIN, ARGENTINE AND CHINA MAY UNITE WITH ALLIES
 TO MAKE WAR ON GERMANY

LONDON, April 25.-Spain, in a note to Germany regarding the submarine warfare, warns the kaiser's government that if Ger many continues in its determination to sink all vessels fin order to defend its life" Spain must take like steps in order to defend her own life.
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-04-28
Must Have Compulsory Service to Win

WASHINGTON, 24M the British  in other Had England known this
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-04-28
RAILROAD WORK
 EVIDENTLY WILL GO ON

SEATTLE, April 3S-The Alaska engi- neering commission has placed orders for S1O0,O0O worth of groceries and supplies for the Nenana division Of the Alaska gov ernment railroad.
 Material for Anchorage
 SEATTLE, April 27.-The tug Daniel Kern, towing the barge Columbia, with eight hundred tons of dynamite, lumber, Hat cars and powder sailed for Anchorage last night. A regular barge service to An chorege will be maintained throughout the summer.
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-04-28
REVOLUTIONARY
 MOVEMENT DUE
Reports from Central Europe lndi- cate That Overthrow of Au- tocracies Is Imminent-Ad-
 wise Kaiser to Abd;cate

NEW YORK, April 2i.-Desplte the rigid censorship and the shack'ed condition of the German press, enough has leaked through to indicate that the German em pire is facing great economic and polltlcal crisis. Demands have been made by lead CTS of the Berlin strike of such revolu- tionary character that comI lance would mean the prompt ending of the mllitarlst regime in the German empire.
 Similar demands have not been voiced publicly in Germany since the imprisonment of Dr. Karl Liebnecht, convicted of treason, It is significant that these demands include a reuuistion for the release of all political prisoners, which would include several noted Socialists
 The exact status of the fight IS unknown, but it is certain that a very considerable DOT ton of the munitions workers have been affected
 Reports of new strike at Essen, where the Krupp works are located and at Magde burg, which Is the site of an important branch of the great Krupp works, are cur rent
 Hungary Also in Ferment
 Rome, April PA revolution is immi nent in Hungary, according to Vatican ad- vices today, as the result of various disturb ances, Information received here asserts that Buda-Pest and twenty-five other cities end towns have been proclaimed to be in state of siege.
 Soldiers Fire on Rioters
 LONDON, April 21.-A dispatch from OIdengaal, Holland says that the munitions works strikers tried to burn the town hall at Magdeburg Germany and that soldiers fired on the rioters, killing and woundlng many. The town is now in a state of siege
 Pressure Being Used on Kaiser
 ROME April 24-The Corr.e ere de Italia, the clerical organ declares tfat it is able to confirm the report published in Spanish newspapers to the effect that the immediate following of the German emperor is exer- cising pressure on him to induce him to abdicate.
 Swiss Germans Advocate Revolution
 WASHINGTON, April 27.- According to a message to Secretary of State Lansing from Minister Stovall, at Berne an open move ment is on in Switzerland by a committee of Germans to spread the propaganda of republicanism and democracy.
 Reports to the state department through official channels tell of strike of 250OOO laborers in Berlin. The department officials say there is a growing desire for peace shown on the part of the workmen. "Mutterngs Drowned in Thunder of Battle"
 NEW YORK, April 27.--'The fourth day of the terrible struggle on the British and French fronts opened with both sides still striving in vain for decision" says today's Associated Press summary. Tt would seem as if the revolutionary mutterlngs which were ominously swelling through Europe prior to the inception of the great battle were drowned in the thunders from the battle field But indications are not lacking that momentous events are about to occur behind the fighting hnes.'
 Fearful of May Day
 COPENHAGEN, April 27.-German newspapers today show indications of wide spread apprehension of May day strike.
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Chinese Parliament Favors War

PEKIN, April 26.-A conference of the provisional military governors, with the pre- micr and president has voted unanimously thst China enter the war against Germany. Parliament overwhelmingly favors declaring war, though the president is still undecided.
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May Declare War

BUENOS AIRES, April 21.-Argentina has made demand upon Germany for sat isfaction for the sinking of the steamer Monte Protegidola. The Nacion, Argentine's leading newspaper, declares that it under stands that if Germany's reply Is unsatis factory President Iroygen will not only break off diplomatic relations but will de clare war
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-04-28

COLUMBUS, Ohio April 27-The Darcy Chip fight has been forbidden by the gov ernor
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ATTEMPT TO CUT OFF PETRoGRAD

LONDON, April 24.-The presence of a German transport fleet in the Baltic, and activity today along the Dvina river, in the Riga section, indicate that Germany has launched a land and sea attack to cut of Petrograd from the Russian armies
 A dispatch to the Express says that an exodus of Russians from Petrograd to Mos COW IS in progress, owing to fears of Ger man advance
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BRITISH IN MESOPOTAMlA

LONDON, April 23-The British have swept the valley of the Tigrs for a distance of eighty miles north of Bagdad.
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What Might Have Been

BERLIN, April 25.-The war office as serts that the British might have suffered heavy sanguinsry defeat through the fore sight of the general headquarters had it not been for the tenacious desire of the German troops for victory. Only on the Cambrai-Arras road did the British gain prOund ypsterCay
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Explodes Theory of Short and Bloodless War

contemplating revolution.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1917-02-09
DIR. TOLMAN AT
ST.PETER'S SUNDAY
DEAN OF THE ACADEMIC DEPART
MENT OF VANDERBILT, TO BE
HEARD IN COLUMBIA.

Dr. Fl. c. Tolman, dean Of the AGA
demic Department of Vanderbilt Uni
versity, will preach at st. Peters
church next Sunday morning at the
eleven o'clock hour DR.. Tolman is a
speaker Of national reputation and no
doubt the church will be taxed to its
capacity by the people of Columbia
and Maury county to hear this gifted
speaker and eminent divine.
DR. and Mrs. Tolman and daughter
Miss Alice Tolman, and nephew, Thee.
dore Morford, Of New Jersey, will ar.
rive in Columbia Saturday. DR.. and
Mrs. Tolman will be guests of DR.. and
Mrs Black at the rectory, where DR..
Tolman will be given an informal re.
ception. Miss Tolman will be the
guest of Miss Florence McGraw Nor
ford, and Theodore Morford will be
the guest of Richmond Carson Nor.
ford. at the home of Mrs. Charles
Milton Morford, in West End.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1917-02-09
ALL CHILDREN LOVE
"SYRUP OF FIGS" FOR
LIVER AND BOWELS
GIVE IT WHEN FEvERIsH, CROSS
BILIOUS, FOR BAD BREATH
OR SOUR STOMACH.

Look at the tongue, Mother! If
coated, it is sure sign that your lit
tie ones stomach, liver and bowels
need gentle, thorough cleansing al
once.
When peevish, cross, listless, pale
doesn't sleep, doesn't eat or act natu
rally, or is feverish, stomach sour,
breath bad; has stomach-ache, sore
throat, diarrhoea, full of cold, give
teaspoonful of California Syrup OF
Figs" and in a few hours all the foul
constipated waste, moves out of its lit
tie bowels without gripping, and you
have we'll, playful child again.
You need't coax sick children to
take this harmless fruit laxative; F."
they love it's delicious taste, and it al.
ways makes them feel splendid.
Ask your druggist for a 50-cent bottle
of California Syrup of Figs" which
has directions for babies, children OF
all ages and for grown-ups plainly on
the bottle. Beware of counterfeits
sold here. To be sure you get the gen.
uine, ask to see that it is made by
California Fig Syrup Company" Re.
fuse any other kind with contempt
(Advt) 6
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1917-02-09
BISHOP GAILOR
CONFIRMS CLASS
PREACHED MAGNIFICENT SER.
MON FROM JUDGES-HELD IN
FORMAL RECEPTION.

Bishop Thomas F Gailor preached a
magnificent sermon at st. Peters
church Sunday morning and confirmed
class of eleven, presented by the
rector DR.. r. M. w. Black The Bish-
op took as his text the ninth verse of
the ninth chapter of Judges: But
the olive tree said unto them, should
leave my fairness, wherewith by me
they honour God and man, and go to
be promoted over the trees?" The
Bishop used this parable to illustrate
to teh congregation why it was that
in so many cases the government
falls into the hands of incompetent
people. Those who are capable and
would make good rules are took taken
up with their own affairs, trying to
get rich, to look after the affairs Of
the country.
The subject gave the speaker wide
scope and the Bishop handled it in his
usual way. Making every point clear
and concise. At the conclusion of the
sermon the choir sang go Forward
Christian Soldiers" and the class in
confirmation came forward.
The Bishop was the guest of Mrs.
Virginia Brown while in the city, asd
received a number of his friends in
his rooms. Saturday night number
of the vestrymen and other men in
the church called upon him, and were
delightfully."- entertained by the Bishop
telling of his stay in France at the
beginning of the great European war.
At the conclusion Of the service the
Bishop prayer very fervent prayer
for Divine guidance for President Will
son in the present world war crisis.