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The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-07-24
BRINK

Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Wilson and Hell
en- visited Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard
Stokes near Greenville Sunday. Mrs,
Stokes is Mrs. Wilson's niece.
Miss Luella Clark of Benton Harbor
is visiting her nephew, Will Krick and
family for several days.
Mrs. John Reeves and children Wis
tied her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Emory
Chickering Friday.
Mrs. James Morgan, Miss Jennie
Nedeau, Mr.. and Mrs. Oren Hanks and
Mrs. Chas. Brink and daughter, Olive
and Miss Eleanor Curtis of Bedding
visited Mr.. an Mrs. Chris Choate on
Sunday.
Mrs. Geo. Hanks and Mrs. Chas.
Brink visited Mrs. M. l.. Howe Thurs
day afternoon.
Mrs. Will Krick visited Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Clark of Bedding Friday.
Chas. Hathaway of Alma visited
Clarence Snow and family over Sun
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Anderson and
and J. ID. Strain Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Milo Towne Sunday.
o.
tied Mrs. w. E. Leach Friday night.
Little Margaret Shattuck who lives
with Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Phillips went
to visit her sister for a week at Mr..
and Mrs. Vern Leach's.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. E. Leach attend
ed the Orleans Farmers club at Mr..
and Mrs. Morley Clemens Saturday
night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Phillips and fam
lily and Mrs. w. M. Phillips and Willie
attended the circus in Ionia Friday.
Through the kindness of John Bates
Mr.. and Mrs. Eckert motored to
Greenville Sunday and were dinner
guests of their daughter, Mrs. Geo.
Hopkins. They went to Baldwin lake
and drove around town and all report
a good time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Snow spent
Thursday with Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Loomis.
Mrs. C. ". Cooper invited Miss
Hazel Snow to eat ice cream with
them Sunday.
The Good Fellowship club met with
Mr.. and Mrs. Emory Chickering Sun
day, 25 being present and enjoying
the day in a social way.
Mrs. Will Cobb and Mrs. Lee Rich
mond and children visited Mrs. Geo.
Wiley Friday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. banking and daugh-
ter. Esther, visited Mr.. and Mrs. Geo.
Wiley Saturday evening.
Mrs. Emory Chickering visited
Mrs. Ross Chickering Saturday after
noon.
Miss Byrle Payne of st. Johns is
visiting her aunt, Mrs. c. v. Cooper a
week.
Misses Olive and Eleanor Curtis of
Bedding were callers at Mrs. M. l..
Howe's Monday afternoon, also call
ing on Mrs. Marrs on the Leach farm.
Mrs. Mabel Regain visited Mrs.
Clarence Snow Monday afternoon.
Don Cooper visited home folks on
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Krick and sons,
Lewis and Albert visited Mr.. and Mrs.
Oren Jones Sunday. Mr.. and Mrs.
Jones have a son who is a prisoner
in the German camps.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-07-24
ASHLEY

Rev. Ellis, Ray Macarthur, Herbert
Baxter, Will jerks and family and
others were in Grand Rapids Monday
attending the circus.
Red Cross meets Wednesday after
noon with Mrs. Don Stevens. Next
week Thursday, Aug. 1. they will meet
with Mrs. John McNaugbton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rob- Strodheide are
rejoicing over the arrival Of little
son and Mr.. and Mrs. John Nash a
little daughter.
Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Brown and
Miss Dorothy Brown were guests of
Louis Longstreet Sunday evening and
also at Ben Snyder's.
Miss Dorothy Brown visited at c.
L. Beardslee's Monday and with Mel
lie Ashley Tuesday.
Mrs. Ray Macarthur has been i'll
with mumps this last week.
Mrs. c. l.. Beardslee, Mrs. Louie
Longstreet and Mrs, Frank Rasmus-
sen visited Mrs. Wilcox at Ionia last
Friday afternoon.
A large crowd from here attended
the circus at Ionia and had a picnic
dinner and a good time.
Harry Skillen and Frank Anderson
leave this Tuesday for Camp Custer.
Mrs. Ellis and son, Victor, visited
Mrs. Brigham, Lincoln lake, all day
Monday and went fishing and bathing
in Lincoln lake.
Don't forget the S. S. picnic all day
Thursday at Cranmer's lake.
Come to church Sunday.
There will be no Red Cross meet
ings until further notice as we are
unable to get material.
The Red Cross workers have had
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-07-24
LONG LAKE

Grandpa LambertSon spent several
days last week in Bedding with his son
Charles and family.
| Ruth and Marie Dodson spent sew
eral days last week with their aunt
and uncle, Mr.. and Mrs. Oliver Ran
som near Ionia.
Miss Ida Sontag. Miss Elizabeth
Sontag and Bob Pretzel were guests
J of Mr.. and Mrs. j. K. Dodson Sunday
| Mr.. and Mrs. Claude Brockway and
children spent Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. Glenn Pierce in the Burger cot
tage.
John Haberstumpf and family were
up for Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Stedman and
children spent Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. Jim Stedman.
Several cottage owners occupied
their own cottages on the Branch side
Sunday, Mr.. and Mrs. G. F.. Faude
and children, Mr.. and Mrs. Claude
Faude, Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Kirsheman,
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Kirsheman and
Mr.. and Mrs. A. ID. Perkins.
Mr.. and Mrs. Victor Preston, Mr..
and Mrs. Fred Fischer and Gordon
spent Sunday with Mrs. E. w. Mer-
riett in Allcominn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Bradford and
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Howard spent Sum-
day in their cottage.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mason Smith had sew
eral of their children and grandchil-
dren visit them last week: Mrs. Nor
ton Hall and children of Freeport,
Mrs. Mildred FELTON, and children of
Crystal, Mrs. Charles Spence rand
baby of Bedding, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Brown and children of Bellevue. ~
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Hall and chill
dren of Lansing spent several days
last week with Mr.. Halls parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Hall.
Miss Helena Schultz spent Sunday
with Virginia and Arabell Hall.
Glenn Pierce and family, Mr.. and
Mrs. Roy Burger, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Heth and children, Mrs. j. +. Dodson
and daughters, Ruth and Marie and
Mr.. and Mrs. Miles Merriett spent
circus day in Ionia.
Bob. Baerd was up to the lake last
Thursday on a lshing trip and tried
to entertain the folks at Merriett's
dock by the high dive. He says he
was trying to beat the record of Bill
Longe.
We are safe to say the lake will be
seined this week, the men expecting
TO arrlveIueSday or w ednSday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Rich entertain
ed about 20 relatives and friends last
Wednesday night in honor of Justin
Smith who was home on a weeks fur
Tough from Ft. Hancock, N. j. The
evening was spent in visiting and Sc
lections were played on the victrola
and at late hour ice cream and cake
were served. A purse of money was
presented to Justin to purchase a
wrist watch.
j. A. Single and wife of Grand
Rapids, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Keller of
Detroit are staying in the Keefe cot
tage on the Branch side.
DR.. Watt and family Of Grand Rap
ids are occupying the Cornell cottage.
Mr.. and Mrs. Otto Ulrich entertain
ed DR.. Blakeslee and family over Sun
day. Mr.. Ulrich had great luck in
bringing in a string of IL bass and
two doglsh.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-07-24

ten meetings. average attendance Of
%, have finished III dozen sheets and
Mrs. Mary Tuthill has knitted one
pa of socks. Many ladies from
Grattan have been in attendance at
every meeting and have helped us out
fine, their work being appreciated
very much.
Miss Ethel Brown is home from
Bedding for a short time.
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Nc
Arthur last Sunday.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-07-24

"Pershing's Crusaders is far and
away the best compilation of war pic
lures exhibited here since the begin
ming of the European struggle. IN.
Y. Times.
"Real thrill by real drama in Per-
shing's Crusaders. Bears the unmis-
taxable stamp of being genuine. -
Chicago Tribune.
"The pictures overseas are complete
and satisfying and give an adequate
answer TO those who want to know
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-07-24

Mrs. Ada Snyder entertained her
daughter, Mrs. Otto Meisling and son
of Ionia Tuesday.
Mrs. Levi Krick and granddaughter
Luella Clark were Wednesday after
noon guests Of Mrs. Martin Bement-
NJ rs. Helen Colt visited Mrs. Abbie
Parmerter Wednesday.
Mrs. Bonnie Tower and daughter,
Ethel returned home to Grattan on
Wednesday after weeks stay at
Lester Huyck's.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Krick and chill
dren of Brink were Sunday evening
callers at Mr.. and Mrs. Levi Krick's
on the way home from a visit in Col
Inns at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Doc.
Jones. Miss Luella Clark returned
home with them for q visit before re-
turning to Benton Harbor.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-07-24

cheers. New York Herald.
"The pictures are ones to stir en-
thusiasm and patriotism to the ut
most. philadelphia Public Ledger.
Wonderful pictures describing a
wonderful work and one which we all
are interested in. The pep dis
played by Pershing's men is remark
able and a sight for every American
to behold. Pittsburgh Chronicle
Telegraph.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-07-24

May Pine went to Stanton to visit
friends before returning to Rockford.
Hiram Castle and two daughters,
Grace and Ruth of Easton visited
their aunt, Mrs. ID. c. Wilbur Tues
day.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-07-24
BARTONVILLE.

Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Kohn visited
their son, George at Palo, last Thurs
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. E. Norton visited
relatives at Sheridan over Sunday.
Several from this vicinity were in
Ionia last Friday.
Miss Margaret Kohn is visiting
her grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. Peter
Kohn.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. II. Norton spent
Wednesday with their son, Earl.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Mehney of
Smyrna and Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Nor
ton are enjoying camp life at Crooked
lake.
Ruth and Mildred Lee of Lowell
spent last week at the homes of Glen
Lee and Stephen McClary.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Fletcher of
Belding were Sunday guests of Mr..
M. j. Richmond and mother.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-07-24

To Hold Annual Picnic.
The members of the East Otisco
Farmers club will hold their annual
picnic at Halls landing, Long lake,
Thursday, August /.
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-03-02
SUPERINTENDENT OF
 BY-PRODUCTS PLANT
 ON HIS WAY NOR

Alfred Curtis, president of the Al aska By-Products Company, and sup erintendent of the new plant to be err ected this season on the old clam can nery site, is reported on board the steamer Jefferson in a telegram re- ceived by local officers of the com pany.
 MT. Curtis is a graduate of the Buff falo Technical School and was for two years with the Wannenwetsch Com pany in Buffalo, N. Y, the inventors and manufacturers Of the machinery to be used in the new Ketchikan plant.
 MT. Curtis came to Blaine, Wash, last year and built the reduction plant there and superintended the output. He recently became interested in Al aska and decided to install plant in Ketchikan. The Wannenwetsch sys- tenn of odorless reduction of fish offal has been endorsed by the U s. De. partment of Agriculture.o
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-03-02
GERMANS ARE PLANNINCON
 STARVI
 RUSSIANS
VIII Gut Off Source Of The Supplies by Taking Pos session of Communi-
 cations

LONDON, March 2.-According to reports just received, the German for ces are now moving in the direction of the town of Bologoie on the Mos cow-Petrograd railway and the princi- pal point through which Petrograd gets supplies.
 A dispatch from Petrograd states that the Germans evidently intend to cut off Petrograd route of supplies and compel the population to capitulate by famine.
 BERLIN, March 2.-The Russian fortress at Kiev in Ukraine has been liberated, the German staff announced this morning.
 LONDON, March 2-The German forces have reached to within eighty miles of Petrograd in a southwesterly direction and are now approaching Orahaon, the same meridian longitude las Petrograd and thousand miles west of Moscow, according to a late dispatch.
 In the province of Vologda in the interior of Russia, the people are un- animous in their opposition to sep arate peace with Germany. The Workmen's and Soldiers Council of many centers are issuing mobilization orders proclaiming fight to the fin ish on behalf of a revolution against such action.
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-03-02
LAPS AND CHINESE
 MFICHI'
Large Armies Dispatched in Both Asiatic Russia
 and Manchuria

TOKYO, March 2.-The En- peror this morning in the pres ence of his close advisers sum- Admiral Togo, the famous hero of the Japanese-Russian war in a conference on the Rus- sian situation. The conference lasted over an hour.
 LONDON, March 2.-Both Japan and China are 9.ispatching troops into Asiatic Russia. The former into Siberia and the lat ter into Manchuria, according to a dispatch from the Tiensein correspondent to the Times. The reports say that two large arm- ies are now moving with all the speed possible and that other large forces are being mobilized.
 WASHINGTON, March D. The administration today refus- ed to discuss the Japanese Rus sian situation, but merely stated that the exchanges of views be- tween the Allies were progress ing satisfactorily.
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-03-02
SOLDIER TO GET
 INSURANCE FOR 20 YEARS; DISCHARGED

LAWTON, Okla. March 2-Private Maddox, company A, 137th Infantry of Wichita, Kans., is living example as to why every soldier should insure
 Shortly after the Government in surance was in vogue he took out the contract for $10.o00. He made one payment of $7.
 A few days later he was sent to the base hospital at Camp Doniphan sui fering from pneumonia. He was dis charged from the hospital and sent to a hospital here, where he is now con- valescing.
 He was discharged from the Army on account of physical disa bility and under the clause in his insurance con- tract will receive $57.50 per month for a term of twenty years.
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-03-02
TRUE SOCIALISM AS
 PRACTICED IN B. c.

If the Bolsheviki or any other Soc. ialistic body wishes to witness a true manifestation of it's theories it should come to Hazelton when the Indians are holding one of their sporadic potlatch- es. The custom appears to be for the ,vealthiest of the natives to spend all their money in order to provide their poorer brethren the good things of life, Indian style, effectually breaking" themselves for some time to come, but achieving consequent glory and res pect in the measure in which they de- pleted their bank accounts. One of the local leaders, Chief Spaugh John ny P' sey), alone spent $700 in one We and other bidders for popular
 long their native clansmen ex- per-, d in like proportion. Thus the rich become poor and the poor are enable to jingle some coins in their pockets for while at least. The es- sence of true Socialism, Omin- eca Miner.
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-03-02

The Princess Sophia arrived from the north at five yesterday afternoon and sailed for the south at 11:30 last night taking the following passengers from Ketchikan:
 For Chicago: Charles B. Crater; for Portland: Mrs. Annie B. Day; for Se- attle: F. J. Chapman, Mrs. G. Meinch, Miss Fern Meinch c. w. Boyce, An drew Babl, H. A Clark; for Vancouv- CT: Mrs. II. Nixon, Byron Nixon, F. c. Porter: for Prince Rupert: Matthew Auckland.
 The Despatch from the south arrived at 1 10 this morning and sailed north bound at six o'clock. Arrivals were Mrs. Jas. Coyle. Gus Peterson, Miss Frda Moran, Mrs. M. H. Smith, Paul F. Smith. Herbert Smith, Ruth Smith and A. N. Pickard
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-03-02
AMERICANS WIN IN
 DESPERATE BATTLE
Many Casualties Result; But Ground Covered With Eneny's dead Germans Turned Their Entire
 DiaboicaI Works on the Sammies
WITH THE AMERICAN AR

WITH THE AMERICAN AR MY IN FRANCE, March D. Our troops repulsed a strong German attack this morning in the salient little north of Foul resulting in many casualties among the troops. Among the killed was a Captain graduated from West Point only last year. The raid was a complete failure otherwise on the part of the en- emy. Three German prisoners remained in the hands of our troops after the Germans retir- ed.
 The ground in front of the American trenches was virtually strewn with German dead. The bodies of 10 Germans were found in the American trenches and eight others were counted in one heap outside of the trenches.
 Some Of the Details
 The battle was fought during a wind driven wet snow. The enemy fired with every weapon at their command. SeVenty-seven heavy shells and as many gas shells fell in a perfect whirlwind on the American trenches for at
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-03-02
COL. MEIAE.S ID RE'C,E'>J TIT
 ON (>,@)ASI
Mobilization to Begin At Once. Many Alaskans
 10 Be Called Upon

SEATTLE. March 2.-Col Mears, formerly head of the Alaska Engineer ing Commission arrived last night from Washington to recruit q resiment of engineers to be known as the Thirty Fourth regiment for service abroad. lie has already summoned a number Of men from Anchorage who are now in the government service on the rail road They are to meet him here and join in the work of routing the regi- ment, The rendezvous will be at Fort Leavenworth Locomotive Eng ;neers, Bremen, Conductors and Brakemen among others are sought for the service.
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-03-02

least half an hour, at the same time other shells were directed in great numbers on the Ameri- can batteries and positions. This was followed with great quantit- ies of poisonous gas shells. All the timber back of the salient was shot to pieces. As the bar rage fire lifted on the trenches, the Germans to the number of two hundred and forty came sweeping forward under the protection of their own fire, ad- vancing with the evident inten- tion of making a big haul. They jumped into what was left of the trenches but there found Americans ready for battle. Fierce hand to hand fighting be- gan but in a short time, the Ger mans were put to flight not until they had left many dead and prisoners.
 BERLIN, March 2.-Ten Americans were captured by our forces near Chavignon on the French front yesterday, is the report received from the head quarters this morning.
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-03-02
RETURNED SOLDIERS TiI TAKE ACTION ON
 ALIEN QUESTION

HAMILTON, Ontario, March "A movement to have 10000 returned sol diers march to the parliament build ings at Ottawa on Good Friday, Mar. 29, and demand that the Union ad- ninistraton take some action on the al:en question, has been planned by the Hamilton war veterans, who are greatly dissatisfied with the stand the government has taken. Aliens, both enemy and friendly, either should be 2onscripted for war work at home, ser vice in the ranks or deported to their native countries, the returned sold ierS say.
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-03-02
MOONEY MUST HANG

SAN FRANCISCO, March Tom Mooney. who was found guilty of hav- ing participated in the bomb plot that resulted in the death of several per sons during a preparedness parade ill San Francisco, two years ago, after his repeated appeals for new trial, was again disappointed yesterday when the supreme court denied his motion for writ to compel the court to give him another trial. Only par don can save Mooney from hanging now
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-03-02
CHICAGO MURDERERS
 DIE AT SAME TIME

CHICAGO, March 2.-Eddie Wheed "TheDevil," the Ammunition Kid" and Harry Lindrum, gunmen and mur- came at the end of rope, in the Chi cago pail in the presence of twenty four doctors and 300 other invited
 spectators. This is the first of the punishment due to the round up of criminals made by police officers in an attempt to stop the crime wave in this city.
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-03-02
CANADIAN SOLDIERS
 TO GO ON FARMS

OTTAWA, March 2.-Over thous- and applications have been received here during the past two or three weeks, since the inauguration of the Soldiers and Sailors Land Settlement Board, at that time, for assistance in carrying on" on the land, as provided for in the act.
 The majority of the applicants had farms or homesteads before going to the front and are now applying for the $2,5O0 advance to which every return ed soldier is entitled, who has a bona fide intention to go farming.
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-03-02
ADMINISTRATION
 HEARS OF DEPART
 lj7E: OF OFFICIALS

WASHINGTON March Ut was of ficially announced last evening that Am mbassador Francis accompanied by his staff and the American consulate the military mission and the Red Cross representatives had left Petrograd for Nologda ty railroad February 2. The State Department has not heard di- rect from Ambassador Francis, how ever.
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-03-02
PORTUGUESE DEFEAT THE
 GERMANS
Battle Ragged for One Hour But the Germans Were
 Beaten Losing Heavy

LONDON, March 2.-General Haig reports this morning that it appears as though the enemy had started the long deferred offensive by a general raid on wide front using every weap on at their command
 On the Portuguese front in North ern France as we'll as on the Ameri- can front this morning, the Germans were badly defeated. In the first at tack oil the Portuguese, the Germans advanced few yards but in counter attack, the enemy was elected with
 eavy losses.
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-03-02
US. SHlP SINKS SUBMARINE
 IN BATTLE
The Steamship Was Hit Five Times But Fought
 Until Victorious

WASHINGTON, March 2.-The American steamship Nyanza and a German submarine fought two-hour battle yesterday, ending in the sink ing of the submersible, according to a report received by the navy depart ment this morning.
 The chief gunners mate, Groves, whom Secretary Daniels publicly com mended short time ago for meritOr- ious service, proved himself equal to the occasion. The Nyanza was hit five times and one engineer cadet was slightly wounded
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-03-02

OTTAWA, Canada. Farch 2.-The Militia department has has confirmed the announcement made recently by cable that married men with families in the first Canadian contingent will be allowed home on furlough.
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-03-02
RUSSIANS ARE; PREPARINGTt
 GET AWAY FROM PETROCRAD
The Germans Are Reported Advancing. Austro- Hungarian Troops l1aye Begun Advance Into
 Ukrainian Province

BERLIN, March 2.--1n a re- port from the commander of the German troops in Russia today, the armies are still advancing and last night reached the Dnie- per River, and in a supplement- ary bulletin by the war office, the announcement is made that the Austro-Hungarian forces have begun their advance into the Ukraine country.
 LONDON, March 2.-In an official statement issued at Pet rocrad this morning by the com missioners Of defense, the renao- val of all the population of the
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-03-02
SEVERAL. HAVE FILED
 FOR OFFICES IN
 TIE CAPITAL CITY

According to the Juneau papers, four democrats have filed their declar- ations of candidacy for the nomination at the coming primary election. They are William Britt for senator and J. J. Corners for representatives; both of Juneau. F. J. Shaw of Skagway, E. J. White, owner and publisher of Douglas Island News, of Douglas, for representatives; P. c. Mccormack of Wrangell filed on the Republican tic ket. From Ketchikan as announced before, Mr. J A. Davis, for years Dep uty Marshal filed on the Republican ticket for representative and MT. E. A. Heath of Charcoal Point, Socialist, filed for representative.
 Those who have filed for delegates to congress are Cnas. A. Sulzer, Dem ocrat, and James Wickersham, Re publican (???)
 James H. Patterson, Mayor of Val dez, and resident of Alaska since the early days of 1898, filed his dec iaration of cana!~aCy today for the ot1ice of representative on the demo- cratic ticket
 w. J. Henry, of Anchorage, has filed his declaration of candidacy for the Territorial Legislature on the Social ist ticket to he voted on at the coming election in April. Dr. E. F. German, also of Anchorage, has made similar declaration of candidacy for the terri torial senate Cn the Socialist ticket.
 Both of these men were candidates for the same offices at the last gener- al election, and received a large vote in Anchorage, but outside of that dis trict their vote was light and they failed of election. @
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-03-02
AMENDMENT TO DRAFT
 LAW TAKEN UP IN SENATE

WASHINGTON, March 2.-The ad- ministration' amendment to the draft law to bring in men as they reach 21 was brought up in the senate last ev- enfng for immediate action. After some discussions it was put over un- til today.