The Snowflake herald., 1918-02-08
FOREIGN

| has placed at it's disposal 100000
francs for the relief of Belgian ref
ugees.
The long threatened revolution in
| Finland is proceeding in the eastern
provinces, according to sparse reports
reaching Haparanda and forwarded to
Stockholm.
1t is officially announced that the
Turkish cruiser Sultan Yawu Selim
! formerly the German cruiser Goeben)
has been refloated and entered the
Dardanelles.
A scheme for a gigantic German
Russian alliance to dominate Europe is
being put forward in all parts of Ger
many by the advocates of the old
"mittel-Europe" plan.
Great Britain, France, Italy and the
United States were represented at the
session of the supreme war council at
Versailles, presided over by George
! Clemenceau, French premier.
| Open demand that the German peo-
pie revolt, ''to save themselves" and
reference to the Kaiser as "Germany's
hangman' was made by the Deutsch-
es. Tages Zeitung in copies of that pa
per received at Amsterdam.
The Red Guard has won complete
control of Helsingfors, capital of Fin
| land, a Stockholm dispatch to the Ma
tional Tidende reports. 1t is not
known whether the Finnish govern
ment officials escaped from the revo-
lutionaries.
Dispatches from Switzerland and
Holland describe the general strike in
Berlin and other parts of Germany as
much more serious than indicated by
the official dispatches sent from Ber-
lin. Trade is being affected by the
10000 on strike for peace.
bread ration of 300 grams (slight-
ly less than eleven ounces) per day
per person was approved by the Cham
Der of Deputies at Paris by vote
| of 385 to 90, after an Interpolation by
the Socialists, who held that the guam
tity is insufficient for laborer.
Brief details of the wounding of
| Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood of the Unit
ed States Army, while on a visit to
the French front, have been received.
General Wood was hit by a fragment
of gun which burst while being test
ed. His injuries, which are confined
to the left arm, are not considered
serious, but he was taken to hospital
in Paris.
SPORT
Capt. ]. K L. Ross, Canadian sports
man, has purchased the stallion Mara
thon for price reported to have been
$4,000.
Bobby Mclean, Chicago worid cham
pion skater, still held his title. Oscar
Mathiesen failed to take the crown in
championship two-mile race when
Mclean glided to a new record of
5:38 1-5.
Fred Fulton, the Minnesota giant
and logical contender for Jess Will
lard's heavyweight title, arrived in
Denver from EAe East accompanied by
his manager, Mike Collins. Fulton is
matched to meet Tom Mcmahon, the
Newcastle miner, at the Stockyards
stadium in Denver on the night of Feb.
II, in a fifteen-round bout
GENERAL
The denomination of Postmaster
General Burleson was confirmed by
the Senate.
Meatless breakfasts and wheatless
suppers daily were decreed for Ten
nessee by the state food administrator
in accordance with the national food
conservation plans.
The British and Canadian recruiting
mission has recruited $4,000 men in
the United States since June, Brig.
Gen. w. A. White announced in New
York.
The body of J. H. Behan of Boulder,
Colo, was found in the mountains
seven miles from Riverside, Cal, un-
der circumstances that have resulted
in an investigation by county authori-
ties.
Jan. 20 was the seventy-fifth ami
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liam Mckinley and the Mckinley Car
nation League of America suggested
that the custom of wearing a carna-
tion, McKinley's favorite flower, on
that day be omitted and there be sub
stituted for it a small American flag.
At Albany, N. Y, by vote of 18 to.
the Senate concurred in the adoption
of the Assembly resolution asking the
two New York members of the Unit
ed States Senate to vote for the pass
age of the woman's suffrage resolu-
tion: A bill was introduced in the
Senate which would make the election
laws uniform in their application to
both men and women.
Jan. 29 the nation observed the sew
enty-fifth anniversary of the birth of
William Mckinley, twenty-fifth presi-
dent of the United States. In hon.
or of Mckinley day little American
flags we're worn in place of the GUS
tOmarv carnatiOn His hirthn1aco was