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The daily Alaskan., 1918-12-17
FATAL ENVOY
 GIVES WILSON INVITATION

Paris, Tuesday.-A formal tnvi- tation has been extended to Presl- dent Wilson 10 visit the vatican, the invitation being presented by a Papal convoy who came direct from the Pope at Rome for that purpose.
 The envoy called upon President at the Marat mansion to- day to deliver his message.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-12-17
RAN 23:I.NI5
 VI5I| :0 5A3HE

Paris, Doc. r. - President Wilson's projected trip to the 1Iarne battle field was declared of owing to the heavy rains and it is a ques- ton as to whether Mr. Wilson will get time to make this historic field visit while on this trip to Europe.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-12-17
NATIONAL COUNCIL OF DEFENCE
 ISSUES WARNING AGAINST THE FLU

normal state fer some time nor without concentrated efforts on the part of the people.
 "In view of the emergency which We now find confronting us, we recommend that the entire forces of the state divisions of the Woman's committee be thrown back of the public health authorities. These should be solicited and encouraged in intensive work along these lines in their respective localities with in dividuals especially called for to guard congested populations during the coming winter.
 All your branch councils should therefore be instructed to bring these various branches of defense to- gether under a definite working ar rangement with representatives of all local agencies touching upon health, and to put at their joint disposal on the facilities for each case and the entire communi- ty."
 MT. Clark adds to the above the following: "Unusual watchfulness and care of health is urged for each individual"
The daily Alaskan., 1918-12-17

Berne, Dea, 17.-Dispatches re- ceiyed here this afternoon state that the resignation Of Dr. Solf which was tendered to the new Soldiers and Workmen's congress has been accepted by that body.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-12-17
P0RIU5.- HAS
 NEW P5c5IytNI

Lisbon, Tuesday. - Admiral cas- tro was elected president of the Re- public of Portugal to succeed the late Dr. Sidino PaCs, who was as sassinated last Sunday morning when about to leave for Paris to attend the peace conferences.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-12-17
6EIS
 3OO SOLDIERS

Seattle, Dec. r. - Three hun dred soldiers arrived! at the King Street station in this city today. These are the first men to arrive back from Europe other than wound cd men.
 The men arriving today came from France via New York city.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-12-17
PRIN NCESS MARY WILL AR
 RIVE AT 10 IN MORNING

The c. P. R. local office receiv- ed advice this afternoon that the Princess Mary would arrive in this port at 10 o'clock tomorrow morn ing. She is bringing 8 passengers and 22 tons of freight, all of which is consigned to White Pass rail- way and interior points.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-12-17

Paris, Dec l7. - In responding to & statement made at a reception given in President Wilson's homer at the Hotel DeVilIe yeSterday, AIr. Wilson said Iu part:
 The United States entered the war not only becaause it was nov ed by the convection that the pur- poses of the Central empires were
The daily Alaskan., 1918-12-17
SHIPS
 RQNBARO COAST

Stockholm, Dec. r. According to information received here today the Bolshevik government has sb be- ,gun the evacuation of Petrograd, and it is moving archives towards Mini, Novgorod. :
The daily Alaskan., 1918-12-17
MARSHAL HAIG AND
 STAFF WILL 60 LONDON

London, Tuesday. - It was an RouRced officially that Marshal Haig and his staff Of distinguished officers will arrive in this city on Thursday.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-12-17
ANOTHER SOPHIA VICTIMS
 FOUND BY SEARCHES

The local office Of the c. P. R, received advice this morning that the body Of H Etrain, another one of the Princess sophia victims has been recovered, and hzd been taken to Juneau. No partfculars as to where the body was found were given in the cable. ..
The daily Alaskan., 1918-12-17
ALLIES MUST FIX THE PlJHISHHEHT
 OF FORMER GERMAN EMPEROR

and other high German officials for the crimes they have committed dur ing the war must rest with the Al lied government and not with iuries.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-12-17

London, Dec. l7.-AccordtnE to 8 statement made by the Marquis Of Grove. the responsibility for pun lshins the former German emperor
The daily Alaskan., 1918-12-17
AIMS OF HE CENTRAL EMPIRES
 OFFENDED AMERICAN PRINCIPLES

wrong and must be resisted by men everywhere who loved liberty and right and justice, but because O. the illicit ambitions that the Cen tral empires were entertaining and attempted to realize, in the furth- ernace of which ambition they were led to practices which shocked the ears of loyal Americans as much as they offended our principles"
The daily Alaskan., 1918-12-17

Berlin, Dec. 17.-Chancellor Ebert in discussing the subject of extra diting the kaiser from Holland said, "We have separated ourselves from him and now desire only that the guilt for the outbreak of the war
The daily Alaskan., 1918-12-17
EBERT WANTS BLAME FOR WAR
 FIRMLY FIXED IN KAISER BILL

should be finally fixed on him in order that he may be exposed once and for all."
 Chancellor Ebert announced that he knows of no legal method by which the kaiser's surrender could be forced from Holland.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-06-28
9.O11 AuSTRIANS ARE TAKEN
British Help to Close Gates Against
the Enemy invaders-Many Big
Guns Captured.

Rome-The Italians have captured
since the beginning OF the Austro-
Hungarian offensive on the Italian
front prisoners to the number of SOIL
and have taken many guns and sew
eral hundred machine guns, the Ital-
ian war office announced
The battle on the Piave river broke
out furiously, the statement adds
Fresh efforts of the invaders to cross
to the right bank from San Andrea
to Candelu were repulsed
An intense struggle also took place
in the Fossetta sector north of Capo
Sile.
The Montello, the oyal-shaped chain
of hills on which hinge the Austrian
offensive, has been occupied for sew
eral months by the British, who came
to Italy last fall under Gen. Plumer.
British division occupies also the
southwestern ridge OF the Asiago pla-
teau, with the French on their right.
The British, after accompanying the
advanced positions momentarily aban-
doned last week with view to
strengthening the line, not only re-
sisted all Austrian attempts, but gal
lantly counter-attacked in a fashion
that caused an Italian superior Off
Ger to remark: "They are slamming
the gates of Italy in the face OF the
invader"
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-06-28
us. TR0OPSSTORm
GERMAN TRENCHES
THOSE or HUN oARR0eoN WHO
REMAINED TO FIGHT WE'RE
KILLED.
MACHINE GUN NEST CLEARED
American Artillery Put Down . Heavy
Box 6arraae On Rear Of Enemy
Positions-Infantry Rushes
German Trenches.

With the American Army in France.
American troops stormed German
trenches and machine gun nests in
front of Cantigny. in the Montdidier
sector. Those of the German garrison
who remained to fight and carry out
their orders to hold the positions at
any cost were killed by rifle and ma
chine gun fire and bayonet.
The Americans also TOOK prisoners.
The American artillery put down
heavy box barrage on the rear of the
enemy positions a few minutes later
the infantry swarmed over the top and
rushed the trenches. Some OF the Ger
mans had tried TO escape through the
barrage. crashing to the rear, but Few
of them got through, for numerous
German dead were found later.
Prisoners captured declared that
they had orders to hold on at all costs.
and this was apparent by the desper-
ate manner in which they fought. The
battle was short. but deadly. for the
enemy positions were swept clean of
Germans The official report says
that a great many Germans were
killed
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-06-28
AMERICAN HOSPITAL SACKED
Turks Also Invade American and
British Consulates Over Protest
of Spanish Consul.

Washington - Attack by Turkish
troops on the American consulate at
Tabriz, Persia, and the footing OF the
American missionary hospital in that
city, reported to the State Depart
ment, was believed in some quarters
here to presage the long anticipated
declaration of the existence of state
of war between the United States and
the Ottoman empire
Diplomatic relations between the
two governments have been suspend
ed since April 20. 1917. when Turkey
withdrew Abdul Hak Hassein Bey, who
had been acting as charge of the
Turkish embassy here since the COM
pulsory retirement of the regular am.
bassador, which followed his open
criticism of the United States govern
ment. Necessarily American Ambas-
sador Morgenthau was obliged to leave
Constantnople and since that time the
relations between the two govern
ments have been just short OF actual
formal enmity.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-06-28
FOURTH LOAN SIX BILLION
Every National Bank and Trust Com
pany Must Help-eegins June
IS, In Blocks.

Washington.-The governments H.
nancial program for the next four
months was disclosed by Secretary
McAdoo's announcement that in prep
aration for the fourth Liberty loan TO
be floated probably in October, about
Sc. OOO, 900, 900 certificates of indebted
ness would be issued. They will be
offered in blocks of $750.000, 900 each,
every two weeks, beginning June 20.
Every national bank and trust COM
pany is asked to assist the govern
ment by subscribing five per cent OF
its gross resources monthly. The GER
tificates will bear four and one-haif
per cent interest and will have vary
ing maturity periods.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-06-28

tors to Confer With Emperor.
Start New Bread Riots.

London.-Baron Won Seidler, the
Austrian premier, left Vienna for Aus
TRAN headquarters to submit the res
agnation Of his cabinet to Emperor
Charles, says a dispatch to the Elk
change Telegraph from Zurich.
New bread riots started in the Fa-
voriten and Brigittenay districts OF
Vienna, and there are now more than
900 munition workers on strike in
the Austrian capital, says an Ex-
change Telegraph dispatch from VI
emma.
An attempt to attack the German
embassy in Vienna. according to vi
emma correspondents of Munich news
papers, was dispersed by the police.
There were many arrests and some
persons were injured. There were
many cries OF Germany is starving
M. Down with Germany"
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-06-28
BAYeREATC CITY
Beautiful Metropolis Owes Much
20 the Parsis.
Onthlnkable Towers % silence StiIs
Maintained In Heart Of Most Fash
Ienabie Residential District
Population Now Million.

Bombay now has nearly 10000 in-
habitants. At the beginning Of the
nineteenth century IL already had 2OO.-
900 and early In the twentieth century
the census takers counted 959,o37
souls. Eleanor Franklin Egan writes In
the Saturday Evening Post. Nearly
100000 of these are Hindus and 15o."
600 are Mohnmmedans. while less than
10000 are Christians. counting both
pure European and mixed blood.
There are about 10000 Parsis, and
the Parsis are the most interesting and
important element I'm the community.
1t is to British initiative and example
and To Parsi appreciation, intelligence
and generosity that Bombay owes the
fact of her present existence as one OF
the most beautiful cities In the world.
Yet the Parsis still maintain the un-
thinlSable towers of silence in the
heart and center of Bombay's most
fashionable residential district: the
towers Of silence. where the Parsi dead
are disposed of by the forever hover
ing horrible flocks of kites. which on
occasion grow gorged and careless ana
the Towering fragrant gardens of the
great on Malabar hill. But what would
YOU? The towers of silence are UNI
thinkable only TO the Christian nina.
To the mind of the Parsi all other
methods of disposing Of the dead are
unthinkable.
The Parsis are sometimes carelessly
referred to as Persian Jews or are
grouped with Persian Jews, or whom
there are n good many In bombay. bur
the faith of the Parsis is not the jew
ish faith. They are Zoroastrians--
worshipers of the sun ana fire as the
truest manifestations of the Almighty
and they came down from Persia IN
70 India about the middle OF the sew
enth century, when they began to be
grossly prosecuted by the Mohamme-
dan Eonquerors of the Sassanian EN-
pire.
But they were prosecuted always 10y
the Mohammedan conquerors of Inhia
and by the Hindus. until the happy
day arrived for all religions when
British power began To be predominant
I'm india. But Bombay was purely
British long before the rest OF India
was anything but n happy hunting
ground for English merchants, and the
Parsis along with other mistreated eie
ments I'm the population fiocked to the
sure shelter OF the British flag. There
are only about 100000 Parsis In al
India today and 10000 OF them belonf
TO the Bombay Presidency or province
and at least 10000 Of these live In the
city OF Bombay.
Many Of them are gentlemen OF the
finest type and they are distinguish
able by their long black coats and tho
curious stiff black miterlfke hats the,
wear. Their homes are the most pre-
tenti0us i'm the city-palaces set along
side British palaces I'm the most fash
ionable districts; and they control
tremendous percentage Of the city''
commerce and trade.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-06-28

Merely to hear the sound of music
gives one. the dancing impulse-an I'm.
clination to move the feet or the hands
or the body In time with the rhythm
of the music. To make your exercise
attractive. therefore, start your music
first and then as you feel the swing
of it you will find pleasure I'm going
through YOUR exercises. Make IL n
part Of your daily schedule. You can
either follow the practice of taking
ordinary, standard exercises to the
accompaniment of music or you can
do special dancing movements All
dancing movements partake of the
character Of exercise.-Carl T.. VIII
liams i'm Physical Culture.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-06-28
USE 10000 SHOCK TROOPS
Assault Made On a Front Of About
Fourteen Miles-Germans Un-
able to Reach Rheims.

With the French Army in France
which had been concentrated on the
western side of Rheims, between
Vrigny and Ormes, and which went
over to assault, were met with such
an awful fire from the French de-
Tense that they were unable to make
the slightest progress. They suffered
such losses after trying time after
time to reach the French positions
that only a few of the attackers were
able to return to their own lines.
When the Germans launched their
attack in full force on Rheims their
intention was to deal a heavy counter
blow to compensate for their failure to
capture Compiegne. Forty thousand
troops participated in the assault
along the front, extending from Vrigny
plateau to Sillery, with orders to
carry the city at all costs They met
with dismal defeat.
At every point they were repulsed
with heavy losses. In most gallant
manner the French troops prevented
the enemy from scoring even initial
success The artillery preparation
lasted for several hours and was one
of the most terrific yet carried out
High explosives from hundreds OF can
non intermingled with numerous pol
son gas shells.
To the east of Rheims the Germans
at first made some advance. but were
soon thrown back to their original pc
sitions. and considerable number OF
them were taken prisoners.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-06-28
GUN FIRE IS VERY ACCURATE
Artillery earrase Let Down by Ameri-
can cunners infiicts Heavy Loss
on Enemy Raiding Party.

With the American Army in France.
The carefully rehearsed German attack
on the American positions in the viii
lage of Xivray was broken up largely
by machine gun and rifle fire. The
German attack was made for the pur-
pose of taking prisoners, according to
statements of Germans captured by
the Americans.
The artillery barrage let down by
the American gunners inflicted consid-
cradle losses on the large enemy raid
ing party as it crossed No Mans Land,
but the raid was actually stopped by
the hot fire from the American machine
guns. The gunners everywhere stuck
to their posts in the face OF attacks.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-06-28
ChiIdren's Savings.

More than 10000 children under six
teen years of age have savings nc.
counts In the Los Angeles banks. They
have more than S1,OOO,OOO on deposit,
or an average Of something over $50
each. One thirteen-year-old youngster
is credited with heading the list. He
has nearly $1,000 on deposit. from a
beginning made with so cents when
he was seven years old.
Many of the Los Angeles banks make
special provisions for the savings ac'
counts of children and I'm addition 10
accepting savings accounts. teach les
sons of thrift in their advertising mat
ter. They also lend encouragement
to thrift propaganda in the public
schools and children's organizations.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-06-28
A Parable.

Brand WhitIock said I'm an address
I'm Washington:
my war experiences have done me
good. They have broadened my mind.
I am writer rather than politician,
and we writer's live too restricted
lives.
"You know the story OF Carlyle and
his sound-proof room In Chelsea.
"Carlyle had built sound-proof
room for himself on the top Of his
house. The room had no windows,
but only skylight for Illuminating
purposes. To are elderly visitor from
Craigenputtock the room was shown
proudly by Carlyle, and the visitor
gave a cackling laugh and said:
"'My conscience, this Is finei Here
We may write and study all the rest
Of yer life and nobody'll be n bit the
wiser""
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-06-28
TEUTON LOSSES GIGANTIC
Huns-so, 900 German Casualties
Between Montdidier and Noyon.

With the American Forces on the
Marne-Several German patrols which
attempted to approach the American
lines in the Marine sector were smashed
by the accuracy of the American ma
chine gun fire. One German patrol
was almost wiped out.
Two German prisoners, who, after
escaping from a detention camp 100
miles to the rear of the American front,
six days ago. wandered through the
woods and bushes, and swan rivers in
the night time, were captured in the
American lines. The prisoners said
they had travelled with comparative
ease until they approached American
territory, where it became SO hot that
they could not cross to the German
lines.
Paris.-Eighty thousand Germans
were killed, wounded or made prisoner
during the offensive between Montdi-
der and Noyon, Capt. Andrew Tardieu,
who accompanied Premier Clemenceau
to the front, told Marcel Hutin, editor
OF the Echo de Paris. /.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-06-28
MANY KILLED and
INJURED IN WRECK
CIRCUS SPECIAL CRASHED INTO
~ EMPTY TROOP TRAIN.
BODIES CHARRED eY FIRE.
FuImsY CARS DEMOLISHED
Virtually All Victims Were Circus En-
pIoyees-Circus Train Had Pulled
Onto Switch With Last Cars
on Main Track.

Gary, Ind.-Sixty persons are known
10 be dead and 129 are in hospitals IN
Gary and Hammond as result or the
rear end collision at dawn between
In equipment train and a Wallace
Hagenbeck circus train on the Michi-
gan Central Railroad, five miles west
of Gary. Virtually all victims were
members of the circus
Thirty-eight bodies, all except ono'
sharred beyond recognition, have been
placed in Gary undertaking establish
ments tonight. Twenty-Five podles
have been taken to Hammond. Iden-
LITIGATION Of all except few was not
attempted today.
AL Sargent, engineer, and Emil
Klauss, fireman, plotted the train OF Il
empty troop cars that cut its way
through the circus train
The empty troop train, travelling
down a straight stretch Of track, To-
tally demolished three of the fli9sy
circus coaches and badly damaged
fourth.
According TO reports 10 ioCS'i "u
thorities, the circus train, which car
ried four sleepers, five stock cars, 10
flat cars and a cabOose, pulled part
way into a switch, and stalled there
ON account OF a hot box The flag
man went back on the main track and
set fusees The circus train was IN
this position when the troop train
ploughed into the sleepers, reducing
them to pile OF tangled steel and
timbers. Fire from the gas lighting
system of the circus train broke out
almost Immediately, and when res
cuers reached the scene the entire
wreckage was in flames.
Only "a bodies have been identified
Edward M. Ballard, general manager
Of the circus, issued statement say
ing figures compiled indicated that
the death list would total So. He said
that a hasty check up of the scattered
employees showed a list of so missing
In addition to the "a Identified dead
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-06-28
TRY TO LEAVE BERLIN
Four Residents Attempt Their Escape
In Airpianes.

Four Residents Attempt Their Escape
In Airpianes.
Copenhagen.-Four residents of Ber-
lin attempted to escape from Germany
In two airplanes. One succeeded in
landing in Denmark. but the other was
brought down in the Baltic sea by
German guard ships. The machine
which landed in Denmark had two oc-
cupants, one of whom, reserve Off
Ger, Is a professor in the University
Of Berlin. They say they fled from
Berlin because OF the conditions there.
The two machines left Berlin early
IN the morning. Their flight was no.
ticed and guardships along the coast
wore warned When the machines
reached the Baltic the guard ships be-
gan firing and brought down the sec
ond Of the two airplanes.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-06-28
oriain of Tea prinkina.

Ten drinking seems 10 have orig
mated In China; and the Chinese. ac-
cording to Prof. King. in his Farmers
of Forty Centuries" drank IL first
as a sanitary measure, having found
that boiling their water saved them
from typhoid and afterwnrd adding
tea Leaves to make the boiled water
palntable. DIR. Il. A. Gortner OF the
University Of Minnesota. writing In
Science. believes that this II not an
exact description Of what happened.
but that the discovery of the cfficncy
Of tea as a typhoid preventive came
after its general adoption In China ~
q pleasing drink. at.t tstl
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-06-28
SUCCESSFULLY RESIST HUNS
The italians, With Their French ana
British Allies Counter-Attack Wig
orousIv Everywhere.

Italian Army Headquarters.-The
Italians, with their French and British
allies. are successfully resisting the
Austrian onslaught and are counter-at-
lacking vigorously everywhere.
Whether the enemy effort upon Mon
tello plateau is an attempt to move to-
ward the rear of the famous Monte
Grappa, key to the Italian mountain
positions, or else to menace the We
netian plains and the city of Venice,
It Is certain that the Austrians are
fighting desperately to hold what they
have so far attained.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-06-28

observation-disclosures sea wolves
have sunk two more neutral vessels in
American waters. The latest victims
of the raiders which first made their
appearance off the Atlantic coast three
weeks ago were the sailing ship Kring.
sjaa and the bark Samoa, both Norwe.
Cian. The crew of the former was
picked up by an American warship and
brought to an Atlantic port. and that
of the latter was landed at Norfolk.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-06-28
American, On German Ter4tory.

Americans on German Territory.
With the American Army in France.
For the first time in the war Ameri-
cans now fight on territory held by
the Germans before the war. 1t is now
permitted to publish the fact that our
troops are in the line in that portion
Of Alsace wrested from the Germans
by the French early in the war; They
are holding the section OF the allied
line I few kilometers from the Swiss
border. south q Hartmannswei1orkopf
They have ben In this sector since
the middle % May, bat peFmiso.on to
announce the fnct has juDt been 1iven.