Russia Submits to German Peace Terms as Congress Set
Petrograd reports ratification of the German peace treaty to be taken up by a workers peasants and Cossacks congress after next Thursday. In Petrograd a German air raid killed three and wounded five. Berlin reports heavy Russian front losses and new German gains in Minsk and elsewhere. In Tokyo and Washington officials discuss Siberia Japan Britain and US positions. Narva near Petrograd falls to German forces as Allied plans shift.
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Red Cross
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Siberia
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Teutonic Press
Riggs Named Governor of Alaska by President
President Wilson sent the nomination of Thomas A. Riggs of Nenana Alaska to the Senate for confirmation as governor of Alaska replacing J F A Strong. Indications say no successor will be named to the Alaska Engineering Commission leaving Colonel Frederick Mears vacancy and placing Chairman W C Edes in full control of railroad affairs.
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Alaska Engineering Commission
Frederick Mears
W. C. Edes
Arguing for Alaska Statehood Hearings Opened in Congress
Hearings began before the House committee on territories on the Sulzer bill for Alaska statehood. John W. Troy of Juneau editor of the Alaska Daily Empire urged granting Alaska legislative power to pass laws without congressional sanction. Hearing will be continued.
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House Committee On Territories Today
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Ambassador Francis statement on Russia and US policy
American Ambassador Francis issued a statement on the Russia situation saying the United States does not seek conquest and would recognize any Russian government that would continue the war against the Central Powers. The note also mentions German and Austrian actions and broader Allied concerns.
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United States
Four American soldiers sentenced to death for sleeping on sentry duty
Washington reports four American soldiers captured asleep in front line trenches have been sentenced to death. General Pershing has referred the cases to the War department for action. Commentary on the Tour battle notes Hanoverians driven back and failed objectives.
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FEET BADLY FROZEN AND LOCAL NOTES FROM IDITAROD
Victor Crisan, an Interior Alaska resident, was brought from Tolstoi by Paul Keating for badly frozen feet and is now in Reed hospital, Flat City. Mrs. George Mutchler and Mrs. Claude Baker helped with Red Cross ticket sales in Flat last night. Col Breen, at Camp Lewis, says Germany will require at least two years to be driven back. The San Francisco Supreme Court denies Mooney writ. hanging likely unless pardoned. Alec Dickson to join the Army Outside. Job printing offered at The Pioneer office.
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Iditarod
Claude Baker
Red Cross
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Green
Camp Lewis
France
War Dept to Build $25 Million Ordnance Base in France
The War Department announced a $25,000,000 ordnance base will be built in France. The President fixed the maximum aluminum price at 32 cents a pound across American plants. In the East the Bolsheviks' acceptance of Germany's peace terms shifts the Siberian crisis toward a new phase as Petrograd and Berlin report the decision. Major-General Preston C. March assumed acting chief of the general staff duties.
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Montenegro
Berlin
Leipsic News Nachrichten
Rumania
Washington
War Department Today
France
Government rejects liquor trade purchase proposal
London reports the government turned down the plan to buy the liquor trade. Owen Gray arrived Thursday afternoon with a large consignment of mail.
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London
Owen Gray
Legislature censures Senator LaFollette over war stance
Madison dispatch reports the lower house approved a resolution censuring United States Senator LaFollette for his war attitude, with the measure already passing the state senate. The town also notes Liberty bonds arriving by mail to Miners & Merchants Bank in 500 and 1000 dollar denominations. C P Wood, local factor for the N C Co, left yesterday for Takoma and McGrath on a ten day business trip.
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C. P. Wood
N. C. Co
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