NOTICE TO SCHOOL PATRONS
The second semester of the Moscow Schools opens Monday morning, January 21st, for both the grades and the high school. All children six years old and who are entering school for the first time should be at the Whitworth building at 9 a.m.
Texan Has Close Shave
AMERICAN PORT—The American steamship, Texan, arrived here under her own steam last night. She was rammed Monday by a convoying warship which punched a large hole in her side.
SEIZED GERMAN SHIPS IN SERVICE
Damage Done to 109 Vessels Repaired by Processes
Deemed Unique.
HOPES OF FORCE ARE BAFFLED
Written Orders Show Central Authority Gave Instructions for Making Craft Useless—Navy Makes Great Record.
Washington.—Every one of the 109 German ships seized by the United States is in the transport or cargo service, the damage deliberately done to their engines having been repaired thoroughly.
This information was given out by the committee on public information in the course of a statement which again confirmed the stories of the destruction secretly performed by German crews by orders from Berlin.
In the statement the committee says that "there is evidence that a German central authority gave an order for destruction on these ships effective on or about February 1, 1917, simultaneous with the date set for unrestricted submarine warfare, and that the purpose was to inflict such vital damage to the machinery of all German ships in our ports that none could be operated for from 18 months to two years. This purpose has been defeated in signal fashion. In less than eight months all  The ships were in service. The committee told of repairs. 