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Washington, I>©.\ 31. — Se ctary
of the Navy Josephus Daniels lws
recommended to the Hou?e naval
committee tha appiopriation of
$600,000,000 fur the immediate
building of war&hiis so that Jhe_l»J_
nited suues" may hm*e a navy see
otid to none iu the world.
Secretary Daniels states that
regardless of the success or failure
oi'the formation of a League of Na
tions, ting should te d' ne.
FLU TAKES Off j
ME PIONEER
Seatttle. Dec. 31.—Joseph ll>ska
vich, a pioneer of Nome, Alaska,
ana one of the earliest men to dis
cover gold' in i>a.vi! g quantities i'i
that district, died of influenza iii
this city yesterday alter lei.ig ill
oniy two days.
Mr. C3eskavU\h oure owned so mo
valuaWe antimony claims in the
-Non© district, but te ame involved
in litigation with the Scandinavian
bank in Seattle ard lost all his
!toldings.
Loudon, Dec. 31.—The socialist
paper Vorwaerts of Berlin, which
Jia3 asserted repeatedly that Dr.
Karl LieUkuecht, leader of tl'e Bol
shevists, had gone mail, now earn
estly requests him to consult a nerv
specialist, according to a dispatch
from Copenhagen.
The newspaper says it not
L!et>kno-ht's word: Be.iously
until a medical advisor has given
a certificate as t,> his sanity.
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Warsaw, De\ 31.—The govern
ment has consented to the return of
the German t:oops from
liiwsia through Poland, pro
vided the soldiers are a'I disarmed
while passing through that country.
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Washington, Dec. 31. — instruc
tions have been Issued to naval com
manders ashore and afloat to grant
holiday elave a§ liberally ps pos
sible to all men in the naval serv
ice over New Years.
Leaves England
To Go To France
Dover, Dec. 31-—President Wil
son sailed from this port for
France on the pa senser steamship
Brighton this morning.
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P. H. GANTY
Washington, Dec. 31. — Admiral
Sims, commander of the United
States naval forces during the time
the American fleet was operating
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I with the Allied forces lu European |
! waters has teen assigned' to the !
' presidency of the naval war college
' at Newport. ;j
•Seattle, Dec. 31.—Thomas Simons
1 u negro miner who hag operated in i
; Dip Nome district for many years
wa,« arrested by local detectives
' yesterday and charged with sua ins
a quantity of intoxicating liquor
i from the (iry squ:*# store rooni3
1 in thi^j city.
I Upon .toeing closely quee.i: ned as
to the theft, Simons owned up, and
made a clearo. confession, admitting
' that he had stolen sixty two quarts
o' the whiskey which had been seiz
by the authorities and stored iu
th> dry squad's store roonig at po
lice Headquarters.
iiaious said that stealing whiskejr
beat the mining game a mile, al
though it wa» somewhat like miu- (
lug, insofar as the prospecting for |
tt'9 veins was concerned. But after J
the pay had been located, there j
v.a3 uo trouble about getting capi* ,
la' and proving the vlaue by as- .
sajs, as the yellow stuff cculd read* i
ily be turned into cash.
[Big Fish Sent To
Paris For Mr.
Wilson
— I
Paris, Dec. 31.—A 24*poui>d cod i
fish, caught of! Nantuckett by the
steam trawler Fish Hawk, arrived
in tills city today ajj a gift to Presi"
dent Wilson for his New Year's din*
ner. It wap the largest cod fish
caught in that vicinity recently.
With the fish a note from
President Taylor of the Coast
Fisheries company, stating that
the fish wa9 an expression of ap
preciation of the act of the Presi
dent in issuing priority orders which
permitted the construction of the
Hawk during the war. The former
steam trawler Kingfisher and' Fish
steam trawler was sunk by a Ger
ni"u sub.
Germany Can
| Pay Damages
London, Dec. 31.—Can Germany
Germany can.
Here are &om^ of th© facta bear
ing on Germany's ability to pay for
the damage she hag done, secured
from reliable eourc-es:
Germany ig estimated to have a
pile of gold amounting to around
six or seven billion dolaps.
She hag big -war loan*, taken JP
largely Dy her own p«jpl®. But phe
hai few foreign debts, largely be
cause the blockade prevented
her from importing goods.
The Westphalian coal fields alone
are estimated to be worth $400."
000,000,000.
DR.SHAW 1WA
POLICE WOMAN
Washington, Dec. 31. —Dr. Annaj
Howard Shaw, honorary president i
of the National Woman's Suffrage
association, wag sworn in rceently
as a special member of the Washing
ton police force. At ft reception Dr.
Shaw tol<j of a 40-year desire to
serve as a police woman. Superin
tendent Pullman of the local force
-invited her to hi3 office to talk
over the situation, and when *he (
appeared the regulation oath was ,
administered and sha wag given a
badge. t !. ■ - a " I
Sailor Is Swept
From One Ship
(
To Another
London, — Washed from the.
deck of a British destioyer at night,,
a sailor wag deposited by a waye .
on the deck of a vessel a half (
iuilf. astern. "Young man, you've j
used all the luck you have in life,"
was the commander's gree'ing.
"Takp, my advise, get out of the j
navy." j
Fleet Is Given
Great Welcome
New York, JDec 31.—When the |
great fleet of Ti American war
craft, which have aided in uphold
ing the supremacy of the aJlii.8 over
seas, steamed' into the Hudson, it
found Riverside drive decorated)
more gorgeously than ever in honor
of lie sailors and marines. At nigiti
the drive was illuminated frcrn sev
enty-second to Grant's tomb.
The official welcome try the city
to the officers of tha fleet took
place at the City Hall, where Major
Hylan received Admirals Mayo,
Rodman and Rogers. The pailors
and marines, together with the so1"
diers recently returned from the bat
tie fields paraded down Fifth
avenue.
OFF FDR ROME
Paris, Dec. 31. —President Wil*
son ig expected, to arrive here late
tonight from his trip to England,
and according to his plajig he 'will
leave this city for Rom a tomorrow
ni£ht, returning here on January
tentu,
PACIFIC FLEET
TO COME HOME
San Francisco, I>ec. 31. — AC*
cording to advice received heie last
evening the Pacific naval fleet will
aooa return to thg Pacific Coast,
and eacji ship of the fleet will go
to its respective naval station.
Wasihmgton, Dec. 31. — Attor-(
ney General Gregory will ask con- ^
gress to provide legislation which (
will oermlt the deportation of in
teraed aliens to their homo eoun-1
try,
Mr. Gregory estimates that there
are four thousand of suc^ alien®
now interned in the United State«,
and it is oelievedt by the Depart
ment of uJstioe, this conclusion hav*
in? been arrived at thhrough invea*
tigation, that fully one half of tb«
sumDer are full-fledged Ger"
man spies.
London, Dec, 31-—A Berlin ctes- |
patch received: here this morning
sa>s that General Von. Hindenburg,
who gtill commands the German
military forces, has endorsed the ap*
pePl ot the captains of industry; of
thig city which they hav© made to
the Allies, requesting that the
British occupy Berlin for the pur*
pose of restoring order.
It is believed that an Allied force
will be sent there at once, now that
it i; practically assure# that the/
will meet with no resistance, ex*
ce?t. possibly from small revolution*
ary groups composed mostly of Bol
shevists.
Faris, Dec. 31. — A Petrograd <
despatch received here this morning J
says that the Russian peasants la
tb<j Moscow district are up in arms
in a revolt agajngt the Lenine rule, j
There tag been several clashes t>e*
tweeD Lenine's soldiers and the peas
ants.
BODY OF JAPANESE IS
RECOVERED FROM WRECK
Juneau, Dec. 21.—The tody of
Kakuga Tsuzi, a Japanese cook,
was recovered frcm the waters of
Lynn canal and shipped to the
Young undertaking parlor from
Haines. Th« body had drifted up
Lynn canal fully fifty miles.
The clothing contained a regis
tration card from the Canadian gov
ernmnet showing that the Jap had
complied with military registration.
Tlie card ?ave hia occupation as a
cook and) declared him to be
single.
London, Dec. 31.—Is Uncle Sam
going to be trustee, in behalf of
the allies and civilization, of the
C''otured German colonies?
"The United States is the only;
nation among- the allies without
material war aims," a prominnet
alliel statesman reports. "It ha»
no territorial aims.
"Your Uncle Sam fight3 for hu
manity and democracy. He is a
fair-minded judge and* impaiti&l
What wouM be better than to let
him be our trustee and administrat
or? He can wind up the affairs
of the 'deceased."
CONCEDES ELECTION
Juneau, Dec. 28.—Thomas J. Don*
ohoe, Domicratic national committee
man, wired1 A. A. Shonebeck, of An
cnorage confirming the lection of
Dleegate Wickersham. Donolioef con
ceded' Wickersham's election by 22
Totes. "
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