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MAY Lit NSC
WASHINGTON. Aug. 1-— Senate dollars and engaged in interstate com
Kellogg. Republican of Minnesota, ha metre. Senator Kellog stated this leg
introdu proposing the gislation would give the government
licensing of corporations having a cap supervision over the issuance of stock ;
ital stock or assets over ten million and securities.
BAND PLAYS
AS FIRE
RAGES
MONTREAL. Aug., 12 - Sousa’s
band played at the Dominion park this
afternoon to calm a crowd during a
fire. The fire caused damage estimat
ed at $:>o,ooo.
MONTREAL. Aug. 12— Seven were
burned to death this altemoon on tli-•
Scenic Railway Concession at Domin
ion Park.
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SCARCITY OP COAL IN
ITALY FORCES I SE OF
MORE ELECTRIC power
ROME. Aug. 12— Italy’s lack o*
coal has forced her to depend mo v
and more upon electric power. Outing
the period of 1914 to 1918 more than
one hundred million dollars was ex
pended on water power cle/ric plan*
hy electric companies in Turin and
Milan.
Italy’s annual consumption of coni
reaches 12.000.000 tons. For all of it
she is dependent upon eitnei Fnglumt
or America. The war natural 1> mud<
the transportation of it a difficult pi°
blent, so Italian engineers were foiced
to build large hydro-electric stations.
Itaiy could have at least three-fort*t*
of her coal consumption hy using hot
water power, according to Signor Maf
feo Pantaleoni. engineer and dean of
Italian economists. Much of it remains
undeveloped.
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McCarthy residents have made a
sale of some quartz claims at Algan*
ik. The purchase price is said to be
something between $6000 and $160*
000.
G Associated Pc**?»a
BERLIN. Aug. 12— The Vossisclm
Zeitung says that the entire crew of
the German submarine freighter Bre
men has arrived from a British port
whore the submarine is held in cau
tivitv. The Bremen disappeared tare-*
years ago while enroute to America
from a German port with merchan
dise and heretofore was believed to
have been lost at sea.
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AMERICAN SMILE CLUB
TO SPREAD GOOD CHEEK
WILL OPERATE ABROAD
LONDON. %\ug. 12— Having read
in an American paper of a campaign
launched over there to promote cheer
fulness, a London reporter made a
tour to see if such a campaign would
help this metropolis. “It would do rn
harm,” was the upshot of his expres
sions.
A superficial investigation in th“
city, ho writes, “revealed the pres
once of a surprising number of peo
ple who appeared to he feeling the se
riousness of their position.” The mos‘
gloomy looking were restaurant floor
walkers, underground life attendants
shop assistants, policemen, foreign
waiters, tube gatemen, tram conduc
tors, messengers in government off»c *
theatre hooking clerks, jewelers, t«'r»
shop waitresses, railway porters and
sentries out side Buckinham palace.
“Not one.” he says, “was observed
to smile. Tea-shon waitresses an
neared to be suffering from ‘soul sick
ness*. Assistants in most shops (a**
American department store excepted)
appeared to regard the advent of a
customer as a flippant intrusion o«
their mediations.”
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JAP BOYS AND GIRLS
BEING TRAINED FOR
THEATRICAL FEATURE
HONOLULU, Aug., 12— At the re
quest of a New York theatrical man
ager the Hawaii tourist bureau is re
cruiting a chorus of twenty-four Jap
j anese consul and Japanese commercial
‘organizations here are assisting in ob
t^iininjf the desired numbe* yf singers.
GIVEN THE
DRAFT OF
LEAGUE
Bv Associated Pres®
WASHINGTON. Aug. 12— Presi
dent Wii on today pave Senator Lodg*.
an informal draft of the Amor
plan of the League of Nations wh n
:,c presented at Paris. Mu* President
wrote Senator Lodge'that it would be
impossible to comply with the requo-t
of the Senate's fueg* relation com
mittee for documents the American
delegates used at Paris saying that
the commission’s files included many
papers which it would he unwise to
publish on account of their diplomat!
nature.
WASHINGTON, Aug., 12— David
Hunter Miller, legal adviser to the
League of Nations commission at Ver
sailles, told the Senate foreign rela
tions committee the league plan used
as a basis of discussion at Versailles
was a combination of drafts of Amer
ica. England, France and Italy. Mr.
Miller denied that the British plans
were drawn by General Smuts and
that they were used as a basis of con
sideration.
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CLOSING UP
ON RACE
NEW YORK. Aug. 12— Cincinnati is
leading in the National League Mrm
fivo and one half games ahead of New
York.
Chicago is leading i>the American*
league being four and one half game
ahead of Detroit.
SEATTLE BOY WILL
SUCCEED BILL CLYMER
SEATTLE, Aup., 12— Charlies
Mullen has been appointed to succeed
Clymer as manaper of the Seattle
Club of the Pacific Coa*t Baseball
League. The chanpe was insisted unon
hv the fans because of the fact that
while it is conceded that Seattle has
a pood team, it persistently held la t
place in the race for the pennant.
Mullen formerly played with the
University of Washinpton. and late*
was a member of the Seattle team in
the Pacific Northwest Leapue. He
went from Seattle to the Chicapo Na
tionals and then to the New York Am
ericans. He is now "owned” by To
ledo.
Until Clymer came to Seattle the
teams which he manaped never fin
ished outside of the first division, and
in several instances were pennant win
ners.
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CONFIRMATION OF
PALMER RECOMMENDED
WASHINGTON. Aup 12— The
Senate judicary subcommittee has re
commended the confirmation of the
nomination of A. Mitchell Palmer a.i
attorney peneral of the United States.
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TO LAUNCH
DESTROYER
TOMORROW
SAX FRANCISCO, Aug., 12—The
United States Destroyer Zane, sche
dulod to be launched at Mare Island
Xavy Yard, August RUh, anil to be
come part o* the Fr.cifie fleet, will be
named after Major Randolph l ideal l
Zune of tin Marino Corps who died
from wounds and influenza incurred in
France.
The destroyer will be sponsored by |
Mrs. Zane and her I’ve year ole!
daughter . Mrs. Zane'i* the daughter J
of Governor Williui i 1). Stephens of j
California.
Major Zane commanded the Amor
ican forces in the town of Bouresches i
during the famous German drive when
Marines and soldiers stopped then
way to Paris. In the at*ion he was sev-j
crely wounded. One bullet lodged in
his hip and an ear drum was shatter |
ed by an exploding shell. For his brav
ery and coolness in action he was eit,
od by Major General Barnett and lat
er decorated by General Pershing.
Following poitial recovery from n*s j
wounds Major Zane was i ovost ma.
shal at Haw Ar abcess developed
in his injured car and he was forced to
undergo two operations. While recov
ering a second time he was stricken
with influenza and died.
Major Zane was said to have serv
ed with many officers now stationed
on the Pacific Fleet.
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CALLS A GREAT
LABOR CONGRESS
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WASHINGTON. Aug.. 12—
1 iVesidcnt Wilson today called an
International Labor Congress con
1 ference to meet here on October
29th.
DRAGGED TO DEATH
BY WEIGHT OF GOLD
HONOLULU, Aug. 12— Dragged
down to his death by the weight of
in gold coin carried in bags I
around his chest, the body of a former |
customs inspector |;jis been recovered j
from the bottom of Honolulu harbor, j
The theory of the police is that the :
man attempted to swim to the stern of
a Japanese liner lying for opium. It is
believed the money, at a piei heie, to
exchange the money which probably
will go to the dead man’s widow , was
furnished by a ring of Honolulu Chin
ese engaged in smuggling opium into
Hawaii. The gold has not been claimed
and if it is arrests will follow, accord
ing to federal authorities.
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GERMANY TO SUPPLY
FARM IMPLEMENTS
COBLENZ, Aug. 12— According to
information in the hands of intelligen
ce officers of the Third United State*
army, Germany recently received or
ders from Russia for farm implement'*
the contract price of which was 75,
nop.000 marks. A German delegation
U planning to leave Petrograd for the
purpose of completing additional de
tails for increasing business between
Germany and Russia.
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AMERICA REBUILDS
BRIDGE OVER MARNE
CHATEAU THIERRY. Aug. 12
_ Major General Howsee today
laid the first stene of the new
bridge acrosse the Marne river
which is being built by the Ameri
can Society of relief of devastated
France. The American Third Div
ision blew up the old bridge to
stop the Germans.
BOOST
HOTEL
RATES
•t
NEW YORK^Aug., 12— The “Wets
Association” claims that hotel accom
modations have increased from one to
seven dollars throughout the nation as
a result of prohibition. Many hotels
made up on their bars what the\ lost
in room rents.
SET PRICE
OF SUGAR
/
CHICAGO, Aug., 12— The Federal
Food Administration has set the price
of sugar at twelve cents a pound.
Some grocers have been charging six
teen cents a pound.
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JAPANESE STATESMAN MAKES
SIGNIFICANT ANNOUNCEMENT
TOKIO, Aug. 12— Viscount Uch
ida. the Japanese minister of foreign
affairs, has issued a statement de
claring that Japan does not intend to
claim rights affecting China’s terri
torial sovereignty in Shantung, and
promises that Japanese troops will be
withdrawn from that province imme
diately after an agreement has been
concluded with China.
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Manager Dick Thome of the Fair
banks moving picture house has in
vented an attachment for showing pic
tures which eliminates all eye strain.
The device is said to have worked per
fectly in a tryot^t.
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By Associated Press
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 12— Naval
officers with the new Pacific f leet
have given out the information that a
permanent detail of soijie of the ves
sels to he stationed on the Pacific
Coast would he announced soon.
The naval officers also stated that
it is certain that at least one new nav
al base will be established, prohab'y
near Alaskan coal and oil fields.
The Navy Board is expected to sur
vey the base site this fall and make
recommendations for the needed work.
Naval officers also said that the
coming of the Pacific fleet will mean
many improvements to Alaska's war
erways, especially safeguards for
shipping.
fleeTto
SEPERATE
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 12— The
Pacific fleet will begin the process of
temporary seperation. The dread
naught New York, with Secretary
Daniels aboard is going to Honolulu
with four destroyers. Admiral Rodman
and Secretary Daniels went aboard
the Texas this afternoon to witness
Mary Pickford present the Georgo
Washington pennant awarded the Tex
as for victory loan sales.
SEATTLE, Aug. 12— The Pacific
fleet is due here September 7th with
Secretary Daniels. Later part of the
fleet is going to Tacoma and Port
land.
RUMANIAN ARMY
IN GOOD MOVE
PARIS, Aug. 12— The Peace Con
ference is changing attitude entirely
toward the Rumanian army in Buda
pest and now want the Rumanian ar
my to remain in Budapest to steady
the situation. Recently the Interallied
council asked the Rumanians not to
enter Budapest but the Rumanians
disregarded the request.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 12— The feder
al district court here has decided tha'*
the provisions of the state tax law,
under which citizens of other states
are compelled to pay taxes in New
York, is unconstitutional.