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By AsaociMed Pres*
w j^SHlNGTON* July -4 Tb ‘
Shipping Board is to build two ocean
liners- the hugest afloat- to cross the
Atlantic in foui days. The two lineis
will ho one thousand feet long and a
thirty knot speed. They will be so
ctpiipped to he used as commerce de
strovers in event of a war.
The shipping hoard announces that
a >pecial terminal will be built for the
new liners on Long Island. Vwo other
liners may be built later.
The two large liners will have a
gross tonnage of 3;>*000 tons and ac
conimodations* for .”••000 passenger.
The crew will comprise 1 000 men.
The liners are to be oil burners and
will have a cruising radius on fuel oil
curried for 7-000 miles. C.un emplace
ments will be built on the decks and
the after decks will be constructed so
as to be used for seaplane landings
and launchings.
TO FIGHT
ANARCHY
LOS AXGKl.ES, July 24— A "na
tional police force* operated as a sep
erate and distinctive branch of th
Federal government* possessed with
funds sufficient to prosecute the most
relentless investigations and removed
from the realm politics* is the ideui
agency by which the United State.;
can combat radicalism, is the opinion
of John L. Butler* Chief of Police of
l.os Angeles who has just returned
from a conference of Pacific Coast
chiefs of police at* San Francisco*
where the looming menace of anarchy
was discussed.
“This national police department |
should be strong enough numerically
to eof»e with any situation* backed
with a sufficient appropriation to un
dertake a determined campaign again
st destructionists and should be em
powered by national legislation to caM i
upon- and if necessary to direct- the
activities of any local authority*” de
clares Chief Butler.
‘•The national police force* which
the bust in formed police officials now
favor* should be directed by experienc
ed detectives not politicians. It should
never he used for political purposes
nor for or against labor or capitol* and
should never become involved in theii
differences. The oiganization should
he one to which could be reported fo*1
proper inquiry any suspicious acts of
persons coming to the notice of city •
county or state authorities, civic or
ganizations or individuals* in other
words* it should be a centralized clear
ing house for data for the protection
of our people and industries against
anarchy or radicalism.,
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SUGGESTS THAT ALAND
ISLANDS BE NEUTRAL
PARIS* July 24— The Baltic com
mission of the peace commission has
recommended that the Aland Island?
between Sweden and Finland be neu
tralized under the guarantee of the
League of Nations.
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HUNG \RI \NS CLAIM TO
HAVE MADE A CAPTURE
VIENNA* July 24— The Hungarian
forces are reported to have crossed the
Theiss and claim to have captured
much Rumanian war material.
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By Associated Pres*
LONDON- July 24 - General Dun
side* Commander of the Archangel
front- wired this afternoon that tlu
Russian troops have mutinied and
joined the Bolsheviki forces. The Rus
sians handed over the town ot Onog.i
arid the eid ire Oucgu front.
General Donsides says that he con
trols the situation and believes hi
British volunteers will be equal to the
task of holding the Allied ground.
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Y \NKKK GIRLS
LOOKED BETTER
THAN Rl’SSIANS
ARCHANGEL. July 24— So
far as ascertainable from consular
re|)ort^* only seven American sol*
diers in North Russia took Rus*
sian Nvar brides.
confiscated m\il is
FIN \LLY DELIVERED TO
THOSE ADDRESSED TO
SYDNEY* Australia. July 24— A
curious manifestation of German psy
chology is seen in the recent deliven
of the Australian liner Matunga’'
mails to the addresses. The Matungu
was captured and sunk by the German
••aider Wolf off the coast of New Gui
nea in August* 1917. The mails on hcv
were taken to Germany. After they
had remained in German* hands over
a year they were delivered to the
British authorities after the armistice
had been signed. In due course the\
were sent to Sydney* arriving two
years late.
germ ins to regul ite
COUNCIL OF WORKERS
WEIMAR July 24— Premier Bauer
addressing the Assembly today* said
that the government will draft a law
•emulating the workers in Germany al*
o the Worker’s council* possibly the
economic council.
The premier slid that the govern
nent would have a policy of one soc*
'alization and would a»m to prevent
mperDuous importation of li<piors .
“We shall need to work*” said the
Premier* “and we must abhor revenge
and renew our national life and
bought on the idea of the foundation
>f the League of Nations.
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STUDY TYPHUS BACILLT
MEXICO CITY. July 24— The fac
ulty of the National University of
Mexico is making preparations to re
ceive several members of the facultr
of Harvard University who are com
ing here to study typhus bacilli.
U.S. SUPPLIES IN
ENGLAND ABOUT
DISPOSED OF
LONDON* July 24— The last of the
billion dollars worth o! stores purchas*
od by the American arm> in England
will have been disposed of on Aug. 1.
in the opinion of Major General J. C.
Biddle. The American Army head
* quarters were closed Juno 15 and oidy
a small contingent of the quartermast
or’s department remained to co-oper
ate with the Liquidation Commission
in adjusting a few remaining contract*
and celling supplies. Consequently by
August the army will cease to have a
war interest in England.
“Immediately the armistice was
signed we began to cancel and adjust
contiacts and in this work had such
hearty co-operation from the British
war office that the United States has
been able to clear up its contracts very
advantageously.” said General Biddle.
“Only a few of them remain to be ad
justed.
“The last property on hand consist
od largely of aviation- engineer and or
dinance stores. It was not deemed ad
viable to dispose of it too quickly and
,'inally it was.arranged thjjt auction
sales of all that was not disposed o*'
privately should begin the latter part
of June. There was demand for most
of the material and our early inquiries
indicated that good prices would be oh
tained and also that we would have
little difficulty in getting rid of every
thing we had.
“1 want to lay emphasis upon the
hospitality shown by the English p**o
pie toward tin* American soldiers now
that 1 am going home. We have-been
entertained and Voked after officiallx
and unofficially. The special commit
lee of the Ministry of Information
which provided entertainment at
ramps and for men on leave vied wile
the American organizations in making
life pleasant and the real spirit of
hospitality was emphasized by the
jrcat number of English families re
siding near American centers of ac
.ivities who made strange American
soldiers welcome in their homes.
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i: ni v Kusrr y pr esident
STEPS DOWN AND 01’ P
BERKELEY* Cal.* July 24— Benja
min Ide Wheeler has retired from th*
presidency of the University of Cali
fornia- a position which he had held
for twenty years.
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MEXICAN DID NOT
LIKE AMERICAN WHISKER
EL PASO- Tex.* July 24— Mexican.*
'xcept or. rare occasions did not drinl
American whiskey. They prefer thr “
j own nat;ve drinks like tequila mesca
and other cactus distillations to th-'
American liquor. The Mexican work
npman welcomes his hip plass of beeC
after a day’s work.
BC LG A RIANS, ATTACK THE
FRENCH—THREE ARE KILLED
GENEVA,*July 24— As the result
of a Bulparian attack on French sol
diers at Sofia- in which three French
soldiers were killed- a French repi*
ment has arrived there to disarm th?
Bulparian garrison.
RESERVISTS WANT JOBS
WASHINGTON. July 24— Army
officers point to the new officers re
serve corns as one of the big assets
obtained from the war. The corps now
number more than 45-000 members
sufficient on the basis of 1 officer to
20 men to furnish the commissioned
personnel of an army of 000-000. Of
ficers in the higher grades include OS
i colonels* 100 lieutenant colonels and
■■ 2 208 majors.
There are on file 24-817 applications
! for appointments as officers in the*re
gular army.
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BRITISH CO-OP’S TO
FIGHT PROFITEERS
LONDON. July 24— Protestion
under the fcuise of imperial prefer
' erne, i.< protested by the Co-operative
congress which will fight for a cutb
an food profiteers in Qreat Britain.
WHAT JAPS
TO DO IN ,
KOREA
TOKIO* July 24— That all aspects j
of military rule should be completely
banished Trom Korea is the opinion of
represntative Japanese. Thus only,
they say* can Japan hope to re-estab
lish peace and order among the Ko
rean people.
It is generally admitted here that
the disaffection is not removed* but
merely quiescent* ready to burst forth
anew once the existing military pic
ture is removed.
Institution of a civilian government
and removal of the- present gendarme
police system are believed here to be
ncoKsary. The gendarmes are held re
sponsible for cases of brutality and
mistreatment* the soldiers being only
responsible* it is declared* for the kid
ing of Koreans in the Christian church
at Cheam-ni. In this case, says the
Herald of Asia, a Japanese policeman
had been murdered* and his body muti
lated. The gendarmerie told the arriv
ing soldiers an exaggerated story
says the newspaper* and the young
troops joined the gendarmes in a mas
sacre of the people.
Once the gendarmerie method of
policing the peninsula is removed* and
the people given more local autonomy
such as the villages of Japan enjoy*
the newspaper representative thinks
the Koreans may see that their best
interests lie in the peaceful accepta
tion of things as they are.
Responsible organs of opinion here
favor making Korea an integral part
of the Japanese Empire politically.
it already is territorially. Korea* they
conceive, might be made a province of
Japan- with a civil governor and pro
per representation in the Japanese
Diet. Hut before this is possible* the
newspapers think- the Koreans must
pass through the necessary education
and show themselves prepared for se’f
government.
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\RREKT KF.CAU.S ROMANCE;
EI.OPER HEI.I) AS THIEF
CHICAGO July 24— A long romann
! >f the under world was recalled by the
police of the detective bureau today
when they learned of the arrest hist
night of Frank Harris* alias Ower
Dale* alias Owen Conn.
In March 1909 the story of the in
fatuation of a married woman* social
ind prison reform worker and the mo
ther of four children* for a convicted
•obber and of their subsequent elope
ment occupied the attention of the
cading public. Mrs. Grace Clarkson
was the woman and the police say
Harris was the man.
Mrs. Clarkson was said to have mAt
Harris when she visited the county jarl
on a missionary tour with her hus
band. Through her efforts he was pa
roled* the police recall* and the love
episode followed. She has since drop
ped from sight.
Harris also dropped from the cog
nizance of the police until yesterday,
when he was captured after he had at
tempted to rob four homes on the nor
th side* the police charge.
Miss Elsa Wichert* 2925 Pine Grove
avenue. was responsible for his ane>t
and she charges him with having rob
bed her home on May 4 of jewelry val*
: Ued at $500. At that time she said* she
saw him leave her apartment- but ho
escaped . Yesterday afternoon she rec
ogniiod him at Surf street and Pino
Grove avenue.
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JAPANESE TO STUDY
CONDITIONS IN SIBERIA j
TOKIO* June 24— To study con
ditions in Siberia, a proup of eipht
parliamentary members are leaving
for Vladivostok this month.
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HEAVY RAINS PI TTING A
STOP TO THE FOREST FIRES
MISSOULA- July 24— Heavy rains
;n Western Montana and Northern
Idaho have improved the forest fire
situation which last nipht seemed to
be most critical.
RAILROAD
HEARING
BEGUN
ALAMEDA
SEATTLE* July 24— Steamer Ala
meda sailed for Alaska ports at
o’clock this morning with 210 passeng
ers, many of them being tourists.
Passengers for Sewaid are as tor
lows:—
S. A. Soli id
K. h. Sheppard and wife.
Miss E . Pille.
Miss (’. Pille.
J. M. Pille.
A. It. Casey.
H. E. Boding,
Ci. H. Knowlton.
Ira S. Bailey*
Ten Steerage.
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By Associated Pres*
SKATTLK- July 24— A dispatch to
the Post-Intelligencer this morning
says that hearings have begun before
the House committee on territories on
the bill authorizing seventeen million
dollars for the completion of the gov
ernment railroad in Alaska.
SKATTI.lv July 24— According t<>
a special dispatch received here from
Washington* the house elections com*
mittee has favorably reported the re
solution on extending Wickersham ;
time for taking testimony. Delegate
Grigsby has also been permitted to
lay his claim to the Delegate seat be
fore the elections committee.
TALKING ON TRE \H
WASHINGTON- July 24— Three
i Senators announced that during the*
afternoon they expected to make
speeches on the treaty.
IUOtS UNR KNEW ED
WASHINGTON. Julv 21— The
night passed without a renewal ol
riots. The total number of deaths
is now- six.
STRIKE OF
MINERS IS
DISCUSSED
LONDON- July 24— The British
government has stopped the exporta
tion of Cardiff coal.
Executives and miners have met
the Premier and other members of the
government but so far have *beon un
able to settle the dispute regarding
the wage scale.
The conference at the Yorkshire
fields has adjourned until tonight
when a settlement is expected.
ODD FELLOWS NOTICE
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The Odd Fellows will meet tonight
at 7 o’clock instead of 8 o’clock. All
members are requested to attend.
Peter Anderson*
Noble Grand.
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'{> Associated l*re*a
WASHINGTON* July 24— An Am
erican army bombing plane has start
ed a flight of eight thousand miles
around the rim of the United States.
The first stop will be at Augusta
Maine. 5f>Qjniles from here. The flight
will carry the machine through thirty
one states the longest flight attempted
by an air service machine. Stops in
clude Seattle- Wash.
BRUTALITY
ADMITTED
/
WASHINGTON. July 24— General
March admitted today before the spec
ial House committee investigating wat
doings that several minor officers ha<
been convicted before a courtmartia
for brutalities to American soldiers if
prison camps near Paris. The commit
tee may call as witnesses several higl
army officers.
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SECRETARY LANSING IS
BACK FROM TRIP ABROAI
WASHINGTON. July 24— Seen
tary of State Robert Lansing returne
from overseas today and came direi
to this city. This afternoon the Seen
tary had a long conference with Pres
dent Wilson.