FLAMES OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN
PLAY HAVOC AT ARMY POST
IN WASHINGTON CITY.
IMPETUS IS GIVEN BY GASOLINE
Food Worth $1,000,000 Is Included in
Ruined Supplies and Quartermast
er’s Building and Other Structures
Are Destroyed.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 14.—
Fire early today at the Washington
military barracks, which are on the
outskirts of the national capital and
which are occupied by engineering
troops, destroyed a vast amount of
army supplies. Included in the loss
was food valued at $1,000,000. The
quartermaster’s warehouse and sever
al other buildings were reduced to
ashes.
A large part of Washington city’s
lire department was called into serv
ice to tight the flames.
The explosion of a large quantity
of gasoline in storage gave great im
petus to the fire. Its original cause
is unknown to the authorities.
CAPTAIN WHO KILLED FOLK
MEN, THEN HIMSELF, MAY
HAVE HAD CONFEDERATE.
EXACT SUM OF LOOT UNKNOWN.
Officers at Cantonment at Camp
Funston. Kansas, Have Not Been
Able to Cheek Up Precise Amount
of Missing Funds.
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Jan. 14.—
Captain Lewis Whistler, the national
army officer who committed suicide
Saturday morning after having killed
four men in his robbery of the mili
tary bank at the cantonment at Camp
Funston, Ivan., is believed to have
looted the bank of $75,000. The bank j
(officials have not been able to check
up the exact amount of money stolen, j
but they have positively determined J
that one package of bills, amounting
to $47,000, is missing.
Officers at the cantonment, who are
investigating the tragedy, believe
that Whistler had a confederate and
that the army officer entrusted the
loot obtained by him in the bank to his
confederate for safe-keeping. —
CROPS ARE SET ON
FIRE IN ARGENTINA
GERMAN AGENTS SUSPECTED OF
TRYING TO CURTAIL GRAIN
EXPORTS TO ENTENTE.
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, Jan.
14.—Destruction of growing crops by
fire continues in many parts of Ar
gentina. The authorities are con
vinced that many of the fires are the
work of incendiaries.
Suspicion attaches to German
agents and sympathizers, who, it is
believed, are taking this means in
effort to curtail the export of Argen
tine wheat to England, France and
Italy.
SERBIA NOW OWES
AMERICA $6,000,000
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 14.—
Authorization of an additional loan of
$2,000,000 by the United States to
Serbia was given today by Secretary
of the Treasury William G. McAdoo.
This loan of $2,000,000 makes the
total sum lent by the United States to
Serbia $6,000,000.
SIXTY-TWO OF THOSE IN
CHARGE OF RUSSIAN SHIPS
ARE KILLED BY SAILORS.
ORDER HAS BEEN* RESTORED.
Reports from Petrograd Indicate That
Final Break May Occur in Peace
Negotiations Between Muscovites
and Teutons.
ODESSA, Russia, Jan. 14.—Sixty
two Russian naval officers were
among those killed in the orgy of
butchery in the last two days at Se
bastopol, Russia’s Black sea naval
base in the Crimea, according to
authentic advices received he^e today
from there.
Details of the terrible disorders1
have not been learned, but it is known j
they accompanied a mutiny of sold- j
iers from the Russian warships. The!
government claims the mutiny has,
been suppressed.
May Break Peace Deal.
LONDON, Jail. 14.—Despite the;
fact that the peace commissioners!
representing Russia and C.ermany and
Austria have extended the time of the !
temporary peace armistice to Febru-j
ary 18, dispatches from Petrograd in-1
dicate that a linal breach may occur j
in the peace negotiations. The Rus- ,
sian commissioners are expected to
arrive tomorrow in Petrograd from
Brest, Litovsk province, southwestern j
Russia, where tiie peace negotiations
have been in progress.
When adjournment of the peace
conference was taken at Brest, it was
agreed to resume the negotiations
within a week or so at Warsaw.
From Berlin, it is reported that
German officers on the Russian front
are endeavoring to stop the fraterni
zation of German with Russian sold
iers. It is believed that the maximil
ist propaganda disseminated by the
Russian soldiers is converting many
of the German troopers to radical
anti-war and socialistic doctrines.
SENATOR SUCCUMBS
TO HEART FAILURE
JAMES II. BRADY PASSES AWAY
AND HIS SUCCESSOR MAY
BE J. R. HAWLEY.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 14.—
United States Senator James H.
Brady, of Idaho, died at his home here
last night of heart failure. The sen
ate adjourned today and the flags of
all public buildings were raised at
half mast in respect to his memory.
The body will be cremated in Wash
ington city.
Senator Brady was born in Penn
sylvania and educated in the public
schools and at Leavenworth Normal
College, Kansas. He taught school for
three years, and then became editor
of a newspaper in Kansas, later en
gaging in the mercantile business. He
moved to Idaho in 1895, oecame a law
yer and shortly after entered prom
inently into the political life of the
state.
From 1904 to 1908 he acted as
chairman of the state central commit
tee of Idaho, and was delegate to the
republican national conventions in
1900, 1908, and 1916. He was a mem
ber of the national committee to not
ify President Taft of his re-nomina
tion in 1908. Senator Brady was el
ected to the governorship of Idaho in
1908, and to the United States senate
by the legislature January 24, 1913,
and reelected by direct vote of the peo
ple on November 3, 1914. His term
would have expired March 3, 1921.
Senator Brady’s successor will be
appointed by Governor Moses Alex
ander, a democrat. Prominently men
tioned for the honor is former Gov
ernor James R .Hawley, who opposed
Senator Brady for the senatorship in
1913.
Job printing at the Times office.
SEATTLE MM
STATE BOARD OF BAR EXAMIN
ERS FIND EXECUTIVE GUIL
TY OF MISCONDUCT.
APPEAL TO BE TAKEN TO COURT
Convicted Official Declares Action
Disbaring Him for One Year Is Po
litical Frame-Up to Deefat His Re
Election.
SEATTLE, Jan. 11.—Mayor Hiram
C. Gill late yesterday was found guil
ty of unprofessional conduct as an at
torney by the Washington State
Board of Bar Examiners and barred
from practicing the profession of law
for one year. The mayor was convict
ed of permitting the law firm of Gill,
Hoyt and Frye, of Seattle, to use Ids
name in soliciting business from al
leged violators of city ordinances.
The mayor and the members of the j
firm testified that he was not interest
ed in the firm and had not been sin<*
he was elected mayor and that it was
a well-established custom for a law
yer, who temporarily retires from ac
tive practice, while serving in public
office, to permit the retention of his
name in his former law firm.
The mayor will appeal to the courts
from the decision of the state board, i
He charges that members of the |
board, long before hearing any evi
dence in the case announced the\
would disbar him. He declares theii
action is the result of a political
frame-up to defeat him for mayor in
his re-election campaign in March. 1.
says that his appeal to the courts can
not be decided before the election and
that the board’s decision will be use
against him by his politcal enemies.
SEIZED IN AUSTRIA
METAL IS NEEDED BY GOVERN
MENT TO MEET NECESSITIES
OF WAR ACTIVITIES.
COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Jan. 11.
A second requisition of church bells
has taken place in Austria to the sor- j
« .
row of the church population of that j
country, according to advices received I
here. A limited number of bells had ;
been spared, thanks to the vigorous j
representations of the church author
ities. But the government came to the
conclusion that further requisitioning
was necessary, with the result that
the church has had to sacrifice many
more of its familiar and cherished i
bells to the never-satisfied Moloch of J
war.
The idea of substituting steel bells
for bronze has not yet eventuated, ow
ing to the onerous conditions stipu
lated by bell manufacturers, who de
manded, among other things, that the
price should be paid in foodstuffs for
the workmen in the factories.
SHOE LACES SHOW
FEMININE VANITY
LONDON, Jan. 11.—Girl workers
in the danger buildings at Woolwich
arsenal are not allowed to wear jew
elry. They have therefore, hit on the
idea of wearing colored shoe laces.
The cap shop girls appeared one
morning with bright emerald green
ribbons on their shoes, much to the
envy of other departments. The next
morning the whole factory was in the
fashion, says Doctor A. K. Foxwell,
the principal supervisor.
Shoes were tied with blue, pink, red,
white ribbons; with anything but the
government boot lace of untanned lea
ther. The fashion spread to the of
fice and women clerks paraded the
platform during the dinner hour with
resplendent shoelaces.
TWISTED AGAIN.
‘‘Everybody is talking about food
nowadays,” remarked old Mrs. Blun
derby, “but I really don’t see that this
food conversation plan of Mr. Hoov
er’s is doing much good.”—Exchange.
PEACEm
1HL.it I
GERM
SOCIALIST INFLUENCE IN
REICHSTAG CANNOT BE RE
SISTED MUCH LONGER.
STRONG ADVOCATES OF PEACE.
Vienna Newspapers Regard President
Wilson’s Peace Conditions as Possi
ble Only If Teutons Are Completely
Defeated.
AMSTERDAM, Holland, Jan. 11.—
The correspondent of the Amsterdam
Tijds newspaper, which is now in Ger
many, writes that Germany was never
in such danger of utter collapse as
now. He says that the influence of
the socialist minority in the German
reichstag cannot be resisted much
longer'. The socialist minority repre- j
sents the peace faction.
Even should the military party in <
the reichstag win when the next war ;
issues are submitted by the govern- j
ment the victory will be only tempor
ary. Reaction for peace is bound to
follow quickly.
Advices from Vienna are to the ef
fect that the newspapers there consid-:
er President Wilson’s peace conditions
as enunciated in his recent address to
congress, only possible if German and i
Austria-Hungarian forces are com- j
pletly defeated.
The Nachrichter newspaper at Dus
seldorf, Germany, says that President
Wilson’s proposals are utterly unac
ceptable and discussion of them is
useless.
News from Brest, Litovsk province
Russia, bring the report that German
Foreign Secretary Kuehlmann is there
to negotiate peace with the Russians.
He is said to have told the Russian
commissioners that if Germany effects
a separate peace with Russia, a gener
al peace pact will soon be made with
other entente nations.
SOLDIERS BATTLE
INDIANS
TEN YAQI IS CAPTURED BY CAV
ALRYMEN UN ARIZONA AND
ONE DIES OF WOUND.
DOUGLAS, Ariz., Jan. 11.—United
States cavalry soldiers and Yraqui In
dians yesterday engaged in a fight in
the Bear valley, west of Nogales. Ten
of the Indians were captured by the
troopers. Some of the captured In
dians were wounded, and one of these
this morning died of his injuries.
The Y’aquis were on a raiding expe
dition and the soldiers had been de
tailed to stop the marauders. The
Inndians fired on the soldiers at sight.
GOVERNMENT WILL
TAKE OVER OIL
CALIFORNIA MAN WILL BE PUT
IN CHARGE OF NEW FEDER
AL DEPARTMENT.
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Jan. 11.—
Control of the oil industry will soon
be taken over by the government, ac
cording to an official announcement
today.
The statement was made that when
the government assumes control of
the oil industry, Mark Requa, of Oak
land, Calif., who is now assistant to
Herbert Hoover, federal food admin
istrator, will take charge of the oil
bureau.
TEA LEAVES USED
FOR MUNITIONS
LONDON, Jan. 11. — Instructions
have been sent to all army and navy
canteens to save all used tea leaves,
which are to be carefully kept in mus
lin bags and forwarded to central
deppts.
The old leaves are not be used again
in making beverage, but are needed in
connection with munition making.
TEUTONS USE NEW TYPE OF U- ]
BOAT WHICH IS WONDER
FULLY SEAWORTHY.
SMALLER CRAFT LAY MINES. I
Underwater Vessels Are More Man
ageable Than Destroyers in Heavy
Storms and Can Remain at Sea Six
Weeks.
LONDON, Jan. 11.—The submarine 1
war has taken on a new phase since ;
the beginning of winter. A cruiser <
type of submarine, which is wonder- i
fully seaworthy, is doing most of the 1
sinking of the entente ships. (
The smaller submarines have ap- (
parently been engaged in laying 1
mines.
The cruiser submarines are more 1
manageable than torpedo boat de- *
troyers in heavy storms. !
The big submarines carry two guns
and sixteen torpedo tubes and are ^
able to remain at sea six weeks. On- I;
ly six or seven of them are working, '
but all of them seem effective.
SECRETARY OF WAR SAYS UNIT
ED STATES HAS SUBSTAN
TIAL FORCE IN FRANCE.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jari. 11.—
Secretary of War Newton D. Baker
told the senate committee investigat
ing the conduct of the war that Amer
ica now has an army of substantial
size ready for service in France. Offi
cers and men are trained, especially
for modern warfare. Independent lines
of communication and supply between
the United States and France are in
process of construction and great pro
grams are formulated for the produc
tion of new instruments of war. He
said arms of the most efficient kind
have been provided for every Ameri
can soldier sent to France.
The secretary declared that no
army of similar size in the history of
the world had even been raised, equip
ped and trained so quickly as the
army of Americans now formed.
Neither was there such provision for
the comfort, health and well-being of
an army as for the American forces.
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GOVERNMENTS LOOK
INTO FISH ISSUES
AMERICAN AND CANADIAN COM
MISSION WILL HOLD HEAR
INGS IN EAST AND WEST.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 14.—
Hearings at which all persons inter- f
ested in the fishery industry may ap- £
pear will be held at Atlantic, Great (
Lake and Pacific ports by a commis- ^
sion representing the United States j
and Canada. 1
The commissioners met here today <
for a preliminary discussion of the ^
questions at issue between the two
countries and to arrange in a tenta
tive way at least the dates for the
hearings at the various ports to be 1
visited by them.
EXPLOSION RUINS
DYNAMITE FACTORY
PROPERTY DAMAGE AT McALES
TER, OKLA., IS HEAVY BUT
NO LIVES ARE LOST.
PATTERSON, Okla., Jan. 11.—A
dynamite manufacturing mill eighteen
miles east of McAlester, Okla, blew
up today. The property loss is heavy.
It is not believed any workers were
killed in the explosion.
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NVESTIGATING COMMITTEE
DOES NOT AGREE WITH CAB
INET OFFICER’S VIEWS.
SAID TO BE TOO OPTIMISTIC.
Declaration Is Made That Country
Should Not Be Lulled to Sleep by
Misstatement of Facts Regarding
Army Supplies.
WASHINGTON, D. CM Jan. 12.—
Secretary of War Newton D. Baker’s
ixamination before the military com
nittee of the senate, which is inves
;igating the conduct of the war, was
mlivened today by a rapid cross fire
>f questions from senators of both
he democratic and republican parties
vho do not agree with the favorable
dew of the war’s preparations depict
ed yesterday by the secretary. The
senators handled the cabinet officer
vithout gloves and he was told that
lis declaration that war supplies were
idequate would mislead the country,
senator John W. Weeks, republican of
Massachusetts declared that the coun
:ry should not be lulled to sleep by the
statement of non-existant facts.
rWO LITTLE GIRLS ?
SUCCUMB TO BURNS
'IRE DESTROYS OTTAWA HOSPI
TAL, BUT ALL PATIENTS ARE
CARRIED OUT.
OTTAWA, Canada, Jan. 11.—Two
ittle girls, patients in the Catholic
lospital on Water street, Ottawa,
lied today from burns received in a
ire that destroyed the institution.
There were 156 patients, many of
;hem children, in the hospital at the
;ime the flames started, but all were
;aken out. None was seriously burned
sxcept the two girls that died late to~
lay.
SKATING RINK IS
NOW CLEAR OF SNOW
CE WILL BE PLACED IX FINE
CONDITION FOR USE BY
TOMORROW EVENING.
The skating rink is now pi'actical
y cleared of snow and will be in
food condition for skating tomorrow
ivenipg, said W. G. Rogers, acting
ownsite manager today. The volun
eer snow shovelers appeared again
ast night and under the supervision
if Mr. Rogers made substantial pro
gress in clearing the rink. A hockey
fame is scheduled for Sunday after
loon and considerable interest is man
fested in the match.
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rwo MORE BOATS
TO RUN TO ALASKA
SEATTLE, Jan. 15. — Officials of
he Pacific Steamship company here
mnounced today that the steamship
hiracoa and the Admiral Wainwright, <
diich are undergoing extensive re
>airs in a Seattle shipyard, will be
daced on the run between Seattle and
outheastern Alaska ports within a
veek.
GIRL TO WRITE TO SOLDIERS.
HOQUIAM, Wash., Jan. 12. — A
lumber of Hoquiam school girls have 4
»rganized a club, the members of ^
vhich will correspond with young men ^
rom the school who have entered the
var service of the United States.
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