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♦ The steamer Paloona arrived yes- ♦
i ♦ terday. The officers said they ♦
♦ believed the steamer Maverick ♦
' ♦ *8 operating an a German raider ♦
♦ between San Francisco and Hono- 4
♦ lulu. Capt. Fred .lebsen, now a ♦
♦ German submarine officer, form- ♦
♦ erly ownjed the Maverick. It. is 4
♦ alleged the Maverick smuggled 4
' ♦ arms into India to further a revo- ♦
♦ lution. The Paloona officers said 4
♦ a strange vessel shot rockets and 4
♦ then covered the Paloona with a 4
♦ a searchlight on December 8. 4
♦ They identified the stranger as ♦
1 ♦ the Maverick. The liner Manoa 4
♦ also identified the Maverick re- 4
♦ cently 4
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COIIL SITUATION
SERIOUS
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13—Fuel Ad
ministrator Garfield has informed
Governor Cox, of Ohio, that he would
not be permitted to interfere with the
distribution of coal in Ohio. Under
the direction of the state fuel admin
istrator Cox recently ordered coal un
loaded to relieve the shortage.
OJ.v Associated Press)
HONOLULU. Hawaii, Dec. 13. La
borers on Hawaii’s sugar plantations
will receive bonus payments for the
fiscal year just ended of 78 per cent,
which is a record breaker for the ter
ritory. It will mean the payment of
• pproximately $7,000,000 in addition
to the regular wageH of the laborers.
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SMALL ARMY PROVIDES FOR
LATE TRAVELING SOLDIERS
(By United Press)
LONDON, Dec. 13.- -There are now
9.500 persons engaged in the single
. job of looking out for soldiers who ar
rive in London late at night. Of
these only 1.000 are paid workers.
More than 7.000 of the total are wo
men. They have charge of 83 rest
houses 1'br officers and men, operate
seven free buffets and drive the cars
that carry the men front the train to
the rest houses after the buses, trams
and underground trains have stopped
running.
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YOUNG BELGIAN OFFICER
WANTS • WAR-GODMOTHER”
(By United Press)
PARIS. Dec. 13—"War-Godmothers”
•re always in demand. Often they
are obtained through newspapers.
Here are the qualifications (physical)
which a young Belgian lieutenant
considers essential for a mutual un
derstanding: Height. 5 ft. 10 ins.
Chest measurement, 50 ins. Hips, 55
ins. Weight. 220 lbs.
SPAIN PROTESTS
IK OF
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(By Associated Press)
MADRID, Dec. 13.—Spain is pre
paring an energetic protest to Ger
many regarding the bombardment of
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the Spanish steamer Claudio by a sub
marine in which eight sailors were
killed.
Sim AVIATORS
III BERKELEY
BERKELEY, Cal., Dec. 13.—The
government’s aviation course here is
becoming so popular that an addition
al building has been ordered erected
to house the student aviators. The
admissions to the course are now
about 60 a week, army officials de
clare, and more housing quarters are
needed for the men. Student avia
tors are being sent here from all the
states in the western department of
th army.
In addition to this building the •aero
nautical laboratory here is to be en
larged. The two building enterprises
will represent an expenditure of |25,
000.
PUIS ADVOCATE
(By Associated Press)
WITH THE FRENCH ARMIES.
Dec. 13.- In pursuance of Germany’s
new policy of settling the question of
Alsace and Lorraine by dispersing
the population and confiscating their
property in order that the two provin
ces may lie colonized by Germans aft
er the war, the German press has
just begun a campaign\or the destruc
tion of monuments erected in the hon
or of marshals and generals from Al
sace and Lorraine who distinguished
themselves in the service of France.
Under the empire and the republic
Alsace and Lorraine contributed no
less than 70 famous generals and mar
shals to the French armies. Twenty
seven of these so distinguished them
selves that their names are carved
on the Arch of Triumph, at Paris,
amongst those of the greatest military
geniuses of France.
Monuments to many of these were
also erected at various times in their
native provinces. Various German
newspapers that have just reached
the hands of the French military au
thorities now advocate the destruc
tion of these . The “Rhein West
phalische JCeitung.’’ for example, says:
“We should no longer hesitate to
demolish and melt tip the numerous
monuments to the plunderer marshals
and generals of Alsace and Lorraine.
These monuments remind us of the
time when lhe German provinces of
Alsace, the Palatinat and the South
ern States were sacked and pillaged,
the population assassinated and the
cities destroyed. Let us throw them
all into the melting pot."
♦- —
Edna May in “Salvation Joan” in
7 reels for the last time at the Em
press tonight. Charley Chaplin in
"Easy Street” tomorrow evening.
(By Associated Press)
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♦ WASHINGTON. Dec. 18.—La- ♦
♦ bor leaders in St. Paul and Min- ♦
♦ neapolis have announced that all ♦
♦ union men of the two cities will ♦
♦ quit work in sympathy with the ♦
♦ striking street car employes of ♦
♦ those cities. The labor repres- ♦
♦ entatives refused to divulge the ♦
♦ number expected to strike. Sec- ♦
♦ retary Baker has telegraphed ♦
♦ Secretary Wilson, now in Seattle, ♦
♦ to stop at the twin cities and in- ♦
♦ vestigate the strike on his re- ♦
♦ turn home. The Federation of ♦
♦ Labor of Minnesota has ordered ♦
♦ the men to return to work in ♦
♦ view of the federal investigation. •
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HEAT SHUT OFF
- m mtoma . .. ■ . ■
(By Associated Press)
NEW YORK. Dec. 18.—On account
of the coal shortage one company,
owning a hundred and forty apart
ment houses. Is turning off the heat
in all of the buildings between the
hours of 11 o'clock in the morning
and 8 o'clock in the afteNooon)
(By Associated Press)
BERKELEY. Cal.. Dec. 13. Seven
women experts in domestic science
; are touring the state under the direc
tion of the University of California
here, to teach housewifes ways of
. saving labor in the home, the prin
ciples of food conservation ano rural
hygiene. The women are addressing
: meetings in every town and in the
; open country on methods of canning,
preserving and saving foods other
wise, and all other questions relative
to th(1 conduct of the home.
The tours were made possible
through the action of congress in ap
propriating a special war emergency
fund for the development of this par
ticular work.
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SAFETY FIRST CAMPAIGN
ON IN PENNSYLVANIA
HARRISBURG. Pa.. Dec. 13. Fur
ther conservation of ‘'mail power” is
the aim of a "winter drive" by safety
first workers which Dr. John Price
Jackson, Pennsylvania’s state com
missioner of labor and industry lias
launched.
Commissioner Jackson, citing the
national need, has ordered every em
ploye of his huge department “to go
on the stump" personally for safety
first.
Additional safety-first rallies at
large plants, rapid-fire noonday talks
while the workers are lunching, ad
dresses at individual associations and
the like are all a part of Jackson's
supplementary program.
State officials believe the new plan
will further reduce the annual num
ber of accidents.
"'I IIM PROBE
IS UNEARTHING
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(Bt Associated Press) •
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13.—The sen
ate military affairs committee inves
tigating the conduct of the war ask
ed Gen. Crotler to give a specific ex
planation of the delays in supplyinp
arms to solclMrs. Chairman Chamber
lain said 2}ttgjpd*y Crozier blamed
the labor situation and conpres° for
the delay, i'itchcock asked why do
Americans hdve to u9e French artil
lery, although we have been in the
war nine months. Why our American
soldiers are without clothing equip
ment was alflo asked.
Crozier deojped Secretary of War
Baker was to blame for the delays in
securing tnacMne guns. He said none
of the American troops would be de
layed in repotting in France because
of the lack of modern rifles.
PORTS OF ENTRY
URGED FOR
(By; Associated Press)
HONOLLiDU, Dec lit.—A port for
each main island in the Hawaiian
group is being generally urged as a
result of the visit of the congressional
party hm-e necessity of increas
ing the stz* hui boi in
' order that increased shipping may he
properly accomodated was also urg
; ed on the visitors. The island ol
Hawaii asked fpr an additional ap
propriation to complete the Hilo
breakwater, which is a big govern
ment project here. Three piers tc
| cost $250,000 m(ire are now under con
structlon in Honolulu.
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HUGH EXPECTED
“HEEL FI HE
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(j»y United Press)
. WASHINGTON, Dee. 13—The Thir
tieth Eni$neers, Gas and Flame,
known as the "Hell Fire Battalion"
are learnitg to fight fire with fire.
Under tie direction of English mili
j tary experts important tests are be
! ing made at the ■•Hell-hire" battalion's
, camp at the American university.
. \\ hile tint exact nature of their train
ing necessarily is kept secret, there
is no denial of the fact that thp men
] are learning tricks of the fighters'
trade which will enable them to beat
Hun flame-projectors at their own
| game.
Promise of Immediate service in
Europe has attracted to the outfit
men of all callings, but parcticularlv
those with training in chemical and
mechanical engineering, explosive and
gas manufacture, plumbing and car
pentry. Because of the need for spe
cialized material, all recruiting has
been put on a volnteer basis.
Maj. E. .T. Atkisson. a West Point
and Cornell graduate and engineering
expert, heads the “Hell-Fire Battal
ion.”
The territorial pension board has
granted pensions to William Hitter,
of Seldovia; John Miller, of Juneau,
and Harvey Thompson, of Fairbanks.
(By Associated Press)
DATELESS. — The British troops
met and repulsed the first massed
German attacks on the western front.
In several days the Germans attacked
over a mile front east of Bullecourt,
the Germans bombarding heavily be
tween Bullecourt and Ypres and aleo
the Champagne region east of Rheime.
ROME, Dec. 13.—The Teutons re
newed their attacks east of Brenta
but because of their Heavy losses the
enemy abandoned Us efforts at night.
PARIS, Dee. 13.—It ie officially an
nounced that there is active artilier
ing along the entire front.
LONDON. Deo. 18.—Utilization of
the by-products of rations and waste
throughout army camps has become
a big business and has effected a pro
fit of close on five million dollars a
I year.
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(By Associated Press)
>,**** 13, Amori
' can trade to Cuba, through this port
which was nothing in Sepj0l«
amounted to $91,688 in September ol
tHis year, according to trade experts
here In September $1,738,156 worth
of goods were shipped from this port
i to England us against $494,346 in the
, same month last year. By similar
computations Venezuela increased
; $136,000 and Chile increased $219,000.
Japan increased from $2,588,000 to
$4,337,349. Siam increased from $1
711 to $76,452 while there was no
trade with Denmark or Sweden
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: GOVERNMENT EXPERT O. K.'S
HOME CANNED VEGETABLES
(By United Press)
! WASHINGTON. Dec. 13. Reports
• that there is danger of poisoning from
vegetables preserved by the cold pack
method have been placed in the cate
gory of enemy propoganda by Charles
Lathrop Pack, president of the Na
tional emergency food garden corrt
mission. “The cold pack method has
been in use for five years and neither
death nor serious illness has resulted
from food canned according to direct
ions.’' Pack said “Home canned
goods are safe and necessary."
♦
CALIFORNIA ROUNDS
UP DRAFT EVADERS
(By Associated Press)
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 13.—A
boarding officer for draft evaders is
the latest government position to be
created here. The officer is Gus An
derson. captain of the Customs tug
Hartley, and his duty is to board every
incoming and outgoing vessel and
make sure there are no draft evaders
among the passengers and crew.
Anderson has a wide acquaintance
along the water front, and was select
ed because of his long experience in
examining seamen who desire certifi
cates of ability/
Increase your business bv advertis
ing in The Times.
(By Associated Press)
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♦ LONDON, Dec. 13.—It ie re- ♦
♦ ported that General Komtloff ♦
♦ was wounded and defeated by ♦
♦ Bolsheviki. The fall of the Cob- ♦
♦ sack's revolution is also predict- ♦
♦ ed and It la expected the Cos- ♦
♦ sacks will join the Bolshevik!,
♦ who hope to capture the Kornll- ♦
♦ off posts. +
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♦ PETROURAD, Dec. 18.—A cor- ♦
♦ respondent says the Bolshevik! ♦
♦ Is gaining ground in Russia be- ♦
♦ cause Its forces have the strong ♦
♦ hand. It is also reported the SI- ♦
♦ berians have declared in favor ♦
♦ of a monarchy. ♦
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i my rejoices
(By Associated Press)
i ROME, Dec. 13—There was a great
demonstration in Parliament when
Premier Orlando mentioned America's
declaration of war on Austria. The
whole house rose and applauded while
the Kalle/ies )oined in a viva to Am
erica-and president Wiisot. "*' ~~
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ENGINEERS
(By Associated Press)
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY.
: Dec. 13.—General Haig has sent to
• General Pershing a letter of thanks
; for the assistance the American en
gineers gave the English around
Gauzeacourt on November 30. He
■ said the Americans behaved gallantly.
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CAMP LEWIS. Wn.,Dec. 13.—A big
demand for $10,000 policies under Lie
army and navy insurance act is en
couraging officers in charge of the in
surance at the National army camp
here. These officers report that not
only commissioned and noncommis
sioned officers are signing for the
$10,000 policies, but practically all of
the privates who are obtaining the in
surance as well.
A recent recapitulation of figures
showed $1,118,000 taken out in polices
here. A lack of application blanks
held the campaign back for some
time, but it is now progressing favor
ably.
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The Alaska Clam Cannery Co.. B.
C. Horlev. manager, has purchased
the saltery buildings of the Hunger
ford Bros., at Wrangall Narrows, and
will Instal a clam canning plant at
that place.