Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, January 14, 1919, Image 1

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    VOL. L.VIII. NO. 18.141.
PORTLAND. OREGON. TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1919.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
NINE DIE AS ENGINE
PLOWS INTO COACH
2 MORE STATES ON
LIST FOR DRY U. S.
MISSING. TANKER'S
BRITISH PRINCE FINDS
IS
LIFEBOAT PICKED UP
U. S. DANCES DIFFICULT
ARMISTIGE FIXED
TO BE COMPULSORY
NOT CLEAR SAILING
FAST EXPRESS DASHES AROOD
STEAMER CARLOS FINDS NO
AMERICAN OFFICERS SPEND
TRACE OF OCCUPANTS.
AFTERNOON TEACHING STEPS
NEWTEHMS i
WEAR
IMG OF MASKS
COUTION
Supreme War Council An
nounces Agreement.
PROCEDURE IS DISCUSSED
CURVE, HITTING LOCAL.
Renr Car Is Thrown Into Heap and
Passer gers Bnricd; Several Penn
fflvanlans Are Seriously Hurt.
First Full Session of Peace
Conference Next Saturday.
AMERICANS PRESS LEAGUE
Determination Expressed by Dele
gates Front United States Not to
Allow Question to De Shelved.
PARIS. Jan. 13. (Br the Associated
rrtM.) The Supreme Council of the
Peace Congress returned Its sessions at
3 o'clock this afternoon at the French
Koretgn Office with the distinguished
Catherine? of yesterday augmented by
the presence of Japan among the pow
ers represented and a notable gahter
ing of military, naval, economic and
financial representatives of the vari
ous powers.
Those present this afternoon In
cluded, besides President Wilson, Sec
retary, Lansing. General Bliss and Her
bert C. Hoover, for the United States;
Premier Clemen era u. Foreign Minister
Pichon. Finance Minister Klota. Min
ister of Commerce elemental. Minister
of Reconstruction Loucheur, . Marshal
Koch. Major-General Weygand and Ad
mlral I Bon. for France: Premier
Lloyd George and Foreign Secretary
Half our. for Great TJritain; Foreign
Minister Sonnlno for Italy, and Vis
rount Chinda and Ambassador Xataui.
for Japan.
All the members of the Versailles
War Council also attended. Including
ieneral fir Henry Wilson, the British
'aiiBber.
latesaeat Is lease.
Aa affinal communication Issued aft
er ttve adjournment of the Supreme
War Council today as: "
"The rfneerin react ed an agreement
a to the terms on which Hie armistice
lakx b rnew.J on Januar 17. This
included naval clauses, financial clauses,
renditions of supply and provision for
the restitution of material and machin
ery stolen from France and Belgium by
lb Germans.
"The meeting also continued Its dis
cussion of procedure. It was agreed td
PHILADELPHIA. Jan. 13. Nine per
sons were killed and more man a
score Injured tonight when the Scran-
ton Flyer on the Philadelphia Read
ing Railway crashed Into the rear end
of a Doylestown local train while the
latter was standing a quarter mile
below Fort Washington station, 13
miles north of this city.
The rear car of the local was demol
ished. When the engine of the express
struck it the seats and roof of the
coach, of an old wooden type, were
thrown Into a heae. burying all the
passengers In it. The engine plowed
through the coach until It reached the
last seat. Seven passengers who were
killed outright were mangled almost
beyond recognition. The others died
while they were being rushed to hos
pitals in a special relief train.
All of the seriously Injured live in
Philadelphia suburban towns.
The Doylestown local left the Read
ing Terminal. Philadelphia, at 5:30
P. II. and picked tip munition work
ers at plants along the line. As it ap
proached Fort Washington station, the
engineer. It Is said, observed a derailed
freight engine ahead and halted. The
Scranton Flyer from Philadelphia
dashed around the curve at this point
and crashed into the standing local.
The roof of the wrecked coach virtu
ally covered the engine of the express
train. When the wreckage was parti
ally cleared the bodies of the dead and
Injured were found jammed between
the wheels of the local and In the
seats. Most of the injured were hurt
severely and a few are not expected
to live.
Washington and CaIifor i
Ratify Amendmer
24 STATES FOR Pi? dITION
Oregon, Illinois and Indiana
Expected to Act Soon.
12 VOTES YET NECESSARY
Complete Ratification by 3 6 States
Is Expected to Be Recorded
Inside of Next 60 Days.
ANTI-RED ARMIES VICTORS
irge Forces Defeat Bolshevik!
Southern Russia.
In
(Copyright. 1!f:l. by the New York World.
Published by Arrangement.
LONDON'. Jan. 13. (Special Cable.)
Large anti-Bolshevist armies are in the
field in South Russia, according to the
Constantinople correspondent of the
Times. He says 180.000 men,. 80 per
cent of them Kuban Cossacks and the
remainder former officers of the Rus
sian army, are operating under General
Deniklm. North of this' command"' 'is
another army of Don Cossacks, unde
General Kraanon. of from 250.000 to
lod.000 men. .
The two armies have practical!
cleared South Russia oi Bolshevikt
Their main purpose la to establish com
munlcatlons with the anti-Bolshevist
forces in Siberia.
AMENDMENT RATIFIED BY 24
, STATES.
With the additions yesterday
of Washington and California to
the list of states which have rat
ified tha constitutional amend
ment suppressing the liquor traf
fic. -the total now stands at 24.
The number required to make the
amendment effective is SC. The
states which have voted ratifica
tion, in order of accession to the
list, follow:
iscovery Made Near Shelter CoTe,
Wash. Sea Anchor Is Out and
Code Book in Boat.
SEATTLE. Wash.. Jan. lZ.t The
steamer Carlos, arriving today at Ab
erdeen, Wash., reported having picked
up Saturday a lifeboat from the miss
ing, tanker George W. Loomis, accord
ing to a dispatch received here. The
boat contained no occupants.
According to. the dispatch, the life
boat was found near Shelter Cove,
Wash- The boat's Sea anchor was cut
and a code book was discovered aboard.
Nothing was found to indicate the fate
of the boat's occupants, if there were
any.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 13. The
George IV. Loomis,. a Standard Oil Com
pany tank ship, left here December 19
with a cargo of oil for Eureka, Cal.
The vessel, under the command of Cap
tain E. E. Lapchie, carried a crew of
18 men.
City Council Asked
Pass Ordinance.
to
DOCTORS APPROVE ACTION
Business Men's Meeting Unan
imous for Protection.
SUPPORT PLEDGED S0MMER
DISCHARGE OF GUN FATAL
Glancing Bullet Kills Artilleryman
at Fort Stevens.
ASTORIA, Or.. Jan. 13. (Special.)
Carl D. Douglas, a member of the First
Company. Coast Artillery Corps,- was
accidentally shot and instantly killed
at Fort Stevens early today.
He was relieving the guard, and as
the man going off guard attempted to
unload his gun it was discharged. The
bullet hit the pavement and, glancing,
struck Douglas in the throat. He was
27 years of age and his former home
was at Oregon City, where the body
' will be sent for interment.
Mississippi
Virginia .
Kentucky
South Carolina
North Dakota
Maryland
Montana
Texas
Delaware
South Dakota
Massachusetts
Arisona
Georgia
Louisiana
Florida
Michigan
Ohio
Oklahoma
Idaho
Tennessee
.Maine
West Virginia
Washington
California
Other states
are: Alabama.
U. S. SEES BOLSHEVIK C0U
hold the next meeting of the Supreme
War Council on Wednesday at 10:30 1 Spartacans Inform Moscow Flghtin
and that the first full session of the
peace conference will take place on
Saturday. January II. at 3 -0 P. M.
the Foreign Office."
Arrd la Prfeaa4.
The proceedings today were divided
Into two distinct stages. The first, the
morning meeting, was presided over by
Marshal Foch. at which the military
naval and economic authorities reached
an agreement on new terms for the
armistice expiring on January 17. The
L'nlted States was represented by
Major-General Bliss. Admiral Benson
in dHerbert C. Hoover: Great Britain
y General Sir Henry Wilson: France
ay Marshal Foch. General Weygand.
nis chief-of-staff: it. Klotz. Minister of
finance, and M. Lcygues. Minister of
Marine, and Italy by General Bobelant.
The accord reached Is said to have
en complete, embracing financial
mis. whereby Germany must restore
he sums taken from the cities and
owns In the devastated regions; mili
ary, where Germany must restore tha
,'uni taken and promptly deliver up
oiling stock and locomotives, whereby
relief will reach the famished regions.
Jap la Atteadaae.
It was this programme completed in
tie morning, which confronted the
ouncil when it convened at 3 o'clock.
a the statesmen gathered it was seen
bat their ranks were increased by the
wo Japanese delegates. Viscount
"hinda and Ambassador Natsui. while
;neral Bliss. Mr. Hoover and Rear
admiral Grayson accompanied Presi
ent Wilson and Secretary Lansing
ith Bernard M. Baruch and Edward N.
(urley later added to the American
e presentation. The British forces were
:mtlarly increased by Andrew Bonar
air and General Wilson while France,
eaides Premier Clemenceau and For
Lgn Minister Pichon. had its Ministers
I Finance. Maarlne and Reconstruction
nd Admiral Debon. chief of the French
aval staff.
Vlttorio Orlando, the Italian Pre-
ler. was the only absentte. having
ten called to Rome, but Baron Sonnt
o. the Foreign Minster, was present
Ith Ueeral Robilant.
The scene again was interesting as
i distinguished personalities gatn--ed.
President Wilson motored to the
orelgn Office with Admiral Grayson,
id again carried hi large leather
rt folio, while the British Prime Min
ter. Mr. Lloyd Georg. had with his
a dispatch case. Marshal Foch was
jffing a large drag aa he arrived,
iggesllve of General Grant.
Ll DcMlsa la Held.
The meeting was held in M. Pichon'a
-ivata office, as the large Salle de la
aix. with lis huge horseshoe table.
Ill awaits the gathering of the full
legations. The seasion waa pro
acted, with Indications that the new
rms of the armistice were receiving
ry full discussion.
At o'clock Marshal Foch and Gon
al Weygand. M. Klots and the vari
es military experts filed out of the
nfcrence room, while the members of
e Inter-allied Supreme War Council
In Berlin Mnt Cease.
WASHINGTON". Jan. IS. Officia
here were much interested today In a
article published in tha Berlin Tags
liche -Rundschau of Saturday rtat'n
that the Spartacus group had sent
telegram to Moscow stating that fight
trig must be stopped as soon aa possible
because the Berlin working classes
were not ripe for dictatorship of the
proletariat.
This, it mas pointed out. supports
the charge that has often been made
that tha German uprising has bee
directed by the Russian Bolshevik!.
ARMY LAW CHANGES URGED
Pro
Modification of Court-Martial
cedure Proposed.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 13. A bill pro
posed by the War Department modify
Ing military court-martial procedure
was introduced today by Chairman
Chamberlain, of the Senate military
committee. Sentences by court-martia!
of death, dismissal or dishonorable dls
charge would, under the bill, be aus
pended lending revision.
The measure also proposes increased
authority for the Judge Advocate-Gen
eral to review sentences.
17 SUFFRAGISTS ARRESTED
Fire Started Near White House
Quenched by Street Cleaner.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 13. Another
demonstration before the White House
by members of the National woman's
party resulted today in the arrest of
17 women. Several fires were started
ith oil-soaked wood. In which were
burned speeches by President Wilson.
A street cleaner quenched the fires
In his metal garbage can.
iCoauuttd oa i'ae Comma Li
LEAKING TRANSPORT SAFE
Tnckahoe Toned Into Halifax Har
bor In Leaking Condition.
HALIFAX, Jan. IS. The American
transport Tuckahoe, which had been re
ported in distress, was towed into Hall
fax harbor late -tonight. The Tucka
hoe yesterday reported by wireless that
she was putting into Halifax in a leak
ing condition and a naval tug was sent
to meet her.
" She waa bound from New Tork for
St. Nasalre. France.
HELD
Sparta-
BAVARIAN ELECTION
Independent Socialists and
cans Are Defeated.
EERNE. Jan. IS. (By the Associated
Press.) Elections to the Bavarian Na
tional Council held today resulted In
considerable successes for the Cen
tering, the Moderate Socialists and tha
Conservatives.
The Independent Socialists and the
ipaxlacaas met with complete defeat.
claimed by drys
Arkansas, Colo
rado. Connecticut, Illinois, Indi
ana, Iowa, Kansas, Maine. Mis
sissippi; Minnesota, Missouri, 'Ne
braska. Nevada. New Hampshire,
New Mexico. North Carolina, Ore
gon. Rhode Island. Utah, Ver
iroat. West Virginia. Wisconsin,
"Wyoming.
Expected to vote wet. New Jer
sey. Hopeful for ratification,
Pennsylvania. Even chance. New
Tork.
HOODRIVERSEESSNOWBOW
Drizzle of Rain and Snow in Sun
shine Cnnses Rare Spectacle.
HOOD RIVER. Or., Jan. 13. (Spe
cial.) The rare phenomenon of a
snowbow was witnessed by heights
residents of the city yesterday. Fine
snow, mixed with a drizzle of rain, was
falling, when the sun burst for a mo
ment from the veiling clouds.
With' a background of snow-covered
bills on the Underwood. Wash., side of
the Columbia, the ffiant bow, scanning
the gorge, in its brilliant colors was
Impressively emphasized.
llotelmeu Declare "Willingness to
Comply AVith All . Regulations
Made by Health Authorities.''
INFLl'EXZA SITUATION TODAY.
Four hundred and' fourteen
cases reported for the 48 hours
ended yesterday.
Twenty-eight deaths from in
fluenza recorded yesterday for
the preceding 48 hours
City Council asked to pass or
dinance compelling all persons ,to
wear masks in places of gather
ing. Business men indorse campaign
as outlined by Director Sommer.
Twelve hundred school teachers
organize to aid in campaign.
Building of emergency hospi
tals begins.
One floor of St. Vincent's Hos
pital to be utilized for influenza
patients.
Hotel men vote to aid in cam
paign. Red Cross secures volunteer aid
to manufacture masks.
Heir to Throne Attends Affair In
Honor at Coblenz, Where He Is
Guest of Yank Officers.
COBLENZ, Jan. 12. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) The. Prince of Wales,
who has been visiting the American
area of occupation as the guest of
Major-General Dickman, returned to
the British sector this afternoon. He
said good-by to General Dickman at a
luncheon at which he was the guest
of Major-General Hines in the castle
of the Prince of Wied at Xeuwied.
Since his arrival in the American
zone the Prince had been treated as
an ordinary Captain, the rank desig
nated by his uniform, rather than as
the heir to the British throne.
At the dance the Prince attended
last night it was intended that he
should be exempted from "cutting in,"
.which meant that one officer could
claim the partner of another officer,
there not being enough nurses from the
American and British armies to go
around. One officer accidentally "cut
in" on the Prince. The Prince passed
the incident aside and for the remain
der of the evening "cut In" and sub
mitted to the loss of his partner with
the same grace as the others.
The first girl that the Prince danced
with was Miss Agnes Kann, a nurse
of Baltimore. When the music began
the Prince was standing near Miss
Kann and at once offered her his arm.
Aiterwara he danced virtually every
number, treating the American and
British nurses impartially.
The Prince was not a good dancer.
American officers, it developed later,
had spent a good part of the preceding
afternoon teaching him the steps of
the American dances.
Sentiment Flows in Diver
gent Channels.
JOINT COMMITTEE OPPOSED
Representative Richardson to
Have. Special Chairmanship. i"
A -
DIMICK SENATE'S CHOICE
Commission's Programme Declared
Only Partly Satisfactory to
Members of the House.
AGED LAWYERS' HOME Al
JrVfi
CHICAGO. Jan. 13. California and
Washington today ratified the National
prohibition amendment to the Consti
tution, making 24 states to act favor
ably on the basic law proposed. Colo
rado, which had been reported as rati
fying, waa discovered to have acted
irregularly and the Colorado Legisla
ture will reconsider.
Twelve more states are needed to
ratify the proposed amendment to
make it a part of the Constitution.
The House of the Arkansas Legisla
ture, and the Indiana Senate today vot
ed for the amendment. The Illinois
House will take up the question tomor
row. The Senate haa paesed it.
A parliamentary move In the Califor-
iConcluded en Page 8. Column fi.)
Proposed Law AVould Raise Fnnds
a
by Extra Fee for Proceedings.
SACRAMENTO, Cal., Jan. IS. The es
tablishment of a home for aged and
dependent lawyers was proposed In a
bill introduced today by Senator Scott,
of San Francisco.
Funds would be provided by having
each County Clerk charge an extra fee
of 25 cents for each civil petition or
proceeding filed in his office.
CALIFORNIA SOLONS MASK
Legislature Acts to Prevent Influ
enza's Spread.
SACRAMENTO. Cal., Jan. 13. The
Senate and Assembly waived constitu
tional immunity from provisions of the
Influenza mask ordinance by adoption
of motions today instructing their ser-geants-at-arms
to permit no one en
tering the chambers unmasked.
Masks to be worn by compulsion
in all public gatherings was the deci
sion reached yesterday by Director
General Sommer and his advisory com
mittee, who are seeking to rid Portland
i.ad Multnomah Courtv ot the present
pidi-ic Volunteea workers were
mobilized by the Red Cross to make
the masks In large numbers and the
; City Council was asked to pass an ordi
nance compelling all to wear heavy
gauze masks in all public buildings and
other places of gathering.
Mayor Baker instructed City Attor
ney LaRoche to draft the ordinance.
which was later approved by a com
mittee representing the City and Coun
ty Medical Society, composed of Drs.
Andrew J. Giesy, R, C. Coffey, Herbert
S. Nichols, J. A. Pettit and J. M. Short.
This ordinance will go before the
City Council at a meeting either to
day or tomorrow.
Business Men Favor Masks.
At a meeting of 200 leading business
men of Portland held in the green
room of the Chamber of Commerce yes
terday afternoon, resolutions directed
to- the City Council recommending the
passage of an ordinance compelling
masks was unanimously adopted after
being Introduced by W. P. Olds. This
vote assured Director Sommer that the
business men would give their unquali-
EUGENE TO GET AIRPLANES
Order for 10 Fast Patrol Machines
in Xorthwest Made.
EUGENE, Or., Jan. 13. Requisition
for 10 airplanes for forest patrol pur
poses in the Pacific Northwest has been
made, according to announcement today
by Clyde R. Seitz, supervisor of the
Cascade National Forest, with head
quarters in Eugene. He expects that
two machines will be assigned to this
city one for . the Cascade forest and
the other for the Siuslaw forest the
supervisor of which also has headquar
ters in this city.
Either forest may be reached from
Eugene by airplane within, an hour.
INFLUENZA IS FORGOTTEN
Legislators Show No Indication of
Any Adjournment.
STATE CAPITOL, Salem. Jan. 13.
(Special.) Spanish influenza, sole ab
sorbing topic the past few days, was
entirely forgotten, apparently, when
the Legislators landed on the scene, and
not a mention was made of it in either
House throughout the day today.
The way in which both Houses got
down to business indicates -that any
idea of adjournment has been aban
doned, unless possibly the disease be
came prevalent among the members.
Legislators, however, came armed with
sprays, gargles and miscellaneous pre
ventive appliances.
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ELK HUNTING IS PROPOSED
Herds on Olympic Peninsula Said
to Be Over-Large.
HOQUIAM. Wash., Jan. 13. Elk hunt
ing in the Olympic Peninsula may be
the unique sport offered Washington
hunters this year. If the State Legisla
ture approves a recommendation by
Forest Supervisor R. L. Fromnie to per
mit a limited open season on elk.
Supervisor Fromme sets 400 as the
number that could be slain because of
greatly increased herds and lack of
forage in certain sections. Hunters
would be required to take licensed
guides commissioned as deputy game
wardens.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
United States Supreme Court upholds Reed
prohibition law. Page '2.
TESTERDAT'S Maximum temperature, 02
degrees; minimum, 44 degrees.
Legislatures.
Consolidation plans not all clear sailing.
Page 1.
Washington Legislature ratifies Federal dry
amendment. Page 1.
Oregon Legislature organizes with little de
day. Page 4.
Death to Bolshevism in Oregon aim of leg
islators. Page 4.
Syndicalist measure delayed at Olympia.
Page o.
War.
Official casualty list. Page 1.
Foreign.
Prince of "Wales finds American dances dif
ficult. Page 1.
Domestic.
Trial of Oregon land fraud cases to begin
in June. Page J.
Ex-President's last message plea for logical
league of nations. fage J.
Congress of Labor called in interest of
Moo ney. .rage
Sports.
Kendall issues challenge to Frank Farmer.
Pase 14.
New manager for Oakland team is rumored.
Page 14.
Minor league clubs want' draft rule lifted.
Page o.
Pacific orf h went.
Lifeboat of missing tanker George W.
Loomis piCKea up. Mige i. ,
Commerrlal and 31 urine.
English buyers contract lor hops far ahead.
page
Corn weakened at Chicago by prospects of
imports from Argentina. .Page '21.
Stock trade restricted and priolj irregular.
.rage zi.
Portland and Vicinity.
Wearing of masks to be made compulsory.
Page 1.
Returning soldiers must have old jobs, says
committee, rago j.
president of J. A. Pattison Lumber Com
pany charged with forgery. Page -1'.
STATE CAPITOL, Salem, Jan. 13.
(Special.) No time was lost by the
Oregon Legislature in organization.
Within the opening hour Senator Vinton
occupied the President's chair and
Speaker Jones was Installed in the
House.
The unanimity with which both
houses organized bodes well for con
structive work during the session. Only
one little cloud appears in, the horizon.
Consolidation sentiment appears to flow
in divergent channels in the two
houses.
Ktchardaon Myatrry Solved. '
Report from an authoritative source
has it that Representative J. G.' Rich
ardson, of Jiultnomah County, will
head a special consolidation commit
tee in the House, and Senator Walter
Dimick. of Clackamas, will be given
that place in the Senate.
This solves the mystery of what re
ward Richardson was to receive for
having a large part in the engineering
of the election of Jones to the Speaker
ship, but it also will apparently pre
sent some complications in the two
houses getting together on the ques
tion of consolidation.
Honae Oppoaes Joint Committee.
Dimick introduced a joint resolution
in. the Senate providing for a Joint
committee on ' consolidation. House
members declare that they won't Btand
for this and that they Intend to have
purely House committee.
House member; who will be con
nected with the special committee also
make it plain that the consolidation
commission's programme will meet
with approval from them only In cer
tain details. In the main It will be
shoved into the discard. They also
made it plain that they will have a
programme of their own.
Other States Have Been Studied.
Richardson, who will be the commit
tee's chairman, has visited other states
recently and It has developed that his
visits have been for the purpose of
studying other state governments with
the consolidation plan in view. His
friends assert he will accept no minor
place on a joint committee and that the
House members will demand that they
be allowed to work out their own pro
gramme. On the other hand, Dimick wishes to
head the joint committee, and com
plications already loom ahead which
seem certain to dash the consolidation
commission's programme onto the
rocks, but may evolve some other def
inite and concrete plan before the ses
sion is over.
VETERAXS TO GET PREFERENCE
Compulsory Employment on Public
Work Proposed by Bill.
STATE CAPITOL, Salem, Jan. 13.
Compulsory employment of returned
soldiers and sailors by the state, county.
city and other municipal corporations
within the state is provided in a bill
introduced in the Senate today by Sen
ator Farrell, of Multnomah.
The bill, which is the first of a flood
of reconstruction measures to be
ground through the legislative mill this
year, provides that soldiers and sailors
who have been honorably discharged
must be given preference in employ
ment by state, county, city or other
municipal corporations. It applies to
veterans of the Civil War, Spanish War
and the war with Germany.
It is likewise provided that in case
any contract of more than $500 is
awarded by any political subdivision of
the state, such contract must contain a
clause providing that the contractor
shall give preference to returned sol
diers and sailors. Failure to do so
would invoke heavy penalties, accord
ing to the terms of the bill.
In case a soldier has been maimed or
crippled, he is to be given employment
adapted to his physical condition. If
any subdivisions affected by the pro
visions of the proposed law shall find
it necessary to cut down their forces,
the bill provides that the soldiers and
sailors are the last to be dismissed
from service.
The same concessions are to be grant
ed to the widows and orphans of sol
diers and sailors under the terms of
Senator Farrell's measure. Failure of
any public officer to comply with tho
provisions of the law can be punished
by fine, imprisonment or removal from
office.
NAVY WANTS $270,400,000
Secretary Daniels Aks Big Sum to
Meet Deficit in Expenses.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13. Congress
today -was asked by Secretary Daniels
to appropriate 1370,400,000 to meet a
deficit in the Navy's expenses for the
current fiscal year.
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