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DAILY EVENING EDITION Number ooplra printed of yesterday'! Dully edition 2,652 Tlila paper la a member of and audited bf the Audit Bureau of Circulation. DAILY EVENING EDITION reftopian WEATHER FORECAST . ; Jj Tonight and Thursday fair. ... J CITY OFFICIAL PAPER VOL. 29 DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1917. NO. 9273 1 1 . r WfWJl "NCriKnLfRLI LAVA "X s W, JBf - ' ruii iiii iniieaa; m t 1 1 iff if L I lUsS . ftJT .JIM. n-. Hfrtiii wiht nT ' i mi .num. m.,,. S S SirtKS JSZFM I ' wiuii x wffxvyiAu x -fir irw . "ZS 'ijTrj. Os; - MAXIMALISTS WOULD OPEN LINES TO FOE Kerensky Makes Positive Declaration in Asking Support of Parliament. RADICAL LEADERS BREAK WITH ARMY Arms and Ammunition Dis tributed Among Work men and Soldiers. PKirriKKVHAI), Xov. 7. Head quNrwT of Uio hoMIim-m, workmen's council ap 1 ku rod ready to withstand w.gp. Mwliliio mm dtiaciiiuciit , wrre imimrcU to defend It. PICT It CHS It A D, Nov. 7. Kerensky j flatly declared (he .MaxlimillMtH threat- j n to open the front to tiermany and j flaked the preliminary Russian pur lament to nupport the Rovernment'it Kiiempm to suppress trie Alaximtltst efforts to Heine civil and war powers. The Bolshevik, controlled work men's soldiers, council has definitely broken with the (fen era I army staff. The council milltury committee or- dered the Peterhof. Pavolsvka and j TKargo-Kelo troops to disobey the j war mlnlHtry'H orders. The govern- j nient promptly disconnected all bridges over the river connecting the j workmen's headquarter with the j city and uppressed three maxlmlllst t and two react lunary newspapers. ' To Ynsh KxtrciiiiMs. j Kerennky Is determined to crush : the attempts of extreme radicals to j control Russia. Kerensky declared j that arms and ammunition had been contributed among the workmen, meaning a revolt had started. The action of the radical leader has practically forced Kernnky's de cision to use all governmental power In crushing the radical' efforts tc Kaln control of llustda. Leon Trot sky, Bolshevik! leader, formally ap proached the garrison, urging them to disobey the government's order:' unless approved by the military com mittee of the workmen's ajid soldier council. In addressing parliament, Kerensky declared these forces ni list be su p pressed. , Swelling War 1iiiic. The dismissal of Minister of War Verkhovsky and his transfer to the Caucasian front forecasted sweeping changes in the high army command. Kerensky told parliament the gov ernment had ordered the arrest of i adlcals who distributed arms and ammunition among the workmen. HAPPENINGS AMONG THE TROOP D BOYS laHttery , l ( Detachment . Iternount Station, t'anip t.Jreene. t'harlotte, N V.. Nov'. : 1917. (t-HHt uregonlan Special.) Here are a few fa el a and happen- ; U4 from the hoya: j The D Troop men who were trann- : (Vrrcd to Hatlery I). 14S Field Arttl- j lery. are now In ramp Alllla. Ionff la-: iHiid, New York, dotmr inllitury iolic' d"ty. It Is quite a change from rldlnK on the open rane to the hurry and hiiHtle of the crowded afreets of New York city. They are getting their fimt touch of the trenchea In the way of mud. The mud l nearly knee deep. John C. Bryson. imn loan and tieorge Young have been sent to the) hoHpltftl. Hryson ruptured himselt , lifting baled hay. Hhan and ouiik have rhumatlsm Pvt. Jess I.. Mnelwugh and Hurbert MeQuestlon have been appointed to the rank of corporals. Johnnie Dlnsmoore of Pilot It nek has the honor of being second cook along with, Frank Parks. BOCHES CUT THROAT AMERICAN SOLDIER Backed Up Against Trench Wall and Knife Drawn Across Jugular Vein. r ranee. N4tv. 7 One American soldier France. Nov. 7. One American soldier killed In the (icrmiin trench raid had his throat cut. The lloches over- v helmed him, backed him the trench wall and flrew serosa his neck. against i knife The wound was inflicted with the Lnla f hu it Ait 1 1 v I iirt I Mo 111 Uri carry for hand to hand "fighting. The wounded Hammles are Improving and will probably soon be able to return to tne name imp. ii are enner ut revenge. , The nrtllleery fir' In the sector Is unusually brisk. 1 . NEWS FROM HOME " SUFFRAGE AND -r i ; - 7 fi f;i ' ' ' - - ( French newnle on hl morninif ruounds with recently arrived editions home reads well and every line 1m eagerly scanned. GAZA CAPTURED Expeditionary Army Seizes Entire Turkish Beersheba Defenses. CONSOLIDATION OF GAINS COMPLETED French Repell Enemy -Raids in Lachame Wood on Right Bank of Meuse. t-MNDo.-. St: 7. eneral Alien by 's ex pod It lonary army captured Uhxji, it Is announced. Kurt her e:iM, the nur office an nounced the entire Turklnh defense l rom Iteenheha t Telcsheria were ch ptured. 4axa 1h iinir the Mediterranean. 1 I'w than 4 s ni lies soul hwest f Je 1 rttsiileni. The liritlsh Mimiiay cap tured the first line uf Turkish de ' feiifteH. j The KK.vitian expeditionary force I reported the capture of Khtnveil'eh, a villiiKe eli'ven miles north of Iteer- aheba. The HritiMh army is 2 V in I let ! from Jerusalem. ( v j. SIMMS, t HKITISH H KA I Qi A KTK US, Nov. ;. The Hrltish artillery has heKiin homLardliiK Itotilers. the Key city to the Uernnin coinnuiiikaHon system. The capture of I 'UHM-hentluele hn.iiaht the KrltUh within five mllen of t he railroiid center High American n rmy officers wcru witnesses of the British assault. Hlndenbui ff ordered t he icrinatis they must recapture the rlii:e posi tions lmmodhttolv. The enentv mass- ed tremendous forces several times, Kadi time British observers caw the i;Tin;m plans and the Brit Ish Rims prom pi ly put down such a fearful barrage the enemy couldn't I I II CK. The Canadians held Passe he ndaeh firmly despite heavy enemy artillery Ing. KXKMV Jt lls KIM li:i). PA li IS. .Nov. 7.-- A tier man at lark in I achaume wood on the right ''auk of the Mense. following a violent oom bardment. failed under rench fire ll Is officially stated. Knemy raids around St. ynent In, northwest uf Hhelms were repulsed wit h losses. spot. ; l.s aisk nsoi.hti;b. LONDON, Nov. 7 The consolhla tlon of yesterday's gains Is officially reported. llaig didn't mention any tlerman counter attacks. The enemy If apparently Hilling to letathe Brit ish hold Passchendaede without coun ter attacks. The Mrlti.di comander reported a successful raid near Jucant. A num ber of Cermnns were prisoned. 1-Mse- where Intermittent ()1f reported. hostile artillery- U. S. REPORTED TO BE FORTIFYING AZORES , , HI'K.N'i is A I K K.. Nov. 7 . Madrid Olspatches HSsert the I lifted States Is fortifying the A it ores. Lisbon Is vlu- A Y RULER American oioiisly protestinu and demanding explanation. It 4 . lie IV' l Jmnmd i -Tmim-rmmf rrrr-1 rr-rfl f"ir-n'L-" BY BRITISH, BEGINS SHFLLING , GERMAN KEY CITY - P. H. S. STUDENTS START WAR WORK "N,.U KKIf HOOK IHtlVl-: AMI V M. '. A. ( AMI'AICV VIO; I IUMT A1TIVIT1ICS. Hlwh school HtiMjeiita will be luis) for the next month with various war aLMlitieH It all the present plans ma terialize. Following the aitpointment of MUs Helen Thompson yesteniay. uh chairman of a Keneial cotnm fttee and t he Melectlon l'y her ff a cum initteu members na aniiolMiced. actual pUim and preparations got under w ay today. Thin afternoon the first shot In the 'Vla'ker'' hook drive anions the st u -dent was fired when members of thi committee met the four classes, di recting t hem to brio i? certain kinds of hook ti to t he building Friday for Rortliur. Next week a campaign to secure money for the army hall and bat fund will be conducted by tiii? m e com in 1 1 1 ee. f TonlKht at the Pendleton number of high school boy Hotel a headed by Theodore Heyden. student hod y vice president, will meet Uev. West -wood of Ha ker, dist rlct traiizor of the Army Y. M. t A. fund. A com mittee of boys ill be organ ized t false :to,".. or the share of the Ha waii allotted to the hiah and grade schools of this county. It Is the in tention to have t be local boys visit the other county high schools f; mnev and hnhscriitio WILSON TO DECLINE TO CONSIDER RECOGNITION ISSUE SAX FltANCISCM, Nov. T. It i-J authoritatively stated i hat Secretary f Ijthnr Wilson will decline to con sider the 1 1 it Ion i tteocnition issue h his efforts to settle the coast tele phone strike. The secretary also will 'eek to evade action leading to com mandeering the company's plant. Wilson and other federal mediator are exported here tonight or tomor row morning. An Investigation will h( started Immediately. It is report -ed Wilson w il Id em a nil a grai uated stale of wage Increases. Ti'i.i-s or i.ossrs ritoM it.us. Zcpc(lii- Chiim' loss of :t i.lt London inirfirr (t. N K W YOliK, Nov. 7. What i In be- Heved to he the firt summarv of fires resulting from iTiermnn Zeppelin raids over 1 end on dm tn-i 1 1 6 w as received here today hy ltot-ei t Adam son, fire ri'iiiiii isstoper. fr m tin London count ceiineil. This repoi t says there were 1 1'S fires, resulting In the h ss uf ;tt" lives anil the rescue ot L'fi persons. Tin oiik-hi Hit t he eat there were ,tli fires. causing deaths the summarv savs and the properi y pon. bss a ppi Imale.t J I 5 of American papers. Xi;ws from IN IN TRAINING LAUD YMA. WORK Organization Doing Splend id Service Both in U. S. and Abroad. In the following personal letter Marshall Spell, eecond lieutenant of Lid Troop IK tella of his experience with the army Y. M. A.: HEM u I" NT ST A TI UN. C A M iOHL'KXK, act, Si, Mr. J. V. Tall muii, I'eiuiltnu. ore.. Dear Sir. I!eplyinj further to your telegram of 't ct. 31. would say that the Y. M. ('. A. work here is very helpful to the beys as it gives them a place to go for recreation, such as reading and thy playing of games. They alw;is keep a large supply of hooks ami iraazines n hand f r the boys to read. They also fnrnif'h writ in j; iaper and en velopes. ICvery evening there is some kind of entertain meni . such as lectures and moving pictures, which are free tu . the bo s. Also there is church twice a week. me Is able to get money orders send telegrams and express packag' and this is a great help to the boys a.-; They don't o to town often. The Ued Cross Is doing a great deal of good as they look after the health of the men at:d see that they are sup plied with ewrMhimr that they need. They go around I he d if ferent "camp and see if (he hoys have enough blan- kets and clothes. They have sj'elit s.-met h in like Sl'o.mui in this camb tor blanket. Their representative was here t h" t her da y and foiinu most of the !-os iih bad colds. He asketl if we had su : aters and when he Wits told no. he asked the size the nit'ii and mt day we were piven sweaters bought by the lied t ross as the no erunu lit doesn't issue Ihein :i 11 v noire. I am s'nowinu- bn(h the work of the Y. M. A. anil the Ued Cross .-o thiit ou can see tlif- work hot ll are duInK in lis iar. The oo s I have Uone In land, hut UV aspect rut are i;.ki-. stock. I.i n divided. All up Mills Long Is ml ,Vt enlisted men. w Men hut at pres i e of i he remount Your l ni!v, 1,1 KPT. M BHAI.B M'KLB. I roiu Harold arncr. Harold J. W.cuer of this eity. who i- om i f the -.niiii men now in the "'flieer:;' Ttait:ii,i,r Camp at the Pn sidio. Calif'-rt! it. w ii f t lie eom in li tee ha via r In rh;; i e l lie i a (si 114 of t he fund for the atu work of the Youm; Men's chi i.-i i.i n Assoeiat h ui in t hi eity a:ni ioiint. as follows: San I'ra ueix o. I alif.. Nov. il. I 1 7. " I m pi nam e of Y. M . . A. ork cannot, he o er pressed a it h t h ality of local thirty-five haiu i si uni ted. I ant hu r efficiency and liber nl ani.Tation. t v i lied men vMt tlie building -l.ih Is entitled to most it. Siuned i H. .1. U KXKi;." im is novv otuani.ed 'eiti i he collect ton ot' lich is its part -f tlu .1 now hems; raised I "lined Stall's, turn is at work not iiiinir camps of th hi.t anions teh troop- in th'M' ports wluTv I niteil States nay as il leave. of this riani7-at ton acner refers, and with ily brought in contact field. sene oils Pliiatilla cii and rendv t- I the Mil . wl f"" Ihroimhout the This etannn-.i enl in the u., I'nited State, s. in France -u'd the men of the seiuhie when It 1s t lie U ot to which Mr. whit'h be is (Hi en the Plesidio Attempt t. on r f r lends cell for .-i on. follow the ad n.l It will he uf all ..Mel II I LRU IIUIUHU IN nlrin Yl lri r 111 1 1 L I V I U I 1 Tammany Candidate De feats Mitchcl by More Than 100,000 Votes. M'CALL IS ELECTED GOVERNOR OF MASS. Wets Leading in Ohio ; Pro-! hibition Carries Every New Mexico County. N K W YuitK', Nov. 7 . T h o c u in -pltt? count in the mayoralty vote fol lows: 1 J hn F. IJylan. 2!7.asj. John p. Mitchcl, H 7: 1 Morris Mill'fuH. 14.17. William M. iioiiiett, ;';i.i7. -VKW VoiiK. Nov, 7. The nation al suffrage amentment will be adopt ed by the next session of congress a a direct result of the New York suf frage victory. Mrs. Itaymond Brown, cam paign manager, predicted. Mrs. Jtrown told the I'nited Press "If precedent is followed, the New Yr,rl; delegation will favor suffrage l.rreafter.. That means forty-three house and two senate votes. "1 believe the President is steadib working toward a national suffrage amendment. The repudiation of suf fiage would be a repudiation of ideal? we're fight ins for.' Wets I cad hi Ohio. ' LI M (it s. Ohia. Nov. 7. With r.'io precincts not yet reported, the wets are leading the prohibition con test this afternoon by 1 2-000 votes. P-oth wets and drys claim victory. Soldiers Vna to IH'fido. PH1L.ADFLPH1A. Nov. 7. The sol diers vote In the state courts are ex reeled to decide - the Philadelphia election. The pluralities are small The socialists cast the heaviest votf in the city's history. M all Wins lit Mass. IP-SToN. Nov. 7. Governor Sam uel McX'all. republican, was reelect ed by a plurality of ot.unn over Mans field, democrat. Dry Win New Mexico. SANTA FK. Nov. 7. Prohlbltior' tarried in every new Mexico county. MAY REMOVE MURPHY AS PRISON WARDED SM.HM. Nov. 7. It in roMrted tlx friction between V ardcti Charles Mnrohy and II. Crawford, niuiia-er d tln irls4Mi fla plant, may canst' th rcimnnl of one of the two. Tin sov ermtr wa akcd to flctcrminc who ha authority over the flax plant. M ur phy and raw ford cclianm man. f charges and countci cliars. T( iiomm; Piiiur..T 1 1 .s PA BIS. Nov. T. The Seine federa tion of t he radica I socialist party to day asked its representatives of t he Paris municipal council to propos naming a stieet in the capital aftet I'rcsidetu 'i!son. CONSOMME SERVED IN COFFEE CUPS DECEIVES DINERS 4 l if course S leii a f..U fas osicht not to he told, hut it IS such a tiood joke t h.il it w oil Id ! a shame if it never ot into 4 i-rint. 4 li-put Sh- riff Joe Plakely is the victim. Thef.' really are two 4 vietims hut inasmuch as one of them turned stales evidence. 4 he is protected. 4- l'eput.x Joe and the other fel- low went in to the Marshall hati'piet toither la.-t eeninu. "l'he were much interested m their com ersat ion with one an- other. When the i' ii brought on. il was coffee cups because didn't ha'c etiouuti 'lisom Itie was 4 brouiiht in the hoteel 4 consomme . cups for for such a nioh. The ci :;sotr.me was d.irk hrow n and Joi's nose isn't as good ;is it used to he. He reached over to the sac.tr 1 n iw I and ex I raci ed two c it hes. droppum them w itli a Imlit splash into his soup. He passed the sugar t his friend v ho did Ilkew jse. The sttrreed the h Hind unlit the sugar had dis solve 1 and each hf;ed h :s cup to expect a ut lips. Then e.eti looked at the other with a siil f-vtn. STRAIGHT AMERICANISM URGED BY VICE PRES: 1 MARSHALL IN ADDRESS ! Not-ae -Appeal Along-Broad 1 Patriotic Lines Made by i t-- i i J iT" j . i Distinguished Visitor tO 9rKlft Pfinr.lo it Hanw 1 topic at nappy Canyon, Hldi J,iglils of Marshall Speech, Fvery man should look hack- ward, forward, around and with- In before he speaks in these times. , I know whut icrmaii pffl- ieney Is. It is the turning of an Immortal soul Into a cog of a machine. ! Much as f deprecate the tur- moil and dissension of Amerl- can life, let ns have them rather than lose all that makes us Am- erlcans. The people themselves are the ultimate source of power and the ultimate source of reform. ff there is a man In this great melting pot who will not melt, let's take him out and put him where he belongs. Naturalization papers are only a contract with the government and may be vitiated anytime the contract Is not fulfilled. ! n April 6 Wood row Wi lso n ceased to be a democratic pres ident and became the commander-in-chief of our army and navy. The man who could afford to and did not buy a Liberty Bond is dead though his body lives, while the boy who is shot down In France and whose body will moulder In an unknown grave lives forever. The American after the war must feel the obligations of Ajn- erican citizenship as well as the opportunities. Speaking before 20no people who -Towded Into Happy Canyon pavilion ast evening until hundreds were nandlnff. Thomas TL Marshall, vice- resident of the I'nited States, gave o Pendleton a message from the gov ernment at Washington, a message hat left no room for doubting that his country is committed to the world war until the principles of de mocracy are triumphant. The vice-president spoke not as a '.emocrat hut us an American, for, he 'aid, there are now no parties but Lhose who love America and those vhn do not. He spoke as one who -inderstands the common citizen, in plain, homely language, but with an arnestness and sincerity that im- , pressed upon his audience his ex- ressed conviction that this war is a ! .onsecrated war and that out of it j A'ill grow a greater and a better Am- j rlca. a greater and a better world. ! His vision of the new America made ough cultivation and how to chance i profound impression upon his hear-1 an annual failure into a biennial sue rs and roused them to applause that : cess I will refer them to Pendleton .ad more In It than mere courtesy. ; and its adjacent territory." A'hen he denounced with vehemence There were 80 guests at the ban hose foreign-burn citizens who are iuet. the number being limited be found wanting in the hour of trial, j cause of the capacity of the dtnlnf -he audience backed hjm up with a ! room, and the affair was greatly7 en torin of applause. He sounded a ' joyed by all present. J. V. Tallman warning to them, declaring that the j presided and there were no talks aside supreme court of the Pnited State! from that by Mr. Marshall. In addV has hel-i that naturalization paper . tion to complimenting Pendleton, the an he cancelled at any time that an ; vice-president told some witty sterte i lien proves false to the oath he took ' of Indian life and had his hearer in ind that the government has the j uproar with his quiet humor. ' ' iuht to confiscate the property of a At the conclusion of the banquet, lis!. al citizen. j Mr. and Mrs. Marshall were taken te America for Americans. j the O.-W. It. & X. private car, the uve The time was before tliis war. he ' of which was volunteered by Trafffo iid. u hen this country welcomed alt i Manager ItoMnson, who In company comers to her shores and cared little (with A. Spencer. O.-W. K. A K. a hether tluve aliens became Ameri- : attorney, were here to greet the visit ans. in fact, he said, this country ! or. : - - ' iid homage p till he foreign snade. hey wonhi not I'M foreign horn and Pe t le got so things that were lade in ' "ermatiy" and f.-lestv catered to the a. Political panic i of the alien units and i iuht in the puhiic t he : otitis; A mericaus i .: ow n lam;uiige. old 'am iliar figure of hut declared that this are much whether the - not "Hut this war i his " he declared e w ill he no room In Americans. " He an- d id. .:n:t i: i Milan Kir had learn, d it He used t he the meltum no i'"-n;i: didn't ilien melted . is i-hanin a! ' Hereafter t he Vmet ic i h it f. lottnced his intention of starting a 'tusaiJe in his lioine slate to take th-Mlrte.-m iaumiace cut of the public ;ehoo! and to it)-it thai before an 'die:- can become nat urn Ii.ed he and ill lis i'aniiiv must as., the language f t h is eo'.: p.t t' in t heir home and l-ew liere as well as lhe do at the otii-.- booth, u i he said. language is he mo-l cohe.-ie eb meet of a na i"ii. ' I stand for the compulsorv ;:e of the laiizlish l:t-:guage in Am fua." he said. lany t.crmans l.,al. The ice -pit - idei-t made it id.i! : hat he had no pre; a dice against the foreign - horn cii .zeu "Th man. he aid. ' who haw his native la'ui and i 'Mi't s here bei a'.ise he lows i:r institutions and who becomes a loyal American is t better citizen than I am." he said "tor through sacrifice he has won what was my inherent riht.' He declared that " per cent of the t "ertn;! n -born citizens in Am erica are loyal to the country of their ;-d. option and he he-eeehed Americans 'ZVZt-lrmun "nr'n"" U"u"i;-'hr,' J said, "if there be a man In this melt i mg or ours wno win noi mere i say take birn out t the pot and end him where he belongs, either to hU own country or to j,,.. and the ap. iplause of the crowd showed that th . I sentiment was unanlmoim. I' . I Free Soecli and Ioyai KpecluTl- In opening" his addresa the vlca . president, commenting' upon tha rlffht of free speech, paid hla respccta to ; those people whose voice are rala4 In criticism of the administration and. j the government at thla time. "Th i right of free sneeeh la ruarantMMl bV ' ! ioe eoiiinuiion, ne aaia. out in war , j time men and women who cannot say , something that will benefit the coun try ought to keep their m out ha ahat. It is easy to find fault and to crty!-. cize, hut it it is not the part of good patriotism to do so. tXery man should take a look backward, a look forward, a look around and a loofc within before he give utterance dviti' Ing these troublous tlmea." Mr. Marshall declared his only ' mission in making this western -trill was to explain the reason leading u to the necessity of American entrance :nto the war. Part of the responsibility-he placed squarely upon the American people because of their at titude during the early part of ttie European hostilities. Safe in the be lief that their isolation was a protec-. tion, they paid scant heed to the (Continued on Pare 4- 4 'TOM' WAS GENEROUS, -IN THANKING TOI'il FOR ITS HOSPITALITY Vice President and Wife Ap preciated Courtesies; Only Place Where Big- Address 1 Was Free. "I will never forget Pendleton and the generous hospitality extended by your people today." said Vice Presi dent Marshall in a brief talk follow ing an informal banquet at the Hotel Pendleton after the address at Happy Canyon. "If I am ever asked to name a live. American city of the west where the people unite In extendi? courtesies to a guest I will refer tnem to Pen, dleton .Oregon. If I am ever asked oy the department of agriculture that hospital frr ancient and venerable men who know little about farmm where they may go to observe thor Koth Vice-President and Mrs. Mar shal! were generous In thanktnf lo cal people for the hospitality eitem M while here. This Is the only town -if their itinerary where the address was made free to the puMIc and the Uc. president was delighted with toe udienee of -una that turned out to hear him at Happy Ctinyoii The speaker was here as a number on the Kllisi n-White circuit and the meet In was made free to the public through a subscription raised by a sub-corn-mtttee of which H. J. Taylor wt. hairman. , v Members of the tilrls Honor iuard. I n-ier l aptain Lola Uogers. served e ushers at the meeting last evening and also policed the pavilion. There were Men chairs in the pavilion and these and the benches ere filled a half ht-.ur before the meeting opened. Hltn lireds uf people stood In the rear of the structure throughout the meeting-. At t he 4 o'clock meeting yesterday the v uv-president was Introduced to the school children hy Principal Drill f the high school. MVM S ( I.AIM TO ISL.WOH.; North tejit-.iguA Maul Two Lytua; Off MoMjulto oaM. SAN Jl'AN IlU SPH. Nicurasua. N . : it is reported here that Nort h N iear ii; ii has put In a claim to the Vlonib!an Islands of 8an An dreas and I"rov.ence, Ivlng off the M "siu it o cow st. It I pointed out that ths islands would be useful In the protection .of the Punuma canal, e Providence island would make a good coaling station nd San Andre nro- ate a siiitatde Wlrtdenv ape