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Pd 2) ED i elas bee regina Fine ements CHEE press? cee j : a: Be: s : P . ° s 2 be s é = : 3 ” : 3 3 4 LEGMGLSP 2A 244 0484S BIG INCREASE FOR THE NAVY Will Proceed with Huge Program until Promise of Limited Armaments Is Given, Meaning of Request {By United Press} WASHINGTON, Oct: 23.—Two hundred thousand officers and men will be added to the navy during the next year, making a total) naval man-power of over 700,000, Secretry Daniels told the house, naval committee today. Peace developments so far fail to give definite promise of limited armaments after the war. This is the meaning behind Daniels’ request for a new three-year building program for 156 ships costing $600,-| 000,000. ———— < This unique phote from an enemy submarine. ALLIES TO ASK | HUNS PROCRASTINATE IN RULING SURRENDER OF | RECOGNITION WILL BE DEFERRED U-BOAT FLEET [By Associated Press] COPENHAGEN, Oct. 23.—An announcement was made by Chan- | icle said: “England will demand the! cellor Maximilian of a bill making the reichstag responsible for war and peace, the measure to become effoctive when the project for a league of nations is operative. INDEPENDENCE DECREE IN FORGE, PRICE OROPS HUNGARIAN MINISTER APPOINTED (){i7 [CAI RACE PARIS, Oct. 23.—Measures are being taken to carry into effect the proclamation of Emperor Charles conferring independence on Hungary, says a Zurich dispatch to the Petit Parisen. It is reported that Count Julius Andrassy will be Hungarian foreign minister. OFFICERS MAY | DANCE, BRITISH LIFT THE BAN LONDON, Oct. 8—-(By Mail)—Sir | Francis Lloyd, general officer com- manding the London district, gra cipusly though tardily has lifted th ban on‘dancing for officers. The order prohibiting dancing was | f, igsued ‘originally with a view to pro-| tecting the young officers home on | ieave fromithose pitfalls which abound | in gertain’ parts of London. Under | cémonfiage of “dancing” dens of vice | § anid infamy are conducted by those | who are out to make a “good thing” | of the young tities, ‘However, the military authorities | men’s spending propen- eannot keep thousands of young of- | : ficers in leading strings while they are on leave, and in place of the public datice there sprang up the entertain- ment known as a “private” dance. After careful inquiry and painstaking efforts to. ascertain the truth, Sir Francis found that worse went on be- hind closed doors than could possibly take place in public rooms- So the order is resci;ded. Officers on leave may dance in public places and in clubs. Many young officers declare them-| selves disappointed at the removal of | the ban. “Half the fun is gone,” they | grumble. The fear of being raided by! military police gave the pastime the neceasary tang of adventure—but now that they may dance they dont par-| ticularly want to! The “flapper” is mighty pleased about it, though. There was no fun in going to dances/| where men were conspicuous by their | absencé, but now she will be agle to go to dances without having the char- grin of seeing her partner ‘“grab- bed” before the evening is half out, BUYS $45,000 IN BONDS APPRECIATION FOR. THE HELP U.S. GAVE HIM: SPOKANE, Wash., Oct. 23.-——In repayment of the; ‘start’ he says} Uncle Sam gavé shim 47 years ago when he homesteaded in what is now Stevens ‘county, Washington, Hdward John, @ prosperous’ farmer of that sections subscribed for $45,000 worth | of bonds of the Fourth Liberty loan. | Mr! John @ecléfed that, sin¢e ‘he had no sons to give the government for service he took this means of showihg his appreciation for what it hasdoné for him ‘by giving -him land, sending soldiers to protect him from| the -Indians- and delivering chis mail} x at great expense. MRS. DANIELS IN UNIFORM $4 i Mrs. Josephus Daniels, wife of the secretary of the navy, is here shown in the blue uniform and black tricone hat of the ¥, W. C. A. war work coun-| cll, whiek she now wears on-her visits to the hostess houses camps and naval stations. in different Surprise to Mother. The little girl worked herself up into that form of bad temper which is gen- erally known to parents under the name of “a tantrum.” Pvt her mother did not make the common mistake of chastising her whiie she was in that mood. She | called the little girl to her side and urgued with her, “Dear child,” said the mother, “don’t | you know that when you get yourselt into such a state nobody loves you?” | “Dear mother,” answered the child controlling herself with difficulty and) , Speaking through her clenched teeth | “when IT am in such a state I don’ care a darn whether anybody loves mt or not!"—Cleveland Plain Dealer, Belgium After the War. Attention is called by the Belgian Bulletin to the fact that “in the dis- trict of Liege after the war the coal mines of the basin of Liege will re- organize in still greater proportions the food service which they had cre- ated for the miners, but avhich the food shortage forced them to suspend. The syndicated coal mines In question will open establishments to furnish to the workers food, clothing, shoes, etc, at cost, Pade ae ute A school to train women in rail-| |road drafting has been established by It has taken Warren twenty-six |the St. Louis Women’s Committee on years in the Senate to gain his pres-|the Council of National Defense. ent knowledge of military affairs. | When did Osborne receive a training in military affairs? ” A Wigkey Repay oo et | Why did Doc Osborne oppose the} | government during the Spanish war? {By United Preas.] LONDON, Oct. 23.—The Chron-} surrender of German U-boats. France j will demand the evavuation of Al-| sace Lorraine as a condition of any) | armistice. (Continued from Page One) | jan enviable record in office. Miss} |MecDonald also served two terms as| | deputy county treasurer under Oscar | |Hiestand, and is familiar with every | | detail of the office. | | In selecting Miss Hazel Conwell jfor the place as clerk of court, the| committe also closely adhered to the requests of the government, and at/ the same time afforded the people) an opportunity of selecting a most) capable young business woman to | fill the place made vacant by Miss |MeDonald’s acceptance of the nom- ination for county treasurer. Saeko henes wT PHONOGAAPHIC MUSIC USED SUCCESSFULLY 10 LURE: | SEATTLE, Get. '23.—Phonograph music lured scores of destructive) seals of the lower Puget Sound to their deaths last summer according to Ed Corfee, who pent several) months at Useless, Mutiny and Cul-) tus Bays, south of here, killing the seals that prey upom the salmon. Cor- (fee is a hunter employed by . the Washington Fish and Game commis- \sion. dolinenialpais William J. Bryan, while secretary of state, said that we could raise an| army of 1,000,000 men in twenty- four hours. Was he right? Does As- sistant Secretary Osborne know more about military affairs than did his chief? a Must the politcial ambition of Doc | Osborne override the needs of the | nation? SENS TO THEIR DEATH *Ssezvaite cna ) u |. The Committee on Public Lands he- | should be los in doing everyhing pots- “ph was taken by an amateur aboard the ship at the moment she was nit by a torpedo fired The committee on public inforiantion, which authorized its use, will not permit the prinut- ing of apy further information regarding this photogruph. WYOMING LAND { FOR SOLDIERS AT WARS END State Will Profit by Bill Proposing | Surveys of Farming Land for | Returned Yankees, Belief The committee on Public Lands of | the United States Senate has unani-| mously reported in favor of a bill ap-| propriating $1,000,000 to make sur- |veys of farms for returning soldiers. | your county, state and nation to vote |The proposed ‘legislation ‘is for the on November 6th. Good officers can | purpose of providing an opportunity Not be sjlected without your help. to procure homes for those of our re-| turning sailors and soldiers who may) wish them upon their return from the war, as well as giving a like opportu- nity to thousands of workers in mu. | nitions factorigs:and other war indu: tries who at the conclusion of the will be out of employment: It is in- tended to. promote as nothing else ever has, the back to the land spirit. It is: recognized that there will be hundreds of thousands of young men who will haverreturned from service in our army and navy who will be out! of employmentiand for whom there will be no-jobs@r positions. In addi-| tion there willcbe thousands of men and women, now employed in muni- tions factories and otber war indus- tries which will-have to close -at the} end of the war,.who will be “out of employment..:..Many of them will have some means:swhich they will have! saved at.their employment and with which they could locate upon and im- prove land and engage in agriculture, to their rights. If a voter is ieee of his or her rights, or is ;, . doubt’ as to their precinct boun \ies, or location of their voting p x { i ; jney information will be gladly ss,’ : . mi 1 . }plied by jing*up Republican head. quarters,phone 167. ’ Headquarters rooms will be open all day and in the evening, and «| those interested are invited to aj and make themselves at home at iny time. Free Information on Voting Priv-| Gey THE FAMILY OUT ileges and Other Features |. You have not performed your £1) Election’ at Former duty unless every member of your ! } | Otis Rooms \family who*is entitled to vote has } } | been registered, so as to be able +o vote on November 5th Thuesday ang Friday-of this week are the last day; in which to register. See that the iname of every member of your fam. ily is on the poll books. You need it, don’t you? Meta! stripping ’s the word these days. Cal) 10-17-10t have| | Republican headquarters been opened up in the office former- ly occupied by Otis & Co.,in the Oil Exchange building, where a force of clerks will be at the service of those; interested ‘in the campaign, and all | the candidates on the county ticket) will also maintain temporary head- quarters. jphone 2715. For the benefit of those who have) ae ee rE oe not previously registered, a clerk has. POLICE COURT been placed in charge of registra-| At the polce station today there tion lists, who will be on duty up to/ were six plain drunks lined up on the 9: o’@lock in the evening, and will be | blotter, one vagabond, and two others glad to supply any information. nec-for raising a’ disturbance oo a. A Millinery Event of Vital Importance ; To'the “Hooverite” Some Very Special Values $3, $5, $7, $10 “SEEING IS BELIEVING” The Popular Priced Millinery _ Wyatt Hetel. Room Opposite Desk as You Enter. AUSTRIANS GIVE UP RULE T0 THE POLES, IS CLAIM [By United Press} | AMSTEEWAM, Oct. 23.—Austrian | authorities in that part of Poland occupied by Austrian arms formally | handed over the administration of affairs to the Polish authorities, says an Vienna dispatch to the Vossische) Zeitung of Berlin. goles bat ES YOU MUST REGISTER TO VOTE} It’s a patriotic duty you owe to) Register either on Thursday or Fri- day of this week so you can vote for | Gov ir, Congressman, and Senktont BUY BUY lieves that this bill should be attended to in ample time and that no time sible to make things easier for the home coming of our boys. / In Wyoming there is much avail-| able land which could, with proper enre, be utilized to great advantage With the money appropriated for this WAR SAVINGS STAMPS Issued by the U. S. GOVERNMENT WAR SAVINGS STAMPS Issued by the U. S. GOVERNMENT nurnose. surveys, would be made and \2 the land marekd off into farming dis- tricts. The state would then come into its own as a great agricultural sountry—in fact nothing would prove so beneficial to. Wyoming as this plan of cultivating the unoccupied portions of the country. Will your boy or anybody’s boy in France gain by Osborne’s knowledge | (2) of military. affairs? | Wilson is lending his full strength | to Pershing. 1s Warren, the father-, n-law of Pershing doing less? | sport. Get your supplies here and save money. the hunter needs to get the most pleasure out of this fascinating Holmes Hardware “Hardware for Hardwear” We carry: everything Co. 4.) hd. fee rt AAACN Winter Overcoats Ready _ We've iust received some snappy new winter- weight overcoats from The HOUSE of KUPPENHEIMER ‘They’re all made from the best materials the market affords. é All the new styles are represented—for young men and old. Rich grays, oxfords, blacks, blues—they’re all here in splendid variety. Select your coat now while the assortment is intact. 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