The Seattle Star Newspaper, October 8, 1920, Page 13

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Section Two ‘ is Coast Saon to Be Dot- ted With Great Naval Bases BY GEORGE B. WATERS WASHINGTON, Oct. 8—Prior to got Away with it much better than Bhe could today. She could kick up trouble now and get away with it Detter than she can a year hence, } established and partially trained the < last year. _dAPS TALK W WOULD COME TO U. S. | Of course, America doesn't Intend | to have a war with Japan, but the Japs are talking about it, and it ) doesn’t hurt to discuss it in America. | Tf it happens, Japan wil! not come to America, but America will send ther navy to Japan, or to the Philip- Pines or Aleutian islands,, In this 9 cane, the war would have then start that are poss ‘Then, if Japan defeated the Amert could land troops on the Paeific| coast and the next move would be| for America to whip Japan on land be hushed. » | ‘This w what makes it Interesting {te consider American naval bases in the Pacific. U. S. BASES ALL UP AND DOWN COAST At present on the West coast| Uncle Sam has bases at San Diego, Ban Pedro, Mare island, Astoria,| Bremerton, and out in the ocean at) Pearl Harbor, Honolulu, Hawaii; Tu- tuilo, Samoa; in Agana bay at the) City of Guam, island of Guam, and ‘at Cavite in the Philippines. | ‘These are all, and none of them) Are developed to the extent that they should be, and will be, when the Pa-| P| cific fleet is a little older. Navy } men say if the Pacific fleet hadn't © been created as a separate organtza- tion that naval bases would not have » | been provided, for the same reason| | that no man builds a garage until! | he has a car to put into it, and with-| | out naval bases American ships| | would be powerless in the Pacific. {Perhaps the most interesting piece of work contemplated is the-develop-| # ment of Honolulu harbor, Pearl har-| bor and Kane bay, all in Hawaii, | + #0 they will mmodate not only the Pacific . but the whole American navy if necessary. This mmended late in 1919 by a Board of Inspection of Nav al Bases,” and plans are being pre- pared here for th ject. The cost fat that time-was estimated around! $27,000,000. This would be a first- Class naval base and would be used as a strategic necessity, | 3 NEXT BIG BASE | me AT SAN FRANCISCO | The next big project of const de fense and for naval operations will! be the development of a deep base on the San Francisco bay, Fecommendations being for both de Stroyer and submarine basins, Navy Officials are now trying to decide be tween Alameda, on the east side of the bay, and Hunters Point, on the * San Francisco side, as the site for the base. The estimated cost of this is around $42,500,000, _ Another of the biz projects recom- Mended is the development in Puget | sound, Washington. The expenditure e around $44,000,000 nt of Bremerton navy| yard for use of capital ships, devel opment of Pacific torpedo st submarine base and the Of @ submarine, destroyer tion operat Washington | Other recommendations are that} the government spend about $5,000,| 000 at San Pedro, Cal. on a subm: fl _§. PUSHES cific ocean 81 Above map of the Pacific coast and the islands of the Pa- ws the present fortifications and bases of the Pacific fleet and those planned for the future, as protection) against a possible invasion of Japanese warships. " 1d have starté4| —. te ¢ Tautie Siu te United State and] Will Try Her For ; Murder of “Wife” MELBOURNE, Australta, Oct. $— | Eugenie Fallini here must stand trial | ? ‘The ‘reasons for these two state} for the murder of her “wife,” “Mrs.” Ments are, the Pacific fleet has been! Annie Burkett. Mrs. Fallint, @ wid-| ow with a daughter, “married” | “Mrs.” Burkett, and Inter her char red body was found, Later Mrs, Fal lint again “married” a woman, Sb wears masculine attire, | aAReAReeeeeeeeeeen eeeEee rine base on a site offered by Los Angeles, and to spend $27,000,000 at San Diego, Cal, developing the pres ent aviation base, the fuel station, the marine base, the training sta-| papers report that Scandinavian | tion, hospital, supply and repair base. Another recommendation is that ‘ed by Japan seizing those islands) there should be an operating base) ons of Uncle Sam. | for submarines, destroyers and air- craft in Panama bay, and that Ral- } can navy tn her own back yard, she boa should be developed for docking and repair factlities. Getting further into the Pacific, a first-class naval base is recommend But, if our navy whipped Japan's | ed for the island of Guam, and going Navy, Japan's power at sea would) still be broken and America would be! base is recommended for Manila bay, | e Saved another war on land—and her) Philippines. This is Uncle Sam's fur- toRne the war to imitate machine | ‘own land—and the talk of a Japan-| theres west possession and is at the| gun firing, to summon prospective ene-American conflict, would forever | back door of Japan. % base at Ediz Hook,|— 9, i | teu He confensed, half-ume. bd customers. Kills Sister So She “Wouldn’t Tell’’| VIENNA, Oct. §.—Joseph Storfa, Arged with the murder,of his sister here. The boy, expelled from his father’s house, became a burglar and during a raid on his home he | stole thousands of dollars’ worth of silver and strangled bis 10-year-old o| Mister, Ludmilla, so she Too Much Wool in Norway and Sweden! LONDON, Oct. §&—Swedisn news countries are overstocked with wool fen goods and are canceling foreign orders. Also that most millx in Nor-| |way and Sweden are working only Rattlers to Oust Taxicab Whistles LONDON, Oct. §.—Pollce have pat} further, a second<lass naval) the ban on taxicab whistles, so driv: | are planning on rattlers, used) Fifty Dollars in Prizes For Your Experience With * NUCOA Have you written a competing letter yet? We will distribute $50 in prizes for the best letters about the advantage of using NUCOA. If you are one of the enthusiastic users of this ultra fine spread for bread, be sure to send in your letter to the commit- tee before November 1. ideas submitted, not on The Seattle Times. 2. The Food Editor of The Post-Intelligencer, 3. A representative from the Advertising Department of ‘The Seattle Star. Go after part of that fifty dollars. letter today. Address: + Nucoa Department, A. MAGNANO COMPANY 1118 Western Avenue Write your letter on the subject: “How NUCOA Has Helped Me Save on Table Costs” Letters will be judged only on the literary merits. ‘They may be long or short, as many words as is necessary to tell your NUCOA story, The Judges of This Contest Will Be: 1. A répresentative from the Advertising Department of Write your SEATTLE, WASH., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1920, PREPAREDNESS ON THIS COAS ‘ORPHANS SEE “wouldn't PI STARTING SATURDAY LIMITED ENGAGEMENT HALL CAINE’S DEEMSTER” AG ul i ATR Ey ih Roberts, Conductor on Seattle PUYALLUP, Oc yesterday. Approximé | Ueites were in attenda | Today is Tacoma | coma orphans | \ auto polo and the hor LF OVS |3,000 Seattle Folk Present 12,000 persons attended , at the Western Washington fair here|in securing the license, Ruth, and| Slo of a serious offense, The po-| nance appropriating $3,500 to y ly 2,000 Seat-| Buckley, too, swore that she was| ce did the rest. | plete the extension of the line on 30th ave. N. BE. The | wanis club will act ax host to Tw Keen interest is being shown in| Mr. and Mra. Buckley returned | mother, the various events, es . Ps “Mamma, I’m Married” Message Lands Bridegroom in Prison ove ei pdwade< Saw eae AGAIN VETOES PORTLAND, Oct. 8—-Paul Buck-) veyed to Mrs. Kemph. Action in the second part of the won, and then: lost, drama commences here. = Mrs rine, He loved Ruth Kemph, 16, 456 FB.) Kemph wasted no time in bestow Caldwell Brands 87th st. He wooed her in approved| ing “maternal blessings” (777) on i po Day manner, She hung her head,|the young couple, She hunted uy “Waste of Money’ blushed, and coyly said, “Yes.” | District Deputy Attorney Deich and Ws het More than] ‘They journeyed to Vancouver,|*Wore to a complaint, charging the ttle Day} Wash. They had little difficulty|{ve-hour groom with the cémmis-| wei! has vetoed the council =o = = rm =z = = bn — J = For the second time Mayor nee at the fair.|18, An obliging minister of the} Buckley spent the first night of | cs E racterized the proposed Day. The Ki-| gospel, whose shingle is plainly] his married life in a ell in the visible from the clerk's office, did/| city jail The girl, weeping and| tion as “a waste of street railway” the rest. | protesting, was taken home by her| bond money.” ie aeonntuiantaeatielill The first record of the use of Tjossman | malade is found during the reign ley will be given a hearing pecially in the|to Portland. Municipal Judg “Mamma, I'm married,” was the) be se racing. 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