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: ; nXwAHAN gazette.' . Tuesday, January', V, . lri&psai! : if 6 q fi;:;;s as:; hi THEY DE GIUEIJ BOGkIIIOII fl FREE REPUBLIC Dolcgationi UavIng'For Scandi navian Capitals and For Lon- T don, Paris and - Washington, To Present Cause n 4,;;r SWEDEN'S KiNQTELLS "v ' , OF HIS SYMPATHY Republic .. Probably Will Include . Russian Lapland and Will Pro vide Buffer State Between Age - Long Rivals " .'.' ;'" : ' OPENHAGEN, December , vl . i .'Announcing that they have"' sue i ceeded s in : .establishing the , Re- ' publiq '. of ; Finland and .have or i ganized a settled government for si" their country, within its oldboun ! daries, th,e Finns are now calling uppn thegovernment'of the En i tente allies to recognize Finnish -J V ; independence; 7. : ''''' 'y ' . f V From ? I lelsingfors, which' has ; been reestablished as" the capital ' , of free , Finland, the ' provisional government is now "despatching -. delegation' of Reading Finns to the capitals of the Scandinaviart cou'ff y tries ' and ' to '; London, f Paris' and ' , -T Washington1 to ask, of" the recbg I nition of their new . government ( AVhilc'it has' not yet, been so ; , definitely stated, ft is regarded as , v;, probable that it wilkle announc ed in the various capitals visited : Vthat Finlind y.desires , to include ' I - within Jti j'urisdic'tjpn the ; terri- . i " tory . embraced, VU4in-,the' IxSun- eluded vrkhia .the borders of Swe ; deri and orwsyyj'Suth'a'ntOve, if ' successful,,' will separate , Rus sia from Scandinavia and provide i a' buffer ' stated .'Z" ' neighbors! sympathetic The national Aspirations of Fin land have already been iriformal . ly , approved of by. the candina r vians, the press of Sweden,' Nor '! way and Denmark uniting" in en dorseraent of the Finnish plea for - f. recognition and Urging that such ;v', recognition be' given at the earl . ! iest possible date by their respec j ' ' tive governments. Vf - ' Yesterday, in addressing a dele- ' gatfon ,pf Finnish publicists, who ; were received by , him in Stock- holm, -King Gupta V of Sweden ex pressed his sympathy with them ; and their desire for a renewed na tional autonomy. His Speech has been enthusiastically endorsed by the Swedes. " ' . : The inquest of Finland by Rua - sia . was begun .by Peter the Great, who wrested a large portion of the. J country,, from .. Sweden in 1721. Twenty , years later, by the Peace - of Abo, the. Princess Elizabeth ex tended Russian Finland to the Kynenie and in v 1809 the entire principality v was vj conquered. ' by Alexander I,', who, however, per- mitred Finland to 'retain its Swed y ish constitution," with himself as Its' Grand Duke."' rK' ' ; It was not until 1890 -that the y Russification bt Tihtaiid wasf sen-' ously attempted" since which time, f;: up to the recent revolution In Pc- trograd, the conditions in Finland 4 have been r onerous. -The : Finns have opised to the limit of their - strength the asserted right o Rus- ) . , sia to legislate lur rinianu as u 'fll h saw fit and' without consultation wun inc r innisi utci. Russian was ; tnade the official language. In 1905 a degree of freedom was restored . to the former principality, but in 1909 a repressive policy was rein ; augurated and the partitibn of Fin ' land was commenced. ' . .fv Finland has a population of few er than three and a half million but, until the outbreak of the war, Its' financial condition, was ' flour ishing. "At the present time there is widespread buffering 'and much i , 4 iiuj.vL,',' .,, . ,1 wfS . I ' ctualiUtion aiiiphghc Finns. Drugless Healers Hope . ; For WASHTJUJTONJ December 80 (As sociated J'rm) Among th important decision which la to b handed 4 own by the United State Supreme Court and which way be announced tomorrow U that which, arise Coder California tHcalled "drugless henlor" .lows, en acted in 1913, were attacked m -unconstitutional ia two injunction suits of P. I Crane,, a liosT Angeled chiroprac tor, and Mrs. Kate P. McNanghtnn, a Ix Aagrlea opthamologist. 7 No Chris tian Scientist wer parties t the suit,! but, hav bee watching Went be cause of the statute', esemptloa' of Christian 8cln re and other , f'prayer practitioner" from 'examination , and iteming by the state meilical hoard. , The , laws, designed , to,, suppress "quack" and'fak" Jtealere require osteopaths, neuropaths,, , chiropractor and other en-called ilrugless healer to have certain physiological' knowledge. Validity Undecided , y V , , .California, federal court refused to enjoin, enforcement - of . the , ttate " under the souad discretion of the court," ., .but without deciding their validity; '- In the Supreme Court, the state authorities contended It wa not necessary for that court to decide their. constitutionality, , but merely pas on in uiser the discretion eterrieed by the. lower Ing upheld the statate and Crsne and Mr. McNaugbtoa .aot having appuod for' licenses. ... . ; V ",' s '' . , . tf Olirlatlaa Sdentlsta Exempt 'i . Exemption given, ilirintinn i Kclenre wae attacked a unconstitutional i .the Injunction suits. If -Va contended that the law gives Christian Scientist monopoly U "praffer practise" di eriminates against drives pract, I ti on - RA!S!i!G OF VAGES ran Railroad Heads' Announce They Will Do Nothing Now That , ykVVashington Is In-Control 'WASHINaTON, rJeeemf2-(Aj- aoeiated .Tress) Oovemment '; owner ship of the- railroad . ivstem of the eountry was hinted at a aa Impending possibility today when the railroad an nounced that they hav delaitely re fnaed thev demand 6f the brotherhood for a forty percent raise ia rate th datnsnd'Heing referred to-th govera- mentj' Kailroad fteestlves in snnounc, toward government oWnershin and that thrr believe 'the pubU smd th -atockv holder. lemad It. a . i t v' f '- Plana for handling th -railroads in clude the possible formation of a gov ernment.' corporation' to buy ' feadV . deal ia securities. ' :.i:-;jr-.-. ' ' 7., President Lee of -the Hallway Train men 'a Brotherhood, said today when in formed at Cleveland ' of the aetion of th roads that ' ha had not expected; the road ,to graat the increase. H . be lieve government' ownership is assur ed and is willing to rest his ease with tha government. . :' H ' ' II MADE Petrograd f Government5 Strives To Force Allied Powers To ; - Recognize Status v STOCKHOLfcL December 2 ( Aso-" elated Pre) Nw ' haa'; been re ceived here that th Bolshevik! faction i attemptinir to force from th Allied power recognition of ita atatua as the main Russian government. t Au American diplomatic coarier who passed here on . hi way ; to Petrograd was refused admission to . the Bolshe vik! lines on the ground that hi pass waa-.aot vlaeed by tha BuUhevihl min ister at Btockholnu . iv.vt. .....- It ia assumed that n hia way the tsoisnevuci hone t express their arti- tnde in insiliting on complete and di rect recognition for their own foreign representatives. Abdication Bnmore4 ,; :'.' . ;;, x It is' persistently rumored in Petro grad, despatches from there said, that King Ferdinand of Bumanla will abdi cate th throne in favor of Prince Charles, v The rumor eauoot b eon fimed.' ';', v).- ALLEGED TRAITOR ISiB JTEW YORK December S9--(Aoc1-atod Pre) Paul Hennig, a naturalised Oermun, who is n foreman in a Brook lyn factory' making torpedoes for Unit ed States naval use,i was today lodged in jail charged with treason. ' -.. It is alleged that Heunig altered th gyroscope being made ia the plant o (hat. the torpedoes on which the gyro scope went fixed 'would be ' worthless. ' It I also said that th torpedoes, if launcaeii, not only would not-go, 10 their mark, but might even b danger- ou to th .vessel which sot them off. SECRET SERVICE HAS I U ;' Y.NEW CHIEF, NAMtD WA8H1NQT0N, Dweiuber 30fA oclated Press) Secretary MeAdoo yesterday promoted WIL, Mortn, whq aa.Mn'4isiisiani 'ciner . or tiio, trrns-urr,'-di'prtmBt iTet service, to ii 11 lth vacancy at the head of that orvi V, Vy th resignation f Cblf Fly.. th vacauey at the head of that .ervice RCOGtiH BOLSHEVIKI GOAL V!' f era of avert school of drngle healing in favor of those using prayer only, is class legislation, and an arbitrary exer cise of the elate' "police powers.' . These, charge ' wer denied by the state aothoritle. : The state supreme court had 1oelared both law a valid eiorr.ii of state polio authority.'. The requirement upon drugles healer, to have rudimentary knowledge of ana tomy, ' h(rgin, bacteriology,' . materia medioa and other aubjeet wa declared reasonable, for protection of aitinens against treatment by person without medical knowledge. , Other Similar Law Twenty-llv othef states and terri torie it wa said hav similar exemp tion la favor of Christian Beltnc and other prayer practitioner. These are Maine, New Hampshire, Conneeticat, Kentucky, , Massachusetts, North Da kota, .Mouth Dakota, Tennessee, Okl koma, Arisons, Colorado, Florida, Geor gia, Illinois, jwaasaa, Louisiana, Mlehi ent, New Jersey, Noih Carolina, Utah, Vermont,! Virginia, Washington, Wis consin' and Hawaii. .- 5 The California law, the defending authorities asserted, permit all person whother drugless practitioners, physi cian or Christian. Scientists, to treat the tick . with prayer. : The ststutes, they contended, are designed' to regu late treatment by material means. That the state wa without power to determine "the particular religious forar or ceremony which shsll be em ployed in drugless treatment of disease' or to ''distinguish between different religious forms, rite and ceremonies" was contended by those attacking the taws.. 01M DIRECTORS f-VAUTHORIZE PLANT Bagasse Paper Factory Is To Be Ordered From ' Mainland At : I v-' Once Manager Says ' . HILO, December 28 Returning Sun day morning to Hawaii in the Christ mas 'Manna--Ka from a two month' trip to the Atlantic Coast, ' Charles Eckart of ,01aa brought word to Hilo that hia board .of. directors, meeting in Honolulu, bss' authorised the imme diate' construction ' of 'a' bagasse paper mlll t h Tribono aaya. ; 't . V Primnrit. :ttta nnnxtaa afttha Mil WiJftT'eXtoi:xrodw! - as'pkait-oeated mulching paper, for- use in tbe eaae field of Olaa, but at the same time- it is. spieliy , true- that ether 'papers of nearly ait. graues, -. xrom in Drown wrapping paper of eommereo, and card' board for cartons, to- miperraleadared stock,' such aa illustrated magaxiaea are printed on, - are wlthia reach of , easy possibility.' ' V-. . I - Probably it wilt be a year or more before Ike mill ia running. ' Deliveries on machinery of all sort are uncertain and tanly, both by reason of delay at thr factories and in transportation of the finished product. ' - a . , Ready Market Aanurod ' But from th moment the mill begin to mj& paper, Mr. Eokart any h x pects to find a ready market for all of it. At present, aa output of only iq.6 ton a day is 'contemplated, but the lo cation and floor plan of the mill will be noh that it can b expanded as the market, expands. - - This output of sixteen and one-half ton is only ten percent of the amount of paper that could be mad if all the bagaaao now being fed to the boiler firea were' sent through the nillL And what an output of 16.8 tona a day would mean . may be aeea from ilr Eckart ' tatement that during hi trip he went through the largest book paper mill in the ..world, located la Portland, Maine, which ha oil output of 273 ton a day. Ohviously, if tha manufacture of paper from bagasse, were to be extended to the other plantations of the Islands, as industry i of , great magnitude , wpuld have been .inaugurated. ; , Mr. tcksrt ventures no guease as to thl possibility, and ho preferred to let hi directors announce for themselves the amount they have appropriated for tha new mill. . Only, as be said, it eaa be inferred ,. without ' much difficulty that a sixteen and a half ton paper Biill.dnvolves tidy bit of construction. . 1 1. . ,11- FOUND IN MEXICO V.if'' . I BAN ANTONIO, Texas, December 39 (Aoclated : Press) After being loose for two days an army balloon of late (war type, which ascended at midnight Thursday, has come to earth On - Mcxleaa "soil. Captain-Instructor Paul Jtl oCullough and aix student wer in thelballoon and until late today no word, tjs received from them, though it wa Relieved on account of the wind direction -that they bad drifted across the borvltr.' , Later, new came from I.aredu, irexss, that the balloon with those enl board safe had landed at Hi dalgot All iico, forty miles sooth of th Hie uraniA at six o'clock last n.gut OOPINO OOTJGH. When child has whooolus eonah be careful keep the cough loose ea) expectorati easy by giving Chamber Iain's Coug emeay as may D requir ea. i nis 1 'ily will also liquify the tough mucu iitUimako tt eus.or to fx psctorat. I haa beea used success- fully ia in si ( pidemie and aa it con tain no ear Jc or other aoturiou sum stances it. ih trfeetlyt safe-- For1 al by nil. Until, , Hensoa, Hnilth - Ltd., , ajfeuts mout, .. , , rr llsw4t1.-A1lve1.i110 DEATH PEu'ALTY IS SUBJECT TO REVIEW Execution of Sentence Not To' Be i Carried Out Until Approved - (Trt By Adjutant General ' V - r- , ( '"'" ', "WASHINGTON, December 30 ( As sociated Press) -Execution ' of death sentences Imposed by court , martial upon soldiers, until th proceedings of such court ' martial shail hav bee reviewed at Wftington is prohibited under orders Issued by : President Wil ton yesterday and by the- war depart ment ' promulgated ' to th various de partment commanders. ' The exception to these order ia in -the expeditionary for cm under th commaad of General Pershing. . ' ;-'v ;' . . ' Criticism of the summary execution of the death' sentence upon convicted soldiers hss been brought to th atten tion Of the ! lYesident. It has been claimed that while the actual war con ditions which the forces of the United States are meeting in France make th strict' enforcement ' Of the mili tary law with extreme ' penalties neces sary 'that an equal necessity ba not yet arisen iu-this country and that haste la the execnttoa of th sentence ia not so essential but that n review of the proeeding'may not b had by th higher officials.' V ; . ' - ; , ; fJAWAIIAN DEPARTMENT IT NOTIFIED OF ORDERS ' Before 'any Soldier . in , Hawaii who, for any reason,-la. Called to account for any crime that call for th death pen alty, the case most t reviewed in fall by the adjutant general of the army at Washington, -according to a cable de spatch' received yesterday' from 'Wash ington by General .VTiser ,", "', Heretofore 'th - drth " penalty .has been carried 'oat la the ?distriet or de partment where the commander was su preme, for it is always assumed that when the death penalty is' imposed th court has analysed the evidence down to the last atom so that justice will not miscarry., . f;lt i' . -.-.r-1 s fy ouuiudiuie In Encounter ( I' With Destroyers ''Vr v ,-v , u, I v'. - '. Well Directed Shots From Two United - States: Vessels Bring V About .Sp e e d y Surrender? A,ome ofjhe Crew Drowned f STASHINOTON, ; Deoember fiiHAa sociated Press) Th navy department today made public the detail of a vic tory . br- .American ' destroyer over a submarine attacking vessoto . eonvoyed by the naval forces. .' ' j w '" , The attak occurred on Christmas eve, , but-tlie place Is not ' given out. On that date the destroyers Fanning and Nicholson were convoying Ameri can vessels 'When the Fanning sighted the periseoe of a submarine, which approached between th Nicholson and one of the convoyed vessel. v V, The Nicholson, being in ' a oositioa to.roel the attack, immediately fired three shells and the Panning also got ia three shots, with the result that the submarine waa hit several times. Bad ly crippled, it came to the surface' and the crew surrendered. -. The Fanning ised a line to the diver but, filling with water, it sank quickly,' the line was cut and the crew jumped into the Ma. . :. l y r- A few of them were entangled In thr debris, the wireless mast falling over board. The other wer rescued, taken on board the destroyers, given clothing tnd fed. V When they had been made comfortable the erstwhile U-boat sail ors sail a cheerily.' "-'''''- Th British naval commander-tn-caiei as commended the discipline and alert' K ess of the American erewa.Mi , , r CREDITS 10 ALLIES , : Further Authorizations Made for . v v. Four Countries ;-" s Washington, ; December so--(Aa sociated Pressl-'-Credits thus far ad, vanced to th Allies were announced yesterday by t ho treasury department to amount to. wore than four billions of dollars. ,, ;' t . f "y ' This announcement followed th Is snanee of additional credita which were also told.-.1 ',, 1 la the announcement of - advance authorised it waa said that Great Brit aln is to have aa additional 4185,000, 000, Franco $155,000,000, Belgium 7, 500.00Q and Bumania 1,000,000. : HE'S THROUGH IF WIFE NO. 5 QUITS - CHICAGO, November 67-If the fifth Mrs, Nat C. Goodwin break th bond of matrimony and appeal to th court to releas her from her actor husband, aforesaid actor husband is through witb.'t weduing bells forever. At least, so h said todayf But it may be remembered, ho remarked substan tially the aaui after N", 1, 8, and 4 had forsaken th nam of Goodwin. ' The fifth Mrs. Goodwin was Mis Marjorie Moielaud, ,. Report are that sh is about do apply for a divorce. Nat Goodwin Is appeartug at a local theater, He had .' checked, out" at his bote); 'lie dwsu't ut to. talk about it at all.' PASS FOUR BILLIONS J i. ..ft 'V ,- i; . .'.:y. NAT GOODWIN SAYS British Aircraft '.!' NEWtYpRK, December 80r-(Asw tinted Press)- Deep snow and wintry weather are hampering the -war activ ities of th Western Front tnd on tho Italian front such condition seem to operate in favor of th Allies, aad against the Aastro-Oerman oineO re port from that war theater show the Italiaa and the Allies to have appar ently taken the aggreaslv. ' . ; General Haig, la hi ofBcial report re ceived in London last- evening -Mid that there was great activity on th part of the enemy 'a artillery, espeei ally In the vicinity of liergieeurt to the southwest of Lens. There have been heavy snow falls along the Western Front in nearly nil sectoral' , ' . , Air BattU Fought ; ' ' . . ' . Activity of the air force ladh-ate that the sky haa, cleared for General Haig reported that British aviator had boaibod the airdrome of the1 enemy sorth of Lilli with good success. 8ev ea of th eneqjr's aircraft were downed and three of th British machines had Pasadena's Annual Spectacle ; Will Take , On Wartime As pect But Lose No Beauty ' ; .- I,-. :!,. ,1;v.,-; PASADKNA, California, December 10 Associated press)-.' Patriotism,' a shows by the fighter in the trench- and the war-worker at home, was typified in its -many aspects,, by floral floats ready here last night ' fsr the twenty-ninth annual Tournament of Hoses, New Year's Day, given -thl vear. for the benefit of the American Football, counted upon of lata year to pay expenses, is on: th program the afternoon feature. - War has caused the dbandonmeat of th annual "East versus West ' game and men from Camp Lewi ancf the aii. of th Mar' Island Marine will be on hand for a mirltary contest,' " The parade, a festur of th Pasa dena winter oeason since 1800, will fol low a liae ,of nsreh' through city street' and Jklong boulevards to Tourna ment Parity aa atblei field acquired ror , the teuraameat witfri aeating ca pacity for .23,000 spoctatorK It 1 esU- mated, from thr number of Vitrie th mww4 4tt jLaworetUaffiinwa Jtwm to Tiaas a given point. - , ' ". War'n woadeve, In ,flghtinr method, rill be represented, among other floats, by a British tank, built, ef whito, rose sad carnations, and snulax'by the' Lo Angelas Chamber or .Commerce, ntonned by the board . of director . in British unifrm.A- -,. ."..-.,- . :.; :;",v ' R, It.VIUVIW, B U UIU. 111V, savings, food eonaervation and kindred patnotie dutio of ta people at. bom, will be ahown. by floata, entered by in dividuals, organization i, and business firms. . v -,'. .'-',. '.' Children will play their, part on floats snowing noy Bcouts, knlttin ting, aospitai wora ana in on oauea for Liberty." , Csmouflag will appear In one float. And other war theme will bo ahbwn. all with flowers., ,v--' . .,', ' . ! For the first time in the twenty-nln years of th tournameata there will b foot marcher. Army and navy dstaila, representing many arms of tha aerTiep, were arrangea ior aa pan ox too gea- srsl military air, ; , . .-f V sorts and colors, it waa estimated, have been utd in the building of the hun dred and fifty or mora entrie. A hun dred and ten prUea hav beet oaTaco Tor tne tweniy-six eiaaae, - .1 ,-.', .... ;V No Hope of Abatement Until Mon day Or Tuesday Held Out -By WeatherBureau : WASHINGTON, December 30 (A sociated. Press) No . bopo , of ' any abatement in the' cold wave ia 'the Mississippi Valley ; before Monday , or Tnesday wa held out by tha weather bureau last night. ' . This would moan a continuance of tho eold weather along the Atlantic seboar4 (or s cay or two longer. V t -, c-. .y.yy ( A thick blanket of now nad a groat area of intena cold 1 reported iu to eountry at largo. . - i : . The eold anap rover U th country from th npper Mississippi Valley to the Atlaatie seaboard.- . .. : . The weather bureau nanouncea that the chill will probajby moderate in the central ' states soon, but holds out - no early relief for tho eastern states. Keports ahow that the winter oold ia almost unprecedented in many part of th country. - .. .. ,, r j, . In Hioux City, la., the thermometer is 28 degree below soro, in Omaha it is 20 below, and in Duluth SO below. In New York it ts elow nero also.' u- A gale of wind and snow awept over Philadelphia city, halting the ears. Zero weather prevailed. . Toronto reported the thermometer there registered 28 below today, and from the Canadian Rockies to th At lantic the weather is generally vary eold. ; , ., '-. CITY OF GUATEMALA IS " r' SERIOUSLY DAMAGED , WASHINGTON, December . 8ft--(A-sociated Preesl-r-Renort have reaniied here ' indicating that the earthqualesl which commenced n December 80 hav I destroyed I Quatemald, 0 percent of th city of ROSE FESTlVAL IS : TO AID RED CROSS BUZZARD AtlD COLD WAVETIBHTEN GRIP Tna loss ox uia v, ,mati, Raid Enemy Airdromes failed to Veturn'. .y For th fourth day along the line held by th American army th snow fall ha been intense. N ' Th American expeditionary foree. which aa been preparing for battle, ha eeaeed these preparation in order to fight th snow. Wide road hav boon plowed in the heavy baaks. The training haa been halted but win be ra mmed immediately the snew eeases falling. A Zeppelin . seaplane ha bee wrecked. In the North Pea, according to report received ia London from rttockbolm where th advices had com from Jutland. Italiaa Activities . , ladiration of aggress! venea on tbo part of the Italian -force came from Berlia, official report saving that th Italiaa attacks east of Mont Tomb had been repulsed by artillery are. Thirteen person were killed, and 90 injured last night in aa enemy air raid on Padua, an open eity, by the Teutons. Treviso, Monte, Relluma and Castle Franca wer also attacked. Language Attributed To W. F. Bartels Called To Attention - of Marshal Smiddy Pro-Han statement alleged ' to have been made on Wednesday last at Wi ohiau, Hawaii, before several person by W. F. Bartels, a Kau rancher, wer brought 'to the attention of United States Marshal t. J. pmiddy yesterday in a letter from 8am usl K. Pun, sheriff of ' Hawaii. Th language eomplaiued of, 1 aa follow: : , . 4Hoeh der kaiser. To hell with th President. The ' President should be shot. The kaiser will win tha war and then ysu will bo bang before tho end of It all."-.' y "w - Sheriff Pua tald la hia letter to Bmiddy that Mrs. Anna H. McCarthy, proprietor of a etore.at Waiohinu,ka prepared to go before a court of justice and swear that Bartels used the fore going words. Pua also save that Mra. McCarthy 'a daughter, aad Miss Con stance Viday were present at th time nad ean vouch for. the eerreetne of '.the remarks.' -'i.-1. :i . : i Replying to Pua. Smlddy aaka that nil available information, including rnfioa-vltsoftaAhroe-ysoasen b.olleted and -sent -hia-a Onto Oo, thait ho eaa :abl a. statement of th facta to th attorney-gensrai nk- Washington, who, if he thinka It . necessary, will author ise th issaaneo of. a, Presidential war rant for Battel ' apprehension,' '' Battel i a-aaturaUsed American. Ho wa born - U Germany but ha resided in th Islaada for svral year. K.is reported to bo a brother to Paul Bartels, assistant manager of JS. Hack feld'a branch store at. Hilo,- , v ,J ' V',. V I Ifember Resigns and Charges ' ' Another With Incompetence 1 8AN FBANCIBOO, December 2 (Associated Press) Trouble which ha been indicated a existing beneath th aurface of tha California, state council of defense baa broken forth and is now in the open. - This eamo about with the resignation of John II. Neylaa and a letter which ho addressed to the gov ernor. ' ' ' . In hia letter Neylaa asserts A. Kata ger who la ylee-ehalrman of .the execu tive committoo on a notary of $5000 a year is incompetent and bvcause of his incompeteneo ia bampertag worh that Others might do aad is not earning th salary which la paid to him, . There havo been Indications for some time past that Neylaa was at odd with other members of the oouacll aad these are confirmed, by hia actioua of yeterday; ;;' ,.f.j S.'iVl 1 fT if" 8T. PAUL, lllnaeaotal TU4ajUr '30 ( Associsted Press) Tsa percent ad vance in wagea to 19,000 employe of th Northern Pacifie Kailrotd Company haa been granted, it waa announced yes terday. 4 The. new wag U to b effec tive th first of th year. ' , Among those affected by the nw wage scale art S600 elerk aad 500 ex- preiS company-, employes. , WAR SUPPLY CONTRACTS C ARE TOLD TO COMMITTEE WASHINGTON, December 2X-r As sociated Press) Former Quartermas ter General bharpe waa tha chief wit ness today at the eeagresalonal inquiry Into the eonduct of the war by the oepartmenia. in particular au wa that of "scrap eontraeta", th development today being aalaaporti JANVRIN, BOSTON STAR JOINS SIGNAL n.1"1" vi mt BOSTON, December 17- vrin, utility lufielder - of American .League , baseball eamo a - member ef th Corpa at CampDevens tod llxtmeot leaves Irry , G Everett ttaott the oly loll CHARGE UTTERATICE OFDISLOYALVORDS biect 4 T XORPS Hsold Jaa- tie Boston team, be- SJlst H.gnal jj.' Bis es- Ardner ana Jlder co th team, j. in up orainicoji i LATEST S0AS1I neAi;:sT i:;;S; V t General AUenby ', Captures Dc-, tense System North of Jcrusa lem and Between , Holy City and the Dead Sea y v ; HOLD ON JERUSALEM A ' MADE MORE CERTAIN Moslems Could Not Stand When Tommies Charged , To Com- . plete What Guns, ; Airplanes and Tanks Started ; : t ON DON, December 30 ., J aociated Press) Another ' ,. decisive victory has been won by the British : forces ' in ' the Holy. ' Land against the Turks and their; ' German leaders, making' morer certain the hold General .Altcnby ; has upon Jerusalem. , This British' victory was scored "early in, the' week, but the details have only j'ist been made public by thi war office.' -If . y'''. ' ;' ' i "'' ': The new' advance was made by the '. Welsh and Home .' County troops, who have been occupying positions north of Jerusalem since ' their, successful encircling move ment on .; December ' 10 whichT made the surrender of Jerusalem; certain and obviated any . ncces- sity of capturing the place by storm, : in the course of ,which . damage to some of the places held , holy, by, three , great '; religious bodies might have happened. This . movement .'forced the, 'Turkish garrison to evacuate the city, re tiring; the' caSCand' taking up a '' position.- between Jerusalem and Jerico. ' v;'.': ''.', ' ; "l. '' ' V:.'.; GOING TO JERICO V'Th new blow byGeneral At-; lenby was struck against this new Turkish line along a front of thir teen miles, in .the general direc tion of Jerico, 'with' the British right wing advancing toward the Dead Sea. The Turks were whol ly urfable to resist the British ad vance, although fighting bravely. The. British guns' ; tore their trenches into . shapelessness and British ' aviators swooped back and forth alojig.their lines, break ing up relief parties and spray ing the trench defenders with ma chine gun bullets. ' Where the ar- tillery failed to smash the Turk ish, wire, a number of tanks rolled into actio , and completed the -work,'-. ''A ' V; , -. . .'- . When the infantry advanced it drove fche demoralized Turks back along the entire , thirteen mile front, capturing' their dc . fense system o a depth of two miles and consolidating it for counter attacks, which were never ; delivererj.vi ... vV The new positions give the Bri tish command of . all (the , high trround for four miles north and least of JerIaltm and for a mile nniTin'i r n Uiillluil lilUli norm ot .te jerico road. . ? ACCilSES PMRS OF 11 V!iGOIfOLIES ' :;Vy";' ? ' ..!;,-,i-l...V: BOSTON, December ? 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