Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1915-10-23
Washington

Washington
Secretary Daniels at Washington or
dered the trial by court-martial of
! Rear Admiral William N. Little, re-
tired, who was inspector for the navy
at the Fore River works, Quincy,
Mass, until December 81, 1914. One
of the charges against Little relates
to the passing of submarine K-2.
Secretary Daniels naval program.
/ which has been approved by President
Wilson, at Washington, provides an
| expenditure of $500000,000 during a
fiye-year period The fve-year program
calls for 16 capital ships-ten dread
naughts and six battle cruisers.
Secretary Garrison's plan. as an
nounced at Washington, for strength
/ ening the military establishment and
| organizing a great continental army
! for defense proposes the following:
| Regular army of 100000 men, an in
| crease of $4,000 men in the present
} tALo ~ tOillAAlEAAtd4 al ~
100000 strong. enlisted for six years
for service within the continental
! United States.
I The navy department at Washington
has directed that no leaves of absence
shall be given the officers of the Prinz
/ Eitel Friedrich. the German auxiliary
cruiser interned at Norfolk, until the
/ six missing officers have returned.
The cost of the proposed enlarge
ment of the army and navy win add
| $75,000.000 to the army appropriations.
making the total for the next fiscal
| year in the ncighborhood of $182,000,-
600. The navy will ask an increase of
about $75.00o,000.
President Wilson started at Wash
| ington to pave the way for favorable
congressional action upon his program
/ for the increase of the army and navy.
| He impressed upon Congressman Hay
! of Virginia tho necessity of approving
the Garrison plan for increasing the
regular army to 10000 men and pro-
viding a reserve which will assure
NE United States a first defense of
100000.
Joseph w. Folk will be the United
States new ambassador to Mexico, 1t
was learned from reliable sources at
1 Washington.
The White House at Washington Of
! ficially denied the report that Miss
! Margaret Wilson, the presidents cid
est daughter, is engaged to =. K.
Compton of Chicago.
!
Favorable action by the British en-
bassy at Washington in two cases in
volving implied contracts" paved the
way for the success Of a large number
of the applications filed by American
! purchasers for the release of millions
of dollars worth OF German and Aus
trian made goods held up at neutral
European ports by the British orders
in council
Fifteen to twenty lighting ships OF
the dreadnaught and battle cruiser
type. with q proportionate number OF
seagoing submarines, coast subma-
rines scout cruisers. destroyers and
auxiliaries enough to make a new
American feet--is contemplated by
Secretary Daniels for recommendation
as a five-year building program for the
Unsed States navy, it was announced
! at Washington.
The United States. in a note dis
patched from Washington to Germany.
TO be presented by Ambassador Ger
ard on the case of the American ship
William P. Frye. asks that IL IL is
found necessary to destroy American
ships carrying contraband, passengers
be removed to a safer place than small
boats.
President Wilson set the corner
stone for the great amphitheater to be
erected In Arlington national cemetery
as a memorial to the nations dead