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The Parker post., 1916-06-10
SUBMARINE MAKES
NEW WORLD RECORD

LONDON, June 5.-A record of a
submarine staying out on a trip last
ing forty-siX days without touching
land has been achieved by a British
undersea boat
This feat, which excels any known
record during the war by any other of
the belligerents' craft, was revealed
today by a high authority.
During it's long journey the British
submarine participated in many thrill
ing episodes, including the sinking of
more than one German war craft. 1t
had many narrow escapes from being
sunk by the enemy, while at other
times it had to pick it's way through
mine fields, in imminent peril at any
moment of striking one 1t towed
many floating mines toward various
ports, turning them over to other Brit
ish vessels.
The Parker post., 1916-06-10
PREPAREDNESS IS FAVORED
BY COAST BUSINESS men
HIGH PRICES HAVE NOT RE
DUCED USE OF GOODS
Majority of 1862 Leading Business Men
In California, Oregon and WASH
ington Give Views in Answer
to Circular Letter

SAN FRANCISCO, June 6-Here is
what majority of 162 business meI
in California, Oregon, Washington and
Nevada believe:
That peace in Europe will directly
affect their business.
That the high prices have not re-
duced consumption, of goods.
That there Us no unemployment OF
labor prevailing.
That labor is contented with its
present wages.
That there is no probability of seri-
Gus strikes this summer.
That business men are satisfied
with the federal reserve law
That there is no danger of any in
f1ation of currency.
That people are making permanent
improvements in buildings and prop
erty.
They favor tariff commission.
Real estate is more active.
Antagonism to railroads is abating
An advance of 5 per cent in railroad
rates would be paid without serious
opposition.
Better times are making wage earn
ers more saving.
Public sentiment is for liberal ex
penditures on preparedness.
War has increased civic responbility
and American nationalism.
Adequate protection for foreign
trade and Investments is desired.
We should intervene in Mexico.
This interesting study of public SEN
timent was made by Harris, Winthrop
& Co., New York bankers, who sent
out $500 letters and received 1710 re-
plies to the II questions which they
asked in each letter.
The replies from the Pacific coast
showed a considerable divergence
from those of other states.
The Parker post., 1916-06-10
ANOTHER NEW FUEL!
AT 8 CENTS GALLON

BOSTON, June 6. Another man
with substitute for gasoline has
made his appearance, this time at
Stoneham, little suburb of Boston.
His name is Daniel E. Smith, an attor
ney. While he claims to be the inven-
tor it is believed that a young fellow
who has reputation for experiment.
ing in chemistry is the real inventor
and Smith is representing him. Ac-
cording to Mr.. Smith, the chemicals
are simple, and they are of American
manufacture. They may be procured
anywhere, and mixed with water fur
nish fuel at 8 cents a gallon. He
says all the operator of a car has to do
is to fill the car with the mixture and
when the tank is empty pour in five
gallons of water and empty the con-
tents of a six-ounce bottle in the water
and he can continue on his journey.
The Parker post., 1916-06-10
227 Miles of School Children

SACRAMENTO, June eff all Of
the school children of California were
lined up four abreast, eight feet apart,
the line would be 227 miles long, or
would extend from Sacramento to
twenty-one miles beyond Fresno. This
was figured out by Job Wood, statis-
tician of the state department of edu-
cation, who based his calculations on
the parade in Sacramento last week,
when the 10000 school children, ar
ranged as above, made line four
miles long. There are 100000 school
children in the state, Mr. Wood says.
The Parker post., 1916-06-10

that British battle cruisers would be
exposed at short range to tremendous
fire.
Three were sunk These vessels
were not designed for close fighting
but fighting at high speed and long
range, in which they proved extraor-
dinarily successful in the battle off the
Falkland Islands and that in the North
Sea in January, 1915.
1t is significant that in the battleship
squadron supporting the battle cruis
ers no ships were sunk. The three
armored cruisers, two of which were
sunk and one abandoned, were not
fitted to lie in the line of battle. In
these vessels the British navy still re-
tains great numerical superiority.
The ultimate issue was the speedy
retreat into it's harbors of the German
fleet. The British feet, despite it's
losses, remained at sea victorious.
The following facts stand out from
among the mass of detail concerning
the fight which is filtering into the
Admiralty:
There were no surprises.
2-The mythical German 17inch
guns, about which so much has been
written, did not materialize.
3-The German loss of life was very
heavy.
1.-The Zeppelins were conspicuous
by their absence.
5-Greater material loss was caused
by gunfire than by torpedoes.
6-The engagement was fought at a
distance of between 10000 and 10000
yards.
The battle occurred in -four phases
starting with the engagement between
the battle cruisers, which were evenly
matched; the fight between the light
cruisers, which ended with the sudden
appearance of German battleships, fol
lowed by the arrival of British battle
ships and the hasty retreat of the
Germans, and finally the German de-
stroyers' attack.
The Parker post., 1916-06-10
Ocean No Defense. Says Admiral

MOHONK LAKE, N. Y, June g.
The Atlantic ocean is no longer de-
fense to the United States, Rear Ad-
miral Austin M. Knight, president of
the Naval War college, declared to
the conference on international arbi-
tration here.
He said only strong nation would
be recognized in the settlement Of
great world questions such as will
come up at the end of the present war.
\ Admiral Knights speech, in part,
was as follows:
"The Atlantic ocean is in no sense
a serious obstacle to invasion in these
days of large, fast steam vessels-un-
less the waters bordering our coasts
are held by fleet strong enough to
command them absolutely. Eliminate
the fleet, or make it so inferior to an
opposing fleet that it cannot block the
approaches to Boston and New York,
to Narragansett and Chesapeake bays,
and the ocean is a highway, broad,
spacious and convenient beyond any
military road that the Romans ever
built"
The Parker post., 1916-06-10
ENGLISH AND GERMAN FLEETS
IN DEATH CLASH AT SEA
lone HUNDRED AND Fifty WARSHIPS ENGAGE IN CREATES
BATTLE IN WORLDS HISTORY NEAR GERMAN COAST
Battle Fought at Short Range On Account of Fog Resulting In Very Heavy
Damage From Gfre-COndctng Accounts As to Total Amount of
Damage DoneZeppens Did Not Support German Fleet Attack

LONDON, June 5.-Between 5000
and 10000 lives were lost in the naval
battle in the North Sea, the greatest
in the worlds history. Of this the
British sustained 5000. The German
loss is variously estimated at between
5000 and 5000 lives. The British ad-
mirals-Hood and Arbuthnot-went
down with their ships.
1t is estimated that $50 warships
were engaged in this titanic struggle
British official statements admit the
loss of fourteen ships with a total ton
mage of 125,0OO. These include three
battle cruisers, three armored cruis
ers and eight destroyers.
The British claim the Germans lost
fourteen ships-two battleships, five
cruisers, six destroyers and a torpedo
boat. Not including two cruisers
which are unidentified, the total ton
mage of the German ships lost is esti
mated at 49,115.
German estimates of the British ton.
mage destroyed place it at $4,000 tons
while the Germans admit the loss o1
ships totaling $4,000 tons.
According to a wireless dispatch
Wn1cn mas Deen picked up here, the
German admiralty admits the loss o1
the battleship Westphalen.
The most surprising news of the day
was the admission of the British ad
miralty that the entire British mair
fleet was engaged in the battle.
Admiral Beatty, in command of the
cruiser squadron, had apparently beer
led into field of mines. His call fol
help was answered by Admiral Jelli
coe with the main fleet.
There was low visibility, which
means the weather was thick and the
range of vision perhaps not more thar
six miles. Therefore, the action was
fought at short range, in which both
main and secondary ornaments were
brought to bear.
The German battleships mount very
powerful secondary ornaments, sc
The Parker post., 1916-06-10
NAVAL BILL PASSES HOUSE
BY VOTE OF 358 TO

WASHINGTON, June 6.-The naval
appropriation bill, carrying $270,000,-
600 for sea preparedness, was passed
by the house by a vote of 95S to A. A
wild outburst of enthusiasm from both
sides of the house greeted the an
nouncement.
AS the bill passed, it was increased
by nearly $30,000,000 over the original
measure submitted by the naval af
fairs committee. In addition to this
increase in immediate appropriations
the house added many millions more
in authorizations for future naval ex
penditures.
The Parker post., 1916-06-10
LANSING URGES NEUTRAL
RIGHTS BE ADHERED Ito
SCORES CRITICS OF UNITED
STATES FOREIGN POLICY
Secretary of State Before Bar Asso
citation Tells Difficulty of Meet
ing New Conditions Caused
by War

WATERFOWL, N. Y, June 6.-Sec-
retary Lansing before the Jefferson
County Bar Association here scored
critics of the administration foreign
policy who would have it do more
than has been done in the negotiations
arising from the war, and replied to
has been more vigorous in it's dealings
with Germany than with Great Britain.
Mr.. Lansing said:
The great war has caused so many
conditions which are entirely new that
it has been no easy task to meet and
answer them. The relations between
neutrals and belligerents were never
more difficult of adjustment. 1t was
never harder to preserve neutral
rights from invasion by the desperate
opponents in the titanic conflict in
which the power, if not the life, of
the great empires of the earth is at
stake.
In nutshell, the situation of our
relations with Great Britain and Ger
many and the powers with which we
have had our principal controversies
is this:
Germany, having developed the sub
marine as an offensive engine of de-
struction, asserts that she cannot, on
account of the resulting conditions,
conform to the established rules of
naval warfare, and we should not
therefore, insist on strict compliance.
On the other hand, Great Britain
declares that on account of the new
conditions resulting from the sub
marine activity and the use of mines
and from the geographical position of
Germany, she cannot conform to the
established rules of blockade and con
traband, and we should not, therefore,
hold her to strict compliance with
those rules. Germany insists, never
theless, that Great Britain be made to
follow the existing law.
The only alternative is for this
Government to hold firmly to those
neutral rights which International law
has clearly defined and to insist Wig
orously on their observance. In not
the slightest degree can the settled
rules be modified unless all the parties
consent to the notifications.
Those who are prone to blame the
Government because it does not de-
mand and threaten ought to consider
very seriously what it would mean to
the nation if their wishes were carried
out. If they were responsible for the
consequences would they give the
counsel which, as private citizens, they
are so ready to give?
The Parker post., 1916-06-10
SUBMARINE LINER
ON VOYAGE TO N. Y

WASHINGTON, June 6.-Germany g.
has devised means to thwart sGreat
Britain's present mastery of the seas
From a source ship news reporters
declare is always reliable, they are in
formed that within a few days New
York will witness the arrival of a Ger.
man super-submarine, inauguratine
"a passenger, mail and freight service
between Germany and the United
States.
The submarine now en- route, it is
said, is $50 feet long, and carries Ger
man mails, fifty tons of chemicals
dysstuffs, and ten passengers, who
each paid $4,000 cash fare. Five OF
these super-submarines, according to
the report, are to be placed in service
The Parker post., 1916-06-10
JAPANESE PURCHASE
PACIFIC MAIL LINERS

SAN FRANCISCO, June 6.-Report-
ed sale of the former Pacific Mail lin
ers Siberia and Korea to the Togo
Kisen Kaisha had official confirmation
today in the statementI of William H.
Avery, of San Francisco, agent of the
Japanese concern, who is in New York.
He admitted the steamers had been
purchased. Four million dollars is
said to be the sum invested. The lin
ers will be put ON the San Francisco
Oriental run, making six Japanese lin
ers in that trade.
The Parker post., 1916-06-10
Reward to Prevent Fires

IMPERIAL, June 6.-Supervisors OF
Imperial County posted standing re
ward of $1,000 for the arrest and con-
viction of persons burning ranch prop
erty.
The offer was made last year, and
was renewed by the action of the SUI
pervisors. AS a result of the fires
near Brawley last night, a large area
of barley fields is In ruins. Straw
stacks were burned and grain was de
stroyed, the damage amounting tt
$4,000. The fires were started by
phosphorus.
The Parker post., 1916-06-10
SAN DIEGO CREW MAKES
RECORD IN TARGET PRACTICE

SAN DIEGO, June GA record fo1
accurate and rapid fire long range
shooting is said to have been estab-
lished by gun crews of the armored
cruiser San Diego, flagship of, the Pa
cific fleet, at elementary practice of
this port. 1t is reported the six-inch
gun crew scored twenty-nine hits in
forty shots, while the men behind the
three-inch batteries achieved fifteer
hits in twenty-seven shots. The firing
range was nearly two miles.
Admiral Winslow was aboard the
San Diego during the practice. Eight
target RATS were used, representing as
many hostile torpedo boat destroyers
Theoretically it is said the gunners Of
the San Diego either destroyed or dis
abled the enemy ships.
The Parker post., 1916-06-10
100000 Russians Killed

STOCKHOLM, June 5.-The Petro-
grad correspondent of the 'Dagens
Nyheter' sends an estimate Of the
Russian losses, compiled from official
and semi-official reports. According
to these tables, 1,942,610 soldiers have
been killed or died from wounds or
disease since the beginning of the war.
The number of the officers killed is
given as 125,433. Among them are 277
generals.
The Parker post., 1916-06-10
NEW BLOCK SIGNALS
FOR SALT LAKE ROUTE

LOS ANGELES, June 6.-About
100000 worth of new block signals
will be installed on the Salt Lake route
this summer, although no passenger
has been killed in train accidents on
the railroad in nine years, according
to H. c. Mutt, general manager.
Direct current automatic interlock-
ing signals of the, very latest type will
be placed between Los Angeles and
Riverside; Salt Lake City and Lynn
dyl, Utah; and Modena to Rox, New.
a distance of 28O miles in all.
The Parker post., 1916-06-10
GERMANY PREPARED FOR
LONGER WAR, is CLAIM

NEW YORK, June 6.11That while
Germany may desire peace at this
time, she still has 100000 uniformed,
well-drilled soldiers who have never
seen any fighting front was the state
ment of Augustus F. Beach, war cor
respondent, on his return here from
Berlin. According to Beach, while the
Germans now desire peace, their spirit
is unbroken, their resources unim-
paired, and they are prepared to go
right on fighting indefinitely.
The Parker post., 1916-06-10
Will Enter Bio Air Race

SAN DIEGO, June 6.-Eight of the
foremost aviators in the West have
announced their intention of entering
the national aeroplane Derby which
will start from New York in Septem-
ber under the direction of the Aero
Club of America. They are Oscar A.
Brindley, army aviation instructor;
Raymund V. Morris, private instruc
tor; Lieut.. Thomas Dewitt Milling
and Floyd Smith, all of this city !;
Glenn Martin, of Los Angeles; Silas
Christofferson, Corp. Albert Smith and
Sergt William Ockoer, the latter two
of whom are army flyers.
The Parker post., 1916-06-10
SAN FRANCISCO FIRE
LOSS is $1,5o0,ooo

SAN FRANCISCO, June 6. In prop
erty loss the spectacular fire that de-
stroyed Pier 46 and cargo of oriental
merchandise was the greatest conf1a'
grafton the San Francisco waterfront
has ever seen.
No lives were lost, but, according to
the figures of the shipping men inter
ested and of the harbor commission,
the property values burned will reach
nearly $1,500,000.
The cargo of the Shinyo Maru No.
2, unloaded on the dock and the cargo
waiting to be slowed was worth, ac
cording to E. J. Roberts, general
freight agent of the Toyo Kishen Kai
sha, $1,250,000.
The Parker post., 1916-06-10
LARGE NAVY Is U. S.
DUTY, SAYS JAPANESE

SAN FRANCISCO, June 6.-Japan is
willing to see the United States pro-
gress undisturbed; she herself de-
mands to be supreme in the Orient,
'Jiuji G. Kasai, Japanese, a former
student at Harvard University and the
University of Chicago, told the Com
monwealth Club at luncheon here.
''It is Americas duty to protect her
interests against invaders by means
of mighty army and navy he said.
The Parker post., 1916-06-10
10000 MARK is PASSED
RECEIPTS ARE $1,934, ,9S7

SACRAMENT, June 6-Supt. H. A
French of the State Motor Vehicle De
partment gives the following figures
to date: 41
Registrations: Automobiles, 180,
1885,, motorcycles, 24,183; chauffeurs
8,941; auto dealers, 1926; motorcycle
dealers, 1872.
Amounts: Automobiles, $1,838,
2S6.35; motorcycles, $46,505.OO; chauf
feurs, $16,530.00; automobile dalears
$31,21S.25; motorcycle dealers, $845.75
miscellaneous, $1,602.50. Total, ST.,
934,98785.
The Parker post., 1916-06-10
CHICAGO HOLDS BIG
PARADE FOR PREPAREDNESS

CHICAGO, June 6. The greatest
parade ever held in Chicago ended
after 130,214 persons, one-sixth OF
whom were women, had filed through
the streets in the preparedness de-
monstration. The parade was eleven
and half hours in passing More
than 100000 persons are estimated to
have witnessed it. The night division
was made up largely of military or
ganizations, which included all
branches of the army and navy SER
vice
The Parker post., 1916-06-10
ESTIMATE REVENUE
TAX AT $5oO,ooo,oo

WASHINGTON, June 6.-The gov
ernment's internal revenue tax rol
for the year ending June 80, next, will
amount to $5OO,OOO,OOO, according to
Secretary McAdoo. Of this, taxes on
whisky, cigars, beer, cigarettes and to-
bacco will furnish $303, 100000; taxes
on incomes of individuals and corpora
tions, $115,OOO,OOO; emergency tar
collections, 100000.
The Parker post., 1916-06-10
Would Repeal Prohibition Law

OLYMPIA, Wash, June 6.-The
shortest initiative measure ever pro-
posed in Washington is on file with
the secretary of state. 1t is known as
initiative bill No. 25, and in exactly
twenty-nine words it proposes the re-
peal of the statewide prohibition law
enacted in 1915 and in effect since Jan.
1, 1916. The bill was filed by Bert L.
Swezea, of Seattle, who stated that he
was acting solely on his own initia-
tive
The Parker post., 1916-06-10
MILLION TONS IN
SHIPS BUILDING

WASHINGTON. June 6.--Steel mer-
, chant vessels building or under con-
tract to be built in private American
shipyards on May 1 numbered 368, Of
1,029,014 gross tons, the bureau of nav
igation of the department of COM
merce reports.
Of these, 221 are for salt water use,
and 147 for fresh water trades, with
109 cargo vessels, 67 bulk vessels, and
10 passenger and cargo vessels.
The Parker post., 1916-06-10
REJECTED BILLS TO
BE SOLD AS JUNK

SACRAMENTO, June g. Thou
sands of bills that we're introduced
into the legislature and failed of pas
sage, and thousands of others that
have been placed on the statute books,
are being cleared out of the capitol
and baled to make room for the hew
Offices of Capitol Superintendent
George Radcliff. The children of many
bright legal and other minds are to
be sold for old paper.
The Parker post., 1916-06-10
New German War Fund

BERLIN, June 5.-The fifth war
loan, to be asked Of the reichstag for
issuance in September, will be, 10000
100000 marks. This will bring the
nations total credits up to 5O,O0O,OOO,-
900 marks. Of this sum, 36,O00,OO0,OO0
marks have been raised in loans.
The Parker post., 1916-06-10
Italians Fleeing Earthquake Zone

ROME, June 5.-Thousands of refu-
gees from Vicenza province, which
suffered heavily from earthquake
few days ago, are pouring into the
south. Public subscriptions to the re-
lief fund are doing much to alleviate
conditions.
The Parker post., 1916-06-10
$500, 900 Coast Fish Deal

SAN FRANCISCO, June Cone of
the largest deals in the history of
Alaskan fishing will have been con-
summated Oct. 1 next, when Libby,
McNeill & Libby, Chicago packers,
take over the physical properties of
the North Alaska Salmon company, of
San Francisco, a 100000 corporation.
The Parker post., 1916-06-10
Germans Lose 100000 at verdun

PARIS, June 5.-The Matin claims
that it has absolute information that
the Germans have sacrificed 100000
men at Verdun since Feb. 81. Field
Marshal Falkenhayn's order, dated
May 27, has been found on several
prisoners, instructing all commanders
of units to push attacks to the ex-
treme limit" +"
The Parker post., 1916-06-10
Highways Under Construction

LOS ANGELES, June 6.-County
road workers are building an oil and
gravel road one and One-half miles
into Boehme canyon. Another force
of men in the county road department
is constructing an oil and gravel road
two miles from Santa Monica canyon
over Huntington heights to Santa Ynez
canyon.
The Parker post., 1916-06-10
State to Halt Scarlet Fever

SACRAMENTO, June 6.-To stem
an invasion of scarlet fever which is
threatening to become widespread
DR.. James G. Cumming, special rep
resentative of the state board OF
health, arrived in Patterson, Stanis
laus county, according to word COM
ing from that place. The epidemic
already has caused a number OF
deaths.
The Parker post., 1916-06-10
Round-the-Horn' Cruise

NEW YORK, June 6.-After a IT,
30O-mile cruise from the San Fran
cisco harbor via Cope Horn and South
and Central American ports, the yacht
Cyprus, owned by D. G. Jackling, San
Francisco millionaire, has arrived
here.
The Parker post., 1916-06-10
CHANGES PLANNED
IN NEW ". S. COINS

WASHINGTON, June 6.-Clothed in
raiment of different cut, Miss Colum-
bia will appear in much changed Co.'S
tune in new mintages of coins after
July 1. This was the announcement
of Secretary McAdoo. The changes
will be upon dimes, quarters and half
dollars.
The Parker post., 1916-06-10
9.ooo-MiIe Wireless Record

SYDNEY, N. S. W., June 5.-The
steamship Ventura arrived here and
reported a new wireless record. The
Ventura's operator declared he caught
a message from the wireless station at
Tuckerton, N. j., 5000 miles away.
The Parker post., 1916-06-10
COAST HAPPENINGS
M|RRORED HERE
BRIEF outline OF CURRENT EVENTS
ON THE PACIFIC SLOPE
condensed Resume Of the Weeks Happenings
Covering Events Of Interest from Nearby
Places WIN Allow Rapid Scanning
Pears To Be Hiqh

SACRAMENTO, June 6.-California
pears will bring $50 ton the coming
season, growers say. Last year they
sold at $32. The yield this year is
only 60 per cent of normal.
The Parker post., 1916-06-10
TELECRAPH|C NEWS
IN PARAGRAPHS
CLEANED FROM NUMEROUS SECTIONS
OF BOTH HEMISPHERES
Dispatches PiGturhg Developments From the Out.
side World Stripped Of Unnecessary
Details and Presented In Brief
Lassen To Be National Park

WASHINGTON, June 6.-Creation
of the Lassen Volcanic National park,
in the Sierra Nevada mountains,
northern California, is provided for in
bill favorably reported to the house.
The daily Alaskan., 1916-05-29

A thorn in the side of all true Alaskans-Morningside. Those who stand Tor and believe in Alaskan institutions for Alaskans, manned by men of our own territory who know the conditions through the past experience are better fitted to cope with our conditions than peo- pie who have the outside intelli- geuce about the. conditions that eX- ist in Alaska. The logical place for 8 sanitarium for the care of the insane in Alaska is in Alaska and not in the States. Have you considered the logical lOcaton for it's establishment? We believe th;t Skagway would be a convenient To- cation, easily reached from all points, healthful and a logical point to establish the institution. What do you think about 1t?