LONDON.—Germany has refused to accede to the demand of the Poles that the Polish troops be permitted to use the railroads from the Polish borders to Vilna, according to a Warsaw dispatch to The Mail. The Berlin government based its refusal on the ground that permission from the entente powers is necessary.
Want 250,000 More Men for Navy.
WASHINGTON.—Secretary Daniels asked the house naval committee today to provide for a temporary increase in the naval personnel of 250,000 men for the year beginning next July and leaving the question of permanent place and time of personnel to be determined later. He also sought authority to transfer 1,000 officers among the naval reserves force to permanent naval establishment and asked a provision making permanent wartime time in increases for the men.
Sinn Feiners to Be Released.
LONDON.—The release of all Sinn Feiners interned in England is expected virtually at once. Count Flunkett, Sinn Feiner elected to parliament in the recent balloting has already been released.
Pershing Sejids More Soldiers Home.
WASHINGTON.—General Pershing notified the war department today that additional units with a total strength of approximately 15,000 men have been assigned for early convoy home. These units include the 359th, 230th infantry of the 83rd division, with over 50 officers and 3400 men each and the fourth regiment of the air service, including about 16 aero squadrons.
KAISER'S FUNERAL
ISSUE INVITATIONS AND PROMISE TO FUMIGATE STREETS
AFTER CEREMONIES
LOS ANGELES, Cal.—Residents of the city of Ghent, Belgium have proclaimed the "death" of the former German kaiser. Satire has been called into play.  By the citizens of the village ground under the Prussian heel for more than four years, in a black-bordered funeral notice for William Hohenzollern, recently issued. 