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Show DEPARTMENT CLERK TALKS OF BIG NAVY , James Wellman of Washington, D. C, was in Salt Lake Thursday and Friday, on his way to San Franciscft. Mr. Well-man Well-man is a clerk In the Navy department , at Washington, and appeared to be con-versant,wlth con-versant,wlth many of the plans for Increasing In-creasing the size of the navy. . "Of course, I can't tell you anything . more than the press dispatches have already al-ready carried about the navy." he said Friday morning, "but if the plans now under consideration are carried out, the United States will have one of the most . powerful fleets of war vessels in the world. "The appropriation asked is immense, but I believe the general sentiment in Washington seems to be that it will be passed without question. We need tha -increased navy in order to hold our su 1 ' premacy." . ' ( w |