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THE MORNIXG OREGOXIAN. THURSDAY, , AUGUST 4, 1910. CRANE iS SILENT BRITAIN DEBATES P BE SID EXT OF UNITED WIRELESS, WHO WITH FELLOW OFFICERS HAS BEEN INDICTED. High Living at Low Cost ON WESTERN TRIP IB POSSIBILITY Conjecture Connects Confer ence With Ballinger's Re- fusal to Resign. Sp&edy Mobilization of Empire Regarded as "Virtually Impossible." NAVY OF' FIRST REGARD Earl Percy Discuss Problems Id Tolred in Possible Conflict With Enroian Power With the Strength of Germany. i nN.-ru"v Anr 1. Earl Perrv he nlwd the question. "What could the British Army do In a European u . This Is a very pertinent matter to the BriUsh. and as the German war scare Is bjr no means at an end. much comment hmm been aroused thereby. The Bret thing, says one authority. In any dlscusnon that Is not trifling- Is to n. i CI.I.K w.e as a Whole. so that each " part may drop Into It proper perspective, own -T.i.i-h .. - r, - nmfllct between on or more of the great powers and Great Britain, wun turn wppun '"-'' fM.t H rl T I n cm urnio aiuu the umi xi I i m in vu " - " dominions oversea. Modern war between icreat powers Is always a struggle for the mastery In wnicn one siae is put forwsrd Its whole available strength. and In wnicn. mereiore. ine iu " cannot mobilise Its whole people and a Jin wrauu uu i u 1 1. disadvantage, at any rate at the start. i .. hA . rd.nrT la tO DU 1 11 HI....- throw all the possible energy Into the nrst mow. so inai a uisau mew Mart may easily w Ileserre Slow of Command. Great Britain cannot for a European war mobilize ner empire. ui - -reserve of power upon which she can only draw after a lapse of time and In special circumstances. The oversea dominions have or may . r4.. nt urura naval bases valu able In a naval war for the protection of ennmenx. J rwp. irum . ...... - - - mlntnns may reinrorce ine gamson i India and even of KKypt. They cannot, at the outset, be available in Europe. Jn . t . m.t I In hu to flffht for the empire with no more direct help MM I. .Kan n K riven bv such nVl forces maintained by the dominions aa may at the time form part ot tne unian in fjimriMn water. That first act must needa be a fight for the 'command of the sea," a fight of which the kernel will be a decisive sea ngnt. a navai con flict fought out to the bitter end. So far as can be Judged on the present bal ance of naval power, the Issue In the conflict at sn wouia aepena . w mininr th. rieets and on the strategical skill of th opposing ad miralties. The first question a possible ally will .-w i . iim tn ha one In which she feek that for her own sake she mun needs ngnt ir sne nas a cmncr. 11-111 ---, DriNln K Victorious at sea? No ally will be forthcoming unless the answer to that question Is In the affirmative. For any any wonn navws muss be assumed to have reasonable pru dence, and to Join with a Great Britain foredoomed to defeat at sea would evi dently be rash. Hypothetical Case Dlscokaed. The second question to be considered by the possible ally would be: What can Great Britain do to help In battles on land. In particular tn the decisive battles, which In modern war come early In the campaign; This Is the question dis cussed by Earl Percy, who takes aa his hvpothetlcal caso that In which the ad versary would be Germany and the pos sible ally France. He takes first the supposition that Belgium would be ex posed to attack by the assumed ad versary, and considers whether a British Army might be landed In Belgium to help the Belgian resistance. He takes second, the assumption that a British army would be sent to France to act on the left wing of the French army. He In clines to think that the British force, could scarcely be more than 100.DOO men. and that It would hardly be on the, spot In time, for he expects the decisive bat tle within a fortnight. l"pon these calculations one or two reflections present themselves. In the first place the British regular army and the special reserve have been of late years reorganised for the purpose of producing an expeditionary force of 160. nixi men with reserves such as will suf fice to keep It st that strength during a campaign. If the war office of 199. which had been told to aim at an ex peditionary force of 70.000 men as Us maximum effort, was able to have that force ready before the transports and to Increase It as time went on to many times that number, there ought to be no reason for doubting that the new war office will have Its 10.000 men ready when wanted. The attention of Inquir ers should be turned to the means of moving them. The railway systems of Kngland and. France are quite equal to the task. The problem would be to get them from one country to the other. Navy Most Important: The expeditionary force. In the opinion of the authority quoted, la probably as good as any force In the world of the same slse. At any rate. It has been dil igently trained ever since the South African War. in which Impartial ob servers as well as British generals re ported that the men were splendid. The aim of the minister of war ought to be to make the territorial army as far as possible fit at the earliest moment to reinforce the expeditionary force. The main use of the inquiry to which Karl Percy has devoted so much serious thought Is to help the people of this coun try to realize that the true purpose of British military-preparatlona la to strike a blow abroad and that the right way of dealing with projects of Invasion is to prevent them by victory at sea. There is no other way of preventing Invasion, and prevention Is better than cure. An army that Is good enough to beat an enemy abroad will also be good enough to best him In Great Britain In case, in spite of the navy. Tie should arrive here, but an army not fit to beat him abroad will hardly deter him from trying to cross the sea Club Will Take Trip. ALBANY. Or, Aug. . (Special.) At a meeting of Its executive Loard last evening, the Albany Commercial tiub arcepted the Invitation of R- B- McKln rey to visit his big ranch near Holley, and In connection with this visit an automobile trip through th eastern part of Linn County will be arranged. President McCune was authorised to name a committee of five on arrange ments for the trip and will name the committee in a day or two. frnc-e ja."r.a. helreei to th throne of Holland. M adw well started on bar second year of llfs. with good heaita and a strong t re mhlanoa to her fataes i 1 CHRISTOPHER C. M ILSOX. HIGHER-UPS IN TOW United Wireless Telegraph Of ficers Indicted. ALL OUT ON $65,000 BAIL Christopher Columbus Wilson and Others .Charged With Conspiracy to Defraud by Tslngr Malls to Sell Worthless Stock. NEW TORK. Aug. . Seven officers of the United Wireless Telegraph Com- unr. most of whom had been previ ously arrested, were indicted by a Fed eral grand Jury today on two counts, one charging conspiracy to defraud by the use of the United States mans, tne other charging conspiracy in devising a scheme to Induce Investors to buy worthless stocks. Those Indicted are: President Chris torjher Columbus Wilson. Vice-Presi dent Samuel Bogar. secretary w. yv. Tompkins. Fiscal Agent George H. Parker, General Manager C. C. Gal bralth. Treasurer W. A. Dlbolt and Francis X. Butler, counsel and director of the company. All except Parker were arraigned be fore Judge Hough In the United States District Court and pleaded not guilty. Parker Is understood to be on the way here from Seattle to surrender himself. President Wilson was held In 425.000 ball. Tompkins and Bogar In 110,000 each and the others in $5000 each. On the first charge all were paroled tor one week and on the second charge they were given two days in wnicn to find bail. The company has outstanding $20, 000.000 worth of common and preferred stock. The Indictments give a long Hat of statements about this stock sent out bv the management which the ln- dicment charged wt wholly false. NO VOICE FOR POINDEXTER fr"ntHwfl froTn T1rt Court. Kims County In caucus had pre vlously Indorsed such a movement. The amendment was defeated. 623V to 2B3H, without discussion. a i ...... f, th entire renort of the platform committee was proposed by Dr. D.iW. King, of Wenatchee. which contained a scattering indorsement of things Republican without much specifi cation, and which favored primary noml- . o..nHm. hiHm. indorsed wom- 11 A .lull vt ....... j n en's suffrage, commended "the conduct of Theodore Roosevelt in tne courts ra foreign governments and hailed Dim as 'the great American commoner. Platform Easily Adopted. m l ( , waa Mitte-lfhen1 witliout a rollcaJL The main platform was finally adopted without a dissenting vote. Resolutions deploring the death of Gov ernor 8. G. Cosgrove, ex-Governor John H. McGraw and tiepreseniauvo r. . Cnshman were adopted. T-i i K nwralnf and afternoon ses sion, the proceedings were enlivened by speeches from members of the Congres sional delegation exoepting. of course. Polndexter. It Is understood Polndexter not in Taooma. but nis picture nung in an obscure corner or the nail, inose of the other Representatives, the Sena tors and several Washington men of prominence occupying- positions on the walls and Daicony euso. A,,Afnr Piles. Senator Jones. Representative Humphrey and Repre sentative MCtXeaie came ueciarauuua similar In trend to the enunciations lven later in the convention piatrorm. . Ti I .vnpMiAd regret that the primary law did not provide for the holding Of conventions w promul gate party principles- He declared l . -1 . . n k n nM.fthlnnMl Renub- llcan who believed In going Into cau cuses on legislative mmwi. u ui subordinating his Individual wishes to the majority will of the party. Refer ring to the Taft Administration ne de clared It to be the duty of the party to elect loyal men to the Senate and House. Jones Wants Regulars. Send regular Republicans to Con gress and elect a Senator who believes as yon and I. and we shall do much to prevent the election of a Democratic President at any time within the near future." he said. Senator Jones expressed the opinion that the primary law should require the holding of platform conventions in state and counties. I am not an Insugent Republican. be declared, and the delegates rose to their feet, waving hats and cheering. T am not a regular Republican, ha continued when the cheering had sub sided. . "I am a Republican, and whenever I cease to be a Republican I shall be come a Democrat. I shall not label myself a Republican and then come be fore the state denouncing Republican policies and the Republican leaders under whose guidance the Nation h become so prosperous. When I cannot attend a Republican -caucus or Repub Mean convention I shall cease to be a Republican." and once more the audi ence was lifted from Its feet by en thuslasm. Such remarks as these were Invari ably construed by the convention to be aimed at Polndexter. and Invariably the convention cheered them , to the echo. McCredle's Words Cheered. Representative McCredle also set the convention wild, when, after he had been greeted with cries of "Play ball!1 he said: "I believe In organization: "I believe In winning the pennant, and I believe that when there Is a man on the team who will not do team work we should release him." A feature of Representative Hum phrey's address was a strong; com mendation of Secretary Ballinger. "Secretary Balllnger Is doing his duty and protecting the best Interests of the West." he declared. "The lips of slander cannot pull htm down, or as sailants of reputation destroy hlra." Representative Humphrey also in dorsed Speaker Cannon, and gained thereby an applauding concurrence from the convention. The convention completed Its work at 5:45 o'clock this afternoon and adjourned. ELKS WILL GO TO SEASIDE Five Thousand Members Expected at Clambake on Sunday. Headed by the police .hand of 35 pieces In full uniform, the members of Elks' Lodge. No. 142. will march to the Union Depot from Elks' Temple at 8:30 o'cock Saturday morning, pre paratory to taking the train for Sea side. The Eks will Indulge In a clam bake at 1:30 P. M. Sunday. It la ex pected 5000 members of the order from Portland, Salem, Oregon City, Vancou ver and The Dalles will take part. The Salem. Oregon City and Vancou ver Elks will come to Portland and go to Seaside on the Elks' special, which leaves at 9:30 A. M. Saturday, and makes no stops except at Astoria. The ESks of The Dalles will leave for Astoria on the steamer Dalles City Friday night. . . At Astoria the Elks will Join at 1:30 P. M. Saturday In the laying of the cornerstone of the new Elks' Temple being built at a cost of between 175.000 and 380,000. - The special will leave Astoria for Seaside at 3 o'clock, and at 7 o'clock Saturday evening a social session and reception will be held at Holladay Park. United States Senator Chamberlain, past exated ruler of Portland Lodge, No. 143, will be one of the speakers, and Frank Henneasy one of the solo ists, a comic solo having been com posed which he will render. The po lice band and members of the various lodges will also entertain. The local committee on arrangements In Portand Is composed of George L. Hutchln, chairman; T. B. McDevttt, Charles Lohmlre, 8. Worthelmer and C C. Bradley. This committee Is work ing In conjunction with the Astoria committee composed of John Fox. chairman: Kdward E. Gray, Edward C. Judd, J. S. Delllnger and Norrts Staples. MAN DROWNS FROM JETTY While Unloading- Rock, Falls Into Water and Is Lost. FORT STEVENS. Or., Aug. 3. (Spe cial.) While unloading rock from a barge at the government Jetty work, a man named Winter fell overboard and was drowned about one o'clock yesterday afternoon. Though he was in the water nearly two hours Doctor Macey. post surgeon, spent as long again in an effort to restore consciousness, but without avalL He was assisted In his efforts by Captain Wickland. his life-saving crew and the local hospital corps. Accidents at this point invariably prove fatal, due to a treacherous undertow. Ufe aw Pamaaaa Caaal has had one frightful drawback mala', ria trouble that has brought suffering and deaths to thousands.. The germs cause chills, fever and ague, biliousness. launaice. lassituae, weaaness and gen eral debility. But Electric1 Bitters never fall to destroy them and cure malaria troubles. "Three bottles completelv cured me of a verv severe attack of malaria' writes Wm. A. Fretwell. of Lucama. N. - C. "and I've had good health ever since." Cure Stomach. Liver and Kidney Troubles, and prevents Ty phoid. ' too. Guaranteed br aU druir-sista. PURPOSE NOT DISCLOSED Senator Smilingly Evasive When Questioned Has Finished Trip, He Says Sees Chicagoans on Local Situation. CHICAGO, Aug. 3. (Special.) Sen ator W. Murray Crane, of Massa chusetts, brought his Western trip to a sudden close in Chicago today and hastened back to Beverly to make his report to the President. His abrupt departure, coming as it did, on the heels of a meeting with Secretary Bal llnger In Minneapolis Monday, and in the wake of Ballinger's fiery Inter view In Chicago Tuesday, was con strued as corroboration of the reports that the Senator's real mission was to get the Secretary of the Interior to re sign. It was not discovered until today that Mr. Crane had come to Chicago from Minneapolis Tuesday, arriving two hours lates than Secretary Balllnger. They took rooms at the Congress Hotel with tour floors between them, Mr. Crane not registering. Conference Is Conjectured. Reports were numerous tonight that a conference between the Senator and the Secretary was held in the hotel Tues day afternoon. The vehemence of the In terview given by Mr. Balllnger Tuesday night. In which be said: "I will stick on this Job until fired, and I will not quit until President Taft fires me or asks for my resignation," was taken as the foundation for conjectures that in the course of the Congress Hotel conference Secretary Balllnger was asked to resign and flatly refused. "I have nothing to say," said Mr. Crane today as he was leaving the hotel for the Twentieth Century Limited. "I am go ing home . What I was sent West for, if I was sent at all, is not of public business or Interest Just now. I finished and I am going back. "Tea, I saw Mr. Balllnger In Minne apolis, but not by appointment. We talked of general matters and that's all there was to our meeting." "Is It true that you were sent West to secure Mr. Ballinger's resignation?" Senator Evades Direct Reply. "What I was sent West for." replied the Senator. "Is not public business. I have finished my trip. I do not care to discuss Mr. Balllnger, politics or my mis sion here." "Did you not originally plan to go to Seattle and the Coast?" "I saw something of that In the papers," the Senator answered, "but I will not discuss the subject further. Many things are In the papers, you know, and some of them not true. Anyway, I'm going back home." . "Did you confer with Secretary Ballln ger?" 'Look here." said the Senator with a smile, "I've told you all I am going to. I shall say nothing about Mr. Balllnger." While in Chicago Tuesday and today, Mr. Crane conferred with Charles G. Dawes. Frederick W. Vpham and others on the situation. REGISTER TO GO ON TOUR County Clerk Fields Will Visit Vot ers in Outlying Districts. To facilitate the registration of voters. County Clerk Fields will be at Elliotts store, on the Powell Valley road between S and 9 P. M., August 13, to register all voters who may apply. He will also spend an evening at Bridal Veil to register the voters there. His reason . for doing this Is that there Is no notary In these districts to register the voters. The total registration this year now stands at 18.807. 403 names being added to the list yesterday. -Of these 293 were Republicans, 70 Democrats and 34 rnis- The Important Problem confronting anyone In need of a laxa tive Is not a question of a single ac tion only, bnt of permanently bene ficial effects, which win follow proper efforts to live in a healthful way, with the assistance of Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna, whenever It is re quired, as it cleanses the system gently yet promptly, without irritation and will therefore always have the preference of all who wish the best c family laxatives. 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They realize- that the state militia' is an Important factor in the de velopment of a greater efficiency in the coast defense of the Pacific and want to impress the National Government with the idea that local people are doing everything in their power to promote this Improvement. - Mexican Rebel Leaedr Shot. SALTILLO. Mex., Aug. 3. JoBe Lugo, instigator of the insurrection in Velsca, Coahulla, over a yeai ago, was shot to death at dawn this morning in the cor ral of the Saltlllo penitentiary. A large crowd gathered to witness the execution, but none was admitted with in the corral. Lugo was sentenced to death several months ago. Since then efforts have been made to have his life. Lugo's followers are now serving vari ous terms In San Juan ?e Scrlo. Teething; children have more or less diarrhoea, which can be controlled by giving Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. 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