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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER- 12, 1020 mm board m SAYS TRIBUTE DUE Commander Clements Ap pears Before Investigators. 4000 CHECKING ACCOUNTS Alleged Abuses In Purchases of Supplies Being Corrected, Declares Executive. NEW YORK, Nov. 11. Commander A. B. Clementa, executive assistant to Admiral Benson, chairman of the United States shipping board, today told the congressional committee in vestigating affairs of the board -that considering: everything, it is a. re markable tribute to the board that the United States secured as near 100 per cent value as it did." The witness referred to the work of the board in building up new trades and told of the business con nections established that were prov ing remarkably successful. He de clared ccftiditions in different trades were such that-a. general operating contract covering everything was, in his opinion, "a. dream." The United Stages shipping board now employs 10,000 men with an an nual payroll of $19,000,000, said Com mander Clements. The size of the organization is being gradually re duced, however, be added. Board Employs lO.OOO. Commander Clements was on the stand all day testifying as to his per sonal knowledge of the charges con tained in the report of the committee made by Secretaries Fisher and Rich ardson. Of a majority of the matters, he said, he had but little personal knowledge, his work consisting main ly of "matters of the future." having particularly to do with trade routes. In reply to a question by Represent ative Foster, he said that the report submitted was 'substantially correct "insofar as his personal knowledge of matters alleged was concerned." ' Later he modified this statement by saying that the report waa substan tially correct only as to things which he knew and that his testimony showed there were isolated cases which had not come to his knowl edge. 1 Under the administration of Ad miral Benson, be asserted, the board was always ready to hear and to act upon complaints and constructive criticism. Checking System Planaed. Much of bis testimony tended to show that the shipping board was preparing for putting Into effect checking systems and accounting which would alleviate most of the ir regularities charged in the commit tee's report. He said Chairman Ben son had instructed the legal depart ment of the board to "go the limit" to correct existing abuses. Efforts are under way to bring up the system of accounting so that' the board will know just where it stands financially in its relations with Its operators and agents at any time. At present, he testified, no. member of the board could cast a balance to ascertain if the government had lost n r muHji mAflAV In its OTMratinn nf ships. Money, he explained, is advanced to the operators on the operators' own showing, the board being protected by bond. "The board now has a force of 4000 working to bring its accounting up to date," the witness testified. He added that the board intended to perfect a system so that it could re- i ceive promptly a separate accounting of each ship and voyage. This action was taken by Admiral Benson short ly after he assumed the chairmanship. He further asserted that he knew per- i sonally of but one case where the board had actually suffered a loss In Its dealings with operators. - Allea-ed Abuses Told. I On the subject of alleged abuses tn the purchase of supplies, he added that these were being corrected. He recited one instance where within two weeks representatives of the board recovered $2600 on account of between $5000 and $7000. This re covery was obtained in Philadelphia, but the witness withheld names of parties concerned. He also referred to an alleged abuse which had come to his attention recently In Havana. This- instance was where ships but recently from the United States had put in large orders for supplies whlch they could and should have purchased at lower- prevailing prices prior to sailing." The agent of the board at Havana refused to approve these requisitions. A new system whereby supplies for shipping board vessels will be pur chased by the board instead of its op erators and at wholesale, instead of retail prices, was being prepared. Of alleged favoritism in allocating hips, political Influence and evils of Interlocking organizations. Command er Clements claimed to have no per sonal knowledge.- He had heard, he said, in a gossipy sort of way, of de lays In dispatch of shipping board vessels and the favoring by operators of ships owned by themselves against government vessels assigned to them. This he characterized as a natural Inclination. Better Plaas Told. He further said that in his opinion better results could be obtained "by the board if government-owned ships were not placed in competition with privately-controlled vessels through allocating them to vessel-owning com panies. As proof of this, he said some ol the best results had been obtained by new companies having only allo cated vessels.. Vessels, be said.'should be only sold r chartered to old established lines. The commander characterised the shipping board as a body of men who since its inception had accomplished a wonderful achievement. Organized In an emergency when ships were needed at any cost, it had drawn to it skilled men who, when the war ended, went back to their regular vocations. From a comparatively few .vessels a fleet of more than. 1100 ships is now being operated. The men now in the board have to undo the abuses which were created under the time of emer gency. Details of the activities of the board which have come to his personal at tention were touched upon. He said that since its organization it had ex pended between .three and one-half and four billion dollars. He stated It was to be expected that disposal of shipyards, surplus material and wood en ships built for emergency must be at a loss. The efforts of the board resulted tn over 10,000,000 tons of shipping, and he added his investiga tions showed that, compared with the shipbuilding In England during the game time, the results favored this country as to cost. r PIEZ SCORES INVESTIGATORS Committee Accused of Foisting - Sensations on Public. CHICAGO, Nov. II. Charles Me, former director-general of the emer- Inventor of Rattle Planes Believes Few Years Will Show Wonder ful Development of Flying. NEW YORK, Nov. 11. A. H. G. Fokker, inventor and builder of war time combat airplanes, ' is ' here from Rotterdam. The Fokker was the swiftest pursuit plane used by German air fighters on the western front. Mr. Fokker, who said as a Hol lander he had taken no personal part in . Germany s war operations over the allied lines, predicted rapid ad vances in the art of flying .in the near future. "Within the next five or ten years," he said, "people will be able to cross the Atlantic in less than a day, and in much more comfort than travel by steamer." The development of directional wireless, he added, would enable pi lots to fly by night and In murky weather as well as on clear days. The most needed Improvement In aviation for the present, he said, was construction of flying machines cap able or landing on and taking off from small areas, such as the roof of buildings. gency fleet" corporation, criticised the house committee investigating -the fleet corporation in a statement here today, arid declared the committee had overlooked the "whclesame at mosphere' of the hold and docit of the structure," and was "being just a bilge water committee." "Twice within eight months," Mr. Piez said, "the so-called Walsh com mittee has caused the publication of statements reflecting on the com petency, honesty and integrity of the members' of the United States ship ping board -and the emergency fleet, corporation. "The first statement was heralded as indicating a billion-dollar graft among shipbuilders and emergency fleet corporation officials of the Pa cific coast. 'The , indictments wb,en brought showed . less than $30,000 involved, end., the government's case was so flimsy that the Judge decided It with out letting it go to the jury. "The committee is again after a sensation, and so it publishes charges which two former minor employes of the shipping board have laid before it. . It publishes these without giving officials of the shipping board and fleet corporation an opportunity to reply." Mr. Piez declared there had been cases of pay-roll padding and petty graft, but offenders were summarily dealt with- ENEMY POWERS MAY EM LEAGUE SOON Lord Robert Cecil Reported to Be Favorable. SOME OPPOSITION NOTED AIR LINERS PREDICTED FOKKER SATS " SHIPS WILL CROSS ATIAXTIC IS DAT. Immediate Admission of Austria - and Bulgaria to Be Proposed at '-" Coming Assembly Meeting. GENEVA. Nov. 11. By the As sociated Press.) Lord Robert Cecil, one of the chief authors of the league of nations covenant, who is coming to the assembly of the league as a del egate from South Africa, will support the proposed immediate admission to the league of former enemy states, it is expected here. Italy, Switzer land, the Scandinavian states and some of the South American nations are understood to be unfavorable to such a plan. France, Belgium, Roumania, Jugo slavia and Czecho-Slovakia will resist the admission of Germany and Hun gary, although they are not unfavor able to Austria and Bulgaria. There are Indications in league circles that the drift toward admission of former enemy countries is strong and 'likely to reach the necessary two-thirds of the members. At the first session It is probable that the immediate admissfon of Austria and Bulgaria will be pro posed and an effort made to have action in the case of Germany post poned to another meeting of the as sembly, probably in the spring. Attention is being directed to the anomaly of admitting Germany while she is still technically at War with the- United States. Czecho-Slovaki is stoutly opposed to admission o: Hungary,, but it Is understood that she will not contest the admission of Austria and Bulgaria, which now ap pear almost sure of election. The meeting of the assembly will be held in the hall of the Reformation auditorium, seating 3000. It was erected in honor of John Calvin. insurgents, has surrendered uncondi tionally and is under a British guard at Kufa. 100 miles south of Bagdad, according to a Bagdad dispatch to the Evening News. Reports from Mesopotamia " during the last three months indicated a seri ous revolt by - Arabs against British occupation, particularly northeast and west of Bagdad and between Bagdad and Mosul. Arab tribesmen, presum ably led by Abdul Wahad. were re ported to have invested British gar risons, cut railways and murdered British officers. The British sent a large force of British and Indian troops against them. JAPANESE QUESTION DP BRITISH DOMDilOXS WILIi OP POSE RACE EQUAIITY. PAPER TO BE CONSERVED! Campaign to Avoid Waste Beg-un In National Convention. CHICAGO, Nov. 11. Preliminary Plans for a paper conservation cam paign, with "avoid waste and conserve scraps" as the slogan, were made at the opening sesssion of the Ameri can Paper & Pulp association's con vention. Prices of paper are not likely to recede for some time. President George W. Sisslon of Potsdam, N. Y., told the convention. He said the industry was In better condition financially than many other industries, but lack of sur plus stock would make price reduc tions Impossible. He said : America would have to depend on its own resources for paper. i GERMAN HISTORIAN DEAD Henry Thode, Onoe Professor at Heidelberg, Passes Away. COPENHAGEN. Nov. 11. The noted German historian, Henry Thode, died Wednesday after a surgical operation. He was at one time professor of his tory at Heidelberg university. He was long associated with his mother-in-law, Frau Cosiraa Wagner, widow of Richard Wagner, the composer, in the management of the Beyrouth fes tivals. In 1914 his wife, Frau Daniela von Buelow, whose father-was Frau Wag ner's first husband, divorced him. MURDER SUSPECT TAKEN Man Wanted for" Kansas Killing : Arrested In Montana. GREAT FALLS. Mont., Nov. 11. Henry G. Boylehead of a Kansas City detective agency, . arrived In Great Falls last evening and identified a man held here as Dennis Chester, wanted for the murder of Miss Flor ence Barton in Kansas City last Octo ber, and the wounding of a male com panion at the same time. - Chester did not deny his identity and announced that he would go back without extradition papers. U. S. MEMBERSHIP ESSENTIAL. Argentine Minister Says America Must Enter League. PARIS, Nov. 11, (By the Associa ted Press.) One of the most import ant problems to come before the as sembly of the league of nations at its coming meeting in Geneva will be that of finding some way of bring ing the United States into the league, in the opinion of Honorlo Pueyerre- don, Argentine minister of foreign af fairs, as expressed here today. M. Pueyerredon will appear before the delegates, he said, to point out to them that the participation of America in the league Is fundamental to the very existence of that organization. I think it a great pity that the United States is not already an active participant 'n the league," Mr. Puey erredon said. "While I do not say that the league should be abandoned because America has not joined it, I firmly believe that her entrance is vital if the league Is to be a virile, functioning 1 body for the prevention of wars. The country which has always stood for and fought for right and justice and which gave birth to the wonderful league idea must become a party to the almost divine mission which the real world league has be fore it. My trip to France and to the battlefields has simply made my con viction firmer that there must be a league of nations. I am afraid that war has not been ended, hut. on the contrary, has just begun, and unless a strong league is brought into exist ence the world will again see a strug gle more frighful than the one pust finished. "I am a firm believer in the league if It is to be one of action, not of words, and In this I express the ylews of my countrymen. "Just what can be done to bring America into the league remains to be seen, but the problem must be stud ied and a solution found. I may sug gest some plan or just put an-"idea into the heads of the delegates. I am going before the assembly with this idea. I wish to say that no country has suggested the step. I am merely doing what I regard as my duty." ARAB CHIEF SURRENDERS Leader . of Mesopotamian Insur gents Under British. Guard. . LONDON, Nov. 11. Abdul Wahad. reputed leader of the Mesopotamian Delegates Aim to Induce League of Nations to Reject Asiatic . - Proposals. CCopyrisht by the New York World. Pub lished by Arrangement. ) " LONDON, Nov. 11. (Special Cable.) The World correspondent hears from high dominion authority that the racial Issue affecting Japanese immigration into the dominions and mandated islands of the south Pacific engaged the entire time of the British empire delegation to the league of nations. Premier Lloyd George presid ing, the meeting having been called to consider matters of procedure. Although decision In respect to race equality was passed over in the dis cussions of the covenant at the Paris peace conference, the dominion dele gates intend to make strenuous ef forts to induce the assembly of the league to reject definitely the Japa nese proposal for race equality among all the nations in the league. The Japanese amendment in Paris was simply shelved, having been neither adopted nor rejected, because in those proceedings unanimous approval was necessary for a decision either way. Japan alone could and did prevent its defeat. '. By the terms of the covenant any decision by the assembly of the league ust also be unanimous. So Japan, and possibly India, must be reckoned with, probably, in resistance to the demand of the dominions that all mandates shall contain a clause de claring applicable to mandatories all the domestic laws dealing with alien immigration. 'Such a clause would assure the continued operation of laws which the dominions already have restricting alien immigration into their territories. It seems likely that the public meet ings of the assembly of the league will be similar to the plenary meet ings of the peace conference, merely registering decisions reached previ ously at private meetings of the dele gates. Open diplomacy and discus sions In public are not favored, as they are deemed Incompatible with friendly relations among delegates in dealing with delicate questions. LAST CHANCE. Today closes season ticket sale Portland Lyceum Course at Meier & Frank's. Nine big numbers, $2. Stefansson ton'ght. Adv. The Factory 1 resentative Rep o't a device(iithat sells Itself is In Portland to appoint a wholesale dis tributor for the exclusive sales for the State of Oregon. A proposition that will bring big returns. This device is now being sold by Port- i land's leading stores. Don't reply unless you are financially prepared to handle a big money-maker. Call Mr. J. Robinson, room 919, Hotel Benson for appointment, between 12 and S P. M., or 3 and 5 P. M. ' Walnuts Genuine grafted English Franquette Walnut Trees , $2.00, $2.50 and $3.00 Each Quantity Limited Woodstock Nursery 5803 Woodstock Ave. Phone Sell. 2332 Thinking about that Piano or I ? Phonograph for Christinas? " I There Is One Safe I I Place to Buy ' j (TERMS LIPMAN, WOLFE CO. I Quality Footwear at a Price ! This price anticipates even lower factory costs! Profit and. original cost are both forgotten in our sin cere resolve to sell, as always, the best for the least. . - Banister's or Boyden's Shoes for Men All StylesAll Leathers All Widths--All Sizes 1 495 Laird, Schober & Co.'s Women's Shoes All Styles A 11 Leathers All Widths All Sizes Think of the advantage of choosing front complete stocks of America's best foot wear at one price the lowest! Pay no more than our price for shoes, no matter what, their name or where sold! We Give S. & II. Green Stamps 129 Tenth St, Between Washington and Alder THE LOWEST PRICES GUARANTEED WITH EVERY CHANGE OF MARKET. Principal Portland Agents, Butterick Patterns. All the New Styles Are Here in All Sizes. "The Store That U ndersells Because It Sells for Cash" t ECONOMY AND QUALITY COMBINED FOR BIGGER BUSINESS AND BETTER VALUES AH Mail Orders Promptly and Carefully Filled Same Day Received. Parcel Post Pkgs. Prepaid. THIS WILL BE OUR - 1044th Bargain Friday Sale A SALE OF ECONOMICAL INTEREST TO A MULTITUDE OF SATISFIED SHOPPERS This week even greater saving opportunities are offered than it is usually our good fortune to announce. Assortments are most satis fying, qualities are of the high mark maintained by this store and everyone who wishes to save should not fail to attend. . Extra Half Price Fine Nainsook Finish Long Cloth 25c Yard None sold to dealers. Limit 20 yarfls to a customer. Dainty Val .Laces at 39c Dozen - An extensive showing of-dainty Val. Edges and Insertions in 12 yard bolts. Just the laces for holi day sewing and all sorts of trim ming purposes. - . Collar Tabbing and Ruffling At 79c Yard Imitation Filet Laces, Points, Silk Net Top Lace Ruff lings, Georgette Crepe Rufflings, Van Dyke Points, etc., in 'white and colors all at one price. Chiffon and Silk Voiles At 95c Yard A clean - up broken lines ' of Silk Voiles, Chiffon Cloths, Silk . Marquisettes, Silk Tully Nets 40 inch width not all colors, but all at one price. Lace Collars in a Great Showing At 50c At this extremely low price you have choice from the popular Tux edo Collars in pretty imitation Venice and Filet Laces. 50c Choice of , Various Styles .. in Metal Bag Frames ' Extra Half Price Ribbon Remnants All widths and various lengths in plain colors and novelties. Satins, Taffetas, Moires, Gros-Grains Picot, Warp Prints, ALL AT HALF PRICE Drastic Price Drops in Our Men's V Department Wool Mixed Flannel Shirts $3.89 Each Custom - made regulation style flat collar Wool-mixed Flannel Shirts with faced sleeve all sizes 15 to 17 in .maroon, flV OQ brown, green and khaki DO.O& Wool Mixed UNION SUITS Today's Sale at $2.89 Each Perfect fitting seasonable weight Wool -mixed Union Suits, in all sizes from 34 to 46. Union Suits that will give you long (?0 OQ .service. Today at Di.OU Wool Mixed BLACK SOCKS Today's Sale at 39c Pair Fine Wool-Mixed Socks of good weight and exceedingly durable all sizes in black with gray heel and toe. Bargain Friday EXTRA! CANTEEN BAGS ' Friday at $3.89 Also Vanity Cases Various popular styles and shapes to select from with mirror and coin purse i fittings. EXTRA! . - Our Entire Stock of FELT RUGS On Sale Today at 12 Half Price y2 These attractive and exceedingly durable Felt .Rugs are cleverly braided in various styles in dark tolor combinations. They are suitable for floors in most any - room as well as pillow tops, auto floors, table runners, etc. All are on sale Today at Half Price. 18x18 size reduced to $1.00 25x36 size reduced to 2.00 36x36 size reduced to. ... . . .$2.35 18x72 size reduced to...... $3.50 32x58 size, reduced to $3.75 Opportune Price Reductions on Women's and Children's Seasonable Weight Underwear and Hosiery Prudence should prompt you to profit by this timely under pricing of seasonable weight Knit Underwear and Hosiery. It is a stock adjustment of regular lines qualities-are good, styles are popular and prices most attractive from, the point of value-giving. Women's Black Cashmere Stockings Regular sizes at, rn Out sizes Priced Gn the pair..- OUL at, the pair Dt Perfect fitting, warm and durable wool-mixed CasEmere Stock ings,' made with reinforced heel and toe and shown in all sizes from 8V2 to 10 and underpriced as above. Women's Full Fashion Silk Hose At $1.49 Pair One of the best known and reliable makes of Women's Silk Hose, made full-fashioned and with reinforced heel ' and toe others with seamless foot and seamed back all sizes gray, white and black in the assortment. Women's Peeler Cotton Union Suits Regular Sizes Outsizes Priced(g Perfect fitting, perfect finished combed Peeler weight garments in Dutch neck styles, sleeveles ankle-length Union Suits. Regular sizes 34 to Children's Wool Mixed Pants At 69c Sizes 10 to 16 Years. About half price for these Wool-mixed 'Pants. They come in sizes 10 and 12, in white, and in sizes 12, 14 and 16 in gray. Cotton Union Suits in flesh color only medium s or with elDow sleeve also with low neck 38. Outsizes 40 to 41, priced as above. ' Children's Cotton Fleece Pants at 49c " Sizes 12 to 16 Years. Standard quality Cotton Fleeced Pants in sizes 12, 14 and 16 years in ecru, and in sizes 12 and 16 years in gray. Today at 49c. Handsome Winter Coats In the Fashionable Suedine, Velours CC ff or Heather Mixtures, and Pay Only POO.UU We believe this to be one of the most helpful Coat Sales X the year, for it comes on the threshold of winter when a warm, fashionable coat is almost indispensable, and the saving made possible by this special underpricing is unusual. Included are the popular belted and loose-back styles in Suedine, Velours and Heather Mix tures in wanted shades of brown, blue, navy and Musketeer in all sizes from 16 to 44. They come full fancy silk lined and interlined with plain or Sealine collar. Hand- (PQK Af some, well-made Coats at an extremely low price. Today only at DOOUU Georgette and Crepe de Chine Waists - In a Broken Assortment of A QC This Season's Styles to Close at 4Tt.OD Waists in this assortment selling regularly to twice the above price. Included are many charming styles in tailored and lace-trimmed styles all sizes from 36 to 44 in various models, but not all sizes in each style. You have unrestricted choice Bargain Friday G?A QC at, each D-x00 Friday at y Off Sale Mercerized Table Cloths, Napkins, Lunch Cloths At this important price reduction we offer all broken lines and odd lot mercerized table cloths, napkins and lunch cloths, and if you are interested we suggest an early visit, for selling is sure to be rapid. You have choice at all prices and all at 1-3 less than regular. About 100 Dozen Napkins In 20 and 22-inch, match the cloths. None to Lunch Cloths in 45-54-63-Inch Squares Regular stock goods of per fect weave and quality. Table Cloths From 114 to 2i2 Yds. Long A splendid variety of dainty patterns to select from. Crisp, Cold Days and Nights Are Here Make Them Com fortable by Profiting by Friday's Sale of Women's Outing Flannel Wear Today's Market ! Gowns This Sale at $1.95 Prices Are Below Petticoats This Sale at 9Sc Well-made Petticoats of good heavy white or colored outing flannel.' Styles with gener ous width and wide flounce. Splendid values at our regularly low selling price. Now re duced 25 to meet the- new market. QO Purchase today and pay only.. UOK Plain white" and pin stripe Scotch Flannel Gowns in ,54-inch length and 70-lnch sweep. Medium, large and small sizes in styles with double yoke. Embroidered and braid trimmed. Now reduced 35 to meet the ?" QJT present market. Today's price. .. .Dx7tl Shoe Prices Reach Lowest Level at Friday's Sale of Women's Fashionable Hi-Cuts In Black and Gray Kid, Brown Calf and Gunmetal Leathers at $3.85 Both button and lace styles in famous makes, broke lines from regular stock, including fashionable and popular winter models in black and gray kid, brown calf and gunmetal leath ers. Styles with high or medium heels for dress or walking. Lines selling regularly PO QC to more than twice Today's sale price...... tOOuOO None exchanged. No refunds. Perfect fit guaranteed. L A Sale of Lifetime Aluminum Tea Kettles in 6-Quart Size At $4.95 ; In our basement section a sale of first quality Lifetime Cast Aluminum Tea Ket- S!A QC ties in "six-quart size. A most exceptional value at Today's price Oar Store Non O&ens at 9 A. M. The Most tn Value the Best in Quality Store Closes at 5:30 PjM. Saturday at 6 P. M.