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TTTD SUNDAY OKEGOXIAN, rORTLAXD, MARCH 30, 1919. SOME BITS OF CAMERA TROVE FROM THE VISIT OF THE HOUSE .NAVAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEEMEN TO THE MOUTH OF THE COLUMBIA, "WHERE THEY WILL T ADVOCATE A NAVAL BASE. HOUR LATER TODAY Committee of Congress Com pletes Its Inspection. Clocks Turned Ahead Under Daylight-Saving Plan. SCHOOL ROUTINE CHANGED .M ASTORIA SITE PLEASES ALL Officially at 2 o'Clock This Morn--: Present Facilities for lie pair of Great Warships Declared Inadc- iag Nation Resumed War-Tim Economy Measure. , quats to 3Icet Conditions. NEED FOR HAVaL BASE IMPRESSES VISITORS I AWAKENS j - -- . - - j -afV ' ' 3ArtlNA V VlC " I Complete conviction of the pressing need for a great naval base at the en trance to the Columbia river ia voiced by members of the house committee on naval affairs, who completd their in spection - yesterday and departed late last night for Puget sound. They spent four days in Portland and Astoria, and on the Columbia river, thoroughly inspecting the proposed site lor such a base, and giving careful at tcntion to the array of arguments pre tented by the committee. To a man. he naval affairs colleagues admit the Iodic of the Columbia's claims, and promise that they will further them when the opportunity arises. Great Mepair Bane deeded. 'I feel very kindly disposed toward the site at the entrance to the Colum bia river.' said Representative Will lam J. Browning of New Jersey, senior member of the. official party. "I am . positive that Aslotia Is the proper place for a major naval base. In this opinion I feel certain that all the others concur. "It is only too apparent that we must establish a great repair base at some Intermediate point on our western coast line. The fleet is to be shared by the Atlantic and the Pacific, on a 50 basis. Present facilities on' your coast are entirely inadequate to meet this situation, which will soon prevail. "At present the west coast has only two repair bases, one at Bre'merton and one at - Mare Island. On that Ion btretch of coast that lies between Puget sound and San Krancisco there are no intermediate facilities for naval repair. Something of the sort, and on a large cle. must come between those points. It -eems clear to me that the entrance ' to the Columbia is the proper place. Aofnrla Site riranes All. "I am sure that every member of this committee is vcyr much impressed and pleased with the Astoria site." The official party left for Seattle last night at II o'clock, following entertain ment and dinner at the Waverley Coun try club. They will spend two or three nays in tne rugei sound district, pro ceeding thence to their eastern homes. Itepresentative Mc.Vrthur will return to Portland at the conclusion of the I'uget. sound tour. Members of the naval affairs com mittee who visited the Columbia river district were Representatives Riordan of New York. Hicks of New York. Oliver of Alabama. Vinson of Georgia, drowning of New Jersey, Britten of Illinois, and Padgett of Tennessee. Rep resentative Padgett was compelled to turn homeward after the first day at Astoria, by word of the serious illness of his ton. The eighth member of the official party was Representative il. Arthur of Oregon. AniaBrment la Expreaaed. vu are iraimiy appreciative or tne west and particularly of the Columbia river district. They expressed their faith in its prosperous future and un limited development and their amaze ment at the strides it already has taken. And every one of them was firm in the stand that such a country, its gate way the greatest river of the west. . .. . . ) .1 ..,,..-.!... 1 ., . - t...tion "The old Insular life is passing." said Representative Riordan. All sections o the country are setting aside their petty prejudices and are beginning to realize that each is but a unit of this mag nificent land of ours. It is now being brought home to them that what bene fits one. benefits all. "But the east doesn't understand the west as yet." he laughed. ".Most of our people back there still have the notion that you are wild and wooly and that cowpunchers ride in and shoot up the tow n iifti the spirit prompts them. PORTLAND IS TO HAVE BOYS' BAND ALL YOUNGSTERS BE TWEEN THE AGES OF 8 AND 16 YEARS TO BE TAUGHT FREE. An Opportunity of Lifetime for Your Boy to Study Under a Competent Teacher. Tlralixing the necessity of boys learn ing to play band instruments if Port land is to have bands in the future, the Mi-Pougall Music Co. will organize and teach a boys band free of charge, and have been fortunate in securing the services of Mr. Philip M. Hicks to take charge of the work. Mr. Hicks is a graduate of Kncller Hall. lxndon. Kngland. where all the army bandmasters arc trained. He is also a graduate of liana's Musical In stitute and has been director of some of the foremost bands of America, and as a teacher is fully competent to teach any Instrument, having made hand instruments his lifelong study. Mr. Hicks has also been appointed musical director of the Tied Cross band rccentry organized. All boys between the ages of 8 and 1 yeara interested in band work arc invited to call and see Mr. Hicks and have the proposition fully explained. Parents who have boys that play or contemplate taking up a band instru ment will find it to their advantage to visit Mr. Hicks at McDougall Music Co.. 3:i Alder St. Adv. The Great Family Liniment Omega Oil relieves most pains that can be reached externally and reduces swellings and inflammation. It re mores soreness and stiSness caused by exercise or overexertion. Always keep a bottle bandy for an emergency. lip' : Ajs "i -'PUI in " j,' . .-- : - I fljm : They have the Bill Hart Idea of the west. Mr. Riordan Wilt Come Again. 'None of them realizes what you have here unless they personally have paid you a visit." he declared. "I have al ways wanted to come to this section. Well. I have been here. The recollec tions that I take away are almighty pleasant ones. Don't be surprised when come again for Im coming. Yesterday morning the visitors were taken on a motor tour of Portland and ts industrial plants, afterward visit- ng Vancouver, where they were enter tained at luncheon by the local business men. They made the return trip to Port- and via water, on the steamer Bushong, aunched at the Standifer plant, as guests of the emergency fleet corpora tion and Mr. fetandifer. As the vessel passed down the Columbia and up the Willamette, scores of -whistles from in dustrial plants and steamers saluted the congressional party. Shipbuilding: Plant. Inspected. The naval affairs committeemen per sonally inspected the shipbuilding plants of the Albina Engine & Machine works and the Peninsula company, in Portland, and the plant of the Standifer Corporation at Vancouver. All members of the official party made brief talks at the Vancouver luncheon, which was served at the St. Elmo hotel, while Representative Albert Johnson of Washington acted as toast master. They expressed again their faith in the future of the Columbia river basin and their intent to further its development and insure its safely by recommending the establishment of a naval base at the nioutn or tne river, Representative Johnson, whose home, district includes Clarke county, ex pressed his thanks to the Portland com mitteemen for arranging the visit to Vancouver, and added that he regretted only that the naval affairs committee men were unable to visit Grays Harbor on this trip. Mr. Johnson, who accom panied the party to Puget Sound, will return April 15 to spend several days. NEGROES LOCATE IN NORTH Thousands of Colored, Men Lured by Increased 'Wages. WASHINGTON. At least 200.000 and possibly 350.000 negroes emigrated from tle southern states to the norm aur ing the war. according to figures com piled by the department of labor. The movement extended through the last half of JP17 and the entire year 1918. Lack of labor in the north, due to the cessation of immigration, was the principal caVse. Among the causes operative in the south to induce the exodus were general dissatisfaction with conditions, the ravages of the boll weevil, floods, changes of crop eys- tem. low wages, poor housing, poor schools, unsatisfactory crop settle ments. rough treatment, cruelty of the law officers, untairness in court proced ure. lynchiiigs. desire to travel, labor agents, aid from negroes in the north and the influence of the negro press. The movement at flrst was due large ly to labor agents, but after the initial group movements negroes kept going north in email numbers, attracted by letters from their friends who had al ready gone. Better wages were of fered. "Every negro who made good in the north started a new group on the way," one of the investigators re ported. About half the migrants, according to one investigator, went from the towns. '"FLU" FATAL TO BUFFALO L'pldemie Kills 3 1 Animals in Yellows-tone Park. CHOUTEAL". Mont. Now the buffa lo have the "flu." An epidemic that recently ran through the herd in the Yelolwstone park killed 31 and gave the park authorities no end of a scare. for tho Lnited Mates has not enough buffalo to afford to lose any. The veterinarians and bacteriologists did not call it influenza. Their name for it was hemorrhagic septicemia, but they admit that it comes prety near an swering the general description of in fluenza. Furthermore, at the state's labora tory on the capitol grounds confidence is expressed that the germ which caused the epidemic has been Isolated and it will now be possible to make a vaccine that will give the well buffalo in the park immunity, charge of the bureau of animal indus try, was notified of the outbreak In the park that was killing the bison and he sent Dr. I. Wallman to investigate. Dr. Wallman returned with specimens tak en from the dead animals and cultures were made up in the state laboratory by Dr. A. H. McCray. Rabbits were inoculated with this stuff and they developed all the sympt oms of the disease that afflicted the buffalo. Dr. Snyder has also sent specimens to the laboratories of the bureau of animal industry at Denver and Wash ington. The sick bufaflo at the park were segregated from the well animals and it is believed the ravages of the dis- ease have been checked in the herd As soon as it is definitely known that the experiments have been successful vaccine will be made up and the well animals vaccinated FLAG GREETS AMERICANS Banner of the Free Waves Welcome in Streets of Omsk. OMSK, Siberia. (Correspondence of the Associated Press.) An American flag floating above the sidewalk and a picture of President Wilson in a win dow beside the flag, Is one of the first sights the American sees as, after a long, tedious, and even dangerous trip, from Vladivostok, he is driven at light ning speed in a tiny sleigh or sled down the principal street of Omsk. The correspondent found that the flag hung over the door of the Ameri can committee on public information. The Omsk branch of this organization was founded and is conducted by Rob ert E. Winters of Washington, D. C. Like the correspondent of the Associat ed Press, he labors by candlelight. When a visitor comes, the existing courtesy is to light a second candle. Cigarettes and cigars are lighted by candles and not by matches, for matches are very expensive and are becoming scarce. Life in Omsk teaches respect for the 7 i t tl e comforts of life one has previously disdained. On an average, 500 Russians come every day to the office of the commit tee on public information. They come for the pamphlets and other literature, "rinted in Russian, which the commit tee distributes for the purpose of en lightening the people of Russia as to the aims and objects of the American people In the war and the general atti tude of the United States on great world problems. Letters requesting copies of pamphlets are received from all parte of Si'ieria. borne of tnem en close a bank-note, which Is promptly returned. Literature is distributed to thousands of people and to newspapers and institutions of learning ana vari ous organizations. The Siberian Creamery association. which has its headquarter at Barnoul. near the city of Tomsk, recently asked for 5000 copies of the committee's weekly bulletin for distribution among its members. In this wav the ideals of America are beins spread broadcast among the people of Russia. BAKER ATTACK IS RENEWED Failure to Answr Inquiry of March 8 Roils. WASHINGTON. Irritated because Newton D. Baker, secretary of war, has not answered his inquiry of March S for information on the demotion of Brigadier-General Anscll to the rank of lieutenant-colonel, and for a clear statement of the position of the secre tary on the courts-martial law. Repre sentative Royal Johnson, republican, of South Dakota, renewed his criticism of the secretary, and urged that revision of the court-martial law is necessary because it involves "the lives and rights of men." The question will never be settled until it is settled right," raid Mr. John son today. "The secretary of war stated recently that with his own acquaint ance of the facts he is convinced that the conditions implied by the recent complaint do not exist and have not existed. It will always be a matter of regret to me that the secretary of war pos sesses so little information about the army of which he is in charge, because those of us who have lived in It know that there is injustice, and that the en listed man has absolutely no oppor tunity for a fair trial if those in charge do not dsire him to receive a fair trial." Mr. Johnson stated that the secretary of war did himself an injustice in de fending the law, and continued: "The two issues are, first, whether or not the secretary of war and the judge advicate-general are intending to con tend that the courts-martial law is wise and beneficent and should not be amended; and 6econd, whether or not they will continue the injustice to Gen eral Ansell in his demotion for testify ing before a senate committee. "It is useless to argue that his demo tion is not due to that testimony, and I shall continue to fight until justice is done. I am waiting patiently for the secretary to answer my inquiries, .and feel that if he does not answer them he forfeits the case which apparently the department is attempting to pre sent to the people of the country. "My inquiries are pertinent. It might be well for the secretary of war also to state definitely whether or not he be lieves that the courts-martial law should be amended. If he states that it should be amended I would like to ask him why he has never asked con gress for an amendment." ROAD PLANS PROGRESSING Millions to Be Spent on Highways in Next Few Years. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington. The bureau of public records which is subordinate to the secretary of agricultupreetaoinshrdulcmfywppaa of agriculture, is taking hold of the fed eral aid road-building programme with vim. Secretary Huston has had con ferences with 27 representatives of as many state highway commissions in the east and middle west and it is probable that the state highway commissions of the Pacific coast will be requested soon to send representatives to another con ference. The additional federal aid that will be given in actual cash to the states for road building amounts to J209, 000, 000 for the years 1919, 1920 and 1921, but to this should be added machinery and material of very grat value to be turned over by the secretary of war under the terms of the postoffice ap propriatlon bill. The bureau of public roads has called on the secretary of war for a report on the amount of machin ery, tools and explosives left over from vast war preparations which can be converted to the peaceful pursuits of building better roads and it is antici pated that aid from this source will amount to several million dollars ad ditional. There is a leftover apporpration from the original federal aid road act which adds another $82,000,000 for the three years mentioned. The war department has been asked by Secretary Houston to return to this country as soon as possible for dis charge those re?imenls which contain a large number ot highway engineers who will be needed in this season's work in the states. There appears to be some misunder standing of the organization of the fed eral aid work, an example of which was a recent request that came from Port land. Or., for the appointment of H. C Ingle of Santa Rosa, Cal., on the "com mittee on good roads." There is no such committee or commission in charge of the work the federal government's sole representative for the states of Oregon. Washington, Idaho and Mon tana being L. I. Hewes, northwest dis trict engineer, who has offices in the new Postoffice building in Portland. Mr. Ingle is understood to be one of the most competent .engineers in the west, but 'whether he can be placed by the government depends solely upon the recommendations of Engineer Hewes. . 1 Seated on deck of Manzanlta daring; Tongue Point Inspection. left to righto Representative Frederick H. Hicks of View York, Representative William J. Browning of Xew Jersey Representative William B. Oliver of Alabama, Representative Fred A. Britten of Illinois. Standing, left to right Represen tative C. X. McArthnr of Oregon and Representative W. C. Hawley of Ore gon. 3 ' Captain Charles Richardson (at left), skipper of the Mansanlta, telling Captain Jacob Speler, harbormaster of the Port of Portland, the story of the seasick man. 3 Map of Tongue Point, just up-river from Astoria, where members of the house naval committee have promised they will advo cate a naval base for the guardianship of the Columbia-river entrance. 4 Tip of Tongue Point, as the Manzanlta rounded it and faced the distant harbor entrance. iVCa plain M. Nolan, bar pilot of the Port of Astoria, who clinched the argument for a great naval base at that harbor. RISK ELD NEED IN MINING WIDOW ADVISED TO PCT MONEY IN LIBERTY BONDS. Mininir. Because of Element of Chance, Said Not to Be Strict ly an Investment. VANCOUVER, B. C. Is "Mining an investment, a speculation or a gamble," was the subject of an address made here before the International North west Mining Congress by T. A. Rickard of San Francisco, editor of The Mining and Scientific Record. Even the best of mining propositions contain a cer tain element of risk according to Mr. Rickard, "but" he added, "risk is the very essence of mining; it is rts life, and the true miner faces the risk with cheerful confidence." Certain promoters he described as men who tried "to sell nothing for something to a man who expects something for nothing." He said in part: "The use of money in mining is seldom an 'investment,' usually when it is meant to be so it affords an ex ample of the triumph of hope ever experience. I admit that certain forms of iron and coal mining on a large scale are characterized by such security, continuity, and steadiness of income as to be "investments', but the mining of the so-called base metals or of the precious metals, in which most of you are engaged, does not come within the category. In metal mining the chance of a considerable risk and of or correspondingly large gain is inherent. Some of you will demur, vou will point at the Homestake, the Bunker Hill & Sullivan, or the Utah Copper as examples of an investment, as representing a type of security so safe as to be gilt edged. But I submit that in the early- stages of development these splendid enterprises were speculative, as is suggested by the fact that these suc cessful ones are a lew survivors irom the much larger number that were started at about the same time and Droved disappointing. I may remind vou. to mane my oomi. qunc that many of tne tamous mines oi tne world "broke thoes who first attempted to bring them to financial success. Tf today you were to advise a widow to put her savings in any one of the three magnificent mines tnai i nave instanced, you would, in my opinion, be an unwise counselor, because look- forward, not backward, tor ten or twenty years, they would represent speculative use ot tne wiaow s savings. Tou mignt be sagacious In using your own money for such a purchase, because you could take the relatively small risk for the sake of the probably large gain, but the widow would be better advised to buy Liberty bonds. 'This investment idea, or minim izing risks and limiting possibilities. would soon cause , mining to die for want of breath. Before a profitable outcome is assured every mining enterprise must pass through several stages ot speculativeness as sureiy as a cnna must. iaic m ii".c ot bunms and bruises, of measles and mumps. "Of well-conducted mining ventures it can be said that they meet with a measure of success as large as, if not larger than, an ordinary manufactur ing enterprise. I make no apology for mining, it has been and is still a glorious adventure for the youth of the- world, for those young in spirit 1 as well as In body. To mining we owe the exploration of the far corners of the earth and the development of its waste places." TURKS ARE NOT STARVING Food Prices High' but Lower Than in Balkan Slates. CONSTANTINOPLE. (Correspond ence of the Associated Press.) Con trary to reports, Turkey is well sup plied with food, and, while prices are urrusually high, they are much lower than those prevailing!!! the Balkan states and in some other countries of Europe. The following list of current prices which the consumer is called upon to pay shows the actual condition: Flour, 26 cents a pound: potatoes, 11 cents; beans, 20 cents; meat, 50 cents, and eggs. 90 cents a dozen. Vegetables of all kinds are not only abundant but relatively cheap. Cloth ing and shoes also may be had, but generally the prices charged are so high as to take them far beyond the purses of the poor. Hotel rates are lower than in most European cities, and the service is as goodas could be expected'in a country emerging from a long war. In order that foodstuffs may be placed within range of the poor, the American food administration is now selling white flour at 10 cents a pound, which is expected to bring down other prices as far as the actual necessities are concerned. The work of the Amer icans is attracting wide attention and much interest. Drugs, and in fact all medicines, are very scarce and expensive. Most large centers in Turkey and Asia Minor need medical assistance. The care of a million or more desti tute Armenian, Syrian and Grek refu gees in the Caucasus and throughout Asia Minor presents a moat serious problem. It is estimated that there are in these countries no less than half million fatherless children whose con dition demands immediate relief. The American committee for relief in the near east is taking up the task, but is finding that its resources are being severely taxed. Smallpox is prevalent in Constanti nople, two cases having been developed in the American colony, while the Swedish minister is only now recover ing from a severe attack. Most hos pitals are hard pressed for medicines and supplies, while the shortage of physicians is pronounced. Finances, too, are disturbing the Turks. The Turkish pound has depre ciated, its present value being 20 per cent below normal, while gold is at a high premium. The exchange rates of money of most other countries also has declined, the American dollar, the Eng lish pound nad the Greek drachmai be ing the only issues which have stood firmly at par. SALT LAKE CITT James M. Shock ley a life-termer at the Utah state pris on, convicted of murder in connection with the killing of two street-car men, recently was allowed his temporary freedom in order to visit his aged mother at Bell, Mo. He made the round trip in ten days and no account of his movements were kept by the prison of ficials. Wrarden George Storrs asserts that he allowed Shockley to make the visit feeling that the prisoner would keep his pledge to return. Shockley has taken to literature since his incarcer ation 15 years ago and several of his stories have appeared in prominent magazines. Of the coal required by tho railroads about one-fifth is consumed by loco- motives when standing idle, and doing no useful work. , It matters not at Just what time- the coverlet Is thrown back, sleepy eyes rubbed and a budding yawn stifled this morning, it will be just an hour earlier than it would have been had the gov ernment left the clocks alone during; the night. Wartime economy of light is to b tried out in peacetime, and. as last year, many people will be Introduced to the beauties of the sun-rise who never ex pected to put a foot out of bed until old Sol had well begun hiB daily ride through the heavens. Officially, at 2 o'clock this morning, the clocks of the nation were turned ahead ot;e hour and at one minute after 2 it was one minute after 3. Hands Are Set Ahead. Actually, It is estimated that in Port land only 39 persons waited for the, zero hour of 2 to shift their watch or clock hands. In the main the bourgeoisie, et al, directly after putting out the cat. locking the front door and brushing their teeth, wound the faithful alarm clock, and, memory prodded by feminine. ' partners, set the hands ahead one hour with quite a bit of sang froid, know ing that it really did not count in their lives until Monday morning. Those not in the majority, or in the technical 39, were called to the realities when they heard the church bells peal ing this morning an hour ahead of the time their clocks registered. Change Pleases Majority. The change, generally, is applauded. In most cases, those objecting to get ting up quite so early have been given the privilege if their associates in the same lines of business agreed with them. of changing their working hours to an hour later than has heretofore pre vailed, thus making the eccentricities of the remainder of the country of smalb matter in their lives. Train schedules will not be inter fered with seriously by the change. Southern Pacific trains will arrive from. California late this morning and to morrow morning, but that is nothing" revolutionary. Up to 2 o'clock thin morning the regular schedule will pre vail on trains departing. It also will prevail on trains leaving after that time for none are scheduled to depart between 2 and 3 A. M and little con fusion should result. School Routine Changed. The effect of the daylight-saving1 plan will be made easier for public school children for Superintendent Grout announced yesterday a new schedule for commencing the school day. All morning classes will covene at 9 o'clock instead of 8:45 A. M., as they have in the past. Afternoon classes will be called to order at 1 o'clock, an usual, but will close at 2:45 in the ele mentary and high school grades and ail 3:45 in other grades. Formerly the dis missing time was 2:30 and 2:45 in the afternoon. British Sent Clocks' Ahead. LONDON, March 29. Summer lima in the United Kingdom will begin Sun day. The clocks will be advanced ono hour at 2 o'clock tomorrow morning. In England public health visitors go into the homes and Instruct mothers on the care of babies. Read The Oregonian classified arts. THIN PEOLPE SHOULD TAKE Nothing I.Ike Plain Bltro-Phoaphate t Put on Firm, Healthy fr'leiih and o Increase Strength, Vigor and Nerve Force. Judging from the countless prepara tions and treatments which are contiiw ually being advertised for the purpos of making thin people fleshy, develop ing arms, neck and bust, and replacing ugly nviiuna and angles bv the soft curved lines' of health ani beauty, there, are evidently thousands of men and women w h o. keenly feel their exces sive thinness. J H 1 M 1 C B !3 land w e a k- 3 n e s s a r e I usually duo ? to starved. 1 nerves. Our bodies n e e l more phos vi pliate than i container i il GEORGIA HAMILTON, modern foods. Physicians claim there Is nothing that will supply this deficiency so well a the oreanie phosphate known anions druggists as bitro-phosphate, which Inexpensive and is sold by most all druggists under a guarantee of satis faction or money back, tfy lecning tna nerves directly and by supplying tha lodv cells with the necessary phot plioric food elements, hltro-phosphaia ouickly produce!, a welcome transfor mation In tne appearance; tne.increai.ej weight rreiiuentiy Doing aston ishing. This increase in weigni also carries with It a general improvement in th health. Nervousness, sleeplessness ami lack of energy, wnicn nearly aiwaj.4 accompany excessive thinness, sooa disappear, dull eyes become bright, ami pale cheeks glow with the bloom o perfect health. Miss Georgia Hamilton, who was once thin and frail, reporting her owii experience, writes: "Bitro Phosphate has brought about a magii transformation with me. I gained 1 . pounds and never before felt st well." CAUTION: Altnougn Ditro-pnos- phatc is unsurpassed lor relieving; nervousness, sleeplessness and general weakness, it should not. owing to Ha remarkable flesh-growing properties, be usei by anyone who dues not desire to put on flesh. Adv. Get Rid of That Persistent Cough Stop that weakening, persistent cougti or cold, threatening throat or lung afn fections, with Kckman's Alterative, tha tonic and upbuilder of 20 years' sue cessful use. 80c and $1.50 bottles front druggists, or from ECKMAN LABORATORY. Philadelphia Ad. PHOSPHATE Ey :' vr--i:. '. -'-t Af