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ROSEBfcJRG. OREGON, SATURDAY. MAY 9. 1925.
VOL. XIII NO. 48 OF THE EVENING NEWS
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MEN; WOMEN AND CHILDREN
CATAPULTED INTO MISSISSIPPI
WHEN SHIP TIPS UPSIDE DOWN
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ARE MOTHERS SEEK
Twenty in Watery Grave as Finale to Trip of Engineers
on River Big Negro From Swamps of
Arkansas Is Hero Searching
for Lost Bodies.
(Aaocbted fnm Uwid Whs.)
MEMPHIS, Tenn., May 9. Tom
Lee. 40 year old negro, who saved
several persona from drowning
when the steamer Norman cap
sized yesterday, said afterward:
"I guess I didn't do any more
than any one else would have done
in my place.
"After I passed the Norman at
Coahoma Bend, I saw she was tilt
ing way over on one aid.
"I turned my boat aronnd. I
guess I was a quarter of a mile up
the river from her when I started
but she was all under water when
I got there. Then I got a man out.
He was turning loose his hold on
a piece of timber, so I got him un
der the arms and pulled him In.
Then I picked up two or three lit
tle children. I took them to a sand
bar a short distance away, gave
them some matches and told them
to build a fire out of driftwood. I
kept going and coming until I had
saved everybody I saw In the riv
er, then I went to the sand bar
and built a fire."
MEMPHIS. Tenn, May- .
Caught In the swirling, muddy
current of the Mississippi as she
attempted to stagger ashore, the
United States government steamer
Norman, of the engineering corps
fleet here, today lies In 35 feet of
water just below Coahoma Land
ing, Tenn. With her. in a watery
grave,' lie 20 of a gay excursion
party that yesterday went for an
outing on the broad expanses of
the Big Muddy.
Among the men, women and
rhildren.who were catapulted In
to the strea mand who remained
there or were fished out with life
rxtinct were some of the best
known men In the engineering pro
fession of the south. The trip had
been taken as a side issue to the
first annual convention of the Mid
South Association of Engineers,
just formed here.
From out of the swamps of the
Arkansas came the hero of the oc
casion a big. black negro man
Tom Lee. On his broad shoulders
and the motorboat of his employ
ers at Helena, Ark., fell the bur
den of life saving.
Lee, a slow, methodical man,
went about bis work as methodic
ally as any of the silent, method
ical men who made up the bulk of
the party. He loaded his boat
with victims of the disaster. He
took them ashore. He went back
and got another load.
When the final count was taken
he had rescued 30 of the 60 or
more persons on board the steam
er, including Captain Howard T.
Fenton, grizzled veteran of the
river, who had commanded the
Ill-fated vessel.
Today the search for the dead
and possible living continues. Up
the banks of the stream from Bru
ins .the Chlsca and the Monitor
are scouring the banks for bodies
and possible living. The govern
ment is planning to send down div
ers in an effort to penetrate the
sunken cabin In the hope of recov
ering someof the bodies.
It was also planned If necessary,
to bore holes in the steel hull of
the boat
Soon after the captain bad or
dered the passengers scattered,
aid It O. Schaefer, publisher of
the Southern Contractor, Major D.
H. Gillette. Cnlted States engineer
reported trouble with the steering
wheel and said the engineer want
ed to put ashore to fix It. "While
Captain Fenton was casting about
for a safe landing place," said Mr.
Schaefer, the boat careened. Just
before somebody yelled 'She's go
ing over and the boat slowly be
gan to turn on Its side. People on
the upper deck started climbing
over the turning side and about a
minute later the Norman was rest
ing bottomside np."
Dramatic stories were told of the
wild staggering of the steamer
Just before she went down. She
listed heavily, from what cause. It
has not been determined and Cap
tain Fenton ordered the passen
gers scattered thinking too msny
were on one side of the boat. Sit
ting In the cabin Wsa a group of
Memphis engineers brt on orgsn
izatlnn of a Iocs I chapter of the
American Society of Civil Engi
neers. "Trim the ship, came the
order. There was no excitement.
The engineers as a man rose sad
without hsste left the cabin.
Hardly bad they reached the deck
before the ship wildly careened to
the starboard. She refused to an
swer her helm. Three minutes
later she was a hulk lying upside
down in the stream her passer
gers and crew struggling tu the
swift water. Clarence Miller, 20,
noted throughout the south as a
swimmer leaped Into the stream
and swam ashore. Exhausted, he
lay panting on the bank. Mrs.
Charles E. Shearer was struggling
In the water with her four year old
son. Miller leaped, in again.
Breasting the heavy current, he
reached the woman, tied a life
preserver about her and took the
boy ashore. It took two men to
pull blm and the boy ashore..
Charles E. Shearer probably
gave his life to save others. Ml3
Lillian Wey of Indianapolis, Ind.,
who was visiting at the Shearer
home tells the story. "Mr. Shear
er tied a life preserver around me
just before I was thrown Into the
swift current, she said. "That was
the last I saw of him.
The list of dead as given out
by Major Paine who worked all
night with members of the Mid
South Association of Engineers;
and city officials, checking up the
dead. They are as follows:
E. H. Bowser, Memphis.
C. H. Miller. Little, Rock, Ark.
C. E. Shearer, Memphis.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Bosard.
Edgar Bosard.
Mrs. Lydia Hldlngex. Memphis.
Paul Norcross, Atlanta.
G. L. Anderson. Memphis.
Major W. W. Gardiner, Mem
phis. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Klrkpat
rlrk, Oxford, Miss.
T. Walter Fox. Paducah. Kv.
Mrs. J. F. Dorroh. Oxford, Miss.
Mrs. Lonnle Caldwell, Memphis.
Jack Cothran, engineer on
steamer.
Esrl Simpson, stoker.
Will Moore, negro deckhand.
Tom Plunkett, negro deckhand.
Missing:
Professor R. H. McNellly, Nash
ville. CAIRO. III.. May 9 Engineer
Charles H. Miller of Little Rock.
Ark., one of the victims of the
Norman disaster was the designer
of the Cairo levees was said to be
the greatest engineering feat of its
kind ever achieved.
BABIES
GERMAN
NURSE IS HELD
Seven Infants Still Unclaim
ed at Hospital After
Taken From Home.
TWENTY TWO DEAD
Former Red Cross Nurse in
German Army Under
Investigation After
, Infants Die.
AMERICAN LEGION ENDOWMENT FUND
CAMPAIGN EXPLftlPJEO TO CITIZEIVSv J
OF DOUGLAS COUNTY BY CK1IITEE
Ta,
ARRFSTFR
I
A committee of Vmpqua Post
of the American Legion last nightj
sponsored a banquet at the Hotel
ITmpqua for the purpose of ac-
quainting a largo uumber of
endowment fund campaign.
The American Legion, charter
ed by Congress, has carried dur
ing six years of reconstruction
luce the World War a large
guests, representative men and I oaji ai,ared by governmental
women of Douglas County, with agenclee, In the care and cure of
the purpose of the endowment I , war's disabled men, and in
DESTROYED BY RUE
SALEM, Ore., May 9 A histor
ic landmark of Marlon county
went up in flames when ' the old
Manson House at Chanipoeg wss
destroyed Thursday by an acci
dental fire.
'The Manson house, according to
Albert Tozier. caretaker at Champ
oeg was built some time prior to
the flood of 1861, while Judge P.
H. D'Arcy of Salem, an authority
Champoeg history, believe It was
built between 1845 and 1850. It
was the residence of Francois
Manson, a French Canadian and
an employe of the Hudson's Bay
.Company.
I The Manson House did not
j stand on the original ChampoeR
, site, but was on ground that was
1 occupied by the newer Champoeg
! after a part of the old town had
ibeen destroyed by the Willamette
j river deluge of 'SI.
I Of late years the historic bund
ling has been the property of Hen
ry Zom a farmer. Thursday of
; this week while one of Zorn s men
i was burlng appn trees and or
chard rubbish some of the sparks
I reached the roof of the old bund
ling and soon the house was
I aflame. The flames were seen for
'a mile and neighbors ran to the
I spot but were unable to save the
I building.
Mrs. Frank Lllburn and Mrs.
Haley motored out to Ihe county
home this afternoon and gave the
resldenta of that place 8 delightful
program of music. These two sing
ers have been taking part In many
of the programs of mnsle this
week and their thougbtfulness In
providing entertainment for the
members of the county home was
greatly appreciated.
(AHoctatn! Prm Lewd Win.)
NEW YORK. Mav ft A r,.H
jury investigation of Mrs. Helen
August Geisen-Volk a East 86th St
"Baby Farm" where 22 babies
have died within little more than
a year, was ordered today.
Meanwhile the woman was held
in S36.000 ball.
Chlldrens' society agents arena.
ed the woman of having violated
a city ordinance In having kept al
most a score of Infants In a resort
tor wnich the city has licensed
her to keep only seven.
Mrs. Getsen-Volk waa arrested
on the specific charge of having
attempted to give a strange baby
to William Angerer. when he call-
eu ior nis child, Stephen, seven
months old. Seven unclaimed ba
bies taken from the woman's es
tablishment still are In Bellevue
Hospital awaiting claimants.
Mrs. Geisen-Volk waived pm ru
ination today.
Two assistant district nttorneva
Investigating the case told the
court that the woman probably
would be charged with homicide
before they completed their In
quiry into the deaths of the 22 in
fants, many of them supposedly of
mal-nutrltion and neglect.
Two more women told the au
thorities today that they believed
Mrs. Geisen-Volk. widow of a Prus
sian army officer and a former
German Red Cross nurse, had
spirited their children from them.
The twenty third death of an In
mate of the "baby farm" became
krtbwn today when Bellevue Hos
pital attaches announced that Jo-'
seph Abramlwitt, two years old
had died ther last night. The ba
by was removed from Mrs. Celsen-
Volk's home yesterday. Pneumon- :
la was given as- the cause of the I
death. j
NEW YORK, May 9. Seven ba
bies await claimants in Bellevue
Hospital where they were taken af
ter an Investigation of the activi
ties of Mrs. Helen Geisen-Volk,
former Red Cross nurse in the
German army, at whose Institution
22 babies have died within a year.
i ne twenty-second victim Is in a
morgue awaiting an autopsy to
confirm an unofficial verdict, of
acute mal nutrition.
Distracted mothers besieged the
institution yesterdsy and one tried
to attack Mrs. Geisen-Volk. ,
The complaint of William Anger i
er that Mrs. Geisen-Volk returned
to mm a enna other than his own,
resulted In the investigation. Ang
erer says he can not find his own
child.
Mrs. Geisen-Volk Is under arrest
on a charge of child substitution.
Yesterday she was taken by po
lice to her Institution, where with
the aid of a card Index she gsve
the names of the Infants and the
addresses. If available of those
who left them with her. Four
children were clsimed by parents
and the seven others were sent to
Bellevue.
Mrs. Oelsen-Volk's license called
only for seven In the house.
fund campaign to be carried on
In Oregon, May 25th to 30th. TBe
Indian Room of the hotel was
crowded to capacity with tho In-:
vited guests, many coming from
as far as Oakland. At the con
clusion of the meeting Mrs. Fred
Strang sang the "Star Spangled
Banner",
After a short musical program
by Jlmnile Vance and his Arizona
Collegians, several speakers out
lined the plan of the endowment
campaign. Commander Stewart
acted aa chairman of the meeting.
He talked concerning the work of
the American Legion in fighting
the battle for the unfortunates cf
the World War land then describ
ed the work as It is being car
ried on today with a deficiency of
funds. The necessity of raising
a 1,000,000 endowment fund In
the United Ctates waa clearly ex
plained by him. Oregon's quota
Is $500,000, or which approxim
ately S3. 000 must be raised In
Douglas County. Umpqua Post of
the American Is organizing to
carry on this campaign here and
it Is believed that this amount
will be easily raised by the peo
ple of this section.
Commander Stewart then Intro
duced Dexter Rice as ,'the best
the care, upbringing and educa
tion of the orphaned children of
those who gave their lives In bat
tle. This responsibility, welcom
ed by the Legion, has spent its
own funds, has sometimes borrow
ed money, bas often been unable
to see very fnr ahead Into the
sources for financial needs, has
received numerous glftB. The
fiscal policy back of the largest
war relief probl m In America has
been frankly "hand to mouth".
Such a policy Is neither just, ade
quate nor economical. For this
work there must be nothing left
to chance.
Bad on this slx-jwar experi
ence is the proposal to raise in
1925 The American Legion En
dowment Fund of five million dol
lars, as a lerpotual trust from
which only the incomo shall be
used as the financial backbone of
the rehabilitation and child wel
fare work of the Legion, the cen
tral generating plant for the nation-wide
activity of 11,000 Le
gion posts and 6. GOO Lcgloa Aux
iliary units of women,, which to
gether throw more than 900,000
volunteer workers Into this field.
The endowment plan Is a prac
tical and business-like undertak
ing. Happily the common sense
I
'.HER OF DAD
LIPMAN-WOLFE SOLD
Nineteen Year Old Youth
Cool When Taken Into
Custody by Police
RECEIVED INSURANCE
Father's Body Found in
Washington University
Stadium With Bul
let Wounds.
friend the American Lesion ever iMng t0 dtJ t, also the thing which
had." He explained that Dexter, appeals to every sound and wor-
has accepted tho chairmanship of
the campaign in Douglas county
and 'this remark brought forth a
storm of applause from those as
sembled. Mr. Rice's .acceptance
of the leadership of the campaign
here practically assures the sue-
thv emotion. .. Is a right and
sacred duty to cure the disabled
man. The Legion's motto of
"Temporary Care Permanent
Cure" expresses the determination
thnt every sufferer from wounds
and dtvease should be made wnoie,
cess of the movement. Much of j shou)( be reil(ored In body, and
the organization work has been
completed and when the zero hour
Is reached his workers will go
"over the top" with a bang twid
bring home the bacon In a few
short days.
Dexter Rice last night made the
talk ei his lifetime. Those who
heard him declare that his ap
peal was the strongest ever made
before a Roseburg audience. His
heart and soul Is In the work
of caring for the wounded of the
war and providing homes for the
orphans. The sincerity with
which he snoke last night proved
beyond a doubt the merit of the I
mind and spirit to become a self-
respecting citizen, and not left to
perpetual care in a public Institu
tion. That program Is as sound
and economical as it Is appealing
aud humane.
It Is right that every child of
a father who died for his country
be given as good a home, as good
education, as fair an American
channe in life as If that fathers
sacrifice had not been needed. It
Is vastly less costly to save the
child now, than to permit It to
grow up In Ignorance, poverty and
(Continued on page 6.)
(landttnt Pnaa t n t Wirt.)
ST. LOTJIS. Mo.. May 9. Ed
ward G. Dllllon, 19-year-old son of
Dr. William A. Dllllon, whose body
with bullet wounds In tbe head and
left knee, waa found on Washing-
iton University stadium here May 1,
I was arrested at the home of his
mother here early today In con
nection with the slaying.
Police this morning would make
no statement regarding the nut.
j come of hours of question. They
nam uie yuuin was cool, aeir-pos-sessed
and showed no nervous,
ness. His refusal to anwer ques
tion was Bieauiasc
Young Dllllon Is the beneficiary
of three health and accident Insur
ance policies carried by his fath
er, totalling 116.000. The Inst one.
was taken out April 22, eight days
before Dr. Dllllon was slain.
The son had been attending
Kansas University, Lawrence,
Kansas. He was arrested April 4,
1924, and charged with robbery in
the first degree, following the
I death of George Barnett, high
school boy, who was killed by a
I city detective after he had com
imltled four highway robberies.
I Dllllon. however, denied the
charge saying he had left Barnett
,and had attended a fraternity par
ity at an exclusive hotel. The
charge was subsequently dismiss,
ed.
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(AanrUttd Fna Uued WIN.)
PORTLAND, Ore.. May .
Ownership of the department
store of Llpman, Wolfe ft
Company, established In
Portland in 1880, will pass
May 37 to the National D-
partment Store, Inc.
, The purchase price Is re-
ported to have been In ex-
cess of 11,700,000, of which
$450,000 represents good will.
ISLAND
MUSIC WEEK
ENJOYED BY
PEOPLE OF CITY
Operetta at Heinline Con
servatory Event of
Last Night
THE CAST IS GOOD
OFJ
NEEDS DEFENSE
ii
WARFARE SHOWS
War and Navy Department
Officials Convinced Is
land Is Defenseless.
REPORT IS PUBLISHED
Force on Island Too Small
and Present Strength of
Army Air Service
on Hawaii.
Programs to Be Given at
Hotels This Evening by
Various of the City's
. Orchestras.
Plans for New High School
Building Are Neatly Complete
Construction to Start in June
FOB NEXT WEEK
OUTLINED TODAY
fAvncUIH m Iurd Win.)
PARIS. Msy 9. Finance Minis
ter Calllaux today was empowered
by the cabinet to make his finan
cial plans a question of confidence
before parliament. The cabinet
approved the outline of his propo
ssls at this morning's session
which was almost entirely devoted
to this subject.
M. Valllaux after the meeting
said he had promised not to re
veal the exact nature of his plans
until his appearance next Tuesdsy
before the finsnce commlltee of
the Chamber of Deputies. In fact,
he added, he bad not completed
all the details.
-o
(Amclaterf rnm Ltaaid Win.)
SAN FRANCISCO, May 9 The
weather outlook for the week be
ginning May 10 was announced
bre today by the United Slates
Weather Bureau as follows:
Psclflc states generally fair
weather, except for occasional
coaat along the coast from Cape
Mndoclno. Cel., northward. Tem
peratui will be somewhat below
normal, and frosts are likely dur
ing the first part of the week In
u)regon-
The above Is a front view of the m-w high school building upon
which construction will soon start. The cost of this building will be
S18M0A.
This high school will house the tenth, eleventh and twelfth grades.
The high school now In use will be used for the seventh, eighth and ninth
grades, which will relieve the congestion now prevalent in the grade
school buildings, as the seventh slid eighth grsdes will be combined
with the first grade In high school to make te Junior High.
This building will be erected on tbe knoll of the new school site
facing south on the continuation of Chapman street. Final plans for it
will be approved by the Board of Directors, and bids will be asked fer
at once on the various phases of the erection. The Hoard expects all
tjie contracts to be signed by June 1st and actual construction to com
mence not later than the middle of next month.
The preliminary plans show that the building will consist of eight
regular recitation rooms where the academic subjects will be tsught:
typewriting room, shorthand room, bookkeeping room, a study hail
seating 160 students, off of which there will be located a library with
forty-eights sittings. There will slso be located In this building a
room for the Agricultural Department for class work of combined
Physics and Biology laboratory, a Science lecture room, a Chemistry
laboratory, a Home Economics d partment consisting of a model dining
room, a pantry, a kitchen, cafeteria serving room and a combined
cafeteria and sewing room.
There are rooms set aside as rest rooms for lady and gentlemen
teachers and also the girls of the school.
The principal's office will have a vault placed In It, and It will
have an outside waiting room.
A combined Auditorium and Gymnasium sr,x45 feet Is provided
for In tbe pans. This room will hsve a stacs .rx45 feet constructed
There will be tiered concrete s-ats at the back of the Auditorium
which will seat 600 people. Under these seals will be girls and boys
locker rooms.
There will be constructed a bsx'-ment on only one side of th- build
ing which win car for the Industrial Arts department If electric heal
Is used, otherwise for fumsce purposes.
The final plana will show complete d' tslls of the construction, such
as the location of the lockers, drinking fountains, bulletin boards,
closets, store-rooms and othtr built In features. The building will be
constructed of concrete, with term cotta work at the front entrance
The rear of this building wllQn out onto s complete athletic field
Visitors In Town
I T. 8. Weaver and wife were In
town today shopping and visiting
with friends.
4 ( AMftrbtM T-rm ltiH Wlr-.) 4
KOKNIHSRF.ro, Germany,
May 9 Did the big Germ-
msn offensive on the western
front In 1918 fail because the
Germsn armies ran amuck
among the huge stores of
wines and liquors left behind
by the allies?
This question was raised by
one of the speskers In the s
Koenisgherg local option
wck. which closes SnturJav,
and Initiates a natlon-wldu
drive to Make German ydry.
Referring to an allegation
by Dr. Schmidt, professor of
Thenlogy at the University
of Glessen to the effect that
Germsn soldiers became In-
toxlcsted on looted alcohol,
one of the speakers at the nu-
mernus meetings held through
out the cltv In Ihe weekd e-
c'sred that General Ludend-
orr when confronted with
the statement exclaimed:
"I can't contradict It.".
I
From Sunday, May 3rd till to
night, May 9th, Roseburg music
lovers have had a feast. Never
has national music week been so
fittingly observed In the city.
From the audiences at each pro
gram Roseburg has few "who
have no music in their oul."
One of the outstanding pro
grams waa the operetta given on
Friday evening at the Conserva
tory under 11m direction of, Mrs.
Chnrles Brand.
The scene was laid in a garden
In Japan, where O llanu San, Ihe
dauglitor of a Japanese general
was celebrating her eighteenth
birthday. While tiro preparations
were being made, three American
tourists arrived on the scene and
things began to happen. The
music was played by Mrs. A. J.
Young, Mrs. Jestto McHae Melvin
and Miss Lucille Sapplngton.
The following characters made
up the cast:
O Hanu San. Mrs. Fred Powell;
O Kltu Son. her cousin, Miss Fay
Geddes, O Kayto San, another
cousin, Grace Wlckham; Chaya,
her servant, Ava Jane Darby:
Miss Norma Twimms. Mrs. Willis
Meyers; Miss Dora Twimms. Mary
Reams; Miss Minerva Knowall,
their governess, Helen Cssey.
Girl friends of O Hanu San:
Vesta Hockley, Adelo llemls,
Mrs. Hernia West, Velma McDo
nald, Evelyn llawn, Lydla Neal,
Mrs. Adrian Ilurlbert. Mrs. Har
old McKav. Marlon Nichols and
Gertrude Morgan.
This operetta is to be presented
agnln on Monday evening, May
11th. As a fitting conclusion to
Music Week programs will be gi
ven at th'3 various hotels tonight,
starting promptly at seven o'clock.
A different orchestra will play at
each hotel tho entire hour, but
the solo'sts will go from one place
to another with a continuous pro
gram. At the Grand Hotel Mrs.
A. J. Young's orchestra with Mrs.
Arthur Knauss, accompanist, will
play with Mrs. Fred Strang,
managing the program; at tire
Umpqua Mr. Oil's orchestra, with
Mrs. R. T. Meivln, accompanist,
will play with Mrs. Charles Hrsnd
in charge of the program; at the
Terminal Hotel, the Sherman Clay
orrhestra with Mr. Arundel, ac
compan'st, and Mr. J. E. McClln-
tock n manager: at the Douglas
Hotel, the Christian Church or
ichetra andcr the direction of T.
III. Olson, with Miss Lucille Ssn
I nlnrtnn accompanist, and A. T.
Lawrence, manager,
j The program that will be given
I at all the hotels follows:
I Snxaphnne Solnj Mr. Roy
Wells: Contralto Polo. Miss Edna
1 llnseltlne; Cornet duet, Mr. Croc
ker and Mr. Tester; Hssa solo.
Mr. II. A. Csnnday: Euphonium
! "olo, Mr. Fred Htrnng: Soprano
Solo. Mrs. Fr-d Powell; Toe
dsn'-e, Marlorle Viler: Trombone
Solo. Mr. Dale Strsnge; Violin so
lo. Mr fl-rlrt Willlsms; Honrsno
snio. Mrs Fred Hlrsnr; Ovptv
'dsnce. Helen Virginia Yount;
. To-nr soto. Mr. Warren Hurt.
The Sherman Clay company
'will nrov'd-e a plsno at the Ter-
notei rnr me rrogram. una
( s Music Store Is providing
pianos at the Grand and Douglas
Hotels.
(Amclated Fmi fund Wli.)
WASHINGTON, May 9 War
and navy department officials are
satisfied that the gigantic war
game just concluded at Hawaii
served as a dramatic illustration
of deficiencies In the defense of
the Island of Oahu which have
been repeatedly called to the at
tention of congress in the last few
years.
In advance of official renort of
the maneuvers, the dispatches do
not Indicate any striking new fact
to have been disclosed, but are
.confident that the sham battle will
enable presentation of the Hawla-
Ian Islands, problem on a basis of
established facta instead of theor
ies. That the combined naval and
military forces now maintained at
Hawaii cannot Insure safety or
the Pearl Harbor naval base
against a strong surprise attack ll
exepcted to be shown In the re
port by Admiral C'oontz and Major
General Illnes, chief umpires. The
actual problem of the maneuvers
was to test the efficiency of per
snnnel and equipment of the peace
time garrison of Oahu Islands.
Defects which It Is believed the
report will point out in tbe army
garrison are:
First, that 13.000' men ia the
regular aruiv trsirlson and forming
the mobile defense Is too email
force by from 6,000 to 7,000 men.
Second, that failure to provide
adequate means for Interior com
munications of Oahu which In
cludes all allied element of modern
military communlcatlnna would
have rendered doubtful the score
of even larger garrison In defend
ing the Island against landing op
erations. -
Third, that the present strength
of the army air aervlce detach
ments assigned to the Hawaiian
Islands la not sufficient.
Fourth, that the present equip
ment of the garrison air service.
I particularly in long rsngs scouting
I planes. Is wholly Inadequate to af
Iford the defending force necea
Isary Information of an approach
!lng enemy In time to repel a land-
Ing.
On the naval side It Is predict
ed that there wl'l be' again dis-
cmseu VIIKI wraniit;!in-a m ills
composition of the fleet among
them :
First, lark of modern post-treaty
intgn speeu iu,uuv ion ugni cruis
lers. I Second, lack of keeping fleet sub-
marines.
Third, lack of large high speed
alrp!sne carriers and of adequate
i numbers of modern aircraft with
I the fleet Itself.
In addition It Is explnlned that
.navnl weaknesses wilt be disclos
ed from the report from Rear-Ad-'
pi I ml MacDonald. who was aaso
I elated with Mslur General Lewla
i In Ihe joint defense of Oahu. From
thnt aspect It appears probable to
officers here that lack of mine
planting submarines as a part of ,
the regular navsl contingent as
signed to the Hawaiian Islands
will be emphasized. It is felt also
that the peace time naval forces
at the Island should Include mod
ern light cruisers and naval air
craft with the surface auxiliaries
TheVeather
Highest temp,
yesterday 67
Lowest tsmp.
last night .90
Partly cloudy
tonight and Sun.
day.
"si 7 Th-
1 1- 'till .
.
I
If you wear your old winter hat
iloo long, a FAMILIAR AIR is apt
1 to take care of the situation for
you. m