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FISKE CRITICISES
CONDUCT OF NAVY
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tions Cannot Be Remedied
Within Five Years.
PERMANENT STAFF ADVISED
Most Efficient Navies Declared to
Be Those of Germany and Ja
pan Relations With, Secre
tary Daniels Described.
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WASHINGTON, March 24. Rear-Ad
miral Fiske, the torm center in the
row between the attackers and defend
ers of the efficiency of the Navy, final
ly got before the House Naval commit
tee today after a long1 contest between
the two factions. Since his retirement
as one of Secretary Daniels' aides. Ad
miral Fiske has been a constant critic
of the naval administration. He testi
fied that in his opinion the Navy could
not be put "Into condition" within five
years and that no matter how much
Congress appropriated It could not be
put into condition, -under the system
which directs it, as good as that of any
foreign navy.
Admiral Fiske recommended a gen
eral staff, "a body of specially trained
officers to study plans for war."
Secretaries Change Strategy.
Admiral Fiske, put to a running fire
of questions by the committee, declared
his idea was that the duties of a chief
of operations should be fixed beyond
the power of a Secretary of the Navy
to change or practically to abolish.
"As long as we have every four years
a Secretary of the Navy who may, and
generally does, change the strategy of
the Navy, we will fall short of our
rivals," said the Admiral.
"The most efficient navies are the
German and the Japanese, and in both
countries it is required that the Secre
tary of the Navy shall be a naval offi
cer. I am not going that far. It is not
the policy of this country to put the
. military above the civil."
Representative Britten questioned
Admiral Fiske closely about his personal
relations with Secretary Daniels. He
inquired into the attempt of the officer
to obtain leave of absence from his as
signment to the Newport War College
this Spring.
Daniel Cennors Admirals.
"I asked for three months' leave
the first in 10 years." explained Ad
miral Fiske. "The Secretary gave me
one month."
"Why did he reduce the time?" asked
Representative Britten.
"He said he did not want naval offi
cers in Washington while Congress was
in session."
"Was he afraid Congress would con
taminate the officers?"
"He said I would be talking to Con
gressmen and newspaper men and he
didn't want me to do so."
The witness was led to tell of in
structions he received from Secretary
Daniels about writing and talking
about the Navy.
"Did he tell you that you were not
even to say two times two makes
four?"
"Yes." was the reply.
Board Acta Under Orders.
Representative Britten then put into
the record a letter from Secretary Dan
iels to President Garfield, of Williams
' College, saying that naval officers were
free to express their opinions of the
Navy.
The witness was asked if the Secre
tary did not require the General Board
to take out of its 1914 recommenda
tions to him a recommendation for an
increase of 19,600 enlisted men for the
Navy. The witness said that this was
true. Mr. Britten then read into the
record a letter from the Secretary to
the Commercial Club of Chicago, say
ing he had published all the reports of
the General Board.
EMBARGO LIST EXTENDS
BRITISH BAR ON CERTAIN IMPORTS
EFFECTIVE SOON.
Furniture and Other Wood Manufac
tures and Cotton Products Are
Among; Taboo Articles.
LONDON." March 24. A lengthy ex
tension of the list of articles, the im
portation of which is prohibited, which
was forecast by Walter Runciman,
president of the Board of Trade, in an
Interview -with the Associated Press
last week, was announced tonight by
the Board of Trade. The Board gave
notice that a proclamation would be
issued shortly prohibiting after March
30 the importation of the following
goods:
Baskets and basketware, except of
bamboo: cement, chinaware and pot
tery, not including cloissonne wares:
cotton yarn, cotton piece goods, and
cotton manufactures of all kinds, ex
cept hosiery and lace: cutlery, fatty
acids, furniture, manufactured joinery
and other wood manufactures, except
lacquered wares; hardware and hollow
ware; oil cloth, soap, toys, games and
playing cards, wood and timber of
beech, birch, elm and oak; woolen and
worsted manufactures of all kinds, ex
cept yarns.
The importation of these prohibited
goods will be allowed only under a
license, but the Board of Trade says
such licenses will generally be granted
only for goods on the way to the United
Kingdom or goods actually purchased
when the notice Is issued.
WAITE MAKES ADMISSION
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Jiim. I don't remember whether he
taid he wanted arsenic or not.
Physician Aids In Purchase.
"I went to see a physician acquaint
ance; told him I wanted to kill a cat,
and asked him to recommend me to his
druggist.- He called the druggist on
the telephone an told him I was all
right. I also told the druggist I
wanted to kill a cat. I took the poison
horn and handed the package to Mr.
Peck. 1 never saw it again." x
The poison was bought March 9, and
Mr. Peck died on March 12. The Dis
trict Attorney's office has Information
that the dentist made other purchases
of poison between December 21 and
March 7. Mrs. Peck died here Jan
uary 30.
Mrs. Waite had no knowledge of
her husband's purchasing poison, Mr.
.wann said the dentist told him. "My
regret is that this will wound my wife
very deeply," the dentist added. "No
body knows anything about the sub
ject except myself and I can't prove
what I eay."
Mr. Swann has been reliably in
formed, he said, that last Monday night
Dr. Waite telephoned to Miss Peck and
asked her what she thought a man
should do who had been "cornered."
Dentist Considers Suicide.
"Would you think of suicide?" the
dentist is declared to have asked Miss
Peck, who advise him to come to see
her immediately. Dr. Waite went to
Miss Peck's home in his automobile
and rode about with her for several
hours.
Mr. Swann said tonight he would
proceed with his plan to charge Dr.
Waite with first degre "murder and to
have him indicted on the charge. All
that is neeed to complete the investiga
tion by the grand jury, he declared, is
the testimony of the physicians who
performed the autopsy on Mr. Peck's
body. These witnesses will arrive here
Monday from Grand Rapids. Dr.
Waite's parents reached New York to
night.
RAILWAY IS PROSPEROUS
SOUTHERN PACIFIC REVENUE GAIN
IS LARGE.
Company Now Ranks Third Among? Big
Systems of Country, Announces
Julius Krnttschnltt.
SAX FRANCISCO, March 24. The
Southern Pacific Railroad Company ts
in one of the most prosperous periods
of its entire history, according to fig
ures made public today by Julius
Kruttschnltt, of New York, chairman
of the board of directors, who is in
San Francisco.
For the first eight months of the
present fiscal year, the gross oper
ating revenue of the road was $101,
121,384, an increase over the same
period last year of $14,885,449. This
showing places the Southern Pacific
third among the big railroad systems
of the country, according to the Krutt
schnitt statement.
With four months' earnings yet to be
added to the total for the present
fiscal year, the company bids fair to.
exceed last year's gross operating in
come of $129,865,675.
MINING PROPERTY BOUGHT
Important Deal Js Completed in
Snmpter District.
BAKER, Or., March 24. (Special.)
One of the most important mining deals
in the Sumpter district in many years
has been consummated in the purchase
of the Bald 'Mountain property by the
Ibex Mining Company. The Ibex mine
has been idle several years because it
was deemed unwise to run it until the
Bald Mountain mine could be secured,
and the acquisition of the latter will
insure the operation of both properties
within a short time.
A tunnel between the two has al
ready been started, and with the us of
a gravity 'system both mines can be
operai&a in an economical manner. Re
ports say that the mine's equipment
will be greatly augmented, and that
both will be operated extensively this
season. The Drice naid fnp-th cm
Mountain mine has been kept a secret.
PIONEER RANCHMAN DEAD
Edward C. Bowen Victim of Heart
Trouble Near Baker.
BAKER, Or.. March 24. (Special.)
Edward Cranston Bowen, pioneer of
Eastern Oregon and one of the most
successful ranchers in this vicinity
died suddenly from heart trouble today
at his ranch, four miles south of the
city. .
Mr. Bowen was born in Idaho City,
Ida., 52 years ago, but had live in
this vicinity the greater part of his life.
He was prominent in agricultural and
county affairs. He is survived by his
wife and five children, all living at
home, and the following brothers and
sisters: F. A. Bowen and Mrs. J. T.
Anderson, of Portland; I. B. and Harry
xiowen ana .urs. Anna Cranston, of
Baker; J. C. Bowen. of Newbridsrn nrt
Mrs. B. D. Postlethwaite, of Poca-
teuo, iaa.
KNAPPA WIDOW PENSIONED
State Sets Aside $7036 for Mrs.
John Carney.
SALEM. Or.. March 24. (Special.
For the widow and infant daughter of
John F. Carney, the State Industrial
Accident Commission today set aside
$7036.27 and $811.84, respectively, in the
accident fund, with which to pay the
pensions to which they are entitled
under the workmen's compensation act.
Carney was drowned February 16 last
while employed by the Big Creek Log
ging Company at Knappa, Or.
Lnder the terms of the act the widow
will be entitled to $30 a month all her
life unless she marries, and the daugh
ter will receive $6 a month" until she
is 16 years old. Provided both live the
entire period of their expectancy, the
state will have paid them a total of
$15,176.20.
Music Company Gets Receiver.
Tt. L. Sabin was yesterday appointed
receiver for the Clevenger Music Com
pany by Circuit Judge Morrow, at the
petition of M." Durand. His bond was
nxed at $1000.
The railroads of Oregon consume over
18.000 hewn ties and the mines 22.00O. Ore
gon also consumes 66.000 linear feet of
round mine material.
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Fact No. 13
The Packard Ttp'm Six motor
yields a full, even flote of poiver
at all speeds and a smoother,
softer action in all situations.
FRANK C. RIGGS COMPANY
Cornell Road. 23d and Washington Sta.
ELL-ANS
Absolutely Removes
Indigestion. Onepackage
proves it 25c at all druggists
STRONG FIGHT MADE
ON LITERACY TEST
Ex-Speaker Cannon Ridicules
Educational Provision of
Immigration Bill.
ASIATIC PHASE EXPLAINED
Cnlifornian Says Measure Is Accept
able to Japanese Government.
Mr. Johnson Argues for Ex
clusion of Hindus.
WASHINGTON, March 24. The House
today began consideration of the Bur
nett immigration bill.
The literacy test was supported by
those who pointed to the possibility of
vast immigration after the European
war and opposed by ' ex-Speaker Can
non, who ridiculed it.
Armed with a census report of 1790,
he argued that the names of two
thirds of the members of the House
were not found among those then
recorded in the United States, and
that the names of many men foremost
in National life showed by their
absence in the list that their fore
fathers had been' immigrants.
"There were no McKennas, Pitneys
or Vandevanters for the Supreme
Court," said he. "No McAdoos, Burle
sons or Houstons to sit about the Cabi
net table. I can find among the first
families of that time no Edison or
Westinghouse, no Carnegie, Harriman,
Havemeyer, no Astor, Belmont or
Lorillard, no Funston or Pershing, no
Watterson or Pulitzer, no Gompers or
Morrison and Billy Sunday.
Roosevelt Not on List, Either.
"Another name not on the' list is
that of Roosevelt."
The House . cut loose with an uproar
of applause that continued until Mr.
Cannon rose and bowed.
The Asiatic provisions were explained
bv Representative Hayes, of California.
He said they were acceptable to the
Secretary of State and to the Japanese
government. He said he saw nothing
in the bill that was offensive to Japan
or any other government.
"We have the authority of the Sec
retary of State, which we had before
the provisions were incorporated into
the bill, that there was no objection
to them," said Mr. Hayes.
"The committee was unanimous in
that it was not desirable to put in
the bill anything offensive to Japan."
All that the people of California and
the Pacific Coast want, he said, is to
protect themselves against the labor
menace of the .Japanese and Asiatic
labor generally.
Another Race Not Wanted..
Mr. Hayes said Pacific Coast people
did not want to see another race im
ported there.
"We are willing, entirely willing, he
explained, "that the student, the
traveler, the scientist and the busi
ness man from the Orient shall come
into this country, but we on the Pa
cific Coast do not want to be sub
merged by an overwhelming influx of
labor from the Orient, overwhelming
us as they have the Hawaiian Islands.
This is the reason for our insistence
on this legislation."
Mr. Hayes said that Pacific Coast
folk were grateful to the Japanese gov
ernment for maintaining the gentle-
mans agreement, preventing the
laborer of Japan from overwhelming
us on the Coast." The bill. Mr. Hayes
added, was not aimed at any particular
element of the Caucasian race, nor at
any religion, and was only aimed in its
larere operations at one large class of
"those who are ignorant and
that's alL"
people
stupid,
Johnson Would Exclude Hindus.
Representative Johnson, of Washing
ton, urged the need of Hindu exclusion.
Representative Kahn. of California.
told the House that the literacy test
was no test of character.
"Strike the test from this bill." he
said, "and I apprehend almost every
member of the House will vote lor it.
Do we find illiteracy in this country?
Of course we do. Let us sweep our
own doorsteps before we talk about
Illiteracy in other parts of the globe."
ELECTRIC LINE PROPOSED
Pendleton May Have New Road to
Columbia River.
PENDLETON, Or., March 24. (Spe
cial.) An electric road from Pendleton
to Walla Walla and from Cold Springs
Landing through Pendleton to Bingham
Springs is an undertaking projected by
an association of capitalists represented
by C. W. Lefler, formerly a farmer in
the Cold Springs country. It is under
stood E. W. McComas, of Pendleton, ifl
connected with the undertaking.
Mr. Lefler said today there was
plenty of money back of the venture.
The plan is to lay the rails on con
crete ties to reduce the cost of main
tenance. The route has been selected with an
idea of tapping as much of the freight
producing area of the country, as well
as the area of passenger traffic. The
line from here to Cold Springs Landing
would be a feeder te the open river.
DYES CONFERENCE ENDS
Committees Named to Plan Produc
tion In America.
NEW YORK, March 24. Consumers
and manufacturers of dyestuffs today
concluded a two-day conference here
with representatives of Secretary Red
field of the Department of Commerce.
Discussion centered on the problem of
expanding dye production in the Unit
ed States so as to supply colors for
American consumption to replace
those which the European war has pre
vented coming from Germany.
Committees were appointed to con
fer on the "necessity of an additional
supply of dyestuffs," on the "necessity
of legislation to prevent unfair com
petition on an international scale," and
on "further co-operation between the
consumers and manufacturers."
Seventy separate lines of manufac
ture, in which more than 2,000,000 per
sons are employed, are affected by dye
shortage.
NEW LINE TO RUN IN APRIL
V. G. Ifindmarsh Will Supervise
Coos JBay-Reedsport Service.
MARSHFIELD, Or., March 24. (Spe
cial.) Engineer V. G. Hindmarsh, in
charge of the Willamette-Pacific Rail
road between Coos Bay and Reedsport,
will supervise train operations between
those two points when traffic in pas
sengers and mail is inaugurated in the
first week of April. The time schedule
now given to the public has been ar
ranged for an entire daylight run be
tween Coos Bay and Eugene. The train
will leave Marshfleld at 9:30 In the
morning, making Reedsport at 11.
The passengers from Coos Bay will
arrive at Eugene at 6:30 in the even
ing, and transfer to the limited due in
Portland at 10:15.
LAND COMPANY IN TROUBLE
Ex-Mayor Gillis, of Walla Walla,
Receiver of Attalla Concern.
WALLA WALLA. Wash.. March 24.
(Special.) A. J. Gillis, ex-Mayor of
Walla Walla, and a property owner in
the Burbank district, this afternoon
was appointed temporary receiver for
the Attalia Land Company" and Judge
E. C. Mills set March 31 as the date
for the hearing on making it perma
nent. The Columbia Canal Company is pe
titioner, and charges that the defend-
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Stock Adjustment Sale of
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Broken Lines and Sample Drawers and Corset or
Covers, Including All Styles Values to 50c at -)C
Several times during each season we find it necessary to readjust our
Undermuslin stock by disposing of all broken lines, sample pieces and
garments that have become more or less soiled or mussed from display.
This is such an occasion. You have choice from an extensive variety of
styles in both Corset Covers and Drawers of fine quality materials with
trimmings of embroideries and laces. Many are shown in beautifully
figured allover embroideries. Garments regularly sold up to QC
50c. Your choice at O C
Children's 35c Black Sateen Bloomers at 19
Well made garments of excellent quality black sateen and shown in all
sizes from 2 to 14 years. Bloomers regularly sold at 35c a pair, in
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39c
Blood's regular 50c Underwear. Both Shirts and
Drawers, in all sizes, at, per garment
Many men will avail themselves of this opportunity to secure
a full season's supply of Spring-weight Underwear. It is a
special sale of Blood's jersey and cotton Shirts and
Drawers in all sizes and ecru color. A quality and make
sold everywhere at 50c a garment. Priced for
Saturday at ,
39c
10c Toilet Paper 5c
5c
About 2000 rolls of fine Toilet Paper in large 1000 sheet
rolls, the kind regularly sold at 10c a roll 20 to each
customer. Saturday ,
Silk Poplin Windsor Ties
10 Reg. 25c Grade
A cleanup sale of Silk Poplin Wind
sor Ties, with fringed end, in white,
Kelly, pink, purple only. Reg- "I "J
ular 25c grade, Saturday vIC
Large Laundered Collars
10 Reg. 25c Grade
All the rage right now. Women's
Laundered Collars, in the large Bus
ter Brown shapes. Regular " "
25c grade, Saturday special.. A vC
Shadow Lace Pleating, in white and
cream and ecru. Dozens of patterns
to choose from. Regular 25c -1 f
grade, special Saturday, yd. vIC
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ness, Especially Underpriced One-Third Less Than Regular p 1 U.Ovl
Hundreds of Suits are now given their first appearance, thus assuring against duplication or com
monplaceness suits that have been chosen by experts, trained and keyed to style helpfulness, and
with the idea of matchless value giving this sale is one of the results of their efforts. The assort
ment includes the most fashionable materials in plain colors and in black and white checks
every suit is excellently tailored and trimmed, and finished with the finest plain or fancy silk
lining the coats are shown with regulation or two-way collar, and the skirts are full and come in
models with shirred and belted back. No need for us to dwell at length upon the attractiveness of
the low Drice come and see for yourself what wonderful values we are offering- at
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paying cash therefor, which It can
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PAPERS DENIED RESERVIST
Report for AVar Duty Holds Up Ap
plication Temporarily.
SEATTLE, "Waeh., March 24. Final
citizenship papers were temporarily de
nied Fred Langer, a street railway con
ductor, in the Superior Court today
when the United States naturalization
examiner objected that Langrer had
violated, his oath of allegiance by re
porting for war duty at the Austrian
consulate.
Langer pleaded that he reported to
the consulate to prevent loss of prop
erty in Austria which, if he had not
declared himself, would have been con
fiscated on hie father's death. The
case was taken under advisement.
Registration Totals 950.
HOOD RIVER. Or., March 24. (Spe
cial.) Hood River County's registra
tion totals 950, of which 657 are Repub
licans. The registered electors segre
gated as to party and sex are as fol
lows: Republican, men. 472; women,
185: Democratic, men, 159; women, 51;
Prohibition, men. 21; women, 11; Social
ist, men, 20; women, 1; Independent,
men, 17; women. 7; Progressive, men, 5;
women, 1.
Revision of Mining Laws Urged.
SPOKANE, Wash., March 24. Dele
gates to the Northwest Mining Conven
tion today adopted a resolution asking
for a revision of the Federal mining
laws by a Congressional committee.
The resolution asserts that the present
laws were framed 50 years ago. The
convention went on record in favor of
having a Federal mine experiment sta
tion established here.
Throw Off Colo-s and Prevent Grip.
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