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THE MORNING- OREGONIAN. WEDNESDAY, JIAY 31, 1916. 7 SO SUBMARINES AWE PROVIDED BY HOUSE Amendment Increasing Num v ber From 20 to 50 Wins in K Committee as a Whole. CRUISERS HELD TO FIVE JJIcgor . Navy Advocates Forced to Abandon Hope for Big Types, but Will Hold Out x for Two Battleships. OVtEGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, May 30. Determined Repub lican efforts to enlarge the building programme of the naval appropriation bill, as reported frorn the naval com mittee, resulted today in the adoption iy the House, sitting as a.-committee ot a whole, of an amendment increas ing the number of submarines from 20 to 50. Proposals to provide for six battle cruisers instead of five, and to add two dreadnoughts and two scout cruisers to the programme were de feated after a lively fight. To finish consideration of the bill by the time fixed, 4 o'clock Friday aft ernoon, the House had a three-hour session today instead of recessing over Memorial day as usual. So decisive were the votes against additional battle and scout cruisers that the bigger Navy advocates vir tually have decided to abandon the fight for them, but they still hope to pet the two battleships. Vote on Battleship Cloe. The battleship proposal was lost by the narrow margin of 16 votes, 130 opposing and 114 favoring-. Fourteen Democrats voted for the amendment and eight Republicans opposed it. Dem ocrats supporting it were Linthicum, Coady and Price, Maryland; McAn drews, McDermott, Stone and Gal lagher, Illinois; Lazaro and Dupre, Lousiana; O'Shaunessy, Rhode Island; Sherley. Kentucky; Tague. Massachu setts, and Farley and Driscoll, Ncw York. Republicans voting in the nega tive were Mondell, Wyoming; Nelson, Wisconsin; Cramton, Michigan: Good, Green, Haugen and Ramsey, of Iowa, and Ellsworth, Minnesota. The vote on increasing the subma rines was 114 to 104, 17 Democrats voting for it and no Republicans oppos ing. The additional undersea boats would be of the coast defense type. Naval Base Plan Revived. The House, by amending the naval appropriation bill to authorize the con struction of 50 submarines as pro posed by the Republicans, instead of zo, as recommended by the committee. gave new impetus to the Columbia Kiver naval base campaign, and af forded additional argument in support of that legislation. Some of the 50 submarines will be built on the Pacific Coast, many of them are intended to be stationed there, and all are to be contracted for as soon as the bill passes, so they will be in commission late next year. To care properly for these additional sub marines on the Pacific Coast: new bases must be provided by Congress this session. Oreeon to Renew Fight. Failure of Congress to provide addi tional bases will justify the Navy De partment in keeping practically all 50 submarines on the Atlantic Coast, al though existing bases on the Atlantic Coast are inadequate to -care for all these additional submarines. The Oregon delegation, therefore. has splendid justification for renewing Its fight for the Columbia River base. Representative Hawley. fully awake to the new situation, said: "The chances are favorable for re taining in the naval bill the subma rine amendment just adopted. That being the case, the demand for a sub marine base on the Columbia River is greatly strengthened. We will renew our efforts for the Columbia River bill." Oregron Senators Inactive. Though the increased authorization of submarines probably means new bases on the Pacific Coast tnrough Sen- ate amendments to trie naval bill, the Columbia River will not be selected as one of the sites, unless there Is greater energy displayed in support of the Co lumbia River bill than has been shown heretofore. Already Senator Jones, of Washington, Is preparing to fight for a submarine base at the Puget Sound Navy-yard, and the California dele. Ration will demand a base for the California coast. The mere request by the Oregon delegation for a base on he Columbia will avail nothing. To date the Oregon delegation has made just one call on Secretary Daniels and that is the limit of activity by the delegation before the Department, which has not yet made good in writing Sec retary Daniels' oral promise to recom mend a submarine base for the Colum bia River. Treasurer Burke and Judge Will R. Is.ing, prominent Administration Demo crats, stand ready to aid the Oregon Senators in bringing pressure to bear on Secretary Daniels, but neither Sen ator has yet asked their co-operation. They will not take the initiative, as this Is a legislative matter. rowed the gap still available to the French. r As coon as the Crown Prince can command this opening completely with his guns, the French must evacuate the hill and fall behind the Esnes Chatttancourt line or on the Charnay ridge itself. French observers today noted the presence of a fresh German division In the attack west of the Meuse. This is the third that has been noticed during the week. All three are believed to have been hurried "up by motor trans port from the Flanders front. German losses during the past ten days are estimated to have about equaled that number, or nearly a corps and a half. German Lou Pat at 400,000. The total -for the entire battle has now mounted to nearly 400,000, prac tically the equivalent of all the fresh troops Germany was able to put in the field this Spring. Wipe out the whole Canadian and Australian contingents fighting at the front, plus several Brit ish divisions, and one begins to have an idea of what the German losses mean. It is in these figures, rather than in any military results, that observers see the reason for the continuation of Ger man desperation at Verdun. While the German people have no idea of their staggering proportions, there is al ready a perception of the truth. For their losses they . demand the fortress as a price, and the government, fear ing them as much as the damage to its military reputation, does not yet dare confess its failure. ' YUAN POISONED. RUMOR ILLNESS OF CHINESE PRESIDENT SAID TO BE SERIOUS. Province of Hn-Nin Declares Inde pendence! Rebels in Sse-Chaen Defeat Loyalist Troops. SAN FRANCISCO, May 30. Advices from' Shanghai received here today at the headquarters of the Chinese Re public Association said that Tuan Shi Kai, president of the Chinese Republic, had been poisoned and was in a critical condition. Recent dispatches from Pekin have said the President was seri ously ill, but the cause of bis illness was not given. The Republic Association is also ad vised that the province of Hu-Nan, in Southern China, has formally declared its independence of the Yuan Shi Kai government. As a result of the vigorous attacks of the revolutionary forces in the prov- nce of Sze-Chuen, to the north of Hu- Nan, Tsao-Kun, commander of the Yuan Shi Kai troops in Sze-Chuen, Is said to have retired with his command to the province of Hu Peh, on the east. HUGHES MAN IS SILENT (Continued From First Page.) SINGING PRAISE RECALLED Miss LoDesca Loveland to Appear at Hellig Next Monday. On - the occasion of LoDesca Love- land's former appearance in this city she took her audience completely by storm, and among other things the papers next day said: "All who were lucky enough to get into the Heilig last nlsrht were ' unanimous in their conviction that LoDesca Loveland. dramatic soprano, is an artist whom it is a real pleasure to hear." Miss Loveland is to appear again in special recital, after a year In the East, at- the Heilig next Monday evening in a programme of unusual power and brilliancy. Portland music-lovers are eagerly looking forward to the event, which is to be the most important ot its kind for many months and marks the close of the season in", this city. Live, active style in . the "Sport" suit . 4 . 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Be tare that the name "Martha Washington" and the Mayer trade mark are stamped on the mole. 37 Different Styles High Shoes Low Shoes Button Shoes Lace Shoes AH SoSd A-, Comfort tide? Nartha Washington Comfort Shoes The genuine Martha Washington Shoes give you lasting relief and enduring comfort. They have the style and will fit any foot as perfectly as a glove- because of the elastic at the side they conform to any shaped instep. If your dealer cannot supply you, write us. No Buttons No Laces They slip on and off at will 4 GLIB MOUNT HOOD PORTLAND YOUTHS RETURN AFTER ADVENTUROUS TRIP. member of the Oddfellows as well as of the Masons. He was formerly a professor in the Oregron Agricultural College and was long- prominent in ed ucational circles In this state. Funeral arrangements will be completed today. ODDFELLOW IS HONORED Hnssalo Lodge Host to Henry S. Westbrook, Xew - Grand Master. Henry S. Westbrook, newly elected grand master of the Oddfellows of Ore gron, who was installed in office at Rosebursr last week, was honored by his fellow members of Hassalo Lodae No. 15 Monday rfight with a reception at the Swiss Hall. Dr. W. S. Stryker presided. The new grand master made the address of the evening, upon subjects of In terest to Oddfellows. A dance followed the speaking programme of the evening. Representatives of Canton, No. 1, the military order, appeared in uniform at the (reception In compliment to Mr. Westbrook. The committee in charge of the reception consisted of Matthew Steele, Louis Quimby, W. T. Lawrence, Theodore Anderson and Dr. Stryker. MISSING AGENT IS SUICIDE Body of Ellis Xell, Business Man of Ashland, Is found. ASHLAND, Or.. May 30. (Special.) The body of Ellis Neil, who nad been missing since Sunday, was discovered at his home on Hargadine street last night. Indications point to suicide by asphyxiation. Coroner Perl decided an inquest unnecessary, although no mo tive is known for Nell's self-destruction. He was the son of Leander Neil, of this city, was 30 years of age and mar ried. Besides his wile and lather, he leaves two brotners and two sisters. He was interested in a vulcanizing business here and was agent for a mo torcar. The funeral will be held to morrow from the Elks' Temple. On Descent From Summit Bllzsard Is Encountered and One of Party Has His Toea Froif. An adventurous climb t6 the summit of Mount Hood was made on Monday by a quartet of Portland youths, who returned to the city last night. They were Morton Christensen, Nelson Eng lish, Chester Treichel and Herbert Fos ter, Hans .Fuhrer, of Government Camp, acting as guide.,. Mr. Christensen had his toes frozen'on the return from the summit.- while his face was .burned by the sun's rays and a blizzard that en veloped the party. - The young men left Portland Satur day, two of the party hiking from Bull Run to Government Camp, while the other members of the party went as far as Twin Bridges in an automobile, walking the rest of the way. The ascent of the mountain, which was the first of the 1916 season, was made Monday and they arrived at the top, where they spent an hour, about 1 P. M. From Crater Rock to the summit, steps had to be chopped in the ice, and the same process was followed on the return, a howling blizzard having wiped out the trail of the ascent. The four returned Jo the city none the worse for their trip except Christ ensen. whose toes are still sore as a re sult of his experience. THOMAS CRAWFORD DEAD Ex-City Superintendent Succumbs After Operation. Professor Thomas Crawford, ex-su- I perint-ndent of the Portland schools, I aged 75 years, passed away last night at St. Vincent's Hospital. He died from the effec of an operation performed a few c.ys ago from which he fallen to rally. He is survived by his widow and a daughter, Ruby Crawford. Professor Crawford was a prominen I .Correction In Personal Made. Through an error in transcribing from the hotel register, W. E. Sher brooke. of Cornelius, appeared in the personal column in The Oregonian, Monday, as "Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Sher- brooke, of Cornelius, registered at the Cornelius." . The registry on the hotel book was, "W. E. Sherbrooke and son." instead of W. E. Sherbrooke and wife. Mrs. Sherbrooke is now in Los Angeles. Market Centers Planned. OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. Corvallis, May 30. (Special.) Farm ers community warehouses as market ing centers for home-grown products have - been established recently at Smithfield. Dallas and Perry, in Polk County, and at Sherwood, Washington County. "At each of these places," said G. 1. Hurd. "will be assembled, graded, standardized and packed for market farm products. By concentrating busi- Mayer Boot & Shoe Co., Milwaukee, Wisconsin Eggert-Young Shoe Co., Baron Shoe Co., For Sale in Portland by Maurice Christenson, E. E. Kunkle, Bonham & Currier, V. E. Goggins - c 3f ness of this nature, the association will be able to hire a competent mnnasrer. who will have charge of the market-ing." MM 0 :-ks as part of the demonstrations for ex rvice-President Charles W. Fairbanks, the Indiana favorite son, was obtained from Mayor Thompson and Chief Healey. The Marion Club is a Republican or canization which boasts a notable his tory. It was organized in 1S88 for the purpose of taking part in the . work which resulted in bringing to Indiana her first President in the person o Benjamin Harrison. The club visited Chicago in the memorable convention of that year. Senator John W. Weeks, who will be the only Presidential candidate in Chi cago during the convention besides Coleman Du Pont, of Delaware, is due tomorrow. He. is a delegate at large from Massachusetts. Representative L. C. Dyer, of St. Louis, an uninstructed delegate, de clared himself for Weeks. Former Governor Herbert S. Hadley, of Missouri, has been offered the honor of placing Justice Hughes in nomina tion, according to a New York dis patch. Governor Whitman, of New York, had been slated to make the speech. Frank H. Hitchcock said he was unaware of such a change in plans. Thursday real convention activities in behalf of Senator Lawrence Y. Sher man will start with the arrival from Washington of Congressman William B. McKinley. the Taft manager In 1912, and one of the Sherman chieftains this year. Ashland Association Adjourns. ASHLAND, May 30. (Special.) The local Business Men's Association has adjourned for the Summer. Until Sep tember 1 the affairs of the organiza tion will be conducted by the board of directors. The business men's picnic, at which representatives from various towns throughout the yalley will be invited, has been postponed until later in the Summer. COACH SERVICE ' wilf be withdrawn from the SHASTA LIMITED between Portland and Puget Sound Cities Effective June 1st Parlor and sleeping car accommodations. Strictly de' luxe serv .. ice only after that date. CITY TICKET OFFICE Washington, at Third St. Broadway 4500, A 6121 GERAMNS MAKE GAINS (Continued From Flrnt Paire.) west, along the Forges Brook, it had! been close gripped, while the German I advance on the opposite side today nar-J iilA FT Get the home care of shoes habit It pays Well dressed people always have well shined shoes. ShimoiA, with the key for opening the box, its quick shining qualities and the handy ShikoiA Home Set for polishing, makes the home care of shoes a pleasure. 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