THE MORJiTXG OREGOXIA, MONDAY, JANUARY 22, 1917. BUYING OF SHELLS ABROAD DEFENDED OH Daniels Says Bethlehem Con cern Failed to Make Prod- uct to Stand Test. LOWER PRICE IS FACTOR Btory That British Makers Took Contract to Create Panic in Mar ket for American Steel Is Declared to Be Absurd. WASHINGTON, Jan 21.- Secretary Daniels Issued a statement today ex plaining and defending- his action In awarding to Hadfieids. Limited, a Brit ish munitions company, contracts for a large number of Navy armor-piercing projectiles at a price about $200 each below the lowest American bid. The statement Is in reply to published com ment upon the contract, which Mr. Xaniels says, "convinced me that a con cise statement of the- experiences of the Department In obtaining shells equal In quality to those used by foreign navies at a reasonable price. Is neces Bary to enable the public to understand -what has been going on. Trade Journal Rumor Ridiculed. Referring to a report ' In certain American trade Journals that the Brit ish government had urged Hadfieids to seek this contract for the purpose of creating a panic in the American steel market and a resultant reduction ' in the export price of American steel, the Secretary says that that 'is a patent absurdity," as such an order would have no appreciable effect upon the market. Mr. Daniels says the Bethftehem Steel Company, . which "has been filling the papers with advertisements criticising the Department, admitted In one of these publications it had failed to make satisfactory shells on a contract awarded two years ago. "Until it la able to fill Its contracts.' he adds, "It does not become the Beth lehem Company to criticise the Navy Department for awarding contracts to manufacturers who can make shells that meet the tests. Karly Negotiations Fall. "I regard the attitude of these com panies in this and in other matters as most unfortunate and were there no relief through co-operation, either by the Government or by other more patri otic firms. I would feel they were put ting our entire programme of prepared ness in periL "The Department wishes to give alj of its orders to American manufactur ers whenever they quote reasonable prices and furnish shells that meet Navy requirements. Nothing but the utter failure of the most patient nego tiations and appeals to the patriotism of the little group of steel manufactur ers who have a practical monopoly of this business has made It imperative for the Government to build a projec tile factory and give a contract to a foreign bidder." Past Dealings Reviewed. The statement reviews the depart ment's dealings with American shell makers during the last few years to show that bids from the British con c-ern previously had been instrumental in compelling a reduction in price for projectiles rurnisnea to tnis govern ment. The financial loss to the gov ernment In that connection has been Important, it says, and adds: "What has not been made clear, how ever, is the failure of the companies manufacturing projectiles with no spur of competition to drive them on to keep pace with the improvements in th quality of armor-piercing shells that were being made abroad. A difference In the price of shells cannot be ex pressed in dollars and cents. Infer iority of weapons of the Navy when the fate of the battle may easily de pend upon this single element canno possibly be expressed by any amount of money however large." Industry Not to Be Crushed. Mr. Daniels declared that the argu ment used by those who opposed the construction of a Navy projectile plant, -which contends that the result will be to crush American Industry, is without value. "I have never had In mind," said he. "a Navy plant of greater capacity, working one shift of men, than one third of the total amount required by the Navy." the valley as an auctioneer and poli ticiin. Last election he worked for the Democrats and he said today that he had a promise of a Job as revenue col lector In reward for his work, but that the Job had not developed and he sup pose he assumed the role while under the Influence of liquor. DUTCH DEFENDING JAVA EFFECT OF JAPANESE PROPAGANDA SAID TO BE FEARED. Six Aviators Leave San Francises With Full Equipment on Secret Mission Affecting East Indies. SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 21. (Special.) Holland is prepared to defend Jav against Japanese aggression, which promises a period of trouble in the Kast Indies. In the most secret man ner six Dutch aviators left San Fran clsco today on the Java-Paclnc steamer TJikembang. each equipped with the latest device in the flying machin line. Presence of these war aviators the city became known only Just before the bisr liner steamed for Java, la th holds of the vessel were stored the six planes which may make history against Japanese aggression. While it has been denied In several quarters that there was any attempt by Japanese to take over the ric Dutch colony, it has become know here that a propaganda has been car ried on by Japanese agents through out native press In the East Indies with the apparent intention of inci ins: the Javanese to throw their lot with the Japanese against their pres ent rulers. On the last trip of the Java-Pacific liner to' the Indies. Governor-General Harrison, of the Philippines, was passenger to Batavia. While in Java he had several audiences with the Gov ernor-General of the Dutch colony questions, it is said, having to do -with possible Japanese invasion. IMPERSONATION IS CHARGE Bright Eyes 5ave your eyes during the day while working alone at home or in the office. They will look and feel all the brighter in the evening. Dr. E. M. Dallas, so well known here, and Nationally, for his practical solution of these scientific facts, gives this vital question his personal attention in . our Optical Department second floor, adjoining ladies rest room. Call or Phone for Appointment, Main 64 1 7. We Grind Our Own Lenses. t"MorcKmJio of c7 Merit Only RELIEF WORK WILL GO ON Belgian Commission Needs $150,- 000,000 for Coming Year. NEW TORK, Jan. 21. The Ameri can Commission for Relief in Belgium is preparing for at least another year's work and the necessity of raising ap proximately S150.000.000 more will be discussed by the officers of the com mission here this week, according to Herbert C. Hoover, chairman, who ar rived here today from Liverpool. He said tnere are now approximately 11,000,000 persons In Belgium and Northern France dependent upon the commission. Right Hon. Sir Gilbert Parker, Bart., M. P., who has used his literary talent since the war began in the service of the entente allies in the field of pub- icity, also arrived here today. Sir Gilbert said he would remain in the United States about ten weeks- WHEAT IN DEMAND Allies' Purchasing Agents Are Still in Field. EARLY RUMORS PREMATURE OWNERS GIVE BIG TREES Government Acquires Last of Pri vate Holdings for Park. PORTERVILLE. Cal., Jan. 25. Ac cording to an announcement made last night at tne omce oi tne lorest super visor at Hot Springs, deeds transfer ring to the United States Government the private holdings of E. C. Farm worth, of Visalia, and W. B. Rowland, of Bakersfleld, among the big trees of Giant Forest, east of here In the Sierras, have just been given. This transfer, it Is said, gives to the Government the last of the pri vately owned land in the forest, and marks the complete acquisition for park purposes of the largest tract of redwood trees of unusual size In the world. - MAGE SOLD FOR $200,000 Chinese Goddess Said to lie Inspira tion for "Debutante Slouch." NEW TORK. Jan. 21. A stone image of Kwan-Tin, Chinese goddess of mercy. has been bought from Paul Polret, of Paris, by a firm of Fifth avenue art dealers for a sum said to have been close to $200,000, it was learned tonight. Polret has declared the image was his original model for the style known in this country as "the debutante slouch." The image is seven feet tall and weight more than a ton. WOMAN MENTIONED IX "LEAK" SCANDAL IS FORMER BURNS AGENCY OPERATIVE. A-x fill" ?J- j i " V' ill I - 5 i i i r 1 . 2rUv I til ? f - li: tJv . - Mi i United States Seems in Way to Ex port More Than Statistics In dicate Country Can Spare Farm Reserves Short. CHICAGO, Jan. 21. (Special.) As yet not the slightest signs of weaken ing in the cash wheat situation can be seen by the closest observers of condl tjons. In fact, if anything, the situa tion is getting stronger. There appears to be a much closer adjustment of sup piles to requirements the world over than has existed before in recent times. Reports that the p-irchaslng agents of the allied governments had bought sufficient wheat to take care of their anuary, February and March ship ments appear to have been premature. They were good buyers of cash grain In tne west again last week There also was buying by neutral governments and the Belgian relief commission. Farm reserves of wheat in all oosl tions are estimated by Howard at 261, 000.000. or 274,000,000 bushels less than last year. The visible supply state ment last week showed a considerable reduction and the total was about 10, uuu.uuu Dusneis less than the average ior tne last live years. It would not surprise many In the trade, however, if the United States ex ported 25,000,000 to 60,000,000 bushels more wheat this season than statistics indicate that it can spare. Some of the closest students of sta usiics say tnere appears to De a gap of around 100,000.000 bushels between upplles and requirements abroad, with requirements the larger. NSANE PATIENT ESCAPES State Hospital Authorities Mystified by Disappearance. SALEM. Or.. Jan. 21. (SDeciaL) Phy L. Ward, patient at the Oregon &iate .Hospital, made his escape in mysterious manner from that instltu tion last night. When he was missed today the doors were still locked on his ward and there was no clew as to the manner of his escape. Superintenden Stelner believes he must have picked a lock or descended through one of the food shafts which run throughout the building. He was sent to the Institution from Polk County, near Monmouth. His mother, Mrs. Emma Haggard, lives near that city and it is said Ward has threatened her life in the past, and tne authorities are keeping a particularly close watch for the man. This Is- his third time in the hospital. He is six feet tall, has brown hair and is 32 years old- California Auctioneer Also Said Have Passed Bad Check. to FRESNO. Cal.. Jan. 21. (Special.) J. T. Eckland. who says that in 1908 and 1910 he was head proofreader for the Nebraska Legislature, was lodged in the County Jail here tonight by United States Marshal Shannon on a charge of impersonating a revenue of ficer. It is alleged that Eckland en tered a saloon in Bakersfleld, gave a $10 fictitious check, represented him self to be a revenue collector, and looked over the stock of liquor in the basement. fechuid la well known throughout Mrs. Ruth Tkoaun VlaeontL OMAHA, Neb., Jan. 21. (Spe cial.) Mrs. Ruth Thomason Vls conti. according to her brother. Guy Emmett Thomason. a street car conductor-motorman. of Oma ha, is a former Burns agency de tective attached to the New York office of that organization. "She wrote me that she had been doing a little detective work in Washington, where she went to take a position in a law of fice," taid her brother, when he found she was mentioned as hav ing given the peace note leak" tip to Thomas Lawson. Maybe she is still a detective. SEATTLE CANDIDATES 18 Plenty of Aspirants for Places Be Filled at March Flection. to 6EATTLE, Wash., Jan. 2L .Eighteen candidates have filed Jor the three places on the Seattle council, which will be filled at the city election. March 6. The time for filing candi dates expired last night. Robert Hes- keth. C. A. Allen Dale and Oliver T. Erickson. the three councilmen whose terms are drawing to a close, are among- the candidates. The six candi dates receiving the highest tvote at the primary, February 20, will go on the ballot for the March election. At the March election two proposed bond Issues will be submitted to the voters, one for $450,000 for street im provements and the other for S275.000 for bridge construction. A proposed city charter amendment providing old age pensions for civil service em ployes will also be voted on at the March election. IRVING MAN'S CORN BEST Lane County Farmers Will Use Seed to Get Standardized Crop. EUGENE. Or., Jan. 21. (Special.) Lane County farmers in general will plant seed corn grown on. the farm of C J. Sluyter. near Irving, in an effort to make corn a standardized crop throughout the county. Mr. Sluyter"s corn won the firBt prize for the West ern Oregon district in the St. Paul corn show and a similar honor at the Spokane corn show, after carrying off first honors at the show held in Eu gene early in the season. The Bank of Commerce of Eugene will distribute the seed corn free to Lane County farmers in eight-pound quantities, sufficient to plant one acre. Warm foiemdls advertise uis! 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Of thia sum $653.50 was refunded by the state. The summary shows the number of the different destructive animals killed, to gether with the bounties paid on each, and follows: Coyotes, 142. 1424.&U; wildcats and lynx. 306. $612.50; cou gars. 33, 3330: gray wolves. 13, 3130; seals, 87. $87. Read The Oregonian classified ads. notelmen Report Cancellation of Hundreds of Reservations Wil son's Veto of Ball Blamed. Congress Not Helping. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Jan 21. The inaugural com mittee charged with the duty of mak ing all preparations and arrangements for the inauguration of President Wil son on March 6, is finding itself heavily handicacDed bv a shortage of funds Economy has been necessary in all lines of the committee's work, and many of the features that usually at tend an Inauguration probably will have to be sacrificed. President Wilson's objection to an in augural ball, and his flat veto of that proposition has been one of the factors in retarding contributions to the in augural fund, for It has been from this ball that the local committee naa re covered a part of the funds advanced to pay the inaugural expenses. Hotel Reservations Canceled. 'More than that. the Washington hotels report the cancellation of nun dreds of reservations for Inauguration week because of the determination to do away with the inaugural ball. This Indicates that the inaugural ball Is re crarded by the people as one of the big attractions attending the inauguration of a President. There was no inaugural ball four years ago. but until recently, strong hope was held out that Mrs. Wilson, a Washington! an. would be able to persuade the President to change his mind. She railed in tma, n sne made the effort. Coat Born by Cltlaena. Strange as it may seem,, practically the entire expense of preparing for the inauguration of a President is borne by the people of Washington. Congress nroviding only for the stand in front of the Capitol, on which the President takes the oath, and the stand in front of the White House, from which the President reviews the parade. It has been suggested, in view of the shortage of contributions, that Con gress step in and make a substantial appropriation to meet the Inaugural expenses in part, but thus far the ap peal to Congress has not availed. stallation of officers this week. The following officers of the Odd Fellows were installed: E. La Lond, noble grand; W. H. Strong; vice grand; George W. Acker, recording secretary; H. C Carpenter, financial secretary; E. Nagel, treasurer. The officers of the Rebekahs are: Isabel Ernie, noble grand; Mrs. Ella Pike, vice grand; Erwln La Lond, recording secretary; Lena Strong, financial secretary; Kate Workman, treasurer. SLACKERS ARE WARNED! BRITISH OFFICIAL SAYS COMPUL SION IS POSSIBLE, CHEMICAL PLANT PLANNED Owners of Tenino Lignite Field Seek: Eastern Backing. CENTRAUA. Wash.. Jan. 21. 'Spe cial.) The establishment of a chemi- :al works In Tenino is one of the pro jects under consideration by . the Hercules Sandstone Company in con nection with the development of lig nite coal fields owned by the company near the town. William McArthur. one of the offi cials of the company, is in the East interesting capital in the project. In vestigation has shown that the coal deposits are valuable not only as a fuel supply, but are ot a nign gas producing quality, and contain suo- stances necessary in the manufacture of chemicals and dyes. CRUEL MOTHER IS ARTIST Sirs, Mildred Roskey, Who Beat Her Babe, Draws Pictures in Jail. NORTH YAKIMA, Wash, Jan. 21. (Special.) Having learned by accident that Mrs. Mildred Roskey, 20 years old. in the county Jail here for mistreat ment of her 2-months-old babe, has unusual talent for drawing, the author ities have provided her with a supply of drawing pencils and art paper for the cultivation of her talent while she Is held a prisoner. The babe is in the. hospital with sev eral fractured ribs and a spinal in Jury, and may die. Mrs. Roskey told the officials she hated the child be cause it cried and because it prevented ner from going to shows and dances. Her husband deserted her about two weeks ago, leaving her penniless. Government Will ot Hesitate e Take Any Measures Needed, Saya Di rect or-General of Service. BIRMINGHAM. Eng.. Jan. 21. Re course will be had to compulsory na tional services if the appeal for volun tary service fails to envoke sufficient response, declared Arthur Neville Chamberlain, director-general of na tional service, at a meeting of employ ers and employes at Central Hall here today Mr. Chamberlain said: "I want the nation to understand that the government is very much in earnest about this matter. While they desire to give the men of the nation every possible opportunity to come forward of their own volition in their country's need, they will not hesitate to take any step they may think ne cessary to bring the war to a success ful conclusion, including compulsory national service II voluntary service is not forthcoming." Upon what is done in the course of the n6Xt few weeks, the director-gen eral declared, might, perhaps, depend the question whether victory will be won next Spring or whether a fourth Winter of hostilities will have to be endured. He added: m "The military acts already have re quisitioned all the ordinarily fit men we can obtain and now mines and mu nition factories have to yield more men. We have to provide men in a steady flow and we also have to pro vide munitions and money and we have to keep up foreign exchange. "It la a colossal task to organize the nation so. but it is one that has to be faced and I believe it can be faced successfully." OLD LAW MAY BE TESTED Automobiles Not Recognized by Fed eral Statutes Invoked. KLAMATH FALLS. Or, Jan. 21. (Special.) Because an old Federal law, passed before the day of automobiles, does not recognlxe the self-propelled vehicle, a test case may be started to determine whether the Government can confiscate a machine that carries li quor into an Indian reservation. O. T. Anderson was arrested on a charge of taking liquor into the Klamath Indian reservation. The law provides that wagons, sleds and boats may be seized. Anderson has tiled suit for the recovery of the machine. CASTORIA For Infants and Children In Use For Over 30 Years Always bears the Signature of Wasbougal Oddfellows Install. WASHOUGAL. Wash, - Jan. I bakahs, of this city, held a Joint in- ELL-ANS 'Absolutely Removes Indigestion. One package proves it. 25c at all druggists. . Romantic Sunset Route to the East SAN ANTONIO Founded by the Spaniards in 1718. The his toric Alamo is the sacred spot. Its history was written in the blood of the bravest of the brave . on March 6, 1836. Of its brave defenders all were killed by the Mexicans. Surely this historic city, with its eight old Spanish missions, is well worth a visit. All tickets allow a stopover when routed via Southern Pacific Sunset Route. And this is only one of the many interesting things in this roman tic land. Two Daily Trains "SUNSET LIMITED" "SUNSET EXPRESS" San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Antonio, New Orleans. Visit the Apache Trail of Arizona En Route. Write for "San Antonio" booklet or call for complete information. City Ticket Office. 131 Fourth Street. . John M. Scott, General Passenger Agent. Southern Pacific Lines 8 Thermopylae Had lis Meffenirer of Dgcfrat Th Alamo Had None.