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THE 3IOKNIXG OREGOXIAN, FRIDAY, JUNE 1, 1917. LUMBERMEN AGREE TO STAND BY OFFER Meeting to Be Held at Tacoma Monday to Ratify Price of $35 to Government. GOETHALS WANTS ANSWER Assurances Are Received That 100 Wooden Ships Will Be Built on . Pacific Coast Boon to In dustry la Seen. SEATTLE, Wash., May SI. (Special.) Confident that a definite programme regarding the construction of 100 wooden shlpa on the Pacific Coast has been shaped and that they will deal direct with the Government In the sale of the material. West Coast lumbermen will hold a specially called, meeting at Tacoma on Monday to complete plans for quoting not to exceed $35 a thou sand feet where the . negotiations are direct, notwithstanding the current market prices are $5 to $7.60 a thou sand more, with demands for future delivery that will mean all the lumber that can be cut for months to come. , Telegraphic advices from Robert S. Allen, secretary of the association, who Is in daily communication with the de partment In regard to the lumber pro gramme, were today telling that Colo-' nel Goethals had asked West CoaBt lumbermen to advise him what they would do in regard to furnishing lum ber for 60 wooden ships at $35 a thou sand as recommended by the lumber committee of the National Council of Defense. Immediate Action Asked. Immediate action was plainly Indl- Brown, with no time for calling a t .'meeting, entered Into telephonic com "munication with leading lumbermen In Oregon and Washington, and got '.their decision to have all manufactur ers to take their proportion of the lum ber for Government requirements at $55 a thousand. Lumbrmin. vhns. nnlnlnn bi n sought regarding assistance In taking a proportionate share of the load of turning out ship timber on short no tice, declared that they would still hold that the former quotation of $37.60 was close to cost of production. Trices to commercial buyers in large lots are $5 to $7.60 higher, it was stated, than those made for the Gov ernment. Dffeime Council Active. Secretary Allen, wiring from Wash ington, specifically said that he held a request In writing from the Na tional Council of Defense asking West Coast lumbermen formally to submit a price on 60 ships which Colonel Goethals had ordered built on the North Coast. wlth requests for options on 40 more vessels, the Options to hold good for 30 days. BIG ORDERS MAY COME HERE West Coast Lumber Association to Hold Special Meeting. Orders for 176,000,000 to 200.000,000 feet of lumber for Government ship contracts probably will be placed with mills in Oregon and Washington within the next few days. Federal authorities yesterday tele graphed from Washington for the low est offer for enough lumber to build 60 wooden, ships, with the option of buying for 40 additional ships at the same figure. The lumber manufacturers already had quoted a price of $35 per 1000, and as this figure was suggested by the Federal officials themselves. It Is be lieved that it will be accepted. In the full belief that the business will be placed at once and the orders distributed amoirg- the mills of the Northwest early next week, the West Coast Lumber Association will hold a special meeting at Tacoma on Monday. The original intention was to let the ship contracts and permit the ship builders to buy their lumber In the open market. This would place all the shipbuilders in competition and might force up the price. While the lumbermen don't antici pate much of a profit at $35, they be lieve that the impetus that the Gov ernment's activity will give the ship building Industry will stimulate the lumber Industry for many years to come. Lumbermen believe that the price for private shipbuilding contracts will vary from $37.50 to $40 per 1000. Some orders have been placed In the last few days at $50, but this. It Is under stood. Is substantially above the pre vailing market. Representatives of the lumbermen will appeal to the logging operators today to maintain the price of logs at the present figures. APPLES ARE NOT LUXURY HOOD BITER GROWER 5 ASSURED CROPS WILL MOVE. mouth. May 31. (Special.) The junior class of the Oregon Normal School to day decided that elaborate decorations, expensive programmes and flowers for the junior "prom," set for Saturday evening, June 9, must give way to simplified programmes, few flowers, simple decorations, and that economy must be shown throughout. The sav ing will be used to purchase a $100 liberty bond. A move was afoot among class mem bers to 0 abolish the annual junior "prom," which precedes commence ment, but after It was found that the cost could be cut to a low figure, with no sacrifice In enjoyment, a com promise was adopted. Almost at the same hour the senior class, composed of over 200 students, voted to purchase a $100 liberty bond, and adopted a programme of economy in graduation. DEAN OF NAVY IS DEAD HEART FAIH RE TAKES REAR-ADMIRAL IPSHUR, AGED 84. 10,000 AIRPLANES IS 3-YEAR PROGRAMME Government's Plan Is to Turn Out 3500 Machines By ' July 1, 1918. THE COST IS $12,000 EACH Veteran of Mexican and Civil War Ac companied Perry on Trip to Japan Retired In 1885. WASHINGTON. May 11. American naval officers everywhere today were mourning the death of Rear-Admiral Upshur, who until his death here last night of heart failure was the oldest living graduate of the Naval Academy and dean of the flag officers. He was 94 years old and his naval career had included service with - Commodore Perry In the historic voyage to Japan, service in the Civil War with Porter and many important commands with the newer Navy. Admiral Upshur's birth name was John Henry Nottingham. Born In Northampton County, Virginia, in 1823, wher his mother's family, the Upshurs, was distinguished, he . adopted her name when 16 years old. He was a nephew of Abel Parker Upshur, who was Secretary of the Navy in Presi dent Tyler's Cabinet. Young Upshur received his baptism of fire at the age of 23 while serving under Commodore Perry at the siege of Vera Cruz in the Mexican War. In the 14 years before the outbreak, of") the Civil War. he spent a year in study at Annapolis, accompanied Perry to Japan, acted as flag-lieutenant on the African squadron during the suppres- lon of slave trading and instructed a class at Annapolis. He served In the South and the North Atlantic squadrons under Admir als Porter, Du Pont and Lee in the Civil War. He won commendation from Du Pont for his skill in commanding a gun deck division of the Wabash In the attack on Port Royal At the age of 61, Upshur had reached the rank and title of Rear-Admiral, having In the meantime commanded the flagships of the Pacific and the South Atlantio squadrons and the New York Navy-yard. He was under orders to take command of -the United States naval forces In the Pacific when he retired in 1885. Food Administrator Hoover Says Rail road Have No Right to Segre gate Produce Offered. OREGON! AN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington. May 31 (Special.) Repre sentative M. J. Sinnott today received assurance from the railroad committee of the Council of National Defense from Food Administrator Hoover, and from C. J. Brand, of the Bureau of Markets, Department of Agriculture, that apples and other fruit will be moved to market this season exactly as it was moved last season; that there is and will be no embargo, and no of ficial listing of fruits as "luxuries.' Mr. Sinnott was told that the fruit growers need have no further concern about transportation, and was given distinctly to understand that Is not within the power of the railroads to segregate various food products into necessities" and "luxuries." Mr. Sinnott today laid before Mr. Hoover protests of the Hood River Apple Growers Association and the Spokane Fruit Growers' Association against listing apples and other fruits as "luxuries" and asking assurance that fruit will be transported when ready for market. Mr. Hoover relter ated the statement made last week, but referred Mr. Sinnott to the rail road committee of the Council of N tlonal Defense, which he said now has the matter in hand. Mr. Sinnott placed these protests and similar protests from individual growers before this committee and they were considered at a .meeting of the executive committee this afternoon. COURT OFFICER ACCUSED DELINQUENT GIRL CAUSES ARREST OF JACKSON COUNTY MAN. Innocence Pleaded by Probation. Offi cial, Who Asserts Charges Are Result of Spite Work. MEDFORD, Or.. May 8L -(Special.) Charles B. Gay. probation officer of Jackson County, was arrested today by Sheriff Jennings charged with con tributing to the delinquency of a minor. The complainant In the case is Mrs. C. L. Johnson, 16 years old, who, as Fern McDantels, waa committed to a home for delinquent girls in Portland about a year ago and was taken there by the probation officer. It was during this trip that Mrs. Johnson claims the crime was commit ted. Mr. Gay stoutly maintains his In nocence and asserts his arrest la the result of spite work on the part of the girl and a Mrs. Upton, who, as a repre sentative of the Louise Home for Friendless Girls In Portland has re cently been canvassing for that Insti tution In Southern Oregon. " The officials of this home, he main tains, were disgruntled because 'for a year or more the court of Jackson County has committed all delinquent girls to other Institutions, whereas formerly many were sent to this In stitution. The girl 1ft the case, he de clares, never forgave him for being in strumental In her commitment and this action Is a part of her revenge. Owing to the prominence of the de fendant and his activities in the Ju venile Court, the arrest caused a de cided sensation. Mr. Gay has retained the services of Porter J. Neff and E. E. Kelly, former prosecuting attorney, and when given a hearing this afternoon before Circuit Judge Calkins entered a plea of not guilty. "AGENT OF GOD" IS INSANE Walter Churchill Think He Is Told to Kill Everyone. OREGON CITY, Or., May 81 (Spe cial.) Walter Joseph Churchill, who felt himself commissioned of God to rid the earth of human beings, today was sent to the Oregon State Hospital at Salem. Churchill was captured at his home after a battle with the officers. .Lee French, chief of police, was beaten with a club until he wrested the weapon from the man and quieted him with a blow. When the officers arrived at Churchill's home in the Sunnyside dis trict, near Clackamas, he was stationed on the brow of a hill with the club in his hand and exclaiming that he had been commissioned of God to kill every human being. Nearly 1000 Aerial Squadrons May Bo Equipped In First Year of War- Only Young Men Will Be Sent to Training Camps. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington. May 21. The determination of this Government to build, in American factories, no less than 3500 airplanes between now and July 1. 1918. and the appropriation by Congress of $56,000,000 for Army aeronautics and til. 000, 0000 more for the Navy means that the United States has entered upon a com- prenensive tnree-year programme that ultimately will eaulD the flK-htins- forces with their proportionate quota of air craft. The ultimate cost of this Drosrramme will be more than treble the initial appropriation, for next year, after the capacity of factories has been In creased, it is Intended to manufacture at least 6000 airplanes for Army and Navy use. At current prices airplanes of the types to be built for the Government cost in the neighborhood of $12,000 each. This Is the price on training and scout machines. The battle planes. which are armored and which carry achlne guns, are larger, heavier and more costly, and are to be built more generally in the second year than dur ing the first. The present need of the American forces Is for the training of men and the aviation schools, at the outset, will use the unarmored . and lighter machines. Each Squadron Haa 36 Planes. While the number of airplanes in contemplation, added to those already In the service, would equip 100 aerial or flying' squadrons, it is not likely that that number of squadrons will actually be formed the first year. A flying squadron consists of 22 officers and ISO men. It is supplied with 36 airplanes, with motorcycles, motor trucks, radio outfits and other portable equipment, and the men making up the squadron consist not alone of avia tors and observers, but radio operators. machinists, motorcyclists and the usual military attendants. - To organgce and equip such a squadron costs, Irr round numbers, $800,000, so it appears that the cost of air machines is not more than half the total cost of equipment. Moreover, It Is estimated, that It costs $600,000 a year to maintain and operate oneair squadron. While 36 airplanes are assigned to each squadron, only one-third of the machines are In the air at any one time. The plan of organization calls for 11 machines In active use, 12 In reserve and ready for use, and the remaining 11 under repairs, or being "tuned up" after service. From tne reserve machines are drawn to replace those lost through accident or In battle. Present Number Is Small. The three-year programme of the United States will provide this country with about 10,000 airplanes,' not to mention dirigibles, the number of which is not known. While the num ber seems great. In view of the fact that the American Army today has but 175 aeroplanes and the Navy 50, the number la not so great compared to those now employed by the armies In Europe. Authentic advices that have come back to this country state that at times there are 1000 airplanes In the air at one time over the battle fronts of Europe, and it has been estimated that the losses of machines will aver age 40 a day. Even at that rate, statis tics show that the death rate among members of the aerial corps is lower than that in the Infantry and In the artillery, so that a man entering the air service has a better prospect of survival than one entering the other, arms. Young men who enter the military air service and only young men will be accepted will be sent to the aerial training camps, of which there will be nine under Army control. Those who have not had primary Instruction first will be required to attend cadet schools, where they will be taught the theory of flying. Including the necessary physics and - mathematics and the mechanics of airplane construction. Before any flying Is .attempted the student must take an eight weeks' course in the School of Military Aeronautics. i Closing Out Sale of Storage Pianos Lighte, rosewood S18 Dunham, rosewood S25 Story & Clark, eb'zed. . -S30 Antisell S35 Decker Bros S45 Hardman, mahogany. . .SG5 Cable & Sons 60 Haines & Co., mahogany, wax finish S50 Kimball, mahogany, carved panels S78 Chickering, rosew'd ..100 Arion, burl walnut .... 125 Mathushek, very elabo rate case 135 Pease, wax finish, dull mahogany 150 Aeolian player piano, plays 88-note rolls . .175 Autopiano 200 Worth more than this to play by hand. These and many others to be closed out at once at Stor age and Forwarding Dept., 151 Fourth St., City. Fort Riley, Kan., and left today. Dr. Vandoren is one of the most promi nent physicians and Burgeons In this section of the state and has practiced in Seaside for the past six years, coming to this state from Penn sylvania. v FLEET SAVES STEAMER DANISH CAPTAIN NEARLY PLUNGED INTO SEA AS U-BOAT DIVES. Officers of Tula Declares That Sub marine's Guna Were Trained on Her When She Halted. AN ATLANTIC PORT, May 31. How the Danish steamer Tula escaped a German submarine which was prepar ing to send her to the bottom, off the coast of Denmark, was related by of ficers of the ship upon her arrival at an American port today. A shot fired across the Tula's bow forced her to stop and a few moments later her cap tain was ordered aboard the submarine to show his papers. As he reached the deck the German commander's lookout reported that volumes of smoke to the west indicated the approach of a British torpedo-boat fleet. The captain of the Tula waa ordered to his small boat, which was almost swamped as the submarine dived and disappeared. Officers of the Tula said the Ger man's guns were trained on their ship awaiting the word to fire. The British fleet scouted for the enemy craft but it did not come to the surface. "It Is -Time for the Public t A waken9 ? City Attorney LaRoche. The "Free Use of Streets" Amendment has been placed on the ballot by the jitney interests for the purpose of preventing any 'regulation or the requiring of any security to indemnify those injured by the negligence of the jitney drivers. Vicious and Dangerous It is so vicious and dangerous in design that City Attorney LaRoche, in an official statement to the press, has uttered this ominous warning: "It is my opinion that it would open the streets to . absolute unrestricted use for commercial purposes ex cepting to such institutions or individuals as construct permanent obstructions in the streets. "It is my opinion that it would eliminate control of peddlers, hawkers, jitneys and all other classes of busi ness using the streets. "It strikes me it is time for the public to awaken." Flag Day to Be Observed. NEWBERG, Or., May 31. (Special.) At a meeting of representatives of all lodges, civic clubs, etc., it was de cided to observe National Flag day here June 14. Ladles of the Civic Im provement Club have- decided to hold thlr unntial Rose FVstival July 4. BEDLAM AND CHAOS That this amendment, if adopted, "would result in Bed lam and Chaos in the business streets of Portland is antici pated in an editorial in The Oregonian (May 29), which says: "A horserace would be permissible on Washing ton street. "The annual public auction of fine livestock held at the Union Stockyards could just as well be con ducted at Fifth and Alder. "The hotels, when overcrowded, could put extra cots in the street. "Vendors, hawkers and peddlers could operate at will, even without paying license tax. "Many kinds of business could escape rent by moving into the street." Do you want to deprive the people and the City Council of all right to regulate the use of our streets? If you don'1 Mark Your Ballot 107 X NO PORTLAND RAILWAY, LIGHT & POWER COMPANY. (Paid Advertisement) SOCIALISTS STAND ALONE DELEGATES TO CONFERENCE HAVE NO IMPERIAL MESSAGE. Spokesman for German Members Says People Regret Break With the United States. COPENHAGEN, via London, May II. The programme of the German ma jority Socialist delegates to the Stock holm conference evident from the state ments of Dr. Eduard David, one of the leading delegates, carries no endorse ment by the German government. Dr. David clearly intimated that the action of the delegation is only binding upon Its party and that the envoys have no definite pledges or authorisation from the administration at Berltft. Dr. David does not hope that peace will result directly from the Stock holm movement. The utmost he ex. pects Is that the conference will lay a basis for a peace movement on which peace lovers In all countries can unite. If the conferences prove abortive. Dr. David declares that Germany has per fected Its organization so as to live on what It can raise and it will continue the struggle wthout weakening. In answer to a question regarding the present German attitude toward America, the Socialist leader said that there was no one in Germanv who did not regret the break with the United States and that it was the general hope that the war should be concluded be fore America's participation In the con flict could become actual. Oregon City Folk to Wed. OREGON CITY. Or., May 31 (Spe cial.) A marriage license waa Issued today to Elfrelder I. Strauch and Adolph B. Wanke, of Oregon City. Route 3. Phone your want ads to The Orego nian. Main 7070, A 095. Seaside Physician Goes to Camp. SEASIDE, Or.. May 31. (Special.) Dr. Frank Vandoren. who was recent ly appointed First Lieutenant in the Medical Reserve Corpa, was called to Classes Will Bay Bonds. OREGON NORMAL SCHOOL. Mon- DRAFT LEADS TO SUICIDE Portuguese Jumps From Five-Story - Roof to Avoid Conscription. fAN DIEGO. Cat. May 31. Joe Pa nosch, aged 24, a Portuguese, janitor of the Cabrillo Club, fearful that he would be one of those drafted into the new United States Army, this morning Jumped five stories from the root of the building to his death. . Panosch left a card on which he had scrawled with chalk a message to the effect that his sweetheart had refused to marry him, but earlier in the day to friends he had expressed concern over the selective conscription act. Hospital Buildings Started. - SALEM. Or- May 31 (Special.) Work on all new buildings at the Ore gon State Hospital started today. These Include the new 160,000 addition to the Receiving Hospital, the enlargement of the amusement hall and dining-room to I the main building at the institution I and the tuberoular building, which will I be constructed at the rear, of the in ' f irjnary, and will be 215 Xeet in length. The Nation The Nation 1 ! i,ri dissipation 01 me ener- i u iy represented . in the ill dollars you earn? If I !,! I ill ings account or check- ;h is exerting every effort to prevent the dissipa tion of foodstuffs, etc. Conservation is the de mand of the times and conditions. What efforts are you exerting to prevent the dissipation of the ener gy represented in the dollars . you earn? If none, then we suggest that you try "the sav ings account or check ing account method. Both are good How about that Liberty Loan Bond? Ladd&Tilton Bank Washington and Third. Ill m Us 3 I .: Fry in This Vegetable Fat for Digestibility FOODS fried in VEGETOLE are extremely easy of digestion. 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