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Newspaper Page TextS THE 3IOKXIXO OREGONIAN, TTEDXESDAT, AUGUST 13, 1917. Ml LEAGUE IS MFflRYIiaNIFIS Charge That Labor Influences Hamper Explosion Probe Vigorously Denounced. nr inn n Airn nroiAii Stumors of Discovery of Time Fuse lollowlng Fatal Disaster at Mare Island Are Admitted by Cabinet Member, " "WASHINGTON. Aug. 14. A state ment issued today from the headquar ters of the Navy League, charging that influence of labor interests was Hamp ering Investigation of the fatal black powder magazine explosion at the Mare Island Navy-yard July 9, was followed tonight by a letter from Secretary Daniels to Robert M. Thompson, presi dent of the league, denouncing the Statement as false and slanderous and declaring the best service Mr. Thomp son and other active officials of or ganization can render the Navy is to resign at once. j In its statement the league said it had reliable information that the ex plosion which killed five men and in jured 31, was set off by a time fuse, Kiving evidence of a criminal con spiracy. The information was made public, it said, because it had been urged that publicity was the only measure that could force action. I'robe Declared liider Way. Secretary Daniels, in a statement made public with the letter to Colonel Thompson, said a board appointed by the commandant of the Navy-yard was actively pursuing a full investigation of the explosion; that it had been af forded ample funds and the full re sources of the Government and had not been hampered in any way by sup plemental instructions from the Navy Department. It had been current rumor, he added; that the magazine was exploded by a maliciously placed time fuse, but the department had refrained from making any statement concerning It until it was in possession of the full facts. The Navy League is a civilian organ ization formed some 12 years ago to work for a bigger and better Navy. Among its members are many retired naval officers, but no one on the active liBt is connected with it. Mr. Thomp son, president for a number of years, is a financier of prominence, who grad uated at Annapolis and attained the rank of Master in the Navy before re signing in 1871. Confidence Put In Source. Since Secretary Daniels took office the league has vigorously attacked him and his policies. Following Is the league's statement: "The Navy League has no means of conclusively determining the accuracy of the statements made in this letter, but it has given careful consideration to the seriousness of the charges it contains and would not give currency to them if it did not have confidence in th w 1 1 n't rf ttm infnrmaf inn ita m.rt eral reliability and its pqsition to learn the facts stated. "It is clearly proper that Investiga tion into such an occurrence as the Mara Island explosion must and should be made secretly, and the League re alizes that the mere circumstance that no statements have been made to the Iress regarding the progress of an in vestigation does not warrant the as sumption that no proper investigation is being made. Block May Be Veiled, Too. "On the other hand, the fact must be faced that a Government depart ment could employ this veil of proper secrecy to hide the fact that the in vestigation had been blocked. The press and public would assume that eilence on the part of the Government authorities about the matter was simply due to the desire to preps the investigation more effectively without hindance from premature publicity. "It is, therefore, an extremely diffi cult matter to determine satisfactorily by the customary inquiries whether such an Investigation is proceeding or lias been blocked. The league Is in formed by a man who is In a position to know that in this instance the in vestigation lias been blocked. It is, furthermore, urged that publicity is the only measure that can end this blrrk and force action. "The league sincerely hopes that in giving publicity to this information. It Is serving the higher public interest "which is its one and only purpose." Secretary Daniels' letter to Mr. Thompson follows: "Some time ago you called at the ICavy Department and stated that you wished the Navy League to be in thor ongh harmony with the Navy Depart ment and that if I thought that your continuance and the continuance of Mr. Staton as secretary would make it Impossible for. the Navy League to help the Navy, you would both retire and would be pleased to have me sug gest officers who would work In har mony with th'e department. Although certain members of the Navy League bad for years been unfair In their criticism. I knew that the bulk of its membership was composed of patriotic citizens who had no part or lot in such use of the league. Reply la Recalled. "You will recall that I told you at the time that the Navy league was a purely voluntary organization, had no connection whatever with the Navy Department, and that while I had not been in accord with some things the Ne-y League bad done. I did. not de sire to have any direction of the league or make any statement with reference to who should be its officers. "In consideration, however, of the false and slanderous statement given out today by the Navy League, I am writing to say that the chief service which you and the other active officials of the Navy League can' render to the Navy is to resign at once and permit the league to be directed by those who In a. crisis like the present could not permit a statement to be given out to the public which attempts to discredit the entire Navy Department and which will be read with disgust and contempt by every honest citizen of America." Mr. Daniels' statement follows: "Immediately upon receipt of the re port of the explosion of the Mare Island powder magazine the commandant of the Navy-yard was directed to insti tute en immediate, full and detailed investigation of the circumstances at tending the explosion, and to fix the cause and the responsibility for the ame. The board appointed by the commandant of the Mare Island Navy yard has actively pursued this Investi gation, but its report has not as yet been received in the Navy Department. Government Alda Inquiry. "The board in. carrying out its work bas in no way whatever been hampered or restricted by any supplemental in structtons from the Navy Department. but has been afforded ample funds and the full resource of the Government In carrying out its thorough lnvestlga tion. "While it baa been current rumor that the magazine was exploded by a time-fuse or other device maliciously placed by parties unknown to the Navy authorities, the Department in this case, as in all other cases, has refrained from issuing a statement until it was in possession of all the facts. No statement will be made un til the full report has been received. The attention of the public is invited to the deliberate attempt of the re sponsible agent of the Navy League to publish a statement, which, ' even if true, should not have been given out without reference to the Department. "Inasmuch as it Is false, the action In giving it circulation shows a mali cious attempt to discredit the Navy Department and the capable officers who are doing everything possible to ferret out the cause of the accident and obtain evidence that would, fix the responsibility. "If I were to state to the public all the steps that the officers charged with this duty have taken, and are taking, the people would despise the slanderers who attempted to impugn their honesty and sincerity. "The false suggestion that any ac tion or lack of action has been due to the Navy Department's attitude to ward labor is too' contemptible to de serve notice." KLAMATH GIRL WAR BRIDE Soldier and Wife Formerly Resi dents of Oregon City. OREGON CITY. Or.. Aug. 14. Spe- cial. ) Miss Martha Martina Parker, formerly of this city, but now of Kla math Falls, has become the wife of Floyd Radford, formerly of this city and later of Klamath Falls, but now a member of Company E, Fourth En gineers, stationea at Vancouver Bar racks. The marriage was performed at Vancouver, Wash., August 10. Rev. Benedict officiated, in the presence of the sister of the bride. Miss Harriet Parker, of Portland. Mrs. Radford will return to her borne near Klamath Falls Wednesday. The bride is the eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Parker, of Kla math. Falls. OREGON DOCTORS CALLED (Continued From r!rst Pap.) prise the 150th machine gun battalion (composed of Companies E, F and G, Second Wisconsin Infantry); the 165th Infantry (C9th New York Infantry), and the 166th Infantry (Fourth Ohio Infantry). "The 84th Infantry Brigade to com prise the 151st machine gun battalion (Companies B, C and F, Second Georgia Infantry), 167th Infantry (Fourth Ala bama Infantry) and the 168th Infantry (Third Iowa Infantry). "The Artillery Brigade, to be num bered 67th, comprises "The 149th. Field Artillery (First Il linois Field Artillery); the 150th, Field Artillery (First Indiana Field Artil lery); the 15lst Field Artillery (First Minnesota Field Artillery), and the 117th, Trench Mortar Battery, to be composed of the Third and Fourth Companies, Maryland Coast Artillery Corps. Oregon Farnlikei field Hospital. "The sanitary train to be known as the 117th. Sanitary Train will be comprised of the First, Second, Third and Fourth Ambulance Companies, be- ng. respectively, the First Ambulance Companies of Michigan, New Jersey, Tennessee and Oklahoma; the First, Second. Third and Fourth Field Hos pital Companies, being, respectively, the First Field Hospital Companies of Nebraska, Colorado, Oregon and the District of Columbia. "The engineer regiment of the divi sion will be numbered 117th. The First Battalion will be formed from the First Separate Battalion Engineers. South Carolina, and the Second Battalion will be formed of the First Separate Bat talion Engineers, California. "The Divisional Field Battalion. Sig nal Troops, will be organized from the Missouri National Guard. The head quarters train and military police will be organized from the Coast Artillery Corps, Virginia. The engineer train will be organized from the North Caro lina troops. The ammunition train will be organized from the Kansas troops and the supply train from the Texas troops. They will be known, re spectively, as the 117th Field Battalion. Signal Troops the 117th, headquarters train and military police the 117th. engineer train the 117th, ammunition train and the 117th supply train." LA GRANDE X7XIT IS FIRST Hospital Company Organized by Dr. Holt Ready for Call. "With one or two' exceptions, the en tire personnel of the first unit of the Oregon National Guard to be called to service in France is made up of men and boys from La Grande, where the company was organized and recog nized by the Federal Government June 28, last. This hospital unit was organ ized by Dr. Robert E. L. Holt, who later failed to qualify as Major. The unit consists of 83 officers and en, and is fully equipped for field hospital service. Since its organiza tion, the company has been in train ing at La Grande, awaiting the call to active duty. The complete personnel of the unit follows: Major James P. Graham. First Lieutenants James Y. Fla- mendon, Carl S. Moore and George R. Vehrs. Sergeants (first class) Harry J. De- laney. William C. Kelly, Elmer M. Mc-Manus. Sergeants Charles R. Harding, Ralph W. Russell, Roy B. Currey, Jesa Ed wards, Gussie II. Lewln, Jerome J. Foley. Cooks William D. Hamilton, James P. McNamee. Horseshoer Jay Conley. Saddler Vera A. Berry. Carrier Arthur F. Furman. Privates (first class) Jessie V. An drews, Ben V. Bassett, Bentson M. Burnett, Lanty C. Callihan, George E. Conklin, Albert R. Currey, Arthur E. DeVore. Grover J. Duffey, Sidney C. Happersett, Clayton N. Ingle, Leonard Johnson, Earl Jones, David J. Johnson, Homer V. Leffel, Frederick J. Lottes, Thomas V. Murphy. Albert L. Palmer, Robert Pattison, Henry Pieper. Ken neth B. Carpy, Otto Pieper, Rob R. Rice. William Silverthorn. James R. Smurtliwaite, John I. Stoddard, Lyal L. Stringham. Walter L. Stringham. K.en neth J. Williamson, Ralph Winters. Privates James A. Ainsworth, Bert E. Andrews, Oscar Ayars, Albert L. Bostwick. William E. Boyd, Jackson C. Caldwell. Clifford C. Chadwick, George A.' Dixon, Eugene B. Greiner, Loeth S. Dunlap, Ralph Hancock, Emll Hansen, Earl F. Hearing, Melvln L. Larson. Adolph L. Lewin, Ralph A. Klnkead, Surber L. Klein, Arthur E. Martin, Orion L. McNown, Harry Moon, Thomas Mullenburg, Walter Palmer. Frank L. Pearson, Gerald L. Pierson. Ralph E. Poston. Fred B. Read. .William P. Rollins, William G. Ryder, Blake C. Shields. Clare W. Shores. William W. Smith. Colin A. Stewart, Chester Thompson, John E. Waller, Paul E. Young, Otia W. Palmer. Oregon City Roy Goes to Palo Alto. OREGON CITY, Or., Aug. 14. (Spe cial.) Vincent Ward Hammond, of this city, who enlisted last year, and who has been connected with the Adjutant General's office with headquarters in Portland, passed through Oregon City this morning on his. way to Palo Alto, in command of the quartermaster's de partment as ranking serseaut. DEBATE IS RAPID ON WAR TAX MEASURE Senate Leaders Expect to Reach Vote on Bill Late Next Week. MINORITY REPORT MADE La Follette Condemns Present Plan as Imposition on Small "Wage Earners and Advocates High Tax on Wealth. WASHINGTON. Aug. 14. General debate in the Senate on the S2.006.000, 000 war tax bill virtually ended to day and such rapid progress was made in the finance committee amendments to the House bill that leaders tonight predicted the measure's passage late next week. Senator Simmons announced that he intended to ask soon for a time limit on debate and also to set a date for a final vote. In rapid succession and with little debate, the Senate, sitting as a com mittee of the whole, approved the finance committee's revision of the soft drink, tobacco and most of the public utilities schedules. The liquor and in come tax sections are to be considered tomorrow. Today's debate made it evident that the principal disputes facing the Senate are the income, war profits and pub lishers', tax sections. Adopton of most of the finance committee's other revisions with little change was forecast. Minority Report Filed. Senator La Follette made public a mi nority report concurred in by Senators Gore and Thomas, urging that the bulk of all war taxes be laid upon incomes and war profits. The Wisconsin Sen ator proposes to make his principal fight in offering many amendments to increase the tax rates proposed. The minority report charges that the bill as revised by the majority makes but palpably inadequate provision for raising of revenue needed for financing the war through the next fiscal year and that the onus of taxation has been placed "upon those least able to bear it." England has taxed her war profits SO per cent without impairing her great industries, declared Senator La Fol lette. Instead, her wealthy classes "were never in receipt of larger in comes nor were her larger business concerns more flourishing." Heavy taxes, he said, could be levied on Amer ican corporations without any fear of affecting capital or crippling industry. 80 Per Cent Tax Proposed. If Congress were to adopt the British rate of 80 per cent on war profits. Sen ator La Follette Raid, more than two and a quarter billions of dollars would be realized in a eingle year from this source and 30 per cent would yield $866,250,000, according to estimates furnished by the Treasury Department. "Nothing that this country or any country has ever previously under taken in the way of war financing," he declared, "compares with the obliga tions we are assuming. "We have not merely to finance one country. We must to a large extent finance at least five or six other coun tries." In comparison with the average year ly wage of $700 earned by the Amer ican laboring man. Senator La Follette presented statistics showing that the percentage of war profits over normal earnings of the DuPont Powder Com pany was 1400 per cent; Bethlehem Steel, 1300 per cent; American Zinc, Lead & Smelting Company, 1500 per cent; United States Steel, SoO per cent; Anaconda Copper Company, 400 per cent; American Beet Sugar. 250 per cent; Armour & Co., 350 per cent, and American Hide & Leather, 250 per cent. In urging that the income tax scale be increased to lighten the burden borne by the laboring classes, figures were cited Indicating that wages have increased only 18 per cent, while the necessaries of life have advanced 85 per cent. Small Taxpayer Assisted. In closing the general discussions to day. Senators Smoot and Jones, of New Mexico, both of the finance committee. commended the committee's proposed increases in the Income and war profits' sections. The former, however, op posed repeal of the "drawback" allow ance to sugar refiners, and the latter advocated a higher tax on, corporations' undivided surplus. Extension of the 3 per cent tax on freight transportation to motor vehicle lines competing with railroads was ap proved in the acceptance of new freight section designed to raise 877,500,000. The Senate also accepted the commit tee's reduction from 10 to 5 per cent in the taxes on passenger transporta tion and Pullman accommodations. Both charges would be paid by Indi viduals and not carriers. The commit tee elimination of the House tax on gas, electric light and bills of con sumers also was accepted without de bate. They were estimated to yield $30,000,000 and were stricken out be cause of their direct burden upon the general public. The tax of 5 cents on telegraph, radio and long-distance tele phone messages costing more than 15 cents was approved. It is estimated to yield $7,000,000. Elimination of the House provision taxing- all insurance policies was ac cepted. The House proposed a tax of 8 cents per $100 on life Insurance pol icies and about 1 per cent on other new or reinsurance. When the Senate adjourned tonight the proposed new Federal tax on au tomobile owners had been reported, with several Senators indicating a de sire to revise the rates toward reduc tion of the tax on owners of cheaper vehicles. NEWPORT TO GET EDITORS Willamette Valley Association to Meet Next Montli. CORVALLIS. Or., Aug. 14. (Special.) Elbert Bede and C. E. Ingalls, secre tary and president, respectively, of the Willamette Valley Editorial Associa tion, have completed arrangements to hold the next meeting of the valley editors at Newport. September 8 and 9. The Newport Commercial Club sent the editors a cordial Invitation. The Southern Pacific lias promised a special car from Albany and as a novelty and In order that no time may be lost at Newport, a programme will be held on the train. Colonel Hofer has offered the use of his cottage and his yacht. Two Reconie Reur-Admirals. WASHINGTON. Aug. 14. Naval pro motions recommended by the war ex pansion selection committee and ap proved today by President Wilson in elude the appointment of Captains Thomas Snowden and Emll Theiss to the permanent rank, of Rear-Admiral. Crowded .-..ri" VWBJUS'W 'vavxrvr "jTrf4 All of these fine pianos and musical instruments must 'jgF The Goodyear Shoe Co. have moved into the lower floor of iV3'5' -' um r uui in oucci oiuic. caic mux e uesperuie mis vveeii. pa aWiV-iirYW J.1 "TVT 11 f C . f j .i i . L. man ever. io reasonaoie oner reiusea as 10 price and terms on many of these fine instruments. This great sale will not last many days, so take advan tage of it at once. The low prices, the easy terms and ' all other conditions are in your favor. See the upright pianos for only $78; their good quality will sur prise you. The player piano we are now offering for $195 is a beauty and is in perfect condition. - CT. . .. . ..: .. .... d. JLj r -? i''k.-.,:fi i It. - ' 1 - -u i . " fit,- IF V - ov:4 U IV.- 1 - rfe I &4 i - . l-J,-.'.' r '77V rr J-. tl At Half Price and Less! Player Pianos Finest makes at simply unheard-of low prices. See latest brand new Player Pianos now for less than S300 many fine styles only 235 aU on same easy terms of payment. Deuosit $5.00. Numerous Self-Playing; Elective Pianos for 185, 195, and several at only 170 each, same terms as regular pianos. Special Easy Terms PAY S3 Make a deposit of merely $5, then arrange for as much as 36 months in which to pay the balance, but all instruments sale priced under $50 must be paid at least half cash. V See Our $300 Uprights, Now only 267 Our $350 Uprights (brand new) $168 Others (brand new and warranted) only $137, $115. Playable used pianos only $46 and many for only $23. Several good pianos $19 each. Bring $3 take longest time you want to pay the balance. Extra savings for more cash down. Extra inducements for shortening the time. 4 li '5 Closing Out Mush Rolls We now aell music rolls. 88 note, as low as lftoj otbara 1 J c If jrou live at a distance you can secure a piano by mail. Send $5. We will hold the piano 10 days for your personal inspection and approval or ship it to you returnable at our expense if not sat isf actor jr. Music Cabinets, Benches, Stools at cost and less. Elegant Rug-s, Chairs, Paintings, Statuary for what they will bi'ing ; make offer. 16 Brand New High-Grade $450 Upright Pianos All of one fiiraouM make, now lac rlflced at actual dealera' . wnoleaale coat, $217 A $3 Deposit Secures One. Eilers Music House Entrance right through the Shoe Store. We will be on the lookout for you, or, if you prefer, use our Morrison-street entrance, 285 Morrison Street, riear Fourth. 53r- TAKE THREE YEARS TO PAY BW? JR. OREGON BOYS HELD Soldiers of Company E Figure in Fatal Accident. SAN FRANCISCO MAN DEAD Automobile Occupied by Portland Troops Hits Maclilno Contain ing Hotel Employes and Six Slen, Are Arrested. SAN FRANCIISCO. Augf. 14. (Spe cial.) Louis Kerrarl, 31 years old, head waiter at Hotel Richelieu, of this city, was killed and threa other men, bell boys, were slightly Injured shortly after midnight this morning1 when an automobile in which they were riding was run down on the state highway near Burlingame by a car occupied by six soldiers stationed at Camp Fremont, MenlJ Park. William Demopulos. a bellboy at Hotel Kiehelieu. sustained severe bruises of the head and face. All In jured are at St. Luke's Hospital. In the soldiers' car were Orris Fletcher, driver: "Walter Reisschneider, Frank R. Patterson, Homer T. Snyder, James Burns and Angelo Landas, all members of Company K, Third Oregon Infantry. Portland. They will be held by the San Mateo authorities pending an Investigation of the accident. The soldiers, the police say. had not been drinking. The hotel men hired a car from a local garage keeper late last night to drive to San Jose. They drove to the beach, later driving to a point eight miles beyond San Mateo, where the party decided to return to San Francisco. When a mile north of Burlingame the soldiers' car struck the hired au tomobile a "side swipe." Ferrari and Demopulos were in the rumble seat and were thrown to the pavement. Ferrari suffered a fractured skull. The soldiers drove the Injured men to St. Luke's Hospital, where the police were notified. The local authorities arrived at the hospital to find Ferrari dead, and telephoned to Burlingame, where the soldiers were picked up on their return trip. Orris O. Fletcher Is a first-class pri vate in Company E, and when he en listed lived at 1210 Kast Madison street. Walter Keisschneider Uvea at 603 Powell street. Angelo Lambos (not Landes) enlisted from 15 Burnside street. James C. Burns is a bugler In Com pany K and lives at ITS East Forty fifth street. H. P. Snyder lives at 838 Kast Morri son street. F. R. Patterson does not appear on the rolls of Company E at the Adjutant-General's office nor on any of the rolls of the other companies whiclx went south, at that time. JAPAN'S HOPE IS IN FUTURE fntlnqa From First Pag. tight together as comrades until the end has been reached and the victory won in the struggle which involves our rights and our liberties. " 'It is for that' and I take the lib erty of usini? the words of your Freat President. Abraham Lincoln 'in order that each one of us may enjoy an open field and a fair chance for our Industry, enterprise and intelligence that the struggle must be maintained; that we may not lose our birthright the right of humanity. "We are here to say that in this tre mendous struggle for those rights and liberties, America and Japan are bound together; that when the victory of the allied forces is secure, America and Japan should so live that your sons and our sons will have a certainty of good neighborhood; so live -that no word or deed of either can be looked upon with suspicion; that venomous gossip, hired slander, sinister intrigue and influence, of all of which we have both been the victims, can in future only serve to bring us closer together for mutual protection and for the com mon welfare. IMrates Most Be Banished. "The Importance of such co-operation was brought home to us particularly as we voyaged safely and pleasantlv across the Pacific Ocean. .We must, in deed, have assurance of good order in our neighborhood. We cannot either of us take risks. It becomes the first duty of Japan and America to guard the Pacific and to insure safe continu ous intercourse between Asia and the United States; to see to it that the ships of the ferocious pirates whose crimes upon the high seas can never be palliated, find no shelter in the waters of our seas. "It is for us together to continue to enforce respect for law and humanity upon the Pacific, from which the Ger man menace was removed at the com mencement of the war. Had this not been so; had the barbarian of Europe not been rooted from his Oriental bases, the shuddering horrors of the Atlantic and the Mediterranean would today be a grim reality on the Pacific. In the protection of our seagoing merchandise and men, in safeguarding the pleasures of intercourse, you may count on us as we must count on you. "In the dawning of this new day of stress and strain let us forget the little molehills that have been exag gerated into mountains to bar our good relations. Let us see together with a clearer vision the pitfalls dug by a cunning enemy in our path. Let us together fix our eyes upon the star of principle which shall lead us together most surely to a participation in the triumph of the right, to a certain vic tory in the greatest and. let us nope, the last great war in human history. "And when that victory shall have been won, let u.i together help In the upbuilding of a new world, which shall rise, fair and strong and beautiful. from the ashes of the old. . IN n tion Sends Delegate. Gavin McXab, an attorney sent here from Washington as a member of the reception committee to the great im perial Japanese mission to the United States, at a dinner tendered the dis tinguished visitors here tonight spoke as follows: "This city has the honor, on behalf of the country, to welcome to America these distinguished representatives of a nation, now our ally always our friend Japan. "The visit of these statesmen, impor tant though it would be at any time, is, on this momentous occasion, fraught with transcendent consequences, not only to our people, but to the world and the future of the human race. "America and Japan, on opposite sides of the Pacific, have learned that this mighty ocean unites, and does not di vide, our peoples. This vast water is nature's greatest commercial gift to man. It is an Inspiration an Invita tion to enterprise and adventure, with possibilities capable of marvels. On its broad bosom will in days to come float the largest commerce of the world; on its shores will be the theater in which the future will stage the grandest drama of human events. The Governor of the state, continu ing the words of welcome, said: ."We are allies. In the most titanio war in tho annals' of history Japan and America have one aim the preser vation of democracy; one aspiration the triumph of international justice. "Attempts have been made to pro mote discord between the two nations, but without success. The recent 'Z i m mermann note,' cunningly designed to stir up strife and resentment between our governments, failed in its purpose and won only the contempt of the Jap anese people. "Even if there were no present war to bind together our two nations, our common purpose and our common good would call for a policy of peace and amity. Neither country has anything to achieve, but on the contrary every thing to lose, by fostering or permit ting to exist a spirit of inharmony and distrust. I'nlforma Dot Table. The speakers' table was dotted with uniforms. High officers of the Amer ican Army sat in khaki with Major General Hlsaichl Sugano; naval officers In blue surrounded Vice-Admiral T. Takeshita, the ranking army and navy representatives on the mission. The State Department delegation was head ed by Breckinridge Long, third assis tant secretary. Late im the afternoon General Sugano was given his first glimpse of Ameri can troops in force, some 6000 soldiers and sailors, including infantry, cavalry, artillery and provisional troops. arched past as he stood beside Major- General Hunter Liggett, commanding the Western Department of the Army. In the half hour General Sugano's posture never swayed from strict at- tention, except when he bowed his acknowledgments to General Ll.jg-eit's explanations of what troops were pass ing. Then his hand caressed the ex quisite tortoise shell inlay of liis sword hilt. "Splendid Troops," la Tribute. Members of his suite quoted the an cient Japanese saying that "a warrior's sword is his soul," in explaining tlie pains taken in Japanese swordcraft. At the end of the review he said, sini ly: "These are splendid troops. It has been a pleasure to see them. The Japanese khaki, faced with red. and the brilliant decorations on the uni forms of the visiting officers bright ened the sober uniforms of the Ameri cans, many of whom wore the sheep-skin-hined short coat, first used by the Canadians. An excursion into the surrounding country and a visit to a large encamp ment of troops are on the commission' programme for tomorrow. 9748 ARE KILLED AT SEA Kngland Reports Loss of Sailors and Passengers During; War. LONDON, Aug. 14. It was announced today in the House of Commons that 974$ lives were lost on British mer chantmen from the opening of the war to June 30, 1917. as a result of enemy action. Of these. 3878 were passengers, tha remainder being officers or seaman. r- Ci :Asphalt-Bose Oil Ideal Lubricant" FORD E. I. Vcitch, OikUnd "California asphalt-base oil forms an ideal lubricant foe a Ford car." STI JDEBAKER StnSebaker Garage, Stockto. "having used Zerolene for over six years, feel justi fied in recommending it to usees of Studebaker car." DODGE McArthur Bro., Phirnix "have used Zerolene exclusively in all our Dodge Brothers cars." OAKLAND Oakland Auto Sain Company, Portland "Zerolene has proved a satisfactory lubricant in Our Oakland cars." The Standard Oil for Motor Cars Endorsed by Leading Car Distributors because the records of their service departments show that Zerolene, correctly refined from California asphalt base crude, gives perfect lubrication less wear, more power, least carbon deposit. 6- ... .i Iksa .., ij ' - Dealers everywhere and st our service stations. STANDARD OH. COMPANY (California)