THE 3I0RXIXG O1TEG0XIAN, SATURDATV JANUARY ' 5. 1918.
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GREY MAY
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FLASHLIGHT SHOWING AUTOMOBILE DRIVEN BY CAPTAIN
-BILL" RODGERS. OF 1917 BEAVERS, AFTER IT ALMOST
WENT THROUGH HAWTHORNE BRIDGE.
OVERCOATS SHIVER
Thrifty Men!
Need of Winter Clothing
Keenly Felt at Many
Training Camps.
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Reading and Chamberlain Also
Named by Rumor for
Washington Mission.
8L0USES HARD TO OBTAIN
MIXER NEEDED FOR PLACE
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Soial Overcoat Shortage Reported I
11.300 Secretary Baker a
Senate Hearing Explains
Delay In Service.
WASHINGTON. Jan. . Overcoat
shortages at National Guard and N'a
tiunal Army training ctmpi wera re
ported ended except at Camp Beaure
gard. La., by Secretary Baker In a fur
ther rpon today to the Sonata mil
itary romml!rt'i resolution urt-lns tm
rl!ate strps to provide the soldier
with d'qute Winter clothlntr. Many
ft the camp still are short of woolen
blouses, which, the Secretary said, wera
artlrolar'y hard to obtain.
The report w baaed upon the War
IVrwrlmnii'i latent telegraphic ad
vices from the division commaadera
"Tmerreny npr shipments and lo
cal purchases hare been authorized and
Mr. luker expressed tha belief that by
today "all tha men a re comfortable.
Of a total shortsre of ll.SOO over
coats. Cmp Beauregard needed I0.MJ.
A deficiency of about 1.000 blouaea
wea scattered among 13 posts. Camp
Kearny. CaL. need In a ll.SOt.
Baker Kinlatna Delays.
Blame for delay la furnishing Win
ter (irnrnia waa placed by the Sec
retary partially upon supply. but
Lr-ly upon tha transportation eltu-aii-n.
To meet the overcoat ahortaca at
Camp Beaurecard. Secretary Baker aald
JJ.J-o had been expressed December Sa
il lold also of a recent shipment of
overcoat to Camp Custer. 10.0UO
blouses to Camp Funvton. SOOw blouses
to ('imp Wadsworth. 3000 overcoats
an 1 too blouses to Camp I'lx.
"Instructions have bean aent to
all to obtain locally and Immediately."
aid the report. any uniform varment
whlih Is short. In order to give each
man one whole uniform: to use sixes on
hand to excitant; with other rampa If
practicable, and to employ garment-
makers to alter garments so as to fl
those without necessary unt forma
Minor shortages of breeches and un
derwear at soms camps were leported
and with the Information that camp
commanders have been authorized to
secure irarments from local markets.
The shortage of blouses at Camp Kear
sty was aald not to ba aerloua because
f mild cltmat.
Xeris Given la Detail.
Secretary Baker's report showed the
following; shortages:
Camp Wheeler, Oeer'la Overcoats. Done;
looses. 1.-41.
ump Mislbv. Miss orercoata,
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Cm
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aooe;
blouses.
Bene
130;
Blouses, ftl.
4'smp Kesray,
.mp X. J. Overcoats.
14 O.
Camp e.raal. 111. Overcoats,
"lease.
Camp Coster. Mich. Overcoate.
arouses. 4W
t emp F-surerard. La. Ovsrcaata. 10.M3;
fe'.oiwes. Sue-.
Camp Howie. Tex. Overcoat, a
louses. T.'V.
amp iMxixe. la Overcoats. 50; bio
S.W
Cam Pnalphaa. Okla. Ovexceata. 1
Kaa. Overceata. sens
a looses, aene.
Camp K anetea.
tlooses. S.
Camp w s.tswarta. S. C Overceata, 4-5.
leaser S3T.
Camp Khertdaa. Ala. Overceata. tea;
kloosee. 9HV
( tap I'lS. Ark. Overceata. 4; bloase.
ll-tu.
Tvt Cam pa Well Sapplled.
At Camp Jackson. 8. C. and Greene.
K .. auppltca of both overcoats and
Houses were reported sufficient. Bed
in supplies wera aald to be ade
quate at all rampa.
secretary Baker's report reached the
committee at tha close of another day'a
Investigation of tha army clothlns; all
igation, marked by Introduction of bllla
In bath Henal and House for establish
ment of a new department of munitions
with a Cabinet bead to centralis all
Covernment war supply operations
Woolen manufacturers and Colvllle
Lindsay. Inspector and purchaataa; head
of the quartermaster's depot at 1'hlla
Wphta. cava testimony criticisms; tha
ojilltv of Army clotbina mad under
i s perl flcat Ions of tha supplies com
rn.ttre of the Council of National t
tense provtdlos for us of ahoddy. The
a creed that standard were lowered
and unlforme and blankets of less dur
ability and warmth produced.
Refarea I flwpasee.
A bill Introduced today by Senator
Ireleilar. of Tennessee, aa a result o
th committee's tavestlaatloa of th
avstsra of Army supply purchaslns
ssouU abolish th advisory committees
f the C'ounc II of National Itefensa and
prohibit civilians from serving lb
Government under th sxlstlns; prac
ti.e at II a year. Th bill would
amend th law creatine tha councl
and permit lbs 1'resident to appoln
one advisory commission of seven
members to serve without compeasa'
ton.
TEUTON SHAM IS ' SEEN
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PHOTOGRAPH BY ITAIK PHOTOCK APTIER OF THE OREGONIAN.
TAKEV LAST NIGHT.
"Bill Rod-era. captain of the Beavers durlnr the 1917 season,
narrowly escaped aerloua Injury last night when his automobile
crashed throusrh the wooden ratlins; on tha east approach to tha
Hawthorne bridge. The car stopped with tha front wheels project
Ins; over the edge of tha bridge, on the versa of a 30-foot drop to
tha beach.
air. Rod-cers waa driving; west and lost control of the car when,
be was about 100 feet from the bridge proper. The auto ran onto the
sidewalk, between a telephone pole and a guy wire, and smashed the
heavy plank rails. The railing was broken down over a space of
about 35 feet.
Mr. F.odrers waa uninjured. The automobile waa damaged, but
waa moved away a ahort lima later. The bridge was temporarily re
paired with boards.
la not very neutral. It la anyhow mora
neutral than Uermaa headquarters.
When M. Kameneff. on of Ih Rus
sian peace delegates, presented bis re
port on the negotiations at Brest-Li
tot sic. at rimolny Institute. Bolshevlkl
headquarters. It was found that the
Hermans had attempted to bind Ruei
to their country by renewal of the
treaty of 1 . which Emperor Nlrholae
declined to extend, resulting la a situ
ation which was one of the causes of
the war.
I'.errnany made other proposals, all
for the purpose of obtaining a position
as the most favored nation. Th Hut
s;sn stated that they believed In
c lality of trade and that at th very
moment wb,en they were engaged In
so. ilisln Industry. nationalising
aaaks. etc.. they could not subscribe to
principles contrary to socialism. On
this point th Germans seem to tare
receded from their position.
Army la Bad Vay.
Speech by solUisjrs delegates de
son be appalling conditions In the Rus
sian array, which la disorganised,
poorly clothed and starving. Kven the
artillery hor- have died from lack
of fodder. Nevertheless all th dele-
g:es assert the soldiers are willing to
continue th war. notwithstanding
these deiperata conditions, unless the
C.ermana agree to peace on th lines
laid down by tha BsrtehevtkL
A statement issued by th Bolshe.
vil emphasises the fact that th
enemy delegation now In Petrograd
have no diplomatic standing and ar
her merely to arrange details grow
ing out of th armistice such as th
xchane of prisoners and the resump
tion of postal service. ,
Th work of th commission which
la dealing with prisoners la proceeding
slowly. The Russian delegatea claimed
th right to send any publications they
desired to Russian prisoners In Ger
many and to Socialists In th Central
fc-mplres. They also demanded unre
stricted direct telegraphic communl
cation with representatives of the So
ciaiist parties In th enemy coun
tries. The German delegatea replied
they wer unauthorised to make
agreement on this point.
Tha Russians demanded th creation
of a special commission to Inquire Into
th deportation of Polish workmen for
employment In privately owned factor
ea In Oermany. To thla demand, the
German a responded they had not been
authorised to take up the question. The
Kusalana thereupon asked for further
nstructlons from the Council of Peo
pies Commissioners.
Aaaesably Oat Fixed.
Th Bolshevlkl have fixed the opening
or in constituent aasembly for Jan
uary II provided a quorum of 400 mem
bers Is then present.
Leon Trotsky has sent a communica
tion to the Persian government offer-
ng to begin negotiations for the wltl-
rawal of Russian troopa from Persian
errltory provided Turkey will with
draw hera.
Tha Russian Commissioners have de
cided to negotiate with the government
of I'kralne on th basis of recognition
of the I'kranlan J.epubllc provided It
does not hinder military operations
against General Kaledine. thj Cossack
leader. It Is suggested that these
negotiations b held at Smolensk or
Vitebsk.
U. Kerensky. th deposed Premier.
has prepared an account of his serv
ices during the period of the ' first
revolution wblch wl.l be presented to
the Constituent Assembly. It Includes
full details of condltlona at th front
during th June offensive and tha re a
sons wny si. Kerensky decided to re
move former Emperor Nicholas to Si
beria.
In th archives, of tha Russian For
eign Offlc there have been discovered
documents of unusual Interest dealing
with negotiations between Germany
and the Imperial Russian government
In regard to a national convention to
combat Socialism. Other curious docu
ments relating to the origin of the
war throw light on certain aspects of
German policy. These papera will be
published aa soon as they have been
classified.
DRAINAGE LAW HIT
Convention Favors Wider Use
of Irrigation Funds.
British Government Adopts Policy of
Making Changes in Diplomatic
Corps, Army and Navy In Or
der to Get New Blood.
By th Associated Press.) .
LONDON. Jan. 4. A topic that Is
greatly Interesting British officialdom
and the public at the moment Is the se
lection of an Ambassador to the United
States to succeed Sir Cecil Arthur
Spring-Rice.
Three name thus far are being dis
cussed those of Viscount Grey, former
Foreign Secretsry; Earl Reading, Lord
Chief Justice of England, and J. Austen
Chamberlain, eldest son of the late Jo
seph Chamberlain and former secretary
for India.
Viscount Grey Is generally consid
ered the atrongest man of the three.
He is one of the foremost of British
statesmen and his political convictions
ar sincerely and deeply democratic
and liberal.
The only handicap to Viscount Grey
suggested Is that he Is distinctly shy
and retiring. There Is a belief here,
whether it b right or wrong, that the
British Ambassador to the United
States should be what Is called "a
mixer."
Readlavc 31 Is h t Decline.
Lord Reading now holds the office
of Chief Justice of England and it la
questionable whether he would be will
lng to resign the post for any diplo
matlo position.
Mr. Chamberalin has suffered the
lifelong handicap of being- the son of
an important and able father. He has
his father's manners and mannerism.
He wears a monocle and the members
of the Labor party would say that he
is too much of an aristocrat to be Great
Britain's representative in the United
states.
The fact that Sir Cecil Spring-Rice
is being recalled from Washington
snd Sir George W. Buchanan from the
Embassy to Russia does not mean any
lack of confidence In them on the Dart
of the government, much less any feel
ing that they have not fulfilled their
duties well.
Buchanan had the most difficult
work in Russia any foreign diplomat
has had to handle in a long time. He
knew of the threat of a revolution in
Russia long before it actually broke
out and counseled the Emperor of the
danger and advised him to give Russia
a real parliamentary government.
Caarlna Real Roler.
But the Empress, who was the real
power, reinforced by Rasputin, the
mystic monk, and other fanatics and
by the bureaucracy, nullified Buchan
an's advice until it was too late.
The government today is engaged in
retiring several of its servants of high
standing and reputation in several de
partments, notably in diplomacy and the
Army and Navy. This does not mean
that they have failed, but It does mean
that war weariness and the strain of
nearly four years' service under con
ditions of almost overwhelming re
sponsibility and toil make fresh blood
and less wearied men Imperative.
Admiral Sir John R. Jelllcoe was
shining example of the necessity of re
tiring a popular and able officer unde
uch conditions, and the newspapers
are speaking freely of the need or
changes in the higher commands of the
British army. Probably an important
announcement of that character will be
made soon.
COMMITTEE IS NAMED
Buffum & Pendleton Co.
Announce a Clearance Sale of $25 and $30
Suits and Overcoats
$18.50
' There will be no general mark-down sale of clothing
this season, owing to the advancing prices 'and the
scarcity of woolens, but we are grouping together all
, single garments left from large lots, together with such
few garments as were carried from last season, and
offer them at the, above irresistible price in order to
leave us nothing other than complete lines at the time
of our annual taking account of stock, February first.
As our regular prices practically begin at $25, this
price of $18.50 means an unusual opportunity for thrifty
men.
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, While there are but one or two garments of each
pattern. in the entire grouping, one can find a fair as
sortment of nearly every size, including longs and stouts.
We believe it to be well understood by the public
that woolens are advancing so rapidly that the ordinary
prices of today will seem like very great bargains an
other year, if war conditions continue. '
Your inspection is invited.
Buffum '& Pendleton Co.
Clothiers, Hatters and Haberdashers
127 Sixth St., 30 Easy Steps From Washington
35 Belted Overcoats
are included in this sale', prices
of which were as follows:
12 were $25
13 were $30 .
10 were $35
Now Priced at $18.50!"
59 Young Men's Suits
including; many nobby belted
effects will be found in this lot
22 were $25
23 were $30.
14 were $35
Now Priced at $18.50!
I FEW TO BE RECALLED
AMERICANS IN ARMIES OF ALLIES
MAY REMAl.V.
Steps Are Taken to Bring About
Improved Le(lsIatlon Experts
Are Heard on Various
Problems to Farmers.
ILL SOLDIERS WANT MUSIC
Convalescents at Vancouver Would
Like Gift of Phonograph.
tier Is an opportunity for someone
with a phonograph to impart a little
additional cheer to the convalescent
soldiers at Vancouver Barracks. The
convalescent hospital there la In need
of a music box of "voice" enough to be
heard easily and to play tha up-to-date
records, and a large phonograph either
purchased for or donated to tha hos
pltal would be appreciated.
There are li men now In the con'
valescent hospital. Music Is one of
their preferred pastimes. Anyone who
will provide the phonocrah may call
Miss Rose Goodman. Broadway 1180.
who Is In charge of the "requisition"
from the men.
Three) Indicted for Fraud.
CHICAGO. Jan. 4. Joseph "Yellow
Kid" Well. F. K. Buckmlnster and three
others were Indicted today on charges
of having mulcted two Indiana business
men out of 1115.000 through the oper
ation of an alleged confidence game.
The total operations of the band are
Id to have netted them upward of
11.000.000. The defendants are said to
have represented themselves as pur-
hasing agents of England and i'raace.
OREGON' AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE.
Corvallla. Jan. 4. (fipeclaU-yTbe Joint
Irrigation and drainage convention a
farmers week today adopted resolu
tiona In favor of amending the 1S1
drainage law to give drainage districts
authority to appropriate funds for lrrl
gation purposes.
A resolution also waa adopted provld
lng for a Joint committee of the Ore
gon Irrigation Congress. State Drainage
Association ana the Oregon Clay Work
ers' Association, consisting of the pres
idents and the societies, to keep the full
strength of all the associations behind
the legislative programmes land all
other movements for the advancement
of the Irrigation and drainage Inter
esta. The members of this committee
are J. T. Illnkle. of Hermlston: Samue
U. Brown, of uervs.ls, and Mr; Kern, of
t'ortland.
Mora than 10 members of the Irriga
tion congress are in attendance, and
about an equal number of drainage rep
resentatlvee. Tbe clay workers are not
so numerous, but took a lively Interest
In the proceedings.
The lrrlgationiats and clayworkera
left for Portland on a apeclal train at
7 o clock. They will conclude their ses
slona at Portland tomorrow, when the
Chamberlain Irrigation bill will be
made the subject of special study.
The poultry conference formed, the
Oregon Poultry Produce Association to
co-operate with O. A. C. county agents
and the United States Department of
Agriculture for furthering the poultry
Industry by Increasing the number and
the productivity of the hens.
V. L. Upson, Jr of Grants Pass, was
elected president: C W. Wilcox, head of
tne state poultry plant at the State
Hospital, vice-president; C. S. Brewster.
u. a. secretary-treasurer.
Resolutions calling upon all loyal
citizens of Oregon to comply strictly
ana cneerruuy with all state and Fed
eral forest regulations and exert their
utmost Influence to prevent the heavy
losses due to forest fires, most of which
are of Incendiary origin, were adopted
by the county . councils. County
agents are called upon to lend all
slstance In their power to this end.
A change In the automobile license
aw waa recommended by E. J. Adams-
State Highway Commissioner from Eu
gene, to remove direct tax on the ma
chines and Increase the license fee at
tbe rate of 11 per horsepower.
The Oregon Pure-Bred Livestock As
sociation resolved in favor of better
pay for country teachers and better
preparation equal to at least four years'
normal Instruction, to the end that
country boya and girls may have as
good opportunity for an education as
the city children. It also Indorsed the
resolution of the Poland-China As
sociation on entry of awlne classes at
the fairs.
The total registration at fhe close of
the fifth day of Farmers' week is 1266.
Tomorrow will be the last day of the
1318 session.
Lead Takea by France.
France has done this ruthlessly and
consistently. Although Marshal Joffre
was In the heart of the people and the
foremost man of France, the govern
ment placed him on the sidetrack when
the time came that they thougtit the
nation's Interests required it
Premier Lloyd George's governmept
is facing the same conditions and ap
parently Is dealing with them the same
way.
emergency was taken today when the
Chamber of Commerce appointed a
committee comprising C. A. Smith,
chairman; A. H. Derbyshire, Hugh G.
Ball and R. R. Hewitt to undertake
the necessary work preliminary to the
formation of the unit.
War Department Decides That In Most
Caaes Transfers Would Be
Undesirable.
SOLDIERS TO SEE SHOW
VAUDEVILLE ACTS WILL FEATIRH
TONIGHT'S ENTERTAINMENT.
Programase to Be Given In Y. M. C. A.
Aodltoriam and Will Mark Hofcse
Warmlng of "Indoor Hat.
At least 500 soldiers are expected to
ttend the vaudeville entertainment
nd programme which will be given
this evening in the auditorium of the,
T. M. C. A. Each vauaeville house
has contributed an act, and Mrs. Bea
trice Dlerke, wife of Charles 11 Dlerke,
will contribute several piano selections.
Although but one of the series of
entertainments which were launched
some months ago, tonight's event will
really mark the house-warming of the
new "Indoor hut," Into which the audi
torium has been transformed.
For months past the local T. M.
C. A. has welcomed and urged all men
In uniform to avail themselves of Its
privileges, and the war work pro
gramme of the organization has been
carried on In the home Institution. But
It Is within the paat week that the
auditorium has been refurnished, dec
orated and converted for. the sole, use
of soldiers and sailors. Billiard tables
have been Installed, a smoking-room
provided and considerable expenditure
made for new furniture.
Beginning with the first of the week.
two secretaries of the T. M. C. A-, In
war work uniforms, will v preside at
the "Indoor hut," which in mans, "re
spects will duplicate tbe feature of
the huts now established in the war
zone and In training camps. '
LONDON. Jan. 4. The Associated
Press has received information that
the American War Department has de
cided on rules governing the transfer
of Americans verving with the Britis
forces to the American Army, by whic
their present status will not be dis
turbed except ' in . special cases an
where the transfer "is plainly in the
interest of the United States.
This decision, it is said, was reached
on the following grounds:
First, that Americans who enlisted
with the British forces must have been
prompted by patriotic motives to do so
aad that therefore it does not matter
wflther they remain British or are
transferred to their own flag, since
they would be fighting for the same
cause.
Second, In some cases, particularly
with the Canadians, many of whom are
Americans, transfer might seriously
disorganize units.
While no official statistics are
available it is fair to guess that there
are at least from 25,000 to 30,000 Amer
icans In the Canadian forces alone and
perhaps half as many more scattered
through other British contingents In
France, Mesopotamia, Palestine and
elsewhere.
Progress of the War.
BOYS RESUME TRAINING
WORK IV FRANCE. HALTED BY
HOLIDAYS. UNDER WAY AGAIN.
WOMAN, 45, TAKES POISON
Mrs. Genevieve Keating, Despondent,
Dies Almost Instantly-.
Because of despondency, Mrs. Gene
vieve Keating, 45 years old, swallowed
cyanide of potassium at her 'mother's
home, 143 Laurelhurst avenue, late yes
terday and died almost Instantly.- The
body was taken in charge of the Coro
ner and will be held, pending the ar
rival of a brother from Puget Sound.
Mrs. Keating had been playing tbe
piano In the Princess Theater, a moving-picture
house on Burnslde street.
as a means of livelihood. She had been
living with her mother and brother.
Yesterday she did not go to work, com
plaining of illness, and about 4 o'clock
her mother heard a scream and went to
he room, where she found the uncon
scious woman.
Americana Are Developing Skill In All
Llnea of Service Mud Does Not
Interfere With Drill.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY- IN
FRANCE, Jan. 3. (By the "Associated
Press.) With holiday diversions over,
the entire American expeditionary force
has resumed training, which is to be
unrelaxed hereafter unless unforeseen
developments occur. The newly landed
divisions of former National viuards
men began active work In hand grenade
training, their instruction going on de
spite the mud which covered the ground
in some places to the depth of a foot
Other former guardsmen who had been
found to be good marksmen were picked
for enlping work and began learning
the ffner points of that practice.
A division of regular Army men
which already has been at the front re
sumed today the carrying out of maneu
vers during which airplanes co-operated
with the artillery. This regiment
is rapidly nearing the point where it
will be classed as expert in this co
operation and the aerial observers are
becoming equally efficient. Both 75s
and guns of larger calibers are being
used. The weather is clear and cold,
and except for the snow on the ground
conditions are ideal for training 'purposes.
North Bend Plans Home Guard.
NORTH BEND, Or., Jan. 4. (Spe
cial.) The first step toward the for
mation of a Home Guard unit to guard
the mills and shipyard here In time of
Although the peace conference be
tween representatives of the Bolshevlkl
government and the central powers was
due to reconvene Friday, no news has
come through indicating whether the
meeting took place. Neither have there
been any advices as to whetller the dif
ficulties In the way of "reaching an
agreement have been surmounted or If
concessions by either side, making pos
sible further negotiations, are intended,
Dissatisfaction with the proposals of
the central powers apparently does not
obtain solely on the side of the Bolsne
vlkl government, but exists among the
delegates of the central powers as well.
Austria. Bulgaria and Turkey are as
serted to have disagreed with the dom
ineering attitude of the Germans at the
Brest-Litovsk .conference, where they
posed as conquerors, while their allied
delegates evinced an eager desire for
neace and a disposition to compromise,
The attitude of the German Socialists
against the demands of the central
powers, especially those providing for
the retention of Poland. i-.itnuania,
Courland and other occupied territory
has farced the Imperial Chancellor to
refer wo the situation before the main
committee of the Reichstag.
The Chancellor's statement, however,
was merely a piamuae ana save nu
inkling as to what Germany's future in
tentlpns in the premises were, and even
left to the under-secretary for foreign
affairs the task of outlining in the
most perfunctory style the trend of the
negotiations up to tne time that tne
recess was taken at Brest-Litovsk.
We can cheerfully await the furtnur
course of this Incident. We rely upon
our strong position, our loyal intentions
and our Just rights," was virtually all
the Chancellor had to say concerning
Russia's rejection of the peace pro
posals.
On the battlefronts the comparative
calm of the past fevV days continues.
although the Germans in the Cambral
sector, in local attacks have pushed
back four British advanced posts for
short, distances. The artillery duels
along the western front in Belgium
and France and also in Italy are still
going on, but the infantry is virtually
idle.
Again there has been considerable
fighting in the air on the western
front. The German War Office asserts
that the German aviators during the
week have accounted for 23 allied air
planes and two captive balloons. French
aviators have Drought down eight Ger
man machines.
WATERWAY. PLANS FAIL
YOUNGS BAY AND COLUMBIA NOT
TO BE IMPROVED.
The American Army in France Is to
be reinforced by the American aviators
who became famous as pilots in French
escadrines. Thirty-two men, mostly
members of the Lafayette escadrille.
will be the first to be sworn Into the
American Army. Others will- follow
them as rapidly as possible.
To the band of experienced men
shortly will be added the firs't group
of young American pilots and observ
ers to take instructions near the battle-
front. They already have finished their
first tests and are now to be sent to
the front to complete their work under
actual battle conditions.
John D. Rockefeller, Jr., in pleading
with the soldiers at Camp Dix to lead
clean lives, said that-"wounds of shame
are harder to heal than the wounds of
the Hun." . .
Secretary of War Bases Adverse Report
on Engineers' Statements That
Projects Are Not Justified.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington, Jan. 4. The Secretary of War
today sent to Congress adverse reports '
on the proposed Improvement of Youngs
Bay, near Astoria, and of the Colum
bia between the mouth of the Snake
Iiiver and Triest Rapids.
In each instance the engineers con
tend that "present commerce" does not
justify improvement at this time by
the Federal Government.
Major Jewett, in his report on the
Upper Columbia, says the improvement
of the Columbia above Vancouver
should be considered as a whole, and
he recommends a comprehensive sur
vey of this .long stretch of river with
a view to developing a project that
will provide continuous navigation as
far as practicable.
The river and harbor board does not
regard the improvement of the Colum
bia above Pasco "as essential to the
development of the general traffic of
the Columbia." It suggests that the
improvement of the Upper Columbia
should await a further increase in population.
As to Youngs Bay, the engineers find
a present channel from the main chan
nel of the Columbia to the county road
bridge from nine to 17 feet deep. The
principal commerce is log rafts and
barges bearing lumber products, and
these, they hold, do not require a deeper
channel, such as was proposed.
The cost of a 30-foot or even a 26-
foot channel is held to be prohibitive,
considering that there is no great need
for a greater depth.
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