TIIE MORNING OREGONIAX, MONDAY, MAY 6. 1918.
CONCRETE SHIPS TO
"OLDEST MAX IN THE NAVY" AND HIS GRANDSON.
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An excellent investment
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BE RAPIDLY BUIL
Shipyards in Georgia, South
Carolina and Florida Will
. Launch Many Vessels.
10,000,000 TONS NEEDED
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Saccesa of Big 0-Ton Stone
Freighter, Which Mide Trial Trip
at San Francisco Ycaterdaj,
Convince CoTtrnmenl I.
BT HENRT M. II TDE.
CHICAJO. May i. (Special.) The
steel and concrete ship Faith, a iooo
ton freighter, marh tbe largest con
Crete ship ever built, failed today from
a Paetfie port on bar maiden trip.
w at Brantwlck, Ga.. and at
Jacksonville. 'la.. private shipyards
are. beta raabed to completion. Kach
of tbem baa a contract Iran the Oov-
ernment for the construction of con
prate and ateel ablps ef ISO tone. At
Wilmington, N. C. a tblrd yard la un
der way. It la be in built by tbe Shlp-
plnc Board, and will, aa aoon aa com
plated, atart on the construction of
teel and concrete ships.
Meanwhile tbe shipping" situation re
main the saoat critical In alt tbe war
preparations of tbe Government.
The tataat report from the War De
partment la that 1. 000. 09 Americana
are expected ea the flchtlnc line by
January I. 1)19. It will take at leaat
ie.eoe.ee tons of shipping- In constant
service to transport and maintain an
army of that else.
Charles U. Schwab, chief of the ship
ping programme, la whose drlrlng pow
er every American baa great confl
dence. saya that the Shipping Board
aspects to launch 1.000.O4O tons in 11I.
To make P the difference it will
take every to a of additional shipping
tbat can be obtained from any source.
Tbe chief claim made for concrete
rips as opposed to ateel ships. Is that
tbey can be turned out la less tban
half of tbe time required for the latter.
Or.ce a yard Is established, concrete
ship of large slae can be launched
la from.Se to days.
R. J. WIr. chief of the concrete con
struction department of tbe fhlpplng
Board who started aa a skeptic, baa
been convinced, aa the result of long
Investigations, that concrete ships on
axy scale are practically certain of
s ureses
Tbe opinion of Mr. Wler Is backed
by that of many of the most eminent
steel, aa well as concrete, engineers
In the country. J. V. Powell, bead of
the ship building interests of tbe Beth
lehem 8teel Comoany. and Charles JI
Schwabs Mrbt-band man In tbe ship
building Industry, was asked before
the tvenate committee whether be
fhnneht the feuildinr nf concrete ihinf I
worth trying on a big and serious!
scale. -Te:- declared Mr. FowelL
"Try everything. Give concrete i
thorough test, don't overlook one bet.
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Photo copyright by Committee on Public Information.
Left. Caetea V. Lewe. ) Tears Old. Wa Balloted at Kaasaa City, Ma, la 1917.
Right. Adolph L Uwt, TT Years Old) h served la the iVavy Froa 1M1
to 1H3.
Adolph I Lowe, who la sure he la the oldest man serving In the Navy.
called on Secretary Daniels a few days ago, and was warmly welcomed by
be bead of tbe Jfavy Department. He left tne service nail a century ago.
ftee aArvlnar (hrnuvh the Civil War. and re-entered aa rarnenter'a tnata
on .May 21. IS IT.
BIG SHIP JUSTIFIES -NAME
Trial Trip of Concrete Vrwl Faith
Prove Suercf ul. '
AV FRANCISCO. Way I. The steam
er faith, tbe largest concrete ship In
the world, built by the San Francisco
Shipbuilding Company, was given a sue
easeful trial trip here today, averaging
more than 11 knots an hour In Its four
passages over the official trial coarse,
Navigators had expected the vessel's
engines to develop an average speed of
Is knots an hour.
Experta and shipbuilders who were
a the vessel expressed themselves as
being highly pleased with ita perform
act. Captain Richard E. Connell. la
command of tbe Faith, said the test was
satisfactory.
Weather conditions were perfect. The
test laated four hour a
The Falth'a electric and steam steer
ing gear, according to those who were
oa the vessel, worked exceptionally
wen.
The Faith's engines were Installed In
44 days. This. It was said, established
av record here, the previous record
being C
These engines are known aa triple
expansion, reciprocating, marine steam
engines, and are designed especially for
ocean travel. Tbey are situated la the
stern of the vessel in order that valu
able cargo space will not be takea up
with any excess of driving gear.
The success of the trip put into op
eration the plans for three more con
crete beats, each larger than the Faith,
to built here by the same company
aa fast as the material becomes avail
able.
The Faith has already been chartered
for her first voyage.
KYLE AGAIN IN PEKING
AMXJUCAX. LO.tO CAPTIVE, LITTLE
WORSE rOR KXPERIEXCE.
mile Bale) fas Coat Bears WHaeea
Very .vanew Camps frees
J Chlaeae BaadHa.
PEKIXti Sunday, April Jt By the
Associated Press. -George A. Kyle, of
Portland. Or., the American engineer
released last week after having been
held captive by Chinese bandits for 11
days, haa returned to Peking little the
worse for his experience. A bullet bole
la the shoulder of his coat bears wit
ness to his narrow escape when tbe
bandits fired on hint at 1 paces on the
day of his capture.
The Amerlran'a release was effected
by Charles D. Tenney. Chinese Secre
tary of tbe American Legation, and r
C Hitchcock, of tbe Sterne-Carey Rail
way at Canal Company. In conjunction
with tbe Chinese General Chang and
the Catholic mission. No ransom was
raid, but General Chang guaranteed
tbe leaders places on his bodyguard.
Mr. Kyle told the correspondent that
be had been well treated by the bandita
while be waa kept secreted In the vari
ous villages. Tbe long nlgbt marches
were tbe rooet trying experiences, be
said.
Mrs. George A. Kyle, of the Imperial
Arms apartments, yesterday received a
brief cable message from the Klems
Carey Canal Company, through the
American legstloa at Peking, announc
ing that Mr. Kyle bad been released.
The additional Information contained
la the dispatch to The Oregoniaa was
read with relief by Mrs. Kyle, who is
anxiously awaiting direct word from
her husband.
RISH IN DOUR 100
Conscription- Edict "Makes
Tense Situation in Island.
WILD RUMORS CIRCULATED
Report That Treasury Note Would
.Be Xo Good After War Cause
Immediate Hoarding of Silver
In Monster District.
DUBLIN. May . By the Associated
Press. 1 Although Ireland Is quieter
than before, the announcement of con
crlDtlon there Is still causing great
tension of public feeling and much dls
cusslon of future prospects.
The appointment as chief secretary
for Ireland of Edward Shortt, radical
and home ruler, followed oy tne ap
onlntment of William Archer Redmond,
member of Parliament for East Tyrone
aa Intelligence officer on Lord French's
trr. created for a tew aays ine im
pression tbat the government had aban
doned its intention of enforcing con
mrlntlon.
It Is. however.' generally realised that
the policy of the government is two
fold, and that US aeciarauone renam
ing home rule and conscription stand
equally firm.
Unlike the Sinn Feiners, who take
the view that the Irish should Ignore
the offer of home rule and remain per
manently away from Parliament, the
absence of tbe Nationalists Is tem
Dorarv and the prevailing opinion
among them Is that they should return
for the second reading of the home
rule bill and elate their decision upon
t. In fact, the union of the National
ists and Sinn Feiners is limited to the
Question of conscription.
Several wild rumors have been active.
One bad It that treasury notes hsre had
been issued aa a war expedient and
would he usslesa after the war. Tbe
story was believed, especially In Nun
ster. where the people changed their
notes for silver, which they hoarded.
The result waa that there was serious
dislocation of business, the employers
finding difficulty In getting money to
pay tbelr workmen, while the stores
had to give credit for goods.
Tbe silver shortsge affected the Dub
lin traders' banks today. Even the
postofflces were unable to supply
hanga for notes. Thirty chests of
liver arrived to relieve the stress.
Kavv Death Rate Lowest on Itecord.
WASHINOTOV. May I. Incomplete
reports received by Surgeon-General
Ttrmlafat chief of the NiTT Medtrml
Corps, tadioated that the death rate for I Record. Chronicle. Times. Dispatch and
Hernia aaeo to oiviae ino neia. men
the Times and -Herald were combined
Chicago Newspaper History
Full of Mergers. ' .
Instead ef Seven. Two Jearaals New
Serve Meralag Field.
(Home Interesting additional farts la re
tard te the recent merer ef tbe Oilc.se
Htrald vfitb the examiner, and la regard
to events leading ap to the mercer, are
given in tbe following special dispatch, seat
est ef Chicago):
CHICAOO. May 1. Chicago, which
only a few yeara ago read aeven morn
ing newapapers all at the same time,
will have to get along with Just two
when It sits down to breakfast tomor
row ths Tribuns and the Herald-Examiner.
For the Herald, in the fourth
merger In which it has been an In
gredient, today was combined with the
Hearst morning paper. Chicago need
to have twice as many morning sheets
aa evening papers. Today Just the re
verse Is true.
Morning newspaper history here
since 19i) has been one long atory of
combinations. The Tribune. Inter-Ocean,
aa the Times-Herald In, merger No,
Tbat left six.
Later on the Times-Herald was com
btned with the old Record under the
name of the Record-Herald in merger
No. 2. That left five.
Shortly thereafter the Examiner was
started, restoring the total to six. But
the suspension of the old Dispatch, fol
lowed In a few years' by the dropping
out of thr- Chronicle, cut the total to
four.
For a time the morning and evening
sheets split ths field, four to. four.
Then. In the Spring of 1914. the Inter-
Ocean and the Record-Herald' were
united In merger No. S under the name
of tha Herald and under the editorship
of James Keeley. who left the Tribune
to found the new venture. That left
three
Today Keeley'a Herald was absorbed
by Hearst's Examiner in merger No. 4
That leaves Juat two.
And through all the mergers the
name "Herald" has been the only one
to survive. The Times, the Record and
the Inter Ocean with which it was
amalgamated at different times are all
but forgotten.
For four years the Herald haa been
a loatng venture. Reports in business
circles place the annual deficit at (300,
000.
Mr. Keeley, the retiring editor, la to
go abroad to spend three months mak
tng Investigations for twd European
countries and upon his return may be
come editor of the Herald-Examiner.
The new merged paper will be Issued
from the Hearst building, under the
present editorship of Arthur Brisbane,
and the old Herald plant on Washing
ton will be sold.
KARELIA TO BE LET ALONE
Finns Allege Conquest of Country-
Is Not Contemplated.
STOCKHOLM. May i. The Finns do
not contemplate the conquest of
Karelia, according to the Helslngfors
correspondent of the Svenska Dag
blatt, who haa sent the following tele
gram:
T can report authoritatively that no
Finnish action for conquest of Rus
sian Karelia can be expected, since
Germany will not support such a plan.
Meanwhile, a movement haa been set
afoot by the Inhabitants of Karelia to
inatltute a plebiscite regarding the
question of Joining Finland, and If a
majority should favor It Germany
might be Inclined to support - their
demands."
Karelia is a region In the northwest
of Russia embracing the southeast cor
ner of Finland and Including parte of
the governments of Petrograd, Oloneta
and Archangel and bordering to the
northeast of the White Sea. The Kare
Hans belong to the Finnish stock.
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PRESS PEEVES GERMAN
BEfEXTtOW REFUSES TO ADMIT
BRITISH ARB CHIVALROUS.
for a longr time to come. But when he
does go hpme, what then?
"As we sow, we shall reap, and if
we sow well today we know that when
he goes home he will sow the seeds of
everlasting; concord."
CREEL TO BE INVESTIGATED
Publisher 'Will Look Into Work of
Public Information Committee.
WASHINGTON. May S. Frank P.
Glass, president of tbe American News
paper Publishers Association, has ac
cepted the invitation of George Creel
o send a committee representing the
ssoclstlon to Washington to inquire
nto the work belnr done by the com
mittee on public information, of which
Mr. Creel is chairman.
In a letter addressed to Mr. Creel,
Mr. Glass declared that he waa Ira-
pressed that "there should be a more
thorough knowledge on the, part of the
public of your committee's function
nd work, ana mat ne waa convinced
that "such a knowledge would be most
beneficial to the country and especially
to the newspapers."
Heaora Recently Accorded Fantoas
Teatonlc "Ace" at Burial Declared
te Be . Self-Ad vertisemeat.
AMSTERDAM, May S. Count. Re
ventlow. In an article headed "British
Chivalry and Self-Advertisement" in
the Deutsche Tagea Zeltung, complains
that the German press recently went
so far aa to admit tbat tne Jtsrman
sometimes are chivalrous to an enemy.
This he considers insufferable.
The Count is incensed particularly
because the German papers expressed
alarttlnn with h In whlth
the famous German airman. Captain
xsaron von nicninuivu was hviicu w
the British and aays:
"We cannot accept these so-called
honors aa sincere. It ia all an adver
tlsement-' Our enemies forget to tell
us what enormous sums they received
for bringing down Rlchthofen. All
members of the flying corps who
buried our hero are nothing but war
profiteers.
orpaj ihwbiwi iiwi tm uc.iu r. lor I i
the week ending April 17 waa the low. 1
est la the tiistory of the -Navy. J I
Butte Plasterers on Strike.
BUTTE. Mont. May S. The strike of
Butte plasterers is partly tying up
building construction. The men de
mand an Increase in wages from $S tq
$ per day as demanded by the plumb
ers' union, whloh is also oa strike.
SOLDIERS' HOME PROPOSED
Stratford, Shakespeare's Birthplace,
May Honse Americans.
LONDON. May . The Weekly Dis
patch today featured an editorial urg
ing the establishment at Stratford of a
central "home" for American soldiers
on leave. ,
"In the heart of England." says the
paper, "there is a spot hallowed forever
In the hearts of all who speak the Eng
lish tongue, namely. Stratford, tbe
birthplace of Shakespeare. Is there
any reason why a rest homtr for the
American soldier on leave should not
be in this spot? .
"The American soldier does not want
merely to see our towns, but our his
torical monuments. To him. as to the
British soldier, there Is no place like
home. Let us give him a worthy one.
He is here to help us; he. may be, here
DIVER MENACE HELD LESS
Franklin Roosevelt Says American
Fleet Ia Doing Good Work.
NEW YORK, May 6. While the
U-boat menace has not been eliminated
Its danger should decrease from now
on, asserted Franklin D. Roosevelt,
Assistant Secretary of the Navy, in an
address here last night.
"Our fleet is patrolling the North
and South Atlantic," he said, "and all
we can say (a that we have reached
such a point that the U-boat danger
ought to decrease from this time on,
the opening of the Spring fishing season.
Astoria Fishermen Fined.
ASTORIA. Or, May 6. (Special)
Lars Brecke and Samuel Hill were
found guilty in Justice Court Saturday
afternoon on a charge of violating the
state law by having fresh salmon In
their possession during the closed fish
lng season. Each was fined $50 and 5
costs. The men were arrested the
morning of May 1. several hours before
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