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TIIE MORNING OREGONIAX, MONDAY, MAT 13, 1918. CHAMBERLAIN PLAN IS HOTLY OPPOSED Proposed Probe Rouses Ad ministration Ire and Lively Row Is Threatened. AIRCRAFT EXPOSE ASSURED Approval. Which If Expected, Mnni Thai Aviation Fiasco Will Be Tor Vide Open Borjlnm V Prepared to Fight. WASHINGTON May 11 (Special) Bator Chamberlain's war conduct In vestigation resolution. directed princi pally at tha aircraft failure, but em bracing everything connected with tba War Department, baa arouccd oppo.l tloo from Administration sources and a row over Ita adoptloa without modi fication la threatened. Soma Administration Senator bars been con far rlns; oa tba subject, but It ia believed tonlcht that any effort they mar mas a to prevent tba military, af fairs eommlttea del vine deeply Into I War Department activity will be abort lived and Ineffective. Joint memorial service of tba Macca bees of Oreg-on yesterday at Orient Hall. East tilxth and Alder streets. Vlarcabeea from all the tents In the city tethered to do reverence to their dead and listen to their supreme commander. This U the last meet Inn which will be held while Mr. Marker la In the city, lie has spoken at various meetings of the state lodge, which convened ' Portland In his honor, and he vlslte several tents la the cltiea near Port land. At the meetlnss of the stat ludae. the followlnr officers were I their chairs: Tast Commander Mer rick. Commander J. TV. Cher wood. Lieu tenant-Commanders C. McKee and A. K. ' yrus. Chaplain Rev. F. W. tfnyder, reanta L Mehrllnc and Ned Munger, Masters of the Guard W. Gllson and J Walker, fentlnel H. Everbart and Picket J. W. Smith. The folio win a membership Increase committee waa appointed during Mr. Marker's visit to the city: W. A. Burke, lr. Leon Wolff and John Aaebwandsn. of Portland: August Huckesteln. Salem J. K tfa-ott. Corvallia: Kdward Horsky. I Albany: W. L. Jones, Jefferson; Jamea A. swan. Mill City, and Ira Mebrling. t ails City. CUT-UP PLANT IS BUSK GOVERNMENT MILL WORKING X4 nolHi DAILT. Rlvtas; Sprae 8 seeded V VmtU Sarplaa la Berfaala to rile Vf la Taacaaver Yards. VANCOUVER, Wash-. May 11 (Spe cial.) Should people who have been criticising; the Government about the 'airplane production sea the riven spruce rushing; Into Vancouver dally These Se n a t ors are opposed to turn- the carload and almost by the train- Ins- over to the military affalra com- load, they would know mat it was not snittee an absolutely free rein at this I for want of spruce that the planes have time. Although they say there la no I not been built. disposition to bide anything, they re gard the resolution, as It Is now worded, as an indorsement of everything that haa beea dona by the committee tbua far. and they are fearful lest an au thorisation g-antlng the committee The Signal Corps cut-up plant, lo cated here. Is now operating 24 hours a day and the amount of airplane stock Is correspondingly increased. The good weather In the forests and carta blanche and unlimited funds to I ,ne good work of the men getting out the spruce have at laat begun to show big results. AH up and down the rail- arouse resentment on the part of men rosd between here and Aberdeen and who already are working bard to cor-1 Hoqulam can be aeen carloads of spruce carry oa three or four separate Inves Itsatlons Into different military activi ties may serve to stir up confusion and reel mistakes and to make up for lost Urns and wasted effort. Adapttaa Coasted Certainty. But the resolution is practically eer tain of adoption. It will be reported tomorrow from the committee on audit and control and Immediately after Ita approval Senator Chamberlain will ap point the sub-committees which are to tear the aviation fiasco wide open. On committee will take up expend! lures and aviation failures and another will Investigate the license agreement which Senator Thomas says gave an amalgamated aeroplane concern monopoly of the Industry in the United States. It Is reported tonight that Senator Reed, of Missouri, may be made head of the aircraft fallura lnvestlga tlon. Gutxoa Borrlum. the New Tork sculptor and special aircraft lnvestlga tor who has beea subjected to serious attack from the Administration, ar rived In Washington today prepared to fight. He wanta a hearing before the Senate committee on the charges that he sought to use the President's In fluence while Investigating the air craft programme, to advance Interests of aa aeroplane company ha proposed to organise. -i wesTa9 Borglum insists that the charges vf duplicity against him are the result of a frameup concocted by Individuals hurt by his report to the President on the collapse of the Government's pro gram ma. recallas Facta IMeelaaed. being loaded ready for shipment to this city, and nearly every freight train ar riving here has from one to a dosen carloads, which are sidetracked into the spruce plant and unloaded on either side of the track with two huge trav eling cranes. So much spruce has come thai a surplus is being acquired, a feat not possible until recently. All six units of the mill are operating to ca pacity, 24 hours a day. The Immense dry kiln. Just east of the cut-up plant. Is almost completed and the spruce lumber cut will be kiln- dried here within a short time. By drying the stock here Instead of In tha East a great saving can ba made in several waya. Mora stock can be shipped and the stock that shows flaws of any kind can be thrown out. "LEAP FOR FAME" MADE HIPPODROME FEATIRES MELO DRAMATIC PHOTOPLAY. AMERICANS SCOUR FRANCE FOR EGGS Egoless Villages Mark Trail of Yankees and Peasantry Reaps Rich Harvest. SOLDIERS PROVE HONEST C. S. Boy Pay as They Go. Accord ing to Floyd Gibbons, and Only Cases of Theft so Far Reported - of Inconsequential Character. Jskassa-Deaa Mlaatrela Oa of Best Acta aa Taadevtlle Prograaiasa f Caod Tatars. The newspaper game, with a reporter la cross between an amateur detective Concerning rharaaa and statement. literary genius, is the basis for filed la the Xenate relating to Borglum the plot in a photoplay, entitled "Leap some peculiar facts have come to light- (for Fame." which forma an Important While the reports against him were I part of tbla week'a programme at the said to have been prepared by the mill- I Hippodrome Theater. tary Intelligence section. It now appears I A young college man. auddenly cut that they never were aubmltted to the I off from his source of monetary aupply. Intelligence bureau. Instead they were I la forced to make his own living, presented to Vice-President Marshall I He breaka Into newspaper life by and Senator Thomas, who In turn pre-I some mistake on the part of the city anted there to the Senate by F. S. editor of a New Tork daily and while Mardesty. a representative here of the lout oa his first story becomes in Itodge Manufacturing Company, at the Ivoived In a treasonable conspiracy. He request of the War Department. In plays the part of tha hero, wins an this case the War Department Is un- heiress for his bride, and gets la good aerstooa to mean the secretary of War. I with the city editor, This peculiar method of making I By far the best act on the vaudeville what purported to be an exposure of Iproaramme Is ths Johnson-Dean Kavue Borglum gives some slight support to with Its minstrels. Hawaiian plantation Korgiums contention that be is the and Cakewalk dancea are presented, to- victim or a irameup and strengthens aether with novelty singing. materially his demand for an Invest!- I Ruth Howell trio, presents a novelty gaiion. I serial act. Mlsa Howell features In It nas not Been announced officially I difficult somersault toe-to-toe catch. mat tna war department or any other she Is said to be the only woman in Department or tne uovernment poa- America who can do tha trick. seues any, proof of Borglum a lnslncer- I Three Tlvoll Glrla present a delight "i r in me commence fUl and harmonious musical act. piaceo in mm ty the President for the Work and Keat- Impersonate two promotion of his town Interests and clubmen carrying home a heavy cargo vrp- i puoiiBneo uocumenis Qf wet goods. Their act is duly named u,.n ww iw avw ia am wbs meting I "Trie End of Home Day. improperly are otiiciai only because Songs ranging from grand opera to i . .oiuh.i jicvui u. ci ifiw senator wno i Harry Davla. suomutea tnere to the senate did not Karl Glrdellefs "A Trip to the Coast' ""'"- '"s w tneir features four trick canine autnenticity ana neia mem merely in the form that he had received them. PORTLAND IS INVITED C. 7. Sullivan Here on Last Leg of I 12,000-MIIe Tour. Tha man who today completes the biggest single-handed Job 'of conven tion promotion ever recorded will be the gueat of honor this noon at the Mayor's luncheon and Joint assemblage of Ad Club and Chamber of Commerce Celestlne J. Sullivan, of San Fran dsco. Portland Is Mr. Sullivan's last stop a tour or II.000 miles, touching every large city of the Nation. H has mads this tour ss the emissary of the San Francisco Advertising Club, at each place visited extending lnvita tlon of his club to everybody Inter ested to attend the 14th annual con RESPONSE IS GENERAL ORPHEUM CROWDS CONTRIBUTE TO HELP STARVING BABIES. Devices Appealing for Financial As sistance WIU Be Installed la 15 or Mere Fartlaad Flayhoases. Pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters patrons of the Orpheum dropped them freely yesterday In the shining milk bottiea of the novel device which mutely appeals for funda to buy milk for the under-nourished Infanta of France and Belgium. 'Milk for Babies of France and Bel- glum." reads the lettering on the white- ventloa of the Assoclsted Advertising I T i Z '"""" n" Clubs of the World. San Francisco 1. "nd- Su.ppor,d. on rm" 5 ,he de." to entertain thia convention July T to 11. "It Is extremely fortunate for Pa- elfle Coast cities, declared Mr.- Sul livan, who arrived her yesterday. "that this eonvsntion is to be held In thts section. There Is no bunk In the statement that advertising la en tering upon a new era of world domi nation- It all comes sbout because the war demonstrates with tremendous effectiveness what advertising means to ths world. "One of the objects f ths conven- vice are locked two real glass milk bottles, ready to receive the contribu tions. . Manager Frank McGettlgan, of the Orpheum. waa the first of the co-operating theater managers to get one of the fund-collecting devices In place. They will appear before IS other thea ters of ths city today. Later they may also be placed In the hotels. The de vices are being built in Portland. Arrangement for the milk fund do nations waa made in Portland by Ern est de Balllleta. representing Mrs. Spreckela. of San Francisco. The move -iii k! ,r. 1 " . e . .. " ment here is directed by the Rotary 15.JyS!!i Bd Club, which hold, the master key and " Q- "n" makes ths collections. . v -. .1 iivu ujui yrviu wonuerxuiiy through It" The visitor waa advised yesterday I that Be win be honored on his arrival at home with a reception In which all clubs of San Francisco will Join. He will leave for there this evening. Many Cross Colombia Bridge. VANCOUVER, Wash.. May 12. (Soe- claL While It is not yet known what the total receipts of the Columbia River Interstate bridge were today. they were unusually large, particu larly on account of the Ideal Spring day which drew hundreda of auto- moblllng parties to the country and 6-pren.e Comma.der of M.ee.bees iVUw-SmbSr c.'m.'ov.from TRIBUTE IS PAID TO DEAD Talk at Memorial Service. D. P. Msrkey. supreme commander of the Maccabees of America, delivered tha memorial address at the annual Portland to witness ths ball gams In Standlfer ball park. A fsw Sundays ago receipta on the bridge were over 11 sou. Read Uarley's article, pa-e T. Adv. BT FLOTD P. GIBBONS. WTTH THE AMERICAN ARMT UN DER GENERAL FOCH IN FRANCE. Msy 12. (Special.) In an Imposing chateau of the Second Empire, now pre sided over by an American heiress, wire of a French officer, was the regimen tal headquarters ths night General Foch took over the command- Its barns and outbuildings were the clean est In France, according to individuals who have recently slept in so msny barns that tbey feel qualified to Judge. Painfully sanitary." said a young Lieutenant, who' remarked that a tile floor might make the stable smell sweeter, but It hsrdly offered the slumbering possibilities of a straw shakedown. While men arranged their blankets In these quarters the horses grased and rolled In green paddocks fenced with white-painted rails, cooks got busy with the evening meal and men off duty started exploring two nearby villages. Eggs Are la Demand. Financial schemes are always a part of these explorations for the American soldier. It is seldom more than an hour after his arrival in a populated village before the stock market and board of trade are in full operation. These mo bile establishments usually are set up in ths village squares if headquarters does not happen to be located too close. There are plenty to play the roles of bulls snd bears and there Is much bidding and shouting of Quota tions. Dealings are not In bushels of May wheat or shares In oils or rails. Deli cacies are bartered commodities, and of these eggs sre the strongest. The German Intelligence service could find no surer way of tracing the peregrina tions of American troops about France than to follow up the string of egg less villages they leave behind. Search for Eggs Incessant. As soon as billets are located, those without extra duty begin the egg can vass of a town. There la success for those who make the earliest start and strike the section with the most pro llflc hens. At various prices eggs at re bought before the news of the Amer ican arrivals has caused the peasant to set up a new scale of charges. Tha usual late starter and victim of the arrangement Is the officer's "striker " who has lost valuable time by having to take care of hia officer's luggage ana get tne latter established lh bil lets. It Is then his duty to procure eggs for tha officer's mess. By that tlma all natural egg re sources have been obliterated and the only available supply Is cornered by tbe soldiers' board of trade. The de sired breakfast feed may be obtained In that place only. It Is ths last and only resort of ths striker who is euphoniously known as "dog robber." High Prices Charged. In the board of trade he finds sol diers with helmets full o eggs, which may be bought at anywhere from two to three times their original price. It la only by payment at auch prlcea that an officer is able to obtain any. If there is a surplus, the soldiers have ample belt room to accommodate it. In one village tavern I saw one soldier eat 14 eggs which be ordered madame to fry in succession. I can believe it, because I saw It. also, but I feel that she Hoes not believe her eyes. Tbe Captain of the Judge-Advocate's office, also witnessed the gastronomic feat and observed: "Every one of those eggs waa bought and paid for," he said. TJur department handles claims for all stolen or destroyed property and we have yet to receive the first claim from this town. Little Theft Reported. "Of course, every one the world over knows that a hungry man will ateal to eat. and there are those who hold that theft for the purpose of satisfying the demands of the stomach la not theft. But our records show that the Ameri can soldier in France is willing to buy and capable of buying what he needs outside the ration allowance. 'Of course, we have some Instances of stealing, but most of It is trivial. Recently we deducted from the pay of one whole battalion tne cost of 11 cheses which were taken from a rail road restaurant counter. The fact is that soms of our troops en route were hungry and the train was stopping only for five minutes and the woman behind the counter didn't have time to even take, much less change, money offered, so the men grabbed the cheeses and ran out just in time to board the train aa It was moving off. Beys Appropriate Stove. "There was one case, though. In which Uncle Sam didn't have the heart to charge any one. He paid the bill himself and maybe If you could send the story bsck home the cltisens who paid it would get a laugh worth the money. It happened during the recent cold spell when some of our troops were traveling from the seaboard to the interior. They traveled in semi-open horse cars, and it was cold damned cold. "One train stopped In front of a small railroad station and six soldiers with cold hands and feet jumped from the car and entered the waiting-room, in the center of which was a large square coal stove with red-hot sides. One man stood on another's shoulders and disjointed the stovepipe. At the same time two others placed poles under the bottom of the stove, lifted it off .tbe floor and walked out of the room with It. Soldiers Keep Warm. "They placed It in the horsecsr, stuck ths pipe out of one door and were warm for the remainder of the trip. It was tbs first time In the history of that little village that anybody had ever stolen a redhot stove. The French gov ernment, now owning the railroads, made claim against us for 400 francs for ths stove and 11 francs' worth of coal In It- Uncle Sam paid the bill and waa glad to do it. "I know of only one case to beat that one. and that concerned the In fantryman who stols a hlvs full of honey and took the bees along with It The medical department bandied one aspect of the case and the Provost Mar shal the other. The bees meted out soms of ths punishment and we stung his pay for costs. "But there Is ons thing soldiers on the move find more difficult to steal, and that is sleep. So at least it seemed the next morning when we swung Into the road at daybreak and continued the march north." Longer Life for Men's Clothes NEGLECT, more often tHari wear, shortens the life of clothes. ; : : Treat a good suit considerately and see how it re- pays you in longer service. : : : But first remember that care is wasted upon poor garments that it can never supply the lack of all wool fabrics and honest workman ship qualities which the Kirsch baum label absolutely guarantees: $20, $25, $30 and up to $40 j. Phegley .& Cavender Corner Fourth and Alder Streets . GAILLAUX TRAIL CUT Bonnet Rouge Developments Point to ex-Premier. TREASON CHARGE HINTED Prince Regent of Serbia on the fol lowing Americans: C. A. Coffin, C. O. Maillou, Anton G. Hodenpyl and Mrs. Arthur Curtiss James, of New York; George Cabot Lee, Boston; Samuel Insult, James B. For tran and David B. Jones, Chicago; Mayor James Rolph and William H. Crocker, San Francisco, and Alexan der Bailie, Seattle, Wash. The following were decorated with the Cross of Charity: Mrs. Walter C Baylies, Boston; Mrs. C. B. Alexander, Mrs. Andrew Carnegie and Mrs. Stephen Harkness. New York; Mrs. Richard T. Crane, Jr., and Mrs. Arthur Meeker, Chicago; Mrs. Oliver Dwlght Norton, Santa Barbara, Cal.; John Clausen, San Francisco, and Will iam J. Burns, Portland, Or. I PAUL RYAN GETS BERTH REPORTER NAMED SECRETARY BY KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS. Evidence In Paris Trial Indicates Banker Marx Financed Prop aganda in Franco for Early Peace. PARIS. May 11. The trial of the directors of the Bonnet itouge, wi defunct Socialist and Germanophlle newspaper, eniereu us urday when Captain Mornet, the prose cutor, summed up his case for the state. He said that by conversations aoout the San Stefano Casino Company with Marx, the Mannheim banker, M. Duval. one of the accused, had oeen arawn little by little into treason, receiving money from Marx and working for an early peace between France and Ger-man'r- . . Captain Mornet snowea me paranci between 15 Deace campaigns by the Rnnn.t Ttnuin and the Gasette Des Ardennea. a newspaper published in the French language in occupied sections of Northern France. He read articles showing the peace-at-any-price policy of the Bonnet Rouge. One quotation was: "President Wilson's action Is evl dentlv a victory for those who will fight to the bitter end, but war is not won by such victories. Th connection of M. Caillauz with the present case was closely examines by the prosecutor, who eaid: "Marx Is such an Important agent of Germany that when the German gov ernment wished to enter Into relations or renew relations with the French ex Premier, who, it believed, rightly or wrongly, was favorable to it. It sent two documents to the ex-Premier's Parts address. One offered an ap pointment and the other gave the ad dress of Banker Marx. Both were seized in M. Calllaux' safe in a Flor ence bank. "I think I am entitled to identify the H. A. Marx, of the Calllaux affair the H. A. Marx of the Calllaux affair affair. We are not trying M. Calllaux yet. but I am compelled to pronounce his name every time I deal with a case of treason." Thia caused a sensation In the court room and there was applause. EIGHT-HOUR PROTEST MADE Railroad Station Employes Object to Wage Commission Report. WASHINGTON. May 12. The first formal protest against the recom mendations of the Railroad Wage Com mission was filed today with Director General McAdoo by the Brotherhood of Railroad Station Employes. It will be absolutely impossible for the railroads to maintain a permanent force of freight handlers at the rates Indicated in the recommendations,' the protest said, " in view of the fact that they have not recommended the basic eight-hour day. PORTLAND MAN DECORATED Cross of Charity of Serbia Conferred on William J. Burns. NEW YORK. May IS. Announce ment was made here last night that in recognition of their efforts in behalf of Serbia the order of Knighthood of St Sava had been conferred by the SHIPYARD IS TAKING FORM Xew Vancouver Plant Will Soon Be Ready for Business. VANCOUVER. Wash., May 12. (Spe cial.) Workmen in the steel plant of the G. M. Standifer Construction Corpo ration in Vancouver are pushing con struction. Within the pa&t two weeks a huge warehouse three stories high has been almost completed. The yard office has been finished and work started on the big plate shop. Itself twice as high as the warehouse. The foundations for practically all the machinery have been ready some time, The five ways are fast assuming form and most of the piling in three of them has been driven. Some of the machinery has already arrived and Is being put in place, and it will not be long before the keel for the company's first steel ship for Uncle Sam will be laid. Beaverton Re-elects Principal. BEAVERTON, Or., May 12. (Special.) Beaverton School Board at a recent meeting re-elected Earl E. Fisher as principal of the grade school. Read Harley's article, paare 7. Adv. FIT Ralstons always fit as though made to your measure. That's one reason why they are always so comfortable and wear so well. Ralston Shoes for Men keep their shape be cause they- are cor rectly designed and carefully made. '. Lion Clothing Co. The Ralston House in Portland Morrison at Fourth I Appointee Will Leave for Camp aewls This Week and Probably Later ' Will Be Sent to France. ' Paul Ryan, - for the last five years a member of the reportorial staff of The Oregonlan and until recently an enlisted man In the ranks of the Uni versity of Oregon Base Hospital Unit No. 46, Is going to war whether or no. Within two hours after he had been honorably discharged from the base hospital unit for slight but important physical defects he had applied for a place with the Knights of Colum-bus war forces and he was chosen Instantly to take charge of one of the berths at Camp Lewis as secretary. Mr. Ryan will return at once to American Lake and within two months, he hopes, will be en route to France. Mr. Ryan was discharged from the hospital ranks because he was unable to pass the final physical test for over seas military duty. He had been one of the most persistent applicants for military duty, having sought entrance to the officers' training camp without avail, being turned down always in the final examination for overseas duty alter passing the preliminary. Mr. Ryan is a graduate of Gonzaga university at Spokane, and had mill tary training there and elsewhere. His father is a rancher at Pullman, Wash. Mrs. Banghinan, AVoodburn, Buried. WOODBURN, Or., May 12. (Special.) The funeral of Mrs. Margaret Head rick Baughman, aged 76 years, and a pioneer, was largely attended here this afternoon, services being held in the M. E. Church. Mrs. Baughman, who died early "yesterday morning, was the wife of J. H. Baughman. They lived for many years on Howell Prairie and have been well-known residents of the district.- Interment was at Belle Pass! Cemetery. To Liberty Bond Holders, Semi-Annual Inter est on the Second Liberty Bonds is due May 15th. This bank will cash your coupons when due. " UKe United ' SiateA JVational JSank Sixth and Stark Capital W Surplus '2JOO.OOO.00 : m J - hi I " - J " Wm. A. Dalziel For Labor Commissioner What the Oreaon State Federation of Labor Says About Hlmi "Dalziel is a machinist and Is now a Deputy Commissioner; has Been successful in keeping peace between the employers and men and is well thought of by those with whom he comes in contact." (Pnld Advertisement.) Vm ...I ikS. Ti 7&i 4 t r i - For County Commissioner RE-ELECTION. Philo Holbrook REPUBLICAN . BALLOT NO. 107. Hls long service as County Sur vey or and Commissioner qualifies him to give an' efficient, economical and business administration of coun ty affairs. ... (Paid. Adv. by Ilolbroolt Campaign .' ' . Com.) T
