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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, TUESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1019. WOODEN SHIPBOARD REVEWS WORK Manager Weyworth Leaves Shipping Body Service. SENATE CHARGE ANSWERED Defects and Errors Appearing in Earlier Vessels Gradually Being Eliminated. WASHINGTON', Jan. 20. The resig nation of James Ormerod Heyworth, of Chicago, manager of the wooden ship division. United States Shipping Board, Emergency Fleet Corporation, is an nounced. Mr. Heyworth withdrew from tne service of the corporation for the reason that he is no longer able to disregard the demands of his private business as engineering contractor. Before relinquishing his post Mr. Heyworth issued the following state ment. In this the work of the Wooden Ship Division is for the first time de scribed by the retiring head of that important organization. The statement follows: Statement I iMaed. Wooden chips to the number of 101 have been completed op to December 1 and have rieen turned over to the operating division of the United States Shipping: Board. Of these 94 are in active service, carrying; rarro or moving: in ballast from one port to another, and facts are now at hand concerning: the movement of 85 of these vessels. They have made in all 30.1 voyages, -overt ng- a total of 490.422 vtatute miles. The record shows that 194 of these voyages were with cargo, representing a freight movement of approximately 485.000 tons, a total mileage of statute miles. They traveled from fcran Francisco to Ma nila, a distance of 8560 miles: from West t.'oast ports to Africa and Antofagasta, 'hi!e, a maximum distance of G3O0 miles; from Antofagasta to Gulf and Atlantic ports, a maximum distance of 4500 miles; " from Julf ports to North Atlantic ports; from Middle Atlantic ports to Halifax, Bermuda and the Virgin. Islands; from Middle Atlantic porta to Eew England ; from San Fran cisco to Honolulu : from San Prandsco to Portland and Seattle. They have performed a. particularly valuable service in runs be tween San Francisco, Seattle and Honolulu, ca trying, outward bound, a full cargo of coal, and homeward bound a cargo of sugar, pineapples or canned goods. Hour, canned goods. Red Cross supplies and general cargo have been carried from the West Coast to New York for trans-shipment to the war zone for use by our armed forces, or for the relief of the distressed peoples of Europe. The vessels of the wooden fleet have carried cement to Chile and have returned with that essential mar and agricultural necessity, nitrate. Wooden vessels have - carried sulphur from Texas, foal to New England and to our naval force. They have carried raw sugar from the cane fields of Honolulu to the re fineries in San Francisco. This movement of cargo has been accomplished with sub fitantially no loss to the shippers. It has heen demonstrated that the vessels of the wooden fleet have rendered valuable service in both coastwise and trans-oceanic runs. Construction Is Justified. Construction of wooden vessels on a large scale was justified only by Germany's ruthless submarine programme. Germany's U-boats were sinking tonnage during 1917 and the early part of IMS many times faster i nan the shipyards of the allied nations ( ould produce it. Every available kind of material that could be used for ship con- traction, and every facility that existed, or tuld be created, had to be utilized to meet this treacherous and ruthless destruc tion. The construction of wooden ships was i-ertainly justified by the circumstances and conditions obtaining when the construction : was decided upon. It has been justified by t he account which these vessels gave of themselves In actual service. v It is true that expectations of deliveries were not met, and that the hopes of the proponents of wooden ships as to speed of construction were overly sanguine; neverthe less, measured by performance which in cludes vessels under way as well as ves sels delivered, the entire wood ship build ing programme has shown an efficiency of over 72 Vi per cent. Many causes contributed to these disappointments, but the fact re mains that had the war continued the woodn ships would have constituted a vital and an essential part of our coast wise or overseas transportation system. It was not intended that they should be. put into wr zone service, excepting in an ex t re me emergency, but they served their purpose by releasing from essential trades in the Pacific, in the West Indies and ftouth America vessels that cou Id meet the speed and carrying requirements that war zone conditions Imposed. Such opposition ss has arisen among op erating shippers to the wood ship is based not so much upon tJie material of which it is constructed as it is upon its size. and. consequently, smaJ I carrying capacity. Too much space must be given up to coal when these vessels are used on long journeys, and they are. therefore, unsuitable In a competitive market for such trade. However, tty tJie use of fuel oil, instead of coal, the steaming radius and efficiency of these vessels can be greatly Increased and plans to this end are now being worked out. But for the shorter runs or coastwise traffic, for- service in the Mediterranean and the Baltic wooden ships should continue to serve a useful and profitable purpose as long as a ship shortage, growing out of the ravages of the submarine, continues. evidence It Available. The Emergency Fleet Corporation, through James O. Heyworth, manager of the wood ship construction division, has a wealth of evidence at hand concerning the staunchness and seaworthiness of these vessels, evidence that is sufficient in volume and character to emphatically disprove any rumors of general failure of this type of ship. The most conspicuous performance of the wood ship is that it carried substantially an entire suirar crop from the Hawaiian Islands m 191S without any greater damage to this highly perishabte cargo than is sus tained in steel ships, and this, too, in spite of the fact that the wood ship was so badly thought of for this kind of service t hat the insurance rates showed a rate of V0 cents against 2o cants for similar car goes in steel ships. Substantially all of the canned goods originating in the islands have been carried back to American Pacific and Atlantic Coast ports with practicaJly sun liar results. Of all the troubles experienced with ths wood ship 00 per cent are of a minor char acter, and of these one-half are probably due to inexperienced crews or faulty ban diing. Senate Charges Answered. Some time ago the following charges were made in the Senate : 1. That from W to 100 wooden ships had been delivered by the builders, and of this number less than 50 have actually carried cargoes. 2. That the first of these vessels sank In ballast before H could be delivered to the operating company to which H was as signed. 3. That the second ship delivered, was consigned to the same company, out sank on its first trip out. 4. That none of the vessels delivered has VEGETABLE TEA FOR CONSTIPATION Thousands of families brew it at home and keep well. Sick headache, nervousness, sallow skin and drowsiness are nearly always caused by constipation and can easily he conquered by the use of Dr. Carter's K. and B. Tea. Brew it at home the same as vou would the regular mealtime tea and drink a cupful juwt before you go to bed. A small package that will last a lon time and any druggist will tell you that he has been selling it for years and that many people swear by it. lrink it for inactive liver and clogged up bowels. Tou"ll lfke it.. Being purely vegetable and gentle In action, it is fine for children and nearly all oi mem iiKe it. aov, yet gone over-seas, because none are fit to go. 6. That the, whole wooden ship pro gramme has been a failure, and that all of the money Invested In these vessels will be a dead loss to the Government. The defects and errors that have appeared In the earlier boats are being gradually eliminated, and the vessels now being de livered are being subjected to a very rigid inspection and an exhaustive sea trial be fore final acceptance. These charges were in part, at least, substantiated by the fact that three of the earlier vessels bad al ready become total losses. The circum stances attending these disasters were as follows: Blackford Crew Blamed. No. 1. The steamer Coos Boy, built by Kruse & Banks. Coos Bay, Or., foundered on September 11. 1918, during a gale while bound from San Francisco to the west coast of South America in ballast. No. 2. The steamer Blackford, built by the Grays Harbor Motor Ship Company, of Grays Harbor, Wash., was abandoned at sea during the same storm on September 11, 1018. and drifted asnore on the west coast of Mexico on September 25. Unsuccessful attempts to salve her have since been made. She, too. was bound from San Francisco to the west coast of South America. No. 3. The steamer Duraaru, while bound from the Pacific Coast to the Philippines with case oil, was struck by lightning and burned at sea. This disaster hapepned near the Island of Guam when half way between the Pacific Coast and the Philippines. Had these disasters r-ccurred to steel vessels they would not have been considered as in dicating a failure of all steel shipping, but, owing to the criticism that had been launched against the wood ship programme from the very first, undue emphasis was placed on these disasters. A master and crew accustomed to the handling of wood vessels would undoubt edly have stuck by the steamer Blackford, because wooden vessels normally leak from one and one-half inches per hour, such a leakage would be looked upon with no con cern by an experienced crew, but to a mas ter and crew accustomed to a tight steel ship and inexperienced In wooden vessels a leak of this amount would spell disaster and would undoubtedly drive them to seek the nearest port. Timbers Not Available. When the Emergency Fleet Corporation decided to build wood ships It was found that there was not in existence a design of a wood steamship that would meet the de mands of the situation. None of the de signs then available represented ships of sufficient cargo capacity, so new designs had to be made, and this occasioned much delsy. Another serious obstacle arose when it was discovered that timbers large enough for certain parts of the standard ship could not be obtained in required quantities for prompt delivery along either the Atlantic or the Gulf Coast, where fully 50 per cent of the yards are located. There were other handicaps, too. Shipyards received a setback because of poor railroad or water facilities. Housing conditions were bad. Many of the contractors who undertook the construc tion of wood ships were inexperienced, and because of this inexperience were prone to be too optimistic in tbelr promises of de Livery. Also it should not be forgotten that when the Emergency Fleet Corporation came Into being it was without organisation or prece dents. It had to virtually feel its way along. First, the corporation decided to construct on the "cost plus" basis, but later this policy was changed to that of award ing lump sum contracts. The authority to make such contracts was centered in the home office. All this made for much delay. While- it Is to be regretted that these delays did occur, yet. considering the task that had to be performed, .the output of wood ships already proved sufficient in amount and. early enough in time of de livery to be a factor in solving the trans portation problems of the war. Much credit is due to the consistent confidence in the possibilities .of the wood ship displayed by the executives of the wood ship division of the Fleet Corporation in the face of hostile and often unwarranted criticism. Coleaiam Heyworth Prodsct, Internationally known in the field of big engineering enterprises Mr. Hey worth was summoned late in 1917 to take the management of wood ship di vision which was created at that time. Mr. Hevworth was educated in the public schools of Chicago and at Tale University, where he figured in ath letics. "Big Jim" Heywortb. is sun re- embered in New Haven as one oi the afireressive members of that famous coterie of athletes who upheld the honor of Old Eli on field and tracic a quarter of a century ago. His work as civil engineer ana con tractor includes the construction of the old Coliseum in Chicago, which seated 20,000 people; extensive river and har bor improvements; the designing and direction of the Winton building, the first largo reinforced concrete struc ture in Chicago, and brtdgo ouiiaing, railroad construction and general con tracting On a large scale. DEATH GOMES SUDDENLY MRS. E. C. HABEL, IIIi ONLY FEW DAYS. OIES OF INFLUENZA. Wife of Secretary and Sales Man ager or Manley Aoto Co., Passes as Husband Speeds Eastward. Though in good health when her husband left la.t week for a month's Eastern trip, Mrs. K. C. Habel, wife of the secretary and sales manager of the Manley Auto Company, succumbed to influenza Saturday. The news caught Mr. Habel at Detroit, and he immediately set out on the return trip. He is due at Mountain Home, Idaho, tonight, where the body will be sent today for burial. Mrs. Habel was born in Kockbar, Idaho. In June, 1892. She had been married for seven years and a res ident of Portland nearly all that time. She died at the family home at 437 East Forty-fourth street Nortn. Her other. Mrs. J. E. SuUaway. or Moun tain Home. Idaho, and a. sister, Mrs. Vera Gnay. of Salt Lake City, were with her. Three other sisters. Mrs. May Thompson. Butte. Mont., and Mrs. Durant and Mrs. Sallet. both of Boise. Idaho, and a brother. W. F. Sullaway, f Butte, and her father. J. E. Sulla way. also survive. Mr. abel was on a trip East to sev ral automobile factories and also had plannel a visit to New York City, his old home. He telegraphed A. B. Man ley, president of the Manley Auto Com pany, from Detroit that he would re turn Went at once. Mr. and Mrs. Man Icy telegraphed their sympathy to Mr. Habel yesterday. Mrs. Habel was sick, only a few days. her death, coming as a surprise to her many friends here, few of whom even knew that she had been ill. BOLSHEVIK FALL IS SEEN War Correspondent Grves Views on Russian Situation. HONOLULU. T. H.. Jan. 8. (Special.) "If true, the split between Trotzky and Lenine means the downfall of the Bolshevik rule," declared Herman Bern stein, war correspondent of interna tional reputation and author of the "Willie-Nicky" letters, who passed through Honolulu today after spending some months in Siberia investigating the Russian situation. He is now on his way to the United States, from whence he will proceed to France to "cover" the peace conference for the New York Herald. Regarding Siberia, Bernstein stated that Dictator Kolchak is a dictator without the power to dictate. In his opinion, and Bernstein is positive in this assertion, the allies either should get into Siberia and Russia with both feet and clean up the affairs or get out and stay out and let the' Russians fight It out among themselves to a finish. Purola Medicated Plaster ia an anti septic, silicious plaster which is spread on the sore parts in case of congestion, inflammation and pain in grippe, pneu monia and influenza, and tends to aid recovery. Draws like a magnet without blistering or burning. 35c and 85c cans at all druggists. Adv. mmm chosen AS PEACE 'DELEGATE' Passport May Be Delivered to Farmers Choice. WAR ATTITUDE RECALLED Arthur La Seur, of Minnesota, Se lected to Help Wilson "Right Wrongs by Central Powers." OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU Washington. Jan. 20. A storm is due to break around the organization which met here a few days ago In what was called the farmers' reconstruction con ference, because this conference, be sides adopting a resolution demanding an investigation of the Department of Agriculture, alBO chose delegates to at tend the Versailles peace conference in the interest of the farmers of the United States. It was at this conference that Pro fessor W. J. Spillman, formerly of Ore gon normal school, Monmouth, and Washington State College. Pullman. Wash., made his sensational speech charging Secretary Houston with sup pressing the results of studies made by the Bureau of Farm Management of the cost of production of farm staples. Pro fessor Spillman was for years chief of the Bureau of Farm Management and It is charged that he was forced out of of fice by Secretary Houston. The same conference adopted a res olution asking the Senate committee on agriculture and forestry or a special committee of the Senate to investigate an alleged connection between the gen eral education board, a Rockefeller in stitution, and the Department of Agri culture. There was undoubtedly some sympathy with these two acts of the meeting because Professor Spillman has many ardent admirers who believe in his ability, efficiency and integrity; also because of the criticism, long made, that the Rockefeller Foundation has received too much recognition from Secretary Houston. Non-Partisan League Involved. But just what will happen when the peace delegates undertake to obtain passports is an- interesting question. There is a little piece of past history in connection with the Nonpartisan League, so strong in North Dakota and Idaho, which makes the wnatter inter esting. ' The delegates, it is announced by tieorge P. Hampton, who is the mainspring of the organization, are go ing to Europe to help President Wilson establish a league of nations and "to aid him In his programme to obtain rep aration for the wrongs done human ity by the central powers." The interesting fact about this state ment is that one of the delegates cho sen to help Mr. Wilson is Arthur La Seur, of Minnesota. A mere mention of the name is all that is necessary in North , Dakota. Minnesota or Idaho where the Nonpartisan League was in volved in the political campaign of last Fall. Mr. LaSevr'a Letter Recalled. It was a letter written by LaSenr. as national secretary for the Nonpartisan League, on April 6, 1917, the day war was declared by the United States against Germany, to William D. Hay wood, tried for the Steunenberg mur der in Idaho several years ago, and now under sentence for directing the anti-war activities of the I. W. W.. that constituted the chief document in the campaign against Nonpartisan League candidates. This letter, written from Fort Scott, Kansas, was as follows: "Fellow Worker: "Have Just returned from Des Moines. Ia.. and am very glad to report that all of the cases there are disposed of fav orably and the boys are at liberty. I think the defense committee is satis fied with the handling of the case. Of course, it was not one in which any labor principle was involved. and, therefore, the fight was simply made to get the boys out. "My expenses for the trip were $34.30 and if you will send me a check for that it will clean the matter up. "How are you coming with the Min nesota proposition? I hope you don't start anything until the year has ex pired. This damned war Business is go ing to make it mighty hard to do good organization work or good radical work of any kind, but I think the fight should now be centered against spy bills and conscription. "Have you heard from Pennsylvania and powers of attorney? Yours for in dustrial freedom. (Signed) ARTHUR LASEUR." This letter was used to establish a Now Playing 11 A. , ft FATTY ARBUCKLE IN "CAMPING OUT" and MRS. CHARLIE CHAPLIN IN "BORROWED CLOTHES" A Programme That's Seldom Seen at One Time connection between the Nonpartisan League and the L W. W.. and to show that the two organizations were equal ly disloyal. Arthur LaSeur. who wrote of the war as this damned war busi ness" and said that the "fight should now be centered against spy bills and conscription" Is to go to Europe to help Mr. Wilson form a league of nations and see that Justice is done- to those whom Germany Injured. But Mr. LaSeur has not sailed and before he does It will be necessary that he secure passport. Somebody will be watching to see how his application is treated by the State Department. Other delegates are: George P. Hamp ton, of this city; H. A. Fuller, of Min nesota: Grant Slocum, of Michigan; H. Q. Alexander, of North Carolina, and Professor E. F. Ladd. of North Dakota. KLICKITAT GIRL PROMOTED KATE NYE. FORMER CLERK, GETS SEATTLE APPOINTMENT. Juvenile Court Clerkship of King County to Be In Charge of Woman Official. GOLDEN DALE, Wash., Jan. ;0. CSpecial.) Miss Kate Nye, County Clerk and clerk of the Superior Court for Klickitat County during the past four years, has been appointed clerk Miss Kate Nye. of the Juveniie court at Seattle by Percy F. Thomas, clerk of the Superior Court of King County. Miss Nye was the first woman official to hold office in Klickitat County and owes her pres ent position to her efficiency in per forming the duties of her office, as Mr. Thomas desired a deputy on his staff that was familiar with and ca pable of doing all branches of the work required in the office of a Superior Court clerk and decided to select a retiring clerk from one of the smaller counties of the state. The position came to her unsolic ited and she left today for Seattle to take up the work In her new po sition. Aside from making good as' a public official. Miss Nye proved to be a successful politician, defeating the opposing candidates by a vote of 4 to 1. both times she ran for office In Klickitat County. Before becoming a public official Miss Nye was a school teacher. She was born at Weeping Water. Nebraska, and became a resident of Klickitat County lg yeara ago. During her term of office as clerk of Klickitat County she held the position of secretary and later vice-president of the State As sociation of County Clerks for Wash ington. Mooney Probe Dropped. BAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 20. An nouncement that it had dropped its investigation of charges of Irregularity in the prosecution of Thomas J. Mooney and related cases, filed with the De partment of Labor by John B. Dens more, director-general of employment, was made by the San Francisco County grand jury here today. Exchange of Service Icgal. WASHINGTON. Jan. 20. In disposing of test cases, the Supreme Court today decided that the commerce act as amended In 1910 did not prohibit the free, exchange of utility service be tween telegraph and telephone com panies and railroad companies, even where service from one line to points on another was Involved. Read The Oregonlan classified sds. M. to Almost Midnight ' ' "a"- " i X - f - ' ' ' ' t i r " -' f ""-4 r 'S J ?. ; - t " ' ' 4 ' j t i- o - t h. i . - 4 it v, V VETERANS . TO ORGANIZE SURVIVORS OF ALIi WARS TO FORM STATE DIVISION. Men Discharged From Army, Navy and Marine Corps to Combat Bolshevik Elements. Oregon veterans of all American wars are to be organized into a division of the United American War Veterans. acv cording to plans now under way in Portland. The acting division com mander, to serve until organization is sufficiently completed for. the holding of an election, is W. L. Reauveau. for merly a sergeant at headquarter for the 26th Infantry Brigade. Camp Lewis. Other acting divisional officers for purposes of organization are: W. E. Goodwin, chief of staff: J. w. Water house, adjutant-general, and Nicholas Pierangel, acting quartermaster-general. ' Mr. Reauveau says that New York headquarters of the veterans has au thorized him to proceed with the or ganizing. One reason for hurrying the organization is to combat the Rolh. vik elements already at work among the returned soldiers. All men and women, honorably dis charged from the Army. Navy or Ma rine Corps of the United States, are eligible for membership, regardless of when they served. The G. A. R. Spanish-American War Veterans and In dian War Veterans will be invited to affiliate with the new organization, without sacrificing their individuality, and only acting with the main body on subjects affecting alii General John J. Pershing Post No. 1, with headquarters in the Hall of Rec ords in New York City, is for the pres ent general headquarters. A meeting . effect organization of the Oregon division will be held in the near future FARM LOAM BONDS SOLD Purchase From 12 Land Ranks Per mitted by Treasury. WASHINGTON. Jan. 20. Federal farm loam bonds may now be bought from each of the 12 land banks under a new Treasury policy ordered by Sec retary Glass, modifying the former plan by which farm loan bonds were to be absorbed by the Treasury and Kept off the market until after all lib erty loans were floated. Abont a million dollars of these bonds have been sold by the Federal land banks since Jan uary 1. when the new policy was adopted. The bonds bear 4 Vi per cent Interest, sell at one-half per cent above par and are exempt from Federal taxes. Sinco November 1 the Treasury has absorbed $9,500,000 of farm loan bonds. White Russia Joins Bolshevikl. ZURICH. Jan. 20 IRr..! it-u... Russia has proclaimed its union with the Russian soviet republic, according to a dispatch from Kiev. 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