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U. S. Held Greatest of Poten
tial Maritime Powers.
BUILDING CAPACITY HUG
Chairman of Shipping' Board Says
America Can Distance All Other
Nations in Construction.
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SEA. SAYS MR. HURLEY
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WASHINGTON". March 22 Shtpbuild
Ing facilities acquired during- the wa
have made the United States the great
est potential maritime power of the
world, asserts Chairman E. N. Hurley
of the shipping board, and will enabl
it to outdistance all other nations In
the race toward replacing a shortage of
16.25.000 gross tons of shipping; lost as
the result of unrestricted German sun
marine warfare and of the failure of
normal Increase by new production.
Mr. Hurley made this assertion today
In a report of his trip to Europe, where
for three months he was In close toucn
with the shipping interests of foreign
nations. The report will be used in
working out a policy of ownership an
operation of the American merchant
marine.
Mr. Hurley estimated that in July,
1914. the sea-going steam bottoms of
the world totaled 41.225.000 gross tons,
which was reduced by war to 37.000.000
gross tons, a net loss of 4.225,000 tons.
In addition, he stated, there was a loss
of 12.000.000 gross tons which would
have been constructed If war had not
stoPDed the normal Increase In produc
tion. making a total loss of 16,225.000
gross tons.
Loaaes by War Enormous.
The allies and neutrals suffered
total loss by enemy action, marine risk
and capture of 15.218.000 gross tons. air.
Hurley said, and gained by new con
struction and seizure of enemy ships
14.249.000 gross tons, leaving a net loss
of 969.000 gross tons. The net loss to
the central powers was even greater
since thev lost 3.016.000 gross tons and
gained only 740.000. a difference of
2.270.000 gross tons.
Only two countries, the United States
and Japan, have a larger amount of
tonnage now than when the war began.
Japan showed a net gain or zo per cent.
Mr. Hurley reported, while the United
States jumped in the lead with a net
gain of 125 per cent.
The United States forged ahead as
rapidly as Germany fell behind, said
the report. "In August. 1914, the United
States seagoing merchant marine, 500
gross tons and over, included 624
steamers of L75S.465 gross tons, and
870 sailing vessels and schooner barges
of 947,852 gross tons, making a grand
total of 1494 seagoing merchant vessels
of 2,706.317 gross tons.
Remarkable Increase Shown.
"On November 11. 1918. at the end
of the war. the steam-going merchant
marine had increased to 1366 vessels of
4.6S5.263 gross tons and the sailing ves
sels and schooner barges had decreased
to 747 vessel of J29.917 gross tons, mak
ing a grand total of 2113 seagoing mcr
chant vessels of 6.616.180 gross tons.
"This does not include the seized
enemy vessels, which at the end of the
war aggregated 68 vessels of 562.005
srross tons, of which number 81 or Mo,
210 gross tons were steamers and seven
of 15.795 gross tons were sailing ves
sels." One of the types of ships most desir
able for the new merchant marine, ae
cordine- to Mr. Hurley, is a speedy, ef
fectlve combination cargo and passen
ger liner of from 15.000 to 25,000 dead
weight tons which could be operated
efficiently in the transportation of
high-class merchandise, passengers and
mail.
"Shipping men generally agree," he
said, "that it is not the total tonnage
but the character of the vessels that
makes a successful fleet. The country
might have 10.000,000 tons of shipping
which if not of the right sort could not
be operated profitably in competition
with ships of a better type belonging
to another nation.
Small Ships Serviceable.
"I have heard a great deal of talk
about the construction of 'Junk' ships
in America, emphasis thus being laid
on the number of small ships we had
under construction. It was sought to
convey the impression that our new
ships would suffer by comparison with
those laid down by our friends and
associates overseas.
"It may surprise the critics to hear,
as I have heard, that British yards bad
under construction on October 31, 66
ships of 6000 gross tons and over. Our
programme for that date called for 106
hips of 6000 gross tons or over."
Mr. Hurley said three factors mili
tated most strongly against the natural
and desirable expansion of the foreign
trade of the United States: First, the
necessity for developing men. thor
oughly American in every way, to
handle foreign trade; second, the re
cruiting of an American personnel for
the operation of the ships and the
handling of the work at the ports; and,
third, the extension of banking fa
cilities. The Idea that too high wages are
being paid American seamen for this
country to compete with other countries
successfully was ridiculed by Mr.
Hurley.
Wage Qnesttoa Important.
"It is time for the public mind to
be disabused of this conception." he
stated. "The facts will dismay those
who are agitating for a lower wage
scale on American ships. We are pay
ing our seamen S75 a month. England
during the war paid her seamen 172
a month. The French and Dutch are
paying high wages. In Sweden the.sea
men's scale is even higher than In the
United States."
The retention of high wages was Im
portant, he -added, because men who
had labored under great strain yielded
their attention more readily to the agi
tator. The success of any nation in
shipbuilding snd ship operating, he
said, will be determined by the man
ner In which the labor situation is
handled.
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Mabel IVortnand in the plctnrtsatlon of the famons story and play. "Sis HopfeJns,"
at the Hajeatle Theater.
Sunday. It's a picture that "gets under
the skin."
TODAY'S FILM FEATURES.
Majestic Mabel Kormand, "Sla
Hopkins."
Star Bryant Washburn. "Venus
in the East."
Sunset Mabel Normand. "Mic
key." Liberty Henry B. Walthall.
"False Faces."
Peoples Billle Burke. "Good
Gracious, Annabelle!"
Columbia "The Heart of Human
ity." Globe "Cannibals of the South
Seas."
Circle D. W. Griffith's "The
Great Love."
Idberty.
It's seldom that the motion picture
public has an opportunity to witness
picture so thrilling, so engrossing.
so mysterious and so spectacular as
The False Faces," a Paramount-Art-
craft special in seven reels. It is
picturlzation of the Louis Joseph Vance
Saturday Evening Post serial, and
sequel to "The Lone Wolf," another
film-thriller which will be long re
membered.
Henry B. Walthall is the hero of the
story, but the Lanyard, who as "The
Lone Wolf," pitted his skill against
the authorities of Paris and worsted
them, is in the allied secret service and
matching his wits against the brains
f the German spy system.
The False Faces contains more
genuine and original thrills than any
picture offered this season. From be
ginning to end it is absorbingly inter
esting, full of novelties and unexpected
appenings the kind of which eliml
ates the clock as a factor in the life
of a busy man.
It's the strongest melodrama and has
the war as a plot foundation. But,
barring the first reel, the picture Is free
from battle scenes or military display
of any sort, while even those first-reel
scene are not of the gruesome variety.
being long shots, spectacular and pleas
ing to the eye.
Walthall. "The Little Colonel" of "Th
Birth of a Nation," unquestionably has
one of the best roles of his screen
career, and he makes it stand out
forcibly, playing with unerring skill
throughout. To see him in this picture
Is to enjoy one of the finest charac
terizations the silent drama has ever
offered.
Riley's Wash Day," JOOO feet of
Mack Sennett laughter, is a feature in
itself.
Screen Gossip.
Two weeks is a long engagement In
first-run motion picture theater In
Portland, but "Mickey" did it at the
Peoples theater and is coming back
strong at the Sunset, while 'The Heart
of Humanity" got away to a big start
at the Columbia theater Saturday and
There's a never-diminishing charm to
Blllia Burke that's ever present in her
new comedy "Good Gracious, Anna-
belle," at the Peoples theater. It's
picturlzation of the New York stage
success written by Clare Kummer.
That photoplay casts are improving
Is proved not only by players in De
Mllle and Griffith specials, but those
in the so-called "programme" pictures.
Bryant Washburn has with him in
"Venus In the East" such well-known
leading women as Anna Q. Nilsson and
Margery Wilson. Margery has been
starred in her own pictures. .
William Fox is going to introduce
a new comedy leading woman to the
film public Her name is Bana Bartine
Burkettu, and she hails from Shreves-
port. La.
A motion picture studio owned by
negroes, using colored actors and film
ing scenarios dealing with the colored
race and its problems, is the latest rum
innovation. The Democracy Film com
pany is the name of the organization.
It is sponsored by Los Angeles Airo
Americans.
Columbia university is to have classes
In motion picture photography and pho
toplay writing next summer. During
the course a comedy will be produced
by the students.
Southern California points with pride
to the fact that it's almost Impossible
for film directors to find towns with
out improved streets and minus side
walks and Curbs to represent sleepy
eastern villages. They have to build
this kind of town.
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Someone in Los Antceles made a epe
clal bathing girl picture for the Knights
of Columbus, to be shown to the aougn
bovs of the first-line trenehes. Now
the claim is'made that the picture pre
vented many a marriage with French
girls, proving to the Yanks that there's
no beauty like the home-grown variety
Martin Johnson has been lecturing
in the east in conjunction with the
showing of his picture, "Cannibals of
the South Seas." Members of the Na
tional Geographical society and the
Smithsonian institution attended a lec
ture-showing at Washington, D. C re
cently.
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Alice Lake, until recently Fatty Ar-
buckle's leading woman in those two
reel Paramount comedies, is now play
ing with Bert Lyteil.
Corlnne Barker, formerly ef Portland,
has an important role in Pauline Fred
erick's new photoplay. The story was
written by Willard Mack, with produc
tion in California.
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There are rumors about a Cleo Madi
son Film company, cieo nasn t Deen
heard from for some time.
ARMY OF 900,00 0 EXPECTED TO
BE EASILY RAISED.
$10,000 GOAL FOR TOD AH
Jewish Relief Fund Workers Hope
to Complete Quota.
One hundred and twenty-five work
ers in the Portland campaign to raise
100.0O for the national fund for re
lief of Jews in the devastated regions
of Europe, rested yesterday. Today
they hope to raise 110,000 to complete
the desired quota.
"The drive will not end until every
cent of Portland's quota has been sub
scribed." said Max Hirsch of the city
executive committee yesterday. "We
hope to raise this sum by Monday
evening, but if we don't we will re
double our efforts instead of quitting.
When we opened the campaign we had
125 workers. This number has de
creased, but tomorrow morning we ex
pect to have every one of them back
n the job.
Phone yonr want ads to the Orego
nian. Phone Main 7070, A 6035,
Thousands Who Threatened Mutiny
Unless Discharges Come Have
Turned About Face.
LOXDOX. Correspondence of the
Associated Press.) Thousands of the
British army who recently became so
war weary that they openly threatened
mutiny unless they were soon dis
charged, have turned about face and
are volunteering for the new army, ac
cording to the military authorities, who
assert that they are satisfied that there
will be little difficulty in securing the
900.000 men who will do Great Britain's
share In safeguarding the peace the
allies have won.
The causes said to have sent the men
flocking back to the colors are the un
expected large war bonus offered to
men who "take on" and the acute In
dustrial situation. The first factor has
been of prima Importance in the case
of boys from 18 to 21 who have been
two or more years already in the
army and who have no trade to fall
back upon .in civilian life. In the new
army they will be fed, clothed and
sheltered and draw a minimum of about
S3 a week as pocket money. They have
quickly awakened to the realization
that there is no such prospect awaiting
them on a return to "civvies."
The industrial upheaval plays the
main part in the decision of the older
men. In the first rusn for demobili
zation no man was permitted to go who
had not a definite offer of employment.
The government did all in its power
to make certain that such offers were
bona fide, but in spite of every precau
tloin thousands of men got their re
lease on bogus papers. These men soon
found themselves in an unenviable posi
tion. They could not get work and they
faced some very uncomfortable inquir
ies if they applied for the out-of-work
pay provided for those who are idle
through no fault of their own. The re
cruiting sergeant was an easy road out
of their troubles, and that astute in
dividual, who draws a bonus for each
recruit, was not blind to his opportunities.
A third facotr of minor but real im
portance is the fact that numbers of
men who have been home on liberal
leave since the armistice was signed
have discovered that they are not
nearly so happy out of khaki as they
imagined they would be. They frankly
admit that they miss the companionship
of the army, the lack of responsibility
and the very easy hours. Now that the
war is over the army is resting on its
laurels, and in the great camps around
England "work" is confined to one
hour's parade a day with football
games, paper chases and other sports
to fill in the remainder of the time.
That is a considerable contrast to eight
or nine hours of monotonous toil in
a shon or factory.
The army authorities have not so far
made public any figures on recruiting.
but some indication Is offered by the
experience of two battalions in one of
the largest camps in the south of Eng
land. In one unit, where all tne men
had seen service overseas, more ' than
200 re-enlisted in less than two weeks.
In the other, an "A4" battalion made up
of boys under military age, more than
200 took the oath in tne same period
a lare number for the regulation pe
riod of 12 years.
PLEA FOR DISABLED WINS
Major Cohen Appeals to British In
Parliament Address.
LONDON. (Correspondence of The
Associated Press.) Seated in a chair
in the house of commons, because he
had lost both legs In action while fight
ing in France, Major Cohen, a member
from Liverpool, delivered an impassion
ed address in which he pleaded for
honesty on the part of the govern
ment in dealing with disabled officers
and men of the army and navy.
It was the first debate on the pen
sion question which promises to be
come one of the most stirring features
of the session. One speaker charged
that preparing disabled men to meet
the realities of life had not been carried
very far, because only 90 officers and
less than 8000 men of the hunderds and
thousands of wounded had up to this
time been given technical training.
Another charge that the discharged
who was physically fit was in much
better situation than the sick, as
tubercular soldiers were being charged
$1.75 a week for treatment in sani
toriums, although they had already
paid for this in their national in
surance.
These and other charges brought
from Major Cohen the flat statement
that it was not training so much as
work after they were trained that dis
abled soldiers desired. In fact, he was
opposed to the whole government plan
of training men in certain centers,
because only a limited number of trades
could be taught and there was no as
surance of subsequent employment
when the government turned the men
out. He believed that disabled men
should be apprenticed to reliable firms
who, when the men had mastered trades
would be only too glad to retain them
in their positions as they would know
just what they could do, and could
gauge their wages accordingly.
These men wonld have their pen
sions, which Major Cohen said he
j -life
cVHE Mother of the Stars and Stripes Betsy Ross! Thrifty, charming Betsy A name
C venerated, by generations gone, and to be revered by generations yet to come. A
life fragrant with a sacred devotion to duty. A career crowned with a nation's glory.
sSetGtoQ Bread! A thrifty loaf for you! No waste
in materials and labor for it's a big loaf. And big loaves
as the U. S. Food Commission told us throughout the
war period keep cost down and quality up. That the con
servation campaign is ended does not mean we should
forget its lessons.
Small loaves are positively wasteful Waste material.
.Waste labor. Cost more to wrap and deliver. Don't taste
as good or keep as well as big loaves. Buy bread in big
loaves the biggest value is i&gfogtftozQ.
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"That Good Old Fashioned Taste
Royal Bakery anil Confectionery
to live comfortable. But every man
wanted something else. Millions of
men had been wounded, and now they
were back in civil life they wanted
something other than thinking of war
and its effects. They wanted some
thing to do, something to look for
ward to. The totally disabled men, he I
and a 168-acre ranch in Colorado. He
is recalled, too, by waiters of the old
school as the dining-room boss who
startled New York 18 years ago by a
decree that rtie Fifth-avenue would no
longer harbor a waiter with mustache
or beard.
Tom ran away from home back in
concluded, were worthy something civil war days to be a soldier, and, be
nt her than beine observed as incur-ling informed by enlistment officers
bles.
During the debate it was brought
out that an officer, leading his battery
from the line, had been thrown from
his hors and killed. The application
of his widow for a pension had been
refused on the ground that he had
not been killed in action.
Total pensions and allowances
granted to January 1 last was given
as 1,760,000 and to those figures fresh
awards numbering 15,000 to' 20,000
were added weekly. The current fin
ancial year will show a total pension
expenditure approximating 250,000.000,
it was stated, with some 42,000 soldiers
still under treatment by the medical
corps.
LUDENDORFF TO BE UPHELD
Field Marshal Von Hindenburff Ex
pected to Give Support.
BERLIN. Discussing the silence ot
Field Marshal von Hindenburg in the
face of persistent attacts on General
Ludendorf and the suspicion that he
will throw the quartermaster general
over board, the Tage Zeitung declares
it is informed that the contrary is
the case and that Marshal von Hin
denburg will stand by General Luden
dorf and all the other men who were
associated with him in the conduct
of the war for Germany.
"In agreement with the field mar
shal," the Tages Zeitung adds, "there
is now being prepared a memorandum
which will set forth all pertinent facta,
aand illustrate the charges made
against General Ludendorf. Delay in
the publication of this document, how
ever, suggests that certain influences
are at work to prevent its issuance.
that things were going so well that
Lincoln thought he could get along
without boys of 14, wandered around to
the Fifth-avenue hotel, smelt the good
cooking (he said), asked for a job and
got it.
The saddest day of his life was the
April day 11 years ago when the Fifth
avenue hotel closed its doors forever.
Among the regular guests of the
hotel was David H. Moffatt of Denver,
a millionaire, who was sometimes
called the "Stiver King." Moffatt was
president of the First National bank
of Denver.- He was afterward the
builder of railroads."
FAVORITE WAITER IS DEAD
Politeness of Tom Gay Won Trip io
Europe and Ranch in West.
NEW YORK. Men and women who
make their homes in the hotels of New
York, or whose memories of hotel life
go back 10, 20 or 30 years, heard with
regret of the death at Norwalk, Conn.,
of Tom Gay.
Tom Gay for 20 years nobody had
been heard to call him "Tom" or
"Thomas," but always "Old Tom" was
a waiter in the old Fifth-avenue hotel
for 46 years. Among those whom he
served more or less regularly were
General Grant, Roscoe Conkling, J. P.
Morgan I, James G. Blaine (Old Tom
was with Blaine the day of the
Burchard speech). President Arthur
(his favorite guest). Tom Piatt, Presi
dent Garfield, Nelson W. Aldrich and
other celebrities.
But the old head waiter was famous
on his own account as the man whose
hoped would be enough to enable them J politeness won aim a trip to Europe
WAR BUSINESS WOUND UP
British Purchasing Missions Pre
pare) to Leave Country.
The British war missions purchasing
department, one of the best customers
the industries of this country have had
since the war began, has begun closing
its affairs preparatory to disbanding
its organization. In closing it is found
to have had some $120,000,000 of finish
ed products and raw materials on hand
when the armistice was signed last No
vember. This represented the surplus
of only one of three purchasing depart
ments, and it is estimated that thi
total value of goods on hand was about
S500.000.000 when the war ended.
Products Included steel, shell steel,
ship plates, and other articles under
contract which are being disposed of
through reselling, and it is believed the
entire surplus will be worked off be
fore April. In some cases adjustments
were made on contracts where work
was unfinished. In others the goods
were accepted and sold for scrap.
Very little copper or cotton was on
hand when the war ended. These sur
pluses are not being marketed but are
being sent to England as required.
In all contracts made by the British
war missions there was an armistice
clause, the term of which prevented
manufacturers from sustaining a loss.
In some cases where American firms
were, behind on their orders settle
ments were made, though there was no
obligation to do so and the finished
roducts were absolutely useless when
hostilities ceased.
When the war mission was organised
in September, 1917, it purchaed about
(400,000,000 worth of American products
in about one year, although total ex
penditures of the British government
in this country for war materials ex
ceeded $4,000,000,000. This included
food, meats, wheat, sugar, horses, ma
chine tools of all kinds, guns, shells,
steel, copper, and other metal products.
Wife Used to Test Medicines.
ATLANTA, Ga. Walter L. Morris, a
debonair Virginian of Witheville, ap
pears to be a medicine demonstrator
who beats his wife and uses her as a
subject on which to demonstrate his
medicine. Anyway, it was bo brought
out here at the police court hearing of
charges of wife beating made by the
pretty young wife. "You can't beat
your wife in Georgia," Judge George B.
Johnson told the medicine man. "I'l
turn you loose If you'll catch the next
train for Virginia."
Read The Oreironian classified ads.
HOW TO GET
RID OF CORNS
A Simple, Safe and Reliable Way.
o Pain or Soreness.
Thanks to a new discovery made
from a Japanese nroduct women will
soon be wearing smaller and prettier
shoes than ever. Corns are to be a
thing of the Dast. A new crenaration.
called Ice-Mint, is said to make any
corn or callous shrivel right up and lift
off easily. Hard corps, soft corns or
corns between the toes can be lifted
right out root and all after a touch or
two of Ice-Mint. It's wonderful. No
pain and not a bit of soreness while
applying it or afterwards. People are
warned to stop cutting and trimming
their corns and avoid the risk of blood
poison. Simply get a few cents' worth
of Ice-Mint from your druggist, and
from the very second that it touches
that sore, tender corn your poor, tired.
aching feet will feel, so cool, easy and
comfortable that you will Just sigh
with relief. Think of it Just a little
touch Of that cooling, soothing Ice
Mint and real foot iov is yours. It is
the real Japanese secret of fine, healthy
little reet, ana is mgniy apprecjaiea
bv women who wear high heel shoes
and men who have to stand on their
feet all day. Adv, . . . 1
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The Most
Precious Thing
in the world is self-respect.
Whatever increases it is good; what
ever lessens it is bad. That is self-evident.
The hobo, the man always in debt, the man
dependent on others, possesses little self
respect. But the man who has a bank account will
admit that his respect for himself increases
with each addition to his balance. Self-respect
is a by-product of Saving.
This bank, nearly three score years old,
solicits either savings or checking accounts.
LADD & TILTON
BANK
Oldest in the Northwest
Washington and Third
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