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6 Tnn jroisxixn otskgoxiatc, tttesdat. .tttxt; 10, 1919. T Further Reinstatement of Con tracts Promised. MR. HURLEY MAKES SALES Many Steel and Wood Vessels Dis posed of to Date Disclosures Expected at Hearing. OREGO.MAS NEWS BUREAU, Wash Ington, June 9. Prospects for the Pa cific coast steel shipbuilding industry were much brighter today, it appear ing: that some assurances had been re ceived of more extended reinstatements of contracts than the $25,000,000 prom ised last week. Representatives of the shipbuilders were more cheerful this afternoon than they have beon for 10 days and said that the situation was working out satisfactorily. It is believed that matters have been improved by. the re cent successful sales of abandoned types of vessels. It was announced by the board this afternoon that 12 more wooden ships of the 4000-toD and 4500-ton type have been sold at a flat I price of $450,000 each, making a total cf 31 wooden ships disposed.of to date. Although the shipping: board does not go into derails as to other sales, it is understood that 22 or 23 steel ships have been sold, several of the Lake type telling at $200 a ton, and others of the ocean type at $210 a ton. ; Mr. Hurley Report Sales. In his letter to Chairman Good of the house appropriations committee, re ceived today, Chairman Hurley of the chipping board, in asking for an ap propriation of $673,000,000 to complete the shipping programme, told of other successful sales of steel ships, as fol lows: "Yesterday we sold one of our 7500 ton freighters to the National Ship ping corporation of New York for $210 a deadweight ton, and we have received from the Skinner & Eddy Shipbuilding corporation an offer to buy at present construction costs ' four SOOO-ton freighters which the Skinner & Eddy corporation itself is building. Today we sold one of our 5075-ton freighters to the Omega Steamship company of New York for $210 a deadweight ton, and we hav? received from another firm an offer to buy four stiips at the same price." This admission is likely to cause some inquiry to be made of Mr. Hurley when he appears before the senate commerce committee at the hearings beginning tomorrow as to the reason for asking I'acific coast builders to construct ships of new types for $150 a ton when the board has been able to obtain $210 a ton for abandoned pat terns. , DlrvclOHnrea Are Expected. Much interest attaches to the hear ing beginning tomorrow because it of fers the first opportunity to uncover the methods of the shipping board. One question almost sure to be asked is how the board proposes to appor tion the contracts made possible by the large appropriation asked, and an other query is, why did the board, while advertising 100 wooden ships. for sale, announce to the world that an offer had been received from a private concern to build ships for $146 a ton? The point will be to ascertain if the board regarded that as good business just after selling 15 wooden ships for $145 a ton, with bids being asked on approximately 100 more wooden ships for which as good or a better price was expected. The hearing is ex pected also to show that the board never received any such an offer for steel ship construction as the one mentioned. 300 Villa troops had reached Eamala yuca, 30 miles south of Juarez, follow ing concentration Sunday of upward of 2000 forces at Villa Ahumada under Generals Felipe Angeles and Martin Lopez. EL PASO, Tex., June 9. It was re ported here late today that General M. M. Murrieta. collector of customs at Juarez, had removed the official funds of his office to El Paso and also had sent hisVfamily across the Internationa bridge. No uneasiness was manifest among the 3000 troops. Feeling In Juarez seemed to be- that the Villistas, re ported at Samalayuca, 30 miles south of Jaurez, were out on a railroad track wrecking expedition. EAGLE PASS, Tex.. June 9. Mexican government' authorities 'have arrested six men at Morelos, state of Coahuila. on charges of recruiting for Villa revolutionary army. .The xnjsn. were taken to Piedras Negras. MEXICO CITY, June 9. (By the As sociated Press.) The City of Chihua hua, which villa was reported to hold. was entered Saturday by federal troops commanded by General Manuel Dieguez, it was announced last night from the offices of President Carranza. It was added that General Dieguez would remain in Chihuahua ato await orders before continuing the campaign against Villa. 'The official announce ment set at rest various reports re garding the situation in Chihuahua. PROMISED THIS YEAR Total of 1,236,000,000 Bush els Now Predicted. SOME DAMAGE REPORTED LAND MEASURE DEFENDED ATTEMPT TO POISOX PUBLIC 31IXD IS CHARGED. IS Second-Lientenant Fred . Robertson" Is Relieved of Duty at Vancouver Barracks Ordered East. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, June 9. Declaring that there is a campaign being conducted deliber ately 'to poison the mind of the public and of congress against the Mondell bill providing for community agricul tural settlements for soldiers. Repre sentative N. J. Sinnott of X)regon, chair man of the house committee on public lands, today called attention to the mis representation that is being indulged in to prejudice the matter. "Poison is being sent among south ern members of congress that this bill is a big scheme to irrigate western arid lands," said Mr. Sinnott. "At the same time the minds of western members are being poisoned, or an attempt is being made to poison them,, against this bill on the ground that It is in tended to buy and drain swamp lands in the south. Among northern mem bers the bill is described as one to irrigate desert land in the west and to drain southern swamp lands which otherwise would be valueless, as al leged. "I do not know who is circulating this poison, but the committee would like to know. This is a non-sectional bill, applying equally to all parts of the United States." A hearing at the federal' building at Portland. Or., June 16, on the new per ishable protective tariff of the railroad administration was ordered today by the interstate commerce commission. When the transport Huron, carrying the 357th regiment, 90th division, land ed at Newport News, Va. yesterday, General J. P. O Neil, known as "Fight ing Patsy" O'Neil, commanding the reg iment, was met by Mrs. O'Neil. who had come all the way from Portland, Or., to greet him. Senator Chamberlain was told by the navy department today that it was found impracticable to send the Mare Island marine band to the Rose Fes tival at Portland. Candidates for postmaster at Harris- burg and lone. Or., will have an op portunity to take civil service examina tions oh July IS, Harrisburg applicants at Albany and lone at The Dalles. The Harrisburg office pays a salary of $1600 and lone $1100. p Second Lieutenant Fred J. Robertson, quartermaster's corps, is relieved of duty at Vancouver barracks. Wash., by today's army orders, which instruct him to report to the director of pur chases, storage and traffic in the city. Red Rnst "Working Havoc In Many States and Is Likely to Curtail Production Somewhat. WASHINGTON, June 9. B u m p e r crops are growing throughout the country, but plant diseases already nave done some damage and threaten to cur tail production somewhat. The largest wheat crop ever grown, aggregating 1.2M.000.OO0 bushels, of winter and spring wheat combined, was forecast in today's monthly report or ine aepari ment of agriculture. That represent practically -one-third of the world's wheat crop this year. In previous years the United States has grown about one-fifth. Big crops of oats. barley, rye, hay, apples ana peacnes also are in prospect. Red rust made its appearance during Mav in the.nrincinal winter wheat pro ducing sections and the Infection is spreading. It caused damage to the ex tent of about 7,000.000 busneis or win ter wheat and experts are unable to determine how extensive the damage will be by the time that crop is nar vested. Red Rut Works Havoc A summary of conditions issued by the department said: "The winter wheat crop, extraor dinary in . its high condition of 100.5 oer cent at the beginning of May. wnue still showing the high condition of 94.9 per cent of normal and promising tno record-breaking production of 893,822, 000 bushel.-;, exhibits by no means the bright, almost ideal condition that was afforded a month ago. The prime cause of the decline ana one carrying iu threat of still greater damage, is the appearance of red rust in practically all the central states west of the Mi- lissiDDi river and extending eastward through the states south of the Ohio river into and through the Piedmont regions of the Atlantic coast states far as Maryland. From Nebraska to central Texas this infection is very general. The damage will be light in Texas. Doubt exists as to the harm, if any, nicely to. result in Oklahoma, where the leaves are de stroyed over large areas but with the heads filled, and many authorities con tend that the crop there will show little harm. In Kansas and Nebraska wheat is well advanced toward maturity but the rust infection is exceptionally heavy and the extent of loss to be expected entirely problematic The decline in the last week of May was very marked In those states, especially in Kansas. Smut Also In Reported. "Some smut is reported, though not serious, from scattered points in Mary land, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri and Kansas. 'The spring wheat crop shows an i crease of eight-tenths of 1 per cent in the area sown. The late spring and abundant rainfall interfered with plant ing as large an acreage as had been intended. The condition is good in the principal producing states." Condition and production In thou sands of bushels, by Important produc ing states include: Winter wheat Washington. T and 27.061; Oregon, J and IS. 43a. Spring wheat Washington. 90 and 30.T14. Other Crop PromUlaf. Details of other crops follow: Oats Production foreraat. 1.446.000.000; acreage. 42.36.Y000: condition, Barley Production. i:i2,o00,000; acreage, S.8W.0O0: condition, 91.7. Rye Production, 107,000.000; condition, 93. S. Hay Production, 116,000,000 tons; condi tion, 94.1. App1 Production, 188.0O0.O00 bushels; condition, 6T.S. Peach Production. 80,300,000; condi tion. 73.1. Pastures Condition. 97.4. NOTED EDUCATORS SPEAK WHITMAN COLLEGE EXERCISES DRAW FAMOUS JIEX. Masque by Students; Shows Chief Events of School's History From Earliest Days. WHITMAN COLLEGE, Walla Walla, Wash., June 9., (Special.) Today's programme of the college celebration was opened with an educational con ference and discussion in the college chapel, William Mead Ladd of Portland presiding. Professor Walter Andrew Bratton. representing the faculty of the college, spoke on the subject "The Development of Whitman College in 25 Years, a Faculty Interpretation Professor Bratton was followed by President Prince L. Campbell of the University of Oregon, who spoke on "Values to be Sought in Framing the College Curriculum." The discussion on these speeches was led by Professor B'redrick Padford. Ph. !., of the Uni versity of Washington. Another educational conference was held in the afternoon with Henry Smith Prltchett, L. Li. D., of New York, pres dent of Carnegie foundation for the advancement of teaching, as the prin cipal speaker. He was introduced by the Hon. Frederick Wallace Wilson of The Dalles. President Pritchett spoke on "How a College May Promote the Ideals of Democracy." The discussion on his address was opened by President Aurelia Henry Reinhardt, Ph. D, of Mills college, California. The masque of Marcus Whitman was presented in the natural amphitheater of the college by the undergraduates of the 'school. It covered the stages of the growth of the college, begin ning with the coming of Marcus Whit man, the medical missionary, and car ried the story through the years, fea turing the taking of the Oregon ter ritory for the United States and the establishment of the seminary by Cush lng Eells in memory of Whitman and his companions who died with liim The last scene was composed of pres ent-day students singing college songs. Alliance to Serve. Luncheon. The Unitarian women's alliance will serve a home-cooked cafeteria lunch Ann W no.Hr, V ThnpflHnv tVlilav of this week from 11:30 to 2 o'clock in the church parlors, Broadway and Yamhill street. The officers will be glad to welcome strangers in the city and serve them with a luncheon at a small cost, a rest room is available to any visitor who cares to accept the nospitanty or tne alliance. SPEECH BY GIL.LETT CAUSES SOUTHEKXERS TO LEAVE. Collector of Customs at Juarez Re moves Cash of Office and His Family Across Line to V. S. MEXICO CITY, Feb. 9. (By the As sociated Press.) The Mexican govern ment has ordered the withdrawal of the Mexican delegates from the Pan-American commercial congress as a protest against the' speech recently made be fore the congress by Speaker Gillett of the house of representatives. JUAREZ, Mexico, June 9. Military Information was received here today that I NON-INTOXICfiXlflS 1 Soon to he named "EvnnV Checona IVrer- uff" in conformity with Oov t ruling. Instinctively a twentieth century bread end butter beverage that meets all the re quirements of tin limes for a delicious. substantial, non-iIntoxicaUng drink that can be taken with pleasure and benefit unre- s.-neaiy at jneais or hetwecn tneni. C'H fcZCDN A embodies loo years of E vans' Kxcellence. Order a. Supply From Any Dealer. Henry Weinhard Plant Distributors for Portland. WIFE OBJECTS TO KISSES Man Asking Divorce Says Mate's At titude Has Sadly Changed. Mrs. Kathryn M. Mclrvin would scold her husband and "bitterly resent his I desire to kiss her or otherwise be af- I fectionate," says a complaint for di-1 vorce filed in the circuit court yes terday by Alexander O. Mclrvin. Since he lost his right hand in an accident at Astoria declares the husband, his wife has forsaken and ridiculed him. After writing his wife and telling I her that their marriage was all a mis take, Paul E. Overend asserted that "ifl she would be sensible she could be happy again, as other girls have done so," according" to the complaint for di vorce filed by Ella Overend yesterday. LIQUOR TAKEN FROM JAIL Evidence in Case Against J. M. Thull Disappears. ROSEBURG, Or., June 9. (Special.)- Twenty-four pints of whisky, stored under lock and key in the city jail as evidence against J. M. Thull, from whom the liquor was taken .when offi cers arrested the man last week, is missing. When the case was called to day, the two suitcases containing the consignment were missing, and neither Sheriff Quine nor Chief of Police Sham- brook have any clews as to who carried the contraband away. The trial, how ever, will continue tomorrow, and of ficials say they can secure a conviction without the whisk-y being produced. Pebeco Es the Correct Tootii Paste Pebeco Tooth Paste does first of all the thing that a good denti frice must do first of all. It cleans the teeth and polishes the enamel without scratching or staining, no matter how frequently and vig orously it is used. And, by stimulating the abun dant, normal flow of saliva, it' counteracts "Acid -Mouth "a condition which is believed to be the chief cause of all tooth decay. Pebeco is sold by . druggists everywhere . II oya now 13 oua xxrp TO ANGRY SKIN Commencement Exercises Set. Commencement exercises at Hill Mil itary academy will be tomorrow night at &:ia o clock. Hugh Montgomery will address the graduates. The senior ca dets will serve as a reception and floor committee. After the programme there will be an hour's dancing fori the young people. The academy has I invited the boys of the June class at I Lincoln high school and about 120 girls! or tne nign scnooi set as guests. The I girls will be chaperoned by their parents. Jr- -J FdlBdC 'her. aniry, itching skin cries through every nerve of your body for relief, turn to Foslam and let it soothe and allay all inflammation. Learn how effi cient Foslam i.s, what splendid help it can render in healing eczema, disposing of rashes, pimples, acne, scalp-scale and like disorders. The test is to apply Poslam at ' rikrht to a small affected surface and in the morning to look for improvement. The effect of its con centrated healing energy shows agree ably soon. Sold evrv where. "For free sample write to Ktnerirney Laboratories. 243 West 47th Ht.. New York City. Urge your kin to become clearer. freFher, better by the iaily use of Poslam Soap medicated with Poslam. Adv. Edmonton Strike Weakens. EDMONTON", Alberta. June 9. Today. two weeks after the general strike was I called in Edmonton, all but a semblance of the strike has passed into history. Only those trades affecting the rail-1 way shops and roundhouses, miners. some expressmen and teamsters, are still out, or approximately less than S00 men. Two weeks ago more than 2000 men struck. TOOTH PASTE Counteracts 'Acid-Mouth" Buy W. S.S. Tourist Travel Increases. ROSEBUBG. Or.. Jun 9. (Special.) Tourist travel over the Pacific high way, both north and south, is increas ing rapidly. The one really bad spot. the new grade In the famous Canyon creek canyon between Canyonville and the Johns ranch, is passable at this time. XUKATA TEA. A perfect blend, Ceylon-Indian-Java teas. Closset & Dsvers, Portland. Adv. I A druggist in Rochester, Ind., sold over fifty packages of Chamberlain's Tablets on the recommendation of one of his lady customers, who used them with such good results that she persuaded her' friends to try them. They are excellent for stomach troubles, constipation and biliousness. Holiday WeeK Means New Clothes. And the number of attractive garments we can show in just your style and size will please, and possibly surprise you. The chances are that you have never tried on such well-made clothes clothes which for style, fit and durability are decidedly out of the ordinary. It's real trouble to show, you the kind of trouble we like. New Suits and Top -Goats $30 to $100. We seM the justly famous "Interwoven" Hosiery in lisles, cot tons and silks. Superior for wear. "Straws without Flaws' New Straw Hats Cool and Comfortable. $3 to $20. Winthrop Hammond Co, Correct Apparel for Men 127 Sixth Street. Successors to Buffum & Pendleton. 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