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Newspaper Page TextTHE 3IORSTXG OREGOXIAX, THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 1919. 3 duels juimmncES VISIT TO PORTLAND Navy Secretary to Bring Part x. ' of -Fleet to City. BASE SITES WILL BE SEEN rrsldtnt May Attend Rttre-Iw of Big Ships at San Francisco ' September 3. ABOARD U. & S. NEW IORK, En Route to Honolulu. Auk. 20. (By the Associated Press.) Secretary o( th N'avy Daniels, en route from Los An els to Hawaii 10 ooen officially the xreat Pear Haroor drydock and inspect island harbors announced definitely .he would visit Astoria and Portland with a part of the Pacific fleet directly after the fleet completes its San Francisco stay. Whether the fleet will visit Vic toria and Vancouver, B. C. en route 'from the Columbia river to Seattle will be decided at San Francisco, the secre tary srtld. Secretary Daniels expressed a desire for the fleet to visit the Canadian cities If time will permit. It was con sidered a certainty aboard that the fleet would visit these ports later If the secretary could not accept the invi tation to do so. The perusal of Ha waiian literature Is occupying- much of I the secretary's time. While much of this atudy deals with facts, he is not over looking; the romantic side. He has read an entire volume dealing with the folk iore of the island natives. loissabla Mouth ta Be Visited. Upon his return to San Francisco the secretary will visit the four places rec ommended on San Francisco bay as pos sible sites for a great naval base. He also will spend a day at the Mare Is land navy-yard. At Astoria. If possible, he will visit proposed sites for a con templated naval base to be located near the mouth of the Columbia river. furnishings and the deck, but avoided the secretary's eyes. The secretary put an arm around the boy's shoulder, and. still more embar rassed, the apprentice kicked one foot against the other, which is contrary to naval regulations. He should have stood rigidly at attention. He said he was born at Painsville. Ky., and until he enlisted in the navy he never had been away from the foot hills of the Cumberland mountains. On the trip Secretary Daniels has been showing; particular interest in war risk Insurance. He asked younir Dan iels how much he carried, and the sea man answered that he had a 1 10.000 policy, which was made out in his mother's name. The secretary beamed his approval. HISTORIC FLAG WILL FLOAT General Fremont's Standard to Be Raised at Monterey. MONTEREY", Cal.. Aug-. 20. The fa mous old American flag that General r remont hoisted over the San Fran cisco customs house years ago will be flung to the breeze abrve the historic custom house here during the visit of the Pacific fleet. The flag is -owned by Mrs. Manuel Wolter of 'Monterey, mother of Harry Wolter, outfielder for the Sacramento Pacific Coast league baseball team. Lleutenar.t-General Hunter Liggett Is to deliver an address at the cere mony of raising the flag above the custom house. The old adobe building has flown' the flags of three nations Spain, Mexico and the United States. CONVALESCENT UNITS OF OREGON IN LAND Large Numbers of Soldiers Sent to Camp Merritt. 14,953 TROOPS SOON DUE Owners to Deprive Oregon Welcome Commission of Building After September I ; Xotice Is Served. MILITARY GOVERNOR AT LILLE MAY FACE MIRDER CHARGE. SAX FRANCISCO. Aug. i0. Secretary of the Navy Daniels will review the Pacific fleet at San Francisco Septem ber he advised headquarters of the ISth naval district here today. The wireless message sent from the battle ship New York, en route to Honolulu, T. H., indicated the .president might also be here September 1. It was an- The secretary's radiogram was timed 2:30 o'clock P. M. August 19, and was the latest advice naval headquarters here had today as to plans for the fleet's arrival. In accosdance with Secretary Daniel directions, invitations to the revle were telgraphed today to the govern ors of California. l-ada, Idaho, Wash' ington. Oregon. tana, Utah, Wyo ming, Colorado, una and New Mex ico. Fleet t Arrive Septesaber 1 Naval officers here expect the ves aels of the fleet to begin passing 1 through the Golden Gate at about 11:30 o'clock on the morning of Loptember HONOLULU, Aug. 20. The four de stroyers which were escorting th dreadnought New York, carrying Secre- tary of the Navy Daniels to Honolulu, arrived here early today. It was th first trip of destroyers from the main land to Honolulu under their own power. Secretary Daniels Is due to arriv tomorrow. The destroyers had beenftordered to proceed ahead to give them opportunity to meet a mail boat leaving the Islands for the mainland and also to give th officers and crews a rest from the rolling and tossing of a long trip. SANTA BARBARA. Cal., Aug. 20. Formalities incident to the arrival here of the Pacific fleet ended today when Admiral Hugh Rodman, commander-ln chief, returned the call of welcome made yesterday aboard his flagship, the New Mexico, by Santa Barbara city officials and members of the reception committee. Big; Reviews For Paiget Sosind. Secretary of the Navy Daniels de sires as large a review of the Pacific fieet at Seattle and Tacoma as at San Francisco, according to a wireless he sent from the L:. S. S. New York on which he is going to Honolulu, to Ad miral HuKh Rodman here, where the flagship New Mexico and IV other ves sels of the armada are anchored. The wireless was made public today. It follows: "Arrange for as many and as large ships as you deem wise to go to As tori and Portland. They should leave San Francisco so as t reach Astoria by September 1. I suppose you will leave larger ships at Astoria than at Port land. Report names of ships you will dexignate for this purpose. "Arrange for all the fleet to go to Fuset wound, as 1 wish as large a re view at Seattle and Tacoma as we have at San Francisco. "Arrange for me and my party to go board the Oregon at San Francisco and be with the president for the re view on the morning of September 3. Captain N. C. Twining, chief of staff, has begun arranging the Itinerary of the fleet north of San Francisco. Target rafts. It was announced here today, are being towed from the At lantic to the Pacific for the use of the new western fleet in the practice sched uled for southern California waters after the trip to l'uget sound. . JOSKI'HI S DAMELS GOB IX NAVY Young Apprentice Is 'Fuss.ed"' When He .Meets Namesake Secretary. ABti.XKIv l". s. S. NEW YORK. En Route to Honolulu. Aug. 14. (Delayed.) (By the Associated Press.) Josephus Ianiei. 17-year-old apprentice seaman, was tiie center of interest today aboard the dreadnought New York, en route to Honolulu. He was called from his obscurity below decks to meet his namesake. Josephus Daniels, secretary of the navy. In company with naval oficers. he was photographed by mo tion picture men. and was Interviewed for the first time by newspaper corre spondents. "Hello. Josephus: I am glad to see you." was the secretary's greeting. Young Josephus did not answer. He r.ihfuli; lookei st the celling, the Former Quartermaster Said to Have Been Responsible for Deporting of French Girls. Infants ad Invalids HORLICK'S THE ORIGINAL HALTED MILK Rich milk, malted grain, in powder foro For infants, invalids ass' growing children. Pure outriboo.upbuildiagnW whole body. Invigorate nursing mothers ad the aged. Mora nutritious than tea, coffee, etc. Instantly prepared. Require no cooking. SotutitBtts Cost YOU Sum Fries LILLE, France. Aug. 19. (French Wireless Service.) Evidence adduced before the French military court In quiring Into crimes committed by the Germans during the occupation indi catea that a charge of murder may be brought against Von Heinrlch. a for mer military governor of Lille. Madame Jacques and Mme. Martens, widows of men shot by the Germans, testified today that after sentence of death had been passed on their hus bands. Von Heinrlch authorized their lawyers to appeal to the German em peror, w hile the appeal was being made Von Heinrlch. it was declared, or dered that the men be executed and they were shot 24 hours later. The court also has heard evidence against Von Zoelne. former quarter master at Charlevllle. It has been testified that he was responsible for the deportation of girls from Lille in 1916. General von Gravenits, governor nf T.ill t th lltn, 1 1 was Ha.1..H held him responsible for the ord.er of aeponauon. Dr. Van Henverhny, a resident of Fives, near Lille, told the court that his 19-year-old son was killed with a bayonet by a German soldier on order of Captain Himmen Le Be la f re. The doctor testified further that the cap tain, the German governor of Lille and the German governor of Roubaix were responsible for the torturing of French ybuths in German work camps. The court also Is inquiring into the case of Lieutenant Boysel von Gymnitz, charged with the attempted murder of Abbe Hallinck of Marcquen-Baroeul. It is declared that the officer while drunk stabbed the priest, in whose house he was living. Afterward he smashed, the furniture and stole some money. PERSHING WOULD LET HEROES LIE WHERE THEY FELL. Soldiers Would Wish This, General Believes Perpetual Reminder of American Ideals, WASHINGTON. Aug. 20. General Pershing, in a cable to the war de partment, has expressed the opinion that the bodies of American soldiers who died abroad .should be left near where they fell. "1 believe that, could these soldiers speak for themselves, they would wish to be left undisturbed where, with their comrades, they fought the last fight." General Pershing said. "Those who rest in England gave their lives in the same cause, and their remains represent the same salvation as those who lie in the battlefields. The graves of our soldiers con stitute, if they are allowed to remain. personal reminder to our allies of the liberty and ideals upon which the greatness of America rests. I think the sentiments above outlined are held by many who have given this subject thought. These sentiments should ap peal to the relatives and friends. I recommend that none of the dead should be removed from Europe unless heir relatives should demand it after a full understanding of all the senti mental reasons against such removal: further recommend Immediate steps be taken for permanently Improving and beautifying our cemeteries." BY PEGGY CURTIS. NEW YORK, Aug. 20. (Special.) Several convalescent detachments ar rived yesterday. The majority of them are yet unassigned and subject to the orders of the port surgeon. The Grant, which arrived late Sunday night. brought a large number of Oregon men, who went to Camp Merritt. Between now and August 24 14,953 troops are scheduled to land here. Among them will be some of the 1st division and many casual outfits. This floes not include the troops that are expected between that time and Sep tember 1. on the George Washington, Mobile, Von Steuben and other of the large ships now just leaving European ports. Notice was served today by the own ers of the building now occupied by the Oregon welcome commission that the premises will not be available for the work after September 1. It is, how ever, the Judgment of the commission here that this work among the return ing Oregon soldiers should taper of! in order effectively to take care of the men that may arrive during the first part of September and plans to that effect are under consideration. The following are the Oregon arri vals to d?.te: Agamemnon, to Merritt, John F. Anderson, Taft; Robert C. Scarf. Medford: convalescent detach ment, 396, Brest, unassigned, Alfred D. Jordan, Portland; Clarence T. Cook, Vale; filler company No. 1. Captain Ross Bennett Cooper, Portland; Lieu tenant Walton S. Daniel, Portland; Captain Ira Harry Treest, Portland; Lieutenant Dallas H. Hardenbrock, Brookings; Lieutenant George McEwan, Gnlice; Lieutenant George M. Smith, Portland; Lieutenant Lewis Manciet, Portland. Casuals for orders. Sergeant Harold I. Graham. Portland; Sergeant Don H. Moore, Fortland. Steamship Kotlgen Der Nederlander, to Merritt, Ralph W. Peck, Culver; Ser geant Harold C. Bearden, La Grande; Joseph F. Bogynska, Salem; Lark O. Brown, Portland. President Grant, service unit 379. to camp Merritt. Pietro D'Angelo, Port land; convalescent detachment 393, Brest, John A. McDonald, Nyssa; casual for orders, Nurse Maud Anderson. Ore gon City; Chester Haven, Roy R. Fla herty, Portland; Jay E. Fryer, Grants Pass; Leo C. Stein. Portland; Brest casualty company 3289. to Camp Mer ritt. Earl S. Moore, Newberg; Benja min S. Ester. Jr., Portland; John J. Lariviere, Baker; Lieutenant John G. Manning, McMinnville; Lieutenant Fred J. Mahnke. North Portland; Sergeant Freeman O. Frazier, McMinnville; Ser geant Roy M. Hubler, Corvallls; Ray Shane, East Portland; Neil L. Buchan an, Independence; Joseph G. schaubel. Canby; Fred R. Frakes, Dallas; George C. Matten, Salem; Homer J. Brown, Dallas; William F. Luck, Mountaindale ; Knute E. Burtness, Silverton; John O. Friesen, Dallas; Claude M. Hunicutt, Eugene: William O. Rogers, McMinn ville; Frank C. Nelson, La Grande; Frank L. Wagner, Corvallis; Frank M. McCann, Dallas; Sergeant Allen H. Cady, Corvallis; Sergeant Ralph H. Fegley, Corvallis: Sergeant Wallace A. Jenkins. Portland; Brest casualty com pany 3702, Sergeant Harry N. Nelson, Portland; No. 3704, Sergeant Edward T. Bwletski, Portland; No. 3706. Lewis M. Thomas, Hood River! No. 3707. Ser geant Forest W. Poorman. Woodburn; No. 3708. Loran M. Randall, Newberg; No. 3709. Sergeant Fred S. Heltzhausen, Portland; Sergeant Calvin A. Finger, Portland; No. 3718. Sergeant John T. Haley. Eugene; No. 3721, Captain Thomas E. Rilea, Agnes. ness that the Seims-Carey-H. S. Ker baugh corporation had been favorite of the spruce corporation and ot General Disque, that the mills at Lake Pleasant and at Port Angeles, costing $1,200,000 and $1. 000.000, respectively, were built without actual necessity and would have resulted in the enrich ment of their possessors at the end of the war. The road itself was char acterized as one from ''nowhere to no where." "You're asking' me something that I have no right to answer, because it was "not my policy." flamed . Colonel Stearns at one juncture. "Mr. Frear," he continued, "your In vestigation will disclose that there were . serious engineering obstacles against any other route. I believe that you will hold the same view when you have questioned our engineers." Rejection of Stock Denied. 'I am gla3 that you have such con fidence in the persuasive powers of your engineers," replied Representative Frear. . Colonel Stearns testified that records show that oyer 98 per cent of the fir cut for airplane stock, when it left the Vancouver cut-up plant, had been ac cepted, and that less than three-tenths of 1 per cent of spruce ' stock from the same plant had been rejected. Prior to the time the cut-up plant had been in operation, the witness freely admitted, a great deal of airplane stock was rejected as unfit for the stress it would be subjected to. The witness was asked if he did not have data in his files in Portland con cerning the refusal of Great Britain to shipment of airplane stock, made as re- p .villi., tLD nuguai, iio, aim ifiai 011111- lar rejections had been filed by the airplane companies of this country. Colonel Stearns answered that no such cases had come to his knowledge, though they might have transpired in the earlier days of aircraft production. Oatfc Causes Clash. "It was a new game, remember," he said, "not only to us, . but to' every man on the coast. We were all doing our best to improve the quality and speed up the output." The first clash of witness and chair man took place at the very outset ol the morning session, when Represen tative Frear exhibited a letter from Colonel Stearns, requesting that all witnesses examined at the- investiga tion be duly sworn. He was asked why he had presumed to make such a re quest, and when directly questioned quite frankly admitted that the sug gestion had been forwarded to him by ex-Brigadier-General Disque, now In New York. "I know that there are certain men out here that are our enemies," sharp ly replied Colonel Stearns, "and I would like to have them under oath." The witness sketched the growth of spruce production from the time It passed under the control of the spruce division to the present. Interrogated as to the wage paid soldier labor, the witness replied that they received the army wage of J30, plus the difference between that and the prevalent wages in the camps. In case of Incompetency soldiers were paid but the army wage until they had attained proficiency. 25,0O0,0O0 Contract Under Fire. Here it was thai Chairman Frear cut in with a somewhat heated passage to the effect that at the same time there were hundreds of thousands of American boys on the western front, laying down their lives and sacrificing their bodies for $30 a month. He charged that General Disque and his fellow officers had presumed to fix the higher wage without congressional sanction, or any official sanction, and severely criticised the procedure. The cost-plus system whereby a minimum of 7 per cent was paid by the government upon all operations by private concerns in the spruce Indus try was covered. . In this connection the Seims-Carey-H. S. Kerbaugh con tract for pruce production, aggregat ing 825.000,000, came under heavy .fire. The cost-plus system could have at tained a maximum of 15 per cent on this sum, it was shown. "After the contractors had paid their income tax,", said Colonel Stearns, "the total profits to them on the railroad project will be $51,000 and the total profits on spruce contracts wUl amount to 865,000. The total profits that all our cost-plus contractors will receive is only a trifle over $200,000. Early Expenditures 2',000,000. ! Y4 S0L0NS GRILL SPRUCE MEN (Continued From First Pafce.) EARLY MARRIAGE DENIED R. E. Trenian Says He Did Not Wed Vernon Castle's Widow In 1918 ITHACA. X. Y., Aug. 20. Robert E. Treman today denied a report pub ished in New York city that he and Mrs. Irene Castle were married at Pi. kens, S. C In Mar, 1918. He said that at that time he was near Detroit in army service. The report said, that the marriage ook place within three months of the eath of Lieutenant Vernon Castle, the noted aviator, first husband of the dancer. Mr. Treman and Mrs. Castle were married this year. GREENVILLE. S. C. Aug. 20. The Rev. Frank A. Juhan. rector of Christ piscopal church here, today said that under the circumstances" he could not iscuss the report that he had married rene Castle and Captain Robert E. Treman at Pickens. S. C, May 21, 1318. He said he was honor bound not to make any statement, but that the state records could be consulted. The office of the clerk of courts at Pickens was closed today by reason of be Illness of the Judge of probate. EAD OF SCHOOLS ROBBED Burglar Enters Home of City Super intendent at The Dalles. THE DALLES. Or, Aug. 20. (Spe cial.) Burglars entered the home of R- L. Kirk, city school superintendent, here yesterday and after a careful and liesurely ransacking of the house de parted with a pearl broach pin. an emerald ring, an opal ring, a Spanish dollar dated 1787 and half dollar dated 1756. Silverware was left on the bed and a suitcase packed with a new suit, overcoat and a pair of shoes were left. , same general direction, and that the Northern Pacific had a similar plan for reaching down to Grays Harbor. The witness replied that he had heard gos sip to such effect concerninsr the lat ter road. Pressed as to the Milwaukee, I:e replied that he knew they did not want the spruce route for their exten sicn. "That is quite a knowledge on your part, from the standpoint of the com mittee." observed the chairman. "In stead of taking the logical route the read was diverted from Joyce through other routes, a' distance of over 36 n-iies. at a cost of more than $100,000 a mile." Attention was also directed by the chairman, merely for the purpose of perfecting the record, he said, to the fact that Mott Sawyer, chief construc tion engineer of the Clallam county spruce road, left the service of the Mil waukee to enter that of the spruce di vision, where he afterwards ranked as major, and that Mr. Sawyer is again serving the railroad company as as sistant to the general manager. Engineer Selection Defended. To this. Colonel Stearns replied that scrupulous care had been taken to se lect the engineer most qualified to carry through the difficult project in Clallam county and that the choice of Mr. Sawyer had been based on noth ing more than such qualifications. Charges were heaped upon the wit- 'You're not taking credit, are you." flashed Chairman Frear. "for the fact that congress took the money back? If the war had not stopped in November you couldn't tell what the profits would have been." It was further developed that the cost of the railroad as per contract was to have been $2,500,000, while total expenditures to the Seims-Carey people on the project have already totaled $3,988,511. Expenditures of the spruce division, prior to the time that the spruce production corporation took charge, were given as $27,000,000, with iu,uuu,ouo yet on hand. The subcommittee of investigation will resume its hearings here tomor row, and its members hope to conclude the Seattle session by Saturday night. Upon completion of the local Inquiry they will leave for Portland, where they expect to be in session for two weeks or more. ! JAPANESE TRANSPORT LOST Shijiki Maru Strikes Rock; 110 Men Reported Missing. LONDON, Aug. 20. The Japanese transport Shijiki Maru struck a rock and foundered on August 15 south of Sanegashima, according to a Nagasaki dispatch received by Lloyds. One hundred and ten of those on board are reported missing. Steamer J. N. Teal Loses Sailor. THE DALLES. Or., Aug. 20. (Spe cial.) A member of the crew of the steamer J. N. Teal was drowned at Mo- sier last night. His name was not known at the local office, as he had been signed in Portland. He fell from the boat and sank before aid could be rushed for him. VXJU fonow r or caitt& tfwjTap (rcudk. ib ffe oauttS for MEIER & FRANK CO. 10 Prizes Offered for the Best Bread Who can bake the best bread? Who ranks among the ten foremost home bread-makers? Perhaps you do. To find out register your name with Mrs. Ginger in the MEIER & FRANK Sixth Floor Auditorium and enter the Baking Cerates' Mrs. Ginger is a leading authority on bread baking and can give you any number of pointers unless you think that your bread is the very best possible without any more frills than you already know. ' Ten Prizes Are Offered Prize 1: $55 Hoover Suction Sweeper, by MEIER & FRANK CO. Prize 2: $25 in cash, given by Portland Flouring Mills Co, Prize 3: $15 in cash, given by Portland Flouring Mills Co. 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