THE 3IORSTXG OREGOXIAX, THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 1919.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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