V-nr T VTTT n 1X-I1Q Entered at Portland Oregon) UIj. Xu XXX. VJ. 1 O, Postoffloe as Second-C'.ass Matter. PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1919. PRICE FIVE CENTS MINERS MAY PICK MOMENTOUS DECISION MAY BE MADE TODAY FlflATnilMPQAIlIM ! FIRE STARTS ON SHIP; REPUBLICAN LEADERS LINE UP ON POLICIES LOOTER OF SEATTLE BANK OUT ON PAROLE E i Luni uumi utu in qtdikj: rhmb pi a Mm 1 FOR WEST URGED WET OR DRY CHRISTMAS TO SUPREME COURT. UP PIECE OF FUSE EXTENDING IN TO COAL BIN FOUND. PRE-CONVENTION JOCKEYING IS OCCUPYING WASHINGTON. WILLIAM L. COLLIER LEAVES WASHINGTON PENITENTIARY. GERMAN MNSTER BIGGER NAVY BAS COAL AGAIN FR OM SOUND 1 V i Strike to End by Wednes day, Says Operator. . WORKERS READY TO RETURN Garfield Wage Proposal Is Thought Settlement Basis. DETAILS ARE PREPARED Government to Confer With Miners Tomorrow; Secret Session Held in Washington. CHICAGO, Dec 7. Private advice from "Washington today indicated that Fuel Administrator Garfield's propo sal for a 14 per cent advance in wages to miners and a thorough study of mine profits, wages and conditions by a commission would settle the coal strike Tuesday or Wednesday and the miners would be back to work not later than Friday at least in. lillinois, Dr. F. C. Honnold, secretary of the Illinois Coal Operators' association, said tonight. He said he understood certain de tails of the settlement proposal agreed on last night at Washington had been worked out by Attorney General Palmer and J. P. Tumulty, secretary to the president, but would not be made public until after sub mission to the miners' executive at In dianapolis on Tuesday. Miners Ready to Resume. "Nothing was disclosed about the settlement plan to lead me to believe that there was anything more than the Garfield plan," said Dr. Honnold. "The miners generally are ready to resume operations and I am confident ' all mine superintendents in Illinois know of the settlement proposal and are ready to blow the whistles louder than ever the moment they know the plan has been given to the miners." Now that a settlement is expected to go through this week, operators tomorrow will ask the railroad ad ministration to provide for an ade quate car supply. Cars must be had and steps to that end must be taken Immediately. No further cuts in passenger serv ice were announced today by the north and ccnral western regions which yesterday ordered 65 through and local trains cancelled tomorrow. It was announced that the reduc tions already scheduled would not be affected by the prospective str.'ke ettlement and must remain in force until railroad stocks have been re plenished and Industry and domestic consumers protected. Short tiny to Continue. Chicago industry will continue on the six and one-half hour day basis, although retail stores tomorrow re duce to six hours. WASHINGTON. Dec. 7. Government proposals for settling the coal strike were tonight cloaked in mystery which promised to lift only at Indian apolis Tuesday, when the federal court and the leaders of the United Mine Workers will be called upon to consider them. Attorney-General Palmer and his special assistant. Judge Ames, were traveling to Indianapolis tonight on the same train with John L. Lewis, acting president, and William Green, secretary of the mine workers' union, whose secret visit and equally secret conference yesterday with Mr. Palmer and Joseph P. Tumulty, secretary to President Wilson, resulted In a pro visional agreement to settle. Not one of the participants would discuss its meaning or Intent in any detail. Before boarding the train for In dianapolis Mr. Palmer, however, said he was quite sure that the end of the strike was in sight. It was learned that he would confer with Judge An derson of the federal district court on reaching Indianapolis. Garfield's Position firm. In official quarters. Fuel Adminis trator Garfield, speaking with brevity and emphasis, added only doubt to the situation "My position has not been budged one inch and will not be." he said. It was recalled that yesterday Dr. uarneia naa reueraiea that not one cent could be added to the price of coal to finance wage increases to the miners greater than the 14 per cent he suggested which operators could pay out of profits and that the gov ernment was behind him in the stand. It also was pointed out that on No vember 26 he suggested this basis of agreement to the miners with a pro viso that an arbitration commission be appointed by the president to re view his decision with power tc change it if the commission should find economical justification. This proposal the miners" representatives then rejected. Miners Representatives Silent. From other authoritative sources there was only the attorney-general's statement last midnight that "a defi nite concrete proposition from the president looking to the speedy set tlement of the strike" had been taken before Lewis and Green and that they had agreed to recommend It to the national board and policy committee of the mine workers' union. The miners' representatives, it de veloped today, arrived in Washington (Coucluded cm 1'ase 4. Column 3. Tribunal Reconvenes at Xoon and Action on Wartime Prohibi tion Law Is Expected. "WASHINGTON, Dec. 7. The validity of the war-time prohibition law may be decided tomorrow by the supreme court, in which event the country will get a final answer to its big question whether this will be a "wet" Christ mas. The court will reconvene at noon t and the impression prevailed gener ally that the constitutionality of the war-time law and the Volstead act for its enforcement may be settled at the opening. Unless the court decides these cases before January 16 its opinion will have no effect and the country will be dry then by constitutional amendment. WOMEN FIND NEW FIELDS Vocation of Teacher, Says Report, Svt Sufficiently Remunerative. NEW YORK, Dec 7. .College wo men are turning from the teaching field and earning much more money in other capacities, according to an investigation on behalf of the Smith college endowment fund. One college woman founded a tea room in New Tork city and made $30,000 last year. A director of th dining service, recently employed by one college, received J6000 a year more than the professors are paid. Many college women are writing for magazines and newspapers. Those trained in chemistry are becoming anaiyists ror commercial concerns. many of ability in mathematics are employed as insurance actuaries. Others are nurses and many are stenographers. It is proposed to use the Smith en dowment fund to increase the faculty salaries 50 per cent. HOOD HAS FRESH SNOW Heavy Ice Floes Pass Down Co lunibia; Mercury Falls. HOOD RIVER. Or., Dec. 7. (Spe clal.) After brief respite the mid- Columbia is again in the grip of win ter. The wind veered from the east and blew a Chinook last night long enough to melt -the light snow that had covered the district for the past week, and then suddenly switched to the east again before daybreak, ac companied by new snow that has piled up more than an inch. The temperature- has . again fallen -to the freezing point. Heavy Ice floes are passing down the Columbia- LA GRANDE, Or., Dec. 7. (Spe cial.) Winter Is growing more se vere daily in eastern Oregon, and the usual January rigors are being expe rienced at this early date. Thermom eter readings are lower now than Is common in January. MECCA DRAWS MOSLEMS Dutch Steamer Prepares to Take On 180 0 Pilgrims. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 7. The Dutch steamer Soerkarta is here tak ing aboard prayer rugs and ottae equipment for an improvised mosqu to be used when it carries 1800 Mo hammedan pilgrims from the Dutch East Indies to Jeddah, the Red Sea port of Mecca. From San Francisco to Java the Soerkarta's cargo will b coal, but in Java, Sumatra an Borneo the pilgrims will be take aboard. During the war. Captain W. J. Boon said today, the annual pilgrimage was considerably diminished, but this year an unusually large number of Mo hammedans expect to make the trip. From Jeddah, he said, the wealthy will travel oi the recently completed railway, while the rest of the pll grims will go on foot or ride camel AUSTRIA HELD HELPLESS Election by Allies of Neutral Die tator Suggested. VIENNA, Dec. 7. Dr. Karl Renne the chancellor, has been notified by the supreme council that it is willin to receive him personally at Paris to plead his country's dangerous plight. Dr. Refiner will beg for immediate help, proposing as an alternative the retirement of the present government and the election by the allies of a neutral dictator and administrative staff to govern the country. Serious r--"ad riots in the city and suburbs of Innsbruck are reported. Men, women and children have forc ibly entered the warehouses of the Farmers' association, restaurants, shops and hotels and also the Jesuit's collegium and institute in Sagan. plundering and destroying. MISSING" SHIP TOWED IN Thrasher Found Ofr Cape Flattery After 3 Weeks" Search by Tug. SEATTLE. Wash.. Dec. 7. Long overdue and believed lost by. many mariners, the three-masted barken tine Thrasher, which left San Fran cisco October 26 for Seattle, was towed into this port today by the tug Richard Holyoke. Soon after leaving San Francises the ship c.countered stormy weather and was driven far out of its course by heavy winds, during which she was able to make only five miles an hour. The tug Richard Holyoke had been searching for the Thrasher off Cape Flattery for three weeks, final ly locating the missing ship Saturday morning. Voman Victim of Splash Near Bremerton. iVHISTLES CALL FOR HELP Unable to Swim, Brought to Shore by Machinist. OTHERS CLING TO POLES Platform Capsizes When Party De scends Gangplank to Board Craft; Doctprs Are Prompt. SEATTLE. Wash., Dec. 7. (Special.) Forty persons, mostly women, were thrown into the icy waters of Puget sound at Manette, opposite Bremer ton, at 6:40 tonight, and one woman and Derhaos others drowned, when a landing float capsized. Mrs. Margaret M. Armstrong, for merly of Spokane, but for the past year a resident of Bremerton, drowned. Mrs. Elizabeth Chase. 54 years old, was in a critical condition tonight at the Bremerton hospital from exposure and shock. The cause of the accident is said to have been the result of too many persons on the float. The ferryboat Urania was coming into Manette and approximately 25 persons on the dock them filed down the' gangplank to await on the float their turn to board the craft. Fifteen passengers were on the ferry for Aianeiie. i ne Ma nette party crowded to one side o-f the float to allow the ferry passengers to land. As the landing party came down the gangplank the float went down under the added weight. The last of the ferry party had reached the float when a shifting of weight in the crowd caused the float to go down at one end. Physicians Quickly Summoned. The float continued rising at one end while the opposite sank deeper into the water until for a few seconds the float appeared to stand upright. Of the 40 who a moment before had been standing on th float, none re mained. The first slid gradually into the water. - Those on the upper end were- literally- thrown in. The screams of the women were loud. Th long screech of the boat s whistle brought scores of Manette residents out of their homes to the waterfront. It was heard in Bremer ton and telephone communication was started from across the water at tle navy-yard town to ascertain the cause. Within ten minutes every available physician in Bremerton, nearly a dozen Hi all, had been sum moned and were on their way in a special boat across the bay to Man ette. J. W. Burt, a navy-yard machinist (Concluded on Page 2, Column 1.) t V l - I I k. "V 5 " . -"J" - -a I El 111 1 1 1 1 1 I 1 1 1 w;iu. I - S r . I Explosive Placed on Norwegian Steamer Terrier by Union Stevedores, Say Police. SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 7. Fire broke out last night in the main bunkers of the Norwegian tramp steamer Terrier, which arrived here Friday from Seattle. With the aid of a fire tug the fire finally was extin guished. It was thought by the police to have resulted from the plac- ng of a fire bomb In the vessel's hold. Powder experts had been called in to determine the nature of a piece of fuse found extending down from the main hatch into 90 tons of coal which was placed aboard the vessel yesterday. The Terrier had been loaded by non union stevedores. The police ex pressed the opinion that a fire bomb may have been placed in the vessel by union stevedores in connection with the present labor troubles on the waterfront. When the fire broke out, it was said, there was a burst of smoke and flame, said to indicate that it was started by a bomb. BOY'S SLAYER SENTENCED Cedrlc Sharif Gets 7 Years for Killing Lad in Melon Palch. CANYON CITT, Or., Dec. 7. (Spe cial.) Cedric Sharff, Monument farmer, who shot and killed Martin Leslie while the lad with a companion was crossing the Sharff melon patch last Summer, yesterday was sentenced here to a term of seven years in the penitentiary. Shasrf did not appal the verdict. 4, The recommendation of the jury for leniency was followed by the courts imposing the manslaughter sentence. Sharff's appeal for parole was not granted. Sheriff Howell left tonight for Salem with the prisoner. MURDER DETAILS BARED Branner Confesses Shooting, Wil son Beating Astoria Chinaman. ASTORIA, Or., Dec. 7. (Special.) A dispatch today from Chief of Po lice Leb Carlson, who reached Poca- tello, Idaho, this morning, stated that WTilllam Wilson and Parila A. Bran ner, who were arrested at Clear Creek, Utah, for the murder of Frank Gowan, Chinese clothing merchant, and ex-service man, had confessed the details of the crime. ' The message said Branner had ad mitted Jhat he slot Gowan, while Wilson said he beat Gowan on the head and kicked him. MEXICAN PIRATE SOUGHT Gunboat in Search of Outlaws Op erating Off "West Coast. EL PASO, Texas., Dec. 7. The Mex ican gunboat Guerrero has sailed from Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico, in search of pirates reported to be mak ing their headquarters in certain islands in the Pacific ocean off the coast of Mexico. Announcement to this effect by the Mexican secretary of war arid marine is quoted In a recent issue of El Her aldo of Mexico City. THE CORNER GROCERY CLUB. vJVMOW lHTmSCOVlNtRt $ vNOW.B-V VVS WAY OVER. I V VifYVXL (NT "THE. (.UlO Forces of at Least 4 Candidates Ex pected to Begin Work In Cap- ital by Next Wednesday. WASHINGTON. Dec 7. The lead- j ins figures or the republican party are gathered in Washington for the meeting of the national republican committee which will convene here Wednesday. Although selection of a place and a date for the 1920 national conven tion Is the only business formally before the committee, the gathering of party leaders is expected to bring out a great deal of discussion of con ditions and policies with preliminary jockeying which may have an impor tant bearing on the campaign. Several members of the committee and many others prominent in re publican circles in various states al ready have arrived tonight and St. Louis had broken the ice of the fight for the COnventlnn fiv nf-o-flnlrzlncr leaders. Chicago also is making a determined effort to be the conven tion city. By Wednesday at least four can didates' headquarters are expected to De at work. The managers for Gen eral Leonard Wood are to reach Washington tomorrow : .d the Illi nois delegation trying to get' the convention for Chicago is expected to organize also a campaign for the nomination of Frank O. Lowden, gov ernor of Illinois. Friends of Sena tor Harding of Ohio are understood to be planning to take advantage of the meetings, and headquarters for I Senator Poindexter of Washington i have been active here for some weeks. ! CINCINNATI. Dec. 7. Colonel Will iam Cooper Procter, Cincinnati man ufacturer, today announced his ac ceptance of the chairmanship of the Leonard Wood national presidential committee. Mr. Procter's statement follows: "I am for General Wood. I am for him because I believe he is the strong est man in the country and the sit uation needs hiiri. I have accepted this position at the request of General Wood's friends only because it seems to me that it is the duty of every man in the country to help put at the head of our sadly disorganized government the right man. General Wood is that man. "'His thoroughly tested American ism, his common sense, his demon strated ability, as an administrator, his strong personality, his courage, in upboMing. law and order "and the soundness of his principles in all mat ters relating to national-welfare, com bine to afford convincing evidence of his desirability." WIDOW OF ANGELES DIES Exhaustion From Worry Over Hus band, Executed, Causes Death. NEW TORK, Dec. 7. Senora Felipe Angeles, widow of the Mexican revo lutionist recently executed by Car- ranza troops, died today without hav ing been informed of her husband's arrest and death. She came here from El Paso three months ago suffering from nervous exhaustion caused by fear for her husband's safety, and gradually grew worse. INVITES INVASION Noske Opposes Ratifying Peace Treaty. "LET ALLIES COME," IS DEFI British and French' Try to Crush Nation, Says Official. WARFARE IS ADVOCATED What More Do You Want?" Asks Bellicose Official; Spies, Trick ery, Deception Charged. LONDON, Dec. . Gustav Noske, German minister of defense, is abso lutely determined not to sign the peace protocol handed Germany by the entente and is resolved to recom mend that the German government adopt his attitude, come what may. according to an interview he gave the Berlin correspondent of the Daily Mail Saturday. The time has come," he said, "for Germany to resist to the uttermost. I cannot speak for the whole govern ment because it has not yet come to decision, but I shall recommend a refusal to sign the peace treaty pro tocol." The limit has long been reached. Let the allies occupr the country If they like. The peace protocol r-w presented to us is not peace but a prolongation of the war. WTere such treaty accepted the German nation would rise up and avenge itself upon the men who signed it and it would be right. Great Britain and France are deliberately planning the destruc tion of Germany. All the confidence .1 ever had in the pledges of the allies is gone forever. Resistance Is SuKccated, "By deceit and trickery the British and Franch rovernmerus are working up opinion in their countries to crip ple Germany still further beyond the crushing effect of the first treaty. We have yielded too often and now must resist. Let the allies do what they please." Asked whether he would resign if the remainder of the covernment de cided to accept the allied terms. Noske replied that he could not say what he would do a week hence, but that his present position had been deliberately adopted and was unalterable. The correspondent says that, al though Noske carefully emphasized that he was only defining his own position, his words agreed with the Intentions ascribed to the other mem bers of the cabinet. The two straws which Noske rep resents as having broken the back oi German endurance, says the corre spondent, are the demand for dock and harbor material and the protocol empowering the allies to enforce the execution of the peace treaty. Noske Aeriaea British. The correspondent says that during his talk with Noske he suggested that if the Germans had not sunk the war ships in Scapa Flow, the demand of the allies for tugs and docks would not have been made. To this ho says Noske replied: "Oh, yes. they would. The British would have invented some pretext Great Britian is out to cripple Ger many, and demands our last dredges and cranes so as to prevent the re vival of our mercantile marine." Noske repudiated the German gov ernment's responsibility for the sink ing of the ships in Scapa Flow, and accused the British government of publishing misleading and "faked" extracts of the letter of Rear Admiral Adolf von Trotha, chief of the Ger man admiralty, written to Admiral von Reuter, who sank the ships. Re garding the protocol. Noske said its signature would be giving Ger many's assent in advance to unlimited future aggressions by the allies. Ery Pleds-e Declared Broken. "What more do you want?" asked Noske. "You used to tell us if we chased away the Hohenzollerns peace would be adopted. And now you are breaking every pledge you gave. You have Imposed upon us such a crushing peace that it could not have been worse if the Hohenzollerns had re mained. "The French doubtless will march Into Germany. Let them come. -The allies know that Germany is without means of resistance. Allied officers are all over the country, spies are shuffling about everywhere. All the scare talk about German armament is a deliberate press campaign to pre pare public opinion for aggression." Noske hinted at a third objection which he was to raise to the signing of the protocol. "If the United States stays out," he said, "the commissions established un der the peace treaty will be taken over by the other allies. If that means more Frenchmen It would be most In jurious to German interests and we should not agree." Reports are current that Baron von Lersner and his peace delegates will probably be replaced by a. new dele- I gation comprising financiers, busi ness men and leadens of the Hanseatic league, in aaaiiion i uipiomais. Confessed Embezzler of More Than $63,000, Sent Up for Not Less Than 5 Years, Liberated. SEATTLE. Wash- Dec. 7. (Spe cial.) William L. Collier, ex-president of the defunct National Bank & Trust company, which closed its doors in January, 1917, has been paroled from the state penitentiary, wheie he was committed by Superior Judge Everett Smith for not less than five years nor more than 15 years on pleas of guilty to having embezzled more than $63,000 of the bank's funds and to having made false entries in the institution's bonks to deceive dep uty state bank examiners. The action paroling the ex-banker was taken at the December meeting of the state board of control, which is also the board of oarole. it was said In Olympia last night, by Fred E. Baldwin, member of the board. Coupled with the parole is permis sion to leave the state, and friends of Collier said yesterday that he had gone to southern California to make his home Judge Smith said that several months ago he. at the solicitation of a member of Collier's family, had signed a parole petition. Former Prosecuting Attorney Lundin, who brought the criminal actions against Collier, said that some time ago upon request he forp-arded to Olympia a i statement of the case without a rec ommendation. Collier returned to his old home in East Seattle, on Mercer island, about two weeks ago. it is said, and was frequently in Seattle while complet ing his preparations for oing south. POLICE HELD FOR MURDER Thirteen or Alabama Force Vndcr $40.0110 Hail Each. FRANKLINTON. La.. Dec. 7. Thir teen policemen who were members of the posse which killed four labor icauers in Dogaiusa, .November 22. in a,clash over the attempted arrest of negro labor leader, were arrested today on the charge of murder, brought here and placod in jail and later released on bail of J40.000 cash. Each man was charged with kill ing the four labor leaders. One hun dred and thirty-seven men signed the bail, which totaled J520.0OO. Regular army troops are still iu Bogalusa- : HUNDRED SEE TWO DROWN Would-IJc KcM-ucr l iiahl Time Reach Victims in SEATTLE, Wash.. D.-c. 7. Two unidentified men were drowned in Puget sound between' Vashon and Blake islands today when a canoe in which they were riding capsized. The accident happened in full view of a hundred passengers on the steamer Burton, which was maneuvering to reach the overturned canoe without running down the two men clinging to its sides. Before assistance could reach them the victims released their hold and sank from sight. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'SMaxiniunt Ipnippraiure. degree; minimum, ii- degrees. TODA Y'S Fair; northeasterly winds. Vorrlfcn. Lady Astor tires of constant homage of fellow members In house of commons. Page . German war minister invites allied inva sion. Page 1. Italian city terrorized by lawlena element under direction of extremists. Page 2. National. Supreme court may deride on wet or dry Christmas today. Page J. Domestic Fire on ship laid to strikers' bomb. Page 1. Miners- may pick coal again Friday. Page 1. Burleson replies to Chairman Steenersons attack on postal report. Page 7. Body of woman found In trunk may not have been that of Maude Tabor. Page 3. Gotham boy clears up robbery case that had long baffled police. Page 3. Butte's coal supply gone and crisis la faced. Page 4. Bigger naval est a blishment on Pacific coast recommended in Secretary Dan iel's annual report. Page 1. Early action on Mexico is plated for con gress this week. Page 2. Republican leaders begin pre-conventlon Jockeying In national capital. Page 1. Missouri mines resume operations. Page 4. Pacific Northwest. Seattle embezzler of o.(M)0 bank funds paroled from Washington penitentiary. Page 1. New fruit cannery Is pledged for Salem. Page 13. Albany college prepares to welcome new president. Page 5. Short recess prevents compaignlng by Washington members of congress. Page 5. Chinese trade envoy offers large field to United States merchants. Page 7. Sports. Gibbon" plana to challenge Dempsey and Carpentier. Page 13. Demppey gets offer of S175.QO0 for fight with carpenner. r-age ix. Wilde's technique in ring is praiaed by sporting critics. Page 17. Returning delegates from intercollegiate conference favor gate receipt basis change Just made. Page 12. Portland and Vicinity. Excessive buying by Individuals blamed for high prices. Page 17. Early restoration of normal train service is predicted, as result of new outlook on coal strike. Page 11. Pastor sees need for moral .audacity. Page 9. Members of civic clubs to attend open nous Wednesday at big furniture fac tory. Pags 11. Trans-ocean rate on samples cut In half. Page 17. Purging nation of aliens urged by speaker a,t Elks' memorial. Page 18. December 17 scheduled for planetary mix up. Page 6. Float upsets on sound: one drowns. Page 1. Bola burglar steals eggs- Page 1H. Pacific Fleet Importance Cited by Daniels. PAY INCREASES ALSO ASKED Secretary Advises Longer Training for Officers. ANNUAL REPORT IS MADE Construction of 139 Vessels of All Classes During Fiscal Year Is Xoted; Radio Control Asked. WASHINGTON, Dec. 7. Incompar ably stronger and more efficient than ever before. the American navy emerged from the world war "second only to that of Great Britain and far in advance of any other foreign navy in ships, in men. and every element of strength," Secretary Daniels de clared today in his annual report. With 18 capital ships 12 super dreadnoughts and six giant battle cruisers .nder construction, all rep resenting: the last word in naval con struction, and several superior to any fighting- vessels now in commission, the navy is "pressing forward to greater things." Mr. Daniels said. Recommendations Ty the secretary -for the betterment of the service in cluded: Extension of the course at the navy academy to five years so the mid shipmen may spend one year afloat as enlisted men. Immediate enlargement of the naval establishment on the Pacific coast to take care of the new Pacific fleet. Pay InrreMMfti Advised. Temporary increases In pay of of ficers and enlisted men and increases in amounts allowed for commutation of quarters and other allowances. Government control of wireless communication. Expansion of the naval air service and continuation, of the prasent pol icy of a separate air service for the navy. Construction of new buildings, in cluding a new memorial chapel at the naval academy. Change of the names of the bu reaus of navigation and steam engin eering to personnel and engineering bureau, respectively. Mr. Daniels made no recommenda tions as to an annual building pro gramme, explaining that the recom mendat ions of the navy general board were under consideration and that est i mates would be prepared soon for presentation to congress. The actual cost of the navy to the nation during the war was placed by the secretary at $2,982,000,000. Dur ing the next fiscal year, he said, the navy's needs will be approximately $573.1 " 1.25 4. or at-proximately $40, ooo.ooo less than the sum asked for during the present fiscal year. ir0 'YettMelM Hiillt In Year. Commenting on the construction records during the war, the secretary said that during the 12 months ended Inst October 1. 1 59 vessels of all classes were completed for the navy. These included 103 destroyers. 1 bat tleship, 32 submarines and 52 Kagle boats. A world record for destroyer construction was made, the secretary said, in the building of the Reld at Squantum. Mass., in 45 working days. Discussing the proposed radical de parture in the training of officers for the navy, Mr. Daniels declared that "no orncer. can commana so wen as the man of ability and knowledge who knows every character of service from polishing brass to the highest strategy and tactics." He added that a year's training as an enlisted man would prove Invaluable to every of ficer and that heretofore commis sioned officers had no actual sea going training in the duties of en listed men except an incidental knowledge acquired during short summer cruises. Mr. Daniels devoted much of his report to a review .of the work, of the navy during the war and in for eign waters since the signing of the armistice. He declared that the re markable performance of the navy in transporting troops, particularly in bringing the army back to the United States, was the outs-tanding war-time achievement of the navy. Tribute Paid to Reserve Regarding the enlargement of the Pacific coast bases. Mr. Daniels said he could not "too strongly urge that congress make a beginning in the de velopment of shore bases, navy-yards and air stations on the Pacific." Prop er care of the vessels of the Pacific fleet, he added, makes such action vital. The report paid high tribute to the services of naval reserve officers and men during and after the war "with out whom," it said, "we could not have manned the ships and carried on the war." Secretary Daniels char acterized the r.aval reserve force as an invaluable asset to the navy and urged that congress make- ample pro vision for retaining and strengthening the organizaUon. Advocating temporary increases in pay of officers and enlisted men and increase in amounts allowed for com mutation of quarters and other al lowances, the report declared that iConcludad on Page 2, Column 3.) v THl 107.0