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TllE MORXIXG OREGOXIAX, SATURDAY, . MAY 13. 1920
DIES
SAYS
SIS
DENIED YjHHK GLORY
GIRL OF SIXTEEN CONVICTED OF SLAYING STEPFATHER.
Use of British Admiralty Re
port Criticised.
DELAY CHARGE REFUTED
Secretary Asserts Allegation of Un
necessary Loss of Tjife Proven
to Be in Crror.
WASHINGTON, May 14. Rear-Admiral
Sims robbed American destroy
er crews of credit due them by leaving-
the investigation of combats with
submarines to the British admiralty,
Secretary Daniels today told the sen
ate naval investigating committee.
Had he known that American offi
cers were not reviewing the circum
stances of battles between American
vessels and U-boats, he -would have
ordered the admiral to adopt that
course, the secretary said.
Admiralty reports and awards of
credit to the Americans were ac
cepted by Admiral Sims, Mr. Daniels
said, although the British demanded
absolute conclusive proof before giv
ing credit for the sinking of a sub
marine in the case of an American
vessel, while using a less rigorous
standard in the case of British ships.
Out of 256 attacks on submarines by
American vessels, the British gave
the United States forces credit for
but 24 successful attacks, most of
which were listed as "possibly slight
lv damaeed." said Secretary Daniels.
In only one case was full credit for
the sinking of a U-boat given an
American ship, this being Vie de
stroyer Fanning, which sank the
U-68 and captured the crew.
Sir. Daniels Quotes Sims.
In explaining why so few credits
were given for known sinkings, the
summary compiled by Admiral Sims
states thit "unless prisoners or un
mistakable wreckage were obtained
following an attack, it was prac
ticallv impossible to definitely deter
mine the results," said Mr. Daniels.
"That prisoners or wreckage were
not absolutely required before a ves
sel was credited with sinking a sub
marine is shown by the reports from
thn British admiralty records of
n AAA fl.isspd as known sunk."
The secretary then read records' of
encounters between British ehips and
submarines, in which credit was given
for the Binkincr of the submarine, al
though neither prisoners nor wreck
ae... wrft obtained.
"T rto not blame' the British," said
Mr. Daniels. "They were looking out
tnr- tbfmsftlves oroDerlv. although 1
rir hkmp Admiral Sims fo not pro
tecting American interests. The United
States navy is not accustomed to hav
ine others decide what credits shall
ho awarded to its men and vessels,
and I know of no other instance where
any other navy has allowed this.
Sinut' Report Read.
"Admiral Sims' own reports refuted
the fhare-e made in his letter of Janu
ary 7 that destroyers were 'rushed
through brief and inadequate Prep
aration before being .sent abroad,' "
the secretary said. He read extracts
from Admiral Sims report as loiiows
"Our ships made no demands of con
nnuence uoon the navy-yard facili
ties after arriving, in spite of the
length of their passage under adverse
conditions.
"Contrary to expectations. they
were found to be well equipped for
their prospective duty with the ex
ception of 'depth charges.
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DEGENERACY IS FOUND
Entente Military Observer Accom
panying Polish Army Finds
City in Incredible State.
- Photo from Underwood.
URSULA HR.ODER.ICIv OF ST. tf-OUIS.
Ursula Broderick, 16-year-old St. Louis girl, was found guilty of sec
ond-degree murder in having killed her stepfather, Joseph F. Woodlock.
in the home in St. Louis April 14, 1919. Her punishment was fixed at ten
years in the Missouri penitentiary. A former jury deadlocked and was dis
charged. Three years ago the girl shot and killed her father when he Is
said to have attacked her mother. It was alleged; but a coroner's Jury ex
onerated her Miss Broderick claims her stepfather tried to attack her and
she was compelled to kill him to protect herself.
limit the number of American troops
that could be sent abroad during the
first year to an average of approxi
mately 25,000 men a month." ,
There was never a time, the wit
ness said, when tonnage was not
available to carry troops and supplies
to France as fast as they could ,be
landed and transported' to the front.
'As a matter of fact the American
army materially shortened the war,
said Secretary Daniels. It got to the
front as soon as it was humanly pos-
piiou l . -- slble, not by chance, but as a result
"The equipment and construction of careful pIans ,nvolvinff complete
ir ships have proved adequate and h
our ship
efficient-'
Turnintr to Admiral Sims' criticism
that the navy was unprepared for
war In April, 1917, Mr. Daniels said
that Admiral Jellicoe's book on the
battle of Jutland showed that "not
even the British navy," expecting
every minute a decisive battle, could
be kept 100 per cent periect.
Jellieoe Discusses Americans.
He quoted at length from the Jelli
coe book to show that the British
fleet had deficiencies and weaknesses
cooperation between the army and
navy, carefully carried out."
White House officials said today
that President Wilson's wartime ad
dress to the Atlantic fleet and mes
sage to Rear Admiral Sims were laid
before the senate naval investigating
committee by Secretary Daniels with
the full consent and approval of the
president.
The British admiralty was criticised
in both of the documents and reports
published here said that because of
this the president might reprimand
OPEN SHOP STAND TAKEN
NORTH BEXO LUMBER MILL
ANXOOCES POLICY.
Firm Refuses to Recognize or Af
filiate With Unionized Labor,
Reads Letter.
that surprised the British people, and I the naval secretary for making them
that the Germans were actually supe- I puDiic,
rior in destroyer strength. The Amer-
. lean navy was not perfect, he said,
but avoided many costly mistakes by
tH.klnir to heart the experiences of
other allies-
Proof of the navy department's ef
forts to prepare for war were con
tained in the recommendations for
appropriations from 1913 to 1917 and
the organization- in 1915 of the naval
consulting- board, with Thomas A.
Kditson at its head, Mr. Daniels de
clared.
Admiral Sims' "fallacious and base
leas" charges that the navy depart
ment delays prolonged the" war four
months unnecessarily was "prac
tically the only charge of unfavor
able results from the many alleged
sins of omission and commission
the officer had ascribed to the depart
ment. Secretary" Daniels told the
committee. It was fully refuted, he
added, by the admiral's own testi
mony.
Inaccuracy Pointed Out.
Admiral Sims based his estimate of
an unnecessary loss of 500,000 lives on
an average loss for the allies of 3000
men a day, Mr. Daniels said.
"The loss of 3000 men a day for
four months falls short, of haJf
million," the secretary declared.
The admiral based the charge on
assumption that had there been
million American soldiers In France
by March, 1918, the war would have
ended four months sooner, Mr,
Daniels said and completed the rea
soning by assuming the tonnage
losses of 1917 prevented carrying that
number of troops overseas by that
date, and that failure of the Amerl
can navy to co-operate heartily in
the first months of the war resulted
in the heavy tonnage losses.
"It is not necessary to wander far
into the realm of statistics or tech
nical questions to show the absolute
fallacy of Admiral Sims claim, Mr.
Daniels said. "He informed the com
mittee that the net tonnage available
for the allies May 1, 1917. was 27,000,
000 tons. It is a matter of common
knowledge that on May 1, 1918, the
tonnage was less than on May 1, 1917,
Testimony given by Admiral Sims
would indicate that the net losa dur
ing the year was about two million
. tons. This is probably a sufficiently
close estimate for practical purposes,
Record Refutes Cfcargre,
"Now then, owing to the tonnage
NORTH BEND, Or., May 14. (Spe
cial.) In a letter delivered to each
of its employes yesterday, the North
Bend Mjll and Lumber company of
this city outlined its future attitude
and policy toward organized labor. It
declared the firm would continue to
support the open shop principles and
refuse to recognize or affiliate with
unionized labor. The action of the
company is the result of the adop
tion of an advanced wage scale by
the timber workers accompanied by
demands for its acceptance by the
mills and logging concerns of this
section on or before June 1. It is an
nounced, that all other lumber and
logging concerns in this territory will
adopt a policy similar to that of the
North Bend Mill and Lumber company
and refuse to deal with any organi
zation of workers in the lumber in
dustry except the Loyal Legion of
Loggers and Lumbermen.
District Organizer Canterbury of
the timber workers' union has been
carrying on an active campaign in
the mills and logging camps in the in
terest of organized labor and has sue
ceeded in organizing a number of
locals with an aggregate membership
of nearly 700.
just and that profits are. to be an
addition to pay, then it would, be in
proper form, but not when used as
weapon to hold down a roans pay.
The intangible agitation in industrial
life concerns the question of a divi
eion of surplusr-not the question that
employes want to manage the busi
ness.
CONTROL HELD TO BE ISSUE
Poindexter, in Address, Says Labor
and Capital Question Pressing
njxw iuku, May n The issue
now confronting the nation was de
fined as a question of whether labor
and capital shall be subject to the
control of the law when vital public
interests are involved, by Senator
Poindexter of Washington, a candi
date for the republican presidential
nomination, in an address tonight be
fore the National Manufacturers'
sociation.
The freedom of the laboring man
and rule by the people are at stake.
Senator Poindexter declared. "A man
should be protected In his right to
work in or out of a union. And th
government must protect with all the
forces of the nation, if need be, th
movement of food supplies and th'
conduct of industries which are es
sential to the life, of the people.
TThe influence of the labor unio
witnin its proper sphere and con
ducted on sound and reasonable prin
ciples, is a valuable aid to industry
and government; carried to the excess
of coercing all workmen to become
Its members, whether they wish to or
not, levying compulsory taxation upon
them, dictating when they shall worn
and when they shall not. .... and
directing the government Itself . .
it is then carrying a good thing to
excess.
HOOVER FOR OPEN SHOP
(Continued From First Page.)
may develop into a political weapon.
But certainly that has not been the
case in the United States.
Mr. Hoover thought it was almost
impossible to legislate as to hours of
labor, wages, he said, should take
into account the cost of necessities,
savings and the enjoyment of all
losses of 1917 ana tne early part of benefits of the civilization of the time.
1918. the net tonnage available to
the allies had been reduced from 27,
000.000 May 1, 1917, to 25,000,000 on
May 1, 1918. Yet it is admitted by
Admiral Sims that In the spring of
1918 American troops were transport
ed to France at the rate of nearly
300.000 a month, or more than ten
times the rate to which he said trans
portation had been restricted in 1917
because of the destruction of tonnage.
This simple fact refutes absolutely
Admiral Sims' statement that the ton
nage losses of 1917 made it Impossible
to transport any considerable Ameri
can army, and made it necessary to
Senator Phipps, republican. Colo
rado, called attention to the bonu
paid employes by many industrial en
terprises and to reports that labor
leaders felt it should be discouraged.
"In the actual practice of the op
eration of the various devices they
fall into two general classes sharing
of profits ana sharing; of savings.
Mr. Hoover said. "It Is difficult to
reach a fair basis of settlement. The
occasional misuse of the system has
led to the opposition of organized
labor.
"If profit sharing- is to be based on
the conception that waes are to b
KIEV CAPTURED WITH
DSY-BEDECKED GUNS
emoralized Reds Make No
Show of Resistance.
In this city. Mrs. Montgomery said:
"This greatest Protestant effort of
the ages is now at a crisis in its
progress. It Is very fitting that the
challenge to make its advance sure
goes out to the women of the land.
Women have been practicing interde
nominational activity for years. They
have studied its possibilities; they
have prayed for its growth: now they
must have It In the name of the liv
ing God. May the millions of women
I cannot telegraph pray and give."
Gifts should be telegraphed to Mrs.
Montgomery, 111 Fifth avenue. New
York city.
A member of the Tnterchurch
World Movement executive cabinet
said today: "Mrs. Montgomery's ap
pointment is the greatest honor ever
paid and responsibility ever laid upon
a Protestant woman by the churches
of America."
Our Store Opens at 9 A. M.
RATE DELAY IS FAVORED
POSTAtlE TS CREASE VIEWED
AS BLOW AT PUBLISHERS.
BY ATtNO DOSCH FLEUE.OT.
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usbed. by Arrtncemeol.)
WARSAW, May 14. (Special cable.)
-The first accurate details ot the
entry of Polish, troops Into Kiev have
reached Warsaw. An entente military
observer with considerable experience
in eastern European politics, accom
panied the first wave of Pilsudskl s
army and entered Kiev with them.
His testimony may be taken as im
partial and authentic
The Polish advance eruard was run
ning far ahead of the main body of
the army most of last week and might
have entered the city sooner. The
bolshevists made no serious resistance
before Kiev and the observer mar
velled at the complete lack of disci
pline In the red army, which had
been so much written about recently
In American and English newspapers.
Red Army Demoralized.
The observer found demoralization
in the red army immediately after the
first serious repulse. The red army
showed no ability to pull itseir to
gether and return the attack and so
was unable to withstand the Poles,
who swept It along before them. To
avoid handling- the masses of prison
ers, the Poles disarmed and released
most of the red soldiers captured,
who had been mobilized locally, tran
Quilizing the country as they advanced.
In villages and towns the Polish
troops were well received, except in
some Jewish towns. The first cav
alry reached the outskirts of Kiev
Friday evening. May 7. and occupied
only the outskirts, although they
soon learned that the bolshevists had
retired practically all their troops two
days previously, marching across the
Dnieper, and leaving only a few to
police the last , attempts at retiring
material.
Both forks of the railroad east of
Dnieper, however, had been cut off
by the peasants In uprisings against
the reds. This made the evacuation
of war materials difficult, so that the
Poles again came into possession of a
large mass of English war equipment
which had been captured by the bol
shevlsts from Denikine.
L'nuaed Cannon Parked.
The observer noticed cannon parked
in Kiev which had never been used.
He was able to enter Kiev at 6 o'clock
Saturday morning with the first
troops to occupy the city. Feeling so
tranquil in the early morning- occupa
tion, the troops plucked spring lilacs
in the gardens ox the outskirts and
stuck them in their caps, so that the
people of Kiev, watching from be
hind closed bunds, were surprised to
find the first Poles entering with
shouldered arms, decked with flowers,
and singing Polish marchins songs.
The streets were deserted for an
hour or so, until 't became apparent.
that there would be no conflict Inside
the city. By noon the streets were
black with people, eagerly question
ing and wondering what new phase in
warfare had come about. The popu
lace showed neither enthusiasm nor
hostility, only curiosity.
The observer, who had not seen
Kiev for several years, eaid the ex
tent of the degeneration in the city is
incredible.
Representative) Steenerson Makes
Report That Unless Relief Is
Afforded Rain Is Faced.
OREGON! AN NEWS BUREAU.
Washington, May 14. A favorable
report was ordered today on the Fen
bill, which postpones for one year the
increased postage rates on news
papers and magazines, which, under
the present law, would become ef
fective July 1. .
Thameasure was reported by Rep
resentative Steenerson, chairman of
the house committee on postoffices
and postroads, who said In his report:
"Second-class rates on reading mat
ter have been increased 60 per cent
and advertising 150 per cent. We
have now reached an average increase
of 100 per cent. Should the other two
increases go into effect as the law
now provides, it would mean a raise
of the high price of print paper.
This is more than many publishers
can stand, and unless some relief is
extended they will be forced out of
businesb.
'It is true that the department esti
mates as to handling and transporting
this class of mail costs the govern
ment an average of 8 cents a pound.
but it has never been the policy of
the government to charge, a rate
adequate to meet this cost. To do so
would wipe out most of the publish
ng business ox the country. Only
the very largest and strongest con
cerns could survive such a raise. In
view of all the circumstances it is
believed that a sound public policy
requires that the publishers receive
an extension of time here provided
for, to enable them to readjust their
business to the new rates."
WOMEN'S LEADER NAMED
MRS. II. B. MONTGOMERY TO
AID INTERCHURCH DRIVE.
Appeal Mailo to Prominent Persons
of 30 Denominations to Help
in Raisins Funds.
NEW TORK, May 14. ffapeciaL)
lira Helen Barrett Montgomery,
president of the Woman's American
Baptist Foreign Mission society, who
accepted the directorship of the newly-created
women's division of the
Interchurch World "Movement cam
paign at its Cleveland conference
Tuesday, has sent telegraphic ap
peals to the leading women of 30 de
nominations calling on them to aid
in an outpouring of cash eubscrlp
tions between now and the meeting
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Battle GreelcWich.
Foresters to Meet in Honolulu.
BERKELEY, Cal., May 14. Hono
lulu was chosen as 'the next meeting
place for the High Court of Foresters,
Pacific division, at today s session
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Cars Must Go
Make An Offer
Any reasonable offer on the
following cars will be considered:
1919 OVERLAND Touring, Model
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1916 OVERLAND Touring, new
paint, seat covers, good tires.
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newly painted, good tires, fine
running shape.
1913 WTNTON 6 good running
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1912 STEARNS KNIGHT, won-
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Panel Delivery Body for small
car; would cost $200 to build.
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Those having use for any of the
above ' cars should not let this
opportunity pass. It is your great
opportunity to own a car if you
would like one for this summer's
driving.
It will repay mechanics well to
rebuild some of these cars into
bugs.
Better cars for hard service can
not be obtained. Mr. Farmer, buy
them cheap and use them hard-
you can make trucks out of some
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Washington St. at Twenty-first
Phone Main 6244
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U nderseUs Because
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ft Our Store Closes 5:30 P. HI.
Agents for the Butte rick Pat
terns and Delineator. All styles
and sizes now showing.
Again
Saturday
You Can Profit
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Great
Sale
4000 Pairs .of
Well Known Makes
of Women's Fine
Silk
Gloves
50c
Cor
sets
At $1.25 Pair
Just 35 Dozen
A close on of the -entire assortment car
ried over from the greatest corset sale in
the store's history. Included are fancy
Fabric Sport Corsets with elastic top; these
come in pink; also models in good weight
Corrfcil Corsets for average figures; another
with low bust and short hip; also with
average low bust and long hip.
Corsets that are worth to double the
above price. All sizes are in the assort
ment, but not all sizes in each style. The
sport models come in 20, 21, 22 and 23; the
others from 19 to SO.
Style No. 967, a low-bust, long-hip modeL
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lot
Tab Collaring
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A very special offering in the popular Tabs for collars
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and embroidered georgette in white and colors.
. Lace Collars at 79c .
Handsome new Roll Collars in pretty imitation Venise
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$10.75 to $22.50 Each
Just in by express the very newest models in Varimole,
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1-3 Regular Price
i
Niagara Maid
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Just think of it! At this out-of-the-ordinary
sale you can purchase
standard first quality Silk Gloves
with double finger tips at One-Third
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The reason is that we were over
stocked on long Silk Gloves and, in
order to adjust this condition, we had
about 4000 pairs cut down to the
popular two and three-button styles.
Colors are white, black, gray,
navy, brown, tan, Copen
hagen, champagne, mahog
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assortment, but not all sizes
in each color.
This is without doubt the greatest
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fine heavy Milanese Silk Gloves. It
is a sale that no prudent woman will
miss. We advise that yon come
early in order to secure first choice
and to avoid the afternoon crowds
that are sure to be here. Purchase
as many pairs as you wish as long
as they last.
Stamp'd Pillow
Tops 15c
2 for 25c
An oufc-of-the-ordinary value made possible by a spe
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come with stamped top and back to match.
Guest Towels
29c Each
22-Inch Size
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30 fine Satin and Serge Dresses, sizes from d1 A ff
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100 Children's White Voile Dresses, sizes 6 to tfjo OC
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Pair
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none sent C. O. D. or exchanged. No
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Sale Drug Sundries
16 bars White Wonder Laundry Soap for $1.00. Limit
16 bars to any one purchaser. None delivered except with
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Creme Oil Soap, 3 for 25
Large bar Floating Castile Soap 40
Sweetheart Soap ...... ...- . .... .5
Sunbrite Cleanser . 50
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Java Rice Powder ....4.
Santiseptic Lotion ................450
Jardin De Paris Cold Cream 190
Cocoa Butter Cream .......390
Pebeco Tooth Paste .'...450
Sped Saturday, Brooms 69c
In Our Basement Section.
, About 200 Household Brooms of good quality corn, four
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