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PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 12, 1921
TRICE FIVE CENTS
ALLIES NOTIFIED
OREGON BAR TO GET
CHANCE AT ALBERS
1QUPEQ, DECLARES
RADIUM CANCER CURE.
ASSERTS DISCOVERER
HARDIXG TO PRET GRAM
APPLE GROWERS PLAN
EXPORT CORPORATION
E
$84,805 DEFICIENCY
APPROPRIATION MADE
GAS ATTACK ON
MAW IS
CASE IS SET FOR MAY' 31
GIVE ATTORNEYS TIME.
TO I
YAKIMA MEETING PROPOSES
, TO HANDLE ALL SHIPMENT.
SPECIAL MEETING HELD
EM ER G EN CI BOARD.
BY
TO MADAMT
CHIB
LS
GERMANY ACCEPTS
PLANNED
Formal Note Received Ad
mitting Demands.
NO CONDITIONS ARE MADE
New Government Promises to
Disarm and Meet Payments.
WAR GUILTY TO BE TRIED
Cheers in House of Commons Greets
Premier's Announcement That
Formal "otice Is Received.
LOXDOX. May 11. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) Germany's uncondi
tional acceptance of the entente
reparations was delivered to Prime
Minister Lloyd George by Dr. Sthamer,
German minister to Great Britain, today.
Mr. Lloyd George announced in the
house of commons this afternoon
Germany's complete acceptance of all
the allied demands. His announce
ment was greeted with prolonged
cheering.
Dr. Sthamer handed the German
reply to the prime minister this
morning and Mr. Lloyd George im
mediately telegraphed the news to ail
the governments concerned.
Germany Accepts Terms.
The text of the reply, as deliv
ered to the prime minister, began as
follows:
"Mr. Prime - Minister In accord
ance with instructions Just received'
1 am commanded by my government,
in accordance with the decision of the
reichstag and with reference to the
resolutions of the allied powers of
May 5, 1912,, in the name of the new
German government to declare the
following:
"The German government "is fully
resolved, first to carry out without
reserve or condition its obligation as
defined by the reparations commis
sion.
Disarmament Is Promised.
"Second, to, accept and carry out.
without reserve or condition, ths
guarantees in respect of those obli
gations prescribed by the reparations
commission.
"Third, to carry out, without re
serve or delay, the measures of mili
tary, naval and aerial disarmament
notified to the German government
by the allied powers in their note of
January 29, those overdue to be com
pleted at once and the remainder
by the prescribed date.
"Fourth, to carry out without de
lay the trial of war criminals and to
execute other unfilled portions of the
treaty referred to in the first para
graph of the note of the allied gov
ernments of May 5. -
"I ask the allied powers to take
note immediately or this declaration.
(Signed) "STHAMER."
Association as Friend of Court
Will Ask Setting Aside of
Reversal Order.
THE OREGONIAN NEWS BU
REAU, Washington, D C, May 11.
No mandate will issue from the su
preme court on May 26 remanding
the Henry Albers espionage case to
the lower court at Portland, as had
been intended, according to an agree
ment made today by Senator McNary
with James D. Maher. clerk of the
court.
Instead, the matter will be held up
to May 31 in order that Senator Mo-
Nary may be permitted to submit a
request of the Oregon Bar association
to make an appearance in the case as
a friend of the court to have the pre
vious order of reversal set aside.
A telegram was received by Harri
son G. Piatt, president of the Oregon
Bar association from Senator McNary.
last night, setting forth the results
of his conference with the supreme
court on the J. Henry Albers. case.
Senator McNary will probably ap
pear for the bar association in argu
ing the motion for the supreme court
to reconsider the case, according to
Mr. Piatt.
Sergeant O'Hare Tells of
Evader's Escape.
JOB THOUGHT TO BE SQUARE
Officer Declares He Acted on
Instructions.
PLOT FINALLY DISCLOSED
Story Told Involves Colonel John
E. Hunt, Bergdoll's Lawyer
and James Rom is.
Foremost Scle
In Cni'
;pon Arrival
Otes, Gives
Afflicted.
PEACE PACT CAPITALIZED
Sharks Sell League of Nations
Stock at $10 Share.
CHICAGO. May 11. Stock in the
league of nations at 510 ,a share is
the. latest bargain to be offered the
Chicago investing public. Federal n
vestigators today began searching for
the men who have victimized numer
ous persons by selling the stock and
collecting 25 per cent of the sale
price in advance.
The league was represented as the
world's greatest organization and
prospective purchasers were told
dividends would be large because of
the great value of the league to hu
manity.
WASHINGTON MICH RELIEVED
Confidence In New Government to
Carry Out Plans Expressed.
WASHINGTON, D. C, May 11. Ad
ministration officials expressed sat
isfaction today over the decision of
the German government to accept the
reparations terms of the allies.
It is known that an invasion of the
Ruhr valley by the allied forces would
have been regarded by the United
States with deep concern.
American government economists
appeared to be convinced of Ger
many's ability to meet the obligations
imposed and they professed to see in
her decision promise of an economic
revival that would cause a happy re
action throughout the world.
With the indemnities question out
cf the way, marked relief was shown
and it was indicated that the state
department expected to proceed more
rapidly with the consideration of the
numerous problems connected with
the development of Its foreign policy
along the general lines of Insistence
upon equal opportunity And the recog
nition of American rights throughout
the world.
BURNED TROUSERS WORRY
Chaplin Regrets Loss of Patched
Garment AA'orse.Than His Burns.
LOS ANGELES, Cal May 11.
Charlie Chaplin, who was burned
about the legs yesterday when he
stumbled over an acetylene blow
torch in the studio where he was
working, suffered no serious effects,
but will be unable to work for sev
eral days, it was said today at his
home.
The comedian was said to regard
the destruction of a pair of patched
trousers familiar to millions of film
patrons, as the worst feature' of the
accident-
EBERT THREATENS fo RESIGN
Cabinet Crisis Solved by President's
Action.
BERLIN. May 11. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) The German cabinet
crisis was solved, declares the Vos-
sische Zeltung. owing to a threat by
President Ebert to resign if a par
liamentary and politically responsible
cabinet were not formed to answer
the allies.
The president's threats. It says.
compelled the center party to aban
don Its determination not to put for
ward an imperial chancellor from its
ranks and the same Influence Induced
the party leaders to urge Dr. Wlrth
to form a ministry.
Germany a reply to the allied ulti
matum, accepting the terms laid down
by the allied supreme council in Lon
don, is confined to a repetition of the
exact terms of the decisions of the
allies with regard to guarantees, dis
armament, the trial of war criminals
and financial conditions. The reply
states that Germany adheres uncon
ditionally to these conditions.
This vply was sect to the allied
capitals after the cabinet headed by I
PRIMARY .PROBE ASKED
Check on Lowden's Campaign Ex
penses Sought In Illinois.
SPRINGFIELD, 111., May ll-Echoes
of the 1920 presidential primary cam
paign in Illinois were heard in the
state house of representatives toaay.
Representative Rice of Lewistown
a democrat. Introduced a resolution
calling for an investigation of charges
made by a Chicago newspaper that
ex-Governor Lowden, as a candidate
for president, spent the state's money
for hotel expenses for himself and
secretaries in Chicago.
WASHINGTON TAKES LEAD
Lumber Cut In 1019 Reported to
Be 4,061,000 Feet.
. THE OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU,
Washington, D. C, May 11. Wash
ington led all of the states in its
lumber cut in 1919, with 4,961,000
feet, according to statistics released
by the department of commerce to
day. Oregon was third with a produc
tion of 2.577,000 feet, and Idaho 16th
with 765,400 feet. ,
MOUNT RAINIER TO STAY
Geographic Board Votes to Retain
Peak's Present Name.
WASHINGTON. D. C. May 11. The
national geographic board voted unan
imously today to retain the name
Mount Rainier for the peak in Wash
ington that has been so known for
130 years.
A proposal to change it to Mount
Lincoln has been under consideration
for some time.
PEARSON'S PLANE FOUND
Machine Lost by Portland Aviator
Now at EI Paso, Tex.
SAN ANTONIO, Tex., May 11. The
: i 1n.t Kv T.iutnnnt Alexan
der Pearson of Portland, Or., in Mex- I
ico last February, was, landed at El
Paso, Tex., Tuesday, according to
word received at headquarters today.
An expedition of cavalrymen en
tered Mexico at Del Rio and reached
Reagan's canyon, where the ship
landed.
WASHINGTON, D. C, May 11. In
iving an account of the escape of
Grover Bergdoll, Sergeant John
O'Hare, in command of the escort
which started out with Bergdoll for
the mountains of Maryland, told the
house investigating committee today
that he had never heard a word about
the buried pot of gold until long
after the prisoner had fled.
O'Hare' was positive that when he
started out for the mountains the
only instructions he received from
Colonel John E. Hunt, his superior,
were to proceed with the prisoner to
Hagerstown, get some money from a
bank, take it to another bank a;
Philadelphia and return to the bar
racks. There were no written orders ex
cept to stop at North Philadelphia,
meet the late D. Clarence Gibboney.
Bergdoll's lawer, and thereafter be
guided by what Gibboney said, the
witness declared with some emphasis.
O'Hare declared he wanted to hand
cuff his prisoner, but that Hunt re
fused. - ,
It was by Gibboney's order, he said,
that the party halted at Philadelphia
went for a long automobile ride, with
Bergdoll driving; visited a burlesque
show and stopped at the Bergdoli
home, from which the prisoner es
caped.
Job Supposedly Square.
1 thought the job was to be on
the square," O'Hare exclaimed. "I
had no traveling orders and took it
for granted from what Colonel Hunt
told me that D. Clarence Gibboney,
to whom I reported, was a respectable
lawyer and everything was all right
Colonel Hunt represented It to mc
that Gibboney was highly respect
able."
The sergeant told how Bergdoll,
who had evaded the draft for two
years, was sent from Governor's isl
and in the uniform of an enlisted
man, with a hat cord Indicating ho
belonged to the infantry; how he sat
in the train from New Tork to Phlla-
(Concluried on Page 2. Column 3.3
yo
NEWX j. May 11. A message
of hope aud fortitude for those af
flicted with cancer was brought to
America today by Madame Marie
Curie, discoverer of radium and the
world's foremost scientist. -She ar
rived on the Olympic with her two
daughters to receive from President
Harding in behalf of the women of
the United States one gramme of
radium to be used in cancer re
search.
Asked if radium was actually a
cure, she replied:
"Yes; it is that Is, if It Is applied
properly."
The scientist, who has received the
Nobel prize and is the first woman
to occupy a chair as professor at the
Sorbonne, was greeted by representa
tives of the Marie Curie radium fund
and leading scientific organizations.
In ' contrast to the modish attire
and debonaire bearing of her tall
daughters, Madame Curie seemed a
neutral figure. The almost ashen
whiteness of skin, ashen hair touched
with gray, and gray eyes that showed
occasional gleams of blue, her sim
ple black tailored suit and little
taffeta hat combined to make her ap
parently the "passionless spirit of
pure science."
"I am happy to bring my daugh
ters to see your great country, and
they share my gratitude to American
women for their interest in science
and my work," she said. "I desire to
thank them through the press."
Until Madame Curie sails for Eu
rope, June 25, her visit will be marked
by daily activity. On May 20 Presi
dent Harding will present the gramme
of radium.-
Madame Marie Curie, whose discov
ery of radium in 1898 has been called
"the realization- of the dream Of an
cient alchemists," was born in War
saw, Poland, November 7, 1867. Her
father, Professor Sklodowska, was an
instructor in physics and chemistry
in the University of Warsaw, and for
some years before entering upon her
professional career as a scientist she
worked in his laDoratory.
She married, in 1896, Pierre Curie,
professor of general physics in the
University of Paris, who had shared
with her the honor of Collaboration
in giving her great discovery to the
world. Some years later Professor
Curie was struck by a wagon In Paris
and killed. His widow succeeded to
his professorship.
The discovery of radium enriched
many persona throughout the world.
It has been estimated that its use
during the war saved the lives of not
less than 50,000 wounded men. Not
withstanding the fact that Madame
Curie has devoted more than half of
her 53 years to the study of radio
activity substances, she is a compar
atively poor woman and lives when
at home at the Institute Curie in
Paris on the salary of a teacher at
the Sorbonne.
"I gave my secret to the world,"
she declared. "It was not to enrich
anyone. It was for all people." '
Oregon and 'Washington Producers
to Work Through Existing
Business Organizations.
YAKIMA, Wash., May 11. Apple
exporters of the Pacific northwest,
meeting here today, decided to or
ganize, a corporation to handle all
fruit shipped abroad. H. F. David
son, Hood River, Or., was made chair
man of the organization committee,
which includes R. W. Kelly, Hood
River; B. A. Perham, Takima; W. F.
Gwin. J. C. Porter and J. MacPhee
Ferguson.
Mr. Davidson will formulate a plan
which will be presented to the com
mittee in Seattle -June 1, when Pacific
coast interests meet there to arrange
guarantees of tonnage for water
transportation. The meeting decided
that the organization should work
through established channels. Firms
represented in the meeting were the
H. F. Davidson company and Kelly
brothers. Hood River, Oregon Grow
ers' Co-operative association; Wells
& Wade, Wenatchee; Earl Fruit com
pany, Spokane; Northwestern Fruit
Exchange, Seattle; Thompson Fruit
company, RIchey & Gilbert, J. M
Perry & Co., Perham Fruit company.
Takima Fruit Growers' association
and J. MacPhee Ferguson, Takima.
A committee of exporters will be
chosen to attend the Seattle meeting.
FOfl BAM DM TAXIS
One-Way Traffic in Con
gested Area Sought. ,
CURB ON PARKING INCLUDED
PORT BOYCOTT TO STOP
Loading of U. S. Vessel, Tied tTp in
Argentina, to Begin.
BUENOS AIRES. May 11. (By the
Associated Press. ) Representations
made by the United States govern
ment to the Argentine government as
a result of the port workers' boycott
that has kept the United States ship
ping board steamer Martha Washing
ton idle here for more than 40 days
have resulted in a solution of the case
satisfactory to both governments.
said a statement issued by the minis
ter of finance last night.
No details were given by the minis
ter, but the statement said that the
work of unloading the Martha Wash
ington would begin immediately after
a solution has been found for the
labor troubles.
Petition to Council Recites
Dangerous Conditions.
SPEEDY ACTION WANTED
Inauguration of Firm Control Over
Vehicle Movement by Time of
Rose Festival Recommended.
WOMAN SPEEDILY FREED
Jury Deliberates One Minute
' Case Of Alleged Slayer.
SEATTLE. WASH, May 11. Madge
Anne Sawyer, whose second trial on
a charge of killing her husband, How
ard L Sawyer, last year, was con
cluded in superior court here late
today, was acquitted by the jury of
seven women and five men, in a ver
dict returned after less than one min
ute. The .case was given to the Jury
at 4:50 P. M. and the verdict was
read at 5 P. M. The Jury was out only
long enough to take one vote, It was
said.
Mrs.; Sawyer was found guilty of
second degree murder after her first
trial last June, but was granted
new trial.
SUCH A RELIEF TO HAVE IT OUT!
tCoaciuded a rage 3, Column, i.)
STEAMER BRINGS IN GOLD
$11,000,000 Shipment From
Sweden Reaches New York.
NEW YORK. May 11. Gold ingots
valued at $11,000,000 consigned to va
rious American bankers arrived here
today.
The gold came on the steamship
United States from Sweden.
NOW
' 3.
Recommendations for a double belt
line of one-.way traffic streets In the
congested area, elimination f park
ing on certain streets, curtailment of
parking privileges on other slroets
and the elimination 'of for-hire cars
and taxis from busy thoroughfares
are contained in a communication
filed yesterday with the city council
by the Portland Chamber of Commerce.
The recommendations contained in
the communication were prepared by
committee composed of Dr. E. A.
Rockey, J. D. Kcnworthy and h.. v.
Lively. The plans are indorsed by
President Van Duzer of the Portland
Chamber of Commerce and by the
Portland Realty Board, the city plan
ning commission and the Portland
division of the National Safety coun
cil.
Plans to Be Heard Tuesday.
Mayor Baker set Tuesday morning
at 10 o'clock as the time for a special
hearing, when the plans will be given
first consideration.
The recommendations are prefaced
with the announcement that the
enormous increase of automobile
traffic operating under the present
city ordinances in the central district
of the city has created a condition
both dangerous and unsatisfactory.
Business is impeded and geneial in
convenience has resulted, according
to the report. The desire for im
provement is said to be general.
Suggestions for handling the for
hire car situation include the elim
ination of for-hire cars and taxicabs j
from Morrison, Alder and Washing
ton streets east of Tenth street and
from Park and West Park streets be
tween Taylor and Qak streets.
Parklas Restrictions Asked.
On other streets between and in
cluding Taylor and Oak streets, east
of Tenth street, it Is proposed to
allow not more than one for hire car
and one taxioab to the block, the taxi
cab standing on the east half and the
for hire oar on the west half of eas
and west streets and the taxicab on
the north half and the for hire car on
the south half of norm ana soutn
streets.
The report recommends that the
stands should not be granted to any
particular person or company, advls
insr that some arrangement be maae
to prevent a monopoly of them by any
one person or company.
Parking restrictions In the con-
I gested area-from 9 A. M. to 8 P. M.
I except on Sunday and holidays are
recommended in the report, one ana
two hour parking limits are sug
gested for the majority of the streets
within the congested area, with 30'
minute parking restrictions on a por
tlon of some of the busiest thorough'
fares.
Speedy Action Requested.
After outlining the recommenda
tions sought in detail the council is
appealed to in the report for speedy
action, it being suggested that the
...trirtiom outlined should be in
vogue by the time of the Rose Festi
val which will be held early next
month. The complete report outlin
ing the' various proposals follows:
"To facilitate movement around the
central congested district as well as
access to It. a double belt line of one--v
traffic should be established.
This, with revision of parking regula
tions that seem best suited to give
the greatest good to the greatest
number, is comprised in the follow
ing resume:
,treet. northbound, angle parking.
two-hour limit.
First street, southbound, angle parkins,
'Second street! northbound, angle parking,
twf'-hour limit. ,
stark street, eaatbound. angle park.ng,
u, .... limit.
Oak'etreet, westbound,
ore-hour limit
Large Part of Total Allowed Is for
Bounty on Coyotes, Result of
Defect In Statute.
SALEM. Or., May 11. (Special.)
Deficiency appropriations aggregat
ing S4, 805.50 were authorized at a
special meeting of the state emer
gency board held here today.
Included in the deficiency items al
lowed by the board were 1(7,305.50 to
defray the" state's half of. the bounty
cn coyotes. J15.0C0 for the eradica
tion of predatory animals and $2500
to meet the expenses of circuit
judges under an act passed at the
last sessslon of the legislature.
- The law under which the latter
appropriation was made provides that
when any Judicial district shall be j
composea or more man una tvuuw
the Judge shall be entitled to reim
bursement for expenses Incurred by
him in traveling from one county to
another In the performance of his
duties. At the time the law was en
acted no provision was made for an
appropriation.
Authorization of deficiency appro
priations to cover the bounty on
coyotes and for the eradication of
predatory animals was made neces
sary because of an error in enrolling
the original bill by a committee of
the legislature. The bill, as passed,
eppropriated money for 1919 and 1920,
but made no provision for 1921 and
192.
Requests; for appropriations by the
state labor department, including
115,500 for the department proper,
J6750 for the board of inspectors of
child labor, and S8500 for the Indus
trial welfare commission, were de
ferred by the board. The bill provid
ing for these appropriations covers
the two years. January 1, 1920,
Chemical Warfare Serv
' ice to Make Test.
AIRTIGHT SHIPS PROPOSED
Effect of Bombardment May
Change Warship Designs.
TOXIC SMOKE NEW ARM
Deadliest of Oases to He I sod and
Crew Will lc Required to
Wear Ma-ks During Test.
December 31. 1921. when It should
have read for the two years. Jan
uary 1, 1921, tto December 31, 1922,
Apropriatlon of funds to cover the
expenses of the' threatened recall
election affecting a member of the
Oregon public service commission also
was deferred. It was reported by
the secretary of state that the pet!
tion for this election had not yet
been filed in his office, although it
was originally proposed by the SUP'
porters of the movement to hold I
June 7. To hold this election June
7 it will be necessary to file the
petitions this week. In this case It
will be necessary to call anothe
meeting of the emergency board to
provide funds necessary to defray
the cost of the election.
HAIL BEATS DOWN CROPS
Southern States Hit by Storm
Negro Caddy Is Killed.
ATLANTA. Ga.. May 11. A wind
and hail storm of unusual severity
swept over portions of Georgia, Ala
bama. Mississippi and Tennessee to
day, causing heavy damage to crops
and buildings. Hailstones 1H inches
in diameter were picked up after the
norm, windows being broken and
trees stripped of smaller branches.
The only casualty reported was the
death of a negro caddy on the links
of the Thomasville, Ga., golf club,
resulting from lightning striking
rtred under which a number of boys
bad taken refuge.
Soviet Scandal Uncovered.
RIGA, May 11. According to the
Riga newspapers, M. Gukovsky, Uus
sian ex-minister to Esthonia. is being
tried at Moscow. It was charged he
wasted one-third of the soviet gold
reserve in the purchase of worthies!
goods abroad. '
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
64
angle parking,
parallel park-
Park street. northDouna,
i A.heur limit.
. . u.tStutn.il k 11.1
West rim tree, .-'
parking, one-hour limit.
Taylor street, westbound, angle parking,
two-hour limit.
From Fifth to Tenth streets, parallel
parking: 15 minutes from Front to Fifth
aCTayIor atreet to" Madiaon, Front to Tenth
streets, two-hour limit.
Taylor atreet to Oak, Wt Park to
Thirteenth atreet, two-hour limit.
Oak street to uouco, rroni to jentn
Btr-et. two-hour limit.
Thirty-minute limit on mini, rourtn.
Fifth. Sixth ana Broadway from Taylor
to Oak.
Ten-m'nute parking on Morrison street
from-. Frol-t to Tenth, Washington from
First to Tenth, on Alder from a'lrst to
Broadway.
Thirty-minute rarking on Alder from
Broadway to Tenth
On WavhiiiKton and Alder streets, pant
ing will be the aame between First and
1'ri.nt aa on ads-cent elreat. I
. Street. Car Herwutlaar Keeded.
"In order to make this plan feasible
on First and Second streets and to
eliminate the dangerous reverse
curve on Madison street between J
.Concluded sa Pago 3, Column. i. .
The Weather.
YESfERDAY'8 Highest temperature.
degrees: lowest, 40; clear.
TODAY'S Fair, warmer: westerly winds
Foreign.
Battles continue to rage in upper Silesia.
Page 8.
Allies notified Germany accepts terms.
Page I.
National.
Oregon bar to get chance at Altera
Page L
Western governors' backing or MrNary
reclamation bill hejd necessary, page .
Sergeant O'Hare telle how he was tricked
In Bergdoli escape arrair. i-age l.
Tariff troubles loom In congress. Page 4.
Test gas attavk on fleet la planned. Page 1.
Railroad mm complains of government
subsidies." rage s.
Senate passes emergency tariff and anti
dumping bill. Page 10.
t Domestic.
Radium will cure cancer, says foremost
scientist. Page L
Labor against salea tax. Page 2.
Paetfle Northwest.
Apple growers plan export corporation.
- Page 1.
Deficiency appropriations toulinr t "4.800
allowed by emergency board. Pago 1
8 porta.
Pacific coast league resulta: At Portland
ft, Vernon 2: at San Francisco It. Salt
Lake 7; at Los Angeles 2, oacramcnto
1U; at Seattle 8, Oakland . Page 12.
Oruman to referee Harper-CroM bout.
Pag 1&
Commercial and Marine.
Improvement In hide market conditions
continues. Psge 21.
Wheat sharply hlyher because of crop
damage reports. Page 21.
Stocks offered freely and prices decline.
Page 21.
Apus, with 8200-ton cereal cargo, sails for
Kumpe. Page 20.
Port lend and Vicinity.
Ciuisfr Frederick will accompany destroyer
division to Rose Festival. Page 7.
W. F. Woodward pleads for ft mills for
schools Psge S.
Democratic leaders decide to maintain
state headquarters and try "catmback.
Psge JO.
Portland policeman aaid io have robbery
record dismissed from force. Page 9
Legal opinion held blow to Irrigation.
Page ft.
Methodist bishops are city's guests. Page 4.
Chamber of commerce petitions for traffic
restriction. Page t.
Stimulus to home building in Portland In
dicated. Page 4.
Council arranges for vote on terminal.
Page 10.
Federal agents seek three auto agents
Psge 5.
Carlos U Byron, ex-convlrt. srregtcd la
Salem land luetic. 1'stc li.
WASHINGTON', May 11 (By the
Associated Press.) The use of poison
ous gases against navul vessels under
simulated battle conditions will be
tested for the first time during bomb
ing experiments to be conducted off
the Atlantic coast beginning June 51.
While army and navy aerial forces
are co-operatlrg in an effort to dem
onstrate the uffectiveness of aerial
bombs against modern naval vessels,
the chemical warfare service of the
army win be launching a poison pus
attack from the air airainst one or
more warships In an attempt to show
that the navy must Immediately build
up defenses against asphyxiation.
The ship to be gassed is to have a
crew. Non-explosive bombs filled
with "tear gas" will be dropped and
every man on the vessel will be re
quired to keep within the protected
areas and wear a gas mask.
Airtight Battleships Proposed.
Officers ofenhe chemical warfaro
service believe that by using a gas
of sufficient strength to Incapacitate
but not to kill the service can prove
its contention that In the next war
battleships must be made literally
airtight.
The chemical warfare service and
the war department are co-operating
In conducting experiments in the use
of toxic gases at sea and in building
up adequate defenses for American
sailors. As a result, important
changes may be mado In the design
of new ships and of sonio under con
struction. . The "tear gas" Is intolerable to the
eyes, but Is not dangerous. Army of
ficers assert it is of a concentration
and persistency similar to the In
stantly fatal gases, which the chemi
cal warfare service is prepared to use
against a hostile navy In time of war.
Oae Breath WnlJ Kill.
Army officers said that the venti
lating system of all warships, based
on a suction system, would be the
chief ally of an enemy gas attack,
sucking Into all parts of the vessel
the deadly gnscs introduced into the
ship by dcck-p--clng shells dropped
from aircraft. Gasea In stock are of
such deadly mlxlure, they declare,
that one breath will kill Insta-. .:.
The chemical warfare service ha
also developed. It was learned, an
other deadly weapon to be used In
naval warfare. It Is a "toxic smoke"
dealgned to be used In place of the
smoke screen.
This "toxic smoke" consists of dense
poisonous dust clouds designed to be
liberated on the sea through bombs
and amoke boxes placed to tiie wind
ward of the enemy. The poison dust
will be drawn into thu ventilating
system of the hostile ships, officers
assert, with particularly deadly effect.
Naval Officers Married.
The chemical warfare servlco alsl
s working -n the development of a
system of placing a smoke screen over
fleet by the use of amoke bombs
attached to parachutes and dropped
from aircraft or similar bombs fired
from guns on the vessels. A amoke
or gas Is being developed for this use.
Naval officers admit they are con
cerned over the application of chemi
cal science to war on the si a. At the
nnual chemical warfare service din
ner recently, Rear-Admiral W. Smith,
charge of patents and Inventions at
the navy department, declared that
the navy was not nearly so concerned
over the prospect of being "blown
out of the water" by aerial bombs as
it was over the development of poison
gases as an offensive weapon. A
study of the subject Is being made
at the iavy department.
Ex-Geranaa to Be Irtlm.
The first of the bombing tests
against naval vessels will be con
ducted Jointly by army and navy air
craft June 21, against one of the ex
German submarines, it was announced.
A preliminary plan was drawn up
yesterday by the loint army and navy
board, in charge of the experiments
and submitted today to Admiral II. B.
Wilson, commander of the Atlantic
fleet, who will superintend the tests.
Final details will be worked out ly
the board May 8.
Other testa to be carried on until
late In July. Include bombing the ex
German cruiser Frankfurt, the ex
German battleship Oalfrleslanrt and
several former German submarines
and destroyers.. Live bombs will be
used against these vends.
The aerial forces also will attack
the radio controlled battleship Iowa
with dummy bombs to develop accur
acy. An obsolete battleship, prob
ably the Alabama or Keareage,
be turned over to the army for su"h
experiments as the secrelaiy of war
may direct.