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a DANIELS SINCERELY SECRETARY OF NAVY. WHOSE POLICIES ARE WHOLLY DISAPPROVED BY MEN WHOM HE COMMANDS. Buy That Summer Suit NOW and Save DISLIKED BY NAVY Bryan Shares Unpopularity Based on Fundamental Dif ference in Views. "REFORMS" NOT WELCOME storing Pictures of Department Head Hissed by Bluejacket Officers Loyally Silent, but Opinions Are Well Known. (Continued From Flret Page.) ideal the Navy would reject. The Navy proceeds on the Idea that It would not exist were It not for the National expectation that some day it will be needed either as a preventive of war or as a force to bring a war to an end; Its sole aim therefore Is to. make the best preparation possible for such a day. Secretary In Politician. Mr. Daniels, on the other hand, if the conviction existing In the Navy is well founded, does not proceed with such Ideas as the fundamental basts of his policies of administration. The Navy believes that he considers the service a great but probably for the moment necessary evil, the direction of which political fortune has thrust into his hands. The Navy considers him un willing to devote himself to the single Idea of achieving the maximum pre paredness for the most efficient de fense of the Nation and believes that he is trying to make the Navy serve other purposes. Instead of regarding It as a wonderfully complex human machine he is treating the service as a field for the application of his political principles, as an aggregation of indi viduals for whose mental and 'moral welfare, instead of efficiency, he has been made responsible. The service considers that Mr. Dan iels has not the least sympathy with or understanding of it professionally; that he does not trust it; that he is trying to be both a great politician and an. efficient administrator, giving the political side the benefit of a doubt in any contest between political exegen cies and the best interests of the Navy. The Navy's conviction that Mr. Daniels is playing politics is unshak able, but this is not strange, because In the last year the officers have seen political influence reaching out from Washington to the flrerooms of the bat tleships and the shops of the navy yards. Innovations Xot Popular. Most of Mr. Daniels' Innovations have been leveled particularly at the officers and designed for the benefit of the enlisted man. But the bluejacket perhaps is an ungrateful creature: cer tainly the fact is today that most of the enlisted men indicate a desire that Mr. Daniels should leave them alone. Take the matter of ship schools, prob ably the achievement in which the Sec retary takes the most pride. Yet the suspension of the school order during service in Mexican waters was hailed with delight by the fleet and was re garded as one or tne compensations iuj he trying duty in tne tropics. -aro- !l observation ana inquiry wm aanmj , inquirer that the school order must greatly modmea lr it is to onus nttBfflrtnrv results and become at nnnll 1 a w wtfh thfl men. If the Government considers that every bluejacket should have a knowl edge of the elementary subjects taught In the public schools, it is declared, either no candidates for enlistment should be accepted unless they qualify In this respect, or else the recruits should be kept at training stations until they acquire the standard pro ficiency. From the Navy point of view, as set forth above, the diversion of the fleet from its prime purpose to that of the grammar school is unsound policy and a hamper on efficiency. Officers Deeply Resentful. Mr. Daniels' wine mess order now In effect caused deep resentment among the officers, as an Insult to their sense of right and duty and an infringement upon their personal rights. Certainly to anyone who has lived among naval officers at sea, the Secretary's conten tion that the safety of the ships and men is endangered by permitting the presence of liquors on board seems un justified. The consumption of wines and beers In the fleet is small Indeed, even in these recent months, when there have been deliberate efforts to drink up re maining stocks before July 1. Navi gating officers and others charged with responsibility at sea almost in valuably abstain from drinking any thing at all during such periods. The officers feel that they have many grievances against the present Secre tary of the Navy. But not a word of criticism of the Administration will ever be beard in public from any offi cer. It is impossible, however, to as sociate with naval officers and not sense their likes and dislikes, their prejudices and inclinations. And cer tainly since Mr. Daniels became Secre tary, a state of affairs such as never before existed in the Navy has been brought about which is deserving of the knowledge and the attention of all Americans interested In the Navy. Mr. Daniels has been doing every thing he can think of to win the favor of the bluejacket, or. better, to Im prove the lot of the enlisted man. He has gone far, and undoubtedly would have gone much further If left to his own devices, and in executing these policies he has hit the commissioned officer many a blow. Yet here is the strange fact which ought to' afford While the officers are publicly silent as to tnetr personal views 01 tne new policies, obeying every order to the utmost in letter and spirit, a moving picture scene showing Secretary Dan iels at work at his desk In Washington was hissed by bluejackets on board one of the battleships at Vera Cruz. The demonstration was promptly stopped by an officer, who announced that thArA wrtiilH hft nn more such outbursts or moving-picture shows would come to an aorupt enq on mat snip LOTTERY LANDS 50,000 St. Louis Authorities Make Arrest of Manager of Association. ST. LOUIS, July 11. William C. Up poff, local manager of the Railroad Unimproved Land Association, was ar rested here today on charges of con ducting a lottery. The complaint was made by several St. Louis men who de clared, although they "won" In the drawing of lots said to have been con ducted by the company, they could not get their lanrt. Uppoff said he and his agents in St. Louis had sold stock to at least 500 persons and had received from )3 to $15 from each. He estimated that about 50,000 persons in various parts of the country uau 1.1 vcafceu ujvuoj iu who proposition. JOSEPHL'S Big Is Anti-Prohibition Meeting Held by 'Farmers and Dealers at St. Paul, Or. "HOTEL FAILURES HINTED" Persons Denied Individual Rights in Oregon Will Mtove to Other States, Is Prediction of Portland Boniface. ST. PAUL, Or., July 11. (Special.) Hopgrowers drove in from ranches as far as 25 miles from this place to at tend a meeting cf the Hopgrowers' & Dealers' Association here this after noon. President A. J. Ray, of the Oregon Association, named W. M. Murphy chairman. Mr. Ray outlined the cause for the organization of the Hopgrow ers' & Dealers' Association and recited statistics to show the importance oi thn hon industry commercially as well as how it affects the domestic affairs of the state. "I am going on record as saying that it is not a question raised willingly by the people of Oregon, but prohibition is the result of outside agitators, paid heavily for their destructive successes, coming into Oregon with the object of stirring up strife, disturbing business and giving the state a black eye as de praved and lawless under present laws." Economic Question Viewed. H. L. Bents, a banker of Aurora, made a speech leveled at prohibition workers. "Oregon has been developed by pio neers, many of whom are located on farms in the Immediate neighborhood of St. Paul. Oregon was quite content ed with regulation and law enforce ment under the license system. Thou sands of people are employed annually In the hop yards, where money is earned by fathers and mothers on va cation and the proceeds go to paying for school books and clothes for their children. The plan of the prohibition worker is to make you vote dry as a state on promises and mere beliefs. They want you to stand for the experi ment. They will move out and let the result rest on you." Hotels and the part they play in the everyday life of a community was ex plained by Phil Metschan, Jr., of Port land, who represented the Oregon State Hotel Association. Hotel Man Is Speaker. "I represent a membership of ihotels standing for an investment of more than $10,000,000 in the state," said Mr. Metschan. "I am here to say that a first-class hotel Is an asset to a city, town or village. The stranger within our gates should have his rights as to his personal tastes. If we curb them by un-American prohibitive laws then he moves as quickly as possible to a free state. If the vote of Oregon is in a majority for prohibition then you will find hotel failures right and left. They are Inevitable. I do not mean, as some prohibition orators have said, that a hotel depends upon liquor for a living. Appetite plays a big part in the success of a meal. Food is the other consideration. Our guests are not dys peptics, either physically or mentally, and we do not believe with the man who Is nauseated by the aroma of a square meal and as a result of his per sonal feeling advocates the prohibition of spices, nor do we believe ice cream and a small black coffee to be items of 'economic waste.' " Hal V. Bolam, of Salem, spoke from the viewpoint of trie dealer. He said: "Many will ask, 'What are you getting out of It?" We are getting plenty of hard work, with plenty more still in view. Hopgrowers must come for ward and unite with their friends and work." Procrastination Is Deerleil. Mr. Bolam defended Salem against a number of Jesting quips fired against the "dry area" by speakers. "It was not a case where the people wanted a dry town. It was a case where the people who didn't vote sacrificed them selves and their freedom through pro crastination." J. F. Theodore B. Brentano, a St. Paul hopgrower, spoke on fanaticism and its effect upon a state. He said prohibi tion was the child of the fanatic and declared no state secure where fanati cism gained the whip hand. Bob Rob inson, a Portland writer, defended "Portland After Dark" and said that exaggerated statements made by a HOP GROWERS HIT 'OUTSIDE AGITATORS DANIELS. prohibition lecturer were so distorted that a retraction was made in an even ing newspaper. He decried the meth ed employed of vilifying a city, cast ing reflections on the people of the state in trying to make the world be lieve Portland after dark to be de praved and unsafe. PONTOONS PROVE FAILURE Experiments Continue on Rodman Wanamaker's Flying Boat. HAMMONDSPORT. N. T, July 11. Glenn Curtiss, Lieutenant Porte, Dr. A. F. Zahm, Elmer Sperry and Irwin Chase, a designer of racing hydro planes, were in earnest consultation to night on new systems for getting the desired results from the hull of the Rodman Wanamaker flying boat. A short flight today satisfied all con cerned that the heavy pontoons were more of a failure than auxiliary fins had been and the workmen began the construction ot new sets of planes. These were In accord with a new the ory, but its fallacy was quickly proved In tonight's experiments. Further changes to America's hull are to be made at once and the trials continued at top speed. The drift-recording instruments con structed by Mr. Sperry for the America were tested by him today in a hydro aeroplane trip with Lieutenant Towers. BO ALT INQUIRY GROWING Congressman Would Know Details of Deportation Case. WASHINGTON, July 11. Represen. tative Falconer of Washington, intro duced a resolution today calling on the War and Navy departments to make public details In the case of Fred L. Boalt, an American newspaper corre spondent attached to the Cleveland (O.) Press, with Funston's brigade at Vera Cruz, now under order of depor tation and to have his credentials can celled because of charges relating to his news dispatches. " Meanwhile, under orders of Secre tary Daniels, Rear-Admiral Badger is conducting an inquiry into Boalt's story, which declared that a Navy en sign had applied the Mexican law of flight to Mexicans at the taking of Vera Cruz. Boalt's defense is that he secured his information from Ensign Richardson, of the battleship Arkansas. The or der of deportation is stayed, mean while. RADICALS HOLD MEETING Anarchists Have Free Speech, but Ashes of Dead Are Not Displayed. NEW YORK, July 11. Free speech In Union Square was allowed to anar chist and radical organizations in their demonstrations today for their three adherents killed in the explosion on July 4. No disturbance resulted from the voicing of radical views by speak ers. Seven hundred policemen mount ed guard during the meeting. Complying with the restriction Im posed by the authorities, the demon strants did not bring to the square the urn with the ashes of Arthur Caron, Charles Berg and Carl Hanson, the victims. A telegram from Emma Goldman was read at the meeting, announcing that a similar meeting was being held at the same hour in San Francisco. For the expenses of the "funeral," amounting to $600, a collection was taken. AIRSHIP COMPANY LOSES Zeppelin Concern Lays Deficit to Insuring Passengers' Lives. BERLIN, July 11 (Special.) The Zeppelin Company's balance-sheet, pub lished July 1, shows a deficit of $62,500, although a greater number of passen gers were carried by the airships than last year. One of the reasons advanced to ac count for the deficit Is that before Ten turning on board passengers insist on being heavily insured by the company. Dr. B rougher to Visit Portland. Rev. J. W. Brougher, of Los Angeles, former pastor of the White Temple of Portland, will arrive In Portland abDUt July 24 to spend his Summer vacation. While here arrangements will probably be made for htm to deliver a lecture. Dr. Brougher Is one of the most popular lecturers on the Pacific Coast. Real Estate Men Pick Los Angeles. PITTSBURG, July 11. Los Angeles today defeated Seattle for the honor of entertaining next year's convention of the National Association of Real Estate Exchanges. The association elected Thomas Shallcross, Philadelphia, presi dent. One female of every nine In New York state Is employed in a factory. Our Mid-Season Clearance Sale Is Now in Progress It must be remembered tbat this sale embraces our entire stock of Spring and Summer Suits. It is our policy to start each season with a new stock of goods; we therefore make these radical reductions to clear our cab inets so as to accomplish this purpose. Select the Suit You Want and Pay Vl Less Than the Former Price STRAW HATS and PANAMAS $ 2.00 Values now $1.50 $ 3.00 Values now $2.15 $ 6.00 Panamas $5.00 $ 7.50 Panamas $5.00 $10.00 Panamas $6.50 ' PHEGLEY & CAVENDER Corner Fourth and Alder Streets ALL GUILT IS DENIED Magazine Staff Say Goethals Approved Isthmian Pictures. PATRIOTIC IDEA AVOWED Editor Declares Sole Purpose Was to Stimulate Interest In Large Ap propriation for Military Avi ation In United States. BAN FRANCISCO, July 11. The de fense of Charles K. Field, editor of Sunset Magazine, and of the three others accused with him of having disclosed military secrets of the United States by the publication of an illus trated article, will be that the pictures were taken and the aeroplane flight across the Isthmus of Panama was made with the permission of Colonel George W. Goethals, in command of the Panama zone. Mr. Field. Robert Fowler, an aviator; Riley E. Scott, author of the article, and Ray Duhem, a moving picture man. were arrested yesterday at the instance of the War Department, acting through John W. Preston, United States District Attorney here. No bail was required and they were released on their own recognizance. Scott Now Employed by Government. When the case was called today be fore Francis I. Krull. United States. Commissioner, it was continued until August 10. Riley Scott said he was now in the employ of the War Depart ment as an experimenter and instructor in dropping bombs from aeroplanes at the San Diego (Cal.) aviation school. "The sole purpose of the flight," said Mr. Field, "was to stimulate interest in a large appropriation for military aviation in the United States, which lags far behind European nations." Fowler Protests Innocence. "Colonel Goethals not only gave s permission," said Fowler, in protesting his innocence, "but he wished us the best of luck and said he hoped the pic tures would turn out well." The accused men were represented by counsel today at the hearing be fore Commissioner Krull. Sunset Magazine was recently ac quired by William Woodhead & Co., but at the time of the publication of the Panama Canal fortification pictures in April it was owned and managed by the Southern Pacific Railroad. HE REDUCED 57 POUNDS New Method of Flesh Reduction Proves Astonishingly Successful. JOHNSTOWN, Pal, July 11. In vestigation has fully established that Hon. H. T. Stetler, of this city, has re duced his weight 57 pounds in an incred ibly short time by wearing a simple, invisible device, weighing less than an ounce. This, when worn as directed, acts as an infallible flesh reducer, dis pensing entirely with dieting, medicines and exercises. Many prominent men and women have adopted this easy means of reducing superfluous flesh, and it Is stated the inventor, Frofessor D. W. Burns, of No. 17 West Thirty eighth street. New York, is sending these outfits on free trial to all who write him. Adv. MORE AUTONOMY OFFERED (Continued From First Page.) dential approval. As an additional safeguard and in the Interest of the Philippine people, the right of Con gress to annual any act of the Philip pine legislature is expressly reserved. "A bureau to have general supervi sion over the non-Christian tribes is provided. "The right to vote Is confined to cit izens of the islands and the education al qualification of the present law is so enlarged as to embrace those who can read and write a native language, instead of English or Spanish, as at present. "The two resident commissioners to the United States now elected by the Legislature would be elected by popular vote. The present law restricting the Legislature as to those whom it may dmit to citizenship is so broadened as to confer power to admit Amer icans residing in the islands to become citizens thereof." Speaking for the Filipinos, Resident Commissioner Quezon,' an active advo cate of Philippine Independence for $15.00 Suits now $10.00 $20.00 Suits now $13.35 $25.00 Suits now $16.65 $30.00 Suits now $20.00 $35.00 Suits now $23.35 $40.00 Suits now $26.65 20 Off Blue Serges, Cheviots and Black Suits years, gave the bill his approval to night "The bill," he said, "represents far less than ought to have been consid ered, but I strongly favor its enact ment because it is a step in the right direction, granting as it does autonomy to the Filipino people and pledging the people of the United StateB to recognize the independence of the Philippines as an established government. Agitation to Be Continued. "I do not, of course, profess to re gard this bill as a finality. Did it debar from continued agitation and ef fort to secure the enactment of final independence legislation, I should op pose it to the uttermost. But such Is not the case. The issue now presented is that of securing some forward step while a party friendly to the aspira tions of the Filipino people is still in office. If the measure is enacted it will have my hearty and sincere co operation to the end that It shall be put into effoct in good faith without reservation and with every presump tion in its favor. "That, both now and ever, it will be the duty, as it is undoubtedly the intent, of all the Filipinos to continue undiminished effort for the actual es tablishment of Independence, free of all foreign control, must be taken for granted." HONEYMOON IS TEARFUL COUPLE. SEEKING ftBlETinE, HAVE ACCIDENT. Bridegroom's Brother Shoots Him Acci dentally, and "Retreat" Is Turned Into Hospital and Hotel In One. NEWPORT. Or.. July 11. (Special.) From Otter Rocks, north of Newport, comes a honeymoon tale, every word of which is punctuated with a tear. Francis L. Jones, son of B. F. Jones, of Roseburg, a recent candidate for the Republican nomination for United States Representative in Congress, and his bride, a daughter of W. E. Ball, of Toledo, Lincelfi County Assessor, had gone to Otter Rocks after the wed ding Friday to "enjoy a wedding trip of peace and quietude." The bridegroom last Tuesday was standing near his brother, "Vint," watching him clean a gun. The bride was a nearby spectator. For some reason yet unknown the gun was ac cidentally discharged, shooting the brdegroom through both legs. Mrs. Jones rushed to her husband and helped carry him to their chamber, which was immediately transformed into an emergency hospital, where she now acts the role of nurse. The bride groom's father hurried from Roseburg to be with his son, whose quick re covery is looked for, while other rel atives, surgeons and friends arrived to swell the honeymoon party from a lone two to a "right decent sized crowd." So far from being lonesome and de serted on the edge of the famous Devil's Punch Bowl, the bride and bridegroom, both of tender years and experience, are waited upon and enter tained by a large host of "sympa thizers." 3 OVERTURNED ENGINE HIDES MEN KILLED IN TACOMA FIRE. Switchman Not Expected to Live and One More Believed te Lie Un covered In Locomotive's Wreck. TACOMA, Wash., July 11. (Spe cial.) Clearing away the wreckage of the Bismarck Mill Company Are of last night revealed today the bodies of Earl M. Carpenter, a streetcar In spector; C. A. Wescott. a switchman, and Glenvil Gabriel, a bey of 17 under the overturned locomotive that was thrown from the tracks by warped rails. ... Of the 15 persons who were rldlnK on the locomotive and all of whom were injured. W. A Mannor, a switch man, is in St. Joseph's Hospital: ter ribly burned and not expected to live. It is asserted by J. B. Weaver, the last man to leave the wreck, that one body is still under the demolished locomotive. Seattle Man Arrested Here. A fugitive warrant was Issued yes terday for the arrest of Roy Hemphill, of Seattle, who is wanted at the Sound city on a charge of embezzling a large amount of money. He was arrested by Deputy Sheriff Tennant and will be held in the County Jail here until Se attle authorities call for him. His bail was set for $5000, whlqh he has failed to provide. T, AX CHANGES URGED Commission Argues in Favor of Two Amendments. SYSTEM CALLED ARCHAIC Personal Property Too Intangible to Be Reached by General Rule of Present Type and Alterations Needed to Meet Tiroes, Said. SALEM. Or.. July IX (Special.) That they will put an end to "danger ous scheming in taxation and provide a safe foundation for genuine tax re form" is the keynote of an argument filed today In favor or two constitu tional amendments referred by the Legislative Assembly, which provide for the classification of property for taxation purposes. The argument was prepared by the State Tax Commission and a special legislative committee. It says in part: "Without so amending the constitu tion of Oregon our present farcical pre tense of taxing intangible personal property must be continued. "With the adoption of these amend ments Oregon can provide by statute an effective method of taxing this large body of wealth, either by a tax on In comes as In Wisconsin, or by specific taxes as in Minnesota. Iowa, Pennsyl vania. Maryland, New York. Rhode Island and other states. "Without so amending the constitu tion we are powerless to enact any THEATER Programme Today, Monday and Tuesday SPECIAL MONGREL AND MASTER" f& Featuring the FRANCIS X. BUSHMAN A Powerful Political Drama of Importance MME. OTHICK, DOLLY AT Latest of the "Dolly VASES OF HYMEN A Comedy by John Bunny and Flora Finch COMING WEDNESDAY MR. BARNES OF NEW YORK A Big Vitagraph Special Featuring Maurice Costello 10c ADMISSION 10c Waterville. Kansas, June 21. 1913. Bankers Life Insurance Company, Lincoln. Nebraska. Gentlemen: I am today In receipt of your check for 1782.05 which has been handed me by yo"Jl "ff"1. Mr Thos. Schuchart (who advises h'ls under general agency of L. u. 5arrtson). In full settlement of the cash value of my Policy No. 2910. In your Company, this policy having matured today. I wish to thank you for this prompt and very satisfactory settle ment and feel that this is a very desirable settlement (or me In ver way. as I am getting 24.05 more than I have paid. in. and in addition have had insurance for the past twenty yearn. Have long had a yery favorable opinion of the Bankers Life and its way of doing business and am glad to say that I still have two policies in your company, which I hope to carry to maturity. With best wishes for your con tinued success, I remain. Yours very truly. 23S WILLIAM P. McKELVEY. Ask the man who oar good agency tor you. U ARROW, EAGLE AND VINDEX SHIRTS Pleated, Soft and Stiff Bosoms All Sizes $1.50 Values now $ 1 . 1 ." $2.00 Values now $1.35 $2.50 Values now $1.65 $3.00 Silk now $2.15 $5.00 Silk now $3.85 scientific plan for the taxation of for ests and water powers, to derive a proper revenue therefrom and at tb same time promote the conservation and development of these natural re sources. "Without so amending the r institu tion we cannot take advantage of the most approved methods In the taxation and regulation of public service com panies, nor provide any fair apportion ment of the revenues delved from the taxation of such companlea "Without so amending the constitu tion we cannot enact a fair and effi cient law for the taxation of automo biles and for the proper distribution if the revenues derived therefrom in the Improvement of the public highway "Here is the real trouble In the tax system of Oregon: Section S2. artlcl 1 and section 1. article . of the Ore gon constitution. Impose a primitive form of the general property tax. whirl, makes the pretense of taxing all prop erty, real and personal, tangible in' Intangible, by one uniform rule. With the development of new methods ot business and new forms of property, the attempt to tax all klntts and clse by fhe same rule Is about as unreason able as It would be to require a rail road to carry passengers and livestock at one uniform rate per head, or to Insist that the merchant should sell dried fruit and flour at the same rate per pound. "The principal opposition to ebollen ment of the general property tax In Oregon, as in other states, may bo classified as follows: "First Of those who are tnlsln formed on the problem of taxation and Imagine that the pretended equality and uniformity now prescribed by the constitution are actual guarantees against injustice. "Second Of those who derive bene fits from the operation of the gen eral property tax and are against any plan of reform which might deprive them of the favors they now enjoy. "Third Of radical theorists who be lieve that by continuing the abuses of the general property tax system the people, to escape the Ills they have, will 'fly to others they know not of.' "These proposed amendments of the Oregon constitution bear the unquali fied Indorsemnt of the best authorities on taxation.' Ladies 1" avonte Dramatic Soprano THE HELM of the Dailies" Series. 20 PAYMENT LIFE POLICY Matured in the OLD LINE BANKERS' LIFE IN SURANCE COMPANY of Lincoln, Neb. Name of Insured William Porter McKelrey Residence Waterville, Kan. Amount of Policy $1,000.00 Total Premiums Paid to Company $ 506.40 SETTLEMENT Total Cash Paid to Mr. McKelvey, $782.05 and 20 Years' Insur ance for Nothing assets fr,4oo,ooo.oo or oar policies. We have rite as. HH