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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (May 16, 1915)
TIIE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, PORTLAND, MAY 16, 1915. Y IS READY FOR AMERICAN FLEET IN HUDSON FOR REVIEW AND ITS COMMANDER. Go to Gray's WAR SAYS DANIELS -FOR- ;; Officers of Atlantic Fleet at j: New York Dinner Hear Charges Refuted. 6 h d J; RECENT ADVANCES SHOWN Target of Criticism" Is l'ouiul Both lufflcient and Prepared by Sec retary or Navy in Answering ; Security League Attack. ; K'EW VOniC, May 1 ".. Officers of the . , Atlantic fleet gathered here tonijrht at ' a. dinner in their honor heard Secretary Josephus Daniels defend tho Navy as ;efficient and prepared for war and ; promIiso that tho Administration, with I tho .support of tlio American people, ' ; would make it more powerl'uLand moro t ' efficient. Mr. lnnie!s answered the Navy's crit ; Jsm, particularly the National Security ' League, which recently made public an ', open letter declaring that investigation ! disclosed that the Navy was inadequate ) and unprepared for war. 'Our Navy, is gooii; it is not Rood "enough." id tho becretary. "With t your help, as lonK as I am Secretary ; of the Navy wn all will try to make .it better. The Navy is etronjr, but it is ; rot etronir chough. With the help of the whole American people, with the help ' of Congress and an Administration i thoroughly committed to the policy of i'takinir leave to bo strong upon the teas," we will make it stronger. JVavy I Held Target for Criticism. "Vou have seen and lately you have ', heard far too much of the petrified pessimist who visits one of our levla hians of power with a sour and dis appointed visage, looking for some ihi.ng upon which he can hang a tale, of woe and wail a jeremiad. "Tt ll him that the New York is at once. -to, source of pride and protection, ami he tells you that eo long as we have not as many New Yorks as all the nations of the earth combined, it Is - worthless. Point otit that a flotilla of American submarines recently made ono of the longest continuous runs on record, and he sighs a deep sigh and his only comment is 'but we ought to have and build them before breakfast . tomorrow as many as the three big gest European nations combined.' "The Navy and its head have been tho target of much criticism of late, pome from those honest in their be liefs but sadly ignorant or misin formed, and much from purely partisan and political sources which had no in terest in facts whatever. As for such criticisms as concerned myself, I have kept silent. Time must Justify, or time condemn. The splendid condition of the ships for which you are responsi ble, the splendid discipline of the crews which you have established, make to day a far better answer than any thing' I could have been able to say. As they rido tonight at their anchors on the river, let them stand, as their own spokesmen, and I rejoice that it is my pleasure to greet here tonight the commander-in-chief of the Atlantic lleet. Admiral Fletcher. i i Open letter la Criticised. '- "A lew days ago a new organization, hearing the name of National Security League, issued an open letter 'announc ;injr the result of investigations' and published to the world this statement: " 'Investigation discloses, it is as serted, that the Navy is neither ade .quate nor prepared for. war; that it is inadequately manned, is short of am munition and has no organized reserve of trained men; that the submarine flotilla exists chiefly on paper; that fast scout cruisers, battle cruisers, aeroplanes, mine layers, supply ships and transports are lacking, and that target practice has been neglected or altogether omitted. - "if the gentlemen who signed the above libel of the Navy had known the , ....th ikal. alm9tiirM WOUld Tl liVPf have been appended. If they had not been misled ana misiniunueu, , mw would have written instead: Investigation. Results Given. "'Investigation discloses that the Navy is efficient and prepared for war. That our ships are well manned; that the supply of munitions is vastly larger than ever before and the ca pacltv of our plants has been practic ally 'doubled; that the last Congress a naval rMATVA which IS in II 111ITVII 1 11 . . . progress of organization; that we have H submarines authorized, built or fcnllding, which are the equal of those of any other country and that one flo tilla of submarines has just completed B. remarkably long distance run. ""The investigation proves also that we recognize the need for more fast light cruisers; that we ia.ie.iy nave or dered eight aeroplanes and a dirigible ,...f a million dollars SDeciallv ap propriated by the last Congress for aviation; that within the last two years tho navy's mine equipment has been more than doubled; that we are adding . i a,,,, fnr. nf a ii t i 1 i n.r ies. while more time has been devoted this year to target practice ana. maneuvers man in many years past. We are proud of our Navy as it is. We are resolved to give our co-operation in making it ..tetter and greater CLARKE FIXES ITS ROADS Five Hundred Men and Boys Ont All Day Improving Higrhvrays. !t VANCOUVER, Wash, May 15. (Spe : cial.) Good roads Day was Observed ' in Clarke County today by probably BOO i'mcn and boys who labored practically '''ight hours for trro Improvement of I The hlprhways. About EO men went out rom tho Vancouver Commercial Club early today, and 40 men were given ' a day's work with money donated by ' those who could not go but who wanted "to be represented. All of the men and boys from the : "Washington State School for the Deaf ' worked all day in charge of Professor ' Thomas I. Clarke. Practically all of ! the county road supervisors gave their time free today and they also got their neighbors with teams, shovels, picks and rakes to smooth the roads, fill up chuck holes, and remove rocks and boulders. Yesterday 50 soldiers under Captain Samuel V. Ham improved the " road east of the garrison. Ch ii reli Cornerstone I -aid. ALBANY, Or., May 15. (Special.) A new Catholic church is being erected on McDowell Creek, southeast of Ieb anon and near both Waterloo and Ber lin. The cornerstone was laid thts week by Father Lane, rector of the Al hany parish: Father Pelletan, of this city, and Father Carrico, pastor of the ! Lebanon church. The church will be ' dedicated by Archbishop Christie July ; S. It is to be known as St. Matthew's ' Church. The Shah ef Persia hu the lonr tails of his horbes dyed crimson ior fix inencs at incir lips. No one r'.ae in th country is allowed ' to eierciae this privilege. 4 t-w ?T3," & vtT 1 v?!" , v '. Balconies Are Decked With Potted Greenery. FIRST FUNCTION THURSDAY Band From "Pride of Xtj" AM11 Help Blake Dance and Reception Xotahle Event Miany Knjoy Col lego Maids' Inincheon. Br RALPH J. STAEHLI. OREGON BUILDING, Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Fran cisco, May 15. (Special.) Tho interior of tho Oregon building in one week has been changed from a high, vaulted exhibition hall to a leafy bower in keeping with the exterior of the struc ture. The leaves that are used are made by preparing nature-colored Autumn leaves so that they will keep indef initely in their natural color and shape. Each of the big arches, the columns on the side and the posts on the lower floor have been decked in a mass of greenery. Potted firs and other small trees adorn the balconies. Between this green and Autumn coloring are streamers and flags, adding color to effect. The walls of the. balconies are adorned with photographs by Kiser and Gif ford. These big colored views have not been made a part of the art ex hibit, but form a distinct feature. John F. Logan, commissioner, re turned to Portland the end of the week after a month's stay at the build ing. Mrs. Logan accompanied him; R. .A. Booth will be the next commis sioner to arrive at the fair. Mr. Booth is expected about the first of the month. Miss Withycombe, daughter of the Governor, and Mrs. O. M. Clark, wife of the chairman of the commission, are still members of the Oregon family. Both are being entertained lavishly by the Exposition hostesses. The Oregon building will give the first big social function Thursday a reception and dance. The noted band of the battleship Oregon will be sta tioned on the upper balcony of the Oregon Parthenon. The officers of the "Pride of the Navy" will aid in making the affair a notable one. I The Oregon punchbowl, made useless on board ship by the mandates of Washington, will be brought into service again and on that night will offer to the visitors Bryan's latest loganberry wine. The girls of Oregon Agricultural Col lege demonstration of domestic science have been complimented so much upon their cooking that Mr. Hyland became suspicious when several of them asked that ropes be placed in all their rooms as fire precautions. His fears of whole saleelopraent were dispelled by the ex planation of the girls that they were all drilled in rope climbing as part of tho gymnasium curriculum. The college maids now prepare dainty luncheons for S5 people each day. The lunchroom is supposed to be open from 12 until but tho places are always Bold long before the time is up. Mrs. C. C. Moore, wife of the presi dent of the exposition, and Mrs. C. R. Hale, wife of the vice-president, are constant visitors o the lunchroom, but even iurs. moore nas to ukc iier lurm Silas Christofferson, the Portland aviator, is down in Mexico demonstrat ing his tractors and flying boats to Carranza as a result of a hurry call received early last weeki He has built several machines for war purposes. The Portland flyer also conducts an aviation school and an "aerial taxi" out on tho beach near the Sloat boule vard. L. W. Buckley, who managed the Manufacturers and Land Products Show ir Portland last Winter, is manager of the Oakland Municipal Auditorium, the BUyiHGJSBOWER Jjj GREATEST DREADNOUGHTS OF AMERICA "AND BRITAIN COMPARED. No vessel of the allied fleet has been so conspicuous of late as tho British dreadnought Queen Elizabeth, the great floating fortress which has been hurling her shells against the forts of the Dardanelles. It will therefore be interesting to compare this vessel with the New Trk or the- Tcias, now anchored where all of the populace can see. Like the New York, the Queen Elizabeth has a big sister, the War . spite. New TorR and Queen Elizabeth and Texas. Warspite. Main battery .10 14-inch 8 15-lnch Secondary battery... ... .21 S-ineh IS 6-inch Displacement. .......... 27,000 tons 27,500 tons Speed... 22 knots . 25 knots Length P65 feet 650 feet Beam ..... . ...... . ..... 95 feet 94 feet Horsepower. 28,000 58,000 Armor (belt) 12 inches ? Armor (turret) ' 14 inchea , 14. inches Tn the matter of speed the British dreadnoughts are seen to be superior, but It is doubtful if their gun power is equal to that of tho American vessels. And to gain the three knots extra speed it is likely that much of the belt armor has been sacrificed, Jane, the ah- ' thority on international naval construction, admits he does not know the thickness of the belt. From the New York World. - - - - --W'WC5A top ikkt to t i r; ht. dehwark, CAJMJLISIA, KANSAS, FLORIDA FLETCHER. beautiful structure out on Lake Mor rltt. San Francisco's immense auaitorium has been made a unit in the new civic center with the City Hall and other public buildings forming part of the plan. Both these structures are in almost constant use. The 4Sai Francisco palace has been made the parlor of the city. Fraternal organizations. clubs and branches of the Exposition hold the largest of functions there. Athletic carnivals, evenings of pageantry, the largest of balls and conventions all find their way to the auditorium. California weather has been every thing that official pamphlets say it is not. A solid week of rain drove most of the visitors' to cover and crowds were so slim that any of the attrac tions on the Zone stayed closed through the week of flood weather. . In. every corner the attendants are brushing up and getting ready for the hordes which railway officials say are coming after June. April aud May were expected to be the lightest months of. the period, but the attendance for those days outdid expectations. Art Smith, the boy aviator, continues to startle and each day has a new thrill. His latest is a series of loops ending in a spiral glide with his plane upside down at the start. Using a smoke pot and writing his name in the sky is one of his star feats. Ho is known as the boy with the "aerial insanity." John F. Logan was the principal speaker before the Women's Pacific Coast Good Roads Association, which met in the building recently. Mr. Logan told of the pioneering in good roads, in which Oregon was the first with the old military road. Mrs. Thomas G. Hailey, hostess of the building, explained tho necessity of the interest of women In tho good roads and the part which they could play. The delegates then, visited the Co lumbia River Highway with a trip by films and slide views which the visitors declared a model for highway work. WARRENTON SEEKING ROAD Commercial Club Decides to Obtain . Direct Route to Pacific. WARRENTON, Or.. May 14. (Spe cial.) At a meeting of the Warrenton Commercial Club yesterday it was de cided that the club should take action to obtain a direct road from the present route of the Columbia Highway passing the depot to the Pacific Ocean, and President G. Clifford Barlow appointed W. Clyde Taylor. Mayor George Schmidt and George W. Warren as a committee to locate a route and suggest the plans for financing the road. The proposed road will be tho shortest-route to the Pacific Ocean from Astoria and will afford autoists the benefit of a 10-mile stretch of ocean beach to Gearhart, at which point they can take the Columbia Highway back to this city. Mrs. Iizzie Koch Dies in Clackamas. CLACKAMAS. Or., May 15. (Special.) (Special.) Mrs. Lizzie Koch, a promi nent resident of the Sunnyside district east of Clackamas, who died here last week, was born in Rothenberg, Ger many, March 17, 1855. With her family, comprising 12 brothers and sisters, she came to America in 1873. She . is survived' by a sister, Mrs. Ott, of Damascus, a brother lr Wisconsin, and five children. i hTiTl s. ninn north Dakota, michigaw. socth AND UTAH. IHHTRAI1', ADMIRAL. 1. MEAD IS SLATED New Head Groomed for Recla mation Service. ELIMINATION PROCESS ON Means ot Forcing Mr. Newell Out of Office Shown and Plan Said to Be Made to Insure Resig nation of Arthur V. Davis. OREGONtAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington. May 15. Based dpon strong circumstantial evidence, the prediction is made that Elwood Mead, of Wyo ming, one of the best-anown American authorities on irrigation and for ten years in charge of Government irriga tion work in Australia, is to be placed at the head of the United States Reclamation Service. Thia change will ot be made immediately, but will De worked out gradually by Secretary Lane, whose Italian hand is seen in the recent reorganization of the Rec lamation Service. Mr. Mead, at the instance largely of Secretary Lane, has given up his lucrative position in Australia and is on his way back to tho United States, ostensibly to resume a chair of en gineering at the University of Cali fornia. But when he gets back, Mr. Mead will bead the new Board of Re view of the Reclamation Service, which is to revalue and reassess the lands of Government irrigation projects in this country a task that will consume many months and when that work is completed, or soon thereafter, Mr. Mead is expected to become director of tne Reclamation Service. Weeding; Proeesa Gradual. Secretary Lane is not the authority for this prediction, for Secretary Lane is not prone to discuss his plans for the future. But it is noted with interest that Secretary Lane is gradually weed ing out of the Reclamation Service tire officials formerly in control, and is gradually fixing up an entirely new slate. Sydnoy WiUiamsoni chief of con struction, in charge of the new Western office at Denver, is the big man in the service today, but Mr. vv illiamson in time will play second fiddle to Elwood Mead. Looking back about two years, it Is recalled that Secretary Lane made up his mind to get rid of F. H. Newell, director, who had been at the head of the Reclamation Service since its or ganization. He did not deliberately "hre" Mr. Newell; instead, he created the Reclamation Commission, leaving Mr. Newell as nominal director, but the duties of the directorate were largely given to other Commissioners; and Mr. Newell found himself robbed of all authority: in fact, he found him self subordinate to the new men, and his position became unendurable; When he could no longer retain his dignity and his office, he gave up his office. Arthur P. Davis Next on List. Now Secretary Lane has abolished the Reclamation Commission, as it accomplished its purpose, and the next official to go .is Arthur P. Davis, New ell's chief lieutenant, who succeeded Try This if You Have Dandruff There is one suro way that never fails to remove dandruff ' completely and that is to dissolve it. This destroys it entirely. To do this, just get about four ounces of plain, ordinary liquid arvonj apply it at night when retiring: use enough to moisten the scalp and rub it in gently with the finger tips. By morning, most if not all, of your dandruff will be gone, arid three or four more applications will completely dissolve artd entirely destroy, every single sign and trace of It no matter how much dandruff you may have. You will find, too, that 'all itching and digging of the scalp will stop in stantly, and your hair will be fluffy, lustrous, glossy, silky and soft, and look and feel a hundred times better. You can get liquid arvon at any drug store. It is inexpensive, and four ounces is all you will need. This simple remedy has never been known to fail. Adv. him as director. The secretary regards Mr. Davis as a much more efficient man than Newell, but finds him so im pregnated with many of the Newell Ideas that he vants him out of the service also. Mr. Davis formerly -ns chief engineer of the service. When Newell left he became director and chief engineer, hut recently Mr. Wil liamson was made "Chief of Construc tion," and Mr. Davis now is merely director, and, like Newell, robbed ot hiost of his authority. Thus is another nominal head of the service made sub ordinate to a man in lower position, and Mr. Davis is expected to eliminate himself. With Newell and Davis many of the higher salaried engineers of the ser vice aro going. These men also were loyal to Newell, but they aro to be dispensed with on the ground of economy. When the plan is worked out in its entirety, Elwood Mead will be ap pointed. BEAR MOUNTAIN , "TO SHIP Other Activities Reported From Col vllle Mining District. COLVILLE, Wash., May 15. (Spe cial.) A body of six feet of silver lead ore Is reported in the Bear Moun tain mine, 14 miles east of Colville. Indiana capitalists have had this prop erty under development for nearly 15 years. The strike is in the face of the tunnel at a vertical depth of 1100 feet. A test shipment of a car of the ore will be made to tho smelter as soon as ar rangements can be made for its treat ment. Superintendent Linney has started men prospecting on the Old Dominion mine with a view to a general plan of development. It is proposed to open all work into the main tunnel on the 800-foot level which is now being cleaned out and timbered. The Bonanza mine is shipping again to the Trail smelter at the rate ot about 100 tons a month of 30 per cent lead ore. Exley Brothers are said to have opened a ledge of carbonates two feet thick in a 50-foot tunnel on the Old Dominion Mountain six miles east of Colville. M0NM0UTHHAS ROAD DAY More Gravel to Be Added and Oil Put on Highways This Summer. MONMOUTH, Or., May 15. (Special.) Today was good roads day in this city and the highways within the city limits and in five directions from the city were thoroughly worked by men with teams and scrapers. . The grow ing number of automobile owners in this section has led to better roads. Farmers are becoming extensive users of cars and thero is more interest in hard-surface processes than ever be fore. One hundred miles of highways have been used during the Winter for auto uii. h. i:. vv n i ou r. ri rJc V r r ;v - v f V i L ,J. 1 ; V I A' f - - DR. B. E. WRIGHT THE MAN WHO SAVES TEETH WON'T HURT YOU AND WONT ROB YOU. Northwest Building Entrance on Washington Street. Office Hours: 8 A My to 6 P. M. Consultation Free Yonr Clothes Chesterfield CI o thes give to every man who wears them the well-dressed appearance. We have the different models, enabling us to fit and please the men of different tastes; the conservative for the man of affairs, the extreme style for the young fellow who wishes the ultra ideas of fashion. Chesterfield Suits priced $20.00 and up to $40.00. Fine Furnishings ancl Hats in latest productions rightly priced. .Will appreciate a call at our handsome, new store. R. M. GRAY Washington at West Park traffic, according to the survey of the combined county commercial clubs. Mor gravel will be added and oil will be placed on all principal highways this Summer. School Children itear XV. L. Jones. CKNTRALIA, Was.. May 15. (Spe cial.) Senator Jones yesterday de livered a short address to the children of the Fords Prairie School, a. mile west of Centralia. Later, accompanied by several Centralia business men, he visited the State School for Girls at Grand Mound, where he spoke twice to tho inmate. The Senator ppofce at Operation "Not Needed Mrs. W. A. Barnes, wti lives In lis I Is nl. Calif., Ian wiit In the 11 nas laboratories a very strosg endorsement of I'ruKols and 'I rs. In her letter Mrs. Barnes snyst "Doctors say gall-stones cannot be cured without an operation, costing much money as well as unnecessary suffering1. I am cured, I know, and this is proof posi tive, and my friends know that Btich is the case." 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