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2 TIIE STJ5DAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, DECEMBER 23, 1917. 1 CROZIER BERATED : 111 SENATE INQUIRY Inventor of Lewis' Gun Tells of ; Controversy With Chief " - of Ordnance. - GIFT TENDER IS REFUSED -J Originator of Now Famous Weapon " TJnable to Convince War Depart- '. xnent Officials of Merits Rec " ' ognized In Europe. ; WASHINGTON", J5co. 22. The Btory '. fit the invention and development of the famous Lewis machine gun and the disappointing efforts of the inventor to r; persuade the United States Government to accept it without cost, was told in ', dramatic fashion today by the In- ventor himself Colonel Isaac N. Lewis. "1 XI. 3. A., retired, testifying in the Sen-- ate military committee's investigation 7' of the Army. "With an occasional show of heat. " Colonel Lewis related his controversy .' with General Crozier, chief of ordnance, whom he severely assailed, denied that he first offered his invention to the British government, detailed repeated - tenders of his patents to the Govern l' rnent, with his profits aggregating mil lions of dollars, and told of the success . , Nrith which his weapon has been used by nearly all of the allies. - At times Colonel Lewis was so se i' vere In his strictures on General Cro- Bier and the War Department that ' committee members stopped him, say lngr he was "too loquacious and desul " tory" and was letting his "feelings run away." . Testimony la Corroborated, t". ! Supporting Colonel Lewis' testimony, President A. E. Borie, of the Savage , ', 'Arms Company, which has the exclusive American license right'' to make the Lewis gun, a'lso told of the refusal of .... the War Department to adopt the - Lewis gun and the achievements of that weapon. Both he and ColoneJ - Lewis predicted that sufficient num- bora of the new Browning gun, adopted f -by the War Department, would not be I, available for the American forces. Other manufacturers have testified that ; the production would be sufficient. . At the conclusion of Mr. Borie's tes- ; tlmony the committee adjourned over r' Christmas. It plans to resume exami- nation next Wednesday of Quarter . master-General Sharpe regarding the clothing, cantonment, transportation t' "and other questions. Colonel Lewis told the committee ; .that as early as 1911 he offered to Gen- .eral Leonard Wood, the Chief of Staff, ; ;to turn over his invention to the Gov- . ernmenL General Wood favored ac ceptance, he said, but General Crozier ... prevented it. Again in 1911 and 1912, when he left the active service because . ,of resentment over his treatment, Colo- - nel Lewis said, he renewed the offer, only to have it rejected. Royalties Also Tendered. Ills last tender was made in a letter 'ent to Secretary Baker 11. days ago. Me also agreed to turn over large royalties on United States .orders of the Invention, but had not heard from that tender. ' Colonel Lewis said his offers to the Government were from patriotic mo tives. His experience with General : Crozier, he declared, almost stifled that r patriotism. He exhibited a check for :U.000. part of 17.000. he said, he had sent to the Government in, return of - royalties on orders. The check was i : sent to Secretary Baker last February and he said General Crozier opposed lta acceptance. It finally was accepted, but receipt was not acknowledged until - two weeks ago. V. '. After his futile, fight to get his pat- ! nts accepted or his weapon adopted by his own Government, Colonel Lewis I, . aald he turned to Kurope. where, he aid, the gun gained instant success. - Thousands are being used by England and France, he declared, with many others furnished Russia. Italy and Bel ; glum. w Gun Used In Aerial Work. Although the War Department had never given his Invention a fair test, Colonel Lewis said. It has at last been ' ordered for aerial fighting. In the of--. , flclal tests last May, when the Brown ':" '. Jng was adopted. Colonel Lewis said he - did not have time to prepare his gun 7', ' adequately for use with American am-.-.. . munition. Colonel Lewis denied assertions of ., , critics of his gun that it worked well only with British ammunition, saying It is adaptable to any make of ammunl- ; Hon. ... '. Regarding 1918 tests, when pieces of the Lewis gun broke. Colonel Lewis , . aald breakage in tests was common to ' all machine .guns. 1" ' Croxler Declared Autocratic. As further evidence of his efforts to '.I rive his own Government the benefit r of his inventive genius. Colonel Lewis ; aald that last year, when the Browning gun was being developed, he offered to return to this country, develop a llght . model gun at his own expense and pre- sent It to this Government. Colonel Lewis repeatedly stated to ; the" committee that General Crozlera ; attitude toward him and his invention was the result of prejudice and per " aonal animosity. He declared General tn iJCrozier was autocratic, responsible for . alleged failure to properly equip the American armies and for alleged, lack of progress in American ordnance. He v , declared that the ordnance equipment . . of General Pershing's forces was a "dis-- j grace" and that modification of the . British Enfield rifle for American use ' was a "colossal mistake. R. & N. Company trains this Christmas. General Passenger Agent McMurray realizes it is particularly hard on the child who spends the day on a train, fearful that Santa Claus will miss him or her, and In such cases the dining car steward or conductor will play the role usually enacted by good old whis kered Santa and deliver to the little tots packages of Christmas goodies. Special menus will be spread before patrons of the dining cars on all lines. H. A. Hansen, superintendent of the dining car and hotel department of the O.-W. R. & N. Company, has arranged for special Vuletlde decorations and menus. The Union Pacific system, of which the O. - W. R. A N. Company forms the most westerly link, has served 7,000.000 meals during ths 11 months ending November 30, It was disclosed by a recent compilation. The Franklin High School glee clubs will sing Christmas carols from the balcony 'of Hotel Portland Christmas eve at 5 o'clock. Robert Walsh is in charge of the club, which consists of about 40 voices, and the programme will Include: "Hark, the Herald Angels Sing" (Mendelssohn), "The First Noel," old . Irish melody: "Ring Out, Wild Bells" (Longfellow); "There's a Song In the Air' (Harrington); solo. "Noel" (Adam), Miss Alicia Judd; "Ring Out, Ye Bells." old English melody; "Silent Night, Holy Night" (Gruber). SOLDIERS LEAVE CAMP LEWIS Special Train Carries Many Fight ing; Men to Portland Homes. TACOMA, Wash., Dec 22. (Special.) Oregon men In ' large numbers left Camp Lewis tonight for Portland and other cities of the state to pass the Christmas holiday. Drill was held all Saturday afternoon so that the men would be free from duty Monday. Drills will be resumed next Wednesday, following the usual recreation period, to make up for the lost time. A spe cial train was run from the canton ment to Portland for the benefit of those who wished to return to their homes for Christmas. Not mors than 5 per cent of the men are allowed to leave camp on holidays, according to War Department ruling, to prevent congestion of traffic. Approxi mately 000 soldiers will spend Christ mas at the camp. CHIEF FLYNN J1ESIGUS HEAD OF TJ. S. SECRET SERVICE WILL LEAVE OFFICE. Persistent Reports Are That Mayor elect Hylan Wanta Detective aa . Police Commissioner. NEW YORK. Dec. 22. William J. Flynn announced here tonight that he has resigned as chief of the United States Secret Service. Mr. Flynn said he bad offered his resignation last November but had been asked to reconsider it. Upon ad vice of his physician, however, and the urgent request of bis family, he had definitely decided to retire, he said. He will leave office December 81. There have been persistent reports that Mayor-elect John F. Hylan had requested Chief Flynn to become Po lice Commissioner of New York Janu ary 1, as successor to Arthur Wood. Mr. Flynn would neither deny nor af firm that he would become the head of New York's police force under Mr. Hylan. He said, however, that the CommiBsionership of New York had not been In his mind at the time his resignation was filed. Chief Flynn has been with the secret service 20 years and has been working night and day since the United States entered the war. He said he had been told by his physician tha. unless he took a long rest immediately he would Ijave a breakdown from which there would be no recovery. This was the sole reason for his retirement, he declared. BOYS IN KAHK1 COME (Continued From First Page.) . broken. California has been the mag' ? " net tha attracts many, but Into ths country In all directions and to other v.. , Northwest cities have iront many Deo- pie, while outsiders have been attracted An Innovation is announced on O.-W. '? I SCROFULA AND h: HUMORS GIVE WAY There are many things learned from " ' experience and observation that the older generation should impress upon the younger. Among them is the fact 'i that scrofula and other humors, which It I produce eczema, bolls, pimples and 1 other eruptions, are most successfully r. . '. treated with Hood's Sarsaparllla. This great medicine is a peculiar - combination of remarkably effective ' I blood - purifying and health - giving roots, barks and herbs which are gath- ; ered especially for it. f- . Hood's Sarsaparllla has stood the ! test for 40 years. ' ' Get a bottle today now from your -- nearest drugstore. Always keep this medicine on band. Adv. . DIECK VISITS CITY EX-COMMISSIOIVER PUBLIC WORKS HERE FOR HOLIDAYS. LIQUORS BARRED OUT BY CANADA Importation After Monday Pro hibited and Manufacture to Be Stopped Soon. BAN TO LAST AFTER PEACE Compilation of Data on Hetcn-Heteky Water Project at San FructM Is Directed by Engineer. . After an absence of three months. during which time he worked from San Francisco headquarters on the compilation of data relating to the Hetch-Hetchy water project. Robert G. Dteck. ex-Commlssloner of Public Works of Portland, Is home for the Christmas season. He will return to California in a few days to resume his duties as consulting engineer for the San Francisco Bureau of Governmental Research. Mr. Dleck says he has enjoyed great ly the work In which he has been en gaged. The project is being delayed he says, by the refusal of the city of ficials, principally the engineer, to divulge certain Information necessary to the completion of a report on the project. Court proceedings have been resorted to in an effort to obtain this information and arguments soon are to be heard thereon. The project is one of the largest In the country, but is said. to be in a cha otic condition, no one in authority ap parently being in possession of suffi cient information to give a correct es timate of the money necessary for its completion. OIL PRODUCERS PROTEST FINDINGS OF FEDERAL, MEDIATOR REED HELD REVOLUTIONARY. - Restrictions Apply to Any Liquor or Beverage Containing Over 2 Per Cent Alcohol, Object Being to Save Grain. OTTAWA, Ont, Dec. 22. Importation of intoxicating liquiors into Canada after Monday next is prohibited and their manufacture will be prohibited after a date to be determined later. Premier Borden officially announced today. The Premier said there would be an investigation and consideration of the conditions in the liquor industry be fore the date for prohibition of man ufacture is decided upon. '. The ban will remain in force dur ing the war and for one year after the conclusion of peace. Mandate la Unmistakable. The action was taken, the Premier stated, by virtue of the "unmistakable mandate" given the government De cember 17 (the date of the Canadian election), for the vigorous prosecution of the war, and for "the employment of all the country's energies and resources necessary to achieve victory." Any liquor or beverage containing more than IVi per cent alcohol shall be regarded as intoxicating liquor and banned under the new order. The re strictions d not apply to Importations for medicinal, sacramental, manufac turing or chemical purposes. Conservation Given aa Reason. "It Is essential and, indeed, vital for the efficient conduct of the war that wasteful or unnecessary expenditure should be prohibited and that all ar ticles capable of being utilized as food should be conserved," said the Premier's statement. "It is beyond question that the use of liquor affects adversely the realization of this purpose." Issuance of the order followed con sideration of the measure by the war committee of the Cabinet, it was stated. Lid Goes on January 31, 1018. ' Liquors purchased on or prior to December 24 fir shipmen. into Canada will be admitted into the Dominion not later than January 31, 1918. TORONTO. Ont., Dec 22. George Wright, past president of the Ontario Hotelkeepers Association, and member of the committee on the control of food consumption. In a statement today Bald that prohibition at this time in Cana da's history was a wise piece of legis lation. "The times Justify the government In taking action of this kind," he said. "The country will heartily indorse the action taken because it will enlarge our food resources and mobilize the full efficiency, physically and financially, of our people." SUGAR ALLOWANCE DROPS Kitchen Police to Sweeten Coffee Served at Camp Lewis. TACOMA, Wash.. lis- 22. (Special.) The conservation spurt has struck Camp Lewis. No more will the hardy soldiers sweeten their own coffee, for vigilant kitchen police discovered stray grains of sugar In the bottom of some cups. By an order post d today the cooks hereafter will add sugar to the steaming cup, apportioning seven ounces to a gallon of coffee. Bakers also were caut.oned against using too much lard for their bread. One po.nd of lard to 100 pounds of flour Is deemed sufficient even when ths flour la not oC the best. DESERTER SUSPECTS HELD Men Arrive at Tacoma to Celebrate Christmas and Are Jailed. TACOMA. Wash.. Deo. 22. (Special.) ""Tis a hard, hard world. So de clares NlcoLai J.- Rudullch and Stephen Ukavlch. of Aberdeen, now In custody at the Tacoma Army camp pending de cision of the officers whether or not they will be charged with desertion. The men registered but did' not report for duty. Tbey were arrested when they came to town for Christmas their pockets bulging with money. Both were shackled when brought to camp. CAILLIAUX WILL BE TRIED (Continued From First Page.) laux'was said to have expressed opin ions hostile to the United States, also contained the assertion that the former Premier had in his possession photo graphs of the German lines on the Sommfl front. This is one of the statements made at the French Embassy, according to the. report, by the man referred to so M. Le Prestre. who asserted he had obtained access at the American Em bassy in Rome to an account of con versation between M. Calllaux, who was then in Rome, and to Monsignori of the Vatican. In this conversation M. Calllaux was reported to have ex pressed his sentiments respecting the United States. After ' the account of;-Le Prestre's visit to the French Embassy at Rome and his statement regarding M. Call laux' hostility to the United States, the report quotes M. Le Prestre fur ther as follows: Washington Said to Knew. "The person who placed before me the account taken to the American Embassy by the Irish prelate rit was not the Ambassador was, I believe, disgusted by It, and gave me the in formation in order that M. Calllaux' conversation should come to ths ears of representatives of the entente. The document certainly was sent to Wash ington. "Finally, there is a detail which has Its value. In order to prove that con tinuation of the war would result only in butchery, without a decision, M. Calllaux in the course of his conversa tion, produced photographs of the Ger man lines of defense on the Somme be fore and after the last offensive there. By those photographs he showed that once a system of trenches was cap tured, another system, quite as strong and quite as difficult to capture, was established a few kilometers in the rear. "Were the photographs of German origin oi- French origin? I do not know. In either case it is equally dis quieting, because if they were- of French origin from whom did he ob tain them? From officers r HENRY ESTABROOK DEAD ATTORNEY EARLIER IJT DAY PLEADS FOR AXTI-VTV-ISECTIONISTS. Proposed Settlement of Strikes In Texas and Louisiana Declared Unsatis factory to Operators. ' HOUSTON. Tex., Dec 22. That the findings of Verner Z. Reed, of the Fed eral Mediation Commission and per sonal representative of President Wil son, are revolutionary in their nature and of such serious moment as to de mand the attention of all operators, is the substance of a statement given out tonight by the committee representing the oil producers of Texas and Louisi ana, Involved in the strike of oil workers. Upon that ground the committee pe titioned Mr. Reed for postponement of definite action. This was granted the operators, and they have called a meet ing for all those interested in the oil and gas industry of Texas and Louisi ana which will be held January 2. They have until January B to act. Antolst Bits Youtli. Daniel A. Grout, assistant Superin tendent of Schools, driving an auto mobile west on Yamhill street last night collided with Allan Flinn, 12, of 27 East Charleston street, St. Johns, knocking the boy down and bruising him. Mr. Grout said the boy, carry ing a litter of rabbits, ran in front of the automobile at Third and Yamhill streets. The rabbits escaped. Smokers' goods and fine candies. SIg Sichel & Co.. 2 3d. S47 Washington. Adv. menu bearing on his visit to Rome, ex Promler Calllaux said: "That was altogether a question of policy. One must remember that cer tain of our Ambassadors frequent cir cles of high aristocracy, and all high aristocracies are not entirely on the side of the allies. M. Calllaux declared that be had been Isolated during the war and had been the object of persecution, and that the present action was the result oi a con splracy among persons who were op posed to his policy before the war and afraid he would continue it alter tne war. It was not true, he asserted, that he. had favored an alliance with Ger many before the war. His policy was to reclaim Alsace-Lorraine, he said, but also to follow a policy of conciliation in Europe. "It is permitted that one may think with President Wilson," the former Premier remarked, "upon the formula of peace without annexations and without penalizing indemnities, nd with the right of the peoples to dls pose of themselves. Pkotosraplui Are Shown. "One has a right also to think about the military situation and about diplo matic solution," M. Calllaux added, "and it possible was more apparent that one has a right to think that France, because she has suffered so much, has need of special care." He said there was much to criticise in the conduct of the war, partlcuarly In regard to finance. If it had been in his power, and If his advice had been accepted, errors would have been avoid ed in the emission of certain loans that had been floated under unfavor able conditions, he declared. The former Premier then alluded to various political scandals in the past, including the Panama Canal affair, and he asked Premier Clemenceau about a certain famous session in which he (Clemenceau) was charged with cor ruptlon in favor of Great Britain. - The former Premier had spoken two hours when the chamber recessed until the afternoon. The secret report sent last February from the French Embassy at Rome to the Foreign. Office, In Which M. Call- Appropriation of $100,000 by Red Cross for Medical Research Work In France Opposed. TARRYTOWN, N. Y., Dec. 22. Henry Dodge Estabrook. widely known as an attorney and formerly general solicitor for the Western Union Telegraph Com pany, formerly of Omaha, Neb., died suddenly in' a motion picture theater here tonight. He left his home after dinner, apparently in good health and spirits, but collapsed a few minutes after entering the theater. He died in the lobby without regaining con sciousness. Mr. Estabrook's reputation as an orator and campaign speaker was country-wide. He was mentioned for the Republican nomination for Presi dent In 1912. After the nomination of William H. Taft he toured the West ern states in behalf of his candidacy. NEW YORK, Dec 22. In. a letter to ex-President Taft, chairman of the American Red Cross central committee, made public tonightthe National Anti Vivisection Federation protests against the "appropriation by the American Red Cross of $100,000 for medical re search work In France." This work, the letter stated, the anti-vivlsection-lsta. believe, "will Include the building of laboratories and providing of ani mals for experimentation.". Henry D. Estabrook, acting for the federation, declared that ;the federa tion had sought . to retain him "to bring suit to enjoin the Red Cross from appropriating 1100,000 of the moneys contributed to' it," for that kind of work, on the ground that "such use would be misappropriation of the moneys contributed to the Red Cross and opposed to the principles of many of the contributors, particularly of the complainants." "I am frank to say," he added, "that I am doubtful as to the outcome of a suit raising that Issue, but I have no doubt whatever as to the effect of such suit upon future contributions to the fund. There is no doubt that millions of Americans are earnestly and vehe mently opposed to vivisection and would refuse point-blank, to contribute any fund, any portion of which was to be used, for vivisection experimenta tion." BAKER PRAISES TROOPS 30,000 SOLDIERS PASS Vt REVIEW AT CAMP MEADE. Demonstration Shows) America Can Get Ready Quickly sad Well, De clare Secretary. CAMP MEADE, M4, Dec 22. Secre tary of War Baker saw 0,000 soldiers pass in review before blm at this can tonment this afternoon. As the 80,000 went swinging by in columns of platoons. Infantrymen, ar tillerymen, machine gunners, engineers and others, the Secretary watched them intently. Then, when it was all over, the chief of the War Department turned and said: "This review proved that America can get ready quickly and well. I can say so because at this cantonment I have been able to make observations concerning the development of the sol dier better than at any other place In the country. "The conditions bare axe most highly satisfactory, - and I am glad to con gratulate all the officers and men re sponsible for them." floors - to Be Strengthened. ' TACOMA, Wash.. Dec 22. (Special.) Word reached the cantonment today 'that $38,000 had been appropriated to strengthen the floors of the barracks so they may be used for indoor arm. Nevins to Visit Son in Camp. Ben Nevlna, general livestock agent for the Western, Pacific, with headquar ters at San Francisco, with Mrs. Nevlna, N earing the Gladdest Day in All the Year, Every Person in the Edwards Store Extends to You Their Best Wishes for A Very Merry Christmas Cold as these words may look In print, the warmest feeling that could possibly exist (within the bounds of any institu tion) is embodied in these words "Smile a mile and hope again for peace on earth and good-will to men." 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