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THE 1 OREGON i DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 20, 1914.
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ALL IS READY, SAYS
ASSISTANT
SECRETARY
OF NAVY ROOSEVELT
Government Official Passes
Through Portland on Way
to Yard at Bremerton,
MORE MEN ARE NEEDED
Only Difficulty Za Maanlng Kcssrv
Tift; Congress Alone Can An
thorls Recruiting.
NAVAL OFFICIAL PASSES THROUGH PORTLAND
"Troublr- "will find u ready," was
the iih-khhko; AiHiarit Secretary of ihe
Navy Franklin . ' Koosuvelt left ir.
Portland yenterdav an li passed
through the city on the way to the
Bremerton navy yard from San Kran
cluco. He trripl but half an hour,
bccaime the need of that portion of
the navy stationed at the Puget Sound
rendezvous require apeody attention to
make the poHslblc emergency the more
taaily met.
Mr. Roosevelt aid If occasion should
i lie, the whole Pacific fleet could be
ready within 15 or 20 days. , including
the reserve fleet a.t Hremerton and the
armored niierH South Dakota and
West Virginia.
The only difficulty Mr. Rooaevelt
lonka for if a crlnls comes would be In
the number of available men. He said
the navy la now recruiting up to it1
full legal strength, but tome of the
alilps in the reserve fleet are manned
by '(skeleton" crews vessels which re
quire 800 men being operated by 200,
bcause they are on reserve. To in
creaae tills force would require spe
cial authority from congress.
Gunboat Is Beat.
Mr. Iloosevelt spoke enthusiastically
of the feasibility of the gunboat In
time of war, for the reason that it can
be sent into waters where the big
drradnaughts could not enter.
Koosevelt today conferred with Ad
miral Doyle of Hremerton navy yard,
and it is understood that their talll bad
to do with recruiting If congress
should authorize further enlistment).
It is common knowledge at Bremerton
that the crews of the reserve fleet
.there are, scarcely large enough to keep
the ships in order, and far from large
enough to man them efficiently in ac
tual naval operation.
"It Is a conservative estimate," said
Kosevelt, "that 20,000 more men will
be needed in the event of hostilities,
even though the operations be on a
comparatively small scale."
Thousands Heady to Enlist.
Roosevelt anticipated no difficulty
In getting recruits, as there are thou
sands of ex-sailors on the coast, who
would be glad to get back into the
service.
. "1 find only the best spirit among
officer and men," lie said. "At Mare
Jalajid Friday luoO marines were ready
for 'service, fully enuipped, 40 minutes
after the i all. This Is a record."
While Mr. Rooevelt expects to re
main only a few days at Bremerton, he
said he would not be surprised to find
himself called on to remain some time
on the Pacific coast. Having been
delegated by Secretary Daniels to take
charge of the Pacific fleet, he may
find his duty requiring him to super
vise activities here indefinitely. He
saC If this proved to be the case he
would make Ills headquarters at San
Dleao, where he could keep closely in
touch with the whole coast and the
southern republic, which Hvould re
qufrr close watch.
rieet Coming Hera Zfext "Tear.
Koine time in April, lillo. Portland
will see the American fleet anchored
In the Columbia, river. This promise.
. made by Secretary Daniels when he
was hero several months ago, is being
partially fulfilled in Mr. Roosevelt's
visit, one of 1 Is missions being to In
vestlgate facilities for receiving v'es
sels in the various harbors. Pie said
that without exact knowledge on the
part of the department. It would be too
much of a -risk to send the costly ships
of war into harbors unless docka, an
chorage and channel conditions were
beyond question.
1.11 Inquiries regarding the depth of
. water jn the Columbia river bar led
up to a definite assurance that several
warships would come up the Columbia
to Portland.
Tbe Roosevelt party consists of Mr.
Roosevelt. Commander George C.
Sweet, acting as Mr. Roosevelt's per
sonal aide, and Commander Mark
Kills, who is on his way to Bremerton
to become executive pffiver on ths
South Dakota.
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CORPS WMS
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ORDERS TO HASTEN
LOCAL ENLISTMENT
Lieutenant Udell Arrives From
Tacoma to Assume Charge
of Portland Office,
Assistant Secretary
Copyrlgbt, 1914. International News Service.
Franklin D. Roosevelt.
ARMY ENGINEERS
LEAVE VANCOUVER;
MAPS TO BE MADE
Detachment of Four Officers
, and 115 .Men Headed for
"I Gilroy, California.
NSPECTION TODAY IS
ORDERED AT FORT
STEVENS BARRACKS
Troops Have Special Equip
ment and Can Get Under
Way in 30 Minutes.
HEADQUARTERS IN CITY
Quartermaster's Office In Columbia
Building Also Anxiously Awaiting;,,
Boa Definite Official Call.
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1 Bound ostensibly on a map making
mission, company F. Second battalion
of engineers, left Vancouver barracks
on a special train today for Gilroy,
Cal. In the detachment were four offi
cers, 115 men and 48 horses and mules,
together with eight wagons and a car
load of forage. The company came
into Portland'over the North Bank road
and was transferred to the Southern
Pacific at the Union station. The train
started southward about 11:30. a. m.
"Our orders are merely that we shall
make surveys for maps," explained
Captain R. C. Moore, in charge of the
detachment. "Further thn that, I
know nothing. Our orders for the trip
were issued some time ago from which
we gather that the trip has nothing to
do with the present Mexican situation."
Tonnf Men Are Enthused.
It was a jolly party of young- men
that swarmed around the depot plat
form while the train was being iced
and otherwise made ready for the long
journey. Special orders were issued by
the railway company to push the spe
cial train ahead as rapidly as possible,
and it was expected that the journey
would be made within 36 hours. Gilroy
H a small station on the Southern Pa
cific's coast line south
cisco.
All the equipment of the engineering
company will be taken to Gilroy, ac
cording to officers of the company. A
trainload of pontoons and other heavy
accessories will follow on a fast
freight. The rest of the impedimenta
is on the train that left today.
Captain It. C. Moore is commanding
the expedition, and the other officers
are: First Lieutenants C. J. Taylor,
G. V. "Wilkes and P. B. Fleming.
Will Uti on Train.
Lieutenant Fleming traveled all the
way from Chicago, reaching Vancou
ver last night. Hardly had he
arrived to Join his company when he
had to prepare for another Journey
hearer the scene of threatened hostilities.
The engineers will live on the train
until it reaches Gilroy. There is no
dining car but a kitchen has been fitted
up in one end of the forward tourist
car and the baggage car is loaded with
Victuals. The men will eat In the seats
on the cars. Several stops will have
to be made to feed the horses and
mules, howevr.
"Duke," Lieutenant Wilkes dog, was
mourning audibly before the train
started because he had been tied In
one of the heavy supply wagons load
ed on a flat car. But "Don," company
mascot, was being led around by a
string and Jumped Into the baggage
car in plenty of time before the engine
started.
Map Being Made.
Colonel Young, commandant of Van
couver barracks, declared this morn
ing that the engineers were sent out
'to make one section of a military map
of the United States. This map has
been in course of preparation for some
time and the part in the vicinity , of
Gilroy is the next bit on the schedule.
He declared emphatically that the
Journey at this time is in no sense th
beginning of a mobilisation and he had
received no Instructions whatever from
his superiors for such a step.
When asked about the situation by
telephone today, the colonel made a
number of eager Inquiries regarding
the latest prqss dispatches bearing on
the Mexican situation, out wouia ven
ture no opinion on what turn affairs
might take with reference to his own
command.
Fort Stevens, Or., April 20. Prepara
tion of all description in anticipation
of war service Is being undertaken at
Fort Stevens.
The troops are equipped throughout
with heavy marching order equipment.
Special equipment of extra clothing
has been prepared, and it Is thought
that if ordered to the front the com
mand could be oh its way in less than
30 minutes from receipt of telegraphic
orders.
Recently the drills have been more
than doubled. and particular stress has
been placed on thorough training in
the use of field and machine guns.
Drill on siege guns has also been un
dertaken in each company.
Special men have been training In
thf use of field communicating devices
such as the ordinary wigwag system
of flag signals, the more complicated
Heliograph signals, which consist of
lipbt flashes and Is especially adapted
for night work, though it can be used
In the daytime, and the wireless ap
paratus. Drills have been largely chanted
from the old parade formation to those
of San Fran-1 particularly adapted to field service.
Special instructions in intrenching.
skirmishing and other field tactics are
the order of the day.
Orders were issued this morning for
all troops in the garrison to fall out at
1 o'clock in heavy marching order for
special inspection of their equipment
by their various company commanders.
The commanding officer of the dis
trict. Colonel Ludlow, says orders to
leave for the front are expected at any
minute.
Officers attached to the United
States marine corps office here expect
to receive orders some time today from
the war department authorizing the
enlistment of as many men as pos
sible in that branch of the service:
Lieutenant F. A. Udell, retired, who
has charge of the Portland office, said
that the developments in the Mexican
situation had not brought any extra
rush of applicants because it is pretty
generally understood that the marine
corps is usually filled up , and only
men in the very best of condition are
accepted.
It is anticipated that orders to loos
en up and take as many men as .it is
possible to get will come any time
now. Lieutenant Udell came from
Tacoma Saturday to take charge of
this station, which is headquarters for
Oregon and Washington. f
At the naval recruiting office in the
Morgan building, Lieutenant R. B.
Smith said no orders that might be
due to the Mexican trouble had been
received.
The army recruiting stations In
Portland have been getting men at the
rate of one a day since Christmas.
Fifteen men, have enlisted since April
1, it was stated at headquarters in the
Worcester building.
The army recruiting station has been
working under orders to use all rea
sonable means to secure men for the
past six months and as a result as
much work as possible has been done.
The station anticipates, however, an
order at any time that might instruct
them to use every means available to
secure as many recruits as possible.
Lieutenant Colonel Charles A. Var
num. retired. Is head of. the army re
cruiting work in Portland, and he left
at noon today for Vancouver to confer
with officers at the post.
No word from Washington has been
received by the United States quar
termaster's office In the Columbia
building to indicate that additional
provisioning will be necessary or other
matters undertaken in respect to the
Mexican situation.
"We are, however, waiting with
bated breath for word," it was stated
at the quartermaster's office at noon
today.
QUARREL IS NOT
WITH MEXICANS,
IS WITH HUERTA
obtain the ship's mall and was for a
time thrown in JaiL
"An official dispatch from this gov
ernment to Its embassy in Mexico City
was withheld by the authorities of the
telegraphic service until peremptorily
demanded by our charge d'affaires in
person.
"So far as I can learn, such -wrongs
and annoyances have been suffered to
occur only against representatives of
the United States. I have heard of no
complaints from any other govern
ment of similar treatment.
"Subsequent explanation and formal
apologies did not and could not alter
the popular impression which it is pos
sible It had been the object of the
Huertista authorities to create, that
the government of tbe United States
was being singled out and might be
singled out with impunity, for slights
and affronts in retaliation for its re
fusal to recognize the pretensions of
General Huerta to be regarded as the
constitutional provisional president of
the republic of Mexico.
"The manifest danger of such a situ
ation was that such offenses might
grow from bad to worse- until some
thing happened of so gross and intol
erable a sort as to lead directly and
inevitably to armed conflict.
Insist on Proper Reparation. .
"It was necessary that the apologies
of General Huerta and his representa
tives should go much farther; that
they should be such as to attract the
attention of the whole population to
their significance, and such as to im
press upon General Huerta himself
the necessity of seeing to it that no
further occasion for explanations and
professed regrets should arise.
"I therefore felt it my duty to sus
tain Admiral Mayo in the whole of
his demand and insist that the flag of
the United States should be saluted in
such a way as to' indicate a new spirit
and attitude on the part of the Huer-tlstas.
"Such a salute General Huerta has
refused and I have come to ask your
approval and support In the course I
now propose to pursue.
"This government can, I earnestly
hope, in no circumstances, be forced
Into war with the people of Mexico.
Mexico is torn by civil strife. If we
are to accept the tests of Its own cen
stitution it has no government. Gen
eral Huerta has set his power up in
Mexico City, such as it is. without
right and by methods for which there
can be no justification.
"Only a part of the country Is under
his control. If an armed conflict
should unhappily come as a result of
his attitude of personal resentment
toward this government, we should be
fighting only General Huerta and
those who adhere to him, and give him
their support, and our object would be
only to restore to the people of the
distracted republic the right to set up
again their own laws and their own
government.
"But I earnestly hope war is not now
in question. I believe I speak for the
American people when I say that we
da not desire to control in any degree
the affairs of bur sister republic Our
feeling forjhe people of Mexico Is ono
of deep and : genuine friendship, and
everything; that we have so far done or
refrained from doing has proceeded
from our desire to help them, and not
to hinder or embarrass them.
v e would not wish even to exer
cise our good offices of friendship
without their welcome and consent.
The people" of Mexico are entitled to
settle their own domestic affairs in
their own .way and we sincerely desire
to respect their right. "
"The present situation need have
none of the grave implications of in
terference If we deal with it promptly,
firmly and wisely. '
"No doubt I could do what Is neces
sary in the circumstances to enforce
respect for our government without
recourse to congress, and yt not ex
ceed my constitutional powers as presi
dent, but I do not wish to act in a mat
ter possibly of so grave consequences
except in close conference and coop
eration with both senate and house.
Would Use Armed Jorc.
"I therefore com to ask your ap
proval that I should use the arnved
forces of the United States In such
ways and to such extent as may be ) mankind.
necessary to obtain from General f
Huerta and his adherents the fullest )
recognition of the rights and dignity f
th,e United States, even amidst the dis- i
tree sing conditions now unhappily ob
taining in Mexico.
"There can, in what we do, be no ,
thought of aggression or of selfish
aggrendlxement. We seek to maintain
the dignity and authority of the United
States only, because we wish always .
to keep our great influence unimpaired
for the. uses of liberty, both fn the -United
States and wherever else U .
may be employed for the benefit of
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A nian dropped into one of the
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thusiastically asked this question.
"No," we answered, "they're our
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European Plan $1.50 a day up
American Plan $3.50 a day up .'J
Mew ctel and brick structure. Third ad
dition of hundred rooms bow building.
Etut modem convenience. Moderate
rates. . Center of theatre and retail dis
trict. On carKnes transferrins all over
efcy. flsilrlc siiilm inti train mi itnein
We might mark Moyer Suits any of
prices so common in "Special Sale" st
we prefer to sell the best clothes that
clothing organization can offer, day in and
out, for Fifteen Dollars.
Probably that's why Moyer sells more Fifteen Dollar
than anyone else on the Pacific Coast.
Moyer Special Hats $2
The new shapes and colors. A Hat that has b
by thousands of satisfied men. Ask for the
Moyer Special at $2.00
Brewer Hats .... $3.00
"When You See Itjn Moyer s Ad, It's So'
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Second and Morrison
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CHANCE TO SELL LUMBER
Bids for 31.200 feet of lumber have
been asked for by the reclamation serv
ice of the department of the interior
for use in the Milk river project, ac
cording to Information received by the
chamber of commerce today from H.
W. Bruen, chief clerk of the bureau at
Malta. Mont. Bids will be received at
Malta, April 25.
Journal Want Ads bring results.
Tampleo for the release of the pay
master and his men.
"The release was followed by apol
ogies from the commander, and later
by an expression of regret by General
Huerta himself. General Huerta urged
ttiat martial law obtained at the time
at Tampico; that orders had been is
sued that none should be allowed to
land at Iturbide bridge, and that our
sailors had no right to land there.
"Our naval commanders at the port
had not been notified of any such pro
hibition; and, even if they had been,
the only Justifiable course open to the
local authorities would have been to
request the paymaster and his crew to
withdraw, and to lodge a protest with
the commanding officer of the fleet.
Mayo Demands Saint.
"Admiral Mayo regarded the arrest
as so serious an affront that he was
not satisfied with the apologies of
fered, but demanded that the flag of
the United States be saluted with spe
cial ceremony by the military com
mander of the port.
"The incident cannot be regarded as
a trivial one, especially as two of the
men arrested were taken from the
boat itself that is to say, from the
territory of the United States; but had
It stood by Itself It might have been
attributed to ' the Ignorance or arro
gance of a single officer. Unfortu
nately It was not an isolated case. A
series of incidents have recently oc
curred which cannot but create the
impression that representatives of
General Huerta were willing to go out
of their way to show disregard for the
dignity and rights of this government,
and felt perfectly safe in doing what
they pleased, making free to show in
many ways their irritation and con
tempt. Orderly Jailed at Tampico.
"A few days after the incident at
Tampico an orderly from the United
States ship Minnesota was arrested in
Vera Cruz while ashore In uniform to
WELL KNOWN PORTLAND NAN ENDS
RHEUMATISM A! STOMACH ILLS
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'Genuine Millinery Reductions!
Tailored Street Hats Sacrificed!
500 New Tailored Hats-,
Genuinely pretty and becoming styles, included
in this big sale of New Tailored Millinery at
$1.00. It's an event well worth taking ad
vantage of. v
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J.
C. Hutton Says Akoz
Cured His Ailments
in One Month.
. Dodson Will Leave.
Dayton, Or., April 20. At a meeting
of the Dayton school trustees on Sat
urday evening the present corps of
teachers was retained for the ensuing
year, with the exception of the prin
cipal, J. B. 'Dodson, who '.ias been
elected to the Newport school. Pro
fessor Dodson has been principal of
the Dayton schools for 10 years!. No
one as yet has been elected to fill the
vcancy.
A solid silver bedstead costing $45,
000 recently was mada in England for
an Indian rajah.
J. C. Hutiton. assistant porter of the
Portland , Hotel, after suffering two
years with rheumatism and acute in
digestion, is telling his friends that
he was cured in one month by using
Akoz, the wonderful California medic
inal mineral that is now being intro
duced in this city.
After suffering two years with
acute Indigestion and rheumatism, I
was cured by taking the Akoz treat
ment for one month," said Hutton in
telling of his recovery. "I had such
serious stomach trouble that I suf
fered severely after eating and my
sleep was disturbed. I also had mus
cular rheumatism that affected . my
left arm and back.
"I applied the Akoz compound on
the places where the pain was and this
checked the pain, while the Internal
treatment ended my stomach trouble
and knocked the rheumatism out of my
system. I am Jfeellng better than I
have in a long time. Akos'ls surely a
great remedy."
Hundreds of others on the Pacific
Coast who are suffering with rheu
matism, stomach trouble, eczema, ca
tarrh, piles, ulcers and other ailments
have written to the Natura company of
San Francisco, telling of the great ben-
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Akox is now being demonstrated at
the Owl Drugf Store, at Broadway and
Washington streets. You are invited
to visit, phone or write the Akoz man
at the Owl for further information re
garding this advertisement. Ady.
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