THE OREGON T DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND. SATURDAY, MAY 24. 1919.
SCORES OF SHIPS
CONSTRUCTED HERE
LISTED FOR SALE
Fleet Corporation Offers Wood
Vessels in Yanous Stages "of
' Completion to Highest Bidder.
BIOS OPENED ON MAY 26
Representative Stationed at Each
of Yards; Bid Must Be Accom
panied by 10 Per Cent of Offer
Scores of wooden steamers, many of
which ? are completed, others . partially
.finished,; and still others In actual serv
ice, are included to the list of wooden
vessels to be sold by the shipping board
to the highest bidder, on May 26, next,
"according' to an advertisement appear
ing1 in The Journal, May 9 and May 17.
Bids may bo submitted for one or any
combination of hulls.. All bids must be
accompanied by a certified check for 10
per cent of the amount of the bid. If
! the successful bidder falls to make the
purchase, the certified eheck will be
declared forfeited to the Emergency
Fleet corporation. Balance of the pur
chase price is to be paid on execution
of contract and delivery of title to the
steamers or hulls.
The Grant Smith-Porter Ship company
of Portland ships to the number of 16
of the Ferris type will be sold. They
are : Kanakee, percentage of hull com
plete, 99.65 ; machinery, 95 per cent ;
ilOKOzne, ion EJCOlt, ron ounono, un
fc'ilL Fort Smith, Afrania. Agarista,
Ahala, Alois, Alector Aculeo, Acarman,
.Aburia, Abdera, Abafitls. The Acarman
Is to be completed as a ; barge ; . the
Aburia aS a hull and the Abdera and
Abantls are in the early stages of con
trruction, the keels having been laid and
contracts cancelled.
MOST NEARLY FINISHED
'The Ferris ships have a deadweight
tonnage of 3500; most of the steamers
are near the point of completion, and
two have been delivered to- the operating
department..
Of he four Supple & Ballin steamers,
the Blrchleaf, which was delivered May
16. has been assigned to carry a cargo
of railroad ties to the east coast. The
other Supple & Salim ships sre: Der
tona, Deva and Diana. The feature of
these ships are the steel top sides and
double diagonal planking.
The list includes five of the ships
built by the Coast Shipbuilding com
pany, as follows : Cabura, Boxbutte,
Boykin, Aspenhill and Boynton. The
last named is to be completed as a hull.
All of the ships built by the G. M.
Standifer " .Construction corporation
f North Portland yeard) are to be sold
with the exception of the Belding. The
vessels are : Umatilla, Montexuma,
Arvonia, Wabanaquot. Akanaquint and
Kudapasan, contracted for as steamers,
and the Doyleston, contract for which
was cancelled' after laying Of keel.
FIVE AT YANCOUYEB YARD
At the Vancouver yard of the Standi
fer corporation are five Supple & Ballin
type steamers, as follows : Bushong,
which has been assigned to the' Colum
bia. Pacific Steamship company as a tie
carrier ; the Bushrod, Butte. Button
wood. Byfleld and Mendora.
' All of the Peninsula Shipbuilding com
pany's ships are included, excepting the
Anoka, which Is now in Europe. The
list includes seven steamers and four
sailers.
Six of . the steamers of the Sommar
etronf Brothers of Columbia City are to
be 'sold. The Maratansa, assigned tq the
Pacific Steamship company of Portland,
is now loading Jumber In the local port
for. New . York, and the Wahsu, under
operation by the Columbia Pacific Ship
ping company, recently sailed for the
east coast with ties.
Feeney & Bremer have one steamer,
the Bedloe. Jncluded-
1 Of the six steamers built by the Wil
son yard at Astoria, three, tho Bonif ay,
Wakiki and Owatama, are .100 per cent
as to hulls.
The MeEtechem yard of Astoria is
represented by 10 ships, two of which
are to load ties for the east coast.
otner .yaras concerned are : George
F,; Rodgers Of Astoria, and St.' Helens
Shipbuilding: company, St Helens.
OPPORTUNITY FOlt INSPECTION
A representative of the fleet corpora
tion' will be stationed at each of the
yards where sales will be conducted,
giving- every opportunity for the inspec
tion of bulla. - Additional - Information
can be obtained from the secretary of
the fleet corporation. Bond and Cherry
streets, Philadelphia. The corporation
reserves the right to reject any and all
In addition the fleet corporation will
supply Ship fittings, such as engines,
boilers, - winches, capstans, anchors,
cables, " etc. In the majority of cases
material for the completion of the ves
sels has been accumulated and is In the
yards, " i
It is pointed out that wood ships
bffer excellent opportunities for con
version , ta sailing vessels; .barges, coal
and -ore carriers, or for installation of
Diesel engines if considered more de
sirable. The hulls will be sold 'from wood
yards in Maine, New York, New Jersey,
Connecticut, Virginia, Maryland, North
Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama,
Mississippi, Texas, California Oregon
and ; the state of Washington- - Bids
ehould be addressed as follows: '"Office
of Secretary. United States Shipping
Board Emergency Fleet Corporation 140
North Bond street, Philadelphia. Sealed
bid for" hull No. Do- not open.", ;
jVfan Suffering Frffi
Old Injury Ends Life
The Dalles, May 24. Robert Splcker
raan. aged 62, committed sntdide at his
home here Friday evening by shooting
himself through the head with a shot
gun. Mr. Spickerman sustained an injury
to Jils brain in a fall from a horse six
years ago and was subject to fits of
despondency. .While the family was abr
sent from home he went into . a wood
shed and . took his life. His body was
found by his wife upon her return from
a shopping trip. Besides his wife he Is
survived by five sons and one daughter.
H O R L ICK'S
THE ORIGINAL
HALTED M ILK
-r-Mlmlttttoni an J Su a tt i f i
Memorial Services : 1
For Soldiers Sunday
At The Auditorium
: Memorial services for the soldiers" of
allied nations and! the- United States
who fell in action will be held at The
Auditorium on Sunday afternoon under
the auspices of the" Allied British
societies of Portland. For the evening
a splendid program has been arranged
and a, large number of tho churches of
the cKjr hav agreed to omit their rgt
lar Sunday evening service that attend
ance at The Auditorium may not be
limited because of conflicting Interests.
The service will fee of added import
ance to former or present British Sub
jects, too, because of the fact that ft
commemorates tho centenary of Queen
Victoria's birthday. Music; win form
an important feature of the program,
which will start at 8 o'clock.
SOLDIERS ASK FOR
THEIR BONDS; WAR
T
Senator Chamberlain Will De
mand Investigation nless
Matter Is Explained.
The war" department is blamed by
Senator Chamberlain for the non-delivery
of Liberty loan bonds paid for on
the installment plan by soldiers and
sailors In the United States. An In
vestigation will be Inaugurated to lo
cate the cause of delay, declares the
senator.
Several hundred Portland men who
enlisted in various branches of mili
tary service during the war are now
attempting to secure bonds which they
subscribed and paid for while in the
service. Red Cross and Liberty loan
officials have been overwhelmed with
complaints of this nature and their ef
forts have resulted in the delivery of
a number of bonds to their owners.
The great majority . of the cases
coming before the local officials, how
ever, are still unsettled. In many In
stances the men subscribing for bonds
were incapacitated by wounds, Sickness
or other cause before payment was
completed. . It has been the policy of
the government to return money paid
on bonds in such cases, but the pro
cess of adjudication is slow and the
men are Impatient.
Failing to get results through ap
plication to regular channels of the war
and treasury departments, a telegram
was sent to Senator Chamberlain ask
ing his assistance in locating and se
curing delivery of missing bonds. In
the senator's -reply, received today, he
states that the matter has been taken
up with the secretary of war and that
if prompt action is not forthcoming
an investigation may be had to locate
the trouble.
T
ESTATE LOSES OUT
(Ce&tuned Prom Pate Gn1
pable of knowing or understanding What
she was doing or capable of Understand
big her property or what persons should
be the objects of her bounty.
MUCH TESTIMONY OFFERED
An answer was filed by Strong and
Mead Individually in which they denied
the allegations enumerated and asked
that the instrument be admitted to pro
bate as the last will and testament of
Xarifa J. Faling, deceased.
The opinion of the court follows:
' "A great mass of testimony most con
tradictory and conflicting has been
taken In this proceeding and it has
been difficult to arrive at the facts, par
ticularly whether Mrs. Faling possessed
testamentary eapadlty on August Is,
1915; whether she understood the nature
ef the business In which she was en
gaged, whether any fraud or undue In-
fluenee was practiced upon her, and
whether she signed the will in question.
If these questionsare answered in the
affirmative then the will must be sus
tained. ,
SANE WHEN MAKING WILL
"The subscribing witnesses to the Will
are eie"&f ,and positive that Mrs. Faling
knew and Understood the nature of the
business' in which she was engaged
when she signed the instrument in
question 'and that she was competent
to make such instrument. Their testi
mony is entitled to great weight They
had known Mrs. paling for a long time
and should be able to testify as to her
capacity to make a will at that time.
The law is well settled in this state
that If a person Is Competent at the
time he executes his last Will, It Is a
valid instrument, notwithstanding that
a very short time before or after he was
insane 6r incompetent
"The whole cause may be summed up
in a few Words : In the winter or 1910-ii
Mrs. Faling was very ill with la grippe ;
at times she would make insane remarks.
PROOF OF SANITY SHOWN
This may be regarded as the begin
ning of Mrs. Fallng'B ill health. In the
spring, of 191i she went to a cottage in
Irvihgtom it being- thourht that the
quiet home life would be beneficial td
her. She soon returned tb the Sargent
hotel and remained them until i tail
of , 1914. A large number of witnesses
testified .that during these years Mrsi
Faling was Insane and incapable of trans
acting business. Being confronted with;
evidence in Mrs; Fallng's handwriting
and - otherwise that' she was sane and
capable of transacting business, con
testants were forced to admit that Mrs.
Faling was capable of executing a wiii
down to June 5, 1911 j and that the con
troversy as to her: sanity begins after
that date. -i .
"A. careful analvsis of th ttsHmnnT
fioweven reveals nothing materially dif
ferent in the general state or health
of Mrs. -Faling after June ft, 1914. In
sane remarks are still made by her, ac
cording to some witnesses, and according
io ouiers sne was weu able to transact
business and dispose of her estate.
SO XTKDUE rSFLTTESCE j
k T. have no doubt, that there were
times when Mrs. Faling was insane and
incapable hi transacting feusinet.
kind and that at others she was perfectly
"u rational ana Knew well what
shi.T." fin?' atoowsn her physical
condition had for some years been grow
Jng. slowly weaker, i Upon no other the
ory can the Very conflicting testimony
In this contest be harmonised.
"I find that the will was executed
during a lucid interval ; that, the tes
tatrix knew and Understood the nature
of the business in ; which se was then
engage and those whom she was mak
ing thtCbbjects of her bounty and that
no undue influence was exerted upon
DEPARTMEN
BLAMED
CONTES
IB B
IF TREATY FAILS
Prediction Is That ? AMe I Witt
Terminate Truce v if German
Signatures Are Refused,
By Fs S I'irfMM 5
Parts. May 24v UL P.) -Th treaty
wlM be signed by the allied and Qermev
delegates between June 10 and 15 or
the armistice will fee broken was the
forecast in peace circles today.
. The Germans ar now expected to
hand the allies their counter proposals
by May 29. These1 will be printed- In
book form and -will be almost as Vol
uminous as the allied treaty. The me
chanical part of the work baa been held
up. The train bringing the GerSftan
printing machinery td Versatile fnat
with some misadventure at Cologne, de
laying its arrival until Sunday,
The present indications are that the
allies will take four er five days to
study the German counter proposals be
fore replying 1 and will then allow the
Germans about the same time In which
to make up thehf minds aboafc signtog.
A report understood to have been for
warded to the United States Friday that
Karl Kautzky, one of the leaders of the
German Independent Socialists, was In
"Versailles to confer with the enemy dele
gates, was denied today by the French
mission.
SPLIT DEVELOPS IX HUM
CABINET ON' PEACE TERMS
Amsterdam, May 24. (I. X, S.) A
split has developed In the German cabi
Count von Berhstorff, forme German
ambassador to the Untied States, have
gone to Spa to confer with Count von
Brockdorff-Rantzau, head of the Ger
man peace delegation.
Germans in Agreement
Copenhagen, May 24. (I. N.
Complete agreement was reached at the
conference of German leaders at Spa
Friday on the reply Germany la to
make to the allies' peace treaty, it Was
stated in a semi-official dispatch V
celved here today from Berlin. The
Polltiken .also received a dispatch from
Berlin stating that the opinion is gen
erally held there that Germany will
sign the treaty after a few amendments
have been made.
net over the peace terms, it was learned
from " Berlin today.
Premier Philip Scheidemann, Dr. Ma
thias Erzberger, head of the German
armistice commission ; Count Von Berns
torff, former German ambassador to the
United States, and Dr. Dernburg, prom
inent German publicist, went to Spa to
confer with Count von Breckdorff
Rantzau, head of the German peaoe del
egation. The government representatives were
under orders to "endeavor to alter the
counter proposals and to spare no effort
to make them acceptable to the allies."
SOLDlEfiS AND WORKERS
SAID TO FAVOR TREATY
London, May 24. (I. J?. S.)--The Ger
man soldiers and workmen have Voted
to accept the allies' peade terms, said a
Central News dispatch from Copenhagen.
A resolution condemning the German
government was adopted after a stormy
session. '
The cablegram did not make it plain
whether the resolution t accept the
treaty was adopted by the Soldiers and
Workmen's council of Berlin or by the
national organisation.
AMERICAN' FINANCIERS
NEGOTIATING FOR LOAN
Berlin, via London. May 24. (I. N. S-)
A commission of American financiers
is en route here to arrange a loan to
Germany, according To information se
cured from an authoritative source.
Premier Philip Scheidemann and
Winnipeg Strike
Still On, but Living
Conditions Improve
Winnipeg, Man., May 24. (I. N. S.)
Failure of the committee which has
been In conference here to agree upon
a plan for the settlement of Winnipeg's
general Strike today has appreciably
lessened hopes for an early adjustment
Of the situation. The committee ad
journed early today with hone of the
fundamental differences between em
ployers aftd the strikers adjusted.
Two companies of mounted poiiee hatfe
been added to the military forces held
in reserve to maintain order. A cavalry"
force of 1500 is now held In reserve here.
Living conditions are still far from
normal, although there has been a
noticeable improvement One daily pa
per was printed yesterday, , carrying
news dispatches gathered by wireless.
Gther daily papers report they are pre
paring to resume publication heat week.
Actoi-s Want Extra
PaytesHoliday8
Kew Tor. May 24. (f. K. S.) An
actofs' strike, it was reported along
Brbadway today, may follow the action
of the Producing Managers' association
Friday night In refusing to alter the
present standard contract under which
actors and aetresses are employed. The
Actors Equity association, which Is
said to Include 90 per cent of the well
known actors and actresses on Its merh
bership rolls, will hold a meeting here
Mdnday td ecldeits future actions. The
actors want extra pay f of playing epe
cjal holiday matinees.
1 ff T-r-iri n j-i ' T-raa
Huge S)im Asked to
Finance; Railroads
Washington, May 24. (t. N. B.)-An
appropriation of $L2OO,eoO,OO0 ' to be
added to . the "revolving fund" for
financing the railroads under federal
control, was , asked of congress this
afternoon by Railways Director Mines.
The requirements for 1918, according to
Mr. Rlnes estimate, are 941,$02,gi ef
which 1500,000,000 already has been ap
propriated, and for 1919 1754,197,862.
Ready fdr Austriafi Tuesday i
Paris, Uif 24. tr JC S-JTfie Aus
trlatt treaty may' be H&A? By Tuesday,
ift Which event another plenary session
of the peace conference will be held oh
Wednesday it was reported today. It
is understood that th Austrian army
will be restricted td less than 800.000
men." The questiori of reparation Is how
Hungarian Soviets ;: ;
.Announce Capture
Of Important City
Zurich, May 2t.-(t N. &) Hun
garian communist BtlshVIk troops
have - captured Miskoles from -the
Cseeho-Slovaks. according to a- dis
pafclt from Vienna today quoting m re
port put out by the Budapest govern
ment. The Hungarians' claim to have
captured- a whole Czech battalion.
MWkolo far an imprfan ' mountain
city, 24 miles northeast of Erlau. It is
the capital Of me county ef Boesod! and
has a population of (rewards: of Sfl.OOO.
ATTORNEY CALLED
'ASS' IN LETTERS
Mrs. Striker's Letters Brought
(nto Big Sart Over Mfflfbns
of 'Lucky Baldwin.
Los Angeles, May 23. (U. P.) At
torney Gavin McNab of San Francisco
again was the first center for the fire
of Mrs. Clara Baldwin StockeY Friday
when she resumed her testimony lit kef
fight to retain control ef the millions
left her by her father, E. J. (LuckyJ
Baldwin.
A bitter letter Mrs. Slocker had writ
ten from New York to her son-in-law,
Joseph Mullender, in 1517, Was read by
attorneys to Mrs. Stocker.
"Me5Ta6 sure is an ass," the attor
ney read. "He is always blowing about
borrowing money for me as if It was
some great favor."
"So he Was," Mrs. Stacker commented
from the Witness stand. "He neve? bor
rowed much for me."
"How much did he borrow for you?"
the lawyer asked.
"Ori hundred thousand dollars," was
the answer after the court had over
ruled the lawyer's objections.
HAD 2EW "AFFIIf ITT"
Court took a sftddert adjournment
when attorneys for Albert Snyder, plain
tiff in the action. Offered in evidence
several letters Mrs. Stocked IS alleged
to have written while in New York. The
court wanted time to Consider the let'
ters.
"I have a new affinity, a baron in
New York," read one of these. Only 25.
I am a kid-snatcher. Walt (referring to
Waiter McOinley, Mrs. Stocker"a busi
ness manager) Is wld He's In Chicago,
but sore as h L We are all Just dandy.
I'm as fat as a pig."
Another said: "What do you know?
Stuart wired nus to come to Arcadia. Hs
must be bugs, for I hate Arcadia. Los
Angeles Is bad enough. After returning
from Neu York, I don't think I'll ever
be able to stand Los Angeles."
SlCKAltti: -BlABKJIf"
A letter from Atlantic City read : "1
came very near putting Walter Under
the table. He has a hard time keeping
his head above water. Walter is the
meanest out. lie Is a Jealous old cat
wants us '.all by his lonesome, and he
sure dees give us a Wonderful good time.
"We had these pictures taken. Walter
kicks at ray dresses being so short, but
I pay no attention to it Walter calls
us his circus band or troupe or harenj."
The letter regarding Gavin McNab,
San Francisco attorney, said In one
place : "i wired fool McNab a telegram
the other day in answer to his wonder
ful brain, full of wind, that will make
him sit uo and take notice. Guess he
will think 1 am some wise about mort
gage and interest He is a fine dub to
draw up contracts."
14 LEtTfcAS OFFERED
Twenty-four letters in all have been
offered in evidence. As they were pre
sented, Mrs. Stocker, eyeing the at
torneys through her $39,000 diamond
lorgnette, added to the interest with
startling side comments. As a rule.
she stood pat on the statements in
her letters.
There was a record breaking at
tendance at the heafing Friday and
all wanted to hear more letters read.
"My Irish pal has ettt out booze,"
read a letter written from Chicago.
A little later it said;
f "I have been daficing the tango and
have lost about 10 pounds he is a fine
dancer and full of hell. Just my
kind."
"I had to send fof MeNab to settle
up with the crew (of her yacht)." an
otnef letter said. "I gave him a fine
time. We had some fine dances to
gether. He is a dandy dancer he had
the time of his life."
Still another letter said : "Walter is
going to have his bath; Will ask him
to write a few linea. Walter just
passed dowh the hail dresseS Up th
my pink silk night dress and hat. He
was sure a dream."
Mrs. Stocker had explained that
"Walter" was Walter T. MeGiniey, her
manager.
"1 have two large bedrooms and par
lor," she wrote from the Waldorf As
toria In New York. ';Only fifty a
day. President Wilson had these rooms."
A disappointed crowd of would-be
spectators was turned ' away today
when the court 'ofdered the case con
tinued until Monday, -
Youths Are Fined
When Automobile
Goes on Rampage
feugene. May B4.-Eui:efte police are
leniett with automobile drivers, a a
rule, but When a trio of super-saturated
youths attempted to Invade a local un
dertaking parlor and, failing in that,
tried I drive their machine into the
Central Presbyterian Church? Chief
Christenseh considered it a little too
much and arrested the 6f fenders.
City . Ileedfder - Grace Stearns fined
them as follows: J. Burnes, driver of
the ear, tJOj J. Ai CAllirt, owner ef the
it3u6rV fiedi Howard P: ChfiStensoft,
drunkenness, $1& Th latter two art)
discharged soldiers.
This Is net ChHstens6ns first taste 6t
the law in Eugene. He Was let out of
jail in ef-def td become tt soldier.
Chi)dr43n and j
dt-own-ups love
"the delicious
Wheat and bar
ley food
It builds body
end Lrain
Graoe-Nuts
ft
TREATY DEBATE TO
GO Oil III SENATE
Opponents ef League of Nations
" Plan tcr Continue Speech
making Until Settled
Paris, May 24. (I. N. S.) "No peace
treaty exists and none can exist, so long
ae the German delegates have not signed
the draft presented them," premier Clem
enceau told M. Raoul Peret, president of
the budget commission when asked to
make public the full text of the treaty;
By JT. Bat Campbell
Washington,. May 24 (L N. S.Ji By
having" his disputed resolution provid
ing for the submission of the peace
treaty to the senate without further de
lay made "unfinished business" at the
close of Friday's stormy debate, to the
senate. Senator Johnson, Progressive
Republican, of California, Voday had
succeeded m a parliamentary maneuver
that will permit discussion of the treaty
and th League of Nations covenant to
be resumed at amy timet tn that body un
til his measure Is finally disposed of.
Johnson expressed himself today as
being mere than- satisfied with having
opened op a "free and full" discussion ef
the treaty and covenant which "will keep
the dual' document before the senate
from day to day until the president's re
turn front overseas.
SHERMATf RENEWS FIGHT
Senator Sherman, Republican, of Illi
nois, will, be announced, call up on Mon
day, when the senate reconvenes, his
resolution providing for the separation
by that body of the league covenant
from the treaty! His promised action
is regarded as certain to provoke another
heated debate.
Senator Reed, Democrat, of Missouri,
who is another uncompromising foe of
the proposed entry of the United States
into arty League of Nations. "Which
would involve the American people In en
tangling foreign alliances," was pre
pared to deliver on Monday one of his
characteristic attacks on certain aspects
of the league. Senator Johnson planned
to speak on Monday, too. .
ITEttdCKAf WfLl TALK
The first of the administration sen
ators to deliver a prepared speech In be
half of the league will be Senator Robin
son, Democrat, of Arkansas, who is
scheduled to address the senate next
Tuesday.
A large part of next week was ex
pected to be consumed by the senate
in debating the treaty and the league
covenant. The Republicans and Demo
crats were agreed en but one feature
of the document, that embodying the
provisions from compelling Germany to
make full reparation for provoking the
world war.
There were unmistakable indications
that the senate would continue to be a
storm center of hot arguments for and
against the league right up to the time
the president appears at the capitol to
explain the treaty. -
The suggestion f Senator Penrose of
Pennsylvania and other Republican sen
ators that the president, and other
American participants In the peace con
ference, be called before the senate for
eign relations committee when the
'treaty is considered by it, was reported
to be gaining In favor at the capitol,
although Senator Lodge of Massachu
setts was said still to be withholding
hls O. K. of the plan.
Hand Grenades Now
Dime Savings Banks
Washington. May 24. (I. X. S.) The
government has found a unique use for
the 15,000,000 hand grenades left Over
when the armistice was signed. They
are to be converted Into dime savings
banks. It Was announced this afternoon
and several large concerns aae being
Interested ift the proposition. Surplus
stock of alt kinds still to be sold by the
war department are valued at $1,695,
870,000. Sales since November 11 have
reached a total of $239,130,000.
ewitct)ing
SEE SUNDAY'S
SMILE SECTION
TZVt 0ur
Girls in Training i
Home Battle With
Police and Win
' Alameda. CaL, May Xa tL P.)
Bed slats, hot water, fists and fin
ger" nails were aonong the ; weapons
used- by 60 inmate ef the- California,
girls' training home when six police
men tried- to- quell a demonstration.
Policemen lost stars and dignity,
their uniforms were- soused. Chief
of Police Jacoby waa drenched. One
16-year-old inmate escaped and has
not been recaptured. Matron Fisher
said- the- uproar started en a signal
just after supper. The girls are
-delinquents. ,
ARMY NURSES RAHK
Representative Raker Reintro
duces Measure Designed for
. Benefit of Women Workers.
Washington, May 24. Representative
Raker, Democrat, of California, has
re-introduced tn the house Ma bill to
grant military rank to army nurses. It
was referred to the military affairs
committee, where h will urge that it
be taken up tor contdderation immedi
ately after the army appropriation bill
ts reported out.
This legislation provides that a wom
an superintendent of a military hos
pital shall have the relative rank of
major ; assistant superintendent, direc
tor shall have the rank of captain ; chief
horse, first lieutenant, and nurses, see
on" lieutenants, respectively.
The bill further provides: "And as
regards medical and sanitary matters
and all other work within their pro
fessional duties, they shall have and
shall be regarded as having authority
in and about military hospitals next
after the medical officers of the army
and shall wear the insignia of the rank
to which their rank corresponds."
Mr. Raker spent two months abroad
during the recess; of congress. While
in Kngland, he made an Investigation
of the system there. He talked to
many of the nurses holding military
rank and got information which he will
be able to put to the committee.
Oregon Batteries
Expected to Arrive
Monday Morning
That Batteries A and B of Oregon's
own field artillery, parts of the 147th
regiment of field artillery, will arrive in
Portland early Monday morning, is the
prediction today following ' receipt of a
telegram from Captain James Gay, In
which he stated that the special train
Was leaving Camp Dodge, Iowa, at 11
o'clock today. The running time from
there is something over 60 hours, which
probably will be exceeded In this case,
as there will be many receptions along
the. way.
H. U. Welch and Lee M. Clark will
leave Portland this afternoon for Hunt
ington, t5 meet the two veteran batter
ies at the state line and welcome them
to their home city. A large delegation
will also meet the boys at Troutdale on
Monday morning.
26 Injured When
Gasoline Explodes
Bayonne. X. J.. May 24. (V. P.)
Twenty-six persons were injured, many
seriously, in a gasoline explosion at the
plant of the Standard Oil company here
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of the company.
BILL AIMS TO GIVE
has had two remarable warromances. How the fortunes
of war made her princess and countess is interestingly told
tomorrow in The Sunday Journal Magazine ----- Of no
less interest is the subject of MRS. VERNON CASTLE'S
recent marriage; New York and London society is discus
sing it. It is the gossip of stage folk and in aviation camps.
Read about it tomorrow, Sunday, in The Journal magazine
We will not detail here the other absorbing topics
and scientific facts worth knowing nor outline the intimate
talks on BEAUTY. HEALTH and the HOME in tomorrow's
issue. Sufficient to say-There's enough "live" reading to
do you for an entire week. It's the biggest nickel's worth
issued by any Portland newspaper. Get it.
nevr&aUr 5c-or 6ettvcre6 to .our fyorrra
LOSSES BY FIRE IH
OREGON HELD LOW,
SHAL REPORTS
Total for Year, $1,829,317.70,
Stfghtfy Abovff the .Preceding
Year, but Increase Normal.
EDUCATION HELD BIG FACTOR
Many Surveys Made and Tire De
partments Reorganized; Five
Admit, Four Guilty of Arson.
Salem, May 24. Nineteen hundred
and fifty-six fires, covered in whole or
in part by Insurance, on which $1,829,
317.70 in insurance was paid, occurred
in Oregon daring the year ending on
March 31, according to-the annual re
port of Harvey Wells, state fire marshal.
Just released.
Eighteen deaths resulted from fires
during the year, five of these being
men, two women and It children, ac
cbrding to the report, and 11 persona,
seven of them men, two women and two
Children, were injured.
While the fire loss tn Oregon for this
period is slightly greater than that of
the preceding year, it is only a normal
Increase and the lose is not nearly so
great as that suffered before the In
stitution of the fire marshals office,
according to Mr. Wells. This is ex
plained by the campaign of education
carried on throughout the state and by
the surveys that are being made in the
interest of the elimination of fire haz
ards. ' '
COLUMBIA LOSS HIGHEST
Ceaseless energy on the part of the fire
marshal's department in cooperation with
other fire prevention agencies has
spared Oregon from the great destruc
tion visited upon other sections of the
nation during the war period in the mat
ter of losses td warehouses, docks, ele
vators. mills, shipping plants,, etc, which
were the natural target for alien enemy
activities, -the report contends. -
Complete fire surveys have been made
in Heppner, Roseburf and Bend during
the past year, besides a total or 1292
Inspections In t? counties and 7S towns
over the state. Preliminary work or
reorganization of fire department : in
several small towns is also under way
and will be completed in the near fu
ture, the report states.
The report gives considerable credit to
the press of the state for liberal cooper
ation with the department In the mat
ter of publicity in connection with its
campaign of fire prevention,
Fires of unknown origin cost the in
surance companies $506,070.70 during the
year, rubbish and sparks added an item
of $172,358.81 and matches and careless
smokers added still another $154,261.59
to the total losses paid. t
SIXE GCILTT OP AttSOJT
Columbia county led the state in to
tal fire loss with $412414.22 paid on 88
risks, while Multnomah county, outside
of Portland with 718 risks affected by
fire, cost the insurance companies only
$274,894.25. Wheeler county,' with only
four risks affected and $2100 paid in
losses, U at the bottom' of the list,
Thlrty-fiva fires during the year were
of Incendiary origin, involving an in
surance loss of - $98,063.25. Forty-two
fires have been inspected," four persons
arrested in connection with fires, seven
others ar under Investigation and pend
ing settlement, two have been acquitted,
five have confessed and four have been
convicted.
Special attention Is called In the re
port to the fire prevention work under
the leadership of City Fire Marshal fid
win Grenfell of Portland. -
The statement .Of receipts and dis
bursements for the year shows that the
MAR
fire marshal's department has ben mnw
than self-sustaining. Annual t ntcenf
fees to a tola of $10,852.85 havp been
collected from 168 Insurance companicf.
whereas the disbursement of the office
ror ail cauHea total only I10.44.V93, leaw
tng a balance on hand of. $446,73.
STOCK TRAIN SCHEDITLES AttE ...
TO BE COS8IDEB.ED TtESDAT
Salem, May 24. -Another conference
relative to" proposed, changes in stock
tralae arriving in Portland ffom East
ern Oregon points will be held in Port
lam! Tuenrfnv- . RnMnlntln nt th
pcblJo service commtaaion, the Portland
etocayarda, shipper and the railroads
win attend. A shift In the time of ar
rival and possible elimination of one
trala la involved ta th nrnnnaml rhftmrg
of schedules.
TEXTBOOK COWl!SION WnCtO
CHOOSE BOOKS WITHOUT LOBBY
Salem, May 24- Textbooks for use tn
the public schools of Oregon during the
next six years will be selected by the '
Oregon state textbook commission at a
meeting to be held in Salem June 2.
The presence of representatives of pub
lishing companies la not desired at this
meeting, the commission has notified
Superintendent J. X. Churchill. Mem
bers f the commission feel that the se
lection of textbooks will be expedited
If they can devote their undivided at
tention to the matter, unhampered by
the presence of parties who might have
a selfish interest in their action. They
have, therefore, requested that none of
the publishers' representatives come to
Salem but arrange to stay In their of
fices, where they can be consulted by
telephone should the occasion demand.
THREE INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS
, DURING WEEK CAUSE OP DEATHS
Salem. May 24. -Three fatalities are
included iu the 58$ accidents reported
to the state; industrial accident commis
sion for the week ending Thursday.
These were Martin Paul of Reliance,
logger; Joseph Swartz, Knappa, logger;
Louis Lambert, Neverstill, logging. Of .
the accidents reported, 864 were subject
to the provisions of the compensation
act, 11 were from firms and corporations
that have rejected the provisions of the
act and -13 were from public utilities
corporations not subject to the provt-'
slons of the act.
LOWER RATE FOR STATE FISH
DISTRIBUTING CARS IS BOUGHT
Salem, May 24. The Oregon public
service commission will join with other
Western and Middle Western states In '
protesting present freight rates on state
owned fish distributing cars. This an
nouncement was made by Chairman
Buchtel Friday upon receipt of a letter
from the Minnesota commission asking
that the, Oregon body join in the pro
test. Similar requests have been sent '
to all of the 11 other states which own
flsb oars California. Oregon, Montana,
Michigan. Wisconsin, Kentucky, Ohio,
Illinois, Iowa, Missouri and Idaho, The
protest will seek to reestablish the rate
in effect before the railroad administra
tion Increased the rate to a war basis.
Fish cars, according to the conten
tion of the Minnesota commission, are
in a class by themselves, providing a
source bf future revenue to the railroads
from sportsmen in visiting streams
stocked by means of the distribution of
the fry, and .as such are entitled to a.
lower rate than otherwise accorded.
Supplies to Be Bought
Salem, May 24. The semi-annual pur
chase of supplies for the various state
institutions will, be made June 12, when
btds covering the -needs of the Institu
tions will be opened by the state board
of control. These bids will cover sup
plies up to December 81, ; '-
Girls Who Left the
Cedars Are Caught
3 -
Sylvia Burr, 18, and Aleta Blazler,
16, who escaped from the Cedars near
Troutdale, early Friday morning, were
found in the Princess hotel early this
morning by Officers Kockwell and
Wright of the second night relief. They
were arrested.
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