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jtrcss. It takes the five-year pro
gram of t he K(,"el'ul board and
hniivrc- it into it tlme-venr program.
Jt will restore us to second place ami
enable the I 'nit Pit States to inept on
equal terms any power in the world,
have one.
"Four battleships nt once nnd nix
more within three years, The yreat
ehifdi at the mouth of the Skagerrack
Have n test to everv theory. As a
result, naval authorities urn now
agreed that the battleship is still the
principal reliance of navies. As
never before, it is proved that vie
lory or defeat rest; with the dread
nought. Four battle cruisers at once, and
two more within three yenrs. This
will rcmedv one of our chief weak
ileuses. Nothing is more necessary
tlui ii an adequate information service
to providi early and continuous in
telligence of an enemy's movements.
This is the function of the battle
cruiser. Also, in addition lo speed
and endurance, she has ureal offens
ive pi i we i, sn (lt.it, if called upon, shr
can f iiht for information and break
through a hostile screen. Aside from
offering 'M'eurity and information to
the main body of battleships the bnt
lie eruiM'r can lie used to protect sea
routes, hull military and commercial,
nnd can aid the battleships in general
action hv taking m n favorable tor
pedo position where her spr-cd and
heavy guns will hi el feetive. The
Skagerrack proves conclusively,
however, that the battle cruiser can
not ive and take with dreadnoughts.
.New Ships Addrd.
"Seoul cruisers four, and nix more
In eome. More eye for the fleet. Ab
solutely necessary.''
After placing a malter-of-fact '(.
K." on the three fuel ships, the two
ituiniuniliiiu ships, the hospital ship,
: repair ship and a transport, also
the two gunboats and various tenders
lie moved to the submarines.
"Like the battle cruiser," he said,
'lhe submarine has been permitted to
gain a very exaggerated value. It is,
of course, a most useful auxiliary,
-whose importance will no doubt iu
riease, but at present there is no evi
dence that it will heeomo supreme.
The bill provides for nine fleet sub
marines, three coast submarines,
hOU-tou tyH', nnd fifty-five subma
rines, smaller type, provisions that
lire in line with the recommendations
id the general board,
'A feature of the Skagerrack en
gagement," be continued, "was the
convincing demonstration of the ue
J'ulnes of the destroyer. These tiny
tUiips primarily designed to .ierve. the
purpose of a screen, to be outriders
i'or the big ships, have been regarded
us incapable of atlaeking first-elass
hhins in t!;u dnytimc. Under eover of
larkuess or log the destroyers were
iuteuded to ereep in on the dread
noughts fire their torpedoes nnd then
dash for safety. The German de
rd rovers dcseeuderl winn the Uritish
J'leet in brood daylight, and the de
strovers of both fleets played an im
Hiitnnt part iu the fighting. We feel
that the bill's provision for fifty de
stroyers is amply justified. So!" Me
turned in the chair uhd elapped his
bands together. ''It is a bill that
gives us strength ami, best bf all, a
bill that gives us halance. A great
navy and truly proportioned."
Not u Militarist.
"Uranting al! that," I said, "but
what about the m d f it.'" As
rarefully and fairly us possible, pre
sented the feeling of many people in
many western and miibUe wer-d stales
a feeliiiL that this expenditure ot
millions mi the auvv wa a dnrlure
i'mm Auieru-an tradition, a hyster
ical surrender to I he madness that
lias had hold on kings.
"I know that I am ut a militar
ist," he said. "Those who hae never
seen war or who have onlv played at
war, may talk in terms of jingoism,
but men who know what war is and
what war does are the lat m the
world to approach it iu any swash
bnAlmg fashion. J hope the day will
come when peace and just ice rule the
world, but that day is mit yet here.
Not all our idealism can brush uwuv
facts. If we are to dwell in peace
we must be aide to protect thai
enee.'
He walked to the open window and
pointed to the shining stretches of
the hen. i.oik at our cnat line!
From Maine to the canal; from the
enna! to Alaska! Ku-Mn ha- hail to
maintain two ditinet fleets, one in
the I'tultif, one in the Black sea. Our
problem i much the same. We can
not be said to have met our defensive
needs until we are aide to maintain a
fleet in the Pacific ocean as well n.
in the Atlantic. Our j:eogiapliy. the
immensity of our eoa-t line, join to
make the M-nate limy bill a minimum
requirement. N, no," he exclaimed,
'W6 jiiiist accept conditions as wo
find them, although this does not
mean that we are to give up hope of
changing the conditions.
a IVee INmer.
'fiiven this increase," he declared,
''given the ships and mm that this
bill provides, and the I'nited States,
as never before, wilt be a peace
power, able at nil times to protect arid
to advance its standards. Kverv eent
appropriated by this bill is payment
on an insurance policy.
"Tell ino, Admiral Dewey," and I
braced myself for the momentous
question, "lias Secretary Imniels de
moralized the navy?"
"liosh '" The exclamation was one
of disgust and indignation. ''Facts
and figures tell their own story. The
navy was fiOOO short of the number
of enlisted men allowed by 'aw; over
(iOOO have been lidded, although more
rigid examinations have forced the
rejection of five out of everv six.
Only f'J per cent of honorably dis
charged seamen were re-enlisting. For
more than n year about DO per eent
have re -enlist etd. Desertions have
been cut in half and db-oipliiip has
been improved to an extei I that has
permitted the restoration of a prison
ship and u disciplinary barracks to
normal uses. No, sir, tho navy is
not demoralized and those who make
tile charge are guilty of falsehood
and misrepresentations."
"The law that opens the nnvu
academy to fifteen enlisted men eucl
year is more than a good idea it is
democracy.
Kdiicutton Neeessory,
''Kduealion is our solid rock. Not
only do the schools make better citi
zens, hut they make better sudors. We
want on: youngsters trained in intel
ligence as well as in hands, so that if
officers go, the ship can still he
fought. No, sir!" he exclaimed. "Op
ening the door of promotion to the
enlisted man, giving him an elemen
tary, technical or industrial educa
tion, as may be deemed lit test-a re
American policies."
"What about the famous drinking
order?"
"A good thing. Practically every
Furopeau power has copied the or
der, by the way."
"Ami marksmanship ! Is it t rue
that our gunners can't hit the siih of
a barn?'1
"Here are some facts. From 11)00
on we did go down, owing to the dis
continuance of elementary practice.
Mat we've pulled up. Admiral Fletcher,
reporting on the 01." target prac
tice, says this: Mt is believed that the
scores recorded are higher than ever
before in the open sea.' The recent
practices were held at ranges of
Ui.000, 17,1100 und 18,000 yards,
which are even longer than the long
est ranges at which firing lias oc
curred in the Kuropean war. About
ten out of twenty shots would have
hit nn enemy ship at IS. 000 yards.
lo you know," lie said, almost con
fidentially, "I believe our hoys are
the best gunners in the world."
CI villi! n SMivtary.
"You believe, then, that the secre
tary of the navy should be a civil
ian ?"
"Absolutely. lie represents the
people, and the closer he is to the
people ihe better."
"I have hern in the navy since
18.VI. Against the slanders that have
been heaped upon the service that 1
love, I want to suv again that never
in my knowledge has the material and'
personnel been so efficient. The last
few years have been very wonderful
years for the I'nited Slates navy."
"This is more than 1 have talked
for years. Hut 1 want the people of
the I'nited States to know that it is
all right with Ihe navy. There is no
deuiitralialion, un lack of discipline,
no absence of enthusiasm. The navy
has never failed America, ll will imi
fail."
HAY WITHDRAWS HEAVY LOSSES IN
TO NAVAL BILL IN TEXAS STORM
WASHINGTON. Aug. I!). Pros
pects of a congressional row over
President Wilson's veto of the army
appropriation hill went glimmering
today and the attitude of Chairman
Hay of the house military committee
was one of acquiescence toward
passing the bill with such u resolu
tion on the articles of war as the
president ami war department deem
necessary. Chairman Hay, it became
known, will not oppose the bill when
it comes back from the senate con
taining the new articles of war, but
not the exemptions to retired officers,
which caused the president veto the
hill.
Chairman Hay, who will retire from
congress next mouth to take a place
on the court of claims, today denied
that hi. objection to the exemption
article was inspired by former Adju
tant (ienciul Ainsworth or any other
retired officer. The congressman
himself identified the officer whose
name has been used in this connection
as (fcneraj AinMvorth,
Chairman I lay said his advocacy
of the exemption article resulted from
instances of injustice to retired of
ficers he hail observed.
DALLAS. Tex., Aug. 10. While
telephone and telegraph communica
tion with Corpus Christi, Tex., where
1 last night's tropical storm was felt
J worst, was being restored today, re
J ports filtered in from oilier sections
showing large property damage, a re
I ported loss of life ami great deMruc
jtion to the gulf coast cotton and
i other crops.
At Itockport, Tex., according to a
lonu -distance message forwarded
from Peeville, an inland (own, there
were several drownings in the gulf,
; due to fishing parlies being caught in
the gale. No bodies had been recov
ered up to noon. Word from Port Ar
kansas, a popular tarpon fishing re
port, was lacking at 1 o'clock,
and what damage the storm had done
there was only a matter of conjecture.
Linemen and other parties seeking
to reconstruct lines of communication
with Corpus Christi had reached the
shore of Corpus Christi bay this
morning, but could barely see the
storm-swept city seven miles distant.
These parties reported some damage
to the causeway and railway trestle
connecting the "toe" of the Corpus
Christi peninsula with the mainland.'
lirownsvillc and soldiers' ramps on
the border went through the storm j
without loss, although - hundreds of
FAVOR ISLAND SALE
COPKNIIAOKN, Aug. 10. The so
ialist parly adopted a resolution in
n caucus today expressing its will
ingness to be represented in a coal
ition cabinet iu order not to prevent
the sale of the Danish West Indies to
the I'nited Slates. It was stipulated
the resolution, however, that this
action would be taken only on con
dition thai the home upd foreign de
fense policy of the new cabinet j
should rciuuin unchanged. j
As the opposition, the conservative'
ind left parties, is unwilling to ac
cept this condition, this means that a j
coalition ministry is impossible. I
tents were razed.
BLOOD OF ADULTS
SAN FliANClSCO, Aug. 10.
Charles Kvuns Hughes, republican
candidate for president, spent the
second day of his San Francisco
visit talking with workmen at the
I'nioii "iron works, lunching at the
Commercial dab, conferring with the
republican newspaper editors assem
bled here and addressing a mass
meeting in Oakland. Met ween engage
ment he viewed as much of San
Francisco ami Ihe bay section as bis
limited time allowed.
At the Cuion iron works, where the
men assembled to hear the former
governor, Ignatius Sullivan, a grimy
machinist, left his lathe long enough
to climb into Mr. Hughes' automobile
and introduce him. The candidate
repeated his declarations for protec
tive tariff, argued for more liberal
working cumin hns and said he be
lieved in belter hours tr laborer-,
old age pensions, proper recreation
and safeguards for life ami limb.
"You can't make wages out of in
dustrial turmoil, ' he said. "Kudlc.-s
restlessness must stop. There must
be a spirit of co-operation between
ail. There can be no success of la-hio-
wit hoiit eo-ope rat ion with capi
tal, and no Mien., of capital without
co-operaliou with labor.
"The government must rest imi a
foundation formed by contented
workers who know they have a share
in the nation's prosperity. At pres
ent 1 lliink the human faction in
production has mil been recognized
enough."
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fcKV YORK, Aug. 19. The end
of the eighth week of the epidemic
of Infantile paralysis was marked by
no material change in its develop
ment. During the week just passed
the disease lias neither advanced nor
receded to any extent. Darius the
24 hours ending at to a. m., "ti chil
dren were killed by the plague and
Ut4 new cases were reported.
PHILADKLIMIIA. Aug. 19 Serum
from the blood of Philadeiphians,
who have had Infantile paralysis and
recovered is being collected by the
health authorities In ' an effort to
check the disease. It was announced
today that enough blood serum to
supply injections for most of the
patients at the Philadelphia hospital
would bo oli t dined next Wednesday
and that many , others had volun
teered to contribute blood. Nearly
4 1) a persons, who have recovered
from the disease, have sent their
names to the health authorities.
The serum will not only lie used at
the municipal hospital, Imi t also he
distributed among physicians, who
are attending patients nt their homes.
DKKLIN, Aug. Hi. The war office
report of today says the Germans
victoriously resisted t he stupendous
Anglo-Krench attack on the Somme
front, which was made yesterday,
but that between C.uillemont and
Maurepas the Hermans shortened
their line somewhat.
l"iit Presbyter Ion Church
Sunday school 10 a. m.
Preaching at 1 1 a. m.
In the absence of the pastor the
pulpit will he filled by Kev. J. K.
Howard of Olendale, who will preach
on "Our One Untried Panacea."
Union services in the park at X
P. m.
PASSED BY SENATE
WASI 1 1 Nt ;T . Aug. 1 !. The
workmen's compensation bill to pro
vide nnitnim compensation for gov
ernment employes when disabled and
adequate benefits for their families in
ease of death, was passed today by
the semite practically in the same
form us it passed the house.
ALLIES WIN ON TWO FRONTS
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village of Czerwis.ce. 10 miles
northeast of Km el.
Auslriaiis Kepolstsl.
liOMK, Aug. I it. - The Austrians
launched an attack last night on the
left wing of Ihe Italian forces on the
Carso plateau. It was announced of
ficially today that I he assault was
checked by the tire of the Italian
batteries.
"Along the whole Trout artillery
actions occurred.'' the statement says.
'Mobile batteries shelled the town of
Coio.iu and the Isonzo bridges.
"Yesterday cveuinu after heavy ar
tillery fire, the enemy benan an at
tack aealr.tt the telt wing of our po
sitions on the Caiso. ll was checked
promptly by the eUective fire of our
batteries."
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The Greatest
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Coos Buy Country invites the world to oelehrate the enmiiiK of
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l'KOGKAM.
NORTH BEND DAY
August UttJl.
Rii ml Concerts Speaking Ceremonies Dedication Simpson
Park Street Carnival Water Sports Parades Driving the
Ooldenspike.
COOS COUNTY DAY
August 2Ttll.
Trips by rail, nnd boat to Coquitle, Itandon, Myrtle Point, Pow
ers. Coos Hay, Mussel Ileef, Sunset Ray, Cape Arago. Sea food"
dinner at Charleston I'.ay. Fishing at Lakeside I-iuineh trips on
Coos Hay.
MARSHFIELD DAY
iitriil tli.
Industrial Parade Water Sports Auto Raring Illuminated
Launch Parade Fireworks Dancing Horse I lacing.
Low Round Trip Fares
On Sale August lit to 2(1, inc. Up
turn limit August :tl.
Ask Ik-iiI Agent.
Joint .M. Scott, W. Pus. Agent,
Portland Otvgon,
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Medford Day
Howard's Auto Line
Ashland and Klamath Falls
Ashland Park
Music, by
Medford Band
Big Chicken Dinner
AT Tin:
Bungalow
50c
12 to 2 p.m. and 5 to 8 p.m.
Ashland Reservations Hotel
i Austin,
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