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Newspaper Page Textrr.DFOTn wsvr, rnrr.ryrp., mtcdfotct), oi.i'now Tri:sr.v. vkiu.tak'v -20. vm. AMEMCANSWmi iNAVY FURNISHED OFFICERS COMMANDING UNCLE SAM'S NAVY 31 SO ALLIES TO TRAIN U. S. LEGIONS Fifty Thousand Americans Now in Trenches Available to Assist Of ficers Fighters of Experience In valuahle to Government Allies Permit Volunteers to Return. 11Y K. M. KKKHY. NEW YOIIK, Feb. 20. Fifty thousand Americans, lighting in the Hilled armies of Franco ami Oreat llrilaln, will be available to train an American "foreign legion" if the United States sends troops to fight Bldo by aide Willi the allied armies In Europe-. Forty thousand Americana aro with the British army at the front; 10,01)0 more aro with tho French. These are men actually In the fighting ranks nnd do not Include Red Cros contin gents or others not of the fighting branch. Theso men will lio Invaluable if tho United States government decides to send even a small 'expeditionary force" across. When Kitchener started to build tho famous 'Kitchener's army" he found tho principal obstacle In the way of quickly training recruits was lack of experienced officers and non commissioned officers. Of tho first Jlrllish expeditionary force which went over the channel nnd helped check the Herman wave of Invasion on tho Manic, almost soven-ty-flvo per cent Were wiped out In tho first six months of fighting. Tho little foreo comprised at the most 100,000 men, and lliluln was left practically without officers to train tho newly organized volunteers. lly calling back Into service all men who had served lu the army nnd who had been discharged, and ' making them sergeants and corporals, and by utilizing officers who had j seen actual fighting at the front and who could ill be spared "Kitch ener's army" vas finally whipped into shape. The United States government will ho fortunate in being able to obtain the services of plenty of Americans who havo seen actual fighting at the front. Tho number of these Americans actually exceeds the entire number of men who saw hostilities In tho Spanish-American war. If the United Slates government is forced Into the war, tho allied gov ernments will unhesitatingly permit thoso 50,000 Americans now in tlielr armies to return to the United States and aid In tho rapid Induing of such ults as this government may decide to send. 1'IH'TS (ilMH'HUY (X). Karly Sunrise seed potatoes. Puy now. Spot cash and no delivery. You get the benefit. Somo of the so called cash groceries havo n special occasionally at our regular prices. Do not let them decelvo you. jCoyal Our Business is IMttftCC rw-5.22.ooocicii (r5iJ3 7.47.36a.QO f3i4j$e. i oaAso.oo fSI5l$9. 093.456.0 These l'imucs Show the Marvelous and Continuous (Growth of Orcgojjljfe Oregon's Successful Life Insurance Company YOUR '''c' Insill';uu'0 NV'" 'H 'n 0cSnlfC if you take time to examine out' new "Low Premium Policy" maturing as an Endowment at age ti,"). Home Office: A. FAULTY SHELLS j BY STEEL TRUSTi Out of Thirty-Five Shells Only Three Up to Test Secretary Daniels Re fuses to Suppress Facts Steel Companies Attempt to Dictate Al lotment of Shell Ccntracts. lly (III.KfiV AUHXr:ii. WASIIlXtli'OX, I'd, . -JO. Some considerable scii-iilion has been eve nted here bv the charge nnde by Sec retary el' the Navy Daniels that de tective shells lime been furnished the navy lj y tin' American munitions making corporal ions and principally tho Itctlilclicin concern having . a monopoly of the shell making busi ness. The fact that nut of thirty-five shells Kiibmitlcil ly the Bethlehem Steel company only three were up to test, moved Senator lilair l.ce !o .;iiy to the senate: "What good is there in limine; a navy, in having educated naval ol'I'i. cers, in having- expensive bnlllcsliip.-i, in having great guns upon those bat tleships, and liianuraetiiiiug your powder with expense and care when by n conspiracy of profit, defective shells must be used in meeting an enemy fleet ?' t Want lo Suppress I'uiis. Senator Daniels lias refused fo suppress the facts, even though they reflect on the pnlriolisni and com mon honesty of American lnunilions concerns. He remained silent under the lire of erilii isui, which broke on him at the suggestion Unit his depart ment might ucccpt the bid of Had field Company, Limited, the English shell limners, wno were, tho lowest ladders i for the last offering, lint when con vinced Hint foreign governments knew all the facts ill regard to poor Ameri can shells, Ihc secretarv consented lo let the American public know the fuels. Here llicy are, as taken from an official statement, authorized and signed by Socrotnry Daniels; Test 3teqidrenior-t!a Itaisi d. "In mi.'l tho Hureau of Ordnance, convinced hy reports from nbroad thai tiie makers of shells of foreign navies had succeeded in perfecting mi nrnior-picreing shell, which could puss more severe tests than those we were slipuliiliug up to that time, in creased the severity of our own re quirements, auij convinced that there was no good reason why our mnnu fucturers could not niannraeliire shells of ctpiallv good iiuality, raised our test reiiiiroinenls. There was an immediate storm of protest from those companies enjoying practically tho monopoly of this business, al though it was pointed out that these conditions were no more severe nor even ns severe ns those enforced abroad, mid that shells that could meet these tests were actually being manufactured abroad and could be Orogofttans arc tProicf of this yiiimatchcd ffiecord " a!! in Oregon. All Funds Invested in Oregon Securities f 4 4 I 4 i)0 1 r(L't9.e7aciC)i '.Ml. 208..30VOCj' mi4 S3 I 1 .956.00 The Only Com puny Exclusively Oregon We Help in tho I'plniililing of a (Iroater Oirt;in BEST FOR OREGONI ANS " Portland. Oreuon rtutl lltirrlftoit , .., , , , i. COHNKLI., MSTIUCT MANAtU:K, i.-'?v-: ji mt M WW ADM.Wa.S.EN30N Next to Jocphus Daniels, secre tary of the navy, Admiral William S. Ilenson is head of the entire United Slates fleet. His official position is chief of naval operations. lie con sults with Daniels and the general board of the navv. ltcuson was born September 25, lH.Vi, ill Mucin, 'in., and entered An napolis soon nfler his preliminary ed ucation, (irailiiatiug as midshipman in 1H77, he became ensign in 1KM, lieutenant in lHllil, lieutenant com mander in lllllll, caplaiu in 11109, rear admiral in llll.'i, ami admiral in llllti. lie has served on various assign ments at Annapolis and filled duties afloat ns high as division and sipiad ron commander. He was eomnianil anl of the I'hiladelpliia navy vard, l!li:i-l!l.-. lie has been chief of na val operations since May II, llll.'i. He has been known more as a fighter than a naval iidiniuiM nilnr. manufactured hero. Some American companies sect I to think that it was our duly to let them go ahead in the same old way, manufacturing shells inferior lo the liesl, ralher lllllll to expect llicni to improve their pro duet. Of com se, llieir pleas and even their thinly veiled threats to go out nf the business if we did not concede this right lo them, were ignored. "I regret to sav thai these com panies, apparently secure in the be lief Hint we would have lo take what ever kind of shells lliev manufactured anyway and at any price they saw fit to inake, have not improved their pro jectiles to tiieiil the rrn reotlil'enients. I would lie most reluctant to publish these figures did I not believe that they were well-known abroad, and in view of Ibis 1 feel no harm can be done in letting our own country know the facts. j W.N !v ( -i t I'errecl :'tlut of :t 1 l-iucli shells submitted by the Hctblehein Steel compnnv for test M passed, a pcreenlage of K.8. 'flic Crucible Slecl company nia.iaged to get .17.7 per cent of the sample shells submitted passed, and the Mid valc, which apparently showed more enterprise ami real desire lo bring up the stiindaril than others, passed 7.'1 per cent, a most gratifying improve ment over the others, and which shows that our contention that Ameri can companies can produce good shells is well founded. (If the shells submitted bv the lledl'ields (I.tiU consisting of three sample shells and six additional test shells, not a single F-' .7 I op 1 r S2.i070ol MX1- (70.H6VOO 1 U:SZ64. 186.00' 5502.7 6.00 fmT$63i .69 .00 T95 $785AVW f9l6$ 936,376,00 A. I., "il l c. v in I I.. I'ti-aiilrnl. (.nrral JOSKIMI1NK AND JAC KStN COIWTIKS. .ADM. V 3. CAPER.TON Atluiinil William IS. Cupci'toii is ciiiiiiiiniHlcr nf tho I'afil'iii I'Icct. Ilo is iIm1 run ti wlm estjiWIisliiMi ponce in Haiti ami San homino. His mutcnk in lu in l; in.Lr nlmul 11 !-t:tlm .covcnmu'iit Ihcif icsiillct! in lii.. ro;ntttoti July ", Ulli;, tn aihniral. The situation in Haiti puzzlt'd even tin- diplomats at Washington, .hat Capt'i tmi, with thn-at of fnrci-, bai'k ia assurances ot' ynnd will, disposed u' it. Capcflon is C)'2t yradualed at Ann apolis and laM'ntnc licidcnant in I SSI). He was a 11 nl't'ieer un tho Marietta when she accompanied the Oreynn in her I'amna race linin the I'-aeifie tlnnu'h the straits if .Alaui'Hiiii to take part in the li-ht with Admiral t'eivera's fleet at Havana harhnr, in tin Spanish war. Ne;;.) i tl i ns "NTnliinff but. Ihc utter failure of the most patierd nenoliatious and ap peals lo the patriotism of the little turnup nf steel manufacturers, which have a practical monopoly of this j business have made it imperative for J the government to build a projectile j factory und ;ive a contract to a for- ein bidder. The Itcthlchem Steel 'company, controlled by Mr. Schwab, ! whifh has been filling the papers with j advertisements rritirizine llie navy department, admits in his latest ad vertisement lhat, tlioiiub it was two years ai;'o awan'd a contract for one and n halt' million dollars worth id' shells, it has not yet made shells to meet the requirement of the navy j department. Fntil it is able lo fill its! contracts it docs not become the j I Hethlehem eompanv to criticize the navy department fur awardin; eon-J i tracts tn manufacturers who ean i make shells that meet the tests.'' Dewey's Estate $250,000. WASHINGTON'. Feb. -JO. Admiral Dewey's e-latc was valued at $'2"i."i. 000 in a petition for litters of ad ministration filed today by his widow and son, the latter renouncing claim to executorship and asking that the widow be appointed administrix. The petition sel forth that the admiral left no real nroiiertv. I ' ' With Medford trade Is Medford made. AS5crs ji a it i.jon oo i r.' i o.O"4 voo l fi9f?$5l3 .678.00 1 7M I $64 5. 600.0CV f95S988.099.0o' ne failed In meet all the reouire-1 ri II IIVTm I nriTII fS6$U73,f$,W i:. v i hum;. Mnii!itt - r. Ailuul Minagrr, am 1 L. - , -- ADMlZfiL HFNQY T.MAVO.- Admiral Henry T. Mayo is com mander nl' the. Atlantic Meet. He is the titan who demanded apol ogies Irom Huerta hy the salute ol' twenty-one -runs fur the arrest ot" ma rines in Tampico, and whoso unl'ul t'ilied demand resulted in the landing of I'nited States forces at Vera Cruz. Admiral Mayo was horn iJeceinher 8, 18."i(i, in Burlington, Vl.; jracinateil from Annaixdis in lS7(i and advanced until June Jfi, lOl.'t, wlicn he became rear-admiral. He -commanded the Maryland dining our war with Spain. He was commandant of tli Mare Island navy yrrd, and benn com ntniidiii the fourth division of the Atlantic fleet, December !H, H)i:!. June 10, l!)ir, Ma'd became com mainliu; viec-adniiral of the Atlantic I'Icct and on June H), l!H(i. became its ndmiral and commander upon the re tirement of Admiral Fleti-her. PUIS COUNTRY (Continued Ftodi Page One.) while seated In the lobby of the hotel talking with friends, nnd was playing with little Inez Sliverhcrg, of lies Moines, la., a guest, with her parents at tho hotel, when ho fell uncon scious. Death was almost Instantan eous. General Funston was Til years old. . Held ltorder Colilliiainl. Kver since March, llUIS, wheu be was placed In command of all United States forces on the Mexican border. General Kunston bad worked at an uuusual mice. At critical times in uorucr ue eiopmeius .ae iieu.ieu.ij remained on duty twenty-four hours of tho twenty-four. The handling of ITO UN UtAIn regulars uisposcu 01 ai various sia-!n(!0 tions on tho border, the Pershing peditlon and of late, re-arrangement , ,, . ,, . of regular troops while providing for the relnrn f f national guardsni,:ii I .enerai r iinston. a native ot Ohio, have f-rtaHed en enormous amount of jnml ll'"r0l on a Kansas farm, had n detail work, i.robablv exceeding that .remarkable career before ho became which fell lo r-nv commanding gen- j" "'' started life as a news eral of the 1 o.tcd States armv since , WVfr reporter. Kew people know tho Civil war. Only today, General Kiin,;,c,n completed orders for the re turn of the guardsmen. Served in Philippines.- The picturesque and dashing cap ture of guinaldo, the Filipino rebel chief was the achievement which i brought runston prominently to the!' ofMn an1 traveled rrom Mc attentlon of the American people. Konzln rlver t0 Ik'r,nK sea. Journey hut he penormed ninny services for his country besides that which were probably i!, ore difficult. His aduilnis- '.liticn of ."flairs in Vera Cruz, where he carried out the president's orders w ith a firm hand, simply holding the city when every Influence about him was centered upon forcing tho Anier cau army Into actual fighting with the Mexicans probably was the most UL-lable si nice of his career. The American troops had been in possession of Vera Cruz only a few davs when one of the Mexican gen erals sent in n message saying in most polito terms that ho wat unai)le("",K .wi.nutn m in uiramj l lnnt.or r..lrain hU Irnnn, mill thr,! lnWS- Flna' h Convlliwd tllPIH Of about to advance and drive cans Into the sea. they wore the Amcrii "If you can't hohl your troops hack, 1 ( tui," was the laconir mrssaKo Kunston sent back. Ilecause ot the amount, ot work which has fallen to him, tleneral Kunston's only recrea tion or relaxation for nearlv a year ' -Ini in en an occasion it dinner rtv WOMKX TOO .lll.MKITIOl'S. with a few friends. Only recently General Kunston ro - turned from on insuc.ctlon trin which icnk iiim ns far as Xogales. Arizona. That, with the one trip to llrowns - vil'e. Tex., and a brief visit to Austin, Tex., last year, was the only occa sions vltcn he has been absent from bis ile;k since, tile border trouble developed. Sick Two Week? Two weeks ago C.eneral Kunston,"11 "' "'owing down, lle- suf r: i ae attach of indigestion. Toi8l,l's tl,is' to ri'"",,lv ,he mischief use his rwn expression, "i fought it ;'''' done to their health, the best out alot c." Later he plai ed himself ir''1",,"'', ' "r,on lu'" famous and under the care of I.leutonantYolonel ;M""l,ari1 medicine for women's ail M. W. Ireland of the .... ical re. -.--. 1 n,r"ls' , y,,ia E- m; Vegetable southern .'cpartmcnt, and rcSaiuv 1 1 "'"I'ound -Adv. ADM1USTIN M KNIGHT, Ailmirnl Austin Melviu Knight luis just taken conunaiul of the Asiatic fleet at the Philippines. He was for merly 11 member of Ihc general board of the navy. Until recently Knight was president of the naval war college al Newport, li. T., and tauubt luetics and strategy to Ihc men who will some day com mand ships ami squadrons. Knight wns born December lli, lK.'-l, ut Ware, Mass., and graduatcil from Annapolis in 1H7II. lie became rear admiral in Hill and admiral in Hill!. Hi! is the author of ''Modem Sea manship." published in l'.HIl. normal health and spirits. "For three days," Colonel Ireland said, "General Kiiuston i.tid been entirely well." Xever'.iH less at, dinner tonight General Keiiston was particularly ab stemious nnd ntc only sparingly of the simple-"! dishes. Colonel Malvcrn-IIIll ltarniim, General Kunston's chief of staff im mediately notified the war depart-ii-f nt of GenerHl Kunston's death Xev. p was also despatched to Mrs Urnston, who Is visiui.g her father ie California. No arrangements for liem ral I'nnsiou's (uncial have been made. Tho body was taken to a local undertaking establishment. Lieutenant Colonel M. W. Ireland, medical corps, United States army, who has been General Kunston's phy sician for some- time said tonight: "General Kunston's death was caused by angina sclerosis of the ar- I le,.,,,s of tn0 lle!ll t Ueath (vas almosl I Immediate and without pain." Colonel Ireland said General Kuns- to ,,., ,,,, care for U)c j pait (wo wee(s nn(, ,ho paat few davs : ha(1 ,,,,,, j,,..,,,,. ., Tw0 (lavs hR ,,., .,.,. oC ucllte 1mi. 1 gcstlon. j Native of Ohio, that his first -federal work was as a scientist with a bent toward botany. As an ogent of the department of agriculture in 1S91 he took part tn the Death Valley expedition; then he explored Alaska and the llrltlsh northwest nnd crossed Alaska to the ,,r '",0,lt '';uu "les' e camped in the Klondike during the winter of 1911 and then alone floated down tho Yukon in a canoe, n journey of hundreds of miles through a wilder ness without seeing another living soul. Soon after that he resigned from the department of agriculture and traveled in Mexico. AVhen the last Cuban Insurrection broke out Kunston applied to the revolutionary junta In New York for service with tho rebel army, but the Cubans suspected him of being a spy or an agent of the United States run- ;;,is l" '! " weeks, ! ? ,1,P 1(""'r Ka!" Si,le of N''w Yorli' ninston Instructed recruits in the handling of machine guns, of which j "Ve C,,1,,,.ns. wero 'ornnt. Boon afterward he was taken Into the i Cuban army with a commission. ; '"essive ambition leads all sorts :of women to exert themselves beyond ""'lr strength. The girl strivlns for ' llonor' in a-lool. the busy housewife. ! "10 "lPSirl. the society climber or i 1,'"dl'r overtax their natural powers of endurance. Then come nervous troubles, organic troubles, which reduce them almost to despair. Women suffering thus should first recognize the necessity of putting on C'llK'AOO. Feb. 20. Optimism i regard to a clearing up of the rallroa traffic hindrances tended todav i send wheat prices sharply high Muny traders seemed disposed to t tlcipato a decided betterment of t situation In this respect within t next few days and contended that onlv distinct bearish factor which nnrhttnu tint hntn fullv iHrmi n t oft. was t lie chance of a worse nipt with Ccraiany. On the other hand! possibilities for a crop scare ov damage in the winter wheat belt c tinned to receive attention. OpenT I prices, which varied from the sum as yesterday's finish to vie high with Hay at $ 1.70 "4 to $l,7ti',, and .Inly at $l.r,0'4 to $l.."i('j were fol lowed by material gains all aroum! Old papers for sale at this office at 20c for 100. In spite of high prices on all food stuffs NONE sua MlNCtfHEM continues to sell for 12c to 15c A Package The best and cheap est pie is a NONE SUCH Mince Pie. MERREUL-SOULE CO., Sjwcaie. hJ .- -V -r . . INow is the lime tn Plant Swet Pea, Panie ini all Morse's other Grand Prize CaVf Seeds ornia Dan t l.k. ,i, it,, ,"y l" 0. S.I. U .11 T.,J:. n..i . -- -' . i c i S V"' d" Mor'f v 7 .;. . m" iiu rr. Your ordtr ,ll l. ,romPU .II..J.J fa. C. C. MORSE S CO. J Seedsmen San Francisco ' Daisy Ilutter. THE DAIRY G1VKS YOU QKAUTY .M) SKHVICK - nt nil Times. MII.K. ntKAM, ntlH IIAXCH 1-TifiS, SKIMMK.l) SJII.K, niTTER, I1I.K AM) I).SV IH TTKIt KHKSH KHOM oru tillltX TO YOVK TA 111,1-:. Give us a trial and be one of our many satisfied customers. 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