TILLAMOOK HEADLIGHT NOVEMBER 7, 1918.
Mr. Hughes declared Major General March, the report said, should make
George O. Squirer "had neither train profits ot (6,100,000, and »250,000
ing or experience for such a large in additional under minor contracts.
This company
was authorized
dustrial enterprise.”
shortly after the declaration of war
Deeds Testimony Quoted.
with paid in capital of »1,000,000 Demure Little Goat There With
Referring to Colonel Deeds Mr.
The Government financed the plant
Hughes recited Colonel Deeds’ own
the Hatpin.
Washington, Oct. 31.—The long- testimony that he was stockholder to the extent of »1,405,000, repre
awaited leport of the aircraft inves and officer in a number of Dayton, O. sented by loans.
me Cord -dolor Company, with
tigation, conducted the last five concerns which either directly or in
months by Charles E.ans Hughesand uuectly were concerned in the a;r- contracts for 5000 Liberty motors, As a Result a Very Surprised and Dis
consolate Dog "Stood Not Upon
which it expects to complete by the
Attorney Ge,, ral Gregory, was plac ptaue activities of that city.
the Order of His Coing,” but
6. cl of January, should make a profit
ée
f. ie Pre .dent Wilson today
He was an Organizer but not a
of »5,37 5,000, Mr. Hughes declared.
Fled Hastily.
an.l 1.. .ÙC public.
stockholder in the Dayton Vv right
its fiAcu profit, tue report said, is
Colo.. I E. A. Deeds, about whom Airplane Company, and it was co H.
r< gard most oi the charges which A. ralbott, au ofneer in this com rm re than »6vu an engine, which it
My Nancy Is ns trim nnd chcrmlng
b;ought on the investigation, ,the re pany, tile report says, that Colonel can prouuce at less than »3,200, a little goat us you ever wish • to’see.
port
recommends,
should
be Detus sent information on a ruling with the audition of more than »400 She wears a fawn-colored coat with
brought before a court-martial for of the judge advocate-general relat per engine as the plant s-share of the cream trimmings, has confiding ways,
bogey”. This togey is set at »5000 and yet n gentle dignity, withal, which
sending confidential War De part ing co me appraisal ot contracts,
merit information on the i aircraft after he had been appointed to the for the cord plant, '1 he Companys rhould protect her. Since she dedicat-
investment Is said to be not more I ed herself to tending the yearling colts
situation to former business ussocla-
i
army,
man <¡11,800,000.
I in the barnyard she has seen little of
tes in Dayton,, O., and for being
Umer confidential communications
the outside world. Indeed she is one
spom ur last Friday for a grossly mid to raloott und other business asso
Three Million in Sight.
leading statement to the effect thaï ciate.-, in Dayton are quoted but these
"The Fisher Body Corporation, of the least sophisticated of her kind.
I had a right to be alarmed when
"fir: i American-built battle plunes nad been sent while ±M:eds was act with contracts for 4000 DeHaviland
are today en route to the front in ing in advisory capacity to officers i machines, should make profits of a dissolute vagabond of a dog leaped
France.”
»3,100,000, with (400,000 additional over tlie fence and began harrying the
in charge of contracts.
colts; much more was I troubled when
l'or communication with Talbot, on other orders," said the report.
Three to be Prosecuted.
Nancy arose from a siesta in the hay
Criminal prosecution
of three after lie became an officer, the offi • Tlte company s investment on plant
loft and lightly dropped from tlie hay
Army officers are recommended u.i cer should be court martlaled, it was engaged in airplane production is
door to tlie ground. For that degen
calculated
at
»860,000.
It
has
been
recommended.
Mr.
Hughes
also
dis
the ground thut they transacted
erate collie fustened upon her a lust
business with corporations in wiiica puted parts ot Colonel Deeds’ asser loaned »2,000,000 by the Govern
ful eye; the twitch of his nostril boded
tions in a letter to the aircraft pro ment.
they were financially Interested.
i !te Packard Company’s profits on III from tlie start. And yet he should
Delays and waste of the produc duction board that on being com
have misdoubted a creature of such
tion program, the report declares, missioned he had bevered his official 600o Liberty motors to be completed
gymnastic ability, however much she
by
next
January
will
probably
be
connections
witu
and
trausferreu
his
were uue chiefly to "defective organ
smelled like a simple sheep.
ization of the work ot aircraft pro stock in these concerns. The United »6,450,000, earned in J 7 months,
He boldly approached her; she tried
duction and the serious lack ot com Motors Company, of New lock, the said the report. Other profits in to discourage his attentions and set a
Daoora tones minor orders may raise this to »8000- good example to the colts by main
petent direction of that work by the Dayton Engineering
responsible officers of the Signal Company; Dayton metal Products 000 it was said. The investment rep taining a cold and unseeing gaze. He
Corps."
Company, ana the Domestic Building resented is calculated at »11,808,000. came the closer.
Now she stepped
The Lincoln Motor Company’s
Company
of Dayton.
away, stiffly, very much on her dignity.
Cadet Training Delayed.
He transferred stock in the United profits on 6,000 motors la calculat- He followed up. She stood still, ob
One of the most regrettable Inci
Motor Corporation Company to his cd at »6,450,000 with additional trusively turning her back to his atten
dents of the delay in production,
profits on other contracts ot »1,500,- tions. This disconcerted him; he had
says the report, is that on account of wife, it was said, and book accounts
000, according to the report. Invest planned to catch her by the throat.
snowing
the
time
of
the
transier
of
the scarcity of training planes, hun
ment Is reported at »150,000, of Cautiously he edged over to the side; i
in
some
cases,
says
the*
other
stock
dreds of cadets were held at concen
which »3,460,000 represents items on she let him come. He gathered him
tration camps abroad for several report, were ualeu oaca to August 28
which lire government pays 40 per self to leap upon her.
Then as he
months "without suitable training.” when Deeds was appointed a colonel
although nof actually made until cent depreciation. Paid in capital is arose, she flashed about; he landed
The report is supplemented by 17„-
»850,000.
with his diaphragm poised on her slen
000 pages of testimony taken from later.
Criminal Charges Waived.
der horns.
280 witnesses.
Details of Outlay Given.
¡Since it is not p.Ovea. However,
A fata! Injury was not within her
No fault la found with the manage-
“Of the »691,000,000 originally
ment of aircraft affairs since reor- that colonel Deeus transacted any appropriated for aircraft production power, but it was not needed. He
ganizatlon of last May, which placed uuslness with those firms before he disbursements reported down to June sprawled to earth with an anguished
transferred ms stock, no criminal 30, 1918, including advances for yelp, lit running, nnd cleared the gate
John D. Kyan in charge.
enurges aie myiue against him.
building of plants, and outlays of the at his second leap. That was no gay
Some Act« Highly Improper.
Colonel .Sidney D. Weldon, assistant sales department, similar expenditur deceiver, no masterful betrayer, self-
The general conclusion and recom to Colonel Deeds when he was chief
confident of bls allure, that fleeting
mendations by Mr. Hughes follows; or the equipment division of tile Sig es, amounted to »430^000,000 and form which spurted gravel behind each
»276,000,000
of
the
appropriation
"The evidence discloses conduct nal Corps, was snowii, the report
eager stride.
which, ulthough of a reprehensible says, to have been a stockholaer in remained unexpended at the end of
Nancy watched if go. There seemed
the
year.
character, cannot be regarded as af the Packard Company, but it does
almost an expression of regret in her
"Of
the
»155,000,000
spent
for
air
fording a sufficient basis fbr charg ..oi appear tlial he took part In uny
amber eyes; she twiddled an impatient
es under existing statutes, but there proceedings involving Government planes and engines, »25,000,000 was tall, then, primmer thnn ever, went to
for
overseas
manufacture,
»21,000,-
are certain acts shown not only dealings with tne company. •
finish her nap. But a diversion had
000 in udvances to contractors and
highly improper in themselves, bat
Colonel Robert L. Montgomery also »1,697.000 for experimental and de been welcome In the virtuous monotony
ot special
significance,
.which held stock in companies holding con
of her days—and the good old hatpin
should lead to disciplinary measures. tracts lor manuiacture of aiiplanes velopment work. This left only »106- trick worked again.—John Breck in De
"Tlie evidence with respect to Col or parts, but he did not deai with 000,000 spent for production in the troit Free Press.
United States. Of the latter amount
onel Edward A. Deeds should be pre them in ms capacity us an officer.
»57,000,000 was paid under fixed
sented to the Secretary of War to
Insisted Neighbor Was "Devil."
Dieulenant-Colonel Vincent, for
the end that Colonel Deeds may be whom criminal procesution is recom price contracts and »49,000,000 un
She was a motherly old soul who
der
cost-plus
contract.
’
wore glasses and she insisted, vehe
tried by court martial under Articles mended, was shown, the report says,
Official estimates place at »24,000- mently, thnt “that woman next door
95 and 96 of the articles ot war for to uuve authorized payment of sums
ills conduct (1) in acting as confi to the Packard company while he 000 the loss to the Government on was a regular devil.”
account of the condemnation ot two
And when the police court com
dential adviser of ills former business was stockholder.
types of planes, the Bristol fighting plaint clerk asked her to explain fur
associate, H. E. Talbott, of the Day
Gleuienunt-Colonel
George
W. machine and the S. J-l training
ther she snld: "She’s a spiritualist.
ton-Wright Airplane Company, and Mix ter, stockholder in the Curtiss
in conveying Information to Mr. Tal Aeroplane und Motor Corporation, it plaue. Including about »65.000,000 She sits up all night putting evil
bott in an improper manner, with is charged, had charge of Inspectors on the Bristol and »17,500,000 on thoughts into my head. She won’t let
the S. J-l.
me sleep.”
respect to the transaction of business in that company's plant.
It was a declaration that made the
between that company and the divis
Major Howard C. Marmon, a Sig
woman next the motherly old soul at
ion of the Slgnul Corps of which Col. nal Corps officer, also Is cited for his
The Right to Grumble.
the counter open one eye wide It
DeedH was the heud, and (2) in giv connections with the Nordyke and
amazement.
That woman couldn’t
ing the representatives of the com Murmor Company, of Indianapolis,
▲ prominent restaurant manager open both eyes, for her husband had
mittee on public information a false which held a contract for Liberty
and misleading statement with re motors, but since be had transferred Is quoted as saying that If any pa- blacked and closed one.
The complaint clerk tried to soothe
gard to the progress of aircraft pro his stock to his mother, the report tron complains of his method of en
duction for the purpose of publica holds, there Is Insufficient ground forcing the new food conservation the motherly old woman, but she kept
tion with the authority of the Secre tor a criminal charge against hiui. orders he will take the offender’s on Insisting that her neighbor sat np
name and address and "send it to nights transferring evil thought from
tary of War.
the government.”
bedroom to bedroom.
She wnnted
Plane Deliverie« 8171.
Proprieties Held Violated.
This is a cheerful prospect. Must something done, she said, for, as she
The report showed that up to last
“The absence of proper apprecia
Insisted over and over, “No decent per
June 30, more than a year after the people who patronite reatauranta as
tion ot the obvious propriety of tran
nation entered the war (171 finish sume a meek and lowly mien at their son can do that.”
sactions by Government officers and
The clerk had to humor her and It
ed airplanes had been actually de meals or run the risk of becoming
agents with firms or corporations
consists in was a long time before he finally got
livered by manufacturers, Including suspects? It treason
in which they are Interested compels
rid of her.—Detroit Free Press.
4572 elementary training planes, grumbling about restaurant service,
the conclusion that public policy de
1046 advanced training planes and Ney York must be an enemy alien
mands that the statutory provisions
Trouble on Parnassus.
553 combat and bombing planes. Of city at heart. What becomes under
beating upon this conduct should be
The Poetry Society of America ap
these
conditions
of
the
inherent
An
the fighting machines, 529 were De
strictly enforced.
pears to be stumped. Its constitution
Huvllands and 2 4 were of the aban glo-Saxon right to find fault? The
“It is therefore recommended that
American people have put up with falls to provide for the dropping of a
doned Bristol design.
the oft leers found to have hud trans-
member except for non-payment of
Airplane engines delivered up to patriotic good will with an unprece dues. There Is no provision giving i
actions on behalf or the government
dented
amount
ot
regulating
in
the
that time amounted to 12.633 of
power to expel writers of free verse—
with corporations in the pecuniary
which 2390 were Liberty motors for public interest, but they are hardly or even bad verse. And now the ex
profits of w hich they had an Interest
ready
for
personal
regulations
at
the
combat and bombing planes, 7662
ecutive committee wishes to erase from
should be prosecuted under Section
were for elementary training ma hands of restaurant keepers.
the society’s roster the name of one
41 of the criminal code.
chines and 2579 for advanced train
This, ot course, is taking a foolish who has. In his day, written good j
"The Federal Trade Commission
ing planes.
remark In mock seriousness. But poetry, but who. It is alleged, has not |
should be requested to report on the
The original program for Liberty have not the restaurant proprietors been so patriotic as the executive com-,
proper cost of mahogany for airplane
motors alone had called for about all along taken their part in food mlttee thinks he should have been. In I
propellers, to the end thut the com
17.000 of these by June.
conservation with a one-sided aeri- such dubious cases It is always wise to
ing in of the report the question of
Turning to the question ot profits ousness? It Is the patron who does turn to “Alice in Wonderland.” where
the propriety of further action with
by contractors tor airplanes and the economoiing, who finds his por- the King of Hearts reads out rule 140,
respect to transactions of the mahog
motors, Mr. Hughes cited figures tion smaller and the "garnishes" cut “one of our eldest roles,” which for
any manufacturers' and Importers'
showing that manufacturers were oft but the bill and the tip unchang bade anybody more thnn -40 feet high
association may be determined.
enabled to make as much as »1000 ed. He patriotically endures and attending In a courtroom. Let It be
Re-Auditi Should be Watched.
on each Liberty motor, and from pays, and since the proprietors get held that the offending poet Is physi
"It is recommended that the repre »750 to »1,500 on each finished the credit, can they not allow him a cally—not prowvllcally—too short or
sentatives of the Department of Jus plane. Profits In some cases were little rebate in Che way of an occa too long.—New York Post
tice should keep in touch with the several hundred percent ot the ln- sional "kick"? That at least would
progress of the re-audit of accounts vestment, the report said.
be a more agreeable role than to go
Where He Got the Other.
so that it 'may be advised of the com
heresy-hunting among other guests.
A Boer who fought with the Brit
Orders
on
Cott
Plui
Basu.
plete enforcement of the rights of
New York World.
ish forces In the Fast African cam
Mr. Hughes explained
that the
the government in final settlement
paign was recently operated on for ex
principal
orders
were
placed
on
the
of accounts and that the Government
traction of a bullet. Shortly afterward
has been fully protected against un basis of cost-plus, a fixed, not a per
an English surgeon remarked to him:
necessary loss through waste and the centage profit, and a bonus ot 25 per
TOWERS FJSH BRAND
"By the by. we took two bullets out
cent
ot
any
economics
under
an
es
absence of suitable factory supervis
of you.
Did you know there were
timated
cost,
or
"bogey.
”
ion.
two?” “Oh. yes,” replied the Boer;
"The bogey costs," said Mr. Hughes
"Permit me also to suggest that a
'V
Z Q “one I got from the Germans and the
special division, or subdivision, of “were In all cases placed so high that
other from you beggars at Colenso.”—
is
a
corker
tha present bureau of investigation the contractor hud every reason to I
Manchester Guardian.
expect
that
the
actual
cost
would
be
for staying
in the Department of Justice should
be assigned to the consideration of much lesa and that through its
When Ha Got Practice.
on the job.
suggested delinquencies in connec share In this saving, the contractor
Flatbnsh—They say ottr neighbor
tion with aircraft production so that would be able to derive an Increased
who has gone to the war is wonderful i
In jumping over wire-entanglements |
the work*niready done may be ap profit from economical management.
X.
"It
is
apparent,
however,
that
with
propriately followed.
and other obstructions.
XI
I
"In particular it ta recommended a large fixed profit guaranteed, the
Rensonhurst—Well, he ought to be i
I
expert at It. You know, bls wife used I
that the activities in relation to incentive to economy Is not so strong
spruce production,
which, being aa when the entire venture is at the
to do housecleaning stunts four times
largely centered on the Pactftc Coast contractor's risk."
a year.
it was Impractical to embrace In the
Mannfaetnren’ Profit Given,
present Inquiry, should be carefully
KÁiiprotZ Ah • hhly. ;
Her Short Sult Hi» Long Ono.
The fixed profit per plane varied
scrutinised.
Mrs Styles—Isn’t her dress a poem»
I with different concerns.
SMijfaciña ? G« J Mn teed
Mr. Styles—Yes. dear, and It has a
Taking up the question of faulty
The Dayton-Wright Company with
DEALERS EVER^'WHERE
characteristic that I enjoy in poema.
organisation of the Signal Corps contracts for 4000 De Haviland
A. J. TOWKR CO
BOSTON.
“What Is that, pray?"
aoou after the declaration of war. planes to be completed before next
I
"It’s short.”
NANCY WAS ARMED
MILLIONS WASTED IN
AIRCRAFT BARED.
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Imprewive Revelations in Hughes’
Report—Colonel Deeds Accused
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