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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-06-21

The East Oregonian has the largest paid
circulation Of any paper ln Oregon, east ef
Portland, ard over twice the circulation IN
Pendleton on any other newspaper.
The Washington herald., 1915-08-15
Annapolis Notes

Annapolis Nd, Aug. A.-Mrs. Stevens.
wife of Lieut.. Stevens, L. 8. N. and two
children are visiting Mrs. Samuel Jones.
Mrs. Stevens aunt. Mrs Stevens was
before her marriage Miss Blanche
Thompson. daughter of the late Harry c.
Thompson. formerly of this city.
Miss Nellie Girault Is visiting her sis
ter Mrs Charles T. S. GLADDEN.. and En-
sign GLADDEN. at Newport, r. l.
Capt. and Mrs. Charles Sanderson. L.
s. NJ. c.. of Washington. d. C.. are at
Concord Cottage. Arundel-on-the-Bay.
Miss Frances Bryan. daughter Of Pay
master and Mrs. Samuel Bryan. L. S. N,
Is at Portsmouth, n. H.
Col. and Mrs. c.. A. Doyen. L. s. NJ. C..
of Washington. are spending August
with Mrs. Doyen's sister. Mrs. j. w.
Valiant, at wardour. Annapolis. Miss
Fay Doyen. who is at Wakefield Manor,
Va, will join them later
About sixty-ive members of the new
fourth class have Joined the football
squad and have been doing light work on
Wednesdays and Saturdays under Lieut..
Jonas II. Ingram. head coach. A num-
Der of excellent players are in the
squad. The best of them will join the
squad for the big team and the re-
mainder will try for the class team.
Mrs. Washburn, wife of Prof. C. II.
Washburn, Naval Academy has returned
from jamestown, where she has been
visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Thompson
The Washington herald., 1915-08-15

abled by the timely addition of new
guns to at once add to the strength OF
the men holding the trenches. These ad-
ditions will become more and more nu-
merous. and there will be need for them.
apart from any truth there may be in q
newspaper statement sent from British
headquarters that the Germans are add
ing to their machine guns at the rate, 1t
is believed, of 500 week.
Several methods OF entrenching the
guns and their tripods. and of working
without the latter have fbeen evolved in
the trenches of both armies. A favorite
device seems to be a circular trench
some yards from the main line. Here the
gun is elevated when infantry attack
after shell fire has been lifted on to the
enemy's second line. From this point of
vantage semi-circular fire can be
maintained, and it accounts for the en-
filading that has so often been spoken of.
1t was for Kidding our men of one Of
these annoyances by advancing in the
open and shooting the guns crews with
his rifle, and then dispstching whole
companies of Germans with the gum that
Private Wilson. of the Highland Light
Infantry, won the V. c. With so mobile
an ARM it is not surprising to learn that
it figures largely in an advance against
trenches, and that in this way it has
contributed during darkness to the retak
ing of trenches captured. perhaps. only
since sunset. Nor has the enemy been
backward in the use of the machine gun
in the Dardanelles. Writing of its effect
there. a correspondent tells US that were
both sides deprived of them. the cam
paign would be as good as won. as with
out them the Turk could not stop our
attacks, and it is very doubtful IL he
would make any attacks himself. II it
were not for the Maxims served by Ger
mans in the second line OF trenches,
which he knows would be turned on him
if he failed to get forward with the
requisite degree of alacrity.'
Comparing normal war strengths in
machine guns it would appear that the
Germans. according to the Field Notes
on the German Army prepared by our
war office last year. had no greater num-
Der of machine guns for its infantry and
cavalry than our own troops. While each
British unit of those arms had two
MaXims the Germans concentrated their
guns into a company Of six for each
regiment of three battalions. and a bat
terry Of six to each cavalry division.
There are three brigades in their cavalry
divisions. and nominally no brigade, like
a battalion of infantry, had any machine
guns That is evidently no longer the
case. just as we. too. have made devel-
Opments."
The Washington herald., 1915-08-15

The business and professional men
who are now being trained in the
principal requisites of warfare at
Plattsburgh. n. Y, may be marched
down Fifth avenue in New York City
at the expiration of their thirty day
service at camp. Offcers are now
thinking the matter over and in all
proba bility will give the rockies" the
final say in the question. Should this
be done, nothing which has occurred
in the East in many years would so
awaken Gotham and the whole coun-
try to a realization of the needs or
our army. And the spectacle of city.
State and national officials together
with prominent brokers. commercial
letes and college men-with Mayor
John Purroy Mitchell as a private-the
spectacle of this march would be
means of getting more of these busi-
ness recruits next year as well as the
centering the ideas of the populace
upon our weak-armed defense.
There is no doubt but that the
Flattsburgh camp has done more than
its work in arousing the sentiments
of the country. Next year there will
be another camp near Chicago, one
on the Pacific coast and probably three
or four additional ones in other parts
of the country The Plattsburgh
camp is the initial testing grounds
for public sentiment on this one idea,
though it's rockies" can be called
upon to serve as officers in a volunteer
army should this country demand 1t.
But the genuine work of the camp will
he on the minds of representatives from
all States in Congress. 1t will tell those
gentlemen that the country demands an
adequate defense. 1t will aid the work
which the Army and Navy League and
similar organizations have been carrying
on for years.
Likewise, the organizing of similar in
situations in various States for next sum-
mer will only accentuate the opinion of
the public mind upon it's national law
makers. The widespread approval given
Ivy the people will seal for all time the
fate of the peace-at-any-price contingent
among men in public life.
Gen. Wood told the rockies" the other
evening that this Ia Tx of volunteer army
is perfectly assinine." He pointed out
that it has failed every time it was put
TO the test. Furthermore, he said that
even if one should be raised it would
need 1000 officers, and that this camp
was a means toward providing just wee
part of that number
All in all, nothing which has occurred
in America within recent years has had
the effect of telling the people they need
10 he prepared as has the Plattsburg
camp.
The Washington herald., 1915-08-15

and for Col Haynes, Capt. and Mrs.
Lincoln, Mrs. Case, Mrs. Perneau, Lieut..
and Mrs. Ide. Capts. Seaman, Brigham
and Lieut. Colladay. Prizes were won by
Mrs. Ide and Col. Haynes.
Capt. Case came down from Washing
ton recently and was the guest Of Capt.
and Mrs. Coward. Capt. c. Z. Kill
bourne is here from Governors Island
and is the guest of Col Haynes.
Maj Steele. commanding the troops
from Fort .Du Pont, Is here for target
practice. With him are Capt. Francis
Clark, Capt r. Anderson. Lieuts- W. c.
Koenig, R. E. Haynes and E. B. Hoch-
walt.
Col Henry D. Todd arrived from Fort
Mckinley. He has been detailed as IL
brarian. Coast Artillery. and editor
Journal u. 5. Artillery.
Capt. and Mrs. Lincoln. Mr.. Lawrence
Davis, of Richmond. and Capt. Battle
were guests of Col. Will Battle on a mo-
toring trip to Yorktown and Williams
burg Sunday. Col and Mrs. Stark. Mai.
and Mrs. Callan and Mrs. Bradley were
dinner guests of Mr.. Adams Sunday at
the Chamberlin.
The Washington herald., 1915-08-15
Triple-gun Turret

The new battleships authorized at
the last session of Congress, for which
Secretary Daniels hopes to award con-
tracts before the end of the present
calendar year. will be. to all intents
and purposes reproductions of the
battleships authorized the previous
year As has been stated. there is
some prospect of minor improvements
in the way of protection against tor
pedo attack. but in the main the YES
sells will have no specially new fea-
lures. There was some discussion, as
usual, concerning the armament. with
no difficulty in coming to the conclu-
sion that there was no occasion to
change the battery authorized as to
caliber or number or disposition of
guns.
The appearance of the four-gun tur-
ret in some of the European battle
ship designs might have led to a
modification of the American policy
in that particular. but it was con-
sidered that the triple-gun turret had
justified. so far as il could without
actual service trial, its original adop-
ton on the Nevada and Oklahoma.
1t is recalled that the opponents of
that arrangement of the battery urged
the delay in it's permanent installa-
LION on suCCccuiHS uHlil
there could be a demonstration of the
efficiency of the threegun turret IN
service. But that would have meant
waiting for the completion of the
Nevada and Oklahoma and the post
ponement of the further installation
of this particular type of turret I'M
til 1916, when those vessels could be
tried in service.
In the meantime, the Pennsylvs mia.
Arizona, Idaho. Mississippi, CALI
fornia. and Nos. 43 and A would not
have been equipped with the triple
gun turret. 1t was considered that
something had to be left to chance
sustained by such preliminary en-
cheering skill as was calculated to
remove the turret from being an I'M
qualified experiment of doubtful re-
suit. So far as concerns any change
in the battery by an increase of cali
Der. it all comes back to the familiar
question so often discussed as to the
relative merit of number and size of
guns. With a ship of identical dts
placement, of course, the weight of
armament means just so many guns
of certain caliber, and with any IN
crease in size there must be a reduc-
ton in number; the experts are not
prepared to agree as to the relative
The Washington herald., 1915-08-15
NAVAL ORDERS.
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS.

whiprle sailed for Yskutat August L; Nero AZ
rived at san Diego. August L; Hector sailed fox
Acapulco. August IL; Caesar arrived at Rhodes.
August Il: Mccall arrived at South Amboy. August
49, Hull arrived at Mare Island August u: Calves
sailad for Nagzsaki. August IA; Samar allied for
Hankow August "a: Juriter arrived at Hampton
Roads August Is: Ohio ssailed for San Francisco.
August Is; Tallahassee sailed for New York. An
gust u.
The Saturn. now at Mare Island. has been ordered
70 Seattle tkencs to the Prbiof Islands and return
to San Francis-o ~ September Is.
TIE Neptune now at Norfolk. has been ordered
70 Rockiand Me-. to arrive by August - for GER
tain trials Iron the completion - these trials the
ve.eei will return to HAMPTON Roads
The Iroquois has been assigned to duty with the
Pacific Fleet.
ORDERS TO OFFICERS.
Lieut. r. NJ Jensen. to assistant director Of target
practice and engineering competitions. Navy D.
partmeut. September !.
Lieut.. Halsey Powell. to command Joaett.
Lieut.. ". e.. Speau. to command Burro~s
Lieut.. tjunior grade) e. ]. Moore. to Dcwnes
Lieut. tjunior Grade, ]. T. Melvin. resignation ae.
cepted to take effect August %.
Ensign +. A. N. Craven. to Asatic Station.
The Washington herald., 1915-08-15
Norfolk Navy Yard

Norfolk, Va, Aug. 14-Lieut. Webster
A. Capron, u. S. F. A., Is the guest Of
Lieut.. and Mrs. Paul A. Capron, Marine
Barracks.
Capt. o. s. Wiley, U. s. Coast Guard.
and Mrs. Wiley have left for their home
in Washington, after being guests of
Mrs. Jake Wells at the Ocean View
Hotel.
Mrs. W. n. Richardson. who went to
New York recently to meet her husband.
Lieut.. W. N. Richardson, who has just
returned from Turkey. VIII return to
Norfolk. accompanied by Lieut.. Richard
and Mrs. Clyde G. West.
Miss Louise Alice Williams. of Geor-
sia. on Wednesday was honor guest at
dinner on the Vermont, afterward de-
lighting a capacity audience of the Of
fcers of the ship and their families, a
few guests from Norfolk invited by Com
mander and Mrs. G. L. P. Stone, and
Chaplain and Mrs Thomas B. Thomp-
son, officers and their wives from the
yard and about 800 Of the sailors of the
Vermont, with her fascinating stories of
the negroes of the South. with their
quaint dialect, which Miss Williams has
to perfection. The band played planta-
ton melodies. and altogether it was
Dixie evening. Miss Williams entertain
ed the officers and men of the Delaware
a few evenings before with her "darkie"
program.
Misses Sallies and Mildred Ryan left
Sunday for Jamestown. r. l., to spend
some time with their brother-in-law and
sister, Lieut.. and Mrs. George W. Simp-
son.
Lieut. and Mrs. Alexander S. wads-
worth. jr.. and little daughter. who have
The Washington herald., 1915-08-15
West Point Notes

West Point, Aug. 1.-THE cadet
hops were well attended. as always;
on Tuesday evening Mrs. Kuhn re-
ceived with Cadet Woodward. on
Thursday Mrs. De Witt with Cadet
Crane. and on Saturday Mrs. Boyer
with Cadet Cofin.
Mesdames Kuhn. Walsh and De Witt
gave charming tendance on
Wednesday at CulIum Hall for a large
number of girls and cadets.
DR.. and Mrs. Boak's guest for sew
eral days is Mrs. Bliss, wife of Gen.
Tasker H. Bliss.
Miss Helr, of Washington. is the
guest of Lieut.. and Mrs. Coulter.
The Misses Townsley gave a pretty
house dance on Wednesday evening
for about ninety girls and cadets: Mrs
Carte. Mrs. Ennis and Mrs. Holder
ness served.
Ger. and Mrs. Hoyle. guests of their
daughter. Mrs. Graham. left Thurs
day for Canada. to spend the rest OF
the summer.
Lieut.. and Mrs John. K Herr and
the Misses Helen and Fanny Herr. OF
Fort Oglethorpe. arrived last week
and will be guests of Mrs. Graham
for a tiIne.
Miss Mearns. daughter of DR..
Mearns, of Washington, is the guest
of Mr.. and Mrs. Denton; on Monday
Mrs. Denton had a few ladies come
in for informal tea to meet Miss
Mearns.
Maj and Mrs. Bell and daughter
Marjorie, have gone to NarragaEset.
Pier for a week.
Col. Brewster. I. G. Dept. is at the
post on duty and will be here for
several days. Col. o. B. Mitcham, o.
D., Is at the post on insectlon duty
Recent visitors at the post were Mai
r. W. RoIfe. @. NJ c., of Fort Sam
Houston; Col. j. E. Hoffer, Capt. II. F.
Mathews, c. A. C.. Fort Warren; Capt
]. Long, c. A. c., Fort Revere.
The Washington herald., 1915-08-15
Fort Monroe Notes

Fort Monroe, Va. Aug. 1+-Mrs. How
ard entertained on Friday at bridge in
honor of Mrs. F. w. Clark and for Mes
DANES Smith. Alley, Shartle. Lincoln,
Masteller. McCune. Hickok. Gibson. Bar
low. Grain, Williford and the Misses
Van Hoose and Simms and the prize
winners. Mesdames Moore, Hall, Stovall
and Miss Corbitt.
Mr. and Mrs. Smith. of Baltimore, are
guests of Capt and Mrs. Shartle
Capt. w. X. Wilson, of Washington,
was the guest of Maj. and Mrs. Smith
recently.
Capt. and Mrs. Masteller entertained at
bridge in honor of Capt. and Mrs. Gray
The Washington herald., 1915-08-15

stirring up of the air by the working of
the engines and motors. Considering the
lack Of circulation of air and its high hu-
nudity. 1t seems probable that the only
thing that makes a submarine habitable
for any length of time is the relatively
low temperature. This is borne Nout by
the fact that submarines can proceed
submerged for a longer time in northern
than in southern waters. the low tenn
perature helping somewhat to counteract
the depressing effect of high humidity
and poor air circulation. One recon-
mendation that has been made to the
Navy Department is that an electric fan
be Installed in each apartment on board
each submarine. the fan to be worked
whenever practicable.
The Washington herald., 1915-08-15

SiXty-four members of the Signal
Corps company attended drill last
Tuesday night, and received instruc-
ton in making up their blanket rolls.
Private Sullivan was appointed cor
poral, and detailed as company clerk !;
vice Boughton, reduced to private.
Ssrgt. Petit was assigned in charge
Of the company mess. with Cooks
Bright and Bonnell on his sta1.
There are now seventy three enlist
ed men and three officers in the Sig
nal Corps company, and sixty-nine
men and three officers will attend
camp, with a possibility of the entire
strength being present.
Three men Joined the company last
Tuesday: Wendell A. Cooper. former
ly with Company B. First Infantry.
y. G. D. C. who is now on his second
enlistment; Thomas c. McHugh, form
crly of Company C. Second Infantry,
y. G. n. C. who was discharged from
that organization in October. 1914, ana
Thomas A Burns. formerly quarter
master-sergeant of Company E. Sec
ond Infantry, n. G. D. c. Burns has
been member of the guard for
twenty years. and with the exception
Of four months, his time has been
continuous.
Capt. o. c. Terry. Stable Sergeant
Tlller. and First Class Sergeant Hall
left Washington Fridy afternoon. ana
will proceed to Colonial Beach by
road NJ. S. E. DeGroot, Quartermas-
ter Sergeant Bob Herforth. and Cor
poral Harry Davis left on the boat
Friday. and Sergeants Cooley, Cady
and Eisenstein. and Corporal Peake
and Private Mcdonald left Saturday
afternoon on the boat, to make camp,
establish the picket lines, and get the
kitchen in working order, so that all
The company will have to do on ar
rival will be to throw their blanket
rolls into their tents, and be at home
for the camp period. Lieut.. G. NJ.
Lands has charge of the details 60
ing ahead and Lieut.. Russell A. Mac
Lehman is in command of the COM
pany until arrival at Camp, when
capt Terry will again take charge.
The company will assemble at the ar
mory at $50 a. m. Monday and will
march to the Seventh street wharf, leav-
ing the armory at a. m.
Two new reel carts arrived last Tues
day and Sergt. Winters had the pleasure
of winding five miles of field wire on
each cart. Each section now has its
own wire cart.
There will be plenty Of men for the
usual camp details this year. and very
few will catch more than one guard de.
tail and one day kitchen police.
The company is planning on a 1sure
enough Sunday dinner. with fried chick
en- and trimmings, as most of the men
expect families and friends to visit them
on that day. The big day will be SUM-
day. August ..
The men are greatly pleased over the
announcement that they will receive
their camp pay August 81. Heretofore.
nay day has fingered from one to three
weeks after return from camp, and the
new departure is bound to work out
better for all concerned.
The Washington herald., 1915-08-15
Machine Guns Abroad

Writing on the subject Of Machine
gun Developments the United States
Gazette says: No time was lost in
France. England or any OF the countries
in which our troops have been and are
being trained for war in increasing the
strength of the machinegun detachment.
Large additions have also been made in
France, through the medium OF a ma
chine-gun school. to the numbers of Off
GERS and men capable of getting the best
results from the weapon under the vary
ing circumstances in which il is en-
ployed. In some cases they have been
The Washington herald., 1915-08-15
Army and Navy Notes.

Secretary Daniels will bring to the
knowledge of the President the contents
of the report of the court of inquiry
which Investigated the conditions at the
Naval Academy before final action Is
taken. That report Is an interesting doc
ument In more respects than the findings
Of the court in the individual cases
which caused its creation. Aside from
the determination Of culpability to an
extent requiring disciplinary action on
the part Of the Secretary Of the Navy.
The Washington herald., 1915-08-15
Ventilating Submarines

The subject of the ventilation of sub
marines continues to engage the atten-
ton of experts, and. as has been an
nounced in these columns. a device has
been adopted to purify the air on board
those boats during an unusual period of
submergence. The source of ventilation
nominally used in submarines is the
conning-tower hood, which is amidships.
Some circulation is obtained through the
The Washington herald., 1915-08-15
WORKING FOB SHIP PURCHASE.
sweet and McCherd 10 Gather Oats
for wfIaon Message.

Edwin r. Sweet. assistant secretary Of
the Department of Commerce, went to
Atlantic City yesterday to confer with
Commissioner McChord. Of the Inter-
state Commerce Commission. concerning
the scope of an inquiry to be undertaken
by the commission into the number Of
ships available for use by the government
for the South American trade, should
Congress pass = ship purchase act au-
fhorizing the President to. create a gov-
ernment-owned and operated merchant
marine.
+, Commissioner McChord has been de-,
sisnatsd to conduct the Investigation BY
the commission Ia cooperation With Act
Ing Secretary Sweet The data 10 to be-
collected in time for the President to lay
u before Congress- along with his recon-
negotiations FOR the ship purchase lesis-
lafion when congresa meets.
The Washington herald., 1915-08-15

been spending several weeks with Mrs
Wadsworth's father. Mr.. c. L. Walker,
in Richmond, have returned to Norfolk
Capt. and Mrs. II. p. Goddard have re-
turned to Baltimore after being guests
Of Ensign and Mrs E. A. Wills.
Mrs. Z. Smead Alvord. of Washington,
Is the guest of her son-in-law and dauyh-
ter. Ensign and Mrs. E. A. Wills
The Washington herald., 1915-08-15

value of less guns of greater caliber
and more guns of less caliber. Moth
ing has come out of the European
war to aid in the determination of
that or any of the other subjects of
battleship-d design controversy.
The Washington herald., 1915-08-15

Ssrgt Petit was assigned in charge
of the company mess. with Cooks
Bright and Bonnell on his staff
The Washington herald., 1915-08-15
D. c. N. G. Signal Corps

Sixtyfour members of the Signal
Corps company attended drill last
Tuesday night, and received instruc-
ton in making up their blanket rolls.
Private Sullivan was appointed cor
poral, and detailed as company clerk;
vice Boughton, reduced to private.
The Washington herald., 1915-08-15

There are now seventy-three enlist
ed men and three officers in the Sig
nal Corps company. and sixty-nine
men and three officers will attend
camp, with a possibility of the entire
strength being present.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1915-01-27
A SENSITIVE Point Decided

Judge 0'Neil of the circuit north OF
as, has decided that haccaleaurate
sermon and prayer at commencement
time is not Worship in the meaning of
the law At Elroy the controversy
arose, some objecting to aprayer being
offered and a sermon preached at the
time of graduation In the public schools.
The court held that prayers are offered
in legislatures and congress, these in
stances not being looked upon in relig-
ious sense. Since no particular creed
or faith is advocated at commencement
it does not infringe 1pon the statutes,
he said.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1915-01-27
No Pension nj. E. Ministers

This BUSINESS of social insurance be-
comes more and more pressing. This
time it is the Methodist ministers.
They hardly need insurance against I'M
employment as do so many other groups,
but old age pensions are urgently nee
essary if justice Is to be done them
And so, during the last week in April,
a national conference will be held in
Chicago for the purpose of crystalizing
the conscience of churcbmen on this
matter. The Methodists desire an en-
dowment fund of $40, 900, 900 that old
ministers and the widows and orphans
of others may be provided for fairly.
Surely this idea is worthy of the cause.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1915-01-27
vERsOscOUSrr coURr-Is PROBATE
Calendar for Term to be Held Tuesday
February 2. 1915

Er-ate Erastus CilIey-H Hearing of
claims.
Estate Helene Hoyerson : Hearing of
claims.
Estate E liza Johnson-Hearing claims
Estate Anne Ulland-Application for
letters of administration.
Estate Frank Drew-Application for
final settlement.
Estate Anne Halverson (Tweit) -Ap-
plication for proof of will.
Estate Mary j. Householder-Appli-
cation for final settlement.
Estate z. ~ Sayles-Application for
sale of real estate. February l6
Estate Austin Shisler-Application
for final settlement.
Estate Wenzel Mislivecek-Petition
for guardianship.
Estate Clara Bostad-Application for
administration
Estate Ensign Pettingill Hearing of
claims,