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Fergus County Democrat /OL. XII., NO. 19 LEW1S TOWN, FERGUS COUNTY, MONTANA, JANUARY 27. 1916. PRICE FIVE CENTS BRITISH LABOR WILL SUPPORT THE WAR Conference by a Great Majority Rever ses its Former Attitude Regarding the War by Pledging to Assist. BRISTOL, Jan. 26.—(8 p. m.i—Brit ish organized labor, on the first day of a conference which has attracted world-wide attention, outvoted the ex treme socialist anti-war section and adopted two resolutions expressing a resolve to carry the war through. Jas. Ramsey McDonald, socialist and lead er member of parliament for Leicester, and Philip Snowden, socialist member for Blackburn, tried to persuade the delegates to vote against the motions, but when requested to define their position clearly they made evasions and were unable to convince the con ference. One representative of the socialist section, when asked to state the terms on which the socialists would have participated in a voluntary recruiting campaign, asserted: "On no terms." The conference is a most compre hensive one. A large section of labor and commerce attended, while seated on the platform, were two French socialist deputies and Robert Apple garth, one of the three founders of trades unionism in Great Britain. George James Wardle, member of ___...____ ... parliament for Stockport and editor ; of Railway Review, demanded an ex | pression for or against carrying on j the war and it was after that the con i vention responded by carrying the vital resolutions, which decided the! issue of the conference by large ma | jerities favoring labor's co-operation j with the authorities to bring about a j victorious ending of the war. i i BRITISH STATEMENT. LONDON, Jan. 26.—(10:36 p. m.)—j The British official communication, i issued tonight, says: "Yesterday 27 hostile aeroplanes j were encountered and three captive j balloons were attacked by our avia tors. Two of the aeroplanes and two ( balloons were forced down. All our ; machines returned safely. j "Last night there was a hostile ■ bombardment about Loos and also i some activity with grenades near Hul- . luch and Ouinchy. Today the shelling I stum. Loos oor.nnued. The-eaetny has shown artillery activity between Fro- ■ melles and Wez-Marquert. Our ar-1 . "T. r .o. ar '. n,ortars have replied j I I actively." ASSOCIATED PRESS RESUME. Hostilities on all fronts having for I the moment subsided to unimportant j proportions, the political aspect of the \var again has assumed the chief role of discussion. The British parliament ts discussing what steps shall be taken to make more rigid the government's plan of keeping goods of all kinds from being imported or exported by Ger many; British labor has decided, by an overwhelming majority, to support the government to the full of the I prosecution of war; the German am bassador at Washington has present ed the American government a draft of a note concerning the sinking of the steamer Lusitania, which is be lieved to meet all the American de mands on this iBsue, and which, if accepted by the German government, will end the controversy. Great Britain has answered tenta tively tlie American protest against the delayiug of mails, but will reply more fully to the representations when France has signified her approval of Great Britain's attitude. Simultane ously comes the announcement that in future French warships will aid tlie British navy in blockading the Eng lish channel and the North sea and will take part in tlie examination of mails as well as cargoes. Hand-to-hand fighting between the French and Germans, near Neuville, occurred when the French tried to re take trenches captured from them by the Germans. Berlin reports that all the attacks were repulsed. The French, however, have taken from tlie Germans mine craters they had occu pied several days ago and in mining operations in the Argonne forest have destroyed German trenches. On tlie Aust.ro-Italian front, Italian positions near Oslavia have been cap tured by the Austrians, who made prisoners of 45 officers and 1,197 men, according to Vienna. The Turks claim that another at says Bulgarians, invading Albania, have met defeat at the hands of Al banian troops led by EsBand Pasha, i provisional president'of Albania, who is co-operating with tlie entente allies. The British house of lords has passed the third reading of tlie mili tary service bill. NEW CONTEST CASE. One new contest action found its way to the record book in the contest department of the local landoffice yes terday, witli George C. Cook of Wini fred appearing as the contestant and Henry Fram of the same place a s the contestee. Abandonment is alleged. Charles Anderson represents the con test''tit. Tho contest was suspended, pending presentation of waiver of coal rights. CONVENTION OF THE FERGUS UNION OF THE AMERCAN SOCIETY OF EQUITY. OFFICERS CHOSENIoR THE TEAR i j Tlie Fergus County union of the American Society of Equity met Fri day in convention at the farmers' room at tile court house. While ad verse weather conditions and heavy roads cut the attendance down consid erably, the room was filled. Four teen locals were represented. Ad dresses were made by B. C. White of Buffalo, John McVay of Great Falls, Mr. Norton of Missoula and others. Mr. Lawrence of the Trades Union i " ounc ' 1 spoke on co-operation between '* la farmers unions and the trades unions. Discussion on farm products, mar keting and questions of general inter ost, including the farm loan measure recently introduced in congress by Representative Moss of Indiana, held the attention of the delegates, Te report of the committee on in dustrial relations was also discussed and a resolution was adopted urging the Montana representatives in con gress to use their influence to have his printed for general distribution, The representatives in congress were also urged to use their influence In securing the passage of the Moss farm loan bill. It was the unanimous view of those in attendance that the enactment of this measure into law would operate to the great benefit of he fanners of the country, Among the reports presented were those from different cooperative ele vators throughout the county, show i ng a profitable and successful busi-| ness done by all, and it was decided j tliat by orgaj^jng a n c j> the farmers' elevators) j n the state under one man-1 agement, better results can be cured. The Officers. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year: R. L. Thornp er; B. C. White, O. Lucier, James W. Stoner, legislative committee. Twelve delegates were chosen to the conven tion/ to be held at Great Falls March 6 a'nd 7. The American Society of Benchland, president; B. E. Blackman, Moccasin, vice president; Joe Vaneki Bro oks, secretary treasur " ™" , AmRrl ?" BOC,ely Eql,,ty ' U was shov/n ' ha(l eujoyed (substantial growth in tlie county dur-1 ing the past year and now numbers some 30 locals. Thee nvention was very interesting > from the viewpoint of the farmer. was evident that the farmers of the county are intensely interested in all phases of their business. The discus sions were animated and continued from 10 a. in. until near midnight, the evening session being hold in the din -1 ing room of the Bright hotel. ---------{)---------- , BIS3EE IN NEW LOCATION. ^ ; K <1 Bisliee. proprietor of the Big | Bear buffet, one of tlie most elaborate establishments of the kind in central Montana, has just opened for business iu his new location on Main street, between Second and Third avenues, being in the room formerly occupied by the Star Clothing store. Mr. Bis bee lias had tlie room renovated and neatly fitted up for his business. The interior presents a very attractive view, having the appearance of a; museum, owing to tlie large number! of valuable mounted heads and ani-i mals decorating the walls. Mr. His-1 bee lias one of the largest collections of this kind in tlie state, there being some very fine specimens in the lot. In the small room next door to the Big Bear's now location, A. \V. Ileinke is fitting up his up-to-date tailoring shop and clothing store. TWO CONTESTS FILED. Yesterday, in the local United States land office, two contests were filed.' involving homestead entries and abnn-i donment being alleged in each in not been complied with. O. 1 \\ ar p®U ,s u "* to ™f y r *■ °* e " a - attorney tor Nicholas (*■ Bast <,f Hoosaie, who filed contest against the filing of Bernard O. Val entine. in 9-17-15. —-----O— -- MYSTERY CLEARED UP. BILLINGS, Jan. 24. - Mystery con cerning tlie whereabouts of Maria Maras, a 14-year-old Mexican girl un iter way from Trinidad. Colo., to tii Home o fthe Good Shepherd at Hel ena, lias teen cleared up by a message from the Catholic bishop at Trinidad, establishing that a girl in charge el the local humane officer is the miss ing youngster. She hud lost her Ucket aml been pul oW a train near bere , bll t as there \xns nothing to identify her and she speak- uo Eng lish , officers .tad n.. : !*•„ who she wa The girl was sc u on her journey tu Helena tonight. IS FOR I FORGERY L °ONE 'yEAI^TO G EKfHTEEN° M MONTHS IN THE PEN. DEGREE ENTERED III THE DIXON CASE brought Louis Dieziger, who hack from Helena last week on a forgery charge and who entered a plea of guilty a few days ago, was yesterday sentenced by Judge Hoy K. Ayers to from one year to eighteen kSgXSup in the penitentiary. Dieziger §38|§P the signature of Henry Often BBSKSieck for $40. cashing the check, and til is was tile specific charge against him, although it was not his only offense of the kind. The Dickson Case. In the case of William S. Dickson against Florence Dickson, Judge Ayers yesterday entered a decree do i daring the two children wards ot j the court and giving the defendant the custody of them for 9 months in each i year, the plaintiff to have ttie cus | tody of the children 3 months in each vear. The judge granted a decree of Nitschke Released. W. H. Nitschke, ilie salesman who has been employed at the Sweitzer department store, arrested Tuesday on j | a charge of petit larceny, it being al leged that lie disposed of an overcoat from the stock without making any accounting to the store, la-t evening gave bonds in the sum of $500 before Judge B. H. Foley and was released. Just as Nitschke was released, a "John Doe," charged with potit larceny in connection with the same transaction, was arrested by Chief E. W. Ray and taken to the county jail Hyatt Bound Over. Lake Hyatt was yesterday bound ______________________________ against Florence Dickson, Judge Roy Ayers Tuesday allowed the dofeml ant additional attorneys' fees, witness se-jfeets, etc., amounting to $371. In the case of Scovel against the divorce and awarded tile defendant j one-half of the property of the plain-1 tiff for the use of the children. This j leaves the children under control of the court at all times. I The Dickson divorce case was tried Oetobed 25. both parties asking for t I decree. The jury found that both. were entitled to a divorce and the j ren of the findings made a sort of .1 j dog fall. Ilie children not being awarded to either parent. over to the district court by Justice of the Peace Brassey. to be tried dn grand yarceuy charge, for selling mortgaged property. Hyatt was brought back to this county from Mount Vernon, Ohio, by Sheriff Tul iock about two weeks ago on this charge. In District Court. Iij the divorce case ol W. S, Dickson city, the demurrer was withdrawn and 20 days allowed to answer. In the matter of the estate of Anna Myer, deceased, a decree of distribu tion was made. Montana M. Brown and others have brought suit against the Emerson Brantinghani Implement company for $1,040 and certain notes cancelled. The plaintiffs brought a traction engine and hand lift gang plow whlcli they | claim were not as represented. The j amount sought to be recovered repre- j sents payments made upon the pur ! ---------------jtime (Continued on Page Four.) It;____ -1 ANOTHER CLASH WITH MEXICANS BROWNSVILLE, Tex., Jan. 26. - Three American artillerymen and one cavalryman were drowned today when three United States army lieutenants und 14 privates invaded Mexico, oppo site Progreso, Tex., in an unsuccessful attempt to rescue Privates William C. Wheeler and Biggo Pederson of Bat tery I), Fourth field artillery, who swam across the Ilto Grande while bathing and were captured by two -------- -------------- ------- 26.—The news NEWSPAPERS RULE WORLD SECRETARY DANIELS TELLS EDI TORS THEY OUGHT TO GO SLOW IN TIME OF CRISIS. NEW YORK, Jan. pressing tt into hasty action," Josephus Daniels, secretary of the navy, de flared in a letter to the Brooklyn Press club, read tonight at a meeting of the organization, held to celebrate the opening of new quarters. "In a time of crisis," the secretary wrote, "whan a false step on the part 0 f the government might plunge the country into war, war which might have been averted bv a little prelimin ary exercise of reason, the press of the country must preforce restrain it itself, it must not rush into prenta ture publication." Secretary Daniels said that "this country would perish without a free press," but that so far as possible, Anierlcan newspapers "ought to sup port the foreign policy of a president, whatever party be in power, in times of grave international crises." PRESIDENT'S ADDRESSES T0N,GHT HE W,LL SPEAK IN NEW YORK ON PREPAREDNESS FOR NATIONAL DEFENSE. WASHINGTON. Jan. 26.—President Wilson left tonight for New York, where tomorrow night he will deliver the first of a series of addresses lay ring before the country the issue of preparedness for national defense. Be fore starting lie held final conferences with administration leaders in con gress and cabinet members regarding Ratlroad Business association will es CO rt him to his hotel. At noon he will receive a delegation from the pro -1 New York | lu desire Federation of Cliurehe to present an address in appreciation of his efforts In behalf peace. Mr. Wilson probably will )res |de respond briefly The opening gun for preparedness m be fired liv the president at the annual banquet of the Railroad Busi ness association. He lias prepared his address carefully, but may depart from | lis printed text in order to in clu(le Boni( , additional word on na tional preparedness. Later in the eve nlng Mr. Wilson will speak before a banquet of the Motion Picture Board of Trade of America. He is expected hopeful that his legislative program tlie speeding up of the legislativ gram at the capitol. „. , The president will arrive m New ork at 6 o'clock tomorrow morning. but will remain on his private car until o'clock, when a committee from tile to mention the Mexican and European situations in both addresses. Leaving at midnight tomorrow, the nt will arrive here early Friday morning. Mrs. Wilson, Secretary Tu multy and Dr. t'nry T. Grayaon will accompany him. Friday the president will make fur ther effort to get the views of leaders of tlie senate and house of the pro posed ship purchase bill, the tariff commission, tlie Philippine bill and other measures lie wauls passed as soon as possible. At tlie cabinet meet ing the results of his interviews with senators and representatives -will be disclosed. lie is understood to lie will be passed by congress In time* for adjournment in June. The president hus mapped out the addresses he will deliver during ills western trip on which he will leave Friday night. Each of tlie speeches, •he first of which will be delivered Saturday morning in Pittsburg, will be different. The only changes in Hie plan for tlie triji today, was the addition of a pub lis meeting in St. Louis and the ar rangement for "platform speeches" in several towns in Wisconsin, Illinois. Kansas, and Iowa. REPORT LACKS CONFIRMATION. EL PASO, Texas, Jail. 26.—Confirm ation was lacking tonight of a report from Western Chihuahua that the bodies of Benjamin Snell and Frank Woods, American cowboys, have been found west of Cusiliuirlachlc. The cowboys were last heard of a week ago, when they were reported as trav eling toward Guerrero, to rescue Dr. David Kramer, who had hid in the mountains after being wounded hy bandits. With the cowboys at tlie were Roy and John Kramer, sons Dr. Kramer. ____________ 'armed Mexican civilians. The Americans crossed under cross-fire from the American and Mex ican side, but no one was killed or wounded by the gunfire. Lieutenant J. K. Mort, commanding Battery I), Fourth field artillery, and Lieutenants Payton and Waldron of the same bat tery were ordered arrested tonight by Major General Funston Colonel E. H. Plummer, commanding the Twenty-eighth infantry at Mission. Tex., was instructed to send a Held officer to Progreso at once. Progreso is 33 miles west of Brownsville. Major General Funston reported the occurrence to Colonel J. R. Quintinilla, commanding on the Mexican side in tin* absence of General Alfredo Kicaut. Colonel Quintinilla said there was no Mexican partol opposite Progreso, but immediately telegraphed the Carranza commander at Rio Bravo, Mexico, nine miles south of Progreso, to send a de tachment »f troops to the rescue of Privates Wheeler and Pederson. According to reports received here late tonight the trouble started when four members of Battery D stripped Rio Grande at them, Wheeler taken prisoners! an civilians and marched into the interior. The other | wo 80 )<Jiers swam hack to the Amer lean side, several shots being fired rronl the 80Uthern si(ie of ^ rlver Nearly an hour later Lieutenant Mort, Payton and Waldron, with 12 artillerymen and one cavalryman, swam the river under protection of gunfire from the American side. On Mexican shore they are said to have searched two Mexican houses The bodies of UlP follr drowned sol rtlers havf> no , been recovered, Major General Funston said to n j Kbt tb e blame apparently rested with persons on the American side without finding any trace of Wheeler and Pederson. On their return to the American side an hour later, they were fired upon 10 or 12 times by men in the brush. Reports at midnight said the fate of Wheeler and Pederson still was un ASSOCIATE JUSTICE SIDNEY SAN NER IS INVITED TO BE PRESENT. TO OCCUR NEXT SATURDAY NIGHT Preliminary preparations have The annual banquet of the For us County Bar association promises to lipse all former efforts of this kind son lar toward assuring the snoot's:- of this affair, which will take place i < .\t Saturday evening in Lcwistown. the exact place for holding the banquet not having been decided on yet. This matter will hi ettlcd at a commiitet meeting Lida.,. Judge Sautter, associate just ire. on „.e MonUlna su , )tvme c01h rt . one!., has been extended an invitation to he present and to deliver the pritt address of the evening. No a: eeptance has yet been rereived front hint, but it is thought that he will lie here. Ex-.ludge E. K. ('beadle, who hears the distinction of having no sun -nor in Montana as a toastmaster, will of ficiate in that capacity for * hi i oc casion. The committee having tlie arrange ment in charge consists of Attorneys ('. .1. Marshall, II. I,. DeKulb and E, (!. Worden. They spent a busy day \cs terday outlining tlie program end at tending to other matters in cornier tion therewith. It. von Tobel of this city is presi dent of the county association ami .1 ('. 11 ant oon is the secretary. - — o-------- LAND GRANT BILL. The Kulispell Chamber of Commerce writes the local chamber asking that the latter pass resolutions supporting senute bill 2381, introduced by Mr Meyers, providing that, a grant of land be convoyed to Arizona. Colorado, Idaho, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming and Montana of 250,000 acres of unreserved, non-mineral, sur veyed public lands, the proceeds of sales of which shall he UHed solely for the purpose of constructing, repairing and maiiintninlng public wagon roads. -----O— : --- FILLING UP WITH ICE. Tlie ice and coal industries are I lie busy ones in Lewistown at the pres ent time. Abel Bros, are putting 600 tons of ice in Iheir cold storage plant, and will be through with this work in a few days. They will then start hauling their wheat, to market, hav ing not yet sold any of their large crop. Prices just now are very fnv orable. K. P. BANQUET. Tlie entertainment committee of Ju dith lodge No. 30, K. of P„ arranged for an entertainment and banquet.! to lie given in honor of the new knights. The affair will take place on the night of February 17. The program will lie in tlie nature of a surprise for those who attend and all knights will he assured a good time MURDERED WITH AX. NEW YORK, Jan. 26.—Mrs. Rebecca Pullman, 50 years old, said to he the wife of a Chicago business man, and her daughter, Mrs. Gertrude Bazeli, 25 years old, were found dead in a room liere tonight with their skulls frac tured. A blood-stained ax was found beneath a lied In tlie room. men not to cross tii ,,r (t,o „„,i ,i,„, i i ,i ( a tho ^a trictest* oXr^t^omcerl a^ Rio Grande in any circumstances Bad feeling has existed between between Mexicans and Americans in tlie Pro greso district since last summer, when there were many conflicts tl.ore duriug Mexican bandit operations. Two American soldiers were in that vicinity. FLOODS IN OKLAHOMA DOWNTOWN STREETS OF M'ALES TER ARE SWIFT RIVERS AFTER HOURS OF RAIN. M'ALESTER, Oklu., Jan. 26. This town was in darkness tonight, scores of residences and business houses were flooded by a torrential rain late klllcd today. and in tlie confusion of reinov ing more than 100 families from their water periled homes it was feared least three persons had been drowned, Downtown streets became swift riv ers after five hours of rain, which had not ceased late tonight. Drain age system were incapable of caring, for the precipitation with the result that the water began to pour into the dwellings and tsore rooms, forcing the tenantsto move to upper stories. Sand creek running through tin* heart of tlie town, was ou tof Its banks and rutting of ftravel between different parts of the town. Tlie elec-1 tric light plant was deluged with six feet of water. ------ O------ 38 BELOW AT HELENA. HELENA. Jan. 26. It is 38 degrees below zero at 11:30 o'clock tonight and Hie mercury still falling. CHIEF OF ORDNANCE SUB MITS ESTI MATE What it Would Cost U. S. to Keep Army of Million Men in Field and Equip an Additional Million Recruits. FINISH TODAY WILL DELIVER FOUR ADDRESSES SPEAKING AT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH TONIGHT. LARGE AUDIENCE LAST EVENING 00000000900000000 11:15 ii Atldress Ii 1:15 p, school. 2:34 p. of high s< iligli school: of high school. At Hawthorne llllnl. O | \ddress to girls 0 | 01 OI q ! q | 00000 9 00000000000 ____ irrered church: Subji of the Child." At Presbyterian ict, " Tlie Rights lii No greater proof could of tlie genuine Interest that t'lirales Barker lots created in Lewis town Until the fact that with tlie tnm perature al 25 degrees below zero tlie Presbyterian church was crowded to lie doors last evening to hoar him give his famous leciire: "How to Live a Hundred Yeurt:." And if tlieye are not all centenarians it won't lie his fntill because lie insructed them explicitly. He stated Unit in his experiences of giving this lecture during Ilie past two iml one half yeurs he had perhaps been brought in contact with more people nearing the hundred.year mark than other en because every community, made it it point to have their citizens over 90 years mot him personally. On questioning them it was exceptional I when lie did not find Unit they followed In some way or other the , very courses that he advocates, espn- | -daily cllnilnal.inn of meai. from ttye i diet dry frictional rubbing of Ihe skin | and above all u total abstinence from | worry. Pure Blood the Baeie. The lecture lust evening was ex ceedlngly practical, giving the most ef fective methods, as l*r. Ibtrker lias found, for the prevention ot disease and the prolongation of life. The greatest men of science in Ihe piiKt 15 years have agreed, he maintains. Hint impurity of the blood is tlie cause for almost every contraction of iliH ease. It Is, therefore, the duty of every individual who desires good health, lo get his blood into condition. Tills can he done through tlie funr tions of four organs, especially lungs, tlie skin, the intestines and the kidneys. The lungs are supposed to Inhale ■all Ihe ogygcn that tlie body requires and exhale lie carbon di oxide which is poisonous to the system. If the lungs are prevented for reasons of minimum expansion to perform their ; functions, they should he trained throtigh a form of breathing exercises, The skin is composed of millions of minute pores which should excrete 'r 1 '" WaS '" S 'T 'T,?' V™**" , iou ev, ' r v moment, and If these are (logged, thul whkIo must he kept in 'he blood. Exercise should again be employed to open the pores and allow i I i i I | | j ■ t'he ' j I I j them to throw off wastes und poisons The intestines are perhaps the most important of all in their functional re lation to pure blood, and and for a healthy condition of these organs Dr. Barker advocates five tilings to ho observed, collectively. First, a glass of hot. water with a bit of table salt, every morning, followed bv a glass of cold water; second, a course of ab dominal exercises to bring nte muscles into action: third, a system of diet which banishes meat of all kinds, and includes whole wheal bread, cereals, fruits, vegetables and buttermilk or sour milk: fourth, the drinking of from eight to ten glasses of water per day, and fifth, the juice of an orange, a raw apple, dates or figs before re tiring at night. The kidneys should lie kept in condition by exercising the muscles in the region in which they lie. A Demonstration. proceeded to give a deimmsralion of tlie kinds of exercises he advocates, * n number, grouped for specific application. But before this interesting exhibition he gave a parting admoni thill to his audience to cultivate, above «*' things, the habit of not worrying R 10t» years is a desirable lifetime, Also he repeated Hie five simple rules lie gave on Sunday night by which worry may lie eliminated, Afternoon Talk. At 4 o'clock yesterday alternoon Dr. Barker gave an informal talk to the Parent-Teacher association at the t'hristinn church. About 150 were pres ent wim were much interested in his 'discussion of pre-natal influence, the information of sex matters, a problem I of the home rather than the school. [and how best to meet this problem, His addresses today will lie made to jtlie school children. • As on (wo or throe occasions in this city before. Dr. Barker took off his! •oat at the end or his lecture and WASHINGTON. .Ian. 26. Estimates were given tlie senate military com mittee today by Brigadier General Crnzier, chief of ordnance, allowing that plant costing $400,000,000 oper ated liv a force of 750,000 workmen, would lie required to manufacture am munition and war materials necessary to keep an army of a million men In •he fiel,| and equip an additional mil lion recruits. General ('cozier strongly disapprov ed any proposal for government mo nopoly of the manufacture of war sup plies. insisting that best results could he accomplished by relying upon pri vate establishments to supplement the nut put of government plants iu time of war. The committee received today front Secretary Garrison a draft of a ten Citatlve measure suggested by Senator Chamberlain, chairman of the com mittee. which would provide for the authorization of the proposed conll nentnl tinny in general terms only. leaving the details of the proposej system to he worked out by war de part merit regulations. Tlie original draft of a Dili submitted by the war department, contained an outline of tlie entire system. Mr. Garrison pointed out to the congressional com mittees, when lie appeared before them, however. Hint as the plan large ly was an experimental one. It would he wiso to give the president wide discretionary powers to meet prob lems which only could he solved in the light of experience yet to be gained. Senator Chamberlain has prepared a tentative hill dealing only with in creases for the regular army and it. is assumed the general authority con templated in the brief section unbuilt led today by Ilie secretary Is Intended to be Inserted Into the Chamberlain hill. It provides that men of the con tinental army shall receive not nmre titan three months' training In anv had'year, while serving with the colors, or , more Ilian six months' training in all | during their three years of active i | General Crnzfer amplified today tes tlmony already presented before the old pattern weapons already had been sent abroad, none of the many hun ; dreds of thousands of modern rifles ordered had yet been delivered. Ar tillery ammunition, he added, would not start abroad in hulk for some time and the number of small calibre field " 0t " n *" r *e Pointing out that practically all the public nnd large private munition house committee to show the Inade quney of present reserve stores for the army. Ordnance equipment for an army of i 250,000 lias been assembled and the country is in better position in this i respect than at any time since the close of tlie Civil war. hp said, but. I even this Rives no security, in view of the time required to produce gun* | nnd ummuniHon in Hie quantities the | European war had shown to he neces j sary. ■ Only powder has been deliverer) to tlie European belligerents in any eon ' oMorable quantities up to this time j by American plants. General Crosier I explained, although orders for many kinds of weupons and ammunition I were placed more than a year ago. j The largest orders, he said, were for military rifles and while 100,000 or so plants of tlie United States are sit uated close to the Atlantic seaboard and within striking distance by any enemy In esse of invasion, the gen eral urged that some provision ba made by congress to foster develop ment of private plants in future in the interior. Brigadier General Weaver, chief of coast artillery, also reviewed before tlie committee statements previously presented lo the house committee. While the fixed coast defenses of the United States are the best In the world, lie said, they are inadequately manned and some provision is neces sary also for protection of the coast line between permanent forts by means of mobile artillery of heavy calibre. Before the military and naval com mittees today the condition of the country as to drugs that would be necessary In great quantity in war time was brought out by the surgeon generals of the army and nary. Both agreed that supplies of quinine and opium might be completely shut off R »*>«• United States became Involved in war that that great stores of thoae drugs should be accumulated In times of peace. Surgeon General Gor ges of Hie army said certain drug supplies were being obtained from Germany and Austria "sab roea." but In- did not go into details. He said the army now was equip|>ed with re serve medical stores to last a force of 250,Out) men a year. NAVY'S NEEDS. WASHINGTON, Juu. 26.—Materia! enlargement of the navy's hospital fa cilities was urged upon the house na val committee as imperative by Sur geon General Braisted, who testified today at a hearing on the naval ap propriation bill. He said on increase of shout 1,000 men iu the boapttel corps was needed and that a new mod ern hospital ship and ibprovemenU iu (Continued ou Page Eight.)