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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1907. BREAKS when the Deutschland again wrested the honors as the fastest ship afloat by clipping off three minutes from the record time of the Kronprlns Wilhelm. The Deutschland made this remark-, able voyage at an average' speed of 23.15 'knots an hour. Through an error In transmission, the yVssociated Press dispatch published in yesterday's Oregonian read that the dis tance traveled by the Lusitania In the 24 hours ending at noon Thursday was 993 miles. This Is an average of over 41 miles an hour. The distance actually was 593 miles, an average of 24.7 miles an hour. But Lusitania Does Not Equal Speed of Deutschland and Kaiser. RECORD . . . . . . '- - ' ' ENGLISH I v j Sch ww Man 'da WAS NOT PUSHED TO LIMIT When She Is, Her Captain Says She Will Be Emprexs of Sea Aver age Speed 23.01 Knot's An Ovation In New York. TRIP OF THE M'MTASIA. Time QuMnntown to New Tork, 6 days 54 minute. instance. 2782 mile. Average speed. 23.01 Vnots 2(1.48 miles an hour. Previous record. QTieenstom-n to New Tork, by kucania, S ' days T hours 23 minutes. Fastest average run -across At lantic made by Kaiser Wllhclm II, 2.18 knots an hour. KKW YORK, Sept. 13. The giant turbine steamer Lusitania, of the Cunard'llne, came into port today rn nor maiden voyage with a new record of 5 day, 54 minutes between Queens town and New York. The Lusitania failed to lower the hourly speed aver age of 23. 68 knots made by the Kaiser Wilhelm II, of the North German Lloyd line, though she covered the distance between ports In an average of 23.01 knotH. which is a record for a maiden voyage. Captain Watt said that, when the time comes for record-breaking after her machinery is in thorough or der, the Lusitania will be the empress of the seas. The Lusitania, the largest ship afloat, was given a royal welcome on her arrival here today, and it ws a continued ovation from the time she sped past Sandy Hook light vessel and made her way through the Ambrose channel, the first ocean liner to enter the new fairway, , until she was safely warped into her d6ck. Vever Reached Top Speed. - The Lusitania was never pushed to her top speed during the entire voy age, according to her officers. She en-i countered pleaaant weather from port to port, and arrived here almost at the hour designated by the directors of the Cunard line. Vernon H. Brown, American repre sentative of the Cunard line, said: "The Lusitania burned considerably less than 1000 tons of coal a day in making 23 knots. Her engines worked perfectly, and there was not a hot bearing during the entire trip. When going at high speed, the screws made 1S5 revolutions a minute." Beats Lucania's Speed. The Liu-itania left Queenstown. the nearest trans-Atlantic port to New York, at J2:10 P. M. Sunday, ana arrived at the Sandy Hook lightship at 8:05 A. M. today, making the time for the trip five days and b4 minutes.. This Is six hours and 23 minutes better than the previous Queens-town-New York record of five days, seven hours and 23 minutes, held by the Lu canla, of the same line. The day'sruns in miles were: 566, 675, 670, 693 and 483. While the Lusitania has made a, new record for the time and passengers actually on board ship, she has not beaten the average speed per hour recorded, both the Kaiser Wilhelm II, which has made 23.68 knots per hour from New York to Plymouth, and the Deutschland, with a record of 2t.l5 knots per hour to Plymouth, having made better time. Given Welcome in Harbor. The new ship was decked with flags and bunting when she made her appearance off Sandy Hook this morning, her four big red funnels lending color to the pic ture, which was marred by the prevailing haze. A good sight of the beautiful ves sel was had from shore for only a short while. Her passengers lined the railings and crowded the different decks of the large vessel, waving handkerchiefs and American and British flags. The marine observatory stations on shore dipped their flags in salute, other vessels in the lower bay blew their whistles In greeting, and the Lusltanla's blue ensign was constant ly lowered and raised again in acknowl edgement of the reception given her. She steamed slowly up the bay for- the new Ambrose channel, dug especially for ves sels of great draft, and which she will be the first to use in entering the port of New York The plolt who had the honor of bring ing the LuVitania through the Ambrose Channel today is Frank Kramer, of the Sandy Hook Pilots' Association. For years he has been piloting vessels of great draft in and out of this port. Kramer puided the Caronoa outUhrough the tew channel two weeks ago. The Lusltanla's passengers Included Robert Balfour, M. P.. Mrs. Potter Pal mer, Robert 1 Goelet, Mrs. Richard Croker and several officials of the Cunard line. The steamer Lucania, from Liver pool for New York, passed Nantucket at 4:40 A. M. today. She will prob ably dock about 7:30 A. M. Saturday. Other Record-Breakers. Sixty-one years ago the little steam ship Europa, a Cunard liner, crossed from Liverpool to New York In 11 days and 3 hours. Her performance was heralded to the four corners of the earth, for she had broken the record of 14 days made by the steamer Great Western eight years be fore in 1838. The Lucania's record of 5 days, 7 hours, 23 minutes, made from Queens town to New York In 1894. was not broken until the Lusitania arrived to day. The Lucania on that trip made an average epeed of 21.81 knots over a course of 2779 miles. The steamer St. Paul, of the Amer ican line, in 1896 made the voyage from Southampton to New York, 3050 miles, in 6 days, 81 minutes. Then the North German Lloyd Company built the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, which in 1897 hung up a record or 6 days, 22 hours, 35 minutes from Southampton to New York. The Kaiser in 1899 steamed from Cherbourg, France, to New York. 3050 miles, in 6 days, 18 hours, 15 minutes, and in the eame year In 5 days, 17 hours, 17 minutes. The Hamburg American line steamship Deutschland In 1900 made the distance from Cher bourg to New York in 5 days. 12 hours, 29 minutes, and next year lowered her own record by 6 minutes. The Kronprinz Wilhelm slipped across the Atlantic, in 1902 In 5 days, 11 hours and 57 minutes, which was tho banner record until the next year. BEATS RECORD FROM HAVRE La Provence Clips Over an Hour Off Own Time. NEW YORK, Sept. 13. The trans-Atlantic steamship record from Havre to New York, which has been held by the French line steamer La Provence for a year, was broken by that steamer today when she arrived at New York. La xro vence completed the run across the long course of 3140 miles from Havre today In 6 days, one hour, and two minutes. The previous record for that course, held by the La Provence was 6 days, 2 hoursj 15 minutes. La Provence's average speed for the entire run ended today was 22.0S nautical miles per hour. LOST ON JOURNEY EAST HARRIMAX OFFICIAIi DISAP PEARS IN" STRAXGE WAV. Wrote Incoherent Letter on August 31 From Oakland, but Xever Arrived In Chicago. CHICAGO, Sept. IS. Matthew Hudson, an officer of the Southern Pacific rail road, is missing and his relatives be lieve him to be dead. At his residence, 489 Fifty-fourth Place, his wife Is mini terlng to the needs of herhusband's dying father, Richard Hudson, who is suffering from a paralytic stroke brought on by the shock of the disappearance of the son. It is believed that Mr. Hudson wandered away from his office in Oakland, Cal., while in a demented condition on August 31, which -was the day he was to start for his home. On that hay he mailed a let ter to his wife, in which he told in" In coherent sentences that he intended to start home as quickly as he could ar range his affairs. Since then he has not been heard from. Three months ago Mr. Hudson quit the Illinois Central Rail road to take a position with the Southern1 Pacific in California . QUESTION TO BE SETTLED Attorney-General to Give Opinion About Puget Sound Drydock. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Sept. 13. Secretary Metcalf will ask Attorney-General Bonaparte- for an opinion as to whether or not he can award the contract for the new drydock at the Puget Sound Navy-yard, In view of the fact that all bids exceed the ap propriation. Recently '11 bids were rejected, but Senator Piles is insistent that the matter be reopened and, if the Department of Justice holds the contract can be award ed for an Incomplete dock, work will be gin In the near future. Otherwise con struction must wait until a new appro priation can be 'secured. CREATES ANOTHER. RESERVE Two Million Acres to Be Set Aside in Southeastern Alaska. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, Sept. 13. The President has creat ed another forest reserve In Southeastern Alaska, with an area of 2,000,000 acres. It will be known as the New Tongass Na tional Forest Reserve and will be adminis tered by Supervisor W. A. Langille, of Hood River, Or. The reserve will protect forests along the Portland Canal and from the head of Pearse Inlet to th-? mouth of the Unuk River. Its creation was recommended by" Governor Huggatt. The Secretary of the interior has ap- proved a patent to the Northern Pacific of 41,475 acres of land, included in list 163, In Washington. . DREDGE ALASKA SHIP CHANNEL Contract Awarded for Work on St. Michael Bay. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, D. C, Sept. 13. The contract was today awarded the Northern American Dredging Company, of Seat tle, for dredging a six-foot channel from St. Michael Bay to the present, ship canal at the mouth of the Yukon, the contract price being $256,650. This was the only bid received, and covers about one-half the work neces sary to complete the project, which Is Intended to make safer the trans fer of freight from ocean vessels to Yukon River steamers. The high cost is attributed to the fact that much of the excavation is in frozen mud. An . additional appropriation must be secured before the project can be completed. Teach Military Tactics. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington. Sept. 13. Captain Harry B. Mid hell. Third Field Artillery, is detailed as professor of military science in tactics at the State College of Washington at Pullman. Washington Postmaster. OREGON M N NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington. D. C. Sept. IX Sarah E. Brewer has been appointed postmaster at Alpowa, Wash., vice Andrew Lee. reaigned. LET ONLY FITTEST SURVIVE Dr. Jordan Says World Would Be Better for Big Drouth. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Cal., Sept. 13. President Jordan, of the university, speaking to the new class of freshmen, advanced the doctrine that the world would be better off if two-thirds of the people died every 15 years. "If we could have a great drouth every 15 years or so," said the educa tor, "killing off two-thirds of the popu lation, and great care were taken to see that the best third, mentally, mor ally and physically, were preserved, what a magnincentr race of people we should have." President Jordan's theory was drawn from a. study of the great sheepraising Industry of Australia, which he lately visited. ' "The desert atmosphere extends over the sheepraising country, and there is often a drouth. Many sheep die. but those that are left are the finest in the world, and the raisers get more money for "them." Child' sDresses$L19 A welcome announcement that means a saving of time and money with girls from 6 to 14, who must be gotten ready for school. These smart little 'frocks are made of shep herd plaid materials, in sailor styles, trimmed with two rows of braid'. Finished with collar, dickey tie and cuffs. They are mighty good values when we sell them at $1.50 each, but we are going to sell 72 of them today at a much lower fig ure. Come early and have first choice . $1.19 Buy School Needs Here at Special Prices Today Shoes for School Wear ' For boys and girls that give their shoes hard wear and want a shoe that will give best service, we're well pre pared in stock and selection. We've by far the largest stock of Children's Shoes in all Portland, and we sell them at prices that show unusually good values. BOYS' SHOES, of good, heavy, soft box calf, with' heavy soles, which are strengthened for wear with metal quilting. Boys' sizes come in 22 to. p 5Vfc; price, the pair pi UU YOUTHS' SIZES, 13y2 to 0 Qf Little Gents' Shoes, sizes f 1 ff 2, price, the pair. pl.OU sy2 to 13, the pair npx,JV MISSES' AUK) YOUNG LADIES' SAFETY SHOES, in . vici kid or patent leather, in either lace, blueher or button style; sizes 2'2 to 7, g gQ Misses', sizes 114 to 2, pair ..552.10 Child's, sizes 5 to 8, pair $1.49 Child's, sizes 8y2 to 11, pair ..$1.79 In addition to the shoes specially mentioned here, we have a full line of cheaper shoes, in many grades and styles. We have rubbers to fit all styles, and polishes to keep them clean and bright. We pay particular attention to the fitting of growing feet. Child's Gloves for Fall A goodly assortment in kid or golf styles. Modestly priced, for every-day wear, are the best gloves made, and those, too, are marked low enough. We have the kid gloves in the Dent style or the genuine Dent. Chil dren's and misses' kid gloves are priced at O ff $1.25, $1.50, $1.75 and 11 CHILDREN'S GOLF GLOVES, tho pair, 35tf and 50' College and School Hats Chic, jaunty styles in misses' and children's Head gear appear in time for school wear. Amonsr the most popular is' the College I Tat, with bands, iu assorted or plain colors; the Cape May, trimmed with ribbons and sash, is one of the striking mod els. Then another dashing style is the "Rancho," a coquettish and captivating model. This hat is finished with a leather band or in the, sash effect. The Cowboy Hat will be a great favorite for wear among misses and young ladies. And the new Eton College, in serge and broad cloth ,will have many admirers. We have all these styles, from $1.50 to, $4.50 Sale School Supplies mm Slates, felt-bound, 7x11. ...... ..10 Pencil Tablets, ruled, extra large.. 4 Pencil Tablets, plain, large size, spe cial, 3 for... 10 Pencil Tablets, plain, extra large.. 5 White School Chalk, 144 sticks in box, per box, 10c and .- 15 Blotting Paper, large size sheets, 2 sheets for , .5 Ink Tablets, ruled, value 5o 3ifr Ink Tablets, ruled, value 8c 5 Ink Tablets, good quality, 5c, 9c, 10c, 15c, 20c and .25 Stenographers' Notebooks,- each, 5c and 7 Composition Books, each, 5c, 8c, 10c and 25 Extra Special Composition Books, reg ular 5c value for 3 Students' Notebooks, each, 5c, 8c and : lOtf Notebooks with perforated backs.lOJ Memorandum Books, lc, 2c, 3c and up to : 50 White Foolscap and Legal Cap Tab lets, each : 10 Yellow Foolscap and Legal Cap Tab lets, each 1 Drawing Pads, each T. ...10 Typewriter Paper, the quire .10 School Crayons assorted colors, per box, 2c, 4c and 5 ater Color Pencils, per box. . . . ,5c Water Color Paints, per box, 10c, 20c and 25 Colored Chalk, assorted eolors, per box 5 Pencil Erasers, each, lc to Ink and Pencil Erasers, each, 5c and 10 Typewriter Erasers, ea.,'5c and 10& Kneaded -Rubbers, each .5 Lead Pencils, the dozen, oc to...XO? Best' Rubber Tip Lead Pencils, each, lc to 10 Plain Slate Pencils, per 2 doz....5 Wood-covered Slate Pencils, each.l Steel Writing Pen Points, per dozen, 5c and ...lOf Pen Holders, each, lc to 15 Indelible Copying Lead Pencils, each, 5c, 8c and.... 10 School Assortment, eraser, pencil and pen; per set 25 Book Carriers, each, 5c and 10 Carbon Paper, per dozen sheets. 35 School Bags, each, 10c to 35 Felt Slate Erasers, each T...l Blackboard Erasers, each o SPECIAL ECLIPSE FOUNTAIN PENS, value $2.50; special, q Waterman 's Ideal Fountain Pen, $2.50 to.' $10.00 Eye Shades, each, 10c, 15c and.. 25 Pencil Boxes, with lock and key, each, 4c to 15 Combination Strap and Book Carriers, each 10 Pen Wipers, chamois, each Slate Sponges, each, lc and 5 Rulers, each, lc to 10 Black Ink, value 5c 3 Best Writing Fluid Ink, the bottle, 5c and 10 Pocket Knives, each, 15c to.. $3.50 Kindergarten Scissors, each 25 Spelling Blocks, each .o Drawing Compasses, 15c value.... 8 'Drawing Sets, value 25c, special 15 Drawing Sets, value 38c, special 25 Drawing Sets, value 50c, special 30 Drawing Sets, value 75c, special 50 J Drawing Sets, value $1, special 65 Round Pencil Boxes, special 2 Pencil Sharpeners, each -.5 Sash and Hair Ribbons Bright-hued Ribbons that dressy little misses want for school wear. Fine qualities of purest silk, that tie lip in pretty bows and retain their fresh, crisp look for a - considerable time. Made especially for children's hair ribbons. Come in many styles, finishes and colorings. Price from 8 a yard up to 35; wrider numbers at 50i and CHILDREN'S HANDKERCHIEFS CHILDREN'S SCHOOL HANDKERCHIEFS Fine white materials, with neat colored borders ; 5 each ; others priced up to 50 and 75c Boys' and Girls Hose CHILDREN'S HOSE, of fine black cotton, good weight for boys and girls; excellent 25c values, all sizes; special for today, 3 pairs for 50c; the pair INFANTS' FINE SILK LISLE HOSE, drop-stitch, regular 25c val ues; sizes 4 to 6; special today 17c 16c BOYS' CAPS A large assortment of fine quality Caps, many styles and colors; navy, brown, gray and checked ; all sizes ; values to j 65e; special today, each.... 25c BOYS WAISTS, a fine waist for school; colors, postman's blue,' tan and pink chambray; also percales, in blue and red, and many other fine waists; 50c to $1.25 values, special for today, each CHILDREN'S UNION SUITS, of gray cotton, with fleeced back, just right for early Fall and Winter wear; regular 60c values; special for today, suit J I C CHILDREN'S WINTER UNDER WEAR Odd lines of boys' and girls' Underwear Xfe-RricC w omen's Waists in a Great Saturday Sale Perhaps the last for some time of the Saturday Waist sales that have made Portland's best and biggest suit de partment famous for good bodice values. - . A rarely good bargain in lacy bodices of the most beau tiful designs and prime qualities. Waists in fancy lace trimmed lingerie effects or the more plain tailored models. Most of them are constructed of fine white lawn and trimmed with edges and insertion in lace or embroidery. There are a few shirt styles in colored materials, and the values run as high as $3.00 each. There are not many of these, though, and they're sure to bNe snapped up by those who come early. See to it that you are one of the first on hand, and take full O O advantage of "the sale. Your choice of any in the lot for. . . O ZfC Children's Natty, New Coats for Fall Wear The latest models for Fall wear are being shown. Swag ger garments that reflect style and good taste to the highest degree. There's wide choice of materials, colors, patterns and models. Among the smartest, we mention the following: One in Alice blue broadcloth, with velvet collar, and lined with black silk. This coat is o r r Bricedat tplO.UU Another style in the military effect, made of navy blue twill cheviot, and trimmed with silk braid and frogs, price $13.50 A very chic coat of red twilled cheviot, finished with velvet collar, priced at ?8.0O A very new one is of brown beaver, with lapels and cuffs of plaid materials; this one sells for. . $10.00 These Coats are for little maids from 8 to 14 years of age. The styles we mention are only a part of the immense stock. Rogers Bros' Silver, Famous "1847' Brand Fancy Forks, set of 6, special... .....$1.90 Fancy Sugar Spoons, each ................ 20 Fancy Butter Knives, each 3o Fancy Crea'm Ladles, each ' 45 Fancy Gravy Ladles, each... 60 Fancy Jelly Knives, each 60J LADIES' HOME JOURNAL PATTERNS Q LDS FIFTH STREET till WW WASHINGTON STREET SIXTH STREET Rogers Bros' Silver, Famous "1847" Brand Plain Forks, set of 6, special ..$1.70 Plain Dessert Spoons, set of 6, special $1.50 Plain .Table Spoons, set of 6, special .... $1.70 Fancy Tea Spoons, set of 6, special 95 Fancy Dessert Spoons, set of 6, special $1.70 Fancy Table Spoons, set of 6, special $1.90