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4- THE MORNING- OKEUOJIIAN, TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 17, 1907. ADMIRAL CLARK THUS TRIP SAFE No Serious Danger for Fleet on the Voyage to the Pacific Coast. WORST PLACE IS STRAITS Txor Anchorage Slakes Advisable Division of Fleet Oregon Came Around Prepared to light Whole Spanisli Fleet. fSpHal Dispatch to the Boston Herald.) MON'TPELIER, Vt., Sept. 10. Rear Ad miral Charles E. Clark, II. S. N.. retired, of battleship Oregon fame, than whom there is no better posted man in all the world upon the subject, has no apprehen sions whatever of the safety of the giant fleet of war vessels which the Govern ment proposes to send to the Pacific Coast. Rear Admiral Clark, who has but re cently returned from Switzerland, has been spending some time in Vermont. While he was averse to speaking freely of the plans of the Navy Department, be cause he knows nothing of sucli from an authoritative source, yet from what he has beard he considers there Is but little is not serious except in bac weather, and then not necessarily so." "Will the coal supply be a troublesome question?" "That is simply a matter of executive detail, to be worked out by the Depart ment officials." Dangers of the Straits. "Then you think there is no danger to the fleet in undertaking the trip?" "That is hardly true. I should not feel like pointing out any o- the diffi culties if I did not believe that tnose In charge had considered these matters and would regulate the management of the fleet accordingly. For Instance, for much of the 'distance through the straits of Magellan, especially for the' last 200 miles, the shore is rocky and precipitous, the water is deep and the bottom affords little good holding ground. I should con sider' it unwise to send the vessels through in squadron formation, for in case of rough weather there might not be good anchorage, lor more than one vessel, while to proceed through the tortuous channel 'would be to take great risks. "I remember when we came through with the - Oregon, we were forced to anchor one night in rough weather and I know that, on that shelving piece of rock over which we were riding, I snould have been displeased and alarmed If an other vessel had sought anchorage near me. Fit places for anchorage are scarce and a vessel swinging at her cable re quires a great deal of room, while on a shelving, rocky bottom there Is danger of dragging more or less. "There are 200 miles between Sandy Point and Port Famine where vessels might encounter serious danger if they were proceeding in squadron formation. Cruise Will Benefit Fleet. "I should presume uiat all this would be foreseen and that the Admiral in command of the "expedition would send his vessels through in twos or threes and have them rendezvous at some point beyond the straits. "There, it seems to me. is the only point where the fleet. If it Is to-be sent, would encounter more than the ordinary -perils of an ocean voyage. "Such a cruise might be a benefit in testing the capacity 01 our vessels for trips a little more difficult than the SHOW STUDENTS' ATS 1 AIM Exhibit of Agricultural College Chief Feature at the State Fair. FINE DISPLAY " OF STOCK New Herds Shown for First Time in Oregon Awards in AH De partments Will Be Made by Wednesday. SALEM, Or., Sept. 16. (Special.) Oregon Agricultural College very ap propriately occupies the most conspic uous place In the great pavilion of ex hibits at the Oregon State Fair, which opened here this morning under the management of the State Board of Ag riculture. In the corner at the right of the main entrance the college has ar ranged a most excellent exhibit of the work of the students, showing the character of training given at the In stitution. In the shops, classrooms, gar dens, fields and orchards. At the very outset, the visitor to the fair is Im pressed with the fa.ct that the Agricul tural College is the greatest active agency In the state devoting Us ener- The sentiment of the Board was em bodied in a letter addressed to the in dividual members of the City Council, urging them to vote for the purchase of this apparatus Immediately. PRETTY GIRLS PKTTY THIEVES Confess to Purloining Jewels and Cut Glass in Apartment House. TACOMA. Wash., Sept. 16. (Special.) Misses May Case and Ebney Mann, pretty lS-year-old chambermaids of the Bonnehlve Hotel, the swell apartment house, were arrested this afternoon, charged with robbing the hotel and guests of jewelry, -cut glass and other stuff to the value of over J200. The stolen goods were found In their trunks, and the girls, it is said, have confessed. The girls at first denied their guilt, but when the officials went to their rooms to examine their bag gage they weakened and admitted, It is said, that they stole the articles. Both girls are well dressed and well appear ing. They broke down completely when led Into a cell at the City Jail. They claim Tacoma as their home, but the officers do not believe they have given their right names. IX ROW WITH WIFE'S MOTHER Tacoma Man Will Be Arrested for Trying to Hurl Her From Porch. TACOMA, Wash., Sept. 16. (Special.) Pursuing his young wife to her home in this city after making her life mis erable with cruel treatment when the couple lived In Michigan, F. W. Wyland will be arrested on a warrant by the Sheriff, charged with attacking the girl's mother at the family residence, Mrs. P. A. Morgan, mother of Mrs. Wyland. swore out the complaint be fore Justice Linck this morning'. Wyland came to Tacoma a few days ago and yesterday went to the Morgan home and demanded to see his wife. Mrs. Morgan refused to let him enter the house and she says he attacked her savagely and tried to throw her over the banister of the porch. Her screams TheTitle Guarantee & Trust Co. The Best Equipped Trust Company in the Northwest Established April 18, 1887 MORTGAGE LOAN DEPARTMENT Has ample funds to loan on improved real estate and approved collateral at reasonable rates without delay. Buys and sells mortgages, notes, etc., and furnishes expert appraisals of real estate. 240-244 Washington Street, Qor. Second Portland, Oregon Circuit Court against 20 of the leading members of the Northwest Retail Fur niture Dealprg'. Protective Association, al leging that Its business was ruined by the Association, and asking for damages ac cording to the provisions of the Sherman anti-trust law In the sum of SISO.000, plac- , . . 4 Dl'TCH BKI.TKI) CATTLE, OWNED BY O. I. PETERSON, OF ASTORIA, FIRST CATTLE OF THIS BREED EVER SHOWN AT STATE FAIR. J danper connected with the movement, provided ordinary care is used in mak ing certain portions of the big Journey. He Relieves there Is a serious menace to the fleet, should It be sent through the Straits of Magellan tn fleet formation. For 100 miles the shore is rooky and precipitous, and the bottom affords prac tically no holding ground for anchors. In case of rough weather, there would be no way to hold but one ship, and to proceed through the tortuous channel would be very risky. Can Do What Any Can. When asked if he considered the voy age dangerous, the Admiral said: "Why. yes: but or.r vessels, our officers and our men are of the best, and what ever can be successfully accomplished by other ships and other crews is easily within the capabilities of our ships and crews.' The modesty of the Admiral prevented him from telling how he and his men of the Oregon had demonstrated the feasibil ity of the plan. His record-breaking whirlwind trip from the Pacific to the At lantic by a route exactly reverse from thai contemplated for the mammoth fleet is a closed book so far as he is concerned now, but In private conversation he has told some of his friends many interesting stories of that voyage. To one of these he said that after leav ing Rio on the trip up the South Ameri can coast It was constantly expected that he would meet Cervera's fleet. The Ad miral, then Captain, called his officers to gether and said to them that, while the Oregon could not expect to beat the whole Spanish fleet in a body, they ought to be able to defeat the vessels individually. Planned for Battle. He therefore proposed that, in the event of meeting the Spaniards, they steam di rectly out to sea. knowing that the speed of the Oregon, with the handpicked coal they had saved for just such an emergency, would enable them to outrun the enemy. When the Spaniards were etraggling and separated in the pursuit, he proposed to turn back and sink them one by one. The prospect of a fight did more than anything else to keep up the spirits of the men on the tiresome trip up the Coast, lor the news of the proposition of the captain had reached throughout the vessel. ' It is recalled that when he at last brought the great vessel into Jupiter inlet and reported himself to the Navy Department the inquiry was made if he was In need of repairs. The Vermonter replied that he was fit to fight and was sent at once to Santiago. As a matter of fact, there was hardly a bolt in the Oregon ihat was not loosened from the tremendous strain she had undergone in the long trip at high speed. "But," said the Captain, 'can any one suppose that I was going to keep those men out of a chance of a fight after they had been aching for it half-way round the world?' Will Have Summer Weather. Again referring to the trip of the big fleet. Admiral Clark said: "If. as I understand, the trip is to be undertaken - late this tan, it will be the best time of the year. The Summer at the southern end of the continent Is at the time of our winter. By making the passage through the straits of Magellan in Summer, the fleet would avoid the dangerous weather that sometimes makes the passage difficult and would also avoid the darkness that often makes voyaging there perilous.'" "But you didn't have Summer weather to bring the Oregon through." "The Oregon was coming under special orders for a special purpose and every . officer and man aboard feit that it was his duty to use his utmost endeavor In carefullness and exertion to bring the vessel to the Atlantic Coast, where it was feared her pr.:ence might be nec essary." "But even in Summer there muBt be difficulties in making tne passage of the Btralts." "There is always danger there but it passage of the Atlantic and would af ford the men a knowledge of this bad bit of navigation." "Does It seem to you that the sending of such a fleet would be regarded as in any way a hostile or unfriendly move by the Japanese?" "I can't answer that question. Even if I were well informed on the situation, which I am not because of my absence abroad. It might not be proper for me to make any statement. But as I have not been in the East for a long time and have not been In Washington enough of late to gain information there, it is a question on which I cannot properly ex press myself." LAURELS ALL PULLED OFF (Continued from Page 3.) It was not until Fock threatened him that he gave way. The Japanese then occupied these dominating points and Port Arthur was lost. At 4 o'clock the same day Stoessel sent Sublieutenant Malchenko to the Japanese camp under a flag of truce and a pro posal to surrender Port Arthur next day. Smirnoff entered the lirst protest in the following brief telegram to Kuropatkln: "General Stoessel has .entered into nego tiations for the surrender of the fortress aerainst the decision of rnvnelf and nf tHa ! majority of the- commanders." The" above telegram of Smirnoff's touches the head and front of Stoessel's offending. The ex-Governor of Port Ar thur may clear himself of the other charges, but he cannot clear himself ot this, and it is a foregone conclusion that be will get some 10 or 15 years in a fortress for it. Stoessel Merely Routine General. It is doubtful if history will confirm all the stories of Stoessel's cowardice and weakness which Russian correspondents, who evidently have some personal grudges, are now pouring forth by the yard in the columns of the Russian press; but it is very likely that history will find Stoessel to be simply an elderly routine general with little military capacity, no enthusiasm, no resolution, and not a trace of that quality which Caesar and Napo leon possessed, of making other men gladly die for them. He was a strict disciplinarian in the Prussian drill ser geant sense of the term, but he had little Imagination, a limited outlook and a nar row selfishness. He clung to his com mand even after he had been told to leave .it, because he wanted to have ail the glory of holding Port Arthur until Kuropatkin relieved it. EVIDENCE DOES NOT AGREE Two Versions of Bentiej's Killing of Conniff at Batavia. BUFFALO. IJ. V., Sept. 16: (Special.) Conflicting evidence was offered at the inquest today into the death of Edward T. Conniff. the hotelman who was shot' and killed in his hotel in Batavia, a town near this city, Satur day by Earl Bentley, who formerly played third base on the Portland, Or., ball team, and was recently secured by Rochester, N. Y. William Squires testified that Bentley had a belt, on which hung a revolver. Conniff told him to get out. When they reached the outside Bentley drew his revolver and fired. Joe Falskowskl, Bentlcy's com panion, testified that Conniff knocked Bentley down twice and that Bentley fired in self-defense. B. F. VETERINARY COLLEGE Opens October 3u For catalogue apply to Dr. Charles Keane, President. 1818 Market Street, San Francisco. gies' to the improvement of agriculture and the mechanical arts. In this exhibit, prepared by Professor Cordley and a corps of assistants, may be seen - all sorts of tools and farm utensils, made by students at the col lege articles equal In quality and ap pearance to those made by the black smith who has spent years at his trade. What Students Accomplish. Dynamos ready for practical opera tion, timbers joined in perfect union for heavy bridgework, mechanical drawings, freehand drawings, tree grafts, chemical analyses, soil anal yses, and a multitude of other illustra tions of the character of instruction gtven at the college, meet the eye of the visitor and arouse his admiration and commendation. . From this most 'excellent' exhibit a.t the door of the pavilion to the magnificent single farm exhibit in the rear of the room, prepared by Mrs. F. A. Wolfe and daughter, of Falls City, the building is one great mass of tastily arranged products of Oregon farms, gardens, or chards, factories, forests and rivers. . Livestock Chief Attraction. In this years' exposition the manage ment of the State Fair and the multitude of producers who have loyally tendered their assistance have surpassed all pre vious efforts and results. The exhibit of fruit is many times larger than ever be fore and the quality shows the effects of persistent agitation and education for the improvement of fruitgrowers. The live stock department continues to be the chief attraction of the fair and well merits the attention it receives. vA num ber of new herds are here this season and several breeds the represented that have never been seen at the fair before. By requiring that entries be made a week in . advance , of the opening, the management of the fair has succeeded in securing early shipments of stock and a prompt completion of the livestock ex hibits. Tomorrow the work of judging the stock will begin and the ribbons will all be awarded by Wednesday evening. Hereafter it will be the plan to have all awards made the first day, so that all visitors may know which animals have been declared superior. Awards in all departments will be made this year by Wednesday. . . Splendid Free Entertainment. In addition to preparing an extraor dinary exhibit of agricultural and manu facturing products, the fair board has provided the visitors an unusually god entertainment for each afternoon and evening. A team of trick bicycle riders give an exhibition twice each day, and in the auditorium each evening there is given a musical entertainment, in which the Heritage chorus, the McElroy band and the Southern Quartet participate. At the formal opening this afternoon addresses were givpn by President W. H. Downing, of the State Board of Agri culture, Governor Chamberlain, , Mayor Rodgers, of Salem, and Professor W. L,. Carlyle. of Colorado State Agricultural College. CRGE CITIZENS TO ATTEND Commercial Club Governors Work for Portland Day Excursion. The Board of Governors of the Port land Commercial Club, at a meeting held yesterday at noon, unanimously passed a resolution asking that ev ery member of the club and every citi zen of Portland accompanied by his family and friends be urged to attend the State Fair at Salem on "Portland Day," September 19, to show their ap preciation of the state exposition and the great work it is doing for the up building of Oregon. A special rate of $1 for the round trip from Portland has been secured by the fair manage ment. The Board of Governors also ex pressed themselves at heartily in fa vor of the purchase by the city of a water tower for the Fire Department for the protection of hlgh buildings. and that of her daughter frightened Wyland and, he made his escape before assistance arrived. IMPRESSED BY INTERIOR Elbert Travels 2500 Miles Through State. P. C. Elbert, of Portland, has just returned from an extended trip through Central Oregon for The Oregonlan, during" which he traveled about 2500 miles. He -lslted every town from Canyon City to Prineville, and from The Dalles to Lakeview. . The most interesting incident of his trip was a. meeting with E. H. Harrlr man. at Klamath Falls. He asked the Union Pacific magnate If he intended building the Oregon Eastern, the line surveyed from Natron to Vale'. Mr. Harrlman said he believed the country to be traversed by such a road is now too thinly settled but that he will build the road some time, whether It pays or not. This is practically what Mr. Harrlman said when he completed his trip through the interior of the state. ' Mr. Elbert was very favorably Im pressed with the central part of Ore gon, much of which he characterizes as among the best land In the state. Large stretches of this country await only some means of transportation to become thickly settled and prosperous farming communities. When the pres ent isolation is ended, Mr, Elbert ex pects the great interior of this state to be known as among the best sec tions of Oregon. WANTS $150,000 DAMAGES Gllman Company Sues Furniture Dealers' Association. The Gllman Auction and Commission Company, located at 411 Washington street, has begun suit In the United States ing the actual damages suffered at the hands of the combination at J50.000. The firms who are named as defendants are: F. S. Harmon & Co.. D. N. and E. Walter & Co.. of San Francisco; Haywood Bros & Wakefield. Doernbecber Manufac turing Company, W. and J. Sloan, of San Francisco: Meier & FYank, Llpman, Wolfe & Co., Tull & Glbbs, Olds, Wortman & King. Taubenhelmer & Schmeer, Powers Furniture Company. I. Gevurtz & Sons, Eastern Outfitting Company, Oregon Fur niture Company, Edwards Company, B. A. Covell. J. G. Mack and Herman A. Calef. The plaintiff alleges that in accordance with the rules of the combination a schedule of non-competitive prices, dis counts and terms of sale was maintained, which injured the trade. A system of spy ing, it Is also claimed, was maintained, whereby would-be purchasers were di rected to the Gllman store for the pur pose of attempting to purchase goods at prices lower than the schedule. If suc cessful, they would make a report to the Association, which in turn would fine the offender. On account of these fines and other restrictions, the plaintiff alleges, it was compelled to discontinue its relations with the Association, thereby placing it self in a position where It could not buy furniture. Because of this fact the plain tiff alleges it was unable to supply its trade, which fell away rapidly and caused the damage to the firm's business for which redress is asked. The attorneys for the Gllman Company are: James Cole, Assistant United States Prosecuting Attorney: Chamber lain, Thomas & Halley; William McGaxry and A. E. Clark. Burke in Charge of Rnlck Case. BOISE, Idaho. Sept. 18. Timothy F. Burke, United States District Attor ney for Wyoming, has, at the request of Special . Assistant Attorney-General Burch, been ordered by the Department of Justice to take charge of the grand jury investigations of the cuarges made against District Attorney N. M. Ruick. in affidavits of three members of the grand Jury which returned Indictments against Senator Borah, ex-Attorney-General Martin and officers of the Barber Ay ers Pills Ask yur doctor what he thinks of this formula for a liver pill. Do as he says about using these pills. He knus. Complete Formula Ay ers Pills Each. Fill Represents Jalap . ' . Ginger ... Aloes , . . Colocynth Pulp . Grain i Grsia Grain i Grain Fodophyllin . 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