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Til 12 TVIOKNINQ OKEG02JIAN, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1907. MM S TO SECURE , INCREASE If! NAVY Roosevelt to Ask for More Battleships at Next Session. METCALF EXPECTS TO WIN Reminder That Pacific Coast Is American Territory May Over come Opposition to Increase In the Xaval Force. WASHINGTON. Oct. 3. (Special.) A belief that President Roosevelt's legisla tive programme next Winter will include plans for a big increase In sthe Navy is strong In Washington tonight aa a result of significant paragraphs in the Execu tive's speech at Cairo today and more particularly, perhaps, because of remarks dropped by Secretary of - the Navy Met calf. Mr. Metealf had the utterances of the President in mind when he spoke. The references by the President to the fact that in the event of war we can only hit by way of the Navy and the further fact that no war between powers since Napoleon's time has lasted as long as it would take to build a battleship and the deduction that the Navy must be built In time of peace are regarded as positive Indications of recommendations that will be made to Congress In the annual mes sage. Expects Three, Hopes for Four. Mr. Metealf. when it was suggested to him this evening that popular sentiment throughout the country might make it easy to get appropriations for the Navy, declared that from what he had heard from members of Congress who have been In Washington recently the Navy would receive substantial recognition at the coming session. "It ought not to be difficult to get three new battleships." Mr. Metealf is reported to have said, '"and," he added with sig nificant quickness, "four would be bet ter." This utterance may reflect in c.e tall the Administration's plan. Mr. Metealf has at present under ad visement the recommendations of the general board, which are pretty well un derstood to embrace a notable increase In the fighting strength of the Navy. Four or even three battleships actually pro vided for would be a powerful record for a single session of Congress, and some thing like that Is exactly what may be accomplished. Roosevelt's Ixssson to the Fast. There is added significance in the Pres ident's remarks at Cairo concerning the policy of keeping the battleship fleet al ternately In the Pacific and Atlantic here after and his reflection that in a Navy as small as ours, the cardinal rule must be that the battleships must not be sep arated. The significance will be more thoroughly appreciated when the fleet leaves the waters In which It has been mostly In evidence all the time and takes ltB station on the Western Coast. Even casual observers have long appre ciated the force of the President's declar ation that, to Judge by their comments on the Pacific movement, some excellent peo ple in his own section of the country need to be reminded that the Pacific Coast is fxactly as much a part of this Nation as the Atlantic Coast. Absence of the bat tleships from their accustomed place of rendezvous in Atlantic waters may sug gest to the people of New England and the rest of the East that it would be a erood idea to have battleships enough to protect both coasts In time of emergency. WOVLI ADMIT XEW MEXICO Curry Declares Roosevelt Will Crge Separate Statehood. CAIRO. 111.. Oct. 3. Governor Curr, of New Mexico, who spent last night on the boat with President Roosevelt, said today: "The President authorized me to say that he Is for statehood for New Mexico alone, and will do all he can to secure the passage of a single state hood bill." The Governor added that the bill -will be introduced and crowded at the next nession of Congress. FOREIGN SHIPS AS COLLIERS Metealf Gets Legal Opinion and AV111 Iecide Today. WASHINGTON, Oct. 3. Secretary Metealf has received from the Attor-nev-rteneral an opinion on the general question of the legality of the Navy Department's chartering foreign ves sels to carry coal for the American Navy. Mr. Metealf said that the awards for carrying the coal might be made to morrow, which Is regarded as indicat ing an opinion favorable to the De partment's attitude. HURRY BATTLESHIPS AROUND Efforts to Be Made to Have Four More Go With Squadron. PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 3. Acting un der orders Issued by Secretary of the Navy Metealf. every effort will be made at League Island to place the four bat tleships there in condition to accompany the North Atlantic squadron around Cape Horn to Puget Sound. The orders are positive that the battleships must be ready for sea duty by December 15. The vessels are Georgia, Maine, JKansas and Kearsarge. Bids for Food for Paciric Fleet. WASHINGTON. Oct. 3. Bids for food supplies for Admiral Evans' battleship fleet on its coming trip to the Pacific Coast were opened today. The amount asked for approximates 6.000,000 pounds, made up perhaps of two dozen different kinds of articles of food, be sides quantities of fruit extracts, eggs and table delicacies, to be delivered at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. September Work on Canal. WASHINGTON, Oct. 3. Excavations in the Panama canal zone during Sep tember aggregated 1.517,412 cubic yards. SILENT ABOUT THIRD TERM Roosevelt Refuses to Discuss It on Mississippi Trip. NEW MADRID. Mo.. Oct. 3. The President spent the entire afternoon In a leisurely run down the Mississippi, now broadened by the addition of the waters of the Ohio from, Cairo to New Madrid. His boat, the Mississippi, slowed up, but the delay was very brief. This city is a place of historic in terest .and not the least interesting feature of its history is found in thl association with It of the name of Nicholas Roosevelt, a great-uncle of the President, who stopped here in 1811, when he brought down the first steamboat that ever ran upon the waters of either the Mississippi or Ohio Rivers. The run down the river was devoid of interest for the most part. The lower river banks were at places fringed with people, but they were generally too far removed from the boats to permit any demonstration except the waving of hats and hand kerchiefs. The fact that there have been sev eral efforts by Congressmen, Governors and others to discuss the third term question with the President since the beginning of the tour became known today,' but the President has discour aged all such attempts. He was told of at least two delegations that would be Instructed for him regardless of his attitude. The President and delegations to the Deep Waterways Convention accom panying him are scheduled to arrive at Memphis, Tenn., tomorrow "afternoon about. 1 o'clock, and the President will make the final set speech of his trip at that place. WELCOME WITH A STRING Henry Watterson Advises Bryan to Speak on Certain Issues. LOUISVILLE, Oct. 3. (Special.) Henry Watterson in tomorrow's issue of the Courier-Journal will bid Wflliam J. Bryan welcome to Kentucky and give him some advice to be followed in nis speeches next Monday and Tuesday in the interest of the Democratic state ticket. Mr. Wat terson will say: "Mr. Bryan will do well in his Ken tucky speeches to omit all reference to Government ownership and to let the initiative and referendum severely alone. The Democrats have troubles of their own without any special importations from Nebraska. Within this limitation, the Courier-Journal welcomes Mr. Bryan heartily." TRY TO PULL DOWX DEMPSEY But Cincinnati Mayor Refuses to Aid Independents. CINCINNATI, Oct 3. At an Informal meeting of voters, chiefly prominent Democrats, this afternoon a committee was appointed with instructions to present Mayor Dempsey a resolution adopted by the meeting, requesting that he withdraw from the Democratic ticket in the interest of an independent ticket. This action followed the an nouncement yesterday that nearly half of the Democratic nominees had de clined to withdraw from the ticket. Mayor Dempsey very briefly and em phatically notified the committee that under no circumstances would he with draw from the ticket, nor would he re quest any other nominee to do so. MINORITY TO SUPPORT TAYLOR Split In Republican Convention Over Ryan for Mayor. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 3. A state ment by the minority delegates that they will not support the party nomi nee for Mayor, Daniel A. Ryan, but that they will do all In their power to further the election of Dr. Edward R. Taylor, the present Mayor, was a feat ure of the proceedings of the Republi can County Convention tonight. The gathering concluded its work by nam ing candidates for municipal offices. Accused of "Fixing" Witnesses. LEXINGTON, Ky., Oct 3. Mrs. Julia Gentry was arrested today on a bench warrant charging her with- subornation of witnesses In the Caleb Powers case. Bond was fixed at S1000, which the pris oner was unable to furnish at once, and she probably will be taken to Frankfort and committed to jail. Mrs. Gentry is highly connected, and her arrest caused a decided sensation here. Forty per cent made by investing In Western Exploration & Dredging today. 215 Couch building. JSoodman's for Diamonds. 211 Morrison. Metzger saves you money on watches. 55 Regular Puf it $15.00 IN: vJIIH 1 IstlllsUIU and Saturday $4.95 COAT SPECIAL FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY In Broadcloth, black and colors and fancy mixtures Values up to $17.50 $9.75 Wholesale and Retail PAID BY FEDERATION (Continued from First Page.) talned no such particles. The- sod was hardly injured and the fence post de molished only halfway down. CITY MOURXS HARVEY BROWX Church Crowded With Sorrowing Friends of Murdered Citizen. BAKER CITY, Or., Oct 3. (Special.) The funeral services of Harvey K. Brown were held at 2 o'clock this aft ernoon from the Methodist Church, Rev. Jacob Finger officiating. More than an hour before the time set for the services the friends of the martyred man began to assemble at the church, and when the body arrived the church was filled with hundreds of people, while there were hundreds on the out side who could not gain admission. The church had been nicely decorated and. the floral tributes were profuse and lavish. The Knights of Pythias and the Elks attended the funeral in a body, and as the remains were being con- STATE OFFERS (6000 REWARD. To the Public: I am directed by George B. Cham berlain. Governor of the State of Oregon to say that he will cause" to be paid for the arrest and conviction of the person or' persons connected with the dastardly and cowardly klll los; of ex-Sherlft Harvey K. Brown, of . Baker County, the sum of five thousand (5000) dollars. The person or persons causing: said arrest and conviction to be deemed special agent or agents of the State of Oregon for the apprehension of criminals pursuant to section 1, chap ter" 48, laws 1005. ' W. N. GATENS. . Private Secretary to the Governor. veyed from the home to the church the Baker Concert Band, which was at the head of the procession, played the ap propriate selection, "Nearer, "My God, to Thee." The pastors of the churches In Baker Qlty participated in the serv ices, Rev. Mr. Finger delivering the address. - The widow of Mr. Brown, his daugh ter Ethel, his mother, Mrs. William Brown, and many relatives were in attendance at the services. The Im mediate members of the family were very calm and composed throughout the trying ordeal. As the long procession of mourners wended its way slowly to Mount Hope Cemetery, where the last sad rites were observed, the Baker band played Chopin's "Funeral March." There were fully 500 business men and citizens In the funeral procession, while hundreds more lined the sidewalks to watch the sad line of marchers. DARROW SCOUTS ACCUSATION Brown Friendly to Federation and Testified for Adams. BOISE, Idaho, Oct. 3. Clarence S. Dar row, chief counsel for the Western Fede ration of Miners in the cases of Pettlbone and Moyer, charged with complicity In the murder of ex-Governor Steunenberg, underwent an operation at St. Alphonsus Hospital this morning for an abscess in the ear. Before the operation he" made the following ' statement relative to the killing of ex-Sheriff Harvey K. Brown at Baker City: "The effort to make It appear that the Western Federation of Miners Is respon sible for the killing of ex-Sheriff Brown in keeping with the policy of the pros ecution in these cases to make it appear that the Federation is responsible lor every crime In the West. "Nothing could be more ridiculous than to talk of an attempt being made on Brown's life by the miners. On the first day the papers gave out that he was probably killed on account of his fight A Silk Petticoat Sale Beyond Comp All Previous Silk Petticoat Sales Fade in Insignificance When Compared to This One Friday and Saturday 5000 Beaatiful High-Grade New Silk Petticoats Mast Be Sold Regardless of Cost Remember that seeing costs nothing and is essential to a wise decision. If you want the Best Silk Petticoat value at wholesale prices you will come here for it, for we have them at mat For Friday Wholesale Orders on These Silk Petticoats Filled. Terms: Net Cash, No Discount MORE NEW BATS Just What You Have Been Waiting For Stylish Trimmed Hats at Popular Prices: $3.95, $4.95, $6.45, $7.45, $8, $9.95 We just received a large New York shipment of pretty new Hats, all tastily trimmed in all the popular new colors, over 300 in the assortment not a price over $9.95 and plenty ranging down as low s $3.95 J. M against the gamblers In his county. The next day it was the Western Federation of Miners. "Brown-was an obscure and harmless Sheriff In a rural county In Oregon, and was not really the man who arrested Steve Adams. Mr. Thlel, of a. Spokane detective agency, got all the papers out for Adams' arrest and went to Oregon, getting Brown and two., other men to ac company him to get Adams and bring him to Boise. "More than this. Brown " has always been friendly to the defense and when Adams was on trial at Wallace, went there as a witness In Adams' behalf to testify that he was made promises while in Jail at Baker City to the effect that if he made a confession to corroborato the one made by Orchard he would be taken care of. He was paid by the defense for his services and expressed a willingness to work regularly for them If they needed his services. "Steve Adams' second trial will soon be held and Brown was relied upon as an Important witness in the case." " Darrow said that the publicity given by newspapers and magazines about the manufacture and explosion of dynamite bombs in connection with Orchard's story, cannot fall to produce a substantial crop of assassinations by this method. TWO ME3f UNDER SUSPICION Strangers Noticed Near Brown's House Just Before Explosion. BAKER CITY. Or., Oct 3. (Special.) Suspicion points very strongly to two suspicious characters who were seen In the vicinity of the Brown residence a few minutes before the explosion oc curred. As Jack Oeddes, who lives a lit tle way beyond the Brown home, was go ing along Fourth street about a block before he reached the Brown place he met a stranger, who stopped him and asked him for a match. Geddes gave him the match and walked oij. thinking noth ing of the Incident He had gone hut a little further when he met another stranger, who stopped him and asked for some tobacco. Geddes accommodated the man and went on home. ' He did not attach any significance to the two strangers being in the vicinity of Brown's home until after the crime had taken place.- He immediately thought of the two men he had met and surmised that their presence so near the fatal gate had something to do with the explosion that followed. The general indications point toward the two men as being in the plot, one to be on guard while the bomb was being put in place and the other paraphernalia attached to it The murderers evidently wired the back gate shut and locked the front and it is doubt ful if one man would undertake the en tire Job alone. ELKS OFFER S5QQ REWARD PAX MONEY "FOR CAPTURE OF BAKER CITY ASSASSIN. Sum Pledged at Meeting of Local Lodge Other Cities to Fol low Suit. As a nucleus of a fund to be raised by the Elks in Oregon, Portland Lodge, B. P. O. E., No. 142, last night pledged 9500 as a reward for the capture and conviction of the murderer or murderers of Harvey K. Brown, of Baker City. The reward was voted at a regular meeting of the lodge and notification of the ac tion taken was telegraphed to George H. Foster, secretary of the Baker City Lodge. The message was signed by Jay H. Upton, exalted ruler, and C. M. Bills, secretary of the Portland Lodge. By voting this money, it is believed by members of the local lodge that other branches of the order throughout the state will be inspired to take similar ac tion. There are," besides the local lodge, 12 organizations of Elks in Oregon. It is expected that together they will swell the reward fund at least $3000. Mr. Brown was & member of the Elks Lodge of Baker City and although not an officer at the time of his terrible death, was an enthusiastic worker In the order. REWARDS NOW TOTAL $10,600 State Adds $5000 and Portland Elks $500 to County's Offer. SALEM. Or., Oct. 8. (Special.) $4.15, SEE WINDOW DISPLAY Regular CZU, IWfinW Friday and $12.50 Jilli i llUUUUl $4.15 SKIRT SPECIAL FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY Regular $10.00 and $12.50 values in Panama, voile and fancy mixtures $3.95 ACHESO ifn w$Li lS- Z3 Lll slII! t" Ctf- mk ROYAL J R01AL DUTCH Jbm2cecJZrjtloM NOT TALK v- f "" Thiristhe "c"ocoa of jj. sJ II Purity, Quality and Economy, fw I A perfect nutritious drink for 'HyjHf f I Young or Old. Morning, Ji' M I Noon or Night its health- Vv 8 1 fulness stands unquestioned. ? 1 Do not forget the Double Strength of the Cocoa I in the Yellow Wrapper. q I STEPHEN L. BARTLETT CO., Importers, Boston. I WSS' & Governor- Chamberlain has authorized the offering of a reward of 15000 for the arrest and conviction of the mur derers of ex-Sheriff Harvey K. Brown, of Baker County, and when he returns next week from the East ho may in crease the amount. The 15000 is tho full amount of the appropriation which the Governor is authorized to expend In the apprehension of criminals. Any further offer of reward must therefore be conditioned upon an appropriation by the Legislature. The reward offered for the arrest and conviction of Brown's murderers now totals $10,600, as follows: State of Oregon, $5000; County of Baker, toOOO; Portland lodge of Elks, $500; Salem lodge of , Elks, $100. SALEM, Or., Oct, 3. (Special.) Salem Lodge No. 336, B. P. O. Elks, at a meeting tonight voted $100 toward the reward for the apprehension and conviction of the party or parties who caused the death of ex-Sheriff Harvey K. Brown, of Baker County. Brown Paid by Adams' Defense. WALLACE, Ida., Oct. 3. (Special.) Harvey K. Brown was a witness for the defense in the Adams trial and was paid by the defense. He spent much time in company with Steve Adams' uncle, J. W. Lillard. Brown's testimony was of little Importance to either side of the case. Forty per cent made by Investing In Western Exploration & Dredging today. 215 Couch building. . RISER TOR SOUVENIR PHOTOS. Northwest Scenery Imperial Hotel. Saturday $4.95 COMPANY Ci'T SHIP PRUNES Oregon Packers Unable to Se cure Sufficient Cars. HARR1MAN LINE STINGY Eastern Buyers Would Cancel Con tracts Were It Not That Prices Are Steadily Advancing Fruit Is Worth $100 a Ton. SALEM. Or., Oct. S. (Special.) The strong position of the prune market is all that stands between the packers and heavy financial reverses, as a result of the car shortage. Since the Harrlman lines adopted the policy of not permitting their cars to go off their own roads, It has been practically impossible for the prune-packers to get cars anywhere near sufficient in number to meet their needs. Occasionally a car belonging to an East- anson and Up Regular QUU Dnff.msf Friday and $7.50 Jill! 1 $2.65 SUIT SPECIAL FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY Values up to $30 $21.50 1 ern road is available, and a fej ments are made on cars of the lines to New Orleans, where the m shipped on Harriman steamers to E l It is next to impossible to get c shipment to Montreal or New York In this situation Eastern buyers' promptly cancel their contracts for ; were it not for the fact that since! tracts were made last Summer have very materially advanced. can afford to give the packers an el sion of time for deliveries, in ordcl get the prunes. Had the market mained stationary or dropped a littlu contracts would be (Cancelled for delivery and the packers would have ble In carrying the immense crop Some of the packers, who bought crvj erable quantities of fruit at top if would scarcely be able to meet! obligations under such conditions Many of the growers who solu prunes early in the season and at $20 a ton less than they could ha cured a month later, have been tc that the packers and Eastern t are getting too large a profit. The 1 goes chiefly to the Eastern buyea the Oregon packers resold as fast as j bought from the growers. In the las days, since shipping began. It devj that the large profit which the Bfl buyer sees In prunes is all that prj a cancellation of a large part of the tracts for Oregon fruit. - Some of the packers could stani loss of their contracts, but when are worth $100 a ton it takes a money to run a packing plant, and a ! of ordinary good standing could easl.j wrecked. As it is, there is no fear or ' notwithstanding the inability of shlpj to get the cars they need to fulfill tj contracts. OUIUUUI Saturday 1UC lUUUGAl I Collection nf Pnnnlar v m. a MT ' Priced Hats in Portland ' Filth and Alder Sts.