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I THE 3IOKNING OREGOXIAJf, WEDNESDAY'. JULY 10, 1907. PREPARE TO FIGHT ADVANCE IN RATES Lumber Shippers Will .Not Pay Higher Tolls Without a Struggle. EXPECT RAISE OCTOBER 1 If Higher Charges Result In Closing "Eastern JIarkets to Oregon Fir, Appeal Will be Made to the State Commission. Threatened with a sharp advance in lumber freights to the- Eastern markets, sawmill men of Oregon are collecting data which may be used to fight the proposed rates when the railroads an nounce the increase. It is understood the rates will be boosted on October 1, and that a liberal advance of 20 per cent on Chicago and Omaha business and 25 per cent on Minnesota transfer ship ments of Douglas fir will be - declared by the railroads. The present rates are GO and 40 cents. This increase in freight charges on the principal product of the Pacific North west is viewed with alarm by lumber manufacturers. Because of the falling off of .the California market, the Bast offers the best outlet for the Oregon product. In case the freight rates are made prohibitive, so that Southern pine crowds Oregon fir out of the Eastern markets, the local mills will find them selves with nothing to do. Ready to Fight Change. "We do not propose to be discriminated against by the railroads so that Southern pine will drive Oregon lumber out of the market without our making a fight," said Philip Buehner, president of the Oregon & Washington Lumber Manufac turers' Association. "If any advanced rates are announced that prove detri mental to the interests of the Coast lumber manufacturers in competition with Southern pine, we will make a com plaint to the Interstate Commerce Com mission and present our case before that body. We do not know yet what changes will be made by the railroads." An Increasing number of empty west bound cars to drag half-way across the continent at a dead loss Is understood to be the reason the railroads put forward to justify the proposed advance In lum ber freights. In other words the Pacific Coast is constantly increasing the mar gin between her manufactures and her imports from the East with the former farther and farther in the lead. Addi tional reasons for the railroads' action are said to be the growing expense of railroad operation and materials and the annoying Interference with the railroads by the various State Commissions and the 2-cent passenger law In various parts of the country. Lumber is less in demand than it has been and prices have slumped from $2 to $3 during the last three months. Prices vary somewhat according to the eagerness of either buyer or seller. It Is quite possible there may be a still greater decline during the Summer, but this will depend upon the log market largely. Car Situation Better. "As far as I can see, I do not look for any further slump until after Octo ber 1," said a man closely Identified with a very large lumbering concern yester day. "Cars are somewhat easier than they have been and the period between row and October, when it is understood the freights will be advanced, ought to take up the slack and stimulate some wnat the shipment of lumber East. When the raise in rates becomes effec tive, a retarding effect will doubtless be noticed. Cars will also be scarcer then no doubt, and this condition will not help matters. "The products of the Oregon mills are largely disposed of in Utah and Colo rado. This territory will not be affected by the Increase of rates to the Missis sippi and Missouri River territory. The situation In Utah Is favorable, crop Indi cations being of the best and prices are good. Mining and smelter business was never better and is Increasing all the time. Of course the mines are the great users of lumber In these two states. These favorable conditions may offset to some degree the raising of rates." Cargo rates south are off, having fallen from $9.50 to $4. Another feature of the situation that is favorable to the trade is that the labor market Is better than usual at this sea son of the year. The mills are not short of men at this time, although July is marked as a rule by a labor shortage. TOURIST TRAVEL VERY HEAVY Special Trains Bring Thousands West to Attend Conventions. Except in the Lewis and Clark Fair year, Summer tourist travel to Portland has never been so heavy as this year. With the hotels filled to overflowing and with all trains crowded and many running in two or more sections, rail road officials are constantly being ad vised of additional special cars' land trains on the way from the East or South. These special trains are bound for the various conventions on the Pa cific Coast, but nearly all Include Port land in the itinerary. A special Christian Endeavor train came in last night from California en route to the Seattle convention and left for the North. Testerday morning's Overland from San Francisco came in late in two sections, reaching Portland last night at 7 o'clock. Forty-five dele gates to the Seattle convention from Boise reached Portland yesterday after noon, leaving at 4:30 for Seattle. The Portland delegation to the Christian En deavor convention, 500 strong, leave this morning at 6:30, the Northern Pacific train being run In two sections. The Canadian Pacific will deliver a special car of Endeavorers to the Nor thern Pacific at Sumas, which will visit Portland on July 17. A party of 25 Marshalltown, Iowa, En deavorers, In a special car, will . visit the Rose City July 13. The Gillespie & Kimports' special of four Pullman sleepers, diner and baggage-car, will arrive at Portland on July 16, on the way to San Francisco, after attending the Christian Endeavor convention. The New York Central National Edu cational Association party will arrive at Portland, on July 18, with over 100 people. The Boyer party will leave Tacoma July 13 for Portland. There are about 30 people In this car. The Ohio Christian Endeavor party, traveling on a special train of two din ers, five tourist cars and three Pullmans, will reach Portland on the morning of July 16, and will leave this city by the Southern Pacific. The Baltimore & Ohio party will arrive .at Portland via the O. R. & N. this morning, and will leave today for Se attle. This list is incomplete and contains only a part of the many special parties coming this way, which will visit Port land on their trip to and from the Chris tian Endeavor convention. Advices are being received daily at the railroad of fices of additional tourist trains and spe cial cars. MAYO SECURES THE BERTH Js Chosen to Conduct Big Christian Endeavor Excursion. An all around railroad experience, dur ing which officials serve their companies in numerous capacities, often comes in handy. Had it not been that J. C. Mayo, formerly general passenger agent for the Hammond lines, had railroaded so long that he knows now to run either a train or a railroad, the New York Central would probably not have been able to find a man to send to Redding, Cal., to meet a special excursion sent out by the Vanderbilt line and whose personal rep resentative took sick and had to leave the train. "Why can't you go. Jack?" said W. C. Seachrest. North Pacific Coast agent, to Mr. Mayo, who happened to be In the office when the message came telling of the loss of the company's man. "Well, I suppose I could," said that in dividual, and the bargain was made. Mr. Mayo will leave south today and will accompany the New York Central ex cursion to the Seattle C. B. Convention. "Kit" Carson Quits Railroading. "Kit" Carson, traveling passenger agent for the Rock Island out of Seattle, has resigned and has entered the employ of a Seattle automobile house as sales man. Mr. Carson was formerly traveling passenger agent for the same line out of Portland, where he has long been prom inent in railroad circles. Few railroaders on the whole Coast are better known. Mr. Carson came to Portland years ago, when there were but few railroad offices here, and he has been a part of the growth of railroad facilities in the North west. The many friends of Mr. Carson in Portland extend their best wishes for his success- in his new business. Will Meet Garfield Party. A. D. Charlton, assistant general pas senger agent of the Northern Pacific, has left Portland to meet Secretary of the In terior James R. Garfield and accompany the secretary and his party to Portland. Mr. Charlton will meet the visitors on Puget Sound and return to Portland with them on July 13. While here Secretary Garfield will be dined at the Commercial Club Saturday night. Arrangements are now being made for this banquet, which promises to be one of the largest ever served by the club. THE ERA OF PROSPERITY A "Cynic" Doubts Whether It Is a Blessing to the Worklngman. PORTLAND, July 9. (To the Ed itor.) I am going to propound a query: "Is prosperity a blessing or a curse to the worklngman?" That sounds absurd, doesn't it? Did It ever occur to the versatile mind of "The Oregonlan" editor that the present visitation of "good times" Is distinctly "class" prosperity? It presents a peculiar yet not uncommon phase of the economic problem, notably from the fact that com mercial corporations and owners of realty have found the value of their holdings ap preciating while they gave nothing in re turn. Of late the general public has become im bued with the belief that Portland pros perity is valuable. Note the result. Prop erty values double, then treble within a day. This is great business for the prop erty holder, but a mighty tough propo sition for the humble cottager and flat dweller who And their rentals and other living expenses soaring in proportion while the means of meeting these ever Increas ing drains on the meagre income have not improved in the least particular. It is true that labor is scarce, but it does not necessarily follow that the toller gets increased compensation for his hire on that account. There seems to be a fixed and immutable law which invariably operates against labor and its relation to supply and demand. Why doesn't somebody become "imbued" with the idea that labor is valuable, and thus compensate In a measure the wage earner for the Inflation of values that com passes him about on every hand, but in variably shun the confines of his dinner pall? If this sounds fantastic and unreal, just take a mental note of the appreciation of values within the four walls of your highly organized" , establishment, even down to the office cat, the towel and the "devil" (the devil doesn't cost you any more, but we will wager the towel does). Yes, property has mingled with the vapors in the last twelvemonth, but how has labor fared ? For answer, scan the wage scale of any commercial corporation or business enter prise, and you will find that salaries have not increased even 6 per cent to enable the toller to meet the increased burden of ruinous rentals and extravagant advances of necessities. ' No, sir, you will find the clerk and the industrial worker touching elbows over the same old "horn" stake, but the price on the bill of "unfair" has been blue-penciled and the "brothers to the ox" now pungle up an extra dime for the privilege of shar ing in the "prosperity." But why blame the "boardin'house lady?" She needs must pay her rent, and that extra dime helps to meet the increase. Now, wherein does the horny-flsted son of toll share In the benefits of these "good times?" Property values must indeed be fictitious when their appreciation increases the bur den of the toller instead of making him a beneficiary In this precious bit of "general prosperity" we read so much about. ONE OF THE OXEN. Note. 1 am not a populist, but a cynic (as everybody else is at heart) who would dare to lift the veil of the world grown musty with its lies. O. Q. WTe think it certain that rents, food and clothing, the necessaries of life in general, have not advanced In greater proportion during the "good times" than wages In general; and there is an unsupplied demand for la bor, never known before. Except In the central parts of the city, rents have advanced little or not at all. Property values have indeed been marked up, notably In the central parts of the city; the chief consequence of -which, to the owner, is increased taxa tion. The outcome of all these won derful riches is still to be waited for. On the other hand, all persons willing? to work get better wages than for merly. It costs $1.50 a cord now to get wood cut; formerly SO cents. Farm and harvest labor is much higher. Common labor In and about the city Is 50 cents to $1 a day more. Domes tic service or housework Is from 60 to 100 per cent higher. On the whole, the opportunity for labor is the best ever witnessed in Oregon, and workers have no reason for discouragement, even though they see owners of "In side property" getting rich, as they suppose, by marking It up and refusing to sell it. CHOICE 0F ROUTES. The Canadian Pacific offers a choice of routes to the Bast. The passenger ca"n be routed by the way Seattle and the all rail route or via Seattle and steamer line via Victoria and Vancouver, or via Spo kane .the short route to St. Paul. Finest trains in the West. Grandest scenery in the world. DON'T MISS THIS. A demonstration sale is on at Reed French Piano store, on Burnside street , Go to It! ' ill ill ! pp Mel PERSPECTIVE SKETCH OF $350,000 ANNEX TO THE HOTEL OREGON. The accompanying illustration is a perspective sketch of the annex to the Oregon Hotel, on Park street, between Stark and Oak, which will be completed by the end of the present year. Because of the $250,000 expenditure which Its construction involves and the additional hotel accommodations ft will give the city, this building is ote of the most Important Improvements recently taken i)p in Portland. This annex will be of reinforced concrete, with facade of terre cotta and pressed brick. It will contain 150 rooms. The plans were designed by Sutton & Weeks, of San Francisco, and the contract has been let to the Contracting En gineering Company. R WILL AID 1 TAKES ACTIVE PART IX FIGHT ING WOOD TRUST. Urges Committee to Proceed .With Energy Along Lines Mapped Out for Battle. Body blows are being dealt the fuel trust. Mayor Lane is giving aid and -encouragement to the Federated Trades Council! which Is to start an independent fuel company, and will do all he can to help supply Portland householders with wood at reasonable rates. Paulinus Mc Donald and Harry Gurr, a committee from the Federated Trades, called on Mayor Lane yesterday and discussed the project with him. The Mayor urged the committee to proceed with energy along the lines mapped out, and do everything they can to "bust" the fuel trust. Plans were discussed and the commit tee has decided to advertise for bids to furnish wood, both cordwood and slab wood, at the city docks or railway ter minals. The quantity will not be limit ed; the committee will contract for any amount that can be secured, within rea sonable bounds. A letter has already been received from Glen O. Holman, a resident of Dallas, Or., who has read of the impending fuel battle In the Portland papers and who offers the trust-fighters oak wood at 50 cents stumpage. It is estimated that this wood can be cut and delivered at the Jefferson-street terminal of the Tamhill division of the Southern Pacific at $3.80 a cord, or cheaper than fir wood is being sold by the fuel trust. The movement is receiving much en couragement and success seems likely. In shipping this wood to Portland the great est obstacle is thought to be to secure cars. However, It Is expected that Mr. Holman's offer will be taken up, and hard -wood from this source seems as sured. Slabwood from the Lower Columbia sawmills will also be brought into the city by the trust-"busters." Cordwood is also available in large quantities in this district, and, now that the logging camps are closed down for a time, it is believed that the scarcity of labor will no longer be felt to such an extent that men can not be found to cut wood. W. V. JOBES DROPS DEAD Head of St. Johns Mills Dies In His Office. W. V. Jobes. president and manager of the Jobes Milling Company, of St. Johns, died very suddenly yesterday morning in the office of the company. While he had not been in good health for some time there was no warning of the approach of death. Mr. Jobes had gone to his office from his "noma as usual and was with his son, W. H. Jobes, in the office, when he suddenly dropped to the floor. His son sum moned three physicians and his wife, but Mr. Jobes was unable to speak when they arrived and soon expired. Death was undoubtedly due to heart failure. When the fire broke out in the saw mills on the water front of St. Johns some time ago, the flour mill was threatened and narrowly escaped de struction, and Mr. Jobes greatly ex erted himself in saving the property. It is thought that from this time his health started to fall. He traveled to California and seemed to improve, but never was entirely well. Mr. Jobes was born in Rockford, 111., 55 years ago. He came to Spokane, Wash., where, with his two ' sons, he engaged in the flour mill business until 1904, when he erected a flour mill in St. Johns and operated it with his sons under the firm name of the Jobes Milling Company. He was a success ful, public-spirited man, and was a candidate for Mayor of St. Johns two years ago. Mr. Jobes is survived by his wife and two sons, W. H. and A. R. Jobes. The latter is a member of the present COUn- f., - - -" ' illillBllispli r - fi - - - $4 J I - I . 1, '-.V f - W. V. Jobes. cil of St. Johns, which last night, out of respect for the deceased, adjourned to tonight. No funeral services will be held in St. Johns, but tonight Mrs. Jobes and her son, W. H." Jobes, will leave for Rockford, 111., where the funeral will be held. Oddfellows Install Officer. Laurel Lodge, I. O. O. F., Monday night, installed the following officers: Henry Allen, past grand; F. E.- Foote. noble grand; H. S. Simons, vice-grand; E. P. Holcomb, secretary; W. C. Alder son, treasurer; E. W. Robinson, warden; C. D. Thayer, conductor; J. B. Galloway, inside guard; W. J. Dunbar, outside guard; T. J. Monahan, R. S. N. G. ; B. S. Goodmanson, L. S. N. G.; E. F. Mon ahan, R. 8.. V. G.; Adam Kaemlein, L. S. V. G.; S. L. Young, R. S. S.; George Goodmanson, I 6. S.; Victor Caolson, chaplain. Cracksmen Sack Office Safes. VANCOUVER, B. C, July 8. Twenty four offices in leading business blocks have been entered by expert safe-punchers within the last four nights in spite of the police, who have been watching since the first report, Friday. The cracksmen are supposed to have come from Seattle, are evidently old hands and opened many safes by manipulating the combination. When this failed, they drilled and punched locks. The operations . netted them very little, probably not more than $200 BLOW FROM BUCKET KILLS AFGHAN LABORER CRUSHED WHILE DIGGING SEWER. Big Machine on Brooklyn Improve ment Breaks, Letting Fall Heavy Load Coroner to Investigate. S. Aleckh, an Afghan, was fatally in jured by a blow from a huge bucket on the big machine used in digging the Brooklyn sewer at 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon. He was removed in an ambu lance to the Good Samaritan Hospital, where he died soon after his arrival. Aleckh was performing his usual work when the bucket broke loose and struck him a terrible blow, breaking his legs and injuring him internally. He was aged 30 years and is survived by his widow and three children, all but one of whom are in the old country. Coroner Flnley took charge of the body and an nounced last night that he will make an investigation of the case this morning. THINK IT SERIOUS ERROR Oddfellows Object to Laying of Home Cornerstone by Masons. Ever since the laying of the corner stone of the Oddfellows' Home, near Kenilworth, by the officers of the Ma sonic Grand Lodge,' which ceremony was performed Saturday, May 25, offi cers of the Oddfellows Grand Lodge have been deluged with letters asking why the Oddfellows did not lay the cornerstone themselves, and many of the subordinate lodges throughout the state have expressed their disapproval in the form of resolutions. The officers who have been criticised have defend ed their action of Inviting their Ma sonic brethren to perform the ceremony by citing a precedent in the case of the oration of the late J. N,." Dolph, grand master of the Masonic Grand Lodge of Oregon," delivered when the cornerstone of the Home at Falrview was laid, about 16 years ago. The cornerstone of the Home at Ken ilworth was laid Immediately follow ing the session of the Oddfellows Grand Lodge, and the Masons were Invited as a matter of fraternal splj-it to perform the ceremony. Criticism is not direct- Led toward the Masons, many of whom are members of the Oddfellows oraer, but at the officers for not laying the cornerstone according to the forma of Oddfellowship. This is the sole ground of criticism. Some of the resolutions passed by subordinate lodges are said to be pret ty severe. The Pacific Oddfellow, pub lished in Portland, for June, says: The cornerstone for this building i laid on Saturday afternoon. May 25, 1907, with appropriate ceremonies, by the officers of the Grand Lodge of Masons of Oregon, who had been Invited to perform this service. Just why the Oddfellows could not lay their own cornerstone is a Question that Is being asked by every member of the order in Oregon. It would be as appropriate for the Methodist Church to ask the Catholic Church to perform & like service. Some one seriously blundered. CHILDREN'S PARADE PHOTOS. . Delightful Klser Imperial Hotel. -, SISTER CLAIMANT OFAYERS' ESTATE Mrs. Mary Hansen, of Flag staff, Ariz., Opponent of Bookmaker's Widow. PROBATE COURT PUZZLED Conflicting Petitions for Letters of Administration Taken Under Ad - visement Dead Man's Matri monial Affairs Mystery. Woman against woman with a dead man's gold as the stake In the game is the present status of the estate of William Ayers, the late bookmaker. Mrs. Mary Hansen, who says herself to be the sister of the gambler, arrived in Portland from Flagstaff, Arizona, Sun day, and yesterday, through Attorney A. E. Gebhardt, applied to be appointed administrator of the estate. On June 29, five days after Ayers was killed by a streetcar in Seattle, the woman, who for many years In Portland had been known as Ayer's wife, and who passed under the name of Lucille Ayers, filed request with the County Court for sim ilar powers. Later the various Ayers creditors also applied for still another administrator. At first Attorney Gebhardt, represent ing various alleged heirs, wanted H. T. Hudson, the gun dealer; while the credi tors preferred C. E. Rumelin. A long search yesterday failed to locate Mrs. Hansen. Attorney Gebhardt inno cently declared that he did not know where his latest client, Mrs. Mary Han sen could be found; but thought rather vaguely that she might be at the Hotel Perkins. Inquiry at the Hotel Perkins brought denial of any knowledge what ever of such a woman. Alliance Lasted Eight Tears. Various friends and acquaintances about town are familiar with the private history of both Ayers and the alleged Mrs. Ayers. According to these oldtlmers, Ayers and Lucille Ayers had lived to gether as man and wife for about eight yetrs. Previous to that time the woman is said to have lived with a family named Winfield, and left there, saying that she was going to marry "Bill" Ayers. From that time on the two apparently lived together as man and wife. Previous to this Ayers had possibly lived in 'wedlock with a woman of the underworld, at one time Well known in town and still re membered as "French Flora." Some 20 years ago Ayers, by those who knew him. is said to have been a marker in a laundry by day and a card player in a small way by night. Later he be came associated with the woman who gave him his start. "French Flora" backed him with her money, and he be gan his career on the race track and in the betting ring, where he made a for tune. Later "French Flora" died and left him, so his old cronies say, all her prop erty, consisting largely of real estate, one piece being a saloon near Fourth and L streets, on the East Side, and an other piece, now very valuable, being in the vicinity of the corner of Fifth and Alder. Landlord Was Locked Out. For the past nine years Ayers is said to have had rooms 426 and 427, in the Goodnough building, on the corner of Fifth and Tamhill. He held them through various changes of landlords and it is said by men in a position to know that all that time no landlord or landlady ever had a key to his room. Mrs. Ayers' apparently had one. as she came and went at pleasure. These rooms re main Just as they were at the time of Ayers' death, and are now said to be In the possession of Mrs. Ayers. No Common-Law Marriage. According to Attorney Gebhardt, the common law marriage does not hold good in this state. So far no papers or other evidence of a marriage ceremony have ever been produced to show that Ayers was ever married. Between the various claimants for the dead man's gold the court yesterday was in doubt, and reserved matters for con sideration till July 36. which Is the end of the 30-day limit allowed a widow to assert her claims to an estate. The estate consists largely of real es tate, including 41 acres in Multnomah Count 640 acres in Crook County, 320 acres in Columbia County, besides per sonal property. The value of $3000 placed on the personal property in the rooms in the Goodnough building is said to be ab surdly high. A piece of property near Fifth and Alder Is said by some to be long to the Ayers estate, but this, by others, is said to be a mistake. The estate is .valued at $40,000, with some claims, amounting probably to several thousand dollars, against it. SEEK TO REMOVE GUARDIAN Relatives Would Force Pastor to Give Up McMinnvllIe Children. Relatives of Gertrude, Carl and Daisy McNamee have placed before the County Court a request that it revoke the letters of guardianship by which Rev. H. O. Henderson, pastor of the Grace Evan gelical Church at Lents, is the custodian of the children. The petitioners, includ ing Iris West, of Beatrice, Neb., and Clyde McNamee, of Kansas City, Mo., the brother and sister of the children, first wrote to Rev. Mr. Henderson re questing that he give the children up. This he positively refused to do, with the result that one of the relatives came out from the East and brought action in the County Court. Attorney Charles J. Schnabel will ap pure. The critical ordeal through which the expectant mother must pass, however, is so fraught with dread, pain, suffering; and danger, that the very thought of it fills her with apprehension and horror. There is no necessity for the reproduction of life to be either painful or dangerous. The use of Mother's Friend so prepares the system for the coming event that it is safely passed without any danger. This Treat and wonderful remedy is always has carried thousands J L? i of women through the trying crisis without suffering. Bend for free book containing Information ef priceless value to all expectant mothers. Tss Bradfleld Reaulator Co. Atlanta, Ga. pear as counsel for tha petitioners and McAllister & Upton for the guardian, Mr. Henderson says that the children are receiving good treatment and that there is no reason for making a change. Rankin Flies His Answer. M. B. Rankin yesterday filed counter charges in the Circuit Court to a suit brought against him by H. C. Mahon. In this counter claim Rankin seeks to recover. $11,900 which he claims Mahon obtained by fraud. Rankin employed Mahon as a timber cruiser with the agreement that he would pay him- not over $14 an acre for land in Benton and Douglas Counties. It is alleged that Mahon entered into a conspiracy with P. E. Snodgrass, of Eugene, and that 1531 acres were bought at $22.50 an acre. In this way, Rankin says. Mahon received an excess of $7.50 an acre, or $11,900, Rankin paying $34,447 to Mahon for the deal. Van Gesner to Begin Sentence. Having been granted until this morn ing to arrange his private affairs. Dr. Alonzo Van Gesner Is expected to ap pear at the United States Marshal's office and give himself up to serve out his term of five months imprisonment In the county Jail. He. with M. R. Biggs and Congressman Williamson, were con victed in 1305 of subornation of perjury in the Blue Mountain land fraud cases and appealed to the United States Cir cuit Court of Appeals. The decision of that tribunal approved the findings of the trial court and as a consequence Biggs and Gesner have been ordered into custody. Gesner, in addition to the jail sentence, Is to pay a fine of $1000, Causes Husband's Arrest. Thomas Brande, of 370 North Six teenth street, was arrested yesterday on a charge of non-support. His ball was fixed at $250, but as no one csune forward to bail him out he spent tha night at the County Jail. Brande. It is said, earns $4 a day as a plasterer, but his wife complains that he does not support her and his four children. The time for the hearing has -not yet been set. CAN HANDLE BIG GUNS (Continued from Ftrvt Pago.) mortar Is discharged at tha instant of receiving a signal from the battery commander's or primary station, s structure of steel, which is elevated well above the fortifications for. pb servatlon purposes. ' Locating: the Enemy, "i'""" An approaching enemy is observed from the primary stations. The men at the big gnns see nothing, being in tha rear of heavy fortifications. When the mortars go into action a detach ment in tha primary or observation tower locates the target on the finding board. The location is transmitted to the battery by underground wire, and the nioVtar or mortars are adjusted ac cordingly. All ammunition is stored in protected, concrete shellrooma, and is transported to the mortar on a steel projectile car. The crew of a 10-inch all-round-fire la made up of a chief of detachment, gun pointer, range-keeper and 16 privates. The positions are much similar as for the mortar batteries although the operation of the gun is different in minor respects. Guardsmen and regulars alike are awaiting with impatience the period of simulated actual hostilities. Fort Stev ens and Fort Columbia will be the scenet of brisk excitement during that time. Searchlights will play the mouth of the river throughout the night and there will be night attacks at frequent Intervals. Submarine mine crews will be sent out to plant dummy mines and every part oi a heated fight with an enemy worthy th name wil be carried out. Mimic wui will be declared the latter part of the week and will continue for a pelod ol four days. The Third Regiment completed the es tablishment of its camp routine and dres: parade was held at 6 P. M. Adjutant-Gen. eral Finzer arrived this afternoon and will spend several days in camp. Tha next three days will be devoted to com pany battalion and regimental drills. Al the opening of the coast artillery maneu vers Colonel McDonell will take his com mand into the field to operate as a forc of the enemy against the infantry sup ports at Fort Stevens. G. A. W. Naval "Battle" Off Puget Sound. PORT TOWN-SEND, Wash.,' July' 9. A miniature naval battle occurred here dur ing the night between shore batteries ol Forts Worden, Casey and Flagler and tha United States steamers Major Evan Thomas, Cartwrlght and Lieutenant El liott, in which the shore batteries were victorious. Absconder May Be Insane. NEW YORK, July 9. That a plea of insanity may be the defense of Chester B. Runyan. the paying teller of the Windsor Trust Company, who Is charged with abstracting $96,000 of the trust com pany's funds, was indicated by his coun sel when Runyan was arraigned in court today. On behalf of Runyan, his coun sel entered a plea of not guilty of . tha charge of grand larceny aiid asked for an adjournment of the case until Mon day. He said he had been informed that the prisoner's maternal grandmother had died In an insane asylum, and that Mrs. Runyan believed her husband's mind af fected. Runyan said that he entered a plea of not guilty with the privilege of with drawing it and demurring to the indict ment with the view of asking for the appointment of a commission. Mansfield Off Stage One Year. NEW YORK. July 9. Richard Mans, field, the actor, who has been seriously ill. In a letter to friends In this city from Sussex, England, announced that he was "well on the road to recovery. But he confirmed recent statements that ha would not act this year, saying he would obey physicians' orders and avoid all ex ertion and excitement. RISER FOK BOCVE.V1R. PHOTOS. Northwest Scenery Imperial HoteL No woman happl. ' lies can be complete) ' witnout children ; it fia her nature to lova ana want them as much bo at it is to love tha beautiful and