THE ; MORNING ORFGOXIAN- WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25, 1908.
WAR DECLARED
BY DEMOCRATS
.Williams Says They Will Ob
struct House Pro
ceedings. NAMES LAWS THEY WANT
No Unanimous Consent to Do Any
thing Until Republicans Show
Themselves Alive to De
mands of Country.
WASHINGTON. March 24. Determina
tion to conduct a filibuster on all occa
sions where opportunity presented itself,
in order to force the Republicans to ac
tion on an employers' liability bill and
other measures deemed necessary of
enactment was announced by Williams,
of Mississippi in the House of Repre
sentatives today during the consideration
oi the agricultural bill. He said he had
waited until today to see some evidences
of an intention to transact business
which the people were demanding, but,
finding none, had reached the conclusion
that the time was ripe to force the hand
of the Republican party. The Democrats
cheered the announcement.
So More Smooth Sailing.
Williams declared that up to now the
Republicans have had smooth sailing.
He did not want the country to think
that the minority was trying to assume
responsibility for legislation. He did
not desire to appear as trying to coerce
the majority until the Republicans had
absolutely "demonstrated before the
country that they did not intend to do
anything at this session." He had, he
said, waited for the Republicans to do
something.
"t have finally come to the conclusion
that the Republican party has forgotten
to do anything. It has become the party
or passivity and, as far as Z can see.
has no idea of doing anything it is plain
n"w that without some method of parlia
mentary coercion you're going to be deaf
to every demand of the country."
Coerce Republicans to Act.
Williams announced that "from this
moment on for the balance of the ses
sion this is not a lie-easy, wait-on-the-enemy
campaign, but coercion is going to
be exercised.' No recommendation for
unanimous consent on the part of Repub
licans would be granted, unless It te to
adjourn or take a recess." until 'the ma
jority shows that It is sufficiently alive
to the demands of the country" to report
for consideration in the House such mat
ters as an employers' liability bill, some
bill for the publicity of campaign contri
butions.' a free wood pulp and free print
paper bill and a bill against ex-parte in
junctions acting as a supersedeas of law
passed by a sovereign state.
Snlzer Tries to Get Kven.
"By way of getting even" with the Re
publicans, who yesterday, by a strict
party vote, ordered his speech of last Sat
urday expunged from the Congressional
Record. Sulier, of Now York, today of
fered a resolution to stride out of the
Record the speech of Dalzell, of Penn
sylvania, of March 18. on the subject of
the rules of the House. The resolution
also provided that as a substitute "the
speech actually delivered by the gentle
man from Pennsylvania" be printed.
Ixnul Lemoirattc applause and Repub
lican laughter greeted the reading of the
resolution.
Sulzer declared that the speech never
was delivered. What happened, he said,
was that Dalzell. on March 18, got up
and asked permission to extend his re
marks. "Wnat remarks?" he inquired.
','No remarks," he declared, answering
his own question.
Sulzer's motion to strike from the
record was lost, 21 to 131. many Demo
crats refraining from voting.
Blow at Dingley Tariff.
Cook, of Colorado, himself a Republican,
denounced the action of the Republican
conferees on the Dlngley tariff bill In
placing manganese iron ore on the free
list. He declared that this act had prac
tically destroyed the manganese industry
in this country and said that much hard
ship had fceen inflicted upon the miners
of many states.
EAGER FOR NOMINATION
(Continued Ftcm First p&ge.t
"W illiam J. Bryan for President ot the
Vnlted Slates. Dunn is one of the
four delegates-at-lare selected by the
Nebraska convention. He is City Attor
ney of Omaha, and has been Identified
with Iemoorattc politics in his home state
for LI ye-aTs. He ia a strong: supporter of
Mr. Bryan, a brilliant- orator and an at
torney of high standing; in Omaha.
During the internal dissensions which
bave rent the Democratic party from
time to time he has managed to strike a
happy medium, and now represents a
unltod party in Nebraska. Unassuming
and of a quiet disposition. Dunn is, never
theless, considered equal to the occasion
for which he has been selected. He has a
well-rounded, clear voice, and will be able
t make himself heard In all parts of the
c auditorium.
I EM-:SSKK RKPl BLICAXS SPLIT
Two Com cm ions Held and Two Sots
of Delegate Chosen.
CHATTANOOGA. Tenn.. March 24.
The conventlon of the Kepubllcans for
the Third District here today resulted
in a split and two conventions. One
selected Henry Clay Kvans, ex-Pension
A pent, and A. J. Fletcher as delegates
to Chicago and instructed them for
Taft: the other named J. W. Pease and
John K. Pattern as delegates, with no
Instructions.
1IOOS1KR DEMOCRATS GATHER
AVHl Instruct lVlepatcs for Bryan.
May DNplace Taggart.
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind.. March 24.
Over 1000 of the 1 300 delegates to the
Democratic state convention, which be
r Ins here tomorrow, had arrived to
night and were besieged by the 27
candidates for places on the state
ticket.
The first -session will be held to
morrow morning at 11 o'clock and will
be brief. The afternon will be devoted
to the 13 district meetings, at which
will be selected members of the con
vention committee and district dele
gates to the National convention, 26
in number. The four delegates-at-large
will be chosen by the convention
Thursday morning. .
In all probability the delegates will
be Instructed for William J. Bryan -for
President -
SMITH WILL SUCCEED WHYTE
Chosen by Maryland Legislature.
Question as to Legality. -
AANAPOLIS. Mach 24. In separate
session today the Democratic members
of the two Houses of the Legislature
voted unanimously for ex-Governor
John Wajter Smith for United States
Senator to fill out the unexpired term
of the late "William Pinkney Whyte.
Ex-Governor Smith already has been
chosen for the full six-year term, be
ginning March 4, 1909. It is under
stood that the legality of the election
will be questioned.
SEEMS TO LACK HARMONY
Fourt hTennessee District Splits and
Hold Two Conventions.
LEBANON. Tenn., March 24. The
Republicans of. the Fourth District
held two conventions here ttfday. The
Brown faction nominated A. L. Harrl
sjn for Congress and indorsed Taft
for President. J. J. Hodges aryl J. E.
Oliver were chosen delegates to the
convention at Chicago. The H. Clay
Evans faction also indorsed Taft and
selected J. P. Renfro and John J. Gore
delegate sto the National convention.
1
Arizona Convention Dates.
PHEONIX, Art., March 24. The Demo
cratic Territorial central committee has
met In Phoenix and fixed May 28 as the
time and Tucson as the place foi holding
the territorial convention to select dele
gates to the Denver convention. The Re
publican convention has been called -for
April 8 at Tucson.
Decatur District for Cannon.' i
DECATUR, 111., March 24. Congress
man W. B. McKinley and Hugh Crea
were named as delegates to the Repub
lican National Convention by the Nine
teenth District Congressional Convention
today, and instructed for Cannon for
President
ADMIT STRUST EFFECTIVE
Secretary of Lumber Combine Con
fesses Output Is Restricted.
ST. LOUIS, March 24. An investigation
which may be preliminary to suits of
ouster in several states against a number
of lumber companies on the grounds that
they are in a conspiracy to control prices
and, stifle competition was begun here to
day. The investigation follows ouster
proceedings recently instituted in the Su
preme Court by Attorney -General H.- S.
Hadley, In which 47 lumber companies
were named as defendants.
Missouri and Texas are the only two
states In the Union that have th power,
through enacted legislation, of conducting
such an Investigation preliminary to con
templated suits.
Assistant Attorney-General Jewell P.
Lightfoot is here to listen to the evi
dence. The first witness, George Y. Smith,
of St. Louis, secretary of the Yellow
Pine Manufacturers' Association, and of
the National Lumber Manufacturers'
Association, said an agreement was
made at the World's Fair in June, 1904,
by which the product of the member
companies of the Yellow Pine Associa
tion was reduced 500.000,000 feet tn six
months from June 1. He maintained
that, while the order was effective,
there was nothing compulsory.
SIX FIREMEN ARE HURT
D i sast rou s I'M re in Mission in Sa n
1-Yancisco.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 24. Six fire
men injured and a property loss of $35,
000 were the Incidents which marked a
fire at Seventeenth and Valencia street
tonight. The men injured were Morris
Cunningham. Edward Long, James
Feeney, Philip Brady, William Wilson,
and James Ledden.
When the firemen arrived the flames
were bursting through the roof of the
buildings at 2141-21 5v Valencia street, oc
cupied by the Mission Outfit in g Com
pany. Before the relay of engineer had
arrived the fire had spread to the rear
of the Marian apartments. The Are
started in the rear of the outfitting com
pany. .
With amazing rapidity the flames
spread to the apartmenthouse adjoining.
There were 64 apartments in the place,
and all the occupants managed to escape,
although some, who bad rooms in the
rear, lost a part of their personal effects.
Cunningham - was fighting the fire In
the rear from the roof of the outfitting
company when the roof caved in and he
fell. The buildings burned were the
property of the Blair estate. The cause
of the Are Is unknown. v
STRIKE MAY SOON CEASE
Marine Engineers to Confer With
Schooner Owners.
SAX FRANCISCO. March 24. About
400 members of the Marine Engineers'
Association met tonight and appointed
a committee to confer with the Steam
Schooner Owners' Association. The en
gineers are now on strike and the steam
schooners, with the exception of a small
number manned by non-union engineers,
are laid up.
The committee was given power to act.
This was demanded by the schooner
owners before they would consent to a
conference. The committee will meet to
morrow and organize and notify the
owners of tlM-lr desire for a conference.
It is conflkTently expected that this
move will result in soon ending the
strike.
POLICE PREVENT PLAY
Millmnalre's Revenge" lunded
on Thaw Cane Is Stopped.
SAX FRANCISCO. March 24. Last
night the police prevented the- per
formance of a play called "The Million
aire's Revenge" at the Central Theater
upon the orr of District Attorney
Uangdon. Tonight another -attempt to
stop the performance Vas prevented
by an order of the Superior Court re
straining the police from interfering.
The order is made returnable Friday
next. The play is said to be founded
on incidents of the Harry Thaw case
and was stopped in New York. Chicago,
Denver and other cities. It wast pro
duced In Los Angeles.
The number of mArrl.jr.s" Id the German
EmDlre In UM5 u 4S3.MM.
HASTENS WORK;
EAGER FOR PLAY
A.
Fleet Makes Rapid Progress
With Target Practice at
Magdalena Bay.
EXPECTS TO BREAK RECORD
Albany Has Set High Standard for
Small Guns Scenes on Deck
While Big Guns Are
Firing at Targets.
; SAN DIEXSO. Cal., March. 24. Wireless
reports from Magdalena Bay tell of rapid
progress being made by the 16 battle1
ships of Admiral Evans' command toward
the completion, of their -record target
practice. All of the firing so far has
been at a range of 1600 yards, or just
short or 1600 yards, or just short of one
mile. The firing also has been confined
to stationary targets, and it is now be
lieved that there will be a change either
of range or character of targets during
the remainder of the practice. At first
it was thought that the Magdalena Bay
work'of the fleet would include a variety
of ranges extending even up to 9000 yards,
the maximum for battle practice, with
the primary 12 and 13-inch turret guns
and moving targets attached to the end
of a long towline, but late advices say
the gunnery practice w'lll be strictly lim
ited to record work at 1600 yards and at
anchored targets 12x21 feet In size.
Arrive at San Diego April 12.
The practice has been under way for
more than ten days and the firing has
been constant, Sundays not being ex
cluded in the rush to finish as early as
possible. Another ten days, it is be
lieved, will see the conclusion of the
range work and then will follow a period
of cooling and cleaning up for the fetes
that await the ships along the hospitable
shores of California.
According to present plans, as an
nounced by Admiral Evans, the fleet will
leave Magdalena Bay at daylight on the
morning of April 12, just one month to
a day from the time of arrival within
this most favored of Pacific naval bases.
The steaming speed will be raised to
11 knots on the run to San Diego, to
bring the fleet to anchor off Coronado
Beach at 2:30 P. M., April 14. The run
from Magdalena Bay to San ' Diego is
about 620 miles and has been made in
47 hours by many of the cruisers. Ad
miral Evans will allow a fraction over
56 hours for the trip, however, as he does
not desire to tire out .the engineers'
force. -
Test of Speed and Facility. '
No official announcement of 'the records
made by. the different ships will come
from Magdalena Bay, Admiral Evans
having decided to send all of this class
of Information In confidential mail com
munications to the Navy Department at
Washington. It will take some time for
the fleet ordnance officer, Lieutenant
Commander Ridley McLean, of Admiral
Evans' personal staff, to prepare the Indi
vidual and average records, and It may
be that the reportswlll not go East until
after the arrival or the fleet off this port.
Splendid records are looked for, however,
as the short range and the fixed targets
call for a high percentage of hits under
the efficlecy attained In recent years by
the gun crews of the Navy.
Record practice, which Is always carried
on. at the 1600-yard range. Is really a
training in speed and facility of firing
rather than a true test of accuracy, which
principally, comes in the battle practice
over ranges which vary from 4000, to 9000
yards. It is the naval theory that men
who can fire straight and rapidly at 1600
yards can be depended upon to Are Just as
rapidly and with almost the same pre
cision at the greater ranges, where famil
iarity with the guns 'means everything.
The officer In charge of the range-finders
announces the long distance in battle and
It Is the gunner who first gets his gun
trained for the range and sighted upon
the object that" does the most effective
wort.
Expenditureon Ammunition.
Some idea of the mount of work being
done at Magdalena Bay can be gleaned
from the official statement of ammunition
expended by the cruiser Tennessee, re
cently returned from the practice grounds.
At preliminary" practice the Tennessee
used 13,473 pounds of powder and 36,242
pounds of shell, the cost being 18,909.20.
At record practice the Tennessee used' 19,
998 founds of powder and 62,966 .pounds of
shell at a cost of $25,742.90. The Tennes
see's1 largest guns are of 10-lnch caliber,
as against the 12 and 13-inch pieces of the
battleships: The ships of the Connecticut
type, of which there are five in the fleet,
will use up at least one-half more ammu
nition titan the Tennessee, and the older
ships of the Kentucky and Illinois types
will use a third more.
The fact that, the latter ships are 10
years old does not detract from the ef
fectiveness of their fire. No better illus
tration of this can be had than the fact
that the Illinois carries the record trophy
-for battleships, having won It last year
from the Wisconsin. The old ships are
constantly being fitted with modernguns
and can hit Just as hard and as often as
the new ones. They have not as many
guns, however, nor the speed nor the
strength of armor of the latter-day ships,
and either the Kentucky and Kearsarge,
or the Alabama and Illinois must give
way to the Wisconsin and the Nebraska
when the fleet leaves 'San Francisco,
July 6. for its tour of the world.
Albany Sets the Standard.
The standard of accuracy at record
target practice has been set this year by
the' cruiser Albany, which made a total
score of 128 hits out of 130 shots, at a
rate of fire never before attained in the
Navy. .The Albany, however,- has no
turret guns of large caliber to bring
down the average for rapidity, and no
battleship can hope to accomplish all that
this little cruiser, which flies the cham
pionship pennant of red from her peak,
did at the targets.
- The stories . of. the practice work at
Magdalena Bay are filled with interest.
The little targets are placed at the apex
of a carefully measured triangle, across
the base of which the ship at practice
steams at the rate of 16 knots an hour.
As the ship approaches the range, the
gun-pointers and loading crews are
stripped -to their waists. Guns are kept
trained on the target some time before
the signal to begin firing Is "sounded
through the ship, and scarcely have th
first notes of the well-known bugle call
gone, when the crack of the guns is
heard. Strangely enough. It Is declared
that to the novice the sharp, quick report
of the small rifles is more trying on the
nerves than the deep-throated roar of the
12-lneh guns, whose great muzzles pro
trude with an unmistakable menace from
the slanting, elliptical turrets of. the
modern vessels.
Keen Eyes Follow Shells.
Below decks the magasine crews, far
down in the handling rooms,' empty
charges of smokeless powder from the
copper tanks in which they are stored
and send them flying up the whirring
ammunition hoists. As each tank is
opened, the smell of nitre is, almost over
powering, despite the fact that the pow
der still Is protected by an airtight bag
of heavy silk. The firing lasts but five
minutes. Then the ship ttirns and steams
back in the opposite direction,' giving
first the port and then the starboard gun
crews their turns at the targets.
Officers and men especially trained for
the work follow the fire of the guns.
Some have eyes keen enough to pick up
the pencil-like 6-lnch shells soon after
they leave the muzzles of the guns and
follow them to a hit or miss at the tar
gets. When one of these lynx-eyed ex
perts once was asked by a landsman If
he could see a 12-inch shell going through
the air, he exclaimed:
"Ste ft? Why, it looks as big as a
trolley car.'
FLEET TO VISIT CHIXESE PORT
Cordial Invitation Accepted Jo
More Visits to Be Paid.
. WASHINGTON, March 24. The battle
ship fleet will visit China as well as Aus
tralia and Japan, and will 'be home on
Washington's birthday, that President
Rposevelt may participate in the welcome
before his retirement from office, ten days
later.
In deciding at the Cabinet session today
to accept the invitation extended by China
it was also determined that the limit of
the social calls has been reached, and
that all other invitations, should any be
extended, would be declined with appre
ciative and regretful thanks.
Good Progress With Practice.
An earlier departure than uly 6 from
San Francisco is being contemplated in
arranging the extended itinerary. This,
however, will depend upon the repairs
necessary when the ships reach that port.
Admiral Evans reported today that
splendid progress was being made in the
target practice at Magdalena Bay. Nine
of the ships have already completed their
work. These are the Maine, Alabama, Il
linois, Georgia, Louisiana, Minnesota,
Ohio, Kentucky and Kearsarge. The im
pression prevails at the department that
the Maine and Alabama may be detached
from the fleet and their places taken by
the Nebraska and Wisconsin. 'The two
former ships may be in need of overhaul
ing. The Chinese Invitation, which was ac
cepted today, came from the ministry of
foreign affairs at Pekln through Minister
Wu. It reads:
i
China-' s Hearty Invitation.
As the American fleet has decided to
visit the Far East on its tour around the
world we have telegraphed. Instructions to
the Imperla.1 H!g-h Commlsnloiwr of Trade
for the Southern Ports, viceroy Tuan Fang
of Ranking, to make suitable preparations
in conjunction with Admiral Sar Chen Ping
to welocme the fleet to our shores. Please
extend a formal invitation for the vessels
to visit our ports through the honorable
Secretary of States.
In transmitting this invitation through
you to your Government it is hardly neces
sary for me to add that It is the desire of
my government and my people to give ex
pression on this occasion to the very friend
ly feelings which they entertain toward the
American Nation and to reciprocate for the
many courtesies which have been extended
to the representatives of my country on
their visit to this country. Tou will remem
ber Viceroy Tuan Fang as one of the Im
perial High Commissioners who visited this
land three years ago to make a special
study of your laws and Institutions and I
have no doubt' that he considers it a special
privilege to participate in arranging the
reception to your fleet. '
Trusting that your Government will see
Its way to accept the invitation and assur
ing you, sir. of my highest consideration.
To this Secretary Boot replied today:
Root Happy to Accept.
. I have the honor to acknowledge the re
ceipt of the note af the 23d instant by
which you have conveyed to the Govern
ment of the United States the cordial invi
tation of the Imperial Chinese government
for the American fleet to visit China while
In the Far East.
The communication of this friendly action
on the part of your Government was at once
laid before the President, and It is now my
agreeable duty to have the honor of in
forming you that the Government of the
United States is most happy to accept the
invitation, which is done with especial grat
ification in view of -the friendship and
mutual good . will which have so long ex
isted between the American and Chinese
governments and people.
In communicating this reply, I am com
pelled to add, . however, that the arrange
ments for the cruise of the fleet, will make
it impossible for It to visit mere than one
of the ports of China.
It is noted with pleasure that the fleet
will be welcomed by his excellency, Tuan
Fang, the Viceroy 'of Nanking, who is so
agreeably recalled as one of the Imperial
Chinese High Commissioners who visited the
United States a few years ago.
P"LAXS FOR SAX DIEGO VISIT
Town Getting Ready to Turn, Itself
Over to the Meet.
SAN DIEGO. Cal., March' 24. In re
ply to a message of Admiral Evans,
Mayor Forward has sent a dispatch
extending- the hospitality of the city
to the fleet. A representative will
leave on the Buffalo tomorrow to con
vey more explicitly the committee
plans. The big fleet will approach
Coronado at 2:30 on Tuesday after
noon. April 14. in column formation,
three miles long, and- will inchor In
squadron formation. That evening a
dinner will be given to the command
ing officers at the Coronado Hotel. On
Wednesday, April 15, the parade and
presentation will take place. Admiral
Evans will be landed at the Santa Fe
wharf and escorted to the City Park,
where he will be presented with the
freedom of the city by Mayor Forward
and the official welcome, of the state
by Governor Gillett. Five thousand
marine and 16 bands from the fleet
are to march In the greSt parade.
Inspect Xew Torpedo Tubes.
. SAN DIEGO, Cal.. March 24. Lieu
tenant Joseph R. Defrees, one of the
men in charge of the United States
Government Naval run factory at
Washington, D. C. is in San Diego
en route to Magdalena Bay, where he
goes to inspect the new torpedo tubes
being used for the first time by the
battleship fleet. It is the Intention
of the department to give the tubes a
thorough trying out at Magdalena be
fore deciding to adopt them.
Expect Ten Days' Stay.
MELBOURNE. March 24. In govern
mental circles it is anticipated that the
American fleet will spend 10 days here
and an equal length of -time at Syd
ney. The federal and state officials
are still uncertain about fixing the
exact dates of the - festivities of wel
come, for fear that the acceptance by
the fleet of the invitation to visit Japan
possibly will involve an alteration in
the plans as originally drawn up by
the ..avy Department.
DR. KINNEY IS DEAD
Famous -Oregon Physician
Falls Prey to Cancer.
MADE GREAT DISCOVERY
Originator of Vaccination Cure for
Tuberculosis Passes Away After
Operation Falls to Stay
Progress of Disease.
OAKLAND, Cal., March 24. (Special.)
The death occurred here today of
Dr. Augustus C. Kinney, of Astoria,
originator of the vaccination cure for
tuberculosis, which has since been
perfected by Sir A. E. Wright, the
wffe, hia lMutlii'19, Dr. Alfred -Kinney,
has been ailing for a year with cancer
and had recently returned f"om con
sulting specialists In Europe. An op
eration performed at Fabiola Hospital
two weeks ago was unavailing.
At the dying man's bedside were his
wife, his brothers. Dr. Alfred Kiney,
of the Oregon Health Board, and M. J.
Kinney, a lumberman of Portland, and
his sister, Mrs. W. -Bayteon, of Red
lands. reyrT
Dr. Kiimey was 63 years of age." He
came to Oregon from Iowa In 1847,
studied medicine at Bellevue Hospital,
New York, and for 30 years practiced
at Astoria. His funeral will be held
in Portland, the body being sent from
here tomorrow evening.
Dr. Kinney retired from active prac
tice about a year ago on account of his
nwr, fllnp.n and world-renowned spe
cialists did their best for him, Hel
was well known to the medical fra-.
ternlty of California as one of the
moBt successful specialists in the West
for tuberculosis.
CROSSED PLAINS WHEX BABY
Dr. Kinney's Brilliant Medical Ca
reer Begun in Oregon Schools.
ASTORIA, Or., March 24. (Special.)
Dr. Augustus C. Kinney, who died this
evening at Oakland, Cal., was born at
Muscatine, Idwa, in July, 184S. In 1847.
with his parents, Robert C. and Eliza
B. L. Kinney, he crossed the plains to
Oregon, settling in the Chehalem Valley,
Yamhill County. He attended school at
Forest Grove and McMinnville. later en
tering Willamette University at Salem
to pursue the medical and surgical
courses, in which he - graduated brilliantly.
tt. .v. RallviiA TinAnttal.
New York City, for two years, during
which time he served on me nouse aian
at the Hospital of Charities and Cor
rection at Blackwells Island. Returning
to Oregon he practiced his profession in
Portland for a few years and then came
to Astoria, his home ever since.
He married Miss Jane Welch in 1866.
She. still survives him and was with him
.at the last moment. He leaves two
brothers and three sisters. Dr. Alfred
Kinney of this city, Marshall J. Kinney
of Portland. Mrs. Jane K. Smith of this
city, mother of ex-Senator John H.
Smith and A. M. Smith, and Mrs, Eliza
PByton of Redlands, CaL
The body will be brought North, leav
ing San Francisco tomorrow, and the
funeral and interment will be held at
(- 1 Dkrlila.. In tha famllv Til fit Odd
Fellows Cemetery, where his parents are)
ouriea. .
MOVEMENTS OF CRUISERS
St. Louis and Milwaukee Go to Bre
merton Others In South.
I
VALEJO, Cal., March 24. The cruis
er St. Louis, Commander Nathaniel L.
Usher, wailed today for Bremerton
Nayy-yard, after several days' stay at
Mare Island, where she took on stores
and provisions.
Under orders to proceed direct to
Bremerton, the Milwaukee, Command
er Charles A. Gove, will leave at noon
tomorrow, stopping at San Francisco
a couple of days en route. Like the
St. Louis, she will be placed In ordi
nary at Bremerton and her officers
and crew be transferred to other
ships. The vessels are required to
cruise only three weeks out of every
three months. .
The Charleston is expected here to
coal Thursday, preparatory to sailing
for San Diegro. The Yorktown is due
this week for necessary work to be
done preparatory to her being used as
a reviewing ship by Secretary of the
Navy.Metcalf.
Passe3 Divorce Law.
PARIS, March 24. (Special.) The
Senate by an overwhelming majority has
concurred In the bill recently passed by
the Chamber of ' Deputies automatically
to convert a decree of separation Into a
divorce at the end of the three years
when either party to the separation re
quests it.
Another Torpedo-Boat Flotilla-.
WASHINGTON, March 24. The fourth
torpedoboat flotilla was established to
day by placing in commission the Far
ragut. Fox and Davis, torperdoboats
built on the Pacific Coast. The flotilla
will operate in those' waters.
THE BUSY MAN
OF TODAY
In order to keep up in the strenu
ous race for business, a man needs the
very best nourishment that he can
get. He must start the day well
There is nothing that will ' give him
the added power of physical and
mental endurance, or prove more di
gestible and tasty than
A BREAKFAST OF
BRAND BACON
Cured under the best sanitary condi
tions, right here in Oregon. Always
mild and sweet. Ask your grocer for
it, or drop us a postal and we will
tell you who near vou carries it.
UNION HEAT CO.
Wholesale dealers in "Columbia"
brand Hams, Bacon and Lard; Gov
ernment Inspected Heats.
Pioneer Packers of the Pacific
COLUMBIA
stration of Nemo and
Established ia 1850 Fifty-Seven Yaara la Basin
Dpman.lUoReo
Quality Considered, Our Price Are Always the Lowest
ARGAIW
-WEDNESDAY
Just
fo
THESE bargains are not for Tuesday nor for Thurs
day nor for any other day but WEDNESDAY. Not
one item in this list has ever been sold at this price.
You cannot afford to miss these bargains, for such as
these are making "LIPMAN - WOLFE'S WEDNES
DAYS " famous in Portland.
NO MAIL OR PHONE ORDERS
Shirting
MADRAS Shirting, 27 inches
wide, white grounds, colored
bars, figures and stripes. Regular
18c quality. Just for Wednesday,
llVbc;12VSic
Ribbons
ALL silk taffeta Ribbon, all col
ors, 4Y2 inches wide. Placed
on sale at end of lace section and
regular department. 30e value;
15c
Cut Glass
YOUR choice of over 200 pieces
of the finest cut glass we have
ever offered, regular $3.50, $4.00
and $5.00 values.
$2.18
Embroid'ries
SWISS, Nainsook and Cambric
edges and insertions, 1 to 7
inches wide. Regular values to
75c yard. Just for Wednesday,
12,2c12,2c
Bl'k Hosiery
2000 pairs ladies' imported stock
ings black lisle thread, black
cotton, silk lisle, gauze cotton, gar
ter tops. Values to 50c.
23c
Olive Oil
PURE Spanish Olive Oil, im
ported in bulk to economize
on customs duties. Pint bottles,
regular 50c values, Wednesday,
29c
Ginghams
GINGHAM Waist Patterns, 3
yard lengths blue and white,
pink and white, gray and white,
etc. 60c values; also madras.
45c
Hat Braids
CUBA and Tuscan straw hat
braids, full 12-yard pieces.
Regular values to 75c piece. Just
for Wednesday sale,
33c
Supporters
OCC Pin-On" Hose Supporters,
extra strong elastic and good
strong clas-s that will not tear.
All colors, limit to customer.
1212c
Smart Set Corsets'
I
n
FOR WEDNESDAY BARGAINS
C'rtain Swiss
C000 yards Curtain Swiss, fig
ured and dotted, large variety
of patterns, both colored and
plain; 15c and 18c qualities,
'Kerchiefs
PLAIN linen, hemstitched bor
der ladies' handkerchiefs, ex
ceptional values up to 20c. On cen
ter bargain table and reg. counter.
V 9c
Petticoats
JUST 50 finest quality Black Taf
feta Silk Petticoats, sold reg
ularly for $7.50. Equal to many
$10 petticoats. Wednesday,
$4;19
Beauty Fins
A SPECIAL lot of rolled gold
Beauty Pins in many pretty
patterns, selling regularly at 25c
and 35c. Special purchase,
Panamas
AQ-INCH Panamas, chiffon
T"0 weight, all wool, correct ia
weave and color black, navy,
brown, gray, reseda. Regular $1.00,
79c
Corset Sale
ODD lots of W. B., La Vida and
. C. B. a la Spirite Corsets
sold regularlv up to $8.50. The op
portunity of the year,
$1.89
Kid Gloves
2 -CLASP overseam Kid Gloves in
tan, brown, black, slate, beaver,
pearl; ox blood, mode, white.
"Louvre" make, always $1.50.
$1.19
Silk Waists
WAISTS of fine quality white
Jap silk, made with tucking
and lace insertion, elbow sleeves.
Regular $3.00 values,
$1.98
Wash Belts
WHITE embroidered and plain
wash Belts, with pearl
buckles, strictly tailormade, all
new Spring styles. 50c and 65c vals
19c