FLEET GATHERS IN FORGE Summer Maneuvers to Begin Today With 13 Big Battleships. WILL BE INCREASED TO 17 Lai-RCM American Flert Kver As Mmhlrd Will Be Commanded by Sohroedrr Impressive &rcno Off Coast. w I?.CiC?.rORT- MaRS- Jul' .-Thirteen battleships of the North Atlantic squad ron assembled off Cape Ann today and at sunset started to the eastward to en Kago in maneuvers oft the Massachusetts coast. Later other vessels will Join them and for the. next four or five weeks in tricate and extensive evolutions will be carried out. On Saturday the fleet is expected to put In an appearance off "'ureiuwn, wnicn will be Its base dur ing the operations In Northern waters. The ships that will join the fleet as the movements progress Include four battle ships, a dozen torpedo-boat destrovers nd submarines and auxiliaries. Ulti mately Rear-Admiral Seaton Schroeder will have under his command the largest and most powerful fleet of warships ever gathered In American waters. The concentration of the fleet off Thatcher's Island today was Impressive. 1 housands of spectators crowded every vantage point on the rocks of Cape Ann The ships In the fleet today were the Connecticut. flaRship; Vermont. Louisi ana. Kansas. Maine. New Hampshire, Wisconsin. New Jersey, Minnesota, Qeor la. Rhode Island. Nebraska and Idaho Iter the Missouri. Virginia. Ohio and Mississippi will complete the quota of 17 first-class battleships. PLAN TO ENLARGE SCOPE (iood Koails Men Agitate Interna tional Association. n,.Sn';A,TJLE- July-Before adjourn al? .v. movrnent was set on foot by the delegates at the National Good Roaus Congress for the formation of an international good roads assocla- 'V?Jl' A ,B,"Prry organization was ..perfected, with Samuel Hill, of Seattle js president. A. T. Powers. V. M. God- - y.' c"fford Richardson and Harold Parker, of New York; A. N. Johnson, of Illinois, and A. W. Campbell, of To- . runto. were named to draw up plana for .,. permanent organization. . ,lgh at " "clock the delegates left by boat for Victoria. B. C. where they will inspect the Canadian roads on Vancouver Island, Thursday In today s session E. Purnell Hooley of Nottingham. England, described the c -larmae roads, which are made of the, slag from Iron furnaces, which can r be constructed without skilled labor if Clifford Richardson spoke of the abundance of road material on the rcit!c SKt- Papers were read by KSUJr- of Tennessee; Harold ff NeW Yrk and H- IL Ui-oss, of Illinois. YOUNG GIRL "ENDS ALL" Cannot Bear to Live When Parents Forbid Youthful Lover. SPOKANE), WashTTjuly 7. (Special ) Hasel Rem. aged 17. stepdaughter oT MarUn. postmaster at Snow, a small postofTlce on Webb Ridge, about 30 miles southeast of Lewiston, committed suicide tnenheart Bhooting her" through She had been going with Clarence Akers. .on of one of the moat prominent loTv f," th" trlda Who w" objected to by her parenU on account of his ex- xnlme.,yOUth an.d 8he Waa toli Sunday 5" mUBt Klv up hla company. Monday night she spent at the home of her grandmother nearby, and In the morning the old lady went out to Attend to work, as her husband was away and k tU w"B t0 the houa o call te g?rl tobreakfast. discovered the child was The girl left a note stating that she bore no Ill-will toward anyone, but she could not comply with the demand of her parent, and live, therefore would end all! OREGON BOY IS PROMOTED C. F. Easter Chosen Secretary of r Boise Y. M. CA. 1 . ,rBIEE- Idaho, July 7 (Speclal.)i-C t LJ.fiJf Y?nsf Men'B Christian As i , ITct TBTh t0day PPolnted general " Kr7 ,v, association, to succeed . . Fred Wltham next October. Mr. Easter ' Taat " l0Cal "Nation JcaX more than a year, previous to which h I : a' T d'reCt0r at th ' - wa n three year, a member of the Portland Y M C a ,, and -was one of the popular athlete. In ; the organisation. He was "ained fo"th" ; work of. a physlal director by Phystea" Director Grllley. who obtained for him , his first position at Salem. Every wheS ' cll.l8 b'nf"-emely popular, and Is"! , fatloti officials say he has done exceo- r,."." y Work' whlcn accounts for his unusually rapid rise In position. Mr , taster was born at Ashland. Or., bui : came to Portland a number of years ago! BIG TACOMA MILL BURNS ' Prterman Manufacturing Compan: ; Is' Total Loss. ' TACOMA. Wash.. July 7 The Peter . man Manufacturing Company" plant' ; consisting of a sawmill of 30.000 daily" . capacity, gush and door Interior flnlsh- 4? r"c,ory- located on the Udeflats at -Puyallup avenue and P street, was to- ny v,e8tK,ye1 by a flre that started t Tn boiler-room at 6:15 this even ; ing The loss Is estimated at 180.000 ( with small Insurance. , Iju-k of city water mains near the ; Plant forced the department to draw supply from small creeks, fed bv trfBlx water streams and the flow of ; the tide from Commencement Bay It Is probable the plant will be rebuilt j DEAF MUTEJS ARRESTED . , C. II. Eaton Accused of Robbing , Newsboy of 3 5 Cents. t 1. Accused of robbing Willie Goldstein - 7-year-old newsboy, of 85 cents, c. AMERICAN H. Eaton. deaf mute from f!rafnrH Wash., was taken into custody last night by Patrolman Wanless at First and Taylor streets. Being unable to give a satisfactory explanation of the charge he was locked up in the City Jail to await a hearing of the case to day In the Municipal Court. Charles Burke, another deaf mute, who works at the Independent Printing Company, and lives at 750 Going street, who was with Eaton at the time of the arrest, was required to go to the police sta tion but was released after an admo nition to behave himself In the future. According to the story related by the Goldstein boy. Eaton tried to take all his papers from him by force and when he resisted the man ran his hand into the boy's pockets and abstracted the money. Another newsboy corrob orated this statement. The deaf mutes said they gave the newsboy 10 cents for a paper and received no change. They denied all knowledge of the al leged theft. When the police inter fered Burke tried to resist, but was quickly frightened into submission. Willie Goldstein has a bad reputation with the police. He has been accused of being a first-class faker. He has been frequently seen on the streets crying and attempting to enlist sym pathy from passersby at night on the plea that he was starving and had not sold any of his papers. He lives with his parents at First and Hall streets. PROTEST IS FILED OBJECTION" MADE TO STEEL , BRIDGE LOCATION. Six Hundred Fifty Citizens Join in Appeal That Is Forwarded for Consideration of Dickinson. Contending that removal of the Steel bridge 80 feet south of Its present loca tion will not only make the harbor too small for Portland's traffic, but cause navigation of the river fronting the city to become dangerous and hazardous, 660 residents of both sides of the Willamette submitted a protect to the War Depart ment yesterday morning. The document was filed by Alexander Bernstein and Francie Clarno, attorneys representing the Protestants, and was forwarded imme diately by Chief United States Engineer Mclndoe to Secretary of War Dickinson. It is believed the next step taken will be an investigation ordered by the War Department or at least a hearing before the local United States Engineers, who may be asked for an expression of opin ion as to the feasibility of changing the location of the brldse as sought bv the Oregon Railway & Navigation Company. The Protestants appeal to the War De partment to compel the railway to erect the new bridge on the old site, and set forth . that representative cltiaens, with and exclusive of the United Push Clubs of the city, join in the prayer that change of the location of the span will be denied. The protest filed Is as follows: Text of the Protest. Whereas. There 1 an application now pend rs before the Port of Portland on behalf of the Oregon Railway & Navlga !".V, -omPny for permission to bridge the v lllamette River at the city of Portland. Multnomah County. State of Oregon, from the foot of Gllsan street on the west side of said river to Oregon street on the east side of said river, we are acting upon the presumption that the said Port of Portland will give lt permission, and thereupon the matter will be referred to you and to the Var Department. We take it for granted that if the permission be given the rail road company will abandon and condemn the present bridge which crosses the Wil lamette River from Third and Gllsan streets on the west side of the river to Holladay avenue on the east side of the river, and wtiirh has been and now Is known In our city as the Steel bridge. Wherefore. On behalf of the many cit izens of Portland, some of whose names are signed to the accompanying petition, as well as on behalf of the United Push Clubs of the City of Portland, as expressed In resolutions passed by the various push clubs of this city, we desire formally to present to you our objections to. the application a ..v referred to and to the removal of said Steel brldKc from Its present site, and ??ul$ .respectfully call your attention to the following facts: The present Steel bridge was originally constructed by said railroad company over 21 years ago, at which time the company had the choice of location anywhere from the mouth of the Willamette River to Ore gon City. In our opinion the present loca tion of the steel bridge Is an Ideal one la every respect, both for railroad purposes and the accommodation of the public as a highway. Cent nU Harbor Affected. Since the construction of the Steel bridge, . autl2rlt?i,.linother bridge has been built across the Willamette River, known as the Burnslde bridge, which is about 200 feet south of the Steel bridge. The harbor be tween these two bridges has been in con stant use as a central harbor, wherein a ?Je.t man?0' the largest merchant marines of the world have been navigated, and which nas also given anchorage to several of the great ships of the United States Navy Is .conen,ded by those who are com ESIS nt. '"J"'1,- that, by reason of the iiH- kJSh1"" rUJer Just north of the Burn ?!... bridge, and the current at this point, that the present distance between these 2. brldsres. of about 2200 feet. Is barely sufficient to allow ships of any magnitude to reach the draw of the Steel bridse with yC ,?f'r t-asslng through the Burn slde bridge northward. The location In dicated for the construction of the pro posed bridge by the railroad company would shorten this distance and diminish the har bor between the two bridges to an extent ?L,nUt.l,80Ve?t?5 the KaBt Side and ISo feet on the West Side, and In the opinion of those competent to judge, would cause nav igation to become dangerous and hazardous j re"on f the current, as above stated, eu?er ,hortened "Pace In which to man- m,'',.from tn,,s- tn cuy ' Portland has fani. "an Quadrupled ia Population In the lapse of 21 years, since the Steel bridge was constructed and In operation and vast 2mm.erclad and blnss interests have adjusted themselves to Its location, and the large residence districts, both on the esit Snd?whieifT becomi thickly "populated' aiL5,I, i" have combined to make the thoroughfare over the Steel bridge one most important connecting the East and West Sides of the city. If these conditions should be suddenlv changed by the abandonment of the present site, and the selection of the on. rS by the tailroad company. It goes wlthoTit saying that large financial Inteu woS"d be disturbed, and also that the nr.i ??nl.nci.Uld b "ubJected Kreat'fnco" Refer to Nw T lad act. Tha rl tj i , -rld - ----- "'- Fb niiv Kitnougn your permission has not yet been acquired It artrXp''ed that th"' brld8 will be bul i after proper presentation. Said bridge la a .hlh" bridge, supposed to afcom! ""f"'0 r'v traffic without interruption, and requiring the draw to be swung only when ocean traffic demands entrance. y it win be noted that by reason of the wm..0'11' bridge, which cro ihl ? RlvIr at Portland It would be a dangerous and unusual proceeding to con struct any bridge between the present site of the Steel bridge and the Burnslde bridge It Is our earnest wish that our objections to the proposed new location should be placed before your department, . and that you will KEtaid- nr1 hUK u" to th" citizens of fortland. Or., a hearing, at which we tnC be permitted to introduce evidence show damage to the harbor by the chin in w.1 tlon of the bridge, .t wMch UmesUmony of ship captains, masters and steamboat men. who are familiar with th. ".!".. of the Willamette Rver iV current, and channels and alo the evidence of compe. It.henB'ne,'!rs- may be introduced to ?Joe all the various phases of th ySUf dP"tmen 'hat 'you "Cb. fully advised before granting anv nermlssion & the premises. A map lnd"catfng the nrei" ent location of the steel bridge posed location of the new brince u attached and made a part of thft protest I p to the present time we have askirt in yam for some good reason why The nre.ei location should be changed Vnrt VI,. Pre,?nt between the bridge. taPed 2nS ti danger to ships Increased, and the -n.i-, ha. only been. It Is more convenient ?ol Th I railroad, as It desires an eaSi! 'r.tna US b,?h ,h". nor,h "d sou'ton tne'est side of the river. ThI. privilege it i rHth ".'J'"' i'"1 bridge on thS Kast 6?de and could make any entrance or sxlt from the north at the aast approach of the bridge, as well as the south Th. r,,,.- site doe not parallel th stei TbSdg" Sv 2"0 feet and renders the eaat oDroaTh frn the north more difflcni approach from THE MORNING RIOTOUS STRIKERS HOLD GAPE GLAGE British Regulars Ordered to Restore Peace at Coal Mines. POLICE ARE POWERLESS Furious Mobs of Men, Women and Children Assail Men Who AVIsh to Work Mine' Manager Hurt in Defending His Men. TROOPS ORDERED OUT. HALIFAX, x. S.. July 7 Before daylight tomorrow morning a train load, of troops will be on the way to Cape Breton to quell the disturb ances in the mining district. GLACE BAT, N. S.. July 7. Riotous scenes at the collieries, an assault on General Mn n i o-ar- i . . . . . M - r ''1. me reaoing 1 of the riot act. the injury of several ! wU1K.,nen, iz arrests and the rerusal of Mayor Douglas, of Glace Bay, to call out the troops at the request of the company were the special features that marked the second day of the strike of the United Mlneworkers of America in the employ of the Dominion Coal Com pany. Mob Awaits Workers. The strike assumed a violent form at :so. and No. 3 mines early in the- day. An enormous crowd, composed of strik ers, their friends and women and chil dren assembled at the collieries wait ing for the men who were expected to go to work. Nearly all carried sticks stones and eggs, and when the first man appeared they surrounded him and a riot started. Mr. Duggan and a posse of police charged the crowd to open a way for the workmen to escape Mr. Duggan was struck and slight ly wounded on the side of the head and several women and children were knocked down and a number were In jured. The entrance to the collieries was finally cleared and the rest of the work men loyal to the company were allowed to go Into the mine without further Interference. Strikers Contest Mine. At colliery No. 3 tonight the 6trikers are in charge of the situation. There a mob of women and children attacked the men who wanted to work. The police were forced to draw revolvers to defend them selves. During the day 2000 strikers surrounded the Jail In which the prisoners arrested this morning are confined, and it was thought an attempt would bo made to Btorm the place and release the men. Thie however, did not occur. ' The police are practically powerless to control the disorderly element. A coal train from Dominion No. 3 mine was held up on Its way from the pit today and de railed by the strikers. Mr. Duggan has appealed to the towns of Glace Bay and Dominion and the municipality of Cape Breton for protection for his men and property, and each of these towns hae sworn In special constables. Mayor Doug las, of Glace Bay. has refused to sign a requisition calling out troops. WAR OH SPEETfIEHOS ANTI-JUGGERNAUT AUTO CLUB TO BE FORMED. Ixs Angeles Humanitarians Get To gether to Make Iiife More Pleas ant for Pedestrians. LOS ANGELES. Cal.. July 7.-Artlcles of incorporation of the "Anti-Juggernaut Automobile Club" are to be fifed soon with the County Clerk. Ita purpose will be to compel reckless automobllists to observe the precautions necessary to safeguard lives of pedestrians The plans include the establishment and operation of signal stations for the detection of violators of the speed ordi nance. The articles of incorporation state that the club is necessary "to the end that human beings may be afforded as much protection by law. In all seasons of the year, as Is afforded by law to wild ani mals In closed seasons, or to wild forest trees, or to fish; and to the end that human beings may not be wantonly and recklessly killed or maimed or bruised or ,w'"n??d' or made to wear that haunted look like a hunted deer when venturing upon the public highway." PRAIRIE STATES FLOODED (Continued From First Page.) wall of water, six -feet high, swept down both forks of the Grand River and Joined at Utlca, continuing after that as one great flood. The water spread out over the bottom lands and did great damage to farms and crops In its path. The water overwhelmed the" railroad tracks, blocking traffic absolutely and causing the death of eeveral people. Joe Wlllard and his wife were drowned two miles west of Chllllcothe as they were fleeing along the tracks. William-Christian was aleo drowned and six section hands are reported missing. The agent at Gault. Arthur Fiek, was rescued from the roof of the station after a close escape from the flood. The Burlington bridge to the west of Chllllcothe has been abandoned. GREAT NORTHERS BLOCKED Dearborn Bridge Carried Out by High Water in Montana. BUTTE, Mont.. July 7.-The Dearborn bridge, between Cascade and Wolf Creek on the Butte division of the Great North ern Railway, was washed out yesterday and delayed all trains. Finally it was found necessary to trans fer passengers around the washout It is understood that the track will be re paired tonight. RIO GRAND STILIi BLOCKED Scenic Line Through Canyon Im passable Because of Slides. DENVER. July 7. The blockade of the Denver & Rio Grande Railway at Echo 30 miles west of Canon City, as a result of the heavy ralno and the landslides of OREGOXIAN, THURSDAY, the last four days, remains unbroken to- I night. Today many thousands of westbound passengers who were stalled yesterday at Canyon City weer detoured to Colorado Springs and sent West over the Midland road. THREE DKOWXED IX CREEK Woman and Two Children Carried Away by Swift Water. ST. IOUIS. July 7. A woman and two children were drowned on a farm in St. Iouis County tonight when they at tempted to ford a creek swollen by heavy raine. First Mail in Two Days. PUEBLO. Colo., July 7. The only mall In the last 48 hours to go west over the Denver & Rio GrAnde Railroad was taken by a stub train this afternoon and car ried past the rock slide in ih T?n.,0i Gorge, the train returning to this citv I with mail from the West. SUSPECT HELD FOR THEFT Frank Kain Arrested for Robbing East Side Dwelling. Detectives ,Craddock and Mallett last night arrested Frank Kaln. 20 years old. and lodged him in the City Jail under suspicion of having robbed a dwelling at 670 East Morrison street on June 30. The officers picked the young man up at Fourth and Stark streets. According to their investigations the prisoner has not been employed for a long time and has been living about the city with no visible means of support. A gold nugget, a pearl stick pin, J13 in money, a meerschaum pipe of con siderable value and other articles were taken in the burglary. The pipe was traced to the possession of Katn. He was unable to explain how he came by it. The police say that he Is the brother of Ralph Kain. an ex-soldier, who is now serving a 20-year sentence In the Walla Walla penitentiary for highway robbery. Kaln Is being held under the charge of vagrancy to permit a detailed investiga tion into the robbery. STRUCK .BY CAR; MAY DIE Patrick Daly, 50 Years Old, Hit at Third and Burnslde. Knocked down and rendered uncon scious by a streetcar that struck him yesterday about noon at Third and Bum side streets. Patrick Daly, 50 years old, an Ironworker, who lives at 354 Burnslde street, is in the Good Samaritan Hospital In a dangerous condition. It was thought last night by the surgeons who are at tending him that death may result from his injuries. Daly was attempting to cross the street In front of the car when he was hit. An ugly gash cut in his scalp gave rise to the belief at first that his skull had been fractured. After he had been removed to the hospital In the Red Cross ambulance and the surgeons had revived him it was found that crushing injuries In the chest had been sustained. He was bleeding from the mouth and displaying alarming symptoms late last night. Daly is a single man whose relatives reside In the East. BOY STRIKES ON HIS HEAD Frank Nolan Injured by Fall In Runaway. Thrown from his' wagon on his head Frank Nolan, an 18-year-old delivery boy employed by Lang & Co.. wholesale gro cers had a narrow escape in a runaway accident yesterday afternoon at Twen tieth and Washington streets. The horse took fright at Twenty-first street and ran In the next block he struck a telegraph pole. The shafts were broken and the yJ. nrown a distance of 20 feet, striking on his head. Nolan was picked up and hurried to the Good Samaritan Hospital in the Red Cross ambulance. He sustained slight Internal injuries and severe bruises. He will re- ?VrK,c2 f- W days- The victim's home is at 695 Union avenue. HURT STEPPING FROM CAR Viola Bean Gets Bad Fall on St. John Line. i-,auneanV a year-oM Klrl. living at I?- Sk"n f.treet St- John- injured yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock by step ping from a moving car at Fargo street on the St. John line. She had signalled the conductor. No. 655, to stop, but he evidently did not see the signal. The girl !2e t tot from the trailer Ld couldnt stop when she discovered that the car was not going to slow down. She was thrown violently to the ground The girl's arm and shoulder were In jured and Patrolmen Burrl and Mackey picked her up and carried her to a near by drugstore. - where she was revived Friends called later to assist her home. Youth Caught Stealing Sacks. Andrew Vetter, the 17-year-old son of Henry Vetter, a tailor at 851 Burnslde o L,Was arrested lt night at the foot of Savler street for eteallng grain sacks from empty freight cars. Patrolman Humphreys saw him go Into the cars, and collect a bundle of the sacks and arrested blm as he was leaving the Weidler dock The lad said he had been working at the plumbing shop of Bohlman & Son 44t4 Ninth street North. His case will prob ably come up in the Juvenile Court. Illegal Fishers Fined. ASTORIA, Or. , July 7.-(Speclal.)Nick Mariana and Nick Paglana. two gillnet ters arrested Sunday by Depute Warden Rathburn for fishing during the doseS period pleaded guilty In Justice Court today to a charge of illegal fishing and were fined $50 and costs each. Julius Jensen of Chinook, one of the trappers arrested for fishing on Sunday, pleaded not guilty and his trial was set for next Friday. The hearing of the cases against the other four trappers arrested on elm liar charges has not been set. Astoria Teachers Chosen. ASTORIA, Or.. July 7.-(Special.)The Astoria School Board, at its meeting last evening appointed Roy K. Thomas, of Olivet College. Michigan, as teacher of history in the High School, He Is also to be the school's athletic Instructor The Board filled the vacancies In the corps of grade teachers by electing the following M ss Esther Larson, Miss Selma Norberg' Miss Sophia Anderson and Miss Blodwin Clatsop Treasurer Reports. ASTORIA, Or., July 7.-(Special.)-The report of County Treasurer Sherman for the six months ending June 30 was filed today and shows the receipts and dis bursements of his office to have been as , WS: Cash on nand January l Jin - 9LiPt 263'5?5-78: disbursements, ja9.OD9.68; cash on hand June 30. 54.I A Mght Rider's Raid. ,Jhe wrst night riders are calomel 11 or aloes pills. They raid Jour bed to rob you ot rest. Not so with Dr King's New Life Pills. They never dis tress or inconvenience. bu? aiwavi cleanse the system, curing Colds Held drKgU?StiPati0n' Malafla, 21 t "aU JULY FRF.F. A r ' -iv. .... 1 ..-to - v 1 f I t-i r 1 I tlli - . ra 7, . n H -l iiwt; ii villi; out ot town may register by sending in their name and address by mail. Further information if necessary at the store. Telephones A 1925, Main 2756 a 386 'siintoriyt. RIPUGER IS IN FOR IT SEATTLE PROSECUTOR TO GO OX WITH CASE. Says He Sees No Reason for Drop ping Action, Even Though Xo Case Has Been Contended. SEATTLE. Wash., July 7. (Special.) Today brings three developments in the Rlplinger matter. The first is the dis covery by friends of the alleged default ing Controller that technically there Is no criminal charge against Rlplinger. since the old warrant sworn out by Harry W. Carroll, his successor as Controller, Is Illegal. The second is the statement by Will H. Morris, attorney for John Rip linger, that the ex-Controller, who has come back from Honduras following a two-year exile, is confident of his ability to prove his Innocence of wrongdoing. The tihrd Is the statement of George F. Vanderveer. Prosecuting Attorney, that he Intends to find a way to push the case against the accused. Ripllnger's friends in their effort to discredit the warrant against him, point out, first, that the complaint will be sworn to by Harry W. Carroll as City Controller; that the city, however, has refused to admit its liability for the 68, 000 alleged to have been embezzled from the contractors; and that the contractors In no case have made any claim against Rlplinger for one cent. This Is pointed out as foundation for the belief that Ripllnger's alleged peculations from the "uncompleted contract fund" constitute nothing more than a breach of trust. Prosecutor Vanderveer, however. Is de termined to prosecute Riplinger according to announcement made today. "I will begin the prosecution on the original charge of embezzlement filed against John Rlplinger just as soon as the case can be arranged," said the Pros ecuting Attorney, George F. Vanderveer. "I see no reason for all this 1 talk about the city's having no case. I will take up the matter at once with the account ants who experted Ripllnger's books and if others are involved by their findings, they will be prosecuted too. I believe the original charge against Rlplinger and the original warrant sufficient. If they are not, we will prepare one that is valid. I know of no reason why the city should drop the case." CONTEST CASES AFFECTED Entryman Need Not Show Grazing Land Has Been Used. LA GRANDE. Or., July 7 (Special.) A decision of the Interior Department which means the dismissal of over 100 land contest cases on the Umatilla In dian reservation was received at the local land office today. The decision was in the case of Daniel C. Bowman, and is a reversal of a former ruling by the Interior Department that an entryman. after showing his land fit only for grazing purposes, must also show that the land has actually been used. About 26 cases have been decided by the local land office officials contrary to the ruling of the Department, and the recent decision from the Secretary of the Interior Is a confirmation of the rulings of the local officials. Sheriff Leaves With Prisoner. Sheriff Blrdsall, of Colorado Springs, Colo., who came to Portland after Victor Snow, an alleged swindler, left with his prisoner last night. Sheriff Birdsall will return to Colorado via Sacramento, Cal., where he will stop to take charge of the remains of his mother, who died there a few days ago, while the Sheriff was in this city arranging for the extradition of Snow. Mrs. Blrdsall had gone to Cali fornia for her health only a few weeks ago, and It is understood had shown de cided Improvement up until within a day of her death. Snow Is accused of swin dling a bank In Colorado Springs of J600 by means of a forged draft. He Is sup posed to have victimized other banks throughout the West. He was run down by the Pinkerton agency in this city and was arrested at the Hobart-Curtls Hotel. Funeral of Miss Monahan. The funeral of Miss Denos Monahan, who died Tuesday night at 11 o'clock at her home In St. John after an Illness of 13 years, will be held at 1:30 P. M. today from the Evangelical Church at St. John The ladies of the Rebekah lodge, of which Miss Monahan was a member, will meet at the lodge hall and attend the funeral In a body. Interment will be la Greenwood Cemetery and special cars will be provided. T. J. Monahan, her father, is an old settler In Oregon and has lived In St. John for the last 30 years. He Is now superintendent of the P. R., L. & P. Co.'s power station on the Peninsula. Miss Monahan died at the age of 20 years. She is survived by a father and mother, two sisters and one brother to mourn her loss. Italian Found Insane. ASTORIA, Or.. July 7.-(SpeclaJ.) John Emilio, of Hammond, was examined by the County Board this afternoon and com mitted to the State Insane Asylum The man is a native of Italy and 39 years of age. If you are not satisfied after uslne according to directions two-thirds of I bottle of Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets, you can have your monev back The tablets cleanse and Invigor ate the stomach, improve the digestion an well.b0'el8- Glve them!' trill PIANO GIVEN AWAY- J We wish to cordially invite the Portland public to me opening ot our new store, Saturday, July 10 when we will give our visitors an opportunity to pos sess one of our handsomest pianos, free. Simply register your name when you call. Registration closes July 17, 8 o'clock p". M., at which time the piano will be given away. The contest will be under the supervision of representatives of two of our lead ing newspapers. This costs you nothing, as some one who registers will o-pt fh -rvio nni, Lit 4 There must be something very inter esting about KNIGHT'S SHOE VALUES So many or our old customers have followed us to our new store to keep in touch with them KNIGHT'S SHOE VALUES ARE MAGNETIC Washington i "Tor : ;Bpll: Justness pll b an6 43rofesMortal ttert Wz extm6 a cor&tal Invitation to all business an6 professional SlUn to visit our large 6isplav of tte new est conceptions in ;Sesks an6 oter Office Turniture. .. In tl)e falcon? c3t)e 3 H. 5tU (To. BOOKSELLERS STATIONERS COMPLETE OFFICE OUTFITTERS TA,t tbe (Tomer of X5l)ir6 and loer TOURIST CARS TO POINTS EAST VIA THE Michigan Central-Hew York Central FROM CHICAGO SIX DAYS A WEEK m A comfortable and inexpensive way to travel, affording opportunity to view Niagara Falls en route without extra charge. FOR PARTICULARS OR ANY INFORMATION PERTAINING TO TRAVEL APPLY TO W. C. Seachrest, No. Pac. Coast At. 132 Third Street, Portland, Or." 4 4 TO Near Second i -4-v