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9 CHIEF OF NAVY. WHO REVIEWED ATLANTIC FLEET, HIS VESSEL T AND ADMIRAL OF PACIFIC AND ATLANTIC FLEETS. 1 VDMEH TO STUDY ISSUE OF F4NANGE TIIE MORMXG OREGOXIAX- TTTTTTtSDAT, yOTrerBTHt 2, 1911. Continues V Suffrage Leaders Attend Ses sion of Monetary Commis sion Committee. REFORM SEEMS NECESSARY ' y: I President of Dank of California Ob ject to caving Stale Banks Kqoal Benefits In l"e of Reserve Fund. AV FRANCTP-o. Nv. 1. Callfor. nta's mtI enf ranchlsed fmtnlna voters are taking their duties of eltl s.nshlp very seriously. They are not overlooking even ths proposed reor anlzatlon of the country's financial ystm under the Aldrlch, plan. Whm the ubromraltce of the Na flonul Monetary CommlMtnn, heeded by Vlre-C hatrman Vreeland of the Com' mlulnn. twgan today Ha attllnga In thla city, two of the state's suffrage lead era. Mrs. Mary Panui, president, and Mies Helen More, organiser of the State Kquel Suffrage LriKur. attended a por lina of the session. Mrs. t'amage aald that wh:e he admitted small knowl elee of the subject. It seemed to her eif evl.leat that financial reform waa nec!ed. We came to l.a rn about this flnan rlal question." said Mrs. larnge. "It It one with which every tr should become acquainted." The committee questioned seven rep resentative business men of thla city ae to their citica on the Aldrlch plan for the regulation of banking- and cur rency In the United States. Frank B. Andorson. president of the Bank of California, was the only out of ths seven to onVr criticism. He aa'd that the panic of 1901 showed the weakness of the present monetary evstem and the need of a radical chance along the llna planned by ex Kenator Aldrlch. but he objected to the recent proposal to give state banks and trust companies equal beneflta with the National banks In regard to the use of the reserve fund. This, he said, waa nnfalr to the Na tional banks, whose business waa sub ject to legal restrictions that drd not apply to the other Institutions. The committeemen were guests of the Chamber of Commerce tonight at a banquet at the close of which Mr. Vreeland went Into an elaborate ex planation of the Aldrlch bill and the work of the monetary commission. yk f k 11 -- --.. . . , , DREAM FORETELLS MURDER Ir. Koabe'a Cousin In Sleep See Snake Hanging rrora Tree, INDIANAPOU9. Not. t. Mls A asta Knaba, cousin of Dr. Helen Knaba. who waa found a week ago with her head nearly severed, told Coroner Durham of a frightful dream, a premonition of trouble which waa to follow. Bha aald: -I dreamed that I waa with TV. Knaba and that the tall of an enor mous black anake hunt" down toward os from a tree. We were speechless with fright and we held each other In close embrace, aa If every moment would bo oar last. I awoke while the dream held me In great fear and I did not sleep aoundly the rest of the night." In one of Dr. Knabe'e letters the coroner found reference to Buddhism, but the cousin aald the dead physician waa not a believer In the Eastern religion. " '"' ": V .... ?. vi- '-.' 'i " " . 7- --...-. t p-. -Ow - : r.v.-. - V V ' - V -. -K-: K- : 'VS : 'r"''"-"! - ' 1 ' faaaaaa BSiaaea main I umisJaWM " ' '' ' " "- r " ' ";. " . ' ' ' ' " - ! FLEET IS REVIEWED Guests Observe Submarines From Deck of Oregon. NAVY LEARNING LESSON Senator of Committee on Naval Af fair Hope Western Coaat Is Soon to tu Recognized With Bettor Protection. tContlmid from First Page.) 4MyM ARMY PRISONER ON TRIAL I. Irn tenant Accused of Offense Com mitted When Vnder Arrest. FORT LEAVENWORTH. Kan, Nov. 1. A court-martial convened at the fort here today to try Second LJeutenant Klwood F. Hand, a graduate of West Point, on a charge of conduct unbe coming aa officer and a gentleman. Klrst LJeutenant J. a. Pillow, of the Thirteenth Cavalry. Kort Riley, Kan, acted as Judge-Advocate and First Lieutenant John K. liogers, of the En gineer Corps waa selected as counsel for Hand. v I in Lieutenant Hand was tried several norths ago on a charge of unbecoming conduct and convicted. At that time ie was sentenced to bo confined within the limits of the reserve for six months and to forfeit a portion of his pay. The alleged offenee for which he waa cited today waa committed when he was lerving the first sentence. POSTOFFICE EARNS PROFIT Surplus Shown for Tear Is Depart ment's Ilrtt In as Tears. WASHINGTON, Nov. 1. For the first time since IIIJ. the Postoffice Depart ment during the fiscal year ended June So. 1911. waa conducted at a profit. In It months the conduct of ttie Tostal Service has resulted la hanirlng a daflclt of Si;.4:."0 for the fiscal year 1J to a surplus of IJIJ. II. for tie fiscal year llt. These facts are detailed In a report of Charles R. Kram. auditor for the I'ostofflce Department. In a report sub mitted to Postmaaier-Ueneral Hitch cock. During the fiscal year I1.0.o:j do meatle money, orders were Issued, ag gregating i;i).03l.3:. and t.Ot.llJ In ternational monev orders were Issued, aggregating l.:il. MRS. MANTELL IS DEAD Wife and Co-Star of Artor Stricken While Husband Is Absent. ATLANTIC HT'-.HLANPS. N. J.. Nov. !. Mrs. Marie !ontn Mantell. wife of Robert Mantell. trie actor, and herself 'amous as a ro-star with her husband. ' deed at her Summer borne here. Brucewood. Mr. Mantell arrived at Cruet wool to 1st. a few hours too lata to sea his before she dleX Mrs. Mantell'a death was due to Ill ness from wlilch she bad Buffered since )st June. Her debut ae an actress was ln l In In "Tin Avalanche. and he Joined Mr. Mantell'a company three years later. They were married la li. Her Shakespearean roles In cluded Lady Macbeth, Juliet. Ophelia and Deedemoaa demonstrated Ita preparedness for any emergency and has shown ths effective ness of ths present organisation." Oeorgs Von L, Meyer. Secretary of the .Navy, smiled aa he made this state ment tonight on board tbe President's yacht Mayflower, after having Inapected I 99 fighting ships of the Atlantic fleet assembled In the Hudeon Klver for the greatest mobilisation In tbe history of the American Nary. President Taft will review the fleet tomorrow aa It peases out to sea. Leaving the Mayflower In a fast launch, after having received on board Rear-Admiral Oaterbaua, the Commander-in-Chief and the division com manders, ths Secretary paid visits to the flagships. The Mayflower fired a aalute of It cans as he left her aide. and this sslute waa repeated by each of the seven flagships that he boarded, be ginning with tbe Connecticut and end ing with the little Dixie, tender of the torpedo fleet. His calls completed, ths' Secretary boarded the Mayflower, which had steamed to the upper end of ths seven miles of wsrshlps. and passed slowly southward along ths entire line, each ship saluting 19 times as he passed. The reports roared bsck from the New York shore after an Interval so long that It seemed aa If a bombardment were going on In the streets of Harlem. It waa i:0t) P. M. when he bad repassed ths Connecticut on his return trip, marking ths end of the day's formali ties. Members of the House committee on naval affairs followed ths Secretary on his visits to sach of ths flagships, and were honored with a salute of 17 guns. They. too. were gratified with the ap parent efficiency and preparedness of i the fleet, end when the party reas- eemtii on tne Maynower nope was ex pressed that Congress might see fit to create the position of Vice-Admiral. "The rank of the Commander-in-Chief should be mmmensurats with his arreat responsibilities," said Secretary Meyer. "And It Is due his position tbat he should have the rank of Vlce-Ad-ml rL" r.ear-'Admlrals Walnwrlgbt, Vreeland. Potter and Fletcher, acting as the Sec retary's sides. Indorsed this expression and hoped that the position of Vlcs Admlral would be created. "This mobilisation has demonstrated. Secretary Meyer said, "that for our re serve fleet we should have a greater number of enlisted men. I have antici pated this In part by asking fur 2009 more men In the estimates that have now gone to the Treasury Department. These estimates provide for the main tenance and addition of these men, but they are no larger than those of last year." About Soo.ooO persons witnessed the spectacle from the New York shore, and gaily-decked harbor craft bore other thousands up and down the line. LONDON SUBWAYS COMBINE Capital of 163,000,000 Includes Much Invested by Americans. LONDON. Nor. L The amalgamation of London's electric tubes and railroads and the London General Omnibus Com pany bio virtually been agreed on. ao cording to the livening Standard. Much American money Is Invested In the railroad. Tbe combined capital of the undertaking la estimated at 16.-vOO.000. PURSUIT BRINGS DEATH Son of ex-President of Bar Associa tion Slain bjr Illshsraymen. NIW ORLEANS Nov. 1. Fdgar H. Farrar, Jr., sea of an ex-preeldent of the American Bar Association, waa shot and killed at 10 o'clock today at Pen- Ins ton and Magnolia streets, by two high ws men. The robbers escsped, but less than two hours after the shoot ing Mr. Farrar's assailants were cap tured and made a confession to tha police. They are Leon Canton and Luclen Canton, brothers, of this city. Mr. Farrar was on his way to his office, when ha waa told by a neighbor that two men standing on a corner opposite probably were a pair who had broken into the Farrar home yester day. He started In pursuit of the men. one of whom fired. Farrar fell in the treat, dead. CLOTHING 'GRAFT TO STOP Trafficking In Army Clothing Is Under Investigation. 8 AN FRANCISCO. Nov. L The effort of ths Government to and tha illegal traffic In Army supplies by second-hand dealers at tha gates of the presidio military reservation resulted In the ar rest today of August Hey man n, on a secret grand Jury Indictment, charging the purchase of Army clothing from the soldiers. The Army officers say the practice of buying supplies and equipment from soldiers who are either drunk or hard pressed for money results In the annual losa of a fortuna to tha Government. TRAGEDY DRIVES MAN MAD Engineer of Tne From Which Chief BiRjry leaped Goes Insane. SAN FRANCISCO. Nor. 1. William Murphy, who was engineer on the po lice patrol boat from which ex-Chief of Police Blggy Is believed to have leaped when he met death In the "bay Novem ber 30. lflS. waa taken to the deten tion hospital here today to be exam ined by the Insanity Commission. The tragedy of Biggy's death has weighed on Murphy's mind so heavily that it Is believed to hsve affected his reason. VALLEJO TALKS TO COLON Wireless Between Isthmus and Key West Also Read In North. VALLEJO, Cal.. Nov. 1. Communica tion waa established for the first time today between the wireless station at Mare Island and the Government sta tion at Colon, Panama. Weather reports were exchanged. Messages were lster read being sent from Colon to Key West. Mare Island operators hare been en deavoring to establish communication with the Atlantic Coart. since the re ceipt of a message from Washington 10 days sgo. GIRL HURT AT FOOTBALL Member of Public School Eleven In. lured in Scrimmage. EVANSVTLLE. Ind, Nor. 1. What a believed to be the first Injury to a girl while playing football this season occurred -here yesterday. Irene Butrum waa tackled by one of ber adversaries at the local public school and one arm waa broken in the scrimmage. Ths girls of Evansriile play football dally. Schlmpf Takes Butler's Post. NEW YORK. Nor. I. William Schlmpf was today appointed chair man of the American Automobile As sociation to nil the vacancy caused by tha recent death of Samuel M. Butler, who was killed ta an aocidant during tha Gllddea tour. Ladies' Man-Tailored Suits Radically Reduced Price of Every Fancy Suit Cut Every Suit offered at this sale be longs to our REGULAR HIGH GRADE stock of EXCLUSIVE styles and MODELS with the Ben Selling guarantee of quality and workmanship. Every garment sig nificant of cleverness and newness. $40 and $45.00 Suits now $ $35 and $37.50 Suits now S2 $30 and $32.50 Suits now 32 $25 and $27.50 Suits now $1 Remember there is no charge for alterations. Please note the sence of the word value in our ad. Leading Clothier Morrison at Fourth Q sol i few 6.50 jfr -rd I 2.5o k?4 LJmi: 9.75 1 m Umm ab- Hi" itiym mil if " mn iiniiru minim Counterfeiter's Map Shows Officers Way to Cache.. LAST OF KIND RECOVERED Bills Said to Hare Been Executed In t Log Cabin on Island Off Brit ish Columbia Head of Gang Confesses Crimes. CHICAGO. Nov. 1. A package con taining lta counterfeit 110 bank notes was found burled beneath a tree on an island In Jackson Park today by Cap tain Thomas I. Porter, of ths United Etates Secrst Senrlco. The bills were recovered after a confession from Al bert Leon, arrested In New York two weeks ago and brought here last Satur. day- Leon was said to be a Russian political refugee and the head of a suc cessful counterfeiting gang. These notes are believed by Captain Porter to be the last of their kind un accounted for. For- montha notes of this denomination have been circulated freely in the West. They were made. Captain Porter says. In a log cabin at Nootka Island, on tne coast or onuin Columbia. Rudolph Swanson and Fred Malneek were the first members of the gang1 arrested. Leon evaded the Secret Serv ice men for some time, but waa taken Just aa he was about to leave for Eu rope. After being questioned for two days he confessed burying tha money and drew a map of where it could be found. The money had been carefully wrapped up and the bills were undamaged. The notes were on the following banks: Buffalo, the Anglo-London and Paris National Bank, of San Francisco; Illinois National Bank, Springfield; Blair County National Hank, of Tyrone, Pa.: First National Bank, Portland, Or.; First National Bank. Wllliamsport, Pa.; El Centro National Bank, of California; First National Bank. Yuma. Ariz.: First National Bank, Orange. Cal.; First Na tional Bank of Riverside.' Cal. LYMAN'S PLEA OVERRULED Promoter Must Plead to Charge of Escaping From Custody. SAN FRANCISCO, Not. 1. Tha tech nical demurrer of Dr. John Grant Ly man. the Los Angeles promoter, to his indictment charging conspiracy to es cape from the custody of the United Stales authorities, was overruled tojay by Judce re Haven of the United States District Court. Lyman will be brought from the county Jail Into court tomor row to enter his plea to this charge. Meantime the removal proceedings ts Los Angeles, where an Indictment was found charging ths use of the malls to defraud Investors, will be postponed. chants' Delivery Company Is being incorporated for 115,000, hauling gn- I oral merchandise between Vancouver ' and Portland. The auto trucks of the company made their first trips today. The officers of the company are: Charles P. McCarty, president; Charles McCafferty, vice-president; W. W. Rot erts, secretary: Paul Schulz, treasurer; E. B. Richmond, general manager. products in Portland without tha dairymen can sell direct through a agency of middlemen. The proposal is representative of the association, and to- organize in such a way that the I thereby obtain a better price. Auto Truck Rivals Train. VANCOUVER, Wash., Not. 1. (Spe cial.) Tht auto truck is competing with the electrlo freight train between Portland and Hayden Island, on tha routs to Vancouver. A new oorpara Uon the Pioneer Auto Truck 4k Msr- WIDOWS TO RECEIVE FUND Chicago's Donation of $220,00(f"to Be Distributed at Once. CHICAGO, Nov. L The fund of 2J0, 000 raised by citizens of Chicago for the benefit of the widows and children of the 19 flremeji who lost their lives In ths stockyards flvs years ago, will be distributed at ones. Mrs. Margaret Ho ran, widow of Firs Marshal Ho ran. will receive $17,000 of the fund, and Mrs. Helen Borrows, widow of Lieutenant Borrows, will be given $11,000. The other widows and the two mothers will receive an aver age of $6000 each. Each of the IS chil dren will receive about $2000. Holstlaw Lawyers Deny' Threat. CHICAGO, Nov. 1. Attorneys A. M. Fitzgerald and George B. Gillespie, of Springfield, who acted as counsel for ex State Senator Holstlaw, today told the committee of the United States Senate investigating United States Senator Lorlmsr that they had acted In no way under persuasion or threat. Dalrymen to Discuss Sale. itrr.iOTnnn nr. Not L (Sneelal.) The directors of tha Gresham Dairy Association will meet witn wasningion County dairymen In this city, November 4 to discuss the sale or milk ana miiK li: ' ' f i! Get Rid of Piles at Home Try this Home Treatment Absolutely Free. No matter how long you've been suf fering or how bad you think your case Is, send at once for a free trial of the wonderful Pyramid Pile Remedy. Thou sands afflicted as badly or worse than you trace their quick recovery to the day they began using this marvelously successful remedy. Pyramid Pile Remedy gives Instant, blessed relief. 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