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THRONG WITNESSES CHRISTENING OF
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Thirty Thousand People Gather at Brooklyn -Navy-Yard as Latest Dreadnought, Florida, Slides Into Sea Vessel
68 Per Cent Completed at Time of Launching.
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NEW YORK. May 21. (Special.)
Thirty lliounand men, women and
children assembleil at the Brooklyn Navy
yard lHst Thursday to witness the chris
lenini? of the United States dreadnought
Florida, the Navy's greatest battleship.
Miss Elizabeth Fleming christened the
ship. The F1orida-s launching demon
strates that Uncle Sam's workmen are
competent to construct hie dreadnoughts.
The battleship is now 68 per cent eom
pletedv something remarkable at the time
of launching.
The engines of the Florida will consist
of ten turbines of the Parsons type, six
go-ahead and four astern turbines, which
will be driven by steam generated from
12 water-tube boilers with furnaces
which have been constructed for the con
sumption of coal or oil fuel.
THOUSANDS OF NEW YORK ORPHANS
TO ENJOY BIG AUTOMOBILE RIDE
Chance Remark of Little "Waif Leads to Institution of Day on Which Homeless Children Are Given Treat.
Dental Hygiene Council Ends Its Work Born Slave, Now Rich. "
were promptly , halted by Justice Aspinall,
whose decision was vigorous and easy to
understand. -
Charles Wagner, who lives at 307 First
avenue. was a victim of cruel and un
usual punishment, inflicted in the name
of the law.
One of the city's breathing spots is
Stuyvesant Park. Recently a gang of
young men have been enjoying them
selves by prowling through the park,
armed with long sticks. Whenever they
encountered a sleeper, they aroused him (
by the simple method of beating him
over the head. Strange to say, the sleep
ers complained'.- and the result was that a
strong force of police were sent to the
recreation place, with instructions that
sticks were barred. Whereat the sleepers
rejoiced.
But a morning or so ago. the gang of
young toughs turned up with bags of
ancient eggs, and pelted everyone In
sight. They did not bother Wagner at first, as
he was walking quietly by. But when
he stopped - and told - them that they
should be ashamed of thereselves. they
promptly turned their sen-munition on
him and gave him a glorious egg sham
poo. Fortunately neveral - policemen
rushed up. - and made several .arrests.
Then they directed Wagner to come
along as the complainant. He started
with- them to the station house, and on
the way tried to repair some of the
damage to his countenance and clothes,
by the use of a pocket handkerchief.
"Stop that" yelled one of the policemen,
'leave yourself as you are. We want
the Judge to see how badly youhave
been handled."
Poor Wagner protested, but his objec
tions were overruled. Egg spattered,
from head to foot, he was obliged to
parade through the streets, and thence
into court, followed by an admiring
throng. It was' fully an hour and a half
before he could obtain permission to re
move the stains of battle.
This is not a free country any more,'
Wagner remarked, as he dashed out of
court, headed for the nearest Turkish
bath. ,
, Sprinkles During Hard Rain.
- The other day -while the raiji was pour
ing down In torrents, an employe of the
Park Department stood watering the
grass in front of the marriage license
bureau In" City Hall Park.
'Don't you know enough to come in
out of the wet?" somebody asked him.
'inr. t the rain enough for the grass?'
"Cut It out," said the man, still spout
ing away with his big hose, "I am paid
to water this grass, and I mean to water
it, rain or shine."
And, as he was within his rights, no
one could stop him.
Jersey City, just across the river, is
enjoying an extremely bitter N"barber
pole war" at present.
One Philip Huber has a shop in the
most prominent, section of town. Huber
recently ornamented the front of his
place with a whirling sign, guaranteed
to make anyone's eyes hurt.'. It was a
pole striped in many colors, which' re
volves at high speed,, and with dazzling
results.
Richard Vreeland. an employe of the
Finance Department, called on Huber to
complain that the sign was a public nuls
ante. The barber kicked him out of the
shop, whereupon Vreeland had Huber ar
rested, and also started-the law moving
against the sign. The barber paid a
line for assault, paid it cheerfully, but
when an adverse decision was rendered
against him in the nuisance matter, he
promptly took an appeal, and has so tied
the matter up that it will probably be
several years before a final decision is
arrived at. In the mean time Vreeland
has threatened to tear the sign down
personally, but is afraid, first because-
he would probably be cited for contempt
of court, and second because Huber has
warned him that he, Huber, will shoot
any one who tries to Interfere with the
way he conducts his advertising.
The Board of Aldermen 'have decided
to pass an ordinance, aimed at the ob
noxious sign, but the Police Department
announces that it will not try to enforce
it while the matter is' pending in the
courts.
"They cannot bamboozle me,"' Huber
says in an interview, "I have plenty of
money, and am angry enough -to spend
It. If necessary I will fight this matter
to the United States Supreme Court."
And the pole. Is still whirling along on.
Its merry, eye-wracking way.
BY I.I5TI) F. LONEROAN.
NKW YORK, May 21. (Special.) The
"Orphan's AutoDay," a date looked
forward to in every Juvenile chari
table Institution throughout Greater Huw
Tork, promises to be bigger and more
latisfactory than ever this year. . 1
The advance indications are that fully
1000 machines will be placed at the dis
posal of the committee, and this means
that about 8000 orphans will have the
Say of their lives.
The institution of Orphan's Auto Day"
was due to thechance remark of a little
(irl Inmate of an institution In. the
Bronx.
Alex. Schwalbach, a motor enthusiast,
was driving his car away up town some
. years ago. and had a slight accident that
caused him to stop- for repairs. While
he was working around his machine, a
ixoup of little orphans, out for a walk,
pa seed y. They gazed curiously at
Schwalbach. and one child remarked to a
rounger companion:
- Autoist Starts Philanthropy.
"That is an autermoblle, Llzrle. I
wonder if any of us will ever ride In
one."
That remark kept running through
Schwslbach's head all the rest . of the
day. Then he communicated with some
of his friends who own cars, and they
decided to make things happy for some
orphans anyway. They took a party for
an outing, enjoyed the experience, talked
up the scheme, and the result is the formation-,
of the Orphan Auto day.
This j-ear the. little boys and girls will
be driven all the way to Coney Island,
given a flne luncheon at the expense of
several .rich committeemen, and then be
guests, at, all the big shows including
Dreamland and Luna Park. It is a day
tjiat the children talk of for weeks be
fore It comes around, and for weeks after
it Is over.
It is an Interesting sight to see the
automobile parade on its way to Coney
Island. The long line of Cars practically
hold up traffic along the route, as the
machines, full of happy childreji, skim
oy. oome oi me niusi expensive niacnines
In the city are in the parade, and also
some of the cheapest. But the children
do not care which kind they draw. The
mere Idea of being in a car that Is going
Is happiness enough for them.
Unique Crusade Successful.
The Dental Hygiene Council which has
been holding a unique crusade In the
Metropolitan building, shut up shop yes
terday, and . its projectors are highly
pleased with the result of their work.
The idea of the Council is to arouse
parents and children to the necessity of
caring for their teeth. It is also trying
to have free dental clinics established in
connection with the public schools for
poor children. There have been daily
lectures, illustrated by stereopticon
views, one of the most interesting gerles
being a set showing how children in
Massachusetts are given a regular tooth
brush exercise, the same' as they are
taught any otbjer course of study.
There are 600,000 school children in New
York City, and a medical examination of
(7,000 has shown that defective teeth
more than doubles all other physical tn-
wrmlties. iseany bo per cent oi the cnil
fien examined were found to be "dental
ftrtpples." unable to get anything like the
real value of their food. Of 600 children
Vwho went to the clinic of the Children's
Aid Society Industrial School, only 14 bad
sound teeth.' and these were sadly In
need of a dentist's attention.
Some person with a love Tor statistics
has figured that if New York school
children are typical of pupils throughout
the country, there must bo, in the schools
alone, some 13,000.000 young persons whose
usefulness, as well as perfonal comfort,
is Impaired by defects which a little at
tention from parents and family physi
cians would cure.
Unusual Case Decided.
A law suit yety muh out of the ordi
nary, was decided in the courts of Queeus
County a few days ago. The victor was
Primus-Van Dom, a feeble negro, 75
years old. He was born a slave, but
with his father escaped ' from the South
away back in 1848. Then the family et
tied in Springfield, Long Island, juat out
side of the limits of the present ciW. and
started to make a living as farmers.
When Primus was 21, he branched out
for himself, first buying an acre and a
quarter, and later increasing his holdings
to four and a half acres. He paid $50
for the entire tract, and since 1856 has
remained in undisputed possession of the
property. The land is now worth easily
115,000.
The heirs of one John Conselyea tried
to eject the aged negro, hut their efforts
The Peer of All Bottled Beers
MORE FARMERS WANTED
No Danger of an Oversnpply for
Years to Come."
Wall Street Journal. ' '
There is no great danger that the sup
ply of farmers will be a drug on the mar
ket for some years to come. The Treas
ury Department's actuaries estimate the.
population of the country now at 90 mil
lion. At an average consumption of 5
bushels of wheat a year for each person
Brewed with the most scrupulous care to insure
its absolute purity, quality knd palatatflity
Made with sparkling Bull Run Water, selected
hops and perfected barley malt, it is
. !- the despair of imitators
Stands pre-eminent on the Pacific Slope. Abso
lute cleanliness is another cardinal feature that
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would delight the most exacting customer.
When you drink beer secure the best. It
is the cheapest from all standpoints.
ORDER DIRECT FROM ANY FIRST-CLASS FAM
ILY LIQUOR STORE. BREWERY'S OWN BOTTLING
HENRY WEINBARD BREWERY
A 1172
Thirteenth and Burnside
Main 72
it -n-ni tako. pl littla less than 600.000.000
bushels -to supply white bread for the
country, lo-.say nothing of other varie
ties. This means something more than
100 million barrels of flour to be ground,
distributed and baked into bread for de
livery at the consumers' tables.
But this is only. one of the many de
mands "which a population moving rapidly
toward 100 million souls makes every day
of the year. The country consumes prob
ably not less than 30 million head of live
stock a year. This includes . cattle, hogs
and sheep, but takes no account of poul
try" and poultry products, nearly all of
which - have to be supplied from the
farms of the country.
. The two branches of farming which re
quire the letlst labor for their successful
prosecution, and the most thinking, are
those which have much to do with the
increased cost of living. They are poul
try and poultry products and livestock
growing. Within an hour's ride by rail
of nearly every Eastern city . there are
lands which lend themselves readily to
occupation for those purposes. - With
modern facilities for transit to and from
the cities and towns the possibilities . of
development of these particular sources
of future supplies would seem at this
CIRCUS MOST PROGRESSIVE OF
,.t yy-:' ALL MODERN ENTERTAINMENTS
Sells-Floto Show That Comes to Portland Tomorrow Has Many Novel Features-Eight Hundred Men and Women
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okb op ,iopfs ix menagerie: of sixls-floto cihois.
UNTIL, the first flurry of snow heralds
the ' approach of Winter' and the
wild geese honk their flight to the
sunny South, the white tents of ithe cir
cus will rise and fall in the cities and
towns .of the country.
The man who tells you that- all cir
cuses are alike, will never lay the foun
dation for a race of philosophers. Be
cause the big tent attraction, has not
fallen behind, in fact, perhaps, if the
truth be told, - It. has progressed further
and faster than any other attraction be
fore the public today.
Xow, If -you stop to thinlT"a minute,
does the modern circua clown "pull" old
Jokes? lie does not, because somehow
or other people expect more from the
man who makes merry amidst the- saw
dust than they do from the comedian
who disports himself upon the stage.
The clowns of today catch a fad as
quickly as a film and present Its ludi
crous , side In a manner Irresistible.
Everything. Is touched upon; for Instance,
here come Spader Johnson, with his
phantom baseball game; Lon Moore, with
his parody on the Jeffries-Johnson fight;
Shorty Majmard, with a chantecier hat;
particular time to be especially Inviting.
As for the alleged drawback that
schools and other institutional advantages
are Inferior in rural and suburban com
munities, there are some serious doubts
In the matter. City schools are crowded
because of having to work by the whole
sale, in contrast with the personal atten
tion which is possible and practicable in
the rural and suburban schools. More
over, the conditions of living make great
ly for the physical if not for the moral
advantage of the rural over the urban
life.
George Summers and "Vncle Hiram,"
Impersonating the return of ' Theodore
Roosevelt and his son, Kermit. from
Africa. . The tariff, the war between the -Ballinger-
and'Pinchot forces, the prohi
bition .question and a thousand other
timely topics receive, consideration from,
the clowns. "
But apart from the actual perform?
ances, which the visitors to a big show
see, the circus has a business end that
will - command the respect of men of
affairs, not to opeak of an organization
requiring brains and capital.
The Sells-Floto . circus, which comes
here tomorrow for' a two dayB engage
ment,, requires two trains of 30 cars each
to transport it from point to point. Its
list of performers and assistants foot
up 800 men and women. ' Five cars are,
loaded with the canvas, which means 16
tents In all. and the big- main' tent seats
more than 8000 people. It takes 50 ushers
to seat the audience and at every, -meal
served -in the eating tent- a fair average
list of those who partake would number
700 persons. .' . -
. The operating department includes a gen
eral manager, manager, traffic-manager,
treasurer, adjuster, auditor,, general press
agent, with two assistants; . local conr
tractor.- three managers for the three
advertising cars sent ahead, a manager
of brigades an 'advertising inspector, an
excursion agent, manager of privileges,
manager of elde- shows, superintendent of
canvas, of trains, of animals,, of draft
stock,- of , ring-stock, a veterinary sur
geon., two' superintendents of wardrobe,
an equestrian, director and 'his assistant.
Added to these an expert lawyer
travels with the show, it being his busi
ness to adjust all legal complications.
A duly qualified physician, with all the
paraphernalia of a field hospital. Is on
hand, at every performance In the event
of accident or sudden illness.
For the show in question there are alto
gether 360 performers, 28 clowns, 18 ele
phants, 16 camels and. dromedaries, and,
counting the ring- stocky nearly 500 horses.
Of these the show proper owns about 400,
but all the great riders and ring per
formers bring their own animals and
they Ui' turn must be looked after, the
contracts being especially strict in that
respect. -
It takes fcdaily six tons of- hay, 175
bushels of oats, 100 bushels of corn, six
tons of straw, SO bushels of bran and
two or three carcases of beef, together
with 500 bushels of vegetables, to satisfy
the 'wants of both man and beast. In
the cooking tent 200 pounds of beef are
necessary dally for the performers, staff
and help. In addition to this, of course,
mutton, pork and chicken are purchased
as occasion presents itself; 200 dozen
eggs. 800 loaves of bread and about six
barrels of fruit are purchased. The
head chef has eight assistants. It re
quires experts In every department so It
Is needless to say that the business end
of a big show Is prodigious. That's the
word- ,
"Land of Opportunity"
"'This is the accepted slogan for Oregon, and
according to records of sales of farm lands made
in the last few years, investors and home
seekers show their faith in the prediction.
. A tract of 2000 acres, located most favorably
in the line of rapid development in the Willam-.
ette Valley, 30 miles east of Portland, 15 miles
from Gresham, is offered for sale by the Port
land Bail way, Light & Power Company at a lo?
price per acre on favorable terms. ,
'A projected railroad line is to pass througH
or near this tract, a county road already furnish
ing means of entry and exit for vehicles, includ
ing automobiles, ;
In the wooded portion 22,000,000 feet of good
saw timber stand ready for the woodsman's ax,
and the timber at present prices would go far
toward paying for the entire tract. There is a
lumber mill within three miles in operation.
There are fully 900 acres of level or gently
sloping farming land, avaflable hen cleared,
and from 700 to 800 acres of fine grazing land
now waiting the farmer or dairyman.
Two good-sized creeks, with numerous tribu
taries, furnish an abundance of water.
The tract will be disposed of as a whole,
though a new owner could subdivide -to great
advantage. -
For terms and full particulars call on or ad
dress Land Department, Room 623, Electric
Building, Portland.
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Portland Railway, light & Power Co.