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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 25, 1912)
FIRS! ELECTRICAL SHIP IS LAUNCHED Jupiter, Largest Ever Built on Pacific Coast, Solves Tur bine Problem. SPEED OF SCREW REDUCED Vessel Designed to Supply Fuel to Xavy Equipped With Especial Facilities for Quick Trans fer of Supplies. VALLEJO. Cal.. Aug. 24. The United States fuel ship Jupiter, the first elec trically driven sea-going vessel ever built and the largest ship of every de scription ever laid down on the Pacific Coast, was launched at Mare Island Navy-yard today. The Jupiter is 672 feet long- by 65 feet beam, draws 27 feet 6 inches, dis places 19.360 tons of water and has a carrying capacity of 12.500 tons of coal and 375,000 gallons of fuel oil. The keel was laid on October 16 last and the hull has been built in record time at a saving of nearly $100,000 over the ap propriation of $1,200,000 allowed by Congress. Turbine Shortcoming; Overcome. Power is supplied .by -a, six-stage steam turbine of American design, driv ing a 14,000-horsepower electric gen erator, the largest of its kind ever built, current from which is conducted to motors driving twin-screw shafts. Hitherto the economies of turbine propulsion have been limited by the fact that a turbine consumes least steam when revolving at speeds so high that propellers keeping pace witu them produce caviation that is. the whirling screw cuts a hole for itself in the water and loses pushing power. Consequently to gain economy at one end it has been necessary to cut down turbine speed to a point where losses began to appear at the other. To escape from this dilemma the Ju piter was designed. Her stem turbines will be driven at 2000 or more revolu tions a minute, but the electricity tbey generate will be applied by motors to the twin shafts at a reduced speed, which can be translated by the pro pellers into thrust without undue loss. Vessel Built for Economy. Coal can be loaded from the Jupiter Into a warship at the rate of 100 tons an hour, and duplex pumps will permit her to take in or pump out oil to an other vessel at the rate of 120,000 gal lons an hour. Built for economy and not for speed, the Jupiter will make about 14 knots an hour, or a trifle more than 16 land miles. Mrs. Thomas F. Ruhm, wife of Naval Constructor Ruhm, broke a bottle of champagne across the Jupiter's bows, and at 12:45 a chorus from the whistles of all vessels within sight proclaimed that the big hull had taken the water. Yard tugs in waiting towed her to the quay wall, where her boilers will be installed next week. According to official report the Jupiter is now 72.S per cent completed. STANLEY FIRES PARTIXG SHOT Steel Trust Investigator Says T. R. Would Not Curb Trusts. WASHINGTON. Aug. 24. Chairman Etanley, of the House "Steel Trust" In vestigating committee, fired a farewell shot at Colonel Roosevelt shortly be fore Congress adjourned In reply to the Colonel's characterization of the work of the committee as "foolish and futile." Mr. Stanley charged that the ex-President desired no legislation that would curb capital or monopoly and that he had failed to take any position with reference to the dissolu tion or control of the Harvester Trust or the United States Steel Corporation. Mr. Stanley declared that for years Colonel Roosevelt had kept in touch with wealthy men and "approachable politicians of the same stripe." "The astounding and menacing phase of the situation," he continued is not that Roosevelt once had access to the purse of the Standard Oil Company, but that he is now attempting, with an audacity characteristic of Roosevelt alone, to carry out to the letter the pet policies of 11. H. Rogers and John D. Arch bold. Roosevelt is in a way a thorough 'progressive.' He is far In ad vance of his former party associates In his energy and audacity in this pro paganda for the licensing of organized lawlessness." Launching Into a bitter attack on the bureau of corporations, Mr. Stanley declared an investigation had proved It to be the creation of the interests. "The whole infamous thing was In cubated In Wall street," he said. T. AFFECTS ROrXD CP Mississippi Valley States Organized, Declares Senator Dixon. CHICAGO, Aug. 24. "Organization of the Roosevel Progressives virtually has been completed in all the Mississippi Valley states," Senator Dixon an nounced tod. "Reports from the mountain states," tie added, "show that state tickets will be nominated in Utah, Montana, Wash ington and Oregon." OCEAN TARGET HIT OFTEN Oregon Guardsmen Proficient at Artillery Practice. FORT STEVENS, Or.. Aug. 24. With less than a week's training, the Oregon volunteers have demonstrated their ability as artillerymen. Today at a moving target, 240 rounds of sub-call ber ammunition were fired. Canvas floats. 10 by 20 feet in size, were used as targets. Towed by a fast Government tug, they rushed by the fortifications. An actual war vessel under like conditions would have been sunk in less than 10 minutes after the firing commenced, so accurate was the shooting. The target, when examined, proved to be literally perforated with holes. A battleship is 500 feet long. Accord Ingly, had the Oregon reserves been firing at an actual war vessel, every one of the 240 shots fired would have been a hit. Tonight the Spanish-American War Veterans held a reunion to celebrate past victories and the achievements of today. TIBBETTS SISTERS GATHER Reunion Is Held at Home of Mrs. Binger Hermann In Roseburg'. oncrOTHIrt rr Ansr. J4. Y5TeCial-) Four of tfie'flve living sisters of airs. Binger Hermann are this week enjoy ing a happy reunion at the Hermann home. Main and Mosher streets, in mis citv. Amone the sisters are Mrs. S. E. McKInney. of Cottage Grove; Mrs. I Avery and Mrs. a Golden, of Oakland. CaL; Mrs. E. Hamblin. of Portland, and Mrs. Binger Hermann, of Roseburg. Another sister, Mrs. John Knott, of Portland, was unable to attend tne re union. All are daughters or ev. a. j. Plkh.t.. a nln.onr minister nf Doll CltiS Cniintv. and a former resident of Shoe string Valley, near Oakland. The sisters were born near uamaiiu, and are widows. Mrs. Avery, the younger of the sisters, is 61 years of age, and was married at Oakland when 16 years of age. She lett uaxiana o years ago, and her present visit to Douglas County is her first since she went to the southern state. Mrs. KnotC of Portland, who was unable to attend the reunion, is also a widow. Her late husband was a plo- ACTRESS TO ENTERTAIN FEL LOW MEMBERS OF THE PIIESS f LI B. f. i v - . t : - jfy ' 1 1 1 Grace Cameron. 4 I 1 i Grace Cameron will once more I Grace Cameron will once more meet her friends and fellow mem bers of the Portland Press Club tonight at the weekly Dutch treat, postponed from last night especially for the occasion. "But is Grace Cameron a mem ber of the Press Club?" is a query that many will ask Immediately. Why. certainly. Grace, as only the members are allowed to call her, has the distinction of being the only woman ever made an honorary member of that body. That is why every member Is looking forward to a renewal of the friendship that started on a former visit to Portland. Miss Cameron will be attended by oth er stars from the vaudeville pal ace in the Marquam building, where they have been playing this week to crowded houses. neer ferryman of Portland. The re union Till continue lor several iinjn. TURNER 108. TO BE HOST SOLE SURVIVOR OF 1912 WAR "HALE AXD HEARTY." 'Uncle Dan" Plans to Entertain Grand Army Xext Month Dives With Young Blade of 61. SANTA MONICA. Cal.. Aug. 24. (Special.) "Uncle Dan" Turner, aged 108. the only living person who took part in the Battle of New Orleans, during the War of 1812, Is planning a reception all his own. He Intends to be host to the visiting Grand Army men at the annual encampment here next month at a reception at the Soldiers' Home, and the authorities will give him all the assistance he needs to prepare for the occasion. ' Uncle Dan ' is one or tne laminar characters at the home and at the beach. He boasts that he is still young and happy, and loves to tell stories of his childhood. He served during the four years of the war be tween the states, but that is too re cent to excite his story-telling qual ities. He has Jet black hair. Just sugnt lv tinned with gray, and uses a cane only occasionally in his daily walks about the home. Turner's career reads like a chapter from a story-book. He was born in Virginia, his father being a planter and his mother a full-blooded In dian. When he was a child his parents went to the frontier and during the war of 1812 the family lived at New Orleans. His father left him at home with his mother, while he went to the frontier to aid General Andrew Jackson in repelling the British. The boy ran away from nis motner and followed his father to the battle field. When the eider Turner per ceived his son in the ranks he boxed his ears and told him to go nome. General Jackson witnessed the scene and was so pleased with the action of the boy following his father to the firlnc-llnn that be loaded a musnei and sighted it over the breastworks at the British, had the cnua pun tne trigger. Then he sent the. boy to his mother. When about 18 years old. Turner ran away again and set out for the West. He became a noted Indian fighter and scout. He enlisted In the army short ly before gold was discovered in Cali fornia and was stationed in San Fran cisco until the outbreak of hostilities in 1861. Turner doesn't live at the home as an Indigent soldier; he and his chum, a young blade 81 years live together In a little cottage near enough the home so they can see their cronlea daily. $355,000,000 IS ALLOWED President Signs Postofflce and Army Appropriation Bills. WASHINGTON, Aug. 24. President Taft signed tonight the postofflce and post-roads appropriation bill, which carries $266,000,000. The President also signed the Army appropriation bill, carrying $89,000,000 and providing reforms in the organiza tion of the War Department. Portland Xext Meeting Place, oonif it wh . A iie. 24. Port land was chosen today as the next meeting place of the Pacific German Methodist conference, which now Is in session here. The conference Includes the states of Washington, Idaho and Oregon. Bishop R. J. Cooke, of Fort land, addressed the conrerence on "The Imperative Necessity of Man Be ing What He Teaches." At the Dentiat'a. Fllegende Blatter. Servant You want to see Herr Dok tor? Could you come again tomorrowt Patient Why. isn t he In? Servant Oh. yes; but you're bur first patient and it's his birthday tomorrow. I should so like it to be surprise for him. Damage to Cables and Instruments Is Heavy and Messages for Con tinent and America Accumu late Rapidly. T vtx-7"rw Ann- r TvtnAnn Iff en tirely cut off tonight from telegraphic communication with the rest of the country and with the Continent, and for a time connection with America was severed as the result of a fierce fire tonight in the general postofflce, where the Central Telegraph office is situated, and in which all wires of the service are concentrated. While the fire was extremely fierce no lives were lost, and the damage was n-ftnA th. InaIHa nf the hllildlnflT. A thousand employes, a majority of them women", got out of the structure promptly and without panic. Tele- grapn service wui do crippicu wi ao . -eral days. The fire was caused by the fusing or t WIID 111 A "'I 1...V. w The building sustained no structural damage, but the losses to caoies anu instruments and furniture were heavy. Thousands of wires underneath the floors had fused and the firemen were forced to tear up part of the floors to get at the flames, the work being ex ceedingly dangerous. Temporary repairs were started Im mrflntU' of tor the fire had died out to restore emergency communication with the principal .ngnsn cities, ameni- and the Continent, but the damage to the instruments and wires was so great that some days will elapse before work on a normal scale can be resumed. dhnnt the tnwn have JJ 1 B1IL11 Ull.UU wwvu- - thousands of messages for places in this country and on the Continent, and . I. n & annnmiilntlnp Thfl OtllV communication with the outer world for three hours was by telepnone to Paris. LONDON IS CUT OFF Fierce Fire Fuses Wires in General Telegraph Office. SERVICE BADLY CRIPPLED LANE ROOSEVELT CDUB MEETS Fateful &&" at Session, Including Republicans and Socialists. EUGENE Or.. Aug. 24. (Special.) Fifteen men, a schoolboy and two chil dren answered the Roosevelt Progres sive call and were present at the be ginning of them eeting of the Lane County Roosevelt Club at the Court house this afternoon. By tne time tne meeting adjourned the number had been augmented to 23, including news paper men. Socialists, .Democrats ana regular Republicans, wno aroppea in to watch the proceedings. The meeting was perfunctory throughout. H. E. Slattery, of the Lane County Roosevelt Club, presided, and the first business disposed ot was the reading of the by-laws for perma nent organization of a Roosevelt Pro gressive Club. H. S. Slatterv was elected president; M. Svarverud. first vice-president; E. F. Chapman, second vlce-presiaent; Walter B. Jones, secretary, and Fred G. Stlckels, treasurer. M. Svarverud was elected as tne Lane County member of the state com mittee, and will attend the meeting to be held at Portland Tuesday. He sug gested that no further local action be taken until after tne meeting ot tne state committee, since he issue would then be much clearer. The search for a cotton substitute has hpn ntiiiK on in Europe for a long time. and many experiments have been made with tne common netcie, wnicn nu ueen a prom ising plant on account or the strength of Its fiber and its ready growth wild under the most discouraging conditions, with a large ylld per acre. When You Mortgage your real e s t a t e getting the money Is not the only thing to be considered. J It is of the great est importance that your transac tions be c o n d ucted with a reliable firm; that you obtain the lowest market rate of Interest; that your Insurance premiums be paid to substan tial companies who really Insure you; that your legal pa pers are in proper form and correctly executed in short that your best inter ests be c o n s 1 d ered and protected. J Our Mortgage Loan D e p a r tment Is a busy corner of our banking room, and whenever you con sider It advisable to mortgage your real estate, a conference with the head of our Mortgage Loan De partment will be of mutual advantage. Harfman-Thompson Bank fourth and Stark Streets Bathing at Banff CANADIAN BOCKY MOUNTAINS Banff Springs Hotel . offers the FINEST BATHING FACILITIES IN AMERICA New Hot Sulphur-Water Swimming pool, 28 ft. by 80 ft. Semi-Circular Fresh Water Swimming pool. 120 ft. diameter. Complete Turkish land Russian baths in charge of Swedish Masseurs. Over mu t..a.,tMjt ll I lillll UMIIIIM- Banff has long been known for the healing properties of its Sulphur water. For information regarding hotel rates, etc, write or call FRANK R. JOHNSON D. A. P. D. Third and Pine (Multnomah Hotel Bld.) Portland, Oregon. Principal Portland Agents The Ladies Home Journal Pat terns Latest Fall Styles Now Being Shown in All Sizes at 10c and 15c Ea. The Most in Value, The Best in Quality The Ladies' Home Journal Septem ber Issue I Now Beady, 15c a Copy Hail Orders Very Carefully and Promptly Filled Guide Boards of Safety The Most in Value The Best in Quality The quality and per manency of the Rob erts Bros.' values are a tradition in the homes of this city. Good old- fashioned ideas of the "fife and drum days!' prevail. Old-fashioned stan dards of integrity are maintained. The cus tomer's satisfaction is an asset that is care fully preserved against the possibility of attack, for no busi ness is sound unless protection is guaran teed to those who help to build it up. Old fashioned ideas but modern methods. We cannot and do not live in the past. Val ues true to the core. Styles true to the hour, and old-fashioned standards of in tegrity are guide posts here for you and for us. Here' s si Splendid Array of Styles for Autumn Come and enjoy our display. You'll be welcome, we assure you, "if you come just to look." Never were women's tailor-made garments so captivating as those at present displayed in our garment section. We've a gorgeous showing of the most charming Suits, stunning Coats and gracefully built Skirts, triumphs of tailor s art and skill, all at prices in keeping with the low price policy of this store. Hundreds of New Fall Suits That Dame Fashion Has Stamped With Approval, $12.50, $15, $17.50, $25. In just such garments lies the secret of the success of our widely popular garment section. Not a Suit offered that Dame Fashion has not stamped with critical ap proval. Here you'U find Navy Blue Serges at all prices, New English Weaves m neat brown, tan and gray mixtures, Diagonals in a wonderful variety of pretty color combinations and a great many others not mentioned for the want of space. Here you will find" all sizes with a special showing for small women and m the ex tra large sizes. Now, while this display is so interesting, we invite you to come and pass judgment on our offerings. You'll find values that cannot be equaled else where, trom $1D.DU up to o.uu. Entire Stock of Women's Bathing Suits V3 Off Great Clearance Sale Many styles to ' choose from in most all sizes and at all prices One-Third Off. All Our $1.50 to $2.00 Lawn Waists 98c $1.50 to $2.00 Kind Final clearance of all Sum mer Waists of lawn, mar quisette, in high and low neck styles; $1.50 to $2.00 kinds at 98? Entire Stock of Women's Lingerie Dresses $2.98 Regular Values to $10.50 All this season's styles in the most popular mate rials, all daintily trimmed and" finished, at $2.98 Let Us Show Materials for Your Fall Clothes Our Dress Goods and Silk Sections are overflowing .with yard after yard of fetching fabrics. Sheer effects evening Jesses and heavier materials for outdoor wear To purchase from this array is to insure cor rectness of coloring and weave. Here you wiU find only fabrics upon which Fashion has smiled. The price story o thfc M showing is most attractive. We've been fortunate in securing many lots at less than their usual cost, and the saving is passed aiong to yuu. The New Silks, Both Dress and Waistings at 75?, at S5, at $j..uu A very extensive showing of the new Swiss Taffeta Silks in changeable grounds with Jacquard patterns of rich color combinations. They are Silks that will wear splendidly and make up beautifully. They come full 24 inches wide and in three qualities. Full Yard-Wide Changeable Swiss Taffetas, $1 Yard Extremely durable Swiss Taffeta Silks of soft chiffon finish, shown in any wanted plain shade and in the popular changeable colors. They are rich, elegant Silks full 36 inches wide a width, that will cut to advantage. 44 to 56-in. Cream Colored Fabrics, 75 to $2.50 Yd. Just received direct from the best foreign and domes tic mills, complete new lines of Cream Colored Mate rials, New Serges, New Basket Weaves, New Whip cords, Heavy Diagonals, Coating Serges, French Serges, India Twills, Bedford Cords, etc. Fabrics that will please you in every way from 44 to 56 inches wide and at all prices from 75 up to $2.50 a yard. 27-in. Whipcords and Wide-Wale Corduroys, 75 Yd. These materials are especially adapted for jacket suits, riding habits, outing wear and children's gar ments. They are extremely serviceable and very fashionable, shown here in the new shades of tan, blue, castor, brown, slate, mode, beaver, etc., as well as cream and black. They are considerably underpriced at seventy-five cents a yard. An Extensive Showing of New Dress Velveteens at 85?, at $1.00, at $1.25 The soft, lustrous finish of these fabrics will especially appeal to you. They are very beautiful and service able and are shown here in any wanted color including black. They come 24 inches wide and are matchless values at the above prices. Special Showing of New Dress Corduroys, $1.25 Yd. Fashion has favored the Corduroys for Fall wear and we have secured a generous assortment for your in spectionreal English, wide-wale Corduroys full 24 inches wide, shown in all wanted colors as well as black. They come in a splendid weight and with a rich, lustrous finish. Men's Silk Four-in-Hand Ties Special Made reversible and with open ends, neat OQr patterns and colorings; best 50c grade at. . . . It you are tastidious, nave an eye lor color and a Keen sense of value, you will surely appreciate this un usual sale of Neckwear. It is a special underpriced purchase direct from the manufacturer at nearly half the figure these goods usually sell for. Men's Silk Four-in-Hand Ties about 10,000 of them, shown in a wonderful va riety of patterns in light and dark colorings and the most popular plain shades. All are made reversible and with open ends. Also a splendid lot of Silk Twist Ties in four-in-hand styles. It will pay you well to attend this saving sale and supply both present and future needs. All are the best 50c values, priced for this 29c sale at only ..... Boys "Ruff -Neck" Sweaters, $2 Kind at $1.49 A very important sale of Boys' Worsted Sweater Coats, shown in the "Ruff-Neck" style, made with two outside pockets and shown in plain oxford gray. All sizes; our regular $2.00 line d 1 AQ priced for this sale at P x Silk Mercerized Negligee Shirts, $1.25 Grade at 990 Prudent men will be interested in this underpriced sale of Silk Mercerized Negligee Shirts. They come in coat style with French cuffs and one separate soft collar. They .come in plain tan, cream QQr and white; $1.25 grade at A Special Offering in Muslin Underwear Dainty Gowns, Combination Suits and Princess Slips elegantly trimmed with laces and embroid- qo eries and well finished; $1.50 vals., sale price Ov, This is a sale of Muslin Undergar ments which for good quality, style and workmanship cannot be surpassed. The Gowns are shown in the high, V-shaped and low-neck slip over styles, made of extra irood quality nainsook, cambric or crepe. Shown m good full size and neatly trimmed with fine embroideries, laces and ribbons. The Combination Suits come in the corset cover and skirt or drawers and are made of very fine quality nainsook or crepe, daintily trimmed witn ime embroideries, laces and ribbons. All extra well made and neatly finished. The Princess Slips come in a large assortment of pretty patterns and are made of good quality nain sook. Trimmings are fine embroideries, laces and ribbons and all are finished in a superior manner. These garments are regular $1.50 models, Qftp priced for tomorrow at Naiad Dress Shields No. 2, 20c kind, pr..l5 No. 3, 25c kind, pr..l8