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HIE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, AUGUST 10. 1019. FLEET DOES TRICKS TO War Maneuvers Conducted at Sea Look Like Real Thing. DESTROYERS CHASE "SUB' fchore Line Is Hugged for Many Miles So Crouds on Land Can Get First Glimpse of Ships. showine an increase and had grown ; from 1100 a day shortly after the armis tice to 1800 at this time. He thought the navy would have sufficient person nel in a few months. The secretary said it grave him an added pleasure to cruise from San Diego to San Pedro on thd New Mexico because she was -the first electrically driven battleship in the world. 31 ore Electric Boats to Follow. "WTien I came to consider the ques tion of building a dreadnought with an. electric drive I found many experts in opposition, said Secretary Daniels. "Well, we built her and others are to follow. The old Louisiana and Con necticut class of ,16.000 tons burned 105 to 125 tons of coal a day while the S2. 000-ton New Mexico burns an equiva lent of 115 tons a day at the same speed besides running much other machinery on board." Soon after Admiral Rodman, had greeted Mayor Snyder and the official party had gone ashore, launches began to bring liberty parties to the San Pedro landing and the naval raid on Los Angeles was on. RECENT ELECTIONS HI WORRY DEMOCRATS Republican Victories Believed to Show Way Wind Blows. KENTUCKY BIG SURPRISE ON BOARD THE FLAGSHIP NEW MEXICO. OFF THE PORT OF LOS ANGELES, Aug. 9. (By the Associated Press.) The Pacific fleet came today to make its bow to Los Angeles. Six dreadnoughts of the heavy fighting line and two of the older-class battleships or tne united States navy dropped their Public muanooKs late todav at the San Pedro breakwater, while 23 destrovers with I Xew the mother ship, the cruiser Birming ham, me scouting unit of Admiral Rod- . man's armada, and the tender Prairie came up into the innner harbor for anchorage. The flagship New Mexico, with the secretary of the navy's flag, four white stars and an anchor on blue, flying from the main truck, took up her an chorage with her sister, the Mississippi, outside the harbor, where the smaller battleships, the Vermont and Georgia, also let go their anchors. Nested with in the breakwater were the dread noughts Wyoming, Arkansas, Texas and New York. Governors Aboard Flaeiihlp. On board the New Mexico, with Sec retary of the Navy Daniels and family, making the trip from San Diego to San Pedro, were Governor Stephens of California and daughter. Governor Larrazolo of New Mexico and a "wel coming committee from Los Angeles that boarded the flagship from a de stroyer just before the fleet sailed from San Diego. Six o'clock this morning found Ad miral Rodman with his flag lieutenant, Lieutenant-Commander Jonas Ingram, en the bridge of the New Mexico. Or ders had been given to "shove off" at that hour, and four bells had scarcely ceased sounding when the flagship with her anchors scarcely in-bound steamed slowly to southward to the whistle buoy, with the other dread noughts falling into single column formation. When -the Point Loma light bore east. Navigating Officer Keller, of the New Mexico, megaphoned to the admiral's bridge: . "On one bearing now, sir." Flagship Tarn h to Nnrlhweit. "Execute, replied Flag Lieutenant Ingram, and code flags quickly edged up the rignal halyards, conveying or ders to the following fleet: "Right standard rudder. Course 330 degrees," was the navigator's order to the quartermaster. The big flagship j-wung easily in the lifting sea and turning her cutter bow toward "the northwest, steamed away at a speed of 12 knots for San Pedro. Then it' was that Admiral Rodman, desiring to fchcw his guests how convoy work was accomplished by the British and Amer ican navies in the North sea, gave an order throwing an anti-submarine screen around the advancing column of dreadnoughts and battleships steaming &(-0 yards apart. The scout cruiser Birmingham, with ! six destroyers in line abreast, took an advanced position 1500 yards ahead ot the dreadnought, while on both sides of the big sea fighters, 500 yards away, were two divisions of destroyers, each in single column. So the armada steamed away. Fleet Does Trick at Sea. Admiral Rodman put the fleet through a series of evolutions, first filling a promise made at Hampton Roads that when he reached the Pacific seaboard he would put the fleet through some maneuvers that would "make fox hunt ing look like a tame sport." "This is wonderful,' said Secretary Daniels as the dreadnoughts swung to left and then right while the destroyers darted hither and thither in speedy evolutions. "It seems easy to handle a fleet this way, but I know that it is not." Near Newport and from there on the warships hugged inshore, that thou sands on the 30-mile stretch of beach that lies between Newport and San Pedro could get their first view of the new home fleet. The Wyoming. Arkansas, Texas and New York began coaling from colliers '. this afternoon, and as soon as they have refueled they will go outside and the New Mexico, Mississippi, Vermont and Georgia will come inside the breakwater. Four coll iers were wait ing to coal the fleet. The Pacific fleet has made the cruise from Hampton Roads with coal taken from its colliers or its own sources of supply. The cruisers Seattle and Nebraska are due here tomorrow to join the Rod mar tleet. Three more destroyers joined the scouting unit at San Pedro. Party Enjoys Drill. Secretary Daniels, with the govern ors and Los Angeles welcoming com mittee, enjoyed their cruise to San Pe dro. All parts of the warships were in spected and wondermentAwas expressed at the flagship's magnitude. A salute of 19 guns in honor of the secretary of the navy was fired from the six-pound saluting guns on the port side at S o'clock. The governors and welcom ing committee had to arise at 3:30 o'clock this morning to board the flag ship, where, later in the day. Governor Stephens organized what he called the "three-thirty club" with Secretary Daniels as president. "The 49-ers won't be in it with us," said Governor Ste phens. The welcoming party included many women, who took the keenest in terest in the drills on deck. Secretary Daniels said today that he was more than gratified with the re ception given the fleet at San Diego. He said : "I feel sure that like warm recep tions await us at Los Angeles and other cities of the coast. More avy-Yrdi ceded. "With a fleet of 525,000 tons on the Pacific coast it will be necessary not only to increase and enlarge the navy yeVds and stations now on the coast, but to build others at places between San Diego and Puget sound. I am go ing to study the coast carefully with experts so as to make the necessary congressional recommendations." Secretary Daniels said he was glad to iav that enlistments in the navy were GAS RATES ARE MODIFIED El'GEXE, SPRINGFIELD AND MARSIIFIELD AFFECTED. Service Commission Fixes Schedule to Become Ef fective August 2 0. SALEM, Or., Aug. 9. (Speciail.)r- Modified increases in rates of the Ore gon Power company for gas furnished consumers in Eugene. Springfield and Marshfield nave been granted by the state public service commission, ac cording to an oraer issued today. In considering the showing made by '.he Company with regard to the oper ation of the Eugene plant, which also supplies Springfield glth gas, it was found that in November, 1913, volun tary application was made for a reduc tion In charges. The purpose of this voluntary rate reduction, according to the commission, was to popularize the e of gas and thereby incrase the vol um of sales. The records of th com pany show that th expected increase in service did not matrialize. The commisison holds that the pa trons of the utility should be assurred of its continued operations and this can only be done by allowing the company such rates as are necessary to meet the increased costs of manufacturing and al lowance for accruing depreciations, and if possible, give a fair return on the, value of the property devoted to the public service. The commission h sapre pared the following schedule of rates: First 300 cubic feet, or leim. per month. 70 cents: next 2700 cubic feet, per month. $1.90 per 10iM cubic feet ; next 00 cubic ft-et, per month, S1.."0 per JOoO cubic feet; next l."t.000 cubic feet, per month, l.UO per luoo cubic feet: excess over 2.,0M) cubic feet, per month. 1 per 1QO0 cuMc feet: reconnection charge $1 plus any amount then due the comapny. The new - rates become effective August 20, 1919. On a somewhat similar showing made by the company with regard to the Marshfield plant the commission has made following rates for that city: First 400 cubic feet, or less, per month. $1 : next 260 cubic feet, per month, $- per HM O cubic feet; next 7O00 cubic feet, per month. J 1.70 per 10HO cubic feet; next 13,000 cubic feet, per month. $1.40 per 14j(.mj cubic f"t ; excess over 'Ju.000 cubic feet per month. $I.'J0 per 1000 cubic feet. Reconnection charge SI. New rates at Marshfield likewise be come efective August 20. Delegation From Southern Sta "Will Be Nearly Evenly Divided as Result of Contest.. POLICE IDENTIFIERS ELECT OREGOXIAN NEWS BUREAU, "Wash ington, Aug. fc. Gloom pervades the headquarters of the democratic national committee in this city as a result of the special election held last Saturday in the eighth Kentucky district. This district for the first time in its history elected a republican to congress. Such a result had not been feared by the democrats, neither had it been anticipated by the republicans, although it was one of those districts which indi cated in the fall elections of last year a decided drift to the republican party. In 1914 Harvey Helm, by whose death last anuary the recent vacancy was cre ated, was elected by a majority of 12.- 000 votes. In 1916 this majority dropped to a little less than- 4000 and last November to 1500, which is about the majority by which King' Swope, republican and returned soldier, carried it last -Saturday. , Vote Shovra Drift. This election is the more dishearten ing to the democratic leaders here be cause it is 'only one of several events the last few months indicating the direction in which the wind is blowing. The election in the St. Paul district of Minnesota recently was significant, rrot so much because of the man elected, but because of 'the low vote received by the democratic candidate. It will be recalled that, although the district is normally democratic, the regular democratic candidate received less than one-fourth of all votes cast. The Baltimore election is another event which will never be forsrotten by those democrats who are keeping close watch of developments. The city of Baltimore is normally democratic by thousands, but this time elected a re publican, by 10,000 majority. Kentufky IlaM Four RepublitraDM. Kentucky will now be represented In the houseb y seven democrats and four republicans, notwithstanding a gerry mander which waa presumed to pre clude ' the election of more than two republicans under the most adverse conditions for the democratic party. It will be recalled that the citv of Louis ville jumpd in last fall after President Wilson called on the country to elect a democratic congress and defeated Swae;ar Sherley, chairman of the pow erful committee on appropriations. Oth er surprises are said to be in store for the democratic party in Kentucky this year and next, unless there Is a decided overturning in sentiment. It is confidently believed that the re publicans will elect one and probably two more hoirse members from the state next year and elect this year the entire state ticket, which is headed by Edw(n P. Morrow, who lost the govern orship four years ago to A. O. Stanley by only 300 votes. the elections of last fall which he de- ! Clares went republican because of ad- I ministration mistakes, and with refer- ; ence to the criticism that he has been ; friendly to the republican, he says: Let me say once and for all that l refuse to Jook upon my republican fellow as political lepers, as things un clean, as things aceursed. I also refuse to look on any. democrat either living or dead 'as perfect, as universally In fallible, not even myself and, the more wonder, not even the democratic editor of the Daily Oklahoman." California, is to have one of the most interesting senatorial elections next year that has been witnessed in -that corner of the United States in many years. Senator James D. Phelan, the j wealthiest man in the Senate and the ( beau brummel of the capitol, desires to ' succeed himsel f but he has many worrijs. Hoover Worries Phelan. In the first place he keeps hearing that Herbert Hoover Is coming back to California to seek the nomination on the democratic ticket. That would mean, of course, that President Wilson would probably throw his support on the side of Hoover, despite the fact that Phelan has done everything Jn his power to. Impress the President with his loyalty. Jn the selection of an issue, however, it is understood that .Senator Phelan has given the President- some displeas ure. Phelan has chosen to make Jap anese immigration his main issue and on this question President Wilson will not go with him at all. Mr. Wilson is bitterly opposed to nte raising oi any Japanese scare in, this country. In Cali fornia or anywhere else. Then there is some cause for worry from the republican opposition. Mayor James D. Rolph of San Francisco is a candidate and in a two-sided race it is admitted that he can take the repub lican nomination away from any other republican in the state. But there are to be at least three candidates for the republican nomination and any one of them can give Senator Phelan a lot of worry. The other two republican can didates are William Kent, former mem ber of congress and now a member of the tariff board, and Governor William D. Stephens. Kent Good Trouble-Kaiser. The keenest interest is-shown in the fact that Mr. Kent is announcing him self a candidate on the republican ticket. He has for years called himself nn indecent, although originally a re publican, and has said many times that he would not run lor omce unuer nartv emblem, but it appears that since doing busings with Mr. Wilson for a while he has changed his opinion ouui some things- He was long one of Mr. Wilson's leafting advisers and has al ways received much credit tor tne ap pointment of Franklin K. Lane as sec retary of the interior. He supported Wilson for re-election in 1916, but broke away in April, 1918, when the ad ministration attempted to elect josepn E. Davies senator from Wisconsin. It was a fine large grenade which Kent dropped into the democratic camp about the time that Wilson was issuing letters in Davis behalf and attacking Lenroot. Kent, a member of the presi dent's official family, did just what would be expected of him by anyone who knows him. He had long been a warm personal friend and admirer of Irvin L.. Lenroot and he issued a state ment indorsing Lenroot and declaring that the state of Wisconsin could never do a nobler thing than to eieci nim. That, it appears, put Kent outside the pale, but he cares nothing about that- He is now out for the republican nomination and will do his best, if nominated, to beat the president's can didate, whether it be Phelan or Hoover. Y7 FvT1TOT.0 .. i n nn i n t mi mt mow i and save the big advance in price that will come with the new fall stock, which takes the place of stock on hand. The saving in dollars and cents, value for value, will range from $-10 to $20 a suit. .You surely want to make the saving. , We have a splendid range of medium-weight Chesterfield Suits, good for all-year wear, at $30, $40 and $50, for you to select from. Through our modern efficiency selling policy we save you half the' profit charged by other stores. Compare Gray's S30 S with suits sold by other stores for $35 and $40 , Compare- Gray's $35 Suits with suits sold by other stores for $45 and $50 . Compare Gray's. $50 Suits with suits sold by other stores for $55and $60 We Give 7 Discount On furnishings end hats when purchase amounts to $4.00 or more contract goods excepted. R. H 366 WASHINGTON AT WEST PARK Bll!II!!llI!lllll!!!!!ll!l!ll!i!iII!lW It waa announced he would be tried on another indictment embodying a simi lar charge. Oakland Man Made President or In ternational Association. OAKLAND, Cal.. Aug. 9. Harry Cald well, superintendent of the identifica tion bureau of the Oakland police de partment, was elected president of the International Association for Identifi cation at the closing session of the fifth annual convention today. Others elect ed were: Vice-president, John M. Shea, St. Louis; secretary-treasurer. H. A. Renoe. Leav enworth, Kan.; editor. R. H. Hudspeth, Lansing. Kan. ; sergeant-at-arms, J. H. Berry. San Bernardino, Cal.; directors. Maurice O'Neill, New Orleans, and James Anderson. Vancouver, B. C. The board of directors will probably designate an eastern city for the next convention. Read The Orpennisn classified ads. Thomas V. Gore, the blind senator from Oklahoma, is "having it out" with his party enemies" in the state who have been framini? things up with the national administration here in Wash ington to defeat him next year. The principal objection urged against Sen ator Gore by his political enemies is that he has opposed the president on many occasions and that he has been entirely too friendly to the republicans in the senate. Letter Sent to Constituents. After having attacks read to him daily from the democratic newspapers in Oklahoma he drafted a letter to the editor of the Daily Oklahoman. which has been his chief critic. The Oklaho man ignored his letter so the blind sen ator had 50,000 copies of the letter mul ti graphed antl mailed to his constitu ents. He does not hesitate to say that every time he differed with the presi dent the latter was wrong except in the case of the selective draft law. He doos not fail to ra 11 a t tent ion to PROFANE POLLY EXECUTED Cursing Parrot's Reputation' in Peril,' Said Aged Woman. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 9. Testimony that she killed her parrot "to save its reputation" because it had formed a habit of cursing at her was offered here today by Sara E. Matheson, 82, in an action brought by a relative to have her declared incompetent. "At one time the bird used to say, 'Good night, may.' But then people started cursing around the house. After that it used to say, 'Good night, you blankety blank blank.' Then I killed it," Mrs. Matheson testified. Elks Leave Hend Tomorrow. BEND. Or., Aup. 9. (Special.) With preparations complete for their tri umphat entry into Klamath Kalis, the vanguard of the Klks of Bend lodce No. 1371 will leave here Monday niht. while the second detachment, escorting the officers of The Dalles lodae. will start Tuesday. Nearly a hundred Elks from central Oregon will attend the three-day convention at Klamath Kalis. Roosevelt Memorial CJub Planned. SPOKANE. Wash., Aug. 9. Plans for a local organization of the Roosevelt Memorial association were made at a conference of friends and admirers of the late ex-president, callled for this city next Tuesday. Edward H. 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