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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 19, 1903. WARSHIPS 111 Starting; Monday! aM LOS MILES completed tlie Mteions dn biir Thousands of Enthusiastic : Americans Turn Out to ,,t store we will make al20 Ser Greet -Fleet at Second - Home Port Entered Since Jackies Left Atlantic cent reauction on all .'', ': By Oeorge Edward Oraham, r (Hearst Wews by Uafest Leaeed Wlte.) "Lea Angelee, CaL, April It. A email bey not . very grammatical la - epeech. etood on the breakwater at Baa Pedro, waved a imiU Amtrlcu and ehouted "Too fleet baa cameVend be hind the pox etood tbouaanda of full , red-otooded American clUiene with bade and flaca and deoorated automo- bUtt, only a amall portion of the thoua anda that would have been there IX they ould have found aeoommodatlona . of tranaportatloa and beaoh room to wel come to American ahoraa and aoll tha greatest battleship fleet that ever aaUad any mala. It waa tha aaoond phase of weioome ox tna ateie ox uaiuornia, given through Loa Ace alas, tha metrop olla of tha aouthweat, end tta aubaidlary cltiea. : And each a welcome aa It waa I , Not avail tha moat enthusiastic in hot An Sale avar thought what It night mean, utotnobllea war at a premium early In tha moraine Surface lines, although every form of conveyance from ark tlmee to tha praaent were brought Into requisition, admitted failure early in the day to. aocommodate the waiting hoeta. Steam rallroada grew tired of trying to get their tralna off on time and ran aa enuiuee, nunareaa crowning upon them without tlckete. From tha beaohee above, thouaanda walked down to Ban Pedro and soon white sands and low bllla and breakwater and In fact every available point waa a waving maaa of- color, for no matter what the oosturae. how somber the dress, there waa a decoration of the red, white and blue that made It one huge Pag of the country. Una of Sftaoke. And auch waa the preparation of wel come when over the horlson the line appeared iuat a thin line of amok, a mere hue. There waa a hum of entlcl patlon. Not all knew that that waa the algnal of the fleet's coming but glaasea went- up and eyea.wera glued to that great line or smoke. Then It grew Into two, and then three nd then half a doien. and then the pie by the thousands arose to their feet prepared to cheer. Slowly from the southern horison there appeared the slender line of the Connecticut military ' mast, then her searchlight top and then her fighting ton. Behind rose the signal of the other ships and cheers, which the sailor men ' oould not hear, because of their distance from snore, rent tne air. They're here, they're here, hurrah!" waa the clarion call. From the blue ness of the sea rose the bronze super structure of the flagship. The others followed In majestlo procession. Out from the mass of foam made by the headway of the abh came the whtte 1 hull of the f Irat of the great squad ron, shining In the brilliant sunshine of the most glorious day Of all the glorious days that southern California could possibly give aa a token of w el- coma.- . - . . 'Thornae oa ftme. And aa they moved Into tha line Of Sight where great turreia anq mrr, al erting guna could be deteoted, where the waving flag of the Union could be een on the quarterdeck staff, when even tha blue line of men could be seen at the raiL then enthusiasm broke bound. And Thomas, like Thomas al- waya, came on time. He pulled up anchor on time at San Diego this morn Ins:. The engines turned in every one of the It ships at his order with the precision of a military company, the great fleet paraded up the ooast, nav- Igatora keeping the closest snore oie tanoe compatible with safety that would Oil allow a waiting coastline of epeo tatora to aee the great array of Uncle Bams aerenaera. . And when they naa passea tnis re- iine or atoui isu miies i ing goods and HATS o everything but contract L. & W. Collars and Dunlap Hats 289 and 291 Washington Street Perkins Hotel ri that caused vlaw erf a aoaati lined with spectators, they dropped their anchors at San Pedro with a sim ulUneoua splash and awung Into their divisions with a precision t rhMr unon chaar. Thomas is a areat commander. Ht has followed his calling orders with ac curacy. He baa acted aa tha nation a representative In foreign countries. With a diplomacy that haa never been excelled. He naa at ait times paia uw erenoe to Admiral Evans, with an ex- actnasa that haa won him approval, but he haa also won approval xrom every officer of tha 400 or mora serving with him. liberty for Hen. There haa been a little discontent aboard, but, aa Admiral Thomas say a, It will fade away tomorrow and the Eezt day and the next, like fog before oa Angelea sunshine. At no port at which the ships have, landed have the enlisted men had full shore leave be cause of tha limitations of the email cities to entertain them. But Admiral S'homaa haa arranged that every man ack, of them ahall have hla time ashore. "1 nave ordered that each ship of tha fleet ahall aend a division of men, that is about 100, ashore eaoh of the four days, beginning on Monday," said Ad miral Thomas. "That means that about na men a dav. will have llbnrtv tn your city and that before we leave every man will have had liberty. I put great Tou tn alike will find them splendid fellowa. will have no cause to regret It. And ao. filled with H.000 Impatient men, the great ships lie orr Ban -earo tonight Tomorrow, Impatient though they be. they will play : thei gracious cart of host and will take eager thou sands of cltlxena through their etetl homea, glad to show how they live and how rtiev flsrht. if they have to. But thev are In areat anticipation, for they have aeen the nrograma of the enter tainment of the men promised the city and officers and , men are Jubilant over It Boys' Play Ashore. Thera la something: splendid about the way those men relax ror amuse a n nffiu, whn haa served lr th Snanlsh war and was in the thick of the fight Is Just boylike crasy over seeing the wild west show which Los Angeles haa promised. Men who were In the thick of the disaster to tne tur im t h, Xflaaniirl and the Georali are talking about the boys' play they are aroint to have ashore ana yet at tha null to Quarters you would aee ih.. Minori N rnah for the breach their great destroying guns and go into action with grim determination to Win. Ther are hunareaa aooaru wuo invo already amelled the amoke or Datue. There are thousands eager to smell It if opportunity arises, Kew Katatorinm Opened In Haaly Bldg, a new attraction on the east side h. will h much ' rtatroniaea durm k. iimm, iMinn haa been opened by Professor Rlngler In the basement of the WenJv block, corner Grand avenue and Eaat Morrison street. A porcelain swimming pool ZU oy lu tees naa twien metalled. This tank la fed with' famous Bull Run water which la kept pontlnu lv chana-lnr and mamtaineu at a uni rm iemnnrnture of 76 deerees. Th will - be swimming contests, water polo games ana otner ainietic contests held weekly and prises oy roieasor confidence In my men. I think you wee! awarded to the winners gler. uenain aiieriiuuua n k will be given to ladies only. Received Too Late for , . . ,. ' v . ' .... .... .. - : . .. OurSaturday isolav 4 '' We will gvrt you the benefit of a line of Trimmed Hata, for ; ?' Monday Only at $4.69 See window display for election positively the very best values ever offered lor the once; vtla. to $8.50. Take Your Choice From Window at $4.69 THE WONDER MILLINERY GO; - t CORNER MORRISON AND FIRST STREETSL ' to rani tor Congressman Lilley Says Neff Wrote Lists Similar to Anonymous Letters. (Burst News by Lonfeit Leued Wire.) Washington, April 18. Tha subma rine investigating committee today es tablished the fact by expert testimony that the two anonymoua communica tions attacking tha character of Repre sentative George A. Loud of Michigan, a member of the naval committee, filed with the committee, were written on the same typewriter aa were the list of Questions handed the committee by Kenresentative ueorce T. Lduey to oe propounded offlcera of tha General Eleo-. trie Boat company. Mr. uiiey testinea mat tnese jiata of questions were typewritten for him by A. K. Men, Ington. a representative of the laka xorpeao ttoat company in wasn lna-ton. The lam company is a Ditte; rival of tha General Electrlo Boat com Danv. Mr. Lllley - admitted that of course the LAke company supplied him with much of tha information he haa filed with " the committee concerning alleged reprehensible methoda of the General , Electrlo company in securing contracts from the government. In hla examination before the com. m It tee Mr. Neff said that he had type written many of the technical questions asked the officers of the General -Electric Boat company .end had given them to Mr. Lllley. Mr. Neff also said that he was alone at the present time at tha Washington office of tha Lake company and that he aid moat or hla own typewriting. ' He will be recalled y me commmee 10 uu wini no Knows f anonymoua communications. Chair man Boutell of the committee apruni ha expert testimony in a aensationa. manner. "Aa no one haa had the courage," ha said, "to acknowledge having written these dastardly attempts to blacken the character of Representative Loud and to defeat hla renominatlon. the com mittee haa taken what steps It could to establish tneir autnorenip." The anonymoua communicatlona re ferred to were written to 'Jesse Car mlchael, correspondent for a Michigan newspaper, and to State Senator Frank Edinboro of Michigan, a former pri vate secretary or Mr. jjouo, wno la aeeklng to' defeat Mr. Loud for the re nomination for congress. Each of these communications charred thatiMr. Loud haa improper aeaunga wun tna General Electrlo Boat company. The : experta employed on tna worn or tne commit tea were David Carvalho of New York, wno testified In the Oberlia M. Car tar ease: William J. Kinsley of New York, who testified tn tha Moliceaux case, and Alberts. Oa borne,, who waa tha expert in - the Rloe-Patrlck case. t ney agreea in tneir conclusion max the anonymoua communicatlona, had baan written on the same tynewrltina machine aa the lists of technical ques tions handed the committee by Mr. Lll ley. . The - experta were questioned by the committee as to whether they eon Id say that - the aame operator had writ ten the' communicatlona - and tha ques tions, but . thav i declined to make , a positive statement on the subject , The, committee will recall Mr. Neff for examination Monday and Mr. Lil- ley also wiU be aakea to reappear. The committee expects to. examine on the same day Charles R. Flint. j. Grant Bowne and Henry. BergA all of' New York, aa to alleged effort of the Lake. Boat company ana tna uenerai jiaee trlo Boat company to sell out to each other or". to,- merge.. - ' -. ;.,-. orncera or me two compamea nave riven, conflicting testimony on these points. The committee desires to get ttie trutn cf tne matter. i MD OH PILE OF LAVA A. A. Baldwin, Crook Va quero, Crushed and Kicked Will Probably Die, (Special Dispatch to The JooraaL) Prlneville, Or., April 18 A. A. Bald win, a young horseman of Crook- ooun- ty, waa perhaps fatally injured on the desert between this place and Bend Thursday forenoon at about 11 o'clock. Baldwin had been rldina In that vlclnltv tor some time, xnursaay ne was rid lng a horse that became unmanageable id ran through a closed gate of poul- netting, throwing horaa and rider lnft o a pile of lava rock. William Baldwin, who waa near tha unfortunate man when the accident oc curred, saw the horse kick twice, and when he got to the scene found the rider with hla skull badly crushed, the oiooa oozing rrora nis eyes ana ears, indicating that he had been kicked In the head. A gold watch that he carried In his vest pocket was badly crushed, either by tha fall or from a kick by the home. Drs. Rosenberg and Coe agree that reoovery ia practically Impossible. Bald win is almost entirely paraiyzea ana has not spoken since the horse fell. tie is oeing carea ior at tne uaven-port-Stanley ranch, near which the ac cident occurred, and all that la possible ia being done. ENGAGEMENT BEOKEN; YOUNG MAN A SUICIDE (Anactal Dlroatch to The lonratl.) - Silverton, Or.. April 18. In a fit of Insanity over a broken marriage engage, eastern Oregon, shot and .killed himself ment, Custer Dinwiddle, a young man of this morning while on a visit to his brother, east of Silverton. He was to have been married in Colorado today.. m i TESTIMONIAL ' 1 " 1 M ' .-M f i ' j SM j i.i mum -It" MV! - ' f W. J. Van Damme Viae Carrie Nleloua, $18 Mill atreet. 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