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FIT 10 MEEP FAMQUS TROOPS AT TAFT'S INAUGURATION rm rLuM lo fe rhk m m n We Guarantee These to Be Perfect and to Please You in Every Respect or No Pay When Cheaper LookuutforPoor Material On Uncle Sam's Two Huge Xw Warships the Man Will Be Behind World's Biggest Guns Their Power and Its Cost. fe & IL : : I "mmlMm A plea for a (special court to try divorce cases, analogous to the Juvenile court. t3tt is rap Idly taking Its place aa American Jurisprudence. Is contained In an Interesting article by Frederic J. H&skin, which will appear in the next Issue of The Journal. The Statistics of divorce are appalling, whether viewed from the stand point i)t church tradition or from that of charitable regard for those whose personal woes in marriage bonds constitute a total possibly heavier than the incon venience of society at large due to the derangements of human affairs through divorce. A New York sociologist haa come for ward with a plan to ease the burdens of both society and the unhappily married.' This plan, with some generalizations from the-divorce census, will be pre tested by Mr. Haslcin. By FREDERIC J. HASKIN. Copyright 1909 by Frederic J. HaskJn.) Washington, Feb. I. A single broad side from the lz-incn gun i uv.uvw 56,060-ton battleship which congress is ltnerted to authorise will cost some l9000 This broadside will hurl over 10 000 pounds of death dealing steel at the enemy, with the tremendous force generated by the explosion of 3000 Sounds of high grade power. It will represent a destructive force a third - greater than the combined firing of all thTguns in the fleet with which ! ended forever the CastllUn rule In thai Phffi,ntime a single gun is fired it will send forth a shot weghing 850 JoundsTand costing 10. Each shot ivauires SSO pounds of powerful powder.- which costs $200, making 610' in all. But even this Is not the total expense of firing one of these big guna, Each of them costs $66,000, and when 100 shots have been fired through one of them it Is about ready for perma nent retirement. This means $650 per shot to be charged to deterioration. - Therefore, without counting the labor riiiT-ri for firing one of these guns, h total cost of firing tt reaches the tremendous total of v$U60 per shot. ' fourteen Inch Gun Im the Thing: But this Is not the end of the possi ' blllty of gun powder aboard ship. The navy department Is already advocating the 14 inch gun. and it seems but the ' question of a little time until we shall ' have a battleship mounting a battery of such guns. During the Spanish American war the IS Inch gun was tried out and today we have 32 of them on pome of the earlier battleships. But 1i mediately afterward there was a re turn to the 12 inch type at home and abroad. Recent developments In the construction of water tight compart ments and Improvements in armor have tended to make bigger guns necessary. The time has passed when a 13 inch thell ran do all the damage desired. Kngland Is maKing some new guns Troop A the famous "black horse troop" of Cleveland, Is to be William H. Taft's personal escort Inauguration dav. This crack military organization composed of the bluest blood of Cleve land aristocracy, performed a similar service for McKlnfey when he was In- 3lty- Kentucky thoroughbreds ar- aueu rated. BUty- rlved in Cleveland this week, consigned to the troop. Sixty more are to be Purchased. Every one of these de luxe roopers will ride a new horse at Wash ington March 4, a horse that cost the troop $300. Uniforms and accoutre ments will likewise be new. Troop A's claim to fame is not con fined to its fastidiousness. It is one of the hlrheat drilled volunteer com panics In the country. Rough riding is its specialty. make the 14 inch gun desirable for the new battleships. American gunners are the best In the world, and the great er the fighting range the greater their advantage over the enemy. The' other reason is that the life of a 14 inch gun would be proportionately longer than that of a 12 Inch one. The erosion caused by the virtual melting out of the bore by fervent heat, would be lessened, and at the same time the ef fectlye range of ..the gun Increased. Add On Third for Everything. una approximate increase in every item would be in the neighborhood of one third. On this basis a 14 Inch gun would literally eat Into the pockets of tne taxpayers, one or these runs would cost $87,000, and a whole battery over H.uttu.Wtt. Kacn She 1 would welrh about 1100 pounds and cost over $400. it would require 330 pounds or powder, making the total net cost of a slnale shot well on to $700. One of these shells would pierce nearly five feet of wrought Iron. It would generate a force beyond ordinary comprehension. The Masonic temple in Ohirasro. until re cently the largest office building in the world, weighs 30,000 tons. The force that gets behind a 14 Inch nhell and drives It out on Its death dealing mis sion would be great enough to lift the Masonic temple two reet In a sine e second. The force behind a slnele eight gun broadside from 14 Inch guns wouia raise mat Building 16 reet in a Ingle second. Upbuilding Xs Cheaper How. The new 26.000 ton battleshins are expected to cost the government no more than the 20.000 ton ships which have ' hitherto been authorized Ho great haa grown the demand forVork at the various shipbuilding yards that the shipbuilders are willing to construct one of these vessels at practically the omiic t'uuv vi m government. Hut this is not an exceptional case. The Ver mont, whose keel was laid In J 904. cost more to build by $200,000 than the Utah, now building, although the latter has a displacement 5000 tons greater than the Vermont. Measured by gun power, taking the 10, 11, IS and 13 Inch guns as the ba sis, the United States in far In the lead for seeond place In naval strength, and the building of the two proposed 26,000 ton battleships will put her further in the lead. With the authorizations made last winter and the proposed authoriza tions of this winter, the United States will show an agsreaate of 1ft ! ot,h 13 inch-guns, or nearly one third more limn ine next nearest rival. Protecting Waval Seo'rets. Japan and Russia are the nnlv turn countries that openly appropriate fnonev ior me ierreung oui or naval secrets of other countries. Japan is spending $40,000 a year for that purpose and Russia $50,000. Great secrecv is being maintained about the designs of the proposed 26.000 ton battleships. The probable that America will first have tne l men gun. There are two other reasons which little baby HORRIBLY BURNED By Boiling Grease Skin All Came ' off One Side of Face and Head Tried an Ointment which Made It AH Fester Wee Sufferer Seemed Disfigured for Life. CURED WITHOUT A MARK BY CUTICURA "About a year and eight months ago tay baby, aged ten months, was sitting on the mat beside the fender and we were preparing the breakfast when the frying pan full of boiling grease was upset and it went all over ne side of the baby's face and head, one of the family ran and wiped the scald with a towel and you may think what a mess she made, pulling the entire skin off. We took her to a chemist who told us to get a doctor, which w did. He tended her a week and gave me some stuff like lard to put on. . But it all festered and I thought the baby was disfigured for life. A woman close beside me told me to try Cuticura Ointment. I used about three boxes and it was wonderful howit healed. : In about fire weeks It was better and there wasn't a mark to tell where the cald had been. People used to ask me if that was the baby that was scalded and they would hardly believe me when I told them she was and what cured her face. Her skin is Just like velvet and I have never been without Cuticura since. Cuticura cured three other children of ringworm besides, so I have good caum to thank it for what it ha7C? Hare, 1, Henry St., South Shields, Dur ham, England, March 22, 108." CUTICURA " World's Favourite Emollient. A single anointing with Cuticura Oint ment, preceded by a hot bath with Cuti cura Soap and followed in the severer cases by a dose of Cuticura Pills, is often sufficient to afford immediate relief in the most distressing forms of torturing, diKfiguring, itching, burning and scaly humours, eczemas, rashes and irritations, permit rest and sleep and point to a speedy cure in the majority of cases, when all else fails. . ' T to mtt rtpot fnr fm Cotfc-era Book tm lTrimi ot it,P fkn cmirurm Remwllesar 4 Mmnimrmt ti;e world. Oepou: Lamm, 27, J i trt: rHi xq fn. ft. Rue S la Autr U. K, Tn a CO,. turdBW; Koutk Atnr. owes 11 10 me country to keep the plans quiet, but the naval authorities ui inner cuumnes wui HKeiy get an idea of the facts through their secret agenis. The new battleships will be more carefully protected below the water ime man any omers ever hunt. The increasing range or torpedoes as well as tneir increased effectiveness, makes this absolutely essential. But recently an American naval officer dex cried n new torpedo gun. It is nothing less man a small cannon placed on a White neaa torpedo. This is started, under duu pounds pressure, toward a battle snip. When It touches toe hull of me snip me cannon rires Its small but powerrul shell into the vessel. In this shell there are some 60 pounds of dun nite. the moat Dowerful of nil fivhtimr explosives, and when the shell reaches tne vitals or the battleship it explodes wun iremenaoua navoc. Putting on a Steal Jacket. Many navies are using the wire wouna gun in prererence to the steel jacketed gun, but on the proposed new battleships the American preference for me steel jacaeted gun will still he In evidence. A 12 Inch wire wound gun can withstand a pressure of 20 tons to the square Inch, and It is Brtmittnri that It possesses many advantages over an omer guns. Hut American gun ex pern luiim mat us advantages are counter balanced by disadvantages, ro me sieei jacaetea guns will still re main the American standard- It Is interesting to note the process of putting the 34.0OO pound steel jacket on a nic sun. xnis work is (lone at the Washington gun foundrv. There are three vertical furnaces In one of mese tne jacKet is heated Tor 36 hours to some 800 degrees Fahrenheit. It Is then lifted over and dropped on the gun. As there Is only one twentv fifth of an Inch between the jacket and me gun, it win De seen what a deli cate operation is required to put It on. wnen the mass cools the jacket fits Kin ugnt. Xasta Caa't Be Shot Sown. The new battleships win be equipped with lattice work masts, similar to those on the North Dakota, which were adopted as a result of the on the monitor Florida. Although the United States was the first to trv thi laea, t ranee is now so ns' to follow suit, wun similar experiments on the oatiiesntp jena, wnich was sunk in an accident ana afterward raised. Tt t expected tne irencn experiments will decide a number of mooted auentinna of naval construction. They win also settle many things about gun prac tice that are now debatable proposi tions. Rome Idea of the bigness of the pro posed new ships may be gathered bv comparison with the Dreadnaught. They will have a displacement nearly one third larger than -.that vessel. ' They iu oe awe to rire iz iz inch guns on a broadside where the Dreadnaught can muster only eigne in short, thev m-ill outclass the Dreadnaught a vessel which startled the whole naval world years age as Dadly as the Con necticut outclasses the Iowa. There Ei! . , ,n much controversy about the nfi1 question. The American navy bat?h?3!,,,?n Jh9 heorr that naval S1" "how the two fleets flght- bada?a.PtnMleI .llnes' and that " FoelJi ..,,U determine the question. ttMd a?I1,?.F not ,0 certain about blroadM. w'"ng to sacrifice some Broadside fir, for added end firing jagl' wo Vower Program. h.Mi!L.?uthor,,laUon of Uhe two new rether Pv".,WV1,.f1J K"w another mltti .'r' Mt- That country Is com- navies of any two other powers. In cluding the United States. To build as many and as large ships as the United States and France or Germany , to gether, has been a gigantic task, and to keep them on war footing at all times, even a greater task. But now they are faced with a condition that threatens to overwhelm them and their press is full of protests against such a "olicy. One prominent naval officer ad vocates a practical unification of the navies of (Jreat Britain and the United States, under ironclad treaties of united purpose, the merger to control tne nign seas of the earth. Of course no such thing is llkelv to be done, but it simply shows whither tne unions are looning. CHICAGO OPENS uncom week Five Days lo Be Filled With Celebrations, Cul minating Friday. Chicago. Feb. 8. Chicago, the scene of Lincoln's first nomination for tne presidency, the metropolis of his home state and inumainy nmun i wun many events of his public career, en tered todav upon a week's celebration of the centennial anniversary of his birth. In compliance with a request from Mayor Busse many Business houses as well as all schools and public buildings are decorated with the na tional colors. Flags and portraits of the martvr president also are to be seen on private residences throughout the city. Various clubs, social settlements and churches have arranged for exercises during the first two days of the week. Wednesday and Thursday there will be Lincoln memorial meetings in all the schools. . The celebration will reach a climax Friday with four great mass meetings held simultaneously. The prominent sneakera at these meetings will include President Woodrow Wilson of Princeton university. Rabbi Emil G. Hlrsch of Chicago. President Edwin Earl Sparks of Pennsylvania State college, and JoWn A MacPonald, editor of the Toronto Globe. NO TRIP HOME FOR TOOK PETROC (Cnited PreH Leased Wlr. Seattlf, Feb. 8. When D. Petroc, a Bulgarian, awoke In a lodging house on First avenue south this morning he dis covered that his money belt had been out and 250, his savings of three years, had been taken. He is now almost pen niless. Petroc had been saving the money to take a trip back to his native land He slept In a room occupied by a number of his countrymen. TO CURE A COLD IS ONE PAT. Take LAXATIVE) BKOMO Quinine Tablets. Druggiata refund money If It falls to enre. B. W. OROVE'S signature I on each box. 2Se. HEROISM III it HOSPITAL French Surgeon Loses Eye, Risking Life Itself Legion of Honor. Paris. Feb. 8. President Fallleres. on his own initiative and with his own hand has conferred on M. Louis Bazy, a medical student, the Cross of the Le gion of Honor, for a splendid act of self-sacrifice. M. Basy, who is the son of a prominent French surgeon, was as sisting his chief In a Paris hospital in an operation on a patient suffering from purulent pleurisy. A drop of pus splashed and entered the 'young sur geon's eye. He knew that the matter was virulent poison, and that dangerous infection must inevitablv ensue unless Instant treatment were applied. But ne anew also tnat ir tne operation In which he was assisting were inter rupted for a moment it would be at the rl&k of the patient's life, no other sur geon being at hand to take his nlace. rie tneretore said nothing, and contin ued his duties until the operation was sueoeKtmmy perionned. Only then did he have his eve tn ated. but It wns too late, and violent In fection set in. Acute Inflammation fol lowed, lasting six months, and rausing great pain. At length the eye had to be removed. 1'resident Fallleres, heariug of the Incident. Immediately decided that the young surgeon should be deco rated, without consulting his ministers. EDNA CLARK AT HER HOME AGAIN (United Pros Leasrd Wire.) Kan Franclseo, Feb.; 8. Refusing to discuss the reasons for her leaving homo four months ago, Edna Clark, the Alameda art student, whose disappear ance caused anxiety and apprehension, is at the home of her mother In Ala meda. The girl returned from Chicago Saturday night, explaining that she had been visiting friends and relatives In the ea3t. Miss Clark i3 believed to have left her home because of differences between herself and her mother, Mrs. Anita Mack, on questions of religion. Miss Clark has become a Roman Catholic and yesterday attended mass at a church near her home. Dr. H. A. Slurdevant Graduate of Ann Arbor University Dental School, is the. Chief . Operator and General Manager. Open Sundays and Evenings Two Ladies in Attendance BANK REFERENCES For a short time only we will make you these extra special rates : Flexible Flesh-Colored Plates $10.00 Gold Crown, 22k... $3.50 Bridge Teeth, 22k. .$3.50 Gold Fillings $1.00 Silver Fillings 50 Rfew Yorfe Patokss leifets Fourth and Morrison Streets AERIAL STUNTS OF GREEDY SEA GULL AMUSE IDLE CROWDS Rock Springs Coal The best coal on the market. Liberty Coal & Ice Co., agents. Office 25 North Fourteenth street. Main 1662, A.-8136. Dry Plr Cord wood. Sawed or four-foot length. Main 66; A-1665. Oregon Fuel company. There is one seagull in the harbor that never needs go hungry. Yesterday this bird ate enough to last an ordinary seagull a week, and it la feared the bird will die from overfeasting. This particular gull is larger than any of thousands that have been soar ing about In the air over the harbor since the weather became stormy down ocean way. and he is darker In color than the average gun. He In a sort of a leader of the flock, and yesterdax, took them to the upper .harbor near the Morrison bridge to feast on things not often included on the bill of fare out on tha briny deep. Jt nappens so mat a bartender in a waterfront resort one day discovered that KUlls comlni in from the Ocean are not at all bashful or suspicious, but will readily make friends. So to make them feel it worth while coming he be gan casting bread upon the water. The birds thought It fine and screamed and fought over every crust! But in the bunch of screeching birds was one that seemed more alert than the others. He discovered eventually that if the bread could be caught before striking the water life would give him no worry. So, several daya ago. he be gan to practice and soon knew how to catch as well as the best dog that ever learned how to play ball. Hundreds of people lined the bridge yestarday to see the bird perform the remarkable stunt. The other gulls had to be satisfied with what bread fell In the water when the bartender made a poor throw. Sometimes the big gull had to turn a double somersault to make the catch. The bartender says he will furnish the bread as long Che gull will catch. TO TEST POWERS OF STATE COMMISSION (Special Plspatcb to The Journal.) Columbus. Ohio. Feb. 8. Much inter est is manifested in the outcome of the injunction suit of Ohio railroads against the state railroad commission, which fame up for trial today. The case Is regarded as of much importance to both shippers and carriers. The two princi pal questions involved in the suit re late to the jurisdiction of the state com mission over interstate shipments in the matter of car service charges, and the reasonableness of the rules promul gated by the railroad commission. NEW PLACERS IX YUKON DISTRICT Vancouver, B. C, Feb. 8. New placer diggings which promise to enormously Increase the gold output of the Yukon district this year have been discovered, according to D. H. McFarlane, inspector of public works at Dawson, who has arrived here. The finds were made last fall, too late In the season to carry on any extended work. They are located on tributaries , of the Stewart river. Miles of ground have been located by pioneer prospectors. As high as 12.60 a pan has been secured. EARTHQUAKE MAKES CHARTS USELESS The branch United States hydro graphic office at the custom house ha already began to receive notices of the effects of the recent earthquakes in Sicily, which affect the maratlme in terests. Notice was received on Janu ary 23, that owing to the displacement of both natural and artificial objects In the vicinity of the Strait of Messina very little reliance can be placed in the existing charts of this locality, and mariners should exercise the greatest caution when navigating in the waters or Messina strait and Its approaches XTntll further notice no reliance should be placed In the existence of any of the lighthouses or the exhibi tion of any of the lights in the locality. Since that time, report has reached here that the Cape Peloro lighthouse and Pezzo point lighthouse are not in commission and their lights are ex tinguished. Also Punta Sreea llgl?t shows temporarily a fixed white light and Fort Campa shows temporarily a fixed red light. The navigation of vessels in that vi cinity will have to be carried on with the same care that is necessary while sailing In unexplored regions. Most of the aids to navigation are either lost or displaced and subsurface shoals will be found where deep water . was formerly and vice versa. ELECTRIC LINE IS mum k m Company Incorporated to Construct Road From Red mond to Prineville. (Special Plxpateh to The Jiyirnal.) Bend. Or., Feb. S. Reports have Just reached here from Redmond of the or ganisation and incorporation of the Crook County Water, Light A Power company, the stated purposes of which are "to Install, own and operate elec tric light and power lines, as well as n electric railroad from Redmond to Prineville, also from Redmond to a con- in Crook or some other county." The capitalisation of the incorpora tion Is 150,000. J. H. Jackson of Red mond Is president. The, company's; power site is at Cllne Falls on the Des chutes. The organisation of this com pany Is more or less due to the recent decision of the supreme court, giving the "present approprlators" of water .the preference over any other claimant. The owners of the Cllne Falls power site, who are also members of the new company, expect to retain their rights by putting the power to use as soon as possible. Army Officer Retires. Washington. D. C Feb. 8. Lieuten ant Colonel Samuel R. Jones was placed on the retired list of the army todav. having reached the age limit for active service. For several years Colonel Jones has served as quartermaster of the department of the gulf, with head quarters at Atlanta. A SZKPLB THICK. It's an easy matter to keep your Joints and muscles supple no matter what your age may be or how you have suffered with rheumatism. Rub your self night and morning with Ballard's Snow Liniment. Cures rheumatism, stiffness, cramps, crick In the back, side, neck or limbs, and relieves all aches and pains. Bold by Skldmore Drug Co. IVIusic tcacliers, schools, ciiopcBues, lodges, liotcel proprietors- all who have any possible use for a good used grand piano, please note: ffi In this Clearance Sale, the biggest undertaking of its kind ever seen in Portland, is a string of splendid Grands. We want to sell all of them, as well as the remaining excel lent used Uprights, during the next few days. 29 splendid used uprights, reduced prices from $68 up Ask to See These: KNABE GRAND, cannot be told from new, now $500 payments $12 monthly. KNABE GRAND, fancy mottled mahogany, latest design, $565412 monthly. JACOB DOLL GRAND, sample, $468 $10 a month. GEORGE STECK GRAND, splendid mahogany, $485410 a month. STEINWAY GRAND, beautiful mahogany; also STEINWAY. GRAND, rosewood case, reduced $285 and $400, respectively payments $12 monthly. KRANICH & BACH GRAND, fancy selected mahogany, $385; anpther KRANICH & BACH, walnut case, $480 payments $10 a month. LESTER GRAND, fancy mahogany, reduced $330. House of V Highest Quality Bloflest and Best ... piMaQTwTrrilrfStT i m lama. KtL m v. h. toilet linn tic. Corp, eol, k roDt, bote " 35 3 WASHINGTON STREET f 10 per cent stronger than the ombint"4 V - .