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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. .
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tm lTrimi ot it,P fkn cmirurm Remwllesar
4 Mmnimrmt ti;e world. Oepou: Lamm, 27,
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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
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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
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Dry Plr Cord wood.
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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.
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what your age may be or how you have
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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.
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for a good used grand piano, please note:
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In this Clearance Sale, the biggest undertaking of its kind
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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
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KNABE GRAND, fancy mottled mahogany, latest design, $565412 monthly.
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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 &
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