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1 01 r X w x v.'. M FLEET :. uiES EXCELLENT ilSJOITII SHOWS RESERVE II! HIS PIIBLICI1EM!S f'P'J I.LW CO Qaaint Artistic Conception of Modern , I ! Inventions; STOPi n riii i no tU UULLtIO 't III A. J. Salisbury Last Man Wounded in Hot Engage ment in Philippines. n Target Practice in Open Sea Off San Diego Pleasing to England's Premier Does Not Ccmmit Himself to People. Who in ; Consequence Re sort to, Wild Speculations. Hundreds of Lives Lost and Millions of Dollars of Dam ages in Series of Catastro phes. ". j i. V Of f icers-rMaryland Makesp 1 Best Record. . i "i" W. : AAA, HIE OREGON SUNDAY. JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER JSTGISffilS CBSTHS Hi! ill lEEIT HS ;aimtice San Francisco, Dec. 2i.-The Pacific fleet returned yesterday, from , battle practice and the men behind the suns achieved result that caused every of ficer to -wear a happy "mile I Exactly what these , results were i ;matter for the iiavy department only, but told In such general terms as the officers of the fleet high in authority are priv ileged to, ithe tale of that battle practice is calculated to make peace loving t:it i2ens sleep more easily than they .have since congress shied at 'the war secre tary's pessimistic report. , The cruiser Maryland is ald to have made the best record. So effective was the Maryland's fire that the fleet of ficers believe that : the Maryland; wU get the battle trophy," which Is now held by the battleship Vcnnont of the Atlantic .fleet". ':ysW''-S The practice Just finished was the hardest test to which Yankee . gunners have ever been subjected. The shooting was done on the open sea off 8an Diego. The targets were towed at a speed of about eight knots an hour, while the cruisers were tearing through the water at an eighteen knot clip. The Paclfjc ocean meanwhile was heaving Its pal pitating bosom and the cruisers were lolling and pitching lika lightships' in a gale. The targets, about the sise of a small tug, were more than 12,000 yards away. , Under these conditions the . men shattered target after target. They scored hits by daylight and darkness fiidn't make them miss. ! To fire a broadside Into a small target jteven miles away from a ship that Js not only rolling, but steaming through the water at eighteen knots an hour, looks like an -Impossible task, but the gunners of the Pacific fleet did it; ' An officer of the fleet said: ' ' v "If the American gunners had been Able to shoot at the battle of Santiago as they can shoot today every ship of the Spanish fleet would have been de stroyed the Instant it poked Its nose out of tha harbor. Not a ship would have got as far as Morro Castle.". (. -Movement of Cruisers. Tho "West Virginia and Maryland will remain here until the end of January for the purpose of testing samples of Pacific coal that are now on board the collier Saturn. , When they have used up the Saturn's samples they will pro ceed to Puget Sound for the purpose of making further experiments. All this in response to a request from Pacific coast coal interests that the coal mined on this sid' of the continent b glvea a chance in the navy. The Pennsylvania, ; Colorado, South Dakota and California will leave early in the year for a practice cruise to southern California. - ; During the time the ships re here all hanos will be given liberty and there will be a Christmas dinner tomorrow on every ship of the fleet i litliil nan ii I WORKERS It! teffl v- c ( Or thelf'vhrfrrosMHcn . ".". " "" . Likeness of an old handkerchief found in Australia, showing men hunting the air, a traveling church and mod ern stores on a railroad track,, as well as the dirigible balloons of today. Instead of aeroplanes , the ar tist fitted his men with wings.; , On many of the suggested lines inventors- of the' Twentieth i century . have realized the ideas of the old painter' to be. practical.. ' ' ' ' That Hubjert.:'iiathami;''fib famous French aviator who shot ducks from his flying machine at Loa Angeles' on Thursday, was not the first to con ceive of the idea, but that the credit belongs to an artist of . an i hundred years ago, is claimed by the Melbourne, Australia, Leader. It is conceded that Latham is the first to perform . the feat - Anticipating the day: when , men would " fly through the air the ancient artist pictured them wearing wings and carrying . their shot guns while search ing -the air for birds. The painting was found on a hand kerchief a Northampton, Australia, where a building was" being remodeled. In commenting on the find the Leader said: "The old saying that there is nothing new under the sun is well exemplified by the above photo . of a handkerchief, which, dating from the beginning of the last century, was discovered within the walls of the ancient building occu pied by Messrs. Wood & Son, drapers, Oundle, while a new staircase was be ing put in. Aa may be seen, the cloth contains a well drawn design, which anticipates intelligently the inventions that have actually occurred during the nineteenth V ahd - twentieth- centuries. Some of the prophecies are wonderful. Although the picture shows a road busy with traffic, not a single horse is to be sepn. Indeed, the only eq'ufne In the neighborhood would seem to be in the show on the left, where a clown 'ex horts all and sundry to 'Walk up! Walk up! A rare exhibition to be seen here. A live horse! Supposed to be the very last of the race.' ' There is plenty of horsepower, on evidence, however, for flitting here and there are steam . automobiles.: Their shapes and equipment are surprisingly like those of the present day. We often say.ibat if our great-grandfathers could come back to earth they .would be startled out of their wits at motor cars. After seeing such exact predictions as GO BY DEFAULT? Duchess , De Choiseul-Praslin and t Attorneys Absent May Acquit D'Aulbys. - GERM TIFF III HOT HITEO DUD OF COAL : CTTnlted Press leaned Wlr. Chicago, Dec. 14. Ten thousand fam ilies, dependent on garment strikers for their livelihood, tonight faced a giftless' Christmas. In each of the homes, tons of coal were more devoutly wished for than candy filled stockings. While the downtown streets were thronged with richly dressed crowds- doing belated shopping, destitute garment . workers haunted the commissary stores of .the union to get .enough food to last them until Monday. ' " Five hundred families of workers and persons of moderate means volunteered to. take the children of .strikers Into their homes to keep them from suffer ing the destitution of their parents dur ing the strike. ' No advances toward a settlement ' have been made on ' either side for two weeks. The present pros pect is for a lockout of long duration, E BODES FI WRECK IN ENGLAND fBr the Intern tional Vewt Service.) London, Doe. 24. Nine bodies have been taken from the wreckage and it is thought others may be dead as the re sult of a collision . west of i here this morning between a passenger train and two light locomstives. Twenty-five ether .passengers were badly hurt, 's; ' .. - The accident occurred at o'clock at a point in the Pennine hills between liawes and Klrby-Stepben," ; PLANT ENTIRE TOUCHET VALLEY TO FRUIT TREES ' ' Snedl DlxDHtrh to Th Innrnal '. Dayton. Wash., Dec. 24. The biggest development project ever undertaken here has been launched, by local busi ness men and has for its object the planting of the Touchet valley in or r.mrds throughout its length of 20 miles aM the bringing west of small invest? ors who desire to purchase first-class ok bar J lands on monthly installments or yearly payments. ' Waitsburg - and Jiayton are to "pull together" as demon- etrated at, a meeting here yesterday. After all of the units of the Walt- burg ; Development company's - 100-acre orchard have ' been sold hereand it wlil'take but a few days longer, repre sentatives are going to be sent eaBt to tiring homeseekers, to the : Touchet valley. Options are secured on thous and of acres v of choice fruit land and this Is to be sold on the installment rtun at prices from $500 'i to "f 800 ; an ho re. Five, ten, and twenty-acre or chards are being laid out and will be tilflnted with leading varieties of ap- lcjwerusiugju.leratuj&aseliig I'rci.sred now lor eastern distribution, Kome of the prominent business men und orchardtHts heading the. campaign ate J, lx 'fuKgord, A. S. Dickinson, C. i. 1 ornb. rger, II. P. i'eterson, A. G By the Internatloital News SerTlcs.1 V Tours, France, Dec. 24, Though the public ' prosecutor will continue , with the formal proceedings, the case against the "Count and" "Countess"- D'Aulby de Gatlgny, brought by the Duchess De Choiseul-Praslin, formerly Mrs. Paine of Boston, was virtually dropped this afternoon. The sensation came shortly after the case had been called at noon after having been postponed from the morning, when the lawyers h for the duchess withdrew from the case. The announcement was . made to the court by Maitre de Chene, her other two at torneys being mlsslngf as well as her elf.- --.' '- Maitre Bernard, the leading advocate for the D'Aulbys, etatea tnat ine lei ters from Mrs. Palno to D'Aulby would not be produced. Solicitor Behrend, called as a wit. ness, : insisted that tne letter written by Boston lawyers, refusing to .have anything to do with the negotiations between Mrs. Paine and ErAulby be read. The letter showed that the Amer ican lawyers objected only to the mat ter Involved in the Introduction of Mra Paine's letters. They were not averse to acting in regard to the picture con tract, as had-been alleged. More tCBtlmonw was given today Dy character witnesses to show that D'Aulby was honest and a man of honor- With the evidence all in, the case was adjourned until January 2, when it will be summed up. Friends of the D Aulbys are aure now that they will be acquitted. The duchess was not In Tours today, hav ing gone to St Meurit. It was report ed here that the townspeople were planning a demonstration against her. SEEKING ALLEGED . '' CIAIR ni ED'AT vAI Hi1 fRiwInl rHfuwtrh to Tho JourosH Dayton. Wash.. Dee. 24. C. C. Clair, alleged swindler, who was arrested in Salem. Or- three nights ago on a war rant sworn to by the Touchet Valley Fair association, may right extradition The warrant charges him with obtain ing money ; under false, pretense, but many here think he cannot be held on that charge. Sheriff Ed Davis left last nignt for, Salem for Clair, not knowing whether extradition papers would. 'have to e secured. . Clair is alleged to . have collected moneys belonging to - the Touchet Val ley Fair association and to have ab sconded. He also owed some $300 In town besides the $100 belonging to the association, it Is claimed, lie left Day ton two months ago -on a night train after. conducting a successful sign busi ness for three months,' Fred Norrls, an employe, says he lost $100.. , STATE INHERITANCE . JAX LAW AUTHOR DIES , By tlie lotmtttinnal Nw Srvlr ) New, York. Dec. 24, After an illness of less than 24- hours, Commodore P. Vedder,' obo time state senator and the authdr of tne state inheritance tax law, died today in his rooms In the Hotel .MaicglicJtoai.Aeart...1l8-flaa...l,, . , , ... 'otash Dispute Could Result Seriously to United States. Taft Is On the Job. the above photo shows,, we may not be Justified in thinking that our fore bears would be so frightened. "In the middle distance runs the Great Northern railway; wlth all kinds of curious carieages, , which comprise a chapel, a circus, a traveling baxaar and a cast iron glass establishment.' On the other side of the i railroad a steam plow is at work, while in an ad jacent meadow a stag hunt is in active progress," the huntsmen being "mounted' in . rootors--truly a remarkable antici pation of modern methods. 4 - "Cp In the air balloons are legion, and men are endowed with wings.- The balloons are fitted with sails and steer ing gear, and the large quadruple air ship in the background-is the 'Mall to China.' In the center at the back, a party of Jolly sportsmen on. the wing are shooting sparrows, while others ex change friendly greetings. The string of cars in front of the bridge is the regiment, of 'Steam Guards,' and the officer Is shouting the order: 'Atten tion! Get your bellows ready and pre pare to blow your fires. Bellows are In use in most Qf the "motors,' while on the one in front ,of the picture, a kettle of water Is boiling.. . , ;,. "The artist responsible for the draw ing had a droll sense of humor, and, although .Jt is probable that when he designed it he let his "imagination ran riot, , yet , the years have brought his bizarre pwdictions to pass, thus prov ing the old theory that dreams are near er the truth than are facta." , ' . ' (Pithlimierj' Press 1hV1 ,Wlre. - ljoriiloii, Dec."' 24. Although George V. has received from, Mr. Asqulth a full statement -of the government program for the readjustment of the relations of the two. houses of parliament,, the prime minister and his cabtnet lieutenants-maintain a strict reserve before the 'nubile, All sorts of irresponsible conjectures are . .ma.de; ranging , from stories that Mr. Asquith or one or more Of Ma colleagues will resign - soon ; to stories hat the king with great or lit tle hesitation has agreed to create the 600 "harlot peers," ; - ; , . , - AiQUith's Followors Have Talth. Mr. Asqulth's harlots outside the min istry scout tho idea that he is capable of showing the white feather to the sovereign or to the commons. They hope that upon the assembling of par liament, he will introduce without de lay the ."parliament bill," which was the issue at the elections, ' demand Its prompt passage and then sdnd it to the lords on the express understanding If they hang It tip, amend, or throw it out, he will ask the king to create the neces sary peers to carry the measure through the second chamber. : - This would be logical as to'' the veto on finance but the Irish-Nationalists and the Laborltes are not altogether easy as te the other features of the case. m , v ' , Mr. Redmond is urged to try to get from Mr. Asqulth before parliament meets "some definite idea" of what the government expects to do for Ireland when the peers have been muzzled. Laborites, : rallying around r a mani festo that begins "now that there has been ; returned a majority pledged .to remove the house' of lords as a block in the working of our constitution," want; the prime minister to give spe cific pledges regarding the legislation he will support in behalf of suffrage, unemployment and free education from the elementary school to the university. RAILROAD USES NESBIT POEM-IN NEAT BOOK 1 With the compliments of the passenger department of the Great Northern Kail- way company, a number of neatly bound volumes of Wilbur t. Nesbit's poem, "A Friend or Two," have been sent to friends and patrons of the road, ; The local distribution was through H. A. Jackson, general passenger agent in Portland. The poem was written in 1907 by Mr. Nesblt, and soon' after the pub llcation the Great Northern officials thought so much of it that they. asked special; permission to have it sent out in book form. There are only five stanzas, but each is full of sentiment A. J. Salisbury. A. S. Salisbury, who was elected com mander of the United Spanish War Vet erans "Friday .night, saw active service from the time the volunteers were called for the Spanish-American war until the Insurrections among the Filipinos had been put down. He served throughout as a member of company H, Second Ore gon Volunteers.: Commander Salisbury had ' the distinction of being the last man . wounded : In ' the Philippine war. The .company had been ordered, home. The men were on the island of Taytai, when, suddenly, while in a low place, they were surrounded ; by 8000 of tl. Insurrectionists. Salisbury broke his gun. -The- man in third place from him was killed Salisbury rose to his feet and in the hail of bullets non chalantly moved over to the dead. man's gun to replace his broken weapon. Four bullet struck him, one in each shoulder, ono In the knee, one -In thep" bade 'The bullet that tore Into the knee was ;from a Mauser rifle. The others were brass. Ills escape from In stant death . was One of the . miracles of war. ' -' ' - " '; Until recently Commander Salisbury was in the real estate business in Port land,rfIoJs now a deputy sheriff. - - (Hulted Pren Xsm4 Wlr. . v New York. Dec, 24.- This Christmas ,week has been one of the" most disas trous In recent years, hundreds of lives having been lost and millions of dollars worth of property destroyed in a series of catastrophes, as. shown by the fol- lowing summary: , Suntley, December 18. Three police-' men. and one burglar killed in attempt to -rob big Jewelry store in London. England. ; . v ' Monday, December 19. Explosion of gas wrecked nw power plant of New ' York Central killing 13 persons and in. juring 114. Loss estimated $1,000,000. Wednesday, December 21. Leather warehouse in Philadelphia burned, four- " teen killed and" many injured. , Loss $200,000. Conflagration in leather man ufacturinsr district in Cincinnati. ntii Three killed, 12 factories burned. Loss AAA AAA ' '. .. .... I .Explosion In Hulton collery, England. Three hundred and forty-one miners killed;' number injured, Thursdrtr, December 22. -Fire in Nel- son Morris Packing , House, Chicago. 24 firemen and policemen killed. " Prop erty loss $2,000,000. -', . : Three persons killed when "out" train on Pennsylvania railroad hit wrecked freight . train ( at Millstone Junction, N, Friday, December 23,--Fire ia theatre and business block, Bayonne irtreet, New , Orleans. , Three persons killed. Loss $500,000. ' , - Saturday, December 24. -Two Penn- sylvan la trains collided at Nevada, Ohio, killing six persons; six others seriously injured. Nine killed and 25 seriously injured In 4 wreck of Scotch Express near Hawes Junction. England. Four men and two women killed by ', gas fumes in Kenton, Ohio. There were numerous smaller fires, during the week and a number of minor train wrecks in nearly every one of which there .were fatalities. - - 154,000 tons-ltenton coal sold last year, "nuf ed." Try soma Truscott Fuel Co., 12th and Overton. M.-6S, A-1666, Journal Want Ads bring results. : MRS. HARRIMAN GIVES EMPLOYES PRESENTS (Pnbllnhers Pr teased Wire.) Middletown, N. Y., Dec. 24. Every employe of the Harrlman estate, about 600 in all, received an extra day's pay. in envelopes today. In. addition, Mrs. Harrlman this afternoon assembled all f the mechanics and laborers directly connected with: the . Arden House .and Lodge and made an additional gift to them. , Last year each received a pres ent of gloves, box of candy and sweet meats. , .,,-. , David Otttnger died at, Callipooia at the age of 95. (By the Internatlonit tews Service.! ' Washington, Dec. 24. Germany, - in the event of ' a tariff war with the United States over the potash dispute, woud be able to Interfere seriously with the ' manufacture of powder for the army and navy. :? . It : has developed that the war and navy departments are vitally interested in the: negotiations with Germany for the removal of the tax on the exported potash of the country for the German potash is one of the necessary ingredi ents of powder . - Both- the army and the navy mnst have powder and have it In vast quan tities. This is made in the United States for the most, part, but is made of Ger man" potash. Should Germany, which has a monopoly of the world's supply of potash, insist on its export tax, the cost of powder will be nearly doubled If on the other hand Germany . fin ally did prohibit the exportation of potash altogether as seems to be the disposition a powder famine in this country would follow. It would, of course, be possible f er the United States to buy its powder from the German mills, but relations between this country and that might easily become such that the - German mills would not be permitted to sell powder to the United States. President Taft is still negotiating for the reduction of the ekport taxi ' : POPE PIUS EXTENDS . YULETIDE GREETINGS (PublliibeiV Prfxd Leaned Wire.!' Rome,- Dec. 24. Pope Plus sends this Christmas greeting to America: , " "With particular affection, we im part the apostolic benediction to the church In America. May its work be crowned by the beet results for" the glory' of God and ' the ' salvation" of souls." - t The Owl Drug Company's Method of Contributing - Its Share Toward the Public Good Double Wedding at Sweet ITome. j Spuria 1 Ptiipiitch to Tb Journal. f Lebanon, Or., Doc. 24. A quiet double wedding occurred at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Gell at Sweet Home Wednes day. December 21, when Mary A. Geil and Fred I Wood and Gertie O. Russell and Emmett E. Arrell were united in marriage by J. 8. Gell, J.-P. - The cere mony was witnessed by a few friends. Iri various cities where We have stores we have been called upon at various times by different organizations for program advertising, the donation of prizes and the purchase of tickets for various public affairs,' and the same condition presents itself to us in Portland. our company depends upon the general public for its patronage, we should con tribute our share toward .the public good, but owing to the fact that requests are so frequent ly made, and we do not want to unjustly discriminate, we have concluded to discontinue con tributing cash prizes or merchandise as well as the purchase of tickets or advertising in pro grams. -French engineers are building a sin gle span masonry railroad bridge 266 feet long over a ravine 200 feet deep, one of the Urgent Mructures of thei kind ever attempted CURES RHEUMATISM 1.00 Rheumatic 51.00 Cur Y Per . bottle, , Fr tottia . jf xarrtsirAit bcdcbst to. RHEUMATISM iv rrs tun rosics. Sciatica ' Neuralgia -Nervousness Bleiplessness Nervous" Ileadacbes Neuralgic Headaches Nervous Dvspepsla Nervous Affections TRADE SUPPLIED BT A.iy.AI!cn&Co. Wholesale and RetaJl Druggists. !6th & Marshall Stj., rcrtland. Or. PACIFIC 'COAST AQENTa '...'. ; mm, '- ,-' 1 In its stead we have a plan that will place our little help where it should be a pol icy consistent with the spirit of Portland and therefore pur store in the future will furnish - prescriptions absolutely free to the worthy poor upon presentation of a note or an order frosi any licensed physician or surgeon in this city, . - ; v ; This advertisement will be authority for any physician tosend any Worthy patient to ' this store for prescriptions, which we will agree to fill without ' cost'.-5; The " physidan' must send an order to this effect on his card or prescription blank. , " ' We believe the public will heartily approve of our plan, y - T --- . 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