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THE MOK.NLNG OREGOXIA1S", TUESDAY, DECE3IBER 11, , 1906. GIVE PEACE PRIZE TO PEACE CAUSE President Devotes Nobel's Award to Harmony of La- ' bbr. and Capital. CONFERENCE EVERY YEAR Norway Recognizes Roosevelt's Serv ices in Ending Russo-Japanese War, and He Applies It to Philanthropic Use. WASHINGTON. Dec. 10. C, Hause. the Minister from Norway, today called at the White House and informed President Roosevelt that the Norwegian Storthing had conferred on him the Nobel peace " prize. A message to the same effect came from Mr. Loveland, the chairman of the Nobel Committee, who conveyed to the President hearty good wishes and an expression of his esteem. United States Minister Peirce at Chris tiana, had been told of the action of the committee on December 1. and in advising the President, proffered his profound con gratulations, "on this well-merited- recog nition of your great and wise internation al policy." He asked that in compliance with the request made by the Norwegian . Minister of Foreign Affairs, and if agree able to the President, he re delegated to receive the diploma, medal and prize. The amount of money represented in the prize is 138,538 crowns, or $37,127.65. Industrial Peace Fund. The following statement governing the proposed disposition of the prize money, which is said to be tentative and subject to change as regards details, was made at the White House: "The amount of the Nobel Peace prize will be conveyed by the President to trustees to be by them used as the foun dation of a fund, the income of which shall be expended for bringing together in conference at Washington, especially during the sessions of Congress, repre sentatives of labor and capital for te purpose of discussing industrial prob lems with the view of arriving at a better understanding between employers and employes and thus promoting industrial peace. The President, with their consent, will appoint as trustees of the fund the Chief Justice of the United States Su preme Court, the Secretary of Agricul ture, the Secretary of Commerce and Labor, a representative of labor and a representative of capital. The fund will be conveyed to the trustees to be held in trust for the following purposes: Bring Together Warring Elements. "To Invest and reinvest the principal of the fund, to receive any additions which may come to it by contribution and in vest and reinvest them; to pay over the income from the fund and its additions to a committee of six, to be selected by the trustees, two to serve for one year, two for two years and two for three years, three of Its members to be repre sentatives of labor and three of capital, chosen for distinguished service in the industrial world for promoting righteous industrial peace, and to fill any vacancies which may occur In this committee by selection and appointment in the same manner in which the committee is orig inally selected and appointed. "The committee of six, to be called 'The Industrial Peace Committee,' shall have charge of the annual and other confer ences provided for under the terms of the foundation; shall receive suggestions for .the subjects to be discussed; shall lead the discussion at and publish the results of .the conferences. There shall be an an- . nual conference and the committee of six shall be given authority to call special conferences in case of great Industrial crises. The income paid over to the com mittee by the trustees shall be used for the expenses Incurred by them in the per formance of their duties. It shall be pro vided in the terms of the trust that the President of the United States shall fill the vacancies ' which may occur in the number of trustees." PRIZE GIVEN BY STORTHING Peirce Receives Nobel's Gift on Be half of President. CHRISTIANIA, Norway, Dec. 10. The Norwegian Parliament today conferred the Nobel Peace Prize upon President Koosevelt. The Amerlaan Minister. Mr. Peirce, in an eloquent speech, thanked Parliament in the President's name. He said that words were inadequate to express the deep emotion which he experienced at receiving this distinguished testi monial in behalf of the Presi dent, who recently cabled that he regard ed this prize as one of the greatest honors which any man in any position through out the world could receive. The award, Mr. Peirce added,' would deeply appeal to the hearts of the American people. Mr. Peirce then read a message from Presi dent Roosevelt expressing his deep thanks and saying there was no gift he could appreciate more. The President also an nounced that he had concluded to use the. prize to establish in Washington a permanent Industrial peace committee with the view of maintaining righteous peace in the industrial world, which was as important as the maintenance of peace in the world of nations. The fol lowing is the text of President Roose velt's dispatch: Will Promote Industrial Peace. "I am profoundly gratified and touched by the signal honor shown me through your body in conferring on me the Nobel Peace Prize. There is no gift I could appreciate more, and I wish it were in my power to fully express my gratitude. 1 thank you for it, and I thank you in be half of the United S'tates, for what I was able to accomplish was only as the repre sentative of the Nation of which, for the time being, I am President. After much thought, I have concluded that the best and most fitting way to apply the amount of the prize Is by using it as a fund to establish at Washington a permanent in dustrial peace committee. The object will be to strive for better and more equitable relations among my countrymen who are engaged, whether as capitalists or wage workers, in industrial and agrictural pur suits. This will carry out the purpose of the founder of the prize, for In modern life, it is Important to work for the cause of just and righteous peace in the industrial world as in the world of 'na tions. "1 again express to you the assurance of my deep and lasting gratitude and ap preciation. "THEODORE ROOSEVELT." Peirce Receives the Prize. The members of the Nobel Committee who were seated on chairs in front of the Ministers, were approached by the President of the Parliament, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the President of the committee, who, in reply to informal questions, received from the committee the information that the peace prize had been conferred upon President Roosevelt who had authorized the American Minis ter. Mr. Peirce, to receive it." The President of the Parliament, Gun- nar xviiuusen, maoe a snort. Hpeuii uz which he said that the Norwegian Parlia ment was the first National Assembly to adopt the cause of peace, which, was now no longer an Utopia, as it was "12 or 15 years ago. Leading statesmen, even chiefs of states, had taken up this cause and the United States was going into It the first time. What had especially at tracted the attention of the world was the work of President Roosevelt in bring ing about the end of the bloody war be tween Russia and Japan. Then, handing the prize to the American Minister, the President of the Parliament asked him to send to Mr. Roosevelt a greeting from the Norwegian people and expressed the wish that Mr. Roosevelt might be able, In the future, to continue his work for peace. ' Candidates for the Nobel peace prize must be proposed ty the legislative bod ies, peace organizations or universities. It is understood that the President's sponsors were Professor H. P. Jusson. acting president of Chicago University. Professor Baldwin of Yale, Professor Harberger of the University of Munich, and the faculty of Georgetown Universi ty, Washington. i The peace prize went last year to Bar oness von Suttner. of Vienna, and in pre vious years to W. H. Cremer. M. P.. of England; Professor Z. Martens, of Rus sia, and Henri Dunant, founder of the Red Cross. The Nobel peace prize Is part of a 'be quest left by Dr. Alfred Bernhard Nobel, the Swedish scientist, who died in 1S96. By his will a large portion of his for tune was devoted to five annual prizes, each valued at about J40.000. They were awarded for the most important discov eries in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine; for the most distinguished work of an idealistic tendency" in the field of literature: and for the best efforts toward the fraternity of nations and the promotion of peace. The last named is awarded by the Norwegian Parliament. The others are awarded .by institutions at Stockholm. f OSCAR DISTRIBUTES PRIZES Distinguished Scientists Receive Re wards From Nobel Fund. STOCKHOLM. Dec. 10. The formal dis tribution of the Nobel prizes with the ex ception of the one presented to Presi dent Roosevelt, took lace this evening, the winners receiving their dilomas and gold medals from King Oscar in person. J. J. Thompson, professor of experimental physics at the University of Cambridge, England, was given the prize for re search into the nature of electricity. M. Moissan, professor of chemistry at Sor bonne, Paris, was awarded the prizep for his experiments in the isolation of flouro ine, his researches regarding the nature of . that element and his application of electric furnace to the service of sci ence. Professors , Ramony Cajal and Golgi, of Paris, received prizes for their works dealing with the anatomy of the nervous system, and Glosue Carducci, pro fessor of Italian literature at the Uni versity of Bologna, was awarded the literature prize. With the exception of President Roose velt and Professor Carducci, all the recipi ents of the prizes were present at the distribution. LEVEE IS BEATEN DOWN Colorado River Pouring Uninter ruptedly Into.. Salton Sink. LOS ANGELES, Dec. 10. Telegraphic advices today from Yuma to Generaf Superintendent R. H. Ingram, of the Southern' Pacific, stated that the Col orado River levee was completely beat en down and that the flood waters were pouring: uninterruptedly into Salton Sink. The railroad officials have determined upon no definite plan of action. It is likely that they will immediately begin the building of a spur track along the border of Salton Sea, thus anticipating the rise in the sea from the river inflow. It is suggested, but without official sanction, that the Southern Pacific will make another attempt to dam the run away river. TRACK MUST BE REBUILT Southern Pacific Will Lay 'Rails Nearer to the Hills. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 10. In regard to the break in the Colorado River en dangering the Southern Pacific tracks. General Manager E. E. Calvin said to day that the reports from Yuma were not encouraging. "I suppose we will have to build an other road he said. There seems to be nothing else to do. I received a wire this morning stating that the river could again be controlled, but not in time to save our main line. "This means that we will have to go back to -work at once and build. We have not decided as yet whether we shall build a temporary track for the use of our trains until such time as the permanent road is built. We will have to get closer to the hills and stay out of reach, of the water. v It is believed that as a result of the break in the Colorado River, all new work of the Southern Pacific will be stopped until the new track around the Salton Sea is built. Lands Will Be Flooded In a Year. IMPERIAL, Cal., Dec. 10. News of the break in the Colorado River has proved a serious blow to the people of the Imperial Valley, who have as yet no plans for the future. There will be no interruption of farming or other business here for many months, even though the break in the river is not closed. The people can only await the action or the Southern Pacific or pos sibly the Federal Government. There is no farming land near the Salton Sea and no fear of inundation of any farms for a long time, probably a year, but unless immediate action is taken to effect a close of the break In the river, it is only a question of time when all of the Imperial and Coachella Valleys will be inundated. Schmitz Asks for More Time. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 10. When the motion of Mayor Schmitz and Abraham Ruef to quash the indictment against them for extortion on the ground of prejudice and bias came up for hear ing in Judge Dunne-s court today the attorneys for the accused men asked for further time, on the ground that subpenas are to be issued for members of the grand jury as in the Nicholas Duffy case. Though the defendants interposed a joint motion, their lawyers expllcitely stated that this does not mean a joined issue or a single- trial. The proceedings in Judge Dunne's court today were purely perfunctory, but the usual curfous crowd gathered to watch the proceedings. New Northwest Rural Carriers. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Dec. 10. Rural carriers appointed: Oregon Gaston, route 1, Fred VV. Pop" ter carrier; Charles Russell substitute. Washington Oarneld, route 2, Solano Moffitt carrier, C. Moffltt substitute; Pa louse, route 2, Raleigh J. Gray carrier, Hay A. Cox substitute. Morocco Convention Ratified. BERLIN. Dec. 10. The Reichstag today ratified the Algeciras convention. Free Embroidery Les sons Every Day From 2:30 to 5:00 P. M. We'll Store Anything You Wish Us to and Deliver at Your Orders Olds, TT TT W vwortm ,ezn Fifth, Sixth and Washington Streets King We Are Portland Agents for the Royal Worcester Corsets Remember Our Large Stock of Men's and Women's Slippers. . A GRAND TUESDAY OFFERING--SECOND FLOOR SUIT ROOM SENSATIONAL SALE qf WALKING SKIR ACTUAL VALUES FIVE DOLLARS EACH, SELLING TUESDAY, $1.98 It's a story of a rarely fortunate purchase of a lot of about two hundred and fifty skirts, that we got direct from the manu facturer. A surplus that he wanted to dispose of at a price, and his best customers were selected for the lucky ones who should have them. Smarter skirts than these can't be made for the REGULAR PRICE five dollars and at the absurdly small figure that we ask for them Tuesday. They are a value that is almost beyond belief. Come early for the one you want come while we are sure to have your size, for even if there are 250 of them, they can't last long before the rush of buyers that this announcement is sure to bring. Made of fancy mixed wool materials, come in plaited and circular style, plain tailored effects, trimmed with 1 QO plaits and buttons; actually worth $5.00 each. Tuesday, your choice . .V- 'O $30 Coats Sell for $20 200 in this lot; choice styles and best materials. Made of fancy wool materials. They're the right patterns, too, the wanted light colors in the smart models of the year. Rejrularly these coats were sold from $20.00 to $45.00 each. Take your choice of any one in the lot, and we frfve it to you for one-third less than regular price. ALL ONE-THIRD LESS NOW. $60 Suits for $40 Now We are selling suits at remarkable reductions, ONE THIRD OFF of the price of any suit in the house. A lot of over a hundred suits that sold from $40.00 to $75.00 eaeh, all reduced one-third of the resrular price. Eton, box and pony styles; plain colors or fancy mix tures; materials, cheviots, broadcloths and mixtures. ALL ONE-THIRD LESS NOW. TS .J Bmw Boys Fare Well Today in These Big FOURTH FLOOR Toyland Specials Watch the toy department this week, for we'll have a good special every day this week. Today it's for the boys, for the fellows who are of a mechanical turn of mind. Four lively values that will give you just a hint of the good things we have here for you. Electric Engines Complete with dry battery; will run backward or forward, a practical toy tthat will amuse and instruct the boy who's fond of things d J Ef electrical. Very special value at, each P ' Combination Magic Lanterns and Moving Picture Machines Complete with film and 'one dozen slides. Film is the regu lation size, "and any film can be used with this machine. A very special value at each, complete... $6.00 Magic Lanterns With good lenses and complete with one dozen slides; well made and nicely finished. 4 j QO $2.50 value, for tpi.0 Other machines up to $30 Alcohol Steam Engines Upright model, with two fly wheels and bright nickel finished parts, a value that we don't think you'll find the equal of in all Port land, .fhey are on sale at, each. $1.25 V P Linens Are Sensible Gifts Look over the superb assortment of Richardson linens that wo arc show ing, and select one of these PAT TERN CLOTHS, at the following special prices: $4.45 .$5. 75 $8.00 $9.50 Tablecloths, 2 yards square, worth $5.50. . . . Tablecloths. 2s2, yds. regular $7.00 for Tablecloths. 2x3V. vds. worth $10.00 for.' Tablecloths, 2x4 yds. regular $11.50 for.. Tablecloths 2x3 vards, that regular! v rnV"." $6.25 Give a Box of Fancy Hose Main Floor Center Aisle We do the largest business on the Coast on . boxed hosiery, and the reason for it is stand ard brands and moderate prices. Here's ample proof of the statement. Women's Lisle Hose Daintily embroidered, boots, full finished, 50 cents the pair or a bos containing six pairs for f O 7 the special price of p$. i J WOMEH'S HOSE Fine black gauze and lisle: have garter top and spliced double heel, sole and toe; regular 35c quality; . f 1 Qf special for box of six pairs QXJJ WOMEN'S BLACK GAUZK LISLE HOSE Very fine; garter top; double sole and spliced heel and toe; regular 75c grade; box (f of a half dozen pairs, special pT' VIS WOMEN'S BLACK LISLE HOSE Imported goods; silk embroidered, in several colors; made with double sole and spliced heel: rcg lar 65c quality; the $3'49 WOMEN'S GAUZE LISLE" HOSE Past black: made with garter top. spliced heel, sole and toe; our favorite 50c hose; box C9 of six pairs V.V, ' 7 ... WOMEN'S BLACK COTTON HOSE With double sole and spliced heel mid toe: a hose that we sell for 25c the pair; special, the $1.25 box Choose Men 's Gifts Here Too f Main Floor Sixth-Street Annex Rest assured he'll be well pleased with what you give him if you select it from our stock. See if there isn t something in this list. Men's Initial Handkerchiefs Richardson's linen, from Keliast, Ireland. Put up in y dozen box, especially tor Xmas trade, embroid ered initial, at each, 50c, 35c and. Men's Kerchiefs In plain silk and initialed, each from 25c to SJ51.00 Men's Gloves A splendid gift.' We have Dent' Derbv, Monarch and Backne's gloves for men, at $2.50 down to, per pair. Men's Smoking Jackets or housecoats and loung ing robes, here in fullest assort - ment, priced from $5 each up to. Mens Mufflers and dress protectors; an assort ment easy to choose from. Priced at special, 75c each to Men's Neckwear For Holiday time here in plenti ful assortment. Light or dark shades, plain or fancy, pure silk, priced special (J O ff from 50c to p.UU 25 c ed, each .1.00 llont 'c $1.50 and lomifr- $30.00 rs; an assort- $5.00 1 Another Curtain Sate Fourth Floor Drapery Dept. Real Cluny Lace Curtains, in a special sale that will create a lively interest among homefitters. 46 different patterns to select from; come in white or Arabian color, priced like this: $3.25 The regular $4.00 ones are selling now for, the pair $4.50 grade $3.65 $5.00 grade $3.95 $6.00 grade $4.75 $7.50 grade .$5.95 $9.00 grade $7.15 $12.50 grade $9.95 Dining-Room Pictures 44c Main Floor Fifth St. LOOK AT THEM, ANYWAY. Find them right on the main floor, in the center aisle. Large size, with hardwood frames, new subjects, f just right for the dininig room. Special, each. . . - C Box Stationery Holly boxes, with white lineu O?-, finish,spccial value, the box &JC Photo Albums Fanev celluloid covered. Regular- '7Ct ly worth $1.25. Special at ' OC Children's Scrapbooks With fancy decorated 1Ckf covers, regularly worth 29c each. Special Thousands of Kerchiefs Main Floor Fifth Street To choose from on this superb handkerchief stock of ours. And, without doubt, it's the prettiest and best assorjient hereabouts. Women's Handkerchiefs, trimmed with Armenian lace, some of the most beautiful designs, selling at. each 50c, tiic up from Women's Handkerchiefs In beautiful patterns, cross barred designs; thefy six for ifii.O $1.00 Womon's lace - trimmed Handkerchiefs, priced a.t Zoo. and up tZfir from, eaeh CJlC Wo m en's 1 Ta ml k ere i i i e f s, with scalloped and em broidered cdffcs. ;:, :.: and up to 30 Women's Handkerchiefs, el f?an1 lv embroidered ; six in box; per box, $1.7.". and up to $3.50 TREATY TO BUR CODLIES PRESIDE! HOLDS OCT HOPE TO PACIFIC COAST. Talks to Barrett About Japanese and Reminds Vs Their Friendship Is Better Than 111 Will. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, Dec. 10. During his talk with Min ister John Barrett today the President ex pressed the wish that Mr. Barrett, while on the Pacific Coast, shall point out the importance of establishing closer trade relations between our own West Coast and the west coast of Central and South America. He believes that is one. of the most promising flelds of development of the future, and, being interested in every thing that concerns the Pacllic Coast, the President is desirous that that section shall be early to take advantage of the trade opportunities offered to the south ward. The President also expressed regret that some people of the Pacific Coast mis understand his treatment of the Japanese question in his message. He thinks they do not realize that he Is working for their Interests. If they are going to ac complish anything in the way of re stricting the influx of Japanese labor, it will not be done by insulting the Japan ese, a friendly nation. Rather the United States must show their government cour tesy, and respect. The President wants the people of the Pacific Coast to under stand that no man is more interested in their development than he. By recogniz ing and respecting the rights of the Jap anese it is his hope to' get more for the Pacific Coast than by offering them an affront and incurring their 111. will. While there is no immediate prospect of neEotiatins a treaty with Japan under which their coolies will be barred from the United States, such treaty Is not be yond the possibilities of the future. The Japanese government does not approve the emigration of its citizens and it is quite possible that, if friendly relations are maintained with this nation, the Mikado's government may eventually take some step looking to restricting the in flux of Japanese labor into this country. CANADA HAS SOME TROUBLE Japanese Labor Pours, In, Whites Would Exclude It. BUFFALO. Dec. 10. Louis 'Costa, of Ottawa, one of the Canadian representa tives of the International Waterways Commission, was in Buffalo today. When asked the views of Canadians regarding the controversy in regard to school privi leges of the Japanese in San Francisco, he said: "Canada is facing a problem essential ly similar. The Pacific Coast is facing a heavy invasion of cheap Japanese labor ers. Two of our largest railroad lines now In process of construction are ask ing that the Japanese be admitted. They want to construct their lines as cheaply as possible, but our own citizens want the Japanese excluded so that the former may have the work and wages for build ing the roads. "It all goes to prove that Ca'nadians and Americans should sink their petty differences and come together in facing what may be a larger and common problem." BOYCOTT ' ORIENTAL SCHOOL Japanese of San Francisco Say Chil dren Suffer Danger. CHICAGO, Dec. 10. A dispatch to the Tribune from San Francisco says: "Secretary Oyama, of the Japanese Consulate In San Francisco, yesterday gave out- for the first time a letter In rccard to the school question. Which the Japanese Association of America sent to President Roosevelt by Secre tary Metcalf. It deals at length with all the details of the controversy, and specifies briefly the Japanese griev ances, as follows: "'The Japanese, though they have been discriminated against solely on account of race, protesting against seg regation and refusing to submit their children to dangers incident upon their attending said Oriental school, have declined to obey the order of the Board of Education and, unless the order be rescinded or other relief had, the Japa nese children of San Francisco, without fault on their part, will be deprived of the opportunity to obtain an educa tion." " SENDS IT UP TO PRESIDENT Metcalf Cannot Act on Inquiry About Japanese Affair. WASHINGTON, Dec. 10. Secretary Metcalf. of the Department of Com merce and Labor, will not report to the Senate the result of his investigation of the Japanese controversy at San Francisco, as requested by a resolu tion introduced by Senator Flint. That resolution called upon him for all let ters, telegrams and reports tiled with his department in connection with his investigation of the attendance of Jap anese at public schools in San Fran cisco. Ho wae directed to send the information, if not incompatible with the public interest. In replying. Secretary Metcalf says that his investigation was made under the authority and as th representative of the President, and not in his ca pacity as Secretary of Commerce and Labor. He said that the reDort sub mitted by him. together with official letters, telegrams and other documents, was In the hands of the President, and no longer In the custody or control of the Department of Commerce and La bor. He had no power to comply with the resolution, he said, or to determine whether -the information desired would be incompatible with the public in terest, but lie notified the committee that he had forwarded a copy of the resolution to the President, for him to take such action as he saw fit. BROWN GROWING WEAKER Ex-Senalor Shot by Mrs. Bradley Has Litle Chance for Life. WASHINGTON,-Dec. 10. The life of ex-United States Senator Arthur Brown, of Utah, who was shot by Mrs. Anna M. Bradley in his hotel apartments here Saturday afternoon, tonight is hanging by a mere thread. Little hope for his recovery is held out by attendants at the Emergency Hospital, but his phy sician. Dr. W. P. Carr, still ha3 some hope that his patient will survive. Sena tor Brown's temperature reached 104 to night, and according to his friends he Is steadily growing weaker. Mrs. Bradley spent another restless day in her cell at the House or Detention, and her only thought seems to be for the man whom she shot down. She was much interested in the report today that Mrs. Annie Adams, of Philadelphia, mother of Maude Adams, the actress, had arrived In Washington and had made an effort to see Senator Brown at the hospital. She urged the matron to send for Mrs. Adams, declaring it was Im portant that she see her at once. Assistant District Attorney Given today announced that "if Senator Brown Is still alive tomorrow I shall issue Informa tion against Mrs. Bradley for assault with Intent to kill, and she will be given a preliminary hearing in ' Police Court at once. In the event of his (Senator Brown's) death murder will be charged." A. K.. L. Leckie, of counsel for Mrs. Bradley, says that he was retained by George W. Bartch, ex-Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Utah, and John I.. Bagley, ex-Attorney -General of Idaho, personal friends of Mrs. Bradley. He admits that Mrs. Bradley has rccoive'l many telegrams from Salt Like offering her financial assistance, but says that none of these offers has been 1 accepted. The argument in the Supreme Court of the United Slates of the Montana. Mining Company vs. the St. Louis Min ing Company, in which Brown was en gaged, was bocun today. No reference was made to tlio shooting affair, his as sociate counsel taking the entire responsi bility on his side, that of the St. Louis' Company. TO Ct'KE A t'OLD IX ONE DAT Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quln1n Tablets. DruggisK, refund money if it falls to cure. E. W. GROVE'S signature la on each box. 25a Give Dr- Graves' Tooth Powder one trial and 3rou will use no other Makes yellow teeth white, clean and beautiful. "Society and youc health demands its use twice-a-day;" so the dentists say. In handy metal cans or bottles, SAr. Dr Graves' Tooth Powder Co. 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