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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 12, 1906)
TILE MORNING OREGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1906. 3 BROWN WILL DIE BEFORE MORNING Ex-Senator's Demise Expect ed by Doctors at Any Moment. MRS. BRADLEY SHOCKED Woman Who Shot Former Tjover Al most Collapses on Learning the Truth Brown's Daughter Falls Under Strain of Watching. WASHINGTON, Tec. 11. At 2:30 o'clock this morning px-Scmitnr Arthur Brown was slill alive.' but the. physicians stated that his death miprht bo expected momen tarily, lbs temperature was 101.6 and hid pulse was 103. Mrs. Bradley, who is still In a cell at the house of detention, when told the for mer Senator was slowly sinking, ex pressed herself as deeply shocked. At 5 P. 51. the former Senator's tem perature jumped from VU to 105. Docs Not Realize Ieath Near. Assistant District Attorney J. C. Adklns called at the hospital shortly after 6 o'clock with a stenographer to take Mr. Hr'own's antemortem statement. Accord ing to the hospital physicians, the patient refused to Rive a statement and. not realizing his critical condition, requested Mr. Adklns to call tomorrow, lie lhas been unconscious since S o'clock in 'the evening and has not recoRnized his son and daughter. Miss Brown, the former Senator's daughter, was threatened with collapse from tho fatigue and excitement and the hospital physicians are caring for her. "Rverythlnir will come out all right," said Mrs. Brown Bradley before she was advised of Mr. Brown's sinking. "Sen ator Brown will soon recover and I will never be placed on trial." Mrs. Bradley Almost Collapses. "When told that her victim probably would not live through the night, she almost collapsed. She refused to make a statement. A surprise was sprung in the case yes terday when It was learned that Mrs. Bradley had retained George P. Hoover of this city to take charge of her case. The law firm of Leckie. Fulton & Co. was retained Sunday by friends of Mrs. Bradley in Salt Lake. She refused to give any reason for making the change in the counsel and the attorneys employed by her Utah friends still claim they are authorized to represent her. Mrs. Bradley has, however, directed Mr. Hoover to take complete charge of the case. He conferred with her for two hours yes terday. TRUST CONFESSES SINS TLEADS OlIIiTY TO ItKBATIXG AND PAYS LARGE FIXE. Sugar Refining Company and Its Ally Give $150,000 to Uncle Sam Out of Rebates Received. NEW YORK, Dec. 11. Fines aggregat ing $150,000 were imposed today by Judge Holt in the United States Circuit Court upon the American Sugar Refining Com pany and the Brooklyn Cooperage Com pany: after the defendants through coun sel had pleaded guilty to indictments charging the acceptance of rebates on su gar shipments In violation of the Elkins anti-rebating act. The sugar refining com pany was tined $SO,000 and the cooperage company $70,000. After the fines were imposed United States District Attorney Stimson, who conducted the prosecution, told the court that he thought the amount of the fine assessed was sufficiently large to act as a deterrent to rebatera In the future, and that the Government -would consent to the remainder of the indictments against the American Sugar Refining Company and the Brooklyn Cooperage Company being dismissed. Judge Holt granted a motion dismissing the other Indictments. CONTROL OF THE TRUSTS. Garfield Says Federal License Is the Solution of the Question. PRINCETON", N. J.. Dec. 11. James R. Garfield, lecturing tonight on the "Relation of the Government to Cor porations," said: "I think that the Federal license will be the method which will control cor porations and prevent unjust monopo lies. By this means we may know ex actly what they are doing. We must take measures now to place the power of control in the hands of the Gov ernment." TAKES UP PIUS' CHALLENGE (Continued from First Page.) to further anti-republican agitation and those who think only of the interests of the church. The former are delighted at everything unconditionally papal and intranslgeant and the latter are grieved at a situation which makes it impossible to be good patriots and good Catholics at the same time. Many cipher telegrams are being ex changed between the Vatican and Cardi nal Ricard, the archbishop of Paris, who has been entrusted to ascertain if the expulsion of Monsigneur Montagnini and the searching of his house Is in violation of the French law. The Italian foreign office has not received any communica tion from the) Italian Ambassador at Paris concerning this Incident and it does not know whether Monsigneur Montagni ni has asked for the protection of the Italian government or not.' The Osservatore Romano does not com ment on the Montagnini case, but in an article written before the news of the Monsigneur's expulsion was received here. In which It endeavors to prove that the action of the French government is con demned even by non-Catholics, it. goes over to Protestant England and quotes from an article published in the monthly bulletin of the Anglican Parish of St. Cutherbertholme, expressing sympathy for the Pope. WEEPING W OMEN IN CHURCHES Government and Clericals Each Are Ready for Extreme Steps. TARIS, Dec. 11. This Is an historic day for France. The struggle which began In 18S0 with the banishment of the Jesuits ended today with the legal rupture of the bond which for prac tically a thousand uninterrupted years had united church and state. . By re fusing to make the required declara tions under the public meeting law of 1S81. public Catholic worship, except by schismatic organizations, tomorrow becomes Illegal. Tnc scenes in some of the churches were extremely touching. Not in years haj there been such an attendance at mass. The number of. women was es pecially large and was noteworthy as Indicating tho religious indifference of the male population., Although seven eighths of the inhabitants of this city are nominally Catholics, In no part of the city were the churches crowded Even at Notre Dame Cathedral, where a solemn high mass was celebrated, the edifice was only half filled. The officiating clergy read the regu lar offices for the week, as usual, with out referring to their illegal status to morrow. Ne vertheless, the depression of the Catholics was manifest. Many women emerged from the cathedral, their eyes streaming with tears, and lingered on the pavement to discuss what to do whn tile clergy are turned out of their churches. But. on the eve of the struggle. It is becoming more apparent that both the government of -nicials and higher ecclesiastics are re sisting the advice of the intemperate. Minister of Public Worship Briand an nounces that the government "cannot be driven Into the trap of closing the churches," and Cardinal Richard, Arch bishop of Paris, has strongly censured the placarding of appeals to the cleri cals to make violent resistance to the officers. "No violence," he says, "but passive resistance to the unjust law, after ex hausting all protests at every step." This is the disposition so far as the higher ecclesiastics are concerned, but their followers evidently have no In tention to submit, and are preparing to assume the roll of martyrs, abandon the churches and organize private worship. Cardinal Richard and many of the bishops have already begun the remov al of their private effects from the episcopal mansions, and the clergy are preparing to leave their rectories and move into hired lodgings. It is an nounced that the parish priests have received many offers of places in which to hold religious services, but there is not the slightest indication that they intend to take advantage of the sole remaining chance to retain their churches, namely, by making the declarations called for by the law. The government realizes that addi tional legislative power is necessary, and will accordingly ask Parliament for it. Receivers have been appointed everywhere to i assume charge of the churches and sequestered property, and three policemen will be stationed to morrow at the doors of each of the churches to report violations of the law, but, as such violations can only be tried in the police courts and as the penalty is only 15 francs fine and 15 days' Imprisonment with the right of appeal, sterner measures will be neces sary. The tone of the Republican press of all shades indicates that, if the Pope imagines that an uncompromising at titude will compel the French govern ment to open negotiations with the Vatican, he has woefully mistaken the temper of the people, which favors a more hostile rather than a' more con ciliatory attitude. . The Republique Krancaise says; "The time has passed when a Pope could successfully threaten to release French subjects from their allegiance. Defiance of the law will only expose the priests to being regarded as the subjects of a foreign power, by which they would forfeit their rights as Frenchmen." ITALY CONGRATULATES FRANCE Rejoices at Struggle to Make Human Conscience Independent. ROME, Dec. 11. . Signor Mirabelll, Republican, at the ooentng of today's session of the Chamber of Deputies, in troduced a resolution, which was adopt ed, to the effect . that the Chamber sends its warm congratulations to France on the anti-clerical policy which It is following "as tending to secularize the state and render the human conscience independent." WILL POPE TAKE MEDICINE? If He Refuses, Spain Will Make Dose More Bitter. MADRID, Dec. 11. The-Premier, the Marquis de Arrnijo, Ex-Premier Moret, the president of the Chamber of Depu ties, and Canalejas, leader of the new party known as the extreme Liberals, are sounding the Vatican authorities as to whether they are prepared to sup port a law of associations with cer tain modifications. If the pope is found intransigent, they intend to pass the law as now drafted In its entirety. Given Twenty-four Hours' Grace. PARIS, Dec. 12. A governmental circular issued today grants 24 hours of grace to the churches of Paris, at the expiration of which time the law of separation will become operative. MAKES NEGROES MARTYRS i Soldiers Said to Be Victims of Brownsville Prejudice. WASHINGTON. Dec. 11. The prelimi nary report of the Constitutional League of America, which sent a commission of inquiry to Fort Reno, Okla.; Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Tex., and Fort Brown, Brownsville, Tex., which was filed today both at the White House and the Senate, is a voluminous document. After citing various affidavits out of the reports, letters, etc., it declares every member of the battalion was present and accounted for; that much of the evidence accepted against the soldiers is incom petent and biased; that the assumption that the soldiers must have been aware of the identity of the rioters is an as sumption unwarranted by evidence. "There Is fair reason to believe," says the report, "that the commotion was cre ated by parties not soldiers, partly to gratify a long-harbored hatred against the soldiers or partly to punish their in dependence in boycotting the town's "Jim Crow' drinking saloons, and that such resistance as the rioters encountered was offered by unknown persons, who were not soldiers from the garrison." Commends Discharge of Troops. LITTLE ROCK. Ark.. Dec. 11. The Arkansas State Guard Association, an or ganization including all officers of the Arkansas State Guard, adopted a resolu tion today commending President Roose velt's action in discharging the negro soldiers. ICE BLOCKS "S00" CANAL Great Fleet Waits at Each End to Get Through. DETROIT, Mich.. Dec. 11. The Ice blockade at Se.ult Ste Marie, which was thought to have been effectively broken yesterday. Is on again and 39 down bound vessels are Imprisoned with nearly as large an upbound fleet also caught in the ice. BIG NEW PROBLEMS Hitchcock on Work , of Arid Land Reclamation. INVESTMENT OF MILLIONS Improvements Must Be Well Man aged and Laws for Proteetlon Needed Projeeis "Under taken in Northwest. WASHINGTON. Dec. 11 In his eighth annual report Secretary Hitchcock pays special attention, to the work done in the Reclamation Bureau. He calls at tention to the advancement of the work during the past two years and says that it has reached a point where the prob lems of general location and character of the construction may be regarded as settled. Mr. Hitchcock at the same time declares that the problems now in hand are more serious, but because they em brace the management and operation of ;reat systems of water supply upon which depend the property and even lives of thousands of citizens. Touching on this important part of the work, the Secretary says: Big Investment to Be Repaid. Tha works niut not b merely safe, they muRt be ro managed that th cost will he returned to the reclamation fund. Each year millions of dollars must bo collected from men who wring it from the once bar ren soil. Kxperionce, wisdom, and fore sight must be exercised by those In charge of the canals, and the daily exigencies of flood, drought, , or changtng temperature muse be met by vigilance and prompt ac tion. This Investment in reclamation works, whether considered In the aggregate or as so much per acre or per farm, is so great that the Government cannot take a merely passive interest in the matter. For each 40-acre farm the Government has made a cash outlay of from $1000 to f2000 or more, and must set back this sum in ten or fewer annual payments. There is thus, of necessity, an Immediate and almost personal Interest felt in the operations . and ultimate success of each individual farmer of the thousand located under each irriga tion system. The first step In dealing with these individuals Is to form them Into waters-users associations, through "whose of licers, elected by the majority, it is 'possi ble to do business with the community. One of the important points which have already developed is that greater protec tion must be thrown by law about the works when finished. There Is no Federal statute which can be invoked to protect these works, and the local statutes vary in the different states and territories. In some cases there Is adequate protection un der the local law, but in several states there are no provisions of law relating to Important and essential features of the sub ject. The works are of such magnitude that malicious or ignorant Interference may result seriously to property or even to life. There Is a feeling, not only that public works are the property of the public, but that any individual may exercise his right as a citizen by opening flood-gates or manipulating controlling devices. Massive structures built for quick operation and located far apart cannot always be guarded by a few men. and there Is strong tempta tion to the- lawless to see how they, work and to break locks or loosen the safe guards against danger. It Is Absolutely essential to throw around the Government reservoirs and canals a more effectual pro tlon of law and thus to invest the guard ians of the works with authority to arrest and bring' to punishment persons foundr.in terferlng with thc; proper -operation of the irrigating system, and I recommend that this matter be brought to the attention of Congress. Fund and How Allotted. The funds constituting the proceeds from disposal of the public lands in 13 states and three territories, and from Juhie 30 1901 to June iX), 1D06, are shown by the following table: 1901 $'1,144,821.01 1902 4,585,520.53 190:i . , ; . 8,713,006.00 1904 6.86, 253. 59 1905 4.805,515.39 Total $28,076,108.02 For the purpose of making plans for the future, it has been estimated that the fund for 19tm will be $4.SS2,084.1O; for 1907, $4,275,969.04. and for 1908. $4.062,1 70. S9. It is hoped that by the latter year returns will commence to come Into the fund from We Want Your Mail Orders We're prepared to take the best of care of you in this department. Send for anything in this adver tisement. OUR FUR jib m m-4$krjP 1 1 1 4? T-i ;tffl Handkerch'fs as Gifts We have a more beautiful stock of them this year than ever. All pure linen Handker chiefs, nicely folded in fancy boxes; else where, $1.75; at Silverfield's, sp'L.$1.39 tb" sale of watr under the ten annual in stallments provided by law. , The allotment made, for states of the Pacific Northwest follow: Reels m- i Name of ' Allot- able Plate. project ront. area. Oregon Klamath ....$ 2.000,000 lon.oOO TV Umatilla .... l.OOO.OOO 20,000 Washington Okanogan ... ,Vrt,Oio lO.ono ro Sunnylde , . . I.ioo.ooo 40.000 Io Tioton 1.2.V.ooo 24.O0O Ho Wapato loo.nno California.. Yuma 3,ooo,ov g.0O0 Idaho Mtnitfnka .... 1.5M.ooo fiO.ooo lo Payette-Boise 1,490.000 60,000 Total for all. $39,155,161 1.263,600 Abolish Iiand Receivers. Mr. Hitchcock, while he may not re main in office to see, its accomplishment, still wants the office of receiver of local land offices abolished. The Secretary re fers to this office as "questionable pro priety" and in conclusion he says: "I desire to renew such recommendation, be lieving that Its effectuation will result in a more economical as well as a more efficient administration of the land serv ice." Mr. Hitchcock also says: Attention Is called to the act of June 11, IW'fl, which authorizes the entry of forest lande In forest reserves. It is recommenced tha,t thl at be amended by adding thereto a section authorizing the subdivision of quarter quarter sections or lotted tract into tract containing 2 acres, or any multiple thereof. Experience In the administration of aid act shows that many of the lands listed are listed by the Secretary of Agriculture In tract of 2 acre or multiple thereof which form regular rectangular subdivisions of quarter quarter section. Under existing law the Commissioner of the General Iand Office 1 without authority to Issue patent for any tract lees than a quarter quarter section or smaller Jegal lotted subdivision, and unless the legislation suggested to enacted It will be nec essary for en try men who have been permitted to make entry for tracts of le than 40 acres to Incur the expense of having the land en tered by them regularly surveyed and lotted. TWO EMPIRES STARVING CLAIMS OF CHINESE AND RUS SIAN FAMINES CONFLICT. Flood Makes 5,000,000 Chinese Ins titute Parents Drown Children and Commit Suicide. WASHINGTON, Dec. 11. For the present at least no governmental ap peal will be made to the people of the United States for aid for the famine sufferers in China. This decision was reached after the State Department had communicated witli .Louis Klopsch, of the Christian Herald, who raised $200, 000 for the Japanese sufferers, and who regards the Russian famine as infinitely worse, 30.000.000 people or twice the number suffering in China being af fected. ' Mr. Klopsch has informed the depart ment that he believes that, if tho Chi nese appeal is now launched, it would soon clash with the Russian appeal. He declares thart Russia is sorely in need of help, but as yet no appeal has been sent out for that country. According to letters received by Mr. Klopsch, 40.000 square miles in China, supporting a population of 15,000,000. have been flooded and so great is the destitution that many parents are drowning the,lr children rather than see them starve, and are themselves com mitting suicide. DRIVE CHRISTIANS INTO SEA Raisuli Threatens to Clean Them Out of Tangier. NEW YORK, Dec. 11. A Times special cable dispatch from Tanjjler says Raisuli has informed the Moorish officials that after conferring with the mountain tribes he was prepared to march upon Tangier at the head of 15,000 armed Moors and drive into the sea and massacre every Christian in that place. Vov Experimental Laboratory. CLEVELAND, Dec. 11. Gifts of J100.000 each were made to Western Reserve University by H. M. Hanna and Colonel Oliver Payne, the $100,000 thus subscribed to be used in estab lishing and endowing a laboratory of experimental medicine. FOURTH AND ' MORRISON STREETS SILVER-FIELD'S THE FASHION CENTER FACTORY Taffeta Silk Waists $4.89 Each In plain colors, best grade taffeta Silk, val ued up to $7.50; special '. .$4.89 Only Eleven More Shopping Days to Christmas Qptnafiv SBtolf e - $ go. Good Merchandise Only Quality Considered, Our Price Are Always the Lsweit The Lipman, Wolfe Picture Store Today Offers 8000 Beautiful Framed Pictures Far Below Prevailing Low Prices imbi inn, jj We will surprise the picture-loving public of Portland today with most extraordinary values. This great picture sale means just two things (1) An ex traordinary number of beautiful pictures to select from, and (2) Most positive and pronounced savings on every purchase. 2000 Framed Pictures, Values to $4.00, at $2.50 3000 Framed Pictures, Values to $1.50, at 95c 1500 Framed Pictures, Values to $1.35, at 75c 1500 Framed Pictures, Values to 60c, at 39c 4 . Thousands of the most celebrated pictures of the world are in this collection, artis tically reproduced in platinum, carbon, sepia and hand-colored effects. Marines, landscapes, genre, portraits, sketches, etchings, still life, religious, humorous, historical. The leading artists of all periods' are represented by their best work. The frames are all selected and are in harmony both in form and color with the subjects. Great Wednesday Sale Solid Gold Jewelry Although far below the regular price, every article is guaranteed solid gold and backed by the reputation of Portland's most reliable store. Same goods cost double our price at jewelers Solid Gold Cuff Links 2.r.O Links, antin finish S2.00 92.7ft Links, rone finish 2.2ft $18.00 Links, satin or rone $2.n0 $3.50-l3.7ft Links, exquisite rose fin ish designs 3.00 f4.0O-S4.r0 Links, novelty de signs $3.oO Other solid gold Cuff Links in ex clusive patterns at 4.00, J4.i0, $5.00, $6.00 to $10.00. Solid Gold Beauty Pins Pretty assortment of stylish Rib bon. Waist or Baby Pins. Hl.n.". .olid ROld l'lnn, pair ai.OO Jt I .-. Hose roIiI Pins, pair 1.2ft f3.no Sntln (cold Pins, set with pearl, ruby or turquoise, nntr 92.00 94.0O Pins, not with various atones. pair 92.50 Also sold singly. $1.35 Collar Buttons, $1.00 The' genuine "Kreraentz" one-piece collar button, all sizes; regularly $1.25 and $1.35; sale.. 91.00 ALL GOODS SOLD -:- THE LARGEST IN Silk Petticoats at $7.35 In plaid and plain, extra full, and especially good Quality silk, if rightly priced $10.00 to $12.50; specially priced $7.35 This store has always made a specialty of the most charming pictures, showing a larger assortment at lower prices than any other store in Portland Solid Gold Signet Rings Each Ring engraved free. All sizes down to the very smallest. $2.50 Gold Signet Rings 91.50 93.SO tiold Signet Rings 92.2ft l.."iO Gold Signet Rings. ....... .93.00 95.00 Uold Signet Rings 93.50 94.00 Gold Sicnet Rings 92.50 Men's extra heavv Signet Rings, Jo.iO, $C.00, $7.50. $10.00 to $15.0J. $2, $2.50 Gold Studs, $1.50 Solid Gold Studs In assorted stones real opals, pearls, garnets, etc. Regularly $2.00 and $2.50 $1.50 $3 Gold Neck Chains, $2.00 93.00 Solid Gld Neck Chains. .92.00 94.50 Chain and Charm 93.SO Beautiful "Ll Valllere" Neck Chains in large assortment, $5.00, $7.50, $8.50, $10.00, $12.50 and $15.00. IN THIS SALE ENGRAVED FOURTH AND MORRISON STREETS While in our store, especially the Fur Department, it may interest you to visit the large factory on the third floor, where SILVERFIELD'S GUARANTEED FUR GARMENTS are made. Nowhere in the West will you find a fur factory turning out even one-third the work we do, and we can safely say the workmanship is the best that skilled labor can pro duce. We buy our skins direct from the trappers and make them up into styles that cannot be found in other stores. We set the pace others may follow. We save you the middle man's profit, which other stores must charge to insure a profit to themselves. BEWARE ! BEWARE ! in buying furs that you may not be deceived. There are more opportunities for deception in the selling of furs than of any other com modity. Be inquisitive; ask to see how they are made, and we'll show you through the factory, where you can see the garments being made. SEALSKINS should be ordered now to be finished in time for Christmas.. We guarantee you a saving from $50 to $100 cheaper than obtainable, elsewhere. Read This! Important!! THE CLOAK SECTION ON THE SECOND FLOOR OFFERS SOME REMARKABLE VALUES YOU SHOULD NOT OVERLOOK mi Necktie or Stick Pins . f 91.25 Pins, new designs 91.00 91.50 Pins, roae designs 91.25 91.75 Pins, rose finish 91.50 92.50 Pins, novel j- designs. .. .92.00 $3.00 Pins, novelty designs 92.50 Other beautiful and novel designs at i3.00, $3..j. $4.00. $5.00, $6.00. $7.50 and $10.00. Solid Gold Brooches 92.75 Dainty Twist Brooches. . .92.00 93.00 Crescent or fr'Iower Brooches. . , 92-50 93..10 Pretty Novelty Brooches. .93.00 94.75 Pretty Novelty Brooches. .93.50 Handsome designs now In the greatest vogue at $4.00, $5.00, $6.00, $7.50, $10.00 to $50.00. $1.35 Lockets and Charms, $ 1 91.3ft Gold Heart Charms 91.00 91.50 Mounted Heart Charms 91.2ft 92.0O Mounted Heart Charms. . .91.50 FREE OF CHARGE JUST THINK! ONLY ELEVEN MORE DAYS TO DO YOUR SHOPPING. THE WEST Long Silk Gloves In black and white, 16 -button length. 31. 75 Same, in evening shades; pink, blue, red, etc S1.50