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PRICE FIVE CENTS. VOL. XLIX.-XO. 15,287. PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1909. COMMERCE COURT PRESIDENT'S PLAN Body of Five to Hear Rate Appeals. AFT CONFERS ON DETAILS Law Against Over-Issues Is Part of Programme. MORE POWER IS WEEDED Permission of Rate Pooling fnder Certain Conditions PIsousscd. Federal Law Invoked for . White Slaves. tTASHTNOTON. Nov. 24. Foregoing a contemplated horseback ride because of a snow storm. President Taft devoted the entire, afternoon to conferences covering proposed amendments to the Interstate commerce law. legislation looking to the stiDDrenslon of the "white slave" traffic, ,he appointment of a successor to the late Judge Eethea. of the United States Dis trict Court at Chicago, and the appoint ment of a Governor of the territory of Now Mexico. The conference with regard to the in t?r$tate Commerce law changes was the most Important the President has1 had on that subject. It was said that he prac tically if;' ready to begin this part of Ms menage to Congresw. At the conferences were Attorney-Gen-eial Wickersham, Postmaster-Genera! Jlitrhcock. Chairman Knapp and Commis sioner Lane, of the Interstate Commerce Commission: District Attorney Sims, of CH'-aeo. who conducted the Government's pritfecution In the famous 13.000,000 Stan dard Oil case, and Representative Mann, of Illinois, chairman of the House com mittee on foreign and Interstate com merce. Federal Power Invoked. With District Attorney Sims and Mr. Mann, the President also took up the "white slave" question. Mr. Mann Is to Introduce a bill on this subject. Mr. Mann believes that the Federal Gov ernment Is the only authority that can cope with the evil, and the bill he haa drafted provides a heavy penalty for the enticement of a girl for immoral pur poses, thereby causing her to go as a passenger over' any transportation line engaged In Interstate or foreign com merce. District Attorney Sims has been rec ommended for appointment to the Fed eral bench to succeed Judge Bethea. No decision as to this vacancy was reached, so far aa can be learned. President Taft'a views as to amend ments to the Interstate commerce ,law have been pretty generally known dince his Des Moines speech on September 20. The conference at the White House this afternoon. It was stated, was to work out details of desired amendments. .- Rate Appeal Court Favored. It Is proposed to establish an'-lnter-state commerce court of five members to consider appeals from rates fixed by the Interstate Commerce Commission. The President will also recommend leg islation to prevent one interstate railroad owning stock' In a competing line and to compel roads thus owning stock to dis pose of their holdings. Legislation to pre vent the over-Issue of stocks and bonds will be one of the strongest recommenda tions Mr. Taft will make, the President's proposition being that no stock or bonds hall be Issued except by permission of the" Interstate Commerce Commission. Giving to shippers the choice of routes over various connecting lines is another amendment the President favors. Mr. Taft believes that the Interstate commerce law should give the Commis sion power to hear and remedy complaints against unjust classification. It Is perfectly clear, he dei-' es, that by Including In the same cIa;V articles which ought to pay different rates, a rail road can commit exactly the same kind of Injustice by Imposing an exorbitant rate aa to any one class. Creater Authority Needed. To give the Commission power to In stitute complaints and not to limit it U the consideration of complaints made from the outside Is another change In the law to 'which the President Is devoting much attention. Mr. Taft believes that this authority must be given to the Commission to make its work effective. Mr. Taft, how ever, is not In favor of the letting down the bars entirely snd giving the Commis sion absolute power to fix rates in ad vance on its own initiative without com plaint being tiled. It is proposed that the Interstate Com merce Commission be given authority to suspend for 30 days a new, rate classifica tion providing complaint is made that the rates are unjust. Rate Pooling Permitted. The subject which has given the Presi dent and his advisers much concern Is the proposal to permit railroads to make rate agreements. Mr. Taft holds that railroads should be permitted to make agreements upon rates that shaJl not exactly be pooling contracts but shall Constitute agreements as to rates pro vided always that such agreements shall receive the approval of the Interstate Commerce Commission. A delegation of coal operators and a . representative of the miners' union called upon President Toft today te urge that railroads be permitted to pool rates as a ( means of providing against car shortage. CAPITAL BELLE WEDS MILES' SON CEKEMOXY IS PERFORMED AT ST. JOHX'S CHURCH. After Short . Bridal Trip, Young Couple Will Make Their Home at Fort Me-yer. WASHINGTON, Nov. 24. (Special.) The marriage of Miss Davide Yulee Noble, daughter of. Mrs. William Belden Noble, to Lieutenant Sherman Miles, son of Lieutenant-General Nelson A. MJIea, United States Army, retired, took place at ,, .t Kr John's Church, om (srvru s,wuw.r Lafayette Square. Th. hridA was attended by Miss Eliza both Parker. Miss Mary Scott, Miss Joanna Sohroeder, Miss Evelyn Chew and ui.. ovhi Rent, her cousin. The bridesmaids wore white meteor orepe 'gowns with gold trimmings and. carried bouauets of Hues of the valley. Coirato Hint of New York, acted as best man for Lieutenant Miles, and the ushers were Lieutenant Philip Jaaxinews, of Fortress Monroe; IJeutenant Harold W. Huntley, of Fort Myer; Percy Weeka and Sherman Hoyt, of New York, and Chauncey Hackett and William Emory, Jr.. of Washington. After a short bridal trip, the, young couple will reside at Fort Myer. Mrs. Miles, who was a Washington debutante of three seasons ago. was named for her grandfather. Senator David Yulee, of Florida, deceased.. ' NOTE GROWS SEVEN-FOLD Judgment Given for $2244.47 on Obligation Originally $300. VANCOUVER. Wash.. Nov. 24. Spe rlaL) A promissory note for S300, given In t)hfo In 1874 by I. P. Putnam to Alvln Reckard has been kept alive through the Intervening years, and yesterday Judge McMaster gave the plaintiff, who brought suit for collec tion, a judgment for $2244.47. which the note with Interest and costs has amounted to. Tne note drew 8 per cent Interest. A Judgment was given to Reckard February 19, 1877, for the original sum, with Interest and costs, and since then the note has been kept alive by orders of revivor. The Judgment was entered by de fault. The defendant Is a resident of this cpunty and is an old man. DEBUT TO LAST 19 HOURS St. Louis Girl lias Real Coming-Out . Party. ST. LOUIS. Mo., Nov. 24. Following the custom of St. Louis society of two generations ago, the debut of Miss EfTie Bagnell, which began at 8 o'clock to night, will continue until X o'clock to morrow afternoon. More than 300 St. Louis society men and women will at tend the party. Dancing will continue until daylight. At 5 o'clock in the morning breakfast will be. served.' After breakfast guests will motor to. their homes to discard evening clothes and later will go to the Country Club. Miss Bagnell will be hostess to other debutates at a luncheon. A reception will follow the luncheon and Miss Bagnell will receive all the guests of the night before. , V i LAVA THREATENS HOMES Eruptions on Teneriffe Continue With Increasing Violence. " SANTA CRUZ. Teneriffe, Nov. 24. The volcanic eruptions continued with Increasing violence today. The great stream of lava flowing toward Santa Cruz is moving more rapidly and threatens great damage throughout the Valley of Santiago, where many people already have suffered by destruction of houses and laying waste of landa. Two streams of lava from neighbor ing craters united the bases of the volcanoes and the stream is proceeding 3600 feet in 24 hours. The old crater of Pico de V1ejo, be lieved to be extinct, has commenced to erupt Earth shocks have been folt at Guia de Teneriffe. CROWD ROUTS SUFFRAGIST Winston Churchill's Assailant Grows Unpopular. BRISTOL, England, Nov. 24. Since the attack ten days ago upon Winston Spen cer Churchill, president of the Board of Tr,ade, by a suffragette armed with a whip, a strong feeling has grown up against suffragettes and an attempt, by Miss Christobel Pankhurst to address a meeting at Colstein Hall tonight was pre vented by a crowd of students and others, who kept up a continuous series of yells and whistling. The disturbers threw flour balls and peas and finally tried to storm the plat form. A large body of police cleared the hall after a serious conflict with the stu dents and their supporters. MISSIONS GEJ $5,000,000 Kennedy's Bequest to Board Is Mul . tlplled by Five. HARRISBURG. Pa., Nov. 24. An nouncement that the bequests of the late John Stuart Kennedy, of New York, to the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions would amount to 85, 000.000 Instead of 81,000,000, as had been stated at the time of his death, was made at the laymen's missionary convention here today. ROSEBERl WARNS PEERS OF Budget Denounced.But Passage Urged. WRONG BATTLEFIELD CHOSEN Lords' Existence Threatened by Use of Dormant Power. OBJECT LESSON IS NEEDED Former Premier Declares Pressure of Great Armaments Is Hurry ing Europe Into Bank ruptcyBishops Aloof. ' LONDON, Nov. 24. Lord Rosebery, -Liberal Prime Minister, today raised the historic struggle between the Lords and the House of Commons to a new fclane by one of the finest speeches he ever has delivered. He warned the Lords of the grave risks they were running if they adopted the Lord Lansdowne resolution to reject the budget. . Interest in today's debate was Intense. There was not enough room to seat all the peers attending and the house gal leries were crowded. The Duchess of Connaught headed a long list of the fore most peeresses, many of whom were com pelled to stand throughout the session. , Bishops Hold Aloof. Lord Salisbury resumed the debate with a speech, supporting Lord Lansdowne's resolution, after the Archbishop of Can terbury had said that the bishops would stand aside from the discussion, as the debate was strictly of a party character. Lord Rosebery followed In a long speech, giving the Lords plain warning of the danger in the path they were treading. He said: 1 am quite disassociated from any party and speak from my sense of the awful gravity of the situation. This Is the greatest political moment In the life time of any man born since 1832." Power to Reject Dormant. Lord Rosebery" adsjiltted that, by the Jetter of the law the House of Lords was competent to reject finance bills, but since the reform of 1832 It was not possible that the Commons' should send up a budget which the House of Lords should go to the length of rejecting. He considered that the only, possible circumstances Jus tifying the Lords in exercising such a dormant power would be the direct au thority of the nation itself. Such a cir cumstance might arise if a budget were presented which lowered the defenses of the country to a point which the nation considered dangerous. He doubted whether the Lords were choosing the best battlefield. They were playing fgr too heavy a stake and were risking the very existence of 'the House of Lords. ' A winning policy, continued the speaker, would be to allow the budget bilj to pass and give the country six months' ex perience of Its intolerable impositions, loss of capital and employment. They would then achieve,', when they next ap proached the polls, a victory that would DANGER (Concluded on PageS.) f liiB.OOO. I (Concluded on Page g.) - m m a - - - a . ssssse.ssssa T . ......... .1. ............. ....... t GOTHAM AQUEDUCT COSTS $50,000,000 MOST REMARKABLE PIECE OF ENGINEERING WORK DONE. Project Calls for Passageway S00 Feet Below Streets to Carry Water Supply.- . KEW YORK, Nov. 24. Proposals for one of the most remarkable pieces of en gineering work . ever undertaken were nlaced ' before the New York Board of Estimate today.' The plans involve the expenditure of nearly 850,000,000 for an aqueduct SOO feet below the streets to distribute the water supply which . in a few years will be available 'from the great Catskill reser voir. The aqueduct as proposed will be, 14 feet In diameter for the, greater part of Us 20-mile stretch and wilf be bored through solid rock. It will run from the city's northern limits southward under Central Park and beneath the great business dis tricts of Lower Manhattan, thence under the East - River . to Brooklyn, Williams burg, Queens and Staten Island. The pres ent svstem of water mains wil be con nected with it. TROOPS HUNT LOST BABES Fear . Is Xow Expressed That Chil dren Have Been Kidnaped. I SANTA CRUZ. Cal.. Nov.. 2 4. nearly 1000 men, including a division of the State Naval Militia, are searching for ests and cliffs along the shore tonight for Mamie and Mollte Manildl, aged 4 and B years respectively, who disap peared yesterday morning. They are the children of an Italian merchant. I'. Is generally believed that the little girls wandered away, but the theory Is advanced that they were kid naped. After the police force and Sheriff, aided by hunderds of volunteers, were unable to find any trace of them after an all-night and day search, the fourth division of the tate Naval Militia was called out this evening to Join, in the hunt for the little ones. . RAB0IN AGAIN ESCAPES Boy With Long Criminal Record Still Worries Officers . LOS ANGELES, Nov. 24. Emery Raboln, who, with Earl HIgley, led the police a long chase In the University District October 27, which resulted In the capture of the former, who, the police say. confessed to having com mitted 14 burglaries, has escaped from the George Junior Republic Home, where fie was sent. Higley, who eluded the officers by forcing the horse which he was riding to Jump a wall, later was captured at Portland, where he formerly lived, and will be held there to answer charges of burglary. Raboln, It Is understod, escaped from a reform school at Chehalls before com ing to Southern California. BRIDGE OUT; LOSS $50,000 Whatcom County Hit Hard by High Water. . , i BELL1NGHAM, Wash., Nov. 24 (Spe cial.) The main span to Marietta bridge across Nooksack River gave way late tonight, causing a loss of 850,000 to Whatcom County. The bridge was undermined by re cent high water. The structure was built about four months ago at a cost of $ii5,000. EXTRA THREE DEAD. CARS Two Injured, Probably Fatally, at Lind. ALL PASSENGERS ARE SAFE Misunderstood or Disregarded Orders Cause. WILD ENGINE BUMPS CARS Train Belonged to Great Northern But Was on Northern Pacific Tracks' on Account of Washouts by Flood. SPOKANE,- Nov. 25. Three trainmen dead, two others believed to be fatally Injured, five out of six cars on a Great Northern passenger train completely destroyed by fire, but every passenger safe, is the summing up of a wreck on the Northern Pacific Railroad tracks about a mile from Lind, shortly after midnight, according to a Spokesman Review special. Engineer Rush, who had "pulled' the train to Prosser, but was riding from that' point on as a passenger, gives tho particulars. The dead: ENGINEER L. REAM AN. ' FIREMAN JACOB SPANGLE R. PILOT TYLER. ' ' ', ' Probably fatally Injured: Engineer and fireman on the wild enw glne that collided with the passenger train: names are not yet ascertained. The accident occurred either through misunderstanding or a disregard pf or ders. The Great Northern passenger train, from the Coast, was traveling over the Northern Pacific tracks on acoount of floods and washouts on the Great Northern. The train was due in Lind-shortly after 1 o'clock this morning. The '3ielper" started west, and no- sooner had it left the station than the operator knew that a terrible mistake had been made, but had no means of recalling it. About a mile west of Lind the "helper" engine and the passenger en gine collided. Immediately there was a terrific explosion, awakening every soul on the passenger train. Fire from the engine was Immediately communi cated to the equipment, and in a short time the mail and express cars, smoking-car, chair-car and a sleeper were in flames. The cars did not leave the track, and. to this circumstance and to the noise of the explosion the passen gers owe their lives. According to Engineer Rush, every passenger escaped unscathed, except one, who was only slightly injured. The mail was hurriedly removed from the car and the main portion of the contents of the express-car was BURNED WRECK " " - TAFT IS OVERCOME BY BUCKEYE GIRLS PRESIDENT FOXND TO BE BASH FUL. SOMETIMES. Two Dozen Pretty Maidens "Rush" Nation's Executive, and Elect . Him "Quitter." 0 WASHINGTON, Nov. zt . President Taft is bashful to the point of extreme diffidence. This is the verdict of 24 pretty girls from Ohio, the President's native state, who called at the Whj.te House today. They are reputed to be the most popular representatives of 24 counties of the Buckeye state, selected through a voting contest conducted by a Cleveland news paper. Ail are pretty and vivacious, and the President semed. overcome when they "rushed" him in the Executive office. According to the girls, the President lapsed into a state of "blue funk" and seemed to be completely overcome by their presence. He shook hands with each and wished them a pleasant trip on the rest of their Journey, but that was all. When the young women filed out, they were in love with the President, they said, but voted unanimously that he "fell down" when it came to paying them com pliments. A report that some, of the girls at tempted to kiss Commander Robert E. Peary at the White House was Indignant ly denied, both by the explorer and the girls themselves. $5000 LEFT SWEETHEART Dying, Indiana Man Remembers Love He Lost in San Francisco. SEATTLE, Wash., Nov. 24. (Spe cial.) A romance that had Its begin ning with the 'San Francisco earth quake, when two companions In mis fortune discovered that they wore soul mates,, came to an end November 10, when Bert Kaufman, of La Porta. Ind., died, leaving 85000 to Miss Daisy Taylor, daughter of Mrs. H. W. Klerske, of 412 ' Twenty-fifth avenue, Seattle. Miss Taylor and Kaufman were liv- ins: In San Francisco when the earth quake occurred, and they were forced to Join the bread, line to' get food. There they became engaged. While the city was in chaos and friends sought friends in vain, Kaufman and Miss Taylor became separated. Letters written by each failed to reach their destination. Kaufman went back to his old home In Indiana, and Miss Tay lor came to Seattle. By a mere acci dent Kaufman discovered the where abouts of his fiancee. When stricken by fatal illness his only thought was for her comfort- PALEFACE WOMAN COSTLY Indian Assessed $10,500 for Taking White Man's Wife. SEATTLE, Wash. Nov. 24. (Special.) At North Yakima today Charles Wannassey. a Yakima Indian, was assessed by a Jury in the Superior court the sum of 810,500 as damages for the alfenation of the affections of the wife of A. S. Meacham. . All those connected with the litiga tion live on the reservation, where Wannassey Is considered wealthy for an Indian. The testimony in the case, which it has taken three days to pre sent, was very unsavory. Meacham and his wife are white. The case will probably be appealed. FOOTPAD IS UNRELENTING Holds Up Man Carrying News of 'Mother's Death to Sister. SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 24. As Kernan Thomas left his home at an early hour today to inform his sister, living near by. r.r h Heath of h i mother, which haa lust occurred, he was held up by a fect- pad. Thomas explained the nature of his errand and asked to be allowed to pro ceed, but the robber refused to allow him in nflAS When Thomas resisted, the footpad slashed him with a sharp knife, severing the arteries in his .wrist. The man then fled. Thomas walked to the emergency hospital, where the cuts were dressed. MRS. BEN TEAL GETS BAIL Former Portland Woman, Convicted of Perjury, Reported 111. NEW YORK, Nov. 24. Mrs. Margaret Teal, wife of Ben Teal, ' the stage man ager, and formerly of Portland, Or., obtained an order of release from prison today. She was serving a term of a year in the penitentiary on conviction of subornation of perjury, In connection with the Frank J. Gould divorce case, when the court of Appeals yesterday granted her a new trial. Mrs. Teal was admitted to 81000 bail and late 'today will be taken to her home. She is said to be ill. FAST DRIVER IS JAILED Seattle Judge Imposes Ten-Day Sen tence ,for Violation. SEATTLE, Nov. 24. Archie a Klncaid, a chauffeur, was convicted today of driv ing a heavy automobile at high speed through the business district, and was sentenced to the county Jail for 10 days. This is the first jail sentence ever im posed here for speeding. Kincaid asked for mercy on the ground that he had ar rived here recently and that he h"1 a sick wife in Denver ARREST AT ALTAR DELAYS WEDDING , Bridegroom Is Nabbed While in Church. BRIDE-TO-BE HYSTERICAL Couple Are Finally Married In Presbyterian Church. DEBT CAUSES THE TROUBLE Ceremony Uniting Prominent Port land Residents Walts While Friends Hustle Bail Covering Disputed Bill and Costs. WhJJe waiting In an outer room of th First Presbyterian Church last night, pre paratory lo his march with his best man to tho marriage altar, Herbert Booth King, member of a prominent Portland architectural firm, was placed under ar rest. Miss Georgtna E. Billings, of this city, was the bride-to-be. Not only was Mr. King's marriage inters rupted. but it was delayed for some time, until friends could .skirmish around and secure bail covering a disputed debt and costs. The arrest was made by Constable Wag ner and Deputy Constable Klernan. King Is Dumfounded. The Constable held a warrant for King's arrest. Dumfounded and speech less with apprehension, the bridegroom-to-be and his friends listened to its reading, and then King was taken into custody. All this time Miss Billings, 1055 East Alder street, an amateur artist of note and daughter of Edward H. Billings, local agent for the'Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, the brlde-totbe, was waiting In another side room preparatory to her en trance to the marriage altar. News of the arrest threw the bride and her two maids Info a; panic of excitement and hysteria. The warrant charged King with be ing an absconding debtor, the complain ants being Ballou & Wright, manufac turers' agents. The complaint charges King with making preparations for leaving the city on his honeymoon with- -out liquidating his obligation to them. According to Ballou & Wright, who re cently filed an action in Justice Court for payment on launch appliances al- Concluded on Page 4.) INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 51 1 degrees; minimum, 44.4 .decree.. TODAV'3 Shower.; light south wind. Foreign. Roseberv urges Lords to puss budget anil appeal to nation. Page 1, National. President holds conference . on forthcoming message. Page 1. S-laya jails Americans who neglect to aid war fund. Page 2. Toft gets 50-pound mince pie for Thanks giving. Page 3. Polities. Ex-President Theodore Roosevelt refused chance to ran for Mayor of Creator New York on Republican ticket. Page 5. Domestic. Jury promptly acquits Alma Bell of murder. Page 5. Chief Counsel W. F. Herrln, of Southern Pacific road in California goes to New York as successor to Judge Lovell. Page 2. Cherry, III., mine horror grows; Are break out anew in main shaft. Paga 2. San Francisco grand Jury Indicts tong lead ers for murder. Page 3. Cook completes report on Polar trip and it will start for Copenhagen today. Page 2. Minority stockholders of tT. S- Telephone Company plan coup to block telephone combine. Page 1. New England gale drives vessels on shore. Page 3. Son of General Miles weds Capital City belle. Page J. President Taft declared to he bashful by Ohio girls, who swamp him at Wash ington. Page 1. New York will spend S50.0o0.ooo on aque duct for new water supply system. , Page 1. Sports. Dugdale says action of Northwestern League depends on McCredle. Page 7. Oregon and Washington football squads ex pect game today to De naraesi Page I . Multnomah Club rooters organize special yell corps for game today. Page 7. I'aculo Northwest. Mortar batteriea on Vashon Island to pro tect Seattle and Tacoma. page 6. Coal land claimant says Guggenheims were Interested only in raliroaa Duuaing. Page B. Theodore Martin. Portland youth, jailed at Tacoma as 'common vagrant." Page tt. Ortls Hamilton continues fight; case may go to U. S. Supreme Court. Page 6. Storms isolate Tillamook. Page 3. Commercial sod Marine Higher prices In local . wheat market Page 17. Heavy selling of December wheat at Chi cago. Page 17. Copper stocks again pressed for sale. Page 17. British steamship Knight of St. Georg chartered for trip to Orient by Portland and Asiatic Steamship Company. Page 16. Portland and Vicinity. Pure-milk law passed unanimously, to g Into effect July 1, 110. Page 12. Report of discussion on closed bridges In rush hours to be sent to Washington for decision. Page 12. City Beautiful Kund. lls.Axn. may reach J20.000 by Saturday. Page 8. All turkeys In Portland market sold; old time auction of festive fowl is unneces sary. ' Page 3 0. C. A. Straus, former cashier of postofflce. sentenced to serve IK months In jail and pay 401S for failure to deposit postal funds. Page 4. Five church union Thanksgiving services lo be held today. Page 10. S. V. Davldor rrobed by IT. S. for fraud Is sued for damages by mechanic who ac cuses him of swindling. Page 10. Constable serves warrant in church as we1 ding hells ring, charging bridegroom .will fleeing from debt. Page 1. H '1 t